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Rangatahi Learning Centre students give wall a lick of paint

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A wall that has been commonly tagged is now covered with an amazing mural thanks to the students at Rangatahi Learning Centre.

The students completed the project after learning about the history of Wainuiomata, and the mural was offi cially opened last Friday.

Teacher Trish Morgan says she is extremely happy with the work the students have done.

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ARTIST: Daniel Warrender describes his part of the mural to the crowd at the Rangatahi Mural unveiling.

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Continued from page 1“I am extremely proud of my

students, they have done an amazing job,” she says.

The students were helped by artist Ranga Tuhi, who says the work is all the students.

“This work is all the students work, they are all their ideas, I just did a little bit of clean up for them,” he says.

Mayor Ray Wallace also

spoke at the opening and was very proud of what the students have completed.

“As you all know I am very against tagging, so I am very pleased with what you guys have done here,” he says.

“Your work is outstanding and you all should feel very proud of what you achieved here.”

All the students got to explain the parts they created on the

mural, all which tell a story about Wainuiomata.

Daniel Warrender created a lighthouse which looked over the rest of the mural, which symbolized looking over the land.

Thomas Meihana’s design represented Whanau, Reihana Takapanu represented all the different cultures in the valley.

Fortress Meihana designed

the woman that was imbedded in the mural.

The students were also pro-vided with hoodies that had the patterns they designed on the back, which added to their achievement.

The team was helped out by Hutt City Council, Resene Paints and found out all their information from the Wainuio-mata Historical Society.

Mural brightens up area

Scores of guests gathered at The Dowse Art Museum last night to celebrate the offi cial opening of Eco Fashion Week in Lower Hutt.

Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wal-lace opened the event and spoke of its importance.

“New Zealand Eco Fashion Week brings excitement, in-novation and forward-think-ing to our city.

“Fashion is an ever-changing expression of personal iden-tity. Unfortunately modern fashion is often disposable fashion, which has a negative impact on our environment.

“Eco Fashion Week address-es this disposable attitude, and opens our eyes to the environmental consequences of fast fashion with a positive solution.”

Other speakers included event director Denise An-glesey, who thanked guests, event partners and sponsors for their support of the grow-ing event.

After it's l aunch in 2013, the event has gathered interna-tional interest and demands for expansion have been met with an extended programme of events to become a full Eco

Fashion Week / Consumer Showcase.

This years showcase was the biggest yet, showcasing works from New Zealand and Internationally as well.

All were very pleased with the turnout throughout the week, and everyone that turned up were amazed with what was on display through-out the week.

New Zealand Eco Fashion Week opens in style

3Wednesday June 17, 2015

inbriefnewsBy Aaron Meredith

Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wal-lace welcomes news that the Local Government Commis-sion has abandoned its proposal for amalgamation of the Wel-lington region.

"Given the negative reaction of the region, and all the evi-dence that the proposal would not work, the wisest thing to do is ditch amalgamation com-pletely," Mayor Wallace says.

"The decision is a victory for our residents - they get to keep the city they love. It's a sign of the power of a united community.”

Mr Wallace says over 80 percent of Lower Hutt residents had fi rmly opposed amalgama-tion from the very fi rst survey

two years ago right up to sub-missions to the Commission.

A resounding 89 per cent of submissions to the Commission opposed the supercity proposal.

"I'm proud that our city stood up for their neighbourhoods against those who claimed amalgamation was a foregone conclusion."

Mr Wallace would be con-cerned if the Commission re-mained "hell-bent" on bound-ary changes. It cites 40 per cent of submissions supporting some form of change.

"Support for 'Some form of change' should not be assumed by the Commission to support significant alteration to the form of our region,” he says.

"It simply means people want positive change. They want

Councils to fi nd new effi cient ways to work together that makes life easier for residents across the region."

National MPs Paul Foster-Bell, Brett Hudson, and Chris Bishop say they are pleased the Local Government Commis-sion has listened to the local people and decided not to go ahead with a single ‘super city’ council for Wellington and Wairarapa.

