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VETERAN: Frank Jones presenting the Nor-mandy Standard. PHOTO: Supplied

By Dan Whitfi eldA commemorative wreath laying ceremony was

held recently, recognising the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings which Wainuiomata resident Frank Jones was part of.

The ceremony was held at the Grand Hall located in Wellington Parliament buildings, and as part of proceedings, Mr Jones presented the Wellington Standard of the Normandy Veterans Association for the last time before it closed for good.

The Normandy landings, code named Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 termed D-Day during World War II.

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The main outfall pipeline (MOP), located in the Hutt Valley, was temporary closed to allow mainte-nance work to take place last week.

General manager Bruce Sherlock says the inspec-tion was needed to replace two short sections of pipe which were identified during last years assess-ment of the 18 kilometre pipeline.

The pipe takes treated wastewater from the Seav-iew treatment plant to the outfall at Pencarrow Head.

Last year, we conducted a thorough inspection and two pipe lengths under

Seaview Rd were noted as getting to the end of their useful life, Mr Sherlock says.

To replace the lengths, the pipeline will be shut down for about three weeks [from Monday 16 June] and well access the pipeline by digging a sec-tion of the road shoulder, he says.

During this time, treated wastewater will be divert-ed to the lower Waiwhetu Stream, with some treated water also be drained to coastal marine areas at several locations around the Eastern bays to empty the pipe.

Council has resource consent to allow this maintenance work to take place.

Although the wastewater is treated via a process called secondary treat-ment and ultraviolet dis-infection, there is some increased health risks.

In the vicinity of the discharge points, health warnings will be put in place to advise people of the risk.

Council urge for those who may be swimming, fi shing or collecting sea-food to avoid doing so while warnings are in place.

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HEALTH WARNINGS: Treated waste water is set to be diverted into the Waiwhetu Stream. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

Continued from page 1It was the largest sea borne invasion

in history, and the operation that began the invasion of German-occupied Western Europe, led to the restoration of the French Republic, and contrib-uted to an allied victory in the war.

The landings involved both English and New Zealand forces, as well as a number of other forces including United States, Australia and Canada.

Mr Jones says there were about 600 veterans, with 25 in New Zealand.

Unfortunately time is catching up with many, with now only four in the Wellington region, he says.

The four from Wellington include Mr Jones, one from Whitby and two from Waikanae; as well as a number of Normandy veteran widows.

It was closed on the anniversary of the landings, and was closed because there arent many of us left now, Mr Jones says.

Most are well into their 90s. Its sad to see it close...But we still catch up for social meetings. We are a really close family, he says.

When Mr Jones went away to war, he was a young British 16-year-old; now at age 88, he is pleased the standard will not be forgotten as it will be kept at the St Francis Chapel, located at the Trentham Army Camp.

Mr Jones held two roles on the gunship HMS Belfast; he was a baker, but during war situations he operated the twin guns shooting .44mm rounds at the enemy.

The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks and naval bombard-ments.

In the early morning, amphibious land-ings on fi ve beaches began and during the evening the remaining elements of the parachute divisions landed.

Land forces used on D-Day were de-ployed from bases along the south coast of England.

Mr Jones was part of the Navy for four years, and supported troops and forces from Canada and Scotland. He was one of about 1.3 million troops involved in the Normandy Landings.

The Wellington districts Normandy Standard was created over 20 years ago.

After the war, and before retiring, Mr Jones worked as a constable for the New Zealand Police. He also worked with traffi c control in Lower Hutt and worked in a light industrial fi rm in Wainuiomata.

He moved to the valley in 1959.

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Lower Hutts town hall, which dates back to the 1950s, has escaped being demolished, with Hutt City Council o cials voting in favour of saving the old building.The hall is earthquake-prone and was set to be demolished following council meetings last year, but people have lobbied to preserve the citys legacy.

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Wellington Police have released the name of a man who was found in Wellington Harbour on recently. It was Graham Hutcheon, a 57-year-old from Upper Hutt.A post mortem has been completed and Police are awaiting the nal results. Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Sears says: We are continuing to work with the Interislander to establish if he was a passenger on the 8pm sailing on Sunday.Police have also seized and are search-ing his vehicle which was found a short distance from the ferry terminal.

Name of man found in harbour released

Hutt City Council is urging members of the public to be on the lookout for the illegal dumping of rubbish in and around Wainuiomata.It is a serious o ence under the Litter Act 1979 to dispose of waste materials onto public or private land. O enders can face a maximum ne of $400 or a period of imprisonment.Council representatives say not only does it decrease property and com-munity value; there are hazards and risks as well as environmental issues involved.If residents nd litter or see any cases of illegal dumping, they are encouraged to contact the council on 570 6666.

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By Dan Whitfi eldAn elderly man has died as

a result of an explosive house fi re in Burden Grove.

The incident happened last Thursday at about 2am in the Wainuiomata suburb of Homedale, and when police and emergency services ar-rived, the house was already-engulfed in fl ames.

Staff from Wainuiomata Community Policing Centre and Wainuiomata Volunteer Fire Brigade attended the scene. Seven fi re crews report-edly were on hand to put out the fi re.

Chief fi re offi cer Ewen Heron says two appliances from the Wainuiomata brigade attended the scene, as well as the op-erational support vehicle and also appliances from the Hutt Valley.

Residents in the surrounding

area told the Wainuiomata News they heard a large explo-sion and people shouting when the fi re started.

Wainuiomata resident Sarah Poole says: The explosion was what woke us up.

The man is believed to have been the sole occupant of the home, and his age or identity is still yet to be released by police.

Investigations at the scene of the fi re began early on Thurs-day morning with an aim of determining the cause.

The fi re service and the CIB are investigating the cause of the fi re and death, Mr Heron says.

The fatal house fi re in Wai-nuiomata was confined to a single fl at on Burden Grove.

