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The Johnsonville Community Association is calling on the Wel-lington City Council to sort out the lack of public parking in the central suburb.

“Public parking in Johnsonville has been badly eroded by road widening,” Community Association member Graeme Sawyer said.

Graeme pointed out how almost all of the parking in Johnsonville is privately owned by Stride who owns the mall, both Countdown supermarkets and the Warehouse.

“Some of us believe the Wellington City Council has been utterly negligent in allowing a massive parking shortage to develop in central Johnsonville.”

Johnsonville Community Association member Graeme Sawyer points out the parking issues on Frankmoore Avenue.

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He said the issue would only worsen with the pro-posal of medium density housing in the area.

“The Wellington City Council has started ignoring the rule in the district plan that specifi cally requires all residential developments to include at least one off-street car park per dwelling.

“WCC offi cers have ‘al-lowed’ these breeches of the rules in central Johnsonville on that basis that ‘the resi-dents will live close to the town centre and will not need cars’,” he said.

The associat ion was strongly promoting the idea of public / pr ivate partnership between the Wellington City Council, the Greater Wellington Re-gional Council and Stride.

Stride currently has the re-source consent to build a car parking facility that would provide 1200 more parking spaces in Johnsonville.

Deputy Mayor Just in Lester agreed something needed to be done about

Community Association calls on Council to sort out parking issues

parking in Johnsonville with incoming medium density housing developments.

“That’s one of the biggest issues around medium den-sity housing therefore I’ve always voiced my concerns around the impact of medium density housing on existing infrastructure.

“For the off street stuff it’s

a council consenting issue if new developments are being built and I want to see much stricter requirements,” he said.

Mr Lester said it would make sense for the council to work with Stride.

“It could be a great opportu-nity for Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council

to leverage off what they’re doing to get some more park-ing in Johnsonville.

“I’d love to see park and ride in that facility too.”

Do you think parking is an issue in Johnsonville? Let us know your thoughts by sending a letter to the editor to [email protected].

Johnsonville Community Association member Graeme Sawyer stands next to the lot where me-dium density housing dwellings will be developed. PHOTOS: Sharnahea Wilson

By Sharnahea Wilson

One Longview Rest Home resident has been going for walks most mornings since she moved into the home over a year ago, and last week a six year old girl decided this dedication was worthy of a present.

Enliven Longview resident Aletta Strijdon moved into the home on April 5, 2015 and has been going for morning walks six days a week ever since.

Each day Aletta walks up the hill which Longview is situated on and walks all the way around the block and back

up the hill.Last week the young Red-

wood Ave resident, Ferne Powell, said to her mother Sharlene, “mummy, I think that lady needs a present for all her hard work”.

Sharlene agreed with Ferne and they bought Aletta a box of chocolates and went to visit her at the home.

“I was quite surprised be-cause I like walking. It’s a pleasure and it is necessary because I need exercise.

“I am an independent soul,” Aletta said about receiving the chocolates.

The devoted 93-year-old said

she enjoys walking because she likes seeing all the differ-ent gardens around Tawa, and the fl owers that grow in them.

Aletta grew up in Namibia where it was hot and dry, so she rarely ever saw fl owers.

“It is a bad climate and they don’t spread so easily over there.”

Aletta migrated to New Zea-land in 2001 and decided to move to Longview from her fl at in Masterton last year.

About one month ago a new resident, who also liked walk-ing, moved into Longview.

“Now I have someone to walk with,” Aletta said.

Ferne Powell, 6, with Longview resident Aletta Strijdon.

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By Sharnahea Wilson

A local teacher has been pre-sented with his prizes on Friday after winning the Warehouse Stationary’s most inspirational teacher award.

Wadestown teacher Richard Smith was awarded with the Inspirational Teacher award dur-ing a school assembly on Friday.

Richard was overwhelmed by the support and appreciation he had received

“This is an amazing day,” he said to the assembly.

“It is very special to have someone say something like this about you, but nothing I do I do by myself – it’s a team effort,” he said.

The teacher was the overall winner, surpassing 5537 other nominations in the fi fth year of the inspirational teacher cam-paign.

The nomination written by a parent of one of Richard’s students, Maria Edwards, ex-plained why this teacher is one of the best.

“After having children in education for the past 18 years I knew Richard was not an ordinary teacher.

“For the past 18 months, he has given my daughter and every other child in his year seven and eight class the gift of a lifetime - the ability to believe in themselves and the skills to learn in the way that best suits them,” the nomination stated.

Warehouse Stationery’s busi-ness development manager Mata Te Pania said the competition has gone from “strength to strength” every year.

“It is something people really get behind.

“We all know how teachers go above and beyond the call of duty,” she said.

Husband of Richard’s nomina-tor, Ant Edwards explained why the couple wanted to give something back to Richard.

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Wadestown teacher Richard Smith receives his award for New Zealand’s most inspirational teacher.

New Zealand’s Most Inspirational Teacherto nominate him for the most inspirational teacher award,” he said.

Richard received a number of gifts including a $5000 travel card, a $200 gift card, a box of stationery and a Notebook.

Principal Sally Barrett thanked Richard for his contri-bution to the school.

“Today we are celebrating Mr Smith’s amazing achievement.

“Thank you for your contribu-tion through your energy, vital-ity, passion and commitment to children’s education,” she said.

Richard and his family will be heading over to Cambodia early next year to educate children and help those in need.

Youth awarded for community involvement By Sharnahea Wilson

The Johnsonville Youth Awards saw another successful year with 19 young students being awarded for their efforts over the past year.

Chair of the Youth Award Trustees, Chris Kirk-Burnnand, said the event held in John-sonville shopping centre, on October 22, was a great success and the Trust is looking to grow the event even further.

