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By Laura KavanaghBest friends Ketah Bevan

and Harry Maine have never been closer.

Khandallah School stu-dent Ketah Bevan got his hair shaved off, in a fun-draising school event last Thursday supporting his best friend Harry Maine.

Ketah was one of 28 chil-dren and adults taking part in the Khandallah School ‘Funrazor’ – a one day challenge, where hair was chopped and shaved to

raise money for the Child Cancer Foundation.

Best friends with Ke-tah since kindy, Harry was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in January this year and currently had 288 beads of courage.

The fundraising event bought the two friends even closer, as they both proclaimed to look like twins.

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LOSING THE LOCKS: Ketah Bevan had his head shaved to support his best friend Harry Maine, who has Leukaemia.

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Construction of thousands of new homes will be fast tracked after a Wellington Housing Accord was signed at a Churton Park construction site last week.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown and Housing Minister Nick Smith signed the Accord last Tuesday, which sets a target of 7000 homes in fi ve years.

Under the Accord, the coun-cil would be given powers to "streamline and speed up" development regulations, Dr Smith said in a statement.

The new rules will see Special Housing Areas identifi ed where resource consents and District Plan changes can be fast-tracked to enable more homes, including

affordable ones to be built.Proposed areas for develop-

ment include Churton Park, Kilbirnie, and Johnsonville, and include infi ll housing and apartment-style homes.

Ms Wade-Brown says increas-ing the supply of good quality housing will give people more choice and make sure homes more accessible across a range of different price points.

The joint announcement was also welcomed by Ohariu MP Peter Dunne.

“We are constantly hearing about the housing pressures in Auckland and Christchurch but Wellington’s housing market is also signifi cantly overheated.

"I am very optimistic that the proposed, new housing areas in Churton Park and Johnsonville

will be approved and offer relief to these rapidly growing areas.”

But Johnsonville Community Association President Graeme Sawyer says the Accord won’t achieve anything significant, as land is too expensive in Wellington.

“Who in their right mind would want to buy a new shoe-box with no yard in a suburb like Johnsonville in which to raise their family when you could buy a three bedroom house with a big back yard in Porirua or the Hutt Valley for less money and better ameni-ties?”

Last month the average sale price in the northern suburbs was $551,000 - higher than central and southern suburbs and the Hutt Valley.

WAY FORWARD: Housing Min-ister Nick Smith and Welling-ton Mayor Celia Wade-Brown signing the housing accord last week in Churton Park. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

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aged to raise over $22,000 last count, over double what it expected to raise.

Stylists from Mane Salon in Mt Cook generously donated their time and skills to chop and shave the volunteers hair, and all the long hair chopped is being donated to be used in wigs for cancer and alopecia sufferers.

Event co-ordinator and par-ticipant Michelle Soper says the school community has had parents and children affected by cancer recently.

“It is something I wanted to do and we have been over-whelmed by the response of the children – everyone was enthusiastic.”

“Many families in our school community have experienced the impact of cancer on their friends or loved ones, and have given very generously.

Child Cancer Foundation Central Region Fundraising coordinator Scott Lancaster says he has never seen a head shave event at such a grand scale before.

“It is an amazing achieve-ment, especially to raise that amount of money.”

Scott says the mission of the Child Cancer Foundation is to ensure no one walks the cancer journey alone.

“Three children a week are diagnosed with cancer a week.

“It is a huge hit on families.”The Child Cancer Founda-

tion aims to reduce the impact of cancer by offering support services 365 days of the year, ensuring children and their families are supported, in-formed and well cared for at every stage of their journey.

Acting Principal Warwick Austin is extremely proud of those who took part in the Funrazor.

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By Dave Crampton

Some northern suburbs com-munities are yet to be consulted on specifi c parts of the new regional public transport plan, but will be, the Greater Wel-lington regional Council says.

A 10-year plan to greatly improve Wellington region’s public transport and get more people out of their cars and onto buses, trains and harbour ferries was adopted on 26 June by the regional council.

Paul Swain, the Regional Council’s public transport port-folio leader, says he is aiming for a 15-20 per cent increase in public transport patronage over the next few years.

“A new fares and ticketing system will mean one card for all travel you won’t pay more for connections between modes and services, off-peak travel will be cheaper, and all under-19 year-olds will get half price fares.”

Mr Swain says further con-

sultation will be held with residents in Khandallah and Churton Park and with Vic-toria University, on specific parts of the new Wellington City network.

“We’ve still got plenty of time to ensure specifi c local routes and timetables meet people’s needs before the new network is in place in 2017.”

The plan aims to continually improve public transport, en-suring people get to go where they want to, with competitive

journey times. However, retired engineer

Kerry Woods, who has a long standing interest in transport matters, says ‘go where peo-ple want to go at the times they want to travel’, is empty rhetoric.

He wants the council to go back to an interim plan, with a focus on review, research and re-costing, supported by knowledgeable consultants.

Copies of the plan will be available from July 24.

Further consultation with residents on public transport

By Laura Kavanagh

A familiar face in the com-munity is saying goodbye to Karori, at least for the time being.

Former owner of Marsden Village Café Jeremy Marr sold the business last month, which he had been running for exactly seven years.

It was Jeremy’s fi rst business, and he took some professional guidance before choosing to take over the location.

“I had been looking for a loca-tion for the café for six months, before fi nding this place.

