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By Sharnahea Wilson

A 15-year-old hockey fanatic is taking Wellington by storm, being the youngest player selected for this year’s Wellington Regional rep team.

Year 10 German exchange student Tara Duus transferred to Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in February to study and play hockey for three terms.

“I came over later than I would have because I was participating in nationals in Germany,” the keen sportswoman said.

Tara was selected for both the Under 18 Capital Hockey Team which stems region-wide, and the Marsden fi rst 11 team.

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Marsden Collegiate exchange student Tara Duus, 15, gears up to play in a national hockey tournament. PHOTOS: Sharnahea Wilson

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Continued form page 1 Having played the sport since the

age of six, Tara excels at mid-fi eld and defence.

She will get the chance to show off her skills at a national competition in Palmerston North in three weeks, where teams from every region will come together to play each other.

Tara has been told there would be tough competition at the week-long tournament so she was nervous but also “really excited”.

The rising hockey star has five trainings each week. If that is not enough, she goes down to the school turf by herself to practice her “drag fl icks and penalty corners”.

Tara’s host sister also plays hockey

for the school team so the girls are able to practice and enjoy the sport together.

In Germany Tara played club hockey so she said it was nice to be able to play for a school team.

“You should be proud of your school and want to represent them at sporting events.”

When she was deciding what country to do a student exchange in, the dedicated teen chose New Zealand because she wanted to “go somewhere where hockey was a big sport”.

Tara will make the most of her time in New Zealand by travelling around the South Island with her host family during the school holidays.

Young teen excels at hockey in the capital

Police have made an arrest in relation to the sexual assault of a woman in Waitangirua on Friday, June 17.

A 40-year-old Johnsonville man was arrested in Wellington on the morning of Thursday, June 23 and has been charged with rape, abduction, aggra-vated wounding, threatening to kill, burglary and three sexual violation offences.

Porirua Police thanked the commu-nity of Waitangirua for their support during the investigation.

The victim was informed of the arrest and was being supported by her family.

“She has been incredibly brave and is holding up as well as can be expected,” police said.

Police reassured the community that

events such as that which occurred in Waitangirua are rare, however, the public should always take a common sense approach to personal security.

“With all communities we would en-courage everyone to look out for their neighbours and if they see anything suspicious please report it to Police immediately,” police said.

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“With all communities we would en-courage everyone to look out for their neighbours and if they see anything suspicious please report it to Police immediately,” police said.

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A local teacher has been pre-sented with his prizes on Friday after winning the Warehouse Stationary’s most inspirational teacher award.

Wadestown teacher Richard Smith was awarded with the Inspirational Teacher award dur-ing a school assembly on Friday.

Richard was overwhelmed by the support and appreciation he had received

“This is an amazing day,” he said to the assembly.

“It is very special to have someone say something like this about you, but nothing I do I do by myself – it’s a team effort,” he said.

The teacher was the overall winner, surpassing 5537 other nominations in the fi fth year of the inspirational teacher cam-paign.

The nomination written by a parent of one of Richard’s students, Maria Edwards, ex-plained why this teacher is one of the best.

“After having children in education for the past 18 years I knew Richard was not an ordinary teacher.

“For the past 18 months, he has given my daughter and every other child in his year seven and eight class the gift of a lifetime - the ability to believe in themselves and the skills to learn in the way that best suits them,” the nomination stated.

Warehouse Stationery’s busi-ness development manager Mata Te Pania said the competition has gone from “strength to strength” every year.

“It is something people really get behind.

“We all know how teachers go above and beyond the call of duty,” she said.

Husband of Richard’s nomina-tor, Ant Edwards explained why the couple wanted to give something back to Richard.

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Wadestown teacher Richard Smith receives his award for New Zealand’s most inspirational teacher.

New Zealand’s Most Inspirational Teacherto nominate him for the most inspirational teacher award,” he said.

Richard received a number of gifts including a $5000 travel card, a $200 gift card, a box of stationery and a Notebook.

Principal Sally Barrett thanked Richard for his contri-bution to the school.

“Today we are celebrating Mr Smith’s amazing achievement.

“Thank you for your contribu-tion through your energy, vital-ity, passion and commitment to children’s education,” she said.

Richard and his family will be heading over to Cambodia early next year to educate children and help those in need.

Youth awarded for community involvement By Sharnahea Wilson

The Johnsonville Youth Awards saw another successful year with 19 young students being awarded for their efforts over the past year.

Chair of the Youth Award Trustees, Chris Kirk-Burnnand, said the event held in John-sonville shopping centre, on October 22, was a great success and the Trust is looking to grow the event even further.

“Each year there are so many outstanding applicants that im-press the Trustees with their involvement in the wider com-munity.

“The Trust is focused on youth development and giving grants

to young people to help with education, sport and the arts,” Chris said.

One of last year’s awardees Richard Kay spoke on the night.

Richard captained the Under 19 men’s Underwater Hockey Team and went on to win a Gold medal for New Zealand.

Local winners this year includ-ed Francis Rankin of Newlands College for having received one of the highest awards a St Johns cadet leader can attain – be-ing selected to represent New Zealand for St Johns youth at international competitions.

Laila Smith of Onslow College was also awarded for her success in gymnastics and circus arts, as well as her “keen leadership

skills in helping others”. MP Peter Dunne was the

guest speaker on the night and presented this year’s awards.

Johnsonville Youth Grants has now granted over $565,000 to 325 young people since its establishment in 1987.

Core funding this year came from Autoshop Group which has donated over $260,000 in the last ten years.

For over 20 years the awards have been hosted at the John-sonville Rotary Club.

“The move to Johnsonville shopping centre is a step to-wards getting greater involve-ment from the North Wellington business community,” Chris said. Charlotte Hollywood receiving her award from MP Peter Dunne.

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The closures will begin at 10pm and the motorway will re-open at 7am on Sunday morning and 5.30am on Mon-day morning. All lanes in both directions will be closed.

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However, he said people should allow more time for their journeys during these times.

“We’re doing everything we can to minimise disruption, which is why we’re doing it in the middle of the night during the weekend.”

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State Highway 1 to close

Continued from page 1Twenty years ago Fiona, from

Fiona Haines Dance Academy, put together a show based on the classic fairy tale Pinocchio, and this year’s show is set to be better than ever.

“We are doing a rehash of the very fi rst show I put on, but we are also including ‘To the Circus’ which we have never done before.

“We have strong men, tight-rope walkers, lion tamers and more, and it will be a very full and entertaining show for all ages,” Fiona said.

Students aged three to 18 years from both Karori and Brooklyn Studios are busy preparing for the up-coming production.

Senior students not only get to show off their dance skills but also have to learn how to act and tell a story with body language and mime, Fiona said.

“I am very lucky to have my mother, Katie Haines, on board as she was not only a ballet dancer and teacher but was also a drama and mime tutor so the girls are lucky to have her expertise during rehearsals,” she said.

Fiona said she has had great pleasure in teaching over the past 20 years and has had some

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wonderful students.“You form quite a bond with

them when you see them three to four times a week over ten or so years.

“I love it when past students pop in to say hello and fi ll me in on what they are now doing.”

