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Head: Deciles dropped and it’s about time

By THERESE HENKIN, NICK KRAUSE Dumping the school decile system will remove the stigma attached to the rankings and help do away with misconceptions and bias, the president of Secondary Principals Association of New Zealand has said.

Michael Williams, who is also principal at Pakuranga College,

said the decile modelling is a crude mechanism for schools that have students who need a bit of extra resourcing because of disadvantage. It was time for a change.

“I think its good news. It’s long overdue.”

Education Minister Nikki Kaye on Monday confirmed the Government will replace the decile system for schools

with targeted funding to better support those students most at risk of not achieving.

“For too long schools have been stigmatised and wrongly judged by their decile number,” Ms Kaye said in a media statement.

“Children and young people deserve to take pride in their school and we need to better target funding to where the

need is greatest to support all children to achieve.

She announced on Monday that the Cabinet had agreed to replace the decile system with a Risk Index that allows the government to better target funding to schools with children and young people most at risk of not achieving due to disadvantage.

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ducation Minister Nikki Kaye says cancer has made her hungrier than ever for positive change.

Kaye, who only stepped into the role as Education Minister in early May after undergoing treatment for breast cancer last year, visited Pakuranga College last week to meet the students and principals from local schools.

The Minister says her cancer diagnosis has taught her a valuable lesson about not sweating the small stuff, which she is using to help her create the greatest amount of change.

“In a ministerial portfolio, you have so many issues happening on any given day and it’s easy to get caught in the weeds,” says Kaye. “Now I say, ‘why would I spend an hour worrying about that, when the bigger issue is how we ensure more young people have a passport to life because they have a qualification or ensuring that they are digitally fluent?’ You end up focussing on the big stuff.”

Kaye, 37, says she is happy to back fighting for youth and education. “I’m very fortunate; I’ve had a lot of support from the Prime Minister and my colleagues,” she says of her return to work.

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While she says it was difficult taking time off work, it was something she needed to do to focus on her recovery and reconnect with family. “It was hard to recalibrate life and think of all the things I might not be able to do in the future, but it’s lovely to be given a second chance.”

When asked what she would be doing if John Key had accepted her resignation, she laughs and says that she would be “sitting on a hill on Great Barrier in running gear... much fitter and probably still helping out at the local school”.

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near-full house turned up to hear Auckland Mayor Phil Goff speak at the Howick Residents and Ratepayers Association AGM at Fencible Lounge on Saturday.

Local candidates from National, Labour and the Green Party were also there to voice their policies.

Mr Goff spoke on the progress being made on the AMETI transport project, wastewater and housing but admitted there is still a long way to go.

He then faced tough questions from the audience on a variety of topics, including the Resource Management Act, and spoke carefully around the topic of the Stockade Hill views.

Mr Goff said he was under strict confidentiality orders on the topic of the Stockade Hill appeal but said that a decision was expected in about a fortnight.

He said local and central government have a better working relationship than ever before - but said the council needed more autonomy when it comes to fixing Auckland issues.

Mr Goff said in order to fix Auckland’s challenges, rates would need to increase by 26 per cent – but that wouldn’t happen under his watch.

“I’m not going to do that, councillors are not going to vote for that and you won’t tolerate it – but we need a source of funding,” he said.

He said central government needs

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Mr Goff said he was in favour of a user pays system and said he would welcome the conversation with any government as to how to broaden the revenue base.

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Jacinda Ardern’s elevation to leader of the Labour Party today will boost confidence and shore up morale, a local candidate says.

The dramatic turn of events this morning saw Andrew Little quit as leader.

The Times contacted Tofik Mamedov, Labour candidate for Botany, on the party leader stepping down just six-and-a-half weeks before elections.

“All of us are quite upset with Andrew Little stepping down, me included,” says Mr Mamedov.

“I know it was not an easy decision and he had no choice but to resign. I understand where he is coming from.

“No one liked it but the way things were going, the focus had shifted from Labour policies on transport, housing and education. Instead the

focus was just on Andrew Little not faring well at the polls.”

However he says that on the positive side, the party is excited to have Jacinda Arden as leader of the Labour Party and Kelvin Davis as deputy leader.

“The morale of the party went up 100 per cent. I was just listening to her 2pm speech in Parliament and she was great.

“I have been getting so many texts from Chinese groups and people who have never communicated with me before on Facebook.

“We’ve also had new people saying they would like to help the team. And we could do with all the help that people offer.

“Now we just have to take care of the logistics like the party billboards that will have to be changed. They should arrive this week or next.”

RSA Women’s Section celebrates 50th

By THERESE HENKIN The Howick Returned Services Association (RSA) was abuzz with excitement on Saturday as the Women’s Section celebrated its 50th Golden Jubilee Luncheon.

With more than 100 in attendance, members and friends of the RSA flocked from throughout Auckland and as far away as Te Aroha to enjoy a sit-down meal and entertainment in celebration of the milestone.

From a small gathering of like-minded women to amassing hundreds of members, the Howick RSA Women’s Section has gone from strength to strength.

The first Women’s Section meeting was held in June 1967, hosted by Jess Potter, who hoped to give the wives of returned servicemen a place to meet

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indow washing at intersections will be banned within weeks, if not days according to Botany MP JamiLee Ross.

Ross in September last year drafted a Bill to stop window washing and give police the power to fine them.He has also launched a petition asking for public support for the law change.

The National Party senior whip told the Times he has managed to negotiate and get through the Parliament this week an amendment to fast track the ban on window washers.

“It still has one more step to go through in the next few days, but the short story is that window washing at intersections will be banned within weeks, if not days,” he said.

It is a rare move for Parliament to agree to an amend-

ment from an MP that is not a Minister, however Ross said this situation reflects the need to give police power to tackle the window washer problem.

“In the end, the change was made unanimously and will clearly make it unlawful for a pedestrian from washing or offering to wash a vehicle unless it is legally parked.

“I am pleased the public with soon have relief from the practice, and public safety will take priority.”

Ross said in September: “We need the Minister of Transport to agree to fast track this amendment to the Land Transport Act (the same law used for other offences involving roads or vehicles), otherwise it could take months or years for it to be randomly selected for debate in Parliament.

“Window washers at intersections are a common sight

in Auckland – but they can be both dangerous and intimidating. I regularly get complaints that we need to do something about the problem. The council and police have also been calling for Parliament to help them out with a better law needing to be put in place.”

Mr Ross said that with the problem of window washers growing and even reports of attacks on school children in Auckland, he decided to launch a petition calling on the Minister of Transport to fast track a law change he has drafted.

“Not every window washer is dangerous or intimidating.

Some are hard on their luck and doing what they can,” he said.

“But police and the council have countless reports of window washers obstructing traffic, forcing their services on people who do not want them,

or even attacking members of the public. I was particularly alarmed to hear of children being attacked while walking to school a few months ago.”

Auckland Council has a bylaw that makes window washing illegal, but the bylaw can only be enforced by the council taking a prosecution.

“This is costly for ratepayers, ties up court time, and takes several months to process,” Mr Ross said.

“A better solution is for the law to be changed to support the work police and council have been doing by allowing instant fines of $150 to be issued.

“We need to give police and the community more support.

Changing the law to give police greater powers in this area will help them keep the public, particularly women and children, safer at problem intersections.”

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Decile system to be Education Minister’s new lease replaced by Risk Index on life good news for schools ➤➤from page 1

“We will also be replacing the equity index used to allocate disadvantage funding in early childhood education with the Risk Index.”

Decile funding currently accounts for less than 3 per cent of a school’s resources.

“Rather than allocating this funding on the basis of neighbourhood characteristics as the current decile system does, the Risk Index will instead provide fairer funding that better reflects the needs of children in our schools and services,” she said.

“This will mean extra resources are better targeted to support schools to lift achievement.”

