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Sunnyhills School team led by teacher Angela Lee, (right) was the winner of the Great NZ School Space Race. Founder of Kai’s Clan Bruce Jackson (left) along with Ronel Schodt presented the winning team with a cheque of $400.

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CRIME

No arrests in body-in-car case

By CHRIS HARROWELL

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olice are yet to arrest and charge the person or people responsible for the violent death of east Auckland woman Elizabeth (Ying) Zhong, seven weeks after her killing.

The 55-year-old’s body was found inside her vehicle on November 28 last year.

Her black Land Rover vehicle had been parked in Roadley Avenue, Sunnyhills, a short distance from

her three-storey home in Suzetta Place.

The last confirmed sighting of the businesswoman was at about 4.30pm on November 27.

Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown is publicly calling for people with knowledge of what happened to Zhong to do the right thing and speak to police.

“The death of Elizabeth Zhong was incredibly shocking and sad for the entire Sunnyhills and Pakuranga community,” he says.

“If anyone has any information regarding Elizabeth Zhong, please approach the police and provide them with that information to support them in their ongoing investigations.”

The Times addressed a number of questions relating to Zhong’s death and the resulting homicide investigation, named ‘Operation Attina’, to Counties Manukau Police.

They included whether or not police are working to identify if her killer had fled New Zealand and

also if a post mortem carried out on her body had established her cause of death.

Some media organisations have previously reported Zhong was stabbed to death.

That detail has not been confirmed by police, however, as they remain tight-lipped over many aspects of the investigation.

It has been confirmed though that Zhong was subject to a violent attack before her death.

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“We appreciate your interest in this case, but as we have previously said on a number of occasions, we are not going to comment on any specific details at this stage of our investigation.

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Counties Manukau Police detective senior sergeant Veronica McPherson says an investigation is under way into an aggravated robbery at a jewellery store at Botany Town Centre on January 10.

“Two male offenders entered the store after 2pm, one armed with a shotgun,” she says.

“A quantity of jewellery has been taken. These offenders fled the shopping centre on a moped shortly afterward.

“This moped was later located in the nearby East Tamaki area and is being examined.”

McPherson says a scene examination was carried out at the store and an investigation into the incident is ongoing.

“Anyone who has information that may assist our enquiries and has not spoken with police is asked to come forward.”

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POLICE

Burglaries down due to Covid lockdowns

By CHRIS HARROWELL

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ast Auckland has seen a major reduction in a particular type of crime and the reason why may be surprising.

Counties Manukau East Police area commander Inspector Wendy Spiller, says she’s seen a drop in burglaries locally since the Covid-19 lockdowns were first enacted early last year.

“Between April 1 and October 31 [2020], in that seven-month period, there’s been a more than 50 per cent reduction in burglaries in Counties Manukau East compared to the same time period the previous year,” she told the Times.

“Stolen vehicles and thefts from vehicles are down about 50 per cent over the same period as well.

“Covid has been a challenge for everybody but there have been some positive things from it. That’s what we want to highlight and build on.”

A crime doesn’t need to entail an offender breaking into and stealing an item from a residential or commercial property to be recorded as a burglary, Spiller says.

“Burglary is also people breaking into a vehicle parked on someone’s driveway.

“It’s taking clothes off a

Inspector Wendy Spiller is challenging east Auckland locals to do their bit to reduce crimes such as burglary.

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clothesline, out of sheds, off front porches, or if shoes are left on the front door and someone takes them, that’s a burglary,” Spiller says.

“A pot plant stolen from someone’s garden is a burglary.”

Spiller says the Covid lockdowns resulted in more people working from home, which increased the community spirit or “connectedness” in the area.

That led to higher levels of vigilance among local residents and safer neighbourhoods, she says.

“That’s because people are aware of who lives in their street now.

“With that comes more what we call ‘capable guardians’, which is where people know

their neighbours, know the vehicle their neighbour drives, know who lives next door and who comes and goes, so unknown people and vehicles are more obvious.

“People can utilise the 105 phone service, [for non-emergencies] which people got to know during Covid.

“They can phone that number to report suspicious people, vehicles, and behaviour.”

Spiller encourages locals to continue to keep an eye out for suspicious people and vehicles even though the Covid lockdowns have ended.

She says it’s harder for burglars to stake out a house when its occupants are spending more time at home.

“Additionally, with more people at home it adds to that capable guardian and community responsibility.

“We’ve got Neighbourhood Support groups that work together to prevent offending.

