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UNDER INVESTIGATION: Newtown six year old Lachlan Horton is determined to find his missing remote control flying bird. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

By Sam DuffJust like every other youngster during the fes-

tive season, six year old Lachlan Horton from Newtown could not wait to unwrap his Christmas presents.

When he found himself the lucky recipient of a remote control fl ying bird from his Uncle, Lachlan says he was very excited.

But on just the second outing for his prized new possession, Lachlan’s brand spanking new toy fl ew away from him – literally.

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Continued from page 1Lachlan’s new gadget was a remote

control angry bird – a toy spin-off of the addictive video game of the same name.

The Newtown School pupil says it was just the second time he had played with the toy when things went wrong.

“We were trying to get it to work but it just had its own mind,” he says.

As little Lachlan stood watching-on helplessly from the ground his Christmas present fl ew higher and higher, over some nearby trees before disappearing out of sight.

“It just decided to fly all by itself,” Lachlan says. “It didn’t have a come-back button.”

Before it disappeared completely Lachlan says he had a plan for making it work properly the next time round.

“I was going to try and have another go and try to have its mind attached to my mind so I could control it.”

After the disappearance Lachlan says he spent hours trying to fi nd his runaway present.

Lachlan’s mother Bonnie says the family had been excited to play with the present.

“I felt a bit gutted for him,” she says. Bonnie says she was proud of Lachlan

when he came out of his room one night having made his own posters to track down the toy.

“He didn’t tell us he was making them until he asked us for our phone number.”

Lachlan has posted up his posters at the Wellington Zoo end of Newtown and hopes a member of the public will come across his missing toy and contact the Cook Strait News.

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Move over Doctor Zhivago, Meredith Grey and Dr. Dre – there are two new general practitioners in town.

Dr Nina Baker and Dr Ken Looi are both eager to dish out some health advice as they become the two newest doctors at the Miramar Peninsula Medical Centre.

Nina says she and her husband have recently moved to Wellington from Christchurch for her husband’s job.

“We also wanted to be closer to family again,” says Nina, who grew up in Wel-lington and went to Newlands School.

“I like the culture and the vibe in Wel-lington.”

She says she wanted to become a general practitioner so that she could have conti-nuity of care with her patients.

“I enjoy the face to face interaction with people and watching them grow up.”

Nina says she likes focusing on women’s health and adolescents.

Ken, who lives in Johnsonville, says he fell into being a doctor after leaving school at 17 and deciding to study health

WHITE COATS: Dr Nina Baker and Dr Ken Looi have both recently started working at the Mirmar Peninsula Medical Centre. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

science.The variety in general practice is a big

part of why he enjoys his job, Ken says.“I can’t see myself being focused on one

thing,” he says. “I like the variety.”For the past six years Ken says he has

lived in Australia.“I trained in New Zealand but I went to

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“I like Wellington much better.”

WHERE OH WHERE: Lachlan Horton, 6, and his mother Bonnie Horton want to track down Lachlan’s fl yaway toy. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

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The dog days are not over for terminally ill Nicole Doriguzzi, who has quit her job and is fl ying to Chile in just under two weeks to feed, water, clean, and nurse abandoned canines.

Born with Cystic Fibrosis, the 26-year-old Mount Victoria resident has a passion for animals, which started when she used to play with the dogs on her grandmother’s Christchurch farm.

She started volunteering at Tasman Street Vet Centre when she was just 12-years-old, and began training as a vet nurse when she was 16. She has been volunteering at the Wellington SPCA in Newtown, fostering animals and lending a hand when she can.

“Over Christmas I found a half dead hedgehog on the street, so I brought him inside and nursed him to health.”

Describing herself as “the kind of person where if I know something needs to be done, I’ll do it,” Nicole has spent all the money she has on return fl ights to Santiago, beginning her two-month rescue mission.

The trip is not as simple as it could be – she has an intravenous drip feeding antibiotics in through her arm in an effort to drain liquid from her lungs before she leaves. She also has to travel with no health insurance.

