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Students and teachers who have recently been in China where the Coronavirus has claimed more than 100 lives will not be allowed at school for two weeks. Some local schools have confirmed they will be enacting strict stand-down periods in line with Ministry of Education advice this week.

The virus that causes respiratory difficulties originated in Wuhan China. Macleans principal Steven Hargreaves said in a update on the school’s website that they are monitoring the situation regarding coronavirus and responding as more information is provided to the. “The incubation period is currently considered to be 14 days,” said Hargreaves.

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A rarely-awarded sports prize has been presented to All Black great Keven Mealamu.

Mealamu was handed the Sir Barry Curtis Medal in a recent ceremony hosted by Counties Manukau Sport (CMS). He received the award from the former Manukau City mayor Sir Barry Curtis, who lives at Eastern Beach.

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Metlifecare receives consent for golf course village Earthworks are underway for ‘Fairway Gardens’, Metlifecare’s newest retirement village development in Botany Downs. The resource consent covers all stages of the $180 million development, with the first 48 premium apartments expected to be completed mid-2021.

AMETI roadwork delays unacceptable Delays caused by lane closures for the AMETI/Eastern Busway construction have been unacceptable says Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown. “Lane closures this week to complete major works have caused significant delays for commuters getting to work or getting home with reports of traffic taking an hour from Panmure to Pakuranga, a distance of only 2km,” he says.

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Deputations pertaining to a new two-metre water polo pool at the aquatic and leisure centre at Barry Curtis park, a petition for permanent cameras to be installed at Eastern Beach and a proposal to create a water sport facility at Bucklands Beach were on the agenda at the inaugural meeting of the new Howick Local Board.

The Good Home in Howick has given out thousands of dollars again to local schools. Good Home Proprietor Barry O’Shaughnessy has been running his Dollars for Schools competition since 2012 “with a couple of years break in the middle”.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – FEBRUARY Top in the world for Ethan

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Saint Kentigern College Year 11 student Ethan Fung has been awarded a joint equal ‘Top in the World’ for Cambridge IGSE Mathematics.

In the past, middle school students who had been accelerated in mathematics and had completed the Year 10 course as a Year 9, were offered the opportunity to sit the Cambridge exams in Year 10, prior to embarking on their senior school courses.

Medical facemasks have sold out in some local retail outlets as fears mount over the spread of the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 811 people in China and infected 37,198 at the last count.

The death toll has surpassed that of the SARS epidemic, which also began in China, killing 774 people worldwide.

ANZ Coin Toss Kid, Sachetan Ippa, 8, with Captain Virat Kohli of India and Captain Kane Williamson of the Blackcaps at the Twenty20 Cricket Blackcaps v India.

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Ethan Fung scored 100 per cent as a Year 10 in an exam intended for students in the Year 11 age range.

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A local Pakuranga cricket fan was excited to meet his heroes on Sunday (January 26) when he joined Captains Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli for the pre-match coin toss on the pitch prior to the Blackcaps vs India match. Eight-year-old Sachetan Ippa, who attends Pakuranga Heights School and plays for Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club, won the ANZ competition to be the Coin Toss Kid which involved joining the two team captains on the pitch before the match.

Tapped to be a Dancer of the Year

Botany Downs Secondary College student Jessica Wang has been declared an overall winner of the Showcase Dance Competition national finals and is particularly proud of the fact that she is the only tap dancer to win the top prize.

Award-winning dancer 12-year-old Jessica has qualified for the World Dance Movement, an international dance championship to be held in Photo supplied Rome, Italy in June.

Richmond Wandera is sharing his inspirational story in Beachlands and Manukau on behalf of Tearfund from February 15 to 20.

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Journey from extreme poverty to hope From heartbreak, loss and extreme poverty to hope, peace and happiness all because one 15-year-old girl decided to sponsor a child.

