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Racism on the menu?

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FAMILY of five left a local Chinese restaurant hungry after a spat allegedly over the colour of their skin.

Visiting Samoans Cecilia Keil and her husband had just arrived in Auckland from the United States on Monday and were hoping to catch up with their three adult sons over a meal.

Mrs Keil said one of her sons lives down the road from Wynn Lei Chinese Restaurant on the corner of Gossamer Drive and Manapouri Place in Pakuranga and they wanted to try it.

“As soon as we arrived we were told that the Eftpos machine was not working so we said we’ll pay by cash,” Mrs Keil told the Times.

Sending her husband home to retrieve the money, Mrs Keil and her sons stayed back to order food.

He returned with at least $300.

The Keils eventually resorted to writing their own orders on a piece of paper as the waitresses ignored them.

Other groups that arrived after them received their orders and Mrs Keil said she even saw a customer paying by card at the counter.

“For over 20 to 30 minutes we waited. Then the waitress came up and asked how we were going to pay for our food.”

“I said ‘you asked us before, we said we’ll pay cash’.”

Then Mrs Keil said they were asked to show proof they had the money.

“She said ‘you pay first’ and we said ‘no’ ... Like normal restaurants we want to eat first then pay because we might order more.”

Other patrons paid after their meals and Mrs Keil pointed that out but were told that they were regulars. “[The lady] said ‘your people eat and go, no pay, that’s why you pay first.”

Mrs Keil said she felt like she was being judged by the colour of her skin.

“It’s a racist comment. We felt like we were being singled out. Things like these happen all around the world but to be treated like that…”

The Keils had lived in New Zealand before moving back to Samoa.

“It’s the first time [something like this] happened to us. We were humiliated,” she said. “They [the customers] were all there watching. She pushed me and told me to get out.”

Mrs Keil has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission and posted her experience online.

When the Times visited the restaurant on Tuesday, the lady who served the Keils was not there but her husband and owner, Ronald Lee, was.

He said the Eftpos machine breaks down from time to time and it had not been working on Monday.

He was told that the Keils had come

in and initially looked at their takeaway menu before deciding to dine in.

He said they ordered up large, with big ticket items such as pork and duck, totalling around $180. “Seven dishes for five people. That’s too much,” he said.

Mr Lee said when the Keils were asked to produce proof of payment; they didn’t have a card on them, and only produced a few loose notes including US$1, with the largest note a Kiwi $10 bill.

He said there was no argument and the family left of their own accord.

The Dannemora resident said he had been in the restaurant industry for decades, and had encountered people who had “done a runner”, so he had to take measures to prevent that from happening.

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nessing must take place in the presence of all three people.

If the will-maker has authorised a person to act as an enduring power of attorney, that person may be able to help draw up a will, but Family Court approval will be needed. Also what is drawn up may not necessarily be what the will-maker wants.

Do-It-Yourself “NZ Will Kits” are available for about $45 from Whitcoulls. The blanks on the template forms can be filled in and signed by the will-maker and two witnesses.

Online ‘do-it-yourself’ wills can be emailed to the willmaker for filling out at home.

However the CAB has a word of warning.

Home-made wills, it says, are often open to being challenged or may raise difficulties when probate is sought. If a lawyer is not involved, there are also risks of omission or ambiguity.

For those unable to stand the costs of a lawyer’s fee, The Public Trust will prepare a will for $195.

Also, the Public Trust will likely reserve the right to be made the will executor and trustee.

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HILE making a will is one of the most important documents that most people will ever create and sign, there are a variety of ways of doing so and not all involve paying legal fees.

It is possible for a person to make his or her own will. To be valid, the instructions must be in writing and signed at the end by the will-maker and two witnesses. All three must be present together when the will is signed and must see each other sign.

Pakuranga Citizens Advice Bureau says as a matter of good practice the will-maker and each of the witnesses should also sign the foot of each page preceding the last page.

Any person over 18 years can be a witness to making a will, as long as they are not a beneficiary of the will or the spouse of a beneficiary.

A witness does not have to be personally-known to the willmaker and can be a Justice of the Peace (JP). But the JP will want to ensure that there are two witnesses and both witnesses are present with the will maker. The signing and wit-

company can charge fees to administer the estate. These are based on a percentage and can be significant.

If a person decides to use a lawyer to prepare their will, the CAB advises seeking quotes.

Usually a lawyer will charge a fee based on their time.

“It is a good idea for a person who wants to make a will to shop around for quotes first before settling on a particular lawyer.”

If a person dies without a Will, “intestate”, the Administration Act specifies how an estate will be distributed after death which may not be as the deceased person wished.

Family and friends may then experience significant frustration, stress, delay and costs, especially in the event of a legal claim against the estate.

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Setting up an Enduring Power of Attorney used to be free, Consumer says. But that came to an end in 2008 when the law was changed to clamp down on attorneys misusing their powers. Anyone setting up an enduring power today has to get legal advice which usually

means there will be a bill to pay.

The Government has responded to complaints about couples wanting to give each other enduring power of attorney being required to get separate legal advice, therefore paying two bills.

An amendment to the law in 2010 now means that two people appointing each other as mutual attorneys can seek advice from the same law firm or trustee corporation.

However, a couple could still be faced with a bill from more than one firm because the law requires the person giving legal advice to be independent from the person being appointed as attorney.

If the legal adviser has previously acted for the attorney, then there could be a potential conflict of interest and another adviser will have to be found.

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Pests taking hold in popular reserve FEEDBACK is sought by the Friends of Mangemangeroa (FOM) Society about the extent of damage being caused by rats and possums in the vicinity of the estuary reserve in Somerville Road, Howick.

FOM intends to raise the problem with the Howick Local Board, seeking support for an increased effort from animal pest contractors working in the Mangemangeroa Reserve, and to ensure that advice is available to nearby residents to help them control rats and possums on their properties.

Increased numbers of animal pests, mainly rats and possums,

is resulting in damage to many plant species, Allan Riley, FOM chairman says. Some are among the 100,000 or so trees planted by FOM over the past 13 years.

“Possum damage is now obvious on ‘gourmet’ possum feed sources, like Carmine Rata vines, a relatively rare vine in the Mangemangeroa Valley Reserve,” he says. Word of mouth suggests that the same problem is being experienced by many residents living within a kilometre or so of the reserve.

Auckland Council employs contractors to maintain bait lines within the city reserves. However, Mr Riley says FOM feels that

improved control levels of rats and possums could be achieved.

“Possums and rats don’t recognise reserve and residential boundaries,” he says.

The Department of Conservation says once established in a home range, adult possums rarely leave the area.

Typically, home ranges for males are about 1.9 hectares and for females, about 1.3 hectares.

“Possums are omnivores and, as well as a wide range of leaves, they eat birds’ eggs, chicks and insects,” Mr Riley says. “Their voracious appetite threatens the survival of many of our native plants, birds and insects.”

Rats can also decimate the birdlife, seeds, as well as ground fauna, he says.

“Our desire is to get an indication of increased or ongoing possum and rat activity.

FOM is asking residents near the reserve two questions: ■■ Do you have an increase with (i) rats or (ii) possums or (iii) both?

■■ Do you need advice on the control measures you can implement? YES or NO. Other comments or observations with a phone contact are welcomed.

■■ Send feedback on possum or rat problems to the Friends of Mangemangeroa Society, c/o Allan Riley, email allan.r@ihug. co.nz or phone 021-795-280.

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‘We must keep the family silver’

By Marianne Kelly

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FRONTING UP: Super City Mayor Len Brown answered questions at the recent Howick Residents and Ratepayers Association annual meeting. Times photo Marianne Kelly

Rates

ONLY 43 per cent of the Super City’s revenue is funded from rates, the rest from user and fixed charges and dividends. But Mr Brown concedes that some householders are facing rate increases of 30-40 per cent as the result of transitional arrangements to place properties of the same value throughout the city on the same rating footing.

“We’ve also had two property revaluations. If your property value has increased more than 35 per cent over the last three years you will definitely get a rise in rates.

“We are stuck with a statutory situation in setting rates and it’s not fair,” he says. “We base the rates increase on land value and if you have a higher percentage rise in land value, you

will pay more.”

Asked who he thinks is driving up the value of property, Mr Brown says Auckland is “a hugely popular city and this part of town (the south-east) is high value. Why do 30,000-40,000 people come here each year? For jobs and the opportunities; and we are getting a huge capital gain as a consequence of that.

“The downside is that every three years the rates increase.”

While having been petitioned by the south-east community for a number of years to lift the UAGC (Uniform Annual General Charge), the last survey in the recent 10-year Budget round talks resulted in 32,000 people, or close to 70 per cent, saying the UAGC should stay at $385 or be dropped.

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WHEN the Super City was formed, it inherited about $4 billion of debt and assets worth about $42 billion from legacy councils, Mr Brown says. Debt

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ENIORS on fixed retirement incomes, yet faced with spiralling rates as their South-East property values climb sky-high, are clearly not happy with Auckland Mayor Len Brown, who fronted up to the Howick Residents and Ratepayers Association at its recent annual meeting.

But on one matter, they and Mr Brown are unanimous. They are not about to see the Super City sell all the family silver. A show of hands at the meeting revealed almost total support for Auckland Council retaining its shares in Ports of Auckland and Auckland Airport.

“We have received a $75 million dividend from the airport shares,” Mr Brown says. “I will not lead the sale of those.”

However, Mr Brown says the council and ratepayers should have a discussion about the merits of selling assets. “Every year we will sell down about $100 million of surplus assets.”

But, contrary to community concerns, he says the council will not sell small reserves. “They all come under the Reserves Act and we cannot sell them. And there is no way we will be selling our libraries. We put a lot of assets into libraries, ensuring they provide a service. You can’t complain about the library service,” he said to murmurs of agreement.

“We have 68 housing villages for the elderly which we inherited. I have committed that we don’t sell them. But we’re also not building more of them.”

He agrees that Ports of Auckland governors and management recently “lost their compass” [about future development].

“We are having a discussion on this and by the end of the year we will have an answer. If we get the best information and have the argument, then we must absolutely abide by the decision, get the job done and stop looking backwards.”

“In this city of one and a half million people, we can not only pay attention to the people of Howick,” he says. “We are trying to find a balance, so we go through the budgeting process, listening to people. The reason 65-70 per cent of people said keep the UAGC at the same rate or lower is because at the current rate more people would suffer less impact on their rates.

