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Child cancer awareness

By Dave CramptonThere was no excuse for lateness at St

Brigid’s School last Friday, as students could just jump out of bed and go straight to school.

Instead of donning uniforms, students and teachers alike at the Johnsonville school spent the day in their onesies and pyjamas to raise money for child cancer.

Continued on page 2

GOOD CAUSE: St Brigid's School students Marrielle Tingzon and Raya Panugayan came dressed in their best pyjamas.PHOTO CREDIT: Laura Kavanagh

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Members of the school’s student council earlier set up posters around the school and made sure everyone knew that a gold coin do-nation and sleepwear was required on the day, instead of a uniform.Council member Georgia Harris, 12, said her mother has a friend who works in the hospital, and the pyjama fundraising idea was an obvious way to highlight issues with child cancer patients. “They don’t get up in the morning, and are in their pyjamas.” “It’s a great way to fundraise,” fel-low council member Grace Ohlsson, 12, adds. “We are trying to raise up to $800 and we will be handing over a cheque in front of a school assem-bly in two weeks.One class, Room 6, raised $100 on their own. Jayden Gomes, 9, donned a fresh pair of pyjamas after getting out of bed.“I was wearing my olds pyjamas last

night to keep these ones clean,” he said. Jude Anderson, 9, while also in nightwear was also wearing shoes as he couldn’t fi nd his slippers. He said the best thing about the day was raising money for a group outside the school. “It’s not just for our school; it’s for people with cancer.” Their teacher, Paul Murray, showed his class a video of Prince William in Wellington Hospital visiting child can-cer patients earlier this year, and says children are not often ex-posed others their age with cancer. “They don’t get to see that – it needs to be visible for young people as well.” The school raised well over $550, and on Monday it was back to the school uniform. Photos continued on page 13.

night to keep these ones clean,” he

Jude Anderson, 9, while also in nightwear was also wearing shoes as he couldn’t fi nd his slippers. He said the best thing about the day was raising money for a group

“It’s not just for our school; it’s for people with cancer.” Their teacher, Paul Murray, showed his class a video of Prince William in Wellington Hospital visiting child can-cer patients earlier this year, and says children

young people as well.” The school raised well

Monday it was back to

night to keep these ones clean,” he

Jude Anderson, 9, while also in nightwear was also wearing shoes as he couldn’t fi nd his slippers. He said the best thing about the day was raising money for a group

“It’s not just for our school; it’s for people with cancer.” Their teacher, Paul Murray, showed his class a video of Prince William in Wellington Hospital visiting child can-cer patients earlier this year, and says children

young people as well.” The school raised well

Monday it was back to

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New Zealand’s largest suburb is losing its PostShop, with the premises at Karori Road and also at Molesworth Street in Thorndon about to be closed

and franchised out.Six staff in each shop will

affected. NZ Post is currently looking

to fi ll the franchise with busi-ness that can undertake both banking and postal services.

Employees affected by the changes may be redeployed by new operators but there are likely to be some redundancies.

NZ Post General Manager store network Jon Andrews says the move will not affect existing ser-vices, and people will still be able to access postal and banking services.

But Karori resident Betty Glover says she is ‘fuming’ at the decision, noting that residents from North-land and Wilton use the Karori Post Offi ce.

“Why can’t the fat cats at the top cut their salary to pay for it?” she asks.

Rekha Chauhan, who regularly uses the services for banking and bills, says ‘it’s not okay’ for NZ Post to franchise the services out, and wants the Post Offi ce to stay the way it is.

“It’s useful, we are used to it.” Mana and Wainuiomata Post

Shops are also closing. NZ Post is seeking local busi-

nesses to take over the services.Existing services will not be

affected while the search for a new provider is under way. New Zealand Post has 136 franchises around the country.

In November it announced that due to dropping mail volumes, it would move to a three-day-a-week urban postal delivery service from next month.

Last year it closed its mail pro-cessing centres in the main cities, with the loss of 163 jobs in Wel-lington.

In 2011 three Wellington post shops were closed, with the Mi-ramar outlet changing to a Post Centre.

END OF THE ROAD: The news Karori is to lose its PostShop has left some residents disgruntled.

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A new face will be pounding the pavements and keeping the Johnsonville community safe.

Megan Gouverneur has taken up the permanent role of sergeant at the Johnsonville Police Station. Lance Murdoch has taken a secondment and is working in the Solomon Islands.

Megan started in her new role a month ago, and has spent the fi rst few weeks fi nding her feet.

“I have been out meeting the community and getting to know all the staff,” Megan says.

She grew up in Lower Hutt and made a transition into polic-ing in 1992 after the merger of the Police and the Ministry of Transport.

Megan started off her police career in Kilbirnie before mov-ing on to spend several years working in Masterton.

On her return to Wellington, she mainly worked at Wel-lington Central police station and has worked extensively in the area of Youth Aid.

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NEW OFFICER ON THE BEAT: Ser-geant Megan Gouverneur is looking forward to getting to know the Johnsonville community.

Police attention as an offender, victim or because of their cir-cumstances.

Megan enjoys being part of the police force because every day is different.

“Every day is different often with a new challenge."

She says her job involves meet-ing with people from all walks of life.

“And I am still passionate about it after all these years.”

