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By Laura KavanaghA Johnsonville family are

furious with the Wellington City Council after a recent decision was made to grant consent for a medium density housing development on Mid-dleton Road.

Sisters Inga, Amanda, Lin-da, Valda and Louise have fought to prevent a 16 unit housing development from being built right next to their mother Jean Abolins’s home, but the recent decision has left the family feeling cheated.

Wellington City Council proposed to target higher den-sity development in its district

plan in 2010 along a ‘growth spine’ that included Johnson-ville, the central city, Adelaide Road, and Newtown.

The changes would allow suburban centres, around main shopping areas and public transport hubs, to be developed with higher-density housing to cope with Wel-lington’s projected population growth.

Under District Plan Change 72, the Council had proposed a zone that would allow medium-density residential development close to the John-sonville town centre.

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Pictured: Inga Abolins-Thompson in front of 8-10 Middleton Road, where earthworks have already started developments.

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A Wellington College stu-dent will be one of many inter-national students attending the 2014 Wellington International Student Welcome at Te Papa on Thursday.

Karori based Henry Shin will be mixing with 400 other international students at the event hosted by Grow Wel-lington and the Wellington City Council.

Originally from South Ko-rea, Henry came to Wellington in 2009 and has settled in well at Wellington College.

The Wellington College pre-fect is very active in the school community, as well as outside the school within community youth groups.

Henry says the event will be a great opportunity to mix with other international students.

“It will be a good chance to meet people, and maybe some-one from your own country.”

He says studying in Welling-ton is easy because everyone is so friendly.

“The teachers are very sup-portive, particularly in helping me with my English.”

Henry says Wellington is one of the best cities to come to because there is a good balance of different races and cultures.

There will be ten internation-al students from Wellington College going to the event.

The students will be offi cial-ly welcomed by Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown and will be joined at the event by several embassy representa-tives and regional education providers.

Henry has been part of the International Students As-sociation ISA at Wellington College since year 11 and was its Vice President last year.

“It is a great way for inter-national students to socialise with kiwis.”

The association consists of both New Zealand students and international students, promoting the College’s ethnic and cultural diversity.

One event the ISA is cur-

rently holding is a touch tour-nament on Friday afternoons, where it encourages students to come and play a bit of rugby together.

Last Friday, around 70 inter-national students came to the touch tournament.

International Director Mi-chael Ellett says Henry is a very busy student, having immersed himself in College life as well as within the Wel-

lington community.He says the school has many

international students, as well as teachers from a number of multi-cultural backgrounds.

Henry is also the high schools representative for United Na-tions Youth New Zealand, Wellington Branch.

He advises new international students in Wellington to get involved where they can within the Wellington community.

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Continued from page 1By Laura Kavanagh

In July 2013, The Environ-ment Court has ruled in favour of Wellington City Council’s plan for a medium-density residential area zoning for Johnsonville with some amend-ments to Plan Change 72.

These amendments included reverting a small area of Mid-dleton Road (fi ve properties) and land on the eastern side of the motorway (Sheridan Ter-race area) back to lower density residential areas.

However, a hearing deci-sion in October 2013, by a Commissioner and a number of Wellington City Council

Offi cers, accepted the proposal of Middleton Capital to build a 16 unit residential housing development on Middleton Road.

The residents of Middleton Road that were considered to be affected were able to make submissions at the hearing.

Inga says the family were gobsmacked when they heard that they had not won on any points, having argued their mother would be affected by noise, sunlight and privacy issues.

She says the decision will set a dangerous precedent.

“Mum’s a pensioner and she is fighting developers with bottomless pockets.

“Johnsonville doesn’t know what it is in for.’

The family are upset with the council for the decision made, and the limited time to appeal.

They say they had 15 days to appeal but could not do that within the timeframe as it was close to Christmas and a number of lawyers claimed a confl ict of interest.

“The lawyers say we had a strong case.”

Inga says they are not against development but not at the expense of their mother’s prop-erty.

Wellington City Council Manager for City Planning and Design Warren Ulusele says the accusations against

the Council are not fair and the family has had situation fully explained to them.

“They have had full opportu-nities and consultation to have their perspectives considered.

“All points were considered, and the commissioner made a decision they disagree with, which was fully informed.”

He says no weight was given to the Environment Court decision in July 2013 as the new rules under the district plan did not apply for the resource consent, that was applied for by Middleton Capital.

“Multi-unit developments are able to be built in residential areas and the one in question met the required provisions.

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Asphalt is currently being laid over a large section of green spaces at Alex Moore Park, purely to provide parking that should have been installed on the adjacent roadside, claims the Johnsonville Community Association.

Signifi cant parts of middle and top-level green spaces at Alex Moore Park, including the site of the cricket clubrooms - are earmarked for parking spaces after the council removed park-ing spaces on the adjacent south side of Broderick Road several years ago.

“Rather than an increase of

Johnsonville's recreation areas to mitigate residential intensifi -cation, the council is removing big chunks of it, opting for cheaper parking on premium fl at green space - rather than creating better planned park-ing solutions,” Association President Graeme Sawyer says.

Alex Moore Park Develop-ment Board chairman, Hadyn Smith says while green spaces are to be paved for parking the size of playing areas will be the same, as new clubrooms will be located slightly north of the current clubrooms.

“Parking will be on a small proportion of (current) green space, about 90 parks located on

each side of the (new) building.“The Johnsonville Charitable

Trust, Wellington City Council and in particular its Northern Ward Councillors, have been strong supporters of this project and there is a clear benefi t with so many organisations working together.”

However, Mr Sawyer says green areas should not be trans-formed into parking lots.

He is upset that requests from sports clubs for more parking elsewhere fell on deaf ears.

