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Ratepayers will be “grossly overtaxed” due to a 1% rise for each of the next three years to help pay for building a new events centre in Hutt City, Hutt City councillor Chris Milne says.

At its annual plan meeting last week, councillors agreed to the rates rise to cover the cost of spending on new projects and those brought forward, including the adoption of Plan 3F, which will see the Town Hall strengthened and refurbished, and a new events centre built alongside, at the cost of $16.4m .

Also given the green light were $220,000 for the upgrade of Whiorau Reserve in Lowry Bay - originally earmarked for work in the 2017/18 financial year.

However, a $1m pricetag to begin upgrading Riddiford Gardens was seen as unnecessary before the council building in Laings Road is earthquake strengthened, and with little more than a concept plan for the gardens available as yet, it was dropped for the time being.

During discussions, councillors were told that the rate increase would be needed for each of the next three years to keep debt low - one of the council’s main targets in its 2012 financial strategy.

Central Ward councillor Chris Milne, who said the council’s strategy was to raise rates no higher than the CPI level, was the lone voice opposing the increase.

“There’s real hardship in our community now. We shouldn’t be front loading our debt now for future spending,” he said.

He said the council should “push out” projects which would put pressure on funding.

“The rates increase is alarming - we need to see what we can defer and what we need to fund,” he said.

He questioned the formula used to calculate future debt and rating levels, saying one was

projected in real dollar terms, and the other in nominal terms - taking into account inflation.

Cr Milne questioned why the council decided what to spend money on, and then how to fund them, rather than seeing what money was available without a rates rise, and sticking within that budget.

“ What I feared has come to pass. We used to have a clear rates target and kept to it, now it’s a “free for all” ,” he said.

Mayor Ray Wallace said ratepayers’ appetite was for rejuvenation and revitalization of Hutt City.

“If you had come to any [draft annual plan] public meetings you would have seen how passionate the people were about this.”

The council’s borrowing limit will also be raised, from $80m to $100m, but the Mayor said this would not affect the council’s strong Standard and Poor’s credit rating.

Cr Milne said if the Petone Arena funding of $25m had been agreed to, the projected rate rise was 1% increase over four years, and now that was not happening, the rate rise was simply a “transfer of wealth from ratepayers to the council”.

“That project was $25m. The Town Hall is only $6m. If an extra 2% will cover $25m then to raise an extra 1% to cover $6m is clear over-taxation.”

Cr Milne said he had concerns about councillors’ comprehension of the budget.

“I’m very concerned the councillors don’t understand it.”

“For years the budget has been unanimously supported - this is the first time since I’ve been on the council that I can remember anyone voting against the budget. And those same councillors also supported this change.’

Cr Milne says the rise also indicated the council lacks faith in its own growth policy by the council.

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by Emily Tilley

After twenty years of waiting, an upgrade of Whiorau Reserve has finally been given the green light.

Locals have been advocating for the large area of slowly deteriorating asphalt to be turned into a recreation area since the 1990s but every time it looked as if Hutt City Council was going to go ahead with the project it would be pushed back.

Delwyn Randall, a member of the working group formed to work on the project, has written so many submissions over the years asking for funding for the project he’s lost count.

Persistence has finally paid off. After hearing yet again from Mr Randall and the Eastbourne Community Board, the council has decided to bring forward around $220,000 of funding for the project previously pencilled in for 2018/19.

“It will be completed this financial year. “The next step is to get officers working

alongside the working group,” Mayor Ray Wallace says.

Persistence pays off at reserve

Delwyn Randall.

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Next ECB MeetingTuesday 29 July 2014 - 7.15pm Eastbourne Womens’ Club, Muritai Road

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ECB Community Survey

We have had a tremendous response to this survey and board member Hayden Ray has begun the analysis of your answers. The fi nal deadline is the end of June so for those of you still thinking about it there are just a few days left. There are copies available in the library or you can answer online at www.eastbourneherald.co.nz.Thanks to all who have answered. We have a large number of very thoughtful comments and will report on our results as soon as possible.

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A stitch in time saves $100m in sewerage repairsby Emily Tilley

Replacing the main sewerage outfall pipeline could cost around $100 million and involve digging up the entire road around the Bays - luckily results of an inspection last year show the pipeline should last at least another twenty years.

The aging 18km pipeline was built in 1962, is approaching the end of its design life and carries all of the Hutt’s treated sewage underground around the Bays to where it is discharged at Pencarrow Heads.

A complete inspection last year using new technology showed corrosion of the reinforcing steel in two short sections of the pipeline under Seaview Road; a “very good” result, council infrastructure manager Bruce Sherlock says.

The biggest surprise for council officers from the investigation was that corrosion had not occurred where they thought it would.

“We would have expected more the other end,” Mr Sherlock says.

Before the processes changed several years ago, the Pencarrow Coast end of the pipeline was often not full, leaving space for air to circulate. Air means oxygen, oxygen means corrosion and so the expectation was to find problems at that end.

This week the pipeline was temporarily shut down so that work to replace the Seaview Road sections could begin.

The work is expected to take three weeks and during this time treated wastewater will be diverted to the lower Waiwhetu Stream and, as it is emptied, to several locations around the coastline of the eastern bays.

Other than the Seaview Road sections, the steel reinforcing has been given the all-clear and the council now expects the pipeline to last another twenty years.

During that time it’s “fair to expect other maintenance items”, Mr Sherlock says.

By this he means the occasional leak, usually when one of the joints between pipe sections fails.

One such leak occurred last month, one kilometre south of Burdan’s Gate.

Having been temporarily contained, a permanent repair will now be made while the

pipeline is drained for the Seaview Road work.

Although there was a spate of leaks a few years ago, this latest is the first in three years, Mr Sherlock says.

W h i l e j o i n t fai lures continue to be infrequent, council’s strategy of fixing failures as they occur will remain, he says.

“It’s better than spending $100m to replace something that is essentially working okay,” Mr Sherlock says.

C o u n c i l h a s money budgeted to potentially replace all the joints, however it would only be once failures occur much more frequently, say six times a year, that council would go ahead with mass-replacement, he says.

The council also has looked into the eventual replacement of the pipeline.

Aside from the high price tag, the obvious problem with replacement is that the pipeline runs under the road all the way around the Bays.

There are two parts to the pipeline: the first runs under the road from the treatment plant to Burdan’s Gate, the second from Burdan’s Gate to the outfall.

Walking out to the lighthouse there’s a mound of dirt on the left hand side of the road - that covers the pipeline. Digging that part of the pipeline up and replacing it would be relatively easy and the council has money budgeted for that, Mr Sherlock says.

However, replacing the section of pipeline

running under the road is more problematic. “How are the good people of Eastbourne going to get to work in the morning?” Mr Sherlock asks.

Digging up the road to replace the pipeline would be a mammoth task and cause huge inconvenience.

Another possibility considered is to run a new pipeline under the sea across the Harbour, however that would be much more expensive and more difficult in consenting terms, Mr Sherlock says.

“As long as our current strategy works we will continue with it,” he says.

“When maintenance becomes unacceptable we do have plans and a budget to deal with that.”


Youths confess to hall break in

Four youths have admitted to breaking into the Muritai School Hall and vandalising an area used by the Butterfly Creek Theatre Troop to keep props.

The damage was discovered over the Queen’s Birthday weekend when it was found that drawers had been rifled through, props taken out, bean bags broken and a prop cupboard graffitied.

Sergeant Bradley Allen says that as a result of some discussion with parents, four youths were spoken to by police and admitted breaking in.

“All four are extremely remorseful,” Sergeant Allen says.

