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Crofton Downs residents continue to be concerned about a possible housing development on local land, despite the area being excluded from a list of Special Housing Areas last week.

Wellington City Council voted against 131 Silverstream Road in its list of Special Housing Areas, which would have meant a sped-up consent process and little, if any, consultation.

Local residents say they have been aware the land may be developed on since the 1970s – it is just a matter of what and how it is done – and they want to have their say on the 25 hectare area.

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LAND ISSUES: Crofton Downs residents Charles Dawson, Anna Adams, and Andrew McLellan, with Councillor Andy Foster, are concerned about potential development at 131 Silverstream Rd. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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The Johnsonville Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Dis-ease (COPD) group celebrated eleven years of easier breathing.

The COPD group meets once a month at the Johnsonville Community Centre for sup-port and friendship, with an emphasis on self-management of health.

Group coordinator Genevieve Young says members come from a wide area including Newlands, Woodridge and Ohariu Valley.

“They come in all puffed out and sit down and catch their breath. They’re a lively bunch and we support each other.”

It is eleven years since Gene-vieve decided to start a COPD group in Johnsonville. Nine people came to the fi rst meeting.

The group encourages mem-bers to take control of their health, teaching strategies to manage symptoms. “They’re encouraged to exercise. Exer-cise is the main way to help them.”

“In the early days, the other thing was no smoking.”

Genevieve established the COPD group in 2004. “I was still working as a physio and then retired because I was hav-ing my fi rst grandchild.”

Genevieve also thanks the Johnsonville Community Cen-tre for their continued use of a meeting room.

Genevieve helped to start the fi rst COPD group in New Zea-land in 1983 and also makes re-ports for the Wellington asthma society.

“People say I should be paid but I say absolutely not, this is my hobby, I’m happy to help.”

CELEBRATION: Audrey Reid holds the cake with Grace Campbell, Genevieve Young, and Allan Black.

Eleven years for COPD

Continued from page 1In 1975 the Council proposed

to rezone the land from rural to residential, with many objec-tions received.

The following year, rain flooded the area causing a child at the nearby Girl Guides camp to be killed by a collaps-ing bank.

Residents say the land has many natural issues, especially with excess water, slumping terrain, stability of the valley, and the nearby stream which is prone to fl ooding.

Chairman of Trelissick Park Group Peter Reimann says not only is the land geologically in-stable, it also affects the Silver, Korimako and Kaiwharawhara streams which includes sedi-

mentation, pollution, and fast storm water run-off.

Onslow-Western ward Coun-cillor Andy Foster says the community has a wealth of knowledge about the area that Council may not, and the main concern is residents being un-able to bring their knowledge and wisdom to the development process.

“Most people have accepted that it is for residential develop-ment, they just want a say,” says Cr Foster, explaining that Council has said it will address issues as they come up in the development process.

Resident Andrew McLellan says he assumes it’s just a matter of time before the com-munity hears about resource

consent to develop. “Councillors have not been

given enough information to be able to make decisions. We’re looking for the best possible outcome, but to get to that point you need to pull resources,” says Andrew.

Andrew says the basin of the proposed land has a primary slump caused by scarp which he believes is a clear indication on natural issues.

“We’ll continue to argue that there’s quite a few people ad-versely affected,” says Andrew.

At the Council meeting Coun-cillor Simon Marsh said a site ruled unstable in the 1980s compared with 2015 is prob-ably not as unstable.

“It probably could be built

on,” he said. “Things change, times change, and our ability to construct things change.”

The Independent Herald contacted Mayall Properties Limited which owns the land; however they were unable to comment on any development plans at this stage.

Residents’ concerns over land resurface

The Independent Herald is currently exploring the Special Housing Areas which have been given approval by Council to go through to the next stage – these include Spenmoor St in Newlands, Westchester Dr in Glenside, White Pine Ave in Woodridge, and Helston Rd in Paparangi.

An exhibition which cel-ebrates Wellington’s cultural history opened at Thorndon’s Katherine Mansfield House and Garden last week, featur-ing Wellington man Melvin Day’s work.

In a career that has spanned eight decades, his work has been characterised by a con-stant sense of change and inquiry. The exhibition It’s a Beautiful Day includes a

1950s abstract, still life images, landscapes and a portrait image – many of which are for sale.

Melvin was the husband of Founder President of the Katherine Mansfi eld House & Garden, Oroya Day, who died last year.

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The fi rst thing the self-ascribed tomboy will tell you is that she was never interested in dance and she hated the thought of ballet.

The second thing the Newlands teenager may say is that she has been accepted into a dance school in the United States to study ballet for a five week intensive summer programme.

From the simple beginnings of Wairoa with no power, no hot water, and a long drop toilet, Piimio Mei has come a long way, and her family is extremely proud – now she has to raise the funds to get to The Rock School for Dance in Philadelphia.

