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olice Minister Poto Williams is defending the Labour Government’s response to an ongoing crime wave that’s seen local homes shot at in alleged gang-related ﬁrearms incidents as well as numerous east Auckland businesses ram-

raided by young thieves. In recent months there’s been several ram-raids carried out at the Ormiston Town Centre in Flat Bush and at jewellery and liquor stores in Howick. There have also been gunshots ﬁred at homes in Flat Bush and Mellons Bay as part of tensions believed to involve the Tribesmen

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exie Palmer-Gapper brings extensive international experience and a desire to ensure her team members are happy and fulﬁlled to her latest role. Originally from the United States, Palmer-Gapper took over as Howick Historical Village’s new general manager late last year. Before moving to New Zealand she and her husband were living in the State of Washington. Her prior role was a four-year stint as director of the Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village, named for the city it’s located in. Palmer-Gapper says her husband, who’s a Kiwi, lost his job in the plant science industry at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. He was offered a new position in Auckland and the couple decided to move to New Zealand. Palmer-Gapper says her background is in art history and she’s held numerous positions in the arts and museum sector. They include roles at the prestigious Whitney Museum of American Art, Sotheby’s, and the Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. “The one thing that connects all of my work experience has been collections, archives

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niﬁcent job with the gardens. “He has a very special approach and wants them to look like what village life would have looked like in the 1840s, so things aren’t going to be manicured. “He’s creating a living museum, a living space, for these buildings to sit in and feel at home.” She says taking care of the village’s collections is also a top priority. That includes its buildings and “all the items in the buildings and making sure they’re cleaned properly with proper conservation tools and materials and solutions and methods”. “I want to make sure things can be viewed to their best advantage and stay in their best shape for the next 100 years.” Her third area of focus is to restructure the village’s education programmes. “We have a fantastic new education manager in Rosie Grant and have great educators who stayed with us from the previous general manager,” she says. “They have insightful, engaging programmes with the kids and I’m hoping we can expand those to be more inclusive of Auckland in 1840-1880 and not just [focus on] the Fencibles. We want to contextualise why we’re here and what we’re responding to with this space.”

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and handling and researching objects,” Palmer-Gapper says. “All of those things together created a situation and a set of skills that prepared me to lead the Cashmere Museum and then move here.” Palmer-Gapper says her work as general manager is being guided by the historical village’s 2021-2024 strategic plan. She’s focusing on three main areas, being the staff, its collections, and education programmes. “I care very deeply about the staff and their success and happiness. I want to make sure they stay, they’re fulﬁlled and to limit turnover. That’s a very big thing for me.” She says every member of her staff is outstanding in their role and the village’s board president Marin Burgess has been “incredibly helpful”. Palmer-Gapper is particularly grateful for the institutional knowledge of those who are not new to the team, including heritage gardener Luke Southern, marketing and social media co-ordinator Annaliese Lines, educators Kate Hallam, Sarah Cartwright, Ellen Holliss, Richard Giles, and Kathy O’Connor, and facilities manager Phil Sutton. “Luke has been here for about three years and he’s done a mag-

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Poto visits HQ ➤ Continued from page 1 “I know the work we are doing will be effective in that space and I have full confidence the police are working diligently to ensure our communities are safe.” Williams says the Government committed $6 million in Budget 2020 to “deal with the issue of ram-raids”. The money is being taken from the Proceeds of Crime Fund. It’s to be invested in a crimeprevention programme to be managed by police and will include solutions such as installing bollards or other protection structures. “A few years ago we supported the instalment of fog cannons [in certain dairies] to assist with burglaries,” Williams says. “Now we know there are situations where people will use vehicles to force entry into buildings. “Our support has moved into other preventative measures to keep people safe.” Williams says the recent gang shootings have been “dreadful and distressing” for the community. She says over the past 12 months police have run Operation Tauwhiro, which has “given them the opportunity to have a look at the landscape of New Zealand in terms of gangs and the harm they cause our

olice arrested a dozen people they say are associates of the Tribesmen gang after receiving a report of suspicious behaviour at an east Auckland property. A police spokesperson says officers responded to the area of Swan Crescent, Pakuranga, at about 5.30pm on June 2. “The suspicious activity was believed to involve firearms, so armed police responded along with the Armed Offenders Squad as a precaution. No shots were fired. “Two vehicles at the address attempted to flee, but were stopped by police. “Two addresses in the area were also searched with a total of 12 people taken into custody.

Police Minister Poto Williams visited Counties Manukau East Police headquarters last week where she met with officers including senior sergeant Anson Lin, left, and area commander Inspector Scott Gemmell, centre.

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communities”. “What’s happening is a transition through to Operation Cobalt, which will be much more about enforcement and suppression. “There will be a much more visible police presence and much more targeting of gangs. “That is supported by the recent Budget announcement we’ve made of an extra $94m to support police to do their work. “Their work is arduous and it is hard and they are working diligently to do this work. “As with everything, they need to make sure they get this right, so behind the scenes they are working very hard to identify those people who have been involved in the recent shootings and make sure they bring them to justice.”

and drugs offending. “Since the operation began, 21 searches have been executed across Auckland with police seizing a total of nine firearms and 341 rounds of ammunition,” Rogers says. “Police have no tolerance for gun violence and the reckless behaviour that has been on display across our communities in recent weeks.” Rogers says police will continue to be visible across communities in Auckland and will work to disrupt and prevent such incidents. ➤ People with information about anyone who is illegally in possession of firearms is urged to phone police on 105 or phone the free and anonymous Crimestoppers tip-off line on 0800 555 111.

