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Youth sing to the

massesBy Aaron Meredith

Wainuiomata shoppers were given an early long weekend treat on Friday night, as local youth performed at the Wai-nuiomata Shopping Centre.

The youth have been practic-ing their music for weeks now, so Friday was the chance to show off what they have been learning.

Also performing was Awa formerly of the band Nesian Mystik, as well as many local artists.

Also during the day was plenty of stalls, run by the likes of Victoria University, Weltec and even a stall with representatives of local MP’s Trevor Mallard and Meka Whaitiri.

Continued on page 2

WOWING THE CROWD: Accalia Forrester-Walker sings at the Youth event in the Mall.

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Continued from page 2The night started off with

the children performing a Haka, and then having a dance off before the performances started off.

The night was organised by Kokiri Marae, and everyone was pleased with how the

night went.“It is great to see something

like this taking place,” says one watcher who was just shopping at the time of seeing the start.

“I just popped down to grab something from The Ware-house and then I heard this, the

kids are really great.”All the children performing

really enjoyed the chance to get up on stage and show off to their friends and family.

“It would be awesome to see more of this round the place, I defi nitely would enjoy seeing this happen, not just here at

the mall but everywhere as well,” says a group of people watching.

“The kids should be really proud of what they have done getting up there and doing this, I never would be able too, not at their age, not even now at my age.”

Youth sing to the masses

By Aaron Meredith

The Wainuiomata Grey Power Club held their annual AGM this past week, voting in their nominations for all vital positions in the club.

Before all the voting took place they were talked to by Moses Ariama who runs before and after school care programs in Wellington.

Moses told his story how he came over from Ghana, ac-cidentally.

“I hopped on a plane that was meant to take me home and we arrived here in Wellington, I thought it was a transit fl ight but it wasn’t,” he says.

“I was given a six week visa to sort out my arrangements to get back to Ghana, but then I decided I didn’t want to leave.”

Moses works mainly with Refugee families that cannot af-ford child care, all in a bid to keep them out of gangs and crime.

Along with the Pride lands before and after school care, Moses has also created the Pride Awards Trust and his own cloth-ing line which supplies sports uniforms to schools.

“Young people these days tend to feel a bit forgotten or

neglected, that’s why I created the Pride Awards Trust,” says Moses.

“We need to acknowledge what young people are doing, no mat-ter how small, it can all make a difference.”

The Grey Power members once again voted in Jane Chamberlain - President, Ken Salmon - Vice President and Ellen Rodgers - Treasurer.

Grey Power gets told about Pride Lands

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On Friday June 19 top comedians Michele A’Court, Alice Brine, Rob Harris, Bas Jeff rey and more will team up to host a comedy event to benefi t baby Mila Gardner.

Mila needs to raise $100,000 to get a special surgery in America to alleviate the eff ects of her cerebral palsy moving forward.

The event will take place at the Lower Hutt Little Theatre from 7:30-9:30pm. Tickets are available online.

Lovin Laughter

By Aaron Meredith

Development Wainuiomata held its monthly business breakfast last week, and the business owners were given advice on how to have a rela-tionship with their bank.

Bevan Chappell from ANZ addressed the attendees telling them the benefi ts of working with a bank through all fi nan-cial problems.

“Us bankers are wanting to help, we have a vested interest in what is happening in your business and your money,” says Bevan.

“This is the same with what-ever bank you are dealing with, it doesn’t matter what bank.”

Bevan also told those at the breakfast how working with banks has helped businesses get started by helping them with planning for the future.

“We want to see how you will be planning in the future, what your forecasting will be, where you want to go and where you will be in fi ve years,” he says.

He also described how his bank is helping businesses in Wainuiomata, by holding a seminar on how to effectively run a business with help from the bank.

The workshop is designed on how someone can effectively

help design a long term plan for their business.

“Having a sound business plan is crucial to the long-term growth and success of your business,” says Bevan.

“It provides you with a road map for your business, so you know where you are and where you want to get to.”

For more information en-quire at ANZ Wainuiomata

Business Breakfast

By Aaron Meredith

Wainuiomata residents became royals over the weekend, when they com-pleted the second annual King of the Hill race.

Around 500 competitors took part in the race that took people keen enough, up the top of the Wainuio-mata Hill and back.

People of all sorts took part in the race, from Councillors Campbell Barry and Max Sheirlaw to members of the High School First XV.

Also the entire Wainuio-mata Hockey Club took part in the race, making up for not having a game due to Queens Birthday.

Mayor Ray Wallace says that the event is great for Wainuiomata and the en-tire region.

“We have competitors from all over the region and even someone from Blenhiem,” he says.

The race route took peo-ple from Queen Street reserve, around the league club, down Parkway before heading up the hill and

EASY PART NOW: Michael Martin about to head back down the Hill

Running to become King

then back the same route.The entire race was eight

kilometres long and there was lots of support for com-petitors along the way.

