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Council knees-up costs $19,000
A invitation-only council shindig to celebrate the end of major works in Devonport, cost ratepayers close to $19,000. When added to the cost of a Family Fun Day held two days later, council spent more than $25,000 on celebrating the completion of works at Devonport Wharf and Marine Square.
The renovated first-third of Devonport Wharf was blacked out on the evening of 24 July and patrolled by security guards, as bemused locals were denied passageway from the ferry to the car park. One resident who contacted the Flagstaff asked if the event was a good use of ratepayers’ money by a council crying poor and
relentlessly putting up rates. An Auckland Council spokesperson said the event cost $18,903.60. “Around 80 of the 110 people who RSVP’d to the event attended, which was largely in part due to bad weather on the night,” the spokesman said. To page 6
Elizabeth back to school after beating cancer
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Free bus ride with ferry ticket advocated by local board Free bus tickets to and from Devonport ferries as part of the overall ferry ticket price have been suggested by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board. In its recent feedback on the Public Transport Review for the North Shore, the board says ferry fares that include bus travel would get more commuters off the road.
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In order to encourage more people out of their cars and onto public transport, the board argued that “offering a bus fare integrated with the ferry fare at the same price as the ferry fare alone…would encourage many more residents on the peninsula to consider using the ferries to and from the central city, rather than using their cars.”
Competition to Fullers raised by councillor Fullers’ sole berthing rights at Devonport need to be challenged, in order to open up ferry routes to competition, says North Shore Ward councillor Chris Darby. While the Kea is back in service, Darby has been appalled by the continuing delays, cancellations and rerouting of ferry services. “One good thing that’s happened in the last couple of months is the unbundling of the main piers downtown, which as of two months ago are no longer under the exclusive control of Fullers,” said Darby. “ This allows more operators to provide services into downtown. “The task at hand now is to challenge the exclusive berthing rights at Devonport to enable competing services,” he said.
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Back to school a milestone in Elizabeth’s recovery Elizabeth Moataane is back at school after knee surgery and eight months of chemotherapy. The 15-year-old was diagnosed with bone and lung cancer last October after complaining of a sore knee. She has been in and out of Auckland’s Starship children’s hospital ever since. Many in the Devonport community had rallied around her and her family with support and fundraising events. Last month, Elizabeth eased back into her old life at Carmel College. The Flagstaff caught up with her on Friday, just before she took the school bus with her sister Mary and friend Lolorea Ratu. Lolorea (15) had stopped by at the Moataanes earlier in the morning so she could take the bus with Elizabeth. The two have been friends since their first year at St Leo’s Catholic School. Elizabeth is glad to be back at school. “It’s good to do things because when I was home I mostly watched TV,” she says. She still has to return to hospital for monthly CT check-ups of her lungs. The tumour in her knee is gone, but has left her with a slight limp. Elizabeth’s once-long brown hair is slowly growing back. “Kids at school On the way to catch the school bus… Elizabeth Moataane accompanied by stare at me a bit because I wear a beanie. her friend Lolorea Ratu (centre) and her sister Mary Moataane (right) It’s not part of our uniform but I’m just Elizabeth is from a large and supportive how he grew up without a dad and how his mum too cold without it,” she says. family. Her six siblings and dad Tima shaved was in jail,” she says. Elizabeth says she has come out of it stronger. their hair while she was undergoing chemo“I used to not listen so much to my parents “My personality has changed. I am more mature therapy. Elizabeth says every little bit of support (Tima and Tangi) but now I do. I want to make and more confident now. I want to be a cop. I helped her. them proud before it is too late,” she says. want to change the world into a better place and “While I was in hospital having chemo, I “I also want to thank the Devonport commuI hope I can do it with my knee and all.” often felt homesick. I was missing my little nity on behalf of my family for all the support brothers and sisters. I feel a lot closer to my family now. They have supported me so much with what I was going through. “I didn’t like the hospital food and so after chemo my dad would bring me chicken and rice to hospital, which I could eat,” she says. Listening to what she calls “meaningful rap” by Tupac Shakur also helped Elizabeth to cope. “Tupac talks a lot about the struggles in his life,
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TUGGS of musical war at Battle of Bands
Jamming before the Battle of the Bands final… Gavin Woodward on guitar, Brooke Norton on vocals, Elijah Whyte on drums and James Clarkson on bass. TUGGS made the Battle of the Bands national final – just six months after one of its first performances at Devonstock on Windsor Reserve. The local band played through heats, semi-finals and regional finals to make it into the final stage of New Zealand’s pre-eminent rock band competition. Last Saturday, TUGGS – Gavin Woodward on guitar, Elijah Whyte on drums, James Clarkson on bass and Brooke Norton on vocals – fought it out musically as one of forty bands competing at the Kings Arms Tavern for the top spot. Whyte was named best drummer on the night. The band has already released its debut EP,
Pressure, and is already working on recording a second EP at Depot Sound. It will be released by the end of the year. “We have pretty much been writing new songs like crazy. Last month alone we wrote four,” says Woodward. TUGGS has also been playing gigs at venues all around Auckland, including the Kings Arms, the Ding Dong Lounge and the Wine Cellar. The four band members have a wide range of musical backgrounds, from hip hop to jazz, rock, metal and alternative rock. Vocalist Brook Norton says over the last few months, TUGGS has found its very own sound and now leans more to rock than to
pop, with a bit of alternative and experimental mixed in. “The mixture is unique to us now. When people ask us what band we sound like, we really can’t say, except like us,” she says. Woodward says 2015 has been about stepping it up. “Basically, we are fine-tuning our sound and song choices and have become a whole lot more professional than we were at Devonstock, where we only had about 10 practices under our belt,” Woodward says. • On August 7, TUGGS is headlining at The Patriot with support from two other bands they recently met, Lilo Peaks and Sweet Sofijen.
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“The event was to celebrate the delivery of the final projects in the Devonport area, including the completion of repairs to Victoria Wharf and the reopening of the wharf for public use and recreation, the completion of the Devonport Wharf Boardwalk and Marine Square Upgrade and the creation of a commercial space in the front pavilion of Devonport Wharf that will generate significant rental income for the council family.” Including the recently completed Devonport Library, $24 million has been invested into major projects in the Devonport area in the last three years. “The evening event was to thank and acknowledge a large group of people who have collectively committed thousands of hours to delivering those projects,” the
spokesperson said. The Flagstaff asked why there was the need for security and blackout. “Staff were hired to greet people at the door and to check their names off the invitation list. The area where the function was held was blacked out to make the space more intimate and to create atmosphere,” the spokesperson said. Media were not invited to the event. C i t y Tr a n s f o r m a t i o n c o n t r i b u t e d $3,081.70 towards the Family Fun Day. A further $3,863.91 was contributed by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, which included funding of the Dawn Blessing (at a cost of $799), according to Auckland Council.
Petition launched opposing taller buildings A push for taller commercial buildings, advocated by the Devonport Business Assocation (DBA), has run up against opposition from its own members, with one launching a petition condemning it. Fiona Startup, of Victoria Rd’s second-hand bookstore Bookmark, found many smallbusiness owners she spoke with object to the DBA’s proposal to increase the maximum building height from 8 metres (three storeys) to 12.5 metres (four storeys). Startup drafted a petition and eight businesses signed it straight away. They fear the move upwards will be bad for their business. “What we are saying is that the DBA’s proposal will actually destroy Devonport’s attraction. The beautiful low-rise atmosphere is what brings the tourists here. “The DBA is destroying the goose that laid our golden egg to feather the nest of a few,” Startup said.
