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By Brian Sheppard

As we were leaving the Neighbours Day event in Johnsonville on Saturday, City Councillors Jill Day, Malcolm Sparrow, Peter Gilberd and I realised that a party was in full swing in one of the small rooms in the Community Centre.

When we looked inside, we were invited to join a group of Indian friends in their Holi celebration.

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Aditya admires his colouring of Deputy Mayor Jill Day’s face while Wellington City Councillor Malcolm Sparrow looks on. PHOTO: Brian Sheppard

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Holi is an important ancient festival of colours, celebrated throughout India to mark the end of winter and the spring planting of crops.

Although the seasons are very different in New Zealand, it takes place at the same time, in

the month of March following a full moon.

In this party atmosphere, relatives, friends and acquaintances come together and revitalise their bonds of friendship.

Everyone has their face painted with coloured chalk powder. In some parts of India the colours

are thrown in wild abandon.

Here, they were applied more carefully, but still with fun.

People mix, enjoy each other’s company and savour celebrator y dishes.

The warm welcome that we were shown when dropping in unexpectedly reinforced our

pride in the strong community spirit of Wellingtonians.

The event was originally scheduled for the previous weekend but was deferred to March 30 out of respect for the tragic killing of the Muslim faithful in Christchurch on March 15.

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Young poet celebrates Kiwi sense of belonging

By Glenise Dreaver

Young poet Nicky Subono was at the National Library of New Zealand on Race

Relations Day T hu rsday March 21, for the launch of a ground-breaking new book called More of Us. She is one of 46 authors, all

migrants or refugees, whose work featured in the anthology, published by Landing Press.

It was fitting that the ceremony went ahead despite

Nicky Subono of Newlands, at the ceremony which launched the book More of Us, wore a traditional Javanese Batik from Indonesia. PHOTO supplied.

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the March 15 massacre at the Christchurch mosques, says Adrienne Jansen, Landing P ress spokesperson.

“The launch and the book have become a powerful statement of what we want to be,” she says.

Nicky, a level four beauty therapy student and a writer, who has also just completed a small business course, calls her poem Overboard. It describes, very powerfully, her sense of being a New Zealander rather than someone with an Indonesian heritage “who never felt she belonged in her own land”.

The newly-published poet says that she wasn’t born in Indonesia as planned however, but in Singapore.

Her mother gave birth to her there unexpectedly, a 24-week gestation baby. That meant heart surgery at three weeks old. Then eye surgery for a bleeding retina saved her sight.

It meant she couldn’t play sport and there are still many physical activities she can’t do. That’s where her passion for reading and writing grows from, she says.

And the lack of sport was no barrier to the warm and continuing friendships she made during her time at Kelburn, Raroa and Onslow College, and during her tertiary education.

“I’ve always felt very loved and there has always been kindness around me.”

Long-term, she wants to set up a beauty business for other Muslim women who cannot use the open environment of a traditional salon.

Yet, wearing the hajib hijab (headdress) she says, is no barrier to looking good.

“We still care about ourselves and how we look.”

“We still adore taking the time to take care of ourselves from the inside and out.”

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They are now recyclable alongside the items that are put in them.

They are the same size and take the same materials – clean paper, cardboard, plastic, tins and cans.

Being clear, they will also reduce contamination and risks to collectors, says Mayor Justin Lester.

Volunteer nominations open Award nominations for the Wellington Airport Community Awards opened on Monday.

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Regional finalists are invited to an awards dinner at Te Papa in November where the overall winners for each of the six categories are announced. A Supreme winner is also chosen, with all winners receiving a share of $50,000 for their community group.

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With over 500,000 small to medium sized enterprises in New Zealand, many small businesses, corner dairies, and takeaway food stores need some support to work out how the ban will apply to them says Carolyn.

“We’ve looked at what has worked in Australia and put together resources to help New Zealand businesses make a smooth transition.”

