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aurie Slee and Graeme Lane are alarmed to find height limits and regulations for the ‘business mixed use’ zone surrounding the Howick Town Centre have been changed in the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP), recently adopted by Auckland Council, to allow buildings as high as 27 metres or eight storeys. The adopted document has been radically changed from the submissions the council’s representative Lisa Mein presented to the Independent Hearings Panel last February. They preserved the appearance of the main views immediately adjacent to Picton Street by imposing height controls. Heights on the seaward side of Picton Street included a three metre limit adjacent to Crawford Park and nine metres down the west side of Wellington Street, along the back of Fencible Drive, and to the north-east down Uxbridge and Selwyn Roads. The Cockle Bay Residents and Ratepayers Association chairman and secretary say at that stage they felt they could rest easy. “At about that time we picked up the fact that a number of situations surrounding the village were designated ‘business mixed use’ which would act as an interface between business activity and residential amenity,” Mr Lane says. “On face value that was acceptable.” However after the AUP was adopted Mr Lane dug deeper and discovered that Ms Mein’s map of the Howick Town Centre zone was reduced and the height controls she had recommended for the surrounding ‘mixed use zone’ had been removed. Instead, building heights are listed in a supporting document ranging from 13 metres (including 2 metres for roof form) to 27 metres. “The height controls on the maps are all dropped and now default to height controls for the ‘business mixed zone’ which can be up to 27 metres,” Mr Lane says. “These heights may be permitted as a discretionary activity, even if they penetrate a local view shaft. “I’m not too concerned about view shafts from the ‘mixed use zone’ down Wellington Street and along Fencible Drive. But we are concerned about a six-storey block next to Crawford Reserve.” ➤ Turn to Page 8

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ulie Zhu is 23 and frustrated that young peoples’ voices are not represented well in local government at the moment. But, rather than complaining about it, she’s decided to show that representation is possible by standing as a councillor for the Howick Ward and as an elected member of the Botany subdivision of the Howick Local Board in the upcoming Auckland Council elections. “I’m standing because I think Botany and the Howick Ward are very diverse and multicultural. The area has a lot of young people but their voice is not represented in decisionmaking,” she says. “Up to 40 per cent of the population in Botany are Asian and similarly, for young people. Only older Pakeha people are mainly in local government. “It’s really important that we have people who can represent their constituents. Rather than complaining about these things I decided standing would be an option this time round and that I can show that our voice can be heard.” She says residents in the

south-east are “politically conservative, but young people have more progressive values”. “By standing I want to mobilise them [youth] to vote. But the way the system is built at the moment, it’s hard to access information about why we should vote and what our vote does. “It’s great to see young people running for Mayor. The more we can see young people stepping up, the better the outcomes will be and more will vote in the future.” Ms Zhu is a Botany resident and currently working as the producer in residence at the Basement Theatre in Central Auckland. She also has strong links with Howick Little Theatre and says she wants to advocate for social change through the arts. “Ideally I would like to see Howick as a more progressive place with more voices and diverse viewpoints heard. The arts are a good way to make that happen.” She’s standing on a Green ticket in the election and has been a member of the political party for the past two years, taking a major role in the Green’s programme, Asians

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Supporting Tino Rangatiratanga. She was four when she arrived in New Zealand and has grown up with a strong commitment to New Zealand’s history, believing that nonMaori should be advocating for indigenous peoples’ rights. “Migrants are allowed to come here because Maori originally gave us the right. But at the moment a lot of tension is created between Maori and non-Pakeha immigrant groups who often do not have the chance to inter-act. “Maori see new immigrants taking over and buying all the land while Asian peoples’ perception of them is as violent and lazy. So the two groups are often pitted against each other. “I would like to see peoples brought together and not believing in stereotypes promoted by mainstream media.”

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atrina Bungard enjoys serving her community as a Howick Local Board member and is excited about future projects. She currently represents Pakuranga and is standing for re-election in the upcoming local body elections. “Serving our community this past term has been an absolute privilege. I enjoy leading the Community Development Portfolio, and have managed to launch some exciting new initiatives for our community, such as the Fruit Trees in Schools project, by collaborating with local schools and businesses.

“I have also enjoyed working alongside my local board team, Auckland Transport and central government to bring new transport initiatives to the area, and to ensure the continuation of the AMETI project.” Katrina believes the key to effective community representation is to build strong partnerships with people and community groups, and to listen to people’s concerns. “I see my role on the board as one of advocacy and community service. “I have always been willing to listen to my community, to advocate on their behalf, and to serve in whatever way that I can,” she says. She also believes that financial accountability is crucial to ensuring strong leadership for Auckland Council and the reduction of public debt. And, when asked about the day-to-day roles of a local board member, Katrina explains that it can take many forms. “Sometimes it involves advocating on behalf of my community around the board table. Other times, I help constituents with general enquiries through explaining council procedures or applications. I have also enjoyed acting as an agent between my constituents and council staff, to ensure that residents’ concerns are being addressed effectively.” Katrina believes that as a current board member she offers her community both the experience and consistency necessary to continue delivering on the current promised projects. Alongside this experience she also offers a willingness to listen and serve, and a determination to

continue advocating strongly and working effectively on behalf of all residents. Katrina has a keen interest in policy which she says certainly helps her get the job done. “As a board member, there is quite a lot of reading through of agendas, minutes and council policy documents that goes hand in hand with the role. I have always been interested in policy, and so I really enjoy this aspect of my job. I have been a member of the National Regional Policy Committee for many years. “I also have post graduate qualifications in policy and my Masters research currently has a strong focus on development policy, so this has really helped with my local board work, especially with leading the board’s Community Development Portfolio.” Katrina has been a national recipient of the Ministry of Education Teach New Zealand awards for the past two years, which has enabled her to continue her Masters research. She will be awarded her Masters degree at the end of this year. Katrina currently holds six other degrees and qualifications from Auckland and Otago Universities, including postgraduate qualifications in policy, educational leadership and management. She has been employed locally in education management for several years, however if successful in her elections, Katrina would like to concentrate her time to her local government career. Katrina is standing for election to both the Howick Local Board and the Counties Manukau District Health Board because she believes that she could offer strong, experienced advocacy for the disability sector, and improved connectivity between

health, disability and social services. She believes her personal experience as a child cancer survivor and amputee, growing up in the health and disability sectors, has given her the experience and insight necessary to advocate for improved disability and social service connections in the healthcare systems. She also believes that her management qualifications will assist around the board tables, driving efficiencies to ensure government targets are met on time and within budget. Katrina chairs the Manukau East Council of Social Services. She’s also a member of child cancer organisations, Canteen and Camp Quality, the Amputee Society and Parafed disability sports. Katrina believes that building strong partnerships with people is the key to effective community representation, and asks for your support in re-electing her so that she can continue to represent you and your family in our community.

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owick College Year 11 students Izzy Williams, Maja Ranzinger and Seb Judd are a debating force to be reckoned with. The team has just finished the debating season undefeated, and crowned their run in style winning the grand final of the senior open division of the Auckland Schools Debating competition. The debate at the Howick College library last week saw the team face an equally strong St Kentigern team. Both teams had progressed through eight rounds of tough competition to meet each other in the grand final. Principal Iva Ropati said debating challenges students to think critically and form a coherent objective argument on the spot. It requires clear and fast thinking, with the teams given only one hour to prepare their argument before the debate begins, without any use of technology to research their points. “They showed an impressive depth of conscious thinking in their rebuttal,” Mr Ropati said. “It was also great to see how well they supported each other as a team.” The team was supported throughout by dedicated teachers and parents, as well

victors: (Left to right) Sharon King (Library manager and team coach), Louise Addison (Associate Principal), Maja Ranzinger, Izzy Williams, Seb Judd, Iva Ropati (Principal). Back row: Umbar Sandhu and Tabby Adams Photo Aimee Mackenzie/Aim to Capture Photography (team mentors).

as senior students Umbar Sandhu and Tabby Adams, both successful debaters, who offered advice and mentoring. Team coach Mrs Sharon King is thrilled with the team’s success particularly as Year 11s competed against Year 12 students. “They’ve worked hard to fit debating in around their other commitments. It really has been wonderful to see them grow in confidence throughout the competition and improve their strategies,” she said. The Auckland Schools Debating Competition is the largest debating competition in New Zealand and has produced some of the top debaters in the country. In previous years, students from the Auckland Schools Debat-

ing have been selected for the NZ team for the the World Schools Debating Championship. English teacher Ann Botha oversees the debating teams at Howick College, ensuring the school continues its strong debating tradition. Over the years Howick has produced many successful students who have honed their communication skills at the debating table; TVNZ reporter Jessica Mutch is just one of these past students. In 2013, Christopher Ryan was selected for the New Zealand World Schools Debating team and last year, current Year 13 student Umbar Sandhu was named in the top 10 debaters of the Auckland Schools competition.

Oh shucks! What a pearler By Farida Master This is no bluff! Joe Kalasimi who works with Clevedon Coast Oysters couldn’t believe his ears when he heard that he had just won an all-expenses-paid trip to the Japan Oyster Opening Championships followed by a trip to compete at the world’s biggest oyster event – the World Oyster Opening Championships in Galway, Ireland. When Joe recently took part in the NZ Oyster Opening Championship at the inaugural Winter Wine, Shellfish and Seafood Festival in Auckland, little did he know that he would get to live the dream of the world being his oyster—with him participating in the Oyster Olympics. Now, he is getting ready to fly to Japan for a three-day international event to attend the Japan Oyster Opening champs on September 18 and scheduled to be part of a new Guinness World record attempt. Julia Mountain, group systems manager Clevedon Coast Oysters says that two of the employees, Joe Kalasini and Tolu Samoa, entered the inaugural New Zealand Oyster Shucking Competition and while Joe won the trip of a lifetime, his colleague Tolu finished fourth. Now this shucking star gets to travel together with the Japan winner to London and will compete on a world stage in the 62nd World Oyster Opening Championship in Galway. “It’s the world’s longest-running oyster shucking competition

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and we are very proud that our company excelled at the competition in Auckland,” she says. “There were a lot of criteria that they were judged on. It’s not only speed but also technique and presentation. There are penalty points for flesh cutting or if there is blood. The bottom adductor muscle must be fully severed,” says Ms Mountain. Shucking champion Joes says: “When we first heard about the New Zealand competition we were all invited to try find the fastest oyster opener in our factory. The two fastest openers of which I was one, then entered the inaugural competition held in Auckland. “Winning a trip of a lifetime is so exciting and I am grateful for the support my family and the management of Clevedon Coast Oysters has given me through this adventure.” The Galway event is on September 24 and attracts more than half a million visitors who consume more than three million oysters.