“They are paving substantial swathes of our precious Alex Moore Park in order to cor-rect a parking defi cit that they themselves created!

“As a result, over-crowding of existing Heath Street and Bannister Ave parking areas by unofficial ‘park and ride’ commuters has proliferated, as Alex Moore Park users have no other parking options.”

The JCA is concerned that due to Johnsonville’s projected population growth, eliminating playing fi eld and green space for car parks is the opposite of what the suburb needs.

“The Council needs to spend signifi cantly more to provide permanent and quality solu-tions to Johnsonville's severe recreational and green-space infrastructure defi cit,” Mr Saw-yer says.

By Laura Kavanagh

After all the votes were counted and speeches made, Newlands College has a new head girl and head boy.

Aprille Mincher and Joel Knight have been chosen by the school to be head girl and head boy for 2014.

Joel says the news was surreal.“I couldn’t believe it. I was

ecstatic.”“I almost think I’m going to get

a phone call saying it’s not real,” Aprille says.

The students had to apply for the role with a self-nomination, and then give a speech in front of the school.

The school then made a vote and 16 candidates were short-listed.

Joel says this was the fi rst year the shortlist had to be extended because the competition was so close.

The candidates then had an interview, which Joel says he was initially intimidated by but felt went well.

There are a group of 12 stu-dents, who sit on the student executive.

Aprille is hoping in the coming year to be a clear and confi dent voice on behalf of the students.

Joel says he hopes they are good role models for the younger students.

“I would like to strengthen the bonds between the younger stu-dents and older students, maybe

by setting up some mentoring schemes.

Joel says he has enjoyed his time at Newlands.

“There is a huge range of extracurricular activities.

“We are a huge sporting school, particularly for a co-ed school.”

Aprille says Newlands College

is a great environment, where everyone gets involved and is an important part of the school.

2014 will be a busy year for Newlands College with a pro-duction of Spamalot coming up and numerous school interhouse competitions, which the leaders are looking forward to.

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By Dave Crampton Kelburn and Karori vets have been

treating dogs poisoned by karaka ber-ries and are warning dog owners to be vigilant.

Dr Brendon Bullen, who practices at Pet Doctors in Kelburn, says the berries contain the alkaloid karakin, which is highly toxic.

“I’ve treated one case of karaka berry poisoning at Kelburn, and Karori Vet Clinic has had one suspected and one defi nite case,” he says.

Karaka is an endemic tree to New Zealand and is fairly well distributed throughout Wellington city suburbs, with berries produced from January to April.

Due to their foraging nature, dogs will

often hunt and consume berry kernels, which are plenti-ful right now across bushy areas in Wel-lington suburbs.

Dr Bullen, who is also a repre-sentative of the New Zealand Veterinarian’s C o m p a n i o n A n ima l So -ciety advises dog owners to take extreme care when walking their dogs, due to the toxic risk of consuming ber-ries .

“Berries remain toxic for a long

time, and animals can be poisoned by previous year’s fruit.”

Dr Bullen says signs of karaka poisoning in

dogs are neurologi-cal, and can include weakness, hind leg paralysis, proprio-ceptive deficits, progressive dys-tonia and convul-sions which can lead to death.” “There is often a

delay of 24-48 hours between ingestion and

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Dancing up a stormBy Laura Kavanagh

A dancer from Khandallah is part of a new dance company prepared to push boundaries.

Twenty-four-year old Lucy Marinko-vich was named as one of a specially selected cast at Footnote’s renowned Choreolab fi nale.

Footnote, a 30-year-old contem-porary dance company, runs annual Choreolabs, which are intensive dance workshops.

Lucy joins Jana Castillo, Mikey Gudg-eon, Serene Lorimer, Phoebe Heyhoe and Sarah Gatzonis in a new company called ChoreoCo, as they work with Craig Bary on his new performance Straight Laced.

Lucy says the role is an amazing op-portunity and an honour.

“It is always nice to be asked to be part of a project.”

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Spanning both the New Zealand Fringe Festival and New Zealand Festival, this new work will look into the world of sex and sexuality, exploring the effect of a society dominated by the ‘straight lifestyle’ on decisions we make about our sexuality and relationships.

Lucy says the dancers have choreo-graphical voices in the project and get to share in the journey of creating the work.

“There is a mix of incredible and beau-tiful dancing, and it is mind-blowing what some of the dancers are physically capable of.”

Featured within this work will be a duet performed by fulltime com-pany dancers Manu Reynaud and Luigi Vescio that sits within the full work, exploring relationships and attractions that inform our individual sexuality.

“There is so much talent and so few chances to dance full time: this gives six dancers a fantastic experience making

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This is a world premiere and the fi rst time Footnote has had twelve dancers, so it is an exciting time for the new company.

Straight Laced premieres 9.30pm Sunday 2nd March at BATS Theatre.

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Students at Amesbury School have been learning all about being part of a local community.

The senior hub (Harakeke Hub) is currently working on a project called Living Locally, which en-courages the students to think about themselves as a community, and to think about what a com-munity means.

Associate Principal Urs Cun-ningham says the project works in with the school’s essential under-standings.

As part of the project, Urs says the children have been doing things to understand what it means to be part of a community.

As part of the inquiry students are exploring what it means to live in a local community and what the expectations, advantages and

responsibilities are for being a member of a local community.

The students had a ‘dragons den’ competition in which the students made commercial pitches for stalls they would like to hold at the Churton Park Festival.

“We were looking for businesses, which compliment, not compete, with the local businesses in the community,” says Urs.

“They had some really good ideas including a haunted house, games and hair braiding.”

Urs says they have been getting involved in the Churton Park Festival because this is a big event for the local community.