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$17m increase for reservoir Wellington City Council has unanimously approved a $17m cost increase to secure the construction of a large reservoir in Mount Cook.

Capital expenditure of $58.15 million is required over four years, up from $40.85 million in the 10-year plan.

Councillor Iona Pannett says they had to weigh up the cost with the value and benefit for the city.

“If we want our city to be safe and resilient, with enough safe and clean drinking water for day-to-day use, and, we want the city to be better prepared and able to recover from a shock event such as a large earthquake, then this project represents very good value for money,” she says, also citing continued pressure on the city’s infrastructure with population growth.

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Terrorist attack foreseen

By Glenise Dreaver

In March 2016 the thenpresident of the New Zeala nd Pol ice Associat ion Greg O’Connor (now MP for Ohariu) gave evidence before the Law and Order Select Committee on firearms.

It’s no comfort that he predicted the events of March 15 2019 to that group.

“We said that, because of our slack gun laws, that an overseas terrorist group were likely to arrive here and stage an attack. We knew with certainty there would be another major incident like Aramoana. It was clear it would happen.” he says with what can best be described as grim finality.

It has been, says Greg, incredibly easy to obtain weapons legitimately, including very sophisticated guns.

“There’s no way they are all used for hunting. And they can very easily fall into the wrong hands.”

Greg, who held the rank of detective for most of his 41 year career in the New Zealand Police, cites one transaction uncovered during phone

Former detective Greg O’Connor (now MP for Ohariu), who rose to the rank of senior sergeant before becoming president of the NZ Police Association.

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bugging of drug dealers.

That legitimate mail order purchase, from a prominent gun retailer, was of 74 semiautomatic rifles sold to one person who on-sold them to gang members. There is no record of serial numbers and no way to tell in whose hands

they ended up.

He says that’s only one of countless untraceable sales, largely funded from methamphetamine deals. As well, our gang culture, because of the nature of the drug, has become increasingly violent and paranoid. “P changed eve-

rything.” And that culture is, he says, something you can’t just arrest your way out of.

Greg estimates the number of weapons out there as ranging from between one and two million.

No one, he says, knows for sure.

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Strong support from Onslow residents The Onslow Residents Community Association held its second annual general meeting last Tuesday night at the Khandallah Town Hall.

Over 80 people attended.

Greg Campbell, Chief Executive of the Greater Wellington Regional Council, spoke and members heard about the GWRC’s breadth of work – besides funding the bus service!

Greg’s engaging speech was very well received says president Nicola McFaull.

She adds: “At the meeting we had a huge line up of local politicians, including Greg O’Connor, Brett Hudson, Simon Woolf, Andy Foster, Diane Calvert, Roger Blakey, Sue Kedgley and Ian McKinnon.”

Nicola invited each to say a few words,

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“Each project is backed by evidence from the large survey we did last year,” says Nicola.

“This included helping care for the environment and making our area more environmentally sustainable, being resilient and prepared for emergencies, making our areas safer, and better transport, and connecting the community.

“Our members were invited to join any of those projects.”

All officers and the 12-person committee were re-elected.

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New name, new focus for Karori Association The Karori Association, established nearly five years ago, has changed its name and image.

President Lesleigh Salinger says that they are focusing on some major projects to further benefit locals “and we’ve developed a brand new name and new look to better support that work,” she says.

To that end, she continues as chair of the Karori Residents’ Association (KRA).

She says the new name comes with a byline: - He waka eke noa, loosely translated as ‘We’re all in this together’.

“Our role is to liaise with, and lobby, Wellington City Council on behalf of the residents who live, work, go to school and play here.

“On behalf of our members and all Karori residents, among other things we’re working to improve the Karori Town centre in order to create more economic opportunities for local businesses and to bring greater vibrancy and life to the centre.

“We want more people to know about us,” she says, adding that they were active in the Council’s Community Engagement programme from 2016 onwards.

The choice of Plan B that resulted will see work begin on improving the public space around Library Square and England Lane in July.

