Interview: Healthy living fan Leigh Elder... p18-19
Half-million repair budget found for vacant council villa
A multimillion-dollar council-owned waterfront home which has been unoccupied for close to five years will undergo a $550,000 refurbishment.
The council renovation budget falls far short of 2021’s $1.3 million estimate for the cost of repairs to 55 King Edward Pde from heritage architects Salmond Reed.
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Auckland Council’s Planning, Environment and Parks Committee last week approved, in principle, allocations of $250,000 in 2026/27 and $300,000 in 2027/28, for the refurbishment of the heritage building.
The restoration will include renewal work for exterior wall cladding/weatherboards, joinery, roof, guttering and flashings, drainage, painting to both the interior and exterior, veranda and deck repairs, and shower
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Defence fires shots over Lake Rd and wharf
Lake Rd congestion and uncertainty over the future of Stanley Bay wharf have been cited as problems for the New Zealand Defence Force.
The force has told Auckland Transport (AT) that Lake Rd is a “critical chokepoint” and the top priority among roading improvements needed in the region.
“This situation negatively impacts our personnel, operational effectiveness and the local economy,” it said in a submission to AT which was released to the Flagstaff.
“Despite worsening conditions, no relief is planned under the current RLTP (Regional Land Transport Plan).”
Roading improvements on Lake Rd and Esmonde Rd should be immediately prioritised, the submission said.
The force also asked about the future of the Stanley Bay wharf, where public ferry services were halted in 2020.
“We need clarity on the maintenance and potential upgrades of the Stanley Bay
Wharf to establish a second heavy-duty access point to Devonport Naval Base,” said the submission, made under the name of the general manager estate strategy, Philip Gurnsey.
The RLTP, which outlines a 10-year budget, was adopted by Auckland Council this month. It provides no funding for any work at Stanley Bay and includes building provision for Lake Rd upgrades from 2028-29 only.
The plan was approved despite repeated calls from locals and the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board (DTLB) for Lake Rd work to begin sooner.
The board was sceptical the work would even meet the plan timetable, given central government funding is needed and with the plan to be refreshed again in 2027.
Community consultation on the muchdelayed project will probably have to be repeated due to the delay.
The Defence Force picked up on the
lack of locked-in funding as a problem in Auckland.
It emphasised that its operations at camps and bases in the region, including the Navy Base at Devonport, played a critical role in maintaining national security and readiness for disaster relief operations.
“We believe proposals in the RLTP face severe capital constraints that hinder resolving these [transport] issues. There is insufficient funding to deliver on all projects. Delays in projects such as Lake Rd ... limit our ability to fulfil our role as a force for New Zealand.”
Efficient and reliable transport infrastructure was vital for this.
Defence asked AT to recognise the force’s role in stimulating the Auckland economy through employment and buying goods and services.
DTLB board member George Wood said the Defence submission underlined, yet again, why work was needed on Lake Rd.
Park plan may scupper courts expansion Waterfront meters plan queried
Ngataringa Tennis Club’s hopes of adding extra courts next to its existing courts on Stanley Bay Park may be stymied by a council plan to keep the front section of the park open to the street.
But Devonport-Takapuna Local Board members want Auckland Council staff to work with the tennis club to see if the additional courts can be accommodated.
Service and asset planner Tommo Cooper-Cuthbert told a board workshop last week that a board draft Parks Management Plan kept the western section of the park open to public access.
Board members wanted more investigation and consultation.
“People who tend to go to the beach, stay
on that side [of the road],” said member Gavin Busch.
Parks and places specialist John McKellar said the club only had capacity issues when it came to running events.
Council staff had suggested using the Navy courts at such times and that the back of the reserve could be an alternative site for more courts.
Busch said the Navy courts were locked off at times. “I want to see us working co-operatively with the sports bodies involved,” he said.
When completed, the parks plan will be put out for public consultation, then come back before the board next year for final adoption.
Devonport Heritage has taken its case against waterfront parking meters to Auckland Council’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee.
The group’s chair, Margot McRae questioned whether Auckland Transport (AT) understood the implications and importance of Devonport being a special-character area under the Auckland Unitary Plan and if the economic impacts of the paid-parking proposal had been investigated thoroughly.
She said AT had identified a problem based on 13 complaints about parking, but that it was unclear if they were from just one person.
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Schoolgirl spinning star secures Hearts contract
Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) cricketer Rishika Jaswal has won herself a contract with Auckland’s senior representative women’s side for the coming premier domestic competition.
The 17-year-old leg-spinner has been a star for TGS’s girls’ first XI side, winning joint player of the tournament at last year’s Gillette Venus Cup, the national secondary school T20 competition.
She took nine wickets, the joint highest tally in the tournament, at an average of eight runs per wicket, and averaged 40 with the bat.
TGS first XI coach Johan Kirstein said Rishika’s “natural talent” and potential had been clear since she started at the school..
