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The 1980s DeLorean time machine replica will be at East City Wesleyans annual Father’s Day Blokes and Cars/ Bikes event this Sunday.

East Auckland resident Mat Bedogni spent more than 1400 hours modifying the DeLorean to look like the one used by Doc and Marty McFly in the film.

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The car enthusiast says everything from the colour of the wires to the placement of the screws is copied from the original, making it almost an exact replica.

“Being a young kid in the 80s it was the number one movie car and I think it still is.

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“He has seen a lot of the DeLorean’s around the world for his film, but when he saw this car he said he’s never seen a replica movie car as accurate as this one. He reckons it must be in the top three most accurate in the world.”

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For $10 event-goers can get their photo taken in the DeLorean and receive a time travel certificate.

There will also be a range of cars and bikes on display at the Father’s Day event, a free barbeque and drinks and a fire truck and an educational display by fire and emergency services.

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Coffee merchant dearly missed ■ BY THERESE HENKIN The absence of The Coffee Guy van in Flat Bush this week is being felt by many as they mourn the loss of a beloved member of the community.

Arrie Brown, who has spent almost six years serving coffee to the residents of Stancombe Road, has passed away after suffering from a stroke on Saturday.

The church attended by Brown, ACK Howick, is now hoping to raise money for his wife Elma, who worked alongside her husband at The Coffee Guy. A Givealittle page started by the church on Sunday aimed to raise funds with the idea that it would allow Elma to spend time with Brown while he was recuperating in hospital.

Pauli Bosch, a member of the church community and friend of the couple, says the money is needed even more now that Brown has passed away.

“Creating the Givealittle page is not just about helping Elma financially, but also to show her how loved they are in the community.”

All donations will go towards helping with daily financial obligations until Elma is able to return to work.

Bosch says the 70-year-old businessman was adored by his clients and their children.

“When he wasn’t making coffee he always had a smile and a wave for all the cars driving past,” she says.

“He was well known for that, even people who weren’t coffee drinkers say it made their day driving past him.”

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The Givealittle page has received 100 donations so far, with dozens of heartfelt messages from members of the community.

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Support playgroup for autistic kids ■■By Farida Master

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nger, hurt, anxiety and depression are some of the emotions parents experience when a child is diagnosed with autism.

Life can be challenging and lonely for a parent whose child is on the Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Talita De Lange is one such mother who felt her dreams were dashed when she was informed that their son Michael was on the spectrum (varying levels of autism) in Dec 2014.

“We attended courses on autism and the support we experienced by being with other families who were going through a similar journey was so precious and uplifting,” she says.

Hearing about stories of progress and breakthroughs helped but when the courses ended, Talita found it hard to keep in contact with the families.

Fortunately, when she spoke about it to the St Columba Presbyterian Church (at 480 Ti Rakau Drive), they suggested that that perhaps they could have a get-together for a few families sharing the same journey.

Michael who was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) feels relaxed at the St Columba Special Kids Playgroup.

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That’s how the St Columba Special Kids Playgroup and Families Support Group was formed.

Held every Monday and Wednesday from 12.30-2.30pm, the playgroup sessions are a good opportunity for mothers to relax whilst their children play in a safe and relaxed environment.

“We share stories of hope and talk about light at the end of the tunnel,” says the mother of five-and-a-halfyear-old Michael and four-year- old Sonja who are both on the spectrum.

“Talking to other mothers dealing with special needs children helps us to share tips on coping in school, toilet training or dealing with aggression.”

The playgroup that is held after the neurotypical (normal children) playgroup in the mornings at the church and run by Dawn Preest – helps both mothers and special needs children to have a social connection and form friendships.

“It’s hard for our children to be in public places where they feel a sensory overload.

“Our kids often struggle in crowded playgroups because of noise or social over-stimulation, so this small group was perfect.

“Many families stay clear of public events so they end up missing out on a lot of fun. There were so many families in our east Auckland area that needed to connect so we started a regular meet up group.

Since then we have had fantastic experiences, including visits from the Fire Brigade, St John Ambulance and the Guide Dog Association.”

