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Ryman village should be split to retain views: expert The controversial Ryman Healthcare retirement complex should be split in two and downsized to soften its impact on the Devonport landscape, according to expert witness evidence heard this week.
Devonport architect Richard Reid called for Reid proposes to open up what he calls Rya major overhaul of the project in his evidence man’s “visual wall of buildings” by continuing put to the independent hearing into the planned Regent St through the site, which would allow six-storey, 323-bed complex, which began on To page 10 Monday.
Ngataringa submitters show force in song and art
Around 15 Ngataringa Bay guardians protested against the proposed Ryman Retirement village with t-shirts, placards and song on Monday, prior to the project’s planning hearing at Takapuna. Don Binney’s artwork, looking across the Wakakura land, took the form of placards, and the submitters sung a version of “This land is your land, this land is my land”. From left: Gilian Clark, Jacqui Goldingham, Ken Davies, Marinka Teague, Diane Humphreys, Iain Rea, Jean Goldingham, Sandra Wayne and Trish Deans. Phil Clark P 09 446 2125 M 021 940 041 E phil.clark@harcourts.co.nz Peter Ayton P 09 446 2109 M 021 336 300 E peter.ayton@harcourts.co.nz
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Freedom campers to be lured to Narrow Neck Woodall Park could become part of council’s rushed freedom-camping pilot – instigated without public input or consultation with nearby residents. Members of the newly elected Devonport-Takapuna Local Board (DTLB) learned of the pilot late in November. Council staff sent a memo, asking to brief the board on the proposal in a secret December workshop. The pilot proposes six sites for Woodall
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Park at Narrow Neck. Another four sites were considered for Windsor Reserve, but dismissed due to limited space and access. The pilot had been designed by a range of council departments and CCOs and with help from the private sector, the memo said. The plan was to promote the sites by January and run the trial in February and March. But local board member Mike Cohen said on November 25 “all hell broke loose” when members found out council had failed to consult. “If anyone had talked to us early on, we could have told them that the area is already heavily used by local visitors in the summer, that we used to have issues with drinking on the car park about 12 years ago, which we fixed with lighting and a chain across the Seabreeze Rd exit, or what a battle it was to get a beach volleyball court on Woodall park past the neighbours,” he says. “Plus our board just fought a huge battle to retain the Takapuna Holiday Park, only to now undermine them by diverting business from them,” he said. “What exactly are the benefits of freedom camping for our community?” he asked. Cohen says he receives regular complaints about freedom campers on Queens Pde. The pilot programme aims to double freedom-camping sites across Auckland, control demand through a marketing campaign and establish a quick-response team to deal with complaints. Freedom campers spend around $1.2 million in Auckland in February alone, the memo said.
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Acting up to get round council by-laws Devonport businesses are using eye-catching tactics in the face of council’s new signage rules and a defunct visitor information centre as they promote themselves for Christmas and the summer holidays. The Depot Artspace has hired a group of local acting students to publicise its upcoming Rembrandt Remastered exhibiton. Depot Artspace director Lynn Lawton, says having local kids in period costume handing out brochures about an exciting show is to combat the loss of signage due to a newly enforced council by-law. The Depot has been unable to put a sign on the corner of Clarence St and Victoria Rd to direct visitors towards the not-for-profit community art gallery since the council clampdown started in November. That signage is needed more than ever, as this summer the Depot will display 50 digital reproductions of paintings by Rembrandt in the show’s first exhibition in the southern hemisphere, says Lawton. He has also paid $180 to apply for a temporary-sign permit, but is still waiting for a council response. The actors will create a buzz around the show and will also promote Devonport to visitors, says Lawton says. They will be out on the streets three hours a day for two months.This is especially helpful “while our visitor centre remains closed because of an argument between council CCOs,” he says. Devonport Chocolates, located on Wynyard St, has been subverting the signage by-law in a different way. Instead of its street sign on the corner of Victoria Rd and Clarence St, it has parked a bike that promotes the shop on its back rack. Ironically, the bike stand it is locked to has been provided by council. The Flagstaff will be publishing a visitor guide called Destination Devonport to pass on our local knowledge to Devonport’s summer visitors. • Rembrandt Remastered will run at the Depot from December 18 to February 19. Auckland’s leading theatre for children
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A birthday cake that’s worth peddling
Set to go like a hot cake… Jenny Nicholls (left) is calculating how many mouths her mammoth cake will feed, with help from Barbara Cuthbert Devonport baker Jenny Nicholls has just finished making a cake big enough to feed an army – of cycling enthusiasts. Baked with 120 eggs, 48 cups of flour and 6 kg of dark chocolate, the birthday cake for Auckland’s Te Ara I Whiti/Lightpath will feed around 800 party guests celebrating the first anniversary of the award-winning hot-pink cycle path. The cake was commissioned by fellow Devonport resident and chair of Bike
Auckland Barbara Cuthbert for the birthday bash on December 1. The path also received the top prize at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin last month. Nicholls’ 50 x 22 inch artistic rendition of a very pink Waitemata Harbour scene includes a model of the Kea ferry, in a nod to Devonport. Nicholls says it is the biggest cake she has ever baked. “It comes right behind a cake shaped like Hamilton’s Mormon Temple, which I made for
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Rock steady: Devonstock in the hands of young pros
Girl power… (from left): Kate Lee, Dani Clements-Levi, Sophie Andrews and Ella Johnson have seized the mantle for Devonstock 2016 Devonstock – the annual open youth rock concert – is now being organised almost entirely by teenagers. For the last two years, local teenagers Ella Johnson, Sophie Andrews and Dani Clements-Levi were mentored by Devonport Community Coordinator Maria Teape on what it takes to make a youth event happen. This time round, they are joined by Kate Lee and felt confident enough to run the show on their own, they say. Sophie is in charge of getting food stalls set up, Ella has promoted the event, and Dani recruited local bands with the help of Depot Sound. Kate also worked on promotions.
Shed, the local band of the moment, is one of the performing groups. It is made up of Takapuna Grammar School students Bijoux Nortje on lead vocals, Francesca Parussini on keyboard, Kenny Liang on rhythm guitar, Gabriel Rea-Bucknall on lead guitar, Ben Jones on bass and Volkan Ozyurteri on drums. It made it through to the regional final of this year’s Smokefree Rockquest. LAKES is a hip-hop band, which includes local musicians. Former TGS student Morgan Allen is on bass and TGS school-leaver George Edgar is on guitar. Also performing are The Rubics, O-Boy, and Rangitoto College singer Sophie Mashlan.
Year 12 TGS student Gabriel Jones will MC the afternoon. Now in its ninth year, Devonstock started in 2007 with the involvement of then TGS student Sam Harper. It has previously been held at the Band Rotunda and Mt Victoria and is now in its fifth year on Windsor Reserve. Past acts have included The Naked and Famous, The Checks, The Earlybirds, and The Electric Confectionaires, as well as Ella Yelich-O’Connor (now better known as Lorde) and Louis McDonald. • Devonstock, starts at 2 pm on Sunday, December 11 at Windsor Reserve. The event is alcohol-free and smoke-free. No entry charge.