Fiona said her dancers learn many skills throughout their time at the dance academy that are benefi cial in all walks

of life. “Along with the obvious

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Fiona said this all the hard

work pays off when the danc-ers get to perform in their end of year production.

“Every year we put on a large production which is the highlight for all students.”

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Motorists can expect more closures along State Highway 1 next weekend.

T he h ighway be t we en Ngauranga and Thorndon was closed last weekend and will close once again on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 of November.

The closures will begin at 10pm and the motorway will re-open at 7am on Sunday morning and 5.30am on Mon-day morning. All lanes in both directions will be closed.

Despite the closure, Wel-lington Highway Manager, Neil

Walker said detours would be in place and everyone would be able to get where they wanted to go at all times.

However, he said people should allow more time for their journeys during these times.

“We’re doing everything we can to minimise disruption, which is why we’re doing it in the middle of the night during the weekend.”

He said the last motorway closures took place in August, and went like clockwork.

State Highway 1 to close

Continued from page 1Twenty years ago Fiona, from

Fiona Haines Dance Academy, put together a show based on the classic fairy tale Pinocchio, and this year’s show is set to be better than ever.

“We are doing a rehash of the very fi rst show I put on, but we are also including ‘To the Circus’ which we have never done before.

“We have strong men, tight-rope walkers, lion tamers and more, and it will be a very full and entertaining show for all ages,” Fiona said.

Students aged three to 18 years from both Karori and Brooklyn Studios are busy preparing for the up-coming production.

Senior students not only get to show off their dance skills but also have to learn how to act and tell a story with body language and mime, Fiona said.

“I am very lucky to have my mother, Katie Haines, on board as she was not only a ballet dancer and teacher but was also a drama and mime tutor so the girls are lucky to have her expertise during rehearsals,” she said.

Fiona said she has had great pleasure in teaching over the past 20 years and has had some

An old fairy tale comes back to life

To the Circus: Strong men show o� their muscles. PHOTOS: Sharnahea Wilson

wonderful students.“You form quite a bond with

them when you see them three to four times a week over ten or so years.

“I love it when past students pop in to say hello and fi ll me in on what they are now doing.”

Fiona said her dancers learn many skills throughout their time at the dance academy that are benefi cial in all walks

of life. “Along with the obvious

posture, confi dence and enjoy-ment, comes the skills you get from overcoming nerves from going on stage and sitting exams - dedication, discipline, reliability, time management, punctuality and giving every-thing your all and your best, she said.”

Fiona said this all the hard

work pays off when the danc-ers get to perform in their end of year production.

“Every year we put on a large production which is the highlight for all students.”

‘Pinocchio’ and ‘To the Cir-cus’ will be performed on Sun-day, November 29 at 12pm, 3pm and 6pm in the Memorial Theatre in Kelburn.

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Young footballers are gearing up for the trip of a lifetime after being selected for a team which will venture all the way to Argentina.

Football coach Milan Bartosz is involved with both North Wel-lington and Onslow Football Clubs and wanted to give a team of children the opportunity to delve into a whole new culture.

About 65 children were eligible to be selected for the team which will head to a football club in South America to play against local footballers at the end of September.

The group of players from both local clubs was then whittled down to a fi nal 12 players aged 12 and 13.

“I have always wanted to offer New Zealand kids more.

“I want them to experience an environment where football is the number one sport,” Milan explained.

Milan said he hoped the trip would give the young footballers an incentive to continue with the game and take it as far as they could.

Most of the children have not yet travelled out of the country. One player excited for the trip was the team’s only female – 13-year-old Samantha Whyte.

The mixed team of 12 to 13-year-old players from North Wellington and Onslow Football Clubs, with their coach Milan Bartosz, are excited to head overseas. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

“I’m excited to go to a different country, I’ve never been out of New Zealand before.”

Her father was also excited to accompany Samantha on the trip.

“It’s a brilliant opportunity for the kids. They will get to experience a completely differ-ent culture.”

While they are in Argentina Milan will be taking the keen

footballers to a local orphanage. “They will get an idea of what

some children have to deal with in other countries,” Milan explained.

He said the team would take footballs to leave with the chil-dren in the orphanage.

Milan said the main idea of the trip was the importance of the players working together as a team.

“They have to respect each other,” he said.

The parents were equally excited for their children to get this opportunity. They said most children in New Zealand do not get the chance to see another culture in this way at such a young age.

The squad will start training three times per week in July for their two-week-long trip.

Footballers head to South America

Wellingtonians are being asked if they are enrolled and ready for the upcoming local government elections.

“From Monday we’ll be sending out enrolment update packs to all New Zealand’s 3.1 million enrolled voters,” Electoral Commission’s Rob-ert Peden said.

“We’re asking everyone to check their packs to make sure that we have their details correct, so that they don’t

miss out on voting in the local elections.”

Mr Peden said all people need to do at this stage is check their details are right. If anything needs updat-ing people should make the changes and send them back to the Electoral Commission immediately.

The local elections are held by postal vote, so it is critical that people are enrolled at the right address.

Only those correctly en-rolled by Friday, August 12 2016 will get their voting papers for the 2016 local elec-tions sent to them in the mail.

“If you don’t get a pack by July 4, you’re not enrolled so you need to get onto it,” Mr Peden said.

“And if you get a pack that’s not addressed to anyone at your house, send it back.”

Local elections give people the chance to have their say

on who will run the local council and district health board. They make decisions on things like the local en-vironment, rates, parking, rubbish, parks and health services.

To enrol or update your details go online at elections.org.nz, freetext your name and address to 3676, call 0800 36 76 56 or go to any PostShop.

Getting ready for local elections

The Churton Park Community As-sociation would like to hear from people who are willing to share their pride in their cultural background and the opportunities and challenges that they find in living in Churton Park. Churton Park residents come from all parts of the world and from many cultures. This helps to form the exciting character of the suburb but people often understand little about the cultures that are represented by their neighbours. The Churton Park Community Association aims to help residents build a sense of pride and belonging in the rapidly-growing suburb. Email [email protected] or leave a note at the Churton Park Community Centre if this sounds like you.

In last week’s edition of the Independ-ent Herald we ran a story about a local probus club discontinuing. We would like to clarify that this was the Onslow Probus Club. The probus clubs in Johnsonville and Newlands are still going. We apologise for any confusion caused.

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The Onslow Historical Society

waved goodbye to two long-standing committee members after last week's meeting.

Last week marked National Volunteer Week, as well as the 48th annual general meeting of the society.

Dianne Small and Christine Paterson had been part of the society for over a decade, but both recently decided to retire.

Society president, Murray Pil-lar, said the organisation would miss the valued team members.

“We're defi nitely going to miss their input, it's quite a large gap that requires fi lling. It was great to acknowledge them in National Volunteer Week.”

Dianne had been taking meet-ing minutes for over 10 years, which was quite a skill in itself, Murray said.

Christine's main project in recent times was based around relocating, within Johnsonville, the South African war memorial to local boy Leonard Retter.

Christine would still be around to contribute to the task, Murray said. “We're very fortunate that she is willing to stay involved with this project.”

The society's role is to provide information, education, enter-tainment and the opportunity for people to discover and partici-pate in local history initiatives. This includes evening lectures, bus tours, visits to historical places and buildings, exhibitions and celebratory functions. The size and scale of this work de-pends on the society's fi nances.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown was the guest speaker at the meeting and acknowledged the work of the retiring pair.

