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SAYING GOODBYE TO HER SHOP: Janice Denney is closing Village Herbal and Health. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

By Dan Whitfi eldHer medicinal herbal remedies have

been used to treat the Wainuiomata com-munity for more than 10 years. But with the recent decision to shut the doors on Village Herbal and Health, Janice Den-ney is simply saying it is just the close of one chapter and the open of another.

Village Herbal and Health, located in the Homedale Village, supplied the com-munity with deep tissue and therapeutic massage services, as well as personalised medicinal herbal remedies for common ailments like cold, fl u, hormonal balanc-ing, skin conditions, and mood swings.

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Infra-red sauna for relaxation and muscle pain were also offered.

“I’ve been doing it for years...But you can’t hold on to everything forever so it’s time to move on,” she says.

While Ms Denney will be shut-ting up shop, it is not the end of her herbal way-of-life; she will be running courses as well as offering information and products from her home in Sunny Grove.

“I’m still going to be doing all my herbal stuff, I’ll just be doing it from home,” she says.

Ms Denney’s family ties originate out of the Southern states of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Her knowledge in medicinal remedies related to her traditional American Indian knowl-edge combined with modern scientifi c

research picked up over the years.The Wainuiomata herbalist has

a masters degree in fisheries and wildlife biology, as well as a diploma in therapeutic massage, and herbal medicine.

“I’m going to miss my clients and life in the village...It’s that part of belonging. I’ve loved getting to know my clients over the years, and the day-to-day life of people in the com-munity,” Ms Denney says.

Another thing Ms Denney will miss is her massage therapy sessions that she says is just getting too hard to continue – a service she has been doing for more than 20 years.

“I just really want to say thank you to everyone for the support...Everyone has been great; but it’s not the end of Janice,” she says.

The last day of operation was set to be Saturday.

Thanks for the support

By Dan Whitfi eld

Locals looking to achieve their home ownership goals are invited to attend an information and advice evening run by ANZ Wainuiomata next Wednesday.

Part of the ANZ Property Unlocked Speaker Series, the seminar is set to offer potential home buyers invaluable knowl-edge and expert insights on all aspects of the property market.

Branch manager Tim Wilson says a lot of people do not realise how easy it actually is to get into their fi rst home.

The local ANZ branch is looking at having its fi rst home buyers seminar on Wednesday, August 6.

It is an event that is set to help residents of Wainuiomata understand the home buying process, and that owning their own homes could be closer than they think.

“We are having three guest speakers – an ANZ Home Loan Specialist, that will explain the home loan process; an ANZ wealth speaker, that will talk about how to use KiwiSaver to purchase your fi rst home

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ANZ BRANCH MANAGER: Wainuio-mata’s Tim Wilson is encouraging all those interested in owning their own homes to attend next Wednesday. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

and the importance of insurance; and also a real estate agent, that will show some affordable houses in the area,” Mr Wilson says.

Mr Wilson believes there is not a better time to purchase a home, with ANZ relaxing the LVR restrictions that came into force in October.

The seminar will be held at the Wai-nuiomata branch from 6pm to 8pm on August 6. It will also focus on the home loan process, how KiwiSaver can help, how friends and family can help, and affordable home options in the area.

Mr Wilson says on the night people will have the opportunity to leave with a pre-approval to help them into getting their own home.

At the moment, about 10 people have signed up for the event, with staff hopeful this will increase over the next week.

ANZ also offers a range of seminars to help people achieve their home owner-ship goals; from buying a fi rst home, to buying at auction and investing in property.

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Despite it only being the start of term three, Wainuiomata Intermediate sta� and pupils are excited for its closing cultural concert in September.Principal Pearl Murti says the theme this year is identity, and the cultural concert will focus on the cultures represented at the school.Every class is set to have a performance at the end of term bash, with parents and ex-students of the school invited.The event is set to be held on September 23-24.

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It will be a battle of the billboards from now until September 20, with Govern-ment representatives fighting for votes through advertising campaigns around the region.Dotted around the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata, candidates from various parties have stuck up signs pro-moting their 2014 election campaign.Signs have also gone up on route to Wainuiomata, through Petone.

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Greenstone Doors is extending its services to cover the Wainuiomata community, by offering free baby clothing for families. Everything that will be on o� er will have been donated, with items of clothing including newly knitted baby clothes.The programme will have clothing for babies up to the age of one year old, and these will be available from the Wainuiomata Community Centre as of this week. The centre will also be a collection point for donated goods. If people would like more informa-tion about the initiative, contact coordinator Wendy Hill on 027 254 9222.

Babies to bene� t

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By Dan Whitfi eld

Through a partnership with Women’s Health Action, Glendale Playgroup parents will be taking part in an event to support and promotion local breast feeding mums in Wainuiomata.

At The Big Latch On, set to run

this Friday, local mums will be joining thousands of women from different cultures and backgrounds simultaneously breast feeding their babies in public events nationwide.

Glendale Playgroup’s Amy Jansen told the Wainuiomata News earlier this week that the event was still all go, and is hoping 20 mums

to come and take part.To mark the event’s decade an-

niversary, Women’s Health Action has initiated a virtual Big Latch On. For the first time, women can take part by posting a breast feeding selfi e, using the hashtag #biglatchonNZ and putting it on Facebook – www.facebook.com/

biglatchonNZ.The Wainuiomata event will

be held at Glendale Playgroup, Moohan Street, on August 1. It starts at 9am.

For more information on the Wainuiomata Big Latch On event, email Amy Jansen on [email protected].

Event to promote breast feeding

Stacked to the topMost people stack their plates, their bowls, or their

tupperware; three Wainuiomata teenagers are staking plastic cups. Reporter Dan Whitfi eld sits down with them to learn the art behind staking, whether they help out in kitchen, and how this craze with plastic is taking them to New York.

Claiming a victory for New Zealand with 12 cups and the fastest time will be the aim of three Wainuiomata teenagers leading up to a world cup stacking championship next year.

Patrick McVey, Tomas Pea-cock and Caleb Smith have been given an opportunity to represent New Zealand in the sport of cup stacking, with the chance to be part of the Black Stacks team coming after impressing selectors over the past few months.

Despite it being a sport many people have not heard of, cup stacking is everything to these local lads; with all of them feeding off each other in a bid to get better at the sport they love.

