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Barry Magee with the singlet he was wearing when he won his medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. Inset: October 21, 1964, Peter Snell crossing the finish line to win the gold medal in the Olympic 1500m event at the Olympic stadium in Tokyo.
The sale of the singlet that Peter Snell supposedly wore to victory, winning two Olympic Golds at the 1964 Olympics, fell through after Te Papa questioned its authenticity.
PETER SNELL’S SINGLET SELLS -THEN DOESN’T
The news brought a sense of nostalgia to me about Arthur Lydiard’s boys – six men – Murray Halberg, Peter Snell, Barry Magee, Bill Baillie, Jeff Julian and Ray Puckett. They were all Olym-pians. Murray and Peter were all-time greats.
The amazing thing is that they trained in Mt Roskill, based at Owairaka, and several, including Lydiard, lived here.
For several years until recently I worked with Jeff Julian. When he started he was in his early seventies and he often jogged from one part of the site to another. Coincidentally, Jeff and Barry Magee lived in the same street in Lynfield.
I was driving past the old Council Chambers and sports field at Three Kings with Jeff one day. He told me about training there in winter after work. The field was poorly lit with only the spill from a couple of street lights casting weak light across the field. When there
was light rain or dew, they could run around the track before it got too dark and flatten the grass. Later they could see the track in the dark due to the shadows cast on the grass from those two street lights! Continued pg 2
CONTRIBUTORSKerrie SubritzkyJohn SubritzkyLance Eastman
Michael CassidyRachel StarrTony MeredithTimespanner
Monterey Pines Come Down • p3Art With Heart • p5Dodgy Lodgers • p5
2 • July 2016
From that story you probably realise that training back in the day was a bit different.
Lydiard read and learnt everything he could about long distance running and conditioning. Then he developed his own system with continual long distance and hard work to create champions.
He was uncompromising. Before Lydiard took you on, you had to be prepared to run at least 100 miles per week or don’t waste his time.
This regime conquered the world at several Olympics and Empire games. Arthur’s boys dominated the New Zealand scene for years:
• One of his runners won the NZ mile title every year for 12 years from 1954
• Won the Marathon from 1958-1970 – Puckett, Julian and Magee
• 6 mile won by either Magee or Baillie for over 10 years.It was the Sunday morning run from Lydiard’s home at 5
Wainwright Drive, Owairaka, through Avondale, New Lynn and Titirangi, that set the pace. 22 miles (35km) to the top of Scenic Drive and back.
One of Magee’s mottos is “Hills are a shortcut to success.”
Magee remembers that at 7.45am each Sunday Lydiard would have a cup of tea in his kitchen. At 8am sharp he was off. Magee says “At one minute past he was 100 or 200 metres down the road. It was precise. The guys who wanted to run with Lydiard weren’t late.”
The route led down Hendon Ave to New North Road, over the top and down St Judes Rd. Then on Great North Road through New Lynn to Glen Eden. Onto Oratia and up West Coast Road to Scenic Drive, topping out at 300m elevation. Then the downhill through Titirangi and back through New Lynn to Owairaka.
They weren’t competing – and they had a bond as a special band of brothers. They talked and joked as they ran. The average time was between 2 hours 10 mins and 2 hrs 30 mins. Magee said he was stunned one day when Julian got back then turned around and did it again.
This group of men are some of the greatest athletes New Zealand has ever produced. That they lived and trained in our part of town is incredible.
Lydiard made men of them, the discipline, respect and attitude to life helping make them the best conditioned and prepared runners in the world.
Lydiard – “The body doesn’t break at all, but the brain does.”Magee – “Go straight to bed after training when you’re sick.”
John Subritzky
Continued from pg 1
Winner of June’s photo competition, and recipient of a delicious banquet for two at Mt Everest Kitchen, is Joe Corbett. See the other fabulous entries at www.bhb.nz Joe took a wonderful photo on his iPhone of Blockhouse Bay Beach, capturing passing birds in the fog. Congratulations Joe!