Thursday last week was the fi rst week of their community camp – a two day overnight camp, in which they slept in the hall overnight and had a hangi.

The students were divided into

groups, some prepping the hangi, some baking, some folding and delivering Churton Park pamphlets and some cleaning up the Churton Park play area.

They also all went out, in con-junction with the Wellington City Council, to Petone to clean up the local beach.

In the second half of the inquiry, the students will focus on the his-tory of a community.

“For them to understand com-munity, you need to know yourself and where you are from, and why you are unique,” Urs says.

“They need to understand people are diverse and why people are unique.”

One of Amesbury School’s Es-sential Understandings of the World is that the world is diverse, holistic, intertwined and integral.

Learning to live locally

William Vanrij 7, Harry Law 7, Ha-yeon Lee 6 & Emily Lockery 9, about to spend the day cleaning up the local community.


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Preschoolers can bring their adults for some ‘Good, Clean, Fun’ with Wellington North Playcentres in the first week of March.

Playcentre Awareness Week celebrates the 481 Playcentres attended by over 14,000 children and 11,000 families nationwide. From Miramar to Otaki there are 20 centres attended by 778 children and 694 families.

Playcentres are whanau-run Ministry of Education-approved early-childhood centres for birth to school-age children. Parents/caregivers receive free NZQA-approved training and build local support networks.

Ngaio Playcentre will hold open sessions

Wednesday March 5 – Friday 7 9:30-11:15am On Saturday March 8th they will have an open day 10am-1pm with a bouncy castle, face painting, fi re engine visit and sausage sizzle.

Johnsonville Playcentre will spend Playcentre Awareness Week focusing on ‘Good, Clean Fun’ using natural materials.

Kelburn Playcentre’s open session is on Friday March 7 9:30 – 11:15am.

Wilton and Karori Playcentres will have displays in Wadestown and Karori Libraries until March 10 and 15 respectively.

Visitors are welcome at their local Playcen-tre any morning during term time. Families are entitled to three free visits.

Playcentres celebrate Playcentre Awareness Week

From left to right: Benjamin Dawson (3), Wesley Prescott (4) and Playcentre Dad Barry Prescott put on a puppet show.

Reading books aloud is one of the best ways you can help your child learn to read.

This can be fun for you, too. The more excitement you show when you read a book, the more your child will enjoy it.

The most important thing to remem-ber is to let your child set her own pace and have fun at whatever she is doing.

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- If your child asks a question, stop and answer it. The book may help your child express her thoughts and solve her own problems.

- Keep reading to your child even after she learns to read. A child can listen and understand more diffi cult stories than she can read on her own.

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Now in his third term at St Mark’s Church School, new Deputy Principal Simon Finni-more is making his mark.

“The teaching staff, academic programme, resources and IT at St Mark’s are absolutely amazing. I have been nothing but impressed since I arrived”.

With over 20 years experience in inde-pendent schools, both in New Zealand and overseas, Simon was delighted to discover the high quality classroom teaching taking place. “At St Mark’s, we deliver quality learning programmes, individually tailored for a range of diverse learners.

The knowledge and experience of our staff in delivering the International Baccalaureate programme is excellent”.

As well, the experiences on offer to students is diverse. “In my fi rst two terms at St Mark’s,

I have seen every child in the school earn a distinction in Trinity College group drama ex-ams, our Year 8 students stage a spectacular end of year exhibition, our Year 5 students set up their own Market Day at Chaffers Dock market and enjoyed hearing our spectacular choirs singing at St Paul’s Cathedral.

As well as that, the range of sports on offer for children, and the use of local facilities is tremendous. These experiences mean everything to children”.

All four of the Finnimore children attend St Mark’s, which is the only co-educational independent school in Wellington providing full primary education for children from preschool right through to Year 8.

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By Dave Crampton Many Woodridge resi-

dents were looking for a missing cat last week, after a $500,000 reward for its return was posted in the area.

Peter Murdoch had recently moved into Kenmore Street with his girlfriend and daughter, and his girlfriend left him in charge of the pets – two cats and three dogs - while she went to the Eminem concert in Auckland.

But when one of the cats went missing last Friday, Mr Murdoch knew he had to do something before the

end of the weekend or he would be in deep trouble - so he posted a $500,000 reward..

‘There is a very upset five-year-old girl, who needs her kitty back.

‘The two were unseper-able, and since our family has moved into the area, we think she may have gotten confused and run away,’ the notice says.

But it wasn’t the five-year-old’s cat.

“It’s my girlfriends cat – it took off so I`m freak-ing,” Mr Murdoch says.

“We had to get a sob story out so we could get it back as quickly as possible

before my girlfriend came back on Monday - or I`m as good as dead. ”

Mr Murdoch’s phone was running red hot from prospective cat-finders. “I had about 23 calls in a row on Saturday,” he says.

“The bloke next door also sighted it and rang me.”

However there was a happy ending for every-one.

The cat returned safely soon after the posters were put up, Mr Murdoch avoided a row with his girlfriend, and he didn’t have to pay a reward.

Happy ending for lost cat

Peter Murdoch is very happy the cat has been found

By Dave Crampton

Virginia Anderson is the new Labour candidate for Ohariu in this year’s Gen-eral Election.

Her selection was for-mally ratified on Sunday at a meeting at Newlands Community Centre.

Mrs Anderson has a Mas-ters in Political Science and is employed by the New Zealand Police.

She has previously worked as a Crown Negotiator in Treaty settlements, and as a Private Secretary and Ministerial Adviser in Par-liament.

It is Virginia’s aim to unseat Ohariu MP Peter Dunne, be the electorate’s fi rst female MP and to turn Ohariu red.

