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EX-MP’S INTERVIEW HEARD IN COURT

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n interview disgraced former Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross did with police during his falling out with the National Party in 2018 has been played in court as part of a trial involving seven people charged over election donations made to two political parties.

The defendants are on trial before Justice Ian Gault at the

Auckland High Court in proceedings that got under way on July 25.

They’ve all pleaded not guilty to the charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in relation to donations to the National and Labour parties in 2017 and 2018.

The SFO alleges the donations were split into smaller amounts so the identities of the donor or donors did not need to be disclosed to the Electoral Commission.

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Among the witnesses who gave evidence in court on Tuesday this week was detective senior sergeant James Patea.

He was the police officer directed to obtain a complaint from Ross in Wellington on October 17, 2018.

Ross’s visit to the police came a day after he held a lengthy press conference at Parliament in which

he made serious allegations about then-National Party leader Simon Bridges.

Ross accused Bridges of breaking the law by asking him to split up a donation from Yikun Zhang so it could be anonymous.

Bridges strongly denied Ross’s allegation at the time.

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We’re pleased to see the paths between Lloyd Elsmore Park Pool and Leisure Centre and Howick Historical Village are being renewed.

The first section of the works has begun with the base course now being laid. This will be open shortly to the public for use.

Due to poor weather, work on the second section has been delayed but will restart when the ground dries up. This long-awaited project is expected to be completed by the end of September.

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Disabled youth forum is born

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n east Aucklander is creating a disabled youth forum to raise awareness about various disabilities, have a safe and inclusive environment to share viewpoints and inspire change.

Bucklands Beach resident Natasha Astill has fetal valproate syndrome (FVS), a rare condition that is caused by exposure of the unborn baby to valproic acid or sodium valproate during the first three months of pregnancy.

“When my mum was pregnant with me and my sister, she was taking a medication called epilim,” Astill, 20, says. “It affected me and my sister.”

Astill has multiple learning difficulties, speech cognitive issues and an auditory processing disorder. While she was growing up, she wished for some form of support group or forum, and six months

ago was struck with an idea – why shouldn’t she create one herself?

“I want their (people with disabilities) voices to be heard in a place that feels safe for them to be heard,” Astill says. “There needs to be awareness around different disabilities and there needs to be change around how people perceive disabilities.

“There’s a lot of discrimination around disabilities.”

The forum is all inclusive - open for anyone and everyone, such as parents of those with disabilities. It is a great opportunity, she says, to meet new people with similar stories, express points of views around disabilities and changes and raise awareness for changes that people think are needed.

Astill has created a survey which has questions about sensory requirements, dietary requirements and other basic information to help her cater to needs of those who wish to attend and make them “feel

welcome and safe”.

She is also creating pamphlets to give to local schools.

Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown, she says, is helping her look for a venue for the forum. The launch of the forum is unknown at this stage until Astill has enough information about those wishing to participate.

“There needs to be changes,” she says. “There needs to be more education around disabilities. I think there needs to be disability discounts for different attractions. Some people aren’t able to afford going to attractions (e.g. Snow Planet) and fulfil what they want to do.”

Astill will be giving her first public presentation at the 2022 New Zealand Disability Expo on her experience with disability on September 29. ➤ For more information, visit the Facebook group Disabled Youth Forum, or see the survey at https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/35P5W8S.

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Court hears recording of MP’s police interview

Allegations made by former Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross have taken centre stage in an Auckland High Court trial.

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Ross also publicly released the audio of a phone conversation he’d had with Bridges in which Ross told him a $100,000 donation to the National Party had arrived in the Botany electorate’s bank account.

The interview Ross did with Patea the following day was played to the court on Tuesday.

In it Ross told Patea he believed the law was broken with regard to two donations.

“The second element to my complaint involves a donation to the National Party of $100,000 that I don’t believe has been properly disclosed as required by the Electoral Act and that donation was offered by Simon Bridges.

“He has knowledge of that donation.

“I was asked to collect the donation and feel as though the Electoral Act was broken in regard to that donation and how it was disclosed.”

Ross told Patea donations above $15,000 must be declared in

the party’s annual declaration.

He said Bridges was approached by a donor during a function for National MP Paul Goldsmith.

“I was not at Paul Goldsmith’s function on May 21 [2018], but Simon called me after that function to relay the fact they’d been offered the donation.

“Simon Bridges knew there was a $100,000 donation.”

Ross said the donation was broken up before being given to the National Party.

“What came into the National Party Botany account was a series of donations that were all under $15,000 that added up to $100,000.”

He told Patea he was handed a list of the names and addresses of the donors to give to the National Party by an “agent” of the actual donor.

“How the $100,000 went from an individual, or it may have been different individuals, to come to the National Party, I don’t know because I wasn’t involved with that, but they did come through separate bank accounts.

“I was given a bank account number, the name and address and that stuff.

“The bottom line is the $100,000 donation was offered to Simon Bridges.”

During the interview Ross played for Patea the audio of the phone conversation with Bridges that he’d secretly taped and explained why he’d done that.

“I recorded it for that reason, because I could smell danger, political danger but potentially legal danger too.

“This is a bit dodgy, potentially in breach of the law, [and] I felt uncomfortable by it and I thought to myself I needed to tell him [Bridges] the money was in, for myself I need to have some evidence.

“There’s a direct link to me and if the s*** hit the fan, that would have all landed on me, whereas on the 21st of May I was asked by Simon Bridges to go and collect the donation.”

Bridges is expected to give evidence in the trial this week.

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National will get Kiwis off welfare and into meaningful work L Celebrations – pictured at the birthday bash are, left to right, back row, Phillippa Jacobs-Lory (District 16 Governor), Gay Gallagher (Zonta East Auckland President), Joan Williams, Colleen Roughton; middle row Joan Swift, Sue Miller, Moira Malcolm and, front row, Pamela Lewis and Fiona Buchanan.

