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Keeping youngsters warm and dry

BOOTS AND ALL: Joshua Adams, 4, Harry Burgess, 4, and Innis-Rose Po� , 3, from Brooklyn Kids Childcare Centre are helping to keep youngsters of the same age warm and dry. PHOTO: Sam Du�

By Sam Du�

On freezing cold wet days when most people brave the weather wearing large coats, scarves and gloves there are thousands of young children throughout the country walking to child care centres and schools.

Many of these youngsters have no shoes on their feet and have little more than an oversized t-shirt to keep themselves warm and dry, according to two Brooklyn teachers that want to make a difference.

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Continued from page 2Leanne Gehlen and Hai-

ley White, from Brooklyn Kids Childcare Centre, have started Coats of Kindness to get children throughout the Wellington region into gum-boots and raincoats during the winter months.

Hailey says many New Zea-landers are unaware of the number of children who get soaked every day because their families simply cannot afford to buy wet weather gear.

She says she has friends who work as teachers in lower decile schools and they share stories of what many children often have to face on the way to the classroom.

“I often think ‘is this really happening just down the road from me?’” Hailey says. “It’s pouring down with rain and all they have is an oversized t-shirt and a pair of pants.”

About a month ago Hailey and Leanne were talking when they decided to do something.

Since then they have encour-aged families to trawl through

their cupboards and donate gumboots and raincoats that their children have either grown out of or have never used.

“Even if it is just gumboots and raincoats we can help in a little way,” Hailey says.

“That little thing just makes the biggest difference in some-body’s life.” Leanne adds. “More than you would ever expect.”

Next week the two women will take everything they have collected through Coats of Kindness to a kindergarten in Cannons Creek, Porirua.

“They are so grateful,” Leanne says. “They were over the moon when I told them.”

Leanne and Hailey say they are surprised by how many raincoats and pairs of gum-boots were collected.

Because of the positive re-sponse they have plans to continue with Coats of Kind-ness and say they would like to encourage other centres and schools to get involved.

“We have a vision of it

COATS OF KINDNESS: Leanne Gehlen and Hailey White, from Brooklyn Kids Childcare Centre, with the gumboots and raincoats they have col-lected so far. PHOTO: Sam Duff

spreading throughout the country,” Hailey says.

If you would like to donate any child-sized gumboots or

rain jackets to Coats of Kindness, or get your school or child care centre involved, email Hailey and Leanne at [email protected].

Keeping youngsters warm and dry

In the spirit of Mãori lan-guage Week, Playcentres throughout Wellington have been challenging themselves to create environments rich in the use of te reo Mãori .

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Lisa van Hulst says there are plenty of easy ways of incor-porating te reo Mãori into everyday Playcentre sessions.

“Many activities involve us talking to our tamariki about colours or counting

with them,” she says. “Switch-ing to Mãori helps me practice my pronunciation and means our tamariki are hearing te reo spoken regularly.”

Whanau Mãori team member Wai Miller says if Playcentre supports parents to increase their confi dence in using te reo that will empower them to nurture the language in their children.

She says basic te reo Mãori is part of Playcentre’s free NZQA accredited adult education pro-gramme.

A network of bicultural offi cers encourage the everyday use of te reo by sharing ideas and phrases to use in sessions and at home.

Weekly bilingual sessions are offered at two centres which anyone within the association can attend.

Wai says at these sessions eve-ryone uses every bit of te reo they

have, and challenges themselves to learn more.

New Zealand began marking Mãori Language Week in 1975 as a way of celebrating te reo Mãori .

In 1987 Mãori became an of-fi cial language of New Zealand, alongside English.

In 2015 Mãori Language Week is being celebrated from July 27 till August 2 and the theme is Whngaihia te reo Mãori ki ngãmãtua, helping parents to pass te reo on to their children.

For more information about Mãori Language Week 2015 go to the Mãori Language Com-mission website tetaurawhiri.govt.nz.

How are you and your whanau, wharekura or hapori marking Mãori Language Week this year? Email [email protected] and share your stories and photos.

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New Zealand’s 75 Years: Our Nation exhibition at Te Papa, it is now too late.

The exhibition, which marks 75 years of our national airline, packed up and left the capital for Auckland last week.

