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RISING STAR Diego Quispe-Kim is winning titles all over the place and the Aussies have even tried to snap him up. Photo Nick Krause

By NICK KRAUSE Rising tennis star Diego Quispe-Kim was just threeyears-old when he picked up a racket. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.

His dad and coach Juan Quispe-Chavez – a tennis coach at top private school Saint Kentigern College where Diego is a student – believes his son is a natural.

Juan, from Peru, hoped his boy would follow South America’s favourite code, football. “I wanted my son to play soccer. I didn’t think he would play tennis.” ➤ Turn to page 8

he Howick Local Board has been asked to be “very careful” with the rules relating to dogs on beaches. Local residents Catherine Priscott and her husband addressed the board on the issue during the public forum section of its previous business meeting. They spoke in response to a petition presented to the board in March by the Mellons Bay Dog Lovers community group that was signed by more than 430 people and asks for Mellons Bay Beach to be an off-leash dog area year-round. The petition says during summer months dogs are prohibited from using the beach between 10am-5pm

except for a small, rocky, inhospitable area west of the stormwater pipe. There are many more pleasant beaches nearby, including Cockle Bay, Howick and Eastern Beaches, it states. “These three beaches are more welcoming for swimmers and picnickers than Mellons Bay, which is comparatively rocky and unsuitable for family groups. “Hence usage remains low for non-dog owners in comparison to these other ‘better’ beaches. “We are therefore requesting council consideration to allow Mellons Bay Beach to be an off-leash area all year round.” The Priscotts told the board the number of dogs using Mellons Bay Beach

is already a problem and allowing more to access the space year-round would make things worse. Catherine Priscott said dogs had knocked over several people at the beach. “Mellons Bay Beach used to be very popular, but because of dogs and how people have been knocked over, fewer and fewer people are using it. “It’s a real shame because it’s a very nice, safe beach for children.” She said she and her husband like to walk to the beach and “don’t want to have to get in the car”. “A lot of Mellons Bay people would like to walk to the beach and not have to get into a car and go to another beach because of the dogs.” ➤ Turn to page 3

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more people doing tourism. He also suggested more awareness of what is available for [those with] disabilities in tourism within NZ. “I also learnt what Michael relies on at home and what he looks for when staying at hotels.” Sinead says New Zealand is great compared to other countries in regard to accessibility in the tourism industry; however “there is a lot of improvement needed”. She summarised two vital steps towards more accessibility: consistency and a law/regulation. She notes that, while there are a number of hotels that cater towards wheelchair users, there is no consistency between them. “Nor is there consistency within the hotel industry as a whole to cater for wheelchair users,” she says. “[The country] needs some sort of law or regulation for hotels to have to comply with so there is consistency for wheelchair users in hotels within NZ.” This, Sinead suggests, could come in the form of a company with well-travelled wheelchair users to be able to form standards that hotels need to comply with. Currently, Sinead works in the tourism industry and is excited to see where it takes her.

student who studied at the International Travel College (ITC) Campus in Botany Town Centre has interviewed a Paralympian in her research on the accessibility of the New Zealand hotel industry. In the ﬁnal subject of the New Zealand Tourism and Travel Level 5, tourism and hospitality research and analysis, students must choose a topic to research. Fresh graduate Sinead McDonnell’s choice of research was personal. “My uncle, who lives in Ireland, has Multiple Sclerosis, which caused him to be permanently in a wheelchair,” Sinead, 19, says. “Since being in a wheelchair, he has not travelled because it is a lot harder than many people think. This made me want to research into accessibility in the tourism industry, to see what New Zealand is currently doing or what New Zealand is lacking in that department.” Her ﬁrst step was turning to social media and reaching out to NZ Paralympians and advocates in the wheelchair community. “I quickly formed connections and started to schedule zoom calls for interviews to gather for my research.”

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olice have made multiple arrests and executed a series of warrants as part of an investigation into a burglary at a shopping centre in Ormiston last month. Detective Inspector Karen Bright, of Counties Manukau CIB, says police executed six search warrants following the early morning incident on April 26. “Today (May 11) we have executed five warrants in Counties Manukau and one in Northland, which has resulted in the apprehension of three young people,” says Detective Inspector Bright. “We have charged two 15-year-olds with burglary and unlawfully takes, with a third young person being referred to Youth Aid.” The two people charged

Ram raiders hit Ormiston Town Centre on April 26.

will each appear in the Manukau and Whangārei Youth Courts. “Additionally, investigators have summonsed a 22-year-old man to the Manukau District Court as part of our enquiries,” says Detective Inspector Bright. “He is due to appear on May 19 on a charge of receiving stolen property.”

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Detective Inspector Bright says Police enquiries will continue and further enforcement action cannot be ruled out. “I would like to acknowledge the ongoing hard work of our investigation staff into these incidents.” Police are limited in further comment as matters are now before the courts.

RECORD RAISED IN POPPY APPEAL Howick RSA is paying tribute to its volunteers after a record $48,500 was collected from its annual poppy sales in the lead-up to Anzac Day. John Titmus, senior vice president at Howick RSA, said the organisation was delighted with the amount raised adding that there was still more

to come in. “This is an outstanding effort by the communities we serve, a record collection it appears,” said Titmus.

“Our hardworking volunteers were the real winners. Their efforts were outstanding.” Howick RSA presently supports 438 veterans from all conflicts from World War II onwards. “This money goes towards their welfare where support is not available,” Titmus said.

A community group wants to be able to exercise their dogs off-leash at Mellons Bay Beach all year round. Times photo Wayne Martin

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➤ From page 1 Her husband said Mellons Bay Beach is a small beach and dogs are a “problem” there now. “I realise the board doesn’t have a say on opening beach rules for Auckland-wide, therefore the Howick [Local] Board doesn’t have the ability to do anything at the moment. “When it comes up again you should be very careful of the decision because if there’s only one beach

open, dogs from all over Auckland will come here. “There’s a problem now and it will be a huge problem in future.” He said there’s an issue at the beach relating to certain people who are “very aggressive”. “I’ve been threatened with violence. One person threatened to kill me. “It’s ridiculous. There are large dogs and they are not under control.” According to Auckland Council, dogs must be

on-leash at all times when using the reserve at Mellons Bay Beach. They can be off-leash at all times in the area to the west of the water pipe. In the area east of the water pipe, dogs are prohibited during summer months, from December 1 to March 1, between 10am5pm and can be off-leash from 5pm-10am. During winter, from March 2 to November 30, they’re allowed off-leash at all times.

