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Excrement overflow nightmare By THERESE HENKIN

magine waking up to the pungent smell of the neighbourhood’s sewage overflowing into your backyard. This was the reality for one Pakuranga family who woke on Saturday January 19 to find waste water pouring out of the gully trap on their property, flooding the garden and underneath their home. The Guyan family, who live on the lower end of Gossamer Drive directly above the main sewerage pipe for the neighbourhood, spent an entire day trying to prevent their home from flooding with sewage. The only way to protect their home was to dig trenches and cut a large hole into their retaining wall to divert the waste water away. A substantial amount of waste water had already collected beneath their home, while the rest of it poured into the stream behind their house. “It was horrendous and we had absolutely no idea what to do. Faeces and toilet paper were several inches deep. But it took more than 30 minutes to get through to someone at Watercare on their emergency line,” says Annelies Guyan.

Phil Guyan dug trenches and cut a hole into the retaining wall to divert waste water overflow away from their home to avoid it seeping into the house. Photo supplied

“We found Watercare extremely slow to react. The first two people who turned up to our house were largely unhelpful and weren’t able to tell us what could be done. “Meanwhile my husband is desperately trying to stop the sewage from leaking into our home.” The couple say it took less than three seconds to fill a 10 litre bucket. They estimate more than 80,000 litres of sewage came out of the gully trap between 8am and 3pm when the flow finally stopped. “We had also been in contact with the fire ser-

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vice who said they said they couldn’t believe that Watercare hadn’t yet done anything to slow down the overflow. Unfortunately they were unable to help unless the water literally seeped into our house.” Guyan said she and her family are furious because they were promised by Manukau Water that yearly maintenance of the sewerage pipe would be undertaken. “They haven’t cleaned these pipes in years, and it was just a matter of time before this happened.” Guyan said it wasn’t until around 12.45pm when a senior Watercare employee arrived that the family were given any direction or apology. At 4pm, after more than seven hours of constant overflow, a clean-up crew arrived. Guyan said they did a good job, but she was shocked that nobody from watercare was present to oversee the clean up. She and her husband, who know nothing about waste management and clean-up, were responsible for pointing them in the right direction, she says. “There ended up being areas we forgot to tell them about that should have been tended to that ➤ Turn to Page 5 weren’t.”

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ics and computer science; a course with an intake of only 30 students worldwide every year. Senior College Principal, Suzanne Winthrop said, ‘Each year, Saint Kentigern has reason to be proud of students who excel at the highest level in their fields of endeavour, from academic to sporting and artistic pursuits. Once in a while, we have reason to be exceptionally proud. This is one of those occasions.” In addition to Andrew’s achievement, a further five St Kents students achieved 40 points or higher from the maximum of 45, placing them amongst an elite in the diploma programme worldwide. These high-ranking students join others from across New Zealand to attend a top scholars awards ceremony next month to acknowledge their achievements. These students represent about the top 6 per cent of IB Diploma graduates globally. Last year, Saint Kentigern had 38 Year 13 students entered in the IB Diploma programme, who gained an average point score of 34. This compares with the world average of 28.58. St Kents’ top IB Diploma students are Andrew Chen 45; Yunfan Yu 42; Liam Scott-Russell 41; George Wu 41; Akshay Mor 40 and Desmond Yong 40.

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Brown: If AT won’t consult our community, I will land area, so a change like this could have a significant impact on their daily travel.” Brown says consultation by AT should be a requirement and a priority so that the community who frequent Pakuranga Road get a say on what will work best for traffic management. “Failing to consult with communities before major changes are made is becoming AT’s bread and butter. In many cases they may actually find that those affected by their changes might know better about what will and won’t work,” he says. AT spokesperson Matt Poland has said formal public consultation has not been undertaken because these are “temporary, essential traffic management measures” to minimise congestion during a construction period as opposed to “permanent changes to the road layout”. The T2/Bus Lane is expected to be in place through the AMETI Eastern Busway construction period of two years. Construction of the next stage is planned to commence in April and AT are aiming to launch the new park and ride / express service option a few weeks prior to work commencing. But Brown says if AT won’t consult the commu-

