Petone Chronicle The www.petonechronicle.co.nz Issue Ten: July 2014 562 7500 Group fears threat to Petone's heritage Petone Toy librarian Emma Rowell helps Olivia Schwoerer and Luke Henry choose a toy. by Gerard Duignan If you are handy with a welding torch or can fix electronics, the Petone Toy Library could use your skills to repair toys. Librarian Emma Rowell says with 80 members the library is strong at the moment. So the committee of volunteers is more able to buy new toys and replace older ones. Busily helping parents borrow up to 10 toys per family per fortnight, Emma loves seeing the children’s excitement. They find their favourites, or discover new toys. “They know exactly what they want,” she says. As well as toys, games and puzzles, members can hire bouncy castles - small for under 3’s and a larger one for 3-7 years. It’s open Saturday mornings 9am-Noon, including school holidays, on the corner of High and Wanted: Toy fixer extraordinaire Cuba Streets. Contact the facebook page “Petone Toy Library” about the not-for-profit organisation, or email Emma at [email protected]Members are encouraged to come along to the AGM, at 7:30pm on Monday 14 July, 2014 at 37 Boulcott Street, Petone. by Emily Tilley Petone’s Heritage Area could be compromised if changes allow more three to four-storey apartment buildings to be built in Petone, Petone Planning Action Group chair Pam Hanna says. Last year Hutt City Council released its Urban Growth Strategy, a blueprint for increasing the amount of housing available in the city. From July, HCC will begin looking at where changes may be made in the district plan to allow low-rise apartments to be built in areas where they are not currently permitted, strategic services general manager Kim Kelly says. Proposed changes will be discussed informally with the community before going through a formal consultation process. “Part of the plan change will include a map, just like Plan Change 29,” she says. Petone areas where low-rise apartments could be allowed are identified in the Urban Growth Strategy as Jackson Street from Cuba Street west excluding the area covered by Plan Change 29, The Esplanade and Marine Parade. Petone Planning Action Group chair Pam Hanna says she understood that, following consultation on the draft strategy, Jackson Street - which includes the Heritage Area - was not going to be included in the final version, and a resolution to this effect was passed by the council last August. She believes Petone’s Heritage Area could be completely undermined by any changes allowing for new three to four storey developments, and says she understood. Ms Kelly says, whether or not any mistake was made in the final version of the Urban Growth Strategy, the strategy does not actually change what it currently permitted. It is this next stage of deciding what changes to make to the District Plan that will affect what building is allowed where, she says. “Any impact will come when there is a plan change.”
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Petone Chronicle The
www.petonechronicle.co.nz Issue Ten: July 2014 562 7500
Group fears threat to Petone's heritage
Petone Toy librarian Emma Rowell helps Olivia Schwoerer and Luke Henry choose a toy.
by Gerard Duignan
If you are handy with a welding torch or can fix electronics, the Petone Toy Library could use your skills to repair toys.
Librarian Emma Rowell says with 80 members the library is strong at the moment. So the committee of volunteers is more able to buy new toys and replace older ones.
Bus i ly he lp ing parents borrow up to 10 toys per family per fortnight, Emma loves seeing the children’s excitement.
They find their favourites, or discover new toys.
“ T h e y k n o w exactly what they want,” she says.
As well as toys, games and puzzles, members can hire bouncy castles - small for under 3’s and a larger one for 3-7 years. It’s open Saturday mornings 9am-Noon, including school holidays, on the corner of High and
Wanted: Toy fixer extraordinaire
Cuba Streets.Contact the facebook page “Petone Toy
Library” about the not-for-profit organisation, or email Emma at [email protected]
Members are encouraged to come along to the AGM, at 7:30pm on Monday 14 July, 2014 at 37 Boulcott Street, Petone.
by Emily Tilley
Petone’s Heritage Area could be compromised if changes allow more three to four-storey apartment buildings to be built in Petone, Petone Planning Action Group chair Pam Hanna says.
Last year Hutt City Council released its Urban Growth Strategy, a blueprint for increasing the amount of housing available in the city.
From July, HCC will begin looking at where changes may be made in the district plan to allow low-rise apartments to be built in areas where they are not currently permitted, strategic services general manager Kim Kelly says.
Proposed changes will be discussed informally with the community before going through a formal consultation process.
“Part of the plan change will include a map, just like Plan Change 29,” she says.
Petone areas where low-rise apartments could be allowed are identified in the Urban Growth Strategy as Jackson Street from Cuba Street west excluding the area covered by Plan Change 29, The Esplanade and Marine Parade.
Petone Planning Action Group chair Pam Hanna says she understood that, following consultation on the draft strategy, Jackson Street - which includes the Heritage Area - was not going to be included in the final version, and a resolution to this effect was passed by the council last August.
She believes Petone’s Heritage Area could be completely undermined by any changes allowing for new three to four storey developments, and says she understood.
Ms Kelly says, whether or not any mistake was made in the final version of the Urban
Growth Strategy, the strategy does not actually change what it currently permitted.
It is this next stage of deciding what changes to make to the District Plan that will affect what building is allowed where, she says. “Any impact will come when there is a plan change.”
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More projects, fewer costs in JSP rejigby Emily Tilley
With exciting plans in the pipeline, the approval of a funding increase has “thrilled” the Jackson Street Programme.
Hutt City Council has agreed to increase JSP's funding to $130,000 for the next financial year, up from the $118,500 previously earmarked for the programme.
The funding comes from a targeted rate pool of businesses who are members of JSP. Surveyed prior to the increase, most of the businesses supported the increase.
JSP coordinator Hellen Swales says the programme has embarked on a five year events-based build and the increase will help “seed these projects”. The programme has now been running for 21 years.
Last year JSP went through a restructure, a large change to its committee and appointed a new chair, Leonie Dobbs. Since then the “new regime” has worked to be more financially responsible
while also developing new event-based plans to make Jackson Street a “destination”.
At their AGM last year JSP made a commitment to be “a bit more responsible to stakeholders”, Ms Swales says. JSP has since been more financially responsible and prudent in its spending, she says. Spending on salaries has been reduced and normal operating costs have been cut back by getting better deals for services such as telecommunications and web hosting.
JSP is now concentrating on building up a programme of four annual events designed to encourage Jackson Street patronage and bring people into Petone from further afield.
“We see our job as to create events that will increase the profile and better add value to businesses on the street,” she says. “We are the jewel in the crown, we need to add value.”
JSP's first big event was centred around Christmas last year with the installation of the lights on the street and a Santa’s Grotto set up in the Jail Museum.
A successful event; “most went right, some things we can do better,” Ms Swales says.
