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tockade Hill could soon be placed on the New Zealand Heritage List.

And the news that it may be listed as a Category 2 historic place has delighted supporters who have fought to protect Stockade Hill and its views. Andrew Laing, convener of the support group the Defencibles and a committee member of the Howick Residents and Ratepayers Association (HRRA), has embraced the Heritage New Zealand report which was recently published for a period of public submission. “At last Heritage NZ have completed their exhaustive research and report on Stockade Hill and recommend a Status 2 classification for the historic site,” said Laing.

“This is an exciting step forward for saving the views from Stockade Hill and the special character of Howick Village.

The Defencibles, a group of passionate locals who lead the Saving Stockade Hill Views movement, are ‘extremely delighted’ progress has been made towards saving this national treasure. “We believe Stockade Hill forms a vital element of the special character of Howick, not only providing the spectacular welcoming view driving into Howick but the essential element of the unique Fencible history of Auckland,” Laing said.

The HRRA in March 2018 made a

request to Heritage NZ for Stockade Hill to be given a Heritage NZ listing. “The HRRA committee made a submission stating, amongst other relevant points, that when Stockade Hill is compared with other Category 2 listed sites, it is of significantly broader historical and heritage importance and therefore should be considered as a Category 1 listed site,” said Laing.

“We (HRRA) had also hoped that the Heritage NZ report would have added weight to our extensive submissions last month to the Independent Hearings Panel (IHP) for Plan Change 34, in which we asked the Commissioners to include all of Howick’s heritage character and amenity values, both business and residential, in PC34’s Special Character Area Statement (SCAS).”

Laing said a positive decision by the Commissioners would have obliged Auckland Council to create an accurate Special Character Area Statement for Howick which, amongst other things, would give protection to Stockade Hill’s 360 degree views by another route.

“However the deliberately narrow scope of Council’s PC34 prevented the Commissioners from including Stockade Hill in the protection of its Special Character Area Statement, PC34 was limited to the business area of Howick only,” he said.

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The donated items were then given to The Breakfast Club and the Middlemore Foundation to help people facing difficult times at the moment.

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were on hand to receive the goods before school in the office area.

There was a steady stream of children through the office area which quickly filled with all the goods donated. The gold coin donation for the opportunity to wear mufti was also given to the two charities.

A representative from The Breakfast Club was very surprised and grateful for the number of donated goods from the students.

Members of the Bucklands Beach Primary Student Council with some of the donated goods in the school office. Pictured from left Chloey Van der Merwe, Jaida Bennett, Cloris Wang; standing Victoria Tongalea Koronui, India Hutton, Justin Choi. Photo supplied

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TRANSPORT

Here’s Vision Zero: Auckland Transport’s road safety goal N

ew data shows that in 2019, 40 people died on our roads and an additional 567 were seriously injured.

Auckland Transport’s executive general manager of safety, Bryan Sherritt, says the sobering data shows that we must do better.

“Auckland is a Vision Zero region and no one should lose their life or get seriously injured simply moving around the city.”

“Although 14 lives were saved and 42 serious injuries prevented in 2019 on Tamaki Makaurau roads compared to 2018, 40 people tragically lost their lives and 567 people were seriously injured.

“The lives of the loved ones of

these 40 people will never be the same again. This is simply unacceptable. No one should lose their life simply getting around our city.”

This is why Auckland Transport (AT) must continue to work hard to keep everyone safe, he says.

On June 30, some roads around Auckland had their speed limit reduced as part of the Speed Limits Bylaw 2019.

Sherritt says the speed limit changes are one piece of the puzzle in AT’s commitment to make the road safer for all Aucklanders – whether they are travelling by vehicle, public transport, scooter, bike, or on foot.

LOCAL CHANGES

Change of speed limits in Whitford after June 30, 2020

• Briar Lane, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Broomfields Road, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Brownhill Road, full length – from 100km/h to 60km/h • Clifton Road, between northern end of Clifton Rd and southern intersection with Potts Rd – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Griggs Road, full length – from 100km/h to 60km/h • Henson Road, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Kellys Road, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Mott Lane, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Pearson Road, full length – from 100km/h to 60km/h • Polo Lane, full length – from 100km/h to 60km/h • Porterfield Road (Deferred), full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Potts Road, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Puketiro Rd, full length – from 100km/h to 60km/h • Saleyard Road, full length – from 70km/h to 50km/h • Sandstone Road, between Whitford Park Rd and 50m west of Whitford Park Rd – from 100km/h to 50km/h • Sandstone Road, between Ormiston Rd and 50m west of Whitford Park Rd – from 100km/h to 80km/h • Solway Drive, full length – from 100km/h to 60km/h

• Strathfield Lane, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Trig Road, full length – from part 70 part 100 to 60km/h • Tudor Park Drive, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Wades Road, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Waikopua Road, full length – from 100km/h to 60km/h • Whites Road, full length – from 80km/h to 60km/h • Whitford Park Road, between Whitford Rd and 40m south of Sandstone Rd, part 50 part 70 – changes to 50km/h • Whitford Park Road, between 40m south of Sandstone Rd and Brookby Rd, part 70 part 100 – changes to 80km/h • Whitford Road, between 160m southeast of Somerville Rd and 110m northwest of Whitford Park Rd, part 70 part 80 – changes to 60km/h • Whitford-Maraetai Road, between 470m northeast of Whitford Park Rd and 160m east of the western end of Trig Road – from 70km/h to 60km/h • Whitford-Maraetai Rd, between eastern end of Trig Rd and 100m north of Jack Lachlan Drive – from 100km/h to 80km/h • Okaroro Drive (Deferred), Beachlands full length – from 100km/h to 60km/h

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• Maraetai Coast Road, full length –from 100km/h to 50km/h • Maraetai Drive, between 40m east of Rewa Rd and eastern end of Maraetai Dr – from 50km/h to 40km/h

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• Highbrook Dr, East Tamaki, between Business Parade South and Southern

Motorway interchange – from 70km/h to 60km/h

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• Ormiston Road, between Sandstone Rd and urban traffic area boundary – from 100km/h to 80km/h • Ormiston Road,between 200m northeast of Shepherds Lane and urban traffic area boundary – from 100km/h to 80km/h

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• Monument Rd, between 400m south of Hyde Road and 1000m south of Papakura-Clevedon – from 70km/h to 60km/h • North Rd, between 200m south of Maraetai Coast Road and Maraetai Coast Road – from 100km/h to 50km/h • North Rd, between urban traffic area boundary and 200m south of Maraetai Coast Rd – from 100km/h to 80km/h • North Rd, between 210m north of Mark Williams Place and urban traffic area boundary – from 100km/h to 80km/h • Papakura-Clevedon Rd, between West Rd and urban traffic area boundary – from 100km/h to 80km/h • Papakura-Clevedon Rd, between urban traffic area boundary and 210m south of Hyde Rd – from 100km/h to 80km/h • Twilight Rd, between Kimptons Road and 105m west of North Road – from 100km/h to 60km/h • Twilight Rd, between Brookby Road and Kimptons Road – from 100km/h to 80km/h • Tyldens Rd, full length – from 100km/h to 60km/h • West Road, between Tyldens Road and Papakura-Clevedon Rd –from 100km/h to 80km/h

COMMUNITY

Group storms facility to reopen centre A

group of enthusiastic locals took matters into their own hands last week when they re-opened the closed Howick Information Centre.

The group made the decision to open the facility – which had been closed due to Covid-19 restrictions – to once again provide a Justice of the Peace facility, and other community-based services, after a spirited public meeting last week.

A group marched its way from the Fencible Lounge at the Howick Library, to the information centre on Picton St and, with the assistance of key holders, re-opened the centre for business- in defiance of

Auckland Council.

In an earlier story in the Times the Auckland Council Manager of Community Places, said “Like so many other businesses and organisations around the country Auckland Council is not immune to the impacts of Covid-19. In the early days of lockdown, to focus on essential business and manage the financial cost of Covid-19, we made the difficult decision to reduce our spending on contingent staff.”

Council wouldn’t be pressed on a date for the centre to reopen, saying on June 12, “At the moment there is no confirmed opening date for the Howick Information Service.”

This is the group that decided to re-open the information centre.

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he Government’s efforts to fast-track infrastructure projects to help with New Zealand’s economic recovery must include the Eastern Busway and Reeves Road Flyover, which would create jobs in Auckland and deliver much-needed local transport improvements sooner, says Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga.

“Last week (July 1) I lodged a Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) in Parliament which would amend the Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill to include the Eastern Busway and Reeves Road Flyover,” said Brown.

“Just about everyone believes this project needs

to be prioritised, with even Auckland Mayor Phil Goff advocating for the Government to include it in their list of shovel-ready projects. The people of Pakuranga and East Auckland have been waiting for infrastructure improvements for over a decade and have had to deal with constant re-designs, delays and even name changes to this project for far too long.”

Brown said Covid-19 had inflicted a terrible cost on the economy, but the Government had rightly identified big infrastructure projects as a way to get things moving again and people back into jobs.

“The Eastern Busway is the second largest pro-

ject by cost and scale in Auckland, after only the City Rail Link, and would deliver immense benefits to the local area and economy,” he said.

