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Peaceful protest against wharf shut-out A sit-in protest to reclaim Devonport Wharf for the community attracted around a dozen knitters, plus supportive local residents and numerous tourists last Sunday. The gathering was organised by local resident Lynn Dawson in protest to Auckland Transport (AT) wanting to charge community groups for using the renovated wharf space while it stands empty.
“There is no reason why the community can’t make use of what is still an uninviting dead spot,” she says. Dawson set up at around 9.30 am and said the AT security guards left her alone. Since its completion in mid-2015, AT has not found a tenant for the new wharf space downstairs and Dawson suspects it’s because the rent is too high.
“They wanted to charge a community group $1,500 to rent four square metres for four hours, so you can extrapolate from that how much it would be to rent it full time,” she says. “This place needs an innovative use with a reasonable cost attached to it.” To page 2
Making a stand… Lynn Dawson (centre) organised a peaceful sit-in on Devonport Wharf. With Gay Richards (left), Dave Veart (far left) and Ruth Greenaway (right) as well as a group of local knitters Phil Clark P 09 446 2125 M 021 940 041 E phil.clark@harcourts.co.nz Peter Ayton P 09 446 2109 M 021 336 300 E peter.ayton@harcourts.co.nz
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Cheltenham cockles making a comeback Cockle numbers at Cheltenham Beach have almost doubled over the past year. The 2015 cockle survey last December found 1,352 cockles – up from 685 the year before. Despite a long-term ban from gathering shellfish at the beach, numbers dwindled over the years and a 2010 survey found only
12 cockles. Co-organiser of the survey, student Charlie Glass said: “We’re not sure why the cockles are coming back. It may be as a result of the shellfish ban, or a change in the water quality. Whatever the reason, it’s great news.” The survey fell into abeyance in 2010 due to the poor shellfish numbers.
Devonport coach to captain Pacific Oceania in Davis Cup Ngataringa head coach Gilles de Gouy tour; and been awarded Northern Coach of the Year in Auckland in 2013. He had two years as a player on the Pacific Oceania Davis Cup Team. De Gouy heads up an Academy Tennis ident, de Gouy has been a national coach Coaching Programme at the Ngataringa and trainer in Tahiti; coached on the WTA Tennis Club.
has been appointed captain of the PacifThe weekly Devonport ic-Oceania Davis Cup tennis team for its tie JETS Run summer season in Iran this year. is underway! The weekly Devonport JETS Run summer A Frenchman and former Tahitian resThe weekly Devonport JETS Run summer
• 3km and 5km waterfront routes season underway! season isis underway! • Register at the Navy Museum 3kmand 5km waterfront routes 3km 5km waterfront routes (end ofand King Edward Parade) Register the Navy Museum (end King From page 1 Weds 5.45pm for Museum 6.00pm start Register atatthe Navy (end of of King Edward Parade), Weds 5.45 6pm start Sit-in protest at Devonport Wharf • Adults $6, school kids $4 Edward Parade), Weds 5.45 forfor 6pm start • Includes electrolyte drink Adults $6, school kids $4 Adults $6, school kids $4 Dawson was also there to make a stand trial,” she said. and post-race prizes Includeselectrolyte electrolyte drink post-race prizes against council’s relocated visitor informaIncludes drink && post-race prizes When outside gardening, Greenaway Further information from tion office on the wharf, handing out infor- meets many tourists passing by. “People Further info from jetsrun@xtra.co.nz/ 0274 379 423 Further info from jetsrun@xtra.co.nz/ 0274 379 423 jetsrun@xtra.co.nz or 0274 379 423 from all over the world ask me for directions, mation pamphlets to tourists. “It’s time we had a properly manned and for the chocolate shop, a good café or bar, Kindly supported by:by: Kindly supported informed i-SITE. This is Devonport’s second a good B&B, Victoria Road or the historic summer with a dysfunctional and uninformed village,” she says. Dave Veart, Chair of the Devonport i-SITE, which is either unmanned or too hard Peninsula Trust, applauded the knitters for for tourists to find,” she says. “I am constantly stopped on the street their activism. “It’s a good cause. I have a and asked about things to do in Devonport, certain concern there is a disempowerment and when I take flyers for the Michael King of communities going on. This is a nice and Writers’ Centre to the i-SITE, they don’t even gentle way of reminding people that we are still here,” he said. know what or where it is,” she says. NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS Veart said he was also concerned about the Devonport resident Ruth Greenaway, Best Community Involvement: who lives nearby on Queens Parade, shared lack of consultation around Special Housing http://dogtec.org/dogwalking2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2005 similar feelings. “I would love to see the Areas across Auckland. Most Improved Newspaper: 2011, 2010 academy.php “NIMBYism is a natural response if you community use the place and bring life to Best Young Journalist: 2014, 2012, 2013 Best Journalist: 2012, 2009 it. The only thing that has popped up here love your community and want to look after Best Junior Sports Journalist: 2014, 2013 so far is the ice-cream van and that is only a it. Why not defend what you’ve got?” he said.
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Robbie McCutcheon a double heavyweight in P-Class sailing
Promising young Wakatere sailors… P-class champs Robbie McCutcheon and Alice Haslett Sailor Robbie McCutcheon has achieved the rare feat of winning both the Tanner and Tauranga Cups – a proven path to yachting greatness. In his first P-Class nationals, Robbie (14) says he focused on reading the wind more than using his weight, which was light for the class. He won the Tanner Cup regatta in a nail-biter final race after winning three out of seven races. Despite only winning only one of the Tauranga Cup races, he was the clear winner without having to sail the last race. “I had consistently come second, third and fourth and was allowed to drop my seventh and 11th, so I ended up winning quite easily by nine points,” he says. Robbie also won the Tanner Cup Invitational (first race) and received a trophy for being the highest placed first-time P-Class racer.
While a Wakatere Boating Club member, Robbie sailed the cup races under Whanganui’s sailing club banner after fellow Wakatere sailor Francesco Kayrouz qualified for the single North Harbour spot. Francesco came fourth in the Tanner Cup and won the Tauranga Cup Invitational. Robbie follows in the footsteps of local sailors Paul Snow-Hansen, who won both cups 11 years ago and represented New Zealand in the London Olympics in 2012, and Terry Nicholas who won both in 1982. Renowned America’s Cup sailors Chris Dickson, Ray Davies and Dean Barker did the same in 1977, 1987 and 1988 respectively. International yachting superstar Russell Coutts won one of the cups and emailed Robbie his congratulations last week. Both cups have been around since the 1940s. Robbie has been sailing Optimists since he was nine and came second in the North
Alice highest-placed girl in Tauranga Cup Wakatere’s Alice Haslett (14) was the leading girl of the Tauranga Cup, placing 14th overall, and winning the Naomi James Trophy. Seven girls participated in a fleet of 37. Alice did not race in the Tanner Cup. This was her third year sailing in the P-Class national competition. Alice found the Bay of Islands wind conditions shifty and her competition fierce, including fellow Wakatere sailor Lily Brewer, who
was the second-placed girl in the regatta, winning the Harken Trophy, as well as the Craig Monk Trophy for first sailor under 55 kg. Two years ago, local sailor Kate Stewart was the second girl to ever win the cup in its 90-year-history. Wakatere Boating Club also took home the P-Class club trophy, and the Franklin Plumbing Trophy.