Another mother of three, Bronwyn Otte-Kristian, says that while there are high functioning autistic children, “and then there are those with severe autism, it’s important to understand that they are children of extremities and are living in a high level of stress. It can be just one loud noise that can put them over the edge.”

Coping for the parents can be tough. Parents of children on the spectrum are often on anti-depressants, she says.

Both the mothers say early intervention is important and meeting up in groups like these takes away some of the anxiety and reassures them that they are not alone. ➤➤Autism is a development disorder that appears in early childhood, usually before the age of three and affects the child’s ability to communicate and interact with others.

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‘There is no room for hatred in this world’ The words “I am not angry” begged more questions than it answered.

The words were spoken by holocaust survivor Peter Gaspar to a theatre full of Macleans College students recently.

He was one of only 132 Jewish children to survive Terezin concentration camp out of 15,000 children that went in during WWII. But he says he is not angry.

“Anger kills the hater much quicker than it kills the hated. There is no room for hatred in this world,” he says.

In 1942 Gaspar was five years old and living in Bratislava when his family went underground, living in secret cellars, attics and garden sheds to escape the Nazis. They were moved from one place of hiding to the next in the dead of night.

“They saw our common humanity, rather than the fact that they were Christian and we were Jewish,” Gas-

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par says of the people who risked their lives to hide them.

They stayed ahead of the Nazi Death squads, staying hidden until the end of 1944 before the Jewish family turned themselves in after Gaspar fell deathly ill.

Gaspar and his mother where sent to Terezin, separated from his Father who was sent to a Labour camp in Germany.

“Terezin was a holding operation, a halfway house to extermination,” he says.

“From Terezin every week transport vans left for extermination camps, mainly Auschwitz... you never knew how long before you were put on the van.”

Terezin had been built to hold 7000 people. In 1942 to 1945 it contained 30,000 Jewish prisoners.

“It was a show place for Hitler to show how well he was treating the Jews. A film was made in 1944 called ‘Hitler gave a town to the Jews’ to protect them from the horrors and

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the ravages of war,” he says.

The Red Cross visited the concentration camp to confirm the Jewish were being treated as well as the

Nazi propaganda claimed.

“They found that there were tables outside cafes, people in coats, button downs and ties, having cake and drinking coffee,” Gaspar recalls.

“But it was all a show.”

A bakery was opened and Terezin money was printed and given to people to buy bread, he says.

“They went in as they were ordered and bought some bread.

And as they walked out with the bread, round the corner a soldier with a gun took the bread away from them, took it round the back door of the bakery and put it back on the shelf.”

Terezin was not an extermination camp but tens of thousands of people died within its walls from starvation and malnutrition riddled with lice and disease.

In May of 1945, Peter and his mother were liberated from the camp. Only two other family members survived the holocaust - Gaspar’s father and his uncle.

In 1949 they arrived in Australia to start a new life.

Gaspar has since returned to Bratislava to thank the people who helped save his life.

The son of a family who hid Gaspar told him they were grateful.

“You gave [my parents] the opportunity to prove to them that they were the people they thought they were.”

In 2006, after his retirement, Gaspar joined the Courage to Care organisation teaching young people about the dangers of prejudice and discrimination.

He tells the students, “don’t ever be a bystander.”

“Five million Europeans stood by and let the holocaust happen. We each have the power to make a difference in the life of another person, but we need to make the decision to stand up to evil.”

Gaspar was in Auckland as part of the Jewish Federation of New Zealand’s 2017 HOPE Talk.

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lower skilled Essential Skills visaholders.

The change applies to those earning less than $41,538 a year and after the three years migrants would need to spend 12 months outside of New Zealand before they were eligible for another visa to work in another lower-skilled role.

Woodhouse says the changes will help strike the right balance between ensuring Kiwis are at the front of the queue for jobs and making sure employers have access to temporary migrant workers where there are shortages to sustain economic growth.

He says it also ensures lowerskilled migrants were clear about

and development of discipline and character.

YSOs who fail to complete their time at the Academy will be sent back to serve an adult prison sentence instead.

Other policies to target YSOs include tightening bail requirements, increasing the use of electronic monitoring, and removing the ability to be released early from any youth justice custodial sentences.

We also have to understand that most YSOs often have few good role models and have the freedom to commit serious crimes. This is why National plans to hold negligent parents to account.

