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| Heritage Festival | Diwali Festival | School holidays Message from the mayor Last year, 64 people died on Auckland’s roads, and 749 as endangered, our gulf islands can play a key role as Our heritage in images p4-5 Win with Watercare suffered serious injuries. Auckland’s road deaths and sanctuaries to ensure the revival of Heritage public art trail p6-7 Switch to e-billing with Watercare serious injuries have increased by 78 per cent in four our precious birds. and be in to win! We are giving years, triple the rate of the rest of . The Local news p8-9 away a Fisher & Paykel 8kg cost in human, social and economic terms is appalling. Pest of the month p10 FabricSmart front load washing That’s why one of the first calls on revenue raised by Escape for a micro-break p11 machine and a Fisher & Paykel the Regional Fuel Tax will go into road safety measures. 60cm freestanding dishwasher, Red light safety cameras, better-designed Events p12-15 along with monthly prizes. All new intersections and rural road safety upgrades are just Phil Goff Diwali Festival p13 and existing e-billing customers some of the measures being put in place. Mayor of Auckland who do not receive a paper bill As well, we are investing in new infrastructure such as School holidays p14 will be eligible to win. The prize busways, the Skypath walkway and cycleway, and new Auckland Heritage Festival p15 draw runs until 11 November electric trains to take the pressure off our roads and 2018. Go to watercare.co.nz/ reduce congestion. Artweek p15 Manage-account/Set-up-e- On another front, it was great to be on Waiheke Cover: Stories from our region’s past are billing to sign up. recently to launch the campaign to be predator free. featured in the Auckland Heritage Festival. With four out of five of our native bird species classified See p4-7 & p15 for more. Right: A performer at September’s hīkoi to Welcome back, Zulu and Malik celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. It has been a few years since Auckland Zoo has had male lions, so having these boys is pretty special – especially because they were born here back in 2004 and Recycle right, recycle now spent the first eight months of Are you a recycling legend? Play our new their lives with us. Visit the boys Auckland Council Council meetings Recycle Right game to find out what’s really during the school holidays – see aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Auckland Council’s governing body and local supposed to go in your recycling bin. 09 301 0101 (24/7) boards hold monthly meetings that you can page 14 for more information. aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/contactus attend. Visit our website or call 09 301 0101 Most Aucklanders are good recyclers. Auckland Council, Private Bag 92300, for details. Some meetings are streamed But many of us find ourselves “wish cycling” Auckland 1142 live online. Visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ facebook.com/aklcouncil councillive for more information. – innocently putting non-recyclable things twitter.com/aklcouncil like plastic bags, coffee cups and polystyrene Rubbish and recycling, rates information, Auckland Transport local board enquiries, noise control, dog AT.govt.nz meat trays into recycling bins in the hope 09 355 3553 (24/7) ownership, graffiti removal and much more. Roads, footpaths, public transport, parking that they can be recycled. Visit us and parking tickets, traffic signals and Other common non-recyclable items that We have more than 25 customer service street lights. centres throughout the Auckland region. 09 366 6400 people put in kerbside recycling bins include: Labour Day rubbish and Services vary between branches, so visit Public transport queries. • used nappies our website or call us to check. recycling collections Watercare • clothing and footwear OurAuckland watercare.co.nz Kerbside collections will be OurAuckland keeps you up to date with • food 09 442 2222 (24/7) one day later from Monday council services, projects and events, and Water and wastewater services. • carpet. helps to fulfil our legislative obligations to If you have problems with your street 22 October, with all collections keep Aucklanders informed. We conduct drain, please phone the council. We also see the dumping of dangerous items regular research to ensure OurAuckland is returning to normal on Auckland Libraries like gas canisters, old batteries and fireworks, an efficient way of doing this. Monday 29 October. Kerbside [email protected] aucklandlibraries.govt.nz which cause injuries to the team that sorts 09 301 0101 (24/7) collections normally collected Te reo Māori our recycling by hand. We’re proud to use te reo Māori in Auckland Leisure on 22 October will be OurAuckland. If you come across a word aucklandleisure.co.nz collected on 23 October. Visit you don’t know you can learn what it OurAuckland is printed on sustainably Visit recycleright.co.nz to play the makethemostofwaste.co.nz means at maoridictionary.co.nz sourced paper. Recycle Right game. for more information.

