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Police station to go? COMMUNITY

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he future of the Howick police station is in doubt as Auckland Council looks to sell the land it occupies. The station is accessed from Fencible Drive but is part of a property at 34 Moore Street that’s among the parcels of public land the council voted last year to dispose of under its emergency budget. Council agency Panuku has been assessing the property prior to

starting the sale process. Panuku assets and delivery general manager Marian Webb says the work includes considering options for the rear portion of 34 Moore Street, which is leased to NZ Police. “No final decision has been made at this stage,” she told the Times. Webb says the agency intends to take the property to the market as a development site, in accordance with the Howick village centre plan. “The plan identifies 34 Moore

Street as strategically located and which could be utilised to further enhance the Howick village by potentially offering additional retail and or residential [space].” Webb says it’s anticipated the property will be taken to the market mid-2021. Counties Manukau East Police relieving area commander Inspector Colin Higson says police have been notified of the council plans to sell the land the station is on in the near future. There are six officers based at the

portable building that serves as the Howick station, he says. “These officers will relocate to Ormiston police station and continue to serve the Howick and Flat Bush communities along with the wider Counties Manukau East area as required. “Howick has a great community which is very supportive of police. “We can reassure the public this change will have minimal impact and they can expect to see their community officers still maintain-

ing the same strong presence in Howick.” Higson says police intend to maintain a “public-facing presence” in Howick and are exploring options as to how this can be achieved. Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown and Botany MP Christopher Luxon say the news the Howick station will soon close will come as a shock to locals who value the hard work its community constables put in every day. ➤ Turn to page 5

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Left, cutting the cake on Sunday are, from left, Parish priest Sherwin Lapaan, Bishop Denis Browne, Bishop Michael Gielen, priests Carlo Cruz, Emile Frische and Austin Fernandez and transitional Deacon Thomas Park (he will be Ordained in May and become Assistant Priest at Pakuranga); right, Bishop Michael Gielen at the jubilee outdoor mass on Sunday. Photo supplied

Parish is like now? There are more families, more vibrancy and more life.” Foundational parishioner Pat Gaines said, St Mark’s was “a very hospitable place for a new arrival and a stranger to everybody”. Marian Peterson said, “Ray Green, the first priest at St Mark’s Parish, gave so much of his time at Edgewater College, saying Mass every Sunday, and then in the Cowshed Chapel.” Veronica and Joey Maloni said, “We arrived in New Zealand in 1973, and joined St Mark’s Parish though at the time the parish was beginning

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and Mass was held at Edgewater College. “Father Green walked the streets of Pakuranga, searching out Catholic families in the area, arriving at our house, notebook in had, writing down details of each member of the family and inviting us to Mass at Edgewater College. We felt welcomed from the start! “We feel privileged to have been a part of this journey of St. Mark’s family; it has always been a church of joy and energy, so often raising the roof with our singing, dancing into the night with our socials, always fun, parish picnics, school fairs,

making lifelong friends along the way. “We had the blessing of wonderful priests over the years, who seemed to be just right for the needs of our parish at the time; each bringing their own special gifts, initiating programmes that would draw us together in our faith ... over many months and sometimes even meeting together over years, feeding our spiritual lives together. “St Mark’s will be forever in our hearts as our spiritual home, that has taught and guided us throughout our lives.”

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t John’s has started its health shuttle service in Eastern suburbs’. John McKillop, East Auckland Health Shuttle team leader, said, “St John’s has around 55 Health Shuttles in New Zealand from Kaikohe to Invercargill.” In the Auckland area, there are shuttles based in Mangere, East Tamaki, Pukekohe and Henderson. The new health shuttle’s prime area of coverage is from Musick Point to Pakuranga, Maraetai and Ormiston. “In conjunction with the vehicle based in Mangere, the wider South Auckland area is served,” McKillop said. The service provides transport from its passengers’ homes to “doctor visits, dental appointments, specialist appointments, hospital day-stays for minor surgery and any other types of health appointments. “This prevents people from missing essential appointments and enables them to live healthier, stronger lives,” community transport manager Stephen Robinson said. Anyone who needs help get-

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ting to their medical appointment qualifies. “The only provision is that they need to be self-sufficient in getting to and from the shuttle vehicle,” McKillop said. “If they need physical assistance, they need a carer with them.” Some health shuttles have wheelchair access like the one that is to be introduced to service in east Auckland. The driving of the health shuttles is volunteer-based. There are currently eight local drivers operating the east Auckland vehicle. “The service is entirely

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“The police have had a local presence in our area for a long time now based out of the Howick police station, and our community constables do an incredible job keeping us safe. They are well known across our community and regularly go out of their way to support victims of crime, engage with residents and businesses on law and order issues and provide a friendly police presence in the area.” The MPs say they’re concerned the station’s closure will make such work harder to accomplish and “ultimately make our community less safe”. “We are pleased police have stated their desire to maintain a public-facing presence in Howick and we strongly support such a move. “However, this presence should also be where our community constables continue to have a local base to operate out of so they can maintain their presence in the local community and continue the great work they do to keep us safe.”

