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CONTENTS

Kick booze into a corner: 6

Pasta-tastic salads: 30

Keeping the peace: 14

Te Matatini kapa haka: 34

Evermore: 18

Tearaway declares 2009…

The Year of Feeling Good!

SPECIAL FEATURES 5

Tearaway goes DIGITAL! ‘Flick the pages’ online

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Kick booze into a corner! Stories and articles about alcohol, the straight edge movement and 15 reasons to kick the binge scene

14 Global Focus: ‘lest we forget’ – how football and the NZ Army help keep the peace 25 RAP: brothers against violence We mean, feeling good about everything – from getting the best out of the school year, to making progress in our personal lives.

There’s nothing worse than feeling overwhelmed: by study, by stuff at home, by feeling gross about our bodies and fitness levels, whatever – and there’s nothing like the exhilarating feeling of getting on top of this stuff!

Once we’re inspired to make changes, the trick is to take just one day at a time, building one good day on top of another. Miracles don’t happen overnight!

In Tearaway this year, we’ll be offering inspiration and tips on all sorts of stuff.

For instance, this issue check out our stories on St John (page 29) and Scouts (page 39) – two great orgs that can help you build great personal skills.

The BIGGIE this issue though, is alcohol.

Alcohol is the drug of choice for so many people. We all have anecdotes of mates or maybe of ourselves in ‘hilarious’ situations with the stuff. Haha.

Except that it’s often not funny. In fact, it’s scary just what we’re doing to ourselves.

Hopefully, our lead article this month will give you pause for thought, about your own approach to alcohol, and about encouraging your mates to go easy.

JOHN – Tearaway executive editor

34 Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival 39 Scouts learn to fly

COMPETITIONS 12 Cut! Short video comp 13 NZ Post Poetry Awards – limber up with a haiku 31 National burger comp

MUSIC 16 Kiwi music news with Kiwi FM 18 Interview with Evermore 20 POSTER: MySpace Secret Show – Fall Out Boy

REVIEWS, PREVIEWS AND GIVEAWAYS

Calvin wins with Mr Box Calvin Sang (14), from St Kentigern College in Auckland, wanted to show the impact of city living on our mental health. His animated film, Mr Box has won the Audience Favourite award in the Outlook for Someday sustainability film challenge.

“I wanted to compare city life with country life”, he said, “to show how bad the state of the world is compared to how it should be.

“In the country it’s all simple and peaceful

29 Saving lives with St John

22 Games 24 CDs 26 Movies but in the city there are all these unsustainable things like pollution and pressure.”

Calvin wins a five-day course at the South Seas Film and Television School in Auckland.

See all the films and read more at: www.theoutlookforsomeday.net

27 DVDs 28 Books

CHOICES AND CAREERS 32 Medical imaging technology 37 Sports turf and greenkeeping

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Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Next month: Youth Week and NZ Music Month

30 Cooking: pasta-tastic salads 36 Grabbag 38 Fun stuff: what to do with a dollar

April 09 cover: IMAGE DESIGN: Ken Grate, 21 www.tyroneohia.com

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NEWS QUIZ

JONO PERKINS puts your current affairs

News to you?

IQ to the test

1. Which well developed NZ company recently had a huge drop in the share market in only one day, causing even Prime Minister John Key (who often breaks bones in public to show he doesn’t get scared) to be a little worried? a) Fisher & Paykel Appliances b) TVNZ c) Michael Hill Jeweller 2. Two nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France were cruising around in the Atlantic Ocean recently. What happened next? a) They spotted each other on the sonar and had a huge underwater nuclear battle.

There were no survivors b) They got close enough to each other to use their laptops’ wifi to make the most of being in international waters and share illegally ‘torrented’ music c) They didn’t pick each other up on the radar and slammed into each other, damaging both ships 3. Chris Brown has recently been under huge amounts of speculation, and is facing legal battles and death threats. What did he do to deserve this?!

is… That’s right – it’s time ! You know what time it YO! Welcome to page four god or a news noob. quiz! See if you are a media for your monthly news

6. The government recently organised a big jobs summit to help the economy. What was one of the ideas that received government financial support? a) Big workplaces can offer employees a nineday fortnight just so long as they don’t make those employees redundant b) Small workplaces can sack employees who only work nine days a fortnight c) Employees can seek up to $100,000 compensation from US bankers because the recession is all their fault 7. While waiting for pizzas, two British soldiers were recently shot dead by ‘The Real IRA’. In which country did this happen? a) England b) Ireland c) Iraq 8. National is in the process of bringing in a new law that allows certain people to be found ‘guilty without trial’. This means you might be innocent but you don’t get the chance of a court trial, you are just considered guilty straight away. What consequences could you face under this law?

a) Said he was better than KanYe

a) 25 years to life in prison

b) Beat up Rihanna. Really badly

b) Three months imprisonment and up to a $50,000 fine

c) Slipped over while dancing and playing ball at the same time as singing to a crowd of thousands 4. A Wellington family have had two pushchairs, a box of Barbie dolls and a large doll’s house stolen in the past. They have even had a drunk urinate in their garage. So what could possibly have been the thing that tipped this family into full-blown fury?! a) A boy racer doing some drifts a few streets over from them b) Squatters hiding out in their house and sleeping under the beds for weeks c) Someone stealing their cacti 5. Which high school went into lockdown last month after the shocking news that a teacher had been stabbed by a student? a) Avondale College b) Wellington College c) Cashmere College

c) Your internet will be cut off 9. When Miley Cyrus approached one of her favourite bands, Radiohead, and asked to hang out with them at the recent Grammy’s, what was their reaction? a) “MILEY! It’s so awesome to meet you, we love your style!” b) “We don’t really do that” c) “Can you introduce us to your dad Billy Ray? We love that Achy Breaky Heart song!”

10. What else has the famed teenager Miley Cyrus been in the gossip news for lately? a) Pulling a face for a photo with ‘slanting eyes’, thought to be mocking Asians b) Crashing one of her $1M Ferraris c) Being invited to tea with the Queen, but taking her to Starbucks for a soy chai instead

Answers at bottom of page 38

Media god or news noob? So, how did you score? Are you a media deity or are you a few sandwiches short of a news picnic?

0-2: you are pure noob. Stand proud 3-4: yes, traces of a media brain! No, hold on... it was just wind 5-6: definite signs of life in there. Transmogrification will commence shortly 7-8: you are a demi-god – surround yourself with adoring acolytes 9-10: you are divine – become the object of worship you were born to be Tearaway April 2009

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Next month:

NZ Music Month,

& Youth Week

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KICK BOOZE into a corner

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Who’s in charge: you, or alcohol?

OK, so this drug is a part of the lives of most of us. The point is, how much of a part?

The statistics are terrible. Regardless of the legal drinking age, a massive number of young people are getting wasted, regularly. And lives and relationships are being sacrificed along the way.

It’s pretty obvious who’s in control here – and it isn’t the heavy drinkers.

As part of Tearaway’s Year of Feeling Good, we throw down the challenge to our readers – to kick booze into a corner.

If we’re going to drink, let it just be a small part of our lives.

Kick booze into a corner personally, and encourage our mates to do the same.

Tearaway says, let’s binge – but on LIFE, not booze!

We hope the next few pages will offer you some inspiration.

BINGE time…

On life, not booze

Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll?

How about just the rock, without the rest? That’s the straight edge scene,

Straight edge: hardcore anti-addiction as ERIN YOUNG reports …

It was, in essence, a rebellion within a rebellion!

Whilst bands like the Sex Pistols were into the chaotic lifestyle typical of punk at the time, and various US bands were going down the path of trying to change politics and society (or, at least, singing about doing it!), Minor Threat were writing no-nonsense lyrics about having better things to do than relying on a proverbial ‘crutch’ to be able to ‘think straight’. sXe

Minor Threat, 1980.

Photo by Glen E. Friedman

Straight edge is part of the hardcore punk scene in which people essentially reject all alcohol, drugs, cigarettes and casual sex.

It originated in the early 1980s in Washington DC, when legendary hardcore band Minor Threat coined the phrase itself in their song Straight Edge (three guesses where the name came from then!) and began something of a revolution in underground youth culture.

A rebellion against a rebellion…

The lyrics struck something of a chord with a number of fans, and suddenly there were a whole lot of young people going against what the stillnew punk scene was generally doing – going out, getting wasted and basically heading down a road of total anarchy and self-destruction.

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Although the band split in 1983 after a hugely successful but relatively short-lived career, they’d started a movement that was to continue to the present day.

Followers identify themselves with an ‘X’ on the hand – a mark of their beliefs that appears to have started when one of the original American hardcore bands of the early 80s arrived to play a gig one day and weren’t allowed into the venue as they were underage.

They compromised by marking out ‘X’s on their hands in order to stop them being served alcohol.

The band continued the system from then on and it soon spread to other bands and venues across the country, in order to let underage kids into all-ages concerts without risk of them purchasing alcohol.

The identifying X on the hand soon morphed into a symbol of this ‘straight’ lifestyle, and a universal marking of the ‘edger’. Straight edge itself is now often shortened to sXe, and hardcore hXc.

Branching out…

In the 1990s, straight edge also became widely associated in some sections with vegetarianism

and veganism.

Followers claimed it was a natural progression to reject meat and animal products after first getting rid of drink and drugs from one’s life (though it should be stated here that not everyone went this far and it isn’t a fully established part of straight edge culture).

Media reports from the time weren’t quite as forgiving as you might have believed either, with some throwing the word ‘cult’ around a little too loosely, and the rise of the ‘militant’ sXe-er who didn’t take so kindly to those who did choose to drink or smoke!

Thankfully, that didn’t seem to be a major or lasting trend…

The movement today In 2009, nearly 30 years since Ian McKaye (Minor Threat frontman) penned those first lyrics, hardcore bands around the world and those that follow them are still heavily involved in the straight edge movement, with a new generation of bands coming through again.

Bands like Have Heart, Down to Nothing, and Dead Swans continue the paradox of hardcore music combined with clean living, and followers are as proud as ever of their abstinence from all things addictive.

Far from being ‘anti-fun’ and against having a good time, followers are generally pretty insistent that their lack of a societal crutch, and their ability to think for themselves, means they have a far better time than those out getting wasted every weekend ever could.

And you can’t argue with that.

It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are – Roy Disney

Random thoughts on alcohol…

Davey Havok, the lead singer for the band AFI, says he’s never been drunk, and has never taken drugs, for which he is eternally grateful.

Some people hold him as a symbol of influence for those who don’t drink and aspire to be more than an alcoholic teenager.