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Hundreds turn out to sunny Devonport Santa Parade
Vauxhall School led the way, and hundreds of children and their families and friends lined the streets for Devonport’s annual Santa Parade, followed by Dance in the Park at Windsor Reserve
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Colourful floats and costumes set main street abuzz
Devonport School of Dance (above) added some glamour to the event, which for some (below) was a truly super occassion Acknowledging familiar faces (above and below)
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Ryman complex changes could enhance viewshafts and streetscapes
a viewshaft to Mt Victoria. Ryman’s plan of adding plants around a 110-metre-long building isn’t enough, says Reid. “Excessive infill planting will simply draw attention to the intrinsic problems created by the design,” creating a ‘green wall’ instead,” he says. “One of the unique aspects of the Ngataringa peninsula street patterns is its alignment with Devonport streets across Ngataringa Bay,” says Reid, who is giving evidence on behalf of the Ngataringa Bay Action Group. Regent St aligns with Victoria Rd, and Wesley St with Bulwer St. Reid wants those “paper roads” to stay open, particularly at the southern end of Regent St, and let them visually cut through Ryman’s development. “This will break up the wall of buildings lining Ngataringa Road, protect Regent Street and Ngataringa Road’s visual connection with the harbour and integrate the village with the underlying urban structure of the peninsula,” he says. Like other critics of Ryman’s proposal, Reid says its building layout, building heights, building lengths and material choice dominate their surroundings instead of integrating with them. He reckons his paper road concept would address other issues by forcing a reshuffle of the buildings to fit the sloped site better, allowing more sunlight into communal courtyards and opening up pedestrian access to an otherwise “car-centric place.”
A view through the proposed Ryman village (above) and a new building configuration (below) advocated by architect Richard Reid Reid also recommends reducing the size of some buildings and removing the fifth storey of one building and the sixth of another. He describes the proposed buildings in the Ryman design as “cumbersome and heavy.” Reid also raised other concerns, such as a “moat” between the buildings and Ngataringa Rd and the dominance of the buildings for the southern side of Ngataringa Bay. He fears a fence will separate Polly’s Park from the complex.
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Kids with a passion for Wakakura playground A special connection to the Wakakura land has moved siblings Ai and Geo Innes-Mills to get creative. They have writen and drawn council submissions, asking for Ryman’s retirement complex to be scrapped and for the land to remain park-like. Ai (11) and Geo (9) have lived on Ngataringa Rd all their lives and Wakakura is their playground. Ai says her submission was sparked by how much she learned to care about the slope over that time. “You never know what you find when you adventure there,” she says. Geo once found a tree hut near Ngataringa Road. “My friend Nico and I decided to improve it,” he says. When taking the Flagstaff on a tour across the site, the kids find holes in hedges and fences, point out spiderwebs, halves of birds eggs, and native trees, as well as rubbish. There’s even a large tree growing on top of a pile of bricks left over from Duders Brickworks. They are too young to remember Mabel Pollock, who created Polly’s Park along the coastline of the site, but say they are inspired by her care for the land along the water. Earlier this year, Geo and Ai planted sunflower seeds further down the slope. Last month, the siblings watched Guy Fawkes fireworks from the Wakakura site with friends and neighbours. “We always do that but maybe this was the last year,” says Ai. On the way back home, Ai and Geo resolve to play on the Wakakura lot more often, while they still can. “It makes me want to play here all day,” says Ai. She and Geo also remark on the signs for houses for sale along their street. “Everyone is moving,” says Ai. :
Submitted on Ryman development… Geo (left) and Ai Innes-Mills have made the Wakakura land their playground
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Devonport school zoning needing a revamp? The Devonport peninsula has seven public primary schools. All bar one (Bayswater School) currently have zones in place. Each school zone overlaps with neighbouring zones. Children who live in a school zone are guaranteed a place in that school. Families who live in an overlap area can choose between those schools, and children are guaranteed a place in both schools. If a school has extra places, children living outside the zone can apply for those as outof-zone students.
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Gate the next step for safer mountain The development of an automated gate for Takarunga/Mt Victoria to allow restricted vehicle access to the summit is the next step to make the mountain more pedestrian-friendly. Paul Majurey, Chair of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority, said for Takarunga/ Mt Victoria, “the working concept is an automated gate and keypad stand located on the road below the entrance to the tennis court.” Access arangements with lessees – such as the Michael King Writers’ Centre and The Devonport Folk Club (located in The Bunker) – will be discussed during the detailed design phase, Majurey said. “As occurred with Maungawhau/Mt Eden, the public will be advised of progress and receive information in advance of installation,” he said. The reasons behind the Maunga Authority decision to restrict vehicles on Takarunga/Mt Victoria included: • Each of the five Tūpuna Maunga has a single lane road to/around the tihi (summit) that is shared by cars and pedestrians. • The summit roads have no adjoining footpath. • Recent traffic surveys confirmed pedestrians outnumber vehicles travelling on
Takarunga. • During the traffic surveys, contractors witnessed regular near-misses and vehicles exceeding the speed limit on most of the maunga. This corroborates the experience of management. • Under the Health and Safety Act, the Maunga Authority is required to give the highest level of protection to people on the maunga against harm to their health, safety and welfare from hazards and risks arising from “work” (under the Act, the maunga constitute “workplaces”). While there was no direct consultation with affected parties – including the public – the Tūpuna Maunga Integrated Management Plan (IMP) includes objectives such as reducing and limiting the location of vehicle access. “The IMP was publicly notified and the subject of a public submission and hearing process,” Majurey said. Additionally, the Tūpuna Maunga Authority comprises six mana whenua representatives and six Auckland Council representatives (three governing body members and three local board members), who had the chance to have input into the decision, Majurey said.
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Boom and bust: schools call for zoning fairness
Peninsula School Roll Trends
Demographic shifts and Unitary Plan zoning changes are hitting Devonport in unexpected ways. As the Ministry of Education is spending millions building classrooms to accommodate growing rolls at Belmont Primary School and Bayswater School, classrooms at the southern end of the peninsula are standing empty. Maire Vieth investigates. Stanley Bay School (SBS) principal Glen Vinton and Devonport Primary School (DPS) principal Melinda Bennett have recently asked the Ministry of Education to review their zones. They say demographic and Unitary Plan zoning changes have created an uneven playing field and that rebalancing of the area’s outdated school zones, which could save the taxpayer a lot of money. Vinton says: “There is no use in having empty classrooms in one school and then investing millions of dollars building classrooms in other schools where we have capacity within the peninsula.” Due to a declining roll, Vinton’s school will have two empty classrooms next year. SBS currently has 257 students, down from 273 last year. Meanwhile, Bennett expects to have three DPS classrooms empty next year. The school’s roll has decreased from 307 to 286 over the last year. Vinton and Bennett say their declining rolls are due to three key factors: • The Single House zone and heritage protection in Devonport, Cheltenham and Stanley Bay limits population growth; the more relaxed development controls in Belmont, Bayswater and Hauraki on the other hand will intensify housing there, increasing the population and growing school rolls. • Booming house prices mean younger families struggle to live south of the golf course. Vinton says that since she arrived at SBS in 2003, prices have nearly tripled in some Stanley Bay streets, increasingly pushing young families out of the market and her school’s zone. • The peninsula’s school zones are outdated. “The Belmont Primary zone is massive and comes all the way down here and yet that’s the area that will grow and get a huge pool of new homes,” Vinton says. She says the ministry has
Seeking changes to school zones… Stanley Bay School principal Glen Vinton (left) and Devonport Primary School principal Melinda Bennett to look at “rationalising” the zone. “What they probably will have to do is say from a certain point down the peninsula is for our schools down here only,” she says. Bennett says the peninsula has a decreasing need for crossover zones where families are effectively in-zone for two schools and can choose which one they want to send their children to. “With the new Community of Learning, all our amazing schools are increasingly working together. Needing to have choice between schools will be less and less an issue as we will be more and more coherent,” she says. Vinton and Bennett would prefer a clearcut line between their two schools, with strict out -of-zone policies, to help stabilise their roll numbers.
