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isher & Paykel Appliances – the iconic fridge maker – is just weeks away from letting go the last of its staff and shutting the gates on the East Tamaki factory for the final time.

In April the company briefed staff on plans for the closure of the factory which manufactures a range of small refrigeration products.

The briefing followed a period of consultation with unions representing factory staff, with further feedback on the closure process sought over the following weeks.

The factory in April was operating four days a week and employed 186 staff.

Spokesperson Matt Orr told the Times the phased closure of the factory has progressed as planned in continued consultation with staff and their union representatives.

The first phase was completed in July, with 42 staff being made redundant and 11 staff redeployed internally.

The second phase is due in November, with factory decommissioning thereafter.

“While this first phase has been another difficult milestone in the process for all involved, we’ve been very pleased with the supportive response from other local employers and their interest in recruiting affected staff,” Mr Orr said.

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Local Body Elections 2016 – Now we’re you’re talking

Time to stop talking and start doing things ■ BY FARIDA MASTER

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oing from the number of people who wave out to him as he is being interviewed by the Times just outside the Botany Library, one can safely say that Paul Young is a very popular man.

Standing in the upcoming Auckland Council election as councillor in the Howick Ward, this is not his first tryst with politics.

In the Botany 2011 by-election to replace Pansy Wong, Mr Young formed the New Citizen Party and scored third highest after Jami-Lee Ross and Labour’s Michael Wood.

However, this time he is standing as an independent and is not putting up any signage.

“People who know me will vote for me,” he says confidently. “All I am telling people to do is register to vote. In 2011, 60 per cent of the Asian community didn’t vote or were not registered,” he says.

A photographer and event promoter by profession, Mr Young is winding up his digital photography business of 20 years at the Somerville Shopping Court to focus on his political career.

From inviting international artistes for events at SkyCity to currently organising the Richard Clayderman Concert, he has been involved in community events ever since he arrived in New Zealand 25 years ago.

“But now it’s time to stop talking and start doing things,” he says determinedly.

“Our current councillors are very nice people but one has to

Paul Young who is standing as councillor in the Howick Ward.

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be tough if you want to improve transport and law and order.”

He speaks passionately about speedways, monorails and shuttle buses from shopping malls to railway stations.

“We can get rid of a lot of traffic problems if we build a multi-storey car park at Botany Town Centre or Pakuranga Plaza and allow people to park without the fear of cars being towed away. This would allow people to park their cars and hop on to a shuttle.”

Talking about finding solutions to the traffic congestion on motorways he suggests: “We can build a speedway (for faster moving traffic) beside motorways for people who travel the long distances.”

When it comes to law and order, Mr Young says he is an old hand at informing people about their responsibility and the right way to go about reporting crime.

He has been a go-to person at the Somerville Shopping Court— for those who are concerned about their safety.

Having being a part of the Asian Council for Reducing Crime he says: “I always go with my camera or ask my staff to shoot pictures of the number plate of the cars that keeps circling the complex in an attempt to target shopkeepers. I then call 111 and inform them of suspicious activities,” he says, recalling the times dodgy-looking characters have fled the scene after spotting him with a camera.

“We need more surveillance cameras that can trace criminal activities easily. Our rates have gone up but where is the money going?

With the increase of around 45,000 immigrants who bring in more money, how come there is only one policeman added in proportion to the population increase?”

He also feels strongly about the fact that there is a lot of dense housing planned in Ormiston, “but where is the parking? Why are we not planning ahead?”

These are tough problems he would like to provide the solutions for if elected in the council, he says.

Supporting youth voices ■ BY MARIANNE KELLY Julie Zhu is 23 and frustrated that young peoples’ voices are not represented well in local government at the moment.

But, rather than complaining about it, she’s decided to show that representation is possible by standing as a councillor for the Howick Ward and as an elected member of the Botany subdivision of the Howick Local Board in

the upcoming Auckland Council elections.

“I’m standing because I think Botany and the Howick Ward are very diverse and multi-cultural.

The area has a lot of young people but their voice is not represented in decision-making,” she says. “Up to 40 per cent of the population in Botany are Asian and similarly, for young people. Only older Pakeha people are mainly in local government.

“It’s really important that we have people who can represent their constituents.

Rather than Julie Zhu complaining about these things I decided standing would be an option this time round and that I can show that our voice can be heard.”

She says residents in the southeast are “politically conservative, but young people have more

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Election campaign on foot ■ BY MARIANNE KELLY Instead of public hoardings, Malcom Page is opting for the old-fashioned way of delivering a pamphlet to every household in the Botany subdivision in his mission to gain a seat on the Howick Local Board.

“I will walk every street in Botany to deliver them. I’ve got my routes planned,” he says.

After close to 25 years working as a local government officer, dispensing comment and advice, he’s pitching for a seat on the other side of the table.

Mr Page, who lives in Northpark, retired from his job as local and sports parks south manager for Auckland Council in June when he decided to throw his hat into the ring. Before transferring to the new SuperCity body, he served in a parks capacity for 18 years at the former Manukau City Council.

