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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces Alert Level 2.

Alert Level 2 tomorrow Tomorrow the country will begin its move into Alert Level 2.

The Government has chosen to phase in aspects of Level 2 in an effort to manage the risk of COVID-19 cases increasing, as it is spread by close personal contact.

Therefore as many businesses reopen, including restaurants, cafes, hairdressers and retail shops, social distancing will still be necessary.

Venues like cafes, restaurant, bars and clubs are restricted to opening for dining, and with groups of 10 seated separately, and served by a single server.

Bars will be allowed to reopen on Thursday, May 21.

Regional travel will be allowed and airports are announcing flight routes which will be available.

Next Monday, May 18, schools and early learning centres can open and requirements to keep children one metre apart indoors, and two metres apart outside will no longer apply in Level 2.

The Ministry of Education has stated schools can provide a transition arrangement for children if their parents feel there is a risk to them returning straight away.

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Close gatherings will continue to be restricted during Level 2 as some of the biggest COVID-19 clusters have come from gatherings and social events, the Government says.

Level 2 will see gatherings allowed up to 10 people, and this applies to wedding ceremonies, funerals and tangihanga, religious ceremonies, gatherings at home and each group within a restaurant or other venue.

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Wide scale testing will continue and people are advised that while we can leave our bubbles to see family, friends and re-enter the workplace, physical distancing is still important.

Businesses will be required to keep hygiene standards up and contact registers in the event that a COVID-19 case is confirmed and contact tracing is required.

The golden rule remains; COVID-19 is still in New Zealand so everyone must play it safe.

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A slippery delivery Locals get their fish and chip fix

By Megan Connolly

Local businesses have had to put their thinking hats on when they reopened in alert level 2 to make sure they are maintaining social distancing.

Fish and chip shop, Seakraft has embraced the challenge by making a slide to send their chip parcels down.

Owner Spiro Misirlakis says they had to come up with a solution quickly.

“I thought ‘how am I going to do that?’. A slide seemed like the best idea,” he says.

It took Spiro the better part of an hour to make by taking apart his wife’s wardrobe and repurposing it, then reinforcing it with cardboard.

“It took some time trying to get the right angle so we could get it to slide,” he adds.

Since their opening two weeks ago, the slide has garnered quite a response from the public, both in Wainuiomata and over the hill.

A video online of the slide

Local fish and chip owner of Seakraft, Spiro Misirlakis, has created a contactless delivery slide which has attracted a lot of interest. Photo: supplied in action has been reached over 8,000? people and has even encouraged some to travel in from the Hutt to get their chip fix.

“The delivery is quirky and it’s great that it brings a smile to people at this time.

“Kids love it, it keeps them

entertained too.

“Even for the staff, the novelty hasn’t worn off yet,” he laughs.

Along with the slide, Spiro and his team make sure they are wearing the correct face masks. At one point, they had so many people waiting for

their takeaway, they had to set up a loud speaker to avoid a sore throat.

Seakraft has been operating in Wainuiomata for over 40 years and has remained in the family.

Youth work through lockdown Local group YOUth Inspire helps young people find employment around the Hutt.

Some of whom have been working as essential workers throughout the lockdown period.

Shanyah Haenga returned to work at Wainuiomata Countdown in April this year as the country settled into alert level 4 lockdown due to COID-19.

“When I found out, I thought ‘this is unbelievable’,” she says.

“I couldn’t believe I finally had a job and especially one as

an essential worker. I was really thrilled and happy because of the fact that this was my old job, I didn’t feel nervous about being back as I already had the experience.

“But I did feel a bit a pressure knowing that every day was going to be crazy hectic.”

There has been many adjustments to the routine, by Shanyah says the most interesting was getting straight back into work and in different departments than before.

“What surprised me was the

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really lovely customers who would buy mini chocolate bars only to find out that they brought it for you because of the work you’re putting in during this crazy time.”

When times got tough, Shanyah says that it is her family that keeps her going.

