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Newtown gets festive

By Jamie Adams

An estimated 80,000 people packed into Newtown for its annual festival on Sunday.

The Weather Gods were kind to the public who enjoyed a range of musical acts on the festival’s 13 stages, including the major drawcard Bic Runga, as well as street performances and dozens of stalls.

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A Berhampore organic gardener is doing her bit for the world’s refugees with an initiative that reminds locals of the importance of stocking up on water.

Zoe Reid, known as The Very Green Gardener, is offering to install rainwater tanks to homes around the Wellington region with the proceeds going to OXFAM. “In part because of the heat of this summer, and thinking about the water issues a huge part of the world face,” she says.

“I realised war-torn countries especially don’t have water.”

Zoe has bought 50 tanks from Feilding-based firm The Tank Guy. Buying them in bulk saved her money, allowing her to install them at a much lower price than a plumber charges.

The initiative, which will see her install a 200L tank for $350 and an 800L tank for $740, is an extension of Zoe’s eco-friendly gardening business, where she has previously pushed to get her clients composting and worm farming, but she is also offering it to the general public.

“There are lots of other ins and outs but for every tank I install I forego my profits, and the discount on buying tanks in bulk,

Zoe Reid next to one of the rainwater collection tanks at her Berhampore home.

PHOTO: Jamie Adams

and donate $100 to OXFAM. “The $100 is used in their water programmes, and is the equivalent of providing four water tanks to four refugee families, or water to an entire school.

“My aim is $5000 donated to

OXFAM. I’m nearly halfway there.

“If I do 50 tanks then it’s 50 schools or 50 families in refugee camps that get them.”

Zoe believes water conservation is important in Wellington not just from the risk of droughts

but the potential impact of earthquakes.

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Tennis club member slams Crawford Rd cycleway

By Jamie Adams

The Crawford Road cycleway has continued to attract controversy, with a resident of the street speaking out about a perceived flaw in its design.

Catherine Carter says she has been against the Kilbirnie cycleways project and has “actively worked to fight it from the start”.

“The consultation was a sham from the beginning, designed to get a pre-intended result,” she says.

Now that the cycleway exists her real objection is its ambiguous nature alongside the Kilbirnie Tennis Club, which she is member of.

“The cycleway design clearly shows the intention to come off the ‘shared’ footpath the other side of Duncan Tce, go onto the footpath just before the crossing, go through the bus stop and join up on the other side,” Catherine says.

“But, because the designers did no on-site inspection, just did their design from aerial maps somewhere in an office, no one noticed the power pole right in the middle of the footpath.

“So the cycleway now guides cyclists to continue on the road.

Right on a really busy pressure point and a really dangerous hairpin bend, which motorists often approach at speed, from either direction.”

Catherine is also critical of the cycleway’s concrete buffer further downhill outside where she lives as that has narrowed the road where she parks, which makes entering and exiting her vehicle more hazardous.

She says the “biggest insult” is the loss of parking on Crawford Rd for tennis club members, who now mostly have to use the steeper and narrower Naughton Terrace.

“Unacceptable that the flash cycleway with only an occasional

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A view of Crawford Road from the tennis club, looking uphill (above) and downhill (below), with no indication the cycleway is supposed to veer onto the footpath. PHOTOS: Jamie Adams

cyclist can override the needs of a thriving community club.”

Kilbirnie Tennis Club president Catherine Beard says while the club appreciates people need to be encouraged to cycle safely, their club also provides positive exercise for people of all age groups, so these competing needs should be balanced as best as possible.

“Our experience so far is that we are observing some obvious frustration as people are parking over the cycleway at peak dropoff and pick-up times for young people being coached.

“From my perspective it would

have been good to see a few more car parks for the club, as a compromise that would have catered for the needs of both tennis players and cyclists.”

Cycling portfolio holder councillor Sarah Free says the original plan was to have no parking spaces outside the tennis club but it had been changed to allow for two small cars.

“We could also look at parking restrictions on the other side of the road for the tennis club, which would only happen after consultation with residents.”

She accepts that the layout at the

moment is confusing but green paint and arrows pointing to the footpath will be added.

Regarding Catherine’s concerns about the dangers the narrower road makes for parking, Sarah is open to suggestions Crawford Road could become a 40km/h zone.

