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Super sunrise Daylight saving was ushered in on Sunday morning coinciding with the beginning of the school holidays. Times photographer WAYNE MARTIN captured this spectacular sunrise shot at Howick beach. As to the weather, it looks like we’ll have scattered showers most of today with a little sprinkle tomorrow too with the wind continuing to come in from the south-west.

enise Jean Farrow, nee Crawford, from one of Howick’s pioneering families, has died. She passed away peacefully on September 16, aged 95.

Her great grandfather John Crawford established a transport business in 1851, sailing a scow from Howick Beach to Auckland.

His sons John II and Thomas started Crawford’s horse buses in 1883 with cream and maroon colours that continue today. In 1912 they started a motorbus service which continued until 1944 when they sold the business which became the Howick and Eastern Bus Company.

When the Auckland to Howick concrete road opened in 1931, Lenise turned on the reticulated water supply as the four-yearold daughter of John III, the chairman of the Howick Town Board.

The Crawford reserve in Picton Street is on the site of Crawford’s horse-bus stables and motorbus depot from 1900 to 2002.

The Crawford Medical Centre next to the Crawford Reserve was built in 1926 for Fanny Crawford after her husband died in 1924. They had a 10-acre farm with house cows, sheep and turkeys.

Manukau City Council bought the Crawford Reserve in 2002 to preserve the sea views from Stockade Hill.

Her death notice in the NZ Herald read: “Treasured daughter of the late Jack and Ethel Crawford. Beloved wife of the late Charles (Chas) and much-loved mother of Sue. Cherished Nana to Alison and Jennifer and adored great-grandmother of Benjamin.

Lenise was a much-loved and devoted member of the Howick community her entire life and will be greatly missed.”

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he country’s best young musicians will battle it out for supremacy at the prestigious NZ Junior Piano Competition.

Four east Auckland school pupils are among the 16 semi-finalists in the contest, held from October 1-5 in Auckland and sponsored by the Lewis Eady Charitable Trust.

Among those set to take part are Saint Kentigern College pupils Catherine Chang, Sunny Le, and Charles Sang, and Macleans College’s Sophia Yunwen Xu. The biennial competition gives pre-tertiary pianists aged 10-18 the chance to compete for prizes worth more than $4000.

Six young pianists will be selected to compete in the final round on October 4.

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This year has been “richly rewarding” musically despite the Covid-19 pandemic, she says.

Catherine has taken part in numerous music competitions in 2020, as well as an online piano masterclass organised by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s Inspire Partnership Programme.

“I’m looking forward to the growth and experience I will gain from competing in the NZ Junior Piano Competition and also the pianist I will grow to become in the future,” she says.

The contest organisers received more than 40 entries this year, double the number that took part in 2018.

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Free to speak (7). 24. Retreats, all right, when the son turns round (5). 25. No good calling! (6,2,5).

We all know someone deserving in the community, someone who goes that extra mile, or devotes that extra hour or two of their time or is just there when you need support and encouragement.

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Auckland’s water consumption traditionally spikes when daylight savings hours begin.

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Aucklanders urged to keep saving water With the return of daylight savings at weekend, Aucklanders may be tempted to unleash their hoses and get cracking on spring cleaning.

But Watercare would like to remind people that mandatory water restrictions are still in place, banning the use of hoses and water blasting devices, as the city’s water supply recovers from the record-breaking drought.

Chief executive Raveen Jaduram says Auckland’s water consumption traditionally spikes when daylight saving hours begin.

“In the past, we’ve seen water use jump overnight when daylight saving come in, particularly when it coincides with warm sunny weather. Normally water use goes up because more people are using their hose to water

their garden or wash down their houses in a bit of spring cleaning.

However, we still have water restrictions in place so we’re asking Aucklanders not to pull out their hoses just yet.”

He says Aucklanders have been making an outstanding effort to reduce their water usage since restrictions were implemented in May, with over four billion litres saved. The current seven-day rolling average is 388 million litres a day, which is well within the target of 405 million litres a day or less.

“As a city working together, we have done an amazing job so far and I’m confident we can continue to meet these targets.”

As at Saturday, the region’s dam levels were at 67.43 per cent capacity compared to the normal 90.2 per cent for this time of year. ➤ More on page 5

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co-owner of the Masala Restaurant chain jailed in February for hiding millions of dollars in cash sales and laundering large amounts of it has failed with his appeal against his prison sentence.

Rupinder Singh Chahil - who resided in Howick - was sentenced at the Auckland High Court to three years and two months in prison, plus a $50,000 fine, on nine money laundering charges and 34 tax evasion charges.

A former accountant, Vijay Kumar Gupta, was also sentenced then.

He received 10 months’ home detention and was ordered to pay $5000 in reparations.

Chahil says the $8 million settlement of a proceeds of crime civil claim deserved a greater recognition in the calculation of his sentence.

The losses caused by the GST offending were paid, including arrears and useof-money interest, but received only “modest” acknowledgement in his sentence, Chahil’s lawyer

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Nicolette Levy QC, said.

Stuff reported the aim of Chahil’s appeal to the Court of Appeal in Wellington was a sentence of two years’ jail that could be converted to home detention, Levy said.

The Court of Appeal dismissed his claim.

Inland Revenue spokesman Tony Morris said in February after Chahil’s sentencing that the evasion wasn’t particularly sophisticated but was carried out on a massive scale.

“Chahil provided 114 individual GST returns to Inland Revenue on behalf of the Masala Related Companies, which together concealed more than $6.5 million of mainly cash sales,” Morris said.

“The tax offending was linked inescapably to the money laundering but the

money laundering was far more complex, involving multiple bank accounts here and overseas.

“Chahil and another co-owner, , collected cash from the Masala Restaurants, and delivered the money to Gupta to be laundered.

“Gupta controlled the deposit of large amounts of cash into bank accounts, transferred the cash to overseas banks, purchased large amounts of foreign currency, and then brought the money back to New Zealand.”

The tax offending spanned six years, from April 2008 to April 2014 through regular, twomonthly false returns to IR. The money laundering took place over 14 months through a series of transactions from February 15, 2012, to April 2013.

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sales, and laundering the proceeds of their offending, meant the Masala Restaurants were inevitably able to undercut other restaurants,” Morris said.

“The tax evasion and money laundering were uncovered at a tremendous public cost. It required a substantial effort to detect, uncover and prosecute this case.

“The investigation took longer than it should have because Chahil had false responses prepared to deliberately frustrate the enquiries.

IR’s investigation into the money laundering meant contacting tax authorities in Australia and India where he and Gupta tried to hide their criminal proceeds.”

Joti Jain, who was a former co-owner of the companies running the Masala chain, pleaded guilty to 21 charges of tax evasion and was sentenced to nine months home detention in 2018.

The Masala restaurant chain was also the scene of exploitation and chronic underpayment of migrant workers.

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“We are very particular about our presentation of food as well as the food and hygiene,” says Ghimire.

The food repertoire that stretches from the honest flavours of North Indian food to the tastefully quirky Indo-Chinese (Indian twist to Chinese food) and touches the sublime Himalayan heights, will also have a separate section of the popular Nepalese cuisine.

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As we write this, a new, swish kitchen has been fitted, the brand new flooring is done, the walls have been freshly painted, there are new toilets, chairs, tables and the decor is being done.