Huge response to blanket appeal The Blankets 4 Kids 4 Winter appeal organised by Howick Rotary and supported by the Howick Village Association drew to a close last Tuesday with a record number of donations. With blankets still flowing in, the end result will be in excess of 1500 blankets donated to help keep needy families and kids warm this winter, Rotary Convenor, Bill Charkow said. “The response has been amaz-

lovely colourful blankets, crochet squares have been made into blankets and there is a substantial quantity of brand-new blankets that people have purchased and donated, some still in boxes.” Howick Village Association town centre manager Jane Newbury said, “It was great to support Rotary in such a worthwhile community project and we are thrilled with such an outstanding end result.

ing across the whole community with individuals, families, schools and the BNI [Business Network International] and Howick Click business groups making donations,” said Charkow. “Last year we collected around 350 blankets so this year’s effort has been incredible. “People have donated excess home blankets, the Knitting in Public Group made and donated

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n the early hours of November 28, 2020, when most east Auckland residents would have been sleeping soundly in their beds, a killer was creeping silently toward the Sunnyhills home of Elizabeth (Ying) Zhong. After hearing evidence for more than a month from dozens of witnesses, a jury at the Auckland High Court on June 2 delivered its verdict that Zhong’s former business partner Fang Sun was her killer. The case began when a friend of Zhong’s went to her Suzetta Place property on the morning of November 28 and found she wasn’t home. The friend, who was with her husband and daughter, saw what appeared to be blood in Zhong’s bedroom. They phoned police to report her missing and officers arrived and examined the property. Later the same day police found Zhong’s Land Rover parked in Roadley Avenue a short distance from her home. They broke into it and discovered her body inside the boot. Zhong had been wrapped in a blanket and had a suitcase placed on top of her. The 55-year-old had been stabbed more than 20 times in the head, neck and back. Following a lengthy police investigation, police arrested Sun and charged him with Zhong’s murder. He pleaded not guilty with his trial getting under way before a jury and Justice Neil Campbell on April 26. The Crown’s case was presented by prosecutors Gareth Kayes and Sam Becroft. Defence lawyers Sam Wimsett, Yvonne Mortimer-Wang and Honor Lanham represented Sun. Early in the trial the court heard Zhong and Sun went into business together in 2014, setting up a company named Sunbow Limited. Their business relationship soured when their joint companies fell into debt. Sun made a police complaint against Zhong saying she’d misappropriated funds and lost millions of dollars from their companies. He also launched a civil litigation against her in court. The Crown said Sun’s anger at Zhong over their failed business dealings and financial losses were his motive for murder. Both Sun and his ex-wife told people Zhong had ruined their lives. Zhong told police Sun had threatened to kill her and she feared for her life. She’d had CCTV installed at her home and applied for a firearms licence. Sun hired a private investigator to follow Zhong. In August 2020 the investigator placed a tracking device on her Land Rover vehicle. The device was removed from the vehicle before it was found by police. Blood stains and finger marks were later found underneath the vehicle, which Kayes said showed the killer had reached

under the vehicle looking for the tracking device to remove it. He told jurors only Sun and the investigator knew the device was there. After Zhong’s death a post mortem was performed on her body. Her fingernails were clipped and swabbed for DNA as part of the procedure. Kayes told the jury male DNA found under Zhong’s fingernails showed “strong scientific support” it belonged to Sun. Wimsett countered the male DNA found under Zhong’s fingernails could “equally” belong to Sun’s son. He said Zhong’s daughter wrote to the judge and lawyers involved in the civil case taken against her saying her mother was too sick to take part, but Sun found out she was at SkyCity Casino. Wimsett said a police officer who gave evidence during the trial testified he’d observed no marks or scratches on Sun’s arms when he spoke to him in the days following Zhong’s death. He said Sun was “too big, too chubby and had too much of a belly” to be the person filmed on CCTV and seen walking near Zhong’s home around the time she was killed. Wimsett told the jury Sun’s actions showed he had a respect for the correct way of doing things. He said when Sun came to believe Zhong had misappropriated funds from their company he engaged a prominent law firm, hired a private investigator, gathered evidence to support his case and provided it to police. Wimsett said Zhong had CCTV installed in her house in March 2018 and she and Sun celebrated Christmas together in 2018. She applied for a firearms licence “well before” things soured between her and Sun, he said. “The defence says the gun licence has nothing to do with Mr Sun.” Wimsett told the jury to be careful to accept what Zhong told people about the alleged threats. He said she stated in an affidavit she had not been served with certain documents, but that was a “blatant lie” as there was evidence the documents had been served on her. Wimsett said Zhong alleged Sun had threatened to kill her to delay the civil proceedings. “The defence says Ms Zhong could have sought a trespass notice or restraining order against Mr Sun but never did.” The court heard from witnesses including Zhong’s daughter, ex-husband, friends, police officers, fingerprint, DNA and forensic experts, an ex-partner, her civil lawyer, and others. After six weeks, the jury decided the case had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Sun was Zhong’s killer. Justice Campbell remanded him in custody to be sentenced on August 2.

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ast month, the Government released Budget 2022 which confirmed that New Zealand is going backwards under Labour faster than ever. Finance Minister Grant Robertson needed to focus this Budget on helping the squeezed middle to overcome the escalating cost of living crisis and stop Kiwis falling further and further behind. But it’s clear he’s failed. Instead, what Grant Robertson has delivered is a Backwards Budget. Kiwis, the economy and outcomes are all going backwards under Labour and the Budget forecasts confirm the situation is only going to get worse. New Zealand is experiencing the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. Inflation is at a 30-year-high, expected to run rampant for years to come and wages aren’t keeping up. Mortgage costs are up because of rising interest rates, rent is up $140 per week, food price inflation is the highest in a decade at 6.4 per cent and petrol is up over $3 per litre. More and more Kiwis are falling behind each week, squeezed by growing costs and a Government that refuses to offer them meaningful income tax relief while ramming through the biggest spend-up in New Zealand history. Labour’s temporary cost of living package will do little to support Kiwi households through the cost-of-living crisis. It is band-aid economics made up on the fly, with even Treasury warning the Government that the one-off cost of living payment is a poor mechanism for addressing a long-term problem. The squeezed middle are paying the price for Labour’s economic mismanagement and if you are on the average wage of $72,000 or higher, you will get nothing under Labour. Under National’s tax plan to inflation-adjust tax brackets, someone on the average wage would get $860 every year. This would allow Kiwis to keep more

