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The charity, run entirely by volunteers, was started by Mrs Wellington and her husband Phil Davies after Mrs Wel-lington thought she could make a difference after watching the TV documentary Inside Child Poverty New Zealand.
Mrs Wellington sacrificed her accounting job to devote 60 hours a week, unpaid, to needy people.
They've now been chosen as one of three heroes in the Hubbard’s Box of Amazing competition, which comes with $5000 from Hubbards.
Mrs Wellington says the money will be used to provide a much-needed venue for storage.
“I'm thrilled to be a Hub-bard’s Amazing Hero and will use the funds to secure rental for a warehouse to store our non-perishable donations before they’re distributed.”
“The generosity of Hubbards in supporting us and raising our profi le has been of tremendous benefit to our grassroots or-
ganisation.“Their support and funds
will allow us to assist many more families in need in the Wellington/Porirua area.”
Hubbard’s spokesperson Kimberley Thorpe says Mrs Wellington is an example of how to capably assist individu-als in the community.
“She saw a problem and wanted to help.
“Her passion and ability to work closely with other chari-
ties is making a huge difference in her community.”
Mrs Welllington says all donations, including food are distributed through existing charities in the North Wel-lington and Porirua areas.
“We provide a hand up, not a hand out – distributing food, clothing, footwear, furniture and whiteware for free, to families in the Wellington region,” she says.
As well as $5000, Mrs Wel-
lington is in for a proportion of funds allocated by Hubbards as determined by the public via the Hubbards facebook page. Voting is open until the end of this month.
Kiwi Community Assistance was the recipient of Health and Wellbeing category in the 2013 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards and the Dominion Post Readers choice in the 2012 Wellingtonian of the Year awards.
Tracy Wellington from Kiwi Community Assistance with her community wellbeing award. Phil Davies (husband and KCA co-founder is on the left and on the right is KCA advisor Keith Kenderdine)
Local volunteer recognised
Continued from page 1.By Laura Kavanagh
He says he understands times have been hard but “if we all gave up because of tough times, we’d not have any businesses left.
Brian says it is not an easy task to change banks but has been forced to.
“It now means another bank enjoys my business.”
Chris Reading’s pharmacy is right next door to where the bank used to be and he was with Westpac for 14 years.
He had a strong relationship with his own Westpac busi-ness manager.
He says he was told about the reduced hours of the bank, which had an impact on his day to day business.
But he had to hear from customers and staff that the branch was actually closing.
“That annoyed me par-ticularly because we had not heard anything.
“We have had many elderly people coming in, who come into the store asking where the bank has gone.
“How are they supposed to make it all the way to Johnsonville?”
He has taken his business elsewhere preferring to sup-port local banks in the area.
A Westpac spokesman says there has been a steady decline in the number of customers using the branch with transactions down 29% over the last three years, so it is concentrating its resources to where its customers are going.
“We recently invested in making 24/7 facilities availa-
ble in the Johnsonville branch less than 10 minutes away.
“Porirua is slightly closer and our branch there also offers excellent facilities, including a new Smart ATM.”
The spokesman says the bank has notifi ed customers who use the branch regularly, so they were aware of what was happening and what other options were available.
“We have retained our ATM at Countdown Tawa for the convenience of our custom-ers.”
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The Wellington Botanical Gardens is holding special night entertainment with their new show Powerplant start-ing from February 28 to March 16. Five artists will create a spectacular array of installations using light and sound to transform the iconic Wellington setting. Prepare to hear electric fl owers whirr, insects of light buzz and propane powered Pyrophones belch fl ames into the sky. Visitors are advised to wear comfortable shoes as there are steep hills and steps on the walk. Tickets cost $25-$55.
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A free event in the Civic Square called the BIG BANG will star 200 young New Zealanders from Wellington, Christchurch and South Auckland in a drumming group led by internationally acclaimed percussion ensemble Strike. On February 21, they will be taking to the stage alongside hundreds of singers from community choirs across the region and top kiwi band Kora. The alcohol free event will start from 8.30pm and last for an hour and 15 minutes. If the weather is bad, head to the Michael Fowler Centre.
The Big Bang
A section of water mains in Karori burst twice in two days last week. The section of main that has burst in Croydon Street is cement piping that dates from the 1950s - and is programmed for replacement in the next two years. Streets aff ected by the outage last Tuesday and Wednesday were Croydon Street, Donald Street and Donald Cres, Allington Road. Pine Tce, Grenfell Drive, Tiro Street, Wendouree Way, Duthie Street, Messines Road, Versailles Road and Herman Street. The Wellington City Council’s Chief Asset Offi cer, Anthony Wilson, is apologising for the disruptions and is investigating whether the replacement work can be brought forward.
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By Laura Kavanagh
For the fi rst time ever, Welling-ton Girls College in Thorndon has two head girls, instead of a head girl and deputy head girl.
Tara Elmes and Sophie Parkes were named co-head girls for 2014 and were both delighted with the news when they found out.
“It is really nice for us because it’s kind of like a partnership,” Tara says.
“The deputy and head girl often are doing the same work but the deputy may not be as well recognised for her efforts.”
She says she was very surprised and happy at the news, being voted by her peers into the role and says school life has been very busy.