“Of course it’s not fair. The rating system is flawed and unfair so we have to try to find a right balance across a range of communities.”

Consequently Mr Brown has welcomed the Local Government Funding Review released last month (July) which recommended alternative funding options for increasing community demands on services and infrastructure, and incentives to drive economic growth.

They included road user charges, targeted levies and fuel taxes; a plan to advance special zones for growth; simplifying the rates rebate scheme; charges and taxes on visitors; reconsidering limits on community amenities funded through development contributions.

Disagreeing with comment that setting the current 10-year Budget was a “flawed process”, Mr Brown says transport is the major issue for the city so the council went to the community for feedback.

After 18 months of discussion two ways of raising funds were favoured – increasing the petrol charge which would require a law change, and a motorway toll.

“Fifty per cent said they wanted motorway tolls. But we can’t introduce them until the Prime Minister and Government Ministers say they will engage.”

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Interest on the debt, at 3-4 per cent, is as low a rate as anywhere, he says. The debt, he says, is “inter-generational. It’s for building stuff, not only for you and I, but it’s maturing 10-35 years out. Everyone is paying through the generations.”

Pointing to the redevelopment of the Uxbridge Centre for Arts and Culture in Howick, Mr Brown says everyone will pay for the debt on the building over the years.

“We grappled with this during this year’s 10-year Budget round and we have started to flat-line the debt. The current $7 billion will rise to about $10 billion, then hit $9 billion in about five years time.

“We have a lot of big transport initiatives to fund – AMETI (Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative), a second harbour crossing, bus ways, the Eastern corridor, Mill Road.”

However, he says, a decision has been made to spend no more than 12 per cent of revenue on servicing debt; also councillors want to moderate the current $16 million spend on renewing assets.

Efforts are underway to reduce the operational spend, for example for about 8500 staff members. A report is expected soon from the council’s chief financial officer, Suzanne Tindall, who has been looking at the council’s $2 billion property portfolio and what further savings can be made.

“You will have the report at the same time as we do,” he told the Howick audience.

“Even if we flat-lined staff at 8500 people, we are building a lot of houses in the city and don’t want to be sued like councils were during the leaky home problems. We need to operate in a professional, functional way.”

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Doctors now opt in to free visits for children scheme

By NATALIE BRITTAN

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LL medical practices in the eastern suburbs are now offering free visits for children under 13 despite four resisting the scheme just last month.

In July, Beachlands and Maraetai Medical Centres, Marina Medical and Pakuranga Medical Centre were the remaining four local practices that had decided to opt out of the government-funded healthcare initiative out of 44 Auckland wide (see Times July 9, page 5).

Marina Medical GP Dr Bruce Page had told the Times that it could not afford to participate in

the scheme which only funded two visits per enrolled child a year with the shortfall covered by the practice itself.

As of last week, all four clinics are offering free visits to children under 13.

The Times asked why Marina Medical had decided to opt in, but Marina Medical practice manager Cheryl Smith said Dr Page was away on holiday for a month.

She declined to comment on his behalf but said that Dr Page had made the decision to offer free visits to children.

When the Times visited the clinic, it was apparent that fee

signage had been altered, with an extra line added for free visits for ages six to 13 and a fee of $43 for ages 6-17 had been replaced with ages 13-17.

The Times reported last month that Beachlands and Maraetai Medical Centres advertised free visits for children on their website which the practice manager, Christine Jones, admitted was incorrect at the time.

She declined to comment about the change apart from saying that they have decided to opt in as of August 1.

Ms Jones said the Times was more than welcome to email any questions through but then

declined to answer them.

Pakuranga Medical issued the following statement in response to questions: “We initially decided not to go free with U13 because analysis of our utilisation rates were much higher than what the Ministry stated, meaning that the funding the Ministry are providing is inadequate.

“This is still likely true but it is clear that patients want under 13 visits to be free, so when we were able we reviewed our decision. Needless to say that families with under 13 aged children are very pleased with the change in policy.”

News bites Houses score gold and silver FOUR local houses have received awards in the 2015 Auckland Registered Master Builders House of the Year.

Howick builders Finesse Residential won recognition with their Dannemora build receiving gold in the builder’s own home category.

A Howick house, built by Catalyst Construction, received silver in the SafetyMate Renovation Award over $500,000. Jalcon Homes won two silvers, for a house in Beachlands in the Placemakers New Home $400,000-$500,000; and in Pine Harbour in the Nulook New Home $650,000$1 million categories.

Gymnasts take top place Pakuranga College Rhythmic Gymnastics group placed first in the New Zealand Secondary Schools National Championships held at Bruce Pulman Park Gymsport and Recreation Centre in Papakura on Saturday August 1. The girls competed in the year 9/10 age group and placed first with a total score of 16.716 well ahead of the runners up with a score of 12.549.

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Doubts continue over proposed bus stop

By Marianne Kelly PUBLIC concern about pedestrian safety resulting from the relocation of a bus stop to the base of Stockade Hill in Ridge Road, Howick, has fallen on deaf ears at Auckland Transport (AT). But the Howick Local Board is digging its toes in.

The board asked AT to review the relocation but, at its meeting on Monday (August 10), was told there were no other viable alternatives to the relocation site chosen.

“The existing stop is in a poor location for reasons of safety and the provision of access, and adds journey time to every bus on one route in order to serve a very small number of passengers each week,” AT says. “While the new

bus stop location chosen isn’t optimum and the site is somewhat constricted, the footpath width meets minimum standards and the bus can at least be brought parallel to the kerb to improve accessibility.”

However, elected board member John Spiller remains unhappy with the new location. He wants AT to investigate whether the existing stop at the ‘give way’ sign by Crawford Park on the Mellons Bay/ Picton Street intersection could be retained by reconfiguring it.

“I am not happy that the new site is a safe option and we do not want a death on our conscience.”

A motion at Monday night’s meeting put by the board’s deputy chair Adele White was carried, asking AT to urgently

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By NATALIE BRITTAN A WELL-used pedestrian crossing was defaced one weekend resulting in a worker having to put in the hard yards the following day.

Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust employee Grace Daniels was seen dodging traffic on Macleans Road outside Macleans College painting over graffiti which appeared a fortnight ago.

“Somebody did a big penis in the middle of the road and f*** Macleans,” Ms Daniels told the Times.

She says the offensive

graphic was done in the same bright yellow marking on Richard Ave depicting a pair of breasts.

Ms Daniels had to use paint to undo the damage as water blasting was only allowed on main roads.

The 47-year-old says a colleague who lives in Howick first alerted her to the tags.

It took two trips for her to conceal the lewd representation on Macleans Road as the road was still damp on Monday morning.

Ms Daniels says it’s tough trying to keep up with all the tagging that happened in the

consider making a modification to Mellons Bay Road to continue to accommodate the existing bus stop.

In a report to the board, AT says it is unable to continue to allow buses to use the existing stop because of safety reasons.

The current stopping position does not allow passengers to safely exit the rear door of the bus onto the footpath because of the kerb alignment, and other vehicles are blocked from safely and legally using the intersection when a bus is loading or unloading.

Minor amendments were made to the proposed new bus stop position following consultation in order to improve visibility for motorists exiting the end of Picton Street at the ‘give way’ area and if it wasn’t for the trust, things would look a lot worse. “We’d look like a total mess. We work seven days a week just to try and combat tagging out here.”

The Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust contracts to the Auckland Council to remove graffiti vandalism and tagging on public property or land within 24 hours of it being reported.

Ms Daniels was the first female employee at the company and has been working there for 10 years.

She lost her daughter to pancreatic cancer last year and says she owes it to the organisation for helping her get through tough times.

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Relocation of the bus stop further down the main road in either direction would place it too close to other stops, AT says.

The new bus stop location will be available for use by a larger number of existing bus and proposed new network services that are expected to be publicly consulted on from October 1.

The location also removes the need to divert around Stockade Hill and wait at the ‘give-way’ intersection to re-join traffic flow which will improve reliability.

The existing stop was used by only 20 tag-on and 20 tag-off (AT HOP) users and six paper ticket holders over a week in the busiest month of the year to date (March), AT says.

An electrical fault sparked a fire at Edgewater College on Monday evening. Counties Manukau Police’s Edgewater mobile policing team leader, Steve Downie, said there was nothing suspicious and the fault had occurred at the school’s textile blocks.

Fire services were called to the scene at about 5.30pm and the blaze was put out leaving smoke-related damage.

Calling all goal keepers Ex-All White goal keeper and current U17 NZ World Cup goal keeper coach Grant Schofield has joined the Ricki Herbert Football Academy team to take group sessions for the remainder of the season.

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College ‘Unpaks’ eLearning Summit Pakuranga College will hold its first Elearning summit, Unpak, designed to support Auckland schools in developing effective eLearning programmes in their schools and communities. Running over three consecutive afternoons from Wednesday, August 19 to Friday, August 21, the free event aims to explore the key issues facing schools when implementing an eLearning/ Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programme. For more information and to enrol go to www. pakuranga.school.nz/unpak

Jackson nails 200m PAINT BY TAGS: Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust worker Grace Daniels finishing off the second coat of paint over crude graffiti which appeared outside Macleans College recently.

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of the day it’s a job but it’s one that she loves.

“I don’t know why the kids bother. I have more fun taking it off than they putting it in!”

Howick Pakuranga swimmers Ewan Jackson and Daniel Hunter made it a one-two in the 200m freestyle on the opening night of the Swimming New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland on Tuesday night.

World University Games swimmer Jackson showed his class with an emphatic win in the 200m freestyle. tHunter also placed second in the men’s 50m butterfly. Club mate Jeffrey Arona-Tuifana’e placed a creditable second in the men’s 200m breaststroke while in the Para-Swimming Tupou Neiufi was second in the women’s 50m butterfly.

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The magic of sewage

By Marianne Kelly

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T’S hard to associate the magical colours of a rainbow with the gunk and grey water that disappears into the Super City’s waste water system.

But a class of Howick Intermediate students wasted no time in mastering an experiment designed to demonstrate how materials with different water densities separate into layers – just like the liquids and solids that end up at Watercare’s waste water treatment plants.

Watercare teacher, Sally Smith gives water and waste water lessons to more than 7000 primary and intermediate school pupils every year and it was Howick Intermediate’s turn last Thursday.

The experiment involved three glasses of water treated

with different volumes of salt.

Red, orange and blue food colouring was dropped into each so that the students could observe the rate at which it filtered through the water, depending on the amount of salt.

