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MURDER TRIAL CONTINUES By CHRIS HARROWELL

he daughter of an east Auckland businesswoman who was stabbed to death broke down in tears as she told a court she wished she was there more to “support my mum”. Elizabeth (Ying) Zhong, 55, was violently killed in her Sunnyhills home by someone in late November, 2020. The Crown alleges her killer is her former business partner Fang Sun, who has denied the charge and is on trial for Zhong’s murder.

The defence case is Sun is innocent and Zhong was killed by someone else. Sun’s trial is being held before a jury and Justice Neil Campbell at the Auckland High Court and began on April 26. Prosecutors Gareth Kayes and Sam Becroft are presenting the Crown’s case while defence lawyers Sam Wimsett, Yvonne Mortimer-Wang and Honor Lanham are representing Sun. The court previously heard Zhong and Sun met in 2012 and went into business together in 2014, setting up a company named

Sunbow Limited. They had shared interests in various businesses including in ﬁlm production and vineyards. Their business relationship soured when their joint companies fell into debt. Sun took a civil litigation against Zhong alleging she owed him and his family millions of dollars. He hired a private investigator to track her movements and send him updates on her whereabouts. The investigator placed a tracking device on Zhong’s vehicle. A friend of Zhong’s went to her

Suzetta Place home on the morning of November 28, 2020. She found blood at the property and contacted police. Zhong’s body was found later the same day inside the boot of her Land Rover vehicle parked a short distance from her home. She had been wrapped in a blanket and had a suitcase placed on top of her. She’d been stabbed in the head, neck, and back more than 20 times. Among those who gave evidence in court at the start of week three of the trial on May 9 was

Zhong’s daughter, who has name suppression. Kayes asked her if she knew how many people had keys to Zhong’s Suzetta Place home in November 2020. The woman said she believed one of her mother’s friends and the friend’s husband had keys, as did Zhong herself. She told the court she was unaware her mother had a CCTV system installed at the property until after she was killed and she didn’t know where its equipment was stored. ➤ Turn to page 3

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owick College principal Iva Ropati is leaving the school after more than a dozen years’ service for a role in the Bay of Plenty. Ropati has been offered and has accepted the role of principal at Pāpāmoa College. The start date has yet to be confirmed. Howick College Board presiding member Miles Stratford said in a note to the school community this week Ropati has been a very wellrespected leader of the college for more than 12 years. “During his tenure as principal, the college has gone from strength to strength including bringing in new and innovative ways for our students to learn,” Stratford said. “The results students attain at the college have improved significantly as have the opportunities for students to achieve in ways that are meaningful for them. “Leadership opportunities for students and staff have significantly increased under Iva’s leadership including the appointments of our head students over the last five years. The culture/wairua of the college is strong. Our values are embedded and guide our behaviours and the course we are on. “These are all part of Iva’s legacy.”

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Stratford admitted to having mixed emotions passing the news of Ropati’s looming departure. “There is a signiﬁcant sense of loss and some sadness associated with this news,” Stratford said. “Iva has great mana amongst our students, staff and community and this will be hard to replace. However, there is also excitement, excitement for Iva as he explores a new part of the country to live

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Ropati told the Times his time at Howick College has been so special and he has much to be thankful for. “I have worked with some incredible staff over the years who have inspired me with their passion to constantly create and provide opportunities for students to be successful,” Ropati said. “I have cherished the time with students who I will miss most. They never surprise me in their pursuit for excellence right across the school but it’s their desire to be good and inclusive people that I am really proud of. “We have worked so hard on living our core values and every year I see more and more evidence of this heart-warming strengthening of character that we need to see more of in our communities.” “My new challenge at Papamoa College is exciting and I look forward to working with the team there in a relatively new and progressive school. I particularly like their student-centred learning approach and the opportunity to work with a Y7&8 cohort. “I am sad to leave Howick College but the school is in really good shape and the time is right to move.”

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in and a new community of staff, students, parents and caregivers to lead. “Signiﬁcantly, there is excitement for the College. A strength of Iva’s leadership is his courage in surrounding himself with a strong and highly-competent senior leadership team. This team has already demonstrated its ability to lead the school in his absence.” This took place last year, when Ropati supported the NZ Teachers Council in developing a framework for school leadership development. “The senior leadership team is, in turn, supported by highly competent and passionate Heads of Learning Areas (HOLAs), Heads of Department (HODs), teaching and support staff. Iva leaves the College in excellent shape,” Stratford said. “Iva’s departure will not be immediate. We will update the community with a date closer to the departure on the appropriate planned farewell. There will be plenty of time for those who wish to communicate with Iva to do so. “I have no doubt there will be many who, like myself and my fellow board members, are grateful for his years of service and wish him well on the next steps he is taking professionally and personally.”