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50-year-old male man was killed on Monday after a car smashed into his car whilst he and two other vehicles were waiting at a red light at Botany on Monday. The crash involved four vehicles. Three cars were stationary at the intersection of Botany Road and Ti Rakau Drive waiting to turn right. The fourth car collided with the third car, in turn shunting all three vehicles forward. Police have confirmed a 50-year-old man died in the crash

at the intersection of Botany Rd and Ti Rakau Drive just after 5pm. “We are not able to release his name until next of kin have been informed,” a police spokesman said. “No charges have been laid at this stage as the investigation into the crash is still currently ongoing.” Another driver involved in the incident remains in hospital. Police are appealing for any witnesses of a vehicle involved in the fatal crash. Police would like to hear from anyone who may have seen, or

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Watercare, they have been back out to the property and assisted in the clean-up of the underneath of the house. “Unfortunately, an overflow did occur at this property on Gossamer Drive at the weekend. The previous overflow was 10 years ago, in 2009,” says Rachel Hughes, a Watercare spokesperson. “After the resident called us, our crew arrived onsite within 30 minutes. They found the pipe was blocked with rubbish (e.g. sanitary products and wetwipes) as well as cooking fat. “They cleared the pipe and cleaned the affected area. The crew tested the affected stream and detected low levels of ammonia, indicating very low levels of contamination.” Hughes said Watercare were

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Sewage nightmare ➤➤From page 1 She said the clean-up crew also needed to remove large sections of infected soil and they are unsure if this will be replaced. Guyan says they were left with sewage underneath their home, and uncertainty over whose responsibility it is to clean it up. “Watercare are adamant that they are not responsible for the clean-up underneath the house, even though it was their sewerage system that flooded it,” she says. Guyan says she wonders what has been done to ensure the stream behind their house, which flows into the Tamaki Estuary, is safe and free of contamination. “Who knows how much damage this has done to the stream and the surrounding environment, not to mention the threat to the health and safety of us and the whole community.” When Guyan contacted the Times, Watercare had not been in touch with the family and nobody had been sent to reassess the waste water under the house. Since the Times contacted

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Do you support a T2/Bus lane on Pakuranga Road between Highland Park and Ti Rakau Drive? Auckland Transport is proposing to introduce a westbound T2/Bus lane on Pakuranga Road from Highland Park to Ti Rakau Drive during construction of the AMETI project, as per the map below. They do not intend to consult the local community on such a major change, so I’m doing it for them. Please take a moment to fill in the survey, or you can provide your feedback online by visiting: simeonbrown.national.org.nz

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The school caters for all ages and levels. Whether you’re a complete beginner or you’ve been playing for a while and just don’t know how to take your playing to the next level, the school’s unique approach makes it simple to learn. “It’s never too late to start, “ Dylan explains. “We have older students making great progress as they have the time and the determination to succeed, and at the opposite end of the spectrum we love helping younger students with their playing.” One of the big challenges budding guitarists face these days is the overwhelming amount of information available online, and the lack of structure. “Many of our students

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Association, Young has arranged for a free weight loss camp with trainer Jacques Bartholomew. The camp will be held every Sunday from 7.30am-8.30am at the park near the Ormiston Activity Centre. “Starting from Sunday February 3, we will begin a weight loss training camp, free of charge to promote health and wellbeing of our community. Those looking to lose fat and form healthy habits, be sure to come along,” says Young. As part of the fitness regime there will also be a fun walk every Saturday from 8am-9am with Bartholomew. The locations will vary and will be announced in the newsletter. The body training sessions will continue with Will Liu. They will

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be held on Fridays from 8.30am9am—instead of Saturday at the Ormiston Activity Centre. A dance workshop by Dr Rajesh will also be held every Saturday at the same venue from 9am-11am where participants can learn some cool Bollywood moves and low intensity dance sequences while sweating it out. “I’d like the community to make full use of the free fitness programmes we have designed. There’s nothing like keeping fit whilst having fun,” says Young, 72. “I do believe that a healthy community makes a healthy society and this is a great opportunity for people to enjoy the sunshine, exercise whilst breathing in fresh air and making new friends.”