“To all the young youths out there, set goals for yourselves and work hard towards them.

“It’s not going to be an easy journey but I can tell you now that it’ll be worth. Every sacrifice, sweat, tears and stress will

all be worth it.”

Elijah Maniapoto has been working as an essential worker at Pak’nSave Petone for five weeks now.

“It is not easy working as an essential worker,” he says.

“My mum has been keeping me on my toes and always making sure I feel alright during this time.”

An iced coffee every morning and a nice dinner cooked by my lovely mother for me every night is what keeps him motivated during this time.

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Face shield demand grows As part of his volunteer work for ShieldsUp, an organisation established at the start of lockdown which called on volunteers to 3D print personal protective equipment (PPE) to fill the shortage gap, WelTec tutor Frank Beinersdorf has developed a real-time map of how many, and where, protective shields are needed across New Zealand.

Frank’s map is what Shieldsup uses to determine how many shields need to be made, and provides information to the many volunteers tasked with delivering the equipment.

“Frank’s work became invaluable as we grew beyond lists and text,” ShieldsUp founder Tim Carr says.

“What he did in regard to visualising a rapidly growing

data set has allowed us to see where resources were needed and demand was growing.”

ShieldsUp is a community-driven initiative, conceived from the outcry of medical and emergency responders facing COVID-19 head-on, as they put their own health at risk in their jobs to help protect others, often without the personal protective equipment they so desperately needed.

As well as providing information on numbers and location of PPE required, Frank has also converted the data into useful quick facts, kept up to date real-time.

On Tuesday, May 5 over 18, 000 shields were still needed, 22,242 were wanted and 16,521 had been made and delivered by 254 volunteers across New

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WelTec robotics tutor Frank Beinersdorf wearing a face shield that is currently in high demand. Photo: Supplied Zealand.

In the spirit of community from which ShieldsUp was created, Frank included fun facts in his data visualization.

“If we stacked all the shields what height they would reach almost as high as the Sky Tower in Auckland, and: if one person would have attempted this job with one average 3D printer running 24/7, it would have taken

782 days and 3 hours.”

Since launching in late March ShieldsUp has received more than 16,000 requests for face shields from healthcare workers across New Zealand and that number continues to grow daily.

These include GPs, after-hours medical clinics, pharmacies, community health workers as well as many others.

Made in Wainuiomata

By Megan Connolly

There has been a new movement sweeping New Zealand in the form of online groups as a response to supporting locally made products throughout the lockdown period.

The original group ‘New Zealand Made Products’ Facebook group has over 6,000 people and shares small home business and art.

Now Wainuiomata has it’s very own.

Created by passionate lo-

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cal Breannah Smith, the new ‘Made in Wainuiomata’ page is an opportunity for locals to share their products and for locals to support each other throughout lockdown and beyond.

Breannah was inspired to create the group after seeing the original group.

“I saw a made in NZ page and I thought Wainui needs one of those,” she says.

Due to the restrictions placed during Alert Level 4, many business were forced to cease

operating.

“I hope that the community will start to support each other before heading over the hill if and when possible.”

The group is for anyone who has a service in Wainui, she says “f you have a shop, a company or you just make the odd thing in your garage or at home, it’s really for everyone to advertise what they can do.

“It’s so important to support local and keep people going, keep those shops we love here.”

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Breannah lives with her husband Jarrod, and her son Hunter and loves to support the community in any way she can.

“I love Wainui because we still have that small town, old fashioned feel.

“We need a ‘made in’ page now more than ever because staying in your local area is vital right now.

“And how awesome to know you’re helping families and people in our area to do what they love,” Breannah says.

Just like that - we are at level 2.

And some normality will return.

It’s very much needed, while still keeping safe.

The News office will open again next Monday for business, with social distancing rules in place.

Thanks once again to so many of you who have reached out to us, appreciating the on-line version of our paper and enjoying the ease of reading it online.

