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HERETURIKŌKĀ AUGUST 2019 / ISSUE 94
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Au the scenes,
behind
OURAUCKLAND.NZ
WHETHER IT’S BUILDING THE CITY
RAIL LINK OR CARING FOR KAKAPO
AT THE ZOO, WE RELY ON
THOUSANDS OF DEDICATED PEOPLE
TO KEEP AUCKLAND HUMMING.
WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES TO
MEET SOME OF THEM
WALL & STREET
INVESTORS
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we wanted to reach more people and let them know they can be investors too. The
perfect way for us to do that was using the Phantom network. The chance to tell a
compelling story, on the street, has been super-exciting.”
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Information and inspiration up to date with council
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Cost of last year’s upgrade of Auckland Council is running a
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buy experience in conjunction with
Auckland Museum's ‘Carried Away:
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landfill from Papakura thanks to tour of the exhibition, with the bag with fur trim, to taonga imbued
the trial of kerbside collection of opportunity to go behind the scenes with Māori and Pacific cultural
food scraps at the museum and see the collection values such as kete and bilums, the
up close. The tour will be hosted by exhibition delves into the stories
Grace Lai, curator of the museum’s associated with their creation and the
2200 Applied Arts and Design Team. people who used them.
Number of construction workers ‘Carried Away: Bags Unpacked’ Visit ourauckland.nz/win to go into
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THE BRIEFING
INFORMATION AND INSPIRATION FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL HQ
HOME FEMALE FUTURES
In March, Auckland Council
ON THE launched its inaugural
Female Accelerated
RANGE Leadership Programme,
He Ata. The 22 participants
follow a tailored personal
development plan and are
Are you looking for summer supported by members
work with a difference? of the council’s Executive
Applications are now open for Leadership team. Director
paid summer internships in Students will work with our have accommodation of People and Performance
our beautiful regional parks. park rangers to help care for provided and earn Patricia Reade says the
We’re looking for 14 the parks and the species qualifications. programme enables the
student rangers to join our that call them home. For more information, council to be in the best
Parks Services team between In return, the students see careers.aucklandcouncil. position to serve our city.
November and February. will be paid minimum wage, govt.nz for available roles. “As Tāmaki Makaurau’s
population becomes more
diverse, our leadership
ON YOUR TERMS needs to reflect the
demographic we serve to
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LOCAL NEWS / AROUND AUCKLAND
FARM VISITS, NIGHT MARKETS, FAMILY FUN DAY, BIRD-HELP PROJECTS, AND NEW WORLD-CLASS HOCKEY CENTRE
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Head out to Ambury FAMILY FUN DAY MASH-UP
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to see farm animals for 2019 promises to be a
such as sheep, goats, blast. Bernie Griffen and MAIN PHOTO / ADELE KRANTZ; NIGHT FLAVOUR / LUKE HARVEY; SONGBIRD PROJECT / JAY FARNWORTH;
cows, pigs, pet lambs (in the Thin Men, Le Cirque
season), chickens, turkeys, de JP and Captain Festus
rabbits and peacocks. It’s McBoyle’s Travellin’ Variety
a working farm, so you Show will all be under one
can even watch dairy cows roof for one epic – and free
being milked once a day – family event. Saturday 10
at around 10am from mid- MATAREKA ENJOY / NIGHT FLAVOUR (ABOVE) August, noon-3pm, at the
July to early December. Auckland Night Markets are now in nine different city Auckland Irish Society Hall
Remember to follow locations – Sylvia Park, Mount Wellington, Botany, in Fowlds Park, Rocky Nook
any safety signs, respect Henderson, Papatoetoe, Elliott Street and Shortland Street Road, Morningside.
restricted areas and leave in the city centre, Pakuranga and Glenfield. It’s a great
the farm’s gates as you family night out. The markets are free, but bring cash if you
find them. want to sample the food. aucklandnightmarkets.co.nz
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Eastern Bays residents are Akl Paths is an online tool
luring songbirds back to their that lets you choose which
area by planting native trees path best matches the ac-
and eradicating pests. Traps tivity you want to do. There
will be available at Maskell is also useful information
Street shops, 17 August, such as maps, playgrounds
10am-2pm. songbird.org.nz and toilets. aklpaths.co.nz
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MAKING IT HAPPEN
The new Albert-Eden events broker programme provides
support to those with great ideas for small local events. Albert-
Eden Local Board Chair Peter Haynes says it will help to build
community capability and boost the local events scene. And that
will help make the area a more vibrant place to live and work.
“This programme helps people get their event from idea to
reality,” says Bronwyn Bent, arts and events broker for the local
board area. For details, visit www.neighbourhoodarts.org.nz.
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CREATING A SAFE
HOME FOR BIRDS
Students of Blockhouse Bay Intermediate
School, together with local residents and
businesses, the EcoMatters Environment
Trust and prisoners, are working to
encourage more native birds to set up home
along the Waitahurangi Stream.
Thanks to funding from Whau Local
ROOF SHOUT
Board, people with properties bordering
the stream can request a free rat trap and
training in how to use it. In return, they
COVERED SEATING FOR 450 AT NEW WORLD-CLASS HOCKEY CENTRE simply need to check and clear the traps
and report how many rats are caught.