“East Auckland is home to more than 130,000 people, around the size of Tauranga or Dunedin, and deserves world-class infrastructure for the growing population we are expecting in our part of Auckland.

“I am urging the Government to support my SOP in Parliament and acknowledge that this would be a win for everyone involved.

The Eastern Busway was fully funded under the last National Government, so it’s really not a lot to ask for it to be fast-tracked.”

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During the recent Covid19 lockdowns, and while most Kiwis were making huge sacrifices, the Government decided it would be a botanysouthdental.co.nz good time to make life easier for those who had been ordered to complete community service for a crime they had committed.

Nearly 140,000 hours of community service were waived for more than 5500 offenders, amounting to a clear message to their victims: we care more about the criminal than we do about you.

National believes when you do the crime you

should do the time. The Minister was presented with two options on what could be done about offenders unable to do community service during lockdown - extend the timeframe to complete their sentence or waive the hours.

Anyone with an ounce of common sense or belief in justice would have opted for the former. I accept that offenders were not able to do their community service while we were all ordered to stay home and save lives, but that shouldn’t mean they get an easy ride while other law-abiding Kiwis suffer.

Community service is an important tool in our justice system as it gives offenders a chance to better understand how their crime can impact not just their victims, but their

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Simeon Brown community, and then provide an opportunity to make amends with both.

The Minister should not be riding roughshod over our Courts and the sentences they impose, and instead should have simply given offenders the chance to complete their service once lockdown was over.

It shows a clear disregard for our justice system and spits in the faces of victims of crime in this country.

This simply isn’t acceptable, and a National Government would ensure that all offenders are subject to that simple creed: if you do the crime, you do the time.

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POLITICS

Rima Nakhle: Strong voice for tougher laws on crime

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he selection process is a rigorous one.

Rima Nakhle had to prove her mettle to be chosen from a pool of capable candidates for the National Party seat in the new Takanini electorate (which includes areas of Mission Heights and Ormiston) for the upcoming General Elections.

A barrister and solicitor by profession, Nakhle has been working at grass-roots level managing the Te Mahia Community Village in Takanini, along with her husband Roger. The community village provides emergency and transitional housing accommodation with boarding rooms as well as fullyfurnished cabins.

Twenty years ago, the holiday park owned by her husband and his family was a camping ground with borderline homeless people gravitating towards it. Nakhle concedes there were incidents of drug and alcohol abuse—the police were called more than once.

But things gradually changed when Nakhle moved to New Zealand from Sydney and started helping her husband with the family business.

“We applied for resource consent

to convert the holiday park camping grounds to a community village. Initially the government was averse because they thought people from an underprivileged background may have a negative effect on each other. We assured them that it wouldn’t turn into a slum.”

Nakhle says it’s a great feeling as Te Mahia is now considered as the poster boy for community villages by the Ministry of Social Development.

“The village can accommodate up to 300 people at full capacity,” she says.

“We changed the system and started implementing strict rules.

High standards were set to create a safe environment, with zero tolerance for antisocial behaviour.

Rima Nakhle is the National Party candidate for Takanini electorate.

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We’ve lifted the energy and vibe of the place and even built a children’s park.”

Nakhle says she enjoys community work and is passionate about fundraising events and sponsoring sports teams.

“I believe sports play a pivotal role in improving people’s lives.”

Actively involved in soup kitchens, food parcel delivery to the elderly and philanthropy work, she says she is interested in adding value to social and emergency housing—a business with a social conscience.

“The Labour Party does not have a monopoly over compassion,” says Nakhle. “I’ll be a strong voice for tougher laws on crime. It is important to teach our youth accountability. The punishment should be more serious in terms of community work. They can’t just break a

rule and get away with it.”

She feels equally strong about recreational marijuana.

“My sister has been a mental health specialist and has witnessed so many mental illnesses including schizophrenia caused by it. I have an extreme dislike for it as it destroys so many lives, causing reckless driving and putting people’s lives in danger,” she says.

“How do we keep our communities safe if we encourage it?

“The current Government has talked a lot and promised even more but there is a difference between delivering messages and being able to deliver what is promised in those messages. National can be counted on to deliver for our families.”

Long waits at VTNZ post-lockdown The Covid-19 lockdown has resulted in driving test waiting times of up to two months.

A local mum, whose son had a six week wait at VTNZ Highbrook, told the Times her son went to VTNZ Glen Innes where he was able to take his test within two days. James Law, VTNZ operations support manager, told the

Times that in a normal month, VTNZ carried out around 20,000 driver tests nationwide. “During Alert Levels 4 and 3, we were unable to conduct tests which resulted in a backlog of 15,000 previously booked driver licence tests,” Law said.

“The tests were rescheduled once we moved to Level 2. How-

ever, the backlog generated over the lockdown has resulted in longer wait times for all new driver testing customers around the country.”

VTNZ is advising customers to plan for wait times of between five to eight weeks for their tests.

Additional officers are being employed. “However, we antici-

pate wait times of three weeks or more that were created by the lockdown, could continue for the remainder of the year,” Law said.

Regarding the very short wait times at VTNZ Glen Innes, he said the branch employs five driver testing officers. Additional slots are freed up through cancellations.

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ART

Art exhibition showcases young talented artists W

ith almost 70 applicants, the Howick Youth Council’s East Auckland Visual Art Showcase kicked off with more than 135 guests attending Friday’s opening night (June 19).

The exhibition marks the first inperson event to go ahead under the youth council’s post-coronavirus work programme.

Judges Rangituhia Hollis, Fiona Amundsen and Olivia Taita deliberated over 45 showcased works and selected four prize-winners which were announced on the night.

The showcase was produced in partnership with Arts Out East, Uxbridge Arts & Culture and Te Tuhi.

For the first time, the showcase included two main categories: Themed Art as well as Open-Entry Art, with an opportunity for artists to submit art related to the theme: ‘Modern and Traditional Connection’. Howick Local Board chair Adele White and local board members Bo Burns, John Spiller and Mike Turinsky joined the youth council for the evening. Also attending was Howick Ward Councillor Paul Young.

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Pakuranga College student Zoe Purvis’ artwork won the prize for themed art.

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“The last two years were smaller events, but with a 500 per cent increase in artwork this year, we quickly learned two things.

“We have a lot more work ahead of us [because] youth are passionate about the visual arts and we need to do it justice,” says HYC team lead Cuan Pillay, whose youth council team is in charge of the project.

The winner of the prize for themed art was Zoe Purvis for her artwork ‘Two Faced Tiger’. Zoe is a student at Pakuranga College.

Third place prize winner of the

open-entry art category was Jenny Tran for her artwork ‘Purity Garden’. Jenny is an AUT visual arts student.

Second place prize winner of the open-entry art category was Natalie Shen for her ‘Morphed 2.0’ sculpture piece. Natalie is a student at Saint Kentigern College.

Overall winner of the showcase was Janet Yu for her watercolour painting ‘Lost’. Judges described her work as ‘subtle’ but contemporary and memorable. Janet is a student at Macleans College.

‘Can-do’ attitude of Ormiston College students Endless weeks of lockdown were challenging for students of Ormiston Senior College but the moment they returned to school the student leadership team (Caring for Others team) pushed to collect 559 cans to be given to Auckland City Mission.

The team’s goal this year was to help those in need by working together through the school community.

“We knew the can drive would be even more important than

before,” says Gurleen Kaur from the student leadership team.

Students were motivated with the opportunity to earn points for their school house by donating cans.

The competition created some intense rivalry among teachers and students with Pukeko house coming out on top.

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About that same time as I was going through all this, Ted was bidding on an old original French Apothecary store fit-out for sale at a European online auction. At the time, there was never any thought of this being the catalyst for what has now become one of Howick’s most iconic eating spots, in fact Ted had planned to sell it on for profit.

Then came the boom of TradeMe. “I soon realised we had to evolve” Ted explains, “all of a sudden the market was gone”.

Ted had trained at Milnes in Remuera and had a passion for hospitality. “So the Apothecary was just sitting there in a container and I thought, why not? There was no business plan or formula back then,

Ted Waters, Howick business owner.

I just went with my gut,” a risky business model but one that helped Ted launch his Apothecary Cafe vision.

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To try and thank the community, The team at The Apothecary and Daisy Changs recently put on a comedy night at the Bucklands Beach War memorial Hall, it was a sellout.

The lock-down also resulted in a design re-brand and the birth of The Apothecary Pie, a big hit with the morning commuter and lunchtime locals on the move. The Apothecary is also adding the great Sunday Roast to its ‘special nights’ menu, which also include Friday Pizza Night, Saturday Pasta Night, and the ever popular Thursday Steak Night.

Looking ahead, Ted says his ideal Howick would be a self sustaining one. “We are very lucky here in Howick. We’re blessed with great businesses and a community that gets behind them”.

So, as Ted has proven, a lot can happen in 10 years and if he keeps learning from his mistakes, we have so much more to look forward to from Ted Waters in the years ahead.

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“That’s how Daisy Chang was born, with Greg and his wife Carmen, and their good friend and head chef Bong and Lin who came from Farang in Kingsland. And again there was no plan or model to work to, we just learned from our mistakes as we went along, and there were plenty,” says Ted. It doesn’t stop there. There was room for one more addition to the family. A small narrow space between the two restaurants was the perfect spot for the cocktail bar ‘Piggy’ (in the middle) ... which is how it got it’s name.

