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By Laura KavanaghLocal Johnsonville business woman Marieka Schrader

has submitted her petition to Ohariu MP Peter Dunne asking for a skate park to be built in the local Johnson-ville area.

On January 21, Marieka submitted her petition with 325 signatures to Mr Dunne, who will pass it on to Wellington City Councillor Justin Lester.

Owner of Marieka’s Alterations, Dressmaking and Haberdashery, Marieka says she had received an as-tounding amount of support from the local community.

“The petition had not even left my shop until now.“People heard about the petition and came in just to

sign it.”She has received support from parents and adults for

her petition, which started in March 2013.Continued on page 2

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By Laura KavanaghHard work has paid off

for two Queen Margaret College students, who were awarded perfect scores in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma.

Both Shruti Iyer and Ta-mara Jenkin gained marks of 45, joining just two others from New Zealand and 217 around the globe in 2013.

The International Bac-calaureate is a two year pre-university course, which can be completed in place of Year 12 and 13 NCEA in New Zealand.

Shruti and Tamara were both surprised and delighted by the news of their success.

“My friends and I had al-ways joked about getting a 45 but we never thought it was actually possible - and then two of us did,” Tamara says.

The students say it was a challenging year that taught them the importance of time management.

“You've got to think things through months in advance, not just what's due tomorrow – and ‘never’ procrastinate,” says Tamara.

Shrut i, who plays the

violin, credits her success to maintaining some balance in her life with sport and music.

“I truly believe that main-taining this balance in my life is what really helped me through IB.”

The students want to thank Queen Margaret College and their families, who were instrumental in their achievements.

“I have to thank my fam-ily, - who got me ; a busy, self-motivated, perfection-ist through all the ups and downs - they were just amaz-ing,” Tamara says.

Queen Margaret College principal Carol Craymer of-fers her congratulations to all of her IB Diploma students, in particular Tamara and Shruti, for their hard work and dedication over the two year programme.

“It is a tribute to the stu-dents and their teachers.

At Queen Margaret Col-lege, a further four students gained marks of over 40.

All six students will receive special recognition in the New Zealand IB Diploma Award Ceremony annually held at Premier House in

Auckland.Despite a challenging year,

the students feel they have gained a lot from completing the IB diploma and are look-ing forward to the future.

Tamara is planning to study a double degree of law, political science and Japanese at Victo-

ria University, while Shruti is planning to study medicine.

“The fine details are not completely set in stone but this is a career path that I have wanted to follow for many years now and I am really excited to get started on this new journey,” Shruti says.

Perfect score for Queen Margaret students

Continued from page 1The issue came to Marieka’s

notice after seeing kids skat-ing through the Johnsonville carpark outside her store.

“We used to have a lot of kids skating down my steps into ongoing traffi c.

“It is extremely dangerous and I really hate to see chil-dren get hurt.”

One accident that particu-larly scared Marieka was

when a skater smashed into her window.

“One day someone is going to be collected and I would hate to see anyone lose a child.”

Marieka says young skaters need a safe place to go.

“It is all very well to say to the kids go elsewhere but they need somewhere to go.”

She is hoping, if funding is approved, the skate park will

be close to Keith Spry pool and the community centre.

“I want it to be a nice place for families to spend together.”

“My hope is that it will attract more families to John-sonville, which will also have an economic benefi t for the area.”

Ohariu MP has been sup-portive of the project since its inception.

“I think it will be a great

amenity for the area and there will be strong support for the idea.

“People want to see these kind of improvements made to Johnsonville.”

The next step involves taking the idea and petition to the City Council’s strategy and policy committee for consid-eration and further planning.

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Wellington Police are asking people who live, work and enjoy the CBD to participate in their safety survey to help plan crime prevention.

The results of the survey will be used to plan the activities of the Wellington Metro Neighbourhood Policing Team over the next 24 months.

Wellington Area Commander Inspec-tor Chris Scahill says while the vast majority of people feel safe in the city during the day, and 70 per cent feeling safe after dark, improvements are needed.

The results of the survey will be used to plan the activities of the Wellington Metro Neighbourhood Policing Team over the next 24 months.

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By Dave CramptonWellington City Council cam-paign expense returns are now

publicly available, showing that Mayoral and city council candidates spent $468,991.05 trying to get elected last year.Mayoral candidates spent

$178,275.98 altogether. Celia Wade-Brown and John

Morrison each spent just over $55,000, but Mr Morrison got more than four times as much as Ms Wade-Brown in donations.

Northern Ward candidates spent $54,459.13, at an average of $9,076.52, the highest ward candidate average.

Half that spend was by Peter Gilberd, who came pretty close

to unseating long – term coun-cillor Helene Ritchie.

Almost half of his $27,500 worth of campaign expenses was covered by one donation.

