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Tititangi roundabout ablaze with colour 2

Don Oliver Dinner 3

West Liquor Royal Heights 4

Taphouse Avondale Opens 4

Wonderful Winter Menus 5

Arena Functions - it's time to book your end-of-year celebration! 6

Arena Fitness - New, Improved and Awesome! 6

Muriwai Surf Club 7

Curling in West Auckland 7

Icon of the West - Sir Tom Clark 8

Briar Gardner - 'Godmother' of studio pottery 10

PM Imagines The Land at Lopdell Gallery 10

The Gallipoli Bugle returns 11

Alcohol and Sport - the facts of the matter 12

The Good Times Guide 14

What's new in West Auckland 16

Great Liquor Specials 19

Titirangi roundabout ablaze with colour on AnzacThe Titirangi Roundabout became a blaze of colour on Anzac morning with the “planting” of 1,000 specially made, extra large poppies in the pre-dawn hours, by artist Cristina Beth and a band of helpers.

The poppies were created and “planted” in a project that combined an art form, an honour to the soldiers who fell in different wars and a peace project - with people invited to either take a poppy in exchange for a koha or better yet, in exchange for a pledge to carry out a good deed and spread the desire for peace.

Those pledging to do a good deed undertook to let Cristina know what they did and what the results were.

Cristina intends to collate the whole project into an edition of art books. Copies will be given to the main supporters, the Titirangi RSA, Lopdell Gallery, Auckland Council, GEIS, Artoasis and Cristina herself, so that public can have access to them.

The poppies were made at a variety of public workshops, including workshops at the Lopdell House Gallery at its temporary home in New Lynn in the months leading up to Anzac day. They were made from red felt with a large raincoat button sewn into the centre by the volunteers.

Cristina says she had messages all Anzac Day on how many people had enjoyed the “installation” after taking part in the remembrance parade.

Don Oliver Dinner to honour Westie sporting youth

“The Don Oliver” provides scholarships to young West Auckland athletes aged 14 to 21, in any sport, who have the ability, the attitude and the “X factor” to make it onto the national and international stage in their sport.

The sumptuous annual dinner is a glittering black tie event at The Trusts Arena, with great speakers and great entertainment creating the setting in which each year’s scholarships are presented to the shining young stars from West Auckland.

“The Foundation has a record of supporting champions of the future that is second to none in New Zealand. It’s a record that sees West Auckland ‘punching well above its weight’ in terms of the young sports people who go on to represent their country,” says chairman, Dai Bindoff.

“This is very much a West Auckland success. It’s made possible by three groups: the athletes themselves; the fantastically generous support of very loyal West Auckland sponsors and supporters (of which The Trusts is one, as part of its “Giving Back” campaign, The Trust Arena, and Arena Fitness), donors such as TTCF and also the several hundred people who attend the dinner, show and auction each year.

“In the 16 years since the foundation was created to honour the memory of the late, great, Don Oliver, there hasn’t been an Olympic or Commonwealth Games team without at least one past scholar in it. We’ve also had world champions, national champions, youngsters winning scholarships to US universities and scholars making their way to the top of athletics, swimming, football, equestrian, hockey, cycling, BMX and in non-Olympic sports such as touch, surfing, motor-bike racing and many others,” Dai says.

You have your chance to support one of the most outstanding successful sports organisations in New Zealand, by purchasing a ticket or two for The Don Oliver Youth Sport Foundation dinner, show and auction, on Thursday 18th July, 2013.

Internationally outstanding at present are past scholars/Olympians Melissa Ingram and Lauren Boyle and Commonwealth Games high jumper Elizabeth Lamb. Coming up are youth Commonwealth champion weightlifter Matthew Madsen, motorbike racer Daniel Mettam and young cyclist of the year, Stephanie McKenzie.

Last year the Foundation gave a total of 15 scholarships in Gold ($5,000), Silver ($4,000) or Bronze ($3,000) categories - and the year before it was a record 16 scholarships.