“Each year there are so many outstanding applicants that im-press the Trustees with their involvement in the wider com-munity.

“The Trust is focused on youth development and giving grants

to young people to help with education, sport and the arts,” Chris said.

One of last year’s awardees Richard Kay spoke on the night.

Richard captained the Under 19 men’s Underwater Hockey Team and went on to win a Gold medal for New Zealand.

Local winners this year includ-ed Francis Rankin of Newlands College for having received one of the highest awards a St Johns cadet leader can attain – be-ing selected to represent New Zealand for St Johns youth at international competitions.

Laila Smith of Onslow College was also awarded for her success in gymnastics and circus arts, as well as her “keen leadership

skills in helping others”. MP Peter Dunne was the

guest speaker on the night and presented this year’s awards.

Johnsonville Youth Grants has now granted over $565,000 to 325 young people since its establishment in 1987.

Core funding this year came from Autoshop Group which has donated over $260,000 in the last ten years.

For over 20 years the awards have been hosted at the John-sonville Rotary Club.

“The move to Johnsonville shopping centre is a step to-wards getting greater involve-ment from the North Wellington business community,” Chris said. Charlotte Hollywood receiving her award from MP Peter Dunne.

A Sri Lankan food fair will be held at the Johnsonville Community Centre on Saturday November 7 from 10am to 2pm. The local Sri Lankan dance academy is hosting the food fair in order to fundraise towards the cost of costumes for their dancers. On the day attendees can enjoy the taste of Sri Lankan rice and curry, string hoppers, kotthu, thosai, Sri Lankan savouries, sweets and drinks. Go along on the day to support the dance academy and enjoy some authentic Sri Lankan cuisine.

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By Sharnahea Wilson

After more than 20 years of being accessible eight hours per day, Monday to Friday, the Johnsonville Police station has reduced its opening hours.

As of Monday, May 2 the Johnsonville Police station will be open to the public for four hours each day, from 11am until 3pm.

The decision to reduce the sta-tion’s opening hours came after a review of police stations across the country was conducted.

“The review identifi ed a lot of the stations weren’t quite up to spec in terms of health and safety, and that was the case here,” Senior Sergeant Daniel Hughes said.

He said there had recently been a number of incidents at stations across the country, including a fi rearms discharge, which had been a danger to those working at the front desk.

“There will now be constabu-lary staff manning the desk for the four hours,” Mr Hughes explained.

He said the New Zealand police force was doing a lot to

upgrade security, and part of this was deciding where, and how best, to use resources.

“We will be open for four hours now rather than eight because it is not a good use of resources to having a sworn offi cer waiting behind a desk for people to come into the station.”

Mr Hughes said although members of the public could see this as the police reducing their services to the community, this would not be the case.

“Instead of spending eight hours behind a desk, with po-tentially six of those not doing anything, we will spend four hours at the station. We want to be out there preventing crime.”

The previous position of man-ning the desk was moved to the Wellington Central Police station as it is much busier than Johnsonville, Mr Hughes explained.

“We haven’t lost any staff, the position has just been moved to Wellington,” he said.

Mr Hughes stressed that there were other ways the public could get in touch with the police.

He said people could call 111

for emergencies, call the general enquiries on 3812000, or visit the police website if it is less urgent.

“We will also have an up-

graded phone system installed outside the front of the station so people can pick up the phone and speak to someone after hours.”

Senior Sergeant Daniel Hughes of the John-sonville Police station. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

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As of July the Mobil petrol station in Karori will offer postal, courier, bill payment and PO Box services on behalf of the New Zealand Post.

New Zealand Post announced in June 2014 it was seeking a local business to provide services on its behalf in Karori and following a lengthy search, an agreement was reached with the local Mobil service station.

New Zealand Post General Manager for Retail Distribu-tion, Tracey Berry, said Karori customers would be able to

continue to access all the postal services they do today - just down the road at Mobil Karori.

“We are pleased to announce the agreement with Mobil Ka-rori. Our franchise model, which is already up and run-ning in over 140 communities around the country, allows New Zealand Post to continue to provide services locally, while ensuring our business remains in good shape for the future,” he said,

Mobil Karori retail business agent John Duignan said the

services would be a welcome addition to the business.

“We are proud to be part of the Karori community and to be able to offer these New Zealand Post services to our customers.

“We’re also committed to ensuring people receive a high standard of service,” John said.

New Zealand Post’s Karori PO Boxes will be relocated to Mobil’s premises and the services will start on July 28.

Tracey said New Zealand Post would write to their PO Box customers ahead of the move

but there would be no change to PO Box numbers.

“Customers looking to access over-the-counter banking, as well as more complex banking services like opening an ac-count or applying for a home loan, can visit the New Zealand Post and Kiwibank stores in Lambton Quay, Manners Street or Featherston Street.”

The existing PostShop at 261 Karori will close at 5pm on Wednesday, July 27.

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Loud swearing is not often encouraged in libraries, but a group of children were allowed to let loose at Ngaio’s Cum-mings Park Library last week.

Half a dozen children and

their parents joined in a unique introduction to William Shake-speare’s work.

Rather than watching one of his plays or reading his son-nets, the children took a crash course on how to swear like Shakespeare by using words like “urchin-snouted”.

Samuel Lewers, 7, practices using a quill. PHOTO: Eleanor Wenman

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because of the age of the chil-dren,” librarian Eloisa Ascoli said.

She said the dense language he used could be hard to un-derstand but doing it this way was “a good introduction to Shakespeare”.

As part of the library’s school holiday programme, the chil-dren got a brief introduction to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and to the history of Shake-speare’s life, before learning how to call each other names using Shakespeare’s words.

