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Major problem revealed By Glenise Dreaver

“People don’t know about this – and it’s huge,” says Ian Turk of Crofton Downs. The Cassis Place resident is talking about the four-storey, 131-room BUPA retirement village that is going up in Churchill Drive, a stone’s throw from his home and next door to Bowen Hospital. Site preparation has begun, the signs have gone up and earth moving machines are on site. Continued on page 2. Ian Turk is one of those who has challenged the council over approval for a four-storey Bupa rest home to be built in Churchill Drive, Crofton Downs on the site seen from his Cassis Place home. PHOTO: Glenise Dreaver

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WCC consents process under fire Continued from page 1. “But there has been absolutely no communication from either Wellington City Council or BUPA since the consent was granted, just a note from Naylor Love to say construction work is starting.” He describes a “woeful” lack of communication on the project from the start. After BUPA called an initial meeting with some community members in December 2016, he says the council later sent out notifications to only 28 residents. Notification is for those who are “potentially adversely affected” and allows them to make submissions on the resource consents. From that small pool, 18 made submissions – 17 against. And that meant when the WCC processes ruled against them, funding an appeal fell on a small group which has, says Ian, borne thousands of dollars in costs. To no avail – the consent stood. “That’s although it permits BUPA to exceed the Wellington City Council’s height guidelines by up to four metres. “We a ren’t opposed to the village itself, but the bulk of the building is key.” Ian also identifies what he says are totally predictable traffic problems, both during con-

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struction then when the village is operating. This is, he says, due to false assumptions in the before and after comparisons. “And I don’t think anyone around here realises that the consent document gives permission for 1080 truckloads of soil to be removed.” Where that spoil goes is not clear either, he adds. “What is obvious is that the level of traffic will be a hazard for parents picking up children at the Crofton Downs School. “And the school wasn’t officially notified about the application, or the construction, despite being less than 500 metres from the planned entrance.” The exit, he adds, is on a corner with restricted visibility. “BUPA says in its application

Trucks crossing: 1080 of them in the first instance, will be emerging on to Churchill Drive in Crofton Downs, taking spoil from the site being prepared for a BUPA retirement village. PHOTO: Glenise Dreaver

that they want to be located in the community for the benefit of all. “But the lack of communica-

tion in the last 29 months does not bode well for BUPA’s future involvement with our community.”

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An artist’s impression of the four storey residential rest home planned for Crofton Downs. IMAGE SUPPLIED.

Individuals should liaise with an organisation if they wish to nominate someone. The voluntary work must be performed within the specified area and without any form of remuneration for a minimum period of five years. (In most cases the length of service far exceeds this minimum period and nominees with thirty years of voluntary

service are not uncommon.) It is planned that in 2019 there will be 10 awards presented, though that may increase once nominations are received. Each recipient will receive an engraved plaque, a lapel badge and a framed citation setting out the details of their community service. Nominations will close with

the secretary Ray Good, on Friday July 18.  The official nomination form is available from the Citizens Advice Bureau, Johnsonville, or the Newlands and Churton Park Community Centres, or from the secretary on 04 971-3686 (day) or email: northernserviceawards@ gmail.com.

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inbrief news Water tanks available You can obtain 200L emergency water tanks locally, the latest venue to be outside Churton Park New World from 11am to 12 noon on Saturday June 8. Pre-order and pre-pay the $110 required if you’d like to reserve a tank. You can do this by e mailing malcolm. sparrow@wcc.govt.nz to order and $10 from each water tank sale will be donated to the North Wellington Community Patrol.

Change of publication day From this week forward, the Independent Herald will be coming into your letterbox a day later than before, as it is to be published on a Thursday, rather than a Wednesday. Thanks to our delivery people who have accepted this change to their workflow.

MiniDev member Heena Sharma, her role defined as the “Jackie of all trades” with proud parents Ranjana and Lalit Sharma. PHOTO: Glenise Dreaver By Glenise Dreaver