The 2013 scholars are in the process of being chosen by an independent panel of experts: Gael Nagaiya, a selector for the Silver Ferns, Ross Dallow, a leading sports administrator and international coach, and chairman Simon Wickham, Chief Executive of The Trusts and Deputy Chairman of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Tickets to the dinner are $145 with a 10% discount for tables of 10. The dinner on Thursday 18th July will be compered by comedian and international MC Greg Ward and features the wickedly delightful Deelicious dance group.

Tickets are available from www.eventfinda.co.nz

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The latest store to get the West Liquor “look” is West Liquor Royal Heights, which had its soft opening in early May and a grand opening a week later complete with music, sausage sizzle, opening specials and in-store tastings.

In addition to the crisp new “West Coast” colour scheme and bright, friendly interior that is now setting the standard for New Zealand liquor retailing, we did some major reconstruction to ensure this store was up to the standard we now require.

This standard is based on the research we did with the people of the West. Westies wanted stores that were pleasant and sophisticated (but not too flash), had the “feel of the west” about them, and for women in particular, felt pleasant, safe and welcoming to visit. On top of that, you wanted us to provide an excellent range of choice and prices that would match any in Auckland, coupled with staff who thoroughly understand their products and the concepts of world-class customer service.

The other thing the majority of West Aucklanders want us to do is to continue keeping the number of liquor outlets as low as is consistent with a good and convenient service - thus minimising the social and crime problems being experienced in many other parts of New Zealand which seem to have a liquor store in every dairy on every corner.

The new West Liquor brand has been well received by the people of West Auckland and we are looking forward to transforming more stores this year.

The great new image and brand continues to roll out bringing a new era in liquor retailing to West Auckland - an era where modern and vibrant stores are complemented by world-class customer service and superb product lines and specials.

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If you're looking for a place to relax at the end of a long day (or a long week), then you've got to check out The Taphouse Avondale.

It’s a laid back local pub specialising in the “art of chilling out”. As you might expect, tap beer is the specialty, so come on in, take a load off and enjoy one of the many fine brews on offer. And if a good glass of wine or tasty cocktail is more to your liking, there is a long list of top drops.

The new menu has sumptuous platters to share, gourmet wood fired pizzas, incredibly good fish & chips and a range of bar snacks - simply good food at great prices - ranging from just $8 to $15.

The Taphouse Avondale is open 11am to late 7 days and is located right beside the Avondale roundabout.

Whatever your taste, whatever the occasion, you’ll always be welcome at The Taphouse Avondale.

The Taphouse Avondale Opens

West Liquor Royal Heights

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Wonderful New Winter Menus Moving into winter after a brilliant, almost endless summer it's time to for restaurants to introduce appropriate menus to help our customers fortify themselves for the cold and the wet.

There is no set cuisine at Origins and so the inspiration for the new menu at Origins was a team effort, with the whole kitchen team sharing their ideas for a superb winter menu with an emphasis on seasonal produce.

Some of the ideas made the menu and others will feature in future menu changes. For winter, Origins will be offering premium cut steaks on the grill, gourmet wood fired pizzas and the delicate tastes of fresh seafood.

And the stonegrill concept also ushers in a different dining experience. No oils or fats are used in order to bring out the true flavour of the foods as you cook your selections exactly to your own preference. Apart from delectable taste experiences, the stonegrill is also a healthy way to eat.

Bricklane planned its winter menu with comfort food in mind, to complement our warm, welcoming decor that holds winter at a distance.

We gave in to public demand for our famous lamb shanks (Bricklane’s Famous Lamb Shanks braised in a rosemary & red wine sauce on creamy potato mash) and we are complementing that option with a new slow braised beef short rib that will be packed with flavour and very tender as something new for our customers.

From the Mediterranean - which can also be cold in winter - we have brought Chicken and Apricot Tagine with ras el hanout, Greek yoghurt, almonds & couscous.

One thing that you can guarantee at Bricklane is originality. We search cook books, magazines and the internet for ideas that we know will be a success and then we add our own twist to make it a unique Bricklane dish.

