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Petone stadiumpossibility moves closer

Four year-old Petone resident Sha Yu Wake took part in the Chinese New Year Festival parade through Wellington on the weekend. He's pictured here with mum Julie and dad Steve.

Waitangi Day is a great time to reflect on the multicultural nature of our nation, and this year our national day comes hot on the heels of Chinese New Year celebrations. Taking part in celebrations in Wellington, Petone four year-old Sha Yu Wake rode a float and danced on stage with fellow members of the Yau Yih Yun Chinese Language Preschool, in Newtown.

Sha Yu's mum Julie says since adopting their son at age two, she and husband Steve have been determined to make Sha Yu is familiar with the Chinese culture. At the playgroup, Mandarin and Cantonese are spoken, and parents learn

By Steve McMorran

The concept of developing a “boutique” sports stadium in Petone has been given a strong new impetus by the owners of the Wellington Phoenix who say they would jump at the chance to make such a facility their permanent home.

Hutt Community Facilities Trust will next week present a report to Hutt City Council outlining issues and practical considerations around the construction of a stadium with a seating capacity of 10,000 to 12,000, potentially located in Petone.

CFT chairman Alister Skene said it was too early to even suggest such a project was at a preliminary stage. The council had made no allocation of funds towards a stadium, no plans existed and substantial consultation with potential tenants, user groups and the community would be necessary before the project could be advanced.

But Skene said the latest expression of interests, including those from the Phoenix, meant the stadium concept was “potentially at the first step” and could progress if council felt it had merit.

The concept of building a boutique stadium somewhere in the Wellington region has been in existence for many years but none has progressed beyond a preliminary stage. Proposals have been driven by the belief the Westpac Stadium, current home to the Phoenix, the Hurricanes and the Wellington ITM Cup rugby team, is too large for the crowds those teams regularly attract.

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alongside their children. "It's fantastic, we really love it," Julie says. "And it's helped us connect in with the Chinese community, but also with other cultures. "We've become really good friends with lots of different people.

Petone has many Asian immigrants, and Julie says the family's neighbour speaks Mandarin to Sha Yu. "There's a strong Chinese culture in Petone," she says.

As for Sha Yu, he's a born entertainer; break dancing in the middle of the parade's pompom dance.

"He's a bit of a character," Julie says.

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From Page 1Promoters of a “boutique” stadium believe its

smaller capacity, which might regularly be filled by Phoenix fans or Wellington rugby supporters, could create a venue which is more intimate and has more atmosphere

Former Wellington City Councillor and mayoral candidate John Morrison said Petone was “the frontrunner” to become the location of a smaller stadium. Morrison released details of a proposal to build such a stadium at the current location of the Petone Recreation Ground.

He said the Phoenix owners had met with the Wellington Rugby Union to discuss their joint interest in the construction of a smaller stadium which was more fan-friendly than Westpac, placing fans closer to the action and offering cheaper tickets and refreshments.

“This is really looming as an interesting possibility,” Morrison said.

Skene said the priorities of the CFT were in developing a sporting centre at Taita incorporating the Walter Nash Stadium, netball courts and library, then developing a sports hub at Fraser Park, including artificial turf.

A Petone stadium had not been a priority item but the debate over the possibility of building a smaller stadium in the Hutt Valley had been alive for many years. Skene said Hutt City is the seventh-largest territorial authority in New Zealand but the only one in the top-10 not to have its own stadium.

He said the CFT had held discussions with some potential stadium user groups and was preparing a plan or concept for next week’s council briefing.

“I have to be clear that there is no allocation

from council for a stadium or similar entity at this stage,” he said. “We now have to go through a process with council to see whether it has merit.”

Mayor Ray Wallace says that while the idea of a stadium in Petone sounds like a great opportunity for the city, it is still very much at the stage of being an idea.

“I’m surprised it’s gained the momentum [in the media] it has when it is really just a discussion,” Mr Wallace says. “I don’t want people to have too much expectation.”

“There would have to be a lot of work and a lot more information before council before we could make a decision,” he says. “For council it’s a watch and see.”

“If there is serious potential, there would be consultation with the community first and foremost,” he says.

There are no similar sized stadiums in the greater Wellington region and “that’s where this could be a great opportunity for the Hutt Valley,” he says.

His understanding is that a stadium would not just be for the Phoenix but for community use as well. “CFT has very much a community focus,” he says.

He suggests local soccer and rugby clubs could use such a stadium as well as groups such as Hutt Air Training Corps who he understands are currently looking for a new home, and concerts could be held there.

“This is all hypothetical,” he reiterates.

A manual outlining the various requirements for liquor licensees under central and local government regulations was launched at The Empire bar in Petone on Wednesday. The Empire was chosen as it is one of a voluntary group, the Petone Alcohol Accord, who work together to maintain standards and work for safer drinking, Hutt City Council city safety manager Jimmy Ballantyne says..

Representatives from the district licencing committee, Hutt and Upper Hutt City councils and members of Safe Hutt Valley attended the launch of the resource, designed to aid licensees be informed about various legislation, and maintain their records, leading to "a better atmosphere and compliance, and safer streets," Mr Ballantyne says.

