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Wharenui planned for Bayswater church grounds Bayswater local and former radio host Anglican Church. Angels Church, a Category A heritage Danny Watson and his wife Teresa want The Watsons have applied for resource building, and the adjacent church hall, at to add a wharenui to their redevelopment consent for a Maori meeting house sited 159 Bayswater Rd. of the grounds of Bayswater’s former between the former St Michael’s and All To page 9

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Handover of Navy housing to Ngati Whatua begins next year The Royal New Zealand Navy will gradually hand over all of its leased Devonport peninsula housing to Ngati Whatua o Orakei, starting next year. The navy will vacate around 40 houses per year for the next six years until its lease of 253 houses comes to an end in 2023, a representative told members of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board earlier this month. The houses are on land given to the iwi as part of its 2012 Treaty of Waitangi settlement. The navy has leased the land since then. A New Zealand Defence Force spokesperson told the Flagstaff: “41 houses will be handed back next year and about 40 a year after that until the lease comes to an end.” All 253 navy houses on the Devonport peninsula are usually fully occupied, the spokesperson said. The navy’s move is likely to further increase rush hour traffic on Lake Rd, as more staff will commute from outside the peninsula. However, the spokesperson said the navy had not discussed the housing changes with

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July 28, 2017

Ryman neighbour finds cracks after site-fencing work Ngataringa Rd resident Lucy Bucknall was alarmed to discover cracks in the internal walls of her home after a post driver was used to build a fence around the Ryman Healthcare village site over the road from her home. “They had a machine to bash the posts in. When they used it, the whole house was shaking. And then I started looking at the walls and noticed a few cracks I had not seen before,” she says. She found cracks in her living room, bedroom and kitchen. A vertical crack now runs down the bedroom wall near a painting Bucknall recently hung. “I definitely didn’t see that crack then,” she says. Numerous other cracks, including some that run from the corners of windows up to the ceiling, are noticeable in the living room, master bedroom and kitchen. The rooms at the back of the house are unaffected. Bucknall said she, her husband Iain Rea and their neighbours had been assured by Ryman that their houses would be surveyed before any work on the site began. Bucknall and Rea’s inspection was last Friday, 10 days after after the fence went up. They expect to receive the inspection report within a few weeks. A letter sent to the neighbours by Ryman project manager Matt Hutchinson says: “As part of our undertakings during the consenting process we offered to carry out engineering inspections of neighbouring properties. The purpose is to give our neighbours peace-ofmind about the construction process. “An engineer will inspect your property and provide you with a written summary of its existing condition prior to construction of the new village, so any impact on your home through the construction process can be documented and assessed. “If the engineers find that any damage has occurred as a result of the construction process, we will repair it as soon as practicable at no cost to you.” Bucknall, who is a sculptor with a home studio, says the experience has left her feeling weary. “Now that I know how bad it was to just put up the fence, I worry what it will be like when they put in the real piles,” she says.

Lake Rd death referred to coroner Police attended the sudden death of an 80-year-old man on the Lake Rd footpath opposite Belmont Intermediate school last week. It is thought the man may have had a suspected medical event. His 18 July death has been referred to the coroner, police said.

Construction of the village for nearly 400 residents is expected to take three years. It involves the removal of 80,000 cubic metres of soil. Asked about the wall cracks at Bucknell and Rea’s home, Ryman corporate affairs manager David King said the company would send an independent engineer to assess the properties as quickly as it could. If there was damage, “we will put it right,” he said. “We have installed seismic monitoring equipment on the site and we will be checking it.” Bucknall says she has lost confidence in Ryman’s past verbal assurances. Her alarm over the post-driving work followed another neighbour’s unhappiness when a digger turned up unannounced and began breaking concrete on the site. Sam Standley, who lives directly adjacent, was angered at the work – which made her lounge vibrate – occurring before the survey promised by Ryman.

Wall worries... Above: Lucy Bucknall points out one of the cracks in an interior wall of her Ngataringa Rd home. Below: a crack above a window in the master bedroom.

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New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty is delighted to introduce Tabitha Coleman. Tabitha is more than a North Shore advocate. Raised and now living in Devonport, she’s called the area home her whole life and her ability to promote the suburb as a wonderful place to live is second to none - just talking to her for a few minutes about where she lives and why conveys a genuine love and affinity for the district. Tell us your background and experience. While finding my way to real estate, I built a successful career as a public relations director, working for some of New Zealand and the United Kingdom’s most highly regarded PR agencies. I’ve always been really proud of my client portfolio having been lucky enough to work with some of the most prestigious global brands over the years. What motivated you to move into real estate? Where most people complain about the long and laborious task of finding a home in Auckland City these days, I loved the whole process from start to finish. I really enjoy exploring new properties and seeing how much creativity can go into marketing a home. How will your previous experience benefit your practice of real estate? In depth knowledge of the real estate industry and the ever-evolving Auckland property market along with how you treat clients, respect their individual needs and deliver on your promises, is what really matters. Client relationships have been a huge part of my work history, I’ve found the transition from servicing my PR clients to providing a professional and premium service for my vendors and buyers to be a really smooth process. I’m also a marketer at heart and a big part of the role of any sales associate is marketing properties to the best of your ability. Writing has also always been a passion of mine and there’s certainly no shortage for the need for skilfully crafted copy in this line of work.

What special or added services do you offer to your clients? I grew up in Devonport on Victoria Road and went to St Leo’s Primary School. Because I’m a Devonport girl through and through, I have a genuine love of the area and am personally familiar with its key selling points and benefits. Living in the area you’re selling is really beneficial as I know Devonport is a fantastic place to live. I’m also passionate about potential buyers being able to really experience a home and I work hard to ensure they enjoy themselves at my open homes and help them picture how much they’d enjoy living there. What do you like about Devonport? Where do I start? Beaches, beautiful villas and generally just the most genuine and caring people. My partner and I enjoy our lovely neighbourhood and just love being part of the village. Apart from a two year stint in London, Devonport has been home my whole life. I don’t think I’d ever leave, why would you? Call Tabitha and find out how she can help you.