“I decided it was time for a change,” he says. “I have worked closely with the local boards, Howick being one, and I am fascinated with the way they operate. After years of serving and giving advice from an officers’ side I decided I wanted a decisionmaking role and I believe I have something to contribute to Botany.”

Mr Page says he’s no ‘one-trick pony’ with wide interests evolved from living in Botany for 17 years.

“It’s a great place to live, has great schools, great shops and a great environment. Growth is the big issue with a diverse community. A big part of the job on the local board will be to progressive values”.

“By standing I want to mobilise them [youth] to vote. But the way the system is built at the moment, it’s hard to access information about why we should vote and what our vote does.

“It’s great to see young people running for Mayor.

The more we can see young people stepping up, the better the outcomes will be and more will vote in the future.”

Ms Zhu is a Botany resident and currently working as the producer in residence at the Basement

Malcolm Page is canvassing Botany for a seat on the Howick Local Board.

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make sure we are managing that growth, for example there’s more to be done on public transport.”

Mr Page has been using the bus daily to commute to his work at Manukau and then Auckland Central for many years and he says the service is improving but will have to keep pace with growth.

Other important issues to be addressed, he says, are community facilities such as parks and halls, and along the way environmental protection.

Challenges in Botany revolve around growth, Mr Page says.

A multi-cultural mix of people involves different demands and everything must be done in a framework of affordable rates.

“Good planning was done around Flat Bush with infrastructure in place, open spaces and walkways. Now we need to make sure more community facilities are there so the incoming population is well served.

Theatre in Central Auckland. She also has strong links with Howick Little Theatre and says she wants to advocate for social change through the arts.

“Ideally I would like to see Howick as a more progressive place with more voices and diverse viewpoints heard. The arts are a good way to make that happen.”

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Local Body Elections 2016 – Now we’re you’re talking

Tell us what you want from your candidates ■■By Scott Yeoman

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wo weeks ago the Times started a crowd sourcing campaign to give our readers an opportunity to drive the debate surrounding the upcoming local body elections.

We asked you what the most important issues in your neighbourhood were, what you wanted the Howick Local Board and Howick’s two Auckland councillors to improve on this term, and what questions you wanted the candidates to answer.

Terry and Lynda Osborne responded to us on Facebook, asking: “What are they going to do about the amount of rubbish in our streets?”

Gayle Unkovich – also using Facebook to share her thoughts – highlighted “transportation and reduction of council wastage” as the two most important election issues for her.

Here are three of the more-detailed responses that arrived via post and email.

Support for the arts

“As a keen follower of artistic pursuits in the Auckland and eastern districts in particular and as an active musical participant in the Manukau Orchestra, what practical financial help and support would an aspiring candidate want to do for organisations such as ours?

“It is noticeable that drastic cuts in funding from the various council boards require an explanation as to their political agendas which formally embraced the arts wholeheartedly.

“Has there been a change in council and local body thinking and if so what is it?”

Barbara M. Jackson, Pakuranga

Protecting the view from Stockade Hill and Crawford Reserve

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“I would like to know what each candidate intends to do to stop intensive development of three to three-and-a-half storey apartment blocks destroying public views from Stockade Hill and the Crawford Reserve, Howick.

“We are in danger of losing our iconic 360 degree views from Stockade Hill and our magic sea vista as we crest the hill into Howick.

Crawford Reserve was bought specifically to preserve these views in perpetuity.”

Robert McCallum

A Living Wage

“Could you please ask the Mayoral, Howick Ward Councillor and Local Body Candidates to indicate if they support and will vote in favour of the following policies: 1. A Living Wage for directly employed staff and workers employed on a regular and ongoing basis by contractors at Auckland Council and its CCO’s, including Auckland Transport, and will act in accordance with this commitment on election to office.

2. As a first step, that the 2017 renewal of cleaning services is undertaken on the basis that the successful tender will employ staff on no less than the current Living Wage.

3. A sub-committee of the Governing Body of Auckland Council be established that includes representatives of the Living Wage Movement Aotearoa NZ to inform, monitor, and support implementation of the Living Wage.”

David Hall, Howick Now it’s your turn to be heard.

We will publish your words both in print and online and make sure the candidates are well aware of what their future constituents are saying leading up to the election.

We will also seek answers from them.

So send us your questions, concerns and comments in one of the following ways: ➤➤Email: timesnewspapers@gmail. com ➤➤Post: Times Newspapers Limited, PO Box 259 243, Botany, Auckland 2163. ➤➤Facebook private messenger: www.facebook.com/ TimesOnlineNZ ➤➤Fax: (09) 271 8070

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➤➤From page 3 She was four when she arrived in New Zealand and has grown up with a strong commitment to New Zealand’s history, believing that non-Maori people should be advocating for indigenous peoples’ rights.