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Celebrating 21 years of Thursdays @ Seven Howick musicians, Katharine and Peter Watts, have coordinated the Thursdays @ Seven concert series since the year 2000. That is around 475 concerts that they have brought into the Howick community! To mark these 21 years (slightly late due to Covid) they are reviving the Chamber Orchestra which was launched in 2020. This orchestra is comprised of many of Auckland’s leading string players. Originally scheduled for October 2021, due to Covid this concert was postponed until February 2022, and due to Covid again was postponed until now. “We are delighted to be offering regular live concerts in Howick again,” Peter said. “This concert is the ﬁrst in the winter series, which runs every Thursday until July 28.” A sparkling String Serenade by Swedish composer Dag Wirén opens the celebration programme and Warlock’s engaging Capriol

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Suite closes it. In between you can hear Beethoven’s magniﬁcent Fourth Piano Concerto played in an arrangement for piano and string ensemble. Lisa Chou is the piano soloist, Yid-Ee Goh leads the orchestra, Peter Watts directs and Katharine is the Master

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local man has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours. Mike Cole of Somerville has been awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for services to the Coastguard and the RSA. Cole has been a member of Howick RSA since 1967, holding all executive roles over the years including president from 2006 to 2008, 2013 to 2015 and 2017 to 2018. He has been the Youth Council Delegate, 40 Squadron Air Training Corps Liaison Ofﬁcer and has been on the Howick RSA Community Trust since 2011. Cole has been Anzac Day Parade Commander for Howick since 1988, which has involved liaising with the Auckland Council, NZDF, schools, local groups and VIPs. He has organised the Howick

Dawn Parade since 2006. He was appointed a Trustee of ATC 40 Squadron in 2017 and was organiser for the Armistice Day centenary commemoration. He joined the Howick Volunteer Coastguard in 1988 and was a Senior Master from 2002 to 2018. He has spent an estimated 11,000 hours on the water volunteering with the Coastguard over the years. He has taught hundreds of volunteers at Howick and other Auckland units over the past 32 years as a skipper. He became a Coastguard Education Tutor in 2000 and has taught VHF Radio, GPS and Day Skipper courses to around 600 boat owners from the community. Cole is a Life Member of Howick Volunteer Coastguard and the RSA. He told the Times he was very surprised when he

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received the email informing him he was being put forward for the QSM award and then receiving the conﬁrming letter a month or so later. “I am very humbled that my peers would consider me as a worthy recipient,” Cole said. “To be honoured by your peers is incredibly gratifying and I am thankful to my colleagues from the Coastguard

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y 1854 a total of 2,463 Fencible family members had arrived to create settlements at Howick, Panmure, Otahuhu and Onehunga. Howick was always the largest Fencible settlement and the total Fencible migration almost doubled the settler population of Auckland. The ﬁrst Fencible families arrived before Otago and Canterbury were settled and the migration scheme is generally considered to have been successful. Today there are thousands of Kiwis who are descendants of the Fencible pioneers. The purpose of the 175th community events is for the community to recognise and honour its history and to celebrate together the quality and diversity of life

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you are interested in assisting in any serving or ﬁnancial way. Volunteers are still needed for key events later in the year. Many organisations and businesses are already involved in the 175 year including Howick Local Board, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki (Ngāi Tai), Auckland Council, Howick & Districts Historical Society, Howick Historical Village, Times Newspapers, Bayleys, Ray White, Howick Lions Club, Howick New World, Howick Village & Business Association, East FM, Harlequin Musical

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The ﬁrst Fencible families were welcomed from the ﬁrst two ships anchored in the Waitemata at St John’s College, a couple of weeks before they were landed at Owairoa/Howick Beach. A welcome was given by Bishop Selwyn with a feast for 300 people and games for all the excited children. On Saturday October 29, a public tour of the college’s surviving 1840s buildings (used during the 1847 Fencible visit) is planned and a community picnic.

ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON

On Saturday November 5, the 175 Anniversary Luncheon is planned at the Pakuranga United Rugby Club. A time to honour our unique history, our senior residents and with special entertainment and a free visit to the nearby Howick Historical Village. More than 250 people will be involved. A dedicated organising group is well advanced with plans, including from Howick Lions Club. More information on ticket bookings will soon be available on the website.

COMMUNITY PICNIC

A large free community event at Owairoa/Howick Beach on Saturday morning and early afternoon of November 12 will mark the occasion of the arrival of the ﬁrst Fencible families on November 15, 1847. There will be many family activities, music, games, food, and some tall ships anchored oﬀ-shore. Open days at Howick Volunteer Coastguard and Howick Sailing Club; plus live broadcast by East FM.

CIVIC SERVICE

East Auckland Ministers Association (representing 65 local churches) is working on a combined churches service on the late afternoon of November 12 at Howick’s All Saints Anglican Church. The service, open to all, will involve special liturgy, music, prayers and tours of the historic original 1847 church, built for the early Fencibles.