Island champs in October. He will compete in the nationals this Easter. He only started sailing in the P-Class in November, in a boat called Persuasion, which he borrowed from local sailor Andrew Brown, whose father built it. His plan for next year is to move on to sail a Starling. Robbie’s older brother Rory has one stored in the garage, just waiting to be used, he says.
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Trash to treasure: new recycling services for Devonport Innovation and more services are what the new operator of Devonport’s refuse and recycling station is promising when it starts running the 27 Lake Road site this summer. “The only thing we are going to cut is the amount of waste that goes to landfill,” says Global Action Plan Oceania (GAPO) trustee and director Andrew Walters. A non-profit organisation with a focus on environmental sustainability and waste education, GAPO won the council tender to run Auckland’s third community recycling centre. “We intend to run the site as an exemplar for waste minimisation across the region. Devonport was the first place in New Zealand to recycle and we want to put it back on the map as an innovator in the waste space,” Walters says. He confirmed that all current services will
Retirement village application on hold The Ryman Healthcare retirement village application to build 200 apartments of up to six storeys on Ngati Whatua’s Wakakura land is temporarily on hold. Last Saturday, residents received a letter saying council had asked Ryman to provide further information. “The application is therefore on hold until the further information is received,” the letter says. Meanwhile, the Unitary Plan hearings on a proposed rezoning of the Wakakura precinct are scheduled from March 3 until April 29.
Duck pond deaths but clean-up in the pipeline
Unexplained deaths… dead fish floating in the duck pond The duck pond on the corner of Memorial Drive and Seabreeze Road has proved toxic for a number of fish. Martin Broad lives near the pond and walks past it regularly. He often finds it close to empty, with a base of bad-smelling black sludge. Recently he spotted a number of dead fish in the pond. “We had a school of mullet living in the deep end for the last 12 months and unbelievably they seemed to survive. Well that was until now. The eel population also seems to have decreased,” Broad said. Auckland Council spokesperson Gemma Buxton told the Flagstaff she was not aware of a spill that would have contributed to the fish deaths at the pond. But she confirmed that council has sent out a tender for the de-silting of the pond. Works are to start in late February, Buxton said.
continue. This includes dropping off garden and other waste and recyclable goods as well as the sale of garden supplies. “Central Landscapes will definitely be staying on the site with us.” And there will be more, he says. “We want to create opportunity out of waste. We will start to take in construction and demolition waste and divert it from landfill by taking out all the stuff that can be recycled or remade into other things.” Wood waste could go to the nearby Claystore Community Workshop, for example, or be turned into furniture or art by staff, he says. “We will run a community resource shop where we will also sell functioning things collected in the new inorganic collections that pick up items directly from homes,” he says. In the short term, the shop and workshop will be run from temporary shipping containers. “Beyond that we are looking with council at a complete redevelopment of the site, but that’s probably a year away.” Waste audits for local businesses and
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programmes with local schools are also on the list of new offerings. “We basically want to engage with the community as much as possible,” Walters says. GAPO has been operating in New Zealand for three years, mostly working with industry. This is its first foray into community recycling. Auckland Council’s Waiuku and Helensville sites, Extreme Waste in Raglan and Porirua’s Trash Palace are some of the operators GAPO intends to follow. “But we also draw inspiration from overseas sites and experience of our staff, who include an environmental scientist, engineer, teacher and sustainability professionals.” GAPO will also hire more staff. “Retaining and creating local jobs was part of our tender. We’ll be looking for an administrator and a cadet position for a school leaver,” says Walters, who lives on Waiheke Island. GAPO will take over on 1 March without any disruption to opening hours, says Walters. “And we will hold a big opening event around Easter.”
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The gloves are off in a fight between neighbours over the publicly notified resource consent application for Butterbee Childcare Centre at 159 Victoria Road. It started when local residents formed a Safety and Heritage Action Group and put out signs and flyers encouraging passers-by to oppose the centre on the basis it would compromise traffic safety and the building’s heritage. The signs and flyers have since come down. Next, property co-owner Jo Blair asked members of Neighbourly.co.nz to support the centre proposal, but the online discussion quickly turned sour. Jo and Paul Blair have now advertised on Seek.co.nz for sales reps to help them produce submissions supporting the proposal. Written support from community members is a requirement for the consent to be approved, the job ad says. The job ad called for “approximately three outgoing people who are very comfortable to actively approach and speak with people in
the street, park, outside the library and supermarket.” The ad offered a “very good” hourly rate and “attractive additional commissions and bonuses based on completion rates.” “Although we are open minded, due to the nature of the project, we believe the most suitable people will be women, aged 25 to 50, probably with kids of their own and living on the North Shore (close to Devonport would be perfect),” the ad says. The ad claims that “upwards of 75% support the new facility, 5% don’t and the rest of the don’t really care either way.” Whereas the Blairs’ orchestrated marketing campaign focuses on Butterbee addressing Devonport’s need for childcare, the Safety Heritage Action Group argues that 159 Victoria Road is not an appropriate venue for such a centre, due to high volumes of car, bike, bus and foot traffic near the site and the building’s heritage value. • Submissions close on February 9.
House changes “unsympathic”: Devonport Heritage Devonport Heritage has criticised the Butterbee Childcare Centre proposal on its website this month, arguing that the 1885 home of Samuel Tanfield has many original details still intact today, which should be retained. It was also the home of George Niccol, Devonport’s first mayor, and his daughter Kathleen, who became the renowned singing tutor Dame Sister Mary Leo. Converting the house into a commercial
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childcare centre with “intrusive changes and additions” would mean “the permanent loss of the building as an historic home.” An added-on “unsympathetic” large addition at the back was in addition to the ‘blight’ of a large access ramp and aluminium windows,” it says. “Overall the application demonstrates a lack of awareness of the heritage nature of the house,” it says.
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are not the solution. Travelling on public transport in Cochin was also instructive. A ferry ride the equivalent of Devonport to Auckland cost 10 cents. The ferries (along with the trains) were old but functional and mostly clean. They were always full due to the low cost. (As an aside, the ferries all had seats bolted down, unlike the Fullers ferry Kea when it crashed last year). Due largely to sewage upgrades by legacy councils – Auckland and North Shore City – it is still safe to swim at our beaches. But double the population and I wouldn’t be so sure. And with the current upward rate of car usage, air quality will increasingly be an issue. Auckland Council is taking positive steps to resolve some of the city’s traffic congestion problems, but each small victory seems to get inappropriately high applause, while a longterm 100-year view is not considered. What happens if Auckland population growth booms far ahead of projections? Today’s public transport improvements will be quickly swamped by the growing population and the rampant use of cars. Over the next few decades the big story for Auckland will be the environment.
