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Rally stars ready to rock and roll
The Whitford farm of former national rally champion Andrew Hawkeswood is set to play host to the final stage of this year’s Repco Rally New Zealand. Times file photo Wayne Martin

Some of the biggest names in international motorsport will soon descend on rural east Auckland for an event staged as part of the 2022 Repco Rally New Zealand.

The final day’s competition is at ‘Jacks Ridge Haunui’, on the Whitford property of former national rally champion Andrew Hawkeswood, which is named after his son, successful rally driver Jack Hawkeswood.

It’s the first time Rally NZ is back in Auckland for more than a decade with events running from September 29 to October 2 as round 11 of the FIA World Rally Championship.

Organisers say the purpose-built 7km stage Jacks Ridge stage will be run twice on October 2, including as the ‘Wolf Power Stage’ which ends the event and offers extra championship points that may crown the 2022 World Rally Champion.

It will be the first time in the event’s history a full special stage has been developed in stadium-type surroundings with crowds of more than 10,000 expected to turn out to enjoy the high-octane spectacle.

Among the large number of international stars on show will be France’s Sebastien Ogier, an eight-time winner of the World Rally Drivers’ Championship.

He’s set to face off against numerous other overseas drivers as well as Kiwi motorsport stars including Hayden Paddon and Shane van Gisbergen.

Rally NZ chief executive Michael Goldstein says: “Motorsport fans are buzzing to have the World Rally Championship back in this country.

“We are going to celebrate the greatest show on dirt across Auckland with the world’s best drivers on show.

“Thanks to the Hawkeswood family we have an incredible stadium-like stage right here on the edge of the city.

“Jacks Ridge will be a game-changer for the sport both with the viewing on offer and the spectacular action, and for that we owe an incredible debt to Andrew Hawkeswood.

“We’re lucky he’s had the vision to turn this landfill into something special for the sport.”

The action at the Whitford property on October 2 will feature a full day of entertainment including a showcase of historic rally cars and other iconic vehicles driven by cross-code motorsport stars in a special event over the course.

Among those set to take part are international speedway star Michael Pickens, Kiwi drifting legend ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett piloting his stadium truck, and quadbike driver Ian Ffitch.

It will also feature Ari Prettigrew driving Hayden Paddon’s Hyundai Kona electric rally car, Shane van Gisbergen’s father Robert van Gisbergen in his historic Ford Escort, and Alister McRae, a member of the world-famous McRae rallying family, driving his Subaru Impreza.

AC40 快速上升、上升并离开

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AC40 quickly up, up and away
Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40 and the team’s hydrogen-powered chase boat Chase Zero. Photo ETNZ

It was up up and away on a very successful maiden sail for Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40 on the familiar waters of the ‘back paddock’ between Auckland’s Waiheke Island and Howick and Beachlands.

After a long tow out behind the team’s hydrogen-powered chase boat Chase Zero, the sails hoisted and sheeted on, it took just a handful of minutes for helmsman Nathan Outteridge to go from a cautious displacement mode to popping the AC40 up onto its foils and off on starboard tack at over 20+ knots in the light 8-10 knots of breeze.

It was Outteridge’s first day sailing a foiling monohull and it didn’t disappoint. “It was obviously a very successful day, it was an impressive boat to sail for my first time sailing this type of boat.

“A little unnerving when trying to build speed, but once you get a bit of speed and the foil engages it goes from about 10 knots to 20 knots in about 5 seconds. So both pretty impressive, the acceleration and the reliability.”

Outteridge, Ray Davies, Nick Burridge and Sam Meech were onboard throughout the highly productive full day on the water and initially went through a selection of straight line runs before throwing down their first tack successfully staying up on the foils and carrying on upwind.

“Day one was pretty epic and exciting,” said Davies.

“An amazing team effort to go out there and pull off the first tack as a foiling tack, the first gybe a foiling gybe. The boat is going really well, we have a few tweaks for sure, but awesome to sail with Nath, Sam and Nick.

“All of the support guys have done an incredible job, out of the box and we were ripping around foiling.”

The speeds of the AC40 were impressive in a relatively light breeze reaching a top speed of over 34 knots downwind and 27 knots upwind in the steady NW breeze.

The auto pilot is a key component for the Women’s and Youth America’s Cup regattas and was impressive to the team from the outset explains ETNZ technical director Dan Bernasconi.