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he understood that some people were getting a free ride because there was no opposition and no new ideas. “We do have new ideas and have put our hands up. This place has been left out for many years but people finally have a choice. “We represent different people of different cultures and with different ideas and they all want to contribute.” Mr Paprill wants to see Howick’s heritage, arts and culture activities, such as those at the Historical Village and the new Uxbridge Arts and Culture Centre, swept up by a responsive local board and be promoted more aggressively. He envisages the spirit of the Saturday Howick village market being turned into a celebration of the ethnic diversity and vitality of the community by filling the surround-

ing streets with entertainers, “local groups demonstrating whatever eccentricity they may have and arts and culture groups who deserve to be given greater prominence”. Amidst this cacophony Mr Paprill and Mr Mamedov would like to see a ‘local board clinic’ where elected members are available each weekend for people to air their concerns. “That’s a proactive council,” Mr Paprill says. “The local board needs to make local government accessible to everyone, open and proactive in getting conversation going.” Mr Tofik says he’s standing for the council as well as the local board because he has strong skills in banking, finance and small business. In the SuperCity structure he says an effective line between the board and councillors should be in place.

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made a Knight Bachelor for services to local government and the community. Mr Dale has been involved in the local government sector for many years and has made a significant contribution to the cities and districts he has worked with. Mr Dale was Manukau City Council chief executive for 20 years, a commissioner at Kaipara District Council and is currently interim chief executive at the Far North District Council, a role he is set to retire from shortly.

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he woman spearheading a frantic fight to save Howick’s iconic Stockade Hill view shafts has decided to take the battle inside the system and is standing for the Howick subdivision of the Howick Local Board in the upcoming Auckland Council election. Gayleen Mackereth already has an established reputation chairing the Howick Residents and Ratepayers Association. The wheelchair-bound woman was also formidable presenting nine cases for Howick’s heritage to the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP) Independent Hearings Panel. It’s the first time Mrs Mackereth has stood for a local government position. “I felt there was not enough being done to pinpoint our concerns with the council,” she says. “With a new council and a new mayor now is an ideal opportunity to put Howick on the fore-

front. “I want to fight for the Howick area. “I’m one of the few candidates who has lived in Howick for a long time – 39 years, so I am a real Howick person. I’ve seen the intensification in our city grow.” One of her main fights will be to retain the special character of the village and its historic nature, especially intensive housing rezoning around Stockade Hill which has been left in the AUP. “It’s fortunate we have managed to keep the special character of the village. So I want to keep what issues we have won and enhance on them. “I want to maintain green belts and wildlife corridors. I wake up to a tui in the mornings and go to bed to the sound of the morpork.” She’s passionate about encouraging tourists to visit Howick. She envisages a half-day tour up Stockade Hill to see the 360 degree view, “if we save it” and hear the story of its name; take visitors down to the pohutukawa-

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lined beach and up to the Garden of Memories whare and museum; a peep at art at the Uxbridge Arts and Culture Centre; followed by the second oldest church in New Zealand and back along the road to the Saturday village market and Classy Crafts, or settle down for a fine meal at a local restau-

rant. A long-time ambassador for the wheelchair-bound she wants to make sure footpaths are accessible and friendly for families and the elderly. “I’d like to see a lot more connection between the council and local board and ratepayer groups,” she says. “We ask for help and nothing happens. “The board needs more powers to do its job and I hope that under the new mayor they will be given more power so they are better run.” She would like to see young people involved in the board, for example youth representatives with no voting rights but delegated to attend meetings and advise board members on youth issues. She says Civil Defence planning has not been communicated to the people. “We are woefully unprepared for a real emergency point in Howick. We are still waiting to

know where assembly points are. I’m hot on this because I have been in two earthquakes – Kobe Japan and Los Angeles in 1987.” But retaining Stockade Hill views will be the biggest fight, she says. “We will still be battling with the council in the next term. Howick is an historic village and, like it or not, we can’t have incongruous apartment buildings along the ridge. “Our village is book-ended by Stockade Hill and the old church.” She’s reluctant to become involved anything nasty. “I hope it will be alright and I’ll give it a go. I want to see a direct line between the people and the council, totally consulting with each other and getting what people want. It’s democracy.” And she says if elected, she will stay for just one term during which she hopes her job to retain the iconic view that indicates the essence of Howick will be done.

Stewart eager for third term on council By Scott Yeoman

ongstanding local politician Sharon Stewart first became a councillor in 1998, the year Google was founded. By the time Facebook came along, in 2004, Mrs Stewart had received a Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for services to Howick and was seven years into what would be an uninterrupted 12-year stint as a councillor on the Manukau City Council. Fast-forward a dozen years to 2016 and the 58-year-old politician is now actively using Facebook to campaign as an independent candidate in the upcoming local body elections and a quick search on Google reveals she even has a Wikipedia page. She is as hungry as ever to be re-elected. “I want the job and I think I deserve it,” Mrs Stewart told the Times over a coffee in Howick recently. She has been one of two councillors representing the Howick

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Ward on the Auckland Council since the Super City formed in 2010. “I love helping people,” she said. “And I’ve got plenty of energy.” In 2013, Mrs Stewart and her fellow Howick Ward councillor Dick Quax were re-elected unopposed. But three years later Howick is the third most-contested ward in Auckland, with 10 candidates running for the two councillor positions. Mrs Stewart said she is really

pleased to see a lot of people standing this time. “It’s always good to have a bit of a challenge and I like a challenge.” As for why the Howick Ward is so competitive this election, she does not believe it is necessarily because people want change and fresh faces. “I think it’s because of the unopposed thing and it’s made people think, oh well, maybe I’ll put my name forward.” Along with standing for Auckland Council, Mrs Stewart is also running for a seat on the Howick Local Board in the Howick subdivision, something she said she has “always done”. “I just want to make sure that I have all my options there and that I’m going to be there to serve my community no matter what. But I do really want to be the councillor.” She is currently the chair of Auckland Council’s Civil Defence and Emergency Management Committee and is also heavily involved with the Howick Lions Club, a Rotary Club

initiative and the annual Military Tattoo, of which she is the president. “I pride myself on doing things without going to the council for funding,” Mrs Stewart said. “I get the funding through pub charities and things like that and because I’ve got a good reputation and I’ve had a long history of working with them...it seems to happen.” However, one of her biggest achievements and sources of pride, she said, was stopping high rise buildings being built after the old bus depot was scrapped in the mid 1990s – now the site of Crawford Reserve in Howick. When those view shafts from Stockade Hill again came under threat this year, this time with the introduction of the Auckland Unitary Plan and proposed intensified housing, Mrs Stewart said she again played an “instrumental” role, along with Mr Quax and the Howick Residents and Ratepayers Association, in fighting the changes. Despite some success, that

battle is not yet over and Mrs Stewart said she will continue to fight to protect those “amazing” views. She disputed claims that the two Auckland councillors didn’t do enough to protect all the views before the Auckland Unitary Plan was adopted. Mrs Stewart also addressed concerns about the working relationship between the Howick Local Board and the two Howick Ward councillors. “We’ve been talking to the local board about that and it has been working a little bit better in recent times.” She said when you are an Auckland councillor you have to sometimes take a more regional view and you can’t always do the popular thing. “I’ve got things that I can still keep on offering,” Mrs Stewart said of the new council term and her possible role in it. “I can probably do things that some people can’t do. I’ve made lots of positive changes and I don’t think there are too many things that I can say that I’ve done wrong.”

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owick Ward councillor Dick Quax, who has battled throat cancer for the past three years and recently got the all clear from his doctors, says he “came very close at one stage” to not running for another term on Auckland Council. The 68-year-old former Olympic distance runner told the Times that while he doesn’t want to speculate, this could be his last three years if elected. “I think that this could very well be my last term if I’m successful and I certainly don’t take that for granted.” Mr Quax announced earlier this month that a PET scan had confirmed all tumors had gone and he was clear of cancer. The Times recently caught up with him at Farm Cove Intermediate, where he was being interviewed by students about the future of Auckland, house prices, homelessness, and how to find a happy work/life balance. Mr Quax, who had plenty of answers for the eager students, said now that he has had the all clear in terms of his health, he wants to continue on in his role for three years. “If I thought that my health wasn’t good enough, I wouldn’t have done it because I didn’t want to put the community through a by-election half way through.” He has a history of facing up to challenges. Mr Quax is a Commonwealth Games silver medalist in the 1500m and an Olympic Games silver medalist in the 5000m. He also once held the 5000m world record. He has had two failed bids at Parliament for the ACT Party, two failed Manukau City Council mayoral bids and he failed to get elected onto the newly-formed Auckland Council in 2010. Yet Mr Quax was a councillor on the Manukau City Council between 2001 and 2007 and when Jami-Lee Ross left the Auckland Council to become an MP in 2011, Mr Quax won the by-election in Howick. He has been a Howick Ward councillor ever since and was reelected unopposed in 2013. But with Howick now the third most-contested ward in

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Auckland, and with 10 people running for two positions, Mr Quax again has a real fight on his hands. But why the sudden rise in competition? “I think it’s just a coincidence, really, that people now have decided that they want to be involved and I welcome that. “During the by-election that I won in 2011, I think there were six or seven involved then. That was a good contest and I expect this to be a good contest as well.” He said he doesn’t think it’s a sign that people want change. “The people will determine that, not the candidates. And I haven’t seen any candidate actually saying it’s time for a change, and in fact I haven’t seen any policies yet from any of the candidates.” Mr Quax said he doesn’t even know what his competitors stand for. “Yet people know what I stand for – they’ve seen that for the length of time that I’ve been here to represent them.” He said those things include: fiscal, prudent management, making sure public transport and private transport systems are well catered for, support for an increased uniform annual general charge (UAGC), and community safety. Mr Quax said people also know that he is not a great believer in intensification. “Certainly not where it’s not wanted.” A big part of his life recently has been the Auckland Unitary Plan and Mr Quax said he and fellow councillor Sharon Stew-

art “fought tooth and nail” to stop and remove certain proposed changes. He is still not happy about how certain things have turned out – “Parts of it haven’t come out as well as we’d have liked” – but said that he and Mrs Stewart will continue to fight for what they think is important to the community, including all the view shafts from Stockade Hill. “I think we can be quite proud of a lot of the stuff that we managed to achieve,” he said. As for the relationship between the Howick Local Board and the two councillors, Mr Quax said: “No, I don’t believe it’s broken down.” It’s a matter of understanding what the roles of the two groups are, he said. “I’d like to see an example of where they think that the relationship has broken down. “We’re not delegates for the local board. It’s quite clear that we have a statutory obligation to the region and the local board has a statutory obligation to the local area...” Mr Quax said his door is always open and that he is always ready to take calls. He said that when voting, people should consider that he has worked hard and that he has been able to achieve a lot in the time he has been on the council. “I think that people ought to look at who’s got the experience, who’s got the experience that they want to represent them and I think the answer is quite clear – that Sharon [Stewart] and I have that experience.”

