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

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

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

Mallard for help.It is only since he got involved

the bus company has responded.The kindergarten has two signs

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

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

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

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

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Melanie and Nathan Gardner are one step closer to getting their daughter Mila to America for life changing surgery, following a successful fundraising event at the weekend.

Wainuiomata baby Mila suffers from cerebral palsy and desperately needs life changing surgery that will reduce her pain and allow her to one day walk.

Unfortunately the surgery is not available in New Zealand and Mila and her family will need to travel to St Louis in America for the rare treatment.

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Mila and her father Nathan, at Sunday’s fundraiser.PHOTO CREDIT: SAM SCOTT

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After an extremely success-ful four years, those involved with the Wainuiomata Pacifi c Education Success Initiative are looking forward to the year ahead.

Wainuiomata Pacific Edu-cation Success Initiative (WaiPESI) was formed four years ago by a group of inter-mediate school teachers who wanted to help parents and their children in the Pacifi c Island community with their learning.

‘Growing Stronger Together’

meet-ups are held on the sec-ond Tuesday of each month and homework, literacy, numeracy and learning programme is held on the fourth Tuesday of every month.

Both take place at the Wai-nuiomata Library and are well attended by parents and their children.

Board member Bruce Rob-erts said after a successful year in 2015, they were looking forward to the year ahead.

One of WaiPESI’s biggest achievements this year was acquiring major funding from J R McKenzie Trust, he said.

Prior to this, board members and volunteers were relying on the support of local businesses and at times, were digging into their own pockets.

“We’ve got enough money now for the next four years to fund all of our projects.”

Bruce said this year they would also like to see more people volunteer their time to the initiative.

“It has grown and grown and grown to the point we really need more volunteers to help us connect with these families and kids.

“If anybody wants to know

what we are, or what we are about, they can show up on a Tuesday.”

Bruce said WaiPESI has taught local kids how to be confi dent in themselves and their learning.

“The biggest thing we have accomplished is that self-confi dence, where kids believe in themselves. That is the hard-est thing with kids sometimes – you can see their potential but it is about getting them to see their potential.” For more information head to the WaiPESI Facebook page.

WaiPESI looks forward to another successful year

Mila’s family have already raised $100,000 towards the cost of the surgery and are now just $15,000 short of their target.

On Sunday, the Wainuiomata Motorcycle Club held a fund-raiser in support of Mila.

The fundraiser involved a convoy of more than 200 cars and motorbikes from the Fitz-

roy Tavern in Wainuiomata, to the Riverbank Carpark in Lower Hutt where they were on display to the public.

More than $5000 was raised at Sunday’s event – and the Gardner family are now one step closer to ensuring Mila receives surgery.

Mila’s mother, Melanie, said she and her partner Nathan

had both been blown away by the community’s support.

“It’s hard not to cry at these things especially when you see how many people are involved,” Melanie said.

She thanked the Wainuio-mata Motorcycle Club, as well as local businesses, for all their overwhelming support.

Melanie said the couple

was now hoping to get the remaining money for Mila’s surgery from the Cerebral Palsy Society. For more information on Mila’s journey, head to the Please Help Mila Facebook page.To make a donation, head to http://givealittle.co.nz/cause/pleasehelpmila

More than 200 vehicles and motorcycles took part in Sunday’s fundraiser.

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Wainuiomata residents had the opportunity to hear from experts and talk to their elected offi cials at the Wainuiomata Shared pathway information evening last Tuesday.

At last week’s meeting resi-dents received information about the proposed project timing, viewed draft design concept plans and asked ques-tions about the operation of the shared pathway.

The four metre wide shared pathway will provide a consist-ent, connected and safe shared path between Lower Hutt and Wainuiomata for access across the hill, by foot or by bike.

The pathway will be fully sealed and include a roadside barrier and improved lighting on both sides of the Wainuio-mata Hill Road.