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Vauxhall School principal Gary Lawrence is taking a different approach. His school currently has 100 out-of-zone students, more than a third of the school’s roll. DPS has 12 out-of-zone students and SBS 20. Vauxhall has 296 students this year, up from 281 in 2016. Only last month, Lawrence closed off the school’s out-of-zone enrolment for next year “to prevent overcrowding,” he says. An element of competition does exist between the schools. For example, principals’ salaries depend on the number of students enrolled, Vinton says. However, there is a silver lining in having a roll that’s not bursting at the seams. Both Bennett and Vinton plan on using their spare classrooms as art or science rooms and to accommodate their after-school programmes. But it’s not ideal. “If a classroom is not used as a classroom but as a resource room, the ministry won’t pay to maintain it,” Bennett says. Other funding is also determined by roll numbers. Vinton has had to cut two teacher positions this year due to funding constraints. Both principals have noticed the effects of the growing number of working parents, more after-school programmes and a significant dropoff in parent help. “We used to have to pull the names of parents who could come on school trips and to camp out of a hat. Those numbers have significantly dropped off recently. It’s still enough parents coming, but not as many putting their hand up as in the past,” says Vinton.
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By Rob Drent
A higher than usual number of houses appear to be for sale in the vicinity of the proposed Ryman Healthcare retirement village proposed for Ngataringa Rd. A survey last week of Devonport properties for sale on the Real Estate New Zealand website showed six houses near the village site on the market: 82/2 Ngataringa Rd, 3a Wesley Rd, 24 Ngataringa Rd, 42 Ngataringa Rd, 34 Ngataringa Rd, and 40 Ngataringa Rd. There has been a steady number of sales in this area over recent months. Obviously not all the sales would be due to the impending village, but three years of construction, noise and disruption to traffic would have a huge bearing on some residents’ decisions to sell.
I have done the Coast to Coast walk twice – taking in Mt Eden (no cars) and One Tree Hill (cars by the bucketload zooming to the top). The contrast is marked. I would encourage anyone who has an opinion about vehicle access to the top of the Maunga to compare the two. It may alter a few views. The notion that car is king has shaped Auckland’s planning decisions for decades. Times are changing as the realisation that more cars create more congestion hits home. Cars aren’t welcome everywhere, They’re not on beaches or parks. It’s time they are not on our mountains either.
An eagle-eyed reader has spotted another misspelt local street sign. However this time it is not Auckland Council’s fault. Mozeley Avenue has been spelt wrong since Devonport Borough Council signs were changed over to North Shore City Council. The misspelling has been continued by Auckland Council. Mozley Avenue was formerly Albert Road and renamed prior to 1909. It was named after Robert Adam Mozley Stark, a developer. The There has been considerable local recent street sign spelling mistake was Jim opposition to the Maunga Authority plans Titcherner Parade – it should be Titchener. to allow unrestricted vehicle access to Mt Victoria. (Automated gates will preserve This is our last Flagstaff for 2016. A access for people with limited mobility, happy and safe Christmas to all our readers while cyclists will be able to use the shared and advertisers alike and see you back on summit pathways). January 2017.
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Well I cannot believe another year has almost passed. Where did 2016 go? Although I do not want the year to go as quickly as it has, I have to say that I am looking forward to year end and having the change of routine that the summer holidays bring. Swims and picnics at the beach, catching up with family and friends and not having to make lunch boxes for six weeks! I hope you all have a restful and enjoyable Christmas and New Year too. I would also like to say a big THANK YOU to you all for your support throughout the year. We have just finished unpacking our last box of stock and are now filled to the brim with all things lingerie, swimwear and sleepwear. So if you need something for yourself or a special gift, we can help. To name a few, we have Heidi Klum PJs, Lingerie and Swimwear, Stella McCartney Lingerie and Swimwear, Funkita Swim, Togs Swim, Amoena Swim, Essence and Zenza silk nightwear, Givoni sleepwear, Pierre Cardin robes, Arianne bodysuits and tops, Lonely Swim and Lonely Lingerie, and new for me, swim ranges from Sunflair and Opera. All gift wrapped for you with an exchange card if needed. OR a gift voucher is also always well received.
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Ryman application should be rejected Sounds like a party. Guy Fawkes is gone, the Food and Wine is gone, but we still have the fiascos that council present. Ryman’s party is next. Brooke Dales, town planner extraordinaire from DCS Ltd. They are the private consultants paid to entertain us at this Ryman death-row party: paid by council using your money, our rates. The party council has sent out invites for is using commercial outsourced planners as insurance cover. How does Dales get to reinvent the Unitary Plan and its policies and restrictions? Why would Dales twist the assessment to read “less than minor”? Clearly the monstrosity is way outside of the Unitary Plan’s assessment rules and policies. What fee has DCS been paid – how much? How does Dales figure a site that could have had say 40 houses on it, and say 160 residents, will have the same traffic impact as a 395-bed business with 100 special-needs beds, and probably 100 staff changing three times a day. Visitors, suppliers – it’s all traffic.The total traffic will be far more than the area would impose if it were normal housing. How high above the road will this death-
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row monster rise? How can such a bulk of buildings be said to have internalised the adverse effects or whatever Dales uttered. It’s rubbish. We have just witnessed by the Esplanade hotel a roading contract with four square metres concrete cut into a brand-new road – three weeks’ closure, 24-hour security, no doubt at ratepayer-gouging price. We are watching Stephen Borlase and Murray Noone in court for alleged corruption, backhanders and favours. This is reality. Our local MP Maggie Barry’s sign invited me to address her with concerns. However, she reckons I’m a nutter so that closes that enquiry as to who’s monitoring the validity of these contracts – and indeed the validity of the Ryman party application and the assessments made by town planners. These utterances by Dales must be peerreviewed by lawyers with town planning knowledge. The application must be declined. Ron Dykman (abridged, editor)
Speciality food shops on the wharf I agree with Lyndsay Brock (Flagstaff, 18 November) that Auckland Transport (AT) is barking up the wrong tree with the idea of speciality food shops on Devonport wharf. We have been there before. Not even a farmers’ market once a week was able to survive on the wharf. We don’t need more food shops (speciality or not) sucking the patronage out of existing food shops in the village. Tourists and commuters are a fickle customer base, and some of the current shops, such as the coffee shop, and bicycle hire, have been able to carve out a niche for themselves. AT should be supporting the shops that are currently successful, consulting with locals, and thinking creatively about what other kinds of small businesses might be attractive for tourists, commuters and locals. Hopefully Devonport residents who feel similarly will make their views known to AT and the local board. Jennifer Jones
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Backyard available to Ryman – for discussion with locals With regards to the Ryman Healthcare retirement village proposal – I’m a yes in my backyard (YIMBY), not a NIMBY. The potential for a world-class village on a unique piece of land that would benefit residents, provide jobs, allow others to love the uber-friendly Ngataringa neighbourhood as much as existing residents do is exciting.