That, partnered with a dedicated mindset and a determination to work hard, had helped take her to the contract with the Auckland Hearts.
Rishika broke into the side as an uncontracted player last season, making seven appearances in the 50-over domestic competition and debuting in the Super Smash 20-over competition.
Kirstein said she had been exceptional since she joined the first XI in Year 9. Her ability to spin the ball consistently “almost makes her unplayable,” he said.
Opposition players tended to respect her, meaning they played more defensively. “And if you don’t get any runs off 24 balls in a T20, you’re in trouble.”
Many of the first XI players saw her as an inspiration when she played for the Hearts last season, Kirstein said.
• TGS alumnus Anna Browning, who played for the Hearts last year, has signed a contract with Otago for the 2024/25 season.
Sports-camps teams win dual trophies for BIS
Belmont Intermediate School (BIS) has pulled off a unique sporting double, with both the teams it sent to recent sports camps in Waikato bringing home the winners’ cup.
The school sent 36-student teams to camps in Matamata in July and early this month, where they competed against other intermediates across 16 sports, collecting points for each victory.
Ten schools contested the first tournament and nine the second.
The sports played ranged from conventional codes such as rugby, football, tennis and volleyball, to the likes of tag, life-sized
football and faster paced indoor varieties of football and hockey.
Year 8 Belmont student Luca Gray, who went to the second camp, said he particularly enjoyed the indoor hockey, played in the evening, when 300 people would gather in the hall to watch, adding to the atmosphere for participants.
He said things got highly competitive at times, especially against Glen Eden Intermediate, who were also “in it to win it”.
Indi Holland, a year 8 student who went on the first camp, said her most memorable moment was scoring a goal in the indoor
hockey final to help Belmont win, despite never having played the sport before.
BIS sports coordinator Josh Simpson said the students were buzzing when they came back to school, with some saying it was the best week of their life.
“Even some quieter kids came back with a bit of confidence about them.”
Around 150 students applied to go to the camps so choosing 72 was tough, Simpson said.
It showed the high interest in sport at the school, which would aim to send two teams again next year.
Top performer... Rishika Jaswal holding TGS’s trophy for winning the Auckland National Qualifying Girls tournament last season.
Repairs coming at Wilson School, but more space needed
A leaky building at the Wilson School in Hauraki is being repaired, but school principal Neil Kefford says a more urgent need is for extra classrooms.
Kefford has been lobbying for several years for more space to be provided at the school, which caters for special-needs students and has satellite classrooms at other North Shore schools, including Bayswater Primary School.
He said it was wonderful news that the Ministry of Education was funding repairs to resolve historic weathertightness issues, after the project survived a recent review. But that would not put any more children in a classroom.
The Wilson School was full, as were other special-education units across Auckland, meaning children were being wait-listed. “It’s heartbreaking for the parents,” Kefford said.
Millions would likely be spent on a fix for a classroom block, but the pressing need was to deliver parents the choice of being at a mainstream or a specialist school. Lack of spaces took away parental choice.
“It is exceptionally difficult explaining this to parents who have made an educated decision that their child requires specialist education, after receiving a diagnosis.”
Having been visited by North Shore MP Simon Watts this month, Kefford hopes the school’s pleas for more capacity may gain traction.
He said Watts had written to the Minister of Education, Erica Stanford, outlining the school’s concerns. Watts was accompanied on his visit by Napier MP Katie Nimon, who sits on the Education Select Committee.
Watts welcomed the funding for the building repairs. The Wilson School is the only North Shore school included on the ministry’s priority list after its review.
Nationally, many schools have had construction plans put on hold.
Watts said the Budget had allocated $1.5 billion to school property work over the next four years, along with $400 million for roll growth requirements. The spending review was to ensure funding went where it was most needed.
Repair work at Wilson School is in the
planning stage. Building is thought likely to start in June next year and finish in September 2026.
The ministry isn’t releasing a budget for the repairs ahead of “procurement and delivery activities”.
Its head of property, Sam Fowler, said the ministry was working with the school, project architects, engineers and builders to confirm remediation plans on a 2008 building which cost $4.8 million.
“An investigation into defects from the original construction was undertaken in 2014 and a confidential agreement was reached with the build contractor,” Fowler said. Targeted repair works had been done as required, ahead of the planned bigger fix, he said.
Kefford said drainage issues from the roofs were among problems that needed addressing.
Renovation budget found for vacant waterfront villa
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replacement. Each stage of work will depend on whether it fits within the allocated budget.
Two other multimillion-dollar council-owned properties at 52 and 56 King Edward Parade are tenanted, but 55 has fallen into disrepair.
Council Manager of Area Operations for Devonport/Takapuna and Kaipātiki, Sarah Jones, said council had no current plans to sell any of the three houses. “The land status upon which [55] is situated is classified as recreation reserve which restricts the type of activities or uses of the property,” she said.
