GREAT NORTH ROAD COMMUNITY-LED VISION

Putting the ‘Great’ into Great North Road. A new community-led vision sees Great North Road becoming a great north boulevard of trees.

Great North Road between Ponsonby Road and Grey Lynn village with its glorious ridge-top location and arterial access from the west is ripe for intensification. The potential for form and scale change is massive, as is its growth as a major arterial route to and from the west.

The Great North Road precinct has the potential to become a boulevard of international significance with a thriving streetscape that is safe for both pedestrians and cyclists contiguous with the adjoining heritage communities of both Arch Hill and Grey Lynn.

The genesis of the community-led vision arose out of a well-attended public meeting in 2014 involving various community groups and Auckland Council planners following the Bunnings consent and planning debacle and the realisation that there was no overarching vision or plan that might influence those pulling the levers of a perceived ad-hoc process.

Observing that precinct plans for Karangahape Road, Ponsonby Road, Newton and other areas were in train or enacted yet nothing was in place for Great North Road, the opportunity for a truly visionary plan was going begging. Hence the Grey Lynn Residents Association (GLRA) applied for funding from the Waitemata Local Board and received $10,000 to complete the project.

There was more than a year of consultation with stakeholder organisations and individuals, including architects, designers and developers, local business, AT and Council design staff and elected representatives. Concurrently, a community-centric survey which aimed to gauge the thoughts and aspirations for Great North Road from the adjacent residents, users and wider community was also conducted.

Because the community-led plan is a local initiative, it gave our community the opportunity for a greater degree of input than usual. It also added pressure for GLRA to develop a vision that is constructive, measured and plausible so that developers, designers and planners will be inclined to be more mindful of the impact and enhancements that their inputs could have on the Great North Road precinct in its entirety.

David Batten and Brandon Wilcox, the project leads from Grey Lynn Residents Association, say they are well aware they have no status to force change in attitude, statute or plan other than through influence. They know that the usual outcome of similar initiatives is relegation to a rarely-opened bottom drawer. Batten and Wilcox will therefore be embarking on an extensive follow-up process with all stakeholders.

In a remarkable timing co-incidence, AT’s Great North Road - bus, cycling and safety improvements consultation process is soon to open. Batten and Wilcox hope their recently completed communityled vision will influence change and a greater sense of vision than just AT’s planned removal of parking and addition of cycle lanes, bus stops and pedestrian crossings.

There are links to the download file on both GLRA and Arch Hill Matters Facebook pages and a hard copy can be viewed at the Grey Lynn library.  PN

The Community-led Vision for Great North Road document can be downloaded from the GLRA website at www.greylynnresidents.org.nz.

Promoting the quality of life as we age.

The 90+study led by Dr Claudia Kawas, is one of the largest studies of the ‘oldest-old’ in the world. More than 1,600 people have enrolled, and it has resulted in a public health priority to promote the quality as well as the quantity of life.

Apart from superagers having a certain type of brain cell, the study also found that in the main, they are not ‘skinny’, they drink moderate amounts of coffee and alcohol, they exercise, and they develop relationships that are central to their lives through social and mental activities with family and friends. One participant, when asked, “Do you wish you had achieved more?” replied, “No, I wish I had loved more.”

And Ponsonby U3A sees as its focus to do just that - promote the quality of life through facilitating relationships established through frequent social, cultural, and intellectual activities. Not that the general membership is in the 90 plus cohort. Ages range from late 50s to indeed, 90 plus. And within the organisation there is something for everyone who has reached the stage where they are looking for more to stimulate them, who are lonely perhaps and need to widen their social relationships, or who are new to the area and need to meet people from the community. What stands out in the organisation is the number of close friendships that have developed over time.

Every month, Ponsonby U3A holds a general meeting and hosts a guest speaker on topics covering matters of scientific, social, economic, and cultural import. This is the time when members meet most of the membership with opportunity to catch up and exchange news and views with friends and new members and visitors. While unable to hold a general meeting in March, the scheduled speaker, Anna Willison will now speak at the April meeting.

Ponsonby U3A has been running for almost 27 years and has a fast-growing membership. For example, six new members joined last month and there is a constant stream of visitors. Real friendships are forged in the 30 special interest groups where there is something for everyone. Kathy Walker, co-ordinator of special interest groups, reports a burgeoning of new groups adding opportunities for people to exchange skills and knowledge and consolidate their learning by passing it on to others. Each group comprises about eight to 12 members and covers a huge range of topics. Groups generally meet at a member’s house or in the cases of gallery visiting, viewing art or architecture in public spaces, or rambling to special places and garden visiting, at a specified venue. Other groups include antiques and collectibles, armchair travel, writing, poetry, drawing and painting, play-reading, wellbeing, current affairs, vintage film evenings, te reo Maori, music, ukulele, mah-jong, dining out in local restaurants and organised visits for theatre and concert going.