Murray said having Ms Wade-


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Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown (centre) thanks Dianne Small (left) and Christine Paterson for their contributions to the Onslow Historical Society.

Brown there was important for the society. “Celia is the society's patron as well as Mayor of Wellington. It was great for her to give all our volunteers recognition for their service.”

A further twelve certifi cates of appreciation were presented to other members who have

roles on the committee, with the society’s archiving project or as hosts when the historical centre is open on Sundays.

The society aimed to continue making sure history is recorded, archives are maintained and future generations can enjoy the local heritage.

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By Sharnahea Wilson

A Little Free Library has offi cially opened in Khandal-lah and is benefi tting all keen readers – adults and children alike.

Two community-minded

locals decided to start a little free library in the Khandallah Community Garden where people could pick up or drop off as many books as they liked with no strings attached.

Community Garden’s secre-tary Kate Misa and chairper-

Children rush to see what books are on off er at the opening of Khandallah’s Little Free Library on Saturday.

son Tammie Noldan came up with the idea to start a library where there were no fees and no time limits.

“We wanted to build commu-nity connections and resilience.

“This was about educating people that items have more than one use,” Tammie said.

The community garden is lo-cated in the heart of Khandallah and just fi ve metres away from a bus stop, Tammie explained.

Khandallah man Geoff Silbery handmade the little library which was then painted by local school children.

Kate contacted Cashmere Av-enue School to see if they would be interested in taking some children down to see, and then decorate, the little library.

“The children visited the gar-den and gathered inspiration.

“Then six children came back with some ideas and painted the

library,” Tammie said. The children painted tui, books,

the Beehive and bugs. An offi cial opening was held on

Saturday, June 25 and despite the rain people turned up in droves to deliver and take books.

The Little Free Library is a worldwide concept and people can log on to the offi cial website to fi nd the little free library that is closest to them.

For more information visit www.littlefreelibrary.org.

Locals love their Little Free Library

In last week’s edition of the Inde-pendent Herald (Wednesday, June 22) we ran a story on page three about Dr Allan Cockburn’s upcoming retire-ment from the Johnsonville Medical Centre. We would like to sincerely apologise for the misspelling of Dr Cockburn’s first name. We would also like to clarify that as well as working as a general practitioner, Dr Cockburn spent 30 years in maternity. We apologise for the mistake and wish Dr Cockburn all the best in his retirement.

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Tourism lynchpin Olivier Lacoua, general manager of CQ Hotels in Te Aro, is set to be rewarded at the Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Awards on the evening of Wednesday, June 29. Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown praised his contribu-tion to Wellington. “Olivier’s good work refl ects Wellington’s belief in appreciating diversity and accessibil-ity.” Artist Stavros Kyriakides will also be acknowledged at the ceremony. The presentation of the awards will take place at the beginning of the Wellington City Council meeting, due to begin at 5.30pm at Council’s Committee Room 1, at 101 Wakefi eld Street.

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The Johnsonville Community Centre has been up and running for almost 42 years and is still going strong – hosting an array of groups, events and activities.

Centre coordinator Jan Pike said people in the area are starting to get excited about the upcoming Blue Light Disco for adults that will be held on August 13.

“People are excited – it will be a fl ashback to their childhoods.”

The centre has drop in times every Monday where anyone can go in and enjoy a cup of tea and some nice company.

“People like having a hub they can go to,” Jan said. There are a diverse range of clubs and classes held at

the centre including drama therapy, a social English group, religious groups and craft workshops.

The centre also boasts a toy library, fi ve rooms, an op shop and a licensed childcare centre.

“There is a lot of space. People can hold parties, weddings and funerals here,” Jan said.

Twenty-fi ve years ago the centre was rebuilt and the community has raised half of the funds toward the project.

“It’s the only Wellington centre that has had half of it’s funding come from the community. And it is completely run by volunteer management commit-tees,” Jan said.

She also pointed out how the centre was conveniently located right next to the Keith Spry Pool and where the new Johnsonville Library would go.

Johnsonville Community Centre coordinator Jan Pike stands proudly in front of the community hub. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

Over the coming weeks the Independent Herald will be profi ling each community centre in Wellington’s Northern and Western Suburbs.

This week we had a chat to Jan Pike from the Johnsonville Community Centre on Moorefi eld Road.

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Gatsby Tapas, is located on the corner of Renown Rd and Pop-lar Ave in Raumati South, on the stunning Kapiti Coast. Our menu is inspired by owner Rosi Buttula, born and raised in Rewa, Fiji. Rosi is well travelled and brings home fl avours from all around the world. The dish of the month, our tasty fresh chargrilled moki on a bed of sweet roasted bell pepper medley has a Fijian and Maori infl uence.

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An inspirational young student made a big differ-ence to a small village in Fiji after raising funds so children could play sports.

Eight-year-old Riley Witts of St Teresa’s School, Karori, had to do a project for school where he raised money for a worthy cause.

After their devastating Cyclone Winston in Febru-ary, Riley thought it would be nice to raise money so he could send sports eqipment to Koroinasau District School near Sigatoka in Fiji.

Riley raised the money in a very kiwi way – by “making 52 cheese rolls to sell” at his mum’s workplace.

“We thought my great grandma’s recipe would be a good thing to try,” Riley explained.

Once they discovered what Riley was doing, Johnsonville-based sporting goods supplier Packa-world jumped on board.

Riley raised enough money for rugby balls, tennis balls and table tennis balls and then Packaworld came to the table with infl atable goals and rugby posts.

Koroinasau District School Head Teacher Loata Finau said the equipment was received with festivity and song by the children and teachers of the school.

“This is the only school in our community, and we also host community groups and youth groups. This equipment will enable the children in our district to get some more enjoyment in their play, and will really help us in our sports programmes.”

Packaworld CEO Peter Roberts said the company was proud to support Riley’s gift, and had great respect for initiatives that provided young people with the opportunities to play sport.

“It’s really important that people, especially the young ones, have the opportunity to play.

“Ensuring people around the world can play sports like football is a big part of what Packaworld stands for, and I’m proud to help these young people.”

Graham Witts with his 8-year-old son Riley who recently raised money for a school in need. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

Riley’s dad Graham Witts said the assignment from the school was an excellent idea.

“The school is helping young kids think about other people. It was nice for him to see his donation went somewhere.”

School-boy supports Fiji school with sports equipment

Wellington’s Waterfront will come alive this weekend with the arrival of the Resene Cool Colour Ice Rink and Slide. It returns for the second year running and this is your chance to win a family pass. There will be a four week programme of wintery festivities which will off er something for everyone - providing inner city revelry for all ages, including the exhilarating 35-metre-long double-laned ice slide. The fully covered ice rink provides stunning views straight out into the bay, a visual treat for all weather skating.

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Question: Is it important to vote in local government elections?

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

Mike Schultz – Johnsonville

Yes defi nitely it’s good to be involved, that way you are able to make a diff erence.

Stephanie Davis – Johnsonville

Yes, because if you don’t have your say you can’t moan about what is going on.

Sue Hamlet – Johnsonville

Yes, because if you are going to be complaining you have to give yourself the right to complain.