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one of CHURCH is ALL SAINTS outstanding early the New Zealand’s by the Rev F BEACH was soldierat HOWICK buildings. Designed pre-fabricated for the first Howick. arrival a Thatcher, it was in Auckland and landing HILL, overlookAll Saints Church, Soon after their the 58th STOCKADE St John’s College by sea. Com- settlers. panoramic district was erected by ing Howick, has brought to Howick 1847, it was the short wharf use at high tide only. A Women and chilfor and sea views. pleted in November erected in How- Regiment at night for several built in 1896, when be dren slept here fear to longer wharf was first building to when there was the second oldest sea transport was still preferable weeks in 1863 the NZ Wars ick, and is now demolished during was It attack Zealand. of Maori the rough roads. s, stationed church in New and Bavarian mercenariea Christmas in 1936. erected HISTORICAL in here in 1863, HOWICK MEMORIES be one of the first a Fencible settlement THE GARDEN OF tree, believed to MemoVILLAGE is Park. Howick’s War Road was bequeathed Lloyd Elsmore New Zealand. Hill today. located within colo- in Uxbridge by the late Miss E M than 30 original rial stands on Stockade to the council There are more as a memofrom the 1840-1880a Nixon, and is now used in nial buildings COTTAGE Tainui Maori including schools, the district’s vilSHAMROCK to site, the on rial from settlers. period The down European general store. Selwyn Road, just first inn, called and to the early whare church, forge and s a museum and extensive heritage lage, was Howick’s Built in 1848, gardens are an of the trees com- It encompase “The Royal Hotel”.the second oldest project with many historical homes Kura. be of it is thought to ing from the sites village. Originally building in the store) canteen” (liquor built as a “wet soldiers, The Royal for the Fencible for its hospitality Hotel was noted cottage was purThe and fine wines. by Captain William Panmure and Auckland chased in 1894 other Otahuhu, – did the Shamrock and it attacked deal named city if Maoris or helped a great the C Daldy, who first command, and Howick bor- documents used in the research citizens use flags, heliograph Cottage after this torical society ”. This buildrate list, a shopwhile assemMr Ian McGill. included an 1865 map, and an flares? schooner “Shamrock In the early 1980s, Howick in ough engineer have a blocksome familof an 1857 Did Stockade Hill is a receipt ing is now a cafe. The model boasts bling a model Street ping list, of the Howick and There King was amazed iar street names: Union house in 1863? . 1848 map 1860s, Hugh a beyond Buckfor a blockhouse Road), Pakuranga Pakuranga area. district housed for the timber MUSICK POINT,the promontory (now Union tell the to discover the King learnt from on pubs and sod cot- Road, Sandspit Road and Cockle How did the Fencibles One thing Mr lands Beach was large number of watches. Did was that there include the Tamaki Estuary, if they had no building the model at the end of Bay Road. Buildings tages. ons and time until 1821, ring regularly? can still be Bus Depot, Thistle were many contradicti the church bell a Maori strongholdtribe from the Today the model at Crawfords some of Mr Hotel, Post Office, questions. Quincey cottage These were just when the Ngapuhi upon the disand Shamrock seen in the De the site know how d questions. to and Village. Hotel, curious unanswere descended He was North with King’s Howick Historical eight months Howick Arms the local popSchool. communicated trict and decimated station situThe project took research and of the Howick map Howick radio of the old town planning much ulation. The An after with hisnamed is by the C ated on the point information suppled Captain Edwin pioneer aviator, provides spectacMusick. The point Waitemata Harbour. ular views of the

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raham Jenkins has seen it all, he’s an optician after all – excuse the pun – and is looking back at 50 years of working in Howick Village. He’s proudly viewing a career of accomplishment, professionalism, community service and friendships, albeit in his modest, low-key and happy relaxed style. “It’s a very pleasant occupation. You see a lot of people extremely pleased being able to see,” he says. The owner-operator of Howick Village Optometrists says, understandably, his profession has undergone major transformations over five decades. “Where dispensing opticians have changed is the actual hands-on laboratory workshop is nowhere as important to them as the optical side, which is about the lens and frame choice,” Graham says. “Measurements for fitting. Accuracy and knowledge of lenses is vital. Where my oldschool training comes in is the fitting of the spectacle frame. “Little kids, especially, are an absolute delight when they get their first pair of glasses. To see their faces just change, that’s a thrill.” There are countless optical experiences that have delighted Jenkins, none more so than enabling the daughter of friends a transformation in her young life. “She was about three years old and would not stand. Just crawl. We put glasses on her and within a week she was up walking. In a month she was flat out running around. Her parents were just blown away. They couldn’t believe the complete sudden change in their little girl.” The business known now as Howick Village Optometrists in Picton Street started in 1960. Graham’s father Bryan worked there in 1964-65, when the then owner was overseas. “Then Dad left and we went back to Britain in 1966. We kept the house in Howick. Upon return, we came back to Howick and purchased the business in 1968. “I joined in 1972, which was a complete surprise to me,” he says, chuckling. “I was on summer holidays, from my job at Clark and Matheson. Bryan’s receptionist went sick and he asked me to step in and assist. I quite enjoyed it.” To be a dispensing optometrist in that era, when Norman Kirk was to become prime minister, was by British qualification. Graham applied for membership of the British association and sent the correspondence course. “It took up a heck a lot of my time.” After a couple of years of focused parttime study, word was circulating that the New Zealand parliament was going to enact a law to register dispensing opticians. “Do I need a British qualification, enabling me to work in Britain? I don’t think so. I’ll just sit tight, drop this course. And through right of practise I qualified as a dispensing optician.” Born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, in the lush West Midlands of England – Shakespeare country – the Jenkins family arrived in New Zealand in the Christmas of 1962-63. “My father was an optometrist. His