The specific factors to be used in the index are subject to further analysis before being finalised. But, they will be the indicators which evidence tells us have the greatest influence on student achievement.

“However, I’m pleased to be able to confirm that no school, early learning service or nga kohanga reo will see a reduction

in their funding as a direct result of this change,” says Ms Kaye.

“In fact, we expect some will gain significantly.”

Mr Williams recounted changing from being a principal of a low decile school to a high decile school.

“I had ignorant people who said ‘oh you’re going to a good school’. No I was going to a richer school, not a better one’,” he said.

“There’s huge confusion in the community mainly because of the media, who use the tag quite quickly to label schools. So if we can remove that, it will be a success.

“No doubt the media and real estate agents will frantically try to find out how they can categorise schools still, because there will be extra funding going into schools, but it will be anonymous data and nobody will know who the students are.

“So no doubt media and others will do investigations to find out who’s getting money, but it won’t be so tidy because it will be a continual system, not a nice, tidy decile one, decile two system.”

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Kaye says her visit to Pakuranga College has given her better insight into the needs of teachers and students in east Auckland.

The biggest part of her conversation with local principals, she says, was about how to ensure the best people are coming in to teaching in the areas that need them.

“There’s nothing better I think in terms of experience than hearing from individual teachers and local principals about the issues they face.”

Kaye visited the college’s robotics lab and computer lab where students were building and creating video games from scratch.

“One of the students said to me that what is great about Pakuranga College is that it taught young people how to think rather than just teaching them what they need to know.”

Kaye says that Pakuranga and other schools in the area are leading the way in digital fluency. “You’ve clearly got young people here who are liv-

insight: Education Minister Nikki Kaye, National’s Pakuranga candidate Simeon Brown (centre) and principal Michael Williams.

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ing and breathing what is going to be the new curriculum,” she says.

The new curriculum, announced by Kaye last month, will see the Government invest $40 million into raising teachers’ skills to deliver a new digitally-orientated curriculum for students from years one to 10.

“When there are estimates

that half of the jobs that exist now won’t exist in 20 years, if we want to have high standards of living and be able to fund public services, we need young New Zealanders to be solving those problems or creating economic wealth via technology.”

Kaye says she is determined to help make this happen.

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t’s hard trying to have a conversation at the Columbus Cafe in Botany Town Centre with the constant buzz of background noise.

As part of the Silent Leadership Challenge, Times Newspapers has taken on a series of challenges to create awareness about those with hearing problems.

This particular challenge involves having a discussion with chair of Howick Local Board, David Collings and Times publisher Reay Neben at a busy cafe, wearing bright yellow hearing protectors, to experience how frustrating it can be for the hearing impaired.

Even before we can start the discussion, David admits to having a hearing problem.

“All those years of being DJ and playing loud music; also being in heavy industrial areas (as an electrician) have taken

its toll on my right ear.

“When I am talking to people who are on my right side, I have to run around to hear what they are saying,” he says.

“In fact when I play music at parties I’m am never sure if I am playing it at the right level for people to enjoy and also have a conversation.”

Catching on to a three-way conversation with hearing protectors is tough.

It’s easy to understand why people with hearing problems can feel alienated or lose interest in a conversation.

How many times can you say ‘Sorry, can you say that again?’ asking people to repeat themselves?

Reay, who is passionate about being involved with the local community, admits that she too has a hearing problem....but like many, has put off wearing hearing aids.

“As kids we listened to loud

music blaring in our headphones and that affected us later in life,” she says.

“Which is a huge concern for the younger generation who are constantly glued to their headphones and digital gizmos and hardly ever look up?”

“Wish they don’t make the same mistakes we did.”

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Botany playgroup welcomes all

By Therese Henkin There’s a new playgroup in town and parents and caregivers are invited to bring their little ones to join the fun.

East City Wesleyan Church hosts playgroup every Wednesday and Friday from 9.30am to 11am and playgroup coordinator Rebecca Bowlin says it’s a “great place to help children grow intellectually, physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually.”

Using a new curriculum called Sing n’ Sprout which focuses on music

and movement, the focus is on teaching children gross motor skills and improving their rhythm and coordination through song.

The curriculum also works on crossing the mid-line which aids in reading and writing in later years by connecting both sides of a child’s brain.

Bowlin says: “Children are playing, learning and developing and parents get much needed social interaction because it can be quite isolating if you’re home with your child all day.”

The mother of one says the group works hard to

be all inclusive, offering a mandarin speaker on a regular basis to work as an interpreter for the mandarin speaking parents and children, who make up a significant portion of the playgroup. This term the group will also be having regular visits from a former public health nurse with years of experience working with children, to answer questions and concerns from mothers.

“Our goal is to create an atmosphere where everyone is welcomed and comfortable to play and learn,” says Bowlin.

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No house, now dreams dashed

By Nick Krause

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usan Richards, at 63, had hoped to be in her new Pine Harbour townhouse by now, preparing for retirement and thinking of ways to enjoy her idyllic spot by the sea.

The dream has gone now with news the development she’d signed up for isn’t going ahead.

What it means instead is that Sue will have to work a few extra years to cover the cost blow-out while she tries to find a new home.

She was meant to be moving in January which would have meant a nearlymortgage free Sue would have been shelling out $150 a week for her new place. With that dashed, she instead is eating her reserves with rent of $400 per week.

While she has her name down for a new townhouse development in the area, the cost and time to build will erode her savings even further.

“I’ve put my name down (for a new townhouse). It hasn’t even gone on the market,” she told the Times.

“It could be another 12 months before they’ve finished.”

She believes she can still achieve her goal. “I basically was going to be freehold...now at my age... She’ll now have to cough up another $90,000 for a total of $785,000.

“I had a certain amount I’d put aside for retirement – it’s been gobbled up.

“Instead of retiring in two or three years, that will be pushed out until I’m 70.”

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A friend of hers who was also registered for a townhouse was unlikely now to be able to afford to buy. The Times was unable to contact her.

Meanwhile, many attempts to contact the developer Simon Male of Pine Harbour Holdings provided fruitless.

In the course of investigation, Pine Harbour Marina Limited made it clear it was unrelated to the developer.

“Pine Harbour Marina Limited has no affiliation with Simon Male, and the land company you are referring to, Pine Harbour Holdings,” Karina Smith said.

“Pine Harbour Marina was sold by Pine Harbour Holdings to a private owner over two years ago. We have forwarded your emails to Pine Harbour Holdings.”

Stu East, the general manager of Mike Greer Homes (MGH) South Auckland Limited, expressed frustration the project is not going ahead.

“MGH are very disappointed that the developer has been unable to conclude the Resource Consents for a the eight units on Seventh View Avenue,” Mr East said. “Unfortunately MGH has no option but to cancel contracts and refund deposits, these arrangements have been implemented.

“We understand the significant disappointment associated by not being able to proceed with the purchase of a new home and to the extent that we can offer alternative locations or properties, then MGH will make every effort to do so.”

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Active Explorer Early Childcare Centre director Janine Baker said 2 tonnes of snow was brought in and dumped at the Kerwyn Ave site for the children’s first snow day.

“We’re trying to create a sense of community in the middle of a business district,” Janine said.

All 142 children – including the youngest at six months - frolicked in the white stuff.

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By Farida Master Wendy Dunn took over as manager of Howick Village Business Association two weeks ago and the noise and banging in the office that is being renovated hasn’t stopped as yet.

She watched as they brought the roof down on the old facility — tucked away near Pakuranga and Howick Realty in Howick — to make it earthquake-proof.

In the midst of all the repair work, there are piles of paper on the table that the 47-year-old is going through to familiarise herself with all the projects she is working on.

Mrs Dunn is not new to town centre management.

Having managed the Manurewa Town Centre and the town centre in Blockhouse Bay as well as being a consultant to other town centres, she brings with her a lot of experience.

That apart, she owned and managed a garden centre with her husband for 10 years.