2 | CONTENTS | RĀRANGI KŌRERO ourauckland.nz KAWENGA KŌRERO | NEWS | 3 AUCKLAND S HERITAGE IN IMAGES The heritage of Tāmaki Makaurau has been shaped by a diverse cast of characters, communities and important events. The changing face of Auckland By 1908 the tram line down Dominion Road had reached Herbert Road terminus. It was closed in 1953. Auckland Libraries, 7-A1567. and its people is shown in these old – and new – images from around our region. Many of the photos here – and over 300,000 more – are available online as part of Auckland Libraries’ Heritage Collections. Visit ourauckland.nz for more information about the places and people shown here, and to find out how to access the full collection.

Auckland Harbour Bridge under construction. It was completed in 1959. Auckland Libraries, 654-26 (Geoff Fairfield). Looking west along Kohimarama Beach from Averill Avenue and Tāmaki Drive. Auckland Libraries, 1021-406 (Eric Young).

Photo from the New Zealand Graphic, 1893, showing Elizabeth Yates, Mayor of Onehunga and the first woman mayor in the British Empire. Auckland Libraries, NZG-18931216-505-1 (Enos Sylvanus Pegler).

Auckland’s Queen Street Wharf in 1864, with North Head and Mt Victoria in the distance. Auckland Libraries, 1-W718. Like many of Tāmaki Makaurau’s tūpuna maunga, Maungakiekie was once the site of a pā, and is of great spiritual and cultural significance to Auckland’s mana whenua.

Billy T. James as Diana Boss with the Superettes, in the 1988 TVNZ Telethon. Auckland Libraries, 1329-45 (Laura Remacha).

A portrait by Auckland-born photographer Herman John Schmidt (1872-1959), from his Queen Street studio. Auckland Libraries, 31-57416. Chan Ah Chee, one of the most prominent Chinese market gardeners in Auckland, Aotea Square under construction, with Auckland Town Hall in the The traditional Chinese art of face-changing was among pictured with his grandchildren, 1916-18. Photo supplied by David Wong. background. Auckland Libraries, 7-A13629 (John Daley). performances at the 2018 Auckland International Cultural Festival.

4 | FEATURE | KŌRERO MATUA ourauckland.nz KŌRERO MATUA | FEATURE | 5 As part of Auckland Heritage Festival, take our free, interactive heritage art trail with your friends and whānau to discover Tāmaki Makaurau’s heritage stories, as reflected in some of Auckland Council’s public artworks. Have a go at the questions, then visit ourauckland.nz for the answers and to find out more about the works featured.

Justice, Lisa Reihana, 2017 Light Weight O, Catherine Griffiths, 2018 Sappho, Aleko Kyriakos, 1973 5. 6. Hau te Kapakapa (The Flapping Wind), 2. O’Connell Street side of 5 O’Connell Street Rachel Walters, 2011 360 Queen Street Ellen Melville Look at the heritage buildings reflected in the 1. Can you see the Greek Centre mirror – what type of Myers Park entrance, lyric poetess Sappho What are the architecture can you 368 Queen Street in this sculpture? scales made of see and what do Spot the native birds in Where was the and what do you think this these three sculptures. sculpture they represent? area would Can you name originally located? have been the stream that used for in previously ran the late 19th through this century? location?

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Byword, Mary-Louise Browne, 2007 Matahorua Anchor and Tainui Anchor, 4. 3. Russell Clark, 1959 Lorne Street Kaitiaki II, 2009 and Te Waka Taumata o Horotiu A Māori Figure in a Kaitiaki Cloak, Read the two word (Resting Waka), 2008, Fred Graham Molly Macalister, 1964-1966 24 Wellesley Street 7. 8. sequences What kind of Māori 80 Queen Street Cnr Quay Street and engraved on the water transport What part of lower Queen Street seats in north used these anchor Auckland’s What is the warrior carrying and south stones? waterfront and what does this represent? directions. heritage do these Can you guess waka mark? the institutions Share your photos of public art from previously across Auckland on Twitter and Instagram located here? with the hashtag #PublicArtAKL

6 | FEATURE | KŌRERO MATUA ourauckland.nz KŌRERO MATUA | FEATURE | 7 Work kicks off on housing for older Aucklanders

L-R: Shane Henderson and Brenda Brady (Henderson-Massey Local Board), Waitākere Ward Councillor Linda Cooper, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff and Waitākere Ward Councillor Penny Hulse.

