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WHAT A HERO: James Broome-Isa, 10, from Karori accepting toys for Wellington Children's Hospital PHOTO: Emma Morgan

By Fiona Donnellan

James Broome-Isa, 10, from Karori, will be a hero in the eyes of children at the Wellington Children's Hospital for years to come. He managed to single-handedly get more toys into the ward for the kids who need them.

James has been a regular guest at the hospital for some time, and on one of his many visits there the Karori bright spark noticed that there were only a few toys available for those well enough to be out of bed.

Being the socially conscious young man that he is he decided that he wanted to do something about this toy drought. James took it upon himself to fi nd a solution to this problem and approached Wellington’s St Vincent de Paul.

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Rotary Karori are constantly active in the community and this month is no different, the Rotary are supporting a group involved in the provision of English language teaching for English learners liv-ing in the Karori area.

Just recently they presented a sizeable cheque to the cause to assist the local English Language Partners tutoring team so they may further their great work helping people to better integrate into the community.

The Rotary grant “will allow for tutoring sessions in holiday periods, as well as the supply

of student teaching materials. The group offers programmes to newcomers who are New Zealand permanent residents with a range of English language abilities and is also offering a programme for older residents who have little or no English.”

Rotary Karori also run weekly conversation classes in Karori Community Centre. The classes which take place every Tuesday morning at 11 am give students an additional opportunity to hone their newly acquired English skills with members and Rotary partners through conversation, rather than a more formal class-room setting.

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LENDING A HAND WITH LEARNING: Rotary Conversation Class students using illustrated dictionaries donated by Rotary Karori PHOTO: Supplied

James a modern day heroContinued from page 2

Thankfully, the charity were able to step up quickly to the task and James’ proposal to get more toys to the children in need. They went about collecting suit-able toys from their eight stores around the region.

When asked how he came up with the idea James said, “By watching a YouTube video, where a family went to help Children in Need where they donated Lego. This really inspired me to make a change in the world.”

James graciously received a whole range of toys for Wellington's Children's Hospital this week; on Monday he was happy to accept the donation of toys in Ward 1 of the hospital.

“I am really fl ustered by the amount of toys we have received, I wasn't expecting this amount of toys. I really hope to extend this idea through New Zealand to other hospitals,” says James.

St Vincent de Paul explained that all the toys were wood or plastic so that they can be easily washed and remain safe for use.

“We here at St Vincent de Paul Society Wellington are overjoyed that we can provide the children at Wellington

Hospital with much-needed toys. To be able to put a smile on the face of a child is an extraordinary thing, and we

are happy to do our part.,” says Elsbeth Hymes Hancock, Communications and Marketing, for St Vincent de Paul.

WHAT A HERO: Megan Stothart and James Broome-Isa with toys from Wellington’s St Vincent de Paul PHOTO: Emma Morgan

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More road disruptions for the Wellington region, this time Wadestown is hit.

Wellington Water has announced that they are renewing a waste-water main that is buried beneath Wadestown Road. This is deemed an important job due to the fact that

leaking wastewater pipes can have signifi cant environmental impacts.

This road closure means that from Wednesday, August 5 un-til mid-September a section of Wadestown Road will be closed to traffi c between 9 am and 4 pm daily.

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By Fiona Donnellan

On Monday during the school break building work began at St Benedict's School, Khandal-lah. In mid to late November, weather permitting, the school and Principal Dave Lamont hope to open the doors of the brand new classroom building.

“It will be two stories, so two new classrooms,” explains Prin-cipal Lamont. “We’re utilizing the space,” he adds, in a hope to maintain as much fl at space for playing as possible.

Contractors began excavating the site and building a retaining wall in preparation for the foun-dations to be laid over the last number of days. The classrooms will be attached by a deck from the top storey to the existing school that will provide a huge space for the students in addition to the classrooms.

This construction project has been in development for some

time and the Board of Trustees of St Benedict's School have worked tirelessly with the Arch-diocese of Wellington to get this project underway.

“The new classrooms are being built into the bank facing north so they get the best of the sun all day as well as allowing the school to retain as much playground space as possible for the pupils,” explains Principal Lamont.

The two new classrooms will provide much-needed space for the students and staff. The school currently has 245 stu-dents enrolled but will be able to cater for 320 students once the building is fi nished.

Two students at the school have been busy building a site of their own - A website that is. Year 8 students Calvin Molina, 13, and Oli Dinnan, 12, set up a blog so everyone can see what’s going on at the school and any developments in the building.

