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By Jamie Adams

Wellington High School students will tomorrow join hundreds of other youth from around the city – and thousands from around the country – as part of an international student “strike” against what they say is inaction on climate change.

The School Strike4Climate aims for the encouragement of urgent action on climate change, which involves a national collective of demands through protest marches throughout the country.

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Wellington High School students (back from left) Freya Priest, Ivy Austin, Molly Doyle, Liberty McIntyre-Reet, Rilke Comer and (front) Ursula Palmer Steeds with the placards they will be waving as part of the Wellington protest group for the nationwide School Strike4Climate tomorrow. PHOTO: Jamie Adams

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School Strike4Climate ‘about giving youth a voice’ Continued from page 1.

The Wellington event will be one of 27 nationwide. The students’ key demand is for the Government to implement the Zero Carbon Act, which would ensure a plan through legislative changes to get New Zealand to carbon neutral by 2050.

That would mean the country would have to move towards an electricity grid based on 100 percent renewable energy, as well as electrifed transport and heating systems, to completely replace the use of fossil fuels.

The strike is controversial as it is being held on a school day for maximum exposure.

It does not have the blessing of the Ministry of Education, which has advised schools

to decide whether to mark striking students as truant, especially those who do not have the permission of their parents.

Many of the thousands expected to strike will be marked “unjustifiably absent”, including those from Wellington High School.

All the members of Wellington High’s core group that met for this story were female, as its three male members were absent with illness on Tuesday.

Its spokesperson Molly Doyle says students do not want schools’ permission, rather their support, noting that many public schools have indicated they fully support and even encourage the strike.

“When schools don’t support

Wellington city councillors have voted to make the city’s beaches and the Grey Street pedestrian area in the central city smokefree, though vaping will still be permitted for now.

The move is part of an update to the Council’s Smokefree Action Plan, which confirms the Council’s commitment to the Smokefree Aotearoa goal that less than 5 percent of New Zealanders be smokers.

All Wellington City beaches will be smokefree from the beginning of Daylight Saving in late September, as will the Grey Street pedestrian area once upgrade work there is completed in the next few months.

Councillor Brian Dawson,

who holds the Council’s Social Development portfolio, says the plan is not about being punitive.

“While we are designating these areas smokefree we’re not going to be coming in waving a big stick and punishing smokers. Our approach is based on education and positively reinforcing the stop smoking message,” Brian says.

To help educate the public new Smokefree signs and an online map will be developed to better inform people about all the smokefree areas.

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T he Council ag reed to amend the wording of the Action Plan to recognise that vaping can be an effective tool to help people stop smoking – and that the Council wants to encourage that.

Brian says that will mean a ban on vaping won’t apply at this stage as “the jury is still out” over the effects vaping has on non-smokers.

At the same time the Council would like to encourage vapers to avoid vaping in Smokefree areas as a courtesy to other users of the space.

“It’s 95 percent less harmful than smoking but we will be monitoring the Ministry of Health’s findings on vaping.”

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more than raising awareness of urgency on climate change.

“We are under age, so we can’t vote. We aren’t able to make change at Government level and striking is one of the only ways of standing up and having our voice [heard].”

She says painful sacrifice to the public is not inevitable, especially when it comes to motor vehicle use.

“With the Zero Carbon Act it will be easier for people to buy electric cars because something will have to be introduced to make them more affordable for people.

“With the five-year, 10-year targets it will ensure that it won’t suddenly make people not be able to afford things.

It’s just going to have binding goals.”

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the movement, I see schools limiting students from accessing a day of climate-based education and responsibility,” she says.

Molly refutes any scepticism that striking students will spend the rest of the day idle after they have protested for an hour or so.

“It’ll be going for hours.

We’ll have Greenpeace International, 350 Aotearoa, Gen Z [Generation Zero], people from the zoo,” Molly says.

“James Shaw will be doing an announcement on the Zero Carbon Act. “It’s also about education.

There will be workshops for the younger kids at Parliament run by climate conference groups.”

Molly says the strike is about

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Sallies veteran heeds the call

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inbrief news Rates may rise 3.9 percent The Wellington City Council has released its 2019-20 draft Annual Plan, which outlines continued spending on resilience and the environment, housing, transport, sustainable growth and arts and culture.

“Wellington is growing and that is putting pressure on all aspects of the city,” says Mayor Justin Lester. “There are competing demands for the services we provide: bus lanes, parking, cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.

“We are proposing a rates increase of 3.9 percent in 2019-20 to account for our investments.”

The draft Annual Plan is available on the Council website. The Annual Plan Committee meets to begin engagement today.