“I’ve never been overseas, and now I’m going for the fi rst time by myself. It’s so exciting!”

The 17-year-old says it all started when she was 13, and her ex-dancer mother hired a ballet movie to reminisce. Piimio reluctantly sat down to watch the dancers and two hours later, she was moved by the desire “to dance like Margot did”.

While most children are put-ting down the ballet shoes at age 13, Piimio picked them up as her mother started teaching her daughter the basics.

Piimio is looking forward to pushing her body and training in

an environment that encourages passion and trains technique.

“If I had it my way, I would leave tomorrow.”

While there, Piimio says she is hoping to be offered a scholar-ship to go back and study full time, or be noticed by a school who can offer a similar thing.

“If not, I can just have an amaz-ing experience.”

Although she is currently stud-ying mechanical engineering at WelTec, Piimio says dancing is her passion, and “the real thing” for her.

She says she wants to open her own ballet school one day, with the aim of teaching children and teenagers who often get left behind in the dancing world of New Zealand.

“I want ballet to be more than skinny, rich, white kids. I used to feel intimidated standing in the room with a leotard. The ones that need a bit more work – it’s guttering to see teachers give up on them,” says Piimio.

“I’m doing this not just for me, but for my friends and family in Wairoa, to show them they can do something.”

Piimio is selling ra� e tickets to a Hangi to raise money, and has a Give A Little page: www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/getpii-mio2therock.

ASPIRING BALLERINA: Newlands teenager Piimio Mei has been accepted into a USA ballet school. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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Suits have been tried on, club jerseys washed, decorations are up, balloons ready for hanging and the cake is ready for cutting - this Saturday even-ing will be the culminating of several months of planning and weeks of concentrated effort to ensure the Johnsonville Club’s 65th anniversary is a success.It should be a night to remember with The Hollywoods dance band striking up at 8pm, spot prizes to be won and the best dressed man and woman receiving a prize.The evening kicks o� at 7.30pm this Saturday at the club on Norman Lane.

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Karori residents with a sweet tooth can now indulge, thanks to a new bakery and cakery that opened in Marsden Village last week.

Crofton Downs resident Grace Keft and her husband Brad started Sweet Bakery & Cakery two years ago, and have operated online up until now.

“We had a kitchen in Karori, and we were making made-to-order things. We wanted to keep business growing and moving, so opening a shop felt like a natural next step,” says Grace.

The space is clean, crisp, and modern, and Grace says the idea behind the shop is “somewhere you can take your mum on her birthday for cake and coffee”.

The ex-lawyer signed the lease for the new store in Janu-ary, and says she has always been a baker, keenly baking when she was little.

“After two years working as a lawyer, I went to London for my overseas exchange and trained as a baker,” she says.

“I have the biggest sweet tooth!”

Grace says she still eats any extra sweet treats if they’re left over, her favourite fl avor being raspberry and white chocolate.

Sweet’s most important phi-losophy is that everything is baked fresh each day, with locally sourced ingredients wherever possible.

“It means getting up really early, but it’s worth it,” says Grace.

“For example, instead of a bottle of raspberry essence, we will use real berries.”

Sweet has joined with local coffee supplier Coffee Supreme as well as Karma Cola, and Grace says the joinery in the shop was done by a man in Marsden Village too.

“We plan to have fresh fl ow-ers for sale in the shop every Saturday, supplied by Twig and Arrow,” Grace explains, saying that people can come in to buy their friend cupcakes and pick some fl owers at the same time.

Sweet Bakery & Cakery is located in Marsden Village at Shop 3, 149 Karori Road.

SWEET TOOTH: Owner Grace Kreft opened Sweet Bakery & Cakery in Marsden Village last week. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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By Emily Elliott

Over 800 crosses were set up in Welling-ton’s Botanic Gardens last week as part of Wellington City Council and the WW100 team’s joint venture to commemorate the First World War Centenary.

Fields of Remembrance will remain installed until the end of this month, and is a place to refl ect on and remember those who lost their lives in World War One.

Part of a nationwide commemoration, the crosses represent soldiers who were killed while serving in the Wellington Regiment, and each cross remembers the names of those who died in the fi rst year of the war.

Sited on Salamanca Lawn, manager of Wellington’s Botanic Gardens David Sole says the interest visitors have had has been amazing.

“A guy was here every day while the crosses were going up, checking for his family name.”

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David says the crosses are one way of bringing the reality of the battle fi elds home for Wellingtonians to see, and believes it causes people to see from a different perspective.

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“It ceases to become someone else’s war.” Fields of Remembrance can be found near the Henry Moore Statue on the Salamanca Lawn until April 28.