ON SITE: Calvin Molina, Oli Dinnan and Principal Dave Lamont on site where contractors have begun excavating the site PHOTO: Fiona Donnellan

“We’ve been taking photos most days, and writing daily information. We want to have a time lapse at the end so you get to see the progress from start to

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Keep up with Calvin and Oli’s blog at www.stbensbuilding.blogspot.co.nz.

Paassen said they had hoped to keep the road open, but all the buried services, including power, phone and gas lines, meant the safest option was to close the road.

“We understand this is not terribly convenient for people,” said Mr van Paassen about the road closure. “But we have to do the right thing for the safety of our workers and road users,” he added.

The Wadestown Road closure is between Weld Street and the Margaret Street walkway. The detour and alternative bus route (from the city end) is via Cecil Road, Margaret Street, Mairangi Road, and Norwich Street, then left down Wilton Road (and then right into Churchill Drive for private vehicles).

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foot traffic and cyclists, and residents living in the closed area will be able to get in and out, but others will be directed to the detour.

“We certainly appreciate peo-ple’s patience when it comes to these disruptions,” Mr van Paassen said.

Route 14 buses and affected school bus services will be di-verted during the times of the road closure. Courtesy shuttle buses will be offered to com-muters from the end of the bus diversion back up to Wadestown Road stopping at the bus stops between Norwich Street and Lytton Street. For more information see www.wellingtonwater.co.nz/projects/current-projects/wadestown-road/ or call Wel-lington Water on 912 4400.

Building a better futureFormer staff from Onslow College

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showed their support for the City Mission, and they have received an estimated $100,000 worth of food. From their annual “Brown Paper Bag Appeal. Food and funds from the appeal help keep The Mission’s Foodbank and Drop-in Centre available for those in need, and the shelves stocked, with CEO Michelle Branney saying “We are incredibly grateful for all the individuals, families, businesses and organisations who supported us, and we’d like to extend our sincerest thanks.

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Changes introduced include random alcohol and drug testing and they are ex-tending the testing to cover all employees and contractors, regardless of their role in the company.

This move complements a range of other recent initiatives NZ Bus have introduced aimed at achieving the Zero Harm goal promoted by the Business Leaders’ Health & Safety Forum Steering Group.

“While the improvements made to health and safety policies and processes are already delivering benefits, we are committed to continuous improvement in our approach to health and safety, in the best interests of our staff and our customers,” says NZ Bus Chief Operating Offi cer Southern, Tonia Haskell.

Nominations are now open for the an-nual New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA) Awards. The Awards aim to recog-nise innovative and inspiring individuals and organisations who have contributed or made a positive diff erence to New Zealand recreation.

Last year’s award winners included Wellington’s community-led mountain bike project South Coast Kids Track. NZRA Chief Executive Andrew Leslie says “It’s satisfying to be able to give hardworking recreation professionals, organisations and volunteers a small part of the recognition they deserve for providing us with oppor-tunities to get active and enjoy ourselves.” For more information or to make a

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Layla Timergazi, 14, is among the top three female chess players in the country, no small feat for the Marsden student and Crofton Downs resident. Layla often fi nds herself playing in regional and national chess tournaments as well as locally held tournaments.

In the recent Wellington Open Layla even tied for fi rst place with Maltese expat David Cilia Vincenti for fi rst place. “I won fi ve and lost one game,” says Layla about the tournament which ran over three days in the capital.

Layla explains that she is part of the Wel-lington Chess Club in Thorndon and joined the club in 2011/2012. She plays with the club every Thursday along with 40 others of all ages. Layla also has a teacher who tutors her in the art of chess online. She also sets herself online puzzle challenges and every morning sets time aside to play a quick game to keep her brain sharp. And it does take a great deal of brainpower as chess matches can last between two and fi ve and a half hours.

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champ when her dad began teaching her about the game. “My dad taught me when I was 7-years-old,” says Layla, and jokes that she has since come on leaps and bounds and can easily beat her dad in a game of chess now.

Her teachers and friends at Samuel Marsden are super proud of her achievements, with her close friends saying they only found out recently just how good Layla was at chess, a talent it seems a modest Layla had been keeping under wraps.

Layla also has a keen interest in music and always fi nds time for her Year 9 school work despite a busy schedule. She plays the trumpet and piano and told the Inde-pendent Herald she “plays mostly classical and jazz.”


Her teachers and friends at Samuel Marsden are super proud of her achievements, with her close friends saying they only found out recently just how good Layla was at chess, a talent it seems a modest Layla had been keeping under

Layla also has a keen interest in music and always fi nds time for her Year 9 school work despite a busy schedule. She plays the trumpet and piano

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Jake Stokes is a self-confessed “Khandal-lah kid,” spending the last 15 years there, all the while playing guitar and tutoring dozens of local kids.

