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Twins aplenty at Takapuna Grammar… p3

Nude swimming back for North Head classic… p6

Home invasion shock puts woman in hospital

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Shocked by home intruder on election night… Richard, John and Reese Turrall

A home invasion in Devonport on elec-tion night has stunned a family – with one member hospitalised with heart problems.

The brazen intruder broke into the King Edward Parade home on the same floor as where the Turrall family was watching the

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Devonport’s first national squash champDevonport Squash Club has its

first national champion in its forty-year history.

Diana Bennett won the women’s over-65 division at the New Zea-land Masters squash champs held in Palmerston North last month.

Bennett, seeded number two, beat top seed Pauline Stachurski 15-12 15-9 9-15 9-15 15-13 in a hard fought match.

She admitted to being nervous in her first ever national champs final, dropping the third and fourth games, but her superior court movement won out in the end.

Bennett is testament to what can be achieved in sport, regardless of age.

She played squash in the 1970s and took up the game again seven years ago at the Devonport club when in her late 50s.

Rekindling her love for the game, she focused on her fitness and skills with regular coaching sessions with Manu Yam and Da-vid Noone.

Bennett regularly plays tourna-ments and is in the masters inter-club league.

She won the Devonport club champs women’s title in 2009 and was runner-up in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.

Behind the scenes Bennett is a vital cog at the Devonport club and has been club captain for the last five years.

Around Devonport she is often seen keeping fit, out walking with husband Frank and breeder guide dog Nessie.

Modest about her achievement, Bennett said: “Hopefully it will inspire some more women to take up the sport.”

Happy champ… Diana Bennett leaves the court after her national championship win

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With fifteen sets of twins among this year’s Takapuna Grammar School students, Principal Simon Lamb says it must be a record.

“It is certainly up there. There are enough twins for an entire form class,” he says.

The sets of twins span from Year 9 to 13, with particularly high numbers in Years 10 and 13. They are: Dougal and Hamish

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rubbish bin at him.”With Reese yelling out to the rest of the

household, the offender raced out through the second entrance to the en-suite, through an adjoining bedroom, down the stairs and out the front door.

“He got out incredibly fast,” said Turrall. “All I saw was someone disappearing off the deck wearing something white on his head - a scarf or a hoodie.”

Richard, who is well known around Devonport, from his years as a special needs student at Takapuna Grammar, was by this time “raising all hell.”

Two police cars and a dog handler arrived “almost immediately”, Turrall said. But the offender got away.

As a result of the invasion, Reese had to be admitted to hospital with heart problems.

John Turrall suspects the offender may be local given his knowledge of the area and quick escape.

“It was an amazingly brazen thing to do – he came into the house through a bedroom window onto the same floor where we were having dinner. He went through the down-stairs bedrooms and did not know there was no one in them – there could have been a kid in there.”

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when confronted and appeared unarmed, although a foot-long screwdriver, presum-ably used to break in, was found dumped in a nearby hedge.

The offender made off with some small item “I think he was looking for jewellery, but he went to the wrong house for that,” Turrall said.

Richard was very upset about the incident and worried about what had happened to his mum. A golf trophy was taken from his bedroom.

But he had now “settled down and started sleeping in his own room again,” Turrall said.

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At least three Devonport projects are on the list of Auckland Council work postponed for up to 10 years to cut costs.

The list of deferred projects includes: $196,500 for the Devonport Town Centre upgrade in the Bartley Tce and Clarence St area, $118,000 for Torpedo Bay coastal pe-destrian access and $89,100 for the proposed Ngataringa Park toilets.

Deferrals of the projects will help reduce council expenses in the next financial year

to achieve the 2.5 per cent average rates increase proposed by Mayor Len Brown.

The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board did not support the proposed list of deferrals and wants to make sure the deferred projects are prioritised.

Board member Joe Bergin said it was ap-propriate to defer the Clarence St upgrade as it would entail even more disruption in the aftermath of Devonport’s recent intensive construction phase.

Locals are still in the dark about the status of the proposed bus shelter in front of the ferry building.

The results of Auckland Transport’s (AT) recent consultation on the proposal for the 50-metre glass shelter have not yet been made public and the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board is running out of patience.

The board at its September meeting re-

quested an urgent meeting with AT to be up-dated on the shelter, bike and scooter storage plans as well as any other proposed changes.

Board chair Mike Cohen says rumours have started circulating in the information vacuum.

“We have heard various stories and it would be nice to hear the real story now,” he said.

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just hope Reese is okay.” She returned home last Wednesday and

was back at work late last week, but is having ongoing tests on her heart.

She said she could hardly believe the incident had happened with other people in the house.

“We’ve had amazing support from neigh-bours and the community – I’ve had cards from people I don’t even know,” said Reese.

The offender is believed to have hidden in a neighbour’s garage until the police left.

John Turrall says the main reason he con-tacted the Flagstaff was to alert other readers.

“People need to know Devonport is not as safe as we think it is. ”

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Sitting MP Maggie Barry retained the North Shore seat for National with an almost identi-cal share of the Devonport vote to the 2011 General Election.

Barry took 54.1% of the electorate candidate votes, with 4,459 votes from the Devonport booths, a healthy majority of 2,386 over La-bour candidate Claire Szabó, with 2,073 votes. Green party candidate Brett Stansfield was a further 959 votes behind. Szabó and Stansfield attracted 25.1% and 13.5% of the Devonport votes respectively. Barry’s share was up 0.1% from 2011.

It was a slightly different story for the Devonport party votes, which counters Devon-port’s purported left-leaning tendencies. The National tally of the party votes was 4,659, which at 56.5% of the votes was up 1.8% on its share in 2011. Labour performed significantly worse at party level, with 1,361 votes (16.5%) and 1.6% fewer than in 2011. The Green Party was less than a hundred behind Labour with 1,263 votes (15.3%) and beat them in Narrow Neck and the three Devonport booths, yet

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it was down 0.7% overall on 2011 figures. The Green Party would have hoped to have overtaken the Labour party vote in Devonport this election.

Devonport’s Labour and Green voters can at least take some solace in their support levels being higher in the peninsula booths than for the North Shore electorate as a whole.

New Zealand First with 500 votes (6.1%) appeared to split support for the left and was up 0.8% on 2011. Increasing their share of the Devonport party vote on the right and improving on their 2011 result in Devonport was the Conservative party, with 255 votes and 3.1% (up 1.0%); their electorate candidate Melissa Perkin received 424 votes and a 5.1% share. The ACT party candidate Nick Kearney received 86 votes.

• There were more than 8,000 early votes across the North Shore, which is double the number for the last election. At this stage it is not possible to establish the pattern of early voting, but given that Devonport comprises roughly 25% of the electorate, it is probably safe

to assume that peninsula early voters made up in excess of 2,000 of the electorate total. This does mean that it made it more difficult to make any clear comparisons between booths in 2011 based on Devonport voter numbers.

Barry was apprehensive to speak equivocally about the result, with around 2600 special votes still to come in, but was delighted to retain her personal support and that of the National Party.

Campaigning on the streets she noticed a distinct shift in support towards National, with the “non-revelations” of Kim Dotcom about John Key just prior to the election, and Labour’s much criticised capital gains tax.

In government appointments she would be delighted to carry on as chair of the Local Gov-ernment and Environment select committee.

While locally she would continue to lobby on improving Lake Rd congestion, “which was holding Devonport back.”

Since the last election complaints from voters to her about public transport had quadrupled, she said. Barry also planned more information-sharing public meetings in the electorate.

