9January2019 Independent Herald

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REVIEW The Independent Herald has a strong mission – to bring local heroes, local successes, local challenges and sometimes local failures -- to public notice.

Looking back at the stories we published over the last twelve months, it is clear we managed that.

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A Year in Review  January

The year began with the New Year’s Honours list which revealed that one northern suburbs resident was knighted - Douglas White QC of Thorndon became a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order Of Merit (KNZM) while long-standing former Ohariu MP and Cabinet Minister Peter Dunne became a Companion of the CNZM. On January 31, we brought to you the laying of the Maori stone in the foundations of the new Waitohi Community Hub building in Moorefield Road.

The good news is that completion is still expected in December 2019, the bad that the level of disruption to traffic and parking, combined with the creation of the bus hub opposite, has created big problems.  February On February 7, we led with a story about the 10-year journey towards the completion of the Karori Event Centre. All that was needed was the interior fitting out and the committee expressed its hopes they would be able to move in by the end of the year. (Sadly, as we start 2019, the money has proved hard to raise and the situation remains unchanged.)

The first of a series of commemorative events marking one hundred years since the armistice of World War I was signalled with information about

the Women’s War exhibition in the Dominion Museum building. It detailed the many unrecognised sacrifices made by women at that time.  March Karori was in the news this month, not least with a furore about Plunket moves to close the Ngaio Plunket Crèche, and concerns about what was happening to the branch, locally-raised funds. Along with accusations about lack of consultation from head office, the row made national headlines as well, as of course, featuring in the Independent Herald.

It was also Karori’s turn for one of the revolving “Mayor in the Chair” public meetings.

Mayor Justin Lester heard public anger over the council’s sale of the Karori Campus to Ryman’s Healthcare being vented, along with comments about retaining it for educational use, with some residents calling for the suburb to have its own secondary school.

Plans for upgrading the Karori town centre were foreshadowed .

Following a story in the Independent Herald, there was a groundswell of public support for $1.1m to redevelop the open air pool in Woodmancote Grove in Khandallah being put in the WCC’s 10-year-plan (It worked).  April Anzac services throughout our circulation area assumed a much higher profile than usual,

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marking one hundred years since the armistice ending World War I. Many moving ceremonies and dramatic presentations throughout the area focussed on the waste and human destruction and ensuing tragedies for local families that still echo down the years.

This month also marked 50 years since the April 10 sinking of the Wahine and local pastor Rasik Ranchord, who was aboard, recalled his experiences that day.

And there was both positive and negative reaction to our story about Wellington City Council’s move to add Maori names to each of the four ward names.

Sometimes no news is the news, and there was no news about the long-awaited redevelopment of Johnsonville Mall by the owners Stride Property Group. (Nearly nine months later, that’s still true.)  May Early signs of the furore that was to surround the July 15 introduction of new bus routes

by Greater Wellington Regional Council surfaced this month.

Broadmeadows residents were protesting about the siting of bus stops on what was to be a two-way 11-stop system on their previously one-way winding loop.

Wadestown schoolteacher Nicki Greer’s work, in creating

passion for children in reading, won her the prestigious Marie Clay Early Careers Literacy Award. And the Independent Herald’s own Chia Rubio published her first book, for children, Little Dragon Learns How To Breathe Fire.

Three Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Brigade members featured after taking part in the Sky Tower Challenge on May 19, climbing its 1103 steps wearing 25kg of kit.  June Crofton Downs school featured on June 27 as the site of Education Minister Chris Hipkins announcement of $6m to be spent on 58 new classrooms in New Zealand schools. (Crofton Downs got two.)

We were pleased to announce, on June 20, that following a public furore the Johnsonville Citizen’s Advice Bureau, like the other four Wellington branches, had a three-year reprieve from WCC following their original announcement that funding would be withdrawn.

This month, Plunket’s national office acknowledged its errors as the consultation process with Karori Plunket began following the March decision to close the crèche.

And the annual Space and Science festival at Onslow College, with two Nasa representatives – an astronaut and a scientist – attracted thousands of people from throughout Wellington.

