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LANS to fell formerly protected pohutukawa on a private beachfront property in Bucklands Beach have rufed the feathers of some locals.

A tenant of the property who did not want to be named says preparation to fell the towering pohutukawa on The Parade, Little Bucklands Beach, began last Friday.

He was told that the owners who bought the more than 2000 square metre property last year had always intended to develop it.

Auckland Council has granted consent to the owners to fell the trees and subdivide the land into six sections.

Its records show the cluster of pohutukawa was protected until 2012, after a plan change to the Auckland Council District Plan schedule 6B listing notable trees for the Manukau district.

Submissions were received on the changes and the plan went ahead with protection ceasing for the pohutukawa.

Next door neighbour Ron Thorne says it would be a shame to see the pohutukawa go. “It’s Bucklands Beach and pohutukawa grow here,� he says. “My wife is quite adamant about the trees staying. She was going to mount a bit of a ➤ Turn to Page 3 protest.�

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EOPLE who set up the Howick Historical Village had great foresight and vision, according to the producer of a major New Zealand feature film, The Patriarch.

The film crew took over the village, which was closed to the public for three days recently, to make scenes for the movie as part of a 35-day shoot which has just ended.

Robin Scholes, producer of The Patriarch, says it will be increasingly difficult to appreciate how people used to live with the inexorable march of the Auckland housing boom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Howick Historical Village is an extraordinary location for anyone filming a story set in the mid-19th century, or a more contemporary story that can be set in buildings from a bygone era,â&#x20AC;? she says.

The Patriarch is directed by internationally-acclaimed Kiwi director, Lee Tamahori who produced Once Were Warriors in 1994. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on the book Bulibasha written by Witi Ihimaera who also wrote Whale Rider.

Temuera Morrison, who played Jake â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Mussâ&#x20AC;? Heke in Once Were Warriors takes a lead role in The Patriarch.

Charmaine Chapman, the villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events and marketing team leader says it was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;building siteâ&#x20AC;? for a few days when the

FILM CREW: Once Were Warriors star Temuera Morrison makes his appearance on a white horse on the set of The Patriarch at the Howick Historical Village.

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film crew moved in to adapt the old buildings at the village in Bell Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga.

The dining room of the Puhi Nui Homestead was cleared and a curator brought in to oversee packing up precious items and to restore them after the filming finished.

Private James Hansonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tent was dismantled and the film

crew built a farm animal shed, filled it with hay and brought in a live cow, goat, chickens and sheep for one of the shots.

A prefab was placed in front of the court house, changing the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frontage, while all of Private Henry Brindleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fencible Cottage was stripped and turned into a homestead lounge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was good for us,â&#x20AC;? Ms Chap-

man says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because we were intending to replace the carpet in the cottage, so they pulled it up and there was no need to reinstate it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was fantastic working with them,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were very professional and self-contained with vans for make-up, costumes and catering. From our side itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fantastic thing to do. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We like our village being used. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publicity for us and is good use of the beautiful environment. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good income source for the village.â&#x20AC;?

Film work has snowballed this year, Ms Chapman says.

At the start of the year Disney Australia set up camp at the village for a day to shoot scenes for the television programme Hanging with Adam and Naomi â&#x20AC;&#x201C; New Zealand. The star of the film shoot was Australian actor Adam Roberts.

Then Te Radar, real name Andrew Lumsden, filmed scenes at the village for his television programme Te Radarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chequered Past about â&#x20AC;&#x153;great New Zealanders who had a vision and gave things a go.â&#x20AC;? Among the stars was Times former arts and police reporter, Chris Harrowell.

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T WASN’T until the leading lady and man were chosen for St Kentigern College’s middle school production now underway that the director discovered they were brother and sister.

It presents a bit of a challenge, considering they play two people romantically involved with each other. But then Molly and Harrison Griffiths say they are usually nice to each other.

“When we were first selected we were very shocked and surprised,” they say. “But we were willing to take on the challenge.”

St Kents head of middle school drama Dave Sheehan directs Little Shop of Horrors in conjunction with musical director Oliver Gilmour. Molly Griffiths is playing Audrey and her brother Harrison, Seymour.

It’s a horror rock musical about a struggling florist shop with a plant that Seymour discovers eats humans. Mr Sheehan describes it as black comedy inspired by B grade science fiction/horror films.

“We looked at a lot of options and felt this was well known enough because of the film,” Mr Sheehan says. “It has a wide appeal.”

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CARNIVOUS JAWS: Playing lead parts in St Kentigern College’s middle school production, Little Shop of Horrors, from left, Molly Griffiths as Audrey, Harrison Griffiths as Seymour and Matthew Farnell playing shop owner Mushnick.

Ninety young people have taken to the stage in the production which opened last night. Mr Sheehan says it’s an ambitious project for middle school year students. “We’ve extended the chorus opportunities to provide more singing moments for more students.”

More than 100 students auditioned for the parts and Mr Sheehan says Molly and Harrison stood out, especially for their strong singing voices. “It’s a challenge for them,” he says, “because they have

to hold hands and look romantically into each others’ eyes.”

Molly says she loves the character and the different props, while Harrison says the show is unique, especially featuring a carnivorous plant. They say they have been practising their lines at home and taken “lots of singing lessons”.

They have also adopted strong American accents with practice.

They are supported by Matthew Farnell playing the shop owner Mushnick and Rafe MacDonald as the evil dentist Orin.

The audience, Mr Sheehan says, will find the play fun, high energy “with moments of beautiful drama and extreme silliness.”

Music will be led by a rock band which has come together informally for the production, including drummer and St Kents student Luke Iso. ■■ Little Shop of Horrors plays at Elliot Hall, St Kentigern College, Pakuranga at 7pm tonight (Thurs May 21) and tomorrow night.

Tickets cost $10 for students and $15 for adults.

Shaving with own two feet A video of a Pakuranga man with no arms shaving with his feet has catapulted him to international stardom

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OST struggle to perfect the art of shaving but when a man with no arms has it down pat, anything seems possible.

Jase Smithyman, who was born with no arms, hit international headlines this week when a homemade video of him shaving with his feet attracted the likes of British tabloids, Metro and the Daily Mail.

The 25-year-old Pakuranga man says he uploaded the video a month ago but things soon took a turn.

“A friend of mine uploaded it onto Reddit [a popular online forum] and I went from 200 views to 10,284 over the course of a week.”

After an interview with the Daily Mail over the phone this week, the video has further gained more than 10,000 views, taking the total to 22,249 at the time of writing this article.

The former Howick College student says he’s still in a daze.

“It’s been absolutely crazy. I never expected it to take off. It was so strange.”

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engineer hasn’t let fame get to his head and tries his best to engage on a personal level.

“I like to thank people personally because it does mean a lot to me. It’s sort of become my baby.”

Mr Smithyman has always had a can-do attitude as a child thanks to his parents’ encouragement. “[Doing things with my feet] came naturally. My parents had told me from the beginning that

Pohutukawa to be felled in few weeks ➤➤From page 1 Mr Thorne says he understands the need for a return on investment for the developers, who he believes are Chinese, but thinks it does not need to be developed on such a big scale.

“We’d like to see some of the trees remain to keep the character of the point.”

Meanwhile, further down Bucklands Beach, a protected pohutukawa was pruned after a Highland Park local’s unfortunate encounter with it.

Neil Armstrong wrote to the Times about his crash landing last month which left him bruised and shocked after a low-hanging branch knocked him off his feet causing him to fall more than two metres over a seawall.

He wrote to the council notifying them of the hazard but it took two weeks before any action was taken.

“It took a lot of effort on my part. All that they cared about was that the tree was fine.

They couldn’t care less that I nearly died.”

After a lengthy consultation with an arborist, and Mr Armstrong demonstrating his point that it was dangerous to walk along the path, the arborist finally arranged to have the branch removed after the Anzac Day weekend.

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As a result Mr Smithyman lives a largely independent lifestyle, now flatting with his younger brother, Randal, and sharing in household chores such as cooking.

“I love pasta. I’m obsessed with pasta,” he says, adding that he had just learnt how to operate a can opener.

However, he admits new skills

do not take him as long as most and has recently taken up karate.

“I’ve always done things for myself and been my own person.”

Nothing is a barrier apart from driving (more a cost issue) and being able to reach high up for things, which shorter people struggle with too.

An avid vocalist and supporter of local music, Mr Smithyman has dabbled in guitar and drums.

He has posted a video of him typing with his feet and holds an International Computer Drivers Licence (ICDL).

In future, by popular demand, he hopes to feature videos of himself cooking, eating, going out and about in Howick and performing martial arts.

He also has plans to take on Guinness World Records and is confident that he can top some existing records.

He says his newfound fame has given him greater confidence to use his feet in public and inspire others.

“I’ve always been very open with my disability. If anyone asks I’m more than happy to answer.”

Mr Smithyman’s videos are available on his YouTube channel, Wingless.

HOWICK has lost one of its well-known World War II veterans Watty McEwan.

He died on May 18 aged 96.

On Anzac Day 2008, Mr McEwan received the Howick and watty mcewan Pakuranga Times War Veteran Community Service Award. The year before, he published his book The Salamander’s Brood saying “if you forget our heroes you forget history and if you forget history you make the same mistakes again”.

The book tells the story of General Freyberg’s Divisional Protective troop in the North African campaign during World War II. Mr McEwan was a wireless operator for the 2nd NZ Division serving in Freyberg’s tank division.

In 2013 the story of his and his Howick compatriot Eric Wilson’s return to El Alamein, North Africa was broadcast

by Maori Television on Anzac Day in a moving documentary, El Alamein: Line in the Sand. It was the 70th anniversary of the World War II North African campaign.

A service for Mr McEwan will be held at the Howick Funeral Home Chapel, 35 Wellington Street, Howick at 1pm tomorrow.

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Bus stop questioned over safety

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RESIDENT living on a busy stretch of road leading into Howick Village is afraid that the relocation of a bus stop at the base of Stockade Hill could be a case of accidents waiting to happen.

But Auckland Transport says the proposed placement is an appropriate location for the area, based on the local constraints, including driveways, visibility, turning space requirements for buses, forward visibility of approaching vehicles and

accessibility requirements for all users.

The bus stop at issue is being moved from the Picton Street/Ridge Road intersection to the north side of Ridge Road, to the west of the Picton Street intersection.

Bus services on Ridge Road heading towards Howick previously diverted along Mellons Bay Road and onto Picton Street to stop at the Picton Street/Ridge Road intersection bus stop. But AT says the bus stop was unable to safely accommodate vulnerable users, including people

with pushchairs and wheelchairs.

Ridge Road resident, Anand Nair says the problem is that Ridge Road is extremely busy and where Picton Street changes to Ridge Road a crash barrier has been installed around the bend because of several accidents that have happened there.

“I cannot see how the new location is going to be any safer for people, let alone vulnerable people to cross the road, unless they install a traffic light controlled crossing on Ridge Road so people can cross the road safely to get to and from the proposed bus stop.”

He says a better solution would have been for the buses to stop outside Crawford Medical Centre in Picton Street and make that stretch of Picton Street at the base of Stockade Hill a one-way system so that people could easily cross the road.

An AT spokesman says some users will need to cross Picton Street, “which is not ideal”.

“The facilities provided to cross Ridge Road remain the same.”

The spokesman says a number of alternative sites were looked at by AT’s engineers and road safety team

to put the stop further away from the intersection.

“We received complaints from the bus service provider that the current location does not adequately provide for users, including pushchairs and wheelchairs. The existing location does not meet legal requirements of accessibility, being located on the intersection.

“Unfortunately we are unable to provide crossing facilities for pedestrians in this [the new] location without making extensive changes to the intersection and on-street parking.”

More help for Nepal on the way

By AUT Student, Laura Brookes A TRUST formed to help people in a remote part of Nepal has raised $1000 in the wake of recent earthquakes in the country.