Dressing up was encour-

aged, with people dressed up as anything from a horse towing a cart, to even paint-ing their faces.

The winning time was just over 27 minutes, which gave

the winner a $400 cash prize.“Everyone was very keen

for the race to start, some people were really gunning for the cash prize,” says Mayor Wallace.

King of the Hill photos continued on page 11

Information EveningWednesday 10 June 2015 7pm-8pm

Information MorningSunday 14 June 2015 10am-11am

Wainuiomata High School

Join us in the staffroom to meet the Principal and other key staff.

Come and hear what Wainuiomata High School has to offer andwhy we’re so proud of our High School.

Starting Secondary School?

Enquiries to: Martin Isberg, Principal, Phone 938 3224Email: offi [email protected]: www.wainuiomatahigh.school.nz


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By Aaron Meredith

Every time you spend 10 cents on a bag, you can see where that money is going around the community.

The Warehouse has once again donated money to local groups that need it, with nearly $1500 spread around the valley.

The money has been given to Wood Hatton Playcentre, Whai Oranga Medical Centre and the Wainuiomata Girl Guides.

All three were very grateful

for the donations that they were given, and all three had projects that they were putting the money towards.

Hayley Soro was representing Wood Hatton Playcentre and says the money is going towards upgrading the outside area of the centre.

“The money is really impor-tant, all our upgrade work comes through fundraising and grants, without them we wouldn’t be able to keep going,” she says.

Keriana Kingi and Beau

Markland were representing Whai Oranga, who is putting the money towards the com-munity garden on the Medical Centres grounds.

“We are doing the garden in association with Kete Kai and we are putting all the money towards the garden,” says Ke-riana.

“The money will be there to help maintain the garden, it is there so that we can help the community eat healthy,” says Beau.

Kerrie Wylie was from the Girl Guides and says that the money is going towards repairs of the hall they are in.

“The money is very impor-tant, the hall is very run down, whenever it rains it leaks a lot,” she says.

“The Money is very much appreciated.”

The total money given out to each were $365.80 to Girl Guides, $505.14 for Whai Or-anga and $488.93 for Wood Hatton Playcentre.

Warehouse helps locals again

Last week students from Wai-nuiomata Primary School were lucky enough to be the fi rst-ever school group to visit the restricted Wainuiomata Water Collection Area.

The area, generally closed to the public, is host to some of the most significant lowland podocarp forest in the lower North Island, as well as an array of native wildlife.

The trip was run as part of ZEALANDIA Ecosanctuary’s

Outreach Program, designed to teach kiwi kids about conserva-tion and native wildlife.

While ZEALANDIA Rang-ers regularly visit local schools, this was the fi rst time it had been applied in an external environment.

“The kids were full of en-ergy and really enthusiastic,” says ZEALANDIA Education Ranger Darren Van Hoof.

“It was great to give them the opportunity to experience such

pristine forest right in their backyards, and in an area not many people get the chance to see.”

As well as exploring the native bush, the students installed and checked tracking tunnels, and learned how to judge water quality by the presence of dif-ferent invertebrates.

The Outreach Programme is funded by World Wildlife NZ, while this particular trip also required support from Depart-

ment of Conservation, Greater Wellington Regional Council, and Hutt City Council.

“It’s also really exciting to see where we can take this next,” says Darren.

“With so many great organi-sations on board, we are able to take this idea and apply it to different sites around the country, giving kids all over New Zealand the chance to develop a relationship with the native ecosystems in their area.”

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Hutt City Council has announced the date of the best day out this winter; it’s Saturday 1 August, the day of the Petone Winter Carnival.

The Carnival is free to attend and runs from 12noon – 7.30pm on the Petone Foreshore and beach. About 50,000 people are expected.

Favourite events like the Polar Plunge, rides, entertainment and the fi reworks show will return for 2015. New events include a free sports zone

on the beach, a chill-out zone and braziers after dark where people can toast marshmallows.

Petone Winter Carnival is free to enter, most rides are $5 for fi ve rides and there is a heap to look at – it’s the best day out this winter.

The Carnival Facebook page at www.facebook.com/petonecarnival is very active in the lead up and a great place to get inspiration or ask questions about the event.

Date announced for Petone Winter Carnival

By Aaron Meredith

The Wainuiomata Toastmasters con-tinued their busy speaking schedule, this time holding an Oral Reading contest.

The purpose of the contest was to get members used to competing in Toast-masters speech contests, and is classed as a beginner contest due to their being notes that can be read.

There were fi ve competitors on the night, and there was no real limit on what people could read, poetry, pas-sages from books, anything really.

The Competitors were Kerry Godfrey, Anna Cramp, Neville Isherwood, Kor-shed Irani and Francis Chandrahasen.

Francis ended up being judged the

winner in what was a highly competitive contest.

Korshed Irani was second and Anna Cramp was third.

