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By Dan Whitfi eldNetball players Irene van Dyk and Te Huinga Reo

Selby-Rickit, from the Haier Pulse, took time out of their busy schedules to take Wainuiomata Intermedi-ate students for some fun activities this week.

The visit was part of the Haier Pulse Leadership Programme which kicked off recently, and sees a number of players attend schools around the region to teach students a thing or two about the benefi ts of playing sport.

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Netball players Irene van Dyk and Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit, from the Haier Pulse, took time out of their busy schedules to take Wainuiomata Intermedi-ate students for some fun activities this week.

The visit was part of the Haier Pulse Leadership Programme which kicked off recently, and sees a number of players attend schools around the region to teach students a thing or two about the benefi ts of playing sport.

Pulse in town

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Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) has formally approved the proposal for inte-grated delivery of water services across Wellington, Porirua and the Hutt Valley.

Under the proposal, the re-gional council’s bulk water supply function will merge with Capacity Infrastructure into a new entity.

Capacity is currently owned by Wellington, Porirua, Hutt and Upper Hutt city councils

and manages retail water, storm water and waste water in the Wellington metropolitan area.

Councils will continue to own water assets and determine an annual program of work, but it will be managed by the new entity with a regional emphasis on quality service delivery.

The decision is part of a wider push by councils in the region to realise the benefi ts of shared services across the region.

GWRC chairwoman Fran

Wilde says that the integration of water services is an example of the many opportunities for effi ciency that exist across the region.

“Integration of water services in the Wellington metropolitan area has very real benefits, especially in terms of forward planning. It means broader decisions can be made, taking into account the whole water network. It will also mean less duplication of systems and

resources,” Ms Wilde says.The four current councils

will be asked to give a formal approval to the regional council; becoming a shareholder in the new entity.

It will also confi rm the terms of reference for the establish-ment of a joint water committee – made up of representatives from the five shareholding councils – to oversee water services. A new company name is set to be established.

GWRC approves new water plan

Managing meltdowns with councilBy Dan Whitfi eld

A local resident and his son are attempting to educate members of the public about autism and how meltdowns are not temper tantrums.

Last Friday, Wainuiomata’s Mike and David Grigg met with Hutt South MP Trevor Mallard and Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace to present them with the book – Managing Meltdowns, acknowledging the work that has been done in the community.

“Some people just don’t understand,” Mr Grigg told the Wainuiomata News. “The community need to understand that autistic people have needs and feelings too.”

Children and adults who have an autism spectrum disorder look the same as other people, and due to the invisible nature of their disability, it can be much harder to create awareness and understanding – This is what Mr Grigg is trying to make the public aware of.

Autism and Asperger syndrome still remain relatively unknown disabilities among the general population; yet, it touches the lives of over 40,000 people and their families throughout New Zealand.

It is a life-long developmental disabil-ity affecting social and communication skills, and people with the disability can also have accompanying learn-ing disabilities; but, whatever their

general level of intelligence, everyone with the condition shares a diffi culty in making sense of the world.

The event last Friday saw Mr Grigg attempt to make a connection with the local community and council of-ficials through asking the Hutt City Council to attach his safety plan to the initia-

tives run throughout the city.The safety plan is based

on the S.C.A.R.E.D (Safe, Calm, Affi rmation, Routine, Empathy, Develop a Plan) calming technique used on children and adults with autism.

“We need to be made safe,” says Mr Grigg.

Allegedly, Mr Grigg’s

safety plan has had support and success when it comes to the local police, and Mr Wallace is set to talk to advi-sors from the council about potential next steps.

Mr Wallace says it is an important thing for “us to be a community that takes on the needs of the whole community.”

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MANAGING MELTDOWNS: David Grigg, Hutt South MP Trevor Mallard, Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace, and Mike Grigg discuss plans for residents with austism or asperger syndrome. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

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The junior syndicate at Fernlea School jumped into action when it started a � re wise programme with help from the local � re brigade recently.Around New Zealand, sta� members from � re services o� er a range of � re-safety education resources for children and young people, from pre-schoolers to senior secondary students. The programme is designed to increase children’s knowledge of � re safety.Fernlea School students have Sandy Dalgety helping the teachers deliver the programme.Mr Dalgety is a volunteer � re � ghter who is employed at Fernlea School.

Fernlea a � re wise school

There was approximately $91.2 million spent and 1.9 million transactions made at Hutt City merchants through-out the month on May.Figures were up 6.2 per cent and seven per cent respectively from April this year.Spending at Hutt City merchants was up eight per cent when compared to May 2013, and the volume of transac-tions also rose, by 8.7 per cent.In the Lower Hutt CBD, spending rose by 2.6 per cent compared to May 2013, and merchants outside the CBD also experienced an increase compared to May the previous year.

Hutt spending up for past few months

3Wednesday July 2, 2014

By Dan Whitfi eld

After setting up a new store in Homedale, Wainuiomata de-signer Denise Anglesey is looking forward to the region’s next eco fashion show set to run later this month.

New Zealand Eco Fashion Ex-posed, has been organised for July 23-27 and, will call on the talented and creative ways of designers from around the country.

The runway show was created by Ms Anglesey in 2013 and since then it has sparked international interest in terms of expansion to a full four-day schedule of events, including runway shows, workshops, pop-up shops, and an eco expo.

Exposed was been created to fi ll a gap in the New Zealand market for an event solely focussed on eco fashion showcasing sustainable designer brands, and upcoming eco designers.

“My goal is to create opportuni-ties for designers, to educate the public about ‘eco fashion’ and how it differs from main stream,

as well as how people can have sustainable wardrobes while still looking spectacular,” she says.

The event has been developed to spotlight ethical, sustainable, ecologically friendly, yet fully fashionable, stylish, cutting edge fashion from both New Zealand and overseas.

Ms Anglesey says: “We’re ex-cited to be offering such a compre-hensive schedule for the event, and interest has already been great.”