However, Nicole is aware of the risks and says news of her trip has spread rapidly, with people giving her contacts for English speaking doctors in Santiago.

“There is a huge unwanted dog population there. They’ve made a landfi ll where people dump their dogs.”

Nicole explains that in Chile, people buy puppies, yet when they get too big they are dumped – they have not been neutered or spayed, so they keep producing.

“Meanwhile, the family has gone and bought another puppy because it is a cute object – and the cycle continues.

“They have so many stray dogs – they’re like possums to the Chilean culture.

“Some locals feed them poison and glass. It breaks my heart.”

She says the fi rst thing she is doing when she arrives is buying dog food. Nicole will also be taking over medication to sterilize them, and has talked to the local shelters to see what else can be done – although she says she speaks little Spanish.

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As she goes about her journey she will be uploading videos and photos to her Facebook profi le, and is hoping she can gain more support through her Give A Lit-tle page, saying all money will go towards dog food and treatment for the homeless canines.

“They have so many stray dogs – they’re like possums to the Chilean culture.”

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I have spent 25 years in local and central government. I was an urban transport planner. I spent ten years working for the Defence Force in airport plan-ning. That’s why I have such an interest in the airport extension.

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The main reason was I could not believe how dysfunctional our elected officials were around the council table. I kept complaining to people around me and they said ‘put up or shut up.’

What is the most frustrating thing about the job?

It’s a strength and a weakness – the council is made up of 14 plus one very different people. There isn’t enough strategic vision around the council. A lot of people are more concerned about trying to please the very

vocal few.What is the best part?If you want to you can get a lot

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Will you run again?Yes, I will run again. I think

two terms is about right. I’m a fan of fi xed terms. Three could be the absolute max. You start to lose your effectiveness.

Have some councillors been around too long?

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That scares me. I just don’t have the energy or the years to do it. It’s never crossed my mind.

What rating would you give the current council out of ten?

Just under fi ve. As governors

we’re supposed to show stra-tegic vision, confidence and leadership. I don’t think we show that. There’re a number of people who are already positioning for their mayoralty campaigns in 2016.

After a little more than a year in the job, the Cook Strait News is catching up with the new eastern and southern ward councillors to talk council, the mayoralty and how they are enjoying the job. First up we talk with former young Nat and city planner, turned Green party member and Brooklyn resident David Lee. Sam Duff reports.

Get ready to hit the streets and party – the usual community festivals are on their way and it is time to eat, drink and be jolly.

Throughout February and March the various com-munitys throughout Wellington will be going head to head to see who can attract the most visitors to their corner of the world.

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Just over 100 people with a disability, injury or illness found employment in Wellington in the last year through the Workbridge employment agency.

Workbridge Area Manager Keay Bishop says it is heartening.

“Last year many of these people started the year uncertain about their future. This year they can make plans based on having steady employment and income,” she says.

The 2013 census shows that 61 per cent of disabled people of working age are employed, compared to 76 per cent of non-disabled people.

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Searching the term vajazzle on the internet brings up much more than just the new short fi lm made by a Miramar actress and director.

Nathalie Boltt, who moved to Wellington from South Africa in 2006, once starred in a South African soap opera and has more recently been in movie District 9 and TVNZ show Step Dave.

Vajazzle, which Nathalie has written, directed and stars in, is about a woman who goes to extreme lengths to tidy her nether regions for a night with her hus-band.

When she discovers he is drink-ing heavily with his mates at the pub she sets her mind on revenge.

Nathalie says Vajazzle is a very cheeky short fi lm which has been made through crowd funding website PledgeMe.

“We did a teaser video and we had so much fun,” she says. “The more we showed it to people the more they got excited.”

Nathalie says the idea for the fi lm goes back to her childhood and watching her own mother go through the pain of keeping her body hair maintained.

“As a kid I would see the pain and ask ‘why would she put herself through that?’

“We used to make little animals

WHAT A RIDE: Miramar actress and director Nathalie Boltt has worked on everything from a South African soap opera to The Wotwots. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

from all the left over wax and hair in the cold water,” she says. “We thought it was fantastic for our entertainment.”