The beauty of Devonport comes into full focus after a trip away: in my case a month in South India. On the first day back I went for a stroll along the waterfront and children were swimming off Windsor Reserve, just a glance across the harbour from the container port. Two days before I was walking alongside the harbour in Mumbai - a beautiful promenade where a gas mask would have been handy to ward off the stench coming from the sea. More than 20 million litres of partially treated sewage are pumped into the bay every day. There is a rather weak joke in India that if you My friends are joking I have returned a fall into the sea or a waterway in a city, your next environmental Nazi: I am installing a water stop is the hospital. I was expecting to be shocked by the poverty. tank (for toilets, garden and laundry) and inBut travelling in the comparative affluence of vestigating solar panels and the possibility of an South India it was the amount of rubbish and air electric bike or car. (I am not completely sold pollution that proved the biggest cultural shock. on scooters. In high numbers they can pollute A few observations following the trip: there just like cars). Cutting back plastic bag usage is also an is little litter in New Zealand; no real poverty objective at home and work for 2016. either; Lake Rd is busy and could be much Environmental improvements at home are easier to navigate, but in global terms it is not congested (Indian driving practices would make nothing new and many others in Devonport it a four-lane highway now); there is also no have made them. However, with prices of bus overcrowding - schools or otherwise; Kiwi property on the peninsula so high they are a drivers are rude and aggressive and could do a comparatively cheap addition to the cost of a with a remedial spell on Indian roads, where home. I will report back on how I go and I would alongside the maniac manoeuvres there is some be interested to hear of any readers’ successes common sense and courtesy; water is precious or failures. The charming suburb of Devonport and the and finite and should not be wasted; solar power wider environment of Auckland is worth fightand transport alternatives to fuel-based transport should be pursued with local and national gov- ing for, citywide and on your own plot. ernment incentives. India is a booming country with one of the highest growth rates in the world. But with a growing middle class comes the trappings of wealth, including A6 car POSTCARD ownership. New Delhi PROOF is now the most polluted city in the world. But somewhat bizarrely car ownership per 100,000 people is one of the indicators of economic growth. New Delhi has nine million cars in Member of the Real Estate Institute of NZ Licensed Real Estate Agent (REAA 2008) a city of 20 million people. Pollution has got so bad life expectancy is falling in the city. It Real Estate Sales has now trialled odd-even carless days to get Fixed Commission!! Job Number: 179763 vehicles off the road. $12,500 plus GST Delhi, but We can look askance at a city like We are a new Real Estate company offering a simple Includes Advertising! cost (and effective alternative for selling your property. we are no better.Auckland Devonport) car numbers per thousand people are actually 19 Years Selling Locally higher. New Delhi simplyFlathas more people. fee commission of $10,000 plus GST Information Website Which can save you thousands!! New Delhi has invested heavily in a metro www.sellingsimply.co.nz rail system. This is being replicated in many smaller cities around India – such as Cochin, a Joe Martin coastal city roughly the same size as Auckland, 0274 326 731 Mobile : 0274 326 731 with some comparable geographical challenges. joe@sellingsimply.co.nz joe@sellingsimply.co.nz Selling Simply Cochin officials have realised that morewww.sellingsimply.co.nz roads .
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The results are in and the stats don’t lie (very often). NZ is deeply, madly, and passionately in love with the SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle, for the uninitiated). Almost all manufacturers have at least one in their range, and most primary schools have a long line of them parked at the gates. They are just so damned convenient! It’s a trend we spotted in the latter part of last year, when the traditional people mover and station wagon buyer decided to get all urban cowboy and get something that could cross rugged continents and drag stranded whales off beaches, should the need arise. Do I have one? Well my wife does actually. And perhaps that’s the most telling factor. Women are leading the change, and embracing the high-up driving position, and (perceived) extra safety these vehicles offer. And it’s so easy to get the kids buckled up in them. Devcars now has a broad SUV range on offer, and more on the way. No point bucking an obvious trend, is there? We can help you pick the right one, and give you some survival tips if you want to give it a proper off-road workout (such as, always take enough wine to get you through the night if you get stuck in a ditch…). See you soon!
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Queensland hills alive with the sound of Lauren Lauren Towns has landed a role in a Queensland production of The Sound of Music and is the only New Zealander in the predominantly Australian cast. The show runs at Brisbane’s Lyric Theatre from early March until May. Twelve-year-old Lauren finished Year 8 at Belmont Intermediate School in December and is already in rehearsals for the role of Louisa von Trapp, the third-oldest of the seven von Trapp children. Lauren, her mother Catherine and brother Adam (9) are living in South Bank, Brisbane, where Lauren is home-schooled and Adam will go to a local school. Winning the role was all down to Lauren, says Catherine. “Lauren is very motivated. She found the notice for the audition herself and begged me to register her for it. In October we flew over for three full days of auditioning. There was a lot of dancing, acting and singing. There were 850 children at first and each day, through 10 rounds, they were cut back and back,” she says. On day three, the producers filmed Lauren. Three weeks later they told her she was in. “I wasn’t expecting it at all. I had tried out for the New Zealand production earlier last year and made it through to the last eight girls for the role of Brigitta, a younger girl, but I didn’t pass the filming for that. Luckily this
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I hope you all had a good Christmas break with family and friends and the New Year has been good to you so far. It’s a great time of year to be out and about. We have been loving biking and bushwalking down in the Karangahake Gorge. The Hauraki Rail Trail is really worth exploring. Dream role… Lauren Towns time I did,” says Lauren. “Now I am one of three girls all cast as Louisa. The other two are from the Queensland area and they are so nice and talented and we learn a lot off each other. They are really inspiring,” she says. Lauren says she is enjoying learning the songs for the show. “There is Do Re Mi and So Long Farewell. The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music has a nice harmonising part in it, and then there is My Favourite Things too,” she says. Rehearsing the part of Louisa is definitely on Lauren’s list of favourite things at the moment.