There were no smoke alarms installed in the fl ats. Other occupants of the fl ats nearby are all safe and well,

One dead after fi re

FIRE: A re that broke out at a Wainuiomata ad-dress in the suburb of Homedale. PHOTO: Supplied

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day morning with an aim of

The fi re service and the CIB are investigating the cause of the fi re and death, Mr Heron

nuiomata was confined to a

FIRE: A re that broke out at a Wainuiomata ad-dress in the suburb of Homedale.

Mr Heron says.Fire fi ghters extinguished the

blaze within half an hour, fi nd-ing a body, which staff believed was the elderly man who lived

at the address.The unit was number three.According to the Wainuiomata

fi re service, the last fatal fi re was in the early 2000s.

FIRE CHIEF: Ewen Heron (Inset).

By Dan Whitfi eldJust like a car needs regular servicing,

so do people; which is why men in Wainuiomata are being encouraged to take note of an awareness week designed specifi cally at them.

Mens Health Week, which runs from June 9-15, is an initiative offering simple health checks to help them take charge of their health and wellbeing.

Mental health is something that men around New Zealand are getting better and better at talking about it. There is a growing understanding that although mental health issues can be triggered by stresses in daily life, they are clinical diseases that often require outside help and medical treatment.

As part of this years awareness week, free health pit stop checks are being held at Life, Unichem and Amcal pharmacies around New Zealand including Clives Unichem Pharmacy.

Clive Cannons, also known as the happy chemist, says it is important because most

only go to the doctors when they are really unwell.

Mr Cannon and his team will be offering free blood pressure testing until the end of June, giving men free screenings and if needed, pointing them towards their doctors.

Were accessible, Mr Cannons says, which is why he is supporting the aware-ness week this year.

The services and help being offered to men this years are important as one in eight New Zealand men will experience serious depression during their lifetime.

Depression is more than a low mood; it is a serious illness that can need clinical treatment and those with depression fi nd it hard to function as it can have a serious affect on physical and mental health.

Its important to know where you are. This is because most diseases, if you fi nd out about them early, can be prevented...This means we can stay protected, Mr Cannons says.

Mr Cannons is advising the men in the Wainuiomata community to come down

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THE HAPPY CHEMIST: Clive encourages men to be aware of their health. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

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is gearing up to help the people of Wainuiomata by giving away free curtains to those with community service cards.

Wainuiomata locals have been invited to be part of this free service, providing made-to-measure, lined curtains for as part of the Sustainability Trusts Curtain Bank.

Co-ordinator Erika Grant says it gets much colder in Wainuiomata than in other Wellington suburbs.

Locals need to make sure they are stopping draughts and keeping heat in living rooms and bedrooms - children and the elderly especially suffer from the cold, Ms Grant says.

The Curtain Bank will be set up at the Wainuiomata Com-munity Centre later this month, with orders taken from June 23.

Each year, the organisation

takes its free service on the road, stopping off in commu-nities around the Wellington region to help Community Ser-vices Card holders stay warm and healthy over winter.

Last year, it helped a number of residents from Wainuio-mata, including Kinisi Upton, who chose to get new curtains for her sons bedroom.

Were hoping that the com-munity grapevine swings into action, and as many people as possible can get themselves lined and fitted curtains for their home or rental, says Ms Grant.

The Curtain Bank is a free service, funded by Sustain-ability Trusts insulation pro-gramme, and supported by New Zealand power company, Genesis Energy.

If people, or anyone they know, needs curtains and has a Community Services Card, Ms Grant encourages them to

Free curtains for Wainui residents

LOCAL RESIDENT: Kinisi Upton, and her son, getting bedroom curtains from the Curtain Bank. PHOTO: Supplied

come down to the community centre from June 23.

The Wellington-based Curtain Bank generally only provides curtains for main living areas but in special instances, such as

if someone in a house has medi-cal issues, it will try to provide curtains for bedrooms as well.

For more information, visit www.sustaintrust.org.nz/cur-tainbank.

By Dan Whitfi eldA Wainuiomata man

passionate about the Ellerslie International Flower Show will be un-able to attend this year due to Christchurch City Council (CCC) putting the event on hold until 2016.

Landscaper Tane Renata exhibited a Wainuiomata-inspired garden design this year, pitting his entry against the worlds best.

This year was only his second time at the flower show and his feature garden, titled Indigenous Retreat, picked up a merit award at the 2014 show.

CCC officials an-nounced earlier this

month that the Ellerslie International Flower Show would not be held in 2015, in order to make the event fi nancially vi-able in 2016.

C o u n c i l l o r T i m Scandrett says while it brings many benefits to Christchurch, the council is not currently in a position fi nancially to sustain the show.

While there will be no show next year, the council will work with the gardening and events communities to work out what form a show could take in 2016, he says.

The first time Tane went to the fl ower show he was amazed at the attention his designs received.

No fl ower show next year

For three years, he has been a solo land-scaper at Land Life and Culture which is based out of Wai-nuiomata.

He has worked on

numerous gardens in the Wellington region as well as helping with the Treemendous School Makeover at Naenae Primary School.

LANDSCAPER: Tane Reanata showcased his work at the Ellerslie ower show this year.

Applications are now open for food vendors, stallholders and entertainers keen to be part of this years Petone Winter Carnival. Stall fees range from about $85-$200, depending on the type and size of your stall. Get in contact with us to apply for a stall or ask any questions at petone-carnival.co.nz/get_involved or email [email protected].

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Hutt Intermediate School is leading the way in the Hutt Valley region of Wellington by introducing their students to 3D printing. IT teacher Vanessa Harrold and Hard Materials Technol-ogy teacher Steve Polaczuk attended a public 3D printing introduction session in Feb-ruary this year and decided the information would be invaluable to their students and t well with the schools technology programme. Stu-dents were recently taught how 3D printing is being used today and the possibilities for the future.

