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Tracy Wellington is sad but philosophical about the increased need for her Kiwi Community Assistance service in Grenada North.

KCA received the Supreme Award at the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards for their continued efforts to help

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those in need.

KCA distributes food, clothing and other items for free to families working with agencies in Johnsonville and Newlands.

“It has lifted our spirits because we have been working hard over the past two years as business as usual.”

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Kiwi Community Assistance won the supreme award at the Wellington Airport Community Awards, last week.

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Working class now regularly needing KCA assistance Continued from page 1.

Last financial year, KCA redistributed over 345 tons of food and 4501 banana boxes of non food items to assist families struggling in the Greater Wellington region.

“The first year of covid, we grew by 72 percent,” she says.

“We assisted over 143,000 people across greater Wellington last financial year.

“It makes me feel sad,” she says.

“Before we were helping a lot of beneficiaries and now we are helping the working class as well.

“People who have good paying jobs but the rise in inflation, the cost of fuel and food, it’s hitting everyone in the pocket.”

KCA has grown from family members donating extra food and fruit and veges from their gardens to a 500 square metre warehouse and the rescue food from many supermarkets and farmers markets as well as working alongside some big companies.

“The KCA family is a big one and this award is a way to acknowledge all our volunteers and the companies we work alongside.

“Our motto is ‘Kiwis working together’ and we feel that is very important.”

Tracy says the issues people face which bring them to need the services of KCA are complex.

“It’s not one thing that needs fixing,

KCA is in need of volunteers as demand surges as the impacts of the cost of living increases continue to be felt by many.

there’s a housing crisis, there’s inflation, there’s generations of people on a benefit, so it’s a complex issue that I don’t know will ever be solved.”

“We have massive chiller

rooms and often each day, there’s nothing in there because food is going out as fast as it comes in,” she says.

Tracy says KCA is looking to add to their 63 volunteers,

particularly on a Sunday afternoon to help at the Johnsonville Market from 1pm to 3pm once a month and people to help at their Grenada North facility on a Sunday afternoon.

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Human nature can be a perverse I recently hosted a meeting which included thing.

Sometimes we need things local property developers and to be a serious issue before representatives from the City and Regional the government of forthe day is Councils.

The background the meeting empowered by the people who was the need to ensure all people involved in providing moreto housing our electorate, elect them take indecisive action. whether it be those building them or those Trying to act, before the issue we regulating that building, are tryingand topermitting fix is obvious, can get understand the issues which govern the push-back from parts of the public. ability to build the houses everyone agrees Rising fuel and supermarket prices, we need. and gangs shooting it out on the concern enough New Therestreet are essentially two types of development; greenfields andwe brownfields.

Zealanders now that can act Greenfields means support. building on currently with full public land, ex farmland on I undeveloped always said thetypically people who would the edges of current urban areas, where rue the gang shootouts would be infrastructure like sewers, water supply and the who other other essential gangs services don’t existare are now having criminal activities usually builttheir by the developer. disrupted by some decent powers Brownfields development means rebuilding to seize money and bikes.

Even the on existing sites, and therecommentators has been more left-leaning considerable discussion in recent timesthose understand the need for around how intensification should be powers tomuch depower gangs.

Firing allowed in existing suburbs, especially achanging rifle toofintimidate, what height limits towhich allow foris more drive-by apartments. shootings are about, will now attract a decent prison Both have their advantages and sentence. disadvantages; Regional Council in and So it is with the petrol companies particular see their role to prevent morehave supermarkets; the public

become very aware of the markrunoff and other material ending up in our ups to create big profits, and so harbours, especially the Porirua harbour in legislation and strategies the case of development north of to reduce those mark-ups areThenow very Johnsonville and Newlands.

Wellington popular.

City Council are concerned that the existing infrastructure pressure it by The price cannot riseshandle arethecaused comes under when new housing areas are international events beyond developed.

Existingdespite infrastructure is agingthe our control, what and needs upgrading across our city, as opposition say, but we have to evidenced by recent pipe failures. An make sure merchantsofhere are not advantage of intensification existing areas taking advantage. means more people, therefore more It’s interesting the day after ratepayers to pay forthat those upgrades.

