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April 2021 Issue 129 Mairangi Bay relax • revive • retail NOW 10,000 CO PIES TO LOCALS ! Congratulations Emirates Team New Zealand! The official magazine of the Mairangi Bay Business Association www.mairangibayvillage.co.nz
Message from the Business Association To submit a news item please contact: Community News: These community events have been Terry Holt • Phone: 021 042 8232 proudly organised by the Business Email: editor@mairangibayvillage.co.nz Association and supported by the Village News Magazine Editorial & Advertising enquiries: Hibiscus and Bays local Board. Terry Holt • Phone: 021 042 8232 It is one of our goals to reach out to Email: editor@mairangibayvillage.co.nz as many people in our community as Paul Hailes • Phone: 021 217 3628 we can to inform, and this magazine is Email: editor@mairangibayvillage.co.nz one of the vehicles we use along with Gary Covich • Design and Production Facebook and our website. We are Jane Warwick • Contributing writer What a wonderful occasion with proud that the magazine is now able to Additional photos by Unsplash.com Emirates Team NZ again retaining reach more readers, with this being Mairangi Bay Business the America’s Cup and an amazing the 3rd edition with 10000 copies Association Coordinator: spectacle right here on the waters of which and can also be read Joanne Martin • the Waitemata, providing some great online. If you missed your Email: coordinator@mairangibayvillage.co.nz Mairangi Bay Village Website: viewing from the ‘Bays’ and, of course, copy, you can always pick Terry Holt • out on the water. Being able to enjoy the one up at one of the stands Email: editor@mairangibayvillage.co.nz waters of our harbour and beaches is around the Village. Mairangi Bay Business very special, and over the past few weeks, We value the input from our Association Chair: the Business Association has hosted readers. Please do get in touch Chris Harrop • Phone: 021 464 548 the ‘Summer Sound Waves’ on our if you have a community story magnificent beach here in Mairangi Bay. you wish to share. Cover photo: Charlotte Handley and Greta Hutton. Photo by Bao Dingqiang, club photographer We thank everyone who has attended We urge everyone to continue and their families who have been maintaining their vigilance with entertained by our musician and clown/ magician at these events, along with the the Covid requirements and keep scanning the QR code at all businesses Coming Events kid’s face-painting and ice cream vendor and help keep us all safe and thank you ANZAC Day bringing so many more smiles to the in advance for that. 25 April community as we head into Autumn. ANZAC Day Holiday It is great to see members of our local Chris Harrop 26 April Surf Life Saving club watching over us Chair School Holidays all as well as hosting the sausage sizzle. For the Mairangi Bay Business Association 17 April – 2 May Mention this Ad and receive $10 off your first hour MAINTENANCE PLUMBING • GAS FITTING • COMMERCIAL PLUMBING • HOT WATER CYLINDERS ALL PLUMBING REPAIRS & SERVICING We provide a range of gasfitting services We are local and support the community and local clubs We are proud of our 98% No Cowboys Total Plumbing/Gasfitting rating Serviced in your area Eagle Plumbing Ltd • 0508 438 324 • www.eagleplumbing.co.nz
We will remember them, we will COURTESY remember them OF ROTARY brownsbayrotary.co.nz More than 30,000 New Zealanders have died fighting to Q1. Which virtual assistant was keep Aotearoa safe and free. re-introduced in 2013 with the option for a male voice? Q2. Which company, founded by Today we come together, our nation British mogul Sir Richard Branson, of 5 million, to fight another battle, this conducts suborbital flights in its time, an enemy that we cant see. Our Spaceship Two space plane? heroes today are a little different but Q3. How many pixels in a megapixel? equally important as we try to fend off Q4. Which kind of nerves in the COVID-19 and keep our country safe human body are called cervical, and free. Both then and now, the men thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and and women of the frontline believe in coccygeal? this country. Wars are full of horrendous And that is why we should never forget. events and the Battle of Q5. Which planet is known as “the Flanders was particularly so with jewel in the solar system”? We should remember always the blood that has spilled in all conflicts. tens of thousands of casualties. Q6. At sea level, at which temperature Although most of those battlefields may No wonder the area was grey Celsius does pure water freeze? seem far away, both in miles and in and haunted. But, through Q7. What is magma called when it memory, recent events have shown that the battle-scarred ground wee reaches the earth’s surface? those miles can close up oh so quickly, shoots began to appear, which Q8. What pop star, known for and we must continue to treasure and grew into poppies. These were being swift on his feet, took an guard these small islands at the bottom the first things to grow in the ownership stake in MySpace in of the world. wasteland. Poppies now stand for 2011? So, gather up the kids and take them remembrance and the hope of a Q9. Which well-known All Black to one of the many Dawn Parades peaceful future. Poppy Day is on recently retired from all rugby? being held. They’re not too young to be April 17 in New Zealand. There is told, and as they will grow up among ongoing discussion about whether Q10. What is the main port and ‘new’ New Zealanders, including the you should wear your poppy on settlement on the Chatham grandchildren of those who were once the left or the right, but what IS Islands? the enemy, it is imperative that they learn undisputed is that poppies should as soon as possible that we are all just be close to your heart. Answers on page 23 brothers and sisters under the skin. Excellence in Physiotherapy care in Mairangi Bay for over 20 years. Skilled, "hands-on" management of musculo-skeletal injuries Monday - Friday 7:30am - 7.30pm Ph 478 3098 www.physiotherapycare.co.nz 404 Beach Road Mairangi Bay, Auckland Mairangi Bay Village News 3