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Zonta East turns 35 Zonta East Auckland celebrated its 35th birthday in style.

On August 2 present members were joined by past members, including seven charter members, women from the SOM committee which did the hard work in forming the club, members from other Auckland area clubs and guests.

“We were honoured by the presence of our new Governor, Phillippa Jacobs-Lory who gave us an informative address on the

recent convention and the vision of the new biennium,” Zonta’s Robyn Fox said.

“Michelle Prasad was the afterdinner speaker and she spoke of her journey and the charitable trust she has set up. We look forward to Michelle joining us as our first young professional member.

“Most of the club members contributed in some way to make the evening a huge success and it was great to honour the past and look forward to the future.”

ast weekend the National Party held its annual conference where Christopher Luxon outlined a major part of our plan to get New Zealand back on the right track.

Most agree that something needs to be done about our social welfare system. It is failing taxpayers but far more importantly, it is failing those who rely on it for support.

At a time when businesses are crying out for more workers, it makes no sense that there are more than 34,000 people under the age of 25 receiving a Jobseeker benefit, an increase of 49 per cent from five years ago.

That figure is made worse when around a third of them have been stuck on that benefit for a year or longer.

Data shows that if someone under the age of 20 goes onto a benefit, they will spend an average of 12 years on welfare, meaning wasted human potential and a significant economic burden on taxpayers.

Our Welfare that Works policy has three main components:

Community providers will be contracted to provide 18-24-yearold Jobseekers with a dedicated Job Coach to help them with the skills they need to find and maintain stable and fulfilling employment.

Jobseekers will receive more support toward their goal of finding work, with a proper assessment of their individual barriers to finding a job and a personalised plan to address them.

Those who fail to follow their plan will face sanctions, such as money management or benefit reductions, but long-term under25 Jobseekers who get into work and stay off the benefit for at least 12 months will receive a $1000 bonus.

Under Labour, we have seen a consistent failure to deliver across all areas of responsibility, including health, education, housing, law and order and welfare.

Their modus operandi is to throw money at a problem and then act surprised and blame someone else when it doesn’t solve itself.

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National will do things differently. We will redirect funding from MSD to pay for our Welfare that Works plan, ensuring that taxpayers aren’t paying more but are getting better bang for their buck.

We as a nation have a responsibility to take care of our own when they’re struggling and Kiwis are happy to support people in their time of need.

But social welfare is meant to come with a catch, that you take steps to help yourself while receiving support to get you through hard times.

We simply don’t accept that some people are too hard to help. If elected next year, we’ll give Kiwis a hand-up, not just a handout.

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Pakuranga College student was named as a top 10 finalist at the Toi wearable arts competition.

The college had nine students take part in developing five pieces of wearable art, four of which were recognised in the Auckland regional competition that took place in early July: Joy Pfister for Inventive the Kelpie, Materials: Liam Gore for Storytelling: Miyamoto Musashi, Saralee

van Wyk, Luca Newton and Amy Ye for Garment Construction: Apotheosis, and Finlay Newton and Emily Muir for Garment Construction: the Raven.

After the regional competition, Pakuranga College was named as one of the only seven schools selected to compete in the Toi national finals.

On July 29, student designers from around the country

showed off their life-like creations at the ShowQuest coordinated event, including Year 10 pupil Liam Gore who was representing his school with his piece Miyamoto Musashi.

He beat out 100 other wearable arts creations submitted to finish in the top 10. He took home a prize pack that included a Bernina sewing machine.

For his inspiration for his outfit, Liam said: “I think sam-

Council tries to limit intensification in Beachlands area In an eleventh-hour change to intensification plans, Auckland Councils is attempting to limit intensification in Beachlands.

Under governments Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), Beachlands was expected to have intensification enabled because of it’s population over 5000.

The MDRS would enable three storeys and three dwellings to be built per site.

At the Planning committee meeting on August 4, committee members voted to make Beachlands Infrastructure Controls a qualifying matter.

Plans and Places general manager John Duguid said Beachlands had crept into intensification plans with a population of 6,000 but should be protected because of its “unique” situation.

“Auckland Transport has said improving the frequency of bus services to Beachlands

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urais are cool, so I decided early on that I would create a design based on that look, which fit the Myths and Legends category very well. In the end, it took me about four or five weeks to create. Over all it was lots of fun, I’ve already thought of a few ideas for next year.”

is unlikely to be economically viable,” Duguid said.

“There are road safety issues and the works are very expensive.”

“There is very little existing or planned employment opportunities and no secondary school in Beachlands.”

Duguid said it would be challenging to shift people from private vehicles to public transportation for the area.

Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore asked Duguid what would happen to other settlements when their populations exceeded the 5000 mark.

Duguid responded that once settlement populations tipped over 5000, the MDRS would apply.

Maraetai, Clevedon, Kawakawa Bay and Whitford are among the areas that currently do not meet the population requirements under the MDRS. The MDRS comes into effect from August 18 for locations that do not have a qualifying matter and meet the criteria.

GIRLS WIN NZ INDOOR CRICKET CHAMPS Howick College is celebrating the efforts of Neena Woollaston (Y11), Sonnia Vaia (Y10), Zamera Ikiua (Y10), and past student Katia Kennedy (2020) and the Northern Districts 21U women’s team.

They took first place at the 2022 NZ Indoor Cricket Provincial Championships in Auckland from July 28-30.

The girls also represented Northern Districts at the Provincial Junior Indoor Cricket

Victors, from left, Zamera Ikiua, Sonya Vaia, Neena Woollaston and past student Katia Kennedy.

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Tournament in Wellington over the school holidays where they were selected for the tournament team.

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Meanwhile the school has also announced netball players Rileigh Campbell (Y12), Brooklyn Murray (Y13) and Lili Tokaduadua (Y12) have been selected for the

24-strong New Zealand team, along with Eseta Waiqaira (Y12) who has been named as one of five reserves.