As winter is well and truly upon us, we have decided that will be our theme. So send us your winter pictures - it doesn’t have to be in the Bay area. Get them to [email protected] no later than Monday 25th July. Important: make sure you include your phone number!
And of course, the prize! The winner of this competition will be treated to a fabulous dinner for two, to the value of $100, at The Block. Big thanks to The Block for sponsoring this month’s competition.
Copyright: Beacon BHB reserves copyright over all material printed herein, except where other copyright is shown. No material may be copied or reproduced without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the publisher or editor.Editor/Advertising: Kerrie Subritzky e: [email protected] Al Craig www.seriousmedicine.co.nzPrinter: Words Incorporated, Ph 626-6158
“Hills are a shortcut to success.”
As I reflect on the articles that have come across my desk this month, I am struck by the number of people who are represented in some way in their role as people-helpers. These people make a huge difference to the welfare and wellbeing of others.
For some, people-helping is woven into the fabric of their paid work – teachers, police officers, nurses etc, and for others it is an opportunity to give back to the community, with no expectation of payment. Whatever the case, people are helped.
As a former counsellor, I am aware of how important this is – and I’m actually talking about the helpers here. It is one of the core needs we have as human beings, to
feel that we are making a difference, and that our lives matter. In fact, having a sense of purpose is a key factor in our happiness and well-be-ing, way more so than our external circumstances.
Each of us have natural gifts that need expression, and it’s well-known that people thrive when part of an active community. Not all of us need to be volunteers, but we do all need to find our “thing.”
Kerrie Subritzky
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The huge pines are a landmark on the skyline that call you home as you travel west on Blockhouse Bay Road. From the first time you sight them way back at Glen Avon, they are a familiar sight reminding you that you are rapidly approaching Blockhouse Bay. Love them or hate them, they significantly define the BHB skyline. It is hard to imagine the Pohutakawas growing below the pines will ever get to a similar height.
MONTEREY PINES COME DOWN IN THE BAY
The trees stand on an historic reserve and are listed on the Schedule of Notable Trees. That was insufficient to save them from Auckland City staffers willing to sign off on felling the whole stand with no public notifi-cation or consultation.
Suzanne Caron and Catherine Farmer raised public awareness, took on the Council,
and after a protracted battle, won the day. The result was to follow arborists’ recommen-dations to fell two dead/dangerous trees and maintain the other nine.
A massive operation swung into gear on Sunday 19th June with a large crane and a crew of about 6 men
from Treescape. They came complete with a digger/log handler and a wood chipper on steroids.
The job attracted spectators all day. The skills shown put on a great show, complete with big boys’ toys.
At the end of the day, it was a sensible com-promise that was hard won.
John Subritzky
Is there Gold in Blockhouse Bay?There surely is, but it depends on where you are looking … and what you are looking for.
No, there have not been any gold strikes, gold panning, or gold miners spotted in the Bay lately, nor were there even in the past, but there is a new “gold” in Blockhouse Bay – and you could be sitting on it.
For many of the residents of this wonder-ful suburb we felt we struck gold when we settled in Blockhouse Bay, with its wonderful harbour aspect, quality schooling choices, the village atmosphere and the vibrant commu-nity. However, there’s a new gold in town, and it’s all green.
With the generous land sizes in our area, many of us, figuratively speaking, are sitting on a gold mine. There is high demand for land in the Bay - especially for those sections which are large enough to subdivide … and people are often surprised when they hear what these properties are sold for.
So if gold’s what you’re looking for, there’s a new saying about town … “GREEN is the new gold!”
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This is a question that I get asked a lot as a vet. Most people believe that if their pet is in pain it will cry out and make it very obvious. In some cases this will occur, but in most they will not.
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY PET IS IN PAIN?
Now, I like to think that I am a pretty good mountain biker with a few podium finishes to my name. Many of you may disagree, citing the number of times I have crashed and either broken my bike or ended up in hospital with broken bones. This is a fair point, and I must admit I can’t remember a time when I woke in the morning and something didn’t hurt, ranging from a mild ache through to debili-tating pain.