A former-sponsored child from Uganda lost all hope of a life worth living after his father was brutally murdered, plunging his family into extreme poverty, but a teenage changed his life. In a series of free events, Richmond Wandera is sharing his inspirational story in Auckland – including Beachlands and Manukau – on behalf of Tearfund from February 15 to 20.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a funeral service for former Labour Prime Minister Mike Moore whose home was in Maraetai. A public service will be held on Friday, February 14 at 2pm at Dilworth School senior campus, 2 Erin Street, Epsom.

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Tank water owners are under the pump as the ongoing drought has seen many run dry. The warm, dry conditions to start the year have placed considerable strain on people operating off tank water in eastern areas.

SFO files charges in National Party donations case

Avenger coming to Warbirds Ardmore

Warbirds On Parade is set to become even more of an exhilarating air show with a 1945 Grumman TBM-3E Avenger, affectionately known in Warbirds circles as Plonky, having now been confirmed to make a special guest appearance at the NZ Warbirds Association air show at Ardmore in March.

The Serious Fraud Office has filed criminal charges against four people in relation to donations paid into a National Party electorate bank account. Last year police referred Botany MP JamiLee Ross’ complaint about National’s election donations to the Serious Fraud Office. Ross, who was kicked out of the National Party in 2018, lodged a complaint with police in the same year.

Whitford fire: Threatening blaze contained ‘Development from hell’

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Neighbours are at the end of their tether after a year of torment living next to a building site on Union Road in Howick. Two neighbours say they have had a gutsful of the excessive noise coming from the site outside of the development’s hours of consent. One woman is so incensed she is moving out of her flat next-door and she claims her neighbour moved out six weeks ago, and another across the road from the site “sold and moved because of this”.

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A fire at the end of Birch Park Lane (clearly visible from Mangemangeroa Reserve) in Whitford broke out at lunchtime on Thursday. Fire & Emergency Northern said the fire was successfully contained and covered an area of gully about 100m x 600m wide. Birch Park Lane is off Broomfields/Whites roads.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – MARCH Brown takes a plucky sixth at Ironman NZ

Local man jailed for child abuse imagery A Howick man has sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for knowingly possessing and distributing child sexual abuse imagery and blackmail. Thirty-year-old Earl Gary Chatterton was sentenced at Manukau District Court last Wednesday to four years and nine months in prison. Chatterton admitted 26 charges involving the distribution and possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation imagery and one charge of blackmail.

Legendary ironman triathlete Cameron Brown wants to continue racing until he is 50!

Brown, 47, from Dannemora, made the comment after a creditable sixth place in Ironman New Zealand on March 7. He has won Ironman NZ 12 times.

He was positive about his finish given that his training was curtailed after an injury.

The fire had been burning for two hours in the roof before it burst out, says Bev who was in the rental house with her two grandchildren.

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Family grateful for support after fire

It was her grand-daughter’s scream that alerted Bev Lowson to the fire which would eventually destroy their house. Bev was looking after her four-year-old granddaughter Imi and 17-month-old Aneska on the morning of March 6 at their rental in Golflands while her daughter Tamlyn Boddington had taken her six-year-old Caris to the doctors.

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Restaurant owner jailed A co-owner of the Masala Restaurant chain has been jailed for hiding millions of dollars in cash sales and laundering large amounts of it. Rupinder Singh Chahil – who resided in Howick – was sentenced today at the Auckland High Court to three years and two months in prison, plus a $50,000 fine, on nine money laundering charges and 34 tax evasion charges.

The NZ Super Fund and parties associated with Russell Property Group have agreed to buy a significant waterfront land holding in Beachlands which includes the Formosa Golf Course. The partnership, Beachlands South LP, will be a separate venture to the limited partnership NZ Hotel Holdings Asset LP established last year to acquire hotel assets.

A blast for the past More than 100 guests gathered to mark the 40th anniversary of the Howick Historical Village on Sunday March 8.

Unveiling of the Plaque at the village are, from left, Howick Historian and a Village Founder Alan La Roche; former Manukau City mayor Sir Barry Curtis and president Paul Curtis of the Lions Club of Howick.

The Village opened on March 8, 1980.

PM: We’re going into lock-down

The Cabinet met this morning (March 24) to discuss our next actions in the fight against Covid19. Like the rest of the world, we are facing the potential for devastating impacts from this virus.