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The Dead Swans

Alcohol-free events have been voted as more fun than alcohol-compulsory events, for the simple fact that people can do the same things, without losing their mind. Things such as dancing, listening to music, hanging out with friends and just enjoying yourself can be a lot more interesting than slurring your

words and falling all over people you don’t know – RHIAN LAWRENCE My generation, a generation full of angst and Family Guy jokes, has fallen prey to the beast that is alcohol. However, not all drinking is bad. It’s the abusive pattern of our drinking. Many drink simply to get drunk. Pointless in theory and practice.

Parties aren’t that fun, when you’re splayed across the floor in a puddle of your own vomit.

Getting drunk is what the ‘cool’ kids do. A saying the ignorant hold dear, and the stupid actually believe – DRUVIN SENEVIRATNE

Lyrics on the edge…

Not a ‘rulebook’ of what you can and cannot do but rather a summary of the basic idea, Minor Threat’s songs Straight Edge and Out of Step (With the World) are the two most quoted songs associated with the movement.

Very short, very frantic and – being hardcore punk – very loud, they sum up the entire ethos of this particular culture.

Straight Edge

Out of Step (With the World) (I) don’t smoke Don’t drink Don’t f*** At least I can f***ing think Can’t keep up Can’t keep up Can’t keep up Out of step with the world

Photo By Susie Josephson Horgan

I’m a person just like you But I’ve got better things to do Than sit around and f*** my head Hang out with the living dead Snort white s*** up my nose Pass out at the shows I don’t even think about speed That’s something I just don’t need I’ve got the straight edge

Dirty Money

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Minor Threat, 1980.

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Ben's

KICK BOOZE into a corner

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Straight sXe BEN SAKER is a 24-year-old British straight edger and drummer for band Breaking Point. He’s been straight edge (aka sXe) since his late teens, and been able to travel much of Europe with various bands in the movement. Ben talks to ERIN YOUNG on what being ‘edge’ is all about.

What does ‘straight edge’ mean to you – how would you define it?

I’d define it as a way of life – more so than just the no drink/drugs/casual sex. People often ask “aren’t you tempted to drink” etc, but it’s like eating a food you don’t want – you just don’t think about it really!

How long have you been sXe? What first got you involved?

I’ve been straight edge for five and a half years, but used to drink. I never smoked or touched drugs.

I got involved through the hardcore scene and personal decisions – after watching my friends ‘mess’ their lives up on drugs and alcohol, I stopped drinking as I didn’t feel I needed it.

And these friends who I used to see are still stuck in the same rut they were at 15 or 16, whereas I’ve been in numerous bands, as well as having been all around Europe – and soon the United States too – on the road with friends’ bands, got a job and have done something I feel is productive.

What are the best things about it as far as you’re concerned?

I don’t really think about it massively as it’s just how I live. It’s positive on the health front; I’m keen on fitness so it would be a bit counterproductive doing stuff that would have a negative impact on that.

It is cool though hanging out with like-minded people, but I don’t really care what others do as long as it doesn’t affect or get pushed onto me.

How did you first get into the hardcore scene?

When I was younger I was into stuff like Blink 182, Slipknot etc and always wanted something heavier, so from there I got into Slayer, Pantera etc and into metal.

One day I was given a Poison the Well CD The Opposite of December and it blew my mind. I then hunted down more bands like it and got into it like that essentially… Hatebreed in 2002 was my first hardcore show.

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How would you define hardcore punk these days?

It’s changed loads now. There are far more bands doing different things, so it’s hard to put it into a bracket – which is good! But I guess it would be passionate bands, with energy. Sorry, that’s a weak answer really…

There are those who say straight edge is a total ‘anti-fun’ movement – what are your thoughts on that, because it looks like you all have a pretty good time to me…?

If you have to be on something to have fun then I pity you. There are enough things in life that you don’t need to be intoxicated to enjoy.

Trapped Under Ice www.myspace.com/underdaice Dirty Money www.myspace.com/thedirtymoney Cold Snap www.myspace.com/coldsnaphc Dead Swans www.myspace.com/thedeadswans Reign Supreme www.myspace.com/reignsupremehardcore The Get Up Kids www.myspace.com/thegetupkids Shipwreck www.myspace.com/shipwreckmv Deathwish www.deathwishinc.com And of course my band Breaking Point www.myspace.com/thenotoriousbxp Dirty Money

What does your average night out involve, given the binge-drinking culture and what most people are doing?

Really depends on what’s going on. I go out with friends to pubs and clubs but don’t drink; I don’t really see the issue. As long as the company’s good it’s OK! Why do you think people react how they do to straight edge?

Because it’s not ‘the norm’, so it must be wrong in their minds. Much like any minority that isn’t understood fully, it’s frowned upon.

How many of your mates are sXe too – is it particularly popular?

The majority of my friends were edge but have since sold out. The scene has gotten a bit slower in the past few years, but it’s picking up again now.

The Get Up Kids

Trapped Under Ice

Obviously you’re pretty anti-smoking – what are your thoughts on cigarettes and smoking?

Socially unacceptable. Over here in England smoking inside was banned recently, like in New Zealand, and it’s miles better.

In Europe though there are a fair amount of places where it’s still legal, and the difference is really noticeable.

I don’t see the need for smoking in the first place – generally people do it to fit in and feel comfortable in a situation. Quitting would be the best move.

I tried sniffing Coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose – anonymous

KICK BOOZE into a corner

FEILIDH O’DWYER lives life to the max without getting totally smashed

Rocking good times…

...without getting wasted

I started high school at 12, fresh faced and standing tall at 1.51 metres. The school had a widespread reputation for students’ consumption of alcohol and drugs. To be fair, not everyone got drunk but there were enough students experimenting for it to be widely stereotyped as a ‘druggy’ school.

After a short time in year nine it was clear that a good portion of the students liked to party hard at weekends. Even at the time, I thought it was crazy that 12- and 13-year-olds were getting absolutely legless.

Some kids of that age are barely taller than a school desk and about as emotionally mature as a banana and yet there they were knocking back booze like hardened alcoholics and getting paralytic at every available opportunity.

Not for me With the option available to me, I decided that I wasn’t attracted to the drinking scene at all.

It’s not that I condemned others for doing it, it just wasn’t for me. Of course there were times when I was curious, but my decision to avoid alcohol during my teenage years came down to a couple of things.

Firstly, the drunken people I encountered were not very endearing (they seldom are). It’s nice they were enjoying themselves but they weren’t exactly glowing endorsements for a booze-fuelled lifestyle.

and that probably strengthened my resolve; I don’t generally consume flavours I dislike.

Peer pressure to get smashed Despite what some people say to the contrary, there is enormous peer pressure on young people to drink.

Your behaviour is always contextual so my attitude to drinking was significant in that it was against the norm. Most of my friends drank or got drunk at some point.

When you refer to drinking in a teenage context, moderation and drinking for taste are not social realities. The aim for most young drinkers (this will come as no surprise) is to get smashed.

The night after drunken carnage, people proudly boast about just how wasted they were.

People make statements to the effect of, “I did a power chunder right outside her house”.

Alcohol dependency Once, when I was about 14, I was on the bus home from school. A girl I knew asked me, “So if you don’t drink and you don’t smoke, how do you have fun?”

I think the biggest problem with alcohol consumption in the west is that binge drinking, getting wasted and acting like a complete meathead is accepted as the norm.

Secondly, when I was growing up my parents didn’t drink or have alcohol around the house.

Drinking was never established as a social norm in the environment I grew up in.

In saying that, they were very open to me drinking; even going as far as buying me alcohol without my prompting.

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I was dumbstruck – was she serious? Perhaps I could have said, “I hate fun and I am incapable of having a good time in the absence of chemically induced highs.”

At the time, I was amused that I had met someone who thought that drinking or smoking was the only way to socialise and enjoy yourself in your free time.

However, that dimwitted individual’s outlook turned out to be far more commonplace than I

could have anticipated.

A friend once said to me that he needed alcohol to help him loosen up and talk to people.

A lot of people feel like that.

I would argue that using alcohol as a social lubricator will only increase a person’s reliance on it. If you just be yourself, any social skills that you garner will be with you at all times and not only after you have a couple of drinks.

Missing being a meathead?

There were a few times when I questioned whether I had missed some amazing social life during my teens, but ultimately I have no regrets.

I am happy that people have fun drinking but those who drink excessively will inevitably do things they regret.

I feel comfortable in just being myself; not relying on a substance to loosen me up or chill me out.

I think the biggest problem with alcohol consumption in the west is that binge drinking, getting wasted and acting like a complete meathead is accepted as the norm.

Without a mature attitude to drinking, people make messes of their own and other people’s lives.

Easy does it These days I see myself as a very casual drinker. I don’t often actively buy booze, I prefer the taste of lemon, lime and bitters.

If I go out with friends, I’ll have between two and three drinks for the night but sometimes I won’t drink at all.

I’m now nearly 21, I’ve never been drunk and I’m perfectly comfortable with that.

My advice to people thinking about drinking and getting drunk is: if you don’t want to, don’t.

If you do want to drink, all power to you – but try to be responsible and don’t impinge on other people’s right to have fun.

A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top – anonymous

AROHA HUGHES on why ‘binge-whingecringe’ drinking is a baaad idea

Fifteen reasons to kick the binge scene Photos, Chris Traill and Michelle Deacon

There are no heavy hangovers after a hard night, and no spewing involved.

You won’t coma in weird places.

You won’t have sex with random ugly people who you don’t actually want to have sex with.

There’ll be more cash in the pocket for stuff you actually want (like a car perhaps?)

There’s less chance of waking up somewhere you don’t know.

You get to watch all the drunk people make asses of themselves – and then you get to feel thankful you didn’t. You can actually see who the morons and losers are when the drink isn’t deciding for you.

You get to hype up knowing that all the parties in the future will be good, even the lame ones, once you’re with people who can handle the drink.

You’re less likely to end up doing something you’ll totally regret – like being emotional, abusive or plain suicidal (asking to be killed by lipping off at the wrong person).

You won’t be as try-hard as most of the paper people who are bingeing (aka fakes).

You don’t have to be dependent on someone.

You won’t have to pay a late night visit to the ER for alcohol poisoning, so you won’t need to ingest charcoal or have your stomach pumped.

Clean fun is more fun, because you get the best memories (which you completely remember).

You don’t have to explain to your mum or dad why you don’t want to go shoot hoops out back the next day, or why you came home naked last night.

You won’t wake up with as many random bruises you don’t recall getting.

It’s so try-hard, and most people who drink all the time and don’t do anything else are losers.

Get a life!

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are – Theodore Roosevelt

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The Cut!

National Secondary Schools Short Video Competition

Getting ready to The Cut! National Secondary Schools Short Video Competition run by Wintec is now in its sixth year and offers a great opportunity for you to get involved in film-making. With five months to go until the September 25 closing date, now is a great time to get your ideas rolling!