It was followed by the tricky task of injecting small plastic tubes with quantities of the coloured water which, because of the different densities, sat stable in the tubes creating a salt water rainbow.

“It’s quite easy to do, but messy,” said Connor Green who told the Times he had learned a lot about the way sewage was treated “in the olden days and how it’s treated today”.

Ms Smith says some schools have built the Watercare sessions into their annual or twoyear programmes.

Lessons range from looking for bugs that live in the water, to

how solids are separated.

“Some materials are denser than others so we can create layering and by colouring it turn it into a rainbow,” she says.

“We give them the key points and then formulate them into hands-on experiments. The children remember how excited they were when they did the experiment and then they think about the theory lesson.

“The experiments are invaluable to setting the lessons,” she says. “That’s the exciting part and then they cotton on to the rest of the information. Young people go home and talk about these things with their parents and that’s no bad thing.

“The experiments are a good catalyst to raise their interest so that a mundane subject becomes exciting.”

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The event opens with Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, which Mendelssohn wrote following a visit to Fingal’s Cave on the island of Staffa in the Hebrides, off the coast of Scotland. So great was the effect of that miracle of nature on Mendelssohn, that Wagner declared this overture “one of the most beautiful works of music”.

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Written in 1829 when Chopin was only 19 years old, this most expressive romantic work was inspired

by Chopin’s first love from his homeland, Poland. It is filled with an intense sense of longing and desire.

The concert’s second half features some of Richard Wagner’s most loved music.

The concert is at 7.30pm on August 22 at the Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau.

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water is treated in Auckland these days with methods for getting rid of it in the 19th century when people would collect their waste in a bucket and dispose of it in a field or a stream.

Ms Smith explains how it gets from the children’s homes to the waste water treatment plant, through a network of tunnels, some of which are big enough to drive a car through.

She teaches the children how liquids and solids are separated at the first stage of treatment; how the liquids go through a sedimentation process before entering reactor clarifiers where bacteria strips out the nitrogen and ammonia organic pollutants.

Finally the liquid passes through UV disinfection channels, where the UV light neutralises any remaining pathogens.

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OWICK College students on July 29 took part in an event that many former students of the school also participated in over the school’s 41 year history.

Known in the school as Hillcrest Sports Exchange, or simply Hillcrest, the annual event first took place in 1977 between Howick College and

Hillcrest High School in Hamilton.

Foundation principal of Howick College, Don Ingham, had the idea to bring the two school communities together in a sporting challenge.

Back then, Howick and Hillcrest had both just begun and were similar in size. The day of sporting challenge proved to be popular and a tradition was born.

The schools each take turns to host

and Howick College students from the 80s will fondly remember overnight Hillcrest trips.

This year seven teams competed for their school and the rain held off for most of the day.

Despite the Howick College 1st XV and the Premier Netball teams both winning their games and the Boys 1st XI and Girls 1st XI Football teams drawing their matches, Hillcrest won

the day and the trophy headed south to Hamilton. Both schools played hard and showed great commitment, the results were as follows: Rugby – Howick 15 Hillcrest 12 Netball – Howick 53 Hillcrest 30 Boys Football – Howick 2 Hillcrest 2 Girls Football – Howick 1 Hillcrest 1 Basketball – Howick 53 Hillcrest 37 Boys Hockey – Howick 1 Hillcrest 3 Girls Hockey – Howick 3 Hillcrest 7

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Don’t be a victim A

s the fight against crime continues, a local patrol is mobilising forces to recruit more volunteers.

Howick Pakuranga Community Patrol, a member of national body Community Patrols of New Zealand, is staging a recruitment drive outside Rices Mall this Saturday and the following Saturday.

Patrol chairperson and founding member Robert Fowler says they are looking to attract as many people as possible to grow the 64-strong team.

“People get the chance to give something back to the community for the benefit of their own and other families.”

A community patroller for more than 20 years, Mr Fowler says too often people are left helpless and frustrated in the event of theft or burglary.

“Through our work we can empower members of the public to be able to fight crime and not be a victim.”

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FIGHTING CRIME: Howick Pakuranga Community Patrol chairperson Robert Fowler and secretary Vicky Williams are calling for more members to join their patrol.

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tion Focus (checking vehicles in public areas) and Safer Plates, monitors driver behaviour around schools as well as assists in civil defence emergencies. All volunteers undergo a three-month training process, receive first aid training and are vetted by police.

Mr Fowler says that the benefits are great including better health.

“We get to learn new skills and feel a sense of accomplishment

from supporting the police, our community and making it a better, safer place for our children.

■■ Howick Pakuranga Community Patrol will be at the Picton Street entrance to Rices Mall this Saturday, August 15 and a fortnight later, August 29, from 8am-1pm. For more info call Gary Shearer on 027 596 8180 or Vicky Williamson on 534-3510 or visit www.cpnz.org.nz for more info.

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Local salon the best in the land A LOCAL salon owner is still in shock after her team won a major national hairdressing award this week.

Howick’s Off The Fringe Organic Hair Studio has taken out top honours in this year’s Organic Colour Systems (OCS) Total Transformation Competition. Entries were received from around the country, as far afield as Dunedin, Akaroa, New Plymouth, and Napier, with a total prize pool of $5600.

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Around nine groups from Pakuranga College took part in the Auckland trade fair in Greenlane organised by the Lion Foundation’s Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) to test the waters and marketability of some of their products. Some, like a dog toy using recycled bicycle tubes and tyre plant pot, focused on sustainability while others had the community at heart launching a technology guide for seniors. he idea of using old tyres as plant holders was initiated by leader Emily Topps who had spotted an image of it on online inspiration

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Tips for hassle-free flatting THESE days, with the shortage of rental property, many people of any age group are sharing or considering sharing a rented property.

If doing so, it is a good idea to be aware of the difference between a tenant and a flatmate.

A tenant is someone who rents a property from a landlord and has a written tenancy agreement. Flatmates are people who, with the consent of the landlord, rent a room from the tenant but whose names do not appear on the tenancy agreement.

Flatmates commonly pay the rent to the tenant, although they may sometimes pay directly to the landlord. But the important aspect is that flatmates generally have no legal relationship with the landlord.

The law on renting property only protects the tenant.

A flatmate who has a dispute with the tenant could be evicted without notice.

It should be noted as well that if one lives with the landlord or any member of his or her family, you are also not covered by the law on tenancy.

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Generally it provides for how you must behave with the other occupiers of the property on a

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It must be stressed that having everything in writing gives added security and allows you to respond to problems which may later come to light.

Verbal agreements are difficult to enforce.

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They love that they’re playing together and digging each other’s styles, working off one another to create a soulful, earthly, acoustic blues, a form of music that’s efficient and hypnotically repetitive, and economical in its chord selections and changes.

It’s a roller-coaster of emotions, for after all it is a feeling – the blues. Oh yeah.

Yet Laura Collins and the Back Porch Blues Band make it sound so good – uplifting – and so they should. They’re perfectly suited to delivering accomplished blues, with all members having long and illustrious music careers behind them. A bank of knowledge and wealth of experience, as an appreciative Laura explains: “I’m all about putting on a show.

“I’m lucky enough to be playing with some men who are huge talents. They’ve all played many a juke joint in their time.”

The Queen of the Wellington blues and soul scene is truckin’ north with her gang of gig-hardened troubadours for what will be an excellent concert at Howick’s Uxbridge Creative Centre on Friday, August 21.

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Genuine heart caring for others Flexing her muscles in podiatry This means State of Grace East can offer a very personalised, professional and nurturing service.

Of late, they have noticed an increase in pre-arrangements and warmly welcome anyone who would like to discuss funeral arrangements for the future. Having some idea of options and cost can lead to less distress at the time of death.

Janet knows some people have questioned her change of career but has no regrets herself.

She says it is highly rewarding as you support people at a difficult time and realise how much they value your calm and gentle approach.

Being a small firm is an advantage too as everyone gets involved.

The staff never know what a new day will bring so it is interesting, challenging and people focussed – a great combination.

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Everyone who’s stubbed a toe or sprained an ankle knows just how much it can hurt.

Luckily, expert Aleesha Nana of Footflex Podiatry can step in to relieve more than just minor problems, providing specialist foot and lower limb care for people from all walks of life including athletes and children.

Some of the services Aleesha offers include nail and skin, biomechanical and footwear assessments; orthotic therapy, as well as ingrown toenail surgery.

Since setting up practice at Marina Specialists in Half Moon Bay Marina three years ago, Footflex has grown by leaps and bounds and now boasts a loyal following.

Well-known in hockey circles and an experienced hockey player herself, Aleesha is the podiatrist of choice for many members of Auckland Hockey and Howick Pakuranga Hockey Club.

Boasting well-established networks in sports, medical and academic arenas, Aleesha attended the Podiatry New Zealand conference last year, updating her knowledge and finding out leading peers’ opinions on subjects such as diabetes.

The former Pakuranga College student holds a degree in podiatry as well as a postgraduate diploma in sports and exercise medicine.

Footwear is an important part of her work, and Footflex clients receive special offers at Athlete’s Foot and Shoe Science.

Education is also a priority with Aleesha educating parents about the importance of looking after their child’s feet from a young age.

“We see a lot of children especially in the summer when Roman sandals are the norm.”

With schools that have a strict dress code, Aleesha can issue a letter allowing children to wear supportive sandals which are more beneficial for growing feet.

Personable, upbeat and relatable, Aleesha provides friendly advice in a professional setting.

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Janet Mikkelsen is the owner of State of Grace East, a funeral company which has been running from a beautiful 100-year-old cottage on the Panmure-Ellerslie Highway for nearly two years.

One of the company’s points of difference is that it only employs women, and they are all women with experience in caring for grieving families.

Janet has a background in oncology and palliative care nursing so felt it was a natural progression to caring for people and their families after the passing of a loved one.

The warmth, compassion and skill her team brings when supporting a family through difficult times is evident the minute you meet them.

They are invariably friendly and welcoming, and always happy to take the time to talk through any questions or issues a family member may have.

Janet has a twin sister who is an accountant which means the business is run professionally and is well organised.

Ask Irene how to lose weight healthily Guard your skin during winter If you burn more calories than you eat, then losing weight will be a breeze.

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NutriActionz health coach, Irene Lok, is all too familiar with patients reporting adverse health issues with rapid weight loss.

“Losing weight is not just about burning calories. Other factors such as thyroid, adrenals and hormones can cause your body to hang on to fat.

