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Wooden wonders

By Megan Connolly

Born and bred in Wainuiomata Dean Richardson has been what he describes as “a bit of a handyman” for most of life.

Dean currently creates detailed and realistic creations from recycled materials and firewood to give to his friends and family.

Or, in some cases, little cubbies for his pet dog, Rosie.

This hobby is something Dean has developed naturally over the last eight years through a lot of trial and error, he says.

“I’m doing it for a hobby.”

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Local resident Dean Richardson makes detailed and creative designs for friends and family out of wood pallets.

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The inspiration struck one day while Dean was in the waiting room of a vet clinic and he saw a small model caravan that was big enough to hold a small dog’s bed.

“I thought, ‘I could do that for Rosie’,” Dean says.

He went home and made his first caravan out of kindling.

It even has a working ranch slider.

After many years working in window installation and other trades, Dean visualises what he wants his creation to look like in his mind before he begins creating.

But how he gets there is all a matter of trying it out.

“For me, I find it very relaxing because I can do it at my own speed, my own pace, in my own world,” Dean says.

Over the years he has made all sorts of different large scale models from a tiny house to bar stools, wooden toy chainsaws and train carriages.

“I do it for love,” Dean says.

“I can give them to my friends and it fills in my days.”

Most of the products he uses like paint, varnish and PVA

Dean’s dog Rosie fits perfectly on to the bed that Dean built for her out of kindling and recycled materials. PHOTO: Megan Connolly

glue are either bought cheaply or donated by friends.

“My favourite part is that its all recycled materials like rubbish or pallets that I pull apart and use,” he says.

“I just look at things and learn from there. I could do it two to three times before I get it right.

“But if you have got no plans you can’t really make any mistakes,” Dean adds.

He estimates he has done well over 50 different models and designs for friends and family over the years “The more I do it the more confident I get and the more detail there is.”

Being crafty must be in the family because when Dean was growing up he would help his dad build boats and trailers.

His family has been running Wainui Joinery for many years.

“We all make stuff. We’re all in the sheds,” Dean laughs.

“I’m a jack of all trades.”

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Youth Awards open for nominations The 2019 Hutt City Youth Awards is back for its fifth year.Nominations opened on Friday July 26 and close on Friday September 6.

The Hutt City Youth Awards are all about shining a light on the fantastic young people in Lower Hutt to celebrate their achievements and successes.

MP Chris Bishop, chairperson of the organising committee, says: “In so many different ways and so many areas, young people are making a big differ-

ence in the Hutt community.

The Hutt City Youth Awards is now in its fifth year and recognises the achievements and potential of our young people.”

The awards once again offer eight categories including leadership, contribution to sport, the arts, entrepreneurship, embracing diversity, science and technology, service to the community, and overcoming adversity.

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Young people aged 12-21 are eligible for nomination provided they have a strong connection to Hutt City, such as living or going to school in the area. Please go to www. huttcityyouthawards.co.nz for more information on category criteria and how to nominate.

The quality of the nominees last year was outstanding, with the organising committee and

the judges were blown away by the achievements of the young people nominated.

Local organisations are supporting the awards, including GNS Science, Label & Litho, The Hutt News, Goodtime Music Academy, The Hodge Group, Queensgate Shopping Centre, Orangebox, Westpac, Hutt City Council’s Youth Council and Weltec/Whitireia The awards Ceremony is to be held on Thursday October 17 at Weltec Student Hub.

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Fernlea Fiyah smashes the dance competition

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By Megan Connolly

Sharpen your computer skills at a free computer course that runs out of the Community Hub Library on Thursdays from 1pm to 3pm.

Stepping UP Computer Class covers all of the basics from emailing, to word docs, to everything in between.

Talk to a library staff member to register or call 570 6633.

Limited spaces and computers available so get in quick.

Six local girls headed off to the Wellington Regional Hip Hop dance competition recently with their newly formed dance group, ‘Fernlea Fiyah’, and conquered the school group section coming first.

For these students from Fernlea School, it wasn’t just their first time competing in a dance competition, it was their first experience learning choreography and dancing together Ever.

“It was so fun we want to do it again,” all of the girls agree.

Winning the Wellington regionals meant Fernlea Fiyah qualified for nationals that will take place in Queenstown.

However, some of them will be playing rugby in Taupo that weekend so they sadly won’t be able to attend.

Fernlea Fiyah is made up of Zaria Simpson, Georja Keall, Ella Sue, Charlotte Woolley, Taliah Mapakaitolo and Maia Mapakaitolo. They started dancing together in Zaria’s garage at the start of the year for fun before rugby practice but it soon took off.

