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INVESTIGATION INTO INCORRECT VACCINE DOSES

By Chris Harrowell The Ministry of Health is investigating whether people who received the Covid-19 vaccine at a site in east Auckland may have received an “incorrect vaccine dose”.

Jo Gibbs, the national director for the Covid-19 vaccine and immunisation programme, says she’s aware of a situation at the vaccination centre in Highbrook last month where the endof-day reconciliation of vaccine doses

didn’t match those administered. “These types of situations occur from time to time and we have systems and processes to detect and manage them, which is what occurred in this instance. Although no patient harm would have resulted, at this stage we can’t rule out the possibility that five people may have received an incorrect vaccine dose.

“The situation that occurred relates to just five doses that were unaccounted for at the end of that day, during which

732 people were vaccinated.”

Gibbs says the error may have happened due to some vaccinators getting more than the regular number of doses out of some vials and forgetting to record it. “An alternative we can’t rule out is the possibility some people didn’t receive the correct vaccine dose.

“We’re still gathering the information needed to fully understand the situation and provide any advice or support that might be needed.

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From page 2 “We’ll be communicating with people who may have been affected when that work is complete.”

The Highbrook vaccination station is temporarily closed.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins publicly announced on August 22 that more than one million New Zealanders had been fully vaccinated against the virus.

“In confirming this figure, I particularly want to acknowledge the health workforce in New Zealand,” he says.

“They’ve stepped up across the country and particularly in Auckland at our testing centres, vaccination clinics and hospitals, and are continuing to deliver incredible numbers which we can all be proud of.”

Meanwhile, another place in east Auckland has recently been added to the Covid-19 locations of interest as identified by the Ministry of Health.

It is Countdown Pakuranga, Pakuranga Town Centre, on Friday August 20, 12.36pm-1.15pm. The Ministry of Health says people at that location at that time should self-monitor for

Covid-19 symptoms for 14 days.

If symptoms develop, people should get a test and stay at home until they get a negative test result and until 24 hours after symptoms resolve.

Local east Auckland sites previously identified as locations of interest include: Zone Bowling and Timezone Botany, 500A Ti Rakau Drive, on Saturday August 14, 12.15pm-12.30pm Howick Primary School Hall Meeting for Bethany Baptist Bible Church, 40 Willoughby Avenue, Howick, Sunday August 15, 1pm-4pm.

Nandos Botany, 1 Town Centre Drive, Botany Town Centre, on Monday August 16, 12pm-12.45pm KFC Botany Downs, 452 Ti Rakau Drive, on Tuesday August 17, 10.30am10.40am Countdown Botany Downs, cnr Te Irirangi Drive and Ti Rakau Drive, on Tuesday August 17, 10.20am-10.30am Subway East Tamaki, cnr Springs Rd and Kerwyn Avenue, Thursday, August 12, 1.45pm-2pm

Z Harris Road Service Station, 142 Harris Road, East Tamaki on Monday August 16 from 12pm-12.10pm Bus #70 Pakuranga Town Centre to Botany Town Centre, Tuesday August 17, 9.38am-9.52am on Tuesday, August 17 Botany Town Centre bus stop, Town Centre Dr, on Tuesday August 17, 9.52am-9.57am News media previously reported there may have been people from East Tamaki at Central Auckland Church of Christ, 52 Hepburn Street, Freemans Bay on Sunday August 15, 10.15am-12.02pm.

Zone Bowling and Timezeone posted an update on its website about being a location of interest. It advises anyone who was at the venue on August 14 between 12.15-12.30pm to isolate at home for 14 days from the date of last exposure.

“Test immediately and on days five and 12 after last exposure,” it says.

“Call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 for what to do next. Our Fun Squad are self-isolating, getting tested. We will be completing a full deep clean of our venue before we reopen.”

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PENFOLD MAKES NZ WOMEN’S CRICKET TEAM

By Zoe Garden A Howick sports star has been selected for the New Zealand Women’s Cricket Team. Molly Penfold, 20, has been playing cricket for the Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club since she was four. She currently plays for the Auckland Hearts as a fast bowler.

“She’s always really enjoyed it,” her father Neil told the Times. “She’s always been into sports.”

And so have the rest of her siblings – her oldest sister, with whom she played on the same cricket team for years, her younger brother and sister.

Penfold played other team sports including ouch and netball.

In 2020 she had plans to travel. “Covid-19 shelved that,” Neil says. “It really affected her.”

However, with the pandemic delaying her desire to travel, she concentrated heavily on her cricket. It paid off as she gained several opportunities. She debuted for the Auckland Hearts and, in April 2021, she was named in the New Zealand’s Women’s Twenty20 international squad for their third WT20I match against Australia. She has also been a part of their winter training camps.

“She loves it,” Neil says. “She enjoys the team environment.”

A few weeks ago Penfold was called up for the White Ferns for its tour of England. She was a late replacement for injured player Rosemary Mair.

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“When she told me, there were tears on both ends of the phone,” Neil says. “We’re just so proud”. She left for England on August 14.

“She likes the camaraderie,” Neil says.

“She’s so overjoyed.”

Cricket Club,” Neil says, “and the local community.”

Penfold is due to return to New Zealand on September 28.

Additionally she has been offered a New Zealand Cricket Development contract for the coming season.

Ted Waters, co-owner of several Howick eateries, has known Molly since she started as an employee on the day Daisy Chang opened two-and-a half years ago. “I couldn’t be happier for her. She’s a friendly and smiley person,” Waters says.

“She’s hugely liked by everyone.”

Her dad says she is “very determined and resilient with a strong mental mindset. She’s been supported tremendously by the Howick Pakuranga

Molly Penfold is a young fast bowler who has made the White Ferns. Photo Auckland Cricket

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A LOCKDOWN REALITY CHECK

MP for Botany

Christopher Luxon

Without warning, Alert Level 4 was upon us again. The move into lockdown was a reminder of just how unpredictable and changeable Covid-19 can be and how it pays for all of us to be as prepared as we can be for the possibility of disruption.

The National Party supported the Government’s decision. Given everything we know about the Delta variant and where we are with our poor vaccination rollout, moving into Level 4 lockdown was the right thing to do.

But we know that any lockdown decision weighs heavily on our community. It’s frustrating to suddenly have events postponed, important occasions missed and plans with friends relegated to Zoom calls.