There is always a welcome to be found at Ponsonby U3A. Guests are invited to attend monthly meetings to check out the vibe for themselves but are asked to first telephone Philippa Tait on T: 0274 523 108. Guest speaker for the April meeting is Anna Willison, Senior Fisheries Officer, Ministry of Primary Industries.  PN

NEXT MEETING: 10am Friday 9 April at Herne Bay Petanque Club, Salisbury Street, Herne Bay.

ENQUIRIES: Philippa Tait, President, Ponsonby U3A, T: 0274 523 108, www.u3a.nz

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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF BUSINESS IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY?

Business In Service to the Community (BISC): supports local schools with financial help. It’s all about the kids!

BISC is a networking organisation of business people who are community minded and are looking for opportunities to meet like minded business people while supporting local schools with their financial contributions.

All members feature on the website and are also published in all of the schools’ newsletters. There is also a business card holder in the entrance to each school, where members’ business cards are displayed.

BISC meets monthly giving the opportunity to network with the other BISC members. Our mission is to donate money raised from the yearly subscriptions, to be used for such things as sports equipment, books, solar panels and other items schools may need.

The schools that benefit are Pt Chevalier Primary, Westmere School, Pasadena Intermediate and Western Springs College. Members do not have to have children at any of the schools and may choose to appoint a staff member to represent the company.

There is no school zone boundary restrictions so if you want your business featured on the school websites just follow the ‘JOIN NOW’ toggle and follow the prompts.

Rick Thevenard, Jonathan Hughes, Pasadena Intermediate and David Wren

BISC is designed to present members and businesses with the opportunity to:

• market their products and services to the 2000+ families in the local school communities

• meet other business people through Network get-togethers

• support Pt Chevalier School, Westmere School and Pasadena

Intermediate and Western Springs College, through the donation of the nominal ‘joining fee’.

The BISC website is an opportunity and an environment where businesses can showcase their services and goods to the school communities.

Who is behind BISC? Originally, BISC was organised and managed by a small group of parents of Point Chevalier School students who either have their own business or are employees of businesses. However this has now grown and includes parents from Westmere School, Pasadena Intermediate and Western Springs College plus businesses not connected with the schools.

This initiative has the full support of Point Chevalier School PTA, Westmere School Parents Net, Pasadena Intermediate CAPS, Western Springs College Parent Action Group, their Board of Trustees and school management.

Rick Thevenard, Teresa Burn, Westmere Principal and David Wren

How will Pt Chevalier School, Westmere School, Pasadena Intermediate and Western Springs College benefit from BISC? Your membership fee, less any associated costs, will be donated directly to the schools. BISC is fully audited.

Why join? • BISC provides networking opportunities for business owners or their employees from the local city fringe community to meet and network with each other.

• Interesting guest speakers attend meetings to offer BISC members insight into community issues or specific business’s of interest in area.

• BISC is an initiative to raise money for local schools.

Join now www.bisc.org.nz Contact personnel: President: Rick Thevenard: T: 0274 481 888 or r.thevernard@barfoot.co.nz Vice President: David Wren: T: 09 815 0543 or david@davidwren.co.nz

John Gray and Roger Levie investigate an Auckland apartment complex with such serious defects it has become NZ’s most expensive repair job

NEW DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATES DEFECTIVE APARTMENTS

After exposing the leaky home crisis 10 years ago in an award-winning documentary “A Rotten Shame”, John Gray from HOBANZ now turns his attention to apartments in a new documentary “A Living Hell: Apartment Disasters”.

Essential viewing for everyone who owns, or wants to own an apartment, this new documentary screens on Prime, Wednesday 14 April @ 7.30pm.

It reveals the shocking truth about the dreadful and dangerous state of many apartments in New Zealand. Buildings that look sound turn out to be seriously defective, costing millions to fix and in the worst cases only fit to be pulled down. The owners who thought they were making a good step on the property ladder now find themselves with an unfolding nightmare that will affect the rest of their lives. The documentary asks how did this building catastrophe come about and how can it be fixed?

After discovering his own home in a Ponsonby complex was a “leaker” in 2002, and eventually winning compensation, John Gray formed HOBANZ (Home Owners and Buyers Association) on Ponsonby Road. He was joined by Roger Levie who had experienced his own leaky home ordeal. Over the years the pair have fought for better protection for home owners and have helped many apartment owners with their legal battles and expensive repairs.

