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They say three is a crowd. But three students from Samuel Marsden Colle-giate School took home the national accolades at a Chinese speech competi-tion recently, and now they are heading to China to compete internationally.Annabelle Jessop, Lucy Berger, and Amy Cooper were announced as the senior, senior runner up and junior winners at the 2015 Chinese Proficiency Competition.The senior and senior run-ner up winners will now

compete in China on an all-expenses paid trip.Two winners from the same school is unheard of, says their teacher Jingying Her-rington, who also took home the Best Coach title. “I am so proud of them,” she says about the girls, explaining the awards are surprising and thrilling.Jingying says the inter-national competition will be broadcast throughout China and worldwide.Though senior section win-ner 14-year-old Annabelle is in Year 10, she takes Year 13 Chinese at school.Continued on page 2

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WINNERS: Annabelle Jessop and Amy Cooper won the senior and junior sections at a Chinese speech competition recently. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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On Saturday, high school stu-dents from all over New Zea-land will gather for this year’s University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival (UOSWSF) at the St James Theatre.

Karori’s own Dawn Summers

has been running the festival held by the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) since she founded the company in 1991.

Dawn is the CEO and founder of SGCNZ, and says she is excited for the festival to begin once again.

Dawn’s introduction to the stage came when she was six

Shakespeare festival draws crowdsand began dancing.

By the time she reached 12 she had been asked to be in the Royal NZ Ballet Company’s production of the Christmas classic The Nutcracker.

Though Dawn’s career was cut short by an injury, she has remained active in the world of production ever since.

Dawn says SGCNZ runs the 23 regional festivals and the national festival to which they lead.

In the regional festivals, stu-dents from all over the country perform either a fi ve or a fi f-teen minute scene from any of Shakespeare’s plays.

Dawn says to move on to the national festival, groups must show innovation in their scenes while being sincere to the integrity of the work.

Around the country partici-pants send in musical composi-tions to be judged alongside the costumes which must be in-spired by Shakespeare’s works.

Students also send in a brief

rationale for why they feel the costume befi ts the character.

One student submitted a ra-tionale that struck her, Dawn says.

Dawn describes a dress design sent in with an excessively large red fl ower on the front. But the fl ower, she says, faded to black at the core.

Dawn says this was a strik-ing interpretation of Queen Margaret, from Shakespeare’s Richard III, who, the student said, represented “the dramatic, the strong, and the powerful, but actually deep down, the vulnerability.”

Dawn says this kind of ingenu-ity is what makes the festival special for her.

“I think the students are just fantastic,” Dawn says.

The winners of the regional festivals will be presenting their scenes at the national festival May 30 through June 1 at St James Theatre. Tickets are available online.

SHAKESPEARE: SGCNZ founder and CEO Dawn Summers says she is excited for this year’s festival. PHOTO: Supplied

Continued from page 1“I’ve been learning Chinese

since I was living in Taiwan, and my mum wanted me to learn as she knew it would be an important language,” says Annabelle, who is looking forward to competing in China.

“It’s a bit nerve racking, but we are taking our practice to the next level.”

Annabelle says Chinese is a logical language, and that learning it has become a routine similar to speaking English.

The competition meant An-nabelle, Lucy, and Amy had to write and memorise a three minute speech in Chinese. They also had to perform a Chinese cultural tal-ent, and complete a question and answer section.

“I did a lot of practice,” says 14-year-old junior winner Amy. “I

started learning my speech in the holidays, and practiced every lunch.

“I learned lots of new words and pronunciation, and I now recognise more words.”

This is Amy’s second year of learning Chinese, and she is look-ing forward to having another go in the competition next year for the national senior title and a trip to China.

“The language really stood out to me because it is different to English. It’s my goal to speak it fl uently as it is a living language in New Zealand. It will become so important in the future.”

The girls were helped by Manda-rin Language Assistant Lulu Jiang who is a Confucius Institute tutor, sponsored by Victoria University. Confucius Institute sponsors the girls’ trip to China for the com-petition.

ACCOLADES: Teacher Jingying Herrington won Best Coach alongside the national titles that Annabelle Jessop and Amy Berger picked up, with the help of tutor Lulu Jiang. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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Though youth work is something she fell into, Karori Community Centre’s new youth worker Scarlett Vavasour says she loves it, and loves the youth she gets to work with.

The 31-year-old has recently started working with teens and young adults at the community centre’s Drop In on a part time basis. When the Independent Herald spoke to her last week, she had spent six sessions with Karori’s youth.

“I love it. The people who come through here are amazing – it’s very varied cul-turally and mentally, but they’re all so gorgeous.”

Scarlett says she fell into youth work after she met well-known social worker Rod Baxter at the Wellington Boys and Girls Institute.

“I ended up doing some volunteering, and from there I knew it was very much what I wanted to do,” says Scarlett, adding that she is currently studying the profession.