With heritage tourism proving popular both nationally and internationally, the Jackson Street Programme is tapping into that market, Ms Swales says. Working closely with the Petone Historical Society, JSP aims to make Jackson Street “an iconic destination” locally, regionally and nationally.
One new attraction JSP is working on is the creation of “self walking tours” which will start from the Jail Museum. Following a trail of historic Petone buildings, people will be able to download a free app on their cellphones which will allow them to scan a code on the building’s plaques which will then link them to a webpage giving the history of that particular building.
“By default it will increase foot traffic on the street,” Ms Swales says. Individual businesses will also benefit from having their own separate page on an “exciting, interactive” new website JSP will launch next month.
Walker to campaign for party voteLocal Green MP Holly Walker says it is with
“real sadness” that she has made the decision to withdraw from the Green Party list and effectively stand down as an MP next term.
While juggling being a new mother and a politician has been a challenge, an unexpected change in family circumstances has added another challenge, tipping the balance and making it impossible to carry on, Ms Walker says.
“I've decided to put my family first and, while it's been really hard, I'm sure it's the right decision.”
Ms Walker says she will stay on as the Green Party candidate for Hutt South to campaign for the party vote in her community.
Campaigning for the electorate vote was never her intention, rather her focus in Hutt South has always been to campaign for the party vote as it was in 2011 when she first stood.
Although a list MP, Ms Walker has made local advocacy part of her work for the last three
years speaking up first about the proposed closure of the MacKenzie Pool and most recently about the demolition of HNZ stock in Petone East.
She says she has always sought to be active in the local community. “Especially since having a baby. Your world simultaneously expands and shrinks.”
Ms Walker says her interest and involvement in local issues won’t stop when she is no longer an MP. “I’ll probably be even more locally involved and I’m looking forward to that,” she says.
“I’m definitely still very committed to the Green Party and making the changes I got into politics to make,” she says. “I came to Parliament to stand up for what I believe in and to make real change happen. I wanted to leave having helped to reduce inequality, eliminate child poverty, slow disastrous climate change, and protect our precious natural heritage.” Ms Walker says.
“I haven’t achieved those things yet, and I am disappointed that I won’t be part of a progressive
Green government to make them a reality next term.”
However, she is proud of what she has achieved in the time she has had in parliament. “I’ve worked hard to help put inequality and child poverty on the political agenda. I’m very proud that these issues are squarely at the heart of the election campaign in 2014,” she says.
And Ms Walker won’t stop working towards change and will now be looking at other ways to make those changes, “probably more local ways”.
While being an MP is not sustainable at present, Ms Walker is not ruling out returning to parliament in the future.
She is still young with a long career ahead of her, she says. “I’ll not rule that out… who knows what will happen?” For now there are other ways she can continue in public life but quite what she will be doing in the coming year, remains uncertain, she says. “I don’t know what I’m going to be doing. It’s a big step into the unknown.”
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Iwi to be offered HNZ's east Petone land
by Emily Tilley
Housing New Zealand has no plans for redevelopment after six buildings are demolished on Jackson Street east - instead the land will be sold.
Tenants have been told of HNZ plans, both at a meeting last week and in a newsletter distributed to all residents.
HNZ representatives say they won’t be redeveloping the land themselves once the buildings are gone because there is no demand for any more state homes in the area.
Despite improved security measures introduced last year, people are still not choosing to live at the complex, HNZ says.
The land will be offered first to local iwi as it, like much Crown land in Wellington, is subject to First Right of Refusal, HNZ says.
Time frames for removals have not yet been finalised. Once they are, HNZ will update tenants and the community.
Before the announcement, tenants had a meeting to discuss what they would like to see happen on the site.
There was support at the meeting for redeveloping the area with good quality housing for low income families, Petone Community Board member Peter Foaese says.
While tenants supported the demolition of the three larger blocks, they thought the smaller Acamar, Mercury and Mars flats should stay.
Residents wanted a chance to meet with HNZ and also an opportunity to speak directly to Minister of Housing, Nick Smith.
Last week tenants and community stakeholders attended a meeting with HNZ.
The meeting was “another good opportunity for us to answer questions and to give reassurance that we are committed to retaining a presence in Lower Hutt,” HNZ regional manager Jackie Pivac says.
Hutt City Councillor Michael Lulich says the main concern of tenants at the meeting was to seek assurance that no further homes would
be removed from the complex.Although HNZ representatives said they
were unable to give a long-term commitment that the complex would stay, they said there are no plans for further demolition, he says. “I got the impression HNZ want to keep the other tenants of the other buildings.”
While HNZ talked of helping alleviate housing problems in Auckland and Christchurch, “that doesn’t really help Wellington", Cr Lulich says.
He questions whether the run-down state of the housing complex was not a big deterrent for people on the waiting list.
History in the making
Frank Tyson, a resident of the Jackson Street flats, has started researching the history of the Housing New Zealand complex and Petone East.
He is putting together an historical archive of photos taken in the area between Jessie Street and the Shandon Golf Club. He’s already found
Construction of the state houses in 1955. Photo: National Libary of NZ Te Puna Matatauranga O Aotearoa.
pictures of the flats under construction during the 1950s and has used them as part of the information board he compiled for display at last week’s community meeting. - Anyone with any photos to add to Frank’s collection can email him at [email protected]
If good quality, low maintenance homes were built on the site, it would probably have become attractive to the backlog of people still waiting for homes in the Wellington area, he says.
The need to address the wider issue of the loss of affordable housing was identified in a conversation among community members after the meeting, Huchs manager Sally Nicholl says.
For the remaining community at the Jackson Street complex, it is important that practical issues such as relocation and outstanding repairs are effectively addressed by HNZ, she says.
There is also a need to “create a vision for the remaining community”.
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by Kate Manson‘Wait and see’ is the approach being taken by
Runanga executive Teri Puketapu to a Hutt City Council review of Marae funding.
“We have been through this process before three years ago... I wouldn’t have expected things to change dramatically except for things like insurance costs in the wake of the Canterbury earthquake,” he says.
However, Mayor Ray Wallace says this review is the first in-depth study of its kind and is being launched in view of the “wider reach” of the Marae in Hutt City.
“What we’ve said is there’s never been an in-depth review of what is actually provided by Marae so I’m asking our officers to assess the services that are provided and the resources that are needed to provide that service to the community.”
Current council funding for 2014/15 was set at $180,000 which the Hutt City’s seven Marae
divide evenly.Mr Puketapu says that amount needs to
increase. “There has been no change in funding in two
years and making $25,000 for each Marae spread is quite difficult. It is the equivalent of paying one person the minimum wage – we need more than that to help run a Marae.”
Mr Puketapu says while funding has stayed the same Marae have faced growing operating costs.