Librarian Christine Bucklar explained the importance of beginning each insult with “thou art” or “thou”.

Then the children picked three pieces of paper, each one containing a rude word from a Shakespearean play, and combined them to make a

mean-sounding name.Christine encouraged the

children not to be afraid and really get behind the words.

“You’ve got to be theatrical, this is Shakespeare!” she said.

One that came up was “dog-hearted, tottering clodpole” which in modern English would mean a cruel idiot who couldn’t walk straight.

The children also practiced their penmanship with quills and wrote out their name crea-tions.

Hemani Parmar, 7, was de-lighted with her newly-learned skill and was particularly proud of her insult “pox-marked, warped fl ax-wench”.

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Jersey-Rose Perrot-Lealaman-ua, 7, was equally enthusiastic.

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By Sharnahea Wilson

For the fi rst time ever, a Wel-lington school had the opportunity to host an education summit run by Google training partner Ed-TechTeam.

Amesbury School in Churton Park hosted about 250 teachers and eight EdTechTeam members at an education summit over three days from April 26-28.

At the summit teachers learned about technology and programmes they could use in the classroom with the help of EdTechTeam.

EdTechTeam regional director for Australia and New Zealand Kimberley Hall said the team teaches educators about Google Apps for Education and why they make classroom life more exciting.

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replicates Microsoft Offi ce but it is Cloud based so teachers can access anything from anywhere that has the internet,” Kimberley explained.

She said one major reason teach-ers love Google Apps is that they provide a very collaborative form of learning.

“When teachers use Google Docs they can have all the kids working on the same document at the same time – it challenges the way kids work together.”

Over the three day summit Kimberley and the rest of the team talked educators through online tools they could use in the classroom, starting with a keynote presentation at the beginning of each day.

“Teachers get encouragement out of being able to connect with others – they are brilliant at shar-

ing with one another.”The summits are run worldwide,

including one in Auckland and one in Christchurch, but this was the first summit to be held in Wellington.

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By Sharnahea Wilson After spending 72 years living in

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Henry Brittain was born in Island Bay but moved to Karori with his family at the age of four, and until last Friday, he had lived there ever since.

Henry’s family roots in Karori extend back to having an aunty who farmed there in the 1880s.

Having grown up on Gipps Street, Henry attended Karori Main School which is now Karori Normal School.

He recalled playing with his friends at the Wrights Hill For-tress in the 1950s where they would run away from the farmer on his horse next door and explore the tunnels with torches.

“The guns were still there then and we used to sit on them. You could turn them around and everything. It was a great place to play.”

Henry then attended Wellington Boys College, which his grandson now goes to.

“He is the fi fth generation of our family to attend Wellington Boys and is the fi rst fi fth generation student ever.”

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local police station and is now a trustee of the Karori Events Centre and secretary of the Karori Historical Society.

Henry still has many fam-ily members living in Karori including two children and three grandchildren.

He has always been fascinated by trams – he recalled how Karori got rid of the trams in 1954.

Henry is now Vice President of the Tramway Museum in Queen Elizabeth Park, Paekakariki.

Lorraine, who worked as a nurse in the Karori community, just re-cently retired so the pair decided to move out to Waikanae, Kapiti.

Due to his heavy involvement in the community and his family ties there, Henry and his wife will continue to travel back and forth between Waikanae and Karori.

“I was happy there,” Henry said.

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Past Karori resident Henry Brittain sits where the Karori Events Centre will go. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

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The concept of cranzac biscuits started off with a father and his children, a grandmother’s biscuit recipe, and an innovative idea.

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“I got a phone call from Steve out of the blue – he had made the biscuits at home,” New World Thorndon store manager Reese Drake said.

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Reece said at the end of the day it is all for a good cause.

“People just get behind it, that’s Wellington for you,” he said.

President of Wellington RSA Ron Turner (left), Reese Drake from Thorndon New World, and The Breeze Wellington morning show hosts Kath Bier and morning host for The Breeze Wellington Steve Joll.

Wellingtonians crazy for Cranzacs

Britain’s greatest living pianist, a fast-rising conducting star and the New Zealand Sympho-ny Orchestra will join forces to present a titan of classical music in May. Virtuoso Stephen Hough, declared one of the 25 greatest pianists of all time, will perform Johannes Brahms’ mighty Piano Concerto No. 2 with the NZSO under meteoric

guest conductor, Gustavo Gi-meno. The massive 45-minute concerto is a monument of the repertoire, showcasing Brahms at the height of his powers.

The Wellington concert will take place at Michael Fowler Centre on Friday, May 13 at 6.30pm. For tickets visit tick-etek.co.nz

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By Sharnahea Wilson

Seeds were planted and dirt was a-plenty at during recent gardening holiday session at the Newlands Community Centre.

For the second year run-ning the Woodridge Plant-ers group contributed to the Newlands Community Centre holiday activities.

The planters ran a gar-dening session for pri-mary school children, with some keen young kindergarteners joining in the fun too.

The budding gardeners learned how to sow seeds,

prick out seedlings from trays and then pot them.

Each child took home an ice-cream container sown with a salad mixture, a punnet with the seeds of the rengarenga (a native lily) and even two akeake trees which they had re-potted themselves.

Woodridge Planters’ Michele Rowe from, with help from Peter Gilberd, set up the gardening ses-sion and said the children loved gardening.

“[They] concentrate like mad and do it extremely well,” she said.

Michele said the chil-

dren were not daunted by the small size of the seeds but rather they happily placed each seed one by one in the right spot.

Peter said it was great to see some familiar faces at the holiday programme.

"It is good to see people returning from last year, and to hear that the plants they had taken home then are thriving, and still a source of pride.”