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Health reforms will fail, Reti says By ZOE GARDEN

he current Government’s move towards centralising healthcare and abolishing the District Health Boards (DHBs) will fail for several reasons, a National MP says. National Party MP and former general practitioner Dr Shane Reti – and fellow MP for Pakuranga Simeon Brown – visited east Auckland last week to discuss the Government’s health reforms and the effects it would have on local communities. Reti and Brown had meetings on Friday at Bucklands Beach Yacht Club and Superblues in Howick, then visited medical centres East Health Trust and Crawford Medical. In a sit-down with the Times, Reti says his visit to east Auckland allowed him to, firstly, have the opportunity to speak with people and understand what their needs are and, secondly, “to present a plan to what a future to health in the National Government will look like”. “First of all, that centralisation of healthcare to Wellington, the ‘Wellington

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knows best’ theme if you like, is not right. Local communities know best, that’s why DHBs were created in the first instance to get a more local sense of health needs. What it (centralisation) will do is build layers and layers of bureaucracy. The gap between patient providers and the health minister will be even longer. We want to talk about the language of outcomes – we’ll set targets and hold ourselves accountable for those outcomes.” The real clincher, Reti says, is that any health system that is not based on health needs will fail. “This is a health system that is based on the Treaty

response.” The scrapping of the DHBs will result in, like many other communities, east Auckland’s local voice being taken up into a Northern Region, he says. “What it means is that your local voice will first be centralised to a region, and the second down to Wellington. What suits people here in the east will be made in Wellington, not locally.” Reti says that if the National Party is elected in 2023, they wouldn’t contemplate putting the DHBs back in its current form. “The sector’s tired, they’re hammered. We’ll stabilise the sector and see where we’ll land.”

Murder victim’s daughter testifies ➤ From page 1 She said Zhong was “sometimes a bit forgetful” and would leave doors at the house unlocked. The woman said her mother’s Land Rover had two sets of keys. She found the vehicle’s second key in a storage container under a coffee table in Zhong’s bedroom in the weeks following her death. Kayes asked her if her father, Zhong’s ex-husband, had lived at the Suzetta Place property for a period of time. She said he had but that he had “moved out quite abruptly”. The relationship between Zhong and Sun was one of “trusted business partners” but that relationship broke down due to disputes, the details of which she was unaware. The woman said she thought her mother had told her on three occasions Sun had threatened to kill her. Zhong’s daughter broke down crying and said during that time she’d had children and her mother “didn’t want to make my life even harder”. “I really wish I was there to support my mum, but I had two kids and didn’t come back as often as I wanted to.” She said Zhong was a “very strong and private person”. The woman said she and her mother discussed Sun’s alleged threats to Zhong after the Covid-19 lockdown of early 2020. Zhong had attempted suicide in October that year and was taken to Middlemore Hospital. Her daughter said she could tell her mother was “getting really desperate and upset”. Zhong was taking medication for stress and lack of sleep, she said. Following the suicide attempt, the woman came to Auckland for about four days.

Kayes asked her if she saw her mother alive after that. She did not. Called to give evidence on May 9 also was Zhong’s ex-husband Frank Fu. Wimsett asked Fu about a meeting he’d had with Sun at a Half Moon Bay cafe. He said Fu didn’t mention the meeting when he spoke to police shortly after Zhong’s death. Wimsett put to Fu that he then told police about the meeting at a subsequent interview. “You told police, ‘I just kept quiet and didn’t say a word’.” Wimsett asked Fu if he offered to provide help to Sun in his civil litigation against Zhong. Fu said he did. “Did you offer to provide documents or evidence against her in the court case that was happening then?” Wimsett asked him. Fu replied: “I said I can help him to get ownership of the vineyard back. It was sold all of a sudden.” Wimsett asked Fu if he talked with Sun about a boyfriend of Zhong’s named David. Fu said Sun complained about David “all the time”. During the court proceedings on Monday, Kayes read to the jury an extensive summary of facts agreed upon by both the Crown and defence. It covered details from the lives of Zhong and Sun and their business relationship. Kayes said Sunbow Limited once had assets of more than $28 million. He said Zhong was a member at SkyCity Casino. Between early 2017 and her death in late 2020 she visited it more than 300 times and her casino account had gambling losses of more than $200,000. The trial continues and is expected to take about six weeks.

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Business break-ins, ram-raids keeping law enforcement busy By CHRIS HARROWELL

everal teenagers have been referred to the police’s Youth Aid service following a burglary at an east Auckland store, but the people responsible for two recent local ram-raids are yet to be identified. Three stores in Howick village were targeted by thieves in the early hours of March 8. Paper Plus on Picton Street and Honeybun Jewellers and Vaporian Republic vape store in Moore Street were each broken into. Valuable watches were among the items stolen from the jewellery store. A police spokesperson says investigators have identified two alleged offenders following the burglary of the Picton Street business in the early hours of March 8. “Two 17-year-olds have been referred to Youth Aid following police enquiries. “No charges have been laid at this stage in relation to burglaries at two further Howick stores that occurred around the same time. “Police have been investigating these incidents however both burglaries have been filed as all other lines of enquiry have been exhausted.

Among the numerous local businesses ram-raided so far this year are, from left, LiquorLand Howick, David Fels Jeweller in Howick, and Centre Superette in Bucklands Beach. Photo supplied, Times photo Chris Harrowell, and supplied

“Police remain open to receiving any new information on these incidents, which will be assessed for any further follow-up.” These aren’t the only east Auckland businesses impacted by crime in recent months. Ormiston Town Centre in Flat Bush was targeted in two ram-raids in April while Centre Superette in Wharf Road, Bucklands Beach, was damaged and ransacked by thieves during a ram-raid just

before 4am on January 19. A group of people also caused extensive damage during a ramraid burglary at LiquorLand Howick in Elliot Street at about 5am on April 3. A vehicle was crashed into the store before the thieves created a gap and crawled inside under a window frame. Joss Granger, the store’s owneroperator, said she sat in her car and cried when she arrived at the busi-

ness and saw the damage it had sustained in the incident. “Watching the [CCTV] footage feels really violating. To see people ransack your property like that with complete disregard.” Granger said the thieves stole packets of cigarettes and nine or 10 bottles of Malibu rum. A stolen vehicle was recovered at the scene and police are investigating. David Fels Jeweller in Picton