“Migrants are allowed to Julie Zhu come here because Maori originally gave us the right. But at the moment a lot of tension is created between Maori and non-Pakeha immigrant groups who often do not have the chance to inter-act.

“Maori see new immigrants taking over and buying all the land while Asian peoples’ perception of them is as violent and lazy. So the two groups

are often pitted against each other.

“I would like to see peoples brought together and not believing in stereotypes promoted by mainstream media.”

As a regular user of bus transport to the city Ms Zhu says public transport needs to be made cheaper and more flexible.

She is also advocating for a strong state housing programme.

“We see lots of families struggling with house prices and rents. I’m interested in ‘de-commodifcation’ of housing which should be seen more as a human right and not so much a product to be bought and sold.”

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POWER TALK

Pacific trade moving forward

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ast month we played host to 16 Pacific nations in Christchurch to negotiate the final terms of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus) agreement.

The Asia-Pacific is the fastestgrowing region in the world and New Zealand is uniquely placed to take a leading role in pushing that economic growth.

PACER Plus aims to create jobs, raise standards of living and encourage sustainable economic development in the Pacific by encouraging free trade in the region.

Taking a leading role in economic growth and sustainability in the Pacific is

part of our plan to deliver solid economic growth and higher incomes for New Zealanders.

Much of our work in the region focuses on the sustainability of the region’s seafood industry and we are using our expertise to drive innovation in the industry.

Seafood exports reached nearly $1.8 billion for the year to June – 15 per cent more than the previous year.

But it’s no longer enough to just produce the best. You also need to be the best producer.

Consumers want to feel good about what they are buying.

That’s why the Government and industry are co-investing in the Primary Growth Partnership,

including the Precision Seafood Harvesting and the Mussel Spat programmes to create a better, more sustainable industry.

Working with the sector we are committed to ensuring our seafood industry is not just the best, but the most sustainable too.

The industry is benefitting from this year’s Budget package to support innovation.

We are investing up to $25 million over three years to support the establishment of new privately-led Regional Research Institutes to encourage growth outside of our major cities.

Along with our ultra-fast broadband programme, this

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package is laying the foundation for an expected 3.4 per cent growth rate over the next two years and has helped lift wages by 25 per cent since 2008.

It’s a clear sign focusing on building international trade relationships and building a solid, growing, innovative economy is delivering real results for families all over New Zealand.

– Jami-Lee Ross, member of Parliament for Botany

F&P winds down factory ➤ From page 1 “Fisher & Paykel has so far been approached by approximately 30 firms to investigate job opportunities with staff, and we are aware of a number of people moving into new roles. In particular, a recent job fair hosted by the company was well attended, yielding several new job opportunities.

We continue to stay in touch and work with those staff still seeking employment.”

Managing director and CEO Stuart Broadhurst announced

to staff in April that the closure had nothing to do with their performance. “The business has enormous respect for this team – past and present. Until now, the factory’s staff have staved off the inevitable. However, the harsh reality is this factory is no longer sustainable due to the lack of scale and costcompetitiveness the facility and its products face in today’s global whiteware marketplace,” he said. “This factory would have closed much earlier, rather than experience a series

of downsizings over recent years, if not for the loyalty and commitment of this team.”

Mr Broadhurst said Fisher & Paykel’s approach to this announcement reflects the history of its strong relationship with staff, and the commitments the company has made.

“Staff and their union representatives have been kept up-to-date through numerous consultations since as early as 2007, when this outcome was first indicated.”

Fisher & Paykel, which

was taken over by Chinese whiteware giant Haier in 2012 and subsequently delisted from the NZX, will continue to produce specialist componentry and production equipment in NZ, but will no longer operate this type of consumer whiteware manufacturing. In future, upgraded models of some of these refrigeration products will be manufactured utilising existing capacity at Fisher & Paykel’s plant in Thailand and through the wider group in China.

New app tackles those deadlines ■ BY TIM GEORGE Wondering when that next assignment is due? The answer is now literally in the palm of your hand.

A trio of Macleans College students have come up with Kerman Kohli an app designed to help students manage their classes and assignments.

Developed as part of the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme by Year 13 students Kerman Kohli (18) and his teammates Andreas Knapp (18) and Keerthana Ananth (17), the Ed.life app makes it impossible for students to lose track of assignment deadlines.

As Kerman elaborates, the app includes a “calendar with all your homework tasks and your timetable”. The app can also give students alerts about their next class and which room it is in. The app even allows students to their teachers’ details.

The app is available for both Android and iOS devices.

“We have about 4000-5000 monthly active users all around the world. I think about 30 per cent are in Japan,” Kerman says.

Available in eight languages, the basic app is free, with additional features available for an annual fee.

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Pohutukawa Coast participating in the Oyster Olympics.

Now, he is getting ready to fly to Japan for a three-day international event to attend the Japan Oyster Opening champs on September 18 and scheduled to be part of a new Guinness World record attempt.

