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November 28, 2014

Interview: king of the table, Grant Hayward… p16

New JP service for Devonport… p2

Bike shed - the latest idea for the waterfront… p7

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The sale of legal highs in Devonport would be almost impossible under measures proposed by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

Current proposals would ban the drugs from being sold within 200 metres of schools.

Moves to restrict legal highs in DevonportBut the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board

wants to increase this to 500 m on its patch.This means most of the Devonport CBD

would be off limits as it falls within the 500 m range of Devonport Primary.

The Board has asked council to consider extending the local areas where licences can-not be issued.

Board Chair Mike Cohen said he felt li-

D-Day – when Eliza and Ella made history

A-listers starting with E… Eliza McCartney (pictured with her parents Donna and William) won the ASB Young Sportswoman of the Year award last week, while across town Ella Yelich-O’Connor swept the stage at the New Zealand Music Awards. Full story page 11.

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Devonport and Belmont Justices of the Peace are planning to open a service desk for the public in February next year in the new Devonport Library.

The service will initially operate one day a week. But it is hoped this might become more frequent once the service is up and running and becomes known locally.

Jo Cliffe, the Support Group Coordinator for Devonport-Belmont Justices of the Peace said there are now many other Service Desks like this throughout Auckland now as a way

of making access to a Justice of the Peace (JPs) simpler and easier for the public. JPs can take statutory declarations, witness docu-ments and photocopies and have provided their services free of charge in New Zealand since 1814.

“We are very fortunate locally that the Devonport RSA lets us use their premises for ongoing training and support sessions and look forward to sharing our new service with the public when we start up in February next year,” Cliffe said.

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Lake Rd cycle-lane users have increased dra-matically, growing by almost 10,000 last year, an Auckland Transport (AT) study has found.

An AT report to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board says 95,922 cyclists used the lanes in 2011 and 2,000 additional cyclists used the lanes in 2012.

Growing number of cyclists on Lake RoadThat number grew by almost 10,000 cyclists

in 2013 to 107,735. Over the three years there was an increase of 13 %.

The source of the report was an automatic cycle monitoring site located on Lake Rd be-tween the entrances of Takapuna Grammar and Belmont Intermediate schools.

Belaire Ferries is into its second year of scheduled stops at Stanley Bay on the way to and from Rakino Island. From November 12 until February 8, the operator and Auckland Transport are putting on extra ferry runs to the island, as well as selected pick-ups and drop-offs at Stanley Bay on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Ferry to Rakino Island stops at Stanley Bay

The Stanley Bay and Cheltenham Beach pontoons cost $6,000 to maintain annually, the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board was told. A council parks officer said the cost was for pulling each pontoon out of the water, cleaning them up and maintaining or repairing as necessary.

Board members collectively felt the cost seemed expensive.

Pontoon maintenance $6000 a pop

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TGS finish top in national cycling race

Three Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) cyclists dominated the 2014 Criterium National Championship Under-17 Boys race through the centre of Takapuna last Friday night.

Harry Waine and Jacob Kench battled it out on the finish line. Harry won the 6.6 km multi-lap race with a time of 14.28.97, with Jacob one

hundredth of a second behind him.Oscar Elworthy had been in the lead for four

of the race’s six 1.1 km laps around Hurstmere Rd and The Strand, but he was eventually caught by his school mates and ended the race in fifth.

The event’s MC noted the school’s domi-nance, asking “Who is coaching at Takapuna

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A manhole cover on the Mt Victoria reser-voir was forced open last weekend, leaving Devonport’s water supply exposed for more than a day.

Watercare have isolated both reservoirs (even though only one was affected) as a precu-ation and are carrying out extensive testing.

“We are using alternative sources to ensure supply to the Devonport area is not interrupted.

“We’re confident that this was an act of vandalism,” a spokesperson said. There is no visible evidence of contamination of the water supply.

The manhole is to the 2,000-cubic-metre litre water tank that feeds Devonport its water.

Local resident Roger Giles noticed the cover had been prised open during his Sunday morning walk across Mt Victoria. The lock of the gate leading to the gun emplacement was broken as well, he says.

Giles called Actionline at 11 am on Sunday morning but noticed on Monday that the cover was still unsecured. He called Watercare to alert them to the safety breach and was told an officer would be at the site within an hour to fix it.

Devonport’s water exposed to possible contamination

Devonport’s popular horse and cart might be off the road for the summer, after operator Dan Dufty injured himself.

Speaking from his hospital bed, Dan Dufty, owner of the local tourist attraction Town and Country Clydesdales, says he is uncertain of what the summer has in store for him and his horses.

Two weeks ago, he broke five of his ribs and punctured his lung while riding a young horse. Dufty, who is in his seventies, told the Flagstaff from Middlemore hospital that he is still “pretty sore” but hopes to recover to full health.

Dufty said he had a visit from Devonport local Roger Giles, who brought him home-made biscuits. “He’s a marvellous chap,” says Dufty about Giles, who has been help-ing him getting his horse and cart ready after a previous accident led to shoulder surgery in June 2012.

On the phone, Dufty inquired about the construction work on Marine Square. “My income has been down by two thirds because of it and I really need to make up for it from now until March. But for now I try not to worry too much. I just want to get home and sort things out from there,” he says.

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He expects that savings on the school’s power bill will pay off the investment in technology within seven or eight years.

“We wanted to get as many solar panels as we could afford because a bigger system provides more benefits,” says Lawrence. Bayswater School’s panels produce 6 kW and Stanley Bay School’s generate 4 kW.

Lawrence says Vauxhall co-funded a total solar package worth $40,000 with Genesis, but won’t say how much the the school put in. The money for it was mostly raised through the school’s Monster Mash event and other ongoing fundraisers, he says.

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Only a new school in the South Island is outstripping Vauxhall’s electricity output.

The project has been a team effort between the Board of Trustees, and its new strategic commitment to sustainability, and Palo Shan-nahan, the teacher leading Vauxhall’s Enviro-school initiative, says Lawrence.

The solar panels are part of a wider drive for sustainability at Vauxhall, including new class-room furniture that is made in New Zealand and from recycled materials, he says.

The open-plan classrooms that have a long tradition at Vauxhall School are now leading the way across New Zealand, says Vauxhall School Principal Gary Lawrence.

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A $350,000 covered bike shed, which would see parking spaces removed outside the ferry terminal, is being proposed for investigation by Auckland Transport (AT).

It is yet another controversial project offered up by AT for outside the ferry building.

A 50 metre-long bus shelter proposed on the waterfront raised widespread ire amongst Devonport residents. It is unlikely now to go ahead, due to budgetary con-straints as much as anything.

The bike shed idea is one of a list of potential projects that could be funded by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board’s Transport Capital Fund.

“A project the board could consider funding is providing covered bike parking in the west edge of Marine Square directly adjacent to the new walkway from Queens Parade,” the AT report to the board says.

Bike shed latest waterfront idea“The facility would provide bike parking

for 80 – 100 bikes and would necessitate the removal of 12 parking spaces in the long-term car park,” it says.

“The architects who designed Marine Square have provided a scope for this scheme. Preliminary costs are $300,000 to $350,000 including design, consents, approvals, etc,” it says.