“It was certainly some hard yakka.”

He had to buy all the equip-ment for the café and build it up, while still providing for the café’s regulars.

“I was only thinking three or four years, but seven seems to be my number.”

Jeremy says the Marsden Village community were very welcoming and he learned

very quickly that to survive, he needed to listen to what the locals said.

“It is very much a commu-nity, and despite making some changes, there were some favourites that had to stay.”

He says the local businesses really support each other, and he has got to meet some really great people.

“We have always had great baristas and staff, some staying on for years.”

Jeremy’s philosophy has al-ways been, ‘would I be happy getting this service, or getting this food?’.

“It has been work in progress over the last seven years.

“Certainly bloody hard work, but I’ve has enjoyed it.”

Jeremy is keeping quiet about his plans for the future, but he has a beautiful new child to look after in the meantime.

“I would like to thank the community.

“I’ve made a lot of friends over the years.”

Familiar face leaves Karori

LAST COFFEE: Former owner of Marsden Village Café Jeremy Marr with café dog Bruiser.

Count your garden birdsHelp researchers answer questions about garden bird populations in New Zealand. The annual NZ garden bird survey is a citizen science project es-tablished to monitor population trends of common garden birds. Anyone who can identify birds in their garden can participate until July 6 . You can upload your results online. Log on to birdsurvey.org.nz for more details.

Korean festivalThere’s a taekwondo performance, a Korea quiz, the New Zealand fi nals of the K-pop festival and even a raffle at the Korean Culture Festival this Saturday, July 6, from 2pm onwards at shed 6, Queens Wharf.

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The Wellington Young Professionals Choir will be debuting with its inau-gural concert at 7.30pm on Friday, July 11, at St John’s in Wellington. In their inaugural concert, the choir will perform a wide variety of styles, languages and eras, from Grieg, Schumann and Debussy to musical theatre and jazz. Tickets are available from event� nder.co.nz or on the door; $10 for students and $5 for children.

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By Laura Kavanagh

The decision to phase out trolley buses in Wellington in 2017 by the Greater Wel-lington Regional Council has been met with disap-pointment from NZ Bus.

NZ Bus Chief Executive Zane Fulljames says it is a strong advocate of mod-ernising Wellington’s bus network to make it more effi cient, reliable and acces-sible for everyone.

“While today’s decision to terminate trolley bus services is disappointing, we will take some time to refl ect on how this will impact on our business.”

He says what is most im-portant now is that a clear and sensible transition plan is developed which provides certainty for all parties.

“A collaborative and well-reasoned approach is re-quired, and we look forward to working with GWRC to develop the plan.”

NZ Bus suppor ts the Council showing real intent to make Wellington’s public transport fi rst class and the steps being taken to imple-ment integrated ticketing, the Transport Spine and Bus Rapid Transport have its full support as a key operational partner.

Fran Wilde, Chair of Greater Wellington Re-gional Council, says while the current trolley buses certainly have environ-mental benefits, they are expensive to run, limited in where they can go and are less reliable than the current diesel buses.

The council has had con-

cerns over the power supply for some time.

“Upgrading all 13 old substations to the required standards would cost about $52m,” Ms Wilde says.

“A cheaper upgrade, around $16m, is possible but the owners of the sub-stations have advised that the system would still have "low to poor" reliability, with more frequent and longer outages.”

The council intends to move to an all-electric bus fl eet throughout the region when the technology is developed suffi ciently and commercially viable.

In the meantime, hybrid buses will replace the trol-ley buses and some of the older, dirtier diesels from 2017.

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By Laura Kavanagh

The Karori Youth Centre is struggling to open its doors again after its temporary closure in May.

The well-used centre located adjoining the Karori Community Centre has been

closed since coordinater Schnell Lemon resigned last May, without anyone to manage the centre.

Barry Lovegrove of the Karori Com-munity Centre Management Committee says it was very sad to see Schnell go and for the centre to close.

“It was very disappointing when things went belly-up at Schnell’s departure.”

Due to a lack of funding for youth workers in mid-2013, hours of the youth centre had to be cut to 20 hours a week.

This led to Schnell Lemon’s resignation in May 2014, and the temporary closure of the youth centre.

Barry says it is very important the centre survives.“There is no point if having a facility if it is empty.“We need to take care of our youth.”He says a group of the young people who used to

use the centre have approached the management in regards to opening the youth centre up again.

“There are a group of young people who have recognised the youth centre as valuable.”

Barry says what defi nes a healthy community is to the extent to reach out and does what it can to to include everyone.

The management are currently looking for a replacement for Schnell, and funding to ensure the future of the Karori Youth Centre.

“Having a youth centre is a statement of the position of youth in the community, that youth are important,” Barry says.

CLOSED: Barry Lovegrove of the Karori Community Cen-tre Management Committee would like to see such a vital resource to the community opened up again soon.


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By Dave Crampton

Red-light runners may end up seeing red thanks to an intersection safety campaign being launched by the Wellington City Council this week.

Drivers, including red and orange light runners, who spoke to The Independent Herald support the campaign.

Over the next few months, the ‘Stop on Red’ campaign will remind drivers who run red lights that it’s not worth the risk.

Evidence of the campaign will be seen on billboards, bus backs and in

the media.Churton Park resident Roland Fuchs

admits to inadvertently running a red light.