“If people are retired or work from home and they’re around that gives them the opportunity to be capable guardians and that has increased because of Covid.”

Spiller says the community connectedness seen during the Covid period can and should be maintained.

“We’ve proven we can do it.

My challenge to the community is why does it take a lockdown to keep ourselves safe?

We should be able to do that anytime.”

She encourages residents to be “kind and connected” and report suspicious behaviour to 105, or 111 if a crime is in progress.

“Keep that connectivity in terms of reporting because people don’t know if it might link to an offence that happens later.

“That report might be the missing piece of a puzzle we can put together at a later date.

“People should talk to their neighbours, become part of a Crime Watch or Neighbourhood Support group and take responsibility for the safety of their own street.”

Detective inspector Shaun Vickers addresses the news media about the investigation into Elizabeth Zhong’s death.

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No arrests

➤ From page 1 Following Zhong’s death, police publicly appealed for sightings of Zhong’s Land Rover in the days leading up to her killing.

Investigators conducted an area canvas and spoke to her family, friends and associates.

Members of a specialist police forensics team wearing white hazmat-style suits were seen working in what appeared to be her property’s kitchen as an armed officer stood guard in the driveway.

Police have described Zhong’s family as being “devastated” by her death.

She was the director of the company Digital Post Limited, which is based in Epsom, central Auckland. ➤ People with information on the death of Elizabeth (Ying) Zhong can phone police on 261-1300 and quote the file number 201128/1909, or phone the free and anonymous Crimestoppers tip-off line on 0800 555 111.

TECHNOLOGY

Sunnyhills School wins Space Race prize

By FARIDA MASTER Sunnyhills School has won the NZ Space Race Award for creation of an immersive Mars project.

Sunnyhills teacher Angela Lee was surprised when Kai’s Clan founder Bruce Jackson and colleague Ronel Schodt turned up at a school assembly to announce that the Sunnyhills’ team had won the New

Zealand Space Race Award.

The award-winning Kai’s Clan STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) toolbox integrates features such as collaborative/multiplayer coding, augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence and physical adventure mats with virtual worlds over-laid.

Sunnyhills students developed

3D characters and coded their own project based on the NASA Mars 2020 ‘Launch of Perseverance’.

From landing on Mars to building a habitat, finding aliens, dealing with a fire and creating a defence base, they did it all. Once the mission was completed, they boarded their rocket ship and took off from Mars and headed back to earth.

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CRICKET

Premier women win by 52 runs ➤ Jeff Crowe Cup | Round Four

North Shore 320/7 (S Hinds 109, R Hira 100, S Keene 41, A Jones 3-57) defeated Howick Pakuranga 210/9 (B Walsh 45, L Winn 36, Z Watson 4-25) by 110 runs.

Suburbs New Lynn 230/8 (T Patel 52, G Hanham 46, J Bassett-Graham 31, N Stobart 3/51) lost to Auckland University 233/8 (C Ansell 46, J Low 72*) by two wickets.

Takapuna 261 (Q Sunde 105, D James 48, G Harley 39, D van Deventer 3-29) defeated Parnell 195 (H Miller 49, D van Deventer 43*, S Collinson 4-53, M Jones 3-45) by 66 runs.

East Coast Bays 157 (C Briggs 76*, R Schierhout 32, L Dasent 3-17) lost to Cornwall 158/6 (Ad Dhadwal 48, Am Dhadwal 38) by four wickets.

➤ Richard Jones Cup | Round Four

Ellerslie 313/7 (A Alam 72, P Narsimhan 48, A Ogra 44, D de Silva 43*) defeated Hibiscus Coast 190/7 (C Elliot 42*) by 123 runs.

Waitakere 227 (J Henderson 68, B Barnard 61, P Whynn 36, J Patel 3-20) lost to Kumeu 228/9 (P Kumar 44, E Sayed 42, J Patel 30) by one wicket.

Eden Roskill 231 (J Kumar 64, M Abbas 39, P Ventkatsubramanian 34, N Bhana 4-29, C McKegg 3-28) defeated Grafton 205 (D Taylor 44, N Fletcher 36, J Kumar 3-32) by 26 runs.

Birkenhead 280/6 (J O’Brien 112*, S Rajwer 58, C Rajapaksha 35, A Prasad 3-38) defeated Papatoetoe 235 (J Plummer 56, L Clark 57, M Masand 4-47, A Frew 3-48) by 45 runs.

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Auckland University 109/5 (J Prasad 30*) lost to Takapuna 110/3 ( A van Deventer 50*) by seven wickets.

