TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019 Connecting Your Community www.star.kiwi CITY 2SURF with Les Mills Rubbish dumping gets worse at estuary Page 3 Lifetime of community service comes to an end Page 5 Taylors Mistake groms in epic form for Billabong series TAYLOR’S MISTAKE’S Ava Henderson (above) and Estella Hungerford will go into the final round of the Billabong Grom Series this weekend in hot form. Ava, 13, collected her first grom series win of the year, taking out the under-16 girls title in Whangamata recently, while Estella, 16, finished second in the under-18 girls division. The final event of the series will be held at Piha Beach, Auckland. North Wai Boardriders’ Ava continued her ascent up the grom rankings after winning in Whangamata. She has previously finished fourth in the under-16 age group at the national championships and was second in the first event of the grom series, but this was her first win in the division. •Turn to page 12 Dyers Road Landscape & Garden Supplies • Barks • Peastraw • Composts - we supply the best available • Aggregates - Chip, Round and Basecourse • Pavers & Schist products • Pungas • Decorative Stones & Landscaping Rocks • Trailer Hire first hour free with purchase • Bag & Bulk - pick up or delivered David, Carol & Mike We will deliver! SOIL AND HARDFILL DUMPING Phone: 03 384 6540 183 Dyers Rd, Bromley • OPEN 7 DAYS Weekdays 7.30am-5pm. Weekends 8.30am-3pm www.dyersroadandlandscapes.co.nz Pardon?! *Terms and conditions apply. Saving valued up to $2000. Offer ends 28/02/2019. PHOTOS: COL/SURF2SURF.COM CITY 2 2SURF Sunday 24 March 2019 city2surf.co.nz Trade in your old hearing aids. Save up to $2000! * with Les Mills This month you can trade in your old hearing aids for new digital ones that are smaller and work better! Give us a bell to find out how. Fendalton 03 351 3535 Ferrymead 03 376 4483 Halswell 03 322 4326 Midges still plaguing Bromley in spite of trapping success • By Matt Slaughter “NOTHING IS working and we have had enough after 11 years.” This was the response from Shortland St resident Janet Profit to a city council study, which found midge numbers around the Bromley wastewater treatment plant’s oxidation ponds have decreased by 30 per cent. The study credited the drop to 30 midge traps which the city council placed around the six ponds early last year as part of a $300,000 project to reduce the midge problem. However, Mrs Profit said the midges are still everywhere on her property next to the ponds. “I’ve got a white dog and I send her outside for a piddle and she comes back in covered in midges . . . it’s simple things like wanting to sweep the backyard or getting the windows cleaned outside, I can’t even do that.” Mrs Profit has been back and forth with the city council since the problem started more than a decade ago. •Turn to page 6
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