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Esmonde Rd flyover could be part of Lake Rd solution A flyover motorway ramp to access the northern motorway at Esmonde Rd is being discussed as part of Auckland Transport’s plans to upgrade Lake Rd. Auckland Transport (AT) principal transport planner Tim Mueller told the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last week that with consultation on Lake Rd complete and locals generally supporting the project, AT had now secured funding to prepare a detailed business case for the project. Mueller indicated that one of the early proposals is a flyover to give access from a high-occupancy lane on the south side of Esmonde Rd to the northbound side of the motorway, helping alleviate the motorway access bottleneck. AT h a s p r e v i o u s l y t a l k e d a b o u t introducing a high-occupancy lane sharing the southbound bus lane on-ramp, but this was the first mention of a flyover to the northbound side. Mueller also suggested that the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) was very supportive of the Lake Rd project. The Flagstaff understands NZTA’s funding contribution to the upgrade could be as high as 52 per cent of the total cost.

In his preliminary report on the public response to upgrade proposals, Mueller said AT had received 1100 submissions, most of them on paper rather than online. He said most submitters favoured a medium investment level (shifting kerbs) rather than the higher investment (roadwidening) level for the project. A staged approach was also favoured, he said. “Generally, people support the project. The biggest message we got was to just get on with it.”

People asked for intersection improvements and better pedestrian access. They were divided on cycle lanes, not concerned about “rat running” and wanted the Bayswater ferry terminal to go ahead, he said. Mueller specifically mentioned a submission that proposed a Lake Rd boulevard with trees planted down both sides. He asked the Local Board for its formal feedback on the project by 1 August in order to provide a final consultation report by September.

Crash driver pleads guilty to amended charge The teenage driver of a car that crashed into a pole on Vauxhall Rd in April pleaded guilty in the North Shore District Court last week to a charge of careless driving causing injury. Joe Pearson, a 17-year-old student, is due to be sentenced on 22 September. The charge was amended from one of aggravated careless driving to which Pearson pleaded not guilty at a previous hearing.

Pearson, who has completed an advanced defensive driving course, had his disqualification from driving lifted until sentencing. Three occupants of the car were taken to hospital after the accident. Their injuries included bruising and a fractured skull. The crash caused a power outage across Cheltenham and Narrow Neck on the night of April 15.

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When many hands don’t make light work How many Auckland Council staff does it take to change a light bulb? Roger Giles, the unofficial guardian of Mt Victoria/Takarunga, recently had reason to ponder that question. He shares his tale with the Flagstaff and its readers: “About three months ago, we had a gale. The light on top of the steps above the Bunker, next to the signal station, went out. I called Action Line and reported it, like I have done a few times in the past. Normally they fix it within a few days. “I called them back after a while and they said they weren’t sure whose responsibility the pole was, whether it was council’s or Auckland Transport’s. I told them it was council’s and they eventually rang back to say, yes it was. “About two weeks later, they rang back again and said it couldn’t be fixed because it was not within this year’s budget. “But a guy came up to fix it anyway and I ran into him up there as he looked at the pole. He said to me, ‘How do I get up that pole?’

“I said, ‘How about with an extension ladder?’ “He said he wasn’t allowed to go up ladders any more and would need to get a cherry picker, but that there was a weight restriction to go across the top of the water reservoir and that the cherry picker was too heavy. “I said, ‘Let me show you another track to get here’ and I took him to the second path that you can use to get to the pole. “He took photos of that track and said he would email them to council’s Access Manager to get permission to use it. “The next day, I got a call from Action Line. ‘We have good news,’ the lady said. ‘It’s fixed.’ I said, ‘No, it’s not.’ “She said, ‘We’ll have to go back to square one then.’ “The other day she emailed me. I get emails now instead of calls. She said council is thinking about putting up a solar panel with an LED light because those apparently last forever. But for now, it’s still not working.”

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An improved view... but where did the tree and hedge go? A slip suddenly opened up the view of Rangitoto for Sarah Waite and her Vauxhall Rd cliff-top neighbours this month. Waite was standing just metres from where a tree, hedge and large amounts of earth collapsed from behind her flat on 7 July, after a night of heavy rain. “I stood on the terrace and was looking out at Rangitoto when I heard this very loud crack. The tide was in and I was looking for an explanation, so I thought maybe a wave had been crashing,” she says. “I went back inside but when I came back out 10 minutes later, the first thing I noticed was that there was so much more of a view. That’s when I realised what that crack was,” she says. The vegetation and dirt had landed on the sea shore below the cliff, north of Cheltenham Beach. A pohutukawa was gone, as was a pittosporum hedge at the edge of the back garden. Waite says she had been expecting the pohutukawa to go for a while. “But I didn’t think the top of the garden would,” she says. Neighbour Allison Forbes, who has lived at the front of the flats since 1993, says she couldn’t believe her eyes when Waite called her over to have a look. “There was a gap of about eight or ten inches where the soil had pulled away and a very thick concrete pad was split right down the middle,” she says. “Some more plants, the agapanthus and a few other shrubs have since gone down the cliff too. It’s a complete and utter mess,” Forbes says. An Auckland Council spokesperson said

Top to bottom... The slip north of Cheltenham Beach (above) and Sarah Waite (right), who now has a wider view the council was involved in managing more than 100 landslide sites. “The landslide at 116 Vauxhall Road has been assessed and is not a high priority based on risk,” he said. The slip is one of several along the east coast of the Devonport peninsula this year, including one at the Westwell Rd steps. Another recently occurred below the Ryman Healthcare development site on Ngataringa Bay and two have been reported on Stanley Point.