Energy Minister Megan Wood wrote Developers of course to make a profit, threatening theneed fuel companies and wish to keep their compliance as with legislation, fuel prices costs dropped low as possible. Many believe the Resource over 25 cents in some places. That Management Act is too cumbersome. We as should be reflected in the next government for our part have undertaken to inflation rewrite thatfigures. act.

Finally, I’ve had but some great The feedback was good, the success will be when there are sufficient affordable conversations around the houses to meetabout demand.the That Irish is certainly my electorate Rugby goal as your MP. test.

I have one response; they were That, and of course having a vibrant and better, a lot better.Shopping But it takes functioning Johnsonville Centre our we minds pressing issues can all be off proudother of. which is what sport should do, so the ongoing is no bad There’s plenty to discussion be getting on with. thing. Sometimes it’s got to get bad before it gets good again!

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Onslow College pupil takes a stand An Onslow College student is taking to the stage to address difficult subjects such as family violence and suicide as part of a 0ƗRUL theatre production this July.

Brooke Wharehinga, 16, will be performing in Te R kau Theatre’s presentation of The Swing in the second week of her school holidays.

The Swing weaves the ancestral Snjrakau of HinetƯWama and TƗnemahuta into the contemporary portrayal of a whƗQau struggling to recover from the shadow of ngau whiore (sexual abuse) and whakamomori (suicide).

While the play deals with some heavier subject matters, Brooke says the themes are relevant to rangatahi in New Zealand.

“Social media plays a prominent role in our society and exposes young people to these topics already, sometimes in harmful ways,” says Brooke.

“It’s better to talk to your own kids about hard subjects in a safe environment, even if it makes you uncomfortable. It’s about

keeping young people safe and bringing awareness to the things that are real and happening in this society.”

Brooke says performing in the play has given her a chance to reflect on why abuse and mental health for young people can be hard to talk about.

“It’s important for rangatahi to be part of these conversations.

If you never look back on the negative, you aren’t able to grow into a better version of yourself.

“I think many people close off from the bad stuff in order to protect themselves, however you can’t change anything by ignoring it.”

Brooke started working with Te RƗkau earlier this year as part of the Tungia Tahia youth section of the Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts.

“I’ve been interested in performance since I was very young.

It was a combination of being in kohanga reo and my dad also being a part of the performance world,” says Brooke.

“I started doing kapa haka and

It enabled them to have their say and we got behind the views we heard.

Despite a massive rejection by residents, in the draft District Plan the Council further extended this to ten-storeys over a wider area.

This is all based on the false premise that our much loved heritage branch railway is a Rapid Transit System for development purposes. ORCA continues to advocate for intensification appropriate to our status as a neigh-

Wellington Heritage Week Wellington Heritage Week is back for 2022, and with some exciting changes.

This year will be the festival’s sixth edition, and it will run for two weeks in 2022, between Labour Day the 24th of October and the 6th of November.

Karori community safety meeting Come along and discuss safety in Karori. Presentations from NZ Police, Karori Community Patrol & Neighbourhood Support (previously Neighbourhood Watch).

The meeting will be held on Thursday August 18 at the Karori Community Centre at 7pm.

Rangatahi performers in The Swing. From left: Kauri Leach (back), Huia Max, Brooke Wharehinga, Erena Page, Rylee Herewini, Jewel Te Wiki.

waiata in the morning, then got into solo singing and dance. I love the feeling of satisfaction you get when you leave the stage after a good performance, and you can see how your effort impacted others.

Te RƗNau is led by director Jim Moriarty MNZM and writer Helen Pearse-Otene (PhD), who have combined arts training and youth development to deliver Theatre Marae productions for more than two decades.

ORCA looks to the future Onslow Residents’ Community Association (ORCA) held their Annual Meeting on March 22nd at Khandallah Town Hall. Lawrence Collingbourne, President, remarked that the year had started with optimism and a celebration of the annual Khandallah Park Picnic we had ORCA organised.

An important achievement last year was informing residents about the six-storey intensification of Khandallah proposed in the Council’s Spatial Plan.

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bourhood centre and we continue to submit objective evidence about the branch line, which has neither the speed nor capacity to meet the proposed intensification.

Covid restrictions to keep members safe meant they had to cancel planned activities on road safety and community emergency preparedness but they hope to do more of these seminars this year and if any residents would like us to run different seminars and better still, to join the committee to help with these, they’ll be

more than welcome. We need to remain vigilant about council plans and proposals.