Mayor of Lower Hutt, Ray Wallace, outlined the great benefi ts to the community and the importance of improving safety.

“I can certainly see the need for a wider, safer shared path-way.

“This is part of a city-wide improvement to cycle and walk-ways, and I am very excited to have a better connected, active transport option for this com-munity and the wider Hutt Valley.”

Residents hear about plan for pathway

A local man has been arrested following an incident with a gun in Wainuiomata last week.

Police said they were looking for 31-year-old Lydon Keil, after an incident took place about 1.30pm last Wednesday in Wainuiomata.

Police said a vehicle with three

men inside went to a house and upon arrival, proceeded to threat-en a woman. One of the occupants of the car was known to the victim.

Another occupant of the vehicle was in possession of a gun and fi red it into the air before all the men left in the vehicle.

Police said Keil handed himself in to offi cers at the Lower Hutt Police Station on Friday and was charged with firearm offences. He appeared in the Hutt Valley District Court on Saturday.

Police thanked the Wainuiomata community for their assistance.

Firearms incident in Wainuiomata

The fi rst stage of the project is still currently in the consul-tation phase and if going to plan, resource consent will be lodged with Greater Wellington Regional Council and Hutt City Council in March.

The first phase focuses on the Lower Hutt side of the hill, the new pathway will run from Gracefield (Gracefield Road/Bell Road) and follow the road up to the Wainuiomata Hill Road Summit.

The second phase will see

the path extended down the Wainuiomata side of the hill to Parkway and the community will receive more information about how to be involved later in the year.

Council acknowledged that while constructing the Wai-nuiomata side of the hill fi rst would have been preferable, there are various engineering challenges to work through on the challenging terrain that require more planning.

The Lower Hutt side is less

complex and is being con-structed first to prevent any delays to the project.

Council anticipates that phase one work will begin mid-2016, while phase two will commence in 2017. Both stages will take approximately six months to complete. If any members of the com-munity want more informa-tion, they can contact senior project engineer Simon Cager, at [email protected]

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

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

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

He became one of the youngest winners of the award.

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

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

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

The MC, Phillip Kauika who

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both showed great passion for

Sporting achievements recognised

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

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

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

phrey and Brooke Tauaneai.School Principal Martin Isberg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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This Saturday Wainuiomata Primary School is hosting a School Gala.

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

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

please contact the school.

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

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

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Wainuiomata High School has added a popular new pro-gramme to the mix this year which encourages students to follow the pathway ‘from learning to earning’.

The college now offers the vocational pathways pro-gramme to its senior school students.

Vocational Pathways pro-vides a new way for students to gain NCEA credits and allows them an opportunity to see how their learning and achievement is valued in the

workforce.Head of careers and interna-

tional dean, Virginia Wilson, said the vocational pathways programme allowed students to learn skills which could be used in the workforce.

She said the programme was wildly successful – this year, more than 150 students had enrolled to take part.

“Kids have a chance to do what they want to do. They are very motivated and they just love doing work from a tertiary provider,” Virginia said.

“It is a very motivating

programme.”As part of the vocational

pathway programme the school and students worked with Indust ry Tra in ing Organisations and tertiary providers.

Students were also given the opportunity to be assessed in the workforce.

Gateway broker, Liz Golds-worthy, said the Wainuio-mata community had, by and large, been extremely sup-portive of the programme, with many local businesses opening their doors to keen students.

“We have had huge support from the business commu-nity. They have been really awesome so far and we look forward to their continued support this year.”

Virginia said they would not have been able to offer the course without the enor-mous support of the school board and principal, Martin Isberg.

“The board has supported it and recognised it is in the best interest of our students. We couldn’t have done it without the support of the board and our principal.”

Wainuiomata High School students involved in the vocational pathways programme.

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A crafty pair of local women are putting their knitting needles to work and it’s all for a good cause.