“Ohariu is ready for change – it needs some fresh energy.

“Mr Dunne was the MP for the area when I was eating toffee-pops for play lunch,” she says. “I believe we can make Ohariu La-bour once again – I want to win it.”

A member of the Labour Party for 12 years, Mrs Anderson managed the successful campaign for Ri-mutaka MP Chris Hipkins at the last election.

She plans to move from her current home in Upper

Hutt into the electorate and open an electorate offi ce, if she is elected this year.

Mrs Anderson will be a breastfeeding mum while on the campaign trail, as she is due to give birth to a daughter on April 30.

She joked that she may call her “Oharia” and uti-

lise a campaign tagline of “Dunne versus mum”.

While politicians love to kiss babies during election campaigns, Mrs Anderson says she didn’t think Ohariu MP Peter Dunne will be kissing her one at candidate meetings.

Mrs Anderson under-stands the pressures busy families are under.

“With grocery prices, power bills and the cost of childcare always on the up, it’s always a juggle.

“Like every Kiwi parent, I want New Zealand to be the best it can be for my kids – I want them to go to great schools; to be able to see a doctor when they are sick; to live in a clean, sus-tainable environment; and to have equal opportunity throughout their lives.”

The area has not had a La-bour member of parliament since 1984, when Mr Dunne resigned from Labour while holding the Onslow seat.

He then became an inde-pendent, before forming his own party.

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Wednesday February 26, 20148

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“Not enough. It’s hard enough to live already.”

Jess Walton, Newlands

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Andy Jo, Churton Park

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Julie Casidy, Newlands

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Every three days a child is hospitalised as a result of child abuse. On average, nine Kiwi children are killed by a fam-ily member every year. New Zealand’s rate of child mistreatment is one of the worst in the developed world.

Family Works, a service of Presbyte-rian Support Central, offers parenting programmes, social work, family violence prevention, youth mentoring, grief counselling and drug and alcohol counseling in the Greater Wellington Region and as far away as Taranaki.

But Family Works needs the com-

munity’s help to offer their services to more children and families in need.

“During the last few years we have seen the rise, and then the rise again of individuals and families in diffi culty from all parts of our community,” ex-plains Family Works General Manager Julia Hennessy.

“Sadly, there are limits on the number of families we can help. Government funding usually only covers the most extreme cases. Others often have to wait – sometimes until it’s too late” she says.

But you can help.

“In particular we’re looking for fi nan-cial support to support our one-to-one work with children and young people who have experienced abuse, neglect or bullying.”

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Two weeks ago The Independent Herald introduced Newlands resi-dent Elizabeth Paese, a job-seeker benefi ciary with Work and Income, and a Limited Service Volunteer.

At that time Elizabeth had just started on the military style physi-cal skills and job training course run by the Defence Force, and contracted by Work and Income.

Now, half way through the six week course at Trentham Army Base, Elizabeth talks of being very keen and committed to overcoming the challenges presented to her.

“Being a trainee is tough but

really good she says. “We have just fi nished a week of

tramping and working in the bush at Otaki, I’d love to do it again.”

Elizabeth is developing as the course proceeds.

“I’m getting stronger, physically and mentally.”

She is starting to think about what will follow.

“I’m very keen to get a job doing business administration.”

The message to employers is that Elizabeth and her colleagues have shown a determination to improve themselves, and stand out now as very attractive candidates to fi ll any vacancy.

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Determination shines through

Aidan Lim, 11, and Felix Ayland, 11, from the Brooklyn Branch of the Kung Fu School

By Laura Kavanagh

New Kung Fu classes are be-ing offered in Karori for those interested in trying the ancient martial art.

Teacher Elliot Gonzales will be taking the new classes at the Karori Community Centre assisted by Neil Mackenzie.

Elliot was tasked with opening a club by his Sifu (Master) in his second year of varsity after taking a year of grace during his fi rst year to adjust to a new lifestyle.

“At fi rst I was reluctant as being a fi rst time club leader is a daunting premise, but now as it is about to start I regret nothing and look forward to everything.”

Twenty-year-old Elliot began Nam Pai Chuan Kung Fu at the

age of 11. “I trained at the headquarters in

Palmerston North, then transfered to the Wellington branch in Brook-lyn when I began varsity.”

Students will learn countless empty hand techniques, strikes, kicks, self-defence, joint locking, throwing, pressure points, weap-onry, animal style boxing, Sanda & Quingda (Chinese Boxing), Qigong (Chinese Breathing), fi t-ness drills, and fl exibility exercises.

Elliot says, “There is a lot to learn, and even after my eight or so years of training, I still have only climbed a few trees amongst an entire forest.”

The classes are open to children from 7 to 13 years of age, and adults 14 upwards.

Elliot enjoys Kung Fu because he

loves to be on the move, and each class feels amazing afterwards.

“Also to me, Martial Arts training is a form of moving meditation; you enter the Kwoon (Training Venue) and you eliminate any negativity from your day, and just focus your mind and body.”

He says teaching through Kung Fu is highly rewarding, as he can pass on his knowledge and commu-nicate with people in a way that is rarely reciprocated in everyday life.

Classes will run at Karori Com-munity Centre at 7 Beauchamp Street.

Children’s classes run from 5:30-6:30pm and adults 6:30-8:30pm. For more information, you can visit the website www.shaolinkungfu.co.nz/

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By Laura Kavanagh

Churton Park Community Centre had some four legged visitors last Saturday.

Volunteers from the Wel-lington SPCA held an adop-tion day at the centre between 12 and 3pm, where the public could get up, close and per-sonal with cats and kittens looking for a permanent home.

All of the felines were cur-rently fostered out, but were looking for permanent homes and owners.