The garage became too small so they started using the meeting room space at the Community Hub Library and met every Wednesday afternoon.

“It was big for the girls step out of their comfort zones,” Vanessa says.

“I just want to see Wainuiomata as a community get some exposure.”

When asked about how the girls found their first on-stage experience, they all assured me they weren’t nervous, only excited about performing.

“At this age, I really want to encourage girls to try all sports out and give things 100

Fernlea Fiyah in action during their first ever dance competition in which they placed first in the School group catergory.

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Whether you are a huge tennis fan, never held a racket or looking for a new hobby, it’s the perfect opportunity to bring the family along.

per cent,” Vanessa says.

During the day Vanessa works as a nurse but she has danced and taught dance for most of her life.

She also runs free hip hop dance classes with Tihei Rangatahi’s after school programme teaching hip hop.

“Dancing can be quite expensive so it’s just to give back to the kids and provide young kids more options,” Vanessa says.

Next year Fernlea Fiyah dance crew are hoping to enter and make it to the nationals again.

If you were at the Multicultural Celebration on Friday evening you would have had the opportunity to see these young dancers bring the house down.

Cook Islands language week This is Cook Islands Language Week.

The theme is “Taku rama, taau toi: ora te Reo” which means “My Torch, Your Adze: The Language Lives”.

The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook and 15 small islands make up the Cook Islands spread over 1,800,000 square kilometres.

Did you know the Cook Islands Maori ethnic group is the second-largest Pacific population in New Zealand and accounts for 1.5 per cent of the total population? 20.9 per cent or 61,839 people in our Pacific population are of Cook Island heritage.

The new local dance group ‘Fernlea Fiyah’ competed in the Wellington Regional Dance Competition and placed first in the School section. PHOTOS: Supplied.

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inbrief news Start thinking National ShakeOut The New Zealand ShakeOut 2019 drill and tsunami hikoi is taking place on Thursday, October 17 at 1.30pm.

Civil Defence minister Peeni Henare says a new ShakeOut website – shakeout.govt.nz - has also been launched to make signing up as easy as possible.

All learning institutions are encouraged to sign up, hold a Drop, Cover and Hold drill, and plan a tsunami hikoi if they are in a tsunami zone.

Families, individuals, businesses and other organisations are also encouraged to take part.

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The group offers technical help and fellowship plus relevant guest speakers.

The next meet-up will be August 28 from 10.30am to 11.30 at the Community Hub Library.

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Check out the garden lit up with fairy lights and draw on the footpath with chalk.

Find all the fairies and you’ll get a lollipop.

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Resource consent granted for Countdown

By Megan Connolly

The rebuild of the shopping mall and Countdown shopping centre is much anticipated by the community.

Now there is some news on the progress and estimated timeline.

The local Countdown has now been granted resource consent from Hutt City Council to redevelop the centre, a spokesperson says.

“We’re looking forward to providing a brand new supermarket for our 103 Wainuiomata team members and our customers,” a spokesperson says.

“The plan is to develop a new, larger supermarket with a focus on energy efficiency, including

electric vehicle charging stations.”

Plans also include a larger car park, instore Countdown pharmacy, an expansive fresh produce department, in-store bakery and a dedicated health food section. Online shopping will also be available.

Patrons of the current Countdown do no need to worry about the disappearance of a grocery store because services for local customers will continue to be provided and be fully operational throughout its rebuild, a spokesperson says.

“We know there’s been lots of anticipation about the future of the Wainuiomata Shopping Centre and we’re really excited to share our plans and confirm the long-term future for Count-

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down and the rest of the town centre.

“We have now appointed design consultants and are working through the design

plans for the first two stages of work.”

The supermarket is aiming to be fully finished by the end of 2020.

Elle loves the community and simple things in life

By Megan Connolly

At any time you may have seen passionate community member Elle Abel-McEwen around town participating in the many wonderful activities the local community has on offer.

Elle has three young girls Shakira, Gia and Ziva and moved to the valley 12 years ago with her husband Jamie.

And there’s nothing Elle is more passionate about than the community, she says.

“I’m never home!” she laughs.

Over the years she has been involved in many things in the community from theatre to choir and being a part of school and kindergarten committees.

“I’m pretty invested in making the community run and seeing it run properly,” she says.

“It’s never about what I’m doing but about what I can do.

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I’m all about helping.”

On any given day she’s popping along to kids and adults activities.

“I love the community. People talk to you and they’re friendly.”

One of her other passions is baking, especially with her young girls.

In the past she has entered baking competitions for the fun of it, but Elle says baking is about teaching her children important life skills.

“It’s good for kids to learn to bake and they can take it into their adult lives.