“We, like everyone else, have had heavy increases in insurance costs since the Canterbury earthquake; it puts stresses on everyone, not just us.”
Mayor Wallace says he recognises the impact things like insurance costs have on Marae and it is one of the areas council and Marae could work together.
“Certainly there’s an opportunity for us to work with the Marae to maybe get them a
better deal through our insurance…so it’s getting alongside them to see what sort of service maybe council can assist in.”
Mayor Wallace says Marae are playing an ever increasing role in the community, including in the area of civil defence.
“They certainly take a very big role in our emergency management and our preparedness of the city. No doubt about that, they are civil defence centres.”
He says all these factors will be taken into account in reviewing future funding.
“The door to increasing funding is definitely still open because Marae are certainly providing a far wider service than previously. And they are seen a lot more now as community centres not just what has been traditionally seen as a centre for Maori.”
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HCC to take "in-depth" review of Marae funding
Petone could sell legal highs
Despite most submitters not wanting psychoactive substances to be sold in Hutt City, the council voted this week to make Jackson Street one of two areas allowed to sell them.
Retailers will be able to sell 'legal highs" within two zones in the city - Jackson Street, and the Lower Hutt CBD. Additionally, Local Approved Products' retailers may be no closer than 200 metres to one another within those areas.
Mayor Ray Wallace says, "A complete ban is not a legal option under the law. We
had to develop our policy using the specific powers allowed under the Act, and have been as restrictive as possible."
The council can specify the location and density of retail outlets that sell psychoactive substances; it cannot impose other conditions such as opening hours or the total number of outlet stores in the city.
The Psychoactive Substances Amendment Act 2014 removed interim licenses and essentially prevented the issuing of new licenses for the selling of psychoactive substances, pending the adoption of regulations for the manufacture and packaging of licensed products, the retailing requirements and a testing regime.
"We can't know when, or even if, trade will resume but we have acted preemptively to
have policy in place if it does," says Councillor Margaret Cousins, chair of the working group considering Council's options.
Public consultation on proposed policies ran from January 21-February 21. The majority of submissions received did not want psychoactive substances available in Hutt City, with some submitters recalling issues they had encountered with members of their families taking psychoactive substances.
Among the submissions, WelTec requested the Jackson Street zone be restricted to the west of Richmond Street. The Medical Officer of Health and Regional Public Health requested that the CBD zone exclude north of Pretoria Street. Both of these requests have been met by the LAPP.
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House could help hub says MayorTurning the vacant, vandalised building
behind Moera Community House into another space that can be used by the community is a good idea, Mayor Ray Wallace says.
The Moera Community House committee has asked Hutt City Council to buy the small building, which is currently on the market.
With an almost full timetable, the community house has had to turn groups away because it is unable to accommodate them. Another building would provide valuable extra space, the group says.
Mr Wallace says he has seen first hand how well-used the Moera Community House is and says the vacant building behind it is “a great
building that could be utilised… and add to the whole local hub”. He says he has asked senior officers to “look at how to make that happen”.
The next step is for officers to sit down with the community house and talk about how the building could be used and future plans for the hub, he says.
Having been unused for some time, the building is in a state of disrepair and would need upgrading before it could be used, Mr Wallace says.
As the vacant building is situated on council Parks and Reserves land, use of the building by any owner will always be limited to community use, he says.
Jackson Street to travel back in time for month of history
by Emily Tilley
Look through Jackson Street shop windows during Heritage Month and you may find yourself travelling back in time and looking at the Petone of yesteryear.
Window displays depicting historic images of Petone will be put up in shops around Jackson Street during September, Jackson St Programme co-ordinator Hellen Swales says.
With the help of graphic designers, the images are being created to depict what the street would have looked like from different viewpoints.
“We’re saying, ‘come and look through our window on Jackson St’,” Ms Swales says.
The window displays will encourage people to walk around and read about Petone’s history, she says. “Even some of the locals may not know all our stories.”
More opportunities to learn about local history during heritage month will be on offer from the Petone Historical Society who are again organising three walking tours of different parts of Petone and a bus tour.
Last year the bus tour was so popular, a bigger bus had to be arranged to accommodate numbers.
The annual Walk of Champions ceremony in recognition of local sports people who have represented New Zealand will be on September 13.
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It's all go at busy local Maraeby Kate Manson
There’s an industrious air about Kokiri Marae that’s got nothing to do with its location in the heart of Seaview. It’s about the people.
There are young folk working towards NZQA qualifications in classes on the Marae, kids, parents and teachers who are all-go at the onsite kohanga reo, and very capable looking people preparing food in the kitchen.
And there’s the army of others in offices spread across the Marae hard at work implementing programmes supporting the community.
In short, there are a lot of people getting a lot done.
“On a normal day - if everyone turns up - we have about 250 people here. And besides that the Marae is used for customary events like tangihanga, hui, and other meetings,” says Tata Parata, a trustee of the Kokiri Marae Keriana Olsen Trust.
Kokiri Marae, which on average hosts two events a week, was established in response to the Maori urban drift in the 1950s and 60s.
“A lot of people left their Marae and their customs and their families and they come down here…now there’s a generation who’ve lived in this area for 30 to 40 years who don’t know any other place but an urban area. So that’s what we’ve become. We’ve become a pan-Maori Marae that is available for all Maori who live in this particular area.”
And it’s not just Maori who are involved with the Marae says Mr Parata: “Everyone has access - Pacific Islanders and non-Maori as well.”
Currently, Kokiri Marae runs three kohanga reo - one on the Marae, one in Wainuiomata and one in Upper Hutt - and has a roll of 120 children. Among the many other services it offers, it is running a NZQA computer skills programme for 50 students.
“They are the ones who are having second opportunity learning, they’ve had to leave school early for whatever reason. They come here and they have the opportunity to pick up some skills. And not only employment skills, but some sort of discipline. They get here at 8am and stay to 5pm - so they’re getting those kinds of skills and they’re getting an education,” says Mr Parata.
Seven organisations offering a range of services, predominantly but not exclusively ‘by Maori for Maori,’ operate out of Kokiri Marae under the collective name Takiri Mai Te Ata Whanau Ora Collective.
They include: Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust which for 15 years has specialised in respiratory programmes for Maori; Naku Enei Tamariki, a proactive early intervention home visiting support service for young parents and their pepi (babies) who find themselves in stressful situations.
There is also the Kokiri Marae Maori Women’s Refuge Resource Centre which offers a 24-hour crisis line service, safe house accommodation, advocacy, support and education for children, and an education programme for wahine Maori who are in, or have been in abusive relationships.
