Victoria Rd’s severely damaged main stormwater pipe is at risk of bursting and urgently in need of repair or replacement.
The state of the pipe was revealed at a Devonport-Takapuna Local Board workshop last week, when consultant civil engineer Julie Lam said it was at risk of bursting in
the next “couple of years”.
It was in a similar condition to the Queens Pde pipe which was recently replaced and upsized by Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters department, at a cost of $1.2 million.
The cheapest solution for the Victoria Rd main – at $610,000 – is to reline the pipe
using a ‘keyhole surgery’ repair method through existing manholes, Lam said.
Lam said new linings can last up to 100 years, similar to a new pipe. A new lining would slightly reduce the existing pipe’s capacity.
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Young sailors eye bigger stage
Job done… Hamish McLaren (left) and Devonport’s Francesco Kayrouz, who took silver in the 49er junior world champs in Spain, celebrate with Campbell Stanton, who assisted coach Markus Somerville. Story page 3.
Alleged thief left kids
A woman arrested in Belmont last week had left her three children in a car while stealing another vehicle, police say. The 28-year-old was arrested on Lake Rd and charged with car theft after multiple police vehicles and the Eagle helicopter were deployed in the early evening of 23 July. A police spokesperson said initial enquiries suggested the woman’s car had run out of petrol. “Her car, with her three children inside, was located a short distance away from where the victim’s car was stolen.” The woman was to appear in the North Shore District Court.
Store left out of report
Bikes and Beyond’s Devonport store in Wynyard St closed prior to the company going into liquidation – which is why the outlet has not been mentioned in liquidators’ reports. Any debts incurred by the store are likely to be included in the liquidation, however. “Stores operated out of the same entity and the debts will fall under the same entity,” liquidator Steven Khov said.
Gill finishes seventh
Devonport’s Jacko Gill placed seventh in the shot-put at the Paris Olympics with a throw of 21.15m in the final. Gill said later he hoped to be at the Los Angeles Olympics aiming to medal in 2028.
Flavell in Tall Ferns squad
Takapuna Grammar School basketballer
Bailey Flavell has been called into the Tall Ferns wider squad, fresh from playing for the under-17 national side. She flew to the US last week to join an 18-strong squad which will be whittled down to 12 for a World Cup pre-qualifier tournament.
Stanley Bay club drops bowling after more than a century
Bowls continues to decline on the Devonport peninsula, with the Stanley Bay Bowling and Petanque Club changing its name to remove reference to bowling.
The end of bowls at the club follows the closures over the last 25 years of the Devonport Bowling Club in Cambridge Tce, the Devonport Women’s Bowling Club on Wairoa Rd, and the North Devonport Bowling club in Achilles Cres.
The Belmont Park Bowling Club in Bayswater is the last active bowling club on the peninsula.
Stanley Bay held a special meeting last Saturday to change its constitution, allowing a name change to Stanley Bay Pentaque Club. The 35 members who attended –more than half of the club’s membership – voted unanimously for the change.
President Jacquie Mockridge said the name change was needed as bowls was no
longer being played at the club.
The club’s bowling green would remain at this stage. The clubhouse was currently undergoing a major refurbishment, she said.
The history:
• 1908-1910 The Stanley Bowling Club purchases more than an acre of land, with its first AGM held in 1909 and an opening day in 1910.
• 1996 A petanque terrain is built on land adjoining the bowling club
• 1997 New members join the club in an attempt to prevent its closure and sale of the site to a housing developer. A decision to sell the land is overturned.
• 2012 Constitution updated and the club re-registered with the name Stanley Bowling & Petanque Club Inc.
• June 2024 The Bowling Committee decides to cease bowls due to a decline in bowling membership.
Cheapest pipe fix will cost $610K
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Two other options presented to the board were replacing the pipe with a larger version for $1.3 million, which would take 10 months, or installing a secondary pipe while also replacing the existing pipe, for $2.5 million, which would take a year.
As well as being the cheapest option, taking the least time and causing the least traffic disruption, the lining option recommended by Healthy Waters would require no resource consent.
The option was preferred by six of the 11 businesses which responded to a Healthy Waters survey on the issue.
Healthy Waters representative Blair Delaney said it would look at improving street
catchpits along with the pipe improvements.
Local board chair Toni van Tonder asked if the kerbs on Victoria Rd being raised would help stop water runoff overflowing onto the footpaths, but was told that was a matter for Auckland Transport.
Deputy board chair Terence Harpur indicated support for the lining option, saying 10 months to a year of disruption to businesses on Victoria Rd would be especially damaging in the current tough economic times.
Harpur said Healthy Waters needed to inform the Devonport Business Association about any proposed works.
Delaney said it would take two months to have a business case approved for the lining option, after which he would discuss the timing with the business community.
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A silver medal in the 49er junior world championship has put Devonport yachtie Francesco Kayrouz and partner Hamish McLaren on a course for the 2028 Olympics.
Kayrouz (21), who won the World 29er championship in 2018, said the silver medal at the 49er champs in waters off Galicia, Spain, last month was “probably” his best yachting achievement so far.
“We were hoping for a podium finish –that was our goal – but it was always a bit unsure,” Kayrouz, back in Devonport, told the Flagstaff.
The pair had put in a “solid training block” – including four to five days a week on the water and four days a week in the gym – in the month prior to the regatta, Kayrouz said.
The world championship was contested
over 15 races. Kayrouz and McLaren, who have been a team for two years, were in fourth place going into the final three races on the last day.
Gold, which was won by Richard Schultheis and Youenn Bertin of Malta, was out of reach, but silver was still on the radar.
The pair gained confidence after a “good first race”, when they finished second. They were second again in the second race and fifth in the third, staying ahead of their rivals for a medal.
Fellow Kiwis Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush finished fourth in the regatta after leading during the early stages.
Kayrouz and McLaren will resume training in New Zealand, with a few camps over sum-
mer when overseas yachties come south from the Northern Hemisphere.
The pair’s next overseas trip is for regattas in Majorca and France in April and May 2025, with an eye on 2028 Olympic qualification. “In terms of Olympic sailing, 49ers are where it’s at – it’s the most exciting class with the best racing,” Kayrouz said.
Yachting New Zealand will set a couple of international events as benchmarks for qualifying for the next Olympics in Los Angeles.
“It’s a long pathway, but it’s a class you stay in for a while,” Kayrouz said.
Returning to Devonport after international success is a slight return to reality. Kayrouz is looking for a part-time job as full-time work doesn’t fit with his training schedule.
On course for bigger things... Devonport’s Francesco Kayrouz (left) and Hamish McLaren in action on the 49er junior world championship course in Galicia, Spain.