While he supports the Stop on Red campaign, he says he “occasionally speeds up for an orange one.”

The Council’s Safe and Sustainable Transport Manager, Paul Parker, says red-light running is a big problem in Wellington.

“On average there are 26 deaths or serious injuries resulting from crashes occurring at intersections in Wellington every year.”

Police will also be out in force; the council has no power to ticket red

light runners. “This campaign will be supported

with police enforcement at intersec-tions,” police spokesperson Jason McCarthy says.

Gordon Raymond, who drives to Johnsonville to work each day, doesn’t see much red-light running, but he supports the extra enforcement.

“I don’t have a problem with it. I think (red light running) is occasion-ally a problem – I’m unsure of the extent.”

Z service stations and Vehicle Test-ing New Zealand (VTNZ) are also helping to promote the Stop on Red message within their stores.

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By Laura Kavanagh

Your local Karori Constable needs your support raising money for child cancer.

Jono Leach is taking part in the Dean Gifford Memorial Stair Climb and Head Shave, racing up 26 fl ights of stairs in Wellington highest build-ing, the Majestic Centre.

A number of police and potentially fi re offi cers will be doing the event to raise money for the Child Cancer Foundation, a cause deceased police offi cer Dean Gifford was a strong advocate for.

Jono has a goal of fundraising $700 for the foundation.

He is a keen runner, having com-pleted many half marathons, an iron man and an ultra marathon this year.

“I thought this would be a good cause and I love running.

“Cancer is something so massive; most people have been affected in some way, or know someone who has.”

Jono is feeling fairly confi dent of his fi tness, although he has been training up the stairs of the central police station and running up Mt Kaukau.

“I ran 74km this year in Rotorua doing an ultra-marathon.

“It is the most diffi cult thing I have ever done,” he says.

“But if you know you can do something, you can do it. It’s a mind thing.”

He is contemplating wearing his police vest on the day, which will add 8kg to his frame.

Despite being keen to make a good time up the stairs, Jono it is not about mak-ing a quick t ime but r a i s i n g m o n e y for the

foundation.He has created a web page where

people online can donate and it reads:

“I’ve created this page because I want to make a difference.

“The more people that know about child cancer foundation the greater their impact so please also spread the word by sharing my page with your friends and family.”

He hopes the community of Ka-rori will get behind him by donating or coming along to the stair climb

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He is contemplating wearing his police vest on the day, which will add 8kg to his frame.

Despite being keen to make a good time up the stairs, Jono it is not about mak-ing a quick t ime but r a i s i n g m o n e y for the

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Newlands hosted the Interschool Chess Tournament with the Senior A team

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glamourous surrounds of Te Papa.

A Night at the MuseumIt’s Business Time!

Rugby was the winnerSpamalot: Ribald, Puerile, Genius!

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The winners of the Year 11 Business Challenge achieved victory with their

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French language students spent three unforgettable weeks in France honing

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By Laura Kavanagh

A group of Onslow College students spent Friday in absolute silence.

The students were taking part in the Day of Silence, a day of action in which students across the coun-try vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, name calling and harassment in schools.

The QSA (queer straight alliance) Network Aotearoa, a national organisation that works to make schools safer for queer and trans youth, brought the Day of Silence campaign to schools across the country for the fi rst time this Friday June 27, with over 40 schools signed up to take part.

The Day of Silence was founded in 1996 at the University of Vir-ginia and now takes place in over 70 countries worldwide.

“The campaign is about drawing attention to the silencing effect that bullying can have on young people who have a diverse sexual orientation or gender identity,” Tabby Besley, Chairperson of QSA Network Aotearoa says.

“The idea behind the campaign is to bring attention to the issue so there can then be follow up actions to break the silence.”

Statistics from the Youth 2007 report conducted by the University of Auckland show that same or

DAY OF SILENCE: Onslow College students Cole Hampton, Andie Moore, Ben Reason, and Alex Ker spent last Friday in silence raising awareness of bullying in schools of queer and trans people.

both-sex attracted young people are three times more likely than their heterosexual peers to be bullied on a weekly basis

Student Ben Reason says they are trying to address not just the obvi-ous examples of prejudices but the ingrained subconscious steretypes people may have.

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“We haven’t been spoken to properly, it feels as though we’ve been well…silenced.”

Day of Silence at Onslow College

The Wellington City Council's reorganised parking services unit starts work this week. The unit will now be directly employed by the council after almost 20 years of being employed by a private contractor. The back offi ce processing of parking tickets is also now in-house.The decision to return the unit in-house was made late last year and endorsed by Mayor Celia Wade-Brown and Councillors. The parking offi cers will have new technology in the form of handheld devices at their fi ngertips – making their jobs easier.

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By Laura Kavanagh

The support of the Karori community is needed to ensure the Karori Event Centre dream is to become a reality.

The Karori Community Hall Trust wants to thank those who have supported the $4 million project as fundraising efforts are amped up over the next 12 months.

Resource consent has been obtained to build the centre next to the Karori Com-munity Centre and an agreement to lease the Wellington City Council land is also in place.

The hall space with retractable seating will be perfect for fundraising, fairs, family celebrations and club and cultural activities, as well as community classes currently carried out in the community.

The design also provides a venue for events, performances, theatre and exhibi-tions, and lends itself to memorial services and civil defence and welfare purposes.

