29 March Wainuiomata News

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Impressive turnout at emergency hui

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This meeting is just the beginning.

The Wainuiomata Community Board and Local City Councillors plan to host more meetings in the future to continue the discussions and planning for emergencies.

“The community is encouraged to keep an eye out for upcoming meetings to participate in this important conversation,” Hutt City Councillor Keri Brown says.

The aim of the meetings is to discuss and plan for a major disaster or an emergency.

A date for the next meeting had not been set when this issue of the ‘Wainuiomata News” went to print.

productive, and attendees were able to identify areas where they are doing well and the areas for improvement.

“The meeting provided an opportunity for people to connect with each other and learn more about the resources available in their community,” Cr Brown says.

The Wainuiomata Community Board Chair Te Awa Puketapu says she is pleased with the collective planning that has begun.

“The level of engagement and commitment demonstrated by our community members during the emergency planning conversations was impressive.

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The first meeting saw an “impressive turnout of community members who gathered to discuss their personal plans for emergencies in their homes, schools, and workplaces,” Cr Brown says.

“The discussions were highly

“The success of the meeting highlights the importance of being prepared for any potential emergency situations and the power of community collaboration in achieving this goal”.

Having a plan in place can help reduce the impact of a disaster and ensure the safety of every adult

Great country concert

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By Frank Neill

The Wainuiomata Country and Western Club held a great concert at the historic Pioneer Church on Sunday 19 March.

The club’s nine singers, along with the instrumentalists, performed 16 numbers to an appreciative audience.

“There was a very good turnout,” says Sam Tamanui of the country and western club.

This concert saw the club raise the most money for the Pioneer Church since it began running concerts at the historic venue, Sam adds.

Following the music, those attending enjoyed a supper provided by members of the Wainuiomata Pioneer Church Preservation Society.

The country and western club plans to hold a second 2023 concert later in the year.

Hutt City Councillors and Wainuiomata Community Board members at the emergency planning hui (front row from left): Te Awa Puketapu, Cr Keri Brown, Tamsyn Harker and Lesa Bingley; (back row from left): Cr Josh Briggs and Cr Gabriel Tupou. Photo: Supplied. and child in our community, Cr Josh Briggs says.

“Wainuiomata has a strong tradition of collaborating to tackle local challenges, and readiness for any situation. It’s deeply ingrained in our culture,” he says.

Nickola Loodin from the Wellington Region Emergency Management Office (WREMO)

attended the meeting to support the Wainuiomata initiative. WREMO co-ordinates Civil Defence and emergency management services on behalf of the nine councils in the Wellington region. Its key focus is ensuring communities are prepared and ready to respond in the event of an emergency or disaster.

The club is also celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, having been launched on 6 February 1983.

The club plans to hold a special celebration of its 40th birthday later in the year.

The club meets every fortnight at the Fernlea School Hall, starting at 6:30pm. People are welcome to attend. The next club night will be held on 2 April.

As your local MP, I wanted to let those people who already receive Superannuation or are close to receiving it – that you’ll receive a boost from 1 April.

Our Government is focused on the bread and butter issues in front of New Zealanders right now, especially the cost of living, at a time when world events are having a real impact on the weekly budgets of people here in Hutt South and particularly those on low or fixed incomes.

We’ve made a start on helping with cost of living pressures by extending fuel excise restrictions and half price public transport until the end of June as well as increasing the minimum wage which are all doing their bit to help families – however I know more needs to be done.

That’s why the Prime Minister has announced recipients of superannuation will receive an inflation increase of 7.22 percent to payments from 1 April. This will see a couple who are both aged over 65 receive $102.84 more a fortnight and a single person living alone receive an extra $66.86 a fortnight more.

In a time of cost of living pressures, we will ensure that older New Zealanders incomes don’t go backwards.

I know some people will also be worried about the added pressure of higher power bills. The good news is our Winter Energy Payment will restart on 1 May, helping with heating costs through the colder months. Single people will receive more than $80 a month, while couples will receive more than $125 per month. I know this payment has made a real difference for older residents here in Hutt South, helping them stay warmer and healthier through winter, so I’m sure it will be welcomed again this year.

There’s no quick fix to issues like the cost of living, but we’re taking a range of actions that together will make things easier for Kiwis, and will build on the measures we’ve already put in place. Since the day we took office, we’ve

worked hard to lift incomes and ease the pressure, through things like cheaper doctor’s visits, free lunches in schools and minimum wage increases.

