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eachlands infant Sydney Junior Tuffin, who was born with a hole in his heart, is a tough little fighter.

Due to the pharmacy blunder, Sydney could be left with lasting brain damage which, according to the Herald on Sunday, won’t be picked up on for a few years.

A pharmacy misread a prescription and gave him medication 10 times stronger than intended.

Now that Sydney has the correct dosage, father Ben Tuffin told the Times his son is improving.

Mr Tuffin and Nina Brickland welcomed their son on January 8 to discover he had a hole in his heart.

According to the newspaper, a neonatal doctor at Middlemore prescribed 0.5ml a day of furosemide, a diuretic to keep the fluid off his lungs so he could grow strong enough for heart surgery.

The new parents picked up Sydney’s prescription from an unnamed pharmacy not linked to the hospital and took their son home. They began administering the medicine once a day through

Sydney’s nasal tube and even had a home nurse visit daily, the newspaper wrote.

Despite their efforts, Sydney kept losing weight.

After taking him back to the hospital, tests showed Sydney had very low sodium levels and was dehydrated from an overdose of diuretics. Instead of the prescribed 0.5ml, Sydney had been given 5ml – 10 times the prescribed dose.

“Because he was on such a high dose, every bit of food or water, it was just sucking all of it out of him,” Tuffin told the Herald on Sunday.

The parents were told that because Sydney was severely dehydrated for a fortnight he could have suffered brain damage, but they won’t know for sure for a few years.

“Sydney is doing really well, just his surgery to go,” he says.

Although they have finally received an apology from the pharmacy, Tuffin admits it doesn’t sound genuine. “It wasn’t hand written and sounded more like her lawyer.”

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1080 scare ‘financially motivated’

By NATALIE BRITTAN The man behind the 1080 infant milk formula contamination scare failed to convince the court his motive was not financial.

Justice Geoffrey Venning last week ruled in the High Court at Auckland that Mellons Bay man Jeremy Kerr was under financial pressure when he wrote anonymous threat letters to Fonterra and Federated Farmers in 2014. He owed nearly half a million dollars to creditors.

Justice Venning by samples of infant ruled that the Crown formula contaminated had proved “beyond with 1080. reasonable doubt” that Kerr’s defence Kerr sought to gain lawyer John Billington financially.

QC argued that money Despite his was not the “primary “altruistic” intent to driver” for his client’s change Government actions, disputing policy surrounding Crown allegations JEREMY KERR indiscriminate 1080 that Kerr’s motive was use, it was inconsistent “purely financial”. with the content of the letters, Questioned by the Crown, Justice Venning said.

Kerr’s accountant Shane Hussey The letters were accompanied maintained that Kerr was in a

“relatively comfortable” even “enviable position” at the time of his offending.

The 60-year-old businessman received about $100,000 in royalties a year from Feratox, a ground-deployed poison alternative to 1080.

However, he spent more than $300,000 over the course of two years promoting his business, Nature’s Support, which manufactures possum fur products.

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he Easter Egg Hunt run annually by the Cession Community Trust is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

A high is the return of Hip Hop the Rappin’ Rabbit to the event which has proved extremely popular since its inception in 2007 at the Depot, Lloyd Elsmore Park.

“It’s hard to believe we’ve been going for 10 years,” says event creator Kristen Jones. “Which means Hip Hop is 10 years old as well.

“When we started the Easter Egg Hunt we were looking for a fun, affordable event for Howick families to enjoy at Easter. And families have grown up with the Easter Egg Hunt being an annual part of their Easter celebration.”

Children are set the challenge of finding six differently coloured eggs, each containing a prize. But it’s the rare golden egg that offers the major prizes that are the real target for the keener hunters.

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easter fun: With 2000 eggs to find and 12 golden eggs, there’s a lot at stake.

ning we wanted to get the balance right,” Ms Jones says. “There’s the challenge of hunting for the big prizes alongside the need to include children of all ages and abilities.

“With 2000 eggs to find, everyone wins a prize. But the 12 golden eggs add that level of challenge that many kids thrive on. The formula has worked now for 10 years.”

Trust manager, Juanita Masuna is passionate about the opportunity for families to play together in safe, fun ways without the usual costs associated.

“The Howick community is good at having fun together,” she says. “The Easter Egg Hunt alongside our Halloween Carboot Party and Aotearoa Christmas are providing a rhythm of community celebration.

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It’s something we love to contribute alongside the other great events Howick runs, whether it’s the Santa Parade or the Military Tattoo.”

Cession Community sees the Egg Hunt as part of a festival of Easter events, Pastor Brett Jones says.

“We kick off with this event a week out which is fun for the whole family.

Good Friday we’re open-

ing our West of Eden interactive art exhibition and offering a contemplative Good Friday service set amidst the art.”

The public, he says, will be able to interact with the art exhibition through Friday evening and Saturday, including a children’s art room with a ‘Meet the Artist’ event on Easter Sunday evening.

“We’re hoping to create a ‘festival feeling’ for families and hopefully our golden summer will continue!”

Cession Community Trust, he says, is grateful for Lotteries Board funding for the 2016 event.

■■ The Easter Egg Hunt is from 9.45am on March 19 at The Depot, Sir Lloyd Drive, Lloyd Elsmore Park (behind the netball courts).

Entry is a suggested $2 koha per child. More information is online at www. cession.org.nz or contact Juanita Masunu email trust@cession.org.nz or phone 021-723-369.

Ferry park and ride commuter trial to launch A satellite park and ride facility from Lloyd Elsmore Park to the Half Moon Bay ferry terminal opens on March 21.

A parking area opposite the netball centre on Sir Lloyd Drive, Pakuranga will provide 100 spaces for the free shuttle service which will connect to the ferry terminal at peak times on weekdays.

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The free annual event is focussed on a family interactive time for all ages with more than 17 family interactive games to enjoy this year.

Along with the ever popular face painting and biscuit decorating, an egg toss will be held and participants are

encouraged to bring their own device along for a QR code hunt.

Many prizes and vouchers will also be up for grabs.

■■ The East City Wesleyan Eggstravaganza is at 2-4pm on Saturday, March 19 at East City Wesleyan Church, 219 Burswood Drive, Burswood/Botany. Email kidsconnect@ecw.org.nz for more information.

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Suspected car thieves torched a stolen car in Whitford this week.

Fraser Penning said he was just INFERNO: Fraser Panning nodding off at awoke to find this car around midnight burning 50m from home. when he heard a Photo supplied loud explosion followed by a car speeding off on Whitford Park Road.

“I ran outside to find a car on fire on the side of the road,” he said.

It was 50m from his home near the corner of Whitford Park Road and Brownhill Road, opposite the Whitford Park Golf Club grounds.

“I called the fire service and ambulance just in case it was an accident. As it turns out, some thugs torched a stolen car.”

He said the car is to be towed at “a later date” as it was not a priority.

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The Times computer systems were taken down yesterday after a computer virus struck its servers. The virus – released via email – has resulted in the 24 hour delay in printing the companies newspapers. The company have notified police regarding the attack by ‘ransomware’ – a malicious campaign that demands payment in bitcoin to unlock user computers.

The Guardian in the UK yesterday reported that a number of major news websites have seen adverts similarly hijacked.

The attack, which was targeted at US users, hit websites including the New York Times, the BBC, AOL and the NFL over the weekend.

Combined, the targeted sites have traffic in the billions of visitors. The malware was delivered through multiple ad networks.

Local bus company Howick & Eastern Buses is investigating an incident in which a bus window was smashed and reportedly showered and possibly injured a group of school children onboard.

A post on social media said: “For those parents that had kids that got injured on the bus from Somerville to Beachlands today you need to ring H&E buses ASAP.” “It continued: “For those not aware the rear window of the bus smashed on top of

children leaving them bleeding and glass everywhere ... other children were trying to help the injured and clean the glass up. My daughter is in shock from what happened.”

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The court heard that emails from creditors seeking payment coincided with Kerr’s request to ANZ to increase his mother’s overdraft to $50,000 from October 2014 until January 2015 then revert to $10,000. This never happened.

Mr Hussey said while he did not condone Kerr’s actions, he said Kerr had other means of relieving his financial situation,

including borrowing from friends and family, ceasing company spending, getting a job and selling assets.

“There were easy remedies … he made choices, not choices I would’ve made.”

Mr Hussey said that it is common for New Zealand businesses to be unable to repay their creditors and Kerr had been “juggling”.

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rivate planting on a publicly-owned back berm adjacent to the boundary of a Mission Heights property has raised alarm bells among some residents.

Neighbours who did not identify themselves wrote to the Times saying the property owners concerned had infringed on public land. They had planted and extended their landscaping up to the edge of the pedestrian walk, “hijacking the collar strip of land along/ behind the walkway”.

“This gives the pedestrian walk no breathing space.

It will be worse when the row of newly-planted green plants grow. Besides restricting the walkway, it is an eye sore.”

The property owners were not home when the Times called. But their immediate neighbour Krishna Desaraju begged to differ with the residents, saying the planting was looking beautiful and

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was fine with him as long as it was not obstructing anything.

“It’s lovely to see the greenery. They have done a great job, putting a barrier strip around the planting.

“But it comes back to the street being free from obstacles.”

The Times asked Auckland Transport for its views on the planting. But a spokesman said: “We will not be commenting on this because of privacy issues.”

However its website says that private plantings on road reserve have the potential to cause discontent between adjoining landowners who

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have different views as to what is appropriate. The look and feel of neighbourhoods can be compromised by plantings that do not fit their environment.

“Most private planting is brought to our attention by complaints being made by adjoining landowners.”

However, the website provides a clue to AT’s attitude which takes a benevolent view of low-level planting.

Current proposals under consideration allow planting in the back berm adjacent to the property boundary. But the plants must be no more than 60cm in height at maturity and encroach no more

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Crash on Greenmount resolved without incident Police closed off part of Greenmount Drive, East Tamaki early on Tuesday afternoon after two cars were involved in an accident, a few metres down from Ti Rakau Drive.

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ACCIDENT: The scene at Greenmount Drive on Tuesday involving two cars.

supermarket: Beachlands Road looking down from Whitford Roundabout shows how the extensive vegetation for the Countdown site – on the left – will look.

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Countdown will replant Countdown has defended its actions in Beachlands where it is constructing a new supermarket.

It has responded to several criticisms on social media about a number of trees being felled at the site. Not all the comments were negative. Many on the website put it down to growth and progress.

“Works on the site for our new Beachlands Countdown are progressing well, with earthworks almost complete,” general manager of property, Adrian Walker, told the Times.

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ew know that in an average year, around 40 per cent of dogs impounded

by Auckland Council alone are euthanised, many of them because no good home can be found.

Botany Town Centre is reaching out to help dog rescue organisation DC Rescue find ‘forever homes’.

In partnership with DC Rescue, Botany Town Centre will host its inaugural adoption day on Saturday, March 26 from 9am to 12 noon.

The dog adoption day offers a chance for locals to meet and interact with available dogs in a safe environment and to

learn about breeds, safety and what dogs need from their owners.

DC Rescue will be joined on the day by dog trainers Canine Citizen, and together they will introduce puppies and older dogs to the public and potential owners.

Participants can learn how to help vulnerable dogs through adoption, fostering, donating or simply giving them attention and affection.

Dog photographer Kelly Wolfe will be on hand to take photos of potential matches made on the day.

Organic homemade dog treat specialists, OnePodgyDog will

have a stall for locals to purchase treats to spoil their dogs.

The aim of the adoption drive is to not only help dogs on death row find their forever homes, but to educate the community.

DC Rescue founder Cherie Baker says, “The best part about what we do is seeing dogs transform from scared and hungry animals to healthy, happy members of the family.

“When a dog we have rescued hops into somebody’s car on their way to their new forever home, and are too excited to even look back to say goodbye, we know we’ve done our job.”

Trademark scam doing rounds Business owners with registered trademarks should be on the lookout for a bogus invoice doing the rounds. It asks for payment to list the trademark on an online database.

Jeff Allen of Appliance Outlet contacted the Times after he nearly paid the account thinking it was an extension of the trademark registration.

