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ISSUE #99 AUTUMN (APRIL/MAY) 2014 ° Free
AUTUMN ISSUE
BIGGER & BETTER
THAN EVER
New Zealand Surf Festival
PG.8
MOUNTAINAIRS FACE UPHILL CLIMB
No money, no names, no chance? PG.18
RETRO RENOVATION
Transforming a seventies sanctuary into a stunner PG.38
LIVE DRIVE
The Ultimate Search Engine PG.43
AUTUMN FASHION FEATURE - PG. 28
WHAT’S HOT FOR MOTHER’S DAY - PG.35
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LIVE editorial
LIVE FEEDBACK
Taranaki Ticker
Living in Taranaki, we all know that sometimes
it aint easy to compete with other, bigger,
regions - but somehow, we do.
Our cover story touches on the work done each year by
Surfing Taranaki - in particular its CEO Craig Williamson,
who has managed to grow the NZ Surf Festival every year,
despite the goals constantly being shifted further away, and
closer together. He has simply adapted the event to allow its
continued growth and has a knack for finding sponsors who
support the work he is doing.
Then there’s our basketball team.
The only other first division team sport in Taranaki apart
from rugby, basketball in the region is run entirely by
volunteers and most of the players don’t get paid either. This
year’s team is one of the youngest we’ve had for many years
and nine of the twelve players are locals. Find out more about
what they’re facing this season from page 18.
Take in the terrific transformation of a local couple’s
seventies home with Retro Renovation, starting on page
36, and indulge in our eight page Autumn Fashion Feature,
culminating in some timely ideas for Mother’s Day.
Live life,
Irena Brooks
EDITOR
sign of the times
Dear Ed,
It was some fascination that I read in a letter to the daily
paper recently that someone was suggesting the council
should not continue to own LIVE. How could that be if
they’ve never owned you? Perish the thought. It would
have to be renamed “Dead’’ or something like that if the
politicians ever got hold of your wonderfully irreverent mag.
Judd Andrews
Dear Judd (and others who wrote also expressing concern),
You can rest easy. The council has nothing to do with this
publication, other than provide a rich source of stories,
including some they’d rather we didn’t print!
Dear Ed,
Who’d have thought it, Womad in New Plymouth is 10 years
old! I have it on good authority that Tom Cruise and whoever
the current Mrs Cruise is, always come incognito. Is it true,
and can you tell me what a cognito is?
Suzanne Oughter
Dear Suzanne,
We wouldn’t be surprised if Tom does come, there have been
frequent sightings. Your second question is just silly. Write
to the daily paper, they print all sorts of silly letters (see
above).
Dear Ed,
You posed the question “Why Wax or Shave again?’’ in your
summer edition. I have to really, because I’m just a hairy guy.
I’m hairy noon and night, hair that’s a fright.
I’m hairy high and low, don’t ask me why, I don’t know. So
that’s the answer really, especially as I can go faster on my
bike, and when I fall off it doesn’t hurt as much. Someone
should write a song about it.
Fol Liekle
Dear Fol,
Thanks for that insight, and someone may just have already
written one.
credits
Editor: Irena Brooks
Contributing Writers: Andy Bassett, Bruce Gatward-Cook,
Richard Hobo, Peter Mead.
Photographers: Rob Tucker, Roger Richardson
(www.nowsmile.co.nz), Brody Dolan.
Cover Photo: Fitzroy Beach and Mt Taranaki by Alex Ford Facebook/Twistedtreephotography
Financial Controller: Tony Brooks
Dear Ed, If Bob Vandenberg takes up your challenge to find an error in
Issue #98, he will be spoilt for choice, so I’ll give him a hand.
He will likely latch onto “New Plymouth’s first café’s, page 65
(too many apostrophes.) My pick is on page 38 “….properties
of white cannot be underestimated” when you really meant
exactly the opposite. The trick with this oh-so-common error
is to use “should not” instead of “cannot.”
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OL DEE
Printing: Astra/Wickliffe Print
Dear Ol Dee, Correct me if I’m wrong, but in your letter, shouldn’t the
closing bracket after “apostrophes” come before the full stop?
The 100th issue of LIVE will be our WINTER (June/July) 2014
issue, due out the weekend of 7th/8th JUNE 2014. The deadline
for booking advertising and submitting editorial is Friday 16th
May 2014.
Advertising:
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With 68 pages in most issues, there are plenty of
opportunities for us to get things wrong. We appreciate the
help we get from vigilant readers in keeping on top of our
spelling, punctuation and grammar.
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Even though the shift dress is straight in nature it is very
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Surf festival
Bigger & Better
Than Ever
Words Bruce Gatward-Cook
The New Zealand Surf Festival
For the last four years, Surfing Taranaki’s Chief Executive Craig Williamson has had no easy
task – having a vision to host New Zealand’s only ASP event – and to find the money to run it.
With this year’s prize money alone
topping $60,000, Craig has managed
to sign up funding and support from
more than 50 Taranaki businesses
to put on the NZ Home Loans Surf
Festival.
Running from April 18 to May 4
at Fitzroy Beach, this year’s festival
will be bigger and better than ever
with fifteen events combined into an
action-packed seventeen days
of surfing.
Ricardo
Christie
All surfing sectors are covered, from
MicroGroms to Masters and from
amateurs to professionals.
The Port Taranaki Pro prize pool of
$US40,000 will attract approximately
72 of the world’s highest ranked
women surfers including many
of the top competitors on the
Samsung Galaxy ASP Women’s World
Championship Tour (WCT) such as
local Taranaki surfer, Paige Hareb.
“Thanks to the hard work of our
event team and all our sponsors and
funders, this year we will be able to
offer a festival that gives even more
New Zealand surfers the opportunity
to compete against surfers from all
over the world,” says Craig.
“We have a number of future worldclass surfers coming up through the
ranks now. So what we have created
will include even more opportunities
for our up and coming groms to
prove themselves amongst the best
ASP world tour SURFER
paige hareb
© ASP / Kirstin Scholtz
2013 ASP Women’s
World Junior Champion
ella williams
Photo Rob Tucker
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World Junior Champion.”
New Zealand Home Loans Taranaki continues its support
of surfing in Taranaki after the success of the winter surf
series they sponsored in 2013 through the New Plymouth
Surfriders’ club.
“Being a locally owned business we are really excited
about becoming the naming sponsor of the New Zealand
Home Loans Surf Festival that will be held in New
Plymouth,” says Dave Reay, the owner of New Zealand
Home Loans Taranaki.
“Our company has seventy franchises nationwide and
is all about helping New Zealand families get ahead with
paying off their home loan quicker and achieving the
things they want to in life. We see surfing as a great family
oriented sport that fits well with what we do. Each month
we have been able to save our Taranaki clients $24,000 in
interest costs and this makes a huge difference in allowing
them to retire debt and invest in their family.” Based at Fitzroy Beach, the New Zealand Home Loans
Surf Festival aims to provide as many surfers of all abilities
and ages the opportunity to improve their skills, compete
PAULINE ADO
NIKKI VAN DIJK
against their peers, and celebrate their passion for
this sport, explains Craig.
Not only will there be surfing competitions, but
also an Expression Session and the Powerco Surf
Coaching sessions for beginner, intermediate and
advanced surfers.
These sessions will be run by local Taranaki surfing
coach Daisy Day, and former ASP competitor and surf
coach Matt Scorringe from Whangamata along with
one of Aotearoa’s best surfers, Ricardo Christie from
Gisborne - currently ranked 80th in the World on the
ASP Qualification Series.
“The advanced training sessions have been designed
for young competitors to hone their skills for the
following Surfing Taranaki Groms Interclub competition
and the Rip Curl GromSearch New Zealand Surfing
series event within the Festival,” says Craig.
“For competitors, supporters and the public, the NZ
Home Loans Surf Festival will be something even more
action packed and exciting than previous years have
been. From the Masters through to the GromSearch and
the international ASP QS and JQS events, an incredible
display of surfing will be on offer right here in Taranaki.”
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easter masters
2014
EASTER
MASTERS
– the birth of a legend
Above:
Robyn Cox of Auckland winning the 2012 Diva
(Women 50-59) section of the Easter Masters.