Howick Pakuranga 126/7 (R Patel 51, R Lilii 4-14) defeated Papatoetoe 74/6 (R Lilii 32, M Downes 3-10) by 52 runs.

Cornwall 82/7 (E Drumm 4-10) lost to Parnell 83/7 (O Lobb 41*) by three wickets.

➤ Pearl Dawson Trophy | Round Four

Howick Pakuranga 108/4 (G Harris 42*) defeated Takapuna 99/9 (E Irwin 36, A Parr 3-25) by nine runs.

Papatoetoe 133/7 (R Lilii 80*, L Battin 3-28) defeated Cornwall 109/8 by 24 runs.

Parnell 114/4 (Y Kareem 38, S Carr 33*) defeated Auckland University 67/8 by 47 runs.

HONOURS

Locals feature in New Year Honours R

osa Chow and Keith Ingram, both of Half Moon Bay, have been recognised in the 2021 New Year Honours.

Ingram was made a Member of New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to the fishing and maritime industry.

Chow was awarded The Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for services to immigrant communities.

Ingram is recognised as a maritime industry and recreational fishing advocate who has been a member of the New Zealand Recreational Fishing Council for the past 35 years, including 12 years as president. He is a past president of the New Zealand Marine Transport Association (NZMTA), where he contributed significantly to the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

He remains on the Board of the NZMTA, having been a committee member for more than 30 years. He was a Field Editor for Boating NZ Magazine for 10 years, before establishing Professional Skipper Magazine, recognised as a leading maritime journal now in its 25th year. He remains an advisor to Maritime

Keith Ingram was made a Member of New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours and Rosa Chow was awarded The Queen’s Service Medal.

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New Zealand, the Ministry of Fisheries, the Department of Conservation and the New Zealand Shipping and Fishing industries.

He has been the Patron for the Tug William C. Daldy Preservation Society since 2008 and a marine assessor to the Transport Accident Investigation Commission.

As a past Commodore of the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club, he remains a Vice-Patron of the

club, where he was instrumental in the development of the ‘Women in Command’ training course now adopted by New Zealand Coastguard Education.

Ingram opened the way for Sea Cadet pre-sea training and women at sea to be accepted as part of the maritime industry.

Awards have included Magazine Publisher’s Awards, Highly Commended Editor of the Year 2009 and Journalist of the Year 2012.

Chow has actively contributed to the Howick community since emigrating from Hong Kong.

She has been a board member at Macleans College for several terms and made major efforts in connecting the college with its Chinese parents and communities to increase engagement.

She has been a key member of the Asian Council on Reducing Crime for 14 years, including time as chairperson, the focus of which was to reduce street crime.

Her work with the council has mobilised people to volunteer in community services, such as organising a foot patrol group, and enhanced knowledge and crime prevention, financial literacy, and business skills. She has been a member of both the Police National Ethnic Advisory Forum and the Police Asian District Advisory Board.

She is an active member of the St Mark’s Catholic Church in Pakuranga. Chow has received several local awards, including the Howick Local Board My Place Award for migrants who have embraced the local community by way of community service and involvement.

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POLICE

Officer policing his own community

By CHRIS HARROWELL

“We want people to trust us so they come to us and they know we will help them,” Baker says.

“Community cops are there to build relationships with groups in the community.

“We’re reliant on the consent of the public to do our jobs effectively and we need residents to keep their eyes and ears open for suspicious activity.”

With the summer season well under way, Baker says his advice to local residents is to be vigilant, remove all valuables from their vehicles, even when parked in their driveway, and keep an eye on others.

“Covid brought people together,” he says.

“We hope they’ll continue to look out for their neighbours and check on them.

“If it looks ‘off’ it probably is. If a crime is happening now, people should phone 111, and if it’s already happened, phone 105.

“If they want to remain anonymous, they can phone Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

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ergeant Scott Baker is in no doubt he has big shoes to fill. Baker recently took over from sergeant Brett Meale as the community services supervisor in charge of the Howick police station in Fencible Drive.

He leads a team of six officers, including the community constables for Howick, Pakuranga, Botany, and Highland Park, in his new role.

Meale held the position for a number of years but has been transferred to another role.

Baker says his predecessor did an “awesome job here over the past five or six years”.

“I’m hoping to continue and build on that work and I feel like I have big shoes to fill.

“The relationships Brett built with stakeholders such as the local business association and others was very solid.

“That’s something I noticed immediately, the respect he had here.