The money to pay for another shipment of emergency tents and food supplies was donated at a fund-raiser event last Friday night by the Tony McClean Nepal Trust.

The trust was formed to continue the plans of the late Elim Christian College teacher, Tony McClean to help the Lamjung district of Nepal after his death in the 2008 Elim canyoning tragedy at Mangatepopo River near Turangi.

Event organiser Joanne Wieland says while the event was pulled together at the last minute, the result is “an incredible achievement”.

“It’s great to see that we’ve been able to get behind it as a community and offer some practical help.”

sweet music: Local musician Hannah McClean, 22, performed at Friday night’s event. Photo supplied Amy Stewart

Jono Ward who chairs the trust says the money will provide significant relief to Lamjung where 80 per cent of houses have

been destroyed or badly damaged by the April quake.

“As time goes on, it gets harder to get supplies to people because of landslides and the fast-approaching rainy season.

So we’re trying to get as much relief care in there while we can.

Pakuranga resident, Josh Turner, 24, thanked organisers for recognising that more still needs to be done.

“It’s kind of sad having to watch an event like this unfold in order to stimulate support and love for an undeveloped and struggling place,” he said.

“We have so much to give, and yet it only takes a little to make the difference for these people in Lamjung.

“We need to realise how privileged we already are.”

The trust is also working towards funding long-term rebuilding and tourism projects in the Lamjung district.

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Then of course there is the very popular Howick Village Market with its wonderful and fresh array of produce and craft, the excellent eateries and boutique stores. There is no window competition this year even if some are going ahead and producing one.

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Lastly, hear ye, hear ye, Jim Donald, the now official town cryer kitted out with all his bells and whistles will most certainly make his presence known.

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attributes, the strength of their night vision and sense of smell, their sleep requirements, life expectancy and much more. The well-known broadcaster, entertainer and now seasoned author, is sure to keep audiences enthralled with a big meow!

This is a must for fans of Max, book lovers and the cat-obsessed.

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RUB shoulders with Kiwi personality and former Howickian Max Cryer as he launches his new book The Cat’s out of the Bag: Truth and lies about cats at Howick Library at 2pm, this Wednesday.

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The episode `Return of the Caveman’ of the popular American children’s television series, `Power Rangers Dino Charge’ (2015) in its 22nd season is a mega force to reckon with.

Though the series won’t be released in New Zealand until next year, there are plenty of clips on YouTube showing Levi playing the role of Peter with other American actors. The 12-year-old star and professional voice artist says: “It’s an experience I would definitely like to have again.

“While I discovered how stressful shooting can be, it was also nice to hang around people who pamper you asking if you want a hot water bottle or something to eat.”

“They even gave me a pair of new shoes and said I could keep them,” he says, running to his room to fetch them.

The talented young boy has been doing sound bites on radio since he was three. “Earlier it was just (agency) Word of Mouth that represented voice-over artists, but then they branched out into representing actors with Represent Management,” he says.

Having a dad who has been working with Christian Broad-

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casting Association helped spot the talent early. “Every time my dad wanted to do a promo for Newstalk ZB, he’d ask me,” says the award-winning artist.

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Mr Foss visited Howick last week where he addressed Howick RSA members at their Wellington Street club. The visit was followed by laying poppies on veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; graves including two Commonwealth War Graves at the Paparoa Cemetery in Paparoa Road.

Mr Foss thanked the World War II veterans at the club saying while many years had passed since they served, New Zealanders valued the freedom enjoyed today, the service of past comrades and those still serving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many New Zealanders donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite appreciate the cost paid for this freedom,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Having travelled to the Gallipoli Peninsula to attend the recent centenary commemorations, Mr Foss said he realised what an important place it was for New Zealanders, Australians and the Turkish people . â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt it in a personal and spiritual way, but there was a lot of sadness as well. When we talked to the Turks they said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;we are so sick and tired of fighting for this placeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. They have been defending it for thousands of years and they really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to fight again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our former foes are now great friends. They go out of their way to look after our service people buried there. A Kiwi mass grave of about 4000 is there on Chunuk Bair which our troops took briefly on August 8 100 years ago.â&#x20AC;?

The two Commonwealth War Graves visited at Paparoa Cemetery were those of George Ernest Latham, a leading aircraftsman in the RNZAF (Royal New Zealand Air Force) and Leslie George Clarke who served in World War II. Mr Latham died in a motorbike accident in Manurewa on August 28, 1944 aged 21 and was survived by his parents and brother who

PAYING RESPECTS: Craig Foss, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross visited Paparoa Cemetery in Howick to lay poppies on two Commonwealth War Graves.

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lived in Bucklands Beach. He was stationed at the Ardmore aerodrome at the time of the crash but was run over by a passing car after coming off his motorbike.

Mr Clarke served in the RNZAF in World War II leaving with the rank of sergeant. He died at CAPTAIN Donald Petrie Simpson, founder and first president of the New Zealand Services Association, which became the New Zealand Returned and Services Association (NZRSA), was buried in 1961 at the Our Lady Star of the Sea Church cemetery in Picton Street, Howick.

He was a lieutenant and galloper during the Boer (or South African) War with the Thorneycroftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mounted Infantry. Then, as a veteran of the Boer War, he joined the British Section of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in London in 1914 when World War I broke out.

He transferred to the Engineers in Egypt and served in the Egyptian Theatre between 1914 and 1915. He went on to serve on the Gallipoli Peninsula but was wounded there on May 6, 1915.

When he disembarked at Wellington Harbour in July 1915, as one of the first returned soldiers of World War I, he quickly realised

his home in Howick, aged 57, on December 21, 1957. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Howick RSA raised more than $60,000 from its Poppy Day Appeal last April 17. The proceeds support veterans, along with exservice people and their families in need.

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the need for an association of returned soldiers. He was instrumental in forming the New Zealand Returned Soldiersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association and branches were formed throughout the country.

Eventually the associations affiliated to the NZRSA which was formally registered as an incorporated society in January 1917. Captain Simson died on January 20, 1961 and was buried in Howick where his grave remains.

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Bins for nuisance weeds RESIDENTS are being encouraged to deal with infestations of fastspreading weeds that are killing native plants.

Public bins supplied by the Howick Local Board will be available on Pigeon Mountain from this Saturday (May 23) until May 28 for residents to safely dispose of rhamnus and moth plant weeds.

People can also bring the weeds to Lloyd Elsmore Park between 9am and noon on Saturday and take home a new plant for their garden.

Spokesman for the board, elected member John Spiller says most people would have seen moth plant and rhamnus around their neighbourhoods, but never realised how much damage they cause,

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nised. Our strength is the sharing of partnership and the holistic approach we have with the students and the community.â&#x20AC;?

Principal Keohane believes that the ongoing partnership with Anchorage Park Kindergarten helps establish a strong relationship by the time the child makes a transition to school.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kindy is an important stage of their development and it empowers the student and gives them a sense of pride as they move to school,â&#x20AC;? she says.

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TSB Bank opens Around 40 clients, dignitaries and staff attended the official opening of the TSB Bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Botany Service Centre on Tuesday night.

Howick Local Board chair David Collings said it was heartening to have a Kiwiowned bank in the area.

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Bakery robbed again

By NATALIE BRITTAN As freshly baked bread hit the shelves, a brazen thief went straight instead for the dough.

A man dressed in a dark black and grey striped hoodie and white striped black track pants was captured on CCTV casually walking into the Howick Bakehouse in Millhouse Drive, Northpark at 6.46am on Tuesday.

The video shows him pulling the till with force, crashing to the floor.

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Nissan parked outside with a driver, bakery owner Chantha Hann told the Times .

Mr Hann says the employee at the time had no time to react. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;helloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thinking it was a customer and then she was quite surprised when she heard a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took about three seconds.

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The till contained more than $100 and would cost $500 to replace, says Mr Hann. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the second time. The last time they crawled through the back and took two tills.â&#x20AC;?

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says, and before that a lady had also stolen a donation box.

Mr Hann says he is not worried because incidents such as these are common in the area.

At the time of writing, he had not been to the police because he did not think anything could be done.

Counties Manukau Police Asian liaison officer, Justin Zeng, who spearheaded business safety programme, Operation Pingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;An, says businesses can adopt ways of preventing crime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best thing the community can do is give the offender zero chance [of committing the crime]. Bolt down the till or chain it up, empty out cash from the till regularly, and when depositing money use two people and go at different times of the day.â&#x20AC;?

Another handy device for shopkeepers is a time-delay safe ensuring it can only be opened at a certain time and not on demand, says Mr Zeng.

People with information about the crime can call Counties Manukau Police on 261-1300 or the anonymous Crimestoppers tip-off line on 0800 555 111.

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Anchorage Park Kindergarten and Anchorage Park School are finalists in the 2015 Education Focus Prize category.

The four award categories focus on qualities that are internationally recognised as critical to raising student achievement.

They include excellence in engaging; excellence in leading; excellence in teaching and learning and the 2015 Education Focus Prize that creates learner led pathways from early childhood to schooling.

Vicki Wright, head teacher Anchorage Park Kindergarten and Lynne Keohane, principal of Anchorage Park Primary, say they are both humbled.

They are proud that they have been shortlisted as one of the two finalists in the category.

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Firemen, super heroes and even zombies tackled the testing Mazda O ROCK on Sunday, a 12km and 5km obstacle course that combines off-road terrain and obstacles to allow those with a sense of adventure ‘to define themselves’.

The event, at Sir Barry Curtis Park, featured obstacles constructed by an experienced crew. Participants climbed over parked cars, fences and containers, slid down fireman poles, crawled under nets, jumped over and under walls while running over a combination of dirt paths, grass fields and foot paths.

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Dancing for Nepal Moved to action by the plight of the people in Nepal after the recent earthquakes, students at Somerville Intermediate School put on a stunning dance show on Friday, May 15. Directed by dance and drama teacher Mrs Destiny Anderson, dancers performed for more than 500 students. In addition to the funds raised by a mufti day, Somerville Intermediate made a donation of more than $3000 to the Nepalese aid fund.

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The latest quarterly results for the Government’s UFB and Rural Broadband Initiative programmes released yesterday show more than 618,000 homes, workplaces and schools are now able to connect to the UFB network.

“The private-public partnership of the UFB initiative is progressing well and deployment is significantly ahead of build targets, with close to 46 per cent of the infrastructure now complete,” says Ms Adams.

Uptake is at 13.8 per cent across the country, taking the total number of end users connected to the network to 85,544.

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was tracking well and noted its positive results were highlighted in a global report released today about the initiative’s success.

The report by Alcatel-Lucent describes New Zealand’s UFB programme as the result of a clear government vision.

It said New Zealand has designed and executed a uniquely well-managed and cost effective, open-access national broadband network.

The report noted the effective and competitive tender process, flexible regulatory framework and innovative funding structure had all played a role in the success of the initiative.

“Better connectivity provides access to cloud based software and other benefits like high definition video streaming. This gives businesses a competitive advantage and enables students to securely

share their learning with friends, teachers, and their families.

“Schools are a top priority for the Government. The programme target for schools is now 93 per cent complete with more than 2300 schools across New Zealand with high-speed broadband ready for service.”

Under the RBI, almost 80 per cent of tower upgrades are now complete. In the last quarter almost 1.8 million unique Vodafone customers alone accessed mobile services from the 113 new towers built since the start of the programme. An estimated 239,000 households and businesses are able to connect to fixed wireless RBI from new and upgraded towers. More than 85,000 lines have been upgraded by Chorus under the RBI to receive new or improved faster copper-based broadband.

Cracker of a day for Mother’s Day Fun Run/Walk

HUNDREDS of mums and family members took to the Ellerslie Race Course for the fourth annual Jennian Homes Mother’s Day fun run/walk.

The nationwide event supports the Heart Foundation’s ‘Go Red for Women’ campaign, which aims to improve the heart health of New Zealand women.

