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Pictured: Mitch Logan and Elyse Robert patrol Oriental Bay beach from Mondays to Fridays.
By Nikki PapatsoumasBeach goers at Oriental Bay can
continue to be assured they are under the watchful eye of trained life guards before jumping in the water to take a dip.
A life guard tower was built at Ori-ental Bay Beach in 2012, giving life guards a better vantage point to survey swimmers and other beach goers.
A little over a year later the tower is still being used seven days a week, with life guards patrolling the area for the past six weeks during the school holidays
Volunteers from Maranui Surf Club patrol the beach during the weekend, with paid life guards on duty during the week.
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By Nikki PapatsoumasWellingtonians will be en-
ticed into enjoying a taste of Greece this weekend at the annual Greek Food Festival.
President of the Greek Com-munity Stella Bares says the festival is used as a way to promote Greek culture within the wider community.
“New Zealand has been very good to us as an ethnic group and we are very grateful to be here.
“It is a way to share our own food and culture with New Zealanders.”
There will be a variety of authentic Greek cuisine on of-fer, such as souvlaki, calamari, fi lled pita bread, vegetarian meals, lokoumades, baklava and many other treats, with drinks from the bar or Greek coffee.
There is also Greek music and performances on show.
Members of the Greek com-munity spend around three weeks preparing food for the big day.
The event attracted 10,000 people last year, and Stella says it is growing every year.
“Every year it’s just snow-balling and getting bigger and better.”
A taste of Greek food
The fundraiser also serves as a fundraiser for the Greek Orthodox Community of Wel-lington, and helps them to manage their cultural centre, church and Greek school.
Stella says they have had a variety of wonderful sponsors who have helped to make the day possible.
“The sponsors have been
absolutely great in supporting us every year, without them we wouldn’t be able to do half of the things we do.”
Stella says they are thankful for having the support of the wider Wellington community for many years.
“Without the support of our fellow Wellingtonians and New Zealand friends we
wouldn’t be here probably.“It is lovely to be able to
share a part of our culture and tradition with them.
The Greek Food Festival will be held this Saturday, February 1 at the Greek Com-munity Centre on Hania Street in Mount Victoria.
From left, Maria Kotrotsos, Katerina Camberis, Poppy Kandiliotis and top left, Fofi Zividanovic, Stella Bares and Adriana Feneridis prepare around 400 lokoumata, a dish made of walnuts and lokoumi wrapped in fi lo pastry.
Continued from page 1Mitch Logan and Elyse Robert
are on duty from 11:30am to 6:30pm from Monday to Friday.
As well as patrolling the beach to prevent any incidents they are also there to answer any questions the public may have.
Mitch says some of the more popular questions include ask-ing whether there are jellyfi sh in the water, if there are sharks, and how shallow it is.
Central Region Programmes and Services Manager Jacob
Davies says the work they do is dependent on the weather as it can be quite average on a rainy day.
However he says on a good day there can be around 500 people at the beach.
“It’s a very popular beach because of the proximity to the city, and it is the city beach as such.”
He says there have been very little incidents so far this sum-mer.
“There hasn’t been a lot hap-
pening down there which is a great thing, it shows that our life guards are doing a fantastic job down there.
“It is a valuable service - peo-ple are more willing to go for a swim there if we are there.”
There are nine patrolled beaches in the Wellington area, and Jacob says so far it has been a fairly quiet season; not only at Oriental Bay but all around this year.
Beach under controlpening down there which is a great thing, it shows that our life guards are doing a fantastic
“It is a valuable service - peo-ple are more willing to go for a swim there if we are there.”
There are nine patrolled beaches in the Wellington area, and Jacob says so far it has been a fairly quiet season; not only at Oriental Bay but all
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Road safety charity Brake is welcoming the planned public consultation for lower-ing speed limits on more Wel-lington streets to 30 kilometres an hour.
They say this will help to protect people out on foot and bicycle.
The proposal is for an exten-sion of the existing 30km/h limit to cover an additional 64 streets in the CBD and public feedback will be sought in
February. Brake supports this proposal
which recognises the high numbers of pedestrians and cyclists using the CBD and that more needs to be done to ensure their safety.
They say lower speed limits mean drivers have a much better chance of stopping in time if a pedestrian or cyclist makes a mistake, and if a crash occurs, the chance of survival is much higher.
Chief executive for Brake Mary Williams says they wholeheartedly welcome more 30km/h streets.
“Resea rch shows that 30km/h limits in communi-ties reduce the number of deaths and injuries and result in an increase in the number of people walking and cycling in those areas.