So it was great to be able to celebrate 2022 and look forward to better times with a party atmosphere over some drinks and refreshments. We got some good feedback on what the members present want ORCA to focus on.

We invite all residents to join ORCA, to let us know how we can help you and to come and join our newly elected Committee to make it happen.

Cable Car maintenance shutdown It’s time for the Cable Car to close the tracks and get a bit of TLC. The Cable Car will be closed from 6pm Sunday 31 July and will reopen from 7.30am Friday 12 August. This period allows the team to run our scheduled maintenance and to start seismic strengthening work on the middle tunnel to ensure the Cable Car continues to be a reliable and safe form of transport.

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Give your voice to Greater Wellington in the October elections Greater Wellington is urging people to add their voices to the regional council by standing in October’s local body elections for Greater Wellington Regional Council.

“We want to encourage more people to seek nomination and in particular would welcome greater diversity in our council chambers, there’s a place for everyone,” says Greater Wellington Chief Executive Nigel Corry.

A 2020 Local Government New Zealand survey taken after the 2019 local government elections found that the face of local government is changing. More than 41 percent of successful candidate respondents stood for their first time in 2019, compared with 27 percent who debuted in the 2016 elections.

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MƗori elected members increased to 13.5 percent in 2019, from just 5 percent in 2007. MƗori members are also likely to be younger than non-MƗRri, and female. Women are moving into more influential roles, with 21 of 78 mayors being female.

“It’s vital that we maintain the trend towards councils that truly reflect the communities they represent, so we are looking for a broad spectrum of nominations. All voices are valuable.”

Greater Wellington Regional Councillors represent constituencies from KƗpiti Coast, PoriruaTawa, 3ǀneke/Wellington, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta /Upper Hutt and Wairarapa and work together on region-wide issues.

“They are at the forefront of

change on key services such as delivering public transport, protecting and enhancing the environment, managing flood protection, enhancing water quality, safeguarding our water supply and responding to climate change.

“In short, they are at the centre of the big issues that matter to the people of the region,” says Corry.

Nominations open on 15 July and close at 12noon on 12 August 2019.

To help potential candidates and people who wish to nominate candidates find

out more about the regional council and the elections, Greater Wellington has launched an elections website at www.giveyourvoice.co.nz.

The site contains Greater Wellington’s interactive Preelection Report 2022, Preelection report (interactive) which is essential reading for all potential candidates.

It provides a profile of the region and the services offered by Greater Wellington, as well as detail on the initiatives planned by the regional council to address the key challenges facing the region and how they will be funded.

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Full Bloom in Khandallah Khandallah’s Mitchell Studios is set to get an international flavour for its next exhibition.

British born artist Lizzie Pannell has always painted landscapes. During the 2021 lockdown she became inspired by photographs of wild flowers her mother sent from her walks in the English countryside.

Full Bloom represents a body of work that both celebrates the natural world around us as well as the blossoming of an emerging artist in the New Zealand art scene.

Be immersed in Lizzie’s florals and admire nature’s wild colour palette.

Her intention for this show is to evoke feelings of joy, life and energy for the vibrancy of what surrounds us in nature, and then bringing it indoors.

Many of these works were created during the hibernation of a country

locked down, and are to be exhibited at a time of optimism and new opportunity.

Lizzie Pannell presented a single artist wall at the recent Wellington NZ Art Show and is currently part of The ƿKƗUiu Collective Parliament Exhibition at the Beehive, on display until 25 July.

The team at Mitchell Studios are delighted to host Lizzie’s first solo show.

In addition, they are looking forward to having Lizzie join them regularly in the gallery to work on her latest piece. Visitors will have the opportunity to see an artist at work and talk to her about her inspiration, influences and process.

Full Bloom will run from Friday 5 August through to Friday 2 September at Mitchell Studios, Khandallah Village, 15 Ganges Road, Khandallah, Wellington.

British born artist Lizzie Pannell has always painted landscapes. During the 2021 lockdown she became inspired by photographs of wild flowers her mother sent from her walks in the English countryside.

Planting day blustery but beautiful Planting 3000 trees in gale force winds?

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Horticulture Team and other Parks, Sport and Recreation staff headed up to Woodridge to plant 3000 native trees, all grown in our own Berhampore Nursery.