“We’ve had interest from all over the world from designers wanting to take part in the event,” she says.

Input from supporters and spon-sors, such as Hutt City Council, has enabled the event to upscale this year, with further room for development in 2015 and future years.

The event offers opportunity not just for established designers, but also has categories for student designers, along with opportunity for eco-related businesses and organisations to be involved.

Registrations closed on in June. For more information, visit

www.nzecofashionexposed.co.nz.

Fashion show nears

SHOWTIME: Denise Anglesey and Zorro Potion. Photo: Dan Whitfi eld

By Dan Whitfi eld

Ryman Healthcare has an-nounced it will be building a new $100m retirement village on the former Petone College site.

As one of New Zealand’s leading providers of retirement living options for those over 70, Ryman Healthcare’s villages provide a range of retirement living and care options.

All its locations are designed and built with stunning archi-tecture concepts, and nestled amongst beautifully land-scaped gardens.

The village in Lower Hutt is set to become home to several

hundred residents, employing more than 100 staff members.

Resource consent to build a three-to-fi ve levelled complex was given to Ryman earlier this year, with the building set to be located at the end of Graham and North.

Ryman’s new retirement vil-lage is planned to be developed over a period of about fi ve years and will employ near to 200 tradesmen.

The village is also set to have magnificent views overlook-ing the Hutt River and be surrounded by reserves on three sides. It will offer vari-ous forms of accommodation from independent living villas,

New retirement village for Hutt

RETIREMENT VILLAGE: An artist’s impression of Ryman Healthcare’s new retirement village set to be built in Petone. PHOTO: Supplied

apartments and hospital care including dementia care.

Ryman has been developing the site and demolishing parts

of the old buildings since about January.

The old Petone College closed in 1998.

An invitation is up for grabs for children aged between nine and 13 that are in-terested in acting, singing, or dancing. This will be for Wainuiomata Little Theatre’s hosting of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.Student auditions are set to run on July 21 from 7pm-9pm, at the old Wainuiomata College Hall.To register, contact Trevor on 970 2964 or 021 238 5731. Alternatively, people can email him on [email protected]. Parents must attend auditions.

Children’s auditions

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Term two comes to an end for hun-dreds of Wainuiomata school stu-dents this Friday.The two week break applies to pri-mary, intermediate, secondary and composite school students.Term three is set to commence on Monday, July 21. It runs through to Friday, September 26.

Students on holidayas of Friday

St Claudine Thévenet School is run-ning an end of term sausage sizzle fundraiser this Friday.The event has been organised by Friends of St Claudine and will run on Friday, July 4.Staff from the school say they are raising funds to purchase each school house a team � ag.The school is hoping for a lot of sup-port, and it is set to be an enjoyable end of the term two.

St Claudines runschool fundraiser

The Lower Hutt community were out in force to help with Naenae Primary School’s TREEmendous School Make-over recently.

The programme is part of a joint initiative that sees four schools selected each year to receive a $10,000 area makeover using New Zealand

native plants. Naenae Primary School is

the third school to receive a school makeover this year.

The makeover included the construction of pathways con-necting different areas of the school with a new Samoan Fale, which also refl ects the multi-cultural identity of the

school. Native plants are set to attract

birds and insects to the area, giving the students an op-portunity to observe and learn about the natural environment.

The Lower Hutt school is already paving the way to a sustainable future with worm farms, beehives and a fruit

Educational spaces created at Hutt Valley schools

GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS: A group photos of those who helped with the recent TREEmendous School Makeover in Lower Hutt. PHOTO: Supplied

orchard; and it has also received the Enviroschools Green Gold Award - the highest award a school can achieve.

Principal of Naenae Primary School, Murray Bootten, says: “This makeover has provided a great exploratory area for the children and wider community to learn about and experience native fl ora and fauna.

We are proud that our students under-stand the importance of caring for our environment from such a young age.”

“We had a great turn out and so much fantastic support from our local com-munity including all those who kindly donated supplies and their valuable time to this project,” Mr Bootten says.

As part of the programme, students, teachers, and members of Lower Hutt community transformed the unused area of Naenae Primary School’s fi eld into an educational and interactive space for the students to explore.

Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace put on his gumboots and attended the event showing his support for the local com-munity.

“Everyone worked really hard to create this cultural and educational space,” Mr Wallace says.

Wainuiomata resident and landscaper Tane Renata also had a role in the project.

Four Hutt City businesses were finalists at the Wellington Gold Awards recently.

Flight Plastics were winners on the night of the awards, taking home the Green Gold Award – a category recognising positive sustainability practices and products.

The company invested in a Lower Hutt plant that enables its products to be produced from recycled PET, which is also a New Zealand fi rst. It produces a variety of lightweight plastic packages and containers fo-cussed on the food packaging sector.

Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace says: “My congratulations to Flight Plastics, an innovative and envi-ronmentally conscious business.”

I am thrilled a local company’s technological innovation has been recognised for its global contribu-tion to sustainability,” Mr Wallace says.

Three other local businesses that were finalists include Earthlink, Aspeq, and Label and Litho.

Earthlink is currently working with the Hutt City Council to de-velop recycling stewardship pro-grammes; and its operations recover around 500 tonnes of recyclable waste otherwise buried in landfi lls each year. It was a fi nalist in the Green Gold Awards.

Aspeq was recognised for a global gold, an industry category for ex-porters. It specialises in high-stakes

assessment and qualifi cation man-agement for regulatory agencies; the process by which candidates book and sit exams or undertake assessments.

Lower Hutt printing fi rm Label and Litho were fi nalists for support-ing gold; this was for its infrastruc-ture and professional services.

“These companies represent a range of industry expertise,” Mr Wallace says.

“They are contributing in so many ways; far beyond the category in which they have each been rec-ognised, they are generating jobs, and bringing economic growth and innovation to our community,” he says.