But, through decisive action, and through working together, do we have a small window to get ahead of it. On Saturday I announced a Covid-19 alert level system and placed New Zealand at Alert Level 2. I also said we should all be prepared to move quickly. Now is the time to put our plans into action.

That’s why Cabinet met today and agreed that effective immediately, we will move to Alert Level 3 nationwide. After 48 hours, the time required to ensure essential services are in place, we will move to Level 4.

Grangers Point development in the works

“A child could be killed”: School at wits’ end with AT Te Uho o Te Nikau school principal Mel Bland is exasperated by lack of action from Auckland Transport over a temporary pedestrian bridge and the implementation of digital speed signs, saying “a child could be killed” if measures are not put in place immediately.

A fully upgraded Granger Point could be the jewel in the Bucklands Beach area’s crown. Grangers Point is poised for future development as the Howick Local Board, Auckland Transport (AT) and Auckland Council consider addressing better beach side paths and solving coastal erosion by restoring the popular Bucklands Beaches.

Covid-19 panic buying eases Coronavirus hysteria has seen many Auckland supermarkets overwhelmed around Auckland the past couple of weeks – and some east Auckland supermarkets weren’t immune. The panic-buying gained momentum as the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases grew.

Five have been confirmed thus far.

Stabbing in Shelly Park

Police are investigating a stabbing incident at a reserve on Cyclades Place in Shelly Park on Friday night.

Local residents reported a “car speeding down the road” at around 10pm on February 28. This was followed by “yelling and screaming... and a person yelling for help.”

The fine art of upcycling bras Three Ormiston Senior College students are giving support where it is really needed as part of a sustainability project.

Instead of burning bras they are collecting them for a project that involves upcycling bras by donating them to countries where women often possess just one bra through their lifetime.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – APRIL Willow facing up to the challenge but needs your help A Shelly Park mum, Willow van As has begun making face shields for front-line medical staff on her 3D printer at home but is fast running out of materials.

Jonathan Schwass, High Commissioner of NZ in Vanuatu, worked hard to get VSA volunteers Natasha Thanawalla (right) and Helena Ireland on a flight back to Auckland.

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Hercules to the rescue for Natasha

“We were all in shock,” says Highland Park resident Natasha Thanawalla, when they were informed on Friday they would be airlifted home. The very next day they were returning home to Auckland on a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules, a military cargo aircraft carrying vital supplies including satellite phones and chainsaw kits for cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu and a helicopter.

UPDATE: 61 new/probable Covid-19 cases in NZ The number of cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand has risen to 708 with 61 confirmed and probable cases recorded as at 9am this morning (April 10), the Ministry of Health said in this afternoon’s briefing. Dr Caroline McElnay, the ministry’s Director of Public Health, said there are 47 new confirmed cases and 14 new probable cases with no additional deaths (the toll remains at one).

A message from police: Have a safe Easter – at home Thinking of going to the bach or visit family this Easter weekend (April 10-13)? Don’t. There’ll be police checkpoints on strategic routes. Police are urging New Zealanders to stay safe by staying home this Easter.

Kiwis can gather as virtual communities for Anzac Day For the first time since Anzac services began in 1916, New Zealanders won’t be gathering at public services and war memorials nationwide on Saturday to mark this significant day of remembrance. Anzac Services around the country have been cancelled as part of New Zealand’s campaign against the spread of Covid-19.

Marooned in Morocco: Covid-19 stalls motorcycle trip In March 2019 Farm Cove couple Paul and Tracey Brown left New Zealand for a two-year adventure riding a motorcycle around Europe. Twelve months down the track and the couple, formerly of New Plymouth, have found themselves stuck in Morocco. In their mid-50s, they told the Times they have no option but to wait it out.

Have you been on a bear hunt as yet?

New World Howick teams up with Student Volunteer Army

If our Times Online Facebook posts are anything to go by, it looks like everyone is on a bear hunt. It was heartening to see so many readers post photographs of their bear hunt as they captured pictures of teddy bears sitting on street facing windows.