MANAGER: David Sole of Wellington’s Bo-tanic Gardens helped to install the Fields of Remembrance crosses. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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Coming from a family of teachers and mission-aries, Carley Bird told herself that she would never, ever, become a teacher.

Now, the 29-year-old is preparing to move to Bangladesh for fi ve years to volunteer her teaching skills at a training school in Dhaka, founded to serve poor communities.

After studying design at Massey, Carley decided she did not want to pur-sue the career, so spent some time helping her missionary parents who were teaching at a rural training centre school in the Solomon Islands.

Carley discovered she really enjoyed teaching, and returned to New Zealand to go to teachers college.

Fast forward a few years, and the Otari-resident is preparing to leave for Bangladesh next month to teach teenagers and train other teachers.

“Most teenagers in New Zealand feel they are en-titled and take education for granted. Kids over there appreciate it more,” says Carley about why she wants to teach in Dhaka.

The Karori Baptist Church member says a friend from the church told her about the 250 student training centre that the church supports, which is how Carley be-came involved.

“The education kids get from schools in Bang-ladesh isn’t that great, although there is a school on nearly every corner,” says Carley.

“As well as me teaching teenagers, I’ll be training teachers. I’m going with a bigger vision to change the education system.”

Carley has to raise enough money to cover her five year volunteer venture, which will cost approximately $35,000 each year, including her accommodation, fl ights, food, and insurance.

However, she says it’s worth it, explaining the enjoyment of teaching young people.

“The thing about teach-ing teenagers is that you can see who they’re going to be. They’re at the age of making decisions and becoming adults,” says Carley.

Carley says she is excit-ed about going, although she is sad to leave New Zealand.

TEACHING TEACHERS: Otari-resident Carley Bird will be leaving for Bangladesh next month to volunteer her teaching skills. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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The Council requires feed-back regarding which areas in Karori are best suited to medium-density housing, and what standards of design the housing should meet.

The Karori community is encouraged to submit opinions before 4pm, April 17.

A variety of housing types are

needed to match the growth of Wellington and greater de-mand for one and two person households.

To support the population growth in Karori, the Council is also preparing a plan for the Karori town centre and investi-gating the capacity of the roads and underground piping.

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Seven environmental stars have been chosen to represent Wellington at the Sir Peter Blake Youth Enviroleaders Forum.

Two Thorndon school students, Shannon Williams from Wellington Girls’ College and Jessica Yule from Queen Margaret College, will attend the forum from April 11 to 17 in Rotorua.

The forum consists of 52 year 11 to 13 stu-dents nationwide in an active, hands-on week discussing the most important environmental issues affecting New Zealanders.

Shannon says she is most interested in the environmental issues involving animal rights.

“I’ve always been really interested in animal rights and animal testing.”

Shannon also acts as a representative be-tween the World Wildlife Fund and her school to raise awareness of endangered species.

When she leaves school Shannon plans to complete a degree at Auckland University and join the Royal New Zealand Navy.

She is interested in the positive impact the Navy has on island nations. Following Cyclone Pam, she hopes the Sir Peter Blake forum will discuss eco-tourism and water management.

“We need to touch on how we would cope with a natural disaster, and how our environ-ment contributes to how we cope.”

Meanwhile, Jessica says the forum is “a good stepping stone” for study of environ-mental science at university.

Jessica is also Head of House and a school prefect at Queen Margaret College.

She hopes the forum will include discussion of New Zealand’s agriculture and impact on the environment.

“Our agriculture, although good for our

economy, has a huge impact.”Jessica says solutions can be found to reduce

agriculture’s impact on local and global environments.

“We can fi nd a middle-ground between those environmental impacts and keeping our economy strong.

“Pollution management has a huge fi eld of movement to adopt to any profession. Other careers may be able to adapt to it,” Jessica says.

Jessica and Shannon are two of seven Wellington high school students attending the forum.

Environment stars bring ideas to forum

Johnsonville’s Budget Advice welcomed a new member of the team recently, and are now urging residents to use their facilities and pick their brains before it is too late.

New budget advisor Ted Bashall says members of the community often ask for help a little too late, and says if they come earlier the team can better help them.

“We’re asking clients to come to us as soon as they feel under pressure,” says Ted.

“Everything is confi dential and we don’t talk to people outside the offi ce unless they fi rst greet us. What is said in this room stays in this room.”

Ted says while Budget Advice aim to help those financially stuck, the team encourage people to make actions for themselves.

He says being in a fi nancially good place helps one’s wellbeing and health.

“When people feel good fi nancially, they feel good about themselves.”

Budget Advice advocate for clients on their behalf, meaning they talk with banks, power companies, gas companies, phone and internet companies, and the like.

Ted says Johnsonville’s Budget Advice is a member of the New Zealand Federation of Budgeting Services, and that the team is friendly and non-judgmental.