“Decisions about local gov-ernment are up to communities, Feedback from communities across the region was clear and we welcome the commission’s decision,” the MPs say.

Hutt City residents are breath-ing a sigh of relief with news their city won’t be amalga-mated but are furious at the

time and money wasted, says the group formed to fi ght the supercity.

Hands off the Hutt co-chair-man Chris MacKay says that while he is pleased the city took down the bureaucrats, there is resentment that the Local Government Commission took its idea so far.

“They've wasted thousands of hours of good folks’ time, hours we should have spent building our communities rather than saving them from wacky ideas,” he says.

“The Commission ignored numerous surveys, submissions and public discussion. It wasn't until the Commissioners met the public in the fl esh at hear-ings that they realised what they were up against.”

Super City idea ditched

By Aaron Meredith

After nearly 20 years of service, Joshna Narsinh has sold up her local Four Square store on Moores Valley Road.

Joshna or Josh to her many regu-lar customers, has sold the store to Milan and Bhavna Patel, and she says she will miss everyone in the community.

“I will miss the close knit com-munity here, how everyone looks after each other,” she says.

Josh will be missed by many of her regular customers, she has known some families for many years, and seen many of these families grow up in the com-munity.

In the many years of service in Wainuiomata, Josh and her family have seen both the good and the bad.

This includes a hold up many years ago, but she says that without the community support she would never have been able to continue.

“Everyone stood by us when we had the tragedy, the whole com-munity rallied round us, customers

stayed here until I shut the shop every night,” she says.

Josh’s plans for when she eventu-ally does move on include going to see her Mum and Dad back in India, and just some general relaxing.

“I will still be around though, I will keep in touch,” she says.

“Thank you to all my extended family, thanks for being here in

both the good and bad times.”Milan and Bhavna Patel are both

looking forward to the challenge and opportunities the store will bring them.

“We are providing the exact same services as before, we will be happy to take suggestions how we can improve as well, we want to keep the customers happy,” says Milan.

“We want the same relationship with the customers as Josh had.”

If you are fl oating around the area in the next week, pop down to the Village Shop and say goodbye to Josh, and introduce yourself to Milan and Bhavna.

Josh will be sorely missed by the entire community, but all are confi dent that she has left the store in great hands.

Josh bids farewell to the communityNEW AND OLD OWNERS: Milan and Bhavna Patel with Joshna Narsinh Josh bids farewell to the community

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full board to an international student and would like to know more details, please contact Natasha Baker at Wainuiomata High School Phone04 938 3224 ext 7001.

More than 400 people gathered at Pencarrow lodge on Thursday to remember Mike Curtis who suddenly passed last week.

Mike and his wife Jane built and developed Pencarrow lodge which is situated on the rugged Wainuiomata Coast and has sweeping views of Wel-lington Harbour and the South Island.

Friends and family at his funeral spoke of a man who loved farming, having a good time and was very proud of the lodge.

Mayor Ray Wallace says the Mike left a legacy to be proud of, and he was a great character in both Wainuiomata and Lower Hutt.

Mike Curtis Farewelled

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In its latest budget round the Hutt City Council approved long overdue funding for an upgrade of the Wainuiomata Skate Park situated on the

Strand.However, the funding is de-

pendent on the sale of part of Hugh Sinclair Park to a Retire-ment Village operator which, if

all goes to plan, should happen within the next 12 months.

Cr Campbell Barry put the proposal before Council.

“An upgrade of the Wainuio-

mata skate park is long overdue, and it makes sense for us to reinvest the money gained from a land sale back into the same park,” he says.

Cr Barry attempted to get funding put into this year’s annual plan, but there appeared to be little appetite for this from the wider Council.

“While I would have preferred to see an upgrade happen now, I believe this is the next best outcome,”

Cr Barry says it’s been dis-appointing to see a lack of progress with this project over the past 3 years.