The Marina’s new winter menu is inspired by favourite recipes from our restaurant over the past 4 years. We are bringing back the classic dishes that have been very popular and introducing subtle refinements to ensure they remain signature dishes at The Marina.

With the entrees we are using a tapas concept that works very well for a casual, rustic dining experience that can be shared on the table. Larger tables of 4-8 people are able to design their own platter. Prices range from $8 - $12 per dish.

Another feature of The Marina is the chef’s daily creation encompassing appetiser, soup, market fish and dessert. This has been a real hit and a daily creative challenge which the chef enjoys immensely.

We do a lot of slow cooking during the colder months with different cuts of meat like beef ox cheeks, pork cheeks, lamb shoulder, pork belly, plus lentils, cabbage and other vegetables to draw out the full flavour of each meal.

The chef’s favourite is our Stuffed Pork Belly, stuffed with fennel, with pork cheek croquettes. This just can’t be rushed! Both pork belly and cheeks are braised for 5 hours in our own master stock and cooled over night.

The pork belly is then reheated with our master stock caramelising the pork while seared in the pan. Meanwhile, the pork cheeks are cut into finger lengths then crumbed with panko (Japanese bread crumbs).

This exquisite dish is served with parsnip puree, apple gratin and homemade tamarillo chutney.

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It's time to book your end-of-year celebration!

We have just completed a major upgrade to the gym area in conjunction with the launch of our new logo - Arena Fitness.

The walls are now a vibrant West Auckland green and new graphics add to the energy that exudes from the main gym area. Our changing rooms have received a complete transformation - they are modern, seriously nice and kept very clean and tidy. There are cubicle showers, spacious lockers, hairdryers, a pair of GHD’s (for females) and well-lit vanity areas.

We have world class Techno Gym cardio equipment, RealRyder bikes, Maxim strength gear and a large range of free weights. There are awesome group fitness classes, personal training, freestyle training and quick access to the outdoor track, stairs, fields, and indoor Arena courts. So you can diversify your training sessions or join in one of our groups to mix up your training and make it more effective - and more fun.

Arena Fitness is easy to access and has loads of parking right outside, we know that is important - especially in winter!

Our friendly and qualified exercise instructors are well trained, incredibly enthusiastic and ready to help you get the results you are after.

We have a whole range of flexible membership options that will suit your lifestyle, budget and needs.

So why not come and check us out?

New, Improved and Awesome!Arena Fitness is West Auckland's premier gym and fitness centre located at The Trusts Arena.

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As an incentive to you - simply confirm a booking with us before 1st October 2013 to go into our draw to

win two seats at our VIP Ringside Table at this year's Fight for Life boxing event in December complete with 4 course meal and complimentary drinks all night.

FOR A LIMITeD TIMe, 10 DAY MeMBeRSHIP TRIAL - ONLY $10!*Just call us on 970 5212, email fitness@thetrustsarena.co.nz or drop in to reception and we will get your 10 day trial sorted. *Applies to new members only.

It’s time to start thinking about staging those great events to celebrate 2013. We have already started to receive enquires and bookings for end of year functions, celebrations and school balls.

Arena Functions at The Trusts Arena boasts 7 rooms of different sizes, configurations and capacities - including the vast main Arena. This unparalleled range gives us the perfect mix and match capability to tailor the right space for any private function, banquets, meetings and celebrations for a wide range of corporate and private events.

We are specialists in all aspects of catering and delivery ranging from an intimate meal for 10 or a dinner for 3,000. Our ability to create any menu to any budget, with fresh locally grown and farmed produce, makes planning an event much easier for our clients.

We have vast experience in both small and large events delivering superb results with top-notch event management, skilled staff and award winning hospitality.

Please call Simon Daly to discuss your plans on 970 5207, or email Simon.daly@thetrustsarena.co.nz

It's time to book your end-of-year celebration!