This August and September Jake is leav-ing the Northern Suburbs as he tours with

his blues-rock band but not before playing two Wellington dates.

”We're playing Hotel Bristol, where I cut my teeth as a blues musician, on September 3, and the Southern Cross on September 19,” says Jake.

Despite his age, Jake is regarded as one of New Zealand’s most talented guitarists

BLUES-ROCK: Jake Stokes performing a blend of old-school music sensibilities with youthful energy PHOTO: Supplied

and seems destined to become a force to be reckoned with on the Australasian blues rock scene. You may even recognise Jake as the award-winning teenager who started on his career path by busking on the streets of Wellington before he became a regular feature at Capital Blues Club.

Jake defi nes his musical stylings as a blend of old-school music sensibilities with youthful energy, and “jaw-dropping chops to deliver a truly unique live experi-ence to his audience.”

If you miss him in Wellington though, don’t fret, Jake and his 3-piece band made up of Andrew Richardson on drums and Callum Hazlitt-Black on bass embark on a short tour of the lower North Island, playing shows in Whanganui, Palmerston North and Featherston.

Jake explains that the gigs are “on the run up to us going into the studio to record our second album, which we will release just before our big Australian tour in 2016.”

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The second Fly Buys Mumtre-preneur was crowned this week at an awards ceremony in Prefab Hall, Te Aro. Rebecca Stack from Christchurch Eye Surgery took the overall award, but local Tawa businesswoman, Tracy Wellington, and director of Kiwi Community Assistance was named as a fi nalist.

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FINALIST: Laura Howard of Littlemore, Tracy Wellington of Kiwi Community Assistance and volunteer Mary Kenderdine PHOTO: Fiona Donnellan

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Wellington Repertory Theatre is bringing Louisa May Alcott's classic, Little Women, to the stage at the Gryphon Theatre this August. And amazingly three of the four actors playing the March sisters hail from Northern Suburbs.

Cas Wanden, who went to school in Onslow College and is currently living in Crofton Downs plays fi ery Jo, Harriet Dawson from Wadestown plays the baby of the family, and Amy Georgia Wass from the Aro Valley plays the ever shy Beth.

“Jo was the only part I au-ditioned for,” says Cas about securing the role. “It was my favourite book when I was 10-years-old,” added Cas. Cas couldn’t believe the Wellington Repertory Theatre were plan-ning on doing an adaptation of the book and so rebought the book again having misplaced it over the years.

While Little Women has been adapted for the stage and screen numerous times, this particular stage adaptation by Emma Reeves, premiered at London’s West End Duchess Theatre in September 2004, and is unlike previous adaptations in that it encompasses the second novel

LITTLE WOMEN: Cathy Howell as Mrs March, surrounded by Georgia Wass as Beth, Harriet Dawson as Amy, Caroline Wanden as Jo, and Meredith Dooley as Meg PHOTO: Supplied

Little Women are Northern Suburbs locals

Good Wives and has the ‘not so little women’ in their 20s looking back on their lives.

“As a period drama, the cos-tuming and styling are a par-ticular challenge, but the result will be great entertainment especially for the many women and girls that know the Louisa May Alcott novels,” said Ewen Coleman, Director.

The cast and crew are busy rehearsing and Cas says, “Eve-

ryone has been really nice to work with, really chill.” And added that the group get on really well together, despite some intense scenes in the play they have become quite close and are happy to hug it out after each performance. The production runs from Wednesday, August 12 to 22 at the Gryphon Theatre. To book tickets, email [email protected].

LITTLE WOMEN: Georgia Wass who plays Beth, Cas Wanden who plays Jo. Harriet Dawson who plays Amy PHOTO: Supplied

By Fiona Donnellan

There is no better medicine than laugh-ter, so here is a prescription to shake those winter blues. ‘Comedy at Kitty's’ is the Capital's newest comedy show, the show will be featuring the best up and coming talent from the Wellington region. In July alone there are two shows planned titled, Blind Set and The Devil's Advocate.

Johnsonville’s own Julz Burgisser will host the event along with Patch Lambert, Snap RuseWebsites, Josh Davies, Lyle Newman, Halley Gray, Gerard Paapu and Finn Roy.

Blind Set is seven comedians, one random topic - The comedians improvise with the joke, or come up with a totally new piece of material on the fl y so natu-rally “hilarity ensue as comedians try to bluff you into thinking that they know what they are talking about.”

The other brand new comedy show is called The Devil's Advocate. It is next on the night and is also not to be missed, as eight comedians compete in a knockout competition by arguing for or against a statement that’s so “ridiculous and against popular opinion or beyond logic.”