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inety per cent of staff at Crawford Medical Centre in Picton Street, Howick, have had their first Covid-19 vaccine shots while 75 per cent have now had both shots with the 21 day gap in between. Dr Bruce Greenfield, the clinical director at Crawford, said that the practice had 52 staff. “Some others are still on the wait list as they weren’t available at the times offered, or were waiting on specialist advice re their medical history to check safety,” he said. “Most of these spots were offered through March when there was excess stock from the border workers’ roll-out. We were called last minute and offered spaces within the next 24 hours which everyone was keen to grab. “There’s also a more formal ‘frontline health’ vaccination programme which started at the beginning of the month to cover all Group 2 workers who weren’t offered the last-minute option. “Many of the spots were offered outside office hours so most of our staff went to Waipuna Hotel or The Holiday Inn at Mangere

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Gang violence is getting out of MP for Pakuranga control in Auckland with another week of gang shootings and violence including a shooting at the Sofitel Hotel in downtown Auckland. This increase in gang violence also be given to the police to ensure is making our city less safe and is they can crack down on gang memcausing Aucklanders to become bers with illegal firearms. more worried about their safety. I am calling on the Government to It is only a matter of time before support this legislation to give the an innocent member of the public police new tools they need and to is shot in the crossfire. send a powerful message to gangs Whilst gangs are not new, since that they will not be tolerated. Labour came to office in 2017, gang The government was willing membership has ballooned, grow- to go to great lengths to take guns ing 48 per cent. More gang mem- off legal firearms owners, but has bers means more meth being sold so far shown no appetite to target in our streets and more gang vio- those who illegally use firearms to lence being perpetrated. commit crime and wreak havoc. The Government must get tough Just last week we have seen the on gangs – and give the police the Government vote down sensible tools they need to address this law and order Bills such as my colgrowing problem. league Matt Doocey’s Bill which One of the tools the police need would have increased the penalty ROOM, SPACE, AND VALUE TO YOUR HOME is the ability to put in place firearm for offenders who kill police dogs prohibition orders (FPO) on danger- from 2 years to 5 years. ous gang members. I hope that the Government puts This law change which I am pro- politics aside and doesn’t do the gressing through Parliament as a same to my Bill which will help to Member’s Bill would mean a gang address the havoc gangs are curmember subject to a FPO will not rently causing across New Zealand. be allowed to possess a firearm, get I have launched a petition calla firearms license or be on a prop- ing for the Government to support erty where firearms are present. It my Bill. You can sign it here: www. would also be a serious offence to national.org.nz/time-to-take-thesupply firearms to someone subject guns-off-the-gangs to a FPO. Simeon Brown Additional search powers would MP for Pakuranga

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New police pursuit policy a get-out-ofjail-free card The new pursuit policy for police is a get out of jail free card for offenders, National’s police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Since the new policy came into effect police have only laid charges in 42 per cent of cases where someone has failed to stop. This is down from 70 per cent in the four years prior to the policy being implemented.” New Zealanders rightly expect people who break the law to be held to account, Brown says. “But Labour’s soft-on-crime attitude has filtered down into the police and now offenders are speeding away from officers and getting off scot-free. “We were assured the new policy was just a tweak and that offenders who failed to stop for police would still be held to account. This is clearly not the case. “Offenders know the police won’t chase them, they don’t fear being caught. This trial has only emboldened criminals. “Police officers are telling us they feel powerless to do their job properly because the Government won’t back them to be tough on crime. This is leading to the public losing confidence in our police staff. “The police take their cues from the Government and it’s Labour’s soft attitude towards crime that is putting the safety of our communities at risk. National will hold offenders to account.”

There was plenty of action at the inaugural International Master Bob Wade Memorial tournament hosted by the Howick Pakuranga Chess Club.

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nglish chess player and Grandmaster (GM) Gawain Jones has won the inaugural Howick chess tournament honouring legendary New Zealand chess player, the late Bob Wade. Wade, an International Master whose 100th birthday fell on Saturday, was born in Dunedin and was twice British Champion. He was a prolific author and an International Arbiter and spent most of his professional chess career in England and travelled

the world. The Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club, in conjunction with the NZ Chess Federation (NZCF), also hosted a memorial dinner on Saturday to celebrate Wade’s birthday. Invited speakers included Grandmaster Murray Chandler, NZ Webmaster Bill Forster and former NZ Olympiad representative and NZCF Vice Patron Grant Kerr. MC was Howick Pakuranga Chess Club’s Paul Spiller who is also NZCF Vice President.

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ond place on 5 points. Third place was a tie between current New Zealand Rapid Chess Champion 12-year-old Felix Xie and another young talented player (and former NZ Champion) Alphaeus Ang. “The Bob Wade Memorial dinner was a great opportunity for chess friends to reminisce about their encounters with Bob in the past and to celebrate his exceptional life as a chess player, coach, mentor, author, administrator and friends,” said Spiller.

