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ARTHamilton’s ‘Underwater Collective’
FASHIONN’Style Collection
TRAVELEgypt Diary
SPORTThe Mighty Motu Challenge
MOTORINGRarest of the BreedJaguar XK140
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ISSUE 11 SUMMER 2011
Aroa Beach l Rarotonga I COOK ISLANDS
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N E W D I R E C T F L I G H T S Y D N E Y - R A R O T O N G A ! !
Indulge in Sanctuary Rarotonga-on the beach, Rarotonga’s NEW adults-only, absolute beachfront resort
with a distinctive South Pacific ambience. Enjoy a long cool cocktail at the unique Swim-up Pool Bar.
Indulge at new SpaPolynesia LUXE. Feast on fresh island cuisine as you dine with your toes in
the sand. Around Rarotonga enjoy a 4WD mountain safari, lagoon cruise, gamefishing, golf, scuba diving,
Saturday market, cafes & restaurants – just minutes away! Where the ocean meets the sky,
here you have found Sanctuary.
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Journey to the heart of the South Pacific, Rarotonga. Stay at the iconic Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa,
right on the island’s best beach. Enjoy the island’s best snorkelling in crystal clear Aroa Lagoon
Marine Reserve. Extensive FREE Activities include ‘try scuba’ in the pool, kayaking, tennis,
coconut tree climbing show, learn to dance the hula, play the ukulele, make a fresh flower lei,
husk a coconut + much more. The simple pleasures of a dream South Seas holiday
await you at The Rarotongan!
N E W D I R E C T F L I G H T S Y D N E Y - R A R O T O N G A ! !
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issue eleven
10 PUBLISHER’S NOTE
12 CONTRIBUTORS
16 SPOTTED
22 COVER STORY A Century of Service - Surf Lifesaving marks 100 years
35 HEALTH & BEAUTYSkin Centre; A Growing Concern - Skin Cancer; Mazzahn Hair & Beauty
41 FASHIONBaywatch on Time; Malezone; Magazine; N’Style Ktizo Fashion show; Summer Swimwear; Free Falling - Jasmin Sparrow; Femalezone
64 HOMESTYLE & ARCHITECTURE Outdoor Living;The Designers Barn; Landmark Homes; A Promise of Intrigue - Will Tatton Architecture; Riverside Charm - Turton Builders
93 CREATIVE Movie Reviews; What’s On; Book Reviews; The Underwater Collective
107 FOOD & WINELime Caffeteria; Le Chat Noir Café; Recipes; Roasted with Passion - Volcanic Coffee;Manu Wines - Consistency & Heritage
122 SPORTSingle Speeder Extraordinaire - Garth Weinberg;The Mighty Motu Challenge
128 PEOPLEHamilton High Schools’ Centenary; Aria Champion - Amelia Berry
132 TRAVELEgypt - A Traveller’s Diary
139 DRIVEDrive - Mercedes Benz C-Class; My Car - 1955 Jaguar XK140
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issue elevenCOVER: Emillie and Jordon York
Photography: Quinn O’Connell
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2011
A N O T E F R O M T H E P U B L I S H E R
As I look back over this past year I don’t know whether
to laugh or cry! I’m sure a lot of others in the region
feel the same way about 2010. It has been a
challenging time from a business point of view but I
guess we are all getting expert at ‘hanging in there’.
However 2010 has also produced a whole host of positives and this Summer edition
reflects all that is good about our region and our community.
The cover story marks one hundred years of service by local surf lifesaving clubs.
Lifeguards like netball and rugby teams are part of the New Zealand character. They
play a huge part in the development and management of young people - community
service, camaraderie, healthy activities and good fun. The surf lifesaving movement
has made a brilliant contribution to the community over the past century patrolling
beaches, ensuring the safety of families in the water, and saving more than 50,000
lives in the process.
It’s a good story.
We also interview the winner of the recent National Aria Contest, mark the centennial
of two Hamilton secondary schools, look closely at a stunning 1955 Jaguar, report on
my first attempt at the Motu Challenge, and showcase the 2010 N’Style Ktizo Fashion
Show.
There are the usual book and film reviews, fashion notes, recipes and the Editor’s
popular last words: ‘And Another Thing...‘
The team at UNO. are looking forward to a big year in 2011 - our sixth year of publishing
- an achievement I am very proud of, and so is our hard-working team. We genuinely
appreciate the goodwill of all of the businesses who have supported us in 2010 with
their advertising dollars and hope it has shown you the real value of keeping your
business ‘top of mind’ even in a tough market.
All the very best for Christmas and the New Year.
enjoy!Andy Martin
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UNO. CONTRIBUTORS
MARK HamiltonMark’s photographic journey began with
a mid-life career change 12 years ago. He
now works as a freelance photographer in
Hamilton, working mainly in the commercial
advertising and editorial fields. Aside from
shooting as a profession, photography
also consumes Mark’s downtime. Working
on personal and collaborative projects,
photography has also taken Mark
abroad and out of his comfort zone with
photographic travels through South East
Asia and more recently a road trip through
Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia.
When not taking pictures he can usually be
found in a coffee shop somewhere hanging
out with friends. He calls these ‘business
meetings’.
KARINA CooperOriginally from Tauranga, Karina spent her
teenage years growing up on the beaches
of Whangarei. She departed the nest and
spent a year studying media and English at
Victoria University in Wellington. However,
she soon found herself relocating to
Hamilton and studying for a Bachelor of
Media Arts at Wintec.
“Outside of study I play Ultimate Frisbee,
am a volunteer surf lifeguard and work
part-time at a respite house for children
with disabilities - a job I adore. I also spend
hours laughing with friends, fishing with the
old man, or losing at darts to my Mother”,
she said.
KJELL NilssonKjell is a Tauranga-based freelance
photographer, who has been snap-happy for
the last 20 years since graduating from his
apprenticeship in the United States. There
he specialised in commercial photography
for ten years, before moving to New Zealand
where he now carries out both national and
international photographic assignments.
Kjell is no stranger to going to extreme
lengths - like using a helicopter to capture
the full glory of a super yacht or getting so
close to the action that he sits ‘shotgun’
in order to achieve the perfect shot.
Being such a big fan of all things tasty
and culinary he recently jumped at the
chance to photograph a whole host of Kiwi
gastronomic delights for the Whakatane
Rotary Club’s new cook book, entitled
‘Plenty’.
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KAYE ClarkKaye loves to travel and when not travelling
she is thinking up possibilities for the next
destination! This all requires a day job
and for that, and other sins, she has been
working in the civil engineering field for way
longer than she’d like to admit.
“I favour the exotic destinations preferring
ancient history to modern politics, which
just gets way too complicated. Ancient
sites, especially the monumental ones,
are a great puzzle because there are only
remnants of what used to be, leaving us
to wonder how they built such structures
with such limited resources. An engineering
background also makes you aware of how
challenging their building environment
would have been, yet how sophisticated
were the constructions. And that quickly
takes you back to the question - how far
have we really come? “
Also contributing to this edition:
Elizabeth Attwood, Quinn O’Connell, Liz
French, Tony Whitehead, Richard Swainson,
Dion Mellow, Erica Sinclair, Aaron Bryant,
Kelvin Teixeira and Mark Leishman, Sara
Orme.
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G-Wiz It has been the definitive cross-country vehicle since 1979 having
won the Paris-Dakar Rally, transported the Pope, is a serial winner of
readers’ polls, ranks as an automotive design icon and constitutes the
gene pool for a Mercedes-Benz SUV family that now numbers four model
series in all. It is, of course - the G-Class. Its haul of superlatives is
set to grow because the G-Class is subject to continual updating that
keeps it in touch with the very latest motoring technology. The advances
mainly centre on the vehicle’s telematics, along with the new 5.5-litre V8
engine that is available for the G 500. The all-new G-Class is due to arrive
in New Zealand early 2011 and will be available from Ingham-Sears, Mount
Maunganui 572 8260 www.inghamsears.com
Diamonds are a girls best friend The new Tissot Lovely timepiece is an
elegant cocktail of sparkle and minimalist measurements. A total of 37
top Wesselton diamonds grace this proudly feminine watch and encircle
a smooth round case with a diameter of just 19mm. Tissot has timed the
introduction of the Tissot Lovely collection perfectly to complement the
trends for Summer 2011. A romantic mood is forecast, expressed by fluid
fabrics and soft colours, so these delicate watches will be the perfect
accompaniment. Baywatch On Time, Tauranga p.07 577 0500
Melon Shine This new dazzling lip colour creates a wet and juicy effect
that is irresistible. Leave lips irresistibly glossy with a mirror shine as
the new applicator ensures a perfect result everytime. L’Oréal Paris Glam
Shine Reflexion in Sheer Watermelon.
Shh... There’s a secret at Waihi Beach The Secret Garden is a small
store specialising in exotic Indonesian furniture and giftware run by young
locals Jake and Willy. Open the Javanese doors to reveal a subtropical
garden and newly opened café/coffee hut. “We wanted to create a piece
of Bali with a kiwiana twist.” The Secret Garden is a place where you can
take a little time out for yourself, enjoy some refreshments and get lost
for a while. Over the summer time, they will be hosting intimate live music
events as well as being a popular wedding photo venue. The Secret Garden,
17 Wilson Rd, Waihi Beach p. 07 863 4311 OPEN: 10am - 5pm 7 days.
Organic Ananda Toner from Antipodes fosters healthy skin cell turn-
over with mamuka black fern and showcases Waiwera mineral-rich water,
delivering skin-nourishing antioxidants and nutrients to the epidermal
layer, a must-have part of a daily beauty ritual. New Certified Organic
Ananda toner from Antipodes.
Summer loves Mexico Capturing the vibrant Mexican culture, and
delivering it to New Zealand in all its colour and vitality. Citta Design has
some beautiful homewares to spice up your home. www.cittadesign.com
GreenSmart Pots The perfect way to safely grow high quality produce no
matter where you live. The unique self-watering system provides hassle-
free growing, as plants have continuous access to water, and can absorb
nutrients whenever they need them. Available in Beige, Green and Black -
and delivered nationwide. For stockists visit www.greensmartpots.co.nz
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An oldie but a goodie Onitsuka Tiger is one of the oldest shoe companies
in Japan, tracing its history back to the formation of Onitsuka Co Ltd
in 1949 when the 31 year old former military officer, Onitsuka started
his company with the hope of raising postwar youth self-esteem through
athletics creating shoes for football, running, martial arts, basketball,
cheerleading, volleyball, cross-training, track and field, wrestling, golf,
cricket, and tennis. To date, Asics still produces a wide array of vintage
style Onitsuka Tiger shoes, the most famous and enduring being the
striped Mexico 66 Line of athletic shoes. Onisuka Tiger from $189 at
Vagabond, 58 Devonport Road, Tauranga 5710331, www.vagabond.gen.nz
What’s SUP? We have one of the largest ranges of EPS and Soft Top
Stand Up Paddleboards in New Zealand. Soft Top SUP packages starting
from $1100. Package includes board, fins, paddle and paddle bag. EPS
board packages start at $1450. Liquid Stixx, Tauranga p. 0800 787 464
www.liquidstixx.co.nz
Africabike for humanity The AfrikaBike is the flagship of Kona’s
humanitarian Basic Needs program. This bike is a durable, affordable,
easy riding city steed. With the new Kona 7005 Lightweight butted
aluminium frame and built-in rear rack to carry heavy loads, it has the
Shimano 3-speed internal rear hub with Kona Project two forks. For every
two AfricaBikes sold, one is donated to a good works cause in challenged
areas around the world. $799.00 from Bike Vegas, Eruera St, Rotorua p. 07
349 4643 www.bikevegas.co.nz and www.konaafricabike.com
The perfect travel companion Add a little bit of luxury and home
comfort to your surroundings on your next holiday with Ecoya travel tin
candles. Made from natural soy waxes, 100 per cent pure cotton wicks
(lead-free) and in a compact, safe tin. www.ecoya.com.au
It’s summertime The stunning Audi A5 Cabriolet is the perfect choice
for summertime cruising. As a replacement for the A4 as Audi’s four-seat
convertible, the A5 is beautifully styled both outside and in and is so
quiet you can use the built-in Bluetooth speakerphone with the top down
at highway speeds. This classic cruiser offers an impressive combination
of elegance and sporty handling dynamics and is priced from $107,990.
Available from Bay Prestige, Hewletts Road, Mount Maunganui
p. 07 578 6017 www.bayprestige.co.nz
A little bit naughty. A lot Pretty. Every woman wants to feel pretty, but
some days it’s fun to turn up the heat with a sultry look, a mesmerising
gaze, an alluring scent. Pretty Hot, the new fragrance from Elizabeth
Arden, available from all Elizabeth Arden stockists from 7 February 2011.
Inner Beauty A functional food for inner health & outer beauty,
Bestow Beauty Oil provides a perfectly balanced 1:1 ratio of Omega-3 and
Omega-6 to help nourish, heal and enrich your skin and bestow good
health. Bestow Beauty Oil can be added to yoghurt, smoothies, cereals,
salad dressings or mixed with mashed or stir-fried vegetables, porridge or
soup. For more information and stockists, visit www.bestowbeauty.com
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PROUDLY PINK SUMMER FASHION SHOW, BETHLEHEM TOWN CENTRE Photos: Quinn O’Connell1. Lynley Hancox, Vicki Burns & Maggi Brunsden 2. Sarah Pinkerton, Jenny Maston & Hannah Mayston 3. Michelle Wacker & Suzy King 4. Linda Ellis & Jenny Elliot 5. Alin Beattie, Aja Boon & Renee Buckingham 6. Jennie King & Joy Diggelmann 7. Heather Barriball, Patsy Kelly & Stephane Kelly 8. Leonie Marsh & Megan Benson.
ROTORUA CHARITABLE TRUST, MELBOURNE CUP PARTY Photos: Kelvin Teixeira9. Catherine Johnson & Wendall Quirk 10. Phyllis Bryson & Marilyn Crockford 11. Heather Lavery & Emma McGinty 12. Patricia Buffery & Jean McGaffin 13. Kate & James Urquhart 14. Heidi Burgess & Diane Daniel 15. Lesley Rayment-Sands, Eileen Taylor-Baines & Jenny Hotch 16. Lesley Kaye, Cath Weston, Treena Moore & Vanessa Conrad-Grigg.
LBC OPENING NIGHT, MOUNT MAUNGANUI Photos: Quinn O’Connell17. Rhiannon Dadley & Sarah Reichardt 18. Phil Bidois, Briar Jacobson-Lang & Deiter Fengewisch 19. James Brooking, Penny Mitropoulos & Kerry Hunt 20. Seb Martinez & Christian Serrano 21. Dan Gillingham, Regan Cross 22. Ryan Goodwin & Irene Borf 23. Craig Whiteman & Anna Mason 24. Jane Kelly, Sian Brown, Amy Jenkins & Crystal Byrne.
LANDMARK MONACO SHOWHOME OPENING, BETHLEHEM, TAURANGA Photos: Quinn O’Connell25. Anna Zandstra, Fay & John Burn 26. Tristan Walker & Stacy Heads 27. Grant & Faith Walker 28. Joanne Snowden, Claire Hetet 29. Leanne Goodich, Robyn Ford 30. Ross Harris, Angela & Ian Page 31. Murray & Di Christie, Haley & Matt Christie 32. Graham Staite, Kevin Allum, Rod Taylor.
WINTEC MEDIA BITES LUNCHEON, HAMILTON Photos: Mark Hamilton33. Amanda Harper & Laura McLeay 34. Stacy Oliver, Fiona Fraser & Kelsey Fletcher 35. Ronny Phillips & Blair Williams 36. Kerrie Felton & Heather Chappell 37. Michael Laws 38. Miriyana Alexander & Donna Chisholm 39. Bruce Holloway & Mark Bunting 40. Nevil Gibson, Julie Hardaker, Michael Laws & Ellen Read.
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SKIN CENTRE BUILDING EXTENSION PARTY Photos: Quinn O’Connell1. Susan Christie & Sam Tustin 2. Rachel Armishaw & Lauren Hare 3. Lynette Gillies, Christina Baillie & Michelle Sinclair 4. Margaret Edwards & Rita Raybould 5. Karen & Karrina Sinclair 6. Georgina Herbison & Teresa Roche 7. Dr James Spreadborough 8. Marie Kirk & Rachael Salmon.
MERCEDES SLS AMG GULLWING LAUNCH AT INGHAM-SEARS MOUNT MAUNGANUI Photos: Quinn O’Connell9. James Ashton & Jodie Horsburgh 10. Trudy & John Ingham & Jodie Horsburgh 11. Jack & Betty Ashworth 12. Deborah McMurtrie & Jennifer Bowell 13. Bob & Wendy Wheeler 14. Garry McMurtrie & Paul Bowell 15. Judy Lambert, Phil Rouse & Elise Rouse 16. Lesley Tanner & Gary Siegel.
2010 TAURANGA GARDEN & ARTS FESTIVAL Photos: Quinn O’Connell17. Sharon Melrose, Pauls Hardie, Lynette Lochhead & Gail Newlands 18. Cheryl Harvey & Suzanne Gartshore 19. Denise Stewart, Timo Rannali, Jill & Len Helms 20. Arne Herrmann, Kate Barry-Piceno & Craig Batchelar 21. Pam Fox & Pixie Lochhead 22. Sally Fannin, Wendy & Hannah Simister 23. Janine Tait, Sally Holland & Nicky Averill 24. Neil Farrant, Kim Farrant & Mike Nicholson.
THANKS COCKTAIL LAUNCH AT MAJOR TOMS, MOUNT MAUNGANUI Photos: Hamish Mathieson25. Sheree Parker, Emma Charrington, Tamryn Reeve & Stacey Pyne 26. Ange Holmes & Lizzie Turner 27. Nathan Pakipaki & Josh Muller 28. Gina Henderson, Joelene Smith, & Crystal Byrne 29. Julia Keddell & Selina Bedford 30. Renee Ryland, Beks Anderson, Nicole Thorburn & Katie Milgate 31. Ash Woods & Emma Brunton 32. Chloe Reeve, Jay Reeve, Tamryn Reeve & Nick Beck.
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>>SEXY HEELSGo high impact this party season with stand out heels from Bella
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>>BEAUTIFUL GIFTWARE
Repertoire’s collection of elegantly relaxed clothing and unique gifting
is carefully selected to inspire every woman. Our summer giftware
includes Tricia Guild’s inspirational
book ‘A Certain Style’, a collection of
international locations decorated with
her latest and arguably most beautiful
designs. Archipelago’s private
fragrance collection featuring
exclusive scents, and beautifully
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occasion. Available at REPERTOIRE
44 Devonport Rd, Tauranga
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p. 07 574 1143
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>>VOLUPTUOSNESS For the first time in the history of Sebastian hair styling, voluptuous
volumes are on the rise. Masses and masses of voluminous hair,
minus the crunch. No matter how much product you use, hair stays
soft. Some call it genius. We call it VOLUPTuousness. Today there are
two methods for creating volume – the ‘friction’ or ‘film’. ‘Friction’
because it roughs up the hair’s
surface, leaving it harsh to the
touch. Never one to stand still,
Sebastian innovation rocks the boat
by best combining both worlds –
volume and softness – by adding
in a little extra to keep hair feeling
naturally soft and touchable.
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p. 07 578 6644
>>CHEMICAL FREE
The remarkable Reflect Rx is a chemical free
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UV protection, but also gives the added benefit of
antioxidants to minimise damage and premature
ageing caused by UV rays. With an SPF of 30 you
can simply spray and go – even over make up!
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THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO OUR NATIONAL ARMY OF ‘GOOD GUYS’ WHO HAVE
SAVED MORE THAN 50,000 LIVES SINCE THEY FIRST GUARDED OUR BEACHES
100 YEARS AGO. SURF LIFESAVING IS AS MUCH A VALUED AND INTEGRAL
PART OF OUR COMMUNITY TODAY AS IT WAS IN 1910.
Story: Charles Martin, Photos: Quinn O’Connell and Courtesy of Surf Lifesaving New Zealand.
A Century of Service
THE FIRST CLUBS WERE FORMED in Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin and Wanganui - Bay of Plenty and Waikato clubs followed soon after.
Since then more than 250,000 people, men, women and children, have belonged to the New Zealand surf lifesaving movement.
Today there are nearly 16,000 members in 75 clubs throughout the country. Commenting on the centenary celebrations, Grant Florence, Surf
Lifesaving’s chief executive, said: “It’s the celebration of one hundred years of community spirit, camaraderie and sense of responsibility for
others in our community. It is our opportunity to promote our proud history and acknowledge the fundamental role surf lifeguards play in
keeping New Zealand’s favourite playground safer for everyone”.
He is so right. The famous yellow and red flags marking out safe swimming areas, and the professional and well-trained lifeguards manning
towers and patrolling the beaches, have been a comforting presence and a source of security for generations of New Zealand Mums, Dads
and their families.