In this new documentary, produced by Freemans Bay resident Rachel Stace, John and Roger take viewers to apartment complexes around New Zealand, including several in inner city Auckland. They see a relatively-new apartment block in Newton, which is so bad it can only be demolished, leaving the owners with mortgages but no apartment. Another complex in St Lukes has become New Zealand’s most expensive repair job of over $100 million. The financial and emotional impact on the owners is huge.

“The destruction of wealth, stress, anxiety, mental and physical health issues that is suffered by owners of defective homes is simply unacceptable,” states John.

John and Roger talk to building experts about construction defects, to politicians about what needs to be done, and to legal experts about how the Unit Titles Act is not serving apartment owners. They talk to Auckland Central MP (and apartment dweller) Chlöe Swarbrick who is backing Nikki Kaye’s bill to amend the UTA, now finally on the Parliamentary agenda. Prospective apartment owners often have no idea of what it means to be part of a body corporate where the building is collectively owned and the repairs become everyone’s cost, quite unlike a stand-alone house. And it seems that defective apartments are still being built. “Despite the challenges we have faced over the last 16 years, it seems very little has changed,” says John.

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JOHN ELLIOTT: PLANS FOR SAVING HAURAKI GULF FISH STOCKS

The inner beaches have faecal contamination and the Hauraki Gulf is facing underwater deserts as it is fished out.

These are international tragedies which we in New Zealand should be working hard to avoid, or at least mitigate. Various Maori groups are doing their part, but should we have to rely on rahui to protect and preserve our kai moana?

I was thrilled when our local iwi at Matapouri placed a rahui on the Mermaid Pools which were being destroyed by hundreds of visitors.

Councillor Cooms assured me that the Auckland Council and Government are determined to protect the Hauraki Gulf.

Back in 2015 or 16 the National Government tried to limit recreational catches on the Hauraki Gulf. A massive protest from selfish one percenters, all National Party voters, forced National to back down, in case their electoral chances were too severely affected - selfishness in the extreme by an affluent minority.

Jacinda’s Government must avoid that sort of partisan pressure. The Minister for Fisheries, David Parker, has the power to alter fisheries policy, and the Minister for Conservation has the responsibility for the creation of new marine reserves.

If central government had its policy settings right, mana whenua would not be having to lay down rahui to protect what little kai moana we have left. Both local and central government have a part to play.

Central government has recently announced in parliament that it is very close to releasing its long awaited Response Strategy to the Sea Change for the Hauraki Gulf. Now is the time to make it happen! As Auckland Central MP Chloe Swarbrick says, “We’re a long way off the consensus of international experts, who say at least 30 percent of our oceans need to be protected to avoid fishery collapse, restore biodiversity and build ocean resistance to change.

“If we are committed to protecting and restoring our environment,” says Chlöe, “the rest of us need to step up and tautoko (support) iwi and hapu-led solutions like these.”

I agree. But it is critical that these decisions are not left to local iwi, and that the central government makes the right decisions, and soon.

Pippa Coom gave me some hope. She showed me a letter written by Mayor Goff to the Minister for Oceans, David Parker, strongly supporting the Maori rahui initiatives.

The Hauraki Gulf Forum’s goals include at least 30 percent under marine protection, restoration of 1000km of shellfish beds and reefs, riparian planting and an end to marine dumping. We need to restore the whole ecosystem, ki uta ki tai, (from the mountains to the sea) not just snapper stocks. A snapper monoculture in the Hauraki Gulf is in no one’s best interests - not even the snapper.

And just as an interesting postscript, an article by Herald writer, Simon Wilson, supporting electric ferries on the Hauraki Gulf has caught my attention.

Bring back the kai moana, sell the car, and cruise around the gulf in an electric ferry.

Good things certainly take time, as the old ad says. But they can happen. (JOHN ELLIOTT)  PN

COUNCIL LOBBIED FOR LEYS INSTITUTE RESTORATION FUNDS

In March Auckland Council consulted with the community on their “Recovery Budget”, the proposed Long Term Plan for 2021-31.

The Local Boards had the opportunity in the consultation document to advocate for their key priorities and it’s heartening to see that allocating funds to the upgrading of the Leys Institute was one of the top priorities for the Waitemata Local Board. Local Board Chair Richard Northey has asked for the community to make submissions for funds for the Leys buildings, in his Board reports and in his Ponsonby News reports.

Friends of Leys Institute members, (now numbering 207), have been given strong encouragement and information to make a submission, and we know from our feedback that many had done so by the March 22 deadline.