“It’s like learning about growing your own fruit and vegetables, it’s good for the environment.

“And baking is the same sort of thing,” Elle says.

As a family, they love making slices, muffins and all of the usual baking treats. They sometimes even bake bread.

Elle Abel-McEwen and children Gia and Ziva love baking together and being active in the community. PHOTO: Megan Connolly

“We love colouring and knitting too. All of the stuff with your hands, I’ve learnt that it is good for mental health,” Elle says.

The time Elle spends with her family and the community, to

her, is what life is about.

“Life is about enjoying the simple things. About those connections and knowing your neighbours.

“Life is about looking at the sunny side,” she says.

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Local rugby league team takes the honours

By Megan Connolly

Wainuiomata Lions Rugby League Club had a big weekend with two premier teams playing in the division finals at Hutt Recreation in Lower Hutt. at the weekend.

The Fulton Hogan Wainuiomata Premier Reserves came out on top, winning their game against the Trentham Titans 30-26.

The Premier Reserves retained their Premier Reserves title, to go back to back with mighty victories thanks to coach Eddie Albright Snr and co-captains EJ Albright and Jimmy Samu.

Large crowds of locals showed up to support both teams in the final.

Galen Tuisila was awarded the Man of the Match at the end.

The second team in the finals, the Wainuiomata Lions Premiers were undefeated during the season, despite losing two key players to injury.

The final was played against Whiti te Ra and coached by Donovan Maxwell with co-captains Pat Tanoai and Johnny Skinnon.

Unfortunately, the premiers were unable to maintain their winning streak and lost to Whiti te Ra 28-20.

Whiti te Ra have won the title for the past three seasons.

A spokesperson says “As the scorelines indicate, they were tight games.”

The Wainuiomata Lions League rugby premier reserves team came out on top at the weekend in their Grand Final. PHOTO: Daryl New

Carlo jets off towards new adventures Have the Tough Conversation

By Megan Connolly

Longtime Community Hub kaitiaki Carlo Patea said goodbye to the community last Wednesday.

He had his final day of work before jetting off to Japan to start new adventures.

Carlo is heading off as an assistant English language teacher.

“It’s just something different,” Carlo says.

“I’m looking forward to the culture. I’ve been there before and it’s so different from any Western country.

“I’m super-excited,” he says.

What he will miss the most might sound a bit cheesy, he says.

“I’ll miss the community and all the familiar faces and the relationships I’ve made.”

Although he doesn’t know how long he will be in Japan, he is excited to have new adventures.

It’s pretty easy to see Carlo will be missed by the wider community.

“He’s real fun,” local youngsters Joel Funganitao says.

“Carlo would always teach us new languages, cooking and take Active Hour every week.

“We’re just going to miss having him around and he asks how I am,” Joel says.

Carlo would like to thank everyIt was a sad, yet exciting day for Carlo Patea last Wednesday who had one “for the laughs and kind his last dayworking at the Community Hub Library before he sets off words” over his final days of work to Japan. Thankfully he could celebrate it with youngsters like Joel at the Hub. Funganitao. PHOTO: Megan Connolly

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Question: What is something you’ve always wanted to do but never done?

Hannah Fleury “I’ve always wanted to travel overseas and learn about different cultures.”

Jane Cooper “I’d like to try rally car racing because that looks fun.”

Joyce Lockyer “Waltz in a ballroom wearing a crinoline dress.

I love waltzing.”

Róisin McCormack “Sky dive! I’ve only just decided recently that I wanted to do it but I definitely will.”

Sia Levi “I love tennis. These days it’s always on the TV I would like to see Serena Williams play.”

Viko Auvaa “Just have something more community related and activities around. I like to support everything here and I want to help more.”

Ready, set, paint

By Megan Connolly

Things are coming together at the Wainuiomata Little Theatre’s Mamma Mia musical production. They began painting their sets at the weekend.

To make the old College auditorium look like a Greek Island Taverna is no easy feat. Nothing that a lick of paint

can’t fix!

Fortunately, the show will come alive to audiences on October 2.

Mamma Mia is a musical theatre show set to a Rockin’ soundtrack of ABBA classics.

The theatre is run by the community and wouldn’t function without passionate individuals who donate their time.

Top: There wasn't time to watch paint dry. Cast member Cathy Davel paints while cast member Micheal Gibson and director Trevor Williams decide what's next.

