7 June Wainuiomata News

Wednesday June 7,

Exceptional service

By Frank Neill

Dr Ihakara Porutu Puketapu, known as Kara, has been honoured with the Exceptional Service Award at this year’s Hutt Valley Sports Awards.

“The legacy of Kara Puketapu is immense,” the Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said when announcing the award.

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Dr Kara Puketapu in Wainuiomata with his award the morning after the award presentations.

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Immense legacy of Maori leadership

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That legacy was immense “both in terms of his sporting contributions, but more so the legacy of M ori leadership, wellbeing and development – rooted in kaupapa and m tauranga M ori methodologies,” the Prime Minister said.

“Throughout his life he has empowered and led others, expressing rangatiratanga from a position of personal integrity, humility and authority.

“It is for these reasons that we are honored to award the Exceptional Services to Sport Award to Dr Kara Puketapu.”

“In 1977, Kara was appointed Secretary of the M ori Affairs Department, which was to become the Ministry of M ori Affairs and later Te Puni K kiri.

“It was during this time that the T T ngata/ Stand Tall Kaupapa was launched which promoted the success of M ori standing tall within their culture.

“One of the most important initiatives to come out of T T ngata was the k hanga reo movement, which began at K kiri Pukeatua in Wainuiomata in 1982.

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He is “a formidable Te ri Awa Leader,” Mr Hipkins said.

Dr Puketapu was educated at Waiwhetu School and Wellington Technical College, where he was both Head Prefect and School Dux.

He then attended Victoria University, gaining a Bachelor of Arts in Geography.

“[Dr] Puketapu also rose in standing within his iwi, to become chairperson of the Te ti Awa Runanga.

“Between 1990 and 2009, [Dr] Puketapu was a claimant for the WAI 105 Treaty Claim and he was part of the negotiation team to assist with the Port Nicholson Block Treaty Claim.

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As a Harkness Fellow, he completed his Master’s study at the University of Chicago. A PhD in cultural anthropology followed, from the University of New Mexico.

“Returning to Aotearoa, Puketapu started his career at the State Services Commission, where he quickly rose through the ranks (including a role in 1975 as Manager of ‘the Computer Centre’),” Mr Hipkins said.

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“[Dr] Puketapu was also a top rugby player in his youth, playing as a Centre for the Petone Rugby Premier Team that won the prestigious Jubilee Cup in 1956 and 1957.

“He was a member of the Wellington Provincial Representative Rugby Team, winning the Ranfurly Shield in 1956 and was selected in the M ori All Blacks in 1955 and 1956.

“After hanging up the boots,[Dr] Puketapu moved into Rugby League administration and coaching.

“During his leadership, the Wainuiomata Rugby League Club got promoted from Second Division to First Division, won seven Wellington Championships, played in four national finals and won three national titles.

“In addition, the Wainuiomata Rugby League Club has produced five All Blacks (more than the Rugby Club), five Kiwi Internationals and two Kiwi Ferns,” the Prime Minister said.

Well known Wainuiomata resident Fauono Ken Laban was the Hutt Valley Sports

Award producer and Chair of the organising committee for the event.

Dr Puketapu was “a leader, visionary, mentor and coach,” says Mr Laban, who captained the successful Wainuiomata Rugby League team that Dr Puketapu coached. He was “an exceptional human being who changed the course of history with his emphatic and sincere leadership style.”

Now 89 years, Dr Puketapu was unable to attend the award presentation, but received the award at his Wainuiomata home.

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Wainuiomata Spirit Awards now open

By Frank Neill

Nominations for the Wainuiomata Spirit Awards are now open.

These awards are presented each year by the Wainuiomata Community Board to recognise people who have given outstanding voluntary service in the valley’s community.

Nominations close on 1 August 2023.

Nomination forms are available at the Wainuiomata Community Hub and can also be requested by email to the community board’s Chair Te Awa Puketapu at TeAwa. Puketapu@huttcity.govt.nz.

The 2023 awards will be presented

Celebrating

Hills NZ hosted a very special Samoan Creative Night at the Wainuiomata Community Centre on Friday 2 June.

Between 150 and 200 people attended the event.

“We had live music, lots of

at an awards night on Wednesday 23 August at 5.30pm.

There was no Wainuiomata Spirit Awards presentation last year.

The last time these awards were presented was in 2021.

Sixteen people were nominated in 2021, and three awards were presented.

Ten-year-old Trey Zell was one of the winners.

Trey created his own business using scrap material and a sewing machine to upcycle scrap materials into scrunches, headbands, phone cases and phone pillows.

He marketed them online and funds raised were donated to several

charities, including St John Youth.