Vinny Gazzard-Steele – Johnsonville

Yes because if you don’t have your say you can be angry about the decisions made.

Alex McLeod – Johnsonville

People should have their say, it’s our civic duty.

Anne Copeland – Newlands

Yes, you’ve got to have your say. I will be voting.

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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 pro-vided 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.

LETTERS to the editor Letters continued on page 18

By Sharnahea Wilson

Two organisations who work hard to help youth in the community have been recognised for their outstanding work by a local rotary club.

Last week the Johnsonville Rotary Club donated $6000 to Challenge 2000 and $4000 to the Life Education Trust.

Former Rotary president Michael Hodgen said the club had invited Steve O’Connor of Challenge 2000 and Kapa Te Aho of Life Education Trust to their meeting, but they were not aware their organisations would be receiving the donations.

“Both were absolutely delighted,” Mi-chael said.

He said the pair were very surprised, on the night of the meeting on June 20, to receive the donations.

Steve spoke about the Johnsonville based organisation Challenge 2000 and explained how it started with a small group of passion-ate people who wanted to change the world.

The organisation works throughout the Wellington region and provide a range of services to young people, families and

community groups. “They have been of particular note to us

for the good work they do mentoring young people,” Michael said.

The organisation takes gap-year students and holds leadership training as well as holding a supportive bail programme which gets alongside young offenders to keep them out of prison.

“[They aim] to work with youth to develop meaningful relationships and a whanau (family) atmosphere and give them an example of what real life and families should be all about.”

Kapa also spoke to the rotary club, and explained a bit about the Life Education Trust which is a not for profi t organisation.

Life Education Trust provide a specialist curriculum to schools throughout the coun-try and tailor their lessons to individual schools’ needs.

At the end of the evening Michael pre-sented both Steve and Kapa with donations from the Rotary Club of Johnsonville’s Charitable Trust, to “support the excellent work the two organisations do for our youth”.

Former Johnsonville Rotary President, Michael Hodgen, presents Challenge 2000’s Director, Steve O’Connor, with a donation cheque for $6000 for Challenge 2000

Youth organisations recognised by local club

Dear Ed, In response to the number of letters regard-ing the Johnsonville cycle way published in the June 22 edition of the Independ-ent Herald, I would like to suggest that Wellington needs to move beyond the for and against debate on cycle ways.

Common sense would sug-

gest that Wellington needs a balanced approach to investing across all modes of transport, including road-ing, cycling, pedestrian walkways and public trans-port as well.

It appears current council does not hold this view and is fi xated on defending cycle ways to the detriment of

Wellington moving forward on all forms of transport.

If council took the time to talk to locals about what they wanted and what they see working best for their communities and not just listening to vocal minorities on either side of the cycling debate, then transport deci-sions could be made that are

actually wanted by com-munities.

I don’t think this is rocket science, only common sense local governance. But it means we need new leader-ship at council level that’s willing to listen.

Heather JonesJohnsonville

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Johnsonvale residents got their groove on during their mid-winter solstice party on the shortest day of the year. For this year’s mid-winter

celebration last Wednesday the friendly team at Johnson-vale Home in Johnsonville threw a 1960s themed party where residents and staff were encouraged to dress up. “The relatives dressed up

too which was lovely,” Clinical

operational manager Brenda Wright said. The attendees were treated

to drinks and nibbles before they danced along to 1960s songs performed by “The Jinx Band”. “The residents all knew the

words to the songs so they were singing along,” Brenda said. The Home was decorated

in bright colours and fl ash-

ing lights for the event and all guests were treated to a glass of mulled wine upon entry. About 30 people attended

the event which is one of the biggest nights on Johnsonva-le’s calendar. The staff organised ‘lucky

door prizes’ where guests got given a ticket on the way in and the winner walked away with a nice bottle of wine, Brenda said.

“Children also had to guess how many lollies were in the jar.”The staff, residents and

guests danced the night away and enjoyed delicious fi nger food prepared by the resident chef. Though the home has many

activities running every week, their next big event will be held a couple of weeks before Christmas.

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By Jacob Beleski MASSEY JOURNALISM STUDENT

Fires in the Makara Beach area will now be easier to handle thanks to a commu-nity initiative to provide an emergency water tank for fi refi ghters.

The new 30,000-litre tank will provide a fast and reliable supply of water when it is needed the most.

Peter Walker, of the Welling-ton Rural Fire Authority, said the tank, which had its offi cial launch last Friday, would as-sist the people that respond to fi res around Makara Beach.

“It’s a valuable initiative that will make a signifi cant difference in supporting the teams that respond to fi res in the Makara Beach area.”

Rural communities were challenged by being remote and Makara Beach was no different, he said.

“It takes around 20 minutes for a fi re appliance to reach Makara Beach so efficient connection to a water supply will make a big difference in the event of a fi re.”

The initiative was supported by Meridian Energy, who supplied a grant of $13,357 to purchase the water tank.

Wellington City Council also pledged its support by offering to assume ownership of the tank and to maintain it as a rural asset.

Vicky Wutzler, a Makara Beach resident who had been driving the project, said she was grateful to the Wellington City Council, Rural Fire, Me-ridian and friends in the com-munity who helped make the tank a reality. “Even though I hope we never have to use it, this is an excellent outcome for Makara Beach.”

Malcolm Sparrow, the Coun-cil’s Community Resilience Portfolio Leader, praised Meridian and the Makara Beach community for the joint initiative. “Meridian should be congratulated for this re-ally valuable contribution to the local community.”

The water tank had been a work in progress for some time, after Makara Beach residents applied to Meridian for funding for the project in June 2015.

Meridian's contribution to the cause was extremely sig-nifi cant. “It was vital to the project. Without their funding it wouldn’t have happened,” Mr Sparrow said.From left: Councillor Malcolm Sparrow, Carly Anderson (Meridian Energy), Vicky Wutzler and Peter Walker

(Wellington Rural Fire Authority), in front of the new tank at Makara Beach.

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The Cancer Society Wel-lington needs your help.

Through its ‘Power Up’ campaign the Cancer Soci-ety hoped to raise $70,000 to cover the costs of 115 solar panels, which will produce a 30kW capacity for The Cancer Society’s Margaret Stewart House accommoda-tion facility.

The facility provides daily accommodation for up to 40 out-of-town patients having cancer treatment at the Wel-lington Blood and Cancer Centre, and is located on the grounds of Wellington Hospital.

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“The upgrade to solar pan-els will save over $300,000 over the 25 year warranty period freeing up money for the Cancer Society to be spent on other essential cancer services.

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“It will enable the Cancer Society to save money and re-direct some of its operational funds to expand supportive care and health promotion services to the people of Wel-lington.

“Solar panels also fi t well in our Low Carbon Capital,” Ms Wade-Brown said.

The Indepedent Herald will be tracking the Cancer Soci-ety’s process throughout its ‘Power Up’ campaign. Check in each week to see updates on fundraising efforts.

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After just three weeks of reaching out to the community for funding, Crofton Downs Primary School has received a whopping $27,000 toward its hall strengthening.

In 2014 the Crofton Downs Community Hall, located on the school grounds, was deemed an earthquake prone building and has now been closed for two years.

On June 2 the school received $50,000 in funding from Transpower to put toward the earthquake strengthening of the hall.