“I couldn’t be more passionate about it. We’re lucky in Wellington to have a lot of really good youth organisations. There is a lot of experience to draw on.”

Scarlett worked on creating a community profi le to identify any gaps for youth sup-port in Karori when she fi rst started.

“We are discussing what we want this place to be like, feel like, and do. It’s extremely important to me to fi nd out what the kids’ goals are and help them to achieve them.”

Scarlett says she feels society still dictate to youth.

“There is a real environment of excluding. I think people assume that if we place rules

and regulations around young people then they’ll come out happy, but they won’t.”

When Scarlett was creating the community profi le she met with youth who told her the best thing she could offer is her ability to listen.

“‘Listen to us, let us have a voice,’ they said. I thought that was so profound,” tells Scarlett.

Scarlett says that she and the youth have plans for some trips into the city, such as to visit the war museum.

“They want to do fun things, and I also want them to be slightly educational,” she says, adding that they hope to go away on a few camps to bring the group closer.

Scarlett also works part-time at the Wel-lington Boys and Girls Institute, and spent time growing up in Karori, attending school in the suburb.

“It is nice to be back.”

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“‘Listen to us, let us have a voice,’ they said. I thought that was so profound,” tells

Scarlett says that she and the youth have plans for some trips into the city, such as to visit

“They want to do fun things, and I also want them to be slightly educational,” she says, adding that they hope to go away on a few camps to bring the

Scarlett also works part-time at the Wel-lington Boys and Girls Institute, and spent time growing up in Karori, attending school in the

“It is nice to be back.”

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The fi rst pair of two-car units from Wellington’s new batch of Matangi trains arrived on Sunday by boat from Korea.

The two-car units are the fi rst of 35 pairs made by Hyundai that will arrive in stages by the middle of next year.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair Fran Wilde says Wellingtonians have overwhelmingly showed they prefer the new units to the old Ganz

Mavag units; rail patronage has steadily increased since the fi rst batch began ar-riving in 2010.

“This is the fi nal step on the way to having the single, modern, electric train fl eet the region’s commuters deserve,” she says. “And it can’t come soon enough. If you stand on a platform today you can still hear a collective groan when the old units come into view instead of one of our

new Matangi.“It will be a good day for Wellington

commuters when we’ve got the new fl eet fully in place. From that day on every journey will be a smooth and comfortable one and I’m sure Wellingtonians will continue fl ocking to trains as a result.”

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To celebrate Churton Park School's 40th anniversary, the classrooms will be open on Friday, May 29 from 9.15am to 10.40am for the community to view teaching in the 21st century. Principal Anne Lye says the classrooms are certainly different to how they were 40 years ago. This will be followed by a shared morning tea, and the unveiling of a student led project in which each student had a role to play.

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“I love to talk about my dreams. It’s good to have ambitions,” says Mira Krunanidhi confi dently.

The Queen Margaret College student is 15-years-old today, and is in the middle of preparing for the national round of the United Nations Secondary School Speech Awards.

She won the regional round of the competition two weeks ago, and says she is excited to present her speech in Parliament as part of the fi nal round.

Mira completed Model UN earlier this year, as well as came third in the Race Unity Speech Competition – that’s when it was suggested she have a go at the UN Secondary School Speech Awards.

Mira says she dedicated her 5-8 min-ute long speech to her grandmother, who had a stroke the day before she was due to present.

“My parents were worried that I wouldn’t be able to do it,” says Mira, who was then able to take her regional winner certifi cate into the hospital to show her proud grandmother.

Mira is confi dent about her desire to

become New Zealand’s Prime Minis-ter, and says that since she was little she has wanted to speak in Parliament.

“I’ve always had that dream and now it’s coming true,” says Mira, adding that her father and grandfather are her regular inspiration.

“They’re always driving me, pushing me to do things.”

Mira says she is really excited to pre-sent her speech at nationals, and says her involvement in debating and speech and drama help her to be confi dent.

“I’m a bit nervous, but my excitement overwhelms those feelings.”

Mira says she is hoping to study in either the United Kingdom or the United States after she fi nishes school, with a goal to attend Oxford or an Ivy League college.

“I love New Zealand and always want to come back to live, but I would love to study overseas.”

I want to change a country, the Year 11 student says.

UN SPEAKER: Year 11 Queen Margaret College student Mira Krunanidhi is giving a speech at Parliament. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

A speech for change

By Emily Elliott

Boxes of goods were collected in John-sonville last week when St Vincent de Paul Society volunteers worked to provide for others in the community.

A Food Bank Drive was held at Johnson-ville’s Countdown, where locals shopping for their groceries could choose to donate to those in need.

The volunteers were handing slips of paper out to shoppers heading to Johnsonville’s Countdown. The paper contained a list of food items that the not-for-profi t organisation needed in order to create family parcels.