Every Easter, for the past 23 years,
dozens of veteran surfers head to
Taranaki for the Fisher and Paykel
Easter Masters held by the venerable
New Plymouth Surf Riders’ Club.
Words Bruce Gatward-Cook
Be Inspired. Be Involved. Be Entertained.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THE GOOD HOME TARANAKI
MOUNTAIN AIRS NBL GAMES
Friday 18 April, 6.30pm
Thursday 24 April, 6.30pm
Tickets from www.ticketmaster.co.nz, call 0800 111 999
or visit the Box Office at the TSB Showplace.
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REGIONAL WHAKATAETAE
NETBALL LEAGUE
Winter Season 2014:
17 April – 22 August
Thursday and Friday nights,
6.00pm – 10.00pm
For more information visit
www.netballtaranaki.org.nz.
NEW PLYMOUTH VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
Saturday 3 May, 8.00am
Sunday nights 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Enjoy a fun filled day of kapa haka with
the best regional teams going head to head.
Tickets from www.ticketmaster.co.nz, call 0800 111 999
or visit the Box Office at the TSB Showplace.
spotswood.volleyball@gmail.com
or phone 06 751 0021.
DUNKLEYS GREAT NZ CRAFT SHOW
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Friday 30 May – Monday 2 June
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Winter Season 2014:
22 April - 13 September
Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
6.00pm – 10.00pm
The Premier, Premier Reserve and A and B
leagues are played at the TSB Stadium.
For more information contact
Pam Moss on 06 751 2210.
The event had its beginnings in 1989
when Taranaki surf legend Wayne
(Arch) Arthur decided he had had
enough of missing surfing with all
his mates who, as they matured, had
moved away from Taranaki, or no
longer belonged to a surf club. Thus
was born the “Great Surf Reunion”
which attracted some 60 ex-pat
Taranaki surfers to an Easter reunion.
Each Easter, the reunion grew
and by 2003 plans were really grand
when the inaugural and thus far
only World Masters (2003) was held
in Taranaki. Entry was open to any
Master Surfer; and 380 of them
from Scotland France, Spain, Brazil,
Hawaii, California, Florida, South
Africa, Tahiti, Australia and New
Zealand took part in that ten-day
celebration of surfing. One Kiwi who
won a World Title, Adrian Pickering of
Whangaparoa, now aged 73, will be
back this year hoping to defend his
Surf God Title from last year!
The Masters is based around
age-group surfing and the number
of divisions has steadily increased
as the original group, now 23 years
older, morph into new divisions like
Legends (55 – 59), Icons (60 -64) and
Surf God (70 -74).
All knee-boarders and boogie
boarders enter in an open
“Grovellors” division. There is also
the most politically incorrect surf
comp ever, the very popular Dunga
Derby open to all those who enter.
Competitors in heats of four have ten
minutes to complete a forfeit outside
the clubrooms, make their way to the
beach, pick up a 1960’s style “dunga”
surfboard and catch two waves. After
(usually) five rounds the winner is
crowned. Only two surfers have won
the Dunga twice, local Jay Whittaker
and past President Mark O’Connor
now resident in Whangamata.
Personalities abound in the
Masters with Californian Denny
Aaberg (of Big Wednesday fame)
here in 2013 and hoping to return
to defend his Super Groms (65 – 69
years) title. Wayne Brown, the
outspoken former Mayor of the Far
North District Council, John Gisby
from Gisborne, who has won more
National titles than anyone else, and
Kathy Steed, iconic female surfer
from The Mount, who has entered
the men’s Icons division this year
to keep them honest.
Taranaki vs The Rest is a teamtag event with each team of eight
having 80 minutes for each member
to paddle out one at a time, and
catch two scoring waves (which they
indicate to the judges by raising
both arms above their heads at the
end of the ride). This is an exciting
event as only one surfer from each
division (and there must be at least
one female, one grovellor and one
longboarder in the team) must take
as little time as possible to catch
their waves to ensure all riders get
an opportunity to score. Failure
to do so gives the other team a
big advantage – similar to one day
cricket team failing to bat out their
allotted overs. This event may not
be able to be held each year as time
constraints dictate. As Taranaki
won for the first time in 2012, we
are looking to put up a strong team
to defend the trophy that is
rightfully ours. ••
AMERICARNA
Bridging
the Generation Gap
During Taranaki Anniversary weekend, the annual Taranaki Bridge
Congress was held in the TSB Bridge House on Hobson Street.
There were over 170 participants
from all over the country attending,
and the open pairs winners, Richard
Solomon and Gary Chen of Auckland,
were then selected to play for their
country in China later on this year.
“They had made a last minute
decision to play our event and seek
by trial entry into the New Zealand
team,” said Taranaki Congress
chairman, Colin Carryer. “This proved
to be an inspired choice!”
There were many different
categories on offer, including Open
players (the good ones) ranging down
to Novice players, some of whom
were only in bridge lessons this time
last year. Each day play commenced
at 9-30am and was broken into three
stanzas of three hours.
Fifty pairs played on the
Saturday in the Open section alone,
with another 20 playing in the
Intermediate/Junior section, which
was won by local pair Anne Smith
and Matthew Schumacher, with
Theresa and Brian Needham from
Stratford getting second.
Sunday was scheduled for Teams
events in the two divisions, while
on Monday Swiss Pairs was played,
which is like a mini teams events.
It was won by Brett Glass and Tim
Healey from Hamilton followed by
Richard Solomon and Gary Chen. “Three of the four pairs playing
are now in the New Zealand team
so we had some real quality in our
events,” says Colin. “What is also
evident is the family connections
within bridge with husbands and
wives and parents with siblings
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game. Cards in some ways seem to
have fallen out of favour with the
younger generation which is a huge
pity as there are many skills attached
to playing bridge and there is also the
friendships that get built up.”
The New Plymouth Bridge Club
runs annual learner lessons which
commence late March and anybody
is welcome to attend for a small fee. Caption:
Concentrating hard at the Taranaki
Bridge Congress are (from left):
Alan Joseph and Judy Manhart (Wgtn),
Neil Murdoch (New Plymouth), Lynne
Geursen and Derek Evennett (Auckland),
Kristen Holm (holding the cards) and John
de Bueger (New Plymouth),
Colin Carryer (New Plymouth) ••
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Developed by cosmetic physician
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“Ultraceuticals offers professionalgrade products and in-clinic treatments,
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“It’s popular in new Zealand because
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The sun, wind and extremes in climate
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“We are all about delivering
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In 2002, in conjunction with the CSIRO,
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Taranaki businesses
benefit from local
ultrafast
broadband services
Local broadband providers PrimoWireless are on a mission to
give more Taranaki businesses access to affordable ultrafast
broadband services, by connecting them to the region’s newly
installed ultrafast fibre network.
The locally owned broadband service providers have successfully
started connecting Taranaki businesses to the region’s new
ultrafast broadband (UFB) network. This comes off the back of
their success in building their own ultrafast wireless network,
which has significantly improved internet access and speeds
for businesses, farms and homes in rural and remote areas
throughout Taranaki.
Managing Director and founder Matthew Harrison says his
team is excited to help connect Taranaki businesses to the new
ultrafast broadband services and believes businesses have a lot to
gain by upgrading to the network. “Fibre is changing the way New
Zealand businesses operate and we’re excited to be able to offer
ultrafast broadband to businesses in Taranaki” says Mr Harrison.
Mr Harrison says that the ultrafast broadband network enables
multiple users and devices to operate simultaneously, without
impacting broadband performance or speed. “By switching to the
UFB Network, local businesses will be able to do more online at
the same time, which will drive greater efficiencies and result in
time and cost savings. It’s ideal for businesses that operate from
multiple sites and have employees who work remotely as it will
improve co-ordination between their sites.”
A number of businesses in Taranaki are already enjoying the
benefits of PrimoWireless.
Those that are interested in the service can contact
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BASKETBALL
With only three players returning from last year, a new Head Coach and assistant
coaches, a new chairman and committee and just about the lowest budget in the
National Basketball League, the odds are stacked against the Good Home Taranaki
MountainAirs like never before. So why are people so excited about this season?
