Monthly Panmure Business Association Newsletter Issue 104 March 2013

NZMA COOKERY SCHOOL IN PANMURE On Friday 22nd February it was my turn to visit the NZMA cookery school in Panmure. Taoa, Panmure Security, and I were greeted by Campus Principal Leanda Bekker. The relaxed yet professional environment is extremely welcoming and is home to approximately 60 new students. I was pleased to see some familiar ‘local’ faces amongst the intake as well as interested to know that students were travelling from across town favouring Panmure as it was so accessible by train. I was impressed with the pride the students showed in their cooking and also the pride they showed in their very smart uniforms. I ques-tioned the students about why they had decided on their course and venue. With the younger students it was because it was just an ‘awesome course’. Another student was a trained beautician and she was ‘learning to cook for my kids’ as well as learning about the hospitality side of running a successful business A very open faced and friendly older woman ‘born and bred in Panmure’ praised the course for its ‘convenience and locality’, as well as its ‘multi cultural’ environment. She was im-pressed that the school once you graduated assisted in finding you with employment. The course also has a computer room where the students are given ‘awesome c.v. workshops’. Its seems there is a place for everyone; students straight from school and mature students wanting to ‘ do something different’. I see great things coming out of this school.

See inside for information on the schools official opening.

COURSES IN PANMURE NZMA Certificate in Hospitality and Employment Skills Level 3 (PC9451) National Diploma in Hospitality Management Level 5 (ND0769) National Certificate in Hospitality (Restaurant Service) Level 4 (NC1557) National Certificate in Hospitality (Basic Cookery) Level 3 National Certificate in Hospitality (Cookery) Level 4 Diploma in Professional Cookery Level 5

CONTACT

Panmure Campus

T: 0800 222 820 Leanda Bekker

Campus Principal www.nzma.ac.nz

Looking back on 2012, the Board, staff and I were very happy with the

completion of our two main projects, the installation of ten additional CCTV cameras and the

success of the International Food & Moon Festival event. Unfortunately,

throughout the year we became increasingly aware of a black cloud descending on our town centre. This cloud took the form of a group of young men and women who seem to be hell bent on the destruction of

Auckland Council and our business owner’s property with no care or thought as to who was being affected.

I returned from my holiday to a large list of criminal incidents and some very unhappy business owners. Most

of these incidents had been done by the same group of young men and it took quite some time to follow up on these incidents.

Fortunately, we have a good working

relationship with our local police constables and Senior Sergeant

Graeme Porter visited our office on numerous occasions to listen to my annoyance and frustrations with these youths. The Police instigated an action called ‘Operation Open Spaces’

which targeted any youth that were hanging around our town centre and other public areas. We were regularly updated on this successful operation and were pleased that the Police received support from the newly

formed and very active Tamaki

Community Patrol. This is a group of volunteers who spend a few hours each night driving around Glen Innes, Point England and Panmure checking up on the ‘hot spots’ and we are fortunate to receive their nightly

reports via Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board member and TCP volunteer – Josephine Bartley.

Currently the core of the group of youths is now under strict bail conditions and will soon be appearing before a judge. Throughout my

discussions with the Police and community, I have consistently expressed my on-going and sustained frustration at the inability of the NZ

criminal justice system on ways to deal with this group of high level youth offenders who have clocked up thousands of dollars’ worth of damage and wasted man hours.

Work is well underway with the complete overhaul of the PBA website. ‘Old fashioned’ and ‘clunky’ are words that have been used about our existing site. In keeping with the new look website the PBA will have a better balanced and refreshed logo

that continues to reflect our relationship to the two major landmarks – the Panmure Basin and Maungarei/Mt Wellington. We will be approaching you soon to make sure your business information is correct for the vastly improved Business

Directory.

Thank you to the staff of New Zealand Management Academies for inviting me to their Open Day. What a fantastic organisation this is

and it is situated right in the heart of our town centre. I was delighted to learn that the Academy offers classes to not only overseas students but local students as well and the uptake on the course has been excellent. Each morning, I enjoy seeing all the

students on the way to their studies.

Once again the PBA supported the Panmure Libraries party that they hold at the end of the popular Summer Reading Programme.