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Val Townsend in the Miramar Salvation Army’s toy library. PHOTO: Oliver Gaskell

By Oliver Gaskell JOURNALISM STUDENT

Val Townsend has always followed her calling whether it led her to war-torn Pakistan or Miramar’s vibrant toy library.

At 21 Val began training with the Salvation Army in Australia before accepting a five-year placement with her husband in Lahore, Pakistan, training locals to become Christian ministers.

Val, 75, says it was a ‘calling from God’ that led her into dangerous territory where she was at risk of being persecuted

for spreading her faith.

“You just have to trust that you’re going to be safe and that God’s looking out for you.”

While she found Pakistan generally safe, she feared for her life on a few occasions such as when she had to lie down on the floor of a van to escape a clash between religious extremists.

“It took us twice as long to get home because we had to go around the outskirts of the city to get back to the college.”

After her time in Pakistan, Val arrived in Wellington in 1975 to take a position within

the Salvation Army.

Since then she has continued to serve the Sallies and has spent the last five years as the head of Miramar’s Toy Library, which supports families in the community in positive ways.

Val says she also serves many people from nearby Weta Workshop who are in the country on a short-term basis, such as a mother and three daughters from Germany.

“One of her friends told her ‘don’t buy any toys because there’s a great toy library in Miramar’ so she turned up

here with her three little girls who couldn’t speak a word of English.”

Val says her years of service have brought her great satisfaction.

“It’s good to be able to help people and share your faith, to help those who can’t help themselves and making sure that you can be there for them.”

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On March 20, 1987 Bill Morris woke up full of anticipation. His band was playing a gig that night and he had arranged to have the performance videoed.

The next day, he was in a deep coma after being savagely beaten by a group of thugs on the way home from the gig, the videotape of the performance in his bag.

He had been rushed to hospital where the ICU was to become his new home for weeks. While his assailants were apprehended and later imprisoned, Bill would be left with permanent brain damage.

Bill’s band was Wazzo Ghoti (“Ghoti” pronounced “fish” based on a gag from an episode of 1960s Batman). It was a deliberately eclectic and contrary contribution to Wellington’s mid-80s to mid-90s music scene.

With Bill unable to drum, the other members - Mark Roxburgh, Chris Goodall and Rex Nairn - recruited a wide variety of drummers even while playing at gigs.

They never doubted Bill would recover to the point that he would play with them again even though his recovery was slow and painful, involving hours of

physiotherapy every day.

Bill transitioned from hospital to home and practised drumming whenever he was home.

“Bill continued to provide lyrics for the band and was considered a member as much as any of us,” says Rex. But determination could not overcome the damage to Bill’s coordination and he didn’t perform with Wazzo Ghoti as hoped. They released a cassette, Coelacanth, and recorded more material but then went into hiatus.

Bill went on to live a normal life, marrying and starting a family on the Kapiti Coast.

After Bill’s father, Russ, died the rest of the band attended his funeral. The wake was at Bill’s place and he (somehow) ended up behind his drum kit.

It became apparent that Bill was playing better than the band had heard since his injuries. Soon after this they began practising together again.

Wazzo Ghoti had both released and unreleased recordings and have put together an anthology which they will release at a gig at Valhalla on Saturday, March 16.

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Wazoo Ghoti, clockwise from left: Bassist Chris Goodall (aka Bass), singer/guitarist Rex Nairn (aka Old Fishy), singer/guitarist Mark Roxburgh (aka Spike) and drummer Bill Morris (aka Joe Drummer). PHOTO: Supplied

set at Bill’s 50th and snuck in a performance supporting Wazzo Clash, this is the first headline show Bill has played with Wazzo Ghoti in four days short of 32

Airport Flyer’s Snapper decision out of our hands: Ponter Greater Wellington Regional Councillor Daran Ponter has publicly clarified what he says are misconceptions about Wellington’s Airport Flyer, which has recently withdrawn the Snapper Card service from its operation.

In a column published on the Scoop website, Daran says the Airport Flyer “is not and never has been a Metlink Service”.

“The service is not tendered

by Metlink and no ratepayer dollars are used to subsidise the service (though ironically you

can use your Goldcard on it),” he writes.

“As long as the Airport Flyer is a commercial service, it can’t be tendered by Metlink (i.e. NZTA would not provide their portion of the subsidy).

Why? The Government’s Public Transport Operating Model rationale is ‘Why use ratepayer and taxpayer dollars to subsidise a service when a commercial operator is willing to provide it without any subsidy?’ ” He says the Airport Flyer is not the only commercial bus

service in greater Wellington.