UNO. Magazine has featured the sport a number of times including in a hugely popular cover story about two local New Zealand
representatives, Holly Moczydlowski and Johanna O’Connor, and only recently in a brief story about the Bay of Plenty’s regional volunteer
lifeguard of the year, Travis Mc Geady, from Waihi. We like to give surf lifesaving a fair measure of exposure because, like most other New
Zealanders, our staff have either had direct contact with the movement, or have benefited from it in some way in the process of bringing up
their own families.
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Personal LoveI have a few personal experiences which contribute to my love of surf lifesavers; nothing
dramatic or life-threatening, but certainly interesting!
The first happened many years ago before I was married, but I was ‘betrothed’ at the time
and as you will see, that was important.
It was one of those fine, sparkling summer days in Wellington and as a callow young
broadcaster I was assigned as the commentator for a surf lifesaving telecast at Titahi Bay,
home of some of the best surfboat crews in the country. We were hoping for lively water and
some spectacular pictures to go with the usual competitive stuff - big boats racing through a
tortuous surf.
Prior to the afternoon telecast I decided to join some of the television crew plus local surfies
for a lunchtime swim to relax and test the conditions so that I could ‘speak with authority’
during the telecast. The gods were not in my corner that day. A large and boisterous wave
dumped me heavily and for the first time ever while swimming, my dentures shot from my
mouth to the sandy floor below. I called on the good services of the Titahi Bay lifeguards for
search assistance and we quickly formed a chain holding hands to retrace my position when
disaster struck and try and locate the plastic munchers. I swear I had a foot on the bottom
set at one stage but again got bowled over by a wave and the search was abandoned. That
was the last I ever saw of my teeth!
I thanked the Titahi Bay boys for their help and headed back to town after making
arrangements for a replacement commentator.
But to add insult to this drama I had arranged to go to my fiancé’s flat for the evening meal.
She had prepared a beautiful roast, which I couldn’t handle very well. Also she had never
before seen me sans teeth! However, we are still married.
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Cook Strait SwimsThe next experience which endeared me to surf lifesavers was the first of the modern Cook
Strait swim attempts back in 1960 by Bill Penny and his team from the Lyall Bay surf
lifesaving club, together with a local Italian fisherman and his supporting launch. We set
out in the very early hours of the morning and all went well on a fine morning in good water
conditions. As public interest increased, the hourly reports on the local radio station were
increased in frequency and extended to involve the entire commercial network. Such was the
public interest throughout the country that later the non-commercial National Programme
network also joined us for quarter-hour updates.
Meantime, down in the warm diesel-fume filled galley, a kindly lifeguard offered me lunch - a
large beef sandwich and a lukewarm beer. I came back up on deck into the fresh air and the
lunch came up soon after. No wonder I have a special regard for surf lifesavers!
Sadly he failed by a close margin and we all repaired back to Wellington and the Lyall Bay
clubrooms for a ‘debriefing’. Everyone was determined to fight another day. Unfortunately
I wasn’t there to see it and it wasn’t Lyall Bay that sponsored the successful attempt. The
Worser Bay club swimmer, the late Barrie Devenport, made his first successful crossing
while I was otherwise engaged at the Commonwealth Games in Perth.
More than 60 swimmers have swum Cook Strait since that famous first successful crossing
in 1962, most of them members of surf lifesaving clubs.
More than 60 swimmers have swum Cook Strait since that famous first successful crossing in 1962
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However the close rapport I had established with various guys from surf lifesaving (many
of whom were also prominent in various local rugby teams - a successful cross-over that
remains unchanged today) ensured that I enjoyed a good knowledge of how the sport was
organised, managed and funded. I was appalled that, despite the huge number of rescues,
not one life insurance company sponsored the clubs or the movement at that time.
After all those companies were substantial beneficiaries from the good deeds of clubs
throughout New Zealand. So, as a regular weekly columnist then for the New Zealand
Listener and as a gesture designed to help surf lifesaving and endue a sense of guilt on a
few selected businesses, I wrote about this, taking insurance companies to task in no
uncertain terms. I castigated the parsimonious attitude of an ungrateful industry. It struck
a few chords! Public broadcasting was then a government department, including its official
organ the New Zealand Listener. The stuff really hit the fan from on high. Some ‘friends at
court’ and Party and ministerial friends were not amused and this displeasure was sheeted
home to me in no uncertain terms!
I repaired to the Lyall Bay clubrooms to lick my wounds. It was a most sympathetic climate
and after a number of free beers life didn’t seem quite so serious nor the damage to New
Zealand business quite so shattering. However I might add that at least one or two
insurance companies did come to the party with sponsorship for surf lifesaving reasonably
soon afterwards.
Those are just a few reasons why I love surf lifesavers. Some of the others must remain on
the bus.
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Between the FlagsSurf lifesaving has a fabulous history involving the widest range of New Zealanders from famous soldiers, top politicians and businessmen to
Olympic champion sportsmen, ordinary Joe Blows (and Mrs. Blows) and some memorable characters.
It is a history studded with drama and comedy, community service and mateship - the good, the bad and the ugly.
All this is captured in fascinating detail in a new 400-page book just published to mark the centenary of the sport. Titled ‘A Century Between
the Flags’ it has been brilliantly edited by Bob Harvey, former advertising guru, Mayor of Waitakere, President of the Labour Party, but above
all a passionate and long-time lifeguard in his own right and the current President of Surf Lifesaving New Zealand.
In his introduction he writes:
“As a 15-year-old I biked west over the Waitakere Ranges one day. Through the dust and gravel rising off West Coast Road I saw the black
sands of Karekare Beach and beyond the Manukau Bar sweeping out to the Tasman Sea. As I pedalled down the hill and under the
pohutukawas I saw something that would change my life. The local surf club was in the middle of a three-day carnival to celebrate 21 years
patrolling the beach. Kegs of DB cooled in the stream. The smell of cooking sausages and mussels filled the air. I saw where I was meant to
be and I joined up that day. Like many young men, I went to a special local beach and became part of a new family. The decision I made that
day on Karekare has defined my life. It has shaped who I am”.
In this nice word picture he has summed up what surf lifesaving has meant to thousands of New Zealand boys and girls, men and women.
The sport has contributed immeasurably to the goodness and character of our nation. In this commemorative volume this contribution is
documented in vibrant form with excellent illustrations. The book is peppered with vignettes and recollections by the famous, the legends, the
characters and the comedians that are part and parcel of surf lifesaving over the decades.
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Callum Taylor, NZ Team 1998, World Lifesaving Championships, Long Bay, Auckland [Pam Ryan]
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Bay of Plenty BeginningsAll areas of the country get a fair share of coverage, including our own regions of Bay of
Plenty and Waikato.
For instance it is reported that while the present Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service
originated from a meeting held in December 1929, and is recognised as the first surf
lifesaving club in the Bay of Plenty, there was an earlier group of surf bathers who patrolled
the main beach. A public meeting was called in 1914 to discuss the formation of a club.
The Te Puke and Tauranga Amateur Swimming clubs later affiliated to the Mount Maunganui
Surf Lifesaving Club and the Tauranga Girls Club was established in 1932, only the second
women’s club formed in the country. There are now 15 clubs in the region including the
major tourist beaches at the Mount, Whangamata and Ohope. There are also clubs at Hot
Water Beach, Tairua, Pauanui, Onemana, Whiritoa, Waihi Beach, Omanu, Papamoa, Maketu,
Pukehina, Thornton, Whakatane and Opotiki.
And so it goes on - chapter and verse, facts and figures, historic trivia in many instances but
spiced with stories of dramas - shark attacks, drownings, the Wahine disaster in Wellington
Harbour, the ‘Anzac bond’ established through surf lifesaving even before Gallipoli, plus the
recollections of our great soldier and military leader General Freyberg (who also swam the
English Channel).
There is very little that has been over-looked and it is all supported splendidly with
outstanding illustrations and cartoons. One of my favourites was a photograph taken
during the 2010 nationals at Ohope featuring a flotilla of surfboats in the shallows at
sunrise, ready for the day’s competition. It is evocative and beautiful.
The various chapter titles in this history are a catalogue in themselves of developments in
surf lifesaving over one hundred years - the Anzac Code, From Neck to Knee to Now, From
Ladies to Ironwomen, Having Fun, Tragedies, Officials, The Winds of Change, Chopper Boys,
Rubber Ducks, Gladiators of the Surf, Our Second Century and finally the Roll of Honour.
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Taking a dive: Mt Maunganui Ladies cling on at the 2009 NZ Champs, Gisborne [Jamie Troughton]
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The Last WordCelebrations to mark one hundred years of surf lifesaving are being held at clubs
throughout the country. Many of the stories are getting longer and more elaborate, the waves
much higher, the rips more dangerous and at these commemorative social functions the
tellers of tales are a little less fit, not so much hair on top and maybe just a touch of a
paunch here and there. But hey, it’s been a great ride! Surf Lifesaving is one of those
activities that combines service to the community with sport, recreation, tons of fun-filled
summer days and mates that last a lifetime - surely some of the best elements of our
national character.
The final word in our tribute goes to Bob Harvey, President of Surf Lifesaving New Zealand:
‘New Zealand surf lifesavers have always been ready to come to the rescue. Through the long
summer months, the guardians of the beach are ever on the lookout for an upraised hand,
ears pricked for a cry for help. The yellow-and-red flag has remained a symbol of safety in
the surf. Though traditions, equipment and practices have changed, one fact has endured -
lifeguards are in it for life’.
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NippersMore than 35,000 school children attend
beach education sessions throughout New
Zealand each year. In the last 20 years,
drowning rates have reduced by over 50
percent. It may also come as a surprise to
learn that Surf Lifesaving receives
absolutely no funding from central
government - everything they do and deliver
is funded by donation, grants and
sponsorship.
‘Nippers’ is the affectionate name for Surf
Lifesaving’s comprehensive training
programme for youngsters.
From the age of seven, children can join
their local Club to participate in Junior
Surf. Kids are encouraged to have fun and
develop skills so they can enjoy the beach
and one day be able to save someone else
too. The programme is all about developing
tomorrow’s lifeguards and opens up a whole
new world for children.
Although programmes for Nippers vary
slightly in format from club to club (they
used to be called ‘Midgets’ on the local
scene), the essentials are the same -
instilling in children a sense of confidence
and skills to enable them to progress
through levels leading to competition,
patrols and coaching. The local Omanu Surf
Club has the largest ‘nippers programme’ in
the country, but all clubs in the region cater
for, and welcome, youngsters to their ranks.
Cover StarsOur UNO. Summer edition cover features
two Nippers from the Omanu Club in
Tauranga. JORDON YORK aged nine (a
two-year veteran who has competed in
carnivals since he was seven) and sister
EMILLIE aged six (who will start her
competitive career when she is seven).
They are the children of Jonathon York,
Director of Junior Surf at Omanu Beach
Surf Lifesaving Club.
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JAMES HAD DISCOVERED A FASCINATION
FOR DERMATOLOGY at a UK hospital where
he was “thrown into” removing lesions
identified by a colleague. An interest he
furthered as a GP at Mount Maunganui
where he also played rugby for the Mount
Seniors.
James’ connection to New Zealand seemed
cemented when he married Helen, a kiwi he
met horse riding at Waitomo. Twelve year
old Hamish and Danielle, now ten, were
born here in the Bay, however Danielle was
hardly more than a baby when the family
accepted a position with Emirates Airline
based in Dubai. James was one of a team
of doctors employed to look after the health
of Emirates staff and dependents; 25,000
people. “I found a significant level of skin
cancer there, due to the number of
expatriates – Australians, Kiwis, South
Africans, Zimbabweans – living the typical
outdoor lifestyle associated with the airline
industry”.
His interest was piqued so much that he
enrolled in a Diploma of Dermatology with
Cardiff University, an award winning, IT
based, distance learning diploma.
Seventeen hours study a week on top of his
day job saw him pass with “commendation”.
He followed the Diploma with a Certificate
in Advanced Clinical Dermoscopy through
the Skin Cancer College of Australia and
New Zealand, based in Brisbane.
Dermoscopy uses high powered
magnification and polarised light to allow
trained specialists to look deeper in the skin
at the structure of lesions. Diagnostic
accuracy is thus increased, helping to
identify whether a skin cancer is present or
not.
In February this year James brought his
skills back to Tauranga joining the Skin
Centre, a practice he had already admired
from afar. “The standard is exceptionally
high here. It is not just that we achieve the
best results with the complicated work, it
is that the simple procedures are executed
with excellence as well.”
Having lived in the centre of bustling Dubai,
James and his family are now appreciating
the space and greenery they have around
them in New Zealand, and, protected by
clothing and suntan lotion of course, are
making the most of the outdoors. The
family ski and fish together as well as
regularly visiting the Redwoods for
mountain bike excursions. After playing
several years for the Dubai Exiles and then
the Emirates Airline Rugby Team, James
finally relegated himself to the sideline and
focused more on golf.
At the Skin Centre James runs the Skin
ScanTM service. He demonstrated the
technology he uses in a Skin Scan to check
and track changes in moles. A High
Definition camera is initially used to take
macro photos of the skin surface.
Following this a skin check is performed
and any atypical lesions are imaged with a
Dermascopic attachment. “It’s at this point”
James explains “that we can advise the
patient regarding the nature of their moles
and whether they should be removed
immediately.” Follow up may be either short
term (three months) or long term (one
year). “At follow up we are able to view both
Dermascopic images side by side allowing
identification of even minute changes in
structure, shape, pigmentation or
colouration”.
EARLY DETECTION IMPORTANTAs James points out, it is all about early
detection. “Melanoma is curable if caught
early. 70% of melanomas are new moles,
which we can pick up when we compare the
macro shots of the skin. It has also been
shown in studies that, with serial
dermoscopy, even subtle changes in existing
moles can be picked up, well before the
patient is aware of any issues”. However
despite this fantastic technology, James
stresses the importance of getting to know
your own skin and self-checking regularly
for any changes. He lists the factors in
melanoma detection in alphabetical order:
Asymmetry, irregular Border, variegated
Colour, Diameter > 7mm, and Evolution, (as
in the changes in any of the former).
The recent upgrade of the Skin Centre,
adding six day care theatre suites and
more consulting space, has brought all the
Skin Centre expertise under one roof. “This
makes it easy to collaborate and obtain
Specialist opinions.”
Uno’s reporter may have serenely enjoyed
the gorgeous new waiting area before this
interview but immediately afterwards she
booked herself a skin check with Dr James
Spreadborough. As her generation “baked
on the beach with coconut oil” it seemed
the sensible thing to do.
“ Most kids nowadays seem to be wearing
long sleeved rash shirts at the beach,” says
James, relieved that the message may be
finally getting through.
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THAT WAS THE LINE THAT LURED DR JAMES SPREADBOROUGH FROM HIS NATIVE ENGLAND TO THE BAY OF PLENTY IN 1990.
“THE RUGBY IS GOOD AND WE’VE FOUND YOU A JOB”
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A COMBINATION of unique environmental
factors predisposing to extreme ultraviolet
levels, and a population of largely fair
skinned individuals means that sadly, New
Zealand has one of the highest skin cancer
rates in the world.
Our best defences against the skin cancer
epidemic are sun protection and awareness
that leads to early detection.
As the days grow longer and the ultraviolet
levels increase, it is imperative that we heed
sun-safe behaviour to minimise the
damaging effects of UV to our skin and
reduce our chances of developing skin
cancer. We need to avoid unnecessary
exposure to UV at peak times of intensity
from 11.00am to 4.00pm by covering up
and using a broad spectrum sun screen
of at least SPF 30+ to areas that can’t be
covered. These should all become daily
practices.
Despite its increasing frequency, skin
cancer remains eminently curable if
diagnosed and treated appropriately at the
earliest possible stage. Periodic skin self-
examination has been shown to increase the
chance of recognising a new or changing
mole or growth so that this can be assessed
by a doctor. Regular screening checks by
a doctor with the training and experience
necessary to recognise the often subtle
signs of early skin cancer are an important
adjunct.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the
commonest type of skin cancer. This
typically presents as a spot or sore on sun-
damaged skin that may bleed with minor
trauma such as drying the skin with a towel.
However, by the time a BCC presents like
this it may have been present in a more
subtle form for some time.
skin cancer:
A Growing ConcernWITH SUMMER HERE, IT IS
TIMELY TO THINK ABOUT
THE COMMONEST CANCER
IN THE WORLD - SKIN
CANCER.
Fortunately, this type of skin cancer rarely
spreads to other parts of the body, but if
not treated completely, recurrences can be
extensive and definitive treatment
disfiguring.
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) usually
presents as a rapidly growing, scaly lump
that is often tender. SCCs behave more
aggressively than BCCs and may spread
to draining lymph glands. However, when
treated at a small early stage, the risk of
this is negligible.
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin
cancer and only early detection and prompt
surgical treatment can offer complete cure.
The ‘classical’ melanoma presents as a new
or changing mole with an irregular outline
and mixture of different brown and black
colours. However, some of the most
aggressive melanomas can present as a
rapidly growing skin coloured or bleeding
growth on the skin.
Whilst most arise in sun exposed skin,
melanoma can arise in usually covered
areas, under the hair on the scalp or
in-between the fingers or toes or on the
soles of the feet or palms of the hands.
Melanoma can even arise under the finger
or toe nails. The real challenge in the early
diagnosis of melanoma lies in the
recognition of very early changes, so that
suspicious lesions can be treated at the
earliest possible stage.
Specialist dermatologists are medical
doctors with extensive training and
experience in the diagnosis and treatment
of all skin cancers. They have the clinical
skills and technology to detect and
appropriately treat growths at the earliest
possible stage enabling very high cure
rates.
If you have any concerns about your skin,
or would just like the peace of mind of a
thorough skin examination, make an
appointment to see a dermatologist.
Please visit the website of the New Zealand
Association of Dermatologists and the
American College of Mohs Surgery for more
information or contact at THE SKIN CENTRE:
Dr Paul Salmon; Dr Neil Mortimer; Dr Amy
Stanway; Dr Ben Tallon; Dr Walayat Hussain;
Dr Juber Hafiji.
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Mazzahn certainly caters for everyone,
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Mazzahn’s staff swear by Wella hair
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A variety of manicures and pedicures
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“Minerals are better for your skin and allow
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cosmetics, and, if an eyebrow shape or
brow or lash tint will enhance your
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So why not take a fresh approach to
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HARVEY KIDD at BAYWATCH ON TIME is
rightfully proud that they stock one of the
largest ranges of time-pieces in New
Zealand in an independent locally-owned
store; and that there is hardly a watch that
Harvey cannot repair!
Harvey has been immersed in watch-making
since 1986 when he started his apprentice-
ship with Bates Watchmakers in Wanganui
where he worked for 12 years. He belongs
to the Horological Institute of New Zealand.
It is little wonder that Harvey, and his
partner in business and in life Julia Veitch,
are delighted with their new purpose-de-
signed store and its high profile location on
busy Elizabeth Street next to Burger King.
It marks the peak of a progression which
started in 1997 when they established the
business in a small Devonport Road office
above Bellamia Pizzeria. They later moved
to Durham Street but most regular
customers will know Baywatch from the
past nine years in Grey Street, next to
Books-a-Plenty.
“The new store is an expression of
everything I have learnt in the business over
the last 25 years,” says Harvey. It certainly
has that ‘wow’ factor, offering an
exceptional range of watches in a stunning
setting. You can’t fail to notice the Tissot
Safe. This circular display designed to
emulate the door of a bank vault is a
popular concept overseas. Harvey initiated
its introduction into New Zealand, his store
one of only four in the country featuring it.
“Tissot is a prestigious Swiss brand fully
deserving of the reputation Swiss watches
have, and of a display of this calibre,” he
says.
Harvey and Julia have ensured their store
caters for all tastes and price points. While
the most expensive Tissot watch in store is
just over $2,500 you can also buy a Casio
for $49. Displays are by brand and origin
and include fashion styles as well as the
classics.
Swiss brands include Tissot, Calvin Klein,
Swatch and Certina. Obaku, a new range
exclusive to Baywatch, exhibits typical
Danish style and restraint. You’ll also find
Timex, Casio, G-shock and Citizen Eco Drive
in a store where layout makes it easy to
browse and clearly defines the very
visible workshop/service area.
Harvey credits Matt and Fleur of Insight
Architecture Limited with interpreting his
ideas for a timeless contemporary look
incorporating energy-efficient features like
the latest LED lighting technology.
“Realising my vision was a team effort and I
thank everyone involved,” he says.
FASHION FORWARD - SERVICE FIRST
Julia points out that awareness of watches
as a fashion item has prompted them to
include jewellery ranges to match watch
styles. Imagine a beautiful Calvin Klein (ck)
watch complemented by earrings, bracelet
and necklace. You can choose your fashion
watch from labels like Guess, DKNY, Fossil,
Diesel and Storm.
While Baywatch on Time’s range reflects
improvements in technology and changes in
fashion, the one constant is the standard of
service and repairs.
While Julia looks after overall sales and
administration, and Kate Bicknell ‘mans’
the shop-front, Harvey and watch
technician David Scarfe repair watches. If
the part your watch needs is not among
the many thousands Harvey carries he has
excellent supplier-relationships to access it.