“We also acknowledge coaches Mrs Adelita Sotutu and Mrs Amy du Plessis who have fostered these premier athletes. It is a credit to your dedication and skill as coaches that so many of the NZ team come from Howick College,” the school said.

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WOMAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER DOG BITE

Police have confirmed that they, along with an ambulance, attended to an incident of a dog bite at an address on Blanche Way in Half Moon Bay on Monday (August 8) evening.

An east Auckland woman was taken to Middlemore Hospital with serious injuries. The matter, the police say, is with Animal Management.

SCHOOL MOURNS STAFF MEMBER Howick College is mourning the death of Albert Arts, who was groundsman from 1985 to 2020.

“It is with great sadness that we inform our community that our much loved, former groundsman (and Howick College legend), Albert Arts, passed away peacefully last Friday (July 22) surrounded by his loving family,” the school said on social media.

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To honour his connection with Howick College, his casket was at the front of the school on Saturday July 30 where there was a short tribute followed by a Haka performed by the school’s 1st XV.

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stunning new mural created by students is proudly being displayed at Pakuranga College.

The school’s whanau tutor students, who have Maori heritage and wish to connect with their culture, including head girls Charlotte Tukiri and Kayla Ngaropo, have created the mural based on Kupe’s journey to Aotearoa.

Staff member Rebecca Isemonger approached Creatives in Schools, a well-being programme delivered by the Ministry of Education in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Te Manatu, and secured a $17,000 grant for the school, which included pairing with artist Eliza Donald to aid in the creative process.

The whanau tutor students spent several days during term one with local iwi and artefacts from Auckland War Memorial Museum, studying designs

and listening to stories.

Pita Turei, of the local iwi Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, mentored and advised the students regarding the Maori connection to Pakuranga.

The students settled on Kupe, a legendary Polynesian explorer, for the mural because of the turbulence of his journey, Kayla says.

“It was not linear at all,” she says.

“The artwork itself is a depiction of that (Kupe’s) journey.

“What we did throughout the school was tell the story in a video, and explain that significance to us.

“The mural itself is a physical representation of that journey, but the interpretation was shared to the school and the staff.”

After researching and picking the design, Donald took away what the students wished to see and created a visual representation. The whanau tutor students then began painting with Donald’s aid.

“Eliza was such a massive help,” Charlotte says.

“She really supported and guided the students.”

The mural also included a hammerhead shark, based on the Maori saying “don’t die like an octopus, die like a hammerhead shark”.

“This is what we students think we carry as Maori students at Pakuranga,” Charlotte says.

The mural, named Ka puta ki te whaiao ki Te Ao Marama, was blessed by Turei and officially opened at dawn last week.

Whanau tutor students were also present, as well as Donald and Sunnyhills Schools principal Justine Driver.

“I feel humbled and content we have a visual representation of Te Ao Maori and Maori students being valued at Pakuranga College, and it being at the front of our school,” Charlotte says.

The mural is displayed on the side of one of the school’s buildings.

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Man ordered to pay $100k reparation after worker dies in fall An Auckland businessman has been found liable for failures that led to the death of a subcontractor, who fell from the roof of a house in Bucklands Beach while spray painting.

WorkSafe New Zealand said Hon Sang Cheuk was the sole director of DMJ Painters, which hired the painter for the job in June 2020. No scaffolding was in place at the house, nor did Cheuk check if the worker used the harness he was given for the job or was trained and competent to use one.

Cheuk was sentenced in the Manukau District Court on July 27 where Judge Jane Forrest ordered reparations of $100,000 be paid to the victim’s family.

DMJ Painters was put into liquidation 49 days after the fall occurred, so Cheuk himself was prosecuted for his failings as a company director under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

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A WorkSafe investigation found inadequate risk assessment at the site, where no measures were in place to prevent the victim falling from the roof onto a concrete patio.

“Some form of edge protection should have been in place as a basic safeguard.

It was easily foreseeable that a fall could occur resulting in serious injury or death,” Henry said.

“The victim of this fall leaves behind a wife and son whose lives are forever changed by a simple failure to put safety first.”

Judge Forrest did not impose a fine due to Cheuk’s financial circumstances.

The maximum penalty is a fine of up to $300,000.

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“My first reaction was I wasn’t sure what was going on,” Scott told the Times.

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Council staff made the recommendation to the board three times since December last year and each time it’s failed to receive sufficient support to pass.

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DMMF award for pianist Bucklands Beach pianist Leon Chen and Waikato Mezzo soprano Katie Trigg and are the latest recipients of Dame Malvina Major Foundation Arts Excellence Awards for the Auckland/Waikato region.

Each has been awarded $5000 towards further artistic training overseas.

Dame Malvina Major Foundation Auckland/ Waikato Committee chair James Harrison says the committee was astounded by the level of talent, effort and excellence shown by a range of young people across a wide range of disciplines.

“The decisions were very difficult to make but both Leon and Katie stood out, not just for what they’ve already achieved but the strong sense of what they want to achieve in both the short and long term.”

Howick-born, and a previous winner of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Alice Cole Piano Scholarship, Chen has just completed a BMus (hons) in piano and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he is based. He will soon start his Masters in Piano Performance. “It’s a great pleasure to receive this Arts Excellence Award, and as every artist would agree, an awesome feeling to be recognised and rewarded in our efforts, encouraging us to further our pursuit in the craft,” says Chen, a former student at Macleans College (Batten House).

“The funding will go towards providing a decent preparation for my research project – I’m looking forward to producing great results with the Foundation’s support.”

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undreds of hungry and excited students enjoyed the tastes and smells in Howick College’s performing arts centre on Friday.

On offer was a range of international mouthwatering dishes from around 27 cultures at the school’s annual food festival organised by the cultural and community council, a much-anticipated occasion in the school’s calendar.

Students prepared food, sold tickets and organised stalls for the event during the school’s culture week – everything from pizza to Mexican delights.

Howick College raised $2243 and the money will be distributed amongst the six house charities.

