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Concern over road safety at Owairoa amplifies By ZOE GARDEN

oad safety concerns for Owairoa Primary School have increased exponentially in the past week. On Thursday June 3 concerned parent Ruth McLaren sent an email to the school with “concerns regarding road safety and the

behaviour of parents on Nelson Street”. She has noticed an “increasing level of bad behaviour”. “Yesterday was the worst I have experienced,” McLaren wrote. She was working on road patrol. One of the 10-year-old callers was “doing her job” when she was subjected to “parents yelling at her

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from the road side to ‘get the signs out’” and parents “swearing and banging their steering wheels” because the signs were out. “School is supposed to be happy and secure place for children,” McLaren said. “We are placing our children in a position where they are being verbally abused.” Her second issue is centred on

the illegal actions of parents dropping their children to school and road safety. According to McLaren, parents consistently do three point turns, stop on the yellow lines and allow their children to exit the car in the middle of the road. “Road patrollers can’t put their signs out when parents do this,” she said.

Owairoa Primary and other parents share her concern. School board of trustees representative Emma Nasimi told the Times this issue has been ongoing. “We’ve received complaints from parents and volunteer parents,” Nasimi said. “It’s escalated the past few months.” ➤ Turn to page 3

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While the tornado which struck southern Auckland on Saturday forced the cancellation of many junior sports matches, many senior games in a variety of codes went ahead. “With every other sport (apparently) allowed to play after a bit of Friday rain, it was unfortunate, as is often the case, for kids in rugby league, that their sport was

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“The still-unbeaten reserve grade can hold their heads very high after being a bit light on troops with a couple of boys making their much-deserved first grade debut, due to a few usual top side players being out for the week.” “The top side came out hungry and focused, but were quite simply shocked early on, with the Lions

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beautification projects such as the fashion show. Beachlands School was visited by the trust earlier this month to help build knowledge and understanding around the wearable arts theme and sustainable practices. The students were asked to create an outfit for a peg doll using environmentally-friendly resources. When asked about the wearable arts project, the students were energized. “They were very engaged and excited to share their

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senting east Auckland include Beachlands School, Somerville Intermediate, Bucklands Beach Intermediate, Mission Heights Junior College, Howick College and Ormiston Junior College. The show is “a search for Auckland’s most promising, environmentally-conscious young artists and designers” and is organised by the Beautification Trust, a charitable trust that coordinates environmental education, community events and

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Early June marked Heart Kids’ Awareness Week, and the organisation, which receives no government funding, is asking New Zealanders for donations to help it continue its dedicated and much needed support for these special Kiwi kids and their families. Olivia Clark from Howick shares their story

hen Howick’s Olivia Clark and her partner Donovan Clark were told the baby girl they were about to have was going to be born with a heart defect, her own heart broke. “We went in for a scan at 34-weeks to see her heart in more detail and our whole world collapsed,” said Olivia of daughter Luna. Luna was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, coarctation of the aorta, aortic stenosis, Large PDA & more. She had what’s known as “half a heart”. The couple had three options. “Termination, palliative care or, if she was a candidate after birth, a series of surgeries. For us, at such a late stage, there was only one option – we had to give her a fighting chance,” Olivia said. “To look at this beautiful, bubbly, kind and loving five-year-old, you would never guess there was anything wrong. Playing with her barbies or dancing around the room, she looks like any other kid her age. “But this wee girl has been through more than most adults

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have had to endure in their lifetime.” At just three-days-old Luna had her first open heart surgery. Her second came at just threeweeks-old. Her third was at five months and her fourth was at almost three years. “That was by far our scariest surgery,” Olivia said. “Watching your child go through major open heart surgeries, three within their first five months of life, isn’t something I would wish upon anybody. “It was extremely painful and hard. It was heart-breaking but we tried to stay positive.”

Luna’s last surgery almost took her life. Their daughter spent almost five months in hospital with severe complications. In the end, Luna was too sick to keep fighting her body which was constantly filling with fluid, ‘drowning itself’. After Olivia gave birth to their son Gray, an inpatient as their daughter was fighting for her life, the couple made the extremely hard and heart-breaking decision to take Luna home and comfort her in what they thought would be the last few weeks of her life. “Making an end-of-life plan and how we wanted it to go was by far

one of the hardest conversations and decisions we’ve ever had to make”. The doctors aren’t sure how or why, but Luna’s body just ‘fixed itself’ and she is now thriving. Slowly but surely at home she just kept getting better. About a year after they took her home the fluid had mostly disappeared. There was no rhyme or reason. “A real life miracle,” Olivia said. Heart Kids has been great support throughout the past five years. “They’ve made us feel like we’re not alone. And the events they put on have allowed us to meet so many other families, which I think is so important” she said. “Meeting families who ‘get it’ and understand and who can actually relate to what you’re saying and going through is huge.” ➤ Heart Kids is the only notfor-profit organisation dedicated to supporting New Zealand’s heart children throughout life. Volunteers will be shaking virtual buckets online throughout the entire month of June at shakeabucket.org.nz