Sergeant Scott Baker is the new community services supervisor in charge of the Howick police station.

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“Being a local boy, as Brett also is, I’m passionate about this community.

“I love Howick and I love working in this station.”

Baker attended Howick College and has lived his whole life in east Auckland.

He grew up in a house close to Howick Beach.

His most recent previous role was as the supervisor in charge of the Otara neighbourhood policing team in south Auckland for three years.

He’s worked in the Counties

Manukau East Police area for more than a decade.

Baker says his new position in Howick has both similarities and differences to the role he previously performed on the neighbourhood policing team.

“I really enjoyed the job in Otara. This is not a huge transition but it’s something I’m excited about.”

He says his primary focus is to foster partnerships with the local community, which is something Meale had done very well.

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U3A Ormiston starts its programme on Thursday January 28 at 10am at the Flat Bush Old School Hall, corner of Flat Bush School Road and Murphys Road.

Our first speaker will be our President Mike Groves speaking on Edward the Eighth, followed by Dr. Judy Blakey on the subject of Active Ageing. All welcome, free admission, morning tea provided. Come see what U3A is all about. Contact Mike Lowe 279 3956.

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PROPERTY

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Getting mortgageready has helped the Moala family achieve their dream of buying a brand-new home.

Former Pakuranga residents Boaz and Angela Moala, along with their two children Cayden (7) and Caylee (5), moved into their new three-bedroom home in Glen Innes recently as part of Tamaki Regeneration’s (TRC) affordable housing programme.

“Now we don’t have any fears that someone is going to knock on our door and tell us they’re going to sell the house, which was the worry when we were renting,” Boaz says.

“The security means it brings some stability for us and our children.”

The Moala whanau are part of the TRC shared ownership programme, where families take at least a 70 per cent share in the home, while TRC takes up to a 30 per cent share, which is paid back over time.

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Both Boaz and Angela have strong links to TRC’s catchment area, which includes Panmure, Point England and Glen Innes.

Angela has been a teacher at Point England School for several years and Boaz was a pastor at a church in Glen Innes.

People who have strong links to suburbs in TRC’s boundaries (Panmure, Point England and Glen Innes) may be eligible for the affordable housing programme.

he Burn Support Charitable Trust is this year bringing Annual Children’s Burn Camp back to Auckland.

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Lower-density building with wide streets and attractive planting are suggestive of this theme of abundance, including an impressive central boulevard lined by pohutukawa trees.

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Raised garden beds across the site let residents grow their own produce and flowers to pick and enjoy. Groves of olive, lemon and orange trees give another nod to the region’s fruitful horticultural past.

A sunny garden pavilion in the central Village Green provides a place to meet, chat and share food while enjoying the outdoor space and views.

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At the heart of the village is a contemporary club house building. Inside, there’s a fully-equipped wellness centre with gym, pool, spa, salon and activities room.

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State-of-the-art medical facilities also feature, offering 36 care beds.

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Pedestrian-friendly and simple to navigate, the layout makes moving around and interacting with people an easy, natural affair.

With its coastal walking track and welcoming ambience, Pohutukawa Landing is very much part of its local community in Beachlands. Pine Harbour marina, with ferries to the CBD, is just a few minutes’ walk away.

Tours are now available of the first homes which are under construction and nearing completion. These two

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Spacious apartments will also be available in later stages.

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poisonous gas into the atmosphere as similar factories making petrol cars.

Finally, and most tellingly, a significant number will be sold in countries whose prime source of electricity is from the burning of fossil fuels prompting one statistician to estimate that in the lifetime of an EV compared with a diesel vehicle with regards to their contribution to greenhouse gases globally, there is little or no difference.

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At the Our Lady Star of the Sea grotto, from left to right, are Father John Fitzmaurice (Parish priest of Howick), Father Terry Montgomery (assisting in the parish), Alex Klaassen (server), Emily Chan (server), Sarah McCormick(server) and Bishop Photo Bishop Gielen Michael Gielen.

OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA CATHOLIC CHURCH 60TH ANNIVERSARY On Sunday December 6, 2020, Bishop Michael Gielen (Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland) came to celebrate the 9.30am Sunday Mass to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Blessing and Opening of the current Church by Bishop James Michael Liston on December 11, 1960.

The previous church had stood on the same spot since 1854 and was dismantled in 1959 to make way for the current Church.