Hutt business recognised for excellence

MAYOR: Ray Wallace

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Residents around the Wellington region received a rude awakening last Thursday, following a moder-ate earthquake in the lower North Island.According to an initial report by GeoNet, the 4.9 magnitude quake was centred about 10km east of Eketahuna.Thursday’s shake was recorded

at 7.46am and was at a depth of 32km.In the minutes that followed, alleg-edly more than 500 people around the Wellington region reported feeling or hearing an earthquake.M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t past and the most recent earthquakes can be found at www.geonet.org.nz/.

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By Dan Whitfi eld

A road safety campaign that ran throughout the month of June is set to continue follow-ing a positive response from the community.

Wainuiomata Police had been enforcing the campaign which focuses on remind-ing local drivers that stop signs are there for a reason throughout June; and despite it running about a month later than intended, offi cers in the community have seen good results.

Sergeant Bradley Allen told the Wainuiomata News earlier this year that some drivers may feel that rolling through stop signs and making close calls at intersections is okay, but the reality is that taking these kinds of risks can result in serious injury or even death.

The campaign focused on

drivers who fail to stop at stop signs on Fitzherbert Rd, Queen St and The Strand.

Mr Allen says at this stage police are looking at running the campaign through July as well, due to offi cers receiv-ing good feedback from the public.

Drivers caught failing to stop at intersections headed by a stop sign are issued a $150 fine and 20 demerit points, however the main objective of police has been educating people about the reasons stop signs are needed.

“To date we’ve issued 18 infringement notices...But more importantly, the advice we’ve given out has been well received by the motorists that staff have stopped,” Mr Allen says.

The campaign is being run by Wainuiomata Police and Hutt City Council offi cials.

Local safety campaign continues in valley

PLEASED WITH RESPONSE: Sergeant Bradley Allen. PHOTO: Wainuiomata News fi le

Many Wellington and Hutt Valley commuters were warned to take a different route to work on Wednesday, June 25, when the bus services had a two hour union stop work meeting.

The meeting was held to inform members of the im-plications that could be cre-ated by the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s pending decision to adopt the draft Regional Public Transport Plan and terminate the city’s trolley bus services in 2017.

The unions that met represent over 500 New Zealand Bus drivers and depot staff that work on the Go Wellington and Valley Flyer fl eets.

All Go Wellington buses stopped between 9am and 3pm,

and the Valley Flyer service was reduced.

NZ Bus chief executive Zane Fulljames apologised in advance for the incon-venience to commuters.

Trolley buses have been operating in Wellington city since 1949 and NZ Bus staff are proud of the technology and its benefi ts.

In 2007, NZ Bus in-vested $36 million in mod-ernising the trolley fl eet. There are 60 trolley buses currently in operation out of the region wide bus fl eet of 517, of which the remainder are diesels.

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All bus services were restored to the regular schedules by 3pm on June 25.

6 Wednesday July 2, 2014

By Dan Whitfi eld

Hutt City Council is working with another of its sister cities developing a work programme to add value to the relationship - as well as creating educational opportunities for local students.

With Tempe, Arizona, at the cutting edge of innovation, the plan is to share capability in science, technology and high value manufacturing sectors and to explore potential bonds between the two cities.

Recently, four students and a teacher from Tempe were welcomed to the Hutt Valley with a powhiri; marking the three week mark of their fi ve week visit.

“These exchanges form very real, human connections for our relation-ship with Tempe. As well as it being a wonderful opportunity for our young people and teachers, it connects us to a city we have so many synergies with,” Mr Wallace says.

This exchange forms a strong basis for the council’s ongoing relationship with Tempe, continuing on from a business delegation to Tempe in 2011 that was led by Mr Wallace.

He also attended the fi rst Sister City Economic Business Forum with par-ticipants from eight other sister cities; announcing thirty years of friendship.

“It was a wonderful opportunity to create networks with a range of cities from around the world. Our coun-terparts in Tempe were terrifi c hosts, and it really advanced the connections between us,” Mr Wallace says.

As council aspire to get Hutt City to one of New Zealand’s leading export and economic growth centres, offi cials say there is much the city can learn from its American counterpart.

Similar to Lower Hutt’s Callaghan Innovation and GNS Science, Tempe and neighbouring Scottsdale is home to several institutes – such as Arizona State University – that partner with the private sector to advance new global products. This includes more than $350 million plugged into research projects each year.

The technology sector also makes up 20 per cent of jobs and businesses - from aerospace to nanotechnology and solar energy research to software development.

Council is currently developing a work programme to grow the relation-ship between the two cities - including building shared capability in the science technology and high value manufacturing sectors, exploring po-tential partnerships between the Tempe and Hutt City.

While Tempe has experienced dy-namic development and growth, it has

Developing relationships to help grow city

also maintained its uniqueness; council officers believe this is refl ected in the recent decision to retain and enhance the Town Hall, alongside the development of an event centre.

New Zealand host brothers or

sisters of exchanges are also set to attend an overseas experience in Tempe.

Hutt City also has relationships with cities in Texas, South Korea, Japan and China.

Excahnge students include Emma

Soley, Jackie McFall, Nicole Holly, Jay Rothermel. The Tempe teacher is Cristy Palaeologus.

Jasmine Rivers from Wainuio-mata High School will be attending an exchange in Tempe later this year.

EXCHANGE: Mayor of Lower Hutt, Ray Wallace, Emma Soley (Tempe), Kris-tina Hutley (Hutt Valley High School), Nicole Holly (Tempe), Jasmine Rivers (Wainuiomata High School), Kate Davy (HVHS), Jackie McFall (Tempe), Jay Rothermel (Tempe), Patrick Shepherd (HVHS). PHOTO: Supplied

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What is your favourite food?

What makes you smile?

My three daughters – they continue to make myself and Mel (my wife) proud as punch. They are just so amazing.

What’s your pet hate?

Empty biscuit packets left in the pantry.

Your favoured holiday destination?USA was great to visit. Foxton Beach locally, rates highly as a family favourite (and signi� cantly more a� ordable these days).