They feel it is an ongoing issue that many local schools face. On June 15 board members discussed the issue and possible solutions. “We wish to educate parents and the general public on road safety,” Nasimi said. One way they are doing this is through Owairoa Primary’s newsletter. An information pamphlet written by one of the school’s parents was included in the most recent one. It contains critical rules for being a considerate motorist and reducing verbal abuse: “You must use the crossing. Yellow lines are not for stopping on. “Making quick three point turns in driveways near the crossings are dangerous. When your child is exiting the vehicle, ensure they do so on the footpath. “Please refrain from parking in or over residential driveways. The Year 6 students and helpers on the crossing area are volunteers. Please be kind.” The Board has contacted Auckland Council and the police for further input and consideration. Meanwhile, a 77-year-old man is set to appear in the Manukau District Court on July 27 over the tragic death of schoolgirl Joanna Kong. Five-year-old Joanna died after being struck by a vehicle in the car park at Pigeon Mountain Primary School in Bucklands Beach on March 23.

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Call for action over botched road surface By CHRIS HARROWELL

rustrated east Auckland residents have appealed to their local MP for help after work to resurface their road went badly wrong. Auckland Transport (AT) contractors began the work in Evelyn Road, Cockle Bay, in mid-April. Resident Graham Grace says he was surprised to see a layer of brown material, which appeared to be sand, being placed on a segment of the road outside his home. He took photos and contacted Howick ward councillor Sharon Stewart to express his concerns. Numerous dark patches of varying size are visible on the road’s surface where imperfections appear to have been repaired, while piles of loose stones are scattered by the kerb. Stewart viewed the work in early May and spoke with AT to find out what went wrong. Grace, who describes how the road looks as “disgusting”, recently invited Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown to hear from about a dozen locals and see how it looks. A number of residents shared their views with Brown as they walked a loop around the road.

Numerous patches of loose gravel litter segments of Evelyn Road after the work was carried out. Times photo Chris Harrowell

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” the MP told the Times. “This is probably one of the worst roads I’ve seen in terms of the job that’s been done. When I arrived I thought we were going down a rural road because of all the pot holes and the gravel.” Brown has since written to AT to state what he feels are the main issues with the work. He says he wants to raise the residents’ concerns and ask AT “how

they’re going to fix it and make sure there’s a long-term solution”. “For the ratepayers of this area it’s pretty unacceptable to be paying your rates and taxes, because it’s not only your rates, it’s your fuel levies as well which cover the roads, and it’s not the standard I would see as acceptable in an urban area.” AT spokesperson Natalie Polley says a section of Evelyn Road between Coates Road and Litten

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Road had been considered for a full pavement, or surface, rehabilitation since 2017/2018. “However, as Evelyn Road is considered a local road and does not form part of a bus route, would not meet AT/Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency funding rules. “The maintenance and resurfacing work undertaken by our contractor on this section of Evelyn Rd was not successful and a failure of the road surface has occurred. “Remedial work to correct these failures was carried out in early June followed by the application of asphalt to this section of Evelyn Road.” Polley says in the next financial year 2021/22 the full length of Evelyn Road up to Coates Road will receive a second coat of chip seal. “This is an accepted method to improve and strengthen an existing chip seal road surface. “There are some areas where the footpath, kerb and channel along Evelyn Road will need to be repaired and these will be attended to prior to the application of the second coat of chip seal. “There is no plan, nor funding available, to remove the existing road surface and road base and start again.”

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On the 26th June we will have both bins outside for you to drop off your optical recyclables.

Get along to Eco Day People are invited to take their family along to the Howick Village Eco Day on Saturday June 26 from 9am-2pm in the Information Centre at 91 Picton St, Howick.

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Dedicated community groups will share their environmental messages with the public and they welcome all questions. Among those taking part are LegaSea, which is dedicated to restoring New Zealand’s marine environment, Pest Free Howick, Howick College Rat Catcher team, Steve Leslie from Auckland Bee Club, Friends of Mangemangeroa, Auckland Council’s Live Lightly team, Worms R Us bokashi compositing, and more.

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Good to go, l-r, Sancta Maria College music teacher Thomas Cho, The Fantails saxophonist Jenna Aspeling, Spiral Collective drummer Steve Harvie and The Keas saxophonist Minju Kim. Times photo Wayne Martin

connection. Drummer Steve Harvie lives in Farm Cove and pianist Anthony Hunt in Bucklands Beach. The band plays original music and released a successful sold-out studio album in 2014. “We’re heavily influenced by more pop or upbeat jazz groups from the US like Chicago or Tower of Power, or more recently

like groups such as Snarky Puppy,” Harvie says. “Our music is more danceable and it’s supposed to be fun and enjoyable.” Harvie says the band will get through nine or 10 songs at each of the two shows and the two school bands will play four or five songs each. “We’re really excited to have such high quality groups opening for us.