“If you live in the Hutt Valley and come into town on an NCS (white and blue bus) then you are travelling on a commercial service which does not use Snapper, does not track on RTI and charges its own fares.”

Daran doubts the Flyer is making its owner NZ Bus much money “but they have probably calculated that it is better to bundle the Flyer into the sale of NZ Bus than separate it out for sale”.

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New Island Bay play space takes shape

By Besa Chembo JOURNALISM STUDENT

Island Bay and Berhampore are set to get a new accessible playground.

Work on the $500,000 space began in late February and is scheduled to finish in May. The site is currently fenced off for construction as the play space is built between the skate bowl and the children’s bike track beside Adelaide Road, opposite Wakefield Park.

The play space is part of Wellington City Council’s initiative to form a network of wild, fun, diverse, safe and accessible play spaces that foster the growth and development of children.

Deputy Mayor Jill Day, who holds Wellington City Council’s Children and Young

People Portfolio, and Southern Ward City Councillors Fleur Fitzsimons and David Lee are very thrilled that work on the all-inclusive play space has commenced.

The playground will feature some of the top five most enjoyed activities as gathered by the Council’s 2017 draft play spaces policy: A 5.5-metre-high central climbing tower, a high slide and a 30-metre flying fox. Also included will be accessible play equipment such as a carousel and basket swing.

David is pleased that the play space will be accessible to children of all abilities.

“It’s important we have an inclusive society. The objective of an accessible playground is to include everyone. To ensure a positive, engaging experience for all children.”

Jill says the project is part of the Council’s

Play Spaces Policy finalised in 2017.

“Our aim is to focus on play spaces around the city that are accessible to as many children as possible. This play space, and its location, fit the bill perfectly.”

Also added to the fun will be two medium-sized pohutukawa trees. The trees have been shifted and transplanted and will act as an extension of the short adventure trail section that will start above the playground and will wind under and around the trees.

A pedestrian crossing will also be installed on Adelaide Road, adjacent to the new play space, to improve safety for

children crossing the road from Wakefield Park.

Fleur says the Council consulted with local residents last year to confirm the location and the final design and more than 90 percent of respondents favoured the chosen location.

“Children participated in the consultation about this playground including providing detailed and useful art work about what should be included. The playground will be in the spot favoured by the children and I’m pleased the Council has listened to children about what they want in their playground.”

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Councillors (from left) Fleur Fitzsimons, Jill Day and David Lee give the thumbs up with Island Bay children in front of the site of the new playground. opposite Wakefield Park. PHOTO: Supplied

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Last week Wellington Free Ambulance was presented with a $500,000 cheque to help it continue to provide its free 24/7 emergency paramedic service across Greater Wellington and Wairarapa.

Chief Executive Mike Grant says the gift would ensure frontline ambulances stay on the road.

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readers have their say... Find out the WORD on the Street.

Q: Do you support students going on “strike” over climate change?

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Michael Gould, Brooklyn

Melanie Morris, Island Bay

Bunny Thompson, Island Bay

Lucy Parker, Island Bay

Byron Williams, Southgate

“Yeah, if it’s political and about doing something about the environment, because we adults are doing bad things to it.”

“Yeah. Making the environment the issue is the main thing. I don’t know if taking the day off will have an impact. They could have done it on the weekend.”

“Yeah, I support them making a statement about climate change. It’s their future that we are impacting so it’s good they’re taking responsibility. Protestors need to draw attention.”

“No. I think it’s a waste of time.

[Climate change has] been here for years and there’s not much people can do to change it. I’d ask my elders what I could do about it.”

“Probably not. I agree that young people should have a voice but not a day off school to do it. There should be another way to make them heard.”

“Yes. Climate change is a big deal.

I don’t think it will change things as politicians are too influenced by money, but it will generate conversation that would then make a difference.”

LETTERS to the editor

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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.

Greater Wellington has made bus drivers’ lives hell Dear editor I find it outrageous that Robert Mellor suggests that GWRC is facilitating NZBus, when, in fact it is making their lives Hell, in an effort to break the Tramways Union. The Flyer is and was a standalone service which agreed to accept Snapper to assist a failing transport system, unable to service the Airport. GWRC priced Snapper and its attendant ‘Real Time’ facility out of

the reach of NZBus and removed any subsidy for fares. Therefore the Flyer has to pay its own way to provide the excellent service that it does. At $12 a pop it is considerably cheaper and quicker than a taxi or Uber, assuming one is travelling alone.

The Tramways Union has represented its members since 1903 and its continued existence shows how highly regarded it is. It represented all Council

drivers, until the Council abrogated its responsibility handing it over to whoever could provide the cheapest option!

