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Upper Hutt competitors shone in tough conditions at the New

Zealand Secondary School Mountain Bike Championships in Levin recently, with rain turning

the downhill event into a mud bath, but that just added to the adrenalin rush….

Heretaunga College’s Ezra Adams won his U15 downhill, while Hutt International Boys School’s Jamal Stringer won the U16 event. With these wins each took the national downhill titles in their divisions.

St Patrick’s Toa Paranihi took out third place in the U14 downhill, but it wasn’t their day in the Huill Climb and Cross Country races, where locals failed to place in the top three.

While the three different races are held at the champs – most competitors specialise in one or two events, with only a tough few taking on all three.

Dodging trees, jumping and speeding down hill in the mud bath as they performed particularly well in the down hill racing events in contrast to the cross country and up hill events.

Downhill bikes are typically much heavier with the strength to withstand the jumps and the sharp turns around trees. They come with some serious suspension to make the ride down the hill easier….therefore they’s not cheap.

Cross country bikes are lighter, though they may still have some suspension to help with the off road bumps.

The biggest adrenalin rush comes from down hill racing because of the speed. It also takes quite a different sort of fitness, like comparing a sprinter (typically big and strong with great acceleration) with a marathon runner (lean, with great stamina).

Upper Hutt’s boys get plenty of practice at the Maidstone Park track, which they say is a great training ground.

The U15 Boys Downhill race won by Adams, started with large numbers of Upper Hutt riders. Fellow Heretaunga College student Caleb Scott finished 6th with Ben Clegg of St Pats 16th, HIBS Blair Hughes 17th, HIBS Logan Henry in 19th, Gregor Wilson also from HIBS in 25th and Matthew Webster from St Pats in 26th. Daniel Larkin, also St Pats, started the race but did not finish.

The mud flies as Ezra Adams, with one foot off the pedal, gets it going sideways in the mud as the Under 15 NZ Secondary School Mountain Bike Downhill Champion. A tough few riders entered all three events, Downhill, Hill Climb and Cross Country – those riders were given an overall placing.

HIBs Tim Robertson did particularly well finishing 8th overall in the U16 boys with his top event being the cross country race. HIBS Gregor Wilson finished 14th overall in the Boys U15 event overall, hile fellow HIBs student Logan Henry finished 15th equal in the U16 boys overall.

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Why I love Upper Hutt

Issue No 23, Friday April 15, 2011

Do you have a story you want to share with your community of Upper Hutt?Let us tell your story, email [email protected] or [email protected] Bob Fox (027 449 3511) or Mary-Anne Thomson (027 386 4386).

Tell us about your story, or something that you think your community would want to know.

Send your story, or that of your parents or grandparents, even your uncles and your cousins and your aunts (there’s a song somewhere in these), send it to us, Your positive paper. If you’ve got a picture, include it.

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In March 1966 Vivienne and I moved into our first house in Heretaunga Park, thanks to State Advances mortgage rates and a family top up. As 23 and 22-year-olds, it was all we could afford – that we liked.

We never regretted our choice.

The family, now with three sons moved to Trentham, just off Trentham Memorial Park in 1980, a bigger house with space and a wonderful section that used to have a concrete swimming pool fed by icy artesian water in the Mawaihakona stream that ran off into the park. But the ‘council’ had diverted it the other way.

It was the best of times.

I’d climbed up the newspaper ladder by then on the Evening Post and then New Zealand Times, yet working in Wellington was not a struggle. But as I drove across the Silverstream bridge at the end of a working week, I could feel the gates clang shut behind me. I was home.

Viv and I used to joke that in Wellington she was the editor’s wife. In Upper Hutt, I was Viv’s husband. She was a public health nurse, a school nurse, the nit lady and even, to our sons’ eternal shame, the deliverer of sexual health messages to senior classes at Upper Hutt College, where she was on the board, once the top polling candidate by a long way.

We were an Upper Hutt family. We used everything the Upper Valley had to offer, as a playground and as our home, and we contributed.

We were passionate about it, not able to understand when going to Wellington for a night out was, for us, so easy, it was so

hard for Wellingtonians to travel the other way.

At peak hours traffic could be tough, but not off peak. I think my best time on an early-morning run to get a paper out of a recalcitrant computer was only 14 minutes.

There were walking tracks, mountain cycling tracks, huge parks and the river, always the river.

We had dogs, big dogs, and the tracks to walk big dogs, the river for them to play in, the forests to marvel at..

We had friends to socialise with, restaurants to try out, cafes to enjoy. Then the kids were all away, building their own lives

Wellington moved away from me, restructuring’s the buzz word, and I lost my wife to cancer after 31 years of marriage, but Upper Hutt came back. There was locum work at the Leader that I enjoyed, jumping into my community with both feet. There was work on my own company, the chance to use my communication skills when Riverstone Terraces and Mount Marua projects were creating the clouds of dust as the roads were formed, the sections shaped.