But, do I cry out and complain about the pain? Well, to my wife, yes, but by the time I get to work I simply do things very slowly or avoid doing things altogether that cause pain. Now, I know what you are thinking. Didn’t he start off talking about animals in pain, not middle-aged men on mountain bikes who should have grown up by now?
Stick with me. You see, our pets do exactly the same when
they are in pain. They do things like standing up much slower than they used to, or avoid jumping up on the bed anymore. If your pet limps, then the most likely reason for this is pain.
I have had knee surgery myself (I told you I was accident prone) and some days I develop a limp. Why do I limp? Because it hurts. If your cat jumps on the chair then onto the table, rather than one leap like she used to, or waits at the bottom of the stairs for you to carry her up, she could be in pain. Likewise, if you just about have to pull your dog along for a walk, rather than him dragging you along, it may be a sign he is uncomfortable.
Pets are very good at masking pain, so even
your vet may be unsure if they are uncom-fortable. Often I will try a pet on anti-inflam-matory/pain relief medication. If the pet is happier and more active on the medication it tells us the reason for its inactivity was pain.
Now, many of you will know my dog, Breeze. You will have either seen her at the vet clinic, or with me getting sushi in the Bay. (It is so hard now, with two great sushi shops in the Bay, to know which one to choose!) She has had both knees operated on and has an arthritic elbow. She is now on permanent medication. On it, she still enjoys chasing her ball and swimming at Piha. Without medica-tion she will limp and not run as much.
She will, however, never complain.Lance Eastman
Breeze running pain free, on Piha beach
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DODGY LODGERS IN GREEN BAYThe Green Bay community recently met at Green Bay High School for the second in a series of meetings regarding the anti-social behaviour of some residents of the Robertson Lodge houses in Godley Road.
The meeting aired concerns about the impact and risks associated with these lodges, which have housed parolees convicted of serious criminal offending. Concerns included of a lack of community consultation/notifica-tion, local schools and kindergartens, threat-ening and intimidating behaviour of neigh-bours, the close proximity to alcohol for sale and the impact on property prices.
Currently two properties are used as boarding houses and a third has been pur-chased by Robertson Lodge.
A letter was presented from Corrections undertaking not to place parolees at the lodges for the next 12 months was presented to the meeting. However, the manager of the lodges acknowledged that people who have yet to come before the courts, ADHB clients and
other high needs residents were also housed there. There is community concern regarding the supervision and support provided to the residents.
Peter Wheeler (Owner of the Robertson Lodge) was present. He provided assurances to the community that no further parolees would be housed at Robertson lodge in the future and that he would be living personally at the latest house he has purchased. Mr Wheeler undertook that if the boarding house tenants continued to be a community issue he would convert the properties to conventional long term rentals.
Another meeting is planned for July to confirm progress and Mr Wheeler committed to providing his undertakings in writing.
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Bernie Harfleet and Donna Turtle Sarten are two West Auckland artists with a huge heart for social justice. Over the past few years they have worked col-laboratively to bring attention to social and political issues throughout the country. Their topics have included domestic abuse, the aged, child poverty and homelessness.
Bernie commented that artists have always drawn from what is around them as subject matter. From cave drawings to the Renaissance to modern times, artists have used their visual language to tell the stories of their day, and days gone by.
Give a Kid a Blanket is one of the artists’ latest community activation projects in response to cold and damp housing, and the many children, who along with their families, are cur-rently affected by Auckland’s housing issues. Last year the initiative was a huge success,
and due to ongoing demand, the couple are again collect-ing blankets and giving them to kids and families, through public health nurses and other ‘hands on’ health supporters.
The aim is to collect as many blankets between June 11 to 1st August, as we can and to give them out to kids and families who need them most.