Carole Taylor and Louisa Burns meet each Wednesday afternoon at the Wainuiomata Library as part of a local craft group.

The women are in the process of making as many ‘TwiddleMuffs’ as they can, to donate to those who suffer from dementia.

Twiddlemuffs are a double thickness hand muff with ‘bits and bobs’ attached inside and out. They are designed to be a stimulating activity and are recognised as being a great therapeutic tool for people with dementia.

“The idea is you sew bits and pieces on it and then they just fi ddle with it,” Carole said.

The pair have been knitting for the last six weeks and with the help of Louisa’s daughter have already made almost two dozen of the muffs.

The women have dropped the Twiddlemuffs to Knit World in Lower Hutt. The local busi-ness is hoping to collect and distribute 1000 Twiddlemuffs by the end of May.

Carole and Louisa have been using their own supplies to make to Twiddlemuffs, but the pair were now asking for donations of “bits and bobs” from the community.

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Carole Taylor and Louisa Burns are creating Twiddlemuff s to donate to people suff ering from dementia.

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Dog owners can now enjoy more relaxed rules in Lower Hutt after the Dog Control Bylaw 2015 was accepted by the Hutt City Council.

This comes after recommendations were made to the council by the Policy and Regulatory Subcommittee.

The bylaw relaxes some rules and allows dogs that are on-leash to be in Jackson Street, Petone, on the corner of Rimu and Oroua Streets, Days Bay, and the shopping centre at 157 Wainuiomata Road, for a trial period of 12 months.

A pilot of a fenced dog park on Pohutukawa Street in Lower Hutt will not go ahead after the site was deemed unsuitable.

Council will now consult with the community in March on a fenced dog park at McEwan Park in Petone.

Other changes include the addition of a trial dog exercise area in Days Bay, and the clarifi cation of 38 dog exercise areas across the city.

An interactive map identifying all new and existing dog exercise areas can be found at huttcity.govt.nz/dogs.

The council welcomes on-going feedback from residents to ensure the changes are working and are benefi cial to both dog owners and other members of the community. Feedback on the trial areas can be sent to [email protected]

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Letters on issues of community inter-est are welcomed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words. They must be signed and a street address provided to show good faith, even if a nom de plume is provided for publication.

The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold unsuit-able letters from publication.

Send or fax them to the address on page two, or email them to [email protected]. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.

Q: What sort of shops would you like to see in the Wainui Mall?

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

Rochelle Retikaukau, Wainuiomata

“More versatile shops like clothing stores and shoe shops. Another supermarket would be good, so would an activity centre for kids.”

Elder Walsh, Wainuiomata

”More clothing shops, maybe a bigger store like Rebel Sport. A nice café like Robert Harris would be good.”

Jessy Quirke, Waiuiomata

“Something a bit diff erent would be good. Would be nice if all of the shops were closer together and if the bank was inside the mall.”

Ezra Chase, Wainuiomata

“Defi nitely a new KFC”

Nimish Gounder, Wainuiomata

“We need a new KFC because the old one shut down.”

Rhona Collins, Wainuiomata

“Would be nice to have a nice dress shop- one that’s not too cheap but not too expensive either”

Rhona Collins, Rhona Collins, Elder Walsh, Elder Walsh, Rochelle Retikaukau, Rochelle Retikaukau, Nimish Gounder, Nimish Gounder, Ezra Chase, Ezra Chase, Jessy Quirke, Jessy Quirke,