This option was the most popu-

Councillor Diane Calvert, with members of the Karori Residents’ Association, from left: Bill Guest; committee member and Infrastructure co-ordinator, Lesleigh Salinger; chair and Phil Armstrong, designer. PHOTO supplied.

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“We are very pleased that after several years of lobbying and consultation we can now look forward to this upgrade,” says Lesleigh.

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pleasing she says, because they had a “very bitter loss” in another campaign, to preserve the Karori campus for educational purposes.

“We want to make Karori an even better place to be so we also focus on major infrastructure,

on our parks and facilities, and on cleaning the heavily polluted water in Karori Stream (Independent Herald October 3, 2018, p.1).

“To do this we want to make KRA more visible hence our new name, logo and profile out in the

community including having the latest artwork on display for the first time with our stand at the recent Karori Lions Karnival.

They have a Karori Residents Association FaceBook page where people can sign up to membership and make contact.

Wednesday April 3, 2019

Karori business plan pushing ahead

By Oliver Gaskell

The steering group for the Karori Business Improvement District (BID) had their third meeting last Thursday to discuss the future of the project.

The BID was proposed in January this year and would mean that all commercial properties within a specified area of the suburb would be

charged additional rates by the Wellington City Council, going towards a central fund.

That fund would be managed by an elected board and put towards initiatives which promote local businesses and Karori as a whole.

If successful, the new project would incorporate the Marsden Village Association, Wellington’s longest running

BID which has been operating for 20 years.

Those in attendance discussed a strategic plan which outlined how the BID would operate, incorporating elements such as advocacy, promotions, events and investment attraction.

The plan included short and long term goals such as the refurbishment of the Marsden Village car park, new welcom-

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ing signage, and the return of the long defunct cinema, as well as supporting established and new local events.

A proportional model was agreed for the BID rates, meaning that all businesses involved would pay a fee relative to their capital value.

Steering group chair Julie Johnston said it was important for this information to be communicated to explain to business owners how the BID would work.

A letter will be sent to local business owners later this week which includes a copy of the finalised strategic plan, a map of the BID boundary and some frequently asked questions.

Also in attendance was Onslow Western Ward councillor Andy Foster who supports the BID and says that similar projects have “greatly benefited” other communities.

“It seems to be good for other areas, there’s no reason it shouldn’t be good for the Karori people.

Bringing people together and actually having a business community that is a community, it’s got to be good.”

“It’s about making Karori work as one entity.”

The next meeting of the Karori BID steering group will be held on Monday April 11 at the Karori Community Centre.

The Karori Rotary Club and ANZ will also sponsor a business breakfast to promote the BID, to be held at 7.15am on April 16 at the Karori Park Café.

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Question: Who is your most respected New Zealander ever?

Dave Harrison, Newlands “Norman Kirk. An ordinary guy with a nice vision for the country.”

Dave Parish, Johnsonville ”Ed HIllary. He wasn’t big-headed. He gave a lot back to the people of Nepal. And to New Zealand.”

Johannah Williams, Khandallah ”Sir Edmund Hillary.

For his work overseas in Nepal.”

Keith Hudson Johnsonville ”It’s got to be HIllary.

Though the new PM’s fast building up to it...”

Neville Wyatt, Johnsonville “The Prime Minister at the moment. She’s cool.”

Simon Restall, Johnsonville “Sir Ed Hillary. What achievement. And that’s known through the whole world.”

EYE ON CRIME In Johnsonville a rhythm BMX bike was left overnight on the front porch of a group of flats/ units in Rotoiti Street.

It was missing next morning.

A black Hyosung motor cycle was stolen from its overnight park in Cortina Avenue.

It was later recovered outside the Johnsonville West Kindergarten.

An orange Suzuki Swift saloon parked during the day in the carpark of the supermarket in Johnsonville Road was stolen. It was later recovered in a carpark in Macauley Street.

In Newlands a resident in Kinapori Terrace heard voices outside their house and shortly afterwards two persons were

found inside the property.