“We know fears about fast traffi c prevent many adults and children from reaping the ben-
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Brake is an international road safety charity and its New Zealand division promotes road safety and campaigns against the carnage on New Zealand roads.
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The council aims to make the streets safer for cyclists, so expect to see a lot more green on central city streets over the next few months.
They have started placing green cycle stop boxes at intersections on busy streets in the city.
According to the council, the road markings give cyclists a safer place to wait where they can be easily seen by drivers and also help them to trigger the traffi c lights when there are no vehicles around.
Cyclists can activate the detector in the road by positioning their wheel over the row of little white painted diamonds.
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By Nikki PapatsoumasLocal residents have been
curious about the origin of drift wood and rock sculp-tures that have been pop-ping up around Wellington coastlines over the last few months.
They need no longer wonder - the man behind the sculp-tures is Island Bay resident Stavros Kyriakides.
Stavros doesn’t come from an artistic background, and although he began making
sculptures some time ago, he says he was really inspired by the aftermath of last June’s storm.
“The July storm through up a whole lot of material and it was just obvious,” he says.
“Just off the cuff I did some-thing with it.”
He says with the change in season he also wanted to give people something nice to look at along the shoreline.
Stavros has now created a whole group of sculptures
which he calls ‘balancing limbs’ that have been erected throughout Island Bay, Ow-hiro Bay and Evans Bay.
He gets the limbs to balance by creating grooves in the wood out of rocks, leaving locals impressed as they have been able to withstand Wel-lington’s strong winds.
He says he often revisits each piece, adding to the sculpture with things he fi nds strewn along the coastline.
Stavros has a background
in motor mechanics and also worked in fi re extinguisher servicing, and he says this background has helped to give him a “technical know-how.”
He says he is surprised that locals have taken such an interest in his art, which he never did for the glory.
“A few people have said to me that it is really lovely what I am doing, and giving me re-ally beautiful compliments.”
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By Dave CramptonWellington City Council
campaign expense returns are now publicly available, showing that Mayoral and city council candidates spent $468,991.05 trying to get elected last year.
Mayoral candidates spent $178,275.98 altogether.
Celia Wade-Brown and John Morrison each spent just over $55,000, but Mr Morrison got more than four times as much as Ms Wade-Brown in donations.
Northern Ward candidates spent $54,459.13, at an average of $9,076.52, the highest ward candidate average.
Half that spend was by Peter Gilberd, who came pretty close to unseating long – term councillor Helene Ritchie.
Almost half of his $27,500
worth of campaign expenses was covered by one donation.
That donation was from Alistair Nicholson, who hap-pens to be the partner and campaign manager of Wellington Mayor Cel ia Wa de -Brown.
T h is con-t r ibuted to Mr Gilberd spending the most per vote – $9.94 – of the Northern Suburbs candi-dates.
Mr Nicholson said he won the advertising in a charity auction for $3000, but to declare it as spend-ing of $12,500 on his wife’s campaign would have blown her limit. He said he wanted
to spend it on a Northern ward candidate.
Of the successful candidates, Lambton candidate Nicola
Young spent the most per vote. She spent
$12.86, almost double that of
fellow first timer Mark Peck, and got just 200 more votes. H e l e n
R i t c h i e s p e n t t h e
most per vote of any incum-
bent candidates ($4.53), with fellow
Northern word candidate Jus-tin Lester spending just 78 cents per vote.
Northern Ward candidate Regan Cutting didn’t spend
anything on his campaign but still got more than twice as many votes as fellow ward candidate Jacob Toner, who ran a vocal and active cam-paign.
Green candidates David Lee and Ioana Pannett’s returns did not mention donations from the Green Party, meaning they didn’t get any party donations.
However Green regional council candidates Sue Kedg-ley and Paul Bruce each de-clared party donateions over $4300.
Many candidates appear to have been unaware that their nomination fee was an election expense.
Others, including Ms Wade-Brown, declared donations under $1500 (including a $5 donation) despite not being legally required to do so.
Council spending unveiled
Have Your Say: North Kumutoto Waterfront
The council wants to hear what people think about the proposed designs for this part of the Kumutoto precinct, including the height of the building and public areas.
The designs would revitalise the area that is currently used for camper van park-ing alongside Waterloo Quay, between Waterloo Quay Apartments and the Whit-more Street entrance to the waterfront.
People can make their opinions heard until February 28, and are encouraged to head to www.wellington.govt.nz for more information.
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Adding C, D and EAdding C, D and E is an exhibition of new
paintings by Emma Chalmers and Hamish Coleman.
In this exhibition Emma has experi-mented with the use of narrative as a tool to build a story around a static image.