LETTERS to the editor

Dear Ed, I was somewhat surprised to see prospective council candidate Josh Briggs doesn’t believe Wainuiomata has a fair deal from Hutt City Council. As deputy chair of the council’s City Development Committee, I can say that over the past fi ve years Wai-nuiomata has been well served by council. As deputy chair of Wainuiomata Community Board, Josh has participated in a council-backed group that has engaged with a very large

number of residents to work on the revitalisation of the com-munity. The Pukeatua bridge and shared pathways, upgrad-ing the mountain bike and BMX parks, new toilets and the development of Sportsville are just some of the improvements either completed or underway. Council has also worked with determination to enable the establishment of a retirement village in our community. While I understand Josh’s con-cern about social deprivation,

the council has worked through the Wainuiomata Community Hub in partnership with a range of services, including the very successful Mayor’s Taskforce for Jobs, a pilot for similar initiatives around the city. Also, Waipesi is enjoying huge suc-cess with education in Pacifi c families, and Kokiri Marae’s Ti Hei Rangatahi programme serves youth and their families. This kind of collaboration is developing further through the social services network

that meets monthly at the hub. There may still be gaps that appear to be unaddressed, but community-led collabora-tive partnerships with council support are the key to real community development. As local councillor I will continue to support the development of inspired initiatives that address inequalities and enhance our community wellbeing.

Margaret WillardHutt City Councillor for Wainuiomata Ward

Enhance our communities wellbeing...

Rates will increase by 2.7 per cent this year as part of the Hutt City Council’s Annual Plan 2016/17.

The council met last Tues-day to sign off the draft budget for the 2016/17 fi nan-cial year and a rates increase of 2.7 per cent was agreed upon.

This was in line with what was approved in the 2015/16 Long Term Plan, but was 1.6 per cent above the council’s Financial Strategy target.

This is the final year of three, where a one per cent increase in rates has been included to fund the range of rejuvenation projects currently being worked on throughout the city.

Hutt City Council’s chief executive, Tony Stallinger, said, “the proposed rates increase allows council to continue to invest in our city, keep rates increases at one of the lowest levels in the region and meet the debt limits that

we set out in 2015”.Mayor of Lower Hutt Ray

Wallace said council pro-jects that were underway were ambitious and made up part of a programme of revitalisation that would up-grade facilities and stimulate economic growth city-wide.

The council has proposed consulting on a variety of issues.

The three largest in fi nan-cial terms were CBD park-ing, the Stokes Valley Hub

and strategic city promotion and events.

Community consultation through the Annual Plan process will take place from Tuesday, March 29 until Friday, April 29.

Following the consultation period, council will hear from members of the public who choose to speak on their submission.

The council will adopt the Annual Plan and budget on Thursday, June 23.

Council confi rms annual plan priorities

• CBD Parking – $925,000Council estimates the an-

nual cost of fi rst hour free parking in time restricted parks in the CBD will be $925,000 per annum.• Stokes Valley Hub – $3 to $4 million

Council has $2 million al-ready allocated to strength-en existing library and hall

facilities in Stokes Valley. But work is underway on designs to move multiple community facilities into an integrated hub that will meet the needs of future generations. Consultation is underway in Stokes Valley to identify key community needs. An additional $3 to $4 million is proposed

to design, build and open the hub.• Strategic City Pro-motions and Events - $120,000 per annum for fi ve years

In light of the major re-juvenation projects under-way there will be more facilities capable of hosting multi-day conferences, ex-

hibitions, sporting events and concerts than ever in Lower Hutt. This budget is proposed to employee a skilled conference sales and marketing person, with a budget set aside to pitch for new business opportunities, attend trade shows, and develop material to bring these events to Lower Hutt.

Three largest council issues in fi nancial terms:

Teachers and students are encouraged to take up the opportunity to go on exchange to Lower Hutt’s sister cities in Japan and America.

Mayor of Lower Hutt, Ray Wallace, has in-vited all interested teachers and students along with their families, to attend an Educational Exchange Expo and fi nd out more about three exciting exchange programmes for teachers and students to Minoh City in Osaka, Japan and Tempe, Arizona in America.

Mayor Wallace said Tempe and Minoh were fascinating cities, and a big change from Lower Hutt.

“For students it’s a real eye opener into another culture and for teachers it is a really in-spiring professional and personal experience. We enjoy a great relationship with our sister cities, and the personal connections made on these exchanges really strengthens that.”