Noeline Angus was rewarded for her years of effort cleaning tonnes of rubbish from the Wainuiomata coast, particularly at the Turakirae Head seal colony.

Fish hooks, hundreds of shoes, 48 tyres and 15 crayfish pots are just some of the rubbish Noeline had removed from near the seal colony. The third 2021 recipient was Dallas Serj, the founder and Chair of the Youth Service Union. Dallas led youth initiatives with a particular emphasis on mental health and used his own funds to help many people in the community.

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food and many Samoan arts and crafts, which was the biggest hit of the night,” Hills senior pastor Jordan Vailima says.

“It was awesome seeing families come celebrate Samoan

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Language Week and we hope to put more on during the year.

“A special mention to Tuatahi Centre for being our main sponsors of the night, and Lagi in Lower Hutt and Mila’s Books for sponsoring

our spot prizes to give out to families.”

Hills NZ also thanks the Wainuiomata Community Centre for providing the space free for the event, Jordan says.

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A group of Tamaiti enjoying Hills NZ’s Samoan Creative Night. Photo: supplied.

Community Spirit Award recipients, Dallas Serj, Trey-Zell and Noelene Angus. Photo supplied.

GARDENING THIS WEEK Fresh greens in winter : By

Like to grow some fresh, highly nutritious greens this time of the year when sunlight hours are short and stuff is slow to grow? This is also a way to be able to have emergency healthy food when things are not so good. How you achieve this is to sprout seeds for eating, often referred to as ‘Sprouts’

In the past sprouts were done in an Agee preserving jar with a screen sieve. You would place a few seeds into the jar and cover with non chlorinated water and sit on window sill in kitchen. Each day you would tip the water out using the sieve like screen to stop the seeds falling out. Fresh water would be added and the above would be repeated daily till the seeds had sprouted and reached a nice size which you then used in sandwiches or salads. Very nutritious and very simple to do. Now days its even easier with a four tier seed sprouter from Egmont Seeds. Called Mr Fothergills Kitchen Seed Sprouter they sell for $20.00. On web at https://www. egmontseeds.co.nz/index. php?main_page=advanced_ search_result&search_in_ description=1&keyword=sprouter

You have 4 sprouting levels which means you can sprout 4 different types of seeds or mixes at any one time. A small amount of seeds is placed in each level and water is applied to the top tier, then because of sprouter outlet caps in the base of each level (which can be adjusted to allow a amount of water flow to next level) the water works its way down through the tiers..

Then finally the water ends up in the reservoir where you can either dispose of it or use it a second time round. Doing this alone with the sprouter on the kitchen window sill will give you very nutritious greens to add to your winter diet. But you can change then into super sprouts by adding a few mils of Magic Botanic Liquid (MBL) to the non-chlorinated water. MBL is rich in humate and fulvic acid along with minerals and elements which the sprouting seeds will absorb as they germinate and grow. Incredibly good for your health and great for those wishing to trim up a bit before summer. One of the problems is that our traditional Super Market food chain is poor in nutritional values unless you are growing a good amount of vegetables yourself naturally. This means when you cook up a meal from supermarket produce and have to add condiments to make it taste ok (Home grown produce tastes great and does not need condiments to fool you body into accepting it)

So you eat a full meal of supermarket produce and when you are finished you are likely to still feel a bit hungry.

Actually you are not hungry but that is the feeling you get as your body is saying, ‘Thanks for the stuff but where are the minerals and elements that I need to work properly?’

So inadvertently you pig out on potato chips or something to squash the feeling of having not eaten enough.

Now you are going to put on some extra pounds and your body still is not satisfied as he need nutrition not food stuffing.

Sprouting seeds with MBL is a excellent way to get the goodness your body needs to be healthy, it is in the same top food tier as ‘Smoothies’ and wheat grass juice (done with minerals) Now to get the seeds to sprout we go and have a look at Kings Seeds at https://www.kingsseeds.co.nz/results.html?q=seeds+for+sprouting They have a good range of seeds and seed mixes most of which are certified organic Examples from their web site are: Alfalfa: Our most popular sprout with a delicious nutty flavour. Excellent for gourmet salads, omelettes and sandwiches. High in fibre, vitamins, minerals and proteins. Research has found Alfalfa fibre pushes cholesterol out of the arteries while its saponins also scrub and dissolve it. The sprouts are many times more nutritious if exposed to the sunlight about the fifth day after germination. They can then be harvested.

Organic Energy mix: Alfalfa, Flax, Rocket, Broccoli Raab, Red Clover and Fennel. A tasty, aromatic and invigorating blend that stimulates the body and digestive system. As the Flax and Rocket are both mucilaginous-forming seeds when germinating, particular care needs to be shown to rinse and drain well in the first few days. At harvest, the Fennel sprout will not be as developed as the others but both its seed husk and sprout should be used.