Sophie says it was the best feeling when she found out she had been chosen.
Both the students found the decision very humbling.
Tara says she and Sophie have different roles they are in charge of.
For example: Tara is in charge of school charity, which in-cludes fundraising days, while Sophie works with the parents association organising the balls and socials.
These are just a few of the responsibilities the students are in charge of.
Sophie says the year thirteens this year hope to make their mark on the school.
“These year thirteens have a very strong personality and are very aware of social and environmental issues.”
The co-head girls hope they are remembered as a good team and acknowledge the support they will receive by nine other heads of committee.
“We had our fi rst meeting and it was great to hear all of the ideas for the upcoming year.”
This year is set to be an excit-
ing one for the college with a planned Big Art Competition and the performance of the Col-lege’s very fi rst musical.
Tara and Sophie are proud to
be representing a college they say fosters a strong, independent spirit and encourages a sense of community.
By Dave Crampton The Filipino community and
children at St Francis Xavier School in Tawa have sold sev-eral hundred copies of a recipe book they produced as a fund-raiser for typhoon victims in the
Philippines.Around 20 percent of St Fran-
cis’ 207 students are Filipino, and approximately 80 per cent of Filipinos are Roman Catho-lics.
Many Filipinos at St Francis have relatives in the Philippines.
Metua Parr, a part-time teach-er at the school, and teacher of many Filipino students, coordinated the project, raising $3,300 for the typhoon victims via the Red Cross, and arranged printing of the book, A Taste of the Philippines, free of charge.
Mrs Parr says all 19 recipes were provided by the Filipino community, some of whom had to rework them, as many Fili-pinos don’t precisely measure out ingredients when cooking.
“They just tip it in,” she says.“Measurements are some-
thing they are not used to doing - one recipe had a measurement of 14 tablespoons (instead of two cups) so we left that in.”
There was an initial run of 100 copies at $10 a book, but they sold so quickly 200 more were produced.
Most of them went too, pri-marily through word of mouth
through the school, the Filipino community and local churches including the Anglican Church Mrs Parr attends.
St Francis Xavier principal Bernadette Murfi tt is impressed with the book, and she ll be using it shortly.
“It’s wonderful, it’s colourful, and it reflects the culture of the Filipino community with a Kiwi slant” she said.
“We love our Filipino food here.”
Students did the artwork as part of their classroom leaning and wrote in the recipe book about how the Philippines is special to them, including where there favourite restau-rants are.
“It was a great exercise for the children,” Mrs Murfi tt says.
The school also held a mufti day for typhoon victims.
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By Laura Kavanagh
Karori cemetery is set to get a facelift from the combined efforts of the Welling-ton City Council and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The two groups will be working together to tidy up the Eastern section of the 40 hectare cemetery, which has battled the natural elements as of late.
Cemetery Manager Jeff Paris says after the June storm last year, several large trees came down in this area, which is heavily populated with several different species of Eucalyptus trees, and pine trees.
He says Wellington City Council staff are in the process of removing the fallen trees, while the Church will be helping to clear pathways of excessive bark, leaf litter and protruding foliage for its annual Helping Hands Day.
Wellington Stake President of the Church Peter Thomson says Helping Hands has been going for several years.
“We hold it once a year and it’s a large community project to which people from all over come to.
“Last year around 150-200 came along.”He says the Church looks for things in
which it can contribute in a lasting way to the community.
“The cemetery is of good value to the
Cemetery clean-up
community, and Karori has a long history with the Church of Jesus Christ.
Peter says the Church is hoping to ensure that people with family members and friends buried at the Cemetery can still come to visit the graves.
The Church have been doing Helping Hands projects since 2008 around the Wellington region and try to work with the local communities.
“As members of the church we feel like
it’s a really good to give service.”Helping Hands will start at 9am on
February 22.Anyone is welcome to give a helping
hand – just bring a pair of gardening gloves.
Karori Cemetery started in 1891 and boasts a number of key historical New Zealand fi gures including Vivian Dud-ding, the 1st police constable to be killed in Wellington in 1919.
By Laura Kavanagh
A Johnsonville couple celebrated a very special wedding anniver-sary last week.
Harriet and Murray Fowler cel-ebrated 50 years of marriage, in a celebration they did not even know about.
Harriet says they had no idea
what was coming.“I thought we were just going out
for a quiet dinner with the family,” she says.
“It was so overwhelming. Not even our neighbours had said a word.”
“We were conned,” Murray says.The Fowlers were secretly driven
to the Rydges Hotel, where a large group of their family and friends were waiting for them.
The couple received a scroll from the Pope Francis and a congratula-tory card from both the Governor General Jerry Mateparae and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.
Murray originally from Hokitika and Harriet from Auckland, the pair met while they were working
together in Wellington.“The story goes is that Harriet
fell into my lap one day, when she tripped over a teleprinter,” says Murray.
Both staying in hostels in John-sonville, Murray proposed to Harriet while he was away on a trip in Australia.
They were married at St Patricks Cathedral in Auckland.
Murray says relationships are about give and take.
“You have to give a little and take a little.”
“We weren’t always in each other’s hair as well, which helped,” says Harriet.