But when we’ve been handed a mediocre cookie-cutter design; when Ryman declines to consult with us; when Auckland Council advises the multiple multistorey buildings will have minor impact on existing residents and the environment, including the national taonga that is Polly’s Park; when we’re facing a two-three-year construction project that will further constipate Lake
Rd, as will traffic from future staff and residents, all I can see is major heartache and headache ahead. I want none of that in my backyard. If Ryman would like to come and talk to those of us looking to make their village a positive part of our village, then I’m offering my backyard to host that discussion Margaret Taylor
Council bullying board to return to secret workshop With public trust in Auckland Council down to 15 per cent it’s senseless for council to force the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board to return to having secret workshops against the wishes of local citizens. Even if the secret workshop is not making any formal decisions, the perception is that the board sorts it out there and then and at the later board meeting it is seen as only rubber-stamping the decision that has already been made. In the last term while I was chair of the board I instituted community briefings to enable the public to be present to hear presentations from Council staff and the opportunity for the public to interact with the board. In our local board area, we are fortunate to have many local people with local knowledge, experience, and professional expertise respected nationally and internationally. It
would be irresponsible to limit the availability of potential options to progress great local initiatives or tackle local problems if we curtailed the ability to tap into this amazing resource. Local boards are the governance at the “coalface”, and to be effective and trusted requires people to feel ownership of their local board. They must be able to interact and participate with their local board, be taken seriously and feel that they can influence what happens in their neighbourhood and street – that they can make a difference. Open meetings are imperative if local people are to have trust and confidence in their local government. After all, it’s called democracy, isn’t it? Mike Cohen, Devonport-Takpuna Local Board member
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Vacant and neglected for many years, this seven-bedroom, central Devonport do-up has been looking for a brave new family to take it on. Quan and Jane, familiar faces to most locals as the owners of Hung Viet and Manuka Restaurant, are taking up that challenge with a serious renovation planned. Sue Harrison from Barfoot & Thompson Devonport commented: “We see our role as connecting the right people with the
right property and this sale and purchase is evidence of that. We’ve found Quan and Jane their next project. It has enormous potential, has views and it’s in a prime location.” Toni adds: “It’s a real privilege connecting the dots. We have fun and work hard doing that and we think we do it well. “Local knowledge isn’t just about houses, it’s about people, families and connecting them to create a new future for both.” Watch this space.
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Community houSe manaGer The Community House is seeking a new House Manager to start at the end of January 2017. Email devonportcomhouse@xtra.co.nz for a copy of the position description. Applications close Mon12th December. 32 ClarenCe St, Devonport Ph: 445 3068 | Fax: 445 6888 e: devonportcomhouse@xtra.co.nz
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A Housing New Zealand property at Narrow Neck has been demolished. The house at 14 Achilles Crescent had been unoccupied for several years, all the while Auckland was experiencing a housing shortage. The property was understood to be structurally unsound. Housing New Zealand has not said what will happen to the vacant site.
Devonport RSA is proud to serve our community and each year the Devonport RSA Memorial Trust makes charitable donations to local schools, youth groups and community organisations. These donations come from the RSA’s funds, and are in no way connected with the money raised on Poppy Day, which is administered in a separate Trust exclusively for the welfare of returned and service people and their dependants. In 2016, Devonport RSA made the following donations: Leander Sea Cadets * Calliope Sea Scouts Association * 1st Devonport Scout Group * Girl Guiding New Zealand * Girls Brigade * Awataha Young Mariners * Youth Division of St John * Auckland District RSA Youth Council * Takapuna Grammar School * Belmont Intermediate School * Belmont Primary School * Bayswater Primary School * Vauxhall Primary School * St Leo’s Primary School * Devonport Primary School * Stanley Bay Primary School * Wilson School * St John Ambulance * Starship Foundation * Salvation Army * Ranfurly Village Hospital Ltd * The Wilson Home Trust * North Shore Hospice * Devonport Community House.
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December 9, 2016
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Duo Tapas with the Devonport Chamber Orchestra The most recent concert of the Devonport Chamber Orchestra at Holy Trinity Church, on Sunday 13th November, featured Duo Tapas. This Wellington-based duo of Rupa Maitra (violin) and Owen Moriarty (guitar) has performed before in Devonport, both in solo recital and with the Devonport Chamber Orchestra. What a winning team, ably supported by the orchestra led by Helen Crook and conducted by Warwick Robinson. The programme provided opportunities for each soloist to present a work – Maitra in Bach’s A minor Violin Concerto and Moriarty in Guitar Concerto in A major by Giuliani. The Bach was played with great sensitivity of phrasing and beauty of tone and tempo. The orchestra provided solid support throughout. The opening movement, with its sunny and joyous optimism, was followed by a very serene interpretation of the slow movement, before the lively and vigorous final movement. The Giuliani was less familiar, one of three written by this composer in the early 19th century during a period of great development
in guitar repertoire. The three movements were based on dances of the time. Moriarty was more than equal to the challenges of the virtuosic writing, producing technical brilliance as well as stylish rubato and bell-like tone. The most challenging of the programme’s three works was the Concerto for Violin and Guitar by Alan Thomas. Composed in 2009, originally for flute and guitar, the work is equally effective for violin and guitar. The performers who originally commissioned it were from Bosnia and Spain, and the work draws on the folk melodies and rhythms of those two countries. Although obviously technically very testing with its rapid variations in tempo and rhythm, it was instantly accessible to the audience, and the soloists and orchestra were equal to its challenges, as the audience’s enthusiastic response demonstrated. This was the Devonport Chamber Orchestra’s final concert for 2016. Regular and loyal audience members will be looking forward keenly to what feasts may be in store in 2017. By Rogan Falla
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Local achievers win AIMES awards Devonport’s Olympic bronze medalist, pole-vaulter Eliza McCartney, won this year’s top North Harbour Club award. McCartney won the Supreme AIMES award of $30,000, plus the AIMES Sport Award of $5,000. Ella Yelich-O’Connor, who was in the same year as McCartney at Takapuna Grammar School (TGS), won the Supreme Award two years ago. Former TGS student and musical theatre student at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, Andrew Coshan (23) won the Emerging Talent award of $5,000. Devonport sailing sisters Kate (18) and Greta (16) Stewart won an $8,000 Emerging Talent award for their yachting achievements. They are currently living in Bermuda and are sailing for New Zealand. • At the Harbour Sport Excellence Awards, McCarney also took out the Junior Sportswoman of the Year Award.
The Navy CommuNiTy NewsleTTer
The royal New Zealand Navy would like to thank Devonport residents for your support during our recent international Naval review (iNr). This was a fantastic occasion, as we celebrated our 75th anniversary as the Royal New Zealand Navy with our friends, neighbours and partners. We were also proud to help those in need following the Kaikoura earthquake. Hundreds of tonnes of vital supplies were delivered to the seaside community and nearly 1000 people rescued as part of the New Zealand Defence Force response. The naval response included the amphibious sealift vessel HMNZS CANTERBURY, offshore patrol vessel HMNZS WELLINGTON, frigate HMNZS TE KAHA and replenishment tanker HMNZS ENDEAVOUR and all
their crew. Visiting ships, in New Zealand for our 75th, also quickly set sail for Kaikoura to help with the emergency response. The INR got underway with a fleet entry on 16 November, when six New Zealand warships, one New Zealand tall ship and 11 international ships entered Auckland Harbour from all over the world. At the ships’ Open Day on 20 November, 35,000 people took the opportunity to visit 10 ships that opened their decks to the public. Many Devonport residents were among those who took the opportunity to visit the ships.
