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rettes and nine or 10 bottles of Malibu rum. “They ransacked behind the counter area and pulled all the tills apart. We leave them open so you can see there’s no money in there but they still went through it anyway.” Granger says she felt emotional seeing the damage caused to the store. “When I pulled into the driveway I just sat in my car and cried because I wasn’t expecting that. “It was a huge shock when I ﬁrst got here, and to have police all over the place. “Watching the [CCTV] footage feels really violating. “To see people ransack your property like

that with complete disregard. We’re all ﬁnding it rough at the moment and this adds insult to injury on top of everything else.” The tow truck driver who removed the vehicle used in the ram raid at her store told her he’s being called “to go and pull a car out of a building” every night, Granger says. “I’m not sure what they [the thieves] were trying to achieve but they certainly made enough damage and caused us enough of a headache.” A police spokesperson says ofﬁcers responded to reports of a ram raid at a retail premises in Elliot St at about 5.05am on ➤ Turn to page 5 April 3.

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History buffs seize the chance to meet author By CHRIS HARROWELL Dozens of people turned out to have copies of a book detailing the history of the local community signed. The book, entitled Owairoa to Howick, is the work of Pictured at the book signing are, from left, Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown, Howick Historian Alan La Roche, former Howick borough council mayor Morrin Cooper, and Paper Plus Howick manager Katie Treneman. Times photo Wayne Martin

highly respected Howick Historian and author Alan La Roche. It contains a compilation of stories documenting the history of Howick and districts, celebrating the region’s 175th anniversary this year, and is published by Times Media. La Roche and former Howick borough mayor Morrin Cooper, who wrote the book’s forward, signed copies for people outside Poppies Bookshop and Paper Plus Howick in Picton Street on April 9. ➤ Turn to page 5

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used one of the stolen vehicles [they were in] to ram it.” Granger says her store’s CCTV recorded the incident and the footage has been passed to police, who are investigating. The thieves weren’t able to get the vehicle completely through the wall of the store but managed to create a gap and crawl inside under the window frame, she says. “Neighbours said the noise was insane from the tyres screeching and then hitting the building. We’ve got people up the top of Elliot Street and up the top of Gibraltar Street all saying they heard it.” She says the group stole packets of ciga-

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Tourism operator Explore Group will take over operations of the Tiritiri Matangi Island ferry from Fullers. Explore, in partnership with local iwi Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, began operations of the ferry service on April 1 sailing from Auckland via Gulf Harbour to Tiritiri Matangi weekly, Wednesday through to Sunday. William Goodfellow, Explore’s managing director, said operating the Tiritiri Matangi service is next in Explore Group’s expansion following the launch of the Tikapa Moana Whale & Dolphin Wildlife Cruise and Explore Motutapu with Ngāi Tai in December last year. “Taking over the Tiritiri Matangi ferry service is a natural next step for the company as it will complement our growing range of tourism services available for people to experience across Tikapa Moana – the Hauraki Gulf.” Goodfellow said the tourism industry has been hit hard by the pandemic but the company is optimistic when international tourists return, it will be ready to deliver a host of new and exciting experiences that showcase Tikapa Moana – the Hauraki Gulf. “Tiritiri Matangi Island is a

nature enthusiasts haven with an abundance of manu [winged creatures] and birdlife, beaches and native forests to explore and is an important conservation project in Tikapa Moana, the Hauraki Gulf. It’s the perfect place for outdoor adventure experiences for both locals and visitors to New Zealand.” He said Explore Group will work closely with Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki to better reflect the relationship between tangata whenua and Tiritiri Matangi. Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki deputy chair Billy Brow, said the partnership aligns with the environmental, cultural, social and commercial projects being undertaken to revitalise the manawa [heart] of Ngāi Tai and improve the wellbeing of tribal members. “This opportunity has eventuated after 20 years of collaboration and we are thrilled to be continuing to work alongside Explore to enhance the experience of Tikapa Moana – the Hauraki Gulf for visitors.” Ngāi Tai are original inhabitants and iwi of Tāmaki Makaurau – Auckland. The ferry will run from Wednesday – Sunday, from Auckland via Gulf Harbour to Tiritiri Matangi Island.

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proposed law change sponsored by an east Auckland politician would prohibit the Government from providing funding to organisations run or administered by, or associated to, gangs. Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown’s Public Finance (Prohibition on Providing Public Funds to Gangs) Amendment Bill had its first reading in Parliament on April 6. The bill’s general policy statement says: “The need for this bill arises out of a concern that public funds could directly or indirectly end up in the hands of gangs by way of entities that are run by or associated with gangs being able to legitimately access funds through the Proceeds of Crime Fund. “The decision to grant funds to an organisation that has the involvement of a gang or gangs is unconscionable.” The issue of public money being given to gangs arose in July last year when it was revealed a North Island chapter of the Mongrel Mob received $2.75 million from the Proceeds of Crime Fund to run a methamphetamine rehabilitation programme. The move was criticised by the National and ACT parties.

Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown is sponsoring a bill that would ban the Crown and its agencies from providing public money to gangs. Photo supplied

The NZ Police Association also condemned the funding, saying: “It is difficult to understand how those who promote the need for drug rehabilitation seem blind to the dreadful optics of this Mongrel Mob scenario, let alone have faith in this multi-million-dollar scheme to do anything but line the pockets of key gang leaders.” Speaking to the bill during its first reading in Parliament on April 6, Brown said it’s “unfortunately needed in New Zealand”. “It should be a clear principal that taxpayers’ funds are not to be provided to gangs who perpetrate violence and misery in our community. “The reality is we have a gang problem here in New Zealand. “We’ve had a 40 per cent increase in gang membership under this

Government’s watch and we see it every single day on the streets. We see the violence they perpetrate, we see the misery they create, the meth they peddle, and we see the harm they are causing.” Speaking in reply, Labour Government MP Dr Duncan Webb said Brown’s bill was “nasty, vile, small-minded, smug, and insincere”. “This is a nasty little bill that ‘others’ an entire section of our community and absolutely prevents agencies that want to help from doing what is best. “It is the broken National Party approach of yesteryear, and if we want to try to do things better, we will continue to try and we will make progress, because for 100 years we haven’t, and we will try new things.”

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Jewellery business targeted in ram-raid By CHRIS HARROWELL

a ram raid incident which occurred on Ormiston Road, Flat Bush, overnight [on April 8],” a police spokesperson says. “The incident was reported to have taken place around 1.50am. A stolen vehicle was used in the incident before multiple offenders have entered the store and stolen a number of items. The offenders have then fled the scene in the same vehicle.” Ormiston Town Centre manager Hannes Nel says the business targeted was a jew-

ecurity guards present at the scene of a ramraid burglary at an east Auckland business unsuccessfully tried to apprehend the culprits. Police are investigating after thieves allegedly used a stolen vehicle to break into a store at Ormiston Town Centre just before 2am on April 8. A photo posted to social media shows what appears to be several doors at an

Ormiston Town Centre was damaged when a vehicle was used to break into the building. Photo supplied Ketiz O Vailahi Asikia

entrance to the town centre damaged and askew, creating a path into the building. “Police are investigating

ellery store. “Security guards present at the time tried to apprehend the offenders who managed to flee in the stolen vehicle. “No one was injured, and police were notified of the incident. We are working with police who are making enquiries into the incident.” ➤ People with information on the ram raid burglary can phone police on 105, quoting file number 220408/8956, or phone the free and anonymous Crimestoppers tip-off line on 0800 555 111.

History book is proving popular ➤ From page 1 People were welcome to take along their own copies to be signed or buy a copy on the day. “It went very well,” La Roche says. “We had a lot of fun and sold quite a few books at both sites because of the public’s appreciation at being able to meet Morrin, who wrote the forward, and myself, who wrote

book, Grey’s Folly: A History of Howick, Pakuranga, Bucklands-Eastern Beaches, East Tamaki, Whitford, Beachlands and Maraetai, and his new work. “I explained that they’re quite different. “I think Owairoa to Howick has more community activities [in it] rather than a straight history of the area.” And he says the number

the book, and the excellent artwork the staff at the Times produced. “We probably signed 30-40 books. It was a very good number. Both shops have been selling lots of [copies of] Owairoa to Howick.” La Roche says a number of people who had their books signed asked him questions including about the difference between his previous

of people at the book signing shows there’s strong interest in Howick’s history. “There certainly is a strong passion and feeling for our history in Howick. “We had quite a big crowd around while we were signing those books.” La Roche says more book signings will be held in east Auckland after Easter with details to be confirmed.

The people who used a vehicle to break into LiquorLand Howick caused significant damage to the building. Photo supplied

LiquorLand damaged ➤ From page 1 “The offenders fled before police arrived, however a stolen vehicle was recovered at the scene. “A forensic examination was subsequently conducted and police are following positive lines of enquiry.” The incident follows a ram raid burglary at David Fels Jeweller in Picton Street, Howick, just before midnight on April 4, a ram raid at a dairy in Chapel Road, Flat Bush, in late March, and break-ins at Paper Plus, also in Picton Street, and Honeybun Jewellers and a vape store in Moore Street overnight on March 7-8. ➤ People with information on the ram raid at LiquorLand Howick can phone police quoting file number 220403/1136, or the free and anonymous Crimestoppers tip-off line on 0800 555 111.