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Korokoro residents anxious to see link road plansby Emily Tilley

Whether Korokoro will be affected by NZTA plans for a Granada to Petone link road should emerge over the next couple of weeks.

The developing plans for the road are “clearly on the radar”, for the Petone Community Board, chair Mike Fisher says.

Some residents on the Grenada North side of the proposed road have already received letters from NZTA telling them that an option is to run the road through their properties.

Mr Fisher says he presumes that if local Korokoro residents are to be affected they will be contacted within the next couple of weeks.

He says if the road is proposed to run through

Korokoro he thinks 99 percent of locals would “say no”.

“I think I would fall into that category too,” he says.

He says at the moment there are no indications of where the road will come over the hill. Until proposals are made public, letters to affected residents will be the “first indication that it’s coming this way”, he says.

Mr Fisher has no doubts that a Granada link road will be built.

“It will be controversial but it will happen, it’s logical,” he says. “We’ve got to make sure we get the best deal.”

Previously NZTA have said that they did not know whether the Korokoro Valley would

be affected. They said they would develop their initial design of the project with the goal of minimising the effect on local environment and amenities.

They said at a later stage they would consult with the local community on environmental protection measures for the project.

by Emily Tilley

Revisiting a proposal to lower the speed limit on Seaview Road is the “big issue” on the agenda for the new Petone Community Board’s first meeting, chair Mike Fisher says.

The meeting this coming Monday will be the first time the new board with two new members will meet officially.

Although the agenda is yet to be confirmed, it will definitely include the Seaview Road issue.

“I’ve already received emails from members of the public on that,” Mr Fisher says. “People will definitely come to talk about that.”

Last August the Petone Community Board voted unanimously in favour of keeping the speed limit on Seaview Road at 70kmph as it is “safe and appropriate”. Their decision was supported by the Eastbourne Community Board.

However, a council committee rejected the Petone Community Board’s recommendation.

The council is now asking the Petone Community Board to reconsider the proposal at their next meeting and make a new recommendation to council.

Mr Fisher says that with new members on the board, he is unsure whether the board’s recommendation will change.

Seaview speed limit back on PCB agendaHarbour Ward Councillor Michael Lulich

says he is also unsure what the outcome will be, but believes the council should have accepted the board’s original recommendation.

Other items pencilled into the board’s agenda include an update from a Dowse curator on the refreshed exhibition at the Settlers Museum and the official renaming of a small section of Barber Grove in Moera in line with common usage as “Barber Grove”.

- Petone Community Board meeting, Monday 10 February 2014, 6:30pm, Petone Library meeting room, behind the library.

The Wildfood Challenge is back, and organisers Bill and Sarah Manson are gearing up for a big night on Saturday, March 15th, kicking off at 3pm at the Days Bay Pavilion.

The event is the sixth annual Eastbourne Local Wild Food Challenge, and will include wild Food cooking demos, live music, a kids’ contest, and a tasting table. There will be a wild food menu at the Pavilion, and spectators are welcome.

The competition will find the best entry featuring at least one wild ingredient. Entries may be hot, cold, frozen, liquid… any form you feel like creating. The competition is open to everyone from home cooks, to restaurant chefs.

Anyone can enter: For more details, go to www.localwildfoodchallenge.com

Wild about food


Walker confirms tilt at Hutt SouthIt was confirmed last week that MP Holly

Walker will again be the Green Party’s candidate standing for Hutt South.

None of the other parties have yet confirmed their candidates, but long-standing MP Trevor Mallard says he will be putting himself forward as Labour’s candidate again this year.

“Obviously there is a process to go through. Nominations close at the end of February, so it can’t be confirmed until then,” Mr Mallard says.

Ms Walker stood for Hutt South for the first time in 2011 and says she’s very excited to be standing again having “enjoyed campaigning hugely last election”.

She will again be campaigning for the party vote rather than the electorate vote.

However, she says over the last three years she has undertaken local advocacy alongside being a list MP and hopes to continue with that.

Ms Walker will find out what list placing she will have at the Green Party’s list ranking conference in Auckland later this month.

Ms Walker was twelfth on the Green Party list in 2011 and is hopeful that this year she will have a similar or higher ranking.

“I also hope we have more MPs this time,” she says.

Having grown up in Petone and stood as a candidate locally, Ms Walker says she has made local advocacy part of her work as an MP over the last three years.

That advocacy started the same month as her parliamentary career with her support of locals fighting to save McKenzie Pool.

She has also been vocal on the closure of the Exide factory, supporting the retention of local battery recycling but in a sustainable, safe way.

She has, and is continuing, to support the Hutt Union and Community Health Service in

their bid to stay open in Petone. Last year she organised a local beach clean-

up, “something I hope to do semi-regularly”, she says.

For the coming term Ms Walker thinks Green Party policies such as protecting the environment, creating sustainable jobs and reducing inequality will resonate with local residents.

Reflecting the cultural, income and social diversity of the country, “Lower Hutt is a good microcosm of New Zealand as a whole,” Ms Walker says. “Lunches in schools, affordable housing - they are pretty big issues for people in the Hutt.” Last week was a big week for MP Holly Walker as she was confirmed as the Hutt South Green Party candidate and had her first full day back at parliament having taken parental leave. Her partner Dave Haines has taken leave for the next three months to care for baby Esther and will

be based in Holly's office during the day so that Holly can continue to breastfeed between Caucus meetings, select committees, and sessions of the House.


