4 September 2015 Devonport Flagstaff

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September 4, 2015

Interview: designer Grant Alexander… p18

Criminal artworks a steal at The Depot… p2

One person per car cause of Lake Rd congestion… p5

Upgraded wharf space rejected by tenant

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A top-notch restaurateur has given the new hospitality venue at Devonport Wharf the thumbs down at the eleventh hour. The rejection puts Auckland Transport’s plans to have a café or restaurant open and running by summer in jeopardy.

According to Auckland Transport (AT), the hospitality business that was picked last month

as its preferred tenant is no longer interested.AT spokesperson Dai Bindoff told the Flag-

staff: “Unfortunately our preferred applicant has withdrawn. However, we are currently negotiating with our next preferred applicant.”

Meanwhile there are only three months to go until the summer season kicks off and there are a few things left to do before the space is

ready to move in to.According to earlier statements by AT, a

three-metre wide corridor will need to be sec-tioned off on the western side of the building, narrowing the venue size considerably. The corridor will allow passengers to keep using

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The new Devonport Wharf tenant will pay rates like any other Devonport business and also contribute to the village’s Business Im-provement District (BID) fund, says Auckland Transport spokesperson Mark Hannan.

“The wharf is currently rated and Auckland Transport [AT] pays rates that include the BID levy. Part of AT’s leasing objective is to charge tenancy-related operating costs, including rates,” Hannan says.

The question of the wharf’s rating arrange-ment was raised at a meeting of the Devon-

port-Takapuna Local Board last month by the board chair Joseph Bergin.

In his Chair’s Report, Bergin requested AT “advise the board on whether or not the Devon-port Wharf is rateable for the entire footprint and if not, ask that they find a way to ensure that future tenants pay a comparable Business Improvement District levy to what they oth-erwise would if the property was rateable.”

Board member Mike Cohen said the board had been told the wharf was not rateable as it was on water, not land.

Devonport Wharf tenants rated

Notorious safe-cracker Simon Allen Kerr returns to his Devonport childhood in his second solo art exhibition Stuck in the Middle of Me.

Kerr gained notoriety in 1980 when he set up the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang that ripped out safes and ATM machines all over New Zealand. He was sent to prison for burglary in 2011 and is awaiting a parole hearing in October.

Kerr’s exhibition comprises a dozen brightly coloured paintings that include sto-ries, dates and marked asphalt roads.

Says his sister Ruth: “What comes out in his art is the dislocation of divorce done badly and of a fatherless boy.”

In his artist statement, Simon Kerr says he had been looking back at his life a lot recently. “For better or worse I have my own life story to tell and my observations of the world to blurt out,” he says.

Kerr’s painting This town is full of ghosts 1961-2015 shows a long dark residential

street at night. He painted a brighter road map of his first rugby game. “I got a try at my first game of rugby. I can remember the end of the field I dived over that ball. It was at Takapuna – facing south towards where Kentucky Fried Chicken is now,” the painting states.

Ruth told the Flagstaff her brother was born in 1961 as the youngest of four children growing up in a villa on Vauxhall Road. “We lived in an old villa right next to Vauxhall School. It was a big section at the time and we used to just go through our fence to go to school,” she says.

Her brother’s childhood memories are not all rosy. Their parents’ marriage was strained and ended in divorce when Simon was six. The children stayed with their father for a year, before Simon and his brother went to live with their mother in Takapuna.

Ruth says her brother went to prison for the first of many times at the age of 15.

•Stuck in the Middle of Me is on display at the Depot Artspace until September 16.

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Career criminal Simon Kerr takes artistic road trip back to Devonport childhood

Broad palette…Using art to make sense of his life, Simon Kerr (right)

the current front door of the ferry building.The space is a shell, which needs to be

fitted out, to have plans drawn up, building consents granted, and then construction started on it.

It is unclear whether the new venue will provide separate toilets or whether patrons of a brand-new upscale eatery are expected to use the dilapidated and urine-stained public facilities next door.

When asked, AT spokesperson Mark

Hannan said: “Our project planning for revitalising the wharf facility is continu-ing, with particular attention to the wharf operational areas including the toilets and common parts.”

Bindoff says he cannot reveal who the first or second preferred tenants are, “due to commercial sensitivities.”

Meanwhile, the Flagstaff has learned that One Bistro, formerly known as Mecca Café, has sold to a new owner.

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Running wild is what 16 boys and one girl at Belmont Intermediate School (BIS) are really good at.

Both the Year 7 and the Year 8 boys teams won their races at the North Harbour Cross-Country Zone Day this year.

The top Year 7 runners were: Toby Saxby, Hunter Rice, Billy Neeves, Kaan Yazici, Matt Boniface, Brennen Jolly, Charlie Millington, Luc Gladwell, Logan McCallum and George Glass.

The best Year 8 runners were; Jude Darby, Milo Brown, Olly Chambers, Ethan Gwyn, Blake O’Connor, Kieran Haase, Blake Parr, Jamie Killick, Thomas Pleciak and Connor Cowie.

Toby Saxby also took out the Year 7 boys

individual cross-country race.Lucy McDonald came second in the Year

8 girls individual race. Jude Darby and Olly Chambers placed second and third respectively in the Year 8 boys individual race.

Nathan Farquharson, the BIS sports coor-dinator, says it has been “quite a victory” for the school.

He adds that Toby Saxby is a standout athlete. “He also won the North Harbour Triathlon Zone Day and is heading to the AIMS Games as a cross-country runner. He is a bit of a machine,” Farquharson says.

It was Lucy’s first year running in the cross-country competition and Farquharson says the muddy conditions at Northcote’s Onepoto Domain were tough on her.

The school has a proud history in cross-coun-try running, he says. “We have won the North Harbour Intermediate Sports Camp cross-coun-try race for the last 10 years in a row. Let’s make it 11 this September in Matamata,” he says.

BIS wins North Harbour intermediate cross-country champs

In the first big race for the new BIS cycling team, riders are already winning medals.

At the North Island Intermediate and Middle Schools Road Cycling Champs held last Friday in Taupo, the Year 7 BIS boys time-trial team won silver and the Year 8 boys team bronze. The Year 7 girls team

came fourth.The silver-medalling Year 7 team was:

Adam Little, James Ochtman-Connor, Matt McClune and August Elworthy. The Year 8 riders were: Bowen De Gouw, Sam Dyne, Max McPheat and Lucy Buckeridge (riding for the boys).

BIS cycling shining at North Island champs

Jumping for joy… Toby Saxby, individual winner of the Year 7 boys race, surrounded by his fellow winning BIS cross-country runners


After 75 years, council services will no longer be provided at 3 Victoria Rd – the old Devonport Borough Council building.

Auckland Council’s De-vonport Service Centre has moved across the street into the new library.

The future of the building is now very much up in the air.

It is understood some re-pair and refurbishment work is planned in readiness for a new tenant.

The service centre was the last remnant of a once oper-ational council services. The days of the services being based in the building were probably numbered after council moved the Devon-port i-SITE from the building to the wharf in 2013. The library temporarily occupied the space while the new fa-cility was being built across the road.

This month’s move leaves the ground floor of 3 Victo-ria Road unoccupied. The Devonport Peninsula Trust and an office for the Business Improvement District (BID) remain upstairs.