The company’s trademark Imprasio and its Pakuranga address was clearly noted on the invoice which came under the heading of IDRTM International Online Database of Registered

Trade Marks TM Publisher.

The $1638 payment was to be sent to TM Publishers, Level 31, Plimmer Towers, 2-6 Gilmer Terrace, Wellington by April 14.

“Imprasio is our trademarked name and all our details are easily obtainable,” Mr Allen says.

“I’m unsure how illegal this is, but I really think the Police should crack down on this and should be able to as there is a postal address” The Times asked Counties Manukau Police whose spokesperson said the fraud team was not aware of the scam.

Publicity in Australia resulted when a wave of unsolicited letters from the same outfit arrived in the post of businesses who had registered a trademark.

The Australian address of the company was listed as TM Publisher, Suite 65, Seabridge House, 377 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000.

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Violinist back on home territory

By Marianne Kelly

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rwen Newband has played the violin since she was a six-year-old at Bucklands Beach Primary School and these days she’s an established music teacher and performer in Britain.

On her New Zealand return visit earlier this year she shared her talent with patrons at the opening night of the popular Thursdays@Seven autumn series in Howick.

She was back to visit her parents Leslie and Shirley Newband, of Bucklands Beach.

The Howick concert, however, was a chance to strike up the chords with former mentor and pianist Peter Watts who, with his wife Katharine, organises the annual Thursdays@Seven concerts.

Mr Watts met a young Arwen when she was a student at Howick Intermediate School and she auditioned for the Auckland Secondary Schools Orchestra (now the Auckland Junior High School Training Orchestra). Mr Watts, who was conductor, spotted the talent in the young violinist and Ms Newband did a four-year stint in the orchestra.

Mr Watts also conducted the Howick Orchestra, a forerunner to the current Manukau Symphony Orchestra (MSO),

REHEARSING: British-based violinist Arwen Newband was home recently in Howick to do a concert performance with old friend and pianist Peter Watts.

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and, at the age of 11, Ms Newband became a foundation member.

She moved on from Epsom Girls’ Grammar to Auckland University where she graduated with a Dip. Mus. Hons, having played violin on and off with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO).

After winning a scholarship she travelled to London where she studied under the famous violinist and teacher Emanuel Hurwitz.

While studying, she was a free-lance violinist performing in orchestras such as the City of London Symphonia.

Among the concertos she per-

formed were those by Dvorak, Khachaturian, Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart.

“It wasn’t difficult to get into orchestras then, not like it is now,” she says. “There was more work available. Also the students were mostly West European and English. Now the whole world is competing for a place in the orchestras, from China, Russia, Japan and Korea. Thirty years ago they were not there.”

Instead of eventually returning permanently to New Zealand, Ms Newband says she stayed in England because “it was the way things went.”

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aige is that creamy sand colour characteristic of long-haired golden retrievers. And typical of this breed, she has a lovely temperament and is delighted to see me. She wastes no time in welcoming me to the Billings home and ignores the owner’s pleas to remove her head from my lap.

A happy dog in a happy home. Sitting in the dining room with Kevin Billing, the seascape stretching out toward Pine Harbour is distracting.

We’re deceptively high up here in the Mellons Bay home which Kevin and his wife Bronwyn have just put on the market after more than three decades making it what it is.

On the seaward side of Mellons Bay Road and down a right-of-way, it’s a gorgeous property which goes to auction on March 21 – the first time it’s been on the market in 34 years. The estate agents are cagey about the price and acknowledge only that it is a multi-million dollar home.

And yet it isn’t ostentatious. It is tastefully decorated, inside and out. And it is generous in size without looking so.

Built around the original home, it is billed as one of Howick’s signature properties. There’s no disputing this.

The landscaping is really clever and everything has its place. Kevin likes his gardens, so much so Truck & Driver magazine even fea-

tured a piece on him (Kevin runs a very successful truck painting business in Manukau – think Toll, DHL, Mainfreight).

He and Bronwyn have even opened up their property for many years for the Trinity & Uxbridge Garden Tours. The first one 15 years ago attracted 2700 people over three days.

The couple, whose nowadult children grew up in the house, have taken two years to get the property to this point of readiness (Adam is 32 and Rachel 28).

There is nothing more to do says Kevin, now 66, in semiretirement and desperately seeking something smaller for he and his wife and the seven-year-old retriever.

“It’s quite an emotional experience,” says Kevin,

who is trying unsuccessfully to keep up with the fallen leaves.

“We’re in our retirement years. We’ll be staying in the area.”

The couple are fit and active although Kevin’s knees each bear the enormous scars of corrective operations.

They have a lawn tennis court (he was club captain at Howick Tennis Club for five years) and swimming pool and petanque court too.

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Help guide Auckland’s direction for 2016/2017

By Marianne Kelly

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f you put the young and old together there is magic – that’s what happens, says Topsy Reynolds, activities coordinator at the Ambridge Rose Villa rest home in Pakuranga.

She makes this comment as children from Stand Children’s Services (the former Health Camp) in Half Moon Bay circulate among the elderly residents at the rest home after charming them with a short concert in which Te Reo triumphs.

The five 12-year-olds from throughout the Super City open their programme with Leonard Cohen’s haunting Hallelujah and He Kakano Ahau which emphasises ‘my language is my strength’.

Eat your hearts out All Blacks, I think, when a passionate haka is performed. And the icing on the cake comes when seven-year-old Ngaro Cherrington performs his ‘special item’, a hula.

“You are all stars,” Ms Reynolds tells the girls and boys. “Thank you for our cultural experience. It’s been magic.”

The children present Ms Reynolds gifts for the residents addressed “to our dear old people – we hope you had fun”. And then the hugging, young hands gripping elderly shoulders, and mixing and mingling begins.

Kaumatua Koro Percy, who leads the concert, says what he enjoys most is the young ones mixing with the elderly, “because a lot of the elderly miss their grandchildren”.

“We see them [the children] come here and it brings smiles and tears to their eyes,” he says.

“Mixing and mingling is a good thing, a healthy process for the children.

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“The children referred to us are very vulnerable. We house them, school them and give that special love and affection that they miss out on at home.

“And singing helps our children.

Every morning we start the day with a prayer and singing.”

Ms Reynolds says music and the children ignite the elderly residents and they get a cultural experience of Polynesian and Maori flavour.

Shontaal Wright, Stand transformational teacher says being able to stand up in front of an audience to sing takes great independence and mastery.

“We are getting involved in the community and making a positive difference in the lives of others. Our children know how good it feels to be generous and they realise just how much the elderly appreciate what they are doing.

It’s a win-win for everyone.”

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Tito’s daughters Elena (18) and Mary (26) for She’s left a massive sharing their mother hole in the school. with them.

Ex-students , teachers, The late Mrs Tito died current students of an aggressive attack everyone has a story to of motor neuron disease tell of how she impacted and was married to Rob their lives, says Murray LATE LYNN TITO of Samoan descent.

Burton, principal of Mr Murray says that

Photo supplied Elim Christian College the 52-year-old teacher as he pays tribute to a much also worked a lot with Maori and loved teacher and head of Pacific students. department, English Lynn Tito, “Because of her cross cultural who passed away last week. background she engaged the “Everyone gets up and says she kids and inspired them. She was is her best friend,” he says fondly incredibly well loved. You can’t of the teacher who instilled a put a price on that,” he says with love for the English language pride. and a fascination for history Beautiful renditions of gospel in students at Elim Christian songs by congregation of Hope College where she taught for 16 Centre, alternated by emotional years. eulogies, honoured the teacher Former students called her who was passionate about a ‘second mother’, colleagues instilling a love for creative past and present bared their writing in her students. hearts out while her best friend Mr Murray says that one of said they prayed together for her final wishes was that instead the students and their children. of people buying flowers for Members of the congregation of her funeral she wants them to Hope Centre East Tamaki also donate money for students’ shared touching stories about support fund. “She wants the the good-hearted lady making a kids who need that extra help to huge difference to their lives. get the support they need.

All those who had gathered “She was a true teacher at Elim Christian College on right to the very end,” he says Thursday evening prior to the acknowledging her contribution funeral led by Mr Murray on to the school and community at Friday morning, thanked Mrs large.

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Only metres away from the original premises on Town Centre Drive, the new space combines the former Bendon Lingerie store and a portion of Kess salon for a bigger, better and brighter experience.

Retail dispensing partner Andy Willmott says the new store addresses some of the issues that customers have identified.

“We actually outgrew our previous location more than two and a half years ago and the move was in the pipeline for quite some time.”

Customer feedback included no dedicated waiting area, a lack of privacy and a limited floor space for shoppers to browse, he says.

As a result the $500,000 fit-out has taken on board all these issues boasting a separate

waiting area and eight individual rooms for staff and clinical use.

“We’ve doubled our eye testing capacity and have brought in new technology that will enable us to perform eye exams in a specially designed space,” Andy says.

“Quite often at the weekends we could be testing up to 40 people and it used to cause a lot of congestion whereas now the floor space has been relieved resulting in an improved customer journey,” Andy says.

Another exciting “new toy” is a brand new piece of equipment that will help measure the thickness of the cornea thanks to an instrument called the pachymeter.

“It improves the diagnostic and referral process for glaucoma,” Andy says.

“In other words unnecessary referrals to a specialist can be avoided saving a lot of time and effort for many people.”

Three staff members have been recruited to serve the bigger

Botany outlet and increase its capacity. The team also stands to benefit with dedicated staff and storage space for a more pleasant workplace environment.

Known for its cutting edge styles from global names, the Specsavers group has recently brought to the fold the popular Superdry, Love Moschino and Karl Lagerfeld labels which shoppers can look forward to seeing in store.

To celebrate the new store opening, Specsavers Botany will be offering half price exams (normally $60) and as always, FREE eye exams for AA members and lucky dip offers for customers who come in to buy new glasses.

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Colleen and Gary Roberts celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on February 19 surrounded by family and friends, including their son Mark from Australia and Paul from St Louis, USA. They met in 1962 when Mr Roberts was the dedicated driver for a gang of boys when they took a spin on pub crawls around Auckland in the DeSoto.

One night they rolled up to the Cornwall Geriatric Hospital in Greenlane to see if any nurses wanted to come out with them. As the driver, however, Mr Roberts missed out on a partner.

In order to rectify the situation, one of the nurses invited a fellow nurse, Colleen, along for a night out, which is how Mr Roberts came to meet his future wife.

“It was difficult because she already had a boyfriend,” Mr Roberts says. “This was August 1962 and she was not dressed flashily and wore no make-up.”

He was temporarily put on the back foot when his tentative attempt to wrap his arm around her shoulder while travelling in the DeSoto was rejected in no uncertain terms.

However, as they found they “hit it off” Colleen suggested they go on outings on their own. They were engaged in 1964 and married in 1966. Gary was 25 and Colleen 21.

Meanwhile, in 1965, the engaged couple were among the first to buy a brand new section in the burgeoning suburb of Pakuranga.

Their house was one of the first built in Ennis Avenue and the cou-

HAPPY MEMORIES: Gary and Colleen Roberts, of Pakuranga, have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

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Until about three years ago Mr Roberts worked in his commercial cleaning, gardening, landscaping and lawn maintenance business, Roberts Cleaning and Gardening Maintenance. His son David has taken over the reins establishing The Fern and Bamboo Company lawn mowing service. Their daughter, now Janine Fitzgerald, also lives in Auckland.

The Roberts were founder members of the Pakuranga Christian Fellowship established 45 years ago and Mrs Roberts spent 15 years doing voluntary work at the interchurch service run at the Baptist Church in Pakuranga.

Through their church associations, the couple did a 12-month stint in prison ministry.

However their hearts presently remain in their aspirations to establish an independent non-profit organisation that would help New Zealand veterans returning from overseas conflicts with ongoing emotional and also physical disorders.

They became interested in the cause when, in 2009, they discovered the Our House organisation in the USA of which they are honorary board members.

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Language partnership

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i hao’ is how a bunch of children at Pigeon Mountain Primary School greet Chung-Yu. Meet Oliver aka ChungYu, the Mandarin Language Assistant (MLA) currently shuttling between two primary schools.