A lot of work was under-taken led by the Rotary Club alongside local skaters to help fundraise for this project a few years ago, but for a number of different reasons things have stalled. “I’m hoping that this commitment from Council will help reignite the project and get things moving in the right direction” says Cr Barry. $5000 has already been fundraised for the project, and it is expected that at least a further $50,000 is needed to undertake the upgrade.

Possible funding for Skate Park

By Aaron Meredith

Wainuiomata Residents will be pleased to know that the hours of the Wainuiomata Policing Centre will not be changing, even if others over the hill are.

Sergeant Bradley Allen told the Wainuiomata Community Board that both Naenae and Petone Policing Centres are closing their doors to the public.

“This is due to fi nancial pres-sures, we are trying to encour-age people to head to the Lower Hutt Police Station,” he says.

“We are finding that it is

useful to have a station open over here, as it gets used quite often.”

The local police have also set up a business support group much like Neighbourhood Support.

“This is a chance for us to give them better info so they can positively deal with shop-lifters,” Bradley says.

“We are starting small fi rst, inside the mall, and then spreading it outside the mall if it works well, it is only going to work if the businesses want it to work however.”

The plan is to have a text

system, that will wa r n o t h e r shops if there is a burglary at another shop.

Burglar ies in Wa i n u i o m a t a have had a r e duc t ion , which Brad-ley says it is a massive drop although thefts from cars are still on the rise.

“We know there are multiple offenders with these crimes,”

Bradley says.W h e n q u e s -

tioned on if peo-ple are telling the

police if there are crimes, Bradley was extremely positive.

“The information from the neighbour-

hood support groups that there are people that are standing up and reporting crimes,” he says.

“I don’t think there is disconnect between

us and the community.”

system, that will wa r n o t h e r shops if there is a burglary at another shop.

Burglar ies in Wa i n u i o m a t a have had a r e duc t ion ,

is a massive drop although thefts from cars are still on the rise.

“We know there are multiple offenders with these crimes,”

Bradley says.

tioned on if peo-ple are telling the

police if there are crimes, Bradley was extremely positive.

“The information from the neighbour-

hood support groups that there are people that are standing up and reporting crimes,” he says.

“I don’t think there is disconnect between

us and the community.”

Community police update

On Sunday June 28 at the Hutt Valley RDA in Silverstream, there is a social event for all the small dogs in our lives.All proceeds from this will be do-nated to Riding for the Disabled and this is intended for small dogs and their owners only. There will be games, a sausage siz-zle, and market stalls.

For more inquiries check out the facebook page www.facebook.com/smalldogsocials or email [email protected].

Development Wainuiomata AGMThe Development Wainuiomata AGM will be held at 8.30am at Louise Bilderbeck Hall, Main Road, on Friday June 26, following the monthly Busi-ness Breakfast. All welcome.At the Development Wainuiomata Business Breakfast this month’s speaker will be Conal McKenna from Boost on taking the hassles out of employment issues.All welcome at 7am, Louise Bilder-beck Hall, Main Road, cost $20.

To register email [email protected] or phone 564 5000.

Small Dogs social fundraiser

GETTING FUNDING: Councillor Camp-bell Barry has secured funding for an upgrade of the Skate Park, depending on the sale of part of Hugh Sinclair Park.


By Aaron Meredith

The call to keep the post box in the village has been answered, with a smaller box replacing the one that has been currently removed.

NZ Post had strong public feedback calling to keep the box in the area, and New Zealand Post Business Performance and Optimisation Special-ist Lisa McDonald says the call was made at the end of May to retain it.

“The box was removed briefl y, but just until we could replace it with a smaller box,” she says.

The original decision was made to remove the box due to lower numbers of people sending letters.

“In the past nine years, letter volumes have fallen from 1.2 billion a year to about half that,” says Lisa.

“This has resulted in a signifi cant drop in the number of letters being posted in post boxes, for many years now we have been monitoring post boxes and removing those with very low usage.”