New, Improved and Awesome!Arena Fitness is West Auckland's premier gym and fitness centre located at The Trusts Arena.

In astonishing proof of the need for The Surf Club at Muriwai, nearly 10,000 people used its amenities in the first 10 weeks it was opened.

Of these, 1,200 came to both the opening day, and the send-off for Adam Strange and nearly 900 were school students. In addition, there has been a memorial service for local woman Rebecca Todd, two weddings, a theatre production, public meetings on the council Unitary Plan, seminars on zero waste and composting, an ‘open microphone’ music night, and the fishing club prize giving. Regular attendees are coming for Te Reo, Pilates, Yoga, and various club meetings.

For all that, according to club president and project leader, Tim Jago, there is much still to do and the Club is appealing for public support in a new round of fundraising.

Anyone wishing to assist can view the various needs on the club's website at www.thesurfclubatmuriwai.org

He says the club still needs around $100,000 to bring the facilities 100% to their planned comfort and capability. However, most of this is made up of individual items costing from $1,000 to $3,000 a piece and the fundraising strategy revolves around multiple $1,000 to $3,000 fundraising ventures.

The Trusts is among those that have been proud to support the facility as part of its policy of “Giving Back”, while TTCF has made several large donations from profits made in West Auckland.

The club is already working with other groups to deliver the Matariki festival, movie nights (indoor and outdoor), an orchestral performance, as well as collaborating with other sport and community groups to host Nor’West events.

10,000 visitors but surf club still needs help

Ever fancied your hand at a spot of curling? That sport, played by people in places where lakes freeze in winter, seems an unlikely past time in Auckland but in West Auckland we’re nothing if not innovative.

Unlikely maybe but nevertheless, the sport is increasingly popular at the Avondale Paradice Arena and Auckland Curling is encouraging everyone to give it a go.

“Curling is a great sport for everyone,” says club President Al Langille. “It’s primarily based on skill rather than strength - we have a whole range of people playing together - from teenagers to seniors, families, friends, workmates. Last year we had our first wheelchair player join with us, and he reckons he’ll be back for more.”

The club is looking at a variety of locations over greater Auckland, including West Auckland, to create a permanent home.

Auckland Curling can be found at the Paradice Ice Arena, 150 Lansford Crescent, Avondale. To learn more, go to www.curling.org.nz and click on “Auckland”.

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As the young settlement of Auckland began to grow in the 1840's and 50's, a number of the pioneers discovered that the West Auckland clays were perfect for making bricks for building and ceramic pipes for sewerage and land drainage. A host of companies, often family owned, sprang up to exploit this discovery, creating a community and a history that is with us today.The first was Rice Owen Clark and over the ensuing century and a half, no name was bigger than that of the Clark family and of the Clark family, none was bigger than that of the late Sir Tom (Thomas Edwin) Clark (Jnr) who became a giant of New Zealand business, and one of our great New Zealanders.

It was Tom Clark’s creative flair that saw a stalled brick and pipe conglomerate invest in new products and become a multi-national company that straddled the world from its stylish octagonal brick and glass headquarters in Totara Avenue, New Lynn. It was Tom Clark’s entrepreneurial flair that built Crown Lynn, once one of the iconic New Zealand companies. It was Tom Clark’s love of adventure that facilitated the legend of Sir Peter Blake and brought The America’s Cup to New Zealand.

This story began 63 years before Tom was born, in 1854 when Tom’s great grandfather Rice Owen Clark, became the first European settler in Hobsonville. A would-be farmer, Rice Owen soon discovered that his swampy land would be good for nothing agricultural until he found some way to drain it. He hit upon the idea of making pipes by wrapping clay in spiral strips around small logs and then setting fire to them.

Rice Owen had his pipes - and an unexpected business. His pipes worked so well that R.O. established a market garden but soon his neighbours were asking for pipes for their land. This led R.O. to import a pipe-making machine, resulting in more and more demand. R.O. Clark’s became and remained the biggest pipe-making company in Auckland and eventually straggled over a hectare of historic Limeburner’s Bay.