Many parishioners and friends attended the celebration Mass and afterwards Bishop Gielen led everyone through the cemetery to bless the graves there and concluded with the blessing of our new outdoor stone Grotto of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

That was also an opportunity to thank Stone Creations of Onehunga who created the beautiful grotto. Then everyone gathered in the Parish Centre for refreshments to celebrate.

A reader wonders who is prepared to wait for up to 8 hours for their electric vehicle to charge.

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Father John Fitzmaurice Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church

Firstly, there is the cost (of electric vehicles) beginning at $69,000 currently (only those on a politician’s wage or above will be able to afford them).

Secondly, there is their depreciation rate – almost twice that of a petrol vehicle in the fourth and fifth year when battery levels and power output reduce to 80 per cent.

Who’s going to buy them then?

Thirdly, New Zealand is woefully short of charging stations.

Fourthly, what business or holiday traveller is going to wait eight hours for the vehicle to be charged?

Fifthly, with regards to greenhouse gases, on the world scene, factories making them pump twice as much

OUR ANTHEM NEEDS A TWEAK I see the Australians have had a word change in their National Anthem.

[The second line of Advance Australia Fair will change from For we are young and free to For we are one and free.

I suggested years ago that a word should be changed in our one. I spoke to the grandson of the writer of the lyrics, but he said the family wouldn’t change it.

The word I want changed is MEN

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MANNERS MAKETH SOCIETY For a society to let one event, no matter how repugnant (the Mosque murders), to so influence opinions that by new policy we surrender our freedoms is further harm.

The policy changes and subsequent proposed legislation I refer to are “hate speech laws”.

A lack of care, by those promoting such legislation, seems to exist about how such legislations fray and intrude on societal norms.

These norms include manners.

Just before 1920, the great Justice, Lord Moulton, wrote about “enforcing the unenforceable” and how the law should not intrude on the realm of “manners”. That there are some areas that legislation should not legislate.

Lord Moulton was concerned about the State trying to mandate and then enforce “manners”. He noted that “what lies between Law and Free Choice we lose at our peril”.

Pushing through a crowd is illmannered but not an “assault” and could be dealt with appropriately.

Something said or done that is objectionable but lawful, could be ignored or rebutted – not used as an excuse to punitively punish.

There are simply too many construed grounds for action and therefore exceptionally good public policy reasons not to legislate ‘manners’; for example, the evidence is that hate speech laws do not get applied equally.

NZ doesn’t need this constructed societal rub, these new laws. NZ will benefit from more tolerance and the discussion of contentious topics or behaviours, whether from the left, right or centre.

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DEVELOPMENT

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greement has finally been reached on the names assigned to three new public roads being built in east Auckland.

The Howick Local Board was initially asked to choose names for the roads, located in a subdivision being developed in Murphys Road, Flat Bush, at its November business meeting.

The developer provided the board with its preferred name options, being Pigeonwood Place, Shortfin Place, and Wynnestead Drive.

It also offered multiple potential alternatives, including Pararahi Drive, Omihi Way, and Pihi Avenue.

A report provided to the board for its November meeting stated mana whenua were consulted on the new road names in accordance with Auckland Council guidelines.

Multiple mana whenua groups were contacted by the council on behalf of the applicant, it said.

“Te Ahiwaru Waiohua deferred to Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, who in turn did not respond.

“No other iwi provided responses or comments or suggested any

The Howick Local Board has approved names for three new public roads being developed in Flat Bush after initially being unable to reach consensus in November.

Times photo Wayne Martin

other road name options.”

As part of that consultation, the board received a letter from Zaelene Maxwell-Butler of Ngai Tai ki Tamaki.

Her letter said Ngai Tai ki Tamaki wished to provide names for the roads.

It opposed the names proposed by the developer as they have no “historical, cultural or ancestral linkage to the area”. “We categorically oppose the Maori names given [as options].”

Maxwell-Butler wrote that the

names preferred by Ngai Tai ki Tamaki for the first road were Te Ara Tatai Whetu, Hoeroa Road or Tuahangata Road.

Its preferred options for the second road were Te Ara Pou Waho, Te Ara Pou Roto or Te Ara Kaiwhitiki.

Its preferred option for the third road was Henry Maxwell Way. The board was unable to reach a consensus on the names at its November business meeting and deferred the item to its meeting next month.

At its meeting on December 3,

board chairwoman Adele White said the potential road names before them were Pigeonwood Place, Omihi Way, and Henry Maxwell Place.

Board member David Collings moved an amendment that the name Omihi Way be replaced with Shortfin Place, as per the developer’s wishes.