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Art explores culture, sexuality By FARIDA MASTER

ildungsroman is a rather unusual title for a first solo exhibition at Uxbridge, Malcolm Smith Gallery. Areez Katki says he likes the sound of it. “I’ve always liked the word and really wanted to work with Bildungsroman as the format and possibly part of a working title for this exhibition. “As a narrative trope it refers to the formation and development of identities from two perspectives,” he says. A Bildungsroman is the growing up or ‘coming of age’ of a sensitive person who goes in search of answers to life’s questions with the expectation that these will result in gaining experience of the world. Areez has crossed boundaries creatively and literally as he took off on a soul-searching journey across countries researching his cultural identity and sexuality. A New Zealand Zoroastrian (one of the world’s most ancient religions) by birth, the 29-year-old artist is excited to have his first solo exhibition titled Bildungsroman—Parsi Diaspora and the consolidation of identities from February 4-March 17. Parsis are Zoroastrians from Persia who found refuge in India during the Arab invasion of 636–651 AD. “I wanted to research my cultural identity – the gamut of socio-economic and gender - a whole rainbow of issues,” says Areez, who graduated from the University of Auckland in art history, english literature and philosophy. “I am willing to share my story of an immigrant with a level of cultural significance and also what it means to be a homosexual in New Zealand and in India. There have been a lot of limitations. I’ve had to struggle with being queer and a feminist,” he says. A bubbling cauldron of emotions have found a positive focus as nine months of hard labour found him meticulously find artistic expression as he hand-embroidered a range of canvases, including the egalitarian tea towels. A Creative NZ grant in January 2017 provided Areez an opportunity to research the visual and textbased content for his solo exhibition through pictorial elements using

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needlework based craft practices that were handed down to him from a series of lessons from the matriarch of the family. Some of the evocative bead and needlework at the exhibition will showcase the spiritual practices of the Parsi community, their ritual, topography, architecture, archaeology and historic figures. Areez even took a month off to step further back in the timeline and explore the Zoroastrian heritage sites around Iran and Azerbaijan in September. “I am who I am because of the women in my life. They helped a lot in nurturing my love for handmade textiles,” he says as he gives equal credit to his mum for accepting him for who he is. “I want people to admire the aesthetic aspect of the exhibition and question it—to engage with the work visually and look at the caption. Should they find it intriguing there will be texts to encompass the particular narrative thought.”

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devised by the Navi core team through exploratory sessions with local artists and community members using provocation and play. Set on the wild windswept shore of Whatipu, an immigrant to New Zealand digs her toes into the black sand of the long white cloud. The story goes that Nina Johnson has come to the wilderness to reckon and wrestle with her identity and the musical manifestation of who she truly is. Far from the land of her birth, she encounters her dead relatives - a reunion she never expected and isn’t quite sure she wants. She ventures to unearth the skeletons of her past so that she can move on to her future. Nina must face the past and embrace the tides to rediscover her song.

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Stockade Hill Trig Removal In response to your article on the removal of the trig beacon from Stockade Hill (Times, January 24) and the explanation given for this by Land Information NZ (LINZ), I would like to point out the error in the second reason given that it was “to cooperate with the Auckland Council and Tupua Maunga in their plans to remove such beacons where possible to restore volcanic sites”. In the original reply I received from LINZ they stated Stockade Hill was a Volcanic Cone, which it obviously is not – at least the geological society doesn’t list it as such. However I note your article states ‘volcanic sites’ – as all of Auckland, in fact the whole of NZ, would fit this description then it is difficult to comprehend what LINZ is proposing. This is particularly relevant when the local iwi are proposing a zip line and gondola for Motutapu Island which is obviously a volcanic site/cone. Perhaps it would have been

0800 SHADES / 0800 742 337 best if LINZ replaced the Stockade Hill beacon with one of those it intends to remove from the actual volcanic cones. This would overcome the health and safety issue with rust stated as the primary cause for removal of the beacon. There has been a trig beacon on Stockade Hill since 1936 and it marks the spot of not just the trig but the original survey point for the design and construction of the stockade in 1863. So you would think that a little communication with the local community by the relevant authorities before any changes were made would have been appropriate.