Every weekend the SPCA will visit different commu-

nity centres and churches, giving the public a chance to view and take home a furry friend.

On this particular Saturday, Nigel was adopted by a new family.

SPCA Volunteer Andi Cos-sar says last year they had 220 cats adopted just through these adoption days.

All of the felines are de-sexed and microchipped, and the SPCA volunteers will question potential owners to make sure cats are going to good homes.

Andi says this not a pet shop.

“We a re f i nd ing homes for the cats.

“It’s really important they get to the right home.”

Wel l i ng ton SPCA regularly holds offsite adoptions throughout the Wellington region as a proactive and effective adoption initiative.

The events are a conveni-ent way for prospective pet owners to interact with a selection of cats available for adoption, without hav-ing to visit the Newtown or Kapiti Centres.

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Local history buffs invited to cemetery tour

left: Jade Mcgregor, 13, with Hetal

right: Stella Michell, 13, with Tricky

centre: Rigby

By Laura Kavanagh

Anyone interested in lo-cal history is invited along to an outing of the Ohariu Valley Catholic Cemetery.

The Parish of Saints Pe-ter and Paul, Johnsonville, will be holding a visit to the cemetery on March 2, which will include a blessing of the graves and an historical talk.

Robert McClean, of the Parish, says he thought of organising the trip after thinking the cemetery

had become forgotten and lonely.

“It’s a shame that people have forgotten that it’s here.”

He says the trip will be a way people can reconnect with the early history of the area.

“We have given the graves a bit of clean up and tidied up some of the overgrown trees.”

Hidden away in Ohariu Valley, the site of St Jo-seph’s Chapel (also called the Basset t Cathol ic

Church) was built as a memorial to Bishop Viard in 1874.

While the Chapel is no longer there, the cemetery contains many of the early settlers of the Ohariu Val-ley.

The event will be fol-lowed by afternoon tea at the Ohariu Valley Com-munity Hall.

The Ohariu Valley Com-munity, especially de-scendants of the families associated with the cem-etery, are most welcome.

When: Sunday 2 March 2014Time: 2-3 pm – tour with afternoon tea at 3-4 pmBring: Walking shoes, sun cream/hat for sun, jacket/hat for cloudHow to get there: Drive down Ohariu Valley Road from Johnsonville for 3.5 km. At the intersection with Takarau Gorge Rd/Rifl e Range Road, turn right (so remaining on Ohariu Valley Road). Drive past riding school, cafe and community hall. The cemetery is about 800 meters past the intersec-tion on the left.Carparking will be available adjacent to the cemetery (traffi c wardens will be directing)Contact for more details: [email protected]


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Pain has many causes such as injury, ill-ness, hormonal changes, emotional upset

and stress. The fi rst step in pain relief is fi nding out and understanding reasons for the pain. If it is headache, pain from physical injury such as muscle strain, or period pain, then treatment can be straight forward. “We have various kinds of pain relief medicines available" say Self Care pharmacists. "But because they work in different ways, and because some people can have problems with some products, it is important to talk with us to decide the best treatment. Your pharmacist can help to avoid problems, such as reactions to pain medicine or interaction with other medicines you take."

Some pain relief medicines available from Self Care pharmacies are as follows:

Paracetamol is useful for mild to moderate pain, for headache, backache, period pain, toothache, sprains and strains. It reduces pain and helps lower body temperature in fevers.

Paracetamol also provides effective pain relief for children, and specially-formulated liquid medicines are available. Doses for children should not continue beyond 24 hours unless advised by the pharmacist or doctor. It is really important to take the exact dose as given on the label for a specifi c age group.

The Children’s Pain & Fever fact card from your Self Care pharmacist has more informa-tion about treating children’s pain. For adults the recommended dose is to take up to two

tablets with a maximum of 8 tablets in a 24 hour period.

Anti-infl ammatory Drugs also known as NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-infl ammatory drugs), include aspirin and ibuprofen. They work by interfering with the body’s produc-tion of certain chemicals (prostaglandins) that cause pain and infl ammation (swelling). They are used for soft tissue injuries, muscle aches, headache, period pain, dental pain, and painful infl ammatory conditions (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis and gout). For sprain and strain injuries, in the fi rst 24-48 hours NSAIDs are best not used.

Instead, Protection, Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation (and Diagnosis) (RICED) are the best ways to ‘kick-start’ the healing process, with paracetamol for the pain. NSAIDs may be suitable after the fi rst few days. Aspirin should not be given to children under twelve years of age and also people with asthma or allergic conditions or stomach problems should check with their doctors or pharma-cists before taking NSAIDs.

Codeine is usually reserved for stronger pain that is not controlled by paracetamol or NSAIDs. Codeine is available when com-bined with other pain-relief medicines (e.g. paracetamol, ibuprofen or another NSAID), or with cough and cold medicines. For more severe pain codeine is available on prescrip-

tion. Codeine can cause nausea, drowsiness, and skin rashes in some people and regular use of codeine, for longer than 3 days at a time, can cause constipation.

It is always very important to follow the instructions on the medication packet or label. Taking more than the recommended dose can lead to serious problems (e.g. liver damage with paracetamol). “As pharmacists, we know how effective different pain relievers are in the management of different types of pain. However,” advise Self Care pharma-cists, “if we believe the underlying condition resulting in the pain is of a more serious nature, or long-term pain relief is needed, we will encourage you to see your doctor.”

“In addition, because pain relievers often are combined with other medicines for different conditions, we advise people to check the ingredient lists when buying medicines, so they don’t double-up and risk harm. Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding need to check with their doctors, or with us, about pain medicines that are safe to take. See the Self Care Pain Relief fact card for additional information.”