Making Bounce It, Bounce It, Bounce It

Keen film-maker Ben Childs, from Middleton Grange School in Christchurch, is already preparing for this year’s Cut! competition, developing a film with teammate and producer Harry Knight.

Ben and Harry’s mockumentary Bounce It, Bounce It, Bounce It was selected as a Cut! finalist in 2007 and won Best Original Score for composer Bazi Baker.

Ben has also produced two V 48 Hour films, winning the Christchurch Best Damn Teen Team award twice and ultimately aims to make his own feature film. We asked Ben a few questions about Cut! Can you tell us about your upcoming Cut! entry?

We’re looking forward to working with a great production team, and have a larger crew for the first time.

This year we’re having a shot at a romantic comedy, about innocent love that gets tangled up in sinister business. Harry has just recently secured a helicopter and pilot for a ridiculous price so we are obviously quite excited.

It’s a romance film with motorbikes, pies and diamond smugglers – what more could you ask for?

Any suggestions for first time entrants?

The experience teaches you so much. Compete in Cut! and you’ll learn something along the way.

Last time the main thing I came away with was the value of simplicity of setting and character.

Story is the main thing, but cast and sound are important also. The acting will make or break the film, and if the script has a lot of important dialogue, then sound recording should be a focus.

Why would you recommend people enter Cut!?

Cut! is fantastic! It’s a great way to have your films recognised and seen by people and students all over New Zealand. The competition is open to different types of film so there is maximum room for creativity.

Basically, Cut! is heaps of fun and great exposure!

To take part in Cut! 2009 Register now at www.wintec.ac.nz/cut For information on Wintec’s programmes, contact Wintec on 0800 2 wintec (0800 2 946 832) or online at www.wintec.ac.nz/contact

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Poetry Awards

Bebo your haiku Tearaway and Loop are keen to see students flex their poetry muscle this month and warm up for the New Zealand Post National Schools Poetry Awards.

We’re asking students to submit a three line haiku poem on one of three themes: • an interesting person • the beach • a place in your house Keep it simple! Haiku poems are best kept as a snippet of your creativity and daily observations.

A what-u?

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry consisting of 17 syllables in three lines. The first and third lines contain five syllables, and the second line has seven syllables.

Here’s an example:

The Beach

Balmy wind drifts by Evening sun kissing the sea Footprints in the sand

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GLOBAL FOCUS

JOSHUA WRIGHT (17) of Just Focus explores NZ’s current role in global peacekeeping and how football is creating peace in war-torn nations.

Giving peace a chance With Kiwi soldiers and football From the first overseas military War to the more recent deployment of SAS troops to Afghanistan, NZ soldiers have dedicated and sometimes

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sacrificed their lives for a cause.

Football for Peace Military force is not the only method being used to bring about peace. In Israel and Liberia, football is being used as a communication tool between parties in conflicts.

Despite the disparities in values and other factors which may have caused the original conflict, football is a sport that unites people with a shared passion.

Israel In Israel, Football for Peace is an initiative that creates a space for opposing groups to meet and develop skills whilst promoting understanding and acceptance.

It is based on values of neutrality, equity, inclusion, responsibility, trust and respect – all aimed at creating a peaceful environment in which people can talk to each other.

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Liberia In Liberia, teams which include young people living in slum areas are not only competing but winning.

Some of these children fought as child soldiers.

“Peace is very, very sweet,” said 13-year-old Stanley Varfley, captain of the boys’ football team.

He hopes the government can develop his country as well as the sport in the near future.

Captain of the winning girls’ team, Vera Wilfan (13) says she is “so happy to play this game,” and in the future hopes to attend college.

The initiative has brought calm to areas of conflict, and hopes and dreams to children who were once trained to kill.

Vera now has a chance to make a difference because football has awoken her selfconfidence and belief in her own ability, and has perhaps created a future leader.

Photo: Courtney Stewart

On April 25, ANZAC day, we join with Australians to honour our armed forces and remember those who fought for peace during the First World War and the wars that followed.

While Anzac Day allows us to reflect and acknowledge the past, we should also be conscious of Aotearoa NZ’s current military operations.

campaign in South Africa’s Boer

Calming the conflict Currently, our armed forces are involved in peacekeeping operations in countries such as Timor Leste, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Lebanon, the Middle East and Afghanistan.

They provide a basis of stability in these areas, helping to calm civil conflict over issues such as religion, politics and land.

We often hear about the war in Iraq, but we hear less about the civil conflicts dividing other nations. These conflicts can be devastating because they tend to last longer.

In some of these countries, armed forces from other nations – like Aotearoa NZ – have been permitted entry in an effort to restore peace.

We can do no great things, only small things with great love – Mother Teresa

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Quick facts

Darfur An example of this is in Sudan, where the conflict in Darfur has continued for over six years, leading to widespread famine and rising tensions.

NZ army personnel are part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission to Sudan. Their role has not been easy because factors like decades of drought, desertification and overpopulation have sustained the conflict.

It is unfortunate that the media have been unable to adequately report the scale of this conflict where current estimates of casualties are just over 450,000.

Amongst all the statistics and numbers are stories of real people devastated by this ongoing conflict. Most have no alternatives other than to flee their homes and their livelihoods.

A report released in 2007 revealed the effect the war was having on children: the trafficking of children into prostitution and servitude; the violence, abuse, abduction and torture; and the recruitment of children as fighters.

Tragically, young people have been the real victims of the war in Sudan.

2. Over 450,000 people have died in Sudan as a result of the Darfur war. Millions more have been displaced and have lost their livelihoods.

3. April 25 was officially named Anzac Day in 1916. It was the first year official ceremonies were held nationwide.

Solomon Islands In the Solomon Islands, our infantry is deployed as one of several forces to keep the peace.

Conflict welled up there as a result of tensions between the ethnic groups of Malaita and Guadalcanal.

A number of factors – including land, compensation and political demands – are thought to be the causes of the conflict.

Aotearoa NZ and Australia have been particularly effective in containing the violence so the death rate is quite low compared to other places, like Darfur.

Although the physical effects of the conflict are not as noticeable as they are in Darfur, the conflict still has a profound effect on young people.

Young people learn from those around them.

This means the animosity each side of the conflict feels towards the other is transferred to young people, without proper reasoning.

This can feed the conflict and violence between the two sides.

“We have to learn about these war-torn situations independently if the media is not easily accessible. It's important because we are the next generation of leaders - and that means we will be in control.”

– ISAAC, Victoria University

Win Trade Aid goodies Aotearoa NZ is currently involved in peacekeeping efforts in nine countries. Find these countries in the find-a-word puzzle and you could win a Trade Aid prize pack of chocolate and other fairly traded goodies!

Send a copy of your completed puzzle, with your contact details, to Fiona Beals, Global Education Centre, PO Box 12440, Wellington 6144 to go into the draw.

Afghanistan Timor Leste Solomon Islands Egypt Lebanon

1. The New Zealand Army, or Ngati Tumatauenga (tribe of the god of war), is NZ’s armed land force. It comprises around 4,500 regular personnel and 2,500 nonregulars and civilians.

Middle East Sudan Iraq South Korea

He who gives when he is asked has waited too long – Sunshine Magazine

Feel like you should

do something?

1. Learn more: take the first step and start doing some reading and talk to others.

2. Encourage others to learn more and think more: just being conscious of these issues can help – a collective conscience can make a HUGE difference!

3. Campaign for peace and the rights of children; protest against war and the use of child soldiers: it may seem that your word will make no difference at all, but it does – you cannot compose a choir without individual voices. Join an organised campaign or organise your own local group; write to your local papers; lobby local MPs to speak up in parliament.

Find out more Here is a list of some resources you can check out in order to educate yourself, your friends, family and others around you: www.unicef.org/media/media_46474. html – youth affected by conflict make a universal declaration www.didyouknow.org/story/conflicts. htm – a list of current world conflicts www.football4peace.org.uk – using football as a way to promote peace www.army.mil.nz/army-overseas/ default.htm – listing and in-depth info on NZ Army’s overseas operations This Global Focus feature is a Tearaway and Global Education Centre project. This article was funded by NZAID – a government organisation helping out with aid and development around the world. The purpose of Global Focus is to provide young people with a forum and information about global issues. For more information, visit www.globaled.org.nz.

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MUSIC PAGE TAG

Clashes, smashes and riots of the muso variety with Kiwi FM’s FLEUR JACK

KIWI MUSIC NEWS It's about time!

Fresh meat

The Datsuns are finally going to be gracing our shores this

Clap Clap Riot are a great

April and doing a nice ten date tour around what was once

rockin’ band from Auckland City.

considered their home country.

They recently released their debut EP TV Knows Better, produced by Jimmy Christmas of D4/ Luger Boa fame.

They have already had success on radio with two singles, and their song Don’t Want Your Baby was number one on the Kiwi FM top 10.

April is going to be a busy month for the four boys – they’ll be releasing a brand new video for their song Thief, crossing the ditch to play a couple of Sydney shows, and they’ll be filming a three song set for MTV’s The Lair.

Check them out at www.myspace. com/clapclapriot

Now, considering the band is from here, we are lucky to have seen them twice this year (or technically last year) – December 31 2008 at Rhythm and Vines and then the Big Day Out in January.

They have a relatively new album out called Headstunts which rules.

If you haven’t already heard it, I recommend getting to your local for a listen!

On their tour they will be supported by two great local bands, The Randoms and An Emerald City.

Full details at www.thedatsuns.com

Gig ‘n’ kai

Wanna catch a live gig, but don’t want to leave the house?!

Check out Guess Who’s Singing For Dinner every Tuesday night @ 8pm.

Burger Fuel puts on some food, a band comes in to play three live songs and have a chat about life on Indie Alt New with Fleur Jack.

“I wanted to have a band on my show every week and I thought what better way than to lure them in with the promise of a darn tasty kai” – Fleur Jack Thanx Burger Fuel!!

MONDAYS Mellow Mondays w/ The Good News Diary TUESDAYS Guess Who’s Singing For Dinner?

WEDNESDAYS The Rock Factory Musicians Helpline THURSDAYS Indie Album of the Week Interview FRIDAYS Party Rock Night

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with FLEUR JACK Monday – Friday 7pm – 9pm The Best of I.A.N. Saturdays 12pm – 3pm & Sundays 1am – 4am Audio on Demand 24hrs, 7 day @ www.kiwifm.co.nz

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence – Leopold Stokowski

Steve Abel

Kiwi

King Kapisi vs The Mint Chicks Darren Watson

songwriters

- you decide!

take on the world Judging by our track record with the International Songwriting Competition, New Zealand produces some of the greatest music and songwriting talent in the world.

We took out the competition in 2003 with Moana Maniapoto’s Moko and again in 2004 with Gin Wigmore’s Hallelujah.