“They have already drafted letters to [Muritai Principal] Andrew Bird.”

“They have done something stupid that turned serious,” he says. “But they’ve had the balls to come forward and admit what they’ve done.”

The support of the families and the community has led to a good result in the youths being identified and taking responsibility for what they have done, he says.

Similarly, pressure from community networks and local Community Constable Dave Tweedale led to a young man coming forward over damaging a car on the same long weekend, Sergeant Allen says.

Around midnight on the Monday night a group of drunk young men were seen on Oroua St.

One of the men was seen running at a car and smashing into it with his shoulder several times. A rear door of the car was left with large dents.

A 20 year-old man has now come forward and is helping police with their enquiries and will

Sergeant Allen says.The incident has also led to a positive

discussion with the local pub about sensible drinking, he says.

Council pushes for NZTA fundingby Emily Tilley

Hutt City Council are remaining steadfast in their decision not to fund the Eastern-Bays walkway/cycleway unless NZTA agrees to a subsidy - however they will go back to NZTA with a new application with a new focus.

After more than ten years of piecemeal work on the project, it has been on hold since NZTA unexpectedly declined a 58 percent subsidy in their 2012 - 2015 funding round.

Frustrated by the length of time it is taking to secure a continuous safe path around the bays for walkers and cyclists, the Eastbourne Community Board asked council at their Annual Plan meetings to bring forward council funding for the project regardless of NZTA subsidies.

Council denied the request but “we’ve certainly listened to the community and support the community, “ Mr Wallace says.

“We believe that we are entitled to the 58 percent subsidy,” Mr Wallace says.

He says council will advocate to NZTA for the “government spend” as it is understood some of the money earmarked for other cycleway projects around the country is yet unspent.

“We are now putting a new application to NZTA to reconsider funding,” he says.

“We believe it needs to be given a higher priority.”

By pitching the Eastern Bays walkway/cycleway and the associated construction of a seawall as key to local resilience, council hope to strengthen the new application.

“It’s a matter of protecting the resilience of our community and infrastructure,” he says.

If NZTA approve the application, then “Hutt City would be looking to fund our portion… we’ll certainly be finding the money,” Mr Wallace says.

The project couldn’t physically be completed in a year so officers would need to look at what could be done and what would be feasible, he says.


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by Emily Tilley

People will have a chance to hear from the Hutt South candidates for this year’s general election at a “Meet the Candidates” meeting on August 14.

Organised by the Eastbourne Lions Club, the meeting will allow time for the candidates to introduce themselves followed by a time for questions from the audience.

So far only three parties have confirmed their candidates for the electorate: Holly Walker will stand for The Green Party, Trevor Mallard for Labour and Chris Bishop for National.

Of the parties that also had candidates in Hutt South for the 2011 election: The Conservative Party say they will definitely have a candidate standing in Hutt South, but won’t be announcing who that is until next month; United Future has announced their candidate as Dave Stonyer, self-employed professional speaker.; and Act say they haven’t started their candidate process yet so they don’t yet know if a local candidate will stand.

The new Internet Mana Party alliance won’t have a candidate standing in Hutt South, however they hope a regional candidate will be able to attend the Eastbourne meeting to campaign for people’s party vote.

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If the growth strategy, which includes a development levy remission and a rates remission on developments over $1.5m is effective, it will increase the rating base in Hutt City, resulting in more rates being gathered and mitigating the need to increase the rates more than inflation, he says.

“I’d be amazed if it didn’t have some positive impact,” he says.

“We have to make the assumption long term that the city will grow.”

Cr Milne said the council had worked hard over the years to put the financial strategy together, but now it appeared the definition of growth “has become very waffly in the plan” and it’s measurement “becomes almost discretionary”.

“If you put the financial strategy as inflation plus growth there’s a huge out because you haven’t defined what growth is.”

“The whole thing got rushed through with people not understanding it.”

“Not a single person sitting around that table campaigned on putting rates and debt up.”

In response to the criticism, council Chief Executive Tony Stallinger, said Hutt City Council will continue to have one of the lowest average rates increases in the region at 2.6 per cent.

“We have struck a balance between development and fiscal responsibility. Our debt levels remain amongst the lowest in the Wellington region, and we will not be shifting a burden of debt on to future generations,” he said

“We have confidence in the future growth of our region, and our recent investments reflect that.”

The Mayor was not available for comment.

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After 33 years at Wellesley College, 20 of those as the principal, Warren Owen has announced that he is stepping down.

“There seems to be a bit of shock around the place,” he says. “I think people have been caught by surprise, they thought I might go through for another three or five years.”

But Warren says he feels that the school has reached a juncture where fresh leadership will take the school on to greater things. A ten year rejuvenation project of the school buildings that he has spearheaded is drawing to a close and the school is celebrating it’s 100th anniversary.

“I have given everything I have got and after all these years and the school turning 100, it seems time to finish my innings,” Warren says.

Warren says making the decision has been really difficult even though he has been thinking about it for a couple of years. “I love the school and what it does for the boys. It is a real wrench but also exciting.”

“I’m sixty, although I feel really vibrant and energised and I still race with the boys at the athletics day… I don’t want to wake up when I’m 65 or later and think, ‘Oh, maybe I should have called it quits a little while ago’.”

“It’s a 24/7 job, I work from 7am to 7pm everyday… then there are meetings sometimes at night, I work most of Saturday,” Warren says. “So you have to make certain sacrifices, but those sacrifices are worth it because there’s a lot of satisfaction come back.”

“With [my wife] Eve teaching here too it’s like a family commitment… it’s been a big thing for our family,” he says. Eve has been an art teacher at the school for almost as long as Warren has been at the school and will continue after he leaves.

“Eve has always been incredibly supportive, and like me is feeling the wrench. The nice thing is she is still going to be here. Eve lives and breathes what she does,” Warren says.

“She has a big impact on this place. She has been a very strong source of support for me because she’s someone I’ve been able to bounce ideas off and she’s is very sound.” “We’ve worked all our lives together … we’re here together and we’re home together. I think it’s been quite unique to be able to do that successfully.”

Working together started for Warren and Eve with the first jobs they were assigned on completing teachers’ college. “We were going out and we had indicated to the powers that be that if we were placed away from Wellington we would like to be together … and they did.”

The couple spent three years working at

Greytown School together before heading abroad for a year to teach on the obligatory “OE”.

“When we came back we decided we didn’t want to live in the Wairarapa any more, not at our age and stage anyway, and looked out for a job when we saw this one advertised here.”

Warren can still remember sitting in what is now his office for an interview with the previous head for a one year position as a teacher.

What he hadn’t realised until then was that there was already a family connection with the school as Eve’s brother and father were past pupils. “So there is a bit of connection there, but it was so way out of my field. I was aware of it but I was brought up in Naenae, so it was not something I knew really,” Warren says. “I had all sorts of preconceptions about what I was going into… I quickly learnt that all my preconceptions about a private school were wrong,” he says.

“Anyone who comes into the place realises that it might be a private school, but it’s not what

to realise that it’s got a special energy.” It’s that energy and forward thinking that

turned a one year job into a life-commitment for Warren “The school is always striving to keep abreast of change.. current and relevant to new teaching and learning ideas. It has a growth mindset.” Warren says. “All those things are energising for someone who is passionate about education.”

It’s the growth support that keeps the staff

there are currently four staff who have been at the school for over thirty years. “It’s been a fun place too,” Warren says. “There’s lots of laughter and the staff have always enjoyed the social side. When there are staff functions, they are always well attended and they are always hilarious affairs... there is quite a strong social, fun element to the school.”

