HENDERSON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY NEWS
Vol 9. Issue 1
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Over the past year, a number of HH residents have told me they are sick and tired of residents who don’t maintain their properties.
Feb/March 2019
I AM SICK OF IT!
One resident, who wishes to remain anonymous said “When we first moved here only a few years ago, most houses were kept immaculately. It was a sheer joy to drive around HH and see all the beautiful homes and gardens. Everyone seemed so house proud. But in the last few years, we have seen a change for the worst. Too many front lawns are not mown, gardens are full of weeds, cars litter the streets, and houses look neglected. Often blinds or curtains are closed for months and months and we never see who lives in the house. Yet we know the house is occupied because lights come on in the evening. It’s weird. Not only are these disheveled houses letting all the houses in their street down, but they are also affecting the property prices of those all around them. I know how real estate works. If a house sells for a low price because it’s been neglected, that low price is factored in to the value of the houses all around, pulling them down. My wife and I work hard, and it hurts to see lazy people causing our
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beautiful house price to lose its value. We are so upset about this. What’s hard about getting a lawn mower out and doing a bit of work, or putting on some gloves and doing some weeding? And planting some flowers? Don’t people want to live in lovely homes? With tidy gardens? How can they feel good inside themselves when their properties are a mess?
What’s wrong with these people! I know more and more HH houses are becoming rentals, but this is no excuse. We need to protect our lovely suburb and raise the standards again. How do we go about doing this? I am grief stricken and don’t know how to fix this problem.”
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REASONS WHY AUCKLAND REAL ESTATE IS GOING TO TAKE A HIT IN 2019. Put your seat belt on. It’s my prediction that Auckland Real Estate is in for a rough ride this year. Prices property vendors are achieving are already sliding south. Those who write glowing newspaper reports about the state of the property market in Auckland are using statistics which are 3 months old and, in my opinion, it’s fake news. The information I am giving you here is real time. That is to say, I am on the ground dealing with vendors on a daily basis and watching carefully what is happening in front of my eyes. Real Estate Agents talk
with each other. We know. So why are we in for a rough time? 1. The government’s policies to bring prices down are only just starting to bite. Over the next 12 months the jaws will close fully. 2. The Chinese government has stopped their people borrowing money if they are
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using it to buy overseas assets. 3. Even if Chinese investors don’t need to borrow Chinese money, the NZ government has restricted Chinese buyers - they can only buy new properties. 4. Even though interest rates are set to fall, banks are being very cautious at the moment. Their criteria is tough. For example, they apply a ‘sensitivity test’ to new mortgages. This means they ‘test’ each application to see if the borrower would survive if interest rates went to 7%. If they fail the test the loan application is rejected. 5. Labour is wanting to/maybe going to introduce a capital gains tax. Talk of this is causing investors to run for the hills. 6. The IRD has stopped giving certain tax benefits to investors. 7. There is global economic uncertainty. America is having an election next year. Britain is struggling with Brexit. The Chinese economy is labouring. 8. Australian property prices have taken a big hit and we usually follow their trends. 9. Immigration is slowly declining. Low interest rates will not be enough to stop the slide. Despite this doomy gloomy prediction, there is hope. If you are selling a house and you present it brilliantly, and you put it in a tuxedo, you’ll probably beat the trend. What I am saying is that there are buyers out there but they are fussy and picky. They either want a bargain or brilliant wellpresented property with no issues in a good location. Anything else will struggle to
achieve top dollar. So if you are thinking of selling, take some time to prepare your property fully and properly for sale. If you take short cuts you won’t get away with it. This is a buyer’s market which means it’s the perfect time to add an investment property to your portfolio or get into your first home. Until next time….
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HOW TO HAVE THE BEST EVER 2019 1. Sharpen your knife. Your expertise is your chief commodity. Take an hour this weekend to list out all your areas of expertise, and brainstorm a few ways you can develop each of them further.
6. Trade up Is there a bad habit you would like to eliminate? Sketch out some ideas for what you would replace it with - a more positive habit to make the transition easier. Act immediately.
2. Mind your motives Give with no expectation of reciprocation. Today, connect two friends or people within your network who can help one another. If you sow, you’ll reap.