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By Laura Kavanagh

There are few things Huntleigh Home resident Arlene Hudson likes more than sitting in front of a piano and playing.

The 90 year old, who has fi ve daughters and ten grandchildren, still enjoys playing classical music, and does so for the residents at Huntleigh Home in Karori.

American born Arlene has had a busy life travelling throughout the United States, but classical music has always been important to her and her family.

She has played music since she was little, but received formal teaching from the age of 15.

Arlene says music is an integral part of one's life.

She got her children interested in music, and credits a wonderful

teacher she had for her children while in Hawaii.

Later on, Arlene started teaching piano herself, which she found most rewarding.

Arlene came to New Zealand with one of her daughters, who was offered a position at the New Zealand School of Music.

Now, having lived at Huntleigh Home for almost two years, Ar-lene is content.

"Huntleigh is a fi ne facility for people who can no longer live independently, and has excellent caregivers.

“I get the support I need and still get to continue with all of the things I want to do.”

Arlene's daughter and her hus-band bought her a piano to have in her new home, and Arlene is very grateful.

Although Arlene does not like to be critiqued by an audience, she likes to make music for all who enjoy listening.

When she plays, the beautiful sounds fl oat across the courtyard and most of the other residents can hear from other parts of the building.

"Music is inside us all."If I have been given these hands

and they can help people, I will use them."

Enliven's Huntleigh Home fol-lows the Eden philosophy, which encourages residents to take part in meaningful activity.

Meaningful activity is different for everyone.

For Arlene, music means a lot to her, and the ability to share her gift with others is very important.

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Death Notices

Notice is hereby given that the 47th Annual General Meeting of Karori Arts & Crafts Centre (Inc) will be held on Friday

21st March 2014 at 10.00am at The Newman Centre, 7 Beauchamp Street, Karori

KARORI ARTS & CRAFTSCENTRE INC

Newman Centre7 Beauchamp Street, PO Box 17033

Karori, WELLINGTON 6147Email: [email protected]

NOTICE OF ANNUALGENERAL MEETING

COOPER Maggie: February 20,2014McKAY Sir Ian Lloyd: February 20,2014TURNER Donald Lionel (Don): February 21, 2014

BUTLAND/MOLLOY Fiona. Passed away peace-fully on Tuesday 18 February 2014 at Wellington Hospital. Loved daughter of Bruce (dec) and Catherine. Wife/partner of Dave Molloy, wonderful mother of Hunter and Leah Molloy. Sister of Nick Butland and Kirsty (Comrie)

Fiona and Dave would like to acknowledge the love and devotion of all the hospital staff from 5 North, ICU and the Haematology Team. She was a lover of life who held on until the very end, strong with her head held high. A service will be held at Old St Pauls, Mulgrave Street Wellington on Friday the 28th February at 11.00am followed by a burial at Makara lawn cemetery. Lychgate Funeral Home FDANZ Tel. 385 0745 www.lychgate.co.nz

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52 In reserve (5) 55 Animal life (5) 56 Body's covering (4) 57 Nullify (6) 58 Buy (8) 61 Sleek dog (7) 62 Dairy product (6) 63 Praised enthusiastically (8) 66 Schedule (9) 68 Day nursery (6) 69 Lend a hand (6) 73 Heartbeat (5) 74 Bomb fragments (8) 76 Ending (10) 81 Double (7) 82 Surpassingly good (6) 83 Semitic language (6) 84 Cure (4) 85 Played for time (7) 86 Village (10) 87 Abbreviate (7)

DOWN 1 Arc (5) 2 Angrily protesting (2,2,4) 3 Inaugurate (6) 4 Add up (5) 5 Require (4) 6 Slope (7) 7 Greatest possible degree (6) 8 Express audibly (5) 10 Second-hand (4) 11 American whisky (7) 12 Flying swarming insect (6) 17 Pull (10) 18 Danger (5) 22 Second self (5,3) 23 Female dog (5) 24 Thin varnish (7) 26 Calf meat (4) 28 Small plant with fragrant flowers (7) 29 Breakfast food (6) 30 Large edible fish (6) 31 Scribe (6) 33 Tip (5) 35 Seize power illegally (5) 36 Religious image (4)

37 Communicate silently (4) 43 Disinterest (6) 44 Confess to (3,2) 46 Water body (4) 47 Checked fabric (7) 48 Sore to touch (6) 49 Bird of prey (5) 50 Amassed (8) 51 Sudden wind storm (6) 52 Victorious (10) 53 On holiday (4) 54 Graceful and stylish (7) 59 Fence of bushes (5) 60 Engrave with acid (4) 64 Turning machine (5) 65 Embrocation (8) 67 Relaxing (7) 68 Gun bore size (7) 70 Beat through cleverness (6) 71 Purpose (6) 72 Right of entry (6) 75 Severe (5) 77 Circular flight (5) 78 Synthetic yarn (5) 79 Adhesive (4) 80 Foot cover (4)

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Solution 294: ahem, ale, ate, eat, elm, eta, eth, hale, halt, ham, HAMLET, lathe, hat, hate, heal, heat, helm, hem, lam, lame, lat, late, lath, lea, let, male, malt, mat, mate, math, meal, meat, melt, met, metal, tael, tale, tam, tame, tea, teal, team, the, them.