Nathalie was a regular character on South Africa’s soap opera Isidingo for four years in which she played a journalist.

The show is known in South Africa for covering controversial issues such as Aids and the fi rst interracial kiss seen on television there, Nathalie says.

After a career of starring in other

people’s projects Nathalie says she wanted more control, somebody told her to stop moaning and do something about it. So she started making her own fi lms.

She now makes up one quarter of Wellington production company Rodrigo Films, alongside her hus-band and another couple.

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Wellington bid farewell to well-known architect Sir Ian Athfi eld recently when he died at the age of 74.

Sir Ian, who was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours list, spent most of his life and career in Wellington, where he designed some of the most prominent buildings.

His Khandallah cliff-top home is one of his quirky de-signs, with his style described as distinctive, innovative, and eclectic by many.

The Nikau Palms are a city icon, and the Wellingtonian’s designs also included the

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An Island Bay gift shop, which is also a health and well-being centre, has upped sticks and moved down the road.

Willemijn Vermaat from KoruHub says the shop and wellbeing centre has been in Island Bay since it was started by artists from the Learning Connexion 12 years ago.

These days she says KoruHub is a bit less about the art and more about the health and wellbeing side of things.

Just before Christmas there was a change in circumstances for KoruHub, which is also run by Jackie and Alex Rodriguez, as they were forced to move from their former premises and set-up a new store.

“It came as a bit of a shock but has been a blessing in disguise,” Alex says.

Willemijn says they are still located on The Parade in Island Bay but are now closer to Avon Street.

Jackie says KoruHub is now more of a hub, with about nine health and wellbeing practitioners, which included massage therapists and refl ex-ologists, renting rooms on a regular basis to see clients.

Willemijn says KoruHub now have a room which will be used by the community for various groups, including a mother’s group.

In the future KoruHub will hopefully be run by a com-munity trust, Alex says.

Hub relocates

NEW DIGS: Jackie Rodriguez, Willemjn Vermaat and Alex Rodriguez from KoruHub in Island Bay. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

A couple of local lads, Josh Stewart and Liam Simes, were both awarded the Chief Scout award recently.

The boys were presented with the awards, which are given to scouts who have made an out-standing achievement in their Scouting lives, by Councillor David Lee.

Only four Chief Scout’s Awards have been achieved by Brooklyn Scouts in the last 30 years – there were two awards

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In presenting the award, David acknowledged Josh's determina-tion to put in the hours to get the award.

Liam, also year ten at Welling-ton High, was unable to attend the awards but was given it be-

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At the ceremony last week the Brooklyn Scouts also took the opportunity to formally open their new kitchen.

Gillian Boyes says the kitchen, built with the assistance of a grant from Karori Brooklyn Community Charitable Trust, will enable the group to ex-pand the cooking skills of their Scouts.

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An Evans Bay Intermediate student has won a $3,500 scholarship through her talent with a violin.

Elianta Jalliet, 13, has been playing the violin for the past four years and was recently named the winner of the FFFF Trust scholarship.

“I was really excited to see that I had won,” Elianta says.

The trust has $7000 available each year in the form of three tertiary scholarships for the arts, according to FFFF Trust chairman Paul Franken.

Fellow EBIS students Alexandra Mei Ling Cater and John Shea, both from Miramar, came second and third respectively.

Alexandra won $2100 and John $1400, to use for tertiary education.

Originally from Canada, Elianta moved to Wel-lington with her family a year ago and says she loves playing the violin.

“I really like it because you don’t just have one way to play,” she says. “You have different ways of playing and I enjoy learning them.”

Elianta says she particularly enjoys playing clas-sical and folk music.

“I quite enjoy playing the fi ddle.”To be considered for the scholarship Elianta says

she had to write a letter about herself and audition twice in front of judges.

The judging for the scholarships was done by EBIS students Lufi Lene, Anneka Hutt, Libby McIntyre-Reet and last year’s winner Niva Shee-han.

Elianta, who is starting at Wellington High School this year, says she would like to use the scholarship money earlier than normal and fi nd a local violin teacher.