Nonetheless she believes the concrete buffer they’re has made it much safer for cyclists, especially when passed by double decker buses.

“We’re trying to provide a balance for everybody and I think we’ve done a good job.”

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The action plan, part of the Council’s commitment to the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal that fewer than 5 percent of New Zealanders be smokers by 2025, proposes to make all Wellington City beaches from Oriental Bay to Owhiro Bay smokefree from late September.

It will also see the Grey Street pedestrian area, alongside Lambton Quay, become smokefree once construction work to upgrade the area is completed in June.

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inbrief news Tiny bird coming to Zealandia

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Zealandia is proud to announce that New Zealand’s smallest bird is coming to Wellington City. Around 60 tītipounamu / rifleman are being translocated from Wainuiomata to the sanctuary to establish a wild population in mid-March.

The translocation has been in planning for a number of years, and has been made possible because of an increase in rifleman numbers in the Wainuiomata Mainland Island.

“We’re starting to see the impact of Zealandia’s halo effect, with native birds now much more common in the capital,” says Councillor Prue Lamason, Parks Portfolio Leader, Greater Wellington Regional Council.

The Mayor and Deputy Mayor arrived at Roseneath School to officially open a new section of their playground on Monday.

But the visit had a second aspect to it – Justin Lester and Jill Day were also there to discuss the council’s new Te Tauihu Action Plan, which aims to make Wellington a bilingual city by 2020.

Roseneath School used the visit as an opportunity to show off its own knowledge and confidence of te reo and te ao Maori, with pupils providing a powhiri as well as waiata and a kapa haka for the council leaders when they entered the school hall.

Both Justin and Jill said they were very impressed with the Maori welcome.

“Big mihi to you all. Singing te reo is amazing,” Jill told the pupils. “You are breaking big ground. Sometimes at council we feel those steps are baby steps, but the impact it has on people is huge.”

Justin noted a 2018 Deutsche Bank survey that rated Wellington as the world’s most liveable

Walk2Work Day Living Streets Aotearoa is inviting the public to join Walk2Work Day celebrations on March 13. As a national all-day walking event, LSA encourages people to take their favourite walk to work, walk their children to school, park their cars further from their destination and walk, use the stairs instead of the elevator or join an organised walk.

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Year 8 pupil Noah Brock-Smith cuts the ribbon to Roseneath School’s new playground extension surrounded by schoolmates and Wellington Mayor Justin Lester and Deputy Mayor Jill Day. PHOTO: Jamie Adams

city and said embracing diversity was a big component of that.

“A thing we’re doing is around te ao Maori – the Maori worldview.

We’ve got a new policy called Te Tauihu and that’s around making Wellington a bilingual capital.”

The formalities then moved to the new playground which was opened after eight years of fundraising.

field, making the most of these play spaces was really important.”

The $40,000 playground was completely funded by Friends of Roseneath School. Adelle says board of trustees member Andrew Thomson was the driving force in getting the project to fruition by organising many fundraising events.

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That’s according to members of the Kairangi Bridge Club, which is keen to recruit new members for 2019 through a series of evening lessons.

“We have about 200 members which is reasonably stable,” past president Peter Palmer says. “We attract around 30 new learners each year but we do lose some at the other end for various reasons, so we need this constant refreshment.

“Our membership is about 50 percent in the peninsula/Kilbirnie area then we have others from Island Bay, Hataitai, Roseneath, and from the city as well.

“We’re a suburban club, so one of the clubs is a big club in Wellington but is more formal and competitive whereas we’re trying for a more social atmosphere.”

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“And if you lose [the contract] you lose lots of points and the other ones get the points. There’s a wonderful adrenalin rush at that stage.”

Another member, Viv McEnnis likens the game to that of Battleship given the guessing and strategy required.

The club, founded in 1971, holds bridge sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings and on Friday afternoons. The

Tuesday session is particularly geared to new and less experienced members.

“We are a member of NZ Bridge and are part of the wider Bridge community across the Wellington region. Members can participate in inter-club events across all grades and members can also participate in various tournaments,” Peter says.