The contestants were judged on the way they delivered the speech, what speech they chose and how they por-trayed what they were talking about.

Everyone who attended the night, whether it was to judge or just simply watch enjoyed the night, and all were entertained by some great speakers.

The Toastmasters meet every Wednes-day night, and the design of the toast-master course is to bring out the confi -dence in the people attending.

This can be helpful for anyone that is having problems in job interviews or speaking in public.

TOP READERS: Anna Cramp, Francis Chandrahasen and Korshed Irani were the top three at the Wainuiomata Toastmasters Oral Reading contest. Reading their way to victory.

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WAINUIOMATA COMMUNITY BOARD

The Board will be meeting on

Wednesday 10 Junebeginning at 7:00pm

in the Wainuiomata Chambers, Wainuiomata Library,

Queen St, Wainuiomata.

You are very welcome to attend

Keep up with what’s happening in your community

A loss for our community and country

Our community had a big loss with the passing of kuia Henrietta Maxwell of Ngãti Porou. Born and raised in Gisborne, Henrietta moved to Wainuiomata and taught in the kohanga reo here. She was greatly respected in her work with Mãori language at a local and national level and leaves behind a great legacy.

Update on our Community Development Plan

The vision for Wainuiomata is taking shape; the feedback received has been summarised, and there’s been another injection of great information and ideas from the Council’s Long Term Plan process.

The steering group will be pulling this all together into a summary of the vision and feedback and then talking with key stakeholders in July.

There’ll be public workshops later in the year- the process itself is really invigorating and exciting and I am also looking forward to plans consolidating into a clear vision of where our community is headed over the next twenty years.

Preparedness

The recent high rainfall that resulted in a very high river and surface fl ooding serves as a reminder of the need to be prepared. We want to have safe, resilient communities.

I am sure we will take good care of one another in the event of an emergency. However, an essential part of being able to help others is to make sure you

have taken good care of your own needs and safety.

Take the time to check your family safety plan, and that provisions such as water and non- perishable food, fi rst-aid kits and torches are all accessible and ready to use.

There’s more information about this on www.getprepared.org.nz/prepare

Civic Awards

Lower Hutt’s Civic Awards are open for nominations until 3 July. There are two categories; Voluntary Community Service and Youth Service.

This is a great chance to show our recognition and appreciation of people who have given outstanding voluntary service to their community.

Learn more and get a nomination form on our website huttcity.govt.nz/civicawards or phone Council on 570 6666 or call in to Hutt City Library or 531 High Street.

Mayor Ray Wallace

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A WORD FROM

Q: What’s your favourite thing about having a long weekend?

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

Bailey Musson,Wainuiomata

Spending time with my family and friends especially my awesome sister.

Elise Shury,Wainuiomata

Spending time with my family and friends.

Cameron Surridge,Wainuiomata I like it because it is a longer weekend and I get to go on walks.

Mya Telea,Wainuiomata

I enjoy hanging out with my family.

Heidi Carman,Wainuiomata

I enjoy having an extra day to relax.

Ivy Beck,Wainuiomata

Just being lazy and eating lots, also hanging out with friends.

Ivy Beck,WainuiomataIvy Beck, Elise Shury,

Wainuiomata Elise Shury, Bailey Musson,

Wainuiomata Bailey Musson,

Wainuiomata Heidi Carman, Mya Telea,

Wainuiomata Mya Telea, Cameron Surridge,

WainuiomataCameron Surridge,

LETTERS to the editor

Dear Ed, On behalf of the Te Omanga Hospice, my wife and I would like to thank the Wainiomata Community for their great support to our hospice.

Over Friday 22/5, and Saturday,23/5, over $26,000 was donated by the generous and sup-portive Wainuiomat Community.

A magnifi cent effort.Throughout the Hutt Valley including Petone

and Eastbourne, a total of $26,168.10 was donated to support the on-going care provided at the Te Omanga Hospice.

Phil & Elaine Morgan

Te Omanga Hospice AppealDear Ed, I just wanted to thank you again

for coming out and covering the team from the states.

They really enjoyed interacting with you, and the article was a highlight for them.

It was a really fun team and one that made a positive impact on us and the community.

You helped with that and I just wanted to say thank you one more time.

I do hope to see you soon.Matt Lesniak, Wainuiomata Valley Church

Thanks to the NewspaperWhat makes you think, we’re not

worse off than you. What makes you think, we’re not struggling too.

What makes you think its ok to break in. Going through drawers cupboards and shelves. Selfi shly not thinking of anyone, but yourselves.

What makes you think, when you take and steal. Did you not think maybe, that its our last meal.

Taking at whim what is obviously, not yours. Not thinking of the sor-

row, and the loss, you cause.What makes you think its ok to

break in? The invasion, damage, fear and pain.

For what, so you get a tiny wee gain.

What makes you think, what you do is ok. What makes you think, you don’t have to pay. What makes you think. Well obviously you don’t.