Hamish on the other hand has been experimenting with cropping sourced fi lm stills to remove personal identities.
The exhibition is running at the Toi Poneke Arts Centre until February 8.
The Summer Market on the Taranaki Street Wharf will run every Thursday from January 30 to March 20. Expect great food, great music, and great opportunities to purchase gifts.
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By Nikki PapatsoumasIsland Bay locals will get the
opportunity to have their say in regards to the future of the iconic sea wall at Island Bay over the coming months.
Unfortunately the historic sea wall was unable to with-stand the brunt of last July’s storm, with a large portion of it knocked out by strong winds and waves.
Locals have been curious over the past months as to the future of the wall.
It has now been revealed the Wellington City Council in-tends to consult with the public on what they would like to see happen with the wall.
Options include repairing the wall, and closing the road between Shorland Park and the beach to create a more natural coastline.
Wellington City Councillor Paul Eagle, who lives near the sea wall, says he is excited that local residents will be given lots of opportunities to have their
say on what they want. “Some people want the wall
removed, others want it re-built and strengthened. The local Italian community have fond memories of the wall, it’s a big part of their connection to the area.”
He says he would like to see children put at the heart of any future proposals.
“I want to get kids involved in the decision making process and ask them what equipment and facilities they’d like in the park. When I was young, there used to be a paddling pool in the park and going to the beach was a family affair”.
Council spokesperson Clay-ton Anderson says they will have a stall at the Island Bay Festival where they will engage with the community on what they would like to see happen.
“We will use the festival as an opportunity to gauge the com-munity’s feeling about keeping the status quo or alternatives they'd like to see such as remov-
Xenos Hiotakis, Harrison, Max, Charlie and Addison Burke and Luca Hiotakis with George Hiotakis, Sherry-Ann Burke and southern ward councillor Paul Eagle by the section of the sea wall that was destroyed in the storm last year.
ing the wall, closing roads, removing parks and joining beaches and parks.”
He says they are also begin-ning to talk to community groups such as the Island Bay Community Centre and Marine Education Centre to hear their ideas about the project.
The council is also work-ing on an Island Bay Seawall
project page. The page, which should be
live by the end of the week, will provide information on what is happening with the process, and will allow people to make informed choices and inform the council of their ideas. The project page can be found at www.wellington.govt.nz/projects.
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By Nikki PapatsoumasFor the fi rst time, the Welling-
ton Timebank will be running a clothes swap event.
The event is being held as a fundraiser with all proceeds going to support the Timebank. It is open to everyone in the wider community, not just time bankers.
The Wellington Timebank sees members exchange skills, time and knowledge, with time being used as currency instead of money.
People are invited to drop in any old clothes they have at the Newtown Community and Cultural centre between now and February 2, and they can also drop clothes off on the day between 3 and 3:30pm.
Everyone who drops clothes off is then invited to come back at 4pm and participate in the clothes swap.
Timebank coordinator Han-
nah Mackintosh says the clothes swap fi ts in with the philosophy of the Timebank quite well.
“It is a time of year where people are often going through their wardrobes, and it’s a great way of encouraging people to swap rather than hitting the shops, or throwing it away.”
Hannah asks that people bring along clean clothes that are in good condition.
Any clothes that are not ex-changed on the day will be donated to various charity shops around Newtown.
The Wellington Timebank clothes swap will run on Sun-day February 2 from 4pm.
Pictured right: Newtown Com-munity and Cultural Centre coordinator Anna Porter and Wellington Timebank coordi-nator Hannah Mackintosh.
Clothes swap your old attire
Oil protest in WellingtonWellingtonians presented the Texan oil
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The notice, which was be signed by those attending Oil Free Wellington’s March to Stop Deep Sea Drilling, was presented when the march arrived at Anadarko’s offi ces on Customhouse Quay.
By Nikki PapatsoumasThe Wellington High School
Community Education Centre is offering an eight week course in fashion design beginning next month.
Fashion Design – An Introduction will be run by Patricia Given, a Hataitai resident with over 20 years experience in the international fashion industry.
The course is designed to intro-duce its students to the fashion design process.
“It’s about how to make your garments materialize so to speak,” says Patricia.
Students will be encouraged to develop their own signature style through the course, and produce working drawings which they can then turn into real life garments for either themselves or someone else.
Patricia has worked in the fashion industry in both the UK and Ireland, and has also worked in Australia for brands such a Lisa Ho, Willow
and Collette Dinnigan, doing both design and pattern making.
She also has previous experience in teaching, having also tutored fashion courses overseas.