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Meanwhile, 88 players competed in the tournament at Howick Bowling Club on Saturday. GM Gawain Jones won the inaugural Bob Wade Memorial tournament with 5.5/6, completing a very successful few weeks of chess events in NZ, scoring an impressive 19 wins and only 1 draw (against FIDE Master Mike Steadman) in his 20 over-theboard games. He drew with former New Zealand Champion Mike Steadman who finished in sec-

Howick and districts locals will see that white crosses are again displayed on Stockade Hill in support of the upcoming Anzac Day commemorations. Former Howick RSA president Mike Cole said, “The crosses enforce the remembrance ethos and as such some are identified by the names of the veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice and are also displayed on the cenotaph. “In keeping with the remembrance theme, citizens are welcome to add their own personal tribute on a cross to their relatives who served NZ and are no longer with us. ➤ Please do not mark the crosses in marker pen and if the tribute is to be kept, the tribute must be removed by Friday May 7.”.

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DISGUSTING DUMPING

Just seen this mess by the Tamaki Bay Drive reserve waterfront in Pakuranga. Someone has dumped three chilly bin-loads of chicken entrails and heads in the water as well as left the polystyrene chilly bins. I have sent photos to council. Council haven’t been to clean it up and most of the entrails have washed away and polluted the river now. Council said they would get to it by April 24. It needed dealing with immediately I think.

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LIFESTYLE HAS STRENGTHENED IMMUNITY Re: “Let’s defeat Covid together,” Times, March 30. I have been a vegetarian all my life. My life was spent gardening for others and growing my own organic vegetables. If the need arises, I use natural remedies. I am not on any medication and have never had a flu jab in my life. I happen to believe that my lifestyle

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has given me a strong immune system to help me cope with disease. But hey, if the covid bug puts an end to my life at 87, so be it. The prospect of perhaps drooling my last years away in a rest home is not very appealing either. Just don’t make me responsible for others who possibly have never shown enough responsibility for themselves.

Marijke Ponse Cockle Bay

SOFT, WIMPY, WHINGERS People are losing the plot and, no, I’m not referring to the elderly. Just watched TV One News (April 3) for the last time. The viewers have been subjected to the ever-increasing use of Maori phrases which 96.5 per cent of the population don’t understand unless they go to the trouble of looking up Google. No, don’t bring out the R word, I have Maori friends. TV One News have now dropped to new depths. To have their lead item for two

nights running about a policeman pushing a lovely polite law-abiding young chap to the ground brings up the bile. Let’s stick it up the police wherever possible. Actually, people like me are sick to death of people expecting to do what they like whenever, wherever. Give all police a week’s holiday at the same time and then re-evaluate. People seem unable to go any length of time without bitching about something. The cost of Easter eggs are more expensive than the same weight in a chocolate bar – what a revelation! Apparently, we needed some community group to tell us this. School kids want to wear what they like, say what they like to teachers, have cell phones in class, have facial piercings, separate toilets for anyone who thinks they want to be different, forget about school rules and the teachers’ opinions. Girls don’t like boys walking behind them and don’t, for God’s sake, whistle at a nice butt or legs. Counselling might be required. We can’t have books with pictures of anyone who is not White European. If you get abused or insulted by a different breed of person than yourself, any retaliation is deemed racist. We hear radio adverts telling Aucklanders how well they have done saving billions of litres of water (with applause no less). [Director-General of Health] Dr [Ashley] Bloomfield demeaning himself with a ridiculous advert about having an egg-cellent Easter,

SIR LLOYD HAD A VISION – TO KEEP OUR PARKS I am 80-years-old now and have lived in Pakuranga since I was 14 years old. My dad was Sir Lloyd Elsmore, former Mayor of Manukau City. I am writing to congratulate the people standing up to keep their parks green. I still rememAotearoa. Can these people get any more childish and condescending. C’mon people of the world and New Zealand, start behaving normally for once. Grow a pair.

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HIGHLAND PARK ‘DESOLATION’ A recent visit to the Highland Park Shopping Centre was so sad seeing once thriving and excellent businesses shut down and boarded up. There has been a huge amount of spin and gossip about the situation there but nothing meaningful. There is also the usual complete lack of action from Auckland Council about this disgrace of a once-great facility serving the local community and residents.

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I am honestly puzzled as to why the Auckland Council has purchased both a hydrogen fuelled ($1.175m) bus (Times, March 16) and electric buses. It is suggested that an environmental impact and efficiency comparison between the two transport modes is facilitated by the diverse purchase, but could not the same objective have been achieved by engaging a Masters engineering student to do a comparative study based on the thousands of electric and hydrogen buses already operating internationally?

Studies would reveal that 95 per cent of all hydrogen, globally, is produced by a process whereby superheated steam is blasted through methane producing Hydrogen and CO2, at only 65 per cent efficiency. The process itself defeats the objective. And, yes, hydrogen can be generated by electrolysis. As this process is also relatively inefficient (20 per cent loss), one may have well directed that same electricity straight to electric buses or some other green transport project e.g. light rail. A student could be engaged to study the relative ‘carbon offsets’

of various transport investments compared to other green investments e.g. subsidising solar panel installation. In summary, would it not have been so much better to do relatively inexpensive investigations before the purchases? Funding the battle against global warming is extremely important and there is only so much money to go around as other issues are also pressing. We need to be much smarter on estimating our returns on green investments before committing the funding.