Funding for these programmes is provided by different agencies, including the Ministry of Health and DHBs. That said there’s always a need to raise extra revenue and in what’s being described as an evening of ‘fun, food and fabalocity’ The Kokiri Marae Maori Women’s Refuge will be holding a Red Carpet Runway fundraiser on Friday, July 18 at the Fitzroy Tavern, Wainuiomata.
In recent years the understanding of the role Marae play in the wider community has changed says Mr Parata. In particular he points to what would happen in the event of a natural disaster.
“The most significant change has been the recognition of the Marae [in emergencies] - because we’re all very conscious of earthquakes and storms and floods - city council have understood and accepted the role of a Marae in an emergency situations.
“We have an emergency programme whereby if there is an event the Marae will be a focus for displaced people who need care and attention…Council have said Marae will be part of the response programme.”
Mr Parata says the funding Kokiri receives
from council, which is currently just over $25,000, is always much appreciated and welcome source of income to help with operating costs. “From Kokiri’s point of view we use it to pay our insurance…it doesn’t cover all of it. I don’t know what the others [Marae] do but think they use it for much the same purpose - rates, administration, power and all that. It is something we really look forward to receiving [because] our insurance has been huge since the earthquakes.”
- The Red Carpet Runway Fundraiser hosted by Kokiri Marae Maori Women’s Refuge will be held on Friday, July 18 at the Fitzroy Tavern, The Strand, Wainuiomata.
Doors open at 6.30p.m. Tickets $10 - door sales available.
WelTec engineering school given $3m boostWelTec engineering students had the chance
to discuss their studies with Prime Minister John Key last week, during a visit in which WelTec officially announced an injection of $3m into its School of Engineering.
Graeme Adrian, who is a final year student studying for a Bachelor of Engineering Technology said he was confident of a job at the end of his studies.
“The tutors here know you and they recommend you to people they know in the industry,” he said.
Head of the Engineering School, Graham Carson, said the $3m was going towards the redevelopment of the school, to modernize it to encourage “project-based learning”
WelTec teaches up to Level 7 - degree level. Students choose to specialise in electrical, mechanical or civil engineering, leading to either a NZ Diploma of Engineering, or Bachelor ofEngineering WelTec is the only tertiary institution south of Hamilton to offer this.
Mr Carson says while jobs may be disappearing from some of the more traditional areas of engineering, New Zealand is in a unique position to be able to make specialist, good quality engineering products worldwide.
He says the job of the sector is to attract students who in the past may have opted for “softer” tertiary subjects such as the arts.
Mike Kerr, manager of engineering consultancy firm Beca and member of WelTec’s Engineering Advisory Committee, says the $3m investment will not only help upgrade learning opportunities for students, but also help build the profile of engineering in the community.
He had “a little plea and little plug” for the Prime Minister, asking for the Priority Engineering Funding which WelTec receives for students enrolled in higher level engineering programmes to be extended, despite not meeting targets for enrolment numbers.
Mr Kerr said there are a shortage of professional engineers, with many working on the Government’s roads of national significance
and the Christchurch rebuild; his firm alone employing more than 3000 people in New Zealand and across the world.
“New Zealand is a massive exporter of professional services,” he says.
Mr Key said it was imperative for the country that school students were encouraged into tertiary study and on into employment.
“It’s a virtual circle we need to be completed,” he says.
Mr Key agreed engineers were vital to the success of the country.
“A strong country and economy is underpinned by high quality infrastructure.”
He said the country relies on high quality engineering, and most facets of the industry are becoming more skilled.
“That’s costing some jobs that are low skilled, but growing jobs in the industry because there are more opportunities.”
Term 2 has been very busy at Sacred Heart School Petone. The children have enjoyed many new learning experiences this term. Our whole school Inquiry topic has been “Kararehe- Animals”. As part of this topic the Senior Syndicate went to Wellington Zoo where they participated in the many learning activities available through the Zoo education programme. The Junior Syndicate focussed on animals in different ways as they had visited the Zoo earlier this year.
One of our major school activities in Term 2 was our very successful “Book Week” held in Week 6 of the term. This week culminated with a Book Character Dress Up Day, which the whole school embraced fully. Other activities over the week involved classes visiting Petone Library, one of the local kindys came and had stories read to them by our school librarians, there were games, activities and competitions available in our school library, various guest readers from a variety of fi elds came and read to classes. The visitors included Archbishop John Dew, the Hon Trevor Mallard MP, two artists from Orchestra Wellington who read a story and played the violin, several parents, grandparents and other members of the local community. One of the most successful events during Book Week was “The Big Whanau Read-Off”. The aim of this was to see if we could have a whanau member reading with each child in the school. It was fantastic to see this happen and the excitement of the children during this event.
As a school we celebrated Samoan Language Week by proudly fl ying the Samoan fl ag, having community members telling the students of life in Samoa or sharing their language and learning prayers and songs. We were also treated to a Sapa Suey lunch prepared for the whole school by one of our fantastic grandmothers! That day we all wore Lavalavas as well.
Friday June 27th saw us celebrating our school Feast Day. This was a great opportunity to celebrate our different cultures at a school Mass. Children form both schools read prayers in their own languages including Samoan, Tokelauan, Maori, English, Tagalog and Tongan. Our boys performed a traditional Tawhoe or paddle dance during the Mass. We hosted another Sacred Heart School
from Thorndon for Mass and morning tea, then we went our separate ways to continue celebrating. Our whole school went to see “The Lego Movie” at the Lighthouse Cinema.
On the sports front this term we have held our school cross country and several of our students went on to both the Southern Zone and Interzone events. We have 4 school netball teams participating in the Hutt Valley netball competition and all our Junior students have participated in the skill sessions with a coach from Hutt Valley Netball.
Enrolments for 2015 at Sacred Heart School close on Monday 1st September at 3pm and we welcome enquiries from interested prospective parents.
We are all looking forward to a fantastic holiday at the end of this term and a Term 3 fi lled with new and exciting challenges.
Petone Community HouseSupported by Hutt City Council
Thank you to Pak ‘n Save for your support
Thing One and Thing Two were at Sacred Heart’s book day.
Will the real Harry Potter please stand up?