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NERVOUS WAIT FOR LOCAL RESERVE SALE OPPONENTS By CHRIS HARROWELL

eople campaigning to stop the potential sale of multiple east Auckland public reserves will soon find out if their efforts have paid off. Auckland Council voted in late 2020 to dispose of 83 properties it owns in an effort to raise money from “asset recycling”. Included are public reserves at 9R Fortyfoot Lane, Sunnyhills; 111R Golfland Drive, Botany, 76R Aberfeldy Avenue, Pakuranga; 76R Karaka Road, Beachlands, and part of the site of a gas station at 2R Ti Rakau Drive, Pakuranga. Council agency Eke Panuku Development Auckland is managing the sale process. A statutory process must be followed before sites classified as reserves under the Reserves Act 1977 can be sold. The council publicly notified its intent to revoke the reserve status of 20 properties across the city in February last year. More than 1340 submissions were received, of which 1145 related to the east Auckland properties. None were in favour of their reserve status being revoked.

Two independent commissioners appointed to consider public submissions have heard from people who wished to share their views and completed site visits to the five local properties. They’ll submit their recommendation report on whether the reserve status should be revoked to a meeting of the council’s parks, arts, community and events (PACE) committee schedule for June 9. An Eke Panuku spokesperson says if the committee decides to forward a request to the Department of Conservation (DoC) to uplift the reserve status of some or all of the properties, all written submissions and the commissioners’ reports and hearing submissions will be included for consideration. The final decision lies with the Minister of Conservation. Rashna Tata and Michelle Varga are two of the passionate locals behind the Save Aberfeldy Ave Reserve community group. Varga says the group wants the commissioners to recommend no local reserves, or any across the region, have their reserve status revoked. She says they should listen to

This small public park in Sunnyhills is one of a group of properties Auckland Council wants to sell in east Auckland.

people who oppose the reserves being sold, including locals, ratepayers’ groups, and the Howick Local Board. “Our Auckland councillors representing east Auckland were also not in favour of selling reserves to recoup council’s lost revenue due to Covid-19.” Frank Lombard, who lives beside the small park at 9R Fortyfoot Lane, says he wants the commissioners to tell the council to take the “massive public feedback” in support of keeping the reserves into account and stop

the process. “The council said they will consult local residents and the residents gave them a clear message it will have a big impact on local communities if they continue with the selling of the reserves. “For our particular reserve we hope the commissioners recommend it is a pocket park as opposed to a neighbourhood park, due to its size, that will enhance the community in light of the nearly 30 houses being built across nine sections next to or close by the reserve.”

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Cockle Bay Residents and Ratepayers Association chairman Laurie Slee says the group “sincerely hopes the commissioners will see sense”. “This is particularly true when the council is also being obliged by legislation to provide for intensification, meaning access to green spaces for recreation will become even more important as people lose their own private garden or yard areas. “Selling off irreplaceable assets like reserves is not the solution to a budget deficit.

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Elise De Silva’s artwork Mum! Can we go to Panmure Pools? (left) and Katie Blundell’s artwork Navel-gazing.

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Three artists make finals By ZOE GARDEN

hree east Auckland artists are finalists in a prestigious portrait awards competition that is set to be unveiled in Wellington. Elise De Silva, Katie Blundell and Fiona Barclay all submitted artwork for the Adam Portraiture Award 2022, a biennial competition for painted portraits of New Zealanders by New Zealanders. The overall winner ($25,000) and runner-up ($2,500) will be announced on May 25. The exhibition of all the artwork will be open at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington from May 26-August 14.

Howick Art Group president and full-time artist De Silva’s portrait, named Mum! Can we go to Panmure Pools? depicts her two daughters swimming in the clear waters at Panmure Pools, painted in watercolour. “I just loved the distortion and ripples when you’re looking down into something in the water,” she says. “That’s what really captured me.” De Silva says she’s “totally stoked” to be selected as one of the 45 finalists. “I was absolutely thrilled. Just to even be a finalist is a big recognition within itself!” Clevedon artist Katie Blundell’s acrylic artwork, called Navel-gazing, is centred

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on the concept of navel-gazing – someone that is self-indulgently, possibly obsessively, contemplating themselves, Blundell says. “It’s often frowned upon,” she says. “What I thought I’d do is be a bit playful and actually stare at my bellybutton.” The rainbow in her portrait symbolises the LGBTQ+ flag, but backwards. “I’m looking at it upside down. It’s all about perception. Everyone has their own place in the world. I’m really happy with the self-portrait.” Like De Silva, Blundell is really excited about being a finalist. On the opposite side of the

spectrum of Blundell and De Silva, who have been painting for years, Fiona Barclay started 18 months ago. She and her husband are currently enrolled in an oil painting class at Uxbridge. Her portrait, entitled The green man, was done with gouache, acrylic and oil with a pallet knife. “It’s a representation of my son Logan’s spontaneity, liveliness and sometimes chaotic presence tempered with his resilience, vulnerability and tendency to deep thought,” Barclay says. On her being a finalist, she says she “read the confirmation email about five times to make sure it was real!” “Must be beginner’s luck.”

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exceptionally professional and entertaining show, with some stunning performances. “We offer students lots of performing experiences, where they get to have fun and apply everything they’re learning with us. The little gig is our unplugged version of our legendary big gig showcase,” Kay said. “The performers all put on

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Young tennis star on the rise ➤ From page 1 Christchurch-born Diego, 16, was playing football as a three-year-old and a friend of Juan’s suggested the youngster try tennis. “So he played tennis after soccer and little by little there was no more soccer.” The left hander’s innate dexterity in the sport quickly became obvious. When Diego was 5, he played in the U10s – and won. Rules meant the youngster could not play interclub for U9s but an exemption meant he could participate when he was 6. He’s won the national U12s, U14s and U16s championships. “Now he’s playing U18s – we’ll see what happens,” says his dad. Equally astonishing is Diego’s outstanding performance on grass – he prefers the clay surface like his idol and also a left-hander, Spaniard Rafael Nadal. Diego won the national grass court open men’s championships in 2020 and 2021 aged 15. The Taranaki Senior Open Lawn Tennis Championships were held in Hawera, New Zealand’s Wimbledon. He and his family lived in New Plymouth for six months following six months in Ashburton before the move to Auckland so Juan could try and secure a position as a tennis coach. Fast forward to just a couple of weeks ago in Australia where Diego came close to clinching a big title at the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors J3 in Mornington, the Gallipoli Youth Cup (U18s).