Patricia has put her career in the industry on hold since becoming a mother of two and says she is excited to once again share her craft and her passion.
“I want to make it do-able within the time frame, people should feel like they are coming away with something quite substantial. They are not going to feel like they got nothing out of it.”
Patricia will also run a clothes up-cycling workshop later this year, where she will teach people how to re-energise unworn clothes in their wardrobe and give them a new lease of life.
For more information on either of the courses, head to www.cecwel-lington.ac.nz
Fashion guru shares her knowledge
Hataitai resident Patricia Given has over 20 years experience in the industry.
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MINUTES WITH: Salvi Volpicelli
What is your favourite food?
What makes you smile?
Being around happy people
What’s your pet hate?
Argumentative people
Your favourite holiday destination?
Italy
What’s your favourite music?
70’s music, disco music like Grease and the Bee Gees
What is one thing Cook Strait News readers would be surprised to know about you?
I am a really easy going person
Pasta
To win Lotto and retire early
My family and Lionel Richie
Who would you invite to dinner?
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What makes you smile?
Being around happy peopleBeing around happy peopleBeing around
Your favourite holiday destination?
What is one thing Cook Strait News
would be surprised
about you?
I am a really easy going person
My family and Lionel RichieMy family and Lionel RichieMy family and
Who would you invite to dinner?
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By Nikki PapatsoumasThe Miramar Community Cen-
tre is excited to welcome its new coordinator, Anna Abernethy.
Anna joined the community centre this year, after the Wel-lington City Council has spent the last few months transitioning management of the building back to the community.
The Miramar Community Cen-tre used to be run in conjunction with the Strathmore Park Com-munity Base Inc.
However the two separated, and the previous committee now oversea the Strathmore Com-munity Centre so the Miramar Community Centre has been being run by the Wellington City Council.
A Miramar local through and through, Anna says she has attended a lot of the open days
hosted at the community centre.She says she was also following
the community centre develop-ment through email.
“Because I live locally it was a lovely opportunity to be a part of your own community.”
Previously Anna has managed the Weta Cave and worked at Te Papa in various roles.
She has now completed her fi rst week on site and says she is excited to meet people in the community.
“I want to see the place thriving again, it’s a very special place for many people in the community.”
She says she would like to be a voice for helping the community and help them to achieve what they want from the centre.
“A key part of my role is to listen to what the community wants and how they want to see the centre
run.”Anna invites people to pop in
and say hello, she is at the centre Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 3:30pm.
Continuing on with develop-ment of the centre, there will be another public meeting held on Thursday, January 30, at the community centre from 6pm and members of the community are invited to attend.
“We are looking to develop the process a little bit further, and would love to see any locals that would like to get involved to come along,” says Anna.
“It is a really good opportunity for people who haven’t had a chance to go to the first two meetings to come along and be part of the process.”
Local joins Miramar Community Centre
Anna Abernethy says she is excited to come on board as the new coordina-tor for the Miramar Community Centre.
CORRECTIONIn last week's edition of the Cook Strait News our page four article 'Festival celebrates 30 years' incorrectly stated the dates of this year's festival. The Island Bay Festival runs from February 15 to 23.
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By Daniel Whitfi eldAs summer roles on,
Greater Wellington Re-gional Council urges resi-dents to be wary of their water use.
Water supply general manager Chris Laidlow says he'd like people to think a bit more about water conservation over coming months.
"January and February are typically the hottest, most settled months of the year - it's also the time when water use usually peaks, and this can put pressure on the supply," Mr Laidlow says.
Although regional coun-cil has seen a reduction in water use over the past few years, the importance to conserve water still remains.
Increased numbers of
people returning from holidays and watering gardens remain a main contributor to the rise in demand for water over the summer months.
Mr Laidlow says mulch-ing garden beds to slow evaporation and fitting a trigger nozzle to your hose will help save waters as well as fixing leaks quickly or turning the tap off while you brush your teeth.
“If the community can maintain a lower level of water use, then a new wa-ter storage facility won't be needed as soon,” he says.
Regional council kicked off a summer water con-servation campaign earlier this month giving residents the chance to share their best water saving tips.
While it is too early to
know how the campaign is going, water supply team leader Andrew Samuel says there was a great ef-fort from the community to conserve water last sum-mer during the drought.
Mr Samuel says saving water should not just be something people do in times of drought.
“If we can maintain the lower level of water use seen over the last couple of years, it should delay new bulk water storage by years, avoiding roughly $2m a year in interest costs for ratepayers,” he says.
T he compet it ion i s designed to encourage households to conserve water and will end on February 9. To enter a water saving tip, visit www.gw.govt.nz/water-competition.