We’ve been working extra hard to bring you the very best content and a platform for our all important local businesses to get back on their feet.

Our readers can see who is back open, who may have changes to their hours and special post-lockdown offers.

Personally, we will be endeavouring to support as many local businesses as we can and trust our readers will do the same.

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Residents to have say Hutt City Council is proposing to reduce its operating budget by $3 million and reduce proposed rates rise by half as part of its draft emergency budget and Annual Plan approved for consultation last week.

The draft emergency budget and 2020/2021 Draft Annual Plan were developed in response to the economic challenges arising from Covid-19, and the need to exercise restraint to support Lower Hutt

been to ease the financial burden facing people across the city while at the same time putting in place a response plan which includes financial and welfare support to businesses and residents.

“We know the Covid-19 pandemic has hit our people and businesses particularly hard. This has required us to urgently re-evaluate our plans for the coming year, and look at actions we can take to provide some relief,” Campbell Barry says.

through an uncertain and challenging period.

Residents will be asked for their views on the proposal over the next two weeks.

It includes overall rates rise of 3.8 per cent for ratepayers. This equates to a rates increase of $2.35 per week per household based on an average residential property value of $627,000.

Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry says Council’s priority has

“The proposed Draft Annual Plan aims to strike a balance of reducing planned rates increases, while also including funding to progress key projects, and avoiding significant service reductions.”

The emergency one-year budget has been developed on the basis of prioritising investment in Three Waters infrastructure.

The average rates increase per household of $2.35 per week or $122 per annum largely relates

to this priority area. Investment in Three Waters infrastructure makes up $84 of the average $122 per annum rise and the remaining $38 cover cost increases for all the other services provided by Council.

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Back to school in a bubble

By Megan Connolly

Wainuiomata Primary School students returned to school last week as the country returned to level 3.

The school has now 10 students in their bubble with two teachers working with them every day.

With only a small amount of students, the school is a bit different.

Students Georgina Kelly and Luke Hudson have noticed a big difference because they have to be more careful with what they touch.

“We have to stay in our own bubbles, stay 1 metre away inside and 2 metres away outside,”

Some students from Wainuiomata Primary School have returned to school but they're stil making sure they practise social distancing. Photo: Supplied.

Georgina says.

“We have to stop touching other people’s things, and stop playing with other people’s stuff.”

Georgina says learning is in the classroom is the same as before though.

“It is maybe a bit easier. Some of the work is the same that we would do in class Her favourite part of there being fewer students is that it is less noisy.

“There are fewer people playing outside so we have more room.”

This experience is a unique opportunity for youngsters to get to know their teachers better as they are spending more time with the students.

“We have different teachers in our class that we can get to know new teachers can get to know us,” she says.

But one thing is for sure, Georgina and her

classmates are missing their friends.

“I’m looking forward to going back to my desk and learning and getting my task sheet to do, getting to do more homework and sitting down lots.

Principal Allison Burdon says the experience has required some creativity.

“We’ve had to be creative in the way we keep connected with the children and maintain a sense of community,” she says.

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Enliven’s Woburn Home residents have enjoyed choosing their own breakfast since a self-service system was established.

Woburn Home manager Sue Wood says the new system was introduced late last year, and the residents have enjoyed the change.

Last week the home also started offering lunch as self-service, with Bain Maries set up to provide hot food options.

“It was a bit of a culture change for the residents, but now they are really enjoying that they have more choice.”

In the mornings, residents are invited to help themselves to cereal, porridge, toast, tea and coffee in the rest home’s main dining area.

“It’s all about creating another part of their day where the residents have some choice,” she says.

Given the positive response to the selfservice breakfast, Sue says many of the residents were happy to move to the same system for their lunch.

Woburn Home also has kitchenettes dotted around the building where residents are able to make themselves a cuppa when they feel like it.

In one part of the rest home, a small group of residents had already been helping themselves to breakfast in the morning for some time. This was set up for them in one of the kitchenettes.

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She looks after us kids even when we’re being annoying.