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inbrief news Wellington a recordbreaker In December 2018 Wellington’s real estate prices reached an all-time average high of $647,490, up 1.1 per cent on November 2018 and bucking the national trend, says a realestate.co.nz spokesperson.

The group says that in December, the region also recorded the lowest level of new listings in any one month and an all-time low in the total number of homes for sale.

New listings (282) were down 23.6 per cent on December 2017, while total stock (747 homes), was down 23.0 per cent on December 2017.

In December 2018 the national average asking price for a home was $673,043, a 1.9 per cent price increase, the lowest for any December since 2012.

A Year in Review  July

Our edition of July 4 saw WCC councillor Andy Foster reported as the only dissenting voice in the council’s adoption of its 10-year-plan. Andy, chair of the finance, audit and risk committee, said the council had “very little headroom”, adding that the council was planning to be “mortgaged to the max”.

“What if something goes wrong?” he asked.

And on July 13, two days before the launch of the redesigned city-wide bus services, Metlink updated Churton Park residents on the situation with their service at a crowded meeting.

Intense feelings surfaced, with accusations that the Greater Wellington Regional Council had failed to provide enough personnel to deal with questions.

Khandallah Primary School students discovered there were rare native fish, banded kokopu, in the stream next to the school.  August Good news featured at the start of the month with a story on progress with the $6m rebuild of Khandallah Primary School.

One of the stories that attracted the most feedback and

interest for 2018 featured on August 22 – the death of the much-loved Jimmy the cat, following a mauling by a dog as he waited for his breakfast outside Café du Parc in Woodmancote Grove. (His memorial service in September at the Khandallah Bowling Club attracted some 30-40 admirers.)  September Anger at the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s redesign of the bus system had reached ignition point and our front page story of September 5, on a meeting at Karori Normal School, describes a “lasagne of failures”. “I am livid, I am angry and my blood is boiling,” said Linda Smillie, one of those who vented a very public frustration.

Elliott Gonzales was named the supreme winner at the Karori Youth Awards.  October At the start of this month, readers and staff of the Independent Herald sadly farewelled “Gerald from the Herald’, who had so ably filled in for Glenise while she was overseas for seven weeks. (Both come from Invercargill and had worked for years in journalism in Southland, so were very much on the same page when it came to local stories.)

One of Gerald’s last stories was significant, about the eight years of data that revealed by just how much and for how long, the Karori stream had exceeded the national standards for e-coli – he discovered it was thought to be amongst the worst-polluted stream in the country.

Lisa Woodley, content organiser of the annual Johnsonville Santa Parade, made a promise: “It’s not just a parade, it’s a performance.” (And it was.)  November At a public meeting in Karori, the WCC unveiled four options for the new-look town centre, with displays organised and the chance for residents to offer feedback. Event Centre chairperson Wallace Simmers later suggested a fifth option for the $1m budget could be to fit out the centre, enabling it to provide a real focus for local events.

The community rose as one with the November 21 announcements from NZ Post and Kiwibank that their premises in Johnsonville Road were to be closed. Locals used the Official Information Act to uncover a national story about NZ Post’s nationwide policy of moving to an agency model,

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Kiwibank said their Lower Hutt branch, which is “in close proximity” would be the alternative for local people who did not use technology to access their accounts.  December On December 1, Johnsonville showed the rest of the region what a real Christmas parade should look – and sound – like.

Lisa Woodley and her team kept the promise of something special.

Ohariu Labour MP Greg O’Connor called a public meeting about the NZ PostShop and Kiwibank closures and led the development of a petition as well as putting the issue before his colleagues in caucus.

National List MP Brett Hudson undertook some pointed questioning of both organisations at select committee level and on Saturday December 8, the Razoo Solidarity Brass Band staged a musical protest outside the premises.

On December 26, we led with the success story of 17-year-old Marsden College schoolgirl Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, who won a prestigious Breakthrough Performance Award in the US for her role as Tom in Leave No Trace.

Community better engaged Wellington city councillor Diane Calvert, who holds the community engagement portfolio, says that in 2018, the council held 29 public consultations, 23 public notices, undertook ongoing project work with community groups and saw a big shift to online submissions.