Street was damaged in a ram-raid burglary just before midnight on April 4. The offenders drove a stolen vehicle through the front of the business, then reversed out and manoeuvred the store’s grill to gain access. They got inside, smashed several cabinets, and “helped themselves to the stock”, owner David Fels said at the time. “I’ve had break-ins before, but not for quite a long time and never a ram-raid,” he said. The thieves fled the scene in a stolen vehicle, according to police. The police spokesperson says enquiries into the ram-raids at LiquorLand Howick and David Fels Jeweller are ongoing. People with information on the burglaries at Honeybun Jewellers or Vaporian Republic can phone police on 105, quoting file numbers 220307/1962 and 220308/2442 respectively, or phone the free and anonymous Crimestoppers tip-off line on 0800 555 111. People with information on the ram-raids at LiquorLand Howick or David Fels Jeweller can phone police quoting file numbers 220403/1136 and 220405/7496 respectively.

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RAM-RAIDS ARE OUT OF CONTROL We’ve seen a huge spike in ramraids right across Auckland. The ram-raid that occurred in the Ormiston Town Centre was one of the most brazen to date. It’s devastating for the store owners and staff and I’m worried that it’s only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt. Shop owners and front-line police ofﬁcers are having to deal with the frustration of seeing an apparent lack of consequences for these violent youth offenders. The youth justice system seems unable to respond with the growing number of them so police, shop keepers and the wider public are paying a high price by dealing with repeat offending. As a result, our streets are becoming less safe. Police are under increasing pressure to deal

with youth offenders who are responsible for a staggering 88 per cent of ram-raid incidents and contributing to a 31 per cent increase in retail crime. Gang membership is up 44 per cent since Labour came into ofﬁce. Violent crime is up 21 per cent. New Zealand dairies, supermarkets and liquor stores have seen a 25.7 per cent increase in victimisations. Despite this, police are making fewer arrests. There has been a massive reduction of 62.8 per cent in arrests for offences against dairies, supermarkets or liquor stores since 2017. Worse still, the average police response time has more than doubled nationwide, with Auckland City waiting a staggering 321 per cent longer. As a result of this Labour

Government’s soft-on-crime approach, youth offenders, gang members and organised crime groups behave as if they can act with impunity. This has created a violent crime wave in New Zealand which puts our police and the community they protect in more danger. The Government recently announced $562 million worth of funding for more frontline police. But more police numbers won’t mean tougher consequences. National will send a clear message that we are tough on crime. We would have the police pursuit policy reviewed to check whether we have the right balance of public safety and consequences for ﬂeeing drivers. Right now, offenders have realised they can steal a car or ﬂee the scene of a crime with-

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Christopher Luxon out the risk of being pursued or stopped by the police. National would also provide more targeted support to young people and their families to give them more choice beyond the mainstream schooling system. When National was last in Government, we set up charter schools which helped rehabilitate the most troubled young people, but unfortunately Labour cancelled all charter school contracts when they took ofﬁce. When kids are at school, they’re less likely to get into trouble.

We would also focus more on social investment by identifying the children who are getting into trouble and working with them and their families to provide the targeted support they need to get onto a better path in life. Our police are out there every day working incredibly hard to keep Kiwis safe but are not being backed by this soft-on-crime Labour Government. They’re working with one hand tied behind their backs. Until Labour gets real about crime and starts sending the message from the top that gangs and the misery they peddle are not welcome in New Zealand, Kiwis shouldn’t expect much to change. ➤ Christopher Luxon is Leader of the Opposition and MP for Botany

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akuranga United Rugby Club (PURC) has undergone a transformation and will now be the nexus of multiple sporting codes. The club last week formally unveiled its new name – the Howick Pakuranga Community Sports Centre – and refurbished HQ at its long-time home at Bell Park. Among those present were Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown, Howick Local Board chair Adele White, local and regional dignitaries, PURC life members and members from other sporting codes. PURC general manager John East said the name change had been a long time in the making and marked a new era in sports facilities, delivery and governance in south east Auckland. “From our humble beginnings as the Pakuranga United Rugby Club in 1965, we are now the home of rugby, netball, badminton, touch rugby, American Football and baseball,” East said. “Our new name now reﬂects the more diverse and inclusive nature of the sporting groups that call this facility home.

Celebrating the newly-named facility on Friday were, from left, Pakuranga United Rugby Club chairman Rob Neil, Howick Local Board chair Adele White, PURC board member Donna Kinnane, Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown and PURC general manager John East. Botany MP Christopher Luxon sent his apologies. Times photo Wayne Martin

“We are situated on Lloyd Elsmore Park and enjoy facilities that are among the best community sport has to offer in NZ. “We have recently completed a major upgrade of our facilities to support the 2022 Rugby World Cup which include changing

rooms that are multi-gender and offer special multi-gender features such as individual private shower booths. “We also now have baby changing facilities in the players’ changing room area – unheard of at rugby clubs in the past.”