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Question: Should the drinking age be raised?
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John Milneer Miramar
“No.”
Jeanette FaraoMaupuia
“Yeah, a lot of people are drinking too much.”
Brenda Glannie Newtown
“No, I think it’s reasonable.”
Benji VitoKilbirnie
“Yeah, 18 is pretty young.”
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“Yes, letting youngsters have a lot of alcohol is wrong.”
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“Yes. It’s far too readily available to teens.”
The giant eagle is no longer hang-ing from the Wellington Airport ceiling after it fell down during a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck near Eketahuna last week.
The eagle is one of two that were installed in early December by Weta Workshop to promote the fi lm The Hobbit.
The both eagles weigh a tonne each and have a wingspan of 15 metres.
Airport spokesman Greg Thomas says the sculpture should not have fallen during the quake, especially considering the quake was far from the biggest the eagle should have been able to withstand.
The eagles were suspended in the air with eight wires.
At least two engineers from Weta signed off the eagle when it was installed.
No one was injured during the
fall, however the eagle was dam-aged and has since been removed from the airport.
The second eagle remains hang-ing and has had extra safety wires installed.
Initially a private investigation was to go ahead, however, after a member of the public fi led a safety allegation, WorkSafe NZ say they will investigate.
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By Joe DiehlCook Strait News Intern
Kilbirnie local Jil l ian Hewitt is looking forward to continuing the good work done at Shop 89 in Miramar.
Shop 89 is located right next to St, Aidan’s Anglican Church in Miramar and the caters to low income fami-lies wanting to purchase affordable clothing, books, CDs, craft materials, and some furniture.
Jillian worked at the Sal-vation Army in Newtown for 12 years, so charitable
work is not new to her. She arrived just before
Christmas, and says she hopes to make store more known.
There is “something for everyone,” Jil l ian says, and Shop 89 has a “great, friendly atmosphere.”
Free tea and coffee is pro-vided for the shoppers.
The store is staffed by volunteers and operates as a non-profi t business.
The proceeds from the shop support the work of the church and organisa-
tions the parishioners are connected to.
As if providing affordable goods wasn’t enough, the store also hosts several other charitable ventures.
There is a Ladies Guild where volunteers knit to raise funds for mission, and Shop 89 also provides food services, including a food bank, where people in need can receive food items.
For the elderly and low income families, the store sells Ezee frozen meals that are easy to make.
Jillian says they are nice easy meals that you can afford.
Finally, the store holds several other community events, including raffles, church services for the kids, a prayer box, and a Friday café with scones, cake, and coffee.
“We have a good com-munity,” Jillian says.
For people wanting to help or give back to the commu-nity, Shop 89 accepts dona-tions and receives support from local stores.
Store manager Jillian Hewitt is excited to begin her new role at Shop 89 in Miramar
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A new beginners fencing programme will be starting up in 2014.
Ping Yuan, commonwealth gold medalist and newly-crowned Australasia champion, currently off ers intermediate and advanced classes. These classes have grown in popular-ity, and this beginners programme is set to be just as popular.
For more information, contact Ping Yuan on 021 059 2558 or [email protected].
Beginners fencing programme
Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Exhibition
Commemorate and reflect on the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at this international exhibition.
The exhibition features before and after images of Nagasaki, as well as messages from the mayors of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
Hosted by Nagasaki National Peace Memo-rial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, the exhibition aims to promote peace through education.
The exhibition will run from January 24 to February 9 at the Wellington Central Library.
Aztec exhibit ending soonDiscover the fascinating and ultimately
tragic story of the Aztec Empire through an array of cultural treasures and dramatic multimedia from Mexico’s major museums now at Te papa.
Delve into Aztec daily life through archaeo-logical fi nds and intricate models made exclu-sively for the show. And set the family loose on the Character Trail to fi nd their place in Aztec society. The exhibition ends February 9.
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Letters on issues of community inter-est 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 [email protected]. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.
LETTERS to the editor
Dear Ed,Mr Westfold, I think has the story
pretty well sorted out but when I visited the Spruce Goose, some 30 years ago, it was at Long Beach, California.
It is close to the Queen Mary and can be visited by the public a short ride from Los Angeles.
Tony Sutcliffe Strathmore
Dear Ed,Thank you for the coverage you
gave to the Altrusa Christmas Tree Appeal (November 26) held at the wonderful Children’s Bookshop in Kilbirnie.
Thanks to the generosity of mem-bers of our community, the Al-trusa Club of Wellington delivered 229 Christmas wrapped books to Women’s Refuge for distribution over Christmas.