Of the Kiwis who played, Diego was the only one to advance beyond round two. He beat the NSW No 1, the Victoria No 1 and the Queensland No 2 to get to the semifinal where he fell to Australian Hayden Jones 2-6, 6-0, 7-5. Diego was disappointed he didn’t nail the win but accepts that there have got to be losses at this level. His eyes are firmly on the prize, and that’s to play professional tennis. In the middle-term though, he aspires to securing a scholarship at a top American college. He has to keep up his studies while training and playing tennis on top of travelling to play in Junior ITF tournaments. Pakuranga Tennis Club is right behind him. “We are working with his school to achieve best outcomes for both studies and tennis for Diego,” says club president Jenny Richardson. And the support has been substantial. The club managed to raise $8200 in four days to get Diego to the recent ITF tournament in Australia. Now there’s a bigger goal. “We need to raise around $15,000$20,000 to get Diego to Europe during the July school holidays to play on grass and compete at a higher level,” says Richardson. Diego knows there is much to do to achieve his goals. “I’ve got some ranking points now. My goal is to go to Egypt in September.” Diego – who is 172cm tall and still growing – currently has a top speed slice-serve of around

Diego Quispe-Kim with his mum Yun Mi Kim (left), dad Juan Quispe-Chavez and Pakuranga Tennis Club president Jenny Richardson. Photo Nick Krause

165km/h. This year he won all three Junior International Tennis Federation tournaments in New Zealand, beating New Zealand’s best 18-year-olds, enabling him to play in all four Grand Slams, via the qualifying rounds. Gilles De Gouy, Tennis Director at Saint Kentigern College, believes Diego is shaping up well. “He’s a nice boy and should be supported,” De Gouy says. “He has quite a good understanding of what’s going on by spending a lot of time on the court. “Because he’s not a powerful player yet…he’s going to get more powerful through physical conditioning.” Diego understands this and is already considering how to build this power without sacrificing his speed and mobility, skills which catch many of his opponents out.

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And pushing his body to its limits will also take its toll. Others are stepping up to assist. Byron Kemp of Platinum Chiropractic has offered to work – free – with Diego on performance-based chiropractic care and treatment. This care is something that will allow Diego to maintain good health and function, whilst optimising body function and performance. Diego’s results have not gone unnoticed. Tennis NZ knows him well. “Yes Diego is certainly on our radar,” Tennis NZ CEO Julie Paterson told the Times. “Tennis NZ coach Matt Alexander accompanied the players who went to Melbourne. Diego has been offered opportunities through the Tennis NZ programme and he has worked with our coaches previously.” Diego’s father hopes Tennis NZ can do more as costs to get to rank-

ing tournaments are prohibitive. “We would like better support from Tennis NZ as Diego needs to travel overseas to work on his world junior ranking.” Diego, like his parents, is very humble. Juan and wife Yun Mi Kim, from South Korea, met at Canterbury University. They get right in behind their boy. And so does the Pakuranga Tennis Club. Juan is grateful for everyone who has contributed to his son’s tennis progression. “Diego and my family appreciate the massive support from the community of Pakuranga Tennis Club and Chinese community and also Parnell Tennis Club,” says Juan. Diego is the current club champion of both clubs. “They don’t push him, he is dedicated himself,” says Richardson. “Diego gives back to the club. He comes to the club and hits with younger kids, he gives them tips and teaches them footwork. A few weeks ago there was a junior tournament, below his level so he didn’t play, but he went to watch and support the juniors. He went around the different courts and talked to the kids playing and really lifted them. “A lot of them played their best tennis ever. He is visible, supportive of lesser players and so very well-liked, respected and admired.” ➤ Pakuranga Tennis Club has started a Givealittle page to get him to the big ITF tournaments. https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/ lets-help-diego-shine

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➤ My Cousin Rachel ➤ Howick Little Theatre, 1 Sir Lloyd Drive, Pakuranga ➤ Season runs until May 28, shows at 8pm.

By CHRIS HARROWELL Is Rachel Sangaletti a grieving widow who wants the best for her late husband’s family or a scheming seductress with murder on her mind? That perplexing question is at the heart of Howick Little Theatre’s production of the popular stage play My Cousin Rachel. It’s a story described as a classic Gothic romance set in the wild landscape of the UK’s rugged Cornish coast in the 1870s. The theatre’s dramatic adaptation of British author Daphne du Maurier’s best-selling 1951 mystery romance novel of the same name is directed by Terry Hooper and adapted for the stage by Joseph O’Connor. It tells the story of fictional character Rachel Sangaletti, an “enigmatic” countess who travels from Florence, Italy, to the Ashley Estate in the UK, the home of her recently-deceased husband Ambrose. There she finds the grieving Philip, Ambrose’s cousin and heir to the estate, and a cast of characters including Nicholas Kendall, Ambrose’s friend and Philip’s godfather; Kendall’s daughter Louise, who has eyes for young Philip; and devoted servants John Seecombe and Thomas Connors. The play’s plot is woven together with strands of drama and friction and Hooper’s talented cast delivers both in spades. Mitch Blyde is a perfectly surly Philip Ashley, whose dark clouds lift with the appearance of Rachel, played by Alana Pearce. Philip begins to fall for the beguiling and attractive foreigner, igniting anger and jealousy from Louise Kendall, played by Emily Briggs. Philip’s emotional transformation is matched

Actors Mitch Blyde, left, and Hamish Stevens star in Howick Little Theatre’s production of the play My Cousin Rachel. Photo supplied Andrew Johnson

by his changing attitude toward Rachel, as he goes from thinking she killed his guardian Ambrose to wanting to marry her and have her live with him on the Ashley Estate. Nicholas Kendall, played by Hamish Stevens, tries in vain to make Philip see sense. One love triangle, involving Philip, Rachel, and Louise, becomes two with the arrival of Rachel’s mysterious and charming friend, the jovial Italian Guido Rainaldi, played by Bruno Batistela. There are several twists along the way, along with some well-timed humour, and audience members will find themselves trying to work out Rachel’s real motives. The majority of the play is set inside the Ashley Estate and features a minimalist set. Its plot moves at a cracking pace and is well matched with haunting sound effects to denote rugged weather or Philip’s patches of crippling sickness. It’s a play that will entertain and keep the audience guessing right through to the shocking conclusion. To book tickets, go online to www.iticket. co.nz/events/2022/sep/my-cousin-rachel.

