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“ T h e r e ’ s more awareness of the sacrifices of men in the ser vices of al l k i n d s a n d a r e c o g n i t i o n that even if the

objectives of the war were perhaps suspect, at least they were brave enough to lay down their lives and for that they must be highly respected.”

- Bill Wollerman, NZ Army, WWII

“It seems to me that the message is getting through that we are bloody lucky. We’re the l u c k y c o u n t r y we are fortunate they established a country that is

harmonious.” -Roy Beeby, NZ Airforce, WWII

"Anzac Day's just another day t o m e . B u t I think it 's good that more young people know about it - they must be

learning more about the world wars now in school."

- Pat Millar, NZ Navy WWII

Anzac Day: Lest We Forget

Three vehicles in Eastbourne were broken into within three weeks of each other; the thieves emptying each of the tools that had been left in them overnight.

Two of the vehicles were in the same street.Local Community Constable Dave Tweedale

says it is another reminder to think about the

security of vehicles, to make sure they are locked, preferably parked in secure garages and not to leave valuables inside.

“If you have no other option than to leave work tools inside them, I would suggest that you consider installing the loudest alarm on the market,” he says.

Two cars were also stolen this month, both Subarus.

Constable Tweedale says Subaru vehicles are frequently stolen. “If I owned one, I would certainly alarm it and have an immobiliser fitted.”

It is important all break-ins are reported to police so trends can be tracked, he says.

These men, by their own admission, are not heroes. But like many of our servicemen and women, their time in the armed forces was essential to the war effort. You can read about them on pages 9-11.

Subarus, tools targeted in Eastbourne thefts

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Next ECB MeetingTuesday 9 June 2015 - 7.15pm Eastbourne Womens’ Club, Muritai Road

Previous agendas and papers available Council meetings - Home - Hutt City Council

April Eastbourne Community Board

Board members are:

Virginia Horrocks (Chair)

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Gilane Khalil (Deputy Chair)

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Hayden Ray [email protected]

Murray Gibbons [email protected]

Robert Ashe [email protected]

Cr. Tui Lewis [email protected]

Cr. Michael Lulich [email protected]

Get informed and have your sayThe ECB members will be at the Eastbourne Women’s Club 15 minutes before the formal start of meetings to listen and talk with you. You can make suggestions, give praise, criticise or just come for a chat.

Didn’t we have a great Eastbourne day!

Congratulations to President of the Republic of Eastbourne, Murray Gibbons, and his team for a wonderful unveiling of the Rimu St mosaics and launch of the Eastbourne Art Show. A new fl ag, fanfares at each mosaic, Derek Wilshere’s team of kids becoming a streamlined unveiling team, a supporting crowd, works by artists established and developing - even okay weather. Once again Eastbourne had it all!

Have you made a submission to the Long Term Plan?

There’s still time to have your say on Hutt City’s long term plan. What projects would you like to see happen over the next 10 years? You can fi ll in a submission form on the Consultation Document (spare copies in the library) or online http://submissions.huttcity.govt.nz/consult24ols/ Submissions close Thursday, 30 April.

ECB representatives on local organizations

Eastbourne and Bays Community Trust - Murray GibbonsOkiwi Trust - Hayden RayEastbourne Bays Marine Drive Steering Group - Rob AsheEastbourne Youth Workers’ Trust - Gilane KahlilEastbourne and Bays Emergency Response Group - Ginny Horrocks

SMOKE SIGNALSRecent Call Outs:3 0 M a r - F i r s t Response Medical Call7 Apr - Fire on beach - Burdan's Gate7 Apr - Attend Motor Vehicle Accident Rona Bay11 Apr - Rubbish fire - Marine Parade14 Apr - Assist with Fireplace (fireplace smoking and toys found in chimney)

OK, so summer seems to have finally come to an abrupt end and the nights are getting a bit colder. Of course you have all checked your smoke alarm batteries when we switched to daylight saving - haven't you? If you need advice on where to put your smoke alarms call us on 562 7001, we are only too happy to come and fit them for you. Fitting smoke alarms is one of the simplest things you can

do to protect your family. Now is also a great time

to check and sweep your chimneys, as birds nests, resin and soot build up can create a fire risk. Also remember to check the door seals on your woodburners and if you have LPG heaters have these checked to ensure you stay safe over the winter.

Three of our brigade

members, Graham Allen, Heike Fetting and Matt George attended the North Island Regional Firefighter Combat Chal lenge in Napier over the weekend,

with the team and individuals putting up some very respectable scores. Heike also took 2nd place in her age group. The guys will be competing in the National Firefighter Combat Challenge on Odlin's Plaza, Wellington waterfront on 1st and 2nd May 2015 and would welcome your support and cheers if you're there during the weekend.

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"Pointless" theft baffles Brew'd managerby Emily Tilley

A well planned break-in of local Eastbourne pub Brew’d only netted the thieves around $275, mainly in coins.

Brew’d general manager Megan Town says the thieves must have known what they were doing.

“There was no damage at all and they were in and out pretty quick so I’m guessing they scoped it out earlier,” she says.

The intruders set off the pub’s alarm system at around 3.50am on Tuesday, March 25.

Ms Town spoke to neighbours the following

day who they said they heard the alarm, but as it went off at around the time bread delivery to the Four Square sometimes sets off an alarm, they didn’t think to check what was up.

Despite two loud alarms going off, the thieves climbed behind the bar and unplugged and stole an entire cash register and it’s contents.

A second till was left untouched and none of the pub’s stock was taken as all the alcohol has been accounted for, Ms Town says.

The till will be unsalable as it would have been broken in the process of removal, so the net profit to the thieves would have been around $275, “almost all coins as there are barely any notes kept on the premises”, Ms Town says.

“At the end of the day it seems kind of pointless.”

The day after the theft Ms Town spoke to all the other village shopkeepers to let them know to be aware.

The pub has since added additional security measures and changed their processes to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Low lighting in the pub meant security camera footage showed little more that car lights driving by.

The pub will now be installing new high definition cameras, Ms Town says.

Having heard of break-ins and tools taken from both a garage and vehicle on Oroua Street in the days following the Brew’d burglary, it seems there were some people who “were pretty determined”, Ms Town says.

She supports the idea of installing a security camera in Rimu St, saying, “I signed the petition last time there was one".

Thieves who broke into Muritai School the previous weekend and stole several laptops also seem to have previously scoped out the premises and targeted the computers, Community Constable Dave Tweedale says.

Severa l o f the l aptops have s ince b e e n r e c o v e r e d a n d t h e m a t t e r i s currently under investigation, he says.

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Native birds coming home thanks to the work of MIRO

By Mary Longmore

Local conservationists are celebrating a rise in numbers of rare native birds such as Miromiro (tom tits) and tui in our backyard, the East Harbour Forest Park, after a decade of steady possum trapping by dedicated volunteers.

Red crowned kakariki and the rarer yellow crowned kakariki have also been glimpsed in the area.

Every month, about 40 members of volunteer group MIRO - the Mainland Island Restoration Organisation - clear 450 fixed possum traps across the 2000 hectare northern forest block which stretches from beyond Burdan’s Gate to the Wainuiomata hill.

Trapping coordinator Gail Abel says ten years ago, MIRO would capture 600 possums annually. But for the past five years, it had dropped to 200 over a year, which seemed to be

a plateau.“It’s telling us that what we

are doing is working.”In that time, MIRO has

removed 3269 possums, she said.“You can imagine the respite

this gives the bird life, the insect life and the vegetation.”