That donation was from Alistair Nicholson, who hap-pens to be the partner and cam-paign manager of Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown.

This contributed to Mr Gilberd spending the most per vote – $9.94 – of the Northern Suburbs candidates.

Mr Nicholson said he won the advertising in a charity auction for $3000, but to declare it as spending of $12,500 on his wife’s campaign would have blown her limit. He said he

wanted to spend it on a Northern ward candidate.

Of the successful candidates, Lambton candidate Nicola Young spent the most per vote. She spent $12.86, almost double that of fellow fi rst timer Mark Peck, and got just 200 more votes.

Helen Ritchie spent the most per vote of any incumbent candidates ($4.53, with fellow Northern word candidate Justin Lester spending just 78 cents per vote.

Northern Ward candidate Regan Cutting didn’t spend any-thing on his campaign but still got more than twice as many votes as fellow ward candidate

Jacob Toner, who ran a vocal and active campaign.

Green candidates David Lee and Ioana Pannett’s returns did not mention donations from the Green Party, meaning they didn’t get any party donations.

However Green regional coun-cil candidates Sue Kedgley and Paul Bruce each declared party donations over $4300.00.

Many candidates appear to have been unaware that their nomination fee was an election expense.

Others, including Ms Wade-Brown, declared donations under $1500 (including a $5 donation) despite not being legally required to do so.

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Katya and her father Sym Gardiner

By Laura KavanaghA father from Ngaio wants to

help parents of deaf children give their offspring the gift of hearing.

As part of the ‘2ears2hear’ group, Sym Gardiner has lodged a written submission to the Health Select Committee to put forward a motion that the Government begin funding two cochlear implants for all children who meet the criteria.

Cochlear implants are elec-tronic devices that bypass the mechanical aspects of the ear and provide those with pro-found sensori-neural hearing loss with the ability to hear. They consist of externally worn speech processors (left picture) and surgically inserted implants (x-ray).

Currently the Government funds one cochlear implant per child for New Zealand citizens and residents.

Mr Gardiner wants to make sure other deaf children have the chance to hear.

Mr Gardiner’s daughter Katya,

who was implanted at two years of age, had to have fi ve years of intensive therapy after the operation and still requires some ongoing assistance with language.

“We scrapped $34,000 to-gether in two weeks to get implants for Katya, when we realised the problem.

Katya had no hearing before the cochlear implants.

“We are still working on parts of language, but now she can’t stop talking.

“It allows a child to just be a normal child, in a normal classroom.

“To have all the opportunities a normal child has.”

Mr Gardiner says the ear-lier the child starts wearing the implants the better, and newborn screening would make economic sense.

The cost of a single coch-lear implant is approximately $50,000.

To install two at the same time is approximately $84,000 ($50,000+$34,000).

To install a second one later is approximately $50,000 mean-ing the total cost is $100,000 for two implants installed in different surgeries.

Sym says there is an im-mediate saving overall in un-necessary surgical, hospital, travel and start-up costs of approximately $16,000 if two implants are installed together.

The cost of additional therapy from delaying surgery costs

more than funding two cochlear implants for each child, he says.

“Their delaying is costing more money.

“If you wait too long, they will never get full hearing.”

He would like parents to have the choice.

Sym Gardiner is hoping that 2ears2hear will be invited to make an oral submission in front of the Health select com-mittee.

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Dave CramptonInternet mogul Kim Dotcom’s

new political party – the Inter-net Party - was unveiled last Wednesday, with the party domain name registered by Karori resident and Scoop Me-dia General Manager Alastair

Thompson.Mr Thompson is also the

party’s General Secretary, re-sponsible for organisational and daily political work.

His dual roles have led to calls of a confl ict of interest as it’s against press gallery rules for a member to lobby for a political party.

Mr Thompson is an associate member of the press gallery.

The party’s domain name was registered under the Scoop Media banner.

An Internet Party strategy doc-ument has already been leaked to the right-wing Whale Oil blog.

It reveals that the party will fi eld candidates in the new Up-per Harbour electorate and pos-sibly in Auckland Central in a bid to become the "kingmaker”.

Mr Thompson, as Scoop boss, is a member of the Press Gallery.

Whale Oil blogger Cameron

Slater says this is a confl ict of interest and also queried whether Mr DotCom was funding Scoop Media.

He said Mr Thompson should step down from one of his posi-tions.

“You can’t do both,” he says. “He has destroyed the brand of Scoop, he just doesn’t realise it yet.

“I’m not saying that Kim Dot-com is funding Scoop, but the implication can be made”.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, a supporter of the IT industry, said she was unaware of Mr Thompson’s appointment.

“I`m surprised - I thought he had a broader agenda.

“IT is important, but it should be an aspect of any party policy.”