Instead of public hoardings, Malcom Page is opting for the old-fashioned way of delivering a pamphlet to every household in the Botany subdivision in his mission to gain a seat on the Howick Local Board. “I will walk every street in Botany to deliver them. I’ve got my routes planned,” he says. After close to 25 years working as a local government officer, dispensing comment and advice, he’s pitching for a seat on the other side of the table. Mr Page, who lives in Northpark, retired from his job as local and sports parks south manager for Auckland Council in June when he decided to throw his hat into the ring. Before transferring to the new SuperCity body, he served in a parks capacity for 18 years at the former Manukau City Council. “I decided it was time for a change,” he says. “I have worked closely with the local boards, Howick being one, and I am fascinated with the way they operate. After years of serving and giving advice from an officers’ side I decided I wanted a decision-making role and I believe I have something to contribute to Botany.” Mr Page says he’s no ‘onetrick pony’ with wide interests evolved from living in Botany for 17 years. “It’s a great place to live, has great schools, great shops and a great environment. Growth is the big issue with a diverse community. A big part of the job on the local board will be to make sure we are managing that growth, for example there’s more to be done on public transport.” Mr Page has been using the bus daily to commute to his work at Manukau and then Auckland Central for many years and he says the service is improving but will have to keep pace with growth. Other important issues to be addressed, he says, are community facilities such as parks and halls, and along the way environmental protection. “Over the years I have been

time to deliver: Malcolm Page is canvassing Botany for a seat on the Howick Local Board. Times photo Marianne Kelly

in contact with thousands of ratepayers with a large customer focus. I would like to take these skills to the other side of the table. Having worked with the council I know how it works. “I intend to listen carefully, ask the right questions and make good decisions, particularly with an eye to the future.” Challenges in Botany revolve around growth, Mr Page says. A multi-cultural mix of people involves different demands and everything must be done in a framework of affordable rates. Mr Page remembers when dairy cows roamed the paddocks of Flat Bush/ Ormiston. “Good planning was done around Flat Bush with infrastructure in place, open spaces and walkways. Now we need to make sure more community facilities are there so the incoming population is well served. The lack of a community centre is a key driver for Ormiston but, he says, one size doesn’t fit all. He points to a shelter the council built in Barry Curtis Park at the behest of the elderly Sikh community who were previously gathering to talk in bus stops. “One thing I have discerned is that local boards can make a real difference if they focus on the important issues,” Mr Page says. “I believe I can add some value to that, otherwise I wouldn’t be standing.”

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He questions the value of view shafts when local public views from Pakuranga Road and Minerva Terrace were removed from the council’s recommendations to the IHP because they had been compromised by development. Among Ms Mein’s policies recommended to the council, was to control the intensity of development and redevelopment on infill sites to protect and respond positively to the character of the area with particular attention given to the intimate scale of buildings in Picton Street, and the views to and from Stockade Hill and from the Ridge Road entry to Howick. She also recommended that the height of new development should be compatible with and respect the scale of existing development, so that new buildings do not overly dominate older buildings or neighbouring residential areas. And to maintain a sense of place which provides for Howick’s character. Mr Lane says he’s searched all the coastal maps [in the AUP] from Cockle Bay to Bastion Point. “The only other ‘business mixed use zone’ is at Mission

VIEWS COMPROMISED: Cockle Bay Residents and Ratepayers Association chairman Laurie Slee, left, and association secretary Graeme Lane are concerned about height recommendations for the business mixed use zone surrounding the Howick town centre. Times photo Marianne Kelly

Bay where there are already a multitude of high rises. “The IHP was very determined that Howick had a special and unique character that needed to be protected, but the council has waved two fingers at the IHP and ridden over it.” Mr Lane and Mr Slee wrote to Howick ward councillors Sharon Stewart and Dick Quax asking them to suggest actions that could ensure that council planners

comply with the spirit of the IHP ruling. They elicited a reply from John Duguid, the council’s general manager plans and places, who says the council accepted the IHP’s recommendation that variable heights for the Howick Town Centre in the notified AUP be retained, varying from nine-13 metres. Mr Slee says it’s “somewhat disingenuous of the council to state they have

‘retained the height limits applying to the Howick Town Centre’ when evidence submitted by Lisa Mein specified lower height limits for some properties within a larger so-called Precinct, which included properties close to Crawford Reserve”. “The response does nothing to dispel our concern that the height controls for the ‘business mixed use zone’ allow high rise construction adjacent to the village, with a particular risk that views over the gulf from Stockade Hill will be compromised.” Mr Duguid says recommendations from the IHP on future work programme matters have been gathered together. They will be assessed and reported to the new council and, where appropriate, incorporated in the Plans and Places Department’s work programme for 2016/2017. The council, he says, has noted that ‘the panel does not agree with the council’s out-of-scope recommendation to delete the Special Character overlay for Howick. But it recommends that a special character statement be prepared by the council, in conjunction with the Howick community.

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Early settler on the market By Marianne Kelly

heritage listed ‘dairy manager’s cottage’ on the corner of Smales and Chapel Roads is for sale by tender. Known as Smales cottage, the house is one of the few historic buildings left in the Flat Bush-East Tamaki area. It has protected heritage status over the exterior but not the interior, consequently the tender documents says the property must be restored. It currently has no electricity, water or sewage connections. Howick historian Alan La Roche has a long association with the unoccupied cottage and says the old early settler appearance will be retained. He has been keeping it tidy and, until recently, hung clothes on the line to deter vandalism on behalf of the property owner, the Archibald Somerville Trust. “I wanted to make sure this historic cottage was retained as part of our East Tamaki heritage,” he says. “There are few historic buildings left in Flat Bush-East Tamaki. I arranged for the building to be repainted and I did some repairs.”

Initially, Mr La Roche says, the cottage was part of the Reverend Gideon Smales farm from 1852 to 1894. He lived at “Hampton Park” which includes the historic St John’s Church in East Tamaki Road. The area is now an historical reserve administered by Auckland Council. The Smales-Chapel Road cottage was built in about 1894 by Ambury and English and Company as accommodation for the company’s dairy factory manager, Mr La Roche says. The dairy factory, or creamery, used to be next door where milk was brought from nearby farms, generally in large cans in a dray or cart hauled by a horse. It was separated into skim milk and cream. The cream was sent to the Ambury and English butter factories at either Mangere or Karangahape Road, central Auckland. The skim milk was returned to the farm to be fed to pigs or calves. In 1921 the East Tamaki Cheese Factory opened with the competition causing the Ambury and English factory to be closed. The cottage was leased as a

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The sight of puriri, kowhai and totara trees peeking through a protective canopy of manuka makes Graham Falla’s heart sing when he observes the conservation work done over many years at Howick’s Mangemangeroa Valley Reserve in Somerville Road. Now his long-term involvement with the Friends of Mangemangeroa (FOM), along with similar efforts on other projects, such as Totara Park Manurewa and Olive Davis Reserve Alfriston, has been rewarded with the Golden Spade Award. The award presented by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand is presented to F&B branches or members who have made an outstanding contribution to restoring and maintaining native habitats. It’s regarded as one of the most prestigious in conservation circles. Since 1975 Mr Falla, now in his 80s, has led conservation programmes in South Auckland and was one of a team of ‘forest and birders’ and local residents who advocated for the purchase of the Somerville Farm property in Howick. Several years later it was purchased by the then Manukau City Council and, after three years of eco-sourcing native tree seeds, FOM was formed in 2003. Mr Falla is a permanent representative on the FOM committee which maintains a formal partnership agreement with Auckland Council for the reserve’s

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

Kendall charts a new course By TIM GEORGE

lympic windsurfer Bruce Kendall has made a career out of racing. Now he is getting ready for a different kind of race: election to the Howick Local Board. Running in the Pakuranga subdivision, Mr Kendall’s interest in running came out of a desire to help solve local issues that the long-time Bucklands Beach resident was tired of seeing unresolved. One of those issues is the deterioration of Little Bucklands Beach due to the crumbling sea wall and erosion. “In effect only half of the beach is usable and I find that really disappointing.” Mr Kendall made a submission to Auckland Council advocating for fixing the beach and repairing the seawall, His submission went

PRACTICAL: Bruce Kendall wants to make a ‘quiet’ difference to the Howick Local Board. Photo supplied

public and the positive feedback to the issues he raised encouraged Mr Kendall to throw his hat into the ring. “I thought ‘Well, I need to get a job and maybe instead of shouting from the sidelines, maybe I can help make some positive changes in the council.”

Mr Kendall believes the practical experience he’s gained from having to travel, compete and coach all over the world, will help him as a Local Board member. “[Coaching is] all about psychology really, and being able to get your information across to people in a way that they can use it easily and quickly.” Mr Kendall believes the Council is doing a poor job of communicating what it is actually doing. “I think the communication of what they are doing can be improved. We’ve got modern technology now — the internet and all the rest of it — and I don’t think it’s being used properly.” Mr Kendall hopes to change that so that residents have a clearer picture of what their local bodies do, and believes his “global” experiences with

a variety of different cultures is perfect for a multicultural environment like Auckland. The father of two also wants to help with the plans for the upgraded skate park and gymnastics facility planned for Lloyd Elsmore Park. He also wants more cycleways that don’t affect roading and better protection for inland waterways like creeks and streams. Mr Kendall has no ambition for politics beyond the board. “I’m not a career politician. I just wanted to be able to help in a quiet way.” Mr Kendall won two Olympic medals at the Olympic Games — bronze in 1984 and gold in 1988 — and has established himself as a respected coach for local and overseas sailing talents, including his sister Barbara who is also an Olympian.

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otearoa has been put on the space map with an asteroid orbiting space being given the name ‘New Zealand’. It was discovered by Farm Cove astronomer Jennie McCormick who submitted the name which has now been officially approved by the International Astronomical Union. When the Times talked to her last July she said: “I think people will be pleased with the name”. At that time the woman, who operates an observatory at her Farm Cove home overlooking the Wakaaranga Estuary, had been recognised by her peers, becoming the thirteenth Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. Her initial discovery of ‘New Zealand’ was made on September 16, 2009 when the asteroid happened to be at its closest point to Earth and therefore at its brightest. Even so, it was exceedingly faint and could easily have been missed. She noticed the very faint moving object in images she was making of a comet. It was a lucky coincidence that both objects just happened to lie within the narrow field of her telescope.

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what a star: Jennie McCormick discovered the celestial object in 2009.