Pippa Cubey from the Newlands Community Centre said she would like to see the programme con-tinue as a regular event.

"It is great fun," she said.

Keen young gardeners sow seeds

Young gardeners Audrey Lim, 8, Chloe Kim, 4 and Claire Xu, 5, proudly display the akeake plants they potted.

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Question: What do you think about the new mural in Karori?

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

Henry Brittain, Karori

I haven’t quite adjusted to it, you can’t quite see the words on it when you drive past but I think it is something that will grow on us.

Gill Davenport,Karori

I think it is too pale from the road, it is not until you are walking past that you get to see the intricate details.

Christoph Zintl, Karori It’s awesome, there aren’t many spaces for arty things like this so I think its sensational – there should be more.

Stella Carruthers, Karori

It is beautiful – it’s colourful, diverse and the fact that they used a local artist as inspiration is really important.

Margaret Taylor, Karori

I love it – the bird theme � ts right in with the sanctuary perfectly, it supported local artists and kids were involved.

Pip Tait,Karori

I love it, I was really surprised about how good it turned out – it’s just spectacular.

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� e Independent Herald, in conjunc-tion with the Johnsonville Shopping Centre will be running a new 'Local Hero' feature. In our up-coming is-sues we would like to celebrate those people in the community who might not be getting the recognition they deserve for the inspiring deeds they do.Each month we will choose one Lo-cal Hero from the local communi-ty who has done a good deed (sorry no volunteer groups as we want to recognise independent individuals). This can be anything from someone

raising money for a sick child, to someone dedicating their time to helping people in need. The feature will give people the chance to thank those people in the community whose good deeds might go unrecognised. Each Local Hero will be interviewed for a story with a photo and will receive a voucher for the Johnsonville Shopping Centre.

If you would like to nominate some-one who � ts the bill, contact Sharnahea Wilson at [email protected] or on 5871660.

The Independent Herald news-paper is looking for the longest dwelling residents in each suburb our paper covers. If you or someone you know has been living in the same suburb in the Northern or Western areas of Wellington for

many years and has a great story to tell us about how that particular suburb has changed over that time, we would love to hear from you. Send an email to [email protected] and tell us all about your life in the Independent Herald catchment area.

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“Wild animals” will be roaming around Wellington on a safari throughout the city’s suburbs and will make their way around iconic sites such as the Cable Car.

The race to explore Wellington, as part of Orienteering Hutt Valley’s annual Metlink City Safari, will include over 700 participants.

Contestants will be making their way around the city, by foot and with the use of all forms of public transport, as part of Wellington’s biggest navigation event.

Metlink City Safari manager Kelvin Thiele said this year’s event would have a wild animal theme to acknowledge the new starting location at Wellington Zoo.

“Teams will start the Safari ex-

ploring the Zoo and locating and identifying images of wild animals. They’ll then set off to explore the rest of the city, tracking down tigers in Miramar, meerkats in Petone and baboons in Kenepuru.”

Each participant will be given a map book, which will tell them where the wild animal images are, and a day pass.

The teams will then race to visit and identify as many of the wild animals as possible in the three or six hour time limit.

The day pass can be used for all forms of public transport and teams can take the train to Petone, the cable car to Kelburn, the bus to Island Bay, or the ferry to Day's Bay.

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Council and all of Wellington's public transport operators will support the event, regarding it as a great opportunity for people to experience Wellington's public transport.

“Everyone is participating for the same length of time. This means it attracts a wide range of participants from families to serious athletes. Last year’s winner has gone on to win the recent Godzone Adventure Race,” Kelvin said.

Categories include open, schools, young family, vets and older fami-lies.

To get more details and register for the Metlink City Safari, go to www.citysafari.org.nz

‘Animals’ go on suburb safari

Every day at The Salvation Army, the staff members see the despera-tion and emotional strain endured by many local and national peo-ple. Last year, over 300 families the Salvation Army had never worked with before came through their doors every week - distraught and seeking assistance. When Kiwis fall into desperate need, your donation will help them get back on their feet. To help out you can donate by calling 0800 53 00 00 or going to www.redshield.org.nz.

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The Wellington City Coun-cil run libraries will step into the future with a brand new, modernised issuing system.

A new Radio Frequency Identifi cation (RFID) self-service book issuing system will soon be installed across all Wellington City Council libraries.

Customers from all 12 branches will be able to self-issue up to fi ve books in one scan.

The Central Library will go live with the new system at the end of May.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown was impressed with the RFID machines and said they would be quicker and would make using the library a more simple ex-ercise.

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A signifi cant expansion of Wellington City Council’s ‘seriously oversubscribed’ arts fund was proposed at a recent meeting of the council’s economic growth and arts committee.

The committee agreed to allocate about $400,000 in funding to 26 organisations and events, including the Katherine Mansfi eld Birth-place Society and the New Zealand Portrait Gallery.

A further $69,000 was allocated to an extra 20 organisations and initia-tives for one-off projects.

The majority of com-mittee members agreed

an increase in the arts and culture fund should be considered as part of the 2016-17 Annual Plan deliberations.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown said all the organisations that applied to the council made “huge-ly important” contributions to Wellington’s ‘creative capital’ status.

“These groups not only make the city compellingly attractive to Wellingtoni-ans but they also enhance the capital’s reputation both nationally and inter-nationally.”

Committee Chair and

Onslow-Western Ward Councillor Jo Coughlan said all the organisations that have secured three-year funding arrangements make contributions which provide opportunities for the city’s arts communities.

“These organisations are critical to Wellington. They are considered a fea-ture of Wellington’s unique sense of place.”

Mrs Coughlan said it was a real priority for the Wellington City Council to put more focus on the arts funding and to strengthen the city’s creative capital status.