A keen local and a member of Howick Cricket and Golf Clubs, Ted now sees the benefits of a close community, especially in current times.

“When the lock-down came, I was resigned to the fact that my business was about to end,” says Ted. “But when we finally opened back up, it was the community and local support that saved us and I can’t thank everyone enough”.

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Car boot sale in our car park, Saturday, July 11, 8am-12pm. If wet weather, sellers will be inside the building. Spaces $10 each and all proceeds go towards funding our community ministries - this includes our food bank, drop-in centre, and Christmas Appeal. We aim to have a Car Boot Sale per month. Salvation Army East City, 37-45 Wellington St, Howick. Call Rosemarie 0221930090.

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July 12 at 2.15pm for planetary healing. All welcome. Call Janine 027 2867038 for more details.

ZONTA DINNER MEETING We are looking forward to our first face-to-face dinner meeting since Lockdown and we will be welcoming two new members. If you are interested in working towards the well-being of women and girls, while having great conversation and meaningful service activities, come and check us out at the Howick Club at 6pm on Tuesday July 7.

Contact Gay 0211451574.

DANCE YOURSELF HAPPY AGAIN! Uninstructed dance hour with electronica & hits from 80s, 90s, 00s & today. Thursdays 8-9pm until November 26 at All Saints’ Community Centre, 30 Cook St, Howick. www.facebook.com/DanceYourselfHappy.

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The Howick Garden Club welcomes members back to their meeting on Thursday July 9 at 10am in Haseler Hall, All Saints Church, Selwyn Rd, Howick. Guest speaker, trading table, raffles. Visitors welcome.

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Thursday, July 16. Discover an Iron Age fort, Vikings, early jewellery, and hidden treasure. Fun family workshop. Create paper craft. Age 7+. $8pp. 10am-12pm. Ph 535 3530 to book. Polish Museum, 125 Elliot St, Howick.

The Howick Photographic Society meets most Monday nights. We are a group of enthusiasts sharing a common interest in the art of photography. We would love you to join us, to share your photos and to learn more about photography as an art. Our members range from beginners to professionals and everyone is incredibly supportive and encouraging. Visit www.howickphotographicsociety.org.nz or contact John Clare jpclare@xtra.co.nz

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The AGM of the Howick Branch of the NZSG will be held on Saturday, July 11 at St Andrew’s Church Centre, Vincent Street, Howick at 1.30pm. Hugh Dickey, author of “Growth of New Zealand Towns”, will be speaking about the history and population of many of our towns. Door charge $5. Visitors welcome. Ph 536-4388 or 576-5400.

Enjoy the mid-year Christmas Celebration at Classy Crafts Indoor Market at on Saturday, July 11 9am-1pm at the Picton Centre, 120 Picton Street, Howick, just behind Bayleys Real Estate. A chance to chat with skilled crafters and purchase their value-for-money products. Any queries please contact Classy Crafts’ convenor Robyn Brown on 09 537 240.

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Auckland classical guitarist and composer Bruce Paine returns to present a varied selection of works from his current repertoire. The programme will feature nostalgic Spanish guitar standards alongside Bruce’s own compositions, including inventions based on traditional Maori folk song and ‘Waitemata Reverie’, a substantial work inspired by images of Auckland’s outstanding harbour and beaches.

All Saints Church, Howick, Thursday, July 9, 7-8pm.

Come and join us to learn this ancient craft. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month, February to early December. 10am12pm at the Girl Guide Rooms, Vincent Street, Howick. We have spinning wheels to loan or purchase, and wool available. Free tuition. You are very welcome. Phone Jenny 535 -4990 or 021 127 5544.

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Luxon’s first public meeting held in Botany N

ational’s candidate for Botany Christopher Luxon drew large numbers to St Columba Church on Ti Rakau Drive last Tuesday night for his first public meeting in the lead up to the September General Election.

Around 200 people attended the event where Luxon shared his story of his journey into politics.

East FM broadcaster Phil Taylor facilitated a discussion with Luxon for the audience, first asking about the change from the corpo-

rate world into politics.

Taylor and Luxon touched on how the campaign trail has been in their conversation for the audience.

“This campaign isn’t about me, it’s about the people of Botany and although this public meeting was a chance to share my story and vision for Botany’s future, it was more importantly a chance to listen to the concerns of those who came along,” Luxon said. ”The job of an MP is to represent people and that is what this campaign is all

about.”

Talking about the good turnout a party spokesperson said, “Often sitting MPs muster 50 odd people for public meetings so the attendance tonight proves great traction in Christopher’s candidacy for Botany.”

Botany is traditionally a safe National seat, gaining 60.8 per cent of the party vote and a 12,839 candidate vote majority in the 2017 election.

This year’s election will be contested with polls closing on September 19.

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ASB Howick & Botany Junction to open 3 days

By JIM BIRCHALL ASB in Howick is set to reopen, albeit with reduced days, as part of a restructure and promotion of a business model that views branches as increasingly redundant.

In a press release, ASB said it is ‘recruiting for more than 150 roles to provide specialist guidance and advice to its customers’.

ASB’s executive general manager Retail Banking Craig Sims explained the positions are for people who will work across its phone, online and branch network responding to customers needing a range of specialist assistance; from Covid-19-related help to buying a home or planning for retirement.

“Kiwis’ expectations of their bank are changing.

In the past five years for example, at ASB we’ve seen

a 42 per cent decline inbranch transactions, and now 85 per cent of our personal customers prefer the convenience of our online and mobile services. Add to that, since lockdown in March around 13,500 customers have used our digital channels for the first time to do their banking and they’re continuing to do so,” says Sims.

As well as employing more Kiwis, ASB is making changes to its branch network.

By Monday August 3, 25 branches nationwide will permanently move to operate three days a week from 9 am-4.30 pm. Nine branches located in main cities will not reopen.

The Howick branch on Picton St is one of those 25, with new opening hours of Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 9am to 4.30pm announced.

ASB Botany Junction will have the same days and hours open as Howick.

Sims says, “Making changes to our branches is never easy. The branches not reopening have experienced very low number of customers using the branch. Some for example serve only 900 customers a year so that’s only two to three a day. There is also a branch nearby for customers to use. Our decision is motivated by a desire to provide a better overall personal experience for customers and our people.

“Our team is an important part of this change and no jobs will be lost as a result of these changes.

Team members will have the opportunity to move to another branch or other roles within ASB, supported by training to provide more specialised guidance and advice.”

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AN OPEN LETTER TO JAMI-LEE ROSS: Dear Jami-Lee I have read the articles in the last two editions of the Times, both written by or about you, and both mentioning the battle to protect Stockade Hill.

As someone deeply involved in that issue, I take exception to your claim in this week’s report that your putting together of a last minute amendment to the deadly Urban Development Bill (UDB already past public submissions, Select Committee and its Second Reading) has the potential of saving the Hill’s views forever - just like that.

It can do no such thing.

Fact: the UDB’s goal is to give Housing NZ aka Kainga Ora (HNZ/ KO) the unbridled power to seize whatever land it chooses, anywhere in NZ, in order quickly to build cheap social housing; but it has nothing at all to do with Stockade Hill.

Why? HNZ/KO cannot justify and has no appetite or budget for acquiring any of the most expensive land in Auckland/NZ for social housing, including around Stockade Hill.

So, no need for any amendment.

Yes indeed, HNZ has fanatically opposed any community attempts to protect the Hill’s views via changing or reversing the highrise Mixed Housing Urban (MHU) upzoning of the land around it, not because they were targeting this

perhaps the public might believe this amendment had its interests at heart and not your own.

The battle remains real and earnest, but this is not the way.

Janet Dickson

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expensive location for State apartments, but simply because they already own thousands of MHU sites in the city, and any precedent set here would threaten future development of their own stock everywhere else.

Still no need for an amendment.

Jami-Lee: If you had taken seri-

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Denial is not rebuttal.

Of course, when the problem is the false belief that burning fossil fuels is not causing global warming, the reason is simple: the oil companies have spent billions to fool the public and keep the money flowing.

Eventually the penny drops, and the media stops promoting lies and crank views, witness the “silencing” of the tobacco industry.

That is not an attack on freedom of speech, it is recognition good science does not have to be “balanced” by harmful nonsense.

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Feedback Gary Hollis, Mellons Bay

BRINGING KIWIS HOME

Letters (June 30) included an expression of disgust at the two women leaving confinement untested.

It seems to be implied that the five ensuing cases are associated with subsequent community spread. They were not. They are part of the totally predictable trickle of cases now being stopped at the border.

The next suggestion, claiming that 2000 people being admitted each fortnight would be able to admit all those wishing to come home in three or four fortnights seems quite nonsensical. That notion would assume a total of 8000 people wish to come in.

At present we see around 4000 arrivals each week.

Surely, by your correspondent’s logic, all 8000 should have arrived by now. The 8000 number is well short of the mark and such manipulation of the arrival stream not nearly so straightforward!

Judy Lawry, Golflands

WHO DO I VOTE FOR?