They have been through their ups and downs with Murray lucky to
survive heart failure 14 months ago.
Family photographs adorn their family home in Johnson-ville.
The Fowlers have two daugh-ters, fi ve grandchildren and one great grandson.
The Wellington Phoenix are set to bat-tle it out against the Melbourne Hearts at the Westpac Stadium this Sunday, The Game starts at 5pm. The Phoenix won its last game against the Newcastle Jets 3-2 at Hunter stadium.
Submissions for the Draft Annual Plan 2014/15 opened on February 11 and will close on March 11. The 2014/15 Draft Annual Plan sets out what the Council’s work programme will cost over the next fi nancial year, along with the proposed rate increase. To give the Council your submission on the 2014/15 Draft Annual Plan, read the plan online and either make a submission online or print out a submission form.
Newlands community centre is having a community meeting this Thursday, February 13 from 7-8:30pm. Locals are invited to come along and see what the centre is doing, ask questions and meet other local people. The meeting will be at Newlands community centre at 9 Bachelor Street, Newlands.
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By Laura Kavanagh
Last Waitangi day, the Onslow Historical Society and the Trelis-sick Park Group unveiled its new book, History of the Trelissick Park Group.
The launch of the book was held at the powder magazine building at Trelissick Park, where many people from the community came to hear about the book.
Chairman of the Trelissick Park group and author of the book Peter Reimann says the ‘History’ covers the 22 years of the group’s trials, tribulations and rewards, along with some earlier history.
“Although this is nominally a history of the Trelissick Park Group, the on-going restoration towards a native bush wilderness
was really a huge collaborative effort with the City and Regional Councils, local associations, corporate groups and volunteers.
“The Park is now becoming a ‘gem’ only fi ve to ten minutes from the city centre and an im-portant part of the ecological corridor from the harbour to the outer green belt.”
Peter says in writing the maga-zines, he was assisted by Frances Lee, who was a major motive force behind the Trelissick Park Group since formation in 1991.
“Judy Siers from Onslow His-torical Society, who was a Wel-lington City Councillor for much of the period, produced them and provided some early history, aided by Barbara Hampton.
John Shrapnell and Keith May-
nard from Wadestown Residents’ Association gave some com-mentary about pre-1991 work and Murray Pillar wrote the ‘Foreword’.
Barry Durrant and Frances Lee provided most of the photos, while Bill Hester proof-read.
Peter says it was a pleasant ‘launch’ on a beautiful morning and after a picnic lunch, the Trelissick Park Group took a small handful of people walking through Trelissick Park.
Copies of the “History” can be obtained from the Onslow Historical Society rooms at the old Khandallah Automatic Tel-ephone Exchange, 86 Khandallah Road, which are open on Sunday afternoons.
Local book unveiled
Pictured right: Chairperson Peter Reimann, President of The Onslow Histori-cal Society (OHS), Frances Lee (blue shirt) and ,Murray Pillar (brown shirt)
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By Laura Kavanagh
Amesbury School in Churton Park is working on a very special project in its backyard to enhance the natural environment.
The school is currently creating a sec-tion of its land into a type of wetlands, with viewing platforms and pathways for students to easily access the area.
It will also include a rockpool and native grasses that suit the environment.
Amesbury School Principal Lesley Murrihy says the school, which opened two years ago, was sitting around some pretty swampy areas.
“We thought of enhancing the natural environment so to enable the kids to study it.”
The viewing platforms will also include educative panels, to inform the reader about creatures living in the wetlands.
“We also want to encourage the com-munity to come and use the area, which
is why we already have a tennis court and soccer fi eld here available for use.
“The benefits for the children will be that they will have something they can look after, nurture and be aware of sustaining.
“It will give them the ability to notice the world in a greater way.”
Lesley says the school always wanted a place to explore, to nurture creativity.
The school consulted with the children in the planning stages of the project, and the architect then used those plans.
Contractors have already started exca-vating the land and have started building the walkways and viewing platform.
Wellington City Council will be sup-plying all the plants for the Wetlands project and the school has done its own fundraising.
Lesley says there is no fi nish date yet for the project.
“But when we do fi nish, we will have a blessing and a grand opening.”
School to enhance environment
Amesbury school principal Lesley Murrihy
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Karori Karnival set to exciteBy Laura Kavanagh
The organisers of the annual Karori Karnival have been very busy over the last few weeks fi nalising all the stalls and entertainment for the big day.
The Karori Lions 43rd Karori Karnival is to be held on February 16 at Benburn Park Karori from 10am to 3:30pm.
Karori Secretary Anne Dunlop has had a busy job organising all the stalls, which typically range from 60 to 75 each year.
Anne will often start organising the Karnival from July the previous year.
She says a number of items will be on sale including, food, clothes, jewellery, and books.
“Almost everything you can think of.”Anne also says there will be educational
stalls provided by the Red Cross and the Karori Historical Society.
“There will is something for all ages and especially lots for the kids.
The fi re brigade, ambulance, police and
civil defence will also be in attendance, available to talk to the public.
Although some things change each year, there will be a lot of local entertainment.
From previous years,t he Karnival has included the Pipe band and the Harbour City Rock and Rollers.