We paid for BJ the Clown to perform a 30 minute magic show which was fun for both the kids and the adults.

I was asked to speak on behalf of the PBA Board at the opening of the Lagoon View Kindergarten. This

new business has been established in the old College of Kinesiology building at 23 Domain Rd and owner/operator, Bryan Salisbury has been busy over the past two months preparing the building for the start of the first Term.

The facility is fresh and inviting and

we wish him the best of luck with his new venue.

I was asked to an AMETI site visit to

see the progress over the past six months of the project. The Mayor Len Brown, the Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board and others were conducted on a tour of the latest structural work. I was pleased to

hear that the move from the old Ellerslie/Panmure Highway rail bridge to the new one went smoothly and the new road layout is very easy to understand.

I made a submission on the Draft

Auckland Regional Public

Transport Plan at the hearing in the Auckland Council Civic Building. The PBA, along with the proactive Panmure Community Action Group wants to make sure that in planning

the Auckland Regions new bus routes that Auckland Transport planners do not remove the buses from Queens Road.

We are lucky to have the services of Anthony install and remove the Christmas themed bunting. We will be able to get at least one or two years more of life out of the bunting and I am pleased to report that it has cost us half of what we were paying when we had the big Christmas

Wreaths decorated and installed on the across Queens Rd rigging.

I was asked to support the organization of this year’s Sk8 Competition that was started in 2012 by a small group of volunteers.

The competition attracted more entries this year and the judges were impressed by the standard of competition. The event sits nicely with the Panmure Basin Fun Day and makes a great day out for the

whole family. Once again the PBA supported the Fun Day by providing the ‘Gleneagles Ponies’ for rides and grooming.

Panmure’s Chinese New Year

celebrations occurred in mid-February with the Panmure Chinese

Association staging a well-attended cultural performance in the Panmure Community Hall on Friday 15th and on Saturday 16th Panmure Library

staff member, Katie Wang organised children’s activities throughout the day. In the afternoon,

Mark and students from the Fighting Fit Academy did a martial arts demonstration and members from the Panmure Chinese Association performed a traditional dance and a song. A sampling of various Chinese

tea’s and snacks were offered to the

Letter from Town Centre Manager, Chris Sutton

CELEBRITY CHEF OPENS NEW NZMA COOKERY SCHOOL IN PANMURE

Celebrity chef Ross Burden officially opened New Zealand Management Academies' new cookery school in Panmure on January 17. The opening drew a large crowd, with locals from the community keen to check out the new training facilities. This is the first time NZMA has had a campus in East Auckland and the provider is excited about offering qualifications and career op-portunities to the area. NZMA has been a leader in hospitality training for a long time, however this is the organisation's first foray into cook-ery. During his speech and cutting of the ribbon, Burden - a self-taught cook, winner of BBC's Master Chef and regular face on Britain's Ready, Steady, Cook - said there was a huge shortage of chefs nationwide and NZMA's new cookery pro-grammes were much needed by the industry. As well as the benefits to the hospitality sector, there were huge advantages for the community. "NZMA offers second chance training to people in the community and they also provide great employment support, through their recruitment arm, NZMA Employment. The students who study here not only get excellent training, but they have a future to look forward to," he said. The official opening of NZMA's new campus started with a Maori blessing led by Eriata Peri and also included live cookery demonstrations from NZMA tutors Brett Adlam and Aldo Franckin. Visitors included media, Panmure Business Association representatives and the local community. They were given guided tours of the upmarket training facility and were treated to mocktails, iced coffees and a barbecue. The Edge radio station was also on hand dishing out goodies. A treasure hunt com-petition was won by Quentin Rapana, who took away a Samsung Galaxy Mini. NZMA’s Joint CEO, Tim Cullinane, welcomed everyone and said that NZMA is keen to be a strong, contributing member of the local East Auckland community.

Eriata Peri leading the blessing, YoyoYang, Ross Burden & Kelli Phillips, Celebrity chef Ross Burden with the Team at NZMA Panmure, and Cookery Tutor Aldo Francklin.

Getting on top of crime in Panmure—East and Bays Courier 13 Feb 2013

We need to keep on top of youth crime in Panmure.

