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Massive boost to Devonport cycling infrastructure Devonport peninsula’s cycling network is set to expand hugely as improving cycling facilities becomes a priority for Auckland Transport spending.

Auckland Transport (AT) says that in addition to its plans to upgrade Lake Rd, the

Cycling Programme, with an annual budget of $60 million, has identified Devonport/Belmont as one of five priority areas of investment citywide over the next three years. It is the only North Shore suburb on the list.

AT walking and cycling advisor Steve

Patton told the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board recently: “AT has not done anything significant in Devonport and Belmont for the last 10 years. What you have here are largely To page 6

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Don’t fence me in – heritage group takes issue with council fencing interpretations Two Auckland Council fencing decisions are setting dangerous precedents and detracting from the character of Devonport, according to heritage protection group Devonport Heritage 2017.

Consent has been granted for a 1.75m fence on the street frontage of 15 Arawa Ave in Cheltenham.

And an exemption was given to Ryman Healthcare to cover its Lake Rd fence with large advertising billboards.

Heritage society deputy chair Margot McRae said neighbours alerted the society to work being carried out at 15 Arawa Ave to increase the existing stone wall from 1.3m.

The height for fences and walls in the Character Overlay of Devonport is 1.2m.

A copy of the council decision to approve the wall states that “the wall will maintain the special character values of the area” and will be softened by planting. It was justified because it would improve the owners’ aural and visual privacy,” says McRae. “The Unitary Plan is quite specific that fences in Devonport must be no more than 1.2m high to ensure the open, heritage character of the streetscape is protected. It is disappointing that the council has waived the rule for this residence.

“If people buy right on a very open public

beach, they shouldn’t then complain they have no privacy.

“We argue it will create a precedent and encourage other owners to apply for higher fences. This will lead to a breakdown in the visual openness of local streets, which contributes significantly to Devonport’s heritage character,” McRae says.

Devonport Heritage 2017 is also asking Auckland Council to refuse Ryman Healthcare an exemption to cover its Lake Road fence with billboards, as reported in the Flagstaff (3 November).

Residential areas are only allowed signage that is no more than 0.33m and the society sees no reason why Ryman should be allowed to exceed this, McRae says.

“The rule is there to protect the residential amenity of areas.

“This part of Lake Road, so close to Polly’s Park, Memorial Drive and Ngataringa Bay has a green and seashore visual character.

Large billboards will detract from this character.

“The billboards are essentially advertising for the Ryman retirement village and no other businesses in the area are allowed to advertise themselves in this way.

“They will probably be defaced and eventually become an eyesore,” McRae says.

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November 17, 2017

Four servicemen honoured by family at Passchendaele

Fields of remembrance…

Michelle Robinson at Passchendaele Three Devonport siblings have honoured four great-uncles who fought and died for New Zealand in World War I battles, all in the space of four months.

Michelle Robinson, Matthew Thomson and Fiona Gray all grew up in and still live in Devonport. They worked with the RSA to have four crosses made in honour of their great-uncles – three on their mother’s side, one on their father’s – who died in battles between 4 October 1917 and 4 February 1918.

Private James Quinlan Leslie died first during the Battle of Broodseinde.

Eight days later, Lance Corporal Andrew Kirk died in the first battle of Passchendaele, at the age of 21.

Lance Corporal Morton Mee Thomson died on 3 December 1917, while attacking Polderhoek Chateau.

And William Frederick Leslie – older brother of James – was killed by Germans at Polygon Wood, at the age of 30.

The crosses are currently on display at Windsor Reserve, and Robinson has recently returned from a trip to Belgium where she planted a tree in the mens’ honour.

The siblings’ late mother Grace Thomson was to thank for the commemoration of the men, she says. “She did most of the research.

During a 1995 trip to Europe, she and I searched for graves and memorial plaques at Polygon Wood Cemetery.

“We were very lucky. My mother already knew James and William were there. But we also found Andrew on a wall. And at Buttes New British Cemetery, across the road, we found Morton Mee.”

Honouring the fallen…

Front row (left to right): Michelle Robinson, Matthew Thomson and Fiona Gray, with crosses for their great-uncles Back Row (left to right): Younger relatives Joel Thomson, Beth Thomson, Jasmine Gray, Zac Gray and Savannah Gray Two years ago, Robinson joined the Passchendaele Society and was invited to plant an elm tree in her uncles’ honour this year in a field of poppies near Polygon Wood.

“All of it has been a good way to keep their memories alive. My nieces and nephews did school projects on them this year. The crosses will go out again on Anzac Day. And it has been a great honour for me to pay respects in Belgium on behalf of us all,” she says.

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BP plans upgrade to Devonport petrol station BP has applied to expand its Lake Rd petrol station.

The application comes hot on the heels of Gull New Zealand’s purchase of the Tainui Motors site and its plans to open a new petrol station in Cheltenham.

BP’s application includes the removal of a home it owns next door to its existing station and the installation of a car wash.

Currently the BP station sits across two sites – 297 and 299 Lake Rd. It includes a BP shop and café, and 12 pumps.

In June, Auckland Council approved an application for “re-tanking and upgrade works to the existing service station” for that site.

Now BP seems to have amended its plans, proposing to expand the service station onto 301 Lake Rd. The 1,012 sqm site currently contains a single residential dwelling and is zoned Residential – Mixed Housing Urban in the Unitary Plan.

The rest of the station is zoned Commercial – Changes ahead… upgrade planned for BP station Neighbourhood Centre. land for its service station. It wants to eventually posed near Hororata Rd, while a new shop, café BP has applied to remove the house and use subdivide the remaining 596 sqm for residential and set of 12 pumps are moved further north the front half of the site (416 sqm) as additional development. A new car-wash structure is pro- onto the expanded site.

Tragic event at a wharf that has brought joy to many A degree of normality had returned to Torpedo Bay Wharf two days after the drowning of a fiveyear-old boy.

Half a dozen fishermen had lines dangled into the Waitemata Harbour; tourists were ambling along holding hands, taking the odd picture.

I didn’t know quite what I was expecting, but a sense of routine had returned – almost.

Torpedo Bay Cafe and the Navy Musuem closed till Tuesday as a mark of respect to the boy’s family.

A small memorial to the lad – a teddy bear and flowers – had formed near a plaque in honour of former local body politician Mick Gannaway, who worked tirelessly two decades ago to have the wharf rebuilt and reopened.

It was a bitter irony as Mick, more than most, loved the sea and wanted the wharf to be used and enjoyed by all.

And it has been: a long-time pop- Memorial: flowers and a teddy bear at Torpedo Bay ular fishing spot, and an afternoon hang-out the boy went into the sea at around 3.15pm due care needed around the sea. for a generation of local teenagers.

And when you’re on the wharf enjoy the on Saturday.

In a city full of signs, I did found it surDesperate attempts to save the boy ensued, sense of space, and the smell of the sea; listen prising there are no warnings at the end of but he could not be resuscitated. to the swell of the ocean against the pylons the wharf, nor is there a life buoy of any It will be of small comfort to the boy’s and to the hum of the harbour; and spare a description. A swift outgoing tide sweeps past family, but I hope the wharf continues to be thought for what others have lost. the wharf – as it would have been at the time used to the full by young and old, with all the Rob Drent, Editor

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Ryman wanting $815K-plus for apartments Prices for two-bedroom apartments in Ryman Healthcare’s Ngataringa Rd complex start at $815,000, with a fixed weekly fee of $130.

The 87-square-metre independent-living units include a small balcony. A car park comes at an extra $15,000.

Two Ryman salespeople, Mark Cooper and Janet Coutts, spoke to a small group of locals at the Devonport Community Network meeting this month.

Construction of the first block of retirement apartments started in October.

Cooper said 32 of the 52 two-and threebedroom apartments in the five-storey “Block B” on the eastern edge of the Ngataringa site have already sold. He said 90 per cent of the sold apartments had been bought by people living on Muffins included... apartments in “Block B” of Ryman’s Ngataringa Rd the Devonport peninsula, and the rest by people village (at right in this image) are selling for $815,000 or more with a local connection – such as having lived Coutts said the Flagstaff’s coverage was When asked about a survey by the here previously or having children in the area. Devonport Peninsula Precincts Society that partly to blame.

Block B is one of seven independent-living found locals felt largely uninformed about “We want a good relationship with the apartment blocks planned as part of the the development and concerned about the community. If there are any issues, we complex. three-year construction, Cooper assured the want to mitigate them and sort them out, Coutts said she and Cooper were not at audience senior Ryman management would so everyone feels heard and listened to,” the meeting to sell, but to “tell you what’s be told of the concerns. she said. happening”.

