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Fualili Felagai takes part in the Mafutaga Tagata Matutua exercise group which is held at Newtown’s Pacifi c Islander’s Presbyterian Church.

By Nikki PapatsoumasMafutaga Tagata Matutua is a multicultural

exercise group that runs from the Pacifi c Island-ers Presbyterian Church in Newtown every Tuesday.

The class is aimed at senior citizens, in an effort to promote a healthy lifestyle and the programme is now in its 15th year.

Around 40 people participate in the pro-gramme each week, which begins with an exercise class and ends with a healthy shared lunch.

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Fundraising is underway to ensure the future of Island Bay’s iconic St Francis de Sales Catholic Church.

The church needs to be earthquake strengthened - a major building project that is estimated to cost $500,000.

The building, including the church hall and the associated presbytery, do not meet the current minimum code and have been yellow stickered.

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work that will ensure the church’s long term future.

Parishioners continue to use the church for daily and Sun-day Masses and other services but the neighbouring school of the same name is not using the church until the strengthening has been completed.

Initial fundraising com-menced in August last year and by the end of 2013, suf-fi cient funds had been raised for the cost of concept plans

and investigation.The church community’s

fundraising resumed with a stall at the Island Bay Festival selling homemade cakes and other sweets as well as a barbecue.

The next major event is a church fair to be held in the school and church grounds an Mersey Street on Sunday March 16 from 11am.

A wide range of foods including Italian, Filipino,

Samoan, Indian, Chinese and Assyrian are on offer as well a sausage sizzle and a cake and sweets stall.

The fair will also sell books, toys, clothing, arts and crafts and white elephant. There will be music and children’s entertainment and a raffle wheel.Anyone who is interested in helping with the fair can contact Salve Basile on 383 8896.

Church fundraising underway

St Francis de Sales Church in Island Bay will undergo earthquake strengthening.

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visit on occasion, who checks blood pressure and weight, and answers any questions as well as speak-ers who talk about main-taining a healthy lifestyle.

The programme is coor-dinated by Lafulafu Vanila Ekenasio, who says they are searching for more sponsorship to keep the programme alive, as it is currently run by volunteers and funding from public health organisations.

Rongotai MP Annette King is an avid supporter

of the programme, and encourages more local businesses to come forward and offer their support.

“I would really like to see some support given to the programme. It is an unsung story, and the programme makes a difference to these people’s lives.”

Ms King took part in last Tuesday’s class and de-scribed it as “much harder than it looks.”

If you would like to do-nate or volunteer to help out with the programme contact [email protected].

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The Mafutaga Tagata Matutua exercise group which is held at New-town’s Pacifi c Islander’s Presbyterian Church.

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A loca l teacher has shaved his head and beard in support of a close friend who has been diagnosed with cancer.

Martin Kaulback is an English teacher at St Cath-erine’s College, and says he chose to shave his head and beard to offer his friend moral support, and to raise money for her.

He says he has also seen it as a fantastic opportunity to teach his students about respect.

“One of the focuses for our school this year is respect, so I spoke to the girls about friendship and respecting other people.

“I respect my friend so I have chosen to stand with

her and make things as easy as possible for her.”

The Kingston local says he has had very positive feedback from the girls who have found what he is doing “inspirational.”

He says he now intends on keeping both his head and beard shaved for as long as his friend, who wishes to remain anonymous, is undergoing treatment.

He says so far the change in look has been a “con-fronting” experience.

“It feels very different. It’s quite a confronting thing, you are radically changing your appearance.

“It is an opportunity to meditate on what my friend is going through. In the end it’s not about me.”

Martin is hoping to raise

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Applications are now open for Wel-lington City Council’s Smart Energy Challenge. The Council is looking to develop and fund a variety of community-driven projects that aim to reduce energy use or increase the generation of clean energy in Wellington.Wellington Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown says the Council will match fund the amount each project raises, capped at a total of $20,000 across all successful projects.“This is a terrifi c opportunity for Wel-lington City Council to work with some of Wellington’s brightest social entrepreneurs and to take positive action to mitigate climate change.”Applications close on Friday, February 28. For more information and to apply go to www.smartenergychallenge.org.nz.

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Residents from Kilmarnock Heights Home in Berhampore were thrilled to get a visit from eight-week-old puppy Bodi last Thursday.