“The centre will be run on a not-for-profi t basis by the existing Karori Community

Centre and supported by the Karori Com-munity Hall Trust, making it an affordable venue for public and private use,” says Trustee Wallace Simmers.

“It will be a centre where 26,000 Western Suburbs residents can connect through their interests. And the wider Wellington region is invited too, space permitting!”

The Wellington City Council in the 2014/2015 draft Annual Plan process allocated $260,000 in the 2014/15 fi nan-cial year to the project, and agreed in principle that should the St Johns Hall site be declared surplus and sold, that the proceeds would be allocated to the Karori Community Hall/ Event Centre.

Substantial contributions from the com-munity included $68,000+ in pledges from the general public and a grant of $250,000 from the'Karori Brooklyn Community Charitable Trust/ The Lion Foundation' in December 2013.

For more information contact theTrust on (04) 476 9073

STRONG SUPPORT: A recent meeting of the Karori Community Hall Trust. Councillor Simon Woolf, Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, Trustee Wallace Simmers, Councillor Andy Foster, Councillor Jo Coughlan, and Tim Duncan who is a Patron of the Trust.

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LETTERS to the editor

Dear Ed,I'm writing in reply to the article

'Transmission Gully', 25 June 2014. Peter Dunne is wrong if he thinks this road is essential to Wellington's future develop-ment. The National Freight Demands Study shows road freight has fallen since 2006 and traffi c volumes are stagnating. The NZ Transport Agency itself consid-

ers this a low value road. Experience tells us the construction costs will greatly exceed the $1.3 billion budget.

In addition, National wants to build the road privately, risking massive cost overuns and decades of taxpayer levies. Transmission Gully is a white elephant, and there are better things to spend those billions on. These include improving

safety along State Highway one, free doctor's visits for under-18s, insulating Kiwi homes, better public transport and investing in sustainable business. These are what Ohariu needs, not another motorway running through it.

Tane Woodley, CandidateOhariu Greens

Letters on issues of community interest are welcomed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words. They must be signed and a street address provided to show good faith, even if a nom de plume is provided for publication.The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold unsuitable letters from publication. Send or fax them to the address on page two, or email them to [email protected]. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.

Dear Ed,The ever-deluded People’s Power

group claim I fail to represent the majority of Ohariu voters, because I have supported legislation advanced by John Key’s government, consistent with National’s confi dence and supply agreement with UnitedFuture.

Well, at the last election just over 58% of Ohariu voters supported either me or the National candidate - whereas only

35% supported the Labour candidate. Current polling shows a slightly big-ger gap, again in my favour, because Labour’s vote has fallen away.

The “People” in Ohariu seem to be speaking pretty clearly!

Yours sincerely,Hon Peter DunneMP for Ohariu

People’s PowerDear Ed,Murray Gray requests I provide

"true facts". Clearly he not read my last letter that he was responding to (June 18) where I provided the "true fact" that the Ohariu electorate turned out a 64.6% NO vote against asset sales in a citizens imitated ref-erendum. 64.6% is a clear majority of Ohariu voters. True fact. Private polling such as Mr Gray refers to, with a sample of approximately one thousand can't compare to a public referendum with a turnout of over a million.

Catherine BindonWoodridge

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The Raroa Music Centre Orchestra held its fi rst concert of the year on Saturday, June 21.

Nearly thirty players, some of the 250 who attend the centre’s Saturday morning classes, worked hard to present nine pieces to an audience of some sixty parents and supporters.

They started with a rousing rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In” and ended with the more demanding Sinfonia by Telemann.

It was a bitter-sweet occasion for violin and orchestra tutor Alina Junc, who is to continue her violin studies at Auckland University.

The young orchestra played Auld Lang

Syne to farewell her and the fi nal verse, which she played alone, was a sweet and poignant presentation ending her fi ve years of service.

At the close of the concert conductor and organiser Alistair Gilkison extended an open invitation to enrol in the classes, which offer offer group lessons to primary school children, on violin, cello, fl ute, clari-net, saxophone, drums, brass, keyboard, recorder, choir, and orchestra.

“Or you can join us in the orchestra if you have learnt an instrument for one or two years, even if you haven’t learnt it here,” Alistair says.

Alistair can be contacted on 9205-606 or e mail him at [email protected],

MAKING MUSIC: Raroa Music Centre orchestra conductor Alistair Gilkison leads the young players.

Lively concert presented by young orchestra

By Dave Crampton

Wellington’s Old St Pauls in Thorndon is one of the country’s top three land-marks, as voted by visitors and tourists.

The historic place is cared for by Heritage New Zealand (formerly the New Zealand Historic Places Trust), and came in third place as voted by Trip Advisor’s Traveller’s Choice Award.

Constructed entirely of native timbers, Old St Paul’s is one of New Zealand’s greatest heritage places.

“This property is an authentic heritage experience for visitors, whether they’re New Zealanders or tourists from over-seas,” Heritage chief executive Bruce Chapman says.

“The comments and feedback we receive from these visitors is refl ected in the Trip Advisor results.”

Old St Pauls was the top ranking heritage place.

The Kerikeri Mission Station and Pompallier Mission in Russell came in fourth and sixth respectively.

Mr Chapman says the presence of three heritage places in the top 10 refl ects the importance of heritage sites.

“Heritage is a signifi cant drawcard for visitors.

Old St Pauls top landmark

THIRD PLACE: Old St Pauls in Thorndon has been voted one of the country’s top landmarks.