I want to vote for a political party which will treat all NZ citizens equally and, to date, I have not found one who will pledge themselves to do so or to keep

their promise once they have done so.

As well, I want all racist legislation repealed. A huge ask. But if I don’t ask then it definitely will not happen.

There have been more than 80 Acts of Parliament since 1974 that favour one ethnic group and they want more and will never be satisfied.

A couple of examples -a full and final settlement has been settled five times and will probably have more to come. So much for full and final.

Also this ethnic group must be favoured by the District Health Boards and, as such, do not have to abide by the visiting rules or anything else for that matter.

However the big thing is that these people are only descendants, there are no full-blooded members or even half-blooded members of their claimed race alive.

In general they are more European than anything else as I am, so why the privileged status?

Arthur Moore, Pakuranga

PROTESTOR RESPONSIBILITIES The issue of whether protesters were responsible citizens going out and protesting during a Covid-19 lockdown seems a moot point, however there is a larger issue still at play.

People have a right to protest but if you are going to go out

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The “Black Lives Matter” case of “systemic racism” in police institutions is not supported by the facts. There have been several investigations. The BLM case is as much a lie as the “hands up don’t shoot” of the Michael Brown/Ferguson case.

There is brutality in the US police force, but this matter seems to have been hijacked into a race issue. There is, as yet, no evidence that the death of George Floyd was racially motivated. George Floyd died in identical circumstances to Tony Timpa who was White.

People also have a responsibility, when they adopt the mantle of an organisation and its slogans, to investigate its background. BLM is an organisation dedicated to social change toward Marxism (though the organisation’s directors are very well paid), dedicated to creating and using social disharmony to achieve that political agenda.

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Take the plight of one typical family I am acquainted with - a solo mom with three children, two of whom are teenagers living in there tenth renter. They now have less than a month left in the current one.

So in your average Auckland suburb (Pakuranga in this case) she is now looking at paying between $750 and $900 a week for a 30 or 40-year-old three bedroom house in a poor state of repair in which she, two teenagers and a 12-year-old will have to co-habit with one-ormore (likely two) boarders just to pay the rent.

And that is the sub-culture and the diminishing quality of life for an estimated 45 per cent of Aucklanders that was the handiwork of the previous government and, at the present rate of two houses being rented for every new one built, is being naively allowed to continue by the present government.

These dilapidated houses in Auckland’s suburbs continue a slide to Third World status in suburban Auckland and I suspect other New Zealand cities.

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2020 Howick Sports Awards

Photos by Carmen Bird

Our sports awards winners H

ere are the winners from the Howick Sports Awards 2020 honoured at an awards dinner at Pakuranga United Rugby Club last week and supported by the Howick Local Board.

NOMINEES FOR JUNIOR SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR ➤ Jack Chapman Thirteen–year–old Jack attended Bucklands Beach Intermediate in 2019 and has been a member of the Bucklands Beach Tennis Club for 8 years. ➤ Traye & Harrison Wildbore Cousins Traye and Harrison are equally very talented – they both train and play hard in their diamond sport games – both excelling in baseball and softball. ➤ James Trathen Representing Pakuranga Athletic Club, James has demonstrated this season that he is the fastest middle–distance runner for his age in New Zealand as he is unbeaten in all races over 800m, 1500m, 1 mile and 3000m. He has won the NZ Road Race Championships, five gold medals at Colgate Games – (New Zealand’s premiere children’s track and field competition) – and multiple golds at both Auckland and Counties–Manukau Championships. He also demonstrated his all–round track and field abilities by winning the Athletics Auckland Junior Pentathlon Championships with a total points score 21% higher than second place. This season he has also set two Auckland, one Counties and five Pakuranga club records. ➤ Thomas Staples Thomas has a long list of touch and rugby achievements.

WINNER James Trathen – Pakuranga Athletic Club

NOMINEES FOR JUNIOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

➤ Vivian Lu In the past 12 months, Vivian has been in: The Macleans college Premier Golf team; The APGC Junior Championship team , which placed Third; The Woman’s Amateur Asia–Pacific championship team; Australia Girl’s Amateur competition placing 9th; Placed 2nd in the New Zealand woman’s Stroke play Championship; The Queen Sirikit Cup; Placed third in the NSW Amateur comp; In the winning team in the Interprovincial comp; Member of winning team at the secondary school nationals 2019. ➤ Keana Farani Keana Farani is an U12 player for the Pakuranga United Highlanders. Keana plays in a mixed team in an open weight grade and had an outstanding 2019 with the Highlanders constantly being one of the better players in the side. ➤ Madeleine Hunter – Mountain Raiders BMX Club After a couple of really tough seasons and big crashes – most notably, a spectacular departure from nationals as well as the 2018 North Island titles by way of broken shoulder and both wrists, Madeleine Hunter’s fortunes on the track

Olympic rower, Team NZ grinder and NZ Olympic team Chef de Mission Rob Waddell was special guest at last week’s Howick Sports Awards; James Trathen won the Junior Sportsman of the Year award; Madeleine Hunter is Junior Sportswoman of the Year.

are finally aligned with her ability.

Kicking the season off, Madeleine pulled together a spectacular ride to take out the Oceania titles in Te Awamutu with an O1 plate, battling hard against a trans–tasman contingent. Jumping forward to Nationals, Madeleine continued her run of fine form, finally securing the coveted NZ1 for 10 year old girls. Maddie also claimed the NI2 plate at the 2019 North Island titles in Tauranga, allowing her to claim the rare feat of 3 podiums across the 3 major meetings of the season.

This is girl that despite her love (and success) with riding bikes – takes on the challenge of sport in general with recent trip to Brisbane for baseball, as well as being a more than handy netball and basketball player – Maddie embodies all the traits of model young sportsperson. ➤ Marielle Venida – Athletics Marielle has had another stellar season on the track this season.

Without doubt the fastest Grade 14 girl in New Zealand over 100m and 200m, Marielle won gold medals at the Colgate Games, Auckland Championships and Counties Manukau Championships. ➤ Nanise Waqaira Nanise has a long list of netball achievements including being captain of the highly–successful Howick College Premier Netball Team.

She is also an ANZ Mystics player and named in Pathway to Podium programme for the Youth World Cup Netball Tournament.

WINNER Madeleine Hunter – Mountain Raiders BMX

NOMINEES FOR JUNIOR TEAM OF THE YEAR ➤ 13th Grade Metro – Football Bucklands Beach AFC 13th Grade competed and won the top age group league within the Auckland Football Federation. ➤ Blake Hinsley and Nicholas Drummond – Class: RS Feva Yachting Sixteen-year-old Blake Hinsley, was the skipper and previously sailed in the Optimist class & P Class, winning the 2019 Tanner Cup & coming second in the Tauranga cup, which are both P class events. Blake currently also sails in the Starling Class and previously competed very successfully in junior drag racing. Blake lives in Cockle Bay & attends Botany Downs College. Sixteen-year-old Nicholas Drummond crewed in the RS Feva class. Nick previously sailed Optimist & represented NZ

at the 2018 Asian championships in Myanmar. Nic sailed an Open Bic in the 2019 World Championships in NZ (ranked 38th) and currently also sails a Starling & is team captain for the Macleans College 420 sailing team. Nick lives in Mellons Bay. ➤ Botany Downs Secondary College Premier Badminton Girls 2019 team of the year at the college sports awards, taking that title over the 1st 15 and prem girls football team, both of which had great seasons. Winners NZ Secondary Schools Title Team members are: Roanne Apalisok, Ashley Tan, Angelina Ung, Katarina Ung and Nishika Jain ➤ Howick Softball U13 Girls The Howick Softball Club U13s team has been remarkable in the last 12 months. They were winners of the Auckland Softball Championship Trophy for two years in a row – this team remains unbeaten. ➤ Howick Rhythmics Competition Team This junior team competed in competitions in the Auckland and wider North Island as well as a national event in Christchurch last year girls finished in the top six at every competition. The team who went down to Christchurch achieved 21 medals between the eight athletes..

WINNER Blake Hinsley and Nicholas Drummond – Bucklands Beach Yacht Club

NOMINEES FOR HIGH SCHOOL OF THE YEAR ➤ Macleans College Macleans College continues to provide top quality sports teams across the board, as well as a high participation rate. With a huge focus on 2019/2020 to get students engaged and be active more often.

Macleans has massive social sport involvement, with over 400 Students involved in Saturday social sports, including Basketball, Badminton and table tennis. All these programmes are run in house and coordinated through the school to promote active participation across popular school sports. Inter School house sport runs throughout the year at lunchtime, gives students the opportunity to represent their house in playing and coaching positions regularly, nurturing a healthy sense of competition throughout the school year. Students are regularly used to officiate and run these programmes with guidance from the sports department. Achieve-

ments for school teams includes: Golf Secondary schools national Champions; Mixed Tennis national Champions 2019; 3rd Place Badminton Nationals; 2nd Place + 4th Place I Table tennis Nationals competition; Individual success in Auckland schools Mountain Biking; Rugby 1B Semi Finalists; Hockey 1st XI girls Auckland Open A/B grade champions. ➤ Botany College Botany College 1st XV has been nominated after they won the Auckland Rugby Union 1B 1st XV competition in 2019.