“When making these decisions we also take into account the proximity of nearby post boxes and post centres, and we are mindful of the needs of, for example, retirement villages.”

The call to retain the post box has been met with relief from people in the area, who made the call to keep the box when the announcement was made to remove it.

Post Box will remain

Dog Control BylawBy Aaron Meredith

Hutt City Council has been looking at the Dog Control Bylaw and has given the Wainuiomata Community Board an update on the situation.

Offi cials have been talking to members of the community about whether they should change the bylaw, but all the responses have been to keep them how they are.

“The last view at the bylaw was way back in 2005, so we thought it would be a great chance for an update of the situation,” says one offi cial.

“We talked to most of the shop owners about lifting the ban, and they have said no.”

Wainuiomata, like the rest of the Hutt Valley, is blessed with many green areas so dogs can play around.

These include all parks but well away from sporting fi elds and playgrounds.

“We are certainly well served for dog areas,” The offi cial says.

“Ngaturi Park will now be allowed to have dogs on it since it is not a sports fi eld anymore, but they must stay away from the play area.”

Rules about exercising dogs include everyone who walks a dog must have that dog under control, and the owner must clean up all the dogs poo.

The council has been looking into a couple of areas where they can set up a dog park in Wainuiomata, and are open to the idea of having one in the valley.

By Aaron Meredith

The Wainuiomata Commu-nity Board was given an up-date on how the Wainuiomata Development Plan was coming along last week.

Clive Cannons and Nicky Wynne represented the group at the board meeting last Wednesday, and say that they have made some great strides.

“Over the past year we have had a lot of public consultation, and found that our role has changed,” says Clive.

“We have now become con-necters, bringing the com-munity what they want.”

The aim of the Wainuiomata Development Group was to boost Wainuiomata in every way possible, to unlock the potential of the valley.

They held talks with the community throughout the year, and have had lots of ideas brought to them.

“The community came to us with a lot of ideas that are way outside our reaches,” Clive says.

“They also came to us with a lot of great ideas as well.”

The interim plan of the group is to boost the town centre and

the surrounding areas, includ-ing working with other groups in the community.

“We want to bring in other groups like Sportsville and the Community Board to help con-necting the right people where they need to be,” he says.

“Sportsville and the Wai-nuiomata Development Plan are crossing over in what we want to achieve so we have

decided to work together.”The fi rst step for the group is

a redesign of the top of the hill, adding to the bridge that will be completed in the coming months.

“We are gathering various people together to help design the top of the hill,” Clive says.

“We are using this project as a pilot and then moving into the urban centre of the valley.”

Wainuiomata Development Plan update

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Harcourts Wainui would like to congratulate Julie Dayfor being Wainuiomata’s 1st “Unsung Hero!”

Julie was nominated for the award by Antz, Shellz & Jackie from the Wainuiomata Tennis Club and received terrifi c support (and votes) from across the community. Julie really does an oustanding amount of volunteer work throughout Wainuiomata and is truely a deserving recipient of both the “Unsung Hero” title and the fantastic (all expenses paid) “Complete Country Indulgence Package” at Brackenridge Country Estate & Spa in Martinborough. The prize package includes; two night’s accommodation at Brackenridge, dinner for two at Tirohana Estate Restaurant (including return transport) as well as a second dinner for two at The Martinborough Hotel, a wine & cheese Platter on arrival, $100 for spa treatments at the onsite day spa & complimentary use of the heated lap pool, gym and spa pool. We also threw in enough petrol vouchers to get Julie there and back so our Hero shouldn’t have to worry about a thing! Julie tells us

she’s going to use the prize later in the year to celebrate her 25th Wedding Anniversary with her husband.