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Saturday to celebrate the launch of the Commonwealth Walkway in Wellington.

The Commonwealth Walkway is a legacy project for Wellington’s 150 year anniversary as the capital city of New Zealand. The bronze marker, which was imbedded in the pathway at Wai-titi Landing adjacent to the grounds of Parliament, joins a network of walkways in cities across the countries of the Com-monwealth.

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By Sam Duff

Every time that Hataitai resident Kristy Fecser looks at her new tattoo she will be reminded of the older brother that she lost to cancer when she was a child.

Kristy, 23, is a member of CanTeen Wellington, a charity which supports young people who have or have had cancer and the siblings of those who have been killed by the disease.

She says that before she joined CanTeen she felt like her friends never completely understood what it had meant to lose a brother.

“CanTeen is an organisa-tion that is really supportive,” Kristy says. “I have met so many amazing and interesting people, people that understand me.

“If I’m having a day where I’m feeling a little bit down about what I’ve gone through there is always someone there (to talk to).”

CanTeen youth worker, War-rick Sue, says the organisation aims to support and empower its members, whether that is financial support for getting a driver’s license or going to

RAISING CASH: CanTeen Wellington member, Kristy Fecser, and CanTeen youth worker, Warrick Sue, are preparing for the charities’ annual street appeal.

some of the many social get-togethers throughout the year.

“Our members think of CanTeen as a second family,” Warrick says. “Nobody should go through cancer alone.”

Kristy says she recently took part in Canbead, in which peo-ple visited CanTeen to teach some of the female members how to make jewellery.

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Rongotai College rugby play-ers have been supporting the charity by fundraising at their games, Warrick says.

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Kilbirnie has taken a step back in time with the replacement of the suburb’s more ‘modern’ style of public seating with a more ‘traditional’ style.

Wellington City Council ear-lier this week contracted Linked Earthworks Construction Ltd to remove the old seats on Bay Road and Coutts Street and replace them with new ones.

Council urban designer Emily Alleway told locals in a letter that the new benches would be

more suited to the busy, suburban centre location.

The existing benches have been identifi ed as a source of concern with regards to anti-social behav-iour, Emily says.

“It is felt the more traditional ‘Oriental’ style bench with backs and arms will be better suited to the suburban centre and offer greater accessibility.”

The old platform style seats are set to be relocated to Churchill Park in Seatoun.

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SWAP OVER: Public seating on Kilbirnie’s Bay Road and Coutts Street has been replaced with a more traditional style. PHOTO: Emma Morgan

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British artist Des Hughes has created new work especially for the light boxes, transforming quasi-humanoid sculptures into photographic form.

Des says he hopes the series of mono-lithic fi gures create a feeling of move-ment or animation along the street.

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During a stay at the Wel-lington Children’s Hospital a young boy noticed there were not that many toys available for the youngsters to play with.

James Broome-Isa, 10, has been a frequent fl yer in the children’s hospital, due to psoriasis complications, so when he noticed the lack of toys he decided to act.

The Karori school boy ap-proached the St Vincent de Paul Society who managed to collect toys from their eight shops.

James says he came up with the idea of tracking down toys for the children’s hospital

after watching a video on YouTube.

“A family went to help Children in Need and they donated Lego,” he says. “This really inspired me to make a change in the world.”

After being inspected by James the toys were last week presented to the children’s hospital.

“I am really flustered by the amount of toys we have received, I wasn’t expecting this amount of toys.

“I really hope to extend this idea through New Zealand to other hospitals.”

All of the toys that were collected are either wood or plastic so that they can easily be washed and remain safe for use.

KIND HEART: James Broome-Isa, 10, has organised a collection of toys to be donated to the Wellington Children’s Hospital in Newtown. PHOTO: Emma Morgan

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By Sam Duff

Despite being just 23-years-old Kilbirnie resident Kayla Christensen could be considered a veteran of Wellington’s annual World of WearableArt show.

The former Paraparaumu Col-lege student has entered WOW fi ve times in the past six years, making it to the finals and having her work on stage four of those times.

T h i s ye a r K ayla ha s once again made it into the fi nals of WOW and says she is

excited to see her work on stage once more.