Words Irena Brooks Photos Roger Richardson
When Phil HInton stepped up to be the
new chairman of Taranaki Basketball in
December of last year, he had no idea of
the magnitude of the problem he was
about to take on.
“We all knew it was in trouble, that’s
why we put our hands up,” says Hinton.
“We just didn’t know how much until we
started to get things in order.”
The debt the club was carrying was so big
that the simple answer would have been to
shut it down and not have a team in 2014.
“But that wouldn’t have solved
anything – the people the club owed
money to wouldn’t have been paid
and we wouldn’t have a first division
basketball team any more. That would
have left rugby as the region’s only
first division sport, and no pathway
for our crop of talented basketballers
to develop further.”
Now those players are having to step
up big time as the club can’t afford to
buy in any ‘name’ players for 2014.
The bulk of the team will be unpaid,
all of the committee is unpaid and the
coaching staff are undoubtedly amongst
the lowest paid coaches in the league.
“Usually the team that wins the national
title, has the biggest budget,” says
Hinton.
“Any success we have on the court this
season will be through the sheer talent
and hard work of the team and coaches.”
Could a first season be any tougher for
rookie coach, Daryn Shaw?
To help make the season as successful
as it can be, Shaw has enlisted the
help of his former BP Bears team-mate,
Willie Banks, and BP Bears coach, Steve
“Coach” McKean.
Shaw is a cup half-full man.
For him, the current financial situation of
the club does bring some benefits.
“I believe our local team should be
for developing our local talent, and boy,
they are going to get some development
this year.
Nine of the twelve players in the team
are from Taranaki.
“Everyone in our team is aware of
the facts. My aim is to use all of this
to create a strong team that relies on
each other in every way and to use this
energy to play very, very hard. I need to
make sure we are prepared every game.
I am really excited about the challenge
and opportunity.”
He also believes that without money
to throw around, players are there for
the right reasons – they want to play
top level basketball and they want to
represent their region.
Another plus is with having mostly
locals on the roster, the wider squad has
been able to train together since October
of last year.
“By the time the season starts on 6th
April, most of the team will have been
training together four times a week
for about six months,” points out Shaw.
“With the programme Mick’s (trainer
Mick McBeth) put together, we will
certainly be one of the fittest teams in
the league, and with our crop of young
players, fans can look forward to fast
and athletic basketball.”
He is also hopeful the team might
surprise people, who will equate our low
budget with low performance.
“We believe and have full confidence
we will perform well. Other teams
around New Zealand will not rate us
highly at all. This is due to legitimate
reasons, such as having a new coach
who has not had any experience being
a Head Coach at this level. We also have
young and inexperienced players, in
terms of this level, including the imports
we are targeting.”
“It costs roughly $300,000 every
season to have a team in the National
Basketball League,” says chairman Phil
Hinton. “That money has to be found
through ticket sales, grants and a range
of sponsorship options.
“With all the changes we have
experienced this season, we have
put in a lot of work to bring a more
robust and professional structure to
the organisation,” says Hinton, who is
Executive Director at KCL Properties.
Tickets to matches are now available
through Ticketmaster, and can be
purchased weekdays from the box office
at TSB Showplace, as well as at the TSB
Stadium on game day.
Team sponsor, The Good Home has
also got an attractive promotion going
offering discounted ticket prices to
people having a drink or meal there.
Continued on page 22 >
PLAYER PROFILES
Aaron (Aunty)
Bailey-Nowell (32)
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Aled Jones (20)
Nash Oh (23)
3
Dane Brooks (17)
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Waitara born and bred, this
year’s captain is currently the
fittest he has been since injuring
his shoulder pre-season in 2011.
After undergoing surgery in
2012, he has been training hard
and was rewarded with MVP of
the 2013 FIBA Oceania Pacific
Championship, when the NZ
Maori team won the tournament.
Well-known for his physical
style of play, Aunty wears size
16 shoes and chose his shirt
number as it is the day of his wife
Melissa’s birthday.
When the team played a preseason match in Hawera last
month, Aled got the biggest
cheer – and a marriage proposal.
Raised in Hawera, Aled chose
his number for the James Bond
link – ‘a stone cold assassin’ he
grins. The former NZ U20s player
claims he’s a good singer, but
he may be referring to the Welsh
singer he was named after. When
asked if he has had to overcome
any adversity, he replies “being
extremely short” – though at
177cm he is actually bang on the
average height of NZ men, yet still
the shortest guy in the team.
If things get nasty on the
basketball court, Nash should
be able to take care of things as
he has a black belt in Tae Kwon
Do. His mom is a Kiwi and his
dad is Korean, and he was raised
in Washington DC. Last year he
was the co-captain for the Emory
University team and they won
the conference championship.
At high school, he averaged 18
points and 8 assists in a season
where the school came second
all county.
Nash has a business degree
and is interested in fashion,
drawing, movies and music.
The youngest member of the team,
Dane is probably best-known for his
jumping ability. He has won both
dunking competitions he has entered
this year and recently won the National
Junior (U20) High Jump. He broke the
Taranaki men’s U19 high jump record
last month when he jumped 2.06
metres – with no high jump training!
Dane was a member of the NZ U18
basketball team last year and is currently
trialling for the 2014 Junior Tall Blacks.
The Year 13 student at NPBHS has been
compared to Breakers’ star, Thomas
Abercrombie, and was thrown the 10
shirt when he made the school’s 1st V
two years ago – he’s kept it ever since.
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Suleiman Braimoh (24)
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At 6’08” (2.03 metres) and with a wingspan of 2.24 metres, there’ll be no
getting away from the Magnificent Su. That’s the name of his website and
he’s an avid Tweeter too. Born in Nigeria, and raised in New York city, he
graduated from Rice University with a Bachelors in Civil Engineering. In
2011 he began his professional basketball career in the NBA D-league
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and last year he played for Al Rayyan Sports
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Though born and raised on the
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Brad played for the Junior Tall
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Kaye McKee (22)
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This former head boy of Spotswood
College was born in Miami Beach,
Florida, but moved to New Plymouth
in 2005 with his family. He was
the all-time leader in scoring and
rebounds at Spotswood, and made
the Canterbury U23 rep teams
in 2011 and 2013 while he was
in Christchurch completing his
degree in Chemical Engineering.
Kaye has has to overcome a tough
upbringing – his mom didn’t feed
him sugar for the first few years of
his life! He spent the end of last year
volunteering in Colombia and loved
the fact he got to play soccer almost
every day. He’s also enjoys surfing.
Derek Albertsen (19)
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Another high jumper of some
renown, Derek gained 1st equal
at the North Island Secondary
School Champs in 2012. The
former NPBHS student has put
his university studies on hold while
he plays for the MountainAirs.
He suffered a bad head
injury in 2010 when he fell off
his skateboard going down a
hill. He bruised his brain and
fractured his skull, staying in
hospital for a week.
Last year Derek taught himself
how to play the piano – between
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Adrian was rated a Top 30 player
in the USA as a high school senior,
and was second in the nation in
scoring during his junior year at San
Jose State, and third highest scorer
in the nation in his senior year. He
also gained All Western Athletic
Conference first team selection in his
junior and senior years, was awarded
Western Athletic Conference player
of the week eight times. A year
ago Adrian’s dad was diagnosed
with cancer and the budding star
turned down contract opportunities
with multiple teams to play in the
Australian league last season to stay
home and look after him. His dad
is now in Chemotherapy and doing
better, and Adrian’s first foray back
into the game he loves is with the
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The tallest member of the team
at 2.03 metres, Todd was in
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Teacher’s College. He played rep
basketball for Taranaki throughout
his high school years and played
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Over the years he has done
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Beauden Giddy (18)
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As the top points scorer at the New
Zealand U19s last year, Beauden
caught the attention of national
selectors and is currently trialling for the
2014 Junior Tall Blacks. In his last year
at New Plymouth Boys’ High, Beauden
also works a part-time job at Merrilands
New World. He has incredibly quick
hands and feet, which means he’s
capable of some sneaky steals.