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High in vitamins and soluble fibre for cleansing the digestive system and building resistance to bowel and bladder disease. Seeds are easy to sprout reaching maturity using rinse and drain method in 6-10 days.

Organic Vita plus blend: Alfalfa 40% Red Clover 30% Daikon Radish 10% Radish 10% Broccoli Raab 10% Highly nutritious blend of sprouts, rich in minerals, amino acids and antioxidants combining the mild tastes of Alfalfa and Red Clover with the spicy bite of Broccoli Raab, Radish Daikon and Radish.

Organic Stir Fry Combo: Contains Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) , Lentil (Lens culinaris), Mung (Vigna radiata). Delicious, succulent and nutty sprout blend to stir fry in Asian dishes or to eat raw in salads and sandwiches. Easily digested and highly nutritious with heaps of Vitamins B1 and B2, Iron, Potas-

sium, Folic Acid and Protein. Soluble fibre helps break down cholesterol, lower blood pressure and regulate blood sugars. Initially soak seeds for several hours then drain. Rinse 3-4 times daily for 3-4 days. Harvest when sprouts are length of the seed (15mm) and store in fridge in a covered container. Note; seeds which are mucilaginous-forming seeds when germinating you toss the water and MBL mix and do a fresh lot to get rid of the mucilaginous. Otherwise be healthy this winter with tasty heath treats from sprouts. Note Store unused seeds in a glass jar with lid in the fridge where they will keep happily for years ready to use any time.

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Maternity unit will be refurbished

Hutt South MP Ginny Andersen has welcomed news that the Hutt Hospital maternity unit will be refurbished.

“It’s great news that work can now go ahead on the new maternity unit,” Ginny says.

“I know people have been waiting to know this from Te Whatu Ora so it’s great to finally have this certainty.”

Work on refurbishing the maternity unit was paused after the Heretaunga building which houses it was declared an Earthquake Prone Building (EPB) in June last year.

However a follow-up peer review of the detailed seismic assessment, which is in its final stages, has indicated that the external cladding, the contributing factor to the previous EPB finding, may not warrant the low 15% NBS rating.

“This review process is will provide a final seismic status of the building which we expect towards the end of July,” Ms Andersen says.

The Hutt Valley District Health Board was now resuming its planning to refurbish the Hutt Hospital maternity facilities.

This will enable them to improve clinical outcomes, increase space, improve privacy and provide a better experience for both patients and staff.

This involves redesigning the birthing and postnatal rooms to create fit for purpose, culturally inclusive, whânau friendly and private environment.

It is the final stage of a $10 million project to improve patient experiences and outcomes across the maternity health services at the hospital.

The first two phases created new office and clinical spaces for the Community Midwifery Services, and a redesign and expansion of the Maternity Assessment Unit (MAU) which have already been completed.

"The clinical team is pleased that the project has been given the green light to continue transforming our Maternity Unit into a welcoming and functional place for our mothers, pepi and whanau," says Jamie Duncan, Interim Hospital and Specialist Services Lead, Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley.

"Our dedicated maternity staff, Lead Maternity Carers and midwives will also welcome the improved clinical spaces and the dedicated areas for wh nau meetings, staff training and clinical handovers, as well as improved patient spaces."

Hutt South MP Ginny Andersen outside Hutt Hospital’s Heretaunga building. Photo: Supplied.

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Local team tops the table

By Frank Neill

The combined Wainuiomata-Hutt Old Boys Marist women’s Rugby team scored a convincing 38-24 win over Poneke on 3 June.

The victory sees the combined team top of the table in Wellington Rugby’s Izzy Frost Cup competition.

Wainuiomata-Hutt Old Boys Marist is the only undefeated team in the competition with two wins from its two matches.

They had to come back from a half time deficit of 14-24, however, to secure their victory.

Wainuiomata-Hutt Old Boys Marist kept Avalon scoreless in the second spell, while adding 24 points to their total.

Jessica Patea was in outstanding form for the combined team, scoring three tries.

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Kiri Grönbeck, Nesa Galuefa and Agnes Peni Niuevaea also scored tries, while MaryAnn Collins kicked three conversions and Agnes Faraimo one conversion.

The Wainuiomata men’s premier team also scored a convincing 59-26 win over Northern United in the Swindale Shield competition. The victory saw Wainuiomata lift the Alf Keating Cup from Norths.

Peter Umanga-Jensen scored a hat trick during his excellent performance for Wainuiomata.

Nika Patelesio, Kade Tiatia, Tui Yandall and Tyler Kane also scored tries for Wainui, and Tyler kicked seven conversions.