The heritage-protected former Devonport Borough Council meeting room was reopened for public use this May. It had been locked up since the city’s amalgamation in 2010.

At the time, locals, including BID manager Judy Grieve and Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Mike Cohen, were lobbying Auckland Council’s property department for the building’s continued use.

Auckland Council spokesperson Joanna Glasswell says moving the service centre to the library will save money and space and “will provide the community with a local

Council services vacate borough council building

The building at 3 Victoria Rd has a proud history of public service. Built in 1908 it served as Devonport’s post office until 1939.

It became the Devonport Borough Council offices in 1940. It was the scene of many historic borough council decisions such as Devonport becoming the first local authority in the country to go nuclear-free and also the first to introduce recycling. It remained the

Devonport Borough Council headquarters until the Borough was amalgamated into North Shore City in 1990. At that stage the building still offered a full range of services including planners, who could advise locals on Devon-port planning issues.

These services, and all the files on Devon-port properties, were transferred up the road to North Shore City Council offices in Takapuna.

Devonport’s annual flowers are back – but planting is only guaranteed for one more year.

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Mike Cohen said: “Personally, I always love seeing the new colours coming through. I think it is really important that we make ourselves heard when we value something.

“If we do that citywide and as long as there is good support for it, I would hope that the annuals will be funded in the future,” he said.

Earlier this year, Auckland Council’s parks department suggested Devonport move away from annuals and towards perennials for roadside plantings.

The parks department was looking to cut $2 million of annual operational costs city-wide. Culling Devonport’s annuals would have contributed $15,000 to that.

Further cuts to local board parks budgets are expected in the next financial year.

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“Providing the service centre within one of Auckland Council’s existing buildings will also be a saving for ratepayers, and allow visitors to use library and customer services at

the same time, instead of visiting two different locations,” she says

Service centre staff will be stationed at a mobile desk in the back of the library and will not be able to accept cash. On weekends, the desk will be packed away.

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Single-occupant commuter cars are at the heart of Lake Road’s congestion problem, an Auckland Transport travel behaviour study has found.

Around 80% of morning rush-hour traffic on Lake Rd is from one person in a car, the survey found.

Changing this prevailing travel behaviour could go a long way to solving the arterial road’s traffic issues, the survey suggests.

The Devonport Peninsula Travel Survey said drivers like to travel by themselves because they found it convenient, easy and fast.

“The potential for change in the key target area of sole occupancy vehicle (SOV) in the AM peak is significant within this user group, with

One person per car clogging Lake Rd: surveythe vehicle occupancy survey indicating 80% of vehicles were SOV in the morning peak,” the survey said. During evening peak hours, S0Vs were between 76% and 79%.

If commuters carpooled or bussed to work instead, the effect could be huge.

“Such trips are likely to be regular, typically to the same location and at the same time of day. Consequently any mode shift achieved in this target audience has a strong potential to be lasting as it will become part of the daily routine,” the survey says.

It acknowledges that Lake Rd is “nearing practical capacity for a single-lane arterial” but also seems to argue against widening the road as it would not encourage drivers to change their

travel patterns.“Implementation of a particular form of in-

frastructure was not noted as being a significant factor in influencing participants’ choice of mode. Initiatives that influence travel behaviour and perception would appear to have the highest potential for success,” it says.

The comprehensive survey had been pushed-by the Belmont Hauraki Residents Association as part of Auckland Transport’s Corridor Man-agement Plan for the arterial road, and it came with a $49,000 price tag.

Data was collected during May and June this year. To understand traffic patterns over a “typical week,” it avoided school holidays, public holidays and public events.

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for up to 21% of trips on Lake Rd• Shopping trips within the North Shore are

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Colour Me, this year’s Takapuna Grammar School Fashion Show, passed the fashion test with flying colours, and not just because of its opening acrobatic aerialist routine.

Now in its 11th year, the show had 24 TGS students – eight of them boys – strutting, posing and swirling on the catwalk like pros.

Sasha Murray and Samantha Mottram co-organised the annual fundraiser for the Starship Foundation, held at the Bruce Mason Centre. The school’s Head of Soft Technology, Deborah Woodward, was its Creative Director.

The show was a vast canvas of student work. Colour Me Exotic featured Year 10 Birds of Feather outfits. Colour Me Creative consisted of Trash to Fashion entries created and presented by the school’s special edu-cation students.

Level 1, 2 and 3 Soft Technology projects were called Colour Me Architectural, Icon-ic and Elemental. The Little Black Dress featured in Colour Me Classic, and Urban Hoodies in Colour Me Cool.

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Brent and his team are only too happy to source speciality meats and cuts for customers.

Brent says it has been great to get reacquainted with some of his old cus-tomers and he has loved meeting new ones as well.

“Everyone has been welcoming and friendly, and it is wonderful to be back...It’s like coming home.”

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An avalanche of fees would have been foist-ed on community facilities on Mt Victoria until local authorities realised they had mucked up.

But the mistake was not rectified until the community groups climbed over a mountain of red tape to have them revoked.

The Kerr Street Artspace and Michael King Writers’ Centre have traditionally paid a $1 peppercorn rental to council. Last month, they were told that in future they would have to pay three fees adding up to thousands of dollars. Community building users also pay a fee of either $500 or $1000, introduced in 2012.

Lynn Lawton, a spokesperson for both the Kerr Street Artspace and The Depot, took the issue to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last Tuesday, saying Kerr Street would be charged up to $4,000 per year.

This was mainly due to a new maintenance fees, as well as a new $250 application fee and a new $500 location fee. Lawton said the fees did not apply to the Depot as it was not located on a maunga.

The Maunga Authority had passed the new fee schedule in its July meeting, where North Shore Councillor Chris Darby, who is also a member of the Maunga Authority, seconded it.

When the Flagstaff asked both the Maunga

Authority and Auckland Council about the fees on Wednesday, neither took responsibility but as the Flagstaff went to press reiterated the proposed new fee structure on Mt Victoria.

However, Lawton says he received a call from council last Thursday telling him the new fees structure was gone and charges would remain as they were.

On Friday, Councillor Darby told the Flag-staff it had all been a mistake. Council had “for some unexplained reason” come up with two sets of fees – one on and one off Auckland’s maunga.

“When the proposed fee schedule was be-ing considered by the Maunga Authority, that difference was not brought to the attention of the members. It was an unfortunate oversight as there seems to be no rationale for having a higher fee in the Maunga Authority’s Fee Schedule,” Darby said.

The discrepancy was brought to council’s attention by Lawton and the Michael King Writer’s Centre manager Karren Beanland, as they were the first affected by the change. “Staff are now aware of the inconsistency, thanks to the information received from the two entities, and will be working to align the fees,” Darby said.

Council mistake on fees mobilises community groups

September 4, 2015 The DevonporT FlagsTaFF page 9 The Flagstaff Notes

By Rob Drent

Fullers will have its day in court on Sep-tember 22 as Maritime New Zealand press-es charges over the Kea crash on February 17. Maritime New Zealand laid a charge against the company under sections 15 and 50 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, on the grounds that, as an em-ployer, Fullers failed to comply with its duty to take all practicable steps to ensure that no action or inaction of any employee while at work harmed any other person.

While the court case will be interesting in itself, so too is the wider Maritime New Zealand investigation and whether all the other incidents involving the Kea over the last several years have been noted. Martime New Zealand has refused to give out any other information until after the court case.