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Your opinion matters to us. Email us at editor@times.co.nz; comment on our Facebook page, facebook.com/ timesonlinenz; or write to us at The Editor, Times Newspapers, PO Box 38232, Howick, Auckland 2145. Letters should not exceed 200 words and should carry the name, residential address and contact telephone number of the author. the idea of more slaves to make more money. On May 10, I received the Auckland Council May Newsletter introducing the dense housing policy headed with a pretty picture. See the propaganda and deceit in the picture – the background of green hills and foreground of lawns and parks, spaces between buildings all dominate, and see the propaganda in the text. All this has been carefully orchestrated by the Labour Coalition, the National Party and Phil Goff and his Council. Of course, guess who lives on a rural lifestyle block in the country?

the centre, congestion was bound to happen (which retaining satellite cities would have, in the main, avoided). Now to add to the Government’s stupidity, we have a congestion tax on top of the soaring cost of fuel which can only result in commuters no longer being able to afford to go to work and runaway inﬂation. Either way, Auckland City will come to a standstill. They say you can always tell a stupid person in a crowd because they will be out of step with everyone else which, in a nutshell, describes our Government’s congestion tax.

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Participants in the Aotea Sport Badminton Cup.

HELPING PROMOTE OUR 175TH ANNIVERSARY My name is Chao Yu, I have been Auckland New Zealand for 19 years and I am so joyful living in Howick for the last 10 years. Howick is a beautiful, historic village surrounded by beaches, parks, schools and shops. Since then I have been involved within the local community with different organisations. I am delighted to be one of Ambassadors for Howick and Districts 175th commemoration, 1847 to 2022. Here are some updates for promoting 175 Howick Anniversary. ➤ Community salsa dance programme On April 4, I started to promote 175th Howick Anniversary to our members participating in a salsa dance programme. We have salsa dance programmes on every Sunday in the Uxbridge Art Centre. ➤ 2022 flu vaccine campaign for Chinese seniors On April 9, I promoted the Howick 175 Anniversary after I organised 2022 flu vaccine campaign for Chinese seniors in east Auckland. I printed out some historical stories written by Song Lam and briefly introduced them.

➤ Aotea Sport Badminton Cup On May 8, we organised the Aotea Sport Badminton Cup at the Lloyd Elsmore Badminton Club. I brieﬂy introduced Howick 175 this year after this event and I sponsored all participants 40 bottles of special beers for Howick 175 Anniversary.

WORLD POPULATION REDUCTION SOLUTION

Today, a friend said, “Earth can sustain only 1 billion yet we will have 12bn by 2100 unless there is a readjustment. You couldn’t run a farm the way we run society.” He is so right. By decreasing the world population of people we will proportionally reduce the rate of global warming and solve many other problems we have in the world today. First world countries, with family planning, are slowly doing this but they need further encouragement to decrease the birth rate in the more densely-populated countries. Third world countries need birth control assistance and education in family planning to counter some religions that want to rule

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the world by banning birth control. The Chinese dictatorship tried it with a one child per family policy but relapsed. Politicians rarely mention the subject as they just want more admirers as in Facebook. The wealthy want more slaves to make more money for them. Elon Musk wants to own Twitter so that he could inﬂuence governments, introduce Trump-like politics and make his existence more secure. He is shocked that his friends, the Russian oligarch billionaires, overnight, have lost access to most of their wealth, a probable temporary situation unfortunately. One redeeming feature is he is building electric cars which he sees as a business opportunity. In New Zealand, both the National Party and the Labour Coalition want to increase our population and destroy our standard of living by legislating (by stealth) for denser housing in our cities. Labour thinks that this will solve a relatively short-term problem and get their housing policy failure off the hook in time for the next election, but they will lose hook line and sinker. The National Party just like the business opportunity and

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HOWICK COMBINED PROBUS

Why not join us on Tuesday, May 24 at Howick Bowling Club, 10am12 noon, to hear speaker Sharon Wall of Mercy Ships which takes volunteers and hospital ships to the world’s poor, bringing hope, healing and healthcare. Morning tea will be provided and new members are welcome. Phone Mary on 273-8804 to conﬁrm or for more information.

EASTERN DISTRICT COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB

All visitors welcome, Wednesday May 4, 7pm. Come and be entertained with live music or come and sing or play an instrument. Bucklands and Eastern Beaches War Memorial Hall, Wharf Road, Bucklands Beach. Non-members $5. For more info phone Bev 021 11 56 866.

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AGM & Research Day, Sunday May 29, NZSG Family Research Centre 159 Queens Rd, Panmure, 12pm-4pm. AGM at 12:30pm followed by speaker Gail WilsonWaring, Researcher for TV3. Bring own lunch, tea and coffee provided. Help with research. All welcome. Phone Barbara 5757968.

CHRISTMAS IN MAY FOR PAKURANGA CHORAL SOCIETY!

It’s not all seasonal music. There’ll be some classical treats and some rousing gospel spirituals to liven things up. The choir has two special guests. Helen Capes will be bringing her Northumbrian small pipes to play in a lovely English piece

Russia commemorates victory over the Nazis whilst behaving like Nazis in Ukraine. Filipinos elect a Marcos under the illusion that his father’s reign was a golden age. Frightening that social media can spin a web of iniquity of massive national debt and a dictatorship into a golden age that the uneducated majority believe. The assassinated Aquino must be mortiﬁed.

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Russia’s tax code of 2001 replaced the conventional progressive tax with a flat tax of 13 per cent. Over the next year after the refix the Russian economy grew at almost 5 per cent. In real terms, revenue from personal income increased by more than 25 per cent. The Russian experiment proved so successful that many other countries followed suit. It is also believed that Russia’s previous ubiquitous tax evasion, which was running riot, was significantly reduced by the flat tax via the increased voluntary compliance. People are willing to produce more and pay their taxes when the system is fair and the tax rates are low. In New Zealand’s case, the increased disposable income the poor would receive from the low tax rate would lift many from the barely-subsistent living they are currently experiencing. Hong Kong has had a flat tax rate for decades and, as a result, has had the world’s fastest-growing economy for more than 50 years.

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There are several spots near the Sandgate Avenue/Gosford Drive corner with damaged footpaths. Photo Nick Krause

“Show Me the Child” and a new work by conductor David Hamilton. And returning to NZ is soprano Andrea Creighton who will sing a Mozart favourite with the choir, and in solos by Bizet and Franck. Sunday May 22nd, 2.30pm at All Saints Church Howick. Adults: $25 Seniors: $20 School children: $10 Tickets at the door. Masks required by the venue.