“There are real opportunities for communi-ties to use their local heritage to encourage visitors to come and spend time.”

One of our local furry friends has been found after being missing for fi ve days.

In the early hours of a very warm Monday morning cat Potter Rowland thought about taking an early morn-ing walk.

He went down Burgess Road and up a rather lot of stairs leading to Chapman Street and then on to the top of one of the water reservoirs off Chapman Street.

His two distraught parents put leafl ets around the neighbourhood,

local vets and community notice boards. They walked up and down the streets trying to get his attention if he was nearby, and even put his mug shot on Pets on the Net website. He was eventually found on the reservoir roof.

The Wellington City Council came and opened the locked gates so Potter could be rescued.

He was reunited with his parents somewhat dehydrated but otherwise fi ne.

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GREAT ESCAPE: Potter (on the right) with brother Harry


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There is an exciting week ahead for children who love getting up, close and personal to the wild outdoors.

Zealandia Eco-Sanctuary has organised a school holiday programme for children aged 5 to 12 years, with a love for nature.

About 50 children have signed up for the fi ve-day programme already, which will run between July 7 and 11.

Each of the programme’s fi ve days will focus on a specifi c theme. Monday is about reptiles and waterways, Tuesday is for a Matariki and Carter Observatory field trip, Wednesday is about pests and traps, Thursday is for birds and Friday is about bugs and slugs.

Zealandia Eco-Sanctuary education team leader Darren Van Hoos says this is so that children can join in on any day of their choice and make the most of the

programme. “Each day, with its special theme, will be

a complete experience in itself.“Meeting a tuatara, going by a stream to

spot native fi sh and insects, and observing how water clarity can be measured with a device, are a few activities we have planned this year.”

The children will also be provided with iPads to help them click photos or record sounds of the creatures they spot, Van Hoos says.

“Once the species are identified, we will upload the children’s photos to the Naturewatch website so they can share their experiences with friends and family.”

School holidays at Zealandia

WILD CLASS-ROOM: Young visitors at the Z e a l a n d i a Eco-Sanctuary often enjoy in-teracting with native wildlife, like this tua-tara.

Zealandia's School Holiday Programme will be held from July 7 to 11, between 8am and 5pm. Kids can sign up for a day or even the whole week. For booking details check www.visitzea-landia.com/event/schoolhols.


By Laura Kavanagh

If the children are need-ing something to do these school holidays, the Churton Park Community Centre has something to get their crea-tive juices fl owing.

Churton Park Community Centre is holding Crafty Fish and Chip Fridays during the holidays, offering a range of different crafts including felting.

Jann Freitas is running the felting class, and has her own business, Jinglebugs, selling handmade felted crafts.

“I have always been into craft, and used to knit and crochet clothes for Barbies.”

It was not until seeing the crafts her daughter was play-ing with at playgroup Jann started to get more serious about felting.

“Felting just grabbed me.”Felting is the process of tak-

ing sheep’s fl eece and adding water and agitation.

Jann says the children in her classes all use the same wet-felting techniques of taking colourful unspun wool, add-ing warm soapy water, then patting, rolling and squishing the wool.

“There is no sewing, no glue. Just a bit of felting magic.”

Jann says felting is her pas-sion because she loves wool

Getting crafty with felting

CREATIVE FELTING: Some of the felting creations Jann Freitas has taught children to make.

and natural products, and you can be really creative.

“I love seeing what the kids make because they always think out of the box.”

Children will get a chance to try out a range of different crafts on the Friday class fol-lowed by a lunch of Fish and Chips at Takeaway Churton.

Jann is excited about being involved and says Churton Park Community Centre is getting a great reputation for its holiday classes.

“I ran a class last holiday and the centre was very supportive.

“I had to run another class because the first one was booked out.”

The classes are aimed at fi ve to ten year olds and Jann says all the children will get to take home a bag of goodies they have created.

For more information, con-tact Beckie at the Churton Park Community Centre on 830 4802 or [email protected]

By Laura Kavanagh

A new buggy walk group in Churton Park is gaining traction.

The group of mothers and babies was started up earlier this year when new mother Lauren Molhoek recognised there was a need in the local area.

“I fi rst came to see Beckie at the community centre, for selfi sh reasons because I was lonely, and bored at home.”

Lauren says she wanted to meet other new mums but similar groups were costly.

The Churton Park Com-munity Centre posted on its Facebook page a buggy walk for mums and bubs, and the call was well received with

ten local Mums turning up on the fi rst walk, with babies in tow.

“We all chatted and de-cided we would do one every week,” Lauren says.

The group meet every Monday at 10am for a walk around Churton Park fol-lowed by a coffee and maybe a slice at the local café.

“People are starting to no-tice us as a train of buggies.”

The new mums say the group has been great because they can talk to each other and ask for advice.

Lauren says as a new moth-er, it can feel very isolated.

“No one talks about it but it gets quite lonely, especially when your child sleeps.”

She says the babies sleep

most of the buggy walk, giv-ing the Mums plenty of time to chat and socialise.

The free group and now planning to start a playgroup in the near future to be held at the Churton Park community centre.

Lauren says anyone is wel-come to come along for the walk, regardless of being a mother or not and can also bring respective pets and children along.