What’s your favourite music?A whole lot of everything really – but surprisingly my tunes don’t get a blast on the family stereo.

What is one thing Wainuio-mata News readers would be surprised to know about you?I can’t seem to grow a decent lemon tree. I have planted many over the years, and the darn things don’t seem to work ever in the backyard. I feed them, water them, position accordingly in a sunny, sheltered spot – and even in the dark of night, secretly pee on them. But no – they don’t grow for me.

That would be a curry with a bit of bite!

What’s next on your wish list?

Getting the kitchen and bathroom done. Well overdue!

A saying you like to live by?

“Don’t become old and wise, until your finished being young and silly.” – Anonymous

Paul Henry would be welcome.

Who would you invite to dinner?

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Building has begun on the new Wel-Tec School of Construction - a new purpose built facility for students around the Hutt valley, including those living in Wainuiomata.The process started with a site sur-vey and breaking of ground ahead of laying the foundations.With the campus located in Petone, it is a very exciting build not only for WelTec, but for the Hutt Valley as it represents major investment – about $5 million – into the area; and

is set to attract students from all over the Wellington region. WelTec’s head of construction Neil McDonald says: “The new school is an exciting development in one purpose-built facility for our con-struction students.”Council o� cers assisted WelTec in the early phases of the design work and helped to come up with a suit-able design for a building that will act as a ‘gateway’ to Hutt City. In the early phases, it was important

the needs of students and teaching sta� were considered as well as the contribution a new build like this can make to enhancing what was a vacant piece of land between two transport corridors.Project architects Designgroup Stapleton Elliott developed a design which ensures WelTec’s current programmes in the carpentry, paint-ing and decorating, masonry and landscaping subject areas can be delivered e� ectively from the site.

The design provides a ground � oor workshop space that will be open plan, and be of su� cient size and � exibility to accommodate future teaching changes. The � rst � oor will provide quiet space for stu-dent classrooms and self-directed learning as well as o� ce space for teaching staff. Outside teaching areas will be provided for carpentry (house building) and landscape construction.An estimated 220 students and sta�

will be on site at during operating hours. There is also capacity for six houses to be built on site which is the medium for learning on WelTec’s carpentry programme. This helps to deliver real-time skills preparing students for industry – the skills really valued by employers.The lead contractor is Maycroft Construction with the building work planned through to November this year.

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Greetings, a lot has happened in our community since my column a month ago.

Exciting plans ahead

Thank you to all of who made submissions, and gave other input towards setting our Annual Plan. The Community Meeting at which submissions were heard and decisions made on the Annual Plan was held in the Wainuiomata Council Chambers in the Library.

This is an exciting time for us; we have set in place a plan for growth and rejuvenation across the region. Wainuiomata will see investment in a range of projects and initiatives with $300,000 over the next three years as part of Council’s Urban Growth Strategy. We also have plans underway for improving roads and other infrastructure.

Visitors from Tempe, Arizona

I recently welcomed exchange students from our sister city in Tempe, Arizona to Lower Hutt. Jackie McFall is attending Wainuiomata School with her host sister Jasmine Rivers, who will then join her in Arizona. Two fantastic young people who I am pleased are making the most of

this great opportunity available to them.

Listening to our overseas students’ stories I was pleased to hear of all the adventures they had been having, and how widely they had travelled around our country. I was particularly pleased however to hear many of the best memories are from the Wainuiomata area.

We greatly value our sister city relationships, and have much to gain at a city and regional level.

A loss for our community

In closing, I wish to acknowledge the passing of Kaumatua Jim Nicholls who was a great stalwart of Wainuiomata.

Until next time, be safe and look after each other.

A word from Mayor Ray Wallace

The People’s Mayor

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is looking for partnership opportunities with agencies in the region to help young people into employment.In the past, it has worked successfully to support young people into work through cadetship/internship schemes, Youth Transition Service support and Industry Hubs, connecting people in the com-munity with apprenticeships, jobs and further education. The Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce has already partnered with MSD in Lower Hutt, helping create opportunities in and around the Hutt Valley.It is keen to explore what opportunities

may exist to collaborate or partner on initiatives and programmes that would achieve positive economic and labour market outcomes for jobseekers e� ective this month.At this stage opportunities could take the form of pilots through direct recruitment and industry training where skill or labour shortages may exist. It could also be working on local projects that enhance the skills, experience of job-seekers to obtain employment.If people would like to find out more about the opportunities, contact the MSDs Mel Harrington on 917 7144 or 029 278 3736.

MSD help young to work

Students from Riverside Kindergarten were visited by a number of counterparts from Wainuiomata Primary School for a morning of dance last week.Teachers from the Wainuiomata-based kindergarten say the walls and � oor were resounded to the steady beat of Crazy Frog, as well as a number of other favourite songs. The event is set to happen twice a week with students from the primary school’s

leader group for jump jam running the classes at the kindergarten.Jump jam is part of the kindergarten’s keep � t and healthy programme that is running this term. As part of the programme, students from the primary school share their skills and moves with the kindergarten children. The kindergarten children really look forward to the sessions, say sta� from the kindergarten.

Jumping for joy

Breakfast attendees hear positives

By Dan Whitfi eld

Another business break-fast was ticked off the roster last Friday with MP Trevor Mallard addressing those who attended.

The Labour MP for the Hutt South electorate spoke about why he believes Wai-nuiomata has a positive future – including how the population has grown as well as how the area could become a real scientifi c and tourism centre; therefore putting Wainuiomata on the map.

“Many of the reasons I love Wainuiomata flow

from it being a valley, or more accurately, valleys...But most of all I love Wai-nuiomata because we are a community that is defi ned by our location,” said Mr Mallard last Friday.

“You are either here or not, part of the community or not,” he said.

With a crowd of people attending the end of the week event, Mr Mallard ex-plained how Wainuiomata’s clear delineation from the rest of the Hutt Valley cre-ated a willingness to work together in a way that is not common in most suburban areas.