Julia Mountain, group systems manager Clevedon Coast Oysters says that two of the employees, Joe Kalasini and Tolu Samoa, entered the inaugural New Zealand Oyster Shucking Competition and while Joe won the trip of a lifetime, his colleague Tolu finished fourth.

Now this shucking star gets to travel together with the Japan winner to London and will compete on a world stage in the 62nd World Oyster Opening Championship in Galway.

“It’s the world’s longest-running oyster shucking competition and we are very proud that our company excelled at the competition in Auckland,” she says.

“There were a lot of criteria that they were judged on. It’s not only speed but also technique and presentation. There are penalty points for flesh cutting or if there is blood. The bottom adductor muscle must be fully severed,” says Ms Mountain.

Shucking champion Joes says: “When we first heard about the New Zealand competition we were all invited to try and find the fastest oyster opener in our factory. The two fastest openers of which I was one, then entered the inaugural competition held in Auckland.

“Winning a trip of a lifetime is so exciting and I am grateful for the support my family and the management of Clevedon Coast Oysters has given me through this adventure.”

The Galway event is on September 24 and attracts more than half a million visitors who consume more than three million oysters.

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Accident hotspot

Progress on crash corner in Botany Residents breathe a sigh of relief as maintenance work starts on the roundabout on the corner of Aviemore Dr and Cascades Rd, which the Times recently highlighted as an accident hotspot ■■By Scott Yeoman

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ehabilitation work started on the crash-prone roundabout on the corner of Aviemore Dr and Cascades Rd in Botany last week to the delight of nearby residents.

The Times revealed last month that people living on the corner were desperate for action after a string of near-misses.

Cars were regularly losing control negotiating the roundabout, with some vehicles crashing into and through fences, parked cars and even houses.

One of the concerned residents, Patrick Toon, who has been very vocal about the issue, summed up the news in two words – “about time”.

“We’re glad to see some progress on it, but we’re just disappointed it’s taken so long. It’s well overdue,” the 75-year-old said.

A pamphlet given to residents by Auckland Transport and Fulton Hogan to advise them of the rehabilitation road works.

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prior to the installation of the subsoil drainage works, which was scheduled to start last Sunday night.

Stages two and three, scheduled for January/February 2017, will

Stage one enabling works started on August 31, according to Auckland Transport (AT).

The first of three stages, it involved marking out the underground service locations

involve pavement rehabilitation and final asphalt surfacing.

A spokesman for AT told the Times the rehabilitation work was deferred from the 2015/16 programme and had not been brought forward.

He said AT’s road safety team is also proposing to install some shoulder “hatching” and “SLOW” road markings at the roundabout.

This was timed to coincide with the maintenance work, he said.

“The shoulder hatching will be marked around the corner, and it is expected this hatching will help to provide better delineation around the corner and most importantly create a sense of constriction to encourage slower speeds for motorists exiting the roundabout.

“Red raised reflective pavement markers will also be installed to discourage vehicles driving over the shoulder hatching. The proposed ‘SLOW’ marking should also help to encourage lower speeds.”

Meanwhile, Mr Toon said residents are still hoping for the introduction of a speed hump and a 50km/h speed limit.

The speed limit is currently 60km/h.

The design of the roundabout is also still a concern, he said.

Mr Toon thinks AT’s proposed changes will make a difference to the situation, however, especially the new asphalt road surface.

As for what brought about the changes, Mr Toon said: “Maybe they’ve read the articles in the ...Times and this has got them to push it ahead.”

He said he has spoken to many engineers over the years and they have told him they would go away and speak to somebody to see if it was possible to fast-track the work.

“But nothing’s ever happened. It seems funny that now we’ve got it in the paper and spoken to a couple of local council people, something’s happened...within two weeks.”

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Marking the special occasion were principals of local schools Brent Jenkin, principal Wakaaranga School and Stephanie Young, deputy principal Farm Cove Intermediate who were there to support the opening of the cafe.

Principal of Pakuranga College Michael Williams looked very pleased as it meant ticking off one more meticulously planned development, with the next one on the list being a swanky new gym. The atmosphere at the cafe was upbeat as students Jayden Roberts and Sophie Lu strummed the guitar, welcoming guests to have a taste of freshly made coffee and tasty bites.

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Enjoying a cup of coffee at the opening of the Pakuranga College cafe is principal Michael Williams with food technology students Nichola Niemack and Claire Olifiers.

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like chocolate éclairs, brownies, apple tarts and mini quiches were laid out under the expert guidance of Sheena Prankerd, HOD Hospitality, and Food Technology, who is a former chef.

Year 13 student Nichola Niemack says she wouldn’t have got the job as a qualified barista at A & J Cafe at the Half Moon Bay Marina had it not been for the training she got at college.

Seventeen-year-old Olivia Truscott who also works as a barista at Vector Arena points out

that the life skill that she learnt at school looks good on her CV. “I work at Vector Arena as part of the Gateway programme but I can only do it because I learnt the skill of coffee making at our college. Now we have a once-aweek roster to make coffee at the school cafe.