We know lockdowns can be toughest on individuals living alone who may be isolated, kids whose routines are upended, and parents who might be feeling the pressure of a disrupted income. Lockdowns also create massive upheaval and uncertainty for business owners and employers. A Level 4 lockdown costs New Zealand $1.5 billion each week.

Consequently, we need to have a little straight talk and a reality check, as we are in lockdown again for two reasons; because the border has failed and because nearly 80 per cent of the country has still not been fully vaccinated. The Labour Government claimed last year we were ‘at the front of the queue’. Given what we now know, this was, at best, naïve and delusional and, at worst, a complete lie.

The bottom line is we are in lockdown because the Government did not act with sufficient urgency.

We need to vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate.

Here are the five things all Kiwis need to know about the vaccine roll-out in New Zealand: 1. We were too slow to sign a contract with Pfizer - the 29th slowest out of the 38 countries in the OECD. 2. We were too slow to approve Pfizer for use in New Zealand.

The UK approved it in early December 2020. We didn’t approve it until February 3, 2021.

3. We only ordered our Pfizer vaccines on January 29 this year.

By this point, the UK and the US had administered tens of millions of doses.

4. We refused to offer incentive payments for early vaccine delivery. It has been reported that an extra $50 million could have prevented the supply shortage earlier this year and at a time when we’ve been borrowing $110 million per day.

5. We still haven’t ordered any Pfizer booster shots for 2022/2023. The US has just announced they will start administering boosters from September this year and other western countries have already got their orders in.

We can no longer tolerate a relaxed vaccine rollout with New Zealand being 120th of the 190 countries in the world.

This lockdown has highlighted the need to vaccinate as many people as we can, as quickly as we can. In particular, we need to be vaccinating our frontline workers like port workers, hospital staff and police officers.

The Government must also be making sure we have hospital facilities that are fit-for-purpose with enough intensive care capacity, and that we are prioritising Covid-19 testing including saliva testing. Stories of people who visited locations of interest being turned away for tests after lining up for hours are unacceptable.

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TRIBUTE COMMUNITY ICON PASSES AWAY

By Zoe Garden A beloved icon of the east Auckland community has passed away.

Goran (George) Lucič, 73, was ‘world famous’ in Pakuranga for his friendly demeanour, beautiful food and affinity to give his customers nicknames.

George arrived to New Zealand in 1965 from Croatia months before his 18th birthday.

He ran Edgewater Takeaways with his wife Glenda for 43 years, with whom he was married for 48 years.

George’s son-in-law, Craig Clark, who is married to George’s eldest daughter Fiona, says the business was in the Edgewater block of shops.

“He had three generations of customers,” Clark says.

“He gave everyone nicknames. You were ‘George’, ‘Curly’, ‘Louie’, ‘Blue Eyes’, and ‘Boss’.”

Locals echoed these sentiments on social media.

months, Clark says, and had spent four months in the hospital.

“We are glad that he is free from any pain now. He left a giant hole in our lives.

There are a lot of devastated people,” he says.

When George’s death was reported to the community on social media, there were over 260 comments expressing condolences to his family and sharing memories of what George meant to them.

“Whenever we are at the shop there are always people stopping to say hi and express their sadness and pass on their condolences,” Clark says.

“A lot of tears have been shed. He loved being in the heart of the community.”

“George always talked to his customers and called me Curly like many others,” one wrote.

A decade ago George suffered a cardiac arrest while driving to the shop. One of the first people on the scene was a man who was able to give him CPR.

Another said, “I grew up going to see George and being called ‘Curly’ and he was continuing that tradition now with my son which brought us so many smiles and giggles.”

Another was a woman who was an emergency department nurse with medical equipment in her car. George had 45 minutes of CPR and 13 shocks from the defibrillator.

Clark told the Times George was funny, cheeky, community-minded, had a green thumb and was loyal and familyfocused.

“It goes without saying the medical staff was amazed at how well he recovered,” Clark says.

“He loved doing things for people,” he says. “He was a wonderful father-inlaw.”

George died on August 14.

He’d been unwell for around five

“He was back at the shop within a few months. His stubbornness would simply not allow him to roll over and give up his shop.”

Unfortunately, due to the current Covid-19 lockdown, George’s family is unable to hold his funeral as

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George Lucič was highly regarded in Edgewater for his humour and infectious friendliness.

Photo supplied planned. “We will definitely have a funeral in the weeks to come when we are at a level where we can welcome his family and many friends,” Clark says.

George grew many varieties of vegetables, loved joking around and enjoyed great food, music and his home-made red wine He was able to see both his daughters get married and spend time with his grand-daughter Georgia, his namesake.

There’s expected to be about 200 people at his funeral with many more watching from overseas on a live stream.

“He was a huge personality and deserves a huge send off,” Clark says.

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The cutting of the 25th anniversary cake at the Rotary Club of Somerville dinner, above, and, below, the new president of Somerville Rotary, Bini Homavazir with Botany MP Christopher Luxon.

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SOMERVILLE ROTARY MARKS 25 YEARS The Rotary Club of Somerville celebrated its 25th Anniversary, where around 140 people attended the black tie – gala dinner & charity fundraiser on August 14 at the Howick Club.

The new president of Somerville Rotary, Bini Homavazir, was delighted with the dinner. “The evening was a double celebration, our first big fundraiser event for the new Rotary year and a special celebration of our club’s 25 years of community service,” Homavazir said.

“I am incredibly proud of how much we raised – about $14,000 – and would like to extend a special thank you to all club members who were pivotal to the event’s success.”

The night was hosted by MC Jake O’Flaherty alongside great entertainment and a sumptuous buffet dinner. Rotary dignitaries graced the occasion – District Governor Steve & Edith Chaney, Past District Governor Gary and Jan Langford, Past District Governor Alan and Claire Eyes and Past District Governor Dr Philly and Yasmin Karani.

The night progressed with a presentation on business leadership

by Christopher Luxon, business leaderturned-politician [MP for Botany] and honorary member of the Rotary Club of Somerville.

The crowd were hooked from start to finish as Luxon – who was accompanied by his wife Amanda Luxon – provided useful pillars for leadership success and great insight into his own personal journey.

Hundreds of raffle tickets were sold throughout the night which ended on a high with a successful auction, hosted by the witty and entertaining auctioneer Robert Tulp from Apollo Auctions.

“Somerville Rotary would like to say a big thank you for the support and generosity of event sponsors, donors, fellow Rotarians from various other clubs, family and friends, who graced the evening,” Homavazir said. “A thank you also needs to be said to the very generous auction donors and bidders and to Times Media, the media partners for the event.”