Megan believes strongly in Prevention First which puts prevention at the forefront of everything we do - ultimately to reduce crime and crashes and make New Zealand a safe place to live in and enjoy.

“I believe in what we do and that it has an impact in people’s lives - through good and bad times.”

Megan is looking forward to meeting more of the local com-

munity in the upcoming weeks.“My goal is to make sure the

community is safe for everyone.“People should not be fright-

ened to go out in their neigh-bourhood, and should feel an ownership of the area.”

She adds the support of her excellent staff has been fantastic.

“I have awesome staff, all of whom are experienced and enthusiastic.”

NEW OFFICER ON THE BEAT: Sergeant Megan Gouverneur is looking forward to getting to know the Johnsonville community.

The future of Wellington’s pub-lic transportation system is up for debate as the Greater Wellington Regional Council decides to retire the trolley bus fl eet.

The council’s plan is to phase out the trolley buses in 2017 due to their high cost, lack of reliability and fl exibility, and re-place them with the latest hybrid technology.

A long term goal of running a fully electric bus fl eet through the region is one of the recommenda-tions of the Council’s Annual Plan hearings committee.

Paul Swain, the Regional Coun-cil’s public transport portfolio leader, says the Public Transport Plan is preparing Wellingtonians for a new era aimed at getting more people out of cars and onto public transport.

Coincidently, a Wellington business delegation to China led by Mayor Celia Wade-Brown met with representatives from the BYD Company recently to investigate electric bus opportuni-ties for Wellington City.

Mayor Wade-Brown says the visit confi rmed her view that fully

electric buses are a viable form of transport for Wellington.

“Many Wellingtonians are committed to reducing transport emissions - both greenhouse gases and particulates.

“I'd like to see 100 percent of our public transport become electric,” she says.

She says the buses they saw could either be charged on their journey or have the batteries swapped in and out and charged at night.

Mayor Wade-Brown is encour-aging the regional council to keep

their options open. “There is rapidly developing

technology in the Zero Emissions area and many cities are picking up on the opportunities for cleaner fl eets, for example BYD has more than 700 electric buses worldwide from New York to Canada, and Hangzhou has just ordered 2000 of these Iron-Phosphate battery-powered buses.

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It is one year in and former lawyer Grace Kreft is not looking back.

Grace is celebrating the fi rst birth-day of her own business Sweet Bakery and Cakery, which she set up in June last year.

In the past year she has been inundated with all kinds of weird and wonderful requests for cakes from Wellingtonians, but couldn’t be happier with her decision to choose chocolate icing over corporate law.

“I do miss the challenge of being a lawyer,” Grace says.

“But there's no doubt about it that running your own small business has even more, and very varied, challenges of its own, and is very satisfying.”

Grace spent two years working as a fi nancial services lawyer in a Wellington law fi rm before moving to London to train as a cake and cupcake baker and decorator.

She says her fi rst year in business

has been a huge learning curve.Figuring out pricing structures,

testing recipes and sourcing the best quality ingredients have been some of the key challenges so far.

“We've worked very hard over the last year to bring Sweet to life, including working until midnight on Friday nights, and coming back early from our wedding to create someone else's wedding cake!”

The fi rst year has been very suc-cessful for Sweet with Grace having to move her business into her own commercial kitchen in Marsden Village, take on two assistants in the kitchen, and create over 700 cake and cupcake orders.

Grace also made her own wedding cake in January this year when she married her now-husband Brad in Wanaka.

She and her team will be celebrating the fi rst birthday with a party – and of course a birthday cake. For more information, go to www.sweetbakery.co.nz.

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CELEBRATING SOMETHING SWEET: Owner of Sweet Bakery and Cakery Grace Kreft says the fi rst year has been hard work but satisfying.

By Dave Crampton

The ticket offi ce at the John-sonville Railway Station is no longer a ticket offi ce, with tick-ets now having to be purchased on the train or at the Broderick Road Dairy.

The office is permanently closed and is currently being gutted with the intention of turning it into a café in coming weeks.

Greater Wellington Regional Council claimed it was not viable to employ a staff mem-

ber at the station, even on a part-time basis, so Tranz Metro, who arranges ticketing, moved ticket purchases to the Broderick Road Dairy.

Alak Kumar says he gets his tickets from the ticket offi ce at the Johnsonville station and was unaware of its closure.

He says he is not happy he has to buy tickets at the Wellington Railway Station, or walk past the station to the dairy to get tickets, and back again.

“Why don’t they leave the tickets here, and put them with

the coffee shop?”Kiwi Rail senior communi-

cations advisor David Miller says that up until last year a ticket agent held the contract but decided against continuing.

“Until last week there was a temporary contractor in place until a longer term solution could be found. A new ticket agent is now operating at the Broderick dairy.”

“I’m not happy about that - I don’t even know where that is,” Johnsonville commuter Manuel Bustaman says.

“Can’t they have a café and a ticket office in the same place?”

Staff members are contracted via the regional council, who by not continuing the employ of the staff member has forced the closure of the ticket offi ce.

Wellington Regional Council Asset Administrator Richard Noakes says he is hopeful of a tenant.

“We are looking to turn it into a café if we can fi nd one to take it on as a tenant,” he says.

No more train tickets at Johnsonville

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Newlands Intermediate had a special assembly on Tuesday to celebrate the installation of solar panels in the school.