Parents will be required to attend parenting education programmes, and ensure that breaches of parental orders are recorded on a parent’s record.

We will be implementing instant fines for parents who have kids under the age of 14 wandering around the streets between 12am and 5am.

It’s great that our crime rate is decreasing, but we need to acknowledge that there is a small group of serious young offenders, and we need to tackle the issue head-on. These initiatives will help us do that.

Jami-Lee Ross Member of Parliament for Botany

Jami-Lee’s JOTTINGS

■ BY THERESE HENKIN hile party hoardings are no surprise close to a general election, it’s not often you see New Zealand’s Immigration Minister as a human billboard.

Michael Woodhouse took to the streets to campaign alongside Simeon Brown last Wednesday evening before taking on the role of quiz master at National’s annual Pakuranga Electorate quiz night.

“I love human hoardings, its great fun. Although, I don’t usually do it in a suit,” he laughs.

The Dunedin local says whether he’s campaigning on the streets or ensuring high quality migrants are filling skill shortages, he considers himself lucky to be in a position to help grow a strong economy and labour force for New Zealand.

He says recent changes to temporary work visa conditions for migrants reflects that far more people want to stay in New Zealand permanently than the residents programme has the capacity to respond to.

In the tweaks to temporary migration that were put into action on Tuesday, the government introduced a maximum duration of three years for

As this is my final column pre-election, can I say thank With you to the Botany Electorate for the Jami-Lee opportunity to be Ross your MP for the past six years.

Crime rates have been trending down in recent years, mostly due to the excellent work NZ Police do in the community. A lot of emphasis has been placed on working with young people, and we have seen a 31 per cent reduction in youth crime reduce since June 2011.

However, we want to do more to target the small group of young people who commit large numbers of violent and serious offences – such as aggravated assault, aggravated robbery, and rape.

If National is re-elected, we will fund a $60 million package over four years to target our most serious young offenders and help them to lead better lives.

We will be creating a new Young Serious Offenders (YSOs) category for the approximately 150 hardened young offenders which will establish a year-long defence-led Junior Training Academy.

The YSO will provide wraparound service for YSOs including support to address problems like addiction, mental health, or other drug issues, as well as supporting them through the curriculum good literacy and numeracy skills. The training will also focus on activity,

their future prospects in New Zealand.

“It had been worrying me that people had been here a very long time for no pathway to residency,” Woodhouse says.

“Being honest with them and being very clear with them on the prospects that they have for staying permanently when they do arrive is very important.”

Woodhouse says we are fortunate, because these problems are the positive challenges of growth.

“I’d much rather have that than the challenges of trying to stem the tide of New Zealanders flying offshore and a flaccid economy, because we certainly don’t have that.”

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Local school trains Japanese in cricket ■■By Farida Master

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ith Twenty20 cricket having a worldwide fan following, it is little wonder that Japanese students want to learn more about New Zealand’s most popular summer sport from Kiwis themselves.

In a specially arranged session by Neville Nair, teacher in charge of cricket at Pakuranga Intermediate, held at the Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club, around 18 visiting Japanese exchange students were learning batting, catching and bowling skills for the first time.

Mr Nair says that while baseball is a very popular sport in Japan, it is not difficult to transfer the skills from baseball to cricket.

Seishi Takahashi, Japanese coordinator who brings exchange students to Pakuranga Intermediate every alternate year, says it is a novel experience for the students.

Twelve-year-old Noah Scordino from Pakuranga Intermediate says that last year when he visited Japan, he attended the same school as the Japanese students in the city of Sunmi.

“I think Keita Suzuki who is an ace at baseball is doing rather well in picking up cricket,”

Left to right, Japanese students Keita Suzuki, Kei Kawashima and Mizuki Sato with Pakuranga Intermediate student Noah Scordino and cricket development officer Danru Ferns.

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he says.

Francis Scordino, who is on the board of trustees at Pakuranga Intermediate, says there is an interest in cricket being added to the sporting options of school students in Japan.

“As I understand it, there has been discussion at New Zealand national level regarding this, and given that Japanese students were visiting the school, it seemed a perfect opportunity for them to have a go and then provide feedback in Japan.”