WordBuilder295 6

TODAY Good 14 Very Good 21 Excellent 27

ANSWERS - February 21 ISSuE

Across: 1 Crucial, 4 Continuous, 9 Quibble, 13 Raid, 14 Future, 15 Came to, 16 Defunct, 19 Elasticity, 20 Inserted, 21 Abyss, 24 Sombre, 25 Svelte, 27 Efficient, 32 Accurate, 33 Peaked, 34 Acquire, 38 Luckiest, 39 Medium, 40 Skit, 41 Quota, 42 Canon, 45 Ill-gotten gains, 52 Spare, 55 Fauna, 56 Skin, 57 Negate, 58 Purchase, 61 Whippet, 62 Cheese, 63 Extolled, 66 Programme, 68 Crèche, 69 Assist, 73 Pulse, 74 Shrapnel, 76 Conclusion, 81 Twofold, 82 Superb, 83 Hebrew, 84 Heal, 85 Stalled, 86 Settlement, 87 Shorten. Down: 1 Curve, 2 Up in arms, 3 Launch, 4 Count, 5 Need, 6 Incline, 7 Utmost, 8 Utter, 10 Used, 11 Bourbon, 12 Locust, 17 Attraction, 18 Peril, 22 Alter ego, 23 Bitch, 24 Shellac, 26 Veal, 28 Freesia, 29 Muesli, 30 Salmon, 31 Writer, 33 Point, 35 Usurp, 36 Icon, 37 Sign, 43 Apathy, 44 Own up, 46 Lake, 47 Gingham, 48 Tender, 49 Eagle, 50 Gathered, 51 Squall, 52 Successful, 53 Away, 54 Elegant, 59 Hedge, 60 Etch, 64 Lathe, 65 Liniment, 67 Restful, 68 Calibre, 70 Outwit, 71 Intent, 72 Access, 75 Acute, 77 Orbit, 78 Nylon, 79 Glue, 80 Shoe.

PARDON - 30 Words: ado, adorn, and, apron, dan, darn, don, dorp, drop, nap, nard, nod, nor, oar, pad, pan, par, pod, pond, pro, prod, rad, radon, ran, rand, rap, road, roan, rod.

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Opposite 38 Onepu Road, Kilbirnie 1.00pmMiramar Library 1.10pmNewtown Library (opposite) 1.20pmIsland Bay Library 1.30pmCourtenay Place Bus Stop 1.40pm(Outside 11 Courtenay Place)Lambton Bus Interchange - (Platform C) 1.50pmRutherford HouseKARORI CEMETERY (Gate only) 2.00pm(Outside 93 Karori Road)Karori Library 2.05pmMAKARA CEMETERY 2.15pm

Cemetery Bus Service Karori & Makara CemeteriesThis bus service is sponsored by

the Lychgate Funeral Home.

TUESDAY 4TH MARCH 2014

Return trip leaves Makara Cemetery at 3.00pm, Karori Cemetery visitors pick up is at the bus stop opposite 93 Karori Rd at approx. 3.15pm.

Part of Bledisloe NZ LtdCITY PH 385 0745 NORTH PH 477 6855 WEST PH 476 6472

It operates on the fi rst Tuesday of each month. (If the fi rst Tuesday is a Public Holiday then the bus trip will take

place on the following Tuesday). The cost of the return trip is $5.00 per person.

By Laura Kavanagh

The Karori Rotary club has donated $2300 to the Life Flight Trust.

After previously donating to the Life Flight Trust in the past, the club felt it could do something ex-

tra so the concept of an Christmas Hamper evolved.

The club endeavoured to include most items you would expect in a hamper, which was donated by members, however, the busi-ness community was also very generous.

The club received travel vouch-ers from the Flight Centre, Petrol Vouchers from Christies Flooring, Wine From Wilson’s Funeral Home, Turkey from Tegel Foods just to name a few.

The Karori Rotary Club were able to get permission from Rolle

Properties (Management of the Karori Mall) for the week prior to Christmas to sell the tickets in the mall, however it was successful in selling the 500 tickets in just two days.

Along with donations from the public, Rotary was able to contrib-

ute $2300 to the Life Flight Trust.Life Flight is a charity providing

emergency air services.Supporters of Life Flight ensure

that emergency air services re-main available 24/7 and provide the best possible outcomes for patients.

Johnsonville Neighbourhood WatchJohnsonville

Eye on CrimewithA determined burglar target-

ed a house in Broderick Road, Johnsonville, and having failed to open a door, they smashed a ground floor window and crawled through. The master bedroom was ransacked and a quantity of valuable jewellery was taken.

Other incidents in Johnson-ville included three offences against vehicles. A silver Nis-san Primera parked in Brod-erick Road had its right rear quarterlight window smashed and a GPS unit stolen. A car parked in Hawtrey Terrace was broken into a bag with a set of golf clubs taken from the boot. A silver Holden station wagon parked in the com-muter car park at Johnsonville railway station was broken into and cash was taken from the ashtray.

In Newlands a white 1989 Mazda Familia with registra-tion plates TW1992 was stolen from its park in Baylands Drive. The Police would appreciate a report of any sighting of this vehicle. In Ngaio, a car parked in Khandallah Road suffered damage in an attempted break-in. Jemmy marks were left on

the passenger door. The alarm was activated which prevented further damage. A house in Hewett Way, Ngaio, was en-tered during the early hours of the morning via an unlocked front door. The residents were woken at around 5am by a noise but a check showed that nothing had been taken. It was later found that bank cards and a Samsung Galaxy had been stolen. The stolen bank cards were quickly reported but were not stopped in time to prevent three withdrawals being made between 8am and 9:30am that same morning.

Beware of scam artists. They appear in all forms and shapes these days but with the single objective of separating you from your hard earned money. They find you via an email address as well as mail in your letter box. Huge sums are of-fered if you help them transfer money from one country to another.

“If a thing is too good to be true …” so if it comes by email press the delete button and if by mail put it in the recycling bin.

