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Today 10-14 Friday 8-14 Saturday 10-15 Sunday 9-14

SIXTY YEARS: Phyllis and Barry Tingey celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last Thursday.

By Nikki Papatsoumas

When Barry and Phyllis Tingey met on a blind date they had no idea they would one day celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary.

However, this has become a reality for the Lyall Bay couple, who celebrated 60 years of marriage last Thursday.

The pair met on a blind date in 1951 after one of Barry’s friends organised for them to attend a ball together, Phyllis said.

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Community group, the Democratic Voice of Island Bay, have announced they will not pursue legal action against the Wellington City Council over the controver-sial cycleway in Island Bay.

The group said their deci-sion came from the desire to build bridges within the community.

The group was formed after concerns were raised about the cycleway from residents, retailers and local leaders.

They sought legal advice a week ago and requested the council mediate and discuss

a compromise as a fi rst step before considering further action.

Group spokesperson Jane Byrne said the council’s ch ief execut ive Kevin Lavery, had acknowledged the processes leading to decisions taken on Island Bay held lessons for both offi cers and councillors.

She thanked the commu-nity for their support.

“We’ve been overwhelmed with fi nancial contributions of $15,000 and pledges are still coming in from all over Wellington totalling well over $80,000”.

Jane said the funds would cover legal fees to date and the rest would be put towards initiatives in Island Bay.

“We found everyone had one thing in common – their love for Island Bay and the things that make the com-munity special.

“We can’t do that sitting on opposite sides of the fence – it’s time we came together.”

Jane said group represent-atives had since discussed their ideas with Councillor Paul Eagle.

Jane said he encouraged the Group to create an ‘Is-land Bay plan’ built by the

people of Island Bay – not council telling the commu-nity what was good for them.

“We’re excited by this idea as there’s so much going on in Island Bay, we’ve got a seawall to fi x and the next stages to sort out, possible medium density housing is-sues and saving the Erskine College chapel to name a few”.

A draft process for devel-oping the Island Bay plan will be completed in the coming weeks and presented to both council offi cers and councillors for assistance in November, Jane said.

Group will not pursue legal action

Diamond anniversary something to celebrate

MAN AND WIFE: Barry and Phyllis at their wedding

in 1955.

Continued from page 1“He introduced us, we went

to a ball… and we have been dancing ever since.”

The couple became engaged in 1953. In 1955 they were married in Temora, New South Wales, at St Pauls Anglican Church in front of 140 guests.

Dancing was a hobby the couple continued to share, until Barry suffered a stroke last year.

Up until then they main-tained an active interest in ballroom dancing and were also on the committee of the local community dance group for several years.

Last Sunday, the happily married couple celebrated the milestone at a surprise high tea at Logan Brown, surrounded by a large group of close friends and family.

The couple also received letters from Prime Minister John Key, Governor-General

Sir Jerry Mateparae and Queen Elizabeth.

“They were very exciting to open, especially from the Queen, I suppose everyone likes her.”

Over their 60 years together, Barry and Phyllis had two children, Scott and Claire, who were brought up in the family’s Lyall Bay home.

Barry and Phyllis have also remained active in the com-munity.

Barry has been involved with Scouting and was.

Group Chairman and Dis-trict Chairman for a number of years.

He also has a keen interest in photography and at one stage was president of the Welling-ton Photograhic Society. He was later made a life member.

Meanwhile, Phyllis spent time helping with the local senior citizens’ club and was also an active member at St Jude’s Church.

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Special connection for Red Cross volunteerBy Nikki Papatsoumas

For Red Cross volunteer Peter Jack every sale he makes at the organisation’s Kilbirnie shop is his small way of saying thank you.

Peter’s father, Albie Jack, was one of 5000 prisoners of war kept at a prison camp in Undine, Northern Italy, in the early 1940s.

Albie, a member of the 25th battalion, has a special connec-tion to the Red Cross.

While being kept at the prison camp he used string collected from Red Cross parcels to make a cricket ball, which is now on display at Wellington’s Cricket Museum.

“He improvised with another chap from Invercargill, using the Red Cross string that comes in the parcels,” Peter said of his father’s legacy.

“It’s a real masterpiece. What developed from it was they had games there at the prison camp, using the cricket ball.”

Peter said prisoners of all different nationalities, includ-ing New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Greece would have “international” matches at the camp.

He explained that during one game of cricket, an Australian

player called the batsman a b******. The player was then shot dead by a guard, who thought he was speaking to him.