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Retirement village – small facility the only option Heritage and cars don’t mix I have visited (on business) most of the retirement villages in the Auckland region. It seems to me that per square metre of building they generate a lage amount of traffic. This is caused by the large number of people required to run them, including management, administration, nurses, physios, doctors, hairdressers, caregivers, cleaners, cooks and gardeners. The traffic on Lake Rd would be bedlam when the residents are visited at weekends by family. This why the Auckland Council planners evaluating the proposed Ryman Healthcare retirement village should ensure it is a small
I was surprised to see Margot McRae pushing for the council to widen Lake Rd (Letters to Editor, 11 Dec 2015). Why would a heritage advocate be arguing for more cars? Counter-intuitive as it sounds, building bigger roads actually makes traffic worse. If you make it easier to drive, more people will drive. New roads just create new drivers, resulting in the intensity of traffic staying the same. The only solution to Lake Rd is fast, frequent and reliable public transport. A tram or bus that leaves every 10 minutes and makes the journey from Devonport to Takapuna in 15 minutes – all day every day. This is only possible if the peninsula has the population to justify it – hopefully the Nga-ti Wha-tua developments will go some way to achieving this. Chris Werry
facility that the narrow Lake Rd, excluding the existing cycleways, will be able to cope with. The reality is that nothing will be done to widen Lake Rd in the next 40 years. Perhaps Auckland Council should give existing residents free defensive driving lessons. Over the past five years I have had plenty of practice playing dodgems on Lake Rd, Bardia St, Eversleigh Rd, Northboro Rd and Jutland Rd. Somehow I don’t think I will be holding my breath for some action to be taken. Bruce Tubb, Belmont
Major issues raised by proposed Wakakura development and timing of application Devonport and Belmont. These other precinct site range in size from 1.9 to 8.5 hectares, and are located in Marsden St, Birchfield Rd, Plymouth Cres, Hillary Cresc and Vauxhall Rd. Devonport Heritage is concerned about the timing of these matters and whether residents are effectively being outmanoeuvred by the scheduling of the sequence of these decisions. Devonport Heritage will speak at the Unitary Plan hearings sometime during the 3rd March to 29th April slot for this topic. We are seeking to have Fort Takapuna included in the Devonport Single House zone and recognised for its historic and social importance. We are also seeking to have Wakakura Cresent height area be restricted to two-storey dwellings, as in both cases these are the rules that apply to its neighbours. It should be noted that there has been an interim decision recently in which many Ngataringa Road houses have been included
The development plans for the retirement village on the Nga-ti Wha-tua Wakakura land have been been submitted to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board for consideration to allow five and six-storey buildings on this 4.2 hectare site. Then this application will either become a notified or non-notified consent. The Ryman application is only weeks ahead of the Unitary Plan Commissioners’ consideration of the North Shore Precincts topic, in which the zoning of the Wakakura Crescent will be decided. The commissioners are being asked to consider that the Wakakura area to be subject to maximum heights of two, three and four-storey buildings in this established residential area. The decision affecting the zoning and development of this site by either the commissioners or the local board could potentially be conflicting, and at the same time any decision will have an impact on the development of the seven precinct sites across
in the pre-1944 overlay. In our submission we stress the need to apply the same set of rules for all neighbours. It may not be in the brief of the Unitary Plan Commissioners to address the transport congestion and infrastructure problems, but we have asked that these issues be considered and that these concerns should not be oversimplified or underestimated. It is our view that no significant development should take place until these problems are effectively managed. Devonport Heritage has not commented on the rezoning of the other precinct areas located across the Belmont area, as these matters are being represented by the local 20/40 residents group. There are many concerns that are raised in this Wakakura development and public debate and public participation needs to be allowed to occur. Trish Deans, Devonport Heritage
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Commuter ferry nightmare not helped by security Does anyone know the purpose of the security staff at the wharf? Now that summer is here, getting off the peak commuter ferries is a nightmare. Tourists to the left, right and centre ahead – blocking both exit ramps, access to the HOP tag off, access through the terminal building and the boardwalk. And no one seems to be guiding them to queue safely and considerately. It’s worse when there is a cruise ship in. For some reason, tourists don’t ‘get’ that people need to get OFF the ferry before they pile on. Trying to shoehorn a ferryload of passengers and cyclists through causes problems, especially if we’re using Auckland Transport’s preferred HOP cards. Where are the security staff at this time?
Usually halfway up the building inside. Is their sole purpose to guard the television screen and the expensive white elephant of a building? Or is it for public safety, which would seem sensible. Maybe they haven’t been told. Don’t get me wrong. We need and welcome these tourists to the village. But we also need to accommodate them and the commuters safely. Having to ‘run the gauntlet’ after a day at work is not a favourite commuter pastime. But it’s not the tourists’ fault – there’s little or no direction on where to stand. Before the OPEN OPEN HOME HOME grand AT redevelopment, there used to be signage. No room left in the budget? Maybe that shindig fund could have paid for them. Just saying........ V Stewart Commuter
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Thanks Ron, but how about a few positives? I do enjoy Mr Dykman’s regular learned contributions to the Flagstaff. In his latest, published on 11 December, I counted at least six separate issues that have been exercising his great mind in recent weeks and resulted in this latest epistle. I have two questions for him. One: is there anything that he actually LIKES about living in this suburb, in this city, in this country, on this planet? Two: does he really believe “everything in this country is in a shambles”? Really?
There are some countries where “shambles” does apply. But here? To my mind “shambles” means you can’t drink the tap water, your rubbish is not collected, there is no wastewater system, there are no footpaths, kerbing or sealed roads, and there may well be insurgency, bombs and other hazards to be dodged. There is always room for improvement in New Zealand but I think I will take my chances and go on living here rather than emigrating to, say, Libya. Elizabeth Urry
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A credit to Devonport On Dec 29 2015, my husband and I visited Devonport. We were on a cruise ship that was visiting Auckland. When we got off the ferry, we were taken back with how beautiful the place was and just how clean etc etc. We are both nearing 80, and as we set off to walk the streets a dear lady offered to take us around this beautiful place for one hour for FREE in her Toyota Corolla. She took us up to the top of Mt Victoria, showed us everything of interest and was so funny. She said she likes to ‘capture’ two or three couples (visitors) when the ships are in and provide this service. She would not give us her name and she definitely would not take any money towards her petrol. So if you have a spare column where one can give a thank you, we would like to you to do so. She is a treasure to your tourist people.
