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Young joyriders crash cars near Esplanade
Six girls – the youngest believed to be only 12 – were in two stolen cars that crashed outside the Esplanade Hotel on Sunday night. Five of the girls, believed to be aged between 12 and 15 years old and under the influence
of alcohol, were seen running away from the scene, up Victoria Rd, North Shore police inspector Sunny Patel said. A police search failed to locate them. The driver of one of the cars, a 15-year-old
girl from South Auckland, was not thought to have been wearing a seatbelt and hit the windscreen. She was taken to North Shore Hospital in a stable condition and remained there with a head injury. To page 9
Proud to be back, says new Takapuna Grammar School principal
On familiar ground... Mary Nixon arrived as the new principal at Takapuna Grammar School on Monday, accompanied by members of her family. Welcomed with a powerful haka, Nixon (second adult from the right) said she was proud to be back at the school where she was deputy principal 10 years ago. 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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Upgrade to wharf toilets flushed out A new toilet block is finally on the cards for Devonport Wharf. However, it may not be built for another year. In the meantime, with construction work going ahead on a cafe/restaurant/bar at the entrance to the ferry building, Auckland Transport (AT) is planning to spruce up the existing toilets. The replacement block “ will provide cleaner and more modern toilet facilities for customers,”
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Boy rescued after 2-metre fall into drain
Dangerous drain… Hudson England-Hall with rescuer Craig Laing (left), mother Suzie and sister Evelyn Hudson England-Hall was lucky to escape serious injury while playing near Narrow Neck beach, when he fell around two metres into an unsecured drain and the lid closed back on him. The five-year-old had been climbing a pohutukawa tree and clambering up the bank towards Fort Takapuna when it happened. “I stepped on the steel plate (on top of the drain) because I thought it was stable. But it wasn’t and I fell into it,” says Hudson. One minute Hudson was standing there, the next he was gone, says his sister Evelyn (8), who was also playing on the bank. Hudson’s mother Suzie says “the thing is that once he was in the hole, you couldn’t really hear him.” Luckily Hudson’s friend Lachie Butcher saw the accident happen. He called Evelyn, who shouted out to the people on the beach. Craig Laing was enjoying a beach walk. “I heard the yelling and screaming and saw the mum was trying to get there. I ran up and found the drain. The steel lid must have
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shifted sideways and had closed up on him again. He was crying in there, stuck in the drain about two metres down,” Laing says. Laing couldn’t reach Hudson with both hands. But once Suzie arrived, the two grabbed one hand each and lifted him to safety. “There was a lot of broken glass and other rubbish in the drain as well,” says Suzie. Hudson suffered a few cuts and bruises on his arms and grazes on his legs, but he was otherwise fine. “First I took him and Evelyn to the Narrow Neck café and bought them an ice cream. Then I took him to A and E because he complained about a sore head. But they said he was fine,” she says. Laing was happy to hear it. “I am glad you are okay, Hudson,” he said last week when the Flagstaff caught up with both of them at the scene of the rescue. Suzie England-Hall says she and her kids often walk to Narrow Neck beach from their home on Jubilee Ave. “We play there all the time. On that Sunday morning, I bumped into my friend Kim and her kids and we chatted on the beach for a bit while the kids all played on the bank together,” she says. Suzie tried to notify council about the drain cover on the day, but gave up after waiting on the phone for 25 minutes. “I called them again on Wednesday, but by then they knew about it. Someone else must have called in,” she says.
Auckland Council staff had temporarily cordoned off the drain, but had referred the matter to the Department of Conservation, which administers the land. DOC spokesperson Nick Hirst says it appears someone had loosened the drain cover. DOC is having a new cover installed, which will not come loose as it will be permanently fixed to the drain, Hirst says.
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Local rugby juniors follow All Blacks to Samoa
Soaking it up... North Shore Rugby tourists making a splash in Samoa Thirty-five young North Shore Rugby Club players felt what it was like to be a professional on a recent leaver’s trip to Samoa. The boys won two games in Apia against the Rugby Academy of Samoa, in what were the first international games for both them and their opponents. J1 player James Fairbairn says the games were the best part of the trip. “It was almost a little snapshot of what it would be like to play professionally. There was a crowd and they charged people to watch the game,” he says. James’ father and North Shore J1 coordinator and coach Mark Fairbairn agrees. “The boys felt like All Blacks. They sang the New Zealand national anthem and
did a haka before the game. And the Samoan team did a haka back,” he says. “Two TV crews came to film one of the games, which was on the news that night. It was broadcast on TV3 the day after, and covered in the Samoan paper,” he says. The North Shore teams won the games, by 12-5 and 20-5. The boys enjoyed a cultural experience as well. Fairbairn says staying five days in the village of Lotopue was an extraordinary experience. “We were welcomed and looked after and immersed into the local customs so generously.” In gifting ceremonies, the Samoans offered food and other items to their visitors. “And we gave them a number of pairs of
rugby boots and other gear,” Fairbairn says. The club also donated a lawnmower to the local school, where villagers had been cutting the grass by hand, he says. “The night before we left, the people in the village killed and butchered a pig and put together woven baskets with taro, coconut and fish for a feast for us,” he says. The boys swam each morning. James says they all loved the crystal-clear, warm water and shared goggles around to look at the tropical fish. “It’s one of the top 10 beaches in the world,” he says. The boys were invited to the village by Hauraki locals Melita and Malu Tu’isila (a Lotopue high chief). Their son Noah (11) is a J2 player for North Shore.
