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Takapuna Rocks 2020
Matt Turnwald, organiser of Repco Takapuna Rocks.
Takapuna set to Rock again! Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020 – Takapuna Beach, Labour Weekend, Saturday 24th October
Repco Takapuna Rocks was a brand new event for the North Shore in 2019. Thousands turned out for that inaugural event which encouraged the organisers to make it an annual fixture on the calendar. Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020 – taking place on Saturday 24th October – is set to draw classic car enthusiasts from the length and breadth of the country to Takapuna on the Saturday of Labour Weekend. Locals and visitors will join in the family fun, with countless options of food and refreshments and an opportunity to enjoy an extensive show of some of the country’s finest cars, lovingly preserved from our past. Best of all, Takapuna Rocks is also a community fundraising event. Channel Mag’s Aidan Bennett caught up with event organiser Matt Turnwald during July to learn what he has in the pipeline for Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020.
AIDAN BENNETT: First of all Matt, well done for launching this new event in 2019. Launching something like this from scratch is a big undertaking. You must be thrilled with how it went and that it looks like being bigger again in 2020, despite the upheavals that the year has dished out?
MATT TURNWALD: The start to the year has certainly had its challenges and has seen many Classic Car and Rock ‘n’ Roll events postponed, but we are ready to go with Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020 and excited to be bringing this free family fun day to Takapuna. We launched for vehicle registrations on July 4th and already the interest has been strong from classic car, bike and hot rod owners to be in the show. We are also selling tickets fast for our Repco After Party/Hop where we have Tom Sharplin and the Cadillacs playing. We have also booked some great vendors for the Vintage Market stalls, and the Pin Up competition entries are flowing in. All in all it promises to be even bigger and better than last year.
AB: For our readers who didn’t attend in 2019, can you explain exactly what Repco Takapuna Rocks is all about?
MT: Repco Takapuna Rocks is a classic car, bike and hot rod show which gives car enthusiasts an opportunity to show off their vehicles from a bygone era.
Some of the country’s finest examples of pre ’72 classics will be there on the day and we encourage people to come down to The Strand, bring the kids and hear the live music, see the Rock ‘n’ Roll dancers, wander around and shop at the Vintage Markets, see our Pin Up competition and relax at the cafés and restaurants or grab some great food from our food and coffee vendors.The show opens at 10am and the Pin Up is at 3pm followed by the prize-giving for the show.
AB: It must be great to have a lead sponsor like Repco? They are a great fit for the event and most of your other sponsors are back again as well, I understand?
MT: Repco are fantastic to partner with and help us to make the event really special with their wealth of experience with classic car events and their supportive team making sure we have great prizes and giveaways. We are really grateful to our entire family of sponsors for their continued participation and to the Takapuna Beach Business Association and Devonport Takapuna Local Board for giving us their support again this year.
AB: You had 200 classic cars and vehicles in 2019 and are confident of having 300 for 2020?
MT: Due to the COVID-19 lockdown so many of the regular events had to be cancelled or postponed. So we will be one of the first major events on the classic car calendar and many of the classic car clubs, enthusiasts, and Rock ‘n’ Roll clubs are looking forward to the event and keen to get their engines humming again after a long break.
Lots of fun for the kids!
We’d love you to visit our website to see the event schedule and look at the gallery page to see a video of last year’s successful event.
AB: Takapuna’s main street is undergoing a bit of renovation, but your event takes place away from any disruption doesn’t it? And parking is going to be in abundance in Takapuna at that time with the new Gasometer carpark being open in addition to the Anzac Street and Bruce Mason Centre/Killarney Street carparks which should make things easy for visitors?
MT: We have The Strand – the road by the beach reserve – closed off for the day with a strict traffic management plan to ensure safety for the exhibitors, the public and the vehicles. We believe this is an ideal way to try and support the local business community by bringing visitors to the area for the long weekend and creating a family fun day and community fundraiser in Takapuna. As you say Aidan, there are plenty of options for parking in close proximity to The Strand.
AB: You are keen to grow this as an event for the whole family which is great. And it’s FREE! What special things are happening during the event in 2020?
MT: We have Shane Cortese as our fantastic MC for the day on the main stage and two live bands, Chet O’Connell and the Rock n roll Riots and then Boom Boom Deluxe, playing from 10am with dancing in the streets. There was lots of that in 2019. There will be the Vintage Markets and a Pin Up competition to crown Miss Takapuna Rocks 2020 and there’s face painting for the kids and of course the wonderful Takapuna Beach Playground.