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Laidlaw undecided on future at Greater Wellington

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The chairperson of the Greater Wellington Regional Council, Chris Laidlaw, has yet to make a decision about whether to stand again in the local body elections of October 12.

“I haven’t really thought about it yet. I’ll decide around mid-year,” he says.

Chris is one of the council’s five Wellington representatives and was voted in as chair on the 13-person council by the councillors themselves.

His election came in the wake of widely-publicised bad relations among the nine councils in the region, a result of the acrimonious debate over amalgamation.

He is proud of the rebuilt relationships.

“Fixing that was the primary task. And it still is. We now have a joined up approach to a regional investment plan, including Let’s get Wellington Moving, and by the end of this triennium we’ll see the product of that.

“We will also see the implementation of the region’s Natural Resources Plan which will be the most comprehensive and imaginative environmental blueprint in the country, something I have been immersed in from the beginning.

“I definitely want to stay involved in that work in the future.”

Concern for the environment was, he adds, the reason he stood for council in the first place and he regards the plan as a vital building block to protect the region’s natural resources and find a balance between development and environmental stewardship.

Chris says much has been done by the regional council in leading a collective approach to resilience, ensuring that key services such as water and transport links are preserved and responding to the profound

challenges posed by climate change and earthquakes.

He is confident that Wellington Water, with its “belt and braces” approach to managing the region’s drinking water, stormwater, and wastewater services, provides us with a far higher level of certainty. “In flood and coastal protection we are now working far more closely with the affected communities and local choices will be the driving force for this in the future.”

The furore – even rage - that surrounded the introduction of Wellington’s new bus network last July has, by many, been sheeted home to him as GWRC chair.

“I accept that,”,he says. “There have been problems from day one and an enormous effort has been made to bring the service up to scratch.”

“That has caused huge frustration for all the council team.

“We’ve been hampered by factors beyond our control. We don’t own the buses and we don’t hire the drivers.

If it wasn’t for the fact that there is now a chronic shortage of drivers we would have an acceptable system by now.

“We are talking to the Government about ways of revolutionising the rules around the contract system we are currently saddled with.”

The number of private providers in the field created by the competitive model has resulted in many players. You sense his frustration.

Chris says most big cities in the world have, or are in the process of adopting the “hub and spoke” design for public transport.

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OUT&about Newtown festival Continued from page 1.

This year’s festival coincided with International Children’s Day and to celebrate there was an extended children’s programme featuring 12 stage performances by youth and many activities

catering to children such as a bike rodeo, racing circuits, street sports and tyre gym.

Adults also got to try out Lime scooters in anticipation of Wellington’s imminent e-scooter trial launch.

PHOTOS: Jamie Adams

Sam Manzanza and the Afro Beat band send out positive vibes on the Colombo St stage.

Performers of Wellington’s Capoeira Angola get their legs in the air while dancing to Semente Do Jogo de Angola, a traditional Afro-Brazilian dance style.

Newtown-based Sendam Rawkustra perform on the main community stage

Riddiford St is packed with festival-goers under a cloudless sky.

Giulia Demmelbauer has a go on a motorised pig at the Filipino Village section.

Southern Italian folk band La Cura, led by Lorenzo Buhne and Kedron Parker, perform on the Living Wage stage on Constable St.

Riddhi Raj takes to a see-saw at ReBicyle’s Bike Rodeo on Gordon Place.

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Newtown is currently experiencing an invasion of butterflies thanks to the efforts of local artist Paul Forrest.

Last Friday Paul installed a kaleidoscope of giant butterflies on the Newtown Shoes building on the corner of Constable and Riddiford streets.

Its owner Jimmy Meanger gave his blessing for Paul to transform the front awning of his shop just in time for the Newtown Festival, and Paul says it turned many heads on the day.

K nown as the “Butter f ly Bowling Club”, the installation involves weatherproof painted 3D aluminium butterflies, which Paul says is a way of making a difference in people’s lives.

“When butterflies cluster together in one place its phenomenon name is a kaleidoscope of butterflies. A rare and beautiful sight,” Paul says.

“I was commissioned to make one for the entrance to Nga Manu Reserve in Waikanae 18 months ago then other people wanted me to paint for them too,” Paul says, The name was due to the fact the installation was originally going to be done at the Workingmen’s Bowling Club but had to be put on hold as the club faced an uncertain future.