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Q: After the historic series loss to Ireland at the weekend - who do you think should be the All Blacks coach and why?

Andrew Mitchell

Emily Jenkins

Leon MacDonald with Razor (Scott Robertson). Couple of coaches who have played the modern game. Bit like the State of Origin coach Billy Slater.

Definitely Scott Robertson.

We need to work together as a team with strong leadership on field. Our defence was poor and they were too busy trying to be clever than concentrate on the play.

Keelan Walker My first pick would be Jamie Joseph, however we all know he has committed to Japan. The obvious choice is Razor Robertson who now has a very solid record as a coach who can win and implement winning strategies even though he’s a terrible dancer.

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Foster’s tactics are too predictable with too much kicking and inconsistent performances. Definitely Razor (Scott Robertson) and Rangi (Leon MacDonald), said that ages ago and saying it now.

Keep it the same. We don’t need to fire the coach every time we lose. You aren’t going to win all the time. Also, it’s not always the coach.

The players are responsible for the game.

What bothers me more than anything is the amount of abuse directed towards Ian Foster and the players online. Kiwis need to remember that they are actual human beings.

Moa bones on display at Pukaha Pnjkaha National Wildlife Centre has unveiled a rare display of moa bones at its Visitor Centre this week.

Visitors can view the Moa bones for free in the Pnjkaha Visitor Centre. The Centre is open 9:00am – 5:00pm seven days a week. To celebrate the occasion, a variety of moa books for adults and children, soft toys, puzzles and games can be purchased with all proceeds contributing to the conservation mahi (work) at Pnjkaha.

The Moa hakahaka (Euryapteryx curtus) or Coastal moa bones have been loaned to Pnjkaha by a local man, who found them on a Wairarapa farm in the 1970’s.

The bones on display are from both legs including the tibia, fibula and foot bones.

Emily Court Pnjkaha National Wildlife Centre General Manager says “We are so grateful to be able to display these beautiful bones, so everyone in the community can learn about the natural history

of our manu (birds).”

Moa hakahaka was one of the smallest of the Moa and was a stout, short-legged bird with a broad, blunt bill. There were nine species of Moa. Female Moa hakahaka were at most about 800mm at the back and could stretch up to 1.5 metres to feed, while the males were often only 600mm tall at the back.

Before the arrival of people, the extinct Eyles’ Harrier probably preyed on moa chicks, but the adults were safe from attack. The first people arrived in Aotearoa sometime around 1200 AD, and all Moa were quickly driven to extinction by hunting and, to a lesser extent, by habitat reduction due to forest clearance. It is believed that by 1445, all Moa had become extinct.

As its name suggests, Moa hakahaka was most common in the dune habitats around the coast from the Wairarapa to North Cape and only lived in the North Island.

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Wellington’s Proposed District Plan open for consultation Public submissions on Wellington City’s Proposed District Plan are now open following the official notification of the Plan on Tuesday.

Submissions are open until 5pm on Monday 12 September.

At the end of last year Wellingtonians provided feedback on the Draft District Plan’s policies, rules and design guides to manage development of our city.

There have been a number of changes from the Draft District Plan due to feedback from the community, the Government’s new rules on medium-density housing and changes from last month’s Council committee meeting to approve the Plan.

Rules for identified Significant Natural Areas not in residential zones, identified heritage listings, and most of the Medium Density

Residential Standards now have legal effect following notification of the Plan.

The Proposed District Plan and information about how to make a submission is available online at wcc.nz/pdp.

There are also printed copies in libraries.

The process After the consultation closes on 12 September, submissions will

be available to view alongside a summary of views and points made in the submissions. At that point anyone can make a ‘further submission’ supporting or opposing the views and points made. This consultation period will take place before the end of the year.

Formal hearings will take place starting early next year with decisions on parts of the District

Plan related to housing intensification completed by the end of 2023 (about 60% of the Proposed Plan). There are no appeals to the Environment Court on these parts.

The rest of the Proposed Plan (40%) that goes through the standard Part 1, Schedule 1 RMA process must be issued no later than July 2024. Any submitter can appeal a decision on these parts to the Environment Court.

Police appeal for information following Brooklyn ram-raid burglary Police are appealing to the public for information about a burglary that occurred in Brooklyn, Wellington, on 13 July.