The effect of GWRC handing over the contracts to the ‘cheapest option’ meant that over 100 drivers became redundant, which has led to the current shortage of drivers and the consequent disruptions!

Tony Sutcliffe Strathmore

New bus hub model doesn’t work here, Laidlaw

Newtown Festival shows what sort of city we could be

Dear Editor, Chris Laidlaw should fall on his sword and resign, but he justifies his incompetence to his new bus company route system in saying “most big cities in the world have or are in the process of adopting the Hub / Spoke design for public transport”. Sadly for Chris, Greater Wellington is built along north/south running fault ridges, valleys and ot on large open flat area like America!

Bus Hubs simply do not work efficiently around hilly Wellington and that is exactly why the previous bus company had tried-and-true bus service routes designed for the commuters living along these valley routes, if Chris ever bothered to actually think about it before supping with the devil.

New Zealand’s reputation for open and transparent local government and public meetings is now a myth.

Dear editor Once a year the Newtown Festival provides us with a glimpse into an alternative city. How amazing it is to stroll down a pedestrianised Riddiford Street and see how the exclusion of motor vehicles opens up space for community encounters, cultural sharing, and economic activity. This is the city I want to live in, and 80,000 other attendees agree.

Some letter-writers are worried about private cars being shunted down the transport hierarchy, and see investment in cycling and public transport as folly. I applaud it as forward looking, people-first planning.

With Wellington increasing in population density, there’s just not enough space for cars to be every-

David Lee sees the writing on the wall to opt out, but he still retains a biased arrogant attitude in lambasting VTAO derision as a body of vocal, but very small group of voters - great CV for his next employer?

Jacinda says they don’t have enough to fix all the problems in the first term, but Lester’s WCC has no qualms spending ratepayers’ money on its expensive projects. WCC has failed miserably to manage the distribution and expenditure of ratepayer funds for our wellbeing.

It’s time our Local Body democratic system was reformed to protect and to make the Council accountable to the Ratepayers. In the meantime Central Government should immediately appoint Commissioners to the WCC. Vote Them All Out. Martin Beck, Mornington

one’s primary transport mode. If we continue to prioritise cars we will eventually have no city left, just a criss-crossing network of motorways.

Public space, pedestrian and cyclist safety, cultural vibrancy and a lively street life are what makes great cities great – not lower travel times for private cars.

Wellingtonians, we have a choice: To be inward looking and stick with our failing cars-first system; or to look outward at international examples and observe that putting active and public transport first is the key to achieving a liveable city that works for everyone.

Stephanie Cairns Berhampore

Cycleway? More like unmarked path for wayward councillors

Crawford Road cycleway appreciated

Dear editor You certainly opened up a can of worms. What cycle way?

I came, on my bike, struggling up Crawford Rd and there was this path in the left side of the road, barricaded with the yellowy bumps which seemed a perfectly safe haven for cyclists, although nothing indicating whether it was a cycleway, an area for vaping or a walkway for wayward councillors, regional or WCC!!!!

I just tried at as it seemed a good, safe

Dear editor As a new cyclist I have appreciated this safe track which takes me from Rongotai to family in Newtown. As a gesture may I suggest WCC install new cycle stands outside the tennis courts to encourage users to cycle to the courts.

Thus they would have a warm up before the game.

I have been cycling to work for two months on my E bike and I love it and intend to do so in winter.

I am fitter and happier and get to work in town in 25 minutes.

(Granny) Annie Mercer, Rongotai

opportunity. However within the first few metres, overhanging gorse scraped my hands and arms. I realise I could not complain to the WCC or the roads board as I had no legal entitlement to be on that unmarked path. Does ACC cover this apolitically coloured area? Possibly, when in due time an official opening takes place, the gorse will have been trimmed and an explanation for the green.- redon the footpath-off the footpath-on the main road puzzle will be the highlight of the opening speech as it certainly is an

interesting conundrum at present.

Please do not start a survey as to how many tennis players v how many bikers struggle past this peculiar bus stop which apparently has bus passengers alighting on to a red area with a puzzle who may or may not use this red area. I thought that the red colour in traffic signage meant DO NOT. Keep us informed Jamie, but keep the details for a future comic opera.

Paul Franken Strathmore Park

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Cycleways and scooters should be low priorities

Let the good times roll Cycling is popular. That’s why both National and Labour-led governments, and successive Councils, are investing in get-

Dear editor February was a great month for biking, with more than 4000 Wellington people taking part in the Aotearoa Bike Challenge.

E-bikes flatten hills and beat headwind. Onzo bikes make riding affordable for everyone.