“Fad diets promising to shed pounds instantly can create problems from nutritional imbalances to sluggish metabolism as well as headaches and dizziness.”

Irene, a qualified naturopath and medical herbalist, uses herbal and nutritional medicine and acupuncture as part of a personalised healthy weight loss plan.

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“At NutriActionz we use it to obtain a better picture of your health, and help you lose fat, improve energy levels and minimise fatigue. Gain an insight into your body beyond what the scales and mirrors tell you!’

Ask Irene how you can lose fat healthily, increase energy and slow down ageing by booking an appointment. With every comprehensive weight management consultation performed before August 31, 2015 Irene offers a FREE Bioimpedance Cellular Health test worth $60.

For the under 25s, it was the fourth most common cancer for males and third most common for females.

And we are all susceptible to the dangers of melanoma – young or old, dark skinned or light.

As Dr Laing says: “The biggest risk of having skin cancer is, quite simply, having skin.”

But it doesn’t spell disaster for everyone.

“We can help mitigate these risks by educating people on the importance of regular spot checks,” says Dr Laing.

With over a decade in skin cancer medicine, Dr Laing performs mole mapping using cutting edge technology.

Each mole is monitored closely and recorded and the New Zealand Skin Health Clinic has a plastic surgeon to assist with mole removal and other cosmetic procedures.

So don’t fall victim to the statistics; protect yourself against skin cancer today by booking a mole map for a special price of just $160 (conditions apply, normally $210) with Dr Laing at:

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Unlike the flu, melanoma and cancer don’t strike by season.

With the highest rates of melanoma occurring in New Zealand, we cannot afford to let our guard down even in winter.

Dr Cathy Laing of NZ Skin Health Clinic in Howick knows this all too well and warns that cancerous moles can advance rapidly – within weeks.

“That’s why it is absolutely crucial people carry out regular skin checks and mole mapping to identify malignant moles and monitor precancerous spots.”

If ignored, aggressive melanomas can be fatal, says Dr Laing.

“While the advent of summer often makes people more aware, skin cancers, including melanoma, are not just a ‘summer thing’ and while many are treatable, many are not.”

Importantly, there are no age limitations.

According to research conducted by the New Zealand Cancer Society in 2010, melanoma was the leading cancer for males aged 25-44 and the second most common for females in that age group.

A fulfilling life Stems FROM HOME The truly local Real Estate Ladies Trading in a desk job for a rewarding career in childcare could have been the best thing Beachlands local Jen Glynos has done since arriving in New Zealand with her son and Kiwi husband five years ago.

With a background in corporate finance, American-born Jen first found out about local home-based childcare network Stems FROM HOME, then in its early stages, through a friend.

Returning back to work with a newborn, Stems came to the rescue and a year later Jen decided to join as an educator in 2012.

“I kissed goodbye to computers and said hello to little people!”

Now a mum of three, Jen runs a bustling home operation with three other littlies under her care, and her own seven-month-old daughter.

Best of all, she is in love with her job.

“You’re in it for the children. It’s about the passion, care and ability to nurture, the smiles you get to see when they’re happy, the tears you get to wipe away when they’re upset, and how

cuddles makes everything okay. It’s something indescribable,” says Jen. Importantly, Stems FROM HOME has been a huge support socially and professionally for Jen who has had to adjust to a new country.

“Since I’ve been with Stems I’ve made so many genuine friendships and it’s made my life so much easier and more fulfilling. We’re settled here now.”

She says the Stems programme has been great for all involved including children, families and educators.

“There’s always something scheduled – you can take the children to at local parks and beaches and the children are always learning something different which is really exciting to see.”

Jen took her career further by acquiring Level Four certification in Early Childhood Education, funded by Stems. All the hard work paid off with Jen awarded Stems Educator of the Year in 2013.

To join the Stems FROM HOME team, or find out more about quality care for your child, call: SC3376A-V2

“We’re happy to offer little extras and give owners greater peace of mind by keeping a close eye on their property,” says Val. But it’s not just local properties that receive the benefit of their well-crafted marketing campaigns, with many seeking their expertise beyond the realms of Auckland.

In fact, the ambitious, professional ladies with an eye for trends have recently started using a new tool which can make your property truly stand out – ask them how.

A recent highlight was the sale of a Highland Park rental which received the following feedback: “We needed to sell a rental property in Highland Park and were not looking forward to the sale process but Val and Courtney made it as easy as it could be. They were very detailed, showed great enthusiasm and gave us lots of marketing variations delivering over and above what was expected.”

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Mother and daughter team, Val and Courtney Steven, based in Barfoot & Thompson’s Highland Park branch, have helped locals from first home buyers to those looking to downsize from a big family home and everything in between.

This successful duo has gained a loyal following full of praise for what they do best – marketing and selling local property.

The long-time locals are behind some of the most successful property portfolios in the eastern suburbs including The Terraces in Howick and Kentigern Plaza in Pakuranga working equally well with mum, dad and the kids as they do with developers and investors.

Because they live locally – Val in Howick and Courtney in Highland Park – the pair invests time and effort into looking after properties to provide outstanding service and achieve premium results.

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ONSTRUCTION of a pontoon and gangway for the proposed new Half Moon Bay passenger ferry terminal is nearly complete.

The design of the fixed wharf is also complete and application for notified resource consents will be made soon.

The $4.3 million project is led

by Auckland Transport (AT) in partnership with the Howick Local Board and the NZ Transport Agency. The structure, at a new location at the end of Ara-Tai, will replace the existing facility at Half Moon Bay Marina.

Nick Seymour, AT project director says the ferry terminal project is part of a wider longterm redevelopment plan for the marina area. It’s aimed at making immediate progress on a modern and safe facility within the available funding.

The ferry facility will be similar in quality to AT’s Hobsonville terminal which opened in February 2012, Mr Seymour says.

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progress: The facility is expected to be open in October 2016.

Located at the end of Ara-Tai, the terminal will be separated from leisure boat users which, Mr Seymour says, will improve sea traffic flows.

It will support the new public transport network once it is rolled out and will become a key transfer hub for passengers using buses and ferries with better integration of bus and ferry services.

Consultation for the new public transport network for East Auckland is expected to start in October.

Construction of the fixed wharf is expected to start early next year, subjecting to the granting of resource consents.

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ELIM Christian College secondary school teacher Patricia Pietersen was overwhelmed when she read and re-read the contents of an email that popped into her inbox.

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Once that is complete, the premanufactured pontoon and gangway will be floated and secured into place. The facility is expected to be operational and open for public use about October next year.

■■ Members of the Howick Residents and Ratepayers Association are critical of plans for the Half Moon Bay terminal describing it as a short-term fix at their recent annual meeting. Those unable to use buses were faced with a walk of almost one kilometre from parking their car to the ferry.

■■ The terminal design is online at www.at.govt.nz/halfmoonbayferryfacility.

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What’s On Band concert

MANUKAU Concert Band will host a free concert at 3pm on August 16 at the Picton Centre, 120 Picton Street, Howick. Afternoon tea is available by gold coin donation. More information online at www.mcb.org.

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Diabetes support

BOTANY/Howick/Pakuranga diabetes support group meets at 7.30pm on August 26 at the Salvation Army Room, 298 Ti Rakau Drive, Botany. The speaker is Megan Ashe from Pharmaco.

Phone Sam on 272-3354 for more information.

PAKURANGA Choral Society Concert, Sunday August 23, 2pm, All Saints Church, Howick. Opera pops with conductor Carmel Carroll and soloists Emma Sloman, Mary Newman Pound, Derek Hill and Benson Wilson. Adults $25 Seniors $20 Students $10. Tickets available at the door.

Art of Living

Poetry Day

Donovan Hartnell, Botany Youth Worker, will tell of his life and faith journey from South Africa to New Zealand at the 60+ community luncheon on Tuesday, August 18, 12.30pm in the function rooms, St Columba Church,480 Ti Rakau Drive Botany. All welcome.

Bookings essential. Phone 2744864. Cost $12pp.

CELEBRATING National Poetry Day at Highland Park Library.

Life is like a box of chocolates… you never know what you’re going to get. Enter our themed poetry competition and submit your poem to Highland Park Library by Monday August 21. Then join us at our Poetry Lounge on Friday August 28 at 11am. Prizes sponsored by Highland Park Shopping Centre. Details available from library or by ringing 535-5935.

Market Day

Come along to our Market Day at ‘Summerset By The Park’ village between 10 am and 2 pm. Displayed for sale will be crafts, gifts, art work, patch work quilting, jewellery, engraved product, knitting, books, cushions, home baking, jams, cards and much more.

Bring along family and friends and visit our Cafe Devine for coffee, tea, snacks and lunches. Phone 272-3950 or Trevor Penny on 2508109 or 0274 193339 or email trebar109@gmail.com.

FREE monthly workshops at Highland Park Library starting Sunday 16 August from 2-3pm – The Art of Living foundation will teach you about the life-affirming benefits of yoga and meditation.

Phone 535-5935 for details.

Community luncheon

Careers clinic

CITIZENS Advice Bureau Pakuranga hosts a free careers clinic on the first and third Tuesday of the month where an adviser gives career guidance counselling and advice. Advice includes optimising CVs and how to put them together, cover letters, job searching, help with career choices and knowing today’s career realities.

To book an appointment phone the CAB on 576-8331 or send an email to pakuranga@cab.org.nz.

Recruitment drive

Citizens Advice Bureau hosts a free immigration clinic on the first Saturday and third Thursday of each month. To arrange a booking with an adviser phone the CAB on 576-8331 or email pakuranga@ cab.org.nz.

WANT to keep your community safe? Howick Pakuranga Community Patrol will have an information booth for potential members on Saturday, August 15 and 29 from 8am-1pm outside Rices Mall. Take part in initiatives such as Safer Plates, foot patrols, Operation Focus, and school supervision. To find out more phone Gary Shearer on 027-596-8180 or Vicky Williamson on 534-3510.

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EVER thought about joining the Freemasons? On Wednesday evening, August 26 at the Lodge in Highland Park, the Howick Freemasons are holding an evening for those who wish to know more about our ancient and honourable institution, what it offers the individual, how it supports high personal values and helps those in need. Men of good character and all ages, regardless of race or religion, are welcome. Phone John Hoyte, 818-0987 or 534-6445 for details.