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A dedicated space for east Auckland’s youth has ofﬁcially opened its doors over the weekend. On Saturday April 9 at approximately 1pm at the Youth Space at Botany Town Centre, prominent members of the collaborative endeavour made speeches, speaking of the impressive efforts and hard work of those involved, and then the red ribbon was cut. The Youth Space has been designed “by youth for youth” and is supported by the Howick Local Board, Te Tuhi, Botany Town Centre and driven by Howick Youth Council (HYC). Adele White, chairperson of the Howick Local Board, says that HYC members have consistently made valuable and signiﬁcation contribution to the local communities. “We are sure they will make sure the voice of our young people is heard from this new space.” Since 2014, young people have been telling the HYC they wanted a place in the community to call their own, former chair of HYC Ben Fraser says. “Over the past eight years, HYC members have been working with the Howick Local Board to see it become a reality.” And become a reality it has – with retro/vintage-inspired design done by two architecture students, Sachi Kapadia (ex-HYC member) and Zoie McKenzie, and a piece of artwork beautifully painted by Katherine Cao, companioned by a television, ping pong, cool drinks, and a number of other activities and items for the local youth. The Youth Space is a three-month pilot programme that will be open from April 9 until June 24, Monday-Friday 3.30pm-6pm, and is located at the Botany Lane between Mirrou and Spark. There are approximately 20 activities already planned. “It’s (Youth Space) is ideal, safe and accessible,” Fraser says. “It’s made for the youth, by the youth.” Any and all youth is welcomed.

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ryan Bhatnagar intends to use the next five months investigating one of the biggest issues facing young New Zealanders. The 18-year-old former Botany Downs Secondary College pupil is leading a project to audit the provision of mental health services available to his peers as part of his role as the 2022 Botany Youth MP. Bhatnagar is a first-year commerce and arts student at the University of Auckland. After talking to Botany MP and National Party leader Christopher Luxon, Bhatnagar decided to focus his energies examining the quality of mental health services for young people in the local community. “What we want to see is the pluses and minuses and inadequacies in our mental health system by focusing on what we have here in our electorate and what we don’t have,” he says. “I’m going to meet various stakeholders ... such as doctors and therapists to figure

Botany MP and National Party leader Christopher Luxon, left, with his Youth MP Aryan Bhatnagar. Times photo Wayne Martin

out what they believe the issues are and how we can better help them, and how they can aid in making mental health better.” Each MP chooses a young Kiwi to represent them at the two-day Youth Parliament in Wellington from July 19-20. Those who take part advocate for their community, debate issues and legislation, sit on select committees, and ask questions of their peers in Parliament. The initiative is held every three years with each Youth MP’s full term running from March 1 to August 31. Bhatnagar says he applied for the role out of a desire to

learn more about Government and service. “I’m passionate about politics and how we ﬁt in the world and I thought being Youth MP would be a great way to understand how that works at a local level. “I’m really interested in economic development. “It’s not the most glamorous aspect of politics but it’s probably one of the most important because it gives people the ability to lead their lives in the way they want and the only way they can do that is through economic freedom. “I’m also really passionate about how we can do that whilst being more equitable,

and keeping the environment at the forefront of things.” Luxon says Bhatnagar has accompanied him on public walkabouts at Botany Town Centre and to his state of the nation speech, delivered in Highbrook in March. “He’s also seen some of the constituency work we do. He’ll get more involved and see more of that so he understands when people come to your ofﬁce who need help how we can go about that and how we do it. That’s a really important part of the job and it’s a part I enjoy a lot.” Youth Parliament is a “fantastic opportunity for young people who have an interest in public service”, Luxon says. “They’ll get a really good understanding of how our Parliament and democracy works. I think they will come away from it really valuing the institution. “I know for myself, having been in Parliament for just over a year, you have huge respect for the place and the people who work there, and all that goes on to make our democracy work for New Zealanders.”

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Howick & Pakuranga Times Welcome to our weekly column looking back at the Times’ ﬁrst publication year 50 years ago. Here are the top stories of April 19, 1972: FUTURE OF HOWICK’S “DUSTY HOLE” SETTLED?

An appeal which has prevented development of part of the Howick Commercial centre – The “Dusty Hole” – has failed.

TWO PROPOSALS FOR MT. AREA NOW IN MELTING POT

A major row is brewing over the future of quarrying operations at Pigeon Mountain in Pakuranga. Manukau City Council wants to stop any more quarrying, claiming that the quarry is of visual detriment to the area, while the owner, Mr E. Seay, wishes to continue quarrying till sufﬁcient ﬂat land is available for housing or a sports arena.

OLD BOWLERS BOWL THEM OVER

Think that bowls are just for the old? Then you are wrong. Or at least partly wrong. For in Howick and Bucklands Beach it’s a sport that’s attracting an ever-increasing number of players from all age groups.

DEVELOPMENT OF HOWICK COMMERCIAL ZONE

The Howick Borough Council has agreed to make available for development a 12-foot wide strip of land at the back of the central commercial area to lie in with a proposed development of carparking space.

NEW CHURCH FOR PAKURANGA CATHOLICS

“Nothing cheap or nasty,” but at the same time, “don’t look for a major architectural masterpiece either.” This is the building concept for the new Catholic Church to be built soon on a 40-acre site opposite Bells Road.