Located at the place where the Indian restaurant Ginger once stood, Gokarna Ghimire, the new owner behind Namaste Indian Restaurant Bar and Event Centre is proud of the fact that they’ve got consistent high rating of 4.6 from their customers at the Highbrook place.

“That’s pretty high rating for our food and service, and it’s the customers that are saying it. We don’t compromise on the quality of food.

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Arts Out East about creativity T

his year, Arts Out East have been busy empowering and supporting creative arts in east Auckland.

The arts brokering team works with creatives to support the presentation of a wide-range community-focused arts and cultural projects and events.

By tapping into the existing creative community, Arts Out East enhances the visibility of local arts delivered for local audiences.

They work in Howick, Bucklands Beach, Pakuranga, Botany, Flat Bush and everywhere in between.

In June, Arts Out East facilitated a talk delivered by furniture designer, maker and creative entrepreneur Tim Webber. Held at Te Tuhi, this inspiring discussion gave members of the public a rare oppor-

Light installation ‘Shish-Ka-Buoy’ by Angus Muir. This is an Arts Out East project, supported by Te Tuhi and the Howick Local Board.

tunity to ask Tim about his international experiences and design process.

Another recent project delivered

by Arts Out East was a mesmerising, temporary light installation made by Angus Muir Design. ShishKa-Buoy is a public artwork that has been shown in Singapore,

London and now Barry Curtis Park, Flat Bush. Five illuminated towers lit up the park, capturing the attention of local children, families and passers-by.

The launch of Little Wild Universe, the latest album of local musician Claudia Robin Gunn, was also supported by Arts Out East.

Cautious approach to water restrictions Auckland Council has resolved to maintain residential water restrictions for the time being and, from October 12, to slightly adjust restrictions on outdoor water use by businesses.

Mayor Phil Goff said good progress has been made, with Aucklanders saving up to 40 million litres of water a day, and Watercare is on track to boost supply by another 40 million litres a day by December. “I want to

acknowledge Aucklanders’ efforts to conserve water and the work by Council and Watercare to increase water supply capacity,” Goff said.

“We have secured consents to take more water from the Waikato River, which is now providing up to an additional 25 million litres a day. With the construction of new water treatment facilities at Tuakau, that will increase by a further 50 million litres a day by mid2021. We are also on track to draw

another 15 million litres a day from bores, an aquifer and the new Hays Creek water treatment plant due for completion in December.

“However, with two consecutive years of severe drought and an average-to-dry spring predicted, we are not out of the woods yet.

The council is therefore taking a conservative approach to adjusting water restrictions.”

Restrictions on businesses will change slightly from October

Performed on the day was Robin’s joyous collection of tunes about the earth, stars and universe; the Uxbridge Theatre was filled with families enjoying the interactive show.

For Ma–tariki, Paia Swanson Terepo (Nga– Puhi) worked alongside the initiative to deliver Kotahi te Raranga. The hands-on raranga (weaving) workshop taught participants korowai and harakeke techniques.

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gramme funded by Howick Local Board. The team is comprised of two arts brokers, Olivia Laita (project management) and Briana Woolliams (community outreach) with support from arts advisor, Zoe Black.

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Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm, Sunday 12-5pm. Polish Museum, 125 Elliot St, Howick.

THE BETRAYAL, POPULAR FILM See Aucklander Ron Jeffery’s wartime adventures as courier, spy, and executioner in this spy thriller, as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival.

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All booked up and ready to roll Bookarama, Howick Rotary Club’s most successful event kicks off next week. GEOFF THOMPSON, convenor Rotary Club of Howick Bookarama 2020, flicks back the pages to 20 years ago, telling us the story of how it all started.

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ay back in the year 2000, the Howick Rotary Club came up with an idea of having a book sale to raise money to invest back into the community.

The name ‘Bookarama’ originated from a book sale run by Cambridge Rotary Club. We thought that was an excellent name and so Bookarama became the name of our own Book Sale.

The first Bookarama was held from an empty store in Picton St, Howick. This was quite a small sale however we quickly realised that this event had potential so the following year it was held at the old Howick Library building in Fencible Drive— the Library had just moved to Uxbridge Rd. We stayed there for a number of years but then

Council asked us to move so we set up the event at the Howick Intermediate School in the October school holidays. After several years the event moved to Howick RSA at Wellington St. This proved a very successful venue due to its central location however due to the fact that the event was getting bigger and bigger, the search once again started for a larger venue.

We were thrilled to be offered the gymnasium at Somerville Intermediate School and this will be our second year at this large and excellent venue.

The Howick Rotary Club is so grateful for the generous support we have had from the school and judging by the huge quantity of books, puzzles, CDs, DVDs and LPs we will certainly

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need all the space available We wish to sincerely thank the community for supporting the Howick Rotary Club over the years and this year in particular as the volume has far exceeded last year’s collection.

Without your support we could not operate and raise the many thousands of dollars so badly needed by many charities and organisations.

Now, all we need is to encourage as many people as possible to come along and enjoy the opportunity to browse through the amazing collection and buy items.

The quantity and quality of books is amazing and you are certain to find lots to take your fancy.

We look forward to seeing you all at Bookarama 2020.

Bookarama commences on Tuesday, October 6, from 6pm to 9pm. It’s the ‘Early Bird/Dealer Night’ with an entry charge of $20 per person. ➤ From Wednesday, October 7 to Saturday, October 10, 9am to 6pm. Free entry. ➤ Bookarama concludes on Sunday, October 11 from 9am to 3pm. Entry is Free. ➤ Venue: Somerville Intermediate School Somerville Rd Howick. There is plenty of parking, just follow the signs.

Top: Sorting the books prior to the event is (l-r) Colin Monk, Meryl Monk, John Savory, Heather Savory, John Richardson, Helen Donoghue and Garry Donoghue; Above: Howick Rotary’s Bookarama at the Somerville Intermediate gymnasium will run from Photo Geoff Thompson/supplied.

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Play explores fine art of betrayal

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By Chris Harrowell Nothing is ever as it seems when it comes to love and homicide.

That realisation is at the heart of the latest play staged by a stellar cast at Howick Little Theatre.

Its production of Peter James’ Dead Simple, directed by Nathan Hey, is adapted for the stage by Shaun McKenna and based on the novel of the same name by the bestselling British writer.

It’s set in Brighton in the UK and tells the story of love-struck property developer Michael Harrison, whose life is put at risk on the eve of his wedding to fiancé Ashley Harper, played by Georgia Alexandria Johnson, when a stag-night prank involving a staged abduction and a coffin goes off the rails.

Buried alive and with water rising around him, Harrison, played by Erik van de Wijdeven, grows increasingly panicked as he realises that time, and air, are running out.

Enter James’s famous fictional crimesolver, detective superintendant Roy Grace, played by Arthur Young, accompanied by Zane Fleming as wisecracking sidekick, detective sergeant Glenn Branson.

As Grace and Branson ask hard questions of the seemingly distraught Harper and Harrison’s business partner Mark Warren, played

by Ashton Brown, the truth bubbles toward the surface and alliances begin to crack.

The revelation of the first of multiple plot twists drew audible gasps from the audience as different characters’ manipulations and deceit are revealed.

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Actor Thomas Campbell with the cast of Peter James’ Dead Simple.

Photo supplied to ask psychic Zoe Frame, played by Ellie Barrow, to aid his hunt for Harrison, but it’s old-fashioned detective work that gets results.