In the volunteers’ last bird count - from 40 stations throughout the park - there was a rise in the number of tui and Miromiro from previous years, which she said was “encouraging”.

The park also hosted other regionally rare species, including whiteheads, the native falcon, kingfisher, rifleman and the red crowned kakariki, which are being seen regularly- although MIRO was not sure if the kakariki were breeding here yet. A single yellow crowned kakariki has also been spotted for the first time in years, but it was not clear if it was visiting from the Rimutakas or not, Ms Abel says.

Unlike Zealandia, which had a predator-proof fence, East Harbour relies on the trappers going out “month after month”.

“Think about the size of the park - it’s hours and hours.”

In the centre of the park is 350 hectares known as a “mainland island” which features higher levels of possum traps, stoat traps and rat bait stations, to make it as predator-free as possible, she says.

MIRO would like to expanding this intensely monitored section, but must first consider private ownership of parts of the forest park.

The park was unlikely to ever be completely predator-free “unless we find something else that knocks the possums off ”. Controversial pesticide 1080 is not used here as it’s too close to residential areas and many people walk their dogs in the park, “I don’t think it’s appropriate”.

MIRO works in partnership with the Greater Wellington Regional Council, which provides the traps.

Its other work includes replanting the Kohanga Lakes Block, south of Eastbourne.

Mrs Abel said anyone with a possum problem should contact MIRO.

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Eastbourne man Rob Sarginson is gathering clothes and other goods for slum children in Cambodia, after being shocked by what he saw on a recent visit there.

Together with his stepdaughter, Eastbourne-raised Paige Davis who is working at a dive company in Sihanoukville, Rob visited a nearby slum school where her flatmate volunteered.

"While we were having lunch, I overheard the headmaster saying to Paige's flatmate that his goal was to save enough money in five years to buy the school a washing machine."

The next day, Rob went out and bought two second hand washing machines and delivered them to the school. .

"The headmaster nearly broke down," he said.

So back in Eastbourne Rob decided to see if he could collect some clothes for these children, who he says are the most disadvantaged in the country, living in tin sheds and under canvas in the slums.

Rob said he will wait and see how many items he gets before deciding how to transport them to the slum school and depending on the response may extend the appeal to other

useful items such as books, toiletries and toys.About 100 children attend the school.

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i s b e t t e r then, when it comes to plants, East H a r b o u r must be the b e s t . No t on ly have we got, at 12 metres tall, the world’s l a r g e s t fuchsia, at the other end of the scale we’ve got, at just 60cm, the world’s tallest moss. And both are worth a visit.

The Tree Fuchsia or Kotukutku (fuchsia excorticate) has a characteristic papery bark which hangs in reddish strips, with pale bark beneath. It can have a trunk as big as a meter in diameter. It’s also one of New Zealand’s few deciduous trees (so it loses its leaves in winter). You’d easily recognise it, too, because it has a similar flower to the fuchsia you see in gardens, though one difference is that it often flowers when it has no leaves.

The flower is also interesting as the pollen is not your typical orange/yellow but a pale blue. This pollen was used by young Maori to decorate their skin.

Its berries, like other fuchsias, turn dark purple when ripe and edible, and the sweet dark juice berry was eaten by Maori, and European settlers often made jam out of this berry.

The Tree Fuchsia also poses a puzzle for silvereyes looking for the rich nectar contained in its flowers, which is favoured by many native birds. The silvereye can’t reach this nectar in the normal way so it cleverly bores a small hole is the base of the flower creating a vessel through which

it drinks the nectar. Unfortunately, however, it’s not only our

birds that like the tree: possum also eat the flowers, fruit and leaves, the result of which has been a decline in the species throughout New Zealand.

Then we have the Giant moss (dawsonia superba) which is a small plant that’s big in its class because it grows up to 60cm tall, making it the tallest moss in the world. That’s quite a feat as mosses don’t have a vascular system, as trees do,

to transport water up their stem, which is why they are usually small. Not only is it the tallest but it also has the smallest spores (reproductive cells) among mosses, measuring a minuscule 6-10 micrometres.

But please help us to preserve them. The Giant moss can be mistaken for a collection of young pine seedlings growing together, so please do not pull them out.

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Missing medals reappear: Eastbourne resident Ken Longmore, 96, was surprised to find three Wellesley College sports awards from 85 years ago appear in his mailbox recently. "I didn't even know they were missing," said Mr Longmore. The awards - a 1930 boxing cup, 1929 boxing medal and 1929 tennis medal - date from his time as a keen 10 and 11 year-old sporty student when the school was located in Wellington, where the Longmore family also lived. They are unlikely to have any value beyond sentimental and he is curious as to their whereabouts all these years."I remember the events clearly."

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A bin near the entrance to Muritai track could help with the issue of dog pooh bags being left beside tracks in East Harbour Regional Park, Eastbourne Community Board chair Virginia Horrocks suggests.

It’s one of those ongoing local niggles that keeps cropping up - people leaving bags of pooh next to the tracks.

The dog owners must be well intentioned, after all who would bother to bag a pooh if they didn’t mean to then dispose of it?

However, if their dog goes at the beginning of a walk they are faced with three choices: leave the pooh, bag the pooh and carry it with them for an entire round trip or bag the pooh and return for it.

Unfortunately, walkers appear to frequently forget to go back for their bags.

The entrance to Muritai Track is one of the most common places abandoned dog pooh bags are found. Dog walkers say their dogs, having walked along the pavement reach grass and then decide to go.

Ms Horrocks suggests a bin in Muritai Park would give dog owners a place to deposit their bags.

Hutt City Council reserves assets manager Craig Cottrill says he will look into the possibility of installing a bin in Muritai Park. He says he would prefer not to just install another bin with the associated costs, so will see if there is one council can “move” there.

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Mosaics unveiled in the "Republic of Eastbourne"by Emily Tilley

It was with much pomp and ceremony, fanfare and not a little hilarity that the Village Mosaic Walkway was officially declared open.

Eastbourne Community Board member Murray Gibbons first came up with the idea of installing mosaics in the village footpaths over a year ago - this month a crowd gathered on Rimu St to celebrate the unveiling of the finished project.

Called on as the “man of the hour” to address the crowd, Mr Gibbons took things a little further and declared Eastbourne “a republic” with himself the president.

Donning a top hat and presidential sash, he solicited the help of Hutt City Mayor Ray Wallace to hoist the flag of “the Republic of Eastbourne.”

Mr Wallace didn’t refuse and said it was fantastic to see such a great turnout for the opening.

He thanked Mr Gibbons for his energy and commitment to the project.

“What a fantastic project manager he has been…if it hadn’t been for Murray chipping away, this project wouldn’t have been the success it is. He’s a great guy and a great advocate for Eastbourne.”

The project has been a long haul for Mr Gibbons, mosaic creators Ellen Giggenbach and Nancy Barclay and their supporters.

Last August they tested the waters to see whether there would be support for the idea, presenting a first completed mosaic to local businesses, artists and community group members.

With a positive response and a commitment by Rimu St building owner John Meo to finance the first two mosaics, they decided to push ahead.