Ryman would look after Mary Barrett Glade – known as Polly’s Park – on the southern edge of the site, she said.

A survey of nearly 400 Devonport Precincts Society (DPPS) chair Ian Rea She also described the amenities that will locals shows a lack of information about presented the results to the Devonportbe part of the finished complex and the the construction of Ryman Healthcare’s Takapuna Local Board last week. The complimentary coffee, tea, muffins and sausage Ngataringa Rd village is likely to have findings will also be presented to Ryman. increased local concern about its impact.

Digby emphasised the survey spoke rolls that would be on offer for residents for The survey found 74 per cent of for the wider community and not just morning and afternoon tea once the amenity respondents wanted more information people living near the site. Respondents block was built. Lunch and dessert would then about the construction, and 46 per were mostly concerned with the project’s be available for $12 and an evening meal for $6. cent felt very concerned or extremely impact on the environment and traffic, Coutts said Ryman was keen to sponsor local concerned about it. she said. community groups. It had already provided Researchers and Ngataringa Rd When board member Mike Cohen $10,000 for Takapuna Grammar School’s residents Janet Digby and Marinka asked Rea about Ryman’s community recent 90th reunion, and had also sponsored the Teague say those two numbers are likely engagement so far, Rea said “most of Stanley Bay, Belmont and Takapuna bowling to be related. their interaction with the community is They and Devonport Peninsula focused on sales.” clubs.

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long-standing shared paths and unprotected cycle lanes. We’ll see what we can do to improve those now,” he said. “In the next three years, we’ll put a lot of effort into the Devonport/Belmont area.”

He said AT planned to focus on Takapuna and Northcote from 2020 onwards.

AT’s investments would likely add new cycling paths and make existing ones safer.The work would feed into AT’s plans for Lake Rd, but was “focused on improving cycling facilities in the surrounding local network, especially around Devonport centre,” Patton said.

A review of the existing local cycling network is the first step and will be completed

by Christmas, he said.

Last week, as part of the review, AT started a series of meetings with representatives from local schools, Bayswater Marina Ltd, the Royal New Zealand Navy, Devonport Peninsula Trust, Devonport Business Association and Bike Devonport.

Patton said the review would also analyse data cyclists uploaded to the GPS-tracking Strava social media site. “But Devonport is not particularly complicated. The road options are limited and previous work has been done,” he said.

Devonport already has a high number of cyclists, with 3.4 per cent of road users on bikes, he said. AT’s goal is to reach 5 per cent across the city by 2030.

AT’s target audience with the investment was “all ages, all abilities... but particularly those who don’t cycle at the moment,” Patton said. “People are looking for us to address their safety concerns around cycling.”

One of the long-suggested additions to Devonport’s cycling network is a more structured eastern cycle route, which would provide a definitive link to Belmont Intermediate and Takapuna Grammar Schools for student riders.

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Pedal power has arrived!

The last couple of years have seen electric bikes reach critical mass in public perception and, as Auckland roads get more congested and city lives more stressful, the idea of getting an e-bike to commute or for recreation makes sense.

But like any new technology, there is the good, the bad, and the ugly. So we pedalled over to electrify.nz at their new Browns Bay store to get the low-down on going electric.

And who better to ask; electrify.nz is one of the largest importers/distributors of e-bikes in New Zealand, specialising in Europeandesigned and built bikes.

Having started out in the early days of e-bike retailing, electrify.nz is now returning to its roots by opening boutique retail outlets nationwide. We spoke with the owner-operator of electrify.nz North Shore, Devonport resident Alex Munro.

“Europe is the centre of e-bike R&D, so naturally that’s where the leading design and technology comes from. The days of clunky, ungainly, ugly e-bikes are over – our bikes are sleek, futuristic and sexy. And there is an e-bike for every application, from commuting, to leisure cruising, to trail riding, to fullsuspension MTBs – we even have a tandem!

“But not all e-bikes are equal. There are a lot of what we call ‘Alibaba specials’ in the market; no-name bikes branded locally by the importer with dubious warranty and feature claims. And they aren’t even cheap!

So be wary of e-bike brands that don’t exist in international markets and claims like ‘designed for NZ conditions’ or ‘the best e-bikes in the world’. We focus on finding our customers the right e-bike for them and we only import quality e-bikes from international brands, backed by solid warranties.

“We import e-bikes from Stromer (Switzerland), Gepida (Hungary), Kreidler (Germany), Bottecchia (Italy) and of course our best-selling Magnum (USA) e-bikes, which are designed in Germany.”

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Council caveat blocks sale of historic boat club Auckland Council has put a caveat on the title of 17 Sir Peter Blake Pde, the site of Bayswater’s historic boat club building.

The property is owned by the Takapuna Boating Club.

The club, which has recently been trying to sell the dilapidated 1914 building as a residential investment opportunity through Colliers International, has since taken it off the market.

The Colliers online ad has been removed.

Club president Barry Ward says council did not inform the club as to why they put a caveat on the title.

He says the issue is “probably a

misunderstanding” that is likely to be resolved, and that the club could still sell.

“We can do what we like with it,” he says.

“We have owned it for 100 years and we might own it for the next 100 years.”

The council’s general manager of community facilities, Rod Sheridan, said the caveat on the site was lodged on 27 January 2017, under the Auckland Harbour Board and Takapuna Borough Council Empowering Act 1923. It required revesting of the land, by virtue of the Takapuna Boating Club having entered into an agreement for sale, which had it proceeded would have been in breach of the Act.

New Kea investigation The Fullers boat Kea is once again under investigation by Maritime New Zealand, after it slammed into Devonport Wharf.

A local resident on the ferry told the Flagstaff the 9.30 pm ferry from Auckland on November 9 crashed into the wharf and and that one person was injured when she fell down the stairs.

Maritime New Zealand officer Tony Gal-

loway confirmed it was investigating the incident .

The Kea crashed into Devonport Wharf on 17 February 2015, injuring numerous people.

A subsequent investigation castigated Fullers’ saftey procedures.

Fullers had earlier been fined $140,000 and ordered to pay the money to accident victims in compensation.

Peninsula hit by burglars Devonport was hit by a spate of more than 20 burglaries in October and early November.

B u rg l a r i e s w e re re p o r t e d i n Ngataringa Rd (2), Roslyn Tce (3), Wairoa Rd, Williamson Ave, Hauraki Rd (2), North Ave, Norwood Rd, Bayswater Ave (2), Achilles Cres, Summer St, Vauxhall Rd, Church St, Ascot Ave, Lake Rd, Hauraki Rd and Takarunga Rd. ● For Constable Jasmine Bundle’s full update, see page 54.

Driver charged over bus crash The bus driver who crashed into a block of Vauxhall Rd flats in September has been charged with careless use of a motor vehicle causing injury.

The driver of a Ritchies 813 bus ploughed into the two-storey block of flats at 93 Vauxhall Rd on Saturday 16 September at around 9.30am, immediately after leaving the adjacent bus stop.

Four passengers were on board at the time.

At least one suffered injuries. A pensioner living in the ground-floor flat had to vacate her home due to the damage caused.

The case is scheduled for the North Shore District Court later this month.

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Mixed youth team gets results and ticket to China

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Greta (17) and Henry (18) won the class at the 2017 Yachting New Zealand Youth Trials at Manly Sailing Club, Whangaparaoa, last month.

They will be sailing against mixed and allmale teams in China. But from next year, the Nacra 15 is a mixed-class only, preparing sailors for the Olympic Nacra 17, the mixed Olympic multihull class.

It’s the first time sailing in a mixed team for both Greta and Henry, who describe it as a “different chemistry.”

Says Greta: “We have quite different personalities and they meet in a good medium when we sail.” She describes Henry as “very technical, logical and calm” and Henry describes her as “driving very fast.”

Both love the boat’s high speed. “It’s the most high-performance boat out of the youth class and can go up to mid-20 knots,” says Henry.

He and Greta average about 15 to 20 knots at the moment.

“I love flying downwind, it’s a unique feeling and quite physically demanding because I haven’t trapped before,” says Greta. She is at the helm, steering the boat while on the trapeze (a wire attached to the boat’s mast that hooks the

sailors in a harness as they lean out of the boat).

“It’s a technical skill and all about boat control at the end of the day,” Greta says.

Henry has “the more physical job of board up, board down, kite sheet up, kite sheet down, and it’s a very heavy spinnaker,” she says.

The pair have been sailing together for a year, off and on. Greta (daughter of Ian Stewart, former America’s Cup Oracle Team USA operations and logistics manager, and recently appointed Yachting New Zealand high-performance director) had been living in Bermuda for two years.