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I don’t know what Auckland Transport (AT) are thinking about altering the roading condition on Pakuranga Road, as already during the rush “hour”, traffic is built back up the filter lane from the traffic lights at the junction of Pakuranga Road/ Ti Rakau Drive way back up to Greenhill Crescent now each morning. And to have this new express busway lane imposed on us it is going to make things a lot worse. Please AT, leave things as they are.

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We are seeking a person suitably qualified to support teachers to deliver the Science curriculum, and to ensure that the Science learning environment is effectively managed to facilities engaging, challenging and appropriate learning, consistent with the school’s vision. This is a permanent part time position, 30 hours per week, term time only. Commencement date by negotiation.

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Galbraiths is a well-established Howick Law firm operating from modern premises offering a wide range of legal services to our clients. We require a full time Receptionist / Legal Secretary to join our friendly team. We are looking for someone who is polite, cheerful and well-presented with a great telephone manner as you will be the first point of contact for our clients. The successful applicant will also be keen to assist wherever needed and legal secretarial experience will be an advantage. You will be required to carry out a wide variety of general office duties, including dealing with the mail, banking and kitchen duties. You will need to be proficient with Microsoft Word and Office, Excel and Landonline procedures and ideally have Lawbase experience and be family with the ASB Fastnet banking system. We offer a competitive salary (commensurate with experience) and excellent working conditions in a thriving suburb to the right person.

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Fencible Manor is a privately owned, 19 bed Resthome in Howick. We are seeking an experienced caregiver to work night shift, sole charge with on-call. Must be able to work most weekends. Night shift is from 11pm to 8am. This shift involves the care of our elderly residents as well as cleaning and laundry. All applicants for this position should have minimum 6 months experience in an aged care facility within the last 2 years. NZ Residency or a valid NZ work visa.

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Djokovic in sublime form W

ith nothing to brag about, the Black Caps’ first three ODI losses to the might of India, my focus in this column centres on the overwhelming dominance of tennis stars Novak Djokovic and Naomi Nasaka in the Australian Open at Melbourne. With wiry Serb Djokovic and Spanish leftie Nadal annihilating all-comers, one of the great men’s finals was anticipated. Instead, Djokovic bolted home 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in 2 hours 4 minutes leaving the crowd and his opponent stunned by his peerless performances. Moving past Roy Emerson and Roger Federer to become the first man to win seven Australian Opens, he has yet to lose a final in the Melbourne classic. It is impossible to recall anyone being so superior against a player of Nadal’s class and courage. This from a man who, a year ago, had surgery done to a painful elbow that threatened to wreck his career whereas Nadal had an ankle operation in November. Djokovic’s superiority was such that he struck 34 winners and made just nine unforced errors to ease past Pete Sampras for his 15th major. On that performance, some experts believe he may even sur-

pass Swiss maestro Federer’s 20. But his immediate focus will be on winning the French crown Nadal has won an astounding 11 times. Should he succeed, he will complete a Novak slam having won Wimbledon, the United States and now the Australian Opens in his last three attempts. But beating the King of Clay on his favourite surface is a huge mountain to climb. Meanwhile Naomi Osaka’s elevation to women’s No 1 following her win in the United States Open with another in Australia, suggests a rising 21-year-old star who could challenge the ageing Serena Williams’ dominance. She did it when claiming the US Open final at Flushing Meadow when a spiteful Williams spat the dummy, with further spats against the umpire that took some of the glory away from her conqueror. Nothing, however, could detract from Osaka’s Australian 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 win against popular Czech Petra Kvitova in the women’s singles final. Having beaten Serena Williams 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in a thrilling quarter-final, Kvitova looked likely to add to her previous two majors before surviving a knife attack in her apartment and major surgery to her hand and

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Public notice of application for an on-licence Under Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Litong Ltd, Unit M, 113 Meadowland Drive, Howick occupation Restaurateur has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Manukau for the issue of an on-licence in respect of the premises situated at Unit M, 113 Meadowland Drive, Howick and known as Mr Zhou Restaurant. The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is that of a Restaurant. The days of which and the hours which alcohol is sold under the licence are Monday to Sunday 11am-10.30pm. The application may be inspected during the ordinary office hours at the office of the Auckland Council at ground floor, Kotuku House, 4 Osterley Way, Manukau. Any person who is entitled to object, and wishes to object to the issue of the licence, may file a notice in writing of their objection. The objection notice must be filed no later than 15 working days after the publication date of this public notice. Any objections must be in relation to matters specified in section 105(1) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. Address your Objection to: The Secretary of the District Licensing Committee. Mail to: Private Bag 92300, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142. This is the second publication of this notice, the first was published on 24 January 2019.