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Despite a change of name, the same serivce will continue at Creative Meats - formally known as Export Meat Warehouse.The Wainuiomata butchery has been owned and operated locally for a number of years by Bruce Gordon, who insists the quality and value of his product will not be changing.Creative meats will still be located on Queen St.

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A Hutt City gang show a type of song and dance performance - will be devel-oped by The Scout Association of New Zealand thanks to a $6000 grant from the latest Creative Communities funding round.Claire Hewitts 12-week workshop series Singing with Soul is another successful project, with a grant of $4550 to provide services for people with intellectual disabilities.Claire says: Ill be working with Thumbs Up Charitable Trust, Hutt Valley Dis-abilities Resource Trust and the Christie Centre, to get people singing. The old ad-age singing is good for the soul couldnt be truer of this project.Well have four projects running consec-utively (two with youth, two with elderly) with the agencies coming together at the end for a shared singing and social event celebrating their work over the previous weeks, she says. In total, 12 local groups and individuals received funding this round.Creative Communities funding encour-ages locals to actively participate in art-making in their community. Many of the events and workshops are free or low

cost thanks to the funding received.A recent example of a successfully funded event was The Fire Within community circus event held in Dowse Square as part of the 2014 Fringe Festival in the Hutt.The event was free, highly accessible, looked stunning and involved local teen-agers performing, says Pippa Sanderson, Hutt City Council community arts and culture advisor.Unlike some other grants, Creative Communities allows individual artists and small groups to apply whereas most fund-ing requires applicants to be a registered charitable trust, Ms Sanderson says.All the projects funded will be staged between May and November 2014. In total 16 groups applied for $64,300. The committee had $35,000 to award.Creative Communities funding rounds are now open all year around with the next lot of applications closing on Friday, September 19.The Creative Communities Scheme is funded by Creative New Zealand, the government arts funding body, and administered by New Zealand city and district councils to support local com-munity art activities.

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Funding towards the proposed Petone Arena has been left out of Hutt City Coun-cils annual plan due to limited community support.

A consultation period, held earlier this year, gave Hutt Valley residents a chance to express their thoughts and concerns over the 12,000 seat stadium as well as the councils plan to allegedly make a $25 million contribution towards it.

Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace says he prides himself on listening to the people he represents.

It would be a sad day for Lower Hutt if proposals such as Petone Arena were never put up for discussion simply because they generate strong views or force us to think differently about the future, Mr Wallace says.

Weve heard from many different people during consultation on [the] arena and the discussion has been robust. The feedback though has been overwhelmingly similar with the majority of those whove had their say, clearly against it, he says.

The stadium was one of a few special projects proposed in the councils draft an-nual plan, with council offi cials believing it could have been an investment for the city.

As one of the strict conditions we

imposed on the proposal was a satisfactory level of community support we will not be providing funding to progress Petone Arena, Mr Wallace says.

My vision for our city continues to be a great place to live, work and play both today and tomorrow, and as a council well continue to be open to ideas that help us achieve that, he says.

While it would be located in Petone, even Wainuiomata residents expressed concerns about whether the stadium was a good idea.

If the proposal to build the Petone Arena was to get the go ahead, Hutt Valley residents, as well as those living in Wai-nuiomata, would likely see rates per annum increase.

The Petone Arena discussion has uncov-ered fantastic information about aspirations and needs in the Petone community and I look forward to working with the people of Petone and the CFT to explore these further, he says.

Last week, Mr Wallace, who is also a Wainuiomata resident, commended those involved for bringing the proposal to the council table, but says he could not ignore the strength of public opinion.

The proposed stadium is set to cost about $48 million.

Lack of community support drives decision

PROPOSED ARENA: An artists mock-up of the proposed Petone Arena. PHOTO: Supplied

The nalists for The Wellington Sport-sperson of the Year Awards have been announced.Six external and independent judges deliberated over 200 nominations from 26 di erent sports to compile the list of 46 nalists. Those selected were from 11 categories covering sportspersons, coaches, of- cials, administrators, clubs and teams.Amongst the finalists, rugby, cricket, swimming, basketball, hockey and athletics feature repeatedly with a few less renowned sports making an appear-

ance such as equestrian, shooting and barefoot water-skiing.Past winners include Peter Taylor, Conrad Smith and Ricki Hebert.The winner of the awards is set to be announced at a ceremony on Thursday at TSB Banks Arena. Sport Wellington Chief Executive Phil Gibbons says: this has been yet another great year for the number of nominations received.The quality of the nominees and their level of achievement are outstanding, he says.

Sportsperson of Year fi nalists announced

6 Wednesday June 18, 2014

Question: What do you most like about Wainuiomata?

Heather HillWainuiomata

The good people.

Siobhan SimpsonWainuiomata

I love the coast and going for drives down there.

Paul SinclairWainuiomata

Couldnt imagine living anywhere else...The peo-ple are great and this is my home.

Emma SleeWainuiomata

I love the outdoors.

Nicole AdamsonWainuiomata

The thing I most like is the community itself. Lots of people put Wainuio-mata down but its a really cool place to grow up.

Find out the word on the street in WainuiomataOur readers have their say.

Letters to the editor

By Dan Whitfi eldWainuiomata children enrolled in a Hutt

Valley-based early childhood centre have been rewarded for completing a Fundamen-tal Movement Skills (FMS) project with Sport Wellington.

Gracefield Early Childhood Centre in Seaview had about nine young students take part in the project which was run by Sport Wellingtons Young Persons team over the past 17 months.

The aim of the project was to improve knowledge and understanding of FMS, and demonstrate the importance of basic movement in a childs physical, cognitive and social growth.

It was also aimed at children under the age of fi ve, helping them improve early motor development and advance the skills essential for participation in physical activities such as sport and active recreation.