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BAYSWATER, Bayswater School 727 790 387 247 186 223 107 62 20 10 90BELMONT, Belmont Primary School 459 456 156 111 83 88 31 20 9 10 52DEVONPORT, Community House 570 588 311 222 211 229 51 28 9 3 68DEVONPORT, Holy Trinity Parish Hall 442 460 257 155 132 180 46 22 12 8 56DEVONPORT, St Paul’s 383 395 224 139 125 146 44 29 10 7 59HAURAKI, Chapel Hall 750 769 248 180 123 117 65 43 15 8 87HAURAKI, Hauraki School 465 476 151 105 78 67 26 16 4 10 43NARROW NECK, Vauxhall School 386 418 213 119 108 150 35 22 3 2 24STANLEY BAY, Stanley Bay School 277 307 126 83 68 63 19 13 4 4 21TOTAL 4459 4659 2073 1361 1114 1263 424 255 86 62 500Share of vote (Devonport Booths) 54.1% 56.5% 25.1% 16.5% 13.5% 15.3% 5.1% 3.1% 1.0% 0.8% 6.1%Share of vote (Devonport Booths) 2011 54.0% 54.7% – 18.1% – 16.0% – 2.1% – 1.6% 5.3%The above table is a summary of preliminary results. For major parties for minor parties and other candidates please visit: www.electionresults.govt.nz. The data excludes early votes, which were only available at electorate level.


Birthday suits are back for this November’s Round North Head Classic swim.

The option of naked swimming had been a tradition when the Williamson Brothers originally organised the event.

When the Devonport Swim Club took over organising the swim in 2009, it fell off the menu.

Event organiser Ian McDonald says council regulations discouraged having a nude category.

But this year, McDonald had a bright idea to revive the tradi-tion. “We will have a water start and a designated boat for nude simmers. They can take off their togs once they are in the water and hand them to one of our volunteers in the boat. Then once they arrive at the other end, they will get them back and put them on before they step onshore,” he says.

Ten out of 70 swimmers registered so far have opted to swim naked, McDonald says.

“One of its benefits is the aquatic tinglings you get,” he says. The club is hoping to attract 200 swimmers and McDonald expects about 30 of them will choose the birthday-suit option.

McDonald’s water start idea has found international traction. “I got an email from a swim club in Los Angeles that had a lot of trouble organising a naked swim because of local nudity laws, but with our water-start idea, they will be able to circumvent those,” he says.

The Round North Head Classic is a 2.5k swim from Windsor Reserve to Balmain Reserve, scheduled for Sunday 9 November.

The start time is 10 am, on an outgoing tide. Registration is $30 and is done online at www.devoswim.org

• The Devonport Swim Club is also introducing a Youth Category for the first time this year. Swimmers 14 years old and under can join the pod at Torpedo Bay and sweep around North Head in a 1.2k swim. There is no nude category for young swimmers.

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Togs away… Devonport Swim Club committee members (from left) Jane Goddard, Jack Revill and Robin Harrington nervously contemplating a naked swim

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A Devonport resident who broke her arm in three places after tripping over a new kerb at the ferry wharf is warning others to avoid the same fate.

Lynn Dawson spent two nights in hospital, after her fall across the new kerb on Marine Square.

She was on her way to a local second-hand bookshop on September 9 when she fell over just outside the ferry building entrance. “The kerb was higher than usual and had kind of a double lip,” she says.

“At first I thought maybe I had been stupid and not watching where I was going, but since then I have seen two other people stumble in exactly the same place, and friends tell me they have as well.

“The husband of a friend says he takes a flashlight to the early morning ferry because the place is so badly lit,” she says.

Dawson says since the Marine Square is a long-term, 12-month construction project in a

very busy pedestrian spot, Auckland Transport and its contractors have to do better.

“I can’t see how an elderly person with a walker or a mobility scooter is supposed to get around here unless we get temporary wooden ramps with handrails,” she says.

The severity of Dawson’s injuries became ap-parent the day after she fell. Initially she thought she had hit her funny bone badly, but the next day the elbow was hugely swollen.

Dawson is less than impressed with the wharf security staff. “The lady just stood over me with her clipboard and said she needed to fill out a report. A member of the public had to pick me off the floor,” she says.

“Now I have got a plastic elbow because the head of the elbow was completely shattered. Both bones in my forearm are broken and the ligaments torn,” she says.

An avid knitter, quilt maker and writer, Daw-son says for the next few weeks she will mostly catch up on her reading.

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Historic Garden ApartmentThis spacious and roomy apartment retains many character features and

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A Grand Old Lady Handy To CheltenhamThis charming 4 bedroom villa built circa early 1900s is ready for a face lift.

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The DevonporT FlagsTaFF page 14 OctOber 3 2014Letters

Mr Petterson has made false allegations against me in his letter to the editor, pub-lished on 19 September. For such a letter to be published without the courtesy of contact-ing me does not seem to be a fair reflection of journalistic ethics.

For readers, I will set the record straight.There was, and is, no deal that has been “a

carefully kept secret among National Party officials” to write in special provisions in the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 that would specifically favour the

Bayswater marina. This assertion by Mr Petterson is simply not true. And frankly he should know better than to make such allegations.

The provisions in the Act that Mr Petterson refers to were primarily put in because of the reclamation activities of our major ports. I know this because this is what was discussed in the relevant Cabinet Committees. For instance these provisions cover the various reclamations made by the Auckland ports, and the reclaimed land around the Viaduct.

But of course they cover all reclamations. As a general, and rather self evident prin-

ciple, once land is reclaimed it is no longer seabed. It is dry land, just like any other dry land. It is not surprising that the reclaimers and developers of such land will want to get freehold title, since leasehold title is not typically regarded as a good long-term ownership vehicle. Wayne Mapp

• Wayne Mapp is a former long-time National Party MP for North Shore

Council fencing at Takapuna Grammar seems to have little effect

No secret deals to favour Bayswater Marina Holdings

It was with some interest to me to see how the expensive new safety fencing erected by the council to coerce Takapuna Grammar School students into correctly using the pedestrian-controlled traffic lights on Lake Road outside the school has been working.

It would be fair to say that the safety fencing has made it less safe now, as students are elect-ing to cross the road even further away from the lights due to the fences ‘being in their way’.

Back in my day (I know I’m sounding old now) at least one teacher was on duty at the gates before and after school every day to keep the kids in tow by using the (as it was then) ze-bra crossing properly as well as some words of advice on tucking shirts in and pulling socks up.

It would appear that technical surveys, en-gineering feats and ratepayer money has not helped make the crossing any safer. Perhaps it would be better to go ‘old school’ and send a teacher or two out on occasion to impart some crossing etiquette to keep the kids in their right-ful place, and safe ? Terry Bourke, Belmont

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Devonport Food and Wine drowned by bureaucrats

The food and wine festival is, for those of us that were around when it started, a fond memory of one of the only fun days we had in these parts. We do have the Christmas Parade and at Easter a crowd hauls a cross up Mt Vic in a mock crucifixion. Lest we forget we have a community gathering on Anzac Day. Guy Fawkes has all but been extinguished, except for diehards; fires, loud bangs and sparklers still do it for me. Dotcom gave us a free display back a couple of years ago, I fondly remember. Those who hate fun and fireworks have slowly imposed by default a kind of abolition of the event, with police support and do-gooders all fearing for public safety, or so they proclaim.

This same crowd slowly turned against the food and wine festival, using the term ‘public safety’ to create an event that has now evolved to be cost-prohibitive. The public and the charities that benefitted all lose. Some people believe the utterances told to them about crime and public safety. The fact is that for years the wine and food festival was like a giant street party and the odd idiot was arrested for drunkenness, but by and large it was a street party; kids’ magicians, side-shows, food, wine, music, laughter.

Then council and police laws unto them-selves decided to fence us all in. The ‘family’

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event was at an end. Permit costs, fencing costs, policing costs they said was all seriously needed. ‘They’ spoke to the community like naughty kids.