WINNERS Macleans College

NOMINEES FOR PRIMARY/INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL OF THE YEAR

(One nomination in this category) ➤ Bucklands Beach Intermediate Bucklands Beach Intermediate School (BBI) has an excellent reputation for having a comprehensive sport programme. In 2019, one of the highlights was the success of their AIMS Games team. They won 41 medals, more than any other of the 346 schools. This placed them 3rd on the medal table and the top Auckland school. BBI students train hard, play hard and play fair, students stand by their school motto – ‘Whaia Te Tikitiki Reach for The Heights’. BBI had a talented group of students in 2019. BBI students and staff are so passionate about sport and see countless benefits of how sport provides life–long, positive memories. BBI offer a wide range of sport opportunities, other than the typical school sports; for example: sailing, equestrian, cheerleading, skiing, hip–hop, aerobics, trampolining, mountain biking, indoor bowls and water polo.

WINNER Bucklands Beach Intermediate

NOMINEES MASTERS OF THE YEAR ➤ PURC Presidents Team The Pakuranga United Presidents Rugby Team is made up of over 35–year–olds who play in the Auckland Rugby Union competition. The club has a long tradition of winning in this grade with our 2019 side going through their 19– game season unbeaten (the second season in a row). Playing a full contact sport when aged in your late 30’s, 40’s and some in their 50’s is not an easy thing to do especially in the highly competitive Auckland Presidents competition. On top of playing, this team is also the heart

and soul of the Club as they help out around the club ensuring our committees are well stocked with volunteers and helping raise lots of funding that keep the club afloat on a day to day basis. ➤ Angela Hart Angela Hart is a Life Member of Howick Tennis Club Inc. She has held numerous roles on the Club Committee between 1999–2017.

Captain of Midweek Ladies Monday Championship 1 team and she’s also part of the Senior Interclub Open Presidents team. Angela has been on various Committees at Auckland Tennis.

WINNER Pakuranga Pressies

NOMINEES FOR OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR ➤ Cruiz Overend Cruiz is a 14–year–old touch referee who refs at two modules being Pakuranga United Rugby Club and Beachlands. He was chosen to referee by Touch NZ at the IPS, Junior Nationals and Secondary Schools competitions. ➤ Shaz Papesch Shaz is a Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre Umpire. Previously nominated in 2017, Shaz continues to strive towards excellence in umpiring. In 2018, 2019, and 2020, Shaz has been in Netball Northern’s Zone Umpire Watchlist.. ➤ Carollynn Frew Carollynn has been appointed to umpire at local, national and international netball events. ➤ Rachael Smith Technical Official (Bench Official and Statistician). Appointed to the multiple events – ➤ Caitlin Kimpton – Howick College In 2018 Caitlin was the first female to receive the Top Youth Referee Award at the NZ Maori’s Touch Tournament; Won the Top Youth Referee award at the Counties Manukau Touch Association Awards; Junior National Referee of the year 2019; shared awards of Youth, Masters and Open referee of the year 2019; Supreme Award 2019; Received her Level 3 Touch NZ Referee and she is the Top youth Referee in NZ and ranked 4th Female referee in NZ; Youngest Level 3 Female Touch referee in the World; Named backup referee at the NRL Touch Warrior games 2019; Referee for New Zealand at Trans–Tasman Touch tournament in January 2020.

WINNER Caitlin Kimpton ➤ Continued to page 13

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2020 Howick Sports Awards

Photos by Carmen Bird

Elite sailors Blake Hinsley (absent) and Nicholas Drummond (with trophy) won the Junior Team of the Year award; Macleans College was named High School of the Year; Bucklands Beach Intermediate was named Primary/Intermediate School of the Year; The Pakuranga Pressies were named Masters of the Year.

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NOMINEES FOR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

➤ David Becroft David has been a tireless supporter of Macleans College sport for a number of years. He constantly gives up multiple mornings, afternoons and weekends to help with coaching, managing and refereeing in a number of sports. ➤ Peter Donnelly Peter’s work with Pakuranga United Rugby Club sees him, every Saturday, in charge of the club’s grounds. Peter also sits on the club’s Senior Rugby Committee. At the end of the season was a liaison officer for Auckland Rugby for all of the rep games played at Bell Park. ➤ Tim Atkinson The Mountain Raiders BMX Track and facility has been under the watchful keep of Tim now for 7 years (with many hours going into the previous track also). Tim has been pivotal in the development and installation of a timing system for the Lloyd Elsmore Track as well as making significant contributions as a member of the Mountain Raiders Committee. ➤ Lynne Keohane Lynne has no ties – through children at least – to the Howick Gymnists Club yet she volunteers many many hours. She has been the chair of the HGC Board for many years until she stepped down last year.She’s the chair of the 4 year old steering group for a new multisport facility in Lloyd Elsmore Park. Lynne brings in between 60 and 100 K per year through funding applications. ➤ Lincoln McKenzie Lincoln has been a member of the Pakuranga Junior Track & Field Committee for the past six years, a member of the Management Committee and a member of the Senior Track & Field Committee (which he is currently chairing), both for the past three years. Throughout his time on these committees, Lincoln has worked tirelessly and selflessly for the benefit of the club.

He is one of the first volunteers at the track and is always the last to leave, doing everything from setting up the BBQ, the timing equipment and sound system, he is the race starter on club nights, helps with the pack–down of equipment and locks up the clubrooms when each club night is complete. Lincoln also purchases and maintains equipment (and installs it when required), mows and paints the sector lines on the infield –he is also a club delegate to Athletics Auckland both Junior and Senior Track and Field. Lincoln is a World Athletics graded official and officiates on behalf of the club at all Athletics Auckland and Counties–Manukau Athletics championship events. ➤ Justin Green Justin Green has been a volunteer

at the Fencibles AFC for more years than members can count and was a brilliant goalkeeper. Justin has had many roles within the club from Youth Club Captain to vice chairman and stepping into the Chairman role whenever it was needed.

WINNER Lincoln McKenzie, Pakuranga Athletic Club

NOMINEES OF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR

➤ Paul Matthews Paul as Buckland Beach Association Football Club Youth Convenor has had the responsibility of overseeing 25 teams and approximately 400 players. Throughout the season juggling pitch availability, dealing with the council and Auckland Football. ➤ Cezanne Powell Cezanne is an extremely dedicated member of the committee at the Howick Rhythmic Gymnastics Club. She is the club treasurer handling all invoicing,and is in charge of the facility hireage. Cezanne is the liaison with their governing body Gymnastics NZ. ➤ Deirdre Frankle Cockle Bay Tennis Club. Club Administrator. Deirdre’s contribution was recognised at the 2019 Auckland Tennis Regional Awards where Cockle Bay Tennis Club won multiple awards. ➤ Amanda Dyason Amanda is a Professional administrator who was taken the sports of Netball and Touch to a new level at Pakuranga United. Amanda was the driving force behind starting both Junior and College Netball grades at the club after initiating seniors 7 years ago. She has grown it to a point were Pakuranga United Netball are now one of the biggest Clubs at the Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre. She has put in systems and people to oversee and run player registration, team selection, coaching and management, game day volunteering and the running of the umpires. This is on top of her core role at the club which is running the cash books whilst overseeing the Junior Rugby and Touch Administrator. Just when things are going really well and everything is super busy Amanda has another idea that the sport of Touch needed to be rejuvenated with a Men’s Premier Competition that was both competitive and entertaining to watch. Through sheer hard work from Amanda the PURC Premier Touch competition was born with 8 elite teams contacted and entered into the league.

Such was the success of this new competition it drew another 12 teams into the social competitions on the same night and saw spectators flock to Bell Park each week from all over Auckland to watch.

Amanda is also a volunteer on the Executive at the Howick Pakuranga

Netball Centre and on the board at Counties Manukau Touch Association. Amanda has been the driving force in rejuvenating the Howick Sports Awards and has run this on behalf of the Club for the last two years. ➤ Lincoln McKenzie Pakuranga Athletics Club (see Volunteer of the Year) WINNER Amanda Dyason from Pakuranga United Rugby Club

COACH OF THE YEAR ➤ Sander Waterland 2019 was the first year of Sander being Bucklands Beach Association FC’s Director of Football. As such he not only coached players but coached the coaches as well.

He coached the rep 13th grade boys team to Champions for 2019 in the top league and he took the team to Sydney to place second competing against and beating A–League club rep teams. ➤ Shaun Clark Shaun has been with the Howick Hornets club for 4 years and has achieved numerous accolades during his time. He has coached both Counties Manukau NZRL Men’s and Women’s Premiership teams.