Also speaking was PURC board member Donna Kinnane who headed up the branding and broke down the origins of the new logo, as well as PURC chairman Rob Neil who delivered an update on the capital initiatives the club currently has in play that will take the

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facility to the next level of community sport delivery. MP Simeon Brown said the leadership of East and Neil in refurbishing the centre and bringing together other clubs into the facility to deliver what is an exceptional multi-sport facility is something east Auckland can be incredibly proud of. “It was an incredible privilege to ofﬁcially open the Howick Pakuranga Community Sport Centre on Friday evening,” said Brown. “East Auckland has an incredible history of producing world class athletes and sports players. By renaming and refurbishing what was the Pakuranga United Rugby Club into a multisport facility will mean that this tradition will continue and grow for many decades to come. “I wish every success to the leadership, staff, volunteers and players who will use this facility as they continue to represent Howick and Pakuranga in NZ and around the world.”

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IN AND AROUND HOWICK VILLAGE

International ME/CFS Awareness Day is here

ay 12 is International ME Awareness Day. There are approx 24,000 New Zealanders with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Some 25 per cent of those are bed or house bound. It affects all ages, ethnicities and genders. Triggers for the illness include viral and bacterial infections. It’s not just being tired. It’s a serious biomedical illness affecting every system in the body. Martyna Reynolds was diagnosed with glandular fever when she was 30.

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Her health continued to decline and she was next diagnosed with ME/CFS. She has been unable to continue to work in her dream job as a special education teacher. ME/CFS can be a very isolating illness. If you know someone with it perhaps send them a card or text. They may appreciate help with meals or transport. Visit us at our shop ‘The Charity Boutique’, follow us on Instagram, Facebook or visit our website www.restassuredrespitetrust.org for more information.

Howick Village Association and Howick Pakuranga Community Patrol (HPCP) have initiated a safer plates project for Friday May 13 and Saturday May 14. This is in response to the recent spate of crime experienced in the area where a number of vehicle registration plates have Your local Community Patrol will be installing tamper-resistant been stolen and used in criminal incidents. ‘Safer Plates’ screws for a Gold Coin donation per vehicle WHEN: Friday 13th May and Saturday 14th May The event will take place in the underTIME: 8am - 4pm ground car park at Countdown Howick, WHERE: Countdown Howick underground carpark, 35 Cook St entrance from Fencible Drive. Running in conjunction with Howick Business Association, Police and Countdown Additionally, HCPC is seeking volunteers to assist with the project. This project is supported by Counties Manukau Police and is offered to all in the community. The services will be held at the ➤ If you have any enquiries, please underground car park at Countdown Howick this weekend. Image supplied contact HPCP on 027 4753284 or HVA.

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What’s on

JOB SEARCH WORKSHOP

Citizens Advice Bureau Pakuranga is hosting a free three-part job search workshop. Topics covered are cover letter and CV writing on May 13, interview skills on May 20 and LinkedIn on May 27 at Pakuranga Library from 10.30am12noon. Facilitated by Work Connect. Masks mandatory. Tea provided. To register contact Vani settlement.pakuranga@cab.org.nz or text 021 459 520.

BADMINTON TWICE WEEKLY

Howick Badminton meet from 9.30am12pm Mondays and Wednesdays at the Howick Leisure Centre, Pakuranga Highway. All Welcome. For details contact Barbara 021 209 7613. Supported by Auckland Council, Howick Local Board.

ONLINE LIVE 3D PRINTER DEMO Tuesday May 19, 4-5pm. Watch Highland Park Library staff print with the Ultimaker2+ 3D printer. Follow the process from getting a design off a website to printing out the final product. For more events in May check out the Highland Park Library Facebook page @ HighlandParkLib.

SINGLES CLUB

New Horizons, Singles Social and Friendship Club for 50s-up seeking new members. We generate our own fun and entertainment. If you are looking for company to enjoy outings, dining out, walks, movies, BBQs etc, contact Rachel 021 0644323 or Mike 021 840141 or www. auckland-singles-social-club.org.nz.

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CHRISTINA MUSIC SCHOOL CONCERT

Highland Park Library Free Session, Sunday May 29, 2-3.30pm. Christina Music School will perform their mid-year concert to celebrate NZ Music Month. The children will be playing a variety of styles from classical music to contemporary jazz. Come along and enjoy a musical Sunday afternoon. Highland Park Library, 16 Highland Park Drive.

MUSIC CONCERT ONLINE ZOOM

Highland Park Library Free Zoom Session – Bilingual (English & Chinese, no registration required, Tuesday May 31, 3.304.40pm. Join Highland Park Library as we host an online music concert with Iris Cheng, the president and founder of the Music Association of Auckland, as she celebrates their 20th anniversary. The session will end with a brief Q & A. Zoom ID: 885 0677 8590, Passcode: 689543, 100 people limit. Contact Highland Park Library, email highlandpark.library@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz or message on Facebook page @highlandparklib.

NZ SIGN LANGUAGE TASTER CLASS

Saturday May 14, 12noon-1pm. Learn basic New Zealand Sign Language with Deaf Aotearoa. Registration required. To register, contact Highland Park Library, phone 377 0209 or email highland.library@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz, Highland Park Library, 16 Highland Park Drive, Highland Park.