LADIES PROBUS

The Ladies Probus Club of Howick Central will meet on Friday, June 24 at 10am at the Howick Bowling Club, Selwyn Road, Howick. If you wish to make new friends and enjoy the company of like-minded ladies, please come and join this happy group. For more information phone Pat on 021-212-2507 or Julia 021-164-1664.

FOOTPATH IS A DANGER TO ALL

We wish to express our concern about the footpath near the corner of Sandgate Avenue and Gosford Drive in Botany Downs. This is in need of urgent repair and despite notifying Auckland Council in the past two to three months, they have failed to rectify the problem. A patch up-job was done a year-or-so ago but it continues to present a hazard, especially for disabled people, children and the elderly. We hope that you may highlight this concern in the local paper and perhaps hold council to account.

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THANK YOU HOWICK

It was a pleasure to meet and talk with so many people during the exhibition, “Reﬂections On Pakuranga Creek” held in the butcher’s shop, Rices Mall, in late April. I would like to thank the people of Howick for their interest and written feedback on how best to care for our estuaries and waterways. Your participation and enthusiasm played a pivotal part in the success of the event. Special thanks to the Pest Free Howick team (Ethan, Gurjot, Daria and John) for their attendance and informative contribution. The project was funded by Arts Out East and supported by Te Tuhi and Howick Local Board with special thanks to the Rice Family Partnership. Congratulations to Eleanor of Howick, the winner of the surprise package draw.

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GOVERNMENT WASTE NEEDS TO STOP The Pakuranga Choral Society stages its ﬁrst concert of 2022 on May 22 at All Saints Church, Howick. Photo supplied

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t’s Christmas in May for Pakuranga Choral Society. The choir’s ﬁrst concert for 2022 is largely the concert that couldn’t happen in December. But it’s not all seasonal music, with some classical treats and some rousing gospel spirituals to liven things up. The choir has two special guests. Helen Capes will be bringing her Northumbrian small pipes to play in a lovely English piece “Show Me the Child” and a new work by conductor David Hamilton. And returning to New Zealand is soprano Andrea Creighton who will sing a Mozart favourite with the

choir, and in solos by Bizet and Franck. A true musical miscellany for the choir’s ﬁrst concert of 2022 on Sunday May 22, 2.30pm, at All Saints Church, Howick.

ANDREA CREIGHTON

An opera singer and music theatre performer of exceptional versatility, with a professional international career spanning 20 years – Andrea’s performance experience encompasses opera, operetta, music theatre and cabaret. As a principal artist, Andrea has sung with many international companies including L’Opéra National de Paris; Opéra de Bordeaux; Aix-en-Provence Festival;

Opéra de Tours; Festival Lyrique de Tourcoing, NZ Opera, Melbourne Opera and the NZ International Festival of the Arts. Andrea was awarded the prestigious Prix d’A.R.O.P for an outstanding debut performance at the Paris Opera. A highly successful cross-over artist – Andrea performed the role of Carlotta Guidicelli in the Really Useful Group’s World Tour of The Phantom of the Opera from 2012-2016 and also in the 2007-2009 RUG/GFO Australasian tour of The Phantom of the Opera. Andrea was then invited to take over the role of Sister Berthe in the 2016 GFO Australian tour of The Sound of Music.

Book Signing Book Barn, Pakuranga Plaza (next to Farmers)

This week the Government will be releasing the 2022 Budget which will outline the Government’s plans on how they will spend your taxes over the next 12 months. While the Government is very good at making announcements, the reality is that not only are they very bad at delivery, but have become exceptional at wasting taxpayers hardearned money. Whether it be on idealistic projects like the cycle bridge over the Auckland Harbour, or the nearly $10,000 they spent on two big zero statues for their “road to zero” campaign, Government waste has become far too common under this Government. The most recent example of wastage comes courtesy of the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), who were revealed to have more than doubled the number of public relations staff on their payroll since Labour took power. In 2016/17, they had just 32 full-time communications staff, which has ballooned to 88 in 2020/21. Instead of building and

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ﬁxing our roads, they’re spending your money on efforts to look and sound good. It’s one thing to talk about an infrastructure project and make it sound like a great idea, but it’s another to actually get shovels in the ground and useful things built. Communications staff are some of the better paid in the public service, with many earning over $100,000. In fact, the number of comms people earning six ﬁgures-plus has increased almost 10-fold under Labour, from the equivalent of 6.6 full-time staff to almost 65. But surely with all these extra full-timers on the payroll, we can cut back on outside consultants? Maybe this is simply a smart costcutting measure? Except that yearly spending on consultants has also more than doubled during the same time period, from $31 million when Labour took power to over $75m in the last year. In fact, NZTA spent almost as much on consultants as on construc-

tion for the NZ Upgrade Programme, with $145 million spent on outside help and just $202 million spent on actually building the roads over the last four years. Labour has shown time and time again that they believe the key to success is simply making announcements, not actually delivering on them. Whether it’s one of their many failed promises, like Kiwibuild, or projects designed to enhance their credentials instead of the lives of New Zealanders, like the cycle bridge, wasting money is what this Government excels at. Kiwis deserve a government that is focused on delivering outcomes and improving lives, particularly at a time like this when many are struggling and while we are taking on massive amounts of new debt. High quality spending which delivers outcomes for all New Zealanders and invests in the future success of our country is what NZ needs and what National is committed to delivering.

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Court hears detailed timeline in police murder investigation By CHRIS HARROWELL

ast Auckland businesswoman Elizabeth (Ying) Zhong’s body was found inside her blood-stained vehicle more than seven hours after police located it parked around the corner from her home. Found inside it by police also were the silver suitcase that had been placed on top of her along with a blue face towel, a pad or piece of paper and a white towel, all of which were blood-soaked. Those were among the details heard on May 16 at the start of week four of the murder trial of the man police allege is responsible for her violent death, her former business partner Fang Sun. Sun has pleaded not guilty and is on trial before a jury and Justice Neil Campbell at the Auckland High Court. The defence case is Sun is innocent and Zhong, who lived in Sunnyhills, was killed by someone else. 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.