Principal of Owairoa Primary School, Alan McIntyre good-humouredly says that New Zealand’s number one primary school and the number two school in the country, Pigeon Mountain Primary, are hosting the Taiwanese student who is here on a half yearly appointment as an MLA. Organised through the National Taitung University, Taiwan, this is a part of the four year co-operation between Pigeon Mountain Primary and Owairoa Primary.

Chung-Yu currently

spends three days at Pigeon Mountain Primary and two days at Owairoa Primary.

In the next semester he will swap days at the primary schools.

Ian Dickinson, principal of Pigeon Mountain Primary who sportingly takes his senior colleague’s good-hearted banter says it is a standing joke between the two of them as to which school is the number one in New Zealand. “A lot of the population in this area is Taiwanese and the idea behind an MLA is to bring by their presence, the target language, culture and country into the classroom,” he says.

“We provide opportunities for the students to interact with a native speaker, stimulating genuine classroom communications.”

It’s not only trade with China that the NZ government encourages but also an

LUCKY MAN: Mandarin Language Assistant Chung-Yu with Shanaye Howard, Cindy MacGillivray, Freya Dibben, Mack Palmer, Oliver Long and Finn McKay of Owairoa Primary School and Pigeon Mountain Primary School.

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educational exchange.

“The New Zealand government gives us a grant to have a sister school in China.

There is a strong government

initiative and this is different from the Confucius Institute in Auckland that is dedicated to enhancing understanding between China and New Zealand,” he says.

While Chung-Yu also assists teachers to improve on their linguistic and cultural knowledge, he says the focus is mainly on fun.

“Apart from students learning key phrases in Mandarin, they enjoy art and craft, doing tai chi and playing with Chinese yoyo,” he says.

“Amazing” is how he describes the New Zealand style of teaching. “It’s very different from Taiwan and far more relaxed.

“How teachers manage students in classrooms is completely different,” he says.

“They allow them to think for themselves and give students a lot more freedom.”

Nominations open for sports awards Counties Manukau Sport along with the Howick Local Board will acknowledge the talented students, club members, coaches, managers, and volunteers in the 2016 Howick Sports Awards in May. Howick boasts an abundance of sporting

talent such as Olympic Medallists Barbara and Bruce Kendall,- and Black Cap’s Mitchell McClenaghan and Kyle Mills, and many more.

Nominations are now open for the people you want to see awarded for their sporting achievements or support

they have provided for sports clubs and schools in Howick.

To nominate an individual go to http:// www.cmsport.co.nz/ programmes/sport/ awards-and-recognition/ howick-sports-awards/.

Nominations close 5pm Friday April 15

To purchase tickets or for more information contact Michelle Forbes at Counties Manukau Sport on 269 0182 or email michellef@cmsport.co.nz.

The Howick Sports Awards will be held at the Pakuranga United Rugby Club at 5pm on Sunday May 15, 2016.

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Concert

An hour of live classical music will be performed by local violinist Yid-Ee. The programme includes Vivaldi’s Autumn from The Four Seasons and La Folia and Bach’s Violin Concerto in E Major. The concert is at 7-8pm on March 19 at The Chapel, Elim Christian Centre, 159 Botany Road, Botany. Entry is by donation. More information is online at facebook.com/ensembleeast.

Travel club

Uxbridge Travel Club presents “14 days of Turkish Delight”, by Adrienne Lobb, Friday, March 18, 7.30pm in the “Te Whare Oro” (Senior Citizens Hall), Uxbridge Centre, following the AGM. Visitors welcome. Admission $6.

Phone Stella 534-9463.

RSA meet

Howick RSA Women’s Section meeting is on March 18. Speaker is Jo Crosier of Medical Alarms.

All welcome. For more information phone Bev on 534-9285.

Fitness League

Fitness League exercises are held from 9.30am on Fridays at the Pakuranga Park Village lounge, Fortunes Road, Pakuranga.

Phone Gillian on 577-2574.

Classy crafts market

Spot prizes ($45-$75) drawn every half hour on March 19 at Classy Crafts Indoor Market inside All Saints Community Centre, 30 Cook St, Howick, 9am1pm. Quality NZ-made crafts.

Phone Ruth 535-7513.

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Seniors group

Book sale

Seniors Friendship club meets at the Bucklands Beach Bowling Club, corner of Devon Rd and Morrow Ave. First and third Friday each month, 12.45 to 3pm for entertainment, music, also occasionally bingo and trips. Tea and biscuits, come and make friends, $3. Friday, March 18 we have Lisa Lorrel to sing for us. Phone Olive 534-6938 or Ann 533-9991.

Howick Library. Come to Howick Library Book Sale and fill a large plastic bag for $5 or a small bag for $2.50. Monday, March 21-April 11, 2016. Come and discover bargains galore.

Demonstration by Jim Xue, Pakuranga Library, to show us his marvellous eggshell carving skills. Thursday March 24, 10.30am-11.30am. Tea served at 10.15 am. All welcome. Contact 576-5269.

Totara Park Riding for the Disabled is looking for more volunteers to help young horse riders.

No experience is required and full training is given by experienced personnel. Skilled people are also needed to help with administration, accounts, health and safety and fundraising.

Horses and riders meet on Mondays and Thursdays at the Totara Park equestrian centre, Redoubt Road, East Manurewa. Email totarapark.rda@gmail.com or phone Cilla on 027-443-7498.

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Howick & Pakuranga Community Network Meeting. Manukau East Council of Social Services (Mecoss) invites you to their community meeting from 10am-12pm, Thursday, March 31, Howick and Pakuranga Community House, 47 Aviemore Drive, Highland Park. This is an opportunity for discussion, learning and to network with like-minded community organisations. Guest speaker Carol Livingstone from Gibbs Mills Livingstone Lawyers on the importance of having up-to-date wills as well as Enduring Powers of Attorney.

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Race Relations Day

The theme for this year’s Mecoss Race Relations Day is ‘Welcoming Diversity’. To celebrate the diversity of New Zealand’s culture and the positive changes we can make in our community, Mecoss is hosting a Race Relations Day celebration on Saturday, March 19. Also joining us is VIP guest Dame Cath Tizard, former Governor General and Auckland City Mayor. Pakuranga Plaza, Pakuranga Road, 10am- 12pm.

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And the Madness of Crowds. You are invited to join us for an author talk by Botany College history teacher Robert Bartholomew.

Robert will cover the 1909 German Invasion Scare up to the Parnell Poisoning Panic of 1973.

Saturday, March 19, 11am-12pm.

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Phone Rosemary 278-2223.

Round dance

Howick Round Dance Cub welcomes new members to join its beginners class on Mondays from 7.30-9.30pm. Learn to Waltz, Cha Cha, Rumba, Foxtrot and Tango.

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Mall walkers

Get active while having fun and meeting new people walking in the mall. Every Wednesday from 7.30am-8.30am. Meet at Configure Express, Aylesbury Street, Pakuranga Plaza. All welcome to this free event. Contact Yaniesha 021-552881.

Prize for social enterprise

The Rotary Club of Newmarket and the Akina Foundation have joined forces to kick-start social enterprises in the greater Auckland region with a chance to win $10,000 in cash. Apply online at www.akina.org.nz/rotary by April 7 with a three-minute video describing your initiative.

Historical society

Otahuhu Historical Society, meeting Monday March 21, 7.30pm, conference room. rear of Otahuhu Town Hall Complex. A Celebration of Easter. An informal gathering to share historical and local stories about Easter.

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Take your litter with you On Saturday March 12th, I walked my dog from Highland Park to Lloyd Elsmore and was horrified at the litter discarded on the grass areas along the pathways and mountain bike tracks.

Paper I can live with.

What upsets me is glass bottles, tins and hard plastics.

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If they do see them, I don’t imagine they have the time to stop and pick up the discarded can or bottle.

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Glass items are even worse as the glass fragments are dispersed over a wide swath of grass.

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Carry an old grocery bag with you as I do, along with my poop bags. Put the empty item in the bag and pop that into a bin as you pass. Easy.

We are so lucky to live in a beautiful, safe area. Please let’s keep it that way.

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be unpredictable.

“I love bringing comedy to a bar and Ted’s [Waters] venue is a great environment, conducive to classy entertainment.”

Through his kids’ entertainment company, ClownAround.co.nz he says he has always been into making people laugh.

“I have done theatre and film work but the difference with stand-up comedy is that it’s immediate. You get a sense of whether people like you or not.”

“It’s become addictive. I want to do it for the rest of my life.”

And he is frank about his expectations of his two sons, Jude, 2, and Leonardo, just three months old.

“He already knows he has big shoes to fill” – clown pun!

■■ The comedy show is at 7.30pm on April 6 at The Apothocary, Picton Street Howick. Tickets are $25.

COMEDIAN: Dave McCartney at the Apothecary comedy show.

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“Children are honest. If you are not funny they’ll walk away from you because they are bored,” he says. “You’ve got to engage 100 per cent with kids. If you’re rubbish, you’re rubbish. Adults will give you pity claps, but kids can be tougher and they like to heckle” – like the little fellow who told him “you’re not a real clown, you’re just a human”.

When he was made a finalist in the 2015 Raw Comedy Quest Mr McCartney says he was catapulted into stand-up comedy. He was also nomi-

nated in 2013 by the New Zealand Comedy Guild as the best newcomer.

Consequently he has an ambition to bring the best of New Zealand stand-up comedy to Howick. He’s fielding a top line-up of comedians who will do a show at The Apothecary in Picton Street Howick on April 6.

Headline act will be Kiwi comedian Ben Hurley of 7 Days fame. Others include Cori Gonzalez-Maceur, of the What we do in the Shadows movie; Justine Smith, who won best female comedian of 2015 by the New Zealand Comedy Guild; Howick’s geriatric rapper, John Carr; and Mr McCartney.

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As a local he is only too happy to help local businesses with their carpeting needs.

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Volumes down but prices still up the supply/ demand balance across most of New Zealand is now favouring sellers, with the implication for strong price growth moving forward.”

R e g i o n a l COLLEEN MILNE areas within commuting distance of Auckland are still benefiting from buyers looking for more affordable housing or rental property, says Andrea Rush, QV national spokesperson.

“Values are up more than five per cent in the Kaipara, Waikato and Hauraki Districts over the past three months,” she says.

QV Homevalue registered valuer James Wilson says while Auckland activity levels remain low compared with the first nine months of 2015, the ‘wait and see’ approach that began late last year appears to be subsiding among investors and many now appear willing to re-enter the market.

“Auction campaigns are still producing lower clearance rates than that of mid to late 2015, however post auction negotiations are proving successful in increasing numbers, attendance is also up and clearance rates are rising.”

The apartment market, he says, continues to strengthen, in particular modern, recently com-

pleted complexes or ‘off plan’ apartment purchases.

“Construction of new townhouses on brownfield sites is becoming increasingly popular as homeowners seek to stay in the same locality. This is achieved through either sub division of a parent site or the demolition of

the existing dwelling on a site.

“Proximity to the public transport networks is becoming an increasingly popular variable in a purchase decision.”

Harcourts chief executive Chris Kennedy says Auckland Council’s decision to revert to its 2013 version of the Auckland

Unitary Plan, which will provide for just 80,000 new homes by 2040, has not done Auckland any favours.

“Close to 300,000 new houses are needed in that time period,” he says. “There will be no easing of prices while there are not enough houses being built.”

Regional housing market

The past five years’ Auckland regional housing market at a glance, as at February’s figures.