She created a set of images to demonstrate the proposal’s visual impact. “It will take away some of the view of Mt Vic and a lot of sunlight for our local cafes,” she says. The DBA presented its proposal in June to the Independent Hearings Panel of the Proposed Unitary Plan. Devonport Heritage representatives vehemently opposed the DBA submission. Startup says she was surprised by the DBA’s proposal and only found out about it when reading the June 26 Flagstaff. “We were not informed because we somehow weren’t on the DBA’s mailing list. Maybe that’s our fault that we haven’t chased that up enough,” she says. Last Monday, Startup took her petition to the DBA’s Annual General Meeting. She is also planning to present it to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board and says she wants to work alongside Devonport Heritage on the issue.
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Devonport design wins Kiwi flag competiton
A Devonport designer and his firm are behind the work that won Gareth Morgan’s $20,000 competition for a new national flag. The design features elements of New Zealand’s Maori and British heritage. as well its contemporary society, and brings them together under the roof of a Maori meeting house. It’s a collaborative piece of work, says Grant Alexander. He and his team at Studio Alexander - Alice Murray, Thomas Lawlor and Jarred McDowell – each independently arrived at very similar concepts after brainstorming ideas. “Our ideas involved diagonals, triangles and four colours. Once that common direction had emerged, we just developed it further.”
The winning flag was inspired by the blue of the British Union Jack, the red of Tino Rangatiratanga, the Maori national flag, and New Zealand’s well-established colour of the multicultural future - black. “Each triangle is equal to symbolise the unity between the three that we have mostly achieved as a country,” Alexander says. The triangles are held together by the white shape of the maihi or (bargeboards) on a Maori meeting house, “which also resembles New Zealand’s mountainous landscape,” he says. There are no stars. “Fifty-four other countries use them and we thought that was a good reason not to.”
Flying high over Devonport… a mock-up of the flag designed by Grant Alexander (above) and team There is also no silver fern. “It has been largely appropriated in many other products and services. As designers we are hardwired to eliminate, pare back, edit,” Alexander says. Studio Alexander’s work stood out among 1,000 works submitted to Morgan, who had a very clear design brief for what he wanted to achieve. Alexander says the studio has now submitted the winning flag into the government’s competition which has more than 10,000 design entries. “We expect that it will be discussed there, but democracy and good design are traditionally not the best bedfellows,” he says.
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In a Flagstaff Notes seven years ago, things were looking a bit grim for Devonport. In what I called a roll of horror, Devonport Devonport is a great place for a sleepover Wharf was in disrepair with no solution in sight; the Victoria Theatre had been purchased it seems. A seal turned up recently and had by council but remained closed; a Devonport a kip in the sun on Queens Parade, just outfarmers’ market had been launched on the side the Navy gates. It got more than its 15 wharf but failed; plans for the Lake Rd in- minutes of fame and starred as Picture of the dustrial site had gone nowhere; Lake Rd itself Week in the New Zealand Herald. was a nightmare; Devonport Library was in need of an upgrade but had no budget; and News that Auckland Tourism Events and Devonport was without a public swimming Economic Development (ATEED) is to pool, recreation centre or a decent-sized hall embark on a new branding exercise for the to hold large public meetings or events. city seems like a start gun to another multiFast forward to 2015 and significant million-dollar waste of ratepayers’ money. progress has been made (if you put cost conMaybe chief executive Brett O’Riley and siderations to one side). Devonport Wharf is his team can start slightly smaller and get one-third upgraded; Devonport Library has the barely alive Devonport i-SITE working been rebuilt and the Victoria Theatre is open properly first? Or fix a few pavements? for both cinema and live events. What after all is wrong with Auckland City On the other issues little has changed. The of Sails? fate of 27 Lake Rd has yet to be decided. A swimming pool, recreation centre and a hall are not on anyone’s radar. And Lake Rd is still chaotic. In 2008 I said “little progress hasA6been made by PROOF council: to POSTCARD get people out of their cars through changing mind sets, working with the Navy to reduce traffic, and the provision of more regular Member of the Real Estate Institute of NZ Licensed Real Estate Agent (REAA 2008) public transport.” The provision of more regular public Real Estate Sales transport is being addressed by Auckland Transport, with more bus services set to start Fixed Commission!! in 2017. But little seems to beJob being done Number: 179763 $12,500 plus GST about traffic reduction. Carpooling – is it a Includes Advertising! We are a new Real Estate company offering a simple swear word? cost effective alternative for selling your property. 19 Years Selling Locally Anyone remember the car-less days in the due to the global fuel crisis? 1970s brought in Information Website Flat fee commission of $10,000 plus GST Now that or something similar would be a Which can save you thousands!! www.sellingsimply.co.nz blast from the past if introduced on Lake Rd. Or how about trying what they do in Joe Martin Paris to address pollution levels? Car travel 0274 326 731 : 0274 326 731 is restricted to alternate days. So carsMobilewith joe@sellingsimply.co.nz joe@sellingsimply.co.nz Selling Simply even-numbered licence plates can travel on www.sellingsimply.co.nz one day and odd-numbered on the next. .
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TGS students nurture connection to Samoa A dozen established New Zealand artists have donated work for a charitable art exhibition organised by Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) students and the school’s new Head of Art, Francis Potter. From the Peninsula to the Islands features pieces by local painter Rob Tucker, former TGS student John Horner as well as Michel and Sheyne Tuffery, Gregor Kregar, Katherine Simpson, Evan Woodruffe, Ireen Potter, Matthew Dowman, Matthew Browne, Julian McKinnon, Henry Symonds and TGS head librarian Annie White. Potter, who also has work in the show, says he called upon his connections in the New Zealand art world to give the 25 International Baccalaureate students a hand in raising funds to support the Samoan village of Lotopue. Many of the students visited the village earlier this year on a school trip. Geena Lee, one of the students, says the Samoan way of life had inspired her. “I was pretty overwhelmed by the sense of family and community, of culture and of tradition there. Music is a large part of life and people broke into song and dance often while we were there,” she says. George Gustafsson adds: “The aim of our first visit was to forge a relationship with the village.” TGS Physical Education teacher Melita Tu’isila, whose husband is the village chief, was instrumental in that, he says. George was moved by the villagers’ simple
Island connections… From left: Mia Bigalk-Shanks, George Gustafsson, Caitlin Lu, Yutong Cheng and Geena Lee way of life. “People have different priorities from us in the west. They spend much less time worrying about jobs, clothing and appearance,” he says. Potter says if the exhibition raises sufficient funds, the students want to set up a charitable organisation that sponsors TGS students who
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North Shore United set to go artificial The sports fields at Allen Hill Stadium will undergo a $2.4 million conversion to artificial turf and new floodlights will be installed to cope with growing player numbers. Devonport’s football club North Shore United asked the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board a year ago for funding towards the upgrade, after the club had reached record numbers of playing members but lacked quality fields to accommodate the increasing number of games and training sessions. Last month, the board responded and approved $2.4 million of its Sports Field Development Capacity Fund to convert the stadium’s main pitch and its three-quartersize pitch (for junior players), from grass to artificial turf by 2017. Floodlights will be installed on both fields. In 2015/16, $240,000 will go towards the
planning and consenting stage. The rest of the funds will be allocated for installation of the turf and lights in 2016/17. Club Secretary Steve Browning says: “In terms of fields, it’s exactly what we had asked the board for and the club is very excited about it. It will be a world-class playing surface.” The club’s membership has grown from about 650 to 950 over the last four years, says Browning. To accommodate the teams this winter, the club has been using school fields and has gone up as far as North Harbour Stadium to find suitable turf, he says. Six of the club’s ten fields – located at Bayswater Park, Stanley Bay, Fort Takapuna, Ngataringa Park and Belmont Intermediate School – are mostly unplayable in winter due to overuse or muddy conditions after rain, he said.