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“The place has such a good vibe,” she says.

As she settles into her new role, she is busy establishing a work plan, and familiarising herself with the businesses in Howick.

“I am working on four to

five events which need six to eight months of work in advance,” she says.

“Then there is the day-to-day running and maintenance of the area — to make sure that the environment is well-kept.

Elaborating on the troubleshooting maintenance work,

she says: “It involves any council issues that needs attending to like loose cables, tripping hazards, or council buildings in disrepair that need attention.”

She says she is also looking forward to actively collaborating with partners that include the Howick Historical Village and the Uxbridge Art Centre.

Mrs Dunn admits that she has big shoes to fill.

“Jenny Foster has been in this role for 10 years and had everything down to a pat,” she says of her predecessor who was a devoted advocate of Howick.

Taking over the role that includes being an event champion and promoter of businesses in Howick, she says she is “looking at the big picture” as she works on the upcoming Midnight Madness to be held in November followed by the annual general meeting of the Howick Village Business Association.

“I would like to have the town centre move productively and the Howick Business Association to do well.”

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Another local student Serisha Palmer of Elim Christian College was also named as one of the 10 winners.

The challenge is celebrating its 10th year with 10 imaginative stories by some of Auckland and Northland’s best young wordsmiths.

The 10 winning stories, written by primary and intermediate school-aged children, shone out from a record breaking 2240 submissions, organisers said. “Each story was carefully selected based on

its plot development, positive messaging and use of theme.”

This year’s writers were challenged to write a story that had a positive and inspiring message for its readers.

The young storywriters are now set to realise a dream many adults have, but few attain, and become published authors. Their stories will be brought to life in a book published in aid of the Starship Foundation.

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Marionettes capture kids’ imagination at Children’s Village When Howickian, Wally Rice, learnt that an intake of young children were to have respite care during the school holidays at Stand Children’s Services, Children’s Village, he immediately thought of John Rew, puppet man extraordinaire.

John, who grew up in the Bucklands Beach area, has been playing with puppets since he was eight years old.

He subsequently developed a passion for creating and making his own marionettes (string puppets) and has been entertaining children with his ever-growing assortment of puppet characters for more than 50 years. John works with an open stage so that the audience can clearly see him working the marionettes whilst using voice-overs to match the characters he has created. The children

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The good that came out of a disaster

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e almost didn’t take the call. Being in a rural area with destruction all around him and out of cell phone range, Winton Dalley, the Mayor of quake-hit Hurunui in South Island cannot thank his stars enough for taking the call.

“Is this for real? Are they from Mars?” was the first thought that crossed his mind as Craig Glover, head of Strategy at Auckland Civil Defence, was trying to explain to him that the Tzu Chi Foundation in East Tamaki wanted to donate around $125,000 in prepaid cash cards.

Visiting the Tzu Chi Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation on Tuesday, Mayor Winton and his wife Jean are grateful to the foundation for their compassion, love and trust invested in them during one of the worst disasters when people lost their homes and everything they worked for all their lives.

At a small gathering organised by Councillor Sharon Stewart, who chairs the Auckland Council’s Civil Defence

and Emergency Management Committee, and attended by volunteers of the foundation as well as members of the Resilience and Welfare Auckland Civil Defence Emergency Management, Mr Winton admits that after spending 20 hours in remote, worst-hit areas he was really glad he took the phone call.

The local government event was held for the Mayors of the regions affected by recent emergencies in New Zealand.

The foundation has provided close to $500,000 of assistance to communities of Kaikoura, Hurunui and Edgecumbe in the past year as well as to those affected by floods in Auckland in March.

“I did wonder why Auckland Council was interested in helping a small place like Hurunui.“It took me almost a week to realise it was a serious offer,” says Mr Winton.

“Though your gift was turned down by the bureaucracy and we were told we couldn’t accept it by the authorities, I am so thankful that this is the beginning of a long-lasting relationship.”

Following the recent earth-

quakes in Kaikoura and Hurunui and flooding in Edgecumbe, the Auckland Civil Defence department at Auckland Council stepped up and played an important role in linking the foundation with the mayors of the region to facilitate donations.

Mrs Stewart, who was first approached by the Tzu Chi Foundation (which has branches in 60 countries and has assisted more than 90 nations struck by natural disasters) says that when the volunteers of the nonprofit charitable organisation approached her saying they wanted to help, she didn’t realise it was going to be such a generous gift.

“I thought they wanted to give $500 or a $1000 or maybe $10,000. I was blown away when they said they would like to give Prezzy cards worth $125,000.

“We were told by the government and Inland Revenue that it is not possible to accept the gift so we decided to approach the mayors of the districts affected by the earthquake and worked through the bureaucracy,” she says.

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Feedback Thank you for publishing an article about the cars for sale on Cascade Road (Times, July 21).

I am surprised the council doesn’t put an island of some sort along that stretch of the road so the shoulder is closed off.

Another issue is the number of rubbish bags dumped on the grass beside the cars for sale.

How inconsiderate and selfish!

The persons concerned may have got rid of their problem but it shows no respect to the rest of the community who drive past it.

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Plaza needs to wake up

I see that more shops are now empty at Pakuranga Plaza.

Being so close to Sylvia Park and with Botany about to embark on an extension, I think the Pakuranga Plaza management needs to wake up to trying to make the centre more appealing, given its limitations.

One of its biggest drawbacks is traffic wardens. The parking time is too restrictive to encourage people to do other than dive in there for whatever minor shopping they need and hastily depart.

Why not extend the parking to

4 hours to give plenty of time to browse, have a coffee and perhaps some lunch?

Clearly the restricted parking time is to discourage people from parking there and taking a bus and train to the City, but 4 hours would not allow people to park there for the day without incurring a fine.

Wake up Pakuranga Plaza before it’s too late and the centre gets sold on to someone else.

John Winters Half Moon Bay

Ban these car sales

Finally, something is about to be done about the private cars parked for sale along the side of Cascades Road (Times, July 27).

Last year I contacted the council with this concern and was referred to the parking wardens.

I was given a job number, and after several weeks was informed that this parking was legal as the cars were inside the white line on the side of the road. Nothing could be done about it.

At that time, there were about 10 cars parked every day Now, a year later, there can be as many as 24 cars parked overnight or at any one time.

Cascades Road is busy and should not be used as a car yard.

The car owners are taking advantage of free advertising for their vehicles.

It has been mentioned that several car dealers are parking their cars there as well.

I disagree with Vicky Chan.

Why should we have a car yard at Lloyd Elsmore Park? This park is used for all of our sports and pleasure.

Auckland Transport should have another look at this serious issue as the selling of vehicles on a busy road like this should be banned.

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Land use the key

Restrictions on land supply has added half a million dollars to the average Auckland house We are disappointed but not surprised by the findings the Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (Superu) that land use regulation is responsible for up to 56 per cent of the cost of and average house in Auckland.

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summer, the first homes consented early in 2018 and first homes completed by late 2018.

The infrastructure to be funded includes new bridges, a State Highway interchange, arterial roads, water and waste treatments plants, pump stations and storm water drainage. Councils will also work through the details of how many lower-cost houses developers will be able to produce via the infrastructure being put in place. On top of the Housing Infrastructure Fund, the Government will be investing up to $600m alongside local councils and private sector investors in network infrastructure for big new housing developments. Investment will be done through a new company called Crown Infrastructure Partners.

This new infrastructure funding model is a way to bring in private sector investors and to help

It is important that our housing stock is meeting growth and keeping up with demand. This is why the Government is investing in housing boosts all over the country.

Recently the Government has made two major announcements on housing infrastructure: a $1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund, and up to $600 million in co-invested funding for housing infrastructure.

The $1b Housing Infrastructure Fund is another milestone for the Government which will speed up the delivery of 60,000 houses across our fastest growing population centres over the next 10 years.