Eastern Beaches Dwelling median price 2012 600,000 2013 668,000 2014 762,000 2015 868,000 2016 970,000 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 — +12% Dwelling numbers sold 2012 185 2013 203 2014 174 2015 165 2016 106 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 — -36% Median days to sell 2012 32 2013 35 2014 34 2015 33

2016 37 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 — +12%

2016 3026 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 — -2%

Auckland Region Dwelling median price 2007 430,000 2015 675,000 2016 750,000 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 — +11% Dwelling sales volume 2007 3085 2010 1578 2015 2359 2016 1936 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 — -18%

$400,000-$599,999 2014 1641 2015 1809 2016 1934 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 — +7%

National sales distribution Under $400,000 2014 2900 2015 3073

$600,000-$999,000 2014 1169 2015 1439 2016 1656 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 — +15% $1 million and over 2014 415 2015 577 2016 675 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 — +17%

WHO’S INCLUDED: The Eastern Beaches area includes Beachlands, Botany Downs, Bucklands Beach, Cockle Bay, Dannemora, East Tamaki Heights, Eastern Beach, Edgewater, Farm Cove, Half Moon Bay, Highland Park, Howick, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Maraetai Beach, Mellons Bay, Northpark, Pakuranga, Shelly Park, Sunnyhills and Whitford.

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Dwelling numbers sold dropped 36 per cent to 106 compared with 165 in February last year.

Also the number of days it took to sell an Eastern Beaches house in February moved to another high, up 12 per cent to 37 days compared with 33 the same time last year.

However the median price continues on its inexorable march upwards to $970,000 in February compared with $868,000 in February last year.

REINZ chief executive Colleen Milne says the pull back in sales volumes in Auckland has continued in February with prices remaining firm. However she says the overall trend for the region continues to be steady.

Two years ago both Auckland and Canterbury were experiencing rapid declines in the levels of inventory and low numbers of days to sell.

“Now we are seeing the situation reverse with big falls in the number of days to sell coming from the regions while the two main population centres see some relaxation in the levels of inventory, with Auckland’s position easing from a very low level, and a rise in the number of days to sell,” she says. “This suggests

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Driveways/Patios Swimming Pool surrounds Decorative coloured Concrete Exposed Pebbles and Aggregates Concrete Sealing Bobcat and Digger Post Hole Boring 0800 277 2529 www.bsrconcrete.co.nz

ALL your concrete requirements, drives, patios, small/ lge slabs, plain, coloured, imprinted. Ph Vince for a free quote 021 415 436

Carey

CONCRETE

Driveways/Floors Parking areas Exposed Aggregate All earthworks Retaining & more

CARPET Cleaning starting from $80 Ph Grant 533 0522, 0211 576 963

DRAINLAYING The

DRAINSLAYER For all drainage work.

Free Quotes.

Ph: 527 1209 or 027 2265321

www.drainslayer.co.nz

ELECTRICAL JZ ELECTRICAL

Registered Electrician

Ph: 533 0136 or 021 370 307

CONCRETE

Floors, drives, paths Small job enquiries welcome Castle Concrete Ph 534-5177 0274-768-924

CONCRETE LAYER Driveways, Paths, House Floors etc, Exposed Agg, Oxide, Aciding etc. 20 yrs exp Ph Dean 027 4533059 FREE quote on all concreting. Call Tony 021 518901

For all your electrical installations and repairs, hot water repairs, heat pump and alarm installations Jared 021 105 6980

A STOVE PROBLEM? NZ Reg Electrician

Specialising in stove repairs

Ph Alan 0274-516-454 a/h 576-6756 East City Stove Repairs

EINSTEIN

CARPET LAYING CARPETLAYER Cheap carpet, supply/lay Restretching/repairs Ph 0800555410†www.nocowboys.co.nz/ carpet CARPET Laying & repairs, no job too small Ph Brian 0274-966094/534-1302

ELECTRICIANS CALL FOR A BRIGHT SPARK TO YOUR DOOR

NZ Registered Work guaranteed. Free Quotes Ph 0274 907 213 or 576 3523 www.eastauckland-electrician.co.nz

Specials, Free Quotes Professional Layers Showroom

LEES CARPETS

We do WINZ quotes

For a free quote contact Drewe Ph: 027 539 9851 or 0800 432 724 drewe@fasciaandspouting.co.nz www.fasciaandspouting.co.nz

HANDYMAN & Gardeners Ltd. Michael 027 6162 146

GARAGE DOORS

49D Springs Rd, East Tamaki Ph 273 8899

Microsoft Certified Professional

CD219975

ARCHITECTURE

Enhancing the look and value of your home Made to measure on-site in Colorcote steel All work guaranteed WINZ approved

$35 p/m

FLOOR DOCTORS

ACCESS Garage Doors.

Sales, service, repairs, tilts, rollers, springs, motors, remotes. Phone Jonathon 0800 204 333 GARAGE doors supply & repairs. Ph Amnon (021) 399616 or Jack (022) 4248805 or 268-2383a/h no extra charge Sundays

GLASS & GLAZING

Polyurethaning and all aspects of floor preparation of old and new floors, workmanship with pride & quality.

Ph Brendon (0274) 505-328 or Kent (0274) 532-439

BONNEY ELECTRICAL Registered Electrician Residential & Commercial Phone: 021 298 5633 or Email: matthew@ bonneyelectrical.co.nz

ELECTRICIAN Registered Electrical, Smartvent & Alarms. Ph Mark 027 495 4219, a/h 534 3227 ELECTRICIAN Reg. hard working & reliable, value for dollars, all work undertaken. Satisfaction guar Ph 534-8889 NZ REG, Commercial / Domestic. All Electrical Work.

Free Quotes. Call free 0800 22 3330 or 0220 635 830 NZ REGISTERED Electrician 20 yrs exp. Great rates, Gold Card discount. Local family business. Reliable, friendly, no job too small!

Leaves no mess; EFTPOS avail. Call Anthony 534 0275 or 021 02246711 SB Electrical NZ Reg Electrician. Reasonable rates.

All electrical work. Nick 021 058 9561, 5340450

FENCING & TRELLIS 535 6227 021 726697 Sam 027 4981810 Adrian

A.J. CONTRACTOR

All fencing, decks, retaining walls, landscaping & more Competitive pricing Free Quotes

bsolute Absolute A encing Fencing F â– â– â– â–

Fencing Retaining Decks Dingo k9-3 mini digger â– Post holes â– Specialists in limited access sites G9G062

Phone Dean 021 278-8087, 535-1005 a/h

FLOORING GUYS Uplift & prep for Tiles, Vinyl & Carpet. Refs avail. Ph Bobby 021 02924836.

VINYL LAYER 25 yrs exp.

Karl 027 2481167 or 576 7936 a/h VINYL LAYING, supply, prep & install. No job too big or small Ph Brendan 021-996-898, 537-8402ah

Silver Medal DESIGN Winner CONSTRUCTION Ellerslie MAINTENANCE Flowershow

LAWNCARE

ELITE LAWN & GARDEN SERVICES Residential and Commercial Lawn and garden maintenance 20 yrs exp - free quote Ph: John 021 724 986

ANDREW 021 324 994 or 213 2880. Lawns, garden maint, tree felling/trimming, Free quotes.

BRUCIE’S LAWNMOWING. Free quotes. Phone now on 537 3470 or 021 026 21890

GREENMAN den TREES Free quotes. vice. Phone 021 570 409

HAYNES GLASS

broken windows glazing mirrors cat doors balustrades showers splashbacks Ph 265 2941 38 Trugood Dr, Burswood www.haynesglass.co.nz

GARDEN CARE

Garden Care Garden Maintenance One Off Garden Tidy

0800 245 625 HOWICK LOCKSMITHS CD177471

GCB020

PAINTERS & DECORATORS AJ BOWKER

HANDYMEN ALL Painting. Landscaping, minor constructions, gardening. Kevin 022 677 8014 HANDYMAN & Gardeners Ltd. Michael 027 6162 146

HANDYMAN

Weed Removal Hedge & Shrub Trimming

021 212 5459 533 1071

An experienced gentleman with years of experience in additions, renovations, wallpapering & painting etc.

All other work considered Ph 0274 945 447 or 534 8404

CD191404

ALL HEDGES, TREES, LAWNS

Also garden maintenance rubbish removal, free quotes. 15 Yrs exp. residential/commercial Ph: Peter 021 39 33 84 QUALITY GARDEN SERVICES

SMALL job repairs, painting, gardening, window replacement, deck repairs, pool fences. Ph 027 302 2377 TONY Fix It. I specialise in the small repair jobs around the home. $45+gst per hr.

Howick Based. 533 9546 or 027 533 9546

KITCHENS TOP QUALITY - LOW COST Lawn mowing Garden maintenance Garden makeovers Trees Affordable Landscaping FREE QUOTES Phone:

271 1125 021 264 6080

CD149879

LOCKSMITHS

0800 24 LOCK

FURNITURE

Local & long distance by careful & courteous removalists with many years of experience REASONABLE RATES FOR AN EXCELLENT JOB BERT TARRY CARRIERS NZ LTD Ph: 274 2916

awn & Gar& HEDGES. Friendly ser534 2053 or

LAWNS PLUS, For a top quality professional service & free quote Ph/txt Mike 0220936020

FURNITURE REMOVAL SHIFTERS

LANDSCAPES Ph: 535 9155 thebehersings@xtra.co.nz

EZYMOW - We Mow Large Lawns. Ph 02102475434

GA117458

1 Moy Place, Botany www.appliancerepair.co.nz

IN 64 COLOURS OR COPPER No joins - No leaks - guaranteed

CD226123

272 9988 or 021 976 455,

PC Laptop LCD Printer Virus Network Email Data Recovery Onsite Job NO Fix NO Fee

K58004

Your local owner/operated Co 34 Years experience

CONTINUOUS SPOUTING

K55042

We Also Service F&P Appliances

D & J Computer

CARPET & VINYL

Terry’s

ADVANTAGE Kitchen Plus Ltd. For new kitchens or renovations. Ph 027 2029755/0800 548 7587

LANDSCAPING FOR ALL YOUR Landscaping needs. Over 10 years experience. Call Tim on 021 885 676

PAINTER & DECORATOR

Interior and Exterior Painting, Wallpapering New and Existing Registered Master Painter Ph Andy 027 495 8661

HOWICK HOME DECORATORS Int/ext painting Waterproofing of exterior walls Free Quotes

CD239000

Services Ltd

Authorised Service Centre Simpson - Electrolux - Hoover Westinghouse - Dishlex - Atlas

SPOUTING AND ROOFING

CD239752

Appliance

PRODECK

COMPUTERS

Irrigation Systems design and installed, all aspects of landscape maintenance undertaken.

Qualified Horticulturist Ph 535-4471 021-257-6898

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Servicing all major brands of Whiteware appliances

DESIGN & BUILD

Permits arranged Selection of quality materials Guaranteed work ** LBP

L1S014

NZ registered electrical service technician

09 277 7874 viphomeservices.co.nz

constructed & maintained, lawns mown, pruning & Arbourcultural work undertaken, waste removed.

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MARKS

FREE QUOTES

CD238793

Repairs to: Fisher & Paykel European & Italian appliances â&#x20AC;˘ Stoves & Rangehoods â&#x20AC;˘ Waste disposals â&#x20AC;˘ Dishwashers â&#x20AC;˘ Laundry â&#x20AC;˘ Fridge & Freezer seals only

24B Polaris Pl, East Tamaki - Under New Management Ph/Fax 274 0495 Auto Electrical & Mechanical Repairs

CD235176

Parmco & Turboair authorised service

ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL

Security Screened, Trained & Insured Operators

Family Owned & Operated for over 30 years Sand/polyurethane staining/ blonding New/old floors supply and lay cork tiles Free Quotes Ph: 537 3371 Neil Craft 027 296 6320 Kris Craft 021 055 7522 www.craftfloorsanding.co.nz

GARDENER LANDSCAPER Gardens designed,

CD217636

NZ Registered

PAKURANGA AUTO

TASA COMPUTER

BUILDER additions, alterations, bthrms, decks, kitch etc. All aspects of carpentry work, Lic. Bldg Practioner Ph Richard 021 287-9403

535 6950 021 0333 149

Fixed Price Regular & One-Offâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Personalised Service Window & Carpet Cleaning !

Plus Lawns & Gardens

CD191202

www.franix.co.nz

CRAFT FLOORSANDING

HOMES & OFFICES

GARDEN Control for all gardening requirements.

Robert 0274 990 513 or 534 7536

K3H029

Office: 09 527 6360 Dave: 021 836 360

FLOORING & SERVICES

GA101040

138J Harris Road East Tamaki 271 6262

MOTORING

Karen 021 865 590

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CD228064

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BATHROOM & SHOWER BOX RELINING

No job too small. Repairs, Fencing, Pool Fencing.

