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By Aaron Meredith

Speeding buses and a lack of parking are two of the problems facing teachers, parents and children in early childhood centres in Wainuiomata.

There is little to no road signs outside of many centres in the valley warning drivers to slow down.

Jack and Jill Kindergarten has been fi ghting with New Zealand Buses for many years, fi nally asking Hutt South MP Trevor

Mallard for help.It is only since he got involved

the bus company has responded.The kindergarten has two signs

warning drivers of the centre, but these were only put up after a child was hit by a car a few years back.

“It is only a matter of time before someone gets hit again.” says head teacher Chris Moses.

“I understand the drivers are on a schedule, but they are going so fast.”

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Jack and Jill Kindergarten Teacher Rosanne with three students at the Early Childhood Centre.

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Haircuts for a cause Te Aroha Tahu-Sinnott and Jess Anderson are taking part in the

pyjama drive for Foster Hope.

By Emma McAuli� e

A local woman is offering free haircuts in exchange for new pyjamas for foster children this month.

Wainuiomata resident, Te Aroha Tahu-Sinnott, has been working with Foster Hope for the past year.

Foster Hope works to make sure children in foster care know their community cares about them. The Wellington branch has been running for fi ve years.

As a volunteer, Te Aroha opens the doors to her home in Wai-nuiomata, as a drop-off point for people to donate items to the organisation. Continued on page 2

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By Aaron Meredith

Wainuiomata High School’s top athletes were recognised for their achievements throughout the year at last week’s sports awards.

Awards were handed out to ath-letes in all sports, many of whom have represented Wellington and New Zealand.

Sportsman of the year was given to Raymond Seumanu for his achievements in boxing, winning multiple national titles as well as the Australian Golden Gloves.

He became one of the youngest winners of the award.

The sportswomen of the year award was awarded to Sieni Samau for her achievements in a wide range of sports.

Sieni was also the top player in volleyball, girls rugby, was the top scorer in football, was the best back in league, played for Wainuiomata in club rugby and league, going on to represent Wellington in both sports.

On top of that Sieni was also selected for the New Zealand rugby league Kiwi Ferns side to play Australia next year

The MC, Phillip Kauika who

says that the school has achieved to a high standard this year in all sports.

“Many teams have made fi nals, won championships or have represented the school at regional tournaments.”

Teams who won their grades included the girls cricket team, the football fi rst XI, teams two and three in netball, the boys fi rst xv in rugby and the junior boys league team.

This year was also the fi rst year that Ignite Sports presented two special awards, both recognising character in an athlete and coach.

Trust co-ordinator Kevin Goldsbury says that the awards are given to those that embodied Ignite Sport’s values.

“Despite the attention that poor behaviour and bad sportsman-ship attracts, there are great examples of athletes who demon-strate positive character in sport and coaches who effectively model it,” Kevin says.

This year’s winners were Paa Mailangi who won the character athlete award and Ngaire Blake who won the character coach award.

Both showed great passion for

Sporting achievements recognised

their sports and teams, helping their teams achieve their best.

Kalena Hura was also recog-nised by the school, receiving the principals award after 20 years’ service to school netball.

Other award winners were Stephen Graham, Joel Carman, Atiria Semmens, Jade Hum-

phrey and Brooke Tauaneai.School Principal Martin Isberg

says he was not surprised by the achievements of the students this year.

“We have spent the last three or four years changing the culture of the school, and the results this year are recognition of this.”

One sure sign of summer arriving is the call of the shin-ing cuckoo, a series of upward notes followed by one or more long downward slurring notes. The birds have come back to New Zealand to breed after wintering over in the Solomon Islands. They can be heard calling from forest, scrub and farmland, which are also the habitats of their host birds, the grey warbler. Like cuckoos around the world the shining cuckoo lays its eggs in another bird’s nest.

Also called the bronze shining cuckoo, scientifi c name Chryso-coccyx lucidas, or in Maori the Pipi�Wharauroa, this sparrow-sized bird is usually not seen due to its cryptic markings and its size. It’s New Zealand’s only iridescent green bird and has green and white bands across its chest. The shining cuckoo lives on grubs and insects, including hairy caterpillars and ladybirds that other birds avoid.

It lays a single egg in the nest of a laying grey warbler, and the chick when it hatches ejects

the warbler eggs and chicks. The host then seems not to notice it’s parenting another species and continues to raise the chick. Fortunately for the grey warbler species, it has usually already raised a brood in August/September before the cuckoo arrives back in New Zealand.

A few years ago we heard a sound from the bush that could have been a bird or an insect, but even with the neighbours’ help we couldn’t fi nd what it was coming from. One day

however, I heard it in the beech tree outside the window, and looked out to see the cuckoo chick flitting from branch to twig noisily demanding food from a smaller and very busy grey warbler.

The two major threats to the shining cuckoo are fl ying into windows and being taken by cats. You can hear its call and learn more about it here. www.radionz.co.nz/nation-al/programmes/thiswayup/collections/birdwatching/shiningcuckoo

The call of the shining cuckoo

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Wainuiomata Primary School Gala

This Saturday Wainuiomata Primary School is hosting a School Gala.

The school is fundraising so that all the senior students get the opportu-nity to go the school camp this year.

This will be taking place down the school between 2 and 6pm on Satur-day. For more information about this

please contact the school.

Last week the Wainuiomata News reported that Lynette Stewart was in a phot with Bonnie MacBeth when it was Cherrie Tinetti.