In Blockhouse Bay our collection point is the Beauty Boudoir, 527 Blockhouse Bay Road. Owner Rachel Starr has placed a box outside the door in which you can place your donated blankets.
ART WITH HEART
WHAT’S UP WITH MY SKIN?When you look in the mirror does a complete stranger stare back at you? Or someone vaguely resembling the younger person you used to be? I imagine any men reading this article have already turned the page. Their fine lines and wrinkles make them look more “distinguished” and give them a Richard Gere look! It’s so unfair. But I could be wrong. Men are getting facial treatments now more than ever, so perhaps they worry as much as we do?
Unfortunately, we are all in the same boat … we are all aging, no one escapes!
In New Zealand, sun damage is the most prevalent problem, and we Kiwis are the outdoorsy type. Walking to your letterbox, driving your car (is your right hand and arm browner than the left?) does varying amounts of damage, activating the melanin in your skin causing dryness, pigment spots, fine lines and wrinkles. The brown spots are your body’s way of protecting you, but the damage is done.
Anti-aging tips and skin health• Invest in a nice facial and body sunscreen, don’t forget your
décolletage (chest area) and hands!• Hydration. The whole 8 glasses of water a day is not a myth.
You breathe out one whole glass per day. You lose the rest through sweat and urination. If you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated!!
• We all know the facts about diet, exercise and alcohol, but more on that another time.
• Exfoliate your skin gently at least once a week and apply a good moisturiser and serum (hyaluronic acid in serum form is an amazing drink of water for the skin). The old dead cells sitting on the surface leave it clogged, ashy and dull.
• Stress can wreak havoc with your skin. Take time to chill out and relax! Even just 5 minutes a day will make a difference! Most importantly, stop compar-ing yourself to others. This causes inward stress and anxiety. It’s ok to be imper-fect. Smile and be confident with yourself at any age and stage. That alone is going to take years off!!
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IN THE LIONS’ DENAs usual, the Lions have been very active, doing many good works around the community. Back in April the Lions’ annual Wild Westie Fun Car Rally was held in support of the local Commu-nity Patrol, and $500 was presented to the Patrol at the Lions’ mid-winter Christmas dinner. The Patrol is the eyes and ears of the community and deserves the support of all residents of the Bay area. It evolved out of concern from the Block-house Bay Businesses Association and the Lions over rising vandalism and crime some years ago. Although beset with some incidents recently, things could be a lot worse in our area without the deterrent to the crims of knowing they are being watched and reported.
Also at the dinner, Janelle Collins (past Pres-ident) was voted “Lion of the Year,” a special award donated by Barbara Shultz in memory of her late husband Peter, who was Charter President in 1977. Janelle led the club from 2012-15 and has been instrumental in organising many community projects.
In 2017 the club celebrates 40 years, and it is also the Lions Club International’s centenary. To mark this occasion Janelle and new Pres-ident Janet Groat are looking for a new memorable project to benefit the Bay. Send any suggestions to [email protected] (subject line: “Centenary Challenge”).
The Lions sponsored Seohui Lee, a student at AIC in Blockhouse Bay, to the Lions’ Young Speechmaker contest. Seohui made it to the Region 2 finals at Glenfield, and was up against an outstanding group of students from as far afield as Mahurangi College. Korean-born Seohui has been in New Zealand for less than a year, and chose a very difficult subject which she was passionate about. Although unplaced, she made her sponsors very proud.
If you want to be part of the Lions’ action come along to their regular dinner meeting every third Wednesday of the month. You will enjoy a delicious meal and often be entertained by an interesting guest speaker.
See http://e-clubhouse.org/sites/blockhousebaynz/page-10.php for details.
Seohui Lee with Past President/Youth Projects Janelle Collins, and Secretary Alan Gray
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Congratulations to Jordan McLarin (Year 11, Green Bay High School) who has qualified for the 2016 ICF World Marathon Champs, to be held in Germany in September.