The Black Stacks team rep-resent the best sport stackers in New Zealand, with the 2015 squad set to travel worldwide to compete in the World Sport Stacking Championships – held in New York next year.

“It’s a huge honour to be selected,” says Patrick. “To be only 12 and representing our

country at an international competition is huge,” Thomas adds.

The three young cup stackers will join a team of 17 others from around New Zealand, including two stackers from the greater Hutt Valley region that will compete against 32 other countries at the cham-pionships.

“There’s a lot of pride in it...We’re travelling to the other side of the earth practically, representing our country...It’s a once in a life time experience,” Patrick says.

So far the two Wainuiomata Intermediate students have each had a top 10 placing in previous competitions, but are hoping for a fi ve second cycle – an event within the sport.

“It’s an awesome opportunity to do this with a friend...We’ve been friends for six years,” says Thomas.

“It will be interesting when we have to face each other at the competition,” Patrick says.

Patrick and Thomas will be competing in the 13 to 14 age bracket, and will be hoping to

beat rival opponents from Australia.“Hopefully we can get a good

placing and represent New Zealand well,” Patrick says.

Caleb is 16-years-old, Patrick is 13, and Thomas is 12 – however, will be 13 when he heads to the competition.

TOP STACKERS: Patrick McVey and Thomas Peacock. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

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Wainuiomata got hit by the interna-tional spotlight after it was broadcast on television in the United Kingdom recently.Wellington Quad Bike Adventures featured on a television series based on a kiwi campervan road trip with tourist challenges.In the recent episode, the series went to the Orongorongo Station, located in Wainuiomata.It was broadcast in dozens of coun-tries around the globe and was a positive for New Zealand tourism.

In the spotlight

School students were forced to get up slightly earlier as school recom-menced for term three recently.The third sector of the school year is set to be busy for many schools around Wainuiomata, including Wainuiomata High School’s senior formal, which ran on Saturday.Schools will also be continuing and starting a number of projects this term.

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More non-voters than ever before say they do not feel like their vote is worth anything, which is why the Electoral Commission has created a new cam-paign to help connect New Zealanders with the power of their vote.“We are lucky to live in a strong de-mocracy where we all get to play a part,” says chief electoral o� cer Robert Peden. “Our democracy is important, every single vote is important, and every New Zealander’s voice deserves to be heard,” he says.Visit www.ivotenz.co.nz to find out more.

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Wainuiomata residents and users of the Valley Flyer bus service have been left cold, wet, and upset over the removal of a bus shelter on Wellington Rd.

According to Greater Wel-lington Regional Council’s bus and ferry operations manager Rhona Hewitt, the bus shelter near Arakura Park was taken out by a car in June.

She says the council was working to have these shel-ters replaced as quickly as possible, but apologises for the inconvenience this has caused – particularly being the colder winter months.

Since June, residents that regularly use the bus stop have had to result to us-ing umbrellas and raincoats while waiting for their daily transport over the hill into Lower Hutt; or alternatively, having to take their own cars to work.

The Wainuiomata News spoke with Arakura residents who use the bus stop and

most said that they were an-noyed because nothing had been done since the incident happened.

Resident Landon Taylor had fi nally had enough and decided to try and fi nd out why nothing had been done.

Mr Taylor says a lady he spoke to said that it had happened in an “in-between period” and that they could not replace it until about September.

“It’s ludicrous that they don’t have any in stock,” Mr Taylor says.

“It’s annoying and I’m not the only one who is frustrat-ed...There are also a number of elderly people that catch the bus from there and they aren’t happy,” he says.

Both Mr Taylor and a num-ber of other bus users believe that something needs to be done, but all had an impres-sion that the council could not get the contractor to build a new one due to funding.

Ms Hewitt says the inci-dent occurred at the end of the 2013-2014 shelter pro-gramme so council could not

Bus shelter causes frustration

NO SHELTER: Wellington Rd bus stop near Arakura Park. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

replace it with another one.“In this calendar year we have

seen a higher number of shelters taken out by cars than usual...Consequently, this has diminished our shelter stock but we are hop-ing to get a replacement shelter installed at the Wellington Rd stop in August,” Ms Hewitt says.

While the inconvenience of having no shelter at the stop near Arakura Park, there are several stops dotted along Wellington Rd that bus users can use.

Ms Hewitt says at this stage a new shelter is set to be installed in August.

A recent cold snap has got The Salvation Army predicting community food banks will see a signifi cant increase in demand over coming weeks – so a sup-portive can drive, led by NZCU Baywide, could not be timelier.

Throughout the month of Au-gust, the Wainuiomata credit union will be encouraging its members and the wider commu-nity to donate much needed cans of food to their local food bank.

As part of the community can drive, the local branch will act as food bank depot, with local staff already getting behind the initiative; volunteering their time

Food bank to assist people over winterto collect cans outside their local supermarket.

Wainuiomata branch manager Mani Malaeulu says: “We are really excited to be able to work with The Salvation Army to help provide our local food bank; especially when there is such a need in our community.”

NZCU Baywide is also work-ing with local schools to get as many cans as possible for the food banks.

Demand for Salvation Army food parcels remains at a higher level than prior to the recession.

The Salvation Army’s major Pamela Waugh says the support

to facilitate food fundraising drives to restock food banks makes a signifi cant difference to the organisation’s ability to help families in need.

“During winter our public donations tend to reduce just at the time that our clients need food parcels the most,” Ms Waugh says.

The Can Do can drive will take place throughout the month of August with all 16 of NZCU branches around the North Island taking part.

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Hutt City Council has joined local companies to provide scholarships for students to study diplomas and degrees in engineering.

Mayor Ray Wallace says there is an urgent need to address the shortage of engineers regionally and nationally.

“Here in the Hutt City we have 150 engineering companies, part of a thriving technology sector that makes a significant contribution to the economy,” says Mr Ray Wallace.

“Council views investment in young people who wish to study engineering at an advanced level as critical to making sure our innovation-led companies can continue to grow. It is also fantastic to be providing opportunities for our

Action taken over Hutt engineering shortage

While inspiration can come from something as simple as counting sheep at night or seeing a tui hopping around a Kowhai tree during the day, local de-signer Jaymie Earl is keeping this year’s World of WearableArts design a secret.