Stay safe

Life Flight Trust receives kind donation


By Laura Kavanagh

A student from St Benedict’s School in Khandallah has been making waves in the pool.

As part of the Karori Pirates swim-ming club, Jessica Reid has won about 20 medals in her swimming career, a great feat at the mere age of 10.

She recently won a silver medal at the Nationals Competition for the 100 metre backstroke for ten and under.

Jessica says the silver medal means she is now eligible to go to a swim-ming camp in June for National swimmers.

The swimming camp will be an opportunity for Jessica to work on her technique and skill in the pool.

Upon winning the silver, she was really happy and excited.

“Being second in the whole of

New Zealand, I didn’t expect to do so well.”

Jessica says the best part about swimming is the competing and the coaches she works with.

“I really enjoy it.”“I like all the different types of

swimming, but I like backstroke and breaststroke because I am really good at those.”

She says she enjoys the training even though it can sometimes be quite hard.

Jessica usually trains about three to four times a week alternating between mornings and after school.

Before the Nationals Competition, Jessica went to the Summer Champs in January and took home fi ve medals.

She would like to thank her coaches at Karori Pirates, who have worked hard helping her to train for these swimming events.

By Laura Kavanagh

A St Mary’s College old girl took out the one day race of the Speights Coast to Coast this month.

Jess Simson, now of Wanaka, made the fi nish line on the fi rst day in 13 hours and 12 minutes.

Earlier in 2013, she won the two day coast-to-coast in a race-record time last February.

Jess says she expected to perform her best on the day but the feeling of winning was rather special.

“It was quite magic.“The achievement certainly took a

while to sink in.”The Speight's Coast-to-Coast is the

world's premier multi-sport event. The Speight's Coast-to-Coast trav-

erses the South Island of New Zealand from Kumara Beach on the Tasman Sea to Sumner Beach on the Pacifi c Ocean.

Over either two days (individuals, two person or three person teams) or the one-day event (individuals only),

competitors cycle 140 kms (three stages of 55km, 15km and 70km), run 36km (including a 33km moun-tain stage that crosses the Southern Alps) and kayak 67kms of the grade two Waimakariri River through the Grand Canyon of New Zealand, the Waimakariri Gorge.

Jess, 29, winner of the Women’s Coast-to-Coast is a Wellingtonian through and through.

She was educated at Holy Cross School in Miramar and went on to St Mary’s College in Wellington and had her fi nal year at college in Wellington at Wellington Girls College.

After spending three seasons as a ski patroller in Alberta, two at Nakiska and one at Lake Louise, Ms Simson returned to her Miramar home where she graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Victoria University in 2009.

As a pre-schooler her parents, Martin and Vicki Donoghue, who have a cen-tral North Island ski house in Raetihi, taught her to ski on Mount Ruapehu.

The Tongariro National Park became her playground and from an early age she regularly climbed the central North Island’s highest peaks.

In her younger days during the ski season she would routinely climb to the summit of Mt Ruapehu above the Turoa skifi eld and then ski down to the Knoll Ridge Café on the Whakapapa skifi eld for morning tea.

It was no surprise to her friends therefore when Ms Simson won The Goat, the infamous mountain race on Mt Ruapehu between the Whakapapa and Turoa skifi elds, in a record time for a woman last year.

Jess has a couple of events coming up that she is training for, including a competition in China in April.

This year celebrates the 32nd year of the world’s longest running multisport event and the 25th year of Speight’s as the head-line sponsor.

For further race coverage and results see: www.coasttocoast.co.nz.

Jessica Reid with just some of the medals she has won.

By Daniel Whitfi eld

More than 14,000 participants of all athletic abilities gathered at Frank Kitts Park over the weekend for Wellington’s annual Round the Bays.

The iconic event saw record numbers attend for yet another year and over $40,000 raised for the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research - the events offi cial charity partner.

Almost 300 fundraisers joined the ‘Run for Research’ in support of New Zealand’s leading independent medical research facility and despite an extended capacity, it sold out in the week leading up to the race for the third consecutive year.

Event director James King was pleased with how the day went, saying: “It’s great to see people of all ages coming along and getting active.”

“It’s very inspiring to see the pride on people’s faces as they cross the fi nish line after all the hard work they have put in,” he says.

This year’s Round the Bays was organ-ised by Sport Wellington and consisted of three events - the half marathon, 10-kilo-metre and 6.5km fun run.

A pr izegiving was held at Kil-birnie Park after the event with Sam McCutcheon and Gabrielle O’Rouke named champions in the 21km half marathon.

The 10km race winner was Martin Van Barneveld and Ben Barry came fi rst in the 6.5km fun run.

All results are available online at wellingtonroundthebays.co.nz.

The 2015 event has been scheduled for Sunday, February 22.

Round the Bays a great success

Leonie and Michael Whiting after Round the Bays

Jess Simson races ahead

New opportunities for medal winner

Wellington Korfball Club is running beginner level trainings and games for people who would like to try out a new sport in 2014.This is a great opportunity to try the game out if you have never played before as it will be covering the basics of shooting and defending. They will then play a few fun games to give you a run around as well as a bit of ‘in the deep end’ experience. Korfball is a Dutch sport from the same family as Netball and Basketball. A korfball team is made up of eight players - four men and four women.

The team is split evenly into attack and defense. These attackers and defenders switch halves and rolls after every two goals in the game (so you get to play both positions).An attacker can’t shoot if they are defended, so as a team you have to work together to get the ball and a player in to a position to shoot. Cost: Free for your fi rst time otherwise it's $10 Requirements: Court appropriate footwear. Sessions are being run on Mondays till March 17 at the ASB sports centre.www.sportsground.co.nz/wellingtonkorfball

Korfball is coming...


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