The report says it would take six months to get a green light for the project and work could start immediately after that if funding was available.

Currently, uncovered bike and scooter parking at Devonport Ferry Terminal is provided to the west along the sea wall and at the bottom of Victoria Road along Windsor Reserve. There is also provision for bicycles along the western side of the boardwalk area.

At this stage the board has yet to discuss the proposal.

cences should not be granted within 500m of primary schools, giving them the same restric-tion as intermediate and high schools.

Previously the board had felt a boundary of only 200m around primary schools was enough, as young children are less likely to be affected by a legal-high outlet than teenagers.

However board member Grant Gillon ar-gued that the danger of normalising legal highs

The Kea, the main ferry used on the Devonport-Auckland route, has broken down twice since it recently returned from survey.

Part of the survey work was to install new controls.

Fullers Operations Manager Tim Palmer says it’s been experiencing technical issues with the new controls.

Two weeks ago, Fullers took the Kea out of service yet again and Palmer says the company flew a support crew to New Zealand to fix it. He said at the time Fullers was confident the issues would be resolved quickly and the vessel returned to service

shortly after.Last Thursday morning however, the Kea

had another hiccup when it seemed to lose steering control on an early-morning run from Devonport to the city.

A source said: “We were floundering in the harbour for a bit and (the captain) managed to limp us in without towing.”

The Kea was back in operation later that morning.

Fullers Sales and Marketing Manager Dana Coote said: “It is new technology and we are experiencing teething problems. Whilst these are teething problems, we don’t foresee Kea being unavailable for long pe-

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around young children was a strong argument for extending the restriction around primary schools to 500 metres.

Under the Psychoactive Substances Amend-ment Act 2014, those substances that have been classified as low risk must be allowed to be sold in some local areas.

If the board proposals are taken up it would see less potential sales in Milford as well.

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A dance evening held to support the family of Elizabeth Moataane, who at the age of 15 has been diagnosed with bone and lung cancer, helped raise $1,300.

Elizabeth’s father Tima Moataane says the money will help his family with things like food, power bills, petrol for the car and parking at the hospital. “When she has chemo I sometimes go there twice a day and it adds up to $30 per day

Dance for Elizabeth helps pay for hospital expenses

in parking fees,” he says.He thanked the 50 or so people who turned

out for the dance at North Shore United football club to raise money.

Tima Moataane works part time as caretaker at St Leo’s School. “I have had to quit my other job at the supermarket to help out with Elizabeth and the other children,” says the father of seven. Elizabeth is the second oldest.

He says Elizabeth has a long road ahead of her, with nine months of chemotherapy planned.

She is brave and takes things in her stride, even the loss of her hair, he says.

The event was organised by the Moataane’s neighbour Lynda Tyler, who said people can still donate to the TSB Elizabeth Fund (account number 15 3974 0054554 250) or contact her on 027 4065 646.

Every little bit helps…Elizabeth’s father Tima Moataane (above left) with Sean and Genni Lynch and (at right) dancing in support of their friend are (from left to right): Alice Cunliffe, Brigit Kelly and Caitlin Sheehan

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For eat-in dinners there are other meal options: Ribeye Steak 500 gm, with chips and salad ($29.90) Scotch Fillet (300g) $26.90, Caesar salad, Nachos (beef or beans) and fish of the day.

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Devonport’s Eliza McCartney and Ella Yelich-O’Connor (Lorde), whose 18th birth-days are within a month of each other, ruled the stage at Auckland’s two biggest events last Thursday night.

Lorde won six Tuis at the New Zealand Music Awards – Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Female Solo Artist, Best Pop Album, Highest Selling Single and the International Achievement Award – held at the Vector Arena.

Eliza received the ASB Young Sports-woman of the Year award at Eden Park for her pole vaulting achievements. These include winning the National Junior title and breaking all New Zealand age group and open records with the vault of 4.45 metres that placed her third at the IAAF World Junior Champs. She is only the second New Zealand woman – the other being Valerie Adams – to win a medal at an IAAF World Juniors event. It also ranks her second equal in the Commonwealth as a senior woman vaulter. She now holds all the New Zealand pole-vault records simultaneously.

Other Devonport category winners at the ASB College Sport awards were Harry Elworthy, for boys cycling (for the second consecutive year) and Markus Somerville for the boys yachting category. Both are the same age as Ella and Eliza. Katherine Badham (16) was a finalist in the girls tri-athlon category.

Young Devonport stars shine at awards

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The DevonporT FlagsTaFF page 14 November 28 2014LettersCommunity needs to get behind kids who commit stupid actsWe all know as parents that teenagers

do stupid things. I did, we all did. I think it is our duty as a community to help these kids through times that can be very testing.

We refer to an article published in the Flagstaff (14/11/14) about two Takapuna Grammar boys.

Both these boys did stupid things; one tagging someone’s car, the other throwing a punch. I am sure by now they both realise that there are major consequences to their actions.

These boys are now unable to talk to each

other because there is a charge on the boy that threw the punch.

We have known this boy for a long period now. He is not a bad person and has the full support of his family, friends and teachers.

The result of the punch would not have been his intention and it is certainly not in his nature to harm another. This was a very serious lapse of judgement and he realises this and is very remorseful.

We are in no way saying what he did is acceptable – very far from it. But you

have to ask yourself should he pay for it with a police record for the rest of his life? Remember this is the one and only stupid thing he has done. We need to get behind these kids that have these problems so they can have a chance at a successful future and have a positive influence in the community.

In turn they will see how a community works and the support that is out there for them and others. It takes a community to raise a child. Parents can not do it on their own.Dave and Denise Martin

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In the most recent edition of the Flag-staff, you reported that a meeting on the proposed ferry terminal bus shelter had recently been held at AT. I have been in contact with AT over the past month requesting that the results of the public consultation on the ferry terminal be made public. Most recently I was told, “we need more time to complete our report,” and that I could “expect to receive an update by end of November 2014.”

In fact, a report on the public submis-

Having invested $8 million ratepayer dollars on a flash library it would appear the communicators weren’t talking when the practical aspects were covered off.

Because there is some sort of ‘Us and Them’ going on between the libraries depart-ment and other parts of the council organisa-tion, the Area Office will not be integrated into the nice new structure.

So stupidly we are to pay for that office to be elsewhere, like across the road, with all the costs involved in extra accommodation.

Logic must be in short supply as the mini-library has been able to run from the existing old DBC building, something that is probably reality for most libraries in the next decade if technology keeps driving demand.

Well thanks very much for not thinking

Lack of council foresight on library and officethat one through and we look forward to piling more money up and torching it when there are plenty of other things to be kept up to date with.

Next time there is some spare cash lying around, how about adding a footpath on the other side of Memorial Drive where the streetlights are?Ian Ferguson

sions was written on 24th June. It shows very strong public opposition to the bus shelter - 73% against, with 62% of those “strongly opposed.” It also shows 53% op-position to the proposed realignment of the internal pedestrian walkway. The other two elements of the project are supported. But it seems that none may go ahead anyway because the report also shows that funding for three of the elements – the new west-ern roof, the front canopy and the internal walkway – has been “put on hold” and that

“final decisions are yet to be made” on the bus shelter. It is perhaps unsurprising that the one element of the project that is still being considered for funding is the one that most people are opposed to.