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owick Village now has a specialist deli with the opening of Marbled Delicatessen, Fine Meats & BBQ. Situated on Picton Street, it occupies the former Total Focus site adjoining the Saturday market space. It has had a complete fit-out and features lots of glass. Dozens of guests attended the pre-opening night celebrations at and around the new deli last Tuesday night. They were treated to some of the delicatessen’s special fare, cooked on two Big Green Egg barbecues. Behind the business is Ted Waters, co-owner of The Apothecary, Piggy Bar and Daisy Chang based at the northern end of Picton Street. Waters and friend Blair Welch set up a database of like-minded artisan meat enthusiasts, resulting in a team of six friends and colleagues (now all co-owners of the new venture) all with one common goal, to create a top-quality artisan meats store. The other shareholders are Steve Lloyd, Darron White, Gary Rees and Waters’ business partner

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Carmen Holmes. The team has brought on board suppliers specialising only in New Zealand-produced meats. Dave Rossiter, owner of popular Westmere Butchery, known for its award-winning selection of locallyproduced sausages, will provide his very finest beef, lamb, pork and chicken varieties. Del Boy has also joined the team. Darren Picton, from Del Boy Sausages, will be familiar from the Howick markets. Bacon is sourced from Magills Butchery in Te Awamutu, a popular bacon with patrons who regularly

visit The Apothecary. Also involved is Hannah Miller Childs from A Lady Butcher, providing the very best in cured meats. Matthew Grace from The Urban Lumberjack supplies smoking woods for meats and barbeques. The best sauces and rubs are also stocked from Adam Winter’s The Four Saucemen. Other barbecue cuts like brisket and ribs will also be sold as well as the usual charcuterie offerings as well as cheeses. Avocados and beef steak tomatoes will also be stocked and, for the hungry, a hot dog roller will keep frankfurters hot.

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TRANSPORT

Road connection slashes commuting time A

new one kilometre stretch of road has opened at Bremner Ridge. Templeton Group has opened the short stretch of new road which links Flat Bush School Road to Redoubt Road via Michael Bosher Way, saving around 12 minutes of drive time each trip. It also connects Tuscany Estate to the amenities of Flat Bush, including Ormiston Town Centre, a number of schools, public transportation and Barry Curtis Park. By taking on this traffic, the road will also relieve congestion in adjoining suburbs. The new road was built on the back of a massive earthmoving and engineering project which included a number of shear keys – a steep terrain construction methodology where densely packed earth is engineered to resist the force created by the lateral load from the soil. One shear key, which supports the new road, is 156m wide and 200m deep and has a maximum height of 42m from road level to base. A quarter of a million cubic metres of earth was excavated – around 25,000 truck movements, and construction required

175,000m3 of engineered fill at a cost of around $20m. “This section of new road, though short, was critical to unlocking the potential of the Bremner Ridge site,” says Templeton founder Nigel McKenna. “Successful developments are based on location, access amenity and community. With this road now complete, Bremner Ridge offers all of these, which is why we’ve already been able to sell 93 per cent of all lots. “With the elevation tamed, Bremner Ridge now affords spectacular views across the city to Rangitoto, North Head, the Sky Tower and, in the distance, the Waitakere Rwanges.” Roading is only part of Templeton’s investment in infrastructure at Bremner Ridge. Through a cost share agreement with Watercare, it upgraded the 250mm supply main to Redoubt Road Reservoir, connecting the Redoubt Road Watermain to Flat Bush and providing an important connection for Watercare. It also extended the Watercare wastewater network down Long Horn Drive (formerly McQuoid’s Rd), which allows for future development along that road.

News bites GOLFER FINISHES IN TOP 10

Professional golfer Ryan Fox, of Beachlands, has tied for eighth place at the British Masters. Fox was joint leader with the winner Thorbjorn Olesen with a sixunder 66 at the Belfry in England on the opening day on Friday. He finished with a one-under par 71, including an eagle on the par five 17th. He was six-under par for the tournament, four strokes behind Olesen. It was his second straight top 10 finish on the DP World Tour.

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Good to go, from left to right, Naisi Chen (MP), Aman Pannu (Harcourts Milestone), Dr Anae Leavasa (Takanini MP), Nigel McKenna (Templeton founder and CEO), Adele Young (Chair of Howick Local Board), John Spiller (Deputy of Howick Local Board), and Peter Young (Local Board member).

FIVE HUNDRED NEW HOMES Templeton also increased the site’s yield in response to demand for more housing. The 42ha site was originally zoned for very low density, large lot residential development. The original masterplan yielded 315 lots, with 58 lifestyle lots ranging from 900m2 to over 10,000m2 and 257 standard sections ranging from 300m2 to 900m2. Templeton recognised that, at a time when Auckland is desperate for additional housing land

within the developed city, zoning the entire area for very lowdensity housing represented a significant under-utilisation of a scarce land resource. Accordingly, it applied for and was granted an integrated land use and subdivision consent to intensify the development so that it now yields 360 total sections with 60 lifestyle lots and 300 standard sections. Templeton’s total development of Bremner Ridge and the adjacent project, Fairburn, represent more than 500 lots in total.

It was a mixed bag of results for Pakuranga United Rugby Club’s teams on Saturday. The premier men’s side’s first game of the season saw them go down 41-17 to Manukau. The premier development squad followed up their win of last week’s opener with another, beating Manukau 25-15. PURC’s premier development 2S won their match 19-17 against Papatoetoe while the U21 Cannons came close going down 18-20 against Papatoetoe. The U21 Guns were beaten 32-12 by Puketapapa Roskill while the U85kg Black Panthers lost to Ponsonby Hustlers 0-15. The women’s 10S Belles won by default against College Rifles while The Presidents beat Waitakere 35-25.