Cherie did a lot of hard work in the process of planning for the jubilee and the school would like to thank her for this.

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For two weekends in April, Te Aroha will be giving haircuts from her home in Holland St in exchange for new pyjamas, which will then be donated to foster children up to the age of 16.

Wellington Coordinator for Foster Hope, Jess Ander-son, said it was important foster children had pyjamas as it was coming up to win-ter many children had never owned their very own pair of new pyjamas.

She said it was exciting for the children to receive new pyjamas.

Te Aroha said the volun-

teer work for Foster Hope was close to her heart as she had been a foster parent in the past.

She said she hoped the pyjama drive would raise awareness of the organisa-tion’s existence in Wainuio-mata and their work with Kokiri Marae and Child, Youth and Family.

“If we can make people aware [of us], maybe next year we can grow and get more pyjamas and raise awareness all year round.”

Te Aroha said she had had a “large amount” of interest so far, and Saturdays had

been especially popular with bookings.

“People have asked me if they can donate pyjamas even if they don’t want a haircut. The answer is, yes of course you can,” she said.

Foster Hope runs two ‘drives’ per year, one in April for pyjamas and a Christmas drive later in the year.

Haircut dates are April 9, 10, 16 and 17. Bookings are essential. To make a booking text Te Aroha on 021 746 668. Haircuts will only be dry cuts unless hair is already wet.

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been especially popular with bookings.

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Haircuts for a cause

By Emma McAuliff e

Business owners in Wai-nuiomata were urged to con-sider donating a kidney by the

guest speaker at last week’s Development Wainuiomata Business Breakfast.

Over 30 people attended the breakfast, which is held

Tony Stevens speaks to the crowd at Friday’s breakfast.

monthly at Louise Bilderbeck Hall.

Before guest speaker Tony Stevens was introduced, Hutt City Mayor Ray Wallace gave a speech to celebrate the com-mitment given by committee member, Barry Renshaw, who was standing down from active service.

Mr Wallace said Barry had been president of Development Wainuiomata and had dedi-cated a signifi cant amount of time to the Community Patrol.

He also said the breakfast showed the strong commitment the people of Wainuiomata had to the community.

“It’s great that after all these years the team’s still going strong. Wainuiomata is a very

special place. When people are in trouble the community ral-lies around,” Mr Wallace said.

Tony then spoke about the importance of organ donation.

Tony, a renal nurse at Wel-lington Hospital, said trans-plants were the best option for those with kidney failure.

He said there were currently 640 New Zealanders waiting for kidney transplants.

Tony, grandson of town founders of Wainuiomata, said around 150 living and de-ceased donors donated kidneys last year.

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The Dowse Art gallery is running an exhibition called “Suburban Dreams” until May 29. The exhibition is described as ‘challenging stereotypes’ and draws at-tention to the hopes and

di� culties we experience in the places we � nd ourselves living in. There is a featured video on the lives of 21st century teenagers in Wai-nuiomata by Tim Barlow as part of the exhibition.

By Emma McAuli� e

A local woman with assistance from the Wainuiomata Marae hosted High School students from across Hawaii earlier this month.

Ginny Maxwell, who has had a decade long relationship with the people of Hawaii, said the group of 21 students and fi ve teachers came through the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council [PAAC] for a cultural experience.

They came over for cultural ex-perience to learn about education systems within Maori culture.

“They learnt about Maori cul-ture in general… they learnt

about Maori dance… they learnt to do Maori medicine with Lynne at the Marae,” Ginny said.

She said she organised the trip because she had a decade long relationship with the people of Hawaii after her cousin died there.

She said her cousin’s teacher initially “planted the seed for the trip”.

“We’ve been over every year (since my cousin’s death). Fami-lies look after us and we look after them.”

She said as part of their week’s stay the students toured to Feild-ing and Porirua to see immersion

schools in action. Ginny said this was the fi rst time

PACC had brought students to New Zealand and they said they would be back.

Ginny said out of the 21 students a “handful” were native Hawaii and the rest studied in Hawaii but were from Germany, Sweden and the America.

She said some students found it diffi cult to settle in to their week-long stay at the Marae.

“They didn’t know what to expect but they loved it. They learnt pretty quickly. By the time they left they were crying.”

By Emma McAuli� e

A Lotto player who bought a ticket from Wainuio-mata Pharmacy had more than just the short work week to celebrate after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in last Wednesday’s Lotto draw.

Ron Chin, pharmacist at the Wainuiomata Phar-macy, said the pharmacy was really excited to have sold the winning ticket.

He said they the pharmacy found out who won the winning ticket last Friday and the winner was a local who Ron considered to be a “deserving recipient”.

“It couldn’t have gone to a better person,” Ron said.Ron said the winner told him he would put it

towards helping his family. Ron said this was the pharmacy’s fi rst big win, since

moving to The Strand late last year. “We’ve had a few smaller division winners since

we’ve moved but this is the fi rst big one.”

Big win at Wainuiomata Pharmacy

Sta� at Wainuiomata Pharmacy are excited to have sold a winning lotto ticket.

Marae hosts students from HawaiiThe students outside Wainuiomata Marae. PHOTO: Supplied

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By Emma McAuliff e

A local man is promoting his recumbent bike as a safer, more comfortable and faster form of travel.

A recumbent bike is one which places the rider in a laid-back posi-tion with the pedals frequently positioned before the front wheel.

Heinrich Burkart has owned his recumbent bike for 17 years.