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Smash hits hamper Harry’s world-champs mission Getting knocked off his bike twice in three weeks has added extra challenges to Devonport cyclist Harry Waine’s preparations for the Junior Track Cycling World Championship in Italy next month. The first accident came one morning in early June as Waine rode along Albany’s Lonely Track Rd at about 40kmh. An oncoming car turned into a driveway in front of him, he says. “The driver didn’t see me. I went over the front of the car and onto the side of the road. I landed on my head and my helmet cracked but all in all I got off pretty easy. My bike basically snapped in half though,” he says The driver was apologetic and insured. “I had two days off the bike but then was back training again, got a new bike and so it was not too much of a setback,” Waine says. On Monday 26 June, it happened again. Waine was riding with friend Julian Laking in Milford. “It was an easy ride. I was just spinning my legs after a gym session.” Both riders were knocked off their bikes in a collision with a car door in Kitchener Rd. This time, both riders were hurt. “My friend broke his thumb. I broke my nose, and my front teeth were knocked back quite badly. The orthodontist said only my braces held them in and I will have to have a root canal,” Waine says. His brand-new bike was broken too. “I had three days off training, went on a Cycling NZ camp in Cambridge and saw a

Riding on... Harry Waine has hit some bumps on his road to Italy doctor who said I had a concussion. It ended up being a week off my bike that time.” The driver in the second accident did not accept responsibility, Waine says. The matter is now headed to court. Waine has been frustrated at missing training. Considerable fundraising effort has

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No charges over Lake Rd crash No charges have been laid over a Lake Rd accident in which a 50-year old male pedestrian was hit by a car and badly injured. The police’s Serious Crash Unit recently finished its investigation of the 29 May crash near Hauraki Rd.. “The pedestrian received extensive injuries, however is now out of hospital and recovering at home. No charges have been laid,” a police spokesperson said. The crash occurred around school closing time and Lake Rd traffic was near a standstill for hours after the accident.

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New Bayswater Ave wharenui considered a community facility: consent application

Meeting in the middle... a drawing of the proposed Wharenui In Bayswater Ave, between the former Anglican church (left), which houses the Teresa Watson Ceramic College, and the former church hall (right), the home of Seido Karate Devonport. The application, which is being processed by council, says the building will be “of traditional design, single storey form, with a vertical weatherboard exterior and aluminium roofing. The front façade will be more decorative, with elements of traditional Maori architecture forming the entrance.” The proposed wharenui is just under 90 square metres and could accommodate up to 21 mattresses as a communal sleeping area. A kauta or traditional cooking area is located at the rear. The application says the building will be used for informal gatherings at the evenings or weekends. A company owned by the Watsons, Takamatua Kaitiaki Trust Ltd, bought St Michael’s and All Angels Church four years ago. Since then, they have added two standalone, single-level residential dwellings at

the rear of the site, repiled the church and shifted the hall towards the front of the 1647 sqm site. The address is in an urban mixed housing zone. The wharenui application makes a case for the church, hall and new building to be considered community facilities. “The proposal involves the establishment of a wharenui, which falls under the wider activity of a marae. Therefore, it is considered to be a community facility, along with the church and hall,” it says. The hall is the home of Seido Karate Devonport, an incorporated society registered under the name of Devonport Karate Club, where Watson is a 6th-dan chief instructor. The church houses the Teresa Watson Ceramic College, which offers pottery classes for adults. The Watsons have obtained a letter of support from Bayswater School, including an

offer for Wharenui users to park at the school at 181 Bayswater Ave after hours. At last week’s Devonport-Takapuna Local Board meeting, Deputy Chair George Wood said Danny Watson had asked him whether the board was keen to financially support the project. In his member’s report, Wood said Zella Morrison, the board’s “strategic broker”, was exploring ways for the board and Watson to work together. However, board chair Grant Gillon said the fact that Takamatua Kaitiaki Trust Ltd was a limited company and not a trust reduced the chances of securing council funding. “There might be a way to work with the company, but they would have to apply like anyone else,” he said. The Flagstaff sought comment from Danny Watson but did not get a response before this issue went to press.

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Devonport village’s latest tagging attacks range from the sprawling signature of a selfdeclared “Master” to a scrawled racist obscenity behind one of Victoria Rd’ s charming heritage façades. “Master” has left his or her mark across a fence of the alley between Victoria Rd and Wynyard St and behind the Victoria Rd façade of The Arcade. The second lofty spot – of which the Flagstaff office in Wynyard St has a direct view – also features some roughly scrawled racist abuse. Devonport Community Constable Jasmine Bundle says police are unaware of the tags having appeared in Devonport before. Devonport Tagbuster Trevor Williams documented the tags last week. The photos will be added to the police’s graffiti database.

Above left: Tagbuster Trevor Williams photographs graffiti in the alley between Victoria Rd and Wynyard St. Above: What an offal mess... National’s defaced harding in Victoria Rd The culprit behind recent “target” symbol tags on vehicles around Devonport has not been caught but has ceased activities, Bundle says. “If people see a tagger in action they should call 111.” The recent appearance of election billboards aound the peninsula was followed last weekend by the defacing of a prominent National Party sign outside the former St Paul’s church in Victoria Rd.

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Tim’s maritime life sails on with compasses and books Tim Ridge has navigated a working life based around the sea, from his days in the British merchant navy and a career as a nautical teacher and examiner, to compass adjusting, running a marine bookshop and publishing cruising guides. He spoke to Maire Vieth.

Home from the sea... Tim Ridge at home in Stanley Bay, surrounded by memorabilia of his maritime career On the day the Flagstaff caught up with Tim Ridge, he had adjusted the compasses on two small commercial vessels off Half Moon Bay. One was an aluminium barge built on the Tamaki River for the Port of Tauranga to deal with oil spills; the other a launch heading to Fiji. As a compass adjuster, Ridge works on vessels of all sizes – about 100 a year – most of them around Auckland, but occasionally going as far as New Plymouth. “The biggest one I have ever done was a 200,000-ton tanker in Whangarei.” He has also adjusted compasses aboard the cruise ships Queen Victoria and the Ovation of the Seas. To adjust a compass, Ridge boards a vessel

with a doctor’s bag of tools and in sheltered water and has it turned by 360 degrees up to three times. The job can take five hours on a large vessel. Smaller ones are sorted in an hour or two, he says. During what is called “the swing”, he inserts different stick-shaped magnets into rows of holes beneath the compass to correct its deviation from magnetic north. Large ships have to be taken out of the Waitemata Harbour past the Rangitoto Channel to be able to fully turn. Ridge says with a bit of luck you can watch him perform “the swing” from Fort Takapuna or Narrow Neck Beach. “With the Queen Victoria, when we went out and did the swing, apparently there were people ringing up the Harbourmaster saying the ship appeared to be in trouble because she was turning around all the time.” Off the water, Ridge has an office in the Stanley Bay home he has shared with his wife Margaret for the last 30 years. It has a view of Ngataringa Bay from the rear of the house. It is where he is putting the finishing touches to the fifth edition of a Hauraki Gulf cruising guide he edits for Captain Teach Press, his own publishing company. The guide has been in print for 15 years and sold over 10,000 copies worldwide so far. The press has eight titles in print, including cruising guides, logbooks, nautical flashcards and other specialist marine publications.

