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BOOK REVIEWS WITH TAKE NOTE MAIRANGI BAY

When She Was Good

by Michael Robotham

Miss Benson’s Beetle

by Rachel Joyce Rachel Joyce, well-known for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, has written an engaging, quirky and emotionally moving historical adventure novel set in the 1950s, following two very different women,who appear to have little that could possibly connect them, embarking on a journey to find the golden beetle of New Caledonia. Margery Benson is awkward, friendless and living alone in London when she determines to embark on the adventure of a lifetime to journey across the world to try and discover the golden beetle. Her assistant Enid Pretty is not who she had in mind, but together they are drawn into an adventure that exceeds all Margery’s expectations.

Rachel Joyce has created two wonderful characters and the tale of the unlikely friendship that develops between them is told with compassion and humour. This novel is an engaging, warm and hilarious read. Highly recommended!

The Lying Life of Adults

by Elena Ferrante

Criminal psychologist Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in this new thriller from Michael Robotham.

Evie Cormac is a girl with no past, discovered hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a terrible crime. Cyrus discovered she had an ability to tell when someone is lying and she was valuable to him in solving a criminal investigation. In this book Cyrus is trying to uncover some answers to questions about her past and her family. However the more he discovers, the more he exposes Evie to danger, giving her no choice but to run.

Robotham creates characters that are immensely intriguing and well-developed. As a reader you really want to know their personal histories and you become invested in their stories.

The Unadoptables

by Hana Tooke The Unadoptables is a wonderful dark comedy adventure set in Amsterdam in the late 19th century. This is a story for the time and setting, like a Dickens novel. Five babies have been left at the Little Tulip Orphanage in very unusual circumstances: one in a tool box, one in a coal bucket, one in a picnic hamper, one in a wheat sack, and finally one in a coffin-shaped basket. The babies are named Lotta, Egg, Fenna, Sam and Milou, and the matron of course is cruel. These babies appear to be unadoptable but their precocious and courageous behaviour makes them special. In the challenge to discover their own histories the children become a family. Enjoy the high-speed journey with these loveable children as they chase through a totally different world from ours. I thoroughly enjoyed this atmospheric, gothic tale and hope each child may appear in their own story eventually. Suitable for readers ages 7+.

This is the new novel by the celebrated author of the hugely successful novel My Brilliant Friend and its sequels.

Giovanna is a meek, obedient 12-year old girl who overhears her father comparing her to his estranged sister Vittoria, who her parents have always described as someone in whom “ugliness and nastiness were perfectly matched”. His words precipitate a series of events that throw Giovanna’s life into chaos.

Ferrante follows Giovanna’s life from age 12 to 16, charting her development from the sweet girl who adores her parents to a sulking, aggressive teenager who finds pleasure in making those around her uncomfortable. Ferrante is masterful at drawing you into the mind of a teenager: this is a compelling read .

I Am the Universe is a beautifully illustrated picture book by the award winning Auckland author Vasanti Unka. The good design and colourful pages are perfect for illustrating the scale of the glittering universe, galaxies, stars and planets, within which we are led to our wonderful world brimming with all kinds of life including yours. Expect this book to be on the book awards list for 2021. Fantastic, original and sure to open up interesting discussions with children aged three and up. Think ahead for Christmas.

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CHANNEL MAGAZINE COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Oct/Nov 2020

This Channel Community Calendar is published monthly for community events.

If you would like to include your event please email details to: kim@channelmag.co.nz

OCTOBER – LEVEL 2 Remains Monday 5th

Monday 12th

Talent Quest – Glenfield Mall, Cnr Glenfield and Downing Street, Glenfield 1pm – 2pm

Morning Melodies 2020, Bruce Mason Centre, Cnr Hurstmere and The Promenade, Takapuna 11am – 12pm

Wednesday 14th

Tuesday 6th Talent Quest – Glenfield Mall, Cnr Glenfield and Downing Street, Glenfield 1pm – 2pm

Wednesday 7th Talent Quest – Glenfield Mall, Cnr Glenfield and Downing Street, Glenfield 1pm – 2pm

Thursday 8th Talent Quest – Glenfield Mall, Cnr Glenfield and Downing Street, Glenfield 1pm – 2pm

Friday 9th Babysitting Workshop – Highbury House.

Become a safe, reliable and fun child minder that every parent will trust and want to book again. $65 – 10am – 2pm email: admin@ highburyhouse.org.nz Winter Fun Preschool Play – The Rose Centre, School Road, Belmont, 9.30am – 11am Talent Quest – Glenfield Mall, Cnr Glenfield and Downing Street, Glenfield 1pm – 2pm

Saturday 10th Love Tennis – Campbells Bay Tennis Club, 184 Beach Road, Campbells Bay 1pm – 4pm – All welcome, come play – FREE Talent Quest – Glenfield Mall, Cnr Glenfield and Downing Street, Glenfield 1pm – 2pm North Shore Community Toy Library Sessions – 1 Sidmouth Street, Mairangi Bay

Sunday 11th Love Tennis – Campbells Bay Tennis Club, 184 Beach Road, Campbells Bay 1pm – 4pm – All welcome, come play – FREE Talent Quest – Glenfield Mall, Cnr Glenfield and Downing Street, Glenfield 1pm – 2pm Jan Preston Trio – The PumpHouse, 4pm

After School Drama Classes for Ages 5-10, East Coast Bay Community Centre, 2 Glen Street, Browns Bay 4pm

Thursday 15th Goju Ryu Karate Auckland North – Sunnynook Community Centre, 148 Sycamore Drive, Sunnynook. 6pm – 7.30pm

Friday 16th Winter Fun Preschool Play – The Rose Centre, School Road, Belmont, 9.30am – 11am

Saturday 17th Crystal Vision Holistic Market – Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 141 Kitchener Road, Milford 10am – 3pm Hugh Pop and Rock Vinyl Record Sale on the North Shore – St Anne’s Hall, Cnr of Glencoe & Beach Rd, Browns Bay, 9am – 2pm Belmont Bayswater Kindergarten Celebrates 75 Years, Belmont Bayswater Kindergarten, 1C Rosyth Avenue, Bayswater, 11.30am – 2pm

Sunday 18th “Ladies a plate” Group Exhibition - Next Door Gallery, 132 Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead.

Opens at 11am runs until the 26th

Friday 23rd Winter Fun Preschool Play – The Rose Centre, School Road, Belmont, 9.30am – 11am Night of Horror Fundraiser – The PumpHouse, 7.30pm

Saturday 24th Night of Horror Fundraiser – The PumpHouse, 7.30pm

Sunday 25th Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Class – Highbury House – Free to the community but bookings essential email admin@highburyhouse.org.nz 11am – 12pm

Monday 26th Glenfield Writers – Glenfield Library, 90 Bentley Avenue. 10am

Thursday 29th Goju Ryu Karate Auckland North – Sunnynook Community Centre, 148 Sycamore Drive, Sunnynook. 6pm – 7.30pm

Friday 30th Mandarin Book Chat – Birkenhead Library and Civic Centre, Nell Fisher Reserve, Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead 10am – 11.30am Winter Fun Preschool Play – The Rose Centre, School Road, Belmont, 9.30am – 11am

Saturday 31st Tuesday 20th Highbury High Tea – Highbury House. In recognition of International Day of the Older person. Free but bookings are essential as space is limited. Email: admin@highburyhouse.org.nz 10.am – 11.30am

Thursday 22nd Goju Ryu Karate Auckland North – Sunnynook Community Centre, 148 Sycamore Drive, Sunnynook. 6pm – 7.30pm

Crystal Vision Holistic Market – Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 141 Kitchener Road, Milford 10am – 3pm Pop and Rock Vinyl Record Sale on the North Shore – St Anne’s Hall, Cnr of Glencoe & Beach Rd, Browns Bay, 9am – 2pm The 2020 Round North Head Classic Swim, Windsor Reserve, King Edward Parade, Devonport. 8.30am – 10am NZ Paddleboarding Distance Championship, Takapuna Beach, The Strand, Takapuna 11am – 10pm

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November Sunday 1st

Saturday 14th

Crystal Vision Holistic Market – Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 141 Kitchener Road, Milford 10am – 3pm

Monday 2nd Book Chat at Birkenhead Library – Birkenhead Library and Civic Centre, Nell Fisher Reserve, Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead 9.30am – 11.30am

Thursday 5th Goju Ryu Karate Auckland North – Sunnynook Community Centre, 148 Sycamore Drive, Sunnynook. 6pm – 7.30pm

Company Theatre presents Peninsula – The Rose Centre, Belmont, 8pm Wed-Sat, 2pm Sun. Until 28th Nov Open Day at Wellpark College of Natural Therapeis, Wellpark College, 14 Mills Lane, Albany 2pm – 4.30pm

Sunday 15th Takaroro Spring Festival Devonport, Devonport Community Garden, Cambria Reserve, Church Street, Devonport, 3.30pm – 6pm (only if at Alert Level 1) Long Bay Village Markets – Long Bay Village, Cnr Glenvar Ridge Road , 9am – 2pm

Wednesday 18th

Friday 6th North Shore Home & Garden Show, Eventfinda Stadium, Silverfield Place, 10am – 5pm Runs until 8th

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Windsor Park Baptist Church, 550 East Coast Road, Mairangi Bay, 11am – 1pm

Thursday 19th

Saturday 7th Kids Learn 2 Ride Summer Series 20/21 – Greville Reserve, Forrest Hill Road, Forrest Hill 10am – 12pm NZ Made Market, Albany Village Community Hall, 21 Library Lan, Albany. 10am – 2pm Free

Sunday 8th Shore to Shore 5km Fun Run/Walk, Takapuna Grammar School, 210 Lake Road, Takapuna 8.30am

Monday 9th Morning Melodies 2020, Bruce Mason Centre, Cnr Hurstmere and The Promenade, Takapuna 11am – 12pm

Goju Ryu Karate Auckland North – Sunnynook Community Centre, 148 Sycamore Drive, Sunnynook. 6pm – 7.30pm

Friday 20th The Light are Coming On – Browns Bay Christmas Tree, Phoenix Plaza, Inverness Road, Browns Bay 6.30pm – 8.15pm

Saturday 21st Crystal Vision Holistic Market – Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 141 Kitchener Road, Milford 10am – 3pm

An Evening with Nigel Latta-Dealing with Stress and Anixety, Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Forrest Hill 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Sunday 29th Milford WEEPS Big Day Out – Milford Beach Reserve – 11am – 3pm

Every Tuesday Glenfield Laughter Club, Glenfield Senior Citzens Hall, 5 Mayfield Road, Glenfield 9.30am

Every Wednesday Takapuna Feisty Feet Classes, St Peters Anglican Church, 11 Killarney Street, Takapuna.

60’s up $10 per session.

Sign & Rhyme Term 4, Meadowood Community House, 55 Meadowood Drive, Unsworth Heights, Rosedale, 10am – 10.30am

Every Saturday North Shore Toy Library, 1 Sidmouth Street, Mairangi Bay 7 – 8.30pm Browns Bay Laughter Club, Browns Bay Community Centre, 2 Glen Road, Browns Bay 9am – 10am

Every Sunday The Reading Revolution, Albany Village Library, 30 Kell Drive, Albany 2pm – 3.30pm Starts from the 18th October

Baby Expo – Eventfinda Stadium, Silverfield Place, 9am – 4pm Until 22nd

Monday 23rd

Tuesday 10th

Saturday 28th Pop and Rock Vinyl Record Sale on the North Shore – St Anne’s Hall, Cnr of Glencoe & Beach Rd, Browns Bay, 9am – 2pm

Glenfield Writers – Glenfield Library, 90 Bentley Avenue. 10am

Friday 27th

NOTE: All events on the calendar are subject to change/cancellation due to COVID-19

Mandarin Book Chat – Birkenhead Library and Civic Centre, Nell Fisher Reserve, Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead 10am – 11.30am

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CONTENTS COVER FEATURES 16

Gasometer Carpark Development

48 Forrest Hill Community Garden 66 A Chat with Mary Buckley 82 Channel Interview: Roger Brittenden

FEATURES 26 Shop the Shore 38

Loving Your Home

50 I Love My Sport 62 My Shore Life

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74 North Shore History: David Verran 76

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Channel Youth

84 Solar Energy with SkySolar 117 The Healthy Channel: John Appleton 120 The Channel Crossword

OUT & ABOUT 02 Community Calendar 06 Out & About on the Shore

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EATING OUT 18

Eating Out Guide

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Eating Out Feature: The Carvery

TAKAPUNA BEACH 30 Views from the Beach with TBBA

MILFORD 72

Milford News

DEVONPORT

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EDUCATION

92 Westlake Boys' High School

ARTS

86 Rosmini College 87 Massey University

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The Rose Centre

88 Rangitoto College

96 Carmel College 97 Takapuna Grammar

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The PumpHouse

90 Kristin School

80 Devonport News

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94 Westlake Girls' High School

98 Albany Senior High School

FROM THE EDITOR

Janet Marshall

Members of the Channel Magazine team, Crystal Sharp, Kim McIntosh, Nikki Davidson and Aidan Bennett.

Challenging time for all!

Welcome to our October/November issue of Channel Magazine – the magazine that unashamedly highlights all the good things happening in our community. That has been a tough job this year!

We published monthly issues in February and March, before being locked down in late March which meant the half-done April issue never got to print. May didn’t either as we were unable to produce from April lockdown. We made the decision not to print in June or July for both health and financial reasons, but continued to publish online. We swung back into print with a great August issue, before level three struck again on August 11th meaning that a September issue was not possible to complete.

So here we are now with October. To finish off the year we made the decision (while in level three) to do a combined October/November issue, which will be followed by our usual December/January combined issue, with the hope we will be back monthly from February 2021 – COVID-19 permitting. Touch wood!

Every year since 2010 we have printed 11 issues a year. This year we will print only five.

Tough times for our Channel Mag team! But we’re not alone!

There’s some great reading in this issue, with features by Christine Young and Heather Barker Vermeer on the planned Forrest Hill Community Garden and with Devonport identity Roger Brittenden respectively. I have enjoyed the interviews I’ve done with Mary Buckley of helloworld and Davenports Law trust specialist Tammy McLeod as well as the feature on local business SkySolar’s installation of the huge solar power at Benefitz. Also lots of positive info and news from our town centres, arts and community organisations, schools and more…

I trust you will enjoy our fourth printed issue of Channel Mag for 2020. Thanks to all the advertisers and commercial partners who have stayed with us to help us publish this issue.

Make sure you SHOP LOCAL and get out and vote by close of play on October 17th! Roll on 2021!

Aidan Bennett, QSM Publisher, Channel Magazine Managing Director, Benefitz Email: aidan@benefitz.co.nz

Janet knows the North Shore market and can find a solution for YOU! One of the leading commercial sales and leasing brokers on the North Shore Over 15 years with Colliers In excess of $80 million in sales in 2017

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The entire content of this publication is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the prior permission, in writing, of the copyright owner. Colour transparencies & manuscripts submitted are sent at the owner’s risk; neither the publisher nor its agents accept any responsibility for loss or damage. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this publication, the publisher can accept no liability for any inaccuracies that may occur.

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OUT & ABOUT ON THE SHORE

The PumpHouse back with live theatre Tadpole Productions returned to The PumpHouse on Sunday 9th August for a very special 'one show only' read-through performance of Sir Roger Hall's play 'Spreading Out'. Following our recent Covid-19 lockdown at home, the script about family dynamics is apt for these times. An enthusiastic audience gathered to celebrate the return of Tadpole and quality theatre.

A Q&A with Sir Roger, director Janice Finn and cast (which included mother and daughter duo Louise and Ashley Wallace) followed the read-through.

Gaynor Nisbet, David and Linda Wilson.

Jack Nolan, Nettie and Scott Wallace, Sir Roger Hall.

Angela Antony and Lynette Jolicoeur.

KJ Jones, Leanne Treadwell, Rosemary Eltringham, Varian Creamer, Linda Forbes, Kiris Morrish.

Georgina, Michelle and Steve Hart.

Renee Beardsall, Laurel Urban, Lauren Edington, Abbe Cherry.

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The UK Grocer finds a new home in Browns Bay Browns Bay's UK Grocer has found a bright new home at 1 Bute Road, right in the hub of the village. Owners Tracey and Paul Clark had taken over the Anzac Street store in late 2019 and their positive spirit has seen them come through this year bigger and better. In early September they welcomed their customers, both British expats and enthusiastic Anglophiles, to the new space.

Tastings and a gift basket prize draw were on offer on Saturday 5th September, which saw a steady flow of people who were happy to queue outside, respecting Covid-19 requirements. They were there for the ever-popular Walkers Crisps, Baxters products, Jaffa Cakes and more. Earlier this year the call came from Queen (yes that band), for a supply of Yorkshire Gold tea for their nationwide tour. The tastes of home are not so far away after all – just in Browns Bay.

Liam Curling, George and Charlie King, Maddy Kear.

Paul Clark, Keoni Walker, Terrence Kightley.

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Paulina Ho, Debbie and Joe Gibson.

Gabrielle Sills, Mel Williams, Juliana Avila.

Liz Cox, Tracey Clark, Natasha Cox.

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OUT & ABOUT ON THE SHORE

David Hartnell Glitz and Glamour at The Poynton Ladies at The Poynton enjoyed a night of glitz and glamour for their annual Ladies Dinner held at the popular Metlifecare Retirement Village on Wednesday July 29th. Attendees were invited to "dust off their pearls, shine their diamonds for an exciting night in Hollywood” with celebrity guest speaker David Hartnell. Hartnell proved to be a very entertaining guest speaker with a great deal of fun had by all. The 'Best Outfit’ prize went to The Poynton resident Nuala Grove.

Corrie Goedhart, Jan Wadsworth, Shirley Miller.

Anu Mayadeo, Kantha Soni.

Linda Gatley, Jeanette Mills, Marlene Rogers.

Sherrill McGregor, Shona Mirams, Pat Meiklejohn.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Obituary: Tom Gerrard Rosmini College’s beloved former Principal Mr Tom Gerrard sadly passed away on Thursday, 14th August. He was born in Ireland in 1941 and came to New Zealand as a small boy.

Rosmini College’s current Principal, Mr Nixon Cooper says, “Tom’s first connection with Rosmini College was a teacher from 1966 to 1970. He taught a range of subjects and coached the First XV. Tom returned to Rosmini College in 1975 as Principal after the Tom Gerrard with College had had four Principals in three years. He would go on to be his NZ Order of Merit medal.

Principal for the next 39 years until 2014.

"An outstanding educator, Tom was a giant in Catholic boys’ education for four decades. A great thinker and philosopher, Tom had a clear sense of his mission in Catholic boys’ education. In essence, it was to produce a well-rounded young man whose morals were rooted in a strong spiritual foundation in the Catholic faith, this combined with academic rigour and co-curricular interests.

He also never wavered from a belief in the need for firm discipline to which many an Old Boy can attest.

"Tom Gerrard was a larger than life character with an incredible sense of humour and ready wit. He was exceptionally good company and could keep a packed room amused and entertained for hours. Many of his former fellow Principals readily attest to him being arguably the most colourful Principal they knew during his long tenure in charge at Rosmini.

"It was when others suffered misfortune that Tom especially showed his genuine human kindness, affection, warmth and care for those in the wider Rosmini community be they a staff member, pupil, parent or board member. Being true to his faith, he found time to comfort those in need.

"Tom was always quick to recognise the support and help of others. He was deeply indebted to many long serving members of the Board of Trustees. Tom would also have been keen to acknowledge the 25 years of loyal service Jim Flanaghan and Owen Doody gave him as part of their close-knit senior leadership team.

"Tom leaves behind an extraordinary legacy at Rosmini College.

It is impossible to quantify and to cover each aspect. Just one Tom Gerrard with Rosmini Old Boys Damian Albert and Anthony Boric. aspect that can be seen by us all illustrates that legacy. When Tom arrived, the College had a roll of 572; it had 1020 by the time he left. In that time, Tom oversaw the fundraising and construction of the Foster Cooke, Catcheside, Tindall Auditorium, Sormany Science and Peter Maire Technology teaching blocks. Not to mention the eponymous gymnasium, John Copson Sports Pavilion and seven extra classrooms.

"When he had free time, Tom loved philosophy, his beloved W.B. Yeats and sports. His great sporting passions were rugby and Bishop Patrick Dunn and Tom Gerrard. horse racing.

"His passing at this time makes it difficult for the many people whose lives he touched in the Rosmini community to mark it, as they would probably wish. In the meantime, I ask you to keep all his family in our thoughts and prayers. May the soul of Tom Gerrard, Tom Gerrard and the Rosmini College through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.”

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SIMON WATTS: NATIONAL PARTY NORTH SHORE CANDIDATE

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It’s fair to say that the winter of 2020 has been a time like no other for the Watts household, with dad immersing himself in his first election campaign just as a pandemic pulls apart the fabric that binds our communities together. Lockdowns, job security, closed schools and an economy on its knees are issues that have played out at our breakfast table, just as they have in homes throughout the country.

Since the easing of social distancing restrictions, I’ve been spending six days out of every week asking people how they are doing, what challenges are they facing and about the changes they need to see in order to get through this. Business leaders, high street retailers, employees in engineering firms along Wairau Road, innovators at Smales Farm and parents have all shared their thoughts and concerns. And the full story of what the pandemic actually means to each individual reflects the undeniable evidence of a country-wide tragedy. New Zealand’s economy stands at a precipice, and we’re going to have to get a lot smarter if we’re going to save it.

Beating the virus is a task that will probably require our attention for some time to come…

With the General Election imminent, you can imagine these problems get a full airing in our house, with strategies to fix them discussed and dissected at practically every meal. I want to tell my boys that it will get sorted shortly, but the truth is the real impact of Covid’s pummelling of the economy won’t be felt for another couple of years when at least another 100,000 New Zealanders have lost their jobs.

I won’t be telling my sons that they are going to inherit a crippling debt that this country will be paying off for two generations unless we act now. They don’t see the problems building thanks to this Government’s ill-informed decision-making, and it’s not their burden to bear. It’s a challenge that’s fallen to us, to everyone who can vote in the election. It’s up to us to make the right decision for our children.

None of us can be blamed for Covid-19, but we do carry a huge responsibility for what happens next. Beating the virus is a task that will probably require our attention for some time to come, and with each outbreak, our ability to combat a resurgence grows. But there is no such learning curve with our economy, once we head down a path that saddles our country with massive debt and a moribund economy it will be too late to rethink our strategies.

There is no stepping back from another three years of getting it wrong.

I’m saying this to you as a father and as a person with significant local and international financial experience. Saving our economy depends on much more than staggered lockdowns and temporary wage support. The task in front of us requires cohesive, intelligent and far-sighted strategies backed by world-class thinking. Anything less will fail to bring our economy back from the brink and condemn our children to a poorer future.

Take care, Simon Watts. Email: simon.watts@national.org.nz Call me on: 021 0903 1040 Facebook: Simon Watts North Shore Instagram: @nzsimonwatts

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GLENFIELD MALL: LIFE PHARMACY

Life Pharmacy

– a community favourite at Glenfield Mall Glenfield Mall has been a much-loved part of the community for decades. Playing a big part in the mall’s success have been the valued service businesses that cover just about everything such a growing community requires. One such business is Life Pharmacy, owned by Seema Rambisheswar. The store has actually been part of the mall since it opened in the early '70s.

Seema is an identity at Glenfield Mall, having worked in pharmacies there since 1997. She became dispensary manager at Neil Webber Pharmacy in 2001. That pharmacy became Life Pharmacy and Seema purchased the business in 2008. For the past 12 years she has grown the business substantially – now having 20 staff – and is recognised as being a passionate, inspiring and caring business owner. Along the way she and her husband Veenay have had two children, now aged 16 and 23. They also have a much loved 12 year old chocolate labradoodle.

Seema Rambisheswar.

For the past 12 years she has grown the business substantially – now having 20 staff – and is recognised as being a passionate, inspiring and caring business owner.

Seema Rambisheswar says Life Pharmacy Glenfield has pure community at its heart, with a strong dispensary focus and a variety of pronounced service offerings.

“We love being part of such a busy place that is always buzzing,” explained Seema when Channel Magazine popped in for a chat in September. “There is always great foot traffic with everything on offer at Glenfield Mall, and we are right in the middle of it. My focus is helping people, providing personal and caring service and our customers appreciate it.”

Life Pharmacy Glenfield – Shop 228, Level 2, Glenfield Mall.

Phone 09-444-6403.

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ANDREW DORREEN

Sensational Modern Waterfront Property On 1,720sqm Land 2 SEACLIFFE AVENUE, TAKAPUNA Built new in 2013, number two Seacliffe Avenue is a spectacular large clifftop estate boasting uncompromised luxurious and private waterfront living.

Constructed of rendered brick and Cedar weatherboard, this five bedroom, five bathroom residence offers a total of 533sqm of internal living across its two floors - both offering panoramic sea views and framed close Rangitoto views. Ground floor living offers two double bedrooms plus two separate offices as well as three car, internal access garaging. A large bespoke media room with a projector screen is beautifully fitted out and flows onto expansive outdoor entertaining, including a heated pool and spa complex.

The property has a surround sound system throughout the home, airconditioning on the upper floor, underfloor heating throughout, ensuring entertaining is done in comfort. The kitchen is large and offers a combined

dining area facing the water and flowing out to flat grounds. There is a more formal lounge adjacent to this area flowing out to large decking and an outdoor kitchen area - perfect for summer entertaining. There is a palisade wall that runs along the cliff for stability and buyers piece of mind.

Upstairs there are three ensuited bedrooms plus a lounge / library area. The master suite offers breath-taking views of the gulf, large ensuite and walk in wardrobe.

This is the complete clifftop package. Large, four years old, built to a high standard and located on a lovely flat 1,720 sqm piece of prime Seacliffe clifftop land.

By Negotiation.

Andrew Dorreen / Precision Real Estate Ltd MREINZ Licenced under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 Email: andrew@precision.net.nz / Phone: 021 747 334 / www.precision.net.nz / www.andrewdorreen.com

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ANDREW DORREEN

Half Acre Waterfront Site Bespoke Modern Residence 10A FIRST AVENUE, STANLEY POINT This spectacular ten-year old residence is one of the suburb's finest properties.

Set above Ngataringa Bay, the home faces due north over the water and benefits from wide sweeping views and direct access to the water via stairs at the base of the property - superb. Designed by Leuschke Group Architects as a new build ten years ago, the home is in excellent condition and offers expansive living given its wide water frontage and offers the unique bonus of direct access to the water via formed stairs at the base of the property. Ground floor living is exquisite and very open plan. Kitchen, dining and lounge spaces are combined and all flow to large wrap around decking with heated pool, gorgeous covered loggia with open fire plus two other sitting areas that allow

you to follow the sun from morning till late. Solid oak timber floors grace the interior which is very well appointed and very contemporary.

Adjacent to the main living is an informal lounge or TV room with two slide away doors exposing multiple work from home stations. There are two large ensuited bedrooms on the ground floor including the elegant master suite which allows the owners to live entirely on one level.

Upstairs there are a further two double bedrooms which share a large family bathroom. These rooms get spectacular views from the elevated position - along with almost every room in the house.

For a full list of features contact Andrew Dorreen without delay.

By Negotiation

At the top end of the market, there are large differences in where buyers see the value of property, and often homes are unique or setting benchmarks in their respective areas. Because of this, Andrew negotiates each sale price face to face, rather than selling by Auction, and has done for almost all of his 15 years in the business.

The current climate is seeing fewer people in a cash position so the need for a specialist high end negotiator becomes paramount to your success. Andrew's personal sales last year alone totalled $106,207,000 at an average of $3,933,000 per property and has broken the $100 million for the last three consecutive calendar years. This makes him one of New Zealand's most successful residential sales people. Sign up for Property Updates at www.andrewdorreen.com. Follow his facebook page and Instagram feed.

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PACK & SEND: TAKAPUNA

By Jane and Jeremy Bain, franchisees at PACK & SEND Takapuna.

Need to send gifts or a care pack to your special people?

“Thanks to you and your team for hosting our wedding in January. We had a great time, and the Takapuna Boat Club was an amazing venue.”

Rochelle and Brian.

Venue hire, facilities and full catering service for private and business events.

39 The Strand, Takapuna Beach, Auckland Phone: 09 489-6941 info@takapunaboating.org.nz takapunaboating.org.nz

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Jane and Jeremy Bain.

We’re approaching the end of the year and we’re starting to consider the Christmas shopping frenzy. However we know many of you also have other things on your mind!

Sending gifts and care packs? Whether you’re sending wine or gift baskets, Isolation packs, boxed cherries or seasonal hampers Pack & Send Takapuna helps you to nurture your friendships, family connections and business relationships. Speaking of business, if you have a small online business or a medium-sized venture shipping several times a day maybe it’s time for a free freight audit to review your year’s logistic spend?

October and November are big months for transitioning. You may be wanting your gear shipped to a new city for work; whether it’s in New Zealand or London we can help! We specialise at expertly packaging and sending whiteware, beds, electronic items for small moves.

You may be finishing a work contract and moving your personal items back overseas, your office lease may have expired, and you’re worried about shifting delicate IT equipment… or you’re wanting to deck out your summer bach for extra guests. Keep Pack & Send Takapuna top of mind for all of your end of year logistics needs.

Summer also beckons our adventurous sides. If you need a hand transporting kayaks, surfboards or even jet skis Pack & Send Takapuna can lighten the load so you can stick to the fun stuff!

Pack & Send Takapuna doesn't just send the small stuff; they can take care of all of your end of year needs. Whether you’re finishing up work and moving back overseas, a student relocating or you’re moving offices before the New Year – they can handle it!

Pack & Send Takapuna provides service, systems and packaging to make your freight experience as simple and smooth as possible.

You don't need to open an account; they send anything, anywhere and take care of the hassles.

PACK & SEND Takapuna open Mon – Sat, located at 77 Barrys Point Rd, Takapuna with exclusive and convenient parking outside. Ph 486-3355 or email takapuna@packsend.co.nz and let them make sending easy.

Pack & Send Takapuna 77 Barry’s Point Rd, Takapuna Phone: 09 486 3355 Email: takapuna@packsend.co.nz www.packsend.co.nz

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PERFORMING ARTS NEWS: THE PUMPHOUSE THEATRE

PERFORMING ARTS NEWS: THE ROSE CENTRE

News from The PumpHouse from James Bell

Creativity is still bubbling at the theatre!

This month at The Rose Centre with manager John Davies

James Bell.

We are so proud of our creative community which has really trooped through 2020 and all the challenges it has brought.

Despite having many cancellations and postponements due to Covid-19, talented groups have still dedicated much of their time to the art of storytelling.