When his three shot is firing, he can
be a match-winner. The NBL will be
a major step up for the teenager, but
every year he continues to improve.
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“It’s important to keep entry affordable
as basketball is a popular family sport,”
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In a SPARC/Sport Taranaki survey in
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“By having a team in the NBL,
Taranaki not only gains a pathway for
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when they come here to play the
Taranaki MountainAirs,” Phil adds.
This year the Breakers’ stars are
spread far and wide, with Reuben Te
Rangi playing for last year’s champions
the Southland Sharks, Daryl Corletto
suiting up for the Super City Rangers
and Corey Webster turning out for the
Wellington Saints.
The popular entertainment trio of
Ash, Aidan and D-man are back again
for the season and they can’t wait to
get the crowd pumping again.
“That Otago Nuggets game last year
when the game went to quadruple
overtime – that was epic,” says Dinnie.
“We made history!”
“When Jack Leasure shot that
amazing three pointer in the last
second of triple overtime, we ran out
on to the court ‘cause we thought we’d
won!” remembers Ash. But the hoarse
DJs had to go back to their box to call
another five minutes of game time.
Watching former Tall Blacks coach,
Tab Baldwin, get ejected from TSB
Stadium was something else they
weren’t expecting to see and they
enjoyed getting the crowd righteously
revved up when Mark Dickel’s fist
connected with Jack Leasure’s face.
For the entire rest of the game, every
time Dickel got the ball, the crowd let
him know they were not pleased.
The trio are also organising various
acts to entertain the crowds at halftime – singers, dancers, award-winning
kapa haka and cheerleading groups,
are all being lined up.
“We had a pre-season game in
Hawera which was really encouraging,”
says Phil. “About 450 people turned up
and we very nearly beat the Jets in the
final minute. The local lads (Aled Jones
from Hawera and development player
Quintin Bailey of Stratford) got the
biggest cheers of the day. We reckon
with the kind of support we have had
so far from supporters and sponsors
and the effort our coaches and players
are putting in, that 2014 could be a
really exciting season to watch.”
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Nothing brings a family together like a few nights spent in a tent. Last year, we borrowed a tent
from my sister and gave it a crack. That tent was pretty small, but it was fun and at least in a
physical sense, we were definitely brought together by its nylon confines. This year, we decided
to treat ourselves, go all out and buy ourselves a much bigger tent.
The array of tents on offer is quite bewildering. At first, we
thought we’d look for a second hand one online. Maybe pick
up a nearly-new bargain from someone heading overseas,
upgrading to a bigger tent, moving into a house, or getting
divorced, but it didn’t take long for us to realise that we
really knew nothing about tents or camping and that people
selling second-hand tents online don’t generally offer twelve
month, interest-free payment terms. We headed instead for
the wilds of the retail sector, found a suitable shop, walked
around for a little while looking bewildered and were soon
asked if we needed help. Did we ever. We quickly discounted
small tents, expensive tents, outrageous tents and ugly tents
and were soon down to the choice of two, one about double
the price of other. Camping Store Guy had a scruffy goatee
beard, wore sandals and heartily recommended we go for
the more expensive item. Hmmmm… I thought to myself,
he would say that, wouldn’t he? “I’m not on commission!”
he blurted out, as he read my mind. Lorna looked at the
quality of the more expensive poles and nodded. “We’ll need
sturdy poles if the wind gets up.” I looked again at Camping
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Store Guy’s sandals and I believed him. “Ok,” I said.
Camping Store Guy helped me carry this enormously
heavy tent to the counter and Lorna and I took a deep
breath and bought it. We also bought a big yellow LED
lantern, plus a green and a pink one each for the girls. The
card was swiped and the tent was loaded into the back of
the car. It was too late to turn back now. We had a big tent
and now we had to use it.
No matter how enormous you think your tent is, there
will always be a much bigger one at the camp site; several
in fact. Soon, however, we would have to face the grim task
of erecting our fancy new tent. We had toyed with the idea
of doing a dry run and putting the tent up in the backyard
at home, but with all the Christmas festivities, we never got
around to it. Now, we would be putting it up in full view of
the rest of the campground and we were close to the loo
block as well.
Any procedure attempted by a married couple that
involves a complicated process and possibly reference
to instructions is prone to end in disaster. The tent we’d
bought came with very limited instructions; nothing more
than a small white rectangle of fabric inside the tent
bag with a few instructional pictograms for guidance. “Is
that all they’re giving us?” I spluttered out hopelessly. As
someone who spends all day in their proper job looking
at complicated schematic drawings of machinery, I felt
we were doomed; it can’t be that easy. Luckily, I was with
Lorna-“I-once-pitched-a-tent-on-a-mountainside”-Hobo.
“That’s all we need,” she said.
The children were happily dispatched to the nearby
playground and the process began. Lorna pointed out
that the poles were different colours, (something I hadn’t
noticed) and therefore went into the different coloured
recesses. It was genius. We worked together, didn’t argue
and half an hour or so of jiggery-pokery later, the tent was
up and we had a home for the next few days.
And what a few days it was. We were in an ideal spot;
we had a river, a beach, sand dunes and some friendly
neighbours who had even brought along their cat!
These people hailed from Auckland and were looking for
somewhere to get away to. They’d looked up this place on
Google maps and booked it straight away.
One evening, gazing out across the sun-blazed
campground towards the sparkling ocean as I cooked
sausages on our gas cooker, I noticed the camp caretaker
moving things about with his quad bike and trailer.
“You’re working late,” I said, “it’s well past beer o’clock.”
“Yeah, bit of a storm coming in tomorrow afternoon,” he
said cheerily, “bit of wind and rain, nothing to worry about.
We’ll be fine here.”
The next day, the tent came down even more quickly
than it went up and we were home by the time the first
lashings of wind and rain started to pelt against our living
room windows. ••
As the months
get cooler and
wetter, we all
tend to hibernate
a bit more. But
that doesn’t mean you have to go
without the company of friends
and families until summer
comes round again.
“Mid-winter feasts, mid-winter Christmas
parties, themed dinners, there are all sorts
of occasions people like to use my services
for,” says Megan Hale of Dining at Home,
a new in-home catering service where
Megan comes into your home and cook
restaurant quality food for you.
“Birthday parties, particularly for those
over 40, who often have fabulous homes
but want to concentrate on their guests
and let me handle the cooking.”
Megan’s also hoping someone will
invite her to cook for an All Blacks
party when they play the English
three times in June.
“We’re all about real food,
and keeping it simple,”
says Samantha Holder of The Contented
Pig, a new café she and husband Russell
opened in Fitzroy during February.
“We use organic produce and we’re
predominantly vegetarian. We’re all about
providing people with healthy options.”
This includes simple cooking techniques
to keep the food as natural as possible,
as well as not using a lot of additives or
preservatives. The tables in the café are
“Imagine the fun you could
have with that, inviting over
your English friends, enjoying
perhaps a roast and then
watching the test.”
Or getting glammed up for an
evening and sending a limo to pick
up all your guests.
Megan has a stack of ideas.
“Winter could also be a good time to get
staff together as many businesses were
just too busy at the end of the year to do
a Christmas party.”
You may opt for a buffet-style feast,
or plated meals over several courses.
Megan does all the shopping, prep work,
cooking and cleaning, so all you have to
do, is chat and entertain your guests.
Megan also ensures glasses are filled
and pre-dinner snacks are served.
It all starts with a quick meeting at
your house to discuss what kind of dinner
party you want, plan the menu and for
Megan to see what the kitchen is like so
made from untreated timber and even
their cleaning products are non-toxic.
Open for breakfast and lunch,
people also buy their amazing salads
to takeaway and have with dinner.
“We make the salads fresh each day
and generally have half a dozen on offer,”
says Samantha. “There is a Mediterranean
or Moroccan influence to our food –
Russell loves to use spices.”
For breakfast, they don’t do bacon –
ironic really considering the name of
the café. “We’re not anti-meat but
there are so many other options you can
have for breakfast when you don’t limit
yourself to bacon.” The breakfast/brunch
she knows what equipment and space
she’ll have to work with.