“It’s a good way to get out of the house,” Lauren says. For more information con-tact Beckie at the Churton Park Community Centre: Beckie.Duff [email protected] walks will continue throughout the school holi-days.

SUPPORT FOR MUMS: Lydia Ayto and Jamie Wong, Lauren Molhoek and Olivia Molhoek, and Nicola Hall and Jayden Love have been getting to know each other on recent buggy walks.

Buggy group in Churton Park

By Laura Kavanagh

Karori had a special visitor last month at the second annual Karori Business Breakfast.

Minister of Finance, the Hon Bill English, spoke to over 60 Rotarians and Karori business people over breakfast at the Karori Park Café on Thursday June 19.

His address was titled “Managing a Growing Economy” in which he spoke of his recent Budget and the state of the economy.

Comparing the forecast of the 2013 Budget, Mr English showed GDP was currently tracking ahead of those forecasts and although projected to rise, interest rates were well contained.

He said although Crown debt had increased from around $10.3 billion to a forecast $65.5 billion by 2016/17, this was very largely the effect of costs associated with the Christch-

urch earthquake and while a modest surplus of $372 million was forecast for the current fi nancial year, this was confi dently expected to rise to $3,485 over the next three years.

Mr English also emphasised the government was striving for better effi ciency in all areas of the economy, and reductions in the crime rate and in job-seeking benefits were two examples where these savings are being achieved.

When questioned on the age of entitlement English said he was comfortable with his government’s decision to hold the existing age of entitlement at 65.

The Business Breakfasts in Karori are the initiative of the Rotary Club of Karori in partnership with ANZ Bank and are being held every 6 to 8 weeks.

Those being invited to speak are expected to be of interest to those in business within the Karori area.

Hon Bill English joins Karori Business Breakfast

Managing a growing economy: Hon Bill English addressing those at the Karori Business Breakfast last month. PHOTO SUPPLIED.


NORTH WELLINGTON VOLUNTARY SERVICEAWARDS 2014 NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CALLED


Nominations for the presentation of the 2012 North Wellington Voluntary Service Awards are now being called. The awards recognise and acknowledge those members of the area who perform voluntary services encompassing social, cultural and environmental activity in the northern suburbs of Wellington.

Organisations who have volunteers who have performed outstanding service and who meet the criteria for receiving an award, are invited to nominate any members for consideration by the Awards Committee.

To qualify for an award the person nominated must have performed voluntary service: 1 Without any form of remuneration 2 For a minimum period of five years 3 Within the geographical area between Tawa/Linden in the north to Chartwell/Crofton Downs in the south and Kaiwharawhara and Ohariu Valley in the east and west.

Nominations must be lodged on the formal Nomination Form and must include all relevant information.

Forms are available from:Newlands Community CentreJohnsonville Citizens Advice Bureau Johnsonville Community CentreElectorate Office of the Hon Peter Dunne MP in Johnsonville Community Centre,or Secretary of Committee

Further information on the awards can be obtained from the Secretary,Ray Good on Telephone 235 8819 (day) or 971-3686 (evening)

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Further information on the awards can be obtained from the Secretary, Ray Good on Telephone 235 8819 (day) or 971-3686 (evening)Principal Sponsor The Trusts Community Foundation Ltd. Nominations Must Be Received Prior To Friday 19 July 2013


Organisations who have volunteers who have performed outstanding service and who meet the criteria for receiving award, are invited to nominate any members for consideration by the Awards Committee.

To qualify for an award the person nominated must have performed voluntary service: 1. Without any form of remuneration 2. For a minimum period of five years 3. Within the geographical area between Tawa/Linden in the north to Chartwell/Crofton Downs in the south and Kaiwharawhara and Ohariu Valley in the east and west.

Nominations must be lodged on the formal Nominations Form and must include all relevant information.

Forms are available from:Newlands Community CentreJohnsonville Citizens Advice Bureau Johnsonville Community CentreElectorate Office of the Hon Peter Dunne MP in Johnsonville Community Centre,or Secretary of Committee

Forms are available from:Newlands Community CentreJohnsonville Citizens Advice Bureau Johnsonville

Community CentreElectorate Offi ce of the Hon Peter Dunne MP in

Johnsonville Community Centre,or Secretary of Committee


Organisations who have volunteers who have performed outstanding service and who meet the criteria for receiving an award, are invited to nominate any members for consideration by the Awards Committee.

To qualify for an award the person nominated must have performed voluntary service:

1. Without any form of remuneration2. For a minimum period of fi ve years3. Within the geographical area between Tawa/Linden in the north

to Chartwell/Crofton Downs in the south and Kaiwharawhara and Ohariu Valley in the east and west.

Nominations must be lodged on the formal Nomination Form and must include all relevant information.

Further information on the awards can be obtained from the Secretary, Ray Good on Telephone 235 8819 (day) or 971-3686 (evening)

Principal Sponsor The Trusts Community Foundation Ltd. Nominations Must Be Received Prior To Friday 11 July 2014

Onslow College student Julie Hillel recently competed in the annual Lions Clubs Young Speechmaker contest.

Julie was sponsored by Johnsonville Lions Club to compete in the contest held in Dannevirke.

The contest is open to young adults aged between 17 and 21 with a na-tional prize of six weeks in the USA and Canada hosted by local Lions Club members.

Contestants had to give a six minute prepared speech on any topic, and a two minute impromptu speech.