I have been singularly unsuccessful in getting any response from AT about why this five-month-old report was not made public in September (as provided for in the AT con-sultation process) and when it will be made public. Perhaps you will have more luck. Wayne Dyer

Strong opposition to bus shelter in “undisclosed” report

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What a travesty that the Lake Road upgrade is now ‘off the table for at least the next 10 years’. The decision to turn away from addressing the seven-day-a-week problem on ‘the worst urban road in Auckland’ is indicative of the inability of local politicians to serve the key needs of those who voted for them.

Harsh words? Read councillor Chris Darby’s letter in which claims to have ‘lobbied success-fully to secure the $50m for improving Lake Road’ during his chairmanship of the Devon-port-Takapuna Local Board. Political obfusca-tion at its best. If he had ‘lobbied successfully’ then the funding would have remained in place. The reality is that, as a new city councillor, he has participated in a council that has completely

eradicated the funding. In its place, in a feeble attempt to retain credibility, he offers ‘dynamic LED lane markings capable of changing lane configurations as demand changes’. Any Lake Road user knows that the lanes are regularly jammed in both directions so the installation of ‘dynamic markings’ would be anything but dynamic and a waste of public funds.

Every day of the week, as Lake Road users face long tedious queues, their frustrations will be fuelled by their awarness of the lamentable failure of inept local politicians. Shame on each one of those who were elected to represent the interests of their fellow citizens and have let us down so badly.Dr John Reynolds

After reading the latest Flagstaff with its news of the reintroduction of the ability to sell legal highs, the attempted reintroduction of chemical spraying, the “blowtorch on all projects” etc, and having observed the demolition of several items in order to replace them (eg the traffic islands at the start of Memorial Drive, various seats and rubbish bins around the place etc) , and

what with the huge rates we are charged (I’m not sure what for apart from rubbish removal), I would like to ask at what point we can call it quits and say that the unified Auckland Council is not actually working for us, secede and revert to management by a local Devonport board that actually cares and represents our community? Could it be now please? M Cathie

I was sorry to read of Sylvia Emm’s broken leg (Nov 14 issue, p.19) and hope that her recov-ery continues completely. On the other matter of her letter, I can provide some information to counter her view that libraries need to be smaller, not bigger. She is right about the development of electronic books, of course; booksellers and publishers are adjusting to their growing pres-ence and inexpensive availability.

Libraries are changing, too. As well as mak-ing available an even bigger number of good old-format books from Auckland Libraries’ 52 branches, the new Devonport Library will make available large and small spaces for meetings of community groups.

The glorious impulse that makes people want to learn, read, discuss and compare experiences will be well supported in our new library. The architects listened sympathetically to what the Library Associates, and others, needed.

I hope Sylvia Emms will keep an eye out for our Library Associates’ posters; there will be

interesting events next year, as there have been every year since the Associates was formed more than forty years ago.Ian Free

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The DevonporT FlagsTaFF page 16 November 28 2014Interview

Sharpshooter makes the most of being led astray

At 65 Grant Hayward is at the top of his game. Having won the 2014 New Zealand Open Billiards title, his world ranking has zoomed to 25, sparking thoughts of a tilt at the world championships in England in 2015. The long-time stationery and bookshop owner talked to Rob Drent about his love of cue sports, playing for a living around the world and his family, who brought dance and theatre to New Zealand.

Pottted history… Grant Hayward with a cue he has played with for the last 30 years, pictured where he is well known as the proprietor of Hayward’s Paper Power

Most top sportspeople can remember the time they were hooked. Grant Hayward, one of New Zealand’s top billiards, snooker and pool players over many decades, remembers when he was lured astray.

“I was taken to the Takapuna Billiards Salon (then on the corner of Anzac St) when I was 15 by Rusty Willis, my best mate at school.

“He was a local character who led me astray you could say.”

The salon had eight full-sized tables. Kelly pool (where numbers are drawn to pot balls) was the game of the day.

“I developed my skills from there – I was keen and had a natural flair,” says Hayward. He also had top-flight eye to hand co-ordination.

As a youngster Hayward was good enough to win Auckland junior tennis under -13 doubles

titles playing out of the Takapuna Tennis Club. He was runner-up in the singles.

He was also a keen rugby player playing for Takapuna juniors in the 50s prior to the Harbour Bridge opening. “I remember going down to Devonport to catch the vehicular ferry over to town to play the Auckland teams - it was a full day’s work for the parents.”

Hayward played at fullback for the Takapuna Grammar 1st XV in 1965, in a team that fea-tured All Black great Brad Johnstone. Although he continued playing for Takapuna Rugby Club until age 21, the lure of the table was always his first calling and it also saw him right in his travels around the world.

Hayward continued to hone his cue skills at the North Shore Club in Takapuna, a small venue with two tables. “It was an old villa behind where Barfoot and Thompson is now, renovated by a couple of players.”

By the time of his OE in his early twenties, Hayward was good enough to support his travels by playing. He went to Australia in 1971-72 and South Africa in 1972-73 touring around and “playing for money on the tables.”

Then it was onto the west coast of America, for a tour of the States and Canada with a couple of Aussie mates, playing largely in cocktail bars.

The type of establishments portrayed by Paul Newman in the movie The Color of Money, “was not too far off” where Hayward played.

Back in New Zealand he met and married wife Helen in 1975 and bought a house in Bayswater. They have been in Beresford St ever since – although they lived in six different

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properties in the same road - before buying a section and building a house, “with a purpose-built room for the snooker table,” adds Hayward quickly.

Growing up on the North Shore Hayward came from a prominent family with an interest-ing history. His great-grandfather was Henry Hayward, credited with bringing song and dance, and movies to New Zealand. Years of involvement in dance and theatre production led to movies, and by 1910 Hayward Picture Enterprises was a prominent film distribution company. In 1912 it controlled 33 picture theatres. The family set up the Gaiety Picture Theatre in Takapuna which later became the Tudor Theatre.

Helen and Grant had their first child Louise in 1979, followed by Philip (34), Nicola (28) and Matthew (27).

But Hayward still kept at his sport, taking up competitive snooker in the 1970s and winning around five Auckland titles in the 1980s. He went on to represent New Zealand in all forms of cue sport – snooker, billiards, and eight-ball and nine-ball pool. (Sons Philip and Matthew became handy players themselves winning national nine-ball titles.)

In the late 1980s Hayward represented New Zealand in snooker at the world champs in Singapore and the Asian champs in New Delhi and Beijing. “We were staying at a little hotel near Tiananmen Square where all the protests were happening – two days after we left it (the situation) blew up.”

On the snooker side, although the New Zealand players were not highly ranked, their

matches were played to an audience of 50 mil-lion Chinese television viewers.

In early 1990 Hayward bought Titchener’s Bookshop and Stationers located on Victoria Rd. It has been Hayward’s Paper Power ever since.

In the 1990s Hayward’s interests shifted to eight-ball and nine-ball: he was New Zealand number in nine-ball for five years.

“I played in four world championships (in Sweden, Taiwan, the United States and Wales), which was a great experience.