After the school had raised 90 per cent of the $455,000 needed to reopen the hall, they looked to the community for help.

Since then donations have poured in from local residents, past and present Crofton Downs Primary School students, families and members of the Japanese community.

The Japanese community raised funds for the hall in the early 1990s and then gifted

the facility to the school. The school’s board of trustees chair Ro-

byn McInnes was surprised at how much community support the hall has received.

“We’ve been delighted with the sup-port received from near and far. It really demonstrates just how special the hall is to our community.”

With the community’s help the total number now required to return the hall to acceptable strength and re-open it is just $18,000.

“The remaining $18,000 is still a sig-nifi cant sum but the fundraising team is confi dent with continued support from local residents and businesses the goal will be reached and the hall re-opened for everyone to enjoy.”

Members of the community can continue to donate to the hall strength-ening at www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/croftondownscommunityhall. Crofton Downs Primary School children are excited about the wide community support

to strengthen their hall.

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In Johnsonville the garage of a house in Fraser Avenue was entered by tampering with the lock. A Toyota Corolla located inside the garage was broken into via a smashed a window. The ve-hicle was searched and con-tents scattered around. Un-specifi ed items were stolen. A green Toyota parked on the street overnight in Ban-nister Avenue was stolen. A silver Toyota station wagon parked locked overnight on the street in Tarawera Road was broken into through a smashed window. An Ipod and charger, a jacket and some CDs were stolen.

In Newlands a red Subaru station wagon parked over-night, locked with alarm set, in a driveway in Baylands Drive, was stolen.

In Black Rock Road a blue Toyota car parked on the street overnight was pelted with eggs. Another car parked in that same space had also been “egged” several times during the previous week. An attempt was made to force an entry into a house in Black Rock

Road, causing damage to the lock on a sliding door. An attempt was also made to force an entry into the garage at this property. All attempts were unsuccessful.

In Khandallah two Mazda Familia cars parked locked on the street overnight in Rangoon Street were broken into. Both had their left rear windows smashed to gain entry. Property stolen from these vehicles included sports equipment, a watch, a laptop computer and cloth-ing items. Also in Ran-goon Street a blue Skoda hatchback was damaged by “keying” – the scratch marks running the length of the passenger side of the vehicle. In Cashmere Avenue a silver Audi sports car, parked on the street during the even-ing, had its rear right tyre slashed. Emblems on the rear and all the wheels were damaged.

In Ngaio a white Toyota Hilux van was broken into via a smashed window and an Apple Ipad and a blue tooth display unit were sto-len.

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By Sharnahea Wilson

The Onslow Bridge Club spent the night celebrating their 25th year of existence last week.

The local club celebrated with some games and a supper.

The club started in 1991 as the Ngatoto Bridge Club. It had just 12 members and would meet at St John’s Church in Ngaio.

Four years ago, after the church was demolished, the club moved to the Johnsonville Uniting Church.

With the move the club changed their name to the Onslow Bridge Club.

“The move meant more space for

new players,” club member Eugene Crosby said.

He said the club meets every Thursday evening at the church and the members always have a good time.

“We just play to enjoy ourselves.“We are a friendly, happy club

with a little bit of competitiveness,” Eugene explained.

Eugene said people could either go to the club alone and make new friends or bring a partner to play with.

On the fi rst Thursday of every month they will draw out names and pair people up together.

The members have also been

playing for the Kirsten Wright trophy which was donated by Alistair and Carole Wright after their daughter passed away in 2012.

The points from each game would be tallied up throughout the year, Eugene said. Then whoever came out on top got the to take home the trophy.

The club would generally play 18 to 20 boards each Thursday even-ing from 7.30pm to about 10.15pm.

For further information contact Eugene Crosby on 4792441 or club president Phil Oliver on 9702859.

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Do you know a Local Hero?The Independent Herald, in

conjunction with the Johnsonville Shopping Centre will be running a new 'Local Hero' feature. In our up-coming issues we would like to celebrate those people in the

community who might not be get-ting the recognition they deserve for the inspiring deeds they do.Each month we will choose one Lo-cal Hero from the local community who has done a good deed (sorry no

volunteer groups as we want to rec-ognise independent individuals). � is can be anything from some-one raising money for a sick child, to someone dedicating their time to helping people in need. The

feature will give people the chance to thank those people in the com-munity whose good deeds might go unrecognised. Each Local Hero will be interviewed for a story with a photo and will receive a voucher

for the Johnsonville Shopping Centre. If you would like to nominate someone who � ts the bill, contact Sharnahea Wilson at [email protected] or on 5871660.



Wellington Rabbit Rescue is launching a Kickstarter cam-paign to ensure they can continue to care for sick, injured and un-wanted rabbits.

On Saturday, July 9 at the Aro Valley Community Centre, they will host a day of face painting, live music, food stalls and entertainment for the whole family. The event will run from 12pm – 4pm.

Green Party spokesperson for animal welfare, MP Mojo Mathers, will be opening the event and participating in a Q&A session.

Wellington Rabbit Rescue co-founder Chrissy Joy said having Ms Mathers there would be a real boost for their campaign.

“We’re really delighted to have Mojo Mathers opening the event. She’s committed to animal wel-fare, and has been a real driving force for bringing about positive change in New Zealand. To have someone like her supporting us is just brilliant.”

Since August last year they have helped more than 100 rabbits fi nd homes. They want

to keep getting rabbits into new homes so have kept their adop-tion fees as low as possible, which means it often doesn’t cover the cost of care, she said.

The organisation's other co-founder, Zoe Marsden, said they have collaborated with local designer Cat Drayer to develop a range of products featuring light-hearted illustrations revealing the secret life of rabbits.

“We’re really thankful for the support we’ve had from Cat. She’s fostered rabbits for us as well, and after talking about the challenges of covering the costs of rabbit care we had the idea to create and sell products with the profi ts going straight to caring for these rabbits.”

Kickstarter was the perfect way to start their campaign, she said.

“Kickstarter provides a great platform to get an idea like this off the ground. We’ll be selling tea towels, tote bags, mugs, postcards and more. We’re really excited for people to see the prod-ucts, and maybe it’ll make them think differently about what their pet rabbit is really up to.”

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By Jacob BeleskiMASSEY JOURNALISM STUDENT

A local indie-rock band is aiming to go from regional winners to national fi nalists in Smokefree Rockquest 2016.

Retrospect, from Onslow College, have advanced to the next stage of the competition after winning the Wellington regional fi nal on Friday night.

A crowd of over 400 gath-ered at the Opera House to watch local bands compete in New Zealand's only nationwide original music event for youths.

Runners-up City Talk, com-prised of students from Hutt Valley High School and St Bernard's College, would also advance to the next stage.

Bird On A Wire, although not advancing to the next stage, claimed third-place for Onslow College on a successful night

for the school.Onlsow College students also

took out best vocals, best musi-cian and best song writer.

Retrospect guitarist Ian Moore said the guidance of a teacher had helped Onslow produce so many talented musicians. “Our teacher Justin Pierce is really encouraging and helpful when we ask for advice about song-writing and performance.”

Justin had been very construc-tive when mentoring the band before the regional final, he said.