He said information the board had received from its consenting staff “indicated the developer was okay with the alternative name for road three but was quite firm or

would rather see the first options for roads one and two”.

“I think developers go through a lot of work to develop these things.

“I think it’s a bit of a concession to agree to an alternative for road three which was outside what they applied for.”

Board deputy chairman John Spiller said he wanted to give more weight to the fact Ngai Tai ki Tamaki had responded to a request for feedback on the proposed names.

“There’s a number of road namings in here where they didn’t respond because it wasn’t of such significance to them.

“So that’s why I think we should stick with Omihi [Way] on this one.”

White said she agreed with Spiller.

“I think we have a blend of names here.

“We’ve chosen the one te reo name and two others, so I won’t support the amendment.”

The board passed Collings’ amendment to replace the name Omihi Way with Shortfin Place.

It went on to vote to assign the names Pigeonwood Place, Shortfin Place and Henry Maxwell Way to the three new public roads.

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Oh Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (3 times) Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine. Amen.

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START DATES Times for students to attend first week of school 2021 Senior Course Confirmation Dates (in the Bill Dimery Performing Arts Centre) Tuesday 2 February 9am – 12pm Year 12 1pm – 4pm Year 13 New enrolments at Year 12/13 must bring NCEA results.

Monday 8 February – Waitangi Day Tuesday 9 February – Year 9 Students, new Year 10 students & International Students 8.40am – 3.20pm 8.40am – students assemble in House groups on the grassed area behind bus bay for Powhiri in the gym. The day will include a Top Town event, (so please bring your Howick College sports gear & a towel) and the start of the peer support programme.

Wednesday 10 February – whole school first day 8.50am – 3.20pm Year 9 students: report to your Tutor Group room Year 10 students: report to the Theatre Year 11 students: report to the Gym Year 12 students: report to the Library Year 13 students: report to the Dance Studio All new Year 11-13 students gather in the reception area (front of school)

2021 START-UP DATES

Thursday, 28 January Friday, 29 January Monday, 1 February Tuesday, 2 February Wednesday, 3 February

Thursday, 4 February

Our website: www.howickcollege.school.nz contains information on: · College Office Opening Hours · New Enrolments for In-zone students · Uniform · Stationery · Payments · Bus Information Mr I L Ropati, Principal

Friday, 5 February

Monday, 8 February Tuesday, 9 February

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Year 12 and 13 students: Subject Changes: If you wish to change one of the subjects you have selected, you need to see the Careers Department in the library.

10:00am-12:00pm or 1.00pm-3.00pm

Year 12 Students Library

Wednesday 27 January

10:00am-12:00pm or 1.00pm-3.00pm

Year 13 Students Library

Year 13 Students First Day: Please arrive at the Hall by 8.30am on Wednesday 3 February

Year 9 Students First Day: (including New Year 10 - Year 13 Students) Please arrive at 9.45am on Wednesday 3 February and assemble in

times indicated below:

Pohutukawa Assembly

11.15am

Rimu Assembly

12.00pm

Totara Assembly

12.45pm

Kauri Assembly

SCHOOL OFFICE OPEN Monday 25 January, Thursday 27 January, Friday 28 January.

UNIFORM

Uniform shop is open these days.

STATIONERY

Stationery Packs available through Paper Plus Howick www.paperplus.co.nz All enquiries welcome Phone 5346082 office@howickprimary.school.nz

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Monday 1 February – AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY School Closed

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Tuesday 2 February – ALL STUDENTS MUST ATTEND (student admin. day) 9.00am to 3.00pm Year 9 students meet in the Amphitheatre 10.30am to 1.30pm Year 10 students meet in House Commons 11.00am to 2.00pm Year 11 students meet in House Commons 9.00am to 1.00pm Year 12 students meet in House Commons 9.00am to 3.00pm Peer Support Leaders 10.00am to 1.00pm Year 13 students meet in House Commons

Wednesday 3 February onwards – ALL STUDENTS MUST ATTEND 8.35am to 3.15pm All students in class

Nikau Assembly

Tuesday 2nd February

Wednesday 27 January – PAVILION 9.30am to 11.30am CAIE Year 13 Course Confirmation 12.30pm to 2.00pm NCEA Year 13 Course Confirmation

ALL Students Thursday 4 February: Please report on Thursday 4 February 15 minutes before the assembly

9.45am

2021 SCHOOL START DATE FOR STUDENTS

FIRST DAYS, TERM 1, 2021

All Year 10-13 students new to the school please meet outside the main office at the times given above.