Representatives from Genesis Energy and Wellington City Coun-cillors came to the ceremony, which was to celebrate Newlands Interme-diate being part of the Schoolgen programme.

Schoolgen is a programme devel-oped by Genesis Energy to bring solar energy and energy effi ciency

to life for school children across New Zealand.

Schoolgen began in 2006 and has been providing schools across New Zealand with a 2 kilowatt (kW) PV photovoltaic system at no cost to the schools, as well as teaching resources.

A group of Newlands Intermediate students created a performance to educate the rest of the school about solar power.

Principal Angela Lowe welcomed all the guests and thanked all the students and teachers who had sup-

ported the Schoolgen project.“This is a launch pad for us in many

ways, and we are very excited to be a part of this.”

Angela says as well as reducing their power bills, Schoolgen was just the beginning of showing their commitment to living sustainably and environmentally friendly.

Newlands Intermediate is one of ten schools in Wellington to be chosen for the Schoolgen project.

By the end of June, Schoolgen will be installed in 68 schools around the country.

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By Dave Crampton

The Internet Party could be stand-ing candidates in Wellington Central and Ohariu at the General Election in September, provided the Mana Party does not.

The party will confi rm its list of candidates, including which elector-ate each will stand in, on June 19 in Wellington.

While the Internet Party’s candi-dates will join the combined Internet Mana list to contest the party vote, both parties will not stand candidates in the same electorates.

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“Those decisions will be made based on a number of factors, notably the ‘home’ location of each candidate and where we see strategic opportuni-ties.

“We’ll also be assigning each candi-date a specifi c portfolio area in which they will represent the Internet Party.”

More than 140 Internet Party mem-bers applied for candidacy, with preliminary selection meetings in all main centres.

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be of the highest calibre.“All will be exceptional candidates.

It’s been a really tough and competi-tive process given the amazing talent on display.”

The Internet Party’s candidates will join the combined Internet Mana list to contest the party vote.

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The Makara Community Centre Association, who own St Patrick’s Church and Monk Cottage, have had $40,000 approved to purchase the land they stand on to secure their ownership and management by the Makara community. .

This funding contributes to previous Meridian West Wind Community Fund grants to the land purchase of $80,000.

Ruth Paul of the Makara Com-munity Centre Association says allowing the Makara com-munity to buy the land will mean St Patricks’s Church and Monks Cottage will remain in their historic setting and save them from been removed or demolished in the future.

“The church means a lot to the community; its stained glass windows tell the history of the area and its families.

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and building is frequently used to commemorate community events such as weddings and funerals and it is always included in Makara festivities.”

The Makara community will also be able to enjoy tennis games at the local tennis club thanks to a $13,600 grant from the fund.

“Meridian provided funding in the past to resurface one of our two local tennis courts and resurfacing the fi nal court means the community has a high

standard facility, which will help us promote tennis in the local area and continue to grow the number of locals playing the sport,” President of the Makara Tennis Club Vicky Wutzler says.

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Mike Ohs, Chair of the Merid-ian West Wind Community Fund says they are very proud to help support local projects.

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A generous good deed by a Wellington dentist has made a big difference in a young mother's life.

Dr Sophia Ling from Lu-mino The Dentist on The Terrace has given Nicole Hickman a new lease on life performing her dental surgery for free.

Nicole had very bad damage to her front teeth after an incident in her childhood, and was never able to get them fi xed.

She grew up in Porirua as part of a large family, and says her brothers and sisters would have to look after themselves.

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caused the damage to her teeth, but as the event was never reported, Nicole could not claim ACC.

She says she got involved with drugs and alcohol at a young age but stopped after realising she was pregnant with daughter Kendra.

She came to the House of Grace, who helped and sup-ported Nicole through her pregnancy.

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Even bad weather could not dampen the spirits of some enthusiastic volunteers last week.

Ninety members of staff from Loyalty New Zealand battered the wind and rain at Seton Nossiter Park in Grenada, to plant 6000 plants and shrubs.

They took the day off to help the Department of Conservation and Project Crimson.

Project Crimson is a conservation or-ganisation set up to fi ght for the survival of pohutukawa, rata and other native species in New Zealand.

Vicki Connor from Loyalty New Zealand says it is a great initiative to be involved in.

“Kiwis have a great connection with the natural environment so it is great to be doing something like this.

“And it gets people together, which is a great team builder.”

She says the Loyalty New Zealand staff worked tirelessly through the rain for eight hours, but says it was not as cold this year.

This is the second time Loyalty New Zealand has been planting up at Seton Nossiter.

“It was great to see the impact of the work we had done last year, as they are growing nicely,” Vicki says.

She says it was hard work out there but everyone enjoyed themselves.

Volunteers dig in

HARD WORK: Volunteers Kelly Taylor and Kate Morgan-Rees from Loyalty NZ got stuck in with the planting.

The dream of one Victoria Uni-versity student is one step closer to reality.

Bachelor of Science student Merlijn Führhop is through to the second round of the Mars One astronaut selection process from an original pool of over 200,000 applicants.

He is one of only 418 men and 287 women to be interviewed by the selection committee.

Mars One is a Netherlands-based organisation aiming to establish a permanent human settlement on the planet by 2025, starting with four people.