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Microwave radiation concerns aired at local-board
A group worried about what it claims are the hazards of increasing microwave radiation from 5G cellphone towers caused a commotion at the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board community forum last week. SafterTech NZ had multiple speakers and up to 30 supporters at the forum held in Takapuna’s Shore Junction youth hub. When the speakers reached the group’s allocated 15-minute presenting time, local
board chair Toni van Tonder stopped the presentation, saying the forum was being run on a strict schedule as people needed to get home at a reasonable hour.
Supporters in the crowd objected, saying they were being silenced and that other groups had gone over time on other topics.
The supporters then all left in protest, along with most of the speakers, and conversed loudly outside the room the forum
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was being held in until council staff and others asked them to be quiet.
One of the group’s speakers said One NZ’s 5G towers were approved for installation by Auckland Council without public consultation and that they lowered property values.
Two others said their health had been negatively impacted by the microwaves the towers emit.
The Takapuna Grammar girls squash team (from left to right) Sarah Bowden, Aggie Griffiths, Justine Pausch, Charlotte Bowden, Saara Joukani, and Heather Bowden won the New Zealand Secondary Schools title in Wellington last weekend. And along with the boys team of Max Bailey, Henry Griffiths, Sam O’Brien, Karl Letica, Oscar Dixon Hall and Kieran Weaver they won the Co-ed Cup. Coach Manu Yam also received an award for his contribution to school squash.
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It has been a while since I’ve driven on gravel roads, but I had to do a bit of rally driving on Lake Rd the other day. Heading out to the airport to drop some friends off, I was passing the Kings Store intersection when a car travelling in the opposite direction hit a cone, pushing it into my lane.
I slammed on the brakes and managed to avoid the cone. Luckily the airbags didn’t go off and I wasn’t shunted from behind.
It’s a pity there is not a Cone Cam on Lake
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Rd to catch all similar evasive manoeuvres.
In other cone developments, sources have told me some residents move cones around themselves to make street parking at weekends easier.
Early morning Lake Rd users, meanwhile, have had to clear up cones blown all over the road on windy days.
With AI in the news at the moment and questions being raised over robots writing editorials in the New Zealand Herald, I can categorically assure readers that all of the material in the Devonport Flagstaff and our sister publication the Rangitoto Observer is produced by locally-employed human hands.
I hope the Herald being caught with its AI pants down so to speak encourages it and others in New Zealand’s mainstream media to ensure only trained human journalists produce their news content.
Another big crowd turned up at North Shore Rugby Club’s Vauxhall Rd ground last Saturday, this time to watch the North Harbour under-21 final between Shore and Massey. It followed two years of club finals at Shore, the first due to North Harbour stadium being unavailable during the Women’s World Cup football.
I haven’t spoken to anyone who hopes the finals return to North Harbour Stadium. Local venues provide a closer spectacle and better atmosphere, and attract locals who wouldn’t be bothered travelling all the way to Albany.
Having covered Jacko Gill in the Flagstaff for the best part of 20 years, it was great to see him continue his progress on the world stage at the Paris Olympics. He is still comparatively young for a field athlete, so we wish him all the best for the next stage of his career – and the next Olympics.
Squeezed soccer club plays ‘home’ games at Long Bay
North Shore United has made a plea for access to more pitches, including at Devonport Domain, as it struggles to schedule home matches and training sessions for its youth and adult teams.
The club’s board member in charge of facilities, Phil McGivern, said the club has had to schedule ‘home’ games at pitches as far away as Long Bay.
United’s only floodlit facility was at Bayswater Park, and with more than 800 playing members, many who train at night, finding training slots for every team was difficult.
Bayswater had often been closed due to poor weather, to protect the fields, despite resurfacing last summer.
McGivern told the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last week the club had a greater need for more facilities than other sporting clubs on the peninsula, as it as it had more junior and senior teams.
The club has 34 junior and youth teams, another 200 younger players who aren’t involved in inter-club competitions and 13 senior sides.
The North Shore Rugby Club (NSRC) has 37 junior sides and five senior teams.
McGivern said a short-term solution would be to use a field on the floodlit part of Devonport Domain. The Domain is used by the North Shore cricket club in the summer and has rugby pitches in winter.
He said United was open to working with NSRC and Auckland Council to look at how
NSRC chairman Pete Burgess was also open to discussing options, but said the rugby club’s fields were well-used and sharing them would be a challenge.
McGivern said the ideal long-term solution was to proceed with long-planned upgrades to Allen Hill Stadium, in Lake Rd’s Dacre Park, McGivern said
Building consent was obtained for upgrades in December 2019, McGivern said.
The upgrade didn’t go ahead due to funding, most of which was set aside in a sports investment fund, being used for other purposes after the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
The upgrade would have included resurfacing the playing field and a smaller training pitch with more durable hybrid turf and installing floodlights, along with other improvements.
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Shore under-21s win Harbour title in close tussle
North Shore Rugby Club’s under-21 side won its North Harbour Championship final against Massey at Vauxhall Rd last Saturday, but the result was in the balance until the last seconds. Massey scored a late try for a 22-20 scoreline but failed to convert for a draw.
Shore’s win sealed an excellent year for the club – the premiers took out the North Harbour title in a final against Takapuna at the same ground two weekends previously. It is believed to be the first time in the club’s history that the premiers and under-21s have won their respective championships in the same season.
Shore, who only lost one match all season, were up 22-3 with 20 minutes to play, but faded late in the match. Coach Max Parekura said the side had injuries in the first 15 minutes so had no bench players to call on at the end. “We ran out of gas a bit,” he said. Open-side flanker Liam Sturm was Shore’s player of the day. Shore last won the under-21 title in 2010.
Champions... North Shore players and supporters celebrate victory in the Harbour under-21 final
Four new state homes slated for Belmont site
Kainga Ora plans to build four new homes in Belmont, replacing two existing houses. The state-house provider has lodged a consent application with Auckland Council to build at 10-12 Opua St.
It seeks approval to replace two two-bedroom bungalows with two three-bedroom duplexes and two four-bedroom standalone homes, said Taina Jones, Kainga
Ora’s regional director Auckland North and West.
“These homes are proposed as permanent social homes for eligible whānau,” she said.
A timeline for construction of the new homes seems uncertain, however.
Jones said the 10-12 Opua St development was among social-housing projects “under assessment” while Kainga Ora
worked with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development on priorities.
The original homes were purchased by Housing New Zealand in the 1990s and have been used as social housing since.
Kainga Ora has 139 homes in the Devonport peninsula area, including its apartments on the corner of Bardia St and Lake Rd and homes in Tui and Moa Sts.