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Councillor Sarah Free, Council’s community facili-ties portfolio leader, said the upgrade would offer users the best of modern technol-ogy.

“I'm pleased to say there will be no staff reductions as a result of this upgrade.”

She said the librarians at each branch were incredibly knowledgeable and the tech-nology meant they would be able to focus on helping peo-ple fi nd specialised resources or use library services.

While the installation is underway, city libraries will offer free replacement li-brary cards to use with the new machines.

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Director, Daniel Joll says, “This is a must-see event for those of us wanting to enhance our homes and improve our lives. Wellingtonians can look forward to a show packed with inspi-ration, innovation and expert advice. There will be a good range of heating options, plus a huge variety of beds and bedding. Kitchens, bathrooms, plants and garden equipment, furniture, home décor, flooring and solar solutions will be on display, as well as fuel-effi cient cars, health products, bee keeping, electric bikes – and everything in between. There really will be something for everyone.”

One lucky show visitor will win “The Newstalk ZB Healthy You”, a fantastic home and lifestyle package worth $13,000. This comprises a Fujitsu e3 high wall heat pump and installation valued at $3,500 from Frost Industries; a Slumberzone Pandora queen-size mattress and base valued at $3,699 from House of Beds; $3,000 worth of paint, wallpaper and/or curtains from Resene; plus home insulation from Insulmax to the value of $3,000. To enter, visitors only need supply their contact details on arrival. The winner will be drawn when the show closes on Sunday evening and will be announced on Newstalk ZB the following day.

Winter is all about keeping the home warm and dry, so there will be a great selection of heating and insulation, along with more indulgent ways to keep warm. Saunas will be on offer, and for the first time at the show, Stoked Stainless Ltd will be featuring its stylish, wood-fi red Hot tubs, electric spas and bath tubs. Each is handmade in New Zealand, using stainless steel and cedar - all will have an average of $300 discounted off it during the show.

Just a few of the other stand-out show

specials can be found at the Kitchen Studio site, where they will be giving a maximum $5,000 giveaway with every kitchen booked at the show (conditions apply). The bulgari gold display kitchen, which will feature an alpine white benchtop, an island, corner pantry and double Smeg oven, will also be on sale for a super-special price.

The team at the Gas Hub will be off ering a free connection to natural gas if homes are within 40 metres of the gas main in the street, saving homeowners around $2,000. Meanwhile Mitre 10 will be taking 30% off the purchase price of Pink Batts and Green Stuff roof and underfl oor insulation (both installed by Pink Fit). They will also be throw-ing in a free fl ue with every wood-burning fi re bought at the show.

In addition to a whole host of other show-only specials, the ‘Informed Living’ seminar series will provide hot tips and expert advice from industry professionals. The free daily talks will cover bathroom and kitchen design, renovating, maximising outdoor spaces, choosing colour and maintaining a healthy back.

The show runs for three days, with the Sunday being Mother’s Day, so why not treat mum to a day fi lled with inspiration for the home and her wellbeing? In keeping with the occasion, the Wellington Floral Art Society’s ‘Designer of the Year’ competition is themed ‘To Mother With Love’. The popular show feature attracts entries from the region’s top fl oral designers and is always a crowd pleaser.

Tomorrow’s Ideas, Today, at the Better Home & Living Show

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By Sharnahea Wilson

Following the original article in the Independent Herald, in 1991 Melissa Armstrong attended the National Theatre Ballet School in Melbourne.

“At the time the school was directed by Ann Jenner who trained me one-on-one to return to Wellington to take part in the AHA awards, where I made the top 11. At the end of the year I was awarded a scholarship and an award for excellence,” Melissa explained.

At the end of that year the keen dancer auditioned for the Australian Ballet School and was accepted. She then spent three years at the school be-ing taught by Australia’s best teachers.

“At the end I was lucky enough to guest with the Australian Ballet in their production of La Fille mal Gardee,” Melissa said.

“Sadly, at the end of my train-ing I received a bad injury. I took a year off back in Wel-lington to recover, but never returned to ballet.”

After Melissa’s ballet career ended she moved to Sydney to study Information Technology at university.

“During this time I was work-ing full time for some large

corporations, but the theatre was still in the back of my mind.”

In her late 20s Melissa at-tended the Sydney Theatre School, got a Diploma in Per-formance and has since worked in fi lm, television and theatre.“My love for [the theatre] is hard to explain. It’s some-times terrifying – auditions are horrendous – but when I’m performing, whether it be dance or acting, I feel nothing but joy.”

Melissa has performed in several independent plays in Sydney as well as television commercials, shows such as Home and Away and Love Child, and a couple of Ameri-can crime shows.

“My acting career has slowed down [over] the past few years after having my son (now two and a half) and I now have an-other on the way (due in July),” Melissa explained.

She said acting takes 100 per cent commitment, which is something she now gives to her family.

“Currently when I’m not car-ing for my son I am working as an illustrator/designer, rep-resented by a London and New York based art agent, with my art being used for products and fabric all over the globe.”

A life time love of the theatre

In this months Flashback segment we will delve into the archives of the Independent Herald and revisit some old issues to see what has changed between then and now. In this months Flashback, we go back to page 3, February 8, 1990.

The Onslow Enviro Group welcomed members of the local community to help with a planting and weeding John-sonville Community Garden working bee on June 5 from

10.35am to 12pm. The native trees they will be planting will help to provide a wind break for the community garden that is being established on Table Mountain at Onslow College

(adjacent to Bannister Ave).

To RSVP to the working bee visit https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/event/johnsonville-com-munity-garden-working-bee.