Also training the students to play cricket is Danru Ferns, who is the Howick and Pakuranga Cricket Club’s cricket development officer.

Part of his role is to work closely with the junior section of the club in providing coaching and training.

The club has a new strategic plan which includes working closely with all local schools in the region, and offering them cricket coaching and tournament opportunities.

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AG Day

Cerys’ little lamb follows her to school ■■By Farida Master

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hey like being carried around and are not that heavy, says 11-year-old Cerys Hasler about her threeweek-old pet lamb that follows her to school every day.

The Year 6 Brookby Primary School student informs that her pet lamb Nibbles likes spending time with other animals at the school creche where piglets coexist with lambs and kid goats.

“Nibbles enjoys digging out the mud and getting dirty with them,” says the newbie at Brookby School.

Cerys’ younger brother Case is also carrying Buddy, a threeweek old lamb around the school grounds.

He says by September 24 on Agriculture Day (Ag Day) at school, he is meant to train Buddy to call and follow.

“They should come to you from a distance of five meters and follow you without a lead,” he says.

The fun part of the annual fundraising and well attended community event is the showing and judging of animals.

All animals are judged for ‘care and condition’. Calves are judged for leading, while lambs, piglets and kid goats for calling; chickens and ducklings for perching.

Brookby School students Cerys Hasler (right) and her brother Case are grooming Nibbles and Buddy for the school Ag Day to be held on September 24.

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The idea behind Ag Day which is an integral special character of a school in a rural setting is to inculcate values and teach young ones how to be responsible and care for the well being of other creatures beside themselves.

“You can bathe goats but not lambs because of the oil in their

fleece,” says Cerys knowledgably.

“When lambs baah it means they want attention or are hungry,” she adds.

While other students at the primary school are grooming chickens, ducklings, calves, kid goats and lambs, both Cerys and Case say that they are thoroughly

enjoying playing with their new friends who are always very happy, “except sometimes when the baahing gets a little annoying in the evenings.” ➤➤Brookby School Ag Day on Sunday, September 24 from 10am-2pm.

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YOU’VE GOT MAIL

NZ Post take delivery of e-vehicles E

astern suburbs will be the next Auckland areas to see New Zealand Post’s new electric delivery vehicles in action, with driver training now underway.

These areas include Howick, Pakuranga and Botany.

The four-wheeled vehicles will ultimately be used for the combined delivery of parcels and mail in residential areas of New Zealand’s larger towns and cities.

The roll-out started last year in other areas of Auckland and the South Island. ”This is part of a national rollout of the electric vehicles and I’m

NZ Post’s new electric delivery vehicles.

proud that people in Auckland will continue to be among the first to see them in their local communities,” says John Tautua, area service delivery manager.

The vehicles can carry up to 200kg of parcels and mail but are still small and nimble enough to be used on the footpath.”

These vehicles are an investment in New Zealand Post’s future as we change the way we deliver to meet the growing demand for parcel deliveries,” says John Tautua.

“They’re also helping us find new ways to reduce our carbon emissions of every parcel we deliver. ”Previous trials and experience

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KOANGA CELEBRATION

Festival will welcome spring

The theme for this year’s Koanga Festival is ‘standing side by side’.

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Children from around 35 primary and secondary schools in Howick, Pakuranga Botany and Whitford will come together to perform as members of their school kapa haka groups for the Koanga Festival 2017 on Saturday from 9am-4pm at Somerville Intermediate School. There is a powhiri at 8.30am.

The Koanga Festival celebrates the arrival of spring.

After practising all year under the tutelage of many skilled kapa haka tutors in the eastern ward, the children have an opportunity to showcase their learning about some important aspects of the Maori world.

The theme for this year’s festival is `Standing Side by Side’ — the event is about whanau in the community coming together and standing side by side to watch the tamariki (children).

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“Our drivers receive safety training, and they will give way to all other footpath users,” says Tautua.

New Zealand Post has worked with Auckland Transport to gain approval to operate the vehicles on footpaths in residential areas, and will continue to keep in close contact with them.

The vehicles will not be used in major shopping areas because of the high number of pedestrians, and mail will be delivered on foot in these locations.