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

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Breast cancer support

THE East Auckland Breast Cancer Support Group meets on Wednesday, August 19, 7.30pm at the Highland Park Community House, 47 Aviemore Drive. Phone Jenny 274-1192 or Wynne 5347265 for more details.

Free counselling

CITIZENS Advice Bureau Pakuranga hosts a free confidential counselling clinic for +65s, funded by local boards. Assistance is offered with changes in living situations, finances, mobility, physical or mental health and changing relationships. Phone for an appointment or for more information phone 576-8331 or send an email to pakuranga@cab.org.nz.

Film Screening

ON SUNDAY, August 23, following a shortened service, a 40 minute film Mary meets Mohammed will be screened starting at 11am. This will be followed by coffee/tea and biscuits. A representative of Amnesty International will be present as will some other guests. This is a ‘must see’ thought-provoking film, very relevant in today’s social climate.

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Green Gables

GREEN Gables Cottage Art Gallery, Hawthornden Reserve , 66 Cook Street, Howick, will feature artists Jill and David McArthur from Saturday August 1 to Sunday August 30. Sales help to support South Auckland Totara Hospice.

Entry is free and all are welcome.

Gallery hours: Fri/Sat/Sun 10am to 3pm Phone Beryl 534-5448 for more details.

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Birthday specials continue on Saturday, August 15, 9am-1pm at Classy Crafts Indoor Market inside All Saints Community Centre, 30 Cook St, Howick (opposite side entrance to Countdown). Quality crafts and NZ-made gifts including jewellery, merino knitwear, canvases, designer toys and felting, essential oils. Phone Ruth 535-7513.

East Auckland Aglow

NON-demoninational, August 25.

Come prepared to encounter God, 27 Aviemore Dr, Highland Park, 9.30am cafe. Starts 10am-12noon, enjoy light lunch and connect.

Mothers with babes welcome.

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Broken Promise

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Linwood Barclay Boy, a lot goes on in the small American town of Promise Falls! This fictional town, which has no jobs, no prospects and is going nowhere fast is the scene once again of a Linwood Barclay thriller.

Fans of Barclay’s will also recognise many of the same characters, but as a novel, it’s a stand alone – you won’t need to have read any of his previous work to enjoy Broken Promise. Barclay sticks to his knitting in his latest best seller – an ordinary guy, just doing his best, having to battle an extraordinary situation. In this case, solo dad David Harwood is back in Promise Falls, trying to uncover how his cousin Marla ended up with a baby which is not her own. She’s been accused of snatching the baby after suffering depression when her own baby was stillborn. But could she really have murdered the baby’s mother?

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Paul Little I’ve always been aware of the Lawson quins. We are contemporaneous – well, just about.

I turned fifty six months ahead of the quins. They were the darlings of the women’s magazines when they were born, the result of ground breaking fertility treatment at National Women’s Hospital.

Their births in 1965 were hailed as a triumph for New Zealand researchers and scientists and the public was fascinated by every little milestone in the Lawson quins’ lives.

But the strain of five children under five told on Sam and Ann Lawson’s marriage and when they divorced and Ann remarried, the children’s lives went into freefall. Ann had married an abusive alcoholic and there followed years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse before, inevitably, he shot Ann in front of the children and then turned the gun upon himself. The children were, in effect, abandoned after the murder of their mother and their life stories reflect that. Still, they survived and in this book, we hear how the girls, in their own words, managed to rebuild their lives – against the odds. (Samuel declined to take part in the book.)

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Band warming up for nationals AS IT limbers up for this year’s national concert band festival, the Manukau Concert Band is hosting a free concert in Howick.

Dubbed Winter Warmers, the programme will feature a variety of music, for example Symphonic Marches of John Williams; Romance from Horn Concerto no.3; The Beatles, ‘Echoes of an Era’; Slavonic Rhapsody no. 2; Ave Maria; and Zulu Boy composed by band member Edwin Randell.

The band will participate in the national concert band festival in Rotorua on September 18-19.

It’s regarded as an opportunity to showcase the Manukau band’s talent and play in a competition format with other concert bands from throughout the country.

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provides focus and direction to the band and musicians,” says Anthony Derrick, president of the MCB. ■■ The Manukau Concert Band’s free concert will be held at 3pm on

August 16 at The Picton Centre, 120 Picton Street, Howick. Afternoon tea is available by gold coin donation. More information about the band and how to join is online at www.mcb.org.nz.

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Feedback The best roast beef

It pays to give your feedback. Your opinion matters to us. Email us at editor@times.co.nz; comment on our Facebook page, facebook.com/timesonlinenz; or write to us at The Editor, Times Newspapers, PO Box 259-243, Botany. Auckland 2163; fax (09) 271-8073. Letters should not exceed 200 words and should carry the name, residential address and contact telephone number of the author. Nom de plumes not accepted.

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E HAD so many good meals at The Good Home it deserves mentioning. I am retired and have absolutely no personal interest in this establishment but feel they deserve to be mentioned.

Incredible value and good quality food for lunch. Why travel to the city or anywhere else when we have it all here in Howick.

I would like mention the very high food standard, and professional presentation of the $15 lunch special.

Your creative chef made a simple dish like roast beef look like a high class restaurant meal this incredible good value.

The meat was tender and plentiful, the bok choy cooked to perfection, the new potatoes and orange sweet potatoes roasted and seasoned perfectly. Accompanied by a rich red wine sauce and a mustard glaze. The best roast beef in town by a mile!

Thank you and, as Arnie would say, “I will be back”! Please pass my compliments to the chef and his team.

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I’ll just persevere

WHEN shopping for groceries, I take my reusable supermarket bags.

It is therefore disappointing when, because of poor packing, I still end up with plastic bags!

At times I think, ‘why bother’, but my conscience will not go along with this thought and so I will continue to persist with my quest.

I wonder if anyone else has had the same experience?

Pat Horner, Howick

Roads need innovative investment

IN THE paper of July 23 there were three letters referring to traffic issues and the frustration of many users.

I had direct involvement with regional roads and traffic and got the initial Integrated Traffic Management protocols agreed by Transit and the then seven local councils.

While much has happened in the last 15 years, we couldn’t say that the road user has a fully integrated system.

I agree entirely with John List about signals but there is so much more that could be done to make our network operations more effective.

There were two other letters referring particularly to the South Eastern Hwy(SEH)/Pakuranga Rd and Botany/Te Irirangi Dr intersections with Ti Rakau Dr. Ten years ago I identified those two locations as probably THE most critical outer urban intersections within Auckland.

The two crossings of the Tamaki River (SEH and Panmure) handle 60 per cent of the traffic volumes that

cross the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Most movements to and from the wider Howick/Pakuranga area must pass through nodes at these two pressure points. It is essential to add grade separation at both localities.

The present Reeves Rd concept should be dropped in favour of a simple “sweeper” bridge taking eastbound traffic from SEH over the intersection and dropped that onto Ti Rakau Dr (with some upgrades of the Edgewater intersections).

The “dog leg” connection between SEH and Pakuranga Rd would operate more efficiently as signalised layout.

Remove trucks at intersections and signals become more efficient.

Botany/Te Irirangi – Ti Rakau would best be addressed by an underpass, probably associated with a viaduct over Te Koha/Town Dr intersection to improve travel through this critical area.

There are many overseas localities where the underpass can be quite “tight” as alternative capacity remains at ground level.

Without some innovative investment (don’t repeat the “hung road” option of the Panmure bypass) the eastern areas will grind further into a traffic quagmire.

Terry Brown, Bucklands Beach

Pakuranga Road traffic needs addressing

A RESOUNDING hear, hear to E. John List and his comments about stupid planning with no foresight (Times, July 23). He is bang on target.

Regularly, I drive up Glenmore Road to turn right on to Pakuranga Road, then I need to move very quickly into the inside lane to turn left into Johns Lane which is only a short distance from the turn.

Due to the traffic still travelling along Pakuranga Road toward the town centre in the inside lane (some well over the 60km/h speed limit) it is almost impossible to move into the inside lane to make the turn into Johns Lane.

Each time I make this manoeuvre, I say a silent prayer and hope that some kind soul will evaluate the situation (not assume I am trying to push in) and allow me to move over.

Some don’t and, to avoid a collision, I am forced to travel to the next left turn at Greenhill Cres. My question is, why cannot the Pakuranga Rd traffic be stopped at the lights at both ends to allow people to move safely into the inside lane to negotiate this left turn into Johns Lane.

Also, what kind of mentality would structure a traffic lights system that allows traffic from a minor road to join up with a major road – and still have one lane of traffic moving on the major road.

Mike Mcfarlane, Sunnyhills

Are they in la-la land?

CONTRARY to the response made by the NZ Fire Service to my concern about the lack of provision for emergency services in Flat Bush/Ormiston/Botany (Times, July 23), I find it incredulous the ridiculous statement made that all is well for our community at risk.

The comment made by the spokesman for the Fire Service only goes to reinforce my point that some people live in la-la land and are out of touch with reality.

He says that the average time taken to respond from the Otara station is six minutes and 48 seconds, comfortably inside our eight minute target. One minute and 12 seconds is comfortable, that is a relief. It would

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take one minute for a fire engine to travel 1km in favourable conditions.

I say the tolerance is not adequate, particularly as traffic becomes increasingly congested.

I suggest four or five minutes would be comfortable.

It does not take a mathematician to figure out that if the average time to respond in 80 per cent of cases, as quoted, was six minutes and 48 minutes, there had to be a reasonable amount over that response time.

I find it a bit concerning that residents in Otara, Papatoetoe and Howick have a far greater chance of surviving a fire than the less fortunate souls including my family in Botany.

The spokesman for St John Ambulance seems to say that they have roaming ambulances “dispatched and coordinated rather than waiting in stations”.

I just hope there is one roaming near my place when I need it.

Surely it would make more sense to have a combined station for fire and ambulance, a saving of building

costs and other overheads?

Bob Wichman, Botany

Protect our children

RE: PE teacher barred (Times, August 6). Moved to Australia where the education system protects our children from this type of conduct.

NZ should change the law as it is in other countries and protect our children.

Kay

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RE: 1080 poison drop ready to go (Times, August 6) Hiding the easiest way

STILL amazes me that city councils, with the welfare of their people at heart, can still throw 50,000 kg of baited 1080, the most highlyknown toxin known to man, in the city’s water supply.

And they, I’m sure, must be wondering when the backlash starts hitting the newspapers about dogs dying and sickness associated with this drop comes to the fore.