New World and the Student Volunteer Army (SVA) have teamed up to deliver groceries to older and vulnerable customers who are unable to leave home while the country is in Alert Level 4 of the National Pandemic Plan.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – MAY Food donations: Sunnyhills locals show altruism in time of need

Bring on Level 2!

As Prime Minister Jacinda Arden made the most awaited announcement yesterday (May 11) about moving to Level 2, the Times spoke to an array of businesses in the Howick and Botany areas to find out how businesses in Level 2 will operate.

Eyewitnesses report fireball ‘crashing’ into river

Several Pakuranga residents have reported seeing a bright flash of light or a “fireball” above the Tamaki River near Waipuna Bridge. The sightings happened at around 6.47pm on Monday, May 25.

Kath and Mark Bason with Times Media’s managing director Reay Neben next to one of the trailers of food destined for the Mangere Photo: Danielle Bason Budgeting Service.

Local trust’s and Howick Rotary’s joint effort to support food parcels during Covid 19

Ross looks to set up new political party Rogue independent Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross is looking at starting a new political party. Tentatively given the working name Advance NZ, Ross has floated the idea to his email database. “Will you join with me to help start a new political movement to put forward new ideas in this election?

Sunnyhills residents Kath and Mark Bason were amazed at the level of generosity displayed by caring east Aucklanders for the trailer donation day, to benefit Mangere Budgeting Services.

The Rotary Club of Howick Community Trust and club members have joined forces with the Thomas Brydon Trust to help local organisations provide food parcels to needy families in the Howick area.

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Police: No parties – no excuses

Police are urging people to resist the temptation to socialise in gatherings that breach the Alert Level 3 restrictions. Since the introduction of the Alert Level 3 restrictions, police have received 1200 reports from the public to the 105 breach notification line in regard to mass gatherings.

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Boys robbed and assaulted in Bucklands Beach Two Macleans College students were left shaken by an unprovoked assault and theft of one of the boy’s bikes, and another’s shoulder bag.

The incident was reported to police. “Police received a report of a robbery incident in Bucklands Beach on Saturday,” police said.

Concerns over congregation as city returns to life Mayor Phil Goff is calling on Aucklanders to continue to follow social distancing rules as the city gets busier.

Images of people congregating, and not socially distancing, as they pick up takeaways and visit parks or beaches are of concern.

Heartwarming: Council’s outreach effort to over 70s Auckland Council Libraries staff have made around 15,000 welfare calls to over-70-year-olds living alone over the past fortnight as part of the council and Auckland Emergency Management’s Covid-19 response.

Couple praise Air NZ ‘rescue’ flight Flat Bush couple Tilak and wife Sunu Wadhwa are overjoyed to be back on New Zealand soil.

Their repatriation from India during the global Covid-19 pandemic was nothing short of epic.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – JUNE What Alert Level 1 will mean

Sandspit Rd development fight continues

It’s been a long time coming but everything Kiwis have done over the past couple of months means New Zealand is finally able to return to something closely resembling normality while the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact many other countries.

The Government last week outlined what life at Alert Level 1 will look like for New Zealand and New Zealanders.

Eastern Busway progressing well Construction on Stage 1 of the AMETI Eastern Busway between Panmure and Pakuranga has been progressing well and is on schedule for completion next year.

An on-going dispute between the developer of a proposed controversial residential development in Cockle Bay has reared its head again.

The developer has submitted a new consent application for a scaled-down version of 54 units – as opposed to 71 in an earlier submission – to be erected on the old Steward Motors site on Sandspit Road.

The land is zoned for nine single houses.

The whole front the Elite Bathroomware building was ripped off by the tornado.

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Tornado whips through ET ‘Emergency Budget is a lose-lose for Pakuranga’ Auckland Council has released its Emergency Budget (May 29) in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, and amongst its cost-saving proposals comes an impossible choice for residents in Pakuranga, says Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga.