We, here at Harcourts, had a blast running our “Wainuiomata’s Unsung Heroes” award over the last couple of months and can’t wait to run it again next year. It was great to see so many people in the community supporting something so positive and having the opportunity to voice their thanks and gratitude for all of those fantastic and selfl ess people around us who do so many wonderful things for the people, schools, clubs or groups in Wainuiomata with little or no recognition or reward. An extra “Congratulations” must also go out to all of the other nominations, particularly the rest of our top 5 (Marcia Skinnon, Tim Barlow, Tony Pattison & Peter Fellows) - you were all very deserving nominations and do some really great work in and for our community so, a big “Thank you.”

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Question: What about Wainuiomata are you most proud of?

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

Sarah WardWainuiomata

I am proud how we are all really close together over here.

Roman MillerWainuiomata

The Bushwalks because they are so peaceful.

Terris TokoWainuiomata I am proud of all the Whanau, they are real talented, Straight Up!

Mary-Ellen KohikaWainuiomata

I am proud of all my friends and family and how we all have fun over here.

Devon PaseneWainuiomata

Everyone is just like a family over here.

Kanyon Lewis,Wainuiomata

The People because they are all really good people over here.

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LETTERS to the editor

Wainuiomata High School

Wainuiomata High School is fi elding a large number of enquiries for short stay groups to possibly arrive over the coming months for up to 4 weeks.

Homes off ering full board to the Short Stay groups will be paid at the rate of $250 per night. Ideally we are looking for families that have teen-agers in the household although this is not a prerequisite. We are also seeking interest for long term homestays.

If you are interested in off ering full board to an international student and would like to know more details, please contact Natasha Baker at:Phone: 04 938 3224 ext 7001Fax: 04 939 7016Mobile: 027 756 8130Email: [email protected]

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When I made my fi rst submis-sion to Basil Morrison on local Government reforms I told The Government Commission he made the wrong decision, this time he got it right.

This is what happens when people get out and participate and

put in submissions. This draft reorganisation propos-

al has rates payers a lot of money and bought stress to communities and I believe it is time the Greater Wellington Regional Councils had vote of no-confi dence in the ex-Mayor of Wellington Fran Wilde.

The policy that she has been involved in has formed inequities which make life harder in the low income brackets.

I would like to thank Trevor Mallard for organising the Meeting at Sacred Heart College on the local Government which was a

well-run meeting and gave Lower Hutt people to have input.

I would like thank the Wai-nuiomata News for providing the space to have my views put across to people.

Local democracy is important and what right did Sir Geoffrey

Palmer have to make recommenda-tions that would lead to abolish-ment of our community board?

It should be a community deci-sion if our community board is abolished.

Mike GriggWainuiomata.

Happy there is no Super City

Saturday, 20 June 2015 sees New Zealand’s seventh World Sport Stacking Association sanctioned National Sport Stacking Tournament being held for the fi rst time in Wellington. This year’s venue is Wellington Girls’ College and competi-tors from Wainuiomata are involved in this years competition.

Competitors coming from all over New Zealand will be competing for the title of the New Zealand Sport Stacking All-Round Champion, 2015.

The youngest competitor this year is three, the oldest being in the Masters Three division.

Also competing will be the 2015 NZ Black Stacks team members that competed in the World Sport Stacking

Championships in Montreal, Canada in April, returning home with 36 medals and three trophies.

There is a novice section within the championships which is a great starting point for fi rst time sport stackers of all ages including adults.

This means competitors in the Novice section won't have to be competing against the fastest stackers in the country in the experienced section.

Trophies, medals and certifi cates will be up for grabs for both the novice section and the experienced stackers.

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By Aaron Meredith

The girls in the Ulalei Netball Club once again found the going tough in the second round on the Regional Super League last week.

The team went down 76-33 to Naenae Collegians United although there were some highlights for the team.

Co-Coaches Sina Tamaalii and Alan-nah Laban say that Ulalei worked hard throughout the whole match, and had some brilliant defence.

This was particularly true from Sum-mer Murray and Ressa Lealofi, but Ulalei weren’t quite able to capitalise on turnovers created.

The team is happy to be part of the Regional Super League saying the opportunity to play against some high calibre opposition is a great learning opportunity and the team will learn lots from the experience.