All students are to assemble at appropriate times with a pen and paper and some morning tea.

10.30am

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Year 9 will be released at approximately 2.00pm; Years 10-13 on new student induction programme finish at 12.40pm.

Matai Assembly

Uniform and stationery details available from the school website.

Thursday 28 & Friday 29 January – TEACHER ONLY DAY

It is important that this is done prior to the start of school so that you can be in the correct class on the first day.

9.00am

First day of school for all students: Tuesday 9 February, 8.40am New students and whanau meet outside the front of the office

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School Office open. (9.00am-1.00pm) School closed.

Auckland Anniversary. (School closed) School closed. (Staff only day) School & offices closed. (Staff only day) Auditorium open only to Years 11-13 for course confirmation. (Uniform not required) Year 11 (10.00am) Year 12 (10.30am) Year 13 (11.00am) Year 11-13 students (10.00am-2.00pm) International Students Orientation Students to attend in full school uniform.

Buses will NOT be operating.

Year 7-8 students (8.40am-2.00pm) Year 9-10 students (10.00am-2.00pm) Prefect Training (9am-5pm) Students to attend in full school uniform.

Buses will NOT be operating.

Waitangi Day (School closed) Full school attendance for all year levels.

Students to attend in full school uniform.

Buses WILL operate.

Check the school website for The School Uniform Shop operating hours. New school uniforms can be purchased from Elizabeth Michael Uniforms, 4 Bond St, Grey Lynn, Auckland. Phone 09 358 1680.

All workbooks and stationery packs are available online at www.myschool.co.nz All Art kits will be available for purchase from Gordon Harris at www.gordonharris.co.nz/category/4178-sancta-maria-college

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School office open on: Tuesday 2 February Wednesday 3 February Thursday 4 February Friday 5 February

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START UP INFORMATION 2021 Tuesday 2 February 2021 - Administration Day It is essential that all students attend with a parent or caregiver, at a time that suits, between 9 am and 3.30 pm, or 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm. Students will not remain at school and are not required to wear uniform.

Returning students please go directly to your Whanau.

New students please come to Reception.

Monday 8 February – WAITANGI DAY School Closed

You will be released approximately two hours after you arrive.

BUS SERVICE will resume Tuesday 2 February SCHOOL TUCK SHOP Will not open until Wednesday 3 February SECOND HAND UNIFORMS The Uniform Shop is located next to the Health Centre, near the main school entrance.

Prior to school starting in 2021 the school shop will be open for uniform sales on:

WEBSITE For further information refer to the website www.macleans.school.nz

First day on timetable - school starts at 8.40am for Year 9 students and Peer Support Leaders; other Year 10 to 13 students start at 9.40am. All students will finish at 3.00pm.

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New students to the Library.

Any queries please contact Reception Ph (09) 277 7881, or email: admin@mhjc.school.nz Reception open from Monday 18 January 2021

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Friday 5 February:

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January 2021 Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 January ...............................1pm to 4pm Saturday 16 January ................................................10am to 12noon Wednesday 20 to Friday 22 January ...............................1pm to 4pm Due to ongoing building works at the school these dates may be amended. Please see our website for up-to-date information. From 2 February 2021 normal hours will be Term Time Only – Tuesday & Wednesday 2pm to 4pm and the first Saturday of the month from 10am to 12noon.

Wednesday 3 February 2021 - 8.30 am start Year 7 and Year 10 students only.

All new Year 7 & 10 students please go to the Theatre.

Returning Year 10 students please go to your Whanau.

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FARM COVE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL The school office will be open as follows:

39 Somerville Road, Shelly Park, Auckland 2014 Ph: (09) 535 1070 | email: office@somint.school.nz www.somervilleintermediate.school.nz

Thursday, 28 January 2021 9.00 am – 12.30 pm Friday, 29 January 2021 9.00 am – 12.00 pm Tuesday, 2 February 2021 8.30 am to 4.00 pm

School commences

Thursday 4th February 2021 at 8.30 am Year 7 students meet in the gymnasium Year 8 students meet in the school hall

School Uniform

All new uniforms are available from John Russell Schoolwear, 9 Moore Street, Howick.

Sports Uniform 2021

All students must be wearing the sports uniform introduced in 2020, available from John Russell Schoolwear, Moore Street, Howick

Term 1 2021

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All students are to report to school for the first day of Term 1 2021 on Wednesday, 3 February by 8.20am in full school uniform with their stationery packs which are available online through OfficeMax My School (www.myschool.co.nz).