Congratulations? Thanks? Problems? Complaints? DevoNPorT Naval Base Tel 445 5999
The formal Naval Review was on 19 November, when 16 ships and Ship’s Companies from 11 countries, plus Devonport Naval Base, lined up for review by the Governor General. On 22 November, HMNZS TE KAHA, as task force leader for the naval response to the Kaikoura earthquake, led USS SAMPSON, HMCS VANCOUVER, HMNZS ENDEAVOUR and HMAS DARWIN into Auckland. Once again, thank you to our local community in Devonport for supporting our Navy’s 75th and welcoming the visiting ships.
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with Devonport Community Constable Jasmine Bundle Hello readers, After a spate of trailer thefts in the area, I would like to warn all residents to ensure their trailers are secured. Trailers are being reported stolen Auckland-wide and since 16 October there have been nine trailers and a caravan stolen from the peninsula. Investigations are continuing. It is wise to install a good quality coupling lock and wheel clamp to keep your trailer secure. Keep trailers out of sight where possible and call 111 if you see any suspicious behaviour in your street. Thefts from vehicles have continued in the Hauraki area with four vehicles targeted overnight on November 24 and 29. Personal belongings, bags and ICT equipment have been taken. For some light-hearted entertainment and a reminder not to leave valuables in your vehicle, view this short YouTube clip: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=-OHvIfDFYNE. It really does give the message that if you leave your personal belongings in sight, you are just inviting them in. The Allen Hill Stadium – home to North Shore United Football Club – was subjected to a burglary, damage and graffiti sometime during the weekend of November 19. Doors were
jemmied open, furniture moved and bike racks damaged. Neon orange spray paint was used to graffiti inside the garage, and on advertising boards, a ride-on mower, goalposts, buildings and roofs. This damage is disappointing to club members and visitors to the club, so please help us by reporting any persons seen tagging or doing graffiti in our area – call 111. As this is the final Flagstaff issue of the year, I would like to remind everyone to keep their property safe from burglars over the holiday season. • Always lock up when you leave the house – even for a short period. • Lock the front door if you’re in the back garden, having a rest or doing something that needs a lot of concentration. • Lock away tools and ladders, as burglars could use them to break in. • Lock garden sheds and your garage. • Keep bicycles and other valuable items locked inside your garage. • Install sensor lights and ensure they are working. • Keep trees and shrubs trimmed so they don’t provide hiding places for burglars. • Keep windows secure. • Keep valuable possessions out of obvious view. • Guard your keys. Don’t have personal details on your keys. • Don’t invite burglars in – never leave notes on a door stating that you are out. • Know your neighbour – ask them to keep watch while you’re away and clear your mailbox. • Put a lamp on a timer. • Keep curtains open and blinds up. • Use a house-sitter. • Don’t let people into the house that you don’t know. The thieves normally come in pairs and one will keep you occupied at the front door whilst the other, who has used the excuse to use the toilet, will be rummaging in the bedroom. Happy holidays everyone, and keep safe.
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26 November - 13 December
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Combined Churches of Devonport present
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Thursday 15th December at Holy Trinity Church Carols start at 7.00pm (Bouncy Castle and Face Painting from 6.00pm. Bring a Picnic.) Sausage Sizzle
Christmas Services 2016 HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 20 Church Street Ph 445 0378 Blue Christmas Communion Service 21st December 6.00pm Christmas Eve 5.00pm 1st Christingle Children’s Service 7.00pm 2nd Christingle Service 11.00pm Community Carols 11.30pm Midnight Eucharist Christmas Day 8.00am Traditional Eucharist 9.30 am Contemporary Communion
DEVONPORT METHODIST CHURCH Cnr Lake and Owens Road Ph 445 0042 Christmas Eve 8.00pm A celebration of Christmas with music Christmas Day 9.30am All-age celebration service New Year’s Day 9.30am All-age celebration service ST FRANCIS de SALES & ALL SOULS CATHOLIC CHURCH 2A Albert Road Ph 445 0078 Christmas Eve 5.30pm Vigil Mass 11.30pm Carols service Midnight Mass Christmas Day 9.00am Mass
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Christmas is now just around the corner Anyone starting to feel the pressure yet? We do it all wrong in New Zealand; save our precious holidays for the summertime, and don’t have a decent break mid-year, usually due to it being winter. By the time summer and Christmas (which should be relaxed and fun) arrives, we are completely exhausted. My first piece of advice is to take a week off in July, even just to mooch around at home with your trackies on, reading a book. But for those of us who haven’t done that, we need to try and hold it together for another few weeks without losing it! Some basic tips such as plan and don’t leave everything to the last minute can be really helpful. It is also a great month to go alcoholfree on weekdays. Tell those friends and work colleagues you are driving. Stimulants will only add to the stress on your adrenal glands, and make you feel worse. Good Health B-Stress Free is a combination of B vitamins and herbs that will help your body respond to the stress you have around you, and help support you from having those crash moments. Teamed up with some Tart Cherry Plus for a restful, deep sleep and you can’t go wrong. Late-night Christmas parties can cause
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Out and About with your local North Shore MP Member of Parliament – North Shore Minister for Conservation, Arts Culture and Heritage and Seniors
Music, art, and conservation make the world go round
It’s great to see that Depot Artspace will be hosting the internationally celebrated travelling exhibition Rembrandt Remastered from December 18th to February 19th. This is 50 digital reproductions of paintings by the Dutch master based on photographs, each life-sized reproduction “remastered” to reflect what the painting looked like when it was completed 400 years ago. As Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, I see the local support for these life-enriching events as evidence of a thriving arts and culture sector. The Peninsula has nurtured many musicians including Lorde, along with budding garage bands, honing their skills. I was pleased to welcome a music industry economic report showing the sector’s $245 million contribution to the economy. Music makes a rich contribution culturally, economically, and socially, and our Government contributes $1.85 million to the New Zealand Music Commission
while NZ On Air contributes about $4 million a year towards a range of music products. It’s been a busy few months with my Ministerial responsibilities and I’m looking forward to spending more time in the ‘hood’ over the summer. I’ve just returned from an international convention on biodiversity in Mexico where I released a new action plan setting out 20 specific targets for protection of our unique native flora and fauna. New Zealand’s Biodiversity Action Plan 2016-2020 details how we intend to turn the tide of species and habitat loss and counter the predator threats to our vulnerable native species. Our targets and strategy includes Predator Free 2050 committing us to ridding New Zealand of rats, stoats, and possums. Halting biodiversity decline is a massive challenge internationally and on the home front we need to join forces with others because it’s the only way we can achieve our ambitious goals. With collaboration between DOC, other Government and local body agencies, iwi, communities, private landowners, philanthropists, and business we can achieve the goal. I’ve recently announced a stellar board to lead the new crown-owned organisation that’ll make decisions about the landscape pest controls needed to secure a long-term, toxinfree future. As the MP for North Shore I’m very encouraged to see the enthusiasm of our local groups to be predator free. In the New Year, Doc’s threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki, will be helping pull together a coordinated strategy for us with
funding and self-resetting traps so that we can achieve the dream of a predator-free Devonport Peninsula. See www.doc.govt.nz for the Action Plan. Having presented papers at the Edinburgh Cultural Festival, Our Oceans Conference in Washington, Antarctica for Sir Ed’s heritage hut restoration, and biodiversity in Mexico over the past four months, I’m planning a relaxing staycation this summer. I intend to spend as much time as I can with extended family and catching up with friends at home in Stanley Point, getting the garden into shape, polishing up the paddleboard skills, and fingers are crossed for BBQ dinners courtesy of the son and heir. I laid the groundwork with last year’s Christmas present when I unashamedly included a voucher for a BBQ-cooking and salad making course for both Joe and partner Grant so I have high hopes of me being the kitchenhand this summer. We’re also planning on putting our new electric bikes through their paces and zipping up and down a much less congested Lake Road to sample all that’s on offer at the best beaches in the country. My Takapuna office will be closed over the statutory break but we’ll be back early in 2017 refreshed and ready to greet the year with gusto, so please don’t hesitate to contact me if I can help. I hope you, your family, and friends have an enjoyable festive season and a relaxing and safe summer holiday. Warm Regards,
Hon Maggie Barry ONZM
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Devonport has always been renowned for its close-knit and active community and this comes to the fore as we enter the season to be jolly with an impressive lineup of festive events – the Lions’ Santa Parade, Dance in the Park, and the Christmas window display competition. We are looking forward to going to Takapuna Beach on Christmas day for the annual performance from Bruce Mason’s play The End of the Golden Weather. This community spirit was also evident at the Devonport Library Associates event hosting author C K Stead. I understand more than 100 people turned out to hear this witty, erudite Aucklander.