So with all this choice what watches do the
specialists wear?
Harvey sports a Citizen Diver’s watch but
also has a Tissot T-touch. Julia chooses
from watches by CK, Citizen and Guess.
And are they slaves to time? “Only when we
have to be,” laughs Harvey who loves the
outdoors, especially fishing. Lake
Waikaremoana is a favourite for family
camping. Maybe they will get there once the
Christmas rush is over.
With Christmas in mind, our reporter chose
her favourite CK watch, and was pleasantly
surprised to find it priced so reasonably.
She took the catalogue home as a subtle
hint for her partner!
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THE OPENING OF MAGAZINE AT MOUNT
MAUNGANUI involved some serendipity.
Owner Linda Savage has three stores in
Auckland, the flagship store in Takapuna,
others in Point Chevalier and Mount Eden.
“We absolutely love the Mount,” she says.
“We holiday there and have many relatives
in Tauranga, so when I literally stumbled
over a ‘closing down’ sign on the pavement
in the main Maunganui Road shopping strip
it was too good an opportunity to miss.”
Over 30 years in fashion design and
retail and managing a chain of ten stores
throughout the North Island has taught
Linda what women want.
Magazine at the Mount is delivering just
that.
How wonderful to enter a store and find
it buzzing with happy people, and Moira
Suisted, the manager, happily dressing
them. Linda could not have chosen a better
manager. Many will remember Moira as the
effervescent owner of Tauranga’s The Buds
of May. “Moira had a very loyal following
and people travel to Magazine because they
trust her honesty and fashion expertise,”
says Linda. Moira may have done exciting
things like living in France during the hiatus
in her fashion career but nothing is more
exciting for her than being back in the
business. “Our opening was like a Buds of
May reunion party,” she laughs. “I’m thrilled
to see Magazine fill a gap in the market for
beautifully designed quality clothes for the
curvier figure”.
Moira’s former clients may also recognise
Jan Trott who brings 15 years industry
experience to Magazine; and Robin
Reynolds, well known in local fashion and
cosmetic circles and from appearances in
television commercials.
They are passionate about helping women
to self-confidence by looking fabulous. They
also love hearing about their lives, their
trials and joys. “It’s more than selling
clothes”, says Linda.
“It’s about creating a friendly, positive and
comfortable experience in store, helping
our clients to a look that suits them, their
lifestyles and of course their pockets”.
Moira’s wardrobe and colour consultancy
training finds its outlet here. Magazine’s
personal ‘styling’ service has helped many
women update their existing wardrobes with
a new ‘investment piece’ and guided them
gently out of their comfort zone.
CASUAL TO FABULOUS
Magazine carries about 15 labels which
cover the spectrum from contemporary to
classic, and something for every occasion,
with recognition that glamour is returning
to the fashion arena. It is classily casual to
fabulously special.
“Femininity is our hallmark,” says Linda.
“We look for flattering pieces that are
versatile and trans-seasonal. We love
accessories and are delighted with our
exquisite range of local and Italian
jewellery.” The store is unashamedly girly
with strip chandeliers above the counter
and in dressing rooms. Clothes in a rainbow
of vibrant hues and popular neutrals hang
from Magazine’s signature black wrought-
iron display units. Matching hats, bags and
scarves perch on glass shelving above.
Linda and her team collaborate to design
clothing for Magazine’s own label.
The latest range has arrived just in time for
Christmas parties, race days or summer
weddings - a gorgeous array of silk, satin
and velvet in glowing shades and textures
- And at Magazine they stock sizes 10 -26,
appreciating that age and shape is only a
state of mind!
Linda fully endorses the female love affair
with clothes. “There are a million reasons
why,” she says. “They are an extension of
our personalities, a reflection of our moods,
an outlet for our creativity.”
So head to Magazine for your retail therapy.
They will be the first to agree you deserve it.
MAGAZINE DESIGNER CLOTHING
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Open Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5pm, Sat & Sun
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AT THE MOUNT!
MAGAZINE
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Hamilton. This Salon was built with an emphasis on client relaxation and
comfort. Customer Service is paramount at Ktizo Hair & Spa where our clients
are offered the latest in products and innovative hair styling.
Ktizo Hair & Spa strive to be at the forefront of the New Zealand hairdressing
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and international trends. We are proud to stock luxury brands, L’Oreal
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SISTERS BOUTIQUE, located on London Street in Hamilton encourages its
guests to an experience of gorgeous brands for men and women from top New
Zealand and Australian designers such as Karen Walker, Sass and Bide, Ruby,
Ksubi, Maurie and Eve and many more. With accessories from sunglasses,
jewellery, bags, belts and shoes Sisters will have you looking fabulous from
head to toe!
Sisters Boutique
61 London Street, Hamilton
p. 07 839 7658
Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm
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THE WHITE ROOM, Hamilton’s fashion forward designer boutique. Located
at the West end of Ward Street, it is very much a destination shopping
experience. The White Room is not only the flagship store for Hamilton’s own
edgy label Nyne, but also represents labels such as Stolen Girlfriends Club,
Salasai, Chronicles of Never, Meadowlark, Deadly Ponies, Chaos & Harmony,
ToBe Shoes, and debuting this season to The White Room, and exclusive in the
Waikato, is the Lela Jacobs collection.
THE WHITE ROOM
135 Ward St, Hamilton
p. 07 839 3801
Open 7 days
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SHOP 9 is situated at 9 Braid Road, St Andrews, Hamilton. Shop 9 is your
new favourite shop – edgy, fun and feminine. Away from the busy city our St
Andrews shop destination is exclusive; offering you the boutique shopping
experience. Shop 9 stocks a selection of New Zealand’s finest designers;
Yvonne Bennetti, Oyl, Angela Lewis, Catalyst, Chocolat, @emgirl, Artstyle,
Cooper by Trelise, Women, Café, Robyn Mathieson, Loobie’s Story and Dryberg
Kern making original and chic fashion pieces available to you.
Shop 9
9 Braid Road, Hamilton
p. 07 849 1598
f. 07 8491597
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RUBY ROSE is a high fashion boutique in Te Awamutu bringing stylish
affordable fashion that will make any girl, no matter what her age, stand out
in the crowd feeling feminine and beautiful. With brands such as Wish, Truese,
Azuki, Ketz-ke, Grab, Sass, Evil Twin, Staple, you will always find something
unique for any occasion at Ruby Rose.
All Jewellery and accessories for the Ruby Rose Models was kindly
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Ruby Rose
293 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu
p. 07 871 3191
Mon - Wed: 9am - 5pm
Thurs: 9am - 5.30pm
Sat: 9am - 1pm
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OOBY RYN is a women’s fashion house based in Victoria Street, Cambridge,
stocking New Zealand & Australian designer labels. The Ooby Ryn store
showcases the whole Ooby Ryn collection of garments, belts and bags.
Contrary to this Ooby Ryn designs one off wedding gowns, bridal wear and
winning race day hats and fascinators. Ooby Ryn is stocked throughout New
Zealand in designer boutiques and also in Australia. The Ooby Ryn Rainbow
Bright Summer 2010/11 Collection is influenced by the 80s with an explosion
of colours and patterns. The overall design is girlie, flirty and fun. Slim
silhouettes and form fitting dresses are contrasted with statement shoulders
and styles ubiquitous to the era. Ooby Ryn uses exclusive silks which are hand
sprayed making each garment unique. Ooby Ryn has shown three times as part
of Air New Zealand Fashion Week and is proudly made in New Zealand.
73a Victoria Street, Cambridge
p/f. 07 827 5206
Mon - Fri: 9.30am - 5.30pm, Sat: 10am - 2pm
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DESIGNER JASMIN SCOTT MAY BE BETTER KNOWN TO THE FASHION
WORLD AS JASMIN SPARROW. AN ALTER EGO THAT IS SYNONYMOUS WITH
THE CONSISTENT USE OF MAGNIFICENT FEATHERS AND DELICATE FABRICS
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SCOTT WITH HER LONG DARK HAIR, ADORNED WITH HER OWN FEATHER
CREATIONS, FREELY ADMITS SHE LIVES IN HER OWN LITTLE WORLD. HER
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I get up early, take my dog for a walk, sew,
make jewellery, come up with new creations,
drink tea, go to the library and look through
books for inspiration, send emails, send off
orders, have meetings, tick off lists, sleep…
in no particular order.
UNO. What is inspiring your work at the
moment?
JS I get inspired by so many things.
Everyday life inspires me. Books,
magazines, old films, different cultures,
nature, people, fabrics, new art supplies.
I’ve been looking through some amazing
jewellery books from Africa and Asia
recently and have been so inspired by their
talent, I’ve started incorporating beadwork
into my creations. Very fiddly and time
consuming, but the outcome is well worth it.
UNO. Where is home and what makes it
home?
JS At the moment I’m torn between Waihi
Beach and Wellington. Waihi Beach is
where I grew up, so I love being there
with my family. I love the lifestyle, walks
on the beach, Orakawa and bonfires in
the summertime. Wellington’s a great
city with a lot more opportunity. Creative
surroundings and amazingly talented
people to learn from and collaborate
with. It’s where I need to be to ensure my
business grows at this early stage although
the city does get a bit much at times; too
many cars and traffic lights!
I definitely prefer being by the sea.
UNO. How did Jasmin Sparrow begin and
when?
JS It all started by accident really in 2008.
I’ve always loved feathers, and came across
some strung feathers in an emporium one
day, amongst an overwhelming collection
of art supplies and trinkets. I thought they
looked fun so bought them and started
wearing them around my head and braided
into my hair. This lead to feather necklaces
which people loved and were asking to
purchase, so I started making them for
friends and selling a few. A friend of a friend
owned a shop so she started selling some
and it all went from there!
UNO. What is a typical day at work for you?
JS My studio is set up in my bedroom. It
has beautiful big wooden windows that
look out onto the trees of Aro Valley. It’s a
beautiful space to work in and I always feel
inspired sitting there. Every day is different,
it all depends on what I have on.
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UNO. Any plans to branch out from
feathers?
JS I’ve already started doing a few things
without feathers; little leather beaded
pouches and collars and I’ve done a small
basics range for summer, with nice soft
silks made into long floaty dresses.
I have also enrolled in a jewellery course
next year. Incorporating fine jewellery into
my feather work was my initial inspiration
to enrol, but I imagine I’ll come up with
many more ideas as I learn.
UNO. Who would you most like to see
wearing Jasmin Sparrow?
JS I just want to see everyday likeminded
people wearing and appreciating it. I love
walking down the street and seeing a
complete stranger wearing something I have
made. My garments are statement pieces
that look beautiful on.
I love knowing that whoever is wearing
them will feel amazing. I’m discovering
that people who have bought from me
previously are the ones who love what I’ve
made them, and are returning to buy more!
It makes me happy to know I’ve already
earned some loyal customers.
UNO. Right now, I’m listening to...
JS I think I’m stuck in the wrong era when it
comes to music.
My favourites are Bob Dylan, The Doors,
Jimi Hendrix, Patti Smith, Led Zeppelin, The
Velvet Underground and Neil Young.
UNO. What’s the one piece of advice you
wish you had been given earlier?
JS If you asked me last year I would have
said time management, but I think I’ve
finally nailed that one! Although I do still
run late sometimes.
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But to be honest I think life is all about
figuring it out for yourself! There’s lots of
advice I’ve been given but I’ll still go and
make the mistake. It’s the only way you
really learn.
UNO. What’s in the crystal ball that excites
you at the moment?
JS I’m working on a little advert at present
with a friend in Wellington who makes films
which is fun! Have met some exciting people
recently I’m going to collaborate with. I have
a fashion show in Wellington in a few weeks.
Markets at Waihi Beach over summer. Lots
is happening! And it’s only the beginning.
UNO. Where do you hope to see Jasmin
Sparrow in the future?
JS I’ve been pacing myself with the
business, slow and steady and learning as I
go, being cautious and getting a feel for the
industry. It feels as though now it’s finally
being recognised and beginning to grow
which is really good timing. Any sooner and
I don’t think I would have been prepared. I
aim to source some international stockers
in the new year and do some nice little
business trips all over the place.
My dream would be to open up a little
boutique selling my things by the seaside
somewhere. A boutique with coffee and
organic treats, art and books and Jasmin
Sparrow.
UNO. I can’t imagine my life without...
JS Feathers! Of course. And the usual,
family, friends, chocolate
The ever evolving creativity of Jasmin
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DESIGNERS BARN deals in high quality
and unique antiques and collectibles. Pat
has been operating a similar operation,
although much larger, for the past 30 years
out of Ireland so it made good sense to set
up a similar business in New Zealand.
“The best thing about quality antiques and
the like is that you can buy, sell and trade
anywhere in the world”.
The operation in Ireland is still in full swing
and now run by a Manager and that enables
them to source stock easily for the
Cambridge Designers Barn. Although
Sharon and Patrick have now moved to New
Zealand virtually on a permanent basis,
they still travel a lot both for pleasure and
for buying trips.
The journey for Pat and Sharon began in
1999 when she was selling a car and he was
looking to buy one, especially this particular
one - a 1964 Aston Martin that ironically
came from New Zealand.
It was a happy outcome. He got the car and
the girl and they all lived happily ever after,
eventually here in New Zealand!
WHEELING AND DEALING
Pat’s father was a cattle and horse dealer
in Ireland so as a young lad he spent much
of his time at auctions and got the taste for
doing ‘a deal’ early on in life.
“I grew up around dealing so I suppose you
could say it’s in my blood”, he said.
“The thing I like about it is this - it doesn’t
matter which country you live in, if you
know your stuff you can make a living.
I actually started by bringing classic cars
out of England and would sell them in
Ireland. I always had an abundance of
unusual product around me and have a
penchant for buying and selling. It is what I
do best, hence this latest venture, which we
have now relocated to New Zealand, to buy
and sell unique, different and high quality
antiques and collectibles. We are also in the
business of ‘search and discover’ - if you
are looking for a specific piece, you let us
know and we’ll do our best to find the piece
for you. We do supply and buy to order for
many of our customers, which includes the
film and Television industry.”
THE DESIGNERS BARN IN CAMBRIDGE IS
A PLACE OF UNBOUNDED FASCINATION.
SPECIALISING IN HIGH QUALITY ANTIQUES AND
COLLECTIBLES AND FINE ART, IT IS OWNED BY
PATRICK AND SHARON DELANY, WHO CAME
OVER TO NEW ZEALAND FROM IRELAND FOR A
HOLIDAY AND LOVED IT SO MUCH THEY STAYED!
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Sharon was brought up in England and first
came to this country in 1978 for a trip with
her former husband. They brought their
company ‘Hereford Fine China’ with them
and started production here which lasted a
decade. After rearing a family they decided
to sell the business and move to Ireland.
Sharon is an artist blessed with a wide
range of talents, specialising in painting
water colours, fashioning bronze sculptures,
hand-guilding picture framing and
traditional upholstery.
WORLD TRAVELLERS
They have travelled worldwide together
buying as they go. “We have spent a lot of
time in the United States, Argentina, and of
course mainland Europe. I persuaded Pat
to come and visit New Zealand seven years
ago to visit family and friends, and we liked
it so much we bought into the dream and
we never left”.
“Setting up the Barn seemed like the right
thing to do, to replicate the business as in
Ireland, because that is what we both enjoy.
It’s just a much smaller version of Pat’s
place back home where he enjoys a huge
following” Sharon said.
Pat reckons they need a bigger barn still,
and said he would have no problem filling it!
The couple buy only exclusive pieces that
are different and not mass-produced, based
on their own experience and knowledge of
the market. Pat said that one of his
passions is advertising signs - he has
hundreds of them.
“They enable all of us to look back and
reminisce about our younger days and even
before”, he says.
The Designers Barn carries a huge variety
of stock including mirror lights, sculptures,
outdoor garden pieces, bronzes, furniture,
pictures, ornaments, antiques - it’s an
eclectic mix spanning four centuries.
This UNO. reporter’s favourite - an old cane
chair for sale which was a movie prop from
the film ‘Some Like it Hot’ starring Tony
Curtis and Marilyn Munroe. Pat said that
movie sets were fun because “we are shown
a script then tear off to find the appropriate
pieces, be it a vase or horse and carriage.
I even rode the odd horse in movies as an
extra which we sometimes supplied.
On display in the Barn are many props
suitable for film or television sets or to
dress Irish Pubs interiors, or indeed those
special pieces sought by interior designers.
“One of my funnier buys was a prototype of
Robocop. I bought it for a friend who owns
a scrap metal business and he has given it
pride of place in his offices!
Other ‘goodies’ include a Church
confessional booth, and a 150 year old
cast-iron baptismal font which we used as
an ice cooler at our parties”, said Pat.
“It’s a really fun game”, says Pat “and I like
nothing more than getting up early and
heading off to an auction. But on Saturday
mornings we are busy locally with a stall in
the township at the La Joie French Market.
There is something there for everyone and
its great to get out and about and meet the
local Cambridge people.
The Designers Barn is an absolute wonder
house of treasures - antiques, gifts, art and
truly unusual and unique oddments. It is
well worth a special visit but remember -
hours of business are described as ‘Open
all Hours’ but ring first as they may be away
buying. Pat said “As we operate on this ‘by
appointment’ basis our operating hours
could be anytime, depending on customer
interests and needs. And let me assure you -
there will always be a warm Irish welcome”!
DESIGNERS BARN
120 Wordsworth Street, Cambridge.
Open all hours but by appointment.
Phone Sharon on 021 128 9197
or Pat on 021 244 4292
www.designersbarn.co.nz
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Along with the keys comes the Landmark
‘bible’, a beautifully presented folder
which records every aspect of their home
including plans, specifications, fittings,
fixtures, suppliers, colours, and of course
the code of compliance and Master
Builders’ Guarantee.
This marks the culmination of a
process that started when the client
approached Landmark, very likely from
a recommendation or from admiring
other Landmark homes or a showhome.
Landmark’s reputation has been steadily
growing since the company was established
35 years ago by Paul and Debbie Clarke,
and has been cemented by the pleasure
people derive from their Landmark
Home and the excellent resale value they
command. The Clarkes’ are now involved
in franchising throughout New Zealand,
leaving a very capable Anna and her team
to run the flagship Tauranga branch.
Jo Nicholson may be your first contact at
Landmark’s front desk. She will introduce
you to Robyn Ford or Leanne Goodchap for
a consultation during which they listen to
your wants, hopes and dreams for your new
home and find out how you function in daily
family life. This helps them formulate a
design just for you.
“Most people choose our ‘Design and Build’
service,” says Anna. “Their final house
plan is often a derivation of one of our
60-plus standard plans adapted to meet
their particular needs so that it is unique
to them. Clients appreciate that we have
put years into developing plans for timeless
homes that work.”
Not only do you see your plans but
Landmark’s 3D imaging technology
means you can see your future home, even
sampling the potential views from different
parts of the house. Glencora Price, who is
the sales team’s PA, is Landmark’s gateway
to technology and will ‘fly you around’ your
newly designed home. When building starts
you get a personal log-in to your project on
Landmark’s web so you can check progress
online.
UNCOMPROMISED QUALITY
Once Landmark have quotes in for
everything to the last light bulb you sign
a fixed price contract which, except for
changes of mind on your part, is exactly
what your home will cost. It even includes a
two hour consultation with interior designer,
John Darke.
“Landmark is in the business of providing
cost effective quality without compromise,”
explains Anna. “We never claim to be cheap
but our enduring quality speaks for itself.”
Once everything is confirmed your plans
and specifications are handed over to
Landmark’s Construction Manager, Dean
Haggie, who manages every step, every
aspect, of your project, from excavation to
completion.
Whether you end up in tears of joy or are
simply just delighted, you will become one
of many satisfied clients who can genuinely
say they enjoyed having their new home
built. No wonder Landmark is bucking
economic trends - the Tauranga branch
responsible for ten new homes in the Bay of
Plenty from Ohope to Waihi Beach - over the
last twelve months.
“We’ve had a fantastic year,” confirms Anna,
who thrives on her multi-tasking role and
just loves handing over those keys!
While Landmark Homes pride themselves
on creating for you an outstanding new
home in a ‘peace of mind’ process, their
new Bethlehem showhome may make it
even easier. Simply fall in love, buy it and
move in!
The MONACO clearly demonstrates the
qualities that give Landmark its enviable
reputation - instant street appeal and
enduring style; a floor plan designed for
contemporary life, aligned for the passage
of the sun and providing all weather outdoor
areas; quality construction; and beautiful
interior design, fitting and finishing.
A LANDMARKANNA ZANDSTRA, MANAGER OF LANDMARK HOMES
TAURANGA, HAS HAD CLIENTS IN TEARS - TEARS OF JOY! -
WHEN THEY ARE HANDED THE KEYS TO THEIR BRAND
NEW LANDMARK HOME.
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You can’t beat the location.
Bethlehem is one of Tauranga’s most
popular places to live, and the calibre of
its residential homes in tree-lined streets
supports that.