Li’i Alaimoana, Jundas Capone, Snap RuseWebsites, Anna Rzhevitskaya, Daniel John Smith, Hilaire Carmody, Lee Ray and Julz Burgisser will battle it out and try to convince the audience of their argument. Funny bones at the ready!

The shows kick o� on July 31 in Kitty O’Shea’s on Courtney Place. For more information visit www.comedyatkittys.com.

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Q: Do you think they are doing enough in schools to keep the language alive?

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

Nichole Craig,Newlands

Yes, this is because it is the language of this country and the only place to be taught it. It helps to keep it alive.

Venerable Gyalten Dechen,Eastbourne

If we don’t teach children the Maori language we are being obnoxious to the population who know the original or speak the language.

Erica Philips,NewlandsErica PhilipsNewlandsI do it as a subject in school, it’s optional, though.

Helen Jordan,Johnsonville

Yes, we are. I am an early childhood teacher and we’re encouraging it. We’re teaching them and they’re teaching me. We encourage it with songs, even counting in Maori.

Dhanjyem Naida,Newlands

Yes, I am from Fiji and think it’s good idea. It teaches more people di� erent languages.

Anna Smith,Tawa

Guess so, learnt it at school but only the basics and I don’t really use it now.

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Yes, you did read that right, Christmas. The Johnsonville Lions Club have said that a small committee of keen Lions members has already begun planning the annual Johnsonville Christmas parade set for Saturday, December 5 of this year.

Organiser, Lion Rosemary Cook has said, “We need a long lead in time as we want to involve a wide range of local community groups.”

And after more than 14 years of parades the plan this year is to “have the best com-munity parade in the greater Wellington area,” Rosemary added. “Our members are pleased to continue organising this local event for community enjoyment.”

Many local groups have already applied to participate in the parade this year but organisers say there is always room for more. Johnsonville Lions want to continue their winning formula of creating “a truly local community-based parade.”

Rosemary and fellow Lions Club mem-bers envisage that the road works cur-rently happening around the parade route in Johnsonville centre will be completed before the event date, so that the parade route can run smoothly. The Johnsonville Lions Christmas Parade draws a huge crowd each year and this year is set to delight as usual. For more information or for an ap-plication form contact the Lions at [email protected].

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HO HO HO: Santa and his elves at last year’s Johnsonville Lions Christmas Parade PHOTO: Supplied

Dear Ed, It was great to read your article on David Barber’s book and as I have just read it can

highly recommend to your readers. Incredible places he has visited and the parliamentary stories ring

many bells! Pauline SwannWadestown

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Dear Ed, I have just gone down to read the notice of application (on the proposed Liquor store on Johnsonville road from Independent Herald July 8 edition), I could not recall the latest date for submissions.

There wasn't any date given, it just said two weeks from the publica-tion in a newspaper. A

cut off date would have been useful .

There is nothing to stop other people from wasting time by putting in submis-sions that probably won't be considered.

These notices are (sup-posedly) designed so that anyone in the public can give their support or opposition for a new development, so why are

they so vague as far as deadlines are concerned? This makes a mockery of the whole concept of public submissions.

The notice of application is still in the doorway of the premises, so anyone will assume they have time to make submis-sions.

AnonymousJohnsonville

Clarity sought in Johnsonville

Response: It seems submissions have closed and a hearing date is yet to be set for the store. If parties to a District Licensing Committee decision are unhappy with the outcome, they are

able to appeal to Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority (ARLA) within 10 working days of the date on which notice of the decision is given to that party."

There's a lot of informa-

tion on ARLA's website www.justice.govt.nz /tribunals/alcohol-reg-ulatory-and-licensing-authority/appeals-to-the-alcohol-regulatory-and-licensing-authority.

Editor

Dear Ed, I live in Gre-nada Village, and I’ve had lots of problems with visitors getting lost on the way to my place.

It is ridiculous to say only two names can be

on the board - just a few hundred metres down the gorge is the sign pointing north, which has 3 destina-tions on it, and Auckland motorway signs frequently have 4. I would hate to

think the NZ Transport Agency thinks Auckland drivers are more intelligent than Wellingtonians!

Anne MeggetGrenada Village

Disgruntled in Grenada Village

Letters on issues of com-munity interest are wel-comed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words. They must be signed and a street address provid-

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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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FORKS AT THE READY: Enjoying the ever popular Food Show at Westpac Stadium last year PHOTO: Supplied

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Te Papa’s Air New Zealand Exhibition ends this week, so if you haven’t had a chance to check out the hugely popular ‘Air New Zealand 75 Years: Our nation. The world. Connected’ exhibition you may have missed out. If however you are one of the 378,031 visitors you will have been part of one of Te Papa’s most popular exhibitions in the history of the museum.