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Funds collected will go towards the club’s local projects including: • Distribution of merino wraps to new mothers in birthing units; • Packing of emergency kits for the Pacific Islands; • Mangemangeroa tree planting; • Distribution of Duffy books, dictionaries and pyjamas to low decile schools; • Supporting the RYLA, RYDA & MUNA Rotary programmes • International projects including toilet blocks in Kenya, ophthalmology equipment in Pune and water projects in remote villages in India.

“The Rotary Club of Somerville may be small but has time-and-again shown that we can punch well above our weight when helping out the community while always having fun.

Here’s to another successful 25 years,” Homavazir said.

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COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE AT RYMAN HEALTHCARE At Alert Level 4 all Ryman Healthcare villages are closed to visitors. The only exception is visits to residents in palliative or end-of-life care.

“There are full infection control procedures in place, our staff are wearing face shields and N95 masks and caring for residents in bubbles,” David King, who is Ryman Healthcare’s Corporate Affairs Manager, said.

“A total of 87 per cent of our residents have had vaccinations and 83 per cent of our staff currently have had vaccinations with the figure expected to be 90 per cent by the end of this week.”

Ryman Healthcare has increased staff pay by $2 an hour in New Zealand while the country is in lockdown as a thank you.

Staff members also get free meals at work and are changing into their uniforms on site as an extra safeguard.

“We have good experience from more than 200 days in lockdown in Victoria about the best precautions and the double reassurance of N95 masks and face shields has worked well. We have not had a single case of Covid-19 in Victoria,” said King.

Ready to go about grocery deliveries to residents are Georgia Taylor (receptionist), Sarah Keane (receptionist/dining assistant) and Rebecca Croudace (dining assistant). vaccination programme since April and more than 28,000 vaccines have been delivered. It is running additional clinics to vaccinate the remaining people. Ryman has 50 trained vaccination nurses who have also been carrying out vaccine programmes for other retirement care operators and DHBs.

Zoom calls and activities programmes continue within the bubbles to keep everyone entertained.

“Since April 2020 taking part in our vaccination programme has been a requirement in our employment agreements,” King said.

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“Our team deliver anything any residents need and they have 24-hour help at hand,” he said.

In the Auckland and Wellington regions the Student Volunteer Army has been enlisted to shop for residents staying at home. Ryman Healthcare is New Zealand’s largest retirement village operator. They have 43 retirement villages in New Zealand and Australia. Ryman villages are home to 12,750 residents, and the company employs 6300 staff.

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Daffodil Day The demand on our cancer services goes up during lockdown.

And that’s why we need you now more than ever.

BIG BLOW TO CANCER SOCIETY AS DAFFODIL DAY STREET COLLECTION IMPACTED AGAIN Daffodil Day spirit going. There are people already fundraising for us in their own unique ways on our daffodilday.org.nz website, and we are so grateful for their support,” says Elwood.

The Cancer Society is urging supporters to donate and fundraise online as Covid forces the cancellation of its iconic street collection.

Cancer Society of New Zealand CEO Lucy Elwood says, “Last year, we were unable to hold a street appeal in Auckland. Unfortunately, a year later, we find ourselves in a similar situation throughout all of New Zealand. “This will affect our fundraising efforts this year; our street appeal typically raises about $1 million for those affected by cancer.

“We know this is also a blow for many people who have been regular volunteers on Daffodil Day too. Being Principal Sponsor of Daffodil Day for over 30 years, ANZ is supporting us to help make this year’s Daffodil Day efforts a success.

ANZ is also going above and beyond, matching every donation through their digital daffodil $1 for $1 and with 3 three incredibly generous technology entrepreneurs and investors stepping up to do the same, every $1 through the digital daffodil means $3 for Cancer Society.

However, we must prioritise the safety of our thousands of dedicated volunteers and everyone involved in the face of the Delta variant. We are now counting on our generous supporters to donate online.”

“We’ve been through Covid lockdown before and the demand on our services goes up. Covid adds to the anxiety of many going through cancer. This is the time for Cancer Society and New Zealanders to step up and not step back.”

After the announcement from the Government on August 17, Cancer Society quickly swung into action with the top priority being putting into place protocols to ensure services are still available in lockdown, including accommodation services continuing as a safe bubble for cancer patients undergoing treatment, and patientsupport services continuing over the phone and online.

“The tag-line for our Daffodil Day campaign is ‘Cancer doesn’t stop, so we

The tag-line for the Daffodil Day campaign is ‘Cancer doesn’t stop, so we won’t either’.

Photo supplied won’t either’,” says Elwood.

“We are truly living those words right now – cancer doesn’t stop because of Covid. Our staff are going above and beyond to support those using our services, communicate updates on scheduled treatments and addressing any issues that are being experienced.”

Daffodil Day provides many with a chance to celebrate survivorship and remember those who have passed.

“We hope this still happens safely in bubbles [if we still find ourselves in lockdown] and we want to keep the

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ANZ has created a daffodil that accepts donations simply by scanning the QR code on it or you can print a poster or donate wherever you see an ANZ Digital Daffodil. Visit www.anz.co.nz/ donate.

The Cancer Society provides vital support to New Zealanders affected by all types of cancer. It also funds cancer awareness campaigns and essential research. “Everything we do is made possible through the amazing generosity of New Zealanders, and we are calling on that support this year through daffodilday.org.nz.”

Support your local Cancer Society.

Daffodil Day was on August 27 however you can offer your support at any time via www.daffodilday.org.nz.

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COLD COFFEE CONNOISSEUR

By Zoe Garden

frame and day of the week.”

A former pupil of east Auckland’s Macleans College has perfected the art of being a cold brew coffee connoisseur.

Cold brew extraction, Lee says, is a commonly known method.

“Traditionally most people only know cold brew and ice drip,” he says. “There hasn’t been much development in any other cold processes for a long time.”

Henry Lee spent seven years perfecting his ice brew method. He told the Times “throughout his quest for uniqueness”, there were multiple challenges through his life.

“It took a long time of constant trial and error and self-belief to create Ice Brew over the seven years,” he says.

Lee owns and operates a cafe, Gourmet Espresso in East Tamaki, where he utilises his love and passion for cold processed coffee.