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A keen photographer and poet, the church will host an exhibition called Soulscapes of his works next month. All the proceeds will be going to the Cancer Society and Dove House Hospice.

Viewings are from Monday to

Friday from 9am-3pm and Sunday mornings from September 3 to September 29 at St Columba Cafe, 480 Ti Rakau Drive. Soulscapes is an exhibition of landscape photography and poetry reflecting on Andrew’s journey of change, transition, surgery for pancreatic cancer and subsequent chemotherapy. ➤ For viewing times with Andrew phone 274-4864.

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➤ Community notices Free Immigration workshop For new migrants hosted by Citizens Advice Bureau Pakuranga on September 5, 10am-1pm.

Topics discussed will be work visa, work to residency visa, partnership residency and skilled migrant residency. Facilitator: Jack Wong, barrister-at-law. Tea, coffee and cake. Howick Local Board Meeting Room, Pakuranga Library building, 7 Aylesbury Street. Contact Vani 021-459 520 or email:settlement.pakuranga@ cab.org.nz.

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Zonta dinner party

We meet at Howick Club, Botany Road at 6.30pm on Tuesday, September 5. Our speaker is Ester Stephens who plays the lead role in the rock musical That Bloody Woman, the story of Kate Sheppard and the fight for the vote for women in NZ. Contact Gay 021145-1574.

Paper cutters

On Friday, September 1, adult Polish paper cutting wycinanki workshop. Fun and relaxing. $10 per person. Materials and cuppa provided. Polish Museum, 125 Elliot St, Howick. Phone 533-3530 for more information.

Relocation

Botany Lutheran Church has relocated. We wish to advise members and friends that we have relocated to 1 Harris Road, Mt Wellington. The new Sunday worship time is 1pm. For more information, please contact Pastor William Chang 021-112-9929 or William.chang@lca.org.au.

Election candidates II

Botany Electorate meet-the-Candidates event on September 11 at 7.30pm at the East City Wesleyan Church Centre at 219 Burswood Drive, Botany. This meeting will feature Julie Zhu, Greens; Tofik Mamedov, Labour; Jami-Lee Ross, National and Jenny Marcroft an NZ First representative. It will be hosted by Rev Dr Richard Waugh with Lloyd Wong as facilitator.

Phone 273-9044 for information.

Polish Forces

On Sunday September 3, films screened ‘Polish Battle of Britain’ based on a diary of the 303 squadron plus ‘Gladiators: Free Polish Forces’ in WW2. Age 15+.

2-4 pm. Entry by donation. Polish Museum, 125 Elliot St, Howick.

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Edgewater wins bronze On Friday, August 18th, the Edgewater Jazz Band travelled to St Mary’s Church in Parnell to participate in the annual KBB Music Festival. More than 40 school Jazz Bands from across Auckland took part and the EC Jazz Band delivered an excellent performance that netted them a Bronze award.

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EAST AUCKLAND YOUTH FORUM AT PARLIAMENT

East Auckland Youth Forum meeting the Prime Minister on the ninth floor of the Beehive.

The East Auckland Youth Forum was created last year as a way for community-minded and politically interested young people to learn more about Parliament and democracy. This tour was the second of an annual visit to the nation's capital, and was an opportunity to see first-hand how Government works, as well as meet with some key players at Parliament, including the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Bill English.

The East Auckland youth were also given a tour of the parliamentary precinct and sat in the Gallery at Question Time to give them an interesting insight into the dynamics in the House of Representatives.

A full day at Parliament meeting with people from across the Parliament was a great way for the students to get a glimpse into how Parliament is run. While meeting with the Speaker of the House and Ministers like Nikki Kaye and Louise Upston, the group took every opportunity to ask questions and learn more.

By the end of the visit, the group had truly experienced a day in the life of a Parliamentarian.

East Auckland Youth Forum meeting the Prime Minister on the ninth floor of the Beehive.

East Auckland Youth Forum discussing education with the Minister of Education, Nikki Kaye.

East Auckland Youth Forum group photo on the floor of the Debating Chamber.

East Auckland Youth Forum discussing political journalism with Patrick Gower from Newshub.