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Vehicles should be banned from the summit and upper reaches of Takurunga/Mt Victoria. I have been thinking about this for some time. What convinced me was the Coast to Coast Walk from downtown Auckland to Onehunga, on the edge of the Manukau Harbour. One of the delights was walking around Maungawhau/Mt Eden without the presence of traffic – one of the banes of urban life. Vehicles have been banned from the mountain top since January, and council has observed a massive increase in pedestrians. Numbers for 2015/16 were 875,000 – well up on 2014/15 (508,858), no doubt as a result of the road closure. In addition to the enhanced experience without cars, scooters and tour buses, the summit of the mountain is regarded as the most sacred part to Maori. The top of Takurunga/Mt Victoria is heavily modified by human use: mushrooms that are really vents for an underground reservoir, a weather station and a trig point. So a traffic ban would go some way to restoring the natural order. Perhaps the main loser from the traffic ban
would be the Bunker, located halfway down the mountain and home to the Devonport Folk Music Club for many years. Maybe a vehicle dispensation could be offered on club nights. While a blanket ban on vehicles is easy to implement, cyclists and mountain bike users are more tricky. Some say cycling should remain a permitted activity. But in practice, is a peloton of cyclists flying down the road from the summit any less dangerous to walkers than cars? It has been shown that mountain biking has little physical impact on the the mountain’s physical well-being. But again, bikers on trails pose dangers to walkers. Maybe a dedicated trail is the compromise? The management plan for Auckland maunga is about to be released. Apparently it will be an overview and is light on specific detail for Devonport’s two volcanic cones. The specifics would come in later management plans. I found Michael Fielding’s photoshopped images (Flagstaff Letters, 15 July) of Takurunga /Mt Victoria covered in native trees, inspirational. A bird-and-bush sanctuary for both locals and visitors to enjoy would be a wonderful addition to Devonport and Auckland. The old Devonport Community Board toyed with the idea of greater planting on the mountain. But there didn’t seem much push (or money) from North Shore City Council. Maybe, as Fielding suggests, this should be a focus for Auckland Council and the Maunga Authority.
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Soccer field spend: decision imminent The final decision on where $2.4 million earmarked for an upgrade to soccer fields in the Devonport area will be allocated is due next month. A report will go to the DevonportTakapuna Local Board, following months of investigation, after North Shore United put a strong case to have the money spent at Allen Hill Stadium. However, at the board’s last meeting, its parks portfolio holder Mike Cohen continued to advocate a different tack, saying hockey facilities were needed on the Devonport peninsula. He says while there has been growing awareness of the lack of playing hours capacity on local soccer fields, the demands and shortages of hockey facilities have been a blind spot of the current board. He has called for any decisions to spend the board’s sports field upgrade fund to be postponed until after a new board is elected. Cohen said he recently discussed hockey facilities with local schools and Harbour Hockey representatives. He has learned that local hockey players currently have to travel for all practices and games.
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Childcare centre given thumbs down in report An independent hearing into the proposed Butterbee Childcare Centre in Victoria Rd has been advised to reject the application as it stands. A council-commissioned report has found the centre planned for 159 Victoria Rd is too big, compromises pedestrian safety, has too little room for parking, creates too much noise and increases the possibility of rear-end accidents. An Independent Hearings Panel will consider the application on Monday. Other concerns raised in the report are: Parents crossing Victoria Rd by car or on foot to drop off children; parked cars spilling
onto nearby streets; lack of landscaping and space between outdoor play areas and neighbouring properties; and an imposing 1.8 metre acoustic fence in a heritage zone. The application, lodged in December 2015 by Devonport local Joanna Blair, was for a centre catering for 60 children up to five years old, open weekdays from 7am until 7pm. It was later scaled back to 50 children. While the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board was most concerned about traffic safety, the reporting planner focused primarily on the effect the centre would have on residential neighbours in terms of noise and loss of privacy.
However, the traffic report highlights an increased risk of accidents on Victoria Rd. Southbound vehicles wanting to enter the centre will momentarily block traffic and substantially increase the risk of rear-end-type crashes there, the report says. The report describes the proposed parking area in the property’s forecourt as “substandard” and says that likely parking overspill onto Victoria Rd poses a further safety issue. “In a quiet-street environment these effects would be non-consequential but on a very busy arterial road, such as Victoria Rd, any unnecessary traffic effects are not desirable,” it says.
Butterbee submissions not all created equal, say critics Auckland Council has received 691 submissions on the Butterbee Childcare Centre plans. Of those, 578 are in support of the application and 112 oppose it. However, critics of the centre claim most of the supportive submissions are meaningless. They argue that Joanna and Paul Blair hired up to three people to help them bump up the number of submissions supporting their project. These contractors handed out pro forma submission documents in multiple Devonport
locations for people to sign. They say 527 supporting submissions were made on forms supplied by Blair, compared to 51 submissions made individually in favour of the centre. The completed form stated “general support” of “all aspects” of the Blairs’ plans to establish a childcare centre. It said: “I consider that the effects of noise, transport, car parking and heritage aspects of this application are minimal, able to be managed or mitigated and are outweighed by the benefits of the proposal
to our community.” A job advertisement said the contractors were to be paid on a commission basis, depending on how many submissions they managed to collect. Submissions critical of the centre’s plans focus on issues such as heritage values, residential character, noise, traffic, parking and the size of the proposed development. Submissions in support cite the childcare centre’s benefits to the wider community, including its extended hours of operation, and the demand for childcare in Devonport.
Last-minute change to application causes concern An eleventh-hour change to the activity status of the Butterbee Childcare Centre resource consent application has DevonportTakapuna Local Board Mike Cohen alarmed. After receiving the application, reports and submissions, the Independent Hearings Panel chair, Janine Bell, has changed the application status from non-complying to discretionary. Childcare centres for more than 10 children are a discretionary activity in residential
areas. Bell argues that even though noise and fencing issues of the Butterbee application are non-complying, the remainder of the application remains discretionary and should not be bundled into a non-complying application. Cohen says Bell is changing the rules too late in the game. “Why was this change not made before the submission process? The submissions were made on the basis that the
application was non-complying. You can’t ask for submissions on one basis, and after they are closed off change the rules,” he says. Cohen says the change is unfair. “People might have submitted slightly differently had they known the application was a discretionary one. Those submitters who said they didn’t want to be heard won’t be able to make any adjustments now,” he says. “It’s a bad look for council,” he says.