Flooding survey attracts only a trickle of responses
Healthy Waters wants more feedback from the community before recommending any options for flood mitigation in low-lying areas west of Victoria Rd.
But its own computer modelling shows no houses are at risk of floor flooding.
An initial survey which included sections of Spring St, Huia St, Garden Tce, Kapai Rd, Anne St, Clarence St, Wynyard St, and Queens Pde, received 19 responses.
Respondents from six properties said they had never had flooding, nine had flooding of a yard or carport, two said water had nearly risen to floor level and two had experienced flooding of a basement or bottom floor.
Devonport-Takapuna Local Board members at last week’s workshop said they were surprised at the low number of responses, especially from Anne St residents.
Member Gavin Busch said he would be happy to organise a meeting between Healthy Waters and the residents to see if that would provide a better response.
Healthy Waters’ Blair Delaney said the options being explored were largely based on computer modelling, due to the low rate of responses to the survey.
The modelling showed no houses were at risk of floor flooding.
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Lam said the project was prioritising finding out how many people were affected by floor flooding not nuisance flooding.
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Young local takes on the long-drive world
Devonport’s Monica Chau isn’t as tall as most long-hitters, but has already made an impact on the long-drive scene. Among her strengths: an Olympian training buddy.
Anyone who doesn’t believe power can come in small packages needs to see Monica Chau wallop a golf ball.
The 27-year-old Devonport resident is only around 160cm (5ft 3in) tall, but after a rapid career pivot is this week taking on the world’s longest-hitting golfers at the World Long Drive (WLD) championships in the United States.
Chau has played golf since she was five, but only took up the long-drive game at the beginning of last year. She can now hit the ball more than 320m.
An astonishing performance at the New Zealand long-drive championships at the Pupuke course last November, when she reeled off a series of personal bests and came second to four-times world champion Phillis Meti, opened the door for her entry to the top international contest in Atlanta, Georgia.
But if her rise seems meteoric – especially in a sport where a taller player’s longer ‘levers’ give an obvious advantage – a unique collection of other factors has helped set Chau up to compete at the top level.
Born and raised in Hawke’s Bay, she was introduced to golf by her father and as a young player saw her future career as a coach.
The Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Psychology she completed at the University of Auckland was undertaken with that in mind, as was the Professional Golf Association traineeship she took subsequently, which led to the coaching role at the Remuera Golf Club she has held for over two years.
But she has also been able to tap into the knowledge and experience of her partner of seven years, Olympian and Commonwealth Games silver-medal-winning shotputter, Jacko Gill, who was again competing on world stage himself last week, when he finished seventh at the Paris Olympics.
Living with Gill in a downstairs apartment at the extended Gill family home in Devonport, Chau has previously been happy
to support his athletics career, travelling to Europe for a month every year since 2020 while he competed on the European circuit.
But since she took up long-drive, the young couple have become genuine training partners, finding their disciplines have a surprising amount in common. “We’re very well matched to help each other,” Chau says.
Putting a shot and driving a golf ball both require power, speed and rotational movement. And as Chau has been working
her way up into serious weights in the gym –benchpressing up to 67.5kg – it’s been quite an advantage to have a ‘spotter’ who can whisk the bar away when she has nothing left to give. The pair met online when Chau was still at university, Gill was overseas competing at the time, so for two months they could only message each other. When he came back to New Zealand, they finally had a first date.
Chau had to play a lot of tournaments in
Big hitter... Monica Chau with her 48-inch long-drive driver
her traineeship – rating as a scratch golfer at her peak – but says she never aimed to be a pro player. “I had zero inklings of doing the athlete route.”
Her interest was sparked while coaching at Remuera one day, when someone handed her a water bottle promoting the New Zealand ‘Long Blacks’. She told Jacko: “Maybe I could do some long driving”.
He was encouraging. And his example meant she had an appreciation of the commitment it would take to produce her best as an athlete rather than a coach. “I see the ins and outs of what it takes,” she says. “He’s been a very good role model.”
She was able to cram a lot of development into a very short period, while learning very quickly the limitations she had to put on her muscle-building schedule. “I got injured very quickly,” she recalls. Three heavy sessions in two days left her with a bulging disc in her back which she had to rehab before resuming more carefully. “You realise that you’re human.”
These days she typically does three hitting sessions a week, plus two weight sessions and four on speed. She mixes the workouts with regular sports massage.
Her training is based partly on her own sports-science knowledge and partly on Gill’s long experience of conditioning and performance. “We’ll talk for two hours about programming and how I’m training.”
She was naturally a “decent” driver, typically hitting the ball up to 210-220 metres. But in just six months of training, she increased the length of her drive by 50m. She surprised herself at how quickly she improved, and was buoyed at being able to
use her years of golf experience and scientific training to reach her own sporting goals rather than in coaching someone else. “It gave me a lot of confidence.”
She won a virtual on-line tournament in which competitors used ‘Trackman’ simulators then, at the national championship, breached 270m and 290m before finally hitting 321m. Meti, ranked second in the world, won with a drive of 345m. She immediately suggested Chau come to the world event in Atlanta.
“It’s such a stressreliever to smash a ball as far as you can.”
Along with building physical power, Chau has had to develop an entirely different swing, aiming to lengthen the arc through which the clubhead travels. At the furthest point of her backswing she is like a coiled spring, with the club head pointed at the ground, in line with her left foot.
As a smaller player, she is conscious of eking out distance wherever she can. “I have to tap into every single avenue.” A long-drive club can be up to 48 inches long, three inches longer than a typical driver. Chau’s club is the full 48 inches: “I need every centimetre I can get.”
In each round of a competition – through qualification, semi-finals and finals – players have two and a half minutes to hit six balls. It’s all over very quickly, though not as quickly as Gill’s quickfire shotputting. Psychologically, Chau seems well suited
to the long-drive challenge: “It’s such a stress-reliever to smash a ball as far as you can,” she says.
She found the experience of competing both nerve-racking and thrilling. “I was shaking so hard I couldn’t quite put the ball on the tee,” she recalls. Afterwards, “I just knew what it felt like to be an athlete,” she says. “I’ve never felt so alive in my life.”
Helpfully, she had her whole family at Pupuke supporting – her father, who came to New Zealand as a 20-year-old, her mother, who came from China, and her older brother and sister, who are both also golf coaches.
Chau isn’t neglecting her own coaching while exploring the long-drive world: she is continuing to mentor her elite students remotely while travelling, including one who has been competing in age-group events in the US. She believes she has become a much better golf coach as a result of her own new competitive interest.