The council is proposing two main options for handling the economic recovery in Auckland: a rate increase of 3.5 per cent with a smaller number of spending cuts, or an increase of 2.5 per cent with a larger range of austerity measures.

A tornado struck businesses in Allens Rd East Tamaki around 9am on Saturday causing substantial damage to Elite Bathroomware and neighbouring Fyfe Kitchens.

Caused by unusually warm and humid air mixing with cold, the tornado ripped out the whole front of the Elite building leaving an exposed shell.

Midnight Madness is off Gripping Korean War stories captured in photos

Well known local cobblers closing doors

Howick Heel and Sole bar on Moore Street is closing its doors after 32 years. The lease is up and owner Hans Ankersmit has chosen not to renew. Original owner Hans bought back the business from his father Gerard in 2010, after initially opening in 1988.

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Rare photos that capture the unforgettable stories of human courage and fateful moments told through the lens of New Zealand soldiers during the Korean War are currently on display at Uxbridge Arts and Culture in Howick. The war photo exhibition titled Forever Peace commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.

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Heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours has brought dam levels up however Auckland’s capacity levels are still way off the usual levels for this time of year. Photo Watercare.

Auckland’s dams have received a welcome top-up pushing them to their highest level since early April.

Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School students along with their families, teachers and college students plant close to 6500 plants alongside the Otara Creek that skirts the school border.

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Sowing seeds of a greener future The rain didn’t stop 380 students from getting their hands dirty to work on the Sancta Maria School Otara Creek restoration.

Local actors in plum roles

Fox ties for 8th in British Masters

Professional golfer Ryan Fox, from Beachlands, has tied for eighth with Northern Ireland’s Jonathan Caldwell at the British Masters.

Ex-St Kentigern student Amelia Elliot has recently been cast in Black Hands, a new TV series based on a podcast of the same name.

Amelia plays Laniet, younger sister of David Bain who was killed along with the rest of the Bain family in a crime that David Bain was convicted for. He served 13 years before being released on appeal.

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Jail after drink-driver’s mate dies A local man has been jailed after causing the death of his mate in a drink-driving accident. Brent Aickin, 52, appeared in the Manukau District Court on Wednesday before Judge John Bergseng to be sentenced for dangerous driving causing death. He will serve two years and 11 months in prison,

The mural on wall located at the corner of Manapouri Place and Gossamer Drive has a powerful message painted by artists Bryce Williams and Benjamin Work. Times photo Wayne Martin

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – AUGUST Managed isolation: a perfect five-star holiday

Will Kiwis have to pay to return to NZ?

Legislation to allow the Government to recover some of the costs for managed isolation and quarantine has been introduced to Parliament.

Minister of Housing Megan Woods said the Bill will allow the government to charge for managed isolation and quarantine facilities.

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Building begins on coastal lifestyle village After 18 months of design and siteworks, building work has begun on stage one of east Auckland’s newest retirement village project, Metlifecare’s Pohutukawa Landing in Beachlands. Nestled at the heart of the Pohutukawa Coast, the unique $250 million project will deliver high-quality, design- and community-led retirement village living for people looking for independent coastal living, with the assurance of care into the future.

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Big penalty for Formosa Environment Court Judge David Kirkpatrick has sentenced Formosa to pay $86,250 after it admitted six charges under the Resource Management Act. Formosa no longer owns the property. The waste system was fixed prior to its sale.

60 years of Pakuranga-rahihi Playcentre Pakuranga-rahihi Playcentre observed its 60th birthday on Friday July 31, in conjunction with the centres hui whakanui o Matariki (party).

Anju Butani cannot understand why anyone would want to abscond from managed isolation at a fivestar hotel. Having arrived from India on June 30 and in quarantine at a Christchurch resort hotel until July 14, Anju and her husband Iqbal – from Pakuranga – say it was the most amazing experience they’ve had. “I just can’t fathom why anyone would want to do a runner when the wellbeing group appointed by the Government thinks of every little detail to ensure you are safe and comfortable. I think people who flee isolation are absolute fools. It’s very irresponsible,” she says.