The 2021 Salmond Reed report on the house said it was generally sound, but the estimated cost of repairs was $1,297,372. The roof and foundations were in good condition.
The worst parts of the building appeared to be a “very poor” bathroom and kitchen, hardware fixtures and fittings, and the window frames and wall linings. At the time council said it lacked funds to repair the building.
A Māori-influenced playground on Devonport Domain overlooking Torpedo Bay remains on the planning table.
The Māori focus – to reinforce the area’s historic importance – is to be written into an update of the Devonport-Takapuna parks-management plan. But timings and budget for the King Edward Pde playground’s renewal are still up in the air.
Maori-influenced play equipment design was first mooted for the site more than a
Fowler said the ministry was working with the school to determine additional teaching-space requirements across its satellite network. “These projects will be subject to prioritisation of funding in future Budgets.” Renovation
Domain playground still planned, but timetable uncertain
year ago. That approach has much in common with another Auckland Council strategy encouraging adventurous natural play. Both styles of playground incorporate timber in equipment such as climbing steps and poles.
At a Devonport-Takapuna Local Board workshop last week, board member George Wood suggested carving might be a feature of the playground. Member Gavin Bush said adding carved panels to superstructures
might be cost-effective.
Once the location of a Māori settlement, the low-lying site is a no- or low-dig area, due to its archaeological significance. Screw piles rather than conventional foundations would likely be used in construction.
An update of the local parks-management plan, listing all reserves, is due to be adopted next year. It leaves open the possibility the domain playground will be co-designed with mana whenua.
By Rob Drent
The clock outside St Leo’s school on Victoria Rd is still missing in action after several months. It is one of three town clocks – the others are at the ferry building and on the waterfront on the corner of Church St and King Edward Pde – which are a throwback to the days of Devonport Borough Council. While none of the clocks are exactly Big Ben, they form part of the heritage fabric of Devonport and are worthy of preservation. The Flagstaff has asked council where the clock has gone.
The Flagstaff Notes
Lake Rd, dog droppings and tree removal – three topics always high on the list of those likely to rile Devonport residents. The doublespeak in council and government policy on trees is a common point of confu-
sion. While Auckland Council advocates the planting of trees to increase bird life and the general ambience of the city, outside of a list of protected trees in Devonport, it is okay to fell or trim back large trees. And with the relaxation of subdivision controls and increased density encouraged across Auckland, hundreds of trees are being removed to make way for more housing.
If some tree removals and pruning can seem excessive, branches overhanging footpaths seem to have become a common problem in Devonport. One reader has complained about an overhanging limb on Tainui Rd. “I’ve whacked my head on it twice now, in the dark, and I bet I’m not the lone ranger,” he said.
“If it were a wooden beam it would be deemed a hazard. If it were a metal beam it would be deemed a hazard. If it were anything but a tree it would be deemed a hazard.”
North Shore hooker was member of inaugural Harbour team
Former North Shore Rugby Club and North Harbour player Clinton Jones has died aged 65, after a long battle with cancer.
Jones played in North Shore’s final year in the Auckland Rugby Union competition in 1984 and was hooker in the first North Harbour team in 1985.
North Harbour won the national third-division title in that inaugural season.
Jones made 15 appearances in the North Harbour jersey in 1985 and 1986.
Between 1973 and 1977, he attended Takapuna Grammar School, where he was captain of the first XV and a prefect.
After finishing his playing career, he coached the King’s College first XV.
A keen fisherman and motorcyclist, he
was a gifted participant in multiple sports.
He sailed for the Wakatere Boating Club in the Streaker dinghy class and played football for North Shore United.
Jones was involved in Toastmasters, helping others build confidence as communicators and leaders.
He worked as a sales manager at Green Gorilla from 2010 until his death.
A celebration of his life was held at Muriwai Surf Club on 16 August.
History maker… Clinton Jones pictured in the first North Harbour representative team photo
Time flies... the public clock on Victoria Rd has disappeared
Prominent mature trees felled around Devonport
A large tree on council reserve land outside St Leo’s Catholic Primary School at the corner of Victoria Rd and Albert Rd was reduced to a stump last week due to safety concerns.
The chinaberry tree showed extensive decay and dieback which posed risks due to its location near a busy road and school, said Auckland Council regional arborists and ecological manager David Stejskal.
Previous efforts were made to prune and retain the tree but it needed to be brought down for public safety, he said.
No protection for large native
A prominent mature pōhutukawa tree recently chopped down at the entrance to Devonport Village at the corner of Lake and Albert Rds had no council protection.
The tree was on private property not council land, so a resource consent was not needed to fell it, an Auckland Council spokesperson told the Flagstaff.
Nor was the tree on the council list of protected trees.