Together we bought joy into the lives of some children who desper-ately needed a lift to their spirits at this special time of the year.
Yours sincerely,Patricia O’DonnellSecretary, Altrusa Club of WellingtonLyall Bay
On the money Thanking the community
Last Thursday children from the Newtown Com-munity and Cultural Centre holiday programme ven-tured out of their Daniel Street home and made a splash at Oriental Parade.
Children who were tak-ing part in the programme were happy to jump out of the water and have their photo taken in a nearby playground.
The programme runs for two weeks each school holi-day period, at the Newtown Hall on Daniel Street.
Head supervisor Mary Palemia says although Wednesdays are normally their trip days, they couldn’t resist the sunshine, and de-cided to head out again on Thursday.
For more information about the programme head to www.newtown-community.org.nz
By Nikki PapatsoumasA kitted out Crocodile Bike
is making its way around the city, helping to promote the Wellington City Library and the services they provide.
The Mobile Book Bike can be found on Wednesdays, Thurs-days, and Fridays, weather depending, pedaling around the Wellington Waterfront and Oriental Bay.
Team member customer ser-vice Axel Shaw says he came up with the idea for the book bike after a friend told him about something similar in the states.
He says he put the idea on the
table and it luckily caught the right person’s attention.
Together Axel and his col-league Simon Christiansen will hand out stickers, stamps, badges and books for free, while promoting library ser-vices.
Libraries and Community Spaces Manager John Stears says it is an ideal activity for the summer months, and they expect to continue through with the project for seven weeks.
John says so far feedback has been fantastic and people seem to be enjoying the service very much.
Books on wheels
From left Amelia Savali, Axel Shaw, Daniel Brooker, Simon Christiansen and Tia Savali in the Mobile Book Bike.
SchoolHolidayPro-gramme
By Nikki PapatsoumasThe Newtown Mentors Pro-
gramme is looking for more mentors so it can continue to provide a valuable service to the community.
The Newtown Mentors Pro-gramme matches up young people between the ages of eight and 17, who are based in Newtown, with older men-tors who also live locally.
There are two intakes of the 12 month long course each year.
During this time mentors and mentees are encouraged to spend a designated amount of time together each week.
The mentors act as role models and help to offer con-nections in the community and the general support of someone who cares.
P rogramme coord ina-tor Kellie Kirkland says they also hope matched up pairs will continue to stay in contact even when the programme is completed.
“We hope that all young people in Newtown will eventually have a mentor- that is really what the ulti-mate aim is.”
Kellie says the programme is open to kids from a wide variety of backgrounds, not
just those from diffi cult back-grounds.
They are now looking for more male mentors to match up with mentees, and Kellie says they only have one male mentor out of a group of 10.
“We have an awesome group of young boys in the waiting list that are lots of fun to hang out with,” she says.
Anyone who is interested in taking part in the pro-gramme can contact Kellie at [email protected]
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By Joe DiehlCook Strait News InternOn March 1, 2004, The
Cook Strait News high-lighted 26 years of dancing for the Seatoun Scottish Dancing Club.
This upcoming March, the club will be entering its 36th year of existence.
The club now holds meet-ings at 30 Park Road in Miramar, and is looking for more people to join.
Club treasurer Edith Campbell, who also helped form the club nearly four decades ago, says people who join always tell her they wish they had started earlier.
Although there are less than 20 members, Edith says the club is a pleasur-able and social experience.
Scottish country dancing involves groups of three to four couples changing formations and patterns to different songs.
“Dancing is an expression of the enjoyment of life,”
Edith says. She mentions that you
can go at your own pace and different ages can also mix together.
“You don’t need a partner because you dance with different people.”
Edith says Scottish danc-
ing helps with general physical well-being, as well as mental concentra-tion.
Scottish country dancing is one of the “best forms for fitness and health,” Edith adds.
Edith reveals that dances begin in groups of six or eight people, and there are a number of formations and fi gures that can form, as well as “hundreds of dances that can be de-vised.”
In addition to the physi-cal and social perks of Scottish country dancing, people can enjoy very good music from fi ddles or accordions, which inspires the fl uid and fun dancing.
Edith says she would just like “more people to enjoy the activity.”
Anyone who would like to join the Seatoun Scottish Dancing Club can head to www.rscds.wellington.net.nz
Edith Campbell has been a member of the Seatoun Scottish Dancing Club for 36 years.
FLASHBACK...to March 1, 2004
A life of dance
12 Monday January 27, 2014
Love DANCE! to
Dance is a great way to exercise and to make friends and one of the wonderful and special things about dance at Tarrant Dance studios is that you can dance from fi ve years to fi fty fi ve and beyond!