Crime scene examiners found nine areas that appeared to be of blood inside Elizabeth Zhong’s Sunnyhills home after she was reported missing in November 2020. Times file photo Wayne Martin

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. Sun was living in a home a short distance from Zhong at the time of her death. Zhong was reported missing to police on the morning of November 28, 2020. Her body was found later the

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same day inside the boot of her Land Rover vehicle parked in Roadley Avenue a short distance from her home. She was wrapped in a blanket and had been stabbed in the head, neck and back more than 20 times. During proceedings in court on May 16, Kayes continued to read aloud a summary of facts agreed upon by the prosecution and defence. He said the 111 phone call to report Zhong missing was made just after 9am on November 28, 2020, by the daughter of one of her friends. At 10.30am three police officers arrived and entered her Suzetta Place home. Police guards were placed outside. Kayes said at 10.50am two officers were dispatched to Sunnyhills to look for Zhong or any sign of her Land Rover vehicle. They found her vehicle, with blood on its exterior, parked outside a house in Roadley Avenue at 11.11am. At midday Sun’s ex-wife twice drove slowly past the entry to Suzetta Place in her vehicle, Kayes said. ➤ Turn to page 14

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Court hears timeline in murder investigation ➤ From page 13 The daughter of Zhong’s friend saw the woman and told police at the scene. Ofﬁcers stopped the woman, who was the vehicle’s sole occupant. She gave them her date of birth and a home address in Auckland’s CBD. Kayes told the court the woman said she and her family were the actual owners of Zhong’s Suzetta Place property and that her family and Zhong had got involved in a ﬁnancial dispute. She told police her family had not been in touch with Zhong “for ages” and her life was ruined by Zhong because her family had lost nearly $30 million. She said she had not seen Zhong

in nearly a year. A police scene-of-crime officer arrived in Suzetta Place at 12.59pm and took DNA swabs and photographs from nine areas around the house where there appeared to be blood, Kayes said. At 2.18pm an officer examined the outside of Zhong’s vehicle in Roadley Avenue for fingerprints. The vehicle was left unattended between 2.45pm and 5pm when a police senior sergeant had both Zhong’s home and her vehicle again placed under guard. At 6.47pm a police officer gained entry to the vehicle by smashing one of its small rear quarter-light windows. At 7.45pm a police forensic pho-

tographer arrived at the scene. He took photos of the vehicle’s exterior and interior as well as aerial shots. A crime scene tent was erected over the vehicle. Kayes said between 9.30pm on November 28 and 2am the following day police removed several exhibits from Zhong’s Land Rover. They included the silver suitcase and two blood-soaked towels and the pad or piece of paper. At 1.30am Zhong’s body was removed from the vehicle and taken to the Auckland City Hospital mortuary. An hour later her Land Rover was towed from the scene and taken to a south Auckland tow

yard and secured in its “serious crime bay”, Kayes said. Called to give evidence in court via audio visual link on May 16 was former police digital forensic analyst Timothy Myers. Kayes questioned Myers about the data and other information that can be extracted from mobile phones. Myers said he was able to extract some data from a Huawei mobile phoned owned by Sun but was not able to get “detailed device activity” from it. Kayes said Zhong’s mobile phone was not found during the investigation into her death but some of its data was obtained by police from a telecommunications

company. Myers said Zhong’s phone’s data stopped at 4.26am on November 28, 2020. He said that could result from the phone losing service or its battery going flat, being destroyed or disconnected from the network, or being turned off. Kayes also asked Myers about when Sun’s Huawei phone was connected to a particular wi-fi internet service on November 28, 2020. The phone connected to the wi-fi several times just after 2am that day and then about six more times between 8-9am. The trial continues and is expected to take about six weeks.

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Our experience and expertise is hard to beat For more than 40 years, the oldest firm in Howick, James Donovan Lawyers has been aiding clients in Howick and surrounding communities in solving a wide range of problems, advocating practical and cost-effective solutions and providing peace of mind. “I clearly define what difficulties and strengths they have and assist them in achieving their goals,” James says. With a law degree from Victoria University, he described his choice as “the appropriate profession” as he was always interested in the way the legal system operated and, more importantly, in helping and assisting clients to solve their problems. The proud Cockle Bay resident says he derives great satisfaction from resolving and overcoming what most perceive as difficult or insurmountable.

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James Gavin Donovan and his daughter Michelle Donovan. opened up another office in Pukekohe continuing in their quest to offer all-encompassing law services that include trusts, wills, estates, matrimonial property and residential and commercial conveyancing. Additionally, the long-standing legal practice excels at offering reliable advice for businesses when

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“People need to be able to rely on the law as a method of resolving the difficulties they may have with property, family and business affair, and know how they should best protect their assets.” And these traits seem to run in the family - as his daughter, barrister and solicitor Michelle Donovan, joined the practice after many years’ experience in Public Law. Along with long-standing Registered Legal Executive Leonie Hogg, she is based at the firm’s Beachlands offices (behind Countdown). Legal Executives Faith Yu and Theresa Xia, located in Howick, and their stellar administration staff round up the excellent and experienced team of James Donovan Lawyers. The boutique firm has recently

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he Labour Government’s nationwide plan to tackle hospital waiting lists has been welcomed by Middlemore Hospital. Health Minister Andrew Little announced hospital waiting lists will be managed nationally under Labour’s plan to cut the time people who need operations and appointments have to wait. “Covid-19 has been hugely disruptive to hospital systems all over the world,” Little told health users, providers and unions in Auckland. “In England, for example, there was a 200-fold increase in the number of people waiting for planned care for more than a year, from just over 1600 in February 2020, to more

than 300,000 in November 2021. “New Zealand has done better than most countries. Our elimination strategy not only prevented tens of thousands of deaths, it also protected our health system from being over-run, as we saw happen in countries like Italy and the United States.” The Delta variant and Omicron wave had put pressure on hospitals, Little said. The number of people waiting longer than four months for their ﬁrst appointments with hospital specialists had doubled because of the pandemic, and the number of people waiting longer than four months for treatment had more than trebled.

“For people who need these procedures and appointments, having to wait is distressing,” said Little. “Now, with the beneﬁt of having one of the most highly-vaccinated populations in the world and with a suite of new medicines available to treat Covid-19 patients and keep many of them out of hospital, we can start managing on a more business-as-usual basis.” Dr Vanessa Thornton, Clinical Director Hospital Services at Middlemore Hospital, sees the plan as positive. “We are supportive of a focused and deliberate approach to address the challenges of planned care throughout New Zealand,” Thornton told the Times.

“A national approach will help capitalise on regional successes that could be scaled up to beneﬁt more people,” Thornton said. “The pressures on the health system are not new and deferring nontime-critical surgery or clinics is a lever we use to manage demand on our system at peak times like winter ﬂu season and most recently during the Covid-19 Omicron surge.” The Government’s waiting list response is being led by interim Health New Zealand and the interim Māori Health Authority. These organisations will become permanent entities when the Government’s health reforms come into effect on July 1.