This month the winner will be announced and we have six Kiwi artists in the finals, selected from over 15,000 entries worldwide.

They will be judged by some of the world’s leading musicians like Tom Waits, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and Jerry Lee Lewis and industry legends like Steve Lillywhite whose producing credits include U2, The Rolling Stones, Morrissey, Peter Gabriel and more.

The overall winner will receive US$25,000 and a US$20,000 package of industry goods and services.

Here are the Kiwi finalists: All Going Wrong – Darren Watson (Wellington), blues Fuss on the Bus – Radha Sahar (Wellington), children’s music Don’t Say a Word – Denise Holl (Auckland), lyrics only Hospice for Destitute Lovers – Steve Abel (Auckland), video Rere Reta – Hareruia Abraham (Auckland), world music Tamahana – Opetaia Foa’i (Auckland), world music

Music is what feelings sound like – anonymous

Fancy getting yourself into a fight this month over music?

The argument: hip-hop or rock?

The Redbull Soundclash is on at the Powerstation in Auckland on April 24.

Two completely different acts will go head to head and battle it out for the crowd’s affection, on two different stages.

Only one act will walk away with the title of Soundclash Champion.

The audience picks the winner – King Kapisi or The Mint Chicks?

Whose corner will YOU be in?

Tickets are $25 from www.ticketmaster.co.nz For more info check out www.redbull.co.nz/soundclash

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MUSIC

They’re back – with a new sound, new spectacles, and new hair.

Two point five years after their last album, the trio of brothers from Feilding are pleased to unleash upon you album number three,

Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show. RAIN FRANCIS gets the truth out of drummer and vocalist, Dann Hume.

Evermore ultimate Given three words to describe this new album, Dann went for “very”, “very” and “big” – in that order. After testing this big talk, I have to conclude that he does indeed speak the truth.

The new sound is bigger, deeper and richer, layered with orchestral arrangements, sampled broadcasts and the sinister rambling of fictional characters.

Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show is a concept album, flowing as one piece of music; a river of stories, spun with darkness, humour and irony.

Evermore want to take you on a journey to a freaky new land, where the media controls your mind and assaults you with constant imagery of – hang on – why does this all sound morbidly realistic?

Truth of the World is a “fictional news media entertainment corporate empire” invented by the band. The album explores timely themes of trashy media and political propaganda, painting pictures of the modern world.

Reality has been distorted, just like in the media – get it?!

But it’s not all doom, gloom and brainwashing – oh no. The boys are ready to laugh at anything, including themselves, and felt it was important to keep a sense of humour in there.

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Concept album?

In popular music, a concept album is one that is “unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical.” (Roy Shuker Popular Music: The Key Concepts)

Snowball of Evermore

Other concept albums from across the decades include:

Since slaying the competition at Smokefreerockquest 2000, Evermore has been like an unstoppable machine of success: touring, producing three albums and snowballing a blinding list of awards and nominations, both here and in Australia.

They also appeared at Make Poverty History in Melbourne in 2006, playing their version of Stand By Me. Now, sure, they may have collaborated with the producers of Green Day, Nirvana and Foo Fighters in the past, but really, who needs American music industry giants when you have a bit of Kiwi ingenuity?

Truth of the World was written, recorded, mixed and produced by the Evermorians themselves, in their Melbourne home studio.

This is no mass media production, people.

In a cynical world of spoon-fed manufactured soundalikes, Evermore are doing it their way.

And the bonus of all this creative freedom? They got to make the album they’d always wanted to make.

Without external producers, Evermore have had the chance to try the things they might have been told not to. So, they pushed their own limits, bouncing ideas off each other in that freaky

The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

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David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)

The Who – Tommy (1969)

Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Andrew Lloyd Webber – Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)

Green Day – American Idiot (2004)

cosmically-tuned way that only siblings can!

Result? It’s Dann’s favourite album so far “because it’s fresh, and a brand new sound – completely different to our other albums”.

Tellies on tour So the boys are rehearsing now, and will be on tour from July.

Dann says the new album was written “imagining the ultimate live experience”, so we can expect the live shows to be “very multimedia focused”.

The shows will also be true to the concept style of the album – it was written as one continuous flow and will be played in the same way.

A new addition to the band is a massive wall of TV screens, which you can see in their latest

Gorillaz – Demon Days (2005)

videos. These tellies will join the boys on tour, continuing the themes of the album and creating that ambience of mass media assault.

Check out the shiny new website (www. evermoreband.com) and wicked album artwork – complete with lyrics laid out in newspaper columns, in keeping with the storytelling vibe.

A parting dare Dann grew up listening to “headphone albums” – you know, Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon – and that’s what he wants YOU to experience with Truth of the World.

He dares you, in fact – with massive headphones, the volume cranked and the lights out! “It’s my dare to the world.”

Sounds like a challenge! Welcome to the show…

Fate laughs at probabilities – EG Bulwer-Lytton

Fall Out Boy PHOTOS By Joanna Alpe

Fall Out Boy are the biggest band in the world. In fact right now as far as the diehard Kiwi fans standing before them are concerned, Fall Out Boy are the biggest band in their entire universe.

One fan queued up at Real Groovy Records at 10pm the previous night to get a wristband to the soundcheck show, others turned up at 4am.

Thanks to MySpace Secret Shows thirty fans had the chance to see Fall Out Boy play one of the most intimate gigs of their career.

“I want to play you stuff you won’t get to hear, tonight,” says lead singer Patrick Stump before taking requests and tossing the idea of playing them back and forth with his wing man Pete Wentz.

If the screaming coming from the elite audience is anything to go by this is evidently the best idea ever.

The boys launch into the loudest request first Homesick at Space Camp and everything after that is a blur of raucous guitars, delighted screams and cheeky banter.

It is an event these fans will never forget.

“This is the best day ever,” said one fan as she exited the arena.

Thanks for the memories indeed.

Review credit www.myspace.com/kokokabana.

Thank you to Fall Out Boy, Universal Music, Frontier Touring and Joanna Alpe photography.

Last but not least thank you to the fans for making it another memorable MySpace Secret Show.

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TEARAWAY GAMES

Metal singalongs, Hannah Montana and tennis – ALEXANDER DONOHUE stares fearlessly into the face of gaming-soul annihilation

Express

your inner darkness Guitar Hero: Metallica

The Sims 3

DEVELOPED BY: Neversoft, Vicarious Visions, Budcat Creations

DEVELOPED BY: EA Games AVAILABLE ON: PC, Mac

AVAILABLE ON: Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii

You probably know about The Sims already.

The series has become enormously popular, probably because its ‘life simulation’ gameplay grants you the sort of dictatorial control over people you can normally only gain by becoming a god or the head of a transnational corporation.

The Sims 3 promises numerous new features, including a revised career system and a ‘Create-A-Sim’ mode that will allow you to precisely control how your various Sims look. Which means it should be possible to create an exact replica of your boss, who you can then force to live in abject poverty.

Ace!

So, you thought this game was going to be little more than another entry in the Guitar Hero series with Metallica songs added in?

Wrong!

It is, in fact, a fully fledged simulation game that will allow you to live the Metallica experience: suing file-sharing companies, having documentaries made about your dysfunctional relationships with your band mates and getting flak for being nowhere near as good as you used to be in the 80s.

Just joking! The game is, in fact, just another entry in the Guitar Hero series with Metallica songs added in. Still, it should prove fairly entertaining to those of you who enjoy expressing your inner darkness through music.

Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Pokémon Platinum

DEVELOPED BY: tri-Ace AVAILABLE ON: Xbox 360

DEVELOPED BY: Game Freak AVAILABLE ON: Nintendo DS

Are you at all freaked out by the Child’s Play films? If so, I’d advise staying away from Star Ocean: The Last Hope, which features freakishly doll-like characters that appear to be closely related to Chucky (they are, however, slightly less homicidal).

Repulsive character design aside, The Last Hope looks like a solid pick for those who enjoy console RPGs. A prequel to the four previous Star Ocean games, its sci-fi plot will see you traversing a huge game world (spanning numerous planets), controlling many playable characters and defeating enemies with an intricate real-time combat system.

I will not be held responsible for any nightmares this game’s visuals cause, however.

I was a bit put out when I found that, rather than being an entirely new entry in the series, Pokémon Platinum was merely an enhanced remake of the barely two years old Diamond and Pearl games. Surely, I thought, Game Freak don’t expect fans to buy the same game twice?

Thankfully, it seems there is enough new content in Pokémon Platinum – including Wi-Fi games, updated graphics and a Battle Recorder mode that allows you to record and upload gameplay videos – to convince me that some genuine effort has been put into the game. Which is nice of Game Freak; considering how addicted many people are to the franchise, they could have easily just put the Pokémon name on a blank box and it would probably still have sold.

Virtua Tennis 2009

Hannah Montana: The Movie

DEVELOPED BY: Sumo Digital AVAILABLE ON: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC

DEVELOPED BY: EA Tiburon, Fall Line Studios AVAILABLE ON: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC, Mac

I don’t understand the rules of tennis, nor do I find the sport interesting or exciting.

But apparently many people do, to the extent where they will even buy video games about it. In recognition of these people and their strange tastes, I offer this preview of Virtua Tennis 2009.

According to Sega, it will feature real-life players like Roger Federer and Venus Williams (I recognise these names, but only from ads). The developers have also licensed the Davis Cup competition (means nothing to me), which players will be able to compete in.

Not my kind of thing, but doubtless this game will provide innumerable hours of ball-lobbing fun for its target audience.

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I was planning to write something suitably snarky about this game (which, really, should be called Hannah Montana: The Movie: The Game) and the movie it is based on, but then I stumbled across the plot summary of what is sure to be the year’s best film.

According to it, the movie’s plot is set in motion when Hannah Montana gets into a catfight with Tyra Banks over a pair of shoes. I have no idea if this is true but I am sincerely hoping that it is, and that this incident will make it into the video game.

I think a brawl between Hannah Montana and Tyra Banks, Street Fighter style, would be the single greatest gameplay experience ever.

You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus – Mark Twain

REVIEW

Skate 2 DEVELOPED BY: EA Black Box PUBLISHED BY: EA AVAILABLE ON: Xbox 360, PS3 RATING: M REVIEWED BY: Ben Lilley Let me start by saying that I’m a big skateboarding fan and occasionally try and pass myself off as one (normally failing miserably) — so I desperately wanted this review of Skate 2 to be really positive.

However, four hours into the game I was gearing up to write a review which ripped it to pieces.

Thankfully though, after spending a few more hours with it, I can report that it’s a great game.

Mostly.

First up, Skate 2 is very similar to the original.

Black Box have taken its predecessor, tweaked it, polished it and then added some new features for good measure.