Reversing the trend to start early with your kids, I only had time to get into rugby administration when semi-retired, and watched the new realities that came to every club at the beginning of this professional era.

There was a new relationship (another Upper Hutt public health nurse) then a new job on The Terrace, professional yet passionate as we moved into Golf Road

amid the trees and the peace, my golf club through the gate in the back fence.

My own combination of stress and illness finished that job and future proofing meant it was time to downsize from Golf Road to a very English semi-circle of townhouses around common ground at Pinehill. My three sons all come home to Upper Hutt, bringing their families, and my wife’s daughters with their children too.

The 10 grandchildren beeline for the playground on the common, or climb the trees searching for acorns.

Then came the Upper Hutt Star, and the chance to showcase the achievements of the real people in our widespread community; to tell the good stories, the positive stories, proving that not everything is doom and gloom. What fun we have had working in a tight team with Michael Gibbs, Mary-Anne Thomson and Sarah Garnham; We achieved so much in such a short time. We’ve had a ball.

I have taken heart from the positive changes made in the Upper Hutt Leader and the so very positive feedback we have received from our readers.

There are huge plans within our community, huge changes where everyone can participate. We must tell our elected officials very positively when they do something right, but also be as assertive and positive when they do something wrong. That’s how you make a positive difference to our town, by working together.

That’s why I love Upper Hutt.

Bob FoxEditorUpper Hutt Star

By MARY-ANNE THOMSONChief Reporter

Upper Hutt is a city of 42,000 people – the majority of them doing amazing and positive things.

The Upper Hutt Star has provided an opportunity to remind our community about how great it really is.

I was born and raised in Upper Hutt and have so many fond memories of my childhood and teens in the city. My first job was at the Upper Hutt Leader and that gave me an excellent grounding in journalism before I moved to work in daily newspapers, radio and other media, promotions and marketing related roles.

I have chosen to live in Upper Hutt as an adult and raise my family here because the city offers so much.

Upper Hutt is often portrayed negatively in the media when in fact there is just a tiny proportion that is negative – I believe we have way more positive here than most other cities nationally and globally.

The Upper Hutt Star has given me the opportunity to write about Upper Hutt’s positive and interesting people doing positive and interesting things and I have loved it.

It has been really rewarding to get regular feedback from all sections of the community about how much they have enjoyed reading the Star and look forward to the

interesting stories it contains each week.

Those featured in stories and advertising have also told me how of how much of an impact that featuring in the Upper Hutt Star has had – businesses inundated with customers, clubs getting so many new people they have to put on another session and much more. It really is true – and it has been so gratifying.

The news and feature stories I have written have all been enjoyable for me through the interaction I have had with the subjects and the response I have received when they have been published. I have also enjoyed being able to write stories about interesting things Upper Hutt businesses are doing to make their community a more vibrant city. Thanks to those businesses like Mayfair Café, Esquires Coffee

House, Dunlop Café and Ancient Grains (funny they are all food related) who have kept in regular contact.

It’s been fun to have been able to feature just a small proportion of the amazing things our young people in our local schools are doing. I really would like to thank those schools who have regularly called me with updates and sent me interesting e-mails.

Co-ordinating the What’s On section of our paper has been an eye-opener.

The huge number of hard working community groups and clubs who are operating events and activities in our city has really staggered me. I have greatly enjoyed my conversations and e-mails with

the club representatives and all the positive feedback from the community about how much they use the What’s On column.

I am glad that while the Upper Hutt Star is being “reinvented” and not publishing each week, that clubs and community groups will still be able to use the www.iloveupperhutt.co.nz website to let people know about their regular meetings and one off events.

I know many readers have kept the newspaper each week to look at the upcoming events, I encourage clubs and community groups to use the website to let people know what they are doing and readers to visit the website regularly to catch up with What’s On. While I will no longer be

editing and formatting it, clubs will still be able to post their events on the site and it will be an excellent resource for the city.

There is so much going on in Upper Hutt that each week I have only written a fraction of what I would have liked to and our editor Bob Fox, has only had space for some of the great things – we would love to have had space for everything.

I have many more stories left to write - apologies to those I haven’t managed to get in yet.

I do love Upper Hutt and I look forward to a positive future for Upper Hutt….keep an eye out for the new Upper Hutt Star which will play its own role in that great future. Thanks everyone for your support.

Be proud, we are a great community

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Upper Hutt Star plans relaunch with new formatThe Upper Hutt Star set out on a mission last October to produce a paper and a web site which generated a more positive view of our city.

This positive reinforcement would influence the Upper Hutt community to spend within our city and not leak south into the Lower Valley and the Wellington CBD.

We believed competition would prove beneficial with better advertising pricing and stories that accentuated the positive side of life rather than continuing the litany of depressive stories. Seldom was there the smile of a happy story.