Ms Wade-Brown did not view Mr Thompson’s roles as a con-fl ict of interest, given the full declaration of both roles.

But Thorndon blogger Da-

vid Farrar, host of the popular Kiwiblog, queried whether a member of the press gallery should be a senior offi ce holder of a political party.

“Is it appropriate to have a party secretary asking hostile questions of the Prime Minister at his media press conferences, in his role as a journalist?” he asks.

Mr Dotcom is not a New Zealand citizen, so will not be able to stand for election.

It's believed he will instead take the role of leader or presi-dent.

Mr Thompson did not return calls at press time but it is un-derstood he has subsequently resigned from his role at Scoop Media.

Scoop Media owner Selwyn Pellett said he had no idea of the extent of the political involve-ment until Mr Slater posted it on his blog.

Journalist stands down

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Future of the Rhino By Laura Kavanagh

The research of a Victoria University PhD graduate is help-ing to secure the future of an endangered species of black rhinoceros in South Africa.

Rosalynn Anderson-Lederer, who spent six months working with black rhino in the KwaZulu-Natal province in south-eastern South Africa, looked at how quickly genetic variation is be-ing lost in the endangered rhino population and discovered that the decline can be slowed, and possibly reversed.

“Simply by bringing in a pair of rhinos, one male and one female, from other parts of Africa once every generation, so once every 14 years, genetic variability can be increased,” she says.

“High levels of genetic vari-ability are important to improve chances of survival because species with higher levels thrive better”.

Rosalynn says if a species has low levels, it should be able to survive slight to moderate changes to the environment, or disease or injury, but may not be able to survive if it encounters more than one of these things at the same time.

Rosalynn, originally from San Diego, recently graduated from Victoria University with a PhD in Cell and Molecular Bioscience.

She went to South Africa in 2008 and 2009, for three months at a time, to collect genetic mate-rial from the black rhinoceros.

“To bring down a black rhino in order to collect blood and tissue is an amazing feat,” she says.

The rhino has to be identi-fi ed from a helicopter and then “darted” with an anaesthetic.

“Once the rhino stops you have to act quickly as its metabolism is quite delicate. The veterinarian is careful and if the rhino shows any signs of distress they reverse

the anaesthetic.”Rosalynn says you have 20

minutes from start to fi nish to take enough blood and tissue, and to get a radio transmitter in the horn.”

When she came back to Wel-lington, she spent a number of months testing the samples in the lab.

“With an endangered species, you have a limited number of samples to work with,” she says.

Rosalynn says there are a number of species, both plant and animal, which would be extinct if not for human intervention, and there is something very reward-ing about fi nding something that is going to help an endangered species.

“If genetic variation loss in endangered populations can be slowed down, it could give the population a chance to adapt to future changes in the environ-ment or diseases.

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By Dave Crampton Five schools in the Northern

Suburbs have joined Churton Park School in signing agree-ments to connect to the Network for Learning (N4L) managed network.

Churton Park, the fi rst school in the country to sign up, is now one of 50 schools – and the only one in Wellington - that has

completed the transition and is now using the managed network .

It runs over the best mix of ultra-fast, rural, and remote broadband available in New Zealand.

In announcing the progress of ultra-fast broadband in schools, Education Minister Hekia Parata says it’s great news as children begin their schooling year over

the next few weeks. “Their learning is the most

critical element in education and we want to ensure we are supporting their needs in a tech-nologically savvy environment,” Ms Parata says.

Among the other 160 schools nationwide that have signed up to date are Khandallah School, Newlands Intermediate, Saint

Catherine’s College, Tawa Inter-mediate, and West Park School in Johnsonville.

Associate Education minister Nikki Kaye says all these schools are expected to connect to the managed network within the next few months, with 700 schools to be connected by the end of the year

“Through the managed net-

work, the Government is picking up the cost to provide schools with safe, predictable and fast internet with uncapped data, content filtering and network security services.”

The Government has com-mitted $211 million over eight years to establish the managed network and provide schools with a funded connection to it.

Schools join ‘Network for Learning’

By Laura KavanaghWellington Firebirds cricketer Josh Brodie has

joined Asthma Wellington, as its ambassador, to help support children with asthma.

The professional cricketer has had asthma all his life and is keen to encourage children with asthma to live their lives to their utmost potential.

Josh can remember that fi rst time he woke up and found it diffi cult to breathe.

“I still remember it like it was yesterday…it feels like I’m trying to breathe through a straw.”

Josh has had asthma all his life and still uses an inhaler today.

“Growing up, I didn’t want asthma holding me back from anything I wanted to do.

“I didn’t want to be different from other kids.”He used to play rugby with an inhaler in his

sock, and play cricket with an inhaler in his pocket.

He says he has had a lot of “doubters and hat-ers” in his life, particularly where cricket was concerned.