He said community spirit and cheaper housing has meant locals work together and get things done.

While Mr Mallard spoke of a number of good traits belonging to Wainuiomata, there were a couple of things that could be improved to make the community better – these included: developing a retirement village and associated rest home as well as lobby-ing to get one per cent of Labour’s proposed 100,000 affordable new homes built in Wainuiomata, therefore encouraging more people to reside in Wainuiomata.


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

Letters to the editor

Dear Ed,I’ve been following your reports

on the local colts team since the start of the season and it was unfortunate to hear they lost last weekend.

Keep it up boys, you working hard and it will pay off at the end of the season.

Don’t let one loss knock you down.

Yours sincerely,S. Waters

Keep it up, Colts Nice newsDear Ed, I’m just writing to tell you I am enjoy-

ing your bright and vibrant front pages. They are really attractive and eye

catching; and I’m always excited to see what you have chosen to put on them.

Especially love this week’s. It was nice seeing the children’s bright and cheerful faces looking back at me.

Yours sincerely,F. Cooper.

By Dan Whit� eld

The New Zealand Com-munity Newspaper awards were held recently and the Wainuiomata News picked up a little mention.Judged by Nic Butterworth, of Nic Butterworth Design in Auckland, the ‘Best Indi-vidual Advertising Protfolio’ section of the awards even-ing saw the Wainuiomata News recognised as runner up - coming in closely be-hind the Waitomo News in the class three division.

To be considered for the award, entrants submitted their six best advertise-ments from any issues prepared by their own production teams.Advertisements had to be in newspapers dated between January 1 and December 31.The overall winners on the night in the class one cat-egory included the Nor’west News which circulates over 20,000 copies of its publica-tion.In the class two - publishing 7500 to 20,000 copies, the

winner was the Ashbur-ton Courier. According to judges, they used space excellently and had clever layouts.On the night, the Associate Member award went to Eastlife. The New Zealand Commu-nity Newspaper awards is for community newspapers around New Zealand.It is an annual event run by The New Zealand Commu-nity Newspapers Associa-tion Inc .

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14 Edmonds St 12:00pm - 12:30pm19 Hamstead Street 12:00pm - 12:30pm

133 Moohan Street 12:30pm - 1:00pm4 Concord Street 12:30pm - 1:00pm

31 Gardiner Grove 12:45pm - 1:15pm21 Hyde Street 12:45pm - 1:15pm

83 Parkway 1:15pm - 1:45pm

125b Upper Fitzherbert Rd 1:15pm - 1:45pm74 Totara St 1:30pm - 2:00pm1 Kim Street 1:30pm - 2:00pm

10 Whitehall Street 2:00pm - 2:30pm21 Whitehall Street 2:00pm - 2:30pm41 Westminster Rd 2:15pm - 2:45pm212 Wellington Rd 2:15pm - 2:45pm

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By Dan Whitfi eld

When the Matariki star cluster rises into the skies of New Zealand, it signals a month long celebration across the country of the Maori New Year.

Last week, Wainuiomata Intermediate got among the celebrations of Matariki through students getting involved in various activities, including a Ki o Rahi tournament, treasure hunt, and daily news quizzes.

Matariki is the Maori name for the small cluster of stars in the Taurus constellation that rise during the New Zealand winter.

It has always been an important time in the Maori calendar and for early natives, Matariki was strongly connected to the seasons and was an indicator of the forthcoming year.

The word Matariki means ‘eyes of the god’ or ‘little eyes’.

The Maori New Year signals a time for connecting with, and giving thanks to, the

land, sea and sky. It is also a time for the community to farewell those departed and acknowledge the year gone by, and to turn to the future and celebrate new beginnings.

Wainuiomata Intermediate also had a shared lunch on Friday, June 27, which saw students bring food to share with their classmates, with their whanau also in attendance.

Matariki started on June 28.The Maori New Year signals a time for

connecting with, and giving thanks to, the

Maori New Year celebrated

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PLAYING STRONG: Jessie Esbach

TEAM PLAYER: Anaru Brin� eld

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ON THE RUN: Isaac Waiwai QUICK TO MOVE: July TangataCLEAVER PLAY: Senatoa Brooker

LONG PASS: Maddison Rua

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A number of innovative pro-grammes, projects, and partner-ships were recognised at Vol-unteer Wellington’s inaugural Employee Volunteering Awards recently.The event, which coincided with National Volunteer Week, also celebrated the Nikau Foundation Corporate Challenge 2014 - an initiative which sees volunteers from businesses and govern-ment departments give a day to complete a project in their local community.Volunteer Wellington’s employees

in the community coordinator, Judy Kerr, says the challenge is a great initiative, with not only local community groups seeing a bene� t from the expertise and goodwill of the business volun-teers, but businesses as well.“We were keen to build on the success of this event and we estab-lished the Volunteer Wellington Employee Volunteering Awards to recognise and promote excellence in this area,” Ms Kerr says.“We hope that the awards will encourage even deeper collabo-rations between business and

community by providing an op-portunity to share stories of the impact employee volunteering can have for all involved, and to learn and be inspired by others’ experiences and approaches,” she says.Businesses this year saw a bene� t through team building experi-ences, and employees learning new skills, and extending overall knowledge about their com-munities.The Volunteer Wellington Em-ployee Volunteering Awards celebrated outstanding contribu-

tions from businesses, community groups and individuals across sev-eral aspects of employee volun-teering that are key to its success.These included the standout project, employee volunteer-ing programme, business and community partnership, and em-ployee volunteering champions awards.Ms Kerr says: “For our inaugural awards, we were delighted to receive so many high quality entries from across the Wellington region. Our congratulations go to our worthy winners and we’d

like to thank all who participated, including our expert judges.”Volunteer Wellington currently has around 35 Business Friends. The employees in the community programme runs throughout the year and companies can sub-mit volunteer teams at any time throughout the course of the year.If businesses are interested in � nding out more on how to get involved, contact Judy Kerr on 499 7572. Alternatively people can email [email protected].