With more and more people of all ages embracing cycling as a fun and convenient way to get around, biking is on a roll.

Every day I hear from people who like the new protected bike lanes on Crawford Rd and Oriental Bay. Island Bay Parade is getting an upgrade with new smooth seal. Design work is under way for routes serving people in Berhampore and Newtown.

I’m looking forward to seeing Wellington’s new bike lanes completed. Once connected, we’ll have a city-wide network of safe cycling routes. That’s a real asset to our city.

Dear Editor Roger Marcon is right! (CSN 28/2/19). We elect councillors to focus on firstly the city’s infrastructure needs of water security, sewage, transport, parks then if any dollars are left the junk like cycleways, scooters can be added in. But methinks that Council officers (the wage bill now over $100million pa?) push their self-interested projects.

Yes, we too support the team at VTAO (Vote them all out). Let’s have a check list from your great paper as to which councillors voted for what. I recall that all of them voted for the cycleway model being used that is now making it unsafe for motorists and walkers.

Help us in all suburbs.

Sarah R Wu Kilbirnie

Dear Editor We see P. Morgan (cycleway paid agitator) at the Newtown Festival encouraging kids to ride bikes (most of our primary schools are on hills with narrow roads!) but did Patrick also explain how the proposed cycleway on Cobham Drive is displacing penguins and lizards and killing some? Yea/nah!

We have a designated chief scientist and climate change councillor who seem to have been out to lunch on this issue. What are their names so later in the year we can VTAO - vote them all out? All my friends are joining the movement as well; it’s a raging discussion over the tea cups.

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Queer artist Kate Aschoff has experienced depression since she was 14. In her upcoming show Adventures With Depression Kate will present stories and Bunnythorpe experiences from the 20 years of her life so far.

“Adventures With Depression has been in the making since 2014,” the Hataitai resident says. “Before I considered myself a poet or performer. Before I even knew I had depression. Before I’d come out. Before anything.

“2014 marked a lot of endings for me but it also marked a whole lot of beginnings. I’ve been creating content around my depression and mental illness for years now.

“Photography, poems, drawing, videos, prose. I’m still exploring this sickness and illness in as many ways and art forms as I can. For me, expressing and talking about these experiences is the most healing thing I could possibly do.

“I’m in charge of my own story and can create the opportunity for myself to share things I don’t know how to put into words.

“It helps heal me and helps others understand and identify our shared connections and experiences, being able to have other people see their own stories in my art is the most rewarding thing. Storytelling is a powerful thing and I have so many of them to tell.”

Kate has been performing since high school, writing poetry since she was 13. As well as attending weekly therapy, Kate is very active in the Wellington LGBTQIA+ community and makes zines, writes for Salient magazine, “eats a lot of hummus” and “loves Grey’s Anatomy”.

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• Central Park Substation to Polhill Reserve • Between Kaitoke and Featherston • Waikanae through to Te Horo.

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Berhampore village upgrade drop-in session

Kate Aschoff

excited about Adventures With Depression - this will be her first Fringe show and first solo performance.

Adventures With Depression runs at the Gryphon Theatre from 6pm on March 1416. Tickets are $12 for general admission.

If you live in or have an interest in Berhampore, we’d like to hear your ideas for how we can improve Berhampore village.

The community has been saying for some time that Berhampore village is a special area and needs an upgrade. This also came through in feedback we received last year as part of engaging on Newtown Connections.

Developing a safe cycling network, including a direct route between the south coast and central city through Berhampore shopping area, creates an opportunity to make a village upgrade happen sooner.

We want to get people thinking and talking about what kind of place they’d like Berhampore village to be. We’re starting by finding out what you value most about the area, what works and what doesn’t, and the kinds of changes that could be made to improve the look and feel of the village.

Drop-in session: • Berhampore Community Centre, Centennial Flats, 493 Adelaide Road • Saturday 23 March, 10am–2pm transportprojects.org.nz

Thursday March 14, 2019

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Cook Strait part of important trade route

By Chris Rabey ISLAND BAY HISTORIAN

Spain, where she is due on April 10.

A number of these are very large carriers, carrying mostly coal or iron ore, and must transit Cape Horn as they are too deep in the water and too beamy to negotiate Panama Canal. However the voyage to Brazil is a lot shorter via the Horn.

Many other vessels are simply passing through between New Zealand ports. All ships working Nelson and New Plymouth as well as other ports, must use the strait.

Imports from China and other Asian ports to South Island destinations also use the strait.

Naturally the Bluebridge and Interislander ferries are criss-crossing the strait all day long, plus many fishing boats, as well as vessels in and out of Wellington One regular user of the strait is

Cook Strait is one area of the Great Southern Routes where shipping which works the various ports on the eastern seaboard of Australia, transits to and from South America, and sometimes on to Europe.