Left: Cast member Tracy Bognuda works on painting the Wainuiomata Little Theatre set on Saturday morning. PHOTOs: supplied

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Heath Stewart and Siobhan Sa'u embraced the space theme for Bricks and Pieces Community Hub Library programme with librarian Alexia Herrera last Thursday. PHOTO: Megan Connolly

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Local youth learn life skills Getting crafty with paper

By Megan Connolly

The Vertical Horizonz pilot programme run out of the Wainuiomata Marae began on Monday with 10 local males learning valuable trade skills. PHOTO: Supplied

By Megan Connolly

Vertical Horizonz, in association with the local YOUth Inspire, goes into communities and helps young people aged 15 to 24 learn practical skills and gain qualifications that provide a career pathway.

There are 10 local boys from YOUth Inspire participating in the Vertical Horizonz pilot programme along with seven other youngsters from around the Hutt Valley.

The funded programme has three phases, with the second phase Whakangungu ki te Mahi, starting earlier this week at the Wainuiomata Marae.

In this phase of the course, the youngsters will spend 10 days gaining New Zealand certified qualifications in practical skills like

Site Safe Construction Passport, first aid, health and safety, confined space hazards, advanced working at heights, forklift and mobile elevated work platform skills.

YOUth Inspire’s Shannon Seiuli says supporting the programme is great and excellent for the community.

“There’s no other time to get these qualifications for free,” she says.

“It’s all skills employers are looking for and puts these guys a step ahead.”

Although this pilot programme was all male participants, the programme is open to females who wish to earn an NZQA certificate and learn life skills.

Vertical Horizonz has been working with YOUth Inspire closely for a

while now and are heavily involved, lower North Island manager Glen Walker says.

“They’re just awesome,” Glen says.

“The boys are great, have done a great job, and they’re only going to improve.”

By basing the programme out of the marae, Glen says it keeps the group with their culture by learning through a Maori perspective.

“It’s been really positive and on completion they have skills to offer industry and communities that will do some good,” he says.

Phase three will involve groups from around the North Island who have been completing the same programme to come together at the Turangi Marae in September so they can all connect with each other.

On the first Sunday of every month from 2pm to 3pm, it’s papercraft time at the Community Hub. The papercraft group is for anyone aged 15 years and older who enjoy a relaxing activity that is quite creative.

Sessions are free with all materials provided.

Community Hub kaitiaki and creative Vera Pazan, shows the way and encourages self-expression.

“There’s something new to learn each time,” Vera says.

Around six people attend but the group says they are always looking for new people to come along and join.

Not everyone is an artist. It is very relaxing and quite calming, one of the regular attendees says.

Another says they enjoy it, gets them out of the house and at the end of it, it’s quite rewarding.

They create beautiful and interesting things out of mainly paper.

“If you want a creative and calm time, this is the place,” Vera says.

“It’s a place to try out different crafts like paper cutting, folding, working with colours and quilling.

Over the past year, the group has been meeting for, they have made all sorts of creations from cards to presentation boxes.

“Bring friends and family, new members are always welcome,” Vera says.

Next month they will be making decoupage which is the art of decorating an object by gluing coloured paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects.

Awhina Mouananu and Community Hub librarian Vera Pazan with their paper quilled creations made in the Paper Craft group that meets on the first Sunday of the month. PHOTO: Megan Connolly

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Multicultural celebration PHOTOS: Megan Connolly

By Megan Connolly

There was a vibrant vibe at the Wainuiomata Memorial Community Hall on Friday afternoon and evening with the first-ever Multicultural Celebration organised by Love Wainuiomata.

With two sessions of performances, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, the variety of performances and colourfully decorated hall celebrated the diverse and eclectic community

Dearly Simor and Susani Johnson watch the talented performances.

that is Wainuiomata.

The afternoon session had a smaller crowd but showcased performances from Wainuiomata Intermediate School kapa haka group and Wainuiomata Primary.

The evening session had the newly successful Fernlea Fiyah dance crew bring the house down along with performances from local band Drift.

There was plenty of food to chow down on and origami with Japanese exchange students.

Troy Baker and Manaia Moka hang out while they wait for their kapa haka performances.

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Are the umpires out of their depth?

Cricket has an issue with their umpiring.

Not the only sport to have that issue, as rugby league can’t get it right either at present but the past month has not been a good one for the men in the middle of two important cricket games.

The Cricket World Cup final (yes, sorry to bring that up again), will be remembered for Kumar Dharmasena’s incor rect run count on overthrows and a myriad of missed leg before wicket and caught behind decisions that affected both England and New Zealand from both he and fellow

umpire Marais Erasmus.

Their ineptitude on that day at Lord’s added to the drama of a thrilling game in many respects, but it was a blight on the standard of officiating.

That sub-standard effort continued in the first test of the Ashes with experienced umpire Aleem Dar and the West Indies’ Joel Wilson getting more decisions wrong than right.