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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS
December 9, 2016
Grammar 9 DECEMBER 2016
Takapuna Grammar School would like to acknowledge and thank the following supporters for 2016 Accent on Wine Ackroyd and Adams Air New Zealand Engineering Department Al Brown Angela Te Wiata ATEED - Hilary Rowbotham and Paul Edwards Armstrong Murray Asahi Astral Bridal, Takapuna Auckland North Community and Development - Stephen McLuckie Auckland Live AUT Business School Sarah Trotman and Annie Gandar AUT Maori Liaison Services AUT University - Mark Orams Baked@Devonport Bank of New Zealand David Johnston, David McKeown and Megan McCallum Barry’s Point Flowers Bauer Media Group Bayleys Commercial Bayleys Real Estate, Takapuna Bayswater Cattery Bayview Plumbing and Roofing BDO Takapuna Belmont Intermediate School Nick Hill, Principal Benefitz - Aidan Bennett and Robert Johnson Berkeley Cinemas, Takapuna Bettes BGE Landscaping
Bian Sushi Bike the Bridge Bird on a Wire Brand Partners - Graham Rush Brolly Sheets Bruce Mason Centre - Terence Harpur and Craig Dustin Burger Burger C2C Partners - Peter Lee Carlton Party Hire Caroline Sills Ltd Cathay Pacific - Graham Lindsay Chalk Design Channel Magazine - Heather Vermeer Chantelle Gerrard Charlie Horse of Course Chateaubriant Chris Hails Chris Newey Clare Cheesman Cognito Software - Moneyworks Commission for Financial Capability - Angela Clemens Coop, Trelise Cooper Corelli’s Cafe Cosi Fan Tutte Countdown, Hauraki Corner Countdown, Takapuna Creative Box Creativonz Crushes Cypress Sawmills David and Mary McAllister David Eaton Shotokan Karate Deejays Ltd
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Gill and Gundry Glengarry, Devonport Global Action Plan Oceania Adam Benli Go Conference and Incentive Go Travel, Devonport Goethe-Institut GPK, Takapuna Greer Clayton H.C. Hulme Memorial Fund Hammer Hardware Hawkins Watts - Sandra Murray Heart for Youth Trust Ross McCook Hi Well Healthcare Home and Family Counselling Honest Skin Care Hospice Devonport Hospice North Shore HP - David Farqhuar Huckleberry, Belmont ISSAC + LULU Its Neat Jason Wall Plumbing Jean and Charles Parley Jerry Clayton BMW Just Hockey Just Work Out Kathryn Wilson Kaye Goodwin Kelly Manning Designs Kensington Investment Trust Kingdom Painting Kirsten Coles Kiwi Fruity Designs Kiwivelo
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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS
Krissy Garnham Lafarre Lara Pearce Laura Foote Lejose Fashion House Level One - Kate Dobbin Linda McKay Little and Friday - Kim Evans Lola’s Café, Belmont Lonestar, Hauraki Corner Love Wine Lumojo Honey Lush Kiwi T/A Magic Equities Malone Family Manuka Maria Teape Mark Harvey (NZ Rugby) Market Share International Ltd Nick Hindson and Rob Jones Marbles Massey University Jeff and Loren Stangl McMinn Plumbing Michael Overend Photography Michael Swarbrick - Harcourts Cooper and Co Michael Vallant Mike White Mimosa Montys Promotions Dean Allnut Mother Fudge Mr Rental, Wairau Park Mulcahy Engineering My Food Bag Natalija Snjegota National Art Supplies
Naturally Kids No. 9 Productions Nord - Victoria Holtelius North Harbour Concrete Alan Michie North Milk North Harbour Budgeting Services - Claudette Wilson and David Verry North Shore International North Shore Rugby Club Nutritious Foods Ltd NZTE - David Downs Office Max School Supplies Office Products Officers Mess Café Oscar and Co, Takapuna Otakiri 932 Water Oyster Bay Wines Pacific Gourmet Pak n Save, Albany Paper Plus, Glenfield Paradox Books Passage Rock Wines Paul Ego Paul Fletcher Pauline Colmar Pedman Spicer Photolife Pita Pit - Chris Henderson Poppy and Olive Prendos New Zealand Limited Primal Surf Pronto Automotives Ralph and Penny Roberts Ran for Cover Rembrandt RM Ltd - Matt Yallop
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Rock Star Cars Royal New Zealand Navy Ruby Russell Harray Samala Robinson Academy Sam Bluett Builders Servilles Academy Shampoo ‘n’ Things, Takapuna Shanly Designs Shanly Simpson Shoe Science, Takapuna Simply Fresh Simpson Western Lawyers Sir Stephen Tindall Skin Sense Softlink, New Zealand Spark - Lynne Le Gros and Simon Neal Stanley Bay Primary School Stirling Sports Sue Tierney Mortgages Sunglass Bar Takapuna Beach Business Association - Terry Holt and Andria Hibe Takapuna Grammar School PTA Takapuna Life Pharmacy Takapuna Oaks Hotel Tasman Machinery Tess McGregor The Art Room The Body Shop, Shore City The Book Store, Takapuna The Coffee Club, Takapuna The Esplanade Hotel The Natural Health Company, Devonport
The Remarkable Chocolate Co Tracey Melville-Smith The Rugby Site The Starship Foundation The Uniform Group The University of Auckland Savy The Victoria Theatre, Devonport The Village Butcher The Warehouse Group Store Support Office - Mark Ashton, Aishvarya Saraf, Shari French and Tim Mangold The Warehouse Ltd Simon Turner and Craig Jordan The Warehouse North Island Distribution Centre - Lyle Cardy Toastmasters - Rob Wrightman and John O’Leary Trelise Cooper Two Black Dogs Uniform Group United Cleaning Vanity Walk Vauxhall Rose Ventouro Vinsight - Simon Lampden Waitemata Golf Club Wallace Cotton Warehouse Stationery Amy Willis and Peter Darbyshire Warehouse Stationery Wairau Park Store White Associates Wild Wheat Specialty Breads, Belmont Working Style Xero - Regan Ashworth Yarntons You Travel, Takapuna
We look forward to working with you in 2017 and beyond.
Have a safe and happy Christmas and holiday season.