“We work out how to improve situations in a way that means [the client] is not dependent on us. We hold their hand, but we don’t do it for them,” says Ted.

Ted says he sees that people often need to use Budget Advice’s free services three months before they usually come in for help.

“We have the approach, ‘How can we work from here?’ The worst has happened, let’s move on,” he says. Johnsonville's Budget Advice ser-vice can be contacted on 478 5690, or 0212575998.

ADVISOR: Ted Bashall is new to Johnsonville's Budget Advice team. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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ENVIRONMENT STAR: Shannon Williams is speaking at the Sir Peter Blake Enviroleaders Forum.


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By Amber-Leigh WoolfMassey Journalism Student

Wellington fashion designer Dé-sirée Turner is celebrating her label making it to the stocks of Loyal, Churton Park, a place that is close to home.

Désirée says this season she has gone from two to six fashion outlets, and that having her creations in Loyal is important to her because it’s where she grew up.

She says it is rare to fi nd a label with all production within the Wellington region.

“My aunty lives in Wainuiomata and she does the sewing.

“I send the bulk of it to my aunty, and if she can’t handle it then it will be made in Berhampore. But everything is kept within the Wel-lington region.”

Désirée says she is excited about the Loyal store, because it is about being Loyal to New Zealand.

Désirée sources all fabrics from New Zealand-based wholesalers and uses Merino from Levin.

“I love to make the clothes ethical

as possible.”Désirée’s current work has debut-

ed on the runway at New Zealand Fashion Week in the New Genera-tion Show.

Désirée started in fashion young at age 15 and studied at Massey University. She draws on memories of dressing up in her nanas items.

“There’s a faux fur shrug in my

collection that’s based on that. It’s such a good memory of dressing up in her clothes.”

“Obviously I don’t use real fur, but every time I put it on it reminds me of her. It’s actually named after her as well.” To view Désirée’s current collec-tion, go to www.clothing byde-siree.com.

Désirée Turner is celebrating the success of her fashion label which is now stocked in Loyal, Churton Park. PHOTO: Amber-Leigh Woolf

Sewing a Loyal seed

Z service stations are contribut-ing over $1 million to Wellington groups and projects through their ‘Good in the Hood’ programme in May.

Every Z service station in New Zealand will be supporting four neighborhood groups. Every cus-

tomer making a purchase at a Z station in May will be given an orange token and invited to vote for the organisation they wish to support.

Z Johnsonville is supporting Cystic Fibrosis Wellington, Asthma Wellington, Heart Kids Wellington

and Johnsonville/Churton Park Plunket group.

Z’s General Manager of Retail Mark Forsyth says: “The least we can do as a Kiwi company is to give some of these groups the support they need to continue making a difference for New Zealand.”

Good in the Hood back

Wednesday April 15, 20158

Question: If you could be anyone for a day who would you be?

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Choi Cheung,Churton Park

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Liz Keegan,Pukerua Bay “I like being me, I’m really happy. I like my life.”

Esther Kiernan, Glenside

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Darlene Jacobs, Newlands

“I do love the Kardashians, so I would quite like to be Kim so I could witness her lifestyle. To see how much of it is real and how much is for show.”

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Dear Ed (and Helene Ritch-ie), I have always felt that the J'ville library has been a lovely little place but with the expanding town merging into a city...at present the library is the only 'culture centre' here and it could grow into something really worthwhile where the Arts and Intellec-tual pursuits are concerned.

Only today I passed it and thought it a shame that we don't have a theatrette here attached to the library, how

about something like Sound-ings in Te Papa, or like the Theatrette in the National Library where the citizens here could have poetry read-ings, a movie evening oc-casionally on some topical subject, a meeting place even for the *University of 3rd Age, play readings and play performances, even dance, small early evening concerts, Maori cultural evenings and small choirs like there were about 15 - 20 years ago that

were held at the J'ville Terrace Centre?

I belong to a poetry writing group and we held a pro-gramme for *U3A a few days ago - the topic was WW1 po-ets which a similar one could be done focussing on wartime songs and anti-war songs and it would be more central than at Tawa where we meet now.

Endless possibilities! Good luck with it all.

Yours sincerely,Marilyn O. Young

Library and theatre together go hand in hand

Dear Ed, Regarding the Returned Services Lawn Cemetery – Karori.If your newspaper could

bring this situation of poor maintenance at the cem-etery to the notice of the

general public this would be much appreciated. Re-sponsibility for on going maintenance of the lawn cemetery should be with local Council, not depend-ent upon family members

as they eventually age and become unable to do the maintenance and die away. Or the family may move out of the district.