New bus network for North Shore Construction of 40 new homes as part of a new The remainder of the 1.6-hectare site on Henderson housing development for older people in Henderson Valley Road is earmarked for a separate housing Bus services on the North Shore and in Warkworth, • consider giving yourself extra time by taking an is underway. development which will create at least 50 homes in Kowhai Coast and Hibiscus Coast are changing from earlier bus than you usually would The 40-apartment development at 33 Henderson the coming years. 30 September. • visit AT.govt.nz/journeyplanner or download the Valley Road will increase the number of homes for Both developments are expected to be part of a new The New Network will help make public transport AT Mobile app to plan your journey. Enter a date older people in Auckland to 1452 and the number residential neighbourhood for Henderson offering simpler and more integrated across Auckland. of travel from 30 September to see how the routes of villages to 63. strong links to public transport and excellent cultural, There will be new bus routes, bus stops and will change. The 3000sqm site also provides extensive green recreational and educational facilities nearby. timetables, and some existing bus stops will close. Auckland Transport representatives will be at busway spaces and 19 car parks for residents and visitors. The development is the first project by the city’s You may need to re-plan your usual journeys and stations and busy bus stops during the first week of the These homes will help Auckland Council provide redevelopment agency Panuku Development Auckland take different buses, possibly from different stops. New Network to explain the changes. quality housing to help cater for our ageing population. to redevelop the network of villages for older people Here are some tips to make your trip easier: Visit AT.govt.nz for more information and to The new village is expected to be completed by to improve quality and design, and to better cater for • arrive at your bus stop 10 minutes before download bus timetables. mid-2019, with residents moving in shortly afterwards. areas of higher need. your bus is scheduled to depart

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8 | NEWS ourauckland.nz NEWS | 9 • if you live near pōhutukawa or rātā, consider replacing hybrid ramarama and monkey apple Escape for a Myrtle rust hedges in your garden as these quickly become Myrtle rust continues to be a threat to our native highly infected. Your local garden centre will be plants and some horticulture crops. able to advise you on a suitable fast-growing non- micro-break Tips for beating myrtle rust myrtle replacement • clean tools with methylated spirits after pruning • if you see myrtle rust in a regional park or street • limit pruning myrtles to autumn and early winter tree, contact Auckland Council (09 301 0101) or so new growth has time to harden off and become the Ministry for Primary Industries (0800 809 966). more resilient The most susceptible plants in New Zealand include • dispose of infected material responsibly (wrap ramarama, pōhutukawa, rātā, monkey apple, feijoa in plastic and take to a landfill, bury deeper than and bottle brush. 50cm, or wrap in plastic and leave in the sun for six Visit mpi.govt.nz for more information. to eight weeks to kill the spores before composting) Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 8 to Takapuna Beach Reserve 14 October. It’s a great reminder to mā te taiao kia Soak up the refreshing sea air and explore the reserves whakapakari tōu oranga – let nature in, strengthen along Takapuna Beach. your wellbeing! Henderson Park Here are some beautiful parks around Auckland Get in your daily exercise with a round of frisbee golf where you can go for a walk, kick a ball around or or enjoy a walk or cycle alongside the Opanuku Stream. simply unwind in the fresh air. Macleans Park Victoria Park Take in the amazing views of the Hauraki Gulf and This tree-lined park is the perfect place for inner-city Rangitoto Island at the top of the hill before making workers to take a lunchtime walk or jog. your way down to Eastern Beach. Auckland Botanic Gardens Visit ourauckland.nz to find out more about our Get inspired by the beautiful gardens and over beautiful parks. 10,000 plants from around the world.