Please phone our office or Taoa if you see:

• Youths gathering and being noisy or having offensive behaviour

• Youths riding bikes or skateboards on the footpath

• Youths asking for money

• Youths shoplifting

• Youths congregating on the pavement causing a disruption to pedestrian flow

• Youths hovering around car parking areas

THANKS to the New Zealand Police Force and its Eastern Area Crimes Unit for

apprehending suspects in several instances of criminal activity in our

town. It has been heart breaking to see how much damage had been

done over the Christmas period.

Panmure Business Association 09 5276389

Taoa Folekene 027 5353017

PPBA BOARD

MEMBERS

Panmure Dental Centre 5272580

Sugarcrafts NZ Ltd 99 Queens Road 527 6060

Second Debut 9 Basin View Lane

ShoeZone 113 A Queens Road 527 2345

dtr 80-82 Queens Rd 570 9611

Chinese New Settlers Services Trust 15-19 Clifton Court 570 1188

Mt Wellington Panmure RSA 5705913 PRESIDENT

Instant Finance Group 58 Queens Road 570 7700 VICE PRESIDENT

Big Broz 95 Queens Road 570 6481

Local Board

Arun Pragji

Dorothy Miles

Harriet Dawson

Hasmukh Lal

Jiten Lal

Kit Wong

Leon Matthews

Stephen Hall

Vinod Ranchhod

Alan Verall

PANMURE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

16 Clifton Court, Panmure Phone: 527 6389 Email: info@panmure.net.nz www.panmure.net.nz

If your business lies within the Panmure Mainstreet area (Queens Road, Ellerslie Panmure Highway and adjacent side streets)

you are automatically a Member of Panmure Business Association and are paying .02c in the dollar of your general rates towards

funding the Association. How the combined money is spent is determined by elected Board Members, any of whom would be

happy to talk with you, tell you more about who they are and hear your comments or suggestions.

Panmure Business Association services include: Panmure Christmas Parade & Festival, Monthly Business Newsletter, Bi-annual Community Magazine, CCTV, Graffiti Removal, Security Patrol,

Under Veranda Lighting, Business 2 Business Network Meetings, and supporting local Community Events.

POLICE Auckland Central Police Station 302 6400 Mt Wellington Police 526 7300 Glen Innes Police Station 528 7179 Panmure Community Policing Centre 570 4080

SECURITY Panmure Security Officer - Taoa 027 535 3017

GRAFFITI Graffiti Guard to have graffiti removed 579 3256 Graffiti Shield to protect windows 577 3977

PUBLIC PROPERTY For issues concerning; Rubbish collection (Wednesday mornings), newspaper & cardboard Recycle Bins big street lights, storm water drains, abandoned vehicles, street permits and street trading, Call Auckland City Council Call Centre 3010101

HEART DEFIBRILLATOR 570 4019

IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY DIAL - 111 Call 111 when:

• Someone is badly injured or in danger.

• There's a serious risk to life or property.

• A crime is being committed and the offenders are still there or have just left.

• You've come across a major public inconvenience, like trees blocking a state highway.

DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Blue Recycle Bins Evening Tues 15 & 19 March for

following day

St Patrick’s Day Sun 17 March

Good Friday holiday Fri 29 March

Daylight Saving ends Sun 7 April

Easter Monday holiday Mon 1 April

ANZAC Day Thurs 25 April

It appeared that criminal activity increased during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Panmure became the victim of shoplifters, illegal busking, car-break-ins, vehicle robbery, shop break-ins and numerous smashed windows. Particularly frustrating was 16 windows

broken in one spree at the Community Centre, only for another 4 to be smashed again last week by a young school boy.

Despite the outflow of these unwanted activities, with the support from the public and the Police, some of these young criminals will be finally answering to a Judge. Hopefully some deterrent wll be imposed to get these youths back on track.

To the Police and the Tamaki Community Patrol, you are the light at the end of the tunnel.

This week we have had our car parks attacked again by youths breaking in to vehicles. I must stress again that it is most important that no valuables are left in cars. If you must leave goods in your car place them in the boot where they are not visible to potential thieves. Along with the inconvenience, it is a princely sum to have a window replaced or the loss of a no claims bonus.