The directors of the Upper Hutt Star, Malcolm Gillies, Michael Kelly and Michael Gibbs invested in this venture with a genuine focus on helping to create that positivity in our city. Along with the website iloveupperhutt.co.Nz (which has hundreds of community and business links)they believe that much has been achieved and that the effort to date has been worthwhile.

The Upper Hutt Star has achieved many of its goals, but

like any business there comes a a point where growth is the only option for continuation.

For this reason Upper Hutt Star is this week producing the last paper in it’s current format.There has been such an amazingly positive response for the paper to date and a new format will be launched after new infrastructure has been established to take the paper to a larger format.

It has been fun creating such a positive paper and the directors are very appreciative of the fantastic efforts of a tight team for producuing such a good read!

It has been a small yet very committed team. Bob Fox has a long history with newspapers and his skill and experience, plus the readability of his articleshas become an invaluable asset to the success of the Upper Hutt Star. Mary-Anne Thomson has a passion for positive stories and a genuine interest in helping to promote the colleges and schools and tell the stories of Upper Hutt businesses doing well.

The directors have very much

appreciated their contributions.Sarah Garnham, (Sales) is very experienced in the industry and recognises the need for long term planning with clients to ensure that the advertising spend is effective.

A new format will require a team approach to scheduling to ensure that advertising support from businesses is rewarded with effective results for them.Michael Gibbs has been

managing this small team and has tried to keep things as simple as possible without creating high overheads with much production done from home including his wife Bernadette helping with accounts.With the need to expand the paper it is recognised that infrastructure is needed and additional resources will be needed for the future newFormat.The directors would like to thank the many advertisers that have made the paper possible. Advertiser s have businesses in our community and the Upper Hutt Star was established primarily to help influence a more positive trend of spending ‘closer to home’. The huge leakage of over $200 million of spending outside Upper Hutt has an impact on all home owners and the general economic health of our city.

Even a small swing back to

spending in Upper Hutt will help influence more national retailers to open stores in Upper Hutt would reduce the empty storefronts, which would add to the vibrancy of the CBD We don’t want to imply you should feel guilty about not spending in the upper valley, but we do believe that if the same services and goods existed here, well – why drive elsewhere.

The web site www.

iloveupperhutt.co.nz has been set up to involve the businesses and community groups with a web site that they can communicate with. The ‘What’s on’ section that works in sync with the paper has been extremely popular.

The iloveupperhutt.co.nz website will continue, and act more like a public notice board where events coordinators can simply enter the upcoming event online. Businesses already have links to their own sites from here and extra traffic will be generated for them.

To date this has been a completely free linking service.The very nature of the name ILOVEUPPERHUTT and the fact that it has a high level of activity generates it� own positive momentum. The council have very good sites and ILOVEUPPERHUTT has effective linkages to enhance the traffic and activity to these as well.

The web site offers an oppor-tunity for the community to participate and that participation creates the ability for it to work. Funding the web site and it�s maintenance has been made by the directors of the company.

The potential for any website of this type to make a return on investment is small but this has not been the motivation for the directors as much as the potential for it to assist as

a catalyst for business and community working together.

The future of this very interesting site is usage. Simply taking the time to visit it and use it as a way to find out who does what in Upper Hutt builds traffic and that helps.

A huge amount of work has been done to get it to this stage by Bruce McPhail and his team at IRONHORSE ( website developers) from his offices in CBD Towers.

Bruce also has the ability to work with many of the smaller businesses who already have linkages and help develop their websites.

The Star’s determination to focus on positive stories, of which there are plenty more out therehas been a popular feature and the Star team has had so many people feed back their appreciation.

Leakage of spending from Upper Hutt community estimated at over $200million. The community needs to focus on pulling this back

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Gold beats Silver every time, and it was New Zealand netball captain and Gold medallist Irene van Dyk who was named Upper Hutt’s Sportsperson of the Year at the Cossie Club on Sunday evening.

She and her family were unable to be present.

Van Dyke won from swimming silver medallist Gareth Kean, who beat starting All Black Corey Jane for the Sportsman honour. Other finalists for Kartsports Karl Wilson and clay target shooter Robert Prince, who continues mhis steady rise in his sport by representing New Zealand at the World championships later this year.

Finalists in the women’s category were Clare McCaul (Lawn Bowls), triathlete Sarah Gardner and rower Erin-Monique Shelton. Making All-American in the first year of a scholarship at the University of Tennessee, she was the first freshman to do so. Erin-Monique went on to become the first three-time All American team from her university. She is now aiming at the New Zealand’s elite squad.

Team of the year against went to the Upper Hutt Rifle-shooting Gold team who this year won the Petone Rifle Club Shield for champion team for the 16th time since its inception in 1911. This was the trophy’s 100th year. Team members were Mitchell Maxbury, Alan Owens, Lindsay Arthur, John Whiteman and Casey Goldsmith.