When she fi nished her schooling Elianta says she would like to be a teacher, but would also like to study music.

Elianta plays her way to a winVIOLIN SUPREME: Elianta Jalliet, from Houghton Bay, has won $3,500 for her violin skills. PHOTO CREDIT: Maxence Jalliet

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Q: Does the Wellington City Council do a good job at keeping our streets clean and tidy?

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

Letters on issues of com-munity interest are wel-comed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words. They must be signed and a street ad-dress 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 ad-dress on page two, or email them to [email protected]. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.

Louise Brownlee, Mornington

“Not very good. We just drove round the South Coast and there was rubbish all over the streets. They could do a better job.”

Rose Sealy, Miramar

“Generally they do very very well.”

Gordon Revell, Lyall Bay

“It’s not very good. Lots of rubbish seems to collect on Onepu Road (Kilbirnie) and they haven’t come down for ages.”

Isobell Brownlee, Mornington

“They could do a better job. There’s rubbish everywhere in town.”

Alex Brownlee, Mornington

“It’s pretty gross.”

Bernadette Takacs, Strathmore Park

“Compared with other places in the world our streets are very clean and tidy.”

LETTERS to the editor continued on page 9


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Dear Ed, Councillor Si-mon Marsh says he had no ‘lowlights’ as councillor in 2014 (CSN, Jan 12) but at the same time wants to progress the airport exten-sion in 2015.

Given that the airport ex-tension probably contains the heaviest assumptions favouring the status quo in Wellington local body politics, as a focus of the so-called ‘Airport Master Plan’, I’d recommend Mr Marsh get more serious

about that one.To advance toward a

more sustainable culture there will need to be less air transport not more, and the Airport Master Plan can be seen as an attempt to avoid that reality.

This issue must become central to the discussion of Wellington’s future.

And that discussion is part of a national and global discussion.

Richard Keller, Kilbirnie

LOWLIGHT: The area in Lyall Bay where the proposed 300 metre Welling-ton Airport runway extension would be located. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

Runway not advancing towards sustainable culture

Dear Ed, the recent article by Mr Duff (CSN, January 12) about litter in Newtown has prompted me to write to you.

I have lived in Newtown now for many years.

The amount of litter and graffi ti has defi nitely increased over the past few years.

I used to email the Council, but have now given up, as they do nothing about it.

I have lived in many places in NZ over the years, and Newtown has defi nitely become the grubbiest.

Russell Taylor, Newtown

Newtown the grubbiest

Dear Ed, might I comment on a few items of your January 12 issue?

Yes, the consensus seems al-ways to have been that New Year good resolutions are futile, and soon broken.

However, it might be more feasible to make bad resolutions: they are easy to keep; and one would feel virtuous when break-ing them!

About the photo of the wee boy inspecting his recorder, yes, it's a charming picture; but I can't

stand that instrument. About 1952, our Education

Department got the hare-brained notion of reviving it as an in-expensive one for school kids. (It's mentioned in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and other English literature of the 16th and 17th Centuries.)

Well, it sounds bloody awful, which is probably why it had, for about 200 years, mostly been relegated to museums, and ought to have mouldered there for all time!

Yes, it's sad that the Strathmore op shop is being closed down; but our nearby Miramar has a few very good op shops.

I've bought some very fi ne used things from the two in Miramar Avenue, and have donated some good-quality "white elephants" of mine to both of them, over the eight years I've lived in Miramar.

I think most of us thank God for op-shops and the kind donors who supply the stock they sell at reasonable prices.

H Westfold, Miramar

A critique from Mr WestfoldDear Ed, if the Kilbirnie

Business Network want to be involved with the planning for the Kilbirnie Festival (CSN, January 19) this year for a change, then that seems okay, but why are they being so underhanded about it?

They say they want the festival be related to the Kil-birnie community, and Martin Wilson, organizer for the last 19 years, says the festival is about promoting how wonder-

ful the area is.Those seem quite similar

and indicate, there should be room for discussion about the format of the festival.