“Then this building came up and I kept the name because I like the whimsical nature of it.

“I love butterflies and I have been using my art for environmental activism such as the Halo

Project.

“I’m trying stimulate the conversation about butterflies and their reliance on us to provide a healthy environment for them to survive and thrive.

“Some butterflies have inhabited earth for at least 130 million years. These are very old species of flying insects. They showed up at the same time flowering plants did. I don’t want them to disappear.”

Paul intends to grow the kaleidoscope installation along the shop and possibly others throughout Newtown over the next three weeks.

It will be on display until March 24 after which Paul’s hopes to spread the kaleidoscope around the country with public and private installations.

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Question: Should smoking and vaping be banned from all Wellington beaches?

Sue Bannister, Miramar “Great idea. I think the more places we have where you can’t smoke encourages young people not to smoke.

I do think smokers have rights so there should be a designated area.”

Paul Needham, Lyall Bay “No, and I’ve never been a smoker. I’m not a fan of bans. I think smokers and non-smokers can co-habit together. If we have it there should be designated areas for them.”

LETTERS to the editor

Cheryl McKaine, Brooklyn “Ridiculous. What’s the next thing they’ll ban – nose-picking? With the wind we have here how will it affect them anyway?”

Tony Leota, Newtown “Yes. It’s not good for the shoreline and it’s unhealthy to breathe.

Plus a lot of kids go to the beach.”

Ann Gilbert, Melrose “I personally think it would be great as everyone else is getting the smoke and exhalation in their lungs.

That goes for vaping as well.”

Continued on page 9.

Letters on issues of community interest are welcomed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words. They must be signed and a street address provided to show good faith, even if a nom de plume is provided for publication.

The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold unsuitable letters from publication.

Send or fax them to the address on page two, or email them to news@wsn.co.nz. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.

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The driver clearly saw me standing at the stop, but he “booted it” sharply into the left traffic lane and ignored me, even though I was signalling at him and yelled out as he speed past. I had to catch the next No 7.

I have seen other seniors being missed through standing at this bus stop and other city stops the bus drivers ignoring them after stopping further back from the stop – some good bus drivers do proceed along the “marked bus lane” and stop again.

Then on Friday I boarded a No.23 bus going to Kingston at the Riddiford St bus stop directly opposite the Newtown TAB near Gordon St. But the bus drivers do not know their street location and rely on the inaccurate satellite GPS location system telling them they are still in Mansfield St and the drivers wanting two zones for a one zone fare? The digitally controlled bus drivers don’t look out their vehicle window to see the street sign for Riddiford St and a bus company who can’t be bothered to fix the confounding problems.

GWRC and the WCC have washed their hands of the inefficient bus service and problems, so it is up to us to VTAO. Martin Beck, Mornington

Council is actually facilitating NZ Bus Dear Editor In reply to Tony Sutcliffe (CSN 28/2): At $12 minimum fare, the Flyer is only an option for Super Goldcard holders - it would bankrupt the rest of us.

As your article in the same issue clearly demonstrates, rather than impeding NZ Bus, GWRC is bending over backwards to facilitate them, to the extent of dropping trips from their contract while fining other operators who cancel trips.

As for Tranzit not negotiating with the

union - I thought the process was the employees formed/joined the union and negotiated with their employer. Why would any worker earning a Living Wage want a union whose base rate is barely above the minimum wage to negotiate for them?

Perhaps Tony is advocating that Tranzit should pay less - a strange rationale for any unionist.

Robert Murray Melrose

Bring a commissioner in for failing council Dear Editor What annoys us is that there are many councillors who think they are doing a good job, but they are bound to keep quiet and obediently comply to dupe ratepayers, so we are going to Vote Them All Out! They have failed miserably to inform us or to even whistle-blow! Examples: - Unnecessary expensive earthquake over-strengthening of town hall blowout to $130m-plus - Closed door meetings against ratepayers with secret million-dollar deals.

- Incompetent CEO Kevin Lavery, Disregarding ratepayers needs to revert the costly cycleways with Lester imposing his

own more expensive new design, - Unnecessary expensive convention centre build to $154m-plus, while sellingoff civic carpark land adjoining Michael Fowler Centre to prevent any convention centre extension, - Failed to inform ratepayers of the intricacies surrounding to and pertaining to the new bus company and service, etc.