Gourmet Espresso is normally open on Saturdays from 4pm to midnight and exclusively serves ice brew tastings and a rotating food menu. “We serve ice brew coffee made with rare exotic

Henry Lee won the gold trophy in the Cold Brew category at the Coffee Awards. beans [and it] takes five days to extract all natural complexities,” Lee says.

Additionally it takes time to sit down and explore all layers and sophistications of the note profiles.

“That is why it’s open during that time

That is why he took his ice brew coffees to the Australian International Coffee Awards, to show the extraction method is superior in creating a better-tasting profile than cold brew. He won the gold trophy in the Cold Brew category, a category that hasn’t had a gold medal winner in four consecutive years.

“Coffee tasting is like wine tasting, not for people who just need a quick wakeup shot.”

Lee aims to continue being a creative force in cold process coffee brewing and to export overseas.

YOUNG DANCER TOPS COMPETITION

By Zoe Garden

maximum opportunities for all”.

A talented east Auckland school student has won the main prize at a prestigious New Zealand dance convention. Howick College pupil Brooke Scully, 17, has been dancing since she was four.

Brooke’s prize consists of an 11-night trip to Los Angeles in the United States, to dance with top choreographers at top studios, the opportunity to dance at Disney and a three-day pass, a Rodeo Drive dance performance and more.

“I enjoy the way it makes me feel,” she says. “It’s an outlet.”

Four years ago Brooke was told she may never dance again due to a deliberating illness. A flu shut down her digestive system and put her in hospital for a few months and she now has a chronic pain disorder. “I wasn’t going to let that stop me,” Brooke told the Times.

On August 1 Brooke attended the Kairos Dance Convention, held at the Vodafone Events Centre, in Manukau, with approximately 1500 other dancers, and won the main prize.

“It was a very surreal feeling,” Brooke says. Performances were judged over a weekend. The organisation describes the event as “bringing together international tutors to host a high energy dance convention with

“It’s an incredible opportunity to work in LA,” Brooke says.

She also won acceptance with a 50 per cent scholarship into a dance school in Sydney, Australia.

This isn’t Brooke first incredible achievement. A year ago, during the first Covid-19 lockdown, she made the most of it by getting involved with “online dance competitions and workshops and putting together her own choreography”, as Howick College wrote.

She caught the eye of Chehon WespiTschopp, a professional dancer and winner of So You Think You Can Dance (Season 9). He’s also the assistant creative director for the American

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Howick College pupil Brooke Scully won a trip to LA and a scholarship.

Idol TV singing competition. Chehon contacted Brooke and offered her a spot in his mentorship programme.

She worked with him and other choreographers via zoom.

“She’s learnt about choreography and received industry guidance,” Howick College wrote.

Brooke says she wants to pursue dance as a career path. “I want to dance in LA full-time. I’ve had amazing support from my family,” she says, “and my dance teachers Sarah De Lille and Kim Stewart from Stewart Dance Studios.”

YOUNG DESIGNER SET TO PAINT FASHION WEEK ORANGE Sarah Browning’s tango dress in Resene Tango is tipped to turn heads. Her design is a nod to the movie ‘Take the Lead’ where a dance teacher inspires troubled students to imagine new beginnings.

Browning says her career in fashion was inspired by her high school teacher Elisha Hoskin at Howick College who might be in the audience when her former student’s tango dress is among a collection of stunning garments leading three shows at NZ Fashion Week which has been postponed due to Level 4 lockdown.

Designs by Browning and 15 of her contemporaries were last week to feature in the Resene Designer Runway shows at the Auckland Town Hall.

Organisers said the show will go on.

It will be the eighth Resene Colour of Fashion project with Whitecliffe Fashion Tech.

“My intention for this garment is to create a modern looking tango dress with openings to show that there are new paths that we can go down, but it still unites as one,” says Browning.

“Resene Tango is vibrant, playful and energetic whether it’s a twist on the dance floor or a strut down the runway the colour would catch any eye. I created a dress that is a fashion forward tango dress, featuring cut-outs, asymmetrical lines and a low back.”

Each year undergrads in their final year at Whitecliffe Fashion Tech in Auckland and Wellington are tasked to design, make and present to judges a work of contemporary fashion in silk, in an array of Resene paint colours, as part of their pathway to graduation in November.

2021 is a milestone year. It’s the 20th year of NZ Fashion Week and the 75th year Resene has been at forefront of all things colour in New Zealand.

Talented fashion designer Sarah Browning from Howick with her design on a model.

Marshall-Smith founder of NZ Fashion Tech (now Whitecliffe Fashion Tech) and Resene marketing manager Karen Warman at the judging table.

They selected these top-16 finalists to appear at NZ Fashion Week For some of the students, it was less than five years ago when they sewed their first stitch. Now they have a chance to see their work on models walking the same runway as the winter 2022 collections of Kate Sylvester, Trelise Cooper and Zambesi.

The judges were looking for designs that were “super-current”. Many of the looks hinted at design elements from 1946 the year Resene began.

In eight years of the Resene Colour of Fashion project more than 220 students of fashion have been given a highly visible platform in the fashion industry on the strength of this partnership between New Zealand’s leading paint and fashion education companies.

Dame Pieter Stewart, founder of NZ Fashion Week, joined Ruby general manager Emily Miller-Sharma, Val

The finalists will also lead Whitecliffe Fashion Tech’s graduate runway show in November where the 2021 winner will

be announced and a prize from Resene presented.

Karen Warman of Resene says, “We love giving these creative young people a head start in fashion. They immerse themselves in their Resene colour and produce a stunning contemporary look that celebrates the colour and their talent.

“We are thrilled the project this year marks our part in New Zealand’s colour story which started 75 years ago. We can’t wait to see all of the finalists colouring up the runway at the 20th NZ Fashion Week,” she says.

Whitecliffe chairman Feroz Ali and new owner of NZ Fashion Week says, “We treasure the long-standing partnership with Resene. Each year, the Resene Colour of Fashion project offers an incredible opportunity for Whitecliffe Fashion Tech students to showcase their skills to the industry, family and friends.”

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HAVE YOU GOT YOUR MATHS EYES? Students at Bucklands Beach Primary School were buzzing recently as they opened their Maths Eyes, the theme for Maths Week 2021 @BBPS. Maths is everywhere and the students were on the lookout for examples of this. Each day each classroom displayed a new poster showing a real life example of maths. Each photo was accompanied by a question requiring the children to answer. Names of winners were drawn daily and announced on the daily notices.