‘They’ fenced off the event, even policing the seashore area from landings. Not one of ‘them’ suggested positive actions or police collaboration, like the police offering free breath testing for drivers, rather than setting traps down the road trying to criminalize the overindulged. In the end the event started look-ing like a barbed-wire compound temporary prison; a Guantanamo Bay look.

All the problems ‘they’ said the festival had were mostly created in ‘their’ minds. Control freaks and authoritarians have effectively nearly smashed the festival down. Well done to any of you that are one of ‘those’ people.

Now the architectural blight, the bulk and location of the new library imposed mind-lessly on our town is what will be left.

Ironically Chris Darby our local council man has dared to question the quality of some of Fletchers’ Special Housing designs, in far-flung suburbs. He is not wrong in this criticism, but it’s all an irony with what’s happening in Bayswater, Hobsonville, the library and soon a large retirement village (on Wakakura land) and a new supermarket (at Hauraki Corner).Ron Dykman (Abridged, Editor)

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BAYSWATER ENVIRONS HERITAGE WALK

Sun 5th Oct 12.30pm, Starting at the O'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122 Bayswater Ave, BayswaterExplore the Bayswater peninsular with a walk and talk discussing its past, present and future through

the First World War, urban design and environmental history. For more info on this event contact Michael Greig: ph 09 4456760 or email: [email protected] More info on the Auckland Heritage Festival can be

found at: www.heritagefestival.co.nz

BAYSWATER FAMILY BIKE DAY Sun 5th Oct, 2pm-5pm

Northboro Reserve, BelmontBike the Bayswater Bridge and join us for a community barbecue at Northboro Reserve.

There will be a bike mechanic on-site giving free bike checks/maintenance, bike bell giveaways,

a free preschool play zone and more.

CHELTENHAM BEACH SHELLFISH SURVEY

Sun 12th Oct at 3pm, Balmain ReserveVauxhall School student, Charlie Glass, is

organising a shellfish survey at Cheltenham Beach, with the aim of seeing if it would be possible

to reseed the cockle population. About 20 adult volunteers are needed and any kids who want to help are welcome.If you are interested in helping,

email Charlie at: [email protected]

JETS RUN Wed 15th Oct at 6pm, Starting at the Torpedo

Bay Navy Museum, King Edward Pde, DevonportBuild up your fitness within a friendly running

group. There are options of both 3km and 5km routes. Costs are $6 adult or $4 child per race.

For more info contact Paul Cornish: 0274 379 423.

THANK YOU! Devonport Peninsula Trust would like to thank the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board for their

grant towards the cost of operational expenses.

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Staying cool til after school – when teacher hits the surf

Andrew Robinson, the 1997 Na-tional Surfing Championship title holder and now a Year 5 teacher at Devonport Primary School, has just won the annual Polar Bear Classic again, 13 years after he brought home the trophy when aged 26. He spoke to Maire Vieth.

“Sticking at it” is the key to Andrew ‘Pando’ Robinson’s surfing life in more ways than one. Last month, his persistence paid off when he won the 33rd regional Polar Bear Classic held at Sandy Bay on the Tutukaka Coast. The event had to be postponed four times until the waves were finally big enough. But on the last

weekend in August it was full on, thanks to 80 km/h onshore winds and pounding rain.

“The night before I talked to my dad and he asked if I was going up there. I said I was in two minds about it. It was going to be a massive and ugly storm. But as I was saying it, I realised that I actually love going out there when it’s wild,” Robinson says.

Robinson has been a regular at the Polar Bear Classic for years. He won it in 2001. “Since then I have always come runner-up, third, fourth, or been knocked out in the first round,” he says.

But he stuck at it. “I just keep going because I love the people up there and the way they run it. And this year I was just on fire the whole time and had an absolute blinder of a day, on form from my first wave to my last and it was a nice feeling to know that I can still do it,” he says.

Robinson finds surfing both exciting and relaxing. “I love the adrenaline rush, the per-formance under pressure thing, but I also love to just go out and be by myself in my own space,” he says.

In 1997 Robinson became National Surf-ing Champion at the age of 21. At the time he was studying New Zealand History and Anthropology at Auckland University. He had been competing regionally since high school, in the National Scholastics Championship, where he made the Auckland team one year and competed nationally.

“I didn’t do that well early on but I just kept at it. And then during university, I went through a stage where I was surfing really hard out

during the two months off. I wasn’t thinking about competing but I got really good,” he says.

He believes having to study had a positive effect on his surfing. “Surfing is like anything. If you do it all day, every day, you get a bit burned out. Having something to break it up and think about was a good balance. It just took me a really long time to get through university.”

Robinson had helped form the Takapuna Board Riders a few years prior, and when he wanted to compete at the 1997 Nationals, they sponsored his flight to Westport.

Freesurfing before the event, he noticed he held his own among the other competitors. “And as I went through the competition, I got stronger and stronger. I found myself in the final up against Maz Quinn, Jai Earnshaw, Blair Stewart, who were the top guys at the time, on the cover of magazines and pretty famous in our little surfing world,” he says.

Robinson won, perhaps surprising himself. “I remember being on a wave and coming off the bottom of it and looking up and seeing Maz with a kind of look of disgust on his face and I realised maybe I did have a chance here,” he says.

The win was a door opener. “For the next year I was in like every New Zealand surf-ing magazine. I did really well competitively too, won the 1998 Auckland and Canterbury champs and got into the national team to go to Portugal for the World Surfing Games,” he says.

But Robinson admits he found it a tough transition from competitive surfing – something he was passionate about but offered little money

Riding the wave of popularity… Andrew Robinson with his polar bear trophy, surrounded by Devonport Primary School pupils


– to a sustainable, long-term career. After university, he surfed, travelled and did

a number of odd jobs. One was driving the cast of the US TV series Power Rangers, which was filmed in Auckland. “It was a blast but not quite what I was looking for,” he says.

He also worked as a DJ in a Takapuna Bar, where he met Nicky Brodie, his future wife, who also worked there. Together they moved to the Gold Coast for two years, where Robinson worked for Cheyne Horan’s School of Surf at Surfers Paradise. “I got some good experience working with large groups of tourists but what I really enjoyed was working with the kids during the holidays.

“I got such a buzz seeing their excitement for learning, how they just go for it, take risks, gain confidence and succeed. It’s the same thing that I enjoy when I teach them at school now.”

Robinson had thought about becoming a teacher for a while. “But this is what got me to go for it,” he says. He and Nicky returned to New Zealand, where Robinson enrolled for a postgraduate diploma in teaching and gradu-ated within a year.

In 2007, they moved back to the North Shore and a year later bought a two-bedroom house in Bayswater, which they are planning to extend and renovate to make room for their growing family, Brodie (three) and Bonnie (nearly one).

Robinson now teaches around 30 Year 5 children at Devonport Primary School. He has been at the school for the last six years and manages to keep surfing during the school holidays and even during his working week. “I come to work early and finish early, so when I am not going home to my family I shoot out west for a surf and am back in time to put the kids to bed,” he says.

Nicky supports his passion, he says. “She knows it’s the one thing in my life I really need to do and is pretty understanding.”

Their children are also taking to the water. Last year, Robinson put Brodie on a longboard and paddled him across the estuary at Man-gawhai. “And Bonnie is just a water monster.

I took her to Cheltenham the other day during low tide and she went straight into all these puddles – face first, diving,” he says.

Robinson was a water baby too. “I loved being in the water even before I could walk,” he says. The youngest of three boys, he grew up in Takapuna, a stone’s throw from the beach. His early surfing was with his brothers around the Takapuna Reef.

“I was sporty but tiny all the way through high school,” he says, choosing tennis and hockey over rugby. At ten, he got his first hard surf board. “I was so small and light it all hap-pened pretty easily and my brothers both surfed so that pushed me along,” Robinson says.