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3. Embrace the journey Success is not so much a destination as a journey, and we are at our best when we are growing. Tonight write down all the positive traits you’re already using and appreciate them.
8. Tell them thanks Make sure the special people in your life know how much they mean to you. Put a reminder on your calendar - even one occasion of expressing gratitude each month. It’s key to honing purpose.
4. Pay it forward We all need help and assistance from mentors to maximize our potential. So become an asset for a young person, whether it’s a teen with promise, or someone just starting in their career. 5. Call your doc One of the most important things you can do for your health is to keep a regular relationship with your doctor. If you aren’t in the habit of scheduling regular check-ups, do that ASAP.
Talk through it In the day-to-day routine, it’s easy to rest on what is comfortable in relationships. Take your significant other to dinner this week, and open up a deeper conversation about your shared goals.
9. Create a bucket list One of the most rewarding things about a vacation is the excitement leading up to it it’s something to look forward to. Make a full list of things you want to do in life. The anticipation will energize you. 10. Go for it Fear and self-doubt hold too many people back. If you’re worried about something on the horizon, think back to another time you rose to the occasion, and let that memory give you peace of mind.
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Dear Julian
Re ‘Our Henderson Heights Community News’
Scruffy houses
Firstly, let me compliment you Julian on a fine job of producing this wonderful glossy local Newspaper for the community. The personal stories and articles are fabulous. I read it cover to cover and even enjoy the advertisements. Secondly, could you please put somewhere within this publication your Bank Account Number and Name of said Account so that people can make donations (anonymously should they wish) to keep it ticking along. I realise it takes a lot of time, effort and money to keep this all going and I’m sure many, like me (non advertisers) would gladly dip into their pockets and do some internet banking to donate to this wonderful publication.
I have lived in HH for many years and have noticed that our suburb is getting progressively scruffy. I realise that Auckland is changing, and more and more people can’t afford a house, so they rent. And renters tend to not look after their houses like an owner. I understand there are a lot of absentee foreign owners now who also do not care about their properties, as long as the rent is coming in. It grieves me to see our suburb going down hill. Please can you write about this issue? Kind regards Brian, HH resident. ---------------------------------------------------
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Editorial comment. Hi Brian, a number of residents share your concerns, which is why I have chosen this issue to be my cover story this time. Thank you for taking the time to write in.
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TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS More young male ‘boy racer’ drivers are killed on our roads than any other group.
exhausts, to be honest I don’t give a **** what their cars look like and I don’t want to hear their stupid exhausts.
This is according to Trinity College Dublin psychologist Prof Michael Gormley extensively who researched the behaviour and attitudes of young male drivers.
Boy racers seem to think that by adding a stupid sounding loud exhaust to your car makes it go faster? Therefore driving like utter idiots.
Prof Gormley said “young male drivers are just not as experienced as older drivers.” And he highlighted how sleep deprivation added to the risk of a youngmale accident. Young people, he says, need more sleep for a number of reasons. Their physiological development is one, but other major factors include socialising and social media activity - all of which disrupt sleep. His research also found that the risk of a collision increases according to the number of young peers in a car. Yet the opposite is the case for older drivers. Prof Gormley says young drivers take more risks: “My own research would indicate that young males are more impulsive, the result of an immature brain.” The fact that younger drivers drive smaller, less safe cars also increases the likelihood of an accident. One young female was asked what they thought of boy racers and their cars, and this is what she wrote: “Actually the thing that gets me most annoyed is the horrid loud
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Another wrote: So today I was in the car with my dad and this boy racer pulled up next to us at a red light in a Nissan Micra with blacked out windows, ne-on stickers all over it, a huge spoiler, and one of them daft loud exhausts. So he sat there and all the time the lights were on red he was revving the knackers of that car when the lights turned to green he tried to overtake us as well (illegal since it was a single lane road), unfortunately for him we were in an Audi TT but still compared to a Nissan Micra he should have known he would have no chance. I’m 17 in a few weeks and want to learn to drive. I can afford a car but not the insurance. I think the reason the insurance is so high is because of total twits like the Nissan Micra lad giving the rest of us young people a bad reputation when it comes to young drivers.
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He says they over-estimate their own abilities and underestimate the difficulty involved in driving, and that’s partly because young men are “much more problematic” psychologically at that age than women drivers.