Spend a fun weekend in jailThe Petone Historical Society is on the

lookout for locals who fancy spending some of their weekend in jail.

Having been used as Santa’s Grotto, the historic jail museum will reopen on February 15 with a new exhibition.

Unfortunately it can only open weekdays because of a shortage of volunteers, society secretary Roy Hewson says. “It’s closed during the weekend, which is a shame”

The “jail” is open Monday to Friday as workers in the Jackson St Programme’s offices in the adjoining police house are able to supervise.

Mr Hewson would like the jail to also be open between 11am and 3pm during the weekend. For that he needs volunteers with an interest in preserving and promoting Petone’s history to come forward.

He says people need only give a couple of hours of their weekend. “It’s a matter of meeting people, talking to them,” Mr Hewson says. “It’s not difficult. If volunteers know something about Petone’s history - great. If not then they can learn.”

Historical society members research and put together exhibitions for the museum. Mr Hewson says they have recently been very fortunate to have Deanna Puata produce many of the newer displays, but help is still needed for display preparation and research.

Mr Hewson himself is currently looking into the story of the Odlin’s Timber Yard which

was an icon on the Esplanade for over 60 years from 1924.

He says researching Petone’s history is interesting work which can be done from home with 95 percent of the information coming from the internet.

One area of Petone’s history he thinks would be particularly interesting for someone to look into is the motor industry which played an important part in the development of the area.

General Motors, Ford, Hillman, Austin, Motor Bodies and even Rover have all had factories locally. At one time four in every five cars in New Zealand were made in Petone, he says.

It would be good to find photographs and speak to people who worked in one of the factories, Mr Hewson says.

As people with such first hand knowledge are getting older, it is important that such research is done now, he says. “There is so much to record about the other industries and commercial history of Petone, before the people who knew them disappear and the personal touch is lost.”

The stalwart members of the society are also getting older. Mr Hewson himself is 84. He says the society need some younger people to keep the society going and build on decades of work preserving the history of an area that prides itself on its heritage.

Anyone interesting in spending a little time in jail or researching the history of Petone can contact Roy on 568 6449 or email [email protected]

by Emily Tilley

Filming began this week of an episode of the TV series Neighbourhood which focuses on Petone.

Satellite Media are currently working on the third series of Neighbourhood which will air on TV One from mid-March. The series aims to explore and celebrate New Zealand’s cultural diversity, visiting a different suburb and telling the stories of locals from different cultural backgrounds.

“We’ve already done a number of Wellington episodes. They’ve all been really distinct with their own special features,” producer Sam Blackley says.

“Petone is one of those areas with a distinct personality.”

Each episode has a “curator” with a strong local connection who acts as a guide through the suburb. For Petone this is local resident Laurent Loudec, executive chef of Wellington restaurant Hippopotamus.

The episode will feature a Cambodian man, a Macedonian couple who cook a traditional dish, artist Alfred Memelink (who although born in New Zealand has strong Dutch heritage) and the owner and publisher of a Chinese language newspaper, Jimmy Cao.

Neighbourhood screens on Sundays at 11am. Ms Blackley says the date the Petone episode will air has yet to be confirmed but it is likely to be towards the end of the series.

Hutt City Libraries’ free Stepping Up programme for Hutt City residents with basic, or no computer skills, is back by popular demand. Bookings for term one classes are open now, and

classes start this Monday, February 10. Stepping Up classes are offered at War Memorial Library, Wainuiomata Library, Naenae Library, Taita Library and Stokes Valley Library, free of charge.

Become computer savvy

Film crew moves into the Petone 'hood


SCHOOL NEWS

Petone Community House groups:CLUBS and ACTIVITIESAlice Book Club 1st Tue month, 7.30pm 568 7798Acrylic Art Thurs, 7pm 568 7798Bird Society Mon monthly, 7.30pm 568 7798Bluegrass Society occasional weekend 022 583 4727Board Games 1st 3rd Thurs, 10.30am 568 7798Car Constructors 3rd Tue, 7.30pm 527 0335Chess Nuts Mon, 7.30pm 938 3548Trade Drivers licence As reqd by appointment 027 616 9364French Conversation Weds, 6.30, 7.30pm [email protected]

Knit, sew, craft 1st 3rd Thurs, 10am 568 7798Historic Society As required- see Roy 568 6449HV Writers 4th Sat month, 11am 021 0245 9954Pilates Mon & Wed, 6.15pm 021 882 871Sewing Mon term,6.30pm [email protected] Sewing workshop Sat monthly, 10am-4pm [email protected]

SPCA adoption Sat monthly, 12 – 3pm 568 7798Tai Chi Mon, Thur, 1.15pm 568 7798Te Reo beginners Mon & Thur, 9 – 12 027 651 5114Te Reo Adv Beginners Tue & Wed, 9.15 – 2.15pm 027 651 5114Toastmasters Tue, 6.15pm 027 276 2512Toastmasters Sun fortnight,1.30pm 027 276 2512Transform Coaching Mon, 7.30pm 568 7798Walking Group 1st 3rd Thurs, 9.45am 568 7798Piano (Practice & play anytime when the room is free)