Just what are they going to do then? Hide maybe. That seems to be the easiest way.

Willie Wilson

No more poison

IT IS criminal to use this poison

at all, but more so by air as they are always over-flying outside the boundaries.

Water with 1080 will find its way to the reservoir etc. 1080 poison has been used and used and used and still the powers that be think it solves all their problems.

All it does is kill some of everything, good, bad and the ugly and is imbibed into leaf litter and generally upsets a good environment.

Trap pests – no poison near city water supplies.

Mary Molloy

Once this poison is randomly scattered in the ecosystem, it is not possible to control where it goes.

As one Landcare scientist said: “1080 travels easily through food chains”.

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FTER lying on hold since July last year, a masterplan that sets a 30-year vision for Pakuranga has been adopted.

The Pakuranga Town Centre Masterplan was developed on behalf of the Howick Local Board to respond to coming land use changes resulting from the Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative (AMETI) involving a dedicated busway from the Panmure Rail Station to Pakuranga, and eventually to Botany Town Centre.

The final plan was adopted by the local board last Monday.

It’s designed to foster a point of difference for Pakuranga, setting it apart from other centres of Botany, Sylvia Park and Panmure.

The centre is shaped like a triangle, strongest at its corners and edges so the masterplan concept focuses on strengthening them.

It will have three striking urban landmark corners and three welcoming visitor gateways on each of the centre’s activity edges.

The three strong corners are The Landmark, at the intersection of Pakuranga Road and the entrance to the proposed Reeves Road flyover; The Iconic, at the intersection of Ti Rakau Drive and Pakuranga Road; and The Feature, at the intersection of William Roberts Road and Ti Rakau Drive.

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The Feature Corner at the intersection of Ti Rakau Drive and William Roberts Road, opposite playing fields and the leisure and arts centres, lends itself to health, community or medical related services, as well as retail at the ground floor.

The masterplan provides a recommended guide for building heights, with eight storeys on Ti Rakau Drive. The Pakuranga Road edge is planned to be more pedestrian and cycle friendly, with six storeys recommended so as not to create long shadows and wind tunnelling in and around the square.

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The Ti Rakau Gateway provides an opportunity for safer pedestrian and cycling into the centre by creating a signalised intersection connecting Palm Avenue to a re-orientated Aylesbury Street where people will shop, dine and live in the residential apartments above.

The Reeves Gateway is expected to attract people into the centre past the Te Tuhi Arts Centre and the Pakuranga Library as the result of reduced traffic volumes expected on Reeves Road, diverted by the proposed flyover between Pakuranga Road and the Waipuna Bridge. It’s designed to be an energetic recreation edge where people can play formal and informal sports and exercise with family and friends.

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MBIE disputes guidance A ‘GUIDE TO’ tolerances, materials and workmanship in new residential construction has been published by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to support new consumer protection measures.

A defect repair period of 12 months came into law last January 1 as part of the Building Act reforms.

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Where a defect is suspected, the contractor and client should understand and agree on the levels of tolerance, materials and workmanship that are acceptable for the finished building work.

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The Wellington-based Parker & Associates law firm and leaky building specialist has filed against James Hardie, alleging that the company was negligent in its design, manufacture and supply of the Harditex cladding system.

Thousands of properties were built using Harditex through the 1990s and early 2000s, and in the past the company has denied any fault or failings with their product. Since 2001, the law firm has achieved recoveries for hundreds of owners of residential houses and apartments and commercial buildings. It has also handled claims against James Hardie and others, which were settled on confidential terms.

Plaintiffs in the current case are Tracey Cridge and Mark Unwin, who are looking at repair costs of more than $200,000 for widespread internal water damage in their home.

However, owners of leaky buildings or potentially leaky buildings are being encouraged to investigate if Harditex cladding systems have been used in their structures. A group is being formed to bring a class action or test case on behalf of similarly affected property owners.

It is intended that claimants will pool resources to self-fund the Cladding Action against James Hardie without the need for separate litigation funding.

Dan Parker, partner at Parker & Associates, says anyone whose property was built after 1990 using Harditex cladding and has suffered damage as a result of the alleged systems defect may be eligible to join the claim.

“Many homeowners will have no idea of potential problems with their properties and hidden damage without expert investigation,” he says.

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Clairvoyant Readings � Spiritual Healing � Flower Essences

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Maria Maxwell Medium & Spiritual Healer Ph: 09 535 5981 Mob: 021 929 771 Email: the.maxwells@ihug.co.nz

1st CLASS EASTERN SUBURBS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICE

FARM COVE Unit lg 2brm/3brm or rumpus, 2 toilets, fully reno. 3 osp, lg cvrd deck, no pets, ex schools & Rotary wlks. $500pw 5343339 0210463437 STUDIO, central Howick, own ent, c/port, pwr, wtr, suit wkg female, n/s $260 Ph: 0210452360 HOWICK, 1 lge, 1 sgle rm sep entry. 10 min walk to town, Mac zone, sunny with wide seaview $370 Wifi and outgoings 0220 428778

FLATBUSH OFFICE

Shop 25, 123 Ormiston Road, Botany Junction cathy.huang@raywhite.com

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COCKLE BAY 4 Bed Pah Rd $640 Matt BUCKLANDS BEACH – EASTERN BEACH – HALF MOON BAY 3 Bed Bucklands Beach Rd $500 Matt 3 Bed Prince Regent Dr $530 Matt 3 Bed Te Akau Cr $630 Matt MT WELLINGTON 3 Bed Ellerslie Panmure Hwy $570 Matt EPSOM 3 Bed Manukau Rd $700 Matt

MOUNTFORT ESTATE AGENTS LTD Licensed (REAA2008)

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PAKURANGA & HOWICK Success begins today Professional after-school tutoring with qualified teachers � Science � Biology � Get Ready for School (preschool) � Physics � Little Learners (year 1) � Chemistry � NCEA/Cambridge � Spelling � Essay Writing � Reading � Study Skills � ESOL � Intelligence � English Development � Mathematics Pre-School to University Call now for your FREE ASSESSMENT

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Direct Dial 538 0683 Mob 021 467 043 102 Pakuranga Rd, Pakuranga

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102 Pakuranga Road, Pakuranga

Matt Balme DDI: 538 0682 or 021 538 595 Michelle Balme DDI: 538 0683 or 021 467 043

We sell furniture, household goods, quality used clothing, etc.

We accept donations of good furniture, clothing etc.

9 Ben Lomond Cres, Pakuranga Ph 576-1507 Open 6 days Come and be surprised

PROPERTY MANAGER

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HOWICK - MELLONS BAY 4 Bed Charles Dickens Dr $600 Amny/Cathy 3 Bed Haseler Cr $620 Cathy/Amny 5 Bed Micawber Pl $650 Cathy/Amny PAKURANGA - HIGHLAND PARK 3 Bed+Sleepout Reelick Ave $480 Cathy/Amny SUNNYHILLS - FARM COVE 3 Bed Rene Pl $540 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Rapallo Pl $550 Cathy/Amny BOTANY - DANNEMORA –FLAT BUSH – MISSION HEIGHTS 2 Bed Castleberg $400 Cathy/Amny NORTHPARK - MEADOWLANDS 3 Bed Fieldstone Ct $500 Cathy/Amny OTARA 3 Bed Tosca Pl $550 Cathy/Amny GOLFLANDS 3 Bed Seneca Ct $560 Amny/Cathy MT WELLINGTON 4 Bed Fitzgerald Rd $690 Cathy/Amny

FIREWOOD, Ti Tree, Hot mix, Phone Darryl Green Earths 273 9520

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BUCKLANDS BEACH – HALF MOON BAY – MELLONS BAY 2 Bed Bucklands Beach Rd $430 Amny/Cathy 3 Bed Hutchinsons Rd $460 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Bucklands Beach $480 Tracy 3 Bed Bucklands Beach $560 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Minaret Dr $580 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Vivian Wilson Dr $570 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Priestley Dr $620 Amny/Cathy FARM COVE 3 Bed Rapallo Pl $550 Cathy/Amny

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AA FIREWOOD Top quality, dry, seasoned. All types of wood. Ph 534 6299

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BOTANY DOWNS - FLAT BUSH – DANNEMORA – EAST TAMAKI 1 Bed Armoy Dr $375 Tracy 2 Bed Castlederg Dr $400 Tracy 2 Bed Castlederg Dr $450 Tracy 2 Bed Waihi Way $460 Tracy 2 Bed Castlederg Dr $470 Tracy 3 Bed Spalding Rise $600 Tracy 7 Bed Ballindraite Dr $950 Tracy MANUREWA 4 Bed Claude Rd $550 Tracy MANUKAU HEIGHTS 2 Bed Redoubt Rd $430 Tracy CLEVEDON 1 BedPwr/Wtr North Rd $360 Tracy

Shop 6, Compass Building, Half Moon Bay Marina Tracy Oliver DDI: 5381237 or 021 422 177 tracy.oliver@raywhite.com Cathy Huang DDI 538 1288 or 021 883 600 cathy.huang@raywhite.com

WANTED to buy gold silver damaged & unwanted jewellery. We pay cash for old gold & silver items. Highland Park Jewellers. Shop, 1 Highland Park Shopping Center Ph 537-5656

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Ph: 0800 677 467 Ph: 576 1507

Pric� $365,000 Contac� Roger 027 2503293

CV and interview preparation. Ph Linda 534 8412

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Cathy Huang DDI: 538 1288 or 021 883 600 Amny Lam DDI: 538 1287 or 021 108 6663

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2BRM wanted in Howick area. References avail.

Up to $440pw. Phone 021 0257 1901

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20 Crescent Lane, Botany Town Centre

HWCK/HGHLD PK, f.furn room, handy shops bus, $165pw. 534 3339, 0210 463437

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HIGHLAND PARK, 1 spac room with w.i.w, $150pw.

Ph Sagar 535 4236

Build your dream home or Holiday home on this 390m2 site opposite the Beach on prestigious Torkar Road. Build up for gorgeous sea views. Situated in the heart of Clarks Beach it is just a short stroll to the beach, cafe, restaurant, golf course or bowls.

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Only 45 minutes to CBD Auckland, 30 minutes approx to Auckland Airport and 15 minutes to the motorway.

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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

BOTANY, snr, furn, bedsitter, incl jug, toaster, m.wave, $225-245 pwk, txt 021 48 62 69

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Local Alarm Servicing Company

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Requires a part-time person to carry out monthly inspections at various client sites.