2019 saw Shaun coach Howick Hornets Premier side to a first division premiership title as the SAS Fox Memorial Premiership Grand Final Winners against Mt Albert. ➤ Monique Gapes Monique is the head coach at Howick Rhythmics and is incredibly passionate about the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics. She is always looking for ways to improve her club, to allow more gymnasts to take part in the sport and the club has seen a larger retention of gymnasts since she ascended into the Head Coach position. She volunteers many hours to do administration duties as well as making up routines in order for her gymnasts to achieve the fantastic results they do. In last year’s competition season, the Howick Rhythmics Gymnasts came home with various top finishes with the national event held in Christchurch bringing home 21 medals between eight gymnasts. Monique is also mentoring nine junior coaches who are working through various training programs in order to become qualified. Without Monique’s dedication the club would be unable to run and the effort that she puts into creating a supportive and caring environment for her gymnasts is seen through the love that the girls have developed for the sport. ➤ Mark Hodson Mark is the Howick College Premier Mixed Touch Head coach, with the team being winners of the Auckland competition and 2nd at the Galaxy Tournament. The team was also New Zealand Secondary Schools Mixed Champions 2018 and 2019.Mark has been named coach of the 2020 NZ U18 Mixed

Touch team.

WINNER Monique Gapes – Howick Rhythmic Gymnastics Club

NOMINEES FOR SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

➤ Jethro Friend Jethro has been with the Howick Hornets Premier side since 2013, celebrating his 100th Premier game for the club last season. Under his captaincy the Hornets went on to win, the Auckland rugby League Sportscafe Nines Tournament, the Roope Rooster interclub challenge, the 2019 Minor Premiership (The Rukatai Shield) and The Fox Memorial First Division (Grand Final) . Jethro was also named Man of the Match with 2 tries and 56 tackles. ➤ TJ Faiane In 2020 TJ Faiane took his game to the next level as he retained the captaincy of the Auckland Rugby side in the ITM cup whilst also becoming an integral part of the Blues side in Super Rugby (where he sometimes kept All Black Legend Ma’a Nonu out of the #12 position). ➤ Seth Gibson Seth Gibson has been one of the most successful players within the Howick Softball Club over the last 12 months. For a young man, he has achieved so much to date: Selected in NZ Black Sox Training Squad and the NZ U23 Men’s team to tour Canada in June 2020; Received NZ’s Men’s Emerging Player of the year – SNZ Award; Auckland Softball Association Award – Junior Male Sportsperson of the Year and MVP in the U23 Auckland Men’s Representative Team; In the winter (our off season) Seth played in the Czech Republic where his team competed in the European Super Cup – He was 3rd player overall out of all 21 teams in Europe on the batting stats. Seth is recognised as one of the best fielding 1st Basemen in the country and has also been consistent with the Bat throughout the last 12 months whether here or overseas. Seth is an outstanding player of the Game and one that deserves recognition.

WINNER Seth Gibson Howick Softball

NOMINEES FOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

➤ Vivian Lu Vivian has an impressive list of achievements in the past 12 months: In the Official New Zealand Golf Academy and NZ rep; Akl team member that won Toro playing number one; 1st in Auckland strokeplay, and 2nd in New Zealand Strokeplay; 3rd in New South Wales amateur; 2nd Pegasus open (Charles tour); tied 3rd in the Asia pacific junior championship; International NZ Queen Sirikit team; Macleans college junior sportswoman of the year; Leading NZ

player in Asia pacific women’s amateur championships WINNER Vivian Lu

NOMINEES FOR TEAM OF THE YEAR

➤ Howick Hornets Premiership Team Howick Hornets Rugby League SAS Fox Memorial Premiership Winners 2019. An outstanding year for the Premiership team in 2019 after a couple of years just missing out and placing 3rd on the Premiership ladder. ➤ Macleans College Premier Golf The Macleans College premier golf team went back to back in 2019 with another 1st place at the Secondary Schools Golf Nationals.

They also won the Auckland college sport premier competition. ➤ Auckland Ice Figure Skating – Black Ice Black Ice are a mixed age synchronized Ice Figure skating team. They are 3x NZ National Champions and the current NZ national title holders. Black Ice recently won gold at the Australian National Championships which has never been achieved by a NZ team before.

Black Ice aim to retain their NZ title for 2020 and to compete in Europe in early 2021 – fingers crossed.

Achievements 2019: Winner Auckland Champs; Winner Glenburn Champs; Winner West Auckland Champs; Winner North Island Champs; Winner NZ National Champs; Winner Australian National Champs; Howick College Premier Mixed Touch; Winners of the Auckland competition; 2nd at Galaxy Secondary Schools tournament; New Zealand Secondary Schools National Champions 2018 and 2019; New Zealand Secondary Schools National Champions 2019.

WINNER Black Ice, Auckland Ice Figure Skating Club

NOMINATIONS FOR INTERNATIONALIST OF THE YEAR

➤ James Wilson James Wilson is an enthusiastic ambassador for Special Olympics and how it has changed his life from being water boy on the sideline through to representing NZ in powerlifting at the Special Olympics World Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi. He not only won 4 silver medals but also gave speeches on behalf of the NZ delegation at the NZ Embassy welcome on arrival and again when they visited Amity International School. He is a proud Athlete Leader, a dedicated sports person and a great example of how disability can be overcome and goals can be achieved. Special Olympics plays an important part in James’ life and James plays an important part in promoting Special Olympics both for New Zealand and his local Special Olympics Howick Pakuranga Club. ➤ Continued to page 14

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Caitlin Kimpton (with trophy) was named Official of the Year; Lincoln McKenzie (with trophy) has been named volunteer of the year; Amanda Dyason is Administrator of the Year; Monique Gapes is Coach of the Year; Sportsman of the Year is Seth Gibson; James Wilson was named Internationalist of the Year.

➤ From page 13 His enthusiasm for Special Olympics led to James being selected to train and graduate as a Global Messenger for Special Olympics in 2017. In the lead up to the Special Olympics World Games, James gave numerous motivational speeches to raise funds for the Special Olympics team and to encourage other potential athletes to take part and follow his lead. James won a nutrition challenge held at CrossFit East Auckland and this led him to suggest a series of workshops held by his local club to encourage athletes to follow a nutritious diet, to stretch and warm up properly and to make friends. ➤ Blake Hinsley & Nicholas Drummond (See aforementioned bio - Junior Team of the Year) ➤ Dalton Papalii Dalton Papalii continued his outstanding form for both Auckland and The Blues in 2019 which culminated in him playing for the All Blacks again. Whilst disappointed in not making the Rugby World Cup Squad he continues to work hard to become an All Black again in 2020. ➤ Theo Quax Theo has had a great season at Northern Arizona University. He is among the fastest middle distance runners at NCAA level. March 2019: Theo ran the 5000m at a US collegiate outdoor meet at Stanford.

He won his race with a time 0.2s off the NZ U20 5000m record. In April 2019 he ran in the top–seeded 1500m, a very prestigious outdoor meet in California. He finished 9th in 3:39.84, but broke the NZ U20 1500m record which had stood for 27 years.

WINNER James Wilson, Special Olympics

NOMINATIONS FOR CLUB OF THE YEAR ➤ Howick Hornets Rugby League 2019 – A very exciting year at the Howick Hornets Rugby League Club; one they are all very proud to be part of. The SAS Fox Memorial Premiership Winners, 2019 Minor Premiership Winners (The Rukatai Shield), Auckland Referees Association Best and Fairest Club of the Year, Auckland Rugby League Club of the Year, Auckland Rugby

League Sportcafe Nines’s Mens Premiership Winners, Finalists in the Counties Manukau Sports – Team of the Year – Mens Premiership.

The club has spent 3 years building the girls grades and 2019 saw the Under 16 Girls make a grand final – narrowly losing to Otahuhu. The club works hard to grow the sport within our community and continues to look forward to grassroots Rugby League being more recognised. ➤ Howick Softball Club The Howick Softball Club’s membership is strong with a huge number of juniors. The Club works with all primary and intermediate schools, and does a fantastic job running their inter school tournaments at Meadowlands Reserve.

The Club runs its own Winter Academy that has seen massive success – with 3 young men being selected for Junior Black Sox the prior year, and then 2 more this season, 2 senior players making NZ Black Sox or Squads with some female players also making Auckland Representative teams. ➤ Pakuranga United Rugby Club Pakuranga United Rugby Club maintains a solid membership of 640 juniors and 250 senior Rugby players, they have actively diversified the club by adding in Netball teams (over 250 players in 2019 up 15 per cent) and creating a new Premier League Touch Competition which saw the Touch competition grow by over 20 teams in 2019 up 20 per cent. It also runs the World Secondary School’s 7 Rugby Competition. ➤ Bucklands Beach Tennis Club Bucklands Beach Tennis Club is a strong community tennis club.

Success in 2019 included entry in Men’s and Women’s Caro Bowl teams for the first time and achieving Auckland Tennis Club of the Year. Other achievements include Senior Interclub of the Year and Junior Club of the Year.Nominated for Tennis New Zealand Club of the Year. Runners up Caro Bowl Women’s Competition. Winners Caro Bowl Reserve Men. ➤ Cockle Bay Tennis Cockle Bay Junior members had great results in National Tournaments and Cockle Bay tennis won the elite Auckland Tennis 2019 Caro Bowl competition for the first

time. They also won the elite Auckland Tennis 2019 Junior Caro Bowl Boys and Junior Caro Reserve Boys titles, won 12 Junior Tennis Auckland 2019 Interclub Competitions.

WINNER Howick Hornets Rugby League Club

NOMINATIONS FOR SERVICE TO SPORT

(Awarded to each of these individuals) ➤ Paul McKenzie Paul first coached his six–year–old son at Bucklands Beach AFC 22 years ago and has been involved with the club every year since.