Then and now; Graham Jenkins – 50 years of fitting frames. father was a chemist optician. My cousin, in Britain, is a dispensing optician. And my brother ended up being a dispensing optician. I guess it ran in the veins of the family.” Those who know Graham will recognise he’s a sincere and jovial man who wears his dress shirts well, maybe a throwback to his surfing days. When surfers weren’t tattooed and wearing baseball caps backwards. So it comes as no surprise that he’s always had an eye for fashion in optics, with the dare to take a chance. “In the late 1970s, an American company came out with their brand of spectacle frames. In this period [the protectionist Muldoon years], we were under licensing, so importing was very tight. It was very hard to get your hands on anything. “This company did an evening consisting of banners and posters of film actress Sophia Loren and her range of spectacle frames. The event was foreign to little old New Zealand. They said, to get in you have to take the whole range. I said, I’m interested, asking, ‘how many have you sold?’ They said, none. They’d done the whole country and were very disappointed. Nobody was interested in putting in the money involved to take the whole range. “I said, ‘I’ll take it’. Got it for a deal, because I was the only one at that point, and all their display material. At that time, officially, we could not have signs on buildings, posters on display to the public, and display glass frames. We had a separate room. I kitted up that room so people got invited through the door to see the glasses on display. I was one of the first, if not the first, to do this. To get around the Opticians’ Board requirements. “Now we’re into a fashion industry, which really started in the 1980s. People are quite grateful to have a pair of glasses which look hot. Glamorous, to offset their look.” Two areas to have undergone huge advancement in technical development is lens designs and styling, Graham says. “Glasses have always had a fashion

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aspect. Pictures in the 1930s, ‘40s, ‘50s, of the stars, they wore glasses. A certain panache about them. Everyday people just wore spectacle rims without much thought about fashion. “The French and Italian – that’s where our main fashion industry is in optics. I was the first with the Sophia Loren look, which was very different.” He describes the accepted method of fitting glasses five decades ago was conducted in the “dark room”. “Women stood in the examination room and the optometrist would come out with a box of frames and they’d put them on without a mirror. Then they’d eventually decide if the frame fit the patient, who was told they could have it in blue, maybe brown. They never had a chance to look at frames.” “I built a cabinet, which I still have, that contained drawers filled with frames. I’d bring out a drawer that I thought was the right sizing for the customer, leaving them with a couple of dozen styles to select. “The women were thrilled. ‘What do you mean? I can choose?’ They said. ‘I can try them on in front of the mirror? Wow.’ We took off.” An early mentor for Graham was Ken Payne, who he was guided to by Bryan, for a six-month apprenticeship in Newmarket. “He was an excellent technician, teaching me all the basics of optics. How to etch lenses, solder frames,” Graham says, of Ken. “The growth of lens designs has been enormous. When we started it was glass. Plastic was in its infancy. In the 1970s, they were extremely scratchable. Very soft material. Their bonus was they were lightweight and impact resistant. Glass now, literally, is a dinosaur material. “We get one or two people a year who insist on getting glass. The number of glass lenses available now is probably 0.5 per cent. Many lens manufacturers just simply do not have glass in their offering. And we call them glasses. There’s also the upskilling aspect to his healthcare practise to be maintained.

“You have to acquire your education points every year. Even 50 years in, I still don’t know everything. Apparently.” The Jenkins family first lived in Mt Albert when settling in Auckland and it was a gentleman by the name of Eric Norman that guided them to Howick, where Graham schooled at Owairoa and the Intermediate. “Howick’s a village and proud. I’m into my fourth generation in some families looking after their sight.” Howick Village Optometrists has grown from three family members to a team of 12 staff. There’s a strong dedication to provide a continuity of service to customer clients, because they know their history and understand the specific sight requirements. “Due to Covid-19, we’re way behind, fully booked for a month. Most people are pretty understanding. Regarding Covid, Auckland and Auckland businesses really got hammered,” Graham says. “The industry has lost a few wholesalers. Some smaller businesses have had to give up. The little guys are an important part of business life in New Zealand.” He has a clear view on the optical franchises that have emerged on the retail scene over the past two decades. “The difference between my business, an independent, and a chain store, is we believe advice comes first, then if needed, product to suit the client’s budget and requirements. The patient is enabled to hear the differences and make an educated decision. “We’ve definitely come a long way in other aspects. In 1972, our uniform made us look like a dentist. We wore white coats. It was regarded a healthcare-focused profession. While it still is about healthcare, it’s now more orientated around the focus on customer care.” Bryan has just passed on, at 90. He was cavalier and adventurous, mates with Graham’s friends and they’d all go on surfing safaris up north. When it comes to being workmates, he says: “That was an interesting relationship. “We had differences in opinions on occasions, understandably, as all fathers and sons can have, but he was a great bloke. “He involved me financially fairly early on. We ran a separate little business – the laboratory side. He took on a partner in the front business and to make things all square we incorporated the laboratory business into the front business, so I became a partner. “In 2003, Bryan retired and at the time we had two other partners. One of them retired as well and the decision was made to buy out the final partner and bring the business back into the family.” That is when Graham’s wife Frith joined the business. “She’s been a huge benefit. She knew nothing about the business but has managed it and kept up to date with innovations and optical developments. A real asset. “We’ve got a very strong team. Virtually no staff turnover for the last 20 years. As my wife says, we have two families.” – By Phil Taylor

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Celebrating Together – 1847-2022 – Whakanui Tahi Ana

Kick oﬀ day of Howick’s 175 Anniversary on 22/1/22.