Dr Mike Schmidt, Sunnyhills

In the Times of April 7 there is an advertisement for a position in a business in Howick which has the rider ‘Only applicants who have been short listed will be contacted’. In my opinion that is bad manners and a discourtesy to all those who apply for the position. If an entity invites people to communicate with that entity then it is polite to respond. A template of an appropriate response to advise applicants that they have not been successful (and to wish them well for the future) is simple to create and to adapt for each unsuccessful applicant. As an aside, the hours of work required make a bit of a mockery of the reason we celebrate Labour Day.

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OPEN LETTER TO AUCKLAND COUNCIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE We wish to record our complete opposition to the proposed sale of green space reserves in our area. Our opposition is based on many factors which have to be given serious consideration. When we came to New Zealand in 1955, the population was 2.1 million. Today it is nearly 5m. In 1955, the wonderful thing about the use of land in NZ was the

ber it being one of my father’s most important wishes – to keep parks and playgrounds green. I feel appalled when I read your paper and look at what’s happening.

Isabel Millett Pakuranga quarter acre house site norm. Admittedly with the approval of double units, this changed soon after in the major cities. Today, with even far more relaxing of controls in our street alone, there are 11 units being constructed on a quarter acre site. Green open spaces are even more essential with this concrete jungle being brought about by today’s socalled planners. Once they are gone, they can never be replaced. One only has to look at Howick. Over the last 30 years we have lost all our strawberry beds, our market gardens, our farms, our wonderful green spaces, There was no Botany, no Dannemora, no commercial and light industry and now for some insane measure it is being proposed that the few remaining open spaces be desecrated. Auckland City should be progressive and increase the open spaces, not decrease them. The above points are just a few of the reasons for our complete opposition to the sale of the reserves in our area and any area. We are quite happy to confirm our opposition in person.

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BUCKLANDS BEACH SEA SCOUTS MISSING FLAG FOR ANZAC Bucklands Beach Sea Scouts are desperately looking for our flag before Anzac Day. It was picked up by someone at Bucklands Beach by the boat ramp by Devon Road while our Cubs and Keas were kayaking. We have marched in the Anzac Parade for 75 years with it and we are devastated that someone just picked it up.

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As Howick and districts count down to the 175th anniversary, the Times continues its series by Alan La Roche giving readers a glimpse of life as it used to be. The countdown began at the 170th in 2017

any Howick men and women served with outstanding bravery in World War II. It eventually brought peace that we enjoy today. Space allows for just a few in this article. Archie Trousdale farmed Murvale Stud Farm in Bleak House Road and his homestead was built over the 1910 fire-destroyed Bleak House homestead. He had a Friesian dairy herd and bred pigs. He was commanding officer of the 21st Auckland Battalion in the Second New Zealand Echelon in Greece in 1941. Of the 7702 New Zealanders who fought in Crete, 671 were killed, 1943 were wounded and 2180 became Prisoners of War. The Germans and Italians parachuted thousands of troops into Crete and if Crete fell it was thought they could bomb the Suez Canal shipping lane. The allied forces had to retreat for a complete evacuation under the leadership of Major

Jack Reeves beside his tank in Tunisia 1942.

General Bernard Freyberg. Captain Archie Trousdale and Private Wally Johns, both from Howick, were injured in the fighting and were captured by the Germans as the New Zealand forces were retreating. They were put into a German field hospital 40 miles into enemy territory. Norm Robertson, Archie Trousdale’s neighbour in Gills Road, Howick, gathered up a group to rescue

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their Howick officer. Dodging the German and Italian patrols and the high mountains, they found the hospital then carefully smuggled them out and eventually caught up with the New Zealander troops heading towards Egypt. This brave action avoided them from being interred into a Prisoner of War camp. Archie Trousdale was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and

awarded the Military Cross. Lieutenant Jack Reeves (born 1907, died 1942) of Green Hill Farm, Pakuranga, now Reeves Road area, was the first person to enrol for service in World War II in Auckland. He served with distinction in Greece, Crete, and Egypt where he was commander of a tank division. His mates called him Hell Fire Reeves and was awarded the Military Cross for his successes in the Tunisian Desert but was later killed in a tank battle. His mother read about his death in the long lists in the NZ Herald before being told officially. Wing Commander Robert Trousdale DFC, Croix de Guerre (born 1927, died 1947), grew up in Howick, son of Archie and Clarice Trousdale. At 21-years-old he was the youngest squadron leader in Britain. He flew for the Royal Air Force 225 Squadron as a fighter pilot. He was one of the original Battle of Britain pilots. After the war he was test flying aircraft and

crashed his Mosquito plane and was killed. Flight Lieutenant Gray Stenborg DFC (born 1921, died 1943) grew up near Howick Beach. He flew Spitfires, destroying many German planes. He was awarded the Caterpillar and Goldfish Club insignia for surviving a belly landing on land and ditching on the sea flying for the Royal Air Force. On his 188th sortie he was shot down over France and is buried in France. Pilot Officer Ian Irvine DFM lived at the corner of Minerva Terrace and Paparoa Road and worked as a postman. He flew Spitfire planes from Britain escorting bombers, destroying enemy shipping and land targets avoiding anti-aircraft firing. There is a plaque in his memory under a Puriri tree opposite his family’s home. The thousands of men and women who served at home or overseas for peace, will not be forgotten. Alan La Roche MBE, Howick Historian – alanlaroche@xtra.co.nz