He’s Coached multiple youth championship teams and for the past 4 years has been the manager of the successful men’s first team. He’s a Life Member and current Executive Member with responsibility as Senior Convenor. ➤ Joanna Richards Special Olympics Howick Pakuranga swimming coach at weekly trainings for 25 years; Special Olympics Howick Pakuranga Team Coach Trans Tasman Hamilton 2016; Special Olympics Howick Pakuranga Team Coach NZ National Summer Games Wellington 2017. A loyal coach who strives for the best from athletes. She collaborates with other coaches to develop goals so athletes are always challenging themselves. ➤ Brian Wilsher Brian’s career as a sports administrator has been outstanding for well over 20 years. Brian joined Pakuranga United Rugby Club when his son started playing at the club. He soon became a Coach before moving into the management area. He was quickly identified by the Committee of the day as someone who had a great knowledge of both Rugby and running sport and was drafted into the Committee. As his son moved through the age grades at the club Brian’s involvement also started to ramp up, firstly onto the Senior Rugby Committee and then the club’s Board where he stayed for over 10 years. Whilst on the Senior Rugby Committee Brian took on the role of the club’s Delegate to the Auckland Rugby Union Council of Delegates, a position he held for over 10 years eventually becoming the Chair of this very impor-

tant Council. From there Brian was elected onto the Board of Auckland Rugby whilst at the same time sitting on the Board of Super Rugby side the Blues –a role he continues with. Brian’s involvement in the sport he loves has been one of many hours of voluntary giving.

The Club has awarded Brian many awards over the years and the Auckland Rugby Union also honoured Brian presenting him with their highest award as well. ➤ Sandra Paton Sandra took on the role as club president at the Howick Rhythmics Gymnastics Club a few years back and continues to give back to the club and the sport in any way that she can. For over 20 years she has been involved in gymnastics through her daughters growing up in both artistic and rhythmic gymnastics. She has chaperoned New Zealand representative teams to Australia for various competitions, as well as the NZ Rhythmic Gymnastics Group to the World Championships in 2018. She volunteers at national comps as a scorer and she has served on numerous club committees for the sport intent on helping it to gain recognition. Sandra will help out in any way that she can to serve the club – she is an amazing woman. ➤ Carollynn Frew Netball Bench Official – Since she started official scoring and timekeeping for Howick Pakuranga Netball in 1998, Sandra has been: Appointed to World Netball Champs in Christchurch and Auckland and the World Youth Champs in Wales; She has been awarded Counties Manukau Bench Official of the Year; along with an Award for 20 Years’ Service. She has regularly been appointed to National Tournaments and to International Tests and is one of the most experienced bench officials in NZ. In recent years she has been a senior member of the Counties Manukau group assisting with the training of Cadets (those new to the role) and is highly respected by all. ➤ Sue Miller Netball – Sue has a massive list of achievements since she first coached Macleans College netball teams in 1980. She’s been on the Executive team of Howick Pakuranga Netball and a rep team

Black Ice were recognised as Team of the Year; Howick Hornets Rugby League Club is Club of the Year; These sporting stalwarts were recognised for their service to sport.

Manager and in the group that started official scoring and timekeeping. She’s also been part of the Executive of Manukau Netball and Managed Netball NZ Invitation teams. Sue has been the minutes Secretary, Board member and Chair OF Counties Manukau netball. She was the Co–ordinator of bench officials throughout Counties Manukau for 20 years. Sue has been awarded or been a finalist in a number of service awards over the years, both locally and nationally and given tirelessly to netball for 40 years. ➤ Danna Mandry Danna Mandry or better known as Mum has been a part of Fencibles United AFC for more than 20 years and much to the club’s dismay retired at the end of the 2019 football season. Danna has been the Secretary of the club for all of this time. Danna is one of those amazing people that has a wonderful sporty family and manages to juggle everything along with being 100% dedicated to her role of not only Secretary but Mum to all the players. Her role as face of the club has seen her go through so many changes but she is the one constant; the person you can always rely on, the person that is always there helping run everything or making sure everyone is doing as they should. Fencibles could not have run without her and her heart and love for the whole club. ➤ Dev Senthiya Since 1998, Dev has been pro– actively involved in the sport of Badminton at various clubs at all levels serving all ages – and he is still playing at Masters level.

Dev also has massive list of achievements: World Masters Gold medalist with numerous other medals won both internationally and nationally; Auckland Representative player for 15 years plus, along with coaching and developing players; Pioneered and developed 15 clubs in East Auckland including the largest badminton club in the country at East Tamaki; Organized and managed numerous badminton tournaments in the last 20 years. Dev has also been a President, Head Coach, Club Captain, Vice President, Chair and Trustee to numerous Sports and Badminton clubs.

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COMMUNITY

Be strong, ask for help T

he writing is on the wall.

‘Have strength to ask for help to avoid suicide, ’ is the powerful message Pakuranga artists Bryce Williams and Benjamin Work are pushing as they paint a mural on a blank wall located at the corner of Manapouri Place and Gossamer Drive.

Having been affected by the pain of suicide at an early age, Bryce reveals that his first experience of dealing with the shocking event was when his friend took his life.

“I grew up in Pakuranga, going to the local schools, making friends with local kids from the neighbourhood, playing at the park, hanging

out at the local shops, skateboarding everywhere — all which are happy childhood memories,” Williams says.

“My friend, a kind, outgoing and fun person to be around took his life in 2004 at the young age of 18.

This was my first experience of dealing with such a shocking event which I still feel emotional about.

“He must have felt so alone, so worried and unable to work through problems he was dealing with. Life’s pressures can be so difficult to work through and often we don’t have the confidence to ask

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for help — and for some people they take their own life, leaving tragic circumstances for all family and friends to forever work through.”

He says the spot where he painted the mural has a special significance.

“I have painted the mural at the Gossamer Drive shop where we used to meet as kids,” says Williams.

“I have learnt to embrace life as much as possible as our lives do have positive futures. Please be strong and ask for help.” ➤ Call Lifeline New Zealand at 0800 543 354.

The mural on wall located at the corner of Manapouri Place and Gossamer Drive has a powerful message painted by artists Bryce Williams and Benjamin Work.

EMERGENCY BUDGET

Records broken as Aucklanders have their say A record number of Aucklanders have had their say on Auckland Council’s 2020/2021 Emergency Budget.

More than 34,800 people took part in the three-week consultation which closed on June 19. It is the highest number of submissions received on a consultation since the council’s formation in 2010.

The budget and consultation were in response to the financial impact of Covid-19, which has seen a forecast shortfall in revenue of more than half a billion dollars over the next financial year.

As part of the consultation, Auck-

landers were asked whether they supported a 2.5 or 3.5 per cent average general rates increase, as well as a rates postponement scheme to ease pressure on those suffering financial hardship because of Covid-19.

A suspension of the Accommodation Provider Targeted Rate - better known as the bed tax - to provide relief to the accommodation sector was also consulted on.

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tify services the council could exit.

In a summary of potential opportunities, the document highlights a number of properties which might be surplus to council requirements.

The council’s development arm Panuku’s ‘rationalisation pipeline’ as at May lists many properties across Auckland but says they have not yet been declared surplus by council. Properties considered but not approved for sale by the Finance and Performance Committee include the old Howick Borough Council Chambers at 34 Moore Street in Howick and 80 Vincent Street in Howick.

The list is significantly longer under a ‘proposed pipeline of nonmandated properties 2020/2021’.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff said the record amount of feedback indicates how seriously Aucklanders take this crisis. Meanwhile, the council website saw more than 79,000 visits, with numbers of daily visits averaging 10 times that seen in the first annual budget consultation earlier this year.

Feedback received through the consultation is now being sorted and will be reported back to the council’s Finance and Performance Committee on July 8. Decisions

will be made on July 16 and then formally adopted on July 30. ➤ Local properties on the list are:

72R Karaka Road, Beachlands; 2R Ti Rakau Dr, Pakuranga; 20 (part) Uxbridge Rd, Howick; 16 Fencible Dr, Howick; 84 Cosgrave Rd, Ardmore; 76R Aberfeldy Avenue, Highland Park; 111R Golfland Drivbe, Howick; 9R Fortyfoot Lane, Sunnyhills; 1R Hutchinsons Rd, Highland Park; 54R McCahill Views, Highland Park; 28R Simon Own Place, Howick; 100R Uxbridge Rd, Howick; 24 Saleyard Rd, Whitford; 54 Whitford Park Rd, Whitford; 751 Whitford-Maraetai Rd, Whitford; 213R Fisher Parade, Sunnyhills; 107R Uxbridge Rd, Cockle Bay; 2R (part) Bucklands Beach Rd, Bucklands Beach; 116R Reeves Rd, Pakuranga Heights.

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HISTORY

New Zealand’s first movie set at Cockle Bay ANNIVERSARY

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.

The Howick Photographic Society fared well at a recent salon.

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The Birth of New Zealand film was the first full-length silent movie made in New Zealand.

Some 8000 feet of film lasting 132 minutes, it was made at Cockle Bay in 1921 on John Gill’s farm which had no houses and only open grassland.