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family-like atmosphere. “The staff here treat the residents as if they were our own relations – we’re like one big family.” As the head of activities, div-isional therapist Dee Wilkinson, ensured the residents are al-ways happy and entertained with activities running eight hours a day, six days a week. “We have a lot of themed nights where we decorate the home, residents dress up and family members come along.”Johnsonvale Home hosts themed nights on special occa-sions including Easter, Valen-

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basis and caters for all residents nutritional needs.The Home provides Rest Home beds as well as Hospital beds for residents who may need ex-tra care and a Registered Nurse is on-hand 24 hours a day. She said there are day care and respite care options for people who may need to go away for a week and want to rest easy knowing their loved ones will be well cared for. Brenda encouraged people who are looking for a nice home for their family members to come to Johnsonvale and have a personal tour.

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will be singing a repertoire of French and English music at their upcoming concert in Wadestown.

Wadestown choir director Ma-rie Brown MNZM will be leading Voix de Femmes in their concert at St Lukes Anglican Church.

Wellington’s chamber choir for women was formed with the support of the Alliance Française Wellington – a French language school.

The choir’s broad repertoire specialises in choral works by both French and New Zealand composers, and they sing in a variety of musical styles.

“My purpose is to focus on New Zealand and French music so it is quite specialised,” Marie said.

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two countries.”The singers have been putting

on three concerts per year for the last four years and have sung regularly at French Embassy and Alliance Francaise celebrations.

“Last year’s theme was ‘post cards’ which was based on World War I. It was a wonderful explora-tion of music,” Marie said.

She said a highlight of the programme for the fi rst concert of 2016 would be Les Sirenes by famous French pianist Lili Boulanger.

The piece was fi rst performed in one of Lili’s élite salon concerts in 1912.

The sirens, described as mythi-cal seductive sea creatures, had the power with their beautiful voices to lure sailors to destruc-tion on the rocks.

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has a sea theme which ties the programme together nicely.”

Marie, who was honoured last year for her services to choral music, will be joined by pianist Janey Mackenzie and soprano soloist Alicia Cadwgan.

There will also be a French poetry reading during the concert which Marie said is a regular component of the choir’s con-certs.

Tickets for the concert on May 19 cost $20 and are available from the choir or at the door.

Voix de Femmes will also be singing a selection of the programme in a one-hour free concert in the Marae at Te Papa on Sunday, May 8 at 3pm.

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Two women from the northern suburbs have choreographed dance pieces and will be performing in the upcoming Crows Feet Dance Collective work ‘Hakari - Dinner Party’.

Crows Feet Dance Collective will take Judy Chicago’s famous 1970s art installation Dinner Party as inspiration for its latest show.

The collective is for women aged 35 plus who wish to dance and perform.

Co-directed by Jan Bolwell and ex-director of Toi Whakaari, An-nie Ruth, the performance is set to be an exhilarating combination of dance, language, visual imagery and music.

“Judy Chicago, in her art mak-ing, celebrated famous women almost entirely within the Western tradition. We wanted to focus on famous women from our part of

the world, Asia and the Pacifi c,” Jan said.

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Khandallah Ballet Academy teacher Carolyn McKeefry and dance exercise teacher Tania Kopytko have been members of the dance collective for 10 years.

The pair contributed their teach-ing, choreographic and perfor-mance skills to the group.

Four Crows Feet groups will combine for this major production.

Carolyn’s group will present a contemporary Indian style dance inspired by Indira Ghandi and Indian dance styles.

Tania’s group on the other hand will present two dance pieces that will celebrate the tennis champion Evonne Goolagong.

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Three performances will take place at Whitireia Performance Centre in Te Aro, from May 27-29. To book tickets visit www.thethe-atre.co.nz

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State Highway 1 to close

Continued from page 1Twenty years ago Fiona, from

Fiona Haines Dance Academy, put together a show based on the classic fairy tale Pinocchio, and this year’s show is set to be better than ever.

“We are doing a rehash of the very fi rst show I put on, but we are also including ‘To the Circus’ which we have never done before.

“We have strong men, tight-rope walkers, lion tamers and more, and it will be a very full and entertaining show for all ages,” Fiona said.

Students aged three to 18 years from both Karori and Brooklyn Studios are busy preparing for the up-coming production.

Senior students not only get to show off their dance skills but also have to learn how to act and tell a story with body language and mime, Fiona said.

“I am very lucky to have my mother, Katie Haines, on board as she was not only a ballet dancer and teacher but was also a drama and mime tutor so the girls are lucky to have her expertise during rehearsals,” she said.

Fiona said she has had great pleasure in teaching over the past 20 years and has had some

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Motorists can expect more closures along State Highway 1 next weekend.

T he h ighway be t we en Ngauranga and Thorndon was closed last weekend and will close once again on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 of November.

The closures will begin at 10pm and the motorway will re-open at 7am on Sunday morning and 5.30am on Mon-day morning. All lanes in both directions will be closed.

Despite the closure, Wel-lington Highway Manager, Neil

Walker said detours would be in place and everyone would be able to get where they wanted to go at all times.

However, he said people should allow more time for their journeys during these times.

“We’re doing everything we can to minimise disruption, which is why we’re doing it in the middle of the night during the weekend.”

He said the last motorway closures took place in August, and went like clockwork.

State Highway 1 to close

Continued from page 1Twenty years ago Fiona, from

Fiona Haines Dance Academy, put together a show based on the classic fairy tale Pinocchio, and this year’s show is set to be better than ever.

“We are doing a rehash of the very fi rst show I put on, but we are also including ‘To the Circus’ which we have never done before.

“We have strong men, tight-rope walkers, lion tamers and more, and it will be a very full and entertaining show for all ages,” Fiona said.

Students aged three to 18 years from both Karori and Brooklyn Studios are busy preparing for the up-coming production.