“I had doctors tell me my asthma was too bad to play cricket when I was older.

“I’ve had coaches doubt whether or not they should pick me for particular teams because of my bad asthma.”

Despite his lack of support, Josh always wanted to be a professional cricketer.

The 25-year-old is now living his dream as part of the Wellington Firebirds team and is keen to tell children to not feel limited by their asthma.

“Yes, I have asthma and I always will, but I will never let asthma stop me from living my dreams.

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By Laura KavanaghNewlands Community Cen-

tre is inviting the public to celebrate the Year of the Horse with a performance by the Chinese Seniors Community Choir and Tai Chi group.

The Chinese New Year Celebrations are a free event in which people will hear Chinese singing (including choir, male and female solos) and musical instruments, and see Tai Chi and Mulan Fan Dance demonstrations.

The show will run at New-lands community centre Feb-

ruary 4 from 10am to 12pm and the public are asked to bring a plate with them.

Chairperson for the Chinese senior community Juping Zhou says the group will be involved in many Chinese New Year celebrations around Wellington.

The Choir and Tai Chi groups are part of the Chinese Senior Community’s (CSC) activities.

CSC started its activities from September 2007 and has been organizing and running activities for seniors ever since.

These activities include

dance, computer classes and board games.

CSC was announced one of the semi-fi nalists in the Mitre 10 ‘Community of the Year’ category of the 2010 Inaugural Kiwibank ‘New Zealander of the Year’ Awards when it had only been in existence for two and a half years.

Juping says CSC covers ar-eas from Wellington, Petone, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, New-lands, Johnsonville, Tawa and Porirua.

“We have established a tel-ephone tree which is able to

Celebrating the Year of the Horse

By Dave CramptonChildren and their caregivers

are being encouraged to get active this month, thanks to a Push Play team who are doing a tour of local parks.

Wellington City Council staff have joined up with local organisa-tions to provide sports equipment and entertaining games for all ages, such as T-ball, soccer, bad-minton, volleyball, unihoc and streetball.

A special highlight was Ki o Rahi, a skillful, traditional Maori game, steeped in myth and legend.

It has skills which are transfer-able to rugby, netball and handball.

Push Play aims to inspire both children and adults to become more active, and to value sport and recreation as an integral part

of their day.Anne Scott, who found out about

Push Play by seeing a notice at the Tawa Swimming Pool, enjoyed the sun and activities at last week’s Linden event at Duncan Park, as did her children.

“It was well worthwhile, it encourages activity.

“I played some badminton.” Although most people at the

parks were on holiday, there were a few who appreciated being able to exercise and get a tan on the job.

“I’m getting paid to play sport – sport is my thing,” Push Play

assistant Thomas Te Paea says.The Council’s Push Play co-

ordinator, Daphne Pillar, says the Push Play trailer will be visible in the community, and is available for community groups to encourage physical activity.

“It’s for anybody and everybody. People can choose what they want to do in their own neighbourhood –and it’s either low cost or its free.”

Future events will be on Jan 24 at Ben Burn Park, Campbell Street, Karori, and Jan 28 at Linden West Park, Tawa. All sports gear will be provided.

Encouraging kids to ‘Push Play’

connect all its registered 270 senior members in their own language within one hour in time of emergency.

“We enjoy sharing Chinese culture with people in New Zealand, and playing an active and contributing part

in cultural diversity of New Zealand.”The group will also be performing

at the Tawa Community Centre on February 3 and Churton Park Com-munity Centre on February 11.

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By Dave CramptonChildren and their caregivers

are being encouraged to get active this month, thanks to a Push Play team who are doing a tour of local parks.


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Q: Do you think New Zealand has an under age drinking problem and why?

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Amy Bendall, Newlands“Yes, there was lots of underage drinking when I was young.”

Larissa Warim, Feilding“Yes, a lot of parents are not monitoring their children.”

Robin Wohlers, Lower Hutt“Yes, the kids are too young.”

Chris Rogers, Johnsonville“Yeah somewhat, based on what I see.”

Andrea Wilkons, Waikanae“Yes, you see them round the streets.”

Elya Ballard, Newtown

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to a hospital stay and reduced mobility, Graeme knew that Huntleigh was the place for him.

“It’s been three years since I moved in and I’m still re-ally happy here,” says Graeme. “My one bedroom apartment is bright and airy and it gets lots of sun, which I enjoy on my deck. I’ve got plenty of room for visitors and my young niece and nephew often come over.”

As well as entertaining in

his own apartment, Graeme enjoys spending time with other apartment residents.

“We don’t live in each other’s pockets, but we’ve got a com-munal library, lounge and dining areas, along with a beautiful courtyard garden. We often take advantage of these for social events. It’s a perfect opportunity to get to know your neighbours, and everyone here is really friendly.”