“That was a real shock for everyone and they gave him a military burial there,” Peter said.

The Strathmore local is just one of 23 volunteers at the Red Cross Shop in Kilbirnie and the store is now asking for more people to lend a helping hand.

Peter has been volunteering at the Red Cross Shop for fi ve years.

“My little magic saying is that every sale I make here is re-paying what the Red Cross did for my father and uncle.”

Peter said Red Cross parcels were a “life line” for prisoners in camps.

“There was food and clothes and everything. The simple thing is I wouldn’t be here if dad hadn’t got back to New Zealand.

“I think he has a remarkable story and it brings tears to my eyes every time I’m in that shop. “I’ve made sure all I do is for the Red Cross and payback time for what they did for my dad.

“It is a story that I don’t want to forget.”

The Red Cross Cricket Ball can be viewed at the Basin Reserve’s Cricket Museum.

Peter Jack’s father, Albie Jack made the Red Cross Cricket Ball. Peter now donates his time to the organisation’s Kilbirnie char-ity store.

HOW YOU CAN HELPPeople wishing to be volunteers, can volunteer via the form on our website: https://www.redcross.org.nz/get-involved/volunteer-opportunities/They can also make contact with their local service centre at [email protected] or 04 805 0304.

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Around 30 people, made up of tenants, neighbours and com-munity members, helped to bless the community garden.

They also took part in offi cially bestowing it with its new name, Paihere Garden.

The garden, on Housing New Zealand property, was brought back to life thanks to a communi-ty led working bee, area manager for Housing New Zealand Alice Daniel-Kirk said.

Created in 2012 by local lawyer Leah Davidson, it was made available to not only Hous-ing New Zealand tenants, but

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“It got a bit overgrown, so in August tenants, neighbours, police, Wellington City Council and Housing New Zealand staff all came together to tidy it up and fi ll it up with plants again.

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Changes to the pedestrian crossing on Onepu Road by Lyall Bay School should mean no more near misses for school children.

Friends and family of the school started lobbying six months ago for changes to be made by the Wellington City Council, as they believe it’s a dangerous place for children to cross on their way to school.

Amy Thorburn was one of the parents who wrote to the council.

“I had the support of the com-mittee and other parents. We got

a letter back to say the request to have a traffi c light put in was not warranted, however they said they would repaint the road markings and put up a belisha pole on Wha Street.”

She says the response back did not take into account all the concerns, so they kept expressing their concerns.

“There is very poor forewarn-ing for vehicles that the crossing is coming up, which mean cars fail to stop. I have seen a few near misses.”

She says change is needed as school numbers continue to

grow, and there is a kindergarten nearby.

“I have seen about 10 near misses but three looked like they were going to be fatal. We expressed our concern that it would take a death for the council to do something.”

The good news is Wellington City Council has agreed to do something, and have proposed a re-design.

Amy is pleased with the re-design saying it will increase the visibility of the crossing. The added island in the middle of the crossing will help children

crossing to wait until it is safe. “We are thrilled really. It will

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Saving the environment one stream at a time is the aim of a Wellington East Girls’ College classroom.

Thirty girls have been trampling in mud and standing in freezing cold water to determine the health of a few Wellington streams and they plan on letting the public know about their fi ndings.

Whitebait Connection, an action based community conservation education programme, equipped the students with everything they needed for the experiments.

At the Kaiwharawhara and Owhiro streams they tested the temperature, clarity of water, nutrient density and made other observations such as how much litter was around.

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Bella, who has signed up to be part of an Owhiro stream litter clean up, says it was nice to leave the classroom for a couple of days and do something different.

“It was good to do some hands on stuff and not just hear about it. It was freezing though, our feet got pretty numb.”

She says she didn’t know any-thing about the health of streams, and studying it is has sparked an interest.

“After school I would like to do something in science and to do with the environment.”

OTARI’S OK: Bella Sexton with some of her research on the health of Wellington streams wants to keep Otari Wilton’s stream healthy. Photo: Sam Whittle

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A group of friendly Island Bay residents welcomed those working on the Island Bay cycleway with some baking earlier this week.

Spokesman for the Cycling Advocates Network Patrick Morgan said construction began on the cycleway on Monday.

“I understand that some of the locals decided to come out with a warm welcome for the construction workers with some scones, coffee and ginger crunch.

“It’s great they got a warm

Island Bay welcome.”Patrick said while shops

in the area would remain open during construction, it was important for people to continue to support local businesses.

“It has been a bit of a bumpy process, but I think Island Bay people will be really proud of it once it’s complete.”