After Atlanta, she will join Gill in Europe, where he will be competing on the post-Olympics Diamond League circuit and she will contest the International European Long Drive Championship in Germany in September. The pair, who will train together in Europe ahead of their respective events, have together been to more than 25 countries, but are certain where their main base is. “We love New Zealand,” Chau says. “We love being here, being together, training together.” More long-drive tournaments could be on her schedule next year. First, she must negotiate her first foray on the international scene – and her first visit to the United States.
“My mindset going into it is good,” she says. “I’m anxious but I’m super-excited.”
Winding up... a shot from the driving range shows the massive backswing Chau employs in long-drive competitions. Right: Bench-pressing in the gym with partner Jacko Gill on hand to take the weight when required.
Ngataringa Tennis Club 2024 junior results
Reigning national under-12 champion Neve Upston won the Ngataringa Tennis under-18 Boys Singles title, beating Gage Volykhine, the current club men’s singles champion. Millie Oxley won the under-18 Girls Singles by defeating interclub teammate Isla Stewart.
Junior Club Championships Results
U10 Mixed Singles, Sebastian Broomby-Garrod; Runner-Up (R-U) Charlie Palmer. U10 Mixed Doubles, Franca Edgar and Jaime Mikkelsen; R-U Charlie Palmer and Christian Broomby-Garrod. U13 Girls Singles, Ruby Stewart; R-U Anya Dickinson. U13 Girls Doubles, Cate Steckler and Ruby Stewart; R-U Julie Lancelot and Sofia Fielding. U13 Boys Singles, George Edgar; R-U Jack Gardyne. U13 Boys Doubles, George Edgar and Woody Bentley; R-U, Tom Broomby-Garrod and Macsen Smith. U15 Girls Singles, Calliope Bower; R-U Imogen Chaddock. U15 Girls Doubles, Calliope Bower and Imogen Chaddock; R-U Annabelle Grenfell and Rebecca Young. U15 Boys Singles, William Robson; Runner-Up Alex Fielding. U15 Boys Doubles, Neve Upston and William Robson; R-U Alex Fielding and Sam Stewart. U18 Girls Singles, Millie Oxley; RU Isla Stewart. U18 Girls Doubles, Claudia Pearce and Millie Oxley; R-U Isla Stewart and Mischa Grotrian. U18 Boys Singles, Neve Upston; R-U Gage Volykhine.
Special Awards
Most Improved Girl, Franca Edgar. Most Improved Boy, Sebastian Broomby-Garrod. Best All Round Attitude, Beth Rigby. Outstanding Contribution, Rebecca Robson and Sarah Douchet. Junior Interclub Teams winners Boys Premier 1 Winners: Neve Upston, Quinn McAlpine, William Robson. U18 Boys B Winners: Finn Theodore, Soren Friedberg, Benjamin Dobbs, Ben Grotrian, Daniel Balla, Jasper Carran . U15 Boys E Winners: Zenon Nicholas, Teo Besier, Leo Zollner, Alex Fielding, Alex McCoubrey, George Edgar, Sam Stewart. U15 Boys G Winners: Beau Bentley, Jonty Schlein, Otis King, Remy Carran. U12 Boys D Winners: Macsen Smith, Tom Broomby-Garrod, Lennox Maiava, Jack Gardyne, Osian Thomas.
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NAVY’S VESSELS ARE JUST AS VALUABLE ASHORE
A ‘mini’ blood drive at the Devonport Naval Base recently resulted in over 26 litres of much-needed blood being donated by 56 personnel.
“There would have been more,” said Base 1st Lieutenant, Paul Bowler, “but we simply didn’t have the resources or space to process the numbers who turned up.”
LT Bowler hoped that a much bigger blood drive planned for October in the Fleet Gymnasium would result in a far greater turnout of personnel willing to do their bit.
“With additional admin staff to process and a bigger space to manage the blood donations, there’ll be less waiting and we’ll get more people through the door in a slicker operation.”
Lewis Catterall from the New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS), who conducted the procedures on the Base, said donations of blood are a priceless gift for those New Zealanders going through cancer treatment, undergoing surgery or have been involved in a traumatic accident. It’s also vital for those with auto-immune or bleeding disorders.
“The donation of 26 litres by Royal New Zealand Navy personnel will benefit the lives of over 160 Kiwis,” said Mr Catterall. “NZBS are delighted with their contribution to the cause.”
That has inspired LT Bowler who wants to assist even more New Zealanders following the Navy’s big blood drive in October.
“Based on the positive reaction of everyone involved this time, I’m definitely expecting to see a new blood type in a couple of months – E for enthusiastic!”
Devonport Naval Base security reminder – for the safety of the community please take care and remain outside the 60-metre perimeter of the Naval Base at all times. This includes when swimming, diving, kayaking, fishing and sailing.
Finalists... Ngataringa under-18 Boys champion Neve Upston (right) with runner-up Gage Volykhine
Leading Medic Celynia Thompson was happy to contribute to the blood drive at the Navy Base.
Under-15 Boys Singles champion William Robson (right) with runner-up Alex Fielding
Under-18 Girls Singles champion Millie Oxley (left) with runner-up Isla Stewart
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Trust seeks views
Locals are being asked what kind of community events and activities they favour. The Devonport Peninsula Trust launched a survey seeking input on the subject at the Devonport Library last weekend. The survey can be accessed on the trust’s website, with survey cards also available at the Rose Centre, The Vic cinema and the library. The volunteer trust, which was defunded by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last year, has continued this year with a cut-back programme funded by reserves and other grants.
Runners in form
Takapuna Grammar students Sascha Letica and Asha Edwards – who are in the New Zealand team heading to the Australian Schools Cross Country Championships this month – were in good form at the New Zealand National Cross Country Championships in Napier last weekend. Seventeen-yearold Sascha was the third-placed New Zealander in the under-20 race, while Asha, recovering from a respiratory infection, was sixth in the under-18 grade. Both were in winning Auckland relay teams.
Records well broken in BIS cross-country races
Records were smashed in Belmont Intermediate School’s cross-country this year.
Ella Blincoe beat the existing Year 8 Girls record by 21 seconds and Brodie Robinson was 32 seconds ahead of the previous mark
in the Year 8 Boys race.
Indi Holland (Year 8 Girls) and George Digby (Year 8 Boys) also beat the previous school records.
Year 8 Girls: 1 Ella Blincoe; 2 Indi Holland; 3 Fritha Matthews.
Year 8 Boys: 1 Brodie Robinson; 2 George Digby; 3 Josh Reid.
Year 7 Boys: 1 Kash Baskerville; 2 Jake Tuck; 3 Erik Havranek.
Speed merchants… (from left) Year 8 Girls top three Fritha Matthews (3rd), Ella Blincoe (1st) and Indi Holland (2nd); and Year 8 Boys top three George Digby (2nd), Brodie Robinson (1st) and Josh Reid (3rd)
20 years ago from the Flagstaff files
• Devonport Fire Station is earmarked for a move north to Belmont after a review of 28 Auckland stations.