This Thursday week Ulalei are play-ing at Te Rauparaha Arena in Poriua against also winless side Wairarapa.

This potentially captivating game

begins at 7pm and the team is hoping to get plenty of support.

Wainuiomata High Schools Junior A team continued their amazing start to the season, comprehensively beating Sacred Heart 27-16 to remain unbeaten.

A player of the day performance by Dorothy Ong inspired her team in the second half, showing great attacking skills and accurate shooting.

She also transitions on to defence well, putting the opposition under pressure.

Coach Lahraine Sagaga was very happy with the win and says the team overall played very well, especially in the second half.

“However there are still a lot of han-dling errors that need to be tidied up at training this week,” she says.

It was an emotional day for all Wai-nuiomata High School sporting teams, who paid tribute to late All Black Jerry Collins.

All teams paid tribute to him to show support to his sister Brenda Collins who taught at the High School for many years.

SPORT

PAYING RESPECTS: The Wainuiomata High School Netball team paying their respects to the late Jerry Collins.

Ulalei still cannot register Super League victory

11Wednesday June 17, 2015SPORT

Sports with Aaron Meredith

Last Friday just before 5pm, I heard the news that I defi nitely was not expecting, the former Hurricanes and All Blacks hard man Jerry Collins had died in a car crash.

I’m not going to go on about what happened in the crash, I don’t really want to, what I will do is tell you what I remember about Jerry.

On the fi eld, Jerry was a hard man, he could tackle harder than anyone I have ever seen, and his physical presence was second to none.

I remember the hits on the likes of Colin Charvis and Sebastian Chabal levelling them, hits that changed the game on the spot.

I remember how he use to seem to enjoy playing against the more physical teams, the likes of South Africa, England and the Island Nations.

He sent fear throughout the opposition line ups, he lead from the front, his presence alone gave both the Hurricanes and All Blacks front rows mongrel, and not in a bad way.

Off the fi eld, Jerry is loved in his home town of Porirua, he is loved at his club Norths, I can only imagine the shock that would have moved through those clubrooms over the weekend.

Norths is very much like Wainuiomata in a lot of ways, a family club, fi lled with local people, situated in a so called not so great part of town.

A club with the sort of togetherness and brotherhood that some of the other clubs struggle to fi nd, Jerry’s passing will hit them hard.

Watching the Hurricanes play on Friday night was a great tribute, the result was a great tribute, and everything they did was a great tribute.

The players that played with him would have been emotional, the players that looked up to him would have been emotional, but the display they put on was brilliance.

As a fan, I rate him among the greats of the franchise, along with the likes of Tana Umaga, Christian Cullen, Piri Weepu and current players Ma’a Nonu and Conrad Smith.

R.I.P Jerry, rugby in our part of the world would not have been the same without you.

A tribute to Jerry

By Aaron Meredith

If the Wainuiomata Rugby Club wants to return to the Jubilee Cup fi nal again this year, they must start winning and start winning now.

The 16-31 loss to Marist St Pats at William Jones Park over the weekend leaves Wainuiomata in seventh place out of the eight team competition.

In what was a tightly contested fi rst half Wainuiomata held on to a 13-11 lead at the break, but from then on in, it was all MSP.

Next week Wainuiomata travel to the Basin Reserve to play Old Boys University, a place where success has been limited for the green and blacks.

In the Premier Reserve competition Wainuiomata had a much more posi-tive result, winning 36-26 over their MSP rivals.

They lead the HD Morgan Memorial Shield side of the competition after their two straight wins.

They play against OBU on Saturday at 1pm also at the Basin Reserve, and will be hoping for their success to continue.

The women also had some success beating Poneke 22-5 on Friday night at St Pats Wellington.

They finish the Fluers Trophy in sixth place and now move on to the second round Victoria Tavern Womens Trophy.