On a positive note, it is wonder to enjoy such a long hot summer. Time to let our hearts and bodies be warmed by natures glow.

Remember “United we stand , divided we fall”

“ With God, we will succeed”

Fakaaue lahi mahaki

Thank you for your continued support of us and our Police Force.

Taoa Folekene

Panmure Security

Security Report , Taoa

Have your cake and eat it too !

kindly donated by Dorothy

SUGARCRAFTS 99 QUEENS ROAD

THANK YOU!

Sadly, two highly valued members of our Board have resigned this year:

Tanya Peters and her husband are making a new life for themselves in Australia. Tanya has been a

Member of the PBA Board since 2008 and had been the Treasurer since 2010. Tanya started working for

Instant Finance, 58 Queens Rd around nine years ago and had worked her way up to the position of

Credit Controller. Tanya said ‘I appreciate the opportunity I was given to be part of such a fantastic

association, to be able to assist and take part in some of the fun Panmure events and to work alongside

great people such as yourself, Lisa, Julie, Taoa and my fellow board members. The knowledge and

experience I have gained over these years are invaluable additions to my life repertoire and will definitely

hold me in great steed for my future endeavours’. We will miss Tanya unfailing positive outlook on life

and her wonderful smile.

Shane Johnston opened Streetwise Tattoo in 2008 at 21a Queens Rd. In 2009, Shane became a Board

Member and in 2010 became the Chairperson. Shane’s first Streetwise shop was situated in Newmarket

and he expanded his business to Panmure and installed managers at both premises. During 2012, Shane

made the decision to return to ‘the needle’ which he has thoroughly enjoyed and set about consolidating

his business full-time to just the Newmarket store. Over Christmas in 2011, he penned his vision for

Panmure which helped me to easily finalise the revised PBA Strategic Plan. Throughout his role as

Chairperson, Shane has freely made time to meet with me and Julie to go over accounts or to discuss

ideas. Shane has been unfailing with his positive outlook for the future of our town and I know that he

has learnt a huge amount about the role of being a Chairperson. Shane said ‘I have thoroughly enjoyed

my time working with positive like-minded people’. We will all miss you Shane.

We are also sad to see the Panmure branch of Flight Centre, 69 Queens Rd, close as well. Staff

members are relocating to other Flight Centre branches and we wish you all the best for your future.

Farewell

The Business Association is sorry to say farewell to

Bronwen from Postie. Bronwen has seen Postie change

from a tired outlet to a sparkling success. One can’t help

thinking that the shop won't be the same without a wel-

come hello and having someone who runs a tight and

friendly team. Go well Bronwen, we will miss you.

Summer Camping Trip … “Are we there yet?” asked Gonzo from the back seat of the car for the fifty trillionth time. “Yes!” I screamed as I gave him the stare of death. We had finally arrived back in Panmure from our summer camping trip that had been eventful. The first night ended with a food fight and after it had rained over night I woke to find honey puffs sticking in places I didn’t think I had. After a wash in the sea most of the pesky little cereal had washed off but I was sad to see breakfast floating away. However my lovely Kermy had gained a few admirers who were very determined to take him home for lunch. A family of sand crabs had wandered up the beach and were admiring Kermy’s juicy green little body. “He’s mine!” I shouted at them. “Go away”. That was not the best thing to do as they began to take an excited interest in my more voluptuous figure. After a Muppet world record sprint to the sand dunes we spent the rest of the day exploring the camp site.

After parking the car we all headed off to the Bridge-It Coffee Shop in the Dove mall to have lunch. As a starter we had the chicken vegetable soup with toast which was heav-enly. Next was a cheese toasted sandwich and finally a piece of yummy light lemon cake. The new owners are so friendly and the food was excellent. As I found another honey puff I looked at kermy and thought … why would anyone eat you my lovely little frog.

Miss Piggy’s rating:

Dining out with Miss Piggy

Panmure SK8 Competition - 17 February

Panmure Basin Fun Day - 17 February

Knowledge Workshop for Migrant SME’s

Auckland Council in partnership with Office of Ethnic Affairs, Westpac and ATEED are holding the Knowledge Workshop for migrant Small Medium Enterprises. (SME’s)

DATE: Tuesday 19 March 2013

TIME: 6 pm

VENUE: Level 9, Westpac on Takutai Square, Auckland CBD

This business workshop provides useful information on business skills support and training programmes that ATEED and Westpac have in place.

