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Takapuna, Milford, Castor Bay, Forrest Hill and Sunnynook ELIVERED FORTNIGHTLY AN INDEPENDENT VOICEBoard Issue 1 – 15 March 2019 for Local
ORTNIGHTLY DELIVERED FORTNIGHTLY AN2019 INDEPENDENT VOICE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE Issue 882019 – August 19,1 2022 Issue 1 – 15 March Issue – 15 March Authorised by Terence Harpur
ELIVERED FORTNIGHTLY
AN INDEPENDENT VOICE
Issue 1 – 15 March 2019
Board chair changes tune on Potters Park toilets... p2
Court win constrains council density push... p7
Interview: Local organiser Sarah Thorne... p14-15
An ocean swimmer who lost her bearings in thick fog off Takapuna Beach was saved by the quick actions of friends who rushed to launch a jet ski to rescue her. One of a group of swimmers who entered the water in clear conditions early on 5 August, Niki Friary attempted to turn back
to shore after fog descended, but became disoriented and headed out to sea instead. During nearly two hours in the water, she talked to herself to keep focused, “all the time thinking I’m not ready to die yet”. Visibility was very low. “It was a horrible feeling because I couldn’t see.”
The Glenfield resident tried to listen for the shore without success. “At one point I stopped and thought, ‘I’ve lost all sense of direction now.’” She knew that if she had been swimming in the right direction she should have already To page 3
Swimmers scramble jet ski for rescue in fog
Bowled over: young star brings home the medals
Bronze age... Takapuna’s Selina Goddard shows off the two Commonwealth Games bronze medals she won on the bowls greens in Birmingham. Story, page 10. Shore athletes shine, pages 12-13
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