But the Kilbirnie Business Network has apparently not made any effort to contact Mr Wilson. This has the look of a hidden agenda by the Network. What's going on here KBN?

Richard Keller, Lyall Bay

Kilbirnie Festival causes a stir

Dear Ed, if you think Newtown is a mess you should see the streets in Seatoun Heights!

As you come up the hill from Seatoun the weeds are so high you can’t see small cars coming down the hill.

When you turn around

into Fettes Crescent the gutters are running red and all the sumps are com-pletely blocked with leaves and Pohutakawa fl owers.

It isn’t just our area it is everywhere you go.

We have just about given up ringing about it as all

the Council are interested in is the big jobs costing millions.

We haven’t had a tidy suburb since we lost Leonie Gill.

Neil and Betty Johnstone, Seatoun

Seatoun Heights messier than Newtown


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LETTERS to the editor continued on page 12

Dear Ed, I try to follow good advice.

When I retired I got rid of the car to save the $10,000 per year.

I now rely on my pension and money I carefully saved in the bank over 40 years.

Now I am told that the drop in the price of petrol (which I no longer use) may negate any CPI increase of my pension.

I am sure that the low bank rate is good for the country, but the bank never asked my opinion nor permission to lower the interest rate.

The boss in the Reserve Bank, whose possibly low wages I pay, apparently has the authority to tell the bank what to do with my money.

What I thought was a contractual agreement, has

decimated my monthly bank interest income.

Do you have any more ad-vice Mr Key?

I am interested to hear that you will save money to house buyers by ripping up the RMA.

Did you know that ripping up the Crimes Act will sta-tistically greatly reduce the crime rate in the country?

Any politician would like to take credit for this in his pre-election propaganda.

May the Queen or her rep-resentative refuse consent for an unreasonable, non-democratic law proposal.

God defend, no save, New Zealand

Paul Franken, Strathmore Park

God defend New Zealand

view the Cook Strait News online wsn.co.nz

Wellington has been labelled one of the world’s hottest cities for 2015 by the United Kingdom’s national broadcaster.

The BBC says Wellington at-tracts more than its fair share of visitors and that it has a funky, creative vibe.

Published on the broadcaster’s website last week the article says both outdoors enthusiasts and movie buffs fl ock to spots featured in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

“Not only does Wellington have a bustling café and craft beer scene, but in 2015 the city of 200,000 people is celebrating its 150th year as New Zealand’s capital.”

The article notes that the central business district is seriously cool and there are more than a dozen independent coffee roasters.

There is a strong community vibe can be felt throughout Wel-lington’s nearby suburbs, the story says.

Visitors, who are fi lm buffs, are advised to check-out Miramar where Weta film studios and Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson call home.

Other cities that made the list include Nizwa in Oman, Chennei in India, Salta in Argentina and Johannesburg in South Africa. Is Wellington one of the world’s hottest cities? What makes the capital a cool place to live? Email [email protected] and let us know what you think.

Wellington funky, creative - BBC

HOTTEST CITY: The BBC says Wellington attracts more than its fair share of visitors. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

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2015 will start with ChoreoLab and ChoreoCo, both initia-tives for contemporary dancers and the professional Footnote company.

Chinese New Year, Feb 14/15, will open with a special collabo-rative work "Sharing" directed by Deirdre Tarrant for danc-ers from the Deirdre Tarrant Dance Theatre youth project and two dancers travelling here especially from Xiamen, China.

A project that explores young ideas and experiences in two very different cultures "Shar-ing" will feature music by Eden Mulholland and Craig Denham and Design by Stan Chan and Jane Ferguson.

The City to Sea Museum cel-ebrates Anna Pavlova and her

visit to Wellington in 1926 on Feb 19th and Tarrant dancers will feature in this event.

In March 28/29 comes Cuba Kaleidoscope – a big weekend and a celebration of the studio building with performances and installations that will be gener-ated from the amazing people that make dance happen there. Syllabi of the Royal Academy of Dance and IDTA are taught in children's and senior classes and a wide range of dance styles, recreation adult classes and rehearsals happen up these stairs as well.