Sheila and Brian Wood, Sydney, NSW Australia
Please don’t speed around Devonport – it only encourages the Police to put speed cameras in safe-road positions. They think we are dumb enough to believe they are doing the right thing for the road toll, but the truth is we get pinged because we are more likely to pay than other areas of Auckland. If you don’t believe this then why on a quiet Wednesday morning, parked on Memorial Drive, was an unassuming white MPV at
the bottom of the slope clicking away at the occasional exceeder of 4kph over the speed limit? (Photo above). This is not road safety Mr Plod, this is tax collection of the first order. We probably wouldn’t mind, but we don’t think Lake Road is the scene of many road deaths due to excess speed. In fact you are more likely to die from boredom of crawling Lake Road as it’s a car park most of the time. Proactive road safety is marked camera
cars and a constant police presence. Fact is, a few more motorcycle cops marshalling traffic would make a huge difference to traffic flows in busier times, but that’s not an earner for the consolidated fund. There is a key performance indicator if ever there was one. Perhaps if the Police promoted the two key road rules keep left and give way to the right – less people would die on our roads, although these rules are hard to monetise by automation. In the meantime, expect a fine or extra road tax of 30 measly dollars to come through your mailbox soon. Ian Ferguson
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Stop the antics and preserve our environment I remain astounded by the silent acceptance our community exhibits in regard to matters of local and national importance. In particular, seeing a digger on the Maori land in Ngataringa, given in silence to Ryman for 150 years or until the next land wars start; a pending six-storey giant subdivision of commercial scale never seen in a residential area ever before, way outside of the district plan, but supported by cronies in the system already proclaiming it’s a good design. Surely if that does not alarm you yet, you just don’t see what’s coming. This edifice to corruption and greed stands tall at our village gateway casting a deathly shadow over the residents and the peninsula. There are no rules that protect the environment that are not flouted, and we’ve seen the same leader promote the $30m Maori settlement for $100 mill of property, and the sale of a recreation marine reserve for $3.7m
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worth $37m in real terms. I guess our political leader’s sign near our village on Lake Rd, at eye level (inviting like-minded friends to call her to make her feel good or to back her antics), says it all. Half of it is in foreign language I can’t read and the intent of this disturbs me. The culture of becoming a Kiwi and learning Kiwi is also gone – we need to learn to read the symbolic alphabet of foreign places in our own land. I wonder if Maggie can read it. Worse still, at the base of our mountain is another equally large sign, equally offensive to the laws we all understood; a sign that facilitates the oversight of untried crimes. I recommend in the face of Ryman’s and the Maori antics that 10 or 20 of us as groups combine our properties into a large block, lease it and build six-storey atrocities looming over the village. We then sell at double the retail price to old people who fear loneliness and believe that these kinds of things are the best way to exit a long life of hard work. But it’s all got to be good because even the ABs are investors in this business. Let’s form a group to stop these antics and rid the promoters of the destruction of our environment. Ron Dykman
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Cheltenham Beach Studio. Stunning studio with new fit-out only metres from the beach. Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Self-contained with separate access and private garden. Wi-Fi included. Phone Mike 021 747 526. Cheltenham: 2 dbl br. Private Beach access daily or weekly rent. Fully furnished. ph 445 3008. Classy 3 bedroom, 2 full bath, fully furnished Devonport house on Achilles Reserve near Narrow Neck. More information go to www.devonporttuihouse.weebly.com or www.sabbaticalhomes.com. Ph: 445 7895. Devonport short let. Large, comfortable, 4 bed fully furnished family home available for rent short term. Great location, close to Vauxhall shops and views down Cheltenham beach. Phone: 022 3175 401. Holiday Accommodation Cheltenham, absolute beachfront. One double and two singles, shady setting, everything supplied. Ph 445 3008. House for rent really nice 4/5 bed multi living areas, in a nice street close to Narrow Neck beach. Call Kerry 021 159 2011 rent negotiable. Relatives visiting? Spacious garden studio with en-suite and kitchenette; minutes to Narrow Neck beach. Reasonable rates. Ph Pauline 445 6471.
Stunning Cheltenham Beach Cottage, metres from the beach. Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Beautifully refurbished, one bedroom, self-contained cottage with a private garden. Phone Rebekah 027 694 3933 or email devonportbeks@gmail.com
Affordable Websites - do you need a website or does your existing website need updating? Prices for a new website start from $500 plus GST. Contact Vanessa on vanessa@penman.co.nz for a free quotation. At Your Request Home Cleaning. Our local team is ready to deliver 5-Star services in your home for weekly cleaning, spring, moving or open-home cleaning. Call Yvonne for a free quote 415 0028. Bookkeeping/Payroll Are you a small business located in the Devonport area? Do you need someone for a few hours each week to help you keep your accounts in order? I can do your bookkeeping/accounts/payroll and IRD returns so that everything is ready for your accountant at the end of the financial year! Contact Vicki on 021 845543. Builder available Small job specialist, repairs and maintenance. Skilled, reliable and local. Please phone Clive Melling. Hm 445 2485, Mob 027 29 222 84. Cars wanted dead or alive. Top dollar paid $360 to $1700 for any small car, $800 to $15,000 for vans, utes, 4WD and trucks. Free retrieval 0800 3333 98. Cleaning Maid Easy Use own cleaning products and gear. Reliable/trustworthy/mature lady. References available Please contact Sharon - 021 405 596. Counselling Low cost counselling offered by experienced narrative therapist (BA Psychology) completing practicum hours. $30/hr. Please contact Sarah for confidential, no-obligation discussion: 022 678 1880. Curtains & Roman Blinds Free measure, quote and design advice. 20 years’ experience. Phone Sara 027 625 5844.
Devonport upholstery. Recover specialist. Antiques and contemporary styles. Recycling furniture for 36 years. John Hancox, phone: 446-0372. Devonport Window Repairs. Sash and casement windows, wooden doors. Rotten sills and window components repaired or replaced. General carpentry. For your local window specialist. Phone Hubert Strang 446 6174 or 021 274 4191. Diggadrain. Drain unblockers and drainage experts. CCTV drain locating. Repairs. New drains. 0800 your drain. Dog grooming available. Full groom, bath and blow dry, puppy introduction to grooming. Devonport-based. Call Barbara 021 141 0331. Gardener Available Qualified and experienced landscape designer. Enjoys getting his hands dirty. Good plant knowledge. Hardworking, reliable and creative with plantings. Contact Paddy 022 502 2122 or 446 6188 paddyvogt@gmail.com Gardening. Do you need regular help? No time for a tidy up? Let me help. Experienced gardener. Ph Carolyn on 446 6517 or 027 292 8167 for a free on-site consultation.C Handyman. Mature professional in Devonport, Bayswater area. Repairs, painting, those jobs you just don’t have time to do. Free quote. References. Ph. Brian 021 150 8898. Housekeeper. Home cleaning, including windows, washing, ironing, furniture polishing. Experienced. References. $25 per hour. Ph 442 2273, 027 4926220. Housewashing, prof. service, 10 years-plus experience, reliable and prompt. Free quotes, also decks, driveways, paths, fences, roof moss treatments etc. Phone Rod 021 390 800.
Housewashing. Get your house clean for the holidays by contacting Bubble Boys house washing. We clean windows, doors, weatherboards, garages and outbuildings. Support local, hard-working and reliable high-school Devonport boys by contacting us at seanslreeves@gmail.com or call 021 0621 750 to get a free quote. We are very reasonably priced. We protect paint by using soft brushes only. We can also provide water blasting for concrete driveways, paths and patios if needed. Ironing: Professional, reliable, fast turnaround. Call Denise or Peter 486-1614/0223-552-350. Landscaping – Format Landscapes, 18 years’ experience, Dip. Landscape Design. Design and build. We undertake all aspects of hard and soft landscaping including decks, paving, fences, retaining walls, planting etc. Small to large projects. Free quote www.formatlandscapes.co.nz. Call Matt 021 599107. Locksmith, Devonport’s own Scott Richardson. mob 021 976 607. Tagbuster, graffiti looked after Devonport to Hauraki Corner. Call the Tagbuster 0800antitag, 0800 2684 824. Window Cleaning for houses and businesses. For a free quote call Ivan 473 6631.