Brick and pipe works sprang up throughout the west over the next 80 or so years. Industry fortunes waxed and waned but R.O. Clark’s remained a leading player under successive sons and grandsons, until it fell under the leadership of the first Thomas Edwin - father of Sir Tom.

As it was to turn out, T.E. Clark the father and T.E Clark the son were cut from the same cloth: tall, strong, tireless, dynamic, fearless and possessed of a canny business brain.

In 1929, some twelve years after Tom junior was born, the father drove the amalgamation of the major brick and pipe companies into Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Co Ltd, focussed on New Lynn.

Fatefully, the amalgamation, designed to usher in a new era in efficiency, scale and prosperity, ran headlong into the Great Depression. Within three years things were so bad that the company was down to seven employees and at just 14, Tom junior was removed from Kings to become the lowliest of the low, in the company clay pit. It was a catastrophe that was to lead to the summit of achievement.

Entrepreneurial and stop-at-nothing like his father, Tom saw the need for greater diversification and persuaded the company to invest in making glazed tiles for use in high hygiene areas such as dairy factories.

Then came war and with New Zealand cut off from its traditional source of dinnerware, Tom ensured the company seized this opportunity too. The legends have Tom teaching himself the art of making pottery. Certainly he spent his lunch-times watching his aunt, pioneering studio potter Briar Gardner, at work at her wheel. The legends also have him locating the right clays, designing a tunnel kiln and then building it, and sleeping on a camp bed on-site during construction. The resulting and now historic, Ambrico Kiln in New Lynn is still regarded as world class.

From these origins grew the mighty Crown Lynn. After adventures with cups of legendary thickness for the armed forces and the New Zealand Railways, and handles that fell off, Crown Lynn found the path to success. Eventually there was at least one Crown Lynn dinner-set in every New Zealand home and many ornaments besides. All are now highly collectable.

At its zenith, Crown Lynn employed 600 people and the brickworks, 250 - mostly from around New Lynn. It was a far cry from 1931 when Tom joined the company as one of just seven employees.

Sir Tom Clark

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West Auckland/Waitakere has produced an extraordinary number of extraordinary New Zealanders - men, women, families and companies - who have been unique, outstanding and yes, that much overused word, 'iconic'. We will profile one of them each month.

In the 1950’s Tom carved a creditable record as a racing driver, in a Maserati, holding his own against Australian World Champion Jack Brabham and his young protégé, New Zealand’s Bruce McLaren (whose name lives on in the McLaren F1 team of today). Tom then bought a Ferrari Super Squalo ex Formula 1 car that had been given an even more powerful engine. It almost cost him his life when he crashed out of the 1958 Australian Grand Prix, sustaining life threatening injuries.

Tom was back racing 15 months later but then decided that his sporting future lay in yacht racing. He raced increasingly bigger yachts, Saracen, Infidel and Buccaneer (the biggest yacht of its type in the world) - earning the nickname “Captain Araldite” when he “stuck” to the wheel of Buccaneer for many hours in the teeth of a ferocious storm.

Back home, in 1973, Tom became managing director of Consolidated Brick and Pipe Ltd (Amalgamated’s successor). He changed the name to Ceramco Ltd and launched an expansion that saw it grow into a multinational conglomerate of 70 companies with interests in industrial ceramics, tableware and fine china sculptures, heavy and light engineering, tools, abrasives, heavy lifting machinery, geothermal energy and electronics. At its peak, it operated in New Zealand, Asia, the Pacific, Australia, the US and Britain.

Fate opened a new door several years later, when a tall young man with long blond hair and the look of a Viking about him, came calling. He’d crewed in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race and was looking for the financial backing to create an all New Zealand team. His name was Peter Blake.

Legend has it that Tom agreed to sponsor the yacht without consulting the company - and told the board they could fire him if they didn’t like it. True or false, the racing yacht Ceramco New Zealand was built and the Blake legend was born.