• Paul Snow-Hansen (13) wins silver at the Optimist World Championships in a field of 250 boats from 50 countries.
• John Ford and Roger Wall celebrate 50 years turning out in North Shore United football colours.
• New Devonport community constable Anna Anderson plans to introduce a ‘smart fax’ phone tree to deter shoplifters.
• Dame Anne Salmond wins two Montana book awards for The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas.
• Devonport Primary School is awarded $121,000 from the ASB Trust towards the cost of replacing its pool.
• A bomb squad descends on Hammer Hardware in Clarence St to investigate an abandoned briefcase.
• Rod Enoka and Grant Simpkins lead a farewell haka for community volunteer Spence Buchanan at a funeral held at North Shore Rugby Club attended by 250 people.
• A winter-warmer Gold Coast holiday for two worth $1850 is up for grabs at Devonport New World if you purchase products worth $20 or more.
• North Shore Rugby Club premiers lose 26-13 to Takapuna in the North Harbour semifinal at Vauxhall Rd.
• Jeweller Carly Goffe is the Flagstaff interview subject.
Kayaker’s photos on display in Victoria Rd
A Devonport commercial landlord is helping to brighten the main street by displaying photographs shot from a kayak in the front window of his vacant Victoria Rd retail space.
St Heliers-based kayaker and photographer Richard Harri, who regularly paddles across to Devonport, provides new perspectives of the Hauraki Gulf with images of subjects such as Rangitoto.
He said he was thrilled to team up with landlord Trevor Lawson to showcase his work in the village
Lawson said he hoped the two large photographs in the window of 30 Victoria Rd would encourage people to explore the local environment. “Richard’s photographs beautifully capture the essence of our coastal paradise.”
More of Harri’s work can be seen online at richardharri.co.nz.
Graphic novelist exhibits in Belmont
Local graphic novelist Arthur Whelan is showing his work at the Rose Centre’s art spot in Belmont this month.
Whelan, a journalist by trade, launched his fourth graphic novel, Dust, this year, featuring in the Flagstaff after working on it in his downtime at The Patriot pub.
The Rose Centre show includes examples from that and other works. Whelan uses pencil, ink and watercolour to depict imaginary worlds, ranging from futuristic to historic scenarios. He has two further graphic novels in the pipeline.
Showcase... Trevor Lawson (left) is displaying Richard Harri’s photos in the front window of his vacant Victoria Rd retail space
Choir showcases show tunes
Harbour Voices choir will perform show tunes from Broadway and beyond in a concert on Sunday 11 August.
The toe-tapping concert, called Show Stoppers, is on at St George’s Presbyterian Church, 2 The Terrace, Takapuna, from 2.30pm to 4pm. It will feature tunes from the likes of Les Miserables and from the catalogues of favourite composers such as Rodgers and Hammerstein and Irving Berlin. The choir draws its members from across the Shore, including the Devonport peninsula. Tickets, $30 from events@humanitix.com.
MP Erica Stanford attends Principals Meeting
It was a privilege to host the North Shore Principal’s Group onsite last week including Minister of Education Erica Stanford. They had a very informative discussion around the education system. It was lovely to welcome the Minister and Principals to our school.
TGS Shines Bright at World Choir Games
We’re delighted to share more fantastic results for our two premiere choirs, Leonessa and TGS Chorale. Both choirs performed beautifully at the recent 2024 World Choir Games, taking home a gold medal and silver medal respectively. This prestigious international event was held in Auckland during the July school holidays and was attended by more than 250 choirs and 11,000 singers from around the world.
TGS’s World Choir Games experience kicked off with the Parade of Nations when our students marched from Britomart to the Auckland Viaduct Harbour alongside other participating international choirs. They performed at friendship concerts around Auckland, together with choirs from China, the United Kingdom, Australia and South Korea. Leonessa also joined a flash mob where they performed a traditional
Malaysian piece ‘Jong Jong Inai’, and the
had the opportunity to teach visiting choirs the classic New Zealand waiata ‘Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi’. Given the size and calibre of the competition, we are
Bailey Flavell Flies High at World Cup
Year 13 Bailey Flavell has just returned from the U17 Basketball World Cup in Mexico where Basketball NZ described her as, ‘a standout individual performer - who put up one of the best age group World Cup campaigns in New Zealand history’. During the tournament the NZ team finished 2nd in their pool placing them into a quarter final against Finland. Unfortunately losing that game took away the overall goal of finishing in the top 8. Three further seeding games saw the NZ team finish the tournament in 12th place. While the team had a week in Mexico before the tournament to acclimatise to the heat and altitude the tournament schedule of seven matches in nine days was ‘hectic’ with only two rest days and the second of those being used by the team to change cities. Bailey was the top scorer for NZ in each of their games attracting the attention of the Tall Ferns coaching staff. On the back of her outstanding World Cup performance Bailey has been invited to the upcoming Tall Ferns camp in San Francisco. From the 18 players invited, a squad of 12 will be selected after the camp to travel to Mexico for a pre-season world cup tournament.
incredibly proud of the results our choirs achieved. Equally, we’re proud of how our students welcomed and engaged with choirs from all across the world. It was an amazing learning experience on many levels.
waiata ‘Te Atua’. Additionally, they
Eavesdropping playwright will join audience at
Prolific New Zealand playwright Gary Henderson enjoys listening in on audiences at performances of his plays.
He takes satisfaction from hearing how people relate to the subject matter.
“That’s what I enjoy, when it resonates,” he says. “When it relates to their day-to-day life.”
In the case of Home Land – the Hendderson play soon to be staged by Company Theatre at the Rose Centre in Belmont – the central conundrum will be familiar to many.
It tells of a family convening to grapple with putting their fiercely independent but increasingly frail father into care, far from his beloved Otago farm.
But despite this wrenching challenge, Henderson says: “There are chuckles all the way through it. I think they’re the chuckles of recognition.”
He has seen the play staged a number of times since its premiere in Dunedin 20 years ago, and intends to be at the local opening next Friday, 17 August.
He is confident, his script is in good hands, with veteran director Sian Davis back for her 13th play with Company, having previously helmed Home Land at the Howick Little Theatre some years back.
Henderson caught up with Davis while attending Company’s last production, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
She later invited him to sit in on her first read-through of Home Land, which features former Bayswater resident Max Golding as the 80-year-old farmer Ken.
Ken’s son and daughter, their spouses and a city-bred granddaughter comprise the other characters.
Henderson says he set out to avoid making any of the family, some of whom fly south
from Auckland, out to be “bad guys”.