The Cellar Room, on Cleveland Street, was burgled at around 3.25am.

A red Mazda Demio car that had been stolen from Derwent Street, Island Bay was used in the ram raid-style burglary, with a significant amount of damage caused to the vehicle and the store.

Two offenders entered the store and took a large quantity of alcohol.

The vehicle was later recovered in Westland Road, Mount Cook.

The incident has left the victim of the car theft without the use of their vehicle.

The damage to the store is also extensive and has left the owner with a considerable amount of clean-up, and a significant cost to repair the store.

Police would like to hear from anyone who may have seen or heard anything around the Derwent Street or Westland Road areas in the early hours of Wednesday morning, particularly in relation to the red Mazda Demio, or anyone who may have been offered alcohol from the burglary.

Anyone with information can call police on 105 or anonymously on Crimestoppers 0800 555 111.

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Fifty businesses have shared a total of $974,600 from the $1.2 million relief fund established by Wellington City Council and the Government following the protest occupation in and around Parliament earlier this year.

Parliament occupation – 50 businesses receive relief fund payments Fifty businesses have shared a total of $974,600 from the $1.2 million relief fund established by Wellington City Council and the Government following the protest occupation in and around Parliament earlier this year.

Eighteen businesses received the maximum available grant of $30,000, with $2000 being the smallest grant provided.

The payments, made over the past two months, recognised the severe disruption caused to businesses around Parliament and parts of the central city during the three-week protest occupation brought to an end by Police on 2 March.

City Council Economic Wellbeing and CCOs Manager Anna Calver says the occupation was devastating for many businesses in the area. “They were either forced to shut completely or suffered massive downturns in custom due to the disruption and intimidation associated with the protest.”

Businesses that experienced a drop of 50 percent or more in their revenue during the period of the occupation were eligible to apply for a one-off payment. In total, 91 businesses applied for a payment.

The City Council contributed $1 million to the fund while the Government paid in $200,000.

The business relief fund followed a $2.3 million pandemic response package released by the Council earlier this year. This included $1 weeknight and weekend parking, free outdoor ‘parklet’ dining licenses, $1 alcohol and food annual licence fees and rent relief for businesses in Council-owned buildings.

The response package also enabled retail and hospitality businesses in the CBD to apply for their quarter 4 (April-June) rates

payment to be extended. The Q4 rates payment was due on 1 June - however, all eligible CBD businesses will have until 1 December to pay this instalment.

Ms Calver says a further seven businesses may receive payments from the remaining $225,400 in the fund if they provide documents that support their claims.

A panel of senior Council staff, assisted by an independent financial consultant, used a set of criteria to determine which businesses qualified for payments. Eligible businesses had their lost income for the months of February and March calculated. Each business was then allocated a portion of the $1.2 million based on the level of their lost income as a percentage of all lost income for all eligible businesses.

This took into account those businesses that reached the $30,000 maximum allocation of the fund and then reallocated out the remaining fund. The stepped process ensured larger businesses were not penalised and they fairly received the maximum portion they were entitled to. That left the remaining amount to be then split between those smaller businesses that ultimately received a higher proportion of their lost income than the larger businesses.

Ms Calver says the panel exercised discretion regarding the location of some businesses that applied for payments. For example, one business in Victoria Street received a grant due to being adjacent to the Central Police Station. The business suffered significant revenue cuts due to the constant presence of protesters in the vicinity of the Police Station.

“Clearly there were instances where the impact of the occupation was felt more than in other parts of the city.”

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More Buyers? YIP! Hey Everyone! Hope you didn’t get caught in that massive downpour on Tuesday, we were showing someone a house and got soaked right at that moment! Recently we have seen a distinct increase in buyers looking and enquiring at property, is this going to be the start of the recovery phase? Here are a few market variables worth keeping a close eye on. s Lending Rules: Probably the biggest psychological change that the buyer market has experienced is the change in the CCCFA rules, which was perceived as this highly intrusive step to getting mortgages. The easier it is to get a mortgage, the more buyers we will see & shorter mortgage processing times. s Testing Free Travel: Although covid testing seems to be commonplace now, there are still people that hideaway from the dreaded swab up the nose.