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Government scraps $3.5b road infrastructure project By CHRIS HARROWELL

he Government has scrapped a major road infrastructure project that would have reduced traffic congestion through south-east Auckland. Transport Minister Michael Wood recently announced the Mill Road corridor project would not go ahead. “If we had proceeded with Mill Road as originally scoped, it would have cost up to $3.5 billion and, at peak, produced six tonnes of CO2 emissions a day,” he says. “Instead, we’ve focused on delivering important safety improvements to Mill Road, upgrades to SH1 (State Highway One) and rail, and new rail stations connected to public transport, walking and cycling infrastructure.” The 21.5km Mill Road corridor project was part of the NZ upgrade programme of infrastructure works, designed to support the country’s economic recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. It ran parallel to State Highway One from Flat Bush and Manukau to Papakura and Drury. The planned work included

The Mill Road project was to include a four-lane corridor with a separated walking and cycling path.

upgrading Mill Road’s existing two-lane sections to four lanes and connecting to new parts of the corridor being built across greenfield sites, according to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. NZTA previously estimated its cost to be $1.345b. “The four-lane corridor, with a separated walking and cycling path, will ensure better access to places of work, education and play

as well as support the improvement of public transport services,” the agency says. Howick ward councillors Sharon Stewart and Paul Young both oppose the Government’s decision to scrap the project. Stewart says she’s disappointed by the move. “It was already long overdue and an upgrade would have provided a safer and more reliable transport corridor to sup-

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port the rapid residential and employment growth we are seeing in east and south Auckland. “The uncertainty around this project is also really unfair to the property owners along the Mill Road corridor.” Young says: “I appreciate there was a cost blowout to the project but it’s a huge shame to lose this planned strategic upgrade that would have benefited the entire

Auckland region, providing a connection from the south to the fastgrowing east, particularly Flat Bush and Ormiston. “However, I’m glad to see the downsized package includes some safety improvements to Mill Road and enhancements to SH1 along with new rail stations. “Proper transport is the most important thing for Auckland’s future and we just need to get it done.” The Mill Road project was on the Howick Local Board’s agenda for its April business meeting when it received a report on the Auckland Transport regional land transport programme 2021. The board’s members voted to provide feedback on the programme which included maintaining funding of and commencing construction on three projects, being widening of the Smales Road and Allens Road intersection, the Stancombe Road connector in Flat Bush, and the Mill Road upgrade. Board chairperson Adele White told the Times: “The Mill Road upgrade is a long-standing project. “If completed it would have had a significantly positive impact on traffic in this vastly-growing area.”

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Cycle bridge a kick in guts to nurses and our police force The Government’s recent announcement to build a nearly-$800 million cycle bridge across Auckland’s harbour has come as a kick in the guts to the 99 per cent of Kiwis who will never use it and who desperately need some support as we recover from Covid-19. Not only has this proposal come at the cost of other roading projects, with money redirected from desperately needed upgrades around south and east Auckland such as Mill Road and the East-West Link, it also comes on the heels of decisions to freeze the pay of our hard-working nurses and to cut the police budget of $90 million. Any person with some

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common sense would have thought if we had money to spare for a cycleway, we have money to support our nurses after the long hours and many sacrifices they have made to keep us all safe during a pandemic. Instead, this Government seems to think it’s more important to reward cyclists who broke the law by riding over the harbour bridge. The cut to the police budget of $90m is also incredibly concerning. Despite gang membership growing by 50 per cent since Labour came to office, the Government has decided to cut funding from the police. We are now left with a situation where gangs

are recruiting faster than the police, with the Government cutting the police budget. The Prime Minister’s response to nurses this last week has been to say the Government is “financially constrained” but this is a hard argument to make when you’re willing to spend $800 million on a cycle bridge that will benefit almost no-one. Labour has no problem spending your money on things that aren’t wanted or needed, but choke when it comes to the big decisions that need to be made to get our country moving again or to keep us safe. Simeon Brown MP for Pakuranga

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Birds of Howick As Howick and districts count down to the 175th anniversary next year, the Times continues its series by Alan La Roche giving readers a glimpse of life as it used to be. The countdown began at the 170th in 2017

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ceramic jars. Some Oyster Catchers feed on Howick beaches each winter after emigrating from the South Island to a warmer climate. The shining cuckoo and long-tailed cuckoo arrive each spring and are heard but rarely seen. Kaka are occasionally seen in Howick coming from Maraetai or Waiheke. Ohuiarangi-Pigeon Mountain was called Pigeon Mountain as kereru [native pigeons] fed on the abundant orange pigeonwood berries and were shot by settlers. Their numbers have increased in recent times in Howick due to restoration of Mangemangeroa bush. In 1853 Vicesimus Lush recorded that a new immigrant sold a skylark in Auckland for £5, that he had bought in England for five shillings and six pence. By 1900 skylarks were common in Howick Village with their melodious calls. In 1930 on Fred Robert’s farm (now Saint Kentigern