Ridge also co-owns Boat Books, a Westhaven bookshop with New Zealand’s biggest range of marine books and charts. “We have a very strong technical section in boat building and maintenance and also a professional side on large vessels for training purposes. There is also nautical fiction and a strong section on cruising, mainly biographical and autobiographical,” he says. There are only seven comparable nautical bookshops in the world, Ridge says. “Three in the US, two in the UK and two in Australia, and we supply all of them with our Hauraki Gulf and Northland cruising guides,” he says. Boat Books has a strong Devonport connection. Ridge started the shop on Clarence St above Hammer Hardware in 1990, moving to Westhaven in 1997. Three years ago, he handed its day-to-day running to his business partner and Devonport local Marianne Bosman, who bought into the shop in 2007. Staff member Janet Lewis also lives in Devonport. Ridge goes in three days a week to do the accounts. “I do the editing and publishing and very occasionally a showroom stint.” Ridge was born in 1940, in Manchester, England. His mother told him he arrived during the city’s first air raid at the beginning of World War II. Raised in south-east London, Ridge became an apprentice deck officer at the age of 17. Most of the four-year apprenticeship was spent at sea.

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July 28, 2017 “We did navigational duties, watch-keeping duties and deck duties. The intention was that we would learn basic seamanship and the skills of keeping watch on a bridge.” In 1959, two years into the apprenticeship, he met Margaret Haddon, a Kiwi nurse from Hamilton, who was studying midwifery at Southampton General Hospital. Ridge and his fellow officers on SS Nevasa had been invited to a party at the nurses’ home.. The two courted for the next five years, as Tim spent long periods at sea. He finished his apprenticeship, then completed his secondmate, first-mate and master’s certificates at London’s King Edward VII Nautical School and Sir John Cass College.

“ Wi t h t h e Q u e e n Victoria, when we went out and did the swing, apparently there were people ringing up the Harbourmaster saying the ship appeared to be in trouble.” The couple married in 1964, their first son Peter was born in 1968, and the family moved to New Zealand a year later. They spent the first couple of months in Hamilton. “We lived at Margaret’s mother’s and I got a job putting up horse boxes at the Claudelands racecourse to bring in some money,” Ridge says. He looked for a job as a ship’s master. “I was very naïve. I looked at the atlas of New Zealand and saw all these places called ‘harbours’,

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like Milford Harbour, and I thought, oh my goodness I had no idea that there was so much commercial activity in New Zealand. “I got my notepaper and pen and wrote to every single harbourmaster at every single place with a harbour and I got some priceless replies,” he says. A couple of them suggested Ridge contact the deck officers’ union, the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild. The guild put him in touch with the Marine Department, where Ridge found a job teaching fishermen across New Zealand in a new programme to raise standards in the fishing industry to a professional level. “Until then, there had been no certification or training whatsoever for fishermen here. They just followed in father’s shoes. And seamanship consisted of catching as much fish as possible in the worst possible conditions,” he says. “The fishing industry was totally unregulated in those days about what you catch, how much you catch, where you catch them, what you catch them in.” The Ridges moved to Te Atatu South, where their second son, Tony, was born and from where Tim travelled the country’s harbours between Russell and the Chatham Islands. “The local fishermen would show up in their homespuns and boots and we taught them basic seamanship, basic navigation and the rules of the road, collision avoidance, that sort of thing,” he says. The fishermen had to learn Morse code and initially even semaphore. Ridge was certified to examine their eyesight and check their sea time. “They had to have at least 18 months of sea service. Most of them had decades of it.” In every harbour, Ridge also had to find a local marine engineer to teach an engineering section and a doctor to run a first-aid course. “In Whangarei that was Dr Dawson, who was 100 and had to be supported by two people to make it on the stage to give the lecture. “It was a wonderful introduction to the country,” Ridge says. Three years into the job, Ridge qualified to teach senior students – mates and masters – at the New Zealand Maritime School in Auckland, a role he held for the next 13 years. In 1985, he decided to not become a “shinybottomed civil servant” and set up Nautical Teaching Services, a small business to supply

instructors with course material. When a marine-examiner friend died in 1987, Ridge briefly filled his job and subsequently did a stint as Regional Marine Officer for the Ministry of Transport. But in 1990, he left public service for good, started Boat Books and completed an MBA at Auckland University. Now 77, it’s no longer all about work. About nine years ago he started taking flying lessons. “I wanted to join the Royal Air Force at the age of 16. I didn’t pass the colour vision test but the ambition has stayed with me and when I stopped working full time at Boat Books and had enough money, I went up on a trial flight at North Shore Airport and really enjoyed it.” He still flies a two-seater Cessna 152. A couple of weeks ago he did a trip up to Kerikeri. He is also a volunteer master on the tall ship Spirit of New Zealand and recently became obsessed watching the America’s Cup races from Bermuda. He watched each race several times, deeply impressed with Team New Zealand’s all-round skills. The sailors would have passed Ridge’s navigational tests with flying colours.