Diwali offers behind-the-scenes glimpse of festival Auckland Diwali Festival offers as much to participants “Diwali Festival is a significant event not only for behind the scenes as it does to festival-goers. performers, stallholders and festival goers, Diwali producer Leilana Meredith says but also for a wide range of local We’re tackling climate change cultural festivals create a sense of suppliers. community, inclusion and pride, “We also work with public Auckland Council, Auckland Transport and Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town while promoting Auckland’s health agencies to run healthy Watercare have joined the Climate Leaders is proud that the council has joined the coalition. diversity. menu and food safety Coalition and, with more than 60 other New “Climate change is one of the most significant They’re also a great programmes with Zealand businesses, are committing to tackle challenges facing Auckland, and we are committed opportunity to build capability our stallholders.” the issue of climate change by: to playing our part in rapidly reducing greenhouse in the local events industry. Auckland Diwali Festival • measuring greenhouse gas emissions and gas emissions and preparing for the impacts of a “This year we have our 2018 is delivered by Auckland publicly reporting on them changing climate,” he says. first observer programme, for Tourism, Events and Economic • setting public emissions reduction targets The commitment coincides with the launch of the aspiring event professionals to Development, on behalf consistent with keeping below 2 degrees climateAKL ideas hub to crowdsource actions for look at the delivery of a major of Auckland Council and in of warming consideration in the development of Auckland’s cultural festival,” Leilana says. conjunction with founding partner • working with suppliers to reduce their Climate Action Plan. “It complements our intern, volunteer Asia New Zealand Foundation. greenhouse gas emissions. Visit climateAKL.co.nz to share your ideas. and performer mentoring programmes. See p13 for event details.

10 | NEWS | KAWENGA KŌRERO ourauckland.nz KAWENGA KŌRERO | NEWS | 11 AOTEA SQUARE    OCTOBER  Visit ourauckland.nzn for more info, hundreds more events October and to sign up for our weekly e-news.

6 7 13 27 elebrate Spring Arts in Action Open Arts Day rnc n culur r al ar Welcome to Our a knd o donraon al ackd eighbourhood al ac un ac n udo on orko Sat & Sun or all a roranc or 10am-4pm Sat 10am-2pm Sat 10am-4pm Auckland Kumeu Arts Centre Corban Estate Arts Centre, Henderson Botanic Gardens, 13 Manurewa 27 iwis v angaroos Sandringham Street 11-14 n o n a rou a ck Festival orean Film Festival ourauckland.nz/win clo u c noon ood ruck l uc kd lnu o nn r nrann ac or Sat & Sun 12pm-9pm oran o Sat 2.30pm – Gates open, Sat 9am-4pm This free, family-friendly festival offers the fl avours, sights ookn rurd 3pm – Junior Kiwis v , Sandringham Village and sounds of Indian culture in the heart of Auckland. Thu-Sun, session times vary 5pm – Kiwi Ferns v Jillaroos, There will be a vast range of food, music, dance, DJs, street 7.45pm – Kiwis v Kangaroos 27 28 Academy Cinemas, CBD performances, competitions, giveaways, market stalls, Mt Smart Stadium, Penrose Z aiwan Day kids’ activities and more, capped off with a fi reworks Adult $35-$55, junior $16-$26, no ood uc 11 21 28 display on Sunday night. S reakers L family $86 (+ fees) roranc Home ames o aan Sat 10am- cn l orn acon 8pm & Sun al n 10am-6pm Thu 11 Oct, 7pm Aotea Square, (v Brisbane Bullets), CBD Artist: Ado’ Kaliting Pacidal Sun 21 Oct, 2pm (v Sydney Kings) & 28 Sun 28 Oct, 2pm (v Adelaide 36ers) Festival taliano Spark Arena, CBD 20-22 ood all nrann kd ac rz or d c Adult from $15, child Franklin Arts rail Visit ourauckland.nzallon for more information from $12, family from ocan ork o local Sun 11am-5pm about these and otherarana Halloween laza events. nard uarr $50 (+ fees) ar or aour knd Osborne St, Kent St & Rialto Centre, Sat-Mon 10am-4pm Newmarket Welcome the NZ and Samoan teams to 12 Across Franklin Auckland for the World Cup Passchendaele 28 2017. There’ll be music,Bayswater performances, Halloween skills Trail ommemoration 20-22 AS Auckland Marathon and drills, player signings,r chances c to have Arts in the ille Bayswater Park, Bayswater rc arkn ra lo o conc runnn selfi es, face painting, waka races and more. o l n a lar nan n udo on clraon or or aour knd Sun from 6am Fri 11am-11.45am Sat-Mon 10am-4pm Devonport to Victoria Park Circus of Horror Witches & Wizards Auckland War Memorial Museum, Parnell Across Helensville Marathon $175, Half Marathon $135, r a c un c 12km Traverse $100, Family 5km The PumpHouse Theatre, .. 13 26 $45-$55, Kids Run $30 (+ fees) Takapuna Highwic, Epsom ids Art Day $35 (R18) $5-$15 owhai Festival ar Movie ight n or kd n 4-14 Oct Stardome Spooktacular a uckland r oudoor crnn o From 26 Oct to 2 Dec, cities across NZ, A Fistful of Dollars Q Theatre & other venues d c al Sat 11am-2pm and Papua New Guinea will host adul the RLWC 2017. Uxbridge Arts & Fri 7pm-10pm (movie starts 8pm) Prices vary – some free events Auckland is hostingStardome two matches Observatory at Mt & Smart Culture, Howick Shoesmith Domain, Warkworth Planetarium, One Tree Hill Tempo lights up Auckland with over 60 spectacular Stadium – NZ v Samoa on Sat 28 Oct and a $15-$35 (+ fees) events showcasing an inspiring range of dance, semi-fi nal on Sat 25 Nov. 12 | EVENTS CALENDAR | WĀTAKA WHAKAHAERE including new work by NZ and international artists. Visit ourauckland.nzcoololda Celebrate the people and cultures from all over for more information about these the world that have made Tāmaki Makaurau and other school holiday events. the diverse city it is today. This year, Auckland Heritage Festival brings together heritage stories of Auckland’s many cultures and communities through a huge range of events, from exhibitions, walks, talks and tours, to a vintage market day and school-holiday activities. Badjelly the Witch Holiday Art Programme c ona .a Here are some of our festival picks: dal c onr a The PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna Mairangi Arts Centre, Mairangi Bay • Explore the sacred spaces of the beautiful $18.50-$28 (+ fees) $60-$75 Bharatiya Mandir Hindu temple. • Marvel at Gottfried Lindauer’s majestic Māori portraits. Old-Time Occupations Time Turner • Join a walk to celebrate the Pasifi ka peoples c onr a c and stories of Karangahape Road. Howick Historical Village, Pakuranga Auckland Libraries, region wide Entry fees apply 2929 SEPSEP –– 1414 OCTOCT 20182018 • Tour Eden Park to uncover the stories and characters behind our national stadium. tival.co.nz • For school-holiday fun, become a settler at he agefes rit MOTAT, create heritage sausages or design School Holidays at Auckland Zoo Caterpillars Theatre Show c .a. dal c a dal 200+ candles in Birkenhead, have a go at gold Auckland Zoo, Western Springs Auckland Museum, Parnell free or panning and more. Entry fees apply $20-$35 (+ fees) low-cost events region Visit raal.co.nz or pick up a wide programme from your local library or From the Old Country selected cafes for more information. Outside the Box – Dark Installation to Our Country c ua a c a dal Uxbridge Arts & Culture, Howick MOTAT, Western Springs Entry fees apply ARMISTICE Puzzling Planets Beauty & The Beast c onr a c o ar CENTENARY Stardome Observatory & Planetarium, TAPAC, Western Springs One Tree Hill | $10-$12 (+ fees) $10-$23 (+ fees) 2018