As creating mosaics is time consuming - it takes 30 days for the concrete to set even before the mosaicing can begin - Mr Gibbons encouraged Ms Giggenbach and Ms Barclay to plough ahead.

“I’d say, ‘Just keep working girls, the money’s pouring in’,” Mr Gibbons said.

“It wasn’t.”

Mr Gibbon’s “side kick and helper” Ian Sliper volunteered to collect donations to the project.

“I kept telling him that we would go on a world trip with all the funds and I said ‘how far have we got this far?’, he said ‘as far as Courteney Place and it’s on the Gold Card’,” Mr Gibbons says.

But slowly and surely, mainly through the tenacity of Mr Gibbons, the money did build up, although “I have noticed in recent times that people do cross the road to avoid talking to me and at the club they will avert their eyes,” he said.

Many people have been very generous he said. When he needed a display stand for a mosaic the Village Blacksmith produced one within 24 hours, people gave generously at a fundraising quiz night and “people in Eastbourne are very proud to be here”, he said.

A huge help was the donation of six workmen and two days work by Construction Contracting Ltd who installed the mosaics for free, he said.

Locals walked around the village for a separate unveiling of each of the eleven mosaics before heading to the former Montage shop for the opening of an exhibition of art by local artists.

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From previous pageThe two week exhibition was manned by

volunteers and featured the work of over 30 locals from up and coming artists such as Ash Sisson to well established artists such as Alan Collins.

At the opening Ms Giggenbach and Ms Barclay were presented with flowers.

“Thanks from us all in Eastbourne and the bays for bringing life and beauty to our village, the whole of Wellington will envy us our main street”

Mr Gibbons presented them with T-shirts featuring their own mosaic designs and “I love President Murray” emblazoned across the back.

Mr Gibbons said the project is just the first step in bringing new life to the village.

“The whole focus of this is get rid of all these vacant shops and get some more vitality. This is a first step and it’s only a first step,” Mr Gibbons said

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Clockwise from t o p l e f t : T h e s e l f appo in t ed p r e s i d e n t o f E a s t b o u r n e with ECB chair Ginny Horrocks, a celebration of t h e unve i l ing , and right, Ehock chi ldren reveal the mosaic outside Eastbourne For Square.


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By Mary Longmore

Local artist Alan Collins spent many a chilly evening on the crest of Point Howard to capture the harbour at night, in one of three paintings he is exhibiting in Watercolour New Zealand’s World War I exhibition Splash this month.

“There were people in cars drinking stuff and smoking funny things… they saw me but I pretended I didn’t notice them and sort of got on with it,” laughs the 88 year-old.

Working to an Anzac theme, he thought the image was something that might have cheered up those at the front.

Artists were also invited to paint a postcard-sized work, in the style of those sent to the front 100 years ago. For this, Alan painted the old Days Bay water chute and pavilion, as it would have been at the time, entitled with vintage phrasing: “Young Freddy had a bosca time on the Days Bay Water Chute”.

“There was the old pavilion and the Katz ‘n Jammer castle. You paid threepence or tuppence

to get in… where it rolled around and so forth.”“My parents were very keen on Days Bay at

the time of the First World War; it was so exciting to travel across the harbour then return. Every one who could afford it had a ride down the water chute that was behind the ‘old’ Pavilion, same place as the present one. The punts slid down the side of the hill into what we now refer to as the Duck Pond and then hauled up to do it all again.”

Alan said his own father had been a soldier in the First World War and he had inherited many picture postcards from that era, including some risqué cartoons.

Eastbourne artists Jacky Pearson and Suzanne Herschell also have work in the exhibition, which features more than 100 artists.

Mrs Herschell said when considering the theme, she did not want to glorify war but decided to create a work with poetry to acknowledge those whose lives were involved in a hideous conflict. She said the fact that her husband Ron Herschell lost both his grandfathers in the conflict was the catalyst.

The exhibition will also feature a rare collection of more than 100 WWI watercolour paintings, prints and pen and ink drawings by New Zealand soldiers, gathered from private families for Anzac commemorations, including four Wellington soldiers.

It also features work from two of New

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Zealand’s official war artists Nugent Welch and Horace Moore-Jones, alongside the contemporary works

Splash runs from April 18 to May 3 at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul on Molesworth Street.


Eastbourne research aims to set the record straightby Julia Stuart

The thing about permanent memorials, whether war or any other sort, is that they are, well, permanent. They reflect the knowledge of the time.

And therein lies the difficulty with military service records. Thanks to National Archives, the World War 1 records are now almost all online. Each individual record we summarise for the Eastbourne in Wartime project reflects the most extraordinary experiences - deprivation, danger, discomfort and risk, as well as challenge, courage, heroism and sacrifice.

After 18 months of intensive research we are still learning about who was living in the Eastern Bays and who went to war, and the record keeps growing.

The main Roll of Honour at the Muritai School gates reflects the knowledge of the community in 1928, when the memorial gates were erected, with some additions as new information came to light.

For example: The main Roll of Honour lists 167 men and one woman with Eastbourne connections who enlisted in the armed services in 1914–18; the 25 men who ‘made the Supreme Sacrifice’ are marked with an asterisk.

Also cast in bronze and unveiled in 2009 are

the names of ten more of the enlisted men who died in World War 1, along with 46 who gave their lives in World War 2.

But our research reveals that the numbers for World War 1 need to be revised - again. Applying the same criteria for ‘Eastbourne connection’ as before, we need to add another four women who served in military medical units, and 74 (yes, 74) enlisted men. That brings the total to 246 people who were associated with this small community (population around 1,200) during the second decade of the 20th century.

The bronze plaques on the memorial gates record the names of 35 who gave their lives in World War 1; but in fact there were 45, eight of them at Gallipoli alone.

The task for World War 2 is even more daunting. We have names and some details for just under 400 men and about 50 women with Eastbourne connections who served in the armed forces. However, unless they are known to have died (during the war or later), their service records are not available online.

We would like to honour them and their deeds, but to do that we need to know about them from their families or friends.

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Stories from Eastbourne's war veteransBill Wollerman was in the US Army Air

Force - but just for one night.As a member of the NZ 9th Brigade

Band in the Occupation Force in Japan, he found a piano to play on, in the American Red Cross centre in Tokyo, when an American (also a pianist) asked him to take his place in a band for a US Officers’ dance that night. Dressed in US uniform, he did the gig, spent the night at their US barracks, and got $US50.

Just 21 when he joined the NZ army’s J-Force as it was called, he was in the 22nd Battalion’s Intelligence Unit (the I–Section) on departure in 1946. No-one knew what to expect, whether the population would be hostile, where they would be stationed - and the food on the British troopship was inedible, until the Kiwis took affirmative action! A rumour swept around that they were being diverted to Palestine, world mayhem centre at the time, as the Jews fought to force out the British and establish their homeland Israel, but that didn’t happen, probably fortuitously.

The NZ area was at the Southern tip of Honshu, the main island of Japan, separated by the Shimonoseki Straits from the island of Kyushu, occupied by the US Army. NZ troops had arrived earlier from Italy, after the ceasefire in Europe, instead of going home to NZ, so they welcomed the arrival of replacements at last. Adjacent were occupation forces from Britain and Australia, all making up the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). The overall objective was to keep the peace, curb any uprising, but there was virtually no trouble, everyone obeying the Emperor’s edict to accept the occupation peacefully.