The funding will be allocated across nine projects in five different council areas, Auckland, Hamilton, Waikato, Tauranga and Queenstown.

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The contractors claim they are acting on the instructions of the council, and that it is because the tar seal that was used to fill the gap when the curb and channelling was repaired looks ugly.

This is a massive job, involving removal of all the old surfacing, at great cost, no doubt.

Can I just point out that there are people in Auckland who need food and housing?

I know you will say that this comes out of a separate budget, but I don’t think that is a good enough answer.

I feel sick to think that because I live in a middle class suburb I have to watch this gross misdirection of ratepayers’ money.

My road does not have to be perfect. Roads in Rodney and South Auckland do not get this treatment (and neither they should).

I am not the only resident who has contacted the local paper.

I know you are a mayor who has a genuine concern about ordinary people, and that is why I voted for you. Please do not let this go on.

Barbara Arbuthnot Pakuranga

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The film that explores the high pressure world of competitive cycling is a must- see for all

was released by the Minister of Finance, Steven Joyce recently.

It’s sobering to think that Aucklanders pay over half a million dollars on the average Auckland house because of red tape imposed by the Council.

The findings of the research states that land use regulation is impeding of flexibility of housing supply to be able to respond to population growth.

Auckland housing costs is the primary driver of poverty and many of the socials ills that sadly plague our region.

Homelessness, overcrowded houses, third word diseases and poor educational outcomes all stem directly from the high cost of housing largely as a result of our onerous land use regulations.

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What’s On Classy Crafts

Indoor Market. August 5, inside All Saints Community Centre, 30 Cook St, Howick (9am-1pm).

Quality NZ-made handcrafts including Kiwiana, souvenirs, felting, denim bags, paua & bone jewellery, local authors’ books.

Phone Ruth 535-7513.

Horticultural meeting

The Howick Horticultural Society is holding their AGM and monthly meeting on Thursday, August 10 at 10.30am at Haseler Hall, All Saint’s Church, Selwyn Road, Howick. Our speaker is Graeme Fieldes on succulents.

This will be followed by a shared lunch (please bring a small plate).

There will also be a raffle, trading table and library. Visitors most welcome. Phone 535-4769.

Centering meditation

Sunday, August 6, meet at 6.50pm for a 7pm start. All welcome. Music and meditation on a sacred text and time of stillness and quiet. We meet on the first Sunday of every month at the historic All Saints Church, corner of Selwyn Rd and Cook St, Howick.

Enquiries 534-6864.

60s Up

We have the Zimmers coming to perform for us. Members can pay for the movie outing at Rynders.

New members always welcome to call in and have a cup of tea or coffee and make new friends.

Te Tuhi Art Centre, Tuesday, August 15, 9.30am. Phone Bonnie 273-7538 or Maureen 576-7661.

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Inner Wheel

The Inner Wheel Club of Howick: is one of the world’s largest woman’s voluntary organisations with 60 Clubs in New Zealand.

We meet monthly on the 3rd Wednesday. A great way to meet new people, build friendships, learn new skills and build your confidence, while helping the community locally and reaching out internationally. We have guest speakers and outings. Why not join us? Phone Elizabeth on 271-6642.

The Garage Op Shop

You’ll find bargains galore and some of the best prices around at The Garage Op Shop, 96 Udys Rd, Pakuranga. Friday 10am-2pm.

Phone 576-2435 or thegarageopshop@pcf.gen.nz.

Advanced Care Planning

This 2½ hour seminar, will be held on Tuesday, August 15 at Pakuranga Library, 7 Aylesbury St, Pakuranga from 10am12.30pm. Morning tea included.

People’s needs change as they age and there may come a time when a person is no longer able to make decisions or advocate for themselves. What is an ACP, why should we have one, what is the process to complete one? Come and find out what is involved from our guest speaker. No cost but donations towards costs gratefully received. To register your place (essential for catering purposes), contact the Age Concern office 279-4331 ext 800 or email reception@accm.org.nz.

Howick Tramping Club

Explore the outdoors with great people. Day walks and overnight tramps. New members welcome.

Club night is 7.30pm on 2nd Tuesday of month below Howick Bridge Club, 563 Pakuranga Rd. Tuesday, August 8 is the club AGM followed by presentation of Easter tramp at Mt Somers; $2 cover charge. Phone Karen 0212511974 for further info.

Probus meeting

The Bucklands Beach Combined Probus Club next meets at the Bucklands Beach Bowling Club, 21 Morrow Avenue, Bucklands Beach on Monday, August 7 commencing 10am. New members and visitors welcomed. Free entry. Meeting includes interesting talks and morning tea. This meeting’s guest speaker is Colonel Daphne Shaw (Retired) on women in the NZ Army. Great opportunity for friendship and fellowship. Phone Patricia 5335666.

Probus club

The Howick East Combined Probus Club is a community organisation for active retirees, offering friendship and a range of activities for members including monthly trips, walking group, wine appreciation and many other activities. We invite you to come to our next monthly meeting at 10am, Tuesday, August 8, Nixon Park Hall, Howick, to meet our large group of fun-loving members. Phone Tom or Sue at 533-4551.

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Probus Club of Howick caters for retired or semi-retired people. We meet at 10am on the second Friday of each month, at St Andrew’s Church Centre, Vincent St, Howick. We have a monthly luncheon group, we go on regular outings to local venues, have a theatre group that caters for both local and international productions. Have a cuppa and a biscuit and meet new people and make new friends, best of all it costs you nothing to visit. Next meeting is on Friday, August 11.

Phone Cliff 534-5246.

Big Latch

Howick La Leche League hosts a Big Latch On as part of World Breastfeeding Week, Friday, August 4, 10 am, Haseler Hall, All Saints Church, Selwyn Road, Howick. Phone Aimee 0212576626 or Heather 527-6233.

Dementia Auckland Symposium Dementia Auckland’s annual Symposium features speakers who are experts in their field – they will share informative, thought provoking discussions about their studies, experiences and knowledge of dementia. A must for anyone with an interest in dementia, or for those working with, or supporting people living with dementia. Sunday, August 27, 1pm-5pm, Waipuna Hotel & Conference Centre. Entry by donation. Email stephanie@ dementiaauckland.org.nz to register.

Zonta meeting

Zonta East Auckland celebrates 30 years of service and advocacy in our community, Tuesday, August 1, Howick Club, Botany Rd, 6pm. Dinner and birthday fun to celebrate this special occasion.

Prospective members welcome.

Contact eastauckland@zonta. org.nz or phone Gay 021-1451574.

Need clothes?

Two Coats Clothing Co-op. Come and swap bag for bag. Men’s, women’s, children’s clothing.

Any condition accepted. All welcome. Tea and coffee served.

First Friday of every month at the Picton Centre, 120 Picton Street, Howick. Phone Heather 0274780417 or Lyn 0274-530023.

Favourite hymns

All Saints Church, Selwyn Road, Howick invites you to join in an hour of favourite hymns, personal stories and musical items, followed by afternoon tea, 2pm Sunday, August 6. Phone 534-6864.

Garden group

Papatoetoe Garden & Floral Art Society are holding a spring show on August 22 in the Wesley Methodist Church Hall, 37 Kolmar Rd, Papatoetoe, 7.30pm.

Trading table & supper. Free entry. Enquires to Glenis 2787853 or Rose 278-2223.

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The Speaker speaks up

OUT NOW

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avid Carter has witnessed many ministers make or destroy their reputations.

His job entails playing referee at Parliament.

When temperatures are rising and things are getting out of control, Mr Carter Speaker of the House of Representatives - steps in to say enough is enough.

In Botany on Friday at the invitation of Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross who has been bringing senior politicians to the area, Mr Carter had flown in from Christchurch to visit a local business.