The Devonport Flagstaff Page 42 ACCOMMODATION Cheltenham: 2 dbl br. Private beach access, daily or weekly rent. Fully furnished. Ph 445 3008. Cheltenham Beach Studio. Stunning studio with new fit-out only metres from the beach. Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Self-contained with separate access and private garden. Wi-Fi included. Phone Mike 021 747 526. Christmas Visitors need Accommodation? Gorgeous large central Devonport villa available for rent 01 Dec - 6 Jan. 5 B’room, quality furnished, swimming pool, easy flat walk to shops and ferry. Contact 029 292 2202. Classy 3 bedroom, 2 full bath, fully furnished Devonport house on Achilles Reserve near Narrow Neck. More information go to www.devonporttuihouse.weebly.com or www.sabbaticalhomes.com. Ph: 445 7895. Holiday Accommodation, Bayswater. Norwood studio. Private, well presented. $95 per night. Ph 446 1203. flexmans@gmail.com Holiday Accommodation Cheltenham, absolute beachfront. One double and two singles, shady setting, everything supplied. Ph 445 3008. House Wanted: Group of working professionals, all in their 20s, looking for a 4+ bedroom house locally. We are reliable, pay rent on time and have been living together for over a year now. Preferably looking for somewhere for at least 1 year+. Contact Emelia on 021 0231 1681. References available. Relatives visiting? Spacious garden studio with en-suite and kitchenette; minutes to Narrow Neck beach. Reasonable rates. Ph Pauline 445 6471.
ACCOMMODATION Reliable, responsible Canadian couple, a professor and wife retired civil servant are seeking to house-sit anytime in Jan, Feb or March. We will lovingly take care of garden, pool, pets and may even consider gentle supervision of teenagers. Devonport references available on request. Please contact pcribb@yorku.ca Stunning Cheltenham Beach Cottage, metres from the beach. Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Beautifully refurbished, one bedroom, self-contained cottage with a private garden. Phone Rebekah 027 694 3933 or email devonportbeks@gmail.com REST HOMES Ascot House Retirement Home, quality care with dignity in a friendly, family atmosphere. Phone Shona, 445 2518. Komatua Care Centre – We care for older people who have memory loss and behavioural difficulties. Professional care is given in a nurturing environment. For all enquiries phone 445 1707. Palm Grove Rest Home: A Non-Institutional style home providing compassionate, holistic care. Soul food and good people. Call Julia Nessim: 445-0009. SERVICES OFFERED At Your Request Home Cleaning. Our local team is ready to deliver 5-Star services in your home for weekly cleaning, spring, moving or open-home cleaning. Call Yvonne for a free quote 415 0028. Builder available Smalljob specialist, repairs and maintenance. Skilled, reliable and local. Please phone Clive Melling. Hm 445 2485, Mob 027 29 222 84. Cleaning Maid Easy Use own cleaning products and gear. Reliable/trustworthy/mature lady. References available Please contact Sharon - 021 405 596.
Classifieds SERVICES OFFERED Curtains & Roman Blinds Free measure, quote and design advice. 20 years’ experience. Phone Sara 027 625 5844. Devonport upholstery. Recover specialist. Antiques and contemporary styles. Recycling furniture for 36 years. John Hancox. Phone: 446 0372. Devonport Window Repairs. Sash and casement windows, wooden doors. Rotten sills and window components repaired or replaced. General carpentry. For your local window specialist. Phone Hubert Strang 446 6174 or 021 274 4191. Diggadrain. Drain unblockers and drainage experts. CCTV drain locating. Repairs. New drains. 0800 your drain. Dog grooming available. Full groom, bath and blow dry, puppy introduction to grooming. Devonport-based. Call Barbara 021 141 0331. Gardener Available Qualified and experienced landscape designer. Enjoys getting his hands dirty. Good plant knowledge. Hard-working, reliable and creative with plantings. Contact Paddy 022 502 2122 or 446 6188 paddyvogt@gmail.com Gardening. Do you need regular help? No time for a tidy-up? Let me help. Experienced gardener. Ph Carolyn on 446 6517 or 027 292 8167 for a free on-site consultation. Gardening hedges, shrubs, lawns and weeding. Experienced. One off/ongoing lawns, reliable + attentive. Honest. No job too small, Customers pleased with work. Bruce 0275 393 719. Handyman. Mature professional in Devonport, Bayswater area. Repairs, painting, those jobs you just don’t have time to do. Free quote. References. Ph. Brian 021 150 8898. Housekeeper. Home cleaning, including windows. Experienced. References. Ph 442 2273, 027 492 6220.
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SERVICES OFFERED Housewashing, prof. service, 10 years-plus experience, reliable and prompt. Free quotes, also decks, driveways, paths, fences, roof moss treatments etc. Phone Rod 021 390 800. Inside house cleaner Devonport, Belmont, Takapuna and Milford area. Phone Chris at Lifestyle Plus on 09 488-7279 or 027-245-6264. Or you can email chris@lifestyleplusltd.nz Interior Organising. I help busy people simplify and organise their home & work spaces, by creating environments for easy flow and function. Services include: move coordination and set-up, decluttering and hands-on coaching, closet design and home offices ~ organise installation. Phone Felicity: 022 0719 479. www.spacebliss.com Landscaping – Format Landscapes, 18 years’ experience, Dip. Landscape Design. Design and build. We undertake all aspects of hard and soft landscaping including decks, paving, fences, retaining walls, planting etc. Small to large projects. Free quote www.formatlandscapes.co.nz. Call Matt 021 599 107. Locksmith, Devonport’s own Scott Richardson. Mob 021 976 607. Master painter Qualified and experienced. Water-blasting and licensed waterproofing. Quality craftsmanship guaranteed, interior/exterior work. Phone Chris 027 385 0406. FREE QUOTES. Painting, decorating, restoration, reasonable rates ph Bernard 021 0255 5456. Professional Make-up Artist - School Balls, Weddings, Fashion & Special Occassions. Phone Stephanie Jane 021 116 8842 or email SJASharp@gmail.com
SERVICES OFFERED Property maintenance and security these holidays.Get peace of mind when you’re away knowing that your property is being inspected twice a week by a mature and experienced local handyman. Fee just $30 per week. Brian 021 150 8898 or northhead@gmail.com. Tagbuster, graffiti looked after Devonport to Hauraki Corner. Call the Tagbuster 0800antitag, 0800 2684 824. SITUATION VACANT Wanted: local part-time vet clinic receptionist, 12-16 hours/week. Multi-tasking phone, computer and sales required. Applications to shorevets@xtra.co.nz TUITION Art Classes, Devonport artist available for tuition in drawing, pastels and other media, screen-printing, painting. Classes held in artist’s studio by the sea. Children’s classes Wednesday after school. Contact Erica MFA, DipTchg PGDipAC 021 127 9671 or ericasoman@gmail.com Art Classes @ D’Port Community house: Wednesday night, life drawing; Friday morning, mastering art. Ph Lucy Bucknall – 446 0389. Art Travel Sketching for beginners. Learn to find your creative side in a fun learning environment over 10 weeks. Kerr St Artspace Tuesdays or Saturdays. Ph Tony McNeight 021 925 031. Learn piano/keyboard. Lessons from $19.00. Private, Professional, Affordable, Enjoyment for all ages. Competitions, Practical, Theory Exams. NZ Modern School of Music 0800-696-874.