Bodi visited residents with Hu-mane Educator at the Wellington SPCA Jennifer Rizzi.

She is just one of the many volun-teers that visit the home alongside a variety of animals including puppies, rabbits and kittens.

Jennifer says many of their vol-unteers, particularly those who are older, love the opportunity to visit the home.

“Our elderly volunteers, in par-ticular love to visit this home,” she says.

She also says it is a great way for their puppies to become better socialised, preparing them for adoption and their new homes.

Kilmarnock heights home em-braces the Eden alternative, the model of care, practiced across Enliven central’s rest homes, which aims to ensure residents feel en-gaged, connected and purposeful.

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Kilmarnock Heights Home resident Daphne Montgomery with Bodi, the eight-week-old puppy from Wellington SPCA.

Wellington women wanting the best selection in womenswear in the 16+ size range promise to be spoilt for choice with in-House Body Gorgeous 16+ moving into the CBD. The recent closure of Long Island on Featherston Street has provided the opportunity for in-House Body Gorgeous to move into the vacant shop in the City centre.

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The world famous light and sound experience Power Plant will transform the Wellington Botanic Garden for two weeks, starting on February 28 as part of the New Zealand Festival. The Contact Season of Power Plant is a brilliant collaboration between fi ve artists who have converted public parks around the world into nocturnal magical spaces through innovative use of light and sound.For more information, head to www.festival.co.nz.

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Wellington Korfball Club is running beginner level trainings and games for people who would like to try out a new sport in 2014.Korfball is a Dutch sport from the same family as Netball and Basketball with each team made up of eight players - four men and four women.Newcomers will fi rst learn the basics of shooting and defending, followed by a few fun games.Sessions will take place at the ASB Sports Centre every Monday from March 3 to17 at 7:30pm.

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Local painters, potters, and printmakers alike will congregate in one place to allow spectators to watch them at work. This event is part of the Miramar Penin-sula Arts trail during the Artists in Action weekend.People will have the opportunity to see how the artists’ work, ask questions and pick up or commission a piece.Tickets can be exchanged for a map and list of artists at either The Clay Penguin, 13 Hector Street, Seatoun, Wellington or Blackmore Best Gallery, Shelly Bay Road, Wellington .Artists in Action will take place from 10-4pm on March 8 and 9 at The Clay Penguin.

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Cuba Street is set to have its very own festival again.

The Council has just approved funding of $250,000 for the Creative Capital Arts Trust to produce an annual street festival based around the Cuba Street precinct.

The fi rst festival will be held in late March/early April next year.

The Trust’s chair, Tim Brown, said the festival would be par-ticipatory and would showcase Wellington’s best creative talent.

“Fringe Festival, 7s, WOW,

the Arts and Jazz Festivals, Homegrown, NZSO, NZO, a great theatre scene, and festivals such as those in Newtown and Island Bay underline the vi-brancy of the arts scene and the willingness of people to dress up and participate both as audience and performers.

“Wellington City can look forward to a festival fi lled with creativity and fun, where Wel-lingtonians as well as national and international visitors can participate in a fantastic event.”

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for proposals and setting up a core team to organise the fi rst festival, however an artistic director has already been ap-pointed.

The current artistic director of WOMAD and the Taranaki Arts Festival, Drew James, will take up the appointment in early March.

Drew says he jumped at the opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary creative energy that is centred in Wellington.

“The Cuba Street precinct is such a unique urban environ-

ment on which to unleash talent and create something fresh and new.”

Wellington’s Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown, said the Council well-understood the value of the “creative capital” brand to all Wellingtonians – audiences, performers and local businesses.

“I’m delighted we will have a street festival back in Cuba St,” says Ms Wade-Brown.

“Residents and visitors alike enjoy the Cuba Quarter’s liv-ing fusion of artistic and built heritage.”

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Sarah Graydon was the lucky winner of the Island Bay New World Grocery Grab, on Saturday February 22.As part of the Island Bay Festival, Island Bay New World off ered one lucky customer the chance to win a trolley full of groceries.Sarah was away at a wedding on the day so her friend Jilly Lind-Thomas had the job of

fi lling the trolley for her. Together they plotted their strategy with a lot of input from family and friends. Jilly raced around the store in 2 minutes and managed to get an impressive $617.31 worth of groceries. She used a clever strategy going for high value and luxury items around the store.