It was the fi rst time Retrospect had entered the competition, but they had been targeting the event for a while. “It's defi nitely something we've been working towards. We never aimed to place, we just wanted to give it a go.”

The group only came together as a band late last year, Ian said.

The level of competition meant they were surprised to fi nd out they had won. “It was an unreal feeling. Everybody else was so good. People in our band still can't believe it.”

Their success had come on the back of hard work and commit-ment to the cause. “We spent a lot of time practising and working on our arrangements, so it feels like the hard work paid off.”

The bands will now each sub-mit a 15-minute video of their best material as they push for selection in the national fi nals, to be held later this year.

Earning the opportunity to go to the national final and compete for the title was the ultimate goal for Retrospect. “It would mean so much, we all love what we are doing. It would be great to show what we can do if we take our music seriously.”

Retrospect - from left: Ian Moore, Felix Mendonca, Raquel Abolins-Reid, Anna Van Gorp, George Whiteley and Evan Oijordsbakken.

Onslow College band eyes national fi nal

LETTERS to the editor

Dear Ed, I am a bit late with this but felt that I had to respond. The Mall has some great shops but it lacks choice. You can still go shopping there but shops keep closing, which suggests that there are not enough customers or the rents are too high for the income. There is not a big enough population to support another large mall perhaps. It is a huge fi nancial outlay with no guaranteed return. It is not far to either the two larger malls or cen-tral Wellington and the Mall would need

to produce something exciting to attract the customers here. The reason the mall development has stalled is because they cannot get enough new businesses to sign up to justify the cost. Without the retail support perhaps the owners could just ensure the rents are sensible and make the Mall attractive to encourage more customers now. Then new businesses might be more enthusiastic to sign up.

Cecilia ParkerJohnsonville

Dear Ed, I reply to letters in response to my rubbishing media claims that Johnsonville Mall is empty. Key com-ments made to the reporter, but cut out were: “I am often in the Mall…and just yesterday was there in the Food Court for lunch. Contrary to media report (online), the Food Court was not empty: I could not fi nd a seat. And the man next to me pur-chasing a Kebab could not praise the place more vociferously. He just kept saying to me, “This is the best place in Wellington

then joined by many workmates.” “A new modern Mall would clearly be

welcomed by the community. “ Often I am in the Mall, dining, talking

to people, shopping- this week buying a new coat, and asked, “Where did you buy that? Paris?” My reply? “Johnsonville Mall”.

Use it, or lose it. How can we make the most of the Mall?

Helene RitchieNorthern Ward Councillor

Response to letters on mall Retail support needed

Two Victoria University re-searchers hoped increased funding can help them find the answer to combating drug-resistant super-bugs.

The Health Research Council of New Zealand granted nearly $1.2 million to Dr Jeremy Owen and Associate Professor David Ackerley, from Vic-toria’s School of Biological Sciences, for their three-year

project.Dr Owen said they would use

DNA sequencing and synthetic biology to discover new drugs. The techniques would allow them to extract new molecules from bacteria that cannot be grown in the laboratory.

“Just because we can’t grow a bacterial species in the lab doesn’t mean we can’t access an antibiotic it makes. The in-

structions for how to build that antibiotic will be somewhere in its DNA. If we can fi nd these instructions, we can make the antibiotic.”

Resistance to current antibiot-ics is increasing, and uncultur-able bacteria may provide the answer to producing new drugs.

“Currently, scientists can culture less than one percent of bacteria that exist on Earth and

this one per cent has provided most of the antibiotics we cur-rently use in medicine,” he said.

Professor Ackerley said anti-biotic resistance is a signifi cant threat. “We’re in danger of going back to the time when people would routinely die of the most mundane things, like infected scratches from rose thorns while gardening.”

Many promising drug candi-

dates never made it to the clinic because there was not enough supply, he said.

“Our synthetic biology ap-proach ensures we will be able to make lots of whatever we fi nd. Plus, the classes of molecule we are looking for generally have strong antibi-otic potential, so we think we have a good chance of fi nding something useful.”

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Colds are inevitable in the winter season, affecting many in the community. We have all experienced the symptoms, which often start with a dry (raspy and sore) throat, lead-ing on to other symptoms such as coughing, sneezing, runny nose, blocked nose and headache.

The common cold lasts for a few days – around 5 to 7, and there is no cure. The nasal passages and throat get infected by viruses that keep changing every year, so it is hard to develop a cure. Your own immune system is your best defence. Recovery is helped by resting in bed, drinking plenty of f luids, water is best and not smoking (this is a good time to quit, so ask your Self Care pharmacist about the Quit Smoking fact card).

Colds are not serious for healthy people. People of-ten, mistakenly, think that antibiotics will treat a cold. Antibiotics won’t because they don’t work on viruses, which is what is causing the cold. Antibiotics will be useful for a cold only if you develop a secondary bacterial infec-tion - like a chest or sinus

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People often refer to a cold as the fl u (infl uenza). While it is caused by viruses and, like the common cold, spread by coughing and sneezing, the fl u is a much more serious and severe infection. The fl u comes on very quickly and often will be accompanied by very sore and achy muscles, and a high fever. It also tends to last longer than a cold (about 1-3 weeks). Flu vac-cinations are the way to guard against getting the flu, but you need a new vaccination each year because the viruses keep changing - making the past year’s vaccine ineffec-tive against current fl u ‘bugs’. Accredited pharmacists are now able to administer the fl u vaccine in the pharmacy for your convenience. Speak to your Self Care Pharmacist or see the Fighting Colds and

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ACROSS 1. Rope dancer (11) 7. Nourish (7)11. On the move (5)12. Exhausted (7)13. Swift (5)14. & 30 ACROSS. Minor mistake (speech) (4,2,3,6)15. Implored (9)16. Laboured (6)18. Difficult to catch (7)21. Lazy (4)23. Delve (3)25. Finish (3)27. Hypocritical speech (4)28. Ceased to occupy(house) (7)30. SEE 14 ACROSS.32. Sheep in 2nd year (3)33. False hair (3)34. Hesitate (6)35. Characteristic of class (7)36. Cease (4)37. Snake (3)39. Born (3)41. Bait (4)43. Christian recluse (7)45. Sacred place(pl) (6)48. Arrest (9)

49. Live a country life (9)51. List of jurors (5)52. His works include’Madam Butterfly ‘ & ‘Tosca’(7)53. Number (5)54. Tolerates (7)55. Interpret wrongly (11)

DOWN1. Droops (5)2. Nourishing (11)3. Abandoned (8)4. Modernize (6)5. Icon (5)6. Offers (7)7. Calming (8)8. Endure (6)9. Warned (7)10. Famous (5)16. Diplomatic (7)17. Varied (7)19. Rent (5)20. Lures (7)22. Example(pl) (7)24. Joke (3)26. Cur (3)29. Choose (5)31. Unwelcome party guest (11)

32. Evening meal (3)33. Come first (3)38. Anticipates (3-5)40. Simplicity (8)42. Matured (7)44. Small quantity (7)46. Bank worker (6)47. Greenland inhabitant (6)48. Abundant (5)49. Spoils (5)50. Weird (5)