De-militarisation was part of Bill’s I-Section’s duties, but there was not much unearthed from the occasional raid, mostly valuable ceremonial

swords secreted away. Locating and traversing a mystery tunnel under the straits to American-occupied Kyushu was daunting, semi-crawling along, water oozing through all the way, hoping it wouldn’t burst through. “Emerging on the US side,” says Bill, “we cautiously raised our heads and looked around, ready to duck if the GI’s fired at us intruders.”

As is our style, the NZ-ers tended to treat the Japanese very fairly, almost like fellow Kiwis, and Bill believes they left a good impression behind them.

Many Aussies were much less reasonable, perhaps understandable because of residual memory of the vicious fighting not long before in New Guinea, where mostly Australians were involved.

Rations were very bland, and the Kiwis envied the Australian troops, who were much better provided for by their Government. The odd Red Cross parcels were popular, containing chocolate and a few delicacies. Eating local food was forbidden because the fields were fertilised with human waste, so cholera and dysentery were

always a threat.Then the 9th Brigade’s Silver Band

needed an add-on group, to play sweetly at official functions etc, so Bill was asked to transfer. This led to spells in

Tokyo, where each of the BCOF forces in turn provided ceremonial guards outside the Emperor’s Imperial Palace - a showpiece, where there was an impressive changing of the guard ceremony to another Commonwealth country or the Americans every few weeks.

This was also when he became a GI for a day.

No-one had ever heard of radiation then, but it was probably all gone when Bill went to the devastated Hiroshima. He’ll never know, although many years later

he learned of some of the first Kiwis, from Italy, who had to help in the clean-up, and there was someone strange there with a gadget which kept on going tick, tick, tick, tick. A Geiger Counter of course. No-one took much notice. Were those men affected later.

Drabness was the main impression, especially when the icy Winter arrived.

Grey buildings, grey clothing, rough roads, mud when it rained. Tokyo was a messy accumulation of small, hastily built rudimentary wooden buildings, except for the main business area, because the Americans seem to have used incendiaries mostly.

This started the firestorm which virtually destroyed the wood-and-paper buildings that were everywhere else, neutralising the city, with awful loss of life.

To end on a musical note (!), once, in the Tokyo mud, Bill came across an outdoor market, tents, Japanese vegetables etc, and wandered across planks into a lone tent, and was thunderstruck to find a piano, brand new, by itself, on duckboards in the middle, lit by candle-light - and nothing else! Bill had never heard of a “Yamaha”, but had to play it of course, being totally impressed. It was probably one of the first off the post-war production line of the later giant company. To find any piano, let alone a new one, in such a grim place was astonishing! Why it was in such a primitive location was ever a mystery to him. “Surreal”, he says.

The occupation probably had to be done, and was shared by all the Allies, led by the US, fortunately with few casualties, though a number of New Zealanders did die while serving in Japan.

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The ups and downs of a life at sea

It was a relationship that Pat Millar couldn’t escape; that with his ship Ragea during the second world war.

Mr Millar fell out of love with Ragea as soon as he clapped eyes on her. An Arab schooner, she was to be his ship for much of his time serving as sub-lieutenant with the New Zealand Navy.

Like many young men, Pat’s career in the armed forces began with a thirst for adventure.

A chartered accountant - and one who went on to become very successful - as a young man he felt no passion for his career. His first love was sailing, and it wasn’t long before he visited the naval recruitment office opposite his Featherston Chambers workplace.

He left New Zealand as a twenty year-old aboard the Dominion Monarch as part of a 25 strong unit.

The ship travelled to Halifax, with the sailors training at sea for ten weeks and at Ganges naval base.

Then it was onto the famous training base at Scapa Flow for testing, followed by work on naval escort vessels in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Pat says he never personally felt in danger, despite some close calls.

“In our Malta convoy the first lieutenant was killed by shrapnel, so there must have been stuff flying around.”

Although he personally felt safe, there was a constant threat; one of the ships, Airdale was destroyed by enemy torpedo in a convoy Pat was part of. He was also aboard escort ship Aldenham when the Medway was sunk.

Another of the ships he was on, the ML459

was used for mine sweeping.One morning while in bed, Pat heard “a hell

of a noise” and went on board to find his ship had been shot all along one side.

“I was in my pyjamas in a dinghy patching the holes,” he recalls.

Pat had talked to his admiral about his love of boating, and due to this was put on the Arab schooner, Ragea in Beirut.

Pat's first impression of Ragea was not good.“It was hopeless - we were convinced the

yacht wasn’t going to sail. She had a First World War engine, and she was pretty run down.”

However, an extensive overhaul had her ready for work as a navy supply vessel - taking torpedoes and fuel to the Aegean Islands for motor torpedo boats to restock with.

Ragea was eventually based in the harbour off Castiloritsa near Turkey, carrying water for other ships' supply .

Pat Millar crew aboard the Rajea.

Pat was second in command on a motor launch in Haifa the day Italy surrendered. “I bought 40 brandies for the eight of us,” Pat says.

Coming home following the death of his father in 1944, Pat was assigned to Wellington, and eventually went back to accounting after the war.

He says he briefly toyed with staying on in the navy, but in the end “I like to sleep in my own bed at night”.

His sailing career continued well after the war, with an honorary membership of the Muritai Yacht Club and life membership of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club. He and his family have bought and sailed many yachts all around the country, and extensively in the Marlborough Sounds.

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Off to the tropics for radio controllerRoy Beeby chose to serve in the airforce in

WW2, based on its reputation for having the best food in the services.

At the time Roy was an apprentice typewriter mechanic in Dunedin and, like many of his generation, had left school at 16. “My mother said I’d learnt enough.” He was working and putting himself through night school when he got the call up in 1944.

“King George 6th sent me a note saying 'Get out of that job; I’ve got another job for you',” remembers Roy.

Although the war was near ending in Europe, he was part of a contingent sent to the Pacific.

Roy recalls their training in Blenheim, where “We learnt square bashing (marching), to salute and carry a rifle and all the basics”, before training as a Tiger Moth pilot.

He loved the planes, and soon got to grips with the vagaries of taking off and landing in a plane that had a tailskid, rather than a tricycle undercarriage which enables the pilot to see ahead. "You had to look out of the side of the Tiger Moth to land but you coped."

Out of the 140 pupils in his intake only 40 were taken on as pilots because of the diminishing need in Europe. Unfortunately, Roy wasn't chosen and his fledging pilot career came to an abrupt end, but his training didn't. He was posted to Wigram and learnt Morse Code, after which he was based at Ohakea Air Base.

"Ohakea was the Airforce International C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Centre ," he says . "We monitored radio circuits from Canada, Austra l ia and the Pacific.”

In 1945 he was moved from the cold central North Island to tropical Fiji, and the RNZAF base in Laucala Bay.

There, a roster of six hours on and twelve off in an un-airconditioned office was quite a change. Recreation off-camp at Fijian dances called Tralalas were welcome breaks, and the New Zealand forces were treated well by local people.

“Our Morse operators monitored the New Zealand allocated air-space, which covered up to the line of allocation to the Australians or the Hawaiians. Thus, all aircraft flying the Pacific were in communication with our Allied bases except, of course, those from areas occupied by the Japanese. For the purposes of spying, some of our operators were trained in the transmission

code used by the Japanese (katakana), but not me.”

Aircraft sent position reports every half hour, and Roy sadly recalls a few crashes, some involving friends.