New clubhouse but public toilets on hold North Shore United is gearing up to build a new clubhouse to go with its upgraded fields. “We would love to move and rebuild the clubhouse in the same timeframe and we are now starting to put some bones into that plan,” Club Secretary Steve Browning says. “The board told us they have no money for it, so the club is working through a combination of applications to trusts and
fundraising. We are also looking for some large benefactors to help us,” he says. Browning says the new clubhouse could be the perfect location for the long-planned public toilets at Ngataringa Park, but that the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board no longer had the budget for them. “In terms of public toilets, we’d love to play along but would find it hard to completely fund them,” he said.
“But with the new artificial fields, a lot of those teams will be able to train at Allen Hill in a couple of years’ time. We’ll have one more season to go until then,” he says. Near neighbour Elaine Sawyer is less than enthusiastic about the new turf and lights, even though she plays soccer and coaches the club’s Under-9s. She lives opposite Allen Hill stadium on Victoria Rd. Sawyer reckons the local board hasn’t thought through the effect the $2.4 million upgrade will have on neighbours. “It’s a massive overdevelopment for that land. For the people on Victoria Rd and Abbotsford Terrace, the noise and the floodlights will be offensive,” she says. Sawyer finds living across from a grass pitch pleasant. She is concerned that artificial fields will be an entirely different kettle of fish. “On those you can then play and train all day. You never have to give them a rest and so there will never be any let up for residents,” she says. If the club moves all its training to Allen Hill, the field could be busy from 3.30 pm until 9pm every weekday with floodlights shining after dark, she says.
Significant parks works scheduled for Devonport over the next three years • Coastal walkways (Takapuna and Devonport): $148,782 • Growth: Allen Hill Stadium new artificial fields and lights: $2.4 million • Renewals: Aramoana Reserve, seawall: $42,750; Devonport Yacht Club, wharf: $332,500; Westwell Reserve, coastal stairs: $285,000; Stanley Bay Beach, pontoon: $14,250; King Edward and Queens Parade, bollard handrails: $18,003; Narrow Neck Beach, seawall: $350,000; Stanley Bay Park, lamp post: $1,425; Stanley Bay Park, asphalt path: $28,500; Windsor Reserve, play equipment: $133,000; Bayswater Park, play equipment: $47,500; Northboro Reserve, playground poles: $14,250; Belmont Park, carparks: $156,750; Northboro Reserve, carparks: $12,350; Mount Cambria Reserve, retaining wall: $13,300; Narrow Neck Beach, retaining wall: $19,000; Cheltenham Beach Reserve, steps: $1758; Aramoana Reserve, steps: $2,155; Norwood Road Esplanade Reserve, steps: $808; Queens Parade Reserve, steps: $5,700; Torpedo Bay Reserve, steps: $2,185; Stanley Bay Beach, toilet: $50,000
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Nestled privately in a leafy garden this property will certainly be a surprise for you. Being one of only two units on the section is certainly a bonus. Spacious separate lounge, open plan kitchen dining and sunroom, attached single garage and separate carport makes this feel more like a house than a unit! If you are looking for much more than an average unit with a great quiet location then put this unique home onto your viewing list.
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Letters
August 7, 2015
$49,000 Lake Rd survey worth the money We write in reply to articles/letters in your paper about the Auckland Transport [AT] Lake Rd survey, and its cost. We are part of an informal group representing the Devonport peninsula (including the Devonport, Hauraki, Belmont and Bayswater residents and businesses and walking and cycling organisations) formed to work with Auckland Transport [AT] on transport solutions for Lake Rd congestion. We thought it would help to explain the background to the survey. Why is AT conducting the survey? And why did we get involved? AT advised us last year it intended to undertake a corridor management plan [CMP] on Lake Rd to address its key deficiencies as a transport corridor. (AT has conducted these on major arterial roads across Auckland to help achieve integrated transport solutions for the roads.) We were asked, as representatives of interested community groups, to attend workshops with AT. It became clear to us that
the usual form of CMP would NOT address Lake Road’s present or future congestion issues unless we used the opportunity to understand the cause of the congestion. So our group asked AT, with assistance from the local board and Councillor Darby, for the CMP to be preceded by a travel behaviour study providing accurate data for the Devonport peninsula. We’re pleased that AT agreed to work with us on this. What is the benefit of better data? All existing travel data is based on historical traffic counts and is complicated by anecdotal information. It doesn’t provide reliable information, especially about current user behaviour. For example, why do I choose to travel by car, bus, ferry, walk or ride a bike and why do I not choose one of the other options? Much local debate on Lake Road’s problems centres around personal experience/ observation and anecdotes. We all tend to think we’re experts, but a sound solution
Lighting may have played part in fall Re Margo Fraser’s fall near Belmont Rose Centre. The sad part about this episode is that the problem of lighting in this area was recognised and addressed some years ago, but the solution is now in a state of disrepair. A light was placed at the peak of the main building and angled downwards. The concrete path along the car-park side of the building was extended and angled across to the ‘cut’ where Margo Fraser had her fall. This arrangement gave people leaving
the building the choice of using the ‘cut’ or turning right, walking under the light and exiting via the gateway at the end of Harrison Ave. When the corner of the main building was recently extended, a section of this path was removed and has never been replaced. One can only speculate as to whether or not the contract for the Rose Centre extension included a clause for reinstatement following construction. Peter Beale
needs more than personal stories. Good quality data, objectively gathered and professionally analysed, is invaluable for good decision making. It’s decades since this was done for Lake Rd. We’re looking forward to working with AT on understanding the issues and behaviours behind individual decisions on travel choice, so we can cater better for them when we look to invest in the range of transport modes (cars, buses, ferries, walking and cycling) available. Is it realistic to expect solutions? Public meetings have identified Lake Rd congestion as the number one issue concerning residents of the peninsula. The $60m originally earmarked for Lake Rd widening is no longer available. We have complained for years that nothing effective has been done, and the congestion problem is getting worse. We can continue to complain and achieve nothing. Or we can take this opportunity to work with AT, our local board and Councillor Darby and push for a long-term sustainable solution to Lake Rd. We need to be realistic about the obstacles to achieving a result; eg. fierce competition for council funding. To achieve success, we need to work together as a community to agree on the issues and solutions and then to persuade council to implement these. Survey cost The above points should explain why the survey cost is appropriate. Barb Cuthbert and Tony Keenan • Editor Rob Drent responds: I remain concerned that $49,000 for a survey of this nature is not ratepayer money well spent.