Construction is expected to be completed by early 2016.

For more information on the cycleway head to the Wel-lington City Council website.WARM WELCOME: Construction workers in Island Bay are greeted with home baking.

Cycleway construction begins

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THUMBS UP to the start of construction of the fantastic new Island Bay cycleway. Yay to safer transport options!

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THUMBS UP to the mini cacti at New World Thorndon. They made my day!

THUMBS UP to having The Block back on television. Can’t wait to watch another season.

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THUMBS DOWN to this year going so fast, only three months until Christmas.

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What amazing weather it has been this week. After the dismal, wintery and shiver-ing cold weather last week, I think most people would agree it is nice to fi nally see some sunshine. As the old saying goes – you can’t beat Wellington on a good day! The settled weather seems to have come just in time for the beginning of construction on the Island Bay cycleway, something which has stirred up controversy in the seaside suburb. Every week the Cook Strait News receives a handful of letters to the editor in sup-port of, or against, the 3km cycleway. Last week a small community group announced they would pursue legal action

against the Wellington City Council in a bid to see work on the cycleway come to a grinding halt. This week, the group has said they will not be pursuing legal action and have instead expressed a desire to “build bridges” in the com-munity. The group highlighted a number of important changes on the cards for Island Bay and have asked for everyone to come together to help build a plan for Island Bay, built by the people of Island Bay. I think this is a fantastic idea and as a former Island Bay local myself, I can’t wait to see the community working together! What do you think? Send me an email at [email protected]

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Wellington’s southern coast looks spick and span thanks to the hard work of hundreds of volunteers at the weekend.

Despite the blustery weather over 300 people came together for the South Coast Clean-Up, an annual event which is in its sixth year.

A variety of community groups and organisations helped out with the clean-up, which stretched for 12km from Owhiro Bay to Tarakena Bay.

Groups involved include scuba divers, conservationists, coast-care groups, the Victoria Univer-sity Coastal Lab, residents groups, NIWA and Houghton Bay School

Organiser Helen Kettles said each group took on a section of coast to be responsible for cleaning and the

Wellington City Council provided rubbish bags, hi-visibility vests and gloves.

Helen said following the week-end’s clean-up, the group came together for a barbecue and meet and greet at Lyall Bay Beach.

Island Bay Butchery supplied the sausages and Pak’n Save Kilbirnie supplied the bread and tomato sauce, she said.

Helen says she is always surprised to hear how many people have heard about the event because they don’t have any “fl ashy” advertising campaigns.

“It is a whole range of people, we say the one thing we all have in com-mon is that we all love that coast.”

She said it was great to see so many people show up for this year’s event and everyone showed “fantastic enthusiasm”.

“I think it was a great success, it is going from strength to strength.” For more information head to the Wellington South Coast Clean-up Facebook page.

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Priya Clark and Emily Wood received Queen’s Guide Awards for their work with the organisation last Wednesday.

The 17-year-olds started as Pippins when they were fi ve-years-old. They are now both Girl Guide rangers and leaders for the Island Bay District.

Priya and Emily have been working towards their Queen’s Guide Awards since starting as Pippins.

To get the award the girls had to complete leadership programmes, carry out count-less hours of service to the community and gain certifi cates across a variety of activities including contemporary issues, health and faith.

The best friends say they are absolutely thrilled to see all their hard work pay off.

“It was really exciting and it was a relief as well because all the hard work we put into it paid off,” says Wellington East Girls’ College student Priya.

“It has helped me be a better person and prepared me for what is after.”

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“We both feel much more confident for it.”

The girls say it is great to be able to share the journey together.

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This year Wellington East Girls’ College will celebrate 90 years of educating young women in the capital.

The school’s 90th reunion has been organised by the Old Girls Association, who have recently re-named themselves ‘Once Were Easters’.

Wellington East Girls’ College first opened its doors to students in 1925.

At this time the school was called Mount Victoria Girls’ School, but because of confusion with Victoria University College, the name was soon changed.

Margie Wheeler, who helped organise the event and is a former student herself, says there are many reasons to celebrate at the reunion, which will take place over Labour Weekend.

Not only have the girls been achieving some great results academically, the school itself is undergoing a huge transformation.

The main building of the college was closed down several years ago due to earthquake risk.

Although the vestibule of the old building will survive reconstruction, this may be the

last chance for former students to see the old building before work is completed, she says.

“They will still be able to see the bones of the old school.”