Marianne Malmstrom, digital design teacher at Newlands Intermediate School, has a passion for preparing young people for the unknowable future. That’s been true for her forty years in teaching, both in the US and here. Like all good teachers she’s also an opportunist, seizing the moment whenever she meets new people, or finding events to help her better support her students. It was two years ago, during New Zealand Techweek, an event focussed on innovation, that Marianne spotted an invitation to a VR/AR hackathon. She wanted to find developers who would build a platform to help schools shift focus from teaching content to students learning through creating their own content. “I nearly didn’t go. I thought I’d seem such a poseur! But she screwed up her cour-

age and opportunity saw her sitting next to Jim Taylor, emerging technologies architect at IT consultancy Theta. And Theta, says Jim, is passionate about finding out what clients’ needs are – and anticipating what they will be. If the clients are children, like those at Newlands Intermediate, so much the better. Working with them as colleagues means, says Jim, he gets a lot of ideas. “Kids don’t constrain themselves. What do they want to do with this technology?” When the two enthusiasts met, Theta happened to be looking for ways to create a platform for the HoloLens that would allow users to create their own pop-up museums. Marianne and Jim teamed up, won the hackathon and formed the MiniDevs, a group of students at Newlands Intermediate to help design the platform.’ Two years later, on Thurs-

ABOVE: Varsha Batil was at the launch suppporting her son Vedang, who was part of the project, and took the opportunity to try out the Halolens Virtual Reality option. LEFT: Newlands Intermediate vice prinicpal Simon McAtamney is clear the journey is not over. “I’m very curious to see what the group will come up with next.”

day May 23, the Newlands students, having worked with Theta, launched their own platform called Mixiply. They organised the event themselves and presented and demonstrated their work to an audience that included Ministry of Education representatives, Theta executives, intermediate and the next door

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inbrief news Walking Access Act review New Zealand’s Walking Access Act 2008 is up for its ten-year review and the public has until July 2 to offer feedback to the panel working on this. A paper has been prepared following a series of public meetings and can be found on www.mpi.govt.nz/walkingaccessreview. You can complete a survey by clicking on the online feedback form on that site, or email your responses on any of the questions, or other thoughts, to walkingaccessreview@ mpi.govt.nz. Alternatively, you can write to the Ministry for Primary Industries, Walking Access Review Team, Environment and Communities Directorate, PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140.

Churton Park champion defending Scrabble title By Glenise Dreaver

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(NZASP) is holding its national championships in Wellington this weekend, June 1-3.

Beanie fundraiser The Stroke Foundation of New Zealand is calling on New Zealanders to ‘Beanie Up’ this June in an effort to raise more than $100,000 to support their services. The beanies are selling for $10 plus postage and can be bought at beanieup.co.nz Each year one New Zealander every hour has a stroke, with that number predicted to grow by 40 percent by 2029. The Stroke Foundation provides over 34,000 hours of support to approximately 4000 stroke survivors annually and the Beanie Up campaign will play a major part in supporting long -term funding.

Bottle refund campaign A petition calling for the introduction of a cash-for-trash bottle refund scheme, similar to the bottle refunds New Zealand used to have, will be submitted to the Environment Select Committee today Backed by local government and environment groups, zero waste campaigners Holly Dove and Hannah Blumhardt will ask the committee to recommend the Government introduce a mandatory refund scheme for beverage containers. Holly Dove said there had been a huge swell of public support in the past few months, “and we’re backed by council and many different organisations”. Bottle refunds are a “no brainer” she adds, saying it needed no law change to implement.

Dylan Early is New Zealand’s reigning Scrabble champion who will be defending his title at the weekend. He is seen here with the “tools of his trade” at his home in Churton Park. PHOTO: Glenise Dreaver.

“It’s a long weekend,” says the reigning national Scrabble champion Dylan Early of Churton Park. “Give Scrabble players a long weekend and you’ve got a tournament,” he adds. Dylan is a strong contender, not just the New Zealand title holder but a six-time winner of the South African National Championships before moving to New Zealand in 2017 with his wife Tanya and their three children. He’s hoping to do well enough this weekend to represent New Zealand in the World Championships in Goa, India in October 2019. However, the fall of the letters can influence the results and he says any player can have a bad day. “I put in a pretty awful performance in the New Zealand Masters tournament a month ago,” says Dylan. “It was a shocker actually.” It has to be said that though he only came thirteenth, he also broke the record for the highest individual game score with 756. That was done within the 25 minutes each player is given for a

game. Dylan was first captured by Scrabble at university, and it soon moved from a hobby to a passion, he says. He owns five or six boards, though most players start with a standard board from a stationer’s shop. You can move up to more specialised boards, like Dylan’s current version which is mounted on a ‘Lazy Susan’ turntable so that no player reads upside down. Each square has a raised grid so there is no tile slippage. The accessories include a timer and Collin’s dictionary of Official Scrabble Words, published every three to five years. There are no meanings, just pages of officially allowable words. Dylan points out that, given the strength of the field in this year’s tournament, winning the New Zealand title again could be a challenge. He is keen to share his enthusiasm for the game and he invites you to contact him on earlydylan@gmail.com if you want to find out more. And do watch next week’s paper to find out the results.