“The use of online tools, social media promotions, and a virtual forum connecting the community and councillors really appealed to our young people.”

She says council also ran a creative campaign to project provocative messages onto city buildings to gain attention and promote the hashtag #WgtnPlan as a way to give feedback.

Tunnel stand-off At around 10.30pm on January 3, police arrested the 31-year-old man involved in the stand-off which saw the Terrace Tunnel closed for over 10 hours as the man stood on the pipes above the tunnel.

He made an initial appearance in court after being charged with dangerous driving causing injury and possession of an offensive weapon.

T h e m a n c l i m b e d d ow n s a f e ly after speaking to a family member and police negotiators.

Wellington District Commander Inspector Chris Bensemann said police’s number one priority was ensuring the safety of officers, the public and those involved.

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inbrief news Doctors’ notify strike action Notice of industrial action has been issued by the NZRDA (Resident Doctors National Association).

The 48-hour strike is scheduled to star t at 7am on Januar y 15.

Their collective agreement expired on February 28 2018.

“Despite a year of bargaining, the employers delayed tabling claims until September, nine months after bargaining began,” says Dr Courtney Brown, NZRDAs national president.

She adds that when they did, there were numerous clawbacks to the terms and employment conditions.

Despite three more months of bargaining significant clawbacks remain says Courtney.

(Resident doctors staff New Zealand’s public hospital system, delivering 24/7 care and also work as trainees in general practice.)

Pollution top worry Pollution of our rivers and lakes is worrying New Zealanders more than any other issue, according to a December poll.

Colmar-Brunton surveyed 1000 people for Fish & Game New Zealand, asking people how concerned they were about issues including the cost of living, health system, child poverty and water pollution.

Pollution of rivers and lakes came in top, with 82 percent extremely or very concerned. Only four percent were not that concerned.

The cost of living came in second, with 80 percent extremely or very concerned.

The health system was third with 78 percent, followed by child poverty 72 percent, education and climate change both on 70 percent and housing 67 percent.

New Year Honours • DI A NA CRO S SA N of Northland has received one of the country’s highest honours in the New Year’s honours list.

Her citation for the title Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) says she has provided leadership in the public service, working hard to enable equal employment opportunities and retirement savings).

The first manager of the E qu a l Employ ment O p -

portunities Unit at the State Services Commission. she helped shape legislation on equal work opportunities for women, Maori, other ethnic groups, and people with disabilities.

She was the Retirement Commissioner from 2003 to 2013, developing a national strategy for financial literacy that incorporated practical strategies such as the sorted. org website, multimedia

campaigns, and education in schools.

Her work there also contributed to the development of Kiwisaver.

Diana has led and participated in substantial organisations in the charitable and not-forprofit sectors, including as chief executive of Wellington Free Ambulance from 2013 to 2017.

KRISTY MCDONALD QC, of Thorndon, has been awarded the title of Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for her services to the law and governance She was awarded the honour for her over 40 years of advising Ministers of the Crown and government agencies, some of this in a number of highly sensitive and complex matters.

Kristy has also represented the Crown in a number of significant criminal murder and serious fraud trials, reviewed petitions for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy, and provided advice to the Attorney General on the grant of legal aid to the Privy Council.

She has been involved with a number of public enquiries including commissions of inquiry and ministerial

inquiries, such as the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct, the 2012 Pike River Royal Commission leading the Crown response as Crown Counsel, the State Services Commission Fisheries Inquiry, and the Ministerial Review of the Psychologists Act among others.

Since the early 1990s she has held a range of governance roles including as chair

of the Mental Health Review Tribunal, the Immigration Removal Review Authority, the Judicial Control Authority for Racing, the Real Estates Agents Authority, and Aratoi Regional Trust.

She is currently chair of Kiwifruit New Zealand, deputy chair of the Electoral Commission, and a director of ACC. In 1999 she was appointed Queen’s Counsel.

MELE WENDT of Khandallah becomes a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to governance, the Pacific community and women.

Mele has provided consultancy in the areas of scholarships, Pacific development, organisational capacity building, governance, and diversity strategies.

She was Victoria University’s founding Pacific liaison officer and student recruitment manager for nine years.

