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High cost for stairs
I read with concern in
Hibiscus Matters, March 15 edition, that Auckland Council is to spend $490,000 repairing the stairs leading to the beach below Pacific Parade in Army Bay. It’s a pity that the Council didn’t get onto this earlier. Initially, it was a minor rockfall that came down on top of the stairs, breaking part of them. This could have been fixed without much fuss or expense, and the rest of the structure could have been saved. It has now deteriorated to a point that it’s a major problem to remedy. However, I accept that the stairs need to be reinstated, but am baffled to know how the figure of just under half a million dollars has been arrived at. It is intimated in the article that climate change is an increasing concern to such structures in coastal regions, and there’s no argument about that. However, a request to Council by several residents to have something done about the rabbit plague on the reserve front along the cliff-tops of Pac
Coast community turns out to remember
It has been three years since Anzac Day could be marked with public services, large and small. With most local services cancelled because of the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019, and all services cancelled last year because of level 4 lockdown, numbers attending were good this Anzac Day on the Hibiscus Coast.
Hibiscus Coast Community RSA president, David Dryden, says his organisation was overwhelmed with the support they received this Anzac Day at all three of its services. He says the turnout at the dawn service was particularly pleasing. “We want to thank the community for attending our services to show respect to past and current service personnel,” he says. Photos, Photo Carnival.
Resilient Anzac service needs community help
The casual atmosphere is part of the appeal of the Anzac service at Remembrance Reserve. Photo, Andy Dunn
Attendance at Anzac services at Ōrewa Remembrance Reserve has been growing over the years.
Residents say in the early days around 80 people took part, but recent ceremonies have attracted as many as 200.
A service has been held annually on the reserve for at least 15 years and locals seem determined to keep it going. It took place despite police warnings after the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019, and even during lockdown last year.
The reserve, on Ōrewa Beach, was designed to be a place where the community could pay their respects to veterans in a more informal way. It features plaques in memory of servicemen, and a flagpole erected around five years ago.
Luxury cars repossessed from high roller over unpaid debts
20 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Gerard Peters has had several cars repossessed by creditors. Photo / Supplied
An Auckland businessman who gained notoriety after his $400,000 Lamborghini was towed because he misused a disabled parking spot has had the luxury car repossessed and sold over unpaid debts. Gerard Peters, 30, hit headlines in 2015 after his $400,000 Lamborghini was photographed in a disabled parking spot at West Auckland shopping complex LynnMall.
While Peters was able to pay that $400 parking fine and reclaim his vehicle, more recent - and substantial - debts have seen that Lamborghini and five other luxury cars he owned seized and sold to satisfy short-changed creditors.