While in fact most other cars on the road (with sensible drivers) could probably beat you hands down if they wanted.”
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HOW TO EFFICIENTLY WATER YOUR GARDEN DURING THIS DRY SUMMER! symptoms of overwatering. The best way to make sure you don’t over water, is to check the soil about a spade-deep down. If it is moist, you don’t have to water your plant but please do, if it is dry.
are coming up, especially with the hot and dry weather that New Zealand was able to enjoy over the past couple of weeks. Did you know that the most common cause of plant death is the lack of water? The symptoms are noticeable at the top of the plant and works its way down or on the outside of the plant, working its way towards the centre of the stem. However, be careful! Because the symptoms of turning yellow or brown at the edges and possibly dropping leaves can also be the
Here are some useful tips for you to reduce the need of frequent watering in your garden, especially in a dry summer: 1. Water in the evening to reduce evaporation. However, if your plant(s) look like they are suffering, water them immediately. 2. Install a rainwater tank to conserve water instead of using Council water. A sprinkler can use 1000 litres an hour, the equivalent of a whole family usage in two days.
3. If you have an automatic watering system, adjust it to take the dry weather into account. Make sure that they are set up to water the soil underneath the plants so the water can get to the roots, rather than just wetting the stems, soil surface, and leaves. 4. Be aware, that some plants need more water than others. We recommend targeted watering using a can or hose. That way you can cut down on how much water you are using and ensure that no plants are thirsty or overwatered. 5. Check up on your soil: adding plenty of moisture-retentive organic matters, such as compost and mulch to prevent evaporation will help. Other things to help your garden through the dry spells is to choose plants suitable for dry conditions.
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European Settlement In The Western Waitakere Ranges water supply and the bush grew back. In other parts of the Ranges, neglected paddocks quickly reverted to scrub when manpower was unavailable. Most of this land is now in the Auckland Regional Council Parkland.
Waitakere Ranges, and if you are lucky, you can sometimes see the remains of an early European home. During the ‘long depression’ of the 1880s and early 1890s families moved into the area to live off the land. Living
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was rough and tough. If you had livestock, you were rich, and farms were established. There was no power and water came from streams. This was the era of the gum diggers and squatters who lived in Maori style whares. When the depression ended, many left for jobs in town, abandoning the homes they had set up in the Waitakere Ranges. In the early 1900s most of the farms in the centre of the Ranges were purchased by the Auckland City Council for
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TOP GRADUATES TEAM UP AT THE GROUNDS! Jade and Charlie, who head up the Events department at the Grounds, are a formidable team. Both graduated from AUT about the same time (and even the same class) in 2017 with a B.A in event management. Jade knew David Sutherland who is the visionary entrepreneur who founded The Grounds and Whoa! Studios in 2015, so she reached out to him offering him all the skills and knowledge she’d learnt in her degree, and David jumped at the opportunity! Now here’s the kicker – her best friend and classmate Charlie from AUT also came on board at the same time. Together they’ve teamed up to develop the immersive event experiences offered by The Grounds and creatives at Whoa! Studios. It’s obvious Jade and Charlie love their job. Says Jade “I was just so fortunate to have David (through his partner and General Manager - Candace Borchert) take me on. The Grounds is a very unique place to work. Really, the whole staff is one big family so working here, one gets huge support and encouragement. We’ve been fortunate to have the mentorship of Event’s VeteranRebecca Nelson to work with. She and the management team demonstrate that the whole business is built on relationships and trust. It’s a very freeing environment in which to work. The owners have given me great freedom to grow and learn and it’s such a lovely thing to have an employer who trusts you completely. It just makes me want to give 110% to seeing the business flourish.” Charlie nods in complete agreement and adds “I love event
management, meeting clients, building relationships, and networking with people. Jade and I are social butterflies anyway, so our job at The Grounds in a perfect fit for both of us. As Jade said, the staff here are one big family so when we stage an event, everyone involved in every aspect of the event knows each other. We don’t hire people to come in to do different aspects of an event. It’s all ‘in-house’ which is just one more thing that makes The Grounds so unique.” HHCNews: Jade and Charlie, keep up the great work helping to make The Grounds the premiere eatery in West Auckland, and Whoa! Studios the centre for creativity – aiming for their target of creating a million smiles!