“Though you get burnt quite a lot in the beginning, it’s a great feeling being able to cater to individual needs of clients who want more foam, strong coffee or coffee shots,” she says.

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➤ Community notices Women’s connect

An informative programme on September 13 as we have a member from St Johns Ambulance attending, giving us a demonstration etc on how to do CPR when there is an emergency. This programme is open to men and women of all ages and is held at the Eastgate Christian Centre. Ben Lamond Crescent, Pakuranga at 10am and will cost $2 each for morning tea. For further details phone Dorothy 274-3883.

Global Music Concert Music from around the World - A Post-Olympic celebration with your favourite songs presented

by Eastern Stars Concert Band at Eastgate Christian Centre, 5 Ben Lomond Cresc, Pakuranga, 7pm, Saturday, September 10.

Tickets available at door. Adults $10, Students/Seniors $5 Family pass $25. For more information, contact Barrie or Marie Turner 271-4558 or 021-722171.

Positive parenting

Citizens Advice Bureau Pakuranga-Eastern Manukau is hosting free positive parenting workshops for migrants and refugees in English at 10am12noon on September 9.

Titled ‘managing fighting and aggression’, the event is at the Manaia Room, CAB, Pakuranga Library Building, 7 Aylesbury Street. Three-hour parking and light refreshment available. For registration phone 021-459-520 or email settlement.pakuranga@ cab.org.nz.

Ranger walk

Take a free guided stroll through Tahuna Torea Reserve, which extends out into the Tamaki Estuary, on September 15. The walk takes place from 9.30amnoon with one of Auckland Council’s knowledgeable Park Rangers leading the way. Meet at 345 West Tamaki Road, Glen Innes in the car park. To book phone 301-0101 or email enquiry@aucklandcouncil.govt. nz

Embroiderers

Our East Auckland Embroiderers’ Guild Exhibition meets at The Youth Hall, Saint Columba Church, Botany. Meetings are second Thursday each month 9.30am-1pm and fourth Tuesday each month, 6.30pm-9.30pm.

New members are welcome.

Phone Christine Ford 535-1950, Dawn Howarth 576-6798.

Candidates’ meeting

Public meeting with candidates standing for council in the Howick ward, and candidates for the Pakuranga subdivision of the Howick Local Board. Find out where the candidates stand on the issues, 7:30pm Monday September 19, St Marks Catholic Church, 334 Pakuranga Rd, Pakuranga.All Welcome.

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Probus Club The Combined Probus Club of Ormiston meets at 10am, Thursday, September 15 at the Old Flat Bush School Hall, cnr Murphys and Flat Bush School Rds, Flat Bush. Guest speaker will be Caroline Harris on ‘Telling Tales.’ A warm welcome to visitors. Ph: Richard 950-4277.

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theatre

Finding happiness English satire will provide recognisable characters ■■By Marianne Kelly

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Above, Hamish McKeich will conduct the ‘Spring into Spring’ series of concerts; Right, Rodger Fox leads his big band with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

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Action packed concerts more than 40 years.

Rodger Fox says the audience can expect an exciting and spontaneous mix of music.

“It’s more like a jazz gig than a traditional classical concert,” he says. “The order of works will be decided spontaneously on the night, depending on the mood in the concert hall. It’s definitely going to keep you on the edge of your seat.”

Joining the band is US trumpet virtuoso Allen Vizzutti while New Zealander Hamish McKeich will conduct the 12 concerts on the New Zealand tour. ➤➤The NZSO and Rodger Fox Big Band will perform their ‘Spring into Spring’ concert at 7pm on September 9 at the Auckland Town Hall, Queen Street, Central Auckland.

Katie Fullard as Emma gets down to serious discussion with Mike Morrow playing her second husband Graham.

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“Daisy is the most manipulative of them all,” he says.

It’s Jerry Miller’s second HLT show and the part of Paul is a bigger role than any other he has undertaken, Mr Blakey says.

New to HLT are Onewhero Society of Performing Arts actors, Donna Taylor and Mike Morrow playing Katy and Graham, their first roles in metropolitan theatre. Similarly it’s a first at HLT for established Auckland theatre actor Katie Fullard, playing Emma.

With Daisy coming up to her 18th birthday, Mr Blakey says he is pleased with the way 15-yearold Macleans College student, Zoe Jansson-Bush has taken to the role.

“At the audition she came

over as having life and vitality and the look of an 18-yearold,” he says. “The audience is going to love her as Daisy, even though on occasions she is not a sympathetic character.

“During the play the audience will start to understand where the characters are coming from.

In the final scene, I hope they will be fully empathetic and tuned into what is going on in the last few moments. This will have an uplifting effect.” ➤➤How to be Happy will be performed at 8pm on September 10-October 1, with 2pm matinees on September 11 and 18, at the Howick Little Theatre, 1 Sir Lloyd Drive, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga.

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For the first time in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s history, the Rodger Fox Big Band will join it for its most extensive tour of the 2016 season.