The Air New Zealand 737 nose which has become associated with Te Papa’s forecourt closed too, after welcoming an impressive 109,931 visitors on board.

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Te Papa’s Chief Executive Rick Ellis will be sad to see the exhibi-tion go, saying, “The great success of this exhibition demonstrates how passionate Kiwis are about their own unique stories, and the role the national museum can play in helping bring those stories to life.”

The demand to see the exhibition was so high that Te Papa even had to extend the exhibition by nearly two months.

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The last chance for the public to see the exhibition was over the weekend.

UP UP AND AWAY: Visitors at Air New Zealand Exhibition at Te Papa as it bids farewell to Wellington this week PHOTO: Ross Land

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By Fiona Donnellan

Onesie clad volunteers were busy fundraising for The Kitten Inn charity at Newland’s New World last Friday. Samantha Williams and Courtney Griffi n both from Newlands often fos-ter kittens through the charity and have also adopted kittens over the years. And lending a helping hand on the day with the street collection was Ad-

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PURR-FECT: The Kitten Inn volunteers Samantha Williams, Court-ney Gri� n and their helper Addison Ibell at Newland’s New World PHOTO: Fiona Donnellan

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As a young kid in Onslow Col-lege, Corporal Robin Beauchamp could only imagine that one day he would protect an airfi eld from “enemy forces” as part of the New Zealand Defence Force. He was just recently involved in Australia’s largest warfighting exercise.

Now 29, Robin is a fully fl edged Aircraft Technician in the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RN-ZAF) 3 Squadron and is part of the 40-strong Air Force con-tingent taking part in Talisman Sabre 2015.

Robin said taking part in Talis-man Sabre is “a great chance to work with our allies”.

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our skills for any future overseas deployments with the NH90s [military helicopter]. For me, that also means catching up with friends I made whilst posted to Australia.”

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Robin’s dreams of joining the military were realised in 2005 when he decided to fi nally enlist in the New Zealand Army and subsequently moved to the Air Force in 2007.

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IN THE THICK OF IT: Former Onslow College student Corporal Robin Beauchamp PHOTO: Supplied

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By Fiona Donnellan

On Saturday, August 15 there will be a workshop in Churton Park Community Centre which will look at setting boundaries.

Workshop coordinator, Sandi Champaneri, poses the questions - Do you find yourself pleas-ing people but compromising yourself? Are you being taken advantage of by partners, family, friends or colleagues? Do you put up with situations longer than you should?

How do you answer someone when they want your time, en-ergy, or money?

And the ‘Setting Boundaries in your Life’ workshop aims to answer this set of questions comprehensively.

Sandi is presenting the work-shop which is about not com-promising yourself, saying yes

when you should have said no, and “empowering yourself will enable you to increase your happiness and freedom and take charge of your own decisions on your terms.”

The course is recommended to those who might fi nd themselves stuck in situations and don’t know how to deal with them effectively. It provides you with simple solutions “that can change your life and relationships.”

Sandi is a trained professional and her passion for empower-ing people shines through her teaching, with one past attendee commenting, “Sandi is an expert trainer. I got a real sense of her passion to empower people through her teaching.” For further information speak to Sandi on 027 838 2690 or email [email protected].

Empowering in Churton Park

By Fiona Donnellan

Help play your part in keeping New Zealand beautiful is the sentiment behind Clean-Up Week this September. Commu-nity groups, businesses, schools, families, friends and individuals are urged to get involved.

General Manager of Keep New Zealand Beautiful Heather Saunderson said, “Last year nearly 40,000 volunteers took part in 562 events nationwide but Keep New Zealand Beauti-

ful Week is not just about the clean-ups. These events build and strengthen community spirit and allow people to demonstrate their pride in where they live.”

The campaign's central aim is to increase community participa-tion of all kinds, but also ad-dresses issues of sustainability, the environment, health, crime and social inclusion.

Last year there were 562 Clean-Up events nationwide, 15,312 rubbish bags and 8,850 recycling bags were collected. A total of

228 schools, 246 groups and 88 businesses got involved in the worthwhile initiative.

Keep New Zealand Beautiful wants to improve on these facts and fi gures this year and promote “litter abatement, waste minimi-sation and the beautifi cation of our towns and cities.”

For more information on Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean-Up Week and how to get involved email [email protected].

Get swept up in Clean Up Week

CLEAN UP CREW: Last year nearly 40,000 volunteers took part in Clean-Up Week PHOTO: Supplied

You might remember that last month Jennie Vowles from the Karori Lions was heading away to the Fijian island of Labasa taking with her a suitcase of more than 700 glasses. The aim was to distribute these glasses to the islanders to help with their eyesight and to protect their eyes from any further damage. Well,

Jennie joined The Voso team on the trip which was made up of two ophthalmologists who performed 77 procedures. There were also fi ve optometrists and in nine days 2,340 screening exams

were performed and 2,240 pairs of spectacles were given out, plus 800 sunglasses.