The new National Hockey Centre in Rosedale on the North Shore is raising The Waitahurangi Wildlink project aims
the bar when it comes to sporting venues – and it has also just raised the to create a native wildlife corridor along the
roof, which marks the half-way point for the project. stream between the school and Olympic
The world-class facility will become the leading international hockey Park in New Lynn. Reducing predators in
venue in New Zealand and home to North Harbour Hockey. It will also be the area will help to create a habitat where
used as a training base for the Black Sticks national teams. native birds and plants can flourish.
Four new hockey turfs are being developed, two of global elite standard “This is all about bringing the community
and two of national standard. Other features include floodlighting, together to create a better green space for
covered seating for 450 spectators and 370 new car parks. the neighbourhood,” says Melissa Ward,
A new walking and cycling bridge and shared path are also under from EcoMatters’ nature team.
construction to connect surrounding communities to Rosedale Park. The Blockhouse Bay pupils researched
Construction of the centre is scheduled to be completed in December, designs for rat traps and have been building
enabling North Harbour Hockey to move in early next year. them using plywood cut by woodworkers at
This project is part of the NZ Transport Agency’s ‘Northern Corridor Auckland Prison in Paremoremo.
Improvements’ project, which provides more than 7km of new walking “The students are learning and getting so
and cycling paths, a new motorway connection between State Highway much from being involved,” says teacher Sam
1 and State Highway 18, and access to the Western Ring Route for easier Morrison. “There’s the environmental aspect,
travel to Auckland Airport. as well as being part of a community.”
For further information, visit nzta.govt.nz/nci www.ecomatters.org.nz/waitahurangi
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A place to paint
This August, Auckland Art Gallery Toi resulted from his knowledge and
o Tāmaki marks the centenary of the initiative. He worked at the gallery for
birth of Colin McCahon with a unique almost a decade and his influence was
consideration of his relationship with the comprehensive.
city. Though born in Timaru, McCahon
lived in Auckland for more than 30 years OA How rare is it to have these
until his death in 1987. He became an works together?
integral part of the city’s culture through RB It has been 16 years since we have
his efforts as not only a producer of had a large-scale McCahon exhibition
significant artworks but as a nurturer and at the gallery. Many of these artworks
custodian of other artists and their art. come from the permanent collection
Featuring pieces created throughout and others have been generously lent 1. Moby Dick is sighted off Muriwai: a
necessary case for protection, 1972 2. Colin
his residency in Tāmaki Makaurau, from key private and public collections.
McCahon in 1963 3. The Large Jump, 1973
A Place to Paint: Colin McCahon in
Auckland offers a focused look at the OA What is the collection worth to Hill in May His Light Shine (Tau Cross),
influence of the physical, spiritual and Auckland? 1978-1979, the rock pillar at Muriwai
cultural landscape of the region on RB Auckland Art Gallery’s collection of in The Large Jump, 1973, and the kauri
the works of one of Australasia’s most paintings by Colin McCahon is of great of Titirangi in his French Bay paintings.
important modernist artists. significance to this city. He worked here They will also find abstracted elements
We talk to Ron Brownson, the for the longest period of his life and from throughout the city, a cross-section
gallery’s senior curator of New Zealand he ensured that the gallery held a key of the volcanic landscape and the
PORTRAIT / DAVID MOORE © LISA, MICHAEL, MATTHEW AND JOSHUA MOORE
and Pacific art, about the renowned collection of his artwork. geometric shapes of an urban cityscape.
artist and this remarkable exhibition.
OA How did McCahon’s move to OA What makes this exhibition
OurAuckland: How would you Auckland affect the city’s art scene? unmissable?
describe Colin McCahon’s legacy RB When he arrived in 1953, Auckland RB McCahon is one of New Zealand’s
within the sphere of Auckland art? was already growing into New foremost artists and the selected
Ron Brownson: He was not only Zealand’s largest art centre and he artworks include large-scale and multi-
an exceptional painter, he was also played a key role in developing it panel pieces that are not often shown,
an influential teacher, both at the further. Over the ensuing decades, due to their physical size. This will be
gallery and the Elam School of Fine Auckland has become the place where a unique opportunity to view several
Arts. He was an important art curator, most of our artists now live. McCahon of these big paintings at once, and we
researching and preparing exhibitions. encouraged artists to remain in New want to invite visitors to consider them
He was especially significant to the Zealand and to work here. in detail, to share an intimacy with the
gallery, firstly as keeper (what we used works that is not often possible.
to call a curator) and later as assistant OA What places might Aucklanders
A PLACE TO PAINT: COLIN McCAHON IN
director. Significant acquisitions from recognise? AUCKLAND, AUCKLAND ART GALLERY,
contemporary New Zealand artists RB Locals will recognise One Tree 10 AUGUST - 27 JANUARY 2020
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www.yourwaterfront.co.nzthat included registration, campaign
monitoring, and manning frantically
busy polling stations. With the help
of interpreters, she trained her team
to make registration cards with inked
fingerprints for people who couldn’t sign
their name, which were then laminated.
“We even had a little Polaroid camera
to take the person’s photo. People became
very attached to their cards because, for
most, it was their only form of ID.”