Merlijn, who spent three years travelling from The Netherlands to New Zealand on a sailing yacht with his family, is no stranger to confi nement and is undaunted by the prospect of a 300 million-mile, seven month journey from Earth

to Mars.“It would be very boring and

cramped. “I’m not scared, a little apprehen-

sive as I’m not sure what to expect, but mostly I’m excited,” he says.

“The Mars One pro-ject is the next big step for mankind and I think it wo u l d b e great i f I cou ld be part of that. It would be life fulfill-ing.”

In his on-line profi le, the 19-year-old physics student says he likes video games, watching television shows and movies, and playing soccer and the piano.

“I didn’t think I’d get through the fi rst round, but then I did. At that stage I thought wow, this could actually happen. It was a bit to get used to.”

The mission requires astronauts to undergo eight years of training,

including isolation from the world in groups of four

in simulation facilities, to learn how they re-spond to living in close quarters and away from other people. “You’re giving up life

on Earth, but you get a life on Mars. You’ll still

be alive, eat food, play games. It’s not going to change

who you are, it’s just living some-where else, forever.”

For more information visit www.mars-one.com

Mission to Mars

MARS JOURNEY: Victoria University student Merlijn Führhop is excited about potentially making it to Mars.

“The Mars One pro- to undergo eight years of training, including isolation from the

world in groups of four in simulation facilities, to learn how they re-


be alive, eat food, play

19-year-old physics games. It’s not going to change

who you are, it’s just living some-

“The Mars One pro-ject is the next big step for mankind and I think it wo u l d b e

In his on-the

“The Mars One pro-ject is the next big step for mankind and I think it

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be alive, eat food, play games. It’s not going to change

Wednesday June 18, 20148

Q: What do you think is missing in Johnsonville?

readers have their say... Find out the WORD on the Street.

Hayden Meynell, Johnsonville

“Movies, and a skatepark.”

Robyn Meynell, Johnsonville

“Farmers, Kmart or a movie theatre for the kids.”

Sheyenne Karaitiana, Johnsonville

“Just a movie theatre.”

Kylie Wright, Johnsonville

“I don’t know. It seems to have everything.”

Thelma St John, Ngaraunga

“There is not much missing but if we had a Farmers, it would be booming.”

Josh Corkery, Newtown

“I come here for lunch so I would love a bigger food market.”

Josh Corkery, Josh Corkery, Robyn Meynell, Robyn Meynell, Hayden Meynell, Hayden Meynell, Thelma St John, Thelma St John, Kylie Wright, Kylie Wright, Sheyenne Karaitiana, Sheyenne Karaitiana,

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.

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Dear Ed,I'd like to comment on "KEEN".We experience presently a "Technology-

Tiredness" about the 'Ever-Changing'. It is disturbing our daily livees.

Larger groups of people refusing to purchase expensive, hard to operate new mobile phones. Younger ones keep the old phones in a bout of nostalgia.

Msrs Chen, Shaw,and Popli obviously spend no time involving those two groups of our population. Another Example is the threat of

removing "Dial-up".The phone line cost $500 annually, doing

my e-mail too.The cheapest alternative is asking for another

$500 on top.That is outside of my Budget.The salesman of vodafone is trying to sell me

a mercedes benz when I want a bicyle ha ha hasincerely yours: Win Fried Heinrich BrendgensKarori

Local network KEEN

Dear Ed,Congratulations to Tony Randle for writing

last week about the three Green Councillors who failed to acknowledge Cr Nicola Young for her lead in keeping fares down. I meant to write about this myself but I was too busy with Environment Court mediation dealing with the threat to build a Mega-Mitre Ten in the valley just below Zealandia.

The Council has to deal with many such threats to our Open Space e.g. on the Water-

front and the Town Belt where the original Bill has at least stopped from proceeding for another three months.

The Green Councillors will need all the help they can muster to do the job for which they were elected. Trying to steal the thunder of other Councillors will not assist them in the important job for which they and the Green Mayor were actually elected.

Michael GibsonNorthland

Councillors keeping fares down

Dear Ed,I was interested in this line: “Mr Dunne has

previously told The Independent Herald that the group represents a small minority and he was not interested in engaging with them”, in reference to People’s Power Ohariu in your article “New signs target Ohariu MP”.

I understand that People’s Power Ohariu were involved in an anti-asset sales campaign. Peter Dunne cast the critical vote on proceed-ing with the asset sales legislation, which according to the 64.6% of Ohariu constituents who voted NO on the asset sales referendum

would make the majority of his constituents unhappy with his choices.

Rather than representing the minority of Ohariu voters it would appear that People’s Power Ohariu do indeed represent the majority. Does this mean Peter Dunne is not interested in engaging with the majority of his constituents?

Regards,Catherine BindonWoodridge

People’s Power

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St Benedict’s School in Khandal-lah has received an ANZ netball grant this year that will see all of the netball teams kitted out with new sports bags, netballs and drink bottles.

St Benedict’s School netball coor-dinator Viv Collier applied to ANZ under their Netball Grant Scheme, then based on the application and votes cast by parents and friends of the teams, successful applications were decided on.

Viv spoke to the students at a recent school assembly about the wonderful support the netball

teams receive from the community and also from ANZ and showed off the new gear to the students.

Principal Dave Lamont says two years ago St Benedict’s teams were successful in gaining another ANZ grant for uniforms so now with the new kit bags, the netballers are looking like real pros.