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Council works have wider effects on business Great article in the current edition of the Flagstaff, in which you tell it as it is. Will it get better? The issue is also more widespread than just in the village. Both Calliope Rd Cafe and the dairy next door are also suffering from the numerous council, AT and Vector projects carried out this and last year. Although these projects aim for long-term benefits to the community, I feel that the way they have been carried out has been inappropriate and has had a negative effect on business. This damage is almost impossible to remedy in the short term. I have talked with other business owners in Devonport and they too have suffered drastically while various projects were carried out on their doorsteps. Projects are carried out for way too long. Additionally, there are too many projects happening at once. Calliope Rd entrance was closed for nearly three months early last year to replace the retaining wall on Victoria Rd. While the
road was closed, the sales of the cafe dropped by 60% at times. Customers’ habits changed over that three-month period; the path they drove and walked changed and it has taken quite a while to again change these habits. Recovery from this closure is still slow and incomplete. The dairy next door will also tell you a similar story. This year so far we have had three weeks of fixing Huia Street, three weeks of fixing Calliope Rd and three weeks of Vector projects – all outside our doorstep. Both the cafe and dairy were affected by noise, dust, road closure, limited access, lack of parking and at times power cuts. These effects are severe on a small business, like the effects of the winter flu us humans. We hurt. Please enough is enough! Now the question is should our business community be compensated in some shape or form by the organisations that caused this havoc and hurt? I think the fair answer is yes. Jian Yin
Auckland Transport needs to notify road blockages The Flagstaff often assists our community by raising matters of importance for the peninsula. Perhaps we could persuade you to support another campaign. Traffic management seems to be an oxymoron, and it seems to me that we are continually at the mercy of unnecessary hold-ups. Friday July 17th, was a typical case in point. There was work needing to be done on power poles on the Devonport side of Hauraki Corner. As a result of the usual bollard-narrowing of the road to one lane, the whole of the Devonport peninsula was gridlocked for FIVE hours. It’s not rocket science to do a bit of lateral thinking when this occurs. There are two possible diversions that could have been used to take traffic around the area
on both sides of Lake Rd. The traffic light sequencing could have been altered to allow more vehicles to pass the Hauraki lights per change. Neither of these two possibilities were considered and the loss of productivity must have been enormous, and the number of vehicles impeded would have been huge, not to mention the problem of getting emergency vehicles through if necessary. This sort of thing happens quite often. There is some sort of blockage on Lake Rd several times a month. It has to stop. Most reasonably intelligent drivers could have arranged something much better. Auckland Transport’s response to notification of the problem was as usual, non-existent. Bob Jenner
Devonport post office a valuable community asset I frequently use my local post office to New Zealand Post is going to close the Devonport post office. Yes I understand mail parcels, buy stamps or pay for a vehicle profits are under threat. Is that really all that rego and I can’t remember a time I didn’t matters? You can tell I’m not a business man. have to line up behind half a dozen other customers. Clearly our local Post Shop provides a Verandah needed on valuable service to a customer base who terminal’s west side will now face what is frequently a half-hour trip in the car to Takapuna’s Post Shop. It Did I read that 53% of Devonport people is strange how a company that is owned by want enclosed access through the ferry the government can make changes that will building to the ferries? Down that dismal affect taxpayers adversely without a qualm. shed? We live in a city where the verandah For New Zealand Post profit is obviously is our classic protection from the weather. all-important over and above the value to the The new ferry building development has community and having a social conscience. given us a handsome verandah on the It’s a bit sad, annoying and inconvenient realeast side. If a similar covered one were ly. Thank you Brian Roche (CEO NZ Post)! provided on the west we would be comSam Mojel fortable whether the rain was blowing in • Editor Rob Drent says: as far as I read east or west. the New Zealand Post announcement, it aims Then the entire building could be filled to transfer services to a franchisee already with retail uses facing both ways - twice running a business in Devonport. Until this the frontage. Views both ways. That’s happens, the Devonport Post Shop would what we need. continue to remain open as a separate entity. David Mitchell
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COMMUNITY NETWORK MEETING Thursday 13 August 10am - 12 noon Devonport Library, 2 Victoria Rd Devonport A quarterly meeting to promote networking among residents and local community groups. Guest speakers Karen Fraser-Payne and Diane Eaglesome from Touch Compass. All welcome. Morning tea provided. Information: Maria Ph: 445 9533 or maria@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz
BAYSWATER CAR BOOT SALE Sunday 9th August 9am – 12pm Bayswater School, 181 Bayswater Ave Grab a bargain at the Bayswater Car boot Sale Sellers – Gates will open for set-up at 7:30am Cost $20 per car, $5 trestle tables hire (if required) Cash on entry.
NEW DISPLAY AT DEVONPORT MUSEUM Tuesday to Thursday 10 am - 12 noon Mt Cambria Reserve (33a Vauxhall Rd) Sat & Sun 2-4pm Closed on public holidays. ‘Lost and Found around Devonport’ Tools and Genealogical records of Devonport’s early families. Groups welcome ph 445 2661 or 445 2776 for the museum secretary
MINECRAFT MEET-UP AT DEVONPORT Every Thursday, 3.30pm - 4.30pm during school term, Devonport Library Come along to our weekly Minecraft sessions, meet other like-minded gamers and swap tips and tricks. An opportunity for young Minecrafters to get together and have an hour of play in a safe environment. Please bring your own device (laptop, iPad, iPod, Android, etc). You will require your own Minecraft registration and login. This is available from minecraft.net
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Letters
August 7, 2015
We’ve got it all – except a post office If we in Devonport can have the New Zealand Navy, a large new library, a community centre, cafes and restaurants galore, B&Bs, a hotel, a supermarket, a wide variety of shops and art galleries, countless trades and private businesses, seven schools, kindergartens and private child care centres, DOC, at least five real-estate agencies, yacht clubs, tennis clubs, a Plunket centre, bowling, croquet, rugby, soccer and cricket clubs, sports facilities that are used by people from
all over the country, several busy church communities, rest homes, wedding venues, a funeral parlour, a popular tourist destination all summer; marathons, walkathons, summer festivals, huge outdoor fundraising events, a cinema, five gyms, the RSA, several medical centres, a diagnostic Lab, fire brigade, a golf course, four banks, our own NEWSPAPER, the busiest ferry access to the CBD….if we can have all this, we can have a Post Office. Michelle Androu
Saddened and maddened by porn story I’m both saddened and maddened by your series of sensationalist articles about how Auckland Council’s Wi-Fi lets you feed your porn addiction. The fact is that since something like 2011, your Google searches are encrypted the same way your internet banking is. The council has no more chance of seeing if you’re using your phone to search for porn, violence, bomb instructions or how to make P than it does of reading your bank balance. And that is a situation I, for one, am thankful for. It would definitely be a public concern if your headline read “Library snoops on Google searches”. Revealing your real agenda, you relegated the only bit of informed common sense in the article to the closing paragraph: council rightly pointing out that the only way to prevent you searching Google for porn on their Wi-Fi, using your phone, is to prevent you using Google. Entirely. Hardly a sensible outcome, is it. I suspect – although you exercised your editorial discretion and excluded it from your story – that you can’t use the actual library computers to search for inappropriate content, nor use your phone on their Wi-Fi to access actual inappropriate websites (which they can block by IP address). I applaud the libraries for,
presumably, deploying content-filtering software on those computers and on their firewall. Because Google encrypts your search requests, unless you have blocking software or settings on your phone, tablet or computer, you can search Google for any sort of content on any Wi-Fi network you can log on to. Will you crusade against the other places in Devonport with public Wi-Fi networks? Probably not - perhaps because you’d rather reinforce the often (but not always) unfounded assumption of incompetentce on the part of our much-reviled council. There is no story here. Just sensationalism appealing to the uninformed. It is laudable that the Flagstaff wants to conduct investigative journalism - but next time check your story with some experts in the field. Michael Fielding •Editor Rob Drent responds: far from being sensationalist it is a debate worth having. Both Auckland and Christchurch libraries are now looking at ways to stop the loophole being exploited, and councillor Chris Darby wants to investigate safeguards on all publicly funded Wi-Fi. What people access privately at home is their own business, but public internet should be subject to higher standards. Moreover, when did the use of Google decide the mores of society?