Acoustic and classical guitar, music theory. Fun, comprehensive, tailored to you! Devonport-based. Michelle Birch, BMus (Hons) michellebirch@zoho.com, www.michellebirch.com ART CLASSES @ D’Port Community house: Wednesday night, life drawing; Friday morning, mastering art; Wednesday after school, art for teens. ph Lucy Bucknall - 446 0389. Art Classes for Children. Wednesdays 3.20 - 5.20 in artists home studio by the sea, Devonport. Term One “Pet Apartment” Painting, Drawing Project. Contact Erica Soman MFA Dip Tchg 021 127 9671 erica_artist@xtra.co.nz Learn piano/keyboard. Lessons from $17.00. Private, Professional, Affordable, Enjoyment for all ages. Competitions, Practical, Theory Exams. NZ Modern School of Music 0800-696-874. Mathematics and Statistics. Individual lessons with a friendly, experienced tutor. NCEA 1 & 2, school years 3 -12. Holiday and Saturday places available. Phone Gillian Steele BCom 488 7059 gillrsteele@hotmail.com Mathematics Tuition, Sensitive tutoring offered at all levels of the secondary school curriculum. NCEA, IB and Cambridge welcomed. 97% pass rate in 2014. NCEA 3 calculus specialist. Ph Peter Ridge BE,Dip Tchg (sec) 445 2283. Singing lessons in Devonport. Contract Dr Sue Braatvedt 473 9113 or 027 3402884. All ages. SLSS Swim School, 11 Evan Street, Belmont (off Eversleigh Road). Specialists in pre-schoolers. Phone 486 6728 for more info.
FOR SALE Business Opportunity for Teacher Devonport area. Love teaching but not paperwork and meetings? Looking for lifestyle and to work from home? Would like to earn 70k plus for a 20-hour week? Full training provided. $52k and some set-up costs. Contact Eve 022 341 1716/ iywalton@gmail.com REST HOMES Ascot House Retirement Home, quality care with dignity in a friendly, family atmosphere. Phone Shona, 445 2518. Komatua Care Centre – We care for older people who have memory loss and behavioural difficulties. Professional care is given in a nurturing environment. For all enquiries - phone 445 1707. SERVICES OFFERED 10 YEARS’ experience. Home cleaning. Husband and wife. Honest, reliable, careful workers. All equipment supplied. References available. Ph Joyce 022 073 1550.
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SITUATIONS VACANT Gardener wanted - who is able to look after a good sized garden involving sweeping and waterblasting paths, removing or spraying weeds, trimming hedges & trees, watering & caring for plants, general maintenance etc etc. All tools needed and garden bin are onsite. Must be fit, have some garden knowledge, be reliable & honest and able to work 3-5 hours each week in central Devonport over summer. Prefer someone living locally. Phone or txt James on 0274 340 300.
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Dan Dufty and his famous Clydesdales are missed on Devonport streets Dan Dufty and his Town and Country Clydesdale horses have been noticeably absent from Devonport this summer, due to Dufty’s failing health. Dufty lives in Paerata and brings his horses into Devonport on a trailer. He parks his cart outside the Claystore Community Workshop at 27 Lake Road. Roger Giles, who has been helping rig the horses after Dufty hurt his shoulder more than a year ago, has been visiting the horseman at Middlemore Hospital. Giles spoke to him about his work and his Devonport connections: “Dan started Town and Country Clydesdales 30 years ago, when he lost the family farm that his grandfather bought in the late 1890s. He has bred the herd, selecting the stallion and mares so their markings are those described in the Clydesdale Stud Book. “Dan has always stuck to the traditional way. The four-wheeled wagon is well over 100 years old, as is the harness. With two teams of three working horses and the brood mares, fillies and colts, he has a big feed bill. He has never stinted their feed, and is proud of the condition and presentation of his charges. “He has been coming to Devonport for 20 years, and has made lots of friends in the community when he drives down Victoria Road to the wharf. After a spell of bad weather has kept him away, people call out and wave to welcome him back, which makes him feel good. Americans who know horses tell him his horses are equal to anything they have in the famous Budweiser Brewery Stud. “Dan’s present state of health has prevented him from trucking the horses up to Devonport from Paerata this summer, but he wishes to thank the guys at the Claystore Community Workshop for their help and allowing him to leave the wagon on their forecourt. “And he says a big thank you to the people of Devonport whose support has helped him to keep going, along with roughly 250,000 visitors and tourists that he estimates he has given rides to over the time he has been coming to Devonport. “Devonport won’t be the same without him and his beautiful horses,” says Part of the Devonport streetscape for two decades… Dan Dufty and his Clydesdales Giles.
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Summer facelift for grand old lady
Torpedo Bay land sold in secret deal Defence land at Torpedo Bay has been sold to Maori for $2.3 million. After years of behind-closed-doors negotiations, the 0.58 ha block was sold as part of the Ngai Tai ki Tamaki Settlement with Ngati Whanaunga, Ngati Tamaoho, Ngati Koheriki and Marutuahu Collective. The land will be leased back to the New Zealand Defence Force as part of the agreement.
Eliza breaks world record Since we caught up with Eliza McCartney in our December 11 edition, the local pole-vaulting star has had an extraordinary month. At age 19, she has set a new world junior record by clearing 4.64 metres in an Auckland event, qualified for the Rio Olympics and was named as a finalist in the Halberg Emerging Talent Award for a second consecutive year. The IAAF named her as one of the top 10 athletes to watch. “It certainly was an amazing way to finish the year, but hopefully this year will be even better,” McCartney says. McCartney, who studies science at Auckland University, holds all the age group and senior New Zealand records for the women’s pole vault.
Planned Masonic café could become office space The Masonic Tavern apartments development is likely to no longer feature a café if Redback Development Limited has its way. Auckland Council received an application from the developer of the once historic Devonport pub proposing “to change use of a café to a commercial activity office.” In April 2009, at the end of a bitter battle between tavern owner Peter Thwaites and the Save the Masonic Society (a group of locals who protested the conversion of the pub into apartments), the Environment Court gave Thwaites permission to turn the property into 10 apartments. The court also granted permission for a café on the ground floor of the main building, which was one of the oldest erected on the North Shore. This seemingly left the opportunity to preserve the tavern’s long hospitality history once construction was complete.
Painting work starting… the Victoria Theatre The Victoria Theatre is getting a facelift this summer. The front facade is being repainted the same colour and the front window joinery has been painted black to give the building more of an art deco look. Next month, the front of the building will be scaffolded and JBL painters will paint the entire facade. Signwriter Tom Smith will then put up new signage on the theatre. New outdoor furniture is being bought to bring in red accents in line with the building’s cream, black and red colour scheme. Victoria Theatre Trust Co-chair Margot McRae says local architect and board member Hamish Grotrian has been instrumental
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Devonport boy steps up to the plate at Australian baseball tournament It’s been a whole new ball game for 12-yearold Peter Kenedi who this month played in the first New Zealand baseball team to ever win an overseas tournament. The versatile player turned out as a pitcher, shortstop, and in the outfield. The Under 13 Auckland All Stars won five out of their six games against three Gold Coast teams at the regional Gold Coast Summer Classic held in Mudgeeraba, two hours south of Brisbane. Peter, a year 8 student at Kristin School, is still on a high about being part of an Australasian champion team. “My coach said it is the first time a New Zealand baseball team has won an overseas tournament,” he says. Peter has good reason to be proud. Last September, he was selected out of about 200 boys, first for a 24-strong development squad, then a team of 16 who trained for Mudgeeraba for five months. Peter’s mother Kate says it amounted to playing ball two to three hours, four days a week. “Plus lots of pitching in the backyard,” adds Peter. Other activities, such as karate and sea scouts had to be put on temporary hold.