The delay in getting a new tenant on Devonport Wharf is perhaps a salutary lesson to Auckland Transport about what a difficult commercial beast the ferry ter-minal can be. History has not been kind to operators there. Over the years it has proved a graveyard for eateries and retail, and any new operator would be looking long and hard at the financials on costs and potential returns.

While I have been concerned about the $49,000 cost of a survey to find out Lake Rd travel habits, it has turned up an interesting finding: 80 per cent of rush-hour traffic on Lake Rd is made up of one commuter sitting in one car. I’ve always said that the main problem with Lake Rd is the number of cars on it. A problem that won’t be solved by making it four lanes.

More driver education and carpooling would go a long way to reducing the con-gestion, as will more frequent bus services, which will be set in motion by Auckland Transport in 2017.

I still think there needs to be some blue-sky planning on Lake Rd. What do we really want for the arterial route? If traffic could be reduced I’d still favour a tram from De-vonport ferry terminal to Milford. It would offer a straightforward transport option and huge tourism benefits.

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Heavenly Home In HaurakiCharacter 4 bedroom home with views of the city and harbour. Excellent

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Beautiful Belmont BungalowThis property is decorated in neutral colours throughout and boasts three

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The DevonporT FlagsTaFF page 14 September 4, 2015Letters

Reading the 21 August edition of the Flag-staff, what struck me is that as our National government appears to become increasingly less concerned about what the people want in order to push their own agenda(s), the same applies to our local council and councillors.

Starting with the exclusive event for a public facility funded by ratepayers’ money, This was invitation-only and – according to the quoted catering per head costs – 79 peo-ple attended. So a $19,000 event works out at $240.50 per person. That’s significantly more per person than each of the security guards and catering staff earned – and they were the only people working.

Perhaps Grant Gillon or Chris Darby – both of whom did better than Dianne Hale and Mike Cohen by confirming they had attended – could supply a list of names. Giv-en they were there, presumably they know who else attended? Because a list of who attended this event should be made available to the people who paid for it (i.e. taxpayers and ratepayers). Public spend is supposed to be transparent so what justification is there for the invitation list – especially after the event – being kept secret? It’s arrogant and

also sends a message that local government bodies can spend our money in any way they see fit and we have absolutely no say in the matter. The logical conclusion to draw from this is council and AT (another government organisation funded by our rates and taxes) obviously believe they have the right not to be accountable.

So we move on to another article in the same edition about the local council giving $2.4M to North Shore UFC without a public-ly notifiable resource consent process. As the money’s already been awarded, one has to assume this development has been approved by council. Again, this smacks of someone in council deciding they can do whatever they want without any interference from the peo-ple supplying the money or consultation. I’ll be amazed if this planned development does not go ahead as any public consultation that now takes place will be a rubber-stamping farce. And in the meantime, the tennis court fencing on Mt Victoria could be replaced for around $5,000 and isn’t.

The DBA’s asking for more events to be held in Devonport to attract more visitors. Discussing this issue with people (something

our government and local council would ap-pear to be reluctant to do), a major repellant for visitors is the traffic jams they have to endure to get in and out of Devonport. And not everyone can afford a family pass on the ferry with the related bus fares or parking charges in the city, or take the cycle option. As the gridlocks caused by the Weetbix Triathlon, night of the 2011 RWC opening and other events show, until Lake Road is upgraded (quite a simple procedure really of making it a dual carriageway to prevent the bottlenecks that cause the backlogs and establishing feasible park-and-ride public transport options that don’t include charg-ing for parking for ferry commuters and do hook up to the Navy base), Devonport is not a prime spot for hosting events that attract major crowds.

I’ve not met anyone who thinks that the traffic congestion on Lake Road is a good thing. On the contrary, everyone believes something needs to be done to Lake Road to mitigate this problem. Again and again, the response has been that there are insufficient funds. This will continue to be the case if our continuously rising rates are repeatedly spent on donations to private clubs, vanity projects and councillors drinking and eating out on ratepayers’ money at extravagant events organised by themselves for themselves.Cath Hickton

• Dianne Hale did respond after our deadline to say she didn’t attend the wharf event but was surprised by the cost. On the North Shore United Football Club plans, it is likely the resource consents will have to be notified. Editor

As a relative newcomer to Devonport, I was delighted to read in your Flagstaff Notes that the Waitemata Golf Course is located on parkland, and therefore not the exclusive domain of the golfers, nor likely to be available for housing development. Living in Mairangi Bay for many years, we frequently walked on the Pupuke Golf

Course, which is also on public land, being part of Centennial Park.

That course, being very hilly, is quite a challenging hike, so with advancing years it’s great to discover that a pleasant open space, which is a good deal more level, is available for tramping around. Gretchen Leach

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September 4, 2015 The DevonporT FlagsTaFF page 15 LettersDevonport 2025 – one reader looks to the future

A couple of issues ago I made some sug-gestions as to Devonport business and its marketing, which were quite well received by those I talked to.

The last Flagstaff issue revealed survey results to start a roadmap for the path ahead.

Several points raised show there is much to be done before a map of any sort can come together. Simple stuff first:

Why do 70% of residents living in 3km range drive and park for the ferry?

Answer: because the bus service is crap and the car is more convenient.

Why would Devonport make coach park-ing available when there is a ferry and bus service?

Answer: because someone can’t organise groups of tourists and it’s convenient.

Gaps in the market – this is a doozy. An ice-creamery. Yes but which franchise

will grab this and that is not village-like now is it? Did I mention the Yoghurt Story undoing?

We had Hintons Butchery and Deli for ages and it was good.

Later owners tried fine foods but opposite the New World was too hard, so what differ-ence will anywhere else in Devonport make?

Any one of the five fish and chip shops could become a fishmonger if there was a market for it. See the line above.

Pet shop and grooming? Don’t make me laugh. The lady who closed the last one blamed the locals for not supporting her. Think Four Seasons and Animates have this in the bag.

Like I said last time, retail is changing for good and if you can’t get it from Mr Ashton’s Dairy then to survive it needs to be niche and selling on the internet as well, or it will fail.

Let’s do a proper market survey and iden-tify our local business model and the tourist segment split into domestic and international, then we can move forward.Ian Ferguson

More work needed for BID to progress

With much celebration by all involved, at last the latest franchised government- sponsored Sky City casino has opened on the summit of Mount Victoria. Conservatively built – with heritage in mind – to only five storeys, the small tower on the top provides a stunning flying fox to North Head. This provides convenient access to the extraor-dinary restaurant created there for celebrity chefs Josh Emett and Sons.

The pylons (aesthetically and flawlessly designed by Ron Dykman) supporting this amazing attraction fit easily and unobtrusive-ly into the backyards of residents eager to welcome the crowds of visitors to Devonport arriving at the three new wharves - Chelten-ham Wharf opening soon.

The Auckland Mega City Council, the re-constituted Ngataringa Bay Society (having at last seen the light) and the “Local Crowd Assisted Funding Inc” will all be pleased that the view from the casino will finally show the splendid forethought that created the Nouveaux Quartiers Ngataringa Bay and Waitemata Links (bringing tears of joy and gratitude to local real estate agents). The

architectural wonder of the bridge over the Lake Road superhighway that joins these two world-standard new habitats, at last visible in all its glory.