Wellington area president for St Vincent de Paul Society, John Kennedy-Good, says this is the second time the Food Bank Drive has been run in Johnsonville.

“We had 25 cartons of non-perishables and $180 of cash donations over a period of six hours,” says John.

“People were very courteous and generous.”At the checkout, those who chose to purchase

a non-perishable item that was on the slip of paper could then donate it to St Vincent de Paul Society.

John says around 20 volunteers were needed on the collection day, and mentions that Countdown were supportive and generous.

After the collection, the boxes were sorted through and parcels were created. John says they will now be distributed to those in need across Wellington suburbs, including Johnson-ville, Newlands, Onslow, Otari, and Karori.

“Over the past year we’ve helped over 1000 people. The food parcels are for families or individuals who are facing some sort of dif-fi culty or crisis,” says John, adding that they relieve immediate pressures.

“We endeavour to look at the whole situation a person is in, as a food parcel is often evidence of other issues. We get alongside them and assist to make plans which will help them to survive and then thrive.”

John says members who staffed the Food Bank Drive enjoyed themselves and had fun meeting the good people of Johnsonville.

FOR THE GREATER GOOD: President John Kennedy-Good and Elsbeth Hymes Hancock PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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Parents in the Northern and Western suburbs can take part in a stroll through Government House next month.

The walk is part of Sport Wellington’s Buggy Walk, which aims to provide parents and caregivers the opportunity to discover some of the many buggy-friendly walking tracks across the region.

The buggy walks are run monthly, gathering between 100-300 participants.

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On Thursday afternoon shots will arc and nets will swish as youth from the Newlands community join professional basketball players Leon Henry, Torey Craig and Daniel Johnston in a new three-on-three basketball tournament with Coach Pero Cameron.

The tournament is hosted by Blue Light and the Johnsonville Police and will run for seven weeks.

The tournament aims to provide a healthy alternative for youth, as opposed to spending time around the Newlands Shopping Centre where some shop owners have complained of disturbances.

“We’re hoping the tournament will alleviate some of the issues,” says Brett Cronin, Johnsonville Police youth aid offi cer and chair of the Blue Light committee.

Brett says the tournament is not the fi rst event aimed at promoting a posi-tive relationship between the youth population and the local police force.

“Blue Light has been around for years and years,” Brett says.

In the past, the organisation has held discos for youth, Police Competency Tests (PCT’s), the popular “Gone Fishing” events, where children can go out and fi sh for free with their parents and representatives from Blue Light.

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BASKETBALL: Johnsonville Police youth aid offi cer Brett Cronin and Wellington Saints player Leon Henry are ready to engage the commu-nity's youth this Thursday in a three on three basketball tournament. PHOTO: Alex Wilf

dress the issue of recent disturbances around the Newlands Shopping Cen-tre, Brett canvassed groups of youth as to which activities they would enjoy the most.

“It was between a skateboarding competition, a police PCT challenge, and a basketball competition,” Brett says.

Brett says the events are not only meant to give children a good way to spend their time and to get to know their local police, but also to help them learn to make good decisions.

“Any positive interaction they have with role models and positive fi gures

will be benefi cial for them, and ulti-mately for the community,” Brett says.

Wellington Saints player Leon Henry agrees and says that he is grateful to be able to give back to the community in this way.

“Basketball was a great outlet for me; it kept me out of trouble,” he says, adding that he hopes he can introduce the community’s youth to a sport that values teamwork highly.

The tournament will run for seven weeks starting tomorrow, May 28 from 3-5 pm at the Newlands Com-munity Centre.


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As winter shows its chill, the Karori Arts and Crafts Centre is doing what it can to get residents ready – a two day Winter Warm-ers sale.

The centre’s manager Margaret Taylor says this is the second year the event will run, and the centre’s Quilters and Knitters group are selling knitted scarves, beanies, booties, cot quilts, and more.

“A lot of new mothers don’t know how to knit anymore. We have lots of knitters that attend our Quilters and Knitters group,” says Margaret.

She says residents can browse knitted items, as well as give knitting a try.

“This year we’re offering the opportunity to learn to knit. We’ll provide the wool and the needles, and we will stick to basic stitches. Anyone can have a go,” says Margaret.

“At the end of the two day sale we’ll stitch all the work together to make a blanket to go to Ethiopia.”

Margaret says it is important for people to know how to knit

so that they are not spending money buying knitwear that has been made in a factory machine overseas, and says the event is a good way to support local efforts.

“It supports handmade New Zealand items. The prices are really good, and a lot of people are time deprived and can’t knit for their families.”

Margaret explains that the Quilters and Knitters group do charity knitting for many causes such as Ethiopia and the neonatal clinic.

Over 50 people will be involved with the two day Winter Warmers event, says Margaret.