If there’s anything my team or I can help you with, or if you’d like to raise an issue that’s affecting our community, please do get in touch. We’re always here to help. You can reach me and the team at ginny.andersenMP@ parliament.govt.nz or on 04 568 2949, or by popping into our office at 176 Jackson Street, Petone. For now, though, I hope you’re keeping safe and well.

P.S. If you’d like a copy of our handy Information for Over 60s booklet which contains information on the resources available to support you, including some of the newer initiatives our Government has introduced, please let my team know at the below contacts.

Ian Gooch playing the saxophone during the country and western concert at the Pioneer Church. Photo: Supplied.

Fun day a great success

By Frank Neill

Love Wainuiomata’s free fun day and barbecue at Arakura Park on 19 March was a “wonderful event,” Anaru Ryall, Love Wainuiomata’s Co-ordinator says.

“The Wainuiomata Community energy was absolutely vibrant.”

Anaru estimates around 400 people attended the fun day.

With the free petting zoo and pony rides, provided by Farmyard Parties Wellington, and the “frisbee” golf provided by Toa Disc Golf NZ “there was something for everyone,” Anaru says.

All Blacks Peter Umanga-Jensen and Ruben Love, along with the Wainuiomata Rugby Club, inspired tamariki to give rugby a go, and handed out some awesome prizes.

The free sausage sizzle was put on by Hills NZ.

In addition Kokiri Marae Health and Social Services brought along their vaccination bus and there was a stall promoting Census 2023.

Anaru also paid tribute to Mayor Campbell Barry, Hutt City Councillors Keri Brown and

Josh Briggs, the Wainuiomata Community Board, the Wainuiomata Community Hub and Hutt City Council for all the “background work in helping us make this [fun day] a success. Your work never goes unnoticed,” he says.

This is the second free barbecue and fun day Love Wainuiomata has run this year.

“Our aim now is to have these [fun days] once a month at different parks in Wainuiomata,” Anaru says.

A venue and date has yet to be set for the next fun day, although Anaru noted that the community has been lobbying Love Wainuiomata to hold one at the park in Antrim Crescent.

Catch up with Ginny in March

Christina Ratana

The Chase. It’s a good programme to watch while I wind down.

Va’auli Va’auli Sports. I support all the New Zealand teams. I used to play Rugby Union for Wainuiomata.

Glenn Carr Ari Kerei Grace and Frankie. It’s hilarious and it’s got Jane Fonda.

Peter Wilson

Te Hata Purewa

I will watch the coronation of the king.

The Chase. It’s a good bit of entertainment, and you can try to answer the questions.

The Chase. With the questions it teaches me stuff.

Photo: Jamaica Photo and Design.

Photo: Jamaica Photo and Design.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE ‘THE ROAR’ AND GAME BIRD SEASON

If you’re a firearms licence holder, you’ll need to know about changes to the storage and transport rules for firearms and ammunition, and changes to the seven rules of firearms safety.

Regulations were updated in February 2022, and to help Kiwis make sense of those changes, Te Tari Pūreke, the new firearms regulator, published a Secure Storage and Transport Guide.

You can download a copy of the Secure Storage and Transport Guide from www.firearmssafetyauthority.govt.nz/firearms-safety

Storage and transport for firearms and ammunition, key points

Ammunition

All ammunition must now be stored in a locked container. You can now only store ammunition with firearms in a gun safe that has a separate lockable compartment that has a different key than the key for the gun safe. You must keep these keys separate. And remember to keep those keys in different places, not on the same key ring or hook.

If your safe doesn’t have a separate lockable compartment, you need to store ammunition in its own secure storage container with a key, combination, or padlock, or in a stout locked cupboard.

Transportation

If you’re driving to a hunting location, your firearm needs to be inoperable during your travel and, ideally, concealed from view. This means removing the bolt or an essential part (or if that’s not possible, applying a trigger or cable lock), or transporting the firearm in a locked carry case.

The ammunition needs to be separately and securely stored in a locked glove box or similar storage area, if practical.

And please, whatever you do, once you’ve finished using your firearm, lock it away. Never leave any firearms in your ute, shed, home or vehicle unsecured at any time.

The only exceptions to the firearms and ammunition transport rules are if you’re using the firearm on a farm for farm-related activities, or you’re doing legally-authorised hunting or pest control (such as a regional council employed pest controller) and the licence holder is in the vehicle or the immediately vicinity of the vehicle with the firearms in it.