The lengthy voyage from the Queensland port of Gladstone, for example, takes the ship down across the Tasman, through Cook Strait, across the Southern Ocean, around Cape Horn, and up the Atlantic to mainly Brazilian ports, and sometimes further north to European ports.

There is a ship currently on this route, the SAIKO, a Japanese bulk carrier of 181,000 tons, which left Gladstone on February 23 bound for

a former naval patrol boat, Seapatroller.

Now privately owned, she criss-crosses Cook Strait daily, checking on any disturbance of the undersea communication cables, ensuring fishing boats, pleasure craft and others do not drop anchor, nets, or anything foul anywhere near the cables.

There are a number of vantage points for excellent photography.

For distance shots of big ships passing through, a hill reserve above Orchy Crescent in Southgate commands excellent views, as these ships cannot be seen from sea level.

For ships coming in and out of Wellington, the southern end of Breaker Bay and the end of a ridge track above the old Fort Dorset are favoured positions.

The Seapatroller in action. PHOTO: Supplied

Wheels go crazy at Lyall Bay School Movin’March got off to a roaring start at Lyall Bay School on March 1. Greater Wellington Regional Council organises the month-long event in partnership with Wellington City Council, encouraging and celebrating walk ing and “wheeling” to school.

But the school was the star on the day with nearly 400

students turning up in fancy dress, decorated scooters, bikes, hoverboard, roller blades, even jet packs! If it moved, Lyall Bay students had it covered.

After an impressive parade, students pumped out some active moves under the professional aerobics guidance of Year 3-4 teacher Olivia Lincoln. Spot prizes and rides around the

school grounds followed with fancy dress winners decided.

Students were rewarded with a bike and scooter rodeo throughout the day – provided courtesy of ReBicycle who had cycle skills instructors guiding students around a fun circuit of jumps, ramps and see-saws. This brought a smile to everyone’s faces as skills and confidence

levels quickly increased.

Lead teacher Jo Graham says the teachers were “blown away” by the response from students.

“Absolutely everyone got behind it, going to extraordinary lengths to celebrate

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The first published measurement of blood pressure was made in the 18th century, although it wasn’t until about a hundred years later that it was suggested that high blood pressure could be the cause of disease.

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During the course of the day our blood pressure goes up and down depending on a number of things, including what we are doing, how busy or how stressed we are, our physical activity and also the amount of caffeine, alcohol and tobacco being taken.

Therefore when measuring blood pressure it means that several readings may need to be taken.

People are considered to have high blood pressure when repeated measurements show a raised reading above a certain level and stays at a higher level even when they are relaxed and sitting quietly.

The problem with high blood pressure is that often people do not experience any symptoms at all and feel quite well, until the blood pressure is very high and causing other health issues. This is why it is important to have your blood pressure checked regularly.

This can be done by your pharmacist, doctor or nurse. Blood pressure should be measured at least once a year if you are over 40 years of age, or more often if you already have high blood pressure.

There is no such thing as one “normal” blood pressure measurement, but there is a range which is considered desirable.

When your blood pressure is measured two readings will be obtained. If the lower of these two readings (the diastolic pressure) is greater than 90, then treatment may be recommended.

The upper reading (systolic pressure) is usually over 100, but varies and usually increases with age. A few people with early-stage hypertension may experience dull headaches, dizzy spells or nosebleeds.

However these symptoms generally don’t occur until hypertension has reached an advanced stage. The only way a person can find out if their blood pressure is high

is by having it tested regularly.

For 90-95% of adults with high blood pressure, the cause is not known and high blood pressure tends to gradually develop over many years.

Some people are at higher risk of high blood pressure because of their age, their race and their family history, all risk factors which cannot be changed. However there are other risk factors which can be changed and these include being overweight, doing very little exercise, smoking, alcohol consumption, salt intake and stress.

High blood pressure can’t be cured, but it can be controlled. For all of us this means a healthy lifestyle and for some it also means taking medicines as well.

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Bringing local news faithbeing in the justice system and feel justice was victimisation.

What we need to get tough on for Two big events are happening in Then on March 29 there will be a not served in their case, according to new is injustice, andcommunity let victims tell us what that nerdy! to the Newtown over the coming weeks. chance for locals to get to know each othresearch released by Victim Support. means to them,” says Petrina.

The Newtown Festival committee has er with the Newtown Neighbours’ Night Victim Support released preliminary “When we asked victims what justice organised the Great Newtown Garage at Newtown Park from 4.30pm to 7pm.