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The Te Ra O Kupe Festival will take place at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Nga Mokopuna in Seatoun on March 9.

The Festival is run by the Kupe Chari-table Trust for Te Kura Kuapapa Maori O Nga Mokopuna., and is supported by the Wellington City Council’s Cultural Fund and Ma Te Reo which is Maori Language Commission Funding.

The day celebrates Kupe, the fi rst Maori explorer, and his visit to the area, Te Reo Maori in the community, Maori food and art and our community.

There is live music on stage- and Troy Kingi (actor and musician from the movie Mt ZION) is performing.

There will be Maori food stalls and hangi, Maori arts and crafts, Kapa Haka and the usual family fun of games, petting zoo, giant trampolines, bouncy castle, Push Play and Pick Up Basketball and White Elephant.

This year is the schools 20th anniversary and they are also hosting German artwork called the OUBEY- MINDKISS Project.

Dagmar Woyde-Köhler is bringing OUBEY art from Germany to display at the school to create an encounter for communities who might not see this art. This will be installed in our hall alongside a local Maori artist Sy Prescott and Ta Moko Artist Joni Brooking.

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This Sunday the Kil-birnie Festival is back, and now in its 19th year it is one of Wellington’s biggest and longest-run-ning outdoor community events.

The festival attracts tens of thousands of visi-tors to Bay Road when it is held annually, on the second Sunday in March.

This year there are well over 100 craft stalls from all over the country as well as food stalls, two stages, a kids activities area, kids rides area, and information displays.

This year the festival will also play host to two nationally renowned performers, Rosita Vai and Ainslie Allen.

A feature this year will be the Wellington Time Bank Kids’ Zone, an area where the little ones and their parents can enjoy a range of play facilities, for which there is no charge. The Kids’ Zone will be in the Kil-birnie Plaza mall area.

The Kilbirnie Festival will run from 10am to 4pm, and there is no postponement day.

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Lady Susan Satyanand, wife of former Governor-General of New Zealand Right Hon. Sir Anand Satyanand, will be Mary Potter Hospice’s new patron.“We are delighted and honoured Lady Satyanand has agreed to be our Patron for the next three years,” says Kevin Allan, chairman of the Hospice’s Board of Trustees.“She has been a Wellington resident since the mid 1990s and she has dedi-cated herself to an extensive range of charity commitments. She brings a great knowledge of charities and an extensive network of important com-munity relationships to this role which will be of great benefi t to the Hospice.”Lady Susan says she is looking forward to making a contribution to the hospice.

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The Kilbirnie/Lyall Bay Community Centre is also getting involved in the Kilbirnie Festival, which kicks off this Sunday.

As part of the festival they will run two special bus trips, giving members of the community a chance to get to one another.

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This Sunday they will also host their annual Devonshire Tea at the Community Centre as part of the festival day.

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Every three days a child is hos-pitalised as a result of child abuse. On average, nine Kiwi children are killed by a family member every year. New Zealand’s rate of child mistreatment is one of the worst in the developed world.

Family Works, a service of Pres-byterian Support Central, offers parenting programmes, social work, family violence prevention, youth mentoring, grief counselling and drug and alcohol counseling in the Greater Wellington Region and as far away as Taranaki.

But Family Works needs the com-munity’s help to offer their services to more children and families in need.

“During the last few years we have seen the rise, and then the rise again of individuals and families in diffi culty from all parts of our community,” explains Family Works general manager Julia Hennessy.

“Sadly, there are limits on the number of families we can help. Government funding usually only covers the most extreme cases. Oth-ers often have to wait – sometimes until it’s too late” she says.

But you can help. “In particular we’re looking for

fi nancial support to support our one-to-one work with children and young people who have experienced abuse, neglect or bullying.”

To make a donation call 0508 TO HELP (864 357), email [email protected] or make an online donation by visiting www.central.familyworks.org.nz.

Family Works services are avail-able in Wellington and the Hutt Valley. To fi nd out more visit www.central.familyworks.org.nz.

Family Works appeals for help to support children


An old Newtown basketball court has been given a new lease of life.