Karori Lions celebrate 50 years of community work Karori Lions have this month donated $4000 to sponsor a further eight chairs for the Karori Events Centre, making a total of ten. As part of celebrating this, their fiftieth anniversary year, the group is also making other special donations, and identifying further anniversary

projects. In their 50 years of operation, Karori Lions have donated some one million dollars to a large range of charities, community projects, health needs and aspiring youth. Major beneficiaries have included the familiar Wellington Free Ambulance, Mary Potter

Hospice and Ronald McDonald House amongst others. Last year the club concluded its Centennial Legacy Project, celebrating one hundred years of Lions worldwide by working with the Wellington City Council to help establish the Lions Otari Plant Conservation Laboratory at Otari-Wilton’s

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Unity in diversity By Glenise Dreaver

JC Chin, president of the New Zealand Malaysian Society, is a long-term resident of Johnsonville. And he says their 100-plus membership is, for some reason, mainly in the northern suburbs where most of their events are held. Members represent several ethnic groups. “Malay, Chinese, Indian, Eurasian. Different religions, different ways of thinking, different festivals and celebrations. But we’re a big melting pot and we celebrate them all.”

Old ‘kampong’ mentality and traditional divisions, are slowly changing he says, though JC admits it was at first a challenge to hold the threads together. But the proof that they are doing that is in the growth in membership. Where it used to be difficult to get members to turn out at their annual general meeting, he says attendance can now number 80-100. There were not quite that many at Saturday’s AGM, held in the Newlands Community Centre, but there was a good turn-out. Malaysia High Commissioner Nur Izzah Wong

Mee Choo of Khandallah attended, as did locally-based MPs and city councillors. A ll shared a lavish meal afterwards. As an inclusive society, JC says they are inviting all Malaysians to be part of the group. “We want everyone to join, whatever their ethnic background. We truly are one now.” The society will be celebrating its 30th anniversary in September and JC says they hope to form a New Zealand federation, the Malaysian Society of New Zealand, taking in societies from around the country.

The High Commissioner of Malaysia, Nur Izzah Wong Mee Choo of Khandallah, with the president of the Malaysian Society of New Zealand, JC Chin of Johnsonville.

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readers have their say... Find out the WORD on the Street. Question: How do you feel about the teachers’ mega-strike?

David Rattenbury, Crofton Downs “It’s a calling, to be treated with respect. But at this point everybody has to pay and tax has to go up. A Catch 22.”

Helen Bolton, Crofton Downs “I support it. I’ve got several friends and my mother and grandma were teachers. They don’t get paid enough.”

Jacob Butler, Wilton “They don’t get paid enough for what they do. They are bringing up the next generation and they’re struggling to get by themselves.”

Nick Bond, Ngaio “They need support.They’re dealing with so many medical and social special needs as well as far too much time recording for the ministry.”

Paula Britton, Wilton “Good on them. Teaching is their life. They care. But I feel sorry for the parents.”

Strephanie Cattrell, Crofton Downs “If MP’s behaved like adults, stopped behaving like juveniles and thought about future-proofing the country, strikes wouldn’t be necessary.”

EYE ON CRIME In JOHNSONVILLE an attempt was made to break into a flat in Rotoiti Street. The hinge on a bathroom window was forced and broken to gain access and the intruder tried to squeeze through the opening. A towel rail was pulled from the wall in the process. Nothing has been reported stolen. Also in Rotoiti Street, the construction site of six units was entered and copper pipe removed from each

of them. PVC piping which was carrying water was damaged causing some flooding on the site. The door of a garage in Dom i n ion Pa rk St re et was forced open and a chain saw and a socket sets were stolen. A green Toyota Starlet hatchback parked overnight on the lawn of a house in Stonefield Place was stolen. In NEWLANDS a blue Mazda hatchback parked overnight in