“Like most schools and sports clubs around the region St Ben-edict’s School relies heavily on parents volunteering their time for the netball teams to take part in the local competitions, and we are grateful for their support and commitment to the teams they coach and manage.”

By Laura Kavanagh

New Zealand’s first private neighbourhood website has been launched across the coun-try after a successful pilot in Auckland.Neighbourly is designed to foster interaction between neighbours and community organisations by creating an easy way for them to talk and share online.

Members who join Neighbourly create free and private websites for their suburbs to exchange advice, recommend local ser-vices, share events, sell/give away unwanted items, discuss local crime, locate lost pets and get to know one another.Co-founder Casey Eden hopes Neighbourly will create more connections in the ‘real world.’“These days most of us don’t know our neighbours – but

that’s not to say w don’t want to,” Casey says.“We all want to feel more con-nected to the communities within which we live but we’re just not so sure how to do it.It off ers a free service for organ-isations who want to reach resi-dents within their community with MPs, schools, residents associations, local boards and more already using the site to communicate important local

information.It also off ers an urgent crime and safety text service alerting members to emergency situa-tions in theit communityAll neighbourhoods are pri-vate, all members must be ad-dress verifi ed and information shared on Neighbourly does not appear when using search engines.Eden says it takes us back to the community connectedness we

had when we were growing up.“We’ve lost that sense of com-munity in the average New Zealand suburb and if we can help bring it back in any way, we’re all going to have better places to call home.” To join Neighbourly in your suburb head to www.neigh-bourly.co.nz. For information on becoming a neighbourly Lead, go to www.neighbourly.co.nz/community/lead

Website brings neighbours together

Support for local netballers

LOOKING GOOD: Netballers from St Benedict’s. From top left: Aisling Lawson, Maddy Smith, Xara Jetly, Viv Collier (coach) From bottom left: Samanalie Perera, Ashling Harmon, Rebecca Robson, Aimee Hunter-Smith, and Elizabeth Nahu.


Playcentre volunteers: - receive free training in early childhood education and parenting- work as a co-operative, learning together and supporting each other- provide high quality early childhood education to children in their local community.

Most importantly, Playcentre volunteers get to pplay and have fun with their children and friends.

"They say it takes a village to raise a child, by volunteering at Playcentre we've found that village."

- Anya & Simon, Playcentre Parents/Volunteers

Volunteers Awareness week is a good time to appreciate all the volunteers, who give up their time for others. Former Karori resident and Playcentre volunteer Libby McKinnon is using the skills and experience she gained as a vol-unteer to make a diff erence to children at Green Island School in Myanmar.She spent time as a volunteer at Karori Playcentre with her own children Ara-bella, who is six, and Henry, who is four, but the family moved to Yangon, Myan-mar in late 2013 when Libby's husband accepted a job there.She came across Green Island School, which provides pre-school education to 38 children from very poor families. Only a quarter of the families are able to aff ord to pay any fees and the school is struggling to meet its expenses.“Green Island School is so caring, but when I visited I was shocked at how they were struggling to survive and provide basic resources," Libby says.She is very thankful she chose to do Playcentre with her children."We loved being part of the Karori Playcentre community and now I am

using that experience to help children in Myanmar.”Playcentres deliver high quality early childhood education for birth to school-age children that follows the national curriculum Te Wha¯riki. Playcentres are run by volunteer parents and wha¯nau who receive free NZQA-approved train-ing in early childhood education and centre management.Karori Playcentre President Mary-Jane Smith says Playcentre parents often go on to volunteer in the local community after leaving Playcentre. “Libby’s situation is more unusual, but we are so pleased her Playcentre back-ground is helping her support her new community in Myanmar.”

Any family with a preschool child is welcome to visit their local Playcentre and experience three free visits: www.playcentre.org.nz; www.wellington-playcentre.org.nz

To support Green Island School, Yangon, Myanmar and fi nd out more about their work visit: www.greenislandschool.com.

Karori Playcentre helping in Myanmar

VOLUNTEERING HELP: Children at Green Island School in Myanmar play at being animals.

By Laura Kavanagh

Business was booming last Thurs-day for a number of year 12 Onslow College students last Thursday.

Students from a Business Studies Class set up their own business and developed their own products to sell at the Johnsonville Mall.

Fifty percent or more of the proceeds were going towards a nominated charity.

As part of the classes' internal assessment, the students had to set up their own business to raise funds for a charitable organisation.

They had six weeks worth of planning, in which the students say there were many challenges.

Some of the items on sale were portable phone chargers, signed football items, clocks and original

Students sell products for charity

phone covers.The students donated proceeds

to a number of causes, including Wellington Free Ambulance and Unicef.

MONEY MAKERS: Onslow College students Josh Naish, Sam Ahie, Bastion Lubberink, Regan Joslin, Andie Moore, Kathleen Crause and Elizabeth McSweeney.

MONEY MAKERS: Onslow College students Ryan McKnight, Jack Mo-ran, Conrad Cheung, Rebecca Grant, and Kara Skipper.

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A Victoria University Design lecturer has designed new battery technology to help save the lives of young children

Jeongbin Ok has found a way to minimise the damage of swallowing coin-sized, but-ton cell lithium batteries, which can result in serious harm or death if not treated within two hours.