Anne says a particular highlight this year is a Mission Impossible obstacle course provided by PromoKing so even the young at heart can have some fun.
This year the money raised from the Karnival will go towards the Life fl ight Trust and Wellington Diabetes.
Anne says the Karnival is supported by local businesses as well, who generously donate what they can to the event.
“It’s a fun day and it’s great for kids and great for families.
“We are always very pleased with the quality of the stalls.”
The fair will run from 10am -3:30pm on Sunday. Entry is free.
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By Laura Kavanagh
Mountain biking enthusiasts will be in their element at the upcoming Creek to Peak Relay at the Makara Mountain Bike Park.
The Creek to Peak Relay will be held on February 23 with registration starting at 8:30am and the offi cial start at 10am.
Karl Yager, of the Makara Peak Moun-tain Bike Park supporters, says the relay functions as a fundraising event to help raise money for the upkeep and develop-ment of the park, as well as its conserva-tion programmes.
“It is also treated as an opportunity for park users to celebrate having such an amazing facility to enjoy, especially all the volunteer work that goes in each year.”
The Makara Peak Supporters have been organising a yearly mountain biking event in the park for about 15 years.
The format is a relay event consisting of two short loops of the easy tracks (Koru and Lazy Fern), and two long loops of the Intermediate "Grand Loop" that takes you up to the summit and back to the main carpark.
Because of the relay format it makes it great for families because Mum, Dad and the kids can decide who does the long and the short loops.
“Last year we had a family team consist-ing of 3 generations,” says Karl.
Mountain biking is a sport that John Waghorn’s whole family likes to enjoy together.
The family of six will be competing in the competition and are working out how they will divide the teams.
Jon says it’s a really good family event and they are looking forward to the day.
Mum Belinda says you get to meet a whole community of likeminded people doing mountain biking and everyone is very supportive of each other.
“It’s not necessarily competitive or about winning.”
Sponsorship of prizes and donations to-wards the park for the Creek to Peak Relay come from the local bike industry (shops and businesses) who support Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park's development.
The 2014 Makara Peak Creak to Peak Relay will run on February 23. Registra-tion is at 8:30am.
Sophie Evans, world class Hip-Hop dancer and a previous student of Samuel Marsden Collegiate School will be teaching Hip-Hop and Jazz at the Jennifer Evans Dance Academy this year. Last year Sophie represented New Zealand at the World Hip-Hop Championships in Las Vegas with Auckland based team, The Royal Family. The team successfully defended their world title for the third year in a row. When asked about the victory Sophie said, “standing on that podium with a gold medal around my neck with our National anthem playing, is a memory I’ll never forget”.
Sophie will be teaching a range of ages, beginning from six years old. Teaching alongside Sophie are Shauni Hannah and Vivencio Samblaceno. Vivencio is a former
member of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Shauni Hannah holds a diploma in Com-mercial Dance from Wellington Performing Arts Centre. Sophie and Vivencio are Associate Members of the International Dance Teachers Association.
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By Dave Crampton The Ohariu candidate for the
Green Party at this year’s general election is Johnsonville resident Tane Woodley.
Mr Woodley contested the Ri-mutaka electorate in 2011, and his message is the same: party vote Green.
His aim is to get the Green Party more than 3000 party votes this year.
Mr Woodley has a Master of International Relations and a his-tory degree, is a planner with Civil Defence and Major Woodley in the New Zealand Defence Force. He has had 22 years in the army as a regular and as a reservist and was a Northern Ward candidate in the 2007 Wellington City Council elections.
Mr Woodley is well aware it will be a tough job unseating current MP Peter Dunne, and believes that if National puts up a strong candidate it could well do so.
“He’s not a bad electorate MP, but
it’s time for him to move on – he’s a National Party MP by proxy.”
He says the Green Party will be in Government in future, and he d like
to be part of it, as he believes the only way to seek effective change is to be in government.
“I don't like the direction our
country is heading, and I want to be part of the movement that moves it back onto a more sustainable and equitable course,” he says.
“I believe I can represent the Greens very well with Ohariu voters, and that I will do a good job as our candidate here; I'm looking forward to the campaign.
His two key issues are peak oil and climate change.
“I joined the Greens because climate change and peak oil are real phenomena, and they were the only party at the time to take these seriously; that remains the case today,” he says.
Climate change is a bigger issue, Mr Woodley says, but peak oil is a more immediate one as oil underpins everything.
“Climate change is a bigger bomb, but peak oil has a shorter fuse – it’s not about running out, it’s about running short.”
In 2011 Mr Woodley’s electorate vote was 5.98 per cent, with the Green Party vote 9.97 per cent, less than their overall party vote.
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12 Wednesday February 12, 2014
By Laura Kavanagh
Preparations are well under way for the Churton Park Festival on March 8.
Organisers Beckie Duffy of the Churton Park Community Centre, Rodney Walker of Churton Park Village Vets, and Mike Russell of Russell Properties, sat down for a meeting on Friday to discuss the logistics for the festival.
They, alongside with New World Own-ers Butch and Jan Phelan, have been responsible for getting the festival up and running.
Beckie says the sheer size of the festival means there is a lot to organise.
“There is a lot of work involved, but we get lots of good feedback from the com-munity, which makes it worth it.”