Friends of Leys Institute also participated in an online hearings event, held by the Local Board on 9 March, to hear from community groups with their requests for the Long Term Plan.

In the council consultation document there is a statement that it would like to be able to spend money on upgrading heritage buildings. Under the Parks and Community section on page 24 it says, “we could... undertake some seismic strengthening of community facilities.” The Leys Institute certainly fits this criteria.

We wait in hope for the final Long Term Plan to allocate funding for the Leys Institute and to return our much loved heritage buildings, facilities and library services back to us.

If you would like to join Friends of Leys Institute you can contact Co-ordinator Helen Geary at heleng@maxnet.co.nz, or T: 021 208 7490.  PN

MONMOUTH GLASS STUDIO, GREY LYNN IS EXCITED TO RELEASE A NEW SEASON OF HAND-BLOWN GLASS VESSELS

The new season includes a range of hand-blown cups and carafes in four fresh colours – red wine, apricot, orange and lemon yellow – and a collection of six beautiful vases.

The vases are available in lemon yellow, red wine, amber and speckled apricot and will be available online and in-store alongside the dynamic offering of glass objects straight from Monmouth Studio.

Monmouth is a traditional glassblowing studio. The furnace holds 120 kilos of glass and is kept molten at a temperature of 1110 degrees Celsius twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. Every piece is gathered from the furnace then hand shaped and blown using timehonoured glassblowing techniques that date back hundreds of years.

Isaac Katzoff and Stephen Bradbourne, the artists who founded Monmouth Glass Studio, maintain their individual practices (of sculptural pieces and murine-style glass respectively) while also producing a range of handmade glass objects for everyday use.

“There’s something special about using handmade objects in daily life”, says Bradbourne. “Instead of saving things for ‘special occasions’, we like to think you can have things that are good-looking and well-made, now.”

Despite the disruptions of the past year, Katzoff and Bradbourne have found time for experimentation in the hot shop: “blowing glass is part of who we are and we’re not sure what to do with ourselves when we’re not able to get into the studio,” Katzoff says.

“But, we’re grateful for all the support we have received from our customers over the last year, which has kept us motivated and allowed us to experiment with new shapes and colours.”

The new collection will be available in-store and at www.monmouthglassstudio.com from Friday 19 March 2021.

MONMOUTH GLASS STUDIO RETAIL STORE: 5 Great North Road, Grey Lynn.

CLAY WORKS POTTERS’ MARKET - COMING UP SOON…

Clay Works, held annually by St Columba Church in Grey Lynn since 2015, has become an institution in Auckland, a ‘go to’ event in our arts calendar.

Word of mouth ensures that hundreds of people turn up over the two days, and there have even been stories of people timing their visits from the South Island and Australia to coincide with the Clay Works weekend. That will be a bit more complicated this year.

In 2020, the event was postponed twice and finally took place in October - but the crowds of buyers and browsers were no smaller, and the St Columba site was buzzing with people, inside and out. Although pottery was the primary order of the day, the legendary Nell’s chutneys, jams and relishes, Kiwi Tucker mussel fritters, and barbecued sausages were hot sellers in the garden.

It’s the quality of pottery that draws so many people. Forty-plus potters, from Auckland and beyond, from emerging to established, display their work in the community centre. The space is full of tables groaning (in a nice way) with pottery, and the selection is diverse in size, form, clay, colour and price. There is something for everyone. in your life - or yourself, or anyone, really. Added to the joy of being able to buy beautiful, handcrafted pieces is the satisfaction of knowing that the proceeds of this fundraiser enable St Columba to continue its work in the community, the most well-known of which is their Friday Community Lunch, now in its fourth year.

In these times of intermittent Covid lockdowns, this support is essential to an increasing number of individuals and families. So, fingers crossed that Clay Works can go ahead as planned - keep the days free: Friday 7 and Saturday 8 May, 10am - 4pm. Nau mai, haere mai - all welcome!  PN

AN UPDATE FROM AT ON THE PONSONBY ROAD STREETS FOR PEOPLE PROJECT

We are working with the community to trial safer ways to travel and to create a more vibrant Ponsonby Road between Anglesea Street and Williamson Avenue.

The changes will be temporary, installation will be quick, and adjustments can be made once the changes are in place.

From 5 March to 21 March feedback was open on nine concepts for the changes. We have had a great response with 2,769 votes on the concepts, from a combination of our Social Pinpoint webpage, on street interviews, and a survey of businesses.