Miles Crescent was stolen. In KHANDALLAH a house in Homebush Road was broken into by forcing a sliding door. The owner was away at the time but the house was securely locked and the alarm set. The alarm was activated on entry by the intruder who visited several rooms of the house. A house key and a key to a silver Toyota Corolla hatchback were stolen from

the house. The car key was used to steal the car which was parked in the driveway. In Cashmere Avenue a black Suzuki Swift hatchback parked overnight on the road was found next morning without its four wheels. The device used to prop up the vehicle while the wheels were removed was left behind. A gold Nissan Fairlady hatchback parked overnight in Ravi Street was

found next morning on a jack and blocks of wood. All four wheels had been stolen. In CHURTON PARK a house in Westchester Drive was broken into between 10 am and 1 pm on Sunday. It had been left locked and with the alarm set. The kitchen window at the side of the house, which was not visible from the road, had been jemmied open to gain access. No details of stolen property is available.

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Enliven’s Cashmere Home and Cashmere Heights Home in Johnsonville have been recognised for their diverse cultural days celebrating some of the words most vibrant cultures. At Presbyterian Support Central’s 2019 Quality and Innovation Awards, the team behind the popular cultural days was awarded runner up for the Best Team award. One of the most recent cultural days, the Filipino Cultural Day, saw elders learning about Filipino history and culture, tasting popular Filipino foods, and admiring lively, traditional dance performances organised, choreographed and performed by members of the home’s staff. “I’ve heard and seen the staff practicing for the event for days and days, even on days after they’ve been working the night shift. They’ve also come in on their days off—their devotion has been immense,” says Cashmere Home resident Lilian Riley. “It has been an absolutely wonderful event, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself. I feel very lucky to live at Cashmere Home,” says Lilian. The Filipino Day was a follow up to the home’s successful Samoan and Fijian cultural days, which received great responses from both residents and their families. Sri Lankan and Kiwi cultural days will also be held in the coming months, notes recreation officer Liz Rivadelo. Manager Karen Rhind says Cashmere Home and sister site Cashmere Heights Home staff emphasise the importance of fun and the chance to connect with others. It’s all part of the home’s commitment to the elder-centred Enliven philosophy. “The Enliven philosophy is about con-

Cashmere Home staff Lelia Ferrer and Ray Bala perform at the home’s Filipino Day.

Resident Lilian Riley enjoys the performance.

necting with elders, celebrating their unique skills and life experience, and helping them to maintain their zest for life.” “We love being able to do things which bring joy to the residents’ lives, so it’s been a real pleasure seeing them laughing and smiling at our cultural days. Enliven’s Cashmere Home and sister site Cashmere Heights Home, both on Helston Road, Johnsonville, offers rest home, hospital and short-term respite and health recovery care. To learn more visit www.enlivencentral.org.nz. You can also call directly on 04 477 7067 (Cashmere Home) or 04 4778 9051 (Cashmere Heights Home). PBA

Thursday May 30, 2019

Best toys, best prices, best fun

Delaney Ross enjoys blowing bubbles at the Karori Toy Library. PHOTO supplied

Beat the cheats The North Wellington Community Patrol has begun offering a service fitting special screws for your number plates as part of their “Safer Plates” initiatives. Co-ordinator Cheryl Austin says there has been a local spate of number plate thefts in order to do petrol station drive offs and other crimes. “Traditional number plate screws can be removed with a common Phillips

screwdriver in seconds.” She says that for $5, the patrol will be installing tamper-resistant Safer Plate screws. “The tool to remove the tamper resistant screws is not commonly available.” Fittings will be made at Churton Park New World from 11am to 2pm on Saturday June 8, alongside the sale of emergency water tanks at the same venue from 11am until noon.

This is Toy Library Awareness Week, May 27 to June 2. When you step inside the Karori Toy Library you’ll find toys, both classic and new to the market, to encourage many different aspects of a child’s healthy development. And thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Karori committee, the library is currently updating their toys to keep up with latest trends. It is one of 190 toy libraries throughout New Zealand, aiming to keep fees for hire low so that is play is accessible for all. Because children grow and develop quickly, the toys they played with every day six months ago soon lie abandoned and taking up space. This is where toy libraries are perfect. They always have the right toys for a child’s development and families don’t need to buy, store or dispose of them. There are toys to support the physical development of both fine and gross motor skills, toys to support social skills, encouraging empathy and sharing and also toys to support emotional development. (Losing at a game helps with self-regulation for example.) Creativity is encouraged by making things and dressing up. Toy Libraries give children the opportunity to work out for themselves what interests them, and if that fad for dinosaurs only lasts five just take the toys back! The Karori Toy Library caters for children ranging from 0 to up to 8 years, so being a member of a toy library helps children to be creative, engaged, lifelong learners. It is open four times a week to fit in with families’ busy schedules, including a Wednesday evening and a Saturday morning. View the Independent Herald online