“It’s great that since September we live in the same country and can train regularly,” adds Henry.

But they have known each other for much longer. He and Greta were once neighbours on Allenby Ave. They also raced each other in Optimists. “Henry was a bit older and a lot better than me though,” says Greta. While he moved on to the 420 dinghy class, Greta chose the 29er skiff.

Both now go to Kristen School. Henry is in his final year and Greta in Year 12.

When not studying for exams, they sail four to five times a week, out of Murrays Bay Sailing Club. “And if it’s raining, we’re at the gym,” says Henry.

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Young Devonport sailor heading to China with national team

At 15 years old, James Barnett is one the youngest members in the Yachting New Zealand team competing at the Youth Sailing World Championships in China next month.

James, a Year 10 Takapuna Grammar student, and sailing partner Sam Street, who is 17 and lives in New Plymouth, won the 2017 Yachting New Zealand Youth Trials for the 420 class, held over nine races, with a streak of top-three placings. They were able to drop a fourth place as their worst result.

The pair’s consistency is built on a steep learning curve. James only started in the 420 class in February and just trains on weekends. Sam regularly flies up to Auckland on Friday nights and stays with the Barnett family so he and James can train out of Wakatere Boating Club on Saturdays and Sundays.

James’s brother Sam,who has competed at the youth worlds in the 420 twice himself (placing fifth overall in Cyprus in 2013), has coached them at times.

James, who started sailing Optimists at Wakatere seven years ago, has also sailed overseas before. At 12 years old, he competed at the 2015 Optimist Asian and Oceania Championships in Doha.

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Seven groups will be tasked with generating potential business ideas in a set timeframe, and then working up a compelling pitch. The purpose of the Ignition Day is to bring the groups together through ‘ideation’, validating these ideas and then communicating their best ones to the audience. But rather than being ‘all about the ideas’, the day will focus on taking the students through a journey (with the support of the coaches) and preparing them for their Business and Enterprise studies next year.

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businesses.

These type of notices – along with times of local board meetings, rubbish collections times etc – used to be routinely placed in the Flagstaff to gain saturation coverage of Devonport Peninsula residents.

Perhaps with Mayor Phil Goff’s intention to drastically slash the budget council’s Changes need to be made at city hall about the communications team these public information notification of events, road closures and council notifications will return. They worked well in the past. changes which effect Devonport.

When the Auckland Marathon swept through Devonport on October 27 a debacle ensued with While on the subject of signs I noticed this conflicting messages on Auckland Transport and the Auckland marathon websites about which one below (one of two) at Stanley Bay Park, which seemed to indicate locals were suffering roads were open and closed.

The just days later two Auckland Transport the Devonport equivalient of an attack out of signs were put up outside the ferry terminal Alfred Hitchcock’s movie The Birds.

Is it really that bad or just another example alerting people to the fact it was seeking of sign pollution in parks? feedback on the planned provision of two electric carparks at marine square. There was also a letter sent to near neighbours and

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By Rob Drent

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November 17, 2017

Book written in the stars after 50 years Ian Rockel has written poetry for 50 years. The former museum director is now publishing 50 of his poems in the collection What Know You, Stars?

Rockel says his poems are mainly about what is happening to the earth. “I write about climate change, great storms, eruptions and wind,” he says.

He is fascinated by wind and the earth’s atmosphere. “They are major parts of this planet, outside our thoughts as we go about our business, but enormously important,” he says.

Spirits also pop up in Rockel’s poems.

“There are serious angels, a few animals, and as a joke I write about one or two ghosts,” he says, emphasising he is not a spiritualist himself.

His most recent poetry has been inspired by living in Devonport. He and wife Jean moved here from Mt Eden three years ago.

Their new home gets a mention in the book’s introduction by New Zealand actor Ian Mune: “Rock beats a path from the Devonport Library to a favourite armchair in Bookmark, ‘the best secondhand bookshop in Auckland’. Most days he asks to borrow pen and paper. Down to earth… Ian Rockel in Somewhere between library, negotiating his Anne St home the pedestrian crossing and settling into Bookmark, he has ‘felt a poem coming on’.”

The collection is not Rockel’s first book. In 1986, he wrote Taking the Waters, a history of New Zealand’s early For approved ACC claims/No Surcharge spas. He has also edited and written a chapter for Alister Taylor’s book on painter C.F. Goldie.

Rockel headed the Rotorua Museum for 16 years before moving to Auckland, where he has worked as a historian at the which will be on Waitakere City Library and an archivist at Saint Kentigern College.

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November 17, 2017

Barracks gets finishing touches Landscaping and lighting works

will soon complete the $1.5 million

restoration of Fort Takapuna’s heritage-listed World War II army barracks.

Plans for two stepped concrete plinths, signage walls, balustrade panels, lighting, and planting were presented at a recent workshop of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

Resource consent for the project has been granted. A condition of the consent is that the excavated soil stays at the site, as requested by iwi, a council official says.

The design developed by Boffa Miskell shows two plinths installed near the guard’s cottage. They will represent barracks removed earlier from the site.

Empty bullet shells will be embedded in the concrete plinths. An additional concrete wall will separate the barracks from the parking area.

The landscaping design incorporates any extra soil into a “high planted mound” near the plinths.

Mowing contractor doubles crew Newly appointed Auckland Council contractor Ventia has doubled its mowing staff to remedy an exceptionally wet winter season.

In July, Ventia won the contract to mow the Devonport peninsula’s sports fields, parks and reserves, promising improved service.

Now it is citing winter rain as the reason for widespread overgrown grass.

Auckland Council contract coordinator Geoff Pitman says the Australian company has temporarily increased its full-time mowing staff from 14 to 31. “They have taken the problem very seriously and are

very apologetic.”

Members of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board are not impressed.

Board members Jennifer McKenzie and Jan O’Connor say they had received a number of complaints about overgrown grass.

“Rain and spring are not new occurrences.

We need to make sure we don’t get into this situation again next winter,” says McKenzie.

Ventia has different specifications for high- and low-profile mowing sites. Highprofile sites have a weekly mowing schedule to 75mm-high grass, while low-priority sites are mowed fortnightly to 100mm high.

No rush of wharf openings

by Christmas Christmas cheer will remain in short supply on Devonport Wharf this year.

Auckland Transport spokesperson Mark Hannan says no new retail shops will open there for this year’s festive season.

“We’re working towards opening selected retail units from Feb/March next year, with the remaining retail still to be confirmed.”

Retailer announcements will be made early next year in conjunction with tenant wishes.

“The work on the wharf has been extensive, the roof needed total replacement, some of the supports had rusted damaging the structure of the roof. The re-roofing could only be done in lights winds which was difficult during the windy, wet winter we’ve just had.

“The floor was also in very poor condition and instead of doing a patch-up, it has been replaced,” Hannan said.

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Heritage laws drive up prices of housing for kids and grandkids A number of writers seem to assume that what attracts residents to Devonport is buildings.

Speak for yourselves. Buildings (old or new) can be beautiful or hideous.

In Devonport there are examples of all combinations: old hideous, e.g. many rotting villas; new beautiful, e.g. most apartment buildings, new Masonic hotel, many rebuilt villas; new hideous, e.g. Devonport Wharf building, some apartment buildings, most not-so-new townhouses; old beautiful; e.g. many well-maintained villas, Esplanade Hotel, most of Victoria Rd street front buildings.

However, buildings are not (for me, at least) what makes Devonport an attractive place to live. It is the relaxed atmosphere, beautiful beaches, parks, mounts and green spaces, clean public spaces, cinema, great cycling facilities, likeness to island life, ferry ride to the city, and good schools, cafes, bars and restaurants.

Housing in Devonport leaves a lot to be desired, even compared to the rest of Auckland.

A stereotype seems to be developing that young newcomers are opposed to

heritage. This may be based on accurate generalisations, but I think the distinguishing trait is neither age nor duration of residency in Devonport. I think it is probably home ownership (which likely relates to age and residency duration).

It makes sense that homeowners in Devonport want to capitalise on their investment by protecting the value of their neighbourhood, keeping it sparsely populated and exclusive for even wealthier homeowners, thus shutting out the large amount of middle-income earners from the market and the neighbourhood.

Likewise, it makes sense that non-owners want in on the market, but can’t get a foot in with such sparsely populated suburbs and such restrictive regulation around property development and housing density.

Heritage laws and societies are part of those regulations and restrictions that drive up the price of housing.

I wonder how many of the society’s members are homeowners?

I wonder if they have thought about the futures of their kids’ and grandkids’ financial opportunities?

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Interview

November 17, 2017

The sparkle and grit of a long-distance runner You don’t often see an ultramarathon runner in a ladybird outfit or wearing a sparkly pink skirt.