Megan then emails the proposal,
complete with costs, and once agreed,
a deposit is paid.
On the evening, Megan arrives with all
her equipment and gets to work. She can
even set the table and organise flowers.
“It’s all about making it the dining
experience you want it to be,”
says Megan.
Her philosophy is “fresh is best” so
you won’t find any packaged sauces or
processed foods amongst her goods. Being
gluten-free, she is also very understanding
of any dietary restrictions of her guests.
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menu is ever-changing and
options expand for the weekend trade.
The couple’s healthy approach to
food extends to their baking, using the
best products, unrefined sugars and flours,
organics where they can and keeping the
portions small.
They have sourced organic sourdough
bread that’s naturally leavened for their
toast to have with organic jam, eggs or
homemade baked beans. There are also
gluten free baking and salads on offer.
Cold drinks are by the organic brand Six
Barrel Soda, and their coffee is by Coffee
Supreme from Wellington – a lighter roast
the couple believes suits their food well.
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up the Whanganui River. Bride and groom are both from
the local marae but now live and work in Tikorangi.
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ENTRIES NOW OPEN
Saturday 10th May 2014
at Quality Hotel Plymouth International
Every year it’s a chance for brides
to wear their wedding dresses once
more, and considering the thought
and expense that goes into creating
most wedding gowns, it makes sense
to give them another airing!
Last year’s winner, Amanda Hoeta
(pictured), received prizes from
Plantation Design Store ($1000
voucher), Christies Jewellery ($500
voucher), flowers, wine and a night
for two at Nice Hotel. There will be a
similar array of prizes this year, says
organiser, Rebecca Askin.
The show starts at 7.30pm at the
Quality Hotel Plymouth International.
Categories are brides, bride and
groom, mothers, flower girls and
page boys and bridesmaids.
Tickets are $33 dollars each and
are available from TSB Showplace
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FASHION
Words Irena Brooks
AUTUMN WINTER
FASHION 2014
Every year when April hits we pack away our bright and
colourful summer gear and drag out our dark coats and
knits to get us through another Taranaki winter.
But this year, there’s been a change. Things aren’t quite as
dark any more. In fact, florals are persisting into the cooler
months and one has to wonder, have there ever been so
many different coloured pants for guys to wear?
Image Above: Contrasting sleeves are a trend this season as are florals.
Models: Kirsty Honeyfield (left) & Annalee Muggeridge
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CONTINUES TO GROW
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Having been in the hair industry for 28
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Steve has not only been a salon stylist but
has also done session work and television
work in Auckland, New York, London,
Toronto and most recently Melbourne.
Now he’s back here in New Plymouth
and is looking forward to meeting you!
Design Space
A senior stylist at
Hair By Design
and recently qualified Barber, Hannah
has been chosen by Schwarzkopf NZ
to be a Next Generation Ambassador.
This role sees Hannah travel throughout
NZ with a team who share a passion
for education to inspire hairdressers
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Texture is important too, with soft
knits, dip-dyed furs & luxurious coats.
This winter’s look for women is all about soft materials
that invite you to curl up and cuddle in front of the fire.
There’s lots of layering and clashing of colours in rich
reds, royal blues, deep purple, fuschia pinks, oranges,
forest greens and aquatic teal.
Evocative prints with maybe floral, or birdlife patterns,
feature frequently, and the textures continue with velvet
tops and suede pants - some items combine the whole
gamut of contrasting patterns, colours and materials.
Panelled dresses, lacy sleeves, or fur-edged jackets there’s lots of fun to be had.
Tartans, black and white checks, and leather-look are
utilised in tailored, sophisticated designs such as pants
and blazer jackets.
A range of Pandey hats by Sherpa Adventure Clothing can be
found at Kiwi Outdoors. This new clothing range is actually
tested and made by Sherpas and their families so when you buy a
garment, you are directly helping their economy. Long-sleeved tops,
hooded knitwear and jackets are all available from this range.
The 2014 LBD has subtle contrast features like the sequins in
this number.
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Anoraks are a major feature this year, for guys and
girls. Long length with a split tail and hood, they are
practical too.
If you prefer a shorter jacket, bombers
are big also - layered over knits and in
luxe fabrics.
Oversized knitwear and cardis teamed with ripped
boyfriend jeans and strappy heels or round toe heel
boots are right on trend this year.
Dresses and skirts feature asymmetrical hemlines,
with luxe oversize separates.
Hats are this season’s ‘must-have’ item - more
specifically felt brim hats in a range of seasonal colours.
For the guys, bucket hats and 5 panel
caps are coming through strong.
There are lots of beanies, but they are shallower, or
rolled up these days. Or keep a long beanie, but with
a pom pom.
Fashion’s retro flavour this season is straight from
the 80s with skaterboy looks and a bit of punk attitude.
Take some plaid, add some bling, pirate sleeves and
ripped jeans and you’re set.
Hectic lifestyles are reflected in a trend for activewear
that take you in style from the gym to the supermarket.
Top your look with a sportswear jacket
and some patterned Nike Frees with a
Janoski cut.
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textured shirt with Aztec stripes,
teamed with Wrangler pants and
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High-waisted jeans anyone?
New Swarovski jewellery releases from Dalgleish
Diamond Jewellers (clockwise from bottom left):
Two new necklace options from Swarovski; the world’s
bestselling and fastest selling Slake bracelets ($149);
and a simply gorgeous diamond pendant ($2495)
Apparently yes, with a crop top - for the
brave and toned tummied amongst us.
Patterned leggings abound, but
mercifully without leg warmers, while
Wrangler denim jackets fully lined with
sheepskin for the men, will evoke
memories in anyone over the age of 40.
Smoking may be out of style, but
Marlboro Man lives on...
Men’s casual wear has seen a shift with
massive logos and branding out, and
subtle styling in.
Contrasting sleeves continue, some
with branding printed down them in a
hark back to the 80s.
Block colours are popular, with some
styles combining several block colours
sewn together.
Party shirts are short-sleeved with
funky patterns. Pair them with the
ever-popular chinos or the latest skinny
cargos and top them with an anorak.
Black on black shoes keep cleanerlooking in winter, as do the new off-white
soled shoes.
There is a vast array of options and now
that the cooler weather has arrived, it’s time
to check what local stores are offering.••
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HOUSE FEATURE
Retro
REnovation
When Brad and Annika Rowson moved from their bungalow
in popular Strandon and moved to a very 70s home in
Brixton, “lots of people thought we were crazy,” says Annika.
The dated decor, the perceived distance from New Plymouth,
and the two acres of grounds to maintain, didn’t sound
like anyone else’s idea of sanctuary. But the Rowsons had a
vision, which, eighteen months on, has finally been realised.
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Before
After
Words Irena Brooks Photos Roger Richardson
Driving up the tree-lined driveway
to this sleek attractive home, it’s
hard to comprehend all the changes
that have taken place that have
transformed it from its seventies
Summit Stone grandeur.
The Rowsons are the third owners
of this property, and say the main
attraction was the land and grounds.
It is an established neighbourhood
and they love the fact that it is only
10 minutes from town - 8 minutes
on a good day.
“Our workshop and showroom is in
Waiwhakaiho, so it doesn’t take long
at all to get here - it takes longer to
get across town,” comments Brad.
“With a thriving business and two
young boys we needed to have
that escape.”
With two acres of flat land,
established trees and a massive
shelter belt surrounding it, they
knew they had space for their two
growing boys, three dogs and cat.
“The home had good
solid bones, it just needed
an overhaul,” says Annika.
It has certainly got that.
Not one part of the house
remains untouched. The grounds
have also received a fair bit of
attention. The only thing you
could safely say hasn’t been
made over, is the lawn.
The whole look of the house
was instantly transformed when
they plastered over the brick and
painted it charcoal. The tiled roof
was sprayed white and the dated
brown aluminium joinery replaced
with modern silver pearl joinery,
instantly giving a lift to the outside,
and adding more light inside.