Once they pushed him a little too far, across the Tauranga Harbour to Matakana Island. “It was about a kilometre paddle across the har-bour, crossing shipping channels and things. They had told our parents that we were just surfing at the Mount but when we got back, they had called the police and were scurrying along the beach,” he says.

Surfing became a family affair. “Dad started when I did. He must have been 40. When my brothers went off surfing with friends, I’d go off with dad to Mangawhai or Piha,” he says. Surfing remains a bonding experience today. “Dad is 70 next year and he is still surfing hard. Every Christmas we all go out for a surf together, try to catch the same wave and cause havoc out there,” he says.

Off the water, Robinson was obsessed with skateboards as a child. “I used to pretend I was surfing the sidewalk.”

At Takapuna Primary School, he and his friends lobbied to get permission to skateboard during recess, in a dedicated area, and they succeeded.

Now a primary school teacher himself, Robinson has adapted the concept. He gives some of his students surfing lessons. “I started during holidays and on weekends with a group of about 20 that are now in intermediate school. They are all on hard boards now and surf pretty good,” he says.

A box of surf treasures comes out once in a while during class as well. There are surf maga-zines with him on the cover and the centrefold, some with his hair dyed white. “I have a few tales to tell,” Robinson says.

There are those about his wins, but caution-ary ones as well, of sensing sharks below him and of the time he got stuck in the middle of Foveaux Strait, just off the tiny Raratoka Island.

“It was the Rex van Huben Big Wave Chal-lenge in 2000. The waves had 20 or 30 -foot faces on them; to this day the biggest waves I have seen. I got pulled onto the wrong side of a reef and I paddled out there for about 40 minutes trying to get back.

“Nobody knew I was out there. I had big seals barking at me, tears in my eyes, and finally a guy on a jet ski 200 metres away heard my screams for help.

“I was so freaked out, I didn’t compete anymore, just sat there and watched,” he says. A year later, he won it.

Cover boy… Andrew Robinson on the cover of New Zealand Surfing magazine (at left) and as a 10-year-old, surfing on his first board (above)

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Flying to Africa to save rhinoceroses from extinction, a Devonport student hopes to spread the conservation word when she gets back home.

Anna Chambers, a Year-12 Kristin School student, is one of three Kiwis who attended the first World Youth Rhino Summit in South Africa last week.

The Flagstaff caught up with Anna the day after she finished her mock exams and 24 hours before her plane took off. She still had a Business Internal to finish and her bags to pack. Preparations had amounted to getting a typhoid shot.

“I am both excited and nervous and haven’t really had time to process the upcoming trip,” she says of her first visit to Africa and her first trip without her family.

The summit enlisted 130 teenagers from around the world to fight rhinoceros poaching and turn public opinion against the escalating consumption of rhino horn, particularly in Asia. “There is a myth around it that it can cure cancer and things like that,” Anna says.

A once abundant 500,000 strong rhinoceros population is close to extinction, with just over 23,000 animals still alive in Africa and Asia. Last year 1,000 rhinos were brutally killed, predominantly in South Africa, the summit brochure said.

Once in South Africa, Anna is set to spend three days at the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Re-serve north of Durban. She and two other Kiwis

Schoolgirl fighting rhino extinction

are fully sponsored by North Shore resident Peter Eastwood and the Imake a DIffer-ence charitable trust he established last year.

Anna was looking forward to experiencing rhinoceroses in their natural environment, simulating an anti-poaching intervention and learning about Zulu culture and its connection

to the natural environment.Once back home in New Zealand, she said

she would champion the cause here. Anna has just been confirmed as a prefect for her last year at Kristin School, and she is hoping to make presentations at school and maybe even lobby politicians and other people of influence.

Sustainable trip… Anna Chambers and her mother Liz, a day before Anna flew to South Africa

Devonport Rotary is all about doing good things in local communities, both here and overseas. We’re a group of highly motivated individuals who enjoy meeting new, like-minded people. If you live or work locally, or are new to the area, and would like to become involved with Rotary, please check out our website:

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Selection criteria and guidance notes for funding applications are available from the club secretary (see website for details).

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Takapuna Grammar School Scholarship $5,000 Stanley Bay School – Trees for Survival $3,274

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Devonport’s inaugural BID manager is long-time local Judy Grieve.

She was appointed last week and starts work in mid-November.

Grieve said the role appealed to her because she wanted to work in Devonport with the local community and it fitted her skills and experience in marketing and com-munications.

For five years she was the manager for Parnell’s Mainstreet programme, which was the precursor to the current Business Improvement District (BID) system.

“It was similar but different (to Devonport) – Parnell is a fringe inner-city suburb close to the CBD with a passionate and engaged community.”

For the last nine years Grieve has worked for Heritage New Zealand as its mid-north-ern area coordinator.

Grieve will be based in the Devonport shopping centre at a yet-to-be confirmed location.

Some of the BID role is set down in Auck-land Council policy, but there will be some initial fine-tuning of the job in-conjuction with the Devonport BID board, which has taken over from the Devonport Business

Association.Initially she will be reviewing the board’s

Devonport business plan and strategic plan. In the meantime a temporary manager is in place.

Grieve has lived in Devonport for 23 years and raised a family here.

A key part of the job was engaging with

the wide range of business and community groups in Devonport, Grieve said.

Devonport Business Association chairman John Waugh said: “We had 35 applications of a very good calibre, interviewed ten and shortlisted three.

“But Judy stood out. She is a long-standing local and has a background that is fantastic and really suits the position.”

First Devonport BID manager… Judy Grieve

First Devonport BID manager appointed

An ice skating rink, open to the public, will be set up in the Devonport Primary School hall from October 6 – 19 as a school fundraiser.

The rink has been travelling around Auckland schools. It is made of synthetic

ice, which has 97% of the gliding capacity of real ice.

Entry fees are $7 for children under 16 and $13 for adults. Opening hours are 10 am – 5 pm October 6-12, and 18–19; 3–8 pm from October 13-17.

Ice rink coming to Devonport


Devonport 09 445 2010

Merani MagicYou’ll have to be quick to secure this fully renovated brick and tile unit. A true Narrow Neck charmer this two bedroom gem, flooded with light, is a definite standout in today’s unit market. Call Sue or Toni to view.

Belmont 4/45 Merani St

OPEN HOME

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

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

Auction: 10am 16 Oct 2014 at Bruce Mason, Takapuna (unless sold prior)View: Sat/Sun 1.00-1.30pm www.barfoot.co.nz/529395

POTENTIAL GALORE!With a distinct reference to the ‘arts and crafts’ style, this gorgeous character filled 1920’s home with three bedrooms plus office features Oregon panelling, native timber floors and lead light windows. Enjoy the enviable full, flat site of 711m² or build up to capture the extensive views.

Devonport 3 Regent St

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Auction: 3:00pm 4 Oct 2014 on Site (unless sold prior)View: Saturday 2.30 - 3.00pm www.barfoot.co.nz/528647

OVERSEAS VENDOR WANTS IT SOLD!Price reduced - NOW $579,000. Elevated with water views and single lockup garage, this two bedroom sunny end unit sits amazingly close to Devonports waterfront. Just a short stroll to the ferry, cafe’s and village. Enjoy as is or embark on a make-over and take it to the next level. Without doubt this is LOCATION buying!