Julie chose as her topic to discuss what it means to be a New Zealander, where do migrants fit in, and the

issues faced by people of different ethnic backgrounds who may be born in New Zealand but are still not seen as, nor treated like, ‘proper’ New Zealanders.

Her message was to have faith in ourselves, not to accept racism and not to take time to know people before judging them.

The impromptu speech topic was “why”, and Julie spoke about annoy-ing people when she was young by asking ‘why’ all the time.

However this meant that she learned a lot as she grew up.

Also Julie says that there are times when it is better not to ask ‘why’, but just to do things.

Chair of Johnsonville Lions Club Youth Committee Sandra Gaelic says although Julie was not placed, the contest gave young adults the opportunity to improve their skills and relate to other likeminded people.

The winning contestant was spon-sored by a Napier Lions Club.

“For audience members it was satis-fying to see and hear positive aspects of our future leaders,” Sandra says.

“Our club will defi nitely continue to sponsor contestants with the next competition to be in June next year”.

Student speaks about ‘fi tting in’

SPEAKING OUT: Onslow College student Julie Hillel giving her speech in Dannevirke

Khandallah Arts Theatre is holding an Open Day this Saturday, July 5.

Drop in any time between 12 noon and 3pm for a free cuppa and sizzling sau-sage, and to catch a glimpse behind the scenes-props, lighting, sound and more. There will be fun activities for children and adults and a chance to win free tickets to our upcoming production The Importance of Being Earnest. If you've ever wondered about being on or behind the stage, or just want to get involved in a

local community group, the group would love to meet you.

Khandallah Arts Theatre open daySaturday July 5, 12 Noon- 3pmCochran Hall, Cashmere Avenue School, Khandallah. See the Facebook page www.facebook.com/Khandallah Arts Theatre, or web-site www.kat-theatre.org.nz for more information.

Do you want to add a little drama to your life?


By Laura Kavanagh

A local romance author has joined forces with other kiwi romance writers diving into the global world of digital publish-ing.

Independent author and Wel-lingtonian Kris Pearson is one of the seven authors involved in the set Second Chances, exclusive to the iBooks store.

Kris has contr ibuted her New Zealand-set romance The Wrong Sister - a book Kris calls "contemporary romance on the sizzling side" - and she was keen to take part in this set after she

and three other authors tried a similar promotion last year.

"It was nice working with a group instead of isolation as an indie author normally does."

For authors, who have been publishing independently, the boxed set is becoming a popular promotional strategy for authors.

They're sold at a bargain price – Second Chances is on sale for 99c and includes seven novels that would normally sell for around $4 each.

Kris has been self- publish-ing for two and a half years now, and began after years of

frustration with traditional print publishers.

“My voice was never liked, revisions were suggested and sent, much time was wasted waiting for replies - 18 months in one memorable case.”

So Kris and fellow Second Chances author Diana Fraser learned how to self-publish.

"We proved that our stories were right for thousands of other romance readers around the world - and probably a lot of Mills and Boonies, too."

Diana Fraser, who is behind the Second Chances boxed set says it is all about offering read-

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Eye on CrimeJohnsonville Neighbourhood Watch

In Newlands, a garage in Black Rock Road was broken into where bolt cutters were used to cut through the padlock. A number of electronic items, including a TV stored in the garage were taken. Another burglary occurred at a house in Kenmore Street, where entry was obtained via a jemmied wooden framed window, breaking the glass in the process. A large quantity of wine, a DVD player, camera, cell phone, laptop computer and a hard drive were stolen. Also in Newlands, a silver Mazda Atenza was stolen from the driveway of a house Salford Street.

In Khandallah, a burglary took place at a large store in Ganges Road. A smashed window was the point of entry and cash appears to have been the target. Tills and drawers were searched but it is not known at this stage what was actu-ally taken. An alarm was activated and cctv footage is available for

Police examination. Tagging was carried out on a wall of a house in Dekka Street.

In Ngaio, an attempt was made to steal the battery of a truck but the thieves were frustrated but a stubborn bolt securing it to the vehicle. A red Subaru Impreza, parked overnight in the driveway of a house in Kenya Street, was stolen. Another Subaru Impreza, this one silver in colour, parked during the day in Awarua Street, was also stolen.

In Churton Park, a burglary occurred at a business premises in Westchester Drive, where the offenders used tools to wrench open the main doors. Footage from cctv shows three males ripping the cash till off the counter and carrying it away with them.

In Crofton Downs a burglary took place at a house in Chartwell Drive, where business papers were apparently searched for and stolen.

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R A N D O MIn Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs.

The Karori Lions Club now has a new President and Board as follows:

President: Barry LovegroveVice President: Graeme Ching Immediate Past President: Alice

McDonald Treasurer: Jo Cameron

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STUDENTS SUCCESS: A photo of St Teresa’s in Karori’s � rst XV rugby team in 2005 including Etimani Sului, Asosi Tuimavave, Nicholas Blundell, Maddie Chapman, and Michael Lowe. PHOTO SUPPLIED

By Laura Kavanagh

There must have been some-thing in the Karori water in 2005.

A photo pulled out of the ar-chives of St Teresa’s School’s fi rst XV rugby that year has a number of national and international sports stars.

The recent IRB World Rugby Championships held in Auckland prompted the school to pull out some old photos as it had two of the old boys playing in the tournament – Etimani Sului (Samoa) and Asosi Tuimavave (New Zealand).