Students that took part in the sessions were involved in activities that focused on basic movement such as jumping, hand-eye co-ordination, balance and rotation.

Young Persons advisor Tania Atkinson has worked with several early childhood centres throughout the greater Wellington region, running activity sessions with the students and providing professional development

opportunities to teachers through training, modeling sessions and lesson plans.

She makes sure to keep the sessions fun and simple, so the centres can continue to work after the project has fi nished.

We incorporate a lot of easily accessible equipment such as balloons and homemade bats, this way there really are no barriers for the centres to continue the work, Ms Atkinson says.

We encourage FMS to be incorporated into day to day activities to the point where they become automatic skills...With the basic skills under their belt, we hope that the kids will start to develop a lifelong interest in an active lifestyle, she says.

FMS has allegedly been a success at Discovery Early Learning Centre where Sue Lewis says their teachers are now confi dent in running regular sessions.

The project also allows teachers to identify specifi c areas in which students require ad-ditional support and provide better feedback to parents and caregivers concerning their childs development.

Sport Wellington has worked with over 25 centres in the greater Wellington region since the project was established in 2011.

The team is currently working with another four centres - two from Porirua, one from Lower Hutt and one from Wellington City.

Pre-schoolers get moving

Back from left, Ella Laban-Walsh, Teacher Selina, Olivia Schwoerer, Jackson McLeod, Ina Manu, Dupree Samuelu, Teacher Karen, Cameron Johns, Lucas Holm, Kayla curtis, Teacher at back Krishani, Maya Shennan, Daisy Johnson, Adelle Beaumont, Ben Mitchell, Rebecca Davidson, right at the back to the right, Mariya Lucas. Front row Riley Gri en, Amira Vaa, Polito-Siaki Leafe, Cedric Bell, and Leina Foa.

Dear Ed, What a tremendous good sort Hayden

Wilby from The Fitzroy Tavern is; Big ups to you for supporting so much that happens in Wainuiomata.

I want to commend you on the recent donation you gave toward the surgery of the little boy with cancer. Mate, why arent

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Yours sincerelyR. Cunningham

Dear Ed,Its astounding to see the amount of sport-

ing success that is coming out of Wainuio-mata, especially in the last two months. Last week there were the sisters that had been selected for teams; and now in this issue, there is Navada Blake who has been picked to play for a representative hockey team.

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Its a great way to clear out your stash, and top it up again, says Nanette Cormack, one of the event organisers. We knitters dont have many opportunities to get together in Wellington the day will be a great chance to sit and knit and crochet together, grab a bargain or two and or ask an expert, she says.An unexpected hit last year was the wool winding. We had a couple of people on hand to wind your wool for a

small donation. People found that really interesting and were really keen to have a go, so we will have more swifts and ball winders on hand this year, she says.Donations of wool for the hospice stall can be dropped o at your local Te Omanga or Mary Potter hospice shop or at the hospices themselves and at Cuba Street Knitworld.Find out more at socialwoolfair.wordpress.com or on the Social Wool Fairs facebook page.

A good yarn for charity

Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace has described his councils annual plan as a watershed for the city.

The plan, which was confi rmed last week, focuses on growth and rejuvenation of the Hutt Valley including Wainuiomata.

Mr Wallace says with more than 30 projects included in this years plan it is an exciting time and that he is optimistic for the future of Hutt City.

Most importantly weve been able to set this direction for the city while retaining our reputation of fi nancial prudence by striking a balance between development and fiscal responsibility, Mr Wallace says.

Wainuiomata is also set to benefi t, with a range of projects and initia-tives added; including an inclusion

Watershed plan for the city, says mayorof $300,000 over the next three years for a development plan.

Councillor Campbell Barry says this spending is a part of councils Urban Growth Strategy and will ultimately focus on making Wainuiomata a more vibrant and attractive place to live, work and play.

This is a good win for Wai-nuiomata, but it is just the begin-ning, Mr Barry says.

He sees the money as seed fund-ing for bigger and better develop-ments in the local community.

Other signifi cant projects and initiatives included in the budget for Wainuiomata were $1.5 mil-lion for the extension and upgrade of Wise St, $1.2m (part funded by New Zealand Transport Author-

ity) towards improvements to Wainuiomata Hill Rd, $1m for sewer renewals and $70,000 for the mayors taskforce for jobs.

As part of the annual plan, an additional $6 million for the Fraser Park Sportsville project was confi rmed, plus movement to bring forward work on the Hutt River Trails Manor Park cycleway.

Council has also continued its commitment of at least $30,000 each year for improvements to Waiu Park.

There is also a provision of $225k to upgrade the Wainuio-mata Garden of Remembrance at the northern end of Hine Rd, however will likely not be until 2016/17.

Overall, Mr Barry is happy with the outcomes of councils budget for Wainuiomata.

We are taking care of our core infrastructure and have some exciting new initiatives and pro-jects that will compliment what is already happening. There is still a long way to go, and there will be hurdles to jump, but I believe we are on the right track, Mr Barry says.

Its now time to get to work on making this plan a reality and I urge all those who care about the future of Lower Hutt to work with us on making this happen, Mr Wallace says.

For more information on Hutt City Councils annual plan, head to huttcity.govt.nz/annualplan.MAYOR: Ray Wallace. PHOTO: Supplied

A new National Command and Co-ordination Centre (NCCC) opened at the New Zealand Police Head-quarters in Wellington recently.Commissioner Mike Bush says the prevention rst deployment model which has been embedded into New Zealand Police over the past two years enables us to deliver greater bene ts to our sta and communities, by ensuring we have the right sta , in the right place, at the right time, to prevent crime and crashes before they happen.The new centre is set to deliver a number of bene ts for its sta and communities, including en-hancing the police approach to intelligence-informed policing. It aligns with the introduction of District Command Centres (DCCs) in each of the 12 districts through-out 2013.The excellent work done by police districts in setting up their own

command centres has paved the way for creation of the [new centre], whose prime purpose is to support them in their work. Importantly, it provides our sta with instant, up to date information across the organisation that informs strategic decision-making and issues management in real time, Mr Bush says.The command and coordination centre will allegedly access the same technologies its DCC coun-terparts, providing an operational picture at national level. Mr Bush says it will also provide critical command and control dur-ing national operations, such as a major sporting event or national emergency.As has happened in districts through the introduction of DCCs, the [new centre] has already begun to change the way we do business for the better, Mr Bush says.