Like the original, Skate 2 is based on the open world experience. The city is large and attractive allowing you to explore as much as you like.

However, this time around they have added the ability to teleport directly to an event, so when you feel like heading to the next challenge, you can.

You can also get off your board, walk around

Our whole life is solving puzzles – Erno Rubik

and interact with objects in the game. If you see a ramp that you think will help you achieve your current challenge, chances are you’ll be able to grab it and drag it to wherever you want.

The physics in Skate 2 are much better than the original too. Landing massive jumps feels sufficiently solid and the bails are just a big bag of bone-crunching awesomeness — you’ll find yourself regularly wincing in pain at the sight of your skater eating a not-so-healthy dose of concrete.

Unfortunately Skate 2 isn’t without its flaws.

Unless you’re even more stubborn than me, it’s highly likely you’re going to find yourself wanting to hurl your controller at the TV after you’ve failed

a challenge for the 47th time.

The inhabitants of the city are also just as annoying this time round. Other skaters will knock you off your board right in the middle of your perfect run, cars will get in your way during the races and pedestrians will just be plain annoying.

With all that said though, Skate 2 is still a great game. It’s the best skating game on the market, bar none. It’s definitely worth the price, even if you break a few controllers in the process…

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MUSIC REVIEWS

When smalltime goes world-class Darklight Corporation Darklight Corporation New Zealand’s heavy metal scene has always seemed a little weak to me, but maybe this new band will actually have it heading somewhere.

Heavy/black/death metal may all sound the same to a lot of people but, of all the local purveyors of the genre I have heard, Darklight Corporation sound the best.

Sure, it’s the usual stereotypical angry hatefuelled sex-aimed lyrics and guys in black looking as scary as they can, but there’s something extra about them that might just convert those raised on international artists.

The tracks sound as though they could as easily be performed in American concerts as a gig hall round the corner.

I must admit, I always have an immediate distrust of an album where the band shot has the members wearing t-shirts of more famous groups (why are you advertising for them on your own album?), but despite the amateurish image it gave I was definitely pleased with the CD – DAVID OSTEN GIFFORD

Solstate Whispers and Tremors What concoction will you create when you add part emo, part heavy rocker and part acoustic harmonics and timbre?

Well, I think you’ll find a wee New Zealand quartet who call themselves Solstate.

Their eclectic range of musical influences, which give a unique texture, make them just that little bit different. At the end of 2007, Solstate were awarded a Phase Four album grant from NZ On Air. Their single Against and With should be especially applauded for its unique acoustic air.

Though they may not quite be my cup of tea, I’m sure their debut shall win a place in the hearts and stereos of many of you rockers, emos and screamers (ahem) out there – RACHEL WARD-ALLEN

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Inverse Order Six This EP has only six tracks, hence the title.

I thought this was a shame, because this New Zealand band is definitely one you want to hear more from.

They’re like a slightly darker version of Goodnight Nurse in that they don’t sound like pop trash sellouts.

Six awesome tracks that don’t sound like they’re trying too hard to sell themselves, these edgy/angsty songs leave you with an impression of a world-class band still in a smalltime recording studio.

Inverse Order is something that anyone can get into: great vocals and interesting instrumentals will either get you dancing with your confused dog, head-bopping in your car, or sitting in a dark room for whichever crowd still exists (since emo became less cool after the Campbell Live incident).

I hope Inverse Order quickly build up their fan base for their first full length album because they are going to be huge and I hate waiting – DAVID OSTEN GIFFORD

Empire of the Sun Walking On a Dream Australia’s new dynamic duo – Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson, and Nick Littlemore of PNAU – brings you their debut album: Walking on a Dream.

This is a psychedelic-pop fuelled CD full of futuristic-sounding tracks and Star Wars themed artwork.

You may have already seen the music video for Empire’s hypnotising hit single Walking on a Dream which was shot on location in Shanghai, China.

This first single has reached number 16 on Australia’s ARIA singles chart, and the album reached number eight – an outstanding standard for this out-of-the-blue band.

Most of the songs are on that same electro-pop themed soundwave that you’ve heard on your radios.

At first, you may think, “What is this band talking about?” But once you get passed the high-pitched vocals, I have no doubt that there’s something in this album for everyone – RHIAN LAWRENCE

Hilary Duff Best of Collection Someone needs to tell Lil’ Hil that she doesn’t have to release a greatest hits compilation after every studio album.

However, this is probably her best compilation and definitely displays the best variety of hits. This is an awesome CD from an awesome longtime star who has proved that she has many talents.

Although the new single Reach Out is a little disappointing she more than makes up for it with the second new song Holiday.

This song has the potential to be a big hit, and I can see it being on repeat on many iPods. Also check out the remixed version.

The great thing about this CD is that it brings back the old-school Hilary Duff days - the smash So Yesterday, and Why Not. This is when Hilary was in her prime and it’s sad to hear tracks such as Play with Fire and wonder where it all went wrong.

This compilation is a refreshing blast from the past, taking us back to the Hilary we all know and love – JASON ANTILL

P.O.D. When Angels & Serpents Dance P.O.D. are back with another awesome album!

Songs such as End of the World and the album-named single When Angels and Serpents Dance are ridiculously catchy and after the first chorus you’ll be happily singing along.

This is the same for all the other songs but especially Shine On Me, Condescending, It Can’t Rain Every Day and also the song Kali-Forn-Eye-A featuring Mike Muir which seems to have a Red Hot Chili Peppers feel.

This album is catchy and filled with various melodies, solos and all other things awesome!

I’m honestly surprised that it hasn’t been recognised in the media since its release. It’s not too late though, get out there and pick up a copy – it’s worth it! Seriously! – AROHA HUGHES

including Maroon 5, Tempo 38, Machine Head, Phil Toms and the Electric Car, Super Turtle and Demi Lovato. Go to www.tearaway.co.nz/digital

Music is the poetry of the air – Richter

Stopping Violence

You will know

Brothers against violence RAP – Respect All People Whakamana Tangata is a youth project, based on the idea that a respectful ‘space’ will promote respectful behaviour. Early in the RAP project, Pacific Island and MAori musos got together to produce the DVD/CD You Will Know

Brothers Against Violence©.

Showing their faces for the cause were Adeaze, Nick Carlson, Ardijah’s Ryan Monga, Tony T, Saipele ‘Pele’ Nili and David ‘D’ Letoa (of Cydel), Glen ‘JxN’ Jackson, Malcolm ‘Mal’ Lakatani, Lapi Mariner, Vince Harder, Laau ‘Uncle Stixx’ Leavasa, Tautiaga ‘T’Tiatia and DVN. Recorded in Otara, the waiata promotes the message of respect to women, children and our future generations using poly-beats and a distinct ukulele style.

Everyone on the waka Youth worker and executive producer Ala’imalo Lua Maynard said the waiata was inspired by Black Men United who launched the 1994 original version of You Will Know in response to the increased incidence of ‘black on black’ crime in inner cities around the USA. “Since its launch, the response has been awesome and the waiata is playing around the world! Everyone was on the waka then. All of the artists just wanted the message of respecting women and children, to go out as wide as possible.”

RAP it

like this

Get yourself a pack of the RAP gear by logging on to YouTube or Bebo, watch You Will Know Brothers Against Violence© and then have your say about the waiata, the soundz, the singers or the kaupapa (idea)….

Just include the term ‘RAP’ and you could be in to win a prize pack of a tee-shirt, lavalava, DVD/CD and other cool stuff.

Here are a few of the website comments so far (spelling and all): Tumeke bros! Praise be! Reprezent the beauty of Polynesia! E Tu Tane ma!

Kua takoto te manuka! kawea ake! – MAORIBROTHA

Respect – a universal word in every language.

We all want respect and the youth of Aotearoa are no different.

RAP acknowledges that if youth grow up with or adapt to a culture of respect and are treated respectfully, they are less likely to use violence as adults.

RAP provides tools, strategies and ideas that foster the creation of respectful spaces, offering the opportunity for youth to experience respectful environments and adopt respectful behaviour. Quite simply the message is Respect – give it to get it.

RAP has its own website www.respect.org.nz.

There are other free resources available for interested youth groups including RAP posters, RAP dog-tags, and RAP pamphlets.

2meke alrite. Big upz 4 the pepz that made this – STEELWARDOGS stop the violence yea this clip is the bombest of the bombest............yea boi.... peaceout – OYABA13 NOW THATS k . good to c some positive clips like this – Otara isn’t a bad place that people say it is. Otara is a community of spirited islanders that give a dam – DAWSONPARK Stop The Violence. ORSUM. Greet the PeacE – COCOHORI share da message NO XCUSE 4 CHILD ABUSE – MATE T

When I was a young boy I had visions of fame

They were wild and they were free They were blessed with my name..... , Your dreams ain t easy,

You just stick by your plans.....

Just grab the winds and make demands And the vibe will take you far

Lyrics from You Will Know Brothers Against Violence©

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Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt – José Ortega y Gasset

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MOVIE PREVIEWS MATT ALPE checks out some of the latest movie reincarnations about to hit the big screen

A spot of deja viewing

Monsters vs Aliens

The Wrestler

To hold you over while you wait for Pixar’s next mind-blowing animated film, here comes Dreamworks’ next thing, Monsters vs Aliens.

The highly accessible and simplified plot revolves around a girl named Susan Murphy who gets hit by a meteorite from outer space, turning her into a monster (ohhhhh this must be a story that was born out of a think tank session with eight-year-olds!)

Susan is then taken to a secret station where monsters are kept, until they are needed to save the planet from alien invaders.

Featuring a cast of voices including comic of the moment Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd, Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland, and written by the man behind Shark Tale.

Expect a bit of Mars Attacks, The Incredibles and a super supreme pizza of all current pop culture.

Take your little brother.

Starring comeback kid Mickey Rourke (Sin City, Buffalo ‘66) and directed by New York genius Darren Aronofsky, this film is about a retired wrestler who takes up the challenge again in an effort to face his former nemesis The Ayatollah.

If you read that last sentence and thought to yourself, “what, that’s pretty much the latest Rocky film,” that’s OK. But don’t let that put you off!

An Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe worthy performance by Rourke is amazing and refreshing, as he dominates the big screen with humility and passion.

Rounding out the cast is Oscar-nominated Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood and Mark Margolis.

Fast and Furious

The Pink Panther 2 Steve Martin has been around a long time, longer than I have been alive. I watch his films and I get him. I may get him, but I still haven’t figured out if he is funny or not.

In this second film of the new take on the great franchise, Martin (playing Inspector Clouseau) bumbles his way through another mystery.

This time the notorious cat burglar called the Tornado attempts to steal the Pink Panther diamond.

Mr Monty Python himself – John Cleese – plays the role of Chief Inspector Dreyfus, which is worth the price of admission.