Peter has been playing for North Shore City Baseball since he was six. But his passion for the game was nurtured earlier and further away. Born to American parents in Durham, North Carolina, Peter watched the Durham Bulls play before he had turned one. Kate says Peter has had great baseball opportunities in New Zealand. US Major League players, coaches and managers have visited New Zealand to give workshops and train with young local teams, she says. “From that perspective, playing baseball in New Zealand has been cool because in the US you would never have the same face-to-face interactions with people that big,” she says. Peter is a pitcher but also plays other positions. “If you pitch too much while you are still growing, your shoulder wears out,” he says. What does he love most about baseball? “I love just playing catch, but I also love hitting, fielding – everything I guess.” He also loves his leather glove, which over the last three years has moulded to the shape of his left hand. “It’s my prize,” says Peter, who is
Pitching up… Peter Kendi a fan of the Baltimore Orioles, the Detroit Tigers and the Washington Nationals. Is he obsessed? “No, I try to take the weekends off, except for Sunday... and Saturday,” he laughs.
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motorbike were stolen from two separate properties on Egremont St. The motorbike was recovered nearby and the vehicle was recovered in West Auckland. Enquiries are continuing. Between the 3rd and 5th of January, a vehicle was stolen from the Devonport Car Company on Lake Rd. This vehicle was recovered in South Auckland on the 7th of January. Between the 4th and 5th of January, a vehicle was broken into on Cowper St and three Stihl chainsaws and a hand-held electrical climbing saw were taken, along with other important documents belonging to the victim. If anyone hears of Stihl chainsaws being sold, please let us know. A vehicle was broken into on St Leonards Rd and a handbag taken from the footwell. Please remember to never leave anything visible in your vehicle, remove all items of value and always lock your vehicle. Alarms and steering locks are also a great deterrent. The Belmont Liquor Centre was targeted by a male offender who brazenly walked into the
shop, picked up a box of alcohol and walked out. We have good surveillance footage of this male, so we hope to identify him and hold him accountable for his actions. There have been reports of damage to two vehicles parked on Cautley St, which was described as being scratched or ‘keyed’. I have heard of a few vehicles being keyed around the Devonport area and this is becoming a concern. So please watch out for people who appear to be ‘hanging around’ too close to with Devonport Community vehicles and report to Police if you suspect Constable Jasmine Bundle they are causing damage. Bicycles have been targeted again – one Happy New Year everyone. I hope you was stolen from the Stanley Bay wharf and all managed to find some time to relax and another from a trailer on Old Lake Rd. There unwind over the holiday period. was also an attempted theft of a bicycle at the Unfortunately crime did not stop at the Devonport wharf, in which the owner appresame time, with Stanley Point being a hotspot hended the offender and received his bicycle overnight on the 16th and 17th of January. back – good work! Multiple vehicles were broken into and Burglaries occurred at Marbles Studio on property stolen - one on Glen Rd and three Calliope Rd (cash was taken from the till), on Stanley Point Rd, with one attempt to also Bardia St (glass door smashed), Wesley St steal the vehicle. (two males were seen at the address) and In the same time frame a vehicle and Victoria Rd (two males were seen taking a child’s bike). In the early hours of Friday 22nd January, a young female was assaulted and robbed 24 Hour Towing 24 Hour Towing while walking on Vauxhall Rd near Narrow Devonport Owned Devonport Owned Neck beach. If you live in this area and heard or saw anything suspicious, please call me on Operated andand Operated 021 1921 159. The shoe thieves have been active again in Bayswater and Alamein Aves. Please 1 Fleet Street, Devonport 1 Fleet Street, Devonport remember to keep your footwear inside and Phone out of sight. Phone 445 445 04830483 On a positive note, the Devonport comemail: fleetst@ihug.co.nz munity email: fleetst@ihug.co.nz is proving to be an honest bunch with multiple found property items being handed www.fleetstpanel.co.nz www.fleetstpanel.co.nz ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED 1971 1971 in to us. We have been able to return these to some very happy owners. Dennis Hale & Nathan Hale Tips for trouble-free computing Q: I am having trouble with my Wi-Fi connectivity to the outside dwelling – the signal is very intermittent. best way to get around this is to use ‘ethernet over power’ adapters. These are plug-in devices to which A: The you connect a network cable from your ADSL router and then they use the existing house wiring to connect to wherever you want to go in your house. Or outhouse. At the far end, you install a wireless hotspot and suddenly you have enabled and increased your wireless connectivity without having to lay cabling all over the house. Very effective solution! Q: My backup drive is a 40GB drive and is nearly full. Can you help please? A: If your backup drive is that small, it must be a very old hard drive – possibly 10 years old? You have not Upcycle your laptop Wanted: old laptops still in working been able to buy drives of that size for a long time! Manufacturers only warranty their hard drives for three condition to refurbish and donate to the years, so you are best advised to replace them in that sort of time frame. So, yes, I will get you a new 1TB Red Cross Refugee service. (1,000GB!) hard drive and setup a data backup routine for you. Well done for being onto it. If you are upgrading, I will pass on your old computers to help refugees. Q: I have a very old hard drive on which there is some data I would like to extract – can you help? A: Yes, happy to give this a go – but can’t guarantee that it will be successful given the age of the drive. However, if the data on there is really important I can recommend some specialist data recovery agents who I have used in the past to good effect. Note however, that forensic data recovery is very expensive ($250 per hour!) and should only be undertaken if that data is of essential importance. Q: I can’t get my emails – it keeps asking me for my password and I can’t remember it! Can you help? A: You are going to have to contact your internet service provider for that information, so sorry I can’t help you Why go anywhere else?! in this case. If you phone their helpdesk, they will be able to reset the password for you and then you just retype it into the password field when the dialogue box comes up. Try and choose a password that you will be able to remember!!
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WE’RE BACK IN
DEVONPORT Clean Green is delighted to have relocated back to Devonport, servicing the local community. Now located at The Old Post Office 1st Floor - 3/10 Victoria Road SALES, SERVICE & SUPPORT - PC’S, APPLE, LAPTOPS, iPHONES & iPADS W: CGC.CO.NZ | E: KARL@CGC.CO.NZ TEL: 0800 622815 | MOB: 021 622815
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Community gardeners’ efforts reap rewards 16 January to 3 February
As right as rain… gardening prize will help fund an irrigation system Devonport Community Garden won the Best Community Garden prize in the Yates Spring Vegie Growing Challenge, receiving $500 plus a hamper of Yates products. Devonport Community Garden committee member Leigh Quadling-Miernik said they entered the competition in the hope of winning the prize money, as they are raising funds to reroof the potting shed bays to more effectively catch rainwater. “We want to develop our rainwater harvesting capabilities so we can have a self-sufficient irrigation system. Even though none of us are expert gardeners, we thought entering the competition was worth a shot. Devonport Community Garden, based at Mt Cambria Reserve, has been going since 2008, with a core group of around 30 members – the youngest is five years old, the oldest are in their 80s.