Margie says girls from every decade have registered to be part of the reunion which will begin on Friday, October 22 with a mix and mingle event at the school.

The following day more events will be held on school grounds, before a dinner that evening at The Pines near Houghton Bay.

Margie says the school’s “spirit” is what makes it so special.

“There is something about community, even girls through the years… they may take different subjects and streams but when you get them together there is always some sort of connection, it’s a shared com-munity.”

So far more than 200 old girls have signed up to be part of the reunion and Margie is encouraging more former students to get involved. Wellington East Girls’ College 90th Reunion, October 23 and 24. For more information head to the reunion Facebook page: Wellington East Girls' College - 90th Reunion Weekend

FORMER GLORY: Former students of Wellington East will remember the school’s quad which has been closed down as part of on-going renovations.

School celebrates 90 years

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the world community fails to confront and address this one issue, which is so clear as to cause and solution, how will we explain this to our children and grandchildren?

At present central government shows a complete and embarrassing lack of leader-ship on the matter. But in the meantime, as in many other communities around the world, we can still achieve significant climate change objectives at local government level.

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Dear Ed, Another day and anoth-er article about this strange suburb called Island Bay, the suburb with the “controversial cycle path”, and that has had its “community torn apart”. And today we are "com-munity divided" headline but what

doesn’t make good tabloid is, it’s just not true. Island Bay as a suburb has a strong sense of community and has a diverse range of people, we have poets, artists, plumbers, taggers, cyclists and lots of people who don't care either way about the

cycle lane. We also have these people, pic-

tured in your article, who care strongly against it, which is fair enough.

We have a councillor, who made a bad judgement by only listening

to the views of residents who live on the parade and misconstruing some fi gures.

If I saw a picture of a whole bunch of my neighbours lining the Parade "community divided" might carry some weight.

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We are getting a cycle way and Island bay is a great suburb and will be better for it!

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Dear Ed, Your front page article on September 24 fea-tured the ‘Democratic Voice for Island Bay’ who, in a private meeting, unanimously opposed the Island Bay cy-cleway. That seems strange to me, since there are quite a number of Island Bay folks who support the cycleway. I guess they weren’t invited to the meeting. That doesn’t sound like democracy to me. Maybe this group should level with us all and rename

themselves the ‘Island Bay Cycleway Opposers’.The arti-cle concludes with Councillor Richard MacLean responding that there had been a robust and appropriate process. I guess everyone has a differ-ent defi nition of robust and appropriate. In the interests of fair reporting, I look forward to a front page featuring some Island Bay residents who sup-port the cycleway.

Jon TerryNewtown

Democratic VoiceDear Ed, If I take it at face-

value, I’m grateful for the thumbs up (Cook Strait News, September 24) though it's no-ticeable that readers who agree with my old-fashioned views are also unwilling to identify themselves. In any case, it's heartening to see we still have citizens who prize logic and common sense, those things being very little exercised now-adays.

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Dear Ed, I use the cycleway round Evans Bay and am grateful for it, on the whole. But cycling with parked cars (driver’s door might open suddenly) on one side and moving traffi c (some-times driving too close) on the other side, make the experience

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Dear Ed, I love the 'break in the weather' photo gallery in Cook Strait News. It's wonderful to see Wellington people out and about enjoying our beautiful beaches.

Bring on spring! How about a gallery of spring blossoms?

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Kilbirnie residents and business owners are fed up with drunk and disorderly behaviour on local streets.

Community members are now gathering information which they will present to Wellington City Council in a bid to get the green-light for a liquor ban.

At a public meeting earlier this year concerns were raised about the number of people drinking in the Kilbirnie shopping centre, chair of the Kilbirnie Business Network Bruce Welsh said.

Bruce said street-side drinking was intimidating customers and residents had had enough.

“Following on from the concern there has been around liquor being consumed in public areas around the shops, I want to get together information to support a call for a liquor ban,” Bruce said.

He was encouraging anyone who experienced the “nuisance” caused by street-side drinking to send written examples through.

Bruce said once he collected information from local businesses and residents, he would present it to the Wellington City Council, and request a liquor ban be en-forced in the wider Kilbirnie area.

Anyone with information can email Bruce at [email protected]

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BAD BEHAVIOUR: Locals are fed up with the street-side drinking in Kilbirnie

“Bruce said street-side drinking was intimidating customers and residents had had enough.”

Have you noticed there is a problem with street-side drinking in Kilbirnie? Send us an email at [email protected]

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A broken heart can heal, but a damaged/diseased heart may not.