For appointments please phone Annika or Brad Rowson
10 Lower Smart Rd Waiwakaiho | New plymouth 4312 | p. 06 7696886 | m. 027 4429726 | e. showroom@rowsonkitchens.co.nz
www.rowsonkitchens.co.nz
Before
Decking has been added on just
about every side of the house, to
create a welcoming and obvious
entry, a fantastic indoor/outdoor
flow, and rejuvenating the pool area.
A dark pergola near the pool has been
demolished, as has an encompassing
high brown wooden fence that
surrounded the house. The only fence
now is the white vertical railing one
by the pool. A pool house and spa
have been added while the pool itself
has been converted from chlorine to
magnesium, a modern form of salt.
“It’s a natural option that is gentle
on your skin. It’s great on the joints
and kinder to eyes with a minimum
of maintenance,” says Annika.
The established trees provide
natural barriers and shelter around
the grounds. “Conifers for Africa,”
were cleared out and four mature
oak trees, planted for each of the
original owners’ four children, line
one boundary. All of the planting
beds have been cleaned out and replanted with dietes, palms, hibiscus
and ligularia.
“The plants at the entranceway
were higher than the house,” remarks
Brad. “People didn’t even know
there was a front door here and
would just wander around to the
back. We wanted to have a more
open entrance.”
An established Jacaranda tree
remains, with a birdbath from Brad’s
grandparents’ place nestled beneath.
The flat lawns at front and back
take about 90 minutes to mow with
the ride on, but would be the envy
of many a backyard cricketer. You
could play a BYC tournament here.
Inside, the whole design and
decor screamed seventies.
The original colour palette featured
classics from the era, like brown
cabinetry, mustard curtains and
yellow glass. Teamed with archways,
small rooms and a no-doubt-groovyat-the-time red and grey brick oven
tower with slider
to poke food through to the dining
room from the kitchen, the makeover
was more aesthetic than structural.
The first obvious solution to the
dark living area, was to open it up
and create a more open-plan space.
A plain colour palette of white and
charcoal, with a 70s inspired wallpaper
in similar tonings, has established
an air of light and calm.
“When we were stripping
off the old wallpaper, the
original layer had the
same design as the one
we have chosen, just with
a smaller pattern and
different colours,”
comments Annika.
The laundry, which was located
next to the kitchen, was shifted to
the garage so that they could
enlarge the kitchen.
As kitchens are a core part of the
couple’s business (Rowson Kitchens),
the Rowsons knew exactly what
they wanted.
A massive granite benchtop sits
atop the island, while a stainless
steel benchtop features above
the cabinetry under the window
overlooking the pool area.
High gloss laquer in white has been
used on the cabinetry, to again help
with adding light to the area. Massive
floor to ceiling woodgrain doors screen
a combined scullery and pantry ideal to open up for the children at
mealtimes, then just screen away.
The scullery sink includes a boiling
water tap so hot drinks can be made
instantly without having to wait for
a jug to boil.
Large glossy charcoal tiles cover
the floor while the Blum drawers
are both electric and soft-closing.
Mid-charcoal carpet extends
from the edge of the kitchen area
throughout the house.
Beyond the dining area is the
lounge, complete with a 1100mm wide
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The surround has been done in a copper tile while
the lounge furniture is of natural substances, with a
brown leather couch and wooden coffee table. The
second living area is a relaxed space offering the
children a more informal place to relax and play.
Down the hallway are the three bedrooms, office
and bathroom. The walls have been papered in the
same pattern as the lounge, but with lighter tonings.
The bedrooms are on the northern side of the house,
overlooking the back garden area, with the master
bedroom at the very end of the hallway, the quietest
end of the home. Massive mirrored, floor to ceiling doors
conceal oodles of wardrobe space on one wall, while floor
to ceiling opaque curtains gently screen the ranchsliders
to the outside deck and garden. The wallpaper from the
lounge, is replicated on the wall the beds sits against,
and the en suite adjoins off the remaining wall.
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Like the main bathroom, it has been
tiled from floor to ceiling with the
same glossy charcoal tiles that
feature in the kitchen.
“I wanted the bathrooms
to be quite opulent,”
says Annika. Both the en suite
and main bathroom feature a wall
screening a walk-in shower, plus a
bank of mirrored cupboards above
the vanity. Both bathrooms
also feature wallpaper.
Next door is an office, which the
entire family uses at different times.
This room can also be used as a
nursery as it allows access to the
main bedroom via a cavity slider.
The toilet is in a separate room
from the main bathroom and the
previously avocado green lavatory
has been replaced with a new white
version. The walls are wallpapered
and a feature light reflects off the
glossy tiles - it looks like a completely
different room.
The double garage also features a
massive games room, the re-located
laundry and a sleep-out, complete
with toilet, adding another 120sm to
the house space of 250sm.
The ample grounds offer the
children multiple choices.
“The kids ride their bikes up and
down the driveway, they build forts,
have a hidden tree hut, or they’re in
the games room or in the pool,” says
Annika. “They have learned so much
about animals, trees and plants since
moving out here.” And renovating too
one suspects.
“It’s been an easy transition - it’s
our third renovation and you learn
from each one you do.”
Like how to work within a budget.
“If you design well and affordably, you
don’t have to end up over-capitalising
on your project,” says Annika.
Having a reliable and trusted group
of tradespeople is also a big help, and
from their work with Rowson Kitchens,
they have built up just such a network
of people they were able to call on for
their own project.
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“By doing renovations
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says Annika.
In fact, renovating has become
a bit of a passion for the pair, with
renovations now being the lion’s
share of their work.
“You get to work more closely with
clients and new builds just tend
to focus on the budget,” says Brad.
“Renovations are an affordable way
of adding value to a property while
achieving the lifestyle people are after,
without having to move out of
a neighbourhood they may really like.”
“Renovating is also a great way to
climb the property ladder,” Annika
adds. “You can just choose to do a bit of
the overall project as you can afford it.”
The couple has noticed a trend
towards 70s homes amongst
friends and clients.
“They’re lovely big houses and
affordable to renovate. We could never
have afforded a home like this in New
Plymouth,” adds Annika.
“It’s a really easy house to entertain
in - the indoor/outdoor flow is superb.
When people come to visit, they
want to stay, so we end up having
these lovely long lazy lunches
and dinners. We love it.” ••
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BEWARE THE HAZARDS
OF VARIOUS GRASSES.
Over the summer and autumn months we see a definite increase in the number of
cases regarding grass seeds causing abscess or lumps in our dogs and occasionally
cats. The most common seed incriminated is the barley grass seed because its
unique spear shape allows it to penetrate through the skin to lodge in the tissue.
This seed enters under the skin
commonly between the toes, the “arm pits”
the neck or anywhere along the abdomen
wall. Once through the skin it will form
an abscess that shows as a discharging
sinus (or hole) – in between the toes it is
very painful and the pet (usually the dog)
will be very lame and will be licking at the
paw excessively.
Visualisation of the seed may be possible
using an ultrasound examination but
often the “hunt” for the seed is using a
special pair of forceps and exploring the
hole / lesion “blindly”. Once found and
removed healing is usually rapid with a
short course of antibiotics. However if the
seed penetrates deeply or is in difficult
to access areas of the body, surgery to
remove the abscess is required – this can
be both difficult and time-consuming
with prolonged recovery times.
The seed can also get lodged down the
ear or in the eye. Infrequently these
seeds cause very significant disease and
examples seen at this clinic include:
The seed also easily sticks to our clothing –
if after a walk you find these seeds in your
socks or clothing be sure to examine your
dog thoroughly for seeds concentrating on
the feet and the “front” of the dog (where
it walks through the grass).
• A seed penetrating through the back
of the nose into the brain causing an
abscess (and death)
• A seed penetrating into the spinal
cord.
• A seed getting into the lungs.
Above: “Barley” or “Spear” grass seed
Above: Seeding grass
These grasses are found in open areas
generally where soil fertility is low – along
the Te Henui walkway and some of the
unmown areas of the Te Henui cemetery
are examples of land where dogs are
commonly walked that has this grass.
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Words + Photos Richard Hobo
Language is full of emotive words; adventure, spirit, outdoors, are just some of them.