This is the fourth year that Mrs Earl has been part of the competition, with her 2012 entry – Tipsy Tui – currently on show at Te Papa Museum.

She will join a number of designers from around the Wel-lington region who have again been selected for WOW; and al-though she is keeping her entry a secret, she tells the Wainuiomata News that it will be based around a bizarre bra design, using wool as the medium.

“I’ve always been creative. I was riveted by the fi rst WOW showcase I saw, and immediately wanted to be part of it,” Mrs Earl says.

The Wainuiomata designer’s fi rst event was in 2009, however on this occasion her design was not accepted by judges. Despite this, Mrs Earl did not quit and en-tered the following year; creating her fi rst real entry – a funky bra with an impressive sheep design.

Mrs Earl missed 2011 because her design was so intricate, but managed to have it ready for the 2012 show. This entry was the Tipsy Tui dress. In 2013, her entry was an outfi t created out of hair rollers.

“There is never a guarantee of getting into the competition. You defi nitely have to have the ‘WOW factor’,” Mrs Earl says.

“I just love doing it...Ideas can take fi ve mintues or fi ve months. That’s what is so great about the process; and anything can give you inspiration,” she says.

This is the 27th year the awards show has been running, and it has become a world-renowned

event showcasing works of art designed to be worn on the hu-man form.

There are 22 designers selected from Wellington, with Mrs Earl the only one from Wainuiomata; and all will have their entries appear on stage over September 25 to October 12.

Mrs Earl says there is defi nitely a professional level of creativity needed to be part of WOW.

Of the 166 garments selected to take part in this year’s show, half the entries are from international designers, with the other half sourced from people living in New Zealand.

“I never say never...Inspiration comes from anywhere. I love doing it and would love to carry on doing it,” she says.

Bizare bra set to WOWLocal designer gets creative once again

WOW FACTOR: Jaymie Earl’s most recent design has been selected for the World of WearableArts. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

young people to have highly successful careers here in their hometown,” says Mr Wallace.

WelTec’s chief executive Linda Sissons recently an-nounced research undertaken by the Institution of Profes-sional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) clearly backs up the current and future skills shortage for tertiary trained engineers.

The School of Engineering at WelTec allegedly produces around 50 engineering di-ploma and degree graduates each year.

Ms Sissons says this is no-where near enough for the growing requirements of employers particularly in the

Hutt Valley and across the Wellington.

“The major infrastructure projects currently underway and on the horizon involve millions of dollars of invest-ment and require highly skilled engineers,” she says.

According to Ms Sissons, one hundred per cent of Wel-Tec’s 2013 engineering gradu-ates went straight into or back to jobs; however, the challenge is to hold onto the students until they graduate and also to let school leavers know that employers need talented young engineers to join the workforce.

“With this investment by the Hutt City Council and employ-

ers such as KiwiRail contrib-uting to the cost of a student’s engineering qualifi cation we hope to see more young tal-ented men and women choose engineering as a career. The prospects and opportunities are excellent,” says she says.

KiwiRail spokesperson Rick Van Barneveld says: “We have operations in the Hutt Valley and across the Wellington re-gion and trained engineers are a necessity for our business.”

“Supporting this initiative through sponsoring four schol-arships in 2015 is a fantastic opportunity for KiwiRail as a potential future employer of these prospective engineers,” he saysMAYOR: Ray Wallace

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Question: What is your least favourite day of the week and why?

Pearl MurtiWainuiomata

“Monday, because even though you prepare your-self, it is always a busy day.”

Mike NielsenWainuiomata

“Thursday, because it’s not quite the weekend.”

Chase FosterWainuiomata

“Monday, because we have to back to school.”

Veetia Vaculiki-HamiltonWainuiomata

“Monday, because I get to sleep in at the week-end and on Monday I have to get up early.”

Vickie McDonaldWainuiomata

“Monday, because you have to get back into rou-tine after the weekend.”

Find out the word on the street in WainuiomataOur readers have their say.

Letters on issues of community interest are welcomed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words.

They must be signed and a street address provided to show good faith, even if a nom de plume is provided for publication.

The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold unsuitable letters from publication.

Send or fax them to the address on page two, or email them to [email protected]. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in emails.

Letters to the editor Dear Ed,

Last week, I read in the Wanuiomata News that people in New Zealand do not look after their teeth.

I am just a visitor to this coun-try and chipped one of my teeth and I was told that it would cost between $300 to $350 to fi x one tooth and all I can say is that it’s no wonder that people here don’t go to the dentist more often.

With prices of food these days, I should imagine that $300 would feed a family for a whole week but that is only my opinion.

My husband had a few fi llings before we came over here and only cost $90 in your currency.

Many Thanks,Denise GibsonWainuiomata

Toothy problem Speedy cost of slowing down

By Dan Whitfi eld

Young, creative spirits are being encouraged to let loose and fl ow thanks to a design competition led by Keep Hutt City Beautiful and Hutt City Council.

The competition will see talented young people from the suburb of Wainuiomata design reusable bags ahead of the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week – which runs from September 14-20.

School students will be asked to take part in the Kids Keep Hutt City Beautiful Design Competition and design their vision of a city free of plastic bags. The winning designs will be printed on bags to be sold at local stores to raise awareness of the need to reduce the use of plastic bags.

Compet it ion coord inator Micheline Evans says: “Plastic bags will never truly break-down, over time they just degrade into smaller and smaller fragments of plastic. The bags are often blown

into waterways and end up in the ocean. Over 100,000 marine mammals and one million seabirds die each year from ingesting or becoming entangled in plastic.”

Wainuiomata Four Square owner Joshna Narsinh will be supporting the competition through selling the bags in the local store once the winners have been fi nalised.

Ms Narsinh says it is great to supporting the community and being able to get children into such a good way of thinking.

Councillor Margaret Willard says this is a fi rst and is a great opportunity for young people to get involved.

“I think it’s a great idea for chil-dren to be involved in an awareness campaign about the downsides of using plastic shopping bags, then everyone having the opportunity to take part by buying a reusable bag,” Ms Willard says.

“The issue is certainly relevant here in Wainuiomata, where plastic bags can get into Black Creek and

from there into the Wainuiomata River, to be washed up on rural properties and out to sea...It also fi ts well with residents’ interest in caring better for our river,” she says.