“Everyone in the story is trying to do the right thing,” he says.
Widower Ken is “kind of resigned to being uprooted from the land he loves, but doesn’t want it to happen”.
In writing the fictionalised story, South Island-born Henderson, who has lived in the west Auckland suburb of Oratia since the late 1990s, drew partly on personal experience of dealing with his own father’s health challenges, his mother moving into a rest home and ageing in-laws who farmed in Otago.
His father, who required regular dialysis, was able to be away from the machine for a quick trip to the premiere of Home Land. “When he saw the play, he took it quite seriously as if they weren’t fictional characters.”
Henderson says if he were to write the play these days it wouldn’t be exactly the same as he himself has changed, but he hopes for a reaction similar to those from two women
he overheard leaving the first show. Rather than talking about the good acting and good lighting they were recounting real-life parallels, with one saying of their own parent, “And this morning we had the business with the walking stick.”
Henderson passes on to students the lessons he has learned in his decades writing 20-plus staged plays through gigs at Unitech, the odd lecture at Auckland University and an ongoing weekly trip to Wellington to lecture each Friday at the South Seas Film School at Victoria University.
He also runs the private Graduate Studio, which he set up 16 years ago to mentor talent.
After early days in Geraldine and moves to various provincial cities, he settled in Wellington for some years, working as an intermediate teacher, which was when he first dabbled in writing drama. It prompted him to undertake theatre studies.
By 2003, he found himself in Dunedin for a year, teaching theatre studies at university for the first time, while also enjoying a writer’s residency and working on a commission that became Home Land for the now defunct Fortune Theatre’s 30th anniversary in 2004.
He was then commissioned to pen Peninsula for the Christchurch Arts Festival and went on to direct it at the Court Theatre in 2005, drawing on a time in his young years living on Banks Peninsula.
His best-travelled play is Skin Tight which after winning a prize at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival was staged in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. In 2013, he received the $20,000 Playmarket Award, recognising his contribution to theatre in this country.
Auckland Theatre Company staged his Things that Matter last year, which was adapted from the memoir of retired inten-
Playwright Gary Henderson
Rose Centre for opening of latest production
Trying to do their best... (from left) Kate Watson, Max Golding and Chloe Smith in Home Land sive-care specialist Dr David Galler. He is currently working on a new play for the Court Theatre.
“Plays last that touch on quite a deep human truth,” is his observation.
Family is an enduring theme, be that biological families with their inherent tensions, or those formed when people group together through choice.
And sense of place is important to his work. He and Davis briefly explored shifting the action of Home Land to Taranaki, which she is more familiar with, but Henderson said Otago’s landscape and biting cold added to the isolation and dislocation.
Ultimately, though, he says “you can
never control what the audience takes away from it.”
Being a playwright, he adds: “You do kind of hand it over – to the company and then to the audience.”
• Home Land runs from 17-31 August at the Rose Centre, Belmont. Tickets $30, with concessions available, from iticket.co.nz.
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Tēnā koutou, welcome to August!
DEPOT Artspace is proud to present ‘Sponge City’ - a group exhibition by Hard-Pressed Collective (lead by local maker Celia Walker) addressing urban resilience against the adverse weather effects of climate change, opening on Saturday 17 August, 2-4pm.
Through the artform of printmaking, this collaborative exhibition - delivered in partnership with Restoring Takarunga Hauraki (RTH) - addresses the recent flooding that Tāmaki Makaurau has experienced and how this natural disaster impacted our communities.
We're also delighted to be hosting several FREE workshops and events throughout August and September in support of the exhibition. Head to depot.org.nz to register your spot today!
Surrounded by DEPOT Artspace’s August exhibition ‘Sponge City’, the New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ) will perform a programme of fresh and familiar classical works on Friday 30 August, 7:30–9:30pm.
Whether you’re a classical music fan, an art enthusiast, or simply looking for a memorable night out, this concert is a unique opportunity to hear beautiful music in our gallery space. Head to our website for more details and to book your ticket which includes a glass of Toi Toi wine.
Visit depot.org.nz for more information, event registration, and to stay up to date by subscribing to our e-newsletter!
Ngā mihi nui, Amy Saunders Director | Kaiwhakahaere, DEPOT amy.saunders@depot.org.nz
Planting ideas... Celia Walker at home with one of her cyanotype prints. Opposite: a portion of a large Sponge City exhibition print made direct from a water-meter lid.
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Devonport printmaker Celia Walker is intent on providing fresh perspectives on climate-change resilience through work in a new group exhibition opening at Depot Artspace next week.
Sponge City is a showcase of the work of 10 leading Tamaki Makaurau printmakers, but also a melding of Walker’s own environmental interests in altered landscapes as seen through her art practice.
Walker says the show’s main theme is a response to the massive flooding in Auckland in early 2023 as seen through the differing styles of printmakers in Hard-Pressed Collective, a group whose work she helped coordinate. “We wanted to draw attention to how we can mitigate,” she says.
The concept of a Sponge City is part of that, promoting better water management.
The Depot is working with both Auckland Council and Restoring Takarunga Hauraki (RTH) on getting across key sustainability messages, including the value of wetlands. Activities range from hosting a presentation on the blue-green water network and flood mitigation measures to allowing exhibition attendees the chance to leave with a native plant to encourage backyard diversity.
For Walker, who was RTH’s first coordinator promoting community action this approach particularly resonates. “The idea to rip up concrete and plant some plants offers opportunities. We really should be doing this,” she says.
Like many people, Walker says she was shocked by the scale of the floods across Auckland last year, although she has long been wary of sea-level rise. To see so many areas badly hit was a message about the need to make space for water as weather patterns become more extreme.
Several of the Hard-Pressed Collective artists experienced bad flooding in their own homes, she says. This meant members – who all have independent artistic identities – were particularly motivated for the Depot show.
Walker says its focus is around what is supposed to happen with a ‘Sponge City’ and key words – Innundate, Filter, Absorb, Purify, Release, Retain and Detain.
The aim being to have water “somewhere it wants to be rather than in their basements”.
During the six-week run of the show, the Depot is holding three creative workshops for the public.
Walker is hosting one of these on 24 August, a drop-in session on the photographic process of cyanotype printing, which she uses for some of her exhibition pieces. The cyanotype technique involves using a photographic chemical, exposing objects directly to sunlight and then washing out the paper to create distinctive blue prints.
Working from her home studio, Walker
has exposed foliage to this end in what she describes as her expressive style.
“I do a lot of printing directly from plant and other surfaces.” She likes to use non-toxic pigments without ink, colouring her prints from plants and paper boiled in water.