‘Swing into Spring’ concerts will merge the worlds of classical, jazz, Latin and Big Band. Fresh arrangements of famous New Zealand pop songs Royals, made famous by Grammy Award winter Lorde, and Wandering Eye (Fat Freddy’s Drop) will be performed alongside jazz standards A Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie) and Take the A Train (Billy Strayhorn). The Suite from Bernstein’s West Side Story and Coplands Fanfare for the Common Man will also be performed.

The Rodger Fox Big Band was founded by Rodger Fox in 1973 and the ensemble has been keeping audiences swinging and dancing for

eople rethinking their life and where they want to be are likely to find some morsels of wisdom in Howick Little Theatre’s (HLT) production, How to be Happy.

The English satire involves five characters who many people will identify with, director David Blakey says.

“All the characters are incredibly interesting and I am sure most know people like that,” he says. “The play is set in England but the events could happen in New Zealand.

“Members of the cast undergo major changes, all rethinking their life and where they want to be. The end message is that people have to make conscious decisions to be happy.”

Writer, David Lewis, sets the play around Paul, played by Jerry Miller. With one book How to be Happy under his belt and known on television as Mr Happy, Paul has descended into despair as his books don’t sell and his marriage to Emma collapses.

While he’s remarried to Katy, he’s glum about Emma’s remarriage to a rich advertising executive Graham who, unlike Paul, is not a good listener.

Mr Blakey describes Paul and Emma’s daughter Daisy as the play’s catalyst.

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LEARN TO FLY FISH Graham Falla, centre, has been awarded the Forest and Bird Golden Spade Award for his conservation work. He is flanked by Alan Riley, left, and Murray Gleeson.

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Reserve conservation

Reward for dedicated valley conservator ■■By Marianne Kelly

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he sight of puriri, kowhai and totara trees peeking through a protective canopy of manuka makes Graham Falla’s heart sing when he observes the conservation work done over many years at Howick’s Mangemangeroa Valley Reserve in Somerville Road.

Now his long-term involvement with the Friends of Mangemangeroa (FOM), along with similar efforts on other projects, such as Totara Park Manurewa and Olive Davis Reserve Alfriston, has been rewarded with the Golden Spade Award.

The award presented by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand is presented to F&B branches or members who have made an outstanding contribution to restoring and maintaining native habitats.

It’s regarded as one of the most prestigious in conservation circles.

Since 1975 Mr Falla, now in his 80s, has led conservation programmes in South Auckland and was one of a team of ‘forest and birders’ and local residents who advocated for the purchase of the Somerville Farm property in Howick. Several years later it was purchased by the then Manukau City Council and, after three years of eco-sourcing native tree seeds, FOM was formed in 2003.

Mr Falla is a permanent representative on the FOM committee which maintains a formal partnership agreement with Auckland Council for the reserve’s restoration plan.

Mangemangeroa came into public ownership as a badly rundown farm, Mr Falla says.

“It was amazing that an original belt of primeval forest had survived, but only just survived,” he says. “Seed collected from that bush has been the core of the restoration that has taken place.”

Especially during tree planting season, Mr Falla, while he lives in Mangere East, can be seen at the Howick reserve weekly and in the course of a season collects close to 6000 eco-seeds from the valley’s existing bush.

F&B South Auckland chairman Murray Gleeson says the tree seed numbers in the ongoing programme are “staggering”.

“If we had to buy 5000 trees imagine the cost. Graham and FOM do it for nothing.”

Mr Falla says he keeps returning to Mangemangeroa “because it’s such a marvellous place; also because of the people involved”.

“The members of FOM are such an active and dedicated group.”

He considers that Howick is fortunate to have the work of many volunteers and unrelated groups, such as the Pakuranga Chinese Association. Students from local schools also take a lead role, for example Somerville Intermediate which manages a propagation unit, and others who participate in annual planting programmes.

As a result of their participation, Mr Falla says the students start to appreciate that New Zealand native plants are something special.

“They have a hand in getting the native bush re-established and can come back and see how nature has taken over.”

The challenge for the future, he says, is whether there will be enough people to carry on the conservation work.

“We are getting near the extent of areas to be restored,” he says. “But there is still a lot of work to be done. Maintenance of the restored areas will be needed, keeping weeds down and replenishing plants in restored areas as the canopy trees come through.

“We are starting to see the big trees, such as puriri, kowhai and totara, starting to come through the canopy in some parts now.”

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“She placed an advertisement on the East Auckland Grapevine offering to pick fruit and give it to people who needed it. Olivia had so many responses that she was unable to pick it all,” Ms Hensley said.

This is where Room 6 Howick Intermediate students come in - a small group, accompanied by Ms Hensley, is available to pick the fruit.

“Another small group then use this fruit to create marmalades, jams, juices and preserves, using the school’s Food Specialist facilities,” she

said.

Once bottled, these products are given away to people who need it.