In addition to this, the apart-

ment residents also have the option to go on weekly outings together. Trips up the coast for lunch at the beach, or afternoon tea at local cafes are common occurrences.

Graeme also enjoys taking a daily stroll into Karori to pick up his groceries. “The shops are just a stone’s throw down the road so I head out most days. If I need to go any further afi eld I take my car, but often there’s no need as everything is on the door step.”

Most importantly for Graeme his apartment is easily acces-sible, with the lift making getting around easier. “It also gives me piece of mind to know that I have an emergency call bell just in case I take a tumble!” says Graeme.

Graeme is encouraging oth-ers like him to take a tour of the apartments at the next open day on Thursday 23rd January from 10am – 11am.

“Come and see for yourself!”

Huntleigh Retirement Apartments offer best of both worlds

For 70-year-old Graeme Bell, Enliven’s Huntleigh Retirement Apartments in Karori provide him with the best of both worlds.

He has his own home and independence, but additional support is nearby if he needs it in the future.

Graeme was impressed with Huntleigh Retirement Apartments the first time he took a tour as a sprightly 64-year-old. Three years

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3 FebruaryYear 8 - start 9.15

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Newlands Intermediate School

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Classes recommence Monday 3rd February. Enrolments are now open.

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Cats, sheep, ponies, dogs and even guinea pigs turned out for the Glenside Show on Wel-lington Anniversary Day. There were a wide range of events going on, including a pet parade, community stalls, pony rides, music and refreshments. The country style fair was situated at the halfway house on Glenside Reserve and many a family came down to enjoy a bit of country fun.

OUT & ABOUT

Four legged friends

Pelagia Sutcli� e, Glenside with her sheep Buttercup. Tamara Acton 7, Faith Acton Reedy 8, Tamati Acton 6 of Glenside with Sassy the dog.

Jake Domb 9, Brodie Domb 11, Emma Domb 7, Mitchell Domb 4, Matthew Domb 4, and Sara Domb of Churton Park with their rabbit Snowy

Jasmine Casidy 14, of Newlands as part of Scouts Paparangi


Just turn up on your own or with a group of friends and give it a go at one of our social sessions:

Bowls & coffee - Tuesdays and Fridays @ 9.30am Mates-in-Bowls – Tuesdays @ 6pm

Or contact us for more info:· Bruce - 479 7696 · Kevin (Mates-in-Bowls) - 479 5776

Khandallah Bowling Club, 24 Woodmancote Roadwww.bowlskhandallah.org.nz

There's nothing better on a sunny day than bowls & banter in a beautiful setting

Khandallah Bowling Club has a warm welcome for anyone who would like to try bowls and meet new people. The setting, surrounded by bush and birdlife, is worth the visit alone. All members are happy to teach new bowlers, but expect some friendly cheek!

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players. Start-up coaching is available. For the more competitive teams there is an

opportunity to go on to play in Wellington fi nals.

The cost is $7.50 per player per evening - children free. This includes a sausage sizzle.

For more information please contact [email protected].

Wonderplay - January Drama Workshops

Term 1 Drama Classes in Churton ParkPreschool Drama for 2-4 year olds

After school classes for 5-12 year oldsYoung Actors class for Teens

Deborah Rea: 021 172 [email protected]

Wonderplay Fun Day! - 5-12 years oldsA full day of Wonderplay fun!

Drama games and activities, making scenes, clowning and script work. Tuesday 21st January 9.30am-3.30pm $40

Kids Lights Action! 6-12 year oldsWant to learn how to ace an audition or discover technique

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Monday 27th January, 11am-4.30pm, $40

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Enjoy these summer evenings with family and friends of all ages –

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We supply the bowls and help get you started - all you need is your group, fl at shoes and

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Lynn Freeman, volunteerIf Santa delivered you a new camera for

Christmas, you’ll be looking for opportuni-ties to really test it out. Zealandia is the place to head.

Easy options to start with are the abun-dance of fl ora, the tuatara, and Wellington Green Geckos basking in the sunshine. The Takahe, Puffi n and T2, with their peacock colours and red beaks, are usually very obliging for photographers. Around this time of year mother ruru/moreporks are introducing their fl uffy young to the outside world and they tend to stay in one place looking dazed and confused – and cute (see photo above, taken in January 2013 near the Discovery Centre feeders). The iridescent tui gorging on fl ax will make for a striking photo, especially with their orange pollen headdresses.

Having nailed portraiture, it will be time for some action shots. Kaka in fl ight are beautiful; you get the full impact of their red bellies and under-wings. Hanging around the dam feeder is the prime spot. Nearby is the feeder for the bright green and red Kakariki.