Devonport 8/16 Church St

PRICE REDUCED



For Sale: $579,000View: Sat/Sun 11.30am - 12.00pm www.barfoot.co.nz/527015

397 Lake Road

•1920’s character residence • 4 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms•Polished native timber flooring & plaster & beam ceilings • Vacant and must be sold

Takapuna ~ Ultimate Do-Up, Must Be Sold Ron Sadler, BComM 021 613 546A/H 09 486 0142Devonport 09 445 2010

Auction: 10:00am 16 Oct 2014 at BMC, Takapuna (will not be sold prior)View: Phone For Viewing Times www.barfoot.co.nz/529570

A top location, style and just up the road from glorious Narrow Neck Beach, you will not find better value than this glam, little Art Deco delight. Too cute for words, sitting in the sun, with beautiful polished floors, new bathroom, and a modern kitchen. This is your opportunity to own this wonderful home.

Devonport 57 Old Lake RoadLorraine and Don WoodM 0800 571 771A/H 09 445 8215Devonport 09 445 2010

For Sale: By negotiationView: As Advertised or By Appointment www.barfoot.co.nz/528676

This is a great home with no compromises. 1) Two good size bedrooms plus an office.2) Stunning kitchen with stainless appliances.3) Stylish bathroom with bath and shower.4) Single garage with internal access.5) Open plan living/dining.6) Spacious deck on the north/western corner.

Forrest Hill 1/18 Morton Avenue

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

For Sale: $659,000View: Sat/Sun 11.00 - 11.30am www.barfoot.co.nz/529284



Something SpecialSteeped in authentic charm, this 1930’s stucco bungalow has fabulous street presence. Offering 2/3 bedrooms plus stairs to a spacious upper level ready for development. A studio sits at the end of the garden and there is a French inspired ‘al-fresco’ entertaining area. Move in. You’ll never want to leave.

Bayswater 67 Bayswater AveCarol WetzellM 027 245 3392Devonport 09 445 2010

Ian CunliffeM 0272279322Devonport 09 445 2010

Auction: 6:00pm 16 Oct 2014 on Site (unless sold prior)View: Sat/Sun 12-12.45pm Thurs 6-6.30pm www.barfoot.co.nz/529565

Fabulous Character Filled CottageIf an idyllic weatherboard home with pleasant garden in a handy Central Village setting is what you are looking for, then head straight off to 10 St Leonards Road, where you’ll soon find this little beauty, tucked nicely back from the road, and with the added bonus of a north facing aspect for the long sunny days ahead.

Devonport 10 St Leonards Road

OPEN HOME

Ian CunliffeM 0800 248 521A/H 09 445 3967Devonport 09 445 2010

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

Auction: 10:00am 9 Oct 2014 at Bruce Mason Centre. (unless sold prior)View: Sat/Sun 3.00pm - 3.45pm www.barfoot.co.nz/529234

Spectacular Villa homestead and settlers cottage!One of Devonports finest Grand Dames, nestled high up on Mt Victoria overlooking Cheltenham, North Head and Rangitoto. This presents a real opportunity for a new family to write the next chapter! Call us now to view.

Devonport 7 St Aubyn St

OPEN HOME

Lance Richardson AREINZM 021 796 660Devonport 09 445 2010

Sandy MedwayM 021 908 006A/H 09 486 5613Milford 09 489 5049

For Sale: $2,750,000View: Sunday 12pm - 12.45pm www.barfoot.co.nz/526920

An Absolute Privilege to Live HereThis stunning turn of the century waterfront Villa offers character filled rooms throughout and has a superb blend of authentic and modern style. Panoramic sea views overlook the Waitemata Harbour and the iconic North Head and the property comes to the market for the first time in over 25 years.

Devonport 43 King Edward Parade

OPEN HOME

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

Ian CunliffeM 0800 248 521A/H 09 445 3967Devonport 09 445 2010

For Sale: By NegotiationView: Sunday 1.00pm - 1.45pm www.barfoot.co.nz/527526

DEVONPORT COMMERCIAL SPACEAn opportunity exists to customise your own office / studio / storage premises with the landlords assistance. Located close to the Devonport ferry and with it’s own kitchen and w.c. The Landlord will partition, carpet and air condition to high standard to suit the tenant. Rental $33,000 p.a. plus GST and outgoings.

Devonport 13 Victoria RdTed HillM 0800 248 526A/H 09 445 3256Devonport 09 445 2010

For Lease: View: Phone For Viewing Times www.barfoot.co.nz/61408

SAY NO TO THE LANDLORDCome on board the property ladder, you’ll never look back!This original 2 bedroom 1970’s unit is elevated for maximizing sun and views to North Head and the Harbour and is awaiting new owners with energy and creativity.

Devonport 1/17A Church St

NEW LISTING

Cathy FiebigM 0800 248 245A/H 021 383 149Devonport 09 445 2010

Auction: 10am 16 Oct 2014, Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna (unless sold prior)View: Sat/Sun 11:00am-11:45am www.barfoot.co.nz/529620



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Devonport Opportunity Knocks......

Auction: 1:00pm 11 Oct 2014 on Site

(unless sold prior)

View: Sun 11-11:45am at 104 Calliope Roadwww.barfoot.co.nz/528804

Slap bang halfway between Devonport and Stanley Point sits a must see Villa. This is the epitome

of the Devonport “DO UP”. Wonderfully located single level character gem, rich with classic villa

appeal from the high ceilings, original native flooring and sash windows with traditional

workmanship providing the ideal canvas for your transformation. Sitting on a north facing 562m²

site, this early 1900’s villa will surely reward it’s benefactor with substantial potential for capital

gain. Easy walking distance to local schools, the village and waterfront to enjoy everything

Devonport has to offer. The options to use either ferry service, offering easy access to the CBD

for work or play, makes this a simple decision. There aren’t many homes left in the area like this.

So often sought after and so rarely found. Bring your imagination, enthusiasm, builder and reap

the rewards.

OPEN HOME

Lisa McGeehan

M 021 447 184 A/H 09 446 0640

E [email protected]


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Devonport G3/45 Stanley Point Rd

For Sale: $799,000

View: Phone Cathy to viewwww.barfoot.co.nz/530073

Easy Living In The Park

What could be better than a solid and attractive apartment in the prestigious and beautifully

maintained “Devonpark” with swimming pool, lovely gardens and private secure parking, all in the

complex.

This solid and welcoming two bedroom and two bathroom apartment on the West Wing has a

spacious lounge that opens directly onto a large grassed area, with spectacular inner Harbour

views beyond.

Ideally suited to professional couples, retirees, or investors, this property represents a sound

purchase with wonderful onsite amenities.

NEW LISTING

Cathy Fiebig

M 0800 248 245 A/H 021 383 149

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Long-standing women’s fashion store Pellacci closes this month but it has been taken over by an even more established business – Yarntons.

Pellacci has been operating in Victoria Rd for

20 years while – Bob and Beth Yarton opened Yarntons – a men’s and women’s clothing store – in Birkenhead in 1945.

Son Bruce (and wife Karen) Yarnton now run the store – which opened a men’s branch in Devonport 15 years ago, taking over from Colin Parry menswear. The Yarnton family have lived in Devonport for generations, with Beth Yarnton’s father a former Devonport Borough Council town clerk.

Pellaci owner Claire Amodeo said she was sad the store, which stocks her New Zealand manufactured label, amongst others, was clos-ing down.

But she is heading into semi-retirement and wants to spend more time with her grandkids.

“The time seemed to be right – I didn’t want the shop to become another cafe or restaurant and I’m pleased that a women’s store will continue in the space under Bruce and Karen.

One door closes, another one opens… Claire Amodeo of Pellacci (at right) hands her shop keys to Bruce and Karen Yarnton

“I will miss all the people definitely,” said Amodeo.

However she will not disappear completely, as she aims to work a couple of days a week for the new Yarntons womenswear store.

While retailing has become increasingly tough in recent years, Bruce Yarnton is optimis-tic about launching a new womenswear shop in Devonport.

“I’m feeling confident about Devonport – we’ve now got the BID (business improvement district),which will have someone spending 30 hours per week promoting Devonport, and the council and Auckland Transport are spending millions improving the area.”