Free Quotes.

CD230519

2.

ABOUT Fencing 2000

Extensions Construction Services Weather Tight Solutions

CD237020

Stylish & Affordable Bathroom Renovations Bathroom & Shower renovation specialist Wall & Floor Ceramic Tiling All Aspects Of Domestic Plumbing Service & Repair

1.

New Homes Alterations Reclads

Âť Consultations Âť Advice Âť Garden makeovers Âť Planting plans Âť Edibles a specialty

K58038

BATHROOM IMPRESSIONS CD137943

CD6793

Additional outlet Phone Jack TV/VCR Tuning Ph: 532 8723 021 661 469

Ph: Paul 534 7427 hm or 021 251 4615

ABACLEANZ URGENT Carpets, windows, open homes & bond receipts.

0800 888 181 CLEANING, wkly, f.nghtly, springcln.

Free quote, honest, rel, refs, fit & exp.

5366595 or 021331190

021 43 43 23 537 1904 all hrs

Damien Westwood Mob: 027 4854 412 Ph: 536 5112 or westwoodbuilders@xtra.co.nz www.westwoodbuilders.co.nz

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K55070

INSTALLATION

CD171490

TV AERIAL

Complete renova on service Supply & custom build op ons Tiled shower systems Concept to comple on

CLEANING

NEW DECKS, Deck Repairs, etc. New Fences & repairs. Free quotes. Call 021 023 69767 John

CD239466

AERIAL Installation, home theatre setup, extra TV outlets incl Sky Ph: Rodger 021 659677

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

LICENCED BUILDING PRACTITIONER REGISTERED MASTER BUILDERS

CD145261

Freeview Installed Same Day Best Prices Guaranteed

MIKE JOHNSON, your local Sweep. 10yrs+ exp. Report provided. $60. Ph 536 6394 or 021 251 0324

LANDSCAPING &'

ADDITIONS, alterations, bathrooms, decks, etc. all types of work. over 40 yrs exp. Registered Certified Builder Ph Ken 534-1214

CD163461

Aerials & TV INSTALLATION

GARDEN CARE

FENCING & TRELLIS

BUILDERS

cd237763

AERIALS

www.times.co.nz/classifieds

Ph 537 1362 021 158 3260 howickdecor@hotmail.com

A1 CHINESE PAINTERS

Interior/Exterior painting, Wallpaper stripping, Plasterboard fixing/stopping, Residential/Commercial High quality workmanship Ph Vincent 5339658 021-135 3388 CEILING Repaints roller application. also plastering & all other interior wk, over 30yrs exp Refs availâ&#x20AC; Rob 0211848173 EXTERIOR/ Interior. Experienced. Own scaffoldiing.

Kevin 022 677 8014 WALLPAPERING specialist. Strip, hang, Ph Andrew 027 4600048 or 5244 111

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PLUMBERS

Free Quotes 0800 100 025

Brett 534 3562 / 027 493 0181 Warren 534 3551 / 027 281 9454

plumbers@awpplumbing.co.nz

LOCAL Master Plumber, Gasfitter, Drainlayer. Over 20yrs exp. competitive rates, excell customer service. Call Steve at Majestic Plumbing Ltd for a free quote 021 625378

PHIL’S TREE & STUMP GRINDING

1st For Hot Water Cylinder Repairs

PLUMBER All maint wrk, no job too small. Prompt service. Ph 535 9567

PLUMBING LTD Insurance Repairs Specialist Bathroom & Laundry Renovations General Maintenance Emergency Repairs

All Tree Work - Fully Insured - Garden Mulch Over 25yrs Exp.

Ph: 535-9093 (027) 476-0246

PLUMBER Certified 19yrs exp. New or RENO work/ Hot Water Cylinders. Brad 022 671 8125.

All domestic & commercial requirements. Free quote, prompt service.

Regd. Master Painter. all work guaranteed

ADAM OXLEY

SS80294

Certifying Plumber

P inti ng Ltd W ayne’s a

535 1111 027 235 2517

CD197785

Ph Wayne 273 5052 mobile 021 305 127

FREE QUOTES

www.allgoplumbing.co.nz

Bizzy Bee Plumbing Ltd GMS210159

Gas & Plumbing Services

Friendly prompt service, all areas of plumbing and gas undertaken.

Ph: 274 6357

QUALITY PAVING LTD Rob 022 4300 745

K54011

♦

PLASTERBOARD stopping, new and alterations, quality work, reas rates.

Grant 021 673 388

Work guaranteed ► Maintenance ► Hot Water cylinders ► Roof repairs/spouting ► Blocked Toilets ► Renovations (027) 244-9767 (09) 577-5767

Handy Andy Plumbing

Prompt Reliable Service Bathrooms Kitchens General Maintenance Hot Water Cylinders Spouting & Roofing

MATT BALME DDI 538 0682 Mob 021 538 595 102 Pakuranga Road, Pakuranga

CD165333

TO LET

Mountfort Estate Agents Ltd (REAA2008)

Half Moon Bay & Bucklands Beach

FREE advertising on Trademe and numerous other streams including local print media FREE full credit and tribunal history and background checks on applicants FREE Comprehensive photographic Lloyd Reardon record on your property Property Management FREE Casual letting for those of you & Letting Agent who don’t require management Trusted company that currently operates at under 1% rent arrears Routine inspections completed Professional work ethic

lloyd.reardon@raywhite.com Mob: 021 887 811 - DDI 09 216 9961

WATERBLASTING

ALL stumps & trees, est.48 yrs, free advice & quotes.

Low rates, Terry NZATL 0274 989080 or 530 8741 BLADECUTTERS, Tree work landscaping stumps rubbish removals hedges com weed spraying. Ph Eric 021 732 147 or 534 8797

BRANCH MANAGER

HOWICK OFFICE

12 Uxbridge Road, Howick - Ph 538 0680 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

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

TREES

Reducing Thinning Shaping Full removal Chipped onsite or removed Good rates Great references Free quotes

MOUNTFORT ESTATE AGENTS LTD Licensed (REAA 2008) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENTALS Email: rentals.howick.nz@raywhite.com Internet: www.rwhowick.co.nz

Sally Sally Sally Robyn

Exterior Soft Washing of:

House/Building Washing Roof & Gutter Cleaning Roof Treatments Moss/Lichen Removal Decks, Paths, Drives, Fences PLUS: Carpet/ Window Cleaning Pest Control

Call Chris 021 366615 or 0508 932 532

CHEMWASH R

Safe, low pressure, exterior cleaning Houses, Roof treatments, Paths, Drives, Decks CALL YOUR LOCAL OPERATOR CRAIG 535-5661 www.chemwash.co.nz

cathy.huang@raywhite.com amny.lam@raywhite.com

HOWICK - NORTHPARK - SOMERVILLE 3 Bed Bradbury Rd $450 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Union Rd $510 Cathy/Amny 2 Bed KiriKiri Lane $550 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Angelo Ave $550 Cathy/Amny 4 Bed Bowscale Pl $710 Cathy/Amny 5 Bed Cherrywood Cres $850 Cathy/Amny PAKURANGA - HIGHLAND PARK- SUNNYHILLS 2 Bed Jade Ave $400 Amny/Cathy 3 Bed Aviemore Dr $520 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Cascades Rd $530 Cathy/Amny BOTANY - DANNEMORA - FLAT BUSH - MISSION HEIGHTS 3 Bed Robin Brooke Dr $550 Cathy/Amny 4 Bed Flat Bush School Rd $620 Cathy/Amny 4 Bed Flat Bush School Rd $630 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Stonebrooke Drive $680 Cathy/Amny 5 Bed Powercourt Dr $760 Cathy/Amny 5 Bed Redoubt Rd $800 Cathy/Amny BUCKLANDS BEACH - HALF MOON BAY - EASTERN BEACH MT WELLINGTON 2 Bed Mt Wellington Hway $400 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Casuarina Rd $450 Cathy/Amny 2 Bed Bucklands Beach $500 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Bucklands Beach $540 Cathy/Amny

LANDLORDS -

We offer two services:

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

Sally Sally Sally Sally

Shop 25, 123 Ormiston Road, Botany Junction

All about

ALL TREE WORK Stump Grinding Fully Insured Free Mulch Ph Brett 533-0473 or 021-279-9118

Matt has worked in Property Management for over 15 years.

Being an energetic and dedicated professional, Matt ensures a reliable tenant is placed into your property.

Whether you require complete Property Management whereby eliminating any stress such as rent collection, monthly inspections etc giving you peace of mind, or simply our casual letting service, Matt will deliver a professional standard of service.

FLATBUSH OFFICE

✓ Specialist waterblasting

& housewashing, driveways, paths, decks & windows

✓ Domestic & commercial ✓ Low pressure bio-wash ✓ Professional presentation CD140634

Ph: 533 0437 027 600 6232

L5F014

STOPPING Old walls to paint finish a specialty, Ph 021 660 774

Ph Josh 536 4603 or 021-074-8027

K54146

ANY Plastering! In/out.

Lge/sml jobs, wall holes.

New homes/ factories. Joe 021 027 03803

BRIAN Certifying Plumber

www.eliteproperty.co.nz or call 09 535 0911

Regular updates Communication is key Competitive rates

Professionalism Dedication Excellent Communication Proactive Approach

COCKLE BAY – MELLONS BAY - HOWICK 1 Bed Judkins Cr $420 4 Bed Abercrombie St $620 1 Bed studio Whitford Rd $320 3 Bed Whitford Rd $520 BOTANY DOWNS - HIGHLAND PARK 5 Bed Cascades Rd $900 HIGHBROOK - EAST TAMAKI 2 Bed Apt Stonedon Drive $460 WHITFORD 3 Bed execut.

Wades Rd $1200 MANUREWA 4 Bed Puriri Rd $470

K54159

AFFORDABLE plastering, new work & alterations.

Skimming, cove & gib fixing. Ph Phil 021 521 403

UPHOLSTERY SPECIALISTS Quality recovers, antiques, custom-made furniture, headboards, loose covers.

Free quotes, local pickup/delivery 534-4109 / 0212997162 www.nicheupholstery.com

All tree & hedge work Rubbish removal Garden Clearouts Free Quotes Fully Insured

534-7361, 292-8930 0274-767-746

K54065

PLASTERERS

NICHE

Upholstery

A-CLASS TREE SERVICES

KAK007

ANTS - FLEAS - SPIDERS - FLIES WASPS - RODENTS - COCKROACHES Ph: Chris 577 4448 021 243 0004

THE TILE GUY Floor & Wall Tiling. Certified Waterproofing. Stonemason by trade. 30yr exp.

5271202, 0210311899

Ph: Murray

Property Management and Casual Letting Specialist

For more information and current rental listings visit:

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Qualified Arborist

SS87908

PEST CONTROL

TILING

CD145278

GALLAGHER PLUMBING

TO LET

The friendly team specialising in home rentals and property management.

171 Moore St, Howick Ph: 535 7524 www.easterncovercentre.co.nz

CD229507

Ants, Cockroaches, Fleas, Flies, Mosquitos, Wasps 30+ years experience Ph Lester 524 7935 021 734 877CD237017

New Work Renovations Specialists ♦ Bathroom / Kitchen ♦ Gas Installations ♦ Hot Water Cylinders ♦ All Maintenance ♦ Certifying Plumbers EXPERIENCED, QUALITY SERVICE Ph Allan or Matt Craig P: 027 496 2118 or 09 215 1144 ♦

WAIPUNA Bridge, 1 brm hse, ens, unfurn or semi furn, osp, pwr/ wtr incl, $300 pw Ph: 527 4368 txt 0275274368 I’ll ph back

CD222167

Household, Garden Waste & General Rubbish Ph: 0800 789 248

HOWICK 2 brm wc,bath, 2 spac brms, nice view, sunny, wkg dist. to shopping, college, intermed. schls & bus stop, avail from Easter Mon $400 Free internet incl. Ph: 021 234 1335

MOUNTFORT ESTATE AGENTS LTD Licensed (REAA2008)

AAA TREE/Hedge services, quality job, bargain price, free quote Russ 0212299155

CD155961

BE BUG-FREE

COVERS

For all Shades & Blinds plus outdoor furniture

Trees, hedges and stumps Trim’d, removed, chip’d Pruning/shaping, rubbish and Section clearing Phone 536 5955

CD215949

PEST CONTROL

UPHOLSTERERS

Contact

A1 TREE HEDGE & STUMP

“i won’t sting you”

ADL PAVING & LANDSCAPING. Ph Adrian 027603-1919 or a/hrs 537-2345

PAVING & Landscaping.