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SOLUTIONFor July 28, 2004

ACROSS 1. Result (5-6) 7. Scoundrel (7)11. Pulls (5)12. Deviousness (7)13. Excellent (5)14. Alert (9)15. So (9)16. Directs (6)18. Skull (7)21. Disorder (4)23. Racket (3)25. Take by sips (3)27. Stake (4)28. Artlessness (7)30. Low chair; Chaise ... (6)32. Expert; ... hand (3)33. Strange (3)34. Zealous (6)35. In brisk time(music) (7)36. U.S. state (4)37. Biblical vessel (3)39. Curve (3)41. Cupid (4)43. Exposed to air (7)45. Female relatives (6)48. An endless time(Lat) (9)49. Left handed people(inf) (9)

51. Angry (5)52. Solidify by cooling (7)53. Anaesthetic (5)54. Humbleness (7)55. Friendship (11)

DOWN 1. Sound (5) 2. Sent (11) 3. Shy (8) 4. Of public revenue (6) 5. Turn outwards (5) 6. Constrict (7) 7. Has high morals (8) 8. Reduce (6) 9. Sanction (7)10. Audacity (5)16. Arrange in steps (7)17. ‘Old Blue Eyes’ Frank ...(7)19. Competitor (5)20. N.Z. Prime Minister 1975-84 Sir Robert ... (7)22. Boils (7)24. Catch (3)26. Group of whales (3)29. Topic (5)31. Uninvited guest (4-7)32. Deoxyribonucleic acid

(abbr) (3)33. Sphere (3)38. U.S. horse race; ... Derby (8)40. Restrained (8)42. Casual (7)44. Annual calendar (7)46. Scoffs (6)47. Manservant (6)48. Form of expression (5)49. Water vapour (5)50. Gambol (5)


SOLUTIONFor April 9, 2003


SOLUTIONFor July 28, 2004

ACROSS 1. Result (5-6) 7. Scoundrel (7)11. Pulls (5)12. Deviousness (7)13. Excellent (5)14. Alert (9)15. So (9)16. Directs (6)18. Skull (7)21. Disorder (4)23. Racket (3)25. Take by sips (3)27. Stake (4)28. Artlessness (7)30. Low chair; Chaise ... (6)32. Expert; ... hand (3)33. Strange (3)34. Zealous (6)35. In brisk time(music) (7)36. U.S. state (4)37. Biblical vessel (3)39. Curve (3)41. Cupid (4)43. Exposed to air (7)45. Female relatives (6)48. An endless time(Lat) (9)49. Left handed people(inf) (9)

51. Angry (5)52. Solidify by cooling (7)53. Anaesthetic (5)54. Humbleness (7)55. Friendship (11)

DOWN 1. Sound (5) 2. Sent (11) 3. Shy (8) 4. Of public revenue (6) 5. Turn outwards (5) 6. Constrict (7) 7. Has high morals (8) 8. Reduce (6) 9. Sanction (7)10. Audacity (5)16. Arrange in steps (7)17. ‘Old Blue Eyes’ Frank ...(7)19. Competitor (5)20. N.Z. Prime Minister 1975-84 Sir Robert ... (7)22. Boils (7)24. Catch (3)26. Group of whales (3)29. Topic (5)31. Uninvited guest (4-7)32. Deoxyribonucleic acid

(abbr) (3)33. Sphere (3)38. U.S. horse race; ... Derby (8)40. Restrained (8)42. Casual (7)44. Annual calendar (7)46. Scoffs (6)47. Manservant (6)48. Form of expression (5)49. Water vapour (5)50. Gambol (5)

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SOLUTIONFor March 2, 2005

ACROSS 1. Rope dancer (11) 7. Nourish (7)11. On the move (5)12. Exhausted (7)13. Swift (5)14. & 30 ACROSS. Minor mistake (speech) (4,2,3,6)15. Implored (9)16. Laboured (6)18. Difficult to catch (7)21. Lazy (4)23. Delve (3)25. Finish (3)27. Hypocritical speech (4)28. Ceased to occupy(house) (7)30. SEE 14 ACROSS.32. Sheep in 2nd year (3)33. False hair (3)34. Hesitate (6)35. Characteristic of class (7)36. Cease (4)37. Snake (3)39. Born (3)41. Bait (4)43. Christian recluse (7)45. Sacred place(pl) (6)48. Arrest (9)

49. Live a country life (9)51. List of jurors (5)52. His works include’Madam Butterfly ‘ & ‘Tosca’(7)53. Number (5)54. Tolerates (7)55. Interpret wrongly (11)

DOWN1. Droops (5)2. Nourishing (11)3. Abandoned (8)4. Modernize (6)5. Icon (5)6. Offers (7)7. Calming (8)8. Endure (6)9. Warned (7)10. Famous (5)16. Diplomatic (7)17. Varied (7)19. Rent (5)20. Lures (7)22. Example(pl) (7)24. Joke (3)26. Cur (3)29. Choose (5)31. Unwelcome party guest (11)

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By Sharnahea Wilson

Retired teachers who spent many years teaching at Onslow College had their annual catch up at 1841 in Johnsonville last week.

Eugene Crosby who started teaching at Onslow College in 1969 said the annual catch up was a great way to keep in touch

with like-minded people and share stories about their days in the education sector.

Eugene taught engineering and technical drawing full time for 28 years then as a relieve teacher until he retired this year.

“Six years ago we thought it would be nice to have lunch together,” Eugene explained.

The group has met every winter

ever since. He said Gwenda Martin had

taught at the college for the longest out of the group.

“She started in 1960 and taught science. The school was just four years old then.”

Eugene said the group liked to talk about the old days, the subjects they used to teach and how much of it is different now.

Left to right: (back) Kath Henderson, Judy Berryman, Ngarie Pryde, Gwenda Martin, John Markham, Leslie Page (in green), Pip Piper (in red), Bruce Taylor, Diane Barnes, Eugene Crosby with (front) Kerry Popplewell, Betty Black, Ethel Burson, Marie Hampton.

Past teachers catch up

By Sharnahea Wilson

The Khandallah Community Garden was created to bring the community closer together, and thanks to the work of a few volunteers the creative space has been nominated for an award.

The Community Garden’s secretary Kate Misa and the chairperson Tammie Noldan were delighted when they were told they would be fi nalists in the Wellington Airport Re-gional Community Awards.

The awards recognise the valuable contribution volunteers and community groups make across the region.

“There has been a small group of volunteers getting the garden up and running,” Tammie said.

Tammie said it was lovely to be nominated after they had turned

a patch of “totally overgrown” land into a community garden for everyone to enjoy.

“Putting the garden there im-proved visibility on the corner for pedestrians – it’s quite a busy intersection,” she explained.

The community garden in-cludes vegetables, fruit trees such as apple, pear and plum trees, native plants and an array of herbs.

“We only have three rules when it comes to the community garden,” Tammie said.

“Pick what’s ripe, only take what you need and leave some to share.”

There is also a lot of space for children to play in the garden. Kate took the time to paint noughts and crosses on a tree stump and there are big trees for young ones to climb.

Khandallah garden fi nalist in community award

There are monthly working bees at the garden which give people in the community the chance to work together and keep the communal area tidy.

The garden was nominated for many reasons including the fact that it provided the local school with seeds for home gardening, it offers free fruit and vegetables

to the community and the vol-unteers are very welcoming and encourage everyone to take part.