During her time in Cambodia, Delbet
travelled to KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa, for a few months to volunteer
as an international observer for the
republic’s first general multi-racial
elections, in 1994. “We saw old people
walk from all over the countryside
to go to polling stations, and young
children pushing their grandmother in a
wheelbarrow,” she says. “When Mandela
was elected, the national outcry of joy
was absolutely incredible. We were really
a part of history in action.”
After that, elections were in her DNA.
“Having witnessed the yearning people
Freedom fighter had for a democratic regime – where
they could be free of fear, have a chance
to succeed and just be happy – it made
me realise how fundamental it is to us.”
If you want to help shape decisions that will make our city even
Delbet moved to Wellington in 1995
better than it already is, you need to participate, either by standing
and held senior leadership roles at the
as a candidate in the upcoming local elections or by voting. It’s State Services Commission and Ministry
Marguerite Delbet’s job to encourage Aucklanders to do that. of Justice, before starting with Auckland
Council six years ago.
If anyone knows the importance of in this country and around the world The city is one of the most culturally
democratic rights, it’s Marguerite – continued and it dropped to 35.4 diverse centres in the world, so a big
Delbet. The former United Nations percent. In the last election, in 2016, it part of her job is supporting the use of
volunteer, now Auckland Council’s was still only 38.5 per cent. multi-lingual voting information and
General Manager Democracy Services, Delbet, whose role includes working with engagement partners for
was on the ground for some of the organising and promoting the elections, the Chinese, Indian, Pacific and youth
biggest general election breakthroughs is doing all she can to increase populations to ensure these groups get
in history – from Cambodia’s first free participation. “It’s a privilege and duty the facts needed to allow them to put
and fair elections after 25 years of war, for us to vote, and a choice many their names forward as candidates or to
to Nelson Mandela’s rise to become people died trying to get,” she says. And make an informed choice when voting.
president of South Africa. Now she’s she doesn’t want Aucklanders to take “Our politicians make billions of
using her passion for democracy to that right for granted. dollars of investments for Auckland
help break down barriers and increase Born in France, Delbet says the history that are going to shape the way our
participation this September, when of the French Revolution was very much city works,” she says. “Having seen
voting papers for the local body ingrained in her as a child, and triggered what a non-democratic country looks
elections will be mailed out. her passion for democracy. When she like and what it means for people on
In 2010, when eight councils joined left Paris at 24 to volunteer with the an everyday basis, voting is absolutely
to form Auckland Council, the ensuing UN in Cambodia as a district supervisor core for me.”
public interest in what the Herald called for the 1993 general elections, she and CLOE WILLETTS
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“the biggest and most complex merger 20,000 others walked into a war-
in New Zealand’s local government and ravaged country with no infrastructure. ONLINE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO BOTH
corporate history” led to a relatively high Deployed in Toul Kork, a district in CANDIDATES AND VOTERS ON VOTEAUCKLAND.
voter turnout of 51 percent. This was up Phnom Penh, she set up an electoral CO.NZ. IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY RECEIVED
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DOWN UNDER
The City Rail Link will bring a new meaning to the term
‘downtown’ when the underground rail tunnels are
completed in 2024. Sam Button and Rebekah Robinson
put on their steel-capped boots and ventured below
ground to meet some of the people constructing them.
Vehicles moving, music playing, people met another major milestone, pouring
rushing. Lower Queen Street sounds like the last concrete base slab under the
any other big city in the morning, but get Chief Post Office, which itself had to
close enough to the Britomart precinct be lifted up – all 4000 tonnes of it –
and you’ll hear something else: an army and placed on new foundations. With
of builders slowly conquering one of the the slabs complete, work can begin on
country’s biggest and most complex building the tunnel walls that connect
infrastructure projects, the City Rail Link. through to the Albert Street site.
The first works on the CRL, the One of the on-site supervisors, Mike
$4.4 billion, 3.4km twin tunnel from Capi, says his men are working hard to
Britomart to Mount Eden station, meet targets. That’s a challenge, but
began in 2016 and site foreman he says everything is going well so far.
Patrick Gorman, who also worked on “There’s a huge amount of concrete
the Waterview Tunnel, has been there reinforcing that goes into the tunnel,
from the beginning. “It’s amazing but it’s not just the construction –
to see how far we’ve come in three we’ve got to manage the gear and
years,” he says. “Seeing the massive equipment, making sure it all gets here
difference is incredible. It’s changing on time and to the right place.”
every day.” Gorman, who works for When the construction is complete,
contractors Downer, leads the team the CRL will greatly improve travel
who have been building the tunnel in central Auckland, and the effects
walls underneath the old Chief Post will cascade to other suburbs, too.