Artist’s impression of the main library can provide the community.” entrance and library area He says that plans have been put in place to reduce the impact on the East Coast Bays community as much as possible. “We are opening a temporary library services area in the East Coast Bays Community Centre to help people still access services that the library normally offers.” Book lovers will be able to pick up requests and return books at the temporary library in the community centre across the village green from the library building. Also available will be public computers, printing services and free WiFi. Most programmes and events LIBRARY CLOSES FOR the library normally runs will also be provided from the temporary location. MAJOR UPGRADE But it won’t end there according to Darryl. “We have organised the AND REFURBISHMENT mobile library to be onsite on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays for East Coast Bays Library is one of children’s collections; and both upgrading bibliophiles of all ages to come and the busiest across Tāmaki Makaurau the existing public toilet facilities and peruse their book options”. with more than 1.5 million visits in increasing the number of public toilets. Book lovers can also borrow eBooks, the last five years. All the foot traffic In addition, a new dedicated space for eAudiobooks and eMagazines from the has meant the library is now in need community programmes and events will be comfort of their own home. These will of maintenance so it can keep serving constructed within the building. support and enhance everything that is the community well. Auckland Council’s Head of Community being offered in our temporary location The library closed on Friday Libraries for Central, North and West, during our normal opening hours. 12 March 2021 for the planned Darryl Soljan says with the library needing maintenance and refurbishment, to close for maintenance, it was the perfect expected to take up to five months. A time to do some refurbishment as well. temporary library will open at the East “We wanted to ensure we didn’t just Coast Bays Community Centre, 2 Glen focus on maintenance but to make sure Road, Browns Bay. the library was future-proofed to reduce Key areas of work include a the impact on those who love to visit reconfiguration of the main entrance the library.” areas to enhance your experience in “The need to close for maintenance Artist’s impression of the library; improving and expanding means we can refurbish and include new the new event and meeting space space for both the fiction and areas that are going to enhance what the www.mairangiswimschool.co.nz We have been operating in Mairangi Bay for over 30 years servicing the accounting and taxation requirements of small Gr and medium sized businesses ea tS on the North Shore and wim wider Auckland mers, Fun Times First Floor, Green Gables Mall Join our World Class Programme Mairangi Bay, 09 477 6260 6d Ascension Pl, Mairangi Bay • 478-6153 www.macden.co.nz mairangiswimschool@xtra.co.nz • 4 Mairangi Bay Village News
JULIA PARFITT & ALEXIS POPPELBAUM Personal viewpoints of two of your Hibiscus & Bays Local Board Members Huntly Rd Reserve Bridge being Council’s 10-year budget: what does renewed it mean for you and our community? The pedestrian bridge at the end of Last month, Auckland Council was Huntly Road in Campbells Bay will be asking for feedback on its Long-Term renewed. This links a walk through to Plan (LTP) 2021-2031. The LTP sets out Possum’s Ladder and View Road. The the activities, services and investments aim is to have it completed by the end they’re planning for the next decade of the 2021 financial year. and how they will be paid for. Some key proposals included: New work on show from Arts award • $31 billion capital investment finalists programme Finalists from the 2019 6th Hibiscus • Increase borrowing, selling surplus and Bays Art Awards will have their assets, continue with savings activity, new work exhibited at the Mairangi and a one-off 5% rate increase in Arts Centre (MAC) this month. As part 2021/22 (drops back to 3.5% following of their prize, the finalists were given that) With Local Board member Janet Fitzgerald and this opportunity to exhibit their work • Water-quality targeted rate extension Councillor Shane Henderson at the Waiake at MAC. Unfortunately, due to Covid19, and increase music event, talking with locals about the LTP this couldn’t occur in 2020 as planned. • Investment of $150M to fund the The works from the finalists (including Climate Plan to tackle greenhouse the opportunity to provide input. If you Torbay local Fiona Newton) will be on gases missed the chance to give feedback show from 1 – 27 April with the official but want to share your thoughts with opening event Saturday 10 April, 12pm. You can find more information at us, please email us at julia.parfitt@ See www.mairangiarts.co.nz for more www.akhaveyoursay.co.nz. In May, the aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and alexis. information. Hibiscus and Bays Local Board will have poppelbaum@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz JO MIMMACK You only get one chance of selling your prized property and achieving a result that thrills YOU! I have been active in Real Estate for the past 36 years and earned the reputation of getting things done with the support of my clients/owners and the level of commitment from me. This has led to an array of Industry Awards and so many referrals. Call today to see if you would like me to market and sell your home. Mobile +64 274 965 429 Email joanne.mimmack@harcourts.co.nz Licensed REAA 2008 6 Mairangi Bay Village News