URGENT NEED FOR HOSPITAL

Doctors practicing in Pakuranga and Howick are adamant there is an urgent need for a cottage hospital to service residents of the area.

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Howick educationalists are seriously concerned at the inadequacies of classroom accommodation. President of the Howick Branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute Mr A. J. Hodgetts, says that throughout the country there are something like 44,000 primary children in adequate classroom accommodation.

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upport for mental health is a signiﬁcant issue that only continues to grow. There is no doubt that the past few years of dealing with Covid-19 have strained the system – especially for Aucklanders who endured a snap lockdown which lasted over 100 days. All this and more have played a huge part in the increased stress and anxiety that many of us feel as we adjust to a new normal. That’s why it is important to have a government that ensures there are services in place to accommodate Kiwis whose mental health has suffered as a result. This Labour Government claims to have invested $1.9 billion towards mental health services but they have failed to deliver any real beneﬁts to Kiwis or make any improvements to our dismal mental health statistics. A damning report released last month by the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission found that despite the $1.9 billion announced by Labour, improvements have not materialised and our specialist services for mental health are facing

increased demand since the beginning of the pandemic. The report also reinforced what many mental health groups and services have been telling National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson, Matt Doocey, for some time: they’re not seeing any of the $1.9 billion promised for mental health and can’t point to where the money has gone. Matt Doocey called on the Commission to explain the ﬁndings from the report to the Parliamentary Health Select Committee. Unfortunately, politics came into play and the Labour members of the committee used their majority to block the request. When it comes to issues as serious as this, we need to put politics aside and address the growing mental health challenges Kiwis are facing every day. Unfortunately, this is emblematic of a Government that is all spin and no delivery. Labour’s only measure of success is how much it spends on things. But it needs to be about the outcomes that we achieve for New Zealanders – especially for our younger people seeking support.

Secondary and tertiary school students have really felt the impact of the pandemic; ﬁnal exams and assessments are stressful for many students but the added pressure of doing all their studies from home would have required extra services for our students to cope. In July 2020, the Government announced a $25 million fund for free mental health services for tertiary students for four years. In 18 months since that announcement, the Government has delivered just 304 counselling sessions at a cost of $4 million. This is a gut-wrenching waste of money as the same amount could have accounted for 30,000 counselling sessions. Labour has allocated almost $2 billion towards mental health services, but without a proper plan in place the money has been wasted. Having good intentions isn’t going to solve the growing mental health problems that New Zealand is facing, but strong leadership and a well-managed plan to execute change will. Christopher Luxon is Leader of the Opposition and MP for Botany

ADULT COLOURING RETURNS!

Sunrise Service will be at 6.30am this Sunday, sponsored by the East Auckland Ministers Association and supported by local churches. Everyone is welcome to this public service. Rev Dr Richard Waugh will be leading for a ﬁnal time after coordinating the service since 1995. Other local ministers will be involved and with a greeting from Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown.

look forward to ‘meating’ you. The support of Te Tuhi, Howick Local Board and Rices Mall is gratefully acknowledged.

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Howick Library will be hosting free weekly adult colouring sessions. Join a friendly group of people and unwind with some colouring every Wednesday morning at 10.30am. Pencils and paper provided.

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EXHIBITION AT RICES MALL

A three-day ecology exhibition will be held in the vacated butcher’s shop (65 Picton Street, Howick) from 10am-2pm from April 21-23. Created by local author, Marilyn J Bakker, the work is entitled “Reﬂections on the Pakuranga Creek”. The exhibition is open to school children, teachers and the general public. Admission is free. Marilyn and members of Pest Free Howick will be on site and

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HOPE: A DANGEROUS THING By REV. BRETT JONES

ope. It’s more dangerous than you think. Hope dares us to live beyond the black and white. But, it is dangerous. Hope dreams. Hope dares. Hope disrupts. The fictional dictator of the Hunger Games book and movie phenomenon, President Snow, put it like this: Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it’s contained. Its fictional origin makes it no less true. It is hope that lurks in the shell craters of Ukraine streets; it is hope that draws the world toward pandemic recovery. And it is hope that sits at the heart of Easter.

But make no mistake, the hope of Easter was and is a dangerous thing. At the centre of the Easter story is Jesus of Nazareth who dared to hope for more for humanity, whose life and teaching have inspired countless generations to live lives of love, sacrifice and hope. But in daring to dream, in daring to hope, Jesus disrupted. He disrupted the religious and political status quo of his time. He called people to life with God that was uncluttered by rules that amounted to human attempts to please God. He called people to allegiance to a Kingdom that, while not political in its function, would deeply shape the dreams of humanity for its communities.