Button cell lithium batteries are com-monly found in electronic devices such as toys and remote controls.

In collaboration with one of the world’s largest battery manufacturers, Jeongbin, who has qualifications in design and chemical engineering, has spent the last three years developing modifi cations to button batteries.

His invention involves applying a thin layer of highly concentrated food colouring to the surface of button batteries during production.

The food colouring is activated by saliva.

“If a child swallows a battery it will immediately stain their mouth, so that caregivers know what has happened and can seek medical treatment immediately,” Jeongbin says.

Viclink, Victoria’s commercialisation offi ce, helped Mr Jeongbin to identify a suitable partner, putting in place a joint development and licensing agreement.

Mass production is expected to begin early next year.

“For Victoria University to be involved in a project that will have global implica-tions for the safety of children is a great opportunity.

“I hope that once the product is com-mercialised it will become an industry standard,” he says.

Mr Ok is also working on new packaging technology to keep loose batteries secure and provide a safe way of disposing of used batteries.

CHILD SAFETY: Design lecturer Jeongbin Ok has created technology to save the lives of young children. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

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If you are having trouble thinking of something for the children to do these holidays, look no further.Twigland Garden Centre based in Glenside is holding a school holiday programme for children aged 5-12 years and is designed to get the kids in the garden.Running from July 7 to 11, there are a number of activities to suit all tastes.On Monday, children get to create a fairy or dinosaur garden, while on Tuesday, they will be creating Cress the caterpillar.Wednesday will see the children creating a sign for their vegetable patch with friends, and Thursday should be popular as children get to create fairy and gnome doors.And for the green thumbed, a mystery box will be held on Friday.Vicky Lang from Twigland came up with the idea of the holiday programme“Growing up, gardening was important in the community.“Everyone had a quarter patch and often grew their own vegetables.”

By Laura Kavanagh

For better health and well-being, why not try Qigong?

Qigong is a Chinese health exercise made up of gentle movements that connect with the acupuncture points and meridians of the body.

Using relaxation and breathing along with special movements, Qigong will help you to relax and become more aware of your body.

As you practise, you will begin to notice changes in your body including more fl ex-ibility, energy and stamina.

This is because the Qi is working to heal any old illnesses or injuries and to open the channels so that the Qi can fl ow naturally, making you feel younger and more alive.

Instructor Cynthia Shaw started learning Dayan (Wild Goose Qigong) in 2001 and says she has amazing energy and stamina and general well being.

Wild Goose Qigong is a partiucular tradition made publicly available in China for the fi rst time by Yang Meijun.

“As my skills and internal energy have

developed, so has my confi dence that practis-ing Dayan Qigong is the best possible health insurance I could get.

“It means I get very few colds, and throw them off quickly, and I heal quickly.”

Benefits include relaxation, improved posture and circulation, more strength and stamina and stronger energy and immunity.

Cynthia loves teaching Qigong and loves to see the transformations that take place with students over the months and years.

“It is wonderful to see some of them develop to a depth that preserves the integrity of the skills and brings such change to their lives.

“It seems to be human nature that people don’t seek out ‘preventative’ health skills until they have a health issue that needs addressing.”

She says her students come from different walks of life but all are connected to the wider community of Wild Goose learners around the world.

“Students come into class bringing their day’s stresses, feeling the cold, perhaps in pain – and leave with glowing, relaxed faces.”

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She has two of her own children and loves to get them involved in the garden.“My father always encouraged me to get involved in the garden growing up.“Children need to get their hands dirty.”Vicki has had a great response so far, and spaces are fi lling up fast.All materials and morning tea are provided for the classes, and it is $20 a session and spaces are limited.

13Wednesday June 18, 2014OUT & ABOUT

Johnsonville 11 Cresswell Place

Mortgagee AuctionJust a couple of years young and looking for a

new owner. This home has been built to obtain

maximum available sun. Mortgagee Auction

12:30pm on Friday 18 July 2014 at Professionals,

Redcoats Limited office 28 Cornwall Street, Lower

Hutt (will not be sold prior).

For sale by: Auction at our office 12:30pm,

Fri 18 Jul (will not sell prior)

Online: redcoats.co.nz/RED15411

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Johnsonville 1/53 Clifford Road

Mortagee AuctionThis 3 bedroom townhouse on a cross lease section

is going to Auction on Friday 20 June at 12:30pm.

The fully fenced rear yard has a small shed and this

property gets good sun. Off street parking for 1

vehicle as well as the garage. Auction will be held

at the Professionals office, 28 Cornwall Street,

Lower Hutt (will not be sold prior).

For sale by: Auction at our office 12:30pm,

Fri 20 Jun (will not sell prior)

Online: redcoats.co.nz/RED15372

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The Newlands Arms is located at 15 Bachelor Street Newlands opposite the Comunity Centre at the rear of the Town Centre. Paul and Andrea Lloyd-Jones have owned the business for the past seven years with Liz Boynton being the manager. It was established in the early 1970’s and was originally operated by the Johnsonville Licensing Trust.

It is a friendly and cosy with regular entertainment, such as Tab, Gaming, live bands, Karaoke, Sunday Quizzes’ and sport on the big screen with light meals available. There is also a “Thirsty Liquor” Bottle store for take home Beer, Wine and Spirits at very competitive

prices.For the past few years the bar has been

known as “The Inn Keeper Newlands However Paul, Andrea and Liz thought that it would be good to change the name back to the original as it is more identifi able as part of Newlands.