“We have the sellers who have knitted items, people who will be showing others how to knit, and people who will help to set up and pack down.”

She says anyone can be involved in the Quilters and Knitters group, and they do not have to reside in Karori.

Winter Warmers will be held at the Karori Arts and Crafts Centre on Saturday, May 30, and Sunday May 31, from 11am to 4pm.

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KNITTER: Karori Arts and Crafts Centre manager Margaret Taylor says the Winter Warmers event is exciting. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

May is the month of pink, and Johnsonville Policing Station jumped on board with many others in the country who held a Pink Ribbon Breakfast for cancer.

Sergeant Megan Gouverneur organised station personnel to get involved with the breakfast, and sold raffl e tickets through-out the Wellington Central station.

“We were very fortunate with kind donations,” says Megan, adding that the station raised around $1200 for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.

“It’s a very worthy cause. There is a lot of research going on at the moment. Cancer has affected many people, includ-ing my family.”

Megan says donations were given by Newlands New World, Johnsonville Countdown, Sarak Hair and Beauty, You Little Beauty, and Maryanne Hooper from Massage & Re-fl exology.

“We were really lucky people were so generous,” says Megan.

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By Joshua RiddifordMassey Journalism Student

Visitors to Wellington’s Botanic Garden were able to take a walk to learn about the Ancient Trees on Monday, led by guide Jenny Hickman.

The walk showcased a range of exotic trees including a ginkgo, believed to be one of the oldest species in the world, as well as impressive native trees such as the kauri.

The ginkgo was a highlight of the walk as part of a tree species dating back between 245 and 285 million years, of which the Ginkgo Biloba

is the only remaining species. Also featured was the metase-

quoia or dawn redwood, a giant redwood native to China, New Zealand’s kauri, and the Califor-nian coastal redwood.

Jenny, who has been guiding walks for 17 years as a volunteer for Friends of Wellington Bo-tanic Garden, says she has a special place for the metasequoia because of the interesting story concerning its re-discovery.

“[It was] thought to be extinct but then a Japanese scientist dis-covered a fossil of it in Japan and realised the leaves were opposite [to each other].”

This means it was a different type of tree, she says.

The Ginkgo and metasequoia are both deciduous meaning the leaves fall off the tree when they mature.

This can cause a problem since the Ginkgo leaves emit a notorious odour after falling from the tree but perhaps Jenny is used to the odour, she says.

“[It is] rather like vomit but not as bad as they record.”

The Ginkgo, however, has its benefi ts: it is resistant to pollution which makes it a good city tree.

Jenny enjoys guiding the walks. The main object, she says, is for people to have a good time.

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Jenny Hickman guided walkers around Wellington’s Botanic Garden’s ancient trees on Monday. PHOTO: Joshua Riddiford

The Lions Club of Johnsonville recently hosted a public meeting on cancer research where Dr Swee Tan, Executive Director of Gillies McIndoe Research Institute (GMRI) presented their investigations aimed at fi nding a better way of treating cancer.

About 100 people listened attentive-ly as Dr Tan fi rstly explained some of his plastic surgery techniques, how the Research Institute was formed

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The evening concluded with the presentation of a $2,000 cheque by Johnsonville Lions President Ross Brown to Dr Tan and GMRI Trust Chairman Paul Baines. This was followed by supper and informal discussion with Dr Tan continued late into the evening.

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Though the Council is currently making progress with a draft cycle network, Karori residents say they want a cycle lane for Karori fi nalised and installed, and that the overall process is taking far too long.

Karori is home to 2000 children under ten years old and the second highest number of people who cycle to work in Greater Wellington, yet residents say the main road is unfi t to cycle.

Among residents is Karori West Normal School deputy Principal

Janice Jones.Janice says that although she would

love to see students biking to school, the road is not safe enough to cycle on,

“Not at all. Not for a minute do I think our children should be biking to school on that road,” she says.

Though the Council is still consider-ing construction of a cycle lane in Karori as part of its draft framework, resident and coordinator of the com-munity advocacy group Karori by Bike Megan Hubscher says action is needed now.

“We’re getting close to gridlock here,” says Megan.

“Let’s prioritise our kids being able

CYCLING: Karori’s Megan Hubscher calls for council to take action on Karori’s bicycle lanes. PHOTO: Alex Wilf

Karori cycle lanes should be prioritised in framework, residents say

By Emily Elliott

The Karori greenery and bird life has been infl uencing its most recent artist in residence over the last month.

Maria O’Toole has been based out of an art space in the grounds of Samuel Marsden Collegiate School where she says the giggling girls, open spaces, and second story views have made their way into her work.

“A residency is about an artist having a space to make new work,” Maria explains, adding that her previous space on Cuba St was vastly different to the Karori school.

“My work is always in response to my environment. I always go for early

morning walks, around an hour in length. Then I translate that into my work,” she says.