Kennedy Park Petanque Club Celebrates Vive La France Festival Kennedy Park Petanque Club (KPPC), ball (cochonnet or jack), while standing recognition if they want in a circle. The game is normally played to put the time and with its obvious French connection, on gravel, broken shells or hard dirt. energy into the sport. had a prominent presence at the Playing petanque provides social The club is based at Kennedy Park, recent Vive La France Festival held stimulation, friendly fun, exhilarating Castor Bay and members play on in Milford. challenge and intense competition, Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00pm to Club Captain Roger Brown was on depending on the level you want to play. 3:00pm and Sundays 10:00am to hand, assisted by club members through The game can be played by any age 12:00pm. New members are welcome the day, to welcome members of the group, and you don’t have to be fast, fit and the Club has boules available for use. public and encourage them to give it a or strong. It is gender neutral and can For more Information contact: go. Petanque is a target sport, where be played all year round. Individuals Roger Brown, Club Captain participants throw metal balls (boules) can choose to play purely for social Phone 022 353 7606, as close as possible to a small wooden fun, or can go on to achieve National email roger.brown.builder@gmail.com Full skin checks, management and advice Treatment of skin cancers and other minor skin surgery procedures Micro ear suctioning After hours appointments available With everyone leading such busy lives these days, we believe in doing as much as possible in your first appointment, including biopsies and, where possible, any necessary surgery. We also offer after hours appointments, including Saturday mornings, so you can www.baysskin.co.nz book in when it's convenient for you. 027 646 9934 Start the year off with a skin check from Dr Spencer Craft at BSCC. 585 Beach Road, Book yours today. Rothesay Bay Mairangi Bay Village News 7
Enhancing lives one spine at a time Katie Putt is one of the She spent lockdown back on her Torbay home turf, but now she has Village’s newest inhabitants set up both home and workspace in but she is not new to the Mairangi Bay, accompanied by her Shore. She grew up in partner, Joe, an electrician. Katie loves her new local beach and the village Torbay, is a Long Bay College atmosphere. She says Mairangi Bay graduate, and is now the new has an awesome vibe and her goal is now to help all families in the local Katie Putt chiropractor at 4/420 Beach community focus on health and learn Road, just up the hill towards the benefits of chiropractic care. telephone consultation, free of charge, Murrays Bay. “Many clients come post-injury or to see if she will be able to help further with pain that may be stress-related. through in person consultation. After graduating from Chiropractic Posture has become a bigger problem College in Auckland, Katie was off to lately with so many people working do her OE and spent five years in the from home without the right set-up, UK. Her position as a locum gave her and who are often working longer an excellent opportunity to discover hours with less breaks”. Britain as she worked the length and Getting your spine checked is Katie’s Ignite Chiropractic breadth of the country, arriving back advice, like you do for your general health Ph 0204 017 2441 in New Zealand just before COVID-19 at the GP or your teeth at the dentist. katie@ignitechiropractic.co.nz reared its ugly head. Katie is happy to provide a brief www.ignitechiropractic.co.nz Brand new suites designed Beautiful shared spaces for dementia care Aria Bay’s new care centre has a limited number of elegant care suites exclusively for residents with dementia. These fully-furnished suites are designed to make living with memory loss easier and safer, while shared areas encourage interaction and enjoyment. A highlight is how the dining/lounge area flows out into a beautiful garden with a choice of sunny and shady spots for sitting. Call Sharon on 0800 20 22 20 or visit ariabay.co.nz 8 Mairangi Bay Village News
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The team EL GRECO DOES THE PHOENIX THING It was a terrible shock to El Greco owners, Kostas and Sarah Grigorakis when a customer rang to ask if they knew the restaurant was on fire. It was a terrible shock to their customers, too, as the Campbells Bay restaurant has fast become an institution down along The Esplanade. But Kostas and Sarah are tenacious they received after the fire. “We have Soutzoukakia and passionate and once the fire crew been so very humbled by the support El Greco had packed up and gone, they quickly from the community,” says Sarah, “as 1 The Esplanade, Campbells Bay got into action, with help from their loyal well as from our staff. We are so lucky to Phone 09 475 5772 customer base. The expected two-month have their backing.” elgreco.co.nz rebuild and refit dragged out for seven Then, of course, there was COVID, months, and could have been longer but Sarah and Kostas took this time to if Kostas had not had the foresight to just get on with purchasing what they reflect on the business and work out how they were going to adjust. BEWARE would need for the project in advance. Kostas was taught to create El Greco’s devastating fire was It was a trying time but during those traditional Greek dishes by his mother, caused by the spontaneous ignition months Sarah and Kostas fulfilled their which set him off on his career as a of cleaning cloths that had been commitment to providing fresh and chef and restaurant owner. Sarah, washed and dried but left in the authentic Mediterranean fare by buying a too, had a background in hospitality bag that they had been returned food truck, the smart black ‘El Greco Box’. and also marketing so when they met from the commercial laundry in. Parked in front of the rebuild and also in Greece, they were a good match. The clean items, folded firmly taking to the road to places such as the Sarah gathered up her brood and together, retain the heat of the Mairangi Bay Food & Wine Festival and returned to New Zealand 13 years ago, dryer. This causes oxidation that the Murrays Bay Birdman competition, and now with their three children at can’t be removed as there is no the couple are grateful that this wee Westlake schools, a brand-new face on air flow, so the heat eventually extension of their restaurant has El Greco Greek and Italian Eatery, it’s all combusts. There have been many allowed them to repay the kindnesses ‘kouzoulada’ – look it up. instances of this phenomenon, especially in places like restaurants, hospitals, day and aged care centres, where there is a large amount of hot clean laundry. When you take items from the dryer, spread them into small piles to allow fresh air to cool them or leave them in an open mesh basket instead of a bag or box where the air cannot flow and cool. Baked feta Basil and pesto tortellini 10 Mairangi Bay Village News