The hilltop basketball court on Russell Terrace has been fi tted out with new fencing.

Newtown local Merio Marsters says she was inspired to have a fence installed after her sons came to her and explained they could not use the court as their ball would roll down the hillside.

Thanks to new fencing behind the hoops, this will no longer be a problem.

Thanks to some sponsorship and the Wel-lington City Council the fences have now been

installed, and now Merio is looking forward to hosting an event in celebration.

This Friday, March 7, there will be an offi cial launch with a free barbecue, spot prizes and street ball games including the Kilbirnie Police Youth Aid.

The celebration will run from 6pm to 8pm weather permitting, and everyone is welcome.

LEFT: Wellington City Council community recreation adviser Daphne Pilner, president of the Newtown Residents Association Martin Hanley and Merio Masters with Storm and Zaccari Marsters, who are enjoying a game of street ball.

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MINUTES WITH: Phillip Leaupepe T-Nickel

What is your favourite food?

What makes you smile?

A lot of things make me smile, but probably more so than any-thing else, would be hanging out with my family and friends. Nothing beats a family board game night or just a day out at scorching bay with the boys.

What’s your pet hate?

What is one thing Cook Strait News redaers would be surprised to know about you?

One of my biggest pet hates is when technology lets you down. I know it sounds really minor but when I’m under the pump for inter-nals and assignments it just really gets on my nerves. But other than that I don’t get annoyed at much really.

Hmm well before I came to Scots in year 6, I had already been to fi ve diff erent schools in three different countries: Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. I found it really enjoy-able this way, just because I liked meeting new people and being able to make friends in

diff erent parts of the world and experience different cultures and everything like that. As a result, I’m able to speak both Samoan and English fl uently, which I’m really glad to be able to do, so that I can always keep my culture and my language with me.

Your favourite holiday destination?

What’s your favourite music?

I like a little bit of everything, but most of the time it really depends on my mood. Most of my playlists are made up of RnB or hip-hop, and it’s pretty well known that I don’t mind a little Beyoncé every now and then. John Legend’s All of Me is probably my go to song at the moment. With the Scots College Pipe band’s rendition of highland cathe-dral coming a close second of course!

Whatever Ronnie is cooking at the Scots boarding house! But a nice rump steak with mushroom sauce and mash is always a winner for me.

Option1: Well ever since we went to Rarotonga last year, where almost everybody rides mopeds, I’ve been hassling mum to let me save up for one, simply because they’re cheaper to run, a lot kinder to the environment, I can drive it on my learners and really fun to ride! But because of the whole danger aspect of it, mum’s been really reluctant, so I think I’m going to have to do a little more convincing.

Option2: I really want to go back to Samoa and just relax at the end of this year. I haven’t been back since I was seven and so I think it’s been long overdue for my next visit, so I’d really like to make the trip over there at the end of this year with a few good mates from Scots who’ve never been before, and experience the island lifestyle for a week or two before we come back and start get-ting prepared for university.

Who would you invite to dinner?

College Head Boy, Scots College

What’s next on your wish list?

I’ve always been more inclined to tropical islands rather than ski resorts and the like, so any-where with a white sand beach and a warm breeze would be perfect. Last year we went to Rarotonga for my brother’s wedding, and that was awe-some! But I’ve heard Hawai’i is paradise, so if I could have a ticket to anywhere in the world right now, it would be Hawai’i for sure.

If I could invite anyone in the entire world to dinner, I’d invite Will Smith! Hands down I think he’s one of the best actors around and he just seems like a genuinely good guy. He’s just got this really cool aura around him and from what I’ve seen he’s really easy to get along with.

The interplay between human values and the material world will be explored by Wellington artist Jade Townsend in her latest exhibition - The Best Things in Life Come Wrapped in Cellophane.

Incorporating fashion and graphic design, Jade’s work features colours and collage inspired by Pucci, Liberty, Hermès and Missoni prints; referencing the New Ugly

graphic design movement using lo-fi techniques to analyse processes of trans-formation.

The exhibition is set to include small painted studies on lino tiles to complete large fl oor installations which the audience is invited to walk on as well as paintings hanging like fl ags, unframed and pinned to the walls.

“I remember three or so years ago having a conversation about ‘newness’”, Jade says.