Quite a few Devonport locals shop at Yarn-tons in Birkenhead now.

“We have been keen to sell RM Williams women’s line and when we heard Claire may be closing down it seemed a good opportunity to give it a try.”

The style of women’s clothing to be offered by Yartons was different from the other fashion stores in Devonport “so I don’t think we will be upsetting the mix too much,” Bruce Yarnton said.

A request by one Belmont trader for the area to become a business improvement district (BID) has been knocked back by Auckland Council.

“Under our current policy it’s not large enough and there is no current business as-sociation operating,” an Auckland Council spokesperson said.

“We have instead put forward the suggestion of Belmont possibly working collaboratively with the newly formed Devonport BID.

Belmont shop’s BID rejected by council


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Four Wakatere Boating Club sailors have won the first annual Young Chal-lengers Cup, a youth sailing event held in Auckland and modelled on the legendary America’s Cup.

They won five out of six races, coming second in the other. Their club is now the cup’s challenger and is expected to host the event next year at Narrow Neck.

The Devonport team – Airi Kawana, Francesco Kayrouz, Rory McCutcheon and Michael Worsfold – spent two days sailing 4.4 metre Weta Trimarans on an America’s Cup course off French Bay Yacht Club, near Titirangi.

Rory was team manager, with the other three boys racing on the water. He says he enjoyed this first experience of managing a team. “It was pretty easy because they were a really good bunch of kids. They are great sailors individually but also worked

together well and really clicked,” he says.All five participating teams stayed in the

Motu Moana Scout Camp for the event, and in addition to sailing had to complete a spinnaker hoist challenge, a hiking bench challenge, timekeeping, and observation, gathering points on skills and fitness on the way.

“Our team won the spinnaker hoist and the hiking but we didn’t do that well in the quiz,” says Rory.

Unlike the America’s Cup proper, pro-tests were not an issue at the inaugural youth event. The programme stated that all protests had to be dealt with on the water, that none were possible off the water and that the umpire’s decision was final.

Wakatere also entered a second team that came third. It consisted of Oscar Andrews, Conrad Butler, Robbie McCutcheon and Celia Willison as manager.

Young Wakatere sailors win first youth “America’s Cup”

Top team on the water… Airi Kawana, Francesco Kayrouz and Michael Worsfold


Q: When I am sending and receiving emails, my program is forever popping up with a box asking me for my username and password and no matter what I type, it does not work. I phoned Xtra and spent ages on the phone with them and they got me to change my password and it worked for a bit – but now it’s doing it again! Every five minutes, a box pops up wanting me to put my email address and password in and I can’t get my emails. What’s going on ???!!

A: This seems to be a frequent experience for Xtra customers at the moment and it’s especially frustrating because the solution they suggest (change your password) is not the solution. Basically, there is nothing wrong with your username and password settings so avoid the pain of a long wait on hold to do something that will not make the slightest bit of difference. The problem is at their end, not yours, and it seems to be a problem with their authentication processes. If you just wait a while, the send/receive process just comes right after a time. Not much we can do about this one – yes it’s happening to me too – aside from complain to Xtra and/or change to another service provider. It reminds me of those bad old days of dial-up when you just could not get online because they just did not have the capacity to authenticate all users simultaneously.

Q: The plug from my printer will not fit the socket on the side of the laptop. It worked last week and I have tried plugging in a mouse without success. Can you help?

A: Sounds like you have physically broken the USB port, which if so that is pretty much unrepairable as the USB port is part of the motherboard. If you took it to a laptop repair specialist they may be able to fix it, but I would expect a cost between $100 and $200 - or more if they have to replace the motherboard. I am guessing your laptop has more than one USB port, in which case, you can plug your printer into one of those. OR If you only have one USB port then you can get a USB Hub - a USB dongle which has 4x USB ports on it - for around $20 from most computer shops. That might be the cheapest and quickest way to go.

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Winning elements… the BIS Science Club behind their safety goggles;Front row: Beth Thomson, Ben Jones, Olivia Miles.Second row: Harrison Free, Ella Madsen Brough, Emma McLean, Michaela Bremner. Third row: Teacher Susan Revell, Charlotte Rayner, Grace Brownlie, Quinn Cooper, Ella Cronshaw. Back row: Felix Shaw Bell, Beau Swift, Fletcher Pearson Riley, Poppy Lester.

A record haul of medals was achieve d by Belmont Intermediate School (BIS) at the 2014 North Harbour Sci-ence Fair held last month.

“It’s the highest proportion of med-als ever. We submitted 13 projects and came away with 10 medals for them. Last year, we came away with 16 medals, but we had put in 21 boards,” says Susan Revell, the school’s sci-ence teacher.

“This year we ran a voluntary club for the science fair, where I mentored 15 members for about 40 minutes per week at school, and they then all worked hard to produce a science investigation, mainly in home time,” she says.

During the last six years, BIS has excelled at the event. “The standard of the kids’ work is improving a little every year,” Revell says.

Ben Jones won the Living World section with reusable or revolting.

Felix Shaw Bell won the Stanley Jober Cup for Excellence in Applica-tion of the Scientific Method with Do soccer goalies have a left or right bias?

Michaela Bremner and Poppy Lester received the Baking Research Cup with their Wanna cookie?

Grace Brownlie received a Gold Medal for Whining Wine Glasses.

Silver medals were won by Harrison Free for Dyslexia - To read or not to read; Olivia Miles for can my mice see colour? ;and Charlotte Rayner for A Salty Solution.

Bronze medals went to Beth Thomson for

Another big bang for science at BIS

Dig This and Beau Swift for Does repetition help our learning, Does repetition help our learning and Sunscreen - How accurate is

the forecast?Beau won an additional award for the ex-

cellent use of statistics in his investigation.


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Freedom to Interpret is a pictorial ethnography of Auckland’s many

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Richard Joughin: The Pioneers

After a hiatus in his exhibiting career the Depot Artspace is pleased to

welcome back Richard Joughin with his series of ceramic works, The Pioneers.

VERNACULAR LOUNGEFelicity Moore & Miriam Ludbrook:

Possum Tracks 27 September – 23 OctoberPossum Tracks is a mixed media

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The battle begins… Jamie Cowley, Jesse Swift, Joshua Eaglestone and Jasper Moy (foreground, from left) are leading this year’s Bayswater School Wai Care team. Here they demonstrate to Year 5 and 6 students how to measure the oxygen levels of Achilles Creek.

Planting in… (From left) Jasmine Bridge, Tayla Hodge, Jaylan Flavell and Semisi Vakavelo plant in cabbage trees and kawakawa

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Kids vs weeds in unrelenting battle at Achilles Reserve

Bayswater School’s Wai Care team has been looking after Achilles Creek for nearly 10 years, but the war on weeds is not letting up.

Tradescantia fluminensis, commonly known as Wandering Jew, is flourishing alongside the creek’s muddy banks and the task of eradicating it is monumental. Spraying the weed is out of the question, at least for now, says Principal Lindsay Child, who recently asked Auckland Council for permission to do this.

So the battle continues. Tradescantia has been an issue since the school joined the council-led, water-quality education programme in 2005. The task has been made more difficult as over the last couple of years it had fallen off the regular council maintainence programme.

This year’s Wai Care team checks the water quality of the creek every month. It found that after heavy rain sediment from the muddy banks washes into the creek and deteriorates its water quality. The reason for it, they say, are the shallow-rooted weeds that don’t help to hold up the bank.

Gradually replacing the Tradescantia creeper with deeper rooted native trees and shrubs will hold the bank together and cause less run-off during wet weather. This September, a group of Year 5 and 6 students made a start by digging in 100 native plants along the lower part of the stream to begin strengthening its bank. But they had to make numerous weeding trips first.