“I always like to check every image I take just in case it shows up something unexpected. So it was rather thrilling to find an asteroid that had so far escaped detection by much larger telescopes,” she says. She immediately sent the position of the new object to both the Stardome Observatory and Planetarium at One Tree Hill, Royal Oak, central Auckland and the University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory in the South Island Mackenzie Basin. Since Ms McCormick’s discovery the asteroid has been observed by a number of observatories around the world and its

orbit is now well determined. It orbits the sun once every 3.49 years and comes closest to Earth only once every seven years. It was during one of these closer passes to Earth that she happened to spot it. At any other time, it would have been too faint to see with her telescope. From its brightness, the asteroid ‘New Zealand’ is estimated to be about one kilometre across. On average it is 345 million kilometres from the sun and never gets closer than about 128 million kilometres to Earth. Space agencies such as NASA, as well as private companies, are now seri-

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ously considering mining asteroids for their wealth of rare minerals. It is therefore conceivable that in future decades ‘New Zealand’ will be visited and explored. ■■ Jennie McCormick has conducted astronomical research for the last 16 years during which time she has studied a wide range of celestial objects and collected thousands of hours of scientific data. She is a member of MicroFUN (Microlensing Followup Network), an informal consortium of professional and amateur observers from five continents. She has contributed to the discovery of 19 exoplanets – planets orbiting other stars.

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China, here we come By Farida Master

ocal nurse Emily Rushton has been named runner-up in the New Zealand Nurses Organisation’s Young Nurse of the Year award. Ms Rushton, who grew up in Beachlands and went to Howick College, was nominated for her voluntary work, which includes extensive presentations for OraTaiao: New Zealand’s Health and Climate Council, educating on the benefits for health and the environment of lowering red meat and animal products in diets. This May, Ms Rushton also attended the United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, as a youth delegate. “I spoke to the top people in the European Union and stake holders, as well as being invited to a closed meeting with the incoming Executive Director of the UN Environmental Program. My message was heard by all the 171 countries represented. “It’s incredible that this extensive and global issue is being taken seriously at that level,” she says. Ms Rushton has just returned from hands-on volunteering in the areas of Fiji worst-hit by cyclone Winston, and feels overwhelmed at the recognition by her peers and being awarded runnerup Young Nurse of the Year despite her “full-time hobby” not being a traditional nursing role. The rural communities affected by climate change are what motivate her to “get NZ to start taking responsibility for the silent war we are waging on those least able to afford it”. Ms Rushton says NZ has a Green House Gas footprint per capita that is regularly in the top 10 worst in the world and

focused: Emily Rushton recently returned from cyclone-hit Fiji.

is in the bottom 10 for dealing with it. According to Top NZ ecologist, Dr Mike Joy, more than half of NZ’s greenhouse gas emissions are from animal agriculture. When taking our animals into account, New Zealand has the equivalent of a population of 90 million people and the waste that comes with it. “We aren’t the ‘small country, not worth the bother’ that many would like us to think we are. The status quo is just not viable,” she says. Dr Joy says the science shows New Zealand can’t support the amount of animals it has currently and the livestock population needs to be reduced by 70 per cent over the next 35 years to avoid an environmental collapse. Ms Rushton believes farmers are the key and deserve the support to diversify. She has been instrumental in the set-up of a project to do just that, alongside a teaching institute in the North Island. “Many farms are already branching out, replacing some paddocks with things like Manuka forests, soya beans, nut orchards and avocados,”

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They’ve just had a taste of chicken feet! Students at Pigeon Mountain School, who have returned from a yum cha meal at Imperial Palace restaurant, have also been watching James Bond films shot in Shanghai and learning a smattering of phrases in Mandarin. All this is in preparation for their trip to China. Year 6 student Troy Hector says he is excited about visiting M&M’s World in Shanghai. “I’m also looking forward to the river cruise and visiting our sister school in Yuyao, China,” he says. Talking to the students of Pigeon Mountain Primary School, a day prior to their long flight to China, points towards the growing trend in the education industry as schools in Auckland have established a close knit relationship with sister schools in China. A number of local school principals are part of the NingboAuckland Education Association (NAEA) which represents shared educational interests between the sister cities-with conferences held every year in China and Auckland. There are reciprocal visits of students, teachers and principals to their sister schools in Ningbo. Principal Ian Dickinson, who visited Pigeon Mountain Primary’s sister schoolExperimental School No 2 in October, says that they have teamed up with Bucklands Beach Intermediate and Wakaaranga Primary School for their trip to China. “There are 11 students from BBI, five from Wakaaranga and four from our school that are

ready to roll: Pigeon Mountain Primary students Stacey Mullin, Troy Hector (sitting) Liam Huxley and Joe Li left for China last week to visit their sister school in Yuyao. Photo supplied

going on this trip. They will also be visiting their sister schools that are in the neighbourhood. He says that they have been buddying up with the BBI students for breakfast meets so that students get to know one another prior to the trip. The nine-day trip will see staying with hosts families and attending classes in sister schools. Jet-setting student Liam Huxley who is just back from England, “after changing 11 flights” says he is looking forward to haggling with shop keepers in the local markets “and feel the buzz of a city of 20 million people”. Eleven-year-old Joe Li who earlier studied in China is keen to visit the Pearl market and stay at a 5-star hotel in Shanghai.

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Have you ever wanted to join a choir but never got round to it? Well, this is your chance. We are having an open night for you to see if you like us! We are a non auditioned community choir. An ability to sing in tune, and some knowledge of reading music a help but not essential. We meet at Trinity Methodist Church, 474 Pakuranga Rd on a Monday evening at 7.30pm. Join us for this open night on September 19. Phone Ron 535-9241.

Embroiderers exhibition

Our East Auckland Embroiderers Guild is holding its Bi-Annual Exhibition at Bell House, Howick Historical Village, Bells Road Pakuranga, 10am-4pm each day from Saturday September 10th until Sunday September 18. This is an opportunity to view a display of traditional and modern innovative work by our members. Please come and visit our Exhibition to see and learn more about our organisation.

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Our upcoming Childbirth Education Courses still have a few slots left if you haven’t booked your antenatal education yet. The package includes a Parents Centre membership which includes a 1-year KiwiParent magazine subscription, a guaranteed coffee group as well as other social events organised by us, and discounts to a number of AEPC events as well as special offers with a number of our exciting partners. Upcoming course dates start as early as September 21st. Visit aepc.org.nz.

Junior athletics

Pakuranga Athletic Club is holding a free junior ‘Have-aGo’ Day on Sunday, September 18, 10am-12 noon; 2-4 year olds between 10am-11am. All children aged 2-16 years welcome; Yvette Williams Track, Lloyd Elsmore Park (entrance off Cascades Road). Check www.pakrun.org.nz or phone Tania 577-2024.

Roald Dahl Day

Pakuranga Library is celebrating all things Roald Dahl on Saturday, September 17, 1pm. Come and join as we create candy experiments at Charlie’s Chocolate Factory, fool the Witches by making mice, collect our dreams for the BFG and much more! Phone 5765269.

Free meditation

Free guided meditation session at Highland Park Library, Sunday September 18, 10.30am11.30am. Come and learn this important life skill for inner happiness and well-being. Everyone welcome. Phone 535-5935.

Friendship

Seniors Friendship club meets at the Bucklands Beach Bowling Club, corner of Devon Rd, and Morrow Ave, fist and third Friday each month, 12.45pm3pm for entertainment, music and occasionally trips and bingo. Tea and biscuits. Come and make friends. $3. Friday September 16. We have singerguitarist Sam to entertain us. Phone Olive 534-6938 or Ann 533-9991. ➤➤Turn to page 17

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Seaweek walk

Celebrate Seaweek with a free walk along the stunning coastal track from Waiti Bay Reserve to Tawhitokino Regional Park on Tuesday, September 27 from 10am– noon. You’ll be guided by one of Auckland Council’s knowledgeable Park Rangers. Meet at Waiti Bay Reserve, 182 Kawakawa Bay Coast Road, Kawakawa Bay. Good level of fitness and mobility required. Bookings essential. Phone 3010101 or email enquiry@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Do you love history?

Then sign up for Auckland Council’s free Howick Heritage Parks Bus Tour on Thursday September 29, 9.30am–12.30pm. The bus tour will take in some of the area’s historic sites and is part of this year’s Auckland Heritage Festival. The bus departs from the Howick Historical Village, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga. A good level of fitness and mobility is required. Bookings essential. Phone 3010101, or email anna.baine@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

The Garage Op Shop

You’ll find bargains galore and some of the best prices around at The Garage Op Shop, 96 Udys Rd, Pakuranga. Friday 10am-2pm. Phone 576 2435 or thegarageopshop@pcf.gen. nz.

Genealogy

Scottish interest group, research day Sunday, September 18, 1pm-4pm, NZSG Research Rooms, 159 Queens Rd, Panmure. Come and find your Scottish Ancestors. Assistance offered. Entry $5 with afternoon tea. All welcome. Phone Barbara 575-7968.

Art gallery

Green Gables Cottage Art Gallery, Hawthornden Reserve, 66 Cook Street, Howick, will feature artist John Heywood until Friday September 30. Sales help to support the South Auckland Totara Hospice. Entry is free and all are most welcome. Friday-Sunday, 10am to 3pm. Phone Beryl 5345448.

Boys’ choir

As boys approach their teenage years their voices change (break) and they find that they can no longer use their treble voices and must leave the choir leaving vacancies for boys aged 8 – 12 years. Rehearsals are once a week after school on a Monday in Epsom, with the choir performing regularly throughout the year. Phone 577-5722 or visit aucklandboyschoir.org.nz.

Lymphoedema support

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Bringing the magic back Cockle Bay School holds its carnival on Saturday after making a comeback in 2015 after a 19 year lull. Last year showed great success with the school raising $68,000 toward new playground equipment for the growing number of children. This year, Kirsten Bell, carnival project manager and teacher at Cockle Bay School, believes it will be even more successful. Some highlights on offer this year include the famous unicorn rides, a dedicated Willy Wonka Sweet Factory, a Warriors shirt signed by the team, huge monster truck inflatable, dunk the teacher and school leaders, Pokemon face-painting and balloons, space invader old-school game machines, a mechanical surfboard, mini jeeps and a huge variety of food. Plus all the carnival favourites like clothes, books, toys, live show, silent auction, raffles, facepainting etc. “Our carnival (from 11 am-3 pm).

Polish films on Sunday

‘1920 Battle of Warsaw’. This battle maintained newly regained Polish independence for 19 years and halted the Red Army’s march on Europe, forcing Lenin and Trotsky to resign from lighting the “flame of world revolution”. Mature audience. Sub titles. Sunday, September 18, 2pm– 4pm. Entry by donation. Polish Museum. 125 Elliot St, Howick. Ph 533-3530 or visit www. polishheritage.co.nz.