The Projekt Team will bring a new street /hip hop energy and style to the weekly class timeta-ble alongside BellyDance with Traysi, Salsa with Roderigo, Folk Dance with Sonja Petrie and Adult Ballet with Kathiy Watson.

The dancing day is full at the city studios at 125 Cuba Street!

The end of the dancing year for 2014 was a real highlight – not only with a lot of wonderful examination results for students but also with Nutcracker – on-stage at the Opera House and a lovely Christmas ballet to end the year. Everyone had their time centre stage and everyone was a

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There are plans to restage the Nutcracker in July this year as part of the celebration of 'Wellington 150 years' so these talented dancers will have a chance to revisit the most special party of all and the touchstone ballet moments in the Snow Scene and Kingdom of Sweets. Creativity and lateral thinking are life skills and confidence and curiosity are really practical assets gained from dance and the friendships last forever.

The motto of the studio and aim of every class taught by ex-perienced and energised teach-ers is - Love Dancing! Come dance with us!

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Who would you least like to have a meal with?

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

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Dear Ed, How childish! I refer to S Coppard’s letter (CSN, January 19).

When some people don’t get their way, they throw their toys out of the cot and then seek to blame someone.

Coppard needs to learn that life is not just about winning and losing, it’s about compromise. Eagle is the best Councillor we’ve had in the south for decades – re-placing the Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown

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Footpath and road markings in New-town and Berhampore are ugly and should be removed after construction work has been done, according to an angry Berhampore resident.

The resident, who wants to stay anony-mous, spoke to the Cook Strait News last week about what he calls ugly road markings.

“If you walk anywhere in Newtown, you see them everywhere,” he says. “We can do better.”

The man says one of the worst spots for the road markings is where Dawson Street meets Adelaide Road.

The markings are used by construction contractors to map where work needs to

be done under ground, from electricity to water.

“I have been here for six or seven months and no work has been done,” he says.

Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean says areas where paint is used to guide workers on where footpath and roads need to be dug up.

The paint marks will be obliterated after the work is complete, Richard says.

The resident says when the markings are fi rst made they look good as it looks like art but it is not good enough to be permanent. Is Wellington City Council keeping the streets clean and tidy or could they do better? Email [email protected] and let us know what you think.

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A Berhampore resident is upset about Wellington City Council not removing construction markings. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

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Like many young New Zealand-ers I was raised watching Corona-tion Street with my grandparents.

Every Tuesday and Thursday night at 8.30pm, just as the credits started to role the phone would ring.

My Nana and I would then spend the following hour chatting on the phone about Ken Barlow’s latest affair, Mike Baldwin’s dirty dealings and which characters we couldn’t stand.

So last week as the news broke that Anne Kirkbride, who played Deirdre Barlow for more than 40 years, had died, it felt like the death of somebody we all know rather well.

While many friends come and go

the fact that we have known what Deirdre has been doing week in week out for the past 44 years is quite remarkable.

Remember when Deirdre was arrested? Remember when Deirdre slept with Dev? Remember when Deirdre remarried Ken?

While Coronation Street is cer-tainly not as enthralling as it used to be, and I have since stopped trying to keep up with who owns the Rovers, there is still something special about Coro.

As we change jobs, houses and friends it is comforting to think that those big characters, such as Ken, Sally Gail and Rita, are still out there living their lives and we can catch up with them anytime.

Every day our roving reporter Sam Duff breaks news and meets locals throughout the Eastern and South-ern suburbs, from Lyall Bay beach to the cafes of Newtown. Each week he shares a few tales from his travels.

From the Reporter’s desk

Greetings, my name is Judith and I live with my comrades Lloyd, Rocket and Susie in what appears to be a large hollow glass cube. It is unbearable.

I have appointed myself the leader of our small mission to escape, once and for all, from this uninhabitable world that we have found ourselves in.

Having been here the longest I have felt the need to take the others under my wing and give them moral guidance.

We live a half-life, miserable, trapped and alone.

Our days are spent waiting. We wait for the man in the big red jersey to

feed us food. He sneaks it to us as the other captors are distracted. We like him.