This workshop is targeted specifically for migrant business operators in Auckland that have been established and operating for more than a year.

Please see the following link for more information and registration:

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e71v1nmt1d98441e&llr=wta7fngab

Job Quest is there to help

Job Quest is a government funded agency that provides a free service to both job applicants and employers.

Job Quest’s employment consultants match job applicants to a range of professional and technical services and production roles across all industry sectors in full time or part time placements. Our consultants will liaise with you to find out your specific job requirements and match these to our pool of job applicants in order to get the right fit. In addition ongoing post-placement job support is a key feature of the agency’s service delivery and is highly rated by employers in assisting in the transition and retention of a stable workforce. Job Quest employment consultants can assist you with MDS employment subsidies if required.

To find how more about how we can assist you with your employment needs contact –

Richard Vernall: 09 531 4040 or 0277030199

Judi Lubetzky: 09 531 4040 - 0272814247

Noa Gross: 09 531 4040 - 0274756932

A very special Christmas Lunch - A belated Thank you !

Throughout the year The Mt Wellington Foundation Ltd supports the local community through various do-nations and sponsorships. For the second year running, Mt Wellington Foundation Ltd in association with Waipuna Hotel & Conference Centre hosted a Christmas Luncheon for over 300 local Senior Citizens. This was a great opportunity to give something back to our senior citizens, many of whom are returned soldiers who often don’t get the opportunity to share in Christmas festivities, for old friends to reunite and the making of new friends. All who attended enjoyed a full Christmas buffet with all the trimmings and a small gift of mince tarts baked in the Waipuna Bakery.

YOUTH SERVICES

NEET - At risk or Not in Education, Employment or Training – a FREE service for 16 – 18 year olds We will help you find the Training or Career pathway you want.

Young Parent Payment (YPP) – a weekly payment for 16 to 18 year old parents who have dependent children and are in need of financial assistance

Young Payment (YP) - payment to young people aged 16 or 17 who do not have dependent children, and are in need of financial assistance. Obligations for both YPP and YP are that you must have regular meetings with your Youth Service Provider; and, be actively involved in full time education, training or work-based learning. You will need to complete a

budgeting course.

SAS SCHOOL’S ATTENDANCE SERVICE

The service works with schools across East and South Auckland to support students and their whanau/families with attendance issues. All referrals by relevant schools.

TE WHANAU ARA MUA (WAM) -

CERTIIFICATE IN FAMILY LEARNING & CHILD DEVELOPMENT L2

Students complete a 120 credit course of study with four areas of focus: Family Health and Wellbeing

Child learning and development Family and community relationships

NIGHT CLASSES

Monday & Wednesday evenings during school terms Designed for workers to improve their English skills in the work place

Concentrates on Literacy

PATHWAYS CLASS L1-2

Designed to assist students into employment or further training No qualifications needed but must be motivated to attend every day

MIT FOUNDATION COURSE L3

Course costs $520 – less than one quarter of the cost at the Otara Campus Can accept youth students (16-17 years)

This course is a bridging programme designed for students who want to enter mainstream education and/or the workforce, but lack the appropriate qualifications

Soloman Group meeting the needs of Panmure

As an innovative Maori TEO (Tertiary Education Organisation) Solomon Group is committed to empowering people to

improve their quality of life through programmes which focus on Literacy, Numeracy and Self-development.

24 Clifton Court 09 570 5834

The Year of the Snake

From February 15 –22 the Panmure Community Library held numerous

events to celebrate the arrival of the Chinese New Year of the Snake. Your

Business Association showed their support by assisting with food and pho-

tography on February 16 when visitors to the Library were entertained with

traditional Chinese dancing, crafts, food and tea tasting, and an impressive

display of Ashikara Karate and self defence by the Fighting Fit Academy.