Jennie has said that it was an amazing experience. “To give people glasses when they couldn’t see more than a line or two at the top end of the chart and then they reached the bottom line was a real thrill,” she explains.

Jennie and Karori Lions will be continuing to collect the non-prescription sunglasses for another trip. According to Jen-nie, they need thousands of pairs in the Islands, not hundreds.

Seeing is believing


CHALLENGE the reporter!

By Fiona Donnellan

This week to launch myself head � rst into the challenge I decided to hit the streets and go on the beat with Wellington North Community Patrol (WNCP).I was invited on the WNCP ride on Friday last to see what they’re all about and to see � rst-hand what’s happening in the community. WNCP began its � rst patrol in August 2007 and was born from a steering group comprising of associations and organisations in the Northern suburbs, with a common goal of reducing and preventing crime in the local com-munity. I was picked up for the patrol at Johnsonville Police Station, and from there we weaved around the streets of Johnsonville, Newlands and beyond. The patrol car sweeps the streets keep-ing an ear and eye out for anything unusual or suspicious. They work in conjunction with the local police to ensure everything and everyone in the community is safe and sound.Every member of the volunteer patrol is vetted by the New Zealand Police, and C4 Level One training is a compul-sory component and provided in the � rst year by the Police. The patrol cover much of the North-ern Suburbs including residential, school, business and industrial areas in Broadmeadows, Churton Park, Glen-side, Grenada Village, Johnsonville, Kaiwharawhara, Newlands, Ohariu, Paparangi, Raroa and Woodridge - An impressive area of approximately 50 square kilometres which has a popula-tion of nearly 47,000.Myself and the Community Patrollers acted as an extra surveillance for the Police and undertook observation and other tasks as requested by the District Command Centre, noting anything that could be suspicious, and informing Police immediately of incidents requir-ing urgent attention or situations that could escalate into a serious incident. The overall aim is to create safer com-munities and reduce crime. The ride along gave me a great insight into WNCP, what a stellar job they do and the need for them to continue their great work.

For more on WNCP contact Jacque-line J Bligh [email protected] and if you want to “Challenge the Reporter” email your challenge to � [email protected].

Challenge the Reporter

Biweekly at the paper I’m going to be taking on a brand new chal-lenge in our feature aptly titled “Challenge the Reporter.” That means I’ll be trying and testing everything from Taekwondo and Whittaker’s latest chocolatey mash up to learning key Māori phrases and trekking around local landmarks.

By Fiona Donnellan

The emergency services in Tawa got a youth boost when the Youth in Emergency Services (YES) training programme took place at Tawa’s Rural Fire Depot.

The Minister for Internal Affairs with responsibility for the New Zea-land Fire Services and local Member of Parliament, Hon. Peter Dunne saw first-hand the training programme, the future emergency response work-force and got a real insight into YES activites.

YES is a collective collaboration between the United Fire Brigades Association and the Ministry of Youth

YES TAWA: Minister Hon. Peter Dunne vis-its future emergency response workforce in action PHOTO: Supplied

HOTTING UP IN TAWA: Youth in Emergency Services training programme well underway PHOTO: Supplied

Development with training delivered by experienced and qualifi ed instructors through Fire and Emergency Training Services. In each community in New Zealand YES recruits suitable can-didates from local schools and social services agencies, individuals who they feel are motivated and keen to learn.

In total sixteen students, aged between 16 and 19, participated in a series of safety awareness, risk management,

hose-drills, fi re extinguishers, evacu-ation procedures, safety warden roles and drills. Their activities also focused on problem-solving, team-building and leadership should an emergency arise.

There was also a presentations from urban fi re and rescue, rural fi re, local civil defence and emergency manage-ment, and animal rescue, “providing young people with the skills and knowl-edge they need to make safer decisions.”

Youth training in Tawa

By Fiona Donnellan

If the thoughts of helping to rebuild Nepal home by home sounds like something you’d be interested in read on. Habitat for Humanity New Zealand are offering the “opportunity of a lifetime” for New Zealanders to travel to Nepal and help build 100 homes in November of this year.

“The invitation is open to any adults who would like to make a difference for people who “desperately need a decent place to live,” says Habitat New Zealand chief executive Claire Szabó.

The building will take place for just under a week in Pokhara, Nepal. Pokhara is located 200 kilometres north-west of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.