From magic to comedy, and children’s theatre to music, there’s something for everyone in these last few months of the year at The PumpHouse. Come and finally get your live theatre fix – you deserve it!

We have put a lot of thought into how we can keep people safe when they visit, and have created an environment where people are socially distanced from other groups, from the time they arrive to the time they leave.

'Peninsula' arrives post Covid-19

John Davies.

The Rose Centre's original March-April season of 'Peninsula' was postponed by a very nasty virus. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, it takes much more than that to keep a good play down!

Ten year old Michael Hope lives on a volcano – but while geological rumblings stay deep underground, unrest in the adult world threatens to erupt into his life, changing everything.

Set on the South Island's Banks Peninsula in the 1960s, 'Peninsula' is a warmly nostalgic, bittersweet coming of age tale. When the play premiered at the Christchurch Arts Festival in 2005, 'The Press' reviewer Alan Scott said, "I cannot think of a New Zealand production that drives more deeply into the memories of the audience."

Kristof Haines directs this production of playwright Gary Henderson's work, with each of the following actors playing an older and younger character: Jono Capel-Baker, Ross Anderson, Sofie Gabriel, Duncan Preston, and Rebekah Talsma. Tickets can be purchased at iticket.co.nz, search Peninsula.

Regularly at The Rose Centre • sKids after-school care • Creative Matters after-school art classes • CMA and Rebus options for seniors • AllStars with National Youth Theatre Company every school holidays.

Luckily, we have been able to operate during alert level 2.5 because we are a “controlled access business” (like cinemas and conference venues). The latest Covid-19 Health Order states that we can have up to 100 patrons in our venue, with 1m spacing between each group/ bubble of up to 10 people. This means each booking is separated by the next by at least one empty row, and two empty seats. This allows us to seat roughly 70 people.

Our cleaning schedule has also been amplified, and we are taking much more care around our own personal health and hygiene.

To see what exciting shows and events we have coming up, keep a close eye on our website, www.pumphouse.co.nz – our line-up is everchanging due to the nature of this year.

As always, stay safe and keep smiling!

Arohanui, The PumpHouse Theatre team.

BOOKINGS: 09 489 8360 or pumphouse.co.nz

The Rose Centre, School Rd, Belmont 09 445 9900 info@rosecentre.co.nz www.rosecentre.co.nz Facebook @RoseCentre

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PANUKU DEVELOPMENT: GASOMETER CAR PARK

A new car park, and much more Just over two years ago, construction of a new car park building for Takapuna got underway. Now, the new car park, at the gasometer site on the corner of Huron, Northcroft and Auburn streets, is almost complete.

It stands at five storeys with a distinctive, metallic gold lattice pattern inspired by the structure of the former gas storage chamber that once stood on the site. The building will open to the public at the beginning of November, under the management of Auckland Transport.

The building will provide 420 short-stay car parks to replace the 250 parks at 40 Anzac Street, which is planned to be transformed into a new town square, shops, eateries, businesses and homes.

The car park will also provide 90 bike parks, changing rooms and electric bike charging facilities. It is a strategic piece of Takapuna’s future landscape, in which transport and regeneration connect to facilitate the growth and prosperity of a town centre.

The building will provide 420 short-stay car parks to replace the 250 parks at 40 Anzac Street…

Its build helps realise a future vision for Takapuna as a thriving town centre in which the beach, shops and amenities are close to hand, with high quality housing and people-friendly spaces.

Relocating car parking from the middle of the town centre to the perimeter (200m, a 3-5 minute walk) will support economic activity in the town centre by creating more spaces for people, events, markets and outdoor dining. An example of this is seen in Auckland’s Fort Street which saw a 429% increase in hospitality spend, and a 47% increase in retail spend from prioritising pedestrians over vehicles.

The new facility is close to the bus stops on Lake Road. Further car parking at the Killarney Street car park will create choice for those coming into Takapuna to park closer to their destination, be it the beach, Hurstmere Road, or elsewhere.

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The journey from the gasometer car park to the town centre is another important part of the overall vision for Takapuna. A series of temporary interventions co-designed with the local community will be implemented over summer to test and trial improvements to the walking connections and street environment, with a view to install permanent improvements.

As for the remainder of the 6,000 sqm gasometer site (the car park accounts for 2,500 sqm), this will eventually become a high-quality blend of shops, businesses or homes that will assist in the town centre’s future growth.

Terence Harpur, CEO of Takapuna Beach Business Association, welcomes the opening of the new car park in time for increased retail activity, summer, and the America’s Cup. “Despite the pandemic outbreak, Takapuna’s development projects are achieving exciting momentum. The new car park building, along with improvements to Hurstmere Road already seen in the larger footpaths and kerb lines, new pedestrian crossings, stone walls, seating and lights will create a strong retail environment, more al fresco dining, and an area centred around pedestrians.”

While there have been some growing pains for residents and businesses along the way – cones, traffic diversions and the laying of new pipes around the gasometer site – this progress will ensure Takapuna is ready to accommodate rapid growth and seize future opportunities.

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EATING OUT ON THE SHORE • Your monthly restaurant guide…

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"Calling The Grange a restaurant would be an understatement.

It’s a cultural space for the local community, striving to fulfill all of our gastronomic needs…

Whether it’s a quick drop-in meal or a drawn-out, romantic dinner on the terrace at sunset, the new heart of the North Shore will always be ready to give you a superb experience" – Denizen Magazine.

WANT A GOOD WAY TO PROMOTE YOUR RESTAURANT OR CAFE? Advertise here in our Channel Eating Out Guide Contact Kim McIntosh kim@channelmag.co.nz, 021 419 468

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Located beneath the new Monterey Lounge Cinema.

We are an authentic Japanese Izakaya restaurant. Enjoy our fun open kitchen cooking area and our fresh sashimi, tempura and teppan dishes prepared specially for you by our Japanese chefs.

It is casual dining with a great vibe.

Soho’s chefs dedicate their love and experience of food to doing things differently, delivering an all-star experience for the taste buds. The menu (to share) includes ‘Small Plates’ and 'Big Plates’.

Book Online www.sakebar.co.nz for instant confirmation KARAOKE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR GROUP BOOKINGS

Monday closed; Tuesday to Friday 11.30am til late; Saturday & Sunday 9am til late.

At Goodside, Smales Farm, Takapuna.

09-972-2711 bookings@sohoeats.co.nz

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Opwn Tues-Sun, Closed Mondays 32-34 Anzac Street,Takapuna, 09 486 2249 www.sakebar.co.nz

Welcome to our French restaurant in an amazing and unique lake view location at the heart of Takapuna. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner (to be booked 24 hours in advance) with traditional French dishes like onion soup, beef bourguignon and also lots of gluten free galettes and sweet crêpes.

Friday and Saturday Special from 5pm to 8pm New Zealand cider + galette + crepe starting at $25 No booking required Book at www.french-rendez-vous-caferestaurant.business.site Or via our Facebook and Instagram accounts: facebook: FrenchRendezvousTakapuna Instagram: @frenchrendezvoustakapuna 2a Manurere Avenue – Right next to The PumpHouse Takapuna 09 487 0009

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The Carvery, Milford • EATING OUT ON THE SHORE

Enjoying company at the big table.

George Jeremic, Owner.

Roast pork and vegetables.

Hearty hot roast meals in the heart of Milford Dine-in or take away.

Just how does someone from Montenegro, a country on the coast of the Balkans, end up owning a roast meal business in Milford?

George Jeremic came to New Zealand in 2014 with his wife Jana who had settled here with her family in 2001. George was born in Montengro and later studied management at university in Belgrade. From the tender age of 21, George and a business partner went into business running a pub in Belgrade before moving on to buying a café and later a fast food outlet.

Specialising in pancakes and pizza, Serbian style burgers and kebabs, there was plenty of meat to become a cooking expert at.

After meeting Jana, who had returned to Belgrade, and having their first child, the pair decided to move to New Zealand where Jana’s family still lived. They had built up a successful business in the Waikato around The Carvery brand. George joined them in Hamilton, learning the business and the Kiwi style of ‘meat and vege’ roast dinners as they opened several outlets in the region. Delivering hearty meals with speed and convenience, the Otorohanga store was very busy with lines out the door every day. George and Jana soon opened in Tauranga before making the move to Auckland and adding a son to the family.

George always had his eye on Milford as a location and snapped up the site opposite New World, opening in January 2019 for his independent ‘Carvery’. This has to be one of the best positions in the village; in the main street, close to the pedestrian crossing, leafy trees and pretty lights at night to look out to.

People are now coming from as far as Birkdale to enjoy George’s range of quality New Zealand meats including succulent roast lamb, beef, chicken and rolled pork with its crispy crackling. Classic fresh roast

vegetables and gravy join the menu along with his ‘secret herbs and spices’ Southern Fried Chicken. Those who prefer a gluten free meal can enjoy the roast chicken and potato mash and every appetite is catered for with small, medium or large sizes available, either to eat in or to take away.

The large table is ideal for a group or family to come together and now that George is opening on Sundays, the Sunday roast can be enjoyed by those who can’t, or can’t be bothered to, cook at home. There are regular groups who make the most of the good value plated meals and maybe a spot of dessert while they catch up with friends without having to do the dishes afterwards.

Lunches are great value with a small roast meal of pork, beef or chicken for just $9.90 or have it as a wrap with a soft drink and you’re good to go.

Big family dinners or work parties are easily catered for

by The Carvery and George can even slice the meats for you if you prefer, and add in the roast vegetables. He can guide you on quantities and how to keep it all warm until you are ready to serve.

George has created a very warm and friendly space in the heart of Milford where you certainly feel like part of his family as he plays charming host serving up his good, hearty Kiwi roast meals.

Open Tuesday - Saturday 11.30am - 8.30pm, Sunday 3pm - 8pm, Closed Monday. Insta: TheCarveryMilford 194 Kitchener Road, Milford, 09 484 0043

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Catering is also available. Let Blake do the cooking for you and enjoy convenience without compromise! Pop into store or order online for delivery at www.blakesprovidore.co.nz.

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168 Hurstmere Road Takapuna 09 489 9510 www.taylorsonhurstmere.co.nz taylorsonhurstmere@gmail.com

Fish Kitchen, Devonport Wharf Mon to Fri 11.30am til late; Sat - Sun 9.30am - late 09 445 1777, reservations@fishkitchen.co.nz www.fishkitchen.co.nz

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There is something different every day as the menu and winelist are changing constantly. Local’s love it!

Vic Road Kitchen, 57-59 Victoria Road, Devonport.

Tues to Fri 4pm – late; Sat - Sun 11.30am - late. 09 445 9797, reservations@vicroadkitchen.co.nz www.vicroadkitchen.co.nz

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Takapuna's friendliest little wine and tapas bar and everyone's favourite local just around the corner from the Bruce Mason theatre.

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Fish Kitchen is located on Devonport Wharf and has a commitment to showcasing fresh ingredients from artisan suppliers, sustainability and zero waste policies. They may also have the best views of the Waitemata Harbour. Capacity for 150 people, including outdoor and indoor dining on the wharf. An extensive seafood offering including mussels, clams, squid and octopus – all as available. These support their signature ‘fish ‘n’ chips’ dishes.

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Corporate and Christmas Functions Fish Kitchen The perfect location for your function, 10min ferry ride from downtown Auckland with incredible harbour views.

Sustainable, New Zealand seafood with meat and vegetarian options. Full, carefully selected range of beer and wine including New Zealand wines on tap. Visit www.fishkitchen.co.nz

Option 1:

The Fisherman

$35pp

Includes our finest fish and chip options with all the extras

Option 2:

The Longliner

$55pp

Includes the above plus Keri Keri oysters, smoked kahawai pate, fish wings, ceviche

Option 3:

The Trawler Platter Feast

$85pp

Includes oysters, mussels, clams, scampi, octopus, calamari, fish selections, snapper wings, smoked kahawai pate, ceviche served with salads and hand cut chips

VIC Road Kitchen A great atmosphere for any function in a charming, historic brick building on Devonport’s main street. Now well established as the ‘go-to’ quality local restaurant showcasing fresh and seasonal New Zealand produce. Fully stocked bar, cocktail menu and extensive wine and ‘cellar selection’ list. Visit www.vicroadkitchen.co.nz

Option 1:

Vic Road Long Lunch

$50pp

Includes entrée, main and dessert selection

Option 2:

Chefs Tasting Menu

$70pp

Includes a generous shared table selection of our seasonal delights including desserts.

You won’t go home hungry

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Vic Road Christmas Feast

$110pp

Includes oysters, turkey and ham terrine, braised lamb croquettes, woodfired bluenose, wagyu beef with trimmings, mince pie frozen parfait, Christmas pud truffles

We are already taking christmas bookings so contact us to discuss your requirements and confirm your date.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

F reedom Camper by Barry Ross Smith.

The Jetty by Ilan Wittenberg.

Finding Peace by Jacqueline Letham.

Mountains by Ekaterina Levchenko.

Local talent on show in Greenhithe With Auckland once again open for events, at least on a small scale, a local Greenhithe Art and Photography exhibition offers visitors an excuse to visit Greenhithe – and local artists and photographers the opportunity to exhibit and sell their works in their own neighbourhood.

Greenhithe is a hive of artistic talent and activity, and the exhibition boasts works by a number of leading artists as well as student works from Upper Harbour Primary and Realisticus Art Academy.

The event is organised by Greenhithe Residents Association (led

by Nika Osbourne), with support from Greenhithe Community Trust and local business sponsors Ange & Pip at Harcourts Cooper & Co, Realisticus Art Academy and Breathing Space Psychotherapy.

“It's been a while since this type of event took place in Greenhithe,” says Nika. “Last time was in 2014, when the Greenhithe Community Hall celebrated its centenary. Over the past few years, Greenhithe Residents Association has received support from several local businesses that have helped with maintenance and renovations of the hall, so we wanted to do an event that would acknowledge sponsors’ contributions and engage and bring some excitement back to the community (especially during these challenging times). The idea of an art and photography event has been met with real enthusiasm and excitement.”

Most submitted artworks will be for sale, although there are a few pieces that will have a “not for sale” sign as artists don’t want to sell them. The works are primarily fine art and photography, but local craft

pieces, outdoor sculptures and handmade pieces will be displayed (and for sale) in a small outdoor area. “The exhibition will feature a good mix of different art and photography styles and levels,” adds Nika, “from realistic to abstract, from award winning photographers (Ilan Wittenberg) and well established artists (Barry Ross Smith, Jayne Gower, Kate (Jee-young) Kim) to young and not so well known talents Upper Harbour School has been running its own art and photography competitions during the past two months. The best or winning images will be on display.

Realisticus Art Academy specialises in teaching realistic drawing to children aged 5 - 13 years and will exhibit its students’ artworks.

“Its local franchise owner Maya Calica Collins came on board as a sponsor of the event because she really enjoys being part of the Greenhithe community, promoting the local art scene,” notes Nika.

It’s a great opportunity for visitors to Greenhithe, as well as locals, to meet with artists and photographers, see works by young artists and primary school students – and perhaps even to enrol in local art classes.

“The artists are looking forward to this event as much as the community,” she adds, “and will be happy to talk to visitors. Some will be practising their craft and working at an easel during the day.”

Free public event, 17th October 10am – 5pm, Greenhithe Village Hall More details at http://greenhithe.org.nz/events/local-art-andphotography/

17 October 2020 10.00am to 5.00pm

Greenhithe Village Hall Brought to you by: Breathing Space Psychotherapy

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10 Reasons why you should go electric • To service and run an Electric Vehicles costs about 85% less than a conventional car which has about 2000 moveable parts. The Nissan Leaf – has approximately 20. This means no oil changes or filters and say goodbye to huge servicing costs! Simply check the tyre pressure, top up the windscreen washers and a yearly WOF – that’s it.

• If you’re wondering about how far an electric vehicle can go, the 62kwh Nissan Leaf will travel up to 380kms on a charge.

• At Auckland City Electric Vehicle’s, we encourage an overnight test-drive to see how an EV can easily fit into your lifestyle.

• We’ll help you make the exciting Switch to driving the future with an affordable electric vehicle or hybrid.

• ACEV has the largest selection of Top Grade Electric and plug-in hybrids in the country; Nissan Leafs, BMWi3’s, Mitsubishi Outlanders, Volkwswagen and Audi plug-in hybrids.

• New stock arriving daily - all trades welcome.

• All our vehicles come with a 3 YEAR WARRANTY. • The world was a lot less polluted during lockdown now we can all make a difference by driving electric! We want to leave a more liveable planet for our grandchildren.

• Did you know? …You can charge your Electric Vehicle at home and many retirement villages are installing EV chargers across the country. Most of our clients never use the fast charge stations.

A standard 3 point plug will charge, most of the vehicles we sell, at your home, overnight.

• All our cars at Auckland City Electric Vehicles are supplied with the appropriate charge cable, and depending on the vehicle type or usage, may only need to be charged twice a week – in the convenience of your home!

Testimonials 4.9 Google review Fiona M, Auckland “Originally nervous about taking the step to buy an EV - totally stoked with what I got from ACEV. The team were awesome with helping me choose the right car for me. Their ongoing customer service has been fabulous - answering any queries I have. Most importantly, I love my Leaf for so many reasons and so pleased I bought it from ACEV! Thanks guys!”

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Abbey Barlow’s winning design.

America’s Cup mural competition winner Abbey Barlow with TBBA CEO Terence Harpur (Left) and Benefitz MD and Channel Magazine publisher Aidan Bennett. Abbey’s design – that earned her the $4000 prize – will be printed and installed on the wall (behind) as a 10 metres wide by 6.5 metres high print by Benefitz.

America’s Cup mural design competition winners!

Between December and March Auckland is hosting the 36th America’s Cup, the event that will see Emirates Team New Zealand trying to defend the cup they won in Bermuda. The pre-events all lead up to find a challenger, with the actual America’s Cup Challenge taking place in March. Takapuna and Devonport are going to be the grandstand for the events, with three of the five courses to be sailed off our coastline.

Action starts in mid-December with the America’s The two mural designs that received runner-up prizes by Rosina Yuan (left) and Cup World Series. The Prada Cup is held in January and Sophie Joy (right). They each received $500.

February and then the main event, the America’s Cup, is on between March 6th and 21st.

Channel Magazine, Benefitz and the Takapuna Beach Business Our winner Abbey Barlow is in Association have teamed up to produce a massive mural celebrating the 36th America’s Cup. The owners of a prominent building the first year of a degree at AUT, ‘beachside’ in Takapuna have offered their wall for a massive mural to studying communication design… liven up the place for the big event. This mural is 10 metres wide by 6.5 metres high.

The $4000 will be put toward her Over recent months creative people have been invited to enter a studies and possibly a new laptop. competition to come up with a vibrant design for the mural. The winning design is being used on the massive mural and the designer wins $4000 for their efforts. There are also $500 prizes for two runner up designs – Girls. The $4000 will be put toward her studies and possibly a new making a total cash prize pool of $5000! laptop. Study will be at least three years but may be extended to Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner! From a good number of complete a masters. Congratulations Abbey! entries, the design entered by 19 year old Abbey Barlow of Northcote Abbey’s winning mural (pictured along with the two runner up was chosen by an independent judging panel that included the building entries) was due to be printed and installed on the wall by Benefitz in owners and Terence Harpur, CEO of the Takapuna Beach Business early October. Make sure you get in to Takapuna and have a look. The Association. The runners up were Sophie Joy and Rosina Yuan. building is located close to the Takapuna Beach Playground, with the Our winner Abbey Barlow is in the first year of a degree at AUT, mural facing towards Franc’s Bar, Tokyo Bay Restaurant and Regatta Bar studying communication design. She previously attended Westlake & Eatery.

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HARBOUR HOSPICE NEWS

Harbour Hospice Chair sees opportunities in Covid-19 crisis Harbour Hospice will soon begin a $20 million refit and refurbishment of Hospice on the North Shore, where facilities urgently need upgrading to meet an unprecedented growth in demand for palliative care services.

An extensive redesign, reconfiguration and upgrade of the building at Shea Terrace in Takapuna will involve reclading the Inpatient Unit, provide room for more beds and create a state-of-the-art Ann Tod. community centre for programmes that support patients to live well at home.

Funding for the project will come from a capital fund built up by Harbour Hospice over the past decade, and capital fundraising through donations, pledges, grants and bequests.

The Harbour Hospice Trust Board has oversight of the project and has spent three years investigating sites and design options to achieve the most cost-effective solution.

Redevelopment of the Shea Terrace site was the first item on the agenda when recently appointed Chair Ann Tod joined the Board in February 2017.

After her first meeting, Ann (a partner in accounting firm KPMG and a long-term North Shore resident), recalls thinking she might have "bitten off more than she could chew". And no one would argue that with a global pandemic thrown in the mix, progress may have been delayed.

However, planning, design and consultation were able to continue through lockdowns and the proposed start date remains at late 2020 or early 2021.

Hospice's 17 retail shops and events were not so lucky however, with shops forced to close and events being cancelled due to restrictions around large groups and gatherings. Together these normally provide almost 50% of our operational funding. To ensure there is no interruption of support for the 350 patients currently in Harbour Hospice care, the Board has put in place contingency plans that include the release of reserves to support operations as necessary from negative financial impacts of Covid-19.

An application to the Government’s shovelready infrastructure scheme, if successful, would have gone a long way towards restoring these reserve funds. Unfortunately, the project was not selected, which means we will have to work harder still (with huge support from the community) to ensure we can meet our ambitious fundraising goal.

“We missed out on what would have been an incredible leg up, but we mustn’t lose focus and momentum on the important job at hand.

Time is ticking. The Inpatient Unit must be MAKE THEIR SENIOR SCHOOL YEARS COUNT. urgently reclad and having a building that’s not fit for purpose simply overshadows everything we do,” Ann says.

Kristin Senior School provides: “Despite these setbacks my motivation When it comes to making sure • High quality staff in teaching, leadership, wellbeing, digital lies in seeing new spaces come to life that your teenager is in the best learning and other support roles are better suited to team collaboration and possible learning environment, • Small class sizes (13 students on average) and state-of-theseamless workflow, which leads to efficiency art equipment and facilities ensure the structure of the • The choice to study NCEA or the IB Diploma Programme with of care.” school will help set them on a vast range of subject options and co-curricular opportunities One of Ann’s strengths is her ability to their road to success.

• A strong focus on student wellbeing, and a positive culture of identify the opportunities in a crisis and success and aspiration, and so much more! not be weighed down by the challenges.

“Whether it’s taking on the role of Chair, supporting a vital community project in the Take a tour and see for yourself! Limited places still available for 2021.

Visit kristin.school.nz or call our Admissions Manager on 09 415 9566 ext 2324. face of a global pandemic, or helping a loved one when someone is unwell or dying – if Kristin is located at 360 Albany Highway, Albany with dedicated buses across Auckland. you feel like you can make a difference, it’s difficult to say no.”

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Business Profile Lydia Lovell, Zomer Cafe Role & journey to Zomer: At Zomer I am the 2IC as well as the café baker so I am very proud to say all the food is made in store and always fresh! I have also taken on the job of revamping the café, bringing a bit of freshness into the place. As for my journey to where I am now, it’s definitely been interesting. Previously I was working part time in my local supermarket over lockdown as I was made redundant from a small bakery business due to Covid. Prior to that I was living in Berlin, Germany, for three years working in fabulous hotels and restaurants. I’m a self taught baker; I love the freedom and creativity of baking. For years I worked alongside my parents who owned a café in Warkworth. We started it with no idea what we were doing but we created an amazing café. Seeing the ins and outs of the business, the people and the atmosphere, it’s really a fast rewarding industry.

How has Covid changed things for Zomer? Covid has changed our business as it has for everyone else. We’ve really had to adapt and be flexible in the way we work. It’s been a challenging time; we’ve had to go back to basics and flow with the restrictions. It’s also been a positive journey: we’ve taken the downtime to give Zomer a bit of love like a fresh lick of paint and make a few other changes to the place. It’s worth popping in for a coffee to see but there are still plenty more changes to come!

What are your tips for other hospitality businesses through this tough time? Best advice would be to take it as it comes. Obviously

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Zomer gives such a great service with a smile? How do you keep the team morale up and smile on everyone’s faces? At Zomer, we love knowing our customers leave feeling satisfied and full with our hearty meals. We’ve got our cabinet filled with the classics that take them back. We serve our coffee extra-hot with a chocolate fish that brings a smile to everyone’s face. And if you’re a regular, we’re probably already making your coffee as you walk in the door. As for team morale, we’re all very relaxed and enjoy a good giggle here and there, if not all day. Poor Saul, the manager, has to put up with almost an all girl team; it can be tough.

Tell us your favourite dish & what you have for lunch everyday?

Favourite dish would have to be the big breakfast, a full English is always my go to! Can never be dissatisfied by sausage, bacon and eggs! For lunch every day, I go a little healthy and have the Thai chicken salad, full of flavour, to keep my tastebuds happy. Sometimes if I’m lucky, there will be one last date scone at the end of the day.

Denise Bertaut, Crombie Lockwood

Please tell us about your role and journey to get there? On leaving school I worked for NZI in their Marine Department and then as a domestic insurance consultant in the old South British building in Shortland Street where most of our job was to serve clients from desks in reception. From there I became the domestic manager working with the commercial and body corporate team. As the insurance industry started changing I moved from NZI to working for an insurance broking company and eventually to working for Crombie Lockwood.

My role now is Group Broking Manager – Auckland North & Northern Personal Lines at Crombie Lockwood. This involves looking after 16 staff spread over four branches in the Takapuna, Whangarei, Kerikeri & Kaitaia regions. The most rewarding aspects of my role include mentoring the younger staff to help them develop their own career within the insurance industry, and ensuring that we continue to deliver outstanding client experiences for our clients.

How has Covid-19 changed the insurance world? Covid-19 has had major impact on the insurance industry and there is still a lot of uncertainty around its long term impact. Cover for infectious disease and pandemics is typically excluded from New Zealand policy wordings so while the direct impact to date at a local level has been muted, insurers are still facing a reduction in premium income, depleted investment income, and potentially increased reinsurance costs. The industry is largely considered an essential service so when lockdown came about it had to quickly adapt to redeploying its entire workforce to working from home and developing new ways to do business and keep in touch.

What are your tips for ensuring your clients have the right level of cover? For Personal Lines clients it’s all about getting the right

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we can’t predict what’s ahead. Stay positive and keep doing what you’re doing because people will always come out of isolation for good coffee and comforting food! At Zomer, we’ve been taking it week by week and we’re always amazed by the turnover in this difficult time, thanks to our supportive community.

advice by talking to your broker. All policies are not created equal so you need to know what you are buying to ensure that your assets and liability exposures are properly covered.

Making decisions based solely on price with no additional expert advice or discussion can often result in less or no cover when it matters the most. Generally speaking, insurance companies strive to settle all claims as quickly as they can Denise Bertaut. when there is a valid claim against a policy.

Therefore having the right cover in place from the outset is key to ensuring you get the right outcome when you do need to lodge a claim.

Crombie Lockwood has a fantastic team environment and culture – how do you achieve this? Working together as one team is one of the core values at Crombie Lockwood. Our core values determine how we approach our work and interact with each other at all levels, and are adopted by everyone in the company from our executive leadership team down. We work hard and we back each other, allowing everyone to have a voice and ensuring that their ideas and concerns are always heard.

Tell us your favourite spot in Takapuna for a business meeting or catch up with a friend? My favourite spot in Takapuna would have to be Regatta. I love the vibrant atmosphere, the excellent service, and as I am a seafood lover it goes without saying – the food is superb. When you put this all together in a location where you can sit with a great view across the most iconic beach on the North Shore – it doesn’t get much better than that.

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Talking Takapuna While it’s been an unusually hard few winter months, we’re so glad to see the sun again and see some warmer temperatures back in Takapuna. On behalf of all our local businesses – thank you to all of you that have been making the effort to support and shop local where possible. It is a tough time out there for businesses, but the community support being shown is making all the difference – so let’s keep it up! Treat yourself to your morning coffee from the café down the road. Forget fighting with your partner or kids over the leftovers for lunch – grab a sandwich or quiche from the place next door, or catch up with your long-lost friends for some after work drinks at your local establishment. You can also share your positive experiences on social media and review your favourite places online, you can recommend a store to your friends – or you can simply pass over a compliment or some encouraging words to a staff member when you’re making your purchase. There are many ways to support local during these times, and we thank you for all the ways you are.

As we welcome the warmer spring months into Takapuna, we also celebrate all things hospitality for the month of October!

We’re giving you the chance to Dine & Win in Takapuna, with over $4,000 of dining prizes to give away when you support local during October. Simply spend $20 or more in any participating hospitality outlet in Takapuna, enter your transaction details on our website: ilovetakapuna.co.nz, and you’re in the draw to win! Visit our website for all the competition details, terms and conditions.

As spring turns into summer, events start to cautiously come back to Takapuna – and if everything goes to plan, this summer might just be one of the best yet!

Repco Takapuna Rocks is again set for Labour weekend - Saturday 24th October. Featuring classic cars, hot rods, a vintage market, rock’n’roll entertainment and live music, this is a family fun day out not to be missed.

Before you know it, the spring days have flown by and it’s already time to start thinking about Christmas! The annual I Love Takapuna Christmas Carnival will be held Saturday, 5th December from 10am – 8pm at 38 Hurstmere Rd. The day will feature many kids' activities, entertainment and shows, as well as live music, food and drink, and of course, market stalls. This year, we are proud to be partnering with the team from the Market Collaborative to bring you a wonderfully curated, boutique market – the perfect place to pick up those special Christmas gifts! Check out the I Love Takapuna Christmas Carnival event page on Facebook or @takachristmascarnivalmarket on

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While we still may not be able to travel very far for our summer holidays, why not enjoy a summer staycation this year? The I Love Takapuna Summer Days Festival will be back on Saturday 23rd January and will be the perfect thing to keep your summer holidays going.

Summer Days is a fun, family day out on Takapuna Beach, with games and things to keep the kids (big and small!) busy all day, then kick back and relax into the early evening with some live music and probably the best view in town. Keep an eye out on our social media channels and website for more details.

If you’re seeking an escape from the sun for a while, why not catch a movie at the newly renovated Monterey Lounge Cinema and treat yourself to their new food and drink menu! Or catch a show at the Bruce Mason Centre and treat yourself and your friends and family to a delicious meal in one of Takapuna’s fabulous eateries – try Regatta Bar and Eatery or Tokyo Bay for dinner with a view; Nanam for some fine dining Filipino cuisine; The Elephant Wrestler for some relaxed, family friendly dining and atmosphere; or Mexico for a fun family fiesta.