For Jesus, this hope for humanity was dangerous. It led him to death on a Roman cross, an instrument of terror aimed at cowing a hopeful Jewish population. The cross appeared a hope-less moment. Jesus’ followers largely scattered, large sections of the population were stirred to turn against him and the promise of hope crucified with him. For Jesus himself, who Christians understand to be both fully human and divine, this was no game of pretend. We see the depth of despair, the loss of hope in Jesus words from the Cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus appears literally lost for words and quotes from the poems of his childhood, from Psalm 22.

And yet, hope lurks and lingers. For those who heard him utter these words the full breadth of the psalm would have echoed for them. This psalm speaks of the enduring trustworthiness of God and paints a picture of life beyond despair “to the ends of the earth”. This is the hope of Easter that refuses to go out even in the face of death. Jesus’ death and resurrection disrupted the old normal and made it possible for humanity to hope for life beyond death. But it disrupts life more even than that. The hope of Easter is not just for hope beyond death but hope beyond life as we know it. Jesus’ dream was to untangle us from the

very human ways we try to negotiate life and to offer us freedom. Freedom from proving our own good standing before God, freedom from keeping score, freedom from the rat-race existence of achievement and comparison, freedom to live with an awareness of God’s presence in our lives. Which is why it is so dangerous. Easter offers us the hope of a disrupted life. A life where love is at the centre. And if there is one thing more dangerous than hope, it is love. ➤ East Auckland Ministers Association includes over 60 churches in the wider Howick area. This Easter, Howick churches are looking forward to gathering in-person and online. You’re welcome to join us.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR POPPY DAY Howick RSA is looking for volunteers for the annual Poppy Day appeal. Senior Vice President John Titmus said the RSA is looking for location coordinators and collectors. “We are still short of organisers and collectors with a short time to go before the RSA goes live with collectors on the streets and malls of Howick, Pakuranga, Botany and Ormiston,” Titmus said. “This is the key event to raise funds to support our veterans with medical services where their requirements are not provided by mainstream health and social services. “We are very lucky to have so many people supporting the Howick RSA with the Poppy Day appeal. We are still looking for a few volunteers to help with the fundraising on Friday April 22, the Poppy Day appeal. “It falls in the school holidays so maybe you want to do two hours of collection with your daughter,

son or grandchild.” Poppy Day collectors are needed for Botany Town Centre, Botany Ti Rakau, Ormiston, Pakuranga Plaza, Howick, Meadowlands, Highland Park and Half Moon Bay. We are asking you to contact us with your name and (cell) phone number at the RSA 534 9702 or email admin@howickrsa.co.nz or contact Charmaine on 021 1455 735 if you want to volunteer for one of the following roles: 1. Collectors who will be available for a few hours for collection on Poppy Day itself; 2. Coordinators to help organise Poppy Day, available for the whole day of the Poppy Day collections. We still need organisers at Howick, Pakuranga, Botany x2 and Ormiston. 3. Administrators; available for the whole day of the Poppy Day collections.

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Ormiston Senior College welcomes new principal By ZOE GARDEN

fter 12 dedicated years at Ormiston Senior College, longstanding principal Diana Patience is bidding farewell. In 2010, Patience, along with other foundation members of the school, started the journey of setting up a new college in Flat Bush. The college was situated in the midst of farmland and it was hard to imagine the changes that would take place in the district over the coming decade. Opening in 2011 with a roll of 100 stu-

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dents, it now has almost 1,000. Over more than a decade of service and hard work, Patience told the Times, “it’s a huge sense of pride, what we’ve done as a team. “Starting with a blank canvas and deciding how we would like a senior college to function. The decisions we made then about teaching and learning have stood us in good stead and twelve years on we are true to our founding philosophy.” Current deputy principal Tim Botting has been appointed as principal and will begin his new role at Ormiston

Senior College on May 1. He’s been with the school since the start, and will be teaching his last drama class on Thursday. Botting says Ormiston is a growing school. “I’m really looking forward to working with our strong staff to continue to build the culture of the school, and reconnect with the community after the pandemic. We want to grow in all areas.” “Tim’s in-depth-knowledge of the school and community means the school will be in good hands,” Patience says.

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Dear Nithin [Nithin Thomas, project engineer, Fulton Hogan], my name is Paul, I live on Cook Street. In regards to the notification that our neighbourhood received last night, I like the word “delineate” but I doubt most people know what this means. I’m assuming the modification is some sort of barrier that sits next to the gutter to push the buses further out onto the road to stop the buses hitting the tree. I can’t believe the council and Auckland Transport is, yet again, wasting money on ridiculous solutions to a simple problem. Surely the better answer is to move the bus stop 20 or 30 metres down the road where there are no trees overhanging the road. This could solve a number of problems. Firstly, it keeps the bus close to the sidewalk, so cars can pass. Improves visibility for cars com-

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ing out of the driveway at number 59 if a bus was stopped here. Could provide a couple of car parks on that side of the road between the roundabout and the bus stop. Currently there are no carparks for probably 80m of road. Brings the buses more central to the park and hence does not impact on any housing. Repainting of the bus stop and moving the post must be much cheaper than your current solution. Unfortunately, given this work is due to start tomorrow April 8, there has been very little time for anyone to discuss with Auckland Transport. I would suggest delaying this project and giving this some more thought.