Habitat are seeking a total of 200 New Zealanders to help with this particular project, the criteria for individuals isn’t limiting as all ages and levels of experi-ence are required to build alongside Nepali families and other interna-tional volunteers, aiming to complete the houses in just one week.

The families set to move into the newly built homes are currently living in insuf-fi cient housing and poor conditions with

limited access to water and sanitation. No construction experience is required

as each person will be offered full train-ing and supervision will be given by Kiwi team leaders during the trip. The group of volunteers will aim to build more permanent homes using treated bamboo framing and other simple materials.

“People who've travelled to previous Habitat builds in Nepal overwhelmingly tell us it was a life-changing experience,” says Claire. For further information see www.habitat.org.nz.

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Johnsonville Countdown shoppers share a $2 million saving with the lower North Island due to Homebrand bread being locked down to $1 per loaf.

The region bought almost four million loaves of bread since Countdown super-markets across the country took part in its price lockdown in October 2013.

Shoppers across the country saved $9 million, buying nearly 19 million loaves of Homebrand bread in 12 months.

Countdown communications and public affairs manager James Walker says the $1 Homebrand bread is just one of more

than 1,500 key products that had its price lowered.

“The Price Lockdown programme, which is in every Countdown store across New Zealand, sees the price of selected products dropped for the long term so consumers can rely on low prices every day,” he says.

Other popular products with lockdown prices are $15 Homebrand nappies, $10 Signature Range water and size 18 chickens at a price of $13.

Grocery food prices have dropped 2.1 percent in the past year and bread prices have fallen by 8.7 percent, according to Statistics New Zealand’s latest food price index.

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SOLUTIONFor March 30, 2005

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48. Petrol engine igniter(5-4)49. Expectations(9)51. Type of gazelle(5)52. Ridicules(7)53. Felony(5)54. Urged(7)55. Gathered(11)

DOWN 1. Hidden store of things (5) 2. Tenacity(11) 3. Cooked thoroughly (4-4) 4. Distributed (6) 5. Overhanging roof edges(5) 6. Enlisted man(7) 7. Most distinct(8) 8. Flood(6) 9. Light woollen fabric(7)10. Afterwards(5)16. Everywhere(3,4)17. Issue(7)19. Ooze out(5)20. Hot,capsicum sauce(7)22. Surpass in endurance(7)24. Vessel(3)26. Decay(3)29. Entreats(5)31. Featureless (11)32. Literary gossip(3)

33. Estimated time of arrival (abbr) (3)38. Banned(8)40. Very hot(weather)(8)42. Translucent variety of glass(7)44. Universal arithmetic(7)46. Talents(6)47. Pretend to be dead, play ...(6)48. Overwhelm (5)49. Alarm(5)50. Horse(Poetic)(5)

CROSSWORD By Russell McQuarters

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Solution last week, 22 July

By Fiona Donnellan

Academics, practitioners, NGO and government experts came together to discuss the future of law-making this month.

Attorney-General and Victoria Faculty of Law alumnus Hon Christopher Finlayson spoke about the processes and princi-ples in international law-making at the conference held at Victoria University.

They discussed the law of armed confl ict including the use of force, private international law and fi nancial regulation.

“We were delighted to host this conference, which is recog-nised as the annual gathering of international lawyers not only from the region but also from further afi eld, as shown by the affiliations of the speakers,” says Alberto Costi, Associate Professor at the School of Law.

Although states have tradition-ally been the main subjects of international law, new actors, processes and fora have been involved in the creation of inter-national standards in recent dec-ades. These innovative efforts at engaging in and making sense of

legal diplomacy raise signifi cant questions about the legitimacy, accountability, effectiveness and nature of international law and more close to home in New Zealand.

Other speakers on the day in-cluded Professor Douglas Arner, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, Sir Kenneth Keith, Professor Emeritus, Victoria University of Wellington, Pro-fessor Mary Keyes, Griffith Law School, Griffi th University, Professor Gerry Simpson, and Kenneth Bailey Professor of Law, University of Melbourne.

LAW MAKING: Keynote speakers Professor Douglas Arner, Professor Mary Keyes, Professor Alberto Costi and Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Victoria’s Law of Law Professor Mark Hickford PHOTO: Supplied

Law abiding citizens

In Johnsonville a white Sub-aru Impreza parked in Wanaka Street overnight was broken into and a laptop computer, power pack, and an Iphone, were stolen.

In Newlands a house in Bay-

lands Drive was entered, prob-ably through a forced door at the rear of the property. The house was given a messy search. A TV and medication was stolen. The owner returned home to fi nd bags of clothing left in the

driveway ready for collection later. A blue Honda Integra parked overnight in Baylands Drive was broken into via a smashed driver’s side window. Two sports car seats were sto-len. In Batchelor Street a grey

Ford Falcon parked during the evening had the front passenger window smashed allowing the offender to reach and grab the radar detector. In Ring Lane a Holden Commodore parked overnight in a driveway was bro-

ken into and a window smashed. A radar detector was taken.