Stumped... All that remains of a large pōhutukawa on Albert Rd
On the safe side... An arborist on site after a large chinaberry tree outside St Leo’s School was cut back to a stump
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Medals galore at Belmont Primary Olympics Day
Belmont Primary School tapped into excitement over the Paris Olympic Games with its own festival of competition – complete with flag-waving and medal presentations.
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A flock of royal spoonbills has been roosting at the duck pond on Seabreeze Ave.
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Lively octogenarian has tips for fellow seniors
Former PE teacher, financial adviser and life coach Leigh Elder is these days on a mission to help seniors improve the quality of their later years. Helen Vause reports.
Residents of the William Sanders retirement village will be aging in better fettle if Leigh Elder can persuade them of the merits of his message.
The 81-year-old health and wellbeing champion believes that while many seniors are extending their life spans, their latter years are marred by preventable disease and health conditions that reduce the quality of life.
The slim, vigorous octogenarian is a familiar sight to fellow residents at the retirement village and also walking regularly around the streets and beaches of Devonport.
And while he’s been peddling his message of diet and exercise for some years, he has discovered an extra professional benefit in living in the thick of his own demographic – whatever shape they are in.
He has pulled together a group of residents who are over the winter months following some or all of his healthier-living guidelines and will soon be reporting back on their progress.
While his little research group of neighbours goes about their tuned up eating and exercise lives, Elder has made good progress on writing a book targeted at seniors with a working (often changing) title: Growing Old Gratefully – Enjoy an extra decade or more of good health
His contention is pretty straightforward, and has made sense to those who have taken up his challenge to actively review their diet and exercise patterns.
“Twenty per cent of your future health lies with your inherited genes. The remaining 80 per cent is down to how you choose to live. Taking advantage of these great odds takes both know-how and staying power,” Elder says.
He has always been driven by an interest in optimising wellbeing and working with others to help them help themselves. But he has lately become focused on helping
seniors improve the quality of life in their later years, and is pursuing his seniors health-maintenance project not just with his fellow residents but also in the public arena.
Elder started out as a physical education teacher, but at 40 became a financial adviser. Later again, he explored the world of life coaching.
He spent much of his working life in the central North Island, but with his second wife Kate moved north and together they bought a rest home.
That gave Elder a new field and a different demographic to work with.
He was impressed at the joy, empathy and kindness he found in that setting. But
Close to home... Leigh Elder has pulled together a research group of fellow William Sanders residents to trial some of his healthy-living ideas
another lasting impression was the sad truth of the circumstances of many residents and how they’d ended up where they were in their lives.
As a rest home owner for “five poignant years”, Elder says he will never forget the looks of bewilderment on the faces of new residents crossing his establishment’s threshold for the first time.
“Many of these people were old before their time and suffering from one chronic illness or another as early as their late 60s and early 70s. They hated leaving the comfort of their own homes and familiar surroundings and were forced into it by their now-despised lack of their ability to live independently,” he says.
“Former high-functioning adults reduced to rubble, and sad to think that many of these people – if they had had the know-how and had made a few key lifestyle changes – could have easily got a decade or more of good health.”
He says health data in New Zealand shows an average life expectancy of 82, but puts the average age from which chronic illness is suffered at just 69 years.
That means that for many the last decade or so of life cannot be lived as well or happily as it might have been.
There had to be a book in this, thought Elder.
The time to follow through on that thought came after he and Kate discovered Devonport and decided to change their own living arrangements by buying an apartment in the William Sanders village.
In his life-coach days 25 years ago, Elder found a recurring issue with his clients would be concern about weight problems.
So his first books and a business, ‘Eat for Keeps’ were launched.
For the Eat for Keeps (EFK) programme, he developed a website and online courses and taught EFK strategies at workshops.
“We got very good data back from this programme. Medical markers really improved with things like diabetes, and of course with weight loss.
“If you can reverse the direction diabetic people and pre-diabetic people are heading in, obviously they’re likely to be enjoying better health as they age.”
Seeing the need for exercise to go with diet changes, Elder also developed an exercise and movement programme suitable for seniors.
“Twenty per cent of your future health lies with your inherited genes. The remaining 80 per cent is down to how you choose to live.”
Putting it all together is how he hopes to turn lives around for his generation along with younger people – and for his group of around a dozen people at William Sanders that he has recruited onto the journey so far.
Elder says his formula is simple, practical stuff that even those with the wobbliest motivation can embrace.
To add to the motivation factor he has collected inspirational stories of much older New Zealanders , some of whom, like famed athletics coach Arch Jelly, have made it to a century and more.
Jelly came to speak to the village residents about his life and times at 102 years old and reportedly acquitted himself well in a game of bridge before he left.
“I needed to know the secrets of people around his age so that I could share them in my book. There is so much commonality among the group of people who age so well,” Elder says.
Unsurprisingly, before he gets down to the business of working to wind back the biological clock, Elder wants to have a word about matters of the mind.