CHILDRENBaby Wearing 3rd Wed month,10am 568 7798Musik, German Weds, 10.45, 11.15am www.musikgarten.co.nz

Kids On Foot Mon – Fri after school 027 3100 161Music & Movement Fri classes, 9am – 6pm www.musikgarten.co.nz

SELF HELPAA Tue, 7.30pm 0800 AA WORKSAA Thur, 5.30pm 0800 AA WORKSMens Thur, 6.30pm 027 222 1093SLAA Thur, 6pm 568 7798

SERVICESBudget Advice Mon – Fri by appointment 568 8877Citizens Advice Mon – Fri, 9.30am – 4pm 568 8877Justice of Peace Mon – Fri by appointment 568 8877Legal clinic Mon – Fri by appointment 568 8877Food Bank Mon, 9.30am 568 7798Hep C nurse Thur monthly by appointment 568 7798Chns psych’gist As required by appointment 568 7798

CHURCH, SPIRITUALCCJS Sunday, 10am [email protected]

COG BibleStudy Sunday, 9am 021 210 6665New Apostolic Weds, 7.30pm 568 7798

Quakers 4th Sunday, 11am 568 7798

DO YOU KNOW A GROUP THAT NEEDS A SPACE TO MEET?

Petone Community House, 6 Britannia Street

Phone 568 7798

For more information: [email protected]

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SCHOOL NEWS

Petone Community House groups:CLUBS and ACTIVITIESAlice Book Club 1st Tue month, 7.30pm 568 7798Acrylic Art Thurs, 7pm 568 7798Bird Society Mon monthly, 7.30pm 568 7798Bluegrass Society occasional weekend 022 583 4727Board Games 1st 3rd Thurs, 10.30am 568 7798Car Constructors 3rd Tue, 7.30pm 527 0335Chess Nuts Mon, 7.30pm 938 3548Trade Drivers licence As reqd by appointment 027 616 9364French Conversation Weds, 6.30, 7.30pm [email protected]

Knit, sew, craft 1st 3rd Thurs, 10am 568 7798Historic Society As required- see Roy 568 6449HV Writers 4th Sat month, 11am 021 0245 9954Pilates Mon & Wed, 6.15pm 021 882 871Sewing Mon term,6.30pm [email protected] Sewing workshop Sat monthly, 10am-4pm [email protected]

SPCA adoption Sat monthly, 12 – 3pm 568 7798Tai Chi Mon, Thur, 1.15pm 568 7798Te Reo beginners Mon & Thur, 9 – 12 027 651 5114Te Reo Adv Beginners Tue & Wed, 9.15 – 2.15pm 027 651 5114Toastmasters Tue, 6.15pm 027 276 2512Toastmasters Sun fortnight,1.30pm 027 276 2512Transform Coaching Mon, 7.30pm 568 7798Walking Group 1st 3rd Thurs, 9.45am 568 7798Piano (Practice & play anytime when the room is free)

CHILDRENBaby Wearing 3rd Wed month,10am 568 7798Musik, German Weds, 10.45, 11.15am www.musikgarten.co.nz

Kids On Foot Mon – Fri after school 027 3100 161Music & Movement Fri classes, 9am – 6pm www.musikgarten.co.nz

SELF HELPAA Tue, 7.30pm 0800 AA WORKSAA Thur, 5.30pm 0800 AA WORKSMens Thur, 6.30pm 027 222 1093SLAA Thur, 6pm 568 7798

SERVICESBudget Advice Mon – Fri by appointment 568 8877Citizens Advice Mon – Fri, 9.30am – 4pm 568 8877Justice of Peace Mon – Fri by appointment 568 8877Legal clinic Mon – Fri by appointment 568 8877Food Bank Mon, 9.30am 568 7798Hep C nurse Thur monthly by appointment 568 7798Chns psych’gist As required by appointment 568 7798

CHURCH, SPIRITUALCCJS Sunday, 10am [email protected]

COG BibleStudy Sunday, 9am 021 210 6665New Apostolic Weds, 7.30pm 568 7798

Quakers 4th Sunday, 11am 568 7798

DO YOU KNOW A GROUP THAT NEEDS A SPACE TO MEET?

Petone Community House, 6 Britannia Street

Phone 568 7798

For more information: [email protected]

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Wilford School year 7 and 8 work on digital art on their first day in their new class.

someone who is their to enable children to apply themselves to learning.

Both Mr Lenihan and Ms Mayo have been at Wilford for over 13 years. Far from resisting change the pair are brimming with enthusiasm for the new model. “I’d really, really like for it to take off,” Mr Lenihan says.

They both believe the largely technology-based programme as a “classroom without walls” will encourage children to take ownership of their learning and also learn outside of the standard 9am-3pm.

“It prepares them social ly and academically for secondary school… to develop independence, to learn and apply what they learn,” Mr Lenihan says.

The international model has been developed having listened to those such as businesses in the “real world” who have said they need creativity and people knowing “how to learn”, Mr Lenihan says. “It’s a changing modern world, we don’t know where these kids will be going.”

“We’re lucky… we get to watch these kids fire up,” Mr Lenihan says.