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With many families needing to have both parents working outside the home, it’s easy for parents to feel pressured to come up with fun things to do together, so a toy library visit can provide a fun, stress free outing. Select some toys that encourage independent play and some that the family can all play with together - and at a tiny fraction of the cost to buy them. If anyone would like a tour of the Karori Toy Library this week and is unable to attend during opening hours, please contact info@karoritoylibrary.org.nz and they can arrange a time to meet and show you around. The Karori Toy Library is located in the Karori Community Centre, 7 Beauchamp Street, and is open Tuesday 12.30pm – 2.30pm, Wednesday 7.30 – 9pm, Thursday 9.30am – 11.30am, Saturday 9am – noon.

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Thursday May 30, 2019

Karori businesses move forward in a new group together Members of the voluntary steering group leading the move to establish Karori as a Business Improvement District (BID) have breathed a collective sigh of relief. Last week, and after nine months of preparation, the BID establishment ballot closed and chair Julie Johnston says the positive vote is ”a big relief” for them all. “We are tremendously happy with the result. It gives the new organisation a clear mandate to implement the strategic plan we developed through engagement with our local business community.” The result, confirmed by Wellington City Council’s Democracy Services office, saw 72 per cent of voters supporting

the establishment of the Karori Business Association. It will be resourced by a targeted rate, collected on their behalf by Wellington City Council.

Along with investment into marketing Karori as a destination for Wellingtonians, the Karori Business Association will advocate strongly for investment into Mars-

den Village and Karori. Originally initiated by the Marsden Village Association (MVA) in recognition of the need for a larger unified Karori effort,

Members of the steering group working towards the development of the Karori Business Development Group can now celebrate success after a ballot confirming support for the move. PHOTO supplied.

the association will see the MVA merged in with the new entity. Barrie Keenan, MVA secretary, explains the reasoning: “The MVA has been operating successfully for nearly twenty years on primarily voluntary efforts. “The new, larger organisation will now have the opportunity to employ someone to ‘do the doing’, which will make a huge difference for Karori.” An establishment meeting is being held on Thursday June 6 from 7pm at the Karori Community Centre. Along with adopting a constitution, a new executive committee of commercial property owners and business operators within the boundary of the new KBID will be established. The Karori group joins BIDs which have, over the last seven years, been established in Miramar, Kilbirnie, Tawa and Khandallah.

Indian community works towards unity Ekta (meaning unity) is an Indian community organisation founded in 2017 that works for unity among the diverse ethnic and religious Indian groups in New Zealand. And in Wellington, on May 18, Ekta launched a free weekly meal service, running every Saturday. “We know there is a need to

help those who are currently struggling for the basics like a meal,” says Farisha Begg, the Ekta project leader, who says approximately 50 percent of Ekta volunteers are from Newlands, Johnsonville and Tawa. She adds that they are supporting what other organisations like the Night Shelter

and Soup Kitchen are doing. She hopes that this initiative will encourage others to come forward and do the same. Collaboration allows groups which may not be able to sustain this kind of activity for a long time to share it, each doing a few weeks. At the moment, the food is being catered by the Hare Rama Hare Krishna temple, based in Newlands,

“The food is fully funded by Ekta and two other collaboration partners Farisha says. Ekta has already joined in two local iftars, breaking the Ramadan fast with Muslim members of the community at the Al-Ameen Mosque in Kenmore street and the Batchelor Road Mosque in Newlands and they will also be at the Kilbirnie Mosque on June 1.

Farisha says it is customary for communities to have Iftar together. “In addition to the breaking of the fast, it helps to strengthen the bonding amongst the people who share food,” she says. “Ekta wishes Eid Mubarak to all the Muslim members of the community and hopes that going forward there will be greater ‘ekta’ (unity).”

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This group celebrated Iftar, the end of Ramadan, with the local Moslem community at the Newlands mosque, Back from left they are Lovish Thakkar (Ekta), Brett Hudson, Jill Day, Peter Gilbert and Greg O Connor, Sitting from left: Riju Sinha (Ekta), Farisha Begg (Ekta), Sunita Musa (Ekta) and Vivienne Varouhas (Ekta). PHOTO supplied.