You will reside right in its heart, on a large
site opposite Bethlehem Town Centre
and just along from Somerset Cottage
restaurant.
Monaco, as its name suggests, has been
inspired by the atmosphere and style of the
French provincial home and includes artfully
executed rustic features like the wrought
iron balustrade and hand-rails of the
stairwell which have hand-painted beaten
bars and hand-forged twist detail.
You will notice these as you step into the
double-height foyer after admiring the
shuttered panels and arched windows from
outside.
In this home the lower floor - apart from
office, powder room, laundry and double
garage - is devoted to living.
A large cleverly delineated open-plan
kitchen, dining and casual space is linked to
profile
a separate lounge. The 2.7 metre stud adds
to the overall feeling of spaciousness.
The kitchen is a study in classic simplicity
with provincial styling in cupboards and
drawer-handles and ample Caesar stone
bench and breakfast bar. A ‘kitchen
extension’ includes a wine chiller, racks
for your cellar and plenty of preparation
area beside the second sink. A neat cavity
slider conceals all your mess when you are
entertaining.
Casual seating is forward of the kitchen,
dining next to it. Three bi-fold doors ensure
you can always drift outside or let the
outside in. To dine ‘alfresco’ simply move to
the covered deck accessed from the dining
room and lounge.
LOVELY AND LOFTY
The lounge is a lovely lofty room with a huge
gas fireplace atop a welcoming big hearth.
You could choose to draw the drapes and
hunker down with the flat screen TV or
open bi folds on two sides, and the interior
double doors, for easy flow.
In the Monaco all the bedrooms are upstairs,
a luscious master suite and two doubles.
The master and family bathrooms are
tiled to match the foyer and kitchen, and
like the kitchen, have under-floor heating.
Bathrooms feature Michel Cesar wall-hung
vanities, a luxurious shower for two in
the en suite and a tempting scooped free
standing bath in the bathroom.
As well as superior technology, this
home demonstrates Landmark Homes’
commitment to sustainability with eco-
friendly features, a facility for solar heating
and an HRV system because, as Landmark’s
manager, Anna Zandstra points out, “all
homes should breathe.”
View Landmark’s latest show home and you
may well be breathing that sigh of relief
that comes with finally finding your perfect
home.
Landmark’s helpful on site consultant
can provide all the price and specification
information you need.
LANDMARK HOMES (BOP) LIMITED
p. 07 577 9986
www.landmarkhomes.co.nz
TEMUKA SHOWHOME/OFFICE
174 15th Avenue, Tauranga
OPEN 8.30am - 5pm Mon - Fri, 12pm - 4pm
Sat and Sun.
MONACO SHOWHOME
40 Bethlehem Road, Tauranga
OPEN Thurs - Sun 11am - 3pm from Jan 6
Landmark’s 15th Ave office/showroom
reopens Jan 10.
IT’S EASY TO SEE WHY THESE
TOWNHOUSES WERE RECENTLY JUDGED
ADNZ NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS AS
THE BEST MULTIUNIT DWELLINGS.
The design promises the same sense of fun and freedom as a
convertible car and perhaps signals a new approach to outdoor
living in New Zealand. As in Singapore or the tropics where
people live outside with privacy as well as natural ventilation
and shelter from the elements, these Mount Maunganui
townhouses each has a double height outdoor tropical room
where the walls and roof open up.
A PROMISE OF INTRIGUE
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Approaching from the street to the corner house, the drama of
the interior is not immediately apparent - this is an urban building
after all with a job aimed at separating passers-by from the private
interiors. There is a promise of intrigue though, with warm and
tactile orange-brown copper and good-enough-to-eat charcoal Indian
stone walls as well as fine horizontal screens over the windows. The
transition from public to private is finely crafted with a bridge, water
and screens and there is a sense of being drawn quickly into an
exotic oasis with a contemporary urban Asian aesthetic, or even into
another country.
The house is one of three townhouses completed in 2009 by
architectural designer Will Tatton of Will Tatton Architecture. Judges
in the 2010 design awards were architects Ian Athfield and Pete
Bossley, who praised the residential townhouses saying ‘the design
takes full advantage of the ocean aspects of the site and its
exposure to the elements, whilst presenting a positive energy to the
street aspect.’
Designed for a developer client who asked for bold design, Will
explains: “The clients gave me a fairly free rein to come up with
something special. They wanted to respond strongly to the beach
environment and this had to acknowledge the harsh wind and sun
as well as the pristine days when all is perfect. We worked together
to make sure owners didn’t have to close these houses down just
because the sea breeze got up. We wanted to get a feeling of
generous and lofty open interior space too where people feel like
they are living outside.”
CALM AND PEACE
An ambitious outer ‘second skin’ concept ensued, resulting in two
storey high sliding motorised screen walls and above these are
opening roof louvres, all of which envelop what would normally be
called a deck. Walking into the space the peace is surprising and
when the outer skin silently rolls closed and then louvres within each
panel are ‘feathered’ partly open, the light is filtered and a calm
descends.
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The next ‘layer’ in is the inner skin, which is made up of large
sliding glass doors and stone and copper walls, and as this is
opened up one can feel the house expanding to the size of its outer
volume. As in a boathouse, rays of light pattern the walls and floor
with the blue sea shining through. A nice touch is the see-through
indoor-outdoor gas fire framed through the copper wall.
When asked about the origin of this idea Will laughs. “I had been
living on the beach for 12 years and with completing my own
courtyard development I knew the aim was to be able to read the
paper outside without it blowing away. Also I have been studying
successful environmentally sustainable green building design, and I
wanted to show what could be done in New Zealand with a naturally
ventilated outer skin and solar control.”
As with the open topped car, it is often that the best experience is
felt with the walls (or car windows) closed up but the roof open.
“I stayed in the Moroccan Sahara in courtyards and rooms without
roofs and these have had a big influence on me over the years. I
knew it was possible to adapt this for New Zealand. This design of
achieving an elusive sort of room is a fairly brave idea given our
climate”, he said.
Looking down from the top floor a playful visual connection is made
through the tall screens and the layers of timber decking to the
ground level and to the street.
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TOWNHOUSE 2: 362m² + DECKS 62m²
TOTAL FLOOR AREA: 1039m²INCLUDES GARAGES
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Beachgoers can wander by without the owners feeling observed.
The view along the wide dunes and ocean is arresting. Will describes
the thinking, “the clients wanted a voluminous feel, so the place is
completely open between each level internally with a central
cantilevered stair and no doors, while in the tropical rooms the
space is cavernous.”
Each townhouse has guest rooms and a cinema at ground level,
while on the middle level are living, kitchen and dining spaces and at
the top floor are the owner’s suite and private living room.
An open roof deck high up by the beachfront adds a delightful
‘rooftop living’ element to these remarkable contemporary urban
beach houses. “The evolution of living outdoors in New Zealand
progressed with ranch-sliders in the 60’s, moving from dining on the
patio, to outdoor sofas in 2010, but has a way to go to shelter us
from the wind which they don’t seem to have so much of in Asia”,
said Will. “Rather than create houses with moderate indoor outdoor
flow, it’s now time to progress to completely liveable outdoor rooms,
all year round”
Talking with one of the owners yesterday (a furniture designer and
exporter) it was great to hear him say: “this is how I would have
designed the house if I had done it myself”. The ideal accolade.
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LIGHTHOUSE TAURANGA145 Durham Street, Tauranga p. 07 578 4281
www.lighthousetauranga.co.nz
Lighthouse lighting worked with the owner on this project and, as it evolved, the
design input of Will Tatton Architecture combined with the client’s brief resulted
in a stunning, understated building, at one with the site.
Lighthouse were able to supply dynamic lighting systems and incorporate
sustainable products such as LED, negative detail lighting and Italian glassware,
to really make this an award winning effort. It cleverly mixes modern lighting,
with a twist of classical, some local touches and all seamlessly.
Congratulations to Will Tatton Architecture.
MICO BATHROOMS30 Newton St, Mt Maunganui and 48 Second Ave, Tauranga p. 0800 947 927
www.micobathrooms.co.nz
This prestigious development required quality bathroom and laundry fittings to
complement the prime Mount Maunganui waterfront site.
Our consultants spent considerable time with the builder and developer to find
the perfect products to enhance the look and feel of the development. This
included a Sok bath from Kohler, Hansgrohe and Methven tapware, Plumbline
basins and vanities from Smail Industries.
Come and visit our award winning showrooms and see our huge selection of quality
bathroom and laundry fittings.
GERRAND FLOORINGS123 Hewletts Road, Mt Maunganui p. 07 575 7821 or 0800 GERRAND
www.gerrand.co.nz
Gerrand Floorings have been standing by quality since 1986 with five national
distinguished achiever awards and the best floorcovering suppliers.
Bond Street apartments were fitted with the utmost in premium carpet and
underlay – 100% pure wool shagpile Elysium carpet from the exclusive
Bremworth Collection by Cavalier Bremworth and opulent urethane underlay to
complete the full heavenly underfoot experience.
THE THORNE GROUP - EXPERT HOME BUILDERSp. 0800 716 129
www.thornegroup.co.nz
The Thorne Group, an award winning Registered Master Builder, is a
progressive family owned building company operating within the Tauranga region.
We pride ourselves on offering a full building service from design through to
delivering exceptional homes and buildings. The Bond Street project brought
together some of the very best in the industry, and working closely with the
developers and architectural designers we were delighted to work within a team
environment to deliver this unique project to Mount Maunganui.
Please visit our website to view more examples of our broad range of homes.
LOUVRETECShowroom at 61 Aviation Ave, Mt Maunganui p. 07 574 6040
www.louvretec.co.nz
Louvretec were the very first company to offer aluminium louvre systems and
still remain the most trusted name and market leader. Their range of systems
includes new generation opening roofs, sun louvres, shutter systems, panel
systems, gates, fencing and chimney cowls all made to measure.
With Louvretec, now you can directly control the sun, wind or rain and gain the
most out of your environment or control your outlook and privacy. Renovating or
building new, the Louvretec range is engineered to complement today’s
architectural styles.
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WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR ONE OF HAMILTON’S MOST REPUTABLE BUILDERS TO DESIGN AND BUILD A
HOME FOR HIMSELF, HIS INTERIOR DESIGNER WIFE, AND THEIR FAMILY, ONLY THE BEST WOULD DO.
THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME HAS BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT WITH METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
THE END RESULT IS JUST WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT - SOMETHING STUNNING.
Story: Andy Martin, Photos: Mark Hamilton
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UNO. Talked to Bruce and Bronwyn Turton
about what inspired their design ideas
behind this gem on the banks of the
Waikato River. I asked if they had a
picture in mind of what they wanted to
build on such a fabulous 3.5 acre site?
“We wanted something that was modern
and wouldn’t date, and would blend into the
landscape here”.
UNO. It is always nice to see a new house
build using the original contour of the land.
Is this something you always strive to do?
“Yes absolutely. We like to be able to sit in
the house and see the natural shape of the
land. Undulation is pleasing to the eye. I
don’t like altering sites if I can help it” said
Bruce.
UNO. What materials were chosen for the
exterior cladding and why?
Bruce said they chose Riblath and solid
plaster with Otago Schist for the pillars and
chimneys. “We have also taken the Schist
inside by the front entrance to give a sense
of connection with the exterior. We have
always loved Otago Schist and feel it really
anchors the house to the site”.
UNO. Being so spoilt for choice with three
wonderful outdoor entertaining areas, how
do you choose which one to use?
“That depends on the event and the time of
the day”, said Bronwyn. “Each space cap-
tures the sun at selected times of the day.
I must say that the large stone fire-place is
a favourite with our friends and family”.
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UNO. What aspects of the exterior are you
most proud of and why?
“Apart from the outdoor zones, the
swimming pool is awesome”, said Bruce.
“I spent a lot of time selecting the special
glass tiles and the effort was worth the end
result. Being an ‘infinity pool’ the levels had
to be 100 percent - nowhere to hide if you
get that wrong!”
UNO. The house has very generous propor-
tions being 580 square metres. How does
the design function?
Bronwyn said that basically there were
three zones. “We have the living area at the
northern most end with the kitchen being
the link between two separate living areas.
The opposite end includes the office, guest
rooms, and garage.
The main three bedrooms each with ensuite
are on the second level”.
UNO. How was the internal design
approached with material and colour
selection?
“We wanted a contemporary styled home
that was grounded with natural elements.
Inspiration came from Otago colours and
elements”, she said.
UNO. The design and function of the
windows are unique and very clever, with
only sliding doors and windows, or
louvres.
What was the reason behind that?
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Bruce said the louvres follow the horizontal
line of the home and the sliders open up for
great indoor and outdoor living.
UNO. There is a real commercial
influence with the use of full-height doors
with aluminium door frames, and also
aluminium skirting. Is this a standard
system or something you developed for this
particular build?
This finishing technique was in keeping with
the negative detailing show-cased in the
home. Full height solid core doors open
up the spaces to take full advantage of the
open plan living.
UNO. With so much choice for kitchen
materials, it is great to see timber coming
back into the latest designs.
Why did you settle on American Oak?
Bruce said it was important that the house
was a home and the use of natural
materials grounds the home.
“This is a home for entertaining and
Bronwyn loves to cook. Timber always offers
warmth to any home and is so timeless”.
The Turtons have certainly ticked the boxes
in every respect. This is a home worthy of
such a naturally beautiful riverside site.
The design incorporates a timelessness that
suits well the natural contours of the
section and both the external finish and
interior design are modern yet warm and
inviting.
‘It’s a home for living.’
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WARREN PAINTERS LTD
p. 07 8288 222 or 0274 970 424
Warren Painters has been painting fine
homes in the Waikato for 35 years.
We are proud to have painted fine homes
built by Turton Builders for 15 years now.
We specialise in:
• Fine Workmanship
• Friendly & Reliable Service
• All Painting & Wallcoverings
Contact Nigel Warren for a free quote.
CELTIC STONE LTD
Contact Taffy on 021 248 2339 or
021 155 1299
www.celticstonework.co.nz
Celtic Stone brings the beauty of natural
stone to homes and landscapes.
With over 40 years experience in stone work
and Waikato’s only Certified Stone Mason
our superior quality stone work and
craftsmanship shows in Schist stone work,
stone cladding and stone walls.
We construct Houses, Columns and Pillars,
Gates and Entrances, Fireplaces and Arches.
CARPET COURT HAMILTON
Cnr Clarence & Tristram St, Hamilton
p. 07 839 9005
For expert, professional flooring advice visit
our team at Hamilton Carpet Court for all
your CARPET, VINYL, CORK, LAMINATE,
WOOD and TILE flooring requirements.
View the latest in our extensive range of local
and internationally sourced floor coverings.
Enhance your home with colour, style,
comfort and quality.
Locally owned and operated, and your
flooring specialist, we are proud to be
associated with Turton/Oliver.
HOSTESS
17 Sunshine Ave, Te Rapa, Hamilton
p. 07 847 3099
www.hostess.co.nz
Today’s materials and fittings for your new
kitchen, bathroom or laundry come in a
huge range where price and true value are
often very different. By talking to
experienced professionals, you can ensure
you get the best products for your needs
at the right price. At Hostess Mastercraft
we have combined our passion for creating
quality joinery, with the latest design and
manufacturing technology. This enables us
to combine traditional skills with the latest
techniques and materials, giving customers
the benefit of outstanding quality and
cost-conscious efficiency.
PO Box 21042 Hamilton
p 07 829 4418
m 021 987 570
w www.turtonbuilders.co.nz
turtonbuilders
TURTON BUILDERS have been creating quality
homes for 17 years. The husband and wife
team of Bruce and Bronwyn have earned a
reputation for building quality homes that people
love to live in. While Bruce takes care of project
management, Bronwyn, an accomplished
interior designer, will be able to help you choose
the best look for your home. Together, they offer
a quality building solution like no other.
HAMILTON BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL ARGYLE HOUSE
• Years 9-13, 7 day boarding • Academic excellence • Modern comfortable accom-modation for 136 students • Six masters (all teachers at Hamilton Boys’ High) and two matrons reside on site • Three masters for supervision of Prep each evening • Tutoring assistance • Computer suite • Large common room with excellent recreational facilities
Hamilton Boys High School Senior Boarding Scholarship available in 2012Applications close Monday 16th May 2011
Enquiries welcome: Tim Aughton - Director of BoardingPh: 07 853 0437 or 027 292 9577or email: [email protected]
Visit our website: www.hbhs.school.nz
The ideal environment for the development of individual responsibility and leadership skills, Argyle House has provided many of the academic and sporting success stories of the School. The school’s central location gives Argyle House boarders close access to the recreational and sporting success stories of the School.The school’s central location gives Argyle House boarders close access to the recreational and cultural amenities of Hamilton.
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Movie ReviewsREVIEWED BY: Dr. Richard Swainson, Co-owner Auteur House, Hamilton
Benny’s Video 1992)
’Benny’s Video’ was Austrian Michael
Haneke’s second theatrical feature.
It confirmed the promise of his debut effort
three years earlier, ‘The Seventh Continent’.
Both films focus narrowly on a typical
middle-class family but make wider
thematic points about violence and the
media in contemporary western culture.
The Benny of the title is a teenage son of
affluent parents who indulge his every
technological whim. Taking his lead from
television, horror movies and the
surveillance cameras that are now part
of everyday existence, Benny obsessively
videotapes his life. He becomes particularly
fixated on the image of a pig being
slaughtered, playing and rewinding the
moment of death. When he attempts to
recreate the experience in reality with a girl
he picks up on the street, there are severe
consequences, ones which both he and his
parents do their best to avoid.
In lesser hands the story and the ideas
behind it could come across as preachy or
didactic. Haneke’s strength though is ever
his ambiguity.
Eschewing definite psychological
motivations for his characters, he lets his
audience make up their own minds about
why things unfold the way they do. You are
invited to draw your own conclusions.
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Haneke achieved a critical and popular
break-through with ‘The Piano Teacher’
which won the Grand Jury prize at the
Cannes Film Festival as well as acting
awards for leads Isabelle Huppert and
Benoît Magimel. An adaptation of Elfriede
Jelinek’s semi-autobiographical novel, it
deals with the sadomasochistic relationship
between a middle-aged music professor and
a twenty-something student whom she
reluctantly instructs in piano.
Without sacrificing the cool, observational
style of his early work Haneke brings an
intensity to the material that’s moving with-
out ever being melodramatic. Resisting the
flash-back structure of the book or anything
else that might prescribe definite
explanation of the character’s actions he
delivers a film that’s by turns mysterious,
sad, shocking and even blackly comedic.
A scene in which the professor makes
sexual advances on her own, elderly
mother is all of these things, an
unprecedented and unforgettable moment.
So seamless and fluid are Haneke’s camera
movements that his technical virtuosity
often goes unnoticed, yet there are tracking
shots of length and complexity the equal
of any of the cinematic masters. Huppert’s
subtle facial gestures and body language
are more than up to the challenge of
depicting a monstrous but always
sympathetic protagonist.
The White Ribbon (2009)
Haneke won last year’s Palm d’Or for his
first period piece, a beautifully shot,
digitally sharpened black and white
evocation of life in a small German village
on the eve of World War I. Haneke has
in the past been critical of films which use
voice-over narration yet here he embraces
it, if only to stress the mysterious and
unknown aspects of his story rather than to
better explain them. His unreliable narrator
is the town’s teacher, a man who comes to
believe that local children are responsible
for a series of horribly violent crimes.
Working on a grand historical canvas, with
multiple characters spread across different
classes and sets of family circumstances,
Haneke’s epic plays like a cross between
Bergman’s ‘Fanny & Alexander’ and the
old horror classic ‘Village of the Damned’.
It’s possible to read it as an examination of
the origins of the Nazi generation but such
an interpretation is unnecessarily limiting.
If the darker aspects mark it as a study
of psycho-sexual behaviour and religious
repression there are also elements of
warmth and humour not hitherto evident in
the director’s career. Rich, compelling and
deliciously ambiguous, ‘The White Ribbon’
suggests that Haneke’s best is yet to come.
The Rotorua Night Market is a premier destination for the community and both national and international visitors. Every Thursday night from 5.00pm in the Heart of Tutanekai Street between Haupapa and Pukuatua Streets. Enjoy boutique style shopping experience showcasing the best the region has to offer in the arts, crafts and accessories. Dine in the ethnic eateries, purchase fresh produce from local growers, the artisans, bee keepers and wine and cheese makers. Normally a bustling thoroughfare the street is transformed into a festive family atmosphere.