“We had a great turnout this year under clear skies, with numbers again up this year,” says an enthusiastic Emma Langhorne, managing director of Jennian Homes CBD & East Auckland.

Increased participation is an indication that the message is getting out: heart disease is the single biggest killer of New Zealand women, taking the lives of 2200 women each year and as a proud supporter of ‘Go Red’, Jennian Homes is committed to working with the Heart Foundation to reduce this alarming statistic.

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something to combat and prevent heart disease is easy. “Along with healthy eating and not smoking, physical activity improves heart health significantly.”

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ries which came out of the considerable crowd at the Ellerslie event, held in partnership with Jennian Homes North West. “Alisha Keoghan and mum Jasmin Taylor from Henderson were out on their first run together, after agreeing to go on a fitness journey together.”

With many of the participants keen on keeping fit, she draws attention to Sharon and Laura Smith from Greenlane. “This was a group entry organised by Laura’s friend; mum Sharon was encouraged to come along, which is exactly what the Heart Foundation wants – kids inspiring their mums to get heart healthy!”

Among the enthusiastic walkers were some who refused to let a spot of bad luck get in their way.

Nancy Yuan did the full 5km on crutches after injuring her leg snowboarding. “Obviously I can’t run, but this event is still a great way to start Mother’s Day,” she laughed.

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Rolling suite of art shows collection of more than 15,000 items.

With additional items on loan from local and international private and public collections, all the displays tell multi-layered and engaging stories.

Themes explored include the relationship between the past and present in modern Maori art, appropriation and homage in New Zealand and international art, the disturbing power of landscape in inter-war art, Cubism and its impact on New Zealand artists, and reflections on Aotearoa New Zealand as depicted by colonists and 18th century voyagers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These interlinked exhibitions reflect our changing cultural conditions and present creative perspectives on New Zealand life,â&#x20AC;? Dr Stanhope says.â&#x20AC;?Through them we aim to offer memorable experiences that will inspire visitors to know themselves and understand their worlds.â&#x20AC;?

Alongside the current solo projects by leading Auckland-based artists Lisa Reihana and Billy Apple, the exhibitions reflect Auckland Art Galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful commitment to the art of Aotearoa New Zealand, says the Galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director Rhana Devenport.

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Peter says Auto-Mobile Mechanics is the only independent workshop in the area to have support and access to the Bosch resource and information database which is collated by technicians from all over the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve received training on all the Bosch systems and are up to date with all the latest diagnostics

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Works presented include those by the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art luminaries such as Michael Parekowhai, Colin McCahon, Fiona Pardington and Bull Culbert.

The exhibitions explore the network of connections that have influenced New Zealand art from the early 20th century to today.

Spread across three levels, the rolling suite of shows, New Zealand Art: Insights and Connections occupies most of the Galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s floor space.

Auckland Art Gallery principal curator, Dr Zara Stanhope says the programme takes a fresh look at New Zealand art and will be regularly updated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By exploring diverse approaches to creativity through multiple shows, we have given focused and deeper insight to New Zealand art and its place in our country and beyond,â&#x20AC;? she says.

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New alcohol policy nears A POLICY to manage the sale and supply of alcohol in the SuperCity has taken another step with Auckland Council adopting its provisional local alcohol policy (LAP).

Last year a hearings panel considered more than 2600 submissions on the draft policy. Now that the provisional policy can be notified, those who submitted have a right of appeal.

Hearings panel chairman, Councillor Bill Cashmore says the policy has achieved a good balance.

“At the forefront of our decision making was ensuring we had a policy that helped towards reducing alcoholrelated harm in our communities. But we also recognised the importance of the hospitality industry in terms of employment and its contribution to the economy.”

Among the main policy options included in the provisional LAP are maximum trading hours for on-licences of 8am-4am in the CBD and 8am-3am for the rest of Auckland. There is no option for an extension of hours for onlicences.

Maximum trading hours for all offlicences, including supermarkets will be 9am-9pm. One of 23 priority areas, where a variety of policy tools will be used to manage density and location, is a two-year freeze on issuing new offlicences in priority areas from when the policy comes into effect.

A range of discretionary licensing conditions will be introduced.

Once the provisional policy is notified submitters have 30 days to make an appeal. They will be considered by the Alcohol Regulatory Licensing Authority (ARLA) which will determine whether the appeals are reasonable in light of the act. Current licensing regulations will apply until an ARLA determination is made.

Value of older workers detailed in age survey S

ENIOR Citizens Minister Maggie Barry has welcomed a report highlighting the value of older workers to New Zealand’s economy – and identifying the discrimination many of them still face.

The Workforce Ageing Survey 2014 has found workers aged 50 and over are seen as valuable and hardworking by employers – regarded as more productive and better in a crisis.

And 2631 employers and employees from Crown Entities and District Health Boards took part in the survey, a collaboration

between the Office for Senior Citizens and the Human Rights Commission.

“Older people are key contributors to our economy. They are our skilled workers, mentors and leaders.” Ms Barry says.

“As the recent Report on the Positive Ageing Strategy showed, in our ageing society more and more older people are staying in the workforce past the age of 65 years.

“Twenty two per cent of over65s are currently in some form of paid employment and this will rise to more than 30 per cent by

the year 2036.”

Despite the advantages of older workers, the survey showed that few organisations have the structures in place to reap the benefits.

This includes a lack of planning to recruit older people to the workforce.

Age discrimination also remains a problem in many workplaces.

Around 40 per cent of older workers have experienced some form of age related discrimination in the last five years.

“This is unacceptable. Older people still want rewarding and challenging careers, and the skills

they have are highly desirable for businesses,” Ms Barry says.

“We also want older people to be able to continue to work if they choose to. They are critical to the success and growth of New Zealand’s economy now and in the future.”

Older Kiwis represent a powerful market force which businesses and organisations should be prepared to cater for.

“By 2035, there will be 1.2 million New Zealanders over the age of 65 and they will have significant combined spending power in our economy.”

School art fair a hit

fabulous: Edgewater College’s Catherine Croot and Emily Stewart before an artwork called Te Tui Me Te Wahine by Robyn Kahukiwa.

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The Edgewater College Art Fair 2015 was an inaugural event for the school and the new head of department for visual art, Emily Stewart.

“I organised this event for many reasons. In essence it was a fundraising event to help us buy art equipment for the students, an opportunity for students to experience art in a commercial context and to link the work of the art department, the New Zealand curriculum, to careers in the industry developing skills for the creative industries,” she says.

The fair 2015 was open on Wednesday night and Thursday day.

“I received such fabulous feedback from the students and the public. Also, it was such a delight to see the enthusiasm and the sudden realisation of art in context on the students faces,” Ms Stewart says.

“The only criticism I received was a desire for the event to be on for a longer period so the wider public had more opportunity to attend – a nice problem to have and fingers crossed for next time!”

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HE Ratepayers of Howick are in for a nasty surprise in the form of a 9.9 per cent rate increase. This follows Auckland Council decision-making during its marathon budget debate that ended last week.

I sought to have the $114 transport levy funded through savings in the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $3 billion budget but this was defeated by other councillors, a number of whom now have said they wish to change their minds and support his position.

There are two outstanding facts in this budgetary process that Howick ratepayers should keep in mind. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Submitters in the budget consultation phase overwhelmingly rejected a rates increase of 3.5 per cent in the long term plan and wanted the mayor to keep his election promise of an average 2.5 per cent increase â&#x2013; â&#x2013; We strongly opposed the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s targeted transport rate of $114 dollars per household.

The consultation document that went to the Auckland people asked if ratepayers were prepared to pay a motorway toll or a fuel tax to raise additional funds for transport projects. Both options would require the Government to pass legislation to implement them but the Government has repeatedly stated its opposition to both options.

While the majority of submitters declared they would be prepared to accept a toll, probably knowing that they would not use the motorway system or could avoid using it, the mayor decided to come forward at the last minute with his special transport levy proposal. There was no pre-consultation on this.

The Quax amendment to the proposal was: â&#x20AC;&#x153;That funding of the council share of the interim transport programme be found within the proposed rates increase of 2.5 per cent and within the organisationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing $3b opera-

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The reality is that Our argument was Auckland Council conthat a two per cent tinues to duplicate saving in the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s central government operational budget spending at a cost to the would raise the necesratepayer. Should counsary funding for trans- Councillor cil spending include port and keep the rates Dick Quax funding to deal with increase at 2.5 per cent, homelessness or to prorather than the 9.9 per cent aver- vide training, skills and employage across the region. Only seven ment training at a cost of millions councillors supported the Quax to the ratepayer when these are resolution with 15 voting against matters for central government it, including the two unelected administration? members of the Independent Transport is the number one Maori Statutory Board. issue that Aucklanders want counIronically, two days after the cil to deal with. That should be vote was taken, six council- the focus of expenditure; not the lors wrote a letter to the mayor allocation of millions of dollars to demanding he find savings in the matters that are the responsibility budget. Four of the six councillors of central government and to the who were signatories to that letter establishment of interest group voted against the Quax amend- panels that are peripheral to mainment. stream obligations to ratepayers!

Despite the additional rate funded transport levy, the actual â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Dick Quax is a Howick Ward spend on Auckland transport councillor on the Auckland infrastructure over the next three Council and Chair of the years will be half a billion dollars Tenders and Procurement less than in the previous three Committee

Top 10 things that make us Kiwi THE FLAG Consideration Panel announced last week a list of the most frequent themes that reflect our national identity that New Zealanders have fed back in the first week to the Panel via the website www.standfor.co.nz One week into the formal process for the New Zealand public to consider the national flag, the Flag Consideration Panel said values such as history, freedom, equality, future, family, heritage, commonwealth, respect, kiwi and peace were being stated as important to Kiwis.

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It is great to see those that are getting involved in genuine discussion about the flag and what makes New Zealand special. As a panel, our focus is to listen to these values and use them as we consider flag design suggestions. The nationwide community workshops and engagement hui start at the

end of this week and they too will help inform us of what New Zealanders are looking for in their flag,â&#x20AC;? said Professor Burrows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only been one week and already over 5,000 people have elected to have their name etched on the national flagpole monument, Te Pou Herenga Tangata (the post that binds the people together) that will be erected at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.

It is also great to see that over 110,000 people have viewed the history of the New Zealand Flag video. We are hearing that this is proving educational to just as many adults as children.â&#x20AC;?

More than 500 flag designs have been received which can be viewed on www.flag.govt.nz.

The closing date for designs is 16 July 2015,â&#x20AC;? said Burrows.

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Feedback Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not banter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about bullying It pays to give your feedback. Your opinion matters to us. Email us at editor@times.co.nz; comment on our Facebook page, facebook.com/timesonlinenz; or write to us at The Editor, Times Newspapers, PO Box 259-243, Botany. Auckland 2163; fax (09) 271-8073. Words should not exceed 200 words and should carry the name, residential address and contact telephone number of the author. Nom de plumes not accepted.

Opinion by, MARK HENRICKSON

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HE recent publication of the Out on the Fields study of homophobia in sport in English-speaking countries has highlighted what sexual and gender minorities know all too well: homophobia is alive and well and living in our communities.

Let us be clear: this study is not about banter; it is about bullying.

Whether it is in classrooms or boardrooms, on the street or on the sport field, pitch or paddock, the dominant social understanding is that heterosexuality, and its accompanying rights, institutions and privileges, is normal, natural, inevitable, and desirable.

This view, called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;heteronormativityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, is what surrounds children and young people from birth. Heteronormativity is reinforced by media and every social institution, and can be accepted uncritically by young people as they become adults.

Heteronormativity is accompanied by the notion of heterosexual privilege, by which heterosexuals assume the right to establish â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;normalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; behaviour and relationships, and to demean non-heterosexually conforming behaviour.

Heterosexual privilege assumes the right to shout â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;faggotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;queerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dykeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at two men or two women walking down the street holding

Vote of sympathy

THE Botany Labour Party is pleased to see that the National Party has acknowledged that the Capital Gains Tax that the Labour Party campaigned on during the 2014 General Election was and is a totally sensible and practical tax especially in an economy battling with a housing bubble fuelled by property speculation.