Students then had the opportunity to create their own Maths Eyes poster using the environment around the school.

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at Bucklands Beach Prima Eyes posters.

This activity created lots of excitement as children looked around the school to find the most interesting Maths Eyes photo. The photos will now be used to create a Maths Eyes trail around the school.

As well as the online activities from the Maths Week site, the children were involved in many outdoor activities using maths and highlighting the fact that maths is everywhere.

2021 youth council members and alumni who were present on the night.

HYC CELEBRATES DECADE OF SERVICE Howick Youth Council has celebrated its 10th anniversary. “It’s a real privilege to be the Howick Youth Council’s (HYC’s) co-chairs at such an exciting time at our 10 year anniversary,” said 2021 co-chairs Danica Loulié-Wijtenburg and Ben Fraser.

“The past decade of passionate community service has led to where we are today: one of Auckland’s longest-standing youth councils with a dedicated membership of 37 rangatahi, contributing almost 10,000 volunteer hours to the wider east Auckland community every year,” they said.

“Our annual work programme of almost 20 projects, work to represent, develop and connect the approximately 20,000 local rangatahi in innovative and engaging ways.”

However, they said, these headline statistics don’t reflect the depth of the youth council’s history and the service its members volunteer every year.

“So we’re grateful to have had the opportunity to celebrate HYC’s immense growth with our local community, especially since a lot of our success depends on the support we receive,” they said.

“We’ve been members for more than three years and we’ve come back each year because it’s such a truly empowering and transformative space to be in.

“We’re able to develop in such important areas as collaboration, large-scale project coordination and facilitating change — all with a remarkable degree of independence,” they said

“The Howick Local Board, in particular, has been a foundational supporter of ours, not only generously funding us, but also encouraging us to grow as young leaders.”

“There’s also immense value for the wider community with the representation of youth voices in local government and the delivery of youthfocussed initiatives.

They said HYC’s past decade of activity is a testament to the impact a youth council can have, both for its members and the local community.

“HYC is a bright and diverse whānau and, while this is our final year on the council, we’re eagerly looking forward to HYC’s next decade.”

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William Green headmaster (far left) 5. Image supplied with Pakuranga School pupils in 189

WILLIAM GREEN

– AN OUTSTANDING HOWICK CITIZEN

As Howick and districts count down to the 175th anniversary next year, the Times continues its series by Alan La Roche giving readers a glimpse of life as it used to be. The countdown began at the 170th in 2017.

William Green Domain at the corner of Bucklands Beach Road and Pakuranga Road is named for a much-loved teacher at Pakuranga School.

He was born in England in 1855 and died in 1937. William started as a saddler, but after marrying Emma Press in Manchester in 1882, they emigrated to New Zealand. On the sailing ship there were live sheep which he butchered but fresh meat was reserved for first-class passengers, not for steerage passengers.

William had an English teaching certificate and taught at Flat Bush School before moving to teach at Pakuranga School in 1893. William and Emma moved into the headmaster’s house next to the school.

This house was eventually moved to Pakuranga College. Behind the headmaster’s house there used to be stables for his horse and hay for their house-cow. All new students at Pakuranga School used to plant a tree behind the school, now part of Hutchinson’s Road Reserve. William taught the usual subjects as well as Latin, shorthand writing, horticulture, gardening and bee keeping using the school’s hives.

In 1897 Robert Maclean of Bleak House Farm provided wagons to take

all students to Auckland to see special displays on Queen Victoria’s Jubilee.

Robert also provided wagons for the annual school picnics at Barn Bay [now called Half Moon Bay].

Governor Lord Ranfurly visited Pakuranga School in 1900 and planted an oak tree followed by Lord Plunkett in 1907 who planted a pohutukawa which is still beside the St John’s Ambulance Station.

Both Governors admired the large flower garden in front of the school and vegetable gardens behind the school, maintained by the students.

William Green was respected by his students and admired for his knowledge.

He used to open his beehive, extract honey without gloves, veil or a smoker but emphasised gentle handling and no one got stung. For school students it was excellent training.

William had a productive orchard behind his home including espaliered apple trees. Boys sometimes caught eels in the creek behind the school which they buried in William’s flourishing rhubarb garden. Most students at Pakuranga School at that time would become farmers or farmer’s wives.

William Green was a Justice of the

Peace, a Church Warden and lay preacher at All Saints Anglican Church, even taking funeral services for special friends.

He used to maintain the churchyard with other helpers. He was a foundation member of the Howick Horticultural Society with Miss Nixon and others.

They planted the pohutukawa trees along Cockle Bay and Howick Beaches.

He was elected to the Howick Town Board and was responsible for selecting the Colville quarry granite for the Stockade Hill Monument in 1919 after World War I. He organised the Anzac services between the World Wars which included repairing the post and wire boundary fences and scything a pathway up to the monument.

When he retired in 1914, Emma and William lived in a large villa at the corner of Picton Street and Wellington Streets.

William is buried in All Saints Churchyard and a lychgate in his memory was erected in Cook Street opposite the Monterey Apartments, as an outstanding Howick citizen.

Alan La Roche MBE – Howick Historian alanlaroche@xtra.co.nz

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UNITING PAKURANGA VILLAGE AND COLLEGE: ART EXHIBITION

By Zoe Garden An east Auckland retirement village has hosted an art exhibition showcasing its residents’ creative flair. The event at Pakuranga Park Village on August 10 was open to the public and donations were welcomed.

Real Living Group director Chris Murphy says the exhibition had four artists from Blenheim and two from Auckland. Their works were on sale.

Pakuranga College senior art students were also invited to participate. The school saw it as an opportunity for their students to publicly display their work and meet established artists.

Danita Kinupagaran, pictured with her family, sold her piece at the exhibition.

The exhibition aimed to create a place where art, artists and ideas “came together in conversation with local audiences”, Murphy says.

with the painting donated to Pakuranga College. One student’s artwork, Danita Kinupagaran, titled The Great Hoopspinning Maestro, sold at the exhibition.

The artists displaying their works included Jadzia MichnaKonigstorfer, Hayley King, Nikki Roberton, Arlin Sukarlin, Sarah Higgins and Fiona Ehn.

The koha (donation) entry to the exhibition raised $267 for the school’s art department.

“It’s part of the village’s efforts to give back to the community,” Murphy says.

Pakuranga College was donated an artwork by one of the artists involved, Arlin Sukarlin, a fisher from Blenheim.