Ms Willard, who also is a Wai-nuiomata Community Board representative for Keep Hutt City Beautiful, says it is an opportu-nity for any young people to get involved.

She has confi dence many local children will be keen to take part.

As part of the competition, the winner of each category will re-ceive an eco-friendly custom-made bicycle assembled by Bike-Tech; plus, the two schools that provide the most entries will each receive an iPad2.

Keep Hutt City Beautiful is a non-profi t organisation supported by Hutt City Council whose focus is to help reduce waste and pollu-tion in our city.

See www.visithuttcity.govt.nz/beautiful-city.

Children asked to get creative in Hutt comp

REUSABLE BAGS A GO: Wainuiomata Four Square owner Joshna Narsinh is supporting the competition. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

Dear Ed,So the cost of the three

new signs on the Wai-nuiomata hill is revealed at close to $40,000 dollars, to encourage safety and lessen excessive speeds.

Whilst I agree, albeit ignoring the obvious plati-tudes and indeed adding one of my own, namely, “that if only one life is

saved they are worth the cost”, it would still be re-miss of me not to ask, what purpose the one sign by the old Griffins building serves?

As it is about 20 metres from the start of the hill, and I for one am speeding up not slowing down!

Given the main offenders will ignore the signs with

youthful lassitude and bel-ligerence, I think the money would have been better spent on Mr Mallards much lampooned Moa resurrec-tion!

Or dare I say it more reve-nue making speed cameras.

Kind regardsSteve OwensWainuiomata

Go Wainuiomata, you can do itDear Ed,What a fantastic game! The premiers smoked MSP

in what was probably the best game of the season.

We have one of the most strongest and family ori-

entated clubs in the whole region, which is why I believe we have been so dominant this season.

Wainuiomata Rugby Club...Hold your heads high. Our team has what it takes to be

crowned champions and with support this weekend they will receive that recognition.

Yours sincerelyR. CunninghamLower Hutt


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The foundation helps young New Zealanders in the performing arts achieve their potential by providing education and training opportunities, supporting them to prepare for profes-sional careers.

It does this through a range of grants, prizes and scholarships.

This year, an award of up to $5,000 will be awarded to a young artist developing a career in the performing arts with a connection to the Wellington region.

Angela Gorton, chair of the Welling-ton committee of the foundation, says the focus was on fostering live perfor-mance and supporting the development of young emerging artists in the region.

“We’ve been distributing Arts Ex-cellence Awards annually to young performers since 2010 and have been able to assist some highly talented voice, piano, organ, bassoon, and viola applicants,” Ms Gorton says.

“Aside from the recognition of receiv-ing an Arts Excellence Award, $5,000 can make a very real contribution towards the cost of tuition for a young people beginning their career in the performing arts,” she says.

The assessors for the 2014 Arts Excel-lence Award are Peter Walls, professor of music at Victoria University, and Rose Campbell, manager at New Zealand string quartet.

Applications for the award close on Tuesday, September 30. Information can be found at www.damemalvinama-jorfoundation.org/arts-excellence-awards.

The winner of the award will be an-nounced in October.

Boost for talented young performers

Hutt Valley Police are seeking help from watchdogs around the community to locate a 70 year man from Petone who has been missing for more than a week.Last week, police announced concerns about the welfare of Tupulaga (Peter) Talaleilei who went missin g after being discharged from Hutt Hospital on July 12, at about 7pm.Police believed that he had returned to his home address in Petone but has not been seen since.Investigations into the disappearance of Mr Talaleilei continue but, police are seeking more information from people who may have seen him around the residential area.Bad weather over the last week also added to worries police have for the missing 70-year-old.Mr Talaleilei allegedly has medical needs that require regular supervision and there are fears for his safety as this behaviour is out of character for him.Police sta� from the region are asking for anyone with information on the wherea-bouts of Mr Talaleilei to call 560 2600, or to contact their local police station.

Man still missing after week

MISSING: Tupulaga (Peter) Talaleilei. PHOTO: Supplied

By Dan Whitfi eld

Nestled under the international spotlight, the Hutt Valley came alive last week with the 2014 New Zealand Eco Fashion Ex-posed event kicking off once again.

The full line up included designers from around the country, along with several international entries, that took part in a variety of events showcasing organic, ethi-cal, upcycled and recycled items.

The event opened on Thursday night and ran through until July 27, and director Den-ise Anglesey says: “It was just awesome.”

This year’s event featured collections from 24 designers including New Zealanders Stansborough Ltd and Denise H from Lower Hutt, as well as Amelia Boland and designer Hix from Wellington. International designers included Green Embassy from Perth, and, By Stamo and Julia McLearon from the United Kingdom.

“I think people have been intrigued that the event is attracting international attention and designers...There’s some really cool stuff,” Ms Anglesey says.

September 2013 saw the fi rst New Zealand Eco Fashion Exposed Runway launch with designers presenting ranges from casual street wear to fl amboyant evening wear, this year was no different with international and local designers – as well as one-off single garment looks from several student designers.

In addition to evening shows and the main event, a pop-up shop featuring a selection of the designers, plus other fashion and accessory additions ran on Thursday through to Sunday. Ms Anglesey’s shop from Wainuiomata was also relocated for the event.

Hutt City Council is one of the major sponsors, helping this creative, and inter-nationally-focused fashion event take place.

Fashion event success

ON THE RUNWAY: A featured collection designed by Green Embassy, a certi� ed organic designer from Perth Australia. PHOTO: Simon Armstrong

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What is your favourite food?

What makes you smile?

Children who laugh at their own jokes.

What’s your pet hate?

Impatient drivers.

Your favoured holiday destination?

Anywhere with my family.

What’s your favourite music?

Secret Garden

What is one thing Wainuiomata News read-ers would be surprised to know about you?

I don’t like chocolate.

Chicken

What’s next on your wish list?

To complete my doctorate study and graduate.

A saying you like to live by?

To thine own self by true and it must follow as the night does the day you can be false to no other man.

Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, and Mother Teresa.

Who would you invite to dinner?

St Claudine Thevenet School Principal

Scout scarves will be an item of clothing that is acceptable in the workplace this Friday, with the fi rst ever National Scout Scarf Day kicking off in Wellington.