Jeep is another. Jeep is a name that was borne out of necessity. Originally deriving from
the abbreviation GP for General Purpose vehicle, the name Jeep appeared as America
entered World War II and soon became a common sight on the battlefield. Entering
post-war civilian life as army surplus stock, Jeeps came into their own as rugged goanywhere vehicles and started a revolution that continues today.
The world has come a long way since
World War II and so has Jeep. No
longer is this a company building
basic, utilitarian transport for the
army. The new Grand Cherokee
Laredo is a vehicle that comes fullyloaded, which is even more surprising
considering the Laredo is the base
model of the Grand Cherokee range.
It’s almost easier to list what it doesn’t
have than what it does and I spent
ages sitting in this car in my driveway,
busily playing with the two touch
screens which control everything
from extensive vehicle information to
entertainment. This has also been the
easiest vehicle to which I have paired
my phone through the Bluetooth
system. It literally took less than
a minute. The vehicle information
that’s on hand is pretty impressive too.
Want to know the condition of the oil
in your engine? Or the temperature
of the transmission? Or even the
pressure in the tyres? It’s all there on
the screen in front of you.
Maybe, like the Jeep itself, you’re
from the good ol’ USA and can’t get
your head around the metric system.
Simple, just change the speedometer
to read in miles per hour. Or, if
analogue dials aren’t your thing, just
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In the world of transmissions, there
seems to be a bit of a war going on
to see who can squeeze the highest
number of ratios in. Not to be outdone,
Jeep has fitted an 8-speed automatic
to the Grand Cherokee, which meant
that once I was out of town, I had
to stop and take off again, flicking
my way through all eight gears with
the steering wheel-mounted paddle
shifters, just to count them all. The
console-mounted shifter is something
new to me, as it doesn’t slide back
and forth through a traditional gate,
but simply toggles back and forth.
It takes a little getting used to, but
once mastered is a breeze to use. If
you like going bush, you’ll be pleased
to know that the Grand Cherokee
comes standard with low-range 4WD
selection. If you find the outside
world a bit daunting, this car comes
with a knob that adjusts the vehicle’s
drive capabilities to suit the terrain
ahead. Rock, mud, sand, dirt and
snow. Switch between them all and a
neat little graphic will appear on the
display, showing your plucky vehicle
conquering the landscape.
Gizmos aside, there’s space aplenty
in this car, even for the very tall, with
both front seats being electrically
adjustable and very accommodating.
One feature I really like is the dark
interior, the darkness of which even
extends to the hood lining, which
gives the car a cosy, secure feeling. It’s
not at all gloomy and the dark colours
are off-set by neat little chrome and
grey accents around the car. There’s
also some really decent interior
lights on board too, particularly on
the tailgate. These really light up the
luggage compartment well and may
have something to do with American’s
love for tailgate parties…
Technology-wise, Jeep is taking a
giant step forward by not fitting a
CD player to the Grand Cherokee.
Apparently, a small shiny disc that
can hold hours of music is too old-hat
for today’s generation of car-buyers
and so in the CD player’s place is a
USB port, iPod dock, auxiliary port and
an SD card reader. There’s even a Jeep
app you can download to your phone
if that’s your sort of thing.
One thing an app can never
recreate though is the grunt of the
Grand Cherokee’s three litre diesel
engine and the best way to appreciate
that is to head to Auto City Prestige
on Gill Street and take one for a
drive yourself. ••
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PETER MEADS
Wonderful Tonight
It’s late in the evening, she’s wondering what clothes to wear.
She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair.
And then she asks me, “Do I look all right?”
And I say, “Yes, my little pumpkin-poo, and will you please get a bloody move on.”
“Don’t worry about me,” says Shelley, “just make sure you’re
ready.” I roll my eyes (metaphorically, of course, one doesn’t
physically roll eyes at Shelley).
“It’s night time,” I say. “An outdoor concert. Nobody’s
gonna see what your wearing.”
Shelley rolls her eyes. Physically, of course.
How can it take her so long? It’s like when she goes into
the women’s loos at a mall. What does she do in there?
I’ve often had to send in search parties to look for her.
She comes back out from the bedroom. “Does this
look better?”
“You look wonderful.” I have found it pays to be both
complimentary and noncommittal to such questions.
Finally, she comes out dressed completely differently.
“Have you got the tickets?,” she asks. I’ve been ready for
over an hour and this doesn’t deserve an answer. I stand
up to leave.
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“Hold on,” she says, “I need to do my toes.” And it dawns
on me. Maybe that’s why she takes so long in mall loos.
Maybe she’s redecorating her toenails or changing all her
clothes or asking other women’s advice on what scarf to
wear when going to mall loos.
Finally - again finally - she appears to be ready.
“You’re not wearing that shirt, are you?”
“Um.”
“It doesn’t go with those shoes.”
Shelley often makes these observations. And you know,
I never once considered whether these shoes go with that
shirt. How would I know? She’s even questioned me over
the colour of my socks. Who looks at socks? I usually make
sure one sock matches the other but what else is there to
match? My belly button lint?
I have a very precise way of dressing. I wear whatever is
on top of the drawer or at the front of the closet. And who
decides that? Not me.
I change my shirt.
“Right,” she says, “are you ready?” The question is
deliberately designed to annoy.
Shelley walks out the door.
“Have you seen the car keys?” I yell from the kitchen.
She replies with something derogatory about being where
I left them. How would I know where I left them?
I search everywhere. They are not on the kitchen bench,
not on my bedside cabinet, not down the side of the couch.
I bet Shelley moved them. I look up, I look down. I look
here, I look there. I cannot find them anywhere. I search
the whole house but they are nowhere to be found.
Shelley walks back inside, glances at the coffee table,
moves my magazine, picks up my keys and hands them
to me.
“Oh,”
We are half way down the driveway when I ask if I
should take a jacket. Shelley waits patiently while I race
back inside to get one, hoping against all hope that the
jacket I pick matches my underwear.
“Did you remember the camera?” she asks as we start off
again. I race back inside.
“Wallet?” she says. I race back inside.
We are now officially late.
It’s not until we approach the stadium that it dawns
on me. My first reaction is to not tell Shelley. But it’s
impossible, the concert is a sell out.
I stop. “Guess what?”
Shelley just looks at me. It’s a suspicious look, fraught
with menace.
“The tickets are in the pocket of the shirt you made me
change.”
I stress the word “you.” ••
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ANDY BASSETT
BORN TO RUN?
As one gets older, one’s needs change, one’s level of comfort becomes
more important and one starts to refer to oneself as one.
After spending a number of annual
holidays camping in a tent, the desire
for something more substantial had
begun to creep in. A yearning for solid
walls that don’t flap loudly in the wind or
become damp in the rain; for something
that doesn’t flood; for the ability to shut
out the relentless white noise of a high
tide whilst trying to sleep; to wake up
without aching hips from sleeping on a
cold airbed.
So this year, we did some online
research. We considered a caravan but
neither of us had a tow bar. A huge motor
home seemed a bit over the top – not to
mention expensive. A campervan began
to look like an appealing option. We
decided to rent a cheap, basic one as our
first foray into four-wheeled camping.
We had to pick it up in Auckland. It
was a reassuring shade of green, with
one of those conference stickers on its
dashboard, saying “Hello, my name is
Bruce.” We took it over to the North Shore,
where we had been staying and were
going to leave my car, and transferred all
our luggage, which appeared a lot smaller
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Browse the racks or scan the book
in a van than it did in a car. Finally, we
were ready to set off for the Coromandel.
I turned the key. Well, I tried to. It
wouldn’t turn. After a minute or two of
jiggling the steering wheel with one hand
and the key with the other, it suddenly
gave and I was able to start the engine,
which went “SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!”
“Fan belt,” I declared authoritatively. I
don’t know where that authority was
when Bruce had briefly made the same
sound as we approached the Harbour
Bridge half an hour earlier. We set off
down the road and the shrieking stopped.
Then it came back, then it stopped again.
We pulled over. I stopped the engine
but made sure I left the key in the first
position, so I could still start it again. We
weighed up our options – carry on and
just hope the fan belt lasts, or get it fixed
now. We had paid for full roadside cover,
so chose the latter. I rang the hotline and
they called me back with the address
of the nearest participating garage. Five
minutes later, we were there.
