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By Sam DuffThe movements of a sneaky

moggy, with a taste for kill-ing, are being tracked as it slinks, creeps and skulks its way throughout the bush in Miramar.

Joakim Liman, project coordinator of the Te Motu Kairangi – Miramar Ecologi-cal Restoration group, says that several weeks ago the group’s volunteers went into the bush at Centennial Park and found 18 tui dead and scattered.

“It’s now awfully quiet in here,” he says.

The tui were a mixture of adults and chicks and had been

killed by a cat, says Joakim, who discovered paw prints near the crime scene.

Since the discovery, motion detection cameras have been installed to try and fi nd the four-legged criminal.

Joakim says they do not yet know if the white cat, which has a black tip on its tail, is a feral or domestic cat, as they cannot tell whether it is wear-ing a collar.

Cats pose a real risk to not just native birds but also to other species such as skinks and weta, says Joakim, who also works at Wellington Zoo.

Continued on page 2

CAT HUNT: Miramar resident Joakim Liman says a local cat has been killing native tui in the Maupuia Reserve and Centennial Park. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

Miramar cat slaughtering native birds in bush

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Green party co-leader and Hataitai resident Russel Nor-man last week announced he would step down from his co-leader position at the party’s annual general meet-ing in May.

In an email to supporters Mr Norman says it has been an amazing privilege and a great pleasure to be in the position for the past nine years.

“The Green Party is in great shape. We have an amazing caucus and our party fl axroots are stronger than ever, and I’m proud to have been able to play my role, alongside you, in making this happen.”

Mr Norman says he has been thinking about stepping down for some time and believes it is time for the party to have fresh leadership.

He also notes it is the right time for him to start spending more time with his young family.

Fellow co-leader Metiria Turei will be staying on.

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BOWING OUT: Green Party co-leader Russel Norman has announced he will step down from his position in May.

Wellingtonians have been sent a warning from their Aus-sie mates about the potential downsides to amalgamating councils.

Last year the Local Government Commission released a draft report into the future of local government in the wider Wellington region and proposed the biggest reforms in a generation.

The commission proposed one unitary authority, the Greater Wellington Council, which would replace the current nine councils.

The Queensland Local Government Reform Alliance, a resident’s group, says Wellington should fi ght amalgamation as Queensland has been through seven years of amalgama-tion and now de-amalgamation which has proved to be expensive and ineffective.

Alliance chairman Bob Johnson says amalgamation of local government has become a ‘disease’ in Australia.

“The effect on local democracy is devastating wherever amalgamation has been put into place,” he says.

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“While amalgamation might have looked like a 'bigger is better' option, I warn New Zealanders from falling into the same trap.”

In 2007 a commission in Queensland recommended the amalgamation of 157 councils to 73. Certain areas, such as Noosa, are now going through a process of de-amalgamation.

The QLGRA says that in 2008 the Queensland Govern-ment budgeted A$28 million assistance for councils to amalgamate but says actual costs were more than A$200 million.

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Continued from page 1He says that each year in New

Zealand about 12 million native birds are killed by cats.

“A really easy thing (for owners) to do would just be to close the door and keep them inside,” he says.

“If they’re really stubborn and don’t want to stay inside then own-ers could attach a multitude of bells to their collars.

“The problem is cats can learn how to stalk without making the bells go off.”

Joakim says people should at least keep their cats inside during the day because that is when tui and

other natives are out and about.The Te Motu Kairangi – Miramar

Ecological Restoration group was set-up in 2010 by Joakim and consists of eight key volunteers and an email list of 75.

Joakim, who moved from Swe-den to Wellington in 2009, says he would often walk through the Maupuia Reserve, Centennial Park and Overton Park and thought to himself that 100 years ago the bush must have looked amazing.

“You don’t want it just to survive but you want it to thrive so in 100 years there’s heaps of forest for native birds.”

ON THE HUNT: Motion detecting cameras are being used to � nd a cat with a taste for killing native birds.

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There will be two Kilbirnie Festivals held on the same day in separate parts of the suburb due to a war of words between the local Business Association chair and an event organiser.

Last month it was reported that event organiser Martin Wilson, from Capital Productions, was shocked to hear he was no longer contracted to run the Kilbirnie Festival, after doing so for 19 years.

Instead the running of the event, which was started by the Kilbirnie Lyall Bay Com-munity Centre, has this year been delegated to the Kilbirnie Business Network.

Bruce Welsh, chair of the Kil-

birnie Business Network, says he was driving last week when he saw banners advertising for another Kilbirnie Festival – organised by Martin and being held on the same day.