SCHOOL PAYS TRIBUTE TO UKRAINE

local primary school has pasted more than 800 cards on their gate in a wonderful display of support for Ukraine. Owairoa Primary students wrote messages of support with their families and hung them up on the gates on Wednesday May 11, as part of the school’s ‘Stand with Ukraine’ day. Staff and students also dressed in the colours of the Ukrainian ﬂag – blue and yellow.

“We’re just trying to have some awareness and compassion because our values are about car-

ing for others,” Alan McIntyre, Owairoa’s principal, says. “This is something we need to be aware of

in terms of a worldly event.” The school also collected donations that will go to UNICEF.

Each fortnight we share a history bite relevant to Howick, Pakuranga and districts marking the area’s settlers’ landing 175 years ago. The Fencible settlement of Howick was strategically placed 15 miles from Auckland overlooking Tamaki Strait as the Māori of Thames were considered a threat. The Howick Fencibles were disposable and would be the ﬁrst to be attacked. Fortunately, two missionaries in Thames after some korero [discussion] found a peaceful solution and no action took place.

Compiled by Howick Historian Alan La Roche

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ORMISTON JUNIOR COLLEGE NEW ENROLMENTS FOR 2023: Our school will be hosting a Family Tours Open Evening on the 1st June 2022 between 2.00-7.30pm, where family tours will be hosted. All whānau of new and/or prospective learners joining us in 2023 are welcome to attend. TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE AS A LEARNER AT OJC, ALL THE FOLLOWING STEPS MUST BE COMPLETED: ■ Check that you are IN ZONE for our school already – you must already be residing in our school zone in order to apply. ■ Check your location and complete the pre-enrolment form online via https://www.ojc.school.nz/a/M8OWiu8 THEN EMAIL THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION: ■ Photocopy of Birth Certificate (if NZ born) OR bring your Original Passport & evidence of valid Visa (if born overseas). ■ Proof of Address 1. Either a Telephone, Electricity, Water or Rates invoice (in your name)* and ■ Proof of Address 2. A copy of your Rental/Tenancy Agreement OR Sale & Purchase document for your in-zone home. Please check our pre-application form for specific requirements. ■ Read, completed and signed Digital Citizenship and the Parent Enrolment Declaration, linked to pre-enrolment form. ■ Date of First Entry into New Zealand completed (if applicable). ■ Copy of child’s most recent end of year report. YOUR / YOUR CHILD’S APPLICATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS ALL DOCUMENTATION IS SUPPLIED Ormiston Junior College can only accept learners who are currently residing in the school’s zone. A full list of streets currently included within our zone is available on our school website: https://www.ojc.school.nz/a/M8OWiu8 The following are examples that may result in enrolment being declined or annulled at OJC. • A family has moved into the zone just prior to the application for enrolment with the intention of not staying in the zone. • A student is boarding in a zone address. • A student lives with a grandparent inside the school zone. • A family has recently arrived in the area and are living in a rented house while looking for more permanent accommodation. • A family is temporarily sharing a house with an in zone family. Following our open evening, enrolment interviews will be available on 31st August, 7th September, 14th September, 21st September, bookings are essential, please phone reception to arrange a time. Enrolments for 2023 will close on the 1st October 2022.

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Team Howick wins Mercedes Cup Of the 348 fish, most were snapper. Ninety five of the snapper they had were undersize. Photo MPI

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348 fish found in boat search at Half Moon Bay

PI fishery officers have caught a group of fishers at Half Moon Bay with more than 45 times the daily snapper limit. Late last week (May 12) two fishery officers were doing boat inspections at the Half Moon Bay boat ramp. During these checks they found a group of five recreational fishers with what appeared to be a large haul of fish on board. “A closer inspection by our fishery officers discovered they had 348 fish. Most (317) were snapper, with a total weight of just under 200kg. Ninety five of the snapper they had were undersize,” says Andre Espinoza, MPI’s West North Island regional manager fish compliance. The five fishers will likely face prosecution under the Fisheries Act and their vessel has been seized by the Ministry for Primary Industries. The daily limit for catching snapper on the east coast of

Auckland in the Hauraki Gulf is seven per person with a minimum size of 30cm. “We work hard to protect fishing resources so that current and future generations can enjoy catching a feed of kaimoana,” Espinoza says. “When people take this obviously illegal haul of fish - along with many of them being undersize - they threaten the sustainability of the fishery. “The rules are there for a reason and when we find evidence of deliberate rule-breaking, you can be assured we will take action.” MPI encourages all recreational fishers to know the fishing rules for the area in which they are fishing. “The best way of doing this is to download the NZ Fishing Rules app,” he says, ➤ If you become aware of any suspicious fishing activity, call MPI on 0800 4 POACHER (0800 47 62 24) or email ncc@mpi. govt.nz

he Howick Bowling Club has won the Northern Region Junior Interclub. Team Howick (David Weir, Greg Dowdell, Rod Sadgrove, Eddie Jones, Bruce Fenton and Linda Fenton; coached by Richard Ludbrook) won the Mercedes Cup, the northern region Years 1-5 inter district final, played each year at Hikurangi Club in Northland recently. The team, representing Auckland, played against Counties-Manukau (Homai Club), Northland (Kensington Club) North Harbour (Manly) and Far North (Kaitaia RSA). Out of the total of 12 games, Howick won 9, had a draw and two losses which resulted in the team having two wins more than the next closest team. Second was the Manly club followed by Kensington, Homai and Far North.

Prems scored big against Eden The Pakuranga United Rugby Club premiers clinched a comfortable 64-17 victory over Eden at Bell Park on Saturday. The premier development squad also recorded a win beating Eden 25-12. The premier developments 2s had the bye as did the U85kg Black Panthers. The Under 21 Cannons were too good for Grammar Tec winning 32-7 while the U21 Guns took a win by default against Eden. The Women’s 10S Belles went down 5-55 against Eden while The Presidents notched up a win over Ponsonby Falcons (no score recorded).

The Eagle visited Macleans Primary School on Friday. Pictured, from left, are new entrant teacher Tanya Roux Loch, senior constable Phil Saval and teacher Robyn Young. Photo Ludene Lefevre

The Eagle has landed The Eagle Police Helicopter made a flying visit to Macleans Primary School in Bucklands Beach on Friday. “The students were so excited about the visit because it linked to their learning about 'How do our superheroes in our commu-

nity help us?'” deputy principal Angelique Wendzich said. “Some of our superheroes like senior constable Phil Saval and his crew came along to answer some of our students’ questions.” The students had a chance to

view the helicopter up close and their teachers took some photos of them with the superheroes. “The students were buzzing with excitement and many of them were inspired to become police officers when they grow up.”