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Healthy and happy community together Botany & Flatbush Ethnic Association takes great pride in joining in Howick’s 175th Anniversary with a series of events, starting with the grand celebration on January 22, 2022 at Uxbridge to mark the ﬁfth year AGM of BFEA (BFEA).

he celebratory activities continued in February at the Botany Library. In the month of March, Peter Young, the founder of BFEA and Howick Local Board member, with assistance from Chao Yu, initiated the online celebration of the Chinese New Year, the year of the Tiger in March, since the event couldn’t be hosted at Uxbridge due to Covid restrictions. Check out ‘Botany subdivision Howick’s 175 anniversary,’ on YouTube. In April, the International Tai Chi Day was celebrated. Two events to mark the NZ May Music month were held in the month of May at both, the Uxbridge theatre and Botany Library. In June, BFEA celebrated the Mid-Winter Festival at the Ormiston Primary School hall. There are a host of free events planned every month, so mark your calendar for July 24, September 18, and November 6 at the Uxbridge

Art & Cultural Centre from 1-9pm. There will be other events at the Ormiston Primary School on August 8, September 3 and October 1 that include Yoga, Zumba and beginner’s yoga program for a gold coin donation; There will also be Cantonese Opera Singing and International Singing Karaoke from 3.30-7.30pm. The BFEA’s mission is to create happy and healthy communities.

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Your opinion matters to us. Email us at editor@times.co.nz; comment on our Facebook page, facebook.com/ timesonlinenz; or write to us at The Editor, Times Newspapers, PO Box 38232, Howick, Auckland 2145. Letters should not exceed 200 words and should carry the name, residential address and contact telephone number of the author. We have been involved in many projects over the years, large and small. Our fireworks spectacular, starting small at Howick College, evolved into a major project allowing us to fund many deserving charities e.g. Royal NZ Foundation for the Blind, South Auckland Health Burns Unit and Birthing Unit. We have also brought some smiles to the streets of Howick with our participation in many of the annual Santa parades. We have dressed up as cheerleaders, marching girls, America’s Cup boats and Dad’s Army to name a few. It has been said that we do not take ourselves too seriously but what we do for others very seriously. Our club has evolved and changed over the years. Once a male-only bastion, the club is now of mixed gender as is right and proper in the 21st Century. Helen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” This is certainly true in our club. Ordinary people, doing extraordinary things.

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HOWICK LIONS – 60 YEARS OF SERVICE The 60th anniversary of the Lions Club of Howick is a very special milestone. It has been my privilege to serve as president for three terms starting as a floor member in 1987. I would like to take the opportunity to mark this milestone, which is indeed an extraordinary accomplishment and epitomises the will, determination and lasting success of an organisation that has worked tirelessly towards serving the community of Howick, and beyond, by acknowledging current and past members. A club is only as good as its members and, throughout the last 60 years, we have been blessed with individuals, Lions and spouses who gave of their time and skills to make a difference for those less fortunate than themselves.

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LET’S TALK ABOUT CAPITAL GAINS

Re: Government waste needs to stop by Simeon Brown (Times, May 18).

When he’s not chirping “bike bridge” Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown frets about the taxpayers’ hard-earned money. Perhaps I can help him soothe his conscience. Next year, National can tax the unearned money made by not working. I’m talking about capital gains, which far exceed anything 99 per cent of taxpayers receive for going to work. And would even a halfwit believe a man buying lots of houses – using fake money the banks dish out freely for a fat profit – doesn’t make it more difficult for someone to buy a home for the family to live in? I don’t know. MP Christopher Luxon has stated it doesn’t.

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Plainly, we’ve been taken for a ride whilst distracted by living in one of the most blessed countries on Earth. Perhaps we’re guilty of trying not to step in the stinking, embarrassing mess of political correctness; that nonsensical, petulant and vindictive anti-morality vacuously paraded as the terms for mandatory membership in the county’s most fashionable asylum. Perhaps our care to keep from the path of its childish destruction inadvertently suffered our lawful way of life to be surreptitiously squashed. However, its divisive illogical themes instantly fade from rele-

vance the moment we turn off the television and internet and stand together outside in the bright sunshine of reality where the diatribe of our political and media potentates evaporates like the inconsequential puffs of steam that they are. We can do it. Let Kiwis show another way; not falling for the ‘sustainable-development’ ‘carbon neutral’ claptrap forcing us into the impoverishing power trips of unaccountable bureaucrats. Stand up to bullies: the world will not end us; ignorance and conformity will. Before we’re buried with inflation, let’s reverse every government measure designed to scuttle any hope of being a truly self-sufficient, morally-independent people. Let the rest of the world go mad.

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➤ Continued from page 15 A good initial step would be for all kids to be brought home from hospital to a wellinsulated home that is not overcrowded and where a basic standard of living can be provided. From there a child can begin their life with a real chance.

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I am writing this letter in response to the article “Young Leader Excited to Tackle the Big Issues” (Times, April 13) about an ambitious project led by Aryan Bhatnagar in his role as the 2022 Botany Youth MP to audit the provision of mental health services available to his peers. Dear Aryan, This is a commendable, critical and mammoth task that will require the transparency and cooperation of all stakeholders in order to effectively review and improve the quality of our mental health services. If there is an interest in not just improving our response to mental health but also in lowering our high rate of instances, then it would be appropriate to also take a look at some of the known root causes of ill mental health. Whilst we demand the

most accurate facts and science-based research in many aspects of our lives, it is intriguing that many people still rely on tradition and popular beliefs to dictate how to bring up their children. Many of these beliefs are unsubstantiated and often contrary to natural instinct and result in emotional neglect – a relationship pattern in which the affectional needs of babies and toddlers are consistently disregarded, ignored or invalidated. This happens in spite of solid scientific evidence regarding the strong emotions human babies experience and their need to feel connected and loved. With only their cry and body language as communication tools, they depend entirely on the responsiveness of adults to establish a secure attachment and assist them when they feel isolated, lonely or scared. Nathan Wallis, neuroscience and parenting educator, explains that the number-one driver of mental illness is isolation. Humans are interdependent by nature and need to be socially connected right from the start. Loving and caring attachment gives our three types of brains (survival, movement and emotions) what they need to successfully develop the fourth, which is responsible for attributes like higher intelli-

gence, control of emotions and planning for the future. If not, we would remain much more primitive and focused on survival. Affectional neglect can have devastating consequences including failure to thrive, developmental delay, aggression, depression and low self-esteem all of which have proven to be counterproductive to our ability to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. In order to break the cycle, it would be beneficial to help all parents understand how to respond adequately to a child’s needs, which are far broader than just keeping them clean, warm and well fed. Some of the most advanced countries – like Switzerland, the Netherlands and Norway – have reduced common problems associated with social isolation and mental health (drug and alcohol abuse, crime, youth suicide) by providing education about how to bring up children during those crucial first three years of their lives and to better understand the neuroscience behind the importance of developing loving and deep, meaningful connections. In the hope that your project will incorporate these angles, I wish you well, Aryan, and look forward to seeing what it will reveal.