Situation findings from the study at the two-day Hap-Vacant meant to them, accountability was a comSale, dubbed “the biggest community There will be free food, activities and enaitia te Oranga Tangata Safe and Effective mon response, along with being heard and garage sale in New Zealand” which will tertainment, for thanks to contributions Justice: Strengthening the Criminal Justice fairness.” be held this Saturday from 9am to 12pm, from Wellington City Council, all the A solid System for Victims summit in Wellington Three key barriers to justice were identirain or shine, organisations and agencies who make on March 4. fied: fear, exclusion and unfairness.

There will be garage sales in several up the Newtown Collective, NeighAmongst victims interviewed, 59 percent “For many, seeking justice was about streets west of Riddiford St, as well as bourhood Support and to all the helpers told researchers they had no faith in the keeping themselves and others safe, but there the main sale at the Newtown Commu- bringing activities and entertainment. justice system and 68 percent felt justice had was a fear that engaging in the justice system nity and Cultural Centre on Colombo St The event will be held in the function not been served in their case. would actually pose a risk to their safety, both from 10am to 2pm. rooms if it is wet.

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Pocknall appointed new Firebirds head coach Glenn Pocknall has been appointed as the new Wellington Firebirds head coach on a three-year term.

The current Firebirds assistant coach will take the reins on June 1 after Bruce Edgar announced he would step down from the role at the end of the season.

The appointment completes Glenn’s successful transition through the Cricket Wellington coaching pathway programme .

He who began his coaching career at the age of 22 with the Wellington under-15 team.

From there he progressed through the Wellington age-group representative teams into the provincial A programmes, and eventually into the Firebirds programme.

“It was one of my goals when I started with the age group teams 18 years ago to be in this position, so to achieve it and come through the pathway and be the coach of one of the top provincial teams in the country is really rewarding,” Glenn says.

A born-and-bred Wellingtonian, Glenn has been part of the Firebirds programme for the past seven years and took on the lead coaching role in their successful Ford Trophy campaign this summer.

Glenn was unanimously backed for the role by the Firebirds players and coaching staff and says he looks forward to developing the mix of experience and youth in the current Firebirds’ roster.

“We’ve got a good balance of experience and youth in the squad which is a really exciting mix because those more experienced guys can really inspire those younger players to improve every day and become the future of Wellington cricket.”

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Cricket Wellington CEO Cam Mitchell said Glenn was a great fit for the role and the ideal successor to Bruce Edgar.

“Glenn is a modern coach and a great leader, and his appointment will ensure a smooth transition of the Firebirds culture that Glenn and Bruce have worked so hard to develop over the past few years.”

Taking the sting out of managing wasps There is generally a negative feeling around wasps. It stems primarily from the biodiversity and public health risk they pose to our natural environments.

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SPORT Sports talk

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with Jacob Page

Space is best for McKenzie’s mojo I f D a m ia n McKe n z ie i s wea r ing the All Black No 10 jersey in a crucial game this year, I would be very concerned.

The enigmatic Chiefs’ livewi re has a ga me best described as controlled chaos and it is best suited to the fullback position.

The 23-year-old is running the backline for the Chiefs

likely because of two reasons.

T he C h iefs don’t have a better option unless they want to go back in time 10 years and play Stephen Donald.

Secondly, the All Blacks’ brains trust seem determined to turn McKenzie into our back-up No 10.

However, the early moments of the Chiefs game against the Crusaders showed how

McKenzie’s decision-making isn’t up to scratch.

His aimless chip-kick led to the Crusaders racing 60m down field and scoring the opening try and then a cutout pass deep in their own 22 created an easy intercept try for Sevu Reece.

It is not a criticism of McKenzie, more just a need to realise his talents are not best

utilised in the 10 jersey.

He is best served when he can inject himself with time and space against tired defences.

His decision–making is best when he only has to worry about what he is going to do.

T he cur rent situation reminds me of when the same group of men tried to turn Ben Smith, the world’s best

fullback, into a centre.

It was tried, it didn’t work and the idea was dropped.

This McKenzie experiment needs to go the same way.

McKenzie is an excellent utility back to come off the bench in key games.

The best two No 10s in New Zealand are Beauden Barrett and Richie Mo’unga and that should not be up for debate.

Axe throwing a smash hit

By Oliver Lovell JOURNALISM STUDENT

Mount Victoria’s Lloyd Bombell doesn’t have an axe to grind, he has several.

In fact, Lloyd loves to throw them too.

“Yes, we throw axes,” he says. “People are loving it.”

The Australian expat has recently launched an axe-throwing establishment, the first of its kind in New Zealand, for those keen to let off some steam by hurling sharp, heavy tools.