Adding additional angles to the action are the involvement of Harper’s Canadian uncle, Bradley Cunningham, played by the imposing Matthew Cousins, teenaged cop show addict and car crash scene-cleaner Davey Wheeler, played by Robert Limm, and Thomas Campbell as Robbo/Man. The New Zealand premiere of Peter James’ Dead Simple is a rollicking yarn told well by talented actors who fully embrace the darkness of the material they’re working with.

What: Peter James’ Dead Simple, directed by Nathan Hey Where: Howick Little Theatre, 1 Sir Lloyd Drive, Pakuranga When: On until October 17 (Wed to Sat, 8pm), with a 2pm matinee on October 4.

Phone the theatre on 534 1401 or go online to www.hlt.org.nz.

Most people have the mistaken belief that New Zealand is a democratic country.

New Zealand has not been a democracy since the 1930s, particularly after the Parliament-appointed Legislative Council was abolished in 1951.

The relative prosperity of New Zealand has masked that New Zealand has become, in the words of Sir Geoffrey Palmer, an elected dictatorship; our only democracy is that every three years we get to elect who is going to dictate for the next three years.

The Prime Minister governs/dictates through the power to control the Cabinet process of secrecy and collective responsibility.

Whether New Zealanders agree or disagree with Cabinet dictates is of little concern of Cabinet or compliant governing party MPs. Sir Robert Muldoon as Prime Minister perfected that system by appointing himself Minister of Finance in 1975, then nearly destroying our economy until removed in 1984.

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I have been involved in various groups seeking proportional representation, resulting with the MMP system we now have; and for a Binding Citizen’s Initiated Referendum process to allow the people to control the major decisions of Government. Such as that which has governed Switzerland for over 100 years to its current prosperity, governed by the common sense of its people.

New Conservative as a major policy wishes to establish such a system that if 5 per cent of enrolled electors petition for a Referendum on any Government decision then

that decision is put on hold until a referendum is held.

New Conservative advocates that for a referendum voted on by the people, if 67 per cent vote ‘yes’ then that decision shall be become law by the Parliament, provided also that one third of voters on the Electoral rolls vote in that referendum.

Such a system can be used for Local Government (councils).

How a Referenda system is constructed can be set up by the Parliamentary processes with public input through the Select Committee process. There are many Binding Referenda systems throughout the world to provide guidance.

Then New Zealanders would have the power to control their destiny. Not 120 Members of Parliament of whatever party.

New Conservative wants you to have the power to make the big decisions for you and your children’s future.

Ian Sampson, New Conservative candidate for Pakuranga

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New Zealand has been spared somewhat from the health impact that other nations are still struggling to deal with, but it has come at a far greater economic cost.

Recent statistics show that our economy has shrunk by around 12 per cent in the last few months compared to 7 per cent in Australia and 9 per cent in the USA. More than 400 people a day are losing their jobs, debt is forecast to increase to its highest levels in our history over the country’s

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Last week, I attended the AGM of the Pakuranga and Howick Budgeting Service and heard first-hand just how badly this is affecting people in Pakuranga, particularly those who were already struggling to make ends meet.

Whilst NZ has handled the health side of this pandemic relatively well, recently there have been

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shortcomings with the security of our border that have put our efforts at risk.

What New Zealand needs now is a Government that will not only shore up our defences against Covid-19 but place a strong emphasis on growing jobs and supporting businesses.

National has a balanced plan, one that ensures proper management of our border security while kickstarting the economy to create jobs and give businesses the confidence to move forward and get our country back on track.

We also understand that ALL Kiwis have a part to play in our economic recovery which is why we announced that a National Government would introduce temporary tax relief that would see the average earner keep more than

$3000 more of their own money next year.

We have always believed that you know how to spend your money better than the Government does, but particularly in times of economic crisis. We need people to have the confidence and means to spend their money to stimulate the economy.

We are also going to invest in infrastructure to grow our economy and create jobs. Locally this means the Eastern Busway, Reeves Road Flyover and East West Link being delivered.

At the same time, we know that debt will inevitably increase to pay for this investment, so we will reduce wasteful spending such as Fees Free and Kiwibuild to keep our debt lower and reduce the burden on future generations.

National has been here before bringing NZ through the Global Financial Crisis and the Christchurch Earthquakes and we will do it again restoring your country and your economy so that you and your family can have the bright future you aspire to.

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The winning team of Ormiston Senior College students (l-r) Jahnavi Shah, Aadi Golchha and Serina McCarthy.

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EDUCATION

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hey love arguing.

There is no debating that when it comes to the winning team from Ormiston Senior College which recently won the Auckland Schools’ Debating Championship.

They were the only undefeated team and walked away with the grand cup beating 80 schools.

The college is particularly proud as it is the second consecutive year winning the competition.

The Senior Open team this year, comprising of two Year 11 students Jahnavi Shah and Aadi Golchha, and Year 12 student Serina McCarthy, had come together for the first time for these championships.

“We all enjoy arguing and love problem-solving.

We’ve learnt to build on each other’s arguments,” says Serina.

Aadi interjects saying, “What I love is winning.” The former Mission Heights Junior College student says he has been in debating teams for the last four years.

Jahnavi adds, “It’s thrilling to compete and debate on topics we are passionate about.”

A case in point being the motion: ‘Should a child pay a percentage of their income to support their parents in their old age’, for which they were the affirming team.

Apart from the logical appeal, things got a bit emotional. The trio even came up with a plan on how one could save funds to look after their parents with a required tax system in place.

However, the motion that finally won them the exhilarating final round was: ‘Environmental groups should focus on con-

sumer behaviour instead of Government policies’.

David Ashley, the English teacher who coordinated the debating teams at the college, says there are about eight grades of competitions for schools all over Auckland to enter depending on their age and experience.

“We had three teams participate this year,” says Ashley.

“One, in Advance Open level (Year 13s) and two teams in Senior Open. All of our teams reached the final eights and one of our senior teams (of Serina, Aadi and Jahnavi) made it through to the grand final.”

He says this year, due to lockdown, the debate was conducted by video conference which had its own challenges but the students showed real commitment and patience in linking up and managing each of their debates.

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Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy said the mobile bill report, just released by the Commerce Commission, showed a third of post-pay customers were paying too much.

About 25 per cent were spending $139 a year more than needed to cover their usage. Another seven per cent were paying as much as $584 extra a year.

“Telcos are earning millions extra in revenue from

selling plans to these customers that are too pricey for their needs,” Duffy said.

A major problem consumers faced when choosing a plan was weighing up the confusing array of options.

“Creating confusion has been a long-standing marketing tactic in the industry.

Telcos rely on it to reduce the likelihood consumers will shop around,” he said.

Consumer NZ’s research shows just 33 per cent of consumers think it’s very easy to compare mobile plans. Only 38 per cent think it’s very easy to switch companies.

Duffy welcomed the commission’s investigation into telcos’ pricing.

“Telcos know when a customer isn’t on the best plan and is paying over the odds.

They should be required to tell their customers this and not just sit back reaping the gains.”

The commission is also calling on telcos to provide consumers with easy access to information about their usage and spending.

Duffy said this data was crucial for consumers to tell if they were being sold a product that was much more expensive than they needed to pay.

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HISTORY

The old Pakuranga pre-European highway

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bout 1300 AD the Tainui waka came to Aotearoa from Rangiatea via Rarotonga sailing to the East Cape, following the coast to Hauraki Gulf, the Waitemata then up the Tamaki River over the Otahuhu Portage to the Manukau Harbour. Hoturoa, the Paramount Chief thought he heard human voices, but it was manu-kau (only birds).