The mechanic turned the ignition.
“It’s your fan belt,” he declared,
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authoritatively. He opened up the
engine (conveniently accessed under the
passenger seat) and took some notes.
“It actually needs three fan belts.” The
supplier was ten minutes away and the
work would take about an hour. With
the time approaching noon, he directed
us to a nearby cafe for lunch. The cafe
was quite fun, with a big shelf unit full of
vinyl LPs and the in-house music played
on a turntable. Bruce Springsteen’s Born
in the USA album was on repeat, as he
was coming to town that week.
Around 1:00pm, we called in to see
how our own Bruce was getting on. The
fan belts hadn’t arrived yet. They rang
the supplier again and sent someone off
to collect them. We sat in the office and
read our books. I finished mine.
Shortly before 3pm, the mechanic
handed me the keys. Bruce was ready to
roll. At the time when we should have
been passing through sleepy Colville,
on the final leg of our rural journey, we
were set to hit Auckland’s pre-rush-hour
Harbour Bridge traffic. I turned the key.
Well, I tried to. ••
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Get your head into the clouds
Words Katherine Roberts
Are you keeping up with the times or will you be left behind?
Cloud Accounting & Payroll Software are HERE and businesses are loving it.
Everyone keeps throwing around the
words “Cloud Software”. But what is it?
Cloud software is an application that
exists purely on the internet – you
have nothing stored on the hard drive
of your computer. The beauty of the
Cloud is the accessibility – from any
device anywhere in the world, as long
as you have an internet connection.
For this reason it is often referred to
as “online software”.
Online ACCOUNTING software gives
you the ability to:
• Invite users to view your file. Be
brave and invite your accountant
to access your software – no more
sending in backups of the latest file they can just login.
• Get daily transaction downloads
from your bank – you can add as
many different accounts and credit
cards as you have, from as many
banks as you use!
• Sleep safely knowing all your
information is backed up in the cloud
- no need to backup up daily, weekly,
monthly or annually ever again;
• See your data translated into easy
to read reports and graphs and back
through into source data from the
on screen reports.
CLOUD ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE
OPTIONS: Though most software
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here are a few:
Xero – The Beautiful Accounting
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Supplement Xero with a partner add
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bank account;
• Legislation changes are
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manual updates on individual
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• As with accounting software, there
is no need to create backups after
each pay period as all of your
data is backed up in the cloud.
CLOUD PAYROLL OPTIONS
available include:
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into Xero once you have authorised
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to outsource their payroll. Also
integrates with job systems like
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SmartPayroll – Transfer your data
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SmartPayroll works with a wide range
of businesses and business sizes.
For all options, prices depend on
the number of users and services
required but ranges from $30
per month upwards.
Having said all this, if you are not
quite ready to take the plunge into
cloud payroll - BDO can take the
headache out of payroll and process
your wages and PAYE for you. Talk
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BDO offer a one hour, free, no
obligation demonstration on any of the
listed accounting and payroll options.
Our Payroll and Accounting software
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1 I LIVE MAGAZINE I SUMMER 2013
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE EVENTS, PLEASE GO TO
CA LENDA R APRIL/MAY
APRIL Wed 02 Apr 2014 - Sat 12 Apr 2014
The Dining Room
Time: 8.00pm- 10:30pm (Sunday
matinee 2.00 - 4:30pm) at TET Cue
Theatre, Inglewood
Sun 06 Apr 2014
East End Markets
Time: 8.30am-3.30pm at East End
Reserve, NP
Sun 06 Apr 2014
Taranaki MountainAirs v
Manawatu Jets Time: 3.00pm at
TSB Stadium, NP
Thu 10 Apr 2014
Good Lives Health Futures: A
Greenprint for Health
Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm at St Mary’s
Peace Hall, Vivian Street (across from
Taranaki Cathedral), NP
Green MP Kevin Hague will be offering
an assessment of the challenges facing
us all in the health area, and positive
green solutions for those challenges,
including a focus on preventing illness.
Fri 11 Apr 2014 - Sun 13 Apr 2014
Taranaki Home and Lifestyle
Expo 2014
Time: Friday 11 April 2014: 10am
- 5pm, Saturday 12 April 2014: 10am5pm, Sunday 13 April 2014: 10am
-4pm at TSB Stadium, Mason Drive,
New Plymouth, NP
Wed 16 Apr 2014
Trial by Tasman Book Launch
Time: 6.00pm - 7.00pm at Taranaki
Research Centre, Puke Ariki, NP
Wed 16 Apr 2014
Billy Connolly - High Horse Tour
Time: 7:30pm at TSB Stadium, NP
Wed 16 Apr 2014
Manpower Australia Time: 7.30pm at
TSB Theatre TSB Showplace, NP. This
event is Restricted 18+.
Thu 17 Apr 2014
Contractors Race Day
www.newplymouth.co.nz/events
Time: 12.00pm - 7.00pm at Pukekura
Raceway, NP
Fri 18 Apr 2014
Taranaki MountainAirs v Nelson
Giants Time: 6.30pm at TSB Stadium,
NP
Fri 18 Apr 2014 - Sun 04 May 2014
New Zealand Home Loans Surf
Festival see story page 8
Thu 24 Apr 2014
Taranaki MounainAirs v Waikato
Pistons Time: 6.30pm at TSB Stadium,
NP
Sat 26 Apr 2014
2014 R/C STREETSTOCK TEAMS
NATIONALS Time: 10.00am at Old
Okato Cheese Factory, 2457 South
Road, Okato
Sat 26 Apr 2014
Vintage, Classic and Modern Car Show
Time: 1.00pm - 4.00pm at Stratford
Showgrounds, Stratford. Featuring
vintage, classic and modern cars, bikes,
vintage machinery and swap meet.
Sat 26 Apr 2014
Rhys Darby, Mr Adventure
Time: 8.00pm at TSB Showplace, NP
Sun 27 Apr 2014
The ABBA Show
Time: 7.00pm at TSB Theatre, TSB
Showplace, NP
Sun 27 Apr 2014 - Thu 01 May 2014
Ricki Herbert Football Academy
Time: 9am-12pm at Inglewood AFC
Karo Park, NP. For ages 5-7, and 8-15.
MAY
Sat 03 May 2014
Heath Franklin’s Chopper
- Repeat Offender
Time: 7:30pm at TSB Showplace (TSB
Theatre), NP
Fri 09 May 2014
Chiefs vs Blues Time: 7.35pm kick-off
at Yarrow Stadium, NP
Sat 10 May 2014
SESSION Hair & Fashion Event
Time: 8:00pm - 11:30pm at The
Auditorium, The New Plymouth Club.
Taranaki MounainAirs
v Super City Rangers
Time: 5.00pm at TSB Stadium, NP Sat 17 May 2014
Taranaki MountainAirs v Canterbury
Rams
Time: 5.00pm at TSB Stadium, NP
Thu 22 May 2014
ASB 2014 Stage Challenge and JRock
Time: 6.30pm at TSB Showplace, NP
Sat 24 May 2014
Taranaki MountainAirs
v Southland Sharks
Time: 5.00pm at TSB Stadium, NP Sat 24 May 2014
2DEGREES COMEDY CONVOY
Time: 8pm at TSB Showplace
(TSB Theatre), NP
Sun 25 May 2014
Grumpy Old Women - Fifty Shades of
Beige Time: 8pm at TSB Showplace
(TSB Theatre), NP Thu 29 May 2014
What is Life? Time: 7:30pm at St
Mary’s Peace Hall, NP
Roger Hanson, science columnist.
Thu 29 May 2014
An Evening with Dame Kiri
Time: 7:30pm at TSB Showplace
(TSB Theatre), NP
Fri 30 May 2014
Wanderers Cricket Gala Dinner &
Auction
Time: 7pm at Quality Hotel Plymouth
International. Guest speaker, Ken
Rutherford. Three course meal and
table wine. $95 per person. Tickets
available from Peter Wisnewski 753
8999
Sat 31 May 2014
Chiefs vs Waratahs
Time: 4.35pm Kick-off at Yarrow
Stadium, NP
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