“Once you send it away that’s it,” she says. “The next time you see it it’s on stage. It’s quite a surprise.”

A highlight of Kayla’s entries into WOW was in 2012 when she was given an honourable mention, she says.

Her past entries have included a large waka, a huge transfor-

mation piece and a conserva-tion inspired design.

“I like creating stuff that hasn’t been done before,” says Kayla, who has completed a design degree at Massey Univer-sity majoring in fashion.Pushing the bounda-

ries and amazing people have inspired her previous designs, she says.

The fi rst time Kayla entered WOW it was in partnership with her best friend and current fl at-mate Renee Louie who has also made it into the fi nals this year.

Each year the bar is raised by her fellow contenders, Kayla says.

“Entering is so addictive. I think I will keep going next year.”

15 designers from the wider Wellington region have been selected to appear on stage in the 2015 World of WearableArt awards show, now in its 28th year.

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15 designers from the wider Wellington region have been selected to appear on stage in the 2015 World of WearableArt awards show, now in its 28th

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“Entering is so addictive. I think I will keep going next year.”

15 designers from the wider Wellington region have been selected to appear on stage in the 2015 World of WearableArt awards show, now in its 28th year.

An Island Bay performer is preparing to show off her dancing skills when she takes to the stage in a leading role for the Mudra Dance Company.

Ashleen Singh will perform in Samarpana, alongside several other wellington locals, when it opens at the Whitireia Theatre tomorrow night.

Samarpana is a celebration of 25 years of performance by the Mudra Dance Company and will include bright sari colours, traditional headdresses of braids and fl owers, and the sparkle of jewellery.

Ashleen who has been practis-ing and dancing Bharata-Natyam for twenty four years, says she loves the dance style.

She says it has taught her dis-cipline in life and a lot about her culture.

Ashleen has performed in a number of Mudra Dance Com-

pany productions throughout the years, but

“My friends and family are very supportive of my dancing, they understand that it takes years of dedication and practise to achieve this form of dancing at a senior level,” she says.

“Bharata-Natayam is a huge part of my life and identity and it is appreciated and recognised by my loved ones.

“I feel great and connected to my roots, it is physically demand-ing and an excellent form of fi t-ness, but most importantly it is a form of spiritual practise for me.

Samarpana will be the first production in which the company will perform without their crea-tor, Vivek Kinra, who has retired from performing Samarpana will be at the Whitireia Theatre from July 31 till August 2. For more informa-tion go to www.mudra.co.nz.

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Students from throughout Wellington have been embrac-ing the world of 200 years ago in a production of a well-known blockbuster musical.

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“They love it,” she says. “It’s such a good musical and they are very dedicated.”

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lege stage, Margaret says they have put together the production before.

Wellington East Girls’ College put together a production every two years with the last one be-ing Chicago in 2013, Margaret says.

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A former New York theatre producer turned Newtown resident has just re-turned from Kiribati where she worked as a New Zealand Red Cross delegate.

Teresa Bass arrived back in the coun-try on Tuesday having worked on the small pacifi c island nation since March.

In Kiribati, Teresa says she worked alongside the country’s Red Cross secretary general and used her back-ground and expertise to support the organisation.

Before she travelled to Kiribati, she says she spoke to many people who had lived and worked there.

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Earlier this year Cyclone Pam tore through the pacifi c and at the time Teresa was travelling to her posting in Kiribati.

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HOME TURF: On Tuesday Newtown res-ident Teresa Bass returned from a stint working as a New Zealand Red Cross aid worker in Kiri-bati.

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The music began, heads turned, dancers appeared.

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Margot Boock, from Rita An-gus, says the flash mob was part of an open day held at the retirement village in which local

businesses were invited along to present their goods and services to residents.

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DANCE: Residents of Rita Angus Retirement Village in Kilbirnie show o� their moves. PHOTOS: Sam Du�

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DAT FUNK: Earlier this week residents who take part in the Triple A exercise programme performed a � ash mob dance.

GOT THE MOVES: Eight residents got involved in the � ash mob.

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Dear Ed, if I were to be a pensioner who saved money all his life and saved my money to have $500,000 in my bank as my mother taught me, and the interest rate reduced by 0.25 per cent, I would lose $24.42 each week in pension income.