But Debbie Skilton likes to be different, and she loves making people smile. The running enthusiast, mother of three and former lawyer spoke to Maire Vieth.

Miles and smiles... Debbie Skilton likes to make running fun, even when training for gruelling ultramarathons Ultrarunner Debbie Skilton is a mixture of fit, grit and wit. Her Instagram account records lengthy training distances, heart rates, interval sessions and recovery techniques – alongside photos of crazy running outfits and GPS images of training routes shaped like stars or Christmas trees.

Recent posts show her on a swing at

the Narrow Neck playground recovering from a run, aqua jogging during low tide at Cheltenham with nine-year-old son Daniel, or explaining her concept of a Roast Run: “Chicken goes in the oven, I run, and put the veges in when I get home.”

The 46-year-old mother of three boys (Ollie is 15 and Alex 13) mixes fun in with the hard yards of long-distance running. Last month she completed her fifth Auckland Marathon (in a time of 3:54) – wearing a skeleton costume for Halloween.

Skilton, who started long-distance running eight years ago, had her biggest year in 2016, running five marathons and four ultramarathons. “I had some good results, but by the end of it I was really tired,” she says.

This year, she has tried to pace herself, running only two marathons and one ultramarathon.

In December, she will take part in her third 60km Kepler Challenge in Fiordland National Park.

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Her reduced training regime was partially due to an injury Skilton suffered last Christmas. Cross-training on her mountain bike on the trails around the family bach she and husband Jonathan Skilton own at Lake Taupo, she ran into a dog on a downhill track and fell on her hip.

Initially, Skilton ignored the injury and completed her traditional three-hour-plus New Year’s morning run as planned. “I like to sneak out of the house in the morning and be the first person with my footprints on the Kinloch trails in the new year,” she says.

“Running on my injury wasn’t so good. I ended up with nerve pain from the hip all the way down my leg.”

It slowed her down – a little. Preparing for the Boston Marathon in April, she switched to training in the water, aqua jogging and deep-water running three hours at a time at the Millennium pool in Mairangi Bay. “By the end of March, I was running a little, but still mostly in the water and hadn’t run any long distances at all. But when we

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November 17, 2017 got to Boston, the pain in my legs was gone,” she says.

Skilton ran the Boston Marathon in 4:07, her slowest marathon time. But she still loved it. “It was my best marathon,” she says, adding that she loves the social side of running just as much as competing.

“When my body got tired at halfway, I decided to just run from water station to water station. So every mile I’d have a drink and high-five everyone. People were cheering along the whole course and I just lapped it up. They treat you like a rock star over there. I’d love to go back and do some more,” she says.

Skilton’s fastest marathon time is the 3:41 she ran in the 2015 Auckland event.

This year, although hampered by the injury, her time was still fast enough to qualify for Boston in 2018.

But it’s ultramarathon trail running Skilton loves best.

“On these long-distance runs you often either run with someone, or they pass you and you catch them and they catch you back. There is a lot of leapfrogging going on,” she says.

“You go through real lows and ridiculous highs together and so you get to know people.” Skilton has made firm friends among ultrarunners of all levels.

What happens during a low or high? “Oh, I usually think, ‘What am I doing here? Why am I doing this? This is stupid. I want to go home.’ Highs are more like, ‘Woohoo! This is amazing!’ or I just laugh uncontrollably,” she says.

Skilton likes to take an object as a psychological crutch on long trail runs. “I often carry something from one place to another so it feels like a Hobbity journey.

And when you ask yourself, ‘Why you are doing this?’, you can at least say to yourself, ‘Well, I am carrying this thing.’”

The ‘thing’ is usually light and quirky: a soft toy or a blow-up light saber. “Last year, when a friend helped me along the Hillary Trail, I brought some movie tickets to give to her at the end. It took me 13 hours and 11 minutes,” she says.

Her longest event so far was the 85km of the Tarawera Ultramarathon in 2015.

Skilton starts her running season in winter, laying a base for summer events. This year, she started on June 19, the shortest day of the year, and stopped 124 days of continuous running later.

For the last five years, a friend has been coaching her. “He is an ultramarathon runner himself, so he gets it,” says Skilton.

She admits the sport is addictive, though she got into it casually: 20 years ago, she “tootled around the block a little,” jogging

for a couple of kilometres.

Having her eyes lasered in 2005 propelled her running forward. “When I wore glasses to run in the morning, they would fog up when I was sweating and it was all just a bit too hard. And now I could even go running in the dark,” she says.

Her first running event was the Devonport Classic in March 2007, and she went on to run the North Shore Half Marathon that September.

While the weight she gained in her third pregnancy in 2008 at first set her back, it also motivated her to start running longer distances. “When I had Daniel, I was really humongous. I walked at first to get my heart rate to a certain point and then eventually had to run to keep it at about 140.

“I walked and ran that weight right off leaving several kilos and bra-cup sizes all around Devonport,” she says.

In November 2009, Skilton signed up for her second halfmarathon. “It’s when I caught the longdistance bug and started going faster and faster and longer and longer.”

Skilton grew up in Feilding and moved to Napier at the age of 15. She wasn’t a sporty kid. “I would have been walking at the back at the cross-country, which I did – maybe – until intermediate school,” she says.

After high school, she took a gap year to recover from brain surgery. “Towards the end of that last school year, I just didn’t wake up one morning. At first, they thought I had meningitis, then a brain tumour, but it was an abscess that needed to be drained and I couldn’t drive for six months.”

Stilton has a law degree from Waikato University. Her first job was working for the Official Assignee at the Ministry of Justice in Auckland, handling liquidations and bankruptcies.

She had read in Metro magazine that Devonport was a great place to live. “And a flat on Old Lake Rd was as close as I could get,” she says.

The work was tough. “It was real life, people often at their lowest or their most conniving.” After two years, she moved to law firm Holmden Horrocks and in 1999 she and Jonathan headed to London.

“I got my UK qualification and worked for local government as a housing solicitor, chasing up rent and biffing people out of council houses if they didn’t look after them,” she says. It wasn’t fun and Skilton moved on to insurance company Aon, dealing with negligence claims against solicitors.

In 2002, after Ollie was born, the Skiltons returned to Devonport and bought a house.

For the last 10 years, Debbie has been a

“You go through real lows and ridiculous highs together and so you get to know people.”

The running bug...

Debbie Skilton in her ladybird costume during the Waitomo Trail Run

stay-at-home mother, but is preparing to go back to work – just not as a lawyer. “It’s too time-consuming a job when you have three kids and your partner works really hard too. I am currently completing a graduate diploma in Sports and Exercise at AUT – very slowly,” she says.

And more running is coming up.

Skilton is registered for her first 102km event at the Tarawera Ultramarathon in early February. In May, she is heading to her second Ultra-Trail Australia 50km event in the Blue Mountains.

“I’m also going to do the Auckland Marathon again, because after my fifth I’m a ‘Roadster’ now. I will get my own number, which I will keep until I’m an old lady,” she says.

In the meantime, if you see her training around Devonport dressed up as a Christmas tree, don’t be surprised.

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Artist’s impression of Devonport Retirement Village

Ryman Healthcare Devonport Retirement Village Update

We’re pleased to be under way with our plans to build a new retirement community for the people of Devonport on Ngataringa Rd. The new village will include independent and serviced apartments as well as resthome, hospital and dementia-level care.

Residents will be able to enjoy resort-style amenities, including a café, a movie theatre, an indoor swimming pool, and a bowling green as well as the best of care to meet all their needs.

Our aim is to provide residents with great care in the place they love with their family and friends nearby.

We held two large public

meetings with prospective residents last month and interest in the village has exceeded our expectations.

We were also delighted to see so many residents at the recent open day to view the Duder archaeological site.

At least 250 people walked through the site and a great day was had by all, so thanks to those of you who came along.

The archaeologists have uncovered the bases of three kilns, a brick roadway, some flues, pipework and original bricks.

While they have now investigated the parts of the site likely to contain the most significant finds, they will

continue to monitor all of our work to ensure nothing significant is lost.

When the project is completed we will be installing permanent interpretation panels to explain the history of the site, and all the reports from the excavation work will be publicly available.

Resident feedback - Some residents have told us that they are worried about the impact of construction traffic.

In order to reduce the impact on Lake Rd the size of trucks visiting the site is restricted during the morning and afternoon rush hours.

We are chip sealing the roads into the site to reduce dust and a truck wash has

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been installed to ensure trucks leaving are clean.

The earthworks contractor’s drivers have been through an induction to explain the rules and restrictions.