Got a super zoom? That’s handy for the birds that prefer not to hang around and pose. Popokatea/whiteheads, Piwakawaka/fantails, Riroriro/grey warblers, Hihi/stitchbirds and, surprisingly given they’re not great fl iers, Tieke/saddlebacks can be nightmarishly hard to photograph. But so rewarding when you do get the ‘money shot’.

For a photo of the Karearea/Bush Falcon you need to have luck on your side. A few years ago they nested very close to a main track and several photographers would spend the day there once the chicks fl edged. Perhaps we got too close for comfort, because since then they have nested in increasingly distant spots within the sanc-tuary. You now have to wait until they take to the air to teach their young how to kill on the wing or see off competitors. Naturally the day I saw the Karearea splitting up to each attack visiting hawks which are so much larger than they are, was the day I didn’t have my camera.

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A new twist on Macbeth

By Laura KavanaghMotorcycles and leather are not usually

associated with Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but a new Victoria University production is doing something a little different this year.

Directed by Sarah Delahunty, this produc-tion of Macbeth is set in a more contempo-rary setting where fi lth, gangs, drugs and alcohol feature strongly in the play.

Victoria University’s Summer Shakepeare 2014 production of Macbeth will run from February 14 to March 1 at the Botanical Gardens Dell stage.

Sarah directs what is described as a cold, rough and gravel like aesthetic with some of Wellington’s best emerging artists.

The power hungry Macbeth is played by Jackson Coe, and Kirsty Bruce stars as the maniacal Lady Macbeth.

Kirsty says one of the special things about the production is that it is local and current.

“It’s not set in a specifi c place but it is about now.”

Kirsty says Lady Macbeth is traditionally seen as manipulative, but in a gang setting, she is more maniac.

“She is on edge and not in control.”Jackson says he has always found Mac-

beth fascinating.“For me the play is about what happens

when we allow the darkness in…to allow dark thoughts to become actions.”

Jackson says it has been as challenging as he expected it to be.

“There is a lot of history behind the play, so I am constantly exploring and fi nding what it is to me.”

Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy depicts a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from a trio of meddling witches that say one day he will become King of Scotland.

Macbeth, power hungry for ambition and provoked by his wife Lady Macbeth, murders King Duncan and takes the throne for himself.

He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia.

As he rules as King, he spirals into mad-ness and becomes a tyrannical ruler as he commits more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion.

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By Laura KavanaghA Wellington woman, who trans-

formed her own life, is using her knowledge to help others.

Lynnette Chadwick teaches tools to strengthen resilience; in four ses-sions her clients learn to deliberately transform stress on-the-spot.

Ongoing fatigue is becoming an is-sue affecting people who are "tired of feeling sick and tired”, Lynnette says.

“Healthy, fully functioning people feel caught in a cycle of ongoing weariness.

“Employees work during ‘down time’ replying to emails and answer-ing calls, when do they re-charge their batteries?”

Lynnette says resilience, likened to a fully-charged inner battery, gives

you the ability to remain calm, think clearly and be in control of your emotional response.

“Client's ‘roll with the punches’ and fl ow through challenges.

“Academic, work and home life all improves. Parenting can be guilt free. It’s good for everyone; sports professionals included.”

Lynnette says stress is accumulative but the preventative tools she teaches take only a few minutes and can be done anywhere.

Her clients view results using bio-feedback and children use games to build resilience.

The tools taught are backed by 22 years of scientifi c study.

Lynnette spent 17 years in Australia and supported clients in private prac-

tice before returning to NZ. After the birth of her son, she had

to deal with a considerable amount of ongoing stress due to relationship is-sues after her partner was diagnosed with a large brain tumour.

Lynnette says the ability to build emotional, mental and physical resilience has changed her life.

“You can generate calm poise in the midst of chaos.”

Lynnette shows people they have the ability to deliberately enjoy life and says her job is a privilege.

“A young client of mine recently told his mother ‘Mum I can choose to be happy.’

“It gives me the greatest satisfaction that children have this knowledge before they reach adolescence.”

Life changing tools

Lynnette Chadwick pictured right

By Laura KavanaghSinging, music, drama and

history can all be found at a private home nestled away in Aro Valley.

As part of the 2014 Fringe Festival, a concert called Lines of the Nile will be performed in the living room of pianist Douglas Mews.

Douglas will be playing clas-sical music on a 170 year old square piano with singer Rowena Simpson, with a little theatre added in by Wellington director and writer Jacqueline Coats.

The show is a collection of

music by Joseph Haydn and Daniel Steibelt, celebrating the heyday of the British Navy and the wedding between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Douglas and Rowena have selected their favourite pieces for the one hour show, which started out as an ordinary concert.

“Leimomi Oakes made an 1840s dress to go with the piano and we performed it in August and October 2013.