In his book’s opening chapter, he echoes widely accepted common wisdom: “I believe that this whole mind thing lies at the heart of all things in your life.
“Mind over matter is the situation where someone can get control of most physical conditions, situations or problems by using the mind. The key to getting your mind around how to get the best out of your life is to get absolute clarity in your mind on how the rest of your life could look, and make a plan of attack.
“Although your chronological age has certain expectations of your physical and mental health, your biological age (snapshot of actual physical health) can confound these expectations.”
As Elder moves briskly around the village, often bounding up stairs in preference to taking lifts, he says he feels there is a lot at stake in trying to make a difference to the way seniors are living. “I feel I have to get this right.”
He calls his exercise programme BAFFS, which stands for balance, agility, flexibility, fitness and strength.
He talks about starting with tiny tweaks, such as getting up out the chair more often, or perhaps standing on one foot at the kitchen bench.
It’s probably nothing too new to aging ears, but the difference is it’s a message being delivered right where they live, by one of their own who is a compelling ambassador – a man on a mission with a track record in the art of persuasion.
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TGS Musicians Centre Stage at KBB
The annual KBB Festival took place recently at the beautiful Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell. Takapuna Grammar was once again proudly represented by the school’s Concert Band, directed by Ms Lauren Raby, and the Chamber Orchestra, directed by former TGS student Tom Talbot. Both groups delivered strong performances and enjoyed the opportunity to learn and compete with students from across Auckland.
Performing Arts Faculty Head Lauren Raby is delighted with how our students showcased their talents at
the competition; “KBB is always a great opportunity for our students to perform in front of a new audience, and to receive constructive feedback from expert judges on how they can improve their technique both as an instrumental group as well as individual
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musicians. Our students always benefit and grow from the experience, and now they’re looking ahead to next year’s competitionandtheimprovementsthey want to strive for. As a teacher it is very rewarding to see that positive mindset develop in our young musicians”.
Science & Engineering students off to Nationals
Our science department entered six teams for the ever-popular Epro8 Engineering Challenge where all our teams did exceedingly well at Auckland region heats.
Deniel Engelbrecht and Taichi Imamura entered a NZ Secondary School Culinary Competition (NZSSCC) last month and won a Silver for their dish. The hero of the dish was parsnip; The team created ‘parsnip croquettes with parsnip puree, curry oil and garnished with curry leaves’. Their amazing idea was having an egg yolk in the centre, that oozed out when eaten. Their innovative approach and attention to detail impressed the judges, as they showcased their creativity and skills in the kitchen.
Our two junior teams qualified for the semifinal competition which was held on 15 August, and they both excelled.
The teams qualified for the National competition on 23 August. The Takapuna Technicians team was placed second in the semi-final round, and the Gryffindors fourth. Congratulations and all the best for the nationals!
Leading from the front… Sam Davies in action in North Shore’s victory over Takapuna in the 2024 North Habour Championship final
Prop named Shore player of the year
North Harbour rugby prop Sam Davies has been named North Shore premiers player of the year.
Other North Shore Rugby Club senior men’s prizewinners were: Conor Burling, U85 player of the year; Max Graham, U85 players’ player of the year; Hunter Rice, best U21 player; Kauri Enoka, most improved U21 player (chosen by club committee); Jackson Hayde, most improved U21 player (chosen by team management); James Fairbairn and Kees O’Leary-Lodge, U21 team management players of the year; George Masdin, prem 2 player of the year; Ethan McMullan, most dedicated prem 2 player;
Donald Coleman, prem 1 players’ player of the year.
Women’s winners: Hayley Beale, premier MVP; Izzy East, players’ player of the year; Trinity Rika, most promising women’s player; Edina Manukia, women’s team spirit award; under 21s, team of the year; Edina Manukia.
Outstanding commitment to the club. Siobhan Todd, team manager of the year; Matt Hunt, supporter of the year; Liam Sturm, most promising player; Tom Bradford, front rower with most potential; Jackson Savage, most successful goal kicker; Max Parekura and James Hinchco, coaches of the year.
20 years ago from the Flagstaff files
• Renewed hopes emerge for a reopening of Devonport Cinema after a plan is hatched for a charitable trust to run the theatre.
• Siblings Tim and Ella Duncraft turn out for the North Shore Cricket Club.
• A major blaze at Devonport Primary School is thwarted by teacher Bev Duffett, who turned up to work during the weekend to find arsonists had set a storeroom on fire.
• Devonport Community Board opposes a planned move north for the Devonport Fire Station.
• The Allis family, at the centre of the Devonport Unicycle Club, are profiled.
• Takapuna Grammar moves to control
the traffic lights at its Lake Rd gates before and after school.
• Devonport Museum plans an $85,000 renovation to improve storage.
• Andy Gore wins the inaugural Devonport Flagstaff poetry competition.