In Churton Park the doors of a garage in Glenside Road were forced open and a quantity of tools and gardening equipment were stolen.

E Y E O N C R I M EJohnsonville Neighbourhood Watch

By Amanda Carrington

New Zealand's National Spokesbird for Conservation Sirocco, a hand-raised Kakapo will be in the capital later this week for a six-week stint at ZEALANDIA Ecosanctuary.

The rare nocturnal parrot suffered respitory complica-tions as a chick and has since imprinted on humans, believing

he is one of use. Sirocco’s rose to fame after ‘shagging’ Mark Carwardine in 2009 in front of a very bemused Stephen Fry.

Sirocco will be at ZEALAN-DIA from August 1 to Septem-ber 13, with encounters running daily from 6.30 pm.

To book a chance to see this rare bird go to www.visitzea-landia.com/sirocco.

Sirocco arrives

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By Rachel Binning

Did you know New Zealand became the 2015 International Taekwon-Do (TKD) Federation (ITF) World Champions?

Becoming a champion starts within community clubs. The local Khandallah ITF TKD Club is one such club. It was founded in the 1970s and is the second oldest and biggest TKD club in Wellington.

The club’s head instructor and 3rd Dan black belt, Sheryl Chase started TKD over ten years ago.

Sheryl fell in love with TKD and is passionate about it, the philosophy, the fun and the fi tness. She took over as the club’s head instructor in 2012.

“It wasn’t something I thought I’d ever do, as my own instructors as I was coming up the ranks were incredibly talented martial artists and inspirational people.”

The family-friendly Khandallah club caters for children from the age of fi ve and there is no upper age limit. “It is one of the few sports where parents and children can train and develop together,” Sheryl says.

“As well as becoming impressive at fl ying kicks, TKD helps to de-velop those essential non-cognitive skills like perseverance, resilience, self-belief and self-control, cour-age, as well as teaching courtesy, respect, loyalty, and friendship,” says Sheryl.

“I absolutely love teaching the kids it is so rewarding seeing them develop their skill base and grow in confi dence.”

TKD is the Korean martial art of self-defence developed in the 1950s and 1960s as a form of ‘un-armed combat’ and uses the body for the purpose of self-defence. It has a strong emphasis on the moral aspects of martial arts.

ITF TKD is the biggest martial art in New Zealand with over 100 clubs countrywide. It is a self-paced pursuit, where students develop their own goals at a pace best suited to them.

“TKD builds all round strength, agility and fi tness. There are over 3,000 different techniques within TKD - so basically you learn how to use your body in thousands of different ways,” Sheryl says. The club meets on Mondays and Thursdays. For more infor-

Impressive stuff

The juniors strike a pose

By Allison Hess

After a 4-year hiatus from diving to study medicine at the University of Otago, a Wellington man has returned to the sport in a big way.

Doctor-to-be Ollie Armstrong-Scott, 22, recently competed in the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, placing 14th in the men’s 3m springboard event.

Armstrong-Scott was the only diver chosen to represent New Zealand at the competition, held every two years and hosts more than 13,000 student athletes from 141 countries.

He was excited to be chosen to com-pete in an event where the standard is very high and was happy with his result.

“The standard was amazing, though intimidating. There were several thou-

sand more athletes than the Olympics. It’s defi nitely by far the biggest event I’ve been to,” says Ollie.

The demands of studying medicine meant Armstrong-Scott had to put div-ing on pause, but he was determined to get back on the board as soon as he could.

“It’s a great sport. It’s a challenge and a lot of hard work with around 20 hours of training a week, but it’s really fun and a way to take my mind off med school.”

Though several years have passed he is no less dedicated than he was as a St Patrick’s College student taking part in diving competitions in the USA, Australia, China and Mexico.

“Getting the chance to go to a compe-tition like that is defi nitely an amazing opportunity and I would love to be part of events like it in the future,” he says.

The right approach

PERFECT FORM: Ollie Armstrong-Scott competed in the World University Games and here he is in action PHOTO: Supplied

The Nor th Well ington Association Football Club (NWAFC) men’s first team won promotion to the Capital Premier League on Satur-day, July 25. The team, who currently play in the Capital Football Division 1 league, have experienced some win-ning form lately and have really turned their luck around.

The team was relegated from Capital Premier League at the end of the 2006 season and have had nine seasons in Capi-tal 1. The last league title the team held was in 1990 when they won Central League 2.

Winning form for NWAFC

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