The team gathered around half a dozen gardening bags full of Tradescantia. The weed bags will be left to decompose, which will take between four and six months.

Wai Care is a water-quality monitoring, education and action programme that Auckland Council runs with schools, businesses, community groups and individu-als across the Auckland region.

Good green fun… Lucia Kwok and Keira Somerville enjoy the planting

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A council proposal to “investigate” Devonport’s arts and culture facilities is a slap in the face for local arts organisations, say community leaders.

The Community Facilities Network Draft

Plan says that the Depot, Rose Centre and Victoria Theatre may not be “fit for purpose.”

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board chair Mike Cohen said he found the plan “a com-plete beat-up” and had no confidence in its value. Fellow board member Dianne Hale said it “sent shivers up the spine” adding it was of “grave concern to local arts groups.”

Depot Artspace co-ordinator Linda Blincko said the plan was a threat to the

core of community by a “one-size-fits-all council” and did not appear to be based on the full facts.

However council officer Anita Coy-Macken assured the board that the plan did not intend to “make people nervous”.

It was only focused on the “bricks and mortar” of facilities, which in Devonport’s heritage area could mean that more money needed to be invested in them, she said.

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Another new library is coming to Devonport – this one will open in November, as part of the Devonport Arts Festival.

Doug Young, a senior advertising creative, is creating an outdoor “communal library” for the festival opening day of November 9, with bookshelves, free membership and books, and open to the elements.

“It will be a study with a real bookshelf and two real wall lights next to the bench around the war memorial, and there will be other parts painted onto the new library’s hoarding next to it. It won’t be an art piece, just a simple painting on a temporary wall,” he says.

Young’s creation will remain there until the hoarding goes and the new library opens. “The idea is that while the old library is closed people can borrow a book from this shelf and put it back once they read it,” he says.

Council and contractors Naylor Love are supporting the project. Festival organiser Toni van Tonder said wall lamps will be wired up as part of the project.

Young’s wife Helene Dehmer has her own Devonport Arts Festival project only a few steps away from his. The creator of the 2011 Rugby World Cup Woolly Walkalong, and more recently the Woolly Poles along Victoria Road, is planning to create a Woolly Tree.

Anyone can submit a piece of knitting and Dehmer and her helpers will use them to wrap the Pohutukawa tree in a patchwork blanket. “It can be any size, any colour, knitted or crocheted.

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We will join what we get together on the day and see how far up the tree we get,” she says.

“A cherry picker has been hired, we have checked in with a council arborist and we have

permission to have it up for a year,” she says.• The Devonport Arts Festival runs from

November 8 – 16. For more information, see www.devonportartsfestival.com

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Top brass!Film premiersAt the Auckland Band Association (ABA)

competition two weeks ago, TGS Brass was awarded second place, with the winning band beating them by only two points. Alex King was awarded the cup for best solo.

Mollie Cornfield was awarded the cup for best under-18 solo and was also accepted for the NZ National Youth Band, and at his first attempt, conductor Edwin Dawson, was awarded the cup for best director.

It was a highly anticipated night; a chance to showcase a selection of the best films produced by senior Media Studies students.

After weeks of hard work, stress and probably a few breakdowns as well, they were finally ready to present their work at the ‘TGS On Screen’ night. Many past pupils, current pupils, parents and teachers arrived at the school library in the final week of term, to see what films the students had made for their high-stakes internal assessments.

Year 11s made music videos, the Year 12s a documentary and the Year 13s a short neo-noir film, after learning about film noir throughout the year.

The night was filled with absolutely amazing student work. In a new development, the audience was asked to vote for their favourite film from each Year in the category of ‘People’s Choice Award’.

Midnight Journey was the most popular Year 11 music video made by Zachary Martin, who made the film for his own composition; Alia & Goldie by Augustine Morgan-Guthrie was the documentary most favoured at Year 12; and Cold Shoulder by Tim Phimester, Caroline Taylor and Henry Juer took out the honours at Year 13.

BY SABINA GIURGIU

The Auckland Secondary Schools Road Race marks the end of the winter running calendar and Katherine Badham has had a stellar season. She placed first in the four-kilometre Intermediate race, where she faced stiff competition.

The race was run at Bruce Pulman Park in Takanini in clear but windy conditions. Katherine came in at 15 minutes 35 seconds, a clear five seconds ahead of the next runner. The future looks exceptionally bright for Katherine, not only in road races but triathlon and cross-country also. Some of her season highlights include winning the Auckland Secondary Schools Triathlon and Duathlon Championships as well as taking gold in the North Harbour Cross Country Champs, as an intermediate girl. Katherine is an accomplished triathlete but in the last two years or so has extended her range and excelled. Her running strength and consistent results show that she is an athlete to be watched.

BY LUCY JACOBS

It was a great season end for our Grade 6 rugby team, who defeated Whanga-paraoa by a whopping 73 points, to win the grade. The Year 9, 10 and 11 boys was the only TGS team to make the finals, winning 76-3 on the school field at the end of August. The boys scored 12 tries in total, with Lockie McNair, Lauchlan McKay,

Jake Coleman and George Looney each scoring two tries. This was backed up with eight conversions by Oscar Koller. Overall the team won 12 of their 15 games, and are ‘a team to watch in the future’, accord-ing to one of the parents, Mark Nola.

BY CIARA CONNOLLY

Emilie Sedel-mayr in Year 12 will be represent-ing the school during the Term 3 break at the Eure-ka National Sym-posium in Wel-lington. This is the second consecu-tive year a student from TGS has qualified as a national final-ist for this event.

The symposium is arguably New Zea-land’s premier science competition for secondary and tertiary students, providing a forum for students to share and present their own scientific ideas and concepts to business leaders, politicians and eminent research scientists.

Emilie is the only female secondary school student to have made the national final (on October 10th). Her qualifying presentation from the Auckland regional finals can be viewed at: http://vimeo.com/103661551. The final will be live streamed from the Eureka website on the 10th of October: http://eureka.org.nz/

A win for Grade 6 rugby Another Eureka finalist

A runner to watch out for




Top brass!Film premiersAt the Auckland Band Association (ABA)

competition two weeks ago, TGS Brass was awarded second place, with the winning band beating them by only two points. Alex King was awarded the cup for best solo.

Mollie Cornfield was awarded the cup for best under-18 solo and was also accepted for the NZ National Youth Band, and at his first attempt, conductor Edwin Dawson, was awarded the cup for best director.

It was a highly anticipated night; a chance to showcase a selection of the best films produced by senior Media Studies students.

After weeks of hard work, stress and probably a few breakdowns as well, they were finally ready to present their work at the ‘TGS On Screen’ night. Many past pupils, current pupils, parents and teachers arrived at the school library in the final week of term, to see what films the students had made for their high-stakes internal assessments.

Year 11s made music videos, the Year 12s a documentary and the Year 13s a short neo-noir film, after learning about film noir throughout the year.

The night was filled with absolutely amazing student work. In a new development, the audience was asked to vote for their favourite film from each Year in the category of ‘People’s Choice Award’.

Midnight Journey was the most popular Year 11 music video made by Zachary Martin, who made the film for his own composition; Alia & Goldie by Augustine Morgan-Guthrie was the documentary most favoured at Year 12; and Cold Shoulder by Tim Phimester, Caroline Taylor and Henry Juer took out the honours at Year 13.

BY SABINA GIURGIU

The Auckland Secondary Schools Road Race marks the end of the winter running calendar and Katherine Badham has had a stellar season. She placed first in the four-kilometre Intermediate race, where she faced stiff competition.