“When you are working together like that you are more likely to go the extra distance,” Warren says. “It’s good for the boys to see the staff engage in a real way, without affectation.”

Warren is proud of the school’s culture which he says he genuinely believes empowers the boys to be the best they can be, “without being pressure cooked, we’re not into pressure cooking”.

“When I look back, what stands out - just to have established this sort of learning culture

that allows the boys to show their best and be their best, I’m really proud of that,” he says. “It wasn’t just me obviously.... My predecessor was a very good educationalist. I took on a school that educationally was sound. I think we’ve just run with that even further.”

“There are little highlights all the way. For example I get delighted when I see an individual child do something special, whether that be a reading recovery child or the boys who went to the nationals for the literature finals. The amalgam of it is the culture that allows that to happen.”

He’s also pleased to have been able to see out redevelopment of the school. When the school started the work it looked like an impossible task financially, Warren says. “In 1995 when I took over, the place was very, very tired. There wasn’t the money to do that sort of thing,” he says. “To be able to have been part of that development has been very satisfying. And we’ve done it in a conservative way without putting the school at risk.”

Warren will stay on at least until the end of the year and has told the board that he’ll stay for as long as it takes until the right person is found to replace him. “It will be the right person... I will be pleased to see the school moving forwards,” he says.

He will continue as patron of the Wellesley Foundation, but other than that, “I honestly have no idea,” Warren says. “When I stop, I guess I’ll have time to work that out.”

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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.

This month our churches celebrated the Feast of Pentecost.Pentecost comes from the Greek pentekoste which means fi ftieth(day) and refers to the Feast of Weeks, a signifi cant festival in the ancient Jewish calendar, originally a harvest festival, but which now celebrates the giving of the law to Moses on Mount Sinai. Today it is celebrated in Judaism as Shau’vot.For us as Christians it celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples empower-ing them to go out and preach to all nations the Good News. It is also considered to be the birthday of the church.So what is the signifi cance of the Pentecost for us? “This Solemnity makes us remember and relive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the other disciples gathered in prayer with the Virgin Mary in the Upper Room (cf. Acts 2:1-11). Jesus, risen and ascended into Heaven, sent his Spirit to the Church so that every Christian might participate in his own divine life and become his valid witness in the world. The Holy Spirit, breaking into history, defeats aridity, opens hearts to hope, stimulates and fosters in us an interior matu-rity in our relationship with God and with our neighbour.” BENEDICT XVI REGINA CÆLI, St Peter’s Square Sunday, 27 May 2012.

San Antonio News: The next Children’s Mass will be held on Sunday 6 July at 9.30am. All welcome. Morning tea to follow. Amalgamation:San Antonio, Eastbourne; Our Lady of the Rosary, Waiwhetu; St Patrick’s, Wainuiomata and Sacred Heart, Petone Catholic parishes are working together towards forming one Parish in 2015. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask one of the Priests, Lay Pastoral Leaders or Parish leaders or place your ques-tions in the envelope on the noticeboard at San Antonio Church.

Catholic parishes to amalgamateby Kate Manson

The parishioners of San Antonio and Sacred Heart in Petone are being encouraged to take part in the process of amalgamating their parishes.

In October last year, the Archdiocese officially requested the four communities, of Sacred Heart Parish, Petone; San Antonio Parish, Eastbourne; St Patrick’s Parish, Wainuiomata and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Waiwhetu, to work towards amalgamation by February 2015.

A meeting for all parishioners of the four

Our Lady of the Rosary, to discuss the process and, among other things, form a vision for the new single parish. Ideas for a name for the new parish will also be discussed.

Transport to the meeting will be available and there will be a crèche so parents with young children can attend.

Sharon Penny, San Antonio’s Lay Pastoral Leader, says it is important parishioners have a voice in the amalgamation process.

“We have been trying to get hold of as many people as we can, with mail drops and newsletters.”

While the Eastbourne, Waiwhetu and Petone parishes have been working together on an informal basis for some time, Mrs Penny says there is a lot to work to be done to decide the structure of the new parish. A committee of representatives from each parish has been meeting

process will proceed. Mrs Penny says amalgamation is about

making the most of the resources available throughout the four parishes.

“I guess, like every church we’ve got diminishing congregations and diminishing numbers of priests so that’s part of the reason we are doing this...it is probably more cost effective to run it as one[parish] rather than four little ones because it is a struggle sometimes to make

ends meet.”While there are still many decisions to make

on the structure of the new parish Mrs Penny says it is certain is that each community will have a voice.

“There will be a new parish council and a new finance committee set up…each community will have representatives. So they will have a say.”

The amalgamation will not mean great changes for parishioners on a day to day basis: the existing churches will stay open and retain their names. And it will be business as usual for the parish schools.

Mrs Penny says any change can be hard but “there is a tremendous amount of goodwill in amongst all this with the people coming together. They can see it’s difficult but there is goodwill.”

Anyone wi th ques t ions about the amalgamation process is encouraged to contact their parish priests, lay pastoral leaders or parish leaders. Or email [email protected]

Several hundred people have already completed the Eastbourne and Bays survey, but the Eastbourne Community Board is still keen to hear from more people. The survey, which aims to gauge local opinion on local issues and enable the board to establish priorities, will close at the end of the month. The survey can be completed online at www.eastbourneherald.co.nz.

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the Hutt South Timebank, time is a “time credit”.For the past 18 months a growing number

of people in the Hutt have been trading their knowledge, time and skills using time instead of money as currency.

It’s a simple concept - one hour spent doing something for someone equals one time credit. An hour giving legal advice earns a credit, just as an hour spent spring cleaning a pantry earns a credit.

“Part of the philosophy is that everyone has something to offer, their time is valued,” coordinator Kirsten Gendall says.

First established in Petone at the end of 2012, the Hutt South Timebank now has 81 members spread across the Hutt with a broad range of interests and skills.

So far there are no Eastbourne members, however recently Kirsten was approached by locals interested in joining and encouraging the concept within the bays.

Kirsten will hold a coffee morning at Giselle’s Cafe later his month to introduce the idea to Eastbourne, talk about how the system works and explain how people can join.

She will also talk about the Timebank at the Eastbourne Retired Persons Association at their

The group is for anyone and works best with a wide variety of people who bring different strengths, Kirsten says. “The wider the membership, the wider the skill base is.”

At the moment the youngest member is just nine-years-old and earns credits dog-walking and feeding people’s pets while spending credits on music lessons.

The oldest members are in their early 80s. While older people may need help digging their garden, they may be able to knit, enjoy ironing or have accounting skills they can share.

Recently an organisation that provides day support for people with disabilities joined and the group have already earned themselves time

Members of the Hutt South Timebank earn time credits washing down a house.

credits spreading manure on a garden.

“ It i l l u s t r a t e s our philosophy that everyone has something to contribute,” Kirsten says.

Other recent trades include house washing, technical computer advice, ukulele lessons, ironing, gardening, baking and language lessons.

“There’s no limit to the kinds of things you can offer,” Kirsten says.

The t imebank has an online system where members can log in and see who has what skills and whether anyone wants a job doing. While most of the trading is conducted over the online system, for those who don’t have a computer trading can also be done via Kirsten.

Timebankers have the opportunity to meet face-to-face at monthly drinks held at a pub in Petone as some people feel it’s easier to share time with people they have met, Kirsten says.

Meeting new people and making new connections in the community is another advantage of being part of the time bank, Kirsten says.

Set up in 2005, the Lyttelton Timebank was the first to be set up in New Zealand.