That was after having paid my tax before depositing my money and paying tax on the bank interest as well.

Thanks Reserve Bank for making me help the country, I’ve done it before

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MONEY MONEY MONEY: The Reserve Bank last week announced the o� cial cash rate would be dropped to three per cent.

Thank you Reserve Bank

Dear Ed, I am horrifi ed that a car obsessed person and his associates are opposing speed bumps next to the schools in Island Bay (CSN, July 9).

It seems to me that the Island Bay cycleway and now the speed bumps, have intro-duced an awful anti-walking and anti-cycling attitude by baby boomers to transport in Island Bay.

It is tragic that this man

and his associates are against speed bumps, because speed bumps will make the street much safer for kids to walk and cycle to school along.

It will link to the Island Bay cycleway to provide an im-proved cycling link through Island Bay.

Unfortunately, New Zea-land is one of the most car dominated nations on earth.

This has led to baby boom-ers in particular, trusting in

the sacred god, the car, with gullible blind faith and ignor-ing near misses, injuries, deaths, obesity and peak oil.

Also, it is now assumed by some people that younger adults, teenagers and chil-dren do not matter at all in transport.

It is to them, all about old baby boomer men and women and their cars.

This is anti-community and undemocratic.

This is arrogance on the part of boomers, entirely ignoring the smallest and most vulnerable road users.

Please could local newspa-pers talk to children for once?

I have never seen an article about what kids think about road safety in Wellington, and this grey lead weight is holding Island Bay road safety back.

Peter Bellam

An anti-walking and anti-cycling attitude

Dear Ed, it is sad to come back from Europe and England where there are cycleways and bikes every-where, even the police ride bikes, to backward opinions about such a fundamental need as the Island Bay Cy-cleway.

The council has created confi dence in that they have the big picture, are future planning, and have not bent to limited mind-sets.

There are many things New Zealand needs to up its game on to create better communities and protect the

environment and enabling people to have more choices about transport modes is one of them.

As an island Bay resident I will be proud to have our own cycleway.

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LETTERS to the editor

Dear Ed, when I read some time ago that the Government kindly reduced costs to us by reducing the ACC levies on vehicles I rejoiced and thought how lovely of Mr Key to do that.

Today I received my vehicle re registration papers and was charged over eight times the registration amount as extra ACC fees.

To add insult to injury I was charged GST for and on top of that.

I feel hurt, but doubt if I can claim ACC - the excessive amount of ACC fees were applied on purpose!

Paul Franken, Strathmore Park

Charged more than eight times more than usual

Dear Ed, perhaps the council should install their speed bumps on Salek Street in Kilbirnie, and the boy racers could relocate to Clyde Street in Island Bay where speed control measures are so rigorously opposed.

Anonymous

ZOOM ZOOM: This Cook Strait News reader makes a few suggestions to Wellington City Council about speed bumps and boy racers.

Racers relocate

Dear Ed, I am writing to respond to the article about the Rongotai resident claiming the council doesn't have their priorities right (CSN, July 23).

I think Margaret Davis needs to look at the big picture here.

Completing a separate cycleway is an investment in numerous things: reduction in acute injuries from car-cycle accidents which reduces ACC

payments; encourages more people to cycle/exercise which in terms reduces healthcare costs; reduction in our car exhaust emissions etc. to name but a few.

Judging from your article, the council have fi xed the pot holes nu-merous times and is due for re-seal in this fi nancial year ie. Council have not neglected on basic infrastructure.

Andrew Stone

Council have not neglected on basic infrastructure

Dear Ed, it was with alarm that I read in your paper (CSN, July 23) about the demise of suburban post boxes.

I live on The Esplanade, Island Bay and often take my dog for a walk to post letters in the box at the terminus end of The Parade.

This morning (July 27) I discov-ered it had already disappeared and had to take my car out to post the three letters intended for that post box.

It is too far for me to walk and would take up too much time to

walk up to the post shop anyway.I cannot think of words bad

enough, other than swear words, to condemn New Zealand Post for this dastardly act.

What do they think to gain, as it won’t save much money, and causes distress to a lot of people.