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Budding urban planners asked for their bright ideas on Devonport Devonport architect Julie Stout hopes the New World car park will help architecture students learn to tackle urban planning challenges. After 15 years’ teaching at the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and Planning, Stout is for the first time putting her home patch on the syllabus. She has set 15 postgraduate students the task of developing a future vision for 10 hectares of Devonport village – including the New World car park. “This can’t be the long-term future. Something has to change,” she says, looking at the site. Stout is also a director at local architecture firm Mitchell & Stout and chairs the urban design activist group Urban Auckland. The university recently appointed her as a Professional Teaching Fellow. To contribute positively, she says her students have to get to know the place first. This Friday, they meet key community Fresh thinking... architect Julie Stout is letting her postgraduate members, including heritage campaigners Trish students loose on Devonport Deans and Margot McRae, heritage architect Jeremy Salmond, archaeologist David Veart to talk to local residents when they are out local exhibition of the students’ final designs. Stout says the class is timely. “As the Unitary and Devonport Business Association board measuring, drawing and planning, to ask them what they would like to see for the future of Plan settles down, the business of intensification member Ken Davis. The students will look at Anne St’s early Devonport,” Stout says. She wants them “to is no longer only about mourning and loss. It cottages, the light industry around Wynyard St, park restrictions, think outside the box and is also about embracing fresh energy, ideas, people and investments. I think using the and the needs of families as well as Devonport’s come up with fresh ideas”. In November, Urban Auckland will host a students is a great way to do that.” 20-year-olds and seniors.“I encourage them

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Use Oteha Valley Rd as a model for Lake Rd While I lived in Bayswater I campaigned for many years as a member of CLARA (Cycle Lane Action Review Association) for an upgrading of Lake Rd that would enable motor vehicles and cycles to travel smoothly. Just under two years ago my wife and I moved to Torbay – a key reason being my frustration at the complete lack of action to rectify the Lake Rd problems. Since then, I have continued to read the Devonport Flagstaff on line. The latest issue had a horrible familiarity about it. A meeting of local residents was told that “AT’s Lake Rd plans are only at an early stage with no specific proposals yet developed”. This mind-boggling statement was followed by a comment from AT communications advisor Hanno Willers who informed local residents that “Your kind of local feedback is exactly what we are looking for.” This process has gone on for over a decade

with absolutely no action being taken. From the depths of Torbay I have a suggested model. Heading north on the motorway, motorists wishing to go to Browns Bay or Torbay turn off at Oteha Valley Rd. This road is an ideal example for what Lake Rd could become. It consists of two lanes in each direction, separated by a pleasant grass verge. Roundabouts are provided for other roads leading to the right or left. There is only one traffic light – for pedestrians wishing to cross. The footpaths go in both directions. As on Lake Rd, cyclists are a rare sight, and they tend to use the footpath. The commuter traffic flows smoothly, even during the rush hours. It’s a pleasure to drive on. Take a short trip up north and see for yourselves. Lake Rd could be transformed using this model! John Reynolds

Talk of acceptable Ryman outcome just “dribble” The first dig has occurred on the iwi land on the 150-year-long incredible lease. I have always said that the Ryman development will become an edifice to greed and mindless development and it will be of monumental ugliness, an outdated design, and worst of all it’s on the coastal margin and at the gateway to Devonport. All this talk that they trimmed it to an acceptable outcome is dribble. They have fooled you guys and they care nothing for our community or our values. They grossly oversized the scheme knowing the preconceived plan was to claw back a little, but still be a monster. And when they are done there, they will head over to Narrow Neck and trash Vauxhall

Don’t throw more roads at problem In regards to “What to do with Lake Rd”, I see there have been several suggestions to add extra roads to the area. It seems mad in a time when we are being encouraged to use other methods to travel that this would even be a consideration. With an increase in housing there is also a need to maintain as many reserves and green areas as possible, yet these suggestions would reduce the green footprint further. The suggested route is also part of the 6.2km green route from Devonport to Takapuna, which is increasing in popularity. While Esmonde Rd and Lake Rd do have their issues, most of it dissipates after the lights at Belmont. Surely a more cost-effective solution would be two lanes from Esmonde Rd through to Belmont, possibly with one being a T2 lane during peak time to encourage people to drive smarter. In reality, Lake Rd over a period of 24 hours is busy from 6.30am9.30am and 3.30pm-6.30pm on weekdays. In the weekends it’s generally around 11am-2pm, most of the time. Managing the traffic during these times is what is required, not throwing more roads at the problem.

Rd, too. The people we should be really mad with are the facilitators: the government, our local MP. This iwi-land deal has seen $300 million Kaumosi Opie value passed without scrutiny for $30m owed and we don’t even have decent transport, roading or schools. Allen Hill distance We’ve been had for fools time and time again, and now Phil Goff is going to give correction developers advantage on infrastructure on The writers of a letter published in vast greenfield areas to alleviate the housing the Flagstaff on 14 July (“Allen Hill shortage in other parts of the city. It’s a joke. plans just give football what rugby and Ryman will choke our access to Devonport. cricket already have”) wish to correct At least we are vermin free and iwi are giving the figure they gave for the distance away rat traps. between the Allen Hill pitch and the Ron Dykman nearest house: It is 40 metres, not 75m. New Address;

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Auckland libraries stripped of expertise for paltry savings Within a few weeks, Devonport Library will welcome its new library manager, Rachael Te Aotonga. She will be most warmly welcome. She will replace Sue Parr, our former library manager, but three other librarians at a senior level in Devonport Library who left at the same time as Sue will be replaced by junior staff. These four dedicated women took with

them a collective 120 years of service to libraries and over 100 years of service to and connection with this particular community. This is an irreplaceable loss for us. We are not alone. All librarians throughout Auckland have been made to apply for new rejigged jobs. Their old jobs no longer existed. You could say that they were all sacked.

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Curtains & Roman Blinds Free measure, quote and design advice. 20 years’ experience. Phone Sara Sunny 2 bedroom house in 027 625 5844. Belmont. Open plan kitchen / lounge, indoor access garage Deck Doctor Will re-clad or & private fenced garden. repair damaged decks. Free Close to ferry / bus. Ph 027 quotes and advice. Good references. High-quality 461 4403. work at a reasonable rate. Workmanship guaranteed. REST HOMES Ph David 021 0206 0606. Ascot House Retirement Devonport upholstery. ReHome, quality care with cover specialist. Antiques dignity in a friendly, family and contemporary styles. atmosphere. Phone Shona, Recycling furniture for 36 445 2518. years. John Hancox. Phone: Komatua Care Centre – We 446 0372. 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.

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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.

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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. Hard-working, 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 onsite consultation. Garden Maintenance. Team of experienced, hardworking gardeners happy to help transform your garden. Call Paula, Mint Gardens Ltd, 0274 127 180. 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. Experienced. References. Phone 442 2273, 027 492 6220.