Fast as he was and fearless as Blake was, however, Ceramco wasn’t quite big enough and so for the next race, Tom turned to Sir Doug Myers of Lion Breweries and together they built Lion New Zealand. Once again they were close but there was no cigar. Then came Steinlager and finally Blake held the Whitbread Trophy aloft.

Meanwhile, New Zealand had been propelled into challenging for The America’s Cup. After three unsuccessful attempts, Tom Clark took over Team New Zealand, brought in Peter Blake and with the first Black Magic, they swept the board in San Diego and became just the second non-American team to win sport’s oldest trophy and the first to defend it.

Tom was knighted in 1986 and in 1993 after 62 years of continuous service, finally retired from Ceramco as its chairman. Soon afterwards, the industrial giant that he had brought into being began to falter. Crown Lynn, unable to respond to the challenge from cheap imported dinnerware and porcelain, folded and over time, the great Ceramco empire was dispersed.

In 2005, the year in which he was named New Zealand Yachtsman of the year, Tom Clark died aged 88.

Sir Tom, Icon of the West.

‘Sir Tom Clark (left) is introduced at the Yachting NZ ‘Sailor of the Year’ Award ceremony by yachting commentator Peter Montgomery (right).

Sir Tom, Sir Peter and Dame Norma Holyoake, who launched Ceramco New Zealand.

In Australia driving his Ferrari 555 Super Squalo circa 1958

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With entries now being received for the 2013 The Trusts Portage Ceramic Awards, it's timely to reflect on the role of Tom Clark's aunt, Briar Gardner, as 'Godmother' of studio pottery in New Zealand.Rice Owen Clark’s granddaughter, Briar was a member of another major brick making family in West Auckland, the Gardners. In her twenties Briar became entranced with the studio potter’s art, watching a Staffordshire master potter - William Spiers - throwing pots in her brothers’ New Lynn factory.

Granted the use of the wheel outside of business hours - Briar set to work at five every morning, teaching herself how to use it. At first she glazed her pots, with entirely random results, in corners of the Gardners’ kiln. Eventually, however, convinced that she meant business, her brothers built several kilns for her, each one better than the last. She pushed through the frequent heartbreaks of trial and error until eventually, she emerged as New Zealand’s first master of the art.

After staging her first show in 1925 and occasional window displays in the stylish Smith and Caughey’s in Queen Street, Briar found herself increasingly the target of young women wanting to learn from her and so a tradition of New Zealand studio pottery was born.

These women were followed by World War Two wounded soldiers who came to learn pottery as occupational therapy. And as her fame grew, she began teaching the potter’s skills in schools.

During this time also her nephew Tom (later Sir Tom) Clark, who was busy learning how to make pottery on a commercial scale at his new Crown Lynn works, spent virtually every lunch-time at her studio, learning skills that he would put to use in the manufacture of literally millions of pieces of Crown Lynn ware.

After the war teaching organisations began offering courses in studio pottery and with encroaching arthritis, Briar broadened her interests - but by then her place in New Zealand pottery history was assured.

Briar Gardner - 'Godmother' of studio pottery

PM Imagines The Land at Lopdell GalleryPrime Minister John Key visited Lopdell House Gallery in Totara Avenue recently in time to view the gallery’s ‘Imagine the Land’ Project adapted from the Mandala concept of creating pavement sculpture out of natural earths.

Imagine the Land saw the Gallery’s main window exhibition space filled with west coast sands and local clays flowing “through” the main window and into multi-coloured, geometric pavement sculptures outside, using the local clays for their textures and colours.

The use of clays was a reference to West’s history of ceramics industries and also to the Waitakere ranges.

The Imagine the Land Project has worked internationally for the past three years, and is a collaboration of professional, creative artists and local community involvement. It follows the Hindu/Buddhist Mandala concept and is designed to “re-establish a connection between people and the environment through ancient techniques and materials.”

The sculptures admired by the Prime Minister were created by local school students and demonstrated how getting “city kids” engaged in the project encouraged them to also engage with the natural environment around them.