“It’s rather cheeky,” Bruce says. “He can have another one, we can’t stop him from doing that.

“But, it’s bad form to do it on the same day on purpose. From that point of view it’s obviously a bit vindictive.”

Bruce says the festival Martin

is trying to organise at St Pats will be an old style travelling show, while his festival on Bay Road will be a chance for locals to stand-up and show-off the suburb.

Martin says he has success-fully organised the Kilbirnie Festival for the past 19 years as a community event.

He says the name Kilbirnie Festival and the date in which it is held are his to use.

Martin says Bruce has not taken a consultative approach

to organising the festival and he had previously approached Bruce to work together on one event.

“He wasn’t interested in me helping with his event at all,” Martin says. “All I got was a letter saying ‘you’re out’.”

A lot of time and hard work goes into organising these sorts of events and he has never really made any money from doing them, Martin says.

“I want people to recognise that at my event people will get what they’re used to.”

He says the two events should both have separate names to avoid confusion and he would be prepared to change his slightly if Bruce does the same, Martin says.

War of the festivals heats up

DOUBLE FESTIVAL: Kilbirnie Business Network chair Bruce Welsh says it is rather cheeky of an event organiser to hold a Kilbirnie Festival on the same day as the one he is putting together. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

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The Miramar and Maupuia Community Centre is back in business with plenty of ac-tivities coming up to entertain locals, according to the new coordinator.

The centre, on Chelsea Street in Miramar, used to be run in conjunction with the Strathmore Park Community Base Inc until the two sepa-rated and Wellington City Council took over the running of the Miramar and Maupuia Community Centre.

Wellington City Council had employed Roz Jackson,

from the Hataitai Community Centre Board, as an acting coordinator.

The Miramar and Maupuia Community Trust has now been established and has taken over the running of the community centre and em-ployed Liz Willoughby-Ryan as the new coordinator.

“It’s a fresh start and it’s really exciting,” Liz says. “We have some exciting plans on the horizon.

“There’re a lot of possibili-ties for connecting with the community groups and con-necting with the community.

Liz says that she considers

the community centre the heart of the Miramar and Maupuia communities.

She says she is looking for-ward to continuing the great activities that are already underway at the centre, in-cluding yoga and tai-chi, and starting a few new exciting ventures.

“It will be great to have this wonderful space really used by the community.”

Roz says she enjoyed her time at the centre.

“It’s been great being here and it’s been really fun,” Roz says. “I have met some really wonderful people.”

Centre handed back to community

HAND OVER: New Miramar and Maupuia Community Centre coordinator Liz Willoughby-Ryan with former acting coordinator Roz Jackson. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

By Sam Duff

The parents, teachers and stu-dents of Kahurangi School in Strathmore Park are busy prepar-ing the fi nal touches for a com-munity concert.

Parent Amanda Hereaka is the main organiser of the Kotahi Festival, being held on Friday, and says money raised will go towards reopening the school pool.

The pool has not been used since the early 1990s and will cost between $500,000 and $1 million to expand facilities, construct a cover and install heating, she says.

Wellington City Council is con-tributing $500,000 towards the

project, but the school needs to fundraise the remainder.

Amanda says it is important for the school’s students to have learn-ing experiences in a convenient location outside of the class room.

Kotahi will include Kapa Haka performances, a hangi, coffee cart, photo booth and multi-instrumentalist Estere Dalton, Amanda says.

A family movie night, with help from Miramar’s Roxy Cinema, will also be held to fundraise for the pool on March 14.

Gates open for the Kotahi Fes-tival from 3.30pm on Friday at Kahurangi School in Strathmore Park.

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What is your background?“I originally trained as an electric

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ON YAH BIKE: The Cook Strait News talks with Eastern Ward councillor Sarah Free after a little more than a year in the job. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

After a little more than a year in the job, the Cook Strait News is catching up with the new eastern and southern ward councillors to talk council, issues and how they are enjoying the job. This week we speak to former teacher and Sus-tainability Trust employee turned Kilbirnie resident, Eastern Ward councillor and keen cyclist Sarah Free. Sam Duff reports.

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I can describe some but not what sort of person they are, whether they are cheats, or lazy or disrespectful.

The young girl who uses her father’s per-mit and parks in the Taranaki Street parks, the young man who parks in Allen St with an orange permit and runs across the road, with his mates laughing, to get his takeaway.

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Outraged by car park abusersDear Ed, I write in support of Martin

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S Coppard’s letter (CSN, January 19) unfairly at-tacks Councillor Paul Eagle for championing an engagement approach that initially sought a com-promise on the proposed

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You can usually spot born and bred Wellingtonian Emma Steer hanging around the south coast’s many bays – which is just one place from where she draws inspiration.