New Police centre

By Dan Whitfi eldAlthough he has only been

riding competitively in cyclo-cross for a year, Wainuiomatas Brendon Sharratt has already placed third in New Zealand.

Its a wicked sport. Its a sport Ive always been into, Mr Sharratt says.

Cyclocross is a combination sport, involving mountain bik-ing, road cycling and running, he says. It is a sport that has only become popular in New Zealand over the last few years, but has continued to be massive in European countries.

The full-time dad says: It suits me now, [as] Im a bit busier and have less time for training and travelling. But theres plenty of racing here in Wellington and its also great that the races are on a small circuit, [making] spectator viewing is easy.

With his years of experience

and training knowledge, Mr Sharratt says he can be smart and just do enough to be com-peting at the top positions in the fi eld.

Ive been racing bikes for a tad over 20 years. Im one of very few people in New Zealand who have picked up national medals in road, track, mountain biking and cyclocross over the years, says the 33-year-old.

He still races in competition races in road cycling, track, and mountain biking.

Mr Sharratt races in the grade A division, which is the top level. He also races, and has been successful over his New Zealand champion and number one counterpart, Alex Revell, in previous years.

One day Id love to be the champion but Im happy with what I have achieved so far, Mr Sharratt says.

The Wellington HuttCross Series started about two weeks

ago and Mr Sharratt is compet-ing this year.

I won the fi rst round at Moon-shine Park two weeks ago but will be up with some more competition over the remainder of the series with Alex Revell returning to racing, [as well as] young Wellington star Eden Cruise who fi nished second to me in round one, he says.

Currently Mr Sharratt is train-ing around seven hours during the week.

He competed in round two of the HuttCross series over the weekend, and is set to compete in the remaining four rounds with the season set to end in August, closely followed by the New Zealand champs in the Hawkes Bay on August 10.

Tyre pressures and tread have been the biggest things to learn over the years, says Mr Sharratt.

He has been a Wainuiomata resident for two years.

Local dad makes the top three

CYCLOCROSS: Brendon Sharratt is third in New Zealand. PHOTO: Supplied


Photos by Dan Whitfi eldWainuiomata High School hosted its

own wearable arts competition last week.The event was part of its annual run-

ning house competition with the runway show being the second for the year.

The talent was high and a panel of judges was in place to determine the winner.

Principal Martin Isberg says: They were great costumes and that anyone could have been the winner.

But only one house was crowned with the fi rst place glory, in this case it was Rutherford House.

Second was Tuwhare; third was Apiata; and fourth was Ngata.

Big show for house comp

RUTHERFORD HOUSE: A lobster crawls the catwalk.

NGATA HOUSE: A graduate.

APIATA HOUSE: A tribal wizard.

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out of manuscript.

BRIDE: Teacher Anna Durcan.

TUWHARE HOUSE: Kiwi icon, Marmite.

RUTHERFORD HOUSE: A tribal creation.

APIATA HOUSE: A taniwha. TUWHARE HOUSE: A pavlova makes

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TUWHARE HOUSE: A sheep bleets its way to the catwalk.

TUWHARE HOUSE: A creation of jandals.


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What is your favourite food?

What makes you smile?

A good joke will get me smiling.

Whats your pet hate?

Tardiness.

Your favoured holiday destination?

So far it is Western Europe.

Whats your favourite music?

I listen to all kinds of music.

What is one thing Wainuio-mata News readers would be surprised to know about you?

Im not a morning person.

My favourite food is anything Italian.

Whats next on your wish list?

To buy my rst home.

A saying you like to live by?

A saying I live by is, Dont worry, be happy!

I dont like to cook so would be more likely to invite you to eat out.

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A fi nancial exploitation of the elderly by their gambling children is becoming a grow-ing problem in New Zealand, and it is once again under the spotlight.

Last Sunday, June 15, was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - a designated day to encourage communities to recognise the problem of elderly abuse and focus on the problem of physical, emotional and fi nancial abuse of elders.

In New Zealand, the impact of abuse to-wards the elderly population is felt throughout communities in a number of ways, including instances of older people being used as a source of money by their children to feed gambling habits.

Local credit union staff members from NZCU Baywide are calling for families and friends to safeguard older people to ensure their funds stay in their accounts and not in pokie machines.

NZCU Baywide chief executive officer Gavin Earle says gambling is a huge problem in communities and it is up to everyone to do what they can to help.

According to the Te Rangihaeata Oranga Trust, a leading provider of gambling ser-vices, addiction to pokie machines is the problem they see the most of in their work.

In the space of only three months, $862,787[a Department of Internal Affairs statistic] was spent in pokie machines in Wainuiomata, says Mr Earle.

This is a shocking amount of money in anyones language, he says.

NZCU Baywide recently invited the Te Rangihaeata Oranga Trust to speak to its team leaders about the growing problems of gambling.

We all need to become more vigilant and

Protecting the elderly from problem gamblers

SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY: NZCU Baywide chief executive o cer Gavin Earle. PHOTO: Supplied

investigate unusual behaviour such as a young person accompanying their older relative to the bank to withdraw large sums of money, or withdrawing money on a regular basis from an account they have access to. We owe it to our older people, says Mr Earle.

Estimates indicate that by 2050, the global population of people above the age of 60 will exceed the number of younger people.