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FAT FREDDY’S DROP - The Road to Opononi Summer Tour2 JANUARY 2011
Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi Beach
4 JANUARY 2011
Brewers Bar, Mount Maunganui
The mercurial magic of Fat Freddy’s Drop is on The Road to Opononi in a fortuitous collision between two of our most venerable institutions: the hazy days of summer and Fat Freddy’s Drop live! Packing trombones, analogue synths, waterskis, tennis rackets and fishing rods, Fat Freddy’s Drop will play nine shows stretching from Lower Hutt to Opononi in the Hokianga for a sparkling finale to the run of epic globetrotting.www.fatfreddysdrop.com
SHIHAD, THE NAKED + FAMOUS, CAIRO KNIFE FIGHT 2 JANUARY 2011
Brewers Bar, Mount Maunganui
3 JANUARY 2011
Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi Beach
All promoting new releases and fresh off the back of a successful year of local and international performance, these holidays catch this unique trio together, live in concert. Three world class rock bands of local origin in one arena, if you like your hooks big and your guitars even bigger, it doesn’t get much better than this.Tickets on sale from Ticketmaster and the venues.
BLACKCAPS V PAKISTAN7 - 11 JANUARY 2011
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Come cheer for your favourite team at this international cricket test match. www.blackcaps.co.nz
KATIKATI AVOCADO FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL15 JANUARY 2011
Uretara Domain, Katikati
A funfilled festival featuring fabulous food and wonderful wines from around New Zealand. Quality entertainment throughout the day and plenty of fun for the whole family.
BLUES, BREWS & BBQ’S15 JANUARY 2011
Blake Park, Tauranga
This region’s most iconic summer event; an extravaganza of great music, fine ales and culinary cuisine. The 2011 festival heralds a new direction, more ‘blues’ music with the introduction of two new stages and even more top class bands, a bigger range of craft and premium ales and smaller crowd numbers. www.ticketdirect.co.nz
FLIGHTS OF FANCY23 JANUARY 2011
Wesley Methodist Church, Tauranga
Kiwi harpist Ingrid Bauer returns home this summer for a solo concert tour of regional centres in the North Island. Get up close and personal with a concert harp and enjoy the versatility of this instrument as Ingrid delights you with works by Spohr, Fauré, Debussy and others.www.ingridbauer.com
PARACHUTE FESTIVAL 28 – 31 JANUARY 2011
Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton
The happiest little festival on earth. For four days and three nights you will hear music blasting across six stages that will delight and motivate you. You will hear messages that will challenge and inspire you, and you will meet others that will tell you their story. Welcome to Parachute 2011.www.parachutemusic.com
RAGLAN OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND29 - 31 JANUARY 2011
Raglan studios
For the three days artists will open their studios to the public for viewing. Visitors will be able to meet artists, see their working processes and generally be inspired. Pick up a copy of the Raglan Art Trail Guide 2011 publication or visit the website for more details. www.raglanartscentre.co.nz
DHL International Surf Challenge31 JANUARY – 4 FEBRUARY 2011
Mt Maunganui Beach, Mt Maunganui
The DHL International Surf Challenge promises to be an epic battle for our New Zealand team against the best of the world in a three test series. Tensions will be high with Australia fighting to maintain their title on our turf - bring it on! Free to watch! Come check out this international event!
MARCHWOOD BLUES PICNIC5 FEBRUARY 2011
Marchwood Farm, Tauranga
experience for all ages and abilities.Get ready… Enter online today!www.therev.co.nz
INTERNATIONAL TATTOO & Art Expo19 – 20 FEBRUARY 2011
Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton
This expo will give the public the opportunity to enjoy live music, on-site tattooing, art fusion (live art demonstrations) graffiti artists, skate competitions with NZ’s hottest skaters, Maori & traditional artists, cars & customs, Miss Tattoo NZ, tattoo competitions, as well as the rare opportunity to get tattooed by international tattoo artists.www.tattooart.co.nz
THE LITTLE BIG MARKETS15 & 29 JAN, 5 & 19 FEB 2011
Crn Matai St & Maunganui Rd, Mt
Maunganui
Every second Saturday, 9am - 2pm, throughout summer. A creative collective of designers, emerging and established artists, vintage, fashion and more.
GARTSHORE’S TAURANGA WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL 2011SUNDAY 6 MARCH 2011 Wharepai Domain, Tauranga
A celebration of the region’s best food, best wine and best entertainment.The ‘spirit’ of the festival is to sample a wide variety of wines and dishes.Proceeds from the Festival go to Waipuna Hospice.
LA JOIE MARKET French Style markets in CambridgeEVERY SATURDAY 8AM - 1PM
Empire Street, Cambridge
French crêpes, wine, cheese, wine tasting, Artisan breads, antiques, candles, hand-made soaps, baked treats, interior décor, outdoor furniture,cupcakes, olives, coffee, art, fashion,herbs, flowers & much more
For more information on all events please visit: www.eventfinder.co.nz
Bring your own food and wine, both will be available on site at friendly prices. Set against the backdrop of the gorgeous Bay of Plenty scenery, the Blues Picnic is blues heaven for music connoisseurs. www.bluespicnic.com
KAWHIA KAI FESTIVAL5 FEBRUARY 2011
Omimiti Reserve, Kawhia Harbour
The Kawhia Kai Festival will be tantalising taste buds again as part of the nation’s Waitangi Day celebrations. Within a Maori village décor theme, festival organisers are expecting more than 25 stalls offering traditional Maori food as well as more than 20 displaying traditional Maori arts & crafts such as weaving, carving and tattooing.Rated by The Lonely Planet Travel Guide as one of the top ten must see Maori experiences for visitors. www.kawhiakaifestival.co.nz
NORTH ISLAND SURF BOAT CHAMPIONSHIPS5 – 6 FEBRUARY 2011
Waihi Beach Lifeguard Services
Surf boat crews from across New Zealand will compete in these four surf boat events that make up the New Zealand Surf Boat Series. Crews’ best three results count towards the overall Surf Boat Series title. Free to watch!
LION FOUNDATION NZ Surf League5 – 6 FEBRUARY 2011
Mt Maunganui Beach, Mt Maunganui
The Lion Foundation Surf League is our provincial championship that showcases the best of the best in a dramatic contest for provincial glory! From Auckland in the north through Otago in the south eight provinces will line up for the glamour event on the Surf Life Saving calendar. Free to watch! Come check out this event!
MORE FM WINERY TOUR Brooke Fraser-Opshop-Midnight Youth19 FEBRUARY 2011
Wharepai Domain, Tauranga
4 MARCH 2011
Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton
New Zealand’s favourite songbird Brooke Fraser will headline the MORE FM Winery Tour 2011 summer series along with an all male entourage: chart-topping four-piece band OPSHOP and the popular Auckland rock band, Midnight Youth.www.winerytour.co.nz
WAKEdUP = wakefest 18 – 20 FEBRUARY 2011
Whakamaru Domain, Mangakino
WAKEdUP brings you great music & action! … the beautiful Whakamaru Domain site offers free camping, a great access to the river & a safe spot to party with 2000 other peeps…
The REV Cycle Festival19 FEBRUARY 2011
University of Waikato, Hamilton
Ranked as one of New Zealand’s pre-mier cycle events the REV Cycle Fes-tival is a fun and challenging cycling
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TAUPO22 JANUARY 2011
Riverside Park & Unison Ampitheatre,
Taupo
New Zealand’s international star Stan Walker will headline Taupo2, along with a line up of famous New Zealand acts; including Anika Moa, Dane Rumble and Ivy Lies.Taupo2 is a pop concert for all ages - a great opportunity to bring the family, friends, kids, a picnic and spend a great summer holiday evening listen-ing to some chart-topping tunes.www.ticketek.co.nz
BIKEVEGAS NDURO SUMMER MTB CUP9 JANUARY 2011
Whakarewarewa Forest
Challenge yourself in the 4th Annual Bike Vegas Summer MTB Cup - with single lap courses on some of the best trails New Zealand has to offer
and all on those long, balmy days of mid-summer!NB: This is the event Lance Armstrong has confirmed to be competing in.
SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND EPIC SWIM 15 – 16 JANUARY 2011
Lake Taupo, Ferry Rd, Taupo
Once again the Epic Swim will be taking place at Lake Taupo in 2011. Don’t miss out on the energy and excitement that is surrounding open water swimming across New Zealand.There will be the opportunity to come and swim with New Zealand’s best pool and open water swimmers. Members of the successful Commonwealth Games Aqua Blacks team will be present on the day for you to swim alongside and sign autographs. www.epicswim.co.nz
MOANA PARK WINE TASTING20 JANUARY 2011
Scenic Cellars, 32 Roberts Street, Taupo
Come join winemaker, Dan Barker, and sample a selection of Moana Park Vineyard wines from Hawke’s Bay.Tickets are limited. To book your place at this event, please email [email protected]
LAKESIDE22 JANUARY 2011
Soundshell and Village Green, Memorial
Drive, Rotorua
Join Shane Cortese and Mark Dennison and an all star cast of the nation’s best entertainers and musicians at Rotorua’s iconic free family summer concert. Come, sing and be part of New Zealand’s leading outdoor variety concert spectacular!This is a free family concert.
OPERA IN THE PA29 JANUARY 2011
Te Puia: NZ Maori Arts & Crafts Institute,
Hemo Hemo Road, Rotorua
Opera in the Pa: a unique event situated on the steps of the beautiful Rotowhio Meeting House at the award winning tourist icon Te Puia.The stage is set on the steps of the meeting house with a backdrop of bush and hills covered in steam from the geysers and bubbling hot pools which make up this strange mysterious geothermal area.The programme is a mix of traditional opera, contemporary music and Maori culture.
TAUPO FLYING PROMS29 JANUARY 2011
Centennial Park, Taupo
An amazing event for all the family featuring spectacular aircraft including the famous Red Checkers choreographed to the 50 piece Aotea Youth Symphony. In addition the event
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BLUE LAKE MULTISPORT FESTIVAL29 - 30 JANUARY 2011
Blue Lake, Rotorua
The 2011 Eves Realty Blue Lake Multisport Festival will be the event’s 25th anniversary. The festival is run by the Rotorua Association of Triathletes annually on Auckland Anniversary weekend. There is an event for every-one with a 2km or 750m Open Water Swim, an Aquathon, a Sprint Triathlon and a 5.5km Fun Run.
102ND ANNUAL ROTORUA A & P SHOW29 – 30 JANUARY 2011
Rotorua A&P Showgrounds, Western
Road, Ngongotaha, Rotorua
Agricultural & Pastoral show - held on one of New Zealand’s most picturesque showgrounds which is also the venue of the famous Agrodome.Features alpaca, equestrian, harness, miniature and heavy horses, donkey and mule events. Dairy, beef, Dexter & Highland cattle events, dairy and Boer goat events, black & coloured sheep events, shearing & axemen’s competition’s. Entertainment for children & adults, highland dancing, ride-on mower racing, and trade and food sites. A great family day out!
BLUESFEAST ROTORUA30 JANUARY 2011
BluesFeast Rotorua Extravaganza of Music, Wine and Gourmet Food! Local and Regional artists are presenting a genre of top jazz and blues over eight hours.
RAGGAMUFFIN MUSIC FESTIVAL5 FEBRUARY 2011
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Featuring: Mary J Blige, Jimmy Cliff, Maxi Priest, Sean Paul, The Original Wailers, Ky-Mani Marley, Salmonella Dub, Nesian Mystik, 1814 and Sons of Zion.Also buskers, Dee-jays, V-jays, village stalls and so much more!
VODAFONE WARRIORS VS PARRAMATTA EELS12 FEBRUARY 2011
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Rotorua rugby league fans are in for another opportunity to watch some of Australasia’s best rugby league players in action when the Vodafone
Warriors meet the Parramatta Eels head-on in Rotorua in a pre-season game in the New Year.
MORE FM WINERY TOUR Brooke Fraser-Opshop-Midnight Youth20 FEBRUARY 2011
Riverside Park & Unison Ampitheatre,
Taupo
New Zealand’s favourite songbird Brooke Fraser will headline the MORE FM Winery Tour 2011 summer series along with an all male entourage: chart-topping four-piece band OPSHOP and the popular Auckland rock band, Midnight Youth.www.winerytour.co.nz
WAIKATO/BOP MAGIC VS. SOUTHERN STEEL20 FEBRUARY 2011
Energy Events Centre, Rotorua
The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic play the Southern Steel in this game of the 2011 ANZ Championship Netball competition at the Unison Arena - Energy Events Centre.The ANZ Championship is an action-packed netball competition featuring five teams from Australia and five teams from New Zealand, with some of the world’s best netballers in action. Don’t miss it!
KINGSGATE HOTEL OFF ROAD 1/2 MARATHON6 MARCH 2011
Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua
Make sure you are part of this outstanding off road 1/2 marathon through the spectacular Whakarewarewa Forest. The event is a two lap course utilising scenic trails and smooth gravel forest roads. It is expected that there will be 1500-2000 competitors taking part.
PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP RACE SERIES12 – 13 MARCH 2011
Taupo Motorsport Park, Broadlands Rd,
Taupo
Enjoy an action packed racing programme at Taupo Motorsport Park for the final round of the Premier Championship Race Series featuring – V8 Touring Cars, Porsche GT3 Cup, Suzuki Swift Sport Cup, Toyota Rac-ing Series, Formula Ford, NZ V8 Ute Racing Series, Mini Challenge and Production Racing.A great weekend’s entertainment for the whole family – free kids’ rides, race merchandise, coffee café, public bar & TAB facilities, stunt utes, Grid Kids Duathlon, exhibitors and much more. There is also the opportunity for businesses or organisations to sell, display or promote their products/services.
For more info on all Rotorua events visit: www.rotoruaNZ.com/events
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Hand Me Down Worldby LLOYD JONES; Publisher - Penguin Books [New Zealand].
From the author of the Booker short-listed ‘Mister Pip’ comes this novel about a mother’s search for her stolen child. A novel which I read in
one sitting, so engrossed did I become. A silent woman washes up on a beach in Sicily. She has come from Tunisia to fi nd her son who was
taken from her when he was a just a few days old and whisked away to Berlin. With just her maid’s uniform and a homemade knife stashed
away in a plastic bag she is forced to rely on strangers [some kind, some not] to help her on her journey with the vague destination - ‘North’.
We learn her story through the voices of these strangers telling of their encounters with her from their memories and including their
sentiments. Th e power of a mother’s love for her child comes through strongly and because of this we fi nd ourselves able to turn ‘a blind eye’
to her wrong-doings and to cheer her on her journey. Th e central character is an African woman known to us as Ines but it is not till almost
the end of the story that we hear her ‘voice’. From the truck driver who gives her a lift to the blind man who uses her as his eyes, Ines is
‘handed down’ from person to person as she slowly but surely reaches her destination.
Lloyd Jones began writing this novel in Berlin over 2007 - 2008 and completed it here in New Zealand earlier this year. Surely another Booker
possibility for the author and a wonderful gift for the reader in your family.
A Home Companion - My Year of Living Like my Grandmotherby WENDYL NISSEN; Publisher - Allen & Unwin.
Th e author is well known in New Zealand as a journalist who has edited magazines, written books, produced television documentaries and
hosted talk-back radio shows but what is not quite so well known is the journey she took to self suffi ciency and ‘green goddess’ status!
Th e book begins in October - spring time - and the season of renewal when many of us fi nd a burst of energy and enthusiasm for change.
Each chapter is titled with the months of the year and the book documents a full year of Wendyl’s journey from corporate life to providing a
healthier chemical-free lifestyle for herself and her family - and now to those of us who read this book and take her message on board! In the
introduction she says that the book will be ‘part journal, part instruction manual for any woman who fi nds herself yearning to get her hands
covered in soil, rid her house of toxic chemicals, nurture her family and become a green goddess. Even if it’s only in the weekends!’
For those of you who have the desire but can not quite fi nd the motivation to undertake this transition there is a website where you may
purchase the products ready-made. I must say all seem very reasonably priced and are accompanied with recipes so the purchaser may replicate
the product if satisfi ed and inspired.
In this day and age this book is really a ‘must read’ and would make a great Christmas gift.
F A B - An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney by HOWARD SOUNES; Publisher - HarperCollins.
Surely the world doesn’t need another McCartney/Beatles biography I thought, when asked to review this book.
Th e author, who also wrote the greatly praised Bob Dylan biography ‘Down the Highway’, spent two years interviewing over 200 of
McCartney’s friends, colleagues and acquaintances and his painstaking research has provided a fascinating read. For Beatles fans who have read
the astonishing amount of material already published, much of the information covering the ‘Beatles era’ will be well known.
Th e point of diff erence with this book though, is that it is about Paul McCartney – and his career has continued very successfully with a very
prolifi c, interesting and later, solo career. Th e reader is given an in-depth look at the character, talent and personality of the subject and for
those readers who love ‘a bit of gossip’ there is all you would ever wish to know about the drug taking days, the womanising and more recently,
the unfortunate marriage and subsequent divorce from Heather Mills.
Despite the length [634 pages] and due to the refreshingly breezy writing style this book is a very easy, enjoyable read and another ideal
Christmas gift.
A Century Between the FlagsEdited by BOB HARVEY; publisher - Surf Lifesaving New Zealand.
Th is commemorative collection, marking one hundred years of the surf lifesaving organisation in New Zealand, is obviously a labour of love.
Histories, especially written sporting histories, are notoriously tedious and often little more than a parade of facts and fi gures spiced with the
odd personality or team photographs. Th is publication is conspicuously an exception.
Th ere are more than 400 pages of historical facts but cheerfully laced with anecdotes, personality profi les and recollections of personal
involvement by notables such as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Lockwood Smith (a former surf boat crewman) or wartime
leader Tiny Freyberg. Th is all gives the book tons of light and shade, making for an easy, good read. Th e supporting illustrations and cartoons
are a fascinating pictorial history in themselves.
However the feature of this commemorative publication is the thoroughly professional editing which contributes so much to the book’s
success. Bob Harvey has good credentials - a former advertising and marketing expert, Mayor of Waitakere, President of the Labour Party but
above all, a long-time passionate lifeguard and current President of Surf Lifesaving New Zealand.
His labour of love is dedicated: ‘To the men and women of the surf clubs of New Zealand who have given their all 1910-2010’.
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Four of these DVDs reflect a lot about the artists who live here - Bro’ Town, King Kong, Felix the
Cat and King of the Hill. Relaxed with the soulful dub band Fat Freddy’s Drop riding in the air
the three artists of ‘The Underwater Collective’, Jared Benwell, 26, Glen Leslie, 27, and Alister
Selliman, 29, chat candidly about their paintings, the inspiration behind their work and their
compulsion to draw.
Jared and Glen made the move from Warkworth and Tauranga to study media arts at Wintec.
Alister, living in Hamilton after his family moved from Malaysia, decided to study painting and
sculpture at the same institution. Between them they had visions of becoming sculptors and
graphic designers dabbling in album covers and poster art. However, after graduating a few
years later, a series of under the table picture sharing sessions carved another path for their
futures. “Jared and I were in the same illustration class at Wintec and we just started passing
drawings to each other and so that is kind of how we started working together,” Glen says.
On the fringes of the Jared and Glen drawing phenomenon was Alister who used the spare
space in the duo’s studio behind ‘Upset Records’ on Victoria Street to create paintings for an
exhibition. But Alister soon found himself sharing his ideas on canvases with the two and Jared
says ‘Underwater Collective’ “just sort of happened. We all just got involved and just wanted to
do what we loved, so we kept doing the same collaborative drawing stuff we had so much fun
doing under the table at Wintec”. He also claims The Underwater Collective was an antidote
to suburban boredom. “There’s not much else to do in Hamilton, so it was a way to create our
own fun.”
The name ‘The Underwater Collective’, coined by Glen, mirrors the constant transformation of
each piece of art, as the name changes to mean different things to different people. “For
example, the first life coming from the ocean, the things we don’t know about underwater;
floods, saturation. We just sort of came up with different things all the time and it was
something that just stuck,” Jared says.
THE LIVING ROOM IN THE WEATHERED HAMILTON FLAT IS LITTERED WITH DRAWINGS - A BONY
CARCASS OF A FISH, A FOX-LIKE ANIMAL, WARPED CHARACTERS HANGING FROM HOOKS, A
SMALL CARTOON MOUSE ETCHING ITS WAY ACROSS A BLACKENED MIRROR. THERE IS ALSO THE
AFTERTHOUGHT OF AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, A BOOK ABOUT GORILLAS AND A STACK OF DVDS.
Story: Karina Cooper, Photos: Erica Sinclair
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CHILDHOOD REVISITED
The group describes their work as psycho-
popular culture and a regurgitation of their
childhoods spent saturated in cartoons.
“Much of the imagery and style comes from
Jared watching a lot of TV as a kid. So did I
and I’m sure Ali probably did. You’ve gotta’
get that out somehow, so that’s where the
visual stuff comes through,” says Glen.
But cartoons are not the only source of
inspiration for the caricatures riddled
through each painting. “The things that
drive our art are just the things that we’re
thinking of, what we see every day – just
funny little things that make us laugh,”
Jared says. Then right on cue the resident
kitten attempts to claw its way onto the
glass coffee table pushed against the
lounge wall. There is a flurry of black and
white fur before it somersaults backwards
in defeat. Watching is Alister. Grinning he
says, “like kittens.”