AB: I understand there’s an after party planned this year as well?
MT: This year we are launching the Repco After Party/Hop from 7pm at Regatta Bar and Eatery featuring Tom Sharplin and the Cadillacs. Tickets ($25) for the Repco After Party are available on our website (see below).
This Repco After Party will be a chance to unwind after the day’s activities and enjoy some classic Rock ‘n’ Roll music and dance the night away.
AB: I know you guys organise this very much as hobby and a community event, with any profits going to charity. Which lucky charities will be the benefactors in 2020?
MT: We love the classic cars, bikes and hot rods and want to give people a chance to show them off but we are also passionate about our local community and so this is a ‘community fundraising event’ in support of Yes Disability for their new Youth Innovation Hub, Shore Junction, and also in support of Make-A-Wish NZ. We donate money from the vehicle registrations to the charities and we have volunteers from Takapuna Rotary there on the day rattling donation buckets and as it is free entry to the event we find the public give generously.
We hope you will come and join us on Labour Weekend Saturday 24th October, for Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020!
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FREE FAMILY FUN DAY CLASSIC CARS • HOT RODS • ROCK N ROLL • PIN-UPS • VINTAGE MARKET CLASSIC CARS • HOT RODS • ROCK N ROLL • PIN-UPS • VINTAGE MARKET
PLUS Repco After Party/Hop FEATURING TOM SHARPLIN AND THE CADILLACS 7PM TO LATE • $25
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America’s Cup mural design competition – $5000 up for grabs! –
Help us celebrate Takapuna being the grandstand for the 36th America’s Cup with a great design here!
Channel Magazine, Benefitz and the Takapuna Beach Business Association have teamed up to produce a massive mural celebrating the 36th America’s Cup that is coming to our shore’s late this year and early next.
Action starts in mid-December with the America’s Cup World Series. The Prada Cup is held in January and February and then the main event, the America’s Cup, is on between March 6th and 21st.
The owners of a prominent building in Takapuna have provided permission to install a massive mural on the side of their building to liven up the place for the America’s Cup. This mural will be 10 metres wide by 6.5 metres high.
The neat thing is we want local creative people to come up with a vibrant design that celebrates the fact that Takapuna will be one of the prime viewing spots for the AC36 event.
Celebrating in the traditions on the America’s Cup we want this artwork to be a real contest. The winning design will not only be used on the massive mural but the designer will also win $4000 for their efforts. We will also be offering $500 prizes for two runner up designs –
making a total cash prize pool of $5000! And entry is totally free!
Entries must be in by Friday 18th September 2020. The winner will be announced by Friday 25th September and the winning mural will then be produced and installed in October.
To enter – refer to the entry details & conditions – get your creative juices flowing and then send your entry by email to: ac36mural@takapunabeach.co.nz
Entries close September 18th 2020.
It will be HUGE! It will be HUGE!
Entry details & Conditions: Entry is open to people who live or work on the North Shore. The winning entry will be the one that is deemed to be the most creative and suitable by a judging committee and their decision is final. Prizes will be awarded as follows – $4000 for winning design and $500 each for two other designs that the judges select. Each entry/design must have the following elements within them – Something that relates to the America’s Cup, something that relates to Takapuna Beach. Elements must also be supplied in suitable resolution for grand format printing. Entries must be received by 18th September 2020. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. In entering the competition each entrant understands that they are allowing their design to be used for the purposes stated and any related promotional use, before or after the mural is produced. No additional creative royalties will be applicable or paid for the design.
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Your Future Hospice
Welcome to our second column where we explore the past, present and future of hospice and palliative care on the North Shore, as a major redevelopment begins at your local Hospice.
Design is well underway for the site at Shea Terrace, Takapuna, prompted by unprecedented growth across the region and an urgent need to upgrade facilities, with construction planned to commence in late 2020. This includes recladding and enlarging the Inpatient Unit, adding extra purpose-designed accommodation for families to stay overnight, new outpatient spaces, and a state-of-the-art community centre for programmes that support patients to live well at home.
Costs will be met largely through fundraising, and an integral part of the project’s success will be you – our community of generous, loyal supporters. Harbour Hospice invites you to join them on this special journey.