“The auto pilot on day one has been fantastic, so with a smaller crew and less experienced crew on these boats for the women’s and youth racing, the auto pilot will be a really important feature.”

ETNZ

学生乘车取得优异成绩

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Students ride to top results
Hayley Newington, left, and Sam Keane rode a strong finish at the North Island Inter-Schools Dressage Championships.

Two Macleans College students travelled to Cambridge to compete in the third series of the North Island Inter-Schools Dressage Championships, with both achieving strong results.

Sam Keane received her best marks across the series on her mount Xena WP, placing eighth in both tests for the day.

Her combined scores and placings across the series led to her achieving the ultimate title of Champion North Island Level 2 Horse and Rider.

Hayley Newington, riding Mendoza, produced two strong tests, placing first in her Level 1B test and third in her 1A test on the day.

These top scores led her to an overall third placing in Level 1 across the North Island series.

铁人三项明星将在圣肯茨领导铁人三项比赛

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Ironman star to head triathlon at St Kents
Ironman Cameron Brown recorded his first victory at Ironman New Zealand in 2001.

Kiwi Ironman legend Cameron Brown, from Dannemora, has accepted a role as head of triathlon at Saint Kentigern College.

Brown has more than 30 years of racing in the sport, winning 15 Ironman races, podiums at Ironman World Championships and hundreds of wins throughout his years and he continues to do so.

This year in March Brown had an historic 10th victory at the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand.

“I’ve had a passion for the sport of triathlon ever since I did my first race back in the summer of 1987. Some 30 years later I’m still competing and loving it,” said Brown.

“As I get older I seem to appreciate the sport more and more. It’s great to reminisce about the past but the future of triathlon continues to grow.

“I was lucky to start the sport back in the late ’80s as we had the likes of Rick Wells and Erin Baker as our Kiwi heroes. Both won the first ever Triathlon World Championships back in 1987 so it was always great to be standing next to them on the start line.

“As a junior I raced pretty well winning the New Zealand Secondary School Triathlon Championships in 1988 and then made the move to being a professional triathlete as soon as I left school in 1990.”

In 1992, he finished second in the ITU World Championships as a junior and then tried his luck competing on the ITU World Cup season for many years in the hope of one day qualifying for the Olympic games in Sydney in 2000.

“My best ever race on the world cup circuit was a third behind Australian great Brad Bevan and 2004 Olympic champion Hamish Carter. I never had the speed on the run like these guys so decided to try my luck in the Ironman,” said Brown.

“I had always watched the New Zealand Ironman in March each year, one day hoping to race. That day happened in 1997 when I competed in my first ever Ironman in St Heliers. I had a shocker but I had caught the bug of Ironman and found my true distance in triathlon.

“My first victory at Ironman New Zealand came in 2001 when I ran down the ITU World Champion Peter Sandvang from Denmark who held a 12 minute lead off the bike.”

He has had countless victories since.

“We welcome Cameron and his expertise to mould the next generation of multisport athletes at Saint Kentigern College,” Saint Kentigern College said.

议员的差饷投票

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A big thank you to Cr Paul Young for voting for our rates increase. Our rates have just been increased by $80.

Thank you Cr Sharon Stewart for voting against the rate increase. Sorry you were not successful

亚瑟-摩尔
帕库兰加

Editor’s note: Auckland Council reporter Laura Kvigstad clarifies: “The vote for the overall annual budget and rates were separate. Stewart abstained on the vote to adopt the annual budget (because councillors were unable to vote against it) and voted against the rates. Young voted for both.”

Flat Bush 的人行道如何？

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Forget the raised crossing, what about footpaths in Flat Bush?

Having attended the same meeting re the proposed crossing on the Pakuranga Highway, which proposal has been brought about by one pedestrian accident in the past five years, the fact that there are main roads in Flat Bush with no footpaths beggars belief.

I understand these main roads have to be used by children to walk to school. Surely this is just asking for trouble and with a much higher risk of fatalities. Please Auckland Transport, apply common sense and spend our money where the need is greater and the outcomes much safer for everyone.

Kathy Kennedy
鸡冠湾

媒体信任度非常低

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Trust is a fundamental ingredient of civilisation.

Lose the trust of your targeted population and everything falls apart.

When I order a book from Ebay and pay by card, I trust that the book will arrive. And it does, and my trust is reaffirmed. It’s the same with Governments when they tell us to act in a certain way and we do, we trust them and when the promise does not happen, we lose trust.