WHOA! STUDIOS COMMUNITY Cormac is our COMMUNITY HEROE this month! Cormac Patterson (18) was born with spina bifida and is now a wheel chair user. His orthopedic surgeon Stu Walsh connected him with Ben Bailey, executive chef at The Grounds. Ben offered to give Cormac some work experience, and he jumped at the chance. The rest is history. Says Ben of Cormac, “He has a great attitude and with a good attitude you can achieve anything. His Dad is making Cormac his own stainless-steel work bench so he can fit seamlessly into the work environment as a chef at The Grounds. He’s such a neat kid.” When
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WIGHT OPTOMETRISTS YOUNG REF ‘Da best in Da West!’ His name is Poyer Finau Junior, and he’s oozing talent. Ex-head boy at Henderson Intermediate, and now at Waitakere College, Poyer was recently awarded the coveted prize of “Official of the Year” (translation: referee) by Sport Waitakere. This is no little award. Over 100 referees across all codes of sport (e.g. soccer, rugby, league, tag, touch, volleyball etc), many of whom were many years his senior were in the race to win, but Poyer Junior came up trumps. Asked what makes a good referee, he replied with glee “Oh, that’s easy. Integrity is the main thing. You have to keep the game fair and avoid all bias. You see the trouble is, I have a lot of friends I not only ref with, but who I play with. It’s easy to favour your friends when refereeing a game in which they are playing, but I am aware of the challenge. Being a good referee requires mental toughness and strength, not to give in to those inner urges to please one’s mates! So fitness of mind and emotions are a close second to integrity when it comes to the qualities of a great referee. The third quality of a great referee would be the ability
to work under pressure. Sometimes a referee will be under great pressure in a game and will have to make split second decisions which can change the entire outcome of a game. Thankfully, at the highest level, there is a TV referee to help out, but at the junior level, it’s all up to the referee on the field! That’s sometimes really tough!” Poyner was recently awarded a scholarship at Otago University. HHCNews: Who has been the biggest influence in your life? “Apart from my dad, it’s been a teacher at Henderson Intermediate school called Mr Harris. You see, one year I lost my Nan, and it really knocked me about emotionally and in other ways. Mr Harris saw this and took the time to console me, and always had faith in me. He kept pushing me forwards in sport and academics but at the same time helped me heal my heart. So thank you Mr Harris! I have not let you down! Really, it’s a very caring school.” HHCNews: Congratulations Poyer! Also, top marks to your Dad and Mr Harris. We wish you well in the future!
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WE LEFT AUCKLAND FOR GOOD & DON’T WANT TO GO BACK! Ian and Lynette Melton of Leafield Cresent (in their 50’s) were sick of Auckland traffic and felt like they were ‘over’ their Auckland jobs. So they made the decision to sell their home in HH, leave the big smoke and move to Northland.
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yet when we take a trip in there, we can find a park easily and there are no traffic jams. Plus, fuel is a whole lot cheaper and we don’t have to que at the movies! Now we’ve made the move north, we are hoping our family make the move as well, so we can all be closer. Whether they come or not, Lynette and I are really happy, and so glad we stepped out and took a risk. Essentially, it’s not been much of a risk at all, but more of an adventure. Thank you Julian for helping us make the move!” Top Shelf Electrical is dedicated to providing the best possible quality of workmanship and service for any of your electrical needs.
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In the 1800’s, 'THE RIGHT OF CONQUEST’ was international law and entirely legal. The right of conquest is the right of a conqueror to territory taken by force of arms. It was traditionally a principle of international law that has gradually given way in modern times until its proscription after World War II when the crime of war of aggression was first codified in the Nuremberg Principles and then finally, in 1974, as United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314. How does this change our view of the arrival of the British in NZ? To help keep this paper going you can
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HENDERSON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY NEWS MENTAL FLOSS! More advice from Centurions
A thread on an online forum was created by a young man who wanted people to ask his 101-year-old grandmother questions about life. These are some of her best responses: • “Don’t be crazy about amassing material things. Remember: You don’t know when your number is up, and you can’t take it with you to the next place.” • You will one day realize you spent too much time worrying about nothing. • “I don’t care what you’re passionate about: maybe saving bottle tops. But if you do it passionately, you’re alive. Be passionate!”