By the time the Christchurch earthquakes struck, 10 percent of the town’s population and 18 community groups belonged to the timebank and members were already learning to become self-organising work teams that could quickly work together to solve community problems.

After the earthquakes the timebank had one of the best local communications systems and became a partner working with emergency workers and first responders.

Timebank members offered home visits,

emotional support, food, accommodation and repairs which freed up emergency workers and medical staff to assist with the most acute problems.

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Lions becoming an endangered breedby Emily Tilley

With the Eastbourne Lions seemingly popping up at almost every Eastbourne event, it’s surprising to find there are actually very few members - one could almost say they are an endangered species.

For the past forty years the club has been part of the Eastbourne community, organising and helping in community events, raising money for charity and giving people a chance to work collectively for the community.

They are the marshals for the Butterfly Creek Nighttime Madness race, the ones serving you hotdogs at the Eastbourne Market, organisers of the auction, monthly bins and “meet the candidates” meetings.

Now there are only 14 members and their average age is around 67.

In an age when the paradigm of community service might be better i l lustrated by

crowdsourcing via cellphones, outgoing Lions Club president Colin Orchiston still believes there is a place for service clubs such as the Lions.

After all, if there was no Lions Club who would organise those meetings, provide the marshalling manpower for events like the Eastbourne Games, run the popular auction, support other local organisations, and provide ongoing support for civil defence around the Bays?

The principle behind the Lions is that as a social group more can be achieved for the community than as individuals, and it still holds strong, Colin says. While many locals help the community through the local schools or sports groups, the Club is a way to support the community as a whole.

It’s a local social network that meets over dinner once or twice a month to talk over upcoming projects and, because it is also part of a wider international Lions organisation with

1.6 million members, it has the organisation and structure to realise ideas for helping the community.

When Colin suggested to an acquaintance that they join the club, he was surprised by the response: was Lions a “secret-handshake” type of society?

“There is no mystique, rituals, beliefs, arm-twisting or financial exposure,” Colin says.

“Instead it is just a club for any adults, from any walk of life, who want to help their community.”

The club would love an injection of new blood and new members wouldn’t need to devote a huge amount of time, Colin says. “Their involvement can be as active as they choose.”

- Eastbourne Lions meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at the Muritai Yacht Club. Anyone interested in joining can email [email protected] or call Colin on 562-7438.

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The sale of the breakwater by Hutt City Council to Seaview Marina is being delayed to avoid impacting on the marina’s development plans.

The breakwater, the rock wall that encloses and protects the marina, belongs to the Hutt City Council but is recognised as an crucial asset for the marina.

Discussions with the marina’s management and the board have determined that the purchase of the breakwater is essential for the long term development of the marina.

The sale was earmarked in council’s Annual

Plan to go ahead this financial year and, with an assumed revenue of $5.6 million, would have been the most significant item in the budgeted $9.9 million of asset sales.

Revenue from the sale is planned to be used to decrease council’s debt. However, it will increase the marina’s debt which this year would have a significant detrimental impact on the marina’s current development plans.

As council is a shareholder in the marina, it is in council’s best long term interests to delay the sale, officers say.

Council have agreed to delay the sale and will look at how it can be built into the Long Term Plan.

Breakwater sale delayed “Everyone agrees it should be sold,” council infrastructure manager Bruce Sherlock says. “It’s just when and how to transfer the asset. We’re waiting for a time to do that when it has the least impact on Seaview Marina.”


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Meal services alive and well in the Baysby Kate Manson

Settling in to enjoy the post-lunch film, Mary Beaven and Pauline Meo agree the mid-day meal served up by Okiwi Trust volunteers was delicious. And they’ll be back for more.

“I’ll be coming again,” says Mrs Beaven, “it was nice to look forward to [lunch] on a cold morning.”

The lunch and a movie held at the Eastbourne Women’s Club was the first of what Okiwi Trust Volunteers’ Coordinator Pippa de Court hopes will become a regular event. The idea came about after some brainstorming about meal services Okiwi Trust could offer.

“Having been to some of the elderly people’s places and doing a bit of research [I] discovered that a lot were not really doing much for lunch. It was in the too hard basket.”

Initially, the idea was to provide a meal delivery service. “[I] did a survey to see those who would like to partake in a weekly lunch delivered to their house and got a very good response. So [committee member] Chris [Reynolds] and I trialled it for a month and it worked really well – we had about 19 people who were regularly going to be having lunches.”

She says unfortunately the service, which ran through from late March and through April, came to a halt because it was not covering costs.

As an alternative, the Trust is trialling the $10 lunch and film events which will be held at the Eastbourne Women’s Club on the second Friday of the month. While still testing the waters, if all goes well Ms de Court hopes the lunch and film sessions will continue and may even be held more frequently, if the demand is there.

Reaction from the 16 people at the first lunch, which was made and donated by Okiwi Trust volunteers, was positive. After finishing his pumpkin soup, fresh bread and piece of cake, a satisfied Brian Hurst says: “It’s was a good effort putting [the lunch] on. I’m very impressed with the Okiwi Trust.”

Maureen Hoy agrees. “It was very pleasant. The soup was beautiful and it was a delicious cake. I’m very impressed by the volunteers.”

Barbara Beryman, who had used the meal delivery service, says she prefers having lunch at the Women’s Club. “I enjoyed the meal, the film, and the company.”

Ms de Court says the lunch and film sessions can provide a great opportunity for older Eastbourne residents to get together and make new acquaintances.

“They are meeting new people, [I heard people introducing themselves] ‘I’m Pauline and I’m such and such’ and I thought gosh I thought you two would know each other but they haven’t met. So it’s a camaraderie thing.”

St Alban’s parish has been running a ready-made meal service for people in Eastbourne for 20 years. In fact, says John Tippett, the Ezee Meals co-ordinator, St Albans was only the second outlet in Wellington to distribute the meals produced by Mission Foods Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Wellington City Mission.

Mr Tippett says the clientele for the frozen ready-meals are mostly older people, “although sometimes we get business people who want a quick meal.”

Orders for the meals – which include roast beef, corned silverside, and chicken and coconut rice – are generally taken over the weekend but are still accepted up till 9am on Mondays. Customers can either collect their meals from St Albans on Mondays between 10am-12pm or can opt to have them delivered.

There are around 12 people currently buying the Ezee Meals in Eastbourne. The meals range in price from $8.00 for a main meal to $5.00 for a light meal while desserts are $3.50.

Mr Tippett says over the years the growth in the ready-meal market has resulted in a drop in the number of Ezee Meals customers.

“You have to realise 20 years ago you didn’t get these sort of [ready-made] meals in the supermarket, whereas now you’re falling over them. So that has no doubt eaten into our business quite substantially, I would say.”

Although numbers may have dropped, Mr Tippett says the meals are very popular with their existing customers. “We get a lot of good feedback from our customers. They are really appreciative of the service.”

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For real estate in Eastbourne & Bays during the months March - May 2014 REINZ reports as follows:

30 homes sold an average sale price of $761,000a total value of $22,830,000.

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This is down on the 35 properties sold in the same period last year. The average price, meanwhile, is a 36% increase on last year, as more properties sold above $1 million and fewer at the lower end. Enquiry is once again increasing from buyers in the lower price bracket, however - all good news for vendors with those homes to sell.

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Local woman Audrey Shearer is leading a project that aims to cover the fence around the Eastbourne War Memorial with poppies, such as this one she crocheted, for the centenary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli.

During both world wars people on the home front knitted to support the troops, now locals are being asked to knit in remembrance.