• Joe McCallum, Bayswater triathlete, is the Flagstaff interview subject.
• Takapuna Grammar rockers Point Blank (Ian Miller, Andre Skinner and Rob Champion) make it to the Smokefree Rockquest Regional Finals.
• Takapuna Grammar School’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar featured future rock stars Eddie Knowles, Callum Martin and Jacob Moore of the Checks and Calum Gunn
of the Electric Confectionaires.
• Rest home resident May Parker became the Queen of Coronation St for a day, dressing up in a fur stole, lace gloves and a crown to rule over her fellow residents.
• The consequences of illegal pruning of trees on Sir Peter Blake Pde and Quinton Park are will be spelt out to residents in a meeting with the Devonport Community Board.
• A vintage-car parade forms a cortege for the funeral of Frank de Lautour, the first North Shore branch president of the Veteran and Vintage Car Club.
• Takapuna Grammar win two and draw one match on a Queensland rugby tour.
Musicians rally for Harmony Hall
A fundraising concert to raise money for a new roof for Harmony Hall will be held on Thursday 5 September at 7pm.
The concert at the Wynyard Street venue will feature: Linn Lorkin, Peter Wood, Rick Roff, David Powell, Nigel Gavin, Mark
Laurent and Brenda Liddiard, John Davy, David Mills, Neil Finlay, Chris Priestley and others.
Tickets are $30 on the door, with additional donations accepted. BYO drinks and snacks.
Join us to reflect on the last year and hear from a guest speaker Taylor from Neighbourhood Support. Light refreshments provided. Everyone welcome!
Head-on outside TGS
Police are investigating a head-on collision between two vehicles on Lake Rd outside Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) last week. Occupants of the vehicles sustained moderate injuries and were taken to hospital, a police spokesperson said. Traffic banked up when the road was closed after the crash on Thursday 15 August, around 4.10pm.
Local player in NZ squad
TGS student Freya Kearney has been selected for the under-18 Black Sticks squad. The team has been selected for a camp in October when the players will be introduced to high-performance principles and styles of play needed to perform on the world stage. Year 13 student Freya captains the school’s first XI and has been in the side since she was in Year 9.
Flavell makes Tall Ferns
TGS basketballer Bailey Flavell has been named in the Tall Ferns squad to play in the FIBA World Cup prequalifier tournament in Mexico this week. Flavell impressed for New Zealand in the under-17 World Cup, averaging 18.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists. Flavell helped TGS make the Auckland premier competition semifinals, however, the team lost, but still remain in contention to go to secondary school nationals.
Frisbee duo at world cup
Year 13 TGS students Briar Carter and Emily McNamara represented New Zealand at the World Junior Ultimate Frisbee Championships in Birmingham, England late last month, helping the under-20 side to a fifth-place finish. The side won convincingly against Ireland, Singapore, Australia, Germany and Great Britain in pool play, with losses against France, Canada and Japan. It beat Japan in a play-off.
Yachties take 23rd
TGS students Will Mason and Giorgio Mattiuzzo finished 23rd at the 29er World Championship in Denmark earlier this month. The duo qualified for the premier gold fleet in eighth position.
Correction
The photo caption on the front page of our 9 August issue was incorrect.
The person celebrating with yachties Hamish McLaren and Francesco Kayrouz after they took silver in the 49er junior world championship in Spain was Campbell Stanton, not coach Markus Somerville. Stanton was Somerville’s assistant.
Tuning in… Chris Priestley (left) and John Davy are among musicians playing at Harmony Hall on 5 September
WHAT’S ON @ Devonport Library
Tēnā Koutou Katoa
Things that make us happy... seeing dolphins from our workroom and all these exciting library events coming up. See you soon.
A POSSE OF POETS
Friday August 23rd 6:30pm for 7pm start.
Celebrate National Poetry Day with the Devonport Library Associates. A feast of local wit and words. All welcome. Koha appreciated. FAMILY HISTORY MONTH
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays August, 10am to 3pm
The NZ Society of Genealogists have their knowledgeable volunteers in our library.
ESTATE PLANNING WITH WENDY HAMPTON
Monday Sept 2nd, 11am – 12 noon
A seminar on Estate Planning with Wendy Hampton, retired lawyer, whose popular, practical booklet covers the important personal information we need to gather to save money and make life easier for family and friends when the time comes.
CELEBRATE NO AUTOGRAPHS PLEASE
Tuesday September 3rd 6pm-7:30pm
This sparkling musical memoir by Katherine Wiles, a NZ-born opera singer, will be launched in a delightful evening event. TRAVELLING MIDWIFE STORIES
Sunday September 15th
10:30am-12 noon
Come and meet Teresa Frewen and hear her tale of being stuck in outback Australia during Covid restrictions. Running from fires, floods and snakes while caring for mums in remote and risky circumstances.