Maria says her artwork is sen-sory and based on feeling, where the weather or a conversation could infl uence the outcome.

Maria’s fi ve week stay at Samuel Marsden has also enabled her to run workshops with the students.

“Students have had the opportunity to chat to me about what I’m doing. I have always had a real interest in education,” says Maria, mentioning that she completed her Masters in Fine Arts not long ago.

“Everything that is happening at the school is making its way into my

work somehow. My work is poetic – there’s a ritual in walking and ob-serving. The girls coming and going, the chatter, and their enthusiasm all play into my work. There is a feeling of joy here.”

Maria says the workshops she has been running with the students are also about response.

“Perhaps that is responding to silence, or music. Is the sound heavy or light? How does that infl uence your hand when you work?” says Maria about her teaching.

Maria’s work will be exhibited at the end of her residency, when she will then complete a three month live-in residency in Toulouse, France.

ARTIST: Maria O’Toole has been the artist in residence at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

Karori’s mark makes way into artist’s work

to get to school safely. Let’s prioritise our residents getting to public places,” she says.

Megan’s biggest concern is that the draft framework the council put forward does not give indication of timing or priority as to which areas will see cycle lanes fi rst.

This, she says, may lead to political expediency being prioritised over the greatest proportion of Wellingtonians seeing the benefi ts of the programme as soon as possible.

Megan suggests that the Council begin by building the cycle routes in the areas that most need them, such as Karori and Newtown, and hopes that the community will be involved in the discussion.

Councillor Mark Peck echoed Megan’s thoughts in the recent council meeting, when he proposed that the details of the framework be overseen by local representatives, saying the community needs to be involved in the process.

Deputy Mayor Justin Lester also agreed, saying community representa-tives are a good opportunity for getting locals involved proactively.

He adds that prioritising areas with a high proportion of bikers, like Karori, in the council’s implementation of the framework, is just common sense. What do you think? Should Karori be considered a priority in the draft cycling network framework? Send your thoughts in a Letter to the Editor to [email protected].

Wednesday May 27, 20158

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Doing whatever you like.

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Dear Ed, Your correspondent, Denis Healey, lamented the ap-parent lack of War Memorials in Johnsonville in the 6th May issue. He did well to fi nd the Lamp Me-morial for Trooper Leonard Retter in Moorefield Road, obscured as it is behind a large Motorway sign. I suggest he take a walk past the Keith Spry Pool to the Memorial Gates at the Park next door, to discover that Johnsonville

has defi nitely contributed to the defence of New Zealand, and has provided Memorials to its fallen Service people.

These memorials are not now obvious, as the Anzac Day Parade has been held in Johnsonville Road, in recent years.

The Onslow Historical Society had noted the problem with the sit-ing of the Retter Memorial, and has been working with the Wellington

City Council to have it sited in Johnsonville Road very close to the position in which it was placed early last century. Trooper Retter’s par-ents were well-known blacksmiths in Johnsonville Road, near where the Post Offi ce is now. When he was killed in the Boer War in February, 1902, the Johnsonville community raised a public subscription to erect a memorial to him, and to all who died in that war. In October 1902,

the Memorial Tablet was erected at Johnsonville School, which was then on the site of the present-day Park in Frankmoore Avenue. The lamp lit the Main Road from about 1904, but following a poor example of truck driving when the lamp post was knocked over, it has been placed in obscure positions in Johnsonville since.

In this time of special commemo-ration of our Anzac heritage, the

Memorial Lamp with the Memorial tablet to Trooper. Retter will soon be restored to a central position in the main street of Johnsonville, and become part of the Anzac Day Parade. We applaud the Wel-lington City Council’s acceptance of the Onslow Historical Society’s initiative and the support they are providing.

Christine PatersonOnslow Historical Society

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91-year-old Effi e Duff was beginning to feel like living on her own was becoming hazardous. That’s why she decided to make the move to Enliven’s Huntleigh Home; a place where she could feel safe again.

“Everything has just slowed down for me and I got to the point where I couldn’t live by myself anymore,” Effi e explains.

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“One of the fi rst things they told me was this is my home now, which made me feel at ease.”

She says life at Huntleigh Home is a busy one; there’s never a shortage of things to do.

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LETTERS to the editor

Dear Ed, The Independent Her-ald is seeking opinions on chang-ing NZ’s fl ag. (p.12 Wednesday, May 13)

While I agree that our current fl ag has lost its cultural relevancy and we need a design that better refl ects our modern society I don’t think now is the time to introduce a new fl ag.

Spending twenty six million on a fl ag change during a time

when NZ is facing serious is-sues such as poverty, housing inaffordability in main cities, and growing inequality seems crass and irresponsible.