There were worthy winners in other Awards, with league stalwart Tyrone PaIkea named for his Contribution to Sport. Coach of

the year was skating’s Gary Challis, administrator Christine Edney for her 20 years with the Upper Hutt Rugby Club, while Callum Forbes (jousting) was named personality of the year.

Mary Fisher, who has been swimming in Turkey was named as the top athlete with disabilities, with Alan Whiteman (rifle shooting) named volunteer of the year.

There were five finalists in the

Emerging Sportsperson of the Year, Ollie Jones (speed-skating/cycling), Jula McMillan (orienteering), Nika Thomson (Artistic skating) and winner Thom Nguyen, the son of Vietnamese immigrants who had just left St Pat’s College. Steady improvement over the last four years saw him win Wellington, National and Oceania under-18 titles in the qualifying period. He was also selected in the full New Zealand men’s team.

Honored for his contribution to the sport of rugby league, as supporter, groundsman, cleaner, maintenance man, bar manager, player, coach, chairman and Life Member, Tyrone Paikea (left) with new sponsor Russell Simpson from the Healthy Eating, Healthy Action programme at Hutt Valley Health.

Sporting stars twinkled in Upper Hutt last Sunday

The Upper Hutt Rural Resident’s Association has organized an eve-ning for rural residents to meet with local MP, Chris Hipkins, Monday 18 April, 7pm at the Hapai Club. Hip-kins will talk about what an MPs role is and how a local MP can sup-port their constituents.“We’ve made it clear that this is not a politicking evening, and we’re delighted that Chris has understood that we’re giving him an opportunity to meet with his rural constituents” says Chair Noeline Berkett.“We’re also hoping to have a copy of the Upper Hutt City Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council draft annual plans to discuss at the meetingThe Upper Hutt Rural Residents Association was started several years ago in response to an increasing lack of dialogue with and support for the Upper Hutt rural sector.

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Tai chi for visually impairedTai Chi instructor Annette Jenner is taking a new Upper Hutt class for the visiually impaired. Run in conjunction with the local branch of the Royal Foundation for the Blind, the weekly classes are filling a gap for people of all ages who can’t follow regular classes which rely on participants watching the instructor.Annette has modified her verbal directions so that participants can know exactly what to do.Classes run every Thursday from 1.30pm at the Hapai Club and anyone interested is welcome to attend.The idea came about over summer when Annette was instructing at a park during the “Lively Parks” programme. Anyone wanting more information can contact Annette on 9770797

Two free courses – one to help parents of babies from six weeks to one year old and the other to help parents of one to two year olds will be held in Upper Hutt in May.Your Growing Baby - Parenting from 6 weeks to 1 year is designed to enhance parents’ confidence in their ability to care for their child and also discusses the topics of safety and security for their infant. Topics include: physical wellbeing, whose there to help, building a relationship with your baby, adjusting to a new baby in the house and safety and nutrition Your Active Toddler – Parenting from 1 to 2 supports positive parenting choices that foster self esteem in their child and assists parents to develop strategies to manage stages of behaviour. Topics include: eating patterns, nutrition, oral health, positive responses to behaviour, environments for learning and development, safety and sleep The courses are being run by Plunket and will be taken by a trained facilitator.They are part of Plunket’s PEPE (Parenting Education ProgrammE) national programme which consists of a series of four courses, aimed at supporting first time parents in their

parenting role through the different stages of their child’s early development. PEPE offers an opportunity for parents and whanau to meet, share ideas.

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Upper Hutt disabled bowler Colin Frude had heard a whisper about the time he’d left his wheelchair at the bowling club – and some of his clubmates couldn’t resist “taking it for a spin.”

“They found it quite hard,“ he says with some satisfaction.

The only problem for wheelchair bound bowlers is the larger tyres they used to protect greens are harder to push, and you must be careful when turning.

“Without strength in the shoulders and arms, it can be physically demanding.”

Just how demanding Bowls Upper Hutt clubmates found out at a club gala last weekend that raised funds for Colin, who leaves Anzac Day for the World Disabled Bowling championships in South Africa.

“Of all matches they played, I had managed to get a couple more wheelchairs, and everyone had to play a couple of ends from the chairs.”

Colin Frude will also lead the eight-strong New Zealand team to Pretoria, with two ladies pairs and two mens’ pairs, and all eight playing in the singles. There are different disabilities in the team.

He got thrown that job as the schoolteacher in the team (for organisation) and teaching accountancy (the finances). There were no further nominations.

“We’re eight Kiwis off to give it a shot,” he says proudly, contrasting with some of their opponents who will turn up with huge support staffs for the 11 days of bowling (a rest day is scheduled) at the country club between Pretoria and

Leading New Zealand’s disabled bowlers into South African competition

Johannesburg.

Bowls has real value for the disabled.

“First there is the social side. I’m a schoolteacher, so I’m out and about anyway,” and he plays interclub for Upper Hutt against able-bodied players. Others are not so fortunate.