We need a commissioner assigned to WCC until the elections to replace Lester, like other smaller northern democratic NZ towns have, before they bankrupt WCC. Martin Beck Mornington

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LETTERS to the editor

Roger reflects how many of us feel Dear Editor Reading Roger Marcon’s letter last week absolutely covered how many Wellingtonians feel.

Common sense seems to have gone by the by.

Well written Roger. VTAO Barbara Patterson Island Bay

Continued from page 8.

We’re stuck in traffic – but yay for rainbows Dear Editor “Get Wellington Moving”.

I now understand what this slogan that our current council was voted in on means…

It must be “Get Wellingtonians moving AWAY” - as it’s most certainly not getting our traffic moving!

Ever since the [Basin] bypass was quashed by a minority

group, our city has become more congested and more unnavigable than ever. The current council has provided a completely inept public transport system that no one will or can use, cycleways that nobody wants (including cyclists) and nowhere for traffic to flow or park.

Luckily our Mayor has rec-

ognised this and spent his time painting rainbows and commissioning special pedestrian crossings. I’m so grateful - as now, when I spend half an hour for a five-minute journey getting through the Basin traffic twice a day, I can happily comfort myself looking at a brightly coloured rainbow - and on the really bad days when it is

quicker to walk, I will cross the road in the safety of a poi dance and haka. Brilliant!

Ian Cooper Miramar Author’s footnote: This letter was written during the 15 minute crawl between the ASB Centre and the Kilbirnie lights.

Things that will decide who I will vote for

We must be more tolerant of each other

Dear Editor As a long-standing Miramar resident, at the local body elections this year, I will vote for eastern suburb candidates who support: Four lanes from Wellington Road to the Basin Reserve to remove the frustrating and emissions-generating bottlenecks at Wellington Road and the western side of the Tunnel. Substantial investment in bus lanes that as much as possible separate traffic from buses to create fast and reliable bus services, thereby encouraging their use.

An investigation of a park and ferry ride service from Miramar wharf

Dear Editor Re: “Democracy in this city has failed” (CSN 28/2). For various reasons, citizens (and CSN contributors) like Roger Marcon are disillusioned with the way the Wellington City Council are running things. Some of these concerns are valid, however I wish to remind readers of the wonderful tolerant city we are, and suggest we proceed with this in mind.

Mr Marcon’s claims the WCC is undermining “NZ’s traditional Christian heritage” by focusing on spreading te reo Maori, but we must remember the oldest tradition in Wellington is in fact

which could substantially reduce traffic volumes to and from the city.

An independent and non-ideological investigation of the costs and benefits of cycle lanes; and oppose the ridiculously expensive proposed expenditure on light rail which will prove to be a ‘white elephant’ and reduce the resources available for sensible investments in road, buses and ferries.

I look forward to hearing from candidates about their views on the above issues.

Peter Palmer Miramar

Kaupapa Maori. He also suggests the WCC is forcing “gender politics … inclusion” on us.

With Wellington Pride just around the corner, and Te Matatini not far gone, I am proud to be part of this welcoming city. It’s important we remember to be friendly and respectful, even when we disagree about parking spaces! We must be tolerant of each other, after all, what is the alternative to democracy? Fascism?

Nga Manaakitanga, Rhys Feeney, Mount Victoria

Councils to blame for so many things going wrong Dear Editor We so agree with other writers and also Roger Marcon (28 Feb) and Rusty Williams that something is going wrong in a big way at our councils (both WCC and GWRC).