With the event held on August 1, national commissioner Kelly Bleakley says: “The scarf repre-sents unity between 33 million scouts around the world, and is a visible reminder of the skills and values we hold.”

As part of the new annual event, past and present members are being encouraged to wear their scarf for the day, whether that be to work or school – promoting the adventure that girls and boys

aged six to 26 can experience through scouts.

National development man-ager, Mark Long says: “We are celebrating National Scout Scarf Day by asking all current and past scouts and leaders to wear their scarf and woggle for the day.”

With around 400 groups lo-cated around New Zealand, including one in Wainuiomata, there is a good chance residents will witness someone walking down a main street wearing their scout scarf.

“We really are New Zealand’s best kept secret,” Mr Long says.

“We have grown steadily since 2008 and are continuing to grow with the support of our 5,100 dedicated adult volunteers and the world-class weekly pro-grammes we provide,” he says.

A competition is also being held by the organisation’s youth governance body, for the most novel place to wear the scarf, or the most notable celebrity to wear the scarf with.

More than just a fashion statement

MAKING A STATEMENT: Scouts New Zealand national commis-sioner Kelly Bleakley leads the way while wearing her Scout scarf to work. PHOTO: Armenia Cole

New market on offer to localsA covered weekend market with outdoor and indoor stalls is set to grace Wainui Rd from October.The Village Market has been cre-ated at the old Trans� eld truck site in Waiwhetu; and organisers are excited about the new project that will see people from Wainuiomata and Lower Hutt attend.Property owner and director Laurie Sanders says he wanted to create a vibrant market combining all the best of local produce, great food and locally made goods - recreating the village markets of old.“Wellington doesn’t have an iconic market; it’s got lots of great produce

markets but not one that combines all the local handmade, popup shops, secondhand, clothing, goods and services,” says Laurie.“It needs a market with lots of every-thing,” he says.The ex-Aucklander has created the project in his retirement years together with his daughter Johanna Sanders. The family run business is aiming to encourage a wide range of stallholders and entertainers to create the vibrant hustle and bustle of the village market.Johanna, who used to run the Thistle Hall Fleamarket in Cuba St, says it is amazing how markets always create a sense of community, a place for people

to be and enjoy, have fun and see their friends.She says there will also be free spaces available for community groups to raise funds.The new Lower hutt-based market will have themed events including Feast Fridays, Market Saturdays and Crafty Sundays, with live music for entertainment. The Friday night market will run be-tween 3pm and 9pm, with the Sat-urday and Sunday markets running between the same times. For more information, contact Jo-hanna on 021 627679 or go to www.thevillagemarket.co.nz.

It will be a day of rec-ognising the success of Pasifika students from Wainuiomata when the WaiPESi Play Day returns to the valley next week.The 2014 event will be hosted by the Wainuio-mata Shopping Centre, with the local community encouraged to take ad-vantage of information and offers about early childhood education available to residents.This is the third event run by Waiuiomata Pasifika Education Success Ini-tiative (WaiPESI), with this year’s play day looking at raising education suc-cess starting from early childhood through to university levels. “It ’s about promoting

the success of Pasifika students in Wainuiomata and around the commu-nity,” says WaiPESI’s Tute Porter-Samuels.The event will primarily focus on informing locals about early childhood learning using play based activities which enhances and tracks their interests and identifies children’s dispositions such as curi-osity, determination, and perseverance. Wainuiomata’s event is free and will be held on August 6 from 9am-12pm.For more information, contact Yvonne Daymond on 021 0256 8984, or Louana Fruean on 021 2422 762.Families from around the valley are invited.

Play day returns to Wainuiomata


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Hutt City Council has committed $100,000 to kick-start initiatives in science and technology education for the city. Last week’s announcement that Hutt City Council will be providing $25,000 a year in scholarships for Hutt students is part of a wider initiative to boost science and technology education. “We really want to make that link for our young people into the great opportuni-ties available to them in the science and technology sector,” says Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace. Hutt City is home to over 800 science and technology based organisations, and Mr Wallace believes that there are

skill shortages that young people are capable of � lling. “We will ensure our young people get the opportunity to enjoy successful careers in this exciting and expanding sector, and that we continue growth in this sector,” says Mr Wallace. A report, commissioned by the council earlier this year, looked at the current state of science education in secondary schools in Lower Hutt. It also outlines the actions council could take in partnership with the schools and science organisations to encourage stu-dents to pursue careers in science, and promote engagement between schools and science organisations in the city.

Council’s general manager of strategic services Kim Kelly says: “This report puts forward recommended actions for mak-ing strong connections between schools and industry.”“We will work with school students, teachers and principals as well as local businesses and tertiary education pro-viders to really ensure all the links are be-ing made. We want our secondary school students to have access to equipment, and all of the available knowledge and mentors we can provide,” Ms Kelly says.“This will be an exciting year for the city as we really focus on science education,” she says.The initiatives in science education

outlined in the report will now be implemented and further developed in consultation with schools and busi-nesses. Actions include facilitating greater link-ing of schools and local employers, such as sharing local scientists’ careers with secondary students. Council will be developing a science and technology career expo to be held in the next 12 months to provide one forum for this to happen. Other recommendations are being explored, alongside the schools and companies that council seeks to work in partnership with.

Council to boost science and technology education

People are cautious when it comes to giving to charities, but it seems New Zealanders have confi dence in St John – with it being voted Most Trusted Charity.

St John is a charity organisation that provides ambulance services around the country, with it also playing an increasing role in meeting the broader health needs of New

By Dan Whitfi eld

Students are buzzing over a new programme that was set up to build self-esteem and help with motivation at Wainuiomata Intermediate.

Principal Pearl Murti says the pro-gramme, run by Ignite Sports, is indeed helping about students to build life skills and character traits.

It is also helping them achieve setting up goals and respect for one another, while also working towards preventing bullying at the school and helping them understand healthy eating.

The programme sees three to fi ve people from the sports organisation come and work with the intermediate students on a regular basis, taking them for sports related activities that build the above qualities.

“It’s the fi rst time it has been run in Wainuiomata…Students are buzzing and it’s a fantastic programme,” Ms Murti says.

The new programme is conducted over 10 sessions throughout the term, each running for two hours.