We are amused to see that Mr Key has somersaulted and U turned yet again from his earlier stated position that: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hate capital gains taxes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like them. The reason I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like them is that, in political terms I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think they work,â&#x20AC;? Key said.

(Property July 2, 2012) only to, in 2015, decide to impose such a tax.

The Botany Labour Party extends its sympathy to the local MP, Jami-Lee Ross, who has now to swallow and choke on the Labour Party policy so willingly embraced by his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dear Leader.â&#x20AC;?

The imposition of a Capital Gains Tax on property purchased for speculative purposes must be very hard for Jami-Lee Ross to stomach, especially as he has been a consistent echo chamber for his Leader in

hands, minding their own business.

It assumes the right to label, exclude, and humiliate people based on assumptions about the way they behave or love. It assumes the right in some countries to engage in socalled corrective rape of women who are perceived as lesbian, or to jail, torture or execute gay people for the crime of being who they are.

Heterosexual privilege in every country educates young people about how they must behave in order to avoid being excluded or humiliated, including ensuring that young people conceal any non-conforming identities. In 1983 the late poet Adrienne Rich wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heterosexuality has had to be imposed, managed, organized, propagandized and maintained by forceâ&#x20AC;?.

In other words, homophobia, heteronormativity and heterosexual privilege are simply sophisticated words for social bullying.

Out on the Fields is an on-line study of 9,494 people (and 26 per cent of these identified as heterosexual) from the major English speaking nations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and asked them about their experiences in sport.

This was a self-selected and very large sample, with 651 participants from New Zealand. (It is notoriously difficult to recruit probability sam-

opposing, without evidence, knowledge or justification, the introduction of such a tax.

The Botany Labour Party welcomes the sudden appearance of a glimmer of economic intelligence within the National Party and takes this opportunity to remind the public that it has been the Labour Party, in Government, that has consistently demonstrated greater competency in responsibly managing the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy.

Harjit Singh Chair, Labour Botany LEC Alan Papprill Secretary, Labour Botany LEC

Lock your cars

I WORK at a petrol station and we see this all the time - keys left in the ignition, driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s door left wide open while customer comes in to pay.

Cars unlocked and handbags left on passenger seat while customer comes into shop.

I notice this when I am doing forecourt duties.

If I get the opportunity I will mention the risk to the customer when they return to their car. Some are very trusting.

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ples for studies of sexual and gender minorities because many people in these groups feel the need to conceal their sexuality identities).

Among key findings, the study found that 73 per cent of participants felt that youth sport is not safe and welcoming for gay people; 80 per cent of participants said that they had witnessed or experienced homophobia in sport; 84 per cent of gay men and 82 per cent of lesbians had been the target of verbal assaults, and 19 per cent of gay men and 9 per cent of lesbians had been physically assaulted.

The new career killer

A recent event at a soccer match in Toronto showing several fans abusing a female TV reporter with extremely lewd and crude comments, received major coverage in the mainstream media and has gone viral on Social Media.

One of these fans was fired from his six-figure salaried job when his employer saw the coverage.

And his problems donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end there.

The toxic online presence he has created will follow him from now on.It seems like every week we hear about famous people getting themselves in hot water because of ill-advised comments or pictures they have posted on Social Media.

Yet many in our society continue this behaviour, oblivious to the consequences.Recruiters, employers and hiring managers report that close to forty percent of the applicants they review are rejected because of what they find out about them online. And this applies from college graduates to senior executives.

A March 25, 2015 story in the Irish Independent newspaper gave the example of a high-ranking individual who was eliminated as a candidate for a position he applied for because

These findings are very consistent with the 2003 Lavender Islands national study of 2,269 people in New Zealand which found that three-quarters of gay men and twothirds of lesbians had been verbally assaulted, and 18 per cent of gay men and 9 per cent of lesbians had been physically assaulted because of their sexuality. It seems that not much has changed.

The findings from Out on the Fields will be nothing new to sexual and gender minorities.

Queer communities have experienced intolerance and hate in many arenas, whether it is from religious authorities, in a classroom, an athletic team or PE class, a parliamentary debate, or simply walking down the street.

What Out on the Fields does is to turn the focus on where the problem really sits.

Calling someone â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;queerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;faggotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is not a gay problem: it is a straight problem. It is a problem for heterosexuals.

People who engage in social bullying are lesser people because of their bullying, and they teach our children to be lesser, more intolerant people.

That is the challenge to New Zealand sport and the wider society.

The messages from Out on the Fields are directed at both heterosexual people and sexual minority

communities.

To heterosexuals the message is: this kind of bullying is your problem, and you need to fix it.

The study challenges heterosexual coaches, officials, and players to stand up and declare themselves against bullying of any kind in sport, and particularly homophobic bullying.

It challenges heterosexual academics who study sport to conduct full scale studies of sport in New Zealand to document the scope of homophobic bullying in all codes, and to make clear recommendations to address the problem.

To sexual minority communities, the message is equally clear: the battles are far from over. Author Michaelangelo Signorile warns against â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;victory blindnessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

With all that gay, lesbian and trans communities have won in the last few years in the legislatures, courts and media it is easy for us to sit back and think â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

But Out on the Fields reminds us that there is still much more to do.

Now it is clearer where the work must be done to ensure healthy young people and societies: not only in queer communities, but in mainstream heterosexual communities.

of ill-advised comments he had posted online.

In the pre-Internet world, he would have been a shoe-in for the job. In the post-Internet world, he killed his chances by his ignorance of the consequences of his online behaviour.

We would be doing our graduates a big favour if we insisted that, at the beginning of their job search, they answered the question: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What would a search of the Internet reveal about me?â&#x20AC;?

Ron McGowan

the level playing field against the secondary student trying to make his or her way in the world?

From my observation, many of the achievers of the Cambridge qualifications are off to American universities, or further afield, quick smart leaving the NZCEA achievers well behind.

I also know that Kings College is experiencing an increase in demand for the Cambridge qualification.

The answer to the merits of both qualifications must be known by our universities but for some reason they are not telling us. Is it because they too have vested interests?

As all these institutions are taxpayer-funded - it is their responsibility to keep us informed. We want to know.

Gary Hollis, Howick

Cambridge v NZCEA

IN ONE sense Macleans College is a charter school in that it is hugely funded with Asian capital because the Asian community is astute enough and more aware of university requirements worldwide where the Cambridge qualification is the more recognised one.

It is now common knowledge that the Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policies on housing have slewed the level playing field against New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first home buyer.

Could it be that by imposing the NZCEA qualification into our schools, the Government has slewed

â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Mark Henrickson is Associate Professor of Social Work at Massey University, Auckland.

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Transport tax $2 each, â&#x20AC;&#x153;less than a cup of coffee per personâ&#x20AC;? say Len (Times, May 14).

Looking at my rates, I must be living with 60 other people if you include the tax on the tax, living in my 3 bedroom home.

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Bunny Display

A RABBIT show will be held by the South Auckland and North Shore Rabbit Clubs and Rabbit Council of New Zealand with a judge coming over from America.

The show is on Saturday, May 30, Drury School Hall, Youngs Crescent, 10am. Admission - gold coin.

Phone Glenda 263-4665.

Floral art

HOWICK Floral Art Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting at The Howick Bowling Club, Selwyn Road, Howick on Monday, May 24, 12.30pm for 1pm start will be a workshop run by Kerry Gillbanks, from the botanic garden.

All flax will be provided; you will need a good pair of scissors, spring peg and bone-handled knife together with a cloth. Visitors welcome, $10. Phone Sue 535-4593.

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fellowship

DOVE Catholic Fellowship for Women. Next meeting is on healing. Guest Speaker: Father John Rea. Come and share a cuppa, friendship and encouragement.

Tuesday, May 26, 7.30pm, St Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parish Hall, Manurewa.

All welcome. Phone Grace on 5773479 for more information.

Open mic night

HOWICK RSA is looking for performers for its Open Mic Night at 7pm on May 28 at its Wellington Street club in Howick. To enter email admin@howickrsa.co.nz or phone 534-9702.

Botany Library

BOTANY Library has a new programme that begins on June 8. At Botanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Digital Hour, you can learn about any device, eBook, app or library resource. Visit the library from 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm on any Monday and your librarian will to answer any question you have. Call first to get the most use of your time. Email botany.library@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz or phone 272 0010 for more details.

Green Gables

GREEN Gables Cottage Art Gallery, Hawthornden Reserve, 66 Cook Street, Howick will feature artist Lesley Keane from Friday June 5 - Sunday 28th June 28. Sales help to support South Auckland Totara Hospice. Gallery hours: Fri/Sat/Sun 10am to 3pm.

Phone Beryl 534-5448.

Highland Park Probus

THE LADIES Probus Club of Highland Park meets at 10am on the first Friday of the month at the Trinity Methodist Church, 474 Pakuranga Road.  On June 5 Phil Si Loue will be speaking on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Origins of Name Placesâ&#x20AC;?. Phone Colleen 534-8544.

MECOSS meeting

THURSDAY 21st May 21, 10am12pm, Howick Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Youth Theatre, 29 Granger Road, Howick. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this is a great opportunity to learn and network with other community organisations in the Howick and Pakuranga area. Phone Karen 5333685 or 022-063 2677.

Men in Black

FAVOURITE Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison hits will be performed by Brendan Dugan and Tony Wellington at Howick RSA, Wellington Street Howick. The three-hour concert is at 5-8pm on July 12; dinner at 5-7pm. To book phone 534-9702.

The Garage Op Shop

YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL find bargains galore and some of the best prices around at The Garage Op Shop, 96 Udys Rd, Pakuranga. Opening hours Friday 10am-2pm.  Phone 576-2435 or thegarageopshop@pcf.gen.nz for more information.

Singles group

NEW HORIZONS is a social and friendship club for single 40s, 50s & 60s. Monthly programmes of barbecues, outings, dinners, film etc. A club and prospective new membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; night is held on the 1st Thursday of each month at the Barrel Inn. Cook Street, Howick.

Come along from 6.30pm and meet new friends. For more details contact Rex on 577-3459 or Suzy on 529-4027 or www.auckland-singles-social-club.org.nz

Zonta East

ZONTA International is an organisation of 30,000 women in 64 countries actively working to advance the status of women worldwide. The Zonta Club of East Auckland Inc. meets on the first Tuesday of each month at the Howick Club for a dinner meeting, next on Tuesday, June 2. We are involved in advocacy, fellowship and service. Phone Eleanor on 534-8681, email zontaeast@zonta. org.nz or visit www.zonta.org.nz.

Mid-winter Christmas

HOWICK RSA will celebrate midwinter Christmas at Crumpys Restaurant with Christmas lunch and dinner with all the trimmings on June 17, 24 and July 3. Cost is $21per person and booking is necessary. Phone the RSA in Wellington Street, Howick, on 534-9702.

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Other highlights from the report include: â&#x2013; â&#x2013; New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IT services and software industry is rapidly growing, with the number of domestic IT businesses topping 10,000 for the first time in 2014. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Employment in the sector is on the rise with the number of people employed in IT services and software firms up 2,800 in the year to June 2014 to 26,700. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; More ICT businesses are expanding internationally, with the report showing that exports of IT services and software have doubled since 2008. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Computer services account for 25 per cent of all business expenditure on research and devel-

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CAP Money Course

IS YOUR financial position stressing you? This is a free course consisting of three weekly sessions that helps you manage your money, so you budget, save and spend well. Commencing Friday, June 12, 7-9 pm, Eastview Baptist Church, Botany. Phone Patti 5763367 or email pleigh@xtra.co.nz.