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Streetscape to transform footpaths Hutt City Council is applying for a share of the Government’s recently announced funding to support temporary footpath expansions, which allow people to better maintain physical distancing.

Under the programme, the Government (through Waka Kotahi) will fund 90 per cent of the cost of temporary changes to streetscapes.

Funding can be used to roll-out ‘tactical urbanism’ - which may include using planter boxes, paint, or other methods to extend space on streets for walking and cycling.

Council has identified a number of projects to put forward for funding.

These are part of existing strategies and plans, and include: -Trialling an on-street cycleway on Knights Road between Waterloo Station and the central city -Trialling a pedestrian-friendly placemaking initiative on Jackson Street Petone -Piloting better connections for cyclists and pedestrians between Taita, Naenae and Pomare and the proposed Beltway shared path -An investigation and trial of an onstreet cycleway on The Esplanade -Trialling changes to Bunny Street in the central city to make it a more pedestrian and cyclist-friendly area -Piloting cycle-friendly changes on Melling Road to connect the Rivertrail to High Street.

Reducing speed limits to 30 km/h is also expected to be trialled in Lower Hutt’s central city and Petone’s shopping precinct, at the same time as some of the above projects.

Local communities will have a significant role in co-design processes, ahead of any projects going ahead. This will ensure the views of residents and businesses are at the forefront of the temporary changes.

The power of love

By Glenise Dreaver

“What a hospital pass that was!’

The new director of Challenge 2000, Damian Dempsey of Wainuiomata, smiles as he remembers a friend’s reaction to hearing he’d been appointed in February, just before the Covid-19 crisis transformed our world.

Until then, Damian, who returned to Challenge 2000 two years ago after a long stint working in Asia, felt he knew what he was taking on. That is, a wide variety of youth development and family support programmes covering the Greater Wellington area, and for the 40-plus staff committed to them.

At the heart of Challenge 2000 is founder Kitty Mckinley’s vision of the power of caring and love to transform the lives of young people, by developing them to their full potential, and giving older people the chance to serve and thrive.

Damian found the organisation when he was working at Hato Pāora College in the Manawatū, getting them in to run programmes for students and, in turn, helping Challenge out during the holidays.

Now he must plan and co-ordinate their vital work with a skeleton staff. “We just told some of our staff who were high-risk health-wise, or who had families, to stay at home.”

This at a time of full-scale global pandemic with profound implications for the lives of society’s most seriously disadvantaged.

It’s daunting, not least with Kitty still on board, though he says, he’s very grateful for her experience and wisdom.

Kitty has, he says, become their food security manager, overseeing staff who run the organisation’s newly-established Food Distribution and Well-Being Centre.

Challenge 2000 founder KItty McKinley and director Damian Dempsey making up food parcels in the "repurposed" St Peter and Paul Church hall. Photo: Glenise Dreaver.

The small team works out of St Peter and Paul’s hall next door, being provided the currently unused space free.

From there, incoming and outgoing food is co-ordinated and they do their best to match staff delivering the food and other needs to the gates of homes that they know.

And it’s hard work, says Damian, an aching shoulder testifying to the amount of lifting

required.

He remembers the “quite scary” first day of lockdown as he drove to this essential work from Wainui on empty roads.

It quickly became the new normal however, and now he’s very philosophical.

“He waka eke noa - we’re all in this together.”

First home buyer interest booms First-home buyers were looking to get a foot on the property ladder in April, by taking advantage of record-low interest rates and the Reserve Bank scrapping LVR restrictions, according to the latest Trade Me Property Price Index.

Head of Trade Me Property, Nigel Jeffries, says onsite activity showed younger buyers were browsing significantly more

than usual. “Potential first-home buyers were keeping a close eye on the property market at the end of April and beginning of May.” “In the week following the Reserve Bank’s announcement it was scrapping the 20 per cent home deposit requirement, the number of 18-29-year-olds browsing property on Trade Me skyrocketed by 38

per cent when compared to the same period last year,” Nigel says.