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SEAWALL PROGRESSING WELL

The new sea wall and jetty being constructed by Fulton Hogan at the Pakuranga Sailing Club is coming along well. The jetty is now pretty much in place but still walled off as the rebuilding of the gabion baskets [woven wire mesh baskets that can be filled with rock] along the Rotary Walk continues. The workmen tell me there are in excess of 12,000 tonnes of rocks being used to secure the wall – from quarries all over Auckland so not a small task.

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about 2002-2007. During that time they lived and worked in Kyiv at a bible college and at an orphanage. My eldest niece Annaliese Weynen was born in Ukraine in 2003. After they finished working there for five years they moved back to Colorado, USA. This is where my brother and sister-inlaw currently live. My niece Annaliese has travelled back to Ukraine many times and is now married to a Ukrainian man Anton Sylka. They both live in Ukraine, but due to the war, are currently staying with my brother in Colorado (thank goodness). Anton’s mother and sister fled to Poland with all the other refugees. Anton’s father is currently fighting with the Ukrainian army in Ukraine. We have many friends and family in Ukraine and are absolutely devastated with what is

currently happening there. We are praying every day for the Ukrainian army and all the people of Ukraine. I have been collecting donations for a garage sale/ sales that I will be having. The first one will be on Saturday May 21 from 8am – 12 noon. It will be at my place at 8a Belmere Rise, Farm Cove. All the money made will be sent to the people of Ukraine to help during this catastrophic time that they are all going through and will continue to go through for years to come. I’m hoping that many people will come and buy stuff. All the stuff is at amazing cheap prices, as the aim is to sell it all. I am a single mum and work full time as a fully-qualified early childhood teacher in east Auckland. The money that I raise will be sent directly to people’s accounts that I personally know and trust in Ukraine.

Carla Weynen, Farm Cove

THREE WATERS WORRIES

It is a matter of great concern that people are being misled by this Government proposal regarding Three Waters [The Government is reviewing how to improve the regulation and supply arrangements of drinking water, wastewater and stormwater]. An example is the Mayor of West Coast (Bruce Smith) who has done his homework and the effect of Three Waters to the West Coast users is as follows:

• $120 million of water assets will go to the Government who will pay $11 million to retire any debt • At present, the current cost of water to residential ratepayers on the West Coast is $375 per annum but under the Three Waters programme it will go up to $1609pa. So be warned – what will our costs be?

Arthur Moore, Pakuranga

HIGH DENSITY HOUSING NOT THE ANSWER

Both government and some local politicians refuse to let most city Kiwis have their desired dream of house and garden and a bit of separation from the neighbours. They are making us pay for their historic mismanagement of land and house availability thinking the market will provide. We have experienced politicallydriven severe inflation of land and houses. Politicians’ historic deregulation of the building industry created massive problems of leaking, unsafe houses, apartments and schools etc while ignoring the advice of responsible builders and building inspectors in the past. We have had and are having to bear a lot of cost and worry because of these stupid politicians. Now they want to take away our quality of life and create ghettos where the slaves of commerce sleep at night. Politicians are ignoring the global warming of our climate and sea level rise where our standard of living will deteriorate further.

We need backyards of lawn, trees, garden and vegetable patch to keep our ground and local environment cooler and sequester carbon and improve our health and well-being. We don’t need more concrete, tar seal, high density tall buildings, increased roof and wall areas sucking up the heat with lack of vegetation. This will only increase the temperature of our local environment. Fewer homes means less traffic congestion, parking problems and less air pollution which can be reduced by trees and vegetation. The science has been done on these matters. The existence of wildlife in our cities is part of our well-being. In the future, the sea level rising will do enormous damage to our coastal areas. Climate change is bringing violent storms and more rain more often. We need to retain any excess capacity in our storm water systems to cope with this change. Auckland Council would do well to concentrate on these problems and plan to meet these challenges and convince the government to repeal their housing density legislation. The sea level rising will submerge coastal cities and towns because man will not reduce its CO2 emissions in time or reduce its populations where necessary. As CO2 is removed from the atmosphere, it will be replaced by the enormous store of CO2 in the oceans occupying 72 per cent of the earth’s surface.

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COUNCIL

Dispute over building’s use continues with no resolution By CHRIS HARROWELL

t appears unlikely an east Auckland community facility will have its full potential utilised any time soon as a standoff over its management drags on. The Howick War Memorial Hall, which is known to locals as the Howick Information Centre, is situated at 91 Picton Street. In the first half of 2020, the building closed along with most other Auckland Council-owned facilities when New Zealand went into a Covid-19 lockdown. Two years on and it’s yet to be reopened full-time. In September last year the Howick Local Board publicly called for expressions of interest from groups keen to be involved with running it. A recommendation was put to the board at its December 2021 business meeting advising it to approve the Howick Village Association (HVA) as the “preferred applicant at this stage” to manage the building. Reasons included the association being well-established and having strong organisational and financial capability to manage the facility, among others. When the board arrived at that item during the December meet-

A decision is still yet to be made as to how to manage the Howick War Memorial Hall.

ing, member David Collings moved an amendment to give approval to council officers to talk to multiple groups about the prospect of working together “for the overall benefit of the Howick community” and report back to the board in February this year. Collings’ amendment was passed after receiving support from board members Katrina Bungard, Bo Burns, Bruce Kendall, Mike Turinsky and Bob Wichman. Board chairperson Adele White,

deputy chairman John Spiller, and board member Peter Young opposed it. Following the meeting, HVA chairman Ken Scott told the Times he was disappointed with Collings’ amendment and the board’s decision to pursue the option of having multiple groups work together to manage the building, which he feared may delay its reopening. The building’s management was raised again at the board’s April business meeting.