For some years the conversion of five shops into the upmarket amusement arcade on Victoria Road has drawn visitors to De-vonport. But now, with the funicular carry-ing visitors up to the casino and the thrill of another flying fox back down to the rooftop beer garden on the arcade, this experience will certainly be enhanced. The buzz that has enthralled video gamers at Videovic continues now that, and not before time, the hologram arena has at last been installed.

What with the underground carpark, ac-companied by a further four storeys of bus/car parks on top of it, in the centre of the vil-lage and the conversion of remaining archaic retail space to luxury living areas, not to mention the incredible high-rise apartments already lining King Edward and Queens Parades, it could be justifiably claimed that Devonport has at last come of age.

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Audiences at the Victoria Theatre have grown by 20 per cent over the past year, according to the chairperson’s report to the Victoria Theatre Trust AGM last week.

“The Trust itself is in a sound financial position and the cinema has become a sus-tainable business. Audience numbers have grown by 20% over the last year on top of the 40% from the previous year with the boost from digital projection conversion.”

Since the trust took over running a dilap-idated, non-operational cinema building in

2010, it has turned it into a well-attended cinema complex with the latest digital and sound equipment.

More than $700,000 has been put back into the building from grants and operational revenue over the past five years.

“On top of this is the positive effect it has had on surrounding businesses establishing the Vic as the centre of Devonport enter-tainment and restaurant activity,” the trust’s co-chair Margot McRae told the AGM.

“We believe we have not only saved this landmark theatre but also delivered on the hopes of the community by developing a busy cinema and theatre in Devonport.

“The Trust’s long-term vision is to restore the building to a high standard. But in 2010 we had to attend to several maintenance and refurbishment issues to ensure the building was comfortable and safe for its audiences and performers.

“We have addressed, among other things: updating the heating and ventilation, solving leaks, improving and adding toilets, adding stage lighting, painting and safety requirements. All three cinemas were converted to the latest digital technology (including 3D in the Albert).

“Most of these improvements in the last two years have been funded from the trust’s income, which is extremely satisfying

because the Vic is now paying for its own upkeep, McRae said.

“Going digital was the turning point in the redevelopment of the Vic and ensured that the operation could be competitive by getting the latest films. Audience numbers have been climbing ever since,” she said.

The trust is now moving into a new re-furbishment and restoration planning phase.

Over the next few years it aims to:• Maintain an engaging street frontage • Improve the layout of the internal spaces • Provide better facilities for live arts and

entertainment• Upgrade the theatre décor and amenities• Increase operating flexibility for the

emerging demand as a private-function venue

• Implement the Conservation Plan re-quirements to re-establish the mezzanine lounge“Looking back over the last five years the

trust can take some satisfaction for what we have achieved. A bleak, closed-up building has become a thriving community entertain-ment hub that has in turn helped revitalise upper Victoria Rd, McRae said.

“We believe the re-emergence of the Vic-toria Theatre is a reflection of Devonport’s strong community values,” she told the AGM.

Victoria Theatre setting the stagefor further improvements

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trees could be enhanced with landscaping. This fabulous family home is in an excellent

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Grant Alexander has already been in the limelight twice this year. His Make Love, Not Wharf placard stood out in the March protest against Ports of Auckland’s expansion plans. In July, the geometric triangular design of Wa Kainga/Home won Gareth Morgan’s designers’ competition for a new national flag.

Wa Kainga went on to be selected in the longlist of 40 for the government’s national flag design competition.

Interviewed before the final four were an-nounced Alexander wasn’t holding his breath. “I am pleased for my designers and our company’s reputation that it has made the cut, but between being in the Top 40 and having a hit single is quite a big difference,” he says.

Alexander has mixed feelings about how the new flag is being chosen. Hundertwasser’s green koru design is a personal favourite of his. “But sadly it’s a diluted version. They left off the black strip on the left-hand edge, which is a very big part of the original design. And it has had a computer applied to it, so all the bumps have been smoothed out,” Alexander says.

He has heard that Cabinet will need to ratify the decision put forward by the 12 appointed members of the Flag Consideration Project. “Having politicians involved is not ideal,” Alexander says.

The creation of the Make Love, Not Wharf placard was less political than fun, he says. It all happened while a group of designers chatted over afternoon tea. “We have fruit o’clock at about 3.30 pm. We stop work, sit down together and eat fresh fruit. One day, I told my staff about having been at a protest against the port expan-sion and said I would go to another one soon. Alice, one of my young designers, mentioned placards and it just rolled out of her mouth; make love, not wharf,” he says.

It was one of two placards they made and it ended up on TV news that night. “I actually took the other one along to a public council meeting and it was confiscated. They had a sign up saying, no signs! And one of the mean-looking

Making an impact through designDevonport graphic designer Grant Alexander came close to redefining New Zealand’s visual identity. Wa Kainga/Home, the design by Studio Alexander, made it into the Top 40 longlist in the competition for a new national flag. It narrowly missed making it into the final four this week . Alexander spoke to Maire Vieth.

security men at the door took it,” he saysGetting involved in the Stop Stealing our

Harbour campaign was a no-brainer for Alex-ander. “As an interested Devonport resident with grandchildren here, we should make our feelings known when we disagree with planning deci-sions that involve short-term thinking,” he says.

It is the first time he was in a protest involving Devonport. Grant, wife Sue and their children Kate, Toby and Elliot moved to Devonport from Wellington in 1989. “The first Gulf War was in full swing and our youngest was two years old.” Had Devonport Borough Council not already reversed the Ngataringa Bay Development Scheme by then, he would have been vocal against it, he says.

Alexander usually speaks through design. He is Managing Director of Studio Alexander, a company he founded in 1999 with his daughter Kate. Over the last 15 years, the two have been taking turns in managing the company.

From 2006 until 2011, Alexander was also a consultant for Better By Design, a government initiative to promote design principles in New Zealand manufacturing companies. Alexander says international studies have proved that man-ufacturers who integrate designer-like thinking, outperform those who don’t. “It helps them stay match fit and be innovative on a regular basis in the competitive nature of the world economy,” he says.

Alexander says that these days the jury is out on the programme’s value. “The return on the government’s investment is currently being questioned by our professional body, the

Designers Institute of New Zealand, of which I am a fellow. It’s not that the programme’s philosophy is wrong, but something is not right,” he says.

In 1977, he and business partner Ray Labone founded Designworks. It started out with just the two of them, but the company quickly became New Zealand’s first large-scale design group.

“We wanted to promote design in a way we had seen business in Australia and other parts of the world do it. It hadn’t been done in that way here. We didn’t have any design groups or agencies as such yet, only commercial art studios and small groups of freelancers.

“I went to Australia and visited four groups there, looked at their work, met their principals, came back and said to Ray ‘I think we can do it.

“We changed the model towards being a broad design business, doing not only magazine and book design but also commercial design for annual reports and corporate publications.

“In the first year, we won both the Brierley and Fletcher Challenge contracts (two of the largest companies in New Zealand at the time). We carried on from that base and the rest is history,” he says.

Alexander sold his share of the company in 1999. “By that time it was 60 people, six partners and three offices, so it was a large company even then. Today it is owned by a multinational with 150 staff and seven offices across the globe,” he says.