At the end of the war, after VJ Day, Roy was demobbed. “One day you saluted the officers and the next day you didn’t.”

He was given the option of staying on as a civilian in Fiji. "I had a choice; do I want to go back to Dunedin when here I am in sunny Fiji?”

He joined NZ Civil Aviation and stayed on at Laucala Bay, later transferring to Nadi Airport. "We took over all the American equipment which they had left. Their morse operators didn't write anything by hand: transmissions were all typed, so we had to learn to type."

Roy eventually came back to NZ and was based at Tauranga Airport.

He was itching to do something different rather than stagnating. He transferred to Auckland and took a nightclass in ship radio operating, but says while two fellow classmates went to sea, "There was a girl in our office who was a teletypist. She became my first wife.”

“We raised three boys and went back to Fiji for a further five years with NZ Civil Aviation at Nadi.”

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Local women with breast cancer are being encouraged to try out a new programme designed to help with the effects of treatment.

Next Steps is a new, fully funded programme for woman who are recovering from breast cancer. The principle funder is the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation.

The programme recognises that cancer treatments can commonly cause negative impacts on a woman's quality of life and that this struggle can continue once treatments have finished.

Research shows being physically active is a strong component in your recovery from breast cancer and the effects of its treatment including

fatigue. The programme runs for one hour per week

for ten weeks. It is delivered by a PINC Cancer Rehabilitation Physiotherapist and each class combines pilates, yoga and cardio exercises for improving your health and fitness. Gentle, weekly take-home exercises and stretches are included.

This programme is rolling out as a Pilot study throughout the country, with Habit Physiotherapy the only Wellington provider. A maximum of ten woman who have been affected by breast cancer will be in the class.

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With less than a week to go before consultation ends, proponents of the Eastern bays walkway/cycleway are urging locals to make a submission and support the project.

A huge breakthrough for campaigners came two months ago with the announcement that Hutt City Council had budgeted for the project to create a safe walkway/cycleway to be completed within six years - 50 years earlier than previously estimated.

However, this was only a draft budget and council will consider public submissions before making the decision to actually go ahead.

Residents need to put their submissions in, Councillor Michael Lulich says.

“They also need to make their friends outside Eastbourne aware of the importance of putting submissions in support of the cycle/

walkway,” he says.Mr Lulich says he has spoken to Muritai

School asking them to let parents know to put submissions in and will speak to other local schools and organisations.

“So hopefully there will be an influx of more submissions received close to closing,” he says.

The project will not only create a safe walk/cycleway around the bays, it will also involve building a seawall which is important for future resilience, he says.

Consultation on the project is being held through the Long Term Plan process.

The plan, which outlines planned council spending over the next ten years, is available at libraries and on the council’s website.

To submit people simply fill out either a paper or online questionnaire.

So far around 190 submissions have been received by council with 42 percent supporting

as the periods of exercise and rest are adapted as fitness, strength and stamina improve. each session finishes with a yoga relaxation sequence to restore a sense of calm and confidence and includes an opportunity to reflect on your journey and be inspired by your progress.

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The programme is expected to start mid May and at this stage will be on a Tuesday at 2.15pm, all equipment provided. Habit Physiotherapy, Majestic Centre, 100 Willis Street, Wellington.

the proposal. However, of the remainder there are more who have ticked “don’t know” or “don’t care” than actually don’t support it, Eastbourne Community Board chair Virginia Horrocks says.

Ms Horrocks is concerned that the project is presented on the questionnaire’s tick list as costing $9 million.

While that is the total cost of the project, it would only go ahead if NZTA agree to a 51 percent subsidy, which means the actual cost to Hutt ratepayers would only be $4.4 million spread over six years - $730,00 per year .

People don’t have to write long submission, Ms Horrocks says, “Even if all they do is go to that questionnaire and give it a tick… realising that they are ticking $730,000 for six years.”

Submission questionnaires are available at the library or at www.huttcity.govt.nz/ltp. Submissions close 5pm April 30

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So many beautiful weather related photos have appeared on Facebook in the past months, weeks and days. Sunshine and snow - never dull and always a bright outlook!

In the months Jan to Mar 2015 REINZ reports for Eastbourne and Bays:

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The pattern is similar to the same period last year, though a greater feeling of buyer optimism has emerged. With the excellent mortgage rates now off ered, and the indication that they may fall further, it is a great time to take action if you are thinking of making a move.

With Hutt City Council forging ahead with projects to enhance mountain biking in the hills around Wainuiomata, Greater Wellington Regional Council is looking into the possibility of creating a track from Eastbourne to connect to the trail network.

One key project for Hutt City is the construction of an overbridge at the Wainui Hill summit for pedestrians and cyclists.

There are tracks for mountain bikers on either side of the Wainui Hill Road, however up until now getting from one side to the other has involved crossing the 80kmph road.

The new overbridge will create a strong link between the Eastern Hutt hills and East Harbour Regional Park where the track runs along the ridge, Greater Wellington ranger Jimmy Young says.

While Hutt City plans include creating bike tracks that will extend down into Seaview, it will be a long and circuitous route for bikers from the bays.

Greater Wellington are exploring ideas for

a better connection to the mountain bike trails from the bays through East Harbour Regional Park.

“We’re not looking at turning it into a mountain bike park - just looking for a way through,” he says.

“Our dilemma is what to do exactly, or if it is even needed,” Mr Young says.

None of the existing tracks are suitable for mountain bikes because they are both too well used by walkers and of too steep a gradient to be ridden, he says.

It may be possible to create a track down from the ridge to the water tanks at the top of Point Howard, Mr Young says. However, “it doesn’t feel that responsible to pop people out into a very steep, windy Howard Road”.

It is undesirable to create a new bike track south of Point Howard as the terrain becomes more difficult, the hills get steeper and the ecological value of the bush increases, Mr Young says.

“We will continue to look at it… looking at solutions,” Mr Young says. “But we don’t have an answer at the moment.”

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Makaro Press author's posthumous success

By Mary Longmore

Eastbourne publisher and writer Mary McCallum thought she was just doing a favour for a friend when she decided to publish Wellington teenager Harriet Rowland’s blog about living with cancer.

““I wanted to do something, even if it was just for her family,” said Mary, who went to school with Harriet’s mother. “We didn’t know how it would go commercially. We had an idea it was going to be great, but you just don’t know.”

So she was caught short when The Lord of the Ring doyennes Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh started following Harriet’s blog, My Experience of Walking the Dog, sending sales of The Book of Hat rocketing

The initial print run of 350 sold out at the launch “which was amazing”, and orders were further boosted when Sir Peter Jackson chimed in to endorse it.

“Basically our sales just went crazy” says Mary, who had to rope in Harriet’s family members to help post the orders.

Another print run was quickly organised to meet orders from Australia, Paris and Moscow and Mary’s Makaro Press is now eyeing a third run, after The Book of Hat placed second at the Ashton Wylie awards for books in the body, mind, spirit genre - pipped only by veteran theologian Sir Lloyd Geering but beating off Kiwi icon Joy Cowley. It then claimed the Storylines notable non fiction book award for 2014 and is a finalist in the librarians’ association LIANZA book awards. She is now crossing her fingers for the New Zealand Post Children’s Book awards later this year.

Mary McCallum and her son, editor Paul Stewart, with Harriet Rowland.