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Many of these are not only health related, but lifestyle related too.

Think of it as a lifestyle change rather than dieting because by living and eating in a healthier way you will feel better, more energised, more confi dent and happier.

Reduce fat: A certain amount of fat is good for a well balanced diet but reduce the amount of fat and the type of fat you eat.

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SOLUTIONFor June 9, 2004

ACROSS 1. Unnecessary (11) 7. Of fat (7)11. Wrinkle (5)12. Chinas’ longest river (7)13. Flat bread (5)14. Associates (9)15. Devious (9)16. Small mound (6)18. Moderately slow tempo (music) (7)21. Small Island (4)23. Formerly Ceylon; ... Lanka (3)25. Finale (3)27. Formal (4)28. Charm (7)30. Lasso (6)32. Ex NZ wicketkeeper; ... Smith (3)33. Faint (3)34. Benefit (6)35. Aims (7)36. Quarrel (4)37. Large deer (3)39. Estimated time of arrival (intls) (3)41. Run swiftly (4)43. Conpetitor (7)45. Scanty (6)

48. Of plants (9)49. Sperm whales (9)51. Not tied (5)52. Brochure (7)53. Avoid (5)54. Soaks up (7)55. Allure (11)

DOWN1. Monetary unit of Ecuador (5)2. Perspective (5,2,4)3. Bursts (8)4. Amateur (6)5. Weight measurement (5)6. Small orange (7)7. Short story (8)8. Disclose (6)9. Bandits (7)10. Antelope (5)16. Slender (7)17. Foot lever (7)19. Deadens (5)20. Enrols (7)22. Qualify (7)24. Hotel (3)26. Female parent(animals) (3)29. Alliance (5)31. Ape (11)32. Wrath (3)

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ACROSS 1. Unnecessary (11) 7. Of fat (7)11. Wrinkle (5)12. Chinas’ longest river (7)13. Flat bread (5)14. Associates (9)15. Devious (9)16. Small mound (6)18. Moderately slow tempo (music) (7)21. Small Island (4)23. Formerly Ceylon; ... Lanka (3)25. Finale (3)27. Formal (4)28. Charm (7)30. Lasso (6)32. Ex NZ wicketkeeper; ... Smith (3)33. Faint (3)34. Benefit (6)35. Aims (7)36. Quarrel (4)37. Large deer (3)39. Estimated time of arrival (intls) (3)41. Run swiftly (4)43. Conpetitor (7)45. Scanty (6)

48. Of plants (9)49. Sperm whales (9)51. Not tied (5)52. Brochure (7)53. Avoid (5)54. Soaks up (7)55. Allure (11)

DOWN1. Monetary unit of Ecuador (5)2. Perspective (5,2,4)3. Bursts (8)4. Amateur (6)5. Weight measurement (5)6. Small orange (7)7. Short story (8)8. Disclose (6)9. Bandits (7)10. Antelope (5)16. Slender (7)17. Foot lever (7)19. Deadens (5)20. Enrols (7)22. Qualify (7)24. Hotel (3)26. Female parent(animals) (3)29. Alliance (5)31. Ape (11)32. Wrath (3)

33. River in Scotland (3)38. Finger joints (7)40. Obvious (8)42. Conserves (7)44. Free (7)46. Captivate (6)47. Canadian province; Nova ... (6)48. Light wood (5)49. Inflammation of the colon (5)50. Cloying (5)

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Newtown Primary School students were presented with a brand new bike and scooter compound last week, as a thank you for their sup-port while busy road works were carried out.

Over the last three months, gas works were carried out adjacent to the school, which involved replacing a 40-year-old control station on the corner of Mein St and Riddiford St.

Despite being one of the city’s busiest intersections, disruption to traffi c, parking and pedestrians was kept to a minimum. This was in

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“It had the potential to be diffi cult but there was just one complaint throughout the three-month project.”

As a token of their appreciation, Powerco donated a brand new bike and scooter compound to students at the school.

They also donated $1500 to Wel-lington Children’s Hospital for their cooperation and support while road works were carried out over the last three months.

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A rising star in the Wellington referee community will spend eight days in Japan next month.

Strathmore local Daniel Mangin has been selected to take part in the Japan annual interchange. Each year one referee from the Wellington Referee Association heads to Japan, where they spend time with the Japanese East Referees Association.

Daniel says two referees from Japan came to New Zealand in May and he will head over to Japan for eight days at the end of October.

Daniel referees premier games in the Wellington area for the associa-tion and also trains with a premier team at Poneke Rugby Club in Kilbirnie.