April . .in the Garden Your April Checklist Autumn is an excellent time shade. Perfect for any hedge or as a for planting trees, shrubs, beautiful feature plant in the backyard. hedging, and lawns, not to FLOWERS & PERENNIALS mention a whole range of Instant Colour flowers and veggies. Pansies, Polyanthus, Primroses, Poppies! Plant now All our cooler flowering annuals are now VEGETABLES in-store and are looking lovely as ever. Continue to stagger your winter PERENNIALS veggies. There is still time to get Fill the garden with Autumn and winter Carrot and Celery seedlings in, as colour by planting Chrysanthemums, well as Lettuce, Bok Choy, Cabbage, Cyclamen, and stunning Rain Lilies. Cauliflower, Broccoli, Leek, and Spring bulbs can be planted now. Silverbeet. TEND FRUIT Vegetables is looking a bit shabby, use Weed Feijoas Prepare veggie beds by weeding, ‘n’ Feed to eliminate those generic Plant two different feijoas on the forking, and lightly digging in Kings broadleaf weeds. same property for better cross- Organic Compost, Sheep Pellets and Flowers pollination, ensuring you have a Nature’s Organic Fertiliser to improve Continue to deadhead and weed huge crop next year! soil structure and reintroduce lost your flower patches, and reapply Kiwiapples nutrients. Protect beds from carrot rust mulch where needed. Produced from a New Zealand fly with bug netting and lay down Quash Harvest nursery, kiwiapples are dwarf plants Slug and Snail Pellets. Harvest the last of your chillies, that grow to around 1.5m and can Fruit Trees capsicum, sweetcorn, pumpkins, be grown in large pots. They are If you haven’t already, feed your fruit squash and melons. Pick pears, available in a variety of sizes, making trees now before it gets cold. Use Kings rhubarb stalks, limes, lettuce and them ideal for kid’s lunches! Citrus and Fruit Tree Fertiliser or Sheep kale leaves, and dig up potatoes, TREES & SHRUBS Pellets. Compost any unwanted or spent radish, onions, leeks, and turnips. Camellias fruit, and throw away any infected fruit. Looking for more help or expert garden Coming into full bloom this month Lawns advice? Come instore to talk to our are the sun-loving sasanqua April is the best month to sow a lawn friendly staff, or give us a call on camellias that can also withstand or repair your patchy yard. If your lawn 0800 PLANTS for general inquiries. Speak to your local Garden Experts Visit your local Kings Plant Barn for a huge range of top quality plants, plus expert advice to help bring your garden ideas to life! KINGS PLANT BARN | SILVERDALE, TAKAPUNA & FORREST HILL OPEN 7 DAYS | 0800 PLANTS | kings.co.nz
COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS Friendship Club of East Coast Bays We welcome potential new LEARN MOBILE members to join us at Mairangi Bay Presbyterian Church Hall, Penzance TO LIBRARY Road, on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 10:00am to 12:00 Noon . SAIL Every Thursday, 09:30 to 10:30, Corner Hasting and Enjoy morning tea, good speakers Beach Roads, Mairangi Bay and other small group activities from our 100 plus membership. 3 DAY HOM LIDAY Contact: Cheryl Brant, S AND LIFE JACKETLIED PRMO GRA MDA ES Membership Secretary, P -2.50PM EACH Y Phone 09 479 4853 BOA T S SU P 9A or Michael Smart, President, NO PREVIOCUES COUSERSSSIOENS 9 WEE-K6 HO 09 476 7452 EXPERIEN UR SATURDAYS REQUIRED K COURSE S 8-13 9 WEE SUNDAYS JUNIORS AGE WEDNESD AYS ANDIO NS 3 HOUR SESS PLU S ADULT LEA RN TO SAIL Pupuke N AND SerIG N UP Friendship Club INFORMATIO FOR MOURRRAEYSBAY.ORG/ ag @gmail.co Contact: mbsc m .man We invite new memb ers to come along HTTPS://M to Pupuke Golf Club, East Coast Rd, Mairangi bay from 10: 00am until 12:00 noon on the first Mo nday of most months of the year. Our committee arrang MURRAYS BAY interesting speaker lun es activities, SAILING CLUB trips out. We would we ches and day BAY lcome male MAIRANGI LUB singles and married cou Beach Road, Murrays ples. C BOWLING Bay If you are interested, https://murraysbay.or please contact g Phone: 0274321321 Ngaire Muller: 09 478 ate Terrace, 5515 11-13 Ramsg mbsc.manager@gma email jmnm@xtra.co.n i Ba y il.com z Mairang 8 6033 Phone 09 47 b/7131/ club.org/clu http://bowls HEARTBEAT re S HIBISCUS h e N o rth Sho C O A ST: T raphic Photog ty First Tu esday of ever y month from Socie and fourth at Commun 10:00am Y NGI BA 214 Hibiscus ity House, M A I R A on the s econd Coast Hwy, O CLUB th at the Heartbeats Ta rewa ... Meets ay of each mon lub, TENNIaSce, Mairangi Bay kapuna: Firs month from t Thursday of Wedn e s d Bridg C e 10:00am, Mar every ast Bays ays Bay. Gibbons Rd, y Thomas Ce East Co Takapuna (b ntre, 3 Ramsga te Terr ve, M rr u ehind the Li 329 Lyons A l Salon o f brary) 09 479 4 lub.co.nz Nationa Contact: Tren Phone: nnisc h S h o re n tr ie s o n t Lash (Conve nor): airang ib a y te The Nort hy opens for e Mobile: 022 06 06 199 www.m p Photogra the 1st June. Email: trentla sh@ya www.facebo .co.nz ok.com/group hoo.com orephoto s/4760994931 ta ry @ northsh 55288/ secre 360 Beach Road, Mairangi Bay Ph 478 5328, mairangi.takenote@xtra.co.nz
Mairangi Bay EDY MEMORIA L PARK: Village JOHN F. KENNY TUNNEL TOURS MILITAR relax • revive • retail :00am of the month 11 Sunday e every second the background Guided tours ar vo lu nteers explain – 2:00 pm . M ilia ry hi sto ria n rial displays di sc us sin g guns and We are a vi PE TANQUE wi th pi cto the featur es use to y. da brant, mainl ouflage still in players and y retired m defensive cam torches to offer free co ixed group s all have good to new play ac ers. Our grou hing and can supply of Petanque wever, the guide Bring a torch, ho ne sa fe! - 3:00 Tues p meet and free practice from balls keep everyo ots are days and Th winter, gumbo Sundays. Yo ursdays an 1:00pm t we at he r, es pecially during bu t we ca n look after u can play th d 10 :00am – 1:00 In we els , e sport at an pm on all ow ed in the tunn from local, regional, na y advisable. No do gs u go through. tional and in level in our club them while yo coin donation John F.Kenn edy Memor te rn at ional levels is re qu ired and a gold ial Park - Ca . el of fit ne ss in g upkeep. Contact: Ro stor Bay A moderate lev wards the ongo ger Brown ul d be ap pr eciated to go to se en quire. 