“ We w e r e gobsmacked, there is no other word for it,” says Mary.

“ I w a s a t t h e ( A s h t o n Wylie) awards, w i th Har r i e t ’s grandmother… We realised there were three places left and it was Joy Cowley, Sir Lloyd Geering, who is in his 90s, and Harriet Rowland, aged 20 , wi th these two amazing, well known writers - I won’t tell you what I said.”

Harriet lived just long enough to launch her book into the world last February, rigged up with oxygen to speak at the launch then entering hospice care two days later. She died, at 20, in March so never knew how widely the book would impact.

Its success, Mary attributes to the smart, unindulgent writing style, despite Harriet’s bleak circumstances.

“A lot of people blog about cancer, but Harriet had a real style… She was someone who actually gets it; bang.”

Harriet was diagnosed with a rare cancer osteosarcoma in 2011, at 17 and began blogging about her life with the disease. She also fell in love with bestselling book - then movie - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, about a young woman with terminal cancer. She identified with the fictional character Hazel so much, that, like her, she made a pilgrimage to Amsterdam to visit the home of young writer and Holocaust casualty Anne Frank.

“She’s got enormous optimism and joy and stoicism and courage and humour, and she just feels otherwise like a teenage girl living in Wellington.”

Sales of the book - for each of which $1 goes to Canteen - essentially have kept indie publisher

Makaro Press going for many months in times that are deeply challenging for publishers and booksellers, says Mary.

Launched just two years ago, Makaro Press made an immediate splash, when its first book, The Talisman of Vim, by Wellington teenager Robert Wainwright was shortlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for Fantasy and Science Fiction writing.

Mary and her son, editor Paul Stewart, have now published 15 books including Eastbourne: An Anthology, a swag of poetry, some non fiction, and books for children and young adults, among them The Red Suitcase by late Days Bay author Jill Harris - also a finalist in the LIANZA awards young adults section.

And next up? Another Eastbourne writer, retired surgeon Tony Martin with A Sense of More Than “about experiences you can’t explain” and their first adult novel, The Year of Falling by Wellington writer Janice Freeguard, who also has an Eastbourne connection as her father lives here.

Mary says, in an era when publishers are cutting back on New Zealand books, especially in poetry and fiction, “niche publishers like us are finding we have a role to play".

“We want to publish good work that might not otherwise be published. It’s as simple as that.”

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Local gelato scoops special mention at international awards

Steve Powell and Chrissie Morris with judges at the Gelato World Tour.

Vostrogusto Café in Eastbourne was selected to be New Zealand’s representative at the South East Asia leg of the Gelato World Tour. This is a competition open to Gelato artisans from around the world and the winners from each region go to the final in Italy.

The competition took place in Singapore over the weekend of 20 March, and included representatives from nine countries from around the region.

Each gelato artisan was required to submit and make one flavour over the course of the competition. This consisted of approximately 300 litres of gelato or Sorbetto.

Vostrogusto chose “Cradle to the Grave” a peanut butter gelato infused with rock salt then mixed with deep fried peanuts and layered with dark chocolate.

Vostrogusto owner Steve Powell said he chose this flavour as it encompasses people's changing taste buds over their lifetime, from children’s enjoyment of peanut butter and chocolate to adults'

m a t u r i n g enjoyment of subtle salt flavours.

T h e competition a t t r a c t e d thousands of visitors and r a n f r o m 1 2 p m t o 10pm over three days.

E a c h artisan was r e q u i r e d to produce 60 litres of their chosen flavour at a time before serving to the general public. Mr Powell s a y s t h e f e e d b a c k w a s v e r y positive and Vostrogusto received a good review from the food critic as well the technical judging panel.

The vote was split between the general public and a technical panel where Cradle to the Grave received a special judges mention.

"It was a great experience and very informative to meet fellow artisans as well as Italian artisans who have been making gelato for generations and get ideas and feedback from them," Mr Powell says.

He said he was grateful to Carlita Campbell and the test tasting team from Cobar for their help during the creation of “Cradle to the Grave”.

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View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3700

8a Tawa Street, Eastbourne - $632,000BEACH BASED LIFESTYLECurrent owners are cashing up their investments and want their property SOLD. Stunning sea views from this spacious, well presented, 1970’s home seconds from the beach. With 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and large, sun drenched living – this home offers a fabulous, relaxed lifestyle in a seaside community. .www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3621

19b Kowhai Street, Eastbourne - $1,100,000PRIVATE RETREATArchitect designed and quality built 14 years ago, this attractive hillside home offers comfort and privacy from 2,853sqm of native bush and landscaped gardens. There are stunning views of both harbour and/or bush from every room, including open plan kitchen/living, 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. A separate ensuite studio is perfect for guests or a home business. Extensive decking and gardens provide for excellent outdoor living, where the owners have created a wonderland for children and adults alike. With multiple workshop and storage spaces, a double garage, carport and off road space this home is ready for you to enjoy. Walk or ride the cable car direct to the front door – call today to view. www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3656

9 Church Lane, Point Howard - $1,150,000EXCELLENT PRICE + PANORAMIC VIEWSEnjoy superb quality, sun and views for this great price! A gorgeous 20 year old architect designed home on the lower slopes of Point Howard. A 360sqm floor plan includes fantastic spaces for entertaining, intimate spaces for study and reflection and all the benefits of a modern home. Stunning design includes character features reflecting that this was once the site of the local church. A double garage with internal access, 3 double bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms are generously sized. The emphasis is on luxury and our vendors are keen to sell. View today and plan your great new outlook. RV $1,250,000View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3681

36 Nikau Street, Eastbourne PRETTY AS A PICTUREBeautifully cared for and very well-maintained character cottage. With 3 bdrms, ensuite and family bthrm, kitchen/dining opening to a sheltered courtyard, a separate living room bathed in sunshine with a wonderful large private deck off it capturing the view and an outlook over the pretty terraced garden. This is a beautiful summer home, equally inviting in the winter months and perfect for small families and those wishing to downsize; however there is potential to further develop. Situated in a quiet sheltered street. This charming home is ready to move into and enjoy RV $560,000. View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3692

29 Rona Street, Eastbourne - $825,000GORGEOUS FAMILY HOMEThis Bernard Johns designed home has quality and style throughout with traditional wood panelling, leadlight windows and a formal landscaped garden. Extensive renovations to this 4 bedroom, 3 living home have been completed in recent years so you can move in and enjoy, while contemplating the finishing touches. Current owners have already re-located and want their beautiful home sold. A premium home in a prime location at an exceptional price. (RV $850,000)View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3696

5 Karaka Street, Eastbourne - $675,000MUST BE SOLDA change of direction for the current owner means he wants this 4-5 bedroom home with stunning sea views sold. Offering sun, space and privacy, this generous (282m2) family home would be transformed with a little TLC. Designed over 3 levels it comprises of a children’s or guest area downstairs, expansive living and study on the second level and an “adults retreat” on the top floor (2 dble bedrooms, bathroom and private deck)View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3699


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55 Ferry Road, Days Bay – $775,000HUGE ON VIEWS AND VALUEWith 4 bedrms, light & bright living spaces, stylish kitchen & 3 bathrms, this modern home is generous on space & your time – no lawns to do here! You will be mesmerised by the view! Built in 2001, the main cladding is Cedar; the rest is concrete & a small amount of plaster (the garage). This property has been rented out for some time & the overseas vendor is now insistent on a sale. LIM & Building report available. View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3694

