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Junior kids turn up in North Shore rugby kit to receive a free sausage sizzle

Devonport 09 446 2030

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Devonport 30B Hanlon Cresent

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$2,480,000

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Bountiful Home, Fantastic Location

If you are looking for an exceptionally large home in a sought-after Narrow Neck location, then come and have a look at 30B Hanlon Crescent This 'near new' home has four spacious bedrooms, four bathrooms, a huge open plan lounge with outer entertaining deck, superb modern kitchen, and an internal access double garage. The main bedroom, with outer balcony, is a 'work of art' and has stunning City Skyline views Set in a great family friendly location, this idyllic residence boasts flexible living options and is perfectly suited to extended family living or work from home There are small easy care gardens and the huge double garage has room for all the essential beach toys / sports equipment that you will need as frequent visitors to Narrow Neck Beach, Wakatere Boating Club, local reserves, and the Waitemata Golf Club.

Ian Cunliffe

027 227 9322 ian cunliffe@harcourts co nz

Belmont 50 Williamson Avenue

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Thursday 13th July at 1:00pm

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Dominic Mistry 021 059 9645 dominic mistry@harcourts co nz

Subdividable Diamond in the Rough

- Owned for 40 years, our elderly vendor is moving into retirement living;

- Massive 875m2 land - great development potential;

- Charming 1950s brick and timber house to do up / or remove for development;

- Popular street with several developments happening already, the location is marvellous;

- North facing garden with a concrete inground swimming pool (needs renovating);

- Walk to beaches, shops, and excellent schools only minutes away;

- Elevated location enjoys views towards the city;

- Internal access with substantial garaging;

- Families and savvy developers must inspect

Jane Hastings 021 735 263 jane hastings@harcourts co nz

Jackie Mark 021 458 797 jackie mark@harcourts co nz

Matariki seems to have been embraced by the Devonport peninsula, with a smorgasbord of events on offer.

The festival was launched at Bayswater School with storming kapa haka performances by local schools. Expressive and passionate children of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities gave their all.

The afternoon felt a bit like Christmas Day, where the joy of kids opening their presents overwhelms any Scrooge-like cynicism about the occasion.

It mattered little that rain was pouring onto the awning sheltering the audience and performers.

I was also pleased to catch up with kaumatua Danny Watson, who suffered life-threatening heart issues during the past year. He did an excellent job in opening the event

Treat yourself – get out and take part in some of the seasonal celebrations.

Efforts to be environmentally responsible don’t always run smoothly. No sooner had we installed a rainwater tank at home than Auckland went into drought, so we had difficulty filling it. Over the past year, we have had almost incessant rain, so have no need for the tank water. We are told a low-rainfall period is ahead, so maybe the tank will come into its own this summer.

It still astounds me that Auckland Council/ Watercare/the government offer no real subsidies or compulsion on new builds for water tanks in city areas. More water tanks would

By Rob Drent

not only lessen the pressure on our stormwater system but also mean less need to upgrade water-supply systems.

Now, I’m having to rethink composting, following the arrival of buckets for the council collection of food waste. After years of compost bins (and of partner queries about when the compost would be ready for use), I had settled on the Zing bin system, in which refuse is essentially pickled to accelerate composting. The council pick-up of compostable material is nothing new around the world (in the south of England, for example, they have been operating a similar system for around 15 years). It’s something generally to be supported. But people who compost already are faced with the dilemma of whether to use the bin or not.

Business confidence has been given a shot in the arm with the purchase of more than 15 commercial buildings in central Devonport by Peninsula Capital. But redevelopment is years away. I wonder if, in the interim, Devonport retailers need to start offering

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customers more – especially leading into summer. Most are open nine to five (some 10am to 5.30pm), with a few notable exceptions, such as Bookmark (9am-6pm, seven days a week). With commuters’ work days stretching out longer – the ability to do a bit of shopping when coming off the ferry would be welcomed. In the summer, I’ve often seen tourists wandering up Victoria Rd at 5.30pm, past a row of closed shops. Tourist destinations in other parts of the world tend to open later.

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board decision-making discussions over the withdrawal of funding from the Devonport Peninsula Trust should have been held in public rather than in confidential meetings behind closed doors.

Yes, it is a sensitive issue, and yes, the decisions affect peoples lives. Budget cuts generally do. But the volunteer trust board members, trust employees and the public deserved to hear how the board arrived at the outcome.

The board has opted for having a community coordinator running out of the Devonport Community House. As a kind of community support-lite, this could work well.

How many of the events the trust ran around Devonport are abandoned remains to be seen. But less council money for them is a given.

I hope the trust board members, who have put a lot of energy into the Devonport community over the years, operating within the council model for funding, do not abandon their commitment.

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1.30pm, Thu 20 Jul 2023

28 Northcroft Street, Takapuna, Auckland

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Lynda Betts 021 278 3024

Blair Monk 021 399 966 BAYLEYS