Yours sincerelyKen Rigarlsford

Cemetery needs maintencance from Council, not families

Dear Ed, Angela Brockwell and Peter Dunne are both singing from the same song sheet with their personal attacks against me because I expressed a view (IH 25/3) in favour of the Petone to Grenada link road and the exten-sion through Takapu Valley.

Angela Brockwell accuses me of being a "NZTA member of staff, a public servant actively and deceitfully passes as a member of the public" while Peter Dunne claims I am "the NZTA engineer driving the link road idea" and suggesting that I am part of a plot "to confuse and mislead people, and withhold vital information."

Goodness me, have they been affected by a legal high!

For the record, although I have a transportation background, I have never been an employee of NZTA. In fact I retired from work over three years ago. I am not a proponent or spokesperson

for any group or organisation. The views expressed in my letter

are my own and as previously stated were based on information I viewed for the fi rst time at the Open House display at Linden, on the 26th February 2014.

The Independent Herald had requested (18/3) readers to have a say on Peter Dunne's com-ments on the project and express an opinion on the link road. I responded to the invitation with my comments based on factual information. It is a pity that Angela Brockwell didn't do the same.

Personal attacks, especially when based on false information, are not helpful to the general debate on this project. It is laugh-able that both correspondents claim that I am part of some NZTA conspiracy!

RegardsMurray Carpenter

Never an employee of NZTA


M e r i d i a n We s t Wi n dC o m m u n i t y F u n d

The Meridian West Wind Community Fund gives your community a say on what local initiatives are supported and funded by Meridian. The Fund, managed by a panel of community members and Meridian staff, is about working together to build strong communities.

The Meridian West Wind Community Fund started in May 2013 with $200,000 available over three years for Makara, South Makara, Makara Beach and Takarau Gorge communities.

The next closing date for Meridian West Wind Community Fund applications is 22 April, 2015. For more information on the Meridian West Wind Community Fund, or for an application form, please visit meridian.co.nz or email [email protected] You can also call us on 04 803 2507.

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ANZAC DAY PARADEAND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Saturday 25 April 2015

The Chairman and Trustees cordially invite citizens, and service and youth organisations in the Johnsonville area to attend the annual ANZAC Day parade and community service to be held in Johnsonville on Saturday the 25th of April 2015.

The parade will assemble in Burgess Road at 9.15am, and step off at 9.30am for the march to the service at the Salvation Army premises at 125-137 Johnsonville Road at 10.00am.

For further information, please contact Terry Knight, telephone 04-237 6212, mobile 027-277 3387, email [email protected].

NOTIFICATION OF TRAINING EXERCISEA local unit of the New Zealand Army will be carrying out a blank firing exercise in the vicinity of the Salvation Army premises at 125-137 Johnsonville Road on Friday the 25th of April between the hours of 10.00am and 11.00am.

ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED OF THE ABOVE BLANK FIRING EXERCISE.

For further information please contact the Johnsonville and Districts R&SA Welfare Trust, telephone 04-237 6212.

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Ngaio painter Helen Wilson will be getting her brushes out for the 2015 watercolour New Zealand national exhibition.

The exhibition celebrates 100 years since the landing at Gallipoli and in-cludes work by New Zealand servicemen who fought in WW1.

Helen says it will be exciting to cover early watercolours and convey emotion and happenings from 100 years ago in war environments.

“These early artists would have had limited supply of paints and paper. It’s a celebration of their work,” says Helen.

The exhibition will showcase traditional and modernistic styles from all over New Zealand.

The Watercolour New Zealand Society includes artists of all skill levels, Helen says.

“Watercolour New Zealand has close to 400 members, from Auckland to

Otago with quite a percentage of outer Wellington painters.”

Helen says the use of watercolour since Gallipoli is always changing.

“Your artwork is always moving. As you progress your mind is building up knowledge.

“Over time your mind feels inspiration and you become visually sensitive.”

She says artwork has come a long way in 100 years, but now there is more experimentation.

“You’ll see the difference – 100 years difference.”

Some paintings displayed at the exhibi-tion from the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the New Zealand Expedi-tionary Force are from private collections and have never been shown before.

The Watercolour New Zealand na-tional exhibition is at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul from Sat April 18 – Sun May 3. Lunchtime demonstrations of watercolour painting from 12 – 2 pm daily.

ARTIST: Helen Wilson with her watercolour painting of Tinakori road for the watercolour New Zealand national exhibition. PHOTO: Amber-Leigh Woolf

Strokes of Anzac colour


St John held its annual appeal last week to raise funds for their continued service to the Wellington region.

Johnsonville-resident and Chairperson of Wellington area committee Brenda Hynes is a big part of the annual St John appeal in Wellington.

Brenda says the street appeal is to raise awareness of what St John does for Wel-lington.