100-year-old Lia Reynders (right) and 90-year-old David Fox celebrated their birthdays together at Bill’s Antique Toy Collection, in Whitford. Times photo Wayne Martin

Double celebration Lia Reynders is celebrating her 100th birthday for the third time in weeks with different groups of friends and family. She turned 100 on April 15 but couldn’t celebrate her milestone birthday due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

Around 56 students from Howick College along with three teachers armed with spades and gumboots got their hands dirty helping Karyn Gradon plant 1220 natives at Mangemangeroa Reserve. The plants were supplied by the Te Whangai Trust.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – AUGUST Election delayed until October 17

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed the General Election will be held on October 17, a move welcomed by Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown. “Moving the date by four weeks also gives all parties a fair shot to campaign and delivers New Zealanders certainty without unnecessarily long delays,” Ardern said. “With the re-emergence of Covid-19 in our community, these are not ordinary times.”

Emergency Budget locked in The community-based assessment centre on Botany Rd caused a few issues with traffic.

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Testing station gone The Botany-based coronavirus community testing centre has gone.

The community-based assessment centre (CBAC), which was stationed on Botany Road to test residents who, shut down at the end of July. The CBAC site, which was positioned in front of the Botany Downs Primary Birthing Unit next to East Care, caused significant traffic jams in the last two months.

Auckland Council has adopted the Emergency Budget.

Funding to retain key council services and deliver a $2.57 billion infrastructure programme to stimulate economic recovery, while adjusting to a severe fall in income, is at the heart of Auckland Council’s Emergency Budget.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – SEPTEMBER Heimgartner shines making Supercars history

Schools prepared for students after lockdown

Some parents are apprehensive about children returning to school after the second round of Alert Level 3 lockdown. Steven Hargreaves, principal of Macleans College and president of the Auckland Association Principals Association (ASSPA), says it is understandable that some parents are nervous about sending their children to school while there is still some Covid-19 community transmission.

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The year 2020 has been a complete write-off for many local businesses as they reel under the devastating impact of coronavirus. Talking about how hard they have been hit, Clive Thompson, owner of the Barrel Inn, says his business has been impacted 100 per cent since it’s been closed over these two lockdowns. “2020 has been a complete non-starter for us. The money is gone, it’s lost. We can’t make up for it,” says the Irish pub owner.

Anderson Rocio: songwriter finds Paradise in Lucifer When the prolific songwriter and pop singer Anderson Rocio was told by Think Music Inc, a licensing agency in Los Angeles that Paradise the song she wrote, features in the fifth episode of Lucifer season five, currently screening on Netflix (premiered on August 21) she was over the moon! She couldn’t believe it that it made it to the Global Top 50 charts in two days.

Having been part of Supercars history in Sunday’s opening race at The Bend (South Australia), there was no love lost between Kiwis Shane van Gisbergen and Andre Heimgartner in the second encounter. Van Gisbergen, Heimgartner (from Dannemora), Scott McLaughlin and Fabian Coulthard took the top four placings in Race 26, marking the first Kiwi topfour sweep in the championship’s history.

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Locals share in the Good Stuff Howick’s Dr Angela Lim and Botany’s Stephen Lyon have been recognised in the TSB Good Stuff awards.

TSB has awarded nine grants totalling $250,000 to New Zealanders with great ideas to do good in Kiwi communities.

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Staff and students at Pakuranga College are looking forward to the completion of an additional school building, due to take place in 2021. The two-storey block will house 12 new classrooms and is currently under construction adjacent to Pakuranga Road.

Board divided over asset sales

Building of new church on target

Members of the Howick Local Board were divided over a plan to raise money by selling a number of Auckland Council-owned properties in East Auckland. The board’s members took part in an at times contentious debate on the issue during their business meeting last month which was conducted online due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Fr Craig Dunford, parish priest of St Luke’s Church, Chapel Road, is excited about the progress on the building of the new church, despite the lockdown. “The roof was finally put on and we are well on target. As planned, the church will be fully built by April next year,” says Fr Dunford.