'Imagine the Land' is the work of local artist ekarasa Doblanovic and Auckland-born Australia-based, Karma Barnes.

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When New Zealand troops waded ashore at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915, their historic landing was announced by bugle calls. One of those bugles belonged to Sergeant Sydney Francis Postlewaight of the Auckland (3rd Countess of Ranfurly’s own) and Northland Regiment (The Auks and Norths). From that very first day, it called soldiers to their duties throughout two world wars - becoming a national taonga as a result - and then it vanished.

Eerily, with the centenary of the First World War now almost upon us, it has re-appeared intact and in working order and been returned to the safekeeping of the regiment and Capt (Rtd) Blake Herbert DSD, ED - Regimental Archivist for “The Auks and Norths”. Dented and covered with the patina of age, the bugle quite literally tells it own story of the Great War, via engravings on its body.

The regiment was among the first to leave New Zealand, in October 1914, seven months before the baptism of fire at Gallipoli. The engravings list the name of the troopship, SS Waimana, and the early bases of the New Zealanders at Zeitoun, Izmalia and Lemnos Island. These are followed by “Lutzow” - the name of the captured German ship that helped transport the Kiwis to the Dardanelles. After this comes the grim litany of Gallipoli summarised in a simple list names that are now indelibly part of our history: ANZAC (Cove), Cape Helles, Apex, Rhododendron Ridge, Walker’s Ridge, the immortal Quinn’s Post Courtney’s Post and Pope’s Hill.

These names, today, are shorthand for the grief and courage that forged a national identity and the ANZAC legend.

Also engraved is the name of the bugler himself, XII/92I, Sgt S F Postlewaight, Auckland Infantry Battalion, NZ Force. Miraculously, Sgt Postlewaight and the bugle survived Gallipoli and went on to survive the trenches of France and Belgium - including the battles of the Somme and possibly history’s bloodiest, Passchendaele. In time Sergeant Postlewaight and his bugle returned to New Zealand.

Following TV’s Seven Sharp programme on Anzac Day this year, it is now believed that the bugle returned to war in 1939 with another Aucklander, Allen Milne, and once again miraculously survived history’s greatest war to be used at Anzac Day services around Auckland during the 1950’s. Then it vanished, forgotten by all but one man - (now retired) plumber Paul Winstone who found it one day while working under a house in the mid ‘60’s, and accepted it as a gift from the house owner.

Now he has gifted back to the Auckland Regiment and it has assumed its rightful place as one of our most historic relics and taonga.

Sergeant Stanley Postlewaight passed away on 10 November 1972 aged 79 and now lies in the Protestant Lawn D (Row 3 Plot 85) at Waikumete Cemetery. His last resting place is marked by a simple bronze plaque that gives no clue to the drama of his life.

Two centenaries that helped create our history and our nationhood are fast approaching: the outbreak of World War One in August 1914 and the birth of ANZAC on April 25, in 1915. With the losses we suffered then and in later wars, Waikumete Cemetery became the country's largest war graves cemetery - and there are many fascinating and moving stories behind the serried ranks of headstones in this sacred place. Over the next two years we will tell some of those stories.

The Gallipoli Bugle returns

There is no special problemFor those who want to cut to the chase, I will quote here, the conclusion drawn by the report. It is:

“Research to date does not provide evidence that sports have more of a problem with the misuse of alcohol than New Zealand society in general. Feedback from this study suggests that what happens in sport, particularly in relation to harmful alcohol behaviours is a reflection of what is happening in New Zealand society in general and reflects how New Zealanders are drinking generally.”

Comment: I want to emphasise that this doesn’t mean there aren’t problems. There clearly are but it means that sport and alcohol don’t seem to have special or bigger problems than anybody else.

As I said last month, there is often a difference between the facts and what people believe, and we must always act on the facts - because we won’t fix anything if we fix the wrong thing. I prefer to learn from looking to the mistakes of others rather than repeat those mistakes here in West Auckland. The important question is always: What does past experience in New Zealand and around the world, tell us?