Rhonda, Mum of fourVictim, Wainuiomata

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A profi le of our Top 5 nominees

Wainuiomata’s “Unsung HEROES!”

Describe a typical day in your life ...

“My day starts at 5am, I have two children to get organised in the morning, then off to work at 7am. I have a very physical job, sometimes walking up many fl ights of stairs carrying bags of cement. On my way home most days I stop at the BMX track to check it, not easy for me to just

drive home. Once home its then family time, then off to bed after a hard days work, only to do it all again the following day. I spend a great amount of time at the track during the BMX race season, especially if there are working bees happening.”

Read full interview on our Facebook Page.


“I’m a part time tutor at Massey Uni teaching art and occassionally at the NZ Film school in Wgtn teaching design. I seem to spend all my time driving. Sometimes I do volunteer work for the Rangatahi School in Wainuiomata.”

What/Who inspires you to help out in the community?

“Trish at the Rangatahi School. She is the

real unsung hero of Wainui so don’t vote for me, vote for her!”

What’s next on your wishlist?

“To create a working training shop in Lower Hut CBD for Wainuiomata youth.”

What’s 1 thing that voters would be surprised to know about you?

“ My father was a school principal of Hutt Valley High School in the 80’s-90s.Peter Bar-low, I’m so proud of him, an amazing man.”

Tim Barlow

Tony Pattison

Marcia Skinnon


“A usual day for me normally starts around 6.30 - 7am depending on how busy I am. I know it’s cliché but no single day is ever the same. Working in community defi nitely wouldn’t be suited for someone who thrives on routine. One day I might be

meeting with a Managing Director or CEO pitching ideas on partnership initiatives funding or sponsorship. The next day I could be driving youth around looking for employment, writing reports or hosting events. It can get a bit surreal.”



“BUSY!!! I’m always doing something for someone.”

What/Who inspires you to help out in the community?

“No one in particular, I just enjoy helping out where I can.”

What’s next on your wishlist?

“I’d love to go on a holiday and get to have 5 minutes of peace.”

What’s 1 thing that voters would be surprised to know about you?

“I’m really only 21! No, seriously though, they might be surprised to know that I did used to be quite a daredevil back in my day!” Peter Fellows

Julie Day


“Well, I work mornings + 3 afternoons a week at St Claudine Thevenet school and the rest of the time (part time), I work for Miers Labs (who distribute homeopathic jet lag prevention worldwide).

I volunteer for Junior Tennis twice a week (plus paperwork at nights) during the busy season (terms 1 & 4) and apply for

all the fundraising grants (for supplies, coaching etc) for Senior Tennis. I also still help out, on occasion, with the fundrais-ing grant applications for St Claudines – I used to run the kids netball there (for 8 years) and have just been approved for a grant towards new netball uniforms.”


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“Wainuiomata’s 1st Unsung Hero!”.

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Young people in the Hutt Valley are set to benefi t from a series of opportunities ranging from a project teaching traditional Maori carving in Wainuiomata to a fi lm-making workshop focused on sustain-ability thanks to the success of local art groups in the recent Creative Communities Scheme funding round.

The Scheme exists to encourage people to lead and actively participate in art and cultural activities in their community.

Among the successful applicants was Koraunui School, who applied for funding to assist with the staging of the annual Polyfest performances at Walter Nash Sta-dium in Taita.

This performing arts showcases for local school children has gone from strength to strength, with 20 schools wanting to take part in 2015.

Also successful in their application for funding was Chamber Music Hutt Valley, who in 2015 are trialling a week-long resi-dency ‘Play it up!’ in Lower Hutt with the Mimosa Ensemble, a group of outstanding young New Zealand musicians.

Budding musicians at Lower Hutt schools

will have the opportunity to learn from these inspiring young musicians, who are all currently pursuing further study at European music schools.

The passing on of skills is also sup-ported through a grant to the Hutt Valley Cook Islands Association for a series of workshops focused on tivaevae (traditional Cook Islands quilting).

Examples of the work by tutors for the workshops are currently on show at Te Papa in the acclaimed exhibition “Tivae-vae: Out of the Glory Box”.

About the Creative Communities Scheme The CCS fund is provided by Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa and administered by Hutt City Council to support and encourage local communities to create and present diverse opportunities for accessing and participating in arts activities in the Hutt City.

Applications are assessed by a panel made up of arts organisations and prac-titioners from Hutt City. The committee had $35,000 to distribute. Seventeen groups and individuals applied for a total of $76,648 in funding.

Local Hutt Valley artists and events supported by Creative Communities

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For Sale $219,000 E: [email protected] www.harcourts.co.nz/WO5230 Leith Gunn P 04 564 0002 M 027 445 8940 Channel Realty Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Central, 120 Moohan Street Your Chance To Live The Dream! 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 large living areas, large modern kitchen. 6.19 Hectares with paddocks. 6 metre bore with 25,000L tank provides fresh water. Woodburner, Heatpump & DVS. Double garage.