On top of that, I had to send the letters fast post if they are to reach their local destination before the end of the week.

It was a stupid idea to close the sorting offi ce at Petone.

Tanya Ashken, Island Bay

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By Amanda Carrington

Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women has been adapted into a play.

Characters from the book will come to life at Welling-ton’s Repertory Theatre in August and Newtown’s Mer-edith Dooley will play the role of oldest daughter Meg.

Meredith is also involved in creating the costumes for the play, set in 1860 Mas-sachusetts.

Directed by Ewen Coleman and adapted by Emma Reeves for the stage, Little Women follows the lives of four sis-ters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March and Marmee, the girls’ mother.

The story shows the passage from childhood to woman-hood and how the girls cope

when their father enters the civil war.

Meredith says playing a char-acter that is 26 years younger than her is quite challenging.

“It’s quite diffi cult because I’m more than twice Meg’s age but I’ve usually tended to be cast younger than I am so it’s something that I don’t fi nd too hard but this is a bit of a stretch,” she says.

Meredith is also responsible for putting the costumes to-gether. The show features 15 people and they average three costumes each.

Meredith has been in more than 20 plays in the last 10 years, with Wellington Reper-tory Theatre, Backyard Thea-tre and Stage Craft Theatre.

She has done costumes once a year and tends to “stick her nose in” and do a little bit here

and there.Meredith says she fi nds the

costume role physically de-manding with having to lug all the outfi ts around in big piles.

“When you have 15 costumes it’s quite heavy to carry and they’re all big dresses and heavy fabrics,” she says.

Director Ewen Coleman says Little Women is a must see production.

“As a period drama, the costuming and styling are a particular challenge, but the result will be great entertain-ment especially for the many women and girls that know the Louisa May Alcott novels.

Little Women runs from August 12 till August 22 at Wellington Repertory Thea-tre. To purchase tickets ring 479 3393.

TREADING THE BOARDS: Newtown resident Meredith Dooley has been busy preparing to take to the stage in a Wellington production of Little Women. PHOTO: Ross Miller.

Meredith gets into character

Newtown has a reputation of being one of Wellington’s more colourful and interesting suburbs.Cook Strait News photographer Emma Morgan hit the streets of the suburb earlier this week to get a taste of Newtown.

Behind the scenes in Newtown

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GOODIES: Antia has gotten herself a bag of goodies whilst shopping in Newtown.

(left) INTERESTING READ: Donald looks like he has found himself a good read.

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BEST FRIEND: Carol strolls down the street with Keni.

TIME OUT: Matt enjoys his co� ee in the sunshine.

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Seatoun School is looking for a highly skilled and enthusiastic person to be our new Offi ce Manager. We are a large, dynamic school, looking for someone to be the ‘face’ of our offi ce.

For information regarding this position please see our website:www.seatoun.school.nz. School Offi ce Manager & Principal’s P.A. Vacancy.

School Offi ce Manager and Principal’s PA

Seatoun, Wellington.

Adverti se yournoti ces here.

04 387 7160

DOOR TO DOOR INTERVIEWERS NEEDED.

$17/hr + mileage. If you enjoy meeting people, have your own vehicle, and can work flexible hours send CV and

enquiries to: fieldrecruitment@ colmarbrunton.co.nz.

Immediate start.

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For more information and to apply, please visit our career site www.wisegroup.co.nz

Applications close 5.00pm, Thursday 20 August 2015

Casual Support Workers• Wellington

Applications close on Wednesday12th August 2015. Please email or post your application headed “Application for Contract Property Manager Position” to Carolyn [email protected] Bay School,168 Seatoun Heights Road, Miramar, Wellington 6022

Worser Bay SchoolContract PropertyManager Position

Experienced property manager required to plan and implement our 3 - 5 year property development and maintenance programme.Our ideal candidate will have a background in managing property development and/or construction/building projects; have existing industry relationships; and understand building codes, Ministry of Education, and council requirements. Communication and relationship management skills are key, practical building/trade skills would be highly desirable but not essential.Estimated at up to 10 hours a week we are looking for someone who can be fl exible, matching contracted hours to the work requirements.