We’ve been asked by some neighbours about our piling method and whether we’d be using a piling machine that hammers piles into the ground.

We won’t – we will be using bored piles. The holes are bored and we place a metal reinforcing cage in the ground, which is then filled with concrete.

We have 24-hour security on the site and we also have an approved plan for removing waste from the site.

Our aim is to provide residents with great care in the place they love with their family and friends nearby.

What’s next? - The earth works team will continue to excavate the foundations for the first stage of apartments on the Lake Rd end of the site. We will be piling after that before pouring the first basement slab. We’d expect

Ryman residents enjoying a coffee at Ryman’s Positano café

to have this in place by the end of January, and then you will see the first walls start to go up. We will be closing the site from December 23 until January 8.

Sales - Our sales advisors Mark Cooper and Janet Coutts would love to hear from anyone thinking about making the village their home.

To find out more phone Janet or Mark on 09 445 0909 www.rymanhealthcare.co.nz 7449

Site: 7 Ngataringa Road, Devonport Sales Office: 29 Lake Road, Devonport

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Open day for community feedback at Bayswater Marina

Welcoming questions… Mike Cohen (left) and Paddy Stafford-Bush

Scotty Brewer Skate Day|2017 * Sat 25th November 10am - 3pm Ngataringa Skatepark Devonport All ages welcome|U10’s, U13’s, U16’s

Open and Girls Divisions|Cash prizes to be won! * Rain date: Sunday 26th November

Caregivers are responsible for children under the age of 14 years attending this event | INFO 09 445 9533.

Jesse Peters. Photo by Kingsley Attwood

Locals will be able to voice their wishes and woes about the future development of Bayswater Marina land at an open day to be held at the marina on November 25, from 11 am until 2 pm.

The day has been organised by the Bayswater Community Committee (BCC) to kick off a survey of residents’ views that the community organisation is helping collect for the DevonportTakapuna Local Board.

Committee member Paddy Stafford-Bush says: “We really want to hear from as many locals as possible about how they would like to use the marina land and what their priorities are.

At the same time, we will inform them properly on what the new Unitary Plan rules require and allow.”

Members of the committee will be on hand to talk to residents one-on-one, answer any questions they might have and show them around the site. “And we are keen for everyone who comes to fill out the survey we have been working on,” Stafford-Bush says.

Bayswater Marina Ltd, which owns some of the marina land and is planning a large-scale residential development for its site, is welcoming the community group’s efforts, says Stafford-Bush.

“They are letting us use an office next to the ferry terminal and are setting up a sausage sizzle and bouncy castle,” she says. “They want to find out what people think as much as we do.”

BCC received an $11,000 grant from the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board to conduct a survey of residents’ views. The board will base its feedback on future resource applications by Bayswater Marina Ltd and Auckland Transport on the survey results.

A similar survey was last conducted in 2001, before central government sold 3.4 ha of marina land and before Auckland Council overrode an Environment Court ruling on development restrictions on that land.

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Devonport Village Cookbook a collaborative creation The Devonport Village Cookbook, featuring recipes from local families, goes on sale this month.

Breakfast through to dinner is covered – with main-meal wine matches presented by International Master of Wine and Devonport resident Bob Campbell.

Produced by Stanley Bay School (SBS), the cookbook also showcases some of the people, architecture, businesses, and places of natural beauty that are woven into the fabric of Devonport village life and the school.

Recipes range from a take on the classic Kiwi pavlova, to a spiralled Bulgarian cheese pie. It even has a baked lamb-and -rosemary cannelloni recipe from local Olympic medalist Eliza McCartney.

“I just love the delicious twist on this Italian favourite. Packed full of vegetables and lamb mince to deliver an iron-packed meal, it is perfect after a hard day’s training,” McCartney says in the book.

Project Manager Justine Rowe led a small team of parents to produce the cookbook in under three months.

It was designed by Ruth McGill with styling by artist Greer Clayton and photography by

pic to come

Cookbooking up a storm…the team, from left: Greer Clayton, Lucy Naylor (SBS school principal), Ruth McGill, Heather Barker Vermeer, Rachael Hamilton, Tina Reid-Copus and Justine Rowe Rachael Hamilton. The writing and editing was done by Heather Barker Vermeer, with support from Tina Reid-Copus.

Many Devonport businesses and locals got behind the project. Rarely seen images of Devonport’s past were provided by Devonport

Museum, making the book a keepsake.

• The Devonport Village Cookbook is available online at devonportvillagecookbook.co.nz.

It will also be available to buy at Stanley Bay School, Devonport New World, Cosi Fan Tutte, Chateaubriant and Devonport Flowers.

ThE NAVy COmmuNiTy NEwSLETTER

FiNAL hARBOuR ENTRy wiTh PENNANT FLyiNg Devonport residents can witness a rare sight on Friday 1 December when HMNZS Endeavour, a 30-year-old tanker support ship about to be retired, enters the Waitemata Harbour for her final time, flying the longest pennant in the Navy.

Endeavour is expected to berth at Devonport Naval Base at 10am and will be visible from East Coast Bays and North Head for up to half an hour as she approaches the inner harbour and progresses to her berth.

For her final ceremonial harbour entry, naval tradition allows the Commanding Officer of Endeavour, Commander Martin Doolan, to fly a decommissioning pennant from the ship.

The custom is inherited and adapted from the Royal Navy since before the Napoleonic Wars, when it was the tradition for ships to fly a ‘Paying Off Pennant’ at the main trunk when they left their fleet to return to their home port to ‘Pay Off’.

The length of the pennant was equal to

the length of the ship and was similar to the Masthead Pennant. It was displayed by a ship from a foreign station when entering or leaving harbour during her passage home, and by a ship of the fleet on leaving for, and arriving at, her home port.

The Royal New Zealand Navy has adapted that early tradition and now, for a ship the size of Endeavour, the Paying Off Pennant is at least 122 metres long.

The pennant is flown only when entering Auckland for the final time prior to

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decommissioning and is hoisted in the Rangitoto Channel as the ship approaches her final berth at the Base.

As part of her final voyage, Endeavour is visiting her home port of New Plymouth this week and her ship’s company are taking part in an official Charter Parade (to hand back the Charter) and holding an open day in Endeavour for the public.

Her official decommissioning ceremony is on 15 December, when a final farewell will take place at the Base.

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Year 11 Luke ambler Distinction Science James arrowsmith Distinction english Charlotte Body 1st Classical Studies, The Norah hamlin Trophy, 1st history Niamh ChalmersGreaney excellence Spanish Ghita Cherddararat 1st english for Academic Purposes Ty Coutts excellence health Isabella Dunleavy Distinction Visual Arts - Digital Harrison Free 1st english Literacy anya Fry Distinction Media Studies Jessie Gair-ah Siu Distinction Geography Jessica Hamlin Distinction english Kyle Hensel 1st Computer Science Benjamin Holt Distinction Mathematics extension Jessie Jeffreys 1st Mathematics Applied Lucy Jenkinson Distinction Mathematics emmanuel Jiang Distinction Mathematics Frank Johnson 1st Media Studies Jamie Kang excellence Art Hamza Khan excellence Special education Suyeon Kim 1st Chemistry, excellence Japanese, Distinction Physics Libby Lord Distinction Biology, Distinction Chemistry, Distinction english, excellence Geography, The Mathematics Cup 1st Mathematics extension, 1st Physics rebecca Lu Distinction Mathematics Cei Cei Luk 1st Science eva MacKenzie excellence Technology Food and Nutrition Zoe Martin 1st Accounting Campbell McKegg Distinction Science Carina Oliver 1st Drama, excellence Technology Soft Materials, 1st Visual Arts - Digital riko Oyamada 1st english as a Second Language