“The term sounded gross to me…Do we need a new word for newness? But I was living in London and new is all anyone cared about...Must haves, must buys, top 10, a checklist of things every person must have in one’s lifetime,” she says.

The Wellington artist graduated from the

Manchester Metropolitan University in 2009 with honours in Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Jade has since participated in exhibitions throughout the United Kingdom and upon her return to New Zealand in 2012, has worked on The Hobbit as a painter.

The Best Things in Life Come Wrapped in Cellophane opens at 5.30pm on March 13.

Wellington artist showcases unique exhibition


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Newly opened gym Functional Results Fitness in Lyall Bay is excited to have opened their doors, and offer their customers something a little different.

Owners Gerard O’Brien and Katie Robertson were working as personal trainers together for some time before they decided to open their own gym together.

They say after the idea was born it wasn’t long before their doors were open, and being lo-cal to the area and close to the beach they thought Lyall Bay was the perfect spot.

Gerard says what makes their gym different is they offer is group training.

“It gives people group motiva-tion, rather than coming in and being left to your own devices,” he says.

He says although they train in groups they are still able to offer their clients the same individual guidance.

“It not like a typical group exercise with an instructor, we change the exercises to suit your level, and get everyone working hard at their level.”

Both Gerard and Katie say they have a real community focus, and training in groups allows everyone to get to know each other and motivate one another.

For more information, head to www.functionalresults.co.nz

Fitness with a difference

Community Centre hosting pop-up gallery

Co-owners of Functional Results Fitness in Lyall Bay Gerard O’Brien and Katie Robertson.


The Miramar Community Cen-tre is thrilled to be hosting a Pop-up Art Gallery this Sunday, March 9.

The gallery will showcase the works of local artists and com-munity art groups, and ties in perfectly with the Miramar Pen-insula Arts Trail, which is held on the same weekend.

The neighbouring Wellington

Art Club will also be open on the day, giving locals a chance to see some of the work they do.

Artists involved include Michael Harrison and Jim Howell from the Guild of Woodworkers Wel-lington, painter Heather Giles, sculptor Craig Campbell, and photographer Mark Fa’amaoni.

Community Centre adviser Anna Abernathy says the idea is to promote the centre while promoting local artists work.

She says if things go well this weekend they would like to make it an annual event, and work on getting other local artists involved.

All fi ve of the artists say they are excited at the chance to share their skills and work with the community.

The Miramar Community Cen-tre Pop-up Art Gallery will run this Sunday, March 9 from 1:45pm to 4pm at the community centre hall.


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A Newcomers Network has now started in Wellington.

The Wellington Newcomers Network is a not-for-profit or-ganisation which is part of a na-tionwide network, which provides opportunity for social connection.

Wellington Newcomers Net-work coordinator Jackie Buckley says they are one of the newest networks having only been estab-lished in October last year.

She is part of a committee of four people, who volunteer their time to organise events.

Jackie says their aim is to bring people together who are new to Wellington, whether they are refugees, migrants or a kiwi that has transferred cities.

She says by hosting various events and meet ups they are able to help people forge friendships and network with other people in similar situations.

“It can be really lonely and very

isolating. It can be a very, very lonely existence to start off with.

“It’s about bringing people to-gether that all have that empathy and understanding of how people feel when they fi rst arrive.”

Jackie says they are always inter-ested in hearing suggestions about activities or events they can hold.

For more information head to the Wellington Newcomers Network Facebook page, or email [email protected].

A group of newcomers at one of the networks previous events.

Network an opportunity for social connection

Question: The government will lift the minimum wage from $13.75 to $14.25 an hour from April 1. What do you think?

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

Aratea ManiheraNewtown

“It’s really good, it shouldn’t go up much more.”

Jackson KyleNewtown

“It sounds pretty good to me, but it could always be more.”

Steph KebbellNewtown

“I think it is a pathetic amount and the gov-ernment feels proud of themselves for giving us an extra $3 a day.”

Marion GrimmeNewtown

“The minimum wage should be raised, life is tough everywhere for ev-eryone. It should be a lot higher.”

Matt SymondsNewtown

“I think it’s great because it means I’ll get more money.”

Alex HinchliffeNewtown

“It’s good, I’d like it to be more.”