“This is remarkable, especially considering we saw no change in browsing activity from other age groups.”

Mr Jeffries said supply and demand had both bounced back since New Zealand entered alert level 3, following an uncertain level 4 lockdown period.

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OUT&about

Scouts in lockdown Quarantine hasn’t stopped the 1st Wainuiomata Parish Scouts group from embracing their creativity.

For Anzac Day, like whanau all over Wainuiomata, they created poppy displays for their homes and displayed them proudly on their fences.

Some even took the creativity even

further by creating a wearable arts outfit out of old warehouse packaging while another created an intricate marble racecourse.

The group has been meeting weekly via Zoom video chat. They set and share challenges and projects with each other to brighten up quarantine.

Oliver Wylie-Vine and his homemade Anzac wreath.

Toby and Fraser Larn with their Anzac poppies on their fence.

Violet Small paints her Poppies.

Daniel McNatty wrapped his brother Logan up in packaging they got from their warehouse deliver, doing a Wearable Arts lockdown diary entry.

Lucy and Violet Small above shows of her homemade Anzac poppies they created.

Our furry friends Jasmine Slagter-Ting with her dart for Wednesday’s Cub challenge.

Seven year old Blake Henry sharing cuddles with his cat Misty.

Mocha the cat and Iylah Sydney.

The Wainuiomata News was inundated with quarantine pictures of locals with their wonderful furry friends.

Because much of the future feels uncertain, and animals are human’s best friends, we all need wholesome pictures to brighten up our days.

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Plants create a calming atmosphere.

gardening this week

Props cause dependency: By Wally Richards There are things that are only slightly known about plants and nature such as the way plants have the ability to communicate with each other.

They also are in many ways similar to ourselves but at a different part of the tree of life. Science has proved that not only do plants communicate with each other but also they react to how we are emotionally.

For instance if in a forest of trees; if the trees on the outer rim get attacked by a disease or by pest insects then a message is sent out to the other trees, which then start making chemical defences against the invading problem.

Another example is the house plant that you care for; if monitored with an instrument like a lie detector which measures the resistance across foliage and then you the caregiver, hurt yourself miles away, then at that precise instant the plant will register a change or reaction.

Plants also create a calming atmosphere for you as their caregiver so when you go into your garden

stressed and wander around; do a few things your stress will fade away.

Now I don’t know of any other activity you can do that has the same effect as quickly.

Plants can become dependent on us as a species for their survival just in the same way that some plants need bees to pollinate them so they can produce seeds and have prodigy.

A good example is corn or maize without the help of humans they can’t reproduce. If you take a ripe cob of corn and plant it whole (after letting it dry out a bit) then when the corn germinates they are too close to each other and they fail.

But old Mrs Corn knows that we humans need her and she knows that we will separate the seeds off the cob and plant them about 100 to 150 mms apart so her children will flourish.

Plants adapt to conditions and not only do they adapt overtime but also appear to enjoy things that happen.

For instance grasses are the one plant that loves to be cut or eaten by browsing animals as it makes them stronger and lush.

Then we have the NZ Kowhai which has its foliage each year demolished by the Kowhai moth’s caterpillars.

It has learnt to live with losing all its leaves which would cause the death of many other plants.

Like plants when we have a good nutritious diet with ample minerals, vitamins etc Vitamin D from sunlight or supplements and moderate exercise with regular detoxing we have a strong immune system that works to keep us healthy.

If we have pharmaceutical props then the body relies on them rather than doing what it would do naturally and regulate to overcome the problem.

This can make us more vulnerable to invading bacteria or viruses. I read about recently that very elderly people not on any meds have survived better than their counterparts that maybe popping several meds a day.

Maybe we are similar to plants and Nature in this respect.

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sports talk With Jacob Page

New All Black Captain Sam Cane’s appointment as All Blacks captain shocked me for many reasons.