Office and lower Queen Street, and it’s Mount Eden station, which will
a tough environment to work in. “My connect directly to Britomart through
guys do a lot of heavy lifting, all day, two new stations – Aotea and
every day. We come in and do what Karangahape Road – will be rebuilt
we have to do, and I’ve got to make and substantially enlarged. You will be
sure everyone goes home safe.” able to get from Britomart to Mount
Working with him is engineer Abhi Eden in 10 minutes, and travel times
Amin, who scored the job not long from Henderson will be slashed by
after graduating from university. “What 17 minutes. At peak times, trains
we’re trying to do here is unique. It’s will arrive every 10 minutes, making
a completely different challenge. The timetables redundant.
technical aspect of it, how precise we The painstaking work of building the
have to be in terms of our steel work, biggest improvement to Auckland’s rail
concrete laying, surveying points – it all network in decades is noisy and costly.
has to be perfect.” Earlier this year, the cost of the project
Down in the worksite itself, narrow increased by $1 billion to $4.4 billion,
walkways and scaffolding snake partly because of rising construction
through an unrecognisable Britomart costs and partly because the decision
precinct. The 14m-deep lower Queen was made to accommodate longer
Street trench was fully excavated by trains to keep up with demand as the 1
March this year, and the team recently city’s population grows.
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1. The old Chief Post Office was raised to
make room for the tunnels 2. Writer Sam
Button (left) with engineer Abhi Amin
3. Above-ground work in Queen Elizabeth
Square 4. Site foreman Patrick Gorman
Despite this, the benefits are clear
to those building it. “A single train from
the south could travel to the west and
people in the city will start using the
trains more often because they’ll now
have direct access to the main hub at
Britomart,” says Amin. Gorman agrees.
“Hopefully that will mean less traffic on
PHOTOS BY REBEKAH ROBINSON
the roads.”
There is still much work to be done
– the CRL is due to be completed in
2024 – but it’s clear they are pleased
with progress. “It’s very technical,”
Amin says. “I’m proud of what we’ve
achieved, and only 50m from the sea.”
HERETURIKŌKĀ AUGUST 2019 15BEHIND THE
SCENES IN
AUCKLAND
Our city is home to around 1.6 million people, and we all
want to move freely, work productively, play happily and
live safely. So who ensures all that happens? In any given
2
24 hours, what goes on behind the scenes to keep Auckland
humming? Beginning at a secret kennel where some of the
hardest-working dogs imaginable were waiting to be picked
up for a ride in a bike trailer, David Slack and photographer
Joe Hockley made it their mission to find out.
3
Council biosecurity dogs, 8.30am
Auckland Council biosecurity adviser
Lois Clayton is rolling along the
waterfront on her bike pulling a trailer.
Inside is the cutest little dog you’ve ever
seen. They’re on their way to Wynyard
Wharf to sniff out pests trying to hitch
a ride to a Hauraki Gulf island.
Almost every person they pass
lights up with a smile. They could
come down in a truck, but this is
much better. All the way, they’re
making people’s mornings. They’re
also doing a crucial job and creating
opportunities to spread the word
about protecting our island wildlife.
Down at the waterfront, cars and
trucks are queuing for the Waiheke
ferry. Clayton asks: “Do you mind if the
1 dog has a look for a stowaway?” Hers
are just like airport drug dogs, except
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they are trained to sniff out pests that Barking adviser, 9.30am 1-5. Lois Clayton with two of the
could threaten native wildlife. When the barking dog next door is biosecurity dogs 6. Senior barking adviser
They visit the passenger ferries, driving you up the wall and you can’t Debbie Lawrie
too, not so much in the expectation take another minute of it, trained
of finding pests, more with the aim specialists are ready for your call. “Those two things are what cause
of encouraging people into the habit Auckland Council senior barking probably 90 per cent of the issues.”
of checking their gear for sneaky adviser Debbie Lawrie leads a team Most of them are easy fixes:
stowaways, the same way people are of four dealing solely with complaints “Changing what the dog can see or
asked to clean their boots to help stop about such canine noise. the time they are fed, more exercise,
the spread of kauri dieback disease. They favour graduated enforce- little things like that which people
Here at the vehicle ferries, though, ment. It starts with a chat to provide may not be aware of.”
the hunt is on. Last week, they found information and advice. In a typical She had one instance where
a rat hiding on a truck axle. month, the council receives about she worked her way through the
Pests are all they’re after. However, 450 barking complaints. Of those checklist over the phone. She asked:
one couple seemed to be under a dogs being complained about, 50 or “Can your dog see over the fence?”
misapprehension about that. “The dog so owners will get a formal warning No, the householder told her. His
checked through their car and they and, of those, 10 to 15 will be issued a fence was six feet tall and solid
were really, really sweating,” Clayton noise enforcement abatement notice. wood. She made a visit and found
says. There were no skinks. She told “Boredom is one of the main things the answer. “The dog is standing on
them they were all good. “And you that makes a dog bark – and anxiety your barbecue and barking over the
could just see the relief on their faces.” at being left alone,” Lawrie says. fence. Move the barbecue.”
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Auckland Zoo, 11am
Being able to help one of the world’s
rarest and most extraordinary birds,
the kākāpō, has to be a rewarding day
at work. For vets, vet nurses and bird
keepers at Auckland Zoo’s New Zealand
Centre for Conservation Medicine, it’s
been a huge year for looking after this
critically endangered native parrot.