Inspired by an Australian project that aims to “plant” a field of handcrafted poppies in Melbourne for the 2015 Anzac Centenary Commemoration, local Audrey Shearer has decided to start up a local project to cover the Muritai School fence on Anzac Day next year.

Audrey is putting out the call for people to knit, crochet, sew or felt poppies for the Anzac project. Patterns are available online at 5000poppies.wordpress.com and Audrey will collect any poppies made.

If there is enough interest, Audrey says she could run workshops for those who aren’t so sure of how to follow the patterns or would just like to learn a new skill by learning to make the poppies.

“One of the things that really appeals to me about this project is that it reminds me of how people knitted socks, hats, gloves, jerseys etc. for the forces during both wars,” Audrey says.

“In this day, where so much is mass produced, we can make these poppies, by hand, with love … and remember those that fought.”

Knitting during the wars was seen as a way to keep up civilian morale and provide soldiers with “comfort items”.

Everyone, including small children, was encouraged to knit. Special patterns were issued

and slogans coined, such as “If you can knit, you can do your bit.”

Even Lord Herbert Kitchener, a military hero of the Boer War and British Secretary of State for War for the first half of the first World War, became involved in the knitting efforts.

Knitted sock patterns of the day had seams that would rub soldiers’ toes until they bled. Kitchener came up with a new grafting technique for a seamless join of the toe, now much used and known as the Kitchener stitch.

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Memorial still presents challenges for historiansby Julia Stuart

One Eastbourne man had already died and his 34 local colleagues were still struggling on the sandhills of Gallipoli when the first war memorial at Eastbourne was erected.

Twenty six year-old Private Robert James McCall, fourth son of J W McCall of York Bay, died of wounds on 12 May 1915, two months before the pohutukawa tree commemorating the Gallipoli landings was planted on the corner of Rata Street on 14 July 1915 by Mayor J P Kelly. The tree with its modest little plaque is the first Anzac memorial anywhere in the country, and each April the tree flowers with red poppies in remembrance of Robert and the other five Eastbourne men (Francis Athol Cimino, Ballington Edwards, Peter David Dunn, George Russell and Ralph Diehl) who were killed on those perilous slopes above Anzac Cove.

The Anzac memorial is but one of ten war memorials dotted around the eastern bays; eleven if you include Matiu Somes Island.

They range from the school honours boards at Muritai and Wellesley, through the many sports club honours boards in halls and clubrooms, and small brass plaques in St Alban’s Church, to the poignant little notice on the gate of two properties in Nikau Street.

The main memorial of course is at the Muritai School gates, where the names of many - but not all - of the local men and women who went to World War I are cast in bronze, and the names of those who died in World War II have joined them. Each year the traffic stops and the

community gathers for the Anzac Day service, and for the other 364 days buses, cars and schoolchildren pass by.

Behind every name on every memorial lies a story, and the main memorial has its own story as well.

The first proposal was for an Arch of Remembrance north of Rona Bay Wharf, ‘to provide a suitable entrance to the proposed esplanade and garden’.

The Eastbourne Sun suggested something more practical, such as a local hospital.

By July 1923, after init ia l ly enthusiastic public meetings and fundraising, £100 had been collected; but two years later the money was ‘lying idle through lack of support’, according to the Evening Post.

Local poet O N Gillespie set out an alternative plan for memorial gates at Muritai School, and two years later the foundation stone was laid on the school boundary.

It was another fourteen months before the memorial was finally unveiled by the Governor General Sir Charles Fergusson before a very large crowd, on 1 July 1928.

Two reasons were given for the delay. One was the decision to have the cast-bronze tablet made in England.

The other was ‘the difficulty in getting all the names of those eligible for inscription’.

The Eastbourne memorial is unusual in listing those who went to war; most New Zealand memorials remember only those who did not return.

For the 1928 community, getting all the names was a challenge. The challenge remains. While the memorial has been refurbished and additions made in 1955 and again in 2009, there are still mysteries about some of those listed there.

Even in this day of access to public records and online newspapers, for some names the Eastbourne link is hard to identify.

Of the 178 World War I names cast in bronze, the Eastbourne connection of 24 remains a mystery, including two of the men, Ralph Diehl

and Peter Dunn, who died at Gallipoli. Among the other mysteries are H Grace and H Grant, P J Cotton, Stanley Elliott, Arthur Curtayne, Sydney Gardner and C J Harris.

S Mackenzie seems not to be connected with the local doctor’s family, and Kenneth Wiggins and Robert Wilberfoss who went to Samoa seem to have no Eastbourne links either.

However, for every name we cannot link to Eastbourne, the Wartime History Team has found another that does belong on the Roll of Honour but for some reason was not listed.

So the team is asking readers who either recognise one of the mystery names above, or who know that their forebear should be on the War Memorial, to contact the team and help give honour where it is due.

Contact: Steve Phillips ph 568-8813; Ali Carew, ph 562-8880 or email [email protected] or [email protected]

Eastbourne’s Rata Street memorial (left) and main War Memorial in Muritai Road. Photos: Malcolm Burdan.


Inspiration all around for Daviesby Kate Manson

Taking a photo of an experienced photographer can be a little daunting - is the angle right? What’s the light doing? Does that lamppost in the background look like it’s sticking out of his head?

Luckily photographer Evan Davies is a good sport about it all. Down at the sea-wall, on a picture perfect late afternoon, he makes subtle suggestions to get what turns out to be a pretty good pic.

The long-time Eastbourne resident is a man of few words, preferring, it seems, to let his photos do the talking. And what photos - soaring night skies in which trails of stars are stacked up to the heavens, a demonic face captured in the flames of a blazing building, and clouds - lots of clouds.

“I like shooting clouds at the moment. I like to bring the detail out in them,” he says.

Mr Davies, whose day-job is in IT, is currently doing a diploma in digital photography through the Southern Institute of Technology. To meet his course requirements he recently exhibited some of his works at the Alfred Memelink Gallery. The exhibition was called Eastbourne Wide Open. “Most of the shots are big wide angle shots with sky and stuff; it gives you a different perspective on things.”

Mr Davies first became interested in photography as a student at Naenae College where photographer John Hayes taught woodwork at the time. He says his family were not particularly arty although his mother was keen on floral art and dabbled in photography. Fortunately for the young Mr Davies a darkroom was set up in the washhouse at home and it was there he learnt how to develop the photos he shot. It took a bit of practice and a couple of mishaps to get the hang of things.

“I spilled iodine down mum’s bath…it left a big stain on it. That didn’t go down very well.”

He persevered and soon got results. “I’ve still got a picture of our old cat which I took, exposed and developed…[the photo] got runner up in a secondary school photographic competition.”

Photography took a bit of a back seat until six years ago when his wife gave him a digital camera for his 50th birthday. Then, it seems, the photographic floodgates opened: he has built up a portfolio of hundreds of images, become a member of the Photographic Society of New Zealand and been accepted onto its honours programme, and is an active member of the Hutt Camera Club.

Next month Mr Davies is heading down

South for two weeks to Kaikoura, Tekapo, Clutha, and a Blossom Festival with “a bunch of guys from the camera club”. He is hoping to get some shots to put in the club’s annual exhibition later this year.

Since picking up the camera again Mr Davies has done well in several photographic competitions including last year’s Carter Observatory ‘Light and Dark’ competition in which he was a finalist.

His own backyard continues to be a source of inspiration. “Those clouds are great,” he says, walking down to the beach to have his picture taken for The Eastbourne Herald. With the late afternoon sun glaring in my untrained eyes, I can’t see it. Mr Davies takes a quick shot with the state-of-the-art camera he upgraded to last year. And he’s right; the sunlit clouds do indeed look incredible.