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Auckland Council beating Auckland Transport Good and bad report. The new recycling bin is fantastic. It keeps all the stuff that used to occupy corners of the laundry and garage outside in the bin. No sorting or stacking, just stuff it in the bin. The old blue and yellow bin now holds the prepaid rubbish bag. This also does an awesome job of keeping the bad smells outside, without letting the animals interested spread a gawdawful mess. For a high-recycling home, this has been the best of outcomes. And while it took the council quite some time to implement the new rubbish method, the same can’t be said for Auckland Transport and the daily grind of moving from Devonport to, well, anywhere else actually. I have noticed a vast improvement in train services. But the buses are now scattered to the far reaches of the city, causing confusion and chaos for many. That must mean the traffic in and out of Devonport, and including Esmonde
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Beauty and the bush: gift idea Fantastic idea, Michael Fielding “Beauty and the bush” (Flagstaff Letters, 15 July). I have often looked at Mt Vic and thought it looked somewhat like a “bald mountain”, and how it really wouldn’t take much to replant it in native vegetation, trees or low-lying bush. Low-lying bush would be great to keep rodents away, with the odd native tree here or there or even a grove of kowhai – it would be really something! I had the notion that perhaps the council could provide a list of native trees it would like on Mt. Vic and invite the people
of Devonport to donate a tree if they wished to – perhaps as a memorial for the birth of a child or an anniversary. Then these families would have a tree that could be visited on birthdays, picnicked under and over the years watch grow into a beautiful tree. A family we know did this out in Huia, with the permission of the local council, and held wonderful children’s birthday parties/picnics by the tree for quite a few years. I am sure it wouldn’t take that long to cover semi-bald Mt. Vic this way either. Sharon Byron-McKay
No need to send kids out of zone As a proud New Zealander, I’d like to wish all our young (or, in Mark Todd’s case, not so young) men and women every success at Rio next month. And, as a passionate Devonport resident and Takapuna Grammar School alumni, especially Eliza, Jacko and Paul. It’s great to see the number of highachieving individuals that TGS continues to turn out. It was only last year that we saw the New Zealander of the Year and a Grammy award-winning artist amongst the very best the school has produced. The Devonport I grew up in was all about community and ‘doing our bit’ in that regard, by playing for local sports clubs, supporting your neighbourhood businesses and going to peninsula schools. So it disappoints me
to see so many lovely young teenagers, or their parents, choosing to drive past that magnificent building on Lake Rd, with its rich history, or catching a ferry boat to gosh knows how many school zones away. It is my firm belief that if a young person is made of the right stuff, they’ll get to where they need to be. I think the likes of Sir Peter Blake, Sir Stephen Tindall, Lorde and our three current Olympians are testament to that. Heck, I can even recall one of our own, Gary Hurring, being awarded the coveted NZ Sportsman of the Year trophy, whilst still at school, and the roof being lifted off at assembly when he won gold in Edmonton. Of course, I’m proud of any young folk from Devonport achieving on the big stage. But wouldn’t it be great if they all contributed to the local school’s success, just like Eliza, Jacko and Paul. Murray Scott
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The 15 July Flagstaff reported on Auckland Transport’s signage efforts at the wharf. This prompts me to ask about a simple sign that is missing on our wharf. A sign to welcome ferry visitors and indeed to tell them that they are at Devonport. As a regular ferry traveller, I am aware that there is nothing to tell visitors they are at Devonport, let alone to welcome them. I have approached local board members and the Devonport Business Association with no success. There is a simple sign at Bayswater, so why not one for Devonport? We need such a sign before next season’s cruise visitors arrive. Diana Atkinson
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Muzza’s radio love affair spans more than 50 years Murray Inglis has been working in radio for 57 years – the last seven based in Devonport at The Flea. In March, 73-year-old Muzza received a New Zealand Radio Award for Services to Broadcasting. He spoke to Maire Vieth about partying with the Rolling Stones, staging a 48-hour studio lock-in, growing up Catholic and coming to terms with being gay. Murray Inglis is New Zealand commercial radio royalty. He was acknowledged as such as early as 1977 by none other than Billboard magazine. In its annual Air Personality of the Year competition, the US music publication crowned Inglis the top radio announcer of the Southern Hemisphere, and among the top ten in the world. Inglis was blown away. “I literally fell off the chair when I found out and didn’t go to bed for two days,” he says. He also got a kick out of beating his role model John Laws, a hugely successful Sydney radio presenter at the time. Inglis received the award after he made his mark as Muzza in the Morning on the breakfast show of Radio Avon, an AM station established in Christchurch in 1973. “Radio Avon took Christchurch by storm. The station had 52 per cent of the audience. I did some outrageous things there.” One was called Phone Fun, where people could call in between five and six in the morning and tell dirty jokes. Another was a fake phone call to Idi Amin. “I was probably New Zealand’s first shock jock,” Inglis says. Inglis also staged a lock-in by barricading himself into the station’s studio for 48 hours, using a filing cabinet pushed against the door. It was supposedly a protest against being gagged by his bosses, but it turned out to be a publicity stunt for Radio Avon. Everyone fell for it, he says. “Apparently people outside the station shouted: ‘We want Muzza back!’ TVOne came down to interview me, but when they came up to the window I just pulled the studio curtains shut and wouldn’t talk to them. It even made the New York Times.” The stunt helped Inglis get international recognition. The Billboard award came with a trip to Memphis, Tennessee, where he got to work at WHBQ with US radio personality Rick Dees. Rubbing shoulders with famous people came with the territory of a radio career. Since his Christchurch days, Inglis has met dozens of celebrities, often interviewing them on-air.