With testing free travel becoming more common place, we will start to see more people moving around. People coming and going play an important part in a healthy property market. s Interest rates: Banks have started to increase the rate they stress test buyers and with the Reserve Bank indicating further increases, it would be safe to expect higher interest rates, which means buyer affordability will fall, along with prices. s Affordability: Although house prices have fallen, affordability has stayed consistent due to interest rate changes.

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Regardless of what the market does, people will always need to buy and sell, it will just be a matter of when. From what we learnt in the lockdowns, if sale volume drops – it is simply buyers delaying their plans to buy. Eventually that backlog of buyers who need to buy will catch-up.

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Of the 18 updated listings to date, 10 of them are in the Capital, including Carmen Rupe’s former Curio shop on Cuba Street, the Taj Mahal Public Toilets, The Thistle Inn, St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Lilburn House and the Queen Victoria Monument on Cambridge Terrace.

Kerryn Pollock, Senior Heritage Assessment Advisor and lead for the Rainbow List project at Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, says the significance of the queer history varies from place to place, and some may seem unlikely on the surface, like the Queen Victoria statue between Kent and Cambridge Terraces.

“Statues of the queen were the target of gay and women’s liberation protests in the 1970s because they were potent symbols of colonisation and Victorian morality. Wellington’s Queen Victoria was the site of a demonstration in support of lesbian visibility on International Women’s Day in 1977 for precisely this reason.

The statue listing now includes this story.”

Heritage and history projects like the Rainbow List have well-being benefits for present-day communities, says Kerryn.

“They show that queer people have always been here, that the diverse rainbow communities of Aotearoa New Zealand have a lineage, a whakapapa. We do this by ensuring existing listings tell a place’s queer stories as this information comes to our attention, and by encouraging nominations for new listings where the queer history is significant.”

Wellington City Council has been a valuable collaborator and contributor to the project.

“We have shared our information with the cultural heritage team at Wellington City Council so the city’s heritage inventory can be updated, and have made use of the Council’s wonderful history resources, such as the Wellington City Archives online collection and the City Libraries’ Wellington City Recollect.

“We are excited at the prospect of working more closely with Wellington City Council to highlight our city’s diverse and fascinating queer history through heritage places,” adds Kerryn.

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Lindsay says the Rainbow List project demonstrates the strong commitment by HNZPT and Council to reveal and celebrate more of the diversity and depth of Wellington’s histories and heritage.

“We’ve been very fortunate to work with HNZPT to enrich our District Plan heritage listings with the Rainbow List information.

It allows us to recognise and celebrate the Rainbow Community’s contribution to shaping Wellington as a tolerant and progressive society today.

“At the same time, it reminds us of the Rainbow Community’s historic struggle for the right to be recognised and accepted.

Council is continuing to research the city’s diverse communities and cultures, and making these stories publicly available for everyone to read and enjoy.”

Anyone can nominate a place for listing with HNZPT, and the team would love to hear about other places that tell a rainbow story and welcome suggestions. Get in touch with the Rainbow List team at rainbow@heritage. org.nz If you would like to nominate a heritage item for listing on the Council’s District Plan, or to update a current listing, email district.plan@ wcc.govt.nz and include the following: name and address of place historical information why the place is significant and should be protected photographs.

The Proposed District Plan consultation will open for submissions on 18 July until 12 September. The Proposed Plan will go live on wellington.govt.nz.

Heritage listings updated with queer history in Wellington to date: 288 Cuba Street https://www.heritage.org. nz/the-list/details/5348 Lilburn House https://www.heritage.org.nz/ the-list/details/7645 Morgan’s Buildings https://www.heritage. org.nz/the-list/details/5360 Queen Victoria Monument https://www. heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3663 St Andrew’s on the Terrace https://www. heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3571 St Peter’s Church https://www.heritage.org. nz/the-list/details/229 Taj Mahal Public Toilets https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1434 Thistle Inn https://www.heritage.org.nz/ the-list/details/1439 Turnbull House https://www.heritage.org.nz/ the-list/details/232 City Gallery https://www.heritage.org.nz/ the-list/details/1451

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Liz Green, Spokesperson for Affordable Sports for Greater Wellington, says an estimated 300,000 players and families concerned about paying too much for sport will flock to the polls to support the newly nominated candidates.

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Campaign group Affordable Sports for Greater Wellington has called for candidates to commit to a review as families bear the weight of excessive fees for turfs, fields and indoor facilities used to play sport.