“Helen has been so supportive – although she has been on a few of the trips – I could not have done this without the support of my family.”

In recent years he has “gone back to billiards” – a game he had always loved because of its sheer difficulty.

“In billiards you have to control three balls. Rather than two in pool and snooker - the potted ball and the cue ball.”

Even so he had not played the game competi-tively for three and a half years, when the chance come up this year to play some of the world’s best at home when a couple of local tournaments carried world-ranking points.

Hayward won the Hamilton Open and then the New Zealand Open title in September. The wins earned him a world ranking of 25 – and a chance of making the world champs draw in 2015.

However it wasn’t all plain sailing in the international field of 25 players, with Hayward narrowly beating Jason Colebrook (Melbourne) 344-342 in the quarter finals then edging out Sydney’s George Chammas 445-421 in the semi-finals.

Success, as in all things, is attention to detail. He has played with the same oak cue for 30 years. “The tip is the most important part – it needs to be rigid to control the cue ball properly.”

In the two weeks prior to the New Zealand Open, Hayward was practising for one and half hours per day. “Billiards you play by yourself, so you have got to be disciplined.

“But after 50 years of playing (cue sports) you have seen all the angles – it’s just a tune-up.”

Hayward finds the most difficult aspect to the game as he gets older is the concentration.

“You play over a two-hour period,so your concentration can wane - keep-ing at it can be a bit of a challenge.” He is excited that there will be four world rank-ing tournaments in New Zealand next year.

But in the meantime you can find him behind the counter of Hayward’s Paper Power most days, except Wednesday afternoons, when the nine-handicapper (his best was five) is out on the Waitemata Course playing a social round of golf.

“I’m keeping going at the business at this stage – it’s been a great lifestyle business, living and working in Devonport.

“All the kids have worked in the shop at various stages and it’s been wonderful for them getting experience working with the public and the great people of Devonport.”

He recalls some special connections were made over the years. Anna Kidd (who recently died) used to come in once a week for a maga-zine order and had a special affinity with son Matthew. “She used to give him a hard time and he used to give her a hard time. Those sorts of relationships have been great to see.”

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Health and detox for everyone The team at KAiZEN aims to inspire

overall health and well-being. Their new Devonport treatment centre is the place to feel more energised and to receive professional guidance towards better health. KAiZEN offers detox therapies in-store or at home, as well as a range of complementing treatments, consultations and natural products.

KAiZEN owner and director Ibti McGregor will be well known to many Devonport locals, as the nutritional assistant at Devonport Pharmacy for the past three years.

Ibti’s business partner, Nahaia Russ, is a registered naturopath and medical herbalist. Nahaia has been practising for 17 years and for the last 10 years has been specialising in detox and chelation therapies.

Toxins such as heavy metals and chemicals are fat-soluble and easy to get into the body, but are very difficult to get out. Although the body detoxifies daily, this is not always sufficient to prevent the build-up of acids, which lead to health problems. Nahaia is the exclusive distributor of the BioPulse Ionic Foot Spa machines that are now specially made for New Zealand and available for use at KaiZEN or to purchase. Immersing the feet into these footbaths energises the body and stimulates cell membranes to cleanse over the next 48 hours. Tests have shown the treatment to significantly reduce heavy-metal load in the body. The recommended level of use of the BioPulse is for 35 minutes, two or three times a week.

Another very effective way of reducing toxins is by using an infrared sauna, where heavy metals are extracted through the sweating process. An infrared sauna can be used on the whole body or just to target certain areas. KAiZEN will soon have infrared saunas for in-store use and to purchase.

Nahaia has also developed a range of natural, organic skincare products, with active ingredients from France. She describes them as nutrition and wholefood for the skin, and says that if an ingredient is not edible, then it is not used. Each of the products contains colloidal gold and they are a profession-only brand, typically used at high-end spas. These products are used in the facial treatments at KAiZEN and are also for sale.

KAiZEN also has a counsellor, Iraqi-born Maysoon Rassam. Maysoon worked as a lecturer and scientist until 2010, when following recuperation from stomach cancer, she changed course and embarked on a career in counselling.

Her illness gave Maysoon an insight into how much people needed each other during times of weakness. Her passion is to reach out to those who are experiencing challenging times. Maysoon offers special

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Ibti says, “I look forward to greeting familiar faces and welcoming new customers to our first treatment centre, here in Devonport.”

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Devonport One Haven of a Family HomeLinda SimmonsM 0274 590 957A/H 09 445 6337Devonport 09 445 2010

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Lovingly Preserved 110 yr old Character VillaBeautifully maintained and cherished family villa in charming Cheltenham. Upgraded and modernised, but retaining many of its original features, the home is full of warmth and history. Now ready for new owners to come and create their own memories and enjoy the privilege of living in Cheltenham.

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Devonport Retail OpportunityA large (153 m²) Devonport waterfront shop to lease.Soon, the work being done to improve the waterfront and the ferry terminal will be complete and this store will be a very popular location.Reasonable rent and term of lease negotiable.

Devonport 1 Queens PdTed HillM 0800 248 526A/H 09 445 3256Devonport 09 445 2010

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A Solid InvestmentThis sun-drenched townhouse features a modern kitchen and bathroom and very generous, double bedrooms. Downstairs there is garaging and a large media or recreation room. Solidly built with concrete block downstairs and brickwork upstairs, for your peace of mind.

Devonport 2/9 Kawerau Avenue

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Lorraine and Don WoodM 0800 571 771A/H 09 445 8215Devonport 09 445 2010

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AS CLOSE AS IT GETS TO PERFECT!Constructed in rendered brick this confident build offers generous spaces with quality and detailing apparent at every turn. With five bedrooms and three bathrooms this impressive and substantial family home is as close as it gets to perfect.

Takapuna 2/43 Byron Ave

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Trish FitzgeraldM 021 952 452Devonport 09 445 2010

Sue HarrisonM 021 909 549A/H 09 445 6519Devonport 09 445 2010

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Bright and Breezy Family HomeOffering an expanse of living and entertaining space, this 4 bedroom Edwardian Villa sits on the fringe of the Waitemata Golf Club, just a pitching wedge to the No.10 green. The northerly aspect assures all day sun. With a huge entertaining deck and triple garaging, there is so much on offer here. Make it yours!

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Carol WetzellM 027 245 3392A/H 09 488 7559Devonport 09 445 2010

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STANDOUT OPPORTUNITY!In one of Belmonts prized streets, this solid three bedroom stucco character build presents a STANDOUT OPPORTUNITY. With the bonus of beach side living, spectacular city views, loads of storage and internal access garaging, this home is ready to update and add value. Call listing agents for early viewing!

Belmont 1/21 Williamson Ave

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Sue HarrisonM 021 909 549A/H 09 445 6519Devonport 09 445 2010

Toni GregoryM 021 044 3663A/H 09 446 1023Devonport 09 445 2010

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Make a Start HereSet in a very popular Belmont location, and within easy reach of good transport links to Auckland City, this character filled 1950’s three bedroom home is a great place to drop anchor and will suit numerous buying tastes, including young professionals, retirees, family buyers, and investors. Off street parking plus a garage.