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On-air love affair... Murray Inglis can’t keep away from radio His subjects included Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, Elton John, Bob Geldof, David Bowie, Lauren Bacall, Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis and Robin Williams. “Bette Davis was doing a one-woman show in Christchurch in 1976 and I interviewed her on the radio. I spent a hilarious afternoon with Robin Williams and interviewed Michael Jackson in Sydney in the 1980s. He really did speak with that high-pitched voice. I partied with Mick Jagger at the Gluepot. The Boomtown Rats threw me a 40th birthday party. I had dinner with Peter Ustinov in Christchurch in the 1990s. And I introduced Elton John in front of 70,000 people at Western Springs. It doesn’t get any better than that,” he says. But this year’s New Zealand Radio Awards blew Inglis away all over again. He reluctantly accompanied Flea FM’s owner John Grant to the ceremony. “John told me he had a spare ticket and asked me to go with him. I was hesitant and halfway through the night I was ready to leave. The next minute I look up and there is this huge picture of me on the screen. I put my head between my knees and don’t remember much else, except that it was pandemonium. I was buzzing for days.” Murray Inglis arrived at The Flea on Devonport Wharf seven years ago, after he retired from his last job at Solid Gold FM. He had been around the radio world and
back again, working in London, Memphis, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart, and Christchurch. And he was burnt out. “Radio has been my life almost to the exclusion of everything else,” Inglis says. His home life had radio connections as well. He recalls flatting with radio personalities Pam Corkery and Paul Holmes. And the often antisocial hours of a radio host took their toll over the years. When his mother and younger brother died within four weeks of each other in 2000, it shook Inglis to the core. His father and older brother had both died 20 years earlier and he was now the last family member standing. “I guess I had a nervous breakdown,” he says. Inglis recovered in a respite home. “Then one day I was driving along Tamaki Drive and heard this radio station. I thought that’s Mike Baker’s station and they are not bad actually,” he says. Baker had died in 2009. Inglis called station owner John Grant and offered to volunteer. “And they said they’d love to have me,” he says. Soon, he liked coming to Devonport so much that he moved from St Heliers to Cheltenham. Inglis now works at The Flea almost full time. “Generally I get there about midday, get the music together, read everything on social media, tweet, have a coffee and chat to some of the people around the wharf,” he says. Most Flea programmes are pre-recorded,
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July 29, 2016 he says. “I programme the station, go through every single song and make sure the selection is balanced. I get friends to do the IDs and train some young people, so I am pretty busy until about 7 pm. Basically, I am just no good at sitting around.” Inglis knew he wanted to be a radio DJ at the age of nine, when he was growing up in the New Plymouth suburb of Fitzroy. “We used to listen to Sydney radio because you could pick it up in New Plymouth. I would hear these guys who sounded like they were having a great time, and I thought that’s what I want to do. Until then, I was going to be a priest,” he says. But being brought up Catholic had its challenges, he says. Inglis was close to his mother Peggy. She had studied English at Victoria University in the 1920s and had a strong Irish Catholic background. “Dad was a Presbyterian turned Catholic. But Mum was devout and she relieved at St John Bosco Primary School in Fitzroy, New Plymouth, where I went. I was bashed around by the nuns a bit and bullied by the kids quite badly too,” he says. Life at New Plymouth Boys’ High School was better. “I worked hard in English, debating and drama. Then I won the school’s sightreading contest. The local radio announcer judged it and said I should go into radio, which was what I wanted to do by then,” he says. In 1959, Inglis started work at the bottom rung of the radio ladder in Wellington, wrapping and sending radio serial episodes to local
stations. His second job, at 2ZA in Palmerston North, ended badly. “They told me I would never make it in radio and showed me the door. They said my taste in music was too radical. I liked the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. My voice wasn’t good enough either. They said I had dark Ls and that something was wrong with my diphthongs,” he says. But Inglis didn’t give up. At the age of 20, he headed to Auckland and worked two jobs to save money for a trip to Australia where his aunt and uncle produced radio serials. They took him under their wing while he made his living as a cleaner. “They dummied up a tape of me and made me sound great, and sent it off to a small radio station, 5RM in Berri in South Australia. So so in 1963, I had my first on-air job. It was the ninth of January and I started at 6 pm,” he says. Located about 250 km east of Adelaide, Berri has the river Murray running through it. Emboldened by the coincidence, Inglis gave himself his first on-air name, ‘Murray the I’. “I had read about this disc jockey, Murray the K, who was said to have been the fifth Beatle, so I thought perfect,” he says. Over the next 10 years, Inglis worked at stations on both side of the Tasman – in Bendigo, Hobart and Auckland’s Radio I (where he met the late Mike Baker), and back in Australia in Townsville and Brisbane – before he moved to Christchurch in 1973. The years after Radio Avon were as busy as the years before. In 1977, Inglis came to Radio Hauraki in Auckland, left two years later to
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Contractors milking the public purse Recently, the news reported on a ratepayer who refuses to pay her rates, on the basis that she believes our rates are being misused and wasted and so forth. She’s demanded explanation (that clearly will never be given) before she pays. I think she’s right about the wastage and poor tendering processes. But I’d not let the rates get too far overdue if I were her. It’s clear that the deal placing a new footpath by the supermarket is being milked. It’s a week’s work and we are several weeks in. I want to get some of these tenders and win them. It’s clearly the way to go. If you can’t beat ’em join ’em. The editor has been worrying that our roads are in chaos. He says the focus should be on public transport not road-building. I am no fan of buses or trains personally.
I think he should relax – no one’s listening. Soon we will have self-drive, fast small cars zipping around that will solve the problems created by idiot drivers, poor road design and poor facilities. The editor needs to remember roadbuilding contractors are our leaders’ best mates and the spend – billions a year – way exceeds the budgets we have for other vital services. It will continue until the corruption and overpricing is exposed and outlawed. That’s unlikely. We should not need to tolerate the endless fiascos we see going on around town. Those responsible for these things should feel ashamed of themselves. I agree with the editor (last edition) that Auckland Transport deserves an award (for poor signage). Ron Dykman
July 29, 2016
City Rail Link vital to train progress In reply to Rob Drent’s article in the 15 July edition. How will he handle his proposed fast trains from Tauranga, Rotorua, Hamilton, Thames and Whangarei when they all come to a sudden halt at Britomart Station with nowhere to go? To avoid total chaos, no transport proposals can come to fruition until the City Rail Link goes through first.