022 353 7606 or 09 479 51 – wo available, plea roger.brow 85 tours are also n.builder@ Private group an – gmail.com Crews – Chairm Contact: John 26 53 wi ng et t25@gmail.com l.com 09 410 .s.owen@gmai ris Ow en - 09 479 5290 Chris or Ch Beach V lleyball o PLAY BRIDGE AT Harbour Volleyball I COMBINE D EAST COAST BAYS Mairangi Bay MAIRANG BUS BRIDGE CLUB Ramsgate Terrace, PRO www.harbourvolle yball.co.nz of the h Tuesday Exercise your mind, meet Meet the 4t to 12 no on new friends, learn bridge: sign up for less month 10am nzance ons in 2021. H al l1 0 Pe Contact Helene: 027 296 n Church al club 3365 Presbyteria e a so ci i Bay. We ar tings, lessons@ecbbridgeclub.co. Rd Mairang ly m ee nz Mairangi & enjoy month s to e have Cas Presbyteria tor Bays for re tir ee rs . W t speake a and gues in Mairangi morning te m or ni ng n Church fé coffee d a monthly ca museums an to gardens, le. 11 Hastings Ro Bay. Outings st within the near loca (Vehicle Acce ad. tere and ss 8-10 Penzan places of in ls are social ce Road) Ten Pin bow banter. www.bayspre Fortnightly fr ie nd ly sbyterian.or g.nz to have always fun rs to join th e co m e new membe ub. Mainly Mus ic: We wel ndship of ou r Cl For pre-scho olers and thei fun and frie 476 7445 Meets at 10:0 r carer’s. ident David 0am on Friday t: Pr es ’s during the VING CLUB Contac @xtra .c o. nz school term, all welcome. SURF LIFESA pdironside 479 7432 Contact: Ange y Ra ew yn l Joseph-Mat Secretar et, Mairangi Bay apo gmail.com Sidmouth Stre on: 022 486 54 hurray412@ 44 09 e M em be rship 410 85 Phone: 09 47 9 47 17 Mik er@gmail.c om z y. fr az ibayslsc.org.n Girls Brigad e: campbel ls ba www.mairang For girls 5 ye ars of age an Meets 6:30pm d upwards. to 8:00pm on during the sc a Tuesday Contact Kay hool term. Barbour on: 09 478 7603 xt Rotary Milford Rotary & Ne ore [NRG] DEEs Social Generation No rt h Sh For those livin Group: g at home with ing – Information Even Meets from 10 dementia. :00am to 2:00 Thursday all pm on a Clive Menkin Contact: Tang year round ership Chair 2020/21 i Joseph on: 02 Milford Rotary – Memb 2 657 3223 Phone: 021 530 962 Don’t forget Easter is almost here! We still have gorgeous books and cards to treat your loved ones at Easter.
COURTING REAL ESTATE SUCCESS Nadja has a few tips: • When getting onto the property ladder, don’t be too fussy about which house you buy – just buy a house; get your foot onto that ladder rung. • Be pre-approved by the bank or a lending house. Nowadays, Nadja and Meegan banks are taking a long time (often over 14 working days) to Real estating is not a sedentary However, most – sometimes all – of give approval and during that the seven days that make up a week, period your desired house could job. Agents need to be in will find Nadja behind her desk, either well have been snapped up by two places at once, juggle physically or virtually, making the another buyer. numerous clients with ever- residential sales that have earned her • Make an effort to really view changing needs, always have a Top Salesperson, or #1 Salesperson homes, the photos may not attract welcoming smile, keep several awards over and over again. She and you so much, however once you her team – Rhonda Whitchurch, Logan steps ahead of the opposition view, many features become McLaughlan and PA, Meegan Court – apparent that the photos or video and manage an accurate and have also won many Top Team awards. were not able to fully showcase. enticing portfolio. Nadja has been in the Barfoot & • Don’t take what you see on-line as Thompson office in Mairangi Bay for 22 fixed. There are often too many So it is both impressive and admirable years and has seen the market evolve variables between what is quoted that Barfoot and Thompson’s Nadja from the days of face-to-face personal and what is a ‘true’ price, taking Court does all that yet still finds time to relationships with clients to the more in payment of other fees that can fund raise for a children’s foundation, aloof relationships of the digital world. occur. Comparative sales of like Raising Hope, and cook up a storm in Once the office had a revolving door of houses in a like market tell a more the kitchen providing meals for Plunket clients, but now the majority of work accurate story. Cooking , another non-profit that is done via email and other on-line provides free meals to families during interactions. • Most of all, develop a relationship those first few weeks after a new baby What hasn’t changed is what Kiwis with your agent. Become more arrives, when the logistics of coming want, and that is a home to call their than an email to them and that to grips with a first child or fitting the own. Most buyers – especially first-time way they will know you and your existing children around another, can be buyers – have a list of at least ten things needs better and perhaps even daunting and stressful. that they believe to be non-negotiable, be able to offer properties to you And sometimes, just sometimes, says Nadja, and are soon disappointed before they go on the general Nadja also gets to ski, cycle, play tennis, that in the real world this list is not likely market. hike and visit her getaway on Great to be fulfilled. And often, the house that Barrier Island. She recently completed captures their hearts and becomes their Nadja Court the Alps to Ocean cycle event and has home, has few – sometimes none – of 386 Beach Road, Mairangi Bay taken up playing Masters hockey again the attributes the buyer once thought Phone 09 478 9089 after a four-year hiatus. were essential. n.court@barfoot.co.nz 14 Mairangi Bay Village News