ICT report reveals industry strength he 2015 ICT Sector Report is the second in a series that provides in-depth analysis of New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s information and communications technology sector, and showcases New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very strong performance in the ICT industry over the last few years. The first report was released in 2013. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The report shows that the technology software and services sector has been growing at the rate of 9 per cent per annum since 2008 and now contributes 1.7 per cent of GDP,â&#x20AC;? Mr Joyce says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The export performance is particularly pleasing. Exports have grown at 14 per cent per annum over the last six years to exceed $930 million in 2014. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are marked increases in many areas including employment growth, business expenditure on research and development, and exports of IT services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This report underlines how New Zealand has been rapidly diversifying its economy in recent years.â&#x20AC;?

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Ladies Probus

THE LADIES Probus Club of Howick Central will meet at 10am, Friday, May 22, Nixon Hall, Sale St, Howick. The speaker will be Marian Hemingsen who is a probation officer with the Department of Corrections. Â New members very welcome. Phone Linda on 536-5385.

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Property Institute backs suite of policy â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tweaksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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ROPERTY Institute of New Zealand chief executive Ashley Church has applauded the suite of tax and property measures announced last week â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but says that they are more in the nature of welcome â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tweaksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; than major policy changes and cautions that they will not impact on house price inflation in Auckland.

He points to the central plank of the announcements - the decision to tax capital gains made on property sold within two years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as a change in emphasis rather than a new policy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been Government policy to levy tax on anyone buying an investment property with the intention of selling it at a profit, within 10 years of purchase, for as long as I can remember,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So the real change here is that the Government is giving the IRD more resource to police that policy within the first two years of that purchaseâ&#x20AC;?

He says thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an unreasonable step to take and may even bring in a little more tax income â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but believes it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any impact on house prices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine that there are too many speculators buying and selling quickly in this market because capital growth is so strong. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more likely that most investors will hang on to their properties for a few years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at

not rental: This announcement is aimed at property traders, or speculators as some people like to call them, not rental property owners says Andrew King, executive officer of the NZ Property Photo supplied Investorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Federation.

least until this current boom has run its courseâ&#x20AC;?

Mr Church says that moves to identify foreign investors by requiring them to have a New Zealand tax number are also welcome â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but also doubts that this move will make any noticeable impact on the market. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been calling for some form of registration of foreign investors for a while

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not because we necessarily believe that they are skewing the market â&#x20AC;&#x201C;but because all of the various opinions are based on guesswork until we actually have that information.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Church says the evidence, once collected, will probably show that foreign investors are actually a far smaller problem than generally believed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overall, the changes get a

tick. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re good, sensible, measures which amplify existing policy settings and allow for the collection of important information â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to lead to a halt in Auckland house price inflation.â&#x20AC;?

The NZ Property Investors Federation is comfortable with the Prime Ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announcement,â&#x20AC;? says Andrew King, executive officer of the NZ Property Investorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Federation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This announcement is aimed at property traders, or speculators as some people like to call them, not rental property owners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we have been saying for years, people trading property have always had to pay tax on their profits and this move will help to clarify this. This should finally put to rest all the unfounded comments from people who say that property has a tax advantage.â&#x20AC;?

The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) is pleased with the announcement to differentiate between the Auckland real estate market and the rest of the country, with the decision to relax LVR restrictions on first home buyers outside of the Auckland region.

In 2013, REINZ advised the Reserve Bank to consider a regional approach to the introduction of LVR restrictions before the policy was formally introduced on October 1, 2013.

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HE Eastern Beaches dwelling median price is up to $873,000 in the year ending April, up 14 per cent on the same time last year and in line with the regional trend, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (REINZ) latest ďŹ gures.

However, the number of Eastern Beaches dwellings sold is slowing at 191 compared with 185 in April last year and the median days to sell a property are static at 33.

Colleen Milne, REINZ chief executive says the Auckland region continues to experience strong demand from all types of property buyers and low levels of new listings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vendor expectations are continuing to move higher across the region, with an increasing number of suburbs seeing the median price above $1 million. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The trend in the median price

continues to improve, although the volume trend continues to ease,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The days to sell trend remains steady and the overall trend for the region is steady.â&#x20AC;?

Wendy Alexander, chief executive of Barfoot & Thompson says while the average price increases are signiďŹ cant, they are not out of the ordinary in that they are similar to the increases experienced over the past two years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More top end properties are sold in the summer/autumn months than in the second half of the year, resulting in the average price easing back after strong starts to the year,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Demand for property remained rock solid in April, and is reďŹ&#x201A;ected in the prices buyers were prepared to pay.â&#x20AC;?

The latest QV Residential Price Movement Index shows the Auckland market has increased 14.6 per cent year on

year, 4.3 per cent over the past three months and 48.1 per cent since 2007. When adjusted for inďŹ&#x201A;ation, values are 14.5 per cent over the past year and 27 per cent above the 2007 peak.

Andrea Rush, QV national spokesperson says steepening of the national index is indicative of the sharp rise in Auckland values over the past six months.

The index, she says, shows the average value for the region has now broken into the $800,000s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With net migration at a record 54,000 and still rising and 50 per cent of migrants moving to Auckland, home values in the SuperCity are likely to remain high and keep rising during 2015 as supply continues to outstrip demand.

Manukau-East values rose 5.3 per cent over the past three months and 13.6 per cent year on year, the index shows.

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Because of this, he says, construction of minor household units is becoming increasingly popular.

Huge sales volumes in Auckland/Northland were a key feature of Harcourtsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; April sale ďŹ gures, the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief executive, Hayden Duncan says.

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Median days to sell 2011 40 2012 30 2013 29 2014 33 2015 33 Percentage change 2014 to 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 0%

Dwelling sales volumes 2006 2450 2008 1350 2014 2210 2015 2759 Percentage change 2014 to 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; +25%

Auckland Region Dwelling median price 2006 $387,250 2014 $611,500 2015 $720,000 Percentage change 2014 to 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; +18%

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Building Services LICENSED

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SB Electrical NZ Reg Electrician. Reasonable rates.

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PETS

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ting Ltd Wayne â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pain

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Hill Plumbing

PLUMBERS

Ph Ross 521-2777 or 021-944899

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LANDSCAPING

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Ph Mark 021 2762535

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

TILING

CD229507

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

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GARAGE SALES

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

DUTY MANAGER PERMANENT PART TIME

Howick Sports & Social Club invites Expressions of Interest for a position of Permanent Part Time Duty Manager. Hours of work approximately 30 and wages will be negotiated depending on employment experience.

The Club is keen to hear from you if you possess: � Current Managers Certificate � Relevant experience in Gaming

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BUILDER FT/PT for decks/ fences/ retainers, some labour wk 022 380 1445 or 537 5848

Fleet Groomer

Required for busy access hire company.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the day to day maintenance and preparation for hire of an access fleet in Penrose, Auckland.

A full class 1 licence is required for occasional deliveries towing trailer.

A variety of work is offered in clean and pleasant conditions.

Remuneration to suit experience and familiarity with the equipment used.

Enquiries please email to Jamie Ryan jamie@skyrise.co.nz

Please email CV with a covering letter to: secretary@howickdartclub.co.nz

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A great opportunity for an unqualified and experienced reliever to join our motivated team

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We are a small but growing Import Company based in East Tamaki. Our busy, energetic, multi-cultural team is seeking an administration assistant who will be a reliable, confident and hard-working team member.

So if you’ve got excellent communication skills, love working as part of a team, with attention to detail, good computer literacy and proven organisation and planning skills, this role is for you. Proficient in Cantonese or Mandarin will be an advantageous.

Please email your CV and covering letter to diana@grandee.co.nz

A fixed-term vacancy exists for a teacher aide to work 30 hours per week during term time – 39 weeks.

The position involves supporting students with emotional, behavioural or learning disabilities in mainstream and learner-support classes.

An application form is available by emailing Shelley Ross on sross@pakuranga.school.nz Applications close on Tuesday 26 May 2015 Phone: 5347159 www.pakuranga.school.nz

Jenny Craig Consultant

LEGAL SECRETARY Fleming-Foster is a well - established law firm located in Manukau.

We have a full time position for an experienced legal secretary with New Zealand legal experience in commercial, Trust, Estate and Property related work.

The successful applicant will: • Be self motivated with excellent time management skills • Have clear communication skills • Be able to produce a high standard of work with strong attention to detail • Have fast and accurate typing skills • Be experienced with digital dictation • Be able to work in a small team environment • Have knowledge of Lawbase, Landonline, Companies Office, setting up E-Dealings and web forms is essential This role requires a candidate who is prepared to use their initiative and is capable of maintaining a calm, professional and friendly approach in a busy environment.

A competitive salary with a carpark will be offered to the successful applicant.

Email your CV with a covering letter to: devika@flemingfoster.co.nz

Learning Assistant

TEACHER AIDE

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CD230740

Please forward your CV to: Reception Manager East Care Limited PO Box 38-306, Howick 2145 Email to: debbie@eastcare.co.nz

Mellons Bay School

CD230463

East Care Accident, Medical & Specialist Centre is a vibrant and busy 24 hour medical centre serving the Eastern Suburbs.

East Care is looking to employ two professional Medical Receptionists to complement our large team.

The package consists of a mix of afternoon, evening, and overnight shifts. (Overnight shifts are from 10.30pm to 7.30am) Key to this role is your ability to deliver first class reception services, including handling telephone calls, managing and scheduling client appointments, bookings and referrals, maintaining and updating medical records, liaising with internal and external clinical teams, invoicing and receipting, and ensuring the smooth running of the front-of-house environment.

The successful applicants will need to: � Have great time management skills and an ability to multi task � Be computer literate with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail � Have great interpersonal skills and a professional telephone manner � Be able to provide cover for other staff on leave � Have excellent oral and written communication skills � Be able to communicate in a warm and friendly manner with a diverse group of people Knowledge of MedTech32 would be an advantage although training in this software will be provided.

Applications close 16th March 2015.

Rockabye is located in Highland Park (East Auckland).

We are looking for a bubbly, enthusiastic ECE teacher, to work on a full time basis at our centre. This relievers position may lead to a full time role.

We would like to hear from candidates who have the following prerequisites: � Experience and/or studying towards a recognised ECE qualification � Demonstrate a genuine passion for educating Preschoolers to become life long learners. � Sound written and verbal communication skills � Ability to work as a team member, positively and proactively � Self motivated, creative and prepared to go the extra mile If you have good initiative, can take direction, know how to have fun and most importantly like working with children, we would love to hear from you.

This position is based on a 40 hour week and shifts will be between 7.30am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. You do not need to be qualified for this position but experience is essential.

CD230196

MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST PART TIME

Required to deliver the Howick and Pakuranga Times in the following areas: PAKURANGA RUN# 2A Riverlea Ave, Browns Ave, Williams Ave, Tamaki Bay Road, Dowling Pl RUN# 16C Reelick Ave, Robert Allen Way, Nan Pl MEADOWLANDS/HOWICK RUN# 32A Sale St, Masefield St, Tanglewood Pl RUN# 26C Whitford Rd (part of), Golders Pl, Culver Tce, Gooch Pl, Meadowlands Dr (part of) RUN# 43A Juliet Ave (part of), Willoughby Ave, Pakuranga Rd (part of), The Link NORTHPARK/DANNEMORA RUN# 24EEE Kilkenny Dr (part of), Chapel Rd(part of), Tralee Tce, Botany Ct, Annalong Rd, Mellick Pl HOWICK RUN# 30D Cockle Bay Rd(part of), Stevenson Way, Colleen Ct, Jolyn Pl, Shelly Beach Prd RUN# 46A Oliver Twist Ave, Micawber Pl, Bleakhouse Rd (part of) RUN# 41B Landop Tce, Pine Tce, Patons Rd, Vida Pl FARM COVE RUN# 22D Arkley Pl, Bramley Dr, Fielding Cr

Both could be full or part time positions, hours to suit.

Applicants must live local, be reliable, speak and understand English and have presentable appearances.