Travel club

Uxbridge Travel Club is presenting ‘Three Years Cruising the World in Our Own Mega-Yacht’, narrated by Ken Winter, Friday, September 16, 7.30pm at Te Whare Ora (Senior Citizens Hall) Uxbridge Centre, Uxbridge Road, Howick. Visitors welcome, $6. Phone Stella 534-9463.

Birds

The Auckland Metro Bird Club has its monthly meeting at 7.30pm, Tuesday, September 20, Panmure Community Rooms, 1 Pilkington Road. Guest speaker from Bird Rescue as well as discussion on the upcoming breeding season for canaries, budgies, finches etc. All welcome. Phone 576-2535.

BYO device day

Tuesday September 20 from 11am-12pm, Pakuranga Library. Bring your smartphones, tablets or iPads and learn how to get the best out of your device. Come along to this casual workshop, ask your questions and pick up some tips and tricks to make the most of your device.

Holiday programme

A fun, affordable half-day programme will be running September 26-30, Pakuranga Christian Fellowship for 6-12 year olds. Find out more or to book visit www.pcf.gen.nz.

fun time: There’ll be plenty of fun for everyone at Cockle Bay School’s Carnival this weekend. Photo supplied

“It’s all about giving kids change from their pocket money. Although it is a fundraiser, they believe it is important that everything is reasonably priced,” Mrs Bell said. “We pass on everything we don’t sell to other community groups. “This year we are not saving anything as our next carnival is 2018, so this year the majority of our goods will go to United We Stand Waka of Caring who run a family fun day in Homai , which is free so they only accept donated goods.”

Floral art

Howick Floral Art Clubs’ next meeting is on Monday September 26 at Centennial Bowling Club, Selwyn Road, Howick, 1pm. We will be offering members and visitors an opportunity to participate in mini workshops showing techniques in floral art. Visitors and prospective new members welcome at a cost of $10. Doors open 11.30 am, if you wish bring a snack lunch and join us. Phone Eljean 5343358.

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he skill and artistry of nail technician, Nutthida Boonprasert, owner of Beauty Instinct in Chapel Rd, has been recognised by one of New Zealand’s iconic fashion houses. She and her team were invited to fashion the nails of Trelisse Cooper models at the official opening of this year’s New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland. And, local clients will surely know why. Since opening her nail studio 10 months ago Nutthida and the salon have received rave reviews. “And, it was a real honour and immensely satisfying to take on the Trelisse Cooper assignment,” she says. “We loved it.” Now, Nutthida and team are back focusing on their regular clients – hands and feet, nails, makeup, spray tanning, waxing, eye brow and lash tinting and eye lash extensions. And it is hard to fault the ambience at the stunning Parisian-style studio where design flair and attention to detail is evident in every quarter. Furthermore, hygiene is a priority – nail files and buffers are used once then given to the client – “We don’t re-use these products; a brand new file or buffer is used every time.” Daughter of well known Cocoon Thai Spa owner, Gaye Fasher, Nutthida has been familiar with the beauty therapy industry her whole

life but after extensive studies she was drawn to nurturing skin, hair, nails and those facial features that need special attention. Subsequently, her studio offers supreme pampering for specific regimes. “And when it comes to nails we love to sculpt, enhance and create breathtaking nail art designs that exude originality and style,” Nutthida says. “We will even personalise nails to match an outfit – stunning for those special occasions.” While committed to making clients look beautiful on the outside, she also acknowledges inner beauty by offering a community hour with special discounts to thank the people who serve the community. Teachers, nurses, police officers ambulance officers and Super Gold card holders can book an appointment on Wednesdays, 11am-12noon or 1pm-2pm; Thursdays, 1pm-2pm and Sundays 1pm-2pm at special prices. Apart from Basic Instinct Manicure ($30), Basic Instinct Pedicure ($35), Gel Manicure ($40) and Gel Pedicure ($45) Nutthida offers 20 per cent off all other services to such clients booked at these times. For more, visit our webiste www.beautyinstinct.co.nz or visit 148 Chapel Road, Botany South Phone 274 6850. Email: info@beautyinstinct.co.nz

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Meeting Monday, September 19, Freemasons Centre, 1 Highland Park Drive, Highland Park, 11am, with the work of the day being a ‘Talk on Freemasonry in Hungary’. All Freemasons who live in the area or any currently visiting Auckland are welcome to attend at 11.30am followed by lunch at 1pm. Phone Ray 279-4290.

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Historical places

Join us as local historian Alan La Roche presents a talk at Howick Library on the many historically prominent sites and buildings of Howick and Pakuranga, Wednesday, September 28, 10.30am-12 noon, Howick Library, Free. RSVP is recommended. Phone 534-5301.

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Sweet gardens of Eden HBH Senior Living embraces the Eden Alternative Philosophy of care. Eden’s philosophy addresses loneliness, helplessness and boredom of residents and surrenders an institutional point of view and replaces it with a homely environment, encouraging and creating opportunities for close and continuing contact with people of all ages and plants and animals. My husband has been a resident in Howick Baptist Hospital for over 2½ years and we have seen and had the benefit of Eden Alternative. Carol Turner, the occupational therapist at HBH Senior Living, approached me about my gardening skills, to help plan and develop a raised vegetable garden to enable the residents to plant, weed, and harvest its bounty. I visited several large businesses in the local area and found Bunnings in Ti Rakau Drive had planters that I thought would be suitable. I approached the company and was put in touch with Bunnings’

DIG IN: HBH Senior Living residents, left to right, Doreen Ridsdale; Jessie Harrison and Lesley Charles prepare to dig into the raised gardens. Photo supplied

activities organiser Dani Mounsey. To the amazement of the hospital, they have custom built and delivered two planters to blend in with the lovely courtyard environment, lined and filled them with soil and planted them out. They look absolutely great, the residents are so thrilled, and this has all happened through the generosity of Bunnings, which is just one of the wonderful charitable projects they do in our community.

In addition to this, Dani is planning continuous contact with HBH Senior Living and has organised some projects especially for the men. HBH Senior Living would like to thank them publicly via the Times for their generosity through their community charitable projects which we were absolutely unaware they did. Thank you Bunnings and to Dani for the wonderful gift you have given the residents of HBH Senior Living. June Lamborn

Educator, mentor, friend.

theirs was celebrated with his rendiKnown as a pioneer in Macleans Col- tion of a groovy song and the end of lege’s English department and a lit- each term was marked with shared erary genius in the eyes of students, lunches and Mr Green’s famous Michael Green devoted 15 years to chocolate brownies. imparting his knowledge and love Mr Green has been Macleans’ for language. speaking coach for years, with him On Thursday evenspending hours on end ing, Macleans lost a giant training speakers and reliamong men. Larger than giously driving them to life, gentle and kind, Mr competitions, where someGreen was loved dearly by times he’d be mistaken as students and teachers alike. their father, because of his His passion was contagious cheering from the sideand his personality, charmlines. ing. He gave his students a His classroom was a sec- MICHAEL GREEN voice, instilling in them his ond home to students, a own ardent love for lanplace of comfort and where he cul- guage. He pushed them to do their tivated a love of language and litera- best and was always proud of his ture in all of his students. He taught their accomplishments. Mr Green like no other, his lessons always was an integral part of not just his studded with stories of his past. whanau house, Te Kanawa, but also Since Mr Green’s passing, tributes Macleans as a whole. He was a rare have flowed in; people remember soul with nothing but the best of Mr Green’s quirks, his rich Ameri- intentions; he was always up for a can accent, his colourful ties and talk, be it about books, politics or just his screensaver of his beloved dog, life advice. Mace. Mr Green retired earlier this year; Others remember his tales as an yet he still made a concerted effort adventurer, living in Antarctica and to come into school, spend time with his expeditions at a base camp in students and relief teach. He worked the United States. They remember till his last breath. Mr Green has left his witty sense of humour, his daily an indelible imprint on the lives of riddles and his morning McDonald’s many. His unmatched enthusiasm run, to grab a coffee and a muffin. and verve for life will truly be missed. ‘Tough love’ was Mr Green’s best He was a fatherly figure who was friend. Many-a-time students were looked up to with a great deal of seen standing outside his classroom respect. His love and kindness was for one of the shenanigans they had most definitely felt by those who pulled but many more times, shouts knew him both personally and othof glee and laughter were heard from erwise, and his legacy will live on within its walls. Mr Green treated through the lives he touched. his students as an extension of himMacleans College News self, like family. Every birthday of Committee

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Skye named MVP in Aus A talented young cricketer from Pakuranga College has been named MVP at a trans-Tasman indoor test series in Australia. Skye Bowden SKYE BOWDEN was in the New Zealand U22 indoor women’s team that played against Australia in Port Macquarie, New South Wales this month. The 15-year-old, a year 10 student, excelled during the series and was named Most Valuable Player. The award is decided by points allocated by the umpire for each game. Skye said she really wasn’t expecting the accolade. “I was so surprised.” She said it was a great tournament with a fantastic indoor facility. This isn’t the first time Skye has made a mark with the bat and ball, despite only playing indoor cricket for two years and outdoor cricket for five. In outdoor cricket, she represented Auckland in the U18 grade and played at the national U15 tournament in January this year, where she was named MVP of the tournament and also made the national team. Locally, she plays for the Pakuranga Pharaohs in indoor cricket and Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club in outdoor cricket. Her future is certainly bright.

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ocal teenager Ryan Oliver struck gold – lots of gold – at the AIMS Games in Tauranga. Competing for his school Farm Cove Intermediate, Oliver backed up his 2015 success in the pool, winning eight gold medals including the overall best 13 year male for the swimming event. Oliver has been swimming for the local HPK Swimming Club from the age of 9 and sees his specialist event as the 200 individual medley. Each year HPK supports its intermediate competitors by sending a coach to cover the event.

This year’s HPK coach, Rachel Palmer, was kept very busy with club swimmers in every heat and was rewarded with an excellent medal tally for the club. The HPK club won 36 medals overall. This year was the 13th meeting of the AIMS Games, held in Tauranga this sporting meet challenges local and international intermediate athletes in an Olympic style format. Attendance records were broken with more than 9000 competitors performing in a wide range of sporting codes both team and individual based.

SWIMMING GOLD: Ryan Oliver and his HPK Swimming Club coach Rachel Palmer. Photo supplied

Triathletes head to world champs

ALL FIRED UP: (Left to right) Ryan Church, (Year 11), Anna Wilkinson (Year 12) and Richard Salwey (Year 13) all from Saint Kentigern College. Photo Tracy Church

A local trio have headed to the World Triathlon Championships in Cozumel, Mexico, as part of the Tri NZ age group team, racing in the ITU world age group sprint champs in the 16-19 age group. They are Ryan Church, (Year 11), Anna Wilkinson (Year 12) and Richard Salwey (Year 13) all from Saint

Kentigern College. Cozumel is the site of the grand final of the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series, which will include aquathlon, age group, junior, and Under 23 world championships as well as the final races that crown the elite men’s and women’s world champion. The championships run until Sunday.

