Takapuna, Milford, Castor Bay, Forrest Hill and Sunnynook VERED FORTNIGHTLY AN INDEPENDENT VOICE Issue 1 – 15 March 2019
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Takapuna near-miss driver discharged... p2
Issue 1 – 15 March 2019 Arts patron’s collection goes to auction... p3
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Rebuilt badminton centre hosts major event... p10
Asians now a majority in four local suburbs Asian populations have grown to account for more than half the residents of four of the northern suburbs of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board (DTLB) area. Latest Census data shows Sunnynook North has the highest proportion of Asian residents in the area, at 55.07 per cent, fol-
lowed by Forrest Hill North with 51.9 per cent, Forrest Hill West, 5l.7 per cent and Sunnynook South, 50.5 per cent. Takapuna Central had the greatest growth in its Asian population between 2018 and 2023, at 29.9 per cent, though the ethnic group makes up only 21.1 per cent of the total.
Increasing diversity is evident across the whole DTLB northern area, but overall the population remains majority European at 55.8 per cent, with Asian people comprising 39.3 per cent – compared with 27.2 per cent 10 years earlier – followed by Māori at 5.5 To page 5
Shore girls make a splash at Interdoms
Sister act... Westlake Girls High School sisters Jess (left) and Charlotte Handley in action during a recent trans-Tasman competition where Westlake’s team won the girls division for the second year running and New Zealand defeated Australia. Story, more pictures, page 11.
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