Mr Wallace will be joined at the expo by rep-resentatives from Sister Cities New Zealand, The US Embassy and The Embassy of Japan.

The Lower Hutt Sister City Educational Ex-change Expo will take place on Wednesday, March 2 at the Dowse Art Museum, Laings Rd, from 6.30pm. Please register your interest in attending by Friday, with by contacting [email protected]

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SOLUTIONFor July 14, 2004

ACROSS 1. Dubious (7) 5. Liberated (11)11. High up (5)12. Large tent (7)13. Counter (5)14. Hung (9)15. Bears witness (9)16. Poet (4)17. List (7)19. Daintily odd (6)23. Free (6)26. Lionize (7)29. Against (4)30. One-horse carriage (3)32. The ... Commandments (3)34. Image (4)35. Inheritance (7)36. Wanaka ‘warbird’ collector, Sir Tim ... (6)39. Hard coating (6)40. Numbs (7)42. Crooked (4)46. Hateful (9)48. Pompous (9)50. Leg bone (5)

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

DOWN 1. Switches (5) 2. Supporter (7) 3. Respect (6) 4. Fear (8) 5. Nobleman’s estate (7) 6. Grown up (5) 7. Fold (6) 8. Accesible (8) 9. Based on custom (11)10. Adores (5)16. Charm (7)18. Areas (5)20. Parched (7)21. Lively dance (3)22. Towards stern of ship (3)24. Fear of open spaces (11)25. Akin (3)27. Accustom (5)28. Cemetary tree (3)31. Set (3)

33. Negative vote (3)37. Backs away (8)38. Snare (8)41. Damn(sl) (7)43. Aboriginal spear (7)44. Young calf (6)45. Skilled (6)46. Change (5)47. Italian city (5)49. Way in (5)





ACROSS 1. Dubious (7) 5. Liberated (11)11. High up (5)12. Large tent (7)13. Counter (5)14. Hung (9)15. Bears witness (9)16. Poet (4)17. List (7)19. Daintily odd (6)23. Free (6)26. Lionize (7)29. Against (4)30. One-horse carriage (3)32. The ... Commandments (3)34. Image (4)35. Inheritance (7)36. Wanaka ‘warbird’ collector, Sir Tim ... (6)39. Hard coating (6)40. Numbs (7)42. Crooked (4)46. Hateful (9)48. Pompous (9)50. Leg bone (5)

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

DOWN 1. Switches (5) 2. Supporter (7) 3. Respect (6) 4. Fear (8) 5. Nobleman’s estate (7) 6. Grown up (5) 7. Fold (6) 8. Accesible (8) 9. Based on custom (11)10. Adores (5)16. Charm (7)18. Areas (5)20. Parched (7)21. Lively dance (3)22. Towards stern of ship (3)24. Fear of open spaces (11)25. Akin (3)27. Accustom (5)28. Cemetary tree (3)31. Set (3)

33. Negative vote (3)37. Backs away (8)38. Snare (8)41. Damn(sl) (7)43. Aboriginal spear (7)44. Young calf (6)45. Skilled (6)46. Change (5)47. Italian city (5)49. Way in (5)

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By Aaron Meredith

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

Students dressed up as ghosts and gob-

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

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

Fernlea gets freaky

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

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ACROSS 1.Defensive police protection … vest (11) 7. Wharf post (7)11. Inflexible (5)12. Dig up (7)13. Burn in (5)14. Delights (9)15. Immunize by injection (9)16. More intense (6)18. SEE 7 DOWN.21. Hairless (4)23. Cavern (3)25. Sheep (3)27. Ancient Roman garment (4)28. Generous (7)30. Litter of pigs (6)32. Hint (3)33. Air Traffic Control(abbr) (3)34. Couch (6)35. Supplement(pl) (7)36. Gemstone (4)37. Day before (3)39. United (3)41. Unpowered barge (4)43. Overshadow (7)45. Abuses (6)48. English city (9)49. Waters (9)