WILFORD SCHOOL

It’s been an exciting start for the year for Wilford School Year 7 and 8 students and their teachers with a new classroom, a new programme, new technology and an entirely new model of learning.

Late last year building work to change two separate classrooms into a single large learning space was completed.

The single large classroom has been created to accommodate a combined class of all the year 7 and 8 children and their two teachers and a completely different approach to teaching.

A lot of research has gone into planning the new set-up, principal Neil Sargisson says, including visiting schools in Auckland and a new school in Churton Park which use the model.

The model is based on what is now best practice in the UK and US and is being implemented in many new schools in New Zealand, he says.

Some schools internationally have classes with 70, 80 or even 90 children and three teachers, all working in the same space.

At Wilford there won’t be so many. This year’s Year 7 and 8 class started with just under 40 children and two teachers.

“Some people say we had that in the 70s, 80s,” he says. “But that was open plan… still one class to one teacher.”

The difference with the new model is that all the children are in the same class and share equally the two teachers. “Instead of this is my teacher, it’s these are my teachers,” Mr Sargisson says.

Another difference is the technology. Around $60,000 has been invested in technology for the class including a whiteboard table and projector for group learning, digital microscopes and enough iPads, netbooks and computers for there to be one available for each child.

Instead of rows of desks and chairs, the school has bought an entire new set up; furniture for the classroom space: modular tables that can be rearranged, wobbly stools ergonomically designed to strengthen the core and “lily pad” round cushions that can

be sat on or used as a desk on your lap. The physical space of the open

classroom and informal furniture is designed to encourage the children to work cooperatively in a fluid, flexible way. Children can choose where they want to work depending on what they are doing and what suits them best.

There are even two quiet room spaces where groups can go with their teacher or individuals can choose to take themselves for some quiet time behind a closed door.

The teachers, Faye Mayo and Brian Lenihan, will share jobs between them, such as one taking the whole class roll one day and one taking all the children for PE.

They’ll share taking different groups for subjects like maths and writing. However, most of the curriculum will be woven into an integrated learning programme with the teachers acting as facilitators to help the children work independently.

“The programme is quite new, but the whole curriculum is still there,” Ms Mayo says.

Mr Lenihan says that means swapping the traditional “chalk and talk” role of a teacher at the front of the class for a role as


School hopes gala will save hallby Emily Tilley

Organisers hope proceeds from next month’s Sacred Heart School Twilight Gala will tip the financial balance that will let work begin on the re-opening of the parish hall.

The hall has been closed for nearly two years since engineers found that it required significant earthquake strengthening. It has left the school without a place for events, assemblies or indoor sports.

“It’s been very, very difficult for the school. They’ve had to go to the church for assemblies and for anything else they’ve had to hire halls at other places … that’s extra-time to walk and money out of the budget,” gala organiser Karen Arraj-Fisher says.

As the new school year begins this week the children are again returning to no hall. However ,Ms Arraj-Fisher has a “great hope” that by this time next year the hall worries will be over.

Over the last three months the hall fundraising committee has raised around $14,000.

The parish has an approximate quote for

the work of $55,000 and once a third of the money has been raised the committee can start applying for grants.

“The gala should tip the balance,” Ms Arraj Fisher says.

It’s also a great community event and lots of fun, she says.

Held on a Friday evening and with a large food court, the gala is a perfect way to have a night off cooking dinner, Ms Arraj Fisher says.

There’s also plenty of family entertainment including Zappo the Magician, Zippity Zoo, animal plop bingo and “kiss the goat”.

Organisers are still awaiting confirmation, but The Bledisloe and Championship Cups have been booked for display at the gala so that people can have their photos taken with them.

There will be all the usual fair stalls such as white elephant, clothes, toys and books as well as bottle auctions and raffles.

Because of the Twilight Fair, there will be no Made in Petone craft fair this March.

- Twilight Gala, Sacred Heart School Petone, 33 Britannia St. 4.30-7.30pm Friday March 7

Days Bay chef Ryan Tattersall has been named one of five 2014 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ambassador Chefs.

Chosen from the 164 recipients of the 2014 Beef and Lamb Excellence Award, Ryan, who owns Cobar Restaurant in Days Bay will work with Beef + Lamb New Zealand over the course of the year at cooking demonstrations nationwide.

As one of the five ambassadors, he will also host a special ticketed event held in his restaurant.

Local chefnamed as beef + lambambassador

Ryan Tattersall.

New markings to aid road safetyThe red and beige surfaces newly laid on

The Esplanade aim to increase visibility of zebra crossings and aid braking.

Hutt City Council senior traffic officer Bryan Sparey says one of the complaints received by council is that zebra crossings disappear in a long distance view.

The red coloured surfaces aim to highlight where crossings are and make the white stripes

more visible. The cou is slowly rolling out the red surface to crossings citywide, adding them whenever a road is resealed or when a new crossing is added, such as one planned for Udy St near Richmond St.

The beige surface is a high friction surface which helps cars that brake suddenly and is added where is it thought most necessary and where the budget allows.


Siblings combine talents for Fringe show by Emily Tilley

Petone siblings Fran Olds and Luke Hanna have talked about collaborating for years, now they have and dancer Luke’s debut solo show eye premieres this month as part of the Wellington Fringe Festival.