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Thanks for publishing the letters last week about bike theft and the need to improve bike racks at Devonport Wharf. Bike thefts are increasing across Auckland and in other major centres as more people bike, and more people want bikes. Bike Auckland is working on a Spring campaign with the Police and Auckland Transport, as well as the national insurance and consumer agencies. As part of this AT has arranged for additional security cameras to be installed at Devonport Wharf, and are working with the Police on video footage of the recent bike thefts. 24 Hour Towing 24 Hour Towing A basic step that bike owners could take is reDevonport Owned Devonport Owned cord their bike serial number, which is inscribed on the pedal shaft, and easily seen by flipping Operated andand Operated the bike over. This is vital for the Police to return bikes when they are recovered. On the issue of bike parking facilities, Auck1 Fleet Street, Devonport 1 Fleet Street, Devonport land Transport is aware of the flaws with the Phone design of the current bike racks. It definitely Phone 445 445 04830483 needs adjusting, exactly reported by your coremail: fleetst@ihug.co.nz email: fleetst@ihug.co.nz respondent Bruce Ross,.Keep those Flagstaff letters rolling in on bike improvements needed www.fleetstpanel.co.nz www.fleetstpanel.co.nz ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED 1971 1971 – and keep biking! Barb Cuthbert, Resident and Dennis Hale & Nathan Hale Chair of Bike Auckland Tips for trouble-free computing Laptop Stories I had a laptop come to me this week that had a hole in it. Not from being dropped – but a hole in the base of the computer where it had overheated, burnt out the motherboard and melted a hole in the plastic casing! Needless
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Amazement over AT’s fun-police sign continues It was with some horror I arrived at Devonport Wharf on Sunday to partake in my weekly routine of healthy exercise and personal excess, to find most of my chosen pastimes are now banned or off limits. What is this PC world coming to? My weekly routine of skateboarding down to the wharf, diving in and swimming a brisk kilometre or two, before climbing out for a well-earned tot of the hard stuff, a soothing fag, and perhaps playing a catchy tune to anyone with spare change who will listen, is now completely in tatters. It is hard enough as it is keeping fit and flamboyant and fabulous at 57 without all the rules the council and the fun police want to throw at you. Perhaps a sign that reads ‘No Signs’? Ken Oath Stanley Point • As a general rule, the Flagstaff does not print non-de-plume letters. But we have made an exception for Ken, who has a sense of humour. Editor
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Local schools and early childhood centres could receive a free rainwater barrel or water tank thanks to a $20,000 handout from Devonport-Takapuna Local Board. In exchange, the schools have to host a public workshop on wise water use and invite nearby school communities along. “The intent is to educate the community about the effects of stormwater and the practical things that can be done to reduce these effects, including recognising stormwater as a resource,” a council report says.
Planned zebra crossing canned A raised zebra crossing outside White’s Dairy in Vauxhall Rd, proposed by Auckland Transport (AT) earlier this year in response to a resident request, has been axed. “The AT proposal to upgrade the existing refuge island to a zebra crossing was met with significant negative feedback during external consultation,” an AT report to Devonport-Takapuna Local Board says. Reasons for opposition to the crossing included the existing zebra crossings being enough to cope with pedestrian demand, and that installation of a new zebra crossing would remove a significant amount of parking.
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Hauraki Corner public land to be sold – despite opposition A 400 sq m section of public land abutting Hauraki Corner Reserve will be sold off. The site was originally purchased by council and NZTA in 2006 to allow for the widening of Lake Rd, and 31 sq m of the original section has been used for roading. The remaining 394 sq m will now be offered to the owners of flats located behind the section. The land has a CV of $330,000. Devonport-Takapuna Local Board members Mike Cohen, Grant Gillon and Jan O’Connor disagreed with the sale, saying
it provided an opportunity to expand the corner reserve and possibly set up a small skatepark as Auckland becomes increasingly intensified. Members Dianne Hale and Allison Roe, and board chair Joseph Bergin approved the sale, saying the land area was small and at an undesirable location for recreation, and that the corner reserve was generally underutilised. Bergin used his casting vote to approve the land for sale.
Free business mentoring for tertiary students A free mentoring programme for aspiring Devonport entrepreneurs is being launched next month. Anna Yallop is coordinating the programme for Devonport students in their last year of tertiary studies in business-related fields, as well as science, technology, and engineering students who are interested in business and/or entrepreneurship. Yallop has worked in the science and
technology field for many years. The programme has four Devonport businesswomen and four local businessmen mentoring eight students over 20 weeks. The one-on-one programme covers professionalism, networking, career development and more. Students and mentors meet for a coffee catchup upstairs at Devonport Wharf or a local café once a fortnight. Email Anna your interest by 5 August: anna@rmltd.co.nz
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Automatic gate a hard mountain to climb An automatic-gate trial on Mt Victoria has been discontinued after cars were trapped on the mountain. The gate has gone back to being locked manually on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Unplanned closures have plagued the automatic gate since it was set up in early 2015. But after numerous cars were locked in on the mountain on the early afternoon of 17 July (a Sunday), the trial has been called off. Maunga Authority spokesperson Scott De Silva says the automated system was vandalised on two occasions in the past. “There have since been two or three incidents where the locking mechanism has engaged in high wind, or possibly after forced closure by a visitor,” he says. De Silva says the authority set up the automatic gate in February 2015 “to accommodate the Michael King Writers’ Centre and Devonport Folk Music Club while enabling gate closure every night to discourage anti-social behaviour on the maunga, something we know is supported by both Devonport locals and the police.” Devonport Folk Club president Roger Giles
says: “The gate has been a complete failure. We have been locked in twice after functions at The Bunker when the hash tag code didn’t work. We had to leave the car up there at night and walk home. The lady staying at the Michael King Writers’ Centre has been parking her car on Kerr Street because they’ve had issues too,” he says. “When the cars got locked in on the Sunday, we got a call asking us to come and let them out. But when we got there, someone had already broken the lock and tied the gate back and the cars were gone,” Giles says. When police were called to monitor a large gathering of young people on the summit of Mount Vic recently, they found the gate closed and had to proceed on foot. De Silva says this is standard procedure across Auckland maunga, but that the Devonport Community Constable has a key as well. Before February 2015, the gates had closed only Thursdays to Saturdays, at 8.30 pm in summer and 6.30 pm in winter. De Silva says the authority has returned to this approach for now. Cars trapped… trial of an automatic gate-locking system on Mt Victoria has been abandoned
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Devonport needs to keep an eye on housing for the elderly plans Your article (Flagstaff, 1 July) warning of the prospect of Auckland Council selling off Devonport and other North Shore pensioner housing as part of its review of the councils’ Housing For Older People (HFOP) is extremely timely. It is heartening to see the local board is concerned about the impact this may have on the existing residents, and their ultimate fate. The community must make sure that housing options for our Devonport seniors are not diminished or lost. The basic position is that the council has 1412 units citywide, on the North Shore, and in West Auckland and Manukau/South Auckland, with none in the central Auckland region (these were sold off by the previous Auckland City Council). There are 458 on the Shore and 102 in Devonport/Belmont. The council’s core policy stance was to have no less than 1412 (i.e. just maintain existing stock). But this has been slightly amended recently to allow for some increase in due course. The current proposal is based on maintaining the current number of 1412, and, as reported, “provide for selling existing properties within the HFOP portfolio to fund the purchase or development of new, more suitable units.”