Community meeting How the recent announcement of the Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) plan will affect the Johnsonville community is to be discussed at a meeting in the Johnsonville Community Centre this evening, Thursday May 30 between 7-8pm. Wellington City Council, Greater

Wellington Regional Council, and the NZ Transport Agency, Wellington, are working together to deliver the programme, endorsed by the government. It is a multi-billion, though still indicative, 20-year-plan to ease congestion in the city. The aim is to improve the way

people get around while enhancing liveability and access, reducing reliance on private vehicles, and improving safety and resilience. You can find out more about the Let’s Get Wellington Moving package at https://getwellymoving. co.nz/

Thursday May 30, 2019

Pulse players inspire Paparangi schoolchildren

ABOVE: The children at Paparangi Primary School: Inspired by a visit from Pulse players, with their gifts of netballs as a permanent reminder of a wonderful day. RIGHT: Children at the school delighted in a fitness exercise led by Pulse player Maddy Gordon. PHOTOS: supplied.

Paparangi School was recently visited by Pulse players for a training session last week through support provided by ANZ, allowing them to take their training to the next level.

Sulu Fitzpatrick, Aliyah Dunn and Elle Temu visited Paparangi School on Friday May 17 for a lunchtime training session. Around 45 netballers from the school were invited and participated in the

Hockey success for Marsden players

Marsden students selected to represent Wellington and the Capital Region in hockey for 2019, are, from left, Ida Braun (Karori), Nina Simmonds(Khandallah), Nika Reichert (Lower Hutt), Skylar McClelland (Karori), Kate Thomason (Mt. Victoria and Maia Shackelford (Khandallah). PHOTO supplied.

Six talented players from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School’s 1st XI Hockey team have won places on teams that will represent Wellington and the wider region in the U18 age group. Maia Shackelford and Kate Thomason will play for the U18 Capital Team and Ida Brown, Skylar McClelland, Nika Reichert and Nina Simmonds will play for the U18 Wellington team Being selected for the Capital Team is a huge achievement for Y13 Maia Shackelford of Khandallah. While she has played rep hockey in past years, this is her first year as a Capital representative. “I am extremely excited to have been selected to play for Capital and represent the Capital Region in New Zealand hockey.” The Capital region extends from Buller to the Wairarapa and includes more than

7500 registered hockey players each year. Maia attributes her success in part to the training she got playing at Marsden and especially the MX Hockey specialist programme that Marsden brought in to give students the opportunity to upskill and improve their fitness. The four Marsden girls chosen to play for the U18 Wellington team will also play in national tournaments in 2019 representing Wellington. Asked to comment on the achievement of these students Marsden Director of Sport Eliott Brookes said, “I’ve watched these girls develop their skills over their years at Marsden. It takes a great deal of training and support to play at this level. We applaud their determination and commitment to training and fitness and will continue to support them as they represent Wellington throughout New Zealand.”

training session with the Pulse players. Zoe Ede, the school’s netball coach, says it was a great privilege to have the Central Pulse visit the school. “ T h ey h ave i n s p i r e d o u r g i rl s a nd b oys t o fol low t h ei r sp or ti ng d re a m s by work i ng ha rd. “We have many young aspiring sportsmen and women and it was such an honour to have the Pulse spend time with them and teach them new skills and answer questions about their roles as professional sports players. “Big thanks to Elle, Maddie, Selu and ANZ for making it happen. We wish them

all the best in the Grand Final!” she adds. ANZ has given more than $700,000 in assistance to netball communities across the country to help them achieve their netball aspirations. ANZ Head of Sponsorship Sue McGregor says they are delighted to be on Paparangi School‘s team and to have provided them with this exciting experience. “We hope that Paparangi School netball players feel supported to be the best they can be and play with confidence.” Applications to get ANZ On Your Team are still open – to apply, visit anzcourtside.co.nz

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Thursday May 30, 2019

Events Calendar Down Home Old-Time Good Time Concert St Peters Hall, Paekakariki Sat 1 June 7:30pm

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Hollie Smith - Intimate New Song Showcase Kapiti Playhouse, Paraparaumu, Kapiti Coast Sun 9 June 7:00pm