As the furry failure slinks out of the room
Jared comments on Warkworth’s “typically
uninspiring” landscape and beach scenes
before excitedly throwing croquet into the
mix of inspiration behind their works - and
then going quiet. And just like they weave in
and out of each other’s space on a painting,
Alister weaves into Jared and Glen’s silence
as he says, “Yeah! We play heaps of croquet
out the back.”
With everyday life as their muse Jared,
Alister and Glen are artistic chameleons as
the mediums they use vary intermittently.
“We use what we’ve got for our work like
spare paints from a dump shop and just
bits of wood or cardboard lying around
– start off with that because stuff is so
expensive to buy,” Glen says.
Alister says the same applies to the
constant transformation of the painting’s
content. “I don’t think we ever come up with
an idea. We just kind of pour paint and just
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go crazy I guess. Then you just start
layering it up, paint something and maybe
paint over it again.”
Jared interrupts: “Yeah and then sit back
and go have a cigarette.” Looking at each
other the men belt out a few lines of
laughter like there is an underlying joke,
before Alister quickly adds, “You can just go
on forever.”
IMAGINATION RULES
The trio avoids planning because Glen says
it prevents them feeling disappointed in
the final composition. “If you have a pre-
conceived notion of what you’re making,
nine times out of ten your expectation and
your hand can’t live up to what you imagine
and this way around you’re without that
expectation.”
“So it’s like an explorative something-or-
other and like Ali said, you paint over it and
paint over it so you keep going until you find
something I guess”.
Despite ‘The Underwater Collective’s’
liberated approach to art, Glen says there is
a process they follow. “The way we build up
a surface, beginning with all of us
splashing around paint and then we’ll get
smaller and then we’ll go with fine brushes.
It’s not completely random, there’s a
routine or a way we build them up.”
Although, a resistance to formalities is
a chief aspect of their artwork, the key
ingredient on any of their projects - whether
it be line drawings, stickers, animations or
screen prints - is collaboration. “Our art is
the result of the group so it’s more a
portrait of three people spending time
together than ourselves – it’s a collective
self. You make simple shapes and then
move around and Ali or Jared will move into
the space which you’ve made”, says Glen.
He said that working collaboratively helps
trigger ideas off each person’s drawings to
make a production of a collective mind.
As well, it makes the completion of each
project happen a lot quicker.
‘The Underwater Collective’ aims to include
a mixture of people at different ages.
“We’re the three that have done the most
stuff together but there’s been other artists
that have come in and done stuff with us
and then gone away. The collaborative
group extends to kids as well,” Jared says.
They achieve this by giving a series of
painting workshops in high schools and
primary schools around the Waikato. Their
biggest workshop was at Tamahere Primary
School with five different classes of children
aged five to nine-years-old. “The kids love
it, they just go hard - especially the younger
ones. They don’t really care that they’re not
doing it right,” said Jared.
The others agree that it’s because the kids
don’t have blocks between their minds and
their hands. Glen said: “They haven’t quite
experienced drawing stuff so they’re a lot
more free to ‘whatever’”.
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STREET EXHIBITS
Although ‘The Underwater Collective’ has
had work exhibited in the Waikato Museum
and two shows in Auckland during
February this year - including The High Seas
exhibition - a lot of their work is showcased
on the street. In front of Wintec a large
concrete wall looms and earlier this year,
during a festival held at the institution, the
trio brought the mundane granite block to
life with their chalked caricatures. Fuelling
their street art is the desire to help the city
out with a ‘clean-up’ job.
“In public and on the street you see rubbish
and graffiti, so through our drawings we’re
doing some sort of clean-up job - concrete’s
a bit boring,” Glen says.
When their heads lift from the worn pages
of their sketchbooks, brimming with
illustrations, these self-confessed
compulsive drawers “just like to have fun”
- Jared’s a mad soccer player, Ali’s a mad
skater and Glen’s good at basketball.
Whether they are navigating their
paintbrushes around each other’s strokes
or engaged in a lively conversation, after
four-years of working in unison the links
threading these three people together are
obvious.
“We wouldn’t have had a friendship without
this but because of it our friendship has
grown over time and now it’s all second
nature”, sums up Glen.
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Located at the lake end of Fenton Street in
Rotorua, LIME has developed a reputation
for wonderful presentation of a truly inviting
menu, and great coffee - their beans are
from Vivace and chosen because of their
nice chocolatey aftertaste
Owners Judi and Norm Hepburn, bought
the business three years ago from the
original owners who started the Café in
2005. Norm has a hands-off role and
is best-known as the owner of the large
electrical firm, Hepburn Electrical. Judi is
a chef by trade and has been involved in a
number of other eateries. She set up
Marshall’s Café in Whakatane in 1982, the
first café’ to introduce Espresso coffee to
the region. “Prior to that people would go
to a café for a sandwich and cup of tea, but
now it’s the other way around - people come
for the coffee first and foremost” she said.
She ran Marshalls for 14 years before
coming over to Rotorua where her first stint
was cheffing at her sister in law’s Italian
establishment, Ciccio Italian Café, before
setting up Wild Willy’s and on to the latest
acquisition, LIME.
“I really love this industry, especially when
you get it right. This particular business
enjoyed a great profile when we bought it.
We have simply built on that and added
some personal touches”, she said.
“We are fortunate to have a wonderful team
at LIME fronted by manager Louise Bennett
and head chef Janani Hay. We have a fairly
big team of 14 here but we offer full table
service which our customers really
appreciate, and we place great store on
this”.
When Judi is not running LIME she
spends time with her family and three
grandchildren or her other favourite pas-
time - shopping!
She refers to LIME as a ‘family business’
and her daughter does the books.
FAVOURITE MEAL
Our UNO. reporter asked Judi, Louise and
head chef Janani what their favourite dishes
were and they all agreed - Vanilla Risotto,
Boston Beans, and the Waffles.
Janani said that the thing that gives all of
them the greatest buzz was seeing people’s
faces when their meals are brought out.
“We are known for our presentation and
focus on this element. It is common to see
tourists bring out their cameras to get a
snap of their meal”, she said.
The vanilla risotto is creamy, scented rice
topped with mixed berries and a drizzle of
berry coulis. This is a breakfast favourite.
The Boston beans are slow baked in a spicy
ham-hock, diced chorizo and tomato
infused sauce, topped with bacon and
served with toasted ciabatta. This is a
mid-morning favourite. The waffles come
with maple syrup and berry coulis and
either bacon and banana or grilled peaches
with fresh berries and mascarpone. Our
reporter used only one word - beautiful!
Customers with allergies are fully catered
for and even their dressings are made
in-house with allergy-friendly ingredients
LIME is a destination location with easy
parking and bathed in all-day sun. It has a
lovely indoor-outdoor flow with a variety of
seating options including two large tables
with multiple seating, perfect for those
informal business meetings. To top it off
LIME has a nice view down to Lake Rotorua.
Come and check out LIME for friendly
service, great food and excellent coffee -
and lots of warm sunshine!
LIME CAFFETERIA
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p. 07 350 2033
Open 7.30am to 4.30pm seven days a week.
SUBLIME PRESENTATION
ROTORUA CAFFETERIA LIME
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BEST ROTORUA CAFÉ.
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INGREDIENTS
1 and 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 Tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 beaten egg yolks
1 and 3/4 cups milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 egg whites - beaten stiffly
METHOD
Mix all dry ingredients.
Combine yolks and milk.
Stir into dry ingredients. Stir in oil and mix.
GENTLY fold in beaten egg whites.
Do not over mix.
Pour about 1/2 cup at a time into waffle
iron. Cook for 2-4 min.
Serve with fresh fruits, berries and
mascarpone with maple syrup on the side.
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INGREDIENTS
4 salmon fillets
1 mango
1/2 cup roasted cashew nuts
1 red capsicum, finely sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
Fresh mixed lettuce
METHOD
Heat oven at 200ºC.
Heat oil in a pan on medium-high heat.
Place salmon in the pan, skin side up.
Cook for 1 minute on one side. Flip it and
cook for another minute.
Transfer to the oven. Cook for further 3-4
minutes or until cooked to your liking.
Meanwhile make ginger dressing.
Place capsicum, cashew nuts, onions and
lettuce leaves in a salad bowl.
Add enough dressing to coat
ingredients and mix well. Divide between 4
plates. Serve with salmon and mango slices.
GINGER DRESSING
4 tbsp canola oil
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tsp finely minced ginger
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Salt and pepper
Place all ingredients except salt and pepper
in a jar with tight fitting lid. Shake well.
Season with salt and pepper.
(Serves 4)
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400g black currants
100g brown sugar
100g softened butter
Zest of two lemons
Rolled puff pastry
METHOD
Heat the oven at 180ºC.
Mix blackcurrants, sugar, butter and zest
together.
Cut the pastry into rounds (12cm diameter)
with a cutter. Then, place 1 tablespoon of
the currant mixture in the centre of each
pastry round.
Draw the edges of pastry to the centre and
enclose the filling.
Turn the cakes over, and roll them out lightly
until the currant mixture shows just under
the pastry and the cakes are circular.
Make a small incision in the centre with the
point of a knife.
Brush them with milk or egg white, and
sprinkle with castor sugar .Put them on a
baking tray, and bake in the oven, for about
20 minutes, or until the pastry is golden.
(makes 20)
Recipes: Lime Caffeteria, Photos: Quinn O’Connell
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It all starts with a thin batter poured on
the ‘biliq’ then spread with a T-shaped
wooden utensil called a ‘rozell’. We chose
the simplest, lemon and sugar, a ‘melt in
the mouth’ confection that left us satisfied
we’d just sampled (gobbled up with glee
actually!) something very special. But that
is to be expected. Le Chat Noir is a French
café and crêperie owned and operated by a
Frenchman.
Freddy Brignone was born in Nice and grew
up in a village along the Cote d ‘Azur. The
café, while sharing its name with a famous
Montmartre cabaret, is in fact named after
Freddy, a nickname he earned amongst his
friends while surfing the Mediterranean.
Le Chat Noir, an ever-busy café, aims to
create the atmosphere of a French village
café, traditionally, the heart of the village,
where locals meet to share the day’s events
around a cup of coffee or a glass of wine.
“I wanted to provide an alternative to the
multitude of cafés peppered throughout the
city,” Freddy says. “Many people initially
struggled with the idea that I didn’t have
food cabinets full of pies but they eventually
got the concept.” Of course the essence of
French cuisine is fresh ingredients
meticulously prepared. Despite many
sceptics, Greerton Village has turned out to
be the perfect place for Le Chat Noir. “Some
people told me I was mad to open a French
café in Greerton. I have proved them wrong;
Greerton is fantastic. There is a real sense
of community that I love. Many people
say to me ‘it’s like Cheers’ here. Everyone
knows your name!”
Freddy and his chefs, Dallas Russell and
Sarah Abbot, share the same philosophy
that fresh is best even if it takes a couple of
minutes longer. Staying true to his
homeland’s specialties you will not find
scones, muffins and other slices.
The café offers traditional French baking
such as pastries, macaroons, meringues,
mini-chocolate tarts and friands among
other delicacies, baked on the premises
every morning.
SERIOUS ABOUT COFFEE
Le Chat Noir opened in August last year and
a switch to Allpress coffee, a brand that
embodies a passion for quality, helped to
more than triple coffee sales. Le Chat Noir
is one of those places where you can ask
for a long black without being subjected to
a mug of brown water. Prepared by trained
baristas, the coffee has been dubbed ‘the
best in Tauranga’ many a time.
“We have built a good reputation for good
coffee over the months. Once we reached
that six-month mark, things really took off”,
says Freddy.
“We have days when we make over 150 full
meals and hundreds of coffees. That’s not
counting people coming down for cakes,
pastries and cups of tea.”
It is easy to see why Le Chat Noir is rapidly
becoming the place to be. In a city full of
cafés, it’s hard to find one with that real
point of difference. Le Chat Noir has several.
Freddy set out to create an atmosphere,
“rich and intriguing in a comfortable way”,
with dark focus walls and warm timber
tones throughout.
The menu, hand written on a huge
blackboard, offers a wide range of crêpes
- sweet and savoury, as well as gluten-free.
Crêpes may be Le Chat Noir’s specialty but
they also serve typical provençal salads,
croque-monsieurs (French-style toasted
sandwiches) and filled baguettes. The bread
dough is made by Flaveur, started by
another local French/Kiwi couple, and
Le Chat Noir chefs bake the bread on the
premises each morning.
The cafe is open late on Friday and
Saturday evenings when the crêperie takes
on a wine bar dimension, with dimmed
lighting, candles and wine-sipping patrons
enjoying the comfy couches. Customers will
note a wider range of options available for
crêpes, salads, platters to share, shellfish
and desserts. You can enjoy French or
New Zealand wines and beers, or a Pastis
(a Southern French anise spirit) as
Le Chat Noir is fully licensed.
So is Le Chat Noir the heart of the village?
Freddy believes so. “Regulars come in
several times a day. Friendships have been
forged here. And we’ve become a
destination café for people outside the
village too.”
Le Chat Noir, CRÊPERIE & CAFÉ
144 Chadwick Road, Greerton.
p. 07 579 9436
OPEN 7.30am - 4pm Mon - Thurs, and until
late Fri & Sat, 9am - 4pm on Sundays.
L’Apéritif, the catering section of
Le Chat Noir is available for corporate
and special events.
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LE CHAT NOIR: TAURANGA’S FIRST CRÊPERIE
THE BIG, ROUND RAISED HOTPLATES
ON LE CHAT NOIR’S BENCH ARE
THROWING SERIOUS HEAT WHEN
OUR UNO. REPORTER WALKS INTO
THE TAURANGA KITCHEN TO WITNESS
THE TRADITIONAL ART OF MAKING
FRENCH CRÊPES.
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INGREDIENTS
8 cups water
1/4 cup superfine sugar
2 Tbsp lemon juice
Ice cubes
1/2 cup each raspberries and blueberries
Thin lemon slices
For a perfect iced tea, it is preferable to use
good quality leaf tea.
We use T Leaf T from Wellington, who have
an extensive range of quality loose leaf tea.
This drink is made with T Leaf T
‘Berrylicious’ tea.
METHOD
Put the blueberries at the bottom of a tall
glass and pile up ice cubes.
For an interesting variation, you can put the
berries directly in a cube tray and freeze.
Brew the tea leaves and rest for 10 minutes.
Let cool and refrigerate, (covered) for about
one hour.
Stir in sugar and lemon juice.
Add ice, berries and lemon slices to pitcher.
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INGREDIENTS (for about 15 crêpes)
2 cups Flour
2 1/2 cups Whole Milk
4 Eggs
2 tbsp Butter (melted)
Pinch of Salt
Vegetable Oil (for pan)
Beat the ingredients together in a bowl
thoroughly to avoid lumps.
For the Filling:
Brie (use good quality Brie such as Kapiti
Kakariki Brie)
Fresh Tomatoes, diced
Basil or Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto (see below)
Fresh Basil Leaves
Salt and Pepper
Olive Oil
For the Pesto:
100g Pine Nuts
Shredded Parmesan
Fresh Basil Leaves or Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Olive Oil
Lemon Juice
Salt and Pepper to taste
Baby Spinach
Put the baby spinach leaves with the fresh
basil (or sun-dried tomatoes if you choose
to do a tomato pesto) in a blender.
Start blending. Add the pinenuts, parmesan
and two tbsp olive oil until you get a thick
pesto with all the ingredients finely blended.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Blend once
more.
How to Prepare Batter:
Sift flour and mix with salt in a bowl.
Make a well and pour in eggs. Stir well.
Slowly pour in milk while stirring.
Keep stirring batter until small bubbles
form on the surface.
Stir in butter.
Ideally, the batter should rest for a couple
of hours in the fridge.
Heat up the pan then spray with cooking oil.
Pour the batter slowly while holding the pan
with the other hand to spread the batter
evenly. Be careful not to pour too much
batter in the pan.
Remember, crepes are NOT pancakes.
They should be very thin and very light.
Cook on one side on a high heat for one
minute. If you want a crispier crêpe, you
can cook it on both sides. If you want it
crispy outside and soft inside, cook only on
one side.
Spread the pesto in the middle of the crêpe,
add the cheese, the sliced tomatoes and the
fresh basil leaves.
Add salt, pepper and a drizzle of olive oil.
Remember timing is crucial. Ideally, you
want the cheese to melt but be careful to
not burn the crêpe. Fold the edges and use
a fish slice to remove carefully from the pan.
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Chefs SARAH ABBOT and DALLAS RUSSELL share the load in Le Chat Noir’s busy (and rather
small, they may point out) kitchen. Sarah, who came on board a few months after Freddy
opened his doors, can be credited for the alluring baking on display on the café’s front counter.
Her talent as a baker and her keen eye for detail (she has a degree in Aesthetics) makes her a
key member of the ‘behind the scenes’ team. She honed her skills as a cook and baker in the
kitchen of some of the Bay of Plenty’s best establishments and relishes the challenges that a
different type of cuisine brings.
Dallas, a French-trained pastry chef, joined the team eight months ago and quickly set about
putting her skills and knowledge to good use creating weekly delicacies such as cheesecakes,
filo baskets and French dishes (beef Burgundy, beef Chasseur and sweet almond and rosewater
crescents are amongst the latest creations) and other weekly specials to captivate the diner’s
interest. Despite her young age (she is only 23) Dallas accumulated a wealth of experience in
large-scale restaurants in the Wairarapa and the Waikato. Multi-talented Dallas is also a trained
barista and bar manager.
INGREDIENTS
5 egg whites
1 cup of rice flour
Half tsp gluten free baking powder
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1 1/3 cups ground almonds
150gms butter
METHOD
Beat egg whites, melt butter.
Sift dry ingredients.
Stir together and pour into greased friand
tins.
Top with your choice of fruit.
(At Le Chat Noir, we do different friands every
week, using rhubarb, strawberries, blueberries
and orange and raspberries).
Bake at 150 degrees for 30 minutes.
Recipes: Le Chat Noir, Photos: Quinn O’Connell
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UNO. WHAT GOT YOU STARTED IN THIS
INDUSTRY?
A conversation with a group of old friends
on a weekend away in the Coromandel. All
early forty somethings, we were talking
about the philosophy of life and where we
were heading. One particular friend looked
straight at me and said there was a Turkish
coffee roaster for sale from Island Coffee
on Waiheke Island and she knew that of all
the people on the weekend, that it would be
for me. At the time, I had just finished a five
year stint in fulltime work and was focus-
sing on my growing children.
UNO. HOW OLD IS THE BUSINESS AND
WHY DID YOU SET IT UP?
Volcanic Coffee is coming up to its third
year next month and I set it up for three
reasons. One, because for the last 20 years
I have had a blind ambition for great
coffee (All my friends have long endured
this, hence the conversation) and two, when
I went up to Waiheke to look at the roaster
and tasted the coffee Jane and Stephen
made, it was very, very good and Island
Coffee, who were selling the roaster, were
happy to share their blend. And three,
because there was nobody roasting on the
Central Plateau.
UNO. WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND - WHAT
DID YOU DO BEFORE YOU OWNED THIS
BUSINESS?
My background is in communications and
marketing. In an earlier life I was
communications manager for a car
company and more recently marketing
manager for a photographic company.
UNO. WERE YOU BORN AND BRED
LOCALLY?
I was born and bred in Wellington, went to
Victoria University and still have a very
Wellington bias. Both sets of great
grandparents lived there when I was
growing up and it was a family time. Still, I
love where I live now. Taupo is a fantastic
place and we’ve been here for the past 12
years.
UNO. HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED
STARTING A CAFÉ, OR HAS YOUR PASSION
ALWAYS BEEN BLENDING COFFEE?
Yes, I’ve considered starting a café, but
roasting is where I want to be. At the real
heart and heat of the action. A café has
many different distractions but the beans
are where it’s at for me. We offer our
coffee every Saturday morning at the Taupo
Riverside Market. That’s about as café as I
want to get.
UNO. WITH A NAME LIKE ‘VOLCANIC’ THIS
WAS OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE
PROXIMITY TO RUAPEHU?
Volcanic Coffee’s name was about the place
I live and where we are. It seemed a good fit.
UNO. WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT
YOUR BUSINESS AND ROLE?
Getting out there and meeting people who
are into good coffee. Talking about how to
make a great cup of coffee at home. It’s not
all about espresso. You can get a fabulous
cup of plunger coffee, if the coffee’s fresh
and you make it correctly. The quantity of
coffee, clean gear and the right
technique are really important.
ROASTED WITH PASSION
VOLCANIC COFFEE’S ROASTER
AND OWNER, JO STEELE HAS
A LIFELONG MISSION FOR
EXCELLENT COFFEE.
UNO. TALKED TO HER ABOUT
LIFE AS A COFFEE ROASTER.
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You just need to practise. It’s also a different
beast from café espresso so you really can’t
compare the two. Saying that, I have an
introspective side and I think you probably
need that as a roaster!
UNO. HOW FAR AFIELD DO YOU SUPPLY
VOLCANIC COFFEE BEANS?