Second is the fitness side where they can exercise without any negative effects on the body.

“This is really important.

“No one’s done any research, but I wonder what it will be like in the future for the relatively new sports like wheelchair basketball or wheelchair rugby.”

With the stresses and strains on arms and shoulders in top-level

explosive sports, what will it be like in 20 or 30 years?

“They only have the arms and shoulders. The reality is that only now can they begin to study the long-term effects of major injury.”

For Colin himself, it was a simple “over-the-handlebars” accident 25 years ago that put him in a wheel chair, but he is fortunate that he is very independent.

“I use my motorised chair when I’m teaching, and I can stand to change chairs, or get into the car.

“I’m normal,” he grins, “married with a mortgage.” And proud father of Luke.

He’ll be straight back for Angela and Luke after the competition, and for his ‘kids’ at St Bernard’s College in Lower Hutt, where the school has supported him with three weeks paid leave. With Southern Trust and Pelorus Trust helping with fares, it all became possible.

Giving back to the game is part of Colin Frude’s ethos as well, and he bubbles when talking of the squad of 12-15 young bowlers he has at St Bernard’s who are doing really well.

wo of them are in the Wellington Regional reps for the secondary schools finals.

A dab hand in the kitchen? Not really, Colin Frude grins as he gathers donat-ed goods for the bowling club’s gala to fund raise on his behalf last Saturday.

By MARY-ANNE THOMSONA chance for parents and educators to learn more about possible causes of reading, writing and spelling problems and how they can be remedied, is being offered at a public meeting in Upper Hutt on Sunday (April 17).David Wardell, the National Director of Cellfield and Irlen NZ, in the area for a conference, has agreed to speak publicly..“This will be great for any parents who may be thinking their child isn’t reading or spelling or progressing as well as they might be,” says Kip McGrath local licensee Patrick McKinley.“It will also be very useful for teachers and others involved in the education system who provide help for young people,” he says.Attendees will learn about different conditions which may affect a child’s progress and how to access help.“For instance Dyslexia symptoms can be deceiving and can elude teachers and parents. Some children slip through their school years without being able to read properly.Many conventional dyslexia

programs have not been successful in addressing the underlying cause of the problem. Brain imaging has removed much of the controversy, but not how best to address the multiple causes.“Cellfield uses brain imaging, brain plasticity and computer science to do what others can’t - rewire the brain in just two weeks.“It is true, there is a real measureable gain in just two weeks,” he says.Patrick has been operating the local Kip McGrath Centre for 10 years. He provides reading, writing and spelling, maths and science tuition. While he says he has great success with most children, he says sometimes he gets those students with even with his best efforts at tuition, and great parental support, still make slow progress. Reading and writing difficulties can transfer across to the literacy component of maths and science too.Two years ago he discovered the Cellfield and Irlen interventions, which he has found to be an amazing way to accelerate progress for those students.So now he is the local licensee.“Most children who fall behind in their reading have reading difficulties which can be helped with phonics based tuition or regular reading support,” he says.“Increasingly, such tuition is repackaged and delivered by computer. “However some children have reading disorders, which have biological causes. They work much harder for little gain. This overloads their capacity to perform the big tasks of language and comprehension. Kip McGrath Education Centre is located at 14A Goodshed Road, Upper Hutt.Anyone wanting more information about the meeting or to register can call Patrick on 5287707.

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‘Life is made up of seconds’By BOB FOXThrough a business lifetime of wheeling and dealing, of buying properties and selling them, of buying or developing companies, of living in Sydney and Upper Hutt, in central, Heretaunga or Akatarawa, Colin Gibbs has always retained his office upstairs in the Hazelwoods building on Main Street.Now 81, after 57 years in that office, he is moving out. The walls do tell stories of those years. Pictures are everywhere, of the family, of buildings, businesses and other interests. Files are everywhere, cataloguing the successes and the failure.Now, as chairman of the property company that owns the Hazelwoods building, he is making way having signed a six-year lease on the building to the New Zealand Defence Force.He tells a remarkable story of the changes in retailing in his lifetime.

Bought by his father in 1944 from founder J A Hazelwood, Hazelwoods was then a big general store and the bread bakery for the upper valley. Hazelwoods had six trucks delivering every day, with bread 4p per loaf. The general store at that time included groceries, clothing, shoes and hardware; as a 14-year-old, during a stay with James Hazelwood, Colin Gibbs was helping deliver the weekly necessities throughout the Upper Hutt Valleys.As a qualified accountant and with retail experience in Australia he started work at Hazelwoods in 1954. Two years later, he was manager and making the changes of which he had always dreamed. His brother Allan, nine years younger, would work college holidays driving Hazelwoods “At Your Door Store”, a bus converted to a store to reach hard to access areas up the Akatarawa and Mangaroa