The players deserve better, well, maybe not David Warner, but the rest of the players certainly.

Human error will always happen but the increased rates of

mistakes may be attributed to umpires knowing that a player review, and the technology that encompasses, will give them a conclusive answer and so the pressure to get it right first time isn’t as high.

It’s not a good look that premier matches are being overshadowed by the ineptitude of the officials.

It appears umpires from other countries struggle to comprehend the swing and bounce of the Duke cricket ball in English conditions.

Like a player, they have to get used to how the ball is playing off the pitch and this seems to be a

struggle for them of late.

A case can be made for having an English umpire officiate in his home conditions.

Neutral umpires have long been the accepted standard for all international cricket but, like all sports, it might be time for the game to move with the times and go back to the future.

Back in the day, there was always a perceived bias when officials controlled games in their home country, regardless of sport, but the professionalism and scrutiny on all matches in 2019 would likely eradicate that

perception.

For example, New Zealand rugby referee Glenn Jackson has whistled playoff games involving The Chiefs, a team he played for 20 years ago.

Local knowledge of conditions may help continuity of decisions, something which seems to be slipping in the game of cricket.

The issue is, poor decisions are affecting big games, which hurts the credibility of the sport as a whole with a public eager to see the players, not the officials, have the final say.

Ulalei finish strongly in regular season Wainuiomata Ulalei Netball Club finished their regular season on a high with another clean sweep.

Premier 1 Top of the Premier 1 table clash between Ulalei Pua and Naenae Collegians United resulted in a comfortable win for Team Pua taking out last year’s runners up 60-47.

Pua made a slow start with NNCU ahead by six goals at one stage in the first quarter. Pua settled in and found their rhythm to lead 13-10 by the end of the first quarter.

Pua was in control for the rest of the game, where they were able to slow down or speed up the game at their leisure.

Defensively the whole team showcased some clean two-handed intercepts in little unexpected spaces and on attack the crowd was treated to some crafty

passes that totally deceived their opposition.

A standout performance by the whole team keeps Pua at the top of the Premier 1 table in the regular season.

They will play NNCU again this Saturday where the winner goes straight to the final on August 24.

Ulalei Aute had an emphatic win against Convent Old Girls winning 79-53 to finish off the round.

Aute started strongly leading 17-10 at the end of the first quarter.

They continued to build on their lead, with some brilliant play by defenders Valerie Taito, Alofa Aberdein-Tapua’i and Maryanne Tomokino-Geale who worked well to disrupt COG attackers and gain turnovers. Shooters Sarah McLeod-Venu and Sina Tamaalii received some excellent feeding from midcourt sisters Crystal Tomokino and

Alicia Tomokino-Geale to score goals with ease.

Senior 1 Ulalei Fuesina had an awesome win against Stokes Valley Rugby to take up a spot in the top four finals play-offs.

Fuesina started strong with a nine goal lead in the first quarter, score 13-4 and didn’t look back.

Final score 42-27.

Shooter Bree Itula says “We really enjoyed that win.

It was great to see all our combinations working out and everyone just seemed to be on song.”

Senior 2 Ulalei Moso’oi has had a roller-coaster season and completed the second round with a strong with a 35-31 win against Upper Hutt Rams 2.

Draw for the finals this Saturday August 10 at Walter Nash Centre to be Pua v NNCU1 - GA Alicia Hina steadies for feed from GS Bronwyn Pelenise. confirmed.

PHOTOS: Lahraine Sagaga.

Cycle safety training for Arakura

Pedal Ready pops into Arakura Primary School and teaches children how to cycle safely. PHOTO: Supplied.

This year 73 schools across the Wellington region jumped on board with Pedal Ready, providing children with the skills to cycle safely, and one of those schools was Arakura Primary.

G r e a t e r Wel l i n g t o n Regional Council Pedal Ready coordinator Tessa Coppard says there were many schools new to the programme this year.

“We start students off with Grade 1 which introduces many skills including helmet and bike checks, steering and manoeuvring safely, looking all around, signalling and stopping quickly with control,” Tessa says.

Pedal Ready is a free programme with 35 instructors region-wide who encourage

children and adults to either up-skill on their current cycle knowledge or to hop on a bike for the first time.

Tessa says it is important to encourage adults to upskill in cycling which is why Pedal Ready runs free ‘Cycle in the City’ training courses.

Greater Wellington Sustainable Transport committee chair Barbara Donaldson says teaching children about sustainable travel is now more important than ever.

“It is great to see children becoming more confident on bikes. With climate change and the need to reduce emissions, active transport like cycling will become a priority. These courses could create lifelong, positive habits.”

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