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The East Auckland Youth Forum, a group of leaders from secondary schools in the wider Howick, Pakuranga and Botany area, were hosted in Parliament by Botany MP, Jami-Lee Ross.

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Father’s Day

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group of politicallyminded students from East Auckland visited Parliament recently.

The East Auckland Youth Forum consists of two senior students from each of the schools in the wider area and was set up last year by MP for Botany JamiLee Ross in conjunction with the Youth MPs for Botany and Pakuranga as a way of engaging with young people.

Ross said the group – which meets monthly – is a way for him to connect better with young people and a way for them to have access and a relationship with him as their local representative.

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the morning”. The 17-year-old said it was interesting to see how the different parties interacted off camera. “You think they’re all enemies but behind closed doors they’ve got a sense of mutual respect – it’s really intriguing how they can still have a close relationship.”

Howick College student Inka Anouk said she was also surprised by the camaraderie among politicians off camera despite

Dads, uncles and big brothers get together at the Father’s Day celebration at Pigeon Mountain School to celebrate their role in the students’ lives and say a huge thank you to them. This year the event is being held on Friday, September1.

The special blokes’ breakfast held at the school is a well attended event and a feelgood morning.

This year Principal Ian Dickinson has published a special note for the dads to take to work to give to their bosses to get the first part of the day off to attend!

It says: ‘Dear Boss-I’ll be late in to work on Friday September1...because I’ve been invited to the special ‘blokes’ breakfast event at Pigeon Mountain Primary School from 8am that day. I won’t be too late-it’s all finished by 9am.

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the insults slung during question time and in media interviews.

She said she enjoyed meeting all the MPs for both parties and seeing how “human” politicians are.

“Parliament is really one big family, even though they’re on opposite teams.”

The students watched Question Time live and met with a variety of parliamentary staff including Prime Minister Bill Eng-

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General Elections 2017 Election Day: Saturday, September 23 POLITICS

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Overstretched staff A struggling to cope funding and adminisLabour’s spokespertrative mistakes that son for Health, Dr were tying up precious David Clark recently resources. addressed a meeting “The pressure put at Edgewater College on the District Health where several people Boards by the current shared their experiMinister has meant ences with the health that communities are system. often missing out on They spoke of the getting even basic times where overhealth care. Labour stretched nursing staff would restore the in hospitals struggled Dr David Clark. Photo supplied missing $2.3billion in to cope and were too busy to provide basic nursing care health funding that had occurred like bed baths and changing wet and ensure that the money was well spent and reached those and dirty bed sheets.

Others spoke of their experi- who are in greater need,” Mr Clark ences and frustrations when they said.

Dr Clark said that DHBs attempt tried to get guidance and assistance for mental health issues they to manage their ever shrinking budgets by not immediately filling were facing.

One speaker described the dif- staffing vacancies and increasing ficulties he and his family faced in demands on existing staff as they getting assistance when a family waited until a staffing trade off member suffered a severe depres- occurred elsewhere in the hospital sion episode which the ambulance was of concern.

He said that Labour would make staff were unable to cope with.

Mr Clark said that every New it easier for people with mental Zealander deserves access to qual- health issues to get the help they ity healthcare but that access had needed by increasing resources for been eroded by chronic under- frontline health workers.

new development in Whitford has already sold more than half its available sites.

Whitford Manor Estate, on the corner of Whitford Park Road and Saleyard Road, is next to the Whitford Park Golf Club. Prices for the stand alone sites range from $685,000 to $970,000 - 25 have been sold aready.

Barfoot & Thompson’s Marylin Van Wagoner said the subdivision offers a number of firsts for New Zealand including its own sewerage plant and bore water on site which will be treated via a water treatment plant.

It will replenish independent water catchment at each site. All water tanks will be underground.

Earthworks are rumbling along on the new subdivision.

Mrs Van Wagoner said it will have mixed model housing featuring terraced houses, stand alone sections and luxury apartments.

“The developer (Kevin Murphy) says the look and feel has been designed to reflect the historic and rural nature of the location,” she said.

“It’s a visionary urban-meets-rural concept that has been over 20 years in the making.

“The essence of the architectural design throughout the estate is mostly described as 21st Century Kiwi interpretation of the traditional village.”