The house had been locked and there was no sign of forced entry.

The resident opened the front door and called to them to leave, which they did. Nothing is known to have been stolen.

A blue Holden Commodore saloon parked overnight on the street in Longcroft Terrace had

its rear registration plate stolen.

In Khandallah a white Mitsubishi Delica stationwagon parked overnight in a carport at a house in Onslow Road was broken into.

A bolt on the rear passenger window was cut through and entry gained through a side door.

Two high-value race bikes, a

backpack, camping gear and an Apple Macbook were stolen.

In Ngaio a house in Awarua Street, undergoing repairs, was broken into.

The victim had stored most of his possessions in the attached garage and one of the bedrooms.

Items stolen include two large screen TV sets and speakers.

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The residents of Enliven’s Huntleigh Home have lent their voices and ears in support of Wellingtonians living with chronic lung diseases like Emphysema.

The Sing Your Lungs Out Choir (SYLO), all of whom have the condition, performed at the Karori home recently, entertaining the crowd with a rousing repertoire of songs, including such classics as ‘Do You Hear the People Sing?’ from the musical Les Miserables.

Among the choir’s members were three residents of Huntleigh Home and Apartments, including 94-year-old Don Finch, SYLO’s oldest member.

Don says he appreciates the support and companionship he’s enjoyed both with the SYLO choir and as a resident of Huntleigh Home and Apartments.

“I’ve been a member of SYLO for three and a half years and absolutely love it.

We’ve all got the same thing, so there’s a lot more to it than with a normal choir.”

The choir was created by a research group to explore the effects that singing can have on lung function and quality of life.

Huntleigh Home recreation team leader Annelize Steyn says the SYLO Choir and Enliven share the same person-centred values.

“At Huntleigh, we very much encourage residents to make the most of life and focus on what they can do, not on what they can’t.

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Positively Pink fundraisers aim for top spot on leaderboard Khandallah residents Kate Twigg and Nicky Alexander aim to raise at least $30,000 for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ this year.

That would see them at number one on the foundation’s fundraising leaderboard.

To do this, they have launched a major fundraising drive called Positively Pink.

Positively Pink was formed in 2017 by Kate after her mother’s battle with breast cancer. She raised $7000 in the first year through a brunch. And last year they raised $11,000 at the Leonard Victor Mitchell Gallery in Khandallah, putting them in second place on the

leaderboard.

This year they plan to be number 1 by going Wellington-wide.

Only thirty five tickets are left available for the $100 a head luxury cocktail evening at Mercedes Benz Wellington Showroom on Friday May 3 at 7pm. Hundreds have already been sold says spokesperson Rebecca Reed, adding that the remaining tickets can be found on the Eventbrite website.

As well as top entertainment, a fashion show, and live auctions, inspirational speaker Stephanie Wiki, also a breast cancer survivor, will speak.

Kate is a serial fundraiser, a Khandallah mum who, as well as founding an events company, has always had a passion for raising money for good causes.

After the Christchurch earthquakes, and whilst living in Sydney, she organised a fundraiser at the Bondi Surf Lifesaving Club, raising $75,000.

And during the last few years, she’s organised fundraising events and functions within the Wellington region.

Nicky Alexander is the co-founder of the Wellington-based insurance company NZFB Insurance Solutions.

Nicky says that in 2018 her team had a record number of breast cancer claims.

“Time and time again we found ourselves facing yet another family who was going through the trauma of dealing with this disease and found that families not only experienced the financial loss associated with a serious illness but extreme and dramatic lifestyle changes. We found the impact this illness has on a

family unit can be devastating in so many ways, often causing other issues and illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and relationship breakdowns.

“I decided I wanted to make a change.

I had already met Kate and had attended her past breast cancer fundraising events, so I made contact.

“Her enthusiasm and drive for this fundraiser was infectious and our ideas just grew.”