Senior students not only get to show off their dance skills but also have to learn how to act and tell a story with body language and mime, Fiona said.

“I am very lucky to have my mother, Katie Haines, on board as she was not only a ballet dancer and teacher but was also a drama and mime tutor so the girls are lucky to have her expertise during rehearsals,” she said.

Fiona said she has had great pleasure in teaching over the past 20 years and has had some

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wonderful students.“You form quite a bond with

them when you see them three to four times a week over ten or so years.

“I love it when past students pop in to say hello and fi ll me in on what they are now doing.”

Fiona said her dancers learn many skills throughout their time at the dance academy that are benefi cial in all walks

of life. “Along with the obvious

posture, confi dence and enjoy-ment, comes the skills you get from overcoming nerves from going on stage and sitting exams - dedication, discipline, reliability, time management, punctuality and giving every-thing your all and your best, she said.”

Fiona said this all the hard

work pays off when the danc-ers get to perform in their end of year production.

“Every year we put on a large production which is the highlight for all students.”

‘Pinocchio’ and ‘To the Cir-cus’ will be performed on Sun-day, November 29 at 12pm, 3pm and 6pm in the Memorial Theatre in Kelburn.

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55. Of sight. (5)56. Soaked in blood. (7)57. Cooped up. (5)58. Act of formally withdrawing from the church. (9)59. Loathes. (9)

DOWN 1. Most favourable. (7) 2. Ant. (5) 3. Twists. (6) 4. Splendour. (5) 5. Covering for horse’s head, ...-sheet. (4) 6. Artist’s paint board. (7) 7. Girls name (6) 8. Of the nerves. (12) 9. Sapid. (5)10. Professional writer. (11)15. Ailing. (3)16. Mine entrance. (4)19. Husband-to-be. (6)21. Use. (7)23. Friendly. (6)25. Rich. (7)26. Consequences. (5-7)27. Right of access. (6)28. Well-doers. (11)30. Outfit. (3)31. Cafe. (6)40. Prepare for publication. (4)

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

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

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

(abbr) (3)33. Sphere (3)38. U.S. horse race; ... Derby (8)40. Restrained (8)42. Casual (7)44. Annual calendar (7)46. Scoffs (6)47. Manservant (6)48. Form of expression (5)49. Water vapour (5)50. Gambol (5)


SOLUTIONFor April 9, 2003


SOLUTIONFor July 28, 2004

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

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

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

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55. Of sight. (5)56. Soaked in blood. (7)57. Cooped up. (5)58. Act of formally withdrawing from the church. (9)59. Loathes. (9)

DOWN 1. Most favourable. (7) 2. Ant. (5) 3. Twists. (6) 4. Splendour. (5) 5. Covering for horse’s head, ...-sheet. (4) 6. Artist’s paint board. (7) 7. Girls name (6) 8. Of the nerves. (12) 9. Sapid. (5)10. Professional writer. (11)15. Ailing. (3)16. Mine entrance. (4)19. Husband-to-be. (6)21. Use. (7)23. Friendly. (6)25. Rich. (7)26. Consequences. (5-7)27. Right of access. (6)28. Well-doers. (11)30. Outfit. (3)31. Cafe. (6)40. Prepare for publication. (4)

43. Rubbish container. (7)44. Snow runner. (3)45. Ornamental screen behind altar (7)46. Star sign. (6)48. Early cavalry soldier. (6)50. Garret. (5)52. Furnish. (5)53. Dusk, ...fall. (5)54. Real name Ella Geisman, actress ... Allyson. (4)

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In Johnsonville an attempt was made to enter a house in Bould Street by jemmying a rear window. The owner arrived home in time to prevent entry and the offender ran off. In Moorefi eld Road a rear window of a house was forced open but no entry gained. A pot plant was stolen from the window sill. A house in Burgess Road was entered, means not known, and a large quantity of household and kitchen items were stolen including a fridge, washing machine and television. A Yamaha scooter parked in the Countdown carpark was stolen.

In Newlands a Toyota Hilux Utility parked on the front lawn of a house in Link Road had two of its tyres slashed and defl ated. The garage of a house in Chel-tenham Terrace was entered and a black Mitsubishi Lancer was stolen. Padlocks on the door had been cut off. The vehicle was on stands and under repair with all wheels removed. A quantity of mechanic’s tools were also stolen.

In Khandallah a vehicle parked on the roadside in Benares Street had its left side wing mirror broken off.

In Grenada Village a jemmied window allowed access to a house under construc-tion in Grenada Drive. A new cook top and some builder’s tools were stolen. Another house under construction in Gre-nada Drive was entered via a forced rear aluminium window and some plasterers tools were stolen. In Trelawny Terrace glass was smashed in a ranch slider door at the side of a house under construction but no entry was gained.

EYE ON CRIME

2016 TRIENNIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTIONS

Nominations are invited for the election of three (3) parent representatives to the St Teresa’s Board of Trustees for a three (3) year term.

A nomination form and a more detailed version of this notice will be posted to all eligible voters. Additional nomination forms can be obtained from the school office.

Nominations close at noon on Friday, 20 May 2016 and may be accompanied by a candidate’s statement.

There will be a list of candidates’ names, as they come to hand, for inspection at the school. The voting roll is also open for inspection at the school and can be viewed during normal school hours. The roll will close on 18 May 2016.

If there are more nominations than vacancies for parent representatives, eligible voters will be posted a voting paper and candidates’ statements (where provided) on or before Wednesday, 25 May 2016.

The poll closes at 12 noon Friday, 3 June 2016.

The highest polling candidates will be elected to the board of trustees. The results will be made available at the school and also published in a local newspaper.