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academic Prize Lists

Xinyi (Kellie) Ke excellence Chinese, 1st Mathematics aliesha Kemp 1st Dance Christopher Laws excellence Spanish Kate Lee Distinction Biology, Distinction Chemistry, 1st english, 1st history – The Gallipoli Stone, Distinction Physics, 1st Mathematics Calculus Harry Lochhead excellence Tourism Jiejie (Tora) Ma Distinction Mathematics Finn McDonald 1st english Literacy abigail McDonald 1st Musical Theatre Luci McDougall 1st Visual Arts - Photography You Jin Noh 1st Chemistry, 1st english for Academic Purposes, excellence Japanese Gaige Nortje 1st Physical education – The Wareham Shield year 12 Darius Osing Distinction Geography, excellence German Year 12 Tanisha Pal amadeo excellence IB Science Barrioneuvo-Grosman Luke Pank 1st Media Studies – Distinction english, DistincThe robin holding Award, tion Geography, Distinction 1st Art history, 1st Visual Physics Arts – Design, Distinction Seungwoo (Kelly) Park Visual Arts - Photography excellence IB Mathematics eloise Blewden Luke Patterson 1st Visual Arts - Practical Distinction Mathematics Lydia (Lillie) Brewer extension, 1st Physics 1st Biology, 1st Mathematics Statistics Hannah Posthouwer Distinction english Jessica Cheung Marian Sarah Distinction IB Individuals excellence Special educaand Societies tion Harry Christian excellence Technology Fur- rebecca Scholtz Distinction english, Distincniture and Construction tion Mathematics, 1st Olga Chrzanowska Classical Studies – The C.C. excellence Geography, robinson Award, 1st Drama Distinction Mathematics amanda Sim Statistics 1st Accounting Mollie Cornfield Brad Tan 1st Music 1st Computer Science amanda Dai Sharon Tang excellence IB Sports, IB Creativity, exercise and health Science excellence Activity, Service, excellence ellie Dragicevich IB Literature, excellence excellence hospitality IB Spanish Ab Initio, excellence IB TOK, excellence Daniel eaton IB Overall Distinction Visual Arts Design Sarah Warmington excellence health Hazel escott excellence French Louise Wigram Distinction english, Sinalei Faulalo Distinction history 1st Drama Natasha Willis James Hwang Distinction english Literacy Distinction Accounting, 1st economics, Tessa Wishart 1st Mathematics extension 1st Business Studies, excellence Technology Soft Materials Volkan Ozyurteri excellence Te reo Maori Francesca Parussini 1st Music Phoebe Peng Distinction Computer Science, Distinction Physics Faith Poppelwell 1st Biology, 1st english, 1st French, Distinction history Laila roman 1st Dance Hiroaki Sakon 1st english as a Second Language Wenyi Soon Distinction Computer Science, Distinction english Sarah Sun 1st Mathematics Claudia Toxopeus 1st Business Studies Purim Triratanachat 1st Design Visual Communication William Twiss Distinction Geography, 1st Physical education William Vernon excellence Technology resistant Materials anna Videler 1st economics and Accounting

Zhaoqi (Wendy) Xia excellence IB english Language, Distinction IB Literature, Distinction IB Mathematics, Distinction IB Overall.

Woosik Yoon excellence Technology resistant Materials renee Young Distinction Biology Seulmir (Victor) Yu 1st Design Visual Communication Qingya (rita) Zhou excellence IB Visual Arts, Distinction IB english Language Christine Zhou excellence IB Individuals and Societies, excellence IB Spanish Year 13 Cheyenne abraham excellence Te reo Maori Olivia andrevski excellence Spanish rory Bessell excellence German Fin Bowen 1st Music Theatre Meg Buckingham Photolife Award 1st Visual Arts - Photography Dougal Burden Distinction english, Toynbee Cup 1st history Mitchell Cuthbert Distinction Chemistry, Distinction Mathematics Statistics emilly Fan Distinction Biology andy Feng Distinction Accounting Oscar Finnemore 1st Design Visual Communication, excellence Geography Julia Giurgiu C.C. robinson Award 1st Classical Studies Joe Glover 1st Tourism Sean Green Wareham Shield year 13, 1st Physical education Halim Hoskin excellence health Katherine Jacobs excellence Spanish, Sam Dorrington Memorial Award 1st english, Short Shield 1st Mathematics Statistics, excellence French aoke Jiang excellence Chinese, Distinction Geography, Distinction Physics Darya Kharitonova Margaret Cullingworth Award, 1st Art history Soyun Kim excellence Japanese Kate Lee (Year 12) 1st Mathematics Calculus

Hyun Jeong Lee Distinction Mathematics Statistics Sophia Lord Distinction history richard Lu Margaret Cullingworth Award 1st Accounting, 1st Chemistry, 1st Physics adam McPheat excellence english Internal Harvey Merton 1st Biology, 1st Computer Science, 1st economics, Distinction Mathematics Calculus Brett O’Neill Distinction history George rea-Bucknall 1st Visual Arts - Painting alex roberts 1st Technology Furniture & Construction Poppy ross Distinction english, 1st Music Shayla rua-Chase 1st Business Studies Molly ryan excellence Special education rebecca Scholtz (year 12) 1st Drama Sunghyun Shin White Cliffe Timber Award excellence Technology resistant Materials, excellence Visual Arts - Design Hayley Tubb 1st Media Studies Caitlin White 1st Dance Joshua Whyte excellence hospitality Jenna Williams excellence Technology Soft Materials SPeCIaL aWarDS DUX of the School Katherine Jacobs Proxime accessit harvey Merton academic excellence Level 3 Mitchell Cuthbert Aoke Jiang ella Johnson richard Lu Spooner Cup - School Spirit Gabriel Jones aCaDeMIC eXCeLLeNCe, Year 12 The June Spooner award Kate Lee Luke Pank aCaDeMIC eXCeLLeNCe, Year 11 The June Spooner award Libby Lord Faith Poppelwell The White Cup Year 12 School Spirit Lockie McNair

Chubb Cleverdon Cup Year 11 School Spirit Volkan Ozyurteri GOLD MerIT aWarDS Cameron Burton Callum easterbrook emilly Fan Kate Fan Kate Lee Iris Leng harvey Merton ella Pearson Poppy ross CITaTIONS FOr PerSONaL eXCeLLeNCe Imogen Ayris Nina edgar Oscar elworthy Josh Kench Arabella Maynard Luci McDougall Sebastian Safka Sofie Safkova Saskia Vosper Duke Of edinburgh GOLD Michael de Boyett Theo hoyte Finn Murphy Lucy O’Keefe ella Pearson Alice yorke HOUSe TrOPHY Ihi house Pensinsular Cup Gabriel Jones Farquarson Shield Jarrah Swift Zoe Drake Year 11 Speech Cup Francesca Parussini Margaret Campbell Shield (Languages) Katherine Jacobs Mike Donald Memorial Shield (Visual arts) Seongsuh (Annabelle) Kim The Pat Hanly award Alice Wu The Tony Steele award Cheyenne Abraham The Post award David rereiti aFS award Kate Fan Zonta International Leadership award Kate Lee The Library Service award Iris Leng The aroha Cup Shaina Campbell-howard The Success Cup Vicki Bridle The Malcolm Fairgray Cup for Horticulture Special ed haris Khan The Prentice award James Dinsdale Benefitz Graphic Design Scholarship Sam harris

The ex-pupils Scholarship Joshua Downs The IB CaS award Sharon Tang TGS International Student Scholarship you Jin Noh rowan Nicks Scholarship ella Johnson The Warren Mason Scholarship Katherine Jacobs The Dorace Mason Scholarship Mitchell Cuthbert The PTa encouragement award Daniel Vosper Devonport rSa Memorial Trust award ruby Wangford Devonport rotary Club Scholarship halim hoskin Lucy O’Keefe Battersby Vase for Head Girl ella Pearson Ian Gray Memorial Trophy for Head Boy harvey Merton The 1970 Prefects Cup for Sportsman of the Year Will Watson The Sandie Wiltshire Cup for Sportswoman of the Year Kate Williams UNIVerSITY SCHOLarSHIPS auckland University Dougal Burden emilly Fan harvey Merton Katherine Jacobs Poppy ross Aoke Jiang Massey University Jacqui Lynch holly Blair Alice yorke Samael Knaap Victoria University Jack Breen Jacob Byron-McKay Ben Clark Lara Dyer Oscar Finnemore Amelia hay Madeline hill rina McDonald Jarrah Swift Annabel Thompson Jenna Williams aUT University Madison Coghlan Jude Gair-Ah Siu ella Pearson Alice Wu Otago University Saffie Doughty Oliver Gent Arushni Nacker Serena young

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A home away from home

The opportunity to become a homestay family is ever present, and one not to be missed. Our International Department are seeking homestay families, and welcome families who would like to host, especially for the long term.

“My experience has been really positive,” says Sarah Dwyer, a Narrow Neck local. “We’ve gained a lot, and it’s like having a big sister around to play hide-and-seek with the kids.”

Students from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Tahiti, Switzerland, South Korea, China, Japan, USA, Vietnam and Thailand have been an integral part of the school for decades. An essential condition for their stay is finding a homestay family. The importance of these students is visible in the school community, in diversifying the student body, and contributing to the high quality of TGS. They attend classes with the local students, participate in extracurricular programmes and

often achieve very highly in their studies.

There are extensive benefits that surpass simply connecting with a variety of cultures, such as gaining new family members. Sarah is still in touch with one of her homestay students who visited New Zealand at 16 and is now 21. Sarah recommends for anyone to give it a try, and to keep open-minded about the experience, as there is nothing to lose. Opportunities are available to become short term or long term hosts.