Brett’s Brief National Party List MP based in Ōhāriu

It’s approaching nine months since the “bustastrophe” was unleashed upon Wellington.

Routes that didn’t take people where they wanted to go, forced transfers at inadequate hubs and unreliable services were the norm.

Wellingtonians weren’t happy and said so. But were they heeded?

The Positively Pink fund-raising team from left: Nicky Alexander and breast cancer survivor Paula Powes, both from Khandallah, guest speaker Stephanie Wiki of Auckland and Kate Twigg of Khandallah. PHOTO supplied.

Now’s your chance!

On Saturday October 12 voting in Wellington’s local body elections closes, after opening on July 19.

This includes voting for the Wellington City Council, the Greater Wellington District Council and community boards, along with the election of the Capital Coast District Health Board members.

We have already started to talk to councillors, and aspiring councillors, about their

availability and plans for the 2019 elections.

You’ll never have a better chance to get them to think – and talk about hard questions.

That’s why we are inviting our readers to write to the editor about the issues that concern you. (We’ll do our best to get you answers.)

Letters on any other issues of community interest are also welcomed.

Guidelines are that they should

be no longer than 150 words.

They must be signed an a street address provided to show good faith, even if a nom de plume is provided for publication.

The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold unsuitable letters from publication.

E mail them to herald@wsn.co.nz or post them to the address on page 2. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.

Despite regional council reinstating some old routes and frequencies, commuters are still subjected to significant service disruptions. NZ Bus has been penalised 17,663 times for service failures.

A local resident joked on Twitter that Metlink must have a full-time employee just to tweet the service cancellations each day.

Despite taxpayers funding at least 25 per cent of the bus services, the Government has been all but silent on this shemozzle, refusing to step in to help sort out the mess.

Even worse, the Government is responsible for another, potentially larger wave of disruptions to hit shortly.

On May 6, highly prescriptive rest and meal breaks that Government MPs have imposed take effect.

Industry insiders estimate up to 2500 buses a day could be cancelled across New Zealand under current funding. The good people of Ōhāriu and elsewhere in Wellington will suffer more than their fair share of those.

Thousands of people risk having their lives further disrupted because Government MPs seem unconcerned about the consequences of their actions.

The Transport Minister has waved off concerns, saying they’re “catastrophising” the situation.

Minister, we’ve been living with just that for nine months already. It’s time you intervened.

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Neighbours’ Day Aotearoa is celebrated at this time of year throughout the country, with local communities finding different ways of bringing neighbours together to build networks of friendships and support.

In Johnsonville, an obvious location is the Waitohi community hub, featuring the Council facilities that include the Johnsonville Community Centre, Keith Spry swimming pool, Whanau Manaaki Kindergarten, Memorial Park and, when completed, the new Johnsonville Library.

Christine Ritchie from the Community Centre explained why the City Council decided to celebrate Neighbours Day and local food week on March 30 in the Waitohi complex.

“Even without the new library, these Council facilities provide a focus for community activities and so provide a fitting location for the event.”

Sa u s a ge si z z l e s a n d fo o d of fe r i n g s o u tside were complemented by robotic demonstrations by library staff in the Community Hall.

Blue the robot entertained the visitors with demonstrations of break dancing and tai chi and, to calm things down, even read them a story.

In another demonstration, children were invited to draw patterns on sheet of paper and mini robots drove around the lines, using them as tracks.

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ABOVE: Local food team from left: Hayleigh Morgans, Matt Ritchie, Christine Ritchie and Debbie Avison LEFT: Stephen Clothier turns the pages while the robot reads the story to Aiofe Homan-Toft.

BELOW: Locals line up at the sausage sizzle at the Waitohi Hub Neighbour’s Day function on Saturday, while WCC councillor Malcolm Sparrow and Stephen Cook, the acting chair of the Johnsonville Community Centre do a hasty internet check of their next move.

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Children got Movin’ for the month of March C h i ld r e n we r e c h e e r i ng fo r Movin’March this month with record numbers participating in this year’s initiative.