Cultural council leader Teodora Jotanovic says the number of stands was a huge increase from last year. “There was around 18-20,” she says.

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Leader Erika Sawyers says the food festival signifies the diverse range of cultures at the school, raises awareness of those cultures and allows the students to express their culture through their mouth-watering food, dances and clothing.

“In previous years, this has been a cultural council event only,” Erika says.

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“This year we decided to expand it to a collaborative event to culture and community council. This is because we’ve had a growing number of parents wanting to get involved and people want to sponsor specific stalls.”

Community council coleader Emma Hardaker says the experience working and organising the event was an “awesome experience”.

“This event marks the

end of culture week at our school. This week we’ve had a market, performance night for Pacifica/Maori cultures (Poi FiaFia) and a culture wear day,” Erika says.

The community council also organised the 40-Hour Famine which Emma says was very successful and had an “incredible turnout”.

Dean of Ingham House and teacher in charge of the cultural council Neera Sundrum has been supervising the international food festival since it started in 2003.

Not only was the food festival the final occasion on the culture week’s calendar, it was Howick College’s principal Iva Ropati’s last food festival in his 12-year tenure.

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Youth MPs calling out Government inaction

By CHRIS HARROWELL

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udding young east Auckland politicians have seized the chance to quiz the Government about major issues including housing affordability and mental health.

Three local teenagers were among the future leaders taking part in the recent 2022 Youth Parliament in Wellington.

Former Botany Downs Secondary College head boy Aryan Bhatnagar was chosen to represent Botany MP and National Party leader Christopher Luxon as his Youth MP. Elim Christian College pupil Maya McNeill represented Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown, and Grace Pickering (Times, August 3) represented Botanybased Labour List MP Naisi Chen.

The two-day Youth Parliament is held every three years and gives young Kiwis the chance to learn about the country’s democracy.

It was staged from July 19-20 with the Youth MPs’ full term running from March 1 to August 31.

The ambitious youngsters advocate for their community,

Botany Youth MP Aryan Bhatnagar with Botany MP and National Party leader Christopher Luxon; and Pakuranga Youth MP Maya McNeill with Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown.

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debate issues and legislation, sit on select committees and ask questions of Government ministers in Parliament’s debating chamber.

Maya had the chance to quiz Associate Housing Minister Marama Davidson during the Youth Parliament’s question time.

She asked Davidson what plans, if any, are under way to support young people hoping to enter the property market in the future.

Davidson said it’s of vital importance young people are supported into housing and have a place to live.

“This is fundamental to our wellbeing,” she said.

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“It is not just about supporting young people to enter the property market but about ensuring that every young person has access to a safe and secure home.”

Maya followed up by asking Davidson what she says to young people who don’t believe they’ll ever be able to enter the property market.

Davidson said she’s disappointed anyone, but especially young people, would find it difficult to be able to live in their own secure home.

She said she works very hard with her ministerial colleagues to prioritise young people across the spectrum of housing supply and make sure the Government “ramps up” public and transitional housing to “take the pressure off housing unaffordability”.

During the Youth Parliament general debate, Aryan delivered a speech about his work as Youth MP to audit the Botany electorate’s mental health system.

He said he found there’s no integrated national mental health strategy.

“I found a system that was pigeonholed and disjointed, with various stakeholders disconnected from each other due to a lack of communication infrastructure between various departments.

“I found this system to be incredibly response-focused, with no real standardised effort towards more prevention.”

Aryan said it’s clear the Government has “dropped the ball” on the issue and is insisting on unnecessary centralisation of the sector rather than fleshed-out policy and real outcomes.

Mental health, like most social issues, is not ideological, he said.

“A depressed, suicidal and anxious youth does not make for a wealthy, prosperous nation.

“Only when we drop the political fluff and take real action can we ensure the mental health outcomes our country needs are met.”

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Know your rights as a tenant As rental accommodation is so expensive these days, there are a wide variety of situations people may be living in, and your rights may differ according to your situation.

If you are a tenant, then you have rights under the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA).

Your accommodation must have insulation and fixed heating, for example, and you have good security as (for tenancies set up after 11 February) you can only be asked to leave under specific circumstances.

You must have a tenancy agreement, and The Tenancy Tribunal may assist you with problems.

If you live in a boarding house (where each tenant has a separate tenancy agreement, and there are six or more tenants) you are also covered by the RTA. A tenancy agreement for a boarding house tenancy must include all of the same details as a standard tenancy agreement, including statements relating to insulation, healthy homes standards and insurance.

Landlords can, however, give you 28 days’ notice to leave, unless

otherwise stated in your agreement. If you live in a self-contained grannyflat, then you are also covered by the RTA. The granny flat must fulfil the legal requirements for a habitation. This includes being self-contained (having its own bathroom and kitchen facilities) and having smoke alarm and insulation.

If the flat does not meet these requirements, you can apply to the Tenancy Tribunal to remedy this.

If the landlord lives in the main house and the granny flat is not self-contained so that you have to share the bathroom and kitchen facilities in the main house with the landlord, then your renting situation would not be covered by the RTA. This is a private boarding situation.

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If you live with a group of people, and you are not on the Tenancy Agreement, you are a flatmate.

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Teen artists shine in Focus Art competition

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he talent of Year 12 and 13 art and photography students from local high schools was showcased in the 2022 Focus Art Competition.

Presented by Davis Funerals, Focus not only provides an opportunity for students to share their talent, it also aims to encourage, inspire, and motivate students by giving them an authentic audience.

Now in its second year, the event saw the number of high schools taking part increase from three in 2021, to six – Howick College, Macleans College, Sancta Maria College, Botany Downs Secondary College, Pakuranga College and Edgewater College.

More than 70 artworks were entered and on display to the public at Howick College over the weekend.