Letters on issues of community interest are welcomed. Guide-lines 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 publica-tion. Send or fax them to the address on page two, or email them to [email protected]. Please note that your name and street ad-dress must also be provided in emails.

LETTERS to the editor

Dear Ed, It seems as though every

single school in the area is having a fair at the moment!

I can barely keep up with them all. My problem is that I love going to all of them,

but sometimes I just can’t get to them all.

Perhaps the schools could consider spreading them out throughout the year, and working with each other to make sure they don’t over-

lap. People can still go to fairs in Winter after all; hot chocs would sell quickly!

Sincerely, R. Cunningham

So many fairs, so little time


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Wellington City Councillors have been updated on the implementation of their decision to bring parking services in-house.

Wellington Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown, says it is good to see progress on im-plementing Council’s decision to bring parking services in-house.

“Council reviewed its service delivery of parking in November 2013 and we unanimously voted to bring the service in-house for a range of reasons,” she says.

“Bringing the parking services in house makes sense from ambassado-rial, technological, fi nancial and human resources points of view, providing better value for money with savings of around $200,000 in annual operating costs and better oversight on parking operations.”

The Council’s Chief Executive, Kevin Lavery, told Councillors that wardens and other staff employed by Parkwise will have the opportunity to apply for new positions at Wellington City Council.

“While aspects of the new Parking Services will be the same as the current Parkwise offi cers’ roles, there will be extra expectations on the parking offi cers including the city ambassadorial role and an ability to use new technology.”

Mr Lavery says he encourages all Parkwise wardens to apply and says they will be guaranteed an interview.

“The key driver is to get the best people for the new roles. We will advertise and the offi cers will be part of a recruitment

process run by an external recruitment fi rm. This will ensure a fair and inde-pendent process is held.

“We are happy to talk to the incumbent wardens to explain the process, what will be expected from the new roles, and encourage and support them to apply.”

Job descriptions for the new role will be advertised on Wellington City Council’s website in April.

Councillors updated on new parking decision


Twenty-five lucky students from Evans Bay Intermediate School will have the opportunity to collaborate with a group of 12 Japanese students in an art project next month.

The project, which will span over a week, will see all students creating a mural on a wall by the Kilbirnie Bowling Club.

The project has been made possible by the Asia NZ Foundation and the International Childrens’ Friendship Association (ICFA).

Each year the ICFA work to encourage the creative ability of children through paintings and wall painting projects. Since 1980 they have organised several collaborative paint-ing projects between children in Japan and overseas, including Mexico, China, USA, Canada and Australia.

Student leaders from Evans Bay Intermedi-ate will host the students for the duration of their stay, and say they are excited at the op-portunity to learn more about a new culture.

“It’s quite cool because we are going to be working with people from another part of the world, and we don’t normally have that opportunity at such a young age. I am hoping it will broaden my cultural horizons,” says year 8 student Rebecca Poi.

“I’m excited because I have wanted to do big things with my art. Most of my art is Japanese art, which is what I am into so I want to see what it is like working with other people,” says year 8 student Agni Sen.

“I want to study in Japan when I am older and I am hoping this experience will help in the future.”

The project will kick off on March 26.

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The group of 25 students who will be involved in an art project with Japanese students next month.

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After a short hiatus the Lyall Bay School Fair is back this year, and promises to deliver food and fun.

The school typically holds their fair every year, but they took a break last year, and coordinator Tania Slater says they are excited to come back in force this year.

She says it is also the perfect opportunity for the school to show off their new classrooms and grounds, which were com-pleted at the end of last year.

Tania says they have chosen

to go with an evening event so people can come along and have their dinner and some fun.

There will be a wide variety of food on offer including Indian, Greek, Japanese, French Crepes, sausage sizzle, burgers, cakes, desserts and their famous Lyall Bay Hangi.

She says one of the highlights of this year’s event is there silent auction, which is running as a live auction, and anyone who is interested already has the op-portunity to start bidding.

Items up for auction include dinner at Logan Brown, a trip

to the South Island and even a trampoline.

They will also hold a Lyall Bay X-Factor event for children at the school.

“It is nice for the kids to be a part of it, this is the fi rst time we have had a Lyall Bay X Factor, and it’s very exciting.”