Free quotes. Phone Jim 027 5509 955, 537 2988 ah

RUBBISH REMOVAL

TREE SERVICES

New / Repairs Paths, patios, drives, garden edging & more Years of experience Quality workmanship

ALL ABOUT PAVING, Driveways, Patios & paths, garden edging & repair work. Ben 021 884 072 or 5345041

GARDEN Household & General. Fast, friendly service . Ph Peter 021 393384

CD167856

call Ian on 0800-000-116

Remove stumps the easy way.

BRUCE (021) 653-425 534-2595 Also Pauanui

WINDOW’S in/out, exterior housewash, gutter clearing.

Exp operator, Ph Keith @ Panoramics 027 245 3444 or 530 8136

BURSWOOD 1 brm apt.

Close shops/bus $320pw n/s n/pets 021 369 100

CD239769

PAVING

STUMP GRINDING

RUBBISH REMOVALS

WINDOW cleaning. Best price. Phone Grant 533 0522 or 0211 576 963

BUCKLANDS BEACH 1 bedroom flat, small, $275pw. Refs required. Ph 027 206 1386

K54154

Spouting, Roofing, Hot Water Cylinder Repairs/Replacements, Drainage/Unblocking ALL WORK HAS A WATER TIGHT GUARANTEE WE RESPOND TO ALL CALLS! 24/7. Ph 534 5286

ROOFING REPAIR SERVICE 26Yrs Exper. All work Guar. Ph 536-7173 or 0210-798-166

CD48042

Free quotes Interior & exterior Quality work at affordable prices

TREES

ROOFING

KEVIN TURNER, free quotes, neat, fast, guaranteed. 535 7321 or 027 496 9784

TO LET

MATT BALME

E3C026

Hot Water Cylinders Bathroom/Kitchen Renovations Roof Leaks General Maintenance All Work Guaranteed

Ph Ross 521 2777 or 021-944899

CD142804

Certifying plumbing, gas and drainage Hot water cylinders Bathrooms, kitchens New and repairs

All work guaranteed Over 35 years in area

0800 888 905

PAINTING & DECORATING

Pavers at factory prices

EARTH GROOMERS

TO LET

K54141

PAINTER/Plasterer & handyman 30 yrs+ exp Ph Muzza 577-2989/0276770294

Hill Plumbing

Landscaping, All Tree Work & Stumps, Hedges, Chipping, Rubbish Removal Discount for Seniors Ph James 537 0037 or 021 866 125

cd239964

PAINTER int/ext roof, free quote, qual work Korean Painters Ph Charlie 533 5328 or 027 245 0807

WINDOW CLEANING

CD162756

www.FirstChoicePainters.co.nz View website for job examples

TREE SERVICES

H3X019

CD147172

Every Job Project Managed

AWP

PLUMBERS

KB2051

PAINTERS & DECORATORS

Howick and Pakuranga Times, Thursday, March 17, 2016 — 23

Call Nick 537 4602 or 029 7700581

A free find a tenant service or a full comprehensive property management service at a competitive rate. Rental Lists are available at Botany Town Centre,Bucklands Beach, Howick, Dannemora, Half Moon Bay and Pakuranga offices

BOTANY OFFICE

20 Crescent Lane, Botany Town Centre Tracy Oliver DDI: 538 1237 or 021 422 177

tracy.oliver@raywhite.com

HOWICK 2 Bed Picton St $500 BOTANY DOWNS - FLAT BUSH – DANNEMORA 3 Bed Kirikiri Lane $550 4 Bed Pencaitland Dr $640 5 Bed Brooke Ridge $920 CLENDON PARK 3 Bed Finlayson Ave $580 CLARKS BEACH 4 Bed +1 Clarks Beach Rd $720 OTAHUHU 3 Bed Chelsea Ave $530 AUCKLAND CENTAL 1 Bed Anzac Ave $280

Tracy Tracy Tracy Tracy Tracy Tracy Tracy Tracy

HALF MOON BAY OFFICE

Shop 6, Compass Building, Half Moon Bay Marina Lloyd Reardon DDI 26 99 61 Mob 021 887 lloyd.reardon@raywhite.com HOWICK - MELLONS BAY 1 Bed Dorrit Lane $270 3 Bed Whitford Rd $500 4 Bed Litten Rd $700 2 Bed Willoughby Ave $450 BURSWOOD - PAKURANGA 4 Bed Grammar School Rd $660 DANNEMORA - FLAT BUSH 3 Bed Ballyward Cl $510 BUCKLANDS BEACH - EASTERN BEACH 4 Bed Bucklands Beach Rd $640

Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd

PAKURANGA OFFICE 102 Pakuranga Road, Pakuranga

Matt Balme DDI: 538 0682 or 021 538 595 Michelle Balme DDI: 538 0683 or 021 467 043 Kyla Houltham DDI: 09 212 5729 or 021 409 293

matt.balme@raywhite.com michelle.balme@raywhite.com kyla.houltham@raywhite.com

PAKURANGA - HIGHLAND PARK - FARM COVE - SUNNYHILLS 2 Bed Gossamer Dr $450 Michelle 2 Bed Longford St $480 Michelle HOWICK - BUCKLANDS BEACH - MELLONS BAY - BOTANY DOWNS 3 Bed Mirrabooka Ave $560 Michelle MT WELLINGTON - PANMURE 2 Bed Longford St $450 Michelle 4 Bed Ngarimu Rd $530 Matt OTAHUHU 1 Bed Golf Ave $270 Matt

CD240399

CLASSIFIEDS

24 — Howick and Pakuranga Times, Thursday, March 17, 2016

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Required by a busy pharmacy in Howick.

Experience preferred but not essential.

Please email your applications and CV to: millhousepharmacy@ clear.net.nz

Whiteware Installers

MASSAGE Sports Massage

Unit 19, 325 Ti Rakau Dr, East Tamaki.

Ph: 273 5519 or 022 330 8633 Open 10am to 9.00pm CD205971 FOCUS ON FEET. Home visits. Professional Gentle Care. Marlena RN Ph 5331150 MASSAGE Sports, deep tissue, cellulite & relaxing massage. Mobile serv avail.

Ph Evgeniya 022 431 4020 or 021 062 2231

CLEANING Home & Spring. Ironing. Hwk/Botany/Pknga areas. Reas rates. 027 2722319

Professional Ironing Since 2000

$25(conditions Per Basket apply)

Free pick-up/delivery Satisfaction guaranteed

Ph: 532 8385

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READINGS CRYSTAL VISIONS HOLISTIC MARKET Sat 19 March - 10am-3pm Pakuranga Community Hall 346 Pakuranga Rd. Readers, Healers, Crystals, Jewellery and lots more www.crystalvisions.nz

CAT DOORS $105 FITTED Ph 265 2941

HAYNE’S GLASS Special Conditions Apply

WANTED TO BUY

WE BUY FURNITURE IN GOOD CONDITION Single items & Houselots Deceased estates Going overseas Don’t have a garage sale, ring us first.

Ph: 0800 677 467 Ph: 576 1507

REAL ESTATE SALES TEAM LEADER

Please email name, address and contact phone numbers to: papers@times.co.nz In the SUBJECT line, please include the RUN#

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BUCKLANDS BEACH RUN# 44A: Marendallas Dr (part of), Gills Rd (part of), Bain Pl, Janine Pl, Minaret Dr (part of), Malvina Pl, Pauline Pl, Cherry Rd (part of), Hazelmay Pl, Hutchinsons Rd (part of) FARM COVE RUN# 21A: Fisher Parade (part of), Sarah Pl, Paykel Ave, Caithness Pl, Beaconview Rise NORTHPARK/DANNEMORA RUN# 24HHH: Whitford Rd (part of), Chapel Road (part of), The Mews RUN# 24L: Northpark Ave, Carriage Cl, Summermist Dr, Mission View Dr HOWICK RUN# 26A: Whitford Rd (part of), Dana Pl, Gillett Pl, Edgar Pearce, Yeoman Pl, Union Rd (part of)

HEALTH & BEAUTY

PETS

Needed urgently. Immediate start, full training given.

Applicants must be physically fit as heavy lifting required. Full Class 1 licence a must, Class 2 an advantge. Salary to be discussed.

Ph/txt Paul 027 436 0840 www.dcsystems.co.nz Or Email: dcauckland@clear.net.nz

SITUATIONS VACANT

ALCOHOLICS Anonymous East Ph Rob 021 772 030 TO whom it may concern.

You have belongings stored at my Whitford property. Contact me urgently or it will be sold to defray storage expenses.

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RELIABLE DELIVERY STAFF

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Please forward CV to: tippytoes@orcon.net.nz Attention: Haley Steele or Megan Molloy

VACANCY

• Home heating sales company - East Tamaki • Small team (family owned) • All round duties focusing on deliveries to project sites, some heavy lifting of wood fires involved • Co-ordinating with contract installers • Full and clean drivers licence, forklift endorsement an advantage • Good warehousing skills and phone manner • Opportunity for future sales role to appropriate candidate • Hours 8.30am - 4.00pm Call John 09 274 0658

Required to deliver the Howick and Pakuranga Times in the following areas:

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Please apply by sending your CV and a covering letter, along with the names of three referees to: Sue Rea, Trust Board Administrator hr@saintkentigern.com by Tuesday 29 March 2016. see www.saintkentigern.com for more information about Saint Kentigern

WAREHOUSE/OFFICE

REUNION

Descendants of Charles & Georgina Wade of Whitford Saturday, 26 March 2016 Whitford Hall 10am - 4pm Ph Sharon to register 0274 733 267

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Monday to Thursday 9.30am - 12.30pm OR Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3pm Experience is an advantage but not a necessity.

Applications close Thursday 31 March, 12 noon Please send a CV and covering letter to west@wakaaranga.school.nz

WADE FAMILY

HOME HELP OFFERED

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A commitment to the special character of the College is essential.

PHARMACY SHOP ASSISTANT

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GLASSES, CONTACT LENSES, CUSTOMER SERVICES

Fixed Term Contracts: 2 May -15 December 2016

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If you are self-motivated, can communicate effectively with teenagers and their parents/caregivers, can deliver high quality care and enjoy working in a school environment, we would like to hear from you.

CAREGIVER Required for 20 bed Rest Home.

Saturday and Sunday 10.45pm to 7.15am Must have good command of English and experience preferred.

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TEACHER AIDE POSITIONS x 2

Baby Room

With plumbing/drainage experience wanted.

Vehicle, phone and hourly rates negotiable.

Ph: 027 226 5321

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RECEPTION/SALES/TRAINEE OPTICAL ASSISTANT If these interest you, then you would be interested in the above role in our busy Pakuranga practice.

You would be involved in the sales of eyewear, assist clients with their visual needs, together with minor repairs and adjustment of glasses. Office admin and other duties will also be involved.

The successful applicant must be self motivated, have the desire to learn new skills, have excellent communication skills, willingness to multitask, be well presented and be able to do fine near work. Full training will be provided.

This is a full time position that will include Saturday hours. * Only serious applicants need apply!

For further details contact Alice on 576 4769 Or forward your CV by one of the following: Lowes Taaffe & Bhikoo, PO Box 51 352, Pakuranga Email: ltboptom@gmail.com Or deliver to our practice: 125 Pakuranga Rd, Pakuranga Mall, next door to Pakuranga Post Shop.

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Required for Macleans College teams.

Successful applicants must be available for practice sessions and games.

Hockey (Midweek) - Netball (Saturday) Remuneration by negotiation.