He constructed it with the aid of a mechanic in his home country of Germany and brought it with him when he moved to New Zealand a year-and-a-half ago.

He said he became interested in

recumbent bikes after trying “a lot of different types” of bike throughout the late 80s and early 90s.

He said he thought it would be great if more people rode recumbent bikes.

“I always think it’s a good thing to recommend every recumbent bike. Every recumbent bike has [its] advantages,” Heinrich said.

“[They are] more safe than normal bikes, you fall less far. They are more comfortable. ... there is no ach-ing here and there. They are faster and more aerodynamic.”Do you own something others in Wainuiomata may be interested in? Email us at [email protected]

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Anzac Day

Travelling in style

Heinrich Burkhart rides his bike in the village

By Emma McAuliff e

A Wainuiomata man was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace at the Lower Hutt Dis-trict Court last week.

Rawiri Evans said he was happy to become a Justice of the Peace at a special ceremony last Wednesday, which was attended by his family and friends.

He said the process to become a JP had taken about nine months.

“I never thought I’d be able to fi t that sort of rhetoric. It’s been a process [but] it’s certainly good,” he said.

Rawiri said he thought it would be an important role

for him to take on to as it was a good way to give back to the community and he hoped to be able to support other Wainuiomata and Hutt Valley locals with the same title.

“There is such a shortage of JP’s around and it’s all volun-tary,” he said.

He said he was grateful to have the support of Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Meka Whaitiri, councillors and family and friends who had helped him on his path to becoming a JP.

“I never realised how involved it all was. It’s a whole new experience,” he said.

Rawiri said he hoped to even-tually set up an offi ce clinic on a weekend day in Wainuiomata. Rawiri Evans is sworn in as a Justice of the Peace. PHOTO: Supplied

Local man becomes a JPWainuiomata Library will be celebrat-ing World Scrabble Day on Wednes-day April 13. There will be scrabble events taking place throughout the day for all ages. A set of scrabble will be in the library all day for anyone to stop by and add a word.

Anzac Day will be celebrated on April 25. A dawn service will be held at 6am at the memorial on Queen Street. The Anzac parade will assemble at BP sta-tion at 10.55am followed by a service on Queen Street at 11am. Do you have a special Anzac story you would like to share? Email us at [email protected]

Community Law ClinicsCommunity Law Clinics are held eve-ry Wednesday from 11am to 12pm at the Wainuiomata Community Centre. The legal advice is provided by the Wellington and Hutt Valley Com-munity Law Centre to help residents with any legal questions.

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By Emma McAuliff e

With winter well on the way, Eastern Hutt Rotary Club and Hutt City Council are offering specifi c Wainuiomata residents free insulation for their homes.

As part of the Rotary Club’s ‘Healthy Homes’ project, the club is informing those with a com-munity services card, who have someone over 65 or under 12 in their household suffering from serious health problems are eligible for free or subsidise insulation under a government scheme.

Eastern Hutt Rotary Club member and ex- Hutt City mayor, John Terris, and Hutt City Councillor for the Wainuiomata Ward, Margaret Willard, have been door knocking around Wainuiomata for six weeks and have managed to sign up around 100 residents so far.

The pair said having insulated homes was espe-cially important coming up to winter as living in cold, damp houses could lead to serious illness.

“People can die,” John said.Margaret said she had been enjoying visiting the

homes of Wainuiomata residents so far and the pair went out once or twice a week for about an hour each time.

“It’s really important stuff. A healthy home leads to a healthy family,” she said.

John said although Wainuiomata residents were aware of the necessity of home insulation, many households did not have it and could be entitled to it for free.

“We’re not selling you something. We’re giving you something. We’ve got good news to bring,” he said.

John said he was grateful for the support he had

John Terris and Margaret Willard visit the home of Glen Wright’s family, who called the work they were doing “awesome”.

received from the Hutt City Council and the Kokiri Marae in the Rotary Club’s valley wide mission.

“The Hutt City Council and Kokiri Marae have done an excellent job at making people aware and enabling people [to get their homes insulated],” he said.

Healthy homes for Wainuiomata families

By Emma McAuliff e

A Wainuiomata resident is urging drivers to be more careful when travelling near Wainuiomata Marae.

Ivan Olsen is concerned speeding and a lack of vision could result in an accident near the blind corner at the Marae on the Parkway extension.

He said he had had two close calls with vehicles when pulling out of the Marae’s driveway over the past 15 months.

Ivan said he was worried one day some of the many children who were dropped off at the Marae would get hit by a car crossing the road on the way to school.

“The roadway out of here is a dangerous spot. There’s nothing worse than when you can’t see,” he said.

He said 15-months-ago he had ap-proached the Hutt City Council with his concerns and they had cut part of the hill away, improving vision slightly.

Ivan said an issue was with the emergency

service vehicles using the Parkway exten-sion and going high speeds past the corner.

“The speed of the cars, it blows you away,” he said.

Ivan said he had approached the police with his issues and was eagerly waiting for the issue to be resolved.

Wainuiomata News was unable to reach police for comment. Do you think this blind corner is danger-ous for the public? Email us at [email protected]

Blind corner a dangerous space The blind corner Ivan Olsen is concerned about.

Letters on issues of community interest are welcomed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words. They must be signed and a street address provided to show good faith, even if a nom de plume is provided for publication. The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or with-hold unsuitable letters from publication. Send or fax them to the address on page two, or email them to [email protected]. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.