Queen Elizabeth Park Planting Events QE Park, Raumati, Sun 16 June 10:00am

Operatunity brings music of the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s to Southwards From the 1920s through to the late 1940s dancing was part of life and the songs were romantic, rhythmic and rousing. Celebrate the great hits from these vibrant and moving times with Operatunity; from the ﬂappers of the 20s, Art Deco and songs from the big bands of the 30s, and the birth of the crooners like Bing Cosby and Perry Como in the 40s. Operatunity also promise stunning dancing including tap and the Charleston! Pictured is Tainui Kuru and Kelly Harris. If you saw Operatunity’s From Phantom to Les Mis concert earlier this year, you’ll know the duo are talented tap dancers and you

can expect this skill to be put to good use in The Dancing Years. Also, with the concert featuring songs from the 1920s through to the late 1940s Kelly has been working on her Charleston, “it’s not the easiest dance move, but once you get the hang of it it’s so much fun!” Operatunity Director Sue Boland has two duets for Tai and Kelly in The Dancing Years, Gershwin’s “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” and crowd favourite, “Singin’ in the Rain.” Coming to Kapiti 2nd July, 11am at Southward Theatre. General admission $35 including lunch. To pre-book, call 0508 266 237.

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Concert pianist Nikolai Saratovsky performing at Paekakariki Nikolai Saratovsky is an internationally acclaimed Russian concert pianist playing at Paekakariki’s St Peter’s Hall in June. He began his piano studies at the age of six and gave his ﬁrst solo recital when he was only nine and performed with a symphony orchestra shortly after. Nikolai entered the prestigious Central Music School in Moscow at the age of ﬁfteen. Saratovsky then was accepted to enroll at the Moscow State Conservatory under the guidance of Professor Elena Richter. Nikolai graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory with the Academic Excellence Award in 2010, and completed his Masters in 2013. Saratovsky`s development is followed by world renowned artists such as Dmitry Bashkirov, Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri, Philipp Entremont, Jerome Lowenthal, Michel Beroff, Robert Roux and Artiom Agazhanov. His talent for educating a growing generation of young musicians has led to giving master

classes and public lectures. Nikolai Saratovsky is regularly invited to conduct master classes in Japan and has recently appeared as a guest clinician in a series of master classes in the United States, Canada, Luxembourg and Taiwan. St Peter’s Village Hall cnr Beach Road and Ames Street, Paekakariki, 23 June. Tickets: pre-sale $25 / Door sales $30 / Students $15. Telephone 04 902 2283 or 021 101 9609

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Amici Ensemble in Waikanae The Waikanae Music Society is looking forward to its annual treat from the Amici Ensemble on Sunday 16 June. Led by NZSO Associate Concertmaster Donald Armstrong and made up of principal players from the orchestra, the Ensembleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerts have been a regular popular ďŹ xture in Waikanae for many years. Each year the personnel of the group varies according to the works being played, and this year the ensemble will be as big as it has ever been with nine performers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one each

Kapiti Family Express Bring the family to ride on our Kapiti Family Express to experience the nostalgia of travelling on a real heritage steam train. On Sunday 9th June we will be offering rides between Paraparaumu and Paekakariki. The round trip will take about 45 minutes. Departs Paraparaumu Station - and we ask that you report 10 minutes prior to departure. Two of our coal ďŹ red steam locomotives will be used to haul the train. Ja1271 in one direction and Ab608 "Passchendaele" in the

of violin, viola, cello, double-bass, ďŹ&#x201A;ute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French horn. The programme features different combinations of instruments: the wind players will perform a Rossini wind quartet, then violin and double-bass will entertain with some delightful Tangos by Piazzolla. Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beautiful Oboe Quartet will feature NZSOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s principal oboist Robert Orr. The second half of the concert will feature all nine musicians in a rare performance of Louis Spohrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grand Nonet â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one of

other. All trains will be using our ďŹ&#x201A;eet of red heritage carriages, many with open end balconies. Return fares are $22 Adult and $11 Child. A special Family fare of $55 (2A & 2C) is also available. Child fare is under 13. No charge for infants under 2 if sitting on an adult's knee. Last year most departures sold out. Book this adventure now! Tickets are available from Coastlands (service desk) or phone 04 902 9885.