Money raised from the fair will go towards ICT equiptment for the school, and the fair will go ahead rain, hail or shine.

For more information on the auction, head to www.lyallbay-schoolfair.guesswhat.co.nz

Lily Teahen, Harry Slater-Hodgkinson, Bradley Henderson, Nicholas Slater-Hodgkinson, Noah Teahen, Ava Mooij and Katie Henderson are all looking forward to the upcoming Lyall Bay School fair.

Lyall Bay School Fair back

As the city’s population grows, minimising conges-tion while ensuring safety for pedestrians and cyclists will be high priorities.

The city’s location and ter-rain means that rather than expand the road network, the Wellington City Council need to fi nd other solutions to ensure that goods and services can be moved in and out of the city with ease and so people and businesses can connect.

The council’s aim is to provide reliable and sustain-able services, offer choice of transport mode, and make it easier to get around.

Their approach accommo-dates all modes of transport – cars, trucks, trains, buses, bicycles and walking. The council say they want peo-ple to feel confident about switching transport modes and less reliant on using private cars.

By focusing more inten-sive residential development around places of work, shops and other facilities in key

centres, they aim to improve access to public transport and also reduce the need to travel.

The Wellington City Coun-cil are combining efforts with Greater Wellington Re-gional Council on the Public Transport Spine Study. The outcome of this study will help guide future investment in the city’s public transport network.

The NZ Transport Agency plans on investing hundreds of millions of dollars over the next eight years on a range of state highway projects including the Basin Reserve, Memorial Park, Inner City Bypass enhancements and the Buckle Street to Cobham Drive project, including a second Mount Victoria tun-nel.

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Students from low decile schools around the city will get a different experience when they visit Wellington Zoo from now on, thanks to a generous donation from The Warehouse.

Just over $25,000 was given to the zoo to help children take part in and experience conservation-based learning programmes as part of The Warehouse Zoofari.

Funding from the country’s largest retail group was a result of in-store fundraising that was secured over the last few years.

Wellington Zoo chief execu-tive Karen Fifi eld says all kids should have the chance to con-nect with nature on a personal level, and the unique learning environment at Wellington Zoo can help them do just that.

”We’re incredibly grateful for the support of The Warehouse

on this project. [It] is a wonder-ful result and will go a long way in helping us achieve this goal,” Ms Fifi eld says.

She says both organisations are very involved in the com-munity and the programme is a fantastic initiative that aims to make zoo-based learning as accessible to our community as possible.

A spokesperson from The Warehouse says the zoo has developed some very exciting new precincts that children will have great fun visiting, and they will have a great learning expe-rience thanks to the funding.

All money goes to decile 1-3 schools and as well as assisting with the learning programme, it will go towards paying for transport costs to Wellington Zoo.

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The NZ Masters Netball games were held at the indoor Edgar Centre in Dunedin ear-lier this year, and local Wel-lington women’s teams found success in both the junior (41+) and senior (46+) categories.

Both of the “Diehards” teams had one loss each during pre-liminary play in the tourna-ment but were able to qualify for the playoffs.

A very close competition showed no team went through unbeaten but it was “do or die” once the quarter and semi-fi nals came around.

Both teams battled their way to the fi nals in their respective categories.

The teams supported each other with the seniors, playing fi rst, were able to pull through with a seven goal win against the Auckland Mullets, claim-ing the gold after losing to their foe by 4 goals in the fi rst round.

The juniors followed suit with their fi ght for the Gold and kept the lead throughout the game to come away with an eight goal win.

Throughout the tournament, the girls had a great time to-

gether and once the tourna-ment was over, it was off to the Games Village for some celebrating.

Both teams are current Pre-mier Players who will be play-ing in the Wellington Netball winter series at the ASB Sports Centre.

The senior team will say goodbye to Raylene Cum-mins, who at 58 years has now decided to retire with her Gold Medal in hand to focus on cycling and tramping.

Local Wellington Netball Teams Claim Gold

The Diehard netball team

By Joe DiehlCook Strait News Intern

The Worser Bay Life Sav-ing Club has transformed from being a club that strug-gled to attract members.

Now they are a club that brought 20 kids to the New Zealand Under 14 Surf Lifesaving Championships held at Mt Maunganui last month.