We supply around the country and
commercially just to the region. So you
can make it anywhere but you can only buy
a cup of Volcanic Coffee on the Central
Plateau.
UNO. HOURS OF BUSINESS?
Heaps!
UNO. WHAT IS THE ONE MOST IMPORTANT
THING YOU WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER
FROM READING THE ARTICLE?
That’s tough.
Be discerning. Trying to get a really nice
coffee from an Italian vacuum pack out
of the supermarket is hard. Shop fresh.
Demand great coffee when you pay for it at
your local café.
UNO. WHAT DO YOU DO IN A TYPICAL DAY
AND WHEN DOES IT START?
A typical day is roasting in the morning
and deliveries in the afternoon. It starts at
around seven but that depends on what’s
happening.
UNO. WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU
HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN?
Success can be elusive because it’s usually
dressed in blue overalls and looks like hard
work.
UNO. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR
SPARE TIME?
Sleep in and enjoy the spare time with
family. Serious spare time involves skiing,
tennis and travel.
UNO. WHAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE
FUTURE?
Volcanic Coffee to be the coffee of choice
on the Central Plateau.
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‘MANU’ IS MAORI FOR BIRD and the name
is appropriate for the latest range of wines
from Steve Bird Winery & Vineyards Ltd,
which is headquartered in Tauranga and
most recognised locally by its single-vine-
yard label, Bird Wines.
While Manu has been successfully exported
to seven different countries primarily in the
USA via a joint venture with David
Duckhorn, Steve and his wife Caroline are
now launching the label in its homeland -
New Zealand.
He said that the Manu brand was influenced
by the story behind their family and Maori
heritage (Caroline is of Ngati Awa, Tainui
and Te Arawa descent) and by the
Americans’ fascination with New Zealand.
Steve’s reputation as a highly successful
winemaker over the last 32 years, together
with his personal relationship with the
Duckhorn’s have helped create what is a
very successful wine label.
“The Duckhorn’s are one of the best-known
families in the American wine industry and
have achieved fame through wine-making
and good connections - they provided one
of the wines served at President Barak
Obama’s inauguration dinner”, says Steve,
with some understandable satisfaction.
“More importantly they have been our good
friends and business associates almost
from the beginning of Bird Wines. Our
latest diversification into the United States
marketplace with Manu is a 50/50 joint
venture with Via Pacifica Selections USA
to market a very good standard of wines
into the United States and beyond - Japan,
Thailand, Singapore, Europe and one of the
most potentially exciting prospects, China.
We started well for a brand launched only
two years ago with exports growing from nil
to 15,000 cases in our first year”.
He said that Via Pacifica Selections were
seeking the right priced wines to fit into a
middle-selling market in the United States,
but with special and different selling
qualities.
“The story behind Manu, with the Maori
name and the family connections and
heritage on the one hand, coupled with a
high standard and consistency of product
on the other, ticked all the right boxes and
so our successful joint venture was forged.
It is just going from strength to strength”.
A DISCIPLINED INDUSTRY
This success is laudable given the current
climate. Steve acknowledges that the
international wine industry is having some
of its toughest times in living memory.
While New Zealand is feeling that pinch too,
there is some respite in the global
reputation of our wines.
“Exports have achieved and maintained
a reputation for absolute reliability and
consistency in terms of quality,” said Steve.
“That integrity is critical to success in an
international cut-throat and glutted market
in which New Zealand continues to enjoy an
enviable reputation.”
In volume, wine exports increased by
30million litres or 26 percent over volumes
exported in the previous 12 months. But
this growth was not matched by a similar
increase in revenues, which in turn reflects
the heavy discounting that has become part
and parcel of a recessionary market.
“Under very difficult conditions we are
keeping our end up at Steve Bird Winery &
Vineyards. We have picked up a number of
gold and silver medals over the past year for
our flagship Bird label (five single-vineyard
varieties from the historic Old Schoolhouse
vineyard in Omaka Valley, Marlborough),
and the national and international
marketing success of our Manu label - Pinot
Gris, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir - has
contributed to an encouraging past year”.
Steve says his company is producing single
vineyard wines with substance and style
through his Bird label, and is now
organising the marketing and distribution
throughout New Zealand of Manu.
All the winemaking is done in Marlborough
with fruit for Manu coming from a number
of vineyards including the Old Schoolhouse
Vineyard. Once produced, the wines are
sent to Auckland for national distribution to
individual restaurants, bars, specialist wine
retailers and also some supermarkets.
“We are currently involved in a major
marketing drive to more distribution points
in the Bay of Plenty and will soon be
expanding further into the Waikato.”
Steve says that he and Caroline will be
increasingly connecting with the past,
integrating the family’s Maori heritage and
the heritage of New Zealand into the
branding and marketing of Manu wines.
“We have found that, internationally, people
are captivated by the story inherent in the
Manu branding and reassured by the estab-
lished high quality and consistency of New
Zealand wines”, he said.
Steve Bird Winery & Vineyards, with its
newly launched Manu label, is proud to be a
part of the ongoing success story
internationally of New Zealand wines.
“We are an important part of a great
success story”, said Steve.
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UNO. No doubt you have been cycling all your life. When did you make the switch away from riding geared bikes to becoming a singlespeeder with just the one gear and why?GW I originally came from a road cycling
background which I only started in my last
year and a half of high school. Before that
I had played competitive soccer before
switching to yachting and reaching the
upper levels of that sport. Then mountain
biking came along. Heaps of my work
colleagues were riding in the forest but I
resisted the urge to join for fear of liking it
too much. Inevitably I knew I would end up
mothballing my road bike which is exactly
what happened.
Then enter Chris Lenth in 1999. He is an
American who has residency here now and
came over from the States with a collection
of single speeds. “What the hey? That looks
hard but I’ll give it a go. I was ready for a
new challenge.”
I started off by testing myself by just riding
everywhere in the forest only in the big ring
of my mountain bike. Then once I realised
I could ‘handle the jandal’ I converted my
bike to a full time single speed.
We would have work teams in the moonride
and day night thrillers with everyone on
single speeds.
My first competitive race on the single
speed was Karapoti 2003. It was a personal
test for me and also to prove to doubters
that the race could be done on a single
speed bike.
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WITH A SPECIAL TATTOO.
It was around this time that I found a
derelict Raleigh 20 and single speeded that
and raced it in on and off-road events.
I had the bug. Since then I have only raced
a geared mountain bike three times. No
turning back.
UNO. What do you like most about the SingleSpeed racing compared to traditional Mountain bike racing and is it much harder?GW Yes it is harder, but more satisfying
and rewarding. Most of the events I do are
against other geared bikes and I gain
pleasure from making them suffer.
UNO. Where did the sport of SingleSpeeding start and how long has it been around?GW Crikey, I’m no historian, but I would
say it never really started. It’s always been
around since the days of the original
cruisers. There’s always been a crowd of
‘different’ people around in the States
keeping it real on single speeds. There have
been single speeders in New Zealand since
at least 1999 and in 2003 fellow Kiwi,
Clinton Jackson, won the world champion-
ships and put the sparkle in my eye.
UNO. Being the two-time and current New Zealand champion, did you feel pressure to perform for your country in this year’s World Championships?GW Yes, but it was a different playing field
compared to our national champs.
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I felt much more pressure at our nationals and became quite
anxious. But at the ‘World’s’ there were a whole lot more factors that
would influence the outcome, so for me I was more relaxed and
decided to just take it as it came and play whatever cards I was
dealt.
UNO. This is your third attempt. What did you put the win down to this time?GW Getting older? More experience and endurance? A few things
went my way on the day and I felt I rode the perfect race. Not
panicking at the start, not going out too hard and blowing too early.
UNO. What is your favourite event?GW The Karapoti is always a key event of my year and has been
a personal crusade for years. Apart from that, I do all the N-duro
events because I know they will always be a well organised event and
course and Whakarewarewa is one of the best training grounds in
the country.
UNO. You are notorious for competing the Taupo ‘Round the Lake’ Race on a Raleigh Twenty. What was the story behind that?GW Well, after I acquired the bike I thought it would be fun to do a
few races on it. I have a set of BMX wheels for off-road riding and
standard 20 x 1-3/8 wheels for highway use. It’s good to go out and
race against multi $1000 bikes made of exotic materials so now I
try to do lots of fun and charity rides. Taupo was the next logical
step on a personal achievement ladder.
I’ve now done Taupo four times on it and gotten faster every time. I
must be doing something right because as far as I know I was only
eight minutes behind the winner’s time in the weekend.
UNO. How much training do you do each week to stay bike fit?GW Normally if I’m in full training I’ll get three rides in, and a run;
maybe six hours riding time. But at the moment it’s one ride and a
race per week.
UNO. This year’s course was 40km of single-track riding. With so many gears to choose from for a race, how do you make your final choice?GW That was a tough decision. I knew that if I got a bad start we
wouldn’t be going too fast through the normally fast sections and
a lower (easier) gear ratio would be useful for passing other riders.
But after riding a few laps before the race I found that there were
several sections that were pretty fast and with a clear track and local
knowledge could give me the edge if I had a higher (harder) ratio. In
the end I decided on the gear I normally ride which is on the harder
side and conceded that I would just have to ‘man-up’ for the nasty
climb section up to the trig.
UNO. What do you do for a day job?GW I’m a process engineer who operates a pilot scale refiner plant
at Scion Research next to the magnificent Whakarewarewa forest.
UNO. What do you do in your spare time?GW When I’m not riding I tend to my beautiful wife and daughters
and pay off four mortgages.
UNO. Ireland won the rights to hold the World Champion-ships next year. Will you be back to defend your world title?GW You’ve got that damn straight. Wouldn’t miss it for the world
(no pun intended). I became good friends with the organisers before
they won the rights to host and everybody is really excited about it.
UNO. Final Comments?GW Bike Vegas have been right behind me all the way and Niner
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THAT’S HOW THE IDEA
WAS CONCEIVED TO
TAKE ON THE MIGHTY
MOTU CHALLENGE HELD
IN OPOTIKI EACH YEAR.
Story: Andy Martin
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Our team was made up of a couple of good mates,
Simon Rouse from the Bay of Plenty and Geoff
Manks from Auckland, and myself. We were also very
lucky to call on a Whakatane local, Andy High, to do
our mountain bike leg after our original rider suf-
fered an injury just before the event. Andy is a fierce
mountain bike competitor coming in 11th on the leg
previously, so at least we expected a solid start to
our race!
Our day began at 4.45am on a Saturday in early
October with our over-eager team leader Simon
setting his alarm a little on the early side! It was
planned to be a 6.00am wake-up call but as we were
up anyway we got the gear loaded up and left our
Whakatane base and headed for Opotiki.
The mountain bikers started from downtown Opotiki
at 7.00am and headed south for a 12km dash along
the East Coast scenic highway before turning off
onto the gruelling Motu Road. This consists of 53km
of a winding and hilly gravel road. The stage ends at
the Motu School after a fast narrow downhill ride.
Our mountain biker, Andy, had the worst possible
start with a punctured tyre sustained riding from our
vehicle to the start line. With a superb performance
any Formula 1 pit-crew would be proud of, our team fitted a new tube and he headed off to chase
the bunch. In cycling, riding with a bunch ‘drafting’ saves so much energy, as much as 30 percent
probably, so taking on the 12km road section on his own was a real mission.
PERSISTENT RAIN
Stage 2 is a 17km bush run which started from the Motu School.
We were greeted by heavy and persistent rain with the odd break of sunshine. Our runner Geoff
was soaked through even before he began, but a little rain never hurt anyone! We waited
anxiously for Andy to come in on the mountain bike for the hand-over. Finally he arrived after
having had to deal with, yep, another puncture mid-way through the ride. This time with no spare
tube he had to do a repair job and valuable minutes were lost yet again. But he had made up
some serious places from last to middle of the bunch.
The run took the field to the Whinray scenic reserve, where the route follows the historic Whinray
Track and across the Motu Falls swing-bridge. The runners emerge on to a metalled road for the
return to Motu School before handing over to the road cyclist - me. Geoff had blitzed the field in
the run and made up many places. So with no pressure I headed off! My training had included
only two road rides and a weekly mountain bike ride so I was a bit apprehensive about the 56km
trek ahead.
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The route follows State Highway 2 from the Motu School to Matawai township on SH 2, turning
right to Trafford’s Hill and then through the Waioeka Gorge before ending at Oponae. Trafford’s
Hill is at the mid-way point and grinds uphill for 3km.
Being very much a novice I needed all the help I could get but with a head wind, a spot of hail,
and cross-winds through the gorge, it was a mission. When I got to the foot of Trafford’s Hill I
was feeling good but halfway up, when I saw the rider in front dismount for a breather, I thought
that would also be the decent thing to do as a simple matter of ‘rider etiquette’. Unfortunately
just as I hopped off and walked round the corner, I could hear my team-mates who had stopped
at the scenic lookout at the top of Traffords. Peer pressure is a wonderful incentive and I quickly
remounted and ‘sprinted’ to complete the leg.
I was pretty pleased to reach the transition point and hand over the bib to Simon. I had dropped
quite a few places so he was off like a rocket to make amends on the fourth multi-sport leg with
27km of kayaking down the Waioeka River to the end of the gorge. He had made up some places
and then was off for the 8km flat cycle towards Opotiki and a 3km run to the finish.
It was great to see him cross the finish line in a combined team time of 9 hours and 50 minutes
and in 88th place out of the 150-strong field. We were happy with our first attempt as a team
and vowed to come back next year.
The Mighty Motu Challenge is indeed a challenge - but great fun!
For information: www.motuchallenge.co.nz
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TEAM UNO. - L to R: Geoff Mamks, Andy High, Andy Martin & Simon Rouse
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The motto of the two schools follows the same theme, which is unsurprising given that the
schools were first established as a single co-educational place of learning in 1911.
The common motto ‘sapiens fortunam fingit sibi (a wise person shapes their own destiny) is
used to apply to both girls and boys and encapsulates the philosophy to develop well-round-
ed individuals capable of charting their own particular futures. The curricula, attitudes and
activities are all designed to this end.
The rather unusual history of the two schools dates back to 1903 and embraces a variety of
titles ranging from ‘Hamilton West District High School’ to ‘The Hamilton High School’ when
the present school was established as a co-educational place of learning in 1911. The split
into two separate single-sex schools took place in 1955.
SHAPING THEIR OWN DESTINY
The Principal of Hamilton Girls’ High School, Mary-Ann Baxter, has set in place a
comprehensive plan so that students develop along pathways to enable them to express their
diverse potentials as successfully as possible. Under her stewardship the school has
maintained and enhanced its reputation as a place where students can indeed ‘shape their
own destiny’ as the school motto exhorts.
Consultation was completed in 2004 with staff and parents to determine a future strategic
direction for the school. It was agreed that the ‘five competencies’ would underpin this
evolving development - learning, citizenship, relating to people, managing situations and
managing information. The team at Hamilton Girls’ High School is dedicated to
encouraging diversity in the development of students rather than trying to make everyone
measure up to pre-set norms. In the ‘Information to Visitors’ on the school’s website
(www.hghs.school.co.nz) and quoting from Jane Gilbert’s Book Catching the Knowledge
Wave, it is stated: ‘Instead of trying to make everyone the same, we need a system that
helps students move easily between discourses, play different roles, and create and perform
different identities, some of which may well be ones that no-one has thought of before’.
Miss Joan Ellis was the first principal of Hamilton Girls’ High School. The current principal,
Mary-Ann Baxter, was appointed in 2004.
The school is supported by a boarding
hostel, Sonninghill, which caters for 130
girls.
The buildings have changed significantly
over the years and all that remains of the
original school are the front steps and these
now lead to the Wharenui and Wharekai and
Maori Language area.
A VERY SPECIAL SCHOOL
We have featured the headmaster (the term
she herself prefers) of Hamilton Boys High
School, Susan Hassall, before in a special
profile in UNO. She is a very special person
leading a very special school and has a
personal ambition to ensure that Hamilton
Boys High School is one of the very best
schools in the country. Neither the
headmaster herself, the Board of Trustees
nor the students see anything unusual in a
woman being in charge of a boys’ school.
It may be a bit different for the rest of the
country, but this is a school with a rather
unusual history anyway.
THE TWO HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A PROUD
HISTORY IN THE SCHOLASTIC, ARTISTIC AND SPORTING
LIFE OF THE CITY AND AN OUTSTANDING REPUTATION FOR
ACADEMIC AND CO-CURRICULAR EXCELLENCE.
THESE STATE SCHOOLS (YEAR 9 - 13) CELEBRATE THEIR
CENTENNIALS IN 2011.
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The Headmaster is a firm supporter of the
philosophy of a single-sex school and
maintains a firm commitment to
developing in her classrooms teaching
strategies which allow all boys to reach their
academic potential.
Hamilton Boys High School as we know
it today was officially opened in February
1955 by the then Minister of Education.
Hon. R.M. Algie with a roll of 556 boys.
With vision and skill the first Headmaster,
Mr H D Tait, transformed the expanse of
empty fields into the majestic environment
of gardens, trees and playing fields that can
be admired in their maturity today.
His resignation for health reasons in 1957
left a legacy of a school rich in the
conservative traditions of academic
excellence and sporting prowess, values
which have been adhered to steadfastly
by his successors. The next headmaster
oversaw extensive building development and
construction including the school’s boarding
establishment, Argyle House.
Mr A G Baigent was a scholar, a sportsman,
a lover of theatre, art, literature and music,
a perfect combination for the task. He was
succeeded by Richard (Dick) Taylor and
after him Anthony (Tony) Steele a former All
Black and national athletics representative.
His reign as a refreshing, youthful
helmsman was interrupted when he was
‘called’ to Parliament. James Bennett was
the next headmaster following 20 years as
manager of Argyle House, and following
his retirement in 1999, Mrs Hassall was
appointed.
Like her predecessor, she has enjoyed a
successful career at the School for some 20
years. Apart from her impressive academic
abilities she is an avid sports fan and can
be found frequently strolling the school
playing fields on Saturday mornings
supporting the extensive and highly
successful co-curricular programme.
The former headmasters are
commemorated in the names of the six
school houses.
The school has always enjoyed a proud
and successful sporting reputation and in
recent years Hamilton Boys’ High School
teams have won national secondary school
competitions for rowing (Springbok Shield
for Fours 14 times and the Maadi Cup for
Eights seven times), cricket, rugby (winning
the national secondary championship twice
in a row and the 2010 Sanix World Rugby
Youth invitational tournament), touch
rugby, rugby sevens, and clay target
shooting.
The school has a long list of notable old
boys including successful businessman Bill
Foreman who started Trigon Plastics,
Olympic silver medallist Dick Quax, author
Frank Sargeson, Air Vice-Marshall Graham
Linton, chief of the Royal New Zealand Air
Force, Aled de Malmanche, current All Black
and Sir Colin Allen former Governor of the
Seychelles - to mention only a few.
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The three-day festival sponsored by the
Waiariki Institute of Technology concluded
with a concert featuring the ten aria
finalists, three Maori song winners, and the
special guest artist.
The standard of the aria finalists was
described as “brilliant” by chair of the New
Zealand Aria Trust, Jo-Anne La Grouw, “but
the standard gets higher every single year”
she said. Finalists were accompanied by
the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra under
Tom Woods and the special guest artist was
renowned operatic tenor, Ben Makisi -
nicknamed the ‘Polynesian Pavarotti’ - who
delighted the crowd singing compositions
by Rossini and Bizet.
But the new star of the evening was Amelia
Berry of Wellington who was presented with
her winner’s sash by Dame Malvina Major.
Music runs through her veins. The whole
Berry family is musical, including two
younger brothers and a sister, her Dad who
played the guitar in bands all his life and
owned a music store, and a grandmother
A SELL-OUT CROWD ENJOYED A NIGHT OF BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT
ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE NEW ZEALAND ARIA COMPETITION AT
ROTORUA’S CONVENTION CENTRE RECENTLY.
UNO. INTERVIEWED THE WINNER, AMELIA BERRY OF WELLINGTON.
ARIA CHAMPION
who used to sing with her sisters á la the
Von Trapp family. These particular
grand-parents take a keen interest in
Amelia’s career to this day and come to
see her when she is performing around the
country - family support which is warmly
appreciated.
“But I’m the classical musician in the
immediate family”, she said. “When I was
about 13 and showing some promise in
classical singing my Dad told me that I
should become an opera singer. I thought
that was a terrible idea because I guess at
that time I was only familiar with the
common stereotype. I find it quite funny
that I am now pursuing the very thing I was
so set against”.
Amelia attended Porirua Primary where her
Mother taught, then moved on to Tawa
Intermediate and Tawa College. She joined
choirs there and had a lot of fun travelling
around New Zealand and on overseas trips
to San Francisco and Los Angeles. In her
7th form she travelled to Hong Kong and
China as a member of the New Zealand
Secondary Schools choir.
“I managed to do quite well in various
competitions from about the age of 15
and in 2008 won the Otago Daily Times
Aria contest in Dunedin at the age of 19,
and the following year the Wellington Aria
competition. That same year I also sang for
Prince Edward and his guests at the Duke
of Edinburgh Awards Dinner”.