“Kākāpō breed only every two to four
years, and this year’s breeding season
7 broke all the records,” says zoo vet Dr
Melanie Leech. “There are currently
72 chicks alive from this year – an
The bus command centre, 10.30am With crisis negotiator Lance unprecedented number. But in April, we
Pavlovich Coachlines is one of the firms Burdett, Pavlovich has put together started to see cases of a fungal disease,
that provides bus services to Auckland a resilience package for drivers – and aspergillosis, and suddenly it felt like
Transport, and it’s network operations that will also improve the experience everything we had achieved this season
manager Bob Moroney’s role to make the for passengers. Essentially, it says stop, might be undone. It has been a worrying
job of being a driver – and the experience breathe, think, respond. “It’s all about few months for the species, with seven
of travelling on a bus – a happy one. remaining calm and measured and birds having died from the disease.”
At its Mount Roskill base, the taking control of the situation, rather In all, 44 kākāpō were removed from
company has a real-time system than letting the situation take control their home on Whenua Hou / Codfish
tracking its drivers, keeping in contact, of you,” says Moroney. “What we are Island near Rakiura / Stewart Island to be
watching out for problems and taking aiming to do is invest in our drivers, monitored, cared for, diagnosed and, as
care of them as they arise. in their well-being and capability, so needed, treated at mainland vet facilities
The primary job of the drivers is to take they can smile and engage with their around the country.
the increasing numbers of bus passengers customers, and deflect and defuse, A total of 24 birds came to Auckland
to where they need to go – on schedule and not take it all on board.” Zoo. CT scans have been a key
and without incident. And, given the rising Moroney says the drivers and diagnostic tool and zoo staff worked
demand for public transport, Moroney mechanics do a great job in a complex with colleagues at Veterinary Specialists
says it’s difficult to find enough drivers to environment. There are vehicles to check Auckland and Middlemore Hospital
serve Auckland’s needs. But he is doing and fix to ensure they’re safe, there are to conduct them. The zoo and the
everything he can to make the job more complicated timetables to manage, and Department of Conservation’s Kākāpō
appealing – although he’s frank about there are passengers who lose things Recovery Programme were delighted
what they may have to deal with when on their journey – “and they really want to find some of the birds did not have
they’re sitting in the driver’s seat: “A lot you to solve that then and there,” he the disease and could be returned to
of stress and pressure from dealing with says. But there are processes in place to Whenua Hou. Currently, 10 sick birds
some difficult people. Drug and alcohol deal with all those issues and he takes remain at the zoo.
issues, societal issues, often end up on pride in the fact that his staff work hard We step into a room where special
buses. So you need to be able to handle to provide an increasingly important pens have been constructed for the
that calmly.” service to Aucklanders. precious avian patients, talking quietly
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7 & 8. Pavlovich Coachlines’ workshop
9 & 10. Auckland Zoo’s Dr Melanie
Leech gives a kākāpō a health check 11.
Auckland Transport’s operations centre
to ensure they aren’t stressed. The lights
are kept low. Twelve people work in
shifts. Twice a day, the parrots are tube-
fed and medicated. Each also spends
half an hour twice a day in a nebuliser
box. While that’s happening, their
accommodation gets the full hotel room
service treatment – a complete revamp
of their little pens: new ground sheets
down, fresh, leafy tree branches to hide
under or climb over, and fresh native
berries and strips of bark to chew on.
“Most New Zealanders will never get
to see even one kākāpō. To have these all
here is special,” says Leech.
Everyone’s been pulling long hours
to look after them, she says, and they
10 do it gladly. “You know you’re saving
a species. That’s what I love about my
job. You feel like you’re really making
11 a difference.” With just 142 adult
kākāpō in the entire world, everyone is
desperately hoping for success.
Auckland Transport operations
centre, noon
From a darkened room at Smales
Farm, more than a thousand CCTV
cameras watch the city on the move.
It’s a large room, alive with images.
Several dozen screens, both desktop
and wall-mounted, are the eyes on
Auckland, watching the city centre,
the roads, cycle lanes, bridges, tunnels
and traffic lights, and a team of a few
dozen keep every facet of the transport
network under surveillance. They may
be directing police to an incident,
perhaps guiding them in a chase. They
may be sending out contractors to an
emergency or incident scene to set up
detours or clear the road. They may be
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that Auckland is prepared to deal with says Sinclair. “When the worst happens,
the worst. our team draws in volunteers from
“Ensuring our public is prepared and across the council and community who
informed is at the heart of what we are ready to go, and bring in expertise.
do,” says department director Sarah Compared to some of the smaller
Sinclair. “When we’re not responding to councils in New Zealand, we have
an emergency, our focus is on helping our pick of absolute specialists. We’re
our communities build resilience and actually really, really lucky in Auckland.”
13 making sure we are ready to step up at
any time.” Transport officers, 2.30pm
reading information and adjusting traffic Sinclair shows us around the “We help them in any way we can,”
or on-ramp lights to end congestion. emergency centre, where screens says Nick, a transport officer, on a train
They may be ensuring roadworks cause monitor the city, connect to news bound for Henderson. “But there’s the
the minimum of disruption. They may feeds and zoom in to maps of the security side, too, when there are a few
be typing in the message that’s about to region. “From here we can see what’s ratbags on the train.” Ratbags don’t
appear on the giant screen above you on unfolding and work with partners like appreciate the attention, but “a lot of
the motorway. the emergency and transport agencies. the passengers are quite grateful”.