The move that comes from the top, for a new fl ag seems to serve two purposes:

a) It fulfi lls John Key’s personal vanity project – a new fl ag will be the legacy he leaves behind

b) It is a project of mass distrac-

tion – lets’ get everyone talking about a new fl ag so we don’t have to face the real issues

Yes, lets have a new fl ag, but only when we can afford to undertake such a project, and at a time when the motivation for a new fl ag is driven by the public rather than self interest.

Catherine BindonWoodridge

Flag change distracts from real issues, says residentDear Ed, I currently use Fraser

Ave as a way to get to J'ville because of the road works on Broderick Rd. I am sure there are many others doing the same.

When the road works are fi n-ished I will go back to going through Burma Rd etc.

Cheers, Judy

Using Fraser Ave because of roadworks

Dear Ed, I am writing to express complete agreement with the article recently published in your local newspaper.

Residents living on Fraser Ave in Johnsonville complained of how dangerous the road has become

for pedestrians and residents. I believe that the best way to ad-dress the problem will be to install speed bumps all along the road.

Yours, Tony PetersJohnsonville resident

Speed bumbs needed

Dear Ed, Fraser Avenue, John-sonville is a steep and winding road accessed by some awkward driveways, but it was part of the Old Porirua Road, the nineteenth-century road out of Wellington. The section to Khandallah was replaced by the Burma Road in 1936, and the road up the Ngauranga Gorge was upgraded in 1938-40 as part of the Centen-nial Highway from Ngauranga to Paekakariki.

The road provides access to the area around Tarawera Road in Raroa, and temporarily to the “park and ride” parking at

Raroa Station while Johnsonville Station parking is restricted by the bridge upgrade (although the Johnsonville “park and ride” was generally full anyway).

Stock from the Johnsonville Sta-tion stockyards were driven along Fraser Avenue to the Ngauranga Abbatoirs until the Raroa siding was opened in 1958, and the road still has a few tall square totara telephone poles that were used by the former Auckland to Welling-ton open-wire toll telephone line which followed the old main road.

Yours, John Wilson

Fraser Ave used to be part of Old Porirua RdDear Ed, In March I wrote to

you about housing intensifi cation in Karori, pointing out that it is already permitted in the current District Plan. Sadly the truth of this is now very apparent to three owner-occupied properties surrounding a property where a second rental dwelling is being squeeezed onto the rear of the section, despite the closeness to the existing rental dwelling on the property and the negative effect on the neighbours.

The Council has ignored the objections lodged by the neigh-bours and the Councillors are not answering our communications. We feel disenfranchised and completely powerless, while the privacy and enjoyment of our living spaces is being destroyed.

A new problem has arisen which shows another serious fl aw in the District Plan. The District Plan allows dwellings to be built to one metre of the fence line. However

Medium-density housing an issue for neighbour

Health and Safety regulations require scaffolding to be erected around a new building, and this cannot be erected in the one metre space between the building and the fence.

The developer's solution to this problem was to request access to my property so that the scaf-folding could be erected in my cherished garden, (part of the Karori Lions Garden trail in

2013), exacerbating the distress we already feel at seeing this dwelling go up and adding insult to injury.

I have attached photos showing what is happening at present. Karori residents who attended meetings on recent Council plans for the suburb should be aware of what is already possible.

Yours sincerelyLeith Wallace

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The Alliance Française Women’s Choir Voix de Femmes will be holding its second ‘Cartes Postales, Soldeirs’ Songs and Writings from WWI’ concert at St Anne’s Church.

The choir premiered the programme in November last year and has decided to revisit it because of positive feedback from the community.

Nathalie Buckrell, director of Alliance Française Wellington, says the programme is unique.

“No one else has been doing anything to this angle, it is a bicultural, bigender approach,” she says.

Marie Brown, director of Voix de Femmes says there has been a lot of talk this year about the war, about battle and strategies, but not a lot about the women.

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Marie has been director of the women’s choir since its formation in 2011 and says a signifi cant portion of the music focuses on the war from the women’s perspective, and much of it is French.

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CONCERT: Voix de Femmes director Marie Brown and Alliance Française Wellington Director Nathalie Buckrell prepare for their upcoming concert commemorating WWI. PHOTO: Alex Wilf

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“To be there to cope with whoever came home, or didn’t come home, must have been mentally traumatising,” she says.

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The thought that you, or your children, may have threadworms probably makes you feel ill, not to mention wondering if your standards of hygiene and cleanliness have ‘slipped’. In most cases, hygiene is not the issue. Instead it is more the fact that threadworms (also known as pinworms) are fairly common in the wider environment, and easy to ‘catch’. The good news is that threadworms can be treated and there are ways to help your family from being re-infected.

How do you know if you have threadworms? Usually, and more so with children, there is itchi-ness around the anus, especially

at night, resulting in disturbed sleep and irritability because of the constant scratching. In some cases, you can see the worms in a bowel motion, or on wiping after a motion. Some people may experience nausea, diarrhoea and loss of appetite. However some-times there are no symptoms, and it is only when another member of the household shows signs, or the worms are observed, that the diagnosis is made.