MAIRANGI ARTS CENTRE April~Mairangi Arts Centre 30th Birthday Celebration! Art Classes April School Holiday Art Programme Mairangi Arts Centre’s April school Seeking Trust holiday art programme offers a fantastic selection of classes for budding young Board Volunteers artists aged five plus. Learn how Do you have a passion for art and to make a clay garden snail, create would enjoy contributing your skills handmade paper, craft a fabric wall in a voluntary capacity to help steer hanging to name just a few options. The our vibrant community arts centre? programme runs from 10:00am-3:00pm Mairangi Arts Centre is a charitable trust making it ideal for working parents. currently looking for enthusiastic people to become part of our Trust Board team. Term Two Art Classes The board meets monthly on Tuesday Bookings are open for Mairangi Arts Cath ~ Autumn is Awesome evenings to oversee the governance Centre’s Term Two Art Programme. and overall strategic plan of our centre Challenge yourself by learning some new problem-solving skills and generally and to act in an advisory capacity to skills and at the same time experience help with maintaining work/life balance. the centre’s operational team. Previous the many benefits of art. Being creative Check out the centre’s extensive art board members have been from is known to relieve stress, encourage programme for a range of classes that backgrounds such as arts and culture, cater for adults, teenagers and children business, education, health and legal as young as five years old. sectors. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone with an accounting Exhibitions background. If you or someone you Main & Hewson Galleries The Finalists know is interested in becoming a trustee (1-274 April) we would love to hear from you. Please This exhibition features new works by email office@mairangiarts.co.nz with finalists from the 2019 6th Hibiscus your name and contact details so a and Bays Art Awards, Tracey Coakley, member of the board can contact you. Fiona Newton and Darlene Te Young. Also featured in the Hewson Gallery are Mairangi Arts Centre 20 Hastings Rd, Mairangi Bay, new works by finalists from the 2019 Phone: 09 478 2237 Artrageous Secondary School Exhibition Hours: 9.30am-4pm Mon-Fri, including participating artists Latamai 10.00am-2.00pm Sat/Sun Estel ~ Flying Boats Katoa and others. www.mairangiarts.co.nz “Styling hair, shaping confidenc so do w Because when you feel good... stockists of... new website th eh aird re sse r.co.nz | 358 Beach Road, Mairangi Bay | Ph: 478 8508 Mairangi Bay Village News 15
MORE HARM THAN GOOD FOR TENANTS? Can someone charge the outgoing tenant any costs as they would get another letting fee please explain the from the incoming tenant. law of unintended The outgoing tenant got what they wanted, to be released, a new tenant consequences to this got what they wanted, their new government? home, and the landlord continued to have their property rented. Everybody They hold themselves out as the satisfied. champions of the underdog, in Now, PPM’s are reluctant to allow this case as they see it – tenants, a tenant to break a fixed term as this but yet again they have done more incurs an additional letting fee for the harm than good. Two of their more landlord through no fault of theirs. MIke Pinkney significant changes are 1) having Worse yet, the government has ruled landlords, not tenants, pay letting fees that the letting agent cannot recover and 2) removing landlords rights to most of the costs to them and the tenancy and those that have done terminate periodic tenancies except landlord. so have a problem. Unless there is where the property is being sold, to The net result is that from a sensible an extenuating reason, landlords be used as a family home or to have arrangement where everyone got what do not get rid of good tenants. The a major upgrade. In most situations they wanted, we now get angry tenants aim of PPM’s is to keep a property with decent investment properties, and almost inevitable disagreements. occupied and rented. What does the it would be virtually impossible to The other issue is that the government not understand about get around these provisions. In other government has ruled that at the end this? The Tribunal can deal with the few words, good tenants with periodic of a fixed term tenancy a further term troublesome landlords (and tenants) tenancies can remain in the property can only be entered into if the tenant while the rest of us continue to work for life if they wish. agrees, otherwise the tenancy reverts in the best interests of our landlords So why have these backfired on to a periodic one, where potentially and tenants without arbitrary rules tenants. Most professional property the tenant only can terminate it. This and regulations that do not achieve the managers (PPM) only give fixed term is because of the very limited grounds intended outcome. tenancies in order to give security for terminating periodic tenancies. The to both tenants and landlords. If a result is that landlords will give tenants For more information go to tenant wanted to break the term two options, 1) sign a new fixed term or www.tenancy.govt.nz or call a professional property manager. for some reason, the PPM would 2) vacate the property. Mike Pinkney 021-78-3030 allow them to do so on finding a We cannot think of any reason why mike@pinkney.co.nz replacement tenant. Most PPM’s don’t a landlord would grant a periodic Beach Road, Mairangi Bay 16 Mairangi Bay Village News
Caringfor Caring for the community, 24/7 the community, 24/7 $39 after hours* medical visits for over 65's and CSC holders $39 afterMon-Fri, *5pm-8am hours* medical all weekend holidaysfor over 65's and CSC holders & publicvisits *5pm-8am Mon-Fri, all weekend & public holidays 2 convenient locations 2 convenient locations Smales Farm (24 hours) Smales Farm(8am-8pm) Northcross (24 hours) Northcross (8am-8pm) February marked 25 years since Shorecare Northcross opened their doors to serve the greater East Coast Bays area. February marked 25 years since Shorecare Northcross opened their doors to Initially opening due to population growth, the clinic has experienced growth serve theafter year greater year.East Coast Bays area. Initially opening due to population growth, the clinic has experienced growth yearThe after year. board of directors and management team of Shorecare would like to say a huge thanks to the community for their support over the years, but in particular Theinboard 2020,of directors which and was an management extremely teamyear challenging of Shorecare would for Shorecare, andlike in to say a huge thanks to particular the community for their support over the years, but in particular Northcross. in 2020, which was an extremely challenging year for Shorecare, and in The next particular big celebration for Shorecare will be in 2023, when they are celebrating Northcross. 50 years since first opening as a provider of after hours care in Takapuna. The next big celebration for Shorecare will be in 2023, when they are celebrating 50 years since first opening as a provider of after hours care in Takapuna. 0800 SHORECARE shorecare.co.nz 0800 SHORECARE shorecare.co.nz