No two days are the same, and We’re also equipped with backup Transport officers are there to
they get to see big, occasionally options like satellite phones and radios take care of safety, ensure people are
troubling things on their screens: should core services go down.” behaving themselves and watch for fare
crashes, distressed people on the As an emergency unfolds, the team’s dodgers. Nick scans the platforms as
Harbour Bridge. Their job is to remain focus is on swiftly gathering as much we roll into the next station (there are
calm, gather, share and act on the accurate information as possible 41 of them in Auckland, with more than
information, and make sure the city and getting it shared as widely as 3000 electric train services every week
keeps moving and that we all get to possible. When the room ‘goes live’, to and from Britomart). Body language
where we need to go safely. everyone who matters will be involved. tends to give fare dodgers away. Staff
Depending on the scale, this could try to stop them before they get on, or
Auckland Emergency Management include representatives from police, radio back to the team on the following
Office, 12.30pm fire, ambulance, defence force and train to let them know who to look out
Floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions. utilities like power and water, and a for. The cat-and-mouse game generally
Disaster could strike at a moment’s communications team. ends with a ticket being bought.
notice. They know this at Auckland “As much as possible, we need It’s mid-afternoon now, and we’re
Emergency Management. On a normal people to be ready to look after expecting school students in large
day like the one we’re visiting on, a themselves, so our aim is to arm them numbers at the next stop. As trains
team of 30 or so people is working so with as much information as possible,” come in, kids can be running their
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12 &13. Transport officer Nick and two
colleagues keep train passengers safe 14
& 15. Manager Treena Gowthorpe at the
Helensville Community Recycling Centre
reuse shop 16. Auckland Council staff
at work during a training exercise at the
Auckland Emergency Management Centre
14
hands down the side of the carriages,
grabbing hold, surfing along the
platform, or standing hard up against
the platform edge. There’s a safety job
to be done. Nick and his two colleagues
work the platform. “Matey, can you just
stand behind the yellow line, please?”
Students giggle and give some sass, but
they all step back, and in a minute, the
electric train is gliding again. 16
Helensville recycling centre, 3pm
There’s always something new to see at solutions. “We are planning to apply for Auckland Transport Group Manager
the Helensville Community Recycling funding to build a prototype tiny house Customer Services Jo Stansfield is
Centre: the trailers come in and from recycled materials. We can do the describing the kind of things Auckland
everything that’s recoverable comes internal fit-out ourselves with recovered Transport has been trying to fix at its
off. Staff are able to get about three- materials like toasters, curtains, a bed call centre to get things working more
quarters of what comes through the and linen ... It would be a build that was efficiently.
gate diverted from landfill. all ready to go.” A well-being programme originally
“The reuse shop’s really thriving,” designed with customer service in
says Treena Gowthorpe, who runs the Auckland Transport call centre, 4pm mind – encouraging empathy in
centre and is a font of great ideas. They “When I started in the call centre, I order to deal with aggression and
get 2000 visitors a month; some call in was listening in and a customer was abuse – has taken on an unexpected
each morning to see what new things wanting a refund of $1.70 and the and valuable extra dimension. The
have turned up. They have got teenage staffer had to say, ‘I’ll have to talk to my call centre has a diverse workforce
PHOTO 16 / BRYAN LOWE
boys involved, teaming them up with supervisor’. And that was 10 minutes, of about 300, many of whom are
volunteers who have taught them and then another 10 minutes, and then from low-income families. And in
building skills and turned waste into finally, ‘Right, we can do that for you talking about empathy for customers,
items for sale, like recycled timber made and it will take seven to 10 days’, and I they found themselves talking
into planter boxes. Now, Helensville was thinking, ‘We must have just spent about empathy for one another.
CRC has an idea to help provide housing hundreds of dollars on that $1.70.’” That’s evolved into care packages for
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17 & 18. Point Chevalier Library
welcomes young and old
They’re always on the lookout for
17 the ones who might just pop in for a
look and end up being inspired. “You
sort of lose them around high school,
colleagues in need and workshops to watch a DVD about Matariki, sit on and some people are lost forever,”
for financial health, domestic health, the mat and celebrate the occasion says Nasoordeen.
and relationship health. Having that by sharing a harvest. Staff see their library as a
kind of support helps as the team Librarian Suani Nasoordeen has community hub. “We always talk
members pull on their headsets put this together. Pt Chevalier gets about libraries being a third place
to take calls and try to answer a lot of young people, she says, and between home and school, a place
customers’ questions. staff shape activities with them where you can come where you don’t
in mind. For the littlest visitors have to spend any money, to just sit
Point Chevalier Library, 4.30pm they have activities to encourage around and play games, read, do some
At Point Chevalier, it’s turned mean movement and motor skills, and for work. It’s a great resource. We don’t
and wet outside, but inside the local the bigger little visitors they help to judge people who walk through the
library there’s a pot of soup waiting develop literacy by telling stories on door. We take that very seriously as
for any young person who would like the mat and promoting reading. librarians to be all welcoming.”