The organising team is currently plan-ning where all the stall holders are going
to be situated throughout the Churton Park Village.
“We have over 65 stall holders so it’s a bit of a task,” Rodney says.
This year, the festival will have a number of stalls, as well as entertainment provided by local schools and community groups.
There will also be a twilight concert at 7pm provided by local musicians after the festival, and then a Starlight screening of Despicable Me.
Highlights of this year will include a scavenger hunt organised by Little Monkey.
Beckie says the festival is not profit driven but is focussed on raising aware-ness of the Churton Park Village.
“We have not had our own centre for very long and we are trying to promote it as the heart of the Churton Park com-munity.”
Churton Park Festival under way
By Joe Diehl
Karori violin teacher Yid-Ee Goh is putting on a romantic violin concert this Valentine ’s Day.
“It’s an informal after work concert,” he says.
Since moving back to Wellington last January, Yid-Ee has put on concerts that have been growing in popularity.
Yid-Ee says the music will set the tone for the evening for couples.
“All of the music is associated with romance.”
Yid-Ee moved to Wellington from Singapore at a young age and played violin at university.
He then moved to Norway to further his musical studies, then he returned earning a job as concert master for Orchestra Wellington.
After his pursuits in that fi eld, he shifted to music therapy.
Yid-Ee says he enjoys using music for different goals, especially in helping special-needs kids.
“Music is an inherently social, non-threatening way of communication.”
Now, Yid-Ee is teaching violin at his studio in Karori and Grenada Village
He says his upcoming concert is for the community, and he hopes to get his students taking part in the future.
The 45 minute concert involves five pieces of influenced by the theme of romance.
Love will be in the air at St. Ninian’s Church at 7pm.
Entry by donation, for more informa-tion visit www.colourstrings.co.nz/karori-klassics
A Violin Valentines
By Laura Kavanagh
Churton Park Community Centre is offering pottery classes for people interested in trying something a little bit untraditional with clay.
The community centre is holding day time classes with an experienced pottery teacher.
Beckie Duffy, of the Churton Park Com-munity Centre, says the pottery tutor is edgy, creative and passionate about what she does and has this energy about her that is infectious.
“If I could close the offi ce and do this class, I would.”
Rather than using a potter’s wheel, pottery enthusiasts get to use their hands against plaster and make imprints with different shapes.
They will be experimenting with paper clay making things for a number of uses including broaches, fridge magnets, and tile pieces.
Pottery has been having a renaissance, and for its enthusiasts, pottery is addictive, limitless and practica.
Accidents and mistakes can be just as beautiful as perfect pieces, and you can come across hidden gems.
Beckie says it makes you look at bowls and cups differently.
If you are interested in the pottery day classes, you can register your interest with Beckie at the Churton Park Community Centre.
There will potentially be night classes starting up so register your interest via email beckie.duff [email protected]
Karori violin instructor Yid-Ee Goh
Churton Park pottery classes on offer
Organisers Beckie Duff y of the Churton Park Community Centre, Rodney Walker of Churton Park Village Vets and Mike Russell of Russell Properties sitting down at the Churton Park Community Centre
Johnsonville Community centre is host-ing the Dance Well Centre: Dance Well Centre offers classes designed to develop your teen’s love of dance. Two classes are available – choreography workshop and dance wellness. Classes are designed to sit alongside technique and syllabus classes, providing a skills based approach
that students can transfer to different dance genres. Classes are held on Tues-days from 4.40pm to 5.45pm and Sundays from 3pm to 4.15pm.For more informa-tion email [email protected] or go to dancewellcentre.weebly.com or phone Brie on 021 1806538.
Dance classes for teens
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13Wednesday February 12, 2014
By Laura Kavanagh
Tuatara February at Zealan-dia has kicked off with a bang, as people fl ock to see two very special ancient reptiles.
Zealandia is hosting spe-cial sessions with two tuatara brought from Southland Mu-seum, who have been specifi -cally trained to help them feel at ease in human company.
On the fi rst weekend, Zea-landia received around 200 visitors to the exhibit.
Guide Allison Mcpherson has been introducing the currently unnamed tuatara to visitors, and says her job is extremely worthwhile.
“It is a real privilege to show these animals up close to the public.”
Tuatara February has been a recurring event over the last few years.
Communications and Mar-keting Co-ordinater says Feb-ruary is the perfect time to showcase the Tuatara.
“As February is usually nice and warm, and the Tuatara are cold blooded, they love basking in the sun this time of the year.
“We have had a really positive response from the public so far, even when the weather hasn’t been holding out for us.”
Several years ago, Zealand translocated 200 tuatara from Stevens Island in Marlborough Sounds and had its fi rst nest confi rmed in 2007.
“We call them living fossils because after 220 million years,
their fossils haven’t changed.”Allison says it is hoped that
Tuatara February will increase awareness about tuatara con-servation and research in the sanctuary to contribute to their ongoing survival as a species.
“We call the tuatara a living treasure.
“It’s a unique animal crucial to our scientifi c understanding.”
Tuatara are a rare reptile found only in New Zealand.
Tuatara were extinct from the mainland since the late 1700’s until they were released at Zealandia in 2005.