Firstly, I felt Sam Whitelock was the logical choice having resigned with the NZRU following the previous World Cup. Cane, while a terrific player, particularly defensively certainly, has a long injury history.

Combine that with the fact he did not start the semi-final loss to England last year after being overlooked for Scott Barrett’s failed experiment on the flank.

Cane’s appointment smells of more of the same from a team which the public feels needs an overhaul but it’s left on the same path it’s been on for the past

decade.

That direction served the team well until last year in Japan but the loss to England was clearly the end.

I felt it, it looked it and it was.

In the big picture, where does Cane play, 6 or 7?

I think many would believe Ardie Savea is dynamic enough at

openside, then only the blindside remains.

Cane also had a serious neck injury 18 months ago.

His age is a positive, at just 28 it is easy to foresee him captaining the All Blacks at the 2023 World Cup. Defensively, he is the best in the team, however he does represent

the old guard.

He will have just as tough of a time winning over a sceptical public as he will leading the team to victories on the field.

That is not necessarily fair or even right but when it comes to the rugby public of this country perception is reality.

Game on - date confirmed for duck hunting season May 23 will be opening day, marking the start of the 2020 game bird season following today’s announcement of the move to Alert Level 2.

Game bird hunters throughout the country have been patiently waiting for this announcement and the wait is over.

The game bird season is an important national tradition for hunters to come together to harvest game birds for the family dinner table.

In consultation with Fish & Game New Zealand and the Government, the season

start date was selected so that that hunters had time to equip themselves, prepare their maimai’s and travel to their hunting grounds.

The Alert Level 2 conditions for game bird hunting are more practical for the hunters and has proven the benefits of waiting versus opting for the restrictions of Alert Level 3.

The good news is hunters can travel inter-regionally and will be able stay overnight at their hunting spots with friends and family under Level 2. While this offers the freedom duck hunters

had hoped for, there are still considerations that need to be adhered to as outlined in the Government’s Level 2 guidelines for the safety of all involved.

Hunters are able to travel, use their boats, and access public land under Alert Level 2 and this will mean communities that have relied on the game bird season for income and food supply will still have a season.

Outdoor retailers will also be pleased that hunters can now buy instore and be fully prepared for the start of the

Duck hunting is allowed in Parangarahu Lakes and Baring Head, and you can get your permit for this from Fish and Game New Zealand.

season.

Fish & Game staff have used the lockdown period to have all the necessary regulation changes made for the new season start date.

The changes to the Game Notice will

enable those hunters in regions with very short seasons extended hunting opportunities. We thank the Minister of Conservation and her staff for their support and help in getting the Game Notice amended.

Goodbye Lockdown Country moves to Alert Level 2 At 4pm on Monday, May 11, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that on May 14 the nation will be moving from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2.

This will see a significant shift in the way the country will be able to live their lives.

While Level 3 saw thousands of people return to work, Level 2 will allow businesses to reopen, school

students to return to classrooms and bubbles to expand.

From Thursday people will be able to attend social gatherings provided there are no more than 10 people in a group.

From Monday, May 21, students will return to school but with some significant changes. For example, students will need to use their own water bottles, hand sanitizer will

be used and encouraged to bring their own, and who can and cannot enter the schools will be assessed.

Bars and restaurants will be open for business on Monday too.

Patrons will only be able to order food and, again, restricted to groups of 10 seated separately and served by a single server.

Gatherings and social events where people mix and mingle pre-

sent the highest risk of spreading COVID-19. Some of the biggest COVID-19 clusters have come from these types of events.

Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry says there has been the feeling of celebration in the air since the announcement was made on Monday afternoon.

Hutt City Libraries will be preparing to reopen on Monday but

in a different way. They will still be working with social distancing and hygiene restrictions and safety.

P a r k s , p l ayg r o u n d s a n d skateparks will also be amongst the facilities to reopen over the next week.

Although there is a new sense of freedom, the country is still required to take care to stop the potential spreading of COVID-19.

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