Auckland architects Walker Residential are responsible for the overall

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look of the estate. Auckland Council requires that the subdivision reflects the historic nature of the area. Each individual site sale includes an initial concept plan tailored to the owners.

Or owners can choose to design and build their own home however all plans must be signed off by a Design Review Committee before building consent is issued.

“This is a lifestyle property. The land is bounded by Turanga Creek on the eastern side and enjoys rural views up towards Trig Road,” Mrs Van Wagoner said.

“The northern end overlooks mangroves through which a boardwalk is to be built linking the subdivision with the village cafes, restaurant and local business community.

“Central to the estate is the village

green which is a high quality open space providing a hub within which the village community can interact and which is the visual centre of the subdivision.”

Facilities will include a sunken swimming pool, sauna and spa complex (so it doesn’t interrupt sight lines), gymnasium, tennis court and village pavilion.

“We’ve chosen five or six top local builders – we’re very conscious of the quality – although you can use your own builder,” said Mrs Van Wagoner.

Titles for the sites are expected through next April which is when building works are due to commence. “We’ve got winter earthworks going on. All the infrastructure earthworks is going on now.”

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opinion

hockey

Fullbacks galore W

ith the injured Jordie Barrett out for the season and Ben Smith taking his sabbatical, one would think the All Blacks face a fullback crisis.

Not so, when you consider Damian McKenzie, Israel Dagg and Beauden Barrett are all capable of filling the breech with aplomb.

True, little McKenzie takes risks seldom tolerated at rugby test match level, but for each try he costs, he is likely to create many more.

However, was McKenzie’s reckless pass that gifted Israel Folau an early long-range intercept try in Sunday’s 35-29 Dunedin thriller against Australia.

While his helter-skelter daredevil antics bring rich rewards for the Chiefs at Super Rugby level, at test level the All Black selectors probably believe boldness will not always be his friend if he’s AWOL at the back.

Presumably that’s why they believe first-five is his best position.

But as Aaron Cruden learned during Dan Carter’s reign, earning the right to wear the No 10 jersey is just as difficult now that Barrett has become the Cantabrian’s successor.

McKenzie and Lima Sopoaga’s best chance of getting a start at firstfive in this year’s Rugby Championship would be if Beauden Barrett starts at fullback, leaving Israel Dagg and Waisake Naholo as the best right wing options.

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However Dagg also remains a very good fullback, as does fellow Crusader David Havili.

With Australia giving the All Blacks a serious scare before Barrett’s second try sealed a nail-biting 35-29 win at Dunedin, it was skipper Kieran Read who stayed cool in the heat of battle.

It was he who called Lima Sopoaga for the short kick-off which he won. And it was he who made a vital break leading to Barrett’s winning try.

But full marks for the Wallabies for taking the All Blacks to the wire despite the dismal record of their Super 12 teams.

They do have courage as well as a classy passing and running game.

And it was good to see Will Genia, Kurtley Beale and Folau back to their best. Unfortunately, All Black Sonny Bill Williams was not and made too many errors in conceding possession.

On the bright side, left wing Rieko Ioane, prop Nepo Laulala and blindside flanker Liam Squire have all taken their chance superbly.

While criticism has been levelled at the team for not maintaining the high standard of last year, not enough credit has been given to the outstanding defence of the Australians and British and Irish Lions in cramping their space.

With the Black Ferns claiming the

With Ivan Agnew

ew’s AgnANGLE

women’s rugby World Cup in Belfast last Sunday, New Zealand confirmed it is indeed the greatest rugby playing nation on earth.

That win follows the success of the All Blacks in defending the men’s crown in 2015 and the Under 20 men comprehensively winning their world trophy earlier this year.

The foundation for the Black Ferns’ 41-32 win over a strong England side was a strong forwards performance led by veteran captain Fiao’o Fa’amausili, with big prop Toka Natua scoring three of the team’s seven tries and lithe fullback Selica Winiata notching two.

With little ball going her way, brilliant left wing Portia Woodman failed to add to the remarkable 13 she had scored earlier in the tournament. However she remains an absolute superstar, on par with the best of her All Black male counterparts.