Ngai Tai, our tangata-whenua, are descended from those on the Tainui waka. Ngapuhi under Hongi Hika crossed the portage in 1822 heading for the Waipa hauling many seventy-foot long waka taua (war canoes) using wooden skids with his several thousand men after slaughtering several thousand at Mokoia and Mauinaina, Panmure paa. The missionary Reverend Henry Williams in 1835 visited the Otahuhu portage and described it as a “cart track” open space.

The Surveyor General, Felton Mathew thought Howick could be the capital of New Zealand but once he had seen Panmure,

Rock wall bordering the Tamaki River.

he changed his mind. Felton had mapped both the Waitemata and Manukau Harbours in 1840.

He wanted a canal built from Purewa Creek to the Panmure Basin with Panmure being the capital city. A railway would connect from south of the basin, to Onehunga bringing goods from the Waikato. But Governor William Hobson did not accept his plan,

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fortunately.

An 1848 advertisement stated that land by the Tamaki River “is perhaps the richest and most fertile in Auckland district traversed by the great road from Auckland to the interior, by frontage between Manukau and Tamaki River with a canal to unite these waters”.

With locks and canal it would be 90 miles shorter from Auckland

to Sydney and 250 miles shorter to Wellington. Allotments were only two pounds an acre on the busiest main route south or north through the narrowest part of New Zealand. Maori had used this route for centuries as it was an easy gradient, less than a kilometre long and easy access - and Auckland’s most important portage.

The Auckland Harbour Board reviewed the Tamaki canals proposal regularly from the early settler period. There was a fourmetre difference in the high tide levels between the Manukau and Waitemata Harbours, plus a threehour difference. Turbines could capture the tide differences to produce electricity.

The Waitemata and Manukau Canal Promotion Company in 1904 produced plans for the canal following the portage route. Some considered the Manukau Bar had treacherous tides, the size and depth of the locks needed careful engineering calculations and who would pay for it?

In 1910, some Pakuranga farm-

ers petitioned for a waterway from Tamaki to Manukau as settlers, merchants and farmers could see possibilities for a canal with locks to connect the Tamaki River via the Manukau to Onehunga and the Waikato. Many had seen the successful barges and canals in Britain using horses to haul the barges along the canals. Water transport was much cheaper than using roads.

Today the bridges at Panmure and Mangere are high enough to allow shipping to pass. Properties along the route have large boulder edges to the Tamaki River to reduce erosion from river traffic. Major industries such as boat builders, car storage and ferry services are already using water transport effectively.

Portage Road in Otahuhu covers almost the entire length of what was the earlier portage. Maybe barge traffic will become popular again?

Alan La Roche Howick Historian alanlaroche@xtra.co.nz

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WOMEN IN BUSINESS Beautiful linens, homeware, Helping people achieve gifts and home fragrance store Having lived in East Auckland for over thirty years, when Christine Fairclough first saw Cinnamon Brown Homestore for sale on Instagram she knew she had found her next adventure.

“I had been working in admin at a school for eight years and was looking for a change, something creative to do. Now I have been at Cinnamon Brown for 16 months.”

As William Morris said, ‘Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.’

“We strive to have a beautiful and practical collection of linens for bedroom and bathroom, homewares, gorgeous ranges of home fragrances and candles, and gifts for all including a lovely range for babies. I’m so grateful that my friend Donna has joined me - she has a great visual creative eye and does all our lovely window and in-store displays,” she says.

Rachael and Karen have an award-winning reputation in the community and this comes from providing their clients with a distinct advantage to achieving superior results. They work wonderfully together, as a team, operating in the Eastern Beaches area, based in Ray White, Howick office and have supporting offices from Pakuranga to Flat Bush.

Both Rachael and Karen possess a unique set of skills to ensure superior service is delivered. This is often a client’s biggest asset and choosing their trusted representative is a big decision. Friendly and professional, they acknowledge the fact that their client trusts them to market their property.

Rachael and Karen have grown up in Howick; both have children that live in the area. Karen’s children still attend the local schools while Rachael’s are working and at University – and both still have a parent living close by.

Rachael and Karen absolutely love

During the first lockdown the Cinnamon Brown team kept busy getting a new pointof-sale system up and running and also their online shopping website in place.

“I love being part of the Howick Village team because it is a real community with a friendly, happy vibe. Loving my new adventure.”

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working and supporting the community and businesses. They both love helping people achieve their property dreams.

Nothing is too much trouble.

Their clients trust them and know they will provide the highest level of service and commitment to achieve the best possible outcome. Their business is built on clients recommending them to their family and friends. They are accountable, relatable and they deliver results with integrity.

Huge passion for Liquorland Tailored interiors A locally owned and operated family business servicing the local community for the past 20 years, the team at Liquorland have a passion for retailing and providing a unique shopping experience that caters to all social occasions.

“My dad (Sel Granger) originally purchased the business as the first franchise owner of Liquorland Howick after moving from a successful corporate career in the industry,” says Joycelyn Granger. While still at school Joycelyn got involved with the business as she learnt the trade from her dad.

This led Joycelyn to invest in the business 12 years ago and she’s never looked back.

“I have been fortunate to grow up in this environment and have a huge passion for Liquorland and have often been referred to as ‘bleeding green’ (a nod to our store colours),” she says. “I have been involved in the wider success of the brand— this resulted in various roles within Liquorland over the years. From being involved in the Merchandise and Marketing Committee to

being on the Franchise Advisory Committee, National Brand Ambassador and Strategic Planning Groups, it was an a opportunity to contribute to the wider Franchise Network.”

More than an average bottle store, Liquorland offers the total shopping experience – a friendly, local place with an open and engaging store environment, tasting bar, growler station and an exceptional range with personalised service.

Anyone that needs to fundraise understands the pressure of coming up with new and innovative campaigns with least effort for most profit.

Bo, founder of Fundraise Factory saw a gap in the market after being “voluntold” on many occasions to be the fundraising manager for sports teams, social clubs and school PTA’s. She knew there had to be a better solution for time-poor people to raise money faster without smelling like an onion at a sausage sizzle. The trusty BBQ, Car Wash and Bake sale are great, but you need the volunteers and most of the time make very little profit for all that effort.

Fundraise Factory have hundreds of products, free tools and ideas on how to raise funds quickly with tangible and useful items that people want and need.

Directors Pip and daughter Bo Burns, well-known in the community for all sorts of work, are both passionate about helping people, and offering the best solutions to help groups raise money.

Fundraise Factory’s key strengths are knowledge, service, quality products and ideas.

“We just go the extra mile and enjoy what we do” says Bo. “We show you how to fundraise smarter, not harder in an easy, fast and profitable way.”

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Promo Factory is not an offthe-shelf business, they offer creative strategic plans to make sure their clients get good return for their marketing spend.

The easy-to-use website and showroom is the perfect avenue to look for your next branded merchandise, gift with purchase or branded Christmas gifts.

They love what they do, and it shows in the service and products they provide!

If you would like to get FREE visuals, samples or pop into their showroom on Wellington Street, feel free to get in touch with them, they would love to see you.

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Sojo Design excels at assisting clients with challenges inherent in changing space, including spatial planning, interior decor and styling, bespoke furniture selection and so much more.

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Pip Burns started her promotional business in 2003 from her home in Bucklands Beach.