“I’ve been at St John since I was a youth member. I joined as a youth cadet in Dunedin when I was nine. I then became a regional nursing offi cer for Otago and Southland. While I was doing that I was a volunteer ambulance offi cer.”

“I have lived in Johnsonville since 2001 and reconnected with St John here.”

Last year the appeal raised $38,000 for the greater Wellington region.

“It’s about being seen in the community. This is a special year for us because St John has been in Wellington 130 years.”

Brenda says that celebrations for the 130 year mark will be in the middle of the year.

St John has multiple functions and a strong youth division over Wellington, including Ka-rori, Johnsonville and the Kapiti coast. “We are actually growing in our youth section.”

Brenda says St John runs a dedicated Care and Caller service, where someone can check up on a person on a regular basis “just to talk to them.”

“It’s a good service for people who are isolated.”

With such a strong St John community in Wellington Brenda says the service will continue to grow.

“It’s a very strong and fast growing area.”

St John’s celebrates 130 years


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By Rachel Binning

Everything eggy was happening for the whole family at the Wel-lington Botanic Gardens on Easter's warm weekend.

Hosts, the Wellington Morris Dancers got the event rolling with their usual exuberant dance rou-tines to romping narratives of old.

Dancers presented Easter egg prizes for the best decorated boiled egg in three age categories, fol-lowed by egg-rolling races for adults and children alike.

The event fi nale was topped off by the messy and hilarious “pace egg-ing” raw egg throwing competition.

Eggs galore at the Botanic Gardens

Morris Dancers hard at work Michiel Verkade takes a break from Morris Dancing to be with his children Alice (9) and Theo (6)

Egg rolling champion: William Selkirk (3) with his proud mum, Robyn Walker

Egg rolling champion: William Selkirk (3) with his proud mum, Robyn Walker

The adults egg throwing race - furthest egg to last the distance intact wins!

Phuong Nguyen, Bella Bui (3), Rose Lai, Myah Bui (18 months) enjoy the sun after the egg rolling

By Rachel Binning

Families enjoyed the opportunity to hunt for Easter eggs, make crafts and learn about Easters of yesteryear at Wel-lington’s oldest original colonial cottage over Easter weekend.

Special Easter activity sessions were put on involving visitors fi nding Easter

‘eggs’ hidden throughout the cottage’s lush garden. Friendly Colonial Cottage Museum staff were on hand to exchange the ‘eggs’ for a chocolate egg or a toy chicken.

Happy children then got the opportunity of selecting from the array of crafting activities available in the museum to make their own Easter craft.

Easter at Colonial Cottage

Mum and daughter Easter fun: Louise and Becky (8) Brown

Easter crafting: Rhianna (8) and Ross Parry (5) display their art work

By Rachel Binning

Organisers could not remember when rain last paid a visit to the usually sunny annual Karori West Normal School fair, but last weekend’s rainy conditions did nothing to damper fair spirits.

Instead, bright coats and umbrellas came out in force after a sunny fi rst hour of the fair.

A huge variety of local and ethnic food was enjoyed under the food court umbrellas, while ex-student of Karori West Normal School Councilor Andy Foster delivered encouraging messages about the fair in his role as Master of Ceremonies.

The fair raised much needed funds for playground extensions including a planned bucket swing.

School Gala a success

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Makayla (6) and Jessika (3) Gilmour-Wood during their facepainting session.

'Popeye' the side show organiser aka Karl Hewlett with two fair goers, Chloe (7) and Alex (4) Smith


The Lions Club of Johnsonville invites the public to attend

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Wilton resident, Er rol Greaves has taken regenera-tion of neighbouring bush into his own hands.

Last year, he founded Grow Te Ahumairangi, a commu-nity initiative which Errol says aims to provide a food source to support wildlife and help the Te Ahumairangi forest ecosystem in Wilton develop.

The wildlife includes native birds such as kereru, kaka and the grey warbler.

Grow Te Ahumairangi is a fi ve-year project which so far has seen native trees such as kowhai, pigeonwood and tree fuchsia planted on Te Ahumairangi.

Errol says he decided to get involved because the top end of his Cecil Road section backs on to the reserve which he got to know well walking through it on the way to work.

Errol has been working with plants and trees for a long time but says he has found the bush regeneration planting

programme to be educational and has learned what to avoid standing on and what to pull out.

Errol notes the programme is meticulously planned because it needs to follow the seasonal cycle of the plants themselves.

“Plants develop root sys-tems through the winter [so we] need to have them in the ground growing before autumn”.

The programme is based on guidelines laid out by Nelson environmental scientist Hel-mut Janssen in his book Bush Vitality: A Visual Assessment Kit.

Errol says a core of vol-unteers has grown through word-of-mouth, neighbours and web pages on Facebook and neighbourly.co.nz.

Errol has found Neighbourly a useful tool in reaching wider numbers of potential volun-teers.