“I am very grateful for the support we have received from Howick College and I am quietly hopeful that future events will attract even more participants and more pieces of artwork,” said Davis Funerals’ Pakuranga branch manager, Swee Han Lim. “Our aim is to provide

The judges and one of the winners: from left, Matt Dowman (Fine Arts Lecturer and Judge), Sween Han Lim (Davis Funerals Pakuranga Branch Manager), Mervyn Appleton (Artist and Judge) Cora Delahunty (1st Place Photography, Howick College), and Photo supplied John Spiller (Howick Community Board).

opportunities for our rangatahi to showcase their talent and this event highlights the number of amazingly gifted young artists we have in our midst.

The competition was judged by Matt Dowman, fine arts lecturer from the Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design and wellknown local artist, Mervyn Appleton. The first prize for photography was awarded to Cora Delahunty of Howick College for her piece Twlight and the first prize for painting went to Hannah Thompson of Botany Downs Secondary College for her piece representing childhood imagination.

RESULTS

➤ Best School: 1st Equal – Howick College and Sancta Maria College ➤ Photography: 1st place ($850) – Cora Delahunty from Howick College; 2nd Place ($550) – Ernst-Joven Quinzon from Sancta Maria College; 3rd Place ($350) – Livleen Kaur from Macleans College ➤ Painting: 1st Place ($850) – Hannah Thompson from Botany Downs Secondary College; 2nd Place ($550) – Amy Yang from Pakuranga College; 3rd Place ($350) – Michaela Abbenes from Howick College ➤ Highly Commended ($150 each): Erika Cozma – Pakuranga College; Jaden Denness – Sancta Maria College; Maude Hughes – Howick College; Heather Lee – Botany Downs Secondary College; Cydney Leen – Edgewater College; Raine Montecillo – Sancta Maria College; Jason Nguy – Botany Downs Secondary College; Rawiri Paraha – Edgewater College; Amber Petch – Sancta Maria College; Zoe Purvis – Pakuranga College; Aimee Thompson – MacLeans College; Claeone Villareal – Sancta Maria College.

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ADVERSITY

A resident who’s found multiple pairs of soiled adult nappies on Bucklands Beach thinks they may have first been dumped in nearby Te Naupata Reserve.

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Soiled nappies found on beach

By CHRIS HARROWELL Of all the things someone wouldn’t want to come across while walking on a local beach, soiled adult nappies would be near the top of the list.

That’s exactly what a disgusted resident has found floating in the water on multiple occasions on Bucklands Beach.

Former Howick Local Board member Garry Boles says the first time it happened was in April, then again in May, and most recently in June.

Each time he comes across them he uses a stick to pick them up and put them in a bin.

“When we walk along the beach we pick up trash as good Kiwis should do,” Boles says.

“The second time it happened my wife found it and the third time she said, ‘this is unbelievable’.

“There were five pairs of adult nappies plus the plastic bag [they were in].

“They were soiled, so it’s not like they were new ones.”

Boles says his wife believes the nappies are being dumped in a stream that runs from the nearby Te Naupata Reserve, off Musick Point Road, and that’s how they end up on the beach.

“She’s seen them in there before.

“Somebody must be coming down on a regular basis and throwing them away, which is disgusting.

“This is an area that’s right near the kids’ swing and it’s where people sit down and have a barbecue on the side of the beach.

“We’ve seen 10 pairs of them so far. The last one had five pairs of them in one bunch and the rest were threes and twos.”

Boles says the ironic thing about the situation is there’s a rubbish bin “right beside” Te Naupata Reserve which the nappies could be put into.

“You could go to the park and if you stop your car and get out there’s a rubbish bin right there.

“So if they can throw it in the creek they can throw it in the rubbish bin.”

An Auckland Council spokesperson told the Times the council does not manage Te Naupata Reserve as it was relinquished as part of a Treaty of Waitangi settlement.

Council waste contracts and compliance manager Warwick Jaine says: “While the council has received no reports in relation to dumped nappies, it is disheartening to hear of these cases of blatant littering that show a complete disregard for the local community, and polluting our environment.

“Illegal dumping of any kind is unacceptable and is often costly and time consuming to clear up.

“We would encourage anyone with any information to report it to us, so we can investigate and take enforcement action if needed.

“If people are struggling to dispose of their waste, we ask they contact us and we can offer advice and guidance.” ➤ Report littering to the council on its hotline by phoning 0800 663 867 or email inthebin@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.

Homeless woman asked to leave spot

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homeless woman has been asked to vacate the premises of a church parking lot in Howick after living there for nine months.

Lisa Warnock’s car was towed from the All Saints Anglican Church in Ponsonby before she moved to the All Saints Anglican Church in Howick in October of last year.

She has been using a single parking space besides the entrance/exit of the church ever since. She sleeps in her car, which she cannot drive due to an expired driver’s licence and no warrant of fitness, and uses the close proximity to visit her aging mother.

“It’s a nice big area. I used to sleep on the balcony of the church in 2015.

One of the employees there gave me a camping bed to sleep on,” Warnock says. “The staff have been polite to me.”

Warnock received a formal notice to move her vehicle from the carpark on July 23. In the letter written by the church’s vicar Andrew Coyle, it states that the car is to be removed within

Lisa Warnock lived in the All Saints Anglican Church’s parking lot in Howick for nine months.

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the next 10 days, the final day being August 1.

“If you do not have it removed, we will look to have it towed from August 2. We appreciate that this may be a difficult time for you. We hope you will take any offers of assistance from relevant social service agencies.”

Warnock claims that the church hasn’t explained any reasoning as to why they’ve suddenly decided to tow her after nine months. “He’s (Coyle) had plenty of time to bring up an issues they might’ve had with me,” she says. “I’m hardly ever there.”

Coyle told the Times that the delay was due to pursuing other avenues

prior to the formal notice. “We contacted police and social services,” he says. “City Mission put us in contact with another agency. She (Lisa) wasn’t willing to take an offer.

“We were hopeful she’d take the services on offer.”