Wainuiomata’s next match will see them play the struggling Avalon team at Fraser Park on 10 June.

New WHS teacher is from Fiji

By Frank Neill

Wainuiomata High School’s newest teacher, Shivani Lal, is not only new to the school, she is also new to Aotearoa/New Zealand.

From Fiji, Shivani and her family arrived in Wellington in February.

She had been teaching in Fiji for the past 12 years. During the last seven years she has taught at one of Suva’s most prominent schools, Jai Narayan College.

“The geographical location, topography, hills, Wainuiomata valley, native forest scenery and the Wainuiomata community has been a major attraction to me as a geographer,” Shivani says.

“Wainuiomata High School is an exceptional institution with the best set of teachers who work tirelessly to improve teaching and learning.

“We have incredible students, and it is great to know them.

“There are various teaching strategies used by the teachers to improve the quality of learning.

“The staff are very friendly as well as

supportive at Wainuiomata High School,” she says.

Shivani was welcomed to Wainuiomata High School at a powhiri on 15 May. She is teaching English and Social Sciences.

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Ulalei’s first tournament victory

Ulalei Suni scored the Ulalei Netball Club’s first ever tournament victory in its 19-year history during King’s Birthday weekend.

The Wainuiomata team won all four of its matches in Netball Hutt Valley’s first King’s Birthday Netball Tournament for Year 7 and 8 players.

Suni started well with a comprehensive 9-2 win against team Little Bosses.

Theirsecond game against Hutt 1 was more challenging but Suni maintained their composure to secure a 4-3 win.

Suni found their rhythm in their final round robin game against Maidstone Kiwi with a resounding 12-2 victory, qualifying for the final.

Their opposition in the grand final

was Rangikura K k riki, a team from Porirua that had comprehensive 21-2, 12-4, 28-0 and 18-1 wins in their round robin.

This did not phase the young Suni team as they ground out a 5-3 victory.

Suni management Lagi Moananu, Mel Laban and Lahraine Sagaga were very proud of the young team’s performance at their first tournament stating: “The future of our club is in good hands.”

The King’s Birthday tournament attracted teams from all over the region with multiple grade options available to ensure participation was available for all.

Ulalei Netball Club entered their young Suni team to gain experience

in tournament like conditions.

The club held its popular Quiz Night fundraiser at the Wainuiomata Rugby League Rooms on 2 June.

The club had the privilege of having the services of Quiz Master Matauranga Te-Rauna who provided plenty of energy and laughter for the 150 attendees ensuring everyone had a great time.

Ulalei wish to thank table sponsors Tepora Stowers of Professionals, Hans Seupule of Rolco Limited, H pai Fitness, Clive’s Chemist and X-treme Hip Hop for their generous support.

“A huge fa’afetai (thanks) to all the people and businesses that donated towards our amazing raffle and auction prizes,” Sina Tamaalii says.

Quit smoking coaches wanted

By Frank Neill

K kiri Marae is seeking quit coaches for the regional stop smoking service.

The coaches provide support to families/ wh nau who have made the decision to be smoke free.

The service prefers to employ people who have given up smoking, however this is open

for discussion.

They need to be vape free and fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Applicants need to have both a full driver’s licence and a clean slate.

K kiri Marae provides full training. For more information or to apply, contact Janice Aldridge on 0800 926 257 or email your CV to janice@kokiri-hauora.org.nz.

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The victorious Ulalei Suni

who scored Ulalei’s first ever tournament victory, Photo: Supplied.

“We would not have been able to hold his event without their support.

“It was a fantastic evening with the true Wainuiomata community spirit, enjoyed by all.”

At the end of the evening, Komiti member Lahraine Sagaga acknowledged Wainuiomata Rugby League

for the venue and continuous support, Quiz Master Matauranga Te-Rauna, all attendees for supporting the club, and concluded with the beautiful Samoan pese “Ua Fa’afetai” joined in by all.

Inter-club competition games resume next Saturday, 10 June.

Spring Flower Show returns

The Spring Flower Show returns to Wainuiomata after a three-year break because of Covid-19. Organised by the Wainuiomata Gardeners’ Club, the flower show will be held on Saturday 3 September at the Louise Bilderbeck Hall. Entries will be accepted from 8am to 11am and the public viewing will take place between 2pm and 3pm. Entry is free.

The syllabus for the show is now available by contacting Jackie Dobbs on 021 0830 4914 or Colleen Jones on 027 47851.

Let Operatunity’s stars entertain you with numbers by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Lerner & Loewe, and more!

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The Kōkiri Marae team people can join as quit smoking coaches. Photo: Supplied.

Daffodils in spring.

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