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• Blow your nose using a tissue rather than a hanky, and dispose of the tissue in the bin straight away.

• Wash your hands thoroughly after sneezing or blowing your nose.• Drink plenty of fl uids – this will help prevent you feeling achy and

dehydrated. But avoid caffeinated drinks like coffee, tea, and Coke.• Rest! Stay in bed with a good book. Don’t be tempted to go to work

– it won’t make you any better and will most likely spread the infection around others.

A very important warning! Do not give cough and cold medicines to children under 6 years of age. Current research shows they aren’t always effective, and can cause harm. Children with colds should be allowed to rest, made to feel comfortable and be given plenty of fl uids. In some cases it may be appropriate to give saline nose drops, or to give honey drinks to children over one year of age to soothe a cough. “It can be a bit confusing choosing the right medicine for your symptoms” advises Clive . “So the best advice we can offer is – talk to us! We will ask you a few questions about your symptoms and recommend a treatment specifi cally for you. It’s so important to talk to a trained professional rather than visit the supermarket or take what a friend is taking.” Coughs and colds don’t disappear overnight, but it’s our job to make sure that you are back on your feet as soon as possible!

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National List MP Chris Bishop says that the 2015 Budget delivered on Thurs-day last week by the Minister of Finance is great news for the Hutt Valley.

“At the heart of the Budget is a significant $790 mil-lion package to help support children living in hardship,” he says

“The Government is lifting benefi t rates for families with children by $25 per week after tax, around 110,000 families nationally, with 190,000 children, will be better off as a result.”

The package also intends to

assist low-income working families.

Families earning $36,350 or less a year before tax will get $12.50 extra per week from Working For Families, and some very low income families will get $24.50 extra per week.

The Government is also strengthening work expecta-tions for parents on a benefi t.

From 1 April next year, most sole parents, and partners of benefi ciaries, will have to be available for part-time work when their youngest child turns three, rather than fi ve as it is now.

Childcare assistance for families is also increasing, to lower the cost of childcare for around 40,000 low income working families.

“I know from the election campaign, and my work around the Hutt more re-cently, that there is concern in the community about hardship in the community, particularly for children,” Chris says.

“This package will make a real difference for thousands of Hutt Valley families and children, and reduce the depth of hardship these fami-lies experience.”

Bishop says budget good for Hutt

By Aaron Meredith

Next week sees Kiwi Carpool week take place, encouraging people to save petrol and get a lift or take someone else to work.

The week starts on Monday June 8 and runs to the Friday, and there is even an easy way to fi nd someone to carpool with.

The website letscarpool.govt.nz

matches you up with people in your area that match your criteria, where you work, how often you work and how you get to work.

What happens is you fi ll out a form and then it matches someone from the same area and you can select to carpool with that person if they suit.

This is a nationwide initiative and organisers say it is a great

way to meet people while saving the environment and saving a bit of money.

The cost of parking in some workplaces can be expensive so splitting the cost may be something that can help someone on a budget.

The website also gives you lots of tips on how to car pool, sharing driving or taking turns in driving.

Kiwi Carpool week coming up

Chris Bishop, National List MP based in the Hutt Valley, has wel-comed the release of a consultation report on the proposed new Wel-lington to Hutt Valley Walking &

Cycle and Walkway encouragedCycling Link.

The report summarises feed-back from consultation and engagement carried out with key stakeholders, landowners, inter-ested user groups and the general public. Nearly 800 submissions were received, with only three people opposing the project.

“Wellington and Hutt Valley residents have overwhelmingly backed the new cycleway. Many cyclists have told me that the cur-rent route next to State Highway 2 is dangerous, and puts people off cycling or walking/running to and from Wellington.

“A new safe and practical cycleway will help better protect cyclists, get more commuters fi t and active, help reduce traf-fic pollution and congestion, and will also have resilience benefi ts. It’s also an important

part of the Great Harbour Way project.”

Mr Bishop says it’s important the cycleway is seen in the con-text of a suite of transport pro-jects to improve travel around the region. Other important projects include the Petone to Grenada link road, the Cross Valley Link, and safety im-provements to State Highway 58.

The next steps are for a De-tailed Business Case for the Walking and Cycling Link to be fi nalised and for the Transport Agency and its partners to agree on a preferred option. This is expected to happen in the next two to three months. Once this has happened, NZTA will begin preparing consent applica-tions for the preferred option, expected to be lodged in 2016.

11Wednesday June 3, 2015OUT&ABOUT

NEARLY THERE: Girls from the Wainuiomata Hockey Club pose near the � nish line

WELCOMING PARTY: Mayor Ray Wallace waits for competitors at the � nish line

TOUGH RUN: Clive Cannons getting to the top of the Hill in good time

MY NUMBER: Councillor Campbell Barry makes it to the top of teh Hill

King of the Hilla race to the top

GIDDY UP: A horse and carriage crosses the � nish line

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By Aaron Meredith

King of the Hill was filled with great stories, none more so than the volunteers that gave up their weekend to support uses of the Hutt Valley Disabled Resources trust.