Pictured: Guide Allison Mcpher-son holding one of the Tuatara
14 Wednesday February 12, 2014
By Laura Kavanagh
A new store has just opened its doors in Tawa, dedicated to the healing properties of crystals.
Owner Donna Harrington-Clews opened Healing Light Crystals on Monday and is ex-cited about sharing the healing properties of crystals with the local community.
“I am living my dream,” Donna says.
“There is so much crystals can do for people and I love being able to guide them in the right direction for their needs.”
Donna has been working with crystals for many years hosting crystal parties, working as a crys-tal healing therapist and running a crystal stall at a local market.
She is now branching out and opening up her own shop, sell-ing crystals (tumbled to large pieces), jewellery, crystal lamps, singing bowls, books and more.
Donna decided to set up shop in Tawa because of her strong family links in the area.
“I’ve build up a good rapport with people in the area, and there are a lot of spiritually minded people here.”
“At the moment, there are no crystal stores in Johnsonville or Porirua, so the location was perfect.”
Donna believes strongly in the crystal’s healing properties.
“You can put them under your
pillow and let the crystal do the healing while you’re sleeping.
“People don’t realise the effect of the crystals until they refl ect on their day afterwards.”
“For example,” Donna says, “the amethyst is a well-known crystal that can help with bal-ancing emotions, overcoming addictions and blocking negative environmental energies.
Donna has been working hard to get the store up and running.
“It has been really busy and I am really grateful to my family and friends for their support.”
Donna says there is something in the store for everyone, from all walks of life.
“We have something here for both children and grandparents.
“We cater for everyone.”
Donna Harrington-Clews in her newly opened crystal store.
By Dave Crampton
Houses were threatened and State Highway One just north of Wellington was closed for much of Wednesday morning last week, after a B-train Linfox truck was engulfed by fi re just prior to the Churton Park off-ramp.
Six fire engines arrived around 1am, when the truck and the surrounding bank were well alight.
“I smelt something burning at 2am this morning.
“Thought the house was on fi re but a truck on the motorway burst into flames,” Grenada resident Roger Betham says.
Heidi Whiting says she hosted three lots of neighbours who evacuated their own houses as embers from the blazing truck and bank were “flying over their houses”.
She had smoke damage
throughout her house.“I rang up Linfox today
and asked them if they could ring me back to get my house cleaned,” she says.
New Zealand Fire Service shift manager Dave Meikle says the driver escaped without in-jury – but he left his extensively damaged truck behind.
A Linfox spokesman says the cause of the fi re had yet to be determined.
He says the fire would go through a serious incident pro-cess.
The truck and trailer unit was a write-off.
The southbound motorway between Tawa and Churton Park was closed for most of the morning while the scene was cleared.
The front of the truck was removed, leaving the burned out remains of the trailer unit behind.
Highway One ablaze
Tuatara February
“It is a real privilege to show these animals up close to the
Tuatara February has been a recurring event over the last
Communications and Mar-keting Co-ordinater says Feb-ruary is the perfect time to
“As February is usually nice and warm, and the Tuatara are cold blooded, they love basking in the sun this time of the year.
“We have had a really positive response from the public
Several years ago, Zealand translocated 200 tuatara from Stevens Island in Marlborough Sounds and had its fi rst nest confi rmed in 2007.
“We call them living fossils because after 220 million years,
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HI THEREThe all new Holden Trax goes on sale in September. The Trax is a small SUV that comesin two equipment levels, but has Bluetooth, rear view camera & park assist, MyLinkinfotainment system, daytime running lamps and cruise control as standard features inboth models. Fuel consumption is a really pleasant surprise at only 7.6 L/100 kms.
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Who am I you may be wondering? I moved here late last year after managing the Ebbettdealership in Tauranga for 6 years. I was offered an opportunity to invest in the businessand as this is what I had always wanted I jumped at the chance. Moving to Wellington has
been an enjoyable experience and my family are loving it here. The kids have settled into school and Saturday is manic with football,rugby and swimming. There’s so much happening around the city and Jane and I are enjoying getting to know the place a bit better.One thing that’s really cool is being able to go for abush walk and not leave the city.
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By Laura Kavanagh
Two local musicians are joining forces for a special series of child-rens’ music classes based in Karori.
Sam Hyde is joining Windmill Music’s Jannah Dennison for a term of double the musical fun in Karori.
Windmill Music has been running children’s music classes in Karori for several years, and the pre-school classes have been steadily growing.
They played together for the fi nal Christmas Windmill Music session and it was so much fun that Jannah decided to band together as a duo for this term.
Jannah says a key part of this is the presence of live instruments in the class, and Sam’s instrumental abili-ties will only expand the repertoire.
“It’s great to allow children to see some live instruments, as well as educate some of the parents.”
“At the heart, it’s learning that music is fun for kids and parents.”
Jannah has a background in clas-sical performance and music educa-tion, and started Windmill Music, while Sam is a founding member of
the Wellington band Uncle Monkey and has his own solo piano show, Play it Again Sam.
Both multi-instrumentalists, they variously play the piano, cello, saxo-phone, guitar, ukulele, bass guitar, recorder, and oboe between them.