Lenise Jean Farrow, nee Crawford, from one of Howick’s pioneering families, has died. She passed away on September 16, aged 95. Her great grandfather John Crawford established a transport business in 1851, sailing a scow from Howick to Auckland.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – OCTOBER Spiller calls time on Howick’s oldest business

“No one will regret the time dedicated to chess, as it will help in any profession.” It seems the most fitting of quotes – from former World Chess Champion Tigran Petrosyan – to mark the end game of long-time Howick retailer Paul Spiller. Spiller, (pictured) president of the Oceania Chess Federation, will lock the doors to Spillers Hammer Hardware on Howick’s main street for the last time at the end of the month.

Public reserves on the chopping block

The fight to stop a number of public reserves in east Auckland from being sold has failed. The Howick Local Board voted at its August business meeting to dispose of six local properties the council wants to sell as part of efforts to raise money through its Emergency Budget which requires $224 million to be realised from “asset recycling”.

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A tenant has been ordered to cough up $20,000 in back rent for a Flat Bush house that was badly damaged by fire and which was also used for a cannabis growing operation. The Tenancy Tribunal at Manukau has ruled that Hiep Tuan Luu must pay landlord Barfoot & Thompson $22,902.81 – most of it for rent. After the bond was extracted, Luu was left with a bill of $20,022.81.

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It’ll come as little surprise that there are very few swing voters in the traditionally blue Botany electorate seat. Hosted by the Life Growth Community Trust at the East City Wesleyan Church Centre, the floor was given over to those standing from the two main political parties – the favourite Christopher Luxon (National) and Naisi Chen (Labour). [Incumbent Botany MP recently announced he would not contest the seat he has held for nine years.]

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An investigation is under way into what led to the deaths of dozens of eels in an east Auckland waterway.

Burswood resident Paul Taylor posted photos on social media on December 14 of what he says were more than 30 dead eels in the upper estuary in Huntington Park, near Ti Rakau Drive. He reported the find to Auckland Council, which is working to identify what caused the eels’ death.

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“Its closure will also certainly have a significant impact on the accident and emergency department at Middlemore Hospital.”

Armstrong says the overnight service got off the ground without external funding.

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“On arrival we found the waterway was running clear and there were no obvious signs the water had been polluted,” he says.

“Officers tested the pH levels of the water and found it to be within the normal range.

“At this stage it is not clear what caused the eels to die, however further testing will continue further upstream and downstream.”

According to the Department of Conservation (DoC), there are two main types of eel in New Zealand, the shortfin and longfin. Longfin eels can be found throughout the country.

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Photos taken by the Times of the estuary show multiple dead eels of different lengths, as well as a fish, floating near the water’s surface.

One image shows a dead eel surrounded by rubbish including what appears to be about 20 small pieces of plastic.

Council team leader compliance response south Dirk Timp says the council’s compliance team visited the site to investigate after receiving a report of dead eels in the waterway.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – NOVEMBER Zheng nails two golf titles

Teenager Jimmy Zheng, who plays out of Howick Golf Club, has won two provincial titles in one week. Zheng, who finished at Macleans College last year, has clinched both the Auckland Provincial Strokeplay and Auckland Provincial Matchplay Championships on his home course at Musick Point.

$1/2m grant for village The Howick Historical Village has won a $500,000 grant. Marin Burgess, the president of the Howick & Districts Historical Society, told the Times the first payment of $250,000 has been received and if the society meets the expected targets they have set around sustainability, diversity and maintenance and environmental, two further payments are due – $125,000 in February 2021 and $125,000 in August 2021.

Foundation to fund elite athletes

Two impressive wins for Girls Rugby at Howick College Girls rugby at Howick College continues to go from strength to strength with two impressive tournament wins this season. The U15 7s team, led by Shalah-Maye Jackson and Aleksandra Tunufai, and the Open Girls 7s team, led by Abby Lockhart and Luisa Togotogorua, both took out their respective Auckland Rugby Secondary Schools 7s 2020 tournaments.