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SCHOOL NEWS
Petone Community House groups:CLUBS and ACTIVITIESAlice Book Club 1st Tue month, 7.30pm 568 7798Acrylic Art Thurs, 7pm 568 7798Bluegrass Society occasional weekend 477 0069Board Games 1st 3rd Thurs, 10.30am 568 7798Car Constructors 3rd Tue, 7.30pm 232 3799Chess Nuts Mon, 7.30pm 938 3548Trade Drivers licence As reqd by appointment 027 616 9364French Conversation Weds, 6.30, 7.30pm [email protected]
Craft Group Tues, 10am 568 7798Historic Society As required- see Roy 568 6449French Conversation Wed 6.30-8pmPilates Mon & Wed, 6.15pm 021 882 871Dressmaking Starting again Sept [email protected] SPCA adoption Sat monthly, 12 – 3pm 568 7798Te Reo beginners Mon & Thur, 9 – 12 027 651 5114Te Reo Adv Beginners Tue & Wed, 9.15 – 2.15pm 027 651 5114Toastmasters Tue, 6.15pm 027 244 3034Toastmasters Sun fortnight,1.30pm 027 276 2512Walking Group 1st 3rd Thurs, 9.45am 568 7798Piano (Practice & play anytime when the room is free)
CHILDRENBaby Sling 3rd Wed month,10am 568 7798Kids On Foot Mon – Fri after school 027 3100 161Music & Movement Fri classes, 9am – 6pm www.musikgarten.co.nz
Term 2 has been very busy at Sacred Heart School Petone. The children have enjoyed many new learning experiences this term. Our whole school Inquiry topic has been “Kararehe- Animals”. As part of this topic the Senior Syndicate went to Wellington Zoo where they participated in the many learning activities available through the Zoo education programme. The Junior Syndicate focussed on animals in different ways as they had visited the Zoo earlier this year.
One of our major school activities in Term 2 was our very successful “Book Week” held in Week 6 of the term. This week culminated with a Book Character Dress Up Day, which the whole school embraced fully. Other activities over the week involved classes visiting Petone Library, one of the local kindys came and had stories read to them by our school librarians, there were games, activities and competitions available in our school library, various guest readers from a variety of fi elds came and read to classes. The visitors included Archbishop John Dew, the Hon Trevor Mallard MP, two artists from Orchestra Wellington who read a story and played the violin, several parents, grandparents and other members of the local community. One of the most successful events during Book Week was “The Big Whanau Read-Off”. The aim of this was to see if we could have a whanau member reading with each child in the school. It was fantastic to see this happen and the excitement of the children during this event.
As a school we celebrated Samoan Language Week by proudly fl ying the Samoan fl ag, having community members telling the students of life in Samoa or sharing their language and learning prayers and songs. We were also treated to a Sapa Suey lunch prepared for the whole school by one of our fantastic grandmothers! That day we all wore Lavalavas as well.
Friday June 27th saw us celebrating our school Feast Day. This was a great opportunity to celebrate our different cultures at a school Mass. Children form both schools read prayers in their own languages including Samoan, Tokelauan, Maori, English, Tagalog and Tongan. Our boys performed a traditional Tawhoe or paddle dance during the Mass. We hosted another Sacred Heart School
from Thorndon for Mass and morning tea, then we went our separate ways to continue celebrating. Our whole school went to see “The Lego Movie” at the Lighthouse Cinema.
On the sports front this term we have held our school cross country and several of our students went on to both the Southern Zone and Interzone events. We have 4 school netball teams participating in the Hutt Valley netball competition and all our Junior students have participated in the skill sessions with a coach from Hutt Valley Netball.
Enrolments for 2015 at Sacred Heart School close on Monday 1st September at 3pm and we welcome enquiries from interested prospective parents.
We are all looking forward to a fantastic holiday at the end of this term and a Term 3 fi lled with new and exciting challenges.
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Thing One and Thing Two were at Sacred Heart’s book day.
Will the real Harry Potter please stand up?
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United Future candidate says issues many and variedby Kate MansonUnited Future’s candidate for Hutt South,
Dave Stonyer, says he’d be pretty surprised if he won the seat in September’s General Election.
“I have no illusions about getting elected as an MP, what I am trying to do is to get people to realise what United Future is about. [I am standing] to increase the visibility of the party, to get across some of the United Future policies which generally get ignored by the media.”
Mr Stonyer says it’s not easy getting the party’s success acknowledged.
“The hardest thing is to get across some of the things which United has achieved. In the last election, I think we had ten policy planks which formed part of the agreement with National, nine of those have been achieved.”
The semi-retired entrepreneur says United Future is a pragmatic and common sense party promoting personal freedoms. And, he says it is “very much the outdoor recreation party.”
“A few weeks ago we announced a fishing policy which is basically the opposite of National’s policy. [The Recreational Only Species policy says] recreational fishing comes first then the commercial fishermen can have a go. Now that policy was released at a fishing industry conference - have you seen anything in mainstream media about it? No.”
United Future is also about reducing Government interference in our lives says Mr Stonyer. Pointing to early childhood education as an example he says:
“The early childhood centres are being
starved. They are being asked to do more and more paper shuffling and form filling to no effect. There is far too much government interference which doesn’t take into account implementing policy, it’s taking money away from where it should be spent.
A long-time Petone resident, Mr Stonyer says it is hard to pinpoint the issues facing the Hutt South electorate.
“It’s very hard to determine because there is such a mixture of people in the electorate…the people on the Western Hills want this, this and this, where the people in Moera couldn’t give a damn [about the same issues]. So I can’t really say there’s any one particular issue the whole area wants to deal with. Each area has [its] own concerns.”
In his 20 years in Petone Mr Stonyer has had a taste of the local political scene having run for council and sat on the board of the Jackson Street Programme. When it comes to Petone Mr Stonyer, says it’s housing that’s “a sore point.”
“A lot of low income people have been squeezed out because the accommodation is being converted into student accommodation. And it’s not just student accommodation; [Petone] is basically being yuppified…what happens to the people that are being squeezed out? They are being pushed out into almost ghetto like accommodation.”
He says while Eastbourne has always been seen “as a white, affluent area,” there are people around the Bays who are finding the going difficult. “The medium income has been going down and there are a lot of people who are struggling in Eastbourne. There are a lot of retired people who are finding it quite tough but where are they going to go? So housing is an issue for people in Eastbourne as it is in Petone, Moera, Korokoro, everywhere else.”
Education and employment are interlinked subjects the keen member of Toastmasters gets
pretty worked up about. There needs to be a “refocus” in both areas, he says.
“We keep teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. That’s fine but you need to teach people success principles…success principles are how to succeed in life…We are turning out PhDs who are sitting at home or digging ditches or driving taxis, you know this whole country is crazy. There needs to be a total change in attitude.We need to teach people about changing their mind set and [how they can] create opportunities for themselves and for other people.”
Mr Stonyer says he is offering people of Hutt South a “different approach to life” and a different way of looking at the issues facing the country.
Visitors to the Jail Museum will be able to watch movies about the history of Petone with the installation of a new television this month.
Two films - one on the story of Jackson Street, the other on the Walk of Champions - will loop continuously on the screen. Other footage and photos may then be added later, Petone Historical Society secretary Roy Hewson says.
The society are still working on upgrading displays in the museum and still looking for more volunteers to enable the museum to open for longer hours.
- Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Roy at [email protected]
History on show
Dave Stonyer.
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by Anne Manchester
“Trying to read a Chekhov play is much too difficult. It only comes to life when you perform it.”
So says Eastbourne actor and writer Manny Garcia who is directing Chekhov’s The Three Sisters in Eastbourne this month. It is the second time the Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe has mounted one of the great Russian playwright’s plays, the last one being Uncle Vanya eleven years ago.
Garcia believes the play is Chekov’s masterpiece and, at the same time, one of the hardest to perform and stage.
The play centres on the inner longings of the three sisters - Moscow-bred and well educated - who find themselves stuck in the provinces of pre-revolutionary Russia.
Olga, Masha and Irina pine for the city of
reflect the colours and shades of the paintings. The interior of the Prozorovs’ house in the provinces has been brought to life with sumptuous period furnishings, right down to the antique linens, polished silverware and quintessential samovar.
- The Three Sisters is being performed this month in the Muritai School Hall, Eastbourne, from July 17-19 and July 24-26.
Tickets are available from Annie’s Treasures in Eastbourne or phone 0832 77790.
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their birth, where they believe true happiness lies. The only distraction from the ordinariness of
their day-to-day lives is the company of a battery of soldiers stationed nearby.
Although the play is one of mood, with most of the dialogue exploring the sisters’ hopes and fading dreams, it also has all the elements of a family drama, with extra marital affairs, toxic in-laws, sibling rivalry and squabbles all part of the tapestry.
The production promises to be visually stunning and the universal themes of love, longing and the chasm between dreams and reality are bound to resonate with theatre-goers.
The dreamlike aspects of the play are reinforced by a series of backdrop images, inspired by Russian painter Marc Chagall, framing each act.
The period costumes (the play was written in 1900, 17 years before the Russian revolution)
by Emily Tilley
There have been a few pints clinked together in celebration of the Petone Arena proposal’s demise, now it’s time to look at ensuring there are no more threats to the Petone Rec, Harbour Ward Councillor Michael Lulich says.
Last month Hutt City Council voted unanimously not to proceed with plans to build a 12,000 seater stadium on Petone Recreation Ground with Mayor Ray Wallace saying the “strength of public opinion” against the proposal could not be ignored.
Councillor Lulich says while the future of the “village green” has been assured for the short term, he would like to see something put in place to better protect the reserve in the future.
“I’ve been talking to officers about what is the best way to protect the Rec,” he says.
The Petone Rec, together with many other parks and recreation grounds in the city, is already listed in a council “Sports Ground Management Plan”.
Officers have suggested that one option to better safeguard the Rec would be to create an individual management plan for the ground, Councillor Lulich says.
“A future council could still come along and say we want development, we can change the reserve plan,” he says. However, it would be another hurdle a council would have to jump before any development could go ahead, he says.
The talk around the arena proposal has put a focus on the ground, local sports clubs and the need for maintenance and facilities, Councillor Lulich says.
Council have agreed to allocate $50,000 of funding for looking at options for Petone Sportsville. “From there we could have a look at an individual management plan for the Rec,” he says.
Lulich looks at ways to protect the Rec
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New businesses add to the mixby Kate Manson
Fashion should be fun says Jan Morris of Heroine - a new clothes shop opening on Jackson Street later this month.
Ms Morris and Heroine co-owner Jenny Palmer have been in business in the Hutt for 18 years. They say are excited about moving their shop to Petone.
“Petone is buzzy and has a nice atmosphere. There are always lots of people coming and going…we are in an area where there are quite a few other fashion stores so we think we’ll complement each other, but we’re also quite a different look from others.”
Heroine will open its doors on July 21 on the site previously occupied by Chick Pea which has moved to Wellington. Among the clothes
lining the racks will be labels Verge, Episode and Ping Pong. It will also have small jewellery and homeware ranges.
Ms Palmer and Ms Morris say they are looking forward to seeing their existing clientele in Petone and showing new customers what they are all about.
“Our customers say we provide a great service, and are really friendly. They come back because we give them help when they need it and leave them to it when they just want to have a browse.”
Also joining the Jackson Street community is Petal which director Karen Dugdale has relocated from Christchurch’s CBD. The shop selling flower inspired jewellery, accessories, gifts and home-wares has been awarded two Retail Gold Awards at the Ellerslie International Flower Show.
Petal also has a satin/silk shoe and accessory dyeing service.
Jackson Street Programme (JSP) Chair Leonie Dobbs welcomes the new arrivals and says maintaining variety is essential to the street’s on-going success.
“The key is to keep a good mix along the street as well so we don’t just get a pure street of all food…of course now with our associate membership and our friends of Jackson Street we can go to the side streets and they can become part of the Jackson Street Programme which is quite exciting.”
Ms Dobbs says she recognises the challenges in moving a business. She says the JSP works hard to keep the area attractive to new, and existing businesses.
“We approach people to bring different
types of business to the street. We look at what’s missing.
"And we try to work with the building owners [because] some are a bit unrealistic with rent…we could start getting some churn [turnover of businesses] if the landlords get too expensive, so that’s a concern.”
Despite this Ms Dobbs says the current occupancy rate along the Jackson Street is looking good.
“If you look all around the other shopping malls we are the only [shopping area] that’s kept consistent, we have had a couple of sites that have become vacant…most are pretty well leased as quick as the other people go. So, we have a steady occupancy rate along the street.”
Jenny Palmer and Jan Morris.
A trip of a lifetime to the USA prompted what has become a Petone tradition for its youngest residents.
Keep Petone Beautiful's Roy Hewson took a retirement trip which included a Parks and Reserves international conference in Greensboro, North Carolina. This may not seem like a natural activity for the newly -retired, but having worked in Parks and Recreation, Roy found a few ideas from the conference inspired him. Not least of these was seeing Greensboro parents being presented with pine seedlings on the birth of their children.
A Gift of Green was born - a great way to green up Petone, and connect new residents to the area. In 1992 the first plant - a New Zealand native - was given to a Petone family, and from there many more native plants have found their way into Petone and Korokoro gardens thanks to the scheme.
Numbers have dropped off, however, with fewer younger families buying houses in the area as property prices increase.
Mr Hewson says parents are now offered the choice of a plant in a pot, or one for the garden, to cater to people renting.
Applications for this year's plants close on July 23, and a presentation, which included the gift of the plants and certificates, will take place on September 27.
Anyone wishing to apply for a Gift of Green can email [email protected]
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By Emily Tilley
Huge trucks dangerously backing around a corner and down the wrong side of the road are becoming a regular feature of the intersection of Adelaide and Tory Streets, locals say.