He’s a member of the Marlborough Art Society and regularly donates to schools so they can fundraise, which is the intent

The head of the school’s art faculty, Julie Woodward, says the students were thrilled to be in the exhibition.

“There were a number that brought family or friends to see the work,” she says.

“This is the start of a further relationship of exhibitions between the village and the college.”

TOY LIBRARY SETS UP MULTI-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

By Zoe Garden

Toy Library Howick and Pakuranga was one of 20 recipients to win funding from the second round of Mazda Foundation 2021 grants.

The Mazda Foundation is a charity that has given back over $4 million to local communities such as the Toy Library.

The Library received a grant of $1838 towards purchasing a range of diverse and multicultural activities for the community.

The Toy Library Howick and Pakuranga has received funding from the Mazda Foundation to purchase activities for the community. Photo supplied

This included Te Reo Maoribased games, Chinese and sign language blocks and puzzles to ensure the toys available accurately represent New Zealand’s diversity.

Shelley Clews, co-chair and

grants officer for the east Auckland based library, says the organisation has been operated by a committee of volunteers since 1995. “Our volunteers work hard to keep the Toy Library running,” she says.

“The generosity of grants such as those from the Mazda Foundation means that we can afford to add these exciting cultural toys for our members.

“Having access to diverse multicultural toys from a young age promotes awareness of other cultures and ethnicities and ensures that our kids know society is not one shade. It reduces the chances of children being singled out of social groups based on the way they look or where they come from. Kids always learn best through play.”

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SPORT

BMX CLUB KEEN TO GET PUMPING

By Chris Harrowell Ambitious east Auckland BMX bike riders are working to build a new sport facility for the community that could cost up to $500,000.

The Pakuranga-based Mountain Raiders BMX club wants to see a large all-weather “pump track” installed on a vacant piece of Auckland Councilowned land adjacent to the club’s existing track, a skate park, and the Lloyd Elsmore Park Pool and Leisure Centre complex.

Club committee member Hayden Briscoe told the Howick Local Board’s members about the need for a pump track in that location at the board’s July business meeting.

Mountain Raiders president Greg Buckley says the club’s “ultimate goal” is to build a competitionspec pump track at the site.

“That would complement the action sports located in this area at Lloyd Elsmore Park,” he told the Times.

k in Pakuranga are installed at Lloyd Elsmore Par Hoping to get a pump track Hayden Briscoe, and BMX club riders Ollie, Ruby from left, Mountain Raiders wel Harro Chris photo kley. Times with Molly, Greg and Jack Buc

People keen to help the pump track project come to fruition can email volunteer@mtrbmx.co.nz

“We’ve got BMX and skateboarding, but pump track is the fastest-growing cycling sport and we have good reason to believe it will be in the Olympics within three or four cycles.

“It’s a really important part of our longterm strategy as a club to start pushing into that space but it’s also a great way to engage with the community through wheeled sport.”

Briscoe says people of all ages will be able to use the pump track on scooters, skateboards, inline skates and bicycles.

“There’s more than 15 schools within 2km of this location,” he says.

“We think this is the perfect place to have it in conjunction with the skate park and it could be multi-use with all the sports clubs around. We think it would be used pretty much every day.”

A pump track is unique in that it can be ridden without the rider having to peddle.

hopefully netting the benefits from that.

“You make your way around it and the start and finish points are the same,” Buckley says.

Buckley says the all-weather nature of the pump track is in its surface.

“The design of the track is such that you’re able to ‘pump’ by using your arms and legs to push and pull the bike up and down over the jumps and use momentum to get around the track.

“It’s great for skill development for young and old.

“It’s great for young kids learning to ride or skate, but also all the way to international athletes and elite-level BMX or mountain bikers can use the space.”

Buckley says the club’s existing track is subject to a lot of weather vulnerabilities, especially during winter.

“Every season that passes we’re limiting people being able to use our facility over winter. It’s an opportunity missed.

The sooner we can get the [pump track] facility up and running the sooner we can be riding our bikes year-round and

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“We’re chomping at the bit and keen as to get stuck in.”

“The fact it’s asphalt means it’s not subject to washouts in heavy rain, as we experience on our lime-based surface at the BMX track, so that’s a big benefit.”

Briscoe says the pump track would be very low maintenance and would only require mowing the lawn around it, as “everything else looks after itself”.

Buckley says the pump track the club wants to build would be about 2000 square metres and from estimates it’s received it would likely cost $400,000$500,000 to build.

“In terms of getting under way with funding we have some pretty strong leads with the other pump tracks that have been funded throughout the country.

“We’re keen to work alongside the council and any other community organisations that have the same vision we have and want to see it become a reality.”

Feedback Page NEW CROSSING IS CRAZY

This is partly in response to your safety article in the Times, August 17.

We (unluckily) got caught outside Owairoa School recently at ‘signs out’ time and it was pretty nerve-racking as we spotted so many near misses.

We (unfortunately) have to live with this chaos every school day as our local schools are Cockle Bay and Howick College. We try our level best to avoid leaving or returning home during the opening/closing of these schools. We were unfortunate recently and saw the results of the latest totally crazy idea of the new crossing at the top of Trelawn Place.

Between both schools, there is already a controlled crossing with traffic lights but council decided upon adding a new one on each corner of Trelawn, only a few feet away from the controlled one. Very close to this new crossing is a driveway from the school allowing parents to drive into Trelawn after picking up/dropping off their children.

As cars leave this driveway, they drive into an already congested, small road right into where the sign-carrying children are attempting to let others cross. In the meantime, other vehicles are being so-called controlled by traffic lights – very hard to describe how total chaos reigns.

Further down Trelawn Place, vehicles are parked both sides of the road (including no parking areas) where many parents are on the road-side removing or replacing their precious babies into car seats. It all needs to be seen to be believed. Enough to cause heart attacks if one is amongst it.

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BURNING WOOD

The silly Herald had a crassly stupid letter from Gary Hollis as the lead letter on August 4. So much wrong I can’t be bothered answering it.

Just to be clear, burning wood waste does not add new CO2 to the atmosphere, because the atmosphere is the source of that carbon in the first place, via photosynthesis. There are good reasons for not burning wood waste, but production of CO2 is not one of them.

Human activity, including burning fossil fuels, has increased the level of CO2 in the atmosphere from 280 to 417ppm: 50 per cent. That increase has caused earth to retain more energy from the Sun, warming the surface and the oceans. Weather is the climate system – atmosphere, oceans – moving energy around, so more energy in the system means worse weather. The frightening results are clear to anyone with half a brain.