WIL Sport JETS Athlete Jordan McLarin was selected based on his performance at the recent NZ Kayak Marathon Champi-onship, held in April. He will be racing in the U18 K1 for the next three years, using 2016 and 2017 as a base/learning experi-ence in order to build towards a peak performance in 2018.
Jordan, who was only 15 at the time of being selected, is three years younger than those he will be racing against. His goal for the year is to make the top 20, and also note any improve-ments to make for the years to come in preparation of the 27km distance, which involves portages every 7km lap or so.
“The Green Bay High School JETS programme has been a solid helping hand,” says Jordan. “It has helped me to perform at a higher level, both on and off the water.”
“It’s definitely going to be a good learning experience racing at the 2016 ICF World Marathon Champs which are held in Germany in September. I hope to absorb as much as I can in terms of international racing experience so I can go back again in 2017 and 2018, where I will be looking to perform at my best.
Lynfield College Jazz Combo ShinesThe Lynfield College Jazz Combo, directed by Paul Norman, did extremely well in the NZ Youth Jazz Festival earlier in the year. They won the trophy for Best Jazz Combo, Best Saxophone Player (Andrew Isdale), Best Drummer and Most Outstanding Musician (Ryu Kodama). The other musicians are Elizabeth Fa’amamafa (piano), Kevin Vave (Guitar), Joshua Whitefield (Bass) and Marylinda Lamositele (vocals)
The Jazz Combo recently travelled to the Generations in Jazz Festival held in Mt Gambier Australia. During this trip Ryu Kodama auditioned for Monash University and has been offered a place for 2017. He has also been selected for the NZ Youth Jazz Orchestra directed by Rodger Fox.
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The Judd family bought a grocery business opposite the New Windsor
Road and Bollard Ave junction in 1933. The late Sylvia Thomas née Judd recalled, in an article published in 2010
in the Avondale Historical Journal:
“If you stood on the front step of the shop, you looked down Bollard
Avenue, across the houses of Mt Albert to the Waitemata Harbour and the
Chelsea Sugar Works. If the weather was doubtful, you looked down New
Windsor Road to the Waitakere Ranges in the distance and judged whether it was going to rain or not. Looking up
the road, you couldn’t see past the bend in the road; the tar seal ended at Batkin Road and the metal and scoria began
and continued all the way to Blockhouse Bay or Mt Roskill.
“It was one of those small shops with living quarters, two bedrooms, sitting room, kitchen and kitchenette. There
was a garden at the back, the same size as the neighbour’s, and a corrugated
iron fowl house across the top of the section.
“House and shop were leased at first, but after a few years became our own. We were there for ten years, eventually
moving in turn to two other houses across the road where the family lived
until the 1980s.”
Judd’s Store is still there as the local dairy, after remaining as a Four Square
for a time, although today it has changed from the simple shop Sylvia’s
family used to own.
Image: Judd’s Four Square Store, 1935, photo in Avondale-Waterview Historical Society
collection, via Ron Oates and Sylvia Thomas.
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Bay Connections (Social Service agencies in Blockhouse Bay) are arranging fresh fruit and veges for the Blockhouse Bay Foodbank. A suggested individual contribution of $10/month from 20 kind-hearted souls buys quality fruit and vegetables to supplement Foodbank basics distributed by our local churches to people in need. (We have com-mitment from 4 people already!) Contact Graham at the Community Centre 626 4980 to join or enquire.
The Titirangi/Blockhouse Bay Women’s Institute meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at Armana-sco House, from 11.45 till 2.45pm. They provide knitted items, woolly hats, slippers, rugs etc to people in need such as kidney patients on dialysis. One of the interesting items they make are “hospital dolls.” These are plain calico dolls which are given by doctors to children undergoing surgery. The doctor uses the doll to help the child understand their surgery. The child gets to draw a face on the doll, and often the doll has a matching treatment such as stiches, tubes etc. Of course, the children keep the dolls, and doctors have reported that the use of these dolls has helped cut recovery time by half. If you would like to join this
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31st July. The finalists will play with the Aotea Youth Symphony
Orchestra. Door sales: Adults $6, Children and Senior Citizens $4. Contact Betty 626-6862.Volunteers
At the end of June it was National Volunteer Appre-ciation Week, and we at Church of the Saviour want to say how much we appre-ciate all our volunteers, who help out with providing a food bank, English classes for immigrants, a free after
school programme for parents who can’t afford after school
care, Mainly Music, SPACE for new parents, and those who help to keep our church and grounds looking great!