Jenny GraingerReturning OfficerSt Teresa’s School (3024)299 Karori Road, Wellington

299 Karori Road, Karori, Wellington

A local university student has become the fi rst New Zealander to be accepted into the prestigious JM Jazz World Orchestra.

Saxophonist Louisa Williamson of Victoria University is in her second year of a Bachelor of Mu-sic majoring in Jazz performance.

The JM Jazz World Orchestra has been running since 2012 and brings together young jazz musi-cians from around the world to

tour the international jazz circuit.The Orchestra is also directed

by many international musicians as it tours the world.

Louisa began studying earlier that most other university stu-dents, leaving high school in Taupo after completing sixth form to study music in Wel-lington.

“I have a passion for jazz be-cause it combines freedom and

discipline at the same time. It’s a really rewarding genre if you put in the hard work.”

Louisa was selected from over 120 applicants for the Orchestra, and said her time at Victoria Uni-versity had been important to her success because of the ongoing support her tutors provided.

“They put a lot of pressure on – in a good way. They encourage me to practise and work hard. I’ve

defi nitely spent a lot of hours at school practising.”

Louisa will perform as tenor saxophone under the orchestra’s artistic director Luis Bonilla who is an acclaimed trombonist, composer and arranger.

Louisa will meet the orchestra in Germany in June, and will tour Europe in July before returning to Victoria to complete her studies.

International orchestra – and all that Jazz

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FACT OF THE DAYEach month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada.

23Wednesday May 4, 2016SPORT

By Sharnahea Wilson

One generous trust has given a game-changing $139,000 toward the new Alex Moore Park development in Johnsonville.

The development of the detailed plans, for a community and sports complex on Alex Moore Park, will soon be underway thanks to this significant contribution from the Johnsonville Charitable Trust.

The complex was designed to improve community support and services as well as sporting facilities for the local area.

Chairman of the Alex Moore Park Board Hadyn Smith was overwhelmed by the generosity of the grant from the charitable trust.

“There are defi ning moments in every project and this is one of them. Without plans we couldn’t take that next step and receiving this grant from [the] Johnson-ville Charitable Trust is the start of the road towards the start of construction in

2017,” he said.The 2100 square metre facility will

incorporate a hall-meets-gymnasium, meeting rooms and function areas.

It will also be confi gured to cater for a large variety of sporting, recreation and community uses.

Johnsonville Charitable Trust Chair Tracy Hurst-Porter presented the cheque to Haydn. She said the trust was pleased to back key community projects such as the Alex Moore Park development.

“The Trustees of Johnsonville Chari-table Trust have a proud history of funding essential community facilities in the local area and has committed over $350,000 to local initiatives.

“We look forward to the completion of this much needed community facility at Alex Moore Park," she said.

The Alex Moore Park Board will be focused on finalising plans over the winter months with input from key partners, the community and the Wel-lington City Council.

Generous grant for community facility

Cheque presentation (from left) Chairman of the Alex Moore Park Build Hadyn Smith and from Johnsonville Charitable Trust, Jim Candiliotis, Tracy Hurst–Porter (Chair) and David Evans.

By Sharnahea Wilson

The new Marsden Collegiate Col-lege rowing coach had to make a big transition in a very short amount of time.

When she was rowing profession-ally in the UK, now Marsden coach Rachel Gamble-Flint suffered from an injury which cut her sporting career short.

“It was a very sudden finish,” Rachel said.

The keen sportswoman wanted to stay involved in rowing in some form so she decided to become a rowing coach.

After coaching in Australia at Mel-bourne Girls Grammar, Rachel went to Karori in July last year to work as the coach for the under 17s, under 16s and a few under 15s rowing girls.

“It was a tough transition. I had a huge change in routine and life style in general,” Rachel said.

When she was rowing profession-ally, Rachel would train three times per day, six days a week.

“Coaching has been a good way of staying involved in rowing – it has really ignited my enthusiasm and

passion for sport.”Rachel said the Marsden girls

were incredibly hard working and enthusiastic throughout the season.

“They had to do a lot of technical work. Training was very intense because we trained four mornings a week.”

She said a highlight from the season was making four A fi nals and one B fi nal in the North Island Secondary Schools rowing competition.

“We were up there in the mix,” she said.

The fi rst thing that caught Rachel off guard was how windy Wellington could get.

She said she was used to rowing on lakes so transitioning to rowing out on the sea where there is much more water traffi c was a whole new experience.

“The girls really wanted results so they stepped up to the challenge.”

Rachel and the girls will start back with training toward the end of July this year.

“Hopefully this year set a good foundation for next season. We need to keep building on the progress we have made so far.”Marsden Rowing Coaches Rachel Gamble-Flint and Tom Mann.

From professional rower to proud coach

Dress for Success invited Wel-lingtonians to take part in their annual Power Walk in support of Wellington women getting into work.

The walk will be fi ve kilome-tres along Wellington’s water-front on Saturday, May 14.

Quality spot prizes and raffl es will be up for grabs including a

night for two at Rydges Hotel, a three month membership to Les Mills, a lifestyle pack from Jeff Gray BMW and a subscription to Capital magazine.

“Often changing your life is about putting one foot in front of the other and taking the fi rst step. Signing up for our Power Walk is a good way to

show support for women who want to do this,” Dress for Suc-cess Wellington President Jane Fanselow-Price said.

The power walk is now in its fourth year and prides itself on being a fun, family-focused activity that people of all abili-ties can enjoy.

“Funds raised make a real

difference to the lives of Wel-lington women on their journey to economic independence. We help them to be well presented and confi dent, as well as with interview and career skills,” Jane said.

Registration starts in Frank Kitts Park from 9am with the walk starting at 10am. Entry is

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