“We welcome the nominations of those candidates who have already pledged to a review,” says Green.

“They’ve heard the needs of families, echoed by sports clubs and codes, decided to take action, and they will benefit signifi-

cantly in the election.”

The first 13 Those already committed to an independent review include Wellington City Council Mayoral Candidates Paul Eagle and Tory Whanau, and long-standing Upper Hutt mayor Wayne Guppy.

Angela McLeod has agreed in-principle to the review, also running for Upper Hutt’s mayoralty.

For Wellington, Nicola Young and Tamatha Paul (both Lambton Ward) have agreed.

In .ƗSiti, Paraparaumu ward councillor Martin Halliday has agreed, also throwing his hat in the ring for mayor. Sophie Handford, the region’s youngest councillor has also pledged, recognising the value sports has for her community’s wellbeing.

Wellington’s newcomer candidates Ben McNulty (Labour, Northern Ward) and Lachlan Patterson (Greens, Western Ward) have also committed to the review.

Lower Hutt newcomer and Taita College Principal Karen Morgan is the only Hutt City Council candidate backing an independent review so far.

Incumbent Wellington Mayor Andy Foster rounds off the line-up, agreeing inprinciple to the review before he announced his intent to be re-elected.

Puzzle ACROSS 1. Improvised barrier (9) 6. Female family ruler(9) 11. opposite of ‘Zenith’ (5) 12. Desert(7) 13. Subject of speech (5) 14. Recounted(8) 17. Pertaining to small planets(10) 18. Fuss(3) 20. Friend(4) 22. Makes use of (7) 24. Chaotic din (6) 26. Exploit unfairly (3) 28. Muscle (5) 29. Influences (7) 32. Male singing voice (5) 33. Charged atom (3) 34.& 45 DOWN.Beyond comparison (3,3,4) 35. Snow runner (3) 36. Strong cotton drill (5) 37. Put into office (7) 38. Female egg-producing organ (5) 39. Daughter’s husband, ...-in-law (3) 41. Farmyard(6) 42. Most simple(7) 44. Mother(archaic) (4) 47. Outlawed Irish army(abbr) (3) 49. Not creative(10) 51. Raw(8)

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DOWN 1. Source of good fortune (7) 2. Supplementary clause (5) 3. Incursion (6) 4. Proverb (5) 5. Type of cheese (4) 6. Humility (7) 7. Offer (6) 8. Foreword (12) 9. Swift (5) 10. Mark Twain character , ... Finn (11) 15. Marine fish (3) 16. Conforms, ... the line (4) 19. Feigns (6) 21. Novice (7) 23. Miserly person(coll) (6) 25. Silk handkerchief (7) 26. Irrelevance (12) 27. Evaluate (6) 28. One who developes muscles through exercise (4,7) 30. Consume (3) 31. Skull(pl) (6)

40. Of the ear (4) 43. Stir (7) 44. One-time Chinese political leader, ... Tsetung (3) 45. SEE 34 ACROSS 46. Breathing illness (6) 48. Wanderers (6) 50. Excuse (5) 52. Light silk material (5) 53. Small anchor (5) 54. Check (4)

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Thursday July 21, 2022

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SPORTS TALK With Jacob Page

The origin of it all is clear to see State of Origin 3 was the best game of rugby or league I have seen this year and rugby hasn’t come close to an encounter that compelling in some time.

Queensland’s 22-12 victory in the decider at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium had everything a fan of an odd-shaped ball sport loves.

Scintillating tries, compelling storyline’s, biff, physicality, nonstop action, great crowd interaction and a conclusion even the losing set of supporters could not argue with.

I have never subscribed to the theory that you can’t enjoy both games for what they are, it’s not a blood feud nor have I ever believed that the sports are so different that they can’t be compared, that’s ignorant to think they’re chalk and cheese.

Compare Origin on Wednesday night to either of the first two Ireland v All Blacks games and for sheer entertainment value, the rugby does not compare.

Rugby has a rules and officiating problem first and foremost, from

a New Zealand perspective we have an Ian Foster and Sam Cane problem that I’ll park to one side.

Rugby is bogged down with its interpretation of its own rules which makes the referees and their overzealous sideline comrades and eagle-eyed TMO to have too much say in the flow and outcome of the contest.