They all volunteered as personal supporters for the HVDRT uses to help them achieve their goal of mak-ing it to the top of the hill and back.

The race meant more to these people than everyone else, as it was another step towards community inclusion, including the opportunity to make new friends and show off what they have been training for.

Often adults with an intellectual or developmental disability fi nd having a buddy they can communicate with in busy environments very supportive and great way to help them grow their

self-confi dence.King of the Hill competitor, Anton

Kemp, couldn’t stop smiling when he was asked about his race with volunteers Anne Evans and Helen Crosswell and said he couldn’t wait to enter another event.

Charlie Holland, a staff member of HVDRT and participant in the event says the best thing about being involved in events such as King of the Hill is that the whole family gets on-board.

“The staff and service users of HVDRT that entered on the day were also supported by family and friends who are making healthy lifestyles choices and as a whole, making a dif-ference to our communities,” she says.

“That’s also why Fusion5 were such a great fi t as volunteers for us, because they value a good work-life balance.”

HAPPY TIMES: Anne Evans 238, Anton Kemp, Helen Crosswell 232 cross the � nish line.

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The Postal workers union is calling an immediate stop to the removal of many NZ Post’s roadside post boxes.

They are also calling for an investigation into an apparent confl ict of interest involving a previous fi nance minister.

In the next few weeks NZ Post is removing around 31 post boxes from around the country, this is on top of the 1300 that have al-ready been removed since 2008.

While the Postal Workers Union recognises the decline in mail volumes over recent years, posties and local com-munity newspapers are getting complaints from residents and small businesses that for them it is becoming more diffi cult to post letters as NZ Post reduces its postal services.

NZ Post will be retaining a six day service although in the cities and urban areas NZ Post will only be delivering standard mail to urban areas three days a week.

On the days in between the company will still be deliver-ing fastpost, international mail and parcels to businesses and households.

Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa Southern District

Postal Workers Union calling an Investigation

President John Maynard says NZ Post has not given a specifi c assurance that post boxes will not be removed from near retirement villages.

“These are the very people who have supported the state owned postal service all their lives, and who want to be able to continue to do so.,” he says.

“NZ Post should be consulting more with local communities and residents' and business as-sociations before taking the axe to their community services.”

He says that while NZ Post is steadily reducing its postal services private mail company

DX Mail continues to extend its own delivery network throughout the country.

“The Union believes that there exists a process of privatisation by stealth which has been made possible by the pro privatisation National Government’s Postal Services Act 1998 legislation which was passed at a time that DX Mail board member Bill Birch was a cabinet minister in the Jim Bolger Government,” says John.

“The union also wants an in-vestigation by an appropriate body into an apparent confl ict of interest in postal services.”

Youth Wise Trust changes service model for young peo-ple

Youth Wise Trust, together with its management team, has decided to close youth space Secret Level and transition to a mobile service delivery for young people.

The objectives of the Trust, which has youth work at its heart, will remain the same and this move is seen as the most beneficial use of the group’s time, experience and resources. It’s also seen as providing the greatest benefi t to the wider community.

Dave Kent of Youth Wise Trust says, “Youth work is our core business and this change will allow us to get out into the community, across the valley, and bring services to young people in their own communi-ties and schools.”

Simon Gilbert, Operations Manager says, “We want to adapt and do things differ-ently; this is a big change for our organisation but we feel this is a positive move in the right direction which we are ready for.

“It’s a change that will get us working with more young people and groups in new ways with greater community

impact.”Hutt City Council are de-

lighted to see that Youth Wise Trust are moving to a model of operation that will see many of our young people and our youth providers in our outly-ing suburbs benefi t from the services, programmes and activities they can offer.

Both Hutt City Council and Youth Wise Trust remain committed to continuing to work together to make sure meaningful opportunities are available to young people.

Matt Reid, General Manager of Community Services at Hutt City Council says, “Council will continue to support Youth Wise Trust by providing op-portunities to work together and by providing access to Council facilities.”

One example of a new type of service is the work that Youth Wise Trust does in Wainuiomata. Called Biketec, they aim to get young people mobile with access to bikes and keep them mobile by giv-ing them the skills (and in the long term qualifi cations) they need to repair bikes.

Dave Kent says, “Cycling is a healthy activity and a means of transport for many young people.

Youth Wise Trust changes service model for young people

14 Wednesday June 3, 2015 SPORT

League back onAfter most teams had the weekend o� thanks to Queens Birthday, everyone is back in action again.The Premiers are playing the Randwick King� shers at home with a 2.30pm, the game is being played on Wise Park 1.The Reserves are playing the curtain raiser on the same � eld against the same opposition, with a 1pm kick o� .The Fitzroy Lions are also playing at home against the Kapiti Coast Bears, they are playing on Wise Park 2 with a 1pm kicko� .The Indigenous Lions are away against the University Hunters at Martin Luckie Park with a 1pm kick o� .The women are at home on Sunday against the Titahi Bay Marlins with a 1pm kicko� also.