Bo, soon after returning from her OE knew that Pip and she would make great business partners; Bo also loved the marketing and creativity that this industry brings.

Eighteen years later, they both agree it was a great decision to be in business as a Mother & Daughter duo, and have enjoyed their business journey to date.

Promo Factory brands and supplies everything from pens, corporate gifts to trade and corporate apparel.

Sojo Design evolved 20 years ago from a love of and passion for decorating homes.

What began as a one-woman show has gradually evolved into a small team of dedicated designers with shared enthusiasm for building high quality, beautiful and functional spaces.

Sojo Design has also grown to encompass a professional designer-led home-staging arm for people preparing to sell their homes and wanting to give their property that wow factor.

Specialising in all aspects of Interior Design, undertaking jobs of all sizes, they manage everything from one-room makeovers to full scale renovations.

“We create luxurious and sophisticated spaces tailored to each of our client’s unique needs and lifestyles,” says Julie Rees, director Sojo Design.

“Professionally, I believe that everyone stands to benefit from well-designed spaces, it is 100 per cent possible for style and function to work hand-in-hand, and

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WOMEN IN BUSINESS Down-to-earth and friendly

Professional advice given

A Registered Legal Executive with Wynyard Wood, Sharon began her career in the legal profession straight of out of school as a 17-year-old. She was fortunate enough to have a great mentor in the partner she worked for who sparked her interest in law and continuing on that path.

Sharon practices primarily in residential conveyancing transactions, assisting clients with their property sales, purchases and refinancing—she has a passion for this area of law. She prides herself on her attention to detail.

Sharon loves meeting new people and guiding them through each transaction, whether it be first home buyers or investors.

The ever-changing nature of law is an exciting challenge and Sharon prides herself on her down-to-earth nature and friendly approach making it easy to establish a rapport with young and old.

Outside of work Sharon enjoys spending quality time with her family and relaxes by

With her past experience in auditing, Carol Rigby has an interest in understanding how a business works.

“In a fast changing environment, lots of people these days like to work with accounting software. We help them use MYOB or Xero online accounting so that the business runs efficiently,” she says.

“We are Xero certified and use Xero and MYOB. We want to understand your goals and help work towards them,” says Carol.

She helps new people going into business with a range of things – it includes working with cash flow, training them in accounting software, what they need to file, reviewing their business plans and generally holding their hand and helping them with what they need.

Running her business as a professional chartered accountant for the last 21 years, she has worked with small to medium businesses, property investors as well as not-for-profit organisations.

Carol offers a free half hour consultation

hitting the gym. Sharon currently enjoys the supportive culture at Wynyard Wood Highbrook and thrives on giving each of her client’s the best possible assistance in all legal services.

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where she discusses what will be required for their business. If you need your accounts sorted, some financial business advice or are starting out in business, head in to see Carol and her team for the complete accounting package.

Piece of Ponsonby in Howick Caring for the Community Carmen Holmes, one of the proud owners of Daisy Chang & Piggy Bar in Howick says the idea of Daisy Chang came about when they saw an opportunity to offer something new and exciting to Howick.

“We wanted to give more people more choice, with a new dining experience really cementing that Howick is a true destination. We’ve been told many times we’ve bought a piece of Ponsonby to Howick!” she says.

Daisy Chang offers tasty takes on Southeast Asian street food using fresh, high-quality ingredients that are lovingly prepared by chef Bong, also a partner in the business.

“I couldn’t tell you my favourite dish as everything is so good!” says Carmen. “My go to is the Seafood Laksa, the Singaporean noodles, followed closely by the prawn salad! All, of course, matched fabulously with my favourite cocktail - Miss Saigon!”

Daisy Chang moved into an old antique shop, with designer Fiona Hugues creating

Raewyn established Resthaven Funerals at the turn of the millennium.

Twenty years later, in her role as Manager, Raewyn oversees Resthaven’s two locations in both South and East Auckland. She is well supported by her team that come from various walks of life and all share her ethos of caring and honouring families that choose Resthaven to care for their loved ones. Raewyn has always prided herself and her team encouraging the support of the local community, whether it is through Hospice, churches, community presentations, members of local clubs and networking groups.

With a passion for her diverse community and the families she cares for, her background as a qualified funeral director and grief support person has resonated with those who have come to Resthaven. What sets Resthaven as the benchmark in funeral care is Raewyn’s strong belief in maintaining their level of care after the funeral has taken place.

It is very common for families to call in over the years just to have a coffee or just to have some quiet time overlooking the harbour in Resthaven’s

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a space that is warm, welcoming and slightly eccentric with big 150-year-old red doors.

Carmen who enjoys the fast pace of hospitality, says her corporate background brings a nice balance to the team.

“We can bring something to life quickly.

So whether it’s a dinner for two, a celebration for 100 or attending one of our famous wine tasting degustation dinners I’d love to help!”

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beautifully appointed chapel in Howick. Many welcome the opportunity to join the team at their yearly memorial service early December.

The many referrals, Resthaven receives from the community is driven from Raewyn’s passion, beliefs and determination to ensure her families feel supported at all times throughout the journey of emotions that losing a loved one can take.

“It’s all about ‘Honouring and Celebrating Life,” says Raewyn.

Marketing with the right ingredients Leaders in custom art and wedding stationery Candice Baker is the owner of The Marketing Baker, which she founded in 2016.

With a background and degree in marketing, Candice was regularly asked for marketing advice by local business owners and felt a calling to support Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) business owners with effective marketing.

The Marketing Baker is a sought-after marketing consultancy dedicated to helping SME’s build irresistible brands.

Candice has helped hundreds of brands find their ideal customer bases through savvy marketing and is particularly passionate about local East Auckland businesses.

“I love helping make marketing understandable and easy so business owners know exactly what’s happening, what’s working and what’s not. And on top of it all, making their marketing relatable to the right people so that it’s highly effective!

It’s all about having the right ingredients so you can make your business totally

Papier hq is a business selling made-toorder trendy wall art, timeless and stylish art, greeting cards and exquisite wedding stationery.

“We pride ourselves on being New Zealand made, using the best suppliers in the industry to create high quality products that will last for years to come,” says Gabrielle MacDonald, owner/ founder of the New Zealand business Papier hq.

“With the way the world is at the moment it’s more important than ever to support local and New Zealand-made businesses.

This made the decision to keep making our beautiful frames and prints in New Zealand easy,” she says.

With the recent launch of a website Papier hq now sells framed art to the Australian and UK markets tapping into their amazing suppliers to keep it locally-made within their countries too.

irresistible.”

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What sets Papier hq apart is that all of the products are designed in-house by a talented team. This allows them to keep up with the latest trends and create custom pieces for customers.

“With a saturated market, we wanted our customers to have a personal connection to each piece of art and our brand as a whole. It was important for us to create beautiful products for homes that are unique,” says Gabby.

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ELECTION

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“There’s not that many business people there. There’s a gap between the doers and the talkers.

“We need to get people with diverse skills in Parliament, whether they’re engineers or farmers or small-business people.

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“That’s why Act has 50 candidates who are really practical people. They’re not career politicians.”

Smith is campaigning on messages around creating jobs and building a stronger economy, improving law and order and local transport infrastructure, ensuring school pupils receive a high quality education and reducing government bureaucracy.

He says its vital New Zealand has a change of government and a strong party vote result for Act

can help to make that happen.