5 Manuka Terrace, Eastbourne – $770,000 MAGIC ON MANUKAThis classic character home offers contemporary living with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 living rooms. With gardens to the front and rear, you’ll enjoy fabulous year round sun from a gently elevated position. Wonderful sea views are a further bonus from this excellent location, where properties rarely come up for sale. The garage has internal access and the village and Days Bay are a short walk away. Buy this lovely home and become part of our Eastbourne community. View soon and discover the true meaning of Quality of Life!View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3690

Tamsin Mason P: 562-8008 M:0274-990-240 Kim Slessor P: 562 8008 M:0272 303 328

Kim Slessor P: 562 8008 M:0272 303 328 Kim Slessor P: 562 8008 M:0272 303 328

Tamsin Mason P: 562-8008 M:0274-990-240 Tamsin Mason P: 562-8008 M:0274-990-240

35 Kauri Street, Eastbourne – AUCTIONWATERFRONT DECEASED ESTATE Opportunity knocks! To be sold after many years with the same family, this gorgeous 2 bedroom waterfront cottage offers million dollar views for much, much less. Enjoy privacy from a sunny, elevated, corner site, and the beach on your doorstep. Steeped in original charm - enjoy as it is or update to your heart’s content. With a courtyard to the rear, separate studio and wood panelled lounge, this compact Eastbourne jewel is an absolute cutie. LIM and building report available. View asap and prepare to fall in love.

Auction: 15 May 2015, 12:00pm at Harcourts Wellington, Cambridge Tce, Wellington

View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3700

8a Tawa Street, Eastbourne - $632,000BEACH BASED LIFESTYLECurrent owners are cashing up their investments and want their property SOLD. Stunning sea views from this spacious, well presented, 1970’s home seconds from the beach. With 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and large, sun drenched living – this home offers a fabulous, relaxed lifestyle in a seaside community. .www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3621

19b Kowhai Street, Eastbourne - $1,100,000PRIVATE RETREATArchitect designed and quality built 14 years ago, this attractive hillside home offers comfort and privacy from 2,853sqm of native bush and landscaped gardens. There are stunning views of both harbour and/or bush from every room, including open plan kitchen/living, 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. A separate ensuite studio is perfect for guests or a home business. Extensive decking and gardens provide for excellent outdoor living, where the owners have created a wonderland for children and adults alike. With multiple workshop and storage spaces, a double garage, carport and off road space this home is ready for you to enjoy. Walk or ride the cable car direct to the front door – call today to view. www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3656

9 Church Lane, Point Howard - $1,150,000EXCELLENT PRICE + PANORAMIC VIEWSEnjoy superb quality, sun and views for this great price! A gorgeous 20 year old architect designed home on the lower slopes of Point Howard. A 360sqm floor plan includes fantastic spaces for entertaining, intimate spaces for study and reflection and all the benefits of a modern home. Stunning design includes character features reflecting that this was once the site of the local church. A double garage with internal access, 3 double bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms are generously sized. The emphasis is on luxury and our vendors are keen to sell. View today and plan your great new outlook. RV $1,250,000View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3681

36 Nikau Street, Eastbourne PRETTY AS A PICTUREBeautifully cared for and very well-maintained character cottage. With 3 bdrms, ensuite and family bthrm, kitchen/dining opening to a sheltered courtyard, a separate living room bathed in sunshine with a wonderful large private deck off it capturing the view and an outlook over the pretty terraced garden. This is a beautiful summer home, equally inviting in the winter months and perfect for small families and those wishing to downsize; however there is potential to further develop. Situated in a quiet sheltered street. This charming home is ready to move into and enjoy RV $560,000. View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3692

29 Rona Street, Eastbourne - $825,000GORGEOUS FAMILY HOMEThis Bernard Johns designed home has quality and style throughout with traditional wood panelling, leadlight windows and a formal landscaped garden. Extensive renovations to this 4 bedroom, 3 living home have been completed in recent years so you can move in and enjoy, while contemplating the finishing touches. Current owners have already re-located and want their beautiful home sold. A premium home in a prime location at an exceptional price. (RV $850,000)View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3696

5 Karaka Street, Eastbourne - $675,000MUST BE SOLDA change of direction for the current owner means he wants this 4-5 bedroom home with stunning sea views sold. Offering sun, space and privacy, this generous (282m2) family home would be transformed with a little TLC. Designed over 3 levels it comprises of a children’s or guest area downstairs, expansive living and study on the second level and an “adults retreat” on the top floor (2 dble bedrooms, bathroom and private deck)View: www.harcourts.co.nz/EA3699


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Faith in the Community

This column of church news and views is sponsored by St Alban’s Anglican, St Ronan’s Presbyterian and San Antonio Catholic Churches.

Cross-road to resurrectionEaster Day may be over but the season of Easter continues for 50 days - so our shouts of “Alleluia! Christ is risen!” can continue for a good while yet! The original account of the resurrection story in Mark’s Gospel ends on a note of fear: “Then they [the women who discovered the empty tomb] went out and ran away from the tomb, trembling with amazement. They said nothing to anyone for they were afraid.” (Mark 16:8).We know the women overcame their fear, or we wouldn’t be here today celebrating and writing about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. How did they overcome their fear? Perhaps they were motivated by love: an overwhelming desire to spread the good news of the love of God that was manifest in the extreme self-giving of Jesus Christ; and the love of Jesus himself for every single person, especially the last, the lost and the least. As ANZAC Day rests within the season of Easter, how do we reconcile the harsh reality of war with the profound love-giving and life-giving miracle of resurrection? We can do so only if we remember that there is no short cut to resurrection, new life, and transformation. The only way to the empty tomb is via the cross of Good Friday. In the words of Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022):

Alleluia! Christ is risen!He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

St Ronan’s: Regular Sunday morning service at 9.30amSt Alban’s: Sunday 26 April, 9.30am, Special Observance of the Centenary of Gallipoli. Activities for children.

As Autumn takes hold our long, hot summer days seem to be a rapidly disappearing memory!

Confi dence seems to be returning with the “market correction” in prices over the past 7 years in Eastbourne now being widely accepted - creating the new “norm”Buyers are enjoying low interest rates, easing of lending restrictions and the knowledge that we have hit the bottom of the past 7 year decline and it is a great time to buy.

March was a brilliant month with sales volumes in the Wellington Region the highest since November 2007. We are expecting a late Summer run of sales over the next 2 months.

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Senior 85kg matchEastbourne Village vs Bays social match

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Spot the legends of Eastbourne Rugby, including members of the 1983 Junior 1st team 30 years on.

This photo part of our restored collection now on display. All past, present and future players, supporters and families

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News from Point Howard

Residents may have noticed some hard work going on during Easter when a new security camera was installed at the bottom of Howard Road. The daytime images are very sharp but there still needs to be some work undertaken to capture the night time images with the same clarity. If video images are required due to an unlawful incident, please contact a committee member and we will make the relevant footage available to the Police. We are still seeking a Civil Defence co-ordinator for Point Howard. The duties are not onerous and if you are able to assist, please contact a committee member. Finally, a big thank you to Hutt City Council for installing the seat outside the bus shelter. It is getting good use and not just from people waiting for buses.