parks, the council’s Information and ART CONSERVATION
LITTLE DID YOU KNOW Communications Technology team Keeping Auckland’s public art in
Auckland Council and the council- and the Research and Evaluation Unit top condition is a full-time job, and
controlled organisations (CCOs) provide (RIMU) paint a clear picture of our specialists are called in from far and wide
services such as waste collection, region’s health. to polish bronzes, oil and preserve Māori
infrastructure maintenance, parking — carvings and scrub stone statues clean.
enforcement and public transport. But AUCKLAND'S ARCHIVES —
there’s a whole range of less-well-known Across Auckland’s libraries, the Heritage BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE
but equally crucial jobs the council team does everything from cataloguing Auckland’s urban regeneration agency,
employs people to do. historical photos to caring for rare books Panuku, employs someone to manage
and old manuscripts, keeping the city's the double bascule pedestrian bridge
CEMETERY SEXTONS history alive for future generations. at the Viaduct; Auckland Tourism,
At cemeteries across the region, — Events and Economic Development
sextons are busy tending the grounds, FARMING (ATEED) has a team that engages with
all while ensuring Aucklanders get the Auckland Council is one of the largest international students to integrate
help they need on difficult days. farmers in the region, and its team of them into Auckland culture; the
— farm managers is tasked with protecting Southern Initiative employs a social
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING our regional parks, looking after nearly ‘intrapreneur’ to work with businesses
From measuring air quality on city- 10,000 animals and providing a slice of and communities and to help youth
centre roofs with sensors, to monitoring rural life to Auckland families. into employment; and the council also
soil-moisture levels in regional — employs holiday park managers.
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the roar
It takes a small army of workers 1
to ensure fans attending concerts
and games at Auckland Stadiums’
venues have a great time.
When the Vodafone Warriors’ legion of
fans begin to stream into Mount Smart
Stadium, Megan Dixon has already
been at work for hours in a small room
dubbed ‘the nerve centre’.
The day starts early for the Auckland 2
Stadiums Event Manager, who is in
command of the Venue Operations 4
Centre (VOC) at the Warriors-versus-
Penrith Panthers rugby league game.
From lost property to lost children, 5
“everything that happens on game day
comes through here”, Dixon says.
Auckland Stadiums – a division of
Auckland Council-owned Regional
Facilities Auckland – manages Mount 3
Smart and sister venues Western Springs
and North Harbour.
Auckland Stadiums’ Event Operations 1 o’clock the following morning.
Manager, Emily Wotton, says global Set-up staff are the first to arrive,
events-trade publication Pollstar ranked followed closely by Warriors personnel 1. Broadcasters at work 2. Getting the
Mount Smart the 25th busiest outdoor and broadcasting teams. Over the next membership marquee ready for Warriors
members. 3. A catering staff member
stadium in the world – “which is quite few hours, more event, catering and beavers away 4. Megan Dixon (left) in the
impressive since we are a country of only customer service staff arrive. Venue Operations Centre with other key
4.9 million”. The VOC is opened at 9.45am, when personnel 5. The kids’ entertainment zone
“For that to be the case, the volume Dixon has the first of hourly meetings
that has to go through this stadium is with key staff such as the police and St The merchandise stands open for
incredible. Many Aucklanders will know John Ambulance personnel. business and catering staff make sure
of Mount Smart Stadium as being the A detailed match-day run sheet is the VIP and corporate lounges are ready
home of outdoor concerts, but they may distributed to staff, and Dixon is at the for guests.
not know that we also host more than helm until her last meeting at 7.15pm. In the entertainment zone, local and
2000 community events every year at Facilities Manager Debbie Kirton and national charities set their tents up and
our venues.” her team conduct routine maintenance volunteers carrying donation buckets
With a busy summer series checks of the stadium’s infrastructure are dispatched into the crowds. The
confirmed, it’s estimated that $33 to ensure all patrons will have a amusement rides start operating for the
million of tourism spend is heading comfortable and enjoyable experience. kids and the bar opens for the adults.
Auckland’s way as a direct result of the Behind the grandstands, catering Nearby, Warriors membership
concerts and events at Mount Smart. staff are preparing hot dogs, burgers and manager Rickey Jina welcomes members
Wotton says managing a stadium the thousands of pottles of chips for sale. into their marquee. “I have the best job
size of Mount Smart “takes a real team Food caravans are also setting up. in the world,” he declares.
effort”. There are hundreds of people With trailers and vehicles towing The first of four games starts at noon.
working behind the scenes. equipment, health and safety are priorities. By the time the main match kicks off
The stadium is home to the Vodafone At 11.15am, there’s an announcement at 4.05pm, everything is going to plan.
Warriors, who this year will play 10 that all vehicles in the stadium grounds While Dixon and her team can’t control
games there. While preparation at are “locked down”, meaning they must the score (the Panthers win 19-18), she
the stadium begins months before remain stationary. The exception is St has everything else under control. “The
a home game, it’s the 24 hours of John and other emergency vehicles. Next, best part of the job is getting everyone in
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game day that are the most crucial to there’s a siren check before the stadium for kick-off,” she says. “Seeing everyone
ensure it all comes together. From the goes into ‘event mode’. is enjoying themselves is great. That’s
moment security staff unlock the gates At 11.45am, the standby elevator when we know the hard work and effort
at 6.45am, everything has to run like technician arrives onsite and scanning we put in are worth it.”
clockwork until the custodian locks up at personnel make their way to the gates. SARAH JARVIS
HERETURIKŌKĀ AUGUST 2019 23WHAT’S ON?