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Q: Do you think schools should stop selling sugary drinks?

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

Ron Chin,Wainuiomata“Yes I think so, because I know that New Zealand has [issues with] type 2 diabetes. It starts from an early age- these habits are formed over a lifetime.”

Talyse Tipene-Sialava’a,Wainuiomata

“I don’t know. I’d just bring my own drink from home.”

TeAroha Tapu-Sinnott,Wainuiomata“Yes, de� nitely.”

Jess Anderson,Wainuiomata“Yes. There are major issues with teeth and kids.”

Kelly France,Wainuiomata“I think people should make their own decisions. People are quite capable.”

Eddie Trask,Wainuiomata

“I don’t know.”

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LETTERS to the editor

CONSULTATION ON HUTT CITY COUNCIL’S 2016/17 ANNUAL PLAN IS UNDERWAY.

We are continuing to invest in the rejuvenation and growth of Lower Hutt. This year’s Annual Plan continues work on projects like the Town Hall and Events Centre, upgrades to Avalon Park, and new learn-to-swim and hydrotherapy facilities for Huia Pool.

Council’s draft budget shows we can continue the programme of rejuvenation with an average rates increase of 2.7%, expected to be the lowest in the region.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO HAVE YOUR SAY Pick up a copy of the Consultation Document at:

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TO SPEAK TO A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE IN PERSON VISIT:Friday 8 April, 10am – 12 noon, the War Memorial Library

Wednesday 13 April, 7:00pm, Wainuiomata Community Board

Meeting, Wainuiomata Chambers, Wainuiomata Library

Saturday 16 April, 8am – 1pm, the Riverbank Market

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN THE PLAN FOR 2016/17 INCLUDE:• One-hour free parking in time-restricted HC2 car parks in

the CBD.

• The development of a Stokes Valley Hub to integrate community facilities.

• Strategic conference and event promotion of new and existing Council facilities

• Increased programmes and activities at Petone Settlers Museum

• Community art and culture funding for a winter related programme of events

Dear Ed, I would like to say a special thanks to two very spe-cial people and their wonderful staff on the retirement of Doctor Raudnic and his wife Margaret two lovely people, a wonderful Doctor and nurse, who have given a great service to this

community for 34 years and will be very much missed by me and anyone who had the privilege of being one of his patients. I wish them every best wish in their retirement, we will miss you all.

Rosalie Bennett,Wainuiomata

Dear Ed, Don't let your rage effect your driving. (chill out). I do believe that we can't afford to let road rage happen in a mall car park. You can get fi ned for road rage on the streets so it should happen anywhere that offends the public.

Peter Wells,Waiunuiomata

Best wishes for the Raudnics Mall road rage a problem


Mayor - Lower Hutt

A word from Mayor Ray Wallace

Hello everybody... I write this column from the Council administration building on Laings Road. We moved back in just after Easter and I am really pleased to be back in the Civic Centre. There’s a lot of exciting development underway here, as the historic Town Hall is strengthened and the events centre is constructed. We will be inviting the public in for an open day to have a look, once we are all unpacked and settled - I will keep you posted.

I want to wish Barry Renshaw all the best as he steps down from the Development Wainuiomata Committee and the Community Patrol. He has been involved in many community groups and it’s been wonderful to work with him over the years. He’s a terrific person with a real can-do attitude. A great example of the many wonderful people we have in our community; we are very fortunate to have him and his wife Nikki contributing so much.

It’s great to see the development progressing on the Parkway extension. This quality housing will be a great addition to Wainuiomata. Professionals Wainuiomata will be marketing these sections soon.

Sadly, on a less positive note, I have been very disappointed to hear the Senior Citizens’ Club on Wainuiomata Road has been broken in to. This is not the way our Wainuiomata community behaves. Everybody, including our elders, deserves to feel they are safe and their property is respected. I ask all of you to be vigilant, report any suspicious and antisocial behaviour to the Police, and look out for one another.

During the month of April we are consulting on the city’s Annual Plan for 2016-17. You can pick up the consultation document from the library, or the Council building. I look forward to hearing from you on the programme of work we have underway and those extra projects and policies we are looking at adding. It’s on the website huttcity.govt.nz/annual plan.With warm regards,

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Consultation on Hutt City Coun-cil’s proposed Annual Plan 2016/17 is open with a proposed average rates increase of 2.7 per cent, expected to be one of the lowest in the region.

Council’s Chief Executive Tony Stallinger said combining a low rates increase and staying within debt levels less than annual income is a continuation of Council’s excel-lent fi nancial record.

“Limits on rate increases and debt have for a long time been part of Council’s fi nancial strategy. This approach to fi nancial management has and will continue to serve us well.

“Over the last two years our fi nancial position has also allowed us to undertake a programme of revitalisation across the city while continuing to deliver services and fund projects and initiatives.

“We want to continue this pro-gramme and the momentum we’ve built. The opening of the Walter Nash Centre is a great example of

what’s possible and is the fi rst in an exciting line-up of rejuvenation projects such as the Town Hall, Events Centre, Riddiford Gardens, Huia Pool and Avalon Park.

“There are other potential projects not included in the plan that we want to hear from the community about. These include free CBD car parking and how we could pay for it, a new community hub in Stokes Valley, funding to attract new signifi cant events to the city… and a new community arts and culture festival for 2017.

“I’d like everyone with an interest in the future of Lower Hutt to take part in the consultation and have their say on these unfunded projects and the direction of our city.”