Students get motivated by new programme

The next session will be run at Nae-nae Boxing Academy, with students allegedly set to learn a few things from the master Billy Graham - a former lightweight New Zealand and Australasian boxing champion.

PRINCIPAL: Pearl Murti

NZ’s most trusted charity announced

Zealand communities.Each year, the organisation supports

hundreds of events, from school fairs to major international sports matches; it also offers a Friends of the Emergency Depart-ment and Hospital Friends service, which provide non-clinical support to patients and their families.

A youth programme, encouraging young people to develop personal strengths and care for others, is also provided by the national organisation.

It was announced that St John had been voted the Most Trusted Charity in the Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brands Awards last week.

In a double endorsement, paramedics also came second in the Most Trusted Profes-sions category of the annual awards, judged by New Zealanders.

St John chief executive Peter Bradley says: “We are very humbled to receive such strong recognition of the vital emergency and community work our people perform by the very public we serve.”

“Not only do Kiwis place a high value on how we care for them in the community but they trust St John to use public contributions wisely to help treat and benefi t them - a trust we never take for granted,” he says.ST JOHN CEO: Peter Bradley

Local businesses keen to en-hance or establish connections with the US market, could join the Hutt Chamber of Com-merce and Hutt City Council on a business delegation to Arizona in October.

Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wal-lace is keen to foster business growth in the Hutt and the Wel-lington region by establishing new relationships with global innovation hubs and connect to world-class innovation.

“We’re inviting businesses to join us in travelling to Phoenix, Arizona, USA, which is at the cutting edge of innovation and a hotbed for technology,” says Mr Wallace.

“We aspire to be one of New Zealand’s leading export and

economic growth centres based on science, high tech manufac-turing and technology, there’s much we can learn from this dynamic city,” he says.

October’s Mayoral-led del-egation has a signifi cant focus on the science technology and high value manufacturing sectors – an area of the Hutt’s economy going from strength to strength.

“The most valuable part of any connection within an over-seas market is getting in front of the right people.” says James Lamb, Hutt City Council’s international relations manager.

“We’ll pull on our networks and international trade special-ists to secure connections for local businesses,” he says.

Local businesses sought for US mayoral trip

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Valley next month in collaboration with the national play centre awareness week which runs from March 2 to 8.Organised by the Hutt Play Centre Association, 18 play centres – including two from Wainuiomata – will come together for a free play and information day at Avalon Park.It will also give parents an opportunity to further learn about what play centres are about and offer in local communities, as well as increasing the number of children attending sessions.Wainuiomata Play Centre president Vicky Johansen says

numbers vary throughout the year and recently a few children have left and enrolled into school.

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Another year has started at Wainuio-mata High School and head students chosen to represent the school have set their goals for 2014.

Year 13 students Callum Mackaness and Anchal Singh were appointed the roles of head boy and girl, while their counterparts Tyler Heath and Ashleigh Low are this year’s deputy head students.

The Wainuiomata News sat down with the school representatives and found out what they want to achieve this year – apart from level three exams.

Callum, Wainuiomata’s head boy, has the desire to maintain a level of pride associated with wearing the school uniform.

“It’s an important part of being at school. I want everyone to represent their school properly,” he says.

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Tough Guy and Gal Challenge

SUPERMAN: Andy Cowle.

BIG FINISH: Dermott Ferris, Sergio Forbes and Mizzy. PRETTY IN PINK: Ingrid Woodhouse, Trina Cavanag-Green,

Sarah Wallace, and Karen Van Der Merwe.

BIG SPLASH: Jon ‘Ninja’ Tewhau.

CELEBRATE: Casey Potatau

TOUGHING IT OUT: Odel Mulhare, Megan Hand, and Renee Walkinshaw.

MUDDY: Ania Truman

BRAVE THE COLD: Alice Porter

RUN FAST: Kelly McVey

IN THE DRINK: Hina Davis.

Hundreds braved the cold wa-ter and thick mud to complete this year’s Tough Guy and Gal Challenge – a unique o� -road running event.The Wellington event was held at Camp Wainui over the weekend and saw athletes of all levels run through water trails, crawl under barb wire obstacles, swamp crossings,

bush trails, hill climbs and a rope bridge to throw into the mix. Wainuiomata locals that toughed it out included Odel Mulhare, Megan Hand, Renee Walkinshaw who completed the single lap of the course (6km).Athletes also had a choice of a 12 kilometre double lap circuit.

PIRATE’S LIFE: A crew

cross the line as a team.


Composed by Tony Watling: July 23, 2014

Mishaela six with rubbish bag,Formed young team to show the � ag.Collected litter round their school,Grown ups thought that really cool.

Grey Power short of Pres. and Sec.,Some members saying what the heck?Are presidents so hard to � nd?Will someone please fall in behind?

YOUNG SPRY OLD SHY

Buoyant New Zealand sales of the Suzuki SX4 S-Cross 5-door hatch-back have made the new model a hot contender in the competitive small SUV class.

Demand reached record levels in June, with sales equaling January, the previous best month when the S-Cross fi rst arrived on the market.

“The S-Cross has jumped to number three position in the fast-growing small SUV segment,” said Gary Collins, general manager of automobile marketing for Suzuki New Zealand.

“Demand for the Ltd version in particular has been very strong, with a long list of customer pre-orders for the model,” he said. “The S-Cross ticks all the boxes for our customers, offering a roomy inte-rior, excellent fuel effi ciency and a high specifi cation level.”

Four versions of the S-Cross are available in New Zealand, with prices starting from $27,990 plus on-road costs for the GLX version. Two of the models offer the added versatility of four wheel drive.

Rising local sales of the S-Cross have coincided with a signifi cant production milestone at the Maygar Suzuki plant in Hungary where the car is built. The Hungarian factory in Esztergom has just produced its 2.5 millionth Suzuki, a white latest generation Swift.

New Zealand imports the S-Cross and 3-door Swift Sport from Hun-gary in addition to the out-going 5-door Splash.

Suzuki Motor Corporation es-tablished the Magyar plant in 1991 together with other business partners, and Swifts began rolling off the production line the follow-ing year. Magyar is Suzuki’s sole European production base and has been steadily growing in the past two decades.

Soon the Hungarian factory was supplying vehicles not only to Suzuki’s expanding network of European distributors but to many other world markets.