It is the same with the media, we have lost trust in the media. They have become a propaganda instrument for whoever pays them. Public trust in the Government and Big Media is at an all-time low in New Zealand because they have lost our trust.

伊恩-乔治
豪维克

加高的人行横道

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I am writing in support of Yuva Adhikary’s letter “Forget raised crossing, what about footpaths in Flat Bush?” published by the Times last week.

His legitimate concerns about the proposed raised pedestrian crossing on Pakuranga Road, which are shared by so many people, merit to be taken seriously by Auckland Transport.

Pakuranga is a main arterial road that provides rapid access to and from East Auckland and serves up to 40,000 vehicles on a weekday. Building a raised pedestrian crossing on that road would go completely against its purpose; very much like putting a speed bump on a motorway.

On the other hand, there is a pedestrian crossing 300m away from the proposed site. Educating the public about the safe use of existing crossings would make much more sense than trying to over-protect the small number of pedestrians who take risks – and will continue to do so whether there is a crossing or not – at the cost of disrupting thousands of motorists and creating unnecessary congestion on a busy road.

It would make a lot more sense to use the budget to build much-needed footpaths in Flat Bush and other places where there are road safety issues.

拉克尔-弗朗索瓦
鸡冠湾

计划变更建议 78

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Is Plan Change 78 an open-ended proposal for the people to consider?

No, it is not.

The proposed plan came into effect the same day it was notified (August 18) and the people had no power of refusal or right of appeal.

It is akin to a person being married the moment they are proposed to with no power or right to seek a divorce. This has to be in breach of Section 5 of the Bill of Rights Act i.e. it cannot “be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society”.

The Plan Change and Government dictate under the Enabling Housing Supply Amendment Act must be repealed especially as there is no shortage of housing supply as implied by the Act i.e. The Unitary Plan made provision for 900,000 plus additional dwellings, sufficient for the next 30 years (Auckland Council, Our Auckland, June 28, 2021).

The people must be able to choose their future way of life plus the environmental assessment work wasn’t done. The Government had no right to impose this on the people.

Victoria Lowe
三叶草公园

一开始，有一个问题

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Way back when time began and humans started to think; a wise man was asked, “who made the world?”

The wise man shrugged and said, “God knows”.

Over the millennia since then, Chinese whispers have developed the story to the biblical one now accepted as gospel by many people.

Everyone loves a good story, but it takes some intelligence to separate fact from fiction.

德里克-帕特森
阳光山庄

说明所寻求的利益

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As part of its 100-year anniversary celebrations recently, the Pakuranga Tennis Club published a comprehensive history detailing the club’s activities.

On the April 13, 1921, a local farmer, one R.A. (Dufty) Bell called a public meeting to ‘form a tennis court in the District’, to quote the original hand-written minutes held by the club) and hence the title of the publication.

‘…..to form a tennis court….’ features………

* 70 bound pages
* Extensive black and white and full colour illustrations
* Eight chapters plus four appendices

Every section and aspect of the club’s activities is covered, from juniors to veterans, championships and tournaments, interclub achievements, social play and other activities.

The first edition has proved so popular it has now sold out! Due to a number of enquiries we have received however, we are keen to publish a second edition but need an indication of interest to proceed.

We would love readers to contact either myself paultibbutt@gmail.com or the club secretary paktennis@xtra.co.nz if they have an interest in purchasing a copy (cost to be advised).

Co-editor Paul Tibbutt
帕库兰加网球俱乐部

上帝的大爆炸回应

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What about the Big Bang being God’s work (re letters, Times, September 14)?

Well, it wasn’t mentioned in the scriptures (unlike the 6 days comment) and it’s only happened once in 15 billion years but we don’t have enough knowledge to explain that, or ghosts or telepathy or UFOs or Auckland Transport policies, so let’s just say God did everything we can’t explain (yet).

The implication that the Big Bang signifies a god doesn’t consider the fact it’s only happened once in 15 billion years and therefor maybe said God’s mum told him off for playing with explosives and sent him off for some time out or he’s slipped into the multiverse and is currently busy blowing stuff up over there to see if he gets another rock full of humans.

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巴克兰兹海滩

学生拍摄日历

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The Lions Club of Howick have once again run a photo competition for students attending local secondary schools, with the top 12 photos going into their annual scenic calendar. Many outstanding entries have been received for this year’s competition which showcases the wonderful artistic talents these students possess.