She then served as executive director of Fulbright New Zealand.

Her 20-year governance career includes being a member of the Pasifika Education Centre, where she is currently chair, and has served on a

number of other trusts and committees.

She also advised the Canadian High Commission on development fund project applications in the Pacific and provided input on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Pacific Think Tank.

She has been a member of the Wellington Central branch

of PACIFICA. Inc. since 2005, served as president for three years, and was the central region vice president on the national executive.

Mele has also been an active member of Wellington Women Leaders, SuperDiverse Women, and the Wellington Pasifika Business Network.

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Wednesday January 9, 2019 In the space at the Karori Youth Centre dedicated to young people, are from left, Jenny Ansell, Raif Davies, William Munn, youth worker Alex Powell and Silas Phillips, who has ”held the fort” in a leadership role for six months until Alex’s arrival.

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New youth development worker in Karori

By Glenise Dreaver

Karori Community Centre’s new youth development worker Alex Powell started her 18-hour-a-week job last week.

She is already experienced in youth work here after four-and-a-half years employed as a youth worker for at the Karori Baptist Church. During the first few years of her role Alex also spent 10 hours a week in Karori Normal school spending time with the Year 7 and 8 students. She’s also gone on several overseas volunteer exposure youth ministry trips.

Two were to Nepal, the first a month spent in a home with 18 young people. “Not orphans, just there while they were at school or in the city looking for jobs.”

On a second trip, Alex worked for two weeks with Nepal’s leprosy mission.

A longer trip was two months in the Philippines in 2013, with the Christian organisation Youth with a Mission (YWAM).

“We went into the villages, meeting people, praying with them.”

Her “eye-opening” work has been not only been about righting injustices, she says. “I just love talking to people with different backgrounds. It excites me.”

The challenges in Karori are real, if

different, she says. She describes however, the “white picket fence” mentality that can occur, creating as well as some social poverty for people of all ages, as they can become isolated and lonely. “Especially where there are community flats.

“At least the young people know each other, but often both parents are working. I think social media and technology also have a lot to do with young people not getting enough healthy face-to-face interaction.”

So she’s looking forward to using the community centre’s dedicated facility to help the area’s youth youth develop a good fun space where they feel accepted, and where they can talk about ‘real stuff’.

She’s also seeking some volunteers for their Monday, Wednesday and Friday sessions which run from 3-6pm (7pm on Fridays when they cook and eat their own meal).

“I am hoping to find people with good skills who have time to be present here.

We want our young people to have quality engagement with others, not just sticking to electronic devices. Some healthy human interaction.”  If you would like to offer help, you can contact Alex at the community centre at youth@karoricommunitycentre.org.nz

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Education means so many things to us it can be hard to list them all. In New Zealand, our education sector includes Early Childhood Education, Primary School, Secondary School, and Tertiary Education. But these again can all be broken down into so many different types of learning institutions: kindergartens, early childhood centres, state schools,

boarding schools, religious schools, universities, polytechnics etc. People complete courses online or attend physical campuses; people learn in English or in kura kaupapa full immersion schools. What we can see is that education here and across the world comes in many forms.

But this is all probably what we could call ‘formal’ education. It can be really helpful for us all to acknowledge the place of informal

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When it comes to managing your aairs, obtaining the correct and most up to date information is invaluable.

We invite you to a seminar with a local solicitor on enduring powers of attorney. We will provide a relaxed environment, one where you can feel comfortable asking questions.

Gain an understanding of costs or recent legislative changes and learn about the retirement living and care options available at the village.

The presentation will be followed by delicious complimentary refreshments.

For more information phone Bronwyn on 04 478 3422 134 Burma Road, Khandallah

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readers have their say... Find out the WORD on the Street.

Question: Have you broken your New Year’s resolution yet?

Assuming you made one...

Georgina King, Johnsonville

Hans Wagemaker, Newlands

Rebekah Heath, Johnsonville

Jesse Partridge, Maungaraki

Nicole Buys, Johnsonville

Brian Harris, Johnsonville

“ I’m working on it with a fitness consultation tonight because I’ve been injured.”

“No. I don’t make them.”

“I’ve solved that problem by not having one.”