Another other key factor is that the council is forming a joint-venture company with Selwyn Foundation having a 51 per cent stake, and Auckland Council 49 per cent, and the council delegating Panuku, the property CCO, to take over the management and development of the portfolio. This was done to allow the council to increase the rents to 30 per cent of residents’ base income. This enables residents to receive the government’s income-related rent subsidy, which was not available to council housing tenants. This is another bureaucratic idiocy. The management and development process of the housing is now outside direct council control, which is a major risk in itself. There is no doubt that the housing stock needs to be reassessed and upgraded, and that some sites are not ideal for older people. The problem with the current plan is that council wants this redevelopment by intensifying the number of units on existing sites, and selling off the “surplus” freed-up land to fund the refurbishment and new buildings. Some unsuitable sites may be sold, with the overall guiding principle that the end result will be no less than 1412 units for older people. The local board concerns are very real. Grey Power has been involved with the
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tenants for over 18 months, helping them in their representations to council, initially over the rent increases and management issues of the properties. There is a critical need for housing suitable for seniors. A fundamental approach must be that the suitable physical land currently occupied by the pensioner housing must be retained and redeveloped with additional housing, and not split up with part being sold off to private developers. Also, where a site is unsuitable and needs to be relocated, the proceeds of any sale should be fully invested in a substitute land purchase. This is completely possible in the new business model, with the funding for redevelopment largely coming from the hugely increased rental income flow from the recent major rent increases. Council designs for the new modern intensified units are very good, and there is no issue on the need for upgrading the whole stock to modern standards. What is needed is a broader council outlook on the overall vision and future needs, which are growing by the day. Some years ago, I attended a working group, together with Peter McQueen, of the Bayswater Community Association. It included the council, Housing Corporation, and the Navy replanning the whole Devonport peninsula housing zoning and usage, which included special recognition of the need and placement for senior housing options, and there was an excellent outcome. Even though ownership of the Navy housing is now in the hands of Ngati Whatua, and the Unitary Plan is looming, there is no reason why land swaps and resiting of senior housing, where needed, could not take place in the context of such a plan, to make sure all our senior housing stays in the Devonport peninsula area. The local board and the community must step up and make sure our seniors in the community are not short-changed with this new council proposal. That is not the Devonport way. Bill Rayner, Director, Grey Power North
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Classic drama in ‘All My Sons’ at Rose Centre
Miller time… Sian Davis (right) directing Chloe Smith (left) and Laurene Dearlove in rehearsal for All My Sons Company Theatre’s August production is All My Sons by Arthur Miller, set in 1947 post-war Ohio. In the play, businessman Joe Keller made his living selling aeroplane parts to the army during World War II. But when he knowingly sold a batch of defective components, it resulted in the death of 21 pilots. A theatrical classic, All My Sons is recognised as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, and is based on a true
story. It examines the morality of the man who places his narrow responsibility to his immediate family above his wider responsibility to the men who rely on the integrity of his work. The play is an ambitious one to stage and Company Theatre has attracted a group of actors from all over Auckland to be part of the production. It is directed by Sian Davis, whose last play for Company Theatre was Roger Hall’s
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A Shortcut to Happiness. Company’s first play of the year was When Dad Married Fury by David Williamson – set in present-day Sydney. At the end of 2016 the theatre group is presenting One Man Two Guvnors, which is set in Brighton in 1963. • All My Sons is on at The Rose Centre, 6-20 August. Wednesdays to Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. To book phone 445 9900 or email info@rosecentre.co.nz.
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Mellow Mozart and brilliant bassoon from DCO Two concertos from international soloists and a fine symphony played in exemplary style by the Devonport Chamber Orchestra (DCO) provided musical treats at Holy Trinity Church on 1 July. The programme was conducted with panache and a clear decisive beat by Ben Hoadley, who was also the soloist in the Weber andante and Hungarian rondo for bassoon and orchestra. Helen van Druten, who ably led the orchestra throughout, gave particularly important direction to the orchestra in this work, while Hoadley exhibited virtuosic playing demanded by the music. A lively piece, full of Hungarian folk rhythms with fluid runs through the whole of the bassoon register, was an ideal showcase for Hoadley’s talent. The concert opened with Mozart’s Concerto No. 2 for horn and orchestra. The soloist was New Zealand-born, Australia-based horn player, Michael Dixon. Dixon has had an illustrious career with a number of the main Australian orchestras and groups, and the DCO was fortunate to have two soloists of such high standing. The Mozart concerto was full of delights. The richness of Dixon’s tone and faultless breath control produced a performance to remember. The serenity of the slow movement was exquisite. The orchestra
accompanied with skill, never overshadowing the soloist. Altogether, it was a beautiful rendition. The concert’s third work – Haydn’s Symphony No 82, The Bear – was the most challenging for the orchestra. It was written in four demanding movements. The level of skill produced was evidence of the maturity and competence of this enthusiastic orchestra, who seem to relish the works they play. The orchestra was very responsive to Hoadley, who has conducted them before. The rapport between them enhanced the very real sense of united ensemble, playing with close attention to variations in dynamics and speed. The fourth movement, a lively vivace, with a rumbling drone in the cellos and bass (reminiscent of a growling bear), may have given the symphony its name. There were plenty of opportunities for all sections to shine with strong competent playing. A really fine way to brighten a chilly day. • The orchestra’s next concert is on 11 September, at 2pm in Holy Trinity Church. It will be an all-Mendelssohn programme, with his Hebrides overture and violin concerto featuring, as soloist, a young Northland violinist, Maia-Dean Martin. Reviewed by Rogan Falla
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Auckland City Mission: I Am the Art & The Art is Me Ko au te toi. Ko te toi ko au An exhibition to celebrate the diverse creativity and talent of a group of participants in the Auckland City Mission’s Homeless Services, providing an insight into the unique artistic perspective of some of Auckland’s inner-city rough sleepers.