If you are interested in supporting a student, many of whom are living away from home for the first time ever, please email homestay. coordinator@takapuna.school.nz for more details.

Please ‘spread the word’ to your friends, family and contacts who live not too far from TGS. It can be a most rewarding experience for everyone.

By ChrISTINe ZhOU

Congratulations to the following students, who have been named as finalists in the College Sport Auckland young Sports Person of the year, Keenan hodge (Volleyball), Sofie Safkova (Orienteering), Sebastian Safka (Orienteering) and Oscar elworthy (Cycling).

As we reflect on another year of sport at TGS we wish to acknowledge the effort and support that our sports clubs and community provides to us. We would like to especially acknowledge all those parents, coaches and volunteers who enable us to deliver so many opportunities for our students. reflect and take pride in the fact that we have teams and individuals who are National Champions and regional Champions; we have individuals competing on the world stage; and as importantly we have over 50% of our student base actively engaged in sport every week.

Thank you to you all.

We look forward to your continued interest and involvement.

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Deathtrap brings thrills and spills Laughter and suspense are promised at The Rose Centre over the next couple of weeks with Company Theatre’s production of Deathtrap, a comedy thriller by Ira Levin.

It is directed by Bayswater resident Kate Birch, whose husband Ian has designed and built the set and appears in the play as the lawyer Porter.

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November 17, 2017

Maggie the diver wins AIMES junior award Devonport’s national diving champion Maggie Squire won an AIMES Junior Excellence Award last Thursday.

The award (worth $3000) for 10-13 year olds was the icing on the cake for the impressive diving season Maggie (12) has had this year.

At the 2017 Diving New Zealand National Championships in July, she won the Open Women Platform and the Open 3m Synchronised events.

In the Girls 12-13 age group, she won the 1m, 3m, Platform, and 3m Synchronised dives.

At the Singapore Diving Championships in June, Maggie won the Girls 1m Synchronised and Girls 1m in her age group, and came second in the Girls Platform and Girls 3m.

Maggie, a Year 7 Belmont Intermediate School student received the AIMES award at a special North Harbour Club ceremony.

She said afterwards: “It was a really overwhelming experience being surrounded by so many talented people. I am really grateful for this opportunity.”

Her mother Janet Squire said Maggie was fortunate to have received the award and that the prize money would help pay for travel expenses to diving competitions next year.

As a member of Auckland Diving’s North Harbour squad, Maggie trains during summer as well as polishing up on her basics and working on new dives at Henderson’s Westwave Aquatic Centre.

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On a high…Maggie Squire will use her AIMES prize to help fund travel to overseas diving competitions

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$25,000 raised from school garage sale

November 17, 2017

Foam from manhole no problem says council

SBS Principal Lucy Naylor (right) with Serco Correctional Facilities representative Stanley Bay School (SBS) raised $25,500 from its annual garage sale and donated 250 banana boxes of unsold goods to charities.

Justine Rowe, chair of the school’s fundraising team, said that instead of raising more money by selling the leftover items on TradeMe, “we decided to donate these to charities in need. This has been a satisfying outcome with a feel-good factor.”

Items donated included clothes, books, electrical, Manchester, sports equipment and homewares. They were distributed to organisations including: The Aunties, Dress for Success, The Hospice Shop, St John’s Charity Shop, Families in Tonga, Roundabout, Belmont Baptist Church, Belmont Primary School (to support its fundraiser), the Devonport Community Recycling Centre and Serco Correctional Facilities.

Tip legacy… the foam at Ngataringa Park Foam coming out of a manhole at Ngataringa Park – the former site of the Devonport tip – is not a cause for concern, according to Auckland Council.

A resident contacted the Flagstaff after she came across a workman near the maze at Ngataringa Park, attending to a manhole.

She said: “We asked what was going on.

Apparently it is leachate from the old tip site combined with methane pushing up and foaming out of the approximately one-metre-wide manhole cover. I asked if it was safe for him to be working near it. He held up a device and said: ‘That’s why I’ve got this’ – a gas detector.”

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Council’s chief engineer, Branko Veljanovski said: “The resident spoke to one of our maintenance contractors working on the infrastructure associated with managing a former landfill under the reserve.

“There was no danger to the public or the environment – the specialist contractor was carrying out minor maintenance and there are no ongoing issues with the manhole.

“Our staff and suppliers routinely carry gas detectors when opening or entering closed-in (confined) spaces such as manholes, which is industry-safe practice, whether or not they are in former landfills,” Veljanovski said.

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Rebecca McMillan, Information Centre Coordinator, with George Crook (middle) and Tom Murray, both from The Claystore The inaugural Devonport Community House’s Business and Community Expo, held on 5 November,attracted around 200 people.

More than 30 community and business service providers promoted themselves to Devonport residents.

Devonport Community House manager Brigid Curren said the expo would be held annually.

“Originally it was called Welcome to Devonport, where people, new to the area, would meet with a Devonport Community Coordinator and talk about what was available for them. Having Expo Volunteers… (from left) an expo was a great way to have one big open Brodie Jaegar, Crystal (Na Sun), day, where newbies, and established locals could Erin Boyle meet under one roof and see what is on offer in the area.” she said.

“Because of the interest in this event, I am hoping to run an Empowering-Women expo next year, which will support local women in business and in the workforce, like the Navy and Police force,” Curren said.

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November 17, 2017

BIS Orienteering numbers continue to grow

Earning their stripes… overall winning team Dr Pepper. Kate Millington (left) and Abby Harris ran around 12km.

Top right: Orienteers and gatherers (from left) Jess McCann, Chantelle Stevenson, Emily Duncan and Mia Rennie, who picked up free tomato plants while out running.

Bottom right: Enjoying a lei day… (from left) Jaimee Nimmo, Rea Kearns, Maia Scott and Izzy Fox.

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November 17, 2017

Around 200 entrants, including 70 teams, took part in the Belmont Intermediate School (BIS) orienteering competition on November 5.

Event organiser and BIS PTA co-chair Michelle Millington said the event she started up four years ago has continued to grow. “We are up again quite a bit from 170 entrants from last year, which is great,” she says.

The day raised around $9,000 for the school.

Clocking up the points… Top left: Aisha Tanaka-Avers and Holly Ambler, on Aramoana Ave. Family fun... Top right: BIS Year 7 student Matthew Blair (right) brought along a family of friends (from left) Arthur, Hugh and Tom Rebbeck.

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November 17, 2017

Nude swim around North Head gaining in popularity

Happy to finish…Simon Walter

Winners… Brent Foster (right) was the first man home, while Steffanie Gillespie (above) was the fastest woman

A record 16 nude swimmers completed the 2.2 km Round North Head swim on November 5.

Brent Foster was first overall race winner in a time of 23.03, with Steffanie Gillespie the first woman home in 23.31.

In the birthday suit division, the first nude male was Craig Gregory in 28.32, with Rebecca Bryant, the first nude woman, finishing in 30.14.

The race started at Windsor Reserve and finished at Balmain Reserve, with 159 swimmers completing the course.

The 1.2km swim was won by Ashlee Lala in a time of 26.42, with Fraser Williamson the first male home in 29.00.

The race was organised by Devonport Swim Club. The club has had a difficult year with its training pool at the Naval base out of action

after a land slip. Organisers at the race said it was likely the club could return to the pool early in 2018.

• Probably in keeping with a race in Devonport, the nude aspect is kept entirely underwater.

Swimmers go into the water in togs, which are handed to a boat operator. Entrants then put their swimsuits on again in the water several metres from shore.

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DestinationDevonport The second edition of Devonport Flagstaff’s Destination Devonport will be published in December.

This special edition of the Flagstaff will feature will feature what’s on, things to do and places to visit in Devonport over summer.

Instead of being delivered to housdeholds, 10,000 copies will be circulated to local cafes, businesses, art galleries, Devonport library, the volunteer information centre, the front desk at Devonport Tours (Auckland City) and in stands around Devonport. It will also be online.

Destination Devonport is written for tourists and visitors, attracting them to Devonport and its local businesses.

Destination Devonport will be published on 15 December 2017.

If you are interested in advertising in this summer-long publication, please contact us at sales@devonportflagstaff.co.nz PHOTO CREDITS:

Fullers Ferry – William Capper; Devonport – Xiquinhosilva; Waterfront Sunset – Summer Skyes 11; Mt Victoria Panorama – Rueben Strayer; Mushroom Tops – Russell Street; Yacht – Ronnie MacDonald; Esplanade on Victoria Road – Yasuhiro Chatani.