When built originally it stood out as a real landmark but in recent years with buildings being erected nearby it has become not quite so visible and staff have been told that people in the newer suburbs are not aware that it is not there.

Staff look forward to meeting and greeting newcomers.

The Newlands Arms

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This makes it the perfect lunch break treatment for busy women – especially as you won’t be left red or puffy. Your skin looks and feels fabulous immediately following this treatment.

In a two-step process, your skin is given a deep cleanse using a skin-specifi c gel (your therapist will choose the appropriate one for your skin type) that is pushed into the skin with a patented Thermoclean electrode, heated to 42 degrees Celsius.

The sensation is warm and soothing, and gorgeous. The heat from the electrode combined with the current opens your pores so the product can be absorbed to its maximum capacity. This is an ingenious replacement for steam, which can some-

times dry out and damage your skin.Once the cleanse has taken place, the

second phase of the treatment is a deca-dent facial massage designed to enhance drainage and stimulate microcirculation. The serum used in this phase contains Witch Hazel extract and Allantoin and the massage itself ensures you feel pampered thoroughly during your quick rendezvous with your beauty therapist.

After just one treatment you will be deeply cleansed, deeply hydrated and more radiant. You will notice an immediate difference in the clarity and texture of your skin. Plumped and hydrated, clear and soft.

The Hydraclean is recommended at once a month for normal skins and twice a month for oily skins.

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Demystifying the Police ForceOUT & ABOUT

PHOTO CREDIT: BELLA PHOTOGRAPHY

By Rachel BinningThe friendly and welcoming Wellington Police

opened their doors to the public on Saturday, June 14 at the Central Police Station and the Wellington Maritime Unit as part of the fi rst National Police Open Day. A steady stream of people, both young and old, families, couples and singles had a posi-tive upfront experience of the Wellington Police. Sticky questions were answered frankly, police dogs were petted, police attire could be touched and tried on, and amongst many other displays - an array of police vehicles were on show. A popular attraction was for children and adults to be timed sprinting a short distance by a hand-held speed camera. The public had lots of information and activities to take home and were treated to a BBQ at the end of their tour of the Central Police Station. A worthwhile event.


Health FITNESS&

Since beginning in 1972 the Johnsonville Medical Centre has been here to provide medical care to the Johnsonville families and community. Our team ranges from founding partners Dr Allan Cockburn and Dr Richard Tyler through to our associate doctors and experienced nursing team, delivering a range of medical services from acute medical conditions through to the care of long term illnesses, preventative care and health education. We have a website www.jvillemc.co.nz which

profi les our doctors and nursing team and our variety of services. If you need to be seen on the day for urgent medical care, a nurse will see you through the treatment room and will work with our treatment room doctor if necessary. This service runs through 8pm on Monday to Thursday, to 5pm on Friday and from 9am to 12pm on Saturday. We welcome new patients who live or work in the Johnsonville area.

Flu Vaccinations:Influenza (the flu) is a serious illness. Around 150 people in New Zealand die from flu and several hundred are hospitalised each year. You may be sick with the flu for two weeks or more, requiring time off work. The easiest way to prevent Influenza is by having a flu vaccination every year. Many people are eligible for a free flu vaccine, including those with chronic (ongoing) diseases, those aged 65 and over and pregnant women. If you don’t fit into this category the charge for the injection is $28.50 if registered with the practice.

Heart Health Check:Cardiovascular disease (heart attack or stroke) is the leading cause of death in NZ. Every 90 minutes a New Zealander dies from cardiovascular disease and many of these are preventable. Free CVR assessments are available for Women from 55 years (45 years if you are Maori, Pacific or Indo-Asian) and Men from 45 years (35 years if you are Maori, Pacific or Indo-Asian). If you don’t fit into this category a heart check with one of our nurses is $36.00.

For more information and to book for a Flu Injection or Heart Health Checks ring 04 9208850 Johnsonville Medical Centre we are here to take good care of you.

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By John Galloway

Among the myriad of native plants that are found at Zealan-dia there is one that will have you hooked. Literally. Tarata-moa (Rubus cissoides), or Bush Lawyer is covered in sharp, backward-pointing thorns that can catch onto the clothing and skin of passers-by. As a close relative of the intro-duced blackberry, its thorny nature is no surprise. Taratamoa produces small, white, scented flowers in spring – followed

by yellowish-red, blackberry-like fruits. It is a valuable food source for native birds, which are often seen feasting throughout Zealandia. The berries are edible and were eaten by Maori and European settlers were known to make jam from them.Bush Lawyer requires direct sunlight to thrive and is often seen climbing up into the canopy of the forest. Young plants make the most of sunlight in open areas and so you will often see them growing alongside the tracks at Zealandia.

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Eye on CrimeJohnsonville Neighbourhood Watch

Crime has been very light this week.In Johnsonville, there was a burglary

in the Mall. Offenders gained access after it had closed, probably through an insecure door, and several busi-ness premises were searched. Cash appears to have been the target and a couple of safes were taken. A Toyota

vehicle parked outside the Salvation Army store on Johnsonville Road was tagged with grey paint.