Ivan Agnew is an awardwinning sports writer and author

Big successes for HPHC men’s and women’s teams Howick Pakuranga Hockey Club has wrapped up a strong season with both the Premier Women and Premier Men teams making it into their respective finals.

Premier Women finished their season on a high with a fantastic 2-1 victory over arch rivals Somerville.

The finals, played in front of a full house, with plenty of support for both teams, was an exciting fast paced encounter, with both teams having their fair share of the exchanges.

Both teams had their Black sticks playing so the crowd was entertained to a very high caliber game of hockey.

Howick shot into the lead early in the 1st half through a fine field goal from Black Stick striker Deanna Ritchie.

The second goal was scored by midfielder Lydia Velzian, of a brilliant counter attack initiated by Anita McLaren, who was outstanding.

Somerville fought hard in the second half and pulled a goal back off a penalty conversion by Phoebe Steele.

Somerville launched an all

out attack in the last 5 minutes replacing their goal keeper with an extra field player, but Howick’s goal keeper made some brilliant saves to ensure the win for Howick Pakuranga.

Charlotte Edwards who represented Howick Pakuranga for 14 years with pride and distinction, announced her retirement after the final.

HPHC Premier Men Roskill Eden in the men’s final.

It was a hard fought battle that went down to the last seconds with Roskill eventually winning 4 – 3.

The men were gutted but really proud of their season.

HPHC won the trophy for top men’s club in the Auckland competition. The premier reserve men played in their final on Sunday vs Roskill Eden and were able winners beating Roskill 4 – 1 to take the title.

HPHC also placed first in the premier youth boys and premier youth girl competitions.

Head coach Clive Daniels said he was “very proud” of what the club has achieved across so many grades.

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FIRST XV RUGBY

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St Kents nail 1st XV final

The 2017 North Island Ice Figure Skating Championships will be held at Paradice Ice Arena, Botany Downs this weekend. The championships begin at 10.15am on Saturday and 6am on Sunday and will include a range of disciplines including singles, as well as dance and synchronised ice skating. The dance, technical skills, artistry, costumes, jumps and spins of some of New Zealand’s best figure skaters will leave spectators captivated and thoroughly entertained.

Entry only $2 per session.

Remember to dress warmly and bring a blanket. Visit www. nzifsa.org.nz/competitions for schedule of events.

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S

aint Kentigern College has won the Auckland Rugby Secondary Schools 1A Competition final in thrilling fashion beating Sacred Heart 26-19 at Eden Park on Saturday. It is the college’s fifth championship in seven years – the other years being 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011.

The teams played in front of a crowd of around 8000.

Sacred Heart had the advantage in the opening 35 minutes however a resurgent St Kents dominated wthe second half to take home the prize.

The final produced an exceptional rugby contest between two very determined sides.

Sacred Heart, playing with the advantage of a healthy breeze out of the north eastern corner, used their forward strength to stun Saint Kentigern with a 19-6 lead at half time. Saint Kentigern had a couple of chances in the first half but they were starved of the ball and spent much of the first half on defence.

The wind made it difficult to play at the right end of the field.

After half-time, with the change of ends, Saint Kentigern enjoyed much more possession and scored some exceptional tries.

Mitch Gibson played a real captain’s game, scoring a try and tackling ferociously. Both Lui Sholtens

Lui Scholtens was in fine form for Saint Kentigern College in their win over Sacred Heart at Eden Park on Saturday.

and Benji Pauga scored magnificent tries with Lui being named man of the match.

The the forwards never shied

away in the tackle and were relentless in their defence when Sacred Heart tried to bully them up the park in the second half.

“When Sacred Heart finally got in a scoring position in the second half, Saint Kentigern turned the ball over and for the last five minutes turned

the tables starving Sacred Heart of the ball until time was up and they could kick the ball out and secure the victory,”a spokesperson said.

“The boys savoured their hardearned victory but on Wednesday this week, the full focus will go onto preparing for the away game against Rosmini to be played on Saturday at midday. This will determine who takes the spot in the top four nationally. The team will need to be on task come Saturday!”

Meanwhile, Botany Downs took the 1B final beating One Tree Hill 1815 while in the 1C final Sancta Maria beat Rutherford 24-12.

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