Bus Hub/Cycle ways/Town Hall/

Shelly Bay and all the other blow outs. Jenny Rains the highest paid woman executive at WCC (what, over $300K?) touts out the same old story of the complexities of homelessness, beggars and drunks in Bay Road, Kilbirnie but results still not doing anything. Recently

five women sexually assaulted on a Sunday afternoon! Come on Jenny get on your bike (try going up Crawford Rd) and back to the ivory tower in the CBD. Finally the Council Officers (there is 1793 of them, with a wage bill of over $80 million a year)

Airport runway rainbow unveiled for Pride Week Wellington Airport has welcomed those arriving for the Wellington Pride Festival, which starts today, and this month’s World ILGA Conference with a 3000 square-metre pride rainbow along the grass embankment of its runway. CEO Steve Sanderson says Wellington Airport is a sponsor of the ILGA conference and proud supporter of community events like the Wellington Pride Festival, which was a nominee in the Arts and Culture category of the 2018 Wellington Airport Community Awards. The embankment has been painted with special temporary turf paint which lasts about three to four weeks and displays each of the six traditional and symbolic pride colours. PHOTO: Supplied

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Councillors respond to calls of ‘Vote Them All Out’ Over the past two months the Cook Strait News has received many letters from readers critical of the decisions made by Wellington City councillors, particularly in regards to cycleways. They have often used

respond to this apparent movement, along with the question of whether they plan to stand again at elections this year.

Eastern ward councillor Simon “Swampy” Marsh has declared he will run again.

“As a Councillor I have always been open to the concerns of residents and in my role aim to inject those concerns into the thinking of the whole Council. There are times Fleur Fitzsimons Sarah Free that I do not agree with decisions “I live in Island Bay so I know that Councillors as a group make, seek re-election in the eastern ward.

He describes his transport strat- how a cycleway project that the but we live in a democracy and need to move forward once a decision has egy and operations portfolio as community was not expecting “challenging”, partly because it divides a community. I feel like the been made.”

He notes a “major portion” of can take many years of design and Council have learned the lessons the cost of cycleways is met from consultation before major improve- of that cycleway and now more ments come to fruition, and also actively listen to communities early Central Government.

Fellow eastern ward councillor because parking enforcement is a in projects. I certainly advocate for this approach.”

Sarah Free also intends to stand “necessary evil” in any city.

“As a member of the governance David Lee confirms he will not again.

“Naturally, as an elected repre- group for LGWM I believe that seek re-election in the southern sentative I take note of concerns the ‘recommended programme of ward.

“I stated, when first elected in when they are raised and if possible investment’ that we have finalised bring them to the attention of staff has at last set a blueprint for better 2013, that I would only do two roads and transport for Wellington. terms; so this is my second and last. to see what can be done.

“There has been, and always will “I have to say that while we The RPI is now with the Minister of have had some concerns raised in Transport, awaiting his announce- be, an anti-cycleway community.

And, the most controversial cyregard to the cycleways, we have ment.”

He urges concerned residents to cleway would be the one in Island received a lot of very positive LINGTON ELECTRIC publishing 03/05/19 booked sizealso M4X8 who read the various council reports, Bay. In the 2016 election, I was an 8346087AA (100%) publication HUTT NEWS dimensionscorrespondence 25.4X18.2, cmsfrom widthresidents by supporter the cycleway; which areyour available oncarefully the WCCandavid do appreciate what we are trying Please check proof approve it or of submit corrections section EARLY PAGE proofed 01-Mar-19 8:29:08 AM to achieve and the reasons we are website, before taking a particular but it didn’t hurt my campaign, s to your ad within the ATOL system at a time that suits you. Just follow to view then merely click the or CORRECTIONS button ri given I was re-elected with almost “thatyour may ad, be based onAPPROVE doingthe it.” link in your ad proof emailview three times the votes of the antiThe cycling portfolio leader says brief media snippets”.

Chris says the city is in good cycleway candidate (on the first that enthusiasm has been shown in Cook Strait News articles about heart, “both financially and in iteration).”

David believes the VTAO body cycling and active transport and terms of leadership”.

Fleur Fitzsimons, who will seek represents a “very vocal but very counters have shown the number of cyclists has increased from 66,500 re-election in the southern ward, small group of voters” and he encourages those with concerns to “can’t see any of the eastern ward in May to 123,000 in January. incumbents losing sleep over this”.

Chris Calvi-Freeman will also keep engaging with the Council. the phrase “Vote Them All Out” or its acronym “VTAO” to the point where they have become catch cries.

Councillors representing the southern and eastern wards have been given a chance to

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Veteran activist John Minto walked the last North Island kilometre of his ‘Walk for Palestine’ from Houghton Bay to Island Bay on Friday.