Alexander grew up near Hastings, the son of the Tomoana Freezing Works head stockman. His grandfather had held the same position and

Flying the flag for creativity… Grant Alexander

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“Maybe a career that involved drawing was a good idea,” Grant Alexander says of his parents advising him to avoid a job in the freezing works.

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he says he is grateful his parents encouraged him to break with the tradition. “They agreed that because I was always drawing, maybe a career that involved drawing was a good idea, which was unusual in those days,” he says.

He says Mad Magazine, Disney magazines, UK children’s comic The Beano and war comics got him into drawing at a young age. “I would teach myself how to draw the cartoon charac-ters and I also had an uncle who drew his own comics and I would see his comic strips hanging on the wall,” he says.

As he grew older, his mother’s influence developed. “When I was halfway through primary school, she started a drapery business. I would go travelling on buying trips to the Wellington warehouses with her. She also got New Zealand’s early interior design magazine Building Today. I would read them and draw sketches of houses and trees and plans of houses and things,” he says.

Hastings Boys’ High School nurtured Alex-ander’s creativity. “Dick Frizzell had just gone through art class a year ahead of me and two years before was Bryan Dew, so the standard was pretty high,” he says.

In 1965, Alexander enrolled to study design at Wellington Polytechnic. By this time his mother’s shop was doing well and helped pay for his university fees. “There were no tertiary bursaries at a technical institute then. I had a cleaning job two mornings a week and my parents supplemented the rest. Almost half of the students who started with me dropped out because they worked as cleaners every day and still couldn’t afford to carry on,” he said.

Alexander graduated in 1969 but his train-ing continued. In the early 1970s he went to London and landed a job at a magazine called Nova, a fashion magazine with a feminist slant. “I learned more in the 18 months I worked in London for good people than I had learned in four years at the polytech. The Londoners said we had been ‘victims of old-fashioned tutor-ing,’” he says.

Back in New Zealand, Alexander worked at

The Listener from 1975 until 1977, designing covers and laying out pages while Geoff Chap-ple (another Devonport local) worked there as a journalist, the late Robin Morrison as photogra-pher and Tom Scott as cartoonist. Ian Cross was editor and the magazine’s current editor Pamela Sterling had just joined.

“That was a very exciting time. I was working with Tom Scott the day he got thrown out of (prime minister Sir Robert) Muldoon’s press conference. We went to the pub together that afternoon,” he says.

Alexander joined a small design company called Publication Graphics after that and in 1977 he and Ray Labone “decided we wanted to take on the world” and formed Designworks.

It turned out to be a good move. As Design-works come into its own, the Tamoana Freezing Works was in trouble. In 1994 it shut its doors for good. By then Designworks had offices in Wellington and Auckland and was opening a third in Sydney. Grant Alexander lived com-fortably in Stanley Bay where he and wife Sue raised their three children, surrounded by eight 200-year old pohutukawa trees, he says.

The creativity that shaped Alexander’s Hast-ings childhood permeates his life to this day, even when he is not working. He likes to create art when he has the time.

In 2011, Alexander and his cousin Peter Donovan had an art exhibition at the Depot Artspace. “I had all these ideas and a bit of free time so I gave it a try. Once I started I just carried on, no trouble,” he says.

He sold about half a dozen of his collages and three more are hanging in his current home at Macky Ave. He plans to have another show in a couple of years or so.

Alexander also enjoys music and books. “My current Kiwi hero is Marlon Williams from Lyttleton. Country music is the genre I like and we are starting to produce some great work,” he says.

Alexander himself plays the drums, and re-united with the members of his Hastings Boys’ High band for his 60th birthday party four years ago at the Masonic Tavern.

He says his favourite authors are Australians such as Peter Carey and Tim Winton. But when I caught up with him he had just finished with another Devonport endeavour, Graeme Lay’s trilogy about James Cook.


The Flashdance theme song is only the warm-up tune at Devonport’s Zumba Gold class.

Around 35 women have been getting into the groove since the class was piloted in June. Devonport Community House wanted to offer more activities for mature people during times when the facility was traditionally quiet.

Kate Catty is a convert. “When I read about it, I thought it wasn’t for me. After my first class I went home and needed a cup of tea and a lie down. But now I actually find it really exciting and am coming twice a week,” she says.

Donna Allen has been dancing since day one. “I love it. It starts out a bit gentle but then it becomes a good workout,” she says.

Instructor Bev Easton has been teaching Zumba Gold since 2012, and has just returned from a Zumba convention in Orlando where 7,000 instructors were gathered.

She likes to start off the class with the danc-ers sitting down on a chair, “because that gets the muscles warmed up without any pressure on the body. That is good for the older adult, beginners and anyone who returns to exercise after an accident,” Easton says.

But then it’s up on your feet to Latin beats such as Muy Bonita or Las Cosas Pequeñas.

It was a rainy day and Allen arrived in mul-tiple layers of warm clothes. “The room is cold when we start out, but we will peel our layers off as we go along.”

Easton is thrilled at the energy that fills the room. “Lots of people who first come say to me ‘I don’t know why I am here, I am so un-coordinated.’ Look at them now!”

• Classes run at the community house on Tuesdays and at the Devonport Yacht Club on Thursdays 12:30 – 1:30 pm. $3 per session.

Going for Gold – Zumba at community house

A fun way to fitness… Cheryl Gilbert and Robyn Langwell at Zumba Gold


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Musical messages mark Marjorie’s milestoneFormer soprano singer Marjorie Parsons was

serenaded with musical treats for her 100th birthday.

During a lively birthday party at Belmont Lifestyle Village, Parsons was entertained with a performance by Hauraki School’s kapa haka group as well as the school’s choir.

Over cake, her friend Jeanie Hughes sang an Irish tune for the new centenarian, followed by an Indian birthday song from Belmont Lifestyle Village staff members Monica Joseph and Rachel Prasad.

Parsons’ daughter Margaret Tabuteau-Riley, who is a long-time Narrow Neck resident, said her mother had a huge passion for music. “She has a Licentiate of Music from the London College of Music. After the war, she sang at Masonic functions and in church choirs for a bit of extra income and because she loved it. She has performed the Messiah as a soprano soloist,” Tabuteau-Riley says.

Parsons moved to Belmont three years ago to be nearer her family. She had migrated from the UK to New Zealand in 1977.

Parsons lived in Birkenhead on her own until 2012. She was a prominent member of the Anglican Church. She has two granddaughters, two great-granddaughters and a great-grandson.

Celebrating 100 years with song… Marjorie Parsons with her daughter Margaret Tabuteau-Riley

There will be no inorganic collection on the Devonport peninsula this year. But start-ing in 2016, council will pick up inorganic waste from each household separately via a booking system rather than doing a roadside collection.

A rate of $24 per household will cover the pickup of one cubic metre of inorganic waste. The new system is part of council’s approach to reduce rubbish to landfill.

No inorganic in 2015

Local board fundingThe Devonport-Takapuna Local Board has

again funded the Lion’s Club Santa Parade ($3,730) and Lofty Ned’s Dance in the Park ($4,635) but has come down hard on some more commercial events.

Recipients from 2014 – the Devonport Classic, Harbour Crossing, Coastal Chal-lenge and Criterium National Championships received no funding from the board in 2015.


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Up to the challenge Embracing diverse identities

Fearless and articulate

Along with winter came the toughest an-nual secondary schools race, held at the Hillary Outdoors Centre in Tongariro. The top 11 schools from around New Zealand and the top Australian school gathered for a week- long competition in adventure racing.