The Consultation Document is available online at huttcity.govt.nz/annualplan and can be picked up at local libraries, Council’s build-ing on Laings Road and Hutt City i-SITE. Consultation closes 5pm, Friday 29 April.

Council begins consultation

By Emma McAuli� e

A local man has won gold in what many in his fi eld refer to as the “Marmalade Olympics” after serving up a “gorgeous” jam to judges.

Graeme Cunningham won a Certifi cate of Merit Award, two Bronze Awards, one Silver Award and one Gold Award at the World’s Original Marmalade Awards, which was held last month in Cumbria, England.

His Gold Award winning jam, ‘Lime, Chilli and Coconut’, scored a perfect 20/20 with a judge referring to it as “gorgeous”.

Graeme said he had been making marmalades for 10 years, fi rst starting in Australia before moving back to New Zealand.

He has lived in Wainuiomata for fi ve years. He said it was the fi rst time he had entered the

Marmalade awards, sometimes known as the ‘Marmalade Olympics’, and would defi nitely enter them again.

“It was stressful but it’s all been worth it. [I’m] up there with the best in the world. To get 20/20- that’s incredible.”

His jams have also been recognised at the 2015 World Chutney Awards and local A and P shows.

He said the A and P shows were good because he got judged by his peers in the New Zealand scene.

“The ladies there have a wealth of knowledge. They’ve been making preserves all their lives,” he said.

Graeme said he sold his jams at the Wellington Underground Market under the label JAM.it.

He said he has 45 marmalades and 60 jams in his range. Graeme Cunningham with his award winning jams

Sweet delight for marmalade expert

Those concerned about the whereabouts of one of Parkway Park’s fl ying foxes need not worry. The fl ying fox has been removed by the Hutt City Council for repair and will return to its rightful position shortly.

Hutt City Council’s Parks and Gardens team said “We are awaiting a specialised contractor for the repairs who is due in the next two weeks.”

The popular piece of equipment has been at the park since 2001 for both adults and children to enjoy, however has recently been frequently tied up prevent-

Parkway Park’s missing fl ying fox

Picture of the � ying fox taken earlier this year when it was tied up higher by a member of the public

ing safe use by children. Council said this was not the reason

repairs were needed.

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OUT ABOUT E.T. a “great success” despite rain PHOTO CREDIT:Dan Taylor

(1) The fi lm screening at the Queen Street reserve. (2) Isaac Baron and Tia Willis enjoy the fi lm. (3) Mikaere and Peggyann Smith snuggle up. (4) Nikara, Brown, Rihari and Edwards Families

Despite the rain, nearly 200 people turned out to attend Hutt City Council and Professionals Redcoats ‘Films by Starlight’ showing of E.T. last Friday at the Queen Street Reserve.

Rebecca Travers, City Events Coordina-tor for the Hutt City Council, said Films by Starlight had been a great success so far and having the events in March allowed for more families to attend.

“We made a decision this year to have the fi lms start in March to allow for an earlier start time, which should mean more families are able to join in.

“While there was a bit of rain during E.T. in Wainuiomata, we were happy people stayed to enjoy the fi lm as we unfortunately had to cancel last year’s due to high winds,” she said.

There will be two more fi lms shown around the Hutt Valley as part of the Films by Starlight series- Dirty Dancing at Wil-liams Park on April 15 and Monsters Inc., at Avalon Park on April 29.

The Students Against Danger-ous Driving workshop will be happening in the middle of April and students from Wainuiomata are being encouraged to get involved.

Students Against Dangerous Driving (SADD) is a charity that operates throughout New Zealand.

However, schools in the Hutt Valley and Wellington are not as well represented as students from other areas.

The Wellington Community Trust has helped fund the stu-dents getting to the lower North Island training conference run-ning from April 18-20 where they will learn how to give workshops and run programmes in their schools to help reduce injuries and deaths involving young drivers.

Fundraising Manager for SADD, Michelle Bouton, said

“We’re aiming to get two stu-dents from each active school in the area to attend. The funding ensures that no one has to meet the full cost of the conference and it will really help us to get more Hutt Valley schools involved in our programme.”

In early May, ‘X-roads’, a fi ve-day expo being organised by Safe Hutt Valley, will reinforce the same messages.

Chair of Hutt Safe City Trust, a contributing organisation, Graham Smeaton, said “Drink driving in the Hutt Valley con-tinues to be a concern to our community.”

“Drivers under the age of 20 make up 24 per cent of the all driving offences where alcohol or drugs has been a factor. The expo will encourage students to make sensible and safe choices whether they are the passenger or the driver in a car.”


“Be the change you want to see in the world” - Mahatma Gandhi

Come and share your ideas with us!

You are all invited!We have a great opportunity to work together to develop a

Community of Learning in Wainuiomata.

We would like to have a conversation with you about the possibilities and opportunities for learners in the

Wainuiomata Community.

Connected Community, Successful Learners!

7pm-9pmTuesday 12th April 2016Wainuiomata Community Centre

Hosted by:Arakura School, Fernlea School, Konini Primary School, Pukeatua Primary School, St Claudine Thévenet School,

Wainuiomata High School, Wainuiomata Intermediate School, and Wainuiomata Primary School

“Be the change you want to see in the world” Mahatma Gandhi

By Emma McAuli� e

A Wainuiomata High School Japanese class had the opportunity to learn rhymes and dance from the school’s Japanese exchange students last week.