and Whiteman’s Valleys. On one occasion he nearly put it over the side of the Akatarawa Hill RoadMaintaining his vision of a department store, Colin had cut the bakehouse, groceries and produce by 1956 as the supermarkets began to expand into other product lines.Elected to the Upper Hutt City Council for two terms before retiring, and chair of its Town Planning Committee, an ideal role for someone who had the vision of a vibrant Upper Hutt CBD. When Woolworths wanted to move south towards Queen’s Post, the town planning committee came up with a compromise that led to the development of the Fergusson Drive bypass and Woolworths being positioned in the centre of town. There was expansion for the store in 1963, with an extra 5000 sq ft story and a half building opening it up to a department store, designed by architect and later cartoonist Peter Bromhead and a new Sunshine logo that had Hazelwoods as the “Finest Store Under the Sun.”By the time decimal currency came in 1967, Hazelwoods had been transformed into the dream department store, with haberdashery, fashion, shoes, furniture, china, appliances, hardware and even a new coffee shop on the mezzanine floor; even added a travel agency. It was a regional attraction.Employing 100 staff at its peak, Hazelwoods continued to grow as Colin Gibbs became involved with Radio Windy – Wellington’s first private station, now The Breeze. He was also president of the Retailers Federation in 1978, lobbying for Saturday trading and other innovations.As Hazelwoods cut back to core business, concentrating on furniture and appliances as the women’s clothes section was sold to Ballentyne’s, the men’s to Warnocks. Hardware went to Hammer Hardware, the travel

agency to United Travel.Colin and wife Maureen moved to Australia for some months, but his office remained as the changes continued, with the Quinn’s Post Motor Lodge and its iconic Red Coaches restaurant morphed into the Fergusson Rest Home, the first of a new focus.Colin Gibb has always had a passion for Upper Hutt and during 57 years has battled to keep the centre as vibrant as possible. Building the Queen St Countdown was an important part of the tribunal decision not to allow an alternative shopping centre in Silverstream which would have killed the CBD.

Building the new Mall and the Cinemas has been all part of this passion. New developments are still being planned to further boost the CBD.The planning and thinking all came out of the office upstairs with his sign that “life is made up of seconds,” but with the major refit program for Defence including building strengthening the office had to go, along with all the Trentham City horses.“Upper Hutt is a great city and I have certainly enjoyed the process of change during the last 57 years” say Colin“But life’s like that.”

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More time for the traveller after 33 years at HeretaungaBy MARY-ANNE THOMSONWhen a young Sue Schultz completed a practical section at Heretaunga College while undergoing her teacher training in the 1970’s, she never dreamed she would return there to work – let alone stay for 33 years.So it was a big wrench recently when was farewelled form the college for semi-retirement. But after such a long time she says she won’t be able to go “cold turkey” - she hopes to return as a

reliever. She also wants to find time to complete a cross stitch sampler she started before NCEA Level 3 was introduced seven years ago, which she says she hasn’t had time to touch since, and to follow her passion of travel.“I have loved teaching at Heretaunga,” she says. “Seeing kids do well, especially those that thought they couldn’t do it and found out they could, was really rewarding.”

In her 33 years Sue has taught thousands of students from Year 9 to Year 13, Maths, Calculus and Statistics. As well, for a just few years, she also taught Science and Clothing. Recently she has started to see children of former students coming through – which she says is really interesting. “I love catching up with former students and finding out what they have done with their lives. So its great to meet their children,” she says.Sue started teaching at Hutt Valley High straight from Victoria University in 1967. She left after three years to have a family.With husband Russell and a five-week old baby, Sue moved to Upper Hutt when Russell started managing Riley’s Pharmacy in 1970. He later went on to open a pharmacy of his own on Main Street – Gibbs Pharmacy, which then became Hoppers.After a year’s teacher training Sue started at Heretuanga College in 1978. “I never saw myself staying there for so long,” she says.“But part of the reason I have was an amazing HOD Maths, Richard Rhoades. He was so well organised, worked hard, generated amazing resources and treated everyone with respect and helped everyone. Richard made working at the college so great, that I became hooked,” she says.“Since then there have been four more HOD’s – and two in particular were also amazing,”One of the major developments in 33 years has been the impact of technology on Maths. “It has totally revolutionised the way we teach,” Sue says.When she started at the college it was all about blackboards, gestetners and photocopiers – computers, data projectors and interactive whiteboards – were pretty much still way out there, not even blue skies.While the college had a few “huge

old computers” they didn’t get used much and when they did it was with clumsy programmes.As well as teaching students, Sue has had to learn about the technology herself.She was at Heretaunga for the introduction of NCEA in the early 2000s and for its subsequent refinements. That too has changed the way she teaches students.The introduction of Teacher Aides is another way that teaching and learning has changed Sue says. “I was terrified of having a Teacher Aide come into my room at first,” she says. “But they are incredible support and I have been so thrilled with the amazing job they do and how valuable teacher aides have been.”Sue has seen highs and lows at the college – mostly highs, she says.Her classroom was in G wing when it burned down in 1994 – “that was horrible.” But as a result she got a lovely new room in H wing.Seeing the new sports centre taking shape and being used was also a highlight.As well as teaching Sue has been active in helping backstage with makeup and costumes for school productions. “We have had some fantastic productions. Highlights were Grease in the 80s and Jesus