Email a one page CV to: kitchenette505@gmail.com Telephone Allen 021 2816501

CD230774

CD230838

Brian Bayly, Principal Macleans Primary School 10 Wycherley Drive, Bucklands Beach admin@macleansprimary.school.nz www.macleansprimary.school.nz

��������������������������� Be experienced Hold Class 2 and have a current Drivers Licence A good working knowledge of Auckland Dangerous Goods Licence Some mechanical knowledge Be honest and reliable

CD230344

We are seeking to employ an enthusiastic and committed classroom teacher who wishes to work part time.

This is a job-share situation, 3 days per week, Monday Wednesday, in the Junior Syndicate, teaching a Year 1 class in 2015.

Recent successful NZ teaching experience essential.

A warm and welcoming personality, a passion for teaching young children and current effective pedagogical practice required.

Ability and willingness to contribute to the corporate life of the school an advantage.

Position commences 20 July.

Applications close Monday 25 May. Completed application form (located on our website) along with your cv should be addressed to:

An opportunity has arisen for a reliable, self motivated, energetic person for our busy East Tamaki operation to carry out local deliveries of Hand Pallet Trucks and small Rental Fleet Equipment.

CD230699

TEACHING POSITION PART TIME

BOTANY NEW WORLD Are you looking for an opportunity!!

If you are a fully qualified Butcher, a current Manager/21C. Please contact me.

You will be able to lead a team, deliver on target and will know all the facts that go with running a successful Butchery Department along with care and commitment.

Remuneration will be discussed at your interview.

Please call Penny Ashton 09 2711 800 ext 730 Email: penny.ashton@nw.co.nz

Crown Equipment Limited is a New Zealand wide market leader with innovative and respected products with its Head Office in East Tamaki, Auckland.

Kitchenette Cafe Highland Park Now under new Management

10.5 hours per week – fixed term

BUTCHERY MANAGER

Delivery Driver

CHEF & QUALIFIED BARISTA

We have a vacancy for a learning assistant.

This person must be available to work from 9 – 12.30pm Monday to Wednesday.

Please forward a letter of application and CV with the names of two referees to the assistant principal – judyc@mellonsbay.school.nz Applicants should have New Zealand residency or a New Zealand work visa.

CASUAL/PART TIME POSITION

Sales orientated / administrator is required to assist with the sales development of a product in an emerging market.

Full training and support will be given.

To apply email your CV to: ryan@riggaspaving.co.nz

We are currently looking for a Collision Repair Technician.

An I-car trained technician would be advantageous.

We carry out all aspects of collision repairs.

Wages are negotiable on qualifications and experience.

The successful applicant must be a qualified tradeperson with either NZ Residency or a valid NZ work visa.

For Enquiries Phone 534 4662

CD230762

CD230755

Full and part time positions available.

Please send your CV with covering letter to: Kamilla at abtc2@xtra.co.nz or phone 535 4076

CD230821

Phone Dave 021 743 283

Howick Workshop No need to battle the traffic, work local, live local

Qualified Beauty Therapist and Electrologist Wanted

CD229889

Immediate start

PANELBEATER

CD230667

BUILDER REQUIRED

SITUATIONS VACANT

CD230182

Required for small Ellerslie Law Firm.

Conveyancing and Dictaphone typing experience essential.

Part time hours. 9am to 1.30pm (Mon-Fri).

Bruce Scott Stevens Lawyers Ph 525 2163 craig@brucescottstevens.co.nz

CD227676

Arc-Rite Electrical Services Ltd is a progressive, customer focused, leading East Tamaki contracting and servicing company. We are an established business and for over 23 years have been serving a wide variety of clients throughout the greater Auckland region.

Due to an increased demand we are seeking a Qualified Tradesperson with at least 2 years’ experience as a registered electrician. The successful applicant will possess the following attributes. � English speaking with both excellent written and verbal communication skills.

An ability to communicate directly with our clients in a professional manner. � Be motivated, reliable, flexible and willing to learn the specialized areas of the industry we operate in. � A team player that is able to work with others, both in our team and with our customers. � Experience in the domestic, commercial and industrial sector. � Ability to work unsupervised, seeing a job through from inception to completion, demonstrating attention to detail and satisfaction in seeing a job finished to a high standard. � NZ residency and a clean drivers licence.

This is an excellent opportunity for the right person to work in a pleasant environment that offers exposure to areas of the industry that are diverse and interesting. On job training will be provided in our specialist areas. We have a great team ambiance. Our workshop is spacious, clean and well appointed.

The successful applicant will enjoy the benefits of full time employment with a competitive wage based on experience, a modern company vehicle, uniform and phone.

In the first instance send your CV and a covering letter outlining your service history to: PO Box 58-218, Botany, Auckland, 2163 Or email: Pam@arcrite.co.nz (Applications close 29th June 2015)

SITUATIONS VACANT

LEGAL EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

REGISTERED ELECTRICIAN

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Pakuranga

Jenny Craig is a leader in delivering effective weight management solutions based around three key areas critical to effective weight loss and maintenance: Food, Body and Mind.

Everything we do… our training, our One to One Consultations, our rosters, our food and Menus is with our clients in mind and ultimately to ensure we can help as many people as possible.

We are seeking a motivating and health conscious individual to work as a Part Time Consultant in our Pakuranga Weight Loss Centre.

As a Jenny Craig Consultant, your key objective is to provide support and coaching to help clients gain the skills and knowledge to achieve their weight loss goal and maintain that goal weight. In addition you will facilitate motivational coaching sessions and telephone calls including the sale of products and programs to support individual client needs.

This role is tailor made for an individual who is passionate about leading a healthy lifestyle, team oriented and who is determined to support clients throughout their weight loss journeys.

Jenny Craig Consultants are required to work variable hours.

Hours are rostered to meet the operational requirements of the Centre and can include Monday to Friday, Saturday, split shifts and evening shifts.

To apply for this role, please send your CV and covering letter to pakuranga@jennycraig.com.au or if you would like to discuss this role further, please contact the Pakuranga Centre on 577-3227 CD230660

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SITUATIONS VACANT

CHILDCARE

TUITION

JOB TRAINING

DRUM tuition, beg-adv. Prof tutor Ph: 535-8170

PART TIME work with flexible hours. Suit retired person. Small factory shop.

East Tamaki area ph: 021 100 0052

C.V.’S CV and interview preparation. Ph Linda 534 8412

BEST MASSAGE. Therapeutic. Qualf’d Chinese specialist. Be revitalised!

537 5011

HOME HELP OFFERED

Assistant required for busy East Tamaki engineering shop. Suit recent school leaver with an interest in metal work.

National Diploma in

Quantity Surveying

Since 2000

K6D084

Ph: 532 8385

ACCOUNTANT

ACCOUNTING SERVICES

TH

JUNE

PROFESSIONALS

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

KNITWEAR REPAIR

Specialise in repair of Knitwear, Moth holes, Burn holes, Tears, Pulls, Hem Worn, Breaks in Seams etc.

HANNAH 09-534 0866, 021-966-088 knitwearepair@gmail.com

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

STUDY IN MANUKAU

RODNEY WAYNE SYLVIA PARK

STUDENT LOANS AND ALLOWANCES APPLY

Award Winning Team

HURRY

PLACES ARE

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STUDENT SERVICES

Don’t Miss this Chance... Waimiha 3 Unique Holiday Homes or a Business Opportunity

Picturesque river frontage, mountain bike trail, hunting, fishing, tramping and more - from $295,000 all to be sold

07 894 7677 - Trademe #den455 Visit our website www.times.co.nz

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CD230777

www.futureskills.co.nz

15 Earl Richardson Ave, Manukau

Christian LINK Looking for a church home?

Howick Presbyterian Church

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

St Andrew’s Church Centre Cnr Vincent St & Ridge Rd, Howick www.howpres.org.nz Sunday, May 24 8.45am Morning Worship 10am Family Service with King’s Kids Thursday, May 28 10am Morning Worship

Phone 535-4403

CD229380

CD230899

CD222867

SITUATIONS VACANT

Full time legal executive required for medium sized Botany Junction Law Firm with modern offices and friendly environment.

Legal experience, fluency in English and Chinese with an understanding of Asian culture essential. Immediate start.

Murdoch Price Lawyers - Ph: 271 5876 ext 207 CV to email: qliang@murdochprice.co.nz

0800 696 874

HOUSES FOR SALE

ACCOUNTANT available for Income Tax returns, Financial Statements, Company Formations, GST & PAYE, and administration. Ask us for a competitive quote Ph Paul 022 6459604

An exciting new opportunity has become available for a confident and experienced Stylist.

We have a busy, modern, high class salon and a fun a team.

If you’re passionate, looking for a career development opportortunity and excellent rewards, please email your CV to: sylviapark@rodneywayne.co.nz OR phone Gaye 021 599 109

Pakuranga 576-9069 Howick 534-1619

Owner overseas Walk in walk out $28,000 ono Highland Park Phone Bruce 021 558 557

CD47031

ACCOUNTING SERVICES Chartered Specialising in companies, trust, small business, rentals, tax and GST, also provide bookkeeping service 0272 662 660 278 2660

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Free pick-up/delivery Satisfaction guaranteed

CD230600

Takeaway Bar Urgent Sale

MATHS PHYSICS Calculus Stats Chem. Tutor NCEA/ Camb. Ph 250 4422 or 021 107 2851

CD229738

STARTS

$25(conditions Per Basket apply)

Email: belinda@tandarra.co.nz

A good family business Highland Park Open 6 days a week Lunch and dinner offers over $220,000 considered Phone Bruce 021 558 557

LESSONS FROM $18 Private, professional,affordable.

Competitions, practical and theory exams.

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

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

Professional Ironing

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

PIANO - KEYBOARD GUITAR - VIOLIN VOICE - DRUMS

PROFESSIONAL TUITION

Enrol in Accelerated Construction Studies. Complete two inter-related level 6 National Diplomas in 2 years.

Chinese Restaurant/Takeaways

CD230719

FOCUS ON FEET. Home visits. Professional Gentle Care. Marlena RN Ph 5331150

Construction Management

Music Lessons

CD180708

WORKSHOP ASSISTANT REQUIRED

HEALTH & BEAUTY

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

National Diploma in

BUSINESS FOR SALE

CD230725

CD230866

EARN from Home 24/7 PT / FT. For FREE info: www.24sevenbiznz.com

KIDS KARATE

CD45807

I am looking for someone to look after my two children in our home in Farm Cove, assisting with homework and light housework.

I require someone reliable, flexible, fun and hardworking.

From 3pm Monday - Friday (4-5 days).

Drivers licence essential.

Please phone Andrea 021 619 249

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

TUITION

CD143001

Tradesperson required.

Pakuranga area.

Must be competent in all areas.

Overtime available.

Ph Steve 09 577 0024 or 0274 533 250

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Afterschool Care

CAR PAINTER CD230693

One Lord One Faith One People

CD152726

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

CD129660

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WANTED TO RENT

ACCOMMODATION OFFERED HOWICK flatmate, double bedroom, own bathroom.

Suit prof, quiet man. Ph 021 243 8468

TO LET

TO LET

TO LET

MANUKAU Diorella Dr, shop or office space. Handy Te Iriangi Manukau Shopping, m/way. $190pw. Ph 530 8548 or 027 604 9844 Classic Prop Mgmt

COCKLE BAY 1 brm flat, unfurnished, 600m to Howick Village. $320pw incl power, water. Ph 021 536337

MEADOWLANDS 1brm flat, quiet, prof, sgle, n/s, no pets. osp, w/mach, Sky, power, water. $325pw Phone 021 061 3282 or 533 6421

OFFICES to let, East Tamaki (2) 85m2 & 50m2 includes power, water & broadband. Rent neg. Ph Graham 0274 832 856

FLAT BUSH Thomas Rd, modern 3 bdrm home, internal entry garage. Coming avail 2nd June $490pw ph 530 8548 or 027 6049844 Classic Prop Mgmt

PAPAKURA Apartment, “brand new” 3brms, ensuite, d/wash, heat pump, alarm, walk to train, shops, bus. $550pw. Ph 530 8548 or 027 604 9844 Classic Prop Mgmt

HIGHLAND Park 3 brm hse. Sunny, open lounge/ dining, sep toilet, attached sgle gge. Very tidy $520pw.