Directed by Harald Zwart (One Night at McCool’s), also in support is the amazing Alfred Molina, plus Andy Garcia, Jeremy Irons and Emily Mortimer.

If you are a diehard fan of the originals with Peter Sellers, you may cringe and squirm through these latest versions. Otherwise, you will probably say “who cares, I loved it!”

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Look at the title. Strange isn’t it? It’s almost the title of the first instalment in this boy-racer series, but clearly isn’t.

It turns out ‘The’ is sooooo three years ago.

Who is back? The Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster.

Who’s not? Director Rob Cohen from the original. Instead the fourth in the series is directed by Justin Lin (Wanted, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift).

Round we go again. Ex-cop Brian O’Conner (Walker) teams up with ex-crim Dom Toretto (Diesel, I want to see your birth certificate!) to take on a shared enemy.

The fast-paced action takes place in the Mexican desert, LA and Tokyo.

After loving The Fast and the Furious when I was 15 and really into cars, a part of me is very happy that it’s back where it belongs – on the big screen and on people’s external hard drives!

Bromance Is there one special guy out there for every man? A soulmate?

A Tango for every Cash? A Maverick for every Goose?

Matt Alpe checks out classic bromance movies in Tearaway Digital.

Head to www.tearaway.co.nz/digital The camera can photograph thought – Dirk Bogarde

PAGE DVD TAG PREVIEWS THE BIG BANG THEORY (Complete first series) University physicists Leonard and Sheldon know whether to use an integral or a differential to solve the area under a curve. But they don’t have a clue about girls.

Or dating. Or clothes. Or parties. Or having fun. Or, basically, life.

So when a pretty blonde named Penny moves into the apartment across the hall, the guys decide to get an education outside of the classroom.

Boys, you have a lot to learn.

With series creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady concocting the right mix of logic and lunacy and stars Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons turning geekdom into phi beta fun, The Big Bang Theory is big on laughs – and life.

HEATH LEDGER: A TRIBUTE

With incredible new music and exciting dance numbers, HSM 3 delivers plenty of high energy entertainment from East High’s talented ensemble.

TWILIGHT For all of you who have read Stephenie Meyer’s vampire-human love stories, here is the first book Twilight on DVD. And for those of you who haven’t read Twilight then this film is a great introduction to the series.

As well as the knife-edge love story between vampire and teenager (full of smouldering looks and unrequited passion) there’s also lots of fast-paced action involving not only the modern ‘vegetarian-type’ vampires but some old-school vampires on the neck-biting rampage.

This is a love story with bite.

BEETHOVEN’S BIG BREAK

Heath Ledger was one of the most charismatic actors of his generation.

After establishing a high profile Hollywood career at the age of 21 with the lead in A Knight’s Tale, Ledger pursued a series of increasingly diverse, often subversive roles that belied his image as a teen idol – think Brokeback Mountain and his Oscar-winning role as The Joker in Dark Knight.

His sudden death rocked the film industry and threw a poignant shadow over the body of work that has now become his legacy.

This documentary explores that legacy as well as his relationships with his leading ladies.

Also known as Beethoven’s Sixth, this film is a prequel to the other five Beethoven movies starring that goofy and lovable St Bernard.

After a bad day at work, single dad and animal trainer, Eddie Bob, gets fired from his job and arrives home to chaos: his son has brought home a stray St Bernard which is wreaking havoc.

But, when Eddie Bob goes back to pick up his pet lizard from work, Beethoven accidentally becomes the star of the show – and all hell breaks loose as the large and adorable St Bernard blunders his way through everything, getting into trouble…

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR

ADVENTURES OF FOOD BOY

Disney’s High School Musical phenomenon continues in High School Musical 3 Senior Year.

High school seniors Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) are facing the prospect of being separated from one another as they head off in different directions to college.

Joined by the rest of the Wildcats, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.

Ezra (Lucas Grabeel from High School Musical) discovers he has a unique ability to make food appear in his hands.

Ezra quickly uses his new superpowers to impress his friends and to become popular around school for the first time in his life.

However, his life gets turned upside down when he can’t control his gift and food flies out of his hands at strange moments, turning his high school into a major food-fight zone.

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything – John Steinbeck

While coping with his disintegrating life, Ezra must decide whether he will give up the food gift forever or if he will embrace his new identity and become – Food Boy.

MAX PAYNE Mark Wahlberg delivers an explosive performance in this action-packed thriller based on the legendary hard-hitting video game.

Max Payne (Wahlberg) is a maverick cop with little regard for rules and nothing left to lose.

Hell-bent on revenge, he’s determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murder of his family, but his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey where dark fantasy collides with stark reality.

As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world, and face an unthinkable betrayal that will drive him to the edge of his own sanity.

BABYLON A.D. In the darkly futuristic world of Babylon A.D. the rules are simple: kill or be killed.

Hard-hitting action superstar Vin Diesel stars as Toorop, a ruthless mercenary hired to smuggle a mysterious young woman from the post-apocalyptic confines of Eastern Europe to the glittering megalopolis of New York.

Hunted at every turn, Toorop spirits his charge across a nightmarish wasteland only to uncover a shocking secret that will bring the entire world to its knees.

Eye-popping action and mind-blowing science fiction clash head on in this hard edged thriller, where the only rule is survival.

Freebie jeebies We have copies of all these DVDs to give away!

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PAGE TAG BOOK REVIEWS

Chills, thrills and gossip galore Double Cross

by Malorie Blackman Going into this novel I was sceptical – being the fourth book in the Noughts and Crosses series, would it turn into another drawn out, you’vetaken-this-way-too-far book?

But Blackman manages to keep the whole storyline and plot fresh.

Her secret is that she doesn’t centre it on the original characters; she brings in new characters, new dilemmas and even new generations which makes her latest book exciting, original and another fantastic read.

This book is centred on Tobey, the friend of Callie Rose who was the daughter of the original two characters.

After Callie gets shot by the local gang members, Tobey swears to avenge Callie, sending him into a dangerous, alluring world which hits a little close to home.

Those who enjoyed Noughts and Crosses and its sequels will continue their love of the series with the new book Double Cross – ASHLEIGH CLOTWORTHY

Chains

by Laurie Halse Anderson Set during the American Revolution, Chains is the chilling account of a young slave’s fight for freedom.

Isabel and her younger sister Ruth are orphaned and sold to a wealthy New York loyalist and his evil wife who makes it her mission to constantly torment the siblings.

Isabel then meets Curzon, the enslaved message boy of a rebel leader. She agrees to spy on her loyalist owners, uncovering vital information about their plans.

The book becomes quite shocking in parts as you read about how the African American slaves were treated and how much they had to overcome to gain some sense of freedom.

This book is hard to put down and the author has done a great job of making up fictional characters that really fit the historical setting – CAM CARPENTER

Gossip Girl, The Carlyles # 2: You Just Can’t Get Enough

by Cecily von Ziegesar With the first of The Carlyles books, I found it unnerving and downright insulting that they recycled the boyfriend/best friend Tearaway April 2009

drama that played out in the original Gossip Girl series.

But the characters, despite being the same stereotypes we’re tired of seeing, actually become more likeable than those of the original series.

We begin to pity poor, driven, type-A Avery, lust after gorgeous, unattainable Owen and cheer on crazy, exciting Baby.

The first book of The Carlyles may have been anticlimactic but the second book really grabs its reader and engages them with more intertwining romances and evil villains than a daytime soap opera.

All in all, this is a must-read for someone looking for a new fix now that the original Gossip Girl has finished – ARIANE GALOPE

The It Girl # 5: Lucky

by Cecily Von Ziegesar Not since Cady Heron of Mean Girls have we seen a social climber who moved as quickly as Jenny Humphrey.

In the few weeks that Jenny has been at school, she has been up and down the popularity ‘coaster and now finds herself centre stage in a school-wide arsonist hunt.

Unfortunately for Jenny, it’s becoming more like a witch-hunt and they want to see her burn!

The issues being addressed in this novel are a lot more mature than her other books. However, the frequent twists and turns make the author look like she’s trying too hard and it becomes more yuck than shock.

Jenny always came across as being the most unlikeable of the Gossip Girl characters and I can’t imagine why she deserves her own series.

Her naivety and desperation to befriend those who are uninterested is an embarrassment for girls everywhere.

Unless you’re a Jenny fan, stick to Gossip Girl – this just isn’t worth the 246 pages – ARIANE GALOPE

A Small Free Kiss in the Dark

by Glenda Millard Tear-jerking and thought provoking, A Small Free Kiss in the Dark is one of the deepest young-adult novels that I have ever come across.

Set in a war-stricken country, Skip, a young teenager who’s interested in art, has run away from his foster home to the city.

Here he meets Billy, an older man with poor health.

Soon, war hits the city and Billy and Skip are forced into hiding. This is when they find Max, a six-year-old boy whose mother has gone missing

amidst the crushed buildings and chaos.

In order to escape, Billy, Skip and Max make their way to a theme park called Dreamland.

They make do with the House of Horrors as their sleeping quarters and loot the shops up the road for provisions.

They then find the last members of their little family – Tia, a 15-year-old ballerina, and her newborn daughter Sixpence.

Together, this group of strangers band together to make it out of the war in one piece.

This story is inspiring and beautiful as Skip and his makeshift family deal with love, loss and chaos while trying to get out of the line of fire.

Good for those who like to read meaningful pieces of literature and don’t mind the hard-hitting truth – RHIAN LAWRENCE

Giveaway The Winds of Heaven

by Judith Clarke When Fan was little she dreamed of magical faraway countries. As she grew up she dreamed of love, and the boys came after her one by one.

Clementine thought her cousin Fan’s house in the country had a special smell: of sun and dust and kerosene and wild honey.

But then there was the anger that smelled like iron and the disappointment that smelled like mud.

Still, Fan was strong and beautiful and Clementine thought she’d always be like that.

Fan’s zest for life sweeps us along even as we – and Clementine – sense the inevitability of her tragic story.

With sharp poetic prose, insight and compassion, Judith Clarke tells a moving and beautiful story as she traces the lives of these two young women.

We have five copies to give away!

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Easy reading is damn hard writing – Nathaniel Hawthorne

North Shore Times

ST JOHN YOUTH

What if…

…your friend was drowning?

Would you know what to do?

We never think we will face a situation where someone’s life depends on what we do – and sometimes we have just a few seconds to take action. ALEX TREVENAELLIOTT is only 12, but recently she faced that very life or death situation with her friend James.

During the school holidays, nineteen-year-old James Thornton had a seizure while in the swimming pool and sank to the bottom.

Being a trained St John youth member, Alex knew instinctively what to do. When she realised her friend was in trouble, she dived down to bring James up to the surface.