Community marks the Buddha’s birthday By CHRIS HARROWELL Messages of peace and harmony were the focus at an event celebrating the birth of a major spiritual figure. Hundreds of people turned out to Fo Guang Shan Buddhist temple in Flat Bush on April 10-11 for its annual Buddha’s Birthday Multicultural Festival for World Peace Celebration. It’s led by Venerable Abbess Manshin and is intended to promote “peace, harmony and magnanimity” and “share the spirit of joy within the community”. Among those at the celebration on April 11 were Transport Minister Michael Wood, Botany MP Christopher Luxon, Counties Manukau Police district commander Superintendent Jill Rogers and

police deputy commissioner Wally Haumaha. Wood said being at the temple reminded him of a quote attributed to the venerated Christian figure Saint Francis of Assisi. He said, ‘Preach the gospel to all the world and use words if necessary’. “I very much feel that whenever I visit the temple here. Because I know that for all who come to the temple for spiritual sustenance and for enlightenment, you are inspired by the teachings of the Buddha. “But you don’t just talk about that to yourselves. Through the work of the temple you live that out in the communities of which you are a part.” Luxon said Buddha’s birthday is a “good time to stop, reflect, and think about what is important in our lives”.

Hundreds of people turned out for the annual event.

“The first thing is how do we treat and engage with each other. Secondly, how do we prioritise relationships we have with our family and our friends. Thirdly, how do we practise the virtues we see here in the temple around compassion, kindness, generosity, and patience

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and make sure we work on those in our daily lives.” Rogers said she prepared a speech for last year’s Buddha’s birthday but wasn’t able to deliver it because of the Covid lockdown. I think of the teachings of the venerable master and of how we rise to adversity.

Abbess, your team has taught us a lot about how to accept and rise to a challenge.” Abbess Manshin spoke about the importance of respect. She said where there is equality there is respect, and where there is peace there is growing. “Equality requires mutual respect for one another. Equality depends on the ability to understand each other’s perspective,” she said. “The real equality is based on the large respecting the small, the majority respecting the minority, the strong respecting the weak and the rich respecting the poor.” The event included entertainment from traditional Chinese lion dancers, bagpipers and a stirring kapa haka performance from Papatoetoe Intermediate School pupils.

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ay I through your columns thank the many who by their participation in the very successful Auckland Brit and Euro Classic Car Show at Lloyd Elsmore Park helped raise well in excess of $1300 through gold coin donations for the Howick Historical Village. Lions Clubs, Rotary, the enthusiastic Girl Guides who were working for jamboree funds, the local Community Patrol, Menzshed volunteers – so many people who all stepped up to help on a surprisingly sunny wonder-

ful day. As ‘charity of choice’, the Historical Village recognises the support of the Brit and Euro Classic Car Show organisers, the Howick Local Board and the impressive number of community groups who get behind such events to ensure their success. We are grateful, humble and very appreciative for this much needed support. Marin Burgess President Howick & Districts Historical Society

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Getting your tax right Automatically issued income tax assessments and individual income tax returns – IR3s The tax year is from 1 April to 31 March. The aim is that you pay the right amount of tax at the right time so that you don’t overpay during the year or have a bill to pay at the end of the tax year. ➤ After the end of each tax year IRD will send you one of these: • an automatically issued income tax assessment telling you if you have a refund or tax to pay • a request for you to provide or confirm information about your income • a message to complete your individual income tax return - IR3 in myIR, or a paper copy by post. IRD will work out if you’ve paid the right amount of tax each year using the information we hold about your income and the tax you’ve paid. If you receive an automatically issued income tax assessment, you need to check it and tell IRD about any changes. You need to tell IRD about other income you received and any expenses you need to claim. ➤ Automatically issued income tax assessments processing timeline: 1 April to late-May – Gathering information IRD will be gathering income and tax information from your employer (or income provider), bank and investment providers. Late-May to end of July - Income tax assessments and requests for more information sent IRD will send these between late-May and the end of July, so not everyone will get theirs at the same time. ➤ After the end of July You may receive yours after July if you are required to provide more information, or for there is a requirement about other information from your employer (or income provider) before your income tax assessment can be finalised. ➤ Individual income tax return – IR3 filing timeline: Late-March to early-April – Returns available to file If you have a myIR account and are required to file an IR3 return, you will receive an email or text message in early April letting you know your return is available to file in myIR. If you don’t have a myIR account you will be sent a paper return in late March or early April. Early-April to July 7 You’ll need to send IRD your completed IR3 return by July 7 unless you have a tax agent or an extension of time. Migrant Connect Citizens Advice Bureau Pakuranga will be hosting a session on ‘Understanding Taxation ‘on Friday 14th May Howick Local Board Room Pakuranga Library Building 10-3pm. Register with Vani 021 459 520 ➤ This Solutions Column has been compiled by Vani and is a regular editorial from the Pakuranga Citizens Advice Bureau. Visit us at the Library Building, Pakuranga, Phone 576 8331 and at Botany Citizens Advice Bureau, rear Food Court Entrance, Botany Town Centre, Phone 271 5382 or 0800 367 222 for free, confidential and informative help.