We’re looking forward to the new Gasometer carpark opening soon, boasting 420 new carparks. This will bump carparking in Takapuna to over 4,000 spaces! The perfect place for some weekend shopping, leisurely strolls, a brunch with friends – or all of the above.

With the upgrade of Hurstmere Rd set to be completed mid-late next year, Takapuna really will be the best place to live, work and play.

Make sure you keep updated on the latest in Takapuna by following us on social media: @ilovetakapuna or signing up for our newsletters from our website (www.ilovetakapuna.co.nz). Dust off your jandals, apply that sunblock and see you in Takapuna!

Check out all the fantastic photos shared to us by fellow Takapuna lovers! Tag us @ilovetakapuna or use #ilovetakapuna on Instagram to share your pics with us.

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When you shop local:

More of your money stays in the local community You embrace what makes our community unique

Meet some of Takapuna’s business owners who Staying on point in hospitality Judah McDonald and Tamara Tait are the team from popular Jam Café on Hurstmere Green. Tamara is the manager and Judah is the Head Chef – they make a great team and complement each other in different sides of the hospitality business.

They’ve both been working at Jam for some time – Tamara since 2013 and Judah for five years – and are well-known to Jam’s many regular customers.

They’re real enthusiasts for being part of the local community. “I think most managers and business owners in Takapuna will agree that the great part about Takapuna is watching locals come together and build friendships,” says Tamara. “Working at Jam we can socialise with our customers and we get to know them on a first name basis. We are incredibly lucky to have such a great space directly in front of the café; Hurstmere Green is the perfect area for families to relax, play and catch up with friends and meet locals.”

Outside their busy café hours, Judah and Tamara share a number of interests. Tamara’s not-so-secret hobby is her huge collection of house plants, “all the usual suspects and more,” she says, including hundreds of succulents she has been propagating for years. Judah shares her green thumb hobby and also loves working on the vege garden and growing anything from cuttings or leftovers.

While they both love cooking at home, Tamara says nothing can beat their favourite takeaway – Dan Dan noodles from Basu Lounge in Takapuna, perhaps enjoyed with one of Judah’s home brews (He’s working on making the perfect Hazy IPA), or a good New Zealand craft beer.

He also has a passion for “anything Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings”, and is currently reading The Witcher series and playing the game.

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Together they also share an interest in op-shopping and love hunting down quirky and retro treasures and furniture.

Through Jam, they are proud supporters of charities such a Breast Cancer Foundation and Shave for a Cure for which they raised almost $5000 for in 2018.

Above all, however, they aim to make sure that the “integrity of Jam’s evolution stays on point,” says Tamara. “Good food, good coffee, genuine people and always remaining true to ourselves through any change that may come.” Covid-19 may well have been a test of that, but as we’ve moved down the levels, Jam is certainly back “on point”, serving the same delicious coffee and food that locals have come to expect.

Part of Takapuna’s beach culture Renee Cornwall grew up on the North Shore, and attended Westlake Girls’ High School. She’s now very much at home in her Laser Clinic New Zealand store on Hurstmere Road, where her team provide a wide range of laser hair removal, skin treatments and cosmetic injectable treatments. “I chose to open my clinic in Hurstmere Rd,” she says, “not only because of the gorgeous location but also due to the future growth and development opportunities.” Like many locals, she knows the huge potential Takapuna has, and is thrilled to have opened ahead of the major developments planned for the area – even if the Hurstmere Road construction noise and activity right outside her store is somewhat challenging as it takes place.

“I am excited to be part of something new and dynamic for the area,” she adds. She also loves working in the midst of what she describes as “this special community”, and right among Takapuna’s cafés and bars. Laser Clinic also has the advantage of being very close to the beach, and part of the beach culture in Takapuna.

The beach is integral to Renee’s out-of-work leisure time. In addition to prioritising time with her husband, family of three children and a dog, often on beach walks, she devotes time to Pilates and yoga. She also loves stand-up paddle boarding – and where better to enjoy that than Takapuna on a calm day?

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“We have strong roots here now, after being in business in Takapuna for more than 12 months,” says Renee. “We love our clients and know most of them by name. Service in a community like this is important to keep personal; I feel we have really achieved this.”

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SHE LOVES PILATES, YOGA AND STAND-UP PADDLE BOARDING WE LOVE LASER CLINIC’S GENTLE TREATMENTS AND PRODUCTS

Hurstmere Road is OPEN during redevelopment You support local business owners, who often donate to community causes You take advantage of local business owners’ expertise

you directly support when you shop local Business inspired by Takapuna Beach Andy Ruzich opened Regatta Bar & Eatery on the Takapuna Beach waterfront, inspired by “following my GPS to a deserted car park along Takapuna Beach one early morning and realising with astonishment that this stunning beach and location was an untapped treasure”. The new development of what is now the Main Beach building presented a huge opportunity to submit a concept to win the tenancy and to open something really special. This seeming unplanned move was perhaps inspired by Richard Branson, whom Andy admires for his “visionary approach to people, culture and willingness to try new things”.

Once made, his decision was, he says, strongly supported by the local community, who said ‘This is fabulous and we have been waiting 30 years for you.’ – and who turned up in expected droves to sample what Regatta had to offer. “Our first few weeks were chaotic, challenging and manic, but I would not change anything for the world.” Nor would the many visitors and regulars from all over the Shore, for whom Regatta remains a magnet for great food and entertainment, not to mention a superb start or finish point for a walk along the beach.

During the last five years, Andy’s made a fine art out of selecting the best chefs, and ensuring that whatever the occasion – a sold-out breakfast for 120 North Harbour Club members, a fundraising event for Make-A-Wish Foundation, a corporate dinner or a special anniversary or birthday - his guests feel welcomed, more than well catered for, and able to relax and enjoy the laid-back ambience of Regatta in all its formats.

Andy has juggled the growth of Regatta with giving back to the community (supporting charities such as North Harbour Club, raising over $100,000 for them last year; Make A Wish Foundation and the Takapuna Beach Business Association) and a busy family life with his French partner Laetitia and their four children. He even finds time to take care of his saltwater aquatic reef tank and treasuring the newest family member – a Rabbit-faced R E G AT TA B A R & E AT E R Y Fox Fish called Foxtrot, who is a “super cool little dude with a big attitude to go with that awesome name”.

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For relaxation, Andy loves re-energising at home and “experimenting with cooking for my family and friends”. His favourite meal is “probably game H E L O V E S C O O K I N G F O R FA M I LY A N D F R I E N D S meat or sea food”, plenty of which appears on the Regatta menu, but + H I S S A LT WAT E R A Q U AT I C R E E F TA N K A N D A his self-confessed “newest eccentric tastes are for cricket slider buns R A B B I T FA C E D F O X F I S H C A L L E D F O X T R O T – healthy and sustainable protein and delicious too” – which are not WE LOVE R E G AT TA’S FABULOUS FOOD A ND V IEWS (yet?) on Regatta’s menu.

A cool chill place to hang Emma Mullany joined Takapuna’s Recycle Boutique as shop floor manager late in 2019, and has immersed herself in the Takapuna community since her arrival. With her natural outgoing exuberant style, she quickly got to know many of the other local businesspeople, and, of course, many of her clients and local shoppers. She loves having Tank just down the road and she’s been known to frequents Jester’s for a “sneaky” pie. In the short time she’s been here, she’s made Takapuna home, and names Takapuna beach as one of her favourite places on the Shore.

Emma is originally from Te Araroa, near Gisborne; she’s a fluent te reo speaker, loves kapa haka, and has a strong social conscience: she’s an active supporter of charities such as Women’s Refuge and Kids Can’s Food for Kids programme.

Like Emma, Recycle Boutique radiates energy, and a “cool vibe” the company likes to bring RECYCLE BOUTIQUE into each of its stores. “Recycle likes to create a positive energy for customers who enter and would like to shop the racks, and a cool chill place for those who just simply want to hang,” Emma says. “Another thing that makes us unique is that we are a consignment store that sells on behalf of customers. We have a variety of sustainable brands and quality clothing in store which means we do not take any clothing that is fast fashion or ‘cheap’ (bad SHE LOVES SUPPORTING CHARITIES quality). We do, however, buy our vintage overseas which also nowadays appeals to all A N D K A PA H A K A the young bucks out there.”

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TAKAPUNA NORTH COMMUNITY NEWS: WITH SARAH THORNE

By Sarah Thorne Takapuna North Community Coordinator

HEALTH AND FITNESS WITH CLAIRE BELLINGHAM, LES MILLS TAKAPUNA

By Claire Bellingham, Personal Trainer and Nutritionist

Resistance training Here’s what you can has many benefits get involved with during October & November Sarah Thorne

Join us for free Summer Fun Preschool Play (Covid Level dependant) from 2nd November. Summer Fun takes place on Mondays and Wednesdays, 10am-12pm at various reserve locations in Takapuna, Milford, Forrest Hill and Sunnynook.

We bring a van load of preschool toys to your local park. It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow parents and caregivers. No need to book and free to attend. To download a timetable in English or simplified Chinese, visit www.takapunatrust.org.nz and click on the Summer Fun button. Caregiver supervision is required.

Sustainable Living Workshops – We are currently accepting registrations for our Sustainable Living Workshop programme which is running during October and November. Workshops include growing food in a small space, setting up a fruit and vegetable garden, keeping backyard chickens, composting, making beeswax food wraps, tips for avoiding food waste and kete weaving. Some of these workshops are offered via Zoom and others are offered in person. To find out more, visit our website at www.takapunatrust.org.nz and click on the Sustainable Living Workshop button.

OWN High Tea – The Our Women’s Network (OWN) invites women to their High Tea. The event will take place on 7th November 11am-2pm. Tickets are $25 and include a high tea, entertainment and an opportunity to make new friends. To find out more and purchase tickets, email info@own.org.nz Senior Citizens Hall, Takapuna – The Senior Citizens Hall next door to Takapuna Library offers a great venue for gatherings and clubs, with discounted rates for groups related to older adult activities. A Scrabble group meets twice a week and there is an opportunity for an indoor bowls group to start at the venue (equipment provided). If you are keen to find out more, please contact Sarah on 09 486 2098 or email using the details at the bottom of this article.

Get involved with bringing back the birds: Are you keen to help us bring more native birds back to our area? Get in touch with our Environmental Coordinator Fiona Martin at enviro@ takapunatrust.org.nz to find out more about volunteer pest eradication and environmental restoration activities in your suburb or to request a free trap to set in your garden. More information on our website and Facebook/northshorebirdsongproject All our events will have full health and safety plans and Covid-19 policies in procedures in place.

Where can you find out more about what’s happening?

Visit www.takapunatrust.org.nz or Facebook.com/takapunanorthtrust Search up “Hauraki, Takapuna, Milford, Forrest Hill, Castor Bay & Sunnynook residents” on Facebook or type in www.facebook.com/groups/TakapunaNorth/ to find it.

Phone Sarah Thorne (Takapuna North Community Coordinator) on 029 2012975 or email: office@takapunatrust.org.nz

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Claire Bellingham

An ideal fitness regime has a mix of cardio, resistance and flexibility training. Most people tend to neglect at least one of these areas; the usual suspect is stretching. But this year, many people have found the resistance training habits the most difficult to uphold.

Resistance training is any type of exercise that contracts muscles to build strength and lean muscle mass. You can do it with body weight but it tends to be easier with some equipment. Many people have found it challenging this year without consistent access to the gym and have instead focused on walking, biking or online cardio classes. You can neglect your strength for a while without serious consequence – muscle doesn’t evaporate overnight. But it does decrease over time at a rate of around 3 to 5% per decade and the older you are the harder it is to regain. So if you’ve neglected your resistance training it’s important to address it.

The first reason you need resistance training in your life is for structural stability. Resistance training improves stamina and muscle endurance, making aerobic exercise easier. Strong ligaments and tendons support the joints and reduce the likelihood of injury. But you don’t need to be exercising to get injured – many people get injured from the comfort of their own chair. There’s been a lot more working from home this year which means a lot more time in a seated position.

Sitting puts stress on all your postural muscles. If you don’t have adequate muscle tone to support you then your body can adapt to the slumped stance as its new normal. This can cause back and neck pain, leading to tension headaches.

The second reason to keep up your resistance training is for daily functionality. Being strong enables you to continue to perform activities that require lifting, pushing and pulling. When you’re young you take these skills for granted but as you age they are not a given.

Resistance training is particularly important for women to rebuild bone density and reduce the risk of osteoporosis. Every year, one in three New Zealanders aged over 65 injures themselves in a fall. This rises to one in two people from 80 onwards. A strong core can lower the risk of losing your balance. If you do fall, strong muscles and bones can reduce your chance of serious injury. Resistance training equals independence.

The third benefit of resistance training for lean muscle mass is an increased metabolic rate. Muscle is busy stuff requiring oxygen and nutrients. This means the body needs to expend energy to maintain it. If you have lean muscle mass you’re burning calories even just sitting on the couch. When lean muscle mass starts to decrease, the methods of weight management people tend to rely on (a low calorie diet and cardiovascular activity) just no longer do the job. Despite moving and eating similarly, many people find their weight creeps up at approximately a kilo a year. It’s easy to put on 10kgs across a decade. And that’s under normal circumstances, not like this year where Christmas kilos will stack on top of Covid kilos.

We’re living in uncertain times but one thing is for sure – this is a great time to not need medical attention. Resistance training can keep you structurally stable, protecting you against injury and dependence on others. Maintaining lean muscle mass can also help you stay inside a healthy weight zone, which promotes physical and mental wellness. At Les Mills we’re industry leaders in health and safety. We’re continuously improving our systems to provide the most hygienic environment possible for resistance training. We look forward to seeing you in the gym.

Les Mills Takapuna, Rooftop Level, Shore City, Takapuna 0800 LES MILLS lesmills.co.nz clairebellingham.co.nz claire@clairebellingham.co.nz

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PARKS & RECREATION

Healthy Park Award for Centennial Park A true gem of the North Shore, Centennial Park in Campbells Bay lies between Pupuke Golf Club and Beach Road. This year it was awarded the 2020 Healthy Park Award, a national recognition as part of the annual New Zealand Parks Awards which recognise excellence, innovation, effectiveness and outstanding spaces and places that support activity within the recreation sector.

This lush area of public land was established in 1884 as a reserve owned by the Crown. It is now vested in Auckland Council to administer.

The park is one of Auckland’s largest urban parks, offering stunning views of the Hauraki Gulf and islands, over the top of an urban forest canopy. At 75 hectares, it is just five hectares smaller than the Auckland Domain and is 10 hectares larger than the Auckland Botanical Gardens.

Auckland Council proudly manages and maintains Centennial Park with the invaluable support and hard work of Centennial Park Bush Society (CPBS). The innovative CPBS most certainly deserves to be proud of this award achievement. Since 1976, the group of dedicated, nature-loving volunteers has continued to improve the park and to establish the Campbells Bay Urban Sanctuary to preserve this special ‘island’ area that includes not just the bush but the beach, school, residents and other stakeholders.

The society works in partnership with Auckland Council and its leaseholders Pupuke Golf Club, Campbells Bay Tennis Club and Mairangi Bay Play Centre plus neighbouring private properties to ensure that a cohesive approach to urban forest preservation through plant and animal pest control measures is maintained.

The walking trails and two creeks that snake meanderingly through the bush are full of bird song and insect life. The community is regularly involved in activities including working bees and annual plantings, the most recent of which even featured helpers from south of the bridge.

And four years ago, the annual Family Bush Camp started with overnight camps within the park where families gather and pitch tents, learning more about nature preservation alongside enjoying fun activities and a hearty bbq dinner shared with all "Bush Campers".

Beach clean-ups at Campbells Bay beach are undertaken enthusiastically as are regular working bees around the park. Education is an important part of the Urban Sanctuary’s aims and the CPBS is continually providing up-to-date information not just through these community events, but also its newsletters, trail maps (including via a

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Centennial Park trails.

QR code link at the trail entrance points), Facebook page and website.

The Healthy Parks award is most deserved, with the work of the past 45 years of volunteering highly commended and allowing us to continue to enjoy, appreciate and respect this very special gem in the heart of the Bays.

If you’d like to learn more or perhaps volunteer as little or as much time as you’d like (we hear the morning teas are generous), or even to donate, find out more at www.campbellsbayurbansanctuary.org.nz.

Centennial Park flora.

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LOVING YOUR HOME: Q&A'S

LOVING YOUR

HOME

Local personalities loving their homes Claire Amos Claire Amos is the Principal at Albany Senior High School which she sees as an absolute privilege.

She is also on the board of NetSafe NZ and is passionate about leading change in education and getting more women into business Claire Amos's home. governance at the board table. She lives in Hillcrest with husband Simon and two daughters Hannah and Emily, two dogs, a cat and tortoise. For wellbeing she loves reading, Pilates and walking the dogs.

What did you enjoy most being at home during COVID-19 lockdown? The thing I loved about lockdown was learning that I didn’t need to be eternally busy to be happy. It gave me an opportunity to take stock of what really mattered – family and a sense of wellbeing.

I also realised just how content I was hanging with my family and how much I love our home.

Amanda moved here from the UK with her husband back in 2004. After spending the first few years in Sandringham, they finally saw sense and moved to the North Shore in 2012.

Amanda runs a small gardening business from her home in Mairangi Bay, Newhaven Gardens.

What did you enjoy most being at home during COVID-19 lockdown?

I managed to fracture two vertebrae at the beginning of level 4, so after the initial week in hospital I spent the rest of lockdown relaxing in bed whilst my poor husband looked after me, the house, and our 5 year old. It was great to spend so much time with them both.

Amanda Graham and family.

What is your favourite part of your home and why? I love our sunroom, covered deck and pool area; it was the aspect of the house I fell in love with when I stumbled upon the house for sale. Hillcrest was never on our radar as a place to live, but I remember seeing the back deck and pool area under the caption of “Resort Living in Hillcrest” and I was sold! The sunroom, deck and pool area make for a tropical oasis that we continue to enjoy year-round.

What is your favourite part of your home and why? It would have to be our bedroom as my husband remodelled it and made it light and airy and it has its own little balcony we can relax on.

Do you have any renovation or refurbishing plans? Slowly but surely we are refurbishing and refreshing the house. It’s now just more about refreshing paint jobs, we have been replacing windows and bifold doors so they are double glazed. I'm a real hunter-gatherer when it comes to homewares and love mixing up thrift store finds.

What’s your essential outdoor feature? Where did you purchase it? My Husqvarna battery powered Air Broom, it has the grunt of a petrol blower but half the noise and is quick and easy to use. I bought it from the helpful guys at Gardening Aids Wairau.

What’s your essential outdoor feature? Where did you purchase it? The pool, bure and outdoor lounge area. I know that’s more than one, but they go together! The bure is from Brustics, originally put in by the last owners in the '90s. Our outdoor couch was a real investment piece from Poynters – we’ve had it around 10 years and still looks as good as the day we bought it!

What’s the ugliest thing you’ve ever seen in a house? I love mid-century architecture and when I see mid-century renovations that aren’t true to that era it kills me, seeing people plaster over brick makes me want to cry!

If you weren’t living where you are now, where would you like to live? On a beach or close to a beach. A mid-century hacienda a couple of streets back from Takapuna Beach would do me very nicely.

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Amanda Graham

Do you have any renovation or refurbishing plans? I’d love to put a new kitchen and new flooring in downstairs, but finding the time for the disruption is the trickiest part!

I’d love to put a new kitchen and new flooring in downstairs, but finding the time for the disruption is the trickiest part!

What’s the ugliest thing you’ve ever seen in a house? When I was a student one of our digs had a pink bathroom suite complete with pink fluffy carpet !

If you weren’t living where you are now, where would you like to live? It sounds cheesy, but after living in several countries and many different cities throughout my life, there’s nowhere on earth I’d rather live than Mairangi Bay.

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Our homes are a reflection of ourselves, whether we own or rent. Three of our North Shore business and community personalities share what they love about their abodes and what makes them feel like home.

Robert Johnson Robert Johnson is a well-known character on the North Shore, living at Narrow Neck and being a proud member of the Devonport community. Robert and his wife Lesleigh – who have two adult daughters – have lived on the Shore for over 30 years and on the Devonport Peninsula for most of that time. They love their home that looks over the Waitemata Golf Course and are constantly adding value to it. Robert is also a director of Benefitz, the publisher’s of this fine magazine.

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What did you enjoy most being at home during COVID-19 lockdown? Having a sleep in, walking the dog (locally of course) and spending time cooking and working around the house. Lesleigh and I love our neighbourhood and the range of things there are close at hand to do – golf, cafes, beaches...

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What is your favourite part of your home and why? Our Kitchen and Dining with outdoor flow to the deck. We enjoy entertaining, both love cooking, so having friends and family around is part of NZWS our Weathermaster Indoor and Outdoor DL Flyer Generic 2020 145mm (high) x 99mm (wide).indd lifestyle.

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Do you have any renovation or refurbishing plans? All done at this stage. We’ve done quite a bit over the past couple of years and are very happy with it. We’ve got great indoor/outdoor flow and it’s low maintenance. Almost lock up and leave. Time to lie back in the spa pool and enjoy. Bliss!

What’s your essential outdoor feature? Oh the spa of course, an every night occurrence (in togs - to keep the kids happy) with a nice beer.

What’s the ugliest thing you’ve ever seen in a house? Two very tacky glass chandelier's If you weren’t living where you are now, where would you like to live? Whangamata. We have a holiday home there and get down there as much as we can.

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BARFOOT & THOMPSON: GERALDINE ZAREIAN

LOVING YOUR

HOME

Inspire and engage buyers digitally with Geraldine Zareian 87% of potential buyers feel that our online tools create a better buying experience.

I find that the secret to a successful sale is capturing the attention of an emotional buyer. When they’re viewing properties online, they should imagine themselves living there before they visit the first open home.

The digital marketing package that I use achieves the best outcome and the exclusive tools are available for any property.

This exceptional marketing starts with magazine quality lifestyle photography that emphasises the unique characteristics of your home.

The emotional feeling is then enhanced by providing a 3D virtual reality tour that can be viewed on any device, anytime, from anywhere in the world, with or without a VR headset. In fact, 69% of buyers say they have a rich, more engaging experience, spending more time viewing each listing.

For a special home or location, I take this to the next level by introducing a professional walk-through video with relaxing music and a drone to capture the proximity to the coastline and amenities.

Social media is a great place to promote images and videos, to gain opportunistic buyers!

Once you have their attention, why not let them see how their layout will suit with interactive floorplans.

2D floorplans will provide accurate dimensions, whilst 3D floorplans provide a doll’s house view that can be rotated. Listings with 3D floorplans have been proven to generate 17% more buyer enquiries than those without.

Not sure if your furniture will fit? No problem! The ’Furnish’ tool allows you to place an array of furniture into living spaces. In fact, two out of three consumers believe that it helps to attract more committed buyers.

Sometimes it’s not easy to visualise what the property would look like if it was a different colour. The ‘Photo Styling’ tool allows buyers to change the colours and styles of flooring, cabinets, splashbacks and countertops to suit. Seven out of 10 consumers believe that it will help you fall in love with the idea of living there.

I provide all of these initiatives to increase the time potential buyers spend looking and engaging with your property online.

This builds an emotional connection with your property, which in turn, increases the number of enquiries about your property.

“The Next Big Thing in Real Estate.” *Research conducted by tra.co.nz 2019 Geraldine Zareian MREINZ, Barfoot & Thompson, Browns Bay Office, Free dial: 215 2773 M: 021 184 0312, E: g.zareian@barfoot.co.nz

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LOVING YOUR

HOME

GARDENING: WITH NEWHAVEN GARDENS

Top tips from Amanda Graham, Newhaven Gardens.

North Shore hedge trimming, garden tidy ups, weeding and pruning.

Spring in the garden

Amanda Graham.

I like to take an organic and greatly reduces the evaporation of water. approach to gardening, Adding a layer of wet improving the overall newspaper (6-10 pages health of your garden from thick) between the soil the soil up. Improving soil and mulch will also help quality, planting the right to suppress weeds and plants for the situation, and will eventually break using the correct mulch are down to improve soil the building blocks for a Hosta shade planting.

Laying mulch.

Watering your structure. Ensure you water healthy garden. garden. thoroughly before mulching.

The main factors that affect plant health are light, Finally, September is Bee Aware month so please consider our climate, soil, and water. For sunlight it is important to check little pollinators. You could plant bee-friendly plants such as lavender what conditions your plants require and where to put them. For or bee balm or many many others. Not spraying harmful pesticides example popping some shade loving Hostas in a spot that gets makes a massive contribution to saving the bee population. If you afternoon sun is a recipe for disaster, but if you move them to a really have to spray, you can greatly minimise harm by using organic shady part of the garden they should thrive with the right water, sprays and spraying at sunset when the bees are less active. temperature and nutrients.

For more information on bee-friendly plantings, mulch, watering Climate-wise, here on the North Shore we have a subtropical tips and coastal planting ideas, pop over to my blog climate with few extremes of temperature (although there is the https://www.newhavengardens.co.nz/blog. exception of the flat plains around Kumeu which are much more susceptible to frosts). Properties within walking distance of a beach Newhaven Gardens also have to consider salt laden coastal winds when choosing plants. amanda@newhavengardens.co.nz A good tip for wherever you are is to look at what is growing in P: 09 218 9233 or 021 378969 neighbouring gardens and parks to get an idea of what plants would thrive in your own garden.

North Shore soil is generally quite heavy clay with the exception of the sandy coastal areas. Clay soil is comprised of tiny particles densely packed together which makes it difficult for water to drain and often leads to ‘root rot’. Sandy soil is made of large particles which have lots of air space around them and so cannot hold water or nutrients very well. Improving the structure of sandy soils can be achieved by adding organic matter to help lock in water and nutrients. Animal manure (beware of grass seeds in fresh manure), sheep pellets, compost, vermicast, and cocoa fibre peat are all great additions to sandy soil. These additions are also great for improving clay soil as they increase air space and drainage.

Another great addition to clay soils is gypsum which also works to bind the clay particles into larger crumbs. If you can wait a few months for the results, I’d strongly recommend looking online for ‘no dig gardening’ or ‘lasagna mulching’ to improve the quality of clay soils.

Watering is becoming more of an issue in Auckland; at the time of writing our dams are still at a record low despite water restrictions in place since May. With resource consent requirements removed for installing some tanks, now is a good time to invest in a rainwater tank and water harvesting system. A less costly option is to invest in an irrigation system such as drip irrigation, soaker hoses, micro sprays and sprinklers. Drip irrigation is the most efficient, but it’s worth researching the different types to see what will suit your situation the best.

When watering established plants by hand it’s best to water heavily a couple of times a week. This promotes deep strong roots and means that not only do your plants become stronger and more resilient, when a watering is missed you have nice strong plants which can cope with a little stress.

Last and most certainly not least, adding a thick layer of mulch is one of the single best things you can do for your garden. Mulch helps to protect the soil surface from the harsh rays of the sun,

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POOL COVERS: COVERS4POOLS

LOVING YOUR

HOME

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Who needs overseas holidays when you’ve got a covered pool?

Cheer up, you may not be able to do warm overseas holidays, but you can invest in an automatic cover from Covers4Pools to get the most out of your pool this summer!

A swimming pool spells summer fun for everyone – and after the year we’ve had you will want to use it to its maximum this summer. Installing an automatic pool cover makes things super easy: maintaining, keeping it warm, clean and affordable.

Covers4Pools is a family business, run by Charles, Paulene and Shayne Olliver. They offer one of the most extensive range of automated pool covers in New Zealand, being the sole distributor for the internationally popular Coverstar Eclipse brand.

“Coverstar Eclipse covers can take the weight of an average sized person, offering complete peace of mind that your family is always safe around your pool,” says company manager Charles Olliver.

“Our new ‘Roll Out Roll Under Slatted Cover’ has quickly become a big seller for us. These covers feature a polycarbonate profile that actually heats the pool via the sun’s rays throughout the summer months and retains heat during the colder months, therefore extending your swimming season and substantially reducing your

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heating costs. We are proud to assemble these covers here in New Zealand.”

Charles explains that automated covers also play a big part in reducing cleaning and maintenance by keeping unwanted items out of the pool.

“They really are a game-changer. Our advanced covers keep dirt and leaves out of the pool and also eliminate up to 90% of evaporation. This avoids wasting thousands of litres of water and reduces chemical use by up to 70%.”

Covers4Pools has good stocks of both Coverstar Eclipse Covers and Roll Out Roll Under Slatted Covers so will have one to suit your pool. They will come to your property and do a free measure and quote and provide advice on the best solution for your requirements. Do it today!

Contact Charles, Paulene or Shayne today.

They will make it very easy and affordable.

Phone 09-426-0625, email sales@autopoolcovers.co.nz or visit www.covers4pools.co.nz

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BUILDING & HOME MAINTENANCE WITH QPC BUILD GROUP

Could a knockdown and rebuild be right for you?

As tough as it can be to admit, sometimes our homes fall a little short of our expectations. Perhaps the kitchen layout isn't functional, the bathroom has seen better days and you really could do with a bit more living space.

The problem is that you love your local area, you have a close community of friends nearby and you just can't stand the thought of selling up and moving.

The list of items to change can quickly add up and cost more than a full rebuild. If your list is getting long then it sounds like a knock down and rebuild would be the perfect option for you!

Below is an example of one of our latest knock down and rebuilds we completed in Greenhithe.

How our knockdown and rebuild process works: 1. Firstly we work closely with one of our architects and draw up your new home plans.

2. Once these plans are all approved our in house team of quantity surveyors will work through pricing the job and preparing a fixed price quote for you.

3. Then our interior design team is introduced to you to work out the finer details of the project and put together the overall look you are after.

4. Lastly, once all the plans and costs are approved your dedicated project manager and building team will break ground on site and look after you and your project from start to finish, including dealing with Council.

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We did exactly this with our latest clients in Greenhithe and worked with them to create a perfect home to suit their family needs and the end result is exquisite.

For more information about how we can help you to create your dream home have a look at our website www.qpcbuilders.co.nz or give us a call today 0800 772 266

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KITCHENS BY DESIGN

LOVING YOUR

HOME

In The Pink Most people play it safe when it comes to chosing a colour for their new kitchen, opting for a non-offensive white, or a least going with a neutral palette – and with good reason. Firstly, the kitchen is the dominant space in most open-plan homes – therefore the colour you choose will tend to dictate the scheme for the rest of the living spaces. Secondly, there’s re-sale to consider. Not everyone is going to like a lime green, or a turquoise blue kitchen, and it’s not a cheap fix to repaint it.

However, if you really love a colour, and you’re not intending to move home in the not-too-distant future, why not go for it? You only live once!