College) he used to throw a net over oat stacks on his farm awaiting threshing, to catch sparrows for sparrow pie during the Depression years. Many Cockle Bay bach owners found Little Blue penguins nesting under the floorboards, growling and trumpeting leaving strong fish smells when they depart before dawn. They now nest on offshore islands. Pheasants were introduced as a gamebird. In 1869 Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, shot 44 pheasants on Bleak House Farm. Pheasants were a nuisance as they used to dig down to kumara tubers or potatoes leaving empty shells. Endangered banded rails are common today on the Botany Town Centre carparks. Many native birds continue to thrive in Howick such as tui, morepork, grey warblers, fantails, pukeko, wax-eyes as well as seagulls, blackbacked gulls, shags and kingfishers at the beaches. There has been an increase in eastern rosella parrots, welcome swallows, spur-winged plovers, spotted and barbary doves and feral pigeons in recent years. We rarely see spoonbills or white herons. Howick is fortunate in having such a rich avian history. Alan La Roche MBE. Howick Historian alanlaroche@xtra.co.nz

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The fundamental assumption in the case for the proposed $700+ million harbour bridge cycleway has to be that a critical number of walkers/cyclists will use the bridge. There is confidence that there will be 80,000+ vehicles per day using the existing bridge, and growing. But will there be 500, 1000, 5000 or 10,000 walkers/cyclists per day using a new bridge? No-one actually knows with any confidence. There is a risk that the proposed bridge will become a very expensive white elephant. By engineering the proposed bridge to handle live vehicle loads, albeit at an incremental cost ($300+ million?), the bridge could simply be repurposed as a vehicle lane in the event that the forecasted critical demand from walkers/cyclists does not materialise. Why risk public money with so much uncertainty?

Deane Smart, Farm Cove

LABOUR HAS IT RIGHT? NO THEY DON’T! I question Brigitte Horne’s letter re Government borrowing (Times, June 8). Yes borrowing in these times is prudent but the real question is, where do the borrowings go? For instance, does a group of cyclists break the law and demand a bridge for them to walk, cycle and

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sight-see from? The next week the Government, with votes in mind, proclaim that, within three days they will quickly plan to build the bridge and borrow more money to pay for it . Of course, because of the cost of this new bridge, some key previously-planned major roading projects will be dumped. Oh dear. What a fiasco. Talking about shooting from the hip.

As for speed on Bucklands Beach Rd, someone from AT should have stood by Vivian Wilson Dr at the bottom of the hill and made a speed comparison before worrying about the speed hump just installed. One just has to wonder sometimes who at AT makes these strange calls.

Rob Walker, Howick

On March 23, 2021, David Howard of Pakuranga continued to make inaccurate assertions about my claims of Maori racial segregation in Pukekohe and asks for documentation. Over the course of his letters (the other being August 26, 2020), he has doubted claims that Maori were refused alcohol in bars, sat in segregated classrooms, used separate toilets and had segregated swimming baths. He has clearly not read No Maori Allowed (2020) and We Don’t Serve Maori Here (2021), where I document these claims. A key passage in his letter is “In my time, ‘50s-early ‘60s’. From 1945 to 1952, he would not have shared the same toilet or swimming baths and he would have found that segregation was going on in the classroom. Let me take just one claim and address it in depth – that Maori were not refused service in bars. Here are five specific examples from the 1950s and early ‘60s in Pukekohe – the period he is referring to:

BUCKLANDS BEACH RD ROUNDABOUT Motorists will no doubt be delighted (or not) that Auckland Transport (AT) have spent thousands of dollars completing a new roundabout at the Sunderlands Road intersection, mainly for the benefit of the limited amount of traffic from that road turning right into Bucklands Beach Rd. This is accompanied by a pedestrian crossing and a speed hump (even though the busy Gills Rd roundabout is close by). There are several intersections on Bucklands Beach Rd, many of which demand much more care than the Sunderlands Rd one – eg Sea Spray Drive, Takutai Ave and particularly Laings Rd. Should there be more traffic accidents close to Sunderland Rd than those mentioned, lack of attention is the more likely cause. There are no pedestrian crossings anywhere near the other roads listed either. Are AT going to do anything about that? Not likely.

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1. Kiwi writer James Edwards writes that as a door-to-door salesman in Pukekohe in 1952, there was “blatant” segregation. “I visited the Pukekohe Hotel one afternoon. I discovered there were only Maoris drinking in that particular bar. I asked one of them for the reason. He shrugged his shoulders (and said) ‘It’s been like this for a long time, this is the only bar we’re allowed to drink in…’”. Edwards, James (December 1989). “Working Class Struggles.” In 1840-1990: A Long White Cloud, p. 35. 2. In April 1957, an Auckland Police Inspector told a meeting of the Licensing Control Commission that a hotel in Pukekohe was refusing to allow Maori women inside their premises. He said that the women were being forced to sit on the ground behind the building, where alcohol was then brought to them. A lawyer for the hotel said that the practice had been going on for some time. “Banned from Bar, Maori Women Drink Outside.” The New Zealand Truth, April 16, 1957, p. 19. 3. “Four of six hotels in the Pukekohe, Waiuku, Tuakau, Papakura, Mercer area practice a form of restriction. In one, Maori men and women may drink in the lounge together until 4pm when only the men must leave. Europeans of both sexes may drink in this lounge at all times as well as in another lounge which is exclusively European.” Excerpt of a report from the Pukekohe Welfare