51. Inspire (5)52. Journeys (7)53. Running loop (5)54. Of the stomach (7)55. Shop assistant (11)

DOWN 1. Canal boat (5) 2. Of little importance (5-6) 3. Captivated (8) 4. Swoop (6) 5. Abides by (5) 6. One who shoes horses (7) 7. & 18 ACROSS. By fair means or foul (2,4,2,2,5) 8 N.Z. political party (6) 9. U.S. state (7)10. Avoid (5)16. Loathes (7)17. Ease (7)19. Concede (5)20. Long coatlike Eastern garment (7)22. Loiters (7)24. Pinch (3)26. Son of(Scot) (3)29. Regions (5)31. Recurring ad nauseam (11)32. Golf pin (3)

33. Fuss (3)38. Overjoyed (8)40. Grace (8)42. Book containing several works (7)44. Advances (7)46. Vocation (6)47. Critical point (6)48. Dishonest (5)49. Perfect (5)50. Flock of wild geese (in flight)(5)

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

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

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

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

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

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Our summer pools were built by us.Blends in well did cause no fuss.With hydro slide will cause a splash.And to it many people dash. Through native bush we twist and wiggle.From the children brings a giggle.Severn days a week the place is open.Hot summer days we all are hopen!

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SOLUTIONFor October 20, 2004

ACROSS 1.Defensive police protection … vest (11) 7. Wharf post (7)11. Inflexible (5)12. Dig up (7)13. Burn in (5)14. Delights (9)15. Immunize by injection (9)16. More intense (6)18. SEE 7 DOWN.21. Hairless (4)23. Cavern (3)25. Sheep (3)27. Ancient Roman garment (4)28. Generous (7)30. Litter of pigs (6)32. Hint (3)33. Air Traffic Control(abbr) (3)34. Couch (6)35. Supplement(pl) (7)36. Gemstone (4)37. Day before (3)39. United (3)41. Unpowered barge (4)43. Overshadow (7)45. Abuses (6)48. English city (9)49. Waters (9)

51. Inspire (5)52. Journeys (7)53. Running loop (5)54. Of the stomach (7)55. Shop assistant (11)

DOWN 1. Canal boat (5) 2. Of little importance (5-6) 3. Captivated (8) 4. Swoop (6) 5. Abides by (5) 6. One who shoes horses (7) 7. & 18 ACROSS. By fair means or foul (2,4,2,2,5) 8 N.Z. political party (6) 9. U.S. state (7)10. Avoid (5)16. Loathes (7)17. Ease (7)19. Concede (5)20. Long coatlike Eastern garment (7)22. Loiters (7)24. Pinch (3)26. Son of(Scot) (3)29. Regions (5)31. Recurring ad nauseam (11)32. Golf pin (3)

33. Fuss (3)38. Overjoyed (8)40. Grace (8)42. Book containing several works (7)44. Advances (7)46. Vocation (6)47. Critical point (6)48. Dishonest (5)49. Perfect (5)50. Flock of wild geese (in flight)(5)

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GARAGE SALE & SAUSAGE SIZZLE!

Please come and support our Youth Group raise funds for their upcom-ing camp. Saturday 5th March, 9am - 12pm, Wainuiomata Baptist Church, cnr The Strand & Wainuiomata Road.

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DOCTOR VANESSAWhai Oranga is the place.There you’ll � nd a brand new face.At Sydney Uni. Learned her skill.For sickness may prescribe a pill.We wish her all the very best. On Violin her chin did rest.Now as Doc. All hope she’ll stay.We wish her well in every way.

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Brendon McCullum will go down as a better captain than he was a batsman.

As the man known as 'Baz' fi nishes up his 14 year career this week in the second and fi nal test against Australia at Christchurch's Hagley Oval, it's apparent we have seen one of the most internation-ally respected players across three formats of the modern game.