When our client said she ‘quite liked the idea of having a pink kitchen’, our designer took her at her word and delivered a beautifully subtle kitchen design that perfectly fitted her brief.

Interestingly, though, the pink cabinetry is not the dominant surface in this kitchen – the stunning Invisible White Marble is the hero. “I found this particular marble and I really liked it. I then brought down the pink to more of a blush colour that worked really nicely with the marble – and my client loved the combination,” says the designer.

The soft pink of the cabinetry perfectly compliments the gold and the light grey veining in the marble. And to further enhance relationship between the benchtop and the cabinetry, the negative details are painted in a matching gold colour.

“We also picked up on the black veining [in the marble], by introducing some black elements into the kitchen, such as black granite-finish sink and tap, black induction hob, and twin black ovens.

The black grounds the kitchen, gives it some strength,” he says.

The other striking detail in this kitchen is the backlit, steel and glass open shelving that weaves its way along the back wall. “My

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client has a beautiful collection of ceramics that she’s built up over the years, and wanted somewhere to display these pieces.”

In order to allow the shelving to flow freely along the entire wall, there could be no overhead extractor that would get in the way. The designer’s solution was to install a cooktop with a built-in downdraft extractor.

For the splashback, the designer sourced some square tiles that feature a faint grid pattern, in gold, so they marry up perfectly with the gold in the marble and also reference the gold-painted grid pattern of the steel shelving that sits in front of it.

Every last detail has been considered and coordinated in this kitchen. It is now brighter and functions so much better than its predecessor, and has become a real focal point in our client’s openplan living space.

If you thinking about putting in a new kitchen, give team at Kitchen

By Design a call, or pop into their showroom at 3 Byron Ave, Takapuna (09) 488 7201. And for inspiration, take a look at their website at www.kitchensbydesign.co.nz

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CHANNEL FEATURE: FORREST HILL COMMUNITY GARDEN

Lucy Xia and Phoebe Atkinson beside the seedling stand which has been the Forrest Hill Community Garden’s main promotional tool (alongside social media) since Level 3 of lockdown.

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By Christine Young

Phoebe and Dave Atkinson are a couple of “garden enthusiasts and hopeless romantics”. “We can’t bear the idea of a bunch of great people in Forrest Hill staying behind their fences and not getting to know each other.” The answer? A community garden in a spare patch of land in in Seine Road reserve in Forrest Hill.

They envisage it as “a place to learn to grow organic food, and a place to get to know our neighbours. It will be a beautiful space, a learning space, a place to get stuck in, and a place to experience what community can really be.”

The dream began almost two years ago, and has finally made its way through various planning and approval processes. As spring approaches, it’s the perfect time to start gardening. Christine Young from Channel asked them a few questions about their dream and how they’ve gone about making it reality.

and we live opposite a park. The combination of all those factors resulted in the seed of the idea, but it was a chance comment by a kindergarten teacher (from the kindergarten that is through the fence to the garden) suggesting the park would be a good place for a community garden that was the real confirmation and catalyst which planted that seed. And so the journey began!

Christine Young: Where and why did the dream begin?

Phoebe & Dave Atkinson: Phoebe has been a gardener since she can remember and amongst other things studied horticulture post-school. Dave has a design degree which he can’t help but apply to landscape design as well. During a difficult time in life, our own garden became a very therapeutic space for us. Both of us are community-minded people and romantics / idealists at heart,

CY: Please tell us a bit about your backgrounds and why sustainability and organic gardening are so important to you?

PA: While studying horticulture 20 years ago, I became aware of and really interested in the young but growing industry of organic horticulture and agriculture in New Zealand. Studying the various means of food production, organic methods made the most sense to me. Furthering my education lead me to an interest in resource

CY: You’ve lived in Forrest Hill since 2010 – was your own garden already established when you moved in, or has that been something you’ve developed since your arrival in the area?

P&DA: Our property was the proverbial blank canvas when we moved here, and the landscaping of our own garden has been an incredibly satisfying, rewarding and therapeutic process. We have six raised beds, a mini orchard, chickens and beehives in the back yard and native landscaping at the front of the property.

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CY: It’s been a couple of years, and you still haven’t turned the first sod – what has kept you going?

P&DA: We are absolutely captured by the vision of a flourishing community where we actually know our neighbours, whether we share the same language and culture or not.

Furthermore, we are continually buoyed by the enthusiasm of the people who have been coming on board along the way.

management and a degree in Town Planning where sustainability had moved beyond a buzz word to the very foundation of best practice. Now as a teacher and mum, both these concepts influence the ways we live out the practicalities of daily life.

CY: Is it primarily about the garden, or about connecting community?

P&DA: Great question!

We’re glad you asked :-) It’s primarily about connecting CY: Do you have a garden community. The gardening design, or number or size of is the means but the gardens, in mind? connections are the end we P&DA: We have had a preliminary are endeavouring to foster. We design approved by the local board believe gardening is the ultimate which includes 10 5x1m raised beds, leveller; no matter who you are a shed and covered communal potting and what your background, when space, compost bins (which we hope to you garden shoulder to shoulder with be a community collection point), a glass others, experiences are shared, connections house and fruit trees.

Dave Atkinson. are formed, and that is the basis for relationships to be built. We were delighted by the silver-lined sense CY: What will be the first things you plant? of community and willingness to connect we all experienced P&DA: We can’t wait to get some fruit trees in, given the Chinese during lockdown and want to capture that sense in the community proverb: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second garden. We are also thrilled to have Lucy Xia, a fluent Mandarin best time is now”! speaker, on the team in the role of Chinese Community Liaison.

She has been translating our social media communications into CY: It’s going to be volunteer driven – how many people do you Chinese, and helping to make the dream a reality. need to make the place really hum?

P&DA: Ideally we will have a core organising team of five or so people and we’d hope to see 10-20 people out each weekend working bee - but the more the merrier. We have 70 interested locals signed up to our database so we think we are well on the way.

…as opposed to the allotment style where individuals are responsible for their own plot, we are opting for a communal model where participants come to garden together with a mutual goal of getting to know others while maintaining the garden and sharing the produce.

CY: Are there any community gardens you are modelling your ideas on?

P&DA: There are several different models of community garden, and as opposed to the allotment style where individuals are responsible for their own plot, we are opting for a communal model where participants come to garden together with a mutual goal of getting to know others while maintaining the garden and sharing the produce. We have adopted aspects from a number of fabulous local community gardens including Kelmarna (Herne Bay), Pt Chev’s Growing Point, Devonport Community Garden and Hobsonville Point’s Catalina Community Garden.

CY: What about the costs involved? You have a number of community partners; how actively are they involved, and what are their roles?

P&DA: While it is of course possible to develop a garden on the smell of an oily rag, we’re determined that this garden should be a beautiful space and the reality is, the more funders and supporters we have on board the more we will be able to do with the garden. We’ve been encouraged so far by initial conversations including a local builder who has come on board as our first sponsor. We would be thrilled to welcome on board any other local businesses who share our vision for our local community. If anyone is interested in supporting through in-kind sponsorship or a contribution towards costs, they can contact us through our website.

CY: What is your vision for the shorter- and slightly longer-term future for the gardens?

P&DA: In the short term, a flourishing and beautiful garden which becomes a place to recapture the sense of community we experienced during lockdown.

In the long-term, a place for people young and old to cross paths, a space for new immigrants to meet local neighbours, a source of shared knowledge and inspiration around sustainable practices. In other words, a real community hub.

Forrest Hill Community Garden.

Corner of Seine road and Tiber Road, Forrest Hill Visit the website to find out more, volunteer, sponsor or make a donation www.communitygarden.co.nz/

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I LOVE MY SPORT: BROOKE NEAL

From the Black Sticks to finding balance

Brooke Neal shares her new career.

Brooke Neal is 28 years old and was born and bred in Whangarei but currently lives on the North Shore. She was in the New Zealand Black Sticks women’s hockey team from 2013-20. Brooke recently retired from hockey after playing 176 games including competing at the 2016 Olympic Games, and more recently winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, the first time in history this has been achieved. She loves dancing, paddleboarding, the beach, food (any type), catching up with friends, yoga and her pets, and has a new venture she is now focusing on.

Channel’s Nikki Davidson finds out more.

21. Since I’ve recently retired, the scary numbers are that I’ve been playing hockey for 25 years.

I’ve been representing New Zealand for 12 years, and at the international level for eight. To be completely honest, since retiring, I’ve been really enjoying life away from the sport. Being able to plan my schedule more than a week in advance has been a game changer. For the past eight years, there were about 200 days when we were in camp and travelling. It does take up a lot of your time and energy (but I am grateful I got that opportunity for so long).

What drew you to playing hockey initially?

To be quite honest, I have no memory of the first time I played hockey because I was only three years old! I am told that I wanted to join my big brother’s team and didn’t want to wait until I was five. I guess I’ve always been quite stubborn and not taken no as an answer. It was definitely in the family, since my dad used to play for Northland: he was our coach through a lot of our youth. We also grew up a few kilometres away from the local hockey turf so we always went there to watch, practice or play whenever we had spare time.

Did you have a role model?

Growing up, sibling rivalry drove me – big time! My only sibling, Shay, was the natural athlete in the family. He won cross country without too much effort, made all of the rep hockey teams, even inline hockey. This drove me to constantly try to be better than I was the day before. When he debuted for New Zealand in 2009 I was almost finishing high school and I set my sights on making it too. We both ended up going to the 2016 Rio Olympics, which was an unforgettable experience for both of us and also our parents.

Brooke Neal, ex Black Sticks player.

How long were you involved?

I started playing in New Zealand age group teams at 16 and debuted for the Black Sticks when I was

How do you now keep yourself fit?

I am a trained yoga instructor so you’ll often find me there! I love the feeling of getting more in touch with my body in a different way than absolutely smashing it. I also have started running again after going through some pretty big injuries. There’s nothing quite like being able to put my shoes on and just get out of the door into nature. Every Saturday, my friend and I go to boxing to sweat it out and I’ve been loving it. I’m still trying to find the balance between going 100% and just going for an easy session. I’m so used to the all or nothing approach!

What are you doing these days?

I’ve moved full time into my own business. I created All About Balance in 2016 which I have been growing part-time while competing. Now, I feel so inspired since I’ve been able to put my full energy and attention into it. I help girls who play sport find their balance in life, and share the mindset tools that helped me over the years to conquer anxiety, improve performance, get more energy and gain more confidence. I’ve worked with over 1,000 young women and visited over 150 schools, condensing the decade of learning and performance at the highest level, and coaching what I’ve learned through a range of workshops and courses online and in person.

Can you describe the feeling you get when someone you’ve mentored achieves a big goal?

The feeling I get is one of complete gratitude that I’ve found my mission and purpose and that it’s helping girls who really need it. I often get messages a year or two after I’ve worked with someone, explaining the change that they have had and how some of the advice I gave helped. It is a big part of why I continue to put my energy into this, because if just one girl can realise their potential, or change some negative thoughts about herself because of some simple tools, then my job is done.

In five years-time I hope to…

Look back on this article and say, wow – I’ve come a long way and I was just getting started!

Find out more about Brooke’s workshops at brookeneal.co.nz where you can enrol for a free mini course.

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This month in TAKAPUNA THE DEPARTMENT STORE GETS NEW GROUND FLOOR TENANT

Good news for Takapuna is The Department Store in Northcroft Street – formerly home to Karen Walker store – will be getting a makeover and a new tenant over the next few weeks.

The large ground floor space will be the show suite and sales office for KBS Capital’s ‘Amaia’ development – the new-generation mixeduse urban village to be built on the church site in Esmonde Road (see accompanying artists impression of completed development).

While full details are yet to be confirmed, the word is that the space is being totally transformed and will include a café related to one of Takapuna’s best loved cafes.

TAKAPUNA SET TO ROCK AGAIN AT LABOUR WEEKEND

HURSTMERE ROAD UPGRADE PROJECT GOING WELL

The Hurstmere Road upgrade project is continuing with some great progress having been made in recent weeks, despite the COVID19 restrictions. The plan was always to complete the two ends first– the Anzac Roundabout and Lake Road intersection – and then proceed with works in stages in the middle parts of the main street, staged so community activity can still happen.

We reckon both ends of the street are looking fantastic, with many positive comments starting to come through as people can see the progress being made.

Repco Takapuna Rocks is back again for a second year on The Strand on Saturday October 24th.

The energetic mother and son duo of Sue Stanaway and Matt Turnwald are behind this event that is set to become our version of the Whangamata Beach Hop. For 2020 they’ve got Classic Cars, Hot Rods, Rock ‘n Roll, Pin-Ups, a Vintage Market and an after party featuring veteran rocker Tom Sharplin and The Cadillacs at Regatta Bar. There’s fun for the whole family.

Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020 is a one day event that starts from 10am, Saturday October 24th.

DINE & WIN IN TAKAPUNA DURING OCTOBER

Takapuna Beach hospitality outlets are giving their patrons extra reasons to dine out during October with their Dine & Win Promotion that runs right through the month. There are $4000 worth of prizes to be won with the first prize being a year worth of Takapuna dining vouchers for one lucky person! All entrants in the promo need to do is spend $20 or more in one transaction to qualify to be able to enter. Visit: www.ilovetakapuna.co.nz for full details.

TERENCE HARPUR ON TV HELLO SAILOR CAFÉ OPENS IN TAKAPUNA

The hospitality space under The Sentinel Apartment Tower in Northcroft Street has an exciting new café, called Hello Sailor. This café has been open by two Kate’s who were originally from Nelson. Kate Wise who was a Navy chef (which inspired the café name) and Kate Edwards who looks after the marketing and business side. The day we popped in the AllPress coffee was smelling good, the sounds were pumping and the cakes, baking, pies, bagels and other treats were looking and smelling good. This looks like it will become a firm favourite with Takapuna locals. Hello Sailor is open from 8am Tuesday through to Sunday, closing around 2pm-3pm.

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We reckon Takapuna Beach Business Association CEO Terence Harpur should be congratulated for his efforts going into bat for the retail and hospitality businesses over the past few months. Terence has been a regular in the news, on television and online, advocating for government and council support and highlighting the damage being done to our valued businesses as a result of the restrictions and lockdowns. He’s pretty much a natural at it as well. Well done Terence!

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Shore City is the place to leave it all Funtech is growing to include computer behind, escape from life’s pressures and repairs and a full range of tech gadgets take a little time out to spoil yourself. With a in a new larger store and Mobile Lab will select mix of over 50 fashion and lifestyle stores be opening a kiosk on Level One, Plus we it’s the perfect spot to catch-up with friends, will soon be welcoming Imperial India to unwind and indulge. Parking is stress free with over the Food gallery, which is sure to pique 800 car parks on-site and the first 3 hours are on us. your taste buds!

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This month at SHORE CITY TAKAPUNA NEW WORLD – TAKAPUNA’S LOCAL DELI

The arrival of New World at Shore City over the past 12 months has brought with it a great deli offering for the area.

Owner Doug Cochrane and his team have all the usual deli stuff but also offer a range of other fresh and ready-to-eat items for lunches and dinners. This includes fresh fish and gourmet butchery items, hot ham and chicken, salmon and curries. We understand their Rogan Josh curry is the best! There are also hot and cold sandwiches, pies, savouries and a great salad selection.

Head butcher Harry and deli supervisor Madu (pictured) are passionately leading this area at New World Metro Shore City.

MOBILE LAB OPENING OCTOBER

Mobile Lab will be opening midOctober in a new kiosk next to Two Degrees. Mobile Lab specialise in luxury brand mobile phone accessories and repairs. Great quality at low prices. Most repairs are done within 25 minutes and all come with a warranty.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING… WHITCOULLS TO RETURN

North Shore locals will be thrilled to hear that Whitcoulls is opening a brand new store in Shore City. Whitcoulls new store (their 55th in New Zealand) will open on Level One, next to Farmers in November.

“We are delighted to confirm Whitcoulls is returning to Shore City,” said Whitcoulls Director Kevin Turner, when announcing the move. “Whitcoulls has something for everyone, it is a one stop gift shop and will enhance the appeal of Shore City as a one stop destination on the Shore.”

The Christmas Heirloom store will be bringing it’s Christmas cheer to Shore City from Saturday 3 October.

FARMERS SIGNS ON FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS

In another real shot in the arm for the local community Farmers has recommitted to Shore City for another 15 years and will undertake a multi-million-dollar store upgrade, bringing Farmers unique style into a state-of-the-art new era to further enhance Shore City’s offering for the North Shore shopper. “It’s exciting to announce the return of Whitcoulls, the future upgrade to Farmers, building on the hugely successful opening of New World Metro in November 2019,” says Jan Walker, Centre Manager for Shore City. Customers are now starting to see the changes that we have had in the pipeline come to life ensuring the centre remains a desirable destination that meets the needs of a diverse and growing community.”

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LIFE PHARMACY CELEBRATION

Life Pharmacy Shore City is having its 10th birthday in mid-November.

They plan to have birthday celebration days that will include music, special offers, spot prizes, sampling and demos from leading cosmetic and heath brands.

Owner Shariar Jaber (pictured above with members of his team) purchased the business back in 2010 and from day one has had a very strong focus on customer service.

“It is an honour and a privilege for me to serve the community,” explained Shariar when we visited him in late September. “Pharmacy is more than just a business, it is a community service that’s all about people.”

Shariar is also thrilled with the investment being made at Shore City by Precision Group, the mall owners.

“The money has been very well spent in ensuring Shore City remains a premium shopping experience, which is great for businesses such as ours.”

Happy birthday Shariar and Life Pharmacy Shore City!

Funtech is moving to a new larger store at Shore City in November – they will be widening their products to include a whole range of tech stuff, including lighting, speakers, phone stands/holders, tripods and computer accessories, as well as computer repairs. They will also be continuing their phone repairs and extending their range of phone covers and accessories.

IMPERIAL INDIA OPENING SOON

Shore City’s food offering is about to expand, with Imperial India set to open soon.

The modern Indian restaurant will be located on the ground floor, near the escalators beside Majestic Tea Bar.

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FEATURE INTERVIEW: TAMMY MCLEOD

Is your Trust 2021 ready?

A chat with Tammy McLeod of Davenports Law Tammy McLeod is a Director of Davenports Law, and has specialised in the areas of trusts, asset protection and relationship property since 1999. The new Trusts Act 2019 is coming into force in January 2021, bringing many new changes to trusts law as we know it. In this interview, Channel Mag's Aidan Bennett talks to Tammy about what the changes mean and what those with trusts need to be doing to future proof them.

AIDAN BENNETT: Tammy, can you give us some background on what a trust actually is and why I might need one.

TAMMY MCLEOD: People set up trusts for myriad reasons, but mostly to protect their assets against an outside influence. Those outside influences could be business risks, relationship property claims or family protection claims in the event that you want to treat your children differently when you die. People also set up trusts if there are special circumstances that need to be considered when passing assets on to their children (e.g. children with addiction problems or relationship issues), if there are assets they want to be kept in the family for future generations, or sometimes for tax planning efficiencies. Trust assets are transferred to trustees who then hold those assets for the beneficiaries, who are the people that will ultimately benefit from the assets.

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The purpose of the new Act is to make trust law more accessible, by codifying the law and making sure everyone can understand their responsibilities and rights under the Act.

Under the new Act there is an increased responsibility on trustees to carry out their duties properly, and greater accountability to the beneficiaries. The new Act also divides trustees’ duties into two broad types: mandatory duties,­which you cannot contract out of, and default duties that apply unless your trust deed says otherwise. The mandatory duties include understanding the trust deed, acting in the best interests of the beneficiaries and accounting to the beneficiaries.

The default duties, which can be modified, include that the trustees must act unanimously, that the trustees must invest trust assets prudently and that all trustees must hold core documents. It is important to check your trust deed in light of the new Act to ensure that the trustees are complying with the mandatory duties and to see if the default duties need to be modified.

The new Act also extends the time period for trusts from 80 to 125 years. This has come about due to increasing life expectancies and Tammy McLeod. people wanting to hold assets in trust beyond one or two generations. The new Act also makes it compulsory to remove incapacitated trustees. This is a welcome change to the current system which, if the trust deed is silent, requires an application to the Court to remove an incapacitated trustee.

AB: Can you give us a little background on the current trust law?

TM: Trusts have been around since the days of the crusades, when the knight would leave his castle in the hands of his next door neighbour to look after for his family in the event that he didn’t return. From that stage the courts of equity (or fairness) dealt with trusts and how they were managed. In 1956 the New Zealand Parliament enacted the Trustees Act 1956 and that Act, together with case law, has managed trusts in New Zealand until now.

AB: Why have we got a new Act? TM: The purpose of the new Act is to make trust law more accessible, by codifying the law and making sure everyone can understand their responsibilities and rights under the Act. I describe the new Act as an evolution, rather than a revolution, as many of the perceived changes are actually existing case law, which is now being put into statute.

AB: What do you think are the biggest changes to the law that come into force in January?

TM: The biggest change in the new Act, and the one that is the most talked about, is that beneficiaries have increased statutory rights. Beneficiaries aged 18 and over have the right to be notified that they are beneficiaries, and be told who the trustees are so they can hold them to account. They are also entitled to copies of the trust deed and any variations, information about the assets and liabilities, trust financials and information regarding the administration of the trust.

It is important to review existing trust structures and accompanying documents to make sure they comply, are doing the job you want them to and are fit for purpose.

AB: So, what should people who have trusts be doing?

TM: The new Act is a timely reminder of change, and the need to move with the times. It is important to review existing trust structures and accompanying documents to make sure they comply, are doing the job you want them to and are fit for purpose.

In particular, people should be reviewing the terms of their trusts and who the beneficiaries are. There are often ways we can change existing structures to ensure that they are actually doing their job.

While not part of the new Act, it is timely when reviewing your trust structure to consider your will and any wishes you may leave to the trustees of your trust. Too often people sign these documents and then don’t look at them again. It is important to constantly review wills and wishes to ensure that they still reflect your wishes and give good guidance to those you leave behind.

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FITNESS WITH FIT20

Strong muscle is the best medicine for a long and happy life Improve the quality of your life in just 20 minutes once a week When gyms reopened earlier this year after weeks of being shut down, things looked a lot different – plastic shields at counters, machines blocked or spread apart and lots of reminders about physical distancing. But one fitness business, with its New Zealand operations based in Auckland, was prepared for the new need for social distancing while working out. Boutique personal training company fit20 New Zealand, with a studio at Albany, offers 20-minute one-on-one sessions with personal trainers. There’s no shower or changing area because of the company's no-sweat routines.

As traditional gyms struggled to adjust their layout and capacity to fit new physical distancing requirements, fit20 was already operating in a mode that limited customers.

“Our studios are by invitation only to our members, and our approach is one trainer with only one or two members at a time,” says Catharina Flisijn, Managing Director of fit20 New Zealand.

“Using social distancing and disinfecting our equipment between uses creates an even safer environment for members to work out during this pandemic,” she adds. ""Strong people live healthier and longer lives. Something that has become clear over the past months is that it’s very important for us to keep our body strong and healthy.”

After the age of 30 our muscle mass declines rapidly. The medical term for it is sarcopenia, the gradual loss of muscle mass, muscle strength and muscle function. With that decline comes all sorts of health issues, like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis and aches and pains. However, you can slow down and even reverse this process by giving your muscles, and therefore your entire health, a strong stimulus every week in a safe way.

A circuit of specialised strength training machines are used to create a full body workout that increases strength and vitality…

"That is exactly what we at fit20 are specialised in," Catharina says. “Strength training can restore 30% of muscle loss within a year in the elderly. With fit20 you can often achieve a higher percentage in a shorter time, from a few weeks to a few months. With the right stimulus, the muscles improve amazingly quickly. When the muscles improve, everything in you improves.”

The aim of this approach is to bring the body safely to a point where it adapts and becomes stronger, healthier and fitter.

"Work smarter, not harder."

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This fit20 concept is different because its members meet once a week for just 20 minutes with a personal trainer for an “intense slow-motion high resistance training session”. A circuit of specialised strength training machines are used to create a full body workout that increases strength and vitality, without straining the joints. “I understand when people are a bit sceptical about just 20 minutes,"says Catharina. "But the concept is not new, and there has been a lot of research done around the health benefits. If you read up about high intensity resistance training, the science and the logic of it is all there – the human body is not made to spend hours in hard training and exercise. If you train with slow, measured movements, at the correct posture and at as high an intensity as you can, you will get fantastic results.”

Elements of the fit20 training approach include: • sessions are always with a personal trainer and by appointment • exercise without changing clothes or showering in a climatecontrolled environment • no distracting music, mirrors or group workouts • only 20 minutes per week to achieve maximum results. The training is equivalent to three hours of regular exercising per week.

“I always tell people who are interested to come in for a free introductory training session. Then they can experience what we do and how it benefits them.

“We want it to be your moment. When you go in there the whole studio is for you or you and perhaps a partner… it is actual personal training. It was always a great approach. Now, after Covid, we’re ready for the future with this model." fit20, 4 Antares place, Rosedale www.fit20.co.nz, 021 02652819

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MY SHORE LIFE: ANNA HUTCHISON

Shore girl Anna Hutchison - two places to call home Actress Anna Hutchison hails from the North Shore and is wellknown for earlier roles on Shortland Street, Shore-based Go Girls and the Australian Underbelly series. She has spent the past few years based in the USA working on international film and television projects. Now married to film producer Mike Gillespie and with a wee girl, Anna shared some insights with us following her recent visit back home to work.

Anna, we understand you recently returned to the North Shore from living in Los Angeles. Tell us where your current home is.

Our home is in Los Angeles, but I have been filming in various locations in Auckland and have been staying in Devonport. These last months of travelling have really been a case of ‘Home is where the heart is’. Fair to say it’s wherever our little babe is. And I’ve been lucky enough to have my mum caring for her while I’ve been working, so it’s been wonderfully easy to create a ‘home’ feeling in all the spots we have been staying.

You now have a family? Yes, I have a gorgeous little daughter who is enjoying running around on all the different beaches the Shore has on offer!

What do you love most about your home? I love how hard my husband has worked on it to make it our haven. When we first bought the place it seemed like each wall was a different colour. The day we moved in I flew off to Kentucky to film a movie, and when I returned a month later my husband had painted every wall white and moved us in.

It was really wonderful to come home.

Do you have a favourite room or space you like to relax in? Our outdoor area is wonderful. I wanted to create a Palm Springs feeling but in Los Angeles. It gets really warm where we are, so at least eight months of the year are spent outside and we have totally transformed the backyard into our own little oasis: perfect for outdoor living. We love entertaining and my husband loves grilling and smoking meat, so he has built a fabulous outdoor kitchen which is terrific. It’s a lovely peaceful spot to relax away from the traffic and hustle and bustle of LA. You were in California during the early days of Covid-19 lockdown. What did you love the most about being at home, and what did you not like so much? It was wonderful that the backyard

renovations were finally finished, and we were able to enjoy our home together. My husband was working from home so we all got to spend time together. At the same time, the longer my husband was home the more he started Anna with her family on tinkering with other areas in the Cheltenham Beach. house to renovate, so it was quite nice when he went back to the office! It was difficult being away from New Zealand and my family but there was a lot of FaceTime happening!

What do you miss the most about the Shore? I miss the proximity to the beach. Growing up in Devonport I was never further than two minutes from a beautiful beach. I try to get to the beach at least once a week in LA but it involves quite a car ride and the water at Malibu isn’t as gorgeous as Cheltenham or Narrow Neck. It’s freezing!! I’ve done a few triathlons in the Malibu area and I think my swimming time is so fast because I want to motor out of the water as quickly as possible!

Have you noticed much has changed since your time spent filming Shore-based TV series Go Girls 10 years ago? Absolutely! It feels completely different. Having gone to school on the Shore you know heaps of people and everything feels familiar, but as time goes on family and friends move and settle in all different corners of the world.

Our family used to all live within a few streets of each other which was wonderful when we were growing up. We were only ever a few minutes from Nana and Grandad. And now Little & Friday café has moved from Eversleigh Road. I used to love going there on Saturday and Sunday mornings and buying way too many cakes, meringues and fudge. What a delicious café!

You’ve been busy over the past few years working on international films and tv series, what has your recent project here in New Zealand been? I’m starring in a Canadian/New Zealand co-production called A Love Yarn. It has been the most wonderful experience reconnecting with crew that I worked with on Shortland Street and Go Girls. Being able to bring my daughter back to Auckland and have time on the Shore with my family, visiting beaches I used to spend so much at has been such a magic experience.

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ROMY UDANGA: LABOUR CANDIDATE FOR THE NORTH SHORE

Romy Udanga looks to an innovative future for the North Shore.

Romy Udanga: Innovation is our business The resilience and resourcefulness of businesses on protective face masks have become part of our daily the North Shore is impressive in this year like no lives, enterprising locals have stepped up to produce other. their own designs to be sold and worn in our With the leadership of Prime Minister communities.

Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister I look also to Level One HQ in Devonport, Grant Robertson, Labour is driving the which quietly houses a number of clever Government's strong health and economic startups and tech businesses – with great response to Covid-19. It has saved lives. It city views from our great part of the city. has limited the impact on businesses.

I look to the ongoing innovation and We are set up for a strong recovery, even excitement at Smales Farm. It’s been as the virus continues to knock on our doors. developing as a hub for business and Innovation is a hallmark of recovery and community health for many years. Now it’s rebuilding, making sense of the pieces in a lively meeting and eating place for Shore play and using them to their best effect. At any locals that’s our pride and others’ envy.

Smales Farm shows what ongoing innovation can achieve. It's a smart time, innovation in business is transformative and Our innovators and risk takers need support to hub for business, health, retail, beneficial. At this time, it’s vital for our community’s grow – whether they’re one-person enterprises or and hospitality. wellbeing. businesses looking to start or grow at scale in what is one With innovation comes exploration, faith, even some daring. of Auckland’s most enviable and desirable local economies. I can Economic migration brought me and my family here many years ago, see it and I know you do too. looking for better employment and earning opportunities. It’s the So, what’s the plan? main reason people migrate, and the Shore is home to entrepreneurial The Labour-led Government is helping to provide the raw materials seekers of success from all over the world. to keep New Zealand business moving. With a greater investment In the past few weeks, we’ve also seen thousands of high-achieving into the Flexi-wage programme, we can ensure more employers New Zealanders coming home, reversing a decades-long pattern of have the confidence to employ people who may otherwise have brain-drain. They’re bringing with them overseas market experience, been overlooked by assisting them with the costs of upskilling and intellectual capital, and business models that will lift economic deployment. activities in our country.