“We have a choice between a government which believes in heavily taxing people and blowing out debt versus a more practical approach.

“We will put a more practical economic plan in place.

“This government hasn’t delivered.

“They’ve hardly built any houses and the economy was slowly tanking even before Covid-19.

“They’re good at talking but they aren’t good at executing.”

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“The Act Party is about reducing regulation and reforming the RMA so people can get on and make things happen; Governments should get out of the way.

“At the moment it’s such a blur of red tape and people don’t think they’re getting value for money when it comes to local services.”

Smith, a former business banker who’s worked for companies including the Virgin Group and ASB Bank, runs his own consulting business and has clients in East Tamaki and Highbrook.

He says the Act Party wants to implement a “flatter, fairer” tax system, so “every wage earner gets more money in their back pocket, which we believe will stimulate the economy”.

And he wants to see greater diversity of skills and experience represented in Parliament.

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HOWICKIANS REUNION 2020 POSTPONED

The Howickian Reunion planned for October 4, has been postponed until October 3, 2021. Plans are afoot to contact all regular attendees and a future Facebook page is planned for interested people who have been associated with Howick or the surrounding districts for 40 years or more. Do pencil in October 3, 2021. Contact Gay Bevan 09-530 886

BOOKARAMA 2020

The fantastic annual books sale is almost ready.

The Rotary Club of Howick has a huge quantity of books, puzzles, CDs, DVDs and LPs. The selection is incredible and so is the quality.

Bookarama will run from Wednesday, October 7 until Sunday, October 11. Early Bird night ($20) is on Tuesday, October 6, 6pm to 9pm.

Wednesday-Saturday 9am to 6pm. Sun 9am to 3pm (free entry). This giant sale will again be held at Somerville Intermediate School at 39 Sommerville Rd. Any queries call Geoff Thompson on 021 740 733

GARDEN CLUB

Pigeon Mountain Garden Club’s next meeting is on Monday, October 5 at 7.30pm. The speaker is Delphine Lomas, past convenor of Auckland Heritage Roses, St Andrew’s Church, corner Ridge Rd and Vincent St, Howick. Queries phone Lynda 021 398 200.

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Can’t make it to a day class? Come and join us on Tuesday evenings. It’s fun and a great workout for body and mind, Minerva Room, The Picton Centre, 120 Picton Street, Howick. Easy improver class 6:45pm-7:45pm ($6), Improver/ Intermediate class 8pm - 8:30pm ($4). For more information contact Catherine 021 213 7389 or Merylin 09 576 3344.

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Our next monthly meetings, Covid-19 permitting, as follows: Pakuranga: 1.45pm Monday October 5 at St Andrew’s Church, Vincent Street, Howick. Contact Warren 534 3482.

Ormiston: 2pm Thursday October 22 at Flat Bush Old School Hall, Flat Bush. Contact Kay 278 8739. Howick: 9.30am Monday October 12 at Howick Bowling Club. Contact Geraldine 537 1917. Everybody welcome to any meeting and admission is free. Phone for more details.

DANCE YOURSELF HAPPY AGAIN! Level 1, Thursdays 8pm-9pm until November 26 at All Saints Community Centre, 30 Cook St, Howick. Uninstructed dance hour with electronica & hits from 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond. Free. www.facebook.com/DanceYourselfHappy

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YEAH NAH: HOWICK TO MARAETAI Siobhan Rosenthal, an award-winning playwright, author and artist brings autobiographical poems and landscapes from visceral and compelling engagement with textures and stories of Howick and Maraetai coastline, with particular focus upon her own experience of local Maori and Jewish cultural contexts. Her work is very much informed by her own disability and draws upon the fluctuating differences in sight and seizures she experiences—much the same as Van Gogh and artists with similar disabilities.

Exhibition opening: Thursday, October 1 at 6pm.

It runs till November 16. Artist talk: Saturday, October 10 at 11am.

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“This is a place where parents or caregivers of preschool children can meet, chat, and play without the worry of other people’s germs,” says the co-ordinator, Christine Miles.

“It was initially intended to be a regular playgroup open to all, but Covid19 has changed things. However, we felt it could still serve a helpful purpose so it is now available by prior booking for groups of up to 10 people (including children).

“Parents can enjoy family play time with just their own children or can gather with one or two friends and their children. We can also ‘parentmatch’ families so children, who might

be on their own can play with another child or more. It’s the parents call.”

Christine says PlaySpace supplies the room, toys, music, heating, a bathroom, and access to the kitchen if needed.

“We wanted to provide parents with a happy atmosphere in a bigger space than their own living room. Our sole aim is to enhance their journey with preschoolers despite Covid-19.”

Children and/or caregivers must not attend if they are unwell or suffering a fever or cough as PlaySpace is to be a safe place where government guidelines are observed. The area must be left clean and tidy at the end of each use.

PlaySpace can be booked for up to two hours a session from Monday to Thursday with parents and caregivers responsible for their child or children at all times. ➤ For more information visit the website www.eacsda.co.nz or to book call 021 0285 3830

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FIRE BREAKS CRUCIAL

Summer is coming and we know that, due to global warming, it will be hot.

We knew this last year and yet, as an example of unpreparedness, Watercare managed the situation poorly.

However, while being on rationed water is inconvenient, the seriousness of the situation is little compared to the potential danger of bush fires.

In Australia last year these fires were especially disastrous. The subsequent inquiry revealed that it was not so much the higher temperatures i.e. global warming, which was anticipated, but the failure of management to be proactive concerning the bush fuel that directly contributes to the scale of the conflagration.

In California, currently, there are huge fires. How they started is important but it is ‘why are they out of control’ that is a more pressing issue.

Like Australia, the Californian government was advised of the need to clear bush-fuel lest fires get out of control. Despite the state running at a budget surplus, having the money to implement preventative programmes, they did not.

We can see the results; massive death and destruction - and they blame global warming.

Global warming is not a getout-of-jail-free card.

The huge scale of destruction is not due to the well-known phenomenon of global warming. It is due to not acting before the fires start.

Back here in NZ, we could utilise the unemployed to proactively clear bush fuel now.

In the interests of safety let us not be distracted by election mode.

Dr Mike Schmidt Sunny Hills

CANNABIS DECRIMINALISATION THE BETTER OPTION The Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill – A joint statement by the national leaders of most New Zealand church denominations We urge the people of Aotearoa New Zealand to vote very cautiously in the two Referendums, because both decisions carry the risk of inflicting serious long-term damage on our society, endangering vulnerable people, and making our country less safe for everyone.

We support the recent new provision in law (2019) for

cannabis-based medicine to be available on prescription.

We also support the general move towards decriminalising cannabis users, and instead concentrating on a non-punitive health-based approach of helping those being harmed by cannabis use and addiction. We note that police are generally no longer prosecuting recreational cannabis use (and we want them to apply that discretion without any bias).

However we do not support the legalisation of recreational cannabis use, as proposed in the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill.

We believe legalisation would help normalise cannabis use and increase its use (as has happened overseas).

Cannabis use remains addictive and dangerous for some people, especially those under 25 and can induce psychosis, depression, loss of cognitive function, lung (and other) diseases, suicidal tendencies and foetal harm.

Legalisation, and the rise of a cannabis industry with a network of retail shops in many communities, would undermine societal messages about reducing drug use (and also undermine the campaigns against tobacco smoking and about driving under the influence of drugs).