John is walking the 3000km Te Araroa trail to build awareness and support for the Palestinian struggle. He has walked over 1700 kilometres from Cape Reinga to Wellington since December 14.

“The New Zealanders and overseas visitors I have spoken with along the way are overwhelmingly supportive of the Palestinian struggle, this contrasts with our government which has a policy heavily skewed in support of Israel,” John says.

He says the only negative encounter during his travels was with two expat Israelis who had served at the Golan Heights.

John, 66, says the idea of a march came while deciding what he would do to celebrate retirement.

“I saw this as a great opportunity to make a strong message across the country about the desperate struggle of the Palestinian people.”

John Minto is a name many would be familiar with in regards to the anti-Springbok Tour protests of 1981. He believes apartheid

of the West Bank and is dissatisfied with the New Zealand Government’s response to it.

“Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters was soft on apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s and is soft on Israeli apartheid in 2019. He has failed to condemn new Israeli laws discriminating against Palestinians and the murder of unarmed Palestinian protesters by Israeli snipers during last year’s Great March of Return.”

He arrived in Wellington on Wednesday night but concedes he was unable to walk the kilometre to Mt Kaukau due to extreme wind that had him “crawling” in Houghton Bay. “But today’s a magic day to finish on,” he said about the glorious weather on Friday.

Throughout his journey he had either stayed in a tent or was billeted with supporters, with some local ones joining him on his Wellington leg. They included Island Bay’s Ken Findlay, anti-Springbok tour veteran Martin Cahill of Rongotai and Newtown’s Biddy Bunzl, whose partner stopped playing rugby in 1981 to protest against apartheid.

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Police officer urges caution when trading via social media A Wellington police sergeant is offering advice to the public regarding purchasing from social media sites like Facebook.

Acting Sergeant John Pitchford says: “Anyone wishing to buy a phone, a theatre or concert ticket, or some other item at bargain prices from social media sites would do well to consider the potential risk when they are asked to send the cash in advance to a bank account.

“Far too often the purchased item is not sent or if it is,it is not what the seller represented it as in the advertisement.”

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John also has advice for those who still own chequebooks at home.

Fewer cheques are, he says, used as a means of payment for goods and services in 2019.

“Chequebooks which were once carried in pockets and handbags are now often left at home, casually discarded.

“But blank cheque forms represent money to a fraudster as they are ingenious in ways to use them to their advantage.”

Sometimes during a burglary a complete chequebook would not be stolen, just a few cheques from the middle of the book which would not be noticed until later when a bank statement is received.

“If you have a chequebook at home, regard it as something of value and keep it out of sight and preferably locked up.”

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Thursday March 7, 2019

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with Jacob Page

Wagner the wonder we can all relate to There’s something about Neil Wagner which is so relatable to all of us Saturday cricket hacks.

The first-change Black Cap seamer has fashioned a brilliant test match career using heart, grit and aggression as his main attributes.

He has taken 158 wickets in 40 tests at an average of 28.9 since debuting in 2012.

When the South African-born

quick burst into the New Zealand scene, he was eyed as an express speedster who one day would offer some real zip to the bowling ranks.

What he has turned into is one of the most enjoyable bowlers to watch.

Wagner hustles in, pitches the ball short most of the time and lets out sounds of excitement every time he bowls.

He acts like he thinks every ball was close to taking a wicket.

He plays the game with an energy which resembles any Saturday club cricketer living out their sporting dreams at a neighbourhood park around New Zealand.

He bowls long spells, bends his back and often out-thinks his opponents with balls of a shortpitch nature.

He’s the perfect bowler for the modern test-match game.

In 2019 batsmen do not show the patience needed to duck, sway and avoid short-pitch bowling.

There’s a need to hook, pull and fend at short balls and most importantly a desire to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

Once the batsmen take on Wagner, it’s just a matter of time before his short-ball barrage

reaps its rewards.

Once Wagner gets one wicket he’s like a seagull after their first hot chip - he becomes motivated to get more wickets and the harder it is to get the ball out of his hand.

He has formed the best threepronged bowling attack in our history with Trent Boult and Tim Southee and he deserves all the plaudits he gets.