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fingers. However Osaka, who moved to America from Japan when she was three, was also in outstanding form. Blessed with some of Williams’ power, she moves around the court faster and isn’t afraid to go for her shots. That proved the difference in her decisive 6-1 third set triumph against Kvitova. Meanwhile while Colin Munro’s berth in the Black Caps ODI team is under threat after he and opening partner Martin Guptill’s struggle for runs, they are by no means the only ones unable to cope with the Indian bowlers’ seam and spin. The only ones to have offered resistance after the first three games were Ross Taylor (who was unlucky to not score a century in the third), captain Kane Williamson and Tom Latham. Munro has been accused of being too gung ho, a criticism that was often levelled at his mentor, Brendon McCullum, though it was a method which reaped rich dividends when he struck gold last summer. Meanwhile Doug Bracewell has justified his recall with some good bowling and lusty hitting. ■ Ivan Agnew is an awardwinning sports writer and author

Wilson oﬀ to Abu Dhabi

A local athlete is preparing Laing said James is a to compete at the Special dedicated athlete who Olympics World Summer has maintained a rigorous Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi training programme and in March. we know that he will The World Games will represent his club and be the biggest sports and New Zealand well. humanitarian event staged Special Olympics New this year. Zealand chief executive James Wilson, Special Olympics Special Olympics Carolyn Young, said the Howick-Pakuranga. athletes had to compete at Howick-Pakuranga Photo supplied athlete James Wilson in local and regional events, powerlifting is part of the New as well as at the Special Olympics Zealand delegation, which includes New Zealand National Summer 38 athletes with intellectual Games in 2017 in order to qualify disabilities, five ‘Unified Partners’ for the World Summer Games, and (athletes without an intellectual were then selected by a panel of disability), and 21 coaches, managers coaches. and support staff. The athletes will “Competing at this international compete in swimming, athletics, event has been years in the making bocce, equestrian, basketball, for many of the athletes, and they bowling, powerlifting and football. are all working with their coaches The Special Olympics World to be as prepared as possible,” Summer Games 2019 will see Carolyn says. “They are set for an more than 7000 athletes from 170 amazing experience.” countries compete in a series of ■ Read more about the New sports from March 14-21. This is the Zealand athletes competing at first time the event has been held in the Games and donate to support the Middle East North Africa region their journey at http://www. and is the largest single event ever specialolympics.org.nz/Be-anheld in the United Arab Emirates Athlete/Events-and-Games/ (UAE) Games/2019-World-SummerSpecial Olympics HowickGames/Meet-the-Team/Athletes. Pakuranga chairperson Laurinne aspx

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Strong performance at trials Local footballer Arzan Todywalla has just returned from football trials in Australia. Todywalla was in Melbourne for three days at the UK Football Trials Australia this month. Arzan’s father Viraf saw the trials event on Facebook and since his son was on holiday from both Saint Kentigern College and Eastern Suburbs AFC, they decided to explore the opportunity. Todywaller has travelled twice to UK for Birmingham City FC trials. “And if it wasn’t for his UK Passport issue, he would have been given scholarship and would be playing for Birmingham City Club,” said his dad. Arzan was given a UK school brochure and five day trial invite in UK by Chris

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Woodburn, a referee at the trials and Director of UK Football Schools. Woodburn said: “Arzan is good. Very good. There are handful of players that has got the attention of the coaches and scout Micky Adams and you are one of them. We will be sending a brief feedback of all the players to their respective parents in next two weeks but you (parents) should surely consider the option of his admission in one of the top UK schools and play for the school and train in the best and most professional environment to become a pro footballer” This year Arzan will be completing his last year of education in school at St Kents and he has also started his first part-time work as a sales assistant at retail chain Noel Leeming at Sylvia Park.