The evidence from overseas

is that legalisation would not end the black market in cannabis. In Canada, over 70 per cent of cannabis is still purchased on the black market. Illegal dealers, including gangs, would continue to sell cannabis (at lower prices, with unsafe levels of THC, and also to those under the age of 20).

We are concerned that legalising and normalising cannabis use will increase domestic violence, cannabis-related road deaths, work-place accidents and educational failure. We are also worried that society’s socio-economically disadvantaged groups are likely to suffer most from the increased availability and use of cannabis.

We suggest that voting ‘No to the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill carries significantly fewer risks of long-term damage to New Zealand society than a ‘Yes’ vote.

We also suggest that a ‘No’ vote still leaves space for New Zealand to further decriminalise cannabis law in relation to users, while retaining penalties only in relation to producers and dealers.

At the same time’, it could strengthen a health-based approach towards those affected by drugs, while continuing to warn society about the risks of all drug use.

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‘I BEG TO DIFFER MR BROWN’ Simeon Brown continues to propagate fiscal nonsense.

In the Times, (online) May 31, 2019, he commented on Mr Robertson’s budget, which indicated that the government had increased its public debt ratio from 20 per cent to 25 per cent of GDP. This means an increase in government borrowing of about $17 billion.

Mr Brown stated, “Debt isn’t free. It will have to be paid for with higher taxes in the future. Labour is putting a heavy financial burden on our children and grandchildren.”

This was obviously nonsense.

The public debt ratio under Sir John Key was over 30 per cent and he didn’t increase taxes.

This year, Mr Brown told me personally that he stood by everything he had said on the 2019 Budget.

However, in the Times, September 16, 2020, his opinion is summarised in the heading to an article on his comments on Labour’s proposed tax policy as: “Taxing us not the answer”.

The tax is a paltry amount of about $500 million levied on 2 per cent of the population. The idea that no increase in taxes will be necessary to pay for deficits that will continue until 2034 is nonsense.

Mr Brown has made a foolish error. In 2019 he said an increase in taxes for about 80 years would be

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necessary for an increase in borrowing of $17b.

In 2020 he said that no increase in taxes is necessary even though public debt is expected to climb from $60b in 2019 to $200b in 2024 (an increase in borrowing of $140b).

Ray Lewis Mellons Bay

FOOD FOR THOUGHT?

A young woman once went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard.

She didn’t know how and if she was going to make it and she wanted to give up — she was tired of fighting and struggling. To her, it seemed that once a problem was solved, a new one arose.

When her mother heard this, she took her to the kitchen without saying anything or explaining anything. She filled three pots with water and placed each of them on a high-heat temperature. Soon the water started to boil. In one of the pots, she placed carrots; in another she placed eggs; in the third she placed coffee beans.

She let them sit and boil, still without saying anything. Around 20 minutes later, she turned off the stove. She fished out the carrots and placed them in a bowl. She pulled out the eggs and placed them in another bowl. She ladled the coffee out and into another bowl.

She turned to her daughter and asked “Tell me, what do you see?”

The young woman replied, “Carrots, eggs and coffee.”

The mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots.

She did and noticed that they were soft. She then asked her to take one of the eggs and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked her to sip the coffee.

The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. She then asked, “Mother, what does this mean?”

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity — boiling water — but they had each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong and tough, hard and unrelenting.

However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, it became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water into something new.

“Which of these are you?” the mother asked her daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door and you are facing it, how would you respond to it? Are you like the carrots, seemingly strong but will wilt and become soft and lose strength through pain and adversity?

“Or are you like the eggs, starting with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did you have a fluid spirit, but after a death, break-up, or

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financial hardship, your shell still looks the same, but on the inside you are bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

“Or are you like the coffee beans?

The beans change the water, the very subject that brings the pain.

When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavour.

“If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.

When the hours are the darkest and trials are at their hardest and greatest, do you go up to another level? How would you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, egg or coffee bean?”

If we add CO2 to the atmosphere there is more CO2 at that particular level, so more energy is blocked.

Some radiation reaches the molecules higher, but the air is cooler there so radiation to space remains lower until earth heats up.

This is incontrovertible physics, empirically verified by satellite measurements. Even the oil companies have stopped denying it.

The climate deniers are on their own, lonely in loony land.

Dennis Horne Howick

Clare T Wang Year 8 Bucklands Beach Intermediate

CLIMATE SCIENCE UNDENIABLE A feature of climate deniers is their determination not to learn any climate science.

Knowledge might shake the grounds for false beliefs.

Energy from the sun absorbed by earth is re-radiated as infrared (IR). Some is absorbed and re-radiated by CO2 molecules. If our eyes detected this IR, we would live in a perpetual fog, unable to see more than a few metres.

At ground level none of this IR heat is lost to space, but it does move up the atmosphere until the air is very thin - then some escapes to space.

IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE COSTING US It’s disgraceful there’s still no proper action from authorities to take action against those selfish and self-entitled individuals who have cost Auckland many millions in lost GDP and prolonged the misery of its residents.

Also, can it really be acceptable to effectively give up on properly investigating and plugging the Americold flaw in Covid defences?

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A child’s fantasy adventure

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K Troughton sounds a lot like JK Rowling, laughs Jodie Troughton as she shows off The Zaahli Shloom – a Quiss Adventure, a children’s book she has authored.

Jodie hopes that some of the award-winning British author’s stardust will rub off on her to magically make her middlegrade, fantasy adventure a best-seller.

“A bit like JK Rowling, I haven’t held back in the book,” she says.

A dance teacher, who has been running the Believe Dance Studio at Pakuranga Heights for the last five years, this is Jodie’s first tryst with the publishing world.

She says that the idea of the middle-grade fiction idea struck almost 12 years ago when her daughter Isabella was a year old.

“Once the idea is born, the characters keep developing. It’s more about imagery, exploring it and placing the characters as we go along,” she says.

“Every time I have an idea, I quickly feed it into my phone,” says Jodie.

She realised that there is a lot to learn in terms of getting a cover artist, formatting the book and getting an ISB num-

Have-a-go night and bbq

Dance teacher Jodie Troughton is the author of her debut children’s book The Zaahli Shloom – a Quiss Adventure.

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ber once she got connected with author groups.

What started off as a 32-page rhyming story book for her daughter, all finally came together as a 283-page Quiss adventure for 8-12-year-olds.

The children’s fantasy adventure comes with a modern twist to old school values and revolves around Annabell Quiss who wakes up in a mysterious world due to a sneezing accident.

“As a child I used to love books like the Magic Faraway Tree,” says the self-published author.

One of Jodie’s dance students, 11-year old Mily Johnson, has had a read of the book and says, “It’s that perfectly magi-

cal type of story, one where you just want to curl up with by that fire as you’re transported to the adventurous world of Garneeth.”

Available at Amazon and other online bookstores, locals can get a copy from the website JKtroughton.com.

Currently, the dance teacher and once-upon-a-time successful cake maker is also writing an adult fiction novel.

And while a big launch party of The Zaahli Shloom has been postponed due to Covid restrictions, Jodie hopes to continue working on a series of the Quiss Adventure, much like the billionaire author of the Harry Porter series she looks up to.

The three summer sporting codes which share the use of Paparoa Park, home ground of the Howick Hornets Rugby League Club, during winter; are joining forces to host for the children of our community, a Have-A-Go evening, a free event.