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Scrums - the ultimate rugby time-waster Grant Nisbett’s groans throughout the Crusaders and Blues Super Rugby game summed it up. The long-time rugby commentator bemoaned the amount of time wasted re-setting scrums during the Crusaders’ 19-11 win at Christchurch Stadium on Saturday night. Nisbett said during the commentary that it was time for the game clock to

stop for reset scrums. It was the tip of the iceberg of problems with a match that had no flow and inept officiating which has plagued the 2019 competition. The scrums were a mess and the Crusaders were disallowed a penalty try for a high tackle on Richie Mo’unga in the act of scoring a try that was somehow

deemed legal by on-field referee Mike Fraser. It was a cold night with plenty of dew on the grass and that did contribute to the stop-start nature of the game. It was a poor advertisement for the game. Even the purists, of which I’d like to think I am one, would have struggled to say it was time

well spent in viewing the arm wrestle. A scrum clock would be a step in the right direction. Professional rugby, like all sports, are in the entertainment business and reset scrums are not entertaining, they’re annoying. Scrums still have to be contestable moments of the game,

but they need to be sped up and simplified for modern viewers with short attention spans. Referees have to try harder to let games flow and most importantly be consistent in their enforcement of the laws of the game. Currently, that’s not happening and the quality of matches is suffering.

$5000 pot shot a winner for Raroa Intermediate By Glenise Dreaver

“Liam’s a God!” That was the playground buzz at Raroa Normal Intermediate School last week. It was clearly a bit embar rassing for Room 2 student Lia m Ha ssa d , but t here wa s good reason for his popularity. The year 7 student was one of t h re e you ngsters

called out from the crowd at random at half time at the Cigna Saints first home game of the 2019 NBL season, playing the Bay Hawks. The three had to show their style at a free throw, winner take all. (“All” was a $5000 donation from Cigna to their school.) T he others had two attempts and missed both. “So we brought them forward and the last kid (Liam) got it in,” says Cigna spokes-

person Charlotte Moffatt. “They couldn’t have picked a better person,” said a passing teacher on the way to the assembly at which Saints and Cigna representatives made the presentation. And with quite a few northern suburbs spectators in the crowd on the day, news got back to Raroa deputy principal Matt Tilley within minutes. Raroa is in the final stages of fund-ra ising for their

n ewly- e r e c t e d C ove r e d L ea r n ing A rea (COLA), so the donation was particularly welcome, as was the presentation of other products, especially a large container of basketballs. There was also a special round of applause for Saints player Fi n n Mc C lu r e, a former Raroa student. (And a promise that the Saints scouts will be keeping their eye on Liam as well.)

Rock solid Karori team thwarts North Wellington By Grant Stephen

Raroa Intermediate student Liam Hassad showed his winning ways at the Cigna Saints v Bay Hawks game at at TSB Bank Arena on Friday April 12. PHOTO: Masanori Udagawa.

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Board of Trustees' Election Declaration of Parent Election Results

At the close of nominations, as the number of valid nominations was equal to the number of vacancies required to be filled I hereby declare the following duly elected: Veronika Meduna Philip May Shane Prince Signed Claire Bruin Returning Officer

The much-anticipated local derby in the Men’s Central League did not live up to the pre-match hype when New World Newlands North Wellington hosted Waterside Karori at Alex Moore Park on Saturday. In the end the visitors claimed all three points on offer with a solitary goal in the 65th minute which was well taken inside the sixyard box from a Waterside Karori corner. Throughout the match North Wellington showed the more enterprise with numerous passages of well-constructed play but were thwarted by a rock solid Karori defence and an inability to convert chances. Karori looked far more dangerous on the counter-attack and had their share of opportunities as well. This was North’s first time in the season where they did not trouble an opposition keeper. Karori now overtakes North Wellington and holds fifth place by a point in the 10 team league. In other matches in the round Miramar Rangers put

on a master class to bury Wellington United 10-1. Wellington Olympic recovered from their loss to Karori last week to defeat Napier 6-1, Lower Hutt recorded the same score against Wairarapa and Western Suburbs were too good on the day for Stop Out winning 3-nil and regaining top spot in the league for their trouble. On Sunday it was all smiles for the North Wellington Women’s Premier side who remain top of the class following a 4-1 win over BNU. Queen’s Birthday weekend has the North Wellington men playing at home to Napier City Rovers on Saturday. However the alarm clocks will also be set for early Monday morning to catch the bus to play Havelock North Wanderers in the Chatham Cup. This will be the 94th cup fixture for North Wellington with a 46 win/47 loss record. Last season the club progressed to the last 16 teams in the country before being knocked out by Western Suburbs.

North Wellington’s Jordan Martens had a head for heights during the match against Waterside Karori on Saturday. PHOTO: Glyn Badcock.

Thursday May 30, 2019

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