Luke spent several years dancing with companies around the world. He is now back based in New Zealand and says returning to his roots where a lot of his inspiration comes from is natural for creating his first piece of dance.

Rehearsals for the show have been in St Augustine’s Hall and have proved a time for reminiscence as well as creativity for the pair.

The setting is perfect - right next to Petone Central School where both were students.

Together they have explored the experiences over the years that have helped form the people they have become, experiences such as learning fluent Te Reo in a total immersion class at the school next door.

Language is very important to both Luke and Fran, but not just spoken and written language also the language of music, movement and dance.

For Luke collaborating on their upcoming show has been about the meeting of skills and experiences.

“She is into drama and writing, I obviously have a movement background. She can put into words things I think about or create that is exactly what I want to get across.”

“We are able to support and challenge each other in a way that is unique to family,” Fran says.

And they have created eye, a piece of dance theatre “that follows the journey of a man as he navigates himself through a world where growth, perception and identity are key players”.

The inspiration for “eye” came to Luke while he was working in Belgium last year and as soon as he had thought of the idea he phoned Fran back in New Zealand.

“I came up with the idea of dancing in a nappy,” he says.

“It all grew on that image,” Fran says. “It was a organic process… emails at night or even worse texts at 4am saying ‘ring me ASAP’.”

Once Luke was back in New Zealand the two formed the “Brothers and Sisters Collective” and brought in sound artist Jason Wright and dancer Anita Hunziker to work on the show.

Luke says the show tries to break down the ideas of traditional performance.

The dance, Luke’s first self-choreographed performance, can almost be seen as a duet with Jason playing the music, script is used, but not

Siblings Fran Olds and Luke Hanna have found themselves returning to their roots, rehearsing their upcoming fringe festival piece in the church hall next to their old primary school

necessarily always words which could be written on paper and read.

In fact rather than simply a dance, it is a performance art that incorporates elements from different genres of art.

Baden Atkin Baden was brought up in the village of

Ngauranga and moved with his family to Petone at a young age. He was a respected member of staff of the Caltex company until his retirement. Since his parents’ deaths, he lived alone in the family home until his peaceful death, aged 80. He is survived by his brother and sister-in-law and their family. This poem by his niece Jenni

Harris reflects how many locals will remember him.

In memory of Baden Bemrose Atkin, who died January 9, 2014.

That’s Baden

If you see a man earnestly walk down the street

Stooped shoulders, head bowed, looking down at his feet

Scanning the ground for monetary treats -That’s Baden

If you see a man constantly looking around

Picking up items left on the groundThe finest purveyor of things lost and found!

That’s Baden

His clothes look quite shabby, not the latest fad,

OBITUARYHis sense of style - well - it’s really quite bad,But he isn’t worried about how he is clad -

That’s Baden

He’ll give a ‘Red Card’ when you do something wrong

Or call you a ‘Mugwamp’ or give you ‘the gong’

Or say ‘Big girl’s blouse’ or call you a ‘nong’ -

That’s Baden

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Clean, green service disposes of Petone nappiesby Emily Tilley

Local woman Sarah Lineham is using disposable nappies for her baby and throwing them in the bin - with a clear conscience.

Six months ago Sarah had her first child, Harvey. Along with learning the baby ropes, she’s also renovating and preparing to move house. “I didn’t think I could cope with washing nappies at this stage,” she says.

But she also didn’t want to add to the millions of nappies that are thrown into the landfill every year.

Sarah tried the biodegradable nappies she found at the supermarket. “They didn’t work. We had lots of accidents,” she says. “We tried putting two on at a time, just to try and stop the leaks.” The leaks didn’t stop and Sarah stopped using them.

She says a good option seemed to be compostable nappies as she has friends who use them and find them great. But they weren’t an option for Sarah because she doesn’t have a compost heap.

She finally found a solution when trawling the internet, a company EnviroComp that takes

any type of disposable nappies and turns them quickly into compost using a specially designed composting system.

The icing on the cake for Sarah is that the Hutt drop off bin is at Pak’n’Save Fuel Petone. “I thought that’s awesome … it’s so handy,” she says.

Sarah buys bags and an access card to the bin online from EnviroComp using her credit card.

She keeps a bag in the garage which she adds to until it’s full and then drops it in the EnviroComp bin the next time she goes to Pak'n'Save shopping. “The shortest amount of time we’ve filled one has been two weeks, sometimes it’s three to three and a half,” she says.

“It’s so brilliant knowing that you are doing something more green than disposables,” she says.

The nappies she is using are actually just disposables, the only difference is how they are being disposed of.

Sarah’s now spreading the word, singing the services praises to friends with babies and her antenatal group, saying if she hadn’t hunted around online she wouldn’t have realised the service existed.

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Sarah Lineham has found an easy green option for nappies for her son Harvey

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Toastmasters International - aims to help people become leaders every Tuesday night at Petone Community House.

Founded in June 2000 by long-term members Dave Stonyer and Dennis McCord, Petone Toastmasters' Club offers a supportive environment for people of all ages and ability wanting to improve on their communication and leadership skills.

The club runs a six- week Speechcraft course twice a year designed to give people a taste for the internationally renowned Toastmasters' programme.