The woman with the brown hair keeps guard, monitoring our move-ments. She frightens us the most. Her eyes are devoid of any human emotion. One day she will snap.

To keep the comrades from going mad in captivity I have implemented a strict regime.

We begin the morning with laps before spending time cleaning the living quarters. It is a grim existence.

We know this will not last forever. We continue to plot our escape. Wait-ing for the perfect time. We will enact our revenge.

Meet...Judith

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fact of the week:The "lady" in ladybug refers to the Virgin Mary. Legend has it that crops in Eu-rope during the Middle Ages were plagued by pests, so the farmers began praying to the Blessed Lady, the Virgin Mary. Soon, the farmers started seeing ladybugs in their fi elds, and the crops were miracu-lously saved from the pests.

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15Monday January 26, 2015SPORT

SPORTS INBRIEF

National sailing and boating dayIt is time to hit the water – Worser Bay Boating Club will take part in the Volvo National Sailing and Boating Day in February.The club, based in Marine Parade, Seatoun, is taking part in the nationwide initiative from Yachting New Zealand to celebrate the sport.The public will have the chance to check-out a few boats, talk with club members and even have a go themselves.The Volvo National Sailing and Boating day will be held at the Worser Bay Boating Club from 10am till 3pm on Sunday February 1.

Floorball quali� ers for localA young Wellington local is in Melbourne with the New Zealand Women’s Floorball team.New Zealand has sent a 14 player strong Women’s Floorball team to Melbourne to compete in the World Floorball Championships Quali� cation for the � rst time.The top three teams will go on to play in the World Cup Finals in Tampere, Finland.Sophie Scott, 19, is travelling with the team and says she started playing the game about four years ago.Floorball is a type of hockey played indoors with plastic sticks and a light weight plastic ball with holes.

Tafua takes part in fun runParalysed local rugby player Seti Tafua is planning on taking part in the Cigna Round the Bays.The former Poneke Football Club player was left paralysed in 2012 after a rugby injury but has since taught himself to walk with one crutch.The 26 year old says he will take to his wheelchair to take part in the 6.5km run on February 22.

Hitting the trackAthletes from around the region gathered at Newtown Park on Friday for the Capital Classic Track and Field Meeting.The results were not available to the Cook Strait News before this edition went to print.At least six Commonwealth games athletes were con� rmed to compete at the event.

Young Island Bay athlete Phoebe Edwards has jumped herself to a personal best high jump record, which has also seen her qualify for the World Youths High Jump Competition in Colombia.

The 16 year old Wellington East Girls’ student went to Wanganui last week to attend the Cooks Classic, part of the Athletics New Zealand Grand Prix 2015 series.

At the Cooks Classic Phoebe also took part in the shot put competition

in which she got as far as 10.55m. Phoebe is already the top U18 high

jumper in New Zealand and she is the second ranked woman in New Zealand behind Keeley O’Hagen.

In March Phoebe will head to Sydney where she will compete in the Australian Junior Champion-ships. Last year she won the U17 high jump at the Australian Juniors.

On Friday Phoebe took part in Wellington’s own Capital Classic competition where she took part

in the women’s high jump, 100m hurdles and the women’s 200m. The results were not yet available when the Cook Strait News went to print.

In December Edwards took part in the National Secondary Schools championships where she picked up titles in the 100m hurdles, high jump and long jump.

Speaking to the Cook Strait News last year Phoebe said she had her heart set on going to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Edwards jumps to personal best

JUMPING HIGH: Phoebe Edwards, from Island Bay, has done a personal best 1.77 metre high jump at the Cooks Classic in Wanganui.

By Sam Duff

A pair of Miramar residents will head to Los Angeles in July where they will compete in the Special Olympics World Games 2015.

Trevor Hetherington says he has been playing the sport of bocce, a similar game to petanque, for the past four or fi ve years.

“I decided to come along and have a go,” he says. “I enjoyed it.”

Ann Lilley, who is not special needs, will travel with Trevor and also com-pete at the games as his unifi ed partner.