There is also funding to help unemployed people start their own It’s that drive to innovate that is natural to businesses here on the businesses. Innovation breeding innovation!

Shore. It’s a drive I share with my Labour colleagues to make sure It won’t stop there. I promise Shore business owners and people can provide jobs, find jobs, and keep jobs while we adjust to employees that I’ll be a tenacious and effective advocate for you in the “new normal”.

Parliament. As a former business reporter for Stuff.co.nz, and editor I’m glad to see the real fruits of innovation are beginning to show. of two business trade magazines, I’m experienced in asking the hard Because when our businesses see others trying something new and questions and standing up for businesses. succeeding, it inspires them to do the same – especially in a year like The North Shore is going to need to explore its options, show this. Where we once had a thirst for innovation and entrepreneur-ship, faith, and even some daring. Don’t pass up the opportunity to elect an now we have a need for it. experienced business advocate as your next MP. This is happening at all levels. It’s no surprise that after months An innovative future for the North Shore is closer than you think. In of working from home being a reality for many on the Shore, fact, it’s just two ticks away. Vote for Romy Udanga and Labour. people have literally been founding their own cottage industries. As Together, we can do business and keep the Shore moving.

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FEATURE INTERVIEW: MARY BUCKLEY, HELLOWORLD TRAVEL

Mary Buckley has been a consistent supporter, advertiser and friend of Channel Magazine for many years. Along with her husband Jason, Mary is the owner of the prominent helloworld Travel business in Milford as well as three other branches in Auckland.

The travel industry has been hit with a sledgehammer by Covid-19, so Channel Mag’s Aidan Bennett thought it appropriate to visit Mary at her store on the corner of Kitchener and Milford Roads to find out how the helloworld team is coping.

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Lockdown, survival, teamwork, resilience, pivoting and more!

There is a reason that Mary Buckley is successful and well respected on the North Shore and in the travel industry – and loved by her customers. She’s a real professional and always positive. It is not surprising that despite her businesses being hit severely since early in 2020, she has firmly maintained that manner.

The day I popped in to see Mary was the day after the government had announced support for the travel industry via commissions for recovering the estimated $700m worth of payments (for travel thwarted by Covid) that have been made to offshore travel operators

by New Zealanders. So there was a glimmer of light in the gloomy tunnel that has been 2020 for Jason and Mary Buckley.

Jason Buckley has been in the travel industry for 30 years, Mary for 20 years. They have owned travel agencies for five years. In addition to the helloworld Milford office, they also have the helloworld offices in Browns Bay, Ponsonby and Henderson.

“Back in late January, Jason and I were in Italy and Spain and we could sense things happening,” explained Mary Buckley when reflecting on the start of the Covid-9 global problem. “Rome was closing its doors to China and there were clear signs of Asia closing off. Problems quickly followed for us with full-on cancellations of travel starting in early February.”

“Lockdown one arrived in March and we frantically got our staff set

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up at home so they could work to help our customers travelling to get back from overseas. That was the rapid change for us. During that time we were constantly re-issuing tickets for people trying to get home.”

Five months on Mary says their turnover is down over 90%. She says that the word ‘unprecedented’ has never been more appropriate.

“We have faced a global travel ban and have been surviving on the government wage subsidy ever since. We couldn’t have survived without it.”

“We have a great team, but this has been very hard on the staff.

Many have stayed with us and continued to work with a smile on their face to help our customers despite the adversity. Some transferred to new industry sectors quickly when they saw the writing on the wall.

But for many of us travel is a vocation, something we are passionate about. It’s harder to leave.”

Mary says that most of their landlords have been helpful to cushion the blow when they have had to shut down.

“Our Milford landlord has been particularly good. We appreciate that he has taken a long term view and we are very grateful.”

“Business-wise we have pivoted to focus on domestic travel and we have a trickle of this business and are hopeful of growth. We have also had a generous number of customers who have been happy to leave their travel credits with us. But the majority of our customers are desperately waiting for the borders to open with many happy to book

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two years ahead. Up until late July they were holding off booking, but more recently, after the second lockdown, there has been more activity with customers booking New Zealand holidays as well as overseas holidays two years out.”

So what do the next 12 months look like?

“We will continue the pivot to do more local travel. Inbound tour companies are providing great packages which is opening up a new domestic market for helloworld. The South Island is popular and people are accepting of the fact that things are not cheap. We are lucky that many of our customers are willing to pay for quality. We are hopeful that the South Pacific will open up when the post-election government may feel more confident in extending our bubble for the benefit of our Pacific neighbours. Maybe in early 2021?”

“Jason and I are really looking forward to our own South Island camper van road trip at Christmas/New Year with our two teenagers, aged 13 and 15. We’ll be braving it with two teenagers but the break will be great.”

Mary Buckley explains that the past eight months has firmly tested their personal resilience. The period has also confirmed that their staff are a priority as it is important to have a good team.

“From the beginning we have been clear that our team is important and that we are all in this together. We have supported each other which has helped with mental health and overall resilience. We have learnt what is important, reconfirming our core values.”

Mary says they have also enjoyed fantastic support from their business coach, an ex-travel person who has mentored them for many years. They have leant on him for help right through the period.

“Business associations in all four areas where our offices are located have really reached out to us which has been great. We have certainly felt our local networks and the support of other local businesses.”

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“While we have had to dip into our assets and retirement fund to keep going, all this support we have had is a big reason why we are still here and feel confident about the future. Being part of the helloworld family is also a bonus. We are off to Queenstown next week for the helloworld conference and we are excited – particularly looking forward to travelling!”

Despite the adversity, life for the positive Mary Buckley goes on… In finishing our chat she explains that lockdown life hasn’t been so bad.

“This time has reinforced that living in Mairangi Bay is pretty special.

There have been opportunities to relax, enjoy wine, spend time with family and friends and do lots of beach walks. The dog has loved it!”

Contact: Mary Buckley – Email: mary.buckley@helloworld.co.nz or Phone 09-489-2597.

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This month in MILFORD MILFORD CENTRE SCULPTURE TRAIL

Milford Centre has teamed up with Arts by the Sea Gallery, to create a fantastic display of New Zealand Sculpture that has resulted in a sculpture trail throughout the centre. This is part of Auckland Councils Arts Week program and will be popular with lovers of art and sculpture!

This is a fundraiser for Mike King’s Key to Life Trust, artists have created some unique and striking pieces. Artists such as Joe Kemp, Ngahiwi Walker, Christian Nicolson, Graham Downs, Anna Korver, Bill Hayes, Derek March and Rustic Twist will be transforming the Milford Centre into a magical multimedia display.

The Milford Centre Sculpture Trail is on between Saturday October 10th and Sunday October 18th.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS - PUT THESE IN YOUR DIARIES.

• Milford Weeps BIG DAY OUT – Now Sunday November 29th, from 11am.

• Milford’s Annual Pirate Market Day – Saturday November 21st.

LIVE BAND AT MILFORD CRUISING CLUB - FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13TH

Fear of Ghosts is a live band playing at the Milford Cruising Club on Friday the 13th! The action starts at 8pm, with just a $5 entry fee. This is a local band… Formed in 2019 Fear of Ghosts are an Indie Rock four piece based on Auckland’s North Shore in New Zealand. With members from Mexico, Germany, UK and NZ the music is infused with an international flavour. The bands original songs draw on a wide range of musical genres combined with insightful lyrics and energetic live performances. For more info on the band visit: www.fearofghostsnz.bandcamp.com

CELEBRATING ‘BEACON’ AND MEETING THE ARTIST

On Sunday November 8th the Milford community will be celebrating the artistry and inspiration for Milford Reserve’s wonderful new artwork ‘Beacon’, the striking new circular sculpture in polished stainless steel by Auckland artist Lang Ea. The event starts at 10.30am in Milford Reserve at Milford Cruising Club, with the opportunity to meet the Lang Ea.

ERIC VERDONK MEMORIAL ROWING REGATTA - LAKE PUPUKE

Lake Pupuke provides a great venue for rowing and one of biggest local regatta’s is being held on Saturday October 17th from 8am until 5pm. This is an annual event, hosted by West End Rowing Club and Takapuna Grammar School Rowing Club, and is open to Auckland Clubs and Schools with age group, club and masters events. This year the event has been re-named as the Eric Verdonk Memorial Regatta, honouring the great New Zealand and local North Shore rower who sadly passed away in early April this year.

#KINDNESSROCKSPROJECT

Resting atop a rock wall on Milford Beach is an array of colourful, artistic rocks that appeared over the second Covid-19 lockdown. Offering messages of kindness and connection the #kindnessrocksproject is a welcome art installation created by the community and growing by the day.

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MILFORD HERITAGE PHOTO DISPLAY

LITTLE FINCH ESPRESSO

Positioned right beside Milford Marina on Inga Road you’ll find a wee gem. Little Finch espresso caravan enjoys this unique location and capturing the morning sun early, it’s the perfect stop for coffee and a snack during a walk or on the way to work.

Open Monday – Friday 6.30am -12pm.

Historic photos compiled by and owned by the Milford Residents Association, will be on display in the Milford Centre through until October 30th as part of the Auckland Council Heritage Festival.

These are different photographs than the 2019 exhibition, and are on display in the shop next to the BNZ – previously Flight Centre, Open 10am until 4pm daily. Photos include Milford Beach, Milford Shops and the Pirate Ship. A great initiative once again from the Milford Residents Association with support from Milford Centre.

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TRAVEL: WITH HELLOWORLD TRAVEL MILFORD

Bungy jumping in Queenstown.

Roys Peak, Wanaka.

Cycle trails amongst vineyards.

Discover New Zealand We are lucky to live in such a beautiful country, so while the borders are closed, support local and book a New Zealand adventure with helloworld Travel in Milford or Browns Bay. We have the full range of bespoke travel options suitable for a getaway with your partner or friends, a fun family holiday, or an active adventure-filled trip.

City breaks and explore packages – Stay and explore the Bay of Islands, Coromandel, Hawkes Bay, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin or Queenstown from three day breaks, or stay longer and be a tourist in your own country to visit local attractions or play some golf with one of our well-priced domestic specials.

Active adventures - We have a great selection of New Zealand walks or cycle trails available to book as independent packages or group tours. Cycle one of the rail trails that traverse some outstanding scenery while discovering hidden gems along the way. Or hike some of the world’s most breathtaking landscapes and experience the tranquility of nature amongst our pristine wilderness.

Small group tours – Meet like-minded travellers and have everything taken care of with our selection of small group tours. Or join an independent coach tour to have the best of both worlds.

Motorhome holiday - There is no better way to discover New Zealand than with a motorhome holiday. Roam free, wake up to a new view every day, and immerse yourself in nature. For couples, families or groups of friends this is a fun and flexible way to travel.

By Mary Buckley, Owner/Director of helloworld Travel Milford and Browns Bay

Rail journeys – Discover the heart of New Zealand when you travel by train. View a Mary Buckley. spectacular range of scenery from the comfort of your seat on either the Northern Explorer, TranzAlpine or Coastal Pacific rail journeys.

Off the beaten track – Experience the wilderness of the rugged West Coast with a rafting or hiking trip, cruise scenic Fiordland on a small ship, or visit Stewart Island to experience its rare beauty and solitude.

Thank you for your continued support at this time. With ongoing uncertainty for international travel, we appreciate any New Zealand bookings you send our way. If you see a New Zealand deal advertised, please contact us as we are working with all domestic suppliers who are happy for us to make bookings on your behalf (at no extra cost to you). Follow us on Facebook for the latest deals: www.facebook.com/helloworldmilford or www.facebook.com/ helloworldbrownsbay, email us to be notified of the latest travel deals, or pop into our corner store to meet our team who are working weekdays 9am to 3pm. helloworld Travel Milford, corner Kitchener Road & Milford Road, Milford, 09 489 2597 www.helloworld.co.nz/milford helloworld Travel Browns Bay, 26 Clyde Road, Browns Bay 09 478 4416, www.helloworld.co.nz/browns bay

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MILFORD SHOPS NEWS

Your monthly update from Murray Hill, Manager of the Milford Business Association.

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Welcome to your Milford shops column, all you need to know about what is happening in Milford. It’s been a somewhat disrupted year so far, but we’re being positive about the rest of the year and have a great line up of things happening in MILFORD between now and Christmas. Over the next couple of months we have the following: Heritage Photos Exhibition, Pick’A’Box customer promotion Sculpture Trail, Collective Market, Pirate Market Day.

Heritage Photos Exhibition – 26th September to late November: For the second year, we have historic photos of MILFORD on display in the Milford Centre, in the PHOTOS old Flight Centre shop, beside BNZ. SUPPLIED BY The Milford Residents Association co-chairs, Debbie Dunsford and Norma Bott, have put together a different collection to last year and it’s sure to be as popular. The exhibition has already started and will run until the end of November. This year it is part of the Auckland Heritage Festival, so is bound to attract people from all over Auckland.

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Pick’A’Box Promotion - 5th October to 21st November: A completely new customer promotion with no entry forms. Just save your shopping dockets from Milford shops from 5th October to 20th November, bring them along to our Pirate Market Day (21st Nov), exchange them for ‘Milford Money’ and use that money to bid for 16 prizes live on stage. Each box will have a prize from a local business – however you won’t know what it is until you are the lucky bidder! The businesses offering the prizes will be on the 16 boxes on display in the Mercedes-Benz North Shore Lounge in the Milford Centre – with just the business name on the box! These will be mentioned on our social media during this period – so watch out for information on our Facebook page, customer newsletter and website. The top prize is: One week’s holiday at a great New Zealand location, with the use of a new vehicle from Mercedes-Benz North Shore, accommodation supplied by helloworld Milford, House of Travel Milford and the MILFORD Business Association.

Sculpture Trail – 10th October to 18th October: As part of the Auckland Art Festival, the Milford Centre has arranged a fabulous exhibition of sculpture from local artists. This is for one week only, so make sure you put these dates in your calender now!

Collective Market – Sunday 1st November: A new event for Milford thanks to the marketing team at the Milford Centre. This well known arts and craft market is coming to Milford for one day only, bringing around 50 stalls of hand-crafted products made by local Auckland craft people.

This is a quality market that I can assure you will have bespoke pieces to purchase – maybe even some ideas for Christmas presents.

• Kitchen Mania and Mercedes-Benz North Shore have joined us as GOLD sponsors.

• Peugeot North Shore and Citroën North Shore as SILVER sponsors.

• Vegeland as the first of our new group of BRONZE sponsors.

Thanks to these sponsors and the others who have been with us for the best part of 10 years. With their support we are able to put together these wonderful events and promotions. In these tricky COVID times, we ask that you support them like they support our community. Details of all our sponsors businesses are on our website www.milfordshops.co.nz

Pirate Market Day – Saturday 21st November: This is the 10th Anniversary of this event and will be the biggest and best so far. Kitchener Road will be closed as we did with Vive La France in February. There will be a stage with live performers, two new pirate bouncy castles plus lots of activities for the kids, bargains galore from businesses and the market stall provided by My Markets. Our hospitality businesses will be open offering lots of tempting delicious food for everyone.

Why not make a day of it? Leave the car at home and walk, cycle or bus to the event. For those needing parking, the main car park between New World and the Milford Centre will be open with the entrance in Milford Road, utilising the service lane behind the shops. Traffic management staff will assist in guiding vehicle owners into this entrance. Extra parking will be available in other areas around Milford – check out our Milford shops website and social media for details.

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NORTH SHORE HISTORY: WITH DAVID VERRAN

Chinese fruit shops and laundries on the North Shore By David Verran In my ‘The North Shore; an illustrated history’ (2010), still available in local libraries and second hand bookshops, I devoted two pages to the early Chinese community on the North Shore. The earliest I could trace was from the 1916 census, with 11 Chinese men in Takapuna and two in Devonport. From that time to the 1940s, Chinese horticulturalists leased land from the Catholic Church in the Raleigh, Ocean View and Lake Roads area, and also at Barrys Point and Bayswater.

From ‘Northcote’s past’ (1986), I identified Willy Wong who farmed in the Lake and Ocean View Road area and who sold vegetables at first from shoulder baskets and later from a horse and cart. There was also Joey Wong who sold vegetables from a truck and then later from a shop at the corner of Duke and Queen Streets in Northcote in the 1920s. Jung (Jack) Chong (Chan Him Chong) managed a fruit shop from at least January 1939 on Lake Road, between Byron Avenue and Northcroft Street, to 1960.

In 2018, Ruth Lam, Beverly Lowe, Helen Wong, Michael Wong and Carolyn King published ‘The fruits of our labours; Chinese fruit shops in New Zealand’. They note that in December 1913 Wing On’s Devonport fruit shop was involved in a fire, making it the first identifiable Chinese fruit shop on the North Shore.

Similarly, Joanna Boileau’s ‘Starch work by experts; Chinese laundries in Aotearoa New Zealand' (2019) noted Fong Gung’s laundry around December 1909 and Joe Fong Lee’s laundry from 1908 to 1917, both in Victoria Road, Devonport. Fong Tom had a laundry at 67 Victoria Road from around 1913 to 1926 and AWNS-19010905-2-2 – courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. then at 23 Victoria Road from around 1927 to 1930, when he moved to Lake Road. C.W. Hoo Kee managed a fruit C.M. Lowe (Lowe Chung Moon) from 1969 to 1974. Wah Shang was shop at 55 Victoria Road, Devonport, from 18 December 1923 to at Vauxhall Road from around 1951 to 1960. In Takapuna, Chong 1925, followed by Wah Shang from 1928 to 1928.

Brothers was at 457 Lake Road from 1961 to 1978, followed by Wong Sing ran a laundry at the corner of Bracken Avenue and the Takapuna Fruit Centre from 1985 to 1988. Manon Shack was Lake Road from 1924 to 1925 and was followed by Wong Fong who at 85 Francis Street from 1974 to 1975 and there was Vege City in ran both a fruit shop and laundry on the premises, from 1925 to 1929. Takapuna Village from 1992 to 1993. IE Produce has been at 1 Barrys Wong Mor had a fruit shop in Jutland Road in 1931, while Lan Hing Point Road since 1994. & Co had a laundry in Lake Road from 1935 to 1941. Wong Kam In Milford, C.S. On Lee had a fruit shop in Milford from at least (Wong Yuk Mun, 1892-1960) managed fruit shops from 1940 to 1998 September 1924 to May 1925 and also acted as a receiving agent in King Edward Avenue, Belmont. for laundry. Later, the Milford Fruit Shop was at 6 Milford Road from Post-war social and economic changes reduced the numbers of 1954 to 1960 at 6 Milford Road, Ivan Lowe was in Kitchener Road in Chinese laundries, but fruit shops continued. In Birkenhead, Young 1956, Ng Fruit Mart was at 210 Kitchener Road from 1965 to 1981, Ching’s fruit shop was at 6 Mokoia Road from 1955 to 1960 and Loo while L. Ng Fruit Centre was at 19 Kitchener Road from 1986 to 1987.

Pak Chou from 1958 to 1966 at 3 Birkenhead Avenue. Henry Chong’s East Coast Bays Fruiterers were at 32 Clyde Road in Browns Bay fruit shop was at 13 Pearn Crescent in Northcote from 1963 to 1970, from 1971 to 1976, Glenfield Mall Fruit was there from 1972 to 1980, Ching Brothers at the same address from 1970 to 1994, and then L. & Mairangi Bay Fruit was in Beach Road from 1959 into the 1960s and M. Chong from 1997 to 2000.

Johnny Mok was in Beach Road from the 1960s to the 1970s.

In Devonport, G.Y. Luey’s fruit shop was at 45 Victoria Road from david.verran@xtra.co.nz 1946 to 1958, followed by Young Fruit from 1960 to 1969 and then

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CHANNEL YOUTH FEATURE

Youth Election Voters With the election coming up this month, and the country buzzing with news about who’s doing what and how it will impact us, it’s super-important we talk to our young people about the responsibility of getting amongst the action and voting.

Even though it can seem daunting making these big political decisions ourselves for the first time, it is our chance as New Zealanders to have our say when it comes to how our country is governed. It’s one of the few times we get to have our voice heard by the big guys, and although it seems clichéd – every vote really does count. Only 64 percent of eligible voters aged 18-24 are currently enrolled to vote, but realistically this number should be a lot higher.

Trying to grasp all the different policies and parties can seem like a big dump of information that doesn’t make a lot of sense at first. This is one of the biggest reasons young New Zealanders aren’t jumping to vote – we just don’t know a lot about how our country is making decisions. It’s not common for politics to be learned in school, or for it to become a side-hobby an adolescent picks up out of nowhere. It’s a scary world of the unknown when you haven’t dived into it before, which is why there are some great resources to help young people (or anyone struggling to cast their vote) to figure out where they stand.

So, step one is education. Learning about the parties and what they are promising for New Zealand is simple. Policy.nz is a super-easy online tool produced by The Spinoff, which puts policies from all the different parties into categories and subcategories, so you can simply swipe through each group of topics and read about the things each party wants to achieve. If there’s a policy you don’t quite understand,

Your monthly Channel Youth column from Jessy Thurston.

you can just click on the box it is in and a popJessy Thurston up will tell you why and how the party aims to complete this plan. If you don’t want to be biased at all, you can even choose to have the party names hidden so there is no added influence as you read through the lists.

The best feature of Policy.nz is that it can give you a really good idea of who to vote for based on the policies you like over all the categories. You can easily select the heart symbol next to each idea that you like, and when you’re done looking through the categories you can see a simple pie chart that highlights your favourite policies.

This can paint a very clear picture of who you should choose for your vote when it comes to election time.

Enrolling is the next step to making sure you’re ready to vote. You can easily do this online, and it only takes about five minutes – all you need is one form of identification to complete the form.

Trying to grasp all the different policies and parties can seem like a big dump of information that doesn’t make a lot of sense at first. This is one of the biggest reasons young New Zealanders aren’t jumping to vote…

So why is it so important for eligible youth to vote during the election? There are so many reasons why you should vote as soon as you get the chance. Having your say in what you’d like to happen for the country is the best way you can be involved in making a change.

Today’s youth are naturally activists; we’ve become a generation of standing up for what we believe in and protesting the things we don’t.

Take the recent climate change protests for example. There was such a huge turn-out of passionate young people who wanted to have their voices and concerns heard. Voting in the October election further solidifies this; it's an opportunity to express your devotion to certain ideas by being a part of choosing a government which reflects the way you want to see a future New Zealand.

It’s young people's responsibility to vote, but it’s just as easy to not be a part of it if they don’t understand how enrolling, voting or politics in New Zealand work. Adults, encourage the young people around you to get involved! Start conversations around the importance of voting, lend a hand to someone who feels they are uneducated about the system, and be willing to provide guidance to those who don’t quite understand how it all works yet.

The youngest voters are the first to start developing a country that will become our future. Every choice we make now will affect us in the long term, so it’s crucial that we vote as soon as we can, to start being a part of the movement we want to see. If you’re a fresh eligible voter and not enrolled, or if you’ve been part of the voting system for a while but you see young people who aren’t sure about having their say in this year's election, it’s time to be a part in making a difference.

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LIFE LESSONS WITH LIFE EDUCATION TRUST

SUNNYNOOK COMMUNITY CENTRE: NEWS

By Bronwyn Bound, Sunnynook Community Centre Manager

News from Sandra Jacobs

Harold and Life Education want to say thank you!

Sandra Jacobs.

What a year this has been! Nine months in and we have ricocheted from alert level to alert level here in Auckland.

Harold has been there all the way, along with our outstanding educators.

However, we could not deliver our amazingly supportive programmes without the support of our local schools, and several trucking companies who move our mobile classrooms free of charge. The bottom line is that we could not deliver our programmes without the support of these companies who often come to our rescue to move our mobile classrooms from school to school.

As a Board of Trustees, we want to acknowledge these enterprises on the North Shore who value the work done by our educators delivering the Life Education teaching and learning programmes that supplement and reinforce the strand of health in the New Zealand curriculum.

A big Harold shout out goes to: East Coast Bays Towing, Boat Haulage Ltd, L.W Bonney and Sons and Hiway Stabilizers.

We could not do what we do without your support!

Deputy Chair Life Education North Shore Contact us: secretary@lifeeducationnorthshore.nz Visit: www.lifeeducationnorthshore.nz

Greetings from Sunnynook Community Centre

Bronwyn Bound.

We are very hopeful that the start of Term 4 (Monday 12th October) will be onwards and upwards for our user groups and the Community Centre. To say this has been an unusual year is definitely an understatement.

We finally managed to hold our AGM on Wednesday 16th September by having bubbles in different rooms of the Community Centre (joining via Zoom) and inviting user group representatives to also join us via Zoom. This was certainly a new experience for us, but we were pleased with how quickly and efficiently we were able to run the meeting. (We just missed the combined supper!) If anyone is interested in how the Centre operates please contact the office. There is also a full set of reports (including financials) in the office for anyone interested.

We finally managed to hold our AGM on Wednesday 16th September by having bubbles in different rooms of the Community Centre (joining via Zoom) and inviting user group representatives to also join us via Zoom. This was certainly a new experience for us‌ At the AGM we mentioned Maureen Miles, of Miles Dance School. Maureen started teaching ballet in the Sunnynook Community Hall when it was built in 1973 (before the extension in 1993). She actually began teaching in the local area in 1964. Maureen joined the Sunnynook Community Centre Management Committee in June 1995 and is still on the Committee (25 years service). Maureen taught many many children in the area and she is now teaching their children and their grandchildren.

Keep an eye out for information about our pre-Christmas Bike Ride around the Park. This was something we ran in 2020 and we are keen to give it another go in conjunction with the Takapuna North Community Trust and funding through Auckland Transport.

Our holiday programme (for five to nine year olds) and our youth programme (for 10 to 13 year olds) will run during January 2021 for three weeks. If you want to put your child’s name on our waiting list please email: snook.com.cen@xtra.co.nz All the best Bronwyn Bound, Centre Manager

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LOCAL LIFE NZ

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In Channel Magazine we love highlighting people in our community who make a difference. Two local Devonport Peninsula people, Kate and Lauren, have created ‘Local Life NZ’ a social media entity doing similar online. We love what they do, so we’re now collaborating with them to include their content in print – monthly in Channel Mag. These are recent pieces they’ve done on Kashish and Sam from the Devonport Post Shop, Josie from Narrow Neck Café and Sam from New World Devonport.

Kashish and Sam in the Devonport Post Shop

Kashish and Sam in the Devonport Post Shop know exactly how many pairs of shoes my daughter has ordered online, the name of my husband and probably when my car registration is up for renewal.

They’re privy to some of the most intimate details of our lives, greet us like friends and provide an essential service that many of us take for granted. It’s all about connecting people and helping us keep in touch – it provides a lifeline for a lot of us, and we’d be bereft if it wasn’t there.

It’s guys like Kashish and Sam who help keep our country running.

“After five weeks of being in lockdown away from our Narrow Neck Cafe, we had no idea what things would look like when we got back. I live in central Auckland and couldn’t get to the cafe during Level 4. When we returned, all around the cafe had been swept, and people had weeded the grounds for us. When I checked the security cameras, I saw a group of my 70- yearold elderly customers bringing their own supplies to clean and sweep the property. A second group came with a leaf blower and did even more work. We even had a third group text us to say they had come to help but there was nothing left to do.

We received all these little bits of kindness and support from our customers, and we are forever grateful.

Rain and shine – and there has been plenty of rain – our wonderful customers make a point of showing support by coming in, even if it's to only grab a couple of muffins or biscuits before dashing off again."

- Josie, Operator, Narrow Neck Café

Everyone who’s been to New World Devonport knows Sam. He’s out there, rain, hail or shine – helping customers with their shopping, protecting them from the elements with his big New World umbrella, tirelessly collecting abandoned trolleys from all corners of the carpark. He even gives advice on local landmarks to passing tourists. Nothing’s too much trouble for Sam. He’s been doing his five-day-a-week stint at New World for six years, and spends his days off volunteering at the SPCA and walking local dogs.

He loves animals as much as he loves his regulars, but he doesn’t particularly like lockdown – he says it stops him being able to chat with customers, and it’s the people he enjoys most about his job. And something else he doesn’t like about his carpark domain? “The skateboarders,” he says. “They can be Sam at New World Devonport. troublesome…”

Narrow Neck Cafe.

If you have a story you would like to share or know of a local hero, contact Kate Dobbin & Lauren Lulu Taylor at hello@localifenz.com Follow Local Life NZ on Facebook and Instagram – @LocalLifeNZ

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DEVONPORT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: DEVONPORT NEWS UPDATE

By Shaulyn van Baaren Devonport Business Improvement District Manager

GLOW@Artweek Postponed

Devonport Community News for this month with Maria Teape, Devonport Community Coordinator, Devonport Peninsula Trust Shaulyn van Baaren.

Lockdown 2.0 came as a hard blow to many. It has again hit our small businesses hard and again restricted how we gather and come together as family, friends and communities.

In mid-September, after months of planning, Unitec Institute of Technology and The Devonport Business Association (DBA), made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s GLOW@Artweek project and weekend event which was due to take place on 16-17th October as part of Artweek Auckland.

“After a lot of discussion with the students and the Devonport Business Association around alternative options, we’ve agreed that we can’t provide enough certainty to students to complete the fully built projects, nor can we be certain that we could stage the event with a large group of the public in attendance,” said Peter McPherson, Head of Unitec’s School of Architecture.

This year would have been the sixth consecutive year that Unitec and the DBA have hosted and produced this highlyacclaimed festival of light installations on Windsor Reserve, which has become one of the most popular events on the Artweek Auckland annual calendar.

Despite Covid-19, current restrictions and hardships, Devonport refuses to be deterred! Unitec and the DBA will continue to work together and look forward to bringing GLOW@Artweek back to Devonport’s Windsor Reserve next year.

There are a number of exciting opportunities scheduled for Devonport Village during Artweek Auckland which takes place 10-18 October! Visit https://artweekauckland.co.nz/ for a list of activities and exhibits from our local theatre, museum and galleries!

We are also moving forward with plans to host the ‘Friday After Five’ celebration in Devonport Village – now scheduled for Friday 4th December. Clarence Street, between Victoria Road and Wynyard Street, will be closed off from 5pm-10pm and set to transform into a vibrant street party featuring live music, entertainment, face painters, food vendors, family fun and more.

This is a challenging time for our businesses and for our community. We remain optimistic that people will again feel confident in gathering together in large numbers. In the meantime, continue to support local; take time to head out with your bubble and experience new things – starting with all that your local arts businesses have to offer this Artweek.

I look forward to seeing you in Devonport.

Shaulyn Visit: www.devonport.co.nz

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Auckland Heritage Festival in Devonport

Maria Teape.