“It is enabling neighbour-hoods to function in an old way with people making con-tact with each other.”

Growing plants in his neighbourhood

By Emily Elliott

Over 40 children arrived at Ani-mates Kaiwharawhara with a storm of eager hands ready to interact with bunnies and puppies last week.

Store manager Matt James says the animal interaction was part of an Easter school holiday pro-gramme.

A two-year-old cashmere rabbit was available for children to meet

and greet with, and Matt says children were also provided with a demonstration of grooming, as well as information about what one will need to care for a rabbit.

Matt says children at the puppy interaction were able to name a store puppy, and chose the name: Mini Cutiepie Jenny.

“While it’s here, the staff will refer to the puppy as the name that the kids chose,” he says.

“I was over awed with the re-sponse we’ve had from the public, and especially from the kids.”

Matt says the childrens’ thirst for knowledge was especially great.

“A big thanks to everyone for turn-ing up, and to parents for bringing their child to the store.”

Another animal interaction will be taking place on Thursday, April 16, from 11am and Matt says he hopes to have some different animals.

Children meet and greet George

Ella, 10, and Izzy, 7, got to visit George as well as their grandparents for the holidays.

Oliver Spinks and Jack O’Kee� e (6) with George. Douglas Newlands (8) pets George the rabbit, with owner Lynn Werrett.

Medical research that may lead to a cure for cancer in just 10-15 years will be the subject of a public seminar hosted by The Lions Club of Johnsonville.

The research will be presented by the Executive Director of the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute (GMRI), Dr Swee Tan, whose team has made ground-breaking discoveries relating to strawberry birthmarks that have potentially major implica-tions for the treatment of other tumours, including cancer.

Cancer is a disease that affects almost all New Zealanders, either directly or through know-ing someone who is affected.

“Based on the discoveries we have made to date and the work that is currently underway, I believe that timeframe is pos-sible,” Dr Tan says.

“And when you think about

how long the world has been searching for a cancer cure, a 10-15 year window is quite a small timeframe.”

In 1998, Dr Tan, a Khandal-lah resident, established the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Foundation, which morphed into the Gillies McI-ndoe Foundation and in turn established the GMRI, whose new facilities in Newtown were offi cially opened by the Prime Minister in December 2013.

Dr Tan was recently named as the 2014 Wellingtonian of the Year – Science and Technology and the recipient of the 2014 Inspire Wellington Ambassador Award. He has also scooped the 2014 Value of Medicines Award for his outstanding work in strawberry birthmarks.

What began as research into strawberry birthmarks has po-

tentially ground-breaking im-plications for cancer treatment and regenerative medicine, causing a paradigm shift in thinking. “If we can better un-derstand the nature and causes of strawberry birthmarks, we are one step closer to the cure for cancer.”

Dr Tan is a courageous role model. From a small boy grow-ing up in poor circumstances in rural Malaysia, to an innovative surgeon and scientist exploring a cure for cancer, he believes we can all fulfi l our true potential and destiny.

“You need to follow your dreams”, he says. PBA

The public are invited to a presentation by Dr Tan at the Johnsonville Community Centre on 22 April 2015 from 7.00pm to 9.00pm.

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In Johnsonville a green Honda Odyssey was parked by the front doors of the church in Dr. Taylor Terrace and believing it to be safe the owner entered the church without locking the vehicle.

A wallet containing a driver’s licence and bank cards and a hand-bag with sunglasses was stolen. In Newlands a house in Stewart Drive was entered while the occupant was asleep. In the morning the front door, which had been locked, was found wide open.

It is not yet known if anything was stolen. In Ngaio a vacant house in Jacobsen Lane had a large

window made of toughened glass smashed.

In Colway Street a tradesman’s vehicle parked locked and secure on the street was broken into.

The canopy was forced open and a large bag of tools was stolen. In Ngaio Gorge Road a white Mazda Demio hatchback parked near the entrance to Trelissick Park had its front left window smashed.

The car was searched and a cell phone charger, two USB cables and headphones were stolen.

In Churton Park a black Ford Territory was stolen from Gifford Grove but later recovered in a

damaged condition. Several cars in Middleton Road, Glenside, were damaged over a Sunday night/Monday morning period.

In an attempt to enter one car the driver’s door lock was broken. A red Mazda Astina nearby was found with locks on two doors damaged, the boot lock tampered with, the aerial bent and the sun-roof partly prised open.

Another car, a white Holden Barina, was entered via a jem-mied driver’s side door and an unsuccessful attempt was made to start the vehicle by pulling out the ignition barrel.

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EYE ON CRIMEJohnsonville Neighbourhood Watch

The ban on sprinklers and irrigation in Wellington ended on Tuesday April 7 after a recommendation to local councils from Wellington Water.