The month-long event run by Greater Wellington Regional Council in partnership with local councils encourages kids in the region to walk, cycle and scoot to school.

Kirsty Barr, Travel Choice coordinator at Greater Wellington, said participation and feedback from this year’s Movin’March has been “fantastic”.

Almost 34,000 year zero to eight students from 125 schools in the region participated in the free event.

“We’ve had a lot of new schools come on board this year,” Kirsty says.

In past years Greater Wellington has surveyed teachers and parents about the outcomes of Movin’March but Kirsty says this year they included students in the feedback process.

“A lot of the feedback we have been getting is that students would like to continue to keep active after the monthlong initiative has ended.

“Our goal now is to see how we can support schools in maintaining that enthusiasm throughout the year.”

Kirsty said schools have seen changes in congestion and chaos at the drop off points, as well as more interaction with their school communities.

“We’ve had a lot of positive feedback about how schools are engaging more with whanau – having more interaction with their students’ families.

“This is something Greater Wellington would like to continue to encourage in schools throughout the region.”

Even if your asthma is well managed, you are at higher risk of complications if you catch the flu.

For example, adults and children with asthma are at higher risk of developing pneumonia afterwards.

If you have been diagnosed with asthma and are on a regular preventative therapy, or have another chronic chest or breathing condition, you are eligible for a free flu shot from a doctor or nurse.

Immunisation is also especially important for people 65 years and over, pregnant women and young children who are at a higher risk of complications when they get flu.

Free flu shots are available for adults and children six months and older between April and December 31 each year.

To better match circulating viruses, the two funded flu vaccines will contain four inactivated virus strains, specially formulated for the New Zealand 2019 season.

From left are Crofton Downs schoolchildren Giselle Baudet aged 10 and Hazel Herbert also 10, with Hazel’s dad Matt Herbert. They had just been to the school’s breakfast celebration of their involvement in the Movin’March programme, cycling walking or scootering to school. As well as a healthy snack and warm Milo, they were all given a small gift and a certificate. PHOTO supplied.

Chair of Greater Wellington’s Sustainable Transport Committee Barbara Donaldson says she is excited to see the increase in students joining Movin’March.

“It’s fantastic to see whole families getting involved, with parents biking to school alongside their children. This kind of initiative helps set up life-long behaviours.

“As a council we want to encourage young people to be active and healthy.

“We look forward to seeing even more schools jumping on board next year,” she says.

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Greater Wellington also saw high participation numbers when it came to Movin’March challenges and competitions this year.

New to this year’s prize pool is the award for the school in each district which has the highest number of student participation, in relation to the size of their school. Six $100 Prezzy Cards are up for grabs.

Other prizes to be given out this year range from family trips to Zealandia, Space Place, Staglands Wildlife Reserve and Wellington Zoo to three brand new adult Micro Scooters.

Another doctors’ strike Resident doctors who are members of the New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association (NZRDA) have voted to strike for a fifth time this year. This will take place for four days, from Monday April 15 – Thursday April 18.

This strike notice is said to follow the hardening of the DHBs bargaining position when the parties last met on March 7.

The strike will not take place in Canterbury DHB however, following the atrocity in Christchurch.

The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has directed both parties to another session of mediated bargaining on Friday April 5.

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Clucky the hen became part of Wellington’s Easter fun in the 90’s when Kirkcaldie and Stains refurbished their first floor. It is now part of history and is celebrated each year by appearing in town. At Easter 2019 Clucky is due to appear at Cable Car Museum.

The Museum reports that someone left the gate to Clucky’s henhouse open and she has escaped. Clucky was last seen riding up the hill on the Cable Car. Will she be back in time for Easter? An inquiry is underway however, the public is being asked to help by joining in the search for Clucky. The Cable Car, Space Place and Cable Car Museum are offering a number of fun activities at Upland Road, Kelburn. There will be the Cable Car’s Super Easter Treasure Hunt, button making at Space Place and of course, the famous Clucky with chocolate eggs for a gold coin koha. Friday 19 – Monday 22 April.