This month, the Auckland Heritage Festival (AHF) brings a range of activities to suit a wide variety of tastes and ages, including online activities you can take part in from the comfort of home. Following are some of the AHF events happening around the Devonport peninsula: Bob Keely's Memory Tour of Church St, Devonport: A film by Peter Michel.

Saturday 26th September - Sunday 11th October, Mon-Fri: 10am-12pm, Sat-Sun: 12pm-4pm Devonport Museum, Mt Cambria Reserve, 33a Vauxhall Road, Devonport Cost: Koha Local film maker Peter Michel, working with writer Tim McBride, has made a fascinating film touring Church St at the heart of old Devonport and featuring long-time resident Bob Keely. A film made with and for Devonport Museum. This event will only be available during Covid-19 Alert Level 1. Bookings are required for part of this event. Groups of more than 15 will need to leave a message with group number details. For more info visit www. heritagefestival.co.nz or devonportmuseum.org.nz The more than great stories of Bayswater and Districts Saturday 3rd October, 1:00pm-2:30pm The Rose Centre, School Road, Belmont Cost: Free, no bookings required.

Well-known raconteur, Michael Greig, tells the great sagas of Te Henua (the land we are on). He will explore the tale of Māui, the land of birds, visits from Polynesian ancestors, and later settlement patterns from all over the world. He shares mythical tales to remind us of the culturally diverse and changing environment we live in. No bookings required. For more info visit: www.heritagefestival.co.nz The Rose Centre: A Community's Story, A film premiere Sunday 11th October, 3:00pm-4:00pm The Rose Centre, 4 School Road, Belmont Cost: Free, but bookings are required.

This short film celebrates the Rose Centre's nearly 30-year contribution to Belmont.. Please contact the Rose Centre team by phone 09 445 9900 or email at info@rosecentre.co.nz to book, or for more info visit www.heritagefestival.co.nz Belmont/Bayswater Kindergarten On Saturday 17th October, 11:30am-2pm, the team at Belmont/ Bayswater Kindergarten would love for the community to come along to help celebrate the momentous occasion of the kindy’s 75th birthday! There will be cake cutting at 12:30pm plus sausage sizzle, bake stall and raffles. They are also inviting the community to say ‘Cheers for 75 years’ and invest in the future of our tamariki by making a donation towards the purchase of new chairs for the kindergarten.

Noho ora mai Maria

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This month in DEVONPORT NEW MEDICAL CENTRE OPENS

A brand spanking new purposebuilt medical centre has opened in Victoria Road, Devonport.

Devonport Health Centre opened in late August.

The new health centre is the result of a numbers of doctors merging their practices with a vision to create a centre of excellence for health and well-being for the Devonport community. Locals have watched the new facility taking shape in the building that was previously the BNZ bank.

As we as many well-known local community doctors there are new GPs, a dedicated practice manager, registered nurses and medical assistants. An on-site pharmacy will be opening opening and there are plans for antenatal and weight-loss clinics, and to have a permanent psychologist join the team.

There are 10 consultation rooms that are named after places around Devonport with full-wall decals capturing the centre's close connection with the community. The bright, airy and spacious, this state-of-the-art health centre is fully accessible and has 14 off-street car parks behind the building, accessed from Rattray Street.

SIGNAL THAT NEW BAR IS OPENING ON THE HILL

Central Devonport received a real shot in the arm recently with the opening of the medical centre. This is going to be followed late in the year with the opening of a new restaurant and bar in the Historic old homestead next door.

While full details hadn’t been released as this issue went to press, the word is that this bar will be called Signal Hill, taking its name from the Devonport’s heritage – Signal Hill was a house on Takarunga/Mount Victoria.

We can’t wait to experience the huge deck area that we’ve heard will get the sun all day!

The signal we’ve got is the doors will open in December.

TUESDAY TWILIGHT GOLF AT WAITEMATA

With daylight saving under way the popular Tuesday night Twilight Golf started on October 6th at Waitemata Golf Club. The format (four person Ambrose) is designed to be fun. They’ve also got some pretty good sponsors to ensure the fun continues afterwards in Lake Chalice and Volvik. Entry is just $10 for members and $20 for visitors.

The team at Waitemata says this is a great chance to play if you are keen to get into golf and play and NZ’s No.1 Golf Club – they got thatb award earlier this year. just getting into it. Interested? Then phone the pro shop or email mark@theclubroom.co.nz

AMERICA’S CUP FESTIVAL IN DEVONPORT ROBYN GIBSON – VACUUM CLEANERS & OTHER EXCITING THINGS

An interesting exhibition at The Depot Artspace from October 9th to 28th. The often familiar subjects in Robyn’s works form a narrative about everything. Life, challenging experiences, consumerism and survival skills.

Dissected ideas and influences drive the vehicle that consistently develops these concepts. Works available to purchase. On daily 10am till 3pm, Depot Galleries, Deport ArtSpace, 28 Clarence Street, Devonport (9th-28th October).

The Devonport Business Association (DBA) is embracing the excitement of the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada by organising a festival in March next year as part of the wider Auckland summer events activations programme, Summernova.

The Devonport Waterfront Festival, will run from March 5th to 21st, the finals period of the cup defence when Emirates Team New Zealand will be challenged by the winner of the Prada Cup (held January/February).

The DBA is promoting the festival to provide fun for the community and maximise opportunities for local businesses. Family friendly activities will be held on Windsor Reserve, with plans to also have a large outdoor screen to show races. Plans are also being made to have four special events as part of the festival on Friday and Saturday evenings during this period to provide a real celebration of Auckland being host city of the 36th America’s Cup. With races being sailed closer to shore than any other previous Cup campaigns, Maungauika/North Head and Devonport will be a real magnet for those wishing to take in the live action and the atmosphere. We can’t wait!

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CHANNEL FEATURE INTERVIEW: ROGER BRITTENDEN

A character beyond the boundary Roger Brittenden sat down for a conversation with Heather Barker Vermeer at North Shore Cricket Club on a sunny spring morning, with one eye on the groundsmen readying the wickets for the season ahead…

Did you hear the one about the promising provincial rugby player who switched his boots for ballet shoes, before getting a call up for the Black Caps at the age of 40? It’s an unlikely tale. It just so happens to be Roger Brittenden’s.

If the term ‘cricket tragic’ were to have a Kiwi face, there are few who would wear it as well as Roger. Synonymous with North Shore Cricket Club, Roger has a history that’s as rich as the club itself. He proudly orchestrated the naming of the C.C. Dacre Pavilion at the club, he is its past chairman, unofficial historian, designer, reporter and life member. And he is never far from the boundary, home or away, at his beloved local club or watching the national side. Roger delights in having designed the motifs for both club and country: he created the Black Caps’ silver fern emblem, as it now appears, during his advertising agency days and gave NSCC’s three scimitars emblem its current incarnation too. He considers Jeff Crowe his best mate. He wrote Ian Smith’s biography, was selected for the Black Caps and has raised over $1 million to benefit underprivileged children through the cricket charity he founded. And that’s just a summary of the cricketing side of Roger’s colourful life.

Born in Christchurch to a family rich in railway history, Roger remembers the strict ‘don’t speak unless spoken to’ Victorian values he, his older brother, sisters and cousins encountered when they visited their grandparents. From the age of five, like many young Kiwi boys, Roger wanted to become an All Black. And he showed the sporting ability to support his dream, representing Canterbury in nine different grades, captaining seven.

When a promotion for his dad prompted a transfer to Taumarunui, Roger found himself plying his rugby skills in King Country. “I was a city kid in the country. They made me work hard: they wanted to test me and see what this city kid could do. I must have come through okay – they made me captain!” The emphasis was always on sportsmanship, he remembers. “Standing on the railway station waiting for the ‘Limited’ at 12 o’clock at night, I was sternly told we’d better not return home from the national Roller Mills tournament without winning the Johnson Sportsmanship Cup. We won it – we didn’t dare not to!”

When further promotion for his dad dictated a move to Whanganui, Roger, dreaming of becoming a dairy farmer, chose an agricultural course at secondary school there. However, that dream quickly dissolved into another, quite different aspiration – a career in advertising. A move back to Christchurch followed when his dad was made General Manager of Railways across the South Island (a position Roger’s grandfather had also held). In his first senior outing for Canterbury, playing as a front-row forward, Roger found himself propping against All Black Kerry Tanner.

“First scrum, he put me nose-first into the mud, but after a grin, we were always okay after that,” says Roger.

Roger decided to study art and design at Ilam School of Fine Arts in Christchurch. “They didn’t quite know what to do with me, though, as I wasn’t wanting to be an artist like the rest. I remember, having never seen a nude woman before, my first life drawing class was quite an eye-opener!” But after a year, Roger realised art school was unlikely to help promote a career in advertising and joined a small agency in Christchurch as ‘the gofer’. “I’d ‘go for’ this and ‘go for’ that!”

Intent on expanding an advertising career, Roger set sail for England.

“British advertising was the most creative and exciting in the world at that time,” he said. However, a promised job at respected agency, J Walter Thompson, never eventuated and Roger spent the next three years

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Roger Brittenden.

‘rolling around’, enjoying himself.

Back home, after first selling advertising space in the New Zealand Herald before getting a job in an ad At Devonport Ferry Building en route to a test match, wearing his agency as a copywriter, Roger began Queen Street Cricket Club blazer. to establish himself as a sought-after talent in the creative field. Among his achievements was writing the world-famous BASF cassette tape brand’s ‘Dear John’ television commercial. Roger says, “It was, and probably still is, the most awarded commercial ever produced in New Zealand. It won a Clio award in New York and a Gold Lion in Cannes, among others. To stand on the stage at Radio City in New York to accept the Clio was a truly humbling experience. I felt it was the closest thing to being named as an All Black and representing your country.”

In a social rugby game, Roger popped both his shoulders in a collapsing scrum. Contemplating the raft of similar injuries likely to come with a rugby career, Roger decided there and then to hang up his boots.

Chancing across a newspaper advert in Auckland prompted Roger to test his skill in a very different field to rugby. In the 1970s, he joined what

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Roger on his call up for the Black Caps.

Roger during his time as a contemporary ballet dancer.

Roger Brittenden outside North Shore Cricket Club.

later became known as the Limbs Dance Company. “I saw an ad for male dancers and thought, ‘I could do that’! I even had an afro. Boy dancers in the dance world back in the ‘70s were in very short supply, which is probably why I got accepted!”

Roger enjoyed using his strength and agility away from the rugby field and performed in two shows on the stage. “It was contemporary ballet, mostly set to modern music. However, after three or four years, I got sick of the creative pettiness in the dance world. I’d had enough!”

Dance was a new frontier among the Brittendens. Cricket, however, had always been in the family. His uncle, Dick Brittenden MBE, was sports editor of the Christchurch Press and the author of 17 books on New Zealand cricket, including John Reid’s autobiography. He toured overseas with the New Zealand team throughout the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Roger admired him greatly. “His writing was almost poetic. He is recognised as one of the best cricket writers that ever lived.”

Having rarely picked up a cricket bat beyond primary school and social games with ‘the ad men’, Roger found a renewed interest in the game at the age of 40. He got wind of Tuesday training sessions at Devonport Domain and thought he’d head along. He recalls, “I’d made some commercials with Jeff Crowe and he’d given me a jersey, which just so happened to be a South Australia team jersey – I didn’t know this at the time. So, when I turned up to the nets wearing this, and full whites, they all assumed I must be a decent player. About three minutes in the nets dissolved that illusion!”

Roger maintained his friendship with Jeff Crowe and, after a business venture turned sour for Roger in the mid-80s, Jeff invited him to join the New Zealand Cricket team on an overseas tour to lift his spirits. “I’d come to know Jeff Crowe pretty well, and if you were a friend of Jeff’s, you were a friend of the team. In those days you could just go along, they’d invite you do that.”

He alludes to memorable times in the team hotel in London (the details of which remain diplomatically undisclosed) before the group flew to Holland. At their base in The Hague, captain Jeremy Coney scheduled a team meeting for that evening. Roger says, “It was a meeting in the hotel bar, which I thought sounded like a bit of me, and Coney insisted I be there. So, of course, I went along. When he read out the team list, he said, ‘And 12th man is… Brittenden!’ I couldn’t believe my ears – my international call up!”

After borrowing Martin Crowe’s shirt and trousers and John Wright’s shoes, Roger didn’t get the game time he wished for, but had a lot of fun, nonetheless, running on and off the field with drinks. “I must have done all right, the crowd began to applaud me every time I ran off. However, the match was eventually called off due to rain just as John Wright was in the process of pulling a hamstring to get me on the field. So that was my international career over before it had begun!”

He maintained close links with the team and a pub conversation with Ian Smith led to him writing the wicketkeeper’s bestselling biography, ‘Just a Drummer in the Band’. He’s also proud to be the subject of an obscure

Trivial Pursuit question due to his one-off international selection at the age of 40. “Which New Zealand cricketer took up the game at the age of 40, rose to represent New Zealand in one match, then disappeared into obscurity thereafter?” Cricket trivia and history have become passions, and his research of the game’s local heritage proudly covers the walls at the club.

After a decade playing for North Shore, ‘not very well’ he recalls, Roger received an invitation at his home to become a social member.

“That said it all!” He laughs.

He has lived nearby, in a house he bought ‘with the love of his life’, for over 45 years. He never misses a Premier game at home, or away, unless he’s travelling to watch the Black Caps or touring with Queen Street Cricket Club, the charity he established in 1989. “The QSCC is a big part of my life and one I am very proud of. We raise money by fining members $5 for every 'duck' scored by a New Zealand player in a Test match. A guaranteed form of cashflow, some believe!

“We now have over 270 members and $500,000 invested - making us the wealthiest cricket club in the country! This year, we’ve already donated nearly $70,000 to support low decile youth cricket.”

‘Accidental politician’ is another of Roger’s monikers. He served on the Devonport Community Board (now Devonport-Takapuna Local Board), after being persuaded to stand by fellow Devonport locals Simon Gundry and Dianne Hale. Roger got elected in 2000 and stood for nine years. “I enjoyed the years I spent on the board and was quite honoured to be able to serve Devonport. Not a natural politician, I tried to use my creativity and common sense to solve problems. I was described as ‘a maverick’, which I took as a compliment.”

As for cricket in 2020, Roger is one of many hoping for an uninterrupted season ahead. He’d love to see NSCC win the league, though he is delighted with the club maintaining its spot in the Premier grade.

In terms of the sport as a whole, Roger recognises how the professional set up has changed enormously. When following the national team overseas in recent years, he found he could no longer chat with the players and taking photos during the teams’ training in Bangalore, for example, was prohibited. “Players aren’t allowed to talk to members of the public so much anymore; officials are worried what might be said will appear the next day on social media, that kind of thing. But I guess that’s just the way it is now.” He doesn’t bemoan these differences. He does, however, maintain a strong traditionalist stance when it comes to formats. “T20 is the mutant growth on the side of cricket! I think Hunter S. Thompson said something like that, but I couldn’t agree more. I think T20 is an abominable form of the game.

“There are some, those whose main interest is money, who’d like to see T20 become the norm. I’m strongly against that. One-day cricket I can watch, but Test cricket is everything cricket should be.

“Sport represents life itself. And cricket, with its courage, determination, patience, skill… There are too many attributes needed in cricket to list,” he concludes. “But cricket represents life more than any other sport.”

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SOLAR ENERGY WITH SKYSOLAR

Rob Gunston, General Manager of Benefitz (left), with SkySolar’s Mike Ward in the new Benefitz reception area.

Big solar power system installed at Benefitz Local North Shore company SkySolar leading the way with zero-emission energy systems The installation and commissioning of a big solar power system at the new premises of North Shore manufacturing business Benefitz – also publishers of Channel Magazine – has been carried out by local Wairau based company SkySolar over recent months. The system, one of the most advanced in the country, went live during August.

The Benefitz 130kW system is one of the biggest SkySolar has done, consisting of 429 panels and capable of generating power for 243kWh of battery storage. The panels are 310W REC Twin Peak Solar Modules to be specific.

The battery system at Benefitz is the second largest in the country – consisting of a Fronius Symo inverter and an Alpha T100 energy storage system with 30 batteries. The T100 can be programmed so the Benefitz batteries deliver their power during certain times or when consumption from the grid reaches dangerously high levels. While the aim is for Benefitz to be totally powered by solar, the T100 system can also be programmed to charge at night time using cheaper off-peak power so that the

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The battery system at Benefitz is the second largest in the country – consisting of a Fronius Symo inverter and an Alpha T100 energy storage system with 30 batteries. batteries are always full and able to be used in the morning over the peak power period.

This big North Shore project followed on after the SkySolar team had installed a massive 315kW system at Thames based

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Mike Ward of SkySolar (left), with Benefitz General Manager Rob Gunston and the battery system that stores power at Benefitz.

Thames based engineering business A&G Price – one of SkySolar’s large commercial installations.

This involved 1018 panels with a 290kWh battery bank.

engineering business A&G Price. This involved 1018 Solar Panels with a large 290kWh battery bank.

SkySolar started in 2013 with the aim to be market leaders in solar energy design and build. Mike Ward says their focus has been providing high value, customer-specific, solar solutions for customers in New Zealand and the Pacific region. As well as numerous commercial installations – including systems for schools and farming – SkySolar are also strong in residential solar systems as well, having recently completed a project in the Waikato at the home of Sporting Legend Sam Cane and his wife Harriet (see inset piece).

“The sun is our largest and most abundant source of free energy,” says Mike Ward. “We firmly believe solar is the way, the truth and light for producing zero emission energy to power your home or business. The importance of reducing reliance on fossil-fuel generated power to preserve our natural environment for future generations to enjoy is huge, and it’s our goal to bring this to the attention of those in New Zealand and the wider Pacific region.”

SkySolar have chosen to partner with the supplier of REC solar modules from Europe for their SkySolar panels. This is for their quality, but also for their commitment to recycling.

“Creating clean and green energy through solar panels would only be half as successful in creating a more environmentallyfriendly world if the panels could not be disposed of properly and their components recycled at the end of their working life,” explains Mike Ward. “REC makes a concerted effort to ensure its panels are durable and fully recyclable. The recovered materials can be easily and safely returned to the industrial and economic cycles. REC works closely with its recycling partners to ensure state of the art processes are followed and as much material as possible is easily and efficiently recycled. Europe is leading the way in this regard and REC is a manufacturer focused on recycling end-of-life solar modules.”

Interested in a solar system for your home or business?

Then contact Mike Ward at SkySolar, Phone 021-661-909 or email: mike@skysolar.co.nz Visit: https://skysolar.co.nz/

Sam Cane chooses SkySolar Adding to the list of Kiwi sporting legends choosing to power their homes with solar power, Sam Cane and his wife Harriet Cane have adorned their newly built Waikato home with Mike Ward of SkySolar (left), with Harriet and a system specified Sam Cane at their new Waikato home that and installed by features a SkySolar system.

SkySolar.

It's a hybrid solar system consisting of 20 REC N-Peak Black solar panels, split between two faces of the roof to maximise sunlight. In the garage is an AlphaESS Smile5 inverter and two adjoining 5.7kWh batteries. With EPS (emergency power supply), the AlphaESS set up will run the home with the grid as back-up, and should the grid ever fail, the home will still have up to 11.4kWh of stored energy in the batteries.

“What really appealed to us was the fact the system is environmentally sustainable. We liked the idea of sunlight powering our home,” said Harriet, when explaining their decision to chose solar energy.“We see ourselves living here for a long time,” added Sam. “To make a bit of an investment in solar now to reduce our power bills for years to come, we thought made a lot of sense.”

The Benefitz solar system includes 429 panels on the roof and is one of the biggest SkySolar has done.

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EDUCATION: ROSMINI COLLEGE

Hiroshima Peace Talk

On Tuesday 6th August Rosmini College’s Year 8 students and Years 9 – 13 Japanese students gathered in the Tindall Auditorium to hear Hiroshima bomb survivors, Mr and Mrs Kuroda, share their experiences during and after the bombing of Hiroshima on 6th August 1945.

Afterwards the Japanese senior students were able to ask the couple more specific questions about the Hiroshima bombing during a special morning tea in Rosmini’s Head of Japanese Mrs Kuniko Crosby’s classroom. Mrs Crosby points out that this year “was the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb which was dropped in 1945. The students now know what exactly happened in Hiroshima in 1945 and they have had an opportunity to think about nuclear weapons and the importance of peace.”

Hiroshima bomb survivors, Mr and Mrs Kuroda are presented with flowers.

Matariki in Science Flying the kites.

During the first week of Term 3, the Juniors learned about Mäori science, from navigating with a star compass, planting and harvesting to the physics of kite flying.

Rosmini College’s science teacher Mrs Eleanor Snowsill says, “The boys really enjoyed making their compasses, planting their seeds and making and flying their kites.”

Making the kites.

Basketball Scholarship Rosmini College Old Boy, Reihana Maxwell-Topia, had a USA College Scholarship signing ceremony on Saturday 8th August in the John Copson Pavilion at 3pm. Reihana signed a full basketball scholarship to attend St Francis University in Chicago, Illinois over the next four years.

In acknowledgement of Rosmini’s support of Reihana over the years and to show their gratitude to the school, Reihana’s mother and her family presented the College with an exquisite carving and rosary which has very strong links to Bishop Pompallier. Mrs Angela Maxwell-Topia spent many hours carving this magnificent piece which Mr Cooper hopes to place in the Rosmini College School Chapel.

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The Carving.

Reihana Maxwell-Topia presenting the carving to Mr Cooper.

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Bryan Walpert.

MASSEY UNIVERSITY NEWS

My inspiration for this novella came from taking a massive open online course (MOOC) on Beethoven’s sonatas.

Massey poet’s winning novella weaves language and music A novella (short novel) exploring memory and ageing, by Massey University’s Professor Bryan Walpert, has just won a trans-Tasman literary award. Poet/author and creative writing lecturer Professor Walpert was inspired after doing an online course about Beethoven’s music – motivated by a wish to better understand his own students’ experiences of distance learning.

Based at the Auckland, Albany campus, he was announced as one of two winners of Australian publisher Brio Books’ Viva La Novella 2020 award in September for his novella manuscript, Late Sonata. His work was shortlisted for the 2020 Seizure (an imprint of Brio Books) award in February, from 125 entries by New Zealand and Australian authors.

The publisher describes the book: "Inspired by the structure of a piece by Beethoven, Late Sonata follows musicologist Talia and her novelist husband as they deal with the effects of dementia, revelations of infidelity and the death of their concert pianist son. This is a formally sophisticated and emotionally engaging novella.” Professor Walpert, who supervises Master of Creative Writing and doctoral students and teaches undergraduate poetry and creative writing courses, is the third New Zealand-based writer to win the award since it was launched eight years ago.

“My inspiration for this novella came from taking a massive open online course (MOOC) on Beethoven’s sonatas. I took the course both out of interest in the subject matter and to have a sense of what it was like to be a student in a large distance course offered by a major MOOC provider, Coursera.

“I loved the feeling of freedom in taking the course on something completely new – there’s no pressure to be good at it, or to have the responsibility of being an expert. There is a great pleasure in being a beginner – there’s a feeling of risk and a little nervousness, but at the same time a great pleasure in entering a new subject – no ego, nothing to prove, just there to learn.”

He started in 2014 but had to put the project on hold for four years due to other demands, including writing a scholarly book on poetry and mindfulness. He resumed the writing four years later, completing the 40,000-word manuscript last year with the support of a Massey University Research Fund (MURF) grant.

It was the emotional range of Beethoven’s piano sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 that made an impression on him, evoking for him a sense of yearning as well as anger and quiet acceptance that sparked the idea for the novella pivoting on memory, meaning and growing old – topics that have long fascinated him.

Short novel or long short story?

A recent resurgence of the novella – “an ambiguous beast” as he calls it – is due, in part he suspects, to the prevalence of electronic publishing. While the line between a short novel and a long short story can be blurred, novellas can range from 20,000 to 50,000 words.

Celebrated examples include The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, The Stranger

by Albert Camus, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Animal Farm by George Orwell and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka – though all of these books are sometimes referred to as novels.

The appeal of the novella? “It’s really concentrated. It’s not as expansive in scope, but it is more dense and compressed than a longer novel – so it lends itself to the lyric and evocative nature of the short story,” he says.

Late Sonata will be launched in Auckland on November 8th, at Open Book bookstore on Ponsonby Road, with a live performance of the sonata by pianist Ludwig Treviranus. Professor Walpert also receives a $1000 cash prize and publication by Seizure.

“Happily, its focus on Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 corresponds to celebrations of his [Beethoven’s] 250th birthday this year,” he adds.

US-born and educated, and a New Zealand citizen, Professor Walpert has published non-fiction, short stories and poetry, including Native Bird (Mākaro Press) in 2015, his third poetry volume.

Read more about Professor Walpert's writing: https://bryanwalpert.com. www.massey.ac.nz/cohss

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EDUCATION: RANGITOTO COLLEGE

Korean Night A highlight on the 2020 school calendar, particularly in a year with numerous cancelled events, has been the annual Korean Night.

Our students performed to a sold-out auditorium, with performances covering both modern and traditional Korean culture.

Crowd favourites include the ever-popular Doll dance, Fan dance, Taekwondo, Nanta, Mask dance, and of course, modern K-pop performances. This student-led performance evening is a wonderful opportunity for Korean students to share their culture with their peers and teachers.

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Shaunna Li.

Shaunna Li, pictured on the right, won the National Badminton Women's Singles title.

Shaunna Li.

Shaunna Li top-ranked in NZ Women’s Badminton Rangitoto College Year 12 student, Shaunna Li, is a talented sportswoman. At only 17, Shaunna performs well above her years— she is currently the top-ranked women’s badminton player in New Zealand.

Prior to the most recent lockdown, Shaunna won a slew of medals at the New Zealand Badminton Championships, placing first in both the New Zealand Women’s Singles and Doubles, and second in the New Zealand Mixed Doubles.

Shaunna’s success in 2020 builds on the many accolades gained over her badminton career. In 2019, she was named Rangitoto’s

Sportswoman of the Year in recognition of her many national, Oceania, and age-group titles and representative honours.

Between 2017 and 2019, Shaunna won the Women’s Singles title at the National Championships (2019), Oceania Junior Championships (2019), Under-19 National Championships (2018 and 2019), and Under-17 National Championships (2017, 2018, and 2019). Shaunna has also represented New Zealand at the World Junior Championships (2018), Oceania Junior Team Championships (2019), and Oceania Team Championships (2018 and 2020).

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EDUCATION: KRISTIN SCHOOL

Kristin’s Combined Middle and Senior School Production Kristin was not slated to do Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as a production in 2020 – in fact, our Middle and Senior schools were both in preparation for different musicals when plans all over the country changed towards the end of Term One. It became clear that these proposed shows would not be able to go ahead, and plans were made to combine both schools for a unique production event.

Having staged the show at Kristin in both 2000 and 2010, it seemed fitting to follow the tradition and begin the new decade with a production of Joseph – staged as a concert. Having originally been written as a concert in a school in 1968, the timeless work of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice fitted the bill for what we wanted to offer our students. From our initial discussions, we had just over two months until closing night – a seemingly impossible task made hugely successful thanks to an extremely committed production team of generous staff and community members, and the dedication, talent and passion of our 150 strong student cast, crew and band.

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Students and staff alike felt the extreme privilege of being able to present Joseph in such a turbulent period, and the gratitude increased tenfold when Auckland entered the second government-mandated lockdown just three days after closing night. It felt as if the stars had aligned to give everyone a much-needed dose of positivity, as seen in some of the community feedback below: “The show just brought so much joy to everyone who was there to witness it, in what has been a trying year.”

“The gift of song and the gift of music made such a huge difference to so many people last night and hope is alive again in many a discouraged heart.”

“It was truly a moving and spectacular event.”

At any point in time, even in the darkest moments, theatre can always remind us, as Joseph so eloquently does, that “any dream will do”.

Hamish Mouat Artistic Director of Major Productions

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Kristin Alumna Isobel Campbell (2013) Awarded 2020 Fulbright Scholarship Kristin alumna Isobel Campbell from the class of 2013 has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Science and Innovation Award to study a Master of Environmental Management and Industrial Ecology and Green Chemistry at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Isobel graduated from Monash University in Melbourne in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science Advanced, Global Challenges (Hons First Class) in Chemistry. She was presented her award at Parliament just prior to Auckland going back into lockdown during August. Under normal circumstances, she would already be in the US, but due to Covid-19 she'll be heading over in August 2021.

Connecting our Kristin Community We were thrilled to host two special Kristin Alumni events in an opportune gap prior to the announcement of the August Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Kristin has always been a school that values community connections during school days and beyond, so we felt very fortunate to be able to bring people together for these events.

On Saturday 8th August we welcomed alumni families 'home' to Kristin for our Alumni Families’ Pre-Show Dinner before the final night of the Middle and Senior School production of Joseph (see opposite page). On Tuesday 11th August our Dunedin-based Kristin Alumni gathered for our annual reunion. It was a pleasure to reconnect with new and familiar faces.

Kristin’s Alumni programme continues to provide a valuable

Guests at the Alumni Families' Pre-Show Dinner.

network to support and galvanise our Kristin community – either in person through events, or through our new exclusive online Alumni networking platform (www.kristinconnect.nz).

Kristin Wins at the Future of Auckland Challenge In August our Year 12 student team of Sophia Fang, Chris Furlong and Jennifer Zhu won the Future of Auckland Challenge 2020, organised by Social Innovation New Zealand at Auckland University. They describe their experience below: First, we attended an eye-opening workshop that introduced us to the Auckland 2050 plan and climate plan. We learnt a lot about what Auckland Council is doing right now and what it is going to do in the future.

We then started to develop a solution that targeted our focus area – Water Future. The initiative we proposed, Waterwise 2.0, aims to bring data-driven solutions to consumers to address the water scarcity problem Auckland faces. Our solution included an enhanced version of the domestic water bill and a mobile phone online/ offline application, as we believe these proposed initiatives would build sustainable behaviours and habits in water consumers, making Auckland more resilient to future water shortages. Our solution came first in the challenge and we have been given the chance to present to the Auckland Council's Sustainability Executive Team. It was a rewarding experience for us and we look forward to Auckland’s sustainable future.

Sophia Fang, Chris Furlong and Jennifer Zhu - Year 12

Sophia Fang, Jennifer Zhu and Chris Furlong

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EDUCATION: WESTLAKE BOYS

A visit by 2020 New Zealander of the Year, Jennifer Ward-Lealand ‘Te Ātamira’.

A visit by 2020 New Zealander of the Year, Jennifer Ward-Lealand ‘Te Ātamira’.

Students being the kaiako, helping staff with te reo Māori.