Paul Tonge, Howick

A LOSS FOR HOWICK

Cockle Bay Residents and Ratepayers wish to pay tribute to

Graeme Lane, who passed away on March 30. Graeme was an indefatigable advocate for the application of good town planning principles. He was a strong advocate on behalf of local residents, making presentations to the Independent Hearings Panel developing the Auckland Unitary Plan and contributing to discussion on the retention of the character of the Howick Village and the viewshafts from Stockade Hill. He had prepared detailed submissions to the Environment Court on the proposed development at Sandspit Road and was looking forward to presenting his case before the Court. Even from his hospital bed he was developing challenges to the new legislation which will permit greater housing intensification throughout the Auckland Single House Zones. Howick is the better for Graeme’s work and residents have much to be thankful for. We have all lost a great supporter.

Laurie Slee, Chairman Cockle Bay Residents and Ratepayers Association

RUGBY LEAGUE – MORE THAN JUST A GAME History and passion. Together, these factors are the backbone of the Howick Hornets Rugby League Club. Neither of these traits would exist without the other.

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It’s thanks to the 60 years of history that there is passion, and in turn, to the 60 years of passion that there is history. Yesterday’s efforts are the reason for tomorrow’s successes at Paparoa Park meaning with every new day comes a new reason why. Round one is just around the corner and if Howick playing host to arch rivals [the] Mt Albert Lions wasn’t already enough to max out the passion metres of the Hornets faithful, and see the hill packed on Saturday May 7 – then, the sudden passing of club legend Allen Aukett last week most certainly will. Al was all heart, a true blue Howickian who had a tremendous impact on our community over a long period of time, which is why his loss has been so widely felt. He will be remembered as an incredible man who never wavered in his support and belief he gave to uncountable junior Howick Hornets over the last 40 years. The history books will tell you, Allen, alongside his beloved wife (and fellow club life member) Debbie, has been a long-standing committee member, a coach, a manager and even a sponsor (often all at once), but what it won’t tell you is the amount of Howickians that would attest to having grown into better people for knowing them both. I am just one of 1000, but I know I speak for them all.

In a fitting tribute, Al’s infamous piece of bar leaner real estate at ‘The Nest’, will now officially be known as Allen’s Corner, a spot forever reserved for the memory of Al and his fellow legendary Howick Hornets that came before us. Be part of the atmosphere at Paparoa Park from 12.45pm, Saturday, May 7, as passion pays tribute to history, like only the Hornets know how to do. That same weekend sees the beginning of all competitions, in a shotgun start format that promises to be a huge opening weekend like never before seen in grassroots Auckland Rugby League. Get amongst it, get behind it, Rugby league for life.

Josh Garry, Howick Hornets

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Do the maths Simeon (Brown, MP for Pakuranga) [‘Share your opinion on road safety’, Times, March 30]. There may be reasons not to reduce the speed limit but arguing that we will spend less time with the family at the end of the day is not one of them. If we could do 60km/h up the highway at rush hour with green lights all the way we’d get home 90 seconds earlier than the reduced speed limit would allow. Big deal. In practice it will make no difference.

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Talented Texan masters the Augusta tournament By IVAN AGNEW

he Tigermania that returned to Augusta for this year’s Masters was finally overshadowed by Scottie Scheffler who completed his fourth win in six PGA tournaments he has contested this year. With a 10-under total on Monday after rounds of 69, 67, 71, 71, the humble Texan mastered the tricky greens and gales that made life difficult on the beautiful but sometimes treacherous course. With Rory McIlroy scoring a sensational record-equalling final round 64 to finish second at 7-under, there was plenty of drama, especially when he and Collin Morikawa sunk long chips from the 18th hole

bunker to register birdies. While Morikawa’s was relatively straight, McIlroy’s miraculous feat featured a long, sharp swing left to the hole which sent him and the crowd into raptures. Not all ended happily. That was true of gifted Aussie Cameron Smith who began the final day with two birdies to close on Scheffler. Sadly, his hopes sunk with his ball in the water when he ended with a 3 over on the 12th. Still, his final round 73 after 68, 74, 68 clinched him third equal with Irishman Shane Lowry. Having scrambled magnificently with his chips and putts to ease the pressure, it was ironic Scheffler needed three putts from 2ft for a bogey on the last. However, it didn’t

matter for a worthy champion. In contrast, Tiger Woods limped home 47th with a final round 78 for plus 13. Brave but unrealistic in stating he believed he could win despite badly mangling his leg in a car crash 14 months ago and having had no PGA play since. All hail to new champion Scheffler who became the fastest man on the world circuit to move to No 1. From winning his first PGA title, it took him just 42 days to do it. Next best are five-times Masters champion Woods (252 days) and David Duval (532). Now with an incredible four wins in his last six events, Scheffler’s rise to the top deserves universal acclaim. Meanwhile, with the Chiefs