Office, cited in the National Archives, Wellington. 4. “Pukekohe Hotel used to exclude Maori women who then congregated and drank in a paddock next door. Maoris were also excluded from private bar. The Licensing Control Commission refused to take any action. A new licensee removed the restrictions and later built separate but identical lounges for Maori and European women.” National Archives Wellington. 5. The Maori Welfare Officer for Pukekohe reported: “Provincial publican discussing improvements to the hotel – ‘We’ve got rid of Maoris from the lounge and private bar!’” Excerpt of a report from the Pukekohe Welfare Office, Department of Maori Affairs, Wellington, May 1961. As for the national scene, I document numerous examples in newspaper reports and government files of bars refusing to serve Maori across the country. Mr Howard also makes up claims out of thin air, which portray me as a radical. For instance, he writes: “Elsewhere he says that Maori are now ‘no better than indentured labourers and almost slaves on their own land.’ ” Nowhere does this appear in any of my books, writings or talks. While it was once true, it is certainly not true today. As for the rest of his assertions, I refer you to my books. The reader can judge for themselves.

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What’s on

U3A ORMISTON MEETING U3A Ormiston next meets on Thursday, June 24, 10am, Flat Bush Old School hall, corner Murphy’s Road and Flat Bush School Road, main speaker Kate Senner, who will take a humorous look at “The Torment of Poor Design”. All welcome. Contact Mike Lowe 279 3956 or 021 772 478.

GIRL GUIDING – WAIPAPAROA RANGERS Calling all girls aged 12-17 years. Come and make new friends, experience new activities, go to camps and events, earn badges and have fun. We meet every Tuesday during term time, 7pm-9pm, Vincent Street Guide Hut. Text Cheryl on 027 359 8926 or visit the Girlguiding website.

BRAIN FITNESS WITH MINDFULNESS Know more about how the human brain is malleable and elastic, which can stretch and shape it. “Go to gym” with Mindfulness practice that you can do anywhere and anytime. Healthy brain, healthy mind. Botany Library, Thursday, June 24, 6pm-7.30pm. Email botany. library@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.

PROBUS CLUB II

Ladies Probus Club Half Moon Bay will meet in the Bucklands Beach Bowling Club, 21 Morrow Ave, Monday, June 21, 10am-12 noon.

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RSA WOMEN

Guest speaker Katrina from House of Travel. Morning tea provided, visitors. Phone Zenda 534 9787 or email zendasmith@xtra.co.nz.

Howick RSA Women’s Section AGM 2021 is at Highland Park Community House, 47 Aviemore Drive, Friday June 25, 10am. Agenda, election of officers and committee general business. For more info Margaret Jones/ President /Secretary 027 5344157.

CAR BOOT SALE

Pakuranga Peninsula Girl Guides are holding a car boot sale on Saturday, June 26 between 8pm12pm at Glen House, 6 Glenside Ave, Pakuranga which goes towards their Jamboree. Email louisac50@outlook.com to reserve your table to sell for $20.

CLASSY CRAFTS INDOOR MARKET Come along to Classy Crafts for fabulous handcrafted products. Help support a chosen charity by bringing, or buying, a pre-loved treasure from the new “Bring and Buy” table. Saturday June 26, 9am12.30pm, Picton Centre, 120 Picton Street, Howick. Contact Robyn Brown 537 9240.

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The Ladies Probus Club of Howick Central will meet on Friday, June 25, 10am, Howick Bowling Club, Selwyn Road. Our speaker is author Lisbeth Hardy. New members welcome. Phone Pat on 021-212-2507.

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Course run by Literacy Aotearoa. Looking for work and need some help? Botany Library, Tue & Wed 29th & 30th June 10am-3pm. For more information or to register email info.c2@literacy.org.nz or phone 0800 678 910.

Motuihe Island Trust needs your help to continue the restoration of the native forest on this lovely island, very close to Auckland. Sunday, June 27 is our next planting day, then fortnightly after that. Contact Fiona on info@motuihe. org.nz.

COFFEE & CONVERSATION You are welcome to come along and hear our guest speaker Sally Mauireva discuss the history of MOTAT (Museum of Technology and Transport) and current projects. Refreshments provided, Free. July 2, 10.30am, Howick Library, 25 Uxbridge Road.

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Bucklands Beach Bowling Club, 21 Morrow Ave. New members welcome, bowls provided, flat-soled shoes to be worn (not corrugated). Free coaching. Ph Carole 600 1221 or 021 253 4899.