Japanese teacher, Daiji Kataoka, said the six or seven students were in New Zealand studying at the high school for up to three years.

As part of this three of the Japanese students were volunteering their time teaching Japanese at the Japanese Embassy every week, he said.

Last week’s Daiji’s combined years 11, 12 and 13 Japanese class had work sta-tions around the room with each station having a different activity being taught by an exchange student.

“They love teaching their own culture,” he said.

Activities in last Thursday’s class included learning Japanese hand games, learning Japanese foods and taking part in a Japanese quiz.

Student, Eddie Trask, said the hand games were “ pretty hard to learn” but he eventually got the hang of it.

Japanese exchange at High School

The April school holidays are coming up and soon it will be time to fi nd the kids something to do.

Wainuiomata has a lot to offer outdoors with many parks and bush walks for all abilities to explore.

As the weather gets wetter, discover the history of the com-munity at the Wainuiomata Mu-seum, open every Sunday from 2pm-4pm or by arrangement.

Hutt City Libraries will be offering events throughout April including a chance to design a planet and the Wainuiomata Library is hosting a board game day and mini Olympics.

The Design a Planet Competi-tion will be open until April 30.

Entries can be submitted at the Wainuiomata Library or via email at [email protected].

Teenagers have the oppor-tunity to play giant Chess at the Wainuiomata library on Saturday April 23 and younger children will have the chance to take part in a Mini-Olympics on Wednesday April 27.

No matter the weather Wai-nuiomata has you covered these holidays. How will you be spending the April school holidays? Let us know at [email protected]

School holiday Activities

Hutt Valley students at a previous SADD workshop

Helping young people make good choices

John Martin and Eddie Trask with Japanese exchange student, Sakiho.


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SOLUTIONFor December 1, 2004

ACROSS 1. Healing (11) 7. Good view; ... point.(7)11. Californian white-oak. (5)12. Beginning. (7)13. Metal tip at end of shoelace. (5)14. Sweet-sounding. (9)15. Forager (9)16. Musical instrument. (6)18. Raving. (7)21. Divisions of land (4)23. Horse(inf) (3)25. Bird’s crest. (3)27. Resound. (4)28. Cheer. (7)30. Ring-throwing game. (4-2)32. Sharp blow. (3)33. Political satirist, ... Scott.(3)34. Account-book. (6)35. Bridged intersection. (7)36. Agriculture minister, ... Falloon (4)37. Stimulating tablet, ... pill. (3)39. Estimated time of arrival (abbr) (3)41. female red deer. (4)43. Reproached sarcastically. (7)45. Not harsh. (6)48. City in England. (9)

49. Left-handers(inf) (9)51. Raise the spirits of. (5)52. Observation post. (4-3)53. The sea. (5)54. Appease. (7)55. Tall buildings. (11)

DOWN 1. Loose thread. (5) 2. Adorned. (11) 3. Rough-haired Scotch terrier. (8) 4. U.S. inventor, Thomas ... (6) 5. Attempts. (5) 6. Deep red. (7) 7. Pertaining to farms. (8) 8. More tidy. (6) 9. Brisk(music) (7)10. Go into.(5)16. Secrecy. (7)17. Durable upholstery fabric. (7)19. Agricultural. (5)20. Accomplices(inf) (7)22. Loyal. (7)24. Hiatus. (3)26. British person(sl) (3)29. Small enclosed field. (5)31. Tending to incite. (11)32. Agent(abbr) (3)

33. Golf peg. (3)38. Aromatic lozenge. (8)40. Animals with lungs & gills. (8)42. Bliss. (7)44. Tapers. (7)46. Swiss city. (6)47. Artless. (6)48. Pup. (5)49. Ostentatious. (5)50. Oozes. (5)

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SOLUTIONFor April 9, 2003


SOLUTIONFor July 28, 2004

ACROSS 1. Result (5-6) 7. Scoundrel (7)11. Pulls (5)12. Deviousness (7)13. Excellent (5)14. Alert (9)15. So (9)16. Directs (6)18. Skull (7)21. Disorder (4)23. Racket (3)25. Take by sips (3)27. Stake (4)28. Artlessness (7)30. Low chair; Chaise ... (6)32. Expert; ... hand (3)33. Strange (3)34. Zealous (6)35. In brisk time(music) (7)36. U.S. state (4)37. Biblical vessel (3)39. Curve (3)41. Cupid (4)43. Exposed to air (7)45. Female relatives (6)48. An endless time(Lat) (9)49. Left handed people(inf) (9)

51. Angry (5)52. Solidify by cooling (7)53. Anaesthetic (5)54. Humbleness (7)55. Friendship (11)

DOWN 1. Sound (5) 2. Sent (11) 3. Shy (8) 4. Of public revenue (6) 5. Turn outwards (5) 6. Constrict (7) 7. Has high morals (8) 8. Reduce (6) 9. Sanction (7)10. Audacity (5)16. Arrange in steps (7)17. ‘Old Blue Eyes’ Frank ...(7)19. Competitor (5)20. N.Z. Prime Minister 1975-84 Sir Robert ... (7)22. Boils (7)24. Catch (3)26. Group of whales (3)29. Topic (5)31. Uninvited guest (4-7)32. Deoxyribonucleic acid

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SOLUTIONFor December 1, 2004