His 302 against India, two years ago was sublime, his crash and bash approach to opening during the World Cup last year was one of the main reasons the Black Caps made the fi nal, but that bril-liance has been surrounded by frustrating 30s and 40s cut too short.

However, his captaincy has been revolutionary.

His aggressive fi eld placing and bowling changes have taken the art of wicket tak-ing back into the spotlight.

To his credit, McCullum has always valued taking a wicket at the expense of giv-ing away the odd boundary.

It's good sense if you have the bowlers who can get breakthroughs and with quick bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee he has two reliable opening bowlers

which few New Zealand cap-tains have had before him.

He has made the most of the weapons in his arsenal and when you're the cap-tain of New Zealand, you'll always have to take risks as a captain to make up for the occasional lack of world class players.

McCullum has also led from the front in the fi eld.

Despite his bad back which forced him to give up wicket keeping, he's been the fi rst one to dive on the boundary rope to prevent a run.

Forever polarising, McCul-lum did what few others have last year during the World Cup- he united New Zealand behind the cricket team.

The whole country be-lieved they could win the World Cup.

His captaincy and the 302 against India is his legacy.

The Kane Williamson cap-taincy era will probably be more conservative but he will have learnt a lot from McCullum's theories on the game.

To his credit, the outgoing captain has left New Zealand Cricket in a much healthier place than when he arrived and that's always important.

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Back by popular demand, New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling is coming to Wainuiomata this weekend.

Wrestlers from all across the Wellington region would take part in this weekend’s show at the Wainuiomata Community Hall, as well as some from across Auckland.

Wainuiomata wrestler Jade Priest, 17, who is part of the Petone NZ WPW club, said

shows in front of a home crowd were always his favourite.

Jade was involved in last Sep-tember’s show which took place in front of sell-out crowds of kids and adults.

“We always get the best crowds in Wainuiomata. There are al-ways heaps of kids who are interested and the adults get into it as well.”

Jade started wrestling four-years-ago and will be part of the title match on Saturday night.

“I have been pretty nervous

leading onto this week. I get especially nervous with Wai-nuiomata shows because they are my favourite to take part in.

The promotion comes to Wai-nuiomata once a year, but events are held through the Wellington region each month.

The show will take place at the Wainuiomata Community Hall this Saturday, February 27. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7.30pm. Tickets cost $10 for children and $15 for adults.

Wrestlemania comes to Wainuiomata

Jade Priest goes for a pin attempt at last September’s show.

The 2016 Wellington Sports Stacking Championships will be happening on Saturday March 5 at Taita College. The tournament is open to competitors aged two to 60. Regional tournaments, such as this one, are considered to be a great space to start competing with fellow stackers.

Sport stacking is an exciting individual and team sport where participants stack and unstack 12 specially designed plastic cups in a predetermined sequence.

It has been featured on television shows such as; Pukana, TV3’s Campbell Live, and TV3 News.

Competitors are coming from

all over New Zealand and will be competing for this year’s title of the “2016 Wellington Regional Sport Stacking All-Round Cham-pion”. The youngest competitor in this year’s competition is three years old.

The 2016 New Zealand Black Stacks team will be competing in this tournament before heading off to the 2016 World Sport Stacking Championships in Germany at the end of March.

Novices to stacking are welcome and encouraged to participate. There will be a special part of the tournament for novices of all ages to start stacking. They will not

have to compete against those in the experienced section. Trophies, medals and certifi cates will be up for grabs in both the novice and experienced sections.

There will be team events, dou-bles events and individual events as part of the tournament.

For more information contact Deidre Ah Wong (WSSA NZ) on 577 1712 or visit www.speed-stacks.co.nz. Registrations close Monday Feb-ruary 29. Spectators are welcome for a Gold Coin Donation. Doors open at 9am.

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