Prints from Evan Davies’ Eastbourne Wide Open exhibition are available from the Alfred Memelink Gallery, 223 The Esplanade, Petone. Ph 979 9889.

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For some years now, parties of 30-40 students from Victoria University’s School of Architecture and Design have been visiting the Parangarahu Lakes: Kohangapiripiri and Kohangatera. A party visited again this year on a wet grey Wednesday (9 April).

Why? To explore and think about environmental considerations as part of a second-year university course on landscape architecture.

Why this area in particular? Because the Parangarahu Lakes are seemingly so pristine: they appear to be relatively unmodified by man and yet the history of the area tells us otherwise. This is typical of much of rural New Zealand. However, they are largely devoid of man-made structures, so the natural landscape morphology stands out… and is indeed outstanding!

As usual, the excursion was well-organised by Professor Penny Allan, Bruno Marques, Mark Radford and Myron Burnett. Over the years local experts have presented aspects of history,

M a o r i c u l t u r a l history, physical geography, land use, ecology, biodiversity, botany, zoology, m e t e o r o l o g y , h y d r o l o g y a n d geology. This year Mark McAlp ine (East Harbour Park Ranger, Grea te r Wellington Regional C o u n c i l ) a n d Hamish Campbell (GNS Science and geologist at Te Papa) were present.

As geologist, I have been invited to write about key geological aspects of the area.

Firstly, the landscape is dominated by ‘greywacke’ which includes grey sandstone and darker siltstone (or argillite). No fossils have been found within greywacke in the Parangarahu Lakes area, but the original greywacke sediments accumulated in the paleo-Pacific Ocean during Late Triassic time, about 210 million years ago, eroded from granites located in the Queensland region of eastern Gondwana. Think of it this way: our greywacke rocks are part of a big pile of muddy sands derived from eastern Australia.

Secondly, there is ample evidence in the landscape of active tectonism due to large earthquakes. There are elevated horizontal to sub-horizontal surfaces preserved; some are tilted. These are old coastlines cut by the sea within the past 125,000 years or so. Old faults determine

the location of valleys, lakes and the Wellington Harbour entrance. And there is an abundance of gravel…the product of intense seismic shaking coupled with effects of the ice ages of the past million years.

Of particular interest is the dynamic geological history of the lakes revealed by studies of lake-floor sediment cores. But more on this next time…

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Kirk's words inspire MPby Kate Manson

Amidst the Monday morning hubbub of Go Bang café, Labour’s hard man Trevor Mallard cuts a friendly figure.

Chatting to a couple of women while ordering his coffee he’s jovial, relaxed.

If the Hutt South MP is at all worried about a recent poll in which Labour took a hammering, he’s not showing it.

“These things move all over the place and they don’t really effect what I’m doing on the ground. It’s my job to win the seat and at the same time to maximise the Labour vote in Hutt South.”

It’s a job he relishes, although there’s a note of caution in the political veteran’s voice.

“I’m a bit of a Nervous Nelly when it comes to elections, so I’m never totally confident, but I know that we have a really good Labour team working in the electorate.”

This election sees Mallard facing significant boundary changes with Hutt South now including all of the Western Hills.

The changes have taken a bite out of his theoretical majority but Mallard knew they were coming and says he’s been getting out visiting schools, early childhood centres and community groups to get a feel for the new parts of the electorate.

With the days of large scale employers like the car plants and meat works gone, Mallard says creating quality jobs tops the list of issues facing Hutt South.

“For the last twenty years the main issue has been one of quality jobs…we do have some real local advantages especially coming out of IRL Callaghan…there’s a lot of people doing really good science and we’ve been getting better over the last 15 years at commercialising the ideas that come out of research.”

Education, health and housing are also high on the list of issues with the latter taking the spotlight in recent weeks.

Mallard says the issue of housing is two-pronged.

“One is how much harder it is for younger families to buy their own house, with increases in house prices and predicted increases in interest rates. The other is the massive reduction in availability of social housing.”

He says a reduced housing stock has put a lot of pressure on marginal people, he’s seeing “poor families who sometimes end up in private rentals but every now and then I do find cases of people living in garages and caravans…I’ve seen more of this in the last three to four years than I’ve seen in all the time I’ve been an MP.”

When it comes to the idea of a super city Mallard says he’s done a “bit of a flip on mergers and amalgamations.”

When he was Minister of State Services he oversaw some mergers, but now says the costs involved both in terms of dollars and morale can outweigh the benefits. Today he favours looking at alternatives, “what could be done better by working together".

Ultimately he says it’s a choice for the Hutt people to make.

“I think that the Hutt community should choose…I’ll vote ‘No’ but I don’t like the idea of the decision of whether the Hutt is involved in a super city to be made by people in Wellington or Parliament.”

Mallard puts his political longevity down to an ability to change and take a fresh look at issues.

“The world changes and I think people who aren’t prepared to change with the world, well they get left behind.”

A keen cyclist, fan of The Bill and recent convert to audio books - Ian Rankin’s on his current playlist - Mallard was inspired to join the Labour party in 1972 after listening to Norman Kirk speak on the steps of the Wellington town hall. “

Actually the other day, for another purpose, I looked up the words that Kirk used that got me interested,” says Mallard opening up the small, neat note book he carries with him.

“He was talking about what people want in life ‘someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work and something to hope for.’ That was how he finished his speech and it just seemed to me, ‘yeah, that’s right.’”

In the intervening years the ardent rugby fan has been in government, held a number of ministerial portfolios, experienced life in opposition and the merry-go-round of promotion, demotion, promotion within his own party. Along the way he’s gained a reputation for being a bit of a tough bloke. It’s an image he’s not uncomfortable with.

“I think that people have roles to play and I’m one of our more experienced MPs, I think I know the standing orders of the house better than certainly any of our MPs and probably just about as well as the clerk of the house. So it means I do end up in more confrontational situations in parliament than most MPs do.”

He says most of the time he likes the role he plays but there’s an air of regret when he says things have not always gone the way he’d have liked.

The former teacher says in terms of policies he’s been involved with, it’s improvements to early childhood education implemented while he was Minister of Education which give him most satisfaction. The results will continue to be evident long after he’s hung up his political hat.

That said, with the campaign wheels in motion there’s no sign he’s thinking leaving the stage soon.

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By Anne Manchester

For its winter production, the Butterfly Theatre Troupe has chosen Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters - the first time the troupe has attempted one of the Russian classics. Director Manny Garcia believes the play is Chekov’s masterpiece and, at the same time, one of the hardest to perform and stage.

“It is ambitious even for a professional group to mount, but we have a strong, mainly local cast, and a talented and committed production crew. It is exciting to be collaborating on such a wonderful piece of theatre.”

The play is neither tragic nor comic, occupying a space somewhere between, Garcia says. It is not a play of conventional action, but one of mood, which sets out to explore people’s hopes and fading dreams. “Like people today, the characters’ lives are characterised by ambiguities, complexities and foibles, as they try to hold on to their ideals while the ordinariness of day-to-day living tightens its grip on them.”

The Three Sisters was written in 1900 and premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901. Set in an unknown town far from Moscow, the action takes place not long before the upheaval of the Russian revolution that shook the world. The interweaving of the lives of the protagonists - five women and six men - portrays a complex glimpse of a society on the verge of irrevocable change.

To emphasise the play’s theme of what happens when dreams are deferred, Garcia has turned to the images of another great Russian artist, Marc Chagall, as backdrops to the play. “Chagall’s paintings have a surreal quality which I hope will lead the audience into Chekhov’s dreamlike world,” Garcia said. “With these images, great ensemble acting, beautiful costumes and original music by Ray Dickenson, we aim to create a beautiful tapestry together.”