Sancta Maria College outperforms at jazz festival By ZOE GARDEN

ancta Maria College has struck gold at the Tauranga Jazz Festival. The festival was held near the Baycourt Community and Arts Centre in central Tauranga on March 31 and April 1. It is the longest-running jazz festival in the Southern Hemisphere and in recent years has attracted more than 45,000 people. The 43rd Annual National Youth Jazz Competition is part of the Tauranga Jazz Festival. It showcases the very best emerging jazz players from secondary schools across New Zealand. It featured the most competitors in its 43-year history with over 400 students competing. Sancta Maria College entered two jazz combos, the Fantails and the Keas. “Jazz combo names are always named after birds,” Thomas Cho, the student’s teacher, says. “It’s inspired by the late great Charlie Parker, an inspirational saxophone player, whose nickname was Bird.” The judges included Dr Rodger Fox and Eilish Wilson from New Zealand School of Music. Both combos won gold awards. The Fantails won the Dennis Huggard Trophy for the best first-year performance band. Jenna Aspeling, the leader of the Fantails, said they worked very hard and spent a large amount of time practising. “It was definitely worth it,” Jenna said. “I am very proud of all of us for putting in the hours.” The Fantails and the Keas members have been playing jazz since Year 8 and 9.

The Fantails (top) and The Keas (above) with their teacher Thomas Cho.

Typically they practice together once a week for an 90 minutes. “On top of this,” Cho said, “I demand a huge amount of hours from them individually practicing.” He said he wasn’t surprised with the golds. “To be honest, I did expect the two combos to win,” he said.

“As someone who is actively in the jazz scene in Auckland, it was clear that the level of our premier combos was extremely high.” Additionally, the students got to have a jam session at Our Place at the Baycourt Community and Arts Centre. “A few bands that signed up

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for it got to perform at the food court,” said Cho. “No competition, just a chilled atmosphere.” They also enjoyed the vibe at the TECT Jazz Village [Tauranga’s version of the New Orleans French Quarter] and getting to experience performers from around the country.

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Submissions open for locals for youth visual arts showcase The Howick Youth Council’s (HYC) East Auckland Visual Arts Showcase is seeking artwork submissions from young artists living in East Auckland. The Youth Visual Arts Showcase is accepting all mediums of visual art whether it be painting, sculpture, animation, photography, or mixed media. With 45 exhibited pieces of art last year, the showcase is an opportunity for young artists to get a taste of what it’s like to show off their art in a live

gallery. The showcase will continue to have expert judging as in previous years, but both casual and professional submissions are welcome. The showcase will happen over June in the Malcolm Smith Gallery at Uxbridge Arts & Culture in Howick Village. The project is supported by the Auckland Creative Communities Scheme, Uxbridge Arts & Culture, Arts Out East and Te Tuhi. HYC is

supported by the Howick Local Board to empower young people through projects and events. The exhibition will be free to view and is open to submissions from youth aged between 12 and 24 who live in the area covered by the Howick Local Board. Submissions do not have to be specifically created for the showcase. “It’s a heartening experience for our team to provide a platform where young artists in our community can gain insight

into the art world. “In its fourth year, we’re truly excited to see what will come forth in the showcase,” says HYC team lead Elaine Huang, whose volunteer youth council team is in charge of the project. It will be the fourth year in which the showcase has been run. ➤ To learn more about submitting artwork, visit http://youth.org.nz/ visualart21/. Submissions for the showcase close on May 4.

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TENNIS

Pakuranga Tennis Club celebrates 100 years Pakuranga Tennis Club celebrates its Centennial next year and is sharing a number of stories over the coming months marking the milestone

YEARS

tennis club – originally funded by weekly card evenings and local dances – this year celebrates 100 years of service to the Pakuranga community. The Pakuranga Tennis Club located opposite Pigeon Mountain (Ohuiarangi) was first formed by a meeting of local farmers held in the Pakuranga Pavilion on Wednesday April 13, 1921. On a payment of one pound, the Pakuranga Road Board granted the use of the then present post office building to provide for a pavilion. Wire netting surrounding the courts was added to keep the neighboring cows at bay and nets and other equipment purchased. The club was formally opened on January 7,1922 with two asphalt courts and the completed pavilion. Foundation membership numbered 26 senior players, presided over by Mr RA ‘Dufty’ Bell, whose homestead is now preserved at the

Top right, minutes of the foundation meeting held on April 13, 1921 (the opening page); above, members of the Pakuranga Tennis Club, Opening Day 1946. Images supplied

Howick Historical Village. One of the oldest competitions in New Zealand Tennis, The Hughes Cup, was first contested in 1924 between the Pakuranga and Howick clubs. A third court and a new pavilion constructed by volunteer membership was added after the Second World War. Membership options were expanded to cater for juniors and mid-week ladies and competi-

CROQUET

Croquet players achieving all over the place The Howick Croquet Club player logbook impresses with its evidence that their members are currently winning golf croquet everywhere.