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Mathematics Tuition, Sensitive tutoring offered at all levels of the secondary school curriculum. NCEA, IB and Cambridge welcomed. 100% pass rate in 2016. NCEA 3 calculus specialist. Ph Peter Ridge BE, Dip Tchg (sec) 445 2283. Piano Lessons. Piano & music theory tuition from classically trained pianist. Devonport-based and can travel to your home. Ph 021 079 0005 or email windarc.darius@gmail.com Primary Tutor Maths, English, Health & Wellbeing and Drama for 5-11 year olds. School prep also available. Visit www.gschuwertutoring.com for further details. 027 410 6871 gschuwertutoring@gmail.com Singing lessons in Devonport. Contract Dr Sue Braatvedt 473 9113 or 027 340 2884. All ages. SLSS Swim School, 11 Evan Street, Belmont (off Eversleigh Road). Specialists in preschoolers. Phone 486 6728 for more info.

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Out and About with your local North Shore MP Member of Parliament – North Shore Minister for Conservation, Arts Culture and Heritage and Seniors

Back on the Beat The spike in burglaries and break-ins from Hauraki down to Devonport is a concerning issue I’ve been discussing with constituents and police. I’ve now been assured that the North Shore has been allocated 13 new officers over the next year which will help the response time and dealing with crime in our community. Police Minister Paula Bennett has welcomed the first of the new recruits to the Wellington Police College who will be sworn in by November. We’re recruiting 880 new officers across the country by 2021. The long awaited Lake Road review is moving forward, with over 1,100 public submissions now being analysed by Auckland Transport as part of drawing up a detailed business case, due to be published in September. This is the time to engage in a lively and robust debate on the best options for Devonport’s only arterial route, and I will be meeting with Auckland Transport and the Mayor to advocate for the best investment and outcome to improve the dire Lake Road congestion. Auckland’s population is growing fast and to make sure we keep pace the Government has released a new fund for Auckland Council to dip into for building infrastructure, particularly houses. My Devonport constituents tell me that they’re concerned about their children having to leave Auckland because housing stock is limited. To free up space in our sprawling super city, 8300 old and impractical houses will be replaced with 34,000 new homes over the next decade. A third of those will be finished within the next 3 years. Around 20 per cent will be reserved for first-home buyers and will be priced under the HomeStart cap of $650,000. Devonport attracted well deserved nationwide media recognition recently for our effective, community backed approach

to ridding the peninsula of unwanted pests and weeds. It’s encouraging to see the growing momentum behind the goal of a Predator Free NZ by 2050 and the school holidays didn’t dampen attendance for my public meeting at Campbells Bay School. I updated those who joined me about the new DOC Predator Free Auckland Ranger and a new fund to help existing groups and set up a local trap library were well received. The board of the new crown owned entity Predator Free 2050 is making rapid progress and has now appointed its new CEO Ed Chignall, who will soon be announcing funding for large scale landscape and support for community projects. Its impressive what’s been achieved already by hard working groups of volunteers and we all found it interesting at my Campbells Bay meeting to hear the different strategies from several speakers including Richard Hursthouse, Chair of the Centennial Park Bush Society and Forest and Bird North Shore, and Danielle Grant, Chair of the Kaipatiki Local Board, who’ve all made great progress on weed and rodent control. I think it’s useful to have opportunities to network and connect with other groups who’ve grappled with similar challenges. DOC’s new Predator Free Ranger for Auckland, Katharine Lane is hosting a public meeting on August 12th which will be another chance to find out how DOC can help with weed and pest control so I hope to see a good turnout of all local groups and individuals who are interested in joining forces in the mammoth battle to save our threatened native species and their habitats from rats, stoats and possums. Warm regards, Hon Maggie Barry ONZM

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National Volunteer Week inspired students within the school to help in their local community and schools. The theme was “Live, laugh, share -- Volunteer”. Organised by prefect Julia Giurgiu, the TGS volunteer events involved working with local primary schools, the Wilson Home centre and completing a school clean-up. An eager group of 15 volunteers trekked to Belmont Primary to paint the fences of the perimeter. Smiles and paint decorated everyone’s faces as they helped restore the fences of their local Primary. The next event at the Wilson Home centre involved working hard in the gardens to clear paths of leaves and debris and was followed by a collaboration with the TGS Environmental

Showcasing our talent Cozy, charismatic and comic are three words that sum up the TGS midwinter cabaret. The Performing Arts Centre was transformed into a mini-theatre lit by fairy lights, to showcase student talent. The evening was a delight for all those who attended as we were lucky enough to watch students dance, sing and perform. Macey Coles said, “It was such a nice night and it was so cool to see so many students that I had no idea were so talented.” The evening opened with Harry Charles on the piano and singing What a Wonderful World and was closed by Shed, an awesome band, singing Strawberry Moonshine, a song from their recently released EP, Passive on Parade. They book-ended over 20 other impressive performances from jazz, to rap, from acapella to modern dance. By ISABELLA DuNLEAVy

group, to host a school clean-up which proved to be a success with the largest number to volunteer. Enviro group leader Emilly Fan commented, “There was a great turnout and it was awesome to see so many students getting involved and tidying up our own environment.” In addition, a group of sporting volunteers, led by Sean Green, visited Bayswater Primary to host a range of lunchtime sports for the students. This event proved highly successful and as the group left they received an impromptu haka from the students which was incredibly humbling and an experience to cherish. A large volunteer morning tea was held to celebrate what these young people bring to the

community, and encourage them to continue in their efforts. Volunteer work ranged from senior students spending afternoons working with the young Broadway squad students of junior TGS and BIS students, to Activ Asian and sport volunteers. Alice Wu, an Activ Asian member, said that “volunteering is a really fun experience. Getting to work with enthusiastic, like-minded people makes it really enjoyable.” By JuLIA GIurGIu