The 1000 square metre plot contains 10 communal gardens and two children’s beds, as well as a vegetable bed specifically to feed the five chickens and 12 quails that deliver eggs to the group. Two beehives provide honey and the butterfly house will soon see around 50 monarch butterflies hatch. The butterfly house is mainly for beautification, but also serves as an educational resource for visiting kindergartens and schools. Devonport Community Garden also partners with IHC, and a team of its members regularly work in the garden, building, planting and experimenting with new ideas. Yates marketing manager Fiona Arthur said the Spring Vegie Growing Challenge was designed to foster grass-roots gardening and bring gardeners together to share their successes, problems and aspirations.
Michael Ferriss: Ninety-Nine Names Of God An exhibition about our world under surveillance.
Fraser Toulmin: Cuba Intact Photographic works endeavouring to capture the ‘heart and soul of Cuba’.
Prime encounter for Devonport kids on Canadian holiday Rubbing shoulders with Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was an unexpected holiday treat for Mattise and Elliot Irving. The two Devonport Primary School students (pictured at right) were born in Toronto, and were visiting Canadian relatives over Christmas. Their father Allister says he was taking them on a trip down memory lane through their old neighbourhood when they stumbled across a small crowd of about 20 people gathering around a café as Trudeau emerged and shook everyone’s hands. “He immediately gave us a big smile for a picture without us even asking,” says Allister. Elliot (8) found Trudeau to be a “very nice man”, while Mattise (10) said “he has very soft hands.”
The Vernacular Lounge A space that celebrates the vernacular of Aotearoa through publications, videos and artwork.
www.depotartspace.co.nz Monday 12pm to 5pm Tuesday – Saturday 10am to 5pm Sunday and Public Holidays 11am to 3pm 28 Clarence St, Devonport Ph 963 2331
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Record turnout for Junior World Series Nearly 300 young cricketers donned international colours in Devonport last week for the Junior World Series. Now in its 23rd year, the annual tournament is open to children from age seven to 13, who play for New Zealand, Australia, England, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. This year has been the three-day event’s biggest yet, with 280 players taking part – 40 more than a year ago. North Shore Cricket Club Manager Bruce Warner says the series began with 60 kids in 1994: “The performance of the Black Caps over the last years has definitely led to a mini-revolution in club cricket. Everyone loves cricket more.” The series attracts kids from all over Auckland. “We time it to fill the gap for kids who stop playing in mid-December and don’t get to go back until mid-February, and basically target those who don’t make the rep teams,” Pace bowler… Lewis Campbell (9) bowls (above) for the Sri Lanka says Warner. Little League on day two of the series
William Goodger (9), with mother Catherine, loved his stint playing for Sri Lanka. “It’s my first time here and I can’t wait until next year,” he says.
North Shore Cricket Club Chairman Campbell Newman (left) catching up with former New Zealand cricketer Richard Jones, whose seven-year-old son played for the West Indies Little League.
Elder statesmen… Former New Zealand cricket captain and patron of North Shore Cricket Club Barry Sinclair (left), with Roger Brittenden
Family support… Cricket twins Dom and Dan Perkins (13) celebrate the victory of their New Zealand team with parents Lisa Baker and Brendan Perkins, with uncle Lee Baker, an international cricket commentator on iHeart Radio
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Cricketers leave club for high school as champs
Top knock… Audrey Melhuish (8) batting for New Zealand’s Little League
TGS win Auckland Cricket awards Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) 1st XI’s Jasper Edgar was awarded best wicketkeeper for the ASSCA Premier 1A competition at the Auckland Secondary Schools Cricket
2015 prize-giving. The TGS 1st XI also received the Spirit of Cricket Award, across all the secondary school grades.
North Shore Cricket Club’s Year 8 premier team finished their unbeaten season and time as junior players for the club as Auckland champions. The team – Oliver Arthur-Hunt, Olly Chambers, Sam Charleton-Maunder, Sam Davies, Bowen de Gouw, Noah Eakin, Libby Easterbrook, Cam Howell (captain), Fergus Lee, Tom Pleciak and Oliver Wilson – won the Auckland Championship in a gripping final against Cornwall. Year 8 Convenor Anna Chambers said the team had had been competing against “all the big clubs such as Parnell, Cornwall and University as well as other North Shore Clubs like Takapuna, Birkenhead and East Coast Bays. The team was coached by Chris Davies and Steven Pleciak. Starting this February, the team members will all be playing for their respective high schools.
THE NAVY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
ROYAL NZ NAVY TURNS 75 THIS YEAR The Royal New Zealand Navy will be on show this year as it celebrates its 75th Anniversary. Thanks to principal sponsor Westpac and other sponsors, the Navy will showcase its past, present and future, and commemorate the contribution of all the men and women who have served, as well as the families and communities, such as Devonport, who have supported those in uniform. During the year Navy ships will visit ports throughout the country, allowing people to visit and be part of the celebrations, says Chief of Navy, Rear Admiral John Martin. “Our people are drawn from all parts of New Zealand and this is an opportunity for the Navy to say a heartfelt ‘thank you’. We’re inviting all Kiwis to take part in the commemorations, and celebrate this wonderful occasion with us.” Public celebrations will begin in February, with a formation entry into Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour, and continue throughout the year. Activities include a live-theatre tour, sponsored by Siemens, showing a children’s pantomime and evening performances for
older audiences; specially commissioned exhibitions at the Devonport Naval Museum; a television documentary following HMNZS TE KAHA and HMNZS WELLINGTON during their 2015 deployments; ships’ home port visits; and special events to mark the 30th anniversary of women being posted to seagoing ships. The events will showcase the Navy of today, while paying homage to its history. The culmination of the celebrations will be the International Naval Review in midNovember, when vessels from international Navies visit Auckland for five days. “We want to share this important milestone with all New Zealanders and acknowledge our brave men and women and the work they do to make a difference, protecting the prosperity and security of New Zealand’s interests at home and abroad,” Rear Admiral Martin said. “Whether it’s disaster relief, peace support operations, ensuring that the sea trade on which we depend for our survival can get through, or protecting New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone and marine resources, the Royal New Zealand Navy as part of the New Zealand Defence Force
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2016 major events and activities: (for more detail visit nznavy75.co.nz) • 8 February – Ceremonial Formation Entry to Auckland Harbour. Great view from North Head. • 25 April – Documentary following TE KAHA and WELLINGTON’s deployments in 2015, broadcast on TV ONE. • 16 May – Commemoration for HMS PURIRI, sunk in a minefield off Whangarei Heads, one of the very few occasions of loss of life due to enemy action in New Zealand territory. • 23-24 June – Westpac presents “30 Years: Women at Sea” (conference and events), Auckland. • September/October – Navy Players live nationwide theatre tour produced by Lieutenant Commander Mark Hadlow, and sponsored by Siemens. • 17-21 November – International Naval Review, including exhibition at The Cloud, sports tournament, cultural performances, street march, ships’ open day, Auckland. • 18 December – Memorial service for those lost on HMS Neptune, National War Memorial, Wellington. protects and serves the causes important to us and our way of life. “We’re looking forward to having New Zealanders engage with us and find out more about what we and our international partners do.”
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