Please send an early indication of interest to: Director of Sport - Macleans College Private Bag 94-201, Howick or Email: oa@macleans.school.nz - Ph 0274 341 641

Required for busy East Auckland Fencing Company.

Must be reliable and have full drivers licence.

Please ph office 272 4502 or email mmfencing@xtra.co.nz

Please ph 5328376

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We require a Podiatrist for our well respected Aged Care Facility which has 30 Rest Home beds and 98 Hospital beds.

This is a contracted position.

Hour’s negotiable and competitive remuneration.

The successful applicant will need to have a good command of the English language, be an energetic self starter, have a high work ethic and be empathetic to our Residents.

Initial application by phone to: Howick Baptist Healthcare 139 Union Road, Howick Phone: 09 538 0800 ext 0 between 9.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Friday

HOCKEY & NETBALL COACHES WANTED

Take this opportunity to join our small, home-like Centre which offers a unique, nurturing and peaceful Early Childhood environment which enables children to reach their full potential.

Due to a current teacher relocating out of Auckland, we are looking for an In Training or Qualified teacher who can work alongside our knowledgeable and supportive Under 2 year old team, within a professional yet fun and enjoyable environment. If you would describe yourself as nurturing, calm, respectful and passionate then this may be the ideal position for you.

We are looking for that special someone who has experience caring and educating children under the age of 2 and someone who is dedicated to providing our youngest children with the best care and education.

Tippytoes offers ongoing professional development, a well resourced Centre, a professional yet fun working environment, long term stable teaching teams, and an Early Childhood qualified owner/manager who is actively involved in all areas of the Centre.

This is a full time position to start end of March/beginning of April.

The role includes treatment for injury and illness, maintenance of medical files and records and ordering medical supplies and equipment. You will also work as part of the pastoral care team.

The hours are from 8.30 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday during term time.

We require a general hand to join our kitchen manufacturing team. Must be reliable and have full licence.

This position would suit candidate who has a desire to start a career in the cabinetmaking industry as position would lead to an apprenticeship for the right candidate.

Email your CV to dean@dlcabinetmaking.co.nz

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This is an opportunity for a Registered Nurse to supervise our Student Health Centre at Saint Kenitgern College in Pakuranga. A part-time Nurse also reports to this position.

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PODIATRIST

Permanent Position

SCHOOL NURSE

GENERAL HAND

FENCER/ HAMMERHAND

DRAIN UNBLOCKER

HOWICK BAPTIST HOSPITAL

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Independent Presbyterian Education

CABINETMAKER

We require an experienced cabinetmaker to join our team based in East Tamaki. Experience and an attention to detail a must.

Email your CV to dean@dlcabinetmaking.co.nz

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Trade Guys are an established Trade Services Company located in Highbrook, just off the Auckland Motorway but operating right across the city.

Our business primarily specialises in repairs and maintenance for a wide range of electrical services.

We also undertake commercial, domestic, industrial and retail installations and have a busy renovations business.

We currently have a job opportunity for an experienced NZ Registered Electrician to take a Senior “on the tools” role in our company.

This is a hands on role but you will be expected to take the lead on our larger projects, and be available to answer technical queries from our “jobbing” team on the road. With support from our sales team, you will also be required to estimate pricing for larger tender works as they arise.

We have a plan in place for growth and a busy schedule of upcoming jobs, so there are real opportunities for those with the right mix of skills and attitude to go places.

You must be an experienced and current NZ Registered Electrician to apply for this role.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Please apply with your CV to: Wilson@tradeguys.co.nz Or call 027 470 0232 for a confidential chat about this role.

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SENIOR ELECTRICIAN

We are looking for someone who is physically fit, reliable and enjoys working outdoors to join our team.

If you are keen to learn, have a good attitude, and reliable, this is a great opportunity for a new career path.

Involves all outdoor construction work.

Full driver’s licence is required.

Email CV to info@riggaspaving.co.nz or phone 09 972 1031 RIGGAS PAVING AND EARTHWORKS LTD.

Required for busy landscaping company.

Full time.

Must be physically fit and have own reliable transport.

Ph 021 885 676

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SCHOOL NURSE Howick College requires a registered nurse to work one day per week. The successful candidate will have a genuine passion for adolescent health and wellbeing.

Previous experience as a school nurse or in a primary health setting is desirable.

The position commences as soon as possible.

A letter of application with current CV and contact details of three referees, together with the Support Staff Application form (which can be found on our website www.howickcollege.school nz and be emailed to: secretary@howick.school.nz Closing date for applications is Friday 8th April 2016.

TRUCK TARP INSTALLER

We are a leading supplier of Truck covers in New Zealand.

We seek a fit and enthusiastic person to join our Auckland based team.

You must be willing to travel around New Zealand as we are a national supply and install company.

You must be able to work unsupervised and think outside the square.

A drivers licence is essential as there is a company vehicle supplied.

If this sounds like you, send your CV to: brent@everlastkiwitarps.co.nz

DENTAL ASSISTANT

A full time position is available in an established Pakuranga dental practice.

Experience not essential. Excellent work ethic, communication and computer skills required.

Please apply with CV to rlowe@frasersmithlowe.co.nz

LABOURER - ENTRY LEVEL

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We have an immediate start for an experienced Storeperson in our East Tamaki Warehouse. Must have good numeracy, literacy, communication skills and be accurate with paperwork.

The ideal candidate will be: • Familiar with FMCG products and procedures • Reliable and fit • Team player • Able to work unsupervised • Tidy and accurate worker • Have a current fork hoist licence Written applications and CV to Eco-Tech Solutions PO Box 251 532 Pakuranga or email: aaron@eco-tech.co.nz

Availability for overnight and weekend work.

Must be able to drive manuals.

Punctuality and good people skills essential.

Knowldge of the Auckland area preferred.

Work involves charters for schools, sports clubs, church groups, corporate clients, Tours and weddings, Please email CV to info@odessybuses.co.nz

BUILDERS Labourer/Trainee. Must be keen Ph 021 728928 rylandhomesltd@ xtra.co.nz

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STOREPERSON

BUS DRIVER

Full time - Charter work

SITUATIONS VACANT

LABOURER

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Yendarra School, Otara Fixed Term Immediate Start End date to be confirmed We seek an enthusiastic, flexible and competent part time teacher. The role will be to provide classroom release across our school.

Please forward your CV and covering letter, including names and contact details of 3 professional referees to: susandunlop@yendarra.school.nz

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT CD240301

Teacher - Part Time

www.times.co.nz/classifieds

Leading multi-branch company with solid market share looking to strengthen and expand our main local branch office situated at Howick.

In addition to notifying this position internally within our local offices, we’re also inviting applications from any exceptional calibre salesperson with experience and leadership potential in the real estate industry.

A qualified real estate branch manager/agent could be ideal. An ambitious go-ahead licensed salesperson who wants to move up to a sales manager role may be equally suitable.

Your rewards would include a fortnightly basic profit share advance and an annual profit share bonus, plus sales commissions if applicable.

Apply in strictest confidence Please email Bob Mountfort at bob.mountfort@raywhite.com or 021 930 531

CLASSIFIEDS

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TUITION

TUITION

PROFESSIONAL TUITION

PERSONAL

KIDS KARATE

Guitar Lessons

Music Lessons

PIANO - KEYBOARD GUITAR - VIOLIN VOICE - DRUMS

We praise you and thank you, dear Holy Spirit, St Anthony and St Joseph of Cupertino for all the blessings and favours granted to me and my family. May you always be personally known and revered by us all MH

MATHS NCEA, Cambridge, IB. Exp & Qualified. Ph 273 9559 or 021 1104138 MATHS PHYSICS Calculus Stats Chem. Tutor NCEA/ Camb. Ph 250 4422 or 021 107 2851

Enrol now for TERM 1, 2016

Contact Andy 534 6374 - 021 267 5702 www.guitar121.co.nz

TABLE TENNIS

Former National coach One-on-one coaching Howick-based Any level and age welcome First lesson FREE Call Steven 534 8982 or 021 181 5531

Drums Guitar Bass Guitar Piano Keyboard Clarinet Saxophone Ph: 021 879 870

LESSONS FROM $18 Private, professional,affordable.

Competitions, practical and theory exams.

We have teachers in your area. (Est 63 yrs)

0800 696 874

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

NZ Modern School of Music www.modernmusic.co.nz

MUSIC tuition, flute, piano, theory. Qual and exper’d tutor, Ph Lynda 577 4361, 027 8740679 or email: lynda@flutesalive.co.nz

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TUITION

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ENGLISH/Maths/ Science(NCEA/Cambridge) Qualified exp tutors/teachers. Essay writing/editing. 535-0523

TUITION

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www.tonyclarke.co.nz 021 0232 6895

TUITION

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Pakuranga 576-9069 Howick 534-1619

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Pre-School to University Call now for your FREE ASSESSMENT

Art Classes

TUITION

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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

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Visit our website: www.times.co.nz Updated every issue

To Advertise Phone 271 8055 or email: classifieds@times.co.nz

LET’S PARTY - LET’S CELEBRATE

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Shop 9, 325 Ti Rakau Dr, Botany (3 mins from Town Centre opp. Bunnings)

Pedicure & Polish $40 Deluxe Pedicure $55 Gel Toe Nails $45 Acrylic Nails $60 Back Fills $40 “In the comfort of my home”

We Cater for.......

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Ph: 274 1221 - 0800 454 889 www.balldresses-auckland.co.nz

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Ph: 0274 767 003 - 535 7782 Email: lotts@xtra.co.nz for an appt

New Styles in Now!

Ball Gowns, Bridesmaid, Cocktail, formal Wear CD CD2404 CD240466 D24 404 466 6

Cakes, Cupcakes Coffee Kids Parties and more

Discuss and tailor a package to suit your requirements phone 09 272 2218 www.letscelebrate.co.nz info@letscelebrate.co.nz

• Party Supplies • Suitable for children 6mths to 4 yrs • Indoor and Outdoor Set Up

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CUPCAKES, BOX 6 - $18.00 WITH THIS COUPON

CREATIONS

FIRST CLASS CLASSICS - the wedding car people

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Visit our Showroom at: 22 Harris Rd, East Tamaki, Auckland enquiries@firstclassclassics.co.nz www.firstclassclassics.co.nz (09) 271 2552

Great fu Kids Par n for they lov ties e it!

• Marquees (set up and taken down by our experienced team) • Tables, chairs, linen, glassware, crockery, cutlery, floral arrangements • Plus Lots More!

Quality Equipment No job is too big or too small CD240579

Photo courtesy of Caillon International Photography & model Ceri McVinnie & Bounce Back to Beauty for makeup

5B Aviemore Dr, Highland Park Ph: 534 6661

Weddings - Kids Parties Corporate and Social Events

386 Chapel Road, Flat Bush - 271 3938 www.bellabridal.co.nz

SHELLAC NAILS HAIR

$190

Catering By Debbie

FREE BROW SHAPE AND TINT WITH ALL PACKAGES

Catering by Debbie offers a full range of professional, delicious and affordable catering options.

From finger foods to buffet, we've got your party needs covered!

1/121 Elliot St, Howick.

Email cateringbydeb@gmail.com Ph mobile 021 163 8791. Kitchen 534 5800

WWW.CREATIONSHAIRDESIGN.CO.NZ 9 Litten Rd, Cockle Bay • Ph 534 9583 creationshairdesign@xtra.co.nz JH240361

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ACCOMMODATION OFFERED

HOUSES FOR SALE

4 BEDROOMS - $795,000

OPEN DAY and ENROLMENTS for 2017

• • • •

BUCKLANDS Bch dble rm incl spacious wardrobe, $240pw incl pwr, internet, wtr Ph 021 838 351

Two bathrooms Double garaging internal access Superb specification Freehold

HOWICK Flatmate wtd, lge luxurious house $350 incl pwr/wtr ph 021 243 8468

GARAGE SALES

LAST AVAILABLE AT

THE RESERVE

Phone Darryl 021 675 356

BUCKLANDS BEACH 21a Devon Rd Sun 20th March 8am. H/hold goods, bric-abrac.