“I didn’t have one!”

“I haven’t made one. I do still have important goals from last year though.”

“Waste of time! Life’s too short. Maybe 60-70 years ago!”

LETTERS to the editor Letters on issues of community interest are welcomed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words. They must be signed and 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.

Send or fax them to the address on page two, or email them to news@wsn.co.nz. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.

Telescopic stilts needed?

Dear Editor “Unanimous vote on convention centre” (Independent Herald, December 17) is a worry.

Just in case Mayor Justin Lester and the other city councillors didn’t realise it, the site chosen for the proposed

convention centre is reclaimed land.

At high tide during king tides it is about a metre above sea level. Global warming is steadily raising the sea level.

Will the building be built on telescopic stilts so that it can be raised as

sea level rises? If not, the ground floor may eventually have to converted into a swimming pool, or aquarium.

Either option should appeal to convention delegates.

J. Chris Horne Northland

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Karori Lions are raring to go with their 48th Karnival to be held on Sunday February 17 at Ben Burn Park, Campbell Street, Karori.

Spokesperson Carol Wheatley says their annual community event is set to be “another roarrrrr…..ing success”, with over 80 stall holders already registered and a good number of mainly local acts to entertain the crowds from 10am to 3.30pm.

This year’s convenor, Sharmini Sivanantham, is determined to make Karnival a great success, says Carol.

“Sharmini has been a member of the Lions Club of Karori for only a very short period of time yet her passion to help others, her sense of community spirit and her project management skills have enabled the club to pull together, with support from the Karnival Committee, another

exciting event.”

The proceeds will go to a number of community projects including the Otari Bush Seed Bank, a project to mark the International Lions Centenary.

Karnival goers will, says Carol, be treated to performances from African Beats, Chris Jones and Friends, Zilzal Tribal Belly Dancers and Elements Rhythmic Gymnastics “to name a few”.

There will also be a games area, an obstacle course and rides to entertain the children.

“We always have a wide range of stalls for those looking for something different and unique, organic, homemade or simply food, drink and a relaxing time, providing a fun day out to suit everyone,” Carol adds.  To see more details about Karinval and what it has to offer visit www. karorikarnival.com

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Wellington’s green belt spreads northwards

This Wellington City Council team was out viewing the wide open spaces of their newly-purchased Ohariu Valley Road property. From left are rangers Frank Williams and Rachel McLellan, open space and recreation manager Bec Ramsay, Mayor Justin Lester and councillors Andy Foster, Jill Day, Peter Gilberd and Malcolm Sparrow. PHOTO: Supplied.

Wellington City Council has bought 268 Ohariu Valley Road, a 32-hectare grazing property west of Churton Park, which will give northern suburbs residents’ their first access to Wellington’s Outer Green Belt.

A council spokesperson describes it as a “key part” of the Ohariu Valley, and the purchase comes ahead of a council review of how it manages its largest reserves asset.

However, it will be some time before the public can use the hill property, which comprises pasture and some emerging native bush, as accessways and safe walking tracks are still needed.

“This is a fantastic purchase and addition to the Outer Green Belt,” says Northern Ward councillor Peter Gilberd, who holds the Natural Environment Portfolio.

“Up until now it was the largest gap in the Outer Green Belt, so we have secured a big piece of the jigsaw which will eventually lead to Wellington being surrounded by reserves.

“Residents of the northern suburbs will now have the Outer Green Belt in their back yard.

“It’s an elevated property so it will make a good access point. However, the current road has no turning point, so we need time to fix that.

“I know people will be keen to explore our new reserve but we will just have to be patient while the access and safety

work is done.”

The 2004 Outer Green Belt Management Plan, which is being reviewed this year, needs to be updated and made fit for purpose, says Mayor Justin Lester.

Considering how the land will be developed and managed in the future will be a project in the next two years.

And consultation on the matter will run from January 23 to March 25, with oral hearings planned for April.

The belt is a series of reserves that stretch from the city’s northern boundary down to the South Coast – a corridor of open space separating the rural and urban areas.

It covers about 3000 hectares and makes up 63 percent of council reserves area.

Justin says they have already been talking to iwi, landowners and the public.