Christ Superstar.”Sue has also been involved with the college’s tramping club and thoroughly enjoyed tramps with the students. One particular high point – literally – was getting to the top of Mt Egmont /Mt Taranaki.She will never forget is a trip to India organised by fellow staff member Javer Naran. Staff, students and parents visited important Indian landmarks like the Taj Mahal and also trekked Har Ki Doon. staying in the villages of Sankri, Taluka, Osla,on the way.“That was an amazing time,” she says.Other tramps with a staff group including the Banks Track and Tora walk – and Sue hopes to continue to be involved with staff tramps in the future. “They are almost like family to me.”Sue and Russell’s three children, Karen, Julie and Andrew went to Heretuanga College and “all got a good education”. “They have all done very well professionally and we are very proud of them,” she says.“The atmosphere at Heretaunga College is very good at the moment.“The management and staff have been working very hard on lifting the tone and behaviour and its working.”

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Former HIBS captain scores bronze in World legal competitionOtago University 3rd Year Law student and former Upper Hutt schoolboy.

Nicholas Blumsky-Gibbs recently experienced success in a National Law School competition that has seen him representing New Zea-land over the past week in the Worlds held at Maastricht Univer-Worlds held at Maastricht Univer-Worlds held at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

Nicholas grew up in Heretaunga and attended local schools St Brendan’s and Hutt Internation-al Boys School, where he was School Captain in 2006.

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tance of putting the client at ease and asking the right questions to discover what issues need to re-solved and what legalities need to be addressed is grasped. In the competition an Actor is given a scenario to play out. The team must, through thoughtful ques-tioning expose all the relevant in-formation so they can be as useful as possible to the client. They are judged by a panel of Judges who already know the scenario the Ac-tor is playing out so are aware of what needs to be addressed. The audience is also aware of the sce-nario, which makes it entertaining to watch. It’s like watching a mys-tery unfold in front of you where you hope the team asks all the right questions to get all the right clues!

The Nationals held last Septem-ber in Dunedin again saw Nic and Sean in the Finals up against a Victoria University Team. Their friendship once again combined to give then a winning combina-tion which saw them win once more and become National win-ners.

It has been an exhausting time for the boys during the competition.

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This weekThis weekend SoonWhat’s on in Upper HuttToday• “Walking My Talk” – Paintings

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• Sit and Be Fit. 1.30pm (Every Friday) Connections, 541 Fergusson Drive, Trentham (next to the Fire Station). Entry by Gold coin donation. More info phone 528 0980.

• Rimutaka Renegades Inline Hockey Under 10’s and Under 12’s sessions. New players welcome. 6pm-8pm (Every Friday) 34B Goodshed Road, Upper Hutt. More info [email protected]

• Busy Hands. A preschool programme for 3 – 5 year olds. Children’s area, Upper Hutt

Library. 10.30 – 11.15am.Saturday• Upper Hutt Animal

Rescue society “Kitten Smitten’, kitten adoption day. 10.30-2.30pm at ‘The Mall”. More info 5262672.

• Trentham United Harriers and Walkers Club Barton Road, Trentham Memorial Park. Runs and Walks every Saturday through the season. More info www.tranthamunited.co.nz

• Public Rollerskating session. 3-5pm (every Saturday) Upper Hutt Rollerskating Club, 34B Goodshed Road. Charge applies. More info phone Chris on 5297551.

• Golder’s Cottage, Historic Place & Museum, 707 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt open every Saturday 1.30 – 4pm (group visits by arrangement Ph 5289 855)

• Zumba Toning classes. Family-friendly classes for parents and kids together. 10.30am every Saturday at Anita’s Dance Academy, 175 Main St. Charge applies. More info Anita 527 0384

• Zumba Fitness. Latin inspired cardio vascular fitness class. The Nutrition Club, 153 Main Street, 11.30am-12.30pm. Charges apply. Info phone Susan on 526-9498.

Sunday• How to access reading, writing

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This Week Monday• Busy Bodies. Stories, rhymes

and music for 1 – 3 year olds. 10.30 – 11am every Monday and Thursday. FREE.

• Upper Hutt Chess Club meets 7.30pm (every Monday) Hapai Club, opposite UH Railway Station. More info, phone Roger Smith, 971-6528.

• Tai Chi For Seniors. 1.30pm (every Monday) St Margaret’s Church, Dunns Street, Silverstream. More info: 9770797.

• Zumba Toning classes. Family-friendly classes – parents and kids can get fit together. 10 am and 8 pm every Monday at Anita’s Dance Academy, 175 Main St. Charge applies. More info call Anita 527 0384.