The Howick Bowling Club team of David Weir, Greg Dowdell, Rod Sadgrove, Eddie Jones, Bruce Fenton and Linda Fenton; coached by Richard Ludbrook. Photo supplied

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It’s raining tanks in Auckland suburbs Installing rainwater tanks will soon be easier for property-owners in Auckland, following changes to Auckland’s Unitary Plan and the Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan. The decision to remove restrictive provisions in the planning process, approved by the Planning Committee last Thursday, will remove the need for most residential and rural property-owners to seek a resource consent for rainwater tanks. The plan change decision means that in most cases property-owners wanting to install rainwater tanks will no longer need to submit a resource consent application or pay a resource consent application fee. However, a building consent will still be required for rainwater tanks connected to internal household plumbing. “Making it easier for Aucklanders to be resourceful with rainwater and provide for their own water needs is overdue,” says Councillor Chris Darby. “The combination of longer severe dry spells and increased periods of torrential rainfall that we’re seeing as a result of our rapidly changing climate, has impacts on the health of Auckland’s streams and harbours and the resilience of household water supply.

“It makes sense that council should be encouraging sustainable practices like rainwater capture and removing any barriers to achieving them. "By relaxing the rules and reducing costs, we’re making it easier for residents to harvest Auckland’s abundant rainfall for daily use, and ultimately taking pressure off mains supply infrastructure. “Installing rainwater tanks can also positively impact water charges, helping to relieve some of the financial pressure on households in the longer-term.” How will the plan changes make it easier to install rainwater tanks? The plan change removes rainwater tanks from the definition of ‘building’ and creates a new ‘rainwater tank’ definition, with less restrictive standards than for ‘buildings’. Rainwater tank installations are now classed as a ‘permitted activity’ through different zones, with simple standards to be followed on a zone-by-zone basis. Previously, a deposit of $500 – $4000 was required to lodge a resource consent application, although these fees have been waived for almost two years (from June 1, 2020) in the majority of scenarios.

FOX SECOND IN BELGIUM Ryan Fox narrowly missed out on a DP World Tour title at the weekend after sitting on top of the leader board on the final day of the the Soudal Open in Belgium. Fox, from Beachlands, took a one-shot lead into the final round and briefly pulled three shots clear when he cancelled out a three-putt bogey at the par-three second by holing from 25 feet at the next for the first of three consecutive birdies, SkySports reported. Englishman Sam Horsfield secured a third DP World Tour title

and claimed a first victory since 2020 by coming through a finalround tussle with Fox. Horsfield mixed four birdies with a lone bogey to card a finalround 68 and claim a two-shot victory at Rinkven International GC, ending the week on 13 under to secure a first title since the 2020 Cazoo Classic. Horsfield spent the final day battling with Fox, SkySports reported, who bogeyed his final hole to close a final-round 71 and finish tied-second with Germany’s Yannik Paul.

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Old nag ain’t what he used to be The Times has had the honour of counting journalist and author Ivan Agnew as one of its long-time staff writers and columnists. His incredible memory and brilliant writing will be a remarkable legacy. This is his final column.

his old grey nag ain’t what he used to be. Hence I’m consigning myself to pasture but, at nigh on 80, definitely not stud. If I were to write my own story it would have to be titled The Square Peg since falling into journalism 62 years ago after NZ Railways let me break my 20 quid apprentice carpenter’s bond because I was costing them more in wasted timber. My Grey River Argus cub reporter’s debut wasn’t too flash either when, covering the Grey County Council, I asked my experienced rival reporter why he wasn’t scribbling down notes as I was. “Because,” he drawled, “they’re reading out the minutes of the last meeting.” Later, when the Argus went under I moved to the Greymouth Evening Star where brilliant chief reporter Jack Turner twice won both the national news and features awards for his coverage of the Strongman Mine Disaster and Inangahua earthquake. A few years later in 1970 when I was working for The Christchurch Star, Jack phoned to tell me: “You

can tell your mates in the Big Smoke they can enter the national news and features awards with some hope of winning because I’m only going for the New Zealand Sportswriter of the Year award.” This time he didn’t win. I did. Which prompted the NZ Herald to offer me a job before taking up a nine-year spell at Sunday News where I also wrote feature supplements. One was a 12,000-word serialisation which Barry Crump agreed to before I turned up at his Waihi home in 1974, only to be told as I stood outside his back door in the pouring rain that he had changed his mind. “I’ve been done every which way. What are you going to do differently?” he drawled. “I don’t know Barry,” I replied. “I’m just here to dissect the crap from the chap.” “Then you’d better come in,” he said with a grin. It was the beginning of one of the best weeks of my life and he rated my first book, The Loner, “the best true New Zealand book I have read.

The reality of it shook me – and so did the humour,” he wrote in his review. A year later I went freelancing and gambled my last dollar on travelling Europe and Britain with athletes John Walker and Rod Dixon. It was on that trip that I persuaded John to get the organisers of the Gothenburg meeting to change his 1500m race to the mile where he could become an immortal by emulating Roger Bannister’s first sub-4 minute barrier by being the first to break 3min 50sec. He ran magnificently to clock 3min 49.4sec and break the great Filbert Bayi’s 3min 51sec world record. “Oh my God!” he exclaimed when I showed him the time with his own stop watch he had lent me. That race provided the highlight chapter of my second book, Kiwis Can Fly. Journalism has allowed me to meet many wonderful sportspeople over the years but also characters beyond sport like Crump, Howard Morrison, John Clarke

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(Fred Dagg), Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage) who I have written stories about. Since then, I have had a couple of long memorable stints at the Howick and Pakuranga Times thanks to the patience of managing director Reay Neben and current editor Nick Krause. It’s been an enjoyable ride for a West Coast-born bloke who loves Howick and has been happy to be a Howickian since late 1971. Sadly, my wonderful wife Jill is in the advanced stages of dementia and no longer recognises me or our supportive daughters Leonie and Donna. When I first spot-

ted Jill on a railcar moving from Christchurch to Greymouth in 1964, I told my brother Leo that I was going to marry her. “You’re mad,” he exclaimed. I wasn’t. She was, because three years later she said yes. I’m not sure what her first impression of me was on that railcar but I got a clue when she offered me peanuts. When Crumpy first met Jill, she was stunned when he told her she was beautiful. “I lived with this bastard for a week,” he said indicating me, “and he never mentioned you once. So I thought you must be a dog.”

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