Hockey ActionThe Wainuiomata Hockey Club returns to action, trying to continue their amazing return to senior hockey.This week they are playing YWCA 1 at Fraser Park, the game kicks o� at 3.45pm on Sunday and the girls are looking for as much support as possible.Wainuiomata have not lost a game all season, and are hoping to continue this form throughout the rest of the year.

High School NetballThe Netball girls continue again this week, after having Queens Birthday weekend o� .Wainuiomata 1 are playing Upper Hutt 2 at Taita College at 10am, Wainuiomata 4 are playing St Orans 4 at 11am at the same place.Wainuiomata 3 are also at Taita College at 3pm against Heretaunga 4, while Wai-nuiomata 4 are at Sacred Heart against Sacred Heart 16 at 9am, Wainuiomata 5 plays Taita 5 at Sacred Heart at 10am.

Wainuiomata’s First XV plays their first Premier Three competitive game for the year this weekend at home against Taita College,

the game begins at 1pm.Wainuiomata 2 is playing at

Prince of Wales Park at 1pm against Wellington High 1, The Under 15’s are at home

against St Pats Town 2 at 11.30am.

The Under 65kg side is away at Kapiti College at 10am to play Kapiti College

2.The Girls are playing to-

morrow at 4pm at Te Whea Park against Wellington East.

By Sven Johnson

This week Wainuiomata faced the Wellington Axemen out at Kilbirnie Park.

Wainuiomata only had 16 fi t and available players for the game so it was always going to be an uphill battle.

Shortly after kick off Wai-

nuiomata showed they weren't going to be push overs and came out looking like the stronger team.

Unfortunately Wellington scored the opening try which was converted, the half time score was 7-0.

Wainuiomata continued to strongly attack and were

awarded a couple of tries to Jordan Leuluai which went unconverted, at one point of the game Wainuiomata were leading 8-7.

Wellington then scored a couple of tries to leave the fi nal score at 13-20 to Wellington.

With only the one reserve player Wainuiomata put in a

huge effort to be the stronger team on the day.

There were a lot of notable stand out players for this game, but player of the game went to Corey Soe.

Wainuiomata are proving they won't be push overs for the remainder of the season.

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC: Trei Mu with ball in hand.

Colts Show improvement

By Aaron Meredith

Saturday was the annual Vosseler Shield cross-country races held on Mt Victoria.

This race brings out the toughest nuts of the Wellington running world to battle it out in one of the hardest races of the season.

In fact it is considered one of the tough-est cross country races in New Zealand.

Even with perfect running conditions, only 12 Wainuiomata Harriers’ braved the grueling course this year.

Starting on the Hataitai side of Mt Victoria, runners head straight up the hill within 100 meters of the start line and into the bush tracks that wind around the mountain.

Then to add insult to injury, a quick sprint up another hill to the fi nish line.

With conditions the way they were, dry and easy under-foot, most runners ran a

faster time than last year.The best performances of the day came

from our Masters Women with Nikki Braniff-Jones fi nishing fi fth and Georgina Cox coming in seventhin the 5km race.

Our Master Men were the only ones to have enough for a team this year, and managed to take out seventh place.

Wainuiomata Harriers, as a club, placed seventh overall.

Other rusults included Don McGowan fi nishing tenth in the Masters Men 5km race, Presliegh Winter fi nishing tenth in the Girls Under 15 3.7km race and Jesse Carman fi nishing fourteenth in the boys race of the same length.

Cameron Forsyth fi nished in tenth in the Boys under 13 race, Ashden Brew fi n-ished in eighth in the Under 11, Rebecca Forsyth fi nished in ninth and Mackenzie Winter fi nished in eleventh in the Girls Under 11.

High School Rugby

Vosseler Shield success

TOP FINISHER: Nikki Brani� -Jones heading for 5th place in Masters Women 5km race

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Sports with Aaron Meredith

By Aaron Meredith

Wainuiomata and sport go to-gether like peas and corn or potatoes and gravy or even possibly green and black.

The history of sport in Wainuio-mata is grand, national rugby league titles, national sporting Captains, and national reps in multiple sports.

The clubs in Wainuiomata have largely achieved this success by working with themselves but this however has come at a cost.

In all clubs, there is a lack of fund-ing to repair damages clubrooms and fields, and also the problem of attracting new players and vol-unteers.

This is where Wainuiomata Sportsville comes in, with the goal of moving Wainuiomata to become a Sporting Hub, much like what is happening all around the country.

Chair of Wainuiomata Sportsville Kathy Wolfe says that Sportsville

along with many clubs around Wai-nuiomata is Championing the move.