Home to national contemporary company and New Zealand treasure FootnoteNZ , daily classes in Royal Academy of Dance and IDTA syllabi for students and with a range of recreation adult classes in the evening , the dancing day is full at the city studios at 125 Cuba Street!
The end of the dancing year is marked by a production that gives students the chance to perform in a real theatre (the Opera House) with professional staging and lighting and wonderful costuming. 2013 ended with
ALICE - a story book ballet directed by Deirdre Tarrant with lighting by Douglas Bonnelack and Costumes coordinated by Jane Ferguson - and 2014 has danced onto the fl oor already with Guest Choreographer Craig Bary arriving for Choreolab- a three week intensive that brings some of the best dancers on the country together to develop vocabulary and ideas.
Creativity and lateral thinking are life skills and confi dence and curiosity are a really practical asset gained from dance.
Student classes will start from February 10. Enquiries ph 3847 285.
The motto of the studio and aim of every class taught by experienced and energised teachers is Love Dancing! PBA
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ALICE production lead characters backstage at the Opera house.
The Solo Dancers Award entails achieving an overall grade of at least 95%, obtained through three solo stage performances: one pointe dance, one impromptu dance and the third in complete contrast to these two dances e.g. lyrical, demi-character, contemporary etc.
All students of Jean Goodman Dance Studios in Kilbirnie, they are already back at the studio
preparing for this years’ performances. PBA
<< Pictured left to right: Esther Welsh (Kil-birnie), Rebekah Wilson (Miramar), Susan Welsh (Kilbirnie), Kate Irving (Strathmore), who received the Solo Dancers Award (Solo Seal). the highest ballet examination of the New Zealand Association of Modern Dance (NZAMD), in the 2013 examinations.
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A new twist on Macbeth
By Laura KavanaghMotorcycles and leather are not
usually associated with Shake-speare’s Macbeth, but a new Vic-toria University production is doing something a little different this year.
Directed by Sarah Delahunty, this production of Macbeth is set in a more contemporary setting where filth, gangs, drugs and alcohol feature strongly in the play.
Victoria University’s Summer Shakepeare 2014 production of Macbeth will run from February 14 to March 1 at the Botanical Garden’s Dell stage.
Sarah directs what is described as a cold, rough and gravel like aesthetic with some of Wellington’s best emerging artists.
The power hungry Macbeth is played by Jackson Coe, and Kirsty Bruce stars as the maniacal Lady Macbeth.
Kirsty says one of the special things about the production is that it is local and current.
“It’s not set in a specifi c place but it is about now.”
Kirsty says Lady Macbeth is traditionally seen as manipulative, but in a gang setting, she is more maniac.
“She is on edge and not in con-trol.”
Jackson says he has always found
Macbeth fascinating.“For me the play is about what
happens when we allow the dark-ness in…to allow dark thoughts to become actions.”
Jackson says it has been as chal-lenging as he expected it to be.
“There is a lot of history behind the play, so I am constantly explor-ing and fi nding what it is to me.”
Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy depicts a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from a trio of meddling witches that say one day he will become King of Scotland.
Macbeth, power hungry for ambi-tion and provoked by his wife Lady Macbeth, murders King Duncan and takes the throne for himself.
He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia.
As he rules as King, he spirals into madness and becomes a tyrannical ruler as he commits more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion.
Buy tickets online at www.eventfi nder.co.nz/2014/macbeth-by-william-shakespeare/welling-tonFriday 14 February - Saturday 1 March, 8pm Sundays 4pmNo show on Mondays$16/$11
Jackson Coe and Kirsty Bruce, lead actors in Macbeth
Laurie Connor played by Paul McLaughlin PHOTO CREDIT: Stephen A’Court
By Laura Kavanagh There is nothing like watching
comedy sitting in a live audience. The laughter is infectious. I was expecting to have a good laugh and Kings of the Gym did not disappoint. Set in a low decile school, the play focusses on four very different teachers. Anyone who has grown up in a New Zealand school should be able to recognise some of their own teachers in these characters. Ginette’s character Viv Cleaver particularly resonated with me, almost a spitting image of my
former principal. Her body language and facial expressions are wonder-fully humorous. Laurie, played by Paul McLaughlin is one of those lazy, overweight PE teachers some people will instantly recognise. His acting is superb and despite his obvious negative qualities, he is rather like-able. The characters are well played and convincing throughout the play, and often hysterically funny. Written by Dave Armstrong, the script pokes fun at political correctness,from race to religion. Underneath the hilarity
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In 2012 Miramar resident Tama Kirikiri was discovered singing karaoke on a Relay For Life Wellington stage – the following year he was asked to be the main act at the launch of the event.