History in the making with H & E’s first electric bus

Masons mark major milestone

It was a historic moment as the first, three-axle electric bus was launched at the Howick Historical Village. The choice of venue was interesting as the fist motorized bus was introduced in Howick area over 100 years ago!

Skatepark marks 10 years

School bus driver injured in crash The driver of a school bus that crashed into several parked cars in east Auckland last week received head injuries in the incident, according to eyewitnesses.

Police were alerted to the crash, which happened at the block of shops opposite Barry Curtis Skatepark in Chapel Road, Flat Bush.

A new foundation aimed at young sports men and women will inject major funding into the area’s elite athletes. The Fencible Foundation hosted an inaugural breakfast at Daisy Changs in Howick last Tuesday.

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Barry Curtis Skatepark’s 10th birthday was celebrated on Saturday morning with skateboarding enthusiasts showing off gravitydefying tricks in the skate competition held for U13s, U16s, Open and Girls division.

The leader of New Zealand’s Freemasons was on hand to help the Howick Masonic Lodge and its members mark a significant milestone. Grand Master Graham Wrigley travelled from his Christchurch home to the lodge in Highland Park Drive to attend its 75th anniversary celebrations on October 28. The occasion drew more than 100 Freemasons from across the Auckland region.

Final approval for Erebus National Memorial Final landowner approval for the Erebus National Memorial to be built at Parnell’s Dove Myer Robinson Park was given by the Waitemata Local Board on Tuesday (November 17), after more than five hours of deliberations. The memorial, initiated by Howick’s Rev Dr Richard Waugh, has been a long time coming for the Erebus families.

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LOOKING BACK 2020 – DECEMBER Ormiston Town Centre opening looms

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Alan Breslau: legend transformed lives globally

Alan Jeffry Breslau’s undying, resilient spirit was shining bright at the celebration of his life at St Andrew’s Church, Howick, on December 5. The founder of the Phoenix Society for Burns survivors, who passed away on November 26 at the age of 94, had glowing tributes from thousands of people worldwide.

Family’s tribute to theatre legend Gair McRae’s legacy lives on in the thousands of young people she trained, encouraged, mentored and inspired. The well-known and widely respected figure of east Auckland’s arts community died in Middlemore Hospital on November 21 after suffering a stroke earlier that morning. She was 79.

Ormiston Town Centre’s grand unveiling is just months away.

“After two years of construction, we are almost done,” said Sean Leonard, Todd property Development Manager at the get-together held on Thursday to keep the community informed about the progress Ormiston Town Centre is making. The mood was festive at The Market, a new covered space created to provide a blank canvas for the community talent and market events to be showcased.

Cole receives Gold Star

Mike Cole (right) has been recognised for his long service and has been awarded the Gold Star, one of the RSA’s highest badges of recognition.

Memorial unveiled to athletics legend

The late Dick Quax is being publicly honoured for his numerous political and athletic accomplishments. Two interpretative signs have been installed along a stretch of the Rotary Walkway in Pakuranga to pay tribute to the man known as the “Flying Dutchman” for his sporting achievements and lengthy civic duty.

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Police ‘continuing to make progress’ Police are continuing to make progress in the homicide investigation currently underway in Sunnyhills. “Formal identification procedures have now been completed and we have formally identified the victim as 55-year-old Ying Zhong, also known as Elizabeth,” said Detective Inspector Shaun Vickers, Counties Manukau CIB.

Water restrictions adjusted for summer Auckland Council has voted to adjust the city’s water restrictions.

From December 14 residents will be able to use hand-held hoses fitted with trigger nozzles, but people are still urged to use water wisely as the water shortage continues.

Ho Ho Ho Howick It was pretty windy but it was warm and fine – except for the tiniest of sprinkles late in the afternoon – which is all the Howick Santa Parade organiser Bo Burns and her helpers could have asked for. Thousands of families turned out for the parade with many turning up early for the pre-parade entertainment on Picton Street. The winning float was Howick Pakuranga & Bucklands Beach Playcentre’s wonderful underwater-themed entry. Second was Cockle Bay Primary featuring a gorgeous Christmas tree and third was Dance First centred around a lotus flower.

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