He says he fell into refereeing in 2004, after one too many concussions ended his career as a rugby player.

“It kept me involved in the game,” he says.

Since starting over a decade ago,

Daniel has continued to climb the ladder. He was recently recognised as the most promising level 1 referee at the Wellington Referee Association prize giving ceremony.

“I was stoked, a lot of hard work goes into it and it was defi nitely a surprise.”

Always humble, Daniel says he is stoked for the exposure and recogni-tion the exchange will bring.

“It will be great to experience a different culture which will make me a better person as well.

“It’s an honour and it was unex-pected. People [I know] have done it in the past and hearing their stories, it was something I always wanted to do.”

Meanwhile there is no slowing down in sight for Daniel.

He says he wants to keep perfect-ing his craft, eventually hoping to referee test matches and national squad games.

“You’ve got to aim for the highest honour you can get.”

Local referee heads to Japan

Kids have a ‘wheel-y’ good timeThe wet weather last week took a break just in

time for St Bernards students to enjoy their wheels day - and it was all for a good cause.

Students from the small school in Brooklyn were allowed to bring in their bikes or scooters and dress in their favourite fancy dress last Friday to raise money for Wellington Childrens’ Hospital. All children donated a gold coin.

School principal Joan Woods said senior students organised the event and chose to raise money for the hospital because a fellow student has been spending time there.

She said kids jumped at the opportunity to swap out their school uniforms for bright and colourful costumes.

“The kids have been really excited to help sup-port the cause. We try to encourage them to do different social justice things in the community.”

Top left: DRESSED UP: Mercy, 10, Marianna, 9 and Carlos 9, rolled around on bikes and scooters last Friday.

Bottom left:SCOOTING AROUND: Children from St Bernard’s School at last week’s wheels day.

Right: BIG SMILES: Greta, 7, Lucy, 7, Beatrice, 5 and Alexei, 9 all took turns pushing each other around on an old cart.

Local referee Daniel Mangin will head to Japan next month. PHOTO CREDIT: Refereeworx

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From 10am to midday every Monday the ASB Sport Centre in Kilbirnie hosts a ‘Have a Go’ session. The aim of the session is to get people from diff erent communities

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The Rangimarie Tennis club is looking for new members. The club meets every Sunday between 2pm and 5pm, at the Astroturf courts at Martin Luckie Park in Lavaud St, Berhampore. Subs are only $60

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By Fiona Donnellan

Wellington City Council has this week announced its involve-ment with ‘100 Resilient Cities’ - A project pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation in New York.

Dubbed, ‘Resilient Welling-ton’, the project is dedicated to building urban resilience, and is designed to help cities survive and thrive in the 21st century.

Wellington will see a cut of a $230 million plus fund towards the effort, along with 99 other chosen cities, like London, Bang-kok and Rio de Janeiro.

Wellington was selected from more than 700 applicants from around the world.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says knowing your neigh-bours, robust infrastructure and healthy natural systems are all part of the multifaceted nature of resilience.

At the fi rst in a series of work-shops that took place this week at Te Papa the mayor says, “The ‘Resilient Wellington’ workshop

follows extensive investment by Wellington City Council in making our city more resilient through seismic strengthening, raising community awareness, and reducing climate change emissions.

“We will take fi ndings from the workshop and develop a compre-hensive resilience strategy that will focus our fi nancial resources as effectively as possible and encourage organisations and citi-zens to build Wellington's natural, social and economic resilience.

Wellington will receive techni-cal support and resources to de-velop and implement a resilience strategy, like fi nancial and logisti-cal guidance for establishing an innovative new position in city government, technical support for development of a robust resilience strategy, and membership in a global network of member cities who can learn from and help each other.

For more information see www.100resilientcities.org/about-us.

Wellington involved with ‘100 Resilient Cities’

A handful of people gathered for a special morning tea to celebrate Seniors Week at the Kilbirnie and Lyall Bay Com-munity Centre on Tuesday.

The United Nations’ Inter-national Day of the Older Person is recognised across the

world as a way to celebrate the contribution of older people.

This event, was just one of many organised with older residents in mind.

The community centre’s co-ordinator Beryl Smyth said seniors at Tuesday morning’s

get together enjoyed baking which was homemade by the centre’s management com-mittee.

Seniors Week runs from Monday September 28 to Sunday October 4.

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TEA AND SCONES: From left, Laurie Penney, Michael Taylor and Colin Cameron enjoy tea and scones a morning tea on Tuesday.

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