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One Careful OwnerThis cute 1950’s brick and tile home on a full 675m² flat section, is a great little starter for people wanting to climb on board the property ladder. With 3 bedrooms, a garage, and in original condition, this represents a great opportunity for the next family to create their own history.

Bayswater 3 Leander StreetCarol WetzellM 027 245 3392A/H 09 488 7559Devonport 09 445 2010

Cathy FiebigM 0800 248 245A/H 09 445 8168Devonport 09 445 2010

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5 Bedroom Villa with PoolThis character filled Edwardian Villa, set over two levels, has an excellent blend of authentic and modern. With 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and 2 living areas, flexible living options are a given. The kids have flown the nest and our Vendors are keen to move and down size. A MUST SELL. MAKE AN OFFER.

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features four bedrooms and three full bathrooms. The triple sized master bedroom has a

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perfect for family living and entertaining. There is a gourmet kitchen with a five burner gas

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November 28 2014 The DevonporT FlagsTaFF page 23 Letters

As Sylvia Emm rightly pointed out in her letter last week, libraries can no longer simply be depositories of books. However, suggesting that the growth of the Ebook means it is neces-sary to shrink libraries is like someone from the 1950s suggesting that the escalator will render stairs redundant. Ebooks represent only a frac-tion of the market at present and, while their growth may threaten the bookstore, they will only enhance the library experience.

There was a time when bookstores and record shops were sombre places where stock was piled onto tables and people browsed in silence - something only Bernard Black could admire. Then companies like Virgin Records revolutionised the way people shop. A Virgin Megastore was not just a shop, but a place for people to gather and connect over music. Libraries, for the sake of their survival, must be dynamic community centres where wisdom

can be exchanged, ideas challenged, politicians chastised, and where bibliophiles discuss their latest obsession. If we assume that libraries can survive as shelving units we are not only anti-quated in our thinking, but missing the reason libraries exist in the first place: to liberate the mind. It is an absolute miracle that in the face of budget cuts we have a council investing in knowledge.

However, it is not enough to say that if we build a library that people will flock to it as the animals did to the ark. The future of the library depends on its ability to respond to the unfore-seeable needs of its users, most of whom are yet to be born. The new Devonport Library (which has almost exactly the same footprint as the old library) will be a space that fosters 21st century learning and introduces a new generation to the infinite capacity of human brilliance. Its various meeting rooms and study spaces have expanded its capabilities and made it possible to offer impr oved community services, as well future-proof those not yet envisaged.

Last week Sylvia referenced with horror ‘surplus space’ in the new building, as if there could be such a thing as too much library. Her concern was that the library might hire out the space to the community. Forgive me for not understanding Sylvia’s fears, but that is exactly what the library should be used for. The facili-ties at the RSA and the community house are inappropriate for many events and the library provides an exceptional alternative. We need to get smarter about how we use public space to maximise efficiency. All around the country we have schools left empty when vacated by students at three o’clock. It is not a travesty worthy of a letter to the editor when we fill these

ghost towns at night. Why not apply the same modelling to libraries?

When the new library was still in the design stage, I was invited to provide consultation on behalf of Takapuna Grammar students. Despite being disappointed that my fellow consultants (all of whom were at least double my age) did not share my aesthetics, I was encouraged that we all agreed that libraries are a wonderful necessity in a democratic society. But there is no denying that they are under threat by govern-ments hellbent on cutbacks. Their future de-pends on their ability to be exciting clubhouses for controversy and debate. The old library was unfit for this purpose. Athfield Architects have created a building with a variety of spaces that can be zoned off, so that raucous discussion can take place in one room while readers read quietly in another. The ability to create different zones within the building will also allow for longer opening hours, meaning that business people will be able to access the library on the way to the ferry. And the study rooms will give Ron Dykman a place to register his innumerable grumbles with the Flagstaff while leaving the rest of Devonport in peace. An absolute bargain at $8 million.

As a community I worry that the Devonport can often be resistant to change. This is both our greatest asset and our biggest curse. As an historic community, we must always respect our past. But we should not let it cloud our ability to look into the future. I truly believe that Devonport is the best place to bring up children in the world, and I was incredibly lucky to grow up here myself. If this is our mandate then we must build with the needs of our children in mind. Abraham Coombs

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Could we please have parking signs in and around the village that indicate when parking restrictions start and finish? I see they have them in Thames.

Also the the safety barrier wire hawser on the left fence coming down Mount Victoria in front of Devonport Primary School, which is below the steep bank there, has been un-anchored for some time. There is an accident waiting to happen here.

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The Devonport Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Welsh Choir joined forces again recently for an end-of-year concert. This has become a regular and welcome event, judging from the full audiences at their per-formances in Remuera’s Somervell Church and at Holy Trinity Church Devonport on November 16.

The conductor was Diana Rhodes, who is the choir’s director.

Following a stirring rendition of the Welsh national anthem, the choir presented three songs based on folk tunes related to water – in England, Scotland and China. The choir has strength in all sections and performed two unaccompanied songs and one with orchestra.

The orchestra, led by Helen van Druten, then performed Ottorino Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 1. This was a richly orchestrated representation of courtly pieces for dancers and instrumentalists. There were opportunities aplenty for soloists within the orchestra to shine.

Love and Laughter was the title given to five songs for choir – the first two unac-companied and then two with sensitively

played woodwind accompaniment. Brooke van Velden and Philip Morgan Rees were the soloists in The Turtledove. The music for Aorangi – Requiem to TD Burnett was composed by the conductor and was the sole piece with a New Zealand flavour. It was an elegy to one of the South Island’s high country settlers. Bassoon and clarinet accompaniment for the Miller of the Dee brought a comic touch to the drinking song, sung by the men of the choir.

The final work was Ralph Vaughan Wil-liams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols for Choir and Orchestra. It began with a haunt-ing cello solo played by Graham Falla, fol-lowed by solo baritones, Philip Morgan Rees and Vanya Boikov and then choir. Based on several early Christmas carols from southern England, with suggestions of others in the orchestral part, there were hints of plainsong and early harmonies. It was a joyous end to a polished and varied concert and heralded the Christmas season in fine style. At the Saturday performance the proceeds of the concert were presented to representatives of the Child Poverty Action Group. by Rogan Falla

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Two Hauraki School gymnasts were the top performers at this year’s North Harbour Gymnastic Primary School Zone Day.

Sienna Gray came first in floor, beam, bars and vault she was also first overall and in the winning team. Harrison Smith also placed first all round, and first in horizontal bar, vault, rings and pommel.

Both eleven-year-old Year 6 students train hard. For Sienna it’s 20 hours a week and for Harrison it’s16. Harrison also plays rugby and cricket, but for Sienna gymnastics is taking up all the time she has.

Both started gymnastics early. Sienna did Kindy Gym at age two and hasn’t looked back since. She has been competing since she was eight. This October, she achieved first overall and first-team in the New Zealand National GymSports Championships held in Henderson in October.

Harrison says he was a bit older when he got into the sport. “I really liked to move around when I was three or four, so I joined the gym,” he says.

“The skills are hard and they take a long time to get,” Harri-sion says. Not hitting the Pommel handles with your legs while doing 20 or 30 circles on them, is technically challenging, he says.