Two of Etimani’s younger sib-lings are current students so the school community was watching his progress with interest.

St Teresa’s found the photo from 2005 and discovered these two boys weren’t the only ones in it who have gone on to achieve

national honours in their sport.This team also had three other

students who have represented NZ in their chosen sport, includ-ing Nicholas Blundell (NZ U19 Cricket Team), Maddie Chapman (U20 NZ Javelin champ) and Mi-chael Lowe (NZ Handball rep).

St Teresa’s say having fi ve na-tional representatives from one year is a great achievement for a small school and it is proud of its achievements.

Current students will be in-spired to see former students doing so well.

In addition to the 2005 team, former pupil Tim Brown had a successful professional football career with both the Wellington Phoenix and the All Whites.

The school will be following another ex-student Samantha Lucie-Smith, who is in the NZ swim team for Glasgow this

Former St Teresa’s student sporting success

By Dan Whitfi eld

Johnsonville’s campaign in the under 85kg division is lacking the momentum it had earlier in the season, following another loss.

In the fi rst round, Johnsonville played well against Wests, but appeared to be in the wrong head space for the recent match-up – losing 25-12.

The weekend’s game started strong with a lot of communica-tion between the forwards and backs in the Johnosnville squad. This led to the fi rst try being scored by Thurston Patu.

Despite good set plays, Wests managed to up the score and were leading at half time. In the second half, West came out strong and dominated – and the Johnsonville communication lacked the intensity it had in the half before.

A highlight of the second half was a great chip-and-chase try by Jesse Cudby, scoring under the posts. This was converted by Corey Field.

The team’s player-coach Ed-die Rakanui says the scoreline fl attered them but probably the right result.

“Awesome defence at times but a couple of missed one-on-one tackles and we ended up under our posts,” he says.

It was a disappointing loss but Johnsonville hopes to come alive this weekend when the side takes on MSP Green at Newlands Park, with kick off

set for 3pm.The Johnsonville under 85kg

side is sponsored by Superloans.In other games of last week’s

round, the club’s premier side beat Poneke, 7-3. A team spokes-person it was a tough game with a somewhat depleted team front-ing a confident Poneke team playing on its home turf. Poneke took its chances and defended well against Johnsonville’s raid at the try line.

In the senior seconds division, Johnsonville beat Stokes Valley, winning 13-5. The club’s colts side lost 12-36 against a strong Poneke side. Colts player of the day was Cam Mako.

Johnsonville’s cripples lost 5-23 against Wests Mixed Veges, and the club’s presidents side lost 5-10 to Norths White.

In college rugby, the Newlands fi rst XV won 41-14 against Here-taunga, managing to remain unbeaten. The Newlands second XV won 32-15 against Rongotai, also unbeaten this season.

Onslow College’s first XV narrowly lost 24-27 against Scots. This was the fi rst loss for Onslow against the top team in grade.

Newlands Park plays host to the Woodridge colts set to take on Kapiti at 1.15pm. Johnson-ville’s cripples come up against the Ories this week, playing at the Polo Ground at 3pm; while the presidents verse Petone at the Petone Recreation Ground at 3pm.

Johnsonville go down to Wests

By Laura Kavanagh

Sport Wellington recently ran a workshop at Newlands College to prepare the coaches of the future.

Beginner coaches are being taught the ins and outs of coach-ing at the KiwiSport ‘Getting Started in Coaching’ workshop -organised by Regional Sports Trust, Sport Wellington.

The entry level workshop is aimed at new or potential coaches, whether it be parents, teachers, students or volunteers.

The course is designed to pro-vide an opportunity for coaches to develop their general coach-ing skills and their confi dence to provide a positive coaching experience for others.

It aims to teach basic introduc-tory coaching concepts, while providing an insight into what coaching is and how to effec-tively coach at this level.

Sandra Edge, who has had a lifetime involvement with netball, facilitated the session with Newlands College students last week.

She was impressed saying the students were quite experienced already in coaching.

Sandra got the budding coach-es to teach each other a skill, and then assess each other.

“A good coach is passionate, organised, and gets a thrill out of seeing the confi dence grow in their players.”she says the Northern suburbs are produc-ing a great number of future athletes, which is a credit to the coaches in the area.

COACHING: Sandra Edge giving the young coaches from Newlands College instructions for a coaching activity.

Support for young coaches

COACHING: Many of the Newlands College students already have experience coaching sports.

For more information, visit the sport Wellington Website www.sportwellington.org.nz/

getting-started-in-coaching/ for dates of the next course.

PREMIERSWainuiomata Lions 34 Def. Porirua Vikings 8University Hunters 44 Def. Upper Hutt Tigers 22Te Aroha Eels 74 Def. St George Dragons 10Randwick King� shers 88 Def. Petone Panthers 4

Points Table: Randwick King� shers 21, Te Aroha Eels 20, University 17, Wainuiomata 16, Porirua 14, St George Dragons 3, Upper Hutt Tigers 3, Petone Panthers 2.RESERVESRandwick King� shers 58 Def. Trentham Titans 14

University Hunters 32 Def. Titahi Bay Marlins 4Porirua Vikings 26 Def. Wainuiomata Lions 10SENIOR 1STPorirua City Phoenix 28 Def. Randwick King� shers 20University Hunters 40 Def. Porirua Vikings 8

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