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Childhood Illness

We all know when our children are sick. They go from being active and alert to quiet, grumpy, sleepy, clingy and wanting more cuddles. The most common general signs of illness are fever, pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough, headache and rash. Fever (body temperature above 37°C) indicates that the body is ‘fi ghting’ infection from either bacteria or viruses. Children’s natural defence mechanisms are less well-developed than adults’ immune systems, so children are at higher risk of infections. They need extra special attention when they feel unwell.

Keeping your child comfortable in bed, giving plenty of fl uids, and using liquid medicines such as paracetamol or ibuprofen to reduce fever, are best when your child has a cold. “But” advice from Clive is “use proper medicine-measuring spoons when measuring doses of liquid medicines. Don’t use kitchen teaspoons because they are not accurate, the volume varies from spoon to spoon, and your child will not receive the correct dose of medicine.”

Immunisation is generally one of the most effective ways of protecting children against infections that can cause serious diseases and associated complications (including death). The immune system responds quickly to the vaccine and helps prevent the child developing the disease if exposed to it later.

Free immunisation, at specifi c times in a child’s life according to the Ministry of Health’s immunisation schedule, is available to all children in New Zealand, to protect against a number of diseases.

“Ask us about our Children’s Pain & Fever fact card”, recommends Clive, “because this has a lot of helpful hints for looking after sick children. Also it indicates what other signs to look out for in children that indicate more serious illnesses.”

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clothes drier is vented to the outside Get rid of moisture by wiping down

windows and walls daily Use a dehumidifi er to reduce moisture

content in the air and an extractor fan wherever moisture is generated like in the shower or kitchen Keep your house well ventilated using

an air circulation system or just by opening the windows whenever you can.

Preparing you home for winterCONDENSATION – HOW TO DETECT IT AND GET RID OF IT

There are lots of good reasons to keep active – especially if you already have a medical condition, or you’re getting older.

Top ten reasons to stay active:• You’ll have more energy.• You’ll have better posture and balance.• You’ll have stronger muscles and bones.• It’s fun.• It raises your self-esteem.• It helps you manage your weight.• It improves your fi tness.• It can improve your sleep.• You’ll feel more relaxed, and less stressed!

Stay fi ghting fi tRegular physical activity:helps reduce the risk of conditions like heart disease, obe-sity, type 2 diabetes and cancer.puts you in a better position manage conditions like arthritis, diabetes and depression.Getting older?Now’s not the time to give up on staying active. When you’re in your senior years, it’s more important than ever to get up and get going!Regular physical activity can do a lot to improve your quality of life. Keep read-ing to fi nd out how – and check out the HealthEd booklet Ageing Well if you want to know more.

Keeping fi t – keeping healthy

We all have this classic defi ni-tion of a beautiful day. Whether it’s walking along Oriental Bay or hiking up Mt Kau Kau, others may say it is staying indoors and playing the piano.

Any of these things may very well fi t your criteria for a beauti-ful day, however, here’s a dif-ferent kind of beautiful day—a day in which the things you do refl ect on the core of improving your inner and outer beauty.

A beautiful day doesn’t have to be a day in which you’re removed from reality; it can be a day in which you’re immersed in it. So here are some tips and tricks to ensure that you integrate good habits into your daily life, creating the perfect start to the beautiful day. Wake up before your

alarm clock. We need about seven to eight

hours of sleep for our bodies to recharge; plus, sleep is the

major stimulant for your own growth hormone. When you wake up, take a few minutes for an inventory of the way your body feels—specifi cally the minor aches and pains that may distract you from the focus of your life. Perform a few light stretches. Take just a few minutes to get your blood going, think about your breathing, and prepare yourself for your day. Perform your morning

beauty routine.Shower, wash your face and

use a moisturiser, and use deo-dorant, not antiperspirant – this is all key to having a beautiful day. Have breakfast.Whether this includes eating

100% whole grains or eggs on toast, make sure you have break-fast. Don’t ever think about fast food at breakfast time, as most breakfast fast food goes agaisnt every good nutritional guideline.

Ways to start a beautiful day Sneak in a mini-workout.Whether you’re getting to work or getting

your kids to school, we know you’ll be spending a little travel time during the day, stuck in your car or a bus, or, if possible, on your two legs. Take the opportunity to squeeze in a mini work out – even if this includes a walk around the block. Practice your smile.Make a note to greet everyone you meet

with or talk to with a hearty smile—a genuine one. Upbeat people excel. Upbeat people have good relationships. Upbeat people feel good.


Composed by Tony Watling: June 25, 2014

The Council they a grant will give,for those who in Valley live.With talents that we all can share,needing help to get them there. Creative art has running cost,with no help it may be lost.Those in need please do apply –never know unless you try.

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The Transit Cargo, in van confi gu-ration, is a signifi cant upgrade of the classic model large van.

With an even larger cargo capacity than the previous model, the Transit Cargo provides professional trades-men and commercial fl eet customers with unmatched fuel economy, innovative new confi gurations and practical versatility in New Zea-land’s commercial vehicle market.

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The Tourneo Custom, now avail-able at dealers throughout New Zealand, is a new passenger van also powered by Ford’s 2.2L Duratorq TDCi diesel engine.

The new van takes the best things about people-movers from around the globe and enhances them, of-fering generous space and comfort for up to nine people and all their gear and all beneath a stylish new exterior.