Pigeon Mountain Garden Club. Next meeting Monday July 5, 7.30pm. Sarah from Howick Beekeepers is speaking. All welcome – raffles – trading table, friendly fellow-gardeners. St Andrew’s Church, cnr Ridge and Vincent St. Ph Lynda 021 398 200.

Organised by the Auckland Central Model Railway Club Inc, Sunday July 18, 10am-1pm, Mount Eden War Memorial Hall, 487 Dominion Road, Balmoral, $6 (school children, free). Contact John Kernohan 021 366 451, email jakernohan@yahoo. com.au for more information.

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Howick Pakuranga & Districts Association is meeting at Howick Presbyterian Church (St Andrew’s), 11 Vincent Street, Friday, June 25, 10am with our AGM, followed at 10.30am by Dr Ayesha Verrall, Minister for Seniors and Association Minister of Health. At 11.15am Aoife Healy, from the Auckland Coastguard, will speak. Refreshments from 9.30am. All welcome. Phone Sandy Feringa 534 9409.

Uninstructed dance hour with electronica & hits from 80s, 90s, 00s & beyond. Every Thursday, 7pm8pm. Free. All Saints’ Community Centre, 30 Cook St Howick.

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June’s topic: Classical Chinese Poetry and Singing, Tuesday, June 29, 3.30pm-4.30pm. Free event. All welcome. Highland Park Library, 16 Highland Park Drive. For more information call 377 0209 or email HighlandPark.Library@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.

MID-WINTER MORNING TEA Local seniors are warmly invited to join Virtual Village East for a free mid-winter morning tea. Please come along on Tuesday, 29th June at 10.30am to catch-up with other seniors over a cuppa. The morning tea will be held at Te Tuhi, 13 Reeves Rd, Pakuranga, Auckland. Ample free parking behind Te Tuhi (accessed via William Roberts Road). For catering purposes RSVP Lee on 538 0827 or email co-ordinator@virtual-village-east.org.nz. All welcome!

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EDUCATION

Students become weta habitat extraordinaires By ZOE GARDEN

ission Heights Junior College Year 8 students have participated in an innovative STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) project by creating ‘weta hotels’. The STEM projects had the students design and make a habitat for native weta to eventually be put in the school’s forest (Tane). They learned about the native weta species and how they played a key role in the ecosystem development. During technology and maths, they looked at the design process through design briefs and specific

specifications for their weta hotels. A weta hotel, or motel, is a dry hole that weta can crawl into, safe from predators. Finally, students needed to write a report of their design brief and understanding of the decision process. “They had specifications they needed to meet in order for them to launch their design into a hotel,” Aly Grant, the communications co-ordinator for Mission Heights Junior College, said. The completed hotels were placed on trees in the school’s section of native forest so the weta can take advantage of them. “The project was fun as it made

us problem-solve with our peers to create a home for weta,” one of the students said. “Understanding the weta’s shape and size helped me design a hotel that would actually work for the insect.” The student said that fixing the hotels to the trees made “me feel more connected to our school’s forest”.

Mission Heights Junior College with their weta hotels in the Tane forest. Photos supplied

MUSIC

Matariki fanfare, masterpieces and the very special Wong Doe The Manukau Symphony Orchestra (MSO) takes musicmaking up a notch with the world premiere of a new fanfare, a captivating pianist Henry Wong Doe and orchestral masterpieces in Brahms 4 on July 3 at the Vodafone Events Centre. The orchestra, which has players and supporters from the Howick Local Board area, rehearses at Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts in Pakuranga and performs at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau. Performing with the MSO for the first time, Auckland-born pianist Henry Wong Doe, Professor of Piano at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, loves how emotionally charged Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 is. “One of the highlights for me is

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him on his visit to Auckland and perform with us in Manukau.” For his second commission by Manukau Orchestral Society Incorporated, New Zealand composer David Hamilton’s new work Fanfare for Matariki heralds the Maori New Year. “Much of the piece is bright and energetic as is usual for a fanfare,” says Hamilton. “Listen out for glittering vibraphone flourishes, the brilliance of three piccolos and nine bells representing the nine stars of Matariki.” Grodd was hesitant when programming large works like Brahms’ Symphony No. 4. “To perform this work requires a full symphony orchestra able to express the deep emotions embedded in the masterpiece,” says Grodd.

Pianist Henry Wong Doe IS Professor of Piano at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and will be performing with the MSO for the first time. Photo supplied

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➤ Manukau Symphony Orchestra presents Brahms 4, Saturday July 3, 7.30pm, Vodafone Events Centre. Tickets at Eventfinda or phone 577 3031.

Sunrise Property celebrates glamorous grand opening COMPETITION

Lucky Taniya wins brand new car Botany’s Taniya Bassi won a brand new car on Saturday. The car giveaway was just one of many events on as a part of Botany Town Centre’s 20th birthday celebrations. Bassi, one of 10 finalists, had the winning key Photo supplied and took away the new Suzuki Swift.