The Maygar milestone came soon after Suzuki Motor Corporation achieved cumulated world auto-mobile sales of 50 million units, with more than half the production sold outside Japan. Suzuki now has 12 motor vehicle bases in 11 nations, and its cars are sold in 179 countries.

The 50 million mark was ex-ceeded less than three years after Suzuki had produced 40 million cars.

Meanwhile Suzuki automobile sales in India have raced ahead with the brand recording more than twice the volume of the second best competitor in the fi rst half of this year. Suzuki sold 569,239 cars in India in the six months, and in June its sales were up 31 percent on the same month in 2013.

Maruti Suzuki cars fi lled four of the top fi ve model places in India in year to date sales, with the Alto the overall leader.

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Changes to warrant of fitness checks were made permanent from July 1, with the end of six monthly inspections for most vehicles.

Six-monthly WoF inspections were introduced more than 50 years ago, with drivers since then seeing a dramatic improvement in vehicle safety technology.

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As the number of places available to students living outside the Fernlea School Enrolment zone is likely to exceed the number of places available at the school during 2015 it is important that students intending to enrol for next year complete the pre-enrolment form and return it to the school offi ce before Friday 29 August 2014. This will enable the Fernlea Board of Trustees to determine the number of out of zone places that are available during 2015.

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The Wainuiomata premier league side came to a halt when it narrowly lost to Te Aroha, 29-28 over the weekend. This game was played as an elimination � nal.In other premier games, the grand � nal quali� er was won by Randwick, beating University 18-14.Wainuiomata Jugglers won 40-12 over Porirua City Pheonix in the senior � rst division. The division’s elimination � nal was between Randwick and University, with Randwick succeeding 24-10.The reserves grade saw University win 40-14 over Randwick as part of the grand � nal quali� er, and in the elimina-tion � nal St George beat Porirua 48-20.

League results

Athletes preparing

Fans of the Wainuiomata premier side are being encouraged to make the trip over to Lower Hutt to support their team in the Jubilee Cup � nal.The game will see Wainuiomata � ght for top spot against rivals Hutt Old Boys Marist, in a game that is expected to be entertaining.Kick off is set for 2.30 at the Hutt Recreation Grounds.

Wainuiomata Harriers athletes are busy preparing for a Wellington championship. Athletes include Joel Carman who was selected for the local team recently.

Support needed for � nals

A local wrestling organisation that runs out of Petone, is returning to Wainuiomata with its annual ‘Over the Top’ pro wrestling event next month.Hosted by New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling, the event is set to run on August 9 at the Wainuiomata Com-munity Hall. It will be a night of high energy and intense action, for the whole family.Two wrestlers Hayden Thiele and Jade Priest are both local boys and will be wrestling under the tag team name ‘The Wainui Express.’It will be their � rst show in front of their home crowd since they became New Zealand’s youngest ever Tag Team Champions in May. They are both 16.An organisation spokesperson says they are really proud of their achieve-ments.

In last week’s newspaper there was an article about the Wainuiomata premier rugby team winning a home semi-� nal which was accompanied by a photo with an incorrect caption. The caption said the player was Tyler Tane, the correction is it was John Monu. The Wainuiomata News apolo-gises for the mistake.

to Peter Tunupopo. The score was 7-nil.From there, Wainuiomata took control of

the game with further two tries, one going to Alesana Mene and another going to Jalan Farris. The Wainuiomata side had the lead at half time.

With Wainuiomata being very short of players for this game, those that took the fi eld played far better than expectations; with the player of the day given to Tunupopo.

The final score was a strong 22-5, and Wainuiomata are still fi ghting to maintain a top three spot.

Wainuiomata is set to face Petone this Saturday at the Petone Recreation Ground, along with the Wainuiomata premier side.

The local under 21 side have a further two games left before semi fi nals, and Wainuio-mata is chasing hard to get a home semi fi nal.

Coaching staff are thankful to sponsors for all the help that has been given to the side throughout the year. Thanks also went to supporters.

The visiting Rahui side travelled down to Wainuiomata for the game, calling the green and black’s to perform at a level over 100 per cent.

Championship set to return

Correction

Wainuiomata Harriers runners had near perfect conditions for their an-nual club road running and walking championship races on Saturday.

Despite several athletes missing from the races, most grades were won reasonably easily – with the event held over a three-kilometre course on Waterworks Rd.

It was a challenging course with a long 1.5km gradual uphill gradient. It was also a sealed-handicap which meant athletes are given a handicap time based on past races.

Each athlete’s finishing time was adjusted according to their handicap to establish placings based on the times. The results go towards points based on all handicap races for the entire season.

In the junior boys’ 3km race, Joel Carman placed fi rst with a time of 10 minutes and fi ve seconds. He was closely followed by Luke Carman in second and Daniel Goldsworthy in third.

Mackenzie Winter won the junior girls’ 3km event with her time of 14

minutes and 58 seconds. Second was Rebecca Forsyth and third was Natasha Goldsworthy.

In the 6km event for women, Geor-gina Cox came fi rst with a time of 25 minutes and three seconds. Second place was Trish Coley and third was Maree Carman.

Paul Richardson won the men’s 9km, fi nishing with a time of 36 minutes and 25 seconds. Al Forsyth came second and third was awarded to Alan Carman.

In the walking category, seeing athletes compete in a 6km course, Robbie Hannan came fi rst with a fi nal time of 45 minutes and 21 seconds; second was Robyn Small; and third was Barbara Coley.

This does not affect actual fi nishing results, with fi rst placing meaning the title of club champion for the road race event.

RUNNERS: Liz Goldsworthy sitting on the shoulder of Maree Carman in the Women’s 6km race.

Conditions good for club championship

By Dan Whitfi eld

The pressure was on from the beginning of the match with Wainuiomata’s under 21 side taking on its Rahui counterparts over the weekend.

Wainuiomata took to the fi eld in strong

fashion and showed dominance for the full 80 minutes to win the game, 22-5.

The Firestone-sponsored colts took on the challenge and performed well.