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A word from the Mayor

Remember you can contact my offi ce on 570 6666, email me at [email protected] or follow me on Facebook.

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Mains: $8

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Lights: $5

• Savoury Mince • Macaroni Cheese• Lamb Curry • Cottage Pie• Chicken Casserole

Desserts: $3.50 • Fruit Crumble • Ginger Sponge Pudding

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FIREWOOD FOR SALE

Tel: 562 7514

MACROCARPA - $450 per cord/3.6m

MANUKA/KANUKA - $600 per cord/3.6m

Large bag pine cones - $10All wood in excellent dry condition

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St Alban’s Anglican:11 Ngaio St, EastbourneRev. Dr. Eleanor Sanderson, tel: 562 6076Thursday: 10am, Sunday: 8am, 9.30amSunday School: 9.30amSt Ronan’s Presbyterian:Muritai Rd, Eastbourne tel: Parish Clerk 562 8753Sunday Morning Worship: 9.30amPower Hour: 9.30amSan Antonio Roman Catholic:Oroua St, Eastbourne tel: Fr Marlon Maylon Parish Priest 970 8405Saturday Vigil Mass: 5.30pmSunday (Sacred Heart, Petone): 9.30am & 5.30pm

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Window Cleaning residential and commercial phone Graeme 5692247 or txt 027 2509847

Guthrie Cottage - beautiful self-contained beach-front accommodation. Perfect for excess visitors or enjoy all of the comforts of home while you renovate. www.guthriecottage.co.nz Lynne 562 8889.

SONNY'S YOGA - EASTBOURNE CLASSES - Come along and enjoy morning yoga by the ocean. 'Energising Sun Salutations' on Mon 9.45am or Fri 9.30am at Muritai Yacht Club. Evening classes are 6.30pm on Wed (St Ronans Church Hall) or Thurs (Muritai Yacht Club). Beginners are welcome. Feel free to call 021 800 512. More info www.sonnysyoga.co.nz or Facebook/Sonny’s Yoga.

Wind River Organics now have a collection site in Eastbourne. Order and pay at www.windriverorganics.co.nz.

Wartime photographs, letters and memorabilia of and by people with close links to the Eastern Bays are wanted for Eastbourne in War project. All care taken and prompt return. Contact Julia Stuart 04 5626067, [email protected]

Dressmaking & Alterations. Janette 562-8276

Local Tree Works: Tree trimming, tree removal. Phone Steven 027 666 6279 or 562 6031.

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ANAHATA YOGA STUDIO is delighted to offer you a Wednesday 3.45 to 5pm class. Muritai Yacht Club upstairs... please bring your own mat...no bookings required. Cost $14 per session or concession cards available $115 for ten sessions... which can also be used at the Petone Studio www.anahatayoga.co.nz Enquiries Jennifer 027 4159345.

Wanted to Buy: Small sunny house with pleasant outlook, private garden and close to the beach. Phone 0276647661.

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MODERNISED EASTBOURNE VILLA – BEST OF OLD AND NEW28 Oroua Street, Eastbourne – Tender (if not sold prior)Behind this lovely verandah and glass inlaid front door, the character continues with high ceilings, cornicing, and timber floors. The brilliance lies in the merging of old with new: central heating, gorgeous kitchen, 2 warm, modern bathrooms. The north facing family kitchen and living area with its fantastic flow to the low maintenance, perfectly formed back yard is the heart of this home: designed for the way we live now: bright, airy and open. Additional flexible spaces contribute to this appeal: two studies, or office plus playroom, or study plus guest room – you can choose. Tenders close 12th May, RV $790,000• Fantastic for sun and a sheltered haven • Wonderful lounge with dining room• Masses of character: doors, ceilings, floors, windows • Play room or 4th bedroom plus Office• 3 double bedrooms, 1 ensuite, all with built-in wardrobes • Second living area with new Jetmaster fire• Modern kitchen with breakfast bar, gas cooking• Gas central heating, Underfloor heating, Luxurious new carpets• Hideaway laundry, Great sized garage, Fully fenced section

CHARACTER, WARMTH AND MOTIVATION 406 Muritai Road, Eastbourne – BEO $650,000A GREAT COMBINATION. Oozing character, this is a very liveable home. Family come and go, the home adapts accordingly with room for all, but cosy just for two. The appeal of W Gray Young architecture, coupled with wood burner, wet back and heat pump make this an extremely comfortable home. Families will love the pretty garden, enclosed back yard and two living spaces. Vendors have loved living here, both the home and the location close to Greenwood Park and only 2 minutes walk to the popular Promenade. However their next chapter beckons and they are keen to see it in the loving embrace of a new family. They will consider offers below RV ($700,000), so now is a good time to call.• Character features including windows, ceilings, fireplace lend great style and feel• Wood burner with wetback, plus jetmaster and heat pump for the winter months• Carport and off street parking• 3+ fantastic bedrooms; upstairs has a great sea view• Lovely family bathroom, laundry with separate wc.• Good dining/lounge with doors to deck• Separate lounge, Sunny deck for outdoor dining• Spa pool and outdoor fire


HISTORY TELLS THE TALE IN THIS EASTBOURNE VILLA230 Muritai Road, Eastbourne – Tender (if not sold prior)This iconic Kauri Villa circa 1907 tells its own great Eastbourne story. The wisteria-covered verandah, glass inlaid front and hall doors, high ceilings, hand crafted Kauri doors, folding timber windows, use of coloured glass, beautiful old door handles - the attention to detail in this labour-of-love renovation is wonderful. The Kauri batten and panel lounge ceiling was hand restored. No expense was spared in bringing this home up to date. Solar panel hot water complements the heart-of-the-home Aga-absolutely perfect for this property: a practical but iconic centrepiece for a “reformed villa”. Families will love the large lounge, 4 double bedrooms plus two bathrooms, dine-in kitchen with window seat overlooking the outdoor entertaining area, fully fenced section with studio - flexible for use as a home-office, rumpus room or guest accommodation. Located just minutes walk from the beach and heart of the village, you will be right in the mix here: Eastbourne life just waiting for you. Tenders close 13 May, 2pm – BEO $840,000.• Great location close to the village and short walk to swimming beach• Fantastic for sun and with bush views• Wonderful lounge with dining room, Kauri ceiling and doors• Country classic kitchen with Aga, clothes rack and opening onto outdoors• 4 double bedrooms, master ensuite• Large family bathroom (plumbing upstairs for a 3rd bathroom)

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LARGE CHARACTER FAMILY HOME – THE WALNUT TREE B&B335 Muritai Rd, Eastbourne – By Negotiation, RV $1,050,000An early twentieth century cottage: completely renovated and extended upwards to enjoy views over Wellington harbour and fabulous sunshine. The feel of this home - with its timber, leadlight windows, warm materials and decor - is of family life and entertaining; it complements perfectly the Eastbourne lifestyle. 330m2 spread over 3 levels, home comforts include heating, insulation, sound systems, spa pool among others. • 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2x walk-in robes • Charming country style kit chen, 2 lounges, dayroom, office, laundry, wine cellar • Gas fires x2, heat pump, panel heaters • Fully insulated, central vacuum system, abundant storage • Character features: window seats, custom made timber joinery, leadlight windows • Double internal access garaging with mezzanine and storeroom • Superb outdoor living including spa pool, wraparound and entertainers decks, paving,

water features, beautiful trees

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