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Top three Howick Pakuranga teams chalk up good wins T

he Marie Raos Ray White Howick Pakuranga Premier Men have qualified first in the Jeff Crowe Cup, limited overs cup and have a bye straight through to a home semi-final in two weeks time. The home team was expecting a tough match against old rivals University, especially since University had being enjoying a run of high scores. University won the toss and batted first on a beautiful Lloyd Elsmore wicket made for batting and after 10 overs with University having posted 70 runs, it certainly looked as if the Alpacas were in for a long day. However once the first breakthrough was made when Anand was dismissed for 46 and the second wicket fell one run later when Auckland Ace Finn Allen was removed for a duck, Howick Pakuranga’s bowlers began to pile on the pres-

sure and, apart from opener Beecroft who scored 51, University’s batsmen offered little resistance, bowled out for 161 in 34 overs. Adam Jones 4/18, Jamie Brown 3/19 and Bill Walsh 2/22 sent the opposing batsmen back to the pavilion in a procession. Howick Pakuranga’s batting line up was never going to be challenged by this total and cruised to 162/3 in 30 overs. Dan Young acted as the sheet anchor with 65 off 87 balls and was part of an 81 run partnership. David Winn looked very solid finishing of 37* at the end of the match. Cameos of 23 off 24 balls from the bat of Dale Phillips and Brian Barnard’s 15* off 8 completed the score sheet. Not only did the premier men make their one day semi-final but the Marie Raos Ray White Premier Reserve Men also won its match against Takapuna to make the reserve one day final which is being played at

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Lloyd Elsmore on Waitangi Day. A dominant batting performance resulted in a formidable 283/8 after 50 overs with Liam Winn scoring 68 and Josh McGregor 62. Openers Hamish Dickason (34) and Brandan Laurenzi 25 gave the side a good start with a 54-run partnership. Takapuna put up a good effort at 120/2 and looking very likely to challenge the local lads’ score. There had been a number of near misses but finally Mike Rose took a key wicket and this was followed by a devastating spell from Taine Jolley who took two wickets in one over. From then on it was an uphill struggle for the Takapuna lads who fell behind the run rate and ended up 43 runs short. Jolley had a good day taking 4/43 and Matt Blandford supported him with 2/60. The two teams meet again in the final so the local lads have a real challenge on their hands. Howick Pakuranga Pre-

mier Women completed the trifecta with two big wins in the T20 Pearl Dawson Trophy. In the first match, the ladies restricted a strong Parnell side to 88/8 in its 20 overs with Alyssa Bowden 2/18, Rae Allright 2/11 and Lucy Western 3/17 sharing the wickets. Howick cruised to victory losing only two wickets in the process. Radhika Patel top scored with 44 and Skye Bowden was 24* at the end. The second match against local rivals Papatoetoe was a much closer affair. Papatoetoe totaled 111/5 in its 20 overs. Amberley Parr 2/22 was the most effective bowler. It took Howick Pakuranga 19.1 overs to pass this total with Skye Bowden 23, Lucy Western 20, Rewa Arora 25* and Holly Topp 23* all contributing to the win. When the match finished, Howick had reached 114/5. The result of these two victories has seen the women’s side move into second place on the points table.

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Our first goal is to help the students understand what is going on in class so that they can take an interest in it and not feel embarrassed. This usually involves giving them some background in the fundamentals of the topic and setting homework so that they gain confidence and don’t forget how to do it by the next week. If they are ok with what is happening in class we can then cover any other topics which they had trouble with previously. Once all that is done we can start looking at exam papers and learning some exam techniques. We use the “Socratic” method of teaching wherein we mostly keep asking questions until the light dawns. (We love that moment when a smile slowly spreads across their face and we know that they have got it.) When students feel that they are working something out for themselves it keeps them more involved and they remember it for longer. If we think of the mind as a muscle, it also strengthens that muscle for when it is needed in exams, effectively increasing their IQ. Hence the comment of one of my students that: “Mr Porter explains things well and makes it fun!”

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