Club president Theresa Ryan says people participate in the Speechcraft course for different reasons. "Some take part for work related reasons

and others do it to become more at ease with general speaking." Participants work on giving speeches, giving and receiving evaluations, and developing leadership skills.

Ms Ryan finds many come out with a new-found confidence for speaking and go on to become members of Petone Toastmasters' so that they can continue to build on their gains with the club’s support.

Members are mentored and scheduled for

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performances. Ms Ryan wants people to know “it’s not all formal meetings; we have a lot of fun together as well”. Members find shared interests with one another and enjoy being a part of others development.

Speech contests are a Toastmasters' tradition and give members a chance to put skills gained to practise. Winners of Petone’s own Toastmasters club contest go on to compete through the area, division and district levels.

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Petone businessman reflects on Mandela's influenceby Eleisha Foon

From a small town in South Africa to settling in Petone, Steve Scheckter had plenty to tell about the revolutionary change Mandela had in his country, and on his life.

On December 5 he joined other South Africans from Wellington who gathered to share personal insights into the impact Mandela had on their lives and also their experiences of living in South Africa. Their reminiscences featured on the TV show Seven Sharp.

A l t h o u g h N e l s o n M a n d e l a ’ s death wasn’t unexpected it was a time to mourn, commemorate and remember the invigorating and inspiring life he lead on his journey as an anti-apartheid revolutionary.

“It was a sad time,” Steve says. Ma n d e l a i m p a c t e d h i s l i f e , i n

particular changing the way he viewed and treated coloured people.

He remembers time he spent in Cape Town and Johannesburg when Mandela was labelled as a terrorist.

“We were segregated, they allowed it to be and we allowed it to be.”

“I never really understood it."Later he began to realize the truth and great

cause Mandela stood for that was required to transform South Africa.

“I finally realized that we had to accept as white people, that the people who weren’t white are also people.”

This changed attitude he began to actively live out and accept, and it encouraged him to vote in the first election in 1994 and became a monitor for the independent electoral commission.

A moment he will treasure for the rest of

his life was when he shook hands with Mandela after he had been released from prison at a gathering for business people in Steve’s small home town.

Steve and his wife Valda were the only white South Africans there at the time. Mandela walked straight up to Mr Mandela and spoke in Afrikaans.,

“He said good morning, how are you?”

This experience allowed Steve to realize first-hand how influential and humble Nelson Mandela truly was.

“He was a great man… today I know he was even greater and more important than that,” he says.

Steve acknowledges Mandela’s mission to abolish the separation between blacks and whites and believed that immigrating to NZ with his wife and two young children would be best, “to start afresh”.

Owner of the South African delicatessen store Ontrays in Fitzherbert Street for almost 14 years, Steve began working hard by selling cheeses to supermarkets and restaurants such as Logan brown.

“I used to make sandwiches….. push a trolley up and down the terrace,” He says. His wares included sandwiches he had made after starting work at 2am.

His determination and early rises paid off. “It grew, it slowly grew,” he says.

Today Steve embraces the kiwi culture however, will always remember the time he spent

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It's all systems go for annual Rotary Fairby Emily Tilley

When Petone Rotary first decided to start up a fair 23 years ago they didn’t envisage it would become a major annual event for the region.

Starting from an idea to showcase local retailers, the first fair involved bringing in a few 44-gallon drums, roping the area off and dealing with the odd grumbling retailer who didn’t want the road to be shut to traffic because they thought it would be bad for business.

The grumblers were proved wrong. Economic analysis a few years ago showed that the fair is worth around $2 million to the city and it is now heralded as the biggest summer event in the Hutt.

On February 15 around 35,000 visitors expected to descend on Jackson St. How do we know how many? Well apparently at each fair the Rotarians count them … not individually but at one minute intervals, first to the northern side, then to the southern side, and then mathematical formulas come in … and voila 35,000 comes out.

People counting is just one of the myriad of jobs carried out by Petone Rotary to make the fair happen.

Alan Stevens is one of a handful of Rotarians who have been doing those jobs since the first

fair. Now he is chair of the organising committee.Work for the fair builds up from January on

and has changed over the years to include such things as a council-approved traffic management plan, Mr Stevens says.

One of the major jobs is to take the bookings for 350 stalls and liaise with around 300 stall holders who come from all over the country. Fair founder Anselm Guise initially took the bookings. After he passed away, his wife Eileen took over the job. “How Eileen handled the stall-holders was remarkable … they said of all the fairs no-one looked after them like Eileen,” Alan says.

When a few years ago she too passed away the Rotarians realised what an amazingly labour intensive job booking the stalls was.

Wa i r a r apa Ro t a r y, who r un s the Martinborough Fair, came to the rescue, lending their expertise in setting up a computerised system. Now all bookings are done online, vastly reducing the workload, Alan says.

For the last five or six years the fair has not only been fully booked they have also had a waiting list. Rotary continues to maintain a “remarkable relationship with stallholders”, Alan says. Another co-organiser George Forbes spends the fair day visiting all the stalls and talking to all the

stallholders. “ T h e y s a y t h e y come back b e c a u s e they make m o n e y a n d t h e y enjoy the a m b i e n c e and the way it’s run.”