“Then we asked Jacqueline to use her fantastic talents to cre-ate a theatrical context for the music especially for this Fringe

Festival,” says Rowena. Jacqueline, Rowena and Doug-

las’ last Fringe Festival success was Home, which premiered in 2010 and has since toured to 17 centres nationwide.

Douglas says he started off doing private concerts for friends with his piano.

“The music is not for the Mi-chael Fowler centre but for private homes.”

Douglas has been working and performing with Rowena for about 25 years.

The performance would suit a classical music audience but it

would also interest people, who like Wellington history, Douglas says.

“The piano itself has been signed by its previous Welling-ton owners.

“I had the piano restored but there is a lot of history in it.”

Time and Dates: 8.00pm, Thurs 13 Feb to Sun 16 Feb and Thurs 20 Feb to Sun 23 Feb, 2014.Venue: 1 Essex StreetTickets: $20 Full, $15 Conces-sion, $12 Fringe AddictsBookings: www.fringe.co.nz

She says people haven’t real-ised they can have deep happi-ness that is not swayed by the environment.

“That’s why I do it!”

If you wan to � nd out more go to www.lionhearteduca-tion.com or to call 022 044 9976 to book your free 15 minute phone consultation with Lynnette.

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JEFFERIES Michelle Jean: January 14, 2014MORRISON James Andrew (Jim): January 14, 2014

BEEFORTH, John Raymond – Passed away peacefully in his sleep at Mary Potter Hospice, Wellington, on the morning of Thursday 16th of January 2014 aged 89. Be-loved brother to Joseph and uncle to Diane & Roger. A service will be held at the Lychgate Funeral Home, Willis Street, Wellington, on Friday 24th of January 2014 at 1pm. This will be followed by a private cremation. The family would like to thank the staff of Mary Potter Hospice for their loving care & support for John in his fi nal weeks before passing. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Mary Potter Hospice would be greatly appreciated.

RONBERG, Veronica Mary. Died peace-fully and with dignity on 15 January 2014 aged 73 years at Mary Potter Hospice, Wel-lington. Much loved wife of Paul, cherished mother of Anna, Michael, David & Gretchen and Bibby & Seaton. Adored granny of Charlie and Teddy Hoggard; Conor; Rachel and Amber Ronberg; and Archie and Clive Workman. Thanks to the staff at Wellington Hospi-tal, Wellington Free Ambulance and the wonderful staff at the Hospice. In lieu of fl owers, donations to Mary Potter Hospice would be appreciated and posted to PO Box 7442, Wellington South. Messages for the Ronberg family may be sent C/- 306 Wil-lis Street, Wellington or placed on www.heavenaddress.co.nz Requiem Mass has been celebrated.

GULLEN, Lyndsay Margaret (nee Mar-ris) – On 16 January 2014, peacefully after a well fought battle. Much loved wife of the late Adam. Dearly loved mother of Adam, Jenny, Cathy, & Lisa, and mother-in-law of David and Molly. Loved grandmother of Penei, Lyndsay, Adam, Baden, Darcy, Hamish, Gabriella, Ruben, and Charlotte. The family wish to thank the staff of Malvina Major for their wonderful care of Lyndsay. Lyndsay’s funeral service will be held in St Ninnian’s Centre, Karori Rd, on Thursday 23 January at 1:30pm, followed by a private cremation.Lychgate Funeral HomeFDANZ Tel. 385 0745www.lychgate.co.nz

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Laurie Connor played by Paul McLaughlin PHOTO CREDIT: Stephen A’Court

By Laura Kavanagh There is nothing like watching

comedy sitting in a live audience. The laughter is infectious. I was expecting to have a good laugh and Kings of the Gym did not dis-appoint. Set in a low decile school, the play focusses on four very different teachers. Anyone who has grown up in a New Zealand school should be able to recog-nise some of their own teachers in these characters. Ginette’s character Viv Cleaver particu-larly resonated with me, almost

a spitting image of my former principal. Her body language and facial expressions are wonderfully humorous. Laurie, played by Paul McLaughlin is one of those lazy, overweight PE teachers some people will instantly recognise. His acting is superb and despite his obvious negative qualities, he is rather likeable. The characters are well played and convincing throughout the play, and often hysterically funny. Written by Dave Armstrong, the script pokes fun at political correctness ,from

race to religion. Underneath the hilarity is a love story between the Christian student-teacher Annie played by Acushla-Tara Sutton and Laurie’s protégé, Pat, played by Richard Dey, which is subtle and sweet and only truly realised until the end of the play. Danny Mulheron has directed a fabulously funny show and Kings of the Gym is a credit to him and to Dave Armstrong.

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By Laura KavanaghThe Johnsonville Bowling

Club will be holding a Mates in Bowls day starting this coming Sunday.

The club will be running a bowls competition and are encouraging people who have never played, to come and give it a go.