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Experiencing world-class art The senior Art History and Art Paint classes recently visited the exhibition “Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from The Tate” at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Ta-maki. Over 100 artworks, transported from The Tate, London, are displayed in this visceral and exciting showcase. The mediums of artworks ranged from bronze sculptures to traditional oil paintings, to contemporary watercolour, each work depicting the artist's own unique perspective on the nude figure. Groups of students were led through the different rooms by a knowledgeable gallery guide. Many of the Art History students were excited to see the original works by famous artists such as Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning. They also had a chance to roam the rest of the gallery, to explore the extensive collection of artworks held there. Level 3 Art History teacher, Mrs Linda Sew Hoy, said the visit, “encouraged our students to think outside their comfort zones”. The Paint students found inspiration and artist models to use for their own paintings, whilst the Art History students worked in groups, hunting for specific artworks to complete their theory worksheet. One year 13 student from the trip jokingly said, “I couldn’t BArE the thought of Aucklanders not taking the opportunity to see these amazing works!” By ALICE Wu

Amnesty International at school The Build Hope campaign, and the issues surrounding the refugees on Manus Island and Naurau, is an issue which TGS Amnesty students are focusing on, before the 2017 Freedom Challenge, so it was very helpful to have Amnesty International NZ’s Activism manager, Maggie Taylor, speak to the group in mid -June. She gave the members some great insights into the Build Hope campaign. She also invited anyone who is interested to attend the “Where shall we call home” exhibition, and a Drama workshop for youth members,

who have particular interest in taking our Build Hope campaign to the community. Anyone was welcome to take part in these exciting events which provided a great opportunity to strengthen skills regarding both major and minor issues in the world. Thank you, Maggie Taylor, for the wonderful evening. It was great to see all the students engage in everything you said and allowed us to realise what we are doing has a great impact on the current issues in the world. By CHLOE KIM

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during the school holidays. It is timely to wrap up warm and be prepared for sudden changes in weather. If you are travelling check the road conditions before you leave. Heavy rain will likely mean flooding and poor visibility in some areas so it is critical drivers adjust to those conditions. Slow down, increase your following distance and be extremely cautious about driving through any roads with surface flooding. Burglary locations for July have included Bayswater Avenue, Albert Rd, Wicklow Rd, Beresford St, Birchfield Rd, Stone St and Clifton Rd. Stolen items included multiple construction tools, golf clubs, a laptop, cash, a camera, headphones and a red, white and black 2014 Honda CRF 250 dirt bike. Vehicle crime continues to be a concern with overnight break-ins to vehicles parked With in Stanley Pt Rd, Bayview Rd, Seacliffe Community Constable Ave, Norwood Rd, Sydney St, Vauxhall Rd, Pine Ridge Tce and Jutland Rd. Jasmine Bundle A visitor to North Head reserve returned to their vehicle after a 20-minute walk Hello Readers during the day to discover an offender had The month of July has provided us with smashed a window and taken a bag from the full force of winter weather especially the back seat.

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ThE NAVy COmmuNiTy NEwSLETTER FAmiLiES wELCOmE TE KAhA hOmE On Friday, HMNZS Te Kaha returns from a five-month deployment to South-east Asia and will have a ceremonial homecoming at Devonport Naval Base. Families of the ship’s company will be very excited to see their loved ones come home after five months at sea. During her deployment, Te Kaha visited 10 countries – Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Japan, and Guam. Te Kaha and her ship’s company also took part in three exercises: EX Pacific Guard, EX Bersama and EX Ocean Explorer. Te Kaha covered 32,551 miles; there are 159 sailors on board. Until recently, Te Kaha was attached to the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the Western Pacific undertaking combined operations. This deployment provided a unique opportunity for the crew of Te Kaha to increase their interoperability and readiness skills, according to the Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Rear Admiral John Martin. “The opportunity for HMNZS Te Kaha to work with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and support the 7th Fleet in conducting warfare training and security operations is allowing our sailors and officers to measure themselves, their ship and their training against the key regional partners of the Pacific fleet.”

Royal New Zealand Navy frigate HMNZS Te Kaha conducts an underway replenishment-at-sea with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Philippine Sea. And this is reinforced by the Commanding Officer of Te Kaha, Steve Lenik, who said that the officers and crew are relishing the opportunity to show what they can do. “This deployment proved many things to the ship’s company. Chief among them is the fact that we are able to develop high-end operational capabilities across the spectrum of maritime operations and have the will to

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Takapuna Grammar School in the house! Singers perform at iconic Sydney venue

Performing at the Sydney Opera House Stepping up... The Takapuna Grammar School Chorale at the Sydney won gold for the Takapuna Grammar School Opera House. Leader Jacob Moore is sixth from right in the back row. Chorale at the World Projects Australian International Music Festival this month. Ex-pupil and former Checks member Jacob Moore led the group’s 32 singers in a 20-minute performance at the prestigious venue. The chorale sang five songs in four languages – Gloria in Latin, Ah! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser in French, Stemning in Danish, Te Aroha and Pokarekare Ana Friday 28th July - doors open 7pm for 8pm Quiz start in Te Reo. The TGS singers were among 38 choirs Vauxhall School Hall, Morrison Rd, Devonport and orchestras at the event. While in Sydney, Prizes | Silent Auction | Cash Bar they also performed at St Stephen’s Uniting Church, St James’ Church, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Sydney Tables of 6-8 people: Town Hall. come as a group The group recently also became a finalist Adults only for the first time in The Big Sing, a national or join a table on secondary schools choral festival, which Ticket price includes snacks the night! will be held at the Aotea Centre in August.

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Salmond launches book Dame Anne Salmond launches her latest book, Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds, at the Devonport Library on 8 August. Dame Anne will speak at the the Devonport Library Associates event from 7-8pm, with drinks and nibbles to follow.

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A night at the library

Fun and games... Evie England-Hall playing catch with popcorn It was lights out and fun on during the permission to run around and be noisy in annual Soft Toy Sleepover at the Devonport a place where they usually have to tread lightly and speak quietly. Library last Thursday. Dressed in pyjamas and onesies and with Playing Spotlight between the bookshelves was just one of the many their favourite soft toys in hand, they hid special treats 25 local children enjoyed after behind walls and shelves, under desks and chairs during a game of Sardines. “But not the library closed at 5pm. For the next two hours, they had behind that curtain,” children’s librarian

Torch bearer... Librarian June Swasbrook counts down for a game of Spotlight June Swasbrook hollered only once. After Swasbrook read scary stories and the kids had hot chocolates, popcorn and her home-baked cookies, it was time for them to put their soft toys to bed at the library and head for home. They returned to pick up their charges the following morning.