Please download full details of the role from our website:www.worserbay.school.nz orcontact us on (04) 939 7281

On Tuesday 11 August, Evans Bay Intermediate will be holding an Open Morning for all Year 7 and Year 8 students from schools other than our main contributing schools, who are considering enrolling at EBIS for 2016. Our contributing schools have been informed of the time their school is attending.

The morning will commence at 9.15am and will fi nish at 11.45am. To all students who wish to participate, please contact Suzanne Hendry in our school offi ce, ph 939 3247 to indicate your attendance. Parents are also welcome to stay and look around the school and have a chat with the Principal whilst your child is engaged.

A Parents Evening will also be held on Thursday 20 August at 7pm in the School Hall for all parents and caregivers of students wishing to enrol at EBIS next year (students are welcome to attend).

Year 7 and 8 students and their parents from schools, other than our main contributing schools, are also welcome on 22 September to attend the dress rehearsal of our 2015 School Production ‘The Science Affair’. For more information please contact our school offi ce.

Evans Bay Intermediate

SchoolOpen Morning

The excitement, the intrigue, the adrenaline rush – I could not control myself last week when I heard that very familiar sound of a cell phone vibrating.

It was our very first Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down via text message.

A few weeks back Cook Strait News launched a new fun wee section called Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down.

You may have seen similar concepts in other newspapers over the years but this is better. “Why Sam?” I hear you ask.

Because I said so.As of last week you can text in any

thumbs ups or thumbs downs that springs to mind to 022 322 4811.

If you are wondering exactly what you

can write then wonder no more. You can write anything that you like.

The best contributions have been quirky observations about the world, whether they be funny, sad or mad.

Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down is designed to be a bit of fun for readers so let’s try to refrain from personal attacks or anything too nasty.

If you don’t have a cell phone you can still email us at [email protected].

So next time you think of a funny comment, spot something in the news that makes you smile or get angry about a local issue text it to 022 322 4811.

FROM THE REPORTER’S DESKFROM THE REPORTER’S DESK

Never does a quiet week pass by for Wellington’s Eastern and Southern Suburbs – from the busy bustling streets of Newtown and Kilbirnie to the sandy hotspots of Island Bay and Seatoun.Roving reporter Sam Duff pounds the pavement to give you the lowdown of what is going on throughout your community. This is where he shares a few tales from his adventures.

HANDYMAN: No job too small. Repair work, fencing, painting, decking, paving and concreting. Call Ralph: 021 081 27267.


PuzzleWR OO RC S DS

CROSSWORD By Russell McQuarters

SOLUTIONFor March 30, 2005

ACROSS 1. They compose publicity material (11) 7. Will supplement (7)11. Christmas song(5)12. Rossini created ‘The Barber of …’ (7)13. Smallest(5)14. Sinners (4-5)15. Fitful(9)16. Adjust to situation (6)18. Most beloved(7)21. Capital of Norway(4)23. Flightless bird(3)25. Sailor(inf)(3)27. Narrow street(4)28. Tiring(7)30. Hat with strings(6)32. Woman’s name(3)33. Consume(3)34. Austrian capital(6)35. Novel, ‘ Wuthering ...’(7)36. Early Peruvian title(4)37. Goddess of mischief (Gk.myth) (3)39. Deed(3)41. Crucifix(4)43. Wide space(7)45. East(6)

48. Petrol engine igniter(5-4)49. Expectations(9)51. Type of gazelle(5)52. Ridicules(7)53. Felony(5)54. Urged(7)55. Gathered(11)

DOWN 1. Hidden store of things (5) 2. Tenacity(11) 3. Cooked thoroughly (4-4) 4. Distributed (6) 5. Overhanging roof edges(5) 6. Enlisted man(7) 7. Most distinct(8) 8. Flood(6) 9. Light woollen fabric(7)10. Afterwards(5)16. Everywhere(3,4)17. Issue(7)19. Ooze out(5)20. Hot,capsicum sauce(7)22. Surpass in endurance(7)24. Vessel(3)26. Decay(3)29. Entreats(5)31. Featureless (11)32. Literary gossip(3)