RESTORE HIBISCUS & BAYS COMMUNITY PEST PLANT BIN AND TOOL Correct disposal of seeds, seed pods, seed heads and roots greatly reduces the risk that the pest plant will spread to other areas after LIBRARY OPEN DAY removal. The bin is for the following pest plant parts only and need to be securely tied Restore Hibiscus & Bays (restorehb) now has a pest inside a plastic bag: plant disposal bin outside their tool library at 712 Beach • MOTH PLANT – Seeds, pods, roots • ARISTIDA GRASS – Seeds Road, Browns Bay. The bin is for communities to use to • WILD GINGER – Seed heads dispose of certain parts of some pest plants that pose • CAPE IVY – Seeds only the greatest threat to our indigenous bush. • WOOLLY NIGHTSHADE – Seed heads, flower heads • JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE – Roots, and stems if seeds present • CLIMBING ASPARAGUS – Roots, or whole plant if seeds present • MADEIRA VINE – Aerial nodules, seeds, seed pods, roots • ARUM LILY – Seed heads only • BONESEED – Seed heads only • BANANA PASSIONFRUIT – Roots and seed pods only • AGAPANTHUS – Flowers, seed heads • COTONEASTER – Seeds For other pest plant species, please get in touch with restore to advise on pest plant disposal options for your site/project. Parts of some pest plants, such as tradescantia, can instead be composted in a black pest plant bag, available from our tool library. For more information and guidance on controlling pest plants and predators, visit our website or pop by at our Community Tool Library Open Day! Saturday 8 May, 9:00 – 11:00am 712 Beach Road, Browns Bay Restorehb staff and volunteers at a local Borrow tools and resources for your community event to talk to local residents community conservation project The new pest plant disposal bin about predator and weed control restorehb.org.nz info@restorehb.org.nz Book Review “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah Texas, 1934, Elsa Martinelli had finally found will their experience challenge every the life she’d yearned for; a family, a home ounce of strength they possess? and a livelihood on a farm on the Great Plains. From the overriding love of a mother But when drought threatens all she and her for her children , to the value of community hold dear, Elsa’s world is shattered female friendship and the ability to to the winds. Fearful of the future, when Elsa love again - against all odds, Elsa’s wakes to find her husband has fled, she is incredible journey is a story of forced to make the most agonising decision of survival, hope and what we do for her life : fight for the land she loves , or take her the ones we love. children west to California in search of a better Highly recommended and available now life. Will it be the land of milk and honey? Or from Malcolm’s Takenote Mairangi Bay 18 Mairangi Bay Village News
SPOILT FOR CHOICE When Trena Barry was a child and Trish Cornthwaite – will be offering their loyal and valued customers 15% she was enchanted by the off storewide as part of Spoilt’s Ten Plus window displays of Smith & One birthday celebration. Caughey’s on Auckland’s Queen Spoilt is a place where the customer is, quite literally, spoilt for choice. Street and it was this delight that Tableware, jewellery, clothing, shoes, was a major drawcard into her furniture, art, ornaments, cosmetics, career in the world of retail. confectionery, trinkets and more, Spoilt is a treasure chest. And if you cannot – Her subsequent employment at for some unfathomable reason – find the now-defunct DIC department what you want, the team will do their store in Takapuna only reinforced her best to source it. admiration of attractive window displays The decade plus one in Mairangi Bay is Janelle Tremlett as well as introduce her to the world a group effort, insists Trena. If it wasn’t and Trena Barry of beautiful objects, and she decided for her loyal and supportive staff and that one day she would open her own equally loyal and supportive customers window displays. And then he confessed store with enchanting windows and things would be very different. Her that for 30 years he had been the lovely goods, only her stock would be mission statement from the very start window dresser for Smith & Caughey. affordable to all. was ‘affordable luxury’. She tries very Trena could not have had a better, more And this is what Trena has done, hard to source lovely goods at attractive tear-jerking compliment – here was the opening Spoilt in the far corner of North prices, and the past eleven years is man who had inspired her since she Plaza 11 years ago this April. There proof that she has succeeded. And if she was a child, the reason for her career, was going to be a 10-Year celebration needed further affirmation, there is this: complimenting her on her window. If in 2020, but along came COVID so that Trena often noticed an elderly, rather that isn’t proof of success, what is? didn’t happen. Therefore, the grand shy gentleman peruse her window and Spoilt occasion is this year and on 7 April one day, when she finally got him to talk, North Plaza, 408 Beach Rd, Mairangi Bay Trena and her crew – Janelle Tremlett he told her how much he enjoyed her Phone 09 479 9955 2.50ct G/SI2 Solitaire ring, set in18k white gold. $42,995 Wedding ring not included - Price on application If you have an occasion approaching, plan something truly special from Diamond Studio in Mairangi Bay. Call Mark on 2168492 or 0212118545 facebook.com/diamondstudionz DIAMOND STUDIO • D ESIGNERS OF F I N E JE WE L L E RY S I N C E 1981 • Mairangi Bay Village News 19