She may have been the last person to turn up to her maths and science classes at Queen Margaret College, but her punctuality for art class has sent her career rolling.

“I’ve always had artistic fl are. I was always picked for doing the wall murals and displays. Art was the area I always got fl ying colours in.”

Although it was not until recently she realised she could do art as a job. The 22-year-old started doing custom de-signs and prints as presents for friends, and soon found herself in demand, including completing illustrations for Capital Magazine and Fish-Head Magazine.

Currently spilt between work-ing at Paperbag Princess and Ico Ico, Emma says she loves the escape that a blank sheet of paper brings her.

Emma quickly made a logo using the fi rst design she came up with, and then thought of a name “out of nowhere.”

From there, Steer Illustra-tions grew, and people started

getting in touch with her for custom prints.

“I ask them to give me a quote or saying, or some favourite colours, or an image they like, or something so I know where to start,” Emma says.

Each piece can take between an hour and up to three, and Emma says she usually works on them in the peace of night with a Pixar movie going.

“But it can’t be a new movie – it has to be one I’ve seen over and over again!, like Monsters Inc or Harry Potter.”

The quirkiness produces quality work though, even though she never documents every image she makes – Emma loves that there is only ever one print.

“It makes it personal. I love the idea of it being just for them.”

Now her goal is to set up a studio for herself so she can do the artwork full-time.

“It will mean I can make bigger pieces. With a studio I could knock out as many prints as I want – I would have a constant space.”

Bustling with ideas, her next venture is to expand into do-ing prints on t-shirts and tea-towels.

“Once you do something, it makes it easy to convince yourself that it’s easy to do.”

ARTISTIC FLARE: Artist Emma Steer has discovered she can use her art to make a living. PHOTO CREDIT: Emily Elliott

Steering in the right direction

MEET THE LOCALS: From the Reporter’s desk

Flicking through the pages of this week’s paper you might notice more ‘serious’ news than we are used to. Last week you would have noticed more ‘light’ news.

First off I would like to say that this is not a decision made by this newspaper – the contents of this paper are determined by the happenings throughout the suburbs we cover.

Sometimes it happens to be happy, sometimes it is sad, sometimes it is obscure and sometimes funny – it just de-pends on what is going on from week to week.

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Wellington dance expands to welcome more little dancers

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Celebrate Waitangi Day with music, kai, Maori crafts and art, and kappa haka at Wellington’s waterfront on Friday.Waitangi Park will feature a mix of tra-ditional and contemporary dance and

music acts, while waka demonstrations will take place from 10am on Whai Repo Lagoon, before making their way around to Waitangi Park.From 12 noon until 6pm.

Waitangi Day hits capital

Work began last week on a new res-ervoir in Mt Albert Park, on the ridge above the National Hockey Stadium. The new water storage facility is part of an on-going Wellington City Council programme to make Capital’s water

storage facilities and supply network stronger, safer and better able to meet the needs of a growing population. The new will provide three times more water storage for the Melrose area.

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By Emily Elliott

Completing one’s fi rst half marathon is a feat on its own – but for Phoebe Smith, completing the Cigna Round the Bays half marathon with asthma is another achievement altogether.

The Victoria University commerce student is just one of many joining the Malaghan Institute’s Run for Research team around the south coast, and Phoebe says its team of scientists look-ing to cure asthma is just one reason why she started training.

Never that fit throughout school, Phoebe says she only started jogging when she started university.

“I’m the kind of person who has to set goals for myself. I decided, ‘This summer, why not do a half marathon?’

“You only do your fi rst half marathon once – why not raise money while doing it?”

The Malaghan Institute caught the 20-year-old’s attention for the team of scientists doing “breathtaking things”.

“I care a lot about scientists fi nding a

cure. I’ve had asthma as long as I can remember,” says Phoebe.

Although it’s not out of control, Phoebe says it impacts her on a day-to-day basis.

As long as she takes her medication, she believes it won’t impact her efforts at the half marathon, although says her goal this year is “just to fi nish it!”

“Next year I’ll aim for a decent time,” she mulls.

Phoebe has an online fundraising page set up via the Run for Research website, and is excited to contribute to the institute’s research.

She encourages others to get out there and support a charity while competing in the run, and says there’s nothing wrong with doing the 6.5km fun run that she completed two years ago.

Phoebe is planning on doing more half marathons after her stint around the bays, and says she will continue supporting the Malaghan Institute.