ACROSS 1. Healing (11) 7. Good view; ... point.(7)11. Californian white-oak. (5)12. Beginning. (7)13. Metal tip at end of shoelace. (5)14. Sweet-sounding. (9)15. Forager (9)16. Musical instrument. (6)18. Raving. (7)21. Divisions of land (4)23. Horse(inf) (3)25. Bird’s crest. (3)27. Resound. (4)28. Cheer. (7)30. Ring-throwing game. (4-2)32. Sharp blow. (3)33. Political satirist, ... Scott.(3)34. Account-book. (6)35. Bridged intersection. (7)36. Agriculture minister, ... Falloon (4)37. Stimulating tablet, ... pill. (3)39. Estimated time of arrival (abbr) (3)41. female red deer. (4)43. Reproached sarcastically. (7)45. Not harsh. (6)48. City in England. (9)

49. Left-handers(inf) (9)51. Raise the spirits of. (5)52. Observation post. (4-3)53. The sea. (5)54. Appease. (7)55. Tall buildings. (11)

DOWN 1. Loose thread. (5) 2. Adorned. (11) 3. Rough-haired Scotch terrier. (8) 4. U.S. inventor, Thomas ... (6) 5. Attempts. (5) 6. Deep red. (7) 7. Pertaining to farms. (8) 8. More tidy. (6) 9. Brisk(music) (7)10. Go into.(5)16. Secrecy. (7)17. Durable upholstery fabric. (7)19. Agricultural. (5)20. Accomplices(inf) (7)22. Loyal. (7)24. Hiatus. (3)26. British person(sl) (3)29. Small enclosed field. (5)31. Tending to incite. (11)32. Agent(abbr) (3)

33. Golf peg. (3)38. Aromatic lozenge. (8)40. Animals with lungs & gills. (8)42. Bliss. (7)44. Tapers. (7)46. Swiss city. (6)47. Artless. (6)48. Pup. (5)49. Ostentatious. (5)50. Oozes. (5)

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51. Eighth of mile (7)52. Patent (5)53. Confirmation (11)54. River mouth (7)

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51. Eighth of mile (7)52. Patent (5)53. Confirmation (11)54. River mouth (7)

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Fernlea Primary School got a little bit scary last week, holding a spooky disco to raise money for the school.

Students dressed up as ghosts and gob-

lins, staff at the school say the costumes were some of the best they have ever seen.

In this photo, teacher Anthony Kleinjan and students Ruby Keomary, Sophie Neary, Lily Carr and Prashvi Shankar show off their costumes.

Fernlea gets freaky

All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

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Composed by Tony Watling 30th. March 2016

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The hockey season started at the weekend and Wainuiomata had three teams taking to the turf.

The Premier 3 Womens Team opened the season with a tight game against Victoria in round one at the Fraser Turf.

Victoria scored early in the first half and despite a strong attack from Wainuiomata won 1-0.

This year the Premier 3 team is coach by Rongo and Nicky Downes.

The club added a second womens team this season and this is a true celebration for the club but and the women returning to a sport they love.

The team had 8 players take to the turf on Sunday, returning to hockey after a long time away from the game.

The Reserve 3 team opened their sea-son playing at Maidstone on Sunday versing Upper Hutt 3.

They were defeated by Upper Hutt 1-0.

Wainuiomata High School will fi eld a Girls Hockey Team for this season.

Training starts this week and games are to start in early May.

The Junior teams are looking for a couple of coaches, please email [email protected].

SPORT

Wainuiomata Hockey back on the turf

The Reserve 3 team after their game on Sunday. PHOTO: Supplied.

By Emma McAuliff e

Wainuiomata played host to an indigenous Australian rugby team last month.

The Lloyd McDermott U-17’s development squad is one of the many Lloyd Mc-Dermott development squads aiming to raise indigenous participation in rugby in Australia.

The team came to Wainuio-mata to play rugby against the

Wainuiomata High School team and had the opportunity to watch the Hurricanes play at the stadium.

Ex-president of Wainuio-mata Rugby, John Morrissey, organised the week-long trip and said it was the second time a Lloyd McDermott development squad had come over, the fi rst time being in 2011.

John said the team of 16 and 17-year olds were “very nice

boys” and were very grate-ful to the hospitality they received in Wainuiomata during their stay.

As part of their visit, the team travelled to Palmerston North and won 55-5 against Palmerston North Boys High School.

Last Tuesday they took on Wainuiomata High School’s 1st XV team and won 27-0.

John said it was a “very good effort” by both teams.

Wainuiomata hosts indigenous Australian squad

The Lloyd McDermott Development squad playing the Wainuiomata High School 1st XV.

Wainuiomata softballer-Ethan Price, Leon Mcleod-Venu and Tane Mumu had a busy softball season this year travelling to Hastings for the U15 Central Regional softball tournament.

Their team came out on top and won the trophy. Leon and Tane were selected to play in the tournament team.

Their team placed 4th our of 12 at the U15’s North Island Champs held in Whanganui and Captain Leon made the Res. team.

Tane captained the U13s at the central Regional held at Fraser Park.

The U13’s won the trophy

under his leadership and Tane made another tourna-ment team.

Ethan and Tane finished their year by playing in the fi nal of the U15s Hutt Valley championship, and won in the final 11-4 over Totara Park.

Unfortunately, Leon was injured during the North Island champs and fi nished his season early.

All three boys had a great year on the diamond and showed true ma-turity and lead-ership by help-ing out with other players.

The boys were grateful to their sponsors for all their help and support throughout the season.