RECENT EXAMPLES INCLUDE : • Sat April 3 at Manurewa CC: Vanessa Baddock (Howick) was Blue Section Runner-Up in their Club Easter Levels Singles Golf Croquet Tournament. • Sat April 3 at Morrinsville CC: Felix and Jill Groenestein (Howick) won their Club Easter Doubles Golf Croquet Tournament. • Sun April 4 at Manurewa CC: Vanessa Baddock and Trevor Stretton (Howick) won their Club Easter Handicap Doubles Golf Croquet Tournament (winning all 5 games !). • Fri April 9 at St Heliers Bay CC: Caroll Sanford and Tessa Pim (Howick) were Section Runners-Up in their Club “Mad March” Handicap Doubles Golf Croquet Tournament. • Sun April 11 at Manurewa CC: Four members from Howick competed in the Counties Manukau Annual Regional Golf Croquet handicap doubles played this year at Manurewa, and all four secured runner-up positions to winners from Pukekohe and Manurewa. Successful Howick players were Raymond Yin and Danny Tan plus Vanessa Baddock and Trevor Stretton.

tions held with neighbouring clubs. A period of major expansion for the club followed, with three new courts added in 1982, a new twolevel clubhouse in 1987 and synthetic grass installed on three of the six courts. Further growth allowed for night-lighting on all six courts, a sealed car park and full re-furbishment of the clubhouse. With a bourgeoning member-

What’s on MEDALS WORKSHOP

Recognising Our Heroes with Medals’ family craft workshop. Discover medals: find the link between the Anzac soldiers of WWI and the Polish children of WWII. Design a medal and accompanying booklet, in paper. Short educational presentation included. April 22, 10am-12pm. $8 per person including adults. Polish Museum, 125 Elliot St, Howick. Bookings preferred. Phone 533 3530. Email phtmuseum@outlook.com.

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Bucklands Beach Bowling Club, 21 Morrow Ave. Bucklands Beach, $5per person, every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. Start time 1pm, Registration at 12.45pm. Tuition from 12-30pm. Club Bowls available. Please wear flat sole shoes (not corrugated). Contact Zenda Smith 5349787 email zendasmith@xtra,co. nz. Note, if Covid 19 conditions change or weather looks unfavourable, ring the club message line 5344574 for cancellation info.

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION At Howick Library, Friday 7th May, 10.30am-11.30am with guest speaker Penny Jorgensen from Allergy NZ. Refreshments provided. All welcome. Free.

ship, the club’s achievements in tennis are noteworthy. For the first time in 1996, a team qualified for participation in Auckland Tennis’s top competition, the Caro Bowl. The club was awarded Junior Club of the Year in 2002, Senior Club of the Year in 2008, and in 2020 was voted Number One Kids Sports Activity and fourth Most Popular Kids Activity in Manukau

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Singles, social and friendship club for 50s-up seeking new members. We generate our own fun and entertainment . If you are looking for company to enjoy outings, dining out, walks, movies, summer BBQs etc, contact Rachel 02267 68600 or Mike 021 840141 or www.aucklandsingles-social-club,org.nz.

ZONTA MEETING

We meet next on Tuesday May 4 at the Howick Club 6.30pm for dinner, with speaker Emma Mclean from Works for Everyone. Her topic: “Helping working mothers thrive not survive”. Visitors most welcome. Contact Robyn 021 255 0580.

EAST AUCKLAND EMBROIDERY GUILD EXHIBITION The exhibition runs from Thursday May 6 to Monday May 10, 10am to 4am at The Malcolm Smith Gallery, The Uxbridge Arts and Culture, Howick. A gold coin donation for entry.

LADIES PROBUS

City. Membership now totals 416 with a significant junior and intermediate component of 175. The ethnically diverse east Auckland region has attracted members from China, Canada, Taiwan, Philippines, Fiji (Indian), Malaysia, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Club president Jenny Richardson says the club focuses on providing a friendly and welcoming environment for tennis players of any age, ethnicity and standard. She acknowledges the club’s proud history and hard work put in by a largely volunteer membership to maintain the club’s facilities and, in particular, life members, Joy Charman, John Barry, Ralph Witten, Doug Beams, Wayne Thornton, Eric Wilson and Jill Hatley. To celebrate its 100 year history, the club is holding a weekend of activities, including a formal dinner, on February 11, 12, 13, 2022. ➤ Past and present members are encouraged to contact the Club Secretary at paktennis@xtra. co.nz with name, email and postal address to receive news and details of celebrity events.

The Ladies Probus Club of Howick Central will meet on Friday, April 23 at 10am at the Howick Bowling Club, Selwyn Road, Howick. Our speaker will be Mike Moran, a police handwriting expert. New members

are welcome to come and visit without any pressure to join this group of friendly ladies. Meetings are held once a month, organised trips are available on a regular basis and several mini groups operate within the club. Phone Pat on 021-212-2507 for more information.

U3A MEETING

U3A Ormiston meets Thursday, April 22, at 10am at Flat Bush Old School Hall, cnr Murphy’s Road and Flat Bush School Road. Main speaker is Rob Elliott on “Japan is not all Sushi and Raw Fish”. Mini speaker is Ruth Flower, who will describe her local experiences “Piperama”. All welcome, free admission, morning tea provided. Phone Mike Lowe 279 3956.