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“Our priority is to enhance public safety and wellbeing by urgent changes to the law.”

The Arms Amendment Bill had its first reading yesterday and is being referred to a Select Committee for a swift public submissions process.

“It will return to Parliament next week and is intended to come into force on April 12, the day after the Royal Assent,” Deliverers Required Mr Nash says,in adding that the misuse of semi-automatic weapons “has left a naArea 1: Momona, Mohaka, Kawatiri - harm, Kaponga. tionwide legacy of pain and grief”.

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Great Outdoors programme a great success

Work on early quake warning New Zealanders are being asked to take part in a survey on what they would do if they had prior warning that a strong earthquake was approaching and what type of early warning system best suit their community.

The survey is part of a research project which is being funded by the Earthquake Commission and led by Dr Julia Becker, based at Massey University in Wellington. The research team also compromises earthquake scientists, engineers, and other social scientists from GNS Science, Massey University and the University of Auckland.

Dr Becker says that countries like Japan, Mexico and Taiwan have systems that give a warning from seconds to up to two minutes that strong earthquake shaking is about to strike.

“The survey is being carried out to understand how New Zealanders would respond to an early warning about incoming earthquake shaking.

“We also want to find out how they would want it to work. For instance, what is the minimum strength of shaking would they want to be warned about and how would they like to receive the warning?

“It is important that as many people as possible, from as many places as possible, take part in the survey.”

Dr Becker says that her team have been talking to emergency managers in hospitals, road and rail transport, education and other sectors in New Zealand and overseas to see how they would use an early warning system in their operations.

“We know for instance in Japan that train drivers slow down and surgeons make patients safe during an operation once they receive a warning.

“The team’s research will indicate what some benefits of an early warning system would be for the community. There will no doubt be other studies on the economic and engineering aspects before an early warning system is seriously considered.”

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Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Great Outdoors programme this year drew in over 10,000 attendees.

GWRC ran 43 events across ten regional parks in nine weeks over the summer, with the programme wrapping up in March.

Wayne Boness, GWRC Principal Ranger says the programme is a great way to get people to explore the regional parks.

Way n e says t h e Fa r m Day, run at Battle Hill Farm Forest Park, was the highlight event.

“This is the third year we have run

the event and it’s grown each year.

We had 500 more people this year, with 3500 attendees,” he says.

“The aim is to get kids and their families out into the countryside and show them what happens on a farm day-to-day.”

The farm day offers sheep shearing and working dog trial demonstrations as well as cooking demonstrations.

“It also gives people the opportunity to have a swim, feed the eels, bring a picnic and ask questions about our parks.

“It’s just a good day out in the

country,” Wayne says.

The events also included Queen Elizabeth Park’s Jewels in the Crown, Belmont Regional Park’s Four-wheel-drive and sunset tour and a discovery race along the Hutt River Trail.

GWRC parks manager Amanda Cox says the Greater Wellington team is always “really proud” to show off the parks and to have the opportunity to talk to event participants about these special places, what’s happening there and what they are trying to achieve.

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Akira - The All Blacks ace in the hole There should be two Ioane brothers in the All Blacks’ World Cup squad later this year.

Winger Reiko is a certainty to make it and after sitting through most of the Blues’ win over the Stormers on Saturday night, Akira must make it too.

The talented No 8 has always had potential written all over him.

However the wrap on the older brother has always been that he can be all sizzle and no steak at times.

In many ways, he’s personified the frustrations of rugby north of the Bombay Hills for many years.

So much talent, so little substance.

He can be a damaging ball-runner and try-scorer but when it comes to the not-so-glitzy grind of the No 8 position, the 23-yearold can often go missing.

Having said that, he helped Auckland to a provincial title in 2018 and his ferocity with ball in hand, especially in the close

quarters makes him a necessary weapon for the men in black in Japan.