He is now a committed relayer.Relay For Life is an international overnight
walking and running event where teams fundraise for the Cancer Society.
Over four million people in over 6,000 events are held around the world and this year in Wellington, it will be held at Frank Kitts Park from March 22 to 23.
This year Tama has entered his team Oma Rapeiti once again.
“I’ve lost a lot of family to cancer,” says Tama.
“I also lost a good mate to throat cancer. And last year my wife lost an Aunty to brain cancer. It’s time to do something.”
Relay events celebrate cancer survivors and caregivers, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fi ght back by raising awareness and funds to support the work of the Cancer Society.
There are both walking and running events and Oma Rapiti is a running team which combines Tama’s love of fi tness and his desire to help others.
“I’ve been to gyms over the years but having my fi rst child was a poignant moment. It really motivated me to improve my health.
“I now want to be around for my boy, and any other children I’m lucky enough to have,” says Tama.
He initially got involved in Relay for what he says were selfi sh reasons, but the kaupapa, or principle, of Relay has drawn him to bigger things.
“Helping others through our simple ways is what it is all about. It’s helping others in a bigger sense of the word.”
Many people participate in Relay For Life
Miramar resident Tama Kirikiri will participate in this year’s Relay For Life.
By Laura KavanaghWellington Firebirds cricketer
Josh Brodie has joined Asthma Wellington as its ambassador, to help support children with asthma.
The professional cricketer has had asthma all his life and is keen to encourage children with asthma to live their lives to their utmost potential.
Josh can remember the fi rst time he woke up and found it diffi cult to breathe.
“I still remember it like it was yesterday…it feels like I’m try-ing to breathe through a straw.”
Josh still uses an inhaler today.“Growing up, I didn’t want
asthma holding me back from anything I wanted to do.
“I didn’t want to be different from other kids.”
He used to play rugby with an inhaler in his sock, and play cricket with an inhaler in his pocket.
He says he has had a lot of “doubters and haters” in his life, particularly where cricket was concerned.
“I had doctors tell me my asthma was too bad to play cricket when I was older.
“I’ve had coaches doubt whether or not they should pick me for particular teams because of my bad asthma.”
Despite his lack of support, Josh always wanted to be a professional cricketer.
The 25-year-old is now living his dream as part of the Wel-lington Firebirds teams and is keen to tell children to not feel
limited by their asthma.“Yes I have asthma and I
always will but I will never let asthma stop me from living my dreams.
“If I can beat asthma and live my dreams, then so can anyone else.”
Asthma Wellington would like any asthmatic children who would benefit from meeting Josh to contact them on 04 237 4520.
The goal of Asthma Wel-lington is to provide education, training ,and support to indi-viduals with asthma and their families, in order that they may achieve their desired goals.
This is through one on one education, school education and to health professionals.
The kaupapa of Relay For Life
Firebird cricketer offers support
events because they have been personally affected by cancer or know someone who has.
Tama says if there are people out there who want to do something about cancer, Relay is a way to do that.
“Getting involved in the kaupapa of Relay For Life is awesome – I’ve never looked back.”
Teams can still register for Relay For Life Wellington, Kapiti and Porirua at relayforlife.org.nz
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Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Training Sessions
Wellington City pools and recreation centres are off ering some fun ‘boot camp’ training for kids participating in the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon.
At Keith Spry Pool, a TRI NZ-accredited coach will help kids with getting on top of wave starts, pack swimming, transi-tions (swim to bike), bike skills, run drills and course tactics.
These sessions designed to help get kids ready are on January 21, February 9 and 23, with a Dash and Splash event on March 2.
Please visit www.wellington.govt.nz for more information on dates.
The Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon is being held at Kilbirnie Park on March 23.
2014 Sevens WellingtonJoin a parade of nations to welcome this year's 16 interna-
tional teams and fans from around the world to the Sevens in Wellington.
The Sevens street parade will start at 12.45pm on February 5 at the corner of Ballance Street and Lambton Quay.
Join the carnival of colour in the streets of Wellington and see fans in fancy dress gather before heading out to Westpac Stadium to cheer on your team.
Head to http://www.sevens.co.nz/ for tickets and more information.
World Floorball Championships qualifi cation tournament
Wellington is hosting the World Floorball Championship Qualifi er and Asia Pacifi c Floorball Championship Tourna-ment, with the event showcasing some of the world's best fl oorball players.
The event will be held at ASB Sports Centre from January 29 to February 2.
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