It is a chance to experience each of the diverse sports of Lacrosse (Eastern Chiefs Lacrosse Club), AFL (Aussie Rules) by the Hornets AFL Club and Kiwi Tag (hosted by Hornets Tag).

This is offered as a free community event by the host sports clubs to children aged 5 to 15. Children attending

will be divided into groups on the evening, to rotate around the three sports in turn, experiencing skills and drills specific to that sport and participating in a half-field game in a fun and carnival-type atmosphere.

There will also be a free sausage sizzle at the end of the night.

Lacrosse will also be taking this opportunity to showcase an inaugural women’s team competing this season with the Club. ➤ Have-a-go evening at Paparoa Park, 52R Paparoa Road, Cockle Bay 5:30pm, Friday October 30.

There’ll be a chance for local kids to have-a-go at AFL (as above), lacrosse or Kiwi tag.

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ECONOMICS

Small businesses need help The recession we had to have, was bad. The recovery we want to have, needs fuel.

By JARROD KERR

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s economists, we love trawling through data. And we’ve never seen anything like this. It was traumatic.

Service exports were stonewalled and down 40 per cent in the quarter. Consumption was down 12 per cent, and investment was slashed by 20 per cent.

Essential services obviously held up far better during the lockdowns and recorded more modest declines. We were a little surprised by the weakness in imports, with fuel down more than we expected - hence the slight upside from our estimate of 12.5 per cent and the actual 12.2 per cent quarter. Never have we recorded such declines.

And never have we bounced back so quickly either.

NO POINT DWELLING ON THE PAST There is little point getting hung up on Q2 (second quarter) numbers.

There is likely to be major revisions to the numbers by StatsNZ as new information comes to hand.

Also, the biggest decline in activity on record will probably be followed up by the largest quarterly jump. We are almost in the December quarter. The rebound in activity in Q3 is likely to have

The Apothecary’s Ted Waters (right) and Radhe Popli in Howick struggled along with other SMEs during lockdown.

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been softened by Auckland’s Level 3 lockdown but we are still picking a 10 per cent qoq (quarter-on-quarter) jump. Because the economy was more operational during the August lockdown. Level 3 allowed for more economic activity to take place than under a complete lockdown.

Businesses and households have clearly adapted to trading in a world with limited face-to-face contract. Many re-jigged their business models to accommodate the renewed restrictions on gatherings and the shift to digital. Kiwibank electronic transactional data show that spending in these areas has resumed since moving down the alert levels. It’s developments like these that support a strong third-

quarter rebound activity.

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TIME TO PIVOT TO THE FUTURE The unprecedented nature of the economic shock means we face a unique recovery, full of opportunities. A key opportunity dished up by Covid-19 is a weapon in the fight against climate change. Many Kiwis were forced to work from home and many preferred it. The lockdowns provided proof of concept. A decent chunk of the Kiwi workforce can work successfully from home thereby reducing the need for the daily commute.

A shallower peak in transport takes some pressure off clogged transport infrastructure and reduc-

es carbon pollution. The need to reengineer parts of our economy is also throwing up opportunities to tackle climate-related issues.

The Government has the ability to fast-track progress in environmental areas, with access to ample funding at very low, even negative, interest rates.

We have our ‘once in a generation’ chance to right the wrongs of the past.

A shift to working from home will change the nature of many places of work. If a large share of the workforce continues to work from home, office space in our largest centres will be freed up, helping to boost productivity. Businesses may find more resources to invest in the next opportunity.

On the flipside however, the commercial property sector will likely face the challenge of reduced demand. And many businesses dependent on CBD workers for their coffee fix, and other retail habits, may struggle.

Many industries may grab onto opportunities made available by disruptions to global supply chains.

The inevitable reallocation of resources towards more productive firms and processes will have benefits. The faster adoption of productivity enhancing technologies such as AI and automation seem

obvious.

Policy measures should now focus on enabling businesses to adapt. The wage subsidies were the best policy response during “triage”. We are now in a rehabilitation phase.

Policies aimed at SME businesses are important. SME grants may be a cost-effective way to support affected businesses and encourage new businesses. SME grants would enable affected businesses to pivot online, or evolve for a new client base. Ultimately, we need to redirect disrupted employees into new employment opportunities.

Lost retailing jobs could be redirected into new and exciting roles in protecting the environment, education or revamping health.

SME grants could be targeted at lowering the cost of hiring additional workers.

More needs to be done. The reason interest rates are falling, and will likely go negative (for wholesale rates) is because the RBNZ believes there is not enough stimulus in the economy to return us to full employment. If we had done too much, interest rates would be rising. The fact we haven’t done enough, means interest rates will keep falling. It’s that simple.

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Adesanya a class above A

much as I fear for the longterm mental health of UFC fighters, I admire the confidence and class of New Zealand’s Nigerian-born world middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.

He’s got it all - courage, speed, balance and a mouth that could have competed with that of the late world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. He can also float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. And he’s a lot smarter than many give him credit for although I wish he’d curb his profanities.

His latest second round TKO win against Brazilian knockout specialist Paulo Costa brought his unbeaten record to 20.

With Costa having won all 13 of his previous fights, promoters reckoned it would be the fight of the year. It wasn’t, because Adesanya was far too good, just as he said he would be.

He destroyed the Brazilian by bruising his lead leg with low kicks before attacking his head and body with fast punches and kicks.

It was over in the second round when Costa had wrongfully predicted he would knock out the New

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Zealand star.

At 31 and possessed with the agility and balance of a gymnast, the superbly conditioned Adesanya looks capable of being the king of the cage for many years to come.

It’s a brutal sport that doesn’t have anything like boxing’s

Queensberry Rules to protect fighters from head butts, kicks, low blows etc. Yet its barbaric nature has won vast appeal among a fastgrowing world-wide audience.

Meanwhile, how pleasing it was to see the NZ Warriors complete their NRL season with a 40-28 win

against the Manly Sea Eagles under interim coach Todd Payten who will mentor the North Queensland Cowboys next year.

This latest without injured inspirational captain Roger TuivasaSheck, who stayed behind to support them rather than rush home to Auckland to join his partner and two children after more than 100 days living in Australia.

The game also marked the 331st and last NRL game for tough forward Adam Blair who always took great pride in wearing the Warriors and Kiwis jerseys.

Having finished 10th in the championship despite the loss of key homesick and injured players and the sacking of coach Stephen Kearney, the Warriors should make the play-offs next year under new mentor Nathan Brown.

The signing of Addin FonuaBlake adds power to the forward pack and the Chanel Harris-Tavita/ Kodi Nikorima halves combination should continue to prosper, as will the return of wings Ken Maumalo and David Fusitu’a.

Harris-Tavita’s towering punt immensely improved the kick-andchase and fullback Tuivasa-Sheck

Agnew’s Angle and centre Peta Hiku were consistently outstanding.

With Otago snatching it 30-19 from Taranaki over the past weekend, the Ranfurly Shield has become a hot potato in direct contrast to Auckland’s record reign of 61 defences when they were NZ rugby kings.

True Taranaki didn’t have Beauden and Jordie Barrett to bolster their attack as they did when lifting the famous log from Canterbury the week before. But it did show that the Mitre 10 competition is stronger than many expected it to be.

Ask Canterbury who suffered their second consecutive loss, this time 19-20 at the death to the storming finish of Hawkes Bay. With captain David Havili scoring three tries in Tasman’s 34-17 romp over Waikato, the defending champions won’t surrender their title easily.

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