“I didn’t stop to think about what I was doing,” she said. “I just automatically knew what to do.”

Alex held James’ head above the water and called out to his grandmother who lived next door, for help.

While his grandmother called the ambulance, Alex helped lift James out of the water, rolled him on to his side, checked his “obs and eyes” and covered him with a towel.

And when the ambulance officers arrived, she was able to answer all their questions herself.

Doctors said that James could have drowned if he had been in the water a couple of seconds longer.

Alex and James

learned at St John is CPR and first aid. She has also learned how to react appropriately in a crisis.

Her Saturdays are often spent accompanying the St John team at the sports fields.

“If someone is on the ground for more than three seconds, we have to check they are alright,” she said.

Alex held James' head above the water and called out to his grandmother who lived next door, for help.

Learn how, now!

Only three seconds Alex joined St John five years ago – mainly because her brother and sister were already involved and she thought it would be good to learn too.

Now planning to be a paramedic when she is older, Alex says the most important thing she has

St John youth spokesperson, Shaun Greaves says Alex is an example of the difference the St John Youth programme can make in people’s lives.

“The skills the cadets learn in first aid, resuscitation and scene management are important, along with helping young people to

Alex says everyone should join St John.

“There’s lots of variety and one day you might have to look after someone else, like your parents or another family member. At St John you would learn how to do that.”

build confidence to help or take control in serious situations,” he said.

“The Programme is also lots of fun and they meet young people from all over at camps and courses.”

(Thanks to the North Shore Times for additional material for this article.)

BECOME PART OF ST JOHN YOUTH

Are you up for the challenge?

Instead of counting your days, make your days count – anonymous

Interested? To find out more about joining New Zealand’s leading youth organisation contact the St John Youth Team!  visit www.stjohn.org.nz/youth  call us on 0800 ST JOHN  email youth@stjohn.org.nz

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COOKING

Stand tall at your next pot luck dinner with LAURA VINCENT’s

Pasta -tastic salads

There’s something kind of comfortingly old-school about pasta salad. It’s the sort of thing that always pops up at family parties or other events where you have to bring a plate of food.

It’s not just for feeding a crowd though – pasta salad makes a great fast meal and is also good packed into a container for lunch at school or work.

So, while it’s still summer, why not try the following recipes?

easy-as pasta salads

Chicken, pesto, bean & avocado pasta salad This recipe is a little more sophisticated – and also more expensive to make – but the combination of flavours is pretty fantastic.

Ingredients

Crunchy peanut pasta salad

400g penne pasta 150g frozen green beans 3 tablespoons pesto 1 lemon

Ingredients 350g macaroni (or small pasta of your choice, you could use spirals instead)

150-200g shredded roast chicken (you can buy this from the deli section of the supermarket or use leftover cooked chicken of your own)

3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter

1 avocado

2 tablespoons soy sauce

¼ cup chopped walnuts

3 tablespoons water

Method

1 tablespoon vinegar

As with the last recipe, cook your pasta in boiling salted water. After 8-10 minutes boiling away add the frozen beans to the pasta, letting it boil till they’re both done.

Drain and rinse with cold water, then tip the lot into a big mixing bowl. Stir in the pesto and the juice and zest of the lemon, followed by the shredded chicken. Chop the flesh of the avocado roughly and add to the pasta along with the walnuts. Give everything a final stir and then serve.

1 tablespoon sesame oil 1/3 cup roasted peanuts 1 tablespoon sesame seeds 1 carrot 2 sticks celery This is based on an Alison Holst recipe and is pretty cheap to make – you should have most of the ingredients kicking round in the kitchen.

Trust me, this mixture is seriously addictive – you’ll put your fork in casually to taste it and, if you’re not careful, you’ll end up finishing the whole thing in one fell swoop.

It seems to go down well on buffet tables, so try it for your next family party – I guarantee it will be able to take pride of place next to Aunty Fiona’s potato bake and the tray of sausage rolls.

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Method Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the macaroni in it.

While it’s boiling away, slice the carrots into thin sticks and the celery into slices. In a bowl mix together the peanut butter, soy sauce, vinegar, oil and water.

Once the pasta is done, drain it well, rinsing with cold water. Mix the pasta into the sauce (I find a spatula useful for this) then once it’s well coated, add the vegetables, peanuts and sesame seeds. You can serve it straight away or leave it in the fridge till needed.

This serves four people, but to feed a crowd up the pasta to 500g and add more vegetables and peanuts.

Conscience keeps more people awake than coffee – anonymous

Secondary School Burger Competition

Turkish treat triumphs It’s time to gear up for the annual National Secondary School Burger Competition!

Organised by Beef and Lamb New Zealand, the competition is based on a teacher resource kit which leads food technology students through the process of designing, testing and perfecting a burger.

Schools then select their best junior and senior students to represent them at the regional finals at the end of term two. Winners from each region then go on to compete in the grand final in term three.

Last year, REBECCA PEACE (14) tantalised taste buds with her Turkish Temptation treat to take top spot in the Beef and Lamb Nationals, junior division.

The competition started for me at the Beef and Lamb regional finals in Dunedin.

Our school’s senior competitor won – and so did I. Rebecca Peace, Bayfield High School, with Turkish Temptation See Tearaway Digital (www.tearaway.co.nz/digital) for Rebecca's winning recipe – and also the winning senior recipe from Ruby Scott-Smith of Kaipara College.

“When the judges came out to award the winners I was shaking”

As part of our winnings we got to fly up to the national finals in Auckland.

But before the nationals there was a lot of work to be done. We both practised up to three times a week and made various adaptations to our recipes.

People put a lot of time into helping us prepare.

First timer When the day finally came to fly up to Auckland I was extremely nervous. Not only was I going up to a national cooking competition, but it was also my first time on an aeroplane.

That night in Auckland we were busy preparing everything for the next day. I didn’t get much sleep that night.

The next morning we went to the Manukau Institute of Technology, where the competition was taking place.

We had an hour to make, cook and present our burger. My burger was called Turkish Temptation and was made of minced lamb, tzatziki and beetroot jam.

Once we started cooking, I concentrated on my techniques and tried to remember all that I’d been taught.

Everything was going to plan until I was dishing up – I knocked the top off my burger...

I spent ages trying to clean my plate up and managed to get it out in the last minute.

Shaking During judging, I couldn’t stop thinking about things I might have done wrong and if I had given the judges food poisoning.

When the judges came out to award the winners I was shaking. I didn’t think I would win, but they fooled me there.

My winnings were amazing – I won a chef’s kit and $500.

I am so pleased I entered the competition – the fact that I rose to the challenge is something I will always look back on with pride.

I really recommend taking part in the competition. Even if you don’t get to go to the nationals, you learn so much from the professionals who come to help and share their expertise.

I found the experience fun and scary, but most of all rewarding. I would jump at the chance to do it again.

Do you have what it takes to

DESIGN A GREAT BURGER?

Over $4,000 worth of prizes to be won!

For more information, please contact Beef and Lamb New Zealand on Freephone 0800 733 466 Email enquiries@beeflambnz.co.nz or visit www.beeflambnz.co.nz I’m on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it – anonymous

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CHOICES

After recovering from a near-death experience, BRIDGET YULE decided medical imaging was the career path for her. She is now a sonographer – and loving it

The sweet sound of success Although I was born in Wellington, I grew up on Waiheke Island where I have great memories of having lots of freedom, being able to ride horses, go to the beach and hang out with friends.

I didn’t really know what I wanted to do when I was older but always had an interest in nutrition and how the body worked. I preferred practical classes at school such as home economics and PE and I also enjoyed maths.

The best things at school for me were based around sport and other outdoor activities like camping and horse riding.

But part way through I got very sick with meningitis and was in a coma in intensive care for five days. I even died and they resuscitated me.

Because of my meningitis I had several months off, and on returning I was no longer an A-plus student, which I found very frustrating.

It took me 12 months to regain my previous academic ability. I finished this diploma, specialising in management.

Medical imaging Having spent time in the intensive care unit, I knew I didn’t want to be a nurse but I was still very interested in health and the way the body works.

At that time, I had a friend who was doing radiography and loving it. I thought it might be something I could do so I enrolled in the Medical Imaging Technology (MIT) degree course at UCOL. The MIT degree takes three years. It’s both an academic and practical course and you are placed in a hospital throughout your training for handson experience.

As a student on UCOL’s MIT course you are rostered around other modalities like

I was sent to Australia three times as part of the long distance learning programme, helping me with exams and learning good techniques and skills to become a top sonographer.

More ups than downs The great part about studying at UCOL was that I was able to apply everything I learnt as I went along. It can be frustrating learning things you know you’ll never use.

Studying at UCOL was great as it was very interactive with only 25 to 30 people in a class, the teachers were lots of fun and very approachable.

It was far better than the long distance learning I have just done for ultrasound as I find it very hard to stay focused and motivated with this kind of learning.

Getting into sonography is one of the best things I have ever done. It is a great job and I have surprised myself with how intelligent I am – with focus and a lot of hard work I not only passed the course at record speed but I also passed with distinction in my final exams.

I just love my job. Like any job, it has its ups and downs. I get to interact with people and,

As a student on UCOL's MIT course you are rostered around other modalities like computerised tomography, nuclear medicine, MRI and ultrasound computerised tomography, nuclear medicine, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and ultrasound.

After qualifying, I worked for two years – I loved the job but hated the hours involved with shift work.

being on the front line, I am the first person to see what is wrong with someone, and this can sometimes be sad. But then there are the ups, like showing new mums their babies and seeing them cry with excitement.

Sounds good

Bible belt and meningitis In the seventh form, I went on a student exchange for a year in Texas. I loved it so much I went back for a second year.

I was in the Bible belt. It was very strict but being a horse person I loved the rodeos, cowboys and everything associated with that.

When I returned to NZ, I started a business diploma at UCOL because I still didn’t know what I wanted to do and I thought that doing this course would equip me for all sorts of things.

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One night, while exhausted on night shift at the hospital, I saw a vacancy for an ultrasound training position (sonography). I applied for the position and got the job.

It involved practical training as well as theory, and I completed the course in 16 months.

Normally it takes two to four years.

I had to reduce the amount of time I spent doing my hobbies like skiing and horse riding as all my weekends and evenings after work were dedicated to study.

I passed my final sonography exam in November last year and am really thankful for all the help the hospital gave me in my training.

Career opportunities in medical imaging General radiography, mobile and theatre radiography, computed tomography, digital angiography, mammography (breast screening), forensic radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, veterinary radiography, clinical teaching, research, marketing and sales, application specialists.

Play: work that you enjoy doing for nothing – Evan Esar

Alla Boglaeva graduated from UCOL in 2007 with a Bachelor of Information and Communications

The view’s great from the top

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Technology (Applied).