… we were honoured to host Jennifer Te Ātamira WardLealand, 2020 New Zealander of the Year, as our guest speaker…

Celebrating Māori Language Week at Westlake Kia Hiwa rā! Kia Hiwa rā!

Māori Language week marks an important time on Māori, a few of our Year 9 te reo Māori students were our school calendar and always delivers a full delighted to reverse roles and become the teachers schedule of fun activities and events that (kaiako) and instructed our teachers, in te reo everyone can get involved in, with the Māori, about colours, numbers and the school emphasis on learning how to use te reo (kura) pepehā– our school’s story of identity.

Māori as we go about our daily lives.

Teachers also enjoyed the opportunity to We are very fortunate to have Matua extend their te reo by practising phrases Johnny Waititi, our Head of Te Puna relating to their shared lunch. Ka pai o Ngā Mātauranga Māori, who has a everyone, a great day is when you have wonderful enthusiasm and passion in learnt something new. Later in the week guiding us to learn te reo Māori which we were treated to the melodious voices is an integral component of our national of our Māori performing arts students identity. Te Puna is home for our Māori while they practised their collection of students and serves as the centre of the music pieces. They delivered a powerful and Māori language and Māori performing arts moving performance which was a privilege to Students being the kaiako, at Westlake Boys. Te Puna’s focus is to support watch – ngā mihi. helping staff with te reo Māori to succeed as Māori, and in doing so Later in the week we were honoured to host Māori. provides a comprehensive programme to teach te reo Jennifer Te Ātamira Ward-Lealand, 2020 New Zealander Māori and offers the popular Māori performing arts class as of the Year, as our guest speaker (Manuhiri Tuārangi) and an option – the only school on the North Shore to do so. With close listened to her story about her 12-year journey learning te reo Māori to 200 students currently learning te reo Māori we are heartened to and appreciating te reo’s beauty. Our country’s challenge, moving into see that learning and speaking the language is gaining momentum. the future, is to ensure this unique and beautiful language thrives and Learning a new language can sometimes feel scary, but 'Tūwhitia is spoken every day in our communities so the intent of Te Wiki o Te te hopo' - feel the fear and do it anyway. Early in Te Wiki o Te Reo Reo Māori will be fulfilled.

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One to look out for Westlake Boys is proud to have so many talented young men involved in a large array of interests, and despite 2020 being a year of great disruption, Year 13 student Sam Charlesworth has managed to rise above it and demonstrate what a great upcoming musical talent he is.

‌ he has recently been announced as a finalist in the Play it Strange 2020 Songwriting Competition from which he won a professional recording session for his piece.

Following on from his success as a finalist in the 2020 New Zealand Peace Song awards earlier in the year, he has recently been announced as a finalist in the Play it Strange 2020 Songwriting Competition from which he won a professional recording session for his piece. He has a beautiful voice and listening to the lyrics of his songs conveys the essence of love, loss and everything in between.

We encourage you to take a moment and seek him out on Spotify so you can experience the wonder of his music.

Talented singer songwriter Sam Charlesworth.

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Getting creative during lockdown It seems lockdown brings out the creative juices!

During Auckland’s Alert Level 3, senior Technology students came on-site in a very controlled environment to work on projects that were tricky to complete at home.

"Year 13 Food Technology students attended a six-hour workshop to carry out practical trials and testing associated with their new product development," says TIC Food Technology, Lizzie Beaumont.

"Their experience from previous years and knowledge of processes, allowed them to confidently carry out individual work and make considerable practical progress during the day. Due to social distancing they were spread over several rooms.”

Fabric Technology students work on their projects at Alert Level 3.

"Year 13 Fabric Technology students completed a full day workshop," says TIC Fabric Technology, Kate Luisetti. Students worked on individual Year 13 Food Technology students projects including using the sublimation printer as part of a climate change protest costume, designing a screen print for a protest attended a six-hour workshop to carry costume, construction of costumes reflecting students’ cultures out practical trials and testing associated (Filipino, Chinese and Korean), garments inspired by the 1940s and a with their new product development… costume made from waste paper/card to demonstrate awareness of sustainability."

Madisson selected for Blues U18 Development Squad Year 12 student Madisson Mataafa has been selected for the 2020 NZR Barbarians/Blues Under 18 Development Squad.

The talented rugby player will now attend a three-day camp during the school holidays, to showcase her abilities and further develop her skills on and off the field. The camp will include rugby development across the six pillars (Technical, Tactical, Nutrition, Physical, Mental and Personal Leadership), and exposure to provincial union, Blues and national age grade Selectors.

Madisson has been playing rugby for four years as flanker, No.8, second five and centre. She currently plays for North Harbour, and has also played volleyball, ki o rahi, netball, touch and sevens. "I think one of my biggest achievements was starting women's club rugby this year and playing against some of the biggest names in the sport. Another would be the opportunity I have to train with the Hibiscus Coast Farah Palmer Cup Squad, where I'm training with the likes of Pia Tapsell," she says.

Her favourite aspect of the game is the camaraderie with other players. "I think off the field it's the type of environment and vibes you get with the girls of every age. It's more of a family-orientated thing, and no matter who you're playing for, everyone's supportive. On the field it's the rush of adrenaline when you're taking your first run and making your first tackle in the game."

Madisson is excited about her Development Squad inclusion and has her eyes on an even bigger prize. "Half-way through my second year of rugby, each game I played became more competitive. In a way, I liked putting up more competition against the better teams, such as Long Bay. “I think after playing U18 for Harbour my ambition changed to wanting to play on a more professional platform.”

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Madisson Mataafa, pictured left.

Talented musician wins national composition award Year 12 music student Hannah Jones was recently announced as Junior Winner of the New Zealand Chamber Music Composition Competition.

Her piece, entitled “Extranjero Tango”, was scored for violin, viola and piano. The title means ‘foreign tango’ because the tango style (originally from Argentina) is not regarded as an authentic New Zealand musical style. “I enjoyed working with chromatic scales in this tango, however, it was a challenge to ensure the violin and viola melodies worked well together, especially as I am not a string player, but a saxophonist and singer,” says Hannah.

This year’s entries were judged by Clare Cowan (composer of the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s recent production of Hansel and Gretel). The competition is so widely entered by secondary

school composition students from around New Zealand, that both a Junior and Senior winner are selected. Like all senior music students, Hannah receives weekly tuition from Westlake’s Composer-in-Residence, David Hamilton, who is himself a wellHannah Jones. known New Zealand composer.

The Residence Programme was first initiated to encourage and inspire Westlake composition students and there have been numerous winners of both national and international competitions over many years under David’s expert tutelage.

Guardian Angel challenges young writer Talented writer Rachel (Ray) Carr has been awarded a contract to complete their novel Guardian Angel.

The 16-year-old was the youngest writer of the 1000 chosen by WebNovel (an online writing and publishing site) to receive a contract for writing. Then, as an added bonus, in late July Guardian Angel was chosen as part of the Spirity competition (held by WebNovel), where writers can win prizes for completing novels. "I learnt that to be eligible to win the top section of the price category for the competition, my book would need 120,000 words," said Ray. Ray Carr.

"At this point, I had only finished the draft for the first 28 or so chapters of my book (22,242 words). I chose to give myself the challenge of writing 100,000 words in 66 days (the closing date was 30th September and I wanted editing time). This would mean I would need to write about 1,500 words every day.

Ray started the writing challenge on 25th July and is on track to complete the novel in time – despite the challenges of suddenly being in lockdown.

The young author started writing in Year 6. "My first writing account was opened in September of 2018 but I had been writing for several years before that on paper and in journals," they said.

"My first published piece online was one of my poems from my first poetry book Warning Signs which is also what I'm most well known for online."

Ray has a complete book of poetry (100 poems) online and is working on a second one. "I have several books I update every week and I have several books I have written with other people – some of which are posted on other people's pages and some are on mine.

I have a completed book on my first page, but it isn't very long and needs a lot of work," they said.

Ray is planning to go to university after high school, to most likely study journalism and criminology. "I am hoping I will be able to get in contact with a publishing firm to publish my novel, and that should help me with getting myself out there to write more books," they said.

"I have always wanted to speak at the Auckland Writers' Festival and am hoping I will be able to accomplish that through my writing and this book."

Ray's love of writing comes from a passion for communicating. "I love the freedom writing gives me - the ability to convey my emotions through my characters and produce something that means a lot to me. Hopefully I can help and inspire others, especially with the subjects and situations I cover in Guardian Angel. Writing gives me a sense of accomplishment - that I have the ability to create something that is unique and new that I hope will be loved by my readers.

It's an outlet for my creativity and imagination, and gives me a chance to get everything out of my head and down into words, that share a personal story through the eyes of my characters or through my poems."

Guardian Angel is a three-part story that covers a lot of sensitive subjects. Has it whet your appetite? Here's a synopsis: This story is of political corruption, segregation, Darwinism, dystopian lifestyles, combated religion, broken families and a young girl who just wants a change. Set in a futuristic world where money is the only thing keeping people afloat, and where sly deals and armed men stain the city streets.

The ‘Government’, as it has been most commonly referred to, took charge of the city 26 years ago, when it promised people a better life. A life free of worry, crime and discrimination. People believed them; but lies can be told, promises can be broken, and people can be misled. Now, all but a small portion of the city lies in waste, caged in a man-made moat that keeps the criminals in and the wealthy under the Government's command. Those who can afford Governmental protection live in their banknote-lined bubble, safe and secure but not always sinless. Those who can’t, well, they must sleep with one eye open and fend for themselves or face the consequences at the cruel hands of the Government.

Something has got to change, and someone has to be brave, stubborn or angry enough to make sure that happens..

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EDUCATION: CARMEL COLLEGE

Pink Day 2020 Our annual Pink Day, held in solidarity with those who experience breast cancer, was held in August. It was a fantastic day: candy floss, sponging the teachers, sausage sizzle, food stalls, games and more.

The participation was phenomenal, enabling us (in combination with selling ribbons and badges throughout the week) to raise a substantial amount of money for the Breast Cancer Foundation. It was really empowering to see the difference we could make as a school whilst also having fun!

Heads of Student Council, Malaika Brownlie-Armstrong and Nicole Oyagawa Photos courtesy of students Emma Spence and Ciara O'Neill.

The participation was phenomenal, enabling us to raise a substantial amount of money for the Breast Cancer Foundation.

Water Polo Success

Adopt-A-Park Club helps improve Lake Pupuke Environs

Robyn Spark, Year 13, has been named in the New Zealand Senior Women’s Water Polo squad. This team will hopefully be heading off to the 2020 Olympic Games qualifying tournament in Trieste, Italy in January.

Carmel College’s new Adopt-A-Park Club recently planted grasses in Sylvan Park as part of a new Auckland Council/ school initiative to improve Lake Pupuke environs.

A group of Year 7 and 8 girls made short work of the planting which is intended to help shore up the lake and create habitat.

Year 13, Robyn Spark.

Adopt-A-Park.

Debating Grand Champions Carmel College’s Debating team are the Grand Champions of the Advanced Open Grade in Auckland. All Carmel’s debating teams have achieved great success this year, with every team winning over 50% of their debates, an incredible achievement in itself.

Not only this but six out of the 10 teams made it into the highly competitive Octo-Finals in their respective grades.

In the Senior Open Grade, two teams made it to the Octo-Finals.

One of these teams, consisting of Grace Chapman, Calista Ngadi, Juliana Vos, Analise Collis and Seraphina Kim, even made it all the way to the Grand Finals. They were up against tough competition and just missed out on the win. However, to come second in Auckland out of 60 teams is an outstanding accomplishment.

In the Advanced Open Grade, consisting of 55 teams, three out of four teams made it to the Octo-Finals. One of these teams,

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2020 Grand Champions pictured with their coach, Mrs Sahinkaya.

consisting of Siena Seeto, Annabel Rhodes, Ally Basa, Dana Carlos and Juliet Spence, also managed to make it to the Grand Final. After overcoming Rosmini College and Epsom Girls' Grammar they went up against a super-strong team from Selwyn College debating the moot: “In times of pandemics, this house would require all media coverage of the pandemic to be approved by a government agency”.

After a very intense debate, they came out victorious becoming Grand Champions for 2020.

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EDUCATION: TAKAPUNA GRAMMAR

IB Art Exhibition reaches towering heights September saw the annual IB Art Exhibition which is the culmination of nearly two years' work for visual art students. Students have to display their artworks in a gallery setting and are marked on how they present their work, curatorial rationale, as well as the quality of their work.

This year the exhibition was held in the historic Tower Room (due to Covid) which has been beautifully renovated in the recent building upgrade. The high ceilings and stained-glass windows provided an excellent backdrop to the students' work. Staff and students visited the exhibition and were very impressed with the depth of thinking that the students' work displayed. For these creative students, the opportunity to exhibit their work was unique and a highlight of their final senior year at TGS.

Takapuna Grammar Junior Conference 2020 Takapuna Grammar School’s junior cohort departed from their regular scheduled timetables to partake in an extensive two day junior conference at the end of term. Students enjoyed watching a number of high profile guest speakers including Wayne ‘Buck’ Shelford, Dr Sarah Watson, Kevin Biggar and Richie Hardcore present on a range of interesting topics.

Throughout the conference there were over 40 fun interactive workshops on offer for students to elect into and enjoy with their friends. Live entertainment featured heavily throughout both days of the conference with dance performances, local and international musical items, and snippets from the school show. Big thank you to all the staff and students who contributed and participated in this fun and creative programme.

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EDUCATION: ALBANY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

We empower

- ASHS students seek to stamp out the gender imbalance in STEM! Two students from Albany Senior High School, Emily CaldelariHume and Sarina Todd, are working to inspire more female high school students to enter STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) -based careers.

The drive for their project was sparked after seeing the inequity between the number of females and males in STEM careers. They have gathered a series of videos after contacting more than 200 women across New Zealand, and have uploaded them on their website, www.womeninstem.co.nz.

The pair discovered that a lot of female students drop these subjects during high school, and so wanted to target their efforts towards encouraging more high school females to stay in STEM subjects. They decided that a way to do this would be by giving girls more female role models to look up to, so that they could see that there were people like them working in STEM. Emily and Sarina contacted a range of women working in STEM-based careers from across the country, and asked them to record five-10 minute videos of themselves talking about their experience in STEM, and why more females should enter these fields. Over 50 women have created videos for their website, including some famous faces – you’ll have to view the website to find out who!

The videos they have compiled are from a diverse range of women of all ages, from lots of different areas of STEM: from food physics, to polar glaciology and biogeography, so all young women should be able to find something that inspires them. Emily and Sarina themselves have been very inspired by watching these videos, and they hope other students will be too. They both feel that it is important to have more females in STEM-based careers

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because of the diverse thinking required for future technology, and for the audience it caters for. The accessibility and suitability of innovative technology should be equal for all genders.

The pair are currently in the process of sharing this website with female high school students from across the country. They encourage everyone to take a look – there are some very interesting and informative stories that can be inspirational even to those long past high school.

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Open on Monday 29 June 2020 Go to the enrolment tab on our website: www.ashs.school.nz

INTERVIEW BOOKINGS: Open on Friday 31 July 2020 If you have completed an online enrolment form, you will receive an email with details on how to book an enrolment interview.

OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENTS ARE CLOSING EARLIER THIS YEAR: Friday 23 October 2020 If you are out of zone at AJHS, you will be out of zone at ASHS, therefore you must complete the enrolment process by 23 October 2020 to ensure that you are within our two ballot dates.

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YES DISABILITY SUPPORT CENTRE: NEWS

WILSON HOME TRUST: NEWS

By Sonia Thursby, CEO, Yes Disability

I.LEAD’s First Birthday

Sonia Thursby.

On September 3rd and 4th, the team at YES and I.LEAD celebrated I.LEAD’s first birthday. It has been a year since the conference, and there has been so much that’s happened during this time.

We have begun collaborating with central government agencies, most notably Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Development and the Office of Disability Issues, to start gaining traction on some of the work we set out a year ago.

We have an I.LEAD group in Palmerston North that advocates for youth with disabilities in the mid-central region, with plans to establish more I.LEAD groups in other regions.

Our movement has been named in a number of government documents, namely the ‘Working Matters’ Disability Employment Action Plan and the Youth Action Plan, where the work we do will shape how these documents, and our government, better cater to and advocate for youth with disabilities in Aotearoa.

In the span of a year, we have started to change perceptions, started prying open perspectives, mindsets and opportunities, and effectively given power and voice back to youth with disabilities in an unprecedented way; and this is only the beginning.

We are looking forward to working alongside Minster of Disability Issues, Hon. Carmel Sepuloni, Director of the Office of Disability Issues, Brian Coffey, Disability Rights Commissioner, Paula Tesoriero, and other government representatives to push the I.LEAD movement further. Together we aim to amplify the voice of youth with disabilities and giving them opportunity to realise their dreams, aspirations and ultimately live thriving lives.

We would like to also thank YES CEO, Sonia Thursby, for giving us the space and means to make all this possible. Here’s to a year of I.LEAD, and to many more on the way. www.yesdisability.org.nz

St Leonards Chapel Maintenance During the first COVID-19 lockdown, the Wilson Home Trust were able to finalise plans for maintenance and upgrading work on the St Leonards Chapel.

Despite the second lockdown in Auckland in August, the building team were able to continue working on the project.

They have now installed new insulation in the ceiling, repaired and strengthened walls and painted the vestry and altar. The roof panels are being reinstalled and all work is due for completion on October 2nd, just in time for the summer wedding season. The Chapel is also available to hire for christening and naming ceremonies and small community group activities.

For more information contact Megan via email on weddings@wilsonhometrust.org.nz or phone 09 485 3464.

A reminder that the Trust also holds regular information sessions and tours of the Takapuna site. The next session and tour is scheduled for Tuesday October 13th at 10am. If you would like to attend, please contact Felicity via phone 09 485 3461 or email felicityhendricks@wilsonhometrust.org.nz.

1 Saint Leonards Road, Takapuna 09 488 0126 or 0800 948 787, www.wilsonhometrust.org.nz

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EDUCATION: JAYNE DE LA HAYE, JUNIOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, KRISTIN SCHOOL

COUNCIL TALK: RICHARD HILLS

With Councillor Richard Hills, North Shore representative on Auckland Council.

Starting School

Thank you...

North Shore Residents

Richard Hills.

Hopefully by the time you’re reading this, the Harbour Bridge is fixed, or at least close to.

I really want to thank everyone for doing what they can to free up space on the road for those who have no other option but to drive. It’s shown, again, how the North Shore community adapts to help others.

Whether you’ve worked from home, taken the bus or ferry, or travelled off peak; it’s making a big difference. Thanks to the engineers, fabricators and workers who worked around the clock to get a temporary fix to the bridge and, while I write, are working on a permanent fix.

We saw a big increase in public transport use in the first week of bridge disruption, about a 100% increase on the ferries, and 15% increase in bus use on the Shore.

In July we made it free to get the bus to the ferry when you tag on with your AT HOP card. For instance if you get the 917 bus to the Birkenhead Wharf or the 814 to the Devonport Wharf and jump on the ferry you’ll only get charged the ferry fare; the bus fare is free.

An additional harbour crossing is still planned. Thankfully a business case is due in the next few months, after we secured $61m in 2018 with the government for design, route protection and other related costs to kick off work. Councillor Chris Darby and I were successful in the Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) process in moving the crossing forward by a decade – to the 20282038 planned period. ATAP 2016 originally had it sitting as a project in 2038-2048.

It’s great to have it 10 years closer. However I wish it could be faster. We’ve been advocating for it for years. It is unlikely to be moved further ahead at this stage due to a range of factors including potential property purchase, consents and design and the large cost.

We’ll keep trying and we are stoked it’s finally moving in the right direction.

Construction of the Northern Pathway – Te Ara Pae Moana – starts next year providing a walking and cycling connection. The equivalent cycleway alongside the Northwestern motorway transports over 5000 cyclists a day – if all those people were in cars it is the equivalent of one line of cars from Silverdale to Fanshawe St so will make a difference in the meantime.

The disruption on teh harbour bridge has been hard for our community on top of the Covid impacts. Thank you for doing all you can.

Feel free to continue to contact me about local issues on Richard.hills@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Starting school is one of those important moments in our personal journeys. It marks Jayne de la Haye the beginning of a relationship with the formal learning structures that will ultimately shape the knowledge, skills and values we will take with us into adulthood. It is no surprise then that everyone involved wants it to be a positive start!

How do we make that happen? We know that humans are hard-wired to learn. Babies are constantly observing, mimicking. Toddlers explore, experiment and are naturally curious about their world and those they share it with. Once young children begin to speak, their ability to process and think about ideas increases exponentially. There is plenty of advice given to parents about “how to make sure children are ready for school”.

But if schools really understand the science of learning, then shouldn’t the question be “how is school ready for the children that are joining?”

When choosing a place for your child to embark on their school experience, consider some of the following factors: • What is the adult to child ratio? Will your child’s teacher have the time to really get to know your child as an individual and give them the attention they deserve?

• How big a jump is the environment from kindy to school? Do the teachers of five-year olds have any experience with kindy, so that they understand where the children are coming from?

• What are the opportunities for outdoor experiences? Is there a designated playground for this age group? Are there regular “bush walks”, with a teacher, to connect to and learn from the environment?

• What message does the classroom set-up send? Is this a space where the objects out on display provoke wonder and curiosity? Is children’s work celebrated and displayed proudly? Or are the walls covered in generic posters? Is this a room that children take pride in? Are there areas for children to work alongside others; to dress up and role-play, or construct larger scale models?

• How does the teacher respond to the children and their family members? What does the teacher do first? Connect or correct? How do they greet the children and their families?

• Who is teaching what? Is the class teacher expected to be a master of all trades, changing into PE gear to lead a PE lesson one minute, taking music the next, then shifting seamlessly into a numeracy lesson?

Targeting resources to create the strongest foundations possible has been proven to reap huge benefits for children, impacting their achievement for years to come as they move through school. Children starting school benefit from time working with their teachers in very small groups, to ensure they get the individual attention they need at this age.

Their learning experience needs to build on what each individual already knows and can do, rather than looking for “gaps” to fill, and getting everyone to the same level. Each day should be filled with engaging and thought-provoking activities, both inside and outside the classroom.

If you are in the process of trying to decide where your child should start school, these questions provide a good starting point for weighing up your options for the next step in their learning journey.

Jayne de la Haye is Principal of Junior School and Early Learning at Kristin School, Albany.

As a principal with extensive experience in both primary and early learning, she is committed to providing the very best start for all children.

At Kristin, the Kindergarten Manager is also Dean of Year 0/New entrant classes, overseeing a well-established transition from Kindergarten through to the Junior School. Children transition to Junior school with a teacher who has already spent at least a term teaching them in Kindergarten. Additionally, PE, te reo Mäori, Chinese, library, art and music are all taught by additional specialist teachers.

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The North Harbour Club & Charitable Trust acknowledges the ongoing support of our fantastic sponsors…

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NORTH HARBOUR CLUB: NEWS

Sponsors are incredibly important to the North Harbour Club and, put simply, they would not be able to achieve what they do without them all. The club is very fortunate to have a very loyal and committed family of sponsors who have supported the Club and its activities over a number of years. Christie Parkin, the club’s Operations Manager, profiles their newest sponsor, Alvarium (NZ).

The 2019 Winner of the Alvarium AIMES Ross Finlayson Award was Tayla Woolley. She is pictured with the late Ross Finlayson's family, from left: Stephen and Catherine Finlayson, Tayla Woolley, Joan Finlayson, Sue Stanaway (AIMES Judging Chair) and Phil Brosnan (President, North Harbour Club).

Welcome to our Newest Sponsor – Andrew Williams of Alvarium (NZ) We are absolutely delighted to welcome North Harbour Club member Andrew Williams on-board as our most recent sponsor with Alvarium (NZ) supporting the annual ‘AIMES Ross Finlayson Award’.

Andrew is a Partner, Supervisory Board Member and Co-Chairman at Alvarium, and has been a North Harbour Club member since 2019.

After founding Alvarium in London in 2009, he served as Chief Executive Officer until 2017. Andrew is the Global Head of Alvarium’s real estate investments. He moved to the North Shore three years ago, bringing him closer to his family who are long-term North Shore residents.

Alvarium (NZ) is an investment management firm established in New Zealand in late 2017 as a joint venture between Tailorspace and Alvarium (UK). In New Zealand, Alvarium operates in the Investment Advisory and Co-Investment sectors within the global Alvarium network. In Co-Investment, Alvarium (NZ) finances high quality projects in the New Zealand market using funds from its investors, shareholders and employees worldwide. In Investment Advisory, Alvarium Wealth and Pathfinder Asset Management (owned by Alvarium (NZ)) manage tailored portfolios

across a range of asset classes for clients.

Andrew Williams – Partner, This sponsorship is an extension of the Executive Board Member and CoChairman of Alvarium, the North relationship the club has had with sponsors Harbour Club’s newest sponsor.

John Berry and Paul Brownsey from Pathfinder Asset Management, who have generously sponsored the Club for a number of years particularly the Boardroom Buzz series which was a wonderful and very popular initiative brought about by Paul and John.

Andrew is an active member in our community and we are sure many of you will have already met him, he is particularly enjoying the relaxed lifestyle on the Shore. When asked what excites him about the North Harbour Club and Alvarium’s sponsorship he simply states “The opportunity to support the development of young people in our community. In respect of the AIMES Ross Finlayson Award, we are particularly attracted to the recognition of those qualities that support strong leadership”. Obviously this is a natural fit with the values of Alvarium (NZ) and we are thrilled to partner with them.

Welcome aboard Andrew and Alvarium (NZ)..

About Tailorspace: Tailorspace is the investment arm of the Ben Gough Family Office, and have built a diversified investment portfolio that balances wealth protection with capital growth by investing in talented people and businesses that demonstrate drive, courage and conviction. Tailorspace’s investments consist of property, private equity, and liquid funds. https://tailorspace.co.nz/

About Alvarium: Alvarium is an independent global boutique founded in the UK that offers tailored investment solutions for families, foundations, institutions and sovereigns around the world.

It operates in three main sectors being, Investment Advisory, CoInvestment, and Merchant Banking. Within these sectors Alvarium provides its clients with a network of collaboration and connection.

Globally, Alvarium supervises c. $18 billion (US$) of assets. https://www.alvariumwealth.co.nz/

Please make sure you support all of our sponsors, who very generously support us, whenever you can.

Visit: www.northharbourclub.co.nz

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BOOK PRINTING & PUBLISHING

Have your book produced and published right here on the Shore!

Benefitz, publishers of Channel Magazine, is one of New Zealand’s most diverse manufacturing businesses in the communications space. At their base, on Constellation Drive, they have a team of 85 people and a range of machinery and technology capable of producing items for communication of all shapes and sizes.

The printing of books is proving to be a growth area for the company.

“With our range of digital and conventional printing and finishing equipment we have everything that is needed to produce these books efficiently and cost-effectively,” says Benefitz Managing Director Aidan Bennett. “Having 15 designers on staff means we can also design the book if that is what is required.

“While big books with significant print runs are often printed offshore, it is just as economical and more convenient to print shorter run books right here in New Zealand. So we are a great option for people self-publishing and we also print here for publishers.”

Benefitz have three digital presses that books can be printed on as well as a number of finishing machine options. They produce both soft cover and hard cover books on their inhouse machinery.

“I have considerable experience in book printing and publishing and have members on my team who come from strong book production and publishing backgrounds,” adds Aidan Bennett. “So we can work with customers and guide them through the process, irrespective of their own knowledge of the process.

“In addition, we also work with off-shore businesses if we have projects that are quite clearly better suited to being printed in other countries due to their size and the quantities required.”

An extension of this book publishing capability has been the development of the ‘My Life Story Book’ system by the Benefitz team over the past 18 months. This is an online system for the publishing of life story books. Benefitz developers have created the online system which makes the whole process very easy and smooth for those wanting to publish their own life stories, or those of loved ones.

If you are self-publishing or looking for someone to produce your book, then contact Aidan Bennett and his team at Benefitz.

Aidan Bennett, Phone 09-477-4701 or 021-500-997 or email: aidan@benefitz.co.nz Visit: www.benefitz.co.nz

THE FACTS • • • • • •

Total solution for small or larger print-runs.

It is now economical to print just 50 or 100 books.

All done in-house at Benefitz – Print PUR or Hard Case Bind.

Great service for self-publishers.

Book publishing expertise.

We can help get books printed off-shore as well.

Book My Life Story Book is an online system that simplifies the process for those wishing to tell and record their life stories. You can build your book online easily and then the system enables the easy and cost-effective production of an actual printed book – hard or soft cover – and the life-story will also be preserved online for generations to come. The system has been developed right here on the North Shore by the team at Benefitz.

Visit: www.mylifestorybook.co.nz Or contact Aidan Bennett. Phone 021-500-997 or email: aidan@benefitz.co.nz

“I am passionate about helping people tell their stories, so we will make the process very easy for you - promise.”

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CAM CALKOEN: BENDING PERCEPTIONS, INSPIRING CHANGE

Cam Calkoen is an inspirational speaker who is bending perceptions to inspire change and an attitude of awesomeness through simple, lasting human truths.

Passionate about the Shore, this column reflects the awesomeness that surrounds us and the potential we all have to achieve a personal best.

LEGALLY SPEAKING: SCHNAUER AND CO

Legally Speaking with Lauren Davis, Lawyer, Schnauer & Co.

Dream big and experience awesome wellbeing

Cam Calkoen.

Right now in the world and the industry of events (where I work) I see and hear a lot of focus on mental health, resilience, overcoming adversity and enhancing the wellbeing of people. All of this, supporting it, providing tools to enable it, is vital stuff for humanity to thrive. But never underestimate the power of a dream, the energy you create from that and how dreams and the right energy enable resilience, positive perceptions of adversity, a healthy mindset and awesome wellbeing.

As a kid I remember dreaming up and then playing within my treehouse. It was bigger, more gnarly than any other in the neighbourhood. Up a cliff with real windows, rope ladders and slides as long as a rugby field (well, that's what it felt like as a kid).

When people would come over to visit they would look up high at my treehouse and say to my parents "Do you really let Cam go up there alone? But he has cerebral palsy. What if he falls?” To which mum and dad would respond "Well if he goes too quickly and loses focus he will fall. But if he learns to take it slow and steady... If he does the climb with a strategic mind he will make it to the top."

I made it to the top again and again and again. Developing resilience because in the beginning I would fall. I changed my perception of adversity... because I didn't give it energy. I just saw what I wanted to climb.

My mental health and wellbeing became a reflection of my opportunities not my challenge, and up there new dreams would take shape.