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Teams from Wainuiomata AFC have a full line up of games this weekend. This week the club’s senior � rst side is set to take on Miramar, in a Sunday showdown at Dave Farrington Park. Kick o� for this game is 2pm.The senior second team will play Lower Hutt on Saturday at 2.30pm. The game will be played at Fraser Park. Wainuiomata’s undertakers will play Tawa AC United on Saturday at 2.30pm also, however its game will be played at Richard Prouse Park.Wainuiomata’s halfbaked side verse Western Suburbs in a midweek matchup on Tuesday, July 8, at 6.30pm. This will be played at Petone Memorial park.The roundballs are set to take on Wellington Olympic on Saturday at 12.30pm. This side will be playing at MacAlister Park.The club’s Paci� ca team will come up against Stokes Valley on Saturday. This game is set to kick o� at 2.30pm from Richard Prouse Park.Wainuiomata’s women side will play Porirua City this week. The game will be played on Sunday. Kick o� is at 1pm. The game will be held at Richard Prouse Park.

Match ups set for this week’s play

Wainuiomata’s dominance of the under 21 colts division is proving to be well known around the region, with Old Boys University counter-parts defaulting to the local side on Saturday.The OBU default to Wainuiomata has given the home boys another bonus point win without even taking the � eld.This week the Firestone Wainuiomata Colts play the top Upper Hutt team in Wainuiomata at Mary Crowther Park. At this stage, the time and date to still be arranged.

Default sees Wainuiadvance to third

A former Wainuiomata Intermediate student has secured her spot on a New Zealand waka ama squad head-ing to Rio de Janerio later this year. Jaleighquar Rahiri will be part of a team of eight paddling in the junior J19K division and will compete against a number of countries at the World Championship Sprints event next Month.The Wainuiomata-based athlete has been fundraising to support her getting to the competition and says community support is still needed. “It’s quite surprising how supportive the public has been,” she says. To sponsor Jaleighquar’s trip to the world championships, contact Gretchen Hema via email – [email protected].

O� to Rio for local

By Dan Whitfi eld

Junior players from Wai-nuiomata Rugby League Club received some extra support recently, after the lo-cal NZCU Baywide donated a number of drink bottles

to teams competing this season.

The drink bottles were presented to the club around March-April and the support has been well received by all teams, including the club’s under 12 league team, which

is actually an under 11 team playing a higher grade to make the playing roster larger.

Under 12s coach Damien Wanoa has been coaching the junior grade for the last eight years and, along with

Support for junior leagueassistant coach Shane Brown, values the support from NZCU Baywide – the local credit union which is committed to maintaining a strong relationship with the club.

Team leader and lending consultant at the NZCU Baywide Wainuiomata branch Mani Malaeulu says: “It’s been a great opportunity for us to reach out and show our support towards the club in particular the junior teams.”

“Resources these days are hard to come by and we understand that so anything we can do help our com-munity where we can and in this case the next generation come through and enjoy playing in the sporting arena can only be a good thing,” Mr Malaeulu says.

The under 12s have had a good season so far, winning three of four games played this year.

NZCU Baywide was established in 1971 and has over 36,000 customer-owners around New Zealand.

There is also a NZCU branch in Lower Hutt.

Staff from the local credit union pride themselves on their involve-ment within the local community, actively helping out with numerous charities and causes in the region.

SUPPORT APPRECIATED: Junior players with their new drink bottles. PHOTO: Supplied

Students meet Pulse players

PLAYERS VISIT WAINUIOMATA: Haier Pulse players Irene van Dyk and Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit hanging out with Wainuiomata Intermediate students, Cerie Milovale and Sarah McLeod-Venu. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

Continued from page 1By Dan Whitfi eld

Netball Central Zone’s Ken Allen, who is also the organiser of the event, tells the Wainuiomata News that players have been warmly welcomed wherever they have gone, and the programme is something that will continue to be done.

With visits including fun activities made up of netball skills and drills, students have also had the chance to listen to lead-ership, healthy eating, benefi ts of playing sport talks – all part of the programme.

“It’s been great. The children have really enjoyed the skills and drills part of the programme as well as having the opportunity to ask the players questions,” he says.

The programme is directed at schools rated decile four and below; and over the past week, players visited two schools in the local community – Wainuiomata

Primary and Wainuiomata Intermediate.Players also visited schools in the Hutt Valley,

Wellington, and Porirua areas.The aim of the programme is to help young

people have fun by being active and to increase participation in sport.

Irene van Dyk spoke to about 50 intermediate students on training and working hard to get results.

She also spoke to them about working as a

team, and doing things to make them better players.

Wainuiomata students were provided with information to help them make good health decisions such as eating the right foods.

Just a few of the students to meet the two national players were Cerie Milovale, Sarah McLeod-Venu, Angela Milovale, Anahera Ford, Perez Hayward, James Parker, and Tia Robson.

Wainuiomata secured a 5-nil victory against its Victoria University counterparts over the weekend. The local senior side’s � rst half was a tight affair, with both sides creating good chances but � nishing was also lacking from both sides.To Wainuiomata’s credit, one

of many chances was � nished on a well executed move with a clinical strike by Rhys Glover.In the second half, Wainuio-mata dominated 75 per cent of play and was rewarded with four more goals – claiming a well deserved win.Goal scorers on the day were Rhys (2), Yoge, Max, Lawrence.

It was no by means a � awless performance by the green and blacks, but they battled hard and kept at the task required, says a team spokesperson.Man of the Match was Leon Serci.The team’s next game is away against Miramar next Sunday. Other team results included

the roundballs winning 3-nil against Brooklyn Northern United, Paci� ca winning 3-nil also against Brooklyn Northern United; whereas, the senior seconds lost 8-nil to Miramar, and halfbaked lost 1-5 to Island Bay United.The Wainuiomata undertakers played on Monday.