Dropping in at the Times’ office after visiting GMP Pharmaceuticals in East Tamaki, Mr Carter says he

is very impressed with the kind of investment the leading manufacturing company is making. “(Managing director) Karl Ye now plans to make an added investment in New Zealand for which they will employ 400 more staff,” he says.

The man with the third most important job in the country says that a lot of people don’t have a clue about what the Speaker of the House of Representatives really does.

He intends to return to this area next month at the invitation of the Pakuranga Rotary Club and also address schools about the ceremonial role of a speaker.

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president Andrew Harvey who spoke about social, environmental and literacy projects that the club will be focussing on in the coming year. “We will be having fun whilst raising funds and be professional in everything we do,” he said.

Andrew introduced the 2017/2018 board of directors which included “a witch,

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The evening was MCd by the dapper Rotarian Tony Peacock who some members mistook for James Bond 007.

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Elder abuse response service exists for victims

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ew Zealand is less than 10 years away from having more seniors than children.

“By 2035 there will be 350,000 over 65s in Auckland. Botany already has 11,000 over 65s,” said Maggie Barry, Minister for Seniors, Minister for Conservation and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, as she addressed the SuperBlues meeting.

It was hosted by Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross with National candidate for Pakuranga, Simeon Brown.

Ms Barry, who hosted a gardening show on television for years, cautioned the gathering of senior citizens at the Howick Bowling Club about the increase in the incidence of physical, psychological, financial and sexual abuse.

Quoting the case of 77-yearold Ena Lai Dung who was starved to death by her daughter and weighed just 29kg with 15 broken bones when the ambulance officers arrived, Ms Barry said it’s important for the most vulnerable people to live in agefriendly communities.

“World War II veteran member Ron Greenhalgh died penniless because it was

protecting seniors: Around 79 per cent of seniors are abused by their own family members said Minister for Seniors Maggie Barry as she cautioned the seniors at the Howick Bowling Club.

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squandered at the TAB by his daughter, a resident of Pakuranga,” said the politician who first contested the Botany by-election in 2011.

“She was recently sentenced to 10 months of home detention.

“Around 79 per cent of seniors are abused by their own family members. Around 43 per cent of abused are living with the abusers and sadly it is the hardest thing to talk about,” she said stressing on the option to change the enduring power of attorney if children are not treating

them right.

“Recently we launched a 0800 number (0800 32 668), a 24/7 helpline that will be staffed by a registered nurse.

“It’s an Elder Abuse Response Service (EARS) focussed on intervention and putting the needs of victims of elder abuse first.”

SuperSeniors Champions is another initiative with a group of influential and articulate advocates for positive ageing.

Talking about the record number of high elective surgeries and the huge increase

in SuperGold Card—from a few hundred in 2008 to more than 13,000 outlets— she mentioned a number of initiatives for the aging population that included $2 billion pay equity deal for the agedcare workers.

Lightening up the mood after the serious talk on the elderly being ripped off, the Minister for Conservation spoke about her recent encounter with the flamboyant British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

“He’s quite funny,” she said about Mr Johnson who tried to channel his inner reptile on his visit to Zealandia, where he came face-to-face with a takahe, a tuatara and a kaka.

“He said all leaders are reptiles and are shape-shifters,” she laughed “He’s such a comical character and potentially says things which are quite rude but he has so much charisma, he easily gets away with it.

“He described our predator-free campaign as `campaign of commendable slaughter’.”

However she says having Boris come to town was a very positive step.

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Minimal Silence, made up of Howick College students Sabastian Munro, Logan Anderson and Mark Tohovaka, say they are ecstatic to have reached this point in the competition.

They will play off against 11 other acts from around the country in the National Final on Saturday September 2 at Auckland Girls Grammar School.

“We have put our hearts into our music and countless hours have been spent creating new material and rehearsing,” say the trio. “ The musicians say it’s a big determination boost to know they will be performing alongside the best youth bands in the country. “This is our third year competing,” they say. “Getting in the finals has shown us that following our passion and pursuing our dreams can pay off.”

This is the first time Howick College has a band in the competition finals.

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he picturesque beachside suburb of Beachlands has taken out the top spot in Barfoot & Thompson’s list of ‘Top 20’ Auckland real estate hot spots.

For the first half of 1017, Beachlands’ median sales price was up 64 per cent to $1,338,500 compared with $815,000 (a difference of $522,500) for 2016. Favona, south of the Mangere inlet, was the second-hottest suburb, increasing by 37 per cent to $835,000 from $610,000 ($225,000). The Central Auckland suburb of Parnell was third, increasing by 34 per cent to $1,075,000 from $800,500 ($274,500).

The company’s list of top 20 suburbs is calculated using the greatest percentage of sales price growth, comparing median sale prices in each suburb during the same periods of 2017 and 2016.* It features an eclectic mix of suburbs from throughout New Zealand’s largest city, including seven on the North Shore and further north, five Eastern suburbs, four Central suburbs, three in South Auckland, and just one in West Auckland.

For the Top 20 suburbs, median sales prices were up 12-64 per cent in the first half of 2017 from the same period the year before, with actual gains ranging between $69,000 and $522,500.

“Beachlands is an area of Auckland that many people would appreciate for its beautiful beaches, almost rural feeling, and tight-knit community. It has taken the lead from Mission Bay which previously topped the list.

“Development in the area is attracting buyers, and this is contributing to the increase in sales price,” says Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson.

“The diverse and wide spread of the Top 20 list isn’t surprising. With strong international immigration and multiculturalism, growth and development across Auckland, and changing attitudes to lifestyles and expectations among Auckland’s population, many people are thinking beyond our historical ideas of home ownership.

“Some people are moving further out to find the space

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“It’s been 10 years now since the Global Financial Crisis, which was the last time Auckland saw a stalling of house prices,” says Thompson. “Property is a long-term investment that has ups and downs over time, but vendors and buyers can’t and shouldn’t necessarily time their decisions on this basis.

“It’s important people feel comfortable with their decision to sell or buy, and that they’re doing so for their own reasons or circumstances.

“Property performs well in the long term, whether you buy in a rising, flat or falling phase in the typical property cycle.”

Suburb spotlight – Beachlands Russell Joblin, Barfoot & Thompson Beachlands Branch Manager, has seen Beachlands move in leaps and bounds in his 13 years in the job.

He believes the stand-out value growth in Beachlands reflects Aucklanders aspiring to a sought-after mix of rural, beachside, and city living.

“Recent subdivisions in Beachlands are providing a wide range of quality properties, from large family homes to townhouses and apartments.

Population growth has also seen the development of a new town centre and supermarket, which adds to the appeal.

“The transport options are also great. It’s a pleasant and relatively short 35-minute ferry ride from Pine Harbour marina to the CBD.” During the January to June period, 58 per cent homes sold

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“It’s clear there is no one place to live, or one type of housing that we all aspire to.”

Lower residential property sales numbers in Auckland in recent months saw average sales prices fall by 3.1 per cent in June, compared with the previous three months.

“The first half of 2017 has seen sales prices in Auckland begin to mellow,” says Mr Thompson.

“This scenario, rather than a rapid fall, is a good outcome for both vendors and buyers.

The growth in recent years has still returned strong year-onyear gains for home owners, whereas buyers are now benefiting from more choice.”

Barfoot & Thompson also used historical sales data to rank Auckland suburbs for greatest percentage sales price growth since 2012 and 2007, depicting changes over fiveand 10-year periods. Ten of the current Top 20, also featured in a Top 20 position for long-term growth, while six of those ten suburbs featured on all three Top 20 lists.

Takapuna, sixth on the current list, demonstrated the third-highest growth for the five years since 2012, and was the leading performer in the decade since 2007, showing a 197 per cent increase in median sales price over 10 years. Favona, second on the 2017 list, was fourth and seventh, respectively, for five- and 10-year growth.

The other standout longterm performers were Milford, Glen Innes, Pakuranga, and Mt Wellington.