Without the dream of my treehouse (and to be honest it didn't really matter what the dream was, what mattered was a dream that excited me) the things I needed, that we need to thrive – resilience, an awesome mindset – would not have had an opportunity to evolve.

Now in 2020 when we need resilience, when we need to change perception of adversity, when we need to protect our wellbeing and BELIEVE that we can thrive, I think it’s really important to remind ourselves of the times when we’ve been most inspired, where we’ve built the best foundation. Was it from a screen or was it from an experience? Walking down the street? Playing golf? Sitting within your treehouse?

I often wonder what my life would be like if mum and dad had not taken the ‘risk’ of letting me have the most gnarly treehouse in the neighbourhood, if they’d stayed with what was “safe” or listened to the challenges rather than focus on the opportunities. Right now, as people of the world, I think we have an awesome opportunity to re-imagine what is possible through creating experiences that delight, inspire and connect.

Connect loved ones, connect passions, connect dreams... it will be sure to create an awesome wellbeing.

Sometimes it can be overwhelming to think of all the things we should be doing. But whatever your current treehouse may be – school, sport, work, entrepreneurship, new beginnings? – right now it's about doing what you CAN do, taking small steps, maybe taking some risks and creating an experience.

So do what feels most aligned to YOU Inspirational Speaker in this time and enjoy Book Cam and inspire new it! Focusing on what levels of awesomeness you can do now will with your team. see you exceed all Contact Cam 02111 26 598 expectations.

Dream big!!!

“It’s Simple”: De-bunking the myth of a “simple” family law matter

Lauren Davis.

For some people “family” is where you belong; it is the people who really know you and love you anyway. For others, “family” can mean fear, hurt or complication. For many of us, our families and relationships can feel complicated and filled with nuanced experiences that only we truly understand.

Although our relationships are some of the most personal parts of our lives, lawyers are often needed to assist with aspects of family life. It may be to set up Wills and Enduring Powers or Attorney, enter into a Contracting Out Agreement, seek advice on a separation, divide relationship property, sort out child care arrangements or seek protection from an abusive partner.

Despite what a quick Google search may have you think, most family law matters are far from straightforward. In family law, there are numerous pieces of legislation and cases that determine our legal processes (both in and out of Court) and the substantive law. As lawyers, we decipher these two complexities, your family life and the legal structures that we work within, to find the most effective options and solutions for you. Although it is our job to guide you through these options and to make the process seem as clear as possible, there are often misconceptions around how “simple” some legal matters really are.

So, let’s de-bunk some commonly heard myths: “My Will is simple”. Your Will instructs how your estate is to be distributed after you die. Part of our job is to draft your Will to reflect your unique wishes and to meet specific requirements under the Wills Act 2007. If your Will is wholly or partly invalid, your estate will be deemed intestate. Wills become more complex for those with blended and extended families, current and ex-partners, life-interests and trusts, as this may leave them open to be challenged in the future.

“I just need a lawyer to sign off on my contracting out agreement”.

Under the Property (Relationships) Act, a contracting out agreement will be void unless it is witnessed by a lawyer who certifies that they have explained the effect and implications of the agreement. This means that before we can “sign-off” on an agreement, we must know your particular circumstances, have valuation evidence and have given you full and frank advice. We will also advise on the wisdom (or otherwise) of entering into the agreement.

“We want to split the family home 50/50 – it’s in our family trust”.

When the family home is owned by a Trust it adds several layers of complexity to any division of relationship property. Property can only fall subject to the Property (Relationships) Act if it is owned by the spouses or partners personally. The general rule, with few exceptions, is that no Trust assets or liabilities are classified or divided as relationship property as a Trust is a separate legal entity.

Rest assured, even with a few myths debunked, we are here to help you through the sometimes unfamiliar and daunting family law process.

Schnauer & Co, 1 Shea Terrace, Takapuna 09 486 0177 www.schnauer.com ldavis@schnauer.com

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GUNDRY'S GRUMBLES

Simon Gundry is a Devonport and North Shore identity, and character who is known for calling a spade a spade. This is his regular and lively contribution to Channel Magazine.

I told you so...

Back in October 2019, in my column, I wrote that if anything happened to our Harbour Bridge it would be catastrophic and there is still not a word from central or local government about a second harbour crossing. These works should be happening now when the cost of money is so cheap; in fact it has never been so cheap with interest rates being so low. All that is ever done is talk, with new concepts brought out every so often, but nothing happens. Now, look what happened back in September when a truck with a container hit one of the metal struts. I always thought that the damage would be caused by a ship hitting one of the concrete caissons, but no, it took a 20 foot container to cripple our city for a week.

Also, about the Harbour Bridge, from what I have heard from my man at the coal face, the current consultant for the Skypath construction has been replaced, and another consultant has been employed. Also I have heard that the proposed design has gone back to the drawing board; they have finally realised the gradient proposed is too steep and if they try and flatten the gradient that will limit the height of yacht masts going under the bridge. I wonder how many millions of dollars has been spent so far on this proposed Skypath, and do we think we will ever see this come to fruition? This is not productive spending, there are better things to spend our money on at present.

While we are on about the Harbour Bridge, let’s go back to the road access on the northern approaches to the bridge. I have been saying for a long time now that the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) should be looking at these roads closely as there will be a perfect storm one morning where there will be a king tide and a strong easterly breeze, and this will cause flooding along that stretch of motorway.

Imagine the chaos that will cause, culminating in damage to vehicles by salt water.

Still on the subject of our beloved harbour, I see that Auckland Transport is proposing to axe the ferry service at Stanley Bay to Auckland. This is after they spent tens of thousands of dollars upgrading Stanley Bay Wharf. The reason given is that resources have to be put into Hobsonville ferries. Surely to God these people at AT should have seen that tens of thousands of people are living and going to be living in Hobsonville due to the expansion of that area, and maybe, planned another ferry to cater for them.

Simon Gundry.

The Stanley Bay ferry has been running for years and years. Most of the people who use that ferry are able to walk to the wharf, as there is very little parking around that area. With the proposed axing of this service, those commuters will now need to drive to Devonport, and we all know what parking is like there.

I’ll go back now to August 2014, when we were told by an Auckland Transport representative that the Northcote safe cycle route proposed from Smales Farm to Northcote Point Road would cost $4m and of that $400,000 was allocated for the Northcote Road crossing of the SH1 motorway. This bicycle crossing was to be a simple clip-on addition to the existing road bridge. When I heard this I laughed at his estimates and replied that $400,000 wouldn’t meet one month’s traffic management.

From 2014 to 2017 the estimate for this proposed Safe Cycleway ballooned out to $17.5m and actual build costs exceeding $22m, but wait for it, that doesn’t include the Northcote Road bridge. This is an NZTA project so Auckland Transport can throw their hands in the air, and shout “Not Us”! However it is an integral part of any cost benefit analysis that is needed to make the system work. Actual use of the cycleway even during L3 lockdown was abysmal at best. The economic report was in my opinion at best fraudulent and without accountability.

I can understand why a budget of $400,000 for a bikeway across SH1 and Northcote Road would have blown out to many millions, as I have been watching the construction of this bikeway for many months now. I have noticed the piling on the eastern and western side of the motorway is some 30m deep with a 1m diameter reinforced concrete pile. This is overkill to say the least. It should hold a couple of mountain bikes at the best, I guess.

And here is what I am looking forward to – America’s Cup Christmas regattas off Devonport in December, the Louis Vuitton racing in January and February, and America’s Cup in March. There is a proposed start time of 4pm for two races per afternoon, off Devonport. Lake Road will be fun. Just imagine the numbers of people trying to get into and then out of Devonport to watch the races. What I have heard is that Auckland Transport are planning to let people park in Takapuna and then shuttle them down to Devonport. I have also heard that they are planning to triple the numbers of parking wardens to ticket people parking for more than three hours – they have to pay for the shuttles after all. Something to look forward to! Happy Christmas looming up. What a year it has been.

Simon Watts Find out more: www.national.org.nz/policy Authorised by Simon Watts, 107 Great South Road, Auckland.

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ACCOUNTANCY WITH BELLINGHAM WALLACE

Accountancy with Graham Lawrence of Bellingham Wallace.

R&D government grants and funding packages at a glance Research and development (“R&D”) has increasingly become an essential part of many businesses growth plans. When R&D is well-planned and executed, it enables the creation of better and innovative products or services and the improvement of operational process. In this article, we provide an overview of the different types of government R&D grants and funding available to eligible businesses in New Zealand.

Whether your business is a startup, a developing technology company, or a mature business, there are government grants and funding currently available to help you take innovative new products or services to the next level. These grants and funding are designed to fill the funding gap where companies either lack the necessary resources, or private funding sources might consider their market or types of projects being too risky to invest in.

What R&D grant and funding packages are available to your business?

We summarise below four primary R&D funding packages available under the current government, each of which are designed with differing criteria for eligibility, allowance on R&D expenditure and baselines.

1. R&D Tax Credits (RDTI) 15 cent tax credit The RDTI operates as a tax credit, rewarding businesses and individuals who perform R&D activities. The sole purpose of R&D is to seek to solve scientific or technological uncertainties. To be eligible for RDTI, you must spend at least $50,000 a year and up to $120 million, on eligible R&D. The RDTI allows qualifying businesses to claim a 15% tax credit on their eligible R&D expenditure. It operates by offsetting tax to pay and in some circumstances, it is refundable even for loss-making businesses.

The regime is administered by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and applies from the 2020 tax year, with a more comprehensive system in place for the 2021 tax year. For the 2020 tax year, you will need to first enrol in this regime through your IRD online account and prepare your R&D supplementary return/application form to support your claim. If you are currently linked to a tax agent and haven’t filed your 2020 Income Tax Return yet, you will have up to 30 days of your Income Tax Return due date to lodge your supplementary return.

2. R&D Loan The purpose of the R&D Loan Scheme under Callaghan Innovation is to help businesses continue their R&D programmes in the face of Covid-19 impacts. Businesses impacted by Covid-19 may be able to apply for the R&D loan for up to $400,000. The loan will be charged with interest at 3% per annum from the start of the loan. However, interest will be waived if the loan is repaid in full within the first year.

Repayment instalments are not compulsory for the first three years.

The maximum loan period is 10 years.

To be eligible, you must be able to show that your business has experienced a 30% or greater drop in expected sources of funding to support eligible R&D activities over the year ending 30 June 2021. You

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must also have had an eligible R&D plan in place before 26 March 2020 and plan to spend at least $50,000 on eligible R&D. 3. Getting Started Grants Also administered by Callaghan Innovation, the Getting Started Grants are designed to support smaller businesses to kickstart their R&D activities, and assist businesses navigating through R&D roadblocks. Under this scheme, your business will receive up to 40% of your eligible R&D project costs, up to $5,000 (based on a quotation) for your R&D activities done in New Zealand. You can apply at any time.

4. Project Grants Next level up from the Getting Started Grants are the Project Grants which are designed to help expand your R&D expertise and transform your business into a stable and larger R&D performer. To be eligible, businesses must meet financial and due diligence requirements. In particular, your business must have been performing R&D for less than three years or have spent less than $800,000, on average, on R&D each year for the last three consecutive years. On approval, your business will typically receive 40% of your eligible R&D project costs, and generally for R&D activities done in New Zealand. You can apply at any time.

Whether your business is a startup, a developing technology company, or a mature business, there is a good selection of government grants and funding…

What’s next for your business?

Whether you are planning to engage in R&D, in the process of R&D, or have already commercialised your R&D, it is no better time than now to talk to our in-house grants team at Bellingham Wallace. Our experienced team is here to guide you through each step of the application process, ensuring your business is accessing the right R&D grant or funding efficiently.

By Graham Lawrence (Director) and Sharon Chan (Junior Associate) Phone: 09 309 7851 Visit: www.bellinghamwallace.co.nz

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BUSINESS SALES WITH LESTER DE VERE

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE WITH COLLIERS NORTH SHORE

Lester de Vere & Richard Stevens are probably the Shore’s leading Business Brokers. Born and bred on the Shore they represent ABC Business Brokers in their home patch. They have spent many years in business themselves before taking on the role at ABC. Their passion is to Richard Stevens and 'help vendors transition through the sales process Lester de Vere and creating a win-win for both seller and purchaser' Lester is ABC’s No.1 Auckland Salesperson in 2018 & 2020 and being named ABC’s Trusted Advisor of the Year 2018. Richard awarded the Rising Star of the Year 2020.

Why we are the right brokers for you...

I’ve teamed up with an old school buddy and friend Richard Stevens who is also a business broker here at ABC Business Sales.

We work closely together, we have incredibly complimentary skill sets and have made a decision to focus on our roots, those being primarily on the North Shore.

So… Why are we the right brokers for you?

I’ve recently been awarded the ABC Auckland No. 1 Business Broker for 2020, and Richard has been awarded the Rising Star for 2020, and we are actively interested in the business of businesses and bring our collective energy and broad knowledge to work for you.

The one reality about selling your business is that its so much more than just the logic around accounts, numbers and details….

Yes, these are a primary focus for us, but to put it reasonably bluntly, we are often considered marriage guidance counsellors, life coaches and sometimes a shoulder that is leant upon when needed. As you can imagine, once a Sales & Purchase Agreement has been signed by both parties, the engagement moves from logic to emotional for many, as the purchaser has already started making plans as to how they are going to operate the business while the vendor is hopeful of ending one chapter and starting another.

The present state of flux and uncertainty in the economy thanks to Covid-19 has brought its own pressures and listening to those who have been affected and those who have not, is learning about two different worlds, as you can appreciate.

Those that haven’t felt the economic impact of Covid are those that have a recurring revenue model such as many service-based IT companies, monthly subscription models such as property maintenance, pool maintenance, and those food and beverage focussed operations which are wholesaling their products for supply. Interesting to see other operations flourish that may not have been expecting to, such as home improvement/renovationbased businesses and big ticket spend items like spa pools.

Many online businesses are seeing boom times, lockdown and discretionary dollars aren’t always good bedfellows, and who would have thought courier companies are under such pressure to keep up... its like late December for them!

As always, we’re happy to have a discussion with anyone in business and talk specifically about that industry Cheers Lester & Richard Lester de Vere, 0274 599 773 or email: Lesterd@abcbusiness.co.nz; Richard Stevens, 021 375 149 or email: richards@abcbusiness.co.nz; Facebook: Lester de Vere ABC Business Broker / Richard Stevens ABC Business Broker Visit: www.abcbusiness.co.nz

By Janet Marshall, Colliers North Shore

Exiting a commercial lease early

Janet Marshall.

There are various reasons why a business may wish to exit their lease early, for example: the type and size of the premises is no longer appropriate, COVID-19 has impacted business, or they simply wish/need to relocate elsewhere.

Generally, a commercial lease can only be terminated at the agreed lease date unless there is a situation under the "no access" period where the property is totally or partially destroyed or damaged or access is not possible due to a natural disaster.

Exiting a lease without the landlord’s agreement is a breach of the lease.

Once tenants understand their obligations under their lease, they should discuss the options with their landlord. Communication between tenant and landlord is paramount to moving forward.

Options include assigning the lease to another party or sub-leasing, and associated costs such as real estate and legal fees would usually be paid by the existing tenant.

Once tenants understand their obligations under their lease, they should discuss the options with their landlord.

Assigning the lease is where the tenant (or "assignor") finds another business to take over the lease. That new tenant (or "assignee") takes on the responsibility of paying the rent to the landlord and following the terms of the existing lease, including the obligation to pay for reinstating or redecorating the premises if required. If the assignee fails to pay the rent the assignor remains responsible until the end of the current lease term.

Sub-leasing the lease is where the exiting tenant (or "sub-lessor") finds another business, the sub-lessee, to lease the premises. The agreed rental and terms are between the sub-lessor and sub-lessee, but the existing lease obligations still remain with the original tenant.

If the premises are too large, an option may be to sub-lease part of the premises to another party.

In both of these options, the landlord has 10 days to approve an assignment or sub-lease, but approval cannot be unreasonably withheld.

Another solution is for the tenant to surrender the existing lease and another business signs a new lease. This option is likely to involve costs to the tenant, as the landlord has taken on the risk of vacant premises. However, the landlord may only do this once a new tenant has been found or could request a compensatory amount which mitigates their loss.

If your current property is not working for your business or if you have any questions or concerns about your lease, please give the team at Colliers a call to discuss your options or drop us a line. In any scenario, we also recommend that all parties seek professional legal advice.

Phone: 021 684 775 Email: janet.marshall@colliers.com

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BOWLS NORTH HARBOUR: NEWS

with Lindsay Knight Selina Smith and Graham Dorreen, Takapuna Bowling Club Chairperson.

Difficult time for bowls Bowls North Harbour has suffered inevitable disruption because of the lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Clubs could not function from late March into the middle of May, then again from mid-August. That meant several club, centre and national tournaments could not be held.

But the centre board chairman Tony Popplewell views the future with optimism and says that compared to many other codes, bowls has escaped fairly lightly, with the first lockdowns occurring towards the end of the summer season. And the later lockdown came several weeks before the 2020-21 season started.

The finances of most clubs and of the centre itself have not suffered too drastically and the many carpet greens within the centre meant a surprisingly large number of important events were completed.

Another casualty of the recent lockdown was the centre’s awards day, with the winners having to be honoured “in-house” by their respective clubs.

Topping these accolades was Takapuna’s international Selina Smith, who with her two national titles, won the supreme playing award.

Her club-mate Wendy Jensen was named the centre’s top women’s performer, and Colin Rogan the men’s.

Highlights of the other awards were Birkenhead’s father and son, Gary and Terry Moverley, Gary being the umpire of the year and Terry winning the administrator of the year and the President’s Cup. Northcote’s Mike Haggart (volunteer), Bowls North Harbour’s Lesley Langer (official), Takapuna’s Graham Dorreen (coach), Helensville’s Callum Clark (young bowler), Helensville/Orewa’s Laurie Keen and Takapuna’s Trish Hardy (the men’s and women’s one-to-five year winners), were other recipients.

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Takapuna’s international bowler Selina Smith, who with her two national titles, won the supreme playing award recently from her club.

The champion-of-champion events played through July into early August produced a broad range of winners from seasoned stalwarts to relatively new players.

Rogan took his centre title tally to a phenomenal 34 by winning the men’s singles and then teaming up with Browns Bay’s Neil Fisher, John Walker and Brian Wilson to win the fours, while Birkenhead’s Ruth Lynch took her tally to 25 titles by skipping Millie Nathan and Amy Little to the women’s triples.

Tony Grantham and Randall Watkins confirmed Birkenhead as club of the year by winning the men’s pairs, and Mairangi Bay’s Theresa Rogers secured a centre gold star by winning the women’s pairs with Sheryl Wellington.

Orewa’s Walter Howden, Bruce McClintock and David Eades won the men’s triples and young Matthew Higginson added to Orewa’s swag by winning the one-to-five year’s men’s singles.

The upsets came in the women’s fours when Orewa’s Tira Campbell, Elizabeth Ring, Teri Hughes and Yvonne Preston surprised more fancied combinations, and from a couple of Warkworth ladies doing much the same. Jules Loubser, a third year player, won the women’s singles and clubmate Michelle Macdonald won the one-to-five singles.

The immense depth in each of the Birkenhead and Orewa clubs was shown in their respective wins in the men’s and women’s Winter Cup competitions played through July.

In late June Takapuna scored a dramatic win over Northland’s Hikurangi in the regional three-to-five year final, but then lost the chance to go to the national play-off in Wellington with a narrow loss to Counties’ Manurewa. www.bowlsnorthharbour.com

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COMMUNITY NEWS

SHORE JUNCTION: NEWS UPDATE

By Sonia Thursby, CEO, Shore Junction

Keeping Young People Digitally Safe at Shore Junction

Sonia Thursby.

KiwiHarvest’s efforts during Covid-19 have been recognised and they have been nominated for the Food Heroes Award!

KiwiHarvest working with Takapuna Grammar students KiwiHarvest started operations on the North Shore in 2017 as a Rotary project. Since then it has grown steadily, supplying fresh food to many recipient agencies helping the vulnerable men, women and children on the North Shore. We were delivering three days a week to approx 30 recipient agencies, with about 40 volunteers.

With the onset of lockdown due to Covid-19 in March there has been a major change. As an essential service we continued to deliver food throughout all levels, but without volunteers, which resulted in the employment of a professional driver. The volumes of food being requested skyrocketed at least threefold. Demand still exceeds available supply, and supermarkets, some of our major donors, are still disrupted.

To fill the shortfall from our donors, the majority of fruit, vegetables and dry goods now come from a central warehouse in South Auckland. We are now operating five days a week and deliveries on the North Shore are now 2500kgs per week which equates to 7,125 meals.

The KiwiHarvest board recognised that a national distribution service could help other regions throughout New Zealand, so during Covid they set up the New Zealand Food Network to supply food to all parts of the country. The Government recognised the need for this ongoing supply of food and has helped with funding. The North Shore is hoping to get a truck, a warehouse and a pallet system to enable us to meet the new heightened demand.

We were lucky enough to receive a very large donation of donuts made by students at Takapuna Grammar School…

KiwiHarvest North Shore is grateful to all our donors over this difficult time, and sometimes donations come from very unexpected quarters. We were lucky enough to receive a very large donation of doughnuts made by students at Takapuna Grammar School as part of their business studies course. These were gratefully received by some of our recipients and a special treat.

One of our main priorities is keeping young people safe online while at Shore Junction. With our web filtering software we can choose to block certain websites and inappropriate content. Trusted adults and our youth workers do not want to be looking over the shoulders of our young people, but we do want to ensure their online safety, so our internet filtering provides a level of consistent online security.

We know that young people are so tech savvy they would test every aspect of the system, so we need to be one step ahead. The senior staff at Shore Junction get alerts on their phones if someone is trying to get around our web filters. Day one we had some young people try but our system is so sophisticated they gave up. They will try again and we need to ensure we are ready. Our aim is to always be one step ahead.

We used the following criteria for determining the right solution for Shore Junction. The equipment needs to: • be highly reliable and easy for members and visitors to access • be remotely manageable, as the support person may not be onsite • have the ability to properly protect our members' privacy • provide content filtering for things like pornography, violence, etc • provide bandwidth limiting based on application (e.g. people using YouTube don’t saturate the network bandwidth) • provide isolated wireless networks for the entrepreneurs in residence or staff • reduce the impact of malware on the network (e.g. someone tries to spread a virus on the network) • allow Shore Junction to host events with 200+ attendees all using Wifi • handle future internet speed requirements (1Gbps+).

For Shore Junction, we have chosen two main networking equipment suppliers: Fortinet & Aruba. Both suppliers are recognised for the quality and functionality of their hardware and software, and their support services. www.shorejunction.nz

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HEALTH AND WELLBEING: JOHN APPLETON

I have been writing articles on topics related to our health for a number of years and in Channel I keep you up to date on ways in which we might improve our health by becoming more aware of the many options that are available to us.

Covid-19

John Appleton.

American Doctors are saving lives As I see it - by John Appleton With all the fear and loss of life associated with Covid-19 there is a glimmer of hope coming out of the U.S. A group of critical care specialists including Dr Paul Marik, head of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Sentara General Hospital Norfolk Virginia, have been successfully treating very ill patients with a protocol they have collectively developed.

The group of doctors is from several hospitals and they have published their MATH+ protocol on a website for the benefit of other specialists around the world. https://covid19criticalcare.com/ Their MATH+ treatment is specifically designed to help hospital doctors to counter the body’s overwhelming inflammatory response to Covid-19. The protocol is based on numerous medical journal publications over decades. Dr Marik and his colleagues state that “it’s the hyper-inflammation, not the virus itself that damages the lungs and other organs and ultimately causes death”.

They say that their focus is to address two medical emergencies associated with Covid-19: • The overwhelming and damaging inflammatory response • The systemic and severe hyper-coagulable state causing organ damage.

Their MATH+ protocol is based on the use of Methylprednisolone, a steroid drug, combined with ascorbic acid (vitamin C) which are both given intravenously to combat the inflammatory response. They say that the steroid drug becomes more potent when administered together with ascorbic acid and this combination has multiple synergistic physiologic effects.

Thiamine (a B vitamin) is also given to optimise cellular oxygen utilisation. Heparin, a blood thinning drug, is administered to prevent and dissolve blood clots that appear in Covid-19 patients.

The + part of the protocol involves supplementation with melatonin, zinc and vitamin D. Re the use of a steroid drug to control inflammation, it's very interesting to note that recent British research which was reported worldwide as a major breakthrough linked the use of a steroid drug Dexamethasone to significantly reduced deaths in Covid-19 patients. Dr Marik and his colleagues acknowledge this research, but they believe that Methylprednisolone is more appropriate for use with Covid-19 patients.

The critical care doctors have found that if patients have low oxygen saturation when breathing is supported with a nasal cannula, using heated high flow oxygen and increasing the flow as needed can improve outcomes.. Mechanical ventilation may ultimately be the only option for some patients, but Dr Marik says, they try to reduce the need for this intervention as much as possible. They are also ‘proning’ (face down) patients to help improve oxygen saturation.

They say that in all Covid-19 hospitalised patients, the therapeutic focus must be placed on early intervention. Timing is a critical factor in the successful treatment of Covid-19 patients. Patients must go to hospital as soon as they experience difficulty breathing.

MATH+ was developed from a protocol that Dr Marik pioneered at Sentara Hospital with sepsis patients. (Sepsis kills more than eight million people in hospitals around the world every year.) Type 'Chance discovery could save millions from Sepsis' into Google and watch a brief video filmed in Sentara Hospital.

Their MATH+ treatment is specifically designed to help hospital doctors to counter the body’s overwhelming inflammatory response to COVID-19.

As to the efficacy of the MATH+ protocol, Dr Marik and colleagues say that their hospital records show that they are achieving a success rate of 95%. They and their colleagues are in the process of gathering patient data in order to scientifically prove the efficacy of their MATH+ protocol. An Italian study using this protocol was submitted for publication and results could be disclosed soon.

With the medical community aggressively conducting many research studies in an attempt to find treatments for hospital patients with Covid-19, the success that Dr Marik and his colleagues in several hospitals have achieved is indeed encouraging. A simple, totally safe and effective treatment readily using available drugs is already saving lives.

John Appleton john@johnappleton.co.nz 09 489 9362 www.johnappleton.co.nz

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BUSINESS NORTH HARBOUR: NEWS

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Kevin O’Leary.

The uncertain times in which we are living has seen the local economy take another hit as we move through a variety of different Alert Levels in response to the lingering pandemic.

Businesses, whilst feeling better prepared to deal with any restrictions, are still having to deal with further reductions in revenue, just as many were starting to get their heads back above water.

As a result of the pandemic and in response to the changing needs of customers, businesses are adjusting and adapting their business models, products, and services. Many are developing and implementing business continuity plans and business recovery plans, however, navigating their way towards their new normal is very challenging and for many requires additional investment.

All of this is happening at a time when cash is already in short supply, as many are still reliant upon financial support from the government. Additionally, the financial reality for many households at the moment is that they don’t have the same amount of disposable income that they used to, which means that they have to be more selective with their spending which, whilst totally understandable, also adds to the pressure on our local businesses.

…the financial reality for many households at the moment is that they don’t have the same amount of disposable income that they used to, which means that they have to be more selective with their spending…

In Alert Level 3 over 200,000 Aucklanders were unable to work, an estimated 250 jobs were lost every day and we lost around $70 million every day in GDP. Although Alert Levels have recently improved, the harsh reality is that for most businesses and many families, things are likely to get worse before they get better.

I would encourage businesses and shoppers alike to make a note in their diaries to enjoy the benefits of the Business North Harbour annual ONE DAY SALE on Saturday 21st November. This is a great opportunity to make the most of some incredible bargains offered by our members in the lead up to Christmas, whilst supporting our local businesses at the same time. Please visit our website www. businessnh.org.nz for more details.

In these challenging times, with the general election approaching, it is important to ensure that locally, regionally, and nationally there is a plan for sustainable economic recovery. You can have a say in what this economic recovery will look like, so please do not waste your opportunity to vote.

In closing I would again thank you all for continuing to buy local, as collectively, we work as a united North Harbour community, because together we can recover stronger.

Phone: 09 968 2222, Mobile: 027 479 9563, Email: kevin@businessnh.org.nz

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The Channel Crossword Set locally by Mãyã, especially for Channel each month. No. 60

35 Light from church on hill (5)

28 Courage? Henry dropped to the ground (5)

36 The Halfhorse of M(aurice)? (3)

29 See 6 Across

37 Affirmations of selenium replacing titanium in

snowmen (5)

30 Garments worn on the legs - shoes,

perhaps? (5)

6/29D Essential worker - we've been told on good

authority - who rewards early losers (5,5)

Down

32 If not Chris or Barbara, who? (4)

9 Unauthorised export specialist overeats with

Roman household god (7)

2 See 20

Across 1 Improvised plug joint, they say (2,3) 4 Bottled by Elmo and Big Bird (3)

10/27D Director is at various times 20, 1 down and

15 across (7,5) 11/14 Blunt (say) composer - the 1 down one's the

third of the "Materials" (8) 13 Mention Sun is to the east (5) 14 See 11 15/18 36! Stern thrashing is best for the 28? (8) 17 15 fruit used as a measure in the US (4) 19 Rally football team dropping behind (4) 21 See 3 Down 22 Didn't eat one hand? (4)

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bachelors by haystack (5,9)

Solution to last month's crossword

4 Spoils the 20 one (the next one out from 28) (4) 5

Affected Queen departing vessel (4)

6 Pluck 13 insect without weight (5) 7 No energy in proposal for current slip road (3-4) 8 Gains unauthorised access, sheds leaderless (5) 12 Religious leader embracing resistance l eaders

by person with faulty vision (9) 15 Without right, ogle skin (5) 16 Loud "no means yes!" (5)

24 I made an offer from the same source as before (4) 17 Limb 13-d - put on head? (3) 18 See 15 Across 26 Hardwood's e-emaciated (5) 19 Participate in a sport that's going downhill (3) 27 Composer of 15 across 27 down's older work (5) 20/2 Type of tape fish could be a distraction (3,7) 29 Get enraged over a cappuccino? (5) 23/1 Faulty 10 27 down? That's novel (7,5) 31 Price of fame left 36 needing no introduction (3) 25 (Possibly supersonic?) people of a certain age 3 33 Target's about 6 runs - pass it on! (2,5)

21's okay with (7) 34 See? Objects without hesitation to lags (7) 27 See 10 Across

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31 Gandalf dropping and rising? The 22 may

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This month's crossword will also be uploaded to the creator’s blog at: channelcrossword.wordpress.com There, Mãyã will kindly attempt to answer any questions or comments that may arise from the crosswords each month.

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