Bruno the wandering dog-story sets a bad example I find it confusing that while we are in the middle of possibly having more restrictions put on dogs, partly due to complaints from people about dogs that are not under control, there is a full page article in the Flagstaff about a dog that is allowed to roam around on its own, breaking into other people’s properties and entering places where dogs are not allowed. Surely now is not the time to be highlighting the irresponsible dog’s owners with a cutesy article complete with photos?! I’m wondering what happens when Bruno poos when he is out on his own; does he carry bags and pick it up? Not everyone loves dogs. Those people have no reason not to go on complaining, whether these restrictions are put in place or not. About the dog poo left everywhere, about the dogs that are out on their own, about the dogs that rush and jump on people and other dogs and the owners who can’t or won’t call them away. Instead of fighting against them and crying that “dogs should be allowed to be dogs”, let’s just give people less reason to complain by making sure dogs behave in a way that is acceptable to the majority, who are not dog owners. Otherwise, we will lose the right to have our dogs off-lead on beaches full stop. It’s happened in other places and it can happen here. I have already noticed a change in the behaviour of PEOPLE who seem to be making much more of an effort to keep their dogs under control while off-lead. This is great and is the only way to go if we want to be able to continue enjoying the beautiful beaches with our dogs. Laura Mellor
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Interview
August 7, 2015
Photography pushes Brett’s buttons Brett Phibbs was judged Photographer of the Year and at this year’s Canon Media Awards, the second time he has taken the national title. In September he heads to England and Wales to cover the Rugby World Cup. Phibbs spoke to Maire Vieth. Brett Phibbs has worked on newspapers for 29 years and his photographic catologue reads like a history of New Zealand, with a smattering of major world events thrown in. His major assignments include the 1990 Aramoana massacre, the 1999 Kosovo war, the 2004 tsunami in Thailand, Sir Edmund Hillary’s state funeral, the 2009 tsunami in Samoa and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Phibbs has also covered five Commonwealth Games, three Olympics, three America’s Cups, two Cricket World Cups and a FIFA World Cup. This year will be the fourth Rugby World Cup for Phibbs, the New Zealand Herald’s chief photographer. “The Herald has rented an apartment for us and the reporters and we will just follow the All Blacks for two months basically,” he says. Phibbs loves his job and it shows. He has been a finalist or winner of 45 awards over the years, but is quick to add that these are not what motivate him. In 2008 he was named photographer of the year at the Qantas Media awards - the forerunner to the Canons. At the 2015 Canon awards, he also took out the Best Sports picture. “They are just the icing on the cake, I suppose; not what I do it for.” He takes pictures to test himself. “I love the challenge of crafting a photo and of how you get it, how many different facets there are to photography and that you learn something every day,” he says. Being adaptable in endlessly changing circumstances and light, and often volatile human interactions, is at the heart of successful news photography, says Phibbs. “Any given day you can record history at a moment’s notice and you have got a kind of big responsibility, in terms of photography, in the way you record it,” he says. In September 2009, Phibbs covered the aftermath of the tsunami in Samoa. He was
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Allergic to studios… Brett Phibbs likes photographing events unfolding in front of him on the ground less than 12 hours after the 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit. “You have a short window of opportunity and have to hit the ground running. We had organised a contactor guy who met us at the airport in Apia with a four-wheel-drive and we went straight to the hospital where all the victims were going in and out. “It was quite a volatile situation. You are shooting without a flash and minimal light – on the edge. A Getty guy was there and he decided to put some flash into it and it rubbed them up the wrong way and he got kicked out. We got a couple of shots and then we were asked to move on,” he says. Phibbs captured the image of a grandfather carrying his dead grandchild from the hospital to the morgue. “It was a beautiful moment in a horrific event,” he says. Phibbs had covered the tsunami in Thailand five years earlier. “That one was even more horrific, basically a sea of bodies they didn’t know where to put. As a photographer you have to get in there and it is difficult to deal with things like that,” he says. People skills are a huge part of news photography. “Interacting with people is hard to teach because each person and situation is different, says Phibbs. “In a tsunami, there might be a dead body being recovered with the family there. It may look good as a photo but you can’t go and get into their face and you
have to find a different angle. Then you move on to the next thing, which might be completely different,” he says. Courts jobs are hard, says Phibbs, who has covered trials such as the Mossad spy scandal in 2004 and, more recently, that of the Maori King’s son. “I have been hit a couple of times and headbutted and punched. It’s part of the job. You just have to put the camera into their face and suffer the consequences. It’s all a bit of fun,” he says. Does he ever decide not to take a photo of something? “Not often, but a couple of times I have not for moral reasons, and have walked away from a situation and said I’m not doing this,” he says. He doesn’t take paparazzi shots either but doesn’t condemn those who do take them. “It’s a job and there is a market for it,” he says. Phibbs grew up in the small South Island towns of Kaikoura and Westport, where his father Don was a TAB agent and mum Lorraine worked as well. “My brother Dean and I were left to run loose. We just had free range. I must have been about five and Dean six when he doubled me on a bike with our fishing rods and we went fishing down at the river or would dam up a creek and swim in it.” School wasn’t for him, says Phibbs who fell into photography after he left Buller High School when he was 15. “I got a job at Howard Cameras and Gifts. Gary Howard, the
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Dung and dusted… from his Canon winner’s portfolio. Phibbs was on the spot to capture former Auckland mayor John Banks sprayed with cow dung outside court. current mayor of Westport, was my boss. He was awesome and basically got me started in photography. “I started a darkroom with Tony Ferguson, a mate and a great photographer. We built it in a shed out the back of his granddad’s home at Carters Beach”, he says. Phibbs began freelancing for the Westport News and liked it. “I worked up a portfolio in a year or so, and a job at the Ashburton Guardian came up for a junior and I applied for that and got it,” he says. From here, Phibbs moved to the Christchurch Star, then a seven-days-a-week paper, and later the Waikato Times. In 1993, he took a job at the New Zealand Herald, where he still works today. He loves covering news and sports. “I’m allergic to studios. I don’t like controlled situations. I’d rather make do with where I’m at,” he says. Phibbs embraced the Herald’s move from film to digital, in the late 1990s. “In my car I have a little iPad that I just plug my camera into. I can send off a photo I take within two minutes. “Whereas when I first started at the Herald, we had to have a portable darkroom, set up in a motel, tape up the windows and get the chemicals out. A couple of times, we had to do colour where you need the right temperature. It was just terrible. I don’t miss it,” Phibbs says. Covering sport events is a big part of his job, whether it’s a Rugby World Cup Final or something much smaller. “I love covering
sports. I’d watch tiddlywinks if it was competitive,” he says. This July, he shot a feature about small-town rugby that followed two rival clubs in Te Aroha, as they prepared and competed for the Dr Dunn Memorial Trophy. Phibbs photographed and filmed players as they swapped gumboots for rugby boots in freezing concrete-block
“It was a beautiful moment in a horrific event,” says Brett Phibbs of photographing a grandfather carrying his dead grandchild after the 2009 Samoa tsunami changing rooms, interviewed coaches in the lead-up to the game and covered the battle itself, victory and loss. It added up to a multimedia feature on the Herald website. Phibbs enjoys filming, again for the challenge. “When I video, I am the producer, the director, the cameraman and the editor. And I have to get the audio right. It’s mind-blowing but it’s good,” he says. Phibbs uses Instagram and Facebook to push out his photos. But he has held on to some old-school ways as well. “I am not a camera buff. I just use it as a hammer, as a tool. I have all these auto things on my Canon 1D X but I am still using only manual,” he says.