It was only our second year qualifying for this esteemed event, called the Hillary Chal-lenge. In 2012 our team placed ninth, and so this year not only was the aim to place higher, but to experience all that this competition of-fers for personal growth.

The team trained solidly for seven months, working through the events: running, ori-enteering, rogaine, kayaking, raft building, mountain biking, climbing, high ropes, team problem-solving, bush work, tramping, camp-ing and more team-building activities. What a week it was!

Challenges stretched the team members to their limits as did the two-day rogaine, which started at the top of the Bruce Road and cov-ered 60 plus km with all their kit – obtaining points along the way.

The final day included a 50km multisport

race covering 17km of running, 27km of mountain biking and 6km of kayaking. The team determinedly pushed through injury, blisters and fatigue, triumphing in personal growth, development and a strong sense of team unity.

Lily MacDonald won the Toughperson award ahead of the other 96 competitors,

acknowledging that determination and hard work can see you through any situation. In the end, the team of Bridget McArthur, Iverson Chan-Tung, Aidan Nicholas, Lily MacDonald, Tessa McNair, Max Bainbridge, Adam Rundle and Ellie Cowan placed eighth overall. Chal-lenge accepted, aim achieved.

By LiLy MacDonaLD

Every year in the week of International Youth Day, Amnesty International youth groups across New Zealand take actions to raise awareness and bring change on a human rights issue. The 10th to 14th of August marked the annual Freedom Challenge, with the main focus this year aimed at doubling New Zealand’s annual refugee quota. The newly-formed Amnesty group at this school held three key initiatives during the week in support of the refugee crisis.

The first event was postcard writing with 116 postcards written by students, with messages advocating the slogan: “If I were a refugee, I’d want it for me: Double the Quota!” These will be delivered to the New Zealand government including the Immigration Minister, Michael Woodhouse, and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, Murray McCully.

At the end of the year, the ministers will be-gin presenting their proposals about whether New Zealand should increase its refugee quota and these postcards serve as positive encour-

agement to successfully achieve our campaign goal.

The second event, open to students and staff alike, was called AmnesTEA. Held during lunchtime with donations for entry, this was a popular high tea with delicious baked goods and refreshments supplied by the members of the Amnesty group. “There was a pleasing turnout and a huge range of treats brought along by our wonderful network of members,” says Charlotte Stevens, one of the three student leaders of the Amnesty group.

The final event was a colourful chalk petition in the school courtyard area. Over 100 people signed their names in support of doubling New Zealand’s refugee quota from 750 to 1500, to accommodate the fact that nearly 60 million people around the world have been displaced from their homes due to conflict and human rights violations.

In addition to these three main events, mem-bers of the group carried donation buckets

around school, distributing Amnesty badges and stickers to all donors. “We’re very happy with what we achieved this year and look for-ward to participating again in Freedom Chal-lenge next year,” says Mary-Margaret Slack, another leader of the group.

Over $200 was raised during the week and these funds will go towards Amnesty Interna-tional’s work to protect and promote human rights. Freedom Challenge is once again the time that school groups around the country showcase their passion, initiative and creativity through incredible actions in support of a burn-ing human-rights issue.

By EMiLLy Fan

Chinese Lion Dancing. Thai boxing. Cultural ser-enades. The 2015 International Evening was by certain a night to remember. The School Hall was packed with 300 people, to appreciate 23 performances over two ‘acts’.

Two outside performances of Lion Dancing and ka-rate also featured. Wendy Jian and Kevin Kim MCed the first act and Gary Qian and Alice Zhao led the audience through the second.

During intermission an array of different cuisines were on offer. Sushi, dumplings, dokkboki cake, Tao Huay (a Thai desert) and Thai fried rice were distributed for free.

The theme of the night was finding, embracing and expressing identity. International student and prefect, Wendy Jian, began organising the event near the end of Term 1, months in advance. Aided by prefect Gary Qian and a team of international students, sponsorship from New World was secured and rehearsals were run.

“I think events like International Night are important, especially for schools like ours, where we have a mixed range of students from different ethnicities. It gives them a platform to express an identity that may not be shown or realised by their peers,” says Wendy.

“The tickets sold out and the hall filled to a point where some of the audience had to stand on the sides to watch the show. But most importantly it was success-ful because all the students had fun. I have to thank our primary sponsor Devonport New World for giving us this wonderful opportunity, “says Wendy.

By HannaH PattErson

Public speaking has always been dreaded by most students of all ages.

However, last week, eight fearless students were up for the challenge of presenting their speech at the Year 11 speech finals. Mrs Kat-rina Woodley and Mr Dan Eichblatt, Year 11 Deans, were given the difficult task of judging this year.

Harvey Merton gained the top position overall, delivering a speech about nerds, with the use of amusing props. Following closely was runner-up Jarrah Swift, who educated the audience about setting dreams that are within your own limits. “We are not a one in a million but a million in one.”

Third place was taken by the slam poet, Saffie Doughty, who had a speech dedicated to the phrase “When I was your age.”

The other finalists were Madison Coghlan, Zoe Drake, Becky Ireland, Dougal Burden and Harlum Topia. Madison spoke about the ste-reotical discrimination against blondes: “What do I have in common with a beer bottle? I’m empty from the neck up.”

Both Zoe and Becky had speeches that were based on the slam-poetry structure, while Har-lum brought magic onto the stage. On a more serious note, Dougal had a speech about New Zealand stepping out of its comfort zone.

“The beauty of the speech competition is having an original idea, putting it together, performing it and being proud of your per-formance regardless of the results. All the speeches were extremely diverse, which made for an entertaining spectacle that the audience seemed to enjoy. The speech final was a great

experience and I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone brings to the table next year,” said finalist Zoe Drake.

By sErEna young

After the 60 km race is finished and the week is complete, the team still managed to have smiles on their faces!

Above: MCs Wendy Jian and Kevin KimBelow: Spanish students singing

Saffie Doughty, Harvey Merton and Jarrah Swift, with Mr Eichblatt and Mrs Woodley

Amnesty action




Up to the challenge Embracing diverse identities

Fearless and articulate

Along with winter came the toughest an-nual secondary schools race, held at the Hillary Outdoors Centre in Tongariro. The top 11 schools from around New Zealand and the top Australian school gathered for a week- long competition in adventure racing.

It was only our second year qualifying for this esteemed event, called the Hillary Chal-lenge. In 2012 our team placed ninth, and so this year not only was the aim to place higher, but to experience all that this competition of-fers for personal growth.

The team trained solidly for seven months, working through the events: running, ori-enteering, rogaine, kayaking, raft building, mountain biking, climbing, high ropes, team problem-solving, bush work, tramping, camp-ing and more team-building activities. What a week it was!

Challenges stretched the team members to their limits as did the two-day rogaine, which started at the top of the Bruce Road and cov-ered 60 plus km with all their kit – obtaining points along the way.

The final day included a 50km multisport

race covering 17km of running, 27km of mountain biking and 6km of kayaking. The team determinedly pushed through injury, blisters and fatigue, triumphing in personal growth, development and a strong sense of team unity.