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A council report says after the board’s previous decision, council staff facilitated a series of workshops to see how the nine interested applicant groups could collaborate on a collective management approach. The workshops were constructive and the applicants decided they preferred one of them take over the building’s management while “ensuring broad community access”, the report says. “They could not identify a pre-

ferred group, but the two favoured applicants were Howick Village Association Inc and Uxbridge Community Projects.” The report says both groups have good organisational and financial capabilities and council staff are confident either would enable broad community access to the facility. Council staff recommended the board approve a community centre management agreement as the preferred option as it facilitates the board’s aspirations for a community hub model. Recommended also was to approve the HVA as the preferred applicant to take over the building’s management, subject to finalisation of a satisfactory agreement, and approve a maximum annual budget for its operation of $81,451. When the board came to vote on the item, Collings moved an alternative to the original recommendation for the board to defer the decision pending a workshop with the prospective applicants. His recommendation passed by five votes to three with support from himself, Bungard, Burns, Kendall, and Wichman. Spiller, White, and Young voted against it, while Turinsky was absent.

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srael Dagg knows a champion fullback when he sees one. His claim Jordie Barrett should permanently move to second five-eighth for the Hurricanes to make way for Josh Moorby before he scored three scintillating tries against the Fijian Drua in Wellington on Sunday was spot on. Te Awamutu-born former Southland rep Moorby, 23, is a dazzler with some of the same rugby charisma of fullback Will Jordan who also scored a triple in the Crusaders 53-15 triumph over the Western Force. Like Jordan, Moorby has the skills and pace to also play wing although the temptation will be to leave him at fullback after the Hurricanes’ 11 tries to one 67-5 trouncing of the Drua. However, if Barrett moves to second five permanently, that will be tough on Billy Proctor who has formed a sharp midfield combination with impressive Bailyn Sullivan and who, with right wing Wes Goosen, scored two tries apiece against the hapless Fijians who finished just three points behind the Highlanders the previous week in Suva. Add halfback TJ Perenara and elusive wing Salesi Rayasi and the Hurricanes have as

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Hurricanes fullback Josh Moorby scored three scintillating tries against the Fijian Drua in Wellington on Sunday. Photo 1News

dangerous a backline as any in the championship but remain a lowly seventh amongst 12 contestants With their 33-32 victory then, they are the only team to have beaten the Blues who head the table with the impressive Brumbies on 10 wins but one less bonus point. Having crushed the Rebels 71-28 after conceding 14 points in the ﬁrst seven minutes and another 14 in the dying stages, the Blues are gelling beautifully. Like the Hurricanes, they also scored 11 tries with brothers Rieko (3) and Akira (2) Ioane leading the way. However, the best went to dynamic right wing Mark Telea with his somersault ﬁnish after a 60m attack featuring Finlay

Christie twice, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, James Tucker and Rieko Ioane. Another to demonstrate brilliance and a smart head far beyond his 20 years was first five-eighth Aidan Morgan who looks destined to eventually follow in the footsteps of Beauden Barrett and Richie Mo’unga. A Kings College product and 2020 NZ Under 20s player, he is a smart tactician who sets alight a pacy Hurricanes backline with a variety of sharp passes. Meanwhile the third-placed Crusaders’ next clash against the second-placed Brumbies should be a cracker in which the defending champions will need to find their best to triumph against strong opponents who thrive on the smarts of halfback Nick White, have a strong rolling

maul, hit the line hard and have a relentless defence. Having narrowly beaten Moana Pasifika 26-20 after their courageous upset of the Crusaders, the fifth-placed Waratahs have cause to be wary of the seventhplaced Hurricanes who have been strengthened by the return of Dane Coles and veteran new recruit Owen Franks. With the Ioane brothers, Telea, and loosies Dalton Papali’i and Hoskins Sotutu firing powerfully, the championship-leading Blues should have too many guns for the Reds. The acquisition of lock Tucker has also done much to strengthen the Blues pack with his high leaping lineout prowess and mobility. Good, too, to see big prop Tu’ungafasi realising his true potential and Kurt Eklund adding to the long list of the country’s outstanding hookers. Having been beaten 38-28 by the Brumbies, the fourth-placed Chiefs should attain redemption against the ninth-placed Rebels. Ivan Agnew is an award-winning sports writer

Tennis clubs meet in annual derby The enduring popularity of tennis in east Auckland was well displayed recently with teams from six local tennis clubs competing in their annual local derby. Bucklands Beach, Cockle Bay, Howick, Koru, Pakuranga and Sunnyhills Tennis Clubs participated, each hosting a section of the event. Following a rotation each year, it was Howick Club responsible this time for being the primary organiser and the prizegiving. With both an open grade competition for the Fisher Cup and a restricted one for the Cucksey Shield, the event covers a wide range of playing levels. And with each trophy requiring a team of six men and six women to represent their clubs, more than 100 players were out in force.