What constitutes a high tackle and force to the head area seems to be holding the game back.

The TMO interference, going back several phases to check po-

tential foul play, the never ending scrum resets chewing time off the clock, the constant yellow and red cards which influence the game, then it’s hard to argue that while league doesn’t have a perfect product it’s a visually superior product at this time.

The only rugby game that’s come close, and it was still a long way away from the spectatcle that was that Origin decider, was the Super Rugby final a month ago and that wasn’t a contest because the Crusaders’ tactics put the

Blues into submission very early on.

Protecting the head of players in both codes is clearly more important than ever but rugby must find a better balance between player welfare and the entertainment product it is trying to dish up.

Rugby league’s blue collar appeal seems to be working for it while rugby can’t seem to get out of its own way.

I’m certainly voting with my time and my remote and I’m sure many others are as well.

Unpredictable week in Central League football

By Grant Stephen

It was anything but predictable in Round 13 of the Men’s Central Football League last weekend. The experts in both the mainstream and social media mainly got their picks wrong and although the end results were not seismic in nature, there’s probably more attention being paid to the bottom of the ladder than the top end now.

First things first, the much-anticipated draw between TFS North Wellington and Western Suburbs at Alex Moore artificial on Saturday was as likely as needing a wooly jumper in London at the moment. Wests won the honours in the first round but were outplayed this time and never looked contenders at any stage. Seventeen shots in the first half led to 3 very impressive goals for Norths.

Riley Manual put the home team on the board after just 9 minutes and really stamped his authority on the match.

Wests were under siege for much of the game and the pressure told again in the 23rd minute through a Wests own goal.

Ahmed Othman played havoc with the

Wests defence and clearly enjoyed his outing. His goal in the 33rd minute was a quality effort and enabled the home side to head in for smoko at half time with a great degree of confidence.

To be fair to Wests, glimpses of the Ole Academy shone through in the second spell and several bouts of possession-based football broke out at various times. There was clearly a level of frustration for Norths as they failed to convert more opportunities. With less than 20 minutes to play, super sub, Alex Mort was injected into the game for Norths. To be fair to Mort, he’s not 7 feet tall but nobody told him that. He scored two outrageous goals in the 85th and 91st minutes that were against all the natural laws of gravity. Mort connected separately on two beautiful floating balls and smashed them with his head into the back of the net. How he could twice outjump a taller keeper who could use his hands will be a mystery that may never be solved. 5-1 to Norths.

The other mystery of the round is how Wellington United could put 4 goals past Waterside Karori for a 4-2 win. Once

again that outcome would have paid extremely long odds and Waterside’s desire to make the top four and head to the summer league may be a challenge now.

Petone would have been delighted to take a point from their 2 all draw with Napier at Memorial Park. Likewise, the Phoenix Reserves inflicted Wellington Olympic’s first loss of the season when they travelled to Wakefield Park and chalked up a 3-0 win over the home side.

The last match of the round played out on Sunday and Miramar Rangers came out on top in the end with a 3-2 away win over Havelock North Wanderers.

The top of the table has not changed despite the surprising results. Wellington Olympic sit on 30 points with 5 rounds to play. Miramar has 27 points and a game in hand followed by the Phoenix Reserves on 27 and Napier City Rovers on 22. Waterside and Norths have 15 points, Petone 12, Wests 11 and Havelock Borth and Wellington United are on 9 points respectively. Nervous times remain for those near the bottom of the ladder with one side destined for relegation in a few short weeks.

North Wellington’s Ahmed Othman looks for space.

Photo: File/Wareham Sports Media.

Onslow Tui defend title

The Onslow Tui played some quality teams scoring 27 goals and conceding only one to come away as Under-12 champions.

The Onslow Tui football team travelled to Christchurch to defend their Christchurch International Cup title over the past week.

They succeeded in dominant fashion.

They played some quality teams scoring 27 goals and conceding only one to come away as Under-12 champions.

Beginning in 2016, Christchurch United Football has been welcoming teams from all across New Zealand, and those from Australia to participate in a tournament that encourages players to embrace new skills, friendly rivalry, and to learn from those playing around them.

The tournament follows the Game rules of FIFA with minor adaptions. The CIC July 2022 tournament is focused on U10-U15 teams.

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