Make sure you read or download a free copy of the storage and transport guide to keep up to date with the details of the changes: www.firearmssafetyauthority.govt.nz/firearms-safety/storagetransportation

Taking a break when you’re travelling with firearms

For those who travel with firearms to hunt locations, your inoperable and secured firearm can be left in your vehicle unattended, for example during a break in a journey, for up to 60 minutes. But you need to lock your vehicle and stay within the immediate area or vicinity of the vehicle and meet other conditions.

Read the storage and transport guide for full details: www.firearmssafetyauthority.govt.nz/firearms-safety/ storage-transportation.

Te Tari Pūreke and the firearms registry

Te Tari Pūreke – Firearms Safety Authority is responsible for managing firearms in New Zealand. We want to enable the legitimate use of firearms for feeding our whanau, conservation, farmaing and recreation while keeping our communities safe. This involves making sure firearms licence holders are fit and proper to possess firearms and are meeting the obligations of their licence.

New Zealand will have a firearms registry from 24 June 2023. The Registry is one of the ways Te Tari Pūreke is strengthening how firearms are managed

The seven rules of firearm safety have changed. Get ahead of the changes to firearms safety rules with the Firearms Safety Code. Buy the book from www. firearmssafetyauthority. govt.nz/firearms-safety and have it shipped to your door or download a PDF copy for free.

in New Zealand. There will be no charge to registering your firearms.

The new Registry will record how many firearms there are, and who has possession of them. This will allow for more effective firearms regulation, provide better support to licence holders, and support Police in keeping our communities safe.

Te Tari Pūreke will provide more details about the Registry and what it means for licence holders when the Registry Regulations are published. This is expected to be in late April/May 2023.

Firearms licences online Apply for a firearms licence and update your contact details online using MyFirearms: a secure, online portal available at www.firearmssafetyauthority. govt.nz

For more information on Te Tari Pūreke and any legislative or regulation changes that may affect you, go to www. firearmssafetyauthority.govt.nz

THE NEW PLACE FOR FIREARM OWNERS

Successful Lions garage sale

The Wainuiomata Lions Club garage sale on 25 March was a “huge success above and beyond our expectations,” the club says.

Held at the Louise Bilderbeck Hall from 8am to noon, the garage sale raised around $1,000.

“We were very happy with the outcome,” the club’s secretary Allan O’Brien says. “This is the first one [garage sale] we have held for a while and we will look to probably hold another one this year.

“All the money raised goes to community organisations.

“Where there is a need we will find a way to fill it,” Allan says.

The Wainuiomata Lions meet twice a month, at 6:30pm on the second and fourth Tuesday at the Louise Bilderbeck Hall.

For more information people can contact Allan on 021 263 9311.

W R O O R C S D S

Awesome food gala

The Wharekura Food Gala at Wainuiomata High School on 25 March was a huge success, says M tauranga Te Rauna, the head of Te Kura Matua o Wainuiomata: Wharekura.

“It was an awesome event,” he says.

Held to raise funds for Te Kura Matua o Wainuiomata, Mr Te Rauna estimates the gala would have raised between $8,000 and $10,000, although the final income and expenses figures had yet to be determined.

The biggest feature of the gala, however, was the strength of relationships building.

“Community relationships were really to the fore,” Mr Te Rauna says.

“Building relationships with the community is, for us, even bigger than the money.

“The money is a bonus.”

Just how big a success the event was can be judged from the fact that the hangi had sold out by 11am – around half way through the gala, which ran from 10am to noon.

Money raised from the Wharekura Food Gala will be used to alleviate the costs of a number of activities, such as school trips, for the students who attend Wainuiomata High

School’s Te Kura Matua o Wainuiomata. There was much more than food on offer at the gala too.

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There was a bouncy castle for the tamariki, performances by the Wharekura and the Polynesian Club and K O Rahi games and workshops.

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An awareness of other cultures or the use of a second or multiple languages would be helpful but not essential. Previous experience in a similar role is advantageous.

This is a part time position, 15 hours per week, working mainly term time. Days worked are negotiable with the International Dean. Hours worked may be varied depending on student requirements.

Please email your cover letter and CV to Sandy McVey at sandym@wainuiomatahigh.school.nz. Applications close 5pm Wednesday 12 April 2023.