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This being the case, it now makes sense to change our name to P & H Realty. Since commencement of real estate in Auckland 50 years ago, Ron started in a small Pakuranga real estate company with a total staff of 3 salespeople and a receptionist. Total facilities in the office were 4 phones, a typewriter, a black & white camera and 3 home-made desks and reception counter. However, despite this it was a successful office with many sales and a regular clientele. Today with the mass of technology on offer Ron believes that it still comes down to what it has always been. That it is good service provided by an

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Brookby School says the Ag Day - which has helicopter rides, an old fashioned flower show, vegetable growing competition, pony rides, kids’ corner and BBQ auctions - is its main fundraiser of the year. All the animals have to be newly born and cared for. “This year there are 12 calves, eight kid goats, 20 lambs, six piglets, three duckling and 60 chickens. Hopefully the winning lamb, piglet or kid will dash straight for its owner on Ag Day,” she says. “Thanks to the parent support, last year we broke all records of fund-raising for a school of just 120 students. We bought new furniture for the class rooms from the funds collected.”

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New real estate leader appointed A new chief executive of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) will take the helm in early December. Bindi Norwell has been appointed to the position. Rosanne Meo, who chairs REINZ, says Bindi brings a strong commercial perspective to the organisation. “Bindi is an experienced business leader and strategist who has worked in New Zealand, Australia and the UK,” she says. “She has a strong background in digital media and technology and, most recently, was executive director of TNS Global, a customer and marketing insights-based consultancy working with a diverse network of New Zealand companies.” Previous positions in the UK include British Telecom and, in Australia, Melbourne Airport and CSR. Bindi says she is excited

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roperty Institute of New Zealand chief executive, Ashley Church, is calling for Government, Local Government and the Reserve Bank to work together to introduce a range of new measures to address the Auckland housing crisis. “There have been some significant steps toward solving the issues facing the Auckland market but they still lack a coordinated approach that ties together the good work of the past couple of years. What we need, now, is a considered package that focuses on buyer behavior”. Mr Church says that a lack of coordination has led to a variety of different approaches and disagreement about the nature of the problem actually facing the market. “While some commentators are focused on a view that the market is about to crash – others are convinced that house prices will continue to rise indefinitely and are looking for ways to address affordability. Both views can’t be right”. Mr Church says that, while he understands the fear of a crash, the evidence suggests that house price inflation will be with us for a while yet. He believes that: ■■ House prices, in Auckland, will keep going up until there is a significant increase in supply - after which house prices will taper off with only a small fall, if any. ■■ The perception that Government can fix the supply issue is dangerously wrong. The key to addressing supply is a dramatic lift in the extent to which kiwis are prepared to build or buy new dwellings in preference to existing dwellings. To date, the mix has been all in the wrong direction. ■■ Property Investment is a good thing - but it is going into the wrong places. ■■ Meanwhile, it could be years before house prices taper off – and first home buyers shouldn’t have to wait.

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027 651 2685 - info@littlebopeeps.co.nz - www.littlebopeeps.co.nz

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QUALIFIED PET SERVICES (now under new Management)

THE ORIGINAL PET DOOR SPECIALISTS

â&#x2013; Domestic Boarding Kennels and Cattery â&#x2013; Quarantine Kennels and Cattery

SPECIAL OFFER TO READERS!

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AUCKLAND SPCA

For supply and/or install of quality cat and dog doors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; also spare parts, Auckland-wide, into glass, timber or aluminium. Microchip pet doors available also.

0800 88 0800

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FAIRFIELD Kennels & Cattery

Your petâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home away from home

Ph: 09 292 8852 or 027 222 0307 Fairfield is a family owned Kennel and Cattery in Clevedon. As a small facility, we can give the pet in your family even greater love and attention

Auckland SPCA, 50 Westney Rd, Mangere. Ph: 09 256 7300. Visit our website at www.spca.org.nz

â&#x2013; At Fairfield every pet is treated as an individual - let us know if your pet has any special requirements â&#x2013; Kennels are large and secure with grassy outdoor runs â&#x2013; Semi-communal cattery with inside/outside enclosed areas â&#x2013; We offer a pick up and delivery service - Open for doggy day stay $15 per day â&#x2013; One-on-one dog training tailored to individual needs Viewings welcome by appointment

751 Clevedon-Kawakawa Road, Clevedon enquiry@fairfieldkennels.co.nz - www.fairfieldkennels.co.nz

CLASSIFIEDS

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SITUATIONS VACANT

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Property Manager/ Caretaker East Auckland

CAREGIVERS

FOOTBALL VACANCY Boys’ Football A new position has become available for an experienced football coach to oversee the development of boys’ football at Macleans College. The successful applicant will be involved with all facets of the School’s football programme, with specific responsibility to run the Junior Academy, to establish and monitor the coaching structure for school teams up to the 2nd XI and to provide support for the 1st XI coaches. Position to commence January 2017. Remuneration by negotiation. Send an early indication of your interest in the position by 19/09/2016 with coaching CV to: Director of Sport, Macleans College, Private Bag 94201, Howick Phone 535 2620 ext 880 Email: oa@macleans.school.nz All applications will be considered

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Howick Baptist Healthcare is a well respected aged care provider. We are working towards becoming an Eden Alternative facility. We currently have vacancies for Rest Home Team Leader Wednesday to Sunday 14:45-22:45 Hospital Saturday - 17:30-21:30 Saturday - 15:00-23:00 Sunday - 07:00-13:00 Sunday - 07:00-13:00 Sunday - 07:00-13:00 The successful applicant will need to have a good command of the English language, be an energetic self starter, have a high work ethic and be empathetic to our residents. Full orientation given. Opportunity to gain NZQA Caregiving Qualification. We offer excellent working conditions. Initial applications by phone to Howick Baptist Healthcare 139 Union Road Ph: 09 538 0800 ext 0 between 9.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday

HOWICK BAPTIST HOME & HOSPITAL

REGISTERED NURSE - HOSPITAL

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Qualified Beauty Therapist and Electrologist Wanted

Full and part time positions available. Please send your CV with covering letter to: Kamilla at abtc2@xtra.co.nz or phone 535 4076

Mother Help/Nanny Needed

Our gorgeous 2.75 year old boy and 2 month old girl are looking for a “Mother’s help Nanny” 3 full days per week starting early September 2016. The role is in their beautiful, country home, in Clevedon and hours are 7am-5pm each day. The role is predominantly spending quality time with the children, particularly the oldest. If you have good experience with young children and genuinely enjoy working with them, we would love to hear from you today! Please call Steph 0273 662 540 or stephany@stemsfromhome.co.nz to discuss further

RELIABLE DELIVERY STAFF

Required to deliver the Howick and Pakuranga Times in the following areas:

BOTANY DOWNS RUN# 23K – Gosford Dr (part of), Coubray Pl, Seaglen Pl, Sandgate Ave DANNEMORA RUN# 24EE – Keppoch Ct, Kilkenny Dr (part ogf), Athenry Pl, Annagary Rise, Ardagh Pl, Balbriggan Rise

Please email name, address and contact phone numbers to: papers@times.co.nz In the SUBJECT line, please include the RUN#

LEGAL SECRETARY /ASSISTANT EXPERIENCED (PART TIME)

Formtool Engineering is looking for a

12 month Maternity Cover Possible Permanent Position

We require an experienced Legal Secretary/Assistant to join our friendly team in Howick. You will need to be proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel and have Landonline, Lawbase and ASB Bank Fastnet experience. You will be assisting both lawyers and legal executives in our property section, along with relief reception. We envisage this position to be between 15-20 hours per week with some flexibility to the right candidate. We offer a competitive salary and excellent working conditions in a friendly and supportive environment. Please forward your CV in confidence to: Email: stephen@galbraiths.co.nz

SEMI SKILLED OR SKILLED

TOOLMAKER / FITTER TURNER or ENGINEERING MACHINE OPERATOR CASUAL, PART TIME

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Howick Baptist Healthcare is a well respected aged care provider. We are working towards becoming an Eden Alternative facility. We require Registered Nurses to work Tuesday Night 2230-0700 Friday Night 2230-0700 Saturday Night 2230-0700 Sunday Night 2230-0700 ALT Sunday Night 2230-0700 And relief shifts AM, PM and Night. The successful applicant will need to have a good command of the English language, be an energetic self starter, have a high work ethic and be empathetic to our residents. We offer excellent working conditions and ongoing educational opportunities to maintain your professional portfolio. Initial applications by phone to Howick Baptist Healthcare 139 Union Road Ph: 09 538 0800 ext 0 between 9.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday

confident in precision work, to join our small and friendly team. You must be: - able to produce a quality product within a given time frame - comfortable using both a Lathe and Milling machines - well organised and punctual - willing to work outside normal business hours - confident to work independently Apply now to be part of a great team Rodney Ewing 534 9572, 021 046 5106 rodney@formtool.co.nz

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Exciting Real Estate

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER

CAREER OPPORTUNITY Unlimited earning potential Top commissions paid Work for yourself with mentoring by one of LJ Hooker’s top performers Opportunity to work with a diverse range of people At LJ Hooker Howick...