• Pilates for Everyone: 4.30-5.30pm (every Monday during school term).St. Margaret’s Church, Dunns Street, Silverstream. $5 per session. More info call Helen on 9702046

Tuesday• Baby and Toddler CPR course.

7.30-9.30pm Upper Hutt Parents Centre. Charge applies, registration essential. More info or registration: Paula 9711966

• TV Medium Jeanette Wilson at Genesis Energy Theatre. 7.30pm. Charge applies. Proceeds to Christchurch Red Cross Earthquake Appeal. More info 5272168.

• Arts a Go Go! Holiday Workshop “Mash it Up! A day of sensational skits, clowning, song and dance. 9am -3pm. 6 - 13 year olds (students grouped according to age) Silverstream

School Hall charge applies. More info or registration: 9777 887.

• School Holiday Stitching Upper Hutt embroiderers guild school holiday class (also Thursday 21, Tuesday 26, Thursday 28) from 9:30 till 12noon at Wesley Centre, Benzie Ave. Morning tea provided. Charge applies. Join one session or all four.

• Sit and Be Fit. 10am (Every Tuesday) Connections, 541 Fergusson Drive, Trentham (next to the Fire Station). Entry by Gold coin donation. More information phone 528 0980.

• Work Shop for home educated students. Upper Hutt Public Library 10.30am.

• Senior Net Upper Hutt computer classes for 50’s up. 1.30pm (every 1st, 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month). City Arcade. 5278806 for more info.

• Expressions Live concert 1pm every Tuesday until October at Expressions. Free.

• Zumba Fitness. Latin inspired cardio vascular fitness class. The Nutrition Club, 153 Main Street, 7.30pm-8.30pm. Charges apply. Info phone Susan on 526-9498.

Wednesday Upper Hutt Greypower meeting

2pm Hapai Club (third Wednesday of every month). More Info: Max on 9734247.

• Arts a Go Go! Holiday Workshop “Dynamic Drama! Voice and Confidence” Through fun drama activities, learn how to speak bravely in front of small and large groups. 5-8 year olds, 9am -11am, 9-13 year olds, 12pm - 3pm. Silverstream School Hall. Charge applies. More info and registration, ph 9777 887.

• Children’s Embroidery Lessons. Wesley Centre, Benzie Ave 4pm - 6pm fortnightly. For more info: 5269021

Saturday 9th April PAK n SAVE UH 1sts hosted a very strong team in Island Bay particularly hard and difficult when after 15minutes you have a player sent off and then 5 minutes later you are 1-0 down, but again like a few of our previous games we have shown how strong we are and how well we can work for each other as a team, the boys put in a great effort in the game and we deserved the result we got at the final whistle a 2-1 win. There is not much that I can say about the game apart that I am really PROUD of my players.Pedro Garcia DOC Upper Hutt City Foot-ballWeekend results 9&10th AprilPAK n SAVE UH 1sts Vs Island Bay 2-1, PAK n SAVE UH 2nds Vs Wgtn Utd 3-1, PAK n SAVE UH 3rds Vs Karori 0-2, RJ’s Vs Marist 2-9,Saints Vs Wgtn Utd 6-1, Mauraders Vs Nth Wgtn 2-9,Defence Vs Seatoun 0-3, Creeps Vs BNU 1-8Women’s NZ DATA UH 1sts Vs Massey 1-10, NZ DATA UH 2nds Vs University 2-4

26 April to 8 May check out ww.comedy.co.nz

Saturday Night LIVE Laughs!Festival Dates: 7 & 14 May ‐ Show @ 7pm

The BoileRoomFIRST COMEDY CLUB IN THE VALLEY – EST OCT 09PROUDLY PRESENTS OUR SECOND FESTIVAL YEAR!

NICK GIBB ‐ 2011 Billy T Nominee2010 Winner of Wellington Raw Comedy Quest

“Inspired…Gibb was on FIRE from the moment he took the stage”Manawatu Standard

“Nick combines slick vocal with common touch, fully encourage to seek for his full length Solo show” Theatreview.org.nz

Pre‐paid 14.5Door Sales 16.0

TICKETS @ MAYFAIR CAFEBUY NOW! LIMITED TICKETS!

07 May

14 May

The BoileRoom – Boutique Beer & Wine BarGeange St or Thru Mayfair Café

116 Main St UH 527 4116

DOOR OPENS @ 5:30 – DINNER & SNACKS AVAILABLE

RAYBON KAN IS BACK! From London, Canada, Hong Kong, San Fran, LA, Melbourne & Sydney

“Endearing, boyish, dark & light ‐ A Festival’s Highlight!”The Age ‐Melbourne

“Keeps us laughing…offers extraordinary ways to seeing the ordinary” National Business Review, NZ

“Raybon has the true comedian’s ability to take the ordinary,themundane, the unnoticed and turn it into bizarre” The Press NZ

15April2011

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