33. Estimated time of arrival (abbr) (3)38. Banned(8)40. Very hot(weather)(8)42. Translucent variety of glass(7)44. Universal arithmetic(7)46. Talents(6)47. Pretend to be dead, play ...(6)48. Overwhelm (5)49. Alarm(5)50. Horse(Poetic)(5)

CROSSWORD By Russell McQuarters

SOLUTIONFor March 30, 2005

ACROSS 1. They compose publicity material (11) 7. Will supplement (7)11. Christmas song(5)12. Rossini created ‘The Barber of …’ (7)13. Smallest(5)14. Sinners (4-5)15. Fitful(9)16. Adjust to situation (6)18. Most beloved(7)21. Capital of Norway(4)23. Flightless bird(3)25. Sailor(inf)(3)27. Narrow street(4)28. Tiring(7)30. Hat with strings(6)32. Woman’s name(3)33. Consume(3)34. Austrian capital(6)35. Novel, ‘ Wuthering ...’(7)36. Early Peruvian title(4)37. Goddess of mischief (Gk.myth) (3)39. Deed(3)41. Crucifix(4)43. Wide space(7)45. East(6)

48. Petrol engine igniter(5-4)49. Expectations(9)51. Type of gazelle(5)52. Ridicules(7)53. Felony(5)54. Urged(7)55. Gathered(11)

DOWN 1. Hidden store of things (5) 2. Tenacity(11) 3. Cooked thoroughly (4-4) 4. Distributed (6) 5. Overhanging roof edges(5) 6. Enlisted man(7) 7. Most distinct(8) 8. Flood(6) 9. Light woollen fabric(7)10. Afterwards(5)16. Everywhere(3,4)17. Issue(7)19. Ooze out(5)20. Hot,capsicum sauce(7)22. Surpass in endurance(7)24. Vessel(3)26. Decay(3)29. Entreats(5)31. Featureless (11)32. Literary gossip(3)

33. Estimated time of arrival (abbr) (3)38. Banned(8)40. Very hot(weather)(8)42. Translucent variety of glass(7)44. Universal arithmetic(7)46. Talents(6)47. Pretend to be dead, play ...(6)48. Overwhelm (5)49. Alarm(5)50. Horse(Poetic)(5)

Solution last week, 22 July

Rita Angus Retirement Village Sales Advisor

Margot Boock

Who is your best friend and why?

My husband, Richard, my rock; he encourages me to experience things outside my comfort zone I would never do alone: swimming with humpback whales, manta rays, climbing waterfalls and visiting exciting places.

MINUTES WITH:

What meal do you never get sick of eating?

Viktor E Frankl: An inspiration. “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

What would Cook Strait News readers be shocked to know about you?

After leaving New Zealand to avoid the Rugby World Cup, I celebrated NZ winning when I was at the top of Mt Masada in Israel.

Who is one person, dead or alive, you would love to have a meal with?

Centennial Co� ee House’s, halloumi with avocado and poached eggs. Divine!

What would you change about the world?

I would like people to consider themselves caretakers, rather than owners, and cherish the earth for future generations.

What is the best thing in your life right now?

Watching my two beautiful children becoming motivated, engaging, adults following their dreams.

Rita Angus Retirement Village Sales AdvisorWho is your best friend and why?

My husband, Richard, my rock; he encourages me to experience things outside my comfort zone I would never do alone: swimming with humpback whales, manta rays, climbing waterfalls and visiting

What is the best thing in your life

children becoming

THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN Have you got an anonymous THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN to share with Cook Strait News readers? email to [email protected] or

Text your thumbs up/thumbs down to 022 322 4811

A healing touch, that cured all su� ering.

What would your super power be and why?

THUMBS DOWN to Dom Harvey thinking it’s okay to publicly shame Dancing with the Stars � nalist Chrystal Chenery.

THUMBS UP to Wellington’s weekend of 150th birthday cel-ebrations. A whole heap of good fun.

THUMBS DOWN to the Scottish caregiver who put a two-year-old down syndrome boy into a washing machine for a ‘laugh’. She posted a photo to Facebook and was being questioned by Police last week.

THUMBS DOWN to the per-son who thumbs downed the ‘Thumbs Up Thumbs Down’ section last week. THUMBS DOWN to Cook Strait News for no longer putting in WordBuilder. It helped me with my spelling.