It’s not just about houses, it’s also about people

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We are seeking both experienced real estate salespeople and those wanting an exciting new career to join our successful, committed and passionate team. We offer 24/7 support and provide ongoing training and development. Our team environment is vibrant and fun. Contact us today to chat about a career with LJ Hooker Howick. Murray Biddick 027 493 4566 mbiddick.howick@ljh.co.nz

Kevin D’Silva 021 538 465 kdsilva.howick@ljh.co.nz

SPORTS CO-ORDINATOR

We seek a full time sports coordinator to work under the supervision of the Director of Sport. The sports coordinator will assist in organising and managing our school’s extra-curricular sporting activities, including coaching, development of codes and organising participation in competitions. The job commences in January 2017. The successful applicant will be required to foster and maintain close relationships with students, parents, teachers, coaches and school and community sporting bodies. This is a key role for sport and will require coordination of summer and winter sports. A good knowledge of sports organisation is required, including an understanding of strategic planning, coaching principles, sports management and administration. The role involves flexible working hours including some weekend work. Qualifications in sports management are highly desirable. An application form and job description are available by emailing Shelley Ross on sross@pakuranga.school.nz Applications close on Thursday 22 September. Phone: 534 7159 www.pakuranga.school.nz

Ph: 271 8055 • Fax: 271 8056 • Email classifieds@times.co.nz

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This role involves being very much part of a team working at the heart of the College to continue to provide excellent curriculum opportunities and outstanding facilities for their students. The role of the Executive Officer is critical in providing the necessary management and administrative support needed for the smooth running of the College. Reporting to the Principal, the Executive Officer carries a high level of responsibility for finance, property and administration. This full time salaried role provides an opportunity for an energetic person to apply their skills and enthusiasm to the role; to bring about change and to have the satisfaction of leading a team in really making a difference in the College. The key areas of the role are financial management, property management and administration. This position will interest you if you: • Have a high level of skill in modern finance/ business practice and management • Are familiar with property management, health and safety • Have a strong background in managing and improving systems • Are an experienced team leader/manager who is able to recruit, train and build a strong cohesive team • Are a competent user of a range of computer programmes • Are well presented and professional in your approach Experience as a successful Executive Officer is an advantage. For a position description and application form please contact: sross@pakuranga.school.nz This is a diverse interesting role for an energetic person who can lead a team and bring about change in our school administration. Applications close on 23 September 2016

bill@brainstormtuition.com

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This position is primarily one of Property Management/Caretaker and is to provide back up support to ensure the safe and appropriate function of the school. Property Management being defined as all buildings internally and externally. Hours to be determined but not exceeding 50 hours per week. Commencing Term 4, 2016 or by negotiation. Salary will be by negotiation. For a schedule of duties and/or to send CV, email: Wendy West, Executive Officer/PA, west@wakaaranga.school.nz Applications close on Friday, 30th September 2016

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HOWICK BAPTIST HOME & HOSPITAL

Wanted Maths , Science English

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fenciblemanor2015@gmail.com

CONSTRUCTION / SERVICEPERSON

We require an enthusiastic and hardworking person to work in our small team. Undertaking the construction, restoration or service of a variety of swimming pool types. Industry experience an advantage, with the ability to work unsupervised. Good people skills, clean drivers licence and common sense essential. Please phone Matthew 021 2731 779 or email your CV to: matt@bluestonepools.co.nz

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A small rest home needs an experienced Night Caregiver and Cook. To be successful, Caregiver candidates must: have a minimum of 2 years experience in elderly care, be able to work flexible hours, be patient and caring with elderly, and be able to work weekends. To be successful, Part-Time Cook candidates will: have experience and be interested in cooking, be able to work flexible hours and understand Food Safety and Hygiene. Phone/Text (pref) 021 701 981 or Email CV to:

TUTORS

SWIMMING POOL

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NIGHT CAREGIVER & COOK

Experienced

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Phone Bruce 021 558 557

We are looking for a Part time Support Worker for our special needs daughter. We see a lot of potential in her, so we require a caring mature woman with a positive attitude. Own car and full drivers licence is preferred. Part-time up to 7 hours per week. Please phone 0210 230 7052

No experience required • Must be available Monday - Sunday • 8.30am - 2pm • Must have own reliable transport Email CV only: admin@seg.co.nz

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Must live local to Highland Park Reliable and well presented Good understanding of English Morning and afternoon Shifts

Required for our busy East Tamaki based company. ■ Minimum experience 4 years in the Kitchen Industry ■ Mature minded person who produces quality work ■ A team player who is motivated ■ Overtime available ■ Room to progress into further rolls ■ Great remuneration ■ An immediate start We are a soundly based 27 year old company. See our website! Call Darrin 0274 841 007 or 274 4221 One of Auckland’s leading companies

SITUATIONS VACANT

CLEANER

Dannemora

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Job Share (24 hours weekly)

SITUATIONS VACANT

Part Time Support Worker

CABINET MAKER

CLEANER/ HANDYPERSON

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CLASSIFIEDS

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Cooper Hairdressing Maraetai

Panelbeater

Accounts Clerk Part Time

Must be experienced with Accounts Payable, Payroll, Xero or similar Accounting software and Microsoft Office. Approximately 20 hours per week. DRAINSLAYERS CO LTD Email CV to: admin@drainslayer.co.nz

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PROFESSIONALS

Oral Hygiene is essential to your general well being. Bad breath, Bleeding gums, and Receding gums mean you need to see the Dental Hygienist CD232945

17C Aberfeldy Ave, Highland Park

Ph 537 4641

JOB TRAINING

SECOND HAND SHOP

We sell furniture, household goods, quality used clothing, etc. We accept donations of good furniture, clothing etc. 9 Ben Lomond Cres, Pakuranga Ph 576-1507 Open 6 days Come and be surprised

Guitar Lessons

, Quad Bikes , Swimming , Sleds and Skimmers , Confidence Course , Flying Fox , Archery , Art , Gymnasium , Sports Field , BMX , Climbing Wall , Paint ball (11 years+)

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September b 24th 24 h to October 1st or October 1st to October 8th Come and join us for heaps of f u n ! Download registration forms @ www.campraglan.org.nz

Enrol now for TERM 3, 2016

JOB TRAINING

Contact Andy 534 6374 021 267 5702 www.guitar121.co.nz

Guitar121

DRUM tuition, beg-adv. Prof tutor Ph: 535-8170

Ph: 0800 677 467 Ph: 576 1507

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Sat 17 Sept - 10am-3pm Pakuranga Community Hall 346 Pakuranga Rd (by KFC). Readers, Healers, Crystals, Jewellery and lots more www.crystalvisions.nz

HOME HELP OFFERED Professional Ironing Since 2000

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$25(conditions Per Basket apply)

Free pick-up/delivery Satisfaction guaranteed

KIDS KARATE

CARPENTRY AND YOUTH AUTOMOTIVE COURSES

Kids afternoons Adults evenings Contact Hiroshi 534 1776 (h) 021 060 6006 (m)

MATHS PHYSICS Calculus Stats Chem. Tutor NCEA/ Camb. Ph 250 4422 or 021 107 2851

Music LESSONS Lessons MUSIC Drums Guitar Bass Guitar Piano Keyboard Clarinet Saxophone Ph Ph:021 021879 879870 870

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HOLISTIC MARKET

CRYSTAL VISIONS

ENGLISH/Maths/ Science(NCEA/Cambridge) Qualified exp tutors/teachers. Essay writing/editing. 535-0523

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• Are you thinking of a career change? • Do you want to embark on a lucrative career? • Do you want to have an income without a ceiling? • Our academy provides New Zealand’s leading real estate training Real Estate is an exciting and rewarding career, and here at Harcourts Pakuranga, we’ll show you the way to sales success. Our next career evening will tell you everything you need to know about how to start a successful career in the industry! When: Monday 26th September 2016 at 6.00pm Where: Cnr Pakuranga Rd and Johns Lane, Pakuranga To reserve your seat (bookings essential)

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READINGS

Ph: 532 8385

7 ffun-filled u n -ff i l l e d d days ays $ ay $215 215

Phone (09) 630 5271 Email info@cbm.org.nz

WE BUY FURNITURE IN GOOD CONDITION Single items & Houselots Deceased estates Going overseas Don’t have a garage sale, ring us first.

School Holiday Camps

or 09 576 4822

TUITION

Real Estate Sales - Success Starts Here Career and Information Evening

Eastzone Realty Ltd MREINZ, Licensed Agent, REAA 2008

Need quality Childcare these school holidays? Come join the fun!! We W offer a fun filled, action actio packed programme 5 to 13 years old Pakuranga Heights School Hall Pakur 77 Udys Road, Pakuranga Heights (off Reeves Road). 7.30am – 6.00pm To enrol visit: www.pukekopreschools.co.nz ww w.pukekopresch or or phone ((0508 123 785356)

WANTED TO BUY

WANTED to buy gold silver damaged & unwanted jewellery. We pay cash for old gold & silver items. Highland Park Jewellers. Shop, 1 Highland Park Shopping Center Ph 537-5656

Phone Alan 09 576 2639

Pukeko OSCAR Holiday Programme H 26 September - 6 October 2

FIREWOOD, Ti Tree, Hot mix, Phone Darryl Green Earths 273 9520

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Claire Lonie

FOR SALE

O.S.C. A.R Where memories are made!

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Oral Hygiene ne

HALF MOON BAY 33 Takutai Ave, 8am Sat, blders tools & materials, fishing gear, toys, h;hold items, all must go

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PAINTER wtd with min. 5 yrs exper for casual local work. Must be reliable with transport. txt Rob 0211 848 173

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES

BUCKLANDS BEACH 7 Ervine Pl Sat 7-9am. Tools, computer parts, bike, dining suite.

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Busy Pakuranga shop requires a tradesperson panelbeater. Great team and conditions. Wages negotiable. Immediate start. Ph: Steve 577 0024 0274 533 250

CAREGIVER Required for 20 bed Rest Home. Tuesday and Friday 1045pm to 0715am Experience preferred. Good command of both written and spoken English essential Ph: 5328376

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Is looking for an experienced Stylist to join our team. Part time hours available. Long term. Good remuneration. Phone Corina 027 329 1781

GARAGE SALES

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PIANO - KEYBOARD GUITAR - VIOLIN VOICE - DRUMS

0800 696 874

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LESSONS FROM $18 Private, professional,affordable. Competitions, practical and theory exams. We have teachers in your area. (Est 63 yrs)

NZ Modern School of Music www.modernmusic.co.nz TAI-CHI QIGONG, For well being, enjoy gathering, relaxing, world music Ph 5763705

Do you want a local tradesperson? Do you want local employment? Want to know whats on in your local area? Read the local News? Why not have a browse online www.times.co.nz or phone us 271 8055 Your call will be answered by your local classified consultant not by a consultant overseas CD240507A

Ph: 271 8055 • Fax: 271 8056 • Email classifieds@times.co.nz

*Conditions apply

CLASSIFIEDS

BUILDERS

CATERING

CA Professional services, for accounting, tax returns, GST, payroll, Startups. Xero, Mobile service and fixed price. Ph Balaji Kris 021 175 87 78: 537 5942

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It dosent have to cost the earthâ&#x20AC;?