Volunteering is a great way of meeting people in your community and giving some-thing back as well. If you are interested in volunteering at Church of the Saviour we
have lots of different opportunities from lawn mowing, to admin and helping out with seniors, visiting rest homes, kids or teaching English! If you are interested in investing in your community and meeting interesting people then we are interested in meeting you! Just contact: [email protected] or 6278779 for details.
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Card making workshop for adults, with Marlene Rei Sunday 31st July 2-3 pm. Limited to 12 participants. Ph 374 1311 to register!
Letterpress printing workshop for adults, with Bruce Grenville Sunday 7th August, 1-4 pm. Bring something you’d like to try printing or think something up on the spot! Ph 374 1311 to book your space – limited to 6 participants! Depending on demand, this workshop may be extended to a 5-week course.
Letterpress printing workshop for children of all ages, with Bruce Grenville Sat 30th 2-4pm. Bring something you’d like to try printing or think something up on the spot. No booking necessary.
It’s Matariki!Kids, come and have some fun! We’ll give you some cool Maori designs to colour in so you can help us decorate our Matariki kites – ongoing till 17th July.
Thurs 14th 2pm Come and make some beautiful Matariki stars by weaving coloured paper strips.
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Bi-Cultural ReflectionsSt Dominic’s Catholic Primary children have been busy learning about Te Marae. As NZ is a bi-cultural country, this topic reflects the importance of understanding the culture of Maori - the indigenous people of our country. The children have enjoyed learning about the protocols and traditions of visiting and taking part in a marae visit, as well as looking back in time at pre-European life, learning about the different way people used to live.
Driving along Gilfillan St the other day I wit-nessed a very cute scene – a police constable holding the hands of two children, followed by a train of children, each holding another’s hand. They reminded me of ducklings follow-ing mother duck. I contacted Blockhouse Bay Primary’s principal, Neil Robinson to find out what was going on.
Mr Robinson reported that one of the highlights for new five-year-olds at the school is the road safety program with Constable Cam Hefford, Police Education Officer. The children learn all about what to watch out for when crossing our busy streets, and each get to have a ride in the police car – with the siren on! Plenty of inspiration for story-writing, and I can imagine this becomes one of those ‘unforgettable’ childhood memories.
Kerrie Subritzky
NEW ENTRANTS LEARN ROAD SAFETY
The school have also enjoyed a visit from the Auckland Catholic Schools Office this term, and received a great review:
“St Dominic’s Catholic School, Blockhouse Bay provides a child-centred, Catholic, friendly, happy, nurturing learning envi-ronment. The school has enthusiastic staff, supportive families, a strong connection with the Parish and children who have a love of learning and who love coming to school. The
senior children interviewed by the reviewers are living testament that the school is achiev-ing what the community aspires to in their Mission Statement:“A community centred in Christ, seeking Truth and nurturing excellence in attitude and learning”.”
The school is currently taking applications for the 2017 year.
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bhb.co.nzETHKICK WEST FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT Seeking
new stories of the old west
The Waitākere Ranges Local Board is seeking original research for a new heritage conference focused on West Auckland’s history, called New Stories of the Old West.
The one-day conference will take place Sunday 2 October, 9am – 5pm at Titirangi War Memorial Hall, South Titirangi Road, Titirangi. It will be part of the larger, region-wide Auckland Heritage Festival, which runs from 24 September to 9 October 2016.
There will be keynote presentations to the whole conference as well as shorter break-out workshops.