Club Chairman Grant Rae says that after attending the championships for the past two years and failing to medal, the five med-als the club won this year reflect the progress they have made.

Junior Coordinator Sue Mellsop says the club has a lot of history marked with a lot of success.

“It’s the third oldest club in the country.”

Grant adds that “it was a powerhouse in the 1970s.”

In rebuilding the club’s prestige and membership, Grant and Sue say they have created a vision based on community and support.

They appreciate the help

they receive from the parents and stress the im-portance of them getting involved with their kids in the water.

They also hired a new head coach two years ago, Lizzie Buckenburg, who they say has helped moti-vate the kids to do well.

Sue says she was particu-larly impressed with the fact that everyone all achieved to the best of their abilities at some level at the Cham-pionships, which shows the great job that Lizzie and the kids have done training for the last six months.

Sue adds that it was nice to get recognition from producing medalists from the club.

“It puts you up on stage.” Grant says he would like

to get more people involved with the club, either as lifeguards or life saving members.

“Success will come as the club continues to thrive.”

For interested people, head over to www.worser-baylsc.org.nz

Club has new lease of life

By Joe DiehlCook Strait News Intern

Sean Register and Sophie Irving have made the Maranui Lifesaving Club proud after earning a combined fi ve gold and silver medals at the New Zealand Under 14 Surf Life-saving Championships held at Mt Maunganui last month.

Sean won the gold at the surf race and silver at the run-swim-run event while Sophie captured gold in the run-swim-run and received a silver medal in both the surf race and diamond race.

Each race requires a unique skill set, with the run-swim-run testing kids’ ability to excel at both run-ning and swimming, while the surf race tests swimming skills and the diamond race puts paddling skills to the test.

Head Coach Chris Mirk says Sean and Sophie should be very proud of themselves having gone against over 100 kids in each event before reach-ing the fi nal rounds of 16 people.

Because the surf there was so big (waves were over two metres high), Chris says he gave Sean and Sophie pointers about getting in and out

of different conditions before they went out.

Both Sean and Sophie said it felt good to win, and Sophie says when she went back to school her whole class stood up and clapped for her.

“My friends knew all about it,” Sean says.

It was also Sean’s birthday during the competition, so winning the gold medal was an extra birthday present.

They both plan on returning to the competition next year and defending their titles.

Sophie says she is going to give “110 percent.”

Chris says both Sean and Sophie are great all around athletes and would make great lifeguards.

Chris says the club had 14 top ten fi nishes and placed 12th out of 42 teams, including being the top team from Wellington.

“Wellington kids are at a disadvan-tage because of the small surf here.”

Chris says he is looking forward to continuing to be competitively successful while teaching life skills to the kids.

It’s about giving kids confi dence to go out in the surf and have skills to perform a rescue.”

Surf Lifesaving SuccessSean and Sophie with their medals.

By Joe Diehl Cook Strait News Intern

Local student Sam Brown from Miramar captured fi rst place at the State La Grande State Ocean Swim in Christchurch for his age group on February 22.

He says he beat around 67 other com-petitors in the 200 metre ocean swim.

Sam says winning made him feel amazed and excited.

“I was just going as hard as I could.” His mother, Sarah Bullock says she

is proud of her son for his accomplish-ments and feels he deserved the victory.

“It’s always nice when your kids are rewarded for their effort.”

For winning, Sam qualifi es for the 2014 Jetstar Super Swim Squad, which is a once-in-a-lifetime experience where qualifying members from across the country get to attend a three-day weekend squad camp in Auckland with New Zealand Olympic swimmers this April.

Sam says he is excited to be around some Olympians and hopefully im-prove even more.

Sarah says the race had extra meaning to her because it marked the anniver-sary of the Christchurch earthquakes,

which affected her family. She says it will be refreshing to have

some positive memories of that date.She also adds that Sam’s grandmother

attended the race, and she said she was the proudest grandma in the world.

Although he is just ten years old, Sam is a very accomplished swimmer hav-ing won competitions as a member of the Maranui Live Saving Club as well as participating in the Junior Nationals.

He started swimming when he was six months old and has a bright future ahead of him, starting with the chance to learn from some of the world’s best swimmers.

Star swimmer wins big Sam Brown captured fi rst place at the State La Grande State Ocean Swim in Christchurch last month.

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