Wellington Water says shortage of water decreased due to great public response to the water shortage.

Noel urges people to continue saving water as it will take some time for the rivers to fully recover.

Residents are encouraged to fi x leaks and fi t trigger nozzles to hoses.

Ban on sprinklers lifted


West’s Roosters under 85s had a 28-26 victory over Stokes Valley at Ian Galloway Park on Saturday, with winger Daniel Whitfi eld scoring the winning try. They now sit third on the table with fi ve points.

The OBU Onslow Bunnies under 85s division one team had a win against Wellington, fi nishing 20-6 at Te Whaea Park in Newtown.

They are now sitting third on the point table with four points, just below Poneke and Avalon tied with fi ve.

Johnsonville’s under 85 team had a win to Paremata-Plimmerton at Ian Galloway Park, with a victory of 66-12. They stand at the top of the table for the fi rst game of the season.

Under 85s rugby mostly victorious

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By Emily Elliott

An ex-Newlands College boy is fl ipping his way to the top – last year he represented New Zealand at the cheerleading world cham-pionships in the United States where the team took home the gold.

Next week, Daniel O’Neil and his team of 23 are heading back to Florida to battle for the ICU World Cheerleading Champion-ship title again.

The 22-year-old says it all started at Newlands College when a few girls decided to start a cheerlead-ing team in the school.

“I was really interested in it – I used to love fl ipping around and tumbling,” says Daniel.

With a love for gymnastics and being airborne, Daniel says he moved up quickly, competing in various competitions before he decided to try out for the Team New Zealand Cheerleading.

He says he made the move to Auckland two years ago to be in the team, where he also started coaching nine different teams.

“Winning cheer worlds is every cheerleader’s dream,” says Dan-iel, happy that he has already been able to achieve his dream and excited to give it a second go.

Daniel says his favourite thing about cheerleading is the family aspect of the team.

“It’s not just a team or a sport. The team are a family. You have to trust your team and trust your athletes. It’s such a family sport.”

Daniel says he is currently work-ing seven days a week, and next week the team will be training from 9am to 9pm to prepare for the international competition.

Daniel’s mother and Newlands resident Karen Harkness says she is very proud and excited for her son.

“He’s impressed me so much. He works his guts out,” says Karen.

From Newlands to world champ

Onslow College entered two teams in the recent National Secondary Schools Croquet championship held in Palm-erston North.

Students Chris Warren, Elea-nor West, Rebecca Grant and Anna Stanges competed in the two-day tournament alongside 50 students from around the country.

The Onslow College students were practising at the Khandal-lah Croquet Club under the guidance of club member Roger Hurnard in the lead up to the tournament.

The students say they had an amazing time, and enjoyed meeting many other young people playing croquet.CROQUET: Eleanor West and Chris Warren get some last-minute coaching

from former New Zealand Champion Greg Bryant.

Onslow attend croquet comp

The Johnsonville Premier team had a heavy loss to Old Boys Uni-versity on Saturday, going down 72-13 at Nairnville Park.

With Johnsonville down 41-3 at halftime, they managed to slow OBU for a while, until blind slide fl anker Ian Kennedy scored his second try.

Johnsonville fi nally scored with tries to prop Tevita Falekakala and wing Mohi Aupouri, but the fi nal result was not fl attering.

Johnsonville’s premier reserves team went down 59-12.

J’Ville’s premier rugby suffer loss

Youth with disabilities had a chance to compete in the Hal-berg Junior Disability Games in Cambridge last weekend, with the Wellington team placing second in swimming and fi fth in athletics.

Competing with ten other regions in New Zealand, Karori ten-year-old Mitchell Lang took home the most promising talent trophy in Ambulant Football.

Mitchell also took part in swimming, archery, and rowing.

Karori resident Amy Noble, 13-years, competed in swim-ming, para-cycling, and eques-trian, while Karori teenager Libby Leikis participated in swimming, athletics, para-cycling, ambulant football, badminton, rowing, and team triathlon.

Khandallah’s Corran Han-ning took part in swimming, athletics, ambulant football, para-cycling, wheelchair bas-ketball, individual triathlon,

and archery. His father and team leader

Ross Hanning says the games were fantastic, and that partici-pants had a great time.

“Despite their level of dis-ability, competitors still had to deliver to get a result. Our team did excel. The effort they put in was great.”

Ross says the team are de-lighted to have placed second.

“A big part of the games was that they enjoyed it as a team.”

ATHLETES: Wellington team Mitchell Lang, Amy Noble, Libby Leikis, Corran Hanning, Joel Flewellen, Josh Tia, and Jack Lewington with the team manager Ross Hanning.

Wellington team places in disability games

WIN: Winger Daniel Whit� eld scores a try.

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