These changes have led to a worldwide recognition of the problems and chal-lenges that face the elderly.

Mr Earle suggests that if people have concerns about money or gambling, they can call Choice Not Chance on 0800 654 655 or visit www.gamblinghelpline.co.nz.

An announcement to invest in an Informa-tion and Communication Technology (ICT) graduate school in Wellington is excellent news and a much-needed initiative, says a spokesperson from Grow Wellington a regional economic development agency.The Government announced last week that it was set to invest $28.6 million over the next four years to support three ICT graduate schools in Auckland, Christch-urch, and Wellington. School would aim to address skill short-ages in the information and communica-tions industry.Grow Wellington says the citys tech indus-try needs more and more skilled ICT sta .The economic development agency is finalising a regional workforce strat-egy with a focus on growing Wellingtons workforce in priority sectors where there

are skill shortages.The agencys general manager of innova-tion and workforce, Adrian Gregory says: Weve been working with tertiary educa-tion providers in the region Victoria and Massey universities, WelTec, Whitireia and the Open Polytechnic to respond to the industrys needs for a skilled graduate[s].Grow Wellingtons regional workforce strategy includes actions that will match our home-grown talent with demand for skills, and retain those skills in Wellington for the regions businesses, Mr Gregory says.Chief executive of the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) Linda Sissons sup-ports the investment and says welcomes this initiative and the opportunity to partner with other institutions under the auspices of Grow Wellington.

Much-needed ICT grad school for Wellington

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By Daniel Whitfi eldA former Wainuiomata Intermediate student has secured

her spot on a New Zealand waka ama squad heading to Rio de Janerio later this year.

Jaleighquar Rahiri will be part of a team of eight pad-dling in the junior J19K division and will compete against a number of countries at the World Championship Sprints event in August.

While waka ama is the one of New Zealands fastest grow-ing sports and the countrys reputation is second to none, Jaleighquar says to be named as part of the elite squad is a dream come true.

Jaleighquar Rahiri racing at Waka Ama Sprint Nationals held at Lake Karapiro in January this year. PHOTO: Garrick Cameron

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HEAD STUDENTS: Ashleigh Low, left, Tyler Heath (back), Callum Mackaness (front)

and Anchal Singh. Photo: Daniel Whitfi eld

By Daniel Whitfi eldAnother year has started at Wainuio-

mata High School and head students chosen to represent the school have set their goals for 2014. Year 13 students Callum Mackaness

and Anchal Singh were appointed the roles of head boy and girl, while their counterparts Tyler Heath and Ashleigh Low are this years deputy head students.

The Wainuiomata News sat down with the school representatives and found out what they want to achieve this year apart from level three exams. Callum, Wainuiomatas head boy, has

the desire to maintain a level of pride associated with wearing the school uniform. Its an important part of being at

school. I want everyone to represent their school properly, he says. Continued page 2

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No more patrolling for BillBill Oliver, right, was presented with a service recommendation by Wainuiomata Polices Tony Shearer recently.For the last 14 years, Mr Oliver had been part of a team of men and women that walk the beat as part of community patrol. He was one of about 20 people that volunteered.Mr Oliver still thinks he can carry on and will continue his involve-ment in the patrol through his new transport minister position.


International dancers give Pukeatua a show

Students get busy in the Pukeatua kitchenPukeauta School senior students have

been busy maintaining their newly completed Maara o te Akona/Garden of Learning a garden that was created in term one.

The students have had help from fellow peers, teachers, families and friends; and are now at the point of being able to use this school grown produce as to make various types of food while at school.

Last week the students collected silver beet, spring onions and celery, grown by the students, using the ingredients to make savouries.

This cultural and community garden with its child friendly nature is an asset to our school, says principal Jenni Adam.

The seniors next venture as asked for by parents is to create a market garden whanau. Im sure will see families and friends returning to help, she says.

As part of a Matariki based study, students from rooms 14 and 15 will be celebrating a dawn breakfast on June 28.

Pupils are presently focussing on the production and process of the making of rewena bread that they hope to share with their whanau as part of this, Ms Adam says.

Further development to the sustain-able raised planter boxes or Nga Maara Kai (Food Garden) will see the junior

GETTING BUSY: Tallis, Adam & Mareko making bread case savouries. PHOTO: Supplied

syndicate, Te Whanau and room four working together with our parents.

This coupled with a planned or-chard and senior students market style garden shows the schools commitment to creating a food source for students, families and the wider community. This is a long term goal for the school, Ms Adam says.

A Filipino dance crew jumped into action last Thursday, enter-taining students and teachers at Pukeatua School.

Philippine Baranggay Folk Dance Troup is in New Zealand for a competition in Rotorua later this year, but in the mean time its members are doing a number of performances including one at Wainuiomata Primary, interme-diate, and Pukeatua School.

It is also set to perform in Lower Hutt at Sacred Heart Col-

lege on June 21.Pukeatua student Reign Haere-

Metuangaro, as well as principal Jenni Adam, had a chance to have a go. They were taught a number of dance moves when the dance crew were in town last week.

Gina Reid, who organised for the dancers to come to New Zealand, is also involved at Pukeatua School. She also has been involved in helping the dance troop for a number of years.

READY, STEADY, COOK: Emma Ru-awai, students Tal-lis and Adam look-ing at ingredients. PHOTO: Supplied

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Dance Troup. LEARNING: Students learn traditional dance.

EAGER EYES: Students watch as the dance crew perform.

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This release is in anticipation of the current Local Government Com-mission findings around regional amalgamation.

Mr Stallinger stated that in 2013 Hutt City Council sought the opinion of its residents on regional amalgamation, and an unprecedented 6000 submis-sions were received.

Results showed over 80 per cent of Hutt Valley residents were not in favour of regional amalgamation.

The council was then obliged to submit against the proposal initiated by the Greater Wellington Regional Council.