HONOURS STUDENT
This year, in addition to the Aria contest
success at Rotorua, Amelia won ‘Most
Outstanding Performer’ at the Hutt Valley
Competitions and was accepted into the
Price Waterhouse Coopers Dame Malvina
Major Emerging Artists programme with the
NBR New Zealand Opera. She is currently
rehearsing the role of Corinna for Rossini’s
Journey to Reims which she is performing
this month with the Days Bay Opera. This
production is a very funny modern twist on
the opera, featuring a personal trainer, Lady
Gaga and Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols
among other things! Ben Makisi, guest
artist at the recent New Zealand Aria
contest in Rotorua, is also in the opera. “I
have to sing half an aria in my bikini in a
pool after running through the house at
great speed” laughs Amelia. “Our
director, Sara Brodie, has made sure that
this production will be highly entertaining!”
On the academic side of the ledger, Amelia
has just completed her Bachelor of Music
Degree with Honours at the New Zealand
School of Music. “It was a great experience
but I will be glad to read some non-research
books over the summer”, she laughs.
She wants to study for her Masters degree
in the United States, although Amelia
believes New Zealand is a great starting
place for budding classical performers.
“There are opportunities available here
which are not accessible in larger countries
with more and more small opera
companies being founded. These really help
aspiring young singers”, she said, “But I
know I will have to go overseas to further
my career and I’m planning for that right
now - that is just standard practice for New
Zealanders when they achieve a certain level
of performance and achievement”.
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Amelia has found that all the singers she
has met are part of an amazingly
supportive environment. “Most of my
closest friends are singers and I think it’s
something special that we all encourage
each other to succeed. Even in
competitions, where you might be
competing against your best friends,
everybody looks out for each other and
genuinely hopes that each other does well.
Backstage at the New Zealand Aria all the
girls shared a dressing room and even the
ones I had never met before were absolutely
lovely. I am not sure what to expect when
I go overseas but I think I have been very
lucky in going through the formative stages
of my career in such a friendly
environment”, she said.
Like so many successful young New
Zealanders in a whole variety of endeavours,
funding is Amelia’s biggest issue and she
is currently on a mission to raise $100,000
for her first year of study - she will be
relying on scholarship applications and
donations to meet the target. Meantime
she will be with the New Zealand Opera in
January until the United States academic
year begins.
OTHER INTERESTS
What happens outside music?
Amelia is an animal lover and has three
large dogs and three ordinary-size cats.
She likes nothing better than chilling out in
the sunshine indulging a favourite hobby -
reading - or maybe checking out Facebook.
She also keeps fit running and attending the
gym.
“I wear dresses and high heels 97 percent of
the time and only bought my first pair of
trousers this year - I had to play a boy in an
opera, so it was somehow inevitable! They
let me keep them. My cooking skills extend
to boiling eggs and stir-frying vegetables,
but I can also make very good fairy bread -
oh, and apple crumble!”
Fortunately for her career Amelia is also
something of a linguist and learned
Japanese for five years (not the greatest
operatic language but she really enjoyed it)
and has also studied German, French,
Italian and Russian.
Our Aria champion admits to having a soft
spot for the Television programme Glee
and while she listens mainly to classical
music, including orchestral and piano, she
loves the Beatles, The Doors, the Kinks and
Johnny Cash.
Nice catholic tastes indeed - a warm
supportive family, decent sized dogs,
reading and running for fun, and a mixed
portfolio of popular music.
Meantime it’s back to the issue of the
moment. Having recovered from even more
success on the stage it’s now back to the
fund-raising in readiness for the financial
pressures of 2011.
If any readers or ‘body corporates’ are
interested in supporting the best of New
Zealand talent, here is a cause worthy of
your support.
She’s one of our finest, and the current New
Zealand Aria champion!
The Publishers of UNO. were proud to be an
associate sponsor and support the Waiariki
Institute of Technology New Zealand Aria
contest in Rotorua.
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THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZAI was always fascinated by the view of the pyramids looking back towards Cairo - how close the city is
and how out of context it looks. What I wasn’t prepared for was the sight of the great pyramids from the
city, as we drove out towards them. Initially teasing glimpses between the buildings, then towering over
the cityscape, and finally dominating the landscape as we broke out into the desert.
The pyramids are huge and truly impressive. The cityscape behind them wasn’t a distraction the day we
were there because we struck a sand storm. You don’t see that every day. It looked a bit like a decent
Hamilton fog but it was a very dry fog! It is hard to take great photographs in a sand storm and even
harder to come anywhere near the amazing images captured in so many travel brochures.
CAMEL RIDES - AND SCAMS AT THE PYRAMIDS!Camel rides are the main trade plied at the pyramids but it’s not a good place to try them out. They’ll
get you up on the camel and agree to a price but when you come to get off, they tell you that “we didn’t
agree on the price to get off the camel.” One of the group was elderly and deaf and they managed to
get her up onto the camel even though she didn’t want a ride. Then they advised her that she would have
to pay 50 pounds to get off! Thinking it was British pounds she panicked, got away, and scuttled off to
hide in the bus. “Did you pay them? No?” Great stuff - my friend Doreen out-hustles the hustlers!
THE GREAT PYRAMIDS, THE FAMOUS EGYPTIAN MUSEUM,
THE ATTRACTIONS OF CAIRO AND CRUISING THE NILE.
HAMILTON TRAVELLER, KAYE CLARK, SHARES SOME OF HER
DIARY NOTES WITH US IN OUR TRAVEL STORY ABOUT THE
WONDERS OF EGYPT.
Notes and Photographs: Kaye Clarke
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ATTRACTIONS OF CAIROThe Egyptian Museum is amazing both for the relics housed and
the building itself. They are building a new museum at Giza due
to open in 2012 but I wouldn’t panic - they haven’t started
construction yet. There is a huge amount of material in the
museum and we spent an afternoon there. Really you need a few
weeks to do it justice. The building itself is fairly impressive,
although quite inappropriate for the importance of the
collection it houses (no humidity control and the sun streams in),
with high ceilings and ornate staircases and literally tonnes of
ancient artefacts stuffed into every corner.
The collections from Tutankhamun’s tomb were a highlight along
with exquisite jewellery - and the animal mummies were
certainly quirky and fascinating, especially the mummified
snake!
The Gayer-Anderson Museum was the most delightful museum I
have seen. Gayer Anderson was a British officer serving in Cairo
in the 1930s. He restored two 16th and 17th century houses and
packed them with ‘orientalia’. You may remember it as the place
where they filmed a scene from the James Bond movie The Spy
Who Loved Me. The layout is exquisite with secret corridors and
windows where the women of the house could be hidden but still
see down into the rooms and out onto the streets. Never mind
that he lived there, while his wife stayed elsewhere, and he had a
Nubian slave who would sleep at the foot of his bed each night!
His collections of oriental memorabilia are fascinating and you
get to see what real inlaid mother-of-pearl wood work can look
like, be it small boxes or grand pieces of furniture.
CRUISING THE NILECruising up the Nile is as charming and relaxing as they say.
The heat is so fierce you sight-see early - up at 5:30am most days; 3:30am for the bus trip to Abel
Simbel! - but it’s more than made up for by napping and relaxing in the afternoons with the help of
a cold beer. It’s a delight to wake up somewhere new and go to visit another amazing temple. I also
read Agatha Christie’s ‘Death on the Nile’ for fun and was delighted to see the Cataract Hotel in Aswan
where she stayed and wrote it!
Taking photos from the boat was cool. You travel slowly so there’s plenty of time to see the shot you
want and line it up. The fertile strip of land is narrow with the desert rising up behind it and you feel as
though you are in everyone’s back yard.
The cruise ships supply the bulk of the accommodation at the major temple sites and at each port you
moor up to the outside boat. It’s not uncommon to have to amble across seven boats to get to the
dock - a great way to check out how the other half lives.
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SOUQS AND MARKETSTrying to shop in Egypt isn’t any fun at all and having been to the grand
bazaar in Turkey we were not strangers to bartering. But in Egypt the
vendors are just so desperate and pushy you don’t even want to engage
with them. We walked through the souq at Luxor late at night and it
was visually stunning. Our guide Ayman lagged behind so he didn’t get
hassled to promote shops to us and pull the tour group in to buy - so
he was wary too.
The main souq in Cairo is the Kahn el-Khalili and we spent a few
hours there. We immediately gained a hanger-on in the form of a
plain-clothes policeman who insisted on a tip from Aymen to
‘accompany us’ through the market!
We found the quality, especially the finishing, of the produce lacking
and the perpetual hawking too exhausting. We rendezvoused at
Fishawi’s which is probably the oldest coffee shop ever. It’s been
trading continuously for some 200 years and has an alcove that was
frequented by Egyptian Kings.
LUXORWe arrived by train and were picked up by horse and buggy and driven
through the streets to the temple at Karnack. It is superb.
We entered along an avenue lined each side with Rams-headed sphinx
each with a small statue of Rameses standing between the front paws,
just so you don’t forget who the temple is about, and the inference of
the Ram and its sexual potency is fully intended.
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In ancient times the avenue of sphinxes stretched almost two
kilometres between the temples of Luxor and Karnack. There is a
project currently underway to uncover the entire causeway and
reinstate it. No shortcuts either - each statue and plinth will be found,
excavated and archeologically restored.
We did the early morning balloon ride over Luxor. As you rise up you
can see the valleys of the kings, queens and nobles and Hatshepsuts’
temple. The fertile valley is a frighteningly narrow strip with desert
stretching out indefinitely on either side. The view from the balloon is
amazing and we floated low over the town looking into everyone’s
backyard and seeing families wrapped in blankets sleeping in rows like
packets of sausages on the roofs of their houses!
ASWAN We spent an afternoon sailing about on the Nile at Aswan in a felucca
- this is definitely a ‘must do’. It is cool on the water and the views of
the river, ottoman watch towers on the horizon, temples, famous hotels
where writers stayed in Victorian times, gives a whole new meaning to
‘historic ambience’.
SAFE AND SOUNDWe felt safe travelling, albeit hassled mercilessly by hawkers which was
really, really very annoying - but it wasn’t physically threatening.
We were told that the police will protect the tourist and a local will get
a very hard time if a tourist makes a complaint against them.
We had a strong feeling that the people were not in a happy state but
busy struggling to survive, focussed on the next meal and making a
meagre salary. This probably explained the desperation around
hawking and selling to the tourist - life for the locals is pretty harsh.
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HEADLINING THESE CHANGES is the
arrival of turbo-charged power with direct
fuel injection for the four-cylinder model C
200 CGI (which denotes Charged Gasoline
Injection) which I had the pleasure of
driving for the day recently. This was my
first real taste of the Mercedes marque and
it didn’t disappoint.
The C200 CGI Sports Edition comes in both
sedan and estate and is a stand-out thanks
to the AMG styling package upgrade
including Avantgarde grille, steering wheel
shift paddles, 17-inch 6-twin spoke AMG
alloys and lowered sports suspension.
The C 200 CGI did take a little getting used
to as I had not driven many Mercedes
before. But as the day wore on the car got
better and better. It is packed with some
really impressive technology including
electronically adjustable steering which
becomes lighter at low speed and the
opposite when on the motorway - a really
nice feature. Others include brake-assist for
hill-starts and ESP (Electronic Stability
Programme) and traction/skid control
(ASR).
The C200 CGI’s BlueEFFICIENCY engine is a
remarkable technological achievement
combining sports car power with fuel
economy. The C200 CGI’s direct-injection
1.8-litre turbo four develops the same power
but more torque, better economy and fewer
emissions than its predecessor and delivers
135kW/270Nm. This gives a 0-100kmph
time of 8.1 seconds, a top speed of
232kmph and economy figures of 7.2 litres
per 100 kms.
The interior is packed with great features
as one would expect from Mercedes-Benz.
Electronically-adjustable seats that are
both comfortable and supportive, dual-zone
climate control, voice-activated Bluetooth
communications as standard and an easy to
use operational satellite navigation. And not
to forget the generous boot for golf clubs!
SAFETY FIRST
Safety also plays a big part in the C200.
It has nine airbags in total including front
driver and passenger airbags, side-bags for
the driver, front passenger and outer-rear
passengers, full-length window-bags and a
knee-bag for the driver as well as NECK-
PRO crash-responsive front head restraints.
Other safety features include automatic
locking doors with emergency opening; and
the BAS brake assist system which applies
full braking force in an emergency or
braking manoeuvre and flashing adaptive
brake lights which flash during an
emergency braking procedure. To help with
handling there is the ESP® (Electronic
Stability Programme).
There is also the PRE-SAFE® anticipatory
occupant protection system which works
during emergency or panic braking. The
PRE-SAFE® tensions the seat belts as a
precaution to fix the driver and front
passenger in their seats, increase the
distance to the dashboard and reduce the
forward movement of the front seat
occupants in the event of a crash. This car
is certainly safety-plus!
My test drive confirmed what I had hoped
it would. The C200 CGI Sports Edition is an
excellent driver’s car with dynamic handling
and smooth ride quality. It is also a great
all-round performer and has a superior level
of build quality.
Pricing for the C200 CGI Sports Edition
starts at $76,900, with the estate at $79,900.
It is certainly a lot of car for the money.
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55 Totara Street, Mount Maunganui
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THE MOST POPULAR MODEL IN THE NEW ZEALAND MERCEDES-BENZ
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Story: Andy Martin, Photos: Kjell Nilsson
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JOHN SHARPLIN has been involved with
vehicles of one sort or another - including
operating earth-moving machinery for a
number of years, and as owner/operator of
a Ford franchise for 15 years - since he was
a youngster in Pukekohoe. He now works
as the FPV (Ford Performance Vehicles)
specialist with Fairview Motors Limited in
Hamilton. But sleeping quietly in his garage
at home for the last 26 years is his pet - an
immaculate dark blue 1955 Jaguar XK 140.
He lets it off the leash at least once a year
for a major run down to Wanaka and back
and last Easter he clocked up over 4,000
kilometres in nine days in his trusty English
classic.
“My early interest in cars came from Dad
who operated a taxi business, so we always
had the flashest car on the block. Like many
‘car spotting’ kids of the day, I knew every
make of car on the road and we honed
our early driving and handling skills in our
much-loved trollies. But there is nothing
quite like real motor power, and as my Dad
was a pioneer building and racing go-karts,
by about the age of 13 I was behind the
wheel of his machine powered by twin
chainsaw motors. It wasn’t a Jaguar, which
I have hankered for all my life, but it was a
good start”.
John’s first car, when he was 17 years of
age, was an Austin A50, later upgraded to
an A90. He was able to afford these cars at
such an early age because he was earning
good ‘extra’ money as a pianist in a dance
band. They scored three pounds a night tax-
free, and double that if there were two gigs
involved. Moving to Turangi to drive
earth-moving machinery, his early interest
in car racing was rekindled by the midnight
runs to Auckland in the A90 to visit his
girlfriend.
RAREST OF THE BREED
A FACTORY FIRE AT COVENTRY HALTED PRODUCTION OF THE 1955 JAGUAR XK140 AFTER TWO YEARS AND THE TOTAL BUILD WAS ONLY 2,800 VEHICLES. YOU COULD COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER STILL ALIVE IN NEW ZEALAND.
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Soon he had saved enough for his first
‘dream car’ - a beautiful, red 1961 Jaguar
3.8 Mark 2.
“My Dad was forever a Ford man and so am
I - but my passion is Jaguars. I had that
one for 11 years and had a love affair with
it - and collected enough speeding tickets
to wallpaper the living room”, he laughs. “A
Canadian offered me truly stupid money for
it and that car lives in Vancouver to this day.
Next I had a V12 E-type, a really majestic
car but one that could put the wind up
you, especially in the wet. There was so
much power for so little weight. But what a
beautiful-looking bit of design”. John sighs
at the memory.
He acquired this current XK 140 (the ‘140’
denotes its achievable speed of 140 miles
per hour) on a rather sad note when a good
friend and former owner, Paul Tavan, was
diagnosed with cancer after owning the
vehicle for 11 years. Before that, the car
was owned by a Ruakura scientist,
Murray Woolford, and it was bought new in
California. During his 26 years of ownership,
John has done all the obvious things in
terms of testing its speed, including regular
racing at the famous ‘Wings and Wheels’
classic car races that used to be held
annually at Wigram, and long testing runs
like the annual trip to the South Island.
“It comes up trumps on all counts”, he says.
Praise indeed, and that comes from
someone who really knows what he is
talking about.
In 1983 John set up and ran the Ford
dealership in Tokoroa for 15 years before
returning to Hamilton as owner-operator
of a performance car yard ‘Sharplins on
Greenwood’ at Frankton.
The great loves of his life are wife Heather
and two sons and his grandchildren, his
fiercely independent 91-year-old Mum who
still lives in the family home at Pukekohe,
and his highly valued pet - the 1955 Jaguar
XK140, the rarest of the breed.
my car
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... And Another ThingCharles Martin
When the Empire Ruled
I watched film of the present Queen’s Coronation recently on the TV documentary channel.
At the time it was the largest, most ambitious outside telecast ever undertaken by the BBC.
Afterwards, film was flown across the Atlantic by the RAF for screening in the United States that
night - there were no such things as satellites. However radio ruled then and it was astonishing
to learn that BBC Radio broadcast the event to the world in 41 different languages!
Not So Funny
Aussie jokes about red-back spiders and
outside dunnies are not quite so funny
now that the creatures have taken up
residence in numbers here in New
Zealand - and favouring Tauranga it
seems. Take note - take care!
LOOKING BACK It has been a great year for the good things of life.
The second World Rowing Championships ever staged in this country attracted over 60,000 to
Lake Karapiro, the largest crowds ever anywhere for this event. The Waikato weather was kind,
the crowds enjoyed themselves, the results were excellent and justifiable praise was heaped
on the organising committee and volunteers.
There were many highlights in 2010 but personally my other one would be the hugely
successful tour in Europe by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, especially their
outstanding concert in Vienna. They received a standing ovation and a rapturous reception
from the sell-out audience.
Lies to Tell Small Kids• That road sign means be very quiet in the
car!
• Jumbo Jets raise their young in nests in
the Himalayas. The parents fly up to 3,000
miles to gather nourishment for the
fast-growing Jumblets’.
From ‘Great Lies to Tell Small Kids’ by Andy Riley.
Amazing Technicolour Palates
Recently I read a report that went something like this: ‘The grapes were grown in the colder
southern part of the valley and the wine had that distinctive grassy bouquet with a touch
of tomato stalk and just a hint of nutmeg’. I have never understood how grapes and their
juice, as if by some osmosis process, assume the flavours of so many fruits, vegetables and
other flora. Wine buffs and writers fall over themselves to outdo each other in truly amazing
analyses of flavours. Are they for real or is it pretentiousness gone nuts?
Hymns of Wisdom
Little Patrick: Our parish priest knows more
than your rabbi.
Little Isaac: That’s because you tell him
everything!
M a g i c M at r i x
The Government agency SPARC funds most
major sports to a greater or lesser degree. It
seems that a requirement of this funding is
the introduction of a standard ‘fits all’ high
performance structure. This magic matrix
seems to fit well in some cases (Biking New
Zealand, Rowing New Zealand) but not others
(conspicuously Bowls and Canoeing) and only
moderately well in others (Swimming and
Cricket).
However there has never been a magic formula
for sporting success, other than hard work and
doing the business. Our best coaches - Fred
Allen, Arthur Lydiard, Doug Laing and Rusty
Robertson - would confirm that. They were all
uncomplicated people but good man
managers. So it was interesting to note
comments attributed to Nathan Cohen after
his gold medal victory at the recent world
rowing championships. “We just came back
and rowed our own boat. We threw away all the
data and numbers and just started
focussing on what we had to do about getting
our boat going. As soon as we started doing
that, things started clicking”.
Hobbits LeftoversThere’s always something new under the
sun - especially when it comes to words.
In the NZ Listener of 6 November,
correspondent Cyd Wright of Christchurch
wrote: “A tatterdemalion motley of Warner
Bros. executives and lawyers call with their
begging bowls”.
Nice one Cyd!
A FINAL WORD‘I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men’.
Christmas Carol
CRYPTICIf the answer is 9W, what was the question?
Hey Fritz, do you spell Wagner with a V?
INITIALLYPSA now means a lot of things to a lot of people. It started off with the dear old Public Service Association, once one of the more powerful unions in the country. Then it became familiar to most males over about 40, denoting a medical test for prostate cancer. Now the three initials describe a vine virus afflicting kiwifruit orchards, a new scourge for the Bay of Plenty region.
GETTING IT RIGHT
My annual award for the best presentation
of the New Zealand national anthem goes
to the Canterbury Rugby Union.
As a prelude to the start of the provincial
final between Waikato and Canterbury
they brought on the Christchurch
Cathedral Choir and the New Zealand
Army Band for a truly stirring performance
of the anthem.
It was an object lesson on how it should
be done for the World Cup games.
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