For Sienna her challenge is getting the strength that is required on the uneven bars or beam. Her favourite apparatus is the floor. “I like the music and I used to do dance. It’s hard but it’s fun,” she says.

Hauraki’s Year 3 and 4 Girls A team came third overall and third as a team. The Year 5 and 6 Girls A team came third as a team. The Year 5 and 6 boys came first overall and second as a team. As a school, Hauraki placed third equal.

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Fourteen pre-schoolers performed at the recent Peninsula Kapa Haka festival held at Belmont Intermediate School and brought the house down.

They represented nearly the entire roll of 16 at the local Te Hau Kapua Te Kohanga Reo preschool on Roberts Ave, behind Bayswater School.

The children, from infants to five-year-olds, performed six songs, including a short version of the Ka Mate at the event held on November 17.

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Kohanga reo the darling of Kapa Haka Festival

Lucy Naylor said that as host of the annual event for the Devonport cluster of primary and intermediate schools: “We wanted to open the event up a little more and become a focus for the entire community. After all it’s all about community, family and whanau, about every-one being together and being one.”

Gail Kapa, who has been working at the Bayswater Kohanga since 1988, says that the preschoolers made up some of their te reo song themselves, including Pono Ki te Kaupapa.

“Other songs have been given to us by other

Kohanga Reos. All are true to our philosophy of language, family and children,” she says.

Te Hau Kapua Te Kohanga Reo was offi-cially set up in 1986, initially to support fami-lies working at Devonport Naval Base, after two previous local Kohanga reo preschool run by volunteers looked for a permanent home. “One Kohanga was at Takarunga Playcentre The other was at Narrow Neck Playcentre,” says Kapa. It is currently located on council land alongside Bayswater School.

Kapa says today the school has become home to a “real cross section of local families.”

Kapa cuties…Wirihita McGarvey, Mokoia Morris, Larel Low, Ava-Belle Walters, Breah McLean, Matai Jason, Tinaiah Russell, Lhukyah Takapu and Phyllis Dryden with care giver Gail Kapa in back


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Eighty friends of the Bike Devonport Face-book page met in the flesh recently and seemed to “like” each other for real.

Chris Werry, who initiated the page and is the group’s spokesperson, organised the day to put substance behind the online presence. “It is easy to hit ‘Like’ on the computer, but to be successful at promoting local cycling, we need people to be in it for real and to commit to more than that,” he says.

The all-age group met in Devonport and cycled together to Narrow Neck Beach, where a sausage sizzle awaited them. Riders included young families as well as older cyclists such as local councillors Chris Darby and George Wood.

Werry’s goal is to make cycling in Devonport safe, so that locals from age eight to 80 will cycle to get around, and to travel to school, the library,

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and the beach.Last month, Werry presented a strategic plan

on how to transform cycling on the peninsula to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

The “Devonport Bike Plan” is a list of practi-cal and relatively low-cost ideas. These include: a barrier of flexi-sticks along the Lake Road cy-cle lane, cycle lanes on other arterial roads ( like Bayswater Ave, Calliope and Vauxhall Roads) an extended Green Route, a network of “shared paths” on wide sidewalks, 30 km/h speed limits on side streets, shared zones within Devonport village and bike parking spots everywhere.

Last week Bike Devonport, along with other community and business groups, was invited to a workshop on the new Lake Road Corridor Management Plan to give its input into the plan-ning process, a Facebook post said.

Bike buddies…Brothers and friends (left to right) Ben (11) and Jared (9) Trinneman and Roy Tapsell (12) enjoyed BMX bikes and sausages at the Bike Devonport Facebook friends for real afternoon.

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JANUARY HOlIDAY PROGRAmmE

Check out the action packed programme at the Devonport Community House for the Jan school holidays. We have a Scooter Day with Onboard Skate, Trampoline Day, movies at The Vic, Scooby Doo

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Corner. Bring your picnic and wander over to Windsor Reserve afterwards for an afternoon of music at Devonstock 3-7pm.

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Got any jobs for local teens this summer? Big jobs, small jobs, paid and voluntary

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and jobs will also be posted on our Facebook page. Ph 445 3068 or email

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The Captain Cook patrol from Devonport Scouts have won the LeRoy Regional Camping competition for the second year running.

After coming second in the National Camp-ing competition earlier in the year, the Captain Cook patrol pulled out all the stops out to defend their title in the Auckland competition. This year, it was held at Te Haruhi Bay in Shakespear Regional Park over the weekend of 15-16th November. Eight patrols took part from as far afield as Waimauku, Kaukapakapa

Devonport Scouts Camping Champions

Top Scouts… (left to right): Joshua Downs, Ben Jones, Michael Oborn and Max Teape

and Kaiwaka. Competition was fierce and the camping was made especially difficult by the strong winds and driving rain on the Saturday and the blazing sun on the Sunday.

Each patrol had to compete in First Aid and Pioneering challenges as well as prepare a three-course Japanese meal on the Saturday night, a French-themed breakfast and an Italian lunch.

In the 1950s, the Devonport Scout group won the LeRoy Cup four times over the period 1953-1957.

Narrow Neck Beach will host the 27th National Sea Scout Regatta from December 27 to January 5.

The Calliope Sea Scout Group will be par-ticipating at the regatta, with a contingent of 20 Sea Scouts and Venturers, assisted by four leaders and three parent helpers. The regatta will comprise sailing competitions in both the Sunburst and Sea Scout Cutter at Junior, Intermediate and Senior levels. Other activi-ties include swimming, ironman, seamanship and camping standards. There will more than 500 Sea Scouts from around New Zealand participating, and all vying to win the Jellicoe Trident, which is the supreme award for top overall Sea Scouts group. Other trophies and awards are also up for grabs.

The entire contingent will be under canvas at HMNZS Tamaki, and will walk daily to Narrow Neck Beach for the day’s activities. The area immediately surrounding Wakatere Boating Club will be secured for the boats and trailers.

Devonport Sea Scout group leader Chris Leech said no trailers will be left on the beach during sailing activities, to ensure that the beach will be fully accessible to the public. “Every effort will be made to ensure that there is little disruption to their activities,” he said.

National Sea Scout Regatta at Narrow Neck


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Splashes of colour are popping up all over Devonport, the latest on a formerly grey wall between the Devonport Community House and the Depot Artspace.

Local graffiti artist Sparrow Philips has spray-painted a stencilled image of a girl sitting on a pile of books while transfixed by the screen of a tablet in her lap. It was initiated by Devonport Arts Festival organiser Toni Van Tonder, to-gether with other graffiti work on the Firefly building and a canvas hanging on the outside of the Victoria Theatre.

Devonport Community House manager Rebecca McMillan finds the image thought provoking. “As the mother of children at the age when technology tends to take over, I really like the comment Sparrow makes and that it is speaking to kids and parents alike and hopefully makes us stop and think,” she says.

Depot Artspace manager Linda Blincko says the image has brightened her day. “When you walk down Clarence Street on a grey day, it pops out and is so enlivening and uplifting,” she says.

“Plus, it’s a great piece of art outside the gallery.”