In Churton Park a large container parked locked in Halswater Drive was entered when the padlock was cut with bolt cutters. No items are known to have been taken.

19Wednesday June 18, 2014SPORT

By Dave Crampton

The Wellington’s Scottish Athletics Club is the region’s top sports club after coming away with the Club of the Year award at the Dominion Post Wellington Sportsperson of the Year Awards on June 12.

At a star studded gala event at the TSB Arena, 47 fi nalists were celebrated for their achievements, dedication and commitment across all levels of sport, from community based sport through to that of the highest level.

Scottish Athletics celebrates its centenary this year.

Approximately 50 members are from the northern suburbs, including life member and Athletics Welling-ton chairperson Todd Stevens, and Jackie Mexted, who won the masters division of the 4km Dorne Cup at Trentham in the weekend.

“The club has done really well – I’m rapt” Mexted says. “I think the award is really well deserved.”

Stevens was pleased for both the

club and the sport.“It was awesome to win the club

award, as a life member of the club,” he says.

“As chair of Athletics Wellington, it is just fantastic to see something Athletics- related being recognised.”

His partner, Mandy Simpson, who accepted the award, says the club has developed many coaches and offi cials, has made a big commu-nity contribution, and is particularly strong on road events.

“Most of what we do is road run-ning – it’s a big growth area of the sport,” she says.

“The award is all about the impact we are having on the community.”

The club’s Masters team had a particularly good year.

“We went through the whole of 2013 unbeaten - undefeated in all competitions,” Simpson said.

Scottish Athletics came ahead of the Petone Rowing Club, the Greytown Junior Football Club and Hutt Valley Gymsports. WINNERS: The Wellington’s Scottish Athletics Club were named the region’s top sports club.

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Athletics Club on top

By Dan Whitfi eld

Johnsonville’s under 85kg rugby team suff ered an un-fortunate 18-3 loss to the Wests Roosters.The game, played at Ian Gal-loway park, was part of a non-competition round. Both teams started strong, with defensive and attacking plays that pushed players to com-mit in all positions.With Johnsonville down, the Western suburbs counter-parts answered with success-ful runs, breaking the line on several occasions.Johnsonville’s only points were kicked by Shane Mathie.The under 85 side, sponsored by Superloans, is set to play Hutt Old Boys Marist this weekend at Helston Park.The club’s premier side won 19-17 over Old Boys Univer-sity (OBU). Despite a late converted try to OBU, the Johnsonville team dug deep and put everything into a scrum – driving through to

pounce on a loose ball and score. The senior seconds lost 35-15 against OBU. Pete Stewart was the player of the day, and the score did not show the true reflection of this close encounter – as two soft tries to OBU blew the score out.Woodridge colts won 26-18 against counterparts Petone White. Although injuries and study leave took away any expectations a easy win, the local side hung in there to take the victory – despite some players stuck in posi-tions foreign to them.Johnsonville’s cripples team lost 62-nil to Petone; and the score between the presi-dents side and Wests coun-terparts is still to confi rmed.

The Newlands College fi rst XV beat St Pats Town, 15 points to eight; and the college’s second XV won 25-17 over Taita College. Onslow College fi rst XV beat Kuranui.second XV won 25-

Unfortunate loss in non-comp game

By Laura Kavanagh

Vivo Gymnastics Club in Ngaio had much to celebrate this month after competing in Wellington’s largest rhythmic gymnastics competition held at St Oran’s College in Lower Hutt.

There were 135 gymnasts from 14 different clubs competing against each other and Vivo gymnasts took out overall and apparatus placings in levels one to four, gaining a total of 5 overall medals and 6 trophies for the team.

The club’s most senior gymnast Sylvie Smith, who is 11-years-old placed second in level 4, and won three trophies. The trophies were for Top Wellington Level 4 gymnast, Highest Average

Score for a level 4 – 10 gymnast and Highest Individual Routine score in levels 4 - 10.

Sylvie also achieved the quali-fying score required to compete at the New Zealand Champion-ships, to be held in Auckland in October.

In Level 2, ten year old Emily Cass placed second and also took home two trophies – one for Top Wellington Level 3 gymnast and one for the highest individual routine score in levels one to three.

She wowed the judges with her freehand routine, achieving the top score of 11.2.

Teammate nine year old Jamil-la Fleming also performed beau-tifully, placing fourth overall.

Vivo gymnasts dominated in

Level 2, taking out fi rst, third and fourth places overall.

Jesica Clark (9 years old) won gold, taking home the trophy for Top Wellington Level 2 gymnast with Jessica Cunningham (9 years old) close behind in third place.

Emily Wu, (7 years old) placed fourth overall, taking out fi rst equal in her rope routine and 1st in her ball routine.

In Level 1, Vivo’s newest mem-ber, Amber Babot (7 years old) rounded off the medal tally with a bronze medal.

The girls are looking forward to the rest of their competition season with competitions in Christchurch, Auckland and Te Awamutu coming up over the next couple of months.

Vivo Gymnasts Shine at Wellington Opens

PERFORMERS SHINE: Vivo gymnasts Jamilla Fleming, Emily Cass, Jesica Clark, Amber Babot, Sylvie Smith and Emily Wu.

Vivo gymnast Emily Cass placed second and took home two trophies.

Jesica Clark won gold in level two.

Sylvie Smith placed second in level four and won three trophies.

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