Evolution of our care Jan Nichols, Harbour Hospice CEO
We often tell people that Hospice is not a building, it’s a philosophy of care. It’s a concept that can be hard to grasp when we focus on the Inpatient Unit, as our current project demands. But when the North Shore Hospice began 37 years ago, there was no building. The service was begun by a small group of very committed volunteers who provided patient support at home and through a day programme.
Many of those drawn to work with Hospice had a personal story of loss and a lack of support as they cared for family members, then struggled through their bereavement. In the words of the first North Shore Hospice nurse, Tricia Clarkson, “the problems people had with grief were Tricia Clarkson. not because there was anything abnormal going on in their life, there just wasn’t the support for them.” In three decades, our Hospice has evolved into a highly specialised centre of excellence in palliative care. Our team of professionals are experts in reducing patients’ symptoms, understanding their pain and the other challenges that arise in the last months and days of life. Families are supported to assist with care, while caring for them in turn as they grieve.
Some things remain as important today as they were in 1983. We still depend on our dedicated volunteers to support patients, raise funds and provide expert governance. And we’re still motivated by providing free care that addresses physical, emotional, spiritual, social and cultural needs.
Our service has developed in response to our community’s growth. The Inpatient Unit, opened in 1995, answered a need for more care options and enabled patients to spend a few days with our multidisciplinary care team.
The next stage of Harbour Hospice’s evolution will include a facility where we can safely care for more patients with increasingly complex needs. New community spaces will welcome patients and families to meet and draw strength from others, while learning (and sharing) skills that will help them meet challenges to come. Training spaces will ensure we can better upskill our own staff and other professionals in the local community.
Our specialist nurses, doctors, family support team and therapists will continue to work within our upgraded building and in the community, finding out what patients and families need to support their journey and meeting the significant increase in demand for palliative care.
Simon Watts North Shore
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No second chance for a second harbour crossing
Simon Watts.
National Leader Judith Collins’ announcement that the second harbour crossing will be included in National’s infrastructure package will finally get this vital project out of the realms of fantasy and onto the agendas of government and business.
The North Shore is a significant contributor to the commercial vitality, civic character and future potential of Auckland and for too long decisions made in Wellington have failed to acknowledge or place sufficient value on this reality. It’s fantastic that at last we have a leader of a major party with the vision and determination to cut through the barriers to building an additional harbour crossing. Everyone who has sat in traffic jams trying to use the Harbour Bridge knows how essential a second harbour crossing is. As do the North Shore businesses that can only confidently arrange meetings on the other side of the Bridge during a 4-hour window between rush hours. The ridiculous habit of kicking this can further down the road has to stop. That’s why I made sure a second harbour crossing was included in my campaign promises, and why delivering on that commitment is going to be one of my goals if North Shore voters send me to Wellington as their MP. The North Shore has found its voice in a National Party that knows we’ve waited long enough. Without National in Government we can wave goodbye to the second harbour crossing. I was also encouraged to see that an expressway linking Whangārei with Tauranga, via Auckland and Hamilton is in the package. This will generate enormous potential for all the communities along its route, the North Shore included. Using the expressway, our innovative businesses will be able to quickly and efficiently reach a huge potential market. Let’s give the health and technology hub that’s already growing on the Shore something to aim for: a client base that stretches from Whangārei to Tauranga. The difference between the future National has mapped out, and the current situation of a blocked Harbour Bridge couldn’t be more different. Building a sustainable and far-reaching economic recovery in a post-COVID world is going to require bold thinking and cogent solutions, and National’s announcement has both. Now that there’s a clear pathway to building the Second harbour crossing, we can all be certain that the North Shore is going to come in for unparalleled attention. And we need to be ready to leverage that exposure to address the other issues that have languished for too long. The Waitematā Harbour is a vital part of the attraction of living on the Shore and it’s time we showed our appreciation for it. This means securing the investment and commitment from regional and national government that’s necessary if we’re going to clean up our polluted beaches. I’m also right onboard with residents on the Shore who can’t understand why ferries aren’t a bigger component in Auckland’s overall transport strategy. The harbour is a highway that’s completely underutilised. There is no reason why we can’t get commuters on ferries and do it in a sustainable way that protects the environment too. There will be no second chances to get these projects over the line. This is the North Shore’s opportunity to ensure that we get a fair share of Wellington’s attention. With your help we’re going to get this done.
