Takapuna, Milford, Castor Bay, Forrest Hill and Sunnynook VERED FORTNIGHTLY AN INDEPENDENT VOICE Issue 1 – 15 March 2019
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School’s a picnic at TPS – photo spread... p12-13
Big Pak’nSave store planned for Takapuna Foodstuffs plans to build a Pak’nSave supermarket of more than 6000sqm on land opposite the Lake House arts centre in Takapuna. The company lodged a consent application to develop the corner site at 6 Fred Thomas Dr with Auckland Council late last year. Planners
are yet to make a decision. The application includes a request to attach sizeable signage, including two 12m by 6m digital advertising screens on the west and south sides of the proposed yellow-and-black box-style building. Around 900 vehicle movements an hour
are predicted during weekdays and peak periods of Saturdays, which the application said could be absorbed by the road network. The supermarket is expected to create 150 jobs. It will have 197 under-cover, ground-level To page 2
Chocks away! WWII fighter pilot flies again at 100
Air time... Former Royal Air Force and commercial pilot David Barnston enjoyed his first stint at the controls in 45 years during a celebration flight – including a flyover of his home in Milford – ahead of his 101st birthday next month. Story, page 5.