Jannah says he idea is to provide a great musical experience for parents and children, allowing them to learn new songs, improve their sense of rhythm, and be exposed to a variety of instruments and sounds, while having fun.
“Having two musicians on board will enable the sessions to sustain larger numbers and thus provide musical fun for more families.”
Jannah says a lot of activities are child-centric but her music classes are designed to be enjoyed by parents as well.
The classes run Tuesday mornings and parents are welcome to come sit with their children.
For more information visit: http://www.windmillmusic.co.nz/music-classes
Jannah Dennison and Sam Hyde
New musical duo
By Laura Kavanagh
Karori Junior Hockey Club has had a fantastic start to the new year with its pre-season training programme already reaching full capacity.
The hockey club has organ-ised a fi ve week programme for players both familiar and new to the game.
They have already hit capac-ity securing 94 enrolments ranging from six – twelve year olds for the programme.
Even the rain could not deter the hockey enthusiasts from turning up last Sunday.
Coach development convenor Colette Mackenzie says the programme is a fun way to start the season and get people
involved in hockey for the year.“It’s a great thing for the club
because everyone is able stay around and meet other people.”
Player development convenor Tina Mitchell says they have been surprised and amazed by the response.
“The kids are so lucky be-cause we have some amazing coaches.
“During the season, we don’t have much time to focus on some of the basic ball skills, which is great here because we can put an emphasis on that.”
Colette and Tina say the programme has been great for newcomers to the sport to come and play with experi-enced players.
“It gives the kids and parents
some time to bond and get to know each other,” says Colette.
Even a sausage sizzle was put on at the end of the afternoon for the hungry kids.
Karori Junior Hockey Club provides coached hockey teams for boys and girls from year three through to year eight.
Generally children in years three to six play in six-aside teams, while those in years seven and eight play eleven-aside.
Although the summer pro-gramme is full, kids interested in Karori Junior Hockey’s full season registration are encour-aged to visit the club’s website at kjhc.org.nz.
Hockey programnme a success
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The Sevens parade launched last Wednesday, welcoming the teams with music and dance.
Each of the 16 teams competing in the tournament had a fl oat of their own,
accompanied by entertainment from cheerleading to traditional dancers.
Many people took an extended lunch to watch the festivities.PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Whitfeild
Seven’s parade goes off with a bang
By Laura Kavanagh
A skateboarder from Churton Park has been named skateboarder of the year by popular skater magazine Manual.
Jesse Abolins-Reid was given the prestigious title after being voted the best in an online poll.
Voters were able to view footage of potential candidates online and voted for their favourite.
Jesse was announced the winner at a launch party held by the magazine Manual and G-Shock watches and Jesse
says he was very surprised.“It was kind of overwhelming.“I didn’t think I would win.”Jesse has been skating for 14 years,
having started after a friend brought back a skateboard from the US.
“We all thought it was the coolest thing ever.”
Jesse’s father Jeff says he is very proud of Jesse, who he says is very passionate about the sport.
Jesse is now fundraising in partner-ship with Def Mtg Company to go to Barcelona to fi lm himself skating overseas.
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Offences during the past week have been mainly burglaries and wilful damage.
In Johnsonville, a house in Bannister Avenue was entered and a handbag was stolen, the third time this house has been burgled. A house in Bould Street had a rear window broken but it is not known if an entry was gained into the property.
In Newlands, a blue Subaru Impreza parked locked on the street in Bracken Road was stolen. Also in Bracken Road the Hall of Newlands Interme-diate School was broken into when the door was forced open. The alarm was activated when intruders entered.
There was a rapid response from security and nothing is known to have been taken.
In Northwood Close a car parked in a driveway had three of its tyres slashed.
In Khandallah, a red Suzuki station wagon parked locked in a carport in Onslow Road had its full driver’s side window smashed and a GPS unit was taken from the dashboard.
A green Subaru station wagon parked, locked at the end of a driveway in Simla Crescent was damaged when an offender smashed the wing mirror. An-other case of wilful damage oc-
curred at St. Benedict’s School in Nicholson Road, where bricks were used to smash windows in the school library.
In Churton Park, damage was done to the front door of a newly constructed house in Erlestoke Crescent in what is believed to be an attempted burglary.
In Ngaio, Police responded to a call to Imlay Crescent where a group of males were seen jump-ing on cars parked on the street.
Operation Snap is in action. It stands for Serial Number Ac-tion Partnership and is an initia-tive of the New Zealand Police aiming to prevent burglary and property offending, and make it harder for criminals to sell stolen goods. The SNAP website allows you to enter and maintain details of all your important possessions or assets. You can access your asset list anytime, anywhere. If any of your assets are stolen you can instantly access your list details and pass them on to the Police and your insurers. There is a lot more information about the advantages of SNAP and you may fi nd a visit to the website http://www.snap.org.nz well worthwhile.
Stay safe.
After many years, Karori resident Gwenda Bowe has passed away, at the grand age of 101. Gwen lived in Karori for 73 years, six years spent in Huntleigh, and was heavily involved with St Nin-ians Uniting Church. She will be well missed by family and friends.