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Thursday 28th January, Friday 29th January and Tuesday 2nd February 2021 from 9.00 am – 11.30 am Wednesday 3rd February 2021 from 9.00 am - 2.00 pm

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t has been an amazing summer of test cricket for one-time minnows New Zealand who now find themselves ranked No 1 in the world, having thrashed West Indies and Pakistan.

It was no surprise masterly skipper Kane Williamson would continue his majestic form with the bat taking his total to 7115 from 83 matches with a highest score 251 and a remarkable 54.31 average.

But who would have believed relative newcomer Kyle Jamieson would take his wicket tally to 36 from six matches with a best of 6/48 and an astonishing wicket average of 13.27 runs?

Our greatest bowler Sir Richard Hadlee had 431 wickets from 86 tests with his 9/52 against Australia his best tally. There was nothing wrong with his average of 22.29 runs for each wicket taken. But that pales against Jamieson’s 13.27.

Spinner Daniel Vettori took 361 wickets from 112 test at a 34.15 average and a

best of 7/87.

The next best are three current players with Tim Southee 302 from 77 tests at a 28.70 average, Trent Boult 281 from 71 tests at 28.02 and Neil Wagner 219 from 51 at 26.32.

Other than Jamieson, the only other bowler to have a better run average per wicket than Hadlee was speedster Shane Bond who took 87 from 18 tests at 22.09.

When one adds injured speedster Lockie Ferguson and Colin de Grandholmme to the current test incumbents, it’s abundantly clear New Zealand has never had such seam and swing bowling depth.

They utilise it best on greenish home wickets but struggle on spin-friendly sub-continent pitches on which India reign supreme.

Much is owed to the consistency of Southee and Bolt over a long period and the stamina, tenacity and bounce of Wagner who played courageously when bowling one test against Pakistan with two broken

Agnew’s Angle toes. But 6ft 8in Jamieson, with his steep bounce and ability to swing the ball both ways, adds another dimension that should trouble even Australia, India and England.

Australia still has the world’s best bowlers but New Zealand is closing the gap and, under Williamson’s leadership, the batting isn’t too bad either.

Williamson’s 54.31 average puts him head and shoulders above other luminaries JF Reid 46.28, Ross Taylor 45.83, Martin Crowe 45.36. Mark Richardson 44.77 and Glenn Turner 44.66.

Henry Nicholls 43.91, Tom Latham 44.24 and Jesse Ryder 40.93 complete the top 10 ahead of the great late Bert Sutcliffe who played only 42 test at an average of 40.10 with a 230 not out best score.

Ivan Agnew is an awardwinning sports writer

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akuranga Athletic Club has racked up an impressive medal haul at the 2021 North Island Colgate Games at Inglewood.

The club had 61 athletes competing amongst the 7-14 years age grades. The club won 33 individual medals (15 gold, 8 silver, 10 bronze) and 7 relay medals (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).

The best performing athlete was James Trathen (14B) who won 5 medals (4 gold, 1 silver) and was awarded 1 of 4 Nick Willis Scholarships at the end of the meeting. Tim Wallace (13B) also won 5 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).

Harrison Day (11B), Ben Ward (14B) and Kaiden Warren (14B) all won 4 medals each. Imogen Barlow (12G) was the best performing female athlete with 3 gold medals.

There were 5 new Auckland records set.

We have 19 athletes competing at the South Island Games here in Nelson this weekend.

More than 1000 young athletes made their mark in Taranaki over the weekend of January 8-10 at the 43rd annual Colgate Games.

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The annual Colgate Games is New Zealand’s largest athletics competition for young athletes aged 7 to 14 years old. Each year, a different city or town is chosen to host the Colgate Games in the North and South Islands.

Established in 1978, the Colgate Games is one of the longest continuous sports sponsorships in New Zealand.

Colgate NZ General Manager, John Garside, says the Colgate Games are about celebrating community sport and encouraging upand-coming athletes to do their best and to give new sports a go.

Colgate and Athletics New Zealand have provided eight scholarships worth $500 each for athletes who display outstanding performances.

The eight scholarships – four awarded each in the North and South Islands – are named after Colgate Games alumnus and twotime Olympic medallist, Nick Willis. The funds will go towards helping the winning athletes achieve their sporting goals.

The South Island Colgate Games were held in Nelson’s Saxton Field Sports Centre from January 15-17.

North Island event with 1176 young athletes competing at Inglewood’s TET Stadium.

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