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The Klipsch Fives – available locally The Klipsch Fives are billed as the most versatile powered speakers on earth. These easy to use, hi-definition speakers can be directly connected to your TV, and virtually anything else. The Fives incorporate award-winning, proprietary Klipsch Reference acoustic horn-loaded technology, with dedicated left and right speakers creating a big, bold sound stage. Built-in dynamic bass equalisation delivers powerful bass at any volume. The Fives also feature 192kHz/24-bit decoding for flawless reproduction of high-resolution audio tracks. The Fives are the first powered monitors to feature HDMI-ARC to connect directly to a TV for high resolution, discrete 2-channel TV sound. The Fives also include a phono preamp, Bluetooth 5, digital optical, analogue RCA and USB inputs – and a subwoofer output. The Fives provide a better listening experience than a traditional soundbar with the same easy plug-and-play setup. With award-winning acoustics, state-of-the-art DSP and tuning alongside discrete left and right channels you will get all-encompassing, room-filling sound from
your TV with just one cable. Built with midcentury modern design in mind, the Fives are crafted with luxury materials including real wood veneer and tactile switches and knobs set atop the speakers for easy control. They feature removable magnetic grilles and multiple finish options. The Fives will fit into your space, no matter the room size. Enjoy superior stereo sound from a powerful and beautifully crafted tabletop system. Why settle for anything less? Available now from Axent Audio, 25 Portage Road, New Lynn
If you’ve ever admired Susannah Bridges’ embossed porcelain lights on sale at Te Uru Gallery, then now is the time to get there and get one – they are on offer at a great special price, ending on August 31. Susannah was recently a recipient of an Arts Continuity Grant from Creative NZ’s Covid19 response strategy. She will be developing prototypes for large scale bespoke light works, alongside updating her existing range. Watch this space for further news.
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Have your say and love local .... The local board is currently consulting on its three year plan. This is a statutory required document in which we set out our aims and aspirations for this term. When the local board started work on this, last November, the world was an entirely different place. Climate change was the most present danger but we still had a decade or so to get the city ready for it. Then Covid 19 hit. In January news broke about a new viral outbreak in Wuhan that spread easily and hospitalised and killed some, especially those who were older or who had preexisting conditions. It then appeared in Italy and Spain and overwhelmed their hospitals. It started to appear in other countries as well. It made its way to New Zealand. Thanks to determined early intervention by the Government and the actions of the team of five million we are living in a paradise where the only current notified infections are those of returning kiwis kept in isolation. This may not last, the virus is easily spread and human beings can do crazy things, but so far so good.
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economy has dramatically changed and locally we are seeing the effect of decreased demand. Council has just finalised its emergency budget to address a predicted hole in Council’s finances. Even with the best of intentions council’s spend will contract and we will not be able to do what we have in the past. But the rebuild from Covid is vital and the need to address climate change is also a vital area of activity for us. This is why our draft local board plan has been so difficult to write and why it is so important that we get it right. Let us know what you think of the plan. And tell us how we can all improve our own particular piece of paradise. Feedback can be given via the web at akhaveyoursay.co.nz/ lovelocal Greg Presland | Local Board Chair Waitākere Ranges Local Board Mobile: 021 998 411 Email: Greg.presland@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Even though we have not had the same effects as overseas the virus is still having a profound effect. The world’s
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