NZ has one of the highest emissions per capita in the world so it’s just silly to point the finger at other countries and make excuses about population size. It’s individual humans wrecking the planet not numbers on a bit of paper.

Dennis N Horne, Howick

FOOTPATH REPLACEMENT MILLHOUSE DRIVE

Re: Pavement replacement. The council has just replaced all the footpath and crossings in the section of Millhouse Dr between Northpark Ave and Orangewood Dr. I met with council employees about this saying it was not necessary as my drive had one small crack that hadn’t moved in seven years and next door to me their drive had no cracks at all. But no, it was all going to be replaced. They said it was easier to do the whole lot as traffic management was a big part of the cost.

I thought the council was concerned about landfills filling up rapidly, but this has all gone to landfill.

Also, magnolia trees along the street have been lifting the paving. But this is up to the aborists to do something about this.

I have already had to get someone in to level my cobble driveway because of the roots. Probably in 10 years the roots will be damaging the paving again.What an absolute waste of ratepayers’ money.

Janice Brown-Bayliss

SOME DRIVERS NEED RE-TESTING

It made my blood boil when I read in the Times of the precious little girl struck down and killed near school by a driver mistaking the accelerator for the brake.

Some years ago, I was the teacher on duty when a student was struck down on the

college pedestrian crossing by another similar driver.

I held her in my arms on the crossing with blood spurting out her nostrils, trying to stop her falling into unconsciousness until we got the ambulance. I will never forget that experience and I believe that she received permanent brain damage.

Forward a couple of years, and I, myself, was struck down by another similar driver, my neck broken and rendered a tetraplegic – all for the fault of drivers who seem incapable of distinguishing between the brake and the accelerator.

The retesting of immigrant drivers at regular intervals should be mandated now.

Gayleen Mackereth, Howick

COME ON A.T.

Re: “Destruction in Paradise” – the continuing saga of Fordyce Avenue. A ploy often used when defending the undefendable is to “keep your head down and say nothing” so that the problem dies a natural death and goes away. This is then taken as a tacit endorsement that the problem is resolved and all is well with the world.

If this is the strategy of Auckland Transport (AT) and those supporting them with the deplorable state our street still finds itself in, be assured this is not the case. Every local resident with whom I have had communication is to a man (and woman) appalled by this “trial” safety exercise and wants it removed.

AT will have ample communication from residents to this effect and should be left in no doubt. Apparently the trial will remain in place until the end of the year.

Why? In a recent letter to the editor (as yet unpublished) I noted my concern that the design of a temporary roundabout at Stansfield Place is downright dangerous for both pedestrians and motorists alike and should be removed forthwith. AT were also made aware of this, but to date no response or action.

If there were medals awarded for bad design at the Olympic Games we would have another gold in the bag!

Bary Williams, Sunnyhills

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LOCKDOWN IN PICTURES Award-winning Times photographer Wayne Martin has been capturing images in and around our area during lockdown.

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PUZZLE SOLUTIONS QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8025 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Graceful. 6, Tact. 8, Pier.

9, Linoleum. 10, Peril. 11, Lascar. 13, Priest. 15, Rapier. 17, Butter. 19, Moist.

22, Paradise. 23, Even. 24, Able. 25, Gaolbird.

Down - 2, Raise. 3, Carbine. 4, Full.

5, Landlord. 6, Talks. 7, Courage. 12, Sterling. 14, Rhubarb. 16, Proverb. 18, Trade. 20, Steer. 21, Veto.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8025 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Di-spose-d. 6, Puff. 8, A-ge-s.

9, I-nex-per-t. 10, Steal (steel). 11, Latest. 13, Afr-esh. 15, Screwy. 17, Brenda. 19, B-arm-y. 22, Bac-teria. 23, H-Our. 24, Weed (we’d). 25, S-W-addled.

Down - 2, I-n-G-ot. 3, Pas-sage. 4, Slip.

5, Due-llist. 6, Pip-it. 7, Fore-saw. 12, The-at-re’s. 14, For-gave. 16, Re-ached.

18, Noted. 20, M-O-use. 21, Pa(st)pa(ge).

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COMMENT:

GOLD BEYOND MEDALS Initially renowned for the laughter they created, The Adams Family have long since gone from comedians to the power of their athleticism.

Take former Half Moon Bay resident Dame Valerie Adams, twice Olympic women’s shot put champion with a silver and bronze medal to go with it.

Seven-foot brother Steve, a multimillionaire NBA star and now 30-year-old sister Lisa, coached by Val, who a few days ago became the F37 Paralympic shot put champion. Not only did she win gold but she beat all opponents with all six of her throws.

Not bad for a three-year novice blessed with great genes and a sister/coach who is a veteran in the sport they excel in.

Not surprisingly in winning with a 14.36m throw, Lisa shattered the Paralympic record.

Before that, New Zealand had only scored two medals at these Tokyo Paralympics a silver to Sophie Pascoe in breaststroke and a gold to stylish backstroker Tupou Neiufi who trains at the Howick Pakuranga Swim Club under the guidance of her coach Sheldon Kemp.

What makes all three women more special in overcoming their handicap is they don’t look back with prolonged regrets but get on with life in a positive

Agnew’s Angle

with Ivan Agnew way as an inspiration to others which proves that all that is gold is not just the medals they wear around their necks.

Fourth to join the Kiwi medallists before Pascoe attempted her backstroke events yesterday was Danielle Aitchison who claimed silver in the 200m women’s 200m track event in 29.88s.

Although a distant second to China’s Shi Yiting’s 28.21s, Aitchison is only 20 and has a big future ahead of her.

It’s nice to see Black Ferns Sevens head coach Allan Bunting retire with an Olympic gold medal after his team of stars performed so sensationally at Tokyo after the pain of silver at Rio in 2016.

Bunting has been associated with the Black Ferns programme for 10 years and has enriched it as part of World Cup wins, two Commonwealth Games golds, six World Series wins and a 40-match winning streak through 2018/19.

Tupou Neiufi, who trains at the Howick Pakuranga Swim Club, won NZ’s first gold at the Tokyo Paralympics. Photo ODT Black Ferns Commonwealth Games and world championship crowns.

Ardie Savea’s promotion to captaincy of the All Blacks for the Rugby championship in Australia while Sam Whitelock, Aaron Smith and Richie Mo’unga delay their trip to celebrate the birth of their babies is richly deserved.