Phibbs and his wife Phoebe, an account manager for the Andrea Moore fashion label, have lived in Devonport since 1993. They have raised their three children Jake (24), Savanna (20) and Molly (18) here and they went to Devonport Primary, Belmont Intermediate and Takapuna Grammar Schools. Phibbs loves Devonport’s small-town feel, but hates Lake Rd with a passion. His mother, brother, aunts and uncles are back in Westport, and he tries to visit them once every year or two. He used to play golf but doesn’t have time any more. Life is busy with work and renovations. The day of our interview was the first in nearly three weeks Phibbs hadn’t been working. He planned to spend it scraping paint off his house. As a youngster, he surfed and played league and rugby, but there is no time for those sports either. The job is helping him keep fit. “I am on the move all the time and I’m carrying big equipment,” he says. Putting the camera down is just as important to Phibbs. “I just do it as a job. When I get home, I put the tools down. I am not into taking photos on the weekend,” he says. He doesn’t have a lot of photographer friends either. “I’d rather distance myself. A lot of people marry within the industry, but that would drive me nuts. You’d talk work all the time. I’d rather talk about something else, like house prices in Devonport – nah not really,” he laughs.
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Sorting books is not library ‘core business’ As a devoted reader and regular visitor to our library, changes to labelling and shelving of books has pretty much ruined my browsing enjoyment. Once upon a time, books were sorted into types. I’m a selective reader, whose preference is towards three main genres rather than general fiction, so this was pure bliss. I could go straight to my special areas and work my way through titles, often going from A to Z. Then came a big change and all fiction was merged. This did make my choices more difficult to locate, but at least I could rely on the wonderful colour-coded spine labels when scanning the shelves, so it wasn’t the end of the world. However, my most recent visit delivered a shock. There I was, staring at a sea of white labels! Where were my greens, my reds? What had happened? Why? After a fruitless half hour and a good dose of eyestrain from trying to read the bottom shelves, I had not found a single book. When I asked a librarian why the colour-coding was disappearing, I got a loooong and rather bu-
reaucratic response, using jargon like “sorting would take us away from our core business”. Also that the “supercity merger means there were too many different systems to allow for easy labelling”. In a nutshell, I was pretty much told that sorting books was too much hard work. Now if I go into a bookshop, special interest areas are clearly labelled to help me find what I need because the owner actually wants to help customers make a choice. Is that not the core business for a library? Yes, I can go online and check out new titles and, joy, they are actually listed by genre, but this only applies to those who have access to the internet. So, yes, we have an airy new building. Yes, we have Wi-Fi (oops, shame about the porn). There is a $100,000 curtain, artwork galore and glossy tables. We’ve spent a fortune housing our books, but do we still have libraries who see enhancing the joy of reading and the delight of finding a new story to explore to be their main function? Sadly, it seems not. Lyndsay Brock
Prussians of the South Pacific I take my dog for a long walk around Devonport every day. On most weekdays in the winter there is no one else on the beaches, apart from other people walking their dogs. It is therefore with a feeling of dismay that I note that, having excluded us from the beaches during the summer, the council is now proposing to close the beaches to us for much of the day during the winter as well. How would that work in practice? Perhaps it has rained all morning, I take my dog down to Cheltenham at midday, the beach is empty. Ten minutes later some busybody is running over to me, pointing at their
wristwatch and demanding that I remove my dog. I am sure that I would not assault her but I would be sorely tempted to give her some terse advice in the old Anglo-Saxon. It would certainly be a recipe for repeated confrontations. More than 30 years ago Gordon McLauchlan The Passsionless People observed that many New Zealanders had a strong instinct to deal with all the minor annoyances of life by regulating and controlling their fellow citizens, and called us the Prussians of the South Pacific. Since then it has got worse. Chris Bilham
Changing face of retail No doubt the ‘For Lease’ signs in retail shop windows will become more prolific as we consumers seek the easiest way to get what we require. As a location to live in, and as Auckland’s premier tourist venue, Devonport needs niche retail businesses to stay unique and have a real point of difference. Traditional retail is failing everywhere with the majority brands and products securely in the hands of supermarkets, shopping malls and destination warehouses. As the local electrical store left most shopping centres or evolved into big-box movers, retail is suffering from a lack of marketing as much as fresh ideas. Rather than a business to suit the location, we end up with either a cock-eyed, harebrained scheme or another real-estate franchise. There was the pet shop that locals were accused of not supporting, Yoghurt Story collapsed before it even got going and countless operaters have slid into oblivion in and around
the cafes and restaurants of Devo. Now the post office is putting its hands up as their current business model is failing. So how do we rebuild this important part of our community? Put the post office in the old Devonport Council offices, and include a packaging franchise so residents and businesses have a centre to process post, freight and perhaps copying and printing. Maybe the Copy Shoppe could be involved. Devonport has wonderful artists and talents that could create our products whether it’s postcards, tee shirts, posters, prints, ceramics, even music. (Vinyl is back!) Perhaps the Business Association could get every Devonport business online and visible to the world outside and encourage niche New Zealand businesses to be here. Your showroom can be virtual and real. This place is special and deserves to be a success for all. Ian Ferguson
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Dog kills cat We moved to Bayswater Ave on Friday 17th July. After keeping our much-loved cat Coco indoors for the first three days, to help him settle, we let him outside on Thursday 23rd July, while I went to work. He was happy and adjusting well to his new home. Unusually, he went missing that day and after searching and worrying, I was highly relieved to finally receive a phone call from Shore Vets, saying they had Coco. Unfortunately, our timid, 12-yr-old, handsome Bombay cat had been savagely attacked by a dog, on Bayswater Ave at 11.30am. Coco’s injuries were so extreme that sadly we had to have him put to sleep. A lady by the name of Laura, witnessed this awful scene and very kindly took Coco to Shore Vets. They have lost her phone number, so I am unable to thank Laura in person and find out what actually happened. If you read this Laura, a massive thank you for your loving care and concern. It would be good to speak to you. If you want to call Shore Vets, they will give you my mobile number. To the owners of this vicious dog... if you have a pet that is capable of inflicting such pain and injury to another animal or child, then you must ensure that your pet is unable to leave your property and roam the streets. You are most probably oblivious to what your dog gets up to and all the grief it has caused and may continue to cause. We are left heartbroken, shocked, frustrated, angry and out of pocket...all because you don’t know how to control your horrible dog. Sioux Watson
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From the Peninsula to the Islands Takapuna Grammar School Charity Exhibition A a charitable exhibition in support of Project Samoa, an initiative to raise funds for the small Samoan community, Lotopue which was affected by the 2009 tsunami. This exhibition will enable the students to raise money for this community and help the schools by setting up a foundation to fund Takapuna Grammar School to travel to Samoa and teach English.
The wrangle continues over who should represent the community of Devonport for the Port of Auckland Future Study which will look at options for the future port development of Auckland. Devonport-Takapuna Local Board members are miffed that Auckland Council Chief Executive Stephen Town rejected their request to be included in the study’s Stakeholder Reference Group. The board’s Deputy Chair Grant Gillon believes ordinary Devonport residents are not represented. “And we have a statutory responsibility to advocate for the whole community,” he says. North Shore Ward Councillor Chris Darby, who has been at the forefront of recent protests and the subsequent High Court challenge against the port’s Bledisloe Wharf extension, says politicians should not be architects of the study. “The study process should be unfettered from political intervention to ensure the community discussion is not restrained or unduly influenced by politicians. Sometimes it’s best for politicians to just get out of the way,” he says. Darby says the study’s approach of inviting a comprehensive list of stakeholders and asking them to work collaboratively is the way to go. The local board should nominate community groups to represent Devonport “rather than nominating itself only.” Of the nearly 80 stakeholders, Devonport is
A fundraiser on behalf of the Auckland Refugee Family Trust, to raise money to reunite refugee families. Tickets will be $20.00, cash at the door.