Originally from Philadelphia in the United States, Garcia moved to Eastbourne five years ago and has directed several plays for the troupe, including Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman. He has also taken a number of starring roles and earlier this year played the Friar in the troupe’s outdoor production of Romeo and Juliet. However, he primarily sees himself as a novelist, poet and playwright.

The Three Sisters is being performed next month in the Muritai School Hall, from July 17-19 and July 24-26. Tickets are available from Annie’s Treasures in Eastbourne or phone 0832 77790.

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National candidate vies for Hutt South seatby Emily Tilley

Encouraging new investment from businesses and improving skills levels in the workforce are important for the Hutt Valley, new National Party Hutt South candidate Chris Bishop says.

Born and bred in the Hutt, last month Mr Bishop was selected from five nominations as National’s candidate to challenge nine-term Labour MP Trevor Mallard for the seat.

Currently the Senior Advisor to Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce, Mr Bishop’s CV includes working as a researcher for National in opposition, as a Ministerial Advisor to Gerry Brownlee and controversially as a lobbyist for two years for tobacco company Philip Morris.

Now, aged 31, Mr Bishop is making his first foray into standing for public office.

“Lower Hutt is full of friendly, creative, hard-working people who are proud of where they live. It’s where I was born and raised, and I’m passionate about making the Hutt even better,” he says.

“I’ll be working hard to win the support of Hutt South to give our communities a strong new voice.”

Having lived in Auckland and Wellington since leaving school, he is now returning to the Hutt with a move to Petone this month.

“Petone’s changed from when I was growing up,” the former Hutt-central resident says. “It’s going from strength to strength. I think Petone is doing well. I’m really impressed with the work Leonie Dobbs has done raising the Jackson St profile.”

Encouraging business into the Hutt is one of the city’s biggest issues, Mr Bishop says.

“I want to champion new investment in the Hutt Valley from businesses that will provide jobs and growth in the region,” he says.

The Government has already invested in the “high-tech headquarters” that is Callaghan Innovation, situated locally in Seaview alongside GNS Science. Building on this backbone, the

Hutt has a great opportunity to embrace hi-tech and high-value manufacturing businesses, he says.

He says he applauds the Hutt City Council for its commitment to increase the number of young people studying science and technology. The Council are currently leading a study into science education that aims to determine how young people can be encouraged to continue with science subjects.

“Hutt City’s desire to boost the number of local students pursuing science careers fits well with the National-led government’s record investment in science,” Mr Bishop says.

It is important in all areas to improve the skills level in the workforce and the number of people achieving NCEA, he says.

He sees National’s “Investing in Educational Success” initiative as the best way to raise students 'achievements. Under the scheme $359 million will be invested in creating four new management roles in schools that aim to enable the best teachers and principals to work across a number of schools.

“I’ll be pushing it in the Hutt Valley if I have the privilege of getting elected in September,” he says.

So as he is putting himself forward for election as a local MP, how does he stand on hot-local issues such as the Petone Arena and the demolition of Housing New Zealand flats on Jackson Street?

Mr Bishop says a lack of investment in the 1990s and 2000s led to problems at the Jackson Street flats. “I think most people seem to think the area needed revitalisation,” he says.

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“All people living in that development will be rehoused, that’s right and appropriate.”

Now the decision to demolish has been made there is potential for redevelopment, whether that be commercial, private, Housing New Zealand or council development, he says.

The Petone Arena proposal has created useful debate around the need to attract investment and events to the city, Mr Bishop says. “But I’m worried about the costs and the effects on the clubs and groups that use it… At the end of the day we’ve got a pretty good facility at WestPac.”

Arena no, town hall yesby Louise GobleCommunity support for the Petone Arena

“was certainly not there,” Mayor Ray Wallace told the council before it voted unanimously against the proposal at last week’s Annual Plan meeting.

Harbour Ward councillor Tui Lewis has criticised the $120,000 spent on reports about the arena proposal, which she said could have been provided inhouse for free.

She also criticised the process, and said the community was taken by surprise by the proposal. “Honestly I felt like we’d been given a hospital pass.” HCC community services manager Matt Reid defended the process, which he said was transparent. CEO Tony Stallinger agreed with Mr Reid. “The alternative was to

look at it behind closed doors,” he said.While the arena failed to fire, there was a lot

of passionate support for retaining the heritage of Hutt City and retaining and upgrading the Town Hall as part of a civic centre development. The submissions showed just how much many people value heritage in the Hutt, Mr Wallace says.

Council voted 11-2 for the retention of the Town Hall, with councillors Max Shierlaw and Campbell Barry voting against.

“It’s a good result,” Mr Wallace says. “It enhances the heritage aspect and the new part will provide a community facility and for events.”

“I think in a couple of years people will say, ‘wow’ and that will have a flow-on effect for the rest of the city..”


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Team secures place in top gradeby Steve McMorran

Victory by a single point over Stokes Valley has secured Eastbourne’s place in the first division of the 85 kilogram restricted grade for the second half of the Wellington club rugby season.

Eastbourne prevailed 13-12 last Saturday in a match called off 12 minutes early because of Stokes Valley’s continuous backchat and abuse of the referee.

The narrow win ensures Eastbourne will compete with the top teams in the division throughout the second round of the championships which begins this weekend. Eastbourne was in danger of slipping out of the first division after recent losses to Upper Hutt, Marist-St Pats Blue and Tawa which followed its 22-20 win over the Old Boys-University Bunnies on Old Timers’ Day.

It’s clutch win over Stokes Valley ensured it preserved its standing in the top echelon of team in the competitive weight-restricted grade for another season. How the season will unfold from here on is not yet clear but, under one likely scenario, Eastbourne could face a further nine round-robin matches, taking the competition well into August.

Coach Greg Halford was pleased with the performance of his team in winning Saturday’s match while under considerable pressure and despite the distraction caused by Stokes Valley’s indiscipline.

He said there was no violence in the match but Stokes Valley’s persistent disputes with a referee he regarded as one of the best Eastbourne has had this season made the game contentious.

“Stokes Valley have actually been going very

well and they’re a very good team but that just had no discipline,” he said. “That really let them down and I was pleased with the way our boys stuck to their game when all that was going on.

“It was a very tight game throughout. We opted to go into the wind in the first half and let in one soft try. But when we turned with the wind behind us we put pressure on them by putting the ball into the corners and everything went to plan from there.”

Halford believes Eastbourne deserves its place among the top teams in the division, and that it can compete with those sides, despite its handful of recent losses.

“I felt very strongly that we need to stay in the first division,” Halford said.

“It ensures we get a better standard of rugby and play against better teams.

“I believe that we’re worthy of a place among those teams and I see no reason why we can’t make the top four. As coaches we will do whatever we can to ensure the team has every chance of making the top four.

“There’s a very good spirit in the team, a very strong camaraderie. The guys all look out for each other and that can make a lot of difference in big matches.

“For instance, we had eight reserves on Saturday. We always like to give everyone a run but with the game being called off 12 minutes early, we didn’t have the chance.

“But everyone took it very well. All the guys are focused on doing what’s best for the team.”

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News from Point HowardThe road and walkway improvements at the bottom of Howard Road are now complete. The Pt Howard Association has passed on a note of appreciation to HCC.

Residents will note that the Give Way sign at the top has been removed but the sign towards the bottom remains. It seems that there is now ample space for both uphill and downhill traffi c to travel over most of this section of the road but it is still tight at the bottom with vehicles entering from Marine Drive. If you are travelling downhill, please give way to uphill traffi c in this short lower section.