The theme for the images include that they must be taken in the east Auckland, bold images must be suitable for a calendar use and display
good composition with thoughtful planning of the image.

The three judges will no doubt spend a considerable amount of time assessing the entries as the standard of the images demonstrate impressive skills by these young photographers.

An exhibition is to be held at Fencible Lounge, Uxbridge Road, Howick on Friday October 7, 11am-3pm. All the entries will be displayed.

The prize-winners will be announced and presented with their prizes: 1st place is a $1000 Prezzy card (sponsored by Howick Lions Club), 2nd is a $500 Prezzy card (sponsored by Designer Digital), and 3rd is a $300 Prezzy card (sponsored by McBridge Holdings).

他们的获奖作品和其他九幅学生作品将用于《豪维克 2023 年狮子会年历》，该年历将在展览现场发售，之后将在各销售点发售。

所有利润都回馈给当地社区。

辅助犬改变生活

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Assistance dogs changing lives
Reuben Jansen, now 19 years old, is autistic, non-verbal and suffers from hypotonia (decreased muscle tone leading to stability issues and trouble walking). His assistance dog Logan sits in front.

Assistance dog provides seven years of friendship and daily aid to 19-year-old Reuben, helping him feel less isolated and alone

Before assistance dog Logan joined Cockle Bay’s Nico Jansen, Michéle Theron-Jansen and their son Reuben over seven years ago, they described their lives as being in their own permanent ‘lockdown’, a term we are now all so familiar with.

Reuben, now 19 years old, is autistic, non-verbal and suffers from hypotonia (decreased muscle tone leading to stability issues and trouble walking). He struggles with loud noises, would often run off without warning and could be unwilling to comply with directions. This made going out to public places or even a walk to the park difficult, putting the family’s life on hold.

The Jansens are sharing their story as Assistance Dogs NZ Trust (ADNZT) fundraises during their annual appeal month of September, petitioning the public to help fund the training and placement of more life-changing assistance dogs.

With the reduction in cash giving and over 50 families still waiting for their dog, the trust has been virtually shaking their buckets this year, aiming to raise $75,000 to fund their vital work.

This will continue to address the escalating need within the New Zealand disabled community for assistance dogs that offer independence and crucial daily aid. ADNZT trains specialist public access dogs under Assistance Dogs International accreditation for clients with various neuro-disabilities including Autism and Cerebral Palsy.

Within months of Logan joining the family, Reuben formed a strong bond with his assistance dog, starting to show affection and making sounds to communicate with him, something his parents had never seen before.

“Reuben didn’t know how to show affection, even to us as his parents. So seeing him start to pat and ‘speak’ to Logan was a revelation. Now, he’s so much more connected to the world around him,” explains Michéle.

Reuben finds even the slightest change difficult. With Logan at his side, Reuben has been calmer and more confident, attending appointments and haircuts with relative ease, something that wasn’t possible before Logan arrived.

As one of his only friends, Logan helps make life a little less lonely, ensuring Reuben always has a buddy nearby to provide comfort and unconditional love when times are tough.

Like many parents of children with disabilities, the Jansens experienced prejudice and misunderstanding when Reuben acts out in public as autism is more of an ‘invisible’ disability. With Logan alongside them in his smart blue ADNZT coat, people are more understanding, and the family can enter their community without anxiety.

This year Reuben developed seizures and other changes in his behaviour, and Logan has continued to provide invaluable support. When Reuben comes out of a seizure, his dog is lying there at his side, comforting him as he recovers.

This makes life a little less scary and helps Reuben’s family through these new challenges. When stress is high, Logan is always there to offer a cuddle for those that need it, and a calming presence in the house.

“It’s hard to do justice to how much Logan has transformed our lives, and the huge impact he has had,” says Michéle.

Funding manager Alex Williams explains, “The Trust doesn’t receive any government funding, and is funded solely by generous donations, grants and individual donors, including our puppy sponsorship programme.

The hard cost of training, placing, and supporting an Assistance Dog throughout their working life is $75,000.

Assistance Dogs NZ Trust’s 2022 Appeal month runs to the end of September and donations can be made to street collectors or online at www.assistancedogstrust.org.nz.