Lily MacDonald won the Toughperson award ahead of the other 96 competitors,

acknowledging that determination and hard work can see you through any situation. In the end, the team of Bridget McArthur, Iverson Chan-Tung, Aidan Nicholas, Lily MacDonald, Tessa McNair, Max Bainbridge, Adam Rundle and Ellie Cowan placed eighth overall. Chal-lenge accepted, aim achieved.

By LiLy MacDonaLD

Every year in the week of International Youth Day, Amnesty International youth groups across New Zealand take actions to raise awareness and bring change on a human rights issue. The 10th to 14th of August marked the annual Freedom Challenge, with the main focus this year aimed at doubling New Zealand’s annual refugee quota. The newly-formed Amnesty group at this school held three key initiatives during the week in support of the refugee crisis.

The first event was postcard writing with 116 postcards written by students, with messages advocating the slogan: “If I were a refugee, I’d want it for me: Double the Quota!” These will be delivered to the New Zealand government including the Immigration Minister, Michael Woodhouse, and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, Murray McCully.

At the end of the year, the ministers will be-gin presenting their proposals about whether New Zealand should increase its refugee quota and these postcards serve as positive encour-

agement to successfully achieve our campaign goal.

The second event, open to students and staff alike, was called AmnesTEA. Held during lunchtime with donations for entry, this was a popular high tea with delicious baked goods and refreshments supplied by the members of the Amnesty group. “There was a pleasing turnout and a huge range of treats brought along by our wonderful network of members,” says Charlotte Stevens, one of the three student leaders of the Amnesty group.

The final event was a colourful chalk petition in the school courtyard area. Over 100 people signed their names in support of doubling New Zealand’s refugee quota from 750 to 1500, to accommodate the fact that nearly 60 million people around the world have been displaced from their homes due to conflict and human rights violations.

In addition to these three main events, mem-bers of the group carried donation buckets

around school, distributing Amnesty badges and stickers to all donors. “We’re very happy with what we achieved this year and look for-ward to participating again in Freedom Chal-lenge next year,” says Mary-Margaret Slack, another leader of the group.

Over $200 was raised during the week and these funds will go towards Amnesty Interna-tional’s work to protect and promote human rights. Freedom Challenge is once again the time that school groups around the country showcase their passion, initiative and creativity through incredible actions in support of a burn-ing human-rights issue.

By EMiLLy Fan

Chinese Lion Dancing. Thai boxing. Cultural ser-enades. The 2015 International Evening was by certain a night to remember. The School Hall was packed with 300 people, to appreciate 23 performances over two ‘acts’.

Two outside performances of Lion Dancing and ka-rate also featured. Wendy Jian and Kevin Kim MCed the first act and Gary Qian and Alice Zhao led the audience through the second.

During intermission an array of different cuisines were on offer. Sushi, dumplings, dokkboki cake, Tao Huay (a Thai desert) and Thai fried rice were distributed for free.

The theme of the night was finding, embracing and expressing identity. International student and prefect, Wendy Jian, began organising the event near the end of Term 1, months in advance. Aided by prefect Gary Qian and a team of international students, sponsorship from New World was secured and rehearsals were run.

“I think events like International Night are important, especially for schools like ours, where we have a mixed range of students from different ethnicities. It gives them a platform to express an identity that may not be shown or realised by their peers,” says Wendy.

“The tickets sold out and the hall filled to a point where some of the audience had to stand on the sides to watch the show. But most importantly it was success-ful because all the students had fun. I have to thank our primary sponsor Devonport New World for giving us this wonderful opportunity, “says Wendy.

By HannaH PattErson

Public speaking has always been dreaded by most students of all ages.

However, last week, eight fearless students were up for the challenge of presenting their speech at the Year 11 speech finals. Mrs Kat-rina Woodley and Mr Dan Eichblatt, Year 11 Deans, were given the difficult task of judging this year.

Harvey Merton gained the top position overall, delivering a speech about nerds, with the use of amusing props. Following closely was runner-up Jarrah Swift, who educated the audience about setting dreams that are within your own limits. “We are not a one in a million but a million in one.”

Third place was taken by the slam poet, Saffie Doughty, who had a speech dedicated to the phrase “When I was your age.”

The other finalists were Madison Coghlan, Zoe Drake, Becky Ireland, Dougal Burden and Harlum Topia. Madison spoke about the ste-reotical discrimination against blondes: “What do I have in common with a beer bottle? I’m empty from the neck up.”

Both Zoe and Becky had speeches that were based on the slam-poetry structure, while Har-lum brought magic onto the stage. On a more serious note, Dougal had a speech about New Zealand stepping out of its comfort zone.

“The beauty of the speech competition is having an original idea, putting it together, performing it and being proud of your per-formance regardless of the results. All the speeches were extremely diverse, which made for an entertaining spectacle that the audience seemed to enjoy. The speech final was a great

experience and I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone brings to the table next year,” said finalist Zoe Drake.

By sErEna young

After the 60 km race is finished and the week is complete, the team still managed to have smiles on their faces!

Above: MCs Wendy Jian and Kevin KimBelow: Spanish students singing

Saffie Doughty, Harvey Merton and Jarrah Swift, with Mr Eichblatt and Mrs Woodley

Amnesty action


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Auckland Transport (AT) is still consid-ering whether to designate a 30km/h speed limit in Devonport south of the golf course.

“There was a bike accident in Devonport in May and this sparked a request to the local board (from Bike Devonport spokes-person Chris Werry) to have the speed limit lowered. The request is being looked at,”

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While it pains me to travel in Saturday sports traffic, it would pain me more if the lo-cal football club couldn’t improve its grounds and guarantee future players good facilities.

Parking is not an excuse to pause progress on anything, and as cycle lanes on Lake Rd restrict parking, it means more people will have to walk or cycle to this venue. Problem solved.

To the residents group against the upgrade,

your alternative to football activity is less people active and more people unfit.

Our health system is already groaning with the increases in an ageing population and con-ditions like type 2 diabetes caused in the main from lack of exercise and bad eating habits.

Seems to me you are making a mountain out of a molehill.

As for the trees, I don’t see anything of note around the fields that is in the category

of national treasure, and suggest a group to intensify planting and saving trees from destruction would be of more use to all, in-cluding the diminishing birdlife. The rogue pack of rosellas may like the gumtrees but both are lost icons in this neck of the woods.

Bad smells aside, surely nothing would compare to the old dump that used to be.

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Is Devonport’s hot-water weedkilling a ‘legacy’ of the past?

You may have heard earlier this month, after representations from Auckland com-munity members and a petition of over 2,000 names (bringing the total petitioners to over 10,000 for this matter) that Auckland Coun-cil’s transport committee delayed voting on its recommendations regarding the citywide use of the glyphosate weedkiller Roundup (till its next meeting in September). What you probably have not heard is that the legacy non-chemical method (hot water) in use on the North Shore is likely to be discontinued.

In the 1990s, community group campaigns on the North Shore and in Auckland City suc-cessfully led to the contracting of non-chem-ical alternatives for managing weeds. Those ‘legacy contracts’ may, however, be jettisoned following next month’s adoption of the sub-mission from Weed Management Advisory on Road Corridor Vegetation Control.