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436,000 445,000

175,000 704,000 695,000

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161%

156%

27

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40

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525,000 456,000

150,000 475,000 544,000

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90%

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59

97

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20

12

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690,000

398,000 336,000

112,000 404,000 466,000

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139%

54

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61

89

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Blockhouse Bay 17

544,000

475,000

329,000 413,000

69,000

215,000 131,000

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23

35

27

25

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920,000

545,000 483,500

133,500 508,500 570,000

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118%

40

58

87

59

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18

830,000

731,500

584,750 462,500

98,500

245,250 367,500

13%

42%

79%

20

36

34

18

Swanson

19

855,000

760,000

439,000 420,000

95,000

416,000 435,000

13%

95%

104%

24

23

11

11

Remuera

20

1,710,000

1,527,500 910,000 827,500

182,500 800,000 882,500

12%

88%

107%

70

120

111

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Record fall in number of new property listings N

Static Auckland The Auckland region in

particular is at an interesting stage in the property cycle, says Vanessa.

“In every other region in the country, it’s still a sellers’ market, as measured by the inventory of listings,” she says.

“But Auckland was delicately poised between a buyers’ and sellers’ market in July,” she says.

Inventory of listings means that theoretically if no new properties were to come onto the market from today, Auckland’s property stock would ‘sell out’ in 23 weeks.

“We will be watching with interest to see if this trend continues. If it does, it could indicate a shift towards a buyers’ market in Auckland.

“The last time we saw a buyers’ market in Auckland was February 2011.”

Property listings North Island regions with the greatest falls in new property listings in July compared to the previous year were Waikato (down 27.0 per cent), Bay of Plenty (down 26.3 per cent), and Taranaki (down 22.4 per cent).

By comparison, new property listings in Auck-

land fell by 13.9 per cent. In the South Island, Central Otago/ Lakes new listings in July fell 32.4 per cent compared July 2016, while Otago listings dropped by 28.8 per cent.

Bucking the trend While property asking prices nationally fell by 0.3 per cent in July compared to the previous month, four regions bucked the trend, with lifts in asking prices of more than five per cent.

The Coromandel led the way with a 11.2 per cent lift in asking prices compared to the previous month, followed by Northland (5.6 percent), Marlborough (5.4 per cent) and Central North Island (5.1 per cent).

At the other end of the scale, the largest falls in asking price for July compared to June were in Otago (down 7.9 per cent) and the Wairarapa (down 7 per cent).

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In July 2017, only 7933 new listings came onto the market across the whole country, which is the lowest number in any July month since our records began in 2007, says realestate.co.nz spokesperson Vanessa Taylor.

Of the 19 regions in New Zealand, all but one region (Nelson, which remained static) experienced a decline in the number of new listings in July compared to the previous year.

“At the same time, average asking prices for homes fell by 0.3 per cent compared with the prior month. It’s a situation which we will be watching closely,” says Taylor.

“It’s a classic case of supply and demand, we have seen a tightening in supply along with a decreasing in demand which means a stable price environment.”

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From dark and dreary to a light and bright kitchen Vicky Jones just can’t keep a smile off her face when she’s in her new kitchen. With the addition of some clever design aspects used by Jag Kitchens, it has been transformed from a dark space to an elegant light and bright hub of the home.

“It was originally very dark because it is an internal kitchen and was blue. The addition of a smoky mirror splashback (from Image Glass) at the end of the kitchen and the use of the white cabinetry and benchtops made the kitchen light and bright,” Vicky says.

Vicky lives in the Dannemora home with her husband, Aaron and three children, ranging in age from 12 to 20. The couple had a four-bedroom home built 16 years ago and all family members are delighted with the transformation of the open plan kitchen/living area.

Jag Kitchens Designer, Frances Fothergill, has worked closely with the Jones on the project and is also very happy with the result. “It’s amazing what a difference lightening it up has made,” she says.

The new kitchen has gloss acrylic cabinetry in Arctic White, while the benches are chunky Smartstone engineered stone in the colour, Amara.

The floors in the kitchen are an attractive dark Jarrah – making a stylish contrast with the bright fittings.

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under the island bench as well – great for all the family’s various electronic devices.

The new kitchen works wonderfully well for entertaining. “I hosted a baby shower here recently and there was heaps of room for all the platters of food. All my guests just loved the kitchen”, Vicky adds.

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the large mirror splashback is a bank of cupboards with soft-closing, bifolding lift doors and no visible handles. For the cupboards below the benchtop, Ezi-Venice handles have been used for a minimalist look and easy opening.

Another special feature is the hidden drawers (a drawer within a drawer) which work really well for storing layers of items while having fewer drawer fronts – which again give that more minimalistic look. The corners both have Hafele Le Mans corner mechanisms which provide pullout access for all Vicky’s pot and pans.

The island bench is well used by the family and has been accessorised with smart white and aluminium bar stalls.

A strip of led lighting under the bench overhang adds the wow factor, and a useful addition has been to add a PowerPoint

Vicky and Aaron bought all new appliances, including a Samsung French Doors fridge, with the ice-maker a popular choice with the family.

The Jag installer even worked around a new and very frisky little puppy, Vicky was looking after, on the day the kitchen was installed—so she has great praise for Jag Kitchens and the entire process.

“Everything went so smoothly.

I don’t know now why I put up with the old kitchen for so long,” she says.

Jag Kitchens specialise in custom-designed kitchens and has its own manufacturing plant. The staff also use a stateof-the-art 3D computer design programme to show clients beforehand exactly how their new kitchen will look.

Jag Kitchens have an excellent reputation for designing and building for all budgets. Their advice and design service is FREE OF CHARGE. Visit www.jagkitchens.co.nz for more information on a wide range of materials and design options or to see more kitchen examples.

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This feature provides helpful information regarding sports for all ages and informs our readers of the variety of sport, fitness and healthy lifestyle choices.

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CAT DOORS

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and drainage Hot water cylinders Bathrooms, kitchens New and repairs

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All about

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ARCHERY Professional Coaching every Wed, Spinal Unit, Otara 6pm - 7pm.

All equipment provided.

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DS TREES & Landscapes, all tree work & stumps, hedges, mulching, rubbish removal. Ph Doug 021537171/537-8595

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TUITION

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WATERBLASTING

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CLASSIFIEDS

22 — Howick and Pakuranga Times, Thursday, August 3, 2017

PAKURANGA COLLEGE

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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HOWICK

Years 7 - 10 In Zone Students

NOTICE OF 50 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

A limited number of spaces may be available to out of zone students in 2018.

Applications must be made by 3.30pm on Wednesday 6 September 2017.

Confirmation by ballot is scheduled for Wednesday 13 September 2017.

OPEN DAY

1. Minutes of the 49th General Meeting 2. Adoption of the Annual Report 3. Adoption of the Annual Balance Sheet 4. Election of Officers 5. Notices of Motion 6. General Business

Wednesday 9 August 2017 11:00am to 12:30pm ENROLMENT INFORMATION

Wed 9 August Wed 30 August Wed 6 Sept Thurs 7 November Thurs 7 November

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Open Day 11am—12:30pm Out of zone applications close Out of zone ballot drawn Orientation Day New Parent Info Evening

A prospectus and enrolment form can be downloaded from the school’s website www.mhjc.school.nz or can be collected at reception, 103 Jeffs Road, Flat Bush, Auckland

Email: admin@howickint.school.nz Phone: 09 534 3922 Website: www.howickint.school.nz We thrive on PRAISE

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Please note: 50 places are available at Year 7 level only.