Clearly he’s not going to unseat Kieran Read at the back of the scrum but he may be able to force his way on to the bench if the dynamic performances continue.

I believe his time has finally arrived.

Having Akira come on for the final 25 minutes of a test match against a tiring opposition forward pack might just be a

difference maker.

Coach Steve Hansen could demand he play all out, empty the tank for a short, dynamic burst.

His impact could be similar to when Beauden Barrett used his pace against an ailing defence when he was the back-up to Dan Carter.

Barrett used speed, Akira would used power.

Make no mistake, this World Cup will be harder to win than either 2011 or 2015.

Once-in-a-lifetime players have since retired and while we still have a couple, the gap between us and the rest of the world is getting smaller.

Akira Ioane is a gamble in many respects.

He’s everything the All Blacks haven’t been during their 10 years of utter dominance.

He’s a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, but it’s time to unleash him and see what damage he can do.

A two- minute silence in memory of Christchurch terrorism attack victims was held at 1.39pm at the Johnsonville Bowling Club’s Friday’s tournament.

First local Over-60 Mixed Pairs On Friday March 22, the Johnsonville Bowling Club ran a very successful Over 60 Mixed Pairs tournament for the first time.

Sponsored by the Malvina Major Retirement Village and Ryman Healthcare, the event attracted a capacity field of 32 teams with players from throughout the greater Wellington region.

The games were played in perfect conditions with separate competitions on each green.

Winners of Section A were Lui Hare and Rob Ashton from Johnsonville and Section B was won by Robin Lindsay and Brent Stubbins from Miramar.

Tournament organiser Dave Carr received very favourable feedback from the participants and is keen to make this an annual event.

He says he is really appreciative of the financial sponsorship offered

by Ryman Healthcare and also the

MC Gerry Macgregor with section A winners Rob Ashton and Lui Har and Bronwyn Barry from Malvina Major retirement home. PHOTOS: Allan Galbraith

assistance provided by sales advisor Bronwyn Barry, and her team in running the barbecue.

The current bowling season has been very successful for Johnsonville and the momentum continued at the weekend, with first up a trophy win

by Avon Compton and Lock Chin.

They took out the annual Don McTaggart Memorial Trophy at Naenae. This is a very popular and competitive pairs tournament for players with up to ten years of bowling experience.

Avon and Lock would have surprised some of the more fancied teams but were deserving winners as they were the only pair to win all six of their games over the weekend.

At a higher level, Johnsonville’s Dale Rayner was selected for the North Island team in the resurrected North v South Challenge.

She partnered Ashleigh Jeffcoat in the Pairs and drew their match against their South Island opposition.

Gerry Macgregor (MC), with the section B winner Robin Lindsay, Bronwyn Barry representing Ryman Healthcare, and Brent Stubbins, also winner of section B.

Hat trick in four-nil victory for women’s football

by Grant Stephen

The pre-season women’s football competition started well for North Wellington when their Premier striker, Cerys Clowes, scored a hat trick in their four-nil win over Stop Out on Saturday.

The win sees North Wellington

advance to the final of the Kelly Cup Plate competition against Wairarapa United.

And the cricket gear had only just been packed away for the winter as the opening round in some Capital Football Leagues commenced over the weekend.

In their first outing in the Men’s

Central League, New World Newlands North Wellington boarded the team bus early on Sunday morning to take on 2018 Central League Champions, Napier City Rovers, at Park Island in Napier. Though the pundits might have thought otherwise, North Wellington defender

Billy Scott got the visitors on the board in the 26th minute and North Wellington took a one-nil half time lead into the sheds.

The score remained the same until the 70th minute when Napier equalised, followed by one more on the stroke of full time for a 2-1 victory over the

team from Johnsonville.

Other results over the weekend saw Waterside Karori lose to Stop Out 1-4, Wellington Olympic hammer Wairarapa United 10-0, Lower Hutt demolish Wellington United 8-0 and Western Suburbs put three past Miramar.

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