Sweet Axe Throwing Company was set up six months ago next door to Beaurepaires Tyre and Battery Shop in Mount Victoria’s Kent Terrace, and Lloyd says he is working hard to keep up with demand.

The sport, which involves throwing axes at targets akin to giant dart boards, is proving a popular pastime for Wellingtonians, with 30 people attending league competitions on Monday nights.

“I am surprised at the prevalence and popularity of obscure sports, like axe throwing, in New Zealand.”

Some of the axes are small enough to be thrown single-handed, others require

two hands, he says.

Plastic moulded Viking helmets are also available to be worn.

The results of league night competition are uploaded to the US-based World Axe Throwing League website which ranks 50 teams globally from about 15 different countries.

Lloyd says he is in discussions with the commissioner of the world league with the hope of getting the eventual winner of Wellington’s Sweet Axe competition a spot at the Chicago-based final in the USA in December.

The sport is growing in popularity globally and is also shown on sports television network ESPN 2.

In February, Lloyd took Sweet Axe on the road to Auckland and attended a Meatstock festival, known for its bands, beards, and barbeques.

There he set up six axe throwing ‘lanes’ and, he says, attracted plenty of interest from festival goers.

Lloyd has not yet looked into external funding to help grow the sport of axe throwing in New Zealand. However, he says an Australasian league could be on the horizon.

Changes abound for club rugby season The 2019 Wellington club rugby season will kick off the Premier and Premier Reserve competitions in a couple of weeks.

There will be some changes coming up in both grades this season, including three fewer games in the first round following discussions with clubs after last season. That means the season will start a week later than normal and will feature home and away matches with no Gala Day opening. Kick off for the remaining grades is likely to happen on Saturday, April 6.

There will also be no Anzac Day round in 2019 or any double headers or

mid-week night fixtures to allow players more time to recover.

Club Finals Day will also be held a week earlier on Saturday, July 27.

There are plenty of highlights in the opening weeks of the Swindale Shield, with a repeat of last year’s final between champions Old Boys University and Northern United scheduled for week two.

OBU will aim to make it a three-peat of Jubilee Cup wins although they will face stiff competition from a number of quality sides, including last year’s beaten finalists Northern United.

LOCAL CRICKET RESULTS: MEN’S PREMIER TWODAY PEARCE CUP: Eastern Suburbs 41/0 (16 overs) vs Johnsonville 260 (86.3 overs) Match abandoned MEN’S PREMIER RESERVE TWO DAY: Petone-Eastbourne 186/5 & 37/1 beat Wellington Collegians 82 & 138/8 by 9 wickets MEN’S SECOND GRADE TWODAY: Wellington Collegians 165/7d led Stokes

Valley 108 & 146/8 on first innings T/20 CUP TOURNAMENT: Eastern Suburbs Premier 162/6 (20 overs) beat VUWCC 1st XI 72/4 (11.3 overs) by 90 runs U15 CLUB T/20: North City Silly Sloggers 141/0 (20 overs) beat Eastern Suburbs Club Youth 101/0 (20 overs)

Sweet Axe Throwing Company ‘Axeperts’ Erika Goodwin (left) with Tom Warmington (right) in front of targets. PHOTO: Oliver Lovell

Central League coach returns to Wellington United Wellington United’s coaches Rapha Christians and Mike Roxburgh.

PHOTO: TJF PHOTOs

Wellington United Football Club looks forward to re-employing the services of a coach with extensive global experience.

Rapha Christians is a South African-born Kiwi who has coached around the world including in Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven, USA with Columbus Crew, Iceland with IBV, several US colleges and in New Zealand with the one and only Wellington United.

It was Wellington United that bought him to New Zealand in 2011 and he took on their reserve team, who were without a win after the first five games of the season. He turned them around and won promotion.

His last spell at Wellington United was in 2014 when he was first team’s coach and finished fourth in Capital Premier.

Rapha will be assisted by Mike Roxburgh who has been with Wellington

United since the early 90s and has played for the Superclub, Central League and the mighty Masters team, the Dreamers, before moving into coaching. He has worked with Rapha since he arrived in New Zealand.

“As well as working for the Ministry of Education as a day job, myself and Mike have been doing some consulting work in the sport and recreation area on an international basis and I have also been working as a goalkeeping coach,” Rapha says.

He decided to take on the “challenging role” of coaching Wellington United as it is a club he has always been with since coming to New Zealand.

He says he will be building a team from scratch and hopes it will become very competitive and produce more than people will expect.

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THE NEXT ‘GINGERNUTS’?

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