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BATHROOM IMPRESSIONS

INSTALLATION

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NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL Free Quotes

I Fix 4U

Office: 09 527 6360 Dave: 021 836 360

138J Harris Road East Tamaki 271 6262

021-369 881 www.sos-appliance-repairs.co.nz

DECKS

DESIGN & BUILD Permits arranged Selection of quality materials Guaranteed work ** LBP Ph: 535-5775 021-164-7428

PRODECK

FRANIX CONSTRUCTION LTD Leak Repairs Infrared Checks Alterations Renovations Repairs Maintenance Landscaping Waterproofing

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Laptop or Desktop running slow? Services and upgrade from $40 + GST. We fix all laptop & desktop hardware & software issues. No fix, No charge. 12 years in IT business. 537 1330 or 021 998 886 101A Aviemore Dr, Highland Park

CONCRETE & CONCRETING

CONCRETE & PAVING New, Relay and Repair work

Driveways, Paths, Patios Garden-edging and Mowing Strips

Phone Greg 022 508 0077 for a free quote and prompt service

MAINTENANCE & Building repairs. Small jobs, qualified Ph 576 7841 or 021 1481076

FREE quote on all concreting. Call Tony 021 518901

FURNITURE REMOVAL

Driveways/Floors Parking areas Exposed Aggregate All earthworks Retaining & more

Ph: 533 0136 or 021 370 307

CONCRETE

Floors, drives, paths Small job enquiries welcome Castle Concrete Ph 534-5177 0274-768-924

Driveways/Patios Swimming Pool surrounds Decorative coloured Concrete Exposed Pebbles and Aggregates Concrete Sealing Bobcat and Digger Post Hole Boring 0800 277 2529 www.bsrconcrete.co.nz

021 022 46711

FURNITURE SHIFTERS

ELECTRICIAN Reg. hard working & reliable, value for dollars, all work undertaken. Satisfaction guar Ph 534-8889

Local & long distance by careful & courteous removalists with many years of experience REASONABLE RATES FOR AN EXCELLENT JOB BERT TARRY CARRIERS NZ LTD Ph: 274 2916

The

DRAINSLAYER For all drainage work. Free Quotes. Ph: 527 1209 or 027 2265321

ELECTRICAL

A STOVE PROBLEM? NZ Reg Electrician

Specialising in stove repairs

Ph Alan 0274-516-454 a/h 576-6756 East City Stove Repairs

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Fencing Retaining Decks Dingo k9-3 mini digger â&#x2013; Post holes â&#x2013; Specialists in limited access sites G9G062

Phone Dean 021 278-8087, 535-1005 a/h

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* Property makeovers * Tree & hedge trimming * All landscaping needs * Commercial lawns * Quality job * Bargain price * Fully insured Ph Russ 021 229 9155

LAWNCARE

EAST Auckland Lawn & Garden Services Ltd - for lawnmowing, hedges & tree work. Reliable service, best rates. Ph Sean 0210 278 2141

HANDYMEN

ELITE Lawn and garden services, residential/com, maintenance, 20 yrs exp, free quote, John 021 724 986

JACK OF ALL TRADES 25 years experience Prompt and reliable Available after hours Call for a free appraisal 027 284 0470

GREENMAN den TREES Free quotes. vice. Phone 021 570 409

HANDYMAN

LAWNMOWING

â&#x20AC;&#x153;FLAT PACKâ&#x20AC;?

ALL Handyman jobs. Ph Michael 0276162146 a/h 095760106 handymangardeners.co.nz

PROPERTY

Lawn & Gar& HEDGES. Friendly ser534 2053 or

BRUCIEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Small and large lawns Residential / Commercial Rubbish removal Trees, hedges, trimming Garden clean-ups Locally owned / operated Free quotes Ph Bruce 537 3470

LAWNS PLUS, For a top quality professional service & free quote Ph/txt Mike 0220936020

LOCKSMITHS

MAINTENANCE

FENCING & TRELLIS

bsolute Absolute A encing Fencing F

LANDSCAPES R US LTD

ANDREW 021 324 994 or 213 2880. Lawns, garden maint, tree felling/trimming, Free quotes.

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SB Electrical NZ Reg Electrician. Reasonable rates. All electrical work. Nick 021 058 9561, 5340450

LANDSCAPING All aspects. 10yrs exp. 100% guar. Richard 021 783 258, or 271 3258

A LOCAL, friendly lawn mowing & property care service. Spring is almost here & I am adding more regular customers now. Call Greg 021 114 8854

An experienced gentleman with years of experience in additions, renovations, wallpapering & painting etc. All other work considered Ph 0274 945 447 or 534 8404

ELECTRICIAN Registered Electrical, Smartvent & Alarms. Ph Mark 027 495 4219, a/h 534 3227

FOR ALL YOUR Landscaping needs. Over 10 years experience. Call Tim on 021 885 676

Silver Medal DESIGN Winner CONSTRUCTION Ellerslie MAINTENANCE Flowershow

SPECIALISTS

GARDEN CARE

NZ REG, Commercial / Domestic. All Electrical Work. Free Quotes. Call free 0800 22 3330 or 0220 635 830

www.drainslayer.co.nz

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ACTIVE retired carpenter past master builder, wants small jobs e.g. easing sticky doors, windows, deck repairs, all carpentry jobs, Ph Bob 534-1355

for over 20 yrs

ALL Garden Care phone Michael 0276162146 a/h 5760106 handymangardeners.co.nz

ALL HEDGES, TREES, LAWNS

Also garden maintenance rubbish removal, waterblasting. Free quotes. 15 Yrs exp. Residential/commercial Ph: Peter 021 39 33 84 QUALITY GARDEN SERVICES

GA117458

BUILDER avail additions, renovations, all types of building. Competitive price. Licenced Builder Alan 021548-131

CARPENTERS

Carey

Electrician

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BUILDERS

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New Zealand Registered

VINYL LAYING, supply, prep & install. No job too big or small Ph Brendan 021-996-898, 537-8402ah

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LANDSCAPES Ph: 535 9155 thebehersings@xtra.co.nz

broken windows glazing mirrors cat doors balustrades showers splashbacks Ph 265 2941 38 Trugood Dr, Burswood www.haynesglass.co.nz

PREMIER FLOOR SANDING. For a free quote phone Shaun 021 250 6264 VINYL LAYER 25 yrs exp. Karl 027 2481167 or 576 7936 a/h

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FLOORING GUYS Uplift & prep for Tiles, Vinyl & Carpet. Refs avail. Ph Bobby 021 02924836.

AA DOBBS LTD Great rates, Gold Card discount. Local family business. Reliable, friendly, no job too small. EFTPOS avail. Call Anthony 534 0275

GLASS & GLAZING

$35 p/m

Specials, Free Quotes Professional Layers Showroom

ALL your concrete requirements, drives, patios, small/ lge slabs, plain, coloured, imprinted. Ph Vince for a free quote 021 415 436

CONCRETE

GARAGE doors supply & repairs. Ph Amnon (021) 399616 or Jack (022) 4248805 or 268-2383a/h no extra charge Sundays

CARPET & VINYL

LEES CARPETS

ELECTRICAL

K58004

Lynch Design 577 1939 www.lynchdesign.co.nz

Office: 09 527 6360 Dave: 021 836 360 Licensed Building Practitioner www.franix.co.nz

CONCRETE & CONCRETING

GARAGE DOORS

49D Springs Rd, East Tamaki Ph 273 8899

We do WINZ quotes

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Plans for new houses & additions 30yr experience. Prof member ADNZ - LBP

or Copper

For a free quote contact Drewe Ph: 027 539 9851 or 0800 432 724 drewe@fasciaandspouting.co.nz www.fasciaandspouting.co.nz

DRAINLAYING

30 years experience

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DRAFTING & DESIGN

021 764797 or 532 8930

Ph: 5768812 Open 7 Days 83 Reeves Rd Pakuranga

Competitive Rates Free Quotes

ARCHITECTURE

Enhancing the look and value of your home Made to measure on-site in Colorcote steel All work guaranteed WINZ approved

Irrigation Systems design and installed, all aspects of landscape maintenance undertaken. Qualified Horticulturist Ph 535-4471 021-257-6898

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IN 64 COLOURS OR COPPER No joins - No leaks - guaranteed

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Servicing all major brands of Whiteware appliances

PC Laptop LCD Printer Virus Network Email Data Recovery Onsite Job NO Fix NO Fee

TASA COMPUTER

CONTINUOUS SPOUTING

constructed & maintained, lawns mown, pruning & Arbourcultural work undertaken, waste removed.

CD245668

CD127274

NZ registered electrical service technician

SPOUTING AND ROOFING

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APPLIANCE REPAIRS

09 277 7874 viphomeservices.co.nz

All Interior Renova ons Bathrooms Kitchens Doors Plasterbd lining Repairs and Maintenance Co-ordinate SubContractors Available

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MARKS

APPLIANCES

FREE QUOTES

Family Owned & Operated for over 30 years Sand/polyurethane staining/ blonding New/old floors supply and lay cork tiles Free Quotes Ph: 537 3371 Neil Craft 027 296 6320 Kris Craft 021 055 7522 www.craftfloorsanding.co.nz

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Repairs to: Parmco, Turboair, Fisher & Paykel, European & Italian appliances â&#x20AC;˘ Stoves & Rangehoods â&#x20AC;˘ Waste disposals â&#x20AC;˘ Dishwashers â&#x20AC;˘ Laundry â&#x20AC;˘ Fridge & Freezer seals only

CRAFT FLOORSANDING

HOMES & OFFICES

Security Screened, Trained & Insured Operators

No job too small. Repairs, Fencing, Pool Fencing. Free Quotes.

FLOORING & SERVICES

EXP, High Quality, regular home, window & office cleaning. Ph Jenny 021 0841 0001

Microsoft Certified Professional

Old School Builder

Robinhood - Alto - Blanco Everdure - Omega Authorised Service

PLUMBERS

CLEANING

Fixed Price Regular & One-Offâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Personalised Service Window & Carpet Cleaning ! Plus Lawns & Gardens

ABOUT Fencing 2000

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CARPET Cleaning starting from $80 Ph Grant 533 0522, 0211 576 963

DAVE TAPPER BUILDERS Ltd

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Fan-tastic Fencibles Fencibles United celebrated its 20th anniversary last week with an old boys’ game between Pakuranga Town AFC and Howick AFC. The two local clubs merged in 1995 to form Fencibles, which played its first season as a club a year later. On Friday night, past and present players took to the field under lights at William Green Domain in Highland Park wearing their old colours and fought hard for the inaugural Danna Mandry Trophy. Fencibles Club president Pat Cannon

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curious thing about the All Black selection is that New Zealand’s fourth best Super 12 franchise, the Crusaders, easily had the most players in the 23-man squad that thrashed Argentina 57-22 at Hamilton on Saturday night. With six forwards, it is fair to say the Crusaders provide the solid platform that launches the brilliance of superstar backs like Beauden Barrett, Ben Smith and Julian Savea. Captain Kieran Read, Joe Moody, Owen Franks, Sam Whitelock, Ryan Crotty and Israel Dagg were the six Crusaders to start the latest test before Wyatt Crockett, Codie Taylor and Luke Romano came off the bench to give them a total of nine. Next best were the champion Hurricanes who had the electrifying Barrett, Dane Coles, Julian Savea as starters and Ardie Savea and PJ Perenara as reserves. The Chiefs had a total of four with Brodie Retallick and Sam Cane starters and Aaron Cruden and Anton

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