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Dutch researcher seeks family of lost Devonport airman – 73 years on

Aviation historians are looking for relatives of a Devonport airman, killed in Holland in 1944. Flight Sergeant Andrew Fletcher, aged 24, was the rear gunner on a Lancaster bomber shot down on its way to attack a synthetic oil refinery in Homberg, Germany. Seven 75 (NZ) Squadron Royal Air Force bombers were shot down that night, with the loss of 50 men. Dutch researcher Adrian van Zantvoort recently found a photo taken two days after Fletcher’s aircraft crashed onto a farm near the village of Mariaheide. It show members of the Vissers family in front of their house, which was damaged by the plane, with a piece of Lancaster wreckage in front of them. Van Zantvoort is making further inquiries into the crash and has contacted New Zealand aviation historians, including Stanley Pt resident and 75 (NZ) Squadron enthusiast Chris

Newey, hoping to find the Fletcher family. Andrew’s parents were Daniel and Jeanie Fletcher (nee McNeill), of Devonport. They had previously lived in Cambridge, where Daniel ran a tobacconist’s shop. Andrew was apparently living and working on a farm in East Tamaki when he enlisted in 1942. He was the husband of Dorothy May Fletcher (nee Clifford), of Devonport, who he married in England less than three months before he was killed. Newey is keen to pass on further information to interested family members and to put them in touch with van Zantvoort. He can be contacted at chris@foodworks.co.nz.

Crash site... Above left: the Dutch Vissers family in the wreckage of their house after a bomber crashed into it in 1944. Andrew Fletcher (above, and at top left in the crew photo below)was among those killed.

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Young divers plunge into success Devonport divers Maggie Squire (11) and Holly Morse (13) finished this year’s diving season on a high, with fistfuls of medals to prove it. At the 2017 Diving New Zealand National Championships held in Henderson in early July, Maggie won the Open Women Platform and the Open Women 3m Synchronised events. In the Girls 12-13-years age group, she won the 1m, 3m, Platform, and 3m Synchronised dives. Holly came second in the Open Women Platform and won every event she entered in the Girls 14-15-years age group – the 1m, 3m, Platform, 3m and 3m Synchronised. In early June, the girls competed at the Singapore Diving Championships, where Holly came second in the Girls Platform, and third in the 1m, 3m Synchronised and Mixed 3m Synchronised events in her age group. Maggie won the Girls 1m Synchronised and Girls 1m and came second in the Girls Platform and Girls 3m in her age group. The pair met at a diving camp two years ago and have been close diving buddies ever since. Maggie had been diving for a year when Holly gave up gymnastics to take up the sport. Her gymnastics coach thought Holly would love the risk-taking involved. Holly found he was right. “Diving is 80 per cent mental,” she says. “We even do meditation in our training.” For Maggie, who admits to a fear of heights, the challenge is to work through it. “When I try a new or higher dive, like the 2.5-metre front tuck, I go up, cry for a bit, but then just do it,” she says. As members of Auckland Diving’s North Harbour section, both girls train for three hours after school five times a week at the Henderson Westwave Aquatic Centre, on springboards and platforms up to 10m high. In the two seconds it takes to land a dive, they somersault and twist into four different directions – forwards, backwards, reverse and

Making a splash... Maggie Squire (left) and Holly Morse. Opposite: Holly (top) and Maggie displaying their medal-winning form. inward – with their bodies straight, tucked or piked. Upon entering the water, they instantly perform another somersault and pull their hands apart, to create a suction that reduces the splash they leave behind. The girls usually wear wrist guards to prevent wrist injuries when entering the water at 30 or 40kmh. Sometimes when working on new jumps, their coach turns on a bubble machine to soften the impact. “It makes the water feel fluffier,” Maggie says. The girls are lucky to have found each other. With diving a minority sport in New Zealand, both are the only divers at their schools. Holly is in Year 9 at Takapuna Grammar School, where she is a member of the Elite Sports Institute.

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Maggie is in Year 7 at Belmont Intermediate. There are only four diving clubs in New Zealand, which is why the girls travel to Australia or Singapore to compete. Holly’s mother, Ruth Morse, credits the girls’ coach for much of their success. Steve Gladding is a former UK Olympic coach who became head coach of Auckland Diving two years ago. In the off-season, from now until February, Gladding trains Maggie and Holly as hard as the rest of the year, solidifying basic skills and learning new and harder dives. The girls dive because they love it. Says Maggie: “It’s such a great mix of different sports – trampolining, gymnastics, dancing and strength training. It’s really cool and unique and daring and thrill-seeking.”

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Takapuna Grammar Rowing Club preparing for move to new Bayswater base As residential and transport plans for the Bayswater Marina begin to take shape, Takapuna Grammar School Rowing Club is moving ahead wih its plans for a new club house The “Blue Shed” it currently occupies is on Auckland Transport land set aside for the development of a new Bayswater ferry terminal. Newly elected club president Paula Halliday says the club will push over the next few months for a formal agreement with Auckland Transport and Auckland Council for a relocation onto two small parcels of land near the rear of the marina land. The club will also work on securing resources to build a new clubhouse as well as a pontoon for water access. Halliday says the club wants its new home to be a community facility used not only by the school’s rowers but for any water-related sport. “The club is developing from being soley focused on school rowing to being more community based,” she says. “Takapuna and Devonport rowers will be welcome to row socially or competitively under our blue and yellow colours.”

A newly formed sub-committee is in charge of the relocation plans and the school’s Board of Trustees is in the process of amending the club’s constitution, she says. The club recently hired Olympic bronze medallist rower Eric Verdonk as head coach. North Shore counsellors Chris Darby and Richard Hills told the DevonportTakapuna Local Board last week that Bayswater Marina Ltd director Simon Herbert and Auckland Transport are undertaking joint master planning for the marina. This includes negotiations for a shared access road. Darby and Richards said Herbert had “started to engage with the local community”. As part of its Unitary Plan appeal settlement, the marina company agreed to meet with members of the Bayswater Community Committee before lodging a resource consent application for its residential development. The Flagstaff understands that two meetings have taken place and that Bayswater Marina Ltd is progressing plans for a residential development marketed as Bayswater Marina Village.

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