Phone 535 6236 or 027 242 1951

DRIVING MISS DAISY HOWICK

HOWICK beach, 2 brm, cottage, n/pets, nochildren, avail now $400 Ph: 5357877

This busy companion driving service is up for sale.

MACLEANS College zone 4 bdrm, 2 bthrm, lge home, very close to beach & restaurants. Ph 534 6108

Don’t Miss this Chance... Waimiha

MICHELLE BALME

3 Unique Holiday Homes or a Business Opportunity

PROPERTY MANAGER

Picturesque river frontage, mountain bike trail, hunting, fishing, tramping and more - from $295,000 all to be sold

� Professionalism Professionalism � Dedication Dedication � Excellent Communication Excellent Communication � Proactive ProactiveApproach Approach

07 894 7677 - Trademe #den455

Half Moon Bay & Eastern Beach Specialist Michelle has worked in Property Management for the past 13 years, and in 2009 was awarded Ray White Property Manager of the Year. Being an energetic and dedicated professional, Michelle 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, Michelle will deliver a professional standard of service.

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

MOUNTFORT ESTATE AGENTS LTD Licensed (REAA2008)

CD186816

TO LET

The friendly team specialising in home rentals and property management.

For more information and current rental listings visit:

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

CD165333

1st CLASS EASTERN SUBURBS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICE

HOMESTAY

Host Family Appeal

We take the time, effort and stress out of being a Landlord Tailored management packages and service guaranteed Phone Lauren 027 538 1038 or 576 2615 - lauren.baxby@eastzone.co.nz For more information and current rental listings refer to www.harcourtspakuranga.co.nz

CD230654

We are looking for families to host students from Asia/ Europe/Latin America for six months to a year.

• Families need to be available and willing to spend time with their students and show them around Auckland • Wifi must be available in the home • Families are reimbursed at $250 per week Please email int.admin@bdsc.school.nz to request an information pack.

CD230808

CD230759

Due to change is circumstances, current owner is selling, but will be on hand to support and train. A hands-on business with minimal overheads, easily run from home and provides a ready cash flow all year round.

You will really enjoy this business if you are community minded, outgoing, well organised and your children are now independent.

This unique and growing concern began 3 years ago.

It has produced a healthy mix of loyal clientele and a steady flow of new bookings, reflecting its popularity.

A passenger licence will need to be acquired. Price on application.

Please contact with brief outline of your background: howick@drivingmissdaisy.co.nz

Selling your house?

If its results you want... advertise here.

Ph. 2718055 email: classifieds@ times.co.nz

HOUSES FOR SALE CD229380

1 BRM unfurn flat for quiet, respons fastidious female.

N/sm, N/dnkr Excel ref avail. 537 5848

TO LEASE

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Macleans College Homestay Families

PARENT INFORMATION EVENING ENROLMENTS 2016 Thursday 28 May at 7pm in the Howick College Theatre

MP Pakuranga

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

TUITION

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTIONS

BUCKLANDS BEACH PRIMARY SCHOOL

572 0000 Electorate Office

120 Pakuranga Road, Pakuranga (above Barfoot & Thompson and next to Valentine’s)

Hours: Weekdays from 9.00am-3.00pm Email: pakurangamp@xtra.co.nz K54119

BOARD OF TRUSTEES CASUAL VACANCY A casual vacancy has occurred on the board of trustees for an elected parent representative.

The board has resolved under section 105 of the Education Act 1989 to fill the vacancy by selection.

If 10 per cent or more of the eligible voters on the school roll ask the board, within 28 days of this notice being published, to hold a by-election to fill the vacancy, then a by-election will be held.

Any eligible voter who wishes to ask the board to hold a by-election should write to: Chairperson Board of Trustees Bucklands Beach Primary School 107 Clovelly Road, Bucklands Beach

CD230802

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HOWICK OFFICE

12 Uxbridge Road, Howick - Ph 538 0680

PAKURANGA OFFICE 102 Pakuranga Road, Pakuranga

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

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

HOWICK – COCKLE BAY – MELLONS BAY 1 Bed Haseler Cres $430 2 Bed Sirius Pl $430 2 Bed Bleakhouse Rd $460 3 Bed Howe St $470

HOWICK - NORTHPARK - BOTANY - HIGHLAND PARK 3 Bed Union Rd $470 Michelle 3 Bed Gibraltar St $560 Matt 4 Bed Cromdale Ave $580 Michelle 3 Bed lge home Bleakhouse Rd $620 Matt 4 Bed Pounamu Pl $710 Michelle BUCKLANDS BEACH – EASTERN BEACH – HALF MOON BAY 3 Bed Minaret Dr $520 Michelle 3 Bed Hattaway Ave $695 Michelle DANNEMORA 4 Bed Maldon Ct $700 Michelle PAKURANGA - SUNNYHILLS 2 Bed Osprey Cl $365 Michelle 3 Bed Carole Ct $460 Matt 3 Bed Pakuranga Rd $530 Matt 3 Bed Galvan Ave $540 Matt PANMURE - MT WELLINGTON 2 Bed Pilkington Rd $420 Michelle MANUKAU 2 Bed Apt Putney Way $450 Matt

Robyn/Melissa Sally Sally Sally

BUCKLANDS BEACH – EASTERN BEACH – HALF MOON BAY 2 Bed The Esplanade $380 Sally 5 Bed Pigeon Mountain Rd $550 Robyn/Melissa 4 Bed Hutchinson Rd $600 Sally 4 Bed Clovelly Rd $880 Sally SUNNYHILLS - FARM COVE - PAKURANGA 3 Bed Pandora Pl $480 Sally FLATBUSH 3 Bed Huntington Dr $580 Robyn/Melissa 4 Bed Murphys Rd $590 Robyn/Melissa

DYSLEXIA?

Concerned that you or your child may have dyslexia and want solutions? Don’t let anyone tell you that dyslexia is a lifelong difficulty - it can be fixed.

We offer: • Screening for dyslexia • Tuition & advice for dyslexics • Effective Intervention based on 30 years of Neuroplasticity Research (www.cellfield.com) Call Debra-Kim 576 0149 to arrange a free consultation.

Pakuranga

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Maurice Williamson

Macleans College requires caring homestays for our international students aged 13-18years.

In particular we are looking for families who are interested in hosting male Chinese students.

Our International students welcome the opportunity to experience a Kiwi lifestyle and participate in family activities. Homestay families must be proficient in English.

We have a dedicated and experienced team to support host families and students.

If you are interested and feel that you are able to provide a safe, warm and caring home environment for our students, please contact: Maureen Murphy on (09) 535 2620 Ext 659 or mp@macleans.school.nz Homestays are paid $260 a week per student.

CD230657

CD230355

Howick College is pleased to invite parents /caregivers and students interested in enrolling for 2016 to an Open Evening.

The evening will start at 7pm with a 30 minute presentation in the School Theatre.

Students and caregivers will then be welcome to move around the school to visit many of the classrooms. Not only will teachers and current students be available to talk with you about learning at Howick College but there will also be many opportunities for students to see and participate in a range of activities typical of the different subjects.

It will be an enjoyable and informative evening and it will be the only opportunity to visit the school to see how it works.

We look forward to seeing you

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

BOTANY OFFICE

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

tracy.oliver@raywhite.com

HOWICK - HIGHLAND PARK 1 Bed Litten Rd $320 Tracy BUCKLANDS BEACH – HALF MOON BAY – FARM COVE 3 Bed Tina Pl $500 Tracy 2 Bed Nimrod Pl $530 Tracy 4 Bed Clovelly Rd $750 Tracy BOTANY DOWNS - FLAT BUSH – DANNEMORA – EAST TAMAKI 1 Bed Cambrian Cr $320 Tracy 2 Bed Sunshine Ln $380 Tracy 2 Bed Carrick Dawson Dr $400 Tracy 4 Bed Stonebrooke Lne $680 Tracy 3 Bed Lansell Dr $720 Tracy MANUREWA – MANUKAU HEIGHTS - TAKANINI - CLENDON PARK 3 Bed Volta Pl $430 Tracy 3 Bed Josie Lane $450 Tracy

HALF MOON BAY OFFICE

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

BUCKLANDS BEACH – HALF MOON BAY – MELLONS BAY 3 Bed Medina Pl $480 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Casuarina Rd $420 Amny/Cathy 3 Bed Bleakhouse Rd $530 Amny/Cathy 3 Bed Argo Pl $800 Cathy/Amny

matt.balme@raywhite.com michelle.balme@raywhite.com

FLATBUSH OFFICE

Shop 25, 123 Ormiston Road, Botany Junction Cathy Huang DDI: 538 1288 or 021 883 600 Amny Lam DDI: 538 1287 or 021 108 6663

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

HOWICK - COCKLE BAY - GOLFLANDS 1 Bed Willoughby Ave $400 Cathy/Amny 2 Bed Ridge Rd $430 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed West Fairway $600 CathyAmny 4 Bed Minerva Tce $640 Cathy/Amny SUNNYHILLS - SOMERVILLE - HIGHLAND PARK - FARM COVE 2 Bed Ridge Rd $430 Cathy/Amny 2 Bed Glenmore Rd $430 CathyAmny 2 Bed Glenmore Rd $450 Amny/Cathy 2 Bed Fieldstone Ct $500 Amny/Cathy 2 Bed Ballater Pl $500 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed Aberfeldy Rd $520 Cathy/Amny 3 Bed The Crest $610 Cathy/Amny 4 Bed Woodgers Way $660 Cathy/Amny 5 Bed Bramley Dr $700 Cathy/Amny BOTANY - DANNEMORA –FLAT BUSH – MISSION HEIGHTS 2 Bed Castleberg $400 Cathy/Amny 4 Bed Arrowsmith Dr $610 Cathy/Amny 5 Bed Stonebrooke Lane $650 Cathy/Amny 4 Bed Currell Way $680 Cathy/Amny 5 Bed Balbriggan Rise $800 Cathy/Amny 5 Bed Stonebrook Lane $680 Cathy/Amny 5 Bed Sovereign St $990 Cathy/Amny

Ray White

MOUNTFORT ESTATE AGENTS LTD Licensed (REAA 2008) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENTALS CD230765

BREAST CARE FITTINGS

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

CD230887

Pink Ribbon Special - Book in by 12th June and receive a gift If you have undergone surgery for full/partial mastectomy, lumpectomy, reconstruction, burns or congenital conditions, your local mobile Breast Care Consultant Susan Doig will guide you in your choice of Prostheses and Bras. Ministry of Health funding available. For existing MOH clients, we can check your balance for you, note your funding may be spent in part of full with your choice of approved providers.

For appointments and enquiries 536 4220 or 027 451 9285 - breastcare.essentials@gmail.com - www.breastcareessentials.co.nz

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Coastguard makes MayDay appeal Keen boatie Sir Graham Henry on board as official ambassador

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OASTGUARD volunteers bring more than 7330 people home safely each year.

Steve, Terry and Colin were three of those people after a boating accident left them lost at sea in the Firth of Thames for nine hours in January.

The three men were left submerged in the churning sea, clinging to their slippery, upturned aluminum hull in complete shock and disbelief.

They were flipped out so quickly they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even realise what had happened and found themselves struggling for their lives surrounded by scattered debris from their boat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been lost at sea for about eight hours, we were in total darkness, our bodies were freezing and numb,â&#x20AC;? says Terry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We saw vehicle headlights in the distance across the water. It was a car travelling on the coast road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wondered if those people in that car had any idea of the peril we were in. All sorts of things were going through our minds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the first two hours we tried to keep each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spirits up. Then the next few hours fell silent as we were engulfed in our own thoughts, terrified of what our fate might be. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find the words to describe the gratitude and thanks we feel for our rescuers and our wives who raised the alarm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be here today if it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one ever expects it to happen to them. We are lucky to be alive and we have been eternally thankful every single day since the accident.â&#x20AC;?