FREE ENGLISH CONVERSATION PROGRAMME All teachers are friendly Kiwis and classes are held in small group approach. Suitable for those with basic English conversational skills who want to enhance their fluency and confidence. March to mid-November (no classes at school term breaks & Covid Alert Level 2/ above), 10am-11:30am, All Saints Anglican Church, 30 Cook Street, Howick. Tea, gold coin donation. Enquiries 5346864 (English), Jim 4108783 (English, Cantonese,

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HAND BELL RINGERS WANTED Could hand bell ringing be your thing? We are the Rainbow Ringers of Howick. We are a group of up to 16 ringers with 48 handbells that we ring to make lovely music. We are seeking 3 or 4 new ringers. We practice on Monday afternoons at Pakuranga Park Village. Modest musical skills needed but being able to count is important. Add to this the wish to join a group that enjoys making music. Contact president Ann Day 5850515 annday06@gmail.com.

RSA WOMEN

Hello ladies. The Howick RSA Women’s Section has their monthly get together on Friday April 30, 10am/10.30am. For more info contact Margaret Jones 0275344157.

COUNTRY MUSIC

Eastern District Country Music Club. Concert this Wednesday April 21, 7.15pm, all visitors welcome. Guest artist Don Rae along with other artists. Tickets can be bought at the door $10 for adults, $5 for children or phone Bev 021 11 56 866. Bucklands and Eastern Beaches War Memorial Hall, Wharf Road, Bucklands Beach.

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HPBC launches into 2021 Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre (HPNC) has launched into its 2021 season with great excitement after a failed 2020 due to the pandemic. HPNC games convenor Emily Stonehouse said, “We are excited for the start of a full season (fingers crossed) after the interruptions of last season with team grading running this weekend (weekend of April 17, 18) and last weekend to kick us off. “We are in the process of trying to get both a walking league (will be its second season) and a school aged men’s league (new this season) off the ground.” Another new initiative this year is the Counties League which operates as a feeder to the RPL competition. Top teams from the Counties Manukau area play at various centres throughout the competition. “Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre is excited to have two teams entered with our first home game,” Stonehouse said. “Our Future Ferns programme for primary aged children years 1-4 starts up next term and is a great way to get into netball and make some new friends.” Teams can sign up for the Tuesday programme, or individuals looking to join can sign up for the Monday league. Registration forms are up on the website. “We are also always on the lookout for new umpires and will be running some intro to umpiring courses at the centre in the near future,” said Stonehouse. ➤ Email games@hpnc.co.nz or call the centre on 534 7571.

OPINION

Lydia Ko a knockout A

fter three years in Limbo, Lydia Ko is back in golf heaven as a LPGA champion, having won the Lotte championship in Hawaii in a record 28-under with rounds of 67, 63, 65, 65. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer young lady who will turn 24 this week after having set the golfing world alight as a child prodigy who went on to win 15 LPGA titles, including two majors, before her latest triumph. Significantly, 10 of her first 14 LPGA titles, including the two majors, was with Australian Jason Hamilton as her caddie. There have been many since, including changes of coaches and clubs for a perfectionist who sought to lengthen her drive but lost her putting touch. Some people, including former coaches, blamed her parents for interfering. However, Lydia stayed loyal to them and remains so. The difference appears to be

current coach Sean Foley, former mentor of Tiger Woods, who knows a thing or two about golf. However, Lydia believes the greatest change Foley made was to unclutter her mind and simplify her thinking. Having finished runnerup in the ABA championship with a final round 62 prior to her Lotte triumph in Hawaii, Lydia showed her game was on song. Hopefully it will remain so because it was her prodigious talent as a youngster that lured so many of us towards ladies golf. It’s a sport which in more recent years has been dominated by South Koreans from the country where Lydia was born before coming to New Zealand at an early age with her family. Ever since, she has remained proud to be called Kiwi Ko and remains one of this country’s favourite sportspeople. Having passed $11.5 million in career earnings despite her lean trot, the future looks

bright despite the growing depth of talent that confronts her. Her drive has lengthened, her wedge play is near perfect and the hesitancy has disappeared from her putting. She also appears to have a compatible relationship and trust with her latest caddie. At world No 11 before this last success, the aim is for her to return to her former status as world No 1 or Queen of the Green. Hopefully the future will hold more highs than lows although golf can swiftly switch to Russian Roulette if gremlins are allowed to creep into the mind. Meanwhile British and Irish Lions rugby coach Warren Gatland must be wondering whether he deserves to get his job back as Super Rugby Aotearoa Chiefs mentor following the success of his replacement Clayton McMillan who has signed for the next two years as his assistant. Having lost the first two games of the 2021 season, the

Agnew’s Angle with Ivan Agnew

Chiefs under McMillan have won four straight, including last weekend’s 26-25 thriller against a Crusaders team no longer bearing their invincible shields. With Damian McKenzie again the match-winner kicking the deciding goal after moving the ball swiftly and astutely from first-five, some of the statistics make interesting reading. Such was the Chiefs control of possession that they made just 81 tackles compared with the Crusaders 180 and missed 12 compared with 31. They also won possession and territory 57-43, won line breaks 6-2 and rucks and mauls by a staggering 115-72. With No 8 Luke Jacobson outstanding all season, it was good to see Lachlan Boshier back in action. Ivan Agnew is an awardwinning sports writer

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