“People have told us they appreciate the reserves for their intrinsic values and do not want to see the belt developed too much.

“They have also told us they want more signs and information boards, as well as tracks improved,” he added.

“Walking is seen as the priority activity, apart from in the Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park, and people have differing views on dogs, cattle and pest and weed management.

“I’d encourage people to have their say on how we look after one of our largest assets,” the Mayor says.

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Gardening & OUTDOOR LIVING Plea to watch out for myrtle rust Biosecurity New Zealand and the Department of Conservation (DOC) are encouraging the public to check their local myrtle plants, which include pohutukawa, rata, manuka, kanuka and ramarama, to help track the spread of the fungal disease myrtle rust.

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CKFilmdesign: building skills in costume design

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CKFilmDesign’s Back to the Future DeLorean, designed for the Johnsonville Santa Parade on December 1, has been just one of their community projects, so Out and About returned to their local studio to learn some more.

Creative director Charlotte Kelleher explained that she had always enjoyed dressmaking, but her broader abilities were recognised in 2016 when she became a finalist in the Weta Workshop section of WoW (World of Wearable Arts).

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As the play will be performed in schools around the country, the costumes must be hard-wearing and able to fit all shapes and sizes of actors.

Charlotte and her team enjoy helping others and passing on some of their skills. They do this in free ‘Sunday School’ crafting workshops, inviting enquiries through CKFilmDesign’s Facebook page.

She explained that classes give an introduction to such traditional skills as dressmaking, leather-working, moulding, or to ‘distressing’ items to make them appear old or worn.

The classes bring together people with similar interests who can then share and develop their own skills. It’s never too late to learn so, if it appeals you, why not check it out online?

Memory of Jimmy the cat permanently etched in plaque

By Glenise Dreaver

On Friday December 20, a low-key ceremony was held for the unveiling of Jimmy the cat’s memorial plaque.

It was placed on the corner of the Café du Parc deck in Woodmancote Grove under which he slept and near where he sunned himself when not “knee-hopping” in the café itself.

Prior to that, on September 2, some 40 people had heard a poem and a reading at Jimmy’s memorial at the Khandallah Bowling Club, held just across the road from the café which he made his home.

It was at the cafe that Jimmy was attacked by a dog as he waited for his breakfast on the morning of Monday August 20. (Independent Herald p.1 August 22, 2018.)

An outpouring of community outrage and grief followed the attack, and the necessary decision to euthanise him due to the severity of his injuries.

A collection for a memorial plaque raised $524 and thanks to R A White Signs and Plaques, the Auckland foundry commissioned to do the job, there was $247.50 left over for the Cat’s Protection League says Viv Chapple who co-ordinated the fundraising.

“You might think it’s silly to do all this for a cat,” she says. “But what it’s really about is marking the sense of community he gave us.”

The plaque says: “In memory of Jimmy, the café community cat with character.

“August 2015. Erected from public subscription by his friends and admirers.”

Other mementoes of Jimmy are found in the café, not least the postcards created using a pencil drawing by Guy Ritans. The $3.50 covers the costs of production, says Viv and the small fluffy cat on its soft cushion, created by a café patron, is also a popular reminder of a cat with character.

Viv Chapple, at centre, with just some of Jimmy the cat’s fan base, a group of regulars who meet in the Café du Parc.

Word of the unveiling of Jimmy’s plaque reached a small group of committed locals, who gathered in Woodmancote Grove Khandal- The permanent memorial for Jimmy, the lah, at 9.15am on Friday December 21. PHOTOS: Glenise Dreaver Community Cat.

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Wednesday January 9, 2019

A business that keeps making the cut

By Glenise Dreaver

Rob Cameron’s award-winning Cameron Harrison Butchery and Delicatessen in Crofton Road won the small business category of the Wellington Region Business Excellence awards presented on November 30.

It’s not the first award the business has won either – the host of certificates on the wall are numerous and displayed proudly behind the counter.

Over the last six years he and his brother and business partner Gav have also won 23 medals from producer bodies, including the New Zealand Beef and Lamb awards for excellence, and also New Zealand pork industry awards for their sausages, bacon and ham.