So, I now want to share with you the findings of a study commissioned in 2010, by Sport NZ (formally SPARC).

Perceptions and stereotypesThe NZ Rugby Union which is proactive on the issue of alcohol in sport believes “there has been a marked change in attitudes (to drinking) and stereotypes that were relevant 20 years ago are not fair today.”

Comment: The general change in society’s attitudes over the last two decades was a common theme in the study, which showed that most sports surveyed are seeing similar trends. Agents of change within sports themselves, include:

• A preference of younger players to drink and party, later in the evening, away from the club

• Many more people and especially the young are taking seriously such safety concepts as having ”a sober driver.”

• The “professionalisation” of most sports, in two ways:

1 Top players in many codes are now under contracts which require a professional attitude and; codes of conduct with severe playing and financial penalties for code breaches.

2 The professional attitudes of a similar nature even in amateur levels in sports, with penalties such as being benched or even having future career curtailed.

Alcohol and Sport - the facts of the matterThere is an on-going debate about whether special problems exist in the relationship between alcohol and sport

Responsible SponsorshipsThe Trusts sponsor several major sports organisations - among them the LG Mystics and Waitakere United. Our contracts with the teams/clubs we sponsor do not require the organisations or the individual to endorse any particular alcoholic product or encourage over-indulgence. Indeed, we do not even have our logo on the Mystics playing uniform.

We also expect that the clubs and players will behave responsibly and not bring themselves, their sports or us into disrepute.

When the Mystics have come to recent store openings they have not been in the stores; they remain outside sizzling sausages, signing autographs, shooting goals with youngsters and generally being accessible to their public.

It’s another opportunity for them to meet their fans and encourage West Aucklanders to get behind their team.

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Offending and enforcement - the Statistics (From the Police Alcolink database)

Baseline: There are 10,446 on-premise liquor licences in New Zealand; of these 1,922 are held by sports clubs, 504 by other kinds of clubs and 8,020 by other establishments (total 8,524 licences for non-sports club premises) In the year to March 2010:

Sports Clubs: There were 304 offences in 188 sports clubs (9.8% of sports clubs) that required Police attention. Of these, 197 clubs (65%) had only one offence in 12 months.

Comment: Clearly the vast majority of sports clubs did not attract the Police.

All other on-premise licences: There were 5,136 offences (16 times as many) among 992 premises (11% of licences), that attracted the Police.

Ten Year enforcement by the Liquor Licensing Authority In the ten years 2000 - 2010, the Liquor Licensing Authority took action for serious licence breaches against:

• Sports clubs, 14 times. Thus, 7% of sports clubs were disciplined. Eight licences were cancelled and six suspended, (and later restored).

• All other on-licence premises, 1,107 times. Thus 12% of other premises were disciplined. 56 licences were cancelled and 1,051 were suspended.

Comment: Both of the above statistics show that sports clubs have fewer - not more – alcohol related issues than other licensed premises.

Nature of offending is a worry Definitely needing action was the nature of offences arising from sports clubs. Of the 304 offences, 261 were for traffic violations; 234 of them for excess blood alcohol. The remainder were for anti social behaviour.

SummaryThere is no evidence that there are greater problems between sport and alcohol than in any other sector of the New Zealand community. There are problems, to be sure, and they need to be addressed but the fact is that they are being addressed.

No sensible company in the liquor industry will have any interest in being associated with alcohol related problems, as that will damage them every bit as much as it will damage sport. Meanwhile, the national organisations for the major sports and many of the minor ones, are all very much on board with the need to ensure that the relationship between alcohol and their sport, is constructive. They are participating in a range of programmes to achieve this.

Finally; there is clear evidence that attitudes are changing in key areas: the low tolerance sports now have for a drinking culture; the respect modern, serious, players have for their own bodies and, the social habits in young people in particular, which are very different from those in the past.

Thanks for reading. Kind regards

Simon Wickham CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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