Works on Paper is an exhibition celebrating the achievement of Takapuna Grammar School’s visual art students. Each work displays the individual talent and style of an artist in their senior years, through the medium of photography, design, drawing or paint.
For more information please contact Michele Lennan: 445 7478 or mlennan@ihug.co.nz. To make a donation go to Auckland Refugee Family Trust’s givealitte page: https://givealittle.co.nz/org/arft
The 813 bus from Devonport to Takapuna has a new timetable that meets ferries on weeknights after 7 pm, on Sundays and on Saturdays until 11:30 pm. Auckland Transport announced the change last month, more than three months after Fullers introduced additional half-hourly night-time ferries in early April.
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currently represented by the Devonport Business Association, the Devonport Yacht Club, Devonport Heritage, the Navy Museum Trust, Devonport Borough Council and the Bayswater Community Committee. Gillon says he is concerned that alongside stakeholders such as Cargo Service Ltd, Importers Institute, Maritime Union Club, NZ Shippers Council, NZ Shippers Federation, Ports of Auckland, PortPro Union NZ and Shipping NZ, “community is going to be on the back foot from the start.” Urban Auckland chair and Devonport resident Julie Stout says the process wasn’t perfect but the group’s first meeting was encouraging. “I was voted one of the eight representatives on the working group and as a local I am keen to have people contact me and will report back to the community through the Flagstaff,” she said. Stout’s email is julie@mitchellstout.co.nz
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Sam Walmsley is not your average young man - Sam just happens to be New Zealand’s Rising Star as chosen by the REINZ. Sam has been actively calling auctions on the North Shore and customers are raving not only about his likeability but also about his enthusiastic, charismatic and successful auctioneering abilities. Andrew North, current New Zealand and Australasian Auctioneer of the Year, who mentors Sam, calls him ‘the latest and greatest addition’ to the Harcourts Cooper & Co Auction team. Andrew is committed to being able to offer the best Auction team in the world to North Shore residents. We think that winning both of New Zealand’s top auctioneering awards shows that he is on the right track. If you are looking for auctioneers who listen to your needs, have both in-room and on-site options and who have the auction success rate that you deserve then talk to any of our agents at our Devonport office. Andrew and Sam are the auctioneers of choice in the Devonport area - because they are the best of the best.
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Wharf public opening a low-quay affair
Colourful characters… Little Pirate Milla Holland (right) and cousin Brodie Crowther
New Devonport website A new website will be developed as part of plans to rejuvenate the commercial hub of Devonport. An upgraded website for the town had been put on hold until work on strategic branding for Devonport had been completed, Devonport BID manager Judy Grieve told the Devonport Business Association (DBA) AGM on Monday. “We will be moving forward with the website in the new year.” The Devonport Brand Project and Tourism Growth Strategy outlines a wide variety of commericial options for Devonport. Grieve said the DBA was keen to “promote ourselves as an inner city suburb – we have a lot to offer people in the CBD.” The BID would use the report to help make decisions on how to best market and position the town. • The Flagstaff will analyse the report in depth in its next issue.
McHugh recognised The contribution of long-time Devonport Business Association member John McHugh was honoured at its AGM on Monday. McHugh, who owned McHughs of Cheltenham for around three decades, died suddenly earlier this year. DBA chairman John Waugh said McHugh had worked hard for the DBA for many years and members honoured him with one minute’s silence.
Purrrrfect… Petra Wehrle (left) with mum Natasha After more than a year of construction, the up pirates and fairies, a bouncy castle, free opening celebration for Devonport’s Marine cupcakes, hot chocolate, pumpkin soup and Square and Victoria Wharf last month was candy floss, and a jazz band during a drizzly Sunday afternoon. a low-key family affair. Local politicians and council staff also Auckland Council delivered mostly for the young and hungry. There were dressed- attended, but stayed in the background.
Building heights raise questions of DBA
Accusations of a lack of consultation over a submission supporting increased heights of commercial heritage buildings were levelled at the Devonport Business Association (DBA) during its AGM on Monday. The DBA submitted to the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan that building heights in Devonport town centre should be able to go to 12 metres – three storeys. Fiona Startup of Bookmark, a second-hand bookshop, said there was widespread concern about the submission, which was not supported by all DBA members. However, DBA chairman John Waugh said the submission had been written after consultation with business owners. But three businesses at the meeting – Kevin Johnston Boat Builders, Bookmark and Devonport Lingerie – said their views had not been sought on the submission. BID board member and architect Ken Davis, who prepared the submission, said the DBA fully supported heritage protection for the views of Mt Victoria. But the submission was the first time building
heights in Devonport had been reviewed in 39 years. The option of going up to 12 metres was only as high at the Victoria Theatre at one end of the village and the Esplanade Hotel at the other, he said. BID manager Judy Grieve said in other areas an economically viable town centre was vital to the protection of heritage buildings.
A year of transition but exciting times ahead
The first eight months of Devonport’s BID was described as a transition period, but the building blocks have been established for growth of the town centre. The Devonport Brand Project and Tourism Growth Strategy would help create a properous local economy for visitors and locals alike, BID manager Judy Grieve told the DBA AGM. “We believe that there is much that can be done to strengthen Devonport’s position as a visitor destination and better meet the needs of both local residents and visitors.” Various promotions have been held since the BID was launched, including White New DBA Board Night, which was a great success with DeThe board for 2015/16 is: Morag Burden vonport buzzing with crowds and events, (Devonport Flowers); Donna Gustafson she said. (Devonport Lingerie); Adam du Preez (Back Wharf tenant found Alley Tease Gallery); Ian Cunliffe (Barfoot and A tenant for the upgraded Devonport Thompson, Rotary); Judy Machin (Peace and Wharf space has been selected by council, Plenty Bed and Breakfast); Ken Davis (Archi- Devonport BID manager Judy Grieve said. tect); Pauline Colmar (Bette’s/Zest): Pauline The prospective tenant was in the hosBaker (Magic Broomsticks); Dave Barton pitality industry and was likely to take the (accountant); John Waugh (lawyer);and Eddie whole space on offer, she told the DBA’s de Heer (property owner). AGM on Monday.
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Deforestation – a dance challenge “Trees today, gone tomorrow” was the theme of the TGS Stage Challenge performance in June this year. One hundred students participated, dancing and acting as workers, deforesters, animals, trees and angels, to portray an important message about deforestation. The dance was introduced with a voice-over stating: “In this 5 News update, we can reveal that 300 football fields of Malaysian rainforest are being cleared each hour to make way for palm oil production...... Large-scale deforestation is pushing many wildlife species to extinction....... If nothing changes, species such as the orang-utan and the Sumatran tiger are on the verge of becoming extinct within the next five to 10 years.” Stage Challenge is an event that aims to help students experience “the natural high of being part of a team in a 100% tobacco, drug and alcohol-free environment.” Schools must put together a five to eight-minute performance reflecting a theme that is relevant to the lives of young people. It is a great way to meet new people across the year groups, while developing new skills, getting active and enjoying the chance to perform on stage at the Aotea Centre on the night. This year TGS entered in the Raw division, where the story is told through performance, with less reliance on set. The theme of deforestation was chosen because although it is such a vital issue for our future, it is neglected by those of us living far away from the problem. The student leaders – Emma Wildman, Jem-
ima Daly and Hibiki Kato – supported by Ms Cooke, worked tirelessly to develop the theme, choreograph the entire performance and organise the rehearsals. The performance used a range of dance styles to portray the uncaring everyday people, and the animals and trees living in a harmonious ecosystem before their habitat is destroyed.