尽管受到质疑，高尔夫计划草案仍将进一步征求意见

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Draft golf plan goes for further consultation despite challenge
An Auckland Council draft golf plan is pushing forward with public consultation despite a legal challenge from Golf New Zealand.
  • By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter, Funded by New Zealand on Air

Auckland Council’s draft golf investment plan is pushing forward with another round of public consultation despite a legal challenge from Golf New Zealand.

The draft plan, which seeks to increase public access to 535 hectares of golf course land, has been controversial with council receiving 2203 pieces of feedback.

At the Park, Arts, Community and Events Committee on September 22, members had three options for the draft plan: to approve it, further consult or reject it.

Council staff recommended option two in order to reinforce further “open, fair and representative” consultation.

Golf New Zealand was a key invisible player during discussions as they issued the legal challenge to council days prior.

Community and Social Policy general manager Kataraina Maki explained that approving the plan was very risky after council received legal communications.

While council would not have normally considered option two, they “received the letter after the agenda was published,” Maki said.

In the draft plan report Golf New Zealand’s criticism was noted; citing several errors, misleading generalisations, submissions based on incorrection information, improper consultation and the draft plan being biased against golf.

Cr Greg Sayers said the option he would like – to overturn the plan and start again – was not on the table.

“I gauged from my questions that there has been an omission of those contributions, the financial, the social, the environmental benefits (from the golf sector). They are just not captured. Before we move forward that needs to be quite clear to all Aucklanders,” Sayers said.

Sayers said it appeared to be a case of “poor partnering” with key stakeholders.

Cr John Watson said there was a lack of trust toward council which was not ameliorated by any of the options and the consultation had been “tainted

“The data set said that participation rates are falling which influenced the consultation,” Watson said.

“More people are using them, there is a limited quantity so they are more in demand.”

Cr Wayne Walker said council should go back and start over.

“Essentially what we have got is a fudged report and a fudged process. The information is deficient,” Walker said.

Walker alluded to the legal challenge and said the draft plan could be open to judicial review.

“Under this council, the underlying agenda behind this is frankly to sell stuff off. Sell stuff off, not to engage genuinely with the community, not to put the appropriate values on (properties) but to eliminate open space and park space and recreation space which is what we are doing across Auckland and will be to the detriment of generations to come,” Walker said.

He attempted to raise questions towards staff related to the legal challenge but was shut down by chair Alf Filipaina.

“The legal and privileged information that was sent to you is privileged and confidential. If you wish to breach that, go to it but I am telling you now that it is not relevant to this particular item,” Filipaina said.

Later in the meeting Filipaina responded to claims the process was flawed.

“My response to that is, isn’t it amazing when a group, mainly Golf New Zealand… starts lobbying and putting out information that sometimes is not correct? Isn’t it amazing that people sometimes get sucked into that?”

Filipaina thanked Golf New Zealand for the data they had supplied for the report but was critical of some of the information they had put out in press releases.

“Do not talk to me about a flawed consultation process. The only reason people are saying it is a flawed consultation process is because they have been listening to Golf New Zealand. I am not going to listen to Golf New Zealand. I am going to listen to our staff who are experienced and who have come back to us with options.”

Mayor Phil Goff said that rejecting the plan would be a waste after six years.

Rejecting the draft plan would say “the status quo and the fact that 93 per cent of Aucklanders who own this land will not have access to it is fine”, Goff said.

Goff said St Andrew’s golf course in Scotland had opened up on Sundays for the wider public to enjoy.

“If St Andrew’s can do it, what golf course in New Zealand thinks their status is too grand and too great that they cannot involve the wider public?”

A people’s panel had 81 per cent support or partial support for broadening public access and 11 local boards supported or partially supported public access. Goff said that based on the support for public access councillors had an obligation to the people.

“Our role, our obligation on this council is not to represent any particular vested interest – it is to act on behalf of the wider public interest.”

Cr Chris Darby, Christine Fletcher, Richard Hills, Tracy Mulholland, Daniel Newman, Greg Sayers, Sharon Stewart, Wayne Walker and John Watson voted against having another consultation process while Paul Young abstained from the vote.

Meanwhile Golf NZ on Friday issued a media release in which it featured the names of candidates standing for council who have voiced to Golf NZ that they are opposed to any redevelopment of Auckland golf course land.

The list included Howick Ward incumbents Sharon Stewart and Paul Young as well as Howick Local Board member Bo Burns and former MP Maurice Williamson who have thrown their names into the mix.

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