The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, August 1.

Thorndon School is leading the way in a democratic education project aimed at increasing achievement for young New Zealanders.

National List MP Paul Foster-Bell said the project had been given $40,000 as part of a fund to encour-age innovative teaching practices in schools, and he was very keen to see the outcomes in 18 months.

“I’m delighted to see our local education providers working together to raise achievement for children here in Wellington Central.”

The project was one of 46 selected in the second round of the Teacher-led Innovation Fund. The fund supports teachers’ bright ideas, which evidence had shown are working and can be shared across schools.

“This project pairs Thorndon and Clyde Quay Schools with such partners as Victoria University, the NZ Council for Educational Research and Wel-lington High School to enquire into concepts of democratic education,” Mr Foster-Bell said.

It was part of National's $359 million 'Investing in Educational Success' initiative which aimed to encourage collaboration between schools to lift teaching standards and help Kiwi students achieve, he said.

“These projects will trial new ways of doing things. Where these projects are successful, other schools will be able to learn from the successes as well, so that excellent practice becomes common practice.”

Thorndon School leading innovative practices

Nominations will soon open for the Greater Wellington Regional Council elections and people are being encouraged by the council to think about putting their names forward.

People who are passionate

about the region and the role of the council, whether it be in public transport, environmental protection, flood management or water quality, should con-sider standing as a councillor, the council said.

Greater Wellington Regional Council is a statutory body made up of 13 regional councillors, representing six constituencies.

These constituencies include Kapiti Coast, Lower Hutt, Porirua-Tawa, Upper Hutt, Wai-

rarapa and Wellington. To help potential candidates

fi nd out more about the regional council and the elections, the Greater Wellington Regional Council has launched an elec-tions page visit: www.makeas-

tand.co.nz for more information about throwing your hat in the ring for the October elections.

Nominations open on Friday, July 15 and close 12 noon Friday, August, 12.

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Sports talk with Jacob Page...

It's fair to say the Golden State Warriors will feel like that impatient girlfriend waiting for a proposal from a clueless boyfriend.

For all of their time, effort and sac-rifi ce in 2016, it doesn't mean a thing if you haven't got that ring.

A history-making 73 wins and nine losses evaporated into obscurity after they failed to win the title on Monday, losing a seven game fi nals series to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

It's the fi rst professional sports title for Cleveland since the 1960s.

The city is a proud sporting hub but it's sports fans have been subjected to choke acts and bad luck for half a century.

That was until Monday.

Golden State Warriors were the best NBA team in history – now, not so much.

How can you be when you don't win the championship?

Instead those championship rings go to Cleveland, a team who timed their run to perfection to beat the perfect team.

The best team goes back, in my opinion to the 1995/96 Chicago Bulls.

They lost one more regular season game than the Warriors but ultimately won the championship.

Sport is about winning battles, but more importantly, wars.

The Golden State Warriors won 73 battles but lost the one war they needed to win most.

Warriors win NBA battle, lose war

SPORT

By Jacob BeleskiMASSEY JOURNALISM STUDENT

The Johnsonville 'Cripples' reserve grade rugby team have dedicated Saturday's victory to a former team-mate who passed away unexpectedly last week.

Paul (Sweetie) McIntosh played for the team for over 10 years and also represented the club's presidents grade side for fi ve years, before hang-ing up his boots a few years ago.

The win was especially meaningful for Johnsonville as the Upper Hutt Rams Pirates had gone through the fi rst round of reserve grade-B unbeaten. Saturday's match was their fi rst after they were promoted

to reserve grade-A.Cripples coach Richard Eckhoff

said playing the game had been diffi cult. “It was a tough decision on whether we would actually play the game. We haven't defaulted in 32 years and we think playing is what Paul would have wanted.”

The team justifi ed that decision by producing a performance Paul would have been proud of, to come away with a 24-21 win.

The team was formed in 1985 and was originally made up of retired premier players, many of whom were injured. They became affectionately known as 'the cripples' and the name stuck.

Richard said they had set specifi c

goals for the remainder of the season. “We will be looking to make the top four and then push on from there.”

This week they will face a tough test against the Poneke Ruffnuts, who fi nished top-of-the-table after the fi rst round of reserve grade-A.

In other results for the club - the under-85 team continued their fi ne form this season with a 48-5 win over Upper Hutt, while the club's two premier teams both suffered big losses at the hands of Norths.

The Johnsonville-Tawa combined women's team went down 48-20 to a more experienced Poneke side, but managed to score four tries with a squad that includes a number of newcomers to the sport.

'Cripples' honour former teammate with timely win

North Wellington’s Old Timer’s Day victory North Wellington have trounced Upper

Hutt City 5-1 on their way to a last 16 place in the prestigious Chatham Cup Football championship.

North Wellington produced superior quality football throughout before a large crowd on Old Timers Day at Alex Moore Park on Saturday.

Going into the match coach Peter Howe said North Wellington were hoping the early form they have shown in other Premier fi xtures would continue.

“We are expecting an exciting match today against Upper Hutt. The squad is looking good, morale is high and they have belief in themselves that this season will be a strong one for the club, with all teams within the club progressing very well.”

Howe was as good as his word and as a player he made his mark with the opening goal for Norths.

Assistant Coach Kieran Cripps also has a dual role and was in outstanding form, scor-ing a hat-trick on his way to winning the Man of the Match award. Simon Fejos completed the scoring for the home team.

Upper Hutt City came into the game as un-beaten leaders of Capital 1 and had dished out a 5-0 thrashing to Havelock North Wanderers

in the previous cup round but they were no match for an in form Norths team.

North Wellington club president Grant Stephen said the win had taken the club into unchartered territory but they were ready for the challenge.

“We have a very good squad. There is plenty of depth and talent among our young players so we have been able to balance the demands of a cup run and the league.”

North Wellington, sponsored by Ngatiawa-Russell Lodge, had earlier beaten Seatoun 7-0 in the fi rst round of the cup before ousting Kapiti Coast United 1-0 in round two.

Their opponent for the last 16 round will be either of the fi nal three Central League teams Miramar, Wairarapa United or Palmerston North Marist.

Underscoring the club’s depth is the Norths Reserve team which has also been in superb form, winning 10 of 11 games to lead the Capital 3 division.

“The club is in great heart. We are the largest senior club in the region and we have been building across all levels of competition so the future looks very bright,” Stephen said.

North Wellington players were on form at the weekend when they faced o� against Upper Hutt.

The Johnsonville premier rugby team will be looking to double their win tally for the season when they take on Marist St Pat's at Evans Bay Park, kicking off at 1pm this Satur-day. The under-21 team are also up against Marist St Pat's, with kickoff at 1pm on the adjacent artifi cial turf.

The premier reserve side will be hoping to bounce back from three convincing losses when they play Wellington at Helston Park at 1pm. The club's under-85kg team will be hoping to secure second-place when they also take on Wellington, at Hataitai Park at 2.45pm.

If there are any sports teams in the Northern and Western suburbs that you think need to be covered send us an email. We are happy to cover anything and everything

from children’s soccer to senior football. If you want to send us match reports or photos from a local sports match you can contact us at [email protected].

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The Johnsonville 'Cripples' contest a lineout against the Upper Hutt Rams Pirates.


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