Roosters play the long game in hair-raising charity drive at Kilbirnie Park

By Jamie Adams

A team of lads from Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club appeared decidedly retro when they took on a team of local politicians in a charity match at Kilbirnie Park on Sunday afternoon.

In a throwback to the dodgy fashion choices of the international cricketers of the late 20th century, the Easts Roosters donned pink and had their heads shaved at the sides for the Mullet Bash, which was held to raise funds for Te Omanga Hospice.

MPs including locals Chris Bishop, Greg O’Connor and Kris Faafoi turned up in the Parliamentary XI to take on the Roosters.

Cash was accumulated based on runs scored: One run was worth $10, a four was $50 and a six was $1000, with money donated by the TAB and Senate SHJ Organiser Christian Bonnevie says the Roosters raised $3050 and the Parliament XI raised $2920 for Te Omanga Hospice,

with another $1000 made from a charity auction. That’s in addition to nearly $10,000 from 184 members of the public as a result of the team pledging to grow mullets for money.

The charity drive was made as a way of honouring Lyn Burt - mother of founding member Andy Burt - who died of cancer last year. Fundraising was a way of thanking Te Omanga for the work it did as well as contribute to the $10 million it needs for a re-build.

With the Mullet Bash over, the Mullet March campaign has begun. Christian says the Roosters will keep growing their mullets provided the public keeps donating, even if it that’s “putting at risk all physical contact with our partners”.

“Our Givealittle page will stay up for the rest of the month so we’ll see how we high we can go.” To donate go to givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/mullet-march

Female winner of mixed golf tournament a first

Trophy winner Kerry Parker with co-club captains Dave Clarke and Val Munroe.

PHOTO: Supplied

Mornington Golf Club staged their Community Classic Golf Tournament at Berhampore Golf Course on Saturday.

It is held each year and attracts players from around the region, with more than 80 this year.

The day was rather special as the tournament was won by one of the club’s new lady members, the very first time a lady has won

this tournament.

Accessible golf coach Ray Tuffin says the club has been trying to rebuild over recent years with a strong focus on membership of women.

“It has grown well over the past two years and it was a tremendous result to finally have a lady’s name engraved on this prestigious club trophy.”

Mana MP Kris Faafoi tries to squeeze out a ball while Eastern Suburbs cricketer Dan ‘Magic Legs’ Smith,with the gloves, look s on. PHOTO: Neil O’Styke

Leo Crowley joins Wellington coaching team Experienced assistant coach Leo Crowley has joined the Wellington coaching team for the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup season.

Leo, who has worked previously as an assistant with Canada, the Melbourne Rebels, Tasman and long-term with Taranaki, as well as coaching the Chiefs Development squad, joins head coach Chris Gibbes, defence coach Cory Jane and scrum coach Greg Halford for the Premiership season.

“I am delighted to be on board with this coaching group and to have the chance to work with a talented and exciting squad,” Leo says.

“I think I have plenty to offer the management team and the squad and it’s going to be a great chance to be involved in a really positive environment.”

Chris was delighted to not only have Leo on board but welcome back Cory

following the Lions first year back in the Premiership, when they made the semifinals before losing to eventual champions Auckland.

“I’m really pleased to have Leo on board as part of the coaching group, especially with the experience he brings,” he said.

“He has a proven track record over a long period and I know he will continue to develop his coaching skills.”

Chris said the overall quality of candidates was extremely high, as was the level of interest in the position, in what was a very competitive process.

Leo was an assistant at Taranaki when it won the national provincial title in 2014 and was with Canada in the lead-up and during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He starts with the Wellington Lions on June 4.

LOCAL CRICKET RESULTS: PREMIER RESERVE MEN’S TWO DAY: Petone-Eastbourne 186/5 and 37/1 beat Wellington Collegians 82 and 138/8 by 9 wickets PREMIER WOMEN’S T20 Hutt District 64/2 (8.5 overs) beat Wellington

Collegians 63/7 (16.0 overs) by 8 wickets Stokes Valley 131/1 (13.1 overs)beat VUW Lionesses 130/4 (20 overs) by 9 wickets PREMIER GIRLS’ ONEDAY Eastern Suburbs 142/2 (25.2 overs) beat Wellington Collegians 141/8 (24 overs) by 8 wickets

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