Around 40 guests, family members, friends and community dignitaries attended the grand opening of property management company Sunrise Property at Ormiston Town Centre. Pictured, from left, Howick Local Board member John Spiller, Auckland Councillor Paul Young, Botany MP Christopher Luxon, Howick Local Board member Peter Young, his son Alan Young, managing director Iris Lau, Ormiston office property manager Angela Davies and Ormiston office portfolio property manager Krystal Anderson. Photo Spancer Ng Photography.

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PAKURANGA COLLEGE Enrolment Procedures for 2022

Year 9 Enrolment Packs will be available through contributing Intermediate Schools or from the College Reception from Monday 28 June 2021.

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In-Zone enrolments will be by post or hand delivered to the Reception Office (open 8:00am till 4:00pm) with a closing date of Friday 20 August 2021. DE279439

manager@howickhouse.co.nz

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ENROLMENTS

Please apply by email to the Practice Manager

Out-of-Zone applications must be lodged at the Reception Office by 4:00pm on Wednesday 1 September 2021. If required, a ballot will take place on Wednesday 8 September 2021.

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There will be NO places offered for Out-of-Zone Year 10-13 enrolments for 2022.

Enrolment Scheme – Home Zone

Commencing at the coast, travel east along the centre of A Tai Road and along the centre of Pigeon Mountain Road (Compass Point Way included) as far as Himalaya Drive (included). Head east along the northern boundary of Pigeon Mountain to Gills Road. Continue along Gills Road before heading south east along Bleakhouse Road (excluded). Turn south along Ridge Road (53, 60 and above included) and continue south along Botany Road. Head west along the centre of Ti Rakau Drive until meeting the Ti Rakau Culvert, head north west along the creek to join Pakuranga Road, head south west along Pakuranga Road until Johns Lane (267 included), then along the centre of Pakuranga Road until St Kentigern College. Head west along the northern boundary of St Kentigern College before heading north along the coast to the starting point.

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We require a friendly well organised and proactive Receptionist to join our very busy reception team at our medical centre in Pakuranga. Key tasks for this role are: • Reception including face to face with strong telephone skills • Scheduling appointments • Invoicing • Phone calls • Database updates •General administration tasks applicable to this role The successful candidate will have: • Good interaction skills (a real team player) • Multi-tasking skills • Sound computer skills • Medtech Evolution training preferred but not essential • Strong attention to detail • Good problem solving skills 1pm-6pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday and 1pm-7pm Tuesday and Thursday An ability to cover other shifts where necessary is a requirement. You will demonstrate a professional and mature approach. Our patients are very important to us so a genuine empathy and compassion for people is a must. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

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Sancta Maria College is an academically high performing, co-educational State Integrated Catholic College (Years 7-13) located in Flat Bush, East Auckland and enjoys an inclusive, family orientated culture.

Students living outside the Defined Home Zone

We are seeking a dynamic person who has a passion for all sport, a clear vision for developing the cocurricular programme to a further high level, and the commitment to increase participation and performance in both summer and winter sports codes. The successful applicant will be required to foster and maintain close relationships with students, parents, teachers, coaches, community sporting bodies, and schools. A good knowledge of sports organisations, sports management and administration, coaching principles, and the ability to plan strategically are required.

OPEN MORNING Saturday 7 August 2021 – 9:00am to 12 Noon

An application form and detailed role description are available on the school’s website https://www. sanctamaria.school.nz/employment/

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

Applications close Sunday, 4 July 2021 at 4pm. Email your application form, CV, and all required supporting documents to Theresa Ganias (Principal’s PA) at employment@sanctamaria.school.nz

If places are available the following students may be accepted, with places offered in the following order of priority: First Priority Will be given to students who have been accepted for enrolment in the Pegasus Unit, a special programme run by the school and approved by the Secretary for Education. Second Priority Will be given to siblings of current students. Third Priority Will be given to siblings of former students. Fourth Priority Will be given to any applicant who is a child of a former student of the school. Fifth Priority Will be given to any applicant who is a child of an employee or board member of the Pakuranga College Board of Trustees. Sixth Priority Will be given to all other applicants. If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in a priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions issued by the Secretary under Section 11 G (1) of the Education Act 1989.

The role involves some after school and weekend work, and oversight of the Sports Department. If you are committed, well-organised, energetic, enthusiastic, and capable of further developing our college sport, we welcome your application. A competitive remuneration is offered based on qualifications and experience.

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For a detailed information pack and job description please email the cluster lead principal, Leyette Callister l.callister@howickprimary.school.nz

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“Council invested $113 million in infrastructure for this year’s successful America’s Cup and made a huge effort to deliver it on time and on budget,” Goff said. BBYC Commodore Sara Poore told the Times what ETNZ has achieved over the decades is extraordinary. “Firstly, Bucklands Beach Yacht Club (BBYC) congratulates Emirates Team New Zealand on successfully defending the 36th America’s Cup. This achievement was nothing short of stunning both for spectators and for sailing technology advancements,” Poore said.