Hours flexible, approximately 20 hours per week on a Contract basis. Full Training provided. A reliable, late model vehicle required. Must have good communication skills.

Please email details to: esme.parker@clear.net.nz

GLEESON & COX TRANSPORT LTD

DO YOU WANT A CAREER IN THE BULK TIPPING TRANSPORT INDUSTRY?

Table-hand/Presser with sewing skills AND Sewing Machinists wanted for Apparel Industry (experienced on Industrial Sewing Machines).

We need a permanent, experienced Presser/Table-hand/ Sewing Machinist and also experienced casual Sewing Machinists (with the possibility of permanent work) to join our team.

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Must be fast, accurate and reliable. Skilled on several types of industrial sewing machines an advantage.

NZ residence or valid work permit required.

Phone Stitch Perfect 09 576 7076 PAKURANGA

Elderly Assist Ltd assists elderly as they downsize and declutter their homes in preparation for moving to smaller homes or retirement villages.

View our website www.elderlyassist.co.nz to find out more about our services.

We are looking for a PA/Admin Assistant to assist our busy owner and her 15 staff. This is a position that can be completed from your home and our Penrose offices.

The hours are flexible but up to 20-25 at this stage with the possibility of more at peak times.

You will need to be numeric and have had experience in Xero. Your attention to detail and experience in diary management and roster systems will prove invaluable to your busy manager.

Please send your CV to recruitment@elderlyassist.co.nz

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We Offer: • Great care giving allowance • Ongoing training • Ongoing support and supervision Requirements: • No children under the age of 18 in the home.

• One stay-home adult • New Zealand citizenship or P.R.Visa • Police and CYF’s checks • Full driver’s license We would love to hear from you: Please call Sheldene 09 926 5374 or Christine 09 926 5372

A member of the Fletcher Building Group.

Here’s your chance for a great career as part of a successful advertising sales team based in vibrant Botany Town Centre, Auckland.

PT WORK OFFERED

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Must be reliable and trustworthy; have some basic knowledge of small machinery; be able to lift moderate weight and have a current drivers licence. To work Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, 7.30am to 5pm.

Ph Chris or Susan at Hiretown - 534 6369

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SECOND IN CHARGE

Good enough to back themselves to build a sound client base Confident enough to educate clients on media products and their benefits Committed enough to manage accounts and ensure clients feel valued Creative enough to come up with innovative ideas to grow client spend

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� Do you have a passion for fashion? � Are you a bright and energetic personality? � Have you got a sharp sense of colour and detail?

We need a positive, outgoing, hard working person with heaps of retail experience to help lead our enthusiastic team of sales professionals in Botany Downs. Exceptional customer service skills are a must, as well as a high standard of personal presentation.

This position is for 33 hours per week including every second Saturday, plus on call as required.

No Sunday work required. 90 day trial period applies.

Benefits include good wages, staff discounts and working conditions to the right person.

We are seeking just such a person to fill a challenging sales role requiring: � Excellent communication/English skills – written and oral � Excellent time management � Ability to multi-task and handle pressure � Negotiation skills � Bubbly personality with can-do attitude A media background would be advantageous.

You will work on a variety of publications including EastLife, Rural Living, Howick & Pakuranga Times; Botany & Ormiston Times and special projects.

Times is proud of its progressive and high-achieving team and encourages staff input. We offer a great work domain with high tech systems in the heart of a stimulating environment. Hours and remuneration negotiable.

Casual Home Based Interviewers If you want to earn some extra money and are able to work from home, then an interviewing position with Ipsos is the job for you!

Exciting opportunities are now available at Ipsos for self-motivated people to join our team as Casual Home Based Interviewers.

This isn’t remotely to do with marketing or sales, but in fact about convincing people that their opinion matters to us and to spend some time giving us their views on a wide range of topics.

To be successful in these roles you will: • Have EXCELLENT written and oral English • Be people focused • Have a quiet space to work from home • Be able to type 30 words per minute with 85% accuracy • Be well organised • Be goal and target orientated • Be computer literate • Have a home computer with internet access For the right person there are a variety of shifts available. We operate 6.00pm – 12.30am Monday to Friday and 10am – 7pm in the weekends.

Shifts lengths and days are negotiable, depending on the hours you can commit to.

We aim to find shifts that work for both you and us.

We offer: • The ability to work from your own home • Working on projects for some of NZ’s and the world’s biggest organisations • Flexibility • Full training and on-going support If this sounds like you, then please send your CV and Cover Letter to freda.adams@ipsos.com or call 09 538 0500

Ph: 271 8055 • Fax: 271 8056 • Email classifieds@times.co.nz

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Send your CV with a covering letter to hr@times.co.nz or phone Karla on 09 271 8083

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Busy Pakuranga shop requires a tradesperson panelbeater.

Great team and conditions.

Wages negotiable.

Immediate start.

Ph: Steve 577 0024 0274 533 250

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Personal/Admin Assistant Part time

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Required for busy establishment in Botany.

Must have experience.

Please send CV to: botany@doolanbrothers.co.nz

TABLE-HAND/PRESSER AND SEWING MACHINISTS WANTED

We have 3 vacancies for experienced floor coating applicators with trowel, coving and finishing skills in resin systems.

Experience with application of epoxy coatings, waterproofing systems as well as preparation of concrete surfaces.

The successful candidate will • have a minimum of 3 years’ experience • be able to work both unsupervised and as part of a team • be required to undergo pre-employment drug and/or alcohol testing • be physically fit • have a good work ethic • be available to work on weekends • have a valid driver licence Applicants for this position will be required to have NZ residency or valid work permit.

Please email your CV, including references, Biodata, Certifications and Photo to info@topcoat.co.nz.

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Ph: 0800 244 666

PlaceMakers Pakuranga seeks a full-time Showroom Team Member, (TuesdaySaturday) to join their team in an ever changing environment. This position is available for immediate start.

You need to be a reliable team player who is comfortable dealing with the public. Some knowledge of paint would be a bene�it.

Please forward a covering letter and CV to donna.durrant@placemakers.co.nz

Auckland

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DUTY MANAGER

Earn up to $850 Gross per week.

Applicant must have P.Endorsement and Area Knowledge certificate.

Full training and some financial assistance available to applicants that do not hold a P.Endorsement or Area Knowledge Certificate.

Must have full licence min 2 years.

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Ideally you will: � Have own car & licence � Live Central or East � Knowledge or NZS3604, NZBC Auto Cad or Rivit Programme � Be self motivated If required, training will be provided to the right applicant.

Join our Growing Team Call Trevor for Appointment 027 276 2832

TAXI DRIVER REQUIRED

Showroom Team Member

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DRAFTSMAN WANTED CONTRACTOR

To work in East Tamaki.

Training provided.

Immediately start.

Days of work Tuesday to Saturday.

Send your resume to: auckmike2015@gmail.com

Floor Coating Applicator

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Must be available Monday to Thursday or Friday to Sunday, 8.30am to 2pm On Call. No experience required. Must have own reliable transport.

Email CV only: hr@seghq.com

We are seeking to employ a teacher aide to work with a child with learning and health needs. Initially the position will be for five days a week for 3.5 hours per day with the possibility of additional hours at a later date.

Position commences Monday 12 October 2015.

Letter of application and names and contacts for 2 referees to: Hazel Deutschmann, Acting Principal Macleans Primary School 10 Wycherley Drive Bucklands Beach Ph 534-5191 Applications close 27 August 2015

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DENTAL ASSISTANT We are seeking an experienced Dental Assistant to join our friendly practice to cover maternity leave for up to 12 months, commencing early September. Position may become permanent.

The successful applicant must have previous experience in dental assisting. We require someone with an enthusiastic, empathetic and caring attitude, excellent communication skills, good presentation and a friendly personality.

To apply, please email your CV and cover letter to reception@dbo.co.nz

Assistant Dental Technician

Required by a specialist orthodontic laboratory in East Tamaki/Burswood. Someone not necessarily formally trained, but having good manual dexterity, attention to detail and a willingness to learn. Main duties will be the pouring and making of dental models and unpacking / sorting incoming jobs.

Role to suit part-timer (Mon-Friday mornings) with some flexibility. On-job training will be provided.

Please send CV in confidence to prodontics@gmail.com / fax to 09-2710127

REQUIRED FOR SPECIALIST ORTHODONTIC SURGERY IN HOWICK

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This person must be able to work within a team but also be able to work unsupervised. They must have good communication skills, be fit, reliable and hold a full NZ Drivers licence.

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We have fully qualified Driver Trainers who will train you in all aspects of our industry and assist you in getting your class 4 and 5 drivers licence.

If you fit the criteria and want a career in a fast moving industry and a progressive transport company please apply to: ians@gleesoncox.co.nz or phone Ian on 021 973009 (no texts)

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Somerville Intermediate School seeks a fixed term Fully Registered Teacher for a .3 release position. 1 day a fortnight and 1 day each week. The preferable start time is Tuesday 18 August (or by negotiation) and finishes Thursday 10 December 2015.

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Standing transfers are essential, full instruction given.

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NEW COMMITTEE NEEDED

The Howick Athletics Junior Club urgently need a President, Secretary and Treasurer plus a new team to run the 2015/2016 Athletic Season.

A meeting is being held on MONDAY 24 AUGUST, 7pm at the Howick Clubrooms, Wellington Street, Howick Domain, Howick.

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Public notice of application for on licence Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Choi’s Restaurant Limited (Dir. Chang Dong, Choi) 12/119 Meadowland Dr, Howick Restaurant Owner has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Auckland Council for the issue of a On Licence.

In respect of the premises situated at Choi’s Restaurant 12/119 Meadowland Dr, Howick Auckland 2014.

The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is Restaurant.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are Monday to Friday 5pm10pm. Saturday to Sunday 5pm to 10.30pm.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the District Licensing Committee at Auckland Council, 4 Osterley Way, Manukau.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at Auckland Council, PO Box 92 300 Wellesley St, Auckland 1142 This is the first and only publication of this notice.

To register email highlandcentre@xtra.co.nz or telephone Bruce 021 558 557

NOTICE OF 48TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING To be held in the Clubrooms on Saturday 26th September 2015 at 10.00am BUSINESS

1. Minutes of the 47th Annual 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

ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE TO BE HELD IN THE CLUBROOMS Voting days and times Wednesday 16 September Thursday 17 September Friday 18 September Saturday 19 September

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The evening will include presentations on Pastoral Care, E-Learning, Devices in learning, Christian world-view and engagement with core teaching and learning beliefs and practices in the secondary classroom. Subject specific presentations will also be held in some of our classrooms.