Timothy Clarke: Prints for Devonport An exhibition of prints showing Clarke’s impression of Auckland City and its surrounds.
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Takapuna
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SCHOOL NEWS
JULY 29, 2016
A social highlight Mist fell on the hundreds of students during their descent into the Ellerslie Convention Centre to reveal the twinkly lights matched with black and deep reds to complement the theme of a Night of Noir. Everyone was dressed to impress. Girls were in elegant gowns accompanied by the occasional corsage, while the boys were in dapper suits, and one even set a fine kilt. The whole room was buzzing. This was it. The annual senior school ball. It was a mad dash to call dibs on a classy decorated table. However, music was pumping from the DJ and soon everyone was showing off their moves on the dance floor. Even the teachers came into the mix, showing off their moves. There was a definite feeling of fun in the atmosphere. The meal was elaborate, the music hypnotic and dance floor packed, as everyone made the most of a wonderful night. As the night drew to a close, MCs Amy Robertson and Mathew Sherlock announced the prizewinners, including the prestigious awards of Queen, King, Princess and Prince.
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The Prince and Princess for 2016 are Rhys Johns, in a dashing patterned outfit, and Gabrielle Jones dressed in an elaborate red gown. To end the magical night, the Queen and King were announced. The Queen is Poppy Oliver, who was dressed in a gorgeous pink dress, while the King, Thomas Ferguson, was dressed in the classic black-tie suit.
The 2016 ball ended with everyone wanting more. Despite blisters and sweat from dancing too much, this ball was a success. As the clock chimed twelve, the masses left Ellerslie Racecourse with wide smiles on their faces and still filled with the thrills of the night. BY SERENA YOUNG
Wonderful results for our choirs Our four rapidly growing choirs attended the Auckland Big Sing competitions in midJune. This festival celebrates choral singing, and over 200 choirs from throughout the country competed; 70 from Auckland. TGS singers received admirable results. Skat-A-Tak, the senior mixed choir was put on the reserve list for the national final, placing them in the top 28 choirs in the country. The senior girls’ choir, Leonessa, won a highly-commended award, as well as the award for best classical piece by a choir that had not attended the national final in the past two years. Previously mentioned Skat-A-Tak was also awarded a highly commended, and was runner-up for the award won by Leonessa. The boys’ choir, the Sultans of Sing was commended. Singer Ella Pearson, member of Skat-A-Tak, Leonessa and Tresbelles says: “It was great to compete but it was also such a good experience hearing and learning from
other choirs’ performances.” Many of the singers also competed in the Pan Pacific music competition in July. All students performed very well. The girls barbershop chorus, Tresbelles, won the a cappella division, came second in the barbershop competition and third in the Under 25 category. The group was only formed this year and this was their first time competing. The boys barbershop chorus the Sultans of Sing, placed second in the barbershop division. These results meant that Tresbelles and Sultans qualified to compete in the nationals, to be held in Wellington later this year. The choirs are an important aspect of school life for over 110 TGS students. Choir Director, Jane Horder, says: “The choirs are like a family. They provide opportunities for students to broaden their social circles, and many close friendships are made. They also provide leadership opportunities for the students and
help them to grow as people.” The groups would all like to thank the amazing work and effort put in by their directors Jane Horder, Jonathan Palmer, Jocosa Bruce and David Stent, as well as Cynthia Jaques, whose organisation has been excellent. Without you, these opportunities would not be available. BY SOPHIA LORD
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Grammar JULY 29, 2016
An opportunity to travel around the world The annual International Evening received a fantastic turnout this year, providing the audience with an opportunity to “travel around the world”, which was the theme for this year’s event. Despite having to use the Belmont Intermediate School hall, while our own is under construction, over 300 gathered to be entertained by the 10 diverse acts, from all over the world. A huge thank you to our three sponsors this year: Like Café, Asahi restaurant and Hauraki Countdown. The boys’ choir, Sultans of Sing, kick-started the evening with their barbershop song. They were followed by Maori songs, Japanese hip-hop dance, Korean Fan Dance, Chinese traditional Sleeve Dance and a French piano performance. The amazing evening was brought to a closure with a “Big Bang”, a popular K-pop band dance. More than 50 talented students celebrated their own, as well as others’ cultural backgrounds, by delivering carefully crafted performances. Cynthia Lu, a Year 12 student says: “I think it’s really cool to be involved in such a great event and to be able to enjoy the multicultural society TGS has offered me. This opportunity has given me a better understanding of different cultures and has brought the whole international student community closer as a whole.” Aside from the spectacular performances, delicious cultural food and drinks were served free, during the intermission: spring rolls, fried dumplings, samosas, churros, cheese and baguettes, lemon ice tea and much more, with bubble milk tea being the most popular. Most were freshly made in the Food Tech room by a group of student volunteers, who kindly stayed after school. As one Year 12 IB student Veronica Suh Woo puts it, she was able to learn about “different