A different personality to the cool-headed Whitelock and injured former captain Sam Cane, the passionate Savea is not devoid of a sharp rugby brain. However Australian coach Dave Rennie and captain Michael Hooper will relish their improved chances in the absence of the world class Whitelock, Smith and Mo’unga although it offers a big chance for the likes of Beauden Barrett to prove he’s ageing better than that “old gray mare.”

With Sir Gordon Tietjens having won a knighthood for past services to the NZ men’s Sevens, Bunting deserves no less.

If given his preference, No 8 Savea would probably have preferred to mark Hooper at No 7 but in more recent times has shown he can cope well with either berth.

Sweeney will be sole head coach for the

Ivan Agnew is an award-winning sports writer

ARMED POLICE FIND MAN WITH FISHING EQUIPMENT A man carrying fishing equipment appears to have sparked a response from armed police in east Auckland this morning.

A spokesperson for Counties Manukau Police says a report was received earlier this morning, August 25, of a man being in possession of a firearm in the Somerville area.

“This was reported at 7.20am and police soon responded to the area, locating the man in the Mangemangeroa Reserve area. No firearm has been located, however the man was observed with fishing equipment. The man was spoken to about the current [Covid-19 level

four lockdown] restrictions in place and he was escorted out of the reserve and directed to return home. Police have issued the man with an infringement notice as a result.”

The spokesperson says the callout did not involve the police’s armed offenders squad, although attending officers were armed as a precaution given the nature of the 111 call.

A local resident who witnessed the response from police says she saw about six police vehicles and officers who were armed. She says a cordon was in place at the roundabout intersection of Somerville Road, Whitford Road, and Point View

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Drive. The resident also saw the police’s Eagle helicopter above the scene.

Meanwhile, police have charged a man after an investigation into an aggravated robbery in Pakuranga. Counties Manukau East criminal investigation branch detective senior sergeant Natalie Nelson says a victim was allegedly threatened with a firearm during an encounter at Lloyd Elsmore Park in Pakuranga on August 21.

“Following enquiries by police, a search warrant was carried out [on August 27] at a property on Cascades Road in Pakuranga. A 21-year-old man has been charged with aggravated robbery.”

FROM MUSICIAN TO LIFE COACH: CAT’S STORY

By Zoe Garden Cat Coluccio watched as her daughter was accepted into university. After home schooling her kids for their last years of high school, the east Auckland resident felt stuck.

“I felt like I didn’t have that role of a homeschooling mum anymore,” she says. “I no longer needed to oversee their education, take them to training, fundraise, prepare and help them pack for their overseas tours.”

She had three options: she could sit and pine, go back to teaching or do something different. She decided to pursue a whole new career path.

Coluccio, 55, who lives in Whitford, was born in Perth, Australia. When she received a musical scholarship at age 11, she travelled two hours each way every day to attend classes. Then, at 17, she left Perth to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for four years.

She became a talented and professional saxophone player.

She did solo work, released an album and, eventually, transitioned to become a high school teacher. There assumed various other roles including music director, conductor, lecturer and principal of a tertiary training college.

Coluccio told the Times her career as a musician was a love/hate relationship. “I never thought I was good enough,” she says.

She also suffered from stage fright.

However, as she progressed and performed in front of 20,000 people, she transformed from crying to loving performing. “It pushed me out of my comfort zone,” she says.

In 1999, she migrated to New Zealand with her husband and two children, a son

old life coach with Cat Coluccio is a 55-yearteaching. experience in music and and a daughter. By the time they were teenagers, she was a stay-at-home mum.

Then, at age 44, she underwent her midlife transformation.

“I’ve always loved helping people so I became a personal trainer,” Coluccio says. She started a personal training course, gained her certification and, at age 45, started working at a bodybuilding gym. For seven years, she sought to make a positive difference in people’s lives.

“I started attracting more and more women like myself,” she says.

She started a Facebook group called Coluccio Fitness to better serve the people she was training.

By the time she’d left the gym – due to a chronic pain condition – the group had morphed into Rocking Midlife. She’d launched a variety of programmes and started a life coaching course. Coluccio’s work became focused on women in mid-life.

“It’s a time of flux,” she says. “When I asked what the primary midlife issue is, it wasn’t body weight or menopause but

‘how do I get my mojo back?’”

Her three books, 21 Hacks to ROCK Your Life: Stop Procrastinating, Do that Thing, and 21 Hacks to Rock Your Life Teens, and her recently published 21 Hacks To Rock Your Midlife: Release the Past, Dare to Dream and Create your Legacy, are intended to help people struggling in their time of flux or going through a transformation.

“It’s for anyone undergoing their transformation, whatever that may be,” Coluccio says.

She currently has 50,000 Facebook followers, a Facebook group with 6100 members and has hosted an International Summit with 700 women.

A little-known fact about Coluccio is she suffers from interstitial cystitis, a painful bladder condition .

“I have chronic pelvis pain,” she says. “It’s crippling. But I won’t let it define me.”

It doesn’t stop her from continuing to fulfil her dream of helping people. “I want them to be encouraged and to find joy.”

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DECORATE YOUR MAILBOX

Some of cleverly decorated letterboxes out there for the community to view while out on family walks.

Howick Local Board member and mum Bo Burns is aiming to create a fun diversion for east Auckland children and their families while out on our daily walks!

“I, like everyone else, have been walking the streets daily with my kids,” says Burns.

“I noticed this lockdown there wasn’t a lot to look at, with the old teddy bear hunt fad gone, I started to think what else we could all be doing?

I was looking at everyone’s letterboxes, and the lightbulb lit up. Why not encourage all the kids and the community to create fun letterboxes for us all to look at over lockdown.” And so the East Auckland Design a letterbox comp was born.

“The reaction has been huge, with

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young and old getting their creative flair on to bring east Auckland to life with some creative letterbox art,” says Burns.

“Get the kids or the whole family decorating your letterboxes and we will have random walkers who will be keeping an eye out for lucky winners of spot prizes for kids and families.

“Get your street involved and let’s get our kids creating some interesting letterboxes to bring our community some joy.”

The spot prizes will be vouchers, freak shakes, books, games, candy floss and more.

If you would like to get involved and donate some spot prizes for kids & local families contact info@ fundraisefactory.com

To find out more, you can see the album of creations here: www.facebook.com/ boburnsnz.

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