“There are endless things they can discover. It’s the type of thing you can keep supporting over and over again.”

Running for a cure

A Newtown youngster with a passion for cricket accom-panied the captains of the Blackcaps and Sri Lankan teams for the pre-match coin toss last week.

Ethan Stowers, 11, a pupil of St Anne’s in Newtown, won the chance to accompany the two captains after entering a competition run by ANZ.

“I wasn’t nervous at all. I got to take a photo with Kane and I even saw Ross Taylor. He’s my favourite player.”

The match was an ANZ one day international held at Westpac Stadium.

Ethan says he fell in love with the game at age fi ve after his cousins introduced him to beach cricket.

Sue McGregor from ANZ says Ethan is one of 14 kids being selected to take part in the moment that decides which team bats and which bowls during the ANZ Inter-national Series this summer.

“It’s going to be the most thrilling season for cricket New Zealand has experienced in years,” she says.

“The ANZ International Series will see the country hosting three of the world’s

fi nest cricket teams ahead of the most prestigious cricket tournament, jointly hosted by New Zealand and Australia in February.

“To stand alongside some of the world’s greatest cricketers at such an important moment of the match is a dream come true for young fans. It’s great to be able to give young play-ers the opportunity to get close to their heroes.”

Sri Lanka won the match on Thursday with a margin of 32 runs, however the Black-caps have won the ANZ ODI series.

Ethan helps with decider

COIN TOSS: Newtown boy Ethan Stowers accompanied Sri Lankan captain Lahiru Thirimanne and Blackcaps captain Kane Williamson for the coin toss at last week’s one day international match.

By Emily Elliott

A ‘rags to riches’ story has a new meaning for Wellingtonian Luis Rojas, who recently started his own boot camp programme at Waitangi Park in an effort to give others the confi dence that he never had.

The 22-year-old grew up in Columbia and then New Zealand with his solo mother and his brother, and says when money was tight poor decisions were made with food.

Now, Luis recently completed his cer-tifi cate in personal training and has since started a circuit training “boot camp”, which he says are each constructed of seven weighted exercises and last for 45 minutes.

The fi rst session was launched three months ago when Luis wanted a way to raise money for his local church’s Christmas charity drive.

“I decided to run a one-off charity boot camp for donations. People started show-ing more interest and coming.”

From there it never ceased, and he decided he “shouldn’t think, but just do.”

“I have a 50-year-old woman who comes to my boot camps and loves them – she’s at every one!”

“Fitness has changed my life. I have confi dence out of being fi t, and I want to give that to others,” Luis says.

“Health is the biggest wealth,” he says, sharing that the boot camps are also a great way to socialise.

Luis is passionate about eating right, and says that a healthy life stems from 70 per cent nutrition, 30 per cent exercise, and 100 per cent attitude and commit-ment. He created a Facebook page so that people could see what he is posting about food and nutrition.

“You’re not fast, cheap, or easy, so don’t feed your body this way,” he says cunningly.

“We ate heaps of carbs, sugar, and fast food growing up as it was cheap and easy for my Mum. I have had to go through my own weight loss journey.”

Luis says the boot camps have been a huge success for him, not only by giving him confi dence in his ability as a trainer, but also by developing his skills.

Luis is planning on continuing the Saturday morning boot camps for a

while and says he is hoping for more growth, but understands he won’t be doing it forever. He balances the boot camps with a full-time job at Les Mills on Lambton Quay as a personal trainer.“Down the track I’d love to get

into coaching sports teams – strength and conditioning training.”

For information about Luis and his boot camps,

view www.facebook.com/luisrojaspt.

TRAINING SUCCESS:

Personal trainer Luis Rojas never

thought his boot camps would be so

successful. PHOTO CREDIT:

Emily Elliott

decided he “shouldn’t think, but Luis is planning on continuing the Saturday morning boot camps for a

while and says he is hoping for more growth, but understands he won’t be doing it forever. He balances the boot camps with a full-time job at Les Mills on Lambton Quay as a

“Down the track I’d love to get into coaching sports teams – strength and conditioning training.”



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decided he “shouldn’t think, but just do.”

Luis is planning on continuing the Saturday morning boot camps for a

while and says he is hoping for more growth, but understands he won’t be doing it forever. He balances the boot camps with a full-time job at Les Mills on Lambton Quay as a personal trainer.“Down the track I’d love to get

into coaching sports teams – strength and conditioning training.”



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Punching successRUNNING WITH ASTHMA: Phoebe Smith is part of the Malaghan Institute’s Run for Research. PHOTO: supplied

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