Warnock confirms the church offered her a service about getting re-housed through another group, but the problem, she says, was they didn’t cater for east Auckland. “I used to live on Moore Street for 13 years,” she says. “My mother lives in Gibraltar Street. It’s better for me to stick closer to her. I didn’t want to accept their help for that sole reason.”

Coyle says the carpark is a “space used by many users whose needs we have to balance”.

“We had a number of conversations about particular behaviours (with Warnock). We were able to talk with her and get a helpful response.”

He says the church is prepared to pay for any towing Warnock’s vehicle may need. With assistance from a local willing to tow her vehicle, Warnock is planning to move to Howick Presbyterian Church.

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Questions raised as to why HVA still waiting ➤ Story continued from page 9 The board first received a recommendation from council staff at its business meeting in December last year to approve the HVA as the preferred applicant to manage the building.

When the item arose, board member David Collings moved a successful amendment giving approval to council officers to talk to multiple groups about working together for the benefit of the Howick community.

The subject was back before the board in April, when it was again recommended to approve the HVA as the preferred applicant.

That time Collings moved a successful alternative to the recommendation for the board to defer the decision pending a workshop with prospective applicants.

Scott says prior to the board’s July business meeting he wasn’t optimistic a decision would finally be made about the building’s management.

But the HVA was “hopeful and confident” it had done all it could to present its case, he says.

“Without that ability to speak directly to board members to understand what their issues were with the HVA, it was very difficult.

“I really don’t know why it is they don’t seem to be prepared to accept the advice the council has [given].”

He says the difficulty with the desire of some board members for a group of organisations to work together is the council had made it clear it would only sign a contract with one organisation.

Scott says despite the setbacks, the HVA’s objectives for the facility remain. “We want that building to be the heart of Howick village.

“It’s got huge potential to be used by all sorts of community groups, school groups, art groups, so there’s something happening there all the time and it just makes the village that much more vibrant.”

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Board chair Adele White told the Times she was unable to comment.

The best indication as to why certain board members oppose appointing the HVA as the building’s manager may have been expressed

by Collings during a previous board’s business meeting.

He said he understood council staff wanting to have one head group in charge of the facility, but he disagreed with that approach as “it makes it harder for individual groups to work together” if there’s one primary tenant.

“They are always on the back foot and it doesn’t matter who they are.

“If there’s a head group it feels like they’re taking control.

“I would like to see different groups in there working in the interest of the community.”

The building continues to be available as a venue for hire until a longterm decision over its management is made.

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GOD AND SCIENCE

Re: Ian George’s letter “God and Science”, (Times, August 3).

Ian George, your letter claims, “God is in charge, always has been, always will be. Aren’t you grateful he is?”

Science and God bear no relationship to each other.

Science can be proven with facts and evidence, as with the James Webb Space Telescope that will be able to see back in time to around 13.5 billion years, only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. The existence of God cannot.

Lorraine Harman Bucklands Beach

WAR MEMORIAL HALL

It is clear the Howick War Memorial Information Centre is not going to reopen in its previous format.

Held within that facility is a big range of material that relates to Howick and its environs, such as pamphlets on the walkways of Howick, the Historical Walk of Howick, Mangemangeroa Walkway, parks and beaches, bus and ferry timetables, local businesses to name a few. It is a shameful waste of this material.

I’ve heard from a librarian at Howick Library that they

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GREENHOUSE GASSES A SERIOUS ISSUE

Winter rainbow I saw this amazing sight of a full rainbow over the Tamaki estuary one Sunday morning. It is taken from Waller Ave in Bucklands Beach.

Mary Metcalf, Bucklands Beach

get requests for information about Howick. I suggest an arrangement be made with Auckland Council and Howick Library that all the material relevant to Howick should be transferred to the library and displayed there.

The Howick Village Association has a very small display inside their door but the door is only opened if someone is working there so the material is not readily available. Perhaps the East Auckland Tourism group could help facilitate the release of this material from its incarceration behind brick walls.

Vicky Williamson Bucklands Beach

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IAN GEORGE’S GOD

God created all life.

Covid and Cancer are life forms designed by Ian George’s God (Times, August 3), to kill humans.

Science (vaccinations, masks…in fact, the whole medical facility) circumvents God’s will. When God wants Ian to have a headache, Ian takes paracetamol to prevent God’s will. When God has decided Ian should die, Ian will probably take Atorvastatin or other meds.

Ian then states, “God is in charge” – but what happened to humans having free will.

Trust God, don’t take any meds and don’t see a GP,

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dentist, etc. because you are undoing God’s will. I would close with “God be with you”, but he/she/them isn’t, so go with science.

Randel Case Bucklands Beach

THERE’S SCIENCE BEHIND ALL THIS

Re: CO2 Greenhouse gas (Ryan Price, Times, July 27).

Ryan Price disputes the importance of CO2 in regulating Earth’s temperature.

For readers who want to know the truth, based on the science endorsed by 150,000 scientists publishing in the field and every scientific institute on the planet, two videos: • Richard Alley – 4.6 Billion Years of Earth’s Climate History: The Role of CO2, National Academy of Sciences. www.youtube. com/watch?v=ujkcTZZlikg • Dan Britt – Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of Climate. www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Yze1YAz_LYM Want more? Tutorials from Oxford professor Myles Allen: www.eci.ox.ac. uk/news/2018/0410.html Think you know it all?

Have a squint at Oxford professor Ray Pierrehumbert’s book on Amazon: www. amazon.co.uk/PrinciplesPlanetary-ClimateRaymond-Pierrehumbert/ dp/0521865565 The climate is immensely complex, but the science is, in principle, straightforward. Adding CO2 to the atmosphere means Earth retains more energy from the Sun, because the height heat is radiated to space rises, where it is cooler, therefore the rate is lower, and Earth heats up until a stable state is reached.

Most heat (93 per cent) goes into the oceans, which continue warming. This ‘signal’ is far clearer than the surface signal, which is hard to separate from the natural variation we call weather.