cultures both through the performances and the foods. It was a memorable night!” Yutong Cheng and Debbie Peng, two extremely able and independent Year 13 students, were the main organisers for this year’s International Evening. Debbie says: “This year’s International Evening was a challenge from the start as the lack of our school hall meant that much more work was needed to be put in this year to make it work. However, with the huge help of many students and eager performers, the night was a huge success and was worth all the hard work.” They were supported by Alice Wu and Iris Leng (Year 12). Alice was the backstage crew leader and Iris took on the role of a “MasterChef judge”, being in charge of food and drinks. Yutong believes that “International Evening was not just an event to celebrate cultural diversity. We actually made the world a smaller place. No matter where we go in the
A great day on stage It is a day of school pride, lights, costumes and excitement. Stage Challenge is an extraordinary day that allows for thousands of students to be brought together to share their passion for performing. One hundred and thirty-six of our students departed school at 5.45 am on Friday 1 July, heading for the Aotea Theatre in Auckland City. Before the sun was in the sky, our Stage
Challenge cast had already begun rehearsals. The day consisted of a chaotic schedule with multiple meetings, lunch breaks and allocated times for hair and make-up. As we approached the early evening, nerves set in and the schools began preparing for the performances. Despite a 14-hour day, our performance time came around quicker than expected. And before we knew it, we had taken the
future, we are going to remember the time we spent with our TGS friends from all over the world, the moment we smiled at this peaceful multicultural school spirit and the relationships we build with the world.” BY IRIS LENG stage and blown away the judges, winning four awards. We took home the Award of Excellence of School Initiative, Award of Excellence for Visual Enhancement, Award of Excellence for Costuming Character and Award of Excellence for Soundtrack. We were all absolutely rapt with these results. Despite not placing, we felt as though we did the leaders’ choreography justice and performed the dance with passion, enthusiasm and school pride. BY LUCY ANDERSON
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Last thousand cranes for peace Jill Greer has made a thousand origami paper cranes every year since the early 1980s. But the 83-year-old Belmont resident says this year’s batch is her last. One thousand paper cranes, held together by string, have cultural significance in Japan, where they are also a symbol of the Japanese peace and anti-nuclear movement. “I learned how to do them from a Japanese girl here in New Zealand,” says Greer, who makes the cranes throughout the year. “It helps me mediate and gather my thoughts, or find them.” Greer has given away all her cranes, but says she will hold on to the last ones. “I took my first lot of 1,000 to Hiroshima. Those were made from regular white paper and looked quite big and clumsy next to the delicate Japanese rainbow-coloured ones,” she says. Greer, who also visited Nagasaki, grew up during World War II. She changed her surname after feminist Germaine Greer rose to prominence. She says she was initiated into the peace movement by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. “In the 1980s, we worked mainly on making New Zealand anti-nuclear, and Devonport was the first suburb to declare itself so,” she says.
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TGS Cycling’s record medal haul Road and track cyclists collected a record 18 medals for Takapuna Grammar School at this year’s North Island Schools Road and Track Champs held in Cambridge this month. Medal winners were: Team Time Trial: Junior Girls A: 3rd – Renee Young, Charlie Arnold, Zoe Martin and Lucy Buckeridge.Junior Boys A: 3rd – Brenden Beyer, Callum Erskine, Josh Kench and Xander White. Senior Boys A: 2nd – Adam McPheat, Harry Waine, Julian Laking, Oscar Elworthy and Vincent Allen. Road Race: U14 Girls: 2nd – Lucy Buckeridge; U15 Boys: 3rd – Nick Bowen; U16 Boys: 2nd – Josh Kench; U20 Boys: 2nd – Oscar Elworthy. Criterium: U14 Girls: 2nd – Lucy Buckeridge; U16 Boys: 2nd – Josh Kench; U16 Boys B: 1st – Noah Stott; U20 Boys: 3rd – Oscar Elworthy. Track: U19 Girls Team Sprint: 1st - Renee Young and Briana Gunn; U19 Girls Team Pursuit: 3rd – Renee Young, Briana Gunn and Elle Wintle; U16 Girls Scratch: 3rd – Renee Young; U19 Boys Elimination: 2nd – Harry Waine; U19 Boys Scratch: 2nd – Harry Waine; U19 Boys Points: 2nd – Harry Waine. Overall Schools trophy – Boys: 3rd – Takapuna Grammar • Belmont Intermediate School collected its own record number of medals at the event. Team Time Trial: Y7/8 Boys: 3rd – Adam Little, Alex Wright, August Elworthy and Charlie Millington. Criterium: U13 Boys A: 3rd – August Elworthy; U14 Girls B: 1st – Charlotte Lochhead; U14 Girls B: 3rd – Erin Cutts.
Try-time celebration
Take that, Northcote… North Shore try scorer Ethan McMullan (with ball) celebrates his match-winning try
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Shore wins Premier Reserve championship
Champions… North Shore Premier Reserves enjoy their achievement North Shore Premier Reserves took out the North Harbour Rugby Premier 2 championship last weekend with a hardfought 19-12 win over Northcote at North Harbour Stadium. There was little between the two teams and
it was probably Shore’s defence – especially a couple of try-saving tackles in the second half by halfback Kym Harper and flanker Serge Hollis – that made the difference. That, alongside a well-taken try by Ethan McMullan late in the game, after a great lead-up break
by player-of-the-day hooker Cameron Wright, was enough to give Shore the win. • North Shore’s Premier side lost its semifinal match a fortnight ago to Massey, who beat Takapuna 26-23 last Saturday to win the North Harbour Championship.
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OPENING DAY SUNDAY 7 AUGUST Devonport’s tennis club in Stanley Bay Park, 166 Calliope Road, invites all members, Senior and Junior, and their families to register for the 2016/17 season and enjoy a barbecue lunch, prize-giving, and social tennis.
Visitors and new players, social or competitive, very welcome.
REGISTRATION JUNIORS
SUNDAY 7th AUG 2016 10am - 12noon
REGISTRATION SENIORS
SUNDAY 7th AUG 2016 1pm - 4pm
Barbecue and prize-giving 12pm – 1pm. For membership enquiries, please email treasurer@ntc.net.nz Come and have a hit during this day of free social tennis and meet the friendly Ngataringa tennis community.
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