denied three tries on home turf in their 25-0 Super Rugby loss to the rampant Blues, it still remained a wonderful win for the visitors which head coach Leon MacDonald justiﬁably rates the best in his fourth-year tenure. Particularly unlucky was speedy left wing Etene Nanai-Seturo who crossed twice, one under the posts and the other in the corner, only to be denied by the TMO. Especially pleasing was the return to top form of Beauden Barrett who set up two for Tom Robinson from a long skip pass and superbly judged cross kick. Forward coach Tom Coventry has done a splendid job in gelling his forwards and Robinson’s contribution in partnership with fel-

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low loosies Hoskins Sotutu and Dalton Papalii gave them an edge against their highly-rated Chiefs opponents. As a former Cantabrian, MacDonald will be hoping to see a repeat effort against a Crusaders side lucky to survive a 24-21 win against the Hurricanes when Ardie Savea failed to convince the referee to call upon the TMO in claiming a last-minute lineout foul against him. However, like Cantabrians, Crusaders usually sharpen their swords whenever Aucklanders and Blues come to their town. Hence it should be a true test of the Blues mettle. ➤ Ivan Agnew is an awardwinning sports writer

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Yvette’s ‘little brother’ bold sporting battler By ZOE GARDEN

hen he was a child, Roy Williams’ father – a WWI veteran and strict disciplinarian – firmly told him and his sister to, “never be afraid of hard work – hard work never hurt anyone”. This lesson, amongst many given by their father, was one the two took to heart. For, through grit, determination and talent, Roy would become a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, and his sister, Yvette, the first woman from New Zealand to win an Olympic gold medal. Born in Dunedin in 1934, Roy was instantly sports-crazy. He would wrestle and play games with his sister, and later would engage in cricket and rugby. A well-known sports journalist wrote, years ago, that the “Williams family (Roy and Yvette) were so competitive they wouldn’t have let a four-year-old beat them at Ludo”. In 1946 and 1947, he won the Otago primary-intermediate schools’ 75-yard hurdles championships, the first victory in his long and successful athletics career. In 1947, in his rugby school team, Roy scored the winning try in front of a capacity crowd of 30,000. It was watching Yvette win gold in long jump and silver in javelin at the British Empire Games that inspired Roy to want to represent New Zealand, as either a rugby player or an athlete. And it was seeing Yvette win her Olympic title in 1952 that gave him the motivation and drive to train as hard as he could. “I was 17, and at an impressionable age,” Roy wrote in his book. “And although what happened was really no one’s fault, it really upset me. I decided then that I did not want to live the rest of my life in Yvette’s

Roy Williams with his book Sports Crazy, A Lifetime in Kiwi Sport. Times photo Wayne Martin

shadow – as her little brother.” After he graduated, Roy majored in physical education at Dunedin Teachers’ Training College. In 1956, he broke the New Zealand decathlon record by 520 points. By 1960, he’d won his fifth NZ decathlon championship and two years later he toured Australia and Asia for six weeks with the NZ basketball team. Roy, his late wife Ngaire, and lifelong friend Les Mills travelled to the University of Southern California in the United States. Roy majored in physical education and competed and trained in the university’s track and field team. “I taught physical education for two-three years and continued to compete. It was difficult teaching and training as I was training three hours a day, five days a week,” Roy says. One of Roy’s long-term goals for his career was to win an Olympic medal. However, quite controversially, he was never picked by the

New Zealand Olympic selectors despite being eighth in the world in decathlon by the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Peter Snell told a major NZ newspaper that the “national administration had become a major dictatorship” and used Roy’s exclusion as a prime example. “To refuse him selection for Tokyo on the basis of reasons which were proved publicly to be non-existent was a thoroughly bad decision.” After returning from the US, Roy became a sports reporter for the Auckland Star where he would work for 25 years. He went on to cover several All Blacks tours and Olympic Games. In 1966, with the Olympic rejections behind him, Roy won gold at the Commonwealth Games in 1966 in Jamaica, despite difﬁcult conditions and illness. “It was right on the equator,” he says. “It was 100 per cent humidity.” On how he felt about winning, Roy says he was “totally exhausted, but thrilled”. The same year, he was named New Zealand Sportsman of the Year. Roy and Ngaire were present at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games when eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group took nine members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage, after killing two more. “I saw one of the Israelis lying in a pool of blood, right in the middle of the Games Village,” he says. “It was quite emotional.” Along with his training and journalism, Roy also started coaching. Several of his students went on to have successful athletic careers. Now retired and living at Pakuranga Park Village, Roy enjoys exercising, watching sport and spending time with friends and family. His pick for the winner of this year’s Super Rugby is the Blues.