The Crofton business is easy to find. It has a trademark — and stylish-looking — black and white frontage, also found on Cameron Harrison’s butchery and delicatessen businesses in Kelburn and Upper Hutt, the latter with a wholesale division as well and run by Gav. Like Rob, Gav’s won the Apprentice of the Year title (1996, the year after his elder brother) and both took the Maori Trade, Trainee of the Year for butchery at that stage,

Rob Cameron: butcher supremo from Crofton Road.

PHOTO: Glenise Dreaver

Rob went on to win the Young Butcher of the Year award at 22 and then became a tutor, teaching butchery at Weltec for three years.

Gav gained some overseas experience and then, in 2015 when the time was right, the brothers joined forces.

Their combination of business nous and expertise in butchery has seen them prove unstoppable.

Forty-two-year-old Rob knows exactly why their businesses succeed. The clean and stylish design obviously appeals to customers, but the secret is, he says, the ‘old school’ apprenticeship training, his at Rowntrees Master Butchers in Tawa.

Cameron speaks plainly with a smidgeon of deadpan humour.

(Butchers have, after all, traditionally been famous for that.)

Training has now, he says, been “dumbed down”, making it easier to become a butcher and he’s proud to have held on to the old values. The result is “quality produce, customer service and going the extra mile”.

It means that any apprentices coming into their businesses have some retraining to do, he says.

The former tutor enjoys that on-the-job training and mentoring with every staff member and is proud that they are innovative and are maintaining Cameron Harrison’s position in the forefront of their industry.

Rob does have time for hobbies and when he’s not working, you can find him hunting, fishing or hitting a bag down at the Wainuiomata Boxing Club, a club that he founded and now manages.

Johnsonville Community Centre: set to reopen for 2019 The Johnsonville Com munity Centre reopens after the holiday break on January 14, is the largest in Wellington.

It began when, in 1974, the Wellington City Council handed the old Johnsonville Town Board building to their community services section as a centre for the residents of the northern suburbs.

By the late 1980s it was clear there was a need for a bigger and better centre and the new Johnsonville Community Centre opened in 1995.

Local service groups and businesses, the Wellington City Council, Johnsonville Licensing Trust and many community fundraisers managed to raise the $1.7m needed and the new complex was opened in 1995.

Many groups use the eight meeting rooms and community hall which accommodate groups from two through to 200, for a wide variety of educational, social, cultural and business needs.

All are available for hire by community or commercial groups seven days a week.

The centre also has permanent tenants offering services such as childcare, a Citizens Advice Bureau, a toy library, opportunity

shop, and a lawyer and speech language therapy. The Spot craft collective is, however, under notice that its tenancy will end in June in order to provide a covered walkway connecting the centre to the new Waitohi community hub, which includes the new library, a cafe and the swimming pool.

Currently the centre is independently run by a voluntary management committee elected by the community. Following the recent unexpected death of chairperson Eric Batten in late November 2018, it is running under the interim leadership of Stephen Cook.

The committee is responsible for governance and policy and employs a team of four to five staff responsible for the day to day management and running of the Community Centre.

The two key positions are the manager, Debbie Avison, and the community development officer, Deirdre Evans. The centre is also staffed by an office assistant and a caretaker.

Office hours are 8.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday.

A full list of regular activities as well as new and upcoming events can be found at www.johnsonvillecommunitycentre.org.nz.

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SPORT

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Some sporting highs in 2018 There were many massive achievements by local individuals and teams in 2018, and what follows is necessarily a small percentage of stories about the grit and persistence of local sportspeople.

For example, A Mighty Challenge For Good was the title of our front page story of March 21, about four experienced Wellington women rowers, three from the northern suburbs and former international representatives. They were aiming for the first women’s row of Cook Strait.

Their charitable trust, Through the Blue, was raising money for early intervention in youth mental health issues. (After weeks of delay with weather problems, they finally went for it and achieved their goal by sheer grit in less-than-perfect conditions.)

On April 11 we reported that the Johnsonville Bowling Club’s women’s fours team had stormed home to win the final of the Wellington Champion of Champions Women’s Fours title.