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rescue survivors: From left, Terry and Steve with the Thames Coastguard crew.

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This year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re extremely grateful to have Sir Graham Henry on board again as our official ambassador. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a keen boatie himself and a great advocate for safer boating.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be seeing Graham around the traps, spreading our message and encouraging the public of New Zealand to get behind Coastguard this MayDay.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coastguard is made up of great volunteers,â&#x20AC;? says Sir Graham. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re generous Kiwis that have day jobs just like you and I giving up their time to save lives at sea. Coastguard is a great organisation doing great things to keep Kiwis safe on the water. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really hope New Zealanders get behind this great cause and make a donation this MayDay.â&#x20AC;?

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GOAL KEEPER: Reuben Clark in action for Saint Kentigern Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First XI.

ATAR is the next stop in Reuben Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifelong obsession with the beautiful game.

The Saint Kentigern College pupil has been selected in the New Zealand under-17 team to contest the Aspire Tri-Series next week.

The New Zealand side will face Croatia on May 26 and Qatar on May 27 at the Aspire Academy as the team continues their preparation for the FIFA under-17 World Cup in Chile in October.

Reuben, of Cockle Bay, has been in the New Zealand set up since last year, and was part of the team that won the Oceania championship in January to qualify for the World Cup. However, his place in the team,

along with every playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, was put in jeopardy when NZ Football axed coaches Jose Figueira and Paul Temple in April, replaced by former All Whites Danny Hay and Chris Zoricich, who coaches Reuben in the St Kents First XI. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been rough,â&#x20AC;? says Reuben, 16. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone had to be re-trialled.

We went through a process where everything was from scratch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The boys who performed well got selected [for Qatar] and those who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t got dropped off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was nerve wracking because... the new coaches are a lot more disciplined.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personally I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I was going to get selected,â&#x20AC;? says Reuben. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t performed at my best, I struggled a bit through the camp with an injury.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I got named in the squad, it was an honour to be able to play for my country again.â&#x20AC;?

Reuben has been playing football since he was three, and moved into goal soon after. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was younger, my parents bought me a football and I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put it down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d take it everywhere, kick it around the house, take it to bed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I loved the game so my dad put me into a team and got me a goal in the backyard.â&#x20AC;?

He is joined in the NZ team by fellow keeper and good mate Michael Woud. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We go a long way back,â&#x20AC;? says Reuben. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been battling [for representative selection] the last three to four years... but off the pitch we are best friends.â&#x20AC;?

Adam Bannister is Reubenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goalkeeping coach with the St Kents First XI and the NZ under-17 team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reubenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very good shot stopper,â&#x20AC;? says Bannister. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has very good reactions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He works very hard on his game, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedicated and is always looking to improve.

As well as his skill in front of the net, Reuben has the right attitude off the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very respectful and honest,â&#x20AC;? says Bannister. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up front and proactive. If something is worrying him heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ask for advice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very much part of the goalkeepersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union. He works well with other goalkeepers and supports them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All round he is a very impressive young man.â&#x20AC;?

FOUR Fencibles United players have been named in the New Zealand Football Ferns to contest the FIFA Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Cup. Fenciblesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Betsy Hassett, Rosie White, Anna Green and Emma Kete have been selected in coach Tony Readingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 23-player squad for the tournament starting in Canada later this month.

The Fencibles contingent is the largest in the group, and could have been bigger with Hayley Bowden recently retiring from international football.

Kete, who has 48 international caps to her name and played professionally for the likes of Manchester City, Western New York Flash and Sydney FC, earned her place after impressing in the fulltime training programme with

the team.

Green â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who has amassed more than 50 caps since her debut in 2006, has also turned out for Notts County, Sydney FC and Bundesliga club Lokomotive Leipzig.

Readings says the comprehensive selection process underpinning the squad has put the team in a strong position heading into the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth World Cup event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a lengthy process which really started in 2013 when our funding and resources increased to enable us to consistently play the best teams in the world,â&#x20AC;? Readings said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen over the time since then is regular games against the best teams, where players are frequently tested. During that process, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve blooded some new

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Ferns squad dominated by Fencibles

The team left New Zealand on Tuesday to take on reigning world champions Japan on Sunday, with their opening world cup match against Holland on June 7.

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Naholo likely All Black P

RESSURE by New Zealand Rugby for French club Clermont to release Waisake Naholo from his 2016 contract suggests the Highlanders wing is a strong contender for All Black honours.

At 24 and blessed with power and speed that has earned him eight tries in 11 Super Rugby Games this season, the Blues reject looks likely to get the test right wing starting spot ahead of Cory Jane and Charles Piutau and join Julian Savea on the left.

Should that happen, it will cap a remarkable rise to fame for the Fijian star who, when still an 18-year-old schoolboy, scored six tries for Wanganui in 2009 and won NZ Sevens honours in 2013.

While Jane was the outstanding back when the All Blacks won their second world crown in 2011, his recent form suggests he has lost his try-scoring knack.

Piutau could be out of favour following the 23-year-old’s decision this year to sign a lucrative two-year contract with Irish club Ulster starting from July, 2016.

With Colin Slade, Beauden Barrett and Dan Carter likely to bring the World Cup first-five quota to three, the same as the halfbacks, the national selectors are unlikely to name too many specialist wings, relying instead on the versatility of Ben Smith and Malakai Fekitoa to fill the position if necessary.

With Naholo, Liam Sopoaga and the two Smiths, Ben and Aaron, in sparkling form behind a lively forward pack, the Highlanders have joined the Chiefs on scoring 39 competition points, second only to the Hurricanes 52.

However, the Hurricanes can consider themselves lucky that

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Chiefs reserve halfback Augustine Pulu was denied what looked like a genuine try in their 22-18 win last weekend.

It was a brave performance for a Chiefs team that lost both locks to injury and couldn’t start Sonny Bill Williams and Tim Nanai-Williams. However it did offer wing Hosea Gear a rare chance to shine and prove he remains a powerful attacking force.

With James Lowe, Bryce Heep and the versatile Nanai-Williams also in the squad, no team in the championship have greater wing depth.

With Ma’a Nonu capping an outstanding match with two tries and unlucky not to have scored a third, the Hurricanes are enjoying their best Super 15 season. But REBECCA FOGARTY Photo supplied / Jackie Russell

Agnew’s Angle should Nanai-Williams be named at fullback and lock Brodie Retallick return from injury, every team will have cause to fear the Chiefs attack.

That is also true of the Highlanders whose backs scored six of their seven tries in their 45-24 triumph against the Cheetahs.

While the Crusaders won’t be happy with ninth placing from just six wins in 12 games, no team can take them lightly, especially

with Carter at last starting to show some of his class outside the admirable Slade.

While the Blues celebrated their return to Eden Park against the maul-obsessed Bulls with a deserved 23-18 win and a great try to fullback Lolagi Visinia, they will need further improvement if they hope to cope with the Hurricanes at the same venue on Saturday.

Second-five George Moala’s power in crossing the advantage line gives the midfield genuine thrust in concert with Francis Saili who is regaining confidence.

Although it’s a shame to lose Jerome Kaino and Steven Luatau to nasty injuries, it has given exciting rising star Akira Ioane a chance to show his wares.

Fogarty blitzes her opponents PAKURANGA Athletic Club’s Rebecca Fogarty maintained her unbeaten record this cross-country season with victory in the annual event at Pukekohe on Saturday.

Fogarty won the 5km opening race at Pakuranga on May 9 by more than 30 seconds and was similarly dominant at Pukekohe.

She finished the 6km event in 23m 03s, 41 seconds ahead of Ashleigh Williams.

Fogarty is running in the

cross-country programme in conjunction with her triathlon work outs.

“I’ve been mixing up the cross-country for fun with a bit of triathlon training,” she says. “Not as much running but still keeping really fit with swimming and the biking.

The Pukekohe course is awesome but very tough, I tried to keep my race really honest.”

Clubmate Rachel Penney is also unbeaten in the women’s masters category.

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Sports results College rugby 1A grade: Otahuhu 6 Saint Kentigern 79.

This Saturday at 2.30pm: St Kents v Sacred Heart, St Kents.

1B grade: Papatoetoe 12 Botany Downs Secondary 10, Macleans 80 Marcellin 10, Edgewater 3 Tamaki 14, Pakuranga 12 Mt Roskill Grammar 10, Howick 18 Southern Cross 27.

1C grade: Waitakere 48 Sancta Maria 7.

This Saturday at midday (home team first): Botany Downs v Tamaki, Avondale v Edgewater, Papatoetoe v Macleans, Pakuranga v Southern Cross, St Pauls v Howick, Sancta Maria v Lynfield.

Club rugby Premier grade: Suburbs 20 Pakuranga 10 This Saturday at 2.45pm: Pakuranga v Waitakere City, Bell Park.

Rugby league Fox Memorial: Papakura 38 Howick 20.

Sharman Cup: Ponsonby 22 Pakuranga 32. This Saturday at 2.30pm: Howick v Marist, Paparoa Park. Pakuranga v Bay Roskill, Ti rakau park.

Football NRFL men’s division two: Papakura 4 Fencibles 3 (Scott Booker 2, Zane Christiansen). This Saturday at 2.45pm: Fencibles v Lynn Avon, Riverhills Park.

NRFL women’s premier: Lynn Avon 1 Fencibles 0. This Sunday at 1pm: Fencibles v Claudelands, Riverhills Park.

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Sporting best recognised T

HE future of sport in the Howick ward is in good stead judging by the quality of the fields in the junior categories of the Howick Sports Awards.

Those in the running were among the nearly 200 people gathered at Pakuranga United Rugby Club for the awards ceremony on Sunday evening.

In the junior sportsman division, Pakuranga Athletic Club track runner Bailey Stewart was named the winner ahead of six deserving finalists, while the multi-talented Tysha Ikenasio, of Sancta Maria College, beat a stacked field of nine

finalists for the junior sportswoman prize.

John Spiller, sport and recreation portfolio holder for the Howick Local Board, which initiated the event last year, says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;[There was] a really positive and friendly atmosphere with genuine camaraderie being shown amongst the finalists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This indicated what a tight knit sporting community we have in the Howick ward and this bodes well for the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was certainly no doubting the quality of the nominees and eventual winners on the night though and Howick should continue to be well represented in both national and international

sporting successes in years to come.â&#x20AC;?

The other winners that are not pictured: â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Junior sportswoman: Tysha Ikenasio, Sancta Maria College. Official: Tim Bond, Howick Pakuranga Hockey Club. Coach: Jude Menezes, Howick Pakuranga Hockey Club. Disabled athlete: Monique Irving, Special Olympics Howick Pakuranga. Innovation award: Tiny tots and big kids programme, Pakuranga Athletic Club. Outstanding international sport achievement: Valerie Adams and Ryan Sissons, Pakuranga Athletic Club; Anita Punt, Devon Manchester, Andy Hayward, Hugo Inglis, Blair Tarrant, Howick Pakuranga Hockey Club.

victorious: Clockwise from top left, (junior team) Pakuranga Golf Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Betty Faesen team, represented by Siyi Keh; (sportswoman) Pakuranga Athleticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Louise Jones; (team) Sunnyhills Tennis Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Caro Bowl, represented by Kairangi Vano and CT Ampornachariya; (sportsman) Pakuranga Unitedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TJ Faiane, with Howick Local Board member Bob Wichman; (service to sport) Pakuranga Athleticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amanda Martin, Laurinne Laing and Joanne Richards from Special Olympics Howick Pakuranga, Howick Softballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Margaret Tolhopf; (junior sportsman) Pakuranga Athleticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bailey Stewart woth local board deputy chair Adele White.

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