Club Captain Keith Alexan-der says Mates in Bowls is a family-friendly competition for casual players, including beginners of any age.

“All you need is three players to make up a team or the club can help organise individuals into teams.”

This format of the game is complimentary to the Com-munity Bowls and Tuesday evening pairs competitions already enjoyed by people, looking to play bowls in a shortened and relaxed format.

Mates in Bowls will run for fi ve Sunday afternoons from January 26 from 4pm to 6pm at the Johnsonville Bowling Club.

It only costs $7.50 per person per evening (children free) including a sausage sizzle and

people only need to make sure they wear fl at soled shoes.

“It is a good event for fi rst timers because we can give them some coaching to get them started,” Keith says.

For the more competitive teams there is an opportunity to go on to play in the Wel-lington fi nals.

Last year a team from John-sonville went on to win.

Club Captain Keith Alexan-der is keen to get from new members into the club, which was founded in 1908.

“We are trying to get rid of the stigma that bowls is very formal and is an old person’s game.

“It’s fun and you get to meet lots of people.

“Once you have been bitten by the bug, you tend to stay.

“You can play competitively or socially…it suits all levels.”

Keith says he views the Johnsonville Bowling Club as a community facility and is open for hire to be used by the local community. For more information please contact [email protected] .

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After a break of a couple of sum-mers, the national Under 17 cricket tournament is again back on the calendar, at Karori Park.

Teams representing five Major Associations (Northern Districts are not attending, and have been replaced with a second Wellington ‘Invitational’ team), are competing over eight days in a mix of three two-day matches and two one-day matches each.

The tournament is the � rst national tournament held for the Major As-sociation teams, and represents an important step on the player pathway for young cricketers, giving them the chance to test themselves against the best age-group cricketers in the country.

Under 17 cricket tournament

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Young swimmers from the Northern Suburbs collected a haul of medals and top times at the Wellington long course swimming championships in the weekend.

The champs, held at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre in Kilbirnie, included swimmers from throughout the country.

Meet director Greg Forsythe said the meet, featuring four Aquablacks, had the most teams of any champs held in Wellington, with three swimmers getting several age group Wellington records, and Aquablack Tash Hind getting a Wellington Open record of 2.17.59 in the 200m Individual Medley.

“There was the most par-ticipation from regions outside Wellington with Joel Cramp-ton, Jack Plummer and Karori’s Sarah O’Connor getting multi-ple age group records.”

Tawa club swimmer Jack Plummer, who turned 11 in October, clocked an incredible 1:03:75 in Wellington record time in the 100m freestyle. Fel-

low club mate Joel Crampton, 11, set a Wellington age group record in the 100m butterfl y final of 1:08:97, beating his record-breaking heat time. He also made some 13-year-old qualifying times for the National Age Grade Nationals (teenagers), to be held in April. Twelve year olds can also compete if they make the times, meaning as Joel turns 12 before this year’s national event in April, he can compete.

Tawa’s coach Jason McPhee said his whole team performed well after the club’s swim camp earlier in the month, with fi ve Wellington champions – in-cluding first time swimmer Matthew Cooper, who headed off Karori twins Regan and Jacob Watson in the 9-year-old 50m breaststroke final, and Danika Viskovic, who topped her 11-year-old age grade with 13 medals – including eight golds.

“I`m extremely happy. I was pleasantly surprised by a cou-ple of times,” Mr McPhee said. “It kicked on from camp very well.”

Karori Pirates swimmer Dev-lin Forsythe also got multiple medals – including six golds - topping a tough 15-year-old age group, and Tawa College’s Ben Walsh, 16, from Porirua

City Aquatics headed the 16-17 age group, and collected Open titles.

Karori and Tawa were placed third and fourth out of 37 teams from throughout the country.

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Pearl Archer from the Johnsonville Bowls Club playing in a tournament in Wainuiomata.

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Tawa Swimming Club members Danika Viskovic 11, Phoebe Harris 12, Jack Plummer 11 and Joel Crampton 11 show their haul of medals.

Joel Crampton and Jack Plummer from Tawa Swimming Club and Sean Register from Karori Pirates Swimming Club receiving medals for the 100 metre backstroke

Pre-season training for men who wish to be considered for the North Wellington Football club’s three top teams is about to start this week at Raroa Intermediate School.

The venue will also hold training for all women’s teams. The men’s teams will train from 6pm every Tuesday and Thursday, with the women train-ing every Sunday at 10:30am and every Wednesdays from 12 February at 6:30pm. Parking is available at Raroa Park (next to Malvina Major) with a path up to the � elds.

Newlands Community Centre is holding a fencing summer holiday programme on January 23 and 24. Equipment and protective clothing is provided. Try fencing with world Champion, 2010 Commonwealth Gold Medal winner Ping Yuan. Book with [email protected] or 0210592558.

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