Wednesday 19th August, 2015 Where: Elim Church Chapel,159 Botany Road (Senior Campus) Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm

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Please attend with your child and bring: 1.Proof of residential address 2.(a) NZ Citizens: An original or certified copy of the student’s Birth Certificate or Passport and provide a photocopy to the school. (b) Others: The student’s and a parent’s Passport and provide to the school a photocopy of the Passport personal details and the current visa pages.

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Ormiston Junior College has been directed by the Ministry of Education to develop a draft enrolment zone.

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Find out more at a special evening for interested men of good character at the Lodge, Highland Park on Wednesday 26th August

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ELLONS Bay S3 notched up a comfortable 46-35 win over Howick United S1 at the weekend. Timbertown Shelly Park S1 racked up a sound 44-23 victory while Waka Aranga S1, Pakuranga United S1 and Willowbank S1 also claimed wins.

2015 HPNC Premier Game Results Saturday, August 8: Timbertown Shelly Park S1 44 v Pohutukawa Coast S1 23; Mellons Bay S3 46 v Howick United S1 35; Waka Aranga S1 43 v Sancta Maria S1 25; Pakuranga United S1 39 v Mellons Bay S1 31; Willowbank S1 44 v Timbertown Shelly Park S3 25.

Game Deferred to 7pm August

10: Timbertown Shelly Park S2 33 v Mellons Bay S2 39.

2015 HPNC Premier Draw Saturday, August 15: 10am Pakuranga United S1 v Pohutukawa Coast S1; 10.30am Timbertown Shelly Park S2 v Sancta Maria S1; 12:30pm Howick United S1 v Willowbank S1; 12.30pm Waka Aranga S1 v Mellons Bay S2; 2pm Timbertown Shelly Park S1 v Mellons Bay S1; 2pm Timbertown Shelly Park S3 v Mellons Bay S3.

TOUGH: Below, Mellons Bay S3’s wing attack tussles for possession against the tough Howick United S1 wing Times photo Wayne Martin defence.

VICTORS: The Pakuranga United S1 Premier team – Coach Kelly Geddes; team – Laura Watson, Nikki Smith, Fallyn Birtwistle, Stevie Hackett, Sarah Hughson, Ashleigh Aliington, Lucia Tabaillou, Hannah Photo supplied Hurley, Nicola Crawford.

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he Howick Pakuranga Blake Junior Hockey team remains undefeated in the Kiwisticks Sapphire 1 Grade after a phenomenal first term.

The year 5 and 6 students have won all eight games comfortably placing them at the top of the table in round one. Points have been reset for term three but the team has already started strongly with

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no losses so far. Last weekend the team won 9-2 against University after being 2-2 at half time.

Coach Glen Ellis says this is a fantastic effort considering most kids have only been playing hockey for two or three years.

“While our results have been outstanding the primary focus of the team has been fun, and making sure everyone is included”

says Ellis.

There has been a lot of valued support for the team, especially from the player’s families.

“The kids have really enjoyed having their parents and younger siblings included in training, and we have had strong and positive support from parents and grandparents at all of our games,” Ellis says.

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All Black heads will be on the block Agnew’s Angle

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HE loyalty that has served Steve Hansen, Ian Foster and Grant Fox so well as All Black selectors could come back to haunt them unless they abandon some veterans for major games at the World Cup. Pain at losing the Rugby Championship 27-19 to Australia in Sydney last Saturday night could be a blessing in disguise if the three wise men acknowledge that the form of Daniel Carter and Tony Woodcock does not warrant a starting berth in their team.

In truth, since withdrawing from the 2011 World Cup with a bad groin injury, the personable Carter has failed to reproduce anything like the class which once made him New Zealand’s greatest first five-eighths.

He may still be our most reliable goal-kicker, but his and Sonny Bill Williams’ failure to offer anything on attack against the rushed Wallabies defence hurt the All Blacks cause.

Admittedly the dominance of Aussie loosies David Pocock and Michael Hooper at the breakdown didn’t help, as did the Wallabies scrum dominance despite the reputations of the lumbering Woodcock and Owen Franks.

As a consequence, halfback Aaron Smith had a rare poor game, Carter was no more than a link and Wil-

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liams aimlessly kicked the ball away on two occasions when his side badly needed to retain possession.

With Sam Whitelock another yet to produce his best, the situation is serious although he remains my preference as Brodie Retallick’s locking partner.

With the Bledisloe Cup at stake, today’s All Blacks selection will be watched with interest.

My hope is that after his outstanding test debut against South Africa, Lima Sopoaga is named as the starting first five with super substitute Beauden Barrett on the bench where he can cover the pivot position and fullback.

Fears that the step up from Super 15 to test status would be too much for some players were quelled by Sopoaga’s performance against the Springboks and right wing Nehe Milner-Skudder’s brilliance against the

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The pity was that more ball wasn’t directed his way because he and Ben Smith looked to be the only players capable of penetrating Australia’s excellent defence.

The trouble with Aussies is that if you give them an inch they go beyond the proverbial yard and take a mile.

Cock a hoop in the aftermath of last Saturday’s win, they will believe they can penetrate the Eden Park fortress with another this weekend.

To prevent that, the All Black forwards will need to emulate the total commitment captain Richie McCaw and Kieran Read bring to every game.

Meanwhile, imagine the angst of the Springboks in failing to win one of three games in the Rugby championship, the last 37-25 to Argentina, with left wing Juan Imhoff scoring three tries and setting up the first for Marcelo Bosch.

Bringing the Aussies back to earth were the Silver Ferns at the world netball championships in Sydney with a magnificent 52-47 triumph against the highly favoured top side.

In doing so they broke a nine-game losing streak against an Australian team that had a look of invincibility about it before the Ferns lowered the boom with Maria Tutaia and Bailey Mes forming a sharp shooting partnership.

Undoubtedly Australia will bounce back in a competition in which England and Jamaica join New Zealand as worthy challengers.

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CHA-CHING: The Merc has its original flathead V8. The heater works, and the valve radio still plays tunes from Photo supplied the 1940s. How could you not buy it?

I have an addiction A COLUMNIST in a morning newspaper listed the top five ways to waste money.

There was no prize for guessing that number one was gambling, but I was stunned to read that ‘excessive car buying’ came in at fourth.

My God, that’s me. “Hi, my name is Alistair and I have a problem…”

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How do you ‘accidentally’ buy a car?

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It was. But it’s not now, because I own it.

Don’t ask me how my request for more photos lead to a

Alist air Davidson Times columnist discussion about price, which in turn had the Merc in a container on a ship heading for New Zealand.

Needless to say my wife Sharron was less than impressed.

“Why oh why do you need another car when you’ve already got three?”

My reply “I haven’t got three honey, the Model A roadster pick-up will be yours when it’s finished” went down like a cup of cold sick.

I couldn’t understand what Sharron was so frustrated about.

Hell, the house alterations are half done already, and I can make do with a single car garage.

I’ll put the Thunderbird back together one day.

Her 250,000km Mondeo has plenty of life left in it yet, and what’s wrong with maxing out our overdraft facility?

We never have unexpected expenses crop up.

And hey, it could be worse. I could have taken up gambling.

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Arzan heads back to Birmingham City

By RUMER-GRACE ARCHER

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OURTEEN-year-old, Pakuranga College student and football superstar Arzan Toddywalla has been invited back to the Birmingham City Club for an elite football training camp after proving his talent at the trials last year.

Arzan was picked for a trial with the Birmingham City Club in 2014 and, after making a lasting impression on the coaches, ended up playing for the U13 team, scoring two goals against Swansea City.

Being invited back to the club for a two-three week training camp is a big deal for this year 9 college student who is proud of his achievements.

“It’s a pretty big privilege to be honest because they want me back a second time” he said.

Currently, Arzan trains and plays for Fencibles United AFC every day for an hour and a half after school and sometimes before school.

Surprisingly, he is still capable of juggling school work with training, and finishes his work in class so he can focus on training after school.

Arzan recognises his Fencibles coach, Justin Green, and premier skills academy coach Roger Wilkin-

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son as his mentors. It was their coaching and mentorship that gave Arzan the opportunity to travel to the UK. “They are the ones that have trained him and pushed him, and though he has the skills, to put the skills in the right way you really need those mentors” Arzan’s mother Pearl commented.

Arzan started playing for Fencibles when he was just six-years-old after his talent and speed were noticed by his father Viraf.

This year Arzan has helped his Fencibles Club team win the pre-season tournament at Rangitoto College.

He has been recognised for his talent and effort, winning the Golden Ball Award at the National Tournament finals last year and the Fencibles United Player of the Year trophy for his grade.

Arzan also occasionally plays for the Pakuranga College 1st XI, a privilege for a year 9 student as the team is mostly made up of seniors.

Football is something Arzan wants to pursue as a career.

His mother quotes him saying: “Some call it soccer I call it life.”

Skye’s the limit

By RUMER-GRACE ARCHER SKYE Bowden is mad on cricket.

It dominates a large amount of her free time and weekends, with trainings on Monday, Friday, Sunday and matches on Saturday.

“She plays a lot of cricket,” Skye’s mum Sheryl says.

The Pakuranga College Year 9 student – who is aiming for a place in the indoor cricket world cup squad next year - has taken after her father with his love for the game and says she used to play a lot of backyard cricket as a child.

If that’s not enough, Skye is an all-round sportswoman, having played netball and rippa rugby previously and now playing in as many school sports teams as she can.

Skye, 14, competed in the National Indoor Cricket Competition for the Auckland U20 team which won the title in Wellington recently.

Her team played five games including the final against Wellington in which they scored 174, beating the opposition by 90 runs.

Skye began playing indoor cricket this year for the Pakuranga Pharaohs and was selected for the Auckland U20 team during a Queen’s Birthday competition.

Despite playing with much older team mates, Skye says the reason she likes playing indoor cricket is because of the environment and the people she

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plays with.

Skye’s position as a leg-side fielder has her standing quite close to the batsman, which her mum finds incredibly scary.

“It’s horrible I hate it...she’s been planted twice with the ball” Sheryl admits.

Nevertheless, Skye has valuable support from her parents who accompanied her to the nationals.

She also plays outdoor cricket for Howick and is currently playing for a development squad before she joins a premier women’s side when the season begins in October.

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