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SPORTHealthy start to winter footy season

by Steve McMorran

Eastbourne juniors footballers, perhaps made starry-eyed by seeing their heroes in action at the World Cup, are enjoying a season with few, if any cancellations so far and plenty of football for all.

First Kicks, the youngest of Eastbourne’s talented junior players, have started their season with about twenty young footballers enjoying the Beautiful Game in front of the Pavilion at Williams Park.

There were also grins all round as they received their very own green and white football from the Eastbourne Football Club.

Both 10th grade Eastbourne teams entered the annual Wynton Rufer tournament at Hutt Park with the travel league team in the A grade and the other Eastbourne team, the Magistas, in the B grade.

The Eastbourne Magistas had a fun day and were pleased with their position of sixth.

The travel league team also had a fabulous day with an excellent result of third overall, going unbeaten until a semifinal loss to Onslow.

Eastbourne beat Upper Hutt on a golden goal in the third-fourth playoff.

The travel league team, coached by Bob Medcalf, has also been doing very well in its Saturday league and is currently in an unofficial fourth place in the top league for 10th grade teams in the wider Wellington region.

The 11th and 12th grade teams have had reasonable results so far.

The 14th grade Eastbourne Mariners - combining players from Eastbourne, Petone and Stop Out - have had a few losses in matches against some very tough opposition in their grade.

Saturday saw a very close game against Upper Hutt.

Without two of their defenders due to injury the team worked hard all game.

by Steve McMorran

Macey Caughley of Muritai School won the three kilometre Year 7 girls’ race at the Hutt regional schools cross-country at Trentham earlier this month.

Caughley, who won the Year 6 race at the same event last year, has qualified to compete at the Wellington regional event at Waikanae on July 1.

The final result of a 2-2 draw probably reflected the hard battle on the field - although sitting on a one goal lead up until the last minute was very exciting for the Mariners supporters.

The first round of the JPL has now been completed and with the Mariners finishing in the bottom four and they will now play off for the Plate.

Their first game this weekend is at Bishop at 10.45am against PNS Western Suburbs Eagles.

To get into the spirit of the Fifa World Cup, Eastbourne hosted a breakfast on Sunday at the ESSC clubrooms to watch the England vs Italy match.

The 170 who came along enjoyed a yummy cooked breakfast supplied by Blue Carrot and a convivial environment to watch the game on two large screens.

The result did mean for a rather subdued audience at the end but all those there certainly seemed to have a good time.

Mia Treadwell-Burke of Muritai School also qualified for the regional event after finishing ninth in the Year 8 girls’ race, also over three kilometers.

Maya Hahn of Hutt Valley High School was third in the Year 9 girls’ race and was part of a team that finished third in the junior girls’ teams event.

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The Muritai Tennis Club is offering regular Sunday afternoon competition for senior members who want to keep their hand in over winter.

Muritai has no teams in Hutt Valley winter interclub leagues this year but has filled the void for competitive members by organising matches at 1.30pm each Sunday when the weather permits.

The Sunday sessions keep tennis going at the club throughout the winter months and allow senior players to be ready for the start of the season in September.

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Highs and lows for footballersby Steve McMorran

Goalscoring doesn’t seem to be a problem but consistency continues to elude Eastbourne’s senior soccer team as its season progresses in Capital division five.

If its results were graphed, they might look like the varied skyline of a major city, with some prominent high points but too many obvious lows.

A 7-0 loss to third-placed Victoria University Accies on May 17 was one such low but Eastbourne has managed to eradicate that sort of performance from its repertoire over the past month. In doing so, and in posting its second win of the season, it has lifted itself to eighth play on the championships table and remains in with a strong chance of climbing into the top half of the division.

Eastbourne followed its heavy defeat by University with an unlucky 4-3 home loss to sixth-placed Upper Hutt on May 24. It followed that with another competitive performance in a 4-2 loss to Naenae, then broke through for an important 1-0 win over last-placed Petone on June 7.

Eastbourne lost to Naenae, 7-3, in its most recent match: emphasising its goal-scoring ability while again showing some of the defensive frailty that has cost them throughout the season.

After eight rounds, Eastbourne has won two and lost six of its matches. More importantly it has scored 16 goals - a more than acceptable record at an average of two per game - but it has leaked 32 or four per game.

More solidity in defense might quickly

improve Eastbourne’s standing as they have shown themselves to be competitive against more highly-placed teams.

The Eastbourne masters are currently anchored to the bottom of the table in division two with a win, a draw and seven losses from nine games. But they showed extremely promising signs of improvement with a 3-0 win over Tawa in their most recent match.

That performance, their best of the season, followed a competitive 3-0 loss to Lower Hutt in their previous match, a 2-0 loss to Tawa and a solid 2-2 draw with Waterside-Karori.

The trend of those matches has been steadily upward and Eastbourne is in a good position to substantially improve its standing over the next few weeks. TAI CHI

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Rowing club's turnaround leads to top New Zealand ranking

by Steve McMorran

The complete realisation of the ambitious goals set down in a business plan prepared four years ago have resulted in the Petone Rowing Club being recognised for the first time as Rowing New Zealand's Club of the Year.

In 2010, the then committee of the Petone club, under its inspirational president Russell Baxter, set down goals for the next five years which must have seemed, at the time, to be at the very limit of what might be attainable.

The club then had fewer than ten active rowers and the business plan proposed that by 2015 it should have 64. It has already cracked that mark and is still growing, so much so that careful logistics and timetabling are needed to ensure all rowers get the access they need to equipment and facilities.

The club may even have to expand to additional premises to meet the needs of all members.

In 2010 the club had two coaches and planned to have 10 by 2015. Again, that goal has been achieved inside the five-year time limit.

The club wanted to develop a masters crew, has done so this season - one that achieved significant club bragging rights when it recently beat the club's junior section in an internal showdown.

The success of the club in meeting all of the goals of the 2010 document is a great cause for pride. But and even greater well of pride has come from the external recognition implicit in Rowing New Zealand's decision to recognise Petone as its Club of the Year.

The award will be officially presented to club president Caroline Robertson at the annual meeting of the Wellington Rowing Association on June 22. Petone also remains one of four finalists for the Club of the Year title in Sport Wellington's annual awards - a prize that will be presented next week.

Robertson was delighted when the news came through RNZ president Colin Shields that Petone had been honoured.

She believes Petone's "point of difference" was the manner in which it had brought to fruition the goals of the business plan laid down four years ago.

The current season has already been one of unprecedented success from a competitive points of view: in Robertson's opinion, the best in the club's history.

Petone has enjoyed outstanding results in local, regional and national competitions and has provided several rowers to national teams and development squads.

Ella Pudney and Beth Ross will leave shortly to spend three months at Lake Karapiro, training in preparation for the junior world championships at which they will represent New Zealand. The pair will attend school at Cambridge during that period, marking a major but welcome upheaval in their young lives.

Petone is carrying out fundraising activities to meet some of the financial obligations of its successful rowers.

The young New Zealand team members must pay $275 a week for food and accommodation during their stay at Karapiro and around $6,000 towards the cost of competing at the world regatta in Germany.

Highly talented young rower James McAnalen has also been chosen for the New Zealand under-21 team which will compete against Australia in Perth later this year.

Robertson said the award of the Club of the Year title to Petone was recognition of the hard work and dedication of many members this season and in the years since the business plan was developed.

There is a note of sadness that Russell Baxter, who passed away last year, will not be present to receive an award which would have been among his proudest achievements.


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