We invite genealogists, historians, authors, academics or anyone who has done original research about the history of West Auckland to submit their work to be considered for inclusion in the day’s programme.
Please fill out this form to be considered. Submissions close Friday 22 July. Or print, fill out and return the attached form. Or phone the local board on 09 813 9150 for a hardcopy to be sent to you.
Research can be about anywhere in West Auckland and can be a work in progress. You don’t have to have completed the research by the time of the conference.
Most papers/presentations will be given within workshops with each presentation being about 20-30 minutes long, including questions. Some keynote presentations/papers will be selected from those submitted to be presented to the whole conference. These generally will be 30-40 minutes long including questions.
At the conclusion of the conference, the local board will publish the conference papers.
Women bathers in the surf at Anawhata. West Auckland Research Centre.
J.T. Diamond Collection, JTD-03K-01751-G.
12 • July 2016
The glorious origin of the Port of Onehunga as the point of entry to Auckland from the world – includ-ing Great Britain, finally spluttered to an end on 2 July, 2016.
In the mid-19th century most international shipping came via Onehunga as it was the shortest route. Most coastal shipping out of Auckland was also via Onehunga. Land speculation broke out around the coast with White Bluff in Hillsborough challenging Onehunga as it had deeper water.
By WWI Onehunga had declined. Factors included larger ships not being able to negoti-ate the harbour bar, the loss of the Orpheus, and the completion of the North Island Main Trunk line in 1908 (which led to a decline in coastal shipping).
In the last few decades we have witnessed the last of commercial coastal shipping on the Manukau. The container ships finished. The LPG tanker to Wiri terminal stopped due to road transport being more economic. Now the Holcim (formerly Milburn) cement tankers, Milburn Carrier II (6,200t) and Westport (3,091t) have made their final calls. The MV Westport has made over 1,100 calls during her almost 40 years, and the Milburn Carrier II has made almost 95 visits in her 29 years. Visits to Onehunga were always dependant on weather and the state of the harbour bar. Both
ships will be sold.Holcim has built new cement facilities at
Auckland and Timaru and will be import-ing cement with a single ship from Japan. The 58-year-old cement works at Westport is closing with the loss of 100 jobs. Holcim bought land at Oamaru with a view to con-tinuing NZ cement production, but will not proceed at this time. Fletchers Golden Bay operation at Whangarei is the sole remaining cement producer in New Zealand.
So, what is the future for the Port of Onehunga? Communities are looking forward to opening up the wharves as public space and becoming our version of the Wynyard Quarter. Currently the wharf is being leased out as a container depot to a trucking company, and fishing boats will continue to call. Most bizarrely though, cement will continue to flow through the huge silos - not from visiting ships, but Japanese cement trucked over from Ports of Auckland to be bagged for the local market. In one small way, Onehunga will continue to be part of a global supply chain.
John Subritzky
THE END OF AN ERA165 years of shipping on the Manukau
“Sir, — I thank you for your invitation for me to join the illustrious band of
‘Mothers of Five’, ‘Constant Readers’, ‘Pro Bono Publicans’ and their numer-ous kin. I am not normally a writer of
letters to the editor, but this is a special occasion for the district, this appearance of a reliable newspaper of our own; and as it happens, I do have a little peculiar-ity that I might well get off my chest. I
have Klaxonitis. I cannot bear the driver who uses his horn as a drover uses his
stockwhip, to make pedestrians leap for safety whether they have the right of
way or not.
“A pedestrian has as much right to the road as any motorist, perhaps
more right, for the public roads are the Queen’s highways whereon her subjects have the right to come and go on their
lawful occasions without let or hin-drance—or noisy threats. To be blasted at by the arrogant Klaxon of some lout
of a motorist makes me furious, and gives me that defenceless feeling.
“One of these days I am going to equip myself with a pocket electric horn of considerable power, so that when an
unwarranted beep! beep! challenges my right to walk the streets in safety I shall
be able to beep! beep! lustily back — and carry on.”
“Just Mother”,Terry Street.
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