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viewing by appointment OPEN SATURDAY - SUNDAY 1.00pm - 3.00pm

DANNEMORA 12 Balbriggan Rise, Sat 7am, Estate, hhold, sew mach, outdoors etc FLATBUSH 8 Baverton Dr, Sat 19, 7.30am start, h.h furn, home decor, sports gear, clothing, ktcn ware + lots more HOWICK, 30 Paparoa Rd, Sat, 8-noon, some furn. gdn pots, h.hitems, come check out HOWICK 2/2 The Link, Saturday 7am start, hh items & lots more

HOMESTAY

NORTHPARK, 5 Mt Blanc Pl, Sat 9-noon, baby, kids, mens, women clothes, h.hold

Edgewater College Homestay Families Wanted

Kemp English

(International Concert Organist)

performs Bach, Lefébure-Wely, Takle, Joplin & more

Sunday 20th March 2:30pm

Adult $20 / Students $10 / Children free “Definitely one of the best concerts I have ever been to!”

www.organ2go.com

A Botany Charitable Trust Fundraiser

PAKURANGA 1/32 Pakuranga Rd, Sat, 7 to 12.

Furn, hshold utensils, outdoor, variety goods

WANTED TO BUY

CHESTNUTS FOR SALE Pick your own. $3 per kilo 291 Monument Rd Clevedon 11am - 5pm daily Ph 09 2929 444 or Denise 021 182 3030

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

Maurice Williamson MP Pakuranga

For Sale DINING TABLE extension, with 7 chairs SIDEBOARD - Mahogany COUCH - 3 seater with 2 chairs, mahogany, woven cane panels, loose cushions.

All good cond - OFFERS Ph 027 650 3068

For help with any constituent related matters please contact my electorate office

572 0000 SECOND HAND SHOP

Electorate Office

120 Pakuranga Road, Pakuranga

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

(above Barfoot & Thompson and next to Valentine’s)

Hours: Weekdays from 9.00am-3.00pm

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St Columba Church, 480 Ti Rakau Dr, Botany CD240198

Email: pakurangamp@xtra.co.nz K54119

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

To Advertise Phone 271 8055 or email: classifieds@times.co.nz

Christian LINK H8A071

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Are you an outgoing, social family who enjoy meeting people from different countries and backgrounds? Are you a family that can give our students a home away from home? Is English the first language in your home and would you like to introduce your family to an intercultural experience?

We are currently looking for local kiwi families to host International Students from our school in 2016, short stay and long term for Term 2 start. Families must be within a 5 to 6km radius to the school. (Within walking distance or 1 stage bus ride). Applications need to be processed before the 8th April 2016.

Families are reimbursed at $260 per week, per student.

Please contact Claire Moore at c.moore@edgewater.school.nz for an application pack.

PAKURANGA, 15 Marriott Rd, Sat, 8-noon, ktcn items, clothes, bedding, TV etc

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 7748 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Peak. 7, Armadillo. 8, Arid. 9, Fair. 10, Fool. 11, Opus. 14, Chartreuse. 16, Poinsettia. 19, Nude. 22, Kept. 24, Heed. 25, Star. 26, Stipulate. 27, Bach.

Down - 1, Plato. 2, Adieu. 3, Armada. 4, Parrot. 5, Tiff. 6, Bloodshed. 12, Pirouette. 13, Scan. 15, Elan. 17, Exhale. 18, Twenty. 20, Ultra. 21, Earth. 23, Type.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7748 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Bark. 7, Made clear. 8, F-i-do. 9, Ruse (rues). 10, Pear (pair). 11, T-art. 14, Honest look. 16, Fresh blood. 19, Sets.

22, Bill. 24, Snap. 25, Og-le(ering). 26, Easy to see . 27, On-l-y.

Down - 1, Be-fit 2, Rid-er. 3, Sat-urn. 4, S-ever-s. 5, Clip.

6, Par-amount. 12, A-p-prais-al. 13, Th(is)-us. 15, L-ads. 17, B-est-ow. 18, On-a-ger. 20, E-gg on. 21, Seedy. 23, Lays.

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Enrolment applications for 2017 for all year levels open on Wednesday 23 March 2016 and close on Monday 30 May 2016. Priority is given to in accordance with the school’s Enrolment Scheme (refer to website). www.sanctamaria.school.nz All are welcome to walk around our school or join one of the guided tours and collect an Enrolment Application Pack for 2017.

The Principal will address visitors on the school’s philosophy and values in the auditorium at 4.45pm.

Sancta Maria College 319 Te Irirangi Drive, Botany South Telephone: (09) 274 4081

FOR SALE

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SANCTA MARIA COLLEGE

WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH 2016 3.30pm – 5.30pm meet at the School Auditorium

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SUNDAY, MARCH 20

All Saints’ Anglican Church

Selwyn Rd, Howick Phone 534-6864 Email: allsaints@xtra.co.nz GBR088

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

Be sure to book your space for your upcoming Easter services Phone Classifieds on 271-8055 or email tanyac@ times.co.nz

OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA

HOLY WEEK TIMETABLE 2016

“Seeing lives transformed by Christ’s saving power.

Being a community of hope, love and care.”

One Lord One Faith One People

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Holy Thursday Thursday, March 24 Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7.00pm Night Prayer 10.00pm

Looking for a church home?

Easter Saturday Saturday, March 26 Morning Prayer 9.15am Easter Vigil 8.00pm

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Sunday morning 9.30am (with children’s programme) Sunday evening service TBA Youth Group every Friday 7.30pm

Cnr Wellington & Picton Sts Phone 534-5142

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Easter Sunday Sunday, March 27 Mass 8.00am and 9.30am

Howick Presbyterian Church

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Good Friday Friday, March 25 Stations of the Cross 9.30am Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion 3pm

St Andrew’s Church Centre Cnr Vincent St & Ridge Rd, Howick www.howpres.org.nz • Ph 535-4403 Sunday, March 20 (Palm Sunday) 8.45am Morning Worship 10am Family Service with Holy week Reflective Services Monday to Thursday at 7pm in the Chapel Thursday, March 24 10am Morning Worship CD152726

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Pleasing first-five dilemma F

inding a worthy first-five replacement for All Black great Dan Carter won’t be a problem for the national selectors but determining the best man for the job most certainly will.

In normal circumstances it would be the creative Aaron Cruden, but after knee surgery he’s not doing the goal-kicking job for the Chiefs, a role in which diminutive fullback Damian McKenzie is enjoying far greater success.

On current form, the best bet would be Lima Sopoaga who reads the game well, distributes nicely, converts his kicks and is the best exponent of the field goal.

Super sub Beauden Barrett is also a useful pivot. But when he comes off the bench his lightning acceleration allows him to make the best impact from fullback with the brilliant Ben Smith moving onto the right wing.

In contrast, speedy young

Agnew’s Angle McKenzie is also a dangerous running fullback whose best position would be at first-five, a position the clever Cruden occupies for the Chiefs.

Which makes one wonder what Sir Gordon Tietjens would give to have either Barrett or McKenzie available for his Rio Olympics Sevens team.

That his team could still win the Canadian tournament by beating South Africa 19-14 without the Ioane brothers, Ardie Savea, Joe Webber, Scott Curry and Sonny Bill Williams after their poor showing in the previous tournament was testimony once more for Teitjens’ coaching

prowess.

Personally, I’m not convinced Williams has the pace needed for sevens despite the fact he is an extraordinary ball distributer.

In beating South Africa, much credit deserves to go to the elusive Gilles Kaka although it was the huge improvement at the breakdown from 33-year-old BJ Forbes, Tim Michelson and Sam Dickson that set the foundation in establishing a huge possession advantage.

For sheer Super Rugby excitement, the outstanding 34-15 Highlanders triumph against the Currie Cup champion Lions was hard to top.

Unlike most South African teams this Lions side prefers slick passing and penetrative running to the kicking game favoured by the others.

Having beaten the Chiefs they were in striking distance when trailing 10-3 at half-time. How-

ever three glorious tries to Ben Smith, Malakai Fekitoa and Matt Faddes after the break sealed victory.

Faddes, a replacement for Waisake Naholo, ended up with two touchdowns to justify his selection, the first from a perfect Sopoaga grubber, with the firstfive converting all four and adding a penalty and a dropped goal.

Especially pleasing was the improved distribution of centre Fekitoa, so sharp on attack and so bruising on defence.

Will o’ the wisp McKenzie scored 28 points from a try, seven conversions and three penalties in the Chiefs 58-24 thrashing of the Southern Kings.

Rated by coach Dave Rennie as “a tough little bugger,” McKenzie is an electrifying 80kg excitement machine who brings crowds to their feet in the same way Nehe Milner-Skudder does.

Meanwhile the Blues were a

TOUGH: Electrifying Chiefs fullback Damian McKenzie is rated by coach Dave Rennie as “a tough little bugger”.

Photo supplied Damian McKenzie

tad unlucky to lose a hard fought battle 23-19 against the Hurricanes. But coach Tana Umaga would have been delighted with his decision to start Charlie Faumuina who had his best game for some years.

The tighthead prop had a boomer, scrummaging powerfully, hoeing into the breakdowns and running strongly.

Howick Cricket Club members honoured as legends Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s (HPCC) Rowan Armour and Kerry Walmsley are Howick cricket heroes.

Their service to the club will be honoured as they become Legends of the HPCC in a Legends Induction Evening.

TIMES

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Mr Armour, the current chairperson of the board, will be recognised for his service, including cricket playing, to the club and the Auckland Cricket Association.

Mr Walmsley is also recognised for his service, including cricket playing,

to the club and for representing the Auckland Aces and BlackCaps.

The two new inductees will become the tenth and eleventh members of this esteemed group as they join Mick Brett, Ken McIntosh, Sel Haliday, Warren Linn,

Sean Roberts, Nigel Scott, Malcolm Haliday, Ian Shackleford and Alan Hunt as HPCC Legends.

Family friends, guests and club members attended the Legends Induction Evening held at the HPCC Club Pavilion on Thursday March 17.

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This year’s Beachlands Kids Triathlon is hoping to see over 400 east Auckland students take on the event on Tuesday April 12.

The 2016 triathlon, supported by the Franklin and Howick Local Boards, will take the participants on a new course through Te Puru Park and Omana Regional Park.

Participants will have the chance to track their own success with each competitor being provided with their individual results.

Competitors will also receive certificates with their placing and finishing time and winners will be recognised at a prize giving.

Year four-eight students can enter as individuals or in teams of two and will race in their gender and year level categories.

Because the event is held on a school day, all participants are encouraged to compete in their sports uniforms while on the bike and run course.

Competitors will receive a race pack with goodies from local and national companies such as Wilson Consumer Foods and Bunnings Botany, along with spot prizes from local businesses such as Bike Barn Botany who are giving away a bike.

■ Beachlands Kids Triathlon, Tuesday April 12, Te Puru Park Beachlands. Visit http://sportsground. co.nz/bsgevents/115025/. Entries close April 5.

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acob Stroud might just be the next motorbike racing prodigy.

The eldest son of one of New Zealand’s greatest riders, Andrew Stroud, claimed his first national superlite title at the New Zealand Superbike Championships.

Jacob admits he felt a lot of pressure to win this title and the expectation to be as good as his dad has had an effect on him.

“No one put pressure on me, it was the pressure I put on myself.

“Being the son of a famous motorbike racer, everyone sort of expects you to do well and I definitely found it quite tricky to deal with that,” he says.

Former Howickian Andrew Stroud is described by his son as an “ex-world champion” and in his career won nine New Zealand superbike titles.

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Jacob, the eldest of 10 children, was the first sibling to join his dad on the track at the age of 13.

His dedication and passion for the sport is paying off having set a new lap record last week ahead of drivers more than twice his age.

“I was the fastest of that sort of bike to ever go round, which felt real good...because the guy behind me was like 52,” Jacob says.

Despite being accepted into first year Law and Communications, Jacob says this year he is focusing on one thing - racing.

“This is pretty much all I wanted to do. When I was at school I was drawing motorbike pictures in my tests and stuff ...”

The young racer has even been offered to race in Japan and Europe, a dream he is determined to fulfil.

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