TUITION Learning Support Specialist NZ qualified primary teacher and registered teacher of dyslexia. Offering tailored tuition during or after school. Ph 027 391 3716 or visit www.squigglesdyslexia.co.nzT Mathematics Tuition Available for years 9 to 13 by a retired maths teacher. Phone Graeme 445 8575. Mathematics Tuition, Sensitive tutoring offered at all levels of the secondary school curriculum. NCEA, IB and Cambridge welcomed. 100% pass rate in 2015. NCEA 3 calculus specialist. Ph Peter Ridge BE, Dip Tchg (sec) 445 2283. Piano Lessons. Piano & music theory tuition from classically trained pianist. Devonport-based and can travel to your home. Ph 021 079 0005 or email windarc.darius@gmail.com Primary Tutor Maths, English, Health & Wellbeing and Drama for 5-11 year olds. School prep also available. Visit www.gschuwertutoring. com for further details. 027 410 6871 gschuwertutoring@ gmail.com Singing lessons in Devonport. Contract Dr Sue Braatvedt 473 9113 or 027 340 2884. All ages. SLSS Swim School, 11 Evan Street, Belmont (off Eversleigh Road). Specialists in preschoolers. Phone 486 6728 for more info.
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“Spur to nowhere” canned by local board Devonport-Takapuna Local Board 15 November 2016
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Council plans for a cycle route that included a 160-metre-long timber coastal boardwalk which have been in the works for three years – without the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board’s knowledge – and were canned as soon as they saw the light of day. The board threw out the plans for the Boardwalk empire... plans to redirect the Green Route around the peninsula’s Green Route detour at last month’s shoreline from near the end of Aramoana Ave have been abandoned board meeting. Board member Mike Cohen the 2.75m high boardwalk. told the Flagstaff he had not been aware of was lodged. Keyworth said: “The best route along the “It’s a spur to nowhere. Why waste money plans for the detour until the agenda item Attachments coast would be across our property. It’s a on it?,” he said. Especially when higher clear Green Route travesty no one consulted us three years ago.” priorities, such as a bridge connecting Francis He and Brass had allowed people to cross the St with Esmonde Rd, were still awaiting back of their property along an informal path they had created. funding, Cohen said. They said they would have been happy to The “spur to nowhere” moved the Green Route from the northern end of Wesley St negotiate an easement for a land-based path. The proposed boardwalk would close off and the pedestrian walkway connecting it to Kawerau Ave, redirecting it west along their own access to the bay as well as that of The North Shore premier cricket side outclassed Hibiscus Coast in its first T20 Aramoana Ave, then back around the their neighbours, they said. match of the season, held last week at The couple welcomed the board’s decision. Ngataringa Bay shore. This detour would Vauxhall Reserve. “It’s democracy working,” Keyworth said. add considerable distance to the ride. North Shore, the defending champions, The Flagstaff asked Auckland Council how During the board meeting’s public forum, demolished Hibiscus Coast – rolling them Aramoana Ave residents Sonya Brass and much the aborted plan cost. But council was first for 84. Then North Shore’s openers, husband Robert Keyworth opposed plans for not able to come up with a figure by press time. Graeme Beghin (39 not out) and James Page 132
North Shore wins first T20 match
O’Brien (49 not out), scored the required runs in just 7.3 overs (45 balls) to win by 10 wickets. Year 8 North Shore junior players joined the premiers in their warm-ups and ran drinks out to the team during the match.
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Our Normal Opening Hours Monday – Sunday
7.00am – 10.00pm
Christmas Week 2016 Wednesday 21st December
7.00am – 10.00pm
Thursday 22nd December
7.00am – 10.00pm
Friday 23rd December
7.00am – 10.00pm
Saturday 24th December
7.00am – 10.00pm
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December Boxing Day Monday 26th December Tuesday 27th December
8.00am – 8.00pm 7.00am – 10.00pm
New Year’s Day Sunday 1st January Monday 2nd January
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8.00am – 8.00pm 7.00am – 10.00pm
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NEW WORLD DEVONPORT Bartley Terrace. Phone 445 1217 Open 7.00am - 10.00pm. 7 DAYS A WEEK
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Thank you to all our customers for your patience and understanding during the major refurbishment of Devonport New World over the last few months. We have upgraded our fresh food departments – the bakery, deli, seafood and meat sections. A new addition to the store is the meat serve over, which offers customers a range of gourmet meat cuts. It’s something we are all very excited about.
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John Ashton | Devonport New World Owner-Operator
Christmas is a time to say thank you Another year has passed and with all the sadness and uncertainty in the world, it is timely to reflect that we live in New Zealand – and in Devonport Village, a safe and beautiful place. From all the staff at Devonport New World, it is our pleasure to provide the best in fresh food to you, each and every day. We would like to wish our customers who are travelling during the holiday period a very happy and safe journey and look forward to seeing you all in 2017.
On behalf of all our staff, we wish to thank our very loyal customers who continue to support our business every week.
NEW WORLD DEVONPORT Bartley Terrace. Phone 445 1217. Open 7.00am - 10.00pm. 7 DAYS A WEEK
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Complaint about Devon on the Wharf gets “lost”
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Public-access blocked… local board member Mike Cohen stands his ground A formal complaint about the closed-off public walkway on Devonport Wharf seems to be falling on deaf ears at Auckland Transport. Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Mike Cohen says he complained to the council-controlled organisation months ago that residents can no longer walk under the wharf building’s canopy, which was designed as a public walkway to and from the ferry. Instead, Devon on the Wharf uses the area as part of its premises. They walled the area off, filled it with cane furniture and then sealed it off with plastic, says Cohen. “Now it’s impossible to walk through there,” he says. Cohen says he made his first complaint
in August, after the café opened. He did not receive a response and has now complained again, he says. “If any of our other local cafes did something like this, they would get a ticket straight away. In fact, they have just been punished simply for having their signs on a public walkway,” he says. Cohen is concerned a business supported by council appears to be given special treatment. “When I called to follow up on my complaint, they couldn’t find it and said it must have been lost,” he says. The Flagstaff has reported that Devon on the Wharf allegedly received a three-year rent holiday from council.
Coronation oak retains crown at Windsor Reserve
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Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree… the threat to the oak tree at Windsor Reserve triggered local opposition
The Windsor Reserve oak tree – threatened with the chop to make room for a bigger playground – has been saved. After public consultation on the new playground design “revealed a 50-50 split over the idea of removing or keeping the tree, the decision was made to retain it,” says John Schernbrucker, Head of Project Delivery at Auckland Council. At least one anonymous local felt strongly enough about the tree that yellow ribbons were tied around its trunk with a message to save the historic tree. The oak was planted 63 years ago by Devonport Mayor C.F. Woodall and his wife to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953. The initial concept design for the playground’s major revamp will now have to be significantly adjusted, Schernbrucker says.
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Stanley Bay trampolinists leap to victory
On a high‌ the multiple medalists at Stanley Bay school Stanley Bay School’s trampolinists are celebrating some high-flying successes in the North Harbour Schools Trampoline Competition. Students came away with four gold medals, three silvers and one bronze medal.The school also won both the junior (Year 0-4) and senior (Year 5-6) division primary school trophies.
Twenty Stanley Bay School students competed in the event. It was the first trampoline competition for many of them, says teacher Maria Adam. Gold medallists: Maggie Squire, Level 5; Esther Carr, Level 4; Nia McDonald, Level 3. Isla McLean, Level 3; Silver medallists: Millie
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Wright, Level 4; Rose Judson, Level 3; Ayla Yidiz, Level 2. Bronze medallist : Corin Jones, Level 3. The winning junior team: Millie Wright, Isla McLean and Rose Judson. The winning senior team: Maggie Squire, Esther Carr and Frankie Wright.
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To all our valued clients and customers we wish you and your families a wonderful Christmas festive season, and all the best for the coming New Year.
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