The concept of unifi ed partners is a recent development for the Special Olympics in which teams are made-up of athletes with and without intel-lectual disabilities.

Ann, who has been involved in the Special Olympics for 30 years, says bocce was introduced to New Zealand about 20 years ago

“Anybody can have a go,” she says. “It’s not very physical and the games are only about 20 minutes long.”

Bocce can be played in singles, pairs and fours.

Ann says the highlight of the trip for her will just to be with the New Zealand group overseas.

Initially Ann’s involvement with the Special Olympics was through bowls but that later changed to bocce.

Ann and Trevor both play bocce at the Mornington Golf Club.

Aside from competing Trevor says he is looking forward to spending time in Los Angeles.

“I want to have a look at the museums over there and go to Disney Land,” he says. “I’m quite excited.”

New Zealand is sending 36 athletes to the games, four of which are com-peting in bocce. The other two bocce players are from the Manawatu.

The Special Olympics were founded in 1968 and first held at Soldier Field in Chicago where 1500 athletes competed.

In 2015 more than 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches from 177 countries will compete in Los Angeles. To learn more about Trevor and Ann’s trip to the Special Olympics and to donate then go to www.specialolympics.org.nz

GAME FACES: Bocce players Ann Lilley and Trevor Hetherington are heading to Los Angeles in July to compete in their sport. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

Bocce players head to LA


Museum of Wellington City & Sea is selling each of the 150 years that Wellington has been a capital city through the What Year Are You? campaign.

The campaign has been set up to raise money for the develop-ment of the Museum’s Attic space.

The project is being funded by the Ministry for Arts, Culture & Heritage, Wellington City Council and the Lottery Grants Board, but the Museum, named

one of the Top 50 in the world by The Times of London, is now looking for support from the people of the Wellington region.

People will be able to ‘buy’ one of the 150 years that Wel-lington has been capital city (from 1865) via TradeMe.

The names of everyone who buys a year will be displayed in The Attic when it opens later this year.

Throughout the five-week

campaign, a series of events on Throwback Thursday will pay homage to the people and stories that make our region unique.

This week, Throwback Thurs-day will travel back to the 1930s and the opening by Tip Top of the capital’s fi rst milk bar.

For just $2 - or more, if people are feeling generous - Wel-lingtonians will be able to enjoy a Tip Top ice cream, with all proceeds going to the project.

Fundraising campaign kick starts

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Paella and arepas from such places as Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Cuba will be top of the menu when an Oriental Bay chef takes a Spanish cooking night class next month.

Evelyn Vidal, who lives in Kilbirnie but works at Beach Babylon in Oriental Bay, will be the tutor for Cooking: Spanish with a Difference at Wellington High School’s Community Education Cen-tre.

The course is a new one but Evelyn says she took a course last year on Latin American cooking and used to go to people’s home to teach them her style of cooking.

She says she has been cook-ing and baking for the past 12 years and wants to pass on some of what she has learnt.

“I want to teach people a different type of cooking,” says Evelyn who moved to New Zealand from Chile six years ago.

“They’re not just learning how to cook but they will learn how people live in these countries.

“The food is very simple and

easy to follow. You don’t have to be a master chef to do it.”

Evelyn says Chile is a very diffi cult place to work and get a job as a chef so she came to New Zealand for a year on a working holiday and never left again.

She says her main goal with the course for people to have a good time and to then have a desire to visit South America one day.

Wellington High School Community Education Centre acting director Robyn Hamb-leton says there is a move back to community education and people learning together.

“We often get feedback that people have tried to learn something on their own but then decide that they really prefer to work with a tutor and with other students,” Robyn says.

There are over 350 different courses of offer, including more than 60 new ones, this term, she says.

For more information ab out We ll ington High School’s Community Edu-cation Centre go to www.ce c we l l i n g to n . a c . n z o r phone 385 8919.

Cooking lessons with a difference

SABROSA: Evelyn Vidal works at Beach Babylon and will be taking a Spanish cooking class at Wellington High School’s Community Education Centre this term. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff

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