Graffiti brightens up Devonport

Colourful combo…artist Sparrow Philips and Devonport Community House manager Rebecca McMillan alongside his creation

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At Your Request Home Cleaning. Our local team is ready to deliver 5 Star servic-es in your home for weekly cleaning, spring, moving or open-home c leaning . Call Yvonne for a free quote 415 0028.

Bookkeeping services of-fered. Experienced with Xero and MYOB, all IRD returns. Contact Sue on 445 6802.

Bookkeeping Service for small/medium local companies. Let me help with your GST, PAYE and all monthly accounts. I can set you up with online accounting and work in my office or your home/office. Phone Janet on 486 1222 or 021 661138 to discuss your needs.

Builder available Small job specialist, repairs and main-tenance. Skilled, reliable and local. Please phone Clive Mel l ing. Hm 445 2485, Mob 027 29 222 84.

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Gardener Available Quali-fied and experienced landscape designer. Enjoys getting his hands dirty. Good plant knowl-edge. Hardworking, reliable and creative with plantings. Contact Paddy 022 502 2122 or 446 6188 [email protected]

Gardening. Do you need regular help? No time for a tidy up? Let me help. Experienced gar-dener. Ph Carolyn on 446 6517 or 027 292 8167 for a free on-site consultation.ICEO

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Nanny required for 2 yr old & 4½ yr old. Two full days and three half days. Must have driver’s licence. Role includes lots of cuddles, playing, prepar-ing meals & light housework.Phone Amanda 021 918 984.

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Art classes for adults @ Devonport Community House (pick up brochure there). Since 2006 Mastering Art has been providing a ‘foundation style’ learning facility with study such as life drawing, painting, printing, collage and a touch of art his-tory. Guided projects and personal creative time help to improve basic skills alongside conceptual under-standing.Some art-related experi-ence is preferable but not essential, Dedication and an open mind are crucial. Spaces limited. Thurs-day and Friday mornings (in the upstairs artroom). $340 per term incl some materials, tea/coffee/biscuits. Tel 446 0389 or 021 144 2791, www.lucy-bucknall.co.nz, [email protected]

Classical and acoustic guitar, music theory. Fun, comprehensive, tailored to you! Devonport-based. Michelle Birch, BMus (Hons) [email protected], www.michellebirch.com.

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Art Classes in Artists’ Home Studio by the Sea. Erica So-man MFA Dip Tchg Adult and Children; Adults; Fridays 10 - 12.30, Children; Wed. 3.30 - 5.30. This term the focus is on Tropical Plants - we will draw, collage, paint - even splatter.... and end up with a fab art work for your home. For more info and to enrol [email protected], 021 127 9671.

Devonport drama since 2002 Drama classes 8 - 18yrs Artspace on Mt Vic. [email protected], 021 262 4907 .ITION

Decorative paint workshops. Learn how to revamp and recycle your old furniture with paint. Dis-cover the secrets of shabby chic, aging, distressing, French wash, chalky paint, stenciling, rust paint and more. Phone 021 116 8105. [email protected]. www.decorativepaintworkshops.co.nz

Experienced Biology and Science tutor available for junior Science, NCEA Levels 1-3 Biology and Sci-ence, Scholarship, and Cambridge Biology. Email: [email protected] or txt / call 021 073 6768.TION

Guitar tuition - beginner/interme-diate guitar lessons. Flexible hours, can come to you. Call or txt Josh 021 128 5556.

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Mathematics Tuition, Sensitive tutoring offered at all levels of the secondary school curriculum. NCEA, IB and Cambridge wel-comed. 93% pass rate in 2013. NCEA 3 calculus specialist. ph Peter Ridge BE,Dip Tchg (sec) 445 2283.

Singing/instrument lessons in Devonport/Belmont. Vacancies available! Ph 376 4009 or visit www.singschool.co.nz

Singing tuition. All ages. I will show you how to be better. Pat Urlich 022 314 3001.

SLSS Swim School, 11 Evan Street, Belmont (off Eversleigh Road). Specialists in pre-schoolers. Phone 486 6728 for more info.

Tutored Life Drawing @ Devonport Community House Wednesday nights 7- 9pm. Start-ing October 15th. $240 per term (9 sessions) all abilities welcome. Booking & deposit or full pay-ment required to secure space as numbers are strictly lim-ited. www.lucybucknall.co.nz, [email protected], tel - 446 0389 for further info.

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Bus shelter timetables around Devonport are proving hard to read and the type may be made bigger.

After prompting from Mike Cohen, who told Auckland Transport officers that the imformation on the timetables displayed at bus shelters is hard to read, the organisation is now looking into increasing the type size and reformatting the current timetables to make them easier to decipher.

A bus route from Devonport Wharf to the Navy Museum is being investigated for 2016 by Auckland Transport (AT).

“We are looking at ways we can bet-ter serve the Naval Museum with public transport. This may change the way buses use the Vauxhall and Tainui Roads intersection,” confirmed AT spokesperson Mark Hannan.

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Students from Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) attended a Glenbrook Vintage Rail-way event on Labour Day to commemorate the visit of the steam locomotive Ab 608 ‘Passchendaele recently restored by Steam Incorporated. Matthew Berrington, Adam Purcell and Mitch Campbell-Dean had con-tributed the flagpoles and the stand for the New Zealand, Belgian and Passchendaele flags from work done in their Year 13 Tech-nology class. The flagpoles were first used at the Auckland War Memorial Museum at the 12 October commemoration of the 96th anniversary of the Battle for Bellevue Spur [Passchendaele].

The Ab 608, built at Addington Workshops in Canterbury, was named ‘Passchendaele’ in 1925 to commemorate the New Zealand railwaymen whose lives were lost on the

Western Front in Northern France and Flan-ders (Belgium). The event was also attended by the North Shore Army Cadets who formed the Honour Guard for the laying of wreaths by Captain Phil O’Connell RNZNR VRD (NZ Rail), Colonel Louisa O’Brien (NZ Defence Force), Doug McNally (President Waiuku RSA) and Iain Mackenzie (President Passchendaele Society).

• On 12 October 1917, 846 New Zealand-ers were killed in the first four hours of the Battle of Passchendaele, with the total ris-ing to 984 when those who died as a result of their injuries were accounted for. The total number of casualties – the dead, the wounded and the missing – at the Battle of Passchendaele was 2,700. It took two and a half days to clear the battlefield of the dead and the injured.

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Remembering Passchendaele…From left to right, Matthew Berrington, Adam Purcell and Mitch Campbell-Dean in front of the flagpoles they made at their TGS technology class

Electricity cable for Windsor Reserve forgotten in library build

A power cable for Windsor Reserve, which was requested by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board as part of the new library build has been left out of the project by mistake.

Board Chair Mike Cohen says that council staff are looking into fixing the oversight but it might be too costly and too late to add a pull-through cable. It was designed to make holding events at Windsor Reserve easier.

Belmont Primary School teacher Sta-cey Sykes was in class of her own at the Bay of Islands Classic sea swim raced in choppy conditions last Saturday.

Sykes won the 45-49 age group. She completed the 3.3 km swim from Rus-sell to Paihia in just over 45 minutes. She finished as the 37th woman overall.