Perseverance, Respect, Attitude, Integrity, Service, Excellence

INFORMATION EVENING will be held on MONDAY 7 AUGUST 2017 @ 7pm Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm Phone (09) 2777881

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ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE TO BE HELD IN THE CLUBROOMS 11am-7pm 11am-7pm 11am-7pm 11am-1pm & 4-6pm

Out of Zone Students

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

BUSINESS

Voting days and times Wednesday 6 September Thursday 7 September Friday 8 September Saturday 9 September

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 7818 - SOLUTIONS Across - 6, Inoculation. 7, Agog. 8, Kangaroo. 9, Report. 10, Turban. 12, Kirsch. 15, Mimosa. 17, Abundant. 19, Neat. 20, Bull Terrier.

Down - 1, Gorgeous. 2, Bucket. 3, Gannet. 4, Lira.

5, Angora. 6, Ingle. 11, Romantic. 13, Imbibe. 14, Hearth. 15, Mature. 16, Stair. 18, Null.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7818 - SOLUTIONS Across - 6, Cut both ways. 7, Down. 8, Turn-over. 9, Resign. 10, S-word-s. 12, Ad-ages. 15, Les-son. 17, Club bore. 19, Arc-h. 20, Demon bowler.

Down - 1, Standing. 2, Cot-ton. 3, Shorts. 4, S-ago. 5, Ascend (anag.). 6, C-love. 11, Ob-stacle. 13, De-lude.

14, Spoons (rev.). 15, Lie low. 16, Oc-cur. 18, Bum-p.

Applications close on Friday 18 August 2017

To be held in the Clubrooms on Saturday 16th September 2017 at 10.00am

$50 for individuals (incl umpires fee) $150 per team - Provide your own umpire*

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ENROLLING NOW FOR 2018 TH

Don’t have a team? No problem...Join us as an individual

Team/Individual Name:........................................................

Contact Person:...................................................................

Cell Phone:..........................................................................

Email:...................................................................................

Grade:................................... Pool umpire requested: Y/N Register your team: info@hpnc.org.nz www.hpnc.org.nz

JUNIOR COLLEGE

De bon vouloir servir—To serve with goodwill

Ladies

Monday 14 August - 11 September 2017 6-a-side Netball with revolving subs 6:00pm Games Bibs and ball supplies

Mission Heights

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Adult Mixed

5 week Fun Competition

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Enrolment packs are available from Pakuranga College Reception or by phoning 09 534 7159

College Mixed

Ballot (if required): Wednesday 6 September 2017 CD253876

Parents of prospective students and their families, and members of the public, are warmly invited to visit our school on OPEN MORNING to see our campus, view displays and meet staff and students.

The Reception office will be open during this time to accept enrolments.

Mr M Williams Principal

Please Note: Out-of-zone applications (Year 9 only) must be received by Wednesday 30 August 2017

Mr M Williams Principal

Due to a communication error, the incorrect dates for Out-of-Zone Enrolments at Botany Downs Secondary College have been previously advertised.

The correct dates for 2018 Out-of-Zone enrolments are: Applications close: Wednesday 30 August 2017

Saturday 5 August 2017 9:00am – 12 noon

All Year 9 In-Zone Applications for 2017 must be received by Friday 25 August 2017

NETBALL FUN LEAGUE

Changes to Enrolment Dates

OPEN MORNING

YEAR 9 ENROLMENTS 2018

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Sports and Leisure feature will be published next week and its all about local sport, leisure and associated businesses.

Does your club or business want to be involved?

Phone us to find out more 271 8055

TUITION

BRAINSTORM TUITION Director Bill Porter B.A. M.Phil (Hons) Auckland University

MATHS, ENGLISH, SCIENCE & STATISTICS TUITION CAMBRIDGE & NCEA Some amazing achievements by my students:

Shakil and Paige - Excellents for year 13 trigonometry internal Methab: 92% Cambridge AS Maths Nelson: 89% Cambridge IGCSE Maths Ditoya: 86% Cambridge IGCSE Maths Nicholas: 82% Cambridge IGCSE Maths Paige: Excellent for Level 2 Maths Duvithri: 92% for year 10 - 3rd in class Lorenzo: All excellents for year 12 Maths so far this year which is especially impressive because Lorenzo is only in year 11.

We are already practising end-of-year papers for the externals

TESTIMONIALS:

Enrol now and take advantage of discount rates for paying a term in advance (see next column).

Parents should note that NCEA students are doing ongoing internal assessments during the term which count for credits in exactly the same way as do end of year exams so these should be taken very seriously, espacially by those students seeking merits and excellences. Enrol now to do practice tests and to find out what the examiners are looking for when you write your answers.

Exams are only 3 months away!

We use the “Socratic” method of teaching wherein we mostly keep asking questions until the light dawns. (We love that moment when a smile slowly spreads across their face and we know that they have got it.) When students feel that they are working something out for themselves it keeps them more involved and they remember it for longer. If we think of the mind as a muscle, it also strengthens that muscle for when it is needed in exams, effectively increasing their IQ. Hence the comment of one of my students that: “Mr Porter explains things well and makes it fun!”

Fees: Casual 10 Hours 20 Hours

$ 50 per hour $450 ($45 per hour) Fees must be paid in advance $800 ($40 per hour)

Term Times: Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday

3.30pm-7.30pm 11.00am-1.00pm 11.30pm-3.30pm

ENROL NOW FOR TERM 3

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Lions roar into final Agnew’s Angle

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he Johannesburg-based Lions have restored pride in South African rugby upon roaring to a stunning 44-29 Super Rugby semifinal home triumph against the defending champion Hurricanes.

A repeat of last weekend’s performance in this Sunday’s final against the gutsy Crusaders would provide master coach Johan Ackermann the perfect farewell before he takes up his new role with Gloucester in England.

Having taken the Lions to last year’s final against the Hurricanes in Wellington, Ackermann has proved his worth, even if his team didn’t have to face one New Zealand team before last weekend’s semi.

Although it was a farcical situation, it should not detract from the merits of a team that has embraced Ackermann’s expansive game and has been duly rewarded.

While the Crusaders’ defence was magnificent in their 27-13 Super Rugby home semi-final triumph against the Chiefs last weekend, coach Scott Robertson should have been dismayed his team gained just 30 per cent possession.

They will need to do much better in this Sunday’s final in Johannesburg against a Lions team that showed a lethal bite in coming from 3-22 behind to beat the Hurricanes 44-29.

Who would have expected that after they just pipped the Sharks the previous week with a penalty just before full-time?

Certainly the Lions benefitted from home advantage, just as the Crusaders did after the Chiefs had to travel to Christchurch from their Cape Town clash against the Stormers.

Nevertheless, they played outstandingly well against a Hurricanes side that wilted badly in the second half when the Barrett brothers, Beauden and Jordie, lost their Midas touch and kicked too much second half possession away.

While the sin binning of Beauden was ridiculous, the Lions were well worth their win with their forwards

dominating the set pieces.

That the Chiefs lost despite enjoying 70 per cent possession would have been cold comfort for Crusaders coach Scott Robertson in the knowledge his starting pack included seven All Blacks compared with the Chiefs’ three.

The best of them was tireless flanker Matt Todd who led a magnificent defence and had the better of tough Sam Cane.

With Ardie Savea easily the best of the Hurricanes in J’burg, Cane’s tenure as the test starter is at risk though he has never performed badly Just as Ackermann has done with the Lions, Robertson has done wonders improving the Crusaders’ defence and sharpening the attack.

In master-minding two Super Rugby crown triumphs, astute Dave Rennie has left his mark on the Chiefs before his departure for Glasgow.

Certainly replacing Rennie, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Aaron Cruden and James Lowe in particular, will be a difficult task next year although Brad Wheeler and Damien McKenzie look set to make an exciting halves combination.

McKenzie and Cruden were both brave and brilliantly creative against the Crusaders and no one would deny outstanding Brodie Retallick the justice of scoring his team’s only try of the semi-final.

Meanwhile, having been warned after the Lions feasted on the Hurricanes, the Crusaders will be wary of a team that has much the same skill and dogged determination as themselves.