Incidentally, Penn State professor Richard Alley thinks we’re going to see 2C regardless of what we do, so good luck adapting to that – we can’t even adapt to the 1.1C we’ve caused already.

Dennis Horne Howick

There are still quite a few folks out there who don’t believe that greenhouse gasses such as CO2 and methane present a serious problem for our planet.

The difficulty in understanding greenhouse gas danger is the time involved.

In the distant past, Earth has been far hotter than it is now but that was 50 million years ago. Humans only started producing large amounts of CO2 and methane about 200 years ago.

Two hundred years is just a speck of time compared to the age of the earth.

Climate change is happening at lightning-fast speed compared to the age of earth. Don’t worry about what caused the ice age over 10,000 years ago, worry about the greenhouse gasses that have risen 50 per cent in less than 200 years.

Ask the people who have just had their houses burn to the ground in the northern hemisphere heat.

They will tell you that the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gasses is real and it is now. Storms that used to occur every 100 years now occur every three years.

Insurance companies will soon stop insuring houses in low lying areas. Without insurance, no bank will offer a mortgage.

Many people will soon discover that their lovely house next to the sea is suddenly worthless. We are talking 40,000 homes in New Zealand.

Some people are certain that their high school education makes them smarter than NASA climate model scientists, but they are dead wrong.

John Caldwell Howick

MEANWHILE, HOWICK WAR MEMORIAL HALL LIES IDLE

It is worth noting, with local body elections looming, that the only reason that the Howick War Memorial Hall lies idle and unused is the inability of the local board and Auckland Council to decide on a principal tenant.

This building, a valuable community asset which could be used by countless organisations on both long and short-term rentals, obviously needs an alreadyestablished entity to manage both long-term tenants and, as many local organisations would hope, such events as short-term exhibitions etc.

It seems to me that there is something amiss when the Uxbridge Centre, who apparently applied to be that entity, appears to be completely overlooked by whoever is supposed to be

deciding the building’s fate despite the fact that this is exactly what they do every day.

Perhaps there is actually another agenda at play here?

Marty Kebble Pakuranga Heights

PARENTS MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

With young children being responsible for taking part in ram raids, burglaries, car conversions and other antisocial behaviour, what are the parents doing?

Do they not know where their offspring are at night?

If they do not know, they should, and as such should be held responsible for the actions of their children and consequently prosecuted for their child’s actions We are asked to provide pyjamas, blankets, school lunches, shoes etc for these children. What are the parents doing with their welfare benefits?

It is time that instead of handing out benefit money, the benefits should take the form of vouchers for necessities and should not be available for alcohol, cigarettes and the like.

Kaianga Ora provides housing which is superior to the houses in which we live. I have no central heating, one bathroom, pay for maintenance, electricity and rates etc.

There is over $9 million of unpaid rents by Kainga Ora tenants but the Government policy is not to put them out while we are threatened with having our properties sold if we do not pay our rates.

Kaianga residents can easily be spotted in a street by the rubbish and unwarranted cars without registration that sit outside and the council will do nothing about them Those who work and act responsibility have to pay the price of these people’s actions

Arthur Moore Pakuranga

THREE WATERS A RACIAL BILL

This whole Three Waters fiasco is steeped in racism.

The four new boundaries of the proposed Water Services Entities Bill are based on iwi boundaries.

This is racism at its most blatant and New Zealanders like myself are angry and opposed to this power grab legislation.

This Labour Government has a majority in the house which they will use to pass this legislation not for the benefit of the people of New Zealand but to gratify their own Maori elite. It’s got nothing to do with wise use of natural resources or the pipe infrastructures.

Ian George Howick

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I hereby declare the following duly elected: Parent Representatives: Kendall, Angela Long, Kylee Madigan, Mark Scott, Thomas Yang, Audrey Staff Representative: Trembath, Stephanie – Unopposed & duly elected

By way of summary, that amendment relates to ecological restoration projects (including the planting of native species and the removal of non-native trees) proposed to be undertaken on:

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Any person may make a submission setting their suggestions for, or objections to, the proposed amendment to the plan, and confirming whether they wish to present their submission to a Hearings Panel.

Submissions can be made via email to MaungaAuthority@aklc.govt.nz or by sending your written comments by post to: Tūpuna Maunga Authority Private Bag 92300 Victoria St West Auckland 1142 Submissions must be received by 5pm.

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CONCERT TIME

Pakuranga Choral Society is presenting their ‘lighter’ programme for the year on Sunday August 21. Titled Gershwin and Friends, the concert ranges from jazz standards, through memories from the 1960s, the world of music theatre, up to a brand new work by conductor David Hamilton.

Guest soloist is mezzosoprano Sarah Court and accompanying the choir is Moira Pascoe. The concert also features piano and flute solos. All Saints Church, 2.30pm. Tickets at the door. Masks required by the venue.

READING REVOLUTION

Try a new kind of conversation/reading group. We will listen to short stories and poems read aloud and discuss. Join us for this session to see what you think.

Wednesday August 24, 1pm to 2pm at Pakuranga Library. Phone 09 377 0209.

THE ART OF HAIKU

Part of We Read Auckland.

Create and illustrate a haiku about what inspires you.

Two drop-in sessions at Pakuranga Library, Monday August 15, 1pm to 3pm and Tuesday August 16, 10am to 12pm. Ph 09 377 0209.

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DANCE YOURSELF HAPPY AGAIN!

Uninstructed dance hour with electronica and hits from 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond. Free entry. Tue 7-8pm in The Lounge, 186 Wellington St, Howick.

Organiser: facebook.com/ DanceYourselfHappy.

in Lloyd Elsmore Park, Wednesday mornings at the Bruce McLaren Retirement Village (outsiders welcome). All classes are $5 each. Contact us for more details. Catherine 021 213 7389 cathmt@gmail.com or Merylin 09 576 3344 melaing@xtra.co.nz.