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Plunket’s new president from Devonport

Andrée Talbot went to her first Plunket coffee group only days after daughter Evie was born 19 years ago and she has been part of the organisation ever since.

This month, Talbot was elected President of the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society, after having served on Plunket committees, councils and boards over the years.

The Flagstaff will run a full feature inter-view with Talbot in our February 5 edition.


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Anna Kennedy Kidd, the nursing sister at Devonport Obstetric hospital for almost 20 years, has died aged 88.

Sister Kidd was born in Auckland in 1926 to Alfred and Jemima Kidd, Scottish im-migrants living in Wellington St, Auckland. Anna’s family returned to Scotland for her early years and she strongly identified with this part of her heritage. During World War II she served as a Wren in the Navy. In 1946 her parents decided to return to New Zealand. Anna followed suit, training as a nurse in Christchurch.

In the early 1950s Anna got a position as a nursing sister at the Devonport Obstetric Hospital, in Buchanan St, where she was later promoted to the role of matron. After her father passed away, Anna and her mother moved into a cottage close to the hospital

where Anna was to live for the rest of her life. From 1957 until 1975 Anna delivered hundreds of babies and she became a mainstay in the Devonport community. She was highly respected for her caring, compassion and competence. “Sister Kidd’ was an integral part of the Devonport village.

Her close proximity to her patients and staff meant that she was often called out on all manner of medical emergencies when she was off duty and she put in long hours of service to her work. Following the closure of the maternity hospital, Anna continued her nursing career at National Women’s Hospital, where she was a respected and formidable ward sister.

After her retirement in 1986, Anna was lucky enough to be surrounded by a strong community of friends who she also thought

of as her family. She has had many substitute children and grandchildren who have returned her affections. She also had a number of furry and feathered children, who brought her much joy throughout her life and many of the neighbours’ furry friends would also call by to visit for titbits. Gardening was one of her personal passions and triumphs and this has given much joy to all those who passed by her cottage and often spent time chatting to her.

Anna was a generous friend, kind of heart, quick of wit and stern with fools.

All those who knew her had the view that she would always be there, pottering in the garden, chatting to passers-by, sitting on the porch crumbling bread for the birds or hav-ing a cup of tea in the sun. She will be well remembered and sorely missed.By Shaarina Taylor

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Sister Kidd delivered hundreds of Devonport babies

Devonport obstetric nurse from 1957 until 1975, Anna Kennedy Kidd (28/9/1926 – 12/11/2014)

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Devonport Lions Santa ParadeStepping off from Clarence Street, along Victoria Road at 11am, Sunday 7th December 2014

(Please contact [email protected] to organise a float)

and afterwards @ Windsor Reserve until 3pm

Dance in the ParkA celebration of Dance & Music

The Devonport Craft MarketA market full of festive goodies

New Zealand Fire Service demo house, Food Stalls, Preschool Play Area

For more information, contact Devonport Community Coordinator @ 445 9533

Kindly sponsored by:

Devonport Christmas Festival


Nadia “Lionheart” Sakey came out with a double victory after her stint as a charity boxer in Fight Night.

The Bayswater mother-of-two won her match in the ring against Nicole “The An-nihilator” Knight, an ex-policewoman and boot-camp trainer, and also triumphed as the event’s top fundraiser.

As one of 25 contestants, Sakey, raised $5,284 – nearly 10% of the overall total

raised for CanTeen New Zealand on the night.

“I still can’t believe I did it without corporate backing,” says Sakey who wants to thank all her local supporters, including those who looked after her body in the lead-up to the event – Devonport acupuncturist Peter Robb and chiropractor Adrian Stocco.

Sakey, a designer, trained for three months – evenings and weekends – for the event.

Designer an uppercut above the rest

The Butchers love going for family walks. But with son Finlay’s (9) severe cerebral palsy, getting around is becoming increas-ingly difficult as he is growing up.

“He needs more and more adaptive equip-ment to maintain his quality of life,” says Finlay’s mother Kim. One of those is an all-terrain wheelchair so Finlay can keep going to the beach with his family.

The Butchers are looking for help from the Devonport community for financing this. As of Monday, they had raised $1,600 for the $5,000 wheelchair.

To make a donation visit www.givealittle.co.nz and search for Finlay.

Help Finlay get a beach wheelchair

Handicap singles results from the re-cent Stanley Bowling Club tournament were: Semi Final: Sheila Stevens (+2) beat Bob Stevens (+4), 18 to 15; Jim Palmer (0) beat Alan Long (+4), 15 to 14. Final: Sheila Stevens (+2) beat Jim Palmer (0), 19 to 10.

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Packing a punch for CanTeen…Fight Night winner Nadia Sakey

New Zealand under-15 squash champion Matthew Lucente from Belmont Park was named Young Sportsman of the Year at the recent Squash Auckland awards.

Catie Levell from Devonport Squash Club was named most Im-proved Junior Girl at the awards.

Squash players win Auckland awards

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Skippers knock…Takapuna Grammar 1st XI captain, Matt Strain, hits a boundary on the way to the team’s outright win over Kristin

Auckland champions… Takapuna Grammar 1st XI, 2014 Auckland Cricket Secondary Schools Premier B winners, after beating Kristin School. Rear (left to right): Mitchell Watts, Steven Newey, Rowen Myers, Sam Hinds, Donald Coleman, Matt Strain (captain), Max Parekura, Connor Bessell. Front (left to right): Micket Suchdev, Mitchell Bremner, Jasper Edgar, Toby Robb.

Takapuna Grammar 1st XI cricket team is heading into the Premier league after winning the Premier B Auckland Secondary Schools Championship.

The side nailed the title after a two-day -final win against Kristin School.

Takapuna Grammar (TGS) had a first-innings success on day one and needed just 66 runs to overtake Kristin’s innings totals of 60 and 79 for an outright win.The TGS batsmen soon found out why Kristin’s bats-men had struggled with the conditions and, in the face of some tight bowling, suddenly found themselves five wickets down for only 22 runs. Luckily opener Toby Robb, and captain Matt Strain, batting at 7, settled into a winning partnership and brought the game home safely in the 22nd over.

Three teams were in contention for the championship going into the final round of the competition, all hopeful of the opportu-nity for promotion to Premier A next year But TGS was the only team to win outright and score maximum points. Promotion will place them back amongst the top echelon of cricketing schools in Auckland, a huge boost to the school’s sporting profile, and greater recognition for its cricket programme and players.

Top batsmen for the season were Mitchell Bremner 362 runs (average 45.3) and Sam Hinds 361 runs (average 45.1)

Top bowler was Connor Bessell, with 22

TGS 1st XI cricket team achieves breakthrough win

wickets (average 12 runs per wicket). The season also featured two maiden

centuries for Sam Hinds (114) and Mitchell Bremner (126).

TGS has an extremely strong cricket tradition, producing players such as the legendary Bert Sutcliffe, Danny Morrison and Richard Jones, but it is believed to

be 28 years since the school last won this championship.

TGS expects to be competitive, and carry its strong form into the 2015 Premier A competition, as it will lose only one player from this year’s team.

Play in the Premier A competition starts in early February 2015.


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