But they will also have an innate belief they can survive any storm in following the dictates of a coach who has given them the tools to do the job.

However, high altitude and home fans favour the Lions.

■ Ivan Agnew is an award-winning sports writer and author

FAST: Corey Main narrowly missed out on earning a second final.

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Main fails to make second final Former Macleans College student Corey Main could not repeat his earlier heroics to earn a second final at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest.

Florida-based Main, from Howick Pakuranga Swim Club, had hoped his outstanding swim in the 100m backstroke that saw him make his first World Championship final,

would be a catalyst for his favoured 200m backstroke on day five today.

He snuck into the final with the 16th fastest times, but hoped a semi-finals swim under his best of 1:57.51 might be enough to reach a second final to seal an excellent world championship. That did not prove the case, matching his 16th world ranking from two years ago, when

he could only manage 2:01.00 in his semifinal.

Earlier Main qualified in the 16th and final place for the semifinal. He was reasonably placed at the halfway mark in his heat, but faded over the final 100m, which has usually been the strength of the young Kiwi.

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Whitford rider wins big in Europe Whitford teenager Blake Ross has had recent success in downhill mountain bike racing at the IXS Cup in Europe.

The 15-yearold raced in the pro youth U17 male category and came away better than hoped for with three wins.

Ross came first in the Austrian GlemmRide Bike Festival

TRIFECTA: Blake Ross is showing great form.

and the German Nationals while also coming in first in the European Cup. Ross now has his sights set on training towards the Asia Pacific Chamionships in Bali in December and the NZ Season in January before heading back to Europe to contest the full European cup series next year.

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Two St Kents’ girls named in NZ squad T he depth in talent in secondary school ranks continues to impress new coach MaryJane Araroa who has confirmed her New Zealand Secondary School team to travel to Australia. Twelve players – including two from Saint Kentigern College - and three reserves have been named in the national team in what Araroa said proved a tough selection process.

The team will assemble in Auckland on September 25 and travel across the Tasman to attend the Netball Australia 17-and-under training camp.

The NZSS team will take part in round-robin match play against

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three 17-and-under teams – competing against the best 36 Australian athletes in their agegroup.

Coach Mary-Jane Araroa said she was looking forward to working with the talented group of school athletes.

“I have seen some real turn of events over the years within this age group and the competition for spots at this level has gone from strength to strength,” she said.

“It is just amazing as the standard of skill and talent is exceptional.

“I am very excited and can’t wait to start focusing on this

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NAMED: Victoria Kolose (left) and Tayla Earle, both from Saint Kentigern College.

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core group.”

The Emerging Talent selection panel of Araroa, Charissa Barham, Pelesa Semu, Nic Jones, Jen Hooper and Lee-Anne Clark had a tough ask of naming players in the absence of a regular trial and players were considered over a number of competi-

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tions including the Beko Netball League and the recent Netball NZ U19 and U17 Champs.

It meant four players were named from outside the New Zealand Secondary Schools squad which had been named after the national development camp in January.

They also lost shooters to the NZU21 team which enabled Tamara Leoni, from Epsom Girls Grammar, and Diahn Te PaniaStrickland, from Manukura, to be selected from outside the squad.

Also picked from outside of the squad were mid-courter Braxton Te Riini (Manukura)

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and defender Lyanne Eukaliti (Hillcrest High School) who both stood out at the Netball NZ U19 Champs.

New Zealand Secondary Schools Team 2017 (zone and school): Shooters – Tamara Leoni (Northern, Epsom Girls Grammar), Bianca Nagaiya (Northern, Epsom Girls Grammar), Lahaina-Lee Upu-Toporea (Northern, Mt Albert Grammar School), Diahn Te PaniaStrickland (Central, Manukura).Mid-court – Braxton Te Riini (Central, Manukura), Victoria Kolose (Northern, St Kentigern College), Ainsleyana Puleiata (Central, St Mary’s College), Tayla Earle (Northern, St Kentigern College). Defence – Renee Savai’inaea (Central, St Mary’s College), Theresa Ngata (Northern, Aorere College), Greer Sinclair (Northern, Epsom Girls Grammar), Lyanne Eukaliti (WaikatoBOP, Hillcrest High School).

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Club results ■ George Nicholson Cup Final - Premier Devlopment (39) v Ponsonby (18). Tries: Charlie Gibson x1, Aula Silipa x1, Sione Lolohea x1, Paula Maama x1, Cam James x1, Will Rew x1.

Conversions: Cam James x3.

Penalties: Cam James x1. Player of the Day: Sione Lolohea.

■ Bowl Final - Under 20s (24) v Waitemata (21). Tries: Matt Horgan x1, Obey Samate x2, Simon Fauoo x1. Conversions: Obey Samate x2.

Player of the Day: Morgan WhiteChambers.

■ Peter Hall Cup Semifinal First Grade (79) v Ponsonby Eps (22). Tries: Josiah Tairua x2, Scott McEwen, Damian Lydford x2 Blake James x4, Shaun Kohlhase x1, Nick Craggs x1, Benjamin Channing x1, Penalty Try x1. Conversions: Blake James x5, Sean Robb x1, Josiah Macnamara x1. Player of the Day: Sean Dalton.

■ Taipans (14) v Marist (15). Tries: Lance Talbot x1, Mike Taylor x1.

Conversions: Jason Littlefield x2.

Player of the Day: Lance Talbot.

■ Gallaher Shield Final University 39 (U Fetalaiga, M Renata, A Ripata, S Lawson, L Dunshea, T Elkington-MacDonald tries, T Elkington-MacDonald 3 con, T Elkington-MacDonald pen) ■ Suburbs 18 (B Tuivai, J Fa’anana-Schultz, S Vatubua tries, C Perry pen) Halftime: 13 - 5 ■ Jubilee Trophy Final - Eden 75 (B Lam 5, K Shepherd, M Leanna, T Malupo, B Hill, J Rutherford, J Tamatoa, R Taavoa, I Costa tries, I Costa 3, N Costa 2 con) ■ Grammar Tec 28 (T Milo, J Hickey, K Taimone, S Thomas tries, J Hickey 4 con) Halftime: 44 - 0 ■ Portola Trophy Final - East Tamaki 31 (G Crichton 4, T Silipa tries, T Iosua 3 con) ■ Papatoetoe 10 (M Pauta, J Tafili tries) Halftime: 14 - 0 ■ Presidents Cup Final Otahuhu 16 (A Paulo try, S Paulo-Tialavea Morris con, S PauloTialavea Morris 3 pen) ■ Mt Wellington 13 (T Vainikolo try, L Fosita con, L Fosita 2 pen) Halftime: 3 - 10

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STOKED: The gutsy Pakuranga United Rugby Club’s Development squad dominated the home final against Ponsonby at the weekend.

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Pak Development nails final T

here’s nothing quite like a one point loss to fortify and motivate a team.

Some three weeks ago Pakauranga United Rugby Club’s Premier Development squad went down 33-32 to a fired up Ponsonby side.

That really irked Pak and on Saturday the squad made sure there was no doubt as to which team ruled. Pak not only domi-

nated its nemesis but it clinched the season’s honours winning the George Nicholson Cup Final with an emphatic 39-18 victory.

Coach Chad Hopa is, understandably, stoked. “It’s been a long season and the boys did the job,” he said.

“We knew it would be battled especially after they scored first.

I think narrowly losing that last game, it become quite mental.

“When the pressure came on we were able to stay composed.”

The team was happy to share the joy with friends and family at the club. “We had a cheeky couple of beers in the changing rooms and opened the doors up and premier guys and key members of the club came down to celebrate the accomplishment.

And what an accomplishment.

A try not long before the break

sealed the win. Pak had an 18-7 lead. “Just before half-time we scored a long-range try and I think that broke a lot of Ponsonby hearts.

The win was sweeter as it was at home. “The support was phenomenal,” said Hopa.

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