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A LT O G E T H E R B E T T E R
February 24, 2023
Oscars buzz for local translator... p5
Living with cancer inspires moving memoir... p6
Interview: Rising cricket star Anna Browning... p26
Locals take on Auckland Council drainage work North Shore Rugby Club removed 2500 litres of sludge from its drains prior to Cyclone Gabrielle – after Auckland Council refused to do the work. The Vauxhall Rd sports fields were saturated in the 27 January floods, so the club wanted
to safeguard its grounds and clubrooms in the lead-up to the cyclone. Council, which owns the fields, declined the club’s request for it to carry out the work. Mike Simpson, manager of the club’s senior team, said the clearing of the drains made
its building safer during the cyclone. But he thought council should have done the work. “My feeling is around 50 per cent of the (recent) damage has been caused by a lack of care by the council.” To page 5
After the cyclone: cooking up a storm
Food force... Among volunteers who prepared meals at the Rose Centre for cyclone-hit residents were (from left) Brianna Parkinson, Brian Peak, Chris Gregory, Jean Van Havill, Sally Bussey, Leigh Jewell and Zoe Sergent. Story, page 3.