Winners after hard fought play

15Wednesday July 2, 2014SPORT

Despite poor conditions last week, Saturday turned out to be a fantastic day for the annual Sanders and Gough team event races – this year hosted by Wainuiomata Harriers.This year’s course started at the Wainuio-mata clubrooms at Richard Prouse Park and headed around the Gums Loop, and Sledge tracks, as well as various others at the end of Hine Rd. With a great turnout from all clubs involved, organisers say it was with even greater satisfaction that Wainuiomata Harriers took out various team and indi-vidual top spots.This included Logan Stoupe, who took out the under 11’s 1.7km event; Joel Car-

man, who won the under 17s 4km race; and the Wainuiomata women’s team, that were victorious in the Burns Cup.Brendan McCauley, Karen Forsyth, and Robbie Hannan came fourth in the Walker’s Trophy 6.6km event; Georgina Cox, Nikki Braniff-Jones, and Shelley Tietjens won the senior women/masters women Burns Cup 6.6km run.In the under 17s Robbie Shield 4km, Wai-nuiomata Harriers’ runners Joel Carman, Aaron Baker, and Natasha Goldsworthy – placed third.The senior men/masters men Sanders Cup, which was held over an 8.6km dis-tance, saw Paul Richardson, Al Forsyth, Warwick Pettigrew, Alan Carman, and

Stewart Clement place fourth.This year’s under 14s 3.4km Challenge Shield, saw Wainuiomata Harriers’ runners Daniel Goldsworth, Cameron Forsyth, and Jesse Carman � nish second.The annual interclub event is held be-tween Hutt Valley and Wairarapa harrier clubs, with each taking its turn to host. Full results can be found on the Wai-nuiomata Harriers website, www.sports-ground.co.nz/wainuiomataaahc.This Saturday is a club run from the clubrooms at Richard Prouse Park, Hine Road. The event starts at 2pm and all are welcome. For more details, phone 970 7651.

Runners claim top spots

It was a successful weekend for the women of Wainuiomata AFC, after taking down Stop Out, 1-nil.

Despite the team’s being trans-ferred to a very boggy Bryan Heath Park, the girls played well and finally managed to come away with a victory – with Wainuiomata showing strong possession throughout the game.

Wainuiomata started the game with a number of shots at goal, but missed several opportuni-ties in front of goal before half time.

Jacinta Hefferman beat the

defence numerous times and created numerous goal scoring opportunities to score, however the strikers could not fi nd the back of the net.

Stop Out did occasionally cause trouble for the Wainuio-mata defence. This saw Bella Van Hoof step up and cover in defence, helping out goalie Amie Clisby, who intercepted numerous thru’ balls.

Later in the game, Sarah Sanders managed to cross a ball from the right wing, which saw the ball defl ected off a Stop Out player and into their own net.

Rachel Sue replaced Jacinta

Hefferman at left mid fi eld and continued to cause a lot of trou-ble for the Stop Out defence, but Wainuiomata could not get a second goal to make it a comfortable win.

As time wore out, Stop Out continued to press forward, and luckily for Wainuiomata; could not equalise.

A team spokesperson says it was a good result and Wainuio-mata look forward to a tough game against Porirua City this Sunday.

This weekend’s game is set to be played at Richard Prouse Park with a 1pm kick off.

Winning weekend for Wainuiomata women

By Dan Whitfi eld

Ulalei Wainuiomata Netball has fought back in its Regional Super-league campaign to narrowly beat Kapi-Mana, 45-44.

The recent win sees Ulalei’s premier one team secure a back-to-back win in the competition, which kicked off about three weeks ago. While it was a nail biting win against, it was a win nonetheless.

After the slow start, down 7-11 after the first quarter, a strong defensive effort by the whole team created a number of turnovers and so started the comeback.

Coach Tunis Cook says: “The strength of the team is in its gutsy defense.”

“Our team’s dogged full court de-fence clawed out another one point win...It was a fantastic effort from the back three – Nicky Copland, Perri Williams and Nicole Dutoit,” she says.

The premier one team’s next game is on Thursday at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua. The team is set to play Maidstone, with tip off at 7pm.

In the premier division, Ulalei won 39-30 over Manaroa – kicking off its second round in grand style.

After being down 9-4 at the end of

the fi rst quarter, Ulalei settled into its work with some silky attacking skills from Stephanie Hoare and Cook.

Some tight defensive work by Summer Murray and Losa Aiono created numerous turnovers, which the ever accurate Ulalei shooters, Sina Tamaalii and Atiria Semmens capitalised on.

Player-coach Ressa Lealofi was ecstatic with the team’s perfor-mance and fi rst up winning result in the second round.

This Saturday, Ulalei are set to take on Maidstone at Walter Nash Stadium. Tip off is set for 1.30pm.

Wins all round for Ulalei

VICTORIOUS: Ulalei’s premier two team, from left, Ressa Lealo� , Sina Tamaalii, Lahraine Sagaga, Summer Murray, Memory Hopoi, Losa Aiono, Tunis Cook, Atiria Semmens, Steph Hoare. Front, a regular young sup-porter, Vatau Isaac. PHOTO: Supplied

Wainuiomata remain top

By Aaron Meredith

Wainuiomata’s premier side held off a late comeback by Ories counterparts to remain on top of the Jubilee Cup.In what has become the norm this year, Wainuiomata started o� fast. Tyler Tane and Teru Time scored much deserved tries and helped the home team out to 15-nil lead in the � rst half.Ories then scored a try and Wainuiomata kicked a penalty giving it an 18-7 lead just before halftime.In the second half, the Orien-tal Rongotai side dominated early; kicking two penalties. This brought the score to 18-13.Wainuiomata stepped up an-other gear with Time scoring his second try of the game. This

set the home side up with a lead of 23-13, and seemingly sealing the game.Another Ories try came just before halftime however, once again the Wainuiomata defence came to the party – holding up the ball to end the game.The forwards worked hard all game and never stopped mak-ing strong runs.Second-� ve Marvin Karawana also made some strong runs in the game, and his defence was solid all game.The win keeps Wainuiomata on top of the table on 16 points equal with Hutt Old Boys Marist.In other results, the senior � rsts had a close 14-11 win over Ories and the women defeated Stokes Valley 15-nil.

Wainuiomata remain at top

KEY PLAYER: Leanne Smith beatimg the Stop Out defence.

SCORER: Tyler Tane in a previous game.

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