Premiers in must win territory already

Today at 4pm the Wainuio-mata High School First XV is playing the Wellington Police Force Rugby team at home.On Thursday at 4pm the Girls are playing Porirua College at home also.On Saturday at 10am the under 65kg’s are playing

Rongotai College and at 1pm, the 2nd XV is playing Onslow, both games are at home.The under 15’s are away at Rongotai College at 10am, and a 1pm the First XV is play-ing against Paraparaumu College away.

Wainuiomata One are play-ing Hutt Valley High School Two at Taita College at 10am, Wainuiomata High School Two are following that up against Sacred Heart Five at 11am.Wainuiomata Three is also at Taita College playing against

Sacred Heart 14 at 3pm, Wai-nuiomata Four is at Sacred Heart College against Upper Hutt Seven at 10am.Wainuiomata Five is playing St Oran’s 11 at 10am, and Wai-nuiomata Six is playing Taita Five at 11am, both games are at Sacred Heart College.

Wainuiomata High School’s First XI is play-ing against Hutt Valley High School Two at 11am this Saturday on Wainuiomata’s home turf.Wainuiomata Two is playing at 1pm on the same � eld against Porirua College One.The Wainuiomata Junior Side is playing away at Bishop Viard at 9am.The Girls are playing away at Taita College today at 4pm.

High School FootballHigh School NetballHigh School Rugby Action

By Aaron Meredith

The Wainuiomata Hockey Club continued their amazing return to senior hockey this year with another victory.

The 3-1 victory over Toa sets up a top of the table clash against also unbeaten Kapiti.

That game is set to be played at Fraser Park next Sunday at 12.45pm, and the team says the tight, well contested game has set them up well for next week’s clash.

In Junior Hockey, The year three and four side defeated Eastern Hutt 3-0, with Ella Kumar and Jaylyn Rawiri being awarded players of the day.

The year fi ve and six team went down 7-0 to Hutt, Heidi Carman and Melissa Simmis were awarded players of the day.

The year seven and eight side destroyed St Oran’s 14-1, with Kesiah Paki being awarded player of the day.

The club would like to thank Pita Pit and Ziggys Dairy for the player of the day awards.

The High School team went down to Onslow College 3-1, although the side had a lot of injuries to contend with, including captain Kazmia Morgan-Rako.

The first half ended at 3-1, but the team improved throughout the game and was able to maintain the score through the second half.

SHOT STOPPER: Wainuiomata High School Goalie, Talyse Tipene-Sialava'a

Hockey Club continue remarkable season

By Aaron Meredith

The Wainuiomata Capital Two team has completely lost their early season momentum after another loss this weekend.

They went down 2-1 to The Waterside Karori Cougars at Richard Prouse Park on Saturday, their third loss of the season.

Even with the loss, the side is only three points behind the top of the table, Wainuiomata is fi fth with 19 points.

Next week they play at Kel-burn Park against Victoria University, the game begins at 12.30pm on Saturday.

The Wainuiomata Capital Four side drew with Waterside Karori 1-1, the result keeps Wainuiomata rooted to the bottom of the table with seven points.

Next week they are at home against the Island Bay United Sea Captains, at Richard Prouse Park kicking off at 2.30pm.

The Wainuiomata Undertak-ers result was not available

Disappointing weekend for Footballers

at this time, next week they are at home against the Tawa Bears at Richard Prouse Park at 12.30pm.

Both of the Capital 11 sides had losses over the weekend, The Roundballs went down 1-3 to Western Suburbs and Halfbaked went down 2-0 to

the Island Bay United Pirates.They sit in ninth and tenth on

the table with no points, next week Halfbaked is at Richard Prouse Park against the Poriua Peanut Slabs at 12.30pm at Richard Prouse Park.

The Roundballs are away at Davis Field against Upper

Hutt City Defence, a 2.30pm kickoff is scheduled.

The Wainuiomata Women destroyed Petone 6-2, they are sitting second on the table with four points in the second round of games.

There are no games this week for the women.

TIGHTLY FOUGHT: Wainuiomata and Waterside Karori players compete for the ball over the weekend

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