Represented by the independent environ-mental scientist Dr Meriel Watts and other speakers, the community argued variously that evidence from experimental studies demonstrates the potential long-term health hazards of glyphosate; pointed to the World Health Organisation’s designation of glypho-sate as a probable human carcinogenic; and

gave examples of countries and cities that now ban the use of this weedkiller. The committee finally heard from an Auckland councillor that figures were available show-ing that non-chemical (hot-water) methods were cost effective, and in some cases a cheaper method for the control of weeds.

Auckland Transport chief infrastructure officer Greg Edmonds dismissed community residents’ statements, saying he was “not swayed by the ‘protesters’’; that the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) allows its use, and that they had a report (unseen by the committee) from a scientific expert condoning its use. Mr Edmonds further commented that: “While it (the hot-water method) is probably safer in terms of en-vironmental effectiveness, the reality of it is, it’s not cost effective”. There was no agreement with the proposal that use of this probable carcinogenic be suspended pending the report of evidence from ongoing studies. And it is this measure of cost-effectiveness that is intended to be used to bring all parts of the Auckland ‘supercity’ into line with the comprehensive use of Roundup (of which glyphosate is a constituent) for weed control. When asked, and pressed, by a com-mittee member, to confirm that at least the ‘legacy contracts’ for the hot-water method

of, for instance, the North Shore, would continue, the response from the officer was “How far does legacy stretch? These are old contracts.” The implication was clear. The roll-out of Roundup to cover all of the ‘supercity’ is the aim and to be voted on at the next Auckland Transport Board meeting. This meeting takes place on Monday, 28 September, Kauri Room, Level 11, HSBC, 1 Queen Street, Auckland. The committee open session is from 1pm until 2.30pm.Ann Allen

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John Makin is fighting a battle against “mindless bureaucrats.”

Last month, Makin sent out 198 letters asking Devonport property owners: “Are you aware that your property will probably reduce in value as a direct result of Mayor Brown’s Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan?”

Makin was referring to the Cultural Impact Assessment (CIA), a new council measure to acknowledge Maori spiritual and cultural values in planning decisions. The Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan lists around 3,000 sites and Places of Value to Mana Whenua in the wider Auckland region – 26 are located on the Devonport peninsula.

Improvements that trigger resource consents on properties within 50–100 metres of those sites now require a CIA, an additional loosely formulated consultation with up to 19 iwi.

Makin fears the consultation itself could be costly. A council CIA fact sheet says: “The CIA will provide you with guidance on how your proposal could affect Mana Whenua and sug-gest ways by which to mitigate those effects.”

Makin says he wanted to inform locals af-fected by the change because “it’s almost like you have a caveat on your property and Auck-land Council is responsible for it,” he says.

The response to the letter has been limited. “Most people wanted to know who I was and why I had written to them,” he says.

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Fighting bureucracy… John Makin

Jackie Yang’s move into Devonport hasn’t been as welcoming as he expected.

The new owner of Five Loaves Café on Church St arrived at work two weeks ago to find his business had been broken into.

“One of the glass doors was smashed in, and there were bits of glass all over the floor. The lights had been left on and the till had been ripped out,” he says.

Yang called police, as did a staff member and neighbour who arrived at the scene earlier, but so far the culprits have not been caught and the till is gone.

“I had around $500 in the till. Police didn’t even come down. They just sent someone to check for fingerprints but he didn’t find any. The thieves must have worn gloves and been pretty professional,” he says.

Yang lives in Avondale and bought the business in April. He runs it with his girlfriend. Before going out on his own, he was a chef at SkyCity and the ASB Show-grounds. He arrived in New Zealand from northeast China seven years ago.

Bad eggs break into Five Loaves

Putting on a brave face… Jackie Yang, the new owner of Five Loaves

here from Clevedon after Transpower erected a pylon seven metres from his front door. “I feel that we are having our lives overridden by bureaucrats who we pay but who don’t care about us,” he says.

Since his letter drop in Devonport, Makin has joined a small group called Iratepayers Group, and is aiming to do a similar thing in Herne Bay.

Mindless bureaucrats on John’s radar


North Shore Hall of Legends opensNev Meek’s faithful recording of

North Shore Rugby statistics over 60 years was honoured with the opening of the club’s Hall of Legends room last Saturday.

The room includes pictures and testi-mony of prominent North Shore Rugby Club families, outstanding individuals and legendary players.

And there are copies of Nev Meek’s notebooks meticulously filled out from 60 years on the sidelines at North Shore premiers matches.

Such is Meek’s contribution and club knowledge, a plaque noting his top-playing XV over the past 60 years sits pride of place in the new hall.

North Shore club president Brad Johnstone said when he started playing senior football for the club in 1969, Meek was the team baggage man, assistant manager and statistician.

And Meek had continued his service ever since.

“He has made an outstanding con-tribution to our club,” Johnstone said.

The room had been a meeting room and then a storage area, said Johnstone. The Hall of Legends now looks out over the grounds where so much of the history was made

Meek said he was delighted with the new addition to the club.

Two North Shore legends… Nev Meek (left) and Brad Johnstone at the opening of the club’s Hall of Legends room

And while there is a Nev’s Nook seat in the new legends hall, it is doubtful it will get much use from Meek himself.

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Goalmouth tumble… North Shore striker Andrew Cowell narrowly misses scoring, early in the match against Metro

North Shore United all but guaranteed a promotion to the Northern Premier League next year with a 3-0 win over Metro at Allen Hill Stadium last Saturday.

Forrest Hill Milford have already won the first division title, but with two games to play North Shore are in clear second spot.

It needs one win from its final games - both to be played at home – to cement the promotion spot.

It plays Tauranga this Sunday at 2.45 pm and then Mangere on Saturday September 12 at 2.45 pm to round out the season.

Metro was a highly competitive side and Shore played well to take the match 3-0 and keep the visitors goalless.

The young side rebounded well from the 2-1 loss the week before against Forrest Hill, which dashed any hope it had of winning the title.

While North Shore has gone from strength to strength in 2015, the size of the small crowds who have turned out to watch its top side must be a disappointment to the club.


Wonderful location near shops, transport and Narrow Neck Beach make this three bedroom ‘brick and tile beauty’ top of the list. Easy access all on one level, with seamless indoor/outdoor flow from the living areas to a sunny north facing paved terrace and easy care garden. Solid brick ’n’ tile construction with garage and ‘end of ROW’ privacy, all add to the value and appeal of this special home unit.

NARROW NECK | 3/8 FRASER ROADAttention - Owner Occupiers, Downsizers, Investors

VIEW | SAT/SUN 11 - 11.45 AM OR BY APPOINTMENT | PREMIUM.CO.NZ 60456AUCTION | ON SITE SUNDAY 13 SEPT 2015 AT 2.30 PM UNLESS SOLD PRIOR

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Key words such as entry level, empty-nester, investor, professional, and small family, should attract every buyer dynamic, which in turn, makes this a very clever and robust purchase for the astute buyer. Private, north-facing back yard with lovely sun, low maintenance, ground level and internal access garage should instil further confidence. Newly painted inside and out – just move right on in.

BAYSWATER | 52A NORWOOD ROADNo Steps, Low Maintenance…. Too Cute!

VIEW | SAT/SUN 1 - 1.30 PM OR BY APPOINTMENT | PREMIUM.CO.NZ 60455AUCTION | ON SITE SUNDAY 20 SEPT 2015 AT 2 PM UNLESS SOLD PRIOR

GRANT SPEEDY 0274 511 [email protected]: 445 3414PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

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