GOOD VIBES, GOOD TIMES AT SUNDAY’S SUMMER SOUND WAVES A beautiful Sunday afternoon at Mairangi Bay Beach was the perfect setting for the Summer Sound Waves events. There were plenty of people out and about enjoying the entertainment from musician Tim Prier as well as the wandering clown and face painters. Our furry friends were having so much fun in and out of water, providing plenty of action for those watching. The Mairangi Bay Surf Club was out patrolling the beach, hitting the waves and providing some very yummy sausages on the BBQ. And if that wasn’t enough, there was ice cream; beautiful ice cream, is there anything better on a sunny Sunday afternoon? Summer Sound Waves was put on by the Mairangi Bay Business Association with support from the Hibiscus and Bays local Board, Barfoot & Thompson Mairangi Bay and ASB Constellation Drive Buying your first home will bring out all sort of emotions – excitement, joy, relief and possibly anxiousness as your first mortgage payment comes out. There is also usually a huge Just email askus@horizonadvice.co.nz learning curve as you navigate your and mention this article to receive a free, way through the process – finding no obligation copy. your ‘dream’ first home, getting the In the brochure, we cover off: right lending and arranging the right • What type of insurance might you need Derek Blank insurance protection. Sometimes depending on your situation for many, getting the right insurance Adviser disclosure available at www. • Why you might consider insurance horizonadvice.co.nz. This article does not protection in place is pushed to when you’re fit and healthy constitute personal financial advice and no the bottom of the pile while other action should be taken without speaking with a priorities are acted on. At Horizon • Which insurer might provide you with suitably qualified Financial Adviser. Financial Advice, we have developed the best value Derek Blank – Financial Adviser & Director a digital brochure which gives first • Other things to consider at this 0800 FINANCIAL (0800 346 262) home buyers some things to think important stage (like setting up your derek@horizonadvice.co.nz KiwiSaver correctly) 021 487 977 about regarding your new home www.horizonadvice.co.nz purchase and ensuring you have the If you want to have a chat about your right insurance protection in place so insurance or broader financial plan – feel you can continue to pay the mortgage free to call us on 0800 346 262 – I’ll even should the worst happen. bring the coffee. 20 Mairangi Bay Village News
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY Mairangi Bay Village relax • revive • retail EAT & DRINK GIFTS & JEWELLERY CLOTHING ALTERATIONS BAKERY Captivate Interiors 478 9997 Seamz to Sew 479 7281 Mairangi Bay Bakery 479 1610 Diamond Studio 021 211 8545 Pukeko’s Food Store 478 6984 Opportunity Shop 476 6176 DENTIST Petal Maison 218 6187 Mairangi Bay Dental 478 8800 CAFÉS & RESTAURANTS Spoilt 479 9955 Bay Cafe 479 7708 Takenote 478 5328 DOCTORS Cinnamon Club 281 0146 Unichem Pharmacy 478 8909 Mairangi Bay Medical Services 479 5027 El Greco 475 5772 Kúmaoni Indian Cuisine 215 8464 SCHOOL UNIFORMS & SHOES GRAPHIC DESIGN & PUBLISHING La Spiaggia 475 5643 Janbells 478 3450 Tourism Media Group 021 042 8232 Mairangi Bay Japanese 476 9977 Mangiamo Cafe 479 9091 HEALTH & BEAUTY INTERIOR DESIGN Montrose Café, Bistro and Bar 478 9610 BEAUTY Captivate Interiors 478 9997 November Café 475 6526 About Face 479 4147 Papermoon Café and Bar 479 8872 FaceTime Clinic 476 7058 PETROL STATION Pattaya Thai Restaurant 479 5297 Perfectly Polished 475 5581 Z Mairangi Bay 478 2563 Rhythm Cafe 478 9683 Under Your Skin 475 5854 Taksim Turkish Kitchen and Bar 478 4080 Unichem 478 8909 PET SHOP Furry Friends 021 283 8779 DAIRY HAIR Mairangi Bay Dairy & Lotto 478 6976 All About You Hair 478 7997 PLUMBING Cutting Edge 479 1149 Alpha Plumbing 478 9059 FISHMONGER Farrah Perriam 479 9995 Mairangi Bay Fisheries 479 4517 Hair Boutique 478 7084 PHARMACY Hair @ Surreal 478 0400 Unichem 478 8909 FRUIT & VEGETABLES House of Hair & Beauty 0274 593 715 Vegeland 478 7572 The Hair Dresser 478 8508 PHYSIOTHERAPY Mairangi Bay Physio 478 3098 SUPERMARKET PHARMACY Countdown Supermarket 255 2392 Unichem 478 8909 PODIATRY Comfy Feet Podiatry 478 2624 TAKEAWAYS YOGA Burger Wisconsin 479 1894 Yoga Sanctuary 479 3888 REAL ESTATE Hiroba Sushi 478 3163 Barfoot and Thompson 478 9089 Mairangi Bay Fisheries 479 4517 SERVICES Bayleys 477 0200 Sun Island Takeaway 478 9727 ACCOUNTANT Central Realty 478 3030 MacKinlay Dennison & Associates Ltd 477 6260 Harcourts 478 6049 WINES AND SPIRITS Mairangi Bay Fine Wines 478 6328 ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Shore Architectural 478 4839 Pinkneys 477 2499 FASHION, GIFTS & JEWELLERY FASHION BOOKSHOP, POST SHOP TECHNOLOGY - MOBILE APPS Be Mae’s Shoes 021 688 799 & STATIONERS Appworx NZ 022 088 7928 Hartleys 476 9410 Malcolm’s Takenote 478 5328 Sarah’s Boutique 476 9192 TRAVEL AGENTS Sole Sisters 479 6798 CAR MAINTENANCE Flight Centre 476 4650 Mairangi Bay Workshop 478 9114 YOU Travel 478 7665 CHIROPRACTOR WEBSITES Ignite Chiropractic 020 4017 2441 Tourism Media Group 021 042 8232 Additional images by unsplash.com 360 Commerce 476 5090 Quiz Answers 10,000 copies to locals! This magazine is delivered to 10,000 A1. The virtual assistant in 2013 with an option of a male voice was Siri. homes and businesses in the Mairangi A2. The company British mogul Sir Richard Branson founded for suborbital Bay area. Advertising starts from as flights was Virgin Galactica. little as $75 + GST. Think of all those A3. The number of pixels in a megapixel is 1 million. people who could be reading your A4 The numerous nerves in the human body are spinal. advert right now. A5. The jewel of the solar system is Saturn with its many beautiful rings. Contact Terry at: A6. At sea level pure water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. editor@mairangibayvillage.co.nz A7. Magma when it reaches the earth’s surface is called lava – flowing at a and we’ll send you a Rate Card or cool 1200-2000 degrees Fahrenheit. drop one off to your business. A8. The pop star who took an ownership stake in My Space in 2011 was Justin Timberlake. www.mairangibayvillage.co.nz A9. The well-known All Black who retired in February was Dan Carter. A10. The main port and settlement on the Chatham Islands is Waitangi. The official magazine of the Mairangi Bay Business Association
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