Group members have worked together to create large assemblages from multiples of some of the cyanotype prints, made by applying paper over water meter covers. The surface was then run over with an inked-up printing roller to yield patterns, and words such as water meter.
Different printmakers in the collective have contributed their specific skills, such as 3D paper sculpture and lino cuts. Then there is a paper model of a tiny house collapsing
down a hill made of sponge.
Some of the large works are fashioned from silk, with a marbled effect. “A lot of the pieces we worked on with several of us at once,” says Walker. This involved dragging metres of fabric through dye.
“We were trying to do it in a paddling pool together,” she says.
Three of the Sponge City artists, alongside Walker, have local connections. One is Di Smallfield, a former Takapuna Grammar School head of art. Two former Westlake teachers, Kheang and Nicola Ov, are also participating.
Walker has lived in Devonport for 17 years. Although she grew up in Hamilton, her family’s links to the peninsula go back further, with her parents having hailed from Bayswater and attended Takapuna Grammar School, where her own two children went.
Prior to having children, Walker worked at Auckland War Memorial Museum and when her children were little she had a stint at Devonport Museum.
These days she spends two-thirds of her time on art and a third in part-time work as a curator at the medical museum attached to Auckland Hospital.
• Sponge City, the Depot Artspace, Clarence St, from 17 August to 28 September. For details of activities and workshops, see depot.org.nz
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Designed with euphoric living in mind this brand new home has just been complete. Excellent architectural design, quality craftsmanship by House of Nautica and exceptional interior design by Julia Holman have created this awe inspiring property in one of North Shore’s finest Avenues. Set on a freehold title this home offers lovely open plan kitchen, living and dining areas on the ground floor with outdoor entertaining areas.
Designed with euphoric living in mind this brand new home has just been complete. Excellent architectural design, quality craftsmanship by House of Nautica and exceptional interior design by Julia Holman have created this awe inspiring property in one of North Shore’s finest Avenues. Set on a freehold title this home offers lovely open plan kitchen, living and dining areas on the ground floor with outdoor entertaining areas.
Designed with euphoric living in mind this brand new home has just been complete. Excellent architectural design, quality craftsmanship by House of Nautica and exceptional interior design by Julia Holman have created this awe inspiring property in one of North Shore’s finest Avenues. Set on a freehold title this home offers lovely open plan kitchen, living and dining areas on the ground floor with outdoor entertaining areas.
premium.co.nz/80555
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premium.co.nz/80555
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premium.co.nz/80477
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PRICE | $1.395M
HAMILTON 021 057 8099
PRICE | $1.395M
PRICE | $1.395M
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PRICE | $1.395M
PRICE | $1.395M
PRICE | $1.395M
PRICE | $1.395M
LUCY HAMILTON 021 057 8099
LUCY HAMILTON 021 057 8099
premium.co.nz/80477
premium.co.nz/80477
premium.co.nz/80477
premium.co.nz/80477
premium.co.nz/80477
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ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
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LUCY HAMILTON 021 057 8099
PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
LUCY HAMILTON 021 057 8099
LUCY HAMILTON 021 057 8099
LUCY HAMILTON 021 057 8099
LUCY HAMILTON 021 057 8099
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
RICHARD MILNE 021 770 611 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
RICHARD MILNE 021 770 611 OFFICE 09 916 6000
RICHARD MILNE 021 770 611 OFFICE 09 916 6000
8/12 LOMOND STREET
in the Heart of Takapuna
TAKAPUNA | 8/12
TAKAPUNA | 8/12 LOMOND STREET
RICHARD MILNE 021 770 611 OFFICE 09 916 6000
RICHARD MILNE 021 770 611 OFFICE 09 916 6000
RICHARD MILNE 021 770 611 OFFICE 09 916 6000
RICHARD MILNE 021 770 611 OFFICE 09 916 6000
RICHARD MILNE 021 770 611 OFFICE 09 916 6000
TAKAPUNA | 1C/175 HURSTMERE ROAD
TAKAPUNA | 8/12 LOMOND STREET
TAKAPUNA | 8/12 LOMOND STREET
TAKAPUNA | 8/12 LOMOND STREET
LOMOND STREET
TAKAPUNA | 8/12 LOMOND STREET
TAKAPUNA | 8/12 LOMOND STREET
Modern Living in the Heart of Takapuna
Modern Living in the Heart of Takapuna
Divine Beachside Resort Life - Mon Desir
TAKAPUNA | 1C/175 HURSTMERE ROAD
TAKAPUNA | 1C/175 HURSTMERE ROAD
Modern Living in the Heart of Takapuna
Modern Living in the Heart of Takapuna
Modern Living in the Heart of Takapuna
Modern Living in the Heart of Takapuna
Modern Living in the Heart of Takapuna
the highly sought-after suburb of Takapuna, this stunning townhouse, built in 2023, is a testament to modern living, blend of luxury, comfort, and space making it the ideal low maintenance home. 4 spacious bedrooms filled with bathrooms plus guest toilet. Bespoke kitchen, boasting sleek appliances, ample counter space, and an abundance of storage.
Centrally located in the highly sought-after suburb of Takapuna, this stunning freestanding townhouse, built in 2023, is a testament to modern living, offering a seamless blend of luxury, comfort, and space making it the ideal and leave, low maintenance home. 4 spacious bedrooms filled with light, 3 bathrooms plus guest toilet. Bespoke kitchen, boasting sleek modern appliances, ample counter space, and an abundance of storage.
Centrally located in the highly sought-after suburb of Takapuna, this stunning freestanding townhouse, built in 2023, is a testament to modern living, offering a seamless blend of luxury, comfort, and space making it the ideal lock and leave, low maintenance home. 4 spacious bedrooms filled with natural light, 3 bathrooms plus guest toilet. Bespoke kitchen, boasting sleek and modern appliances, ample counter space, and an abundance of storage.
TAKAPUNA | 1C/175 HURSTMERE ROAD
TAKAPUNA | 1C/175 HURSTMERE ROAD
TAKAPUNA | 1C/175 HURSTMERE ROAD
TAKAPUNA | 1C/175 HURSTMERE ROAD
TAKAPUNA | 1C/175 HURSTMERE ROAD
Divine Beachside Resort Life - Mon Desir
Divine Beachside Resort Life - Mon Desir
Divine Beachside Resort Life - Mon Desir
Centrally located in the highly sought-after suburb of Takapuna, this stunning freestanding townhouse, built in 2023, is a testament to modern living, offering a seamless blend of luxury, comfort, and space making it the ideal lock and leave, low maintenance home. 4 spacious bedrooms filled with natural light, 3 bathrooms plus guest toilet. Bespoke kitchen, boasting sleek and modern appliances, ample counter space, and an abundance of storage.