“Students are involved in all steps of the project: from map reading to get to the different homes, explaining the project to the public, writing thank you letters, finding suitable recipes, making jams, marmalades, developing their kitchen skills, researching how to sterilise glass jars, creating labels, identifying recipients for the end products, etc.

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Boutique store expands its offerings at HMB marina

A unique opportunity for singers aged between eight and 18 years with a passion for performance and singing is on offer to ignite interest in opera and classical vocal music.

The 10th Opera Idol Song Contest is aimed at school students throughout Auckland. It’s been produced annually by the Opera Factory Trust since 2007.

Over its history the competition has shown the talents of young singers in training, many who have entered tertiary training, become finalists in prestigious local and international competitions, entered emerging artist programmes and also developed successful careers in New Zealand and overseas.

Singers will be accompanied by professional pianist Rosie Barnes and this year’s judges include itinerant teacher Christine Hallett, and Andrew Conley, a professional opera singer in New Zealand and the UK and also a founding member of Opera Factory.

Prizes include money towards their ongoing studies and other performing opportunities through Opera Factory Trust and extended networks.

This year entrants will also be invited to participate in a school holiday workshop ‘Opera Chorus Sing-In’ following the contest. They will get the chance to learn some famous opera choruses and work with professional tutors and singers to prepare the music and semi-stage the selected items.

Opera Idol- the Finals is at 7pm on September 9 at St Marks Church Hall, 95 Remuera Road, Remuera. Email admin@operafactory.com or phone 921-7801.

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magine buying a can of imported French snails and serving them in recyclable shells bought packaged in a special tube. It’s going to be a reality down at Half Moon Bay Marina as the boutique marina supermarket ups its range of gourmet foods.

Juliet Monaghan and Chris Harris are the owner-operators of Fresh Choice Half Moon Bay and they are on the constant lookout for new trends. When their turn came to comply with the Liquor Act’s new requirement to present liquor in one location, it freed up space to house a range of specialty items, until then buried in the grocery aisles.

Now people can browse in one spot through a range of items, such as artisan chocolate, Tuscan panforte and almond biscuits, locally-made oat cakes, Matakana Chocolate Brown and the snails.

“We’ve always had a strong interest in gluten free and unique specialty foods,” Juliet says.

They’re currently thumbing through a Coeliac Societyapproved list of gluten-free products. And they’ve joined a group of 20 Fresh Choice stores throughout the country who are planning to carry an exclusive range of lamb and beef provided by an organically-certified sheep and cattle farm in Nelson.

Juliet Monaghan and Chris Harris have introduced a specialty foods section to their Half Moon Bay supermarket.

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“As we got to know our customers we were encouraged that they want these foods,” Juliet says.

“But we also offer value for people who look for regular grocery items at a good price.”

Chris describes the Half Moon Bay business as similar to a country store, owner-operated with freedom to introduce all manner of treats and goodies.

Having just celebrated the store’s fourth birthday Chris says it’s seen as community focused and owned.

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Climate wins in nursing awards L

Ms Rushton has just returned from hands-on volunteering in the areas of Fiji worst-hit by cyclone Winston, and feels overwhelmed at the recognition by her peers and being awarded runner-up Young Nurse of the Year despite her “full-time hobby” not being a traditional nursing role.

The rural communities affected by climate change are what motivate her to “get NZ to start taking responsibility for the silent war we are waging on those least able to afford it”.

Ms Rushton says NZ has a Green House Gas footprint per capita that is regularly in the top 10 worst in the world and is in the bottom 10 for dealing with it. According to Top NZ ecologist, Dr Mike Joy, more than half of NZ’s greenhouse gas emissions are from animal agriculture. When taking our animals into account, New Zealand has the equivalent of a population of 90 million people and the waste that comes with it.

“We aren’t the ‘small country, not worth the bother’ that many

ocal nurse Emily Rushton has been named runnerup in the New Zealand Nurses Organisation’s Young Nurse of the Year award.

Ms Rushton, who grew up in Beachlands and went to Howick College, was nominated for her voluntary work, which includes extensive presentations for OraTaiao: New Zealand’s Health and Climate Council, educating on the benefits for health and the environment of lowering red meat and animal products in diets.

This May, Ms Rushton also attended the United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, as a youth delegate.

“I spoke to the top people in the European Union and stake holders, as well as being invited to a closed meeting with the incoming Executive Director of the UN Environmental Program.

My message was heard by all the 171 countries represented.

“It’s incredible that this extensive and global issue is being taken seriously at that level,” she says.

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With a health system in crisis and excessive animal consumption linked to everything from cancer and diabetes to dementia and gout, even halving the amount of meat we consume would cut disease rates, according to Ms Rushton.

A study accessible through the NZ Beef and Lamb website states 1kg of beef is approximately the same greenhouse gas emissions as driving 100km.

“So making red meat a weekly treat cuts one’s personal carbon footprint drastically and supports these much needed local changes,” Rushton says.

“The best thing you can do is to get inspired,” she says.

“Almost anything can be made without meat, just throw your favourite into Google and see.”