The worms look like short pieces of white thread, about 5 to 10 mm long. After swallowing the eggs, they hatch in the gut. Within a few weeks, the female adult worms move down the gut

Threadworms – common, and easy to treatto the anus where they lay thousands of tiny eggs, usually at night when you are asleep. The irritating itch is caused by the ‘glue’ the worms use to stick their eggs to the anus. Threadworm eggs are colourless, sticky spheres that are extremely resilient and can survive for up to three weeks in a cool, moist environment. These eggs can re-enter the body by being inhaled or swallowed.

Threadworms are passed easily from person to person by sharing things such as food, clothes and utensils. Infection tends to oc-cur more commonly in children because they play and come in contact with each other more often. Threadworms can be picked up from other people in the home, at school or at kindergarten. A child simply needs to scratch his or her bottom, which has been irritated by threadworms, for eggs to be trapped under the fi ngernails. Then when the child touches his or her mouth or food, threadworms get re-introduced to the body and the life cycle continues. Touching other surfaces leaves behind eggs for other people to ‘catch’. The best preventative measure to take in these circumstances is always to wash hands after going to the toilet, after touching objects that others have touched, and before preparing and eating food.

Threadworms are not spread from animals to humans, however, animals may be infected with other types of worms (hookworm, round-worm and tapeworm) which can be transferred to humans. This is not so common in New Zealand.

Threadworms are easy to treat with a single dose of medicines and Self Care pharmacists recommends “treating everyone in the house at the same time, even if not everyone has symptoms”. This is because the worms are so easily passed on, as well as the huge number of eggs that are produced so that when one member of the household gets them, the rest are very likely to as well. The medicine used to treat threadworms don’t kill the threadworm eggs and retreatment is required 2-3 weeks after the initial course. “Also, we recommend that you check with us, or your doctor, about which threadworm medicine is safe for children under two years old, and for pregnant women.”

To learn more, especially some of the self care tips for avoiding thread-worms, get your free copy of the Threadworms Self Care fact card. If you have any further questions, ask your Self Care pharmacist.

Prepared by Pharmacy Self Care, Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand Inc, PO Box 11640, Wellington

Tea cups clinked at the Ohariu Val-ley Ladies Guild 60th celebrations on Saturday.

Organiser Nikki Jackson says the high tea was an amazing time for people to reunite with each other and celebrate the work the guild has done over the last 60 years.

“Everyone who should have come has come. Someone has brought in an old newspaper. Everyone in the valley has been very generous,” says Nikki.

A raffl e was held so that money raised could go towards any repairs at the Holy Trinity Church.

Nikki says the whole tea was able to be put on for under $100 due to the generosity of local support.

The Ohariu Valley Ladies Guild was initially started to look after valleys’ Holy Trinity Church.

Tea and scones for many

Larry Purchas, Phil Vallance, and Anne Purchas chat over mu� ns and scones.

Shelley Julian, Teri Johnson-Frow and Nicki MacIver celebrate the Ladies Guild's 60th anniversary.

Warren Voss, Angelsa Stevenson, and Jenni Horton have some laughs.


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In Johnsonville the premises of a commercial offi ce in Broderick Road, not open to the public, were entered during a lunchtime break and a laptop computer was stolen.

In Ironside Road a rental property with insecure doors was entered and searched.

A TV was damaged, clothing taken and tools removed from a workshop. In Newlands a blue Mazda parked unlocked on Glan-mire Road was entered and a pouch with a driver’s licence and other ID was stolen.

In Newlands Road a red Mit-subishi Mirage had its front left door lock jemmied open and some fi shing gear and a wallet contain-ing a driver’s licence, bank cards were stolen.

In Ngaio a school in Abbott Street undergoing building work was entered some power and hand tools were stolen.

In Churton Park a white Toyota Corolla parked insecure in a drive-way of a house in Furlong Crescent

during lunchtime was entered and a wallet, cash, keys and bank cards were stolen.

The cards were used several times at a service station before the cancellation took effect.

In Crofton Downs an offender drove up to an unattended service station in Churchill Drive and smashed a window to gain entry.

A cupboard containing cigarettes was targeted and jimmied open.

The alarm and a smoke cannon was activated which caused the offender to leave but not before a large quantity of cigarettes were taken.

Victims of damage to cars and other property often are reluctant to report these incidents.

The Police regard all offences as serious and victims are encouraged to report them.

There is no need to attend a Police station to do this. A phone call to the Police on 381 2000 and asking for the “Crime Reporting Line” is all that is required.

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This Friday, fi tness and fun will come to Johnsonville Community Centre in the form of fi ve deter-mined fi tness and lifestyle coaches.