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KAPA HAKA

Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival Dance, drama, storytelling, poetry, movement, coordination, laments to mourn and remember, and songs to inspire and entertain...

From left: Stacey Flavell, Raelyn Flavell, Teri Ngata

PHOTOS By Chris Traill

After two years of hard work and fierce competition, the 36 top kapa haka teams from across NZ and Australia competed in Te Matatini (‘the many faces’) Festival in Tauranga.

More than 40,000 people watched the teams present awesome performances of Mäori performing arts.

Te Waka Huia from Auckland took out the supreme award – the Duncan McIntyre Trophy. Second prize went to Whängärä Mai Tawhiti from near Gisborne, and Te Kapa Haka o Te Whanau a Apanui from the eastern Bay of Plenty finished third. Head to www.tematatini.org.nz and

www.festival.tematatini.co.nz for more info and pics!

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If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one – Cavett Robert

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A rewarding career with a bright future Talley’s want experienced production staff to work on their modern fleet of factory freezer vessels.

They offer: • competitive rates • modern factory vessels offering excellent working conditions • a variety of positions available from factory hands to trainee engineers • training and the opportunity to gain industry recognised qualifications • relocation to Nelson not necessary.

We are seeking hardworking motivated individuals who have a reputation as good team players. Applicants must be honest, dependable and willing to learn new skills. Join New Zealand’s leading and most progressive fishing company.

Apply online at www.talleys.co.nz enquiries to Rebecca Plum, Human Resources, telephone: 03 548 0109, email: rebecca.plum@nn.talleys.co.nz

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There must be more to life than having everything! – Maurice Sendak

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CHOICES

Turf guy

I am Feilding born and bred, but my job has led me to travel internationally.

Now I’m course superintendent of the Feilding Golf Club.

Since high school GLEN FINLAYSON has been into both horticulture and golf. What better way to combine

At Feilding Agricultural School (now Feilding High School), I developed my interest in horticulture, and came top in sixth form.

The following year I volunteered for six months at the golf club. This was a great way to gain experience and give myself a head start when applying for jobs.

My work experience gave me invaluable knowledge and skills, including installing drainage systems on sports fields and golf courses. I also did a lot of irrigation and construction work.

Learning how to level a bowling green using laser levelling, for example, is fascinating and quite satisfying.

Apprenticeship success The NZ Sports Turf ITO runs a fantastic apprenticeship programme. It was through this that I gained my National Certificate of Sports Turf Management.

It’s a three-year programme which includes correspondence through the Open Polytechnic, on-the-job skills and block courses.

The correspondence aspect was probably my least favourite as I’m more of a hands-on kind of guy!

The block courses run for a week once a year,

two interests than a career as a greenkeeper?

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A few years back, Glen won a competition called the NZ Golf Course Superintendents Association Trainee of the Year.

The $16,000 prize was an all-expenses paid trip to America. Glen spent two weeks in the States, attending a national conference as well as visiting factories and golf courses.

It’s perfect if you have a passion for sport as well.

Paving the way with goals During the first year of my apprenticeship I set myself the goal of working on an overseas course that held a PGA (Professional Golfers Association) Tour event.

That goal has now been achieved, as I worked in the UK at the Wentworth Golf Club for one and a half years.

Another goal I set for myself was to be a course superintendent – my current job. That’s a

The NZSTITO apprenticeship prepares you to work in most sports grounds, from rugby and cricket, to bowls, croquet and even horse racing tracks. It's perfect if you have a passion for sport as well. and attract apprentices from all over the country.

This part I really enjoyed – I got to meet heaps of people from all over New Zealand over the three years, and I’m still friends with most of them.

The NZ Sports Turf ITO (NZSTITO) apprenticeship prepares you to work in most sports grounds, from rugby and cricket, to bowls, croquet and even horse racing tracks.

goal I achieved with six months to spare, and I’m now in charge of the day-to-day running of the Feilding Golf Club.

Glen cutting a hole on the putting green

You have to be quite independent as you often work without supervision. Sometimes you’ll be outside on a mower for most of the day and won’t see anyone but the golfers.

Being outside a lot is one of the best parts. Also, after a day’s work, you get to stand back and look at what you’ve achieved, which is really satisfying.

My job also allows me time for my other passion – golf. I started playing in fifth form and worked my way to representing Manawatu/Wanganui.

Flexibility works I’ve achieved my initial set of goals and landed the job I set out to get. Now I’m looking to further my education by doing the National Diploma in Sports Turf Management with NZ Sports Turf ITO. It’s a really broad qualification covering business management, applied turf management and design and construction principles.

This is a field I’m really happy in. It’s a lifestyle job really.

Sometimes I might have to be up mowing at five in the morning, other times I might work late, spraying for example. But it evens itself out – I can finish early some days, get a bit of family time or go and play golf!

Glen with the world’s most successful golfer, Jack Nicklaus

Job satisfaction Greenkeeping is a great job for people who are keen and like a bit of hard work, and don’t want to be stuck in an office all day.

www.nzstito.org.nz The trouble with referees is that they just don’t care which side wins – Tom Canterbury

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FUN STUFF JONO PERKINS shares the excitement of that special moment in the gutter

Gutter Money just isn’t thrown around like it used to be. Gone are the days of radio stations burning thousands of dollars of cash for publicity stints, gone are the days of five cent lollies. But there will

NEVER be a day when I am not totally

stoked on finding a dollar coin in the gutter!

Suzuki scooter winner: December

Don’t you just love that feeling? You’re walking along the street, minding your own. Next thing you know, you look down and see that dull bronze circle staring back up at you.

You think to yourself, “man, that almost looks like a dollar coin but that would be way too cool and it’s probably just a piece of rubbish”.

As you approach it you realise you have hit the jackpot. You bend down, pick it up and your day is instantaneously transformed into something awesome!

Here’s a list of 20 must-do things when that special moment happens. Rip this page out, keep it close by at all times. You never know when your luck may strike!

1. Give it to the woman in raggedy clothes walking in front of you. Then realise that it’s actually Oprah. She may just invite you onto the show and give you a brand new Lamborghini.

2. Go back in time to drool over the lost era of five-cent dairy lollies. Spend about ten minutes holding up the line while you carefully choose which 20 sweets you are going to treat yourself to.

Rachael Tuohy from Hastings has won her very own Suzuki UZ50 scooter!

3. ‘Pay it forward’ by flicking it straight back into the gutter for the next scrounge to find! After all, the best way for us to make this world a better place is to care more about other people than ourselves.

4. Another time-travelling idea: go back to 1997, the dying days of Georgie Pie. Buy yourself one last $1 mince and cheese pie.

5. Exchange it for Zimbabwean currency and watch it lose half its value overnight!

(The last reported inflation rate was 79,600,000,000%.)

6. You could star on a low-budget NZ reality TV show where you have just one day to turn your dollar into $100.

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7. Buy half a toy gun from the $2 shop.

8. Go to a hotel and make a ten second call from the phone in your room.

9. Get a triple scoop ice-cream from an East Cape dairy. Or get a teaspoonful of ice-cream from Mövenpick in Mission Bay. 10. Acknowledge your lucky day by making a promise to yourself that you will never spend this coin. You could pass it down from generation to generation and, in thousands of years, people will still talk of the day an unsuspecting Kiwi teenager found a dollar…

11. Whip out your superglue and stick the coin to the footpath. Take a seat or hide in a bush and enjoy hours of laughter as you watch people of all ages humiliate themselves trying to pick it up.

12. Try to live for the rest of your life purely from this one dollar (note: Tearaway does not suggest theft, crime and robbery as a way of life…)

13. Go on a ‘flippin’ adventure’! All you have to do is keep walking down the street. At every intersection flip the coin. If it lands on heads, turn left; if it’s tails, turn right. Keep doing this and see where you end up!

14. Tell your parents that you’ll do the dishes and washing if they double your dollar every day.

You’ll be a millionaire in just three weeks.

15. Swallow it! NaH JJ d0nT d0 dAt! 1!!!!1 16. Buy a couple of packets of mee goreng noodles and enjoy.

17. Buy a ticket to the True Bliss featuring Ben Lummis reunion tour.

18. Admire our national bird, the kiwi. Then flip it over and admire that other bird, the Queen.

19. Get Mum to buy you a scratchy card and turn your dollar coin into paper waste.

20. And last, but definitely not least, you could invest it with one of the world’s most trusted finance companies that will definitely not go into receivership and lose all your money [cough].

If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want – Oscar Wilde

SCOUTS NZ

AARON SILCOCK started as a cub with Piako Scout Group in Waikato when he was eight. Little did he know that being part of Scouts New Zealand would help him to fulfil his dream of becoming a pilot

Cub gets wings!

Aaron flew for the first time at the New

Dream job

Zealand Scout Jamboree in Te Anau.

Aaron continues to help as flight leader and instructor at both Aviation School and the Walsh Memorial Flying School, and gets a lot out of passing on knowledge to young people like him.

“It’s such a rewarding experience – because I’ve been there before and I know what it’s like!”

Aaron now has his dream job – working as captain of the Beech 1900 aircraft, operating commercial services for Air New Zealand Link.

He is employed by Eagle Airways, a subsidiary company of Air New Zealand.

He enjoyed that so much, he signed up for Scouts New Zealand’s Aviation School in Feilding.

“Aviation School is for budding young pilots aged 10 to 15. You get to stay at Feilding’s Aorangi Marae for a week, learn about all aspects of aviation and do lots of hands-on tasks – including flying an aircraft.”

At Aviation School, Aaron completed his second and third flights – one in a powered light aircraft and one in a glider.

Aviation School provides a perfect entry into flying, giving you a broad base of experience in the concepts of aviation including: air traffic control, airport operations, mechanics, GPS, radios, hot air balloons, search and rescue operations and an introduction to the Air Force.

A Scout preparing for his first flight in a Janus glider at Feilding

Scouts in Aviation School’s ‘Hornet Patrol’ with a BAC 167 Strikemaster

Flying solo Aaron completed his first solo flight at Scouts New Zealand’s Walsh Memorial Flying School when he was 16.

Since 1967, the school has been providing young New Zealanders aged 16 to 19 with the highest quality flight training in the country, establishing a reputation as one of the world’s premiere youth flying training programmes.

‘The Walsh’ is a two-week long adventure camp based at Matamata.

“You stay in tents and cabins at the airfield’s camping ground – and for two weeks get to live and breathe flying. Many past students have moved into commercial flying roles or joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force.”

SCOUTS is for girls too! Bex Whitley getting ready to fly a helicopter

“You stay in tents and cabins at the airfield's camping ground - and for two weeks get to live and breathe flying”

0800 SCOUTS scouts.org.nz Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable – Wendy Wasserstein

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