After this we saw the dying animals suffering the effects of deforestation, and finally the angels and voice-over challenged the audience with a statement to do something about this terrible situation. TGS received awards for Choreography, Soundtrack and Drama performance. By annEka Scholtz
Help with making the right choice Knowing whether to brave the challenge of taking biomed at university can be a difficult choice. Thankfully our students had the opportunity to talk to Alexander Hosking, fourth-year biomed student at Auckland University and exTGS pupil. The senior students sacrificed their lunchtime to hear the tricks of the trade for surviving the first-year course. The top tips were to familiarise yourself with the library, plan for lectures and study time, and to balance work and play in order to cope with stress.
“He was interesting to listen to, clearly very clever, and had a lovely way of communicating that was casual and informative,” said Mrs Stainton, one of the Careers staff who organised the presentation. As well as receiving helpful tips, students were able to examine and use medical equipment Alexander brought with him, such as a stethoscope, which provided for much entertainment. “I thought it would be a good opportunity to pass on a few things that I would’ve liked
to know when I got started into biomed,” said Alexander. Mrs Stainton commented that, “students often have the perception of medicine being romantic, but in reality it’s very hard. It’s good to get someone in to talk to them about the expectations of the first year.” The presentation was very successful and many students were glad to have Alexander clear some of the mysteries of biomed and help decide if it is the right choice for them. By Julia GiurGiu
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Solving a CASE business scenario A competition to develop the entrepreneurial skills of high-school students, while raising awareness of the business issues that companies face worldwide, is a recent addition to the secondary school calendar. Called the New Zealand Secondary School’s CASE Competition, it is held at Massey University, during the Term 2 holidays, for Year 11 to 13 students from across the country. Two TGS teams participated this year and both our teams made it through the gruelling Round 1, to become national semifinalists. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the mixed Year 12 and 13 team had to withdraw from Round 2. The competition aimed to develop skills in producing both innovative and creative solutions to global business problems. All teams (of four) were given a scenario in which they needed to identify the problems of a business and present a detailed solution on how to solve the problem, while furthering the business’s goals. The Year 11 team consisted of Alice Wu, Emilly Fan and Ella Johnson. “We were one of the youngest teams and also the only team with three members, so I’m very proud of our end result and all the hard work we put in,” says Ella Johnson. “The case for Round 1 was about Starbucks and as the ‘consultants’, we were asked to develop a business model that Starbucks could use to expand into the Indian beverage market,” says Alice Wu. The competition was a great opportunity for senior students to utilise and extend their speaking, analytical and teamwork skills. The time pressure that students were under to solve the cases, added to the highly competitive atmosphere. It all proved to be an enjoyable experience for those involved and the team members look forward to hopefully competing next year with increased knowledge and confidence. By Emilly Fan
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Liz back to the theatre after 45 years
The sparkling wit and captivating comedy of Noel Coward’s Hay Fever has tempted Liz Philipps back onto the stage after a 45-year absence. Philipps appears as Clara the maid in Hay Fever, Company Theatre’s second production of 2015. A volunteer at the Anglican op shop, a member of the Devonport Walkers and the
Rose Singers, she sees acting as another way to be involved in a community she loves for its “space and tranquility”. Philipps last acted for Otago University Drama Society in the 1960s and then appeared in Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard in Wellington in 1970. Phillips says she is enjoying her return to acting, and learning from Julian Harrison, who is directing for Company Theatre for the first time. Harrison brings a wealth of directing experience from productions at Ellerslie, Howick and the Dolphin Theatres. Hay Fever audiences will be treated to sublime costumes and a beautiful detailed set. Those who enjoy the spirit of dressing up are encouraged to come along in 1920s costume on ‘Flapper Friday’, Friday 14 August. Hay Fever runs from 8-22 August, Wednesday to Saturday at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Back on the boards… Tickets are $25, concessions $20. Bookings :the Liz Philipps 445 9900 or info@rosecentre.co.nz
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We could not have asked for more... Recently, we sold our home in Devonport through Diana Murray of Harcourts. Throughout the initial discussion up to the final sale and beyond Diana was exceptionally helpful, professional, and diligent. She expertly guided us through the sale process, supported us and kept us well informed at all times. Her knowledge of the Devonport house market was a real asset and the added value of her design skills helped ensure our home was presented at its peak.
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Shore loses to Massey in tight final The North Harbour championship rugby final could be summed up as a battle of the old workhorse versus the young up-and-comer. North Shore’s James Hinchco, a veteran of more than 180 games, scored two tries driving low and hard from close range - typical tight forward work. Massey’s Chris Vui – a New Zealand under-20 player and debutante for the Auckland Blues in 2015 – scored two as well, but these were free-ranging tries with flamboyant dives to finish, created by fantastic anticipation of where the ball was on the park. And such was the difference in the sides: Shore with an honest and well-drilled forward pack and Massey with its scrambling defence and ever-present threat of counter attack. It was an intriguing and high-energy final, won 31-26 by Massey, just as Shore was threatening deep in its 22. Shore was picked to have the upper hand in On the charge… Shore number eight Leigh Thompson the forwards and it started that way, pushing Massey off its first scrum and dominating the West Aucklanders’ pack in the first 10 minutes. With number eight Leigh Thompson leading the Shore charge, Massey forwards were being knocked around to such a degree that at one stage it had three players down. But all Shore gained from the first 15-minute onslaught was a sole Willie Walker penalty. Massey began to fight back and its forwards muscled up to such a degree it was a surprisingly even contest up front for the rest of the match – at one stage Massey even secured a tighthead. Massey scored three tries to two, which was a fair reflection of the final. Shore never gave up but Massey never wilted either. The tenacity and work rate of both sides could not be faulted. It did seem a strange decision though to sub off Luke Hamilton – one of Shore’s best players and a potential game changer – with ten minutes to go. In the end it was Massey’s day: the team defended brilliantly and made the most of its Veteran’s try… James Hinchco burrows over to score in the second half opportunities to be a worthy champion. It had the edge over North Shore all year. And on finals day it had just an ounce more flair and innovation to its attack. And Shore perhaps lacked a tearaway loose forward with geniune pace – like Massey’s Vui.
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Shore draw 3-3 at Allen Hill to keep promotion hopes alive
Top effort… North Shore United’s Andrew Cowell challenges for the ball in the penalty area last Sunday North Shore United drew 3-3 with Ellerslie at home last Sunday, in a lively match that sets up a nail-biting end to the season. Shore have been the form team all season but have drawn its last two games. Forest Hill Milford thrashed Manurewa 5-0
last weekend to retain top position, Shore is now second, but very much still in promotion contention to the Northern Premier League with six games left to play. Shore is five points adrift of Forest Hill but has a game in hand. On Sunday, Shore led 2-1 at half-time, but
Ellerslie came back strongly in an even match. Strong games for Shore came from Andrew Cowell and Jaryd Gray, who scored two goals. •Shore’s next game is away to Ngaruawahia this Saturday at 2.45pm. It is back at home on 16 August against Takapuna.
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