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HENDERSON HEIGHTS CULTURE Setting an example: Poyner Finau At 60, Poyner Finau of San Marino Drive is on a mission. With 7 children and wife Karen, they’ve lived in HH for 9 years. His stated goal is to “be the best example to my kids in every way possible.” When he and his family first moved into San Marino Drive, it was a deadend street. Soon after they moved in, the council and developers opened up the end of the street and the dead-end was lost. But he and his family loved the house so much, they stayed. “I played rugby league as a professional for 7 years when I was younger” he says with a huge smile and his children listening in “I travelled the world playing league, and was paid for it. It was a brilliant way to live! In 1999, I bought a house in Te Atatu South and got married all in the same year. A year later I bought in San Marino Drive. You asked me what makes a great family? This is my answer – family is a team effort. We help each other and encourage each other by speaking positive words to each other at home. We take time to congratulate each other on each other’s achievements. If a home is not a positive environment, no one will grow. I have tried all my life to point my kids in the right direction for their futures. I want them to follow what I did in my younger life which, as I said, was being paid for playing sport and travelling the world. Now I am the site manager for a construction company and travel all over the Pacific. I have a degree in construction and am a qualified joiner. I encourage my children too to achieve academically, to get qualifications, and to work hard.” One of the kids pipes up (smiling) “Dad is quite strict. Before I play a rugby game, he explains what moves I should make on the field. He uses a
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REAL ESTATE NEWS SITUATIONS in Henderson Heights
Sales Steady In HH. Properties are selling in HH, but often there is an almighty tussle
between what the vendor wants to achieve, and what the buyer wants to pay. The downward pressure on prices is growing by the month and is set to increase as we move deeper into 2019. As I said in my editorial, if you want the best possible price for your home, spend a lot of time getting it ready for sale. To get the best it needs to look its best. In short, if you rush it, you’ll blow it. I have two fabulous properties coming onto the market later in February. One is Metcalfe Road. It’s 4 bedrooms, double internal access garage, brick and fibrolite cladding with a tile roof, and in oh so quiet-a location. The other one is in Massey. This is a house and income, on nearly 4000m2 of land. It has a ‘way out in the country feel’ yet is only 7 minutes from Westgate shops! Both these properties have so much going for them and will be snapped up when they hit the market. Give me a call to discuss. 0274764430. 5/02/19, 8*26 PM Capital Value
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724000
610 m²
80 m²
12 Tirohunga Drive
Henderson
Waitakere City
855000
05 Dec 2018
890000
612 m²
140 m²
55 Sapperton Drive
Henderson
Waitakere City
1125000
01 Dec 2018
1060000
707 m²
281 m²
15 San Pedro Place
Henderson
Waitakere City
860000
30 Nov 2018
898000
639 m²
172 m²
8 San Vito Place
Henderson
Waitakere City
845000
30 Nov 2018
845000
650 m²
237 m²
37 Waltham Street
Henderson
Waitakere City
1075000
30 Nov 2018
930000
611 m²
249 m²
49 San Marino Drive West Henderson
Waitakere City
980000
30 Nov 2018
870000
550 m²
180 m²
3/248 Sturges Road
Henderson
Waitakere City
945000
30 Nov 2018
880000
221 Henderson Valley Road
Henderson
Waitakere City
650000
28 Nov 2018
635000
450 m²
119 m²
11 Sapperton Drive
Henderson
Waitakere City
935000
25 Nov 2018
945000
573 m²
200 m²
14 Rhinevale Close
Henderson
Waitakere City
915000
25 Nov 2018
1050000
786 m²
200 m²
3 San Ignacio Court
Henderson
Waitakere City
1045000
23 Nov 2018
850000
574 m²
180 m²
15 Murray Becroft Avenue Henderson Valley
Waitakere City
1150000
19 Nov 2018
1150000
607 m²
227 m²
104C Simpson Road
Henderson Valley
Waitakere City
1035000
12 Nov 2018
980000
610 m²
211 m²
209 Henderson Valley Road
Henderson
Waitakere City
660000
09 Nov 2018
680000
878 m²
110 m²
Address
Suburb
Town
241 Sturges Road
Henderson
20 Chelmsley Avenue
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172 m²
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