In muddy conditions at Mary Crowther, Wainuiomata opened the scoring in the fi rst minute of the game with the try going

TOUGH WORK: Halfback and try-scorer Peter Tunupopo scrambling to retrieve the ball. PHOTO: Supplied

Fighting for home semi-fi nal

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Under 85s defeated by HOBM

Wainuiomata failed to score any points when it came up against Hutt Old Boys Marist over the weekend; defeated 31-nil.The scoreboard showed a lack of control of the game at hand for Wainuiomata, with HOBM scoring three trys, two conversions and four drop goals last Satur-day.While this is a disappointing loss for Wainuiomata, the

side is not out of this year’s competition – despite com-ing up short in four of its � ve games in round two of the 85kg weight-restricted competition.Sponsored by ITM Building, the team’s next game is set to be against Marist St Pats Green on Saturday, August 2. Kick o� will is scheduled for 1.30pm.The game will be played at SPC Arti� cial A.

15Wednesday July 30, 2014SPORT

Off to the fi nalBy Aaron Meredith

Wainuiomata has qualifi ed for its fi rst ever Jubilee Cup fi nal after a well deserved victory over Marist St Pats, sending the premier rugby side into the history books.

A dominating second half was what secured the 26-13 win over the visiting city side, with a large crowd at William Jones Park supporting the local lads.

After an early penalty shootout that saw winger Tyler Tane kick two beauties, Wainuiomata had a 6-3 lead.

Despite this, MSP was fi rst to score a try with the dangerous second fi ve Isaia Petelo darting through to score. This gave the visitors a 10-6 lead.

This was the only time the visitors had the lead, with Tau Mamea scor-ing soon after. The try was set up from a break started by Ben Tupuola and Glen Angus.

Following the next set play, the ball was spread out to Josh Robertson-Weepu who drew the last defender

and sent Mamea into score. This gave the hosts a 13-10 lead at the half time break.

When the second half commenced, Wainuiomata show dominance across the fi eld, simply by playing smart and keeping MSP stuck down in its half.

Still both sides traded penalties and the home team still only had a three point lead with about 15 minutes left on the clock.

With the clock timer counting down, Wainuiomata had to step up the pressure. This created an oppor-tunity for Tupuola to score a crucial try, seeing him barge over the line in the corner – following a constant attacking push by the home team.

Tane successfully kicked the con-version to give Wainuiomata a 23-13 lead, and the home crowd was starting to believe in the win that was just moments away – with the belief becoming reality when Robertson-Weepu kicked a quick drop goal late in the game, taking the score to 26-13.

After some desperate MSP attacks, the referee fi nally blew his whistle after a stoppage in play and both the team and crowd erupted in celebration.

Key to the victory was the tactical kicking by both Robertson-Weepu and John Monu, who was playing his 100th game.

The kicking was also followed up by some good chasing by both wing-ers Mamea and Tane, as well as Jason Love when he came on to the fi eld.

The loose forwards were also very good once again, as was the entire forward pack - especially when it came to defence.

In other matches, the senior fi rsts defeated Wests 38-10 and the wom-en’s side beat Norths 17-15. The weekend was a successful round of rugby for the club.

Next Sunday the premiers are playing Hutt Old Boys Marist at Hutt Recreation Grounds. Kick off is at 2.30pm.

This is Wainuiomata’s fi rst ever Jubilee Cup fi nal.

FINALS TIME: Players from Wainuiomata’s premier squad celebrate winning a spot in the Jubilee Cup � nal.

By Dan Whitfi eld

One of Wainuiomata Golf Club’s busiest championships has seen local golfers John Schaafhausen and Peter Hectors hold on to their titles for another year.

Played over the weekend of July 13, the Wainuiomata Match Play Championships attracted 64 golfers, with the top 16 in each grade playing off in elimination rounds to see who was number one.

Mr Schaafhausen was playing in the senior division, while Mr Hector was competing in the intermediate grade.

Club manager Paul Brosnan, who was also playing in the competition, says it was perfectly timed with the weather staying fi ne throughout the

series.Mr Schaafhausen overcame his

club competitor Caleb Kahui to take out the senior prize for a second time, holding on to his title for another year; and Mr Hector won the intermediate round for a third time, beating John Castle in the fi nal.

In other grades, Mr Brosnan was successful over Malcolm Vincent in the junior event; and Rod Maxwell beat John McGregor in the junior B division.

“On fi nals day, there were a few chip ins that were stunning and all round, the matches were very close,” Mr Brosnan says.

“Everyone played in good spirit and it was great having a balcony full of people supporting the play-ers,” he says.

He says it was defi nitely a com-munity event and the course was in good nick on the day.

The match play championship is an annual event that the Wainuiomata club hosts.

The next event that the Wainuio-mata club will host is the Wellington Ladies Match Play finals, which was held over the weekend. It saw Royal Wellington fi nalists take on counterparts from Karori.

Another competition coming up on the Wainuiomata calendar is the Winter Ambrose Day in August. This will see teams of four from clubs around the region compete in a fun day of club golf.

Great play keep title positions for two Wainuiomata golfers

SWING: John Schaafhausen, winner of the senior division. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

By Dan Whit� eld

It was a David verse Goliath match up as fourth placed Ulalei Wainuiomata Netball Club came face-to-face with a top positioned St Marys side last week.Playing in the Regional Super League, the team played well together and managed to secure a one-point-victory; with the � nal score standing at 55-54.Despite still in fourth position, Ulalei fought hard and look to continue its winning spirit in to next week’s game.Coach Tunis Cook says it was an exciting game and was a hard fought win for the team.“As always the team were gutsy in defence and the � rst 40 minutes were clinical in attack. But when the legs ran out of gas, errors crept back in letting St Marys in for a draw, well almost. Stepping up was Emma Wyma, on the circle edge penalty after the � nal whistle...A great team e� ort,” Ms Cook says.In other games, Ulalei Wainuiomata Netball Club’s premier two team narrowly lost to Naenae, 35-33. Player-coach Ressa Lealo� says it Ulalei had a strong comeback in the fourth quarter but it “wasn’t enough to win against a very experienced Naenae team.” The Ulalei number two team missed out on a win by two points but, much like the premier side, players are not stopping the � ght. “Naenae was always going to be a challenge but basic errors (stepping, breaking and poor passing) let us down,” says Ms Lealo� .Player of the day went to Summer Rose Murray, for her presence on the court which put a lot more pressure on players in the circle.

Win for Ulalei in netball

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