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ACROSS

1. Water nymph. (7)

5. Steep. (11)

11. Cattle breed. (5)

12. Erect. (7)

13. Bailiff. (5)

14. Table-napkin. (9)

15. Easy to mistake. (9)

16. Walk through water. (4)

17. Vienna is its capital. (7)

19. Court usher. (6)

23. Cask maker (6)

26. Poacher’s dog. (7)

29. Accused’s reply to charge. (4)

30. Small lump. (3)

32. Crowd. (3)

34. Formerly. (4)

35. Indicate. (7)

36. Judges’ chamber. (6)

39. Italian sausage. (6)

40. Soothsayer. (7)

42. Eye inflamation. (4)

46. Russian spaceman. (9)

48. Cruel. (9)

50. Prevent. (5)

51. Furnish with money. (7)

52. Craze. (5)

53. Grow worse. (11)

54. Clear. (7)

DOWN

1. “Golden” king. (5)

2. Venerated. (7)

3. Female relative. (6)

4. Suspicious. (8)

5. Flawless. (7)

6. Urged , on. (5)

7. Unbroken. (6)

8. Burst in. (8)

9. Be immoderate. (11)

10. Onslaught (5)

16. Small wire arches (croquet) (7)

18. Bring upon oneself. (5)

20. Derive(from). (7)

21. To understand. (3)

22. Garment border. (3)

24. Out-moded. (11)

25. Heavy wrap. (3)

27. Complete. (5)

28. Fabled bird. (3)

31. Turkish governor.

SOLUTION

For December 8, 2004

Photo: Frank Neill.

High School aims for national title

By Frank Neill

Wainuiomata High School’s champion K O Rahi team will be looking to add another title when they play in the New Zealand Secondary Schools national tournament in Rotorua from 11 to 13 April.

The Wainuiomata High School mixed team are the Wellington champions.

They took out the title after defeating Mana College 20-17 on 1 March.

In doing so Wainuiomata defeated a school that has reigned for eight years as the College Sport Wellington regional champions.

“It was awesome,” the team’s coach M tauranga Te Rauna

told the “Wainuiomata News”. After being behind for pretty much the whole game, Wainuiomata High School managed to edge ahead as the clock wound down.

The Wainuiomata team has had a good lead-up in its preparation for the national tournament. It travelled to Hastings on 17 March and played a mixed team with players from Hastings Boys and Hastings Girls Colleges.

Wainuiomata’s senior mixed team won all its three games – played against teams that finished fourth and fifth at the last national tournament.

Wainuiomata won one game by more than 20 points.

Tyrese Matenga throwing the b all , watched by Reihana Te Rauna. Photo: Supplied.

The team then travelled to Turangi and Taupo where they played three matches on 19 and 20 March.

Their closest encounter was against Whakarewa in Taupo. The scores

were tied 16-16 all at full time, and Wainuiomata managed to pull ahead in extra time to win 19-16. They then went on to defeat Tongariro School 22-16 and Hirangi Kura a Iwi 27-19.

Outstanding high school performances

By Frank Neill

Six Wainuiomata High School students performed outstandingly at the Athletes with Disabilities section of the Wellington Secondary School Regional Athletics Championships on 17 March.

Between them they came away with ten gold medals, six silver medals and three bronze medals in the event, held at Newtown Park.

Year 11 student Ruby Lasini won four individual events and was a member of

Wainuiomata High School’s winning relay team.

She was victorious in the 100 metres, 200 metres, shot put and long jump.

Another year 11 student, Braydon Henare-Time, also won gold as a member of the school’s relay team.

Braydon added a gold medal in the 100 metres, was second in the long jump and finished third in the 200 metres.

Ashton Pinnell was a member of the winning year 11 relay team after finish-

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ing second n the 100 metres. He also placed fifth in the 200 metres.

Year 10 student Nigel Waenga won the 200 metres, placed second in the 400 metres and the shot put and was third in the long jump.

Joe Koloa, who is in year 9, won his 100 metres race, finished second in the 200 metres and was fourth in the shot put.

Another year 9 student, Izzy TanirauTaiapa was second in the 50 metres and third in the 100 metres.

Top finish for Wainui rider

By Frank Neill

Wainuiomata motorcyclist

Ella Burns put in series of top rides to finish fifth in the New Zealand Motocross Championships following the final race on 26 March. Racing was intense over the two days, with the penultimate round of the championships held on the Saturday

and the ultimate round on the Sunday at Taupo’s Digger McEwen Motocross Park. Ella finished sixth in race one of the Taupo round, and improved one place to finish fifth in race 2.

Roma Edward won the championship, ahead of Amie Roberts, Taylar Rampton and Mel Patterson, with Ella rounding out the top five.

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Wainuiomata’s Ella Burns leads her women’s class rivals through the twists and turns of Taupo’s Digger McEwen Motocross Park circuit. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ. com.