Council has invested over $400,000 across the last two years to protect the democratic preference of a substantial majority of residents in Lower Hutt, as

regional amalgamation is in direct con-fl ict of the wishes of the community.

He said the council has tracked its costs on the matter, and was today releasing the details publicly to dem-onstrate the effort involved.

This work was necessary to carry out the wishes of council and the public.

I would prefer our staff, skills and ratepayers money had been concen-trated on operational matters, but without it the plans around regional amalgamation would have proceeded unchallenged, he says.

These costs are relatively minor in comparison with the $100 to $200 million likely cost of the proposed amalgamation. Mr Stallinger said.

HCC costs in relation to possible local government amalgamation across the Wellington region: Total costs in the current fi nancial year $197,000, total costs in the 2012/13 financial year $214,000, total costs in the 2011/12 fi nancial year

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14 Wednesday June 18, 2014 SPORT

By Dan Whitfi eldJohn Schaafhausen has won yet

another golfi ng title, adding to his numerous commemorations in the sporting community.

Mr Schaafhausen competed against some of New Zealands best golfers at the recent King Country Open Ama-teurs tournament, held in Taumarunui over the Queens Birthday weekend.

Playing off a one handicap, he shot rounds of 77, 69, 69, 67, 70 on the par 71 layout.

Everything went well obviously, and to win is great, Mr Schaafhausen says.

In past years, the Wainuiomata golfer has placed within the top fi ve.

Im totally wrapped with my performance over the weekend, espe-cially with my last four rounds playing them at nine under par, he says.

The local man says he has been play-ing golf since he was 20-years-old, and has competed at this tournament for the past six years.

Mr Schaafhausen started playing golf through his interest and skill in

the long drive division of the sport. He was ranked fourth in New Zealand and could smash a ball more than 380 metres, until he changed to play-ing proper rounds of golf.

It was sort of a build up for the club championships that start this Sunday, Mr Schaafhausen says.

The club champs are a favourite event of Mr Schaafhausens, with him winning the tournament last year and hoping to defend the title this year.

Over the years, the Wainuiomata man says he has won a number of competitions but the King Country-based event was the biggest.

He hopes to perform well through-out the rest of the year, playing as many games as he can in order to qualify for the New Zealand Maori Golf Associations national tourna-ment.

Other players from Wainuiomata including Leon Carroll shot a 72 to be leading after day one but were unable to play strong over the rest of the week. Brenden Curtis won the second division and the Culcutta four-person team event.

Big hitter wins tournament

SWING: John Schaafhausen practising in Wainuio-mata recently. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

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Wainuiomata High Schools netball teams performed quite well over the recent round Hutt Valley schools competition, with all teams except one winning their games.In the respected championship collegiate divisions, Wainuiomata two played Hutt Valley High School (HVHS) seven winning 39-18. Wai-nuiomata three played HVHS 12, winning 26-8; Wainuiomata 4 (year nine and 10) versed Naenae six and won 21-4; and Wainuiomata ve, also a year nine and 10 team, came up against HVHS winning 22-11.The only team to lose was the high schools top team, Wainuiomata one, which lost to Sacred Heart two, 27-19.The next round of games will be played this weekend.

Hutt Valley Netball

It was a cold, windy afternoon at the Alex Moore Park arti cial turf on Saturday, and Wainuiomatas capital one side went down 1-4 to North Wellington. The goal scorer for Wainuiomata was Brandon Dickson who scored a header late in the second half. Wainuiomata was reduced to 10 men with only 10 minutes remaining throughout the game but, the rest of the players kept possession well at times and had chances to score but were unlucky. North Wellington has recruited a number of ex-central league players for this season who were attacking well and were able to penetrate the Wainuiomata defence. Max Scheule and Ewan Barclay played solidly for Wainuioamta in the centre of the park.Ewan Barclay was unlucky not to score from a spectacular bicycle kick late in the second half. Max Scheule showed some touches of class in the mid- eld. Wainuiomatas rst team have a big challenge next Saturday at 3.30pm when it takes on top of the table Brooklyn United at Wake eld Park.

Wainuiomata men down but not out

Last weeks photo caption on a har-riers article was allegedly incorrect and was supposed to read Shelley Tietjens, followed by Trish Coley, chasing down Pam Graham.

Wainuiomata High Schools female hockey team beat its Queen Margaret College counterparts 2-nil recently.Director of sports at the high school, Peter Cowan says the team has been successful in promotion to the premier three grade.This is a huge achievement as the girls team started in the lowest grade last year, he says.Girls involved in the team have worked incredibly hard to get to this position, moving up through the grades, he says.The team will play the rest of the season in the premier three grade.

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Con dence boost

Wainuiomatas under 21s have continued to go unbeaten this season, securing a win over Tawa 24 points to 19.

Playing at Mary Crowther Park and despite Wainuiomata players suffering a few injuries, the home side played with a lot of guts.

The fi rst try of the game went to Kade Tiatia, after a strong run up the middle of the fi eld and scoring under the posts.

Wainuiomata went on to score another two tries in the fi rst half; these were awarded to Jordan Heketa and Jayden Kohika. The home side went into half time with a 19-nil lead.

In the second half, Tawa started to fi ght back. Despite both teams evenly matched in defence and attacking plays, Tawa scored two

tries to close the gap bringing the score to 19-12.

Wainuiomatas Alesana Mene managed to score a good try in the corner which went uncon-verted, but Tawa followed up to score its third try making the score 24-19, with 10 minutes to go.

When the whistle fi nally blew, Wainuiomata celebrated a hard fought victory over Tawa, wining by 24-19.

With the win Wainuiomata scored another bonus point to lead the competition on 15 points and continue its season unde-feated. The locals have won eight games from eight.