Adelaide Street resident Roger Thackery says he’s seen numerous cars driving along Tory Street to find themselves suddenly facing a truck backing towards them.
It’s a recipe for disaster and shouldn’t be happening in a residential area, he says.
Delivery vans have been going in and out of Alsco for years, but it is only recently that large trucks have delivered to the premises, he says.
The trucks are so big that there is no way they can get onto the Alsco site without manoeuvring backwards down the road, Mr Thackery says.
Mr Thackery says he contacted Hutt City
Council about the issue but an officer’s initial response was simply to say, “no-one’s hit the truck yet have they?”
He has since taken photos and sent them to council and hopes someone will visit the site to investigate.
Around a year ago Alsco closed down the laundry processing side of their Petone site and since have only used it for distribution.
The company have now applied for a building permit to change their gates on Tory Street and create a “Truck Dock”.
Mr Thackery is worried that the business neighbours who were once a laundry outfit are looking to become “basically a big trucking depot”.
As the Alsco premises are surrounded by the homes of families with children and are situated within a “General Residential Medium Density”
Three local Catholic parishes to amalgamateby Kate Manson
The parishioners of Sacred Heart in Petone are being encouraged to take part in the process of amalgamating their parishes.
In October last year, the Archdiocese officially requested the four communities, of Sacred Heart Parish, Petone; San Antonio Parish, Eastbourne; St Patrick’s Parish, Wainuiomata and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Waiwhetu, to work towards amalgamation by February 2015.
A meeting for all parishioners of the four communities will be held on Sunday 6 July at Our Lady of the Rosary, to discuss the process and, among other things, form a vision for the new single parish. Ideas for a name for the new parish will also be discussed.
Transport to the meeting will be available and there will be a crèche so parents with young children can attend.
Sharon Penny, San Antonio’s Lay Pastoral Leader, says it is important parishioners have a voice in the amalgamation process.
“We have been trying to get hold of as many people as we can, with mail drops and newsletters.”
While the Eastbourne, Waiwhetu and Petone parishes have been working together on an informal basis for some time, Mrs Penny says there is a lot to work to be done to decide the structure of the new parish. A committee of representatives from each parish has been meeting since January to discuss how the amalgamation process will proceed.
Mrs Penny says amalgamation is about making the most of the resources available throughout the four parishes.
“I guess, like every church we’ve got diminishing congregations and diminishing numbers of priests so that’s part of the reason we
are doing this...it is probably more cost effective to run it as one[parish] rather than four little ones because it is a struggle sometimes to make ends meet.”
While there are still many decisions to make on the structure of the new parish Mrs Penny says it is certain is that each community will have a voice.
“There will be a new parish council and a new finance committee set up…each community will have representatives. So they will have a say.”
The amalgamation will not mean great changes for parishioners on a day to day basis: the existing churches will stay open and retain their names. And it will be business as usual for the parish schools.
Mrs Penny says any change can be hard but “there is a tremendous amount of goodwill in amongst all this with the people coming together. They can see it’s difficult but there is goodwill.”
Anyone wi th ques t ions about the amalgamation process is encouraged to contact their parish priests, lay pastoral leaders or parish leaders. Or email [email protected]
zone, a depot for trucks is not suitable for the area, Mr Thackery says.
He says he knows of one mother who has already started to rethink whether she should allow her child to go out of the front gate alone.
Alsco representatives have visited neighbours asking them to sign consent forms for their proposed renovations.
“They’d come around at 6 o’clock just when dinner is going on the table and ask them to sign,” Mr Thackery says. He knows of three neighbours who signed but withdrew their consents once they had had time to think over the proposal.
He has suggested to Alsco that they hold a meeting with residential neighbours so people can understand the company’s future plans.
Alsco have not yet applied for Resource Consent for their proposed building changes.
Resident takes concerns over trucks to council
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Next PCB MeetingMonday 28 July 2014 - 6.30pm Pelorus Trust SportsHouse, Hutt Park Rd Seaview.Final agenda and papers will go on PCB
website and Council meetings - Home - Hutt City Council
July Petone Community Board
Annual Plan ProcessWhat a huge response to the draft annual plan with a record number of submissions received driven in particular by the proposals for the Petone Arena and the Town/Horticultural Halls development. Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment and to those who spoke in favour of their submissions to Council. The results for our community with the exclusion of the Arena proposal from the plan was a great outcome and an acknowledgement of the huge amount of time and effort put in by numerous individuals, clubs and groups. Well done everyone!
The Board in its submission also noted a number of Petone events in the coming year that are of particular signifi cance needing Council support and the work we would like to see completed in Jackson Street.
Have your sayMembers of the public are welcome to attend Board meetings and speak to any item on the agenda.
Our next meeting will be Monday 28 July 2014 6.30pm at the Pelorus Trust SportsHouse, Hutt Park Rd Seaview.
Please feel free to contact Board members at any stage if there are issues or concerns you would like to discuss.
Profi les of board members and contact info is available on the Hutt City Council website.
Local gymnast off to Commonwealth Gamesb y S t e v e
McMorran
M e m b e r s of Hutt Valley Gymsports will gather around their televisions w h e n t h e Glasgow Commonwealth Games begin next month, eager and expectant as they follow the performances of their clubmate McKenzie Slee.
Slee, 16, has been included in the ten-strong New Zealand artistic gymnastics contingent to the games, offering an example and inspiration to the young Hutt Valley gymnasts with whom she has previously competed and trained.
A gymnast since the age of 8, Slee joined the Petone-based Hutt Valley club last year from Rimutaka Gymsports to train under brevet judge Michelle Woolf.
Her long hours of preparation and training - she estimates she trains around 28 hours per week - paid off with her selection in the New Zealand team that competed at the Hungarian
International event late last year.
Slee rewarded her selection by finishing first on the vault and third overall, describing the success as the highlight of her career to date.
She is currently training for the Commonwealth G a m e s a t t h e C h r i s t c h u r c h Gymnastics School under New Zealand Commonwealth G a m e s t e a m c o a c h e s J o z s i F e r e n c z a n d Svetlana Sazonova.
S l e e i s a talented all-round gymnast who excels on the vault and beam.
The Commonwealth Games run from July 23 to August 3.
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It's no drag being NZ's junior championby Steve McMorran
Nathan Hartley calls it a “genuine rush” - sitting in the cockpit of his sleek, streamlined dragster as the powerful engine throbs and he waits for the green light.
Suited, booted and helmeted, he admits a tickle of nervous apprehension as he waits for the start signal but, when it comes, there is only the strident roar of the engine, the shriek of the tyres and the blur of speed as the car surges down the straight eighth of a mile.
The experience isn't new to the 14 year-old Alicetown resident and Hutt Valley High School student - he's been doing it since he was six and was born into the sport.