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Emily Rushton has just returned from hands-on volunteering in the areas of Fiji worst-hit by cyclone Winston.

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would like us to think we are.

The status quo is just not viable,” she says.

Dr Joy says the science shows New Zealand can’t support the amount of animals it has currently and the livestock population needs to be reduced by 70 per cent over the next 35 years to avoid an environmental collapse.

Ms Rushton believes farmers are the key and deserve the support to diversify.

She has been instrumental in the setup of a project to do just that, alongside a teaching institute in the North Island.

“Many farms are already branching out, replacing some paddocks with things like Manuka forests, soya beans, nut orchards and avocados,” she says.

“It’s about a long term, planned phase-in of other food that is healthier for us and our environment.

“We need to show everyone that what is already happening can work at a larger scale, with positive effects on the economy.”

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Fencibles United mark 20 years

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In 1995, Pakuranga Town AFC and Howick AFC – two local clubs established in the 1960s – joined forces to bring top senior football back out east.

A year later, Fencibles United Association Football Club played its first season in the blue and red stripes. As part of the club’s 20th anniversary celebrations, a special exhibition match is being held tomorrow night at William Green Domain in Highland Park.

Kicking off at 7.30pm, the Pakuranga Town AFC old boys will take on the Howick AFC old boys for the inaugural Danna Mandry Trophy.

The trophy is named after the current club secretary who has been with Fencibles United since the amalgamation.

Club president Pat Cannon said Mandry had been a fantastic servant to the club. With about

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2000 playing members, Fencibles is now one of the biggest football clubs in New Zealand and has male and female members ranging from five years old to some in their 60s.

Mr Cannon said he hopes the event will instil some history and pride in the club, which has slipped down the senior grades over the past few years. Nearly all of the old boys playing tomorrow went on to play for Fencibles in some shape or form when the two clubs joined and many of them are still members.

First team players and management staff from over the years will be at William Green Domain tomorrow night to show their support and catch up with familiar faces, as will many other club members, past and present.

Members of the public are welcome to attend.

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nce again the world champion Aussie Diamonds have pipped New Zealand’s Silver Fern netballers at the post by winning the inaugural Quad Series final in Melbourne 60-55.

There is, however, genuine hope for a Ferns team despite the fact goal shoot Bailey Mes got the yips in the final quarter when the Diamonds defence tightened the screws at one end of the court while 1.93m Caitlin Bassett ended up scoring a remarkable 53 goals for the game down the other.

With debutant goal keep Jane Watson and the relatively new goal attack Ameliaranne Ekenasio rising to the occasion beautifully in earlier games, there was much to admire about the Ferns’ performance, though Bassett’s 12cm height advantage was too much for Watson to cope with in the final.

With coach Janine Southby encouraging a confident swift passing game, Ferns shooters Mes and Ekenasio had been

voted the most valuable players against England and South Africa respectively.

Although Mes went into meltdown in the final stages of the final, she remains a fast, beautifully-balanced mover. But when the injured Maria Tutaia returns it could be her, rather than the taller Ekenasio, who loses her place in the starting seven.

On the evidence of this tournament Ekenasio is a more accurate shooter than Mes who, however, regularly snares rebounds. Tutaia, of course, is the best long-range shooter New Zealand has produced.

Finding a replacement for centre Laura Langman next year will be a difficult task should the little dynamo disqualify herself by playing in the Australian competition.

Meanwhile having thrashed defending champions Australia, the All Blacks should continue their march towards the Rugby Championship crown by beating Argentina at Hamilton on Saturday night.

However, having beaten

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South Africa to avenge a first up loss they should have won, the Pumas now have some classy backs to complement their powerful forwards.

The need to develop their backs and play a 15-man game was the message coach Graham Henry delivered Argentina after they employed his services for a few years following the All Blacks 2011 World Cup success in Auckland.

Obviously they have taken heed and produced some sparkling displays at last year’s World Cup. One area in which they should hold a decisive edge over the All Blacks is goalkicking where the otherwise excellent Beauden Barrett has a success rate of only 60 per

cent.

Full marks to Wallabies lock Kane Douglas for publicly stating All Black tighthead prop Owen Franks didn’t eye gouge him in the Wellington test after the Aussies early niggle misfired.

Nevertheless it was stupid of Franks to give him a facial and allow the likes of Irish legend Brian O’Driscoll and whinging English scribe Stephen Jones to renew claims of All Black foul play.

Meanwhile more young women golfers are emerging to challenge Lydia Ko for the world No 1 spot. Lydia could manage no better than fifth in the Manulife LPGA Classic at Cambridge, Ontario, this week despite shooting a bogey-free third round 64.

Having won a silver medal behind Inbee Park at the Rio Olympics, Ko’s putter hasn’t allowed her to add to her four wins on the LPGA circuit this year, one behind Thailand’s big hitting Ariya Jutanugarn.

At 20, Jutanugarn is just one year older than Ko while Canada’s Brooke Henderson, at 18, is a year younger.