CELEBRATE TE WIKI O TE REO MĀORI - MĀORI LANGUAGE WEEK
Sunday September 15th, 2pm-3pm
With a Kapa Haka performance by Te Hau Kapua Rōpū in the library.
NZ AUTHOR NICKY PELLEGRINO
Wednesday Sept 18th, 6pm-8pm
Best-selling NZ author Nicky Pellegrino will be celebrating the launch of Marry Me in Italy right here at Devonport Library. It’s her latest novel and a delightful, delicious read.
Award-winning New Zealand
A bucket-list wish has turned into an enticing evening ahead at Devonport’s Depot Artspace, which has secured a coup in attracting the New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ) to play there.
Depot director Amy Saunders said a serendipitous run of events had led to the concert, next Friday 30 August, as part of the quartet’s ‘Soundscapes’ season of performances.
After acoustic upgrades to the venue’s main gallery – allowing for bands playing in the space to be connected to the Depot recording studio – sound manager Noah Page trialled the set-up with the successful filming and recording of emerging artist Isla Noon in June.
Page told Saunders he was so happy with the result, he had added recording a string quartet to his bucket list. “In that very meeting, I opened my email and there was a message from the general manager of the NZSQ saying they were coming to Auckland and they were interested in playing at our space on the Friday night, to complement their evening at the Bruce Mason on the Saturday.
“We obviously jumped at the opportunity,” Saunders said.
String Quartet general manager Aislinn Ryan said she approached the Depot as a part of a plan to take chamber music outside the traditional concert hall into inspiring spaces where audiences could enjoy a multi-faceted experience. The show would be the first of a North Island tour.
“In seeking to bring Soundscapes to the North Shore, Depot was our first port of call,” said Ryan. “We love their kaupapa – in particular their focus on accessibility, participation and arts advocacy.”
The performance offered the chance to
bring the quartet’s existing audience into what might be a nice space for them, and for the Depot community to experience the gallery in a new way. Collaborating brought benefits to both groups, and local audiences.
“We’re also looking to engage Arts Depot’s amazing audio/visual team to make a recording of this special event,” Ryan said.
The following night, the quartet aimed to attract a different audience again to the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna.
This will be a specially curated programme featuring music based on the television show Bridgerton and designed to appeal to its younger audience.
Ryan said young people might never have considered attending a chamber music event previously. The Bruce Mason concert would be an entry point that felt relevant and familiar to them.
The programme features classical arrangements of pop songs, as featured in the Bridgerton series, which although set in the Georgian era is a modern take on its social mores, with a sound-track to match. Some shorter classical pieces also feature in the show. “Our long-term strategy is that the audiences who attend the Bridgerton event will, in time, become audience members at Depot/NZSQ collaborations in future,” Ryan said.
The quartet, which won the Best Classical Artist award at the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards, returned from a month-long Canadian tour at the beginning of this month. It played with new violinist Peter Clark at summer musical festivals.
Its Soundscape repertoire will feature a work by one of two New Zealand composers, either Claire Cowan and Leonie Holmes, as well as familiar works from the classical canon. All pieces are introduced by
String Quartet opens North Island tour at Depot
the quartet members themselves, illuminating the stories behind the music.
The Depot has arranged to offer a glass of wine through its sponsor Toi Toi as part of the ticket price, along with nibbles from local French delicatessen Chateaubriant.
Guests will also get to see Depot Artspace’s latest exhibition, Sponge City , an environmentally themed printmaking showcase, marshalled by Devonport artist Celia Walker.
Saunders said the evening would be very
much a community event. “We’re thrilled to offer this unique opportunity.”
• Soundscapes by the New Zealand String Quartet, Depot Artspace, Clarence St, Friday 30 August, at 7pm. Tickets $50 from nzsq.org.nz/concerts.
SPONGE CITY
‘Sponge City’ is a group exhibition addressing urban resilience against the adverse weather effects of climate change.
Through the artform of printmaking, this exhibitiondelivered in partnership with Restoring Takarunga Hauraki (RTH) - addresses the recent flooding that Tāmaki Makaurau has experienced and how this has impacted our communities.
This exhibition includes artwork by members of Hard-Pressed Collective, including local Devonport maker Celia Walker.
Visit depot.org.nz for more info about the exhibition and to register for one of our workshops!
17 Aug - 28 Sept 2024
Cyanotype Workshop: Saturday 24 Aug, 2-4pm
Suminagashi Workshop: Friday 6 Sept, 12:30pm
Tetra Pak Printmaking: Saturday 14 Sept, 2-4pm
DEPOT Artspace
28 Clarence St, Devonport depot.org.nz
Take a bow... New Zealand String Quartet (from left): Helene Pohl, Peter Clark, Rolf Gjelsten and Gillian Ansell
Depictions of huia and falling feathers reflect fears
An exhibition in Devonport exploring cascading loss through time takes the extinct huia bird as its centrepiece.