AUCKLAND FAMILY
HISTORY EXPO
9-11 AUG, FRI 5PM-
8.30PM (OPENING
EVENT $15), SAT & SUN
8.30AM-6PM FREE
VISIT OURAUCKLAND.NZ/EVENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
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Group, this free expo
covers a range of topics
on researching genealogy,
whakapapa and family
history with seminars,
workshops, research
assistance and more.
Fickling Convention Centre,
Three Kings
SPARTAN AUCKLAND
CITY SPRINT 2 & 3 AUG,
FRI 3PM-9PM, SAT 7AM-
5PM From $109 (+ fees)
A PLACE TO PAINT: COLIN The world’s #1 obstacle-
McCAHON IN AUCKLAND course race is coming
10 AUG - 27 JAN, to Auckland. It features
10AM-5PM DAILY FREE 20 epic obstacles over a
5km course, along with
This free exhibition considers entertainment and food
Colin McCahon’s long-time trucks in the festival area.
relationship with Auckland On Sunday, there’s also
and the significance of Spartan Kids Auckland
the physical, spiritual and (4 Aug, $36). Ellerslie
cultural landscape on his Racecourse, Remuera
painting. Auckland Art Gallery
Toi o Tāmaki, city centre
BOLD MOVES 23-25 AUG, FRI 7.30PM, SAT 1.30PM & THE MAN WHOSE
7.30PM, SUN 4PM Adult from $39, child from $25 (+ fees) MOTHER WAS A PIRATE
MOTAT MOVIE FESTIVAL: SAT 10, 17 & 24 AUG,
GAME CHANGERS Brave. Bright. Beautiful. Choreographers from three 10.30AM & 2PM Adult
1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 AUG, continents share the stage in this magnificent mixed bill of from $15, child from $10,
THU 6.30PM-9.30PM daring works by the Royal New Zealand Ballet. family from $45 (+ fees)
$10 (includes popcorn, candy ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, city centre
floss & snack-sized pizza) Tim Bray Theatre
Company presents this
Attention movie buffs and VOLUNTEER PLANTING all-time favourite story by
cinema aficionados. With DAYS THROUGHOUT Margaret Mahy on stage.
a line-up of landmark and WINTER FREE The wonderful, madcap
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is the place to be on Thursday Bring your family and friends brilliant family outing
nights throughout August. to help keep Auckland green. with lots of audience
This is an R18+ licensed event Visit ourauckland.nz (search: involvement. Māngere Arts
with beer, wine and soft planting day) for information Centre (10 Aug), TAPAC,
drinks available to purchase. about volunteer planting days Western Springs (17 Aug) &
MOTAT, Western Springs across the region. Region wide Te Oro, Glen Innes (24 Aug)
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THE GIFT OF IMAGINATION
COLIN McCAHON, MAY HIS LIGHT SHINE (TAU CROSS), 1978-1979; BOLD MOVES / STEPHEN A'COURT; VOLUNTEER PLANTING DAYS / JAY FARNWORTH; AUCKLAND FAMILY HISTORY EXPO /
For nearly three decades, Tim Bray Theatre Company
has been bringing colourful live theatre to the
children of Auckland. Since launching as a co-
operative in 1991, the Takapuna-based charitable
trust has grown to welcome more than 20,000
people a year to its productions, workshops and
weekly theatre classes.
Founder and artistic director Tim Bray says that
since starting the enterprise at age 27, his goal
has been to inspire youth through engaging and
CLIFTON FIRTH / AUCKLAND LIBRARIES HERITAGE COLLECTIONS; FARMERS EXHIBITION / PAPAKURA FARMERS STORE 1964
FARMERS PAPAKURA 100TH YEAR EXHIBITION interactive performances.
8 AUG - 4 OCT, MON-FRI 10AM-4.30PM (WED UNTIL With its thriving Gift a Seat initiative, introduced
6PM), SAT 10AM-3PM FREE in 2014 to help students from low-decile schools to
attend shows, the company welcomed thousands of
Papakura Museum is celebrating the 100th anniversary of public ticket sponsorships last year. And Bray expects
the Papakura Farmers store with an exhibition exploring its to supersede that in 2019.
history and contribution to the town. Papakura Museum “For many years, we offered free tickets, but
it wasn’t financially viable, so we introduced the
outreach programme,” says Bray, who received
the Queen’s Service Medal in 2017 for services to
children and theatre. “People can donate tickets on
our website, through cash donation boxes at shows,
or with a monthly donation.”
The theatre company’s small but dynamic cast of
professional actors started taking their productions
on the road in 2008 to make it easier for families
outside the North Shore to attend.
“A lot of our schools have come to our shows for
years ... but by visiting areas like Māngere, Western
Springs and Glen Innes, it makes it easier for them
to come. In a digital world, there’s something
indefinable about a child being inspired by the
imagination and craft of theatre.”
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and the Designer Pop-Up McBoyle’s Travellin’ Variety
Sale with your favourite Show (pictured), plus face
labels for purchase. painting, and food and
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Town Hall, city centre Irish Society Hall, Mt Albert
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