Great year for trio

Ethan Price, Tane Mumu, Leon Mcleod-Venu have had a good year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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By Emma McAuliff e

Jake Whitaker has received a grant which will aide him in his attempt at the Romaniacs in three months’ time.

The Romaniacs is considered to be one of the most challenging off-road ‘Extreme Enduro’s’ in the world.

Jake, who has now been doing off road riding for a couple of years, said he was really happy he received the grant.

“I’ll put it towards my fl ights,” he said.

He said he had been training harder in preparation for the motocross event.

“It’s going to be a bit of a challenge. I’ve got three months- I plan on going pretty hard until then.

“I’ve been doing plenty of riding, spending a lot of time at the gym and riding my mountain bike at the bike park.”

As part of his training he had been taking part in the National Enduros and would be taking part in the Wel-lington round later in April.

Jake said there was a team of about 32 riders going to Romania this year for the Romaniacs however, he would be the only Gold Class rider in at-tendance.

He said he was grateful to the spon-sors who had jumped on board with him this year and helped him with everything from travel, to a bike in Romania.

Jake Whitaker on the way to Romania

Jake on his bike. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Welcomes all patients to our new quality family healthcare centre in Wainuiomata

Daily ‘walk-in’ clinics open to anyone with urgent medical needs – just walk in…

Weekdays 9-10 am or 3-4 pm

Appointments now available from 8.30 am – 6 pm Monday to Friday

HUTT CITY HEALTH CENTRES5 Raroa Rd, Lower Hutt 5 Fitzherbert Rd, Wainui Phone: 04 576 2009

We have relocated our Wainui practice to 5 Fitzherbert Road

Our Wainui patients can also see their doctor at our Lower Hutt premises

A great crowd turned up to support the Wainuiomata women’s rugby team last Friday, with local MP Trevor Mallard running touch and Greater Regional Councillor and Sky Sport commentator, Ken Laban, cheering from the stands.

The team won 82-0 against Upper Hutt at Maidstone Park at Friday night’s game.

Wet conditions and repeat infringe-ments from the less experienced Upper Hutt meant it was a faltering fi rst half.

The Wainuiomata women’s side sent a signal to the rest of the women’s competition and are now top of the table on point’s differentials.

Alice Soper crossed the line fi rst for Wainui, picking a loose ball from just outside the 10metre and fi ghting to cross

the line. Chanelle Skipper then scored the fi rst

of her four of the day, catching Upper Hutt fl atfooted and showing great pace out wide.

Later in the match, Davina Lasini scored alongside Jackie Patea, Kiri Mei and Maria Alesana.

A late break by Wellington Pride prop, Sunema Tupuola, running 60m to score, sealed the match for Wainui.

Wainuiomata will be joined this week by Wellington Lions coach, Earl Va’a, this week as they look to prepare for a tougher match against OBU. The next game will be Wainuiomata vs. OBU and will take place at Wil-liam Jones Park , Saturday April 9 at 11.30am.

MP Trevor Mallard joins the celebra-tions after running touch for the women’s game

Wainui women’s on top after round 1

The amazing thing about India's premier batsman, Virat Kholi is he succeeds where so many have failed.

When he is sledged and taunted by Australian cricket-ers, he responds in sublime defi ance where others have folded.

Former Aussie pace bowler Mitchell Johnson took to Twitter on the eve of the World Twenty20 do-or-die match between the two na-tions claiming Kholi went missing in big games.

Kholi's response - a match winning unbeaten 82 from 51 balls.

It's likely the new king of sub-continent batsmen will have the bests limited overs batting record ever when he retires, which could still be over a decade away.

Whether he reaches the dizzying, hero worship status of Sachin Tendulkar in cricket mad India is yet to be seen.

Australia have targeted Kholi all summer, and with good reason.

In their series in Australia he at Aussie all rounder James Faulkner went at each other verbally for months both on

and off the fi eld.Kholi won time and time

again.India are a weaker side

than those fans on the sub-continent believe.

Take Kholi out of their team and their players are woefully inconsistent or living on past glories.

Kholi is one who embraces the pressure, clearly thrives on being called out.

Being verbally berated clearly fi res him up and gets the best out of him.

I'm sure the Aussie's are none too pleased with John-son's tweet now.

With Kholi, India have a chance to win the T20 title on home soil.

That's a special player when one can make such a big dif-ference in an 11-man team.

Kholi keeps his cool

Virat Kholi

By Emma McAuliff e

The Wainuiomata Rugby League Club will be hosting a club day next Saturday April 16 at Wise Park in Wainuiomata.

Events Manger for the Wainuiomata Rugby League Club, Taz Buchanan, said the club day will provide an opportunity for all of the league games to be played on their home ground in Wainuiomata.

He said the juniors will play from 9am until 12pm

and the seniors from 1pm to 6pm.

The day will end with buses transporting people to and from the Bulldogs vs. Warriors game at the stadium later in the evening.

Taz said some buses would be for “mothers and fathers to take their kids on separate from those wanting to have a few drinks at the stadium”.

He said the day would be a family day and would have food stalls and competitions for the children between the games and the travel to the

stadium. The day would be “open

to anyone” including non- league club members, he said.

There will be a contin-ued membership drive for the Pukeatua Maori Rugby League throughout the day.

To sign up for the buses or for more information contact Taz Buchanan through his personal Fa-cebook page or the Wai-nuiomata Rugby League Club Facebook page.

Wainuiomata Rugby League club to celebrate club day

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