By Laura KavanaghNewlands Community Centre was
treated to a wonderful performance by the Chinese Seniors Community
Choir and Tai Chi group last week. The performance was to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Karori Woman Remembered
Chinese New YearChinese seniors community choir and tai chi group
19Wednesday February 12, 2014SPORT
By Laura Kavanagh
A Khandallah woman is bringing a beautiful dance form to the Wellington suburbs.
ReelJig Irish Dancers is a class taught by Laura Kelly, who has been dancing most of her life and teaching since her twenties.
Irish dance is a group of traditional dance forms originating in Ireland, which was popularised in 1994 by the world famous show Riverdance.
Laura enjoys Irish Dance as a hobby but thinks it is a privilege to teach.
“The best part about work is I get to do something I love doing.
“I get to work with children and they are the best clients.
“They will tell you if they are happy or annoyed.”
Laura restarted her classes a year ago and teaches preschool students through to adults.
She says Irish dance is very social but dancers can dance competitively in both national and international competitions.
“Most children just start off wanting to learn how to dance, and then decide they want to dance competitively.”
Laura says around 2/3 of her students will enter competitions.
“One of the things they like most is getting in costume and having their make up done.”
Laura says you do not need to have an Irish background.
The Wellington East Die-hards netball team have been celebrating a well-earned success after both teams won gold at the NZ Masters Netball games.
The NZ Masters Netball games were held at the indoor Edgar Centre in Dunedin. Both of the Die-hards teams had one loss each during the tournament but were still in the running for the playoffs.
Robbie Herbison says it was a very close competi-tion and once they hit the quarter and semi fi nals, it is "game on" and all hard out to get to the top.
“We were both able to support each other with the seniors playing off for fi rst and second place and after losing to the Auckland Mullets by four goals in the fi rst round, but were able to pull through with a seven goal win claiming the Gold.
“The juniors followed behind with their fi ght for the Gold and kept the lead throughout the game to come away with an eight goal win.”
She says during the tour-nament, the girls had a great time together and once the tournament was over, it was off to the Games Village for
some celebrating. Both teams are current
premier players who will be playing in the Wellington Netball winter series at the ASB.
“We are back into the indoor twilight series next week for our pre-season training to keep the netball fi tness at a good level,” says Robyn.
Raylene Cummins at 58 years has now reached her retirement to focus on cy-cling and tramping and is now happy to retire with her Gold Medal in hand.
Although Irish culture is not taught specifi cally, students absorb part of the culture through the names of the dances, the celtic designs on the costumes, and the traditional music.
“And we all know what St Patricks day is.”
Laura teaches in the city, Island Bay, Khandallah and Karori.
She encourages new comers to Irish Dance to come give it a go, especially adults.
“It’s good to do exercise that doesn’t feel like exercise.
You can contact Laura via email/phone at [email protected] or Mobile 022-396-0238
Seniors 46+ age group from left to right : BACK - Raylene Cummins, Julie Johnstone, Deb Mills, Dame Lois Muir, Sue Le’aupepe, Anne Robinson. FRONT - Julie Haggie, Robbie Herbison, Eileen Dorricott, Jo Waugh. UMPIRE - Jo Millett
Juniors 41+ age group from left to right : BACK - Julia Roberts, Sue Pulham, Shirley Stokes, Dame Lois Muir, Jenine Burroughs, Chris Horwell, Kim Wotherspoon. FRONT - Anita Pothan, Fobbie Babe. UMPIRE - Helen Ngataki
By Laura Kavanagh
Newland’s College stu-dents have been going from strength to strength, with three of their pupils recognised for their sport-ing achievements in the last few months.
Caitlyn Taniela (year 13) was selected for the New Zealand junior volleyball team that attended the Shakey's Tournament of Champions in Manila, Phillipines during Janu-ary.
Caitlyn says she was excited and surprised at the news.
“My sister was scream-ing down the phone.”
The New Zealand team came third at the competi-tion, of which there were 12 others all from the Philippines. except NZ and one from Victoria, Australia.
In July there will be a tournament in Taiwan, the Asian champs,that Caitlyn is hoping to make it to.
Playing volleyball since she was eight, Caitlyn was the only Wellington representative in the team.
Year 13 student Aizaya Anderson was selected for the 2014 Junior White Sox softball team, that was announced on January 30.
On hearing the news, she says it didn’t feel real
Gold at Netball Masters
Irish dance in the suburbs
at fi rst.“Now it’s sinking in.“I cried and mum cried
because I’ve never been part of something like that before.”
She says she is nervous about the training camps coming up, from which the top team and the de-velopment team will be decided.
The top team will go to play in Canada, and the development team will go play in Australia
“It will be a good chal-lenge, but I love it when there’s a lot of pressure because that’s when I play best.”
Fraser Mclaren has been selected for the Junior
Black Sox softball team, who will contest the World Championships in Canada in July.
“It was all quite sudden for me because I was a late pickup.
“They saw me at a tour-nament and told me to come along.”
The team will play in the Dean Schick Tourna-ment in February, and then head to Vancouver at the end of June for warm up games before the World Champion-ships start in July.
Fraser says he enjoys being part of the softball community in Wellington because everyone knows each other.
Fraser Mclaren playing for his local Johnsonville Club
Aizaya Anderson playing for Te Aroha
Newlands students sporting success
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