Although the team played well, Aaron Mckee was selected as the player of the day for the fi rst time

Another win for under 21 side

TRY TIME: Captain Alesana Mene scoring the bonus point try. PHOTO: Suppliedthis season.

Wainuiomatas next game is against Poneke in Kil-birnie.

Poneke were relegated from the first division, meaning this is a must win game for the Wainuiomata

team. With the strength and belief in the team, coach Sven Johnson says: Wainuiomata will win.

We would like as many supporters as possible to this game, Mr Johnson says.

Ulalei Wainuiomata Netball is still working hard to secure its fi rst win in the regional super league tournament that started recently.

The clubs number one team played its second round of the tournament last weekend at the Te Rauparaha Arena, with Ulalei going down to St Marys 36-53.

Coach Tunis Cook tells the Wainuiomata News: A wealth of turnovers created by Kodee Arbuthnott, Travistine Cook and Perri Williams couldnt make up for the basic errors such as step-ping, breaking and offside.

She says the team is working hard towards statistics that mirror the opposition, and with that a certain win.

The Wainuiomata team versed Wellington East last in the fi rst round, narrowly missing out on

a win by 51-50. This weeks loss has not dampened the spirits of the girls and all will fi ght on for a win this weekend.

Ulaleis next game of the tour-nament will be played at ASB Stadium in Kilbirnie on Thursday, June 19. The toss up is scheduled for 8pm.

The clubs number two team lost its semi fi nal to an experienced and finely tuned Naenae Col-legians United team over the weekend.

The unavailability of players was a main contributor, forcing team members to play out of position.

Ulalei two is now set to play off for third and fourth places this Saturday, coming up against Dynamic at 12pm. The play off will be held at Taita courts in Lower Hutt.

Still looking for a win

ON THE ATTACK: Wing attack Tuese Lewis prepares to intercept the ball recently. PHOTO: Supplied

15Wednesday June 18, 2014SPORT

By Dan Whitfi eldFour Wainuiomata High School

students have been given the opportunity to step up to improve rugby skills and techniques, while also being prepared to step up to a representative level.

Chanelle Kohika, Sieni Samau, Brooke Tauaneai, and Shanyah Haenga have each been selected for the Wellington Rugby Football Unions under 18 school girls initial training squad a team which picks those with the best potential of success.

This is great it will benefi t us all and will open up many opportuni-ties, Chanelle says.

The four Wainuiomata girls were picked and placed into a team of 37 girls. The programme, which is due to kick off next week, will focus on fi tness, skills, nutrition, and movement, as well as the educational side of rugby and how they can benefi t from the sport.

The girls will be put through courses teaching them life and leadership skills also.

Its a chance for us to step up. It will give us the skills needed to get to a professional level, Brooke says.

Chanelle plays full back, Sieni holds the fi rst-fi ve position, Shan-yah is a prop, and Brooke is an all-rounder, playing most positions.

All four girls are hoping to be selected for the 25-strong womens team later this year.

WRFU development coordinator for girls rugby Lesley McKenzie says players are chosen from the college grade, with a focus of growing them as athletes and providing them with the skills to improve.

The idea of the programme is to grow their athlete education. Were working on making the competition bigger so we can project them into representative rugby, Ms McKenzie says.

[Were] very excited about the potential in this years squad, Ms McKenzie says.

July-August will be when the female rugby players begin their proper fi tness training and team runs, with a competition season due to start in September.

All four girls are due to attend at four hour fi tness, movement and nutrition course later this month.

Sieni says they all have a lot of pride after being selected for the training team.

Wainuiomata girls selected for training squad

ENGAGE: Brooke Tauaneai, Chanelle Kohika, Sieni Samau, Shanyah Haenga. PHOTO: Dan Whitfi eld

The girls will be meeting the or-ganisers of the team and programme this week.

They also have goals of making it into professional teams one day.

Wainuiomatas representives will join Lesina Obeda, Rosa Fanualelei, Eve Siania, Alicia Print, Phoenix

Collins, Selestina Vaaua-Hamlin, Tia Tuitiga, Tyler Bentley, Xavier Tusa, Jakarna Eagle, Timena Tumaai, Ana-Maria Afuie, and Fololina Tavita.

Other players from the Wellington region include Helen Vaimoli, Tina Paulo, Petra Ikenasio, Davina Lasini, Talimai Tuimalo, Natia Tonise, Nga-

rangi David, Ashleigh Fidow, Georgia Lloyd, Diana Oloapu, Rosi Lomani, Georgia Broughton, Lufi na Siaosi, Jaydah Timu, Charlotte Chivers, and Jane Bryce.

All players have been selected from other college teams in the Wellington region.

By Aaron Meredith

The Wainuiomata premier side held off a strong comeback to secure a draw against defending Jubilee Cup champions Tawa on Saturday.

Finally playing back at William Jones Park after a few weeks away, the home team started fast and dominated the fi rst half.

After a couple of early penalties to Josh Robertson-Weepu, Wainuio-mata had a 6-nil lead before Marvin Karawana scored a well worked try to extend the lead to 13-nil.

Another penalty gave the hosts a 16-nil lead at the break; although it could have been much more if Robertson-Weepu had been able to

kick all of his penalties.In the second half, Tawa started

off strong; putting the pressure on the Wainuiomata try line, eventually scoring to bring the game to 16-5.

Tawa dominated the half, scoring three tries in total.

But with another penalty the scores were locked up at 19-19 in the closing stages.

The home team then found a sec-ond wind, and charged at the Tawa defence, which was lucky not to give away a penalty for off side.

Unfortunately, replacement winger Tyler Tane dropped the ball, and both teams had to settle for a draw.

Once again, the loose forward trio of Ben Tupuola, Greg Lealofi and

Shahn Eru played well.The forward pack fronted up physi-

cally against a big Tawa pack, and were never out played by last years champions.

Wainuiomata could have easily won if a few more kicks went over, as Tawa had a habit of

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