With more than 100 players participating on the day and all the clubs hosting different sections of the competition, with helpers and spectators in attendance, it was a wonderful community event. The Bucklands Beach and Pakuranga tennis clubs took the honours. Photo supplied

Continuing a run of strong results in the Fisher Cup, Bucklands Beach TC once again secured it, while Pakuranga’s team won the Cucksey Shield. But the real winner of the day was the sport of tennis. Through the last two years of Covid restrictions, tennis has been widely recognised as a safe sport to play and it’s been possible for members to play at local clubs, with suitable safeguards, even in Level 3. Getting out into the fresh air and playing with friends or family from the same bubble and later playing with other club members has been a godsend for many, providing mental and physical exercise and a change of scene. Competitive tennis leagues were able to resume well before

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many team sports could. And being a sport that can be played from primary school age through to your 70s, even 80s, adds to its family-wide appeal. All these local tennis clubs offer coaching and junior and senior programmes and welcome new members, with any level of experience. While the main part of the tennis season is over the summer months, it’s a sport played at any time of year and all of the clubs will continue to be active over the winter months. Next spring the junior version of this competition, the Charman Cup, will be played between the east Auckland tennis clubs, with players up to 15 years old, resuming this much-loved event which has run for more than 35 years.

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Hornets lose against Lions ➤ Continued from page 16 Unfortunately, all good things must eventually come to an end, with the Lions winning 36-22. Luckily at the nest, the end of something special only means the start of another, so this is merely where the next good thing begins, and that will no doubt be the attitude within the squad at training this week. 2:30pm, Howick Premiers v Mt Albert, Paparoa Park A match up likely penned in by many punters as ‘game of the round’ before a whistle had even blown. And it didn’t disappoint. With Howick trailing by up to 10 points for the first 75 minutes, they still never looked like losing touch with the Lions. Thanks to a determined final 20 minutes by the team, complemented by a few moments of individual brilliance directed expertly by Hornets captain, and 2021 ARL Fox Memorial Player of the year Jethro Friend, the Hornets gathered momentum, rolled up the field and took the lead with less than five to play. And to the home crowd’s delight that is how the game finished, Hornets ending victorious 32-26 underlining the importance of league’s number one rule for winning on the scoreboard – play for the full 80. History will remember Sunday as the day Howick’s inaugural premiership women’s team ran out on Paparoa Park for the first time after stepping up following a very successful year in the championship grade in season 2021. The Hornets played host to a very good Ponsonby side, the final score of 16-34 wasn’t reflective of the closeness of the overall contest. Sometimes the rugby league ball doesn’t bounce your way and Sunday was just one of those days for the Hornets ladies. A fair amount would have been learned by the squad from this match and there is no doubt they will be a force to be reckoned with in the top tier competition of NZ woman’s Rugby League this season. Congratulations to Auckland Rugby League as a whole, but Howick Hornets players and supporters in particular, on a brilliant first weekend. Go the Hornets. Up The Firm. Josh Garry Howick Hornets

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Howick celebrate a try in the 79th minute to take the lead. Photo Auckland Rugby League

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Round 1 at ‘The Nest’ This past weekend saw the Howick Hornets family come together in huge numbers to kick off the opening round at Paparoa Park with all the passion that was anticipated and more, after what was an off-season full of winning moments to be remembered, ending sadly with a signiﬁcant loss that will quite frankly, never be forgotten. With great rivals Mt Albert coming to visit on Saturday, history alone promised that both

clubs were always going to turn up ready to play their roles in the annual spectacular that is Hornets v Lions, both on and off the field. Premier 1st’s kicked off at 12.45pm and were looking to start their season right where they left off after an unbeaten 2021 – an incredible feat for a first division side and one that was the first for the long-standing grade in Hornet history. ➤ Continued on page 13

ormer Botany Downs Secondary College student Tafito Lafaele is one of five Auckland Rugby players named in the Black Ferns squad. The college said on social media, “Congratulations to alumna Tafito Lafaele (graduated 2018) who was named as one of the debutantes in the Black Ferns squad (women’s rugby) for this season.” Oceania Rugby posted, “A relative newcomer to the game, Tafito Lafaele has made a strong impression as she has developed through the ranks in Auckland. Powerful and athletic, Lafaele went to Botany Downs Secondary College where she starred in athletics, volleyball, basketball, netball and sevens. Last year

Botany Downs Secondary College alumna Taﬁto Lafaele has been named in the Black Ferns squad for the Paciﬁc Four Series. Photo BDSC

she played for the Moana Pasiﬁka Sevens team against the Black Ferns and Black Ferns Sevens.” Lafaele, 21, a member of the College Riﬂes Rugby Club, is a loose forward.

Months out from Rugby World Cup 2021 playing in 2022, New Zealand rugby fans get their ﬁrst taste of Black Ferns action with the Paciﬁc Four Series squad

named last week, allblacks.com reported. Black Ferns coaches Wayne Smith, Wesley Clarke and Whitney Hansen named 31 players in the squad set to host Australia, Canada and USA next month. Lafaele debuted for the Auckland Storm in 2019 and since then has been a regular in the Farah Palmer Cup side. She was an all-round athlete when at BDSC. She was part of the championship winning senior girls basketball team, premier netball team, senior girls’ volleyball, Ki-O-Rahi [Maori team game], Sevens and even competed at Nationals Athletics in discus. In 2018, Taﬁto was named the BDSC Personality of the Year at the school’s major sports awards.

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