“Our mission is to build and educate healthy communities,” says Emma Bull, cofounder of Fuse Nutrition and co-owner of the Hutt City Lifestyle Centre.

Emma says she and her team see the programme as a way to help a lot of people and to impact the community positively.

“It’s a great opportunity to help others get fi t,” says Chrissy Rouru, one of the fi tness coaches, “to help educate people on healthy eating and living.”

However, Emma says working

out can often seem like a daunting task.

She says that to conquer the daunting feeling, she encourages people to see the club as a time to have fun and get moving.

“After that fi rst step people often end up implementing long term changes in their life to make themselves healthier,” says Emma.

“It’s not a diet; it’s a change in mentality.”

Their vision, Emma describes, is to start with one session, and then expand and offer night sessions as the community grows.

“We just want to positively impact the most people we can.” The Community Fit Club will meet for the � rst time this Friday at 9.30am at the Johnsonville Community Centre.

FITNESS: Fitness trainers Terissa Busby, Eilin Lara, Emma Bull and Chrissy Rouru get ready for this Friday, when they will host their � rst “Community Fit Club” at the Johnsonville Community Centre. PHOTO: Alex Wilf

Johnsonville gets fi t

Players from Karori Normal School Netball Club looked the part on court last weekend thanks to $6500 worth of new uniforms.

The uniforms were the result of an ANZ Netball Grant and were presented to the club by Central Pulse players Hannah Poff and Ameliaranne Wells.

Club convener Claire Myer says the grant has made a real difference to the players.

“The girls were so excited

to debut their new uniforms - they’ve been playing in basic white tops till now so it’s a big change. The new shirts look amazing and it means the girls fi nally feel proud on court and like they’re really representing their school.

“Meeting Ameliaranne and Hannah was a pretty big deal, too. Our younger girls were quite shell-shocked seeing Pulse play-ers in real life. They’re going to be buzzing about this for ages.”

This year ANZ is awarding a total of $100,000 in netball grants to help clubs, schools, social teams and fans achieve their dreams.

ANZ Karori Branch Manager Timothy Butler says the pro-gramme was launched in 2012 to support fans and help netballers get to the next level in the game.

“Netball is one of the country’s most popular sports with tens of thousands of players at schools, clubs and social teams across

New look for Karori Normal School netballers

NEW LOOK: Karori Normal School netballers received a grant of $6500 worth of new uniforms. PHOTO: Supplied

the country.“It’s about inspiring players to

go further. This might involve kitting out a team with new gear or uniforms, helping players get to an ANZ Championship match to see the action up close this season, or even getting a few professionals to visit their school or club to host a training session – that’s bound to be a life-changing experience for some of our future netballing stars.

“Karori Normal School Net-ball Club, which boasts more than 130 junior players, relies entirely on registration fees and volunteers to keep the club running. With so many players it can be hard to fi nd the money for uniforms so players have been wearing plain white tops. We’re thrilled to be able to help the club kit their players out in new shirts.

“We hope these new tops give the players a sense of confi dence and unity on court and that they also help to ease a bit of fi nancial pressure on the club’s families.”

Applications to the ANZ Net-ball Grant Scheme are still open and can be made online at anz-courtside.co.nz until midnight 7 June 2015.

Karori coach Mike Ritchie, Papa-rangi paracyclist Kate Horan and the Olympic Harrier and Athletics club have been nominated in the Sport Wellington Sportsperson of the Year awards.

Nominated for the volunteer award is athletics volunteer Rama Smith, who played a key role in the organi-sation of this year’s Colgate Games, and Sue Smart, a volunteer with the

Tawa Swimming Club. Both are from Newlands.

Mike is the coach of top athlete Phoebe Edwards, who is off to the World Junior champs after qualify-ing for the heptathlon and the high jump. Kate has recently moved to Paparangi and won a silver medal in the women’s C4 500m time trial at the 2015 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in March.

Yet she has only been competing for just over two years. Olympic is one of the top athletics clubs, with an increasing number of top junior athletics as well as high performing seniors. Another athletics club, Scottish, won club of the year at last year’s awards.

Sport Wellington Chief Executive Phil Gibbons said the judges were really challenged this year with

a high standard of nominations submitted.

“We want to thank everyone that took the time to complete a nomina-tion, the quality of nominations we received was outstanding”

The 2015 winners will be an-nounced at the awards ceremony held Thursday 4 June at TSB Bank Arena. Of these category winners will come the supreme winner; the

2015 Sport Wellington Sportsperson of the Year.

Last year’s supreme winner, NBA basketballer Steve Adams, was not nominated this year.

One Wellingtonian has also been selected to receive the Lifetime Con-tribution to Sport Award which will be revealed at the awards dinner.

The awards dinner will include the 2015 induction of the

Karori, Newlands, and Paparangi residents receive awards

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