The race was run at Bruce Pulman Park in Takanini in clear but windy conditions. Katherine came in at 15 minutes 35 seconds, a clear five seconds ahead of the next runner. The future looks exceptionally bright for Katherine, not only in road races but triathlon and cross-country also. Some of her season highlights include winning the Auckland Secondary Schools Triathlon and Duathlon Championships as well as taking gold in the North Harbour Cross Country Champs, as an intermediate girl. Katherine is an accomplished triathlete but in the last two years or so has extended her range and excelled. Her running strength and consistent results show that she is an athlete to be watched.

BY LUCY JACOBS

It was a great season end for our Grade 6 rugby team, who defeated Whanga-paraoa by a whopping 73 points, to win the grade. The Year 9, 10 and 11 boys was the only TGS team to make the finals, winning 76-3 on the school field at the end of August. The boys scored 12 tries in total, with Lockie McNair, Lauchlan McKay,

Jake Coleman and George Looney each scoring two tries. This was backed up with eight conversions by Oscar Koller. Overall the team won 12 of their 15 games, and are ‘a team to watch in the future’, accord-ing to one of the parents, Mark Nola.

BY CIARA CONNOLLY

Emilie Sedel-mayr in Year 12 will be represent-ing the school during the Term 3 break at the Eure-ka National Sym-posium in Wel-lington. This is the second consecu-tive year a student from TGS has qualified as a national final-ist for this event.

The symposium is arguably New Zea-land’s premier science competition for secondary and tertiary students, providing a forum for students to share and present their own scientific ideas and concepts to business leaders, politicians and eminent research scientists.

Emilie is the only female secondary school student to have made the national final (on October 10th). Her qualifying presentation from the Auckland regional finals can be viewed at: http://vimeo.com/103661551. The final will be live streamed from the Eureka website on the 10th of October: http://eureka.org.nz/

A win for Grade 6 rugby Another Eureka finalist

A runner to watch out for


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Commuter Pit Stop

Wednesday 1 October7am -9am

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Pop in on your way to work for a little refreshment, cycle information and safety resources.

Bayswater Family Bike Day

Sunday 5 October2pm – 5pm

Northboro Reserve. Bayswater

There will be a ‘Ride n Repair’ Station with a bike mechanic offering free bicycle safety checks, family fun games, small bikes for the little ones and a BBQ.

Bayswater Halloween Trail

Friday 31 October5.30pm - 7.30pm

Bayswater Park, Bayswater

Mount your witch’s bike, put on your ghost shoes and explore our Green route and its hidden treasures.

Sculpture on the Shore Guided Bike Rides

Sunday 9 November & 16 November9.30am – 1pm

Fort Takapuna, Vauxhall Rd. Devonport

Come along and enjoy escorted bike rides from the Bayswater Ferry Terminal to the event at Fort Takapuna. There will be two guided rides.

Ride 1 leaves the Bayswater ferry at 9:30am and returns at 12pm.

Ride 2 leaves the Bayswater ferry at 1:00pm and returns at 3:30pm.

More information and registration details can be found at www.cyclingsthego.co.nz

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Preschool fun times continue into spring The fun just keeps on going for lo-

cal preschoolers. For the first time, the weekly indoor play sessions run by Devonport Community Coordinator Maria Teape have been extended to con-tinue through spring until the outdoor summer sessions start.

“We will be going through the school holidays and not finish until the beginning of November, when the outdoor Summer Fun sessions start,” says Teape.

The need for more events emerged last year, she says. Caregivers said that it was hard to find things to do in the school holidays because activities often took a break then as well. “It came through strongly when last win-ter’s session ended that people were disappointed they had to wait several weeks until the summer ones started,” she says.

• Winter Fun Preschool Play is free and runs every Tuesday from 9:30 until 11 am at Bayswater School Hall. For more information, contact Maria Teape at [email protected] or 445 9953.

There’s someone behind you… Sam (2) and Emma Kandziora and their puppet pals Frog and Cat had a show to go on with

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During the ceremony Captain Corina Bruce relinquished command of HMNZS PHILOMEL, handing over to the newly promoted Captain Maxine Lawes.

The changing of command takes place when Captain Bruce states “You have the ship” and Captain Lawes responds with “I have the ship”. At this point, the Commissioning Pennant is hoisted, and the two women then exchange the HMNZS PHILOMEL symbol of command.

Captain Bruce was the first female to fill the role of Commanding Officer PHILOMEL and Base Commander, and was promoted into the role in 2010. Her career has spanned almost 30 years; she enlisted in 1983 and took some time off to be a full-time mum to her two daughters in the 1990s.

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Sport is getting a workout at Takapuna Grammar School. A new sports board called “Project Aspire” is aiming to raise the profile of sport at the school, which will flow onto achievement outside it, says Takapuna Gram-mar (TGS) Sports Director Sharon Davies.

The board has a dozen members includ-ing school staff, senior management and locals who have various expertise in the sports arena.

“They are all passionate about assisting with the development of sport at our school. It is an exciting project that will see TGS sport

Aspiration of inspiration through perspiration

taken to a new level,” Davies says. It has held initial meetings and its aim is to

offer students more inclusive, challenging and inspiring sporting challenges.

Project Aspire team members from outside the school are:

• Maria Clarke, a nationally recognised sports lawyer, recently appointed to the Inter-national Olympic Committee Sport and Law Commission.

• Nick Jones, Research and Insights Man-ager for IAG strategy, a former TGS parent and hockey coach and one of the sports board’s instigators.

• Callum McNair, North Harbour Rugby’s commercial manager, who has completed a number of Ironman races and has vast experi-

ence in running sports events, including Bike The Bridge.

• Terry Nicholas, an accountant, sailor and the chair of the Yachting New Zealand Olym-pic Committee.

• Graham Rush, the owner of Brand Part-ners Global, who has been involved with the North Shore Rugby Football Club for ten years, coaching junior rugby and managing the Senior Premiers.

• School representatives are Simon Lamb (Principal), Carol Bashford (Deputy Princi-pal), Terry Holding (Relationship Manager), Will Scovell (Head of PE), Sharon Davies (Sports Director), Melita Tu’isila (PE teacher and Dean) and Simone Stewart (Sports Co-ordinator).

Aiming to inspire… the team behind the new TGS sports board. Clockwise from left: Simone Stewart, Will Scovell, Graham Rush, Callum McNair, Sharon Davies, Maria Clarke, Terry Nicholas and Terry Holding.

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Walking school… helicopter

A new mode of school transport made its arrival at Bayswater School, but only for a one drop-off and take-off.

A red and yellow helicopter touched down on the school field last Wednes-day morning, dropping five students and principal Lindsay Child off for school. Then another five students and Year 5 teacher Marianne Coldham took off in the helicop-ter for their ride home from school.

The Westpac Helicopter ride was a re-ward for the ten students who had been of exceptional help with the school’s $11,000

fundraiser for the rescue service. The rest of the school got to watch the take-off and landing up close and inspected the inside of the chopper after it had landed.

The helicopter left for Bayswater from Mechanics Bay and took a spin around the Sky Tower on the way north.

Jasper Shanahan (11) said he especially enjoyed seeing the colourful port contain-ers from above. Ben Evans (9) said he was allowed to sit in the font, like a co-pilot. “I had a headset on and could hear what the pilots were saying to each other,” he said.

Speedy trip to school… (from left) Ben Evans, Jasper Shanahan, Ella-Marie Fawcett-Grubner, Leah Harrison-Kerridge and George Crooksedge have just disembarked the chopper with Bayswater School principal Lindsay Child

Five-year-old George Crooksedge mostly remembered the feeling of the chopper tilt-ing. “We went to the side a bit and it made me feel sick,” he said.

Year 5 teacher Marianne Coldham felt nervous about her first helicopter trip.

“My son Michael is just finishing up his pilot training at Massey and he said there was nothing to worry about because heli-copter didn’t have any G-Force.

“But I came in trousers instead of a dress because of the wind from the rotor blades,” she said.

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