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Young speed-reader gets a buzz out of spelling bee Summer Edwards taught herself to read at the age of one.

A Year 10 student at Diocesan School for Girls, she reads up to 200 books a year and was recently one of 21 competitors at the 2017 New Zealand Spelling Bee Final.

It’s fair to say that reading has been Summer’s lifelong passion. Her mother Lynley Edwards was as surprised as anyone when her one-year-old daughter started to read. “We were at the shops and she just started reading out the signs.

By the time Summer was two, she could read everything, including the paper,” says.

Now 14, Summer is a voracious reader. In October alone, she read 28 books, bringing her total to 160 so far this year.

Summer, who lives at Stanley Bay, plans to notch that up to 200 by the end of December.

One of her favourite authors is David Levithan, an American young-adult fiction writer.

It goes without saying that Summer is a fast reader. Lynley says when they sit next to each other reading, she manages to read only about four lines before her daughter turns a page.

Summer also has a great memory – she can recite 71 digits of Pi – which has helped turn her into an an excellent speller.

She won the spelling bee at her school this year with a score of 92 out of 100.

At the Auckland regional finals, Summer was one of five Aucklanders who qualified for the national finals in Wellington, an event for Year 9 and Year 10 students. She made it through seven rounds until she tripped on the word ‘vitriolic’.

Passion for words… Summer Edwards

St Augustine’s Church restoration update Devonport Heritage 2017 is holding a Heritage Night on 30 November at 7.30pm at the Devonport Yacht Club.

The group intends to have quarterly meetings for the community to come and hear about interesting restorations and local history.

One woman’s dream to convert a church to a family home is first up. Lesley Harris will talk about her plans to transform St Augustine’s Church in Calliope Road into a large home for her family. In fact she has bought two churches – an older wooden one sits behind the main brick church. Harris is passionate about her project and her talk will be illustrated with photos of the churches.

The first of a series on The Streets Where We Live will feature the historic Allenby Ave, where many of the homes were built as show homes in the 19th century.

And North Shore Archives will make a presentation on how homeowners can research the history of their houses.

• The talk is open to everyone. The bar will be open and refreshments are offered.

Entry is by koha.

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November 17, 2017

Racing around Bayswater

They’re off…the five- and six-year-olds take to the run course The annual Bayswater Duathlon, held this year on 5 November, proved as popular as ever, with 260 kids taking part.

Finishers… competitors in the 11-year-old age group complete their race

You must be joking… costume winners in the Jolly Jog competition were Steve and Annie McLuckie

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November 17, 2017

Spate of peninsula burglaries

With Community Constable Jasmine Bundle Hello readers, With the increase in visitors to the area to enjoy our beautiful surroundings, I would like to remind everyone to keep alert and report any suspicious activity, and to drive cautiously, especially in the village where we will experience an increase in pedestrians and tourists unfamiliar with the area.

Since the start of October we have continued to receive reports of thefts from vehicles: Overnight 3-4 October – Empire Rd, Burgess Rd, Norwood Rd. Overnight 4-5 October – Kiwi Rd (x 2), Hastings Pde, Calliope Rd. Other locations in which vehicles have been targeted in October and early November include:Northumberland Ave, Waterview Rd, Old Lake Rd, Norman Rd, Jutland Rd, Mount Victoria.

On every occasion thieves have targeted vehicles containing handbags, wallets, tools, clothing, cash or electronic items. Please ensure you do not leave any valuables in your vehicle.

A trailer was reported stolen from a Hart Rd address, a road bike was stolen from Vauxhall Rd and a vehicle was stolen from Portsmouth St. An attempted theft of a vehicle was reported by a Sydney St resident.

Bicycles have been targeted again, with reports of bicycles stolen from Narrow Neck beach and Belmont Intermediate.

Remember to always secure your bicycle with the recommended D-lock and report any suspicious persons around bike racks.

Police have received 20 burglary reports on the peninsula since the beginning of October.

Areas targeted have been: Ngataringa Rd (x 2) Roslyn Tce (x 3) Wairoa Rd, Williamson Ave, Hauraki Rd (x ), North Ave, Norwood Rd, Bayswater Ave (x 2), Achilles Cres, Summer St, Vauxhall Rd, Church St, Ascot Ave, Lake

Rd, Hauraki Rd and Takarunga Rd. Wilful damage reports received have included: • A broken window from an egg being thrown at an Albert Rd property.

• Broken windows from rocks being thrown at the Rose Centre Community preschool in School Rd. • Damage to vehicles parked in Roberts Ave (rocks thrown, panels dented and rear light smashed), Beresford St (tyre slashed and eggs thrown), Plymouth Cres (roof damaged, possibly jumped on), Preston Ave (quarter-light window smashed), ferry terminal car park (wing mirror smashed).

Police need your help in identifying and catching criminals in our area.

If you hear an unfamiliar noise or your dog is barking, take a look.

If you see a suspicious person or vehicle and suspect something is not right, you are probably right. Call 111 immediately.

Police need the help of the community – you are our eyes and ears, safer communities together.

Ngataringa Park track clean up Volunteers are being asked to help in a clean up of the waters edge track around Ngataringa Park this Saturday, November 18 from 9 am.

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hanging trees had become a danger to both walkers and cyclists.

“It would be good if two people with umbrellas could walk past each other (on the track),” Cameron said.

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d l so DEVONPORT | 39 K AWE R AU AV E N U E An Artist’s House And Warm Family Home Superbly located near the inner harbour in beautiful Devonport this charming home is simply inspirational. Facing north with gorgeous views over to Ngataringa Bay the home offers an abundance of sun, privacy and tranquility. An elegant and spacious formal living area opens effortlessly to a deck and attractive lawns and gardens. There is a dining area with lovely leafy outlook, complete with a window seat, and a well appointed light and airy kitchen. Three generous bedrooms upstairs, two of which open to superb Juliet balconies. Excellent school zones. Close to Devonport shops, cafes and ferry for CBD. VIEW | SUN 12 - 12.30 PM OR BY APPOINTMENT PRICE | $1.175M PREMIUM.CO.NZ/9441

RICHARD MILNE 021 770 611 RichardMilne@premium.co.nz TAKAPUNA: 916 6000 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

EMMA MILNE 021 515 478 EmmaMilne@premium.co.nz TAKAPUNA: 916 6000 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

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This development is an exciting new concept in urban living situated in a prime central location - the key factors being light, sun and space. At 150m² each, there are two beautifully appointed apartments available on the ground floor - offering two double bedrooms, two bathrooms, separate study/office, open plan living/ entertaining opening out to exclusive use gardens. On their own freehold titles (no Body Corp), each has secure undercover parking for two cars, plus basement storage, onsite visitor car parking and lift access.

Completion due end 2017 - Secure now for your future enjoyment.

PRICE | $1.85M EACH PREMIUM.CO.NZ SOLE AGENCY | PREMIUM.CO.NZ/60466

ROWAN RENOUF AREINZ 021 736 683 RowanRenouf@premium.co.nz DEVONPORT : 445 3414 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

MARIA TODD AREINZ 021 743 187 MariaTodd@premium.co.nz TAKAPUNA: 916 6000 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

SHANNON DOELL AREINZ 021 720 225 ShannonDoell@premium.co.nz TAKAPUNA: 916 6000

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STANLEY POINT | 8A & 8B SECOND AVENUE A m az i n g D i s cov e r y | Tw o H o m e s S i de By Side Two 1950’s purpose-built weatherboard apartments in one building on separate titles, with firewall separation. A rare find in a peaceful, leafy harbourside cul-de-sac.

One has three bedrooms, lounge/dining, office/study, single garage and off street parking. The other has two bedrooms, lounge/dining, double garage and off street parking, plus a solar heated swimming pool.

These can be purchased together or separately. Easily connected to make a fantastic family home or home and income, or two separate self-contained apartments, all sitting proudly on 1061m2 of level land. Alternatively, explore the possibility of removing the existing building and redeveloping the large site. The possibilities are endless...

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ROWAN RENOUF AREINZ 021 736 683 RowanRenouf@premium.co.nz DEVONPORT: 445 3414 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

GRANT SPEEDY 027 4511 800 GrantSpeedy@premium.co.nz DEVONPORT: 445 3414 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

VIEW | WED 6 - 6.45 PM & SAT/SUN 12 - 12.45 PM OR BY APPOINTMENT TENDER | CLOSES TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2017 @ 4 PM PREMIUM.CO.NZ/60547 P RPORT E M I U M . CPR O.NZ LLIP N GRTE HE I N EM S T HP OR M EO S P E RT Y E V E RY D EVON OP E RT Y ISS EA MFIU