Mark Stewart heads The FIGHTING FIT ACADEMY, which offers

Ashihara karate, to all ages from 4-60, as well as kickboxing, Jiu Jitsu, cardio

kickboxing, pump, kicksport, Tai chi chuan, black belt club, personal train-

ing, women's self defence, as well as hosting many seminars' Ashihara Ka-

rate and self-defence.

• 100 Queens RoadPanmure, Auckland Entrance via carpark next to the library off Pilkington Rd

• Phone : 021 448 499 Email : info@fightingfit.co.nz Website : www.fightingfit.co.nz

PANMURE COMMUNITY LIBRARY

Aubrey Kirkpatrick is the new Manager at the Panmure Community Library.

Of Canadian origin Aubrey comes to Panmure from the Pakuranga Library.

Aubrey is particularly fond of working with children and teens so will be a perfect

fit with the well established children orientated activities that define our popular

local library. Along with her love of books Aubrey is a keen athlete

and enjoys outdoor running.

Restaurants and Food Outlets take part in our new

Restaurants and Food Outlets take part in our new winter promotion

Lagoon View Kindergarten is a private kindergarten open

from 8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. Offering the

Ministry of Education’s ‘20 Hours Early Childhood

Education’ to three, four and five year old children. Longer

hours of attendance can be made available and a Work and

Income subsidy may be used to support this.

Lagoon View Kindergarten’s inside rooms feature a family

play area, construction area and a specific literacy area. A

large open space gym area is designed as an alternative to

the outside play area when it is either too hot or the weather

is poor. At the rear of the premises is a garden type setting

with a with a nature trail, native trees and plants, gazebo,

sand pit, water feature and a garden for the children to plant

vegetable and flowers

LAGOON VIEW KINDERGARTEN

23 DOMAIN ROAD

09 2149241

027 2322771

ENROL YOUR CHILD TODAY please pop in for a visit Pictured on right. Teachers, Jenna, Brian and Chloe.

Gazebo, nature trail, water feature and sandpit.

Taste Panmure Promotion & Competition

Friday 10 May – Sunday 19 May inclusive (Mother’s Day – Sunday 12 May)

This event will be for 10 days and is designed to promote Panmure as an ‘eating out’ destination as well as a cele-

bration of the rich ethnic diversity of flavours that you can find in our town centre. All signature dishes must cost between $5.00 - $10.00 and offer customers a taste of what each restaurant/ food outlet considers their best, most unique or popular dish. Customers will be able to pick up a Taste of Panmure passport from: participating eatery, PBA website, Panmure Library, Panmure Business Association office, Panmure Community Magazine (distribution late April to 10,000 houses), East & Bays Courier and Howick & Pakuranga Times features.

The customers get their passports stamped at three different eateries when they try a restaurant/food out-let’s signature dish. When the passport has been stamped three times they can go into the draw to win prizes eg free local dining.

What you have to do:

. Let us know that you want to be part of the promotion.

. Tell us what your signature dish will be and the cost.

. The PBA will be paying for the advertising costs of this promotion but would like you to offer us some prizes – maybe a dinner for two – we can create the voucher.

Chris, Town Centre Manager, Panmure Business Association – 527 6389, chris@panmure.net.nz

New to Panmure

LONDON DAIRY

172 QUEENS ROAD

09 527 6933

New faces in Panmure

QUICKSTOP SUPERETTE

18 QUEENS ROAD

09 527 1455

Farzana Rafiq considers herself part of the furniture in the Westpac

family after 18 years with the group. Westpac new slogan is “Help is

what we do. Start Asking” and Farzana will have the answers.

WESTPAC BANK

66 QUEENS ROAD

09 570 3711

SAVE DOLLAR ZONE

137 QUEENS ROAD

09 527 4939

Panmure welcomes Stephen and his wife Raisa who have

taken over the management of this well stocked shop.

This lucky Lotto Shop and Dairy is now being run by Jigar and Brijal Patel.

ANDAR FOREX & B RIGHT

63 QUEENS ROAD

09 527 8008

We say hello to Ahmed Yousef is the new owner of Quickstop Superette.

Open daily 7.30am - 10.00pm

Charles Harsono is the Director of Andar Forex and B Right.

From Taiwan Charles’ company specialises in Forex money transfers

and a range of health food products.