With limited time and budget, we won’t be able install all these concepts, and decisions on which ones to trial will be based on a combination of public feedback, expert feedback, and time and budget considerations.

There was lively debate through the comments, with strong support for six of the nine concepts (see voting results below). Wednesday 31 March Detailed designs are created and will be reviewed by subject matter experts.

April 2021 All feedback will be reviewed, stakeholder engagement will continue, funding decisions will be made.

Public feedback, total support for concept:

Barnes Dance Crossing 89%

Improve pedestrian crossings on side streets 87%

Expressing the Ponsonby character 84%

De-clutter the footpath 81%

Safety improvements to mid-block crossings 77%

Dedicated delivery & taxi pick-up and drop-off areas 61%

Shared lane 39%

Parklets 35% Mid 2021 We are aiming for changes to be in place by mid-2021.

Mid 2021 We will hold an open day if possible, monitor the impact of the changes, and allow for adjustments to be made in response to public feedback.

Find out more: AT.govt.nz/ponsonbyroad

What else is happening in the area? Great North Road AT are proposing to make a section of Great North Road (between Crummer Road and Ponsonby Road) safer for all road users, especially people walking and on bikes, make bus journeys more reliable, and help reduce congestion along the route. Have your say before 7 May.

Collingwood Street AT has been working closely with Collingwood Street residents and affected parties to address safety concerns due to the increased traffic. Based on public feedback, we have implemented several traffic calming measures to reduce traffic and speed. We’re continuing to monitor traffic on Collingwood Street to determine if further changes are needed.

Restrict right-turn crossings 31%

Next steps: Thursday 25 March We hold a workshop with Richmond Road School which we will report back on next month. Karangahape Road Karangahape Road (K Road) Enhancements is a joint project with Auckland Council that aims to preserve the road’s unique character while creating a street environment that supports the local community and meets the needs of a growing population. Construction is progressing well, and completion is expected by midMay 2021.

JOHN ELLIOTT: A NEW ‘SUNRISE AUCKLAND BUSINESS PLANT BASED, ZERO WASTE - THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD CO

I was looking forward to meeting sustainable chef, Amy Klitscher, to discuss her new business, but I was quickly blown away by her business concept, the values and environmental beliefs that informed her start-up, and the professionalism with which she is going about her new venture.

Amy’s company motto is “Plant-Based/ Zero-Waste”, and she has from day one stuck to her original plan, serving only plant based food, and often accompanying the food with kombucha. Amy uses Kokako coffee and loose leaf tea. Her goal was to make the food so delicious, no one missed meat.

An Aucklander born and bred, Amy went to school at St Kentigern College. She went off to Otago University after leaving school and studied environmental management as she always had that environmental bent. Next she joined Sustainable Coastlines for several years, before heading to Tahiti. On her Pacific sojourne she cooked for families in return for free accommodation, and loved it. I suggested she was ‘coofing’ instead of ‘woofing’.

Amy is a very interesting young woman, fully focussed on her new business and with a keen sense of humour and a sparkling personality.

The business caters for private functions, anniversaries, retreats, corporate functions, and she is proud to have catered for the Labour Party’s election-night party, and also for Chlöe Swarbrick’s Auckland Central launch party. There are glowing references on the web page from satisfied clients.

The Sustainable Food Company is immensely proud to offer a 100 percent plant-based menu and to be the first catering company in New Zealand to contribute absolutely zero waste to landfill throughout their entire process from sourcing to service. Amy Klitscher has dispelled the idea that ‘plant-based’ is just about a few lettuce leaves. Her food is wholesome and satisfying, as well as hugely tasty. Her food is vibrant, colourful and sustainable for clients and the planet. The excellent Sustainable Co. website shows mouthwatering platters of food, from grazing tables, buffet meals to canapés and desserts.

As a private chef (somewhat akin to A Private Dancer - Tina Turner’s famous song), Amy crafts a menu, buys the ingredients, cooks in the comfort of your own home, serves it up, and leaves your kitchen spotlessly clean. Perhaps Amy could write a song like Tina Turner, but about cooking for you, and sing it as she cleans up!

The company also prides itself on using locally sourced food, GMO free, palm oil-free - all with zero waste.

Covid-19 certainly impacted on Amy’s start, but she used her time well, doing a Certificate of Plant Food Nutrition from Cornell University. She had already completed a vegan chef certificate in Bali. Amy has promised Ponsonby News readers a couple of recipes - they sound stunning.

We at Ponsonby News wish The Sustainable Food Co and Amy Klitscher all the best as she works away at her ‘sunrise’ venture, which has quickly become a success. (JOHN ELLIOTT)  PN

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