THUMBS UP to the wonderful Fish Fins. Although a bit like Fawlty Towers at times on a busy night, their � sh is always super fresh, their chips are real not frozen, and the family are friendly and welcoming. A Newtown Institution.

THUMBS UP to black police o� cer Leroy Smith who helped an unwell KKK demon-strator in South Carolina recently.

THUMBS UP to children being back at school, ready for a new term of learning. Cook Strait

News welcomes the public to submit any THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN comments to 022 322 4811 or [email protected]. We reserve the right not to publish any malicious or ill-spirited entries. Keep it friendly guys!

15Thursday July 30, 2015 SPORT

A local swimmer was one of New Zealand’s strongest perform-ers at the recent International Paralympic Committee Swim-ming World Championships in

Glasgow.Newtown resident Mary Fisher

picked-up three world titles in record times and brought home two silver medals from the com-

petition.Fisher recently transferred to the

Tawa Swimming Club and will be moving to Auckland following the nationals in August.

BIG SPLASH: Newtown swimmer Mary Fisher was one of the biggest contributors to New Zealand’s medal haul at the recent IPC Swimming World Championships.

Fisher impresses in Glasgow

SPORTS IN BRIEF

Three students from Rongotai College have visited Las Vegas in the United States to represent New Zealand in a basketball tournament .Scott Rae is a member of the U15

New Zealand Boys’ team and headed to Las Vegas in July.Meanwhile, Jaylin To’o is the co-captain of the U13 Boys’ and Ezrah Vaigafa is a member of the U13 Boys’ team.

Do you have sport’s results to share? Has your team done ex-traordinarily well at a regional

or national level? Email [email protected] and share your stories, pictures and information.

Top players

An Island Bay teenager achieved a top ten placing in the high jump at the World Youth Championships in Colombia recently.Heptathlete Phoebe Edwards, 17,

got to 1.73m on the high jump, just short of her best ever jump.Phoebe also took part in the hep-tahlon in which she came 23rd.

Strong effort

A local lad joined 162 of the best junior sailors from throughout the world during the recent school holidays.Albert Stanley sailed for New Zealand in the North American Optimist Championships in the Caribbean Island of Antigua.

After just missing out on the silver fleet, Albert won his race and came third on the last day.The Rongotai College student managed to fi nish fourth overall in the bronze fl eet and also led the New Zealand sailors in a haka.

Sailing in Antigua

By Sam Duff

Members of the Poneke Foot-ball Club will hardly know themselves following the open-ing of their refurbished club rooms last week.

A new kitchen has been in-stalled, the women’s changing rooms have been done-up and the club rooms have been re-confi gured on the inside at the Kilbirnie Park site.

The rooms were officially opened by Wellington City Councillor Paul Eagle who is chair of the Community, Sport and Recreation Committee.

About three years ago the Poneke Football Club board de-cided to make changes to ensure

the club would be around for a further 130 years, Paul says.

He says the refurbished club rooms are beautiful with an open plan feel.

“We can’t have a smelly old rugby club,” Cr Eagle says. “They don’t look like rugby club rooms anymore.

“It looks like somebody’s’ lounge; it is very clean and modern.”

Cr Eagle says the Poneke club rooms are now more like a community centre which can be used by the wider community and other sporting codes.

On August 5 Wellington City Council will hold talks between various sports clubs and local businesses to discuss the future

of sports clubs in Kilbirnie.“We are asking the question

‘what facilities do we need in the future for the whole Kilbirnie precinct?’”

Cr Eagle says that the Marist St Pats Rugby Club has been looking to leave their home at Hataitai Park and move to Kilbirnie Park.

Various options will be dis-cussed for different clubs to share resources and one idea could be for two rugby clubs to share club rooms, he says.

Should the sports clubs sur-rounding Kilbirnie stay where they are or should they get together and share facilities? Email [email protected] and let us know what you think.

Spruced-up rooms open

REFURBISHED: Toitu Poneke Establishment Group project manager Ross Jamieson, Wellington City Councillors Simon ‘Swampy’ Marsh, Nicola Young and Paul Eagle with Poneke board chair Kevin Jenkins. PHOTO: David Hamilton

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