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As the first point of contact for our patients you will have exceptional communication skills, be able to work effectively under pressure while being patient focused and have a caring and professional manner.

We are a well established General Practice with 5 Doctors. Successful candidates will be • well presented • have experience in a similar role • friendly, proactive, energetic, have a positive attitude, and finish tasks set • able to work well in a team environment • being able to multi task a must • have a degree of flexibility re covering for others during holidays and sick leave

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LEARNING SUPPORT WORKER

Our Lady Star of the Sea School is looking for a part time Learning Support Worker to support a primary school student with additional needs. Experience working with students with additional needs is preferred, but not essential. A successful police vet is a requirement for this position. This is a fixed term part time, term time only position consisting of 15 hours per week (Monday-Friday) commencing as soon as a suitable applicant is appointed. The pay will be in line with the NZEI support staff collective agreement. Please email a letter outlining your qualifications and experience for this position, along with two referees, to: syandell@starofthesea.school.nz.

FIXED TERM TEACHERS South Auckland unit (based in Takanini)

Part time positions from 0.4 to full time until 9 December 2022. Commencing Term 2 or as soon as possible. We invite applications from secondary and primary trained teachers who possess strong curriculum knowledge in core subjects and have recent experience teaching numeracy and literacy. You will have an understanding of NCEA, and be willing to work with primary and secondary students who are unable to attend their regular school of enrolment due to ill health. Applicants must be NZ fully registered. Recent experience teaching the New Zealand curriculum preferred.

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We are looking for an organised and energetic team player who has a passion for Visual Performing Arts. Experience in the organisation of Dance and Drama productions would be an advantage. The successful applicant would be working with our Heads of Art, Dance, Drama and Music to provide the necessary administrative support. This is a permanent position working 30 hours a week, term time only. Applicants must have NZ residency and a clean drivers licence. Short listed applicants will be required to undergo a police vet. Please send your cover letter, CV and BDSC Application Form (https://www.bdsc.school.nz/our-college/job-vacancies/) to Yvonne de Graaf y.degraaf@bdsc.school.nz before 4pm on Monday 13 June 2022.

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This vacancy is available to support our General Medical Healthcare practice located in Howick. We offer family friendly work hours of approx 20 hours, 3 days per week (Wed/Thu/Fri) plus cover of staff leave. Prior medical receptionist experience is required. Having the ability to speak Mandarin and/or have proficient computer skills including Medtech32 is an advantage. Please apply by sending your CV with cover letter to Kay. Email: manager@pictonsurgery.co.nz

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L U M C E R T E PAT E T

FACULTY ASSISTANT

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised faculty assistant to provide administrative support across several of our Faculties. You must be able to balance competing priorities, have excellent computer and time management skills and a positive, can-do attitude. This is a permanent, part time position of 25 hours per week, secondary term time only. For more details about the position and how to apply, please refer to our website: www.pakuranga.school.nz. Applications close 19 June 2022. MP283200

PART-TIME PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST

We are looking to employ a part �me Permanent Medical Recep�onist as well as a Casual Medical Recep�onist to complement our hard working team. Shi� �mes would cover a variety of day, evening and weekends. Key to this role is the ability to deliver professional recep�on services, including handling telephone calls, maintaining and upda�ng medical records, liaising with internal and external clinical teams, invoicing and receip�ng, and ensuring the smooth running of the front-of-house environment. The successful applicant will receive: • Full training • Free medical visits • Free on site parking • Opportunity to work locally The successful applicant will need to: • Have excellent interpersonal skills • Have great �me management skills and an ability to mul� task • Be computer literate with a high level of accuracy and a�en�on to detail • Be calm under pressure • Be a posi�ve team player • Have excellent oral and wri�en communica�on skills • Be able to communicate in a warm and friendly manner with a diverse group of people • Knowledge of MedTech32 would be an advantage although training in this so�ware will be provided. Applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand and applica�ons to be received by Friday, 17th June, 2022.

Please forward a covering le�er and your CV to: recruitment@eastcare.co.nz MP283086

PAYROLL & ACCOUNTS OFFICER We are on the lookout for an experienced, organised and enthusiastic staff member for the position of Payroll & Accounts Officer to join our team. This position requires experience in: • Payroll – EdPay • Xero Accounting • Student Management System • Microsoft Office • Familiarity with financial management for NZ Secondary Schools an advantage The successful applicant will have: • Understanding of relevant tax legislation (GST) • The ability to work both independently and as a team • Attention to detail • Strong communication and interpersonal skills – verbal and written • Ability to prioritise and meet critical deadlines • Flexibility to assist in other areas of the Administration Team Remuneration will be in accordance with the Support Staff in Schools Collective Agreement. This is a 30 hrs/wk term time only position and will commence on 27 June 2022. Additional hours may be required during school holidays. Please submit CV and Cover Letter to: lzimer@ormiston.school.nz Applications close Monday 13 June 2022 at 3pm MP283187

Ms Naisi Chen (Labour List MP for Botany) Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall

(Minister for Seniors, Minister for Food Safety, Associate Minister of Health & Research, Science & Innovation)

Friday, 17 June 2022 Howick Presbyterian Church 11 Vincent Street, Howick

9.45-10.15am – AGM 10.15-10.40am – Ms Naisi Chen 10.40-11.00am – Refreshments 11.00-11.45am – Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall 11.45am-12.00noon – Q&A

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS

Times, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — 19

BUSINESS

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iscovery Financial Services, a family-owned and run insurance brokerage based in Burswood, has been crowned Insurance Business New Zealand Brokerage of the Year (1-10 staff). Ron Gadsdon, owner of Discovery Financial Services, was thrilled to receive this award on behalf of his company. “It goes to show that the hard work we put in, and the advice we give to our client’s makes a difference,” he said. People can make Insurance a complicated and hard process to understand, however it doesn’t have to be. By understanding people’s needs, and objectives we are

able to ensure they are looked after in the event something unforeseen was to happen, and we are able to explain to our client’s in plain English how it works and be there to assist at claim time. Discovery Financial Services was established in May of 2009 by Ron and Karen Gadsdon. It started off as a husband and wife business until their two son’s Jason and Shane joined the company to make it a full family business. Then in 2019 Joseph Gregory joined the team extending the Discovery brand into the Waiuku and Franklin district. Discovery Financial Services

advisors have won a number of different awards since 2009 and most recent was Shane being award the Broker of the Year award in 2021. Discovery Financial Services, has since expanded its services and now offers a mortgage brokering service. Discovery Mortgages was set up to help our current and future clients obtain loans from the banks for first home buyers to seasoned investors to ensure they can achieve their financial goals. We noticed a lot of people were concerned about rising interest rates, new lending rules and thought now was the time to make sure people fully understood what

it meant to get a loan and how to structure a loan to repay your debit off quicker.Discovery Financial Services offers advice from Personal and Business Insurance such as, LifeCover, Trauma Cover, Income and Mortgage Protection, Health Insurance and Kiwisaver. Discovery Mortgages adviser Bradley Whitfield works with First Home Buyers, Homeowners and Investors with obtaining a preapproval, loan restructure or refinancing an existing loan. If you want award winning care when it comes to insurance or mortgages then check out the team at Discovery Financial Services.

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ocal school students, staff and community members will be planting more than 19,000 native plants around a bike track to complement the surrounding forest and reduce erosion. Students and staff from Mission Heights Junior College (MHJC), Mission Heights Primary School (MHP) and KiNZ Mission Heights, as well as the wider community, will spend the morning of June 11 planting around the schools’

shared bike track, as part of a community planting day. School students will be planting from Monday June 13 until Friday June 24 during school hours. In early 2021, Mission Heights Junior College and Mission Heights Primary School kickstarted a project that had been in the think tank for years. After receiving funding, Trail Pro began building the two schools a bike track in a shared field. The Times was told that the bike track is one of the biggest in New

Zealand and is a resource that is open for students and the wider community to use. “Within school time, students complete a bike passport as part of their bike track experience. Students have also learned the correct way to wear a helmet, maintain a bike and proper riding techniques.” Both schools have their own bike fleet, state-of-the-art bikes, supplied to the school through funding applications and hard work by students and teachers. A number

Students will be planting at the bike track during school hours this month.

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS

20 — Times, Wednesday, June 8, 2022

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RUGBY LEAGUE

SCOOTER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

All kitted out Davis on fundraiser Howick Hornets Rugby League Football Club (HHRLFC) has received a grant of $2862 from the gaming trust NZCT for a set of playing jerseys and shorts for the 2022 season. Chairman Bruce Campbell says funding uniforms is always an ongoing struggle, even more so with Covid-19 introducing a greater challenge meeting operational costs. “At the core of the club is a hard-working committee and members who are passionate about the development of rugby league in our community,” says Campbell. “The committee is supported by numerous coaches and managers - all volunteer dads, mums and family members of the players who give their time freely, spending week nights at training and Saturdays organising and mentoring the future of the game. “We openly promote family values and are extremely proud of the third-generation members involved in supporting and/or playing for the Hornets. More recently, we have seen a revival in club membership

numbers and a resurgence of support for rugby league in the wider Howick community.” Premier team home games regularly attract crowds of more than 300 spectators. “NZCT’s generosity in providing support for the purchase of playing uniforms and equipment over recent years has helped us to keep developing and growing the game of rugby league across the wider Howick community,” says Campbell. “As with many non-profit sports clubs, it is an ongoing struggle to keep pace with the day-to-day running costs of the club, but with NZCT support we have managed to maintain junior player fees without an increase for several years.” “HHRLFC is proud to represent the Howick community and keenly participate in local community events including annual Christmas parade and Community Sports Awards. Over the winter months, community support for the club is evident with large crowds of spectators turning out to watch the Howick premier team play home games at Paparoa Park.”

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cooter rider Lucy Davis, 17, from Beachlands, has qualified for the world championships. Now Davis, a year 13 student at Howick College, needs to raise $10,000 to get her there. “I have been riding scooters for about three years now and recently qualified for the world championships that will be held in either Argentina in South America or Arizona in the USA,” Davis told the Times. “I’m trying to achieve my goal of raising around $10,000 to be able to pay for my flights and accommodation for the time that I am there. “My sponsor MGP

Action Sports supported me in getting to the Australasian championships in May which I placed first in. “I was stoked to have won my first international competition and so was the MGP team. The world championships are happening sometime around October. They haven’t released the official dates yet but they have said it will be between mid-October and early November.” ➤ Those seeking more information or wishing to support her to get to the world championships can contact llucydavis23@ gmail.com.

Lucy Davis is pushing hard to raise $10,000 to get her to the Scooter World Championships later this year. Photo supplied

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