“We believe it could be the answer, enabling us to have modern sustain-able facilities and sports fi elds that will be around for our children and grandchildren to enjoy,” she says.

A preliminary study took place in March this year with local clubs and businesses consulted.

“There is strong support for replac-ing older, spread out facilities with a modern, community focused sports and recreation hub,” says Kathy.

“The preliminary feasibility report summarises this thinking, suggest-ing the development of a sporting hub at Frederick Wise Park the largest sports park in the valley and conveniently close to shops, schools and transport.”

She says that Wainuiomata is more fortunate than most to have such a big park so close to its centre, and the hub will help attract people to the shopping centre.

The big idea is for Wise Park to have Central Clubrooms for everyone to use, and these rooms surrounded by playing areas in-cluding fl ood lit grass and artifi cial turf fi elds.

“There would be fi elds shared by rugby and rugby league, a football fi eld, a softball diamond, a bowling green and potential for other codes such as hockey,” Kathy says.

“The focus would be on existing member clubs working together and sharing facilities, but remain-ing independent and driving their own sport activity rather than amalgamating.”

Now the teams goal is to get the community behind them and to fi nd the funding to make it happen.

“It’s not going to be easy – noth-ing really worth doing ever is, but if anyone can pull it off, it’s a com-munity used to putting in the hard graft and coming out a winner.”

Sporting Hub about to Hit Wainuiomata

By Aaron Meredith

The Wainuiomata Rugby Premiers have qualifi ed for the Jubilee Cup but only just.

The team needed to beat Old Boys University today and hope that other results went their way, and after a 24-22 victory there was a sigh of relief around William Jones Park.

The fi rst half made it seem that the game would be anything but close, as the home side dominated leading 17-3 at the break.

They added on to their lead before a big come back from Old Boys Uni-versity left the home town supporters with some worrying moments.

Wainuiomata held on to record the two point victory that along with both Poneke and the Upper Hutt Rams losing put Wainuiomata into eighth place by just one point.

The team will know that they will have to step up their game if they are wanting to compete in the second round.

Although all that matters is that you make it into the Jubilee Cup and anything can happen.

Next week the team will play Tawa, away at Lyndhurst Park, the game kicks off at 2.45pm.

In other games the Premier Re-serves went down to OBU 12-26 in the curtain raiser to the Premiers game.

They will be playing in the Ed Chaney Cup in the second round.

The women went down to Hutt Old Boys Marist by 12-32, the result leaves the girls in sixth on the table. CHARGING RUN: Atilla Va’a charges up against the OBU defence

Premiers Jubilee Bound, Just

By Aaron Meredith

Only one team from the Wainuiomata Football club played this weekend, but that one team had a convincing win.

The Wainuiomata top team playing in Capital Two defeated over the hill rivals Lower Hutt City 3-1 at Fraser Park on Monday.

The result puts Wai-nu iomata in second equal on the table with 16 points, both the Water-side Karori Cougars and Stop Out have the same amount of points.

All three are behind leaders the Stokes Valley

Bobcats who have 21 points after every team has played eight games.

Next week Wainuio-mata is once again play-ing Lower Hutt City, this time at home on Richard Prouse Park at 2.30pm.

The Capital Four side is also at Richard Prouse Park at 2.30pm against Masterton.

The Wainuiomata Un-dertakers are at Richard Prouse Park at 12.30pm playing Mar ist , The Wainuiomata Rounballs are playing the Island Bay United Pirates at 12.30pm also.

Halfbaked has a bye this week.

Quiet weekend, but successful weekend

Is Fifa the most corrupt sporting body in the world, in a simple answer yes, but we shouldn’t think that corruption and cheating does not a� ect every sport.I can think of multiple examples of when sports results were crazy as sporting bodies decided it wasn’t best for business if a lower team won.Rugby League proves an easy example, I can remember a past Grand Final when the Warriors were blown out of the game against Manly, not by the opposition being better but by a ref that just happened to miss every illegal thing Manly did.Everyone saw it, the commentators said it, the NRL ignored it, a Sydney side won, and that’s all they cared about.And how come every time there was an Anzac test for a while a key Kiwis player got suspended for that one game.I’m not just talking about league as well, in union there seems to be a vendetta against the Island Nations so they cannot grow.World Rugby is quite happy to let the game grow in big markets like the US and China, but in out paci� c neighbours countries Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are left alone.Talking about Samoa, their own governing body refused to pay their players for the last world cup, so the players threatened to default their test last year to England.Now let’s move on to Cricket where the ICC is e� ectively just out to keep India, Australia and England happy.India has so much power that they have had the whole world cup changed to suit their viewership, a change that e� ectively stops the growth of the game.Yes Fifa is corrupt, I don’t have to list o� all the terrible things that they have done, but lets remember that they are not the only ones that are far from clean.

Fifa not the only ones corrupt


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