And three Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Brigade members featured on the front page of our edition of May 30 for their feat in completing the Skytower challenge of 1103 steps on the building’s 51 flights of stairs, all wearing 25kg of kit.

On May 16 we had reported that Karori marathon runner Ruby Muir had taken out the award for Top Female Athlete, and Senior Female Cross-Country and Road Athlete, at the Athletics Wellington awards In June, The Independent Herald told the remarkable story of 17-year-old St Mary’s College student Dhys Faleafaga, one of the first batch of Black Ferns to be offered a 15s contract, even though she was too young to play for them until her 18th birthday in October.

On June 15, we described the preparation ultramarathoner Eve Southan was making for a 62k run on July 14. Not only was she raising money for the Johnsonville-based national support service for Perinatal

Anxiety And Depression (PADA) she was training ten teams of three, mainly local runners, to go with her.

Kate Horan of Paparangi featured (July 4 page 19), as Wellington’s winner of the Disabled Sportsperson of the Year – an achievement made despite a six-month long respiratory illness. The award followed the multi-talented athlete’s silver medal in the 500m sprint in the world championships in Rio de Janiero in March.

On August 15 our front page story featured Paul, Simon and Jonathan Kennett, inducted into the United States Marin Mountain Biking Hall Of Fame for their thirty years of contribution to off road riding in New Zealand and around the world.

Local councillors recognised that Wellington’s mountain biking facilities, not least Makara Peak, owed much to the brothers’ contributions and their strong focus on

environmental values.

November 21. Seth Campbell of Karori’s feat in the brutal 240-mile Moab ultra endurance race in Utah was worthy of another front page story. He completed in 84 hours and 22 mins, aided by his Karori support team of Paul Thompson and Paul Hewitson.

On December 12, we featured the locally-based charity working to support young people, Challenge 2000, which had been picked up by the Hurricanes in a two-year charity partnership, while on December 19, page 23, we featured two talented young bowlers from the Johnsonville Bowling Club. Brothers Logan and Brady Amer had fired a shot across the bows of the region’s top contestants, missing their second successive Wellington Open Pairs title by what was described as “a whisker”.

Sports talk

with Jacob Page

Questions for cricket on both sides of the Tasman While Australian cricket rearranges the deck chairs on the Titanic, New Zealand tries to answer the myriad of questions ahead of a busy 12 months.

Australia are getting pumped on home soil the likes of which hasn’t been seen in the past 30 years.

India has been ruthless as they look for their first test series win on Aussie soil while the hosts hunt for solutions in multiple positions while looking into a talent cupboard which is beyond bare.

New Zealand will play in the famed Melbourne Cricket Ground Boxing Day test this year and if the game was played today, they would be raging-hot favourites.

Even with the returns of Steve Smith and Cam Bancroft being tactfully managed through a bunch of PR spin, the men with the baggy green will get better.

However, for the first time in 30 years, the little cousins from across the ditch are stronger than Australia.

Spin legend Shane Warne has been merciless on former Kiwi terroriser, Mitchell Starc who, just four years ago was the difference between the trans-Tasman rivals in the World Cup final, has lost all shape, form and ability to swing the ball.

Starc has averaged more than 40 for each wicket against India, and not one

Aussie batsman has managed a century in the series.

Warner was supposedly charged with looking after the condition of the ball for the Aussie quicks.

Since his suspension, the swing seems to be lost and now those same quick bowlers do not seem to be as threatening.

New Zealand’s test team is settled and that’s the secret to success.

Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls and Kane Williamson had the top three batting averages globally for the past calendar year.

The questions come in the coloured clothing ahead of June’s 50-over World Cup in England.

A settler XI looks a long way off and the success of the 2015 tournament was that each player picked themselves through top performances.

New Zealand should be a top three favourite in friendly swing-bowling conditions.

An inside tip on how the Black Caps may go could be seen through former coach Mike Hesson.

Hesson left the post, deservedly so I might add, less than 12 months before the tournament.

If he felt the team could win, surely he would stick at it for one last crack at it.

Colour me cynical.

Johnsonville Bowling Club 34 Frankmoore Avenue, www.jbcbowls.org.nz

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