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“We at BBYC embraced the cup fever and, over the period of the cup competition, we put on many activities within our club fan zone which attracted not only our members but also the general public, many of whom joined up as new members, so the America’s Cup held in Auckland is very beneficial to BBYC and yacht clubs around New Zealand. “With regards to where the next AC is held, we are not the yacht club involved and do not know all the information RNZYS have had to consider.” Poore said most Kiwis and BBYC would like to see the

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ucklands Beach Yacht Club (BBYC) wants to see Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) host the America’s Cup challenge in New Zealand but accepts that funding may mean the next series defence is held offshore. ETNZ and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) last week announced it was looking outside of NZ for funding options abroad after a threemonth exclusive negotiating period failed to “reach a conclusion that works for all parties”. Auckland Council and the Government had offered almost $100 million. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff said Aucklanders would be disappointed at ETNZ’s decision to look overseas for the next America’s Cup defence. “Moving the race overseas would be the first time a successful New Zealand team has not defended the Cup on home waters,” Goff said. “Auckland Council and the government have made a combined offer in cash and in-kind of nearly $100m, but Team New Zealand wanted twice that amount. That clearly was not sustainable in the post-Covid environment.

➤ From page 20 While a tight five that embraces five All Blacks has won deserved acclaim, there is also genuine talent in loosies Dalton Papalii, Hoskins Sotutu, Tom Robinson, Akira Ioane and Gibson. All have been outstanding, especially the strapping former Pakuranga star Papalii who looks destined to add to his three tests as an All Black. And it was the athletic Sotutu whose strong fend and swerving run paved the way for Gibson’s try. His decision to follow Papalii’s move to Counties is a big blow for Auckland. With defence being the dominant factor, there was not much space for Ioane to demonstrate his attacking class. However, it was pleasing to see him bend his back and grind hard for the team cause. It is that kind of competition within the squad that is strengthening their character and desire. Having joined the Blues and Highlanders in being unbeaten through SR Trans-Tasman, the Crusaders will rue missing out on the final because of their inferior points differential. As SR Aotearoa champions who played all New Zealand and Australian franchises, they remain this country’s best. But if the Blues continue to gel and gain the consistency they lacked, they can seriously challenge Crusaders who have won five consecutive Super Rugby titles. Ivan Agnew is an award-winning sports writer

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Keddell brings hearty Olympic message Talented Somerville Intermediate School hockey players got to chill out with NZ Black Sticks hockey player Rose Keddell (pictured centre). The Tokyo-bound Olympian was at Somerville Intermediate recently to speak to players and Kawarau Whanau students as part of the nationwide Olympic Ambassadors in schools programme. Keddell spoke to a packed school hall about being the best you can

be and living up to the Olympic values of friendship, respect and excellence. Keddell, a midfielder from Tauranga, will be heading to her second Olympic Games, after placing fourth at Rio 2016. The Olympics are scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8 in Tokyo. With more than 200 caps to her name, Keddell has also been to two Commonwealth Games – winning gold at Gold Coast 2018 and bronze at Glasgow 2014.

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arry Plummer and Blake Gibson are testimony to the importance of having rugby players who make a mighty impact off the reserves bench. On Saturday night with the Blues dominating territory but trailing the Highlanders 13-15, first-five Plummer and flanker Gibson had just 13 minutes action before 36,000 Eden Park fans to wrest a deserved Super Rugby TransTasman victory. They did it in style, Gibson scoring a try converted by Plummer from the sideline after he had succeeded with a wide-angled penalty. Those 10 points received a rapturous reception from Blues fans whose last Super Rugby title came 18 agonising long years ago. With electrifying left wing Mark Telea scoring from a well-placed Otere Black crosskick, the Blues were the only

team to score tries. Black also converted one and kicked a penalty. In reply, Mitch Hunt had succeeded with four penalties before Josh Ioane’s in the 66th minute gave the Highlanders the lead. As always, the tenacious Highlanders were gallant in defeat despite being battered by the powerful Blues scrum and struggling to match their opponents at the breakdown. Yet they remained fierce competitors who defended courageously despite the Blues 70 per cent territorial advantage. But since head coach Leon MacDonald joined their ranks, the Blues have gradually gone from a bunch of individuals into a team that has learned to gel although loose passes still negate promising scoring opportunities. Their driving maul is a dangerous weapon and the back-

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line functions better when Finlay Christie, Otere Black and TJ Faiane occupy the three inside berths though Plummer’s contribution has also been good. The lively Christie lost nothing in comparison with the exceptional Aaron Smith this time and Black almost matched the gifted Mitch Hunt who is the only first-five to have outplayed brilliant Richie Mo’unga this year. With Scott Gregory/ Michael Collins and Faiane/ Rieko Ioane combinations cancelling out each other with strong defence, there were few opportunities for each team’s dangerous wings to prosper. ➤ Turn to page 19

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