Grace Crowe, Ella Crowe and Olivia Bates performed with distinction at the New Zealand Swimming Secondary Schools competition. Photo supplied

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HPK dominates Howick Pakuranga Swimming Club competitors have dominated the medal tally at the last National Open Water Swimming event for the season. Held at Mount Maungauni and as part of the Banana Boat Ocean Swim Series, the New Zealand Swimming Secondary Schools competition brought together swimmers from all around the country. Three swimmers, Grace Crowe representing Macleans College, Olivia Bates, of Howick, representing Epsom Girls Grammar, and Ella Crowe representing Pakuranga College, took to the water to represent their schools and club. The youngest, Grace Crowe, swam in all three races in the 12-13 division. In the 2.8k she secured a fourth place ﬁnish, followed quickly by the 1.25k race where she secured a hardfought second place and in the ﬁnal race of the day, the 500m, she was again pushed back in

fourth place. Grace was happy with her placings as this was her first national competition and is already looking forward to next year Olivia put all her focus on the 2.8k race which she swam brilliantly, picking up a gold in the 14-15 age category, not only finishing 20 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor, but also a very credible third in the open division. She is definitely one to look out for in the future Ella Crowe brought her form from the recent National Open Water Champs to secure victory in all three events. Ella said that although there was going to be a quick turnaround in events as there was only about 20 minutes between the 2.8k and the 1.25k and 1 hour to the 500m swims, with this being her last secondary schools event, she wanted to try her best to secure all three titles for her school. “I am happy I managed to do it,” she said.

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Mixed doubles brings new players to the front The Howick Croquet Club held its annual in-house tournament for the Pivot Trophy on Friday April 8 and again proved the value of this mixed doubles format. The Pivot Trophy tournament has been very consistent since its introduction in 2009 in helping players new to golf croquet to get in to the winners’ circle because of the way it matches experience with inexperience in each pairing. Again, this year the tournament attracted 24 competitors from throughout the Howick Croquet Club, and after a full-on day at 4pm, two games were re-set as ﬁnals to determine overall winners. The Pivot Trophy is a much sought-after golf croquet prize as it comprises a miniature croquet hoop, two mallets and the four coloured balls on a small polished wooden plinth and was originally donated by the south Auckland Pivot family. Final results this year were: White group competition winners and ﬁnal winners Pivot Trophy – Veneta Hanson and Maureen Lowe; Blue group competition winners and Pivot Trophy runners-up – Vivian Hutchinson and Jill Groenestein.

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Above, Veneta Hanson, left, HCC President Felix Groenestein and Maureen Lowe; below, Vivian Hutchinson, left, and Jill Photos supplied Groenestein.

[Both Veneta and Vivian have only been playing croquet two years].

wo Macleans College students have won gold at the largest schools event in the southern hemisphere. Logan Turrall and James Dimock, both 15, won gold in the Under 16 Boys double sculls in the Maadi Cup Regatta last week in Twizel. Logan also claimed another ﬁrst place win in the Under 16 Boys single sculls. The event was held between March 28 and April 2. “They (Logan and James) have trained really hard,” Allan Vester, one of Macleans College’s rowing coaches, says. “They haven’t lost a race all season. We were reasonably conﬁdent going into the cup.” Logan told the Times that they’d been training for approximately eight months prior to the event, and that the wins felt “great”. “It was really good to be able to win both of those events.” James says the gold came with “quite a strong feeling of accomplishment and pride”. “But as soon as we got off the water I was already thinking of how we can go faster and wanting to get back to training.”

Logan, left, and James won gold at the Maadi Cup.

A number of other crews in the Macleans College Rowing Team rowed their way into the A ﬁnals (top eight crews in New Zealand): ■ Girls U18 coxed quad sculls ■ Girls U18 single sculls ■ Boys U17 coxed quad sculls ■ Boys U16 single sculls ■ Boys U16 double sculls. All in all, the school’s team ﬁnished third overall in New Zealand for sculling and 11th overall out of 95 schools. Vester told the Times that he’s

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“very pleased” with the results of the regatta. The rowing team trains ﬁve days a week on water, and two days at the gym. “They love the water,” he says. James echoes these sentiments. “I really like being out on the water and seeing how fast I can go, as well as the social aspect.” In the future, Logan and James would like to trial for the U19 New Zealand team.

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

Times: Up to and including Year 11: Mon-Fri – 11am-1pm Years 12 and 13: Mon-Fri – 1.30-3.30pm Cost:

Up to and including Year 11 Years 12 and 13

One Week $300 $350

Two Weeks $600 $700

This is a discount of at least $50 per week on our regular rates which are as follows: Junior students: 10 hours – $400 | 20 hours – $700 Senior students: 10 hours – $450 | 20 hours – $800

Fees must be paid in advance

Call 09 533 9092 or 021 254 0350 E: billporter@y7mail.com www.BrainstormTuition.com

LOCATION: 35 Macleans Road opposite Macleans College MP3704