The symbolism of falling feathers is a repeated motif across artist Derek March’s paintings, which draw on his environmental concerns. At the show’s heart are questions posed by human impacts on nature and ongoing avian depopulation in Aotearoa.
A Feather on the Ground is the name of the show at Satellite2 Gallery, the title being the last line of a poem about huia by Bill Manhire.
March says he was not aware of the huia poem – one of a quartet the renowned New Zealand poet named for native birds – until a friend mentioned it. Because it was so apt to his work, he tracked down Manhire for permission to use the line.
“It is a magical bird and there’s a real kind of universal grief at its loss,” says March. “It was a pivotal bird. Some people want to blame colonisation, but we’re talking about humans – Polynesians and Europeans – we all did it together.”
To depict the idea of escalating loss, March had the idea of feathers falling.
Coincidentally, the Devonport Library Associates has organised an event for National Poetry Day, Friday 23 August, which falls during the fortnight of March’s exhibition. The Manhire poem will be read at the library by actor Ian Mune and it is also on display on the wall of Satellite’s Victoria Rd gallery.
March depicts the bird – both dead and alive – in paintings that in some corners show Polynesian and English sailing boats, to reinforce a joint contribution to its extermination. Maori hunted huia for their prized tail feathers; settlers cleared land and introduced invasive species.
“New Zealand used to be an avian country, with the only mammals being bats and
Bye-bye birds... The falling feathers in Derek March’s paintings represent ongoing avian extinction
seals,” says March. Then came the arrival of Polynesian rats and dogs before Europeans brought rabbits, stoats, possums and other introduced animals and fish, often under the wing of colonial acclimatisation societies. “Things got out of control.”
As well as the bird paintings, his exhibition shows feathers descending on barren landscapes of burned forests. There are also examples of excavations of top soil – what he calls landscrapes – where Mother Earth has been stripped back for development, exposing the likes of middens. “I have this grief. It’s a deep historical grief, when I look at pā sites that have been desecrated, I’m just working through that,” March says.
A
POSSE OF
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NATIONAL POETRY DAY
Devonport Library Friday 23rd August 2024
He sees parallels to issues of today. He mentions a range of concerns about how humans may be affecting the environment, along with the potential threat of artificial intelligence. “One of the most precious things we have as humans is the spiritual form of creation.”
Nelson-born March was drawn to art via drawing as a youngster, progressing to taking a fine arts degree at Elam.
He spent part of his childhood on the North Shore, and recalls pottering around in boats, going eeling, finding bird nests and setting up hides. “We did all that stuff and learned about nature.” Although he briefly considered being a taxidermist, he says being an artist
Come and celebrate National Poetry Day
“A Posse of Poets” Special Guests and New Readings
Devonport Library 6.30pm for a 7pm start
Wine and nibbles. Koha appreciated. All welcome.
allows him to “put a new spirit into things”. He has exhibited numerous times over the years, while also working as an art teacher and doing gardening and landscaping. For 10 years he made jewellery sold at Auckland specialist store Fingers.
For 46 years, he has lived on Auckland’s west coast at Te Henga. “I built my own house and brought the family up there and will never leave,” he says.
Birdlife is part of the appeal as is the area’s rich geological history. He has also painted a mural there, for a wetland restoration project on which he helps with planting.
“A lot of my work has been about wetland and rivers and marking the damage to environment.” Birds and their place in the ecosystem are a natural extension of this.
Rather than working with preconceived themes, he follows his interests. “I’m working something out in myself.”
The Satellite show is a return to painting for March, after a focus in recent years on sculpture, including the wooden huia which is on display in the gallery’s window.
As to the specific appeal of huia, he says: “Graphically, they’re very beautiful birds.”
• A Feather on the Ground, Satellite2 Gallery, Victoria Rd, until 1 September.
Artists
• A Posse of Poets, at Devonport Library, Friday 23 August, 6.30pm for a 7pm start.
I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse...
Starting August 15th, we’ve teamed up with two top Italian restaurants in Takapuna to bring you an unbeatable combo: For a limited time, when you purchase any meal from Al Forno Restaurant or Botticelli Restaurant & Wine Bar, you can purchase a ticket to see The Godfather 1 or 2 for just $10 Botticelli Restaurant & Wine Bar
We have a Royale deal for you it’s so good, we are calling it the Royale With Cheese
From the 22nd of August, we have teamed up with the two best burger joints in Takapuna to offer you the best burgers AND one of the best movies, Pulp Fiction*.
FATHERS’ DAY 2024
All regular movies for dad are $10 Special screenings of The Lion King and Pulp Fiction. Treat dad to a couple of hours of relaxation, entertainment and fun for all the family.
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We Were Dangerous (M) 83min
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*MOVIE RATED R18
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