Nearly everyone in Howick was involved. The shanty town set was built on the beach. Crawford’s horse bus was mocked up as a Cobb and Company stagecoach driven

by Jack Crawford that was part of an armed hold-up by highwaymen for gold-bullion.

The film showed Captain James Cook releasing pigs, Governor Hobson and pioneer families, the spectacular Treaty of Waitangi scene, Hone Heke’s sacking of Kororareka, Bishop Pompallier, missionary Henry Williams even gold panning in the Mangemangeroa.

Howick School closed during the filming providing extras for crowd scenes. Several experienced actors from Australia appeared plus many happy local adults who were

paid ten shillings a day. The film was directed by Harrington Reynolds assisted by Rudall Hayward.

The headquarters for the film was Hugh Gilmour’s homestead The Cliffs in Rangitoto View Road that still dominates the street.

In February 1922 The Birth of New Zealand was shown for a week in the Auckland Town Hall accompanied by suitable musical instrumentation. Then it was screened in Howick Town Hall free to everyone in Howick.

Being a silent movie, a local piano player created matching musical accompaniment. It was said to be full of astonishment, amazement, admiration, indignation, pride, sheer wonder, excitement, tears, exultation, laughter and loyal patriotism. It travelled around New Zealand and was used as an educational film for schools or to overseas audiences to encourage tourism.

It was in 1929 that James Griffiths decided to open his own theatre which later became Howick’s Monterey Theatre. The popular song

then was “it happened in Monterey a long time ago”.

Prior to its opening, Howick had occasional silent movies in the Town Hall. A generator was loaded onto the back of a Model T Ford truck parked over the road.

For years Howick had musical societies, church socials, glee clubs, sports club concerts, magic lantern shows and public lectures.

Many families had singing in the evenings. Most people sang, whistled or hummed as they worked.

The Monterey Theatre in Cook Street was built with minimal cost “like a film set” which was found during demolition in 1993. The whole of Howick was invited in December 1929 to a free show but being Depression years, James Griffiths had to sell.

Percy and Stan Schollum bought it and installed sound for “talkies”.

Patrons would often come early for a front row seat bringing blankets to keep warm.

Alan La Roche Howick Historian

This year, the Howick Photographic Society has done extremely well in the Tauranga Audio Visual Salon: an annual international photographic event with an artistic twist.

The Audio–Visual is a very flexible medium which caters to one’s artistic expression and can take many forms.

Put simply, an AV is a sequence of primarily still photographs with accompanying audio built around a storyline or theme.

These elements reinforce each other, so that anyone without the others would be inadequate.

This year there were 51 entrants, from eight different countries.

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Of the New Zealand entries, 25 per cent of the awards went to Howick Photographic Society members.

“This is amazing achievement and demonstrates our commitment to artistic goals with our photography,” the HPS said.

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100 YEARS

RUGBY

Doris attributes long life to her genetics S

harp as a tack with a great sense of humour is how a neighbour describes Howick resident Doris Heggie (Dot to her friends) who turned 100 on Sunday.

Instead of a big celebration with family and friends, as earlier planned, Dot had lunch with close friends and her son Alistair at Barracuda restaurant in Eastern Beach.

The birthday girl received more than a dozen birthday cards including one from the Queen and two from the government that stand proud in her wellmaintained unit.

Her daughters Fiona, Shauna and son Tom along with their families couldn’t make it for their mum’s big birthday due to border restrictions post Covid-19.

“All of my family except one son is in Australia so it’s sad we couldn’t have the party we had planned,” says Dot who is a familiar face in Howick.

She says her children were keen for her to move to a retirement village or at least live close to them, but none of the options were viable.

“I love my independence and

Doris Heggie turned 100 on Sunday, July 5.

don’t want to make any major changes at this stage of my life,” she says.

While most of her close friends have either died, moved to rest homes or out of Auckland, she says she enjoys going to Communicare on Tuesday mornings, a Friendship Centre for morning

Times photo Farida Master

tea.

“At the last meeting there were around 20 people and they cut a lovely lemon cake for me,” says Dot. Dot, who was born in Bristol, England, spent many years in Scotland before moving to West Africa, then back to Scotland

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before heading to Australia and finally settling in New Zealand with late husband Andrew.

She attributes her long life to her genes. “I inherited it,” she says.

“My mother died at the age of 102 and my sister Joyce in Bristol celebrated her 104th birthday in February. She hosted a big party at a hotel but I am not the one for organising all that,” she says.

Dot describes herself as laid back and house proud.

“That’s probably contributed to my long life,” she smiles.

She still runs her daily errands and rues the fact that the front curl on her freshly permed hair is not sitting well due to the sudden downpour she was caught in as she was shopping the other day.

For the photograph to go with the article, Dot asked the writer of this article if she could first put on some make-up for the picture.

Going from the response she got as she later walked into Howick Village Optometrists, it’s obvious that this grand ol’ lady is much loved figure.

Frith Jenkins, the business’ owner, laughed, “Oh she is like the Queen Mother.

“We stop doing everything when Dot enters the shop and just attend to her.”

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Director of Rugby Pita Alatini lamented the loss, putting it down to missed penalties and lost lineout’\s on attack.

Alatini added that Ponsonby “were clinical, and capitalised on our errors, and finished well”.

But he said he is grateful it is only week three of the competition allowing plenty of time for work-ons at training this week.

Des Spooner was awarded PURC player of the day.

In league, Howick Hornets got back in the winner’s circle after eventually downing the Glenora Bears 22-20 in Glen Eden.

Sixteen unanswered points inside the final 20 minutes saw Howick secure a last-gasp victory over the Bears to pick up their first win of the year.

Glenora led 10-6 at the break and looked set to go on for victory when they stretched their advantage to 20-6 inside the final quarter.

A late Tayhler Paora try and Drew Radich conversion sealed the comefrom-behind victory for the defending champions, handing Glenora their first loss of 2020.

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OPINION

Pulse’s shooters produce netball perfection

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perfect 100 per cent performance from shooters Ameliaranne Ekenasio (25/25) and Aliyah Dunn (22/22) in the Central Pulse’s 47-40 win against the Steel illustrates the growing accuracy of the NZ netball premiership despite the absence of the immaculate Maria Folau.

No one has consistently sunk the long goals Folau amassed in her long international career. However the popular Ekenasio matched it at the Silver Ferns thrilling one-point final victory in Liverpool, England, against defending champions Australia last year.

Goal attack Ekenasio was again to the fore when leading the Ferns to Four Nations success in England soon after when Maia Wilson wore the goal keep bib with distinction.

But even Wilson and fellow Silver Ferns Bailey Mes and Te Paea Selby-Rickit cannot be confident of retaining their place in the squad ahead of national development squad members Grace Nweke and Dunn who consistently shoot better than 90 per cent.

Ameliaranne Ekenasio put in a 100 per cent performance against the Steel.

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It was 95 per cent for Nweke despite being squeezed between sprightly Ferns defender Jane Watson and robust Temalisi Fakahokotau when double marked in the Northern Mystics grand 47-42 win against the Tactix.

Nobody matches the 18-year-old, 1.93cm Nweke’s spring-heeled leap as she faultlessly gathers bullet and loping passes from midfielders Peta Toeava and Tayla Earle to

push the Mystics to second behind the unbeaten defending champions Pulse.

The difference is the Katrina Rore-skipped Pulse have superior fitness and experience with versatile midfielder Maddy Gordon combining quick-footed defence with fast, accurate ball to her shooters.

Rore and fellow Silver Fern Karen Burger are tenacious Pulse defenders as is the Mystics combi-

nation of Phoenix Karaka and Sulu Fitzpatrick.

Meanwhile Saturday night’s Super Rugby Aotearoa Christchurch clash between the champion Crusaders and vastly improved Blues should be a thriller after both teams were taken to the wire by the gutsy Highlanders.

It was Hoskins Sotutu’s heroics that deservedly saved the Blues’ bacon - and 14 points from two converted tries in the final three minutes that clinched the Crusaders a flattering 40-20 win.

However the Crusaders’ depth is such that in Will Jordan and David Havili they have two fullbacks who wouldn’t disgrace wearing the silver fern.

However despite Ben Smith’s international retirement, New Zealand have no shortage of fullback talent when one adds Damian McKenzie and Beauden and Jordie Barrett to the list.

What they still lack is a dominant tight five to combat the power of much improved England who killed their World Cup hopes in

last year’s World Cup semi-final in Japan.

While England fully deserved their win, the All Blacks’ one consolation was they were the only side to beat the world champion Springboks who hammered England in the final.

Meanwhile we await Saturday night’s Christchurch clash between the mighty Crusaders and Blues with great anticipation.

Has the Blues much-improved forward fire and backline cohesion grown enough to match that of a super fit champion team?

A pity that injuries have wrecked the season of dynamic young blindside flankers Tom Robinson (Blues) and Cullen Grace (Crusaders) who had shown so much ability.

However up against All Black crackerjack wing Sevu Reece, this match provides young Caleb Clarke with another chance to show his wares. Ditto for fast and incisive Rieko Ioane whose progress at centre has been pleasing. ➤ Ivan Agnew is an awardwinning sports writer and author

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