FREE IMMIGRATION/ LEGAL/COUNSELLING CLINICS

IMPROVING NUTRITION FOR HEALTHY AGING

Citizens Advice Bureau Pakuranga hosts free Saturday/Thursday clinics for legal matters, immigration and individual counselling. Legal and immigration clinic sessions need to be booked and are of 15 minutes’ duration as a guideline only to clients. The legal advisers offer general advice and do not cover perusing documents such as employment contracts or wills. Counselling sessions are one hour duration.

Phone 09 576 8331 to book an appointment.

M&C LINE DANCING

Challenge yourself. Line dancing is a great workout physically and mentally while having fun and meeting new people. Morning and evening classes available Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Pakuranga Netball Centre

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Botany Downs Secondary School alumni are being celebrated.

A free presentation on the importance of nutrition as we age and our changing nutritional needs. Thursday August 25, 10.30am to 11.30am at Pakuranga Library. To register, please call 09 820 0184 or email alanam@ageconcern.org.nz.

CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF CAMARADERIE

Tuesday 16 August, St Hilda’s Anglican Church Hall, Wakelin St, Beachlands, 10am-12noon. Come and join in our circles of craft, colouring, fun and fellowship over a cuppa and bikkies. (Maraetai W.I) What’s On is a free community noticeboard for non-profit groups. Send notices to whatson@times.co.nz or drop into our office at 10 Central Tce, Howick. Notices must be received by the Wednesday before publication.

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COMMONWEALTH GAMES

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our Botany Downs Secondary College alumni competed at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham which wound up this week.

They were Kirsten FisherMarsters [Swimming, Cook Islands], Niu Osika [Sevens, Tonga], Tone Ng Shiu [Sevens, NZ] and Zachary Saunders [Athletics, Jersey].

Meanwhile, to para-athlete and Howick College student, Josh Willmer won a gold medal in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB8 in Birmingham.

And it is understood the superstar cyclist Aaron Gate, who won his record-breaking fourth gold medal of the Games this week, has his proud Nana cheering him on a Pakuranga Park Village.

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Jess takes title at X Air L

ocal skater Jessica Ready, 12, has won the women’s section at the New Zealand X Air competition.

Ready, a gymnast from the age of two, started skating in 2019.

Her parents noticed her interest in skating and purchased her a skateboard for her ninth birthday.

“Her dad skates so she started out learning from him,” Jessica’s mother Diana told the Times last year.

Ready, in Year 7 at Bucklands Beach Intermediate, has been involved with East Skate Club since it began in 2020.

Another East Skate Club member took the podium at the event, televised live on SkySport, in Mount Maunganui on July 30.

Luke Randall (scooter) clinched second place.

X Air, from 2000 until 2007, grew to be Australasia’s largest action sports festival incorporating skate, BMX, FMX [Freestyle motocross], inline, break dancing and music. Run over three days, professional athletes would come from around the world to compete

Local skater Jessica Ready in action at the national X Air competition in Mount Maunganui.

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and take a shot at taking away the gold. Superstars Tony Hawk, Dave Mirra, Ryan Nyquist and Sandro Diaz were some of the names that came to not only compete but also spend time in New Zealand.

The event started in Hamilton and after outgrowing there, was moved to Wellington and was held across the waterfront entertaining 70,000 people over the course of the weekend.

Opposition leader and Botany MP Christopher Luxon (centre) with Anton Purver (left), the Canterbury Red Devils captain and Andrew Hay, Botany Swarm captain.

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ICE HOCKEY

Botany Swarm sting Red Devils National leader and Botany MP Christopher Luxon [pictured centre] doing the ceremonial puck drop on Saturday night [July 30] with captains Andrew Hay from Botany Swarm, right, and Anton Purver from the

Canterbury Red Devils [Photo Chenzo from Botany Swarm].

The match, part of the National Ice Hockey League Competition, was held at Paradice Botany.

Luxon was in attendance supporting his home team.

The Swarm won the match 6-3. The Botany side sits fourth in the national competition and the Devils second. The Swarm’s next match is on Sunday at 5pm in Botany against competition leaders Stampede.

“Getting to know the community has been wonderful.”

One of the many advantages of moving into independent apartments is being part of a close-knit community. “It’s just like home. I can do what I like when I like, with the added pleasure of meeting new people and making friends,” said new resident, Betty Kennelly.

In fact, a recent survey showed that 90% of apartment owners thought that was important. “I’m thoroughly enjoying getting to know different folks,” enthused Alison Hegley, who moved in recently. “Our morning coffee gathering was a real boon during lockdown.”

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AVAILABLE Don’t miss the opportunity to secure an apartment at Bruce McLaren Retirement Village.

Designed with the 70-plus person in mind, these apartments offer open-plan living and spacious modern interiors.

Neutral colour palette to make it your own Quality appliances, fixtures and fittings Your choice of carpet and drapes One and two-bedroom layouts are available priced from $795,000.

For more information or to book a private tour, call Rose on 09 535 0225.

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OPEN DAYS

Sunday 21, Monday 22 & Tuesday 23 August 10am-3pm

WE ARE A COMMUNITY Our village open days are a great opportunity to visit a Ryman village. Experience how easy it is to continue enjoying the lifestyle you’ve always loved while making the most of the endless opportunities available.

It’s a lifestyle Lynette knows well. She starts her day practicing yoga, and since moving to her Ryman apartment, has joined the village walking group. The friendships, camaraderie and support that have blossomed from their regular outings mean that Lynette now sees the village community as family.

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY Located in the heart of Howick, Bruce McLaren Retirement Village offers a range of living and care options. The village features architecturally designed independent and serviced apartments, a 122-bed care centre, and a number of fantastic amenities that are all set amongst beautifully landscaped grounds.

There’s so much to see! Our open days are the perfect opportunity to explore the village and find out more about what's on offer.

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“You’ve got facilities, you’ve got activities, and you don’t stop living.”

Lynette, Ryman resident