Divine Beachside Resort Life - Mon Desir
Divine Beachside Resort Life - Mon Desir
Divine Beachside Resort Life - Mon Desir
Divine Beachside Resort Life - Mon Desir
Centrally located in the highly sought-after suburb of Takapuna, this stunning freestanding townhouse, built in 2023, is a testament to modern living, offering a seamless blend of luxury, comfort, and space making it the ideal lock and leave, low maintenance home. 4 spacious bedrooms filled with natural light, 3 bathrooms plus guest toilet. Bespoke kitchen, boasting sleek and modern appliances, ample counter space, and an abundance of storage.
Centrally located in the highly sought-after suburb of Takapuna, this stunning freestanding townhouse, built in 2023, is a testament to modern living, offering a seamless blend of luxury, comfort, and space making it the ideal lock and leave, low maintenance home. 4 spacious bedrooms filled with natural light, 3 bathrooms plus guest toilet. Bespoke kitchen, boasting sleek and modern appliances, ample counter space, and an abundance of storage.
Centrally located in the highly sought-after suburb of Takapuna, this stunning freestanding townhouse, built in 2023, is a testament to modern living, offering a seamless blend of luxury, comfort, and space making it the ideal lock and leave, low maintenance home. 4 spacious bedrooms filled with natural light, 3 bathrooms plus guest toilet. Bespoke kitchen, boasting sleek and modern appliances, ample counter space, and an abundance of storage.
Centrally located in the highly sought-after suburb of Takapuna, this stunning freestanding townhouse, built in 2023, is a testament to modern living, offering a seamless blend of luxury, comfort, and space making it the ideal lock and leave, low maintenance home. 4 spacious bedrooms filled with natural light, 3 bathrooms plus guest toilet. Bespoke kitchen, boasting sleek and modern appliances, ample counter space, and an abundance of storage.
premium.co.nz/80515
premium.co.nz/80515
Experience the epitome of luxury living resort-like ambiance. Indulge in the allure of this creatively renovated and styled two-bedroom, two-bathroom sanctuary, featuring a romantic hotel-like master suite with divine bathroom, exuding a zen like vibe. Positioned in a prime location only metres from the water, the north-facing deck allows you to soak in the vibrant atmosphere of the Promenade while basking in a framed tree outlook towards the beach and Rangitoto.
Experience the epitome of luxury living resort-like ambiance. Indulge in the allure of this creatively renovated and styled two-bedroom, two-bathroom sanctuary, featuring a romantic hotel-like master suite with divine bathroom, exuding a zen like vibe. Positioned in a prime location only metres from the water, the north-facing deck allows you to soak in the vibrant atmosphere of the Promenade while basking in a framed tree outlook towards the beach and Rangitoto.
Experience the epitome of luxury living resort-like ambiance. Indulge in the allure of this creatively renovated and styled two-bedroom, two-bathroom sanctuary, featuring a romantic hotel-like master suite with divine bathroom, exuding a zen like vibe. Positioned in a prime location only metres from the water, the north-facing deck allows you to soak in the vibrant atmosphere of the Promenade while basking in a framed tree outlook towards the beach and Rangitoto.
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Experience the epitome of luxury living resort-like ambiance. Indulge in the allure of this creatively renovated and styled two-bedroom, two-bathroom sanctuary, featuring a romantic hotel-like master suite with divine bathroom, exuding a zen like vibe. Positioned in a prime location only metres from the water, the north-facing deck allows you to soak in the vibrant atmosphere of the Promenade while basking in a framed tree outlook towards the beach and Rangitoto.
premium.co.nz/80515
premium.co.nz/80515
premium.co.nz/80515
premium.co.nz/80515
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premium.co.nz/80517
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PRICE | BY NEGOTIATION
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MILNE 022 011 24 94
Experience the epitome of luxury living resort-like ambiance. Indulge in the allure of this creatively renovated and styled two-bedroom, two-bathroom sanctuary, featuring a romantic hotel-like master suite with divine bathroom, exuding a zen like vibe. Positioned in a prime location only metres from the water, the north-facing deck allows you to soak in the vibrant atmosphere of the Promenade while basking in a framed tree outlook towards the beach and Rangitoto.
Experience the epitome of luxury living resort-like ambiance. Indulge in the allure of this creatively renovated and styled two-bedroom, two-bathroom sanctuary, featuring a romantic hotel-like master suite with divine bathroom, exuding a zen like vibe. Positioned in a prime location only metres from the water, the north-facing deck allows you to soak in the vibrant atmosphere of the Promenade while basking in a framed tree outlook towards the beach and Rangitoto.
Experience the epitome of luxury living resort-like ambiance. Indulge in the allure of this creatively renovated and styled two-bathroom sanctuary, featuring a romantic hotel-like master suite with divine bathroom, exuding a zen like vibe. Positioned in a prime location only metres from the water, the north-facing deck allows you to soak in the vibrant atmosphere of the Promenade while basking in a framed tree outlook towards the beach and Rangitoto.
Experience the epitome of luxury living resort-like ambiance. Indulge in the allure of this creatively renovated and styled two-bedroom, two-bathroom sanctuary, featuring a romantic hotel-like master suite with divine bathroom, exuding a zen like vibe. Positioned in a prime location only metres from the water, the north-facing deck allows you to soak in the vibrant atmosphere of the Promenade while basking in a framed tree outlook towards the beach and Rangitoto.
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premium.co.nz/80517
premium.co.nz/80517
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ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24
premium.co.nz/80517
premium.co.nz/80517
premium.co.nz/80517
premium.co.nz/80517
premium.co.nz/80517
VIEW | PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PRICE | $1.695M
VIEW | PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PRICE | $1.695M
VIEW | PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PRICE | $1.695M
VIEW | PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PRICE | $1.695M
VIEW | PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PRICE | $1.695M
VIEW | PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PRICE | $1.695M
VIEW | PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PRICE | $1.695M
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
RICHARDS 021 0814 4513 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ROBERT MILNE 022 011 24 94
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
HARRY RICHARDS 021 0814 4513 OFFICE 09 916 6000
HARRY RICHARDS 021 0814 4513 OFFICE 09 916 6000
HARRY RICHARDS 021 0814 4513 OFFICE 09 916 6000
HARRY RICHARDS 021 0814 4513 OFFICE 09 916 6000
HARRY RICHARDS 021 0814 4513 OFFICE 09 916 6000
HARRY RICHARDS 021 0814 4513 OFFICE 09 916 6000
HARRY RICHARDS 021 0814 4513 OFFICE 09 916 6000
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ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
VIEW | PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PRICE | $1.695M ALISON PARKER 021 983 533 OFFICE 09 916 6000