Father Murray was a drag racer and Nathan began by watching him race until he found the life of a spectator too boring and began to race himself.
Brother Allan, 22 years his senior, is also a racer and head of the New Zealand Home Loan teams, competing in the supercharged outlaws division in a 1923 Ford Model T Altered with a 540cc Big Block Chev engine.
Racing is in every sense a family affair. When the Hartley clan travel to meetings around the country, Murray drives the truck towing the trailer on which Nathan's smaller dragster sits on top of Allans.
Mother Marie and sister Jordan, various nieces and nephews, are key parts of the Hartley raceday organisation.
And everything clicked into place for Nathan this season, with talent and family support. At Hamilton last weekend, he was crowned national junior dragster champion - the best in New Zealand among racers aged 13 to 16 - and presented with his trophy at the sport's annual black tie prizegiving.
The national championships are contested over six rounds and Nathan attended five, collecting enough points to win the title
comfortably from his nearest rival.
“This season was my first time racing for five years,” Nathan said.
“I started when I was six but then I took a five-year break to play a different sport - BMX racing - and I only came back this year.
“Dad raced when I was born and I used to watch but it got boring and he bought me a car.”
Nathan races a lightly-framed junior dragster, powered by a 250cc Honda engine. He covers the eighth of a mile in under 12 seconds, reaching speeds o f a round 55mph.
Racedays start with qualifying which, for the junior dragsters, is based on reaction time.
Nathan's reflexes are lightning fast and he was top qualifier in several of his events this season.
There are then the knockout rounds which, Nathan admits, are when the nerves get going. A benchmark time is set and the racer who consistently gets closest to that mark collects most points to win the round.
Now Nathan is stepping up. He will drive an even more powerful car next year, powered by a
Briggs and Stratton engine and capable of speeds close to 90 miles per hour.
Rule changes will allow him to compete against all racers in New Zealand in his age group.
He will also soon take possession of the first junior funny car in New Zealand and intends to exhibit the car at races in Australia.
Safety is the highest priority in drag racing and Nathan has no apprehension about the risk.
“Not if I think about it,” he said. “There’s more of a risk of getting injured
playing rugby.”
Nathan Hartley ready for action.
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Erin-Monique O'Brien of the Petone Rowing Club won a bronze medal as a member of the New Zealand women's quad at the second World Cup regatta of the season in Aiguebelette, France.
New Zealand crews claimed five gold and one bronze medal at the regatta on the Lac d'Aiguebelette in the Savoy region.
The women's quad crew of O'Brien, Lucy
Spoors, Georgia Perry and Sarah Gray were third after the first quarter of their final and strongly pressed the United States for the silver medal, while also holding off a strong finish from Canada to take bronze.
O'Brien and the New Zealand team are currently based in Europe and are preparing for the third and final World Cup event of the season, at Lucerne, Switzerland from July 11 to 13.
Park in one of Wellington's big three cross-country events, along with the Vosseler Shield and Shaw Baton Relays.
Hutt Valley runners performed well, especially in age-group races. Phoebe McKnight was first in the race for girls under 1st; Joel McKay won the boys under 13 race and Bella Willis the event for girls under 9. Reuben Goldingham-Newsom
Peter Taylor of Eastbourne, a former world champion and Olympic bronze medallist in the lightweight men's double scull, won a gold medal as part of a new crew, the New Zealand men's lightweight four.
Taylor, Curtis Rapley, James Lassche and James Hunter led throughout a close final, winning in a time of 5 minutes, 53.81 seconds from Great Britain and Denmark
was third among boys under 15.Julie Johnson was eighth and Leonie de
Garnham 14th in the senior women's race over 6 kilometres while Mathew Rogers and Joel Wyatt were 17th and 18th respectively in the 8 kilometre senior men's race.
More than 40 runners from Hutt Valley Harriers will compete at the North Island cross-country championships at Taupo on July 5.
Petone rowers do well at World Cup regatta
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Goal scoring deserts Petone at crucial momentby Steve McMorranA 1-0 loss to powerful Olympic on Saturday
has deprived Petone of a winning triple and briefly interrupted its mid-season surge in football's Central League.
Petone came into the match in good form after back-to-back wins over Tawa and Lower Hutt City which lifted it as high as fifth on the cramped league table.
But, though they fully stretched Olympic, who are currently in second place behind Miramar, the goalscoring touch which has been so obvious in recent games deserted them at crucial moments.
Petone still showed enough to suggest it will rise much higher than its current sixth place. It has four wins, two draws and four losses after six games but, having posted two of those wins in its last three games, has shown a notable upswing in form.
In its previous match, a strong second half gave Petone a 5-1 win over Tawa.
Petone led 1-0, with a Davey Lane goal, at halftime in a match played in bitterly cold and testing conditions.
They kept up steady pressure on a resolute Tawa defence throughout the second half and, when the defence finally cracked, George Milne grabbed a double, and to goals went to Logan Archer and Benn Dawson.
Dawson's goal came from a stunning free kick and provided a fitting finale to a strong team performance.
That win followed a more hard-fought 2-1 victory over Lower Hutt City which emphasised the growth in Petone's confidence and teamwork
this season.James Hill scored his first
goal in Petone colours and Paul Whitmarsh added the second, celebrating with his trademark "jump for joy".
Goalkeeper Dan Clarke pulled off some outstanding saves to complement a strong attacking performance.
Petone's leading women's team, the Petone Pure, has shown some brilliant form in recent weeks in Wellington d i v i s i o n o n e , b e a t i n g Wellington United 2-0 in its most recent match last Sunday. That win came only two weeks after a 6-1 victory over Victoria University, separated by a 2-1 loss to Western Suburbs.
Petone st i l l leads the division on goal difference from Wests and Tawa. The emphatic win over University provided a strong indication of Petone's scoring strength. Jade Morrissey scored a hattrick, Bianca Mueller a double and Rebecca Cox added the other goal.
The strong form of the Petone women's team coincides with the announcement of a new sponsor for the side, the Tall Poppy Real Estate Group.
The sponsorship, by Tall Poppy's Lower Hutt licensees Aaron and Michelle Pont, was announced on Friday at the launch of Petone's new women's strategic plan. The plan is designed
to see Petone reclaim its place among the leading women's clubs in New Zealand, both by competing at the highest level and providing pathways for players to achieve higher honours.
The Petone club is running a Fun Football programme for players aged 7 to 14 years during the July school holidays.
Tom Randles, Sam Morrissey and helpers will be focusing on building player confidence, developing teamwork, improving communication skills, and acquiring a deeper knowledge of tricks. Sessions run from 9am to 3pm daily from July 7 to 18.