on d Fields of Remembrance Heroines of the Sea Imaginarium Experience the diverse and extraordinary arts c onr a. c onr a NZ Maritime Museum Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, community Auckland has to offer. Ten precincts across 20 Oct - 20 Nov, 9am-9pm daily the region offer a free programme of exhibitions and Activities $5 per child Titirangi | $35 Auckland Domain, Parnell events, including guided tours, workshops and more. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, an Armistice was signed ending the First World War. To commemorate the centenary, 18,277 white crosses, Air Play each bearing the name of a New Zealander who lost their life in the confl ict, will be laid out in front of Auckland War Sat 13 Oct, 2pm & 7.30pm, Sun 14 Oct, 4pm Memorial Museum along with informative light boxes Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna From $30 (+ fees) telling their stories of sacrifi ce. Direct from New York and the Cirque du Soleil creative team, Air Play merges circus and theatre with sculptural Photo: Sacha Stejko artistry to create a world of joyous wonder and beauty. a r WIN with OurAuckland OurAuckland has a double pass to give away for the u c cnr show at 2pm on Sat 13 Oct. Visit ourauckland.nzn Explore all things art with galleries open late, temporary to enter by noon on Fri 5 Oct 2018. installations, live art events and more. Terms & conditions apply. Taylor Swift 9 NOV 2018 Mt Smart Stadium

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