T h e fair is also h i g h l y profitable for Rotary who make an average of around $35,000 from each event. “It’s all returned to community things,” Alan says. How proceeds are spent varies each year, however the Te Omanga Hospice and Britannia House are always beneficiaries. Recently money has been spent on two major projects that Rotary has been involved with: building the playground by the Jackson St East flats and refurbishing the adjacent community hall.

Alan says there has been pressure in the past to extend the fair beyond the current boundaries on Jackson St, however to do so with the same number of stalls would make the fair too spread out and to expand the number of stalls would put too much strain on resources.

Rotary do seem to have struck a winning formula with the fair. “Other fairs that have started up on the same date like the Manukau Mediaeval fair have ended moving their dates … a major fairground operator told us they always come here because they know it’s a good thing,” Alan says.

“We didn’t envisage it would become such a major event… It’s really put Petone on the map.”

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Well known businessman features in champs' walkby Steve McMorranNeil Lyster's plaque on the Jackson Street

Walk of Fame ensures the Olympic and Commonwealth Games cyclist retains a virtual identity on the street on which, for 14 years, he was a very real and popular presence as the owner of one of Petone's best-known businesses.

Lyster owned and ran the Bluebird Cycle Shop for all those years at 328 Jackson Street. Though small, the shop was a magnet for cycling fanatics from around New Zealand, from kids, through enthusiastic amateur riders to New Zealand's top racing cyclists.

A large part of the attraction was that Lyster, as a former international cyclist, knew better than most what bikes and equipment riders wanted and had the contacts and the energy to obtain overseas lines other cycle shops couldn't stock.

For many years, New Zealand's top riders competed on bikes bought from the Bluebird Cycle Shop.

"They were quite difficult days because there were a lot of import restrictions and one of the big questions was who could get hold of the gear.

"The trouble with the bike business and bike people was that some weren't very good at paying their bills.

"When I got into the business I always made sure I paid on time and for that reason people were always happy to sell to me."

Lyster said there were only about three specialist bike shops dealing in high-end gear in New Zealand at the time he was operating Bluebird Cycles, which also coincided with the

craze for 10-speed bikes.Much of the product he sold was New

Zealand-made - Healing and Morrison brand bikes were most common and imported brands were rare. If you had an import license you could bring in high-end bikes from overseas. Lyster had more success than most in obtaining those licenses and had the knowledge, from his own experience, of what was the best equipment and what top cyclists wanted.

His association with Petone is even older. After moving to Wellington from Taranaki he lived at Alicetown, attended the Petone Technical College and rode for the Petone Cycling Club.

Lyster now lives on a small lifestyle block in Whiteman's Valley. He was thrilled when his cycling achievements were recognised with a plaque on the Walk of Champions, unveiled on the same day as that of former All Blacks captain

Tana Umaga. Lyster says the proudest of his cycling achievements was his silver medal a t the Edmonton C o m m o n w e a l t h Games in 1978 where he was a l so t eam captain and flag bearer.

But not everyone is easily impressed.

"I have four grand children in England and I brought them out three Christmases ago," he said. "We were walking along Jackson Street and came to my plaque and I said 'look at this'.

"They had a look and it took them a while to reconcile what was written on the plaque with their grandad. But it didn't seem to me much to them. I guess that's the way it is."

Resurrecting a prefabricated building on Jackson Street into a Petone community hall is keeping a group of WelTec plastering students busy during the final days of their Plasterboard Preparation and Finishing level 3 certificate. Under the leadership of tutor Paul Kereopa (pictured second from right) the students have been inserting furring channels for a Rondo ceiling required before plastering can begin.

Peter Paul, a student on the programme, realised the hall would be great as a community project for the students providing them with “on the job experience” while at the same time making a difference for the residents of Petone.

“WelTec students and communities benefit from this type of project. Winstone Wallboards provided the materials for the repairs and WelTec has provided the expertise,” says Peter Paul.

When the community project finishes next

week both Peter Paul and Michael O ’Gram (pictured at left) will be on the job market armed with their new qualification. Employers wanting to contact Peter and Michael can ring Arnold Lomax - WelTec’s Jobs Broker (pictured second from left at rear) on 027 3834 909.

“There are still spaces left on the plastering certificate which starts on 3 March,” says Paul Kereopa. Nine of my students have already got jobs and most of the others are going onto further study.

The employment outlook is particularly strong at the moment. It’s a good time to be studying trades.”

Students' hands-on experience benefits community

Weltec platering students take a break from their work on the hall.


Next Petone Community Board Meeting:Monday 10 February 2014 at 6.30pm Petone Library Building, 7 Britannia Street, Petone.

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SPORTHopes high as new coach beds in

by Steve McMorran

Rodney So’oialo might be quietly spoken but people will go to great lengths to hear what he has to say.

That's one of the first impressions formed by Petone Rugby Club head coach Peter Green of the former All Blacks No. 8 who has joined his team as a specialist forwards coach.

The 34 year-old So'oialo is a relative novice in coaching terms but he brings to his new role a vast amount of knowledge accumulated through his 62 tests for New Zealand, his more than 100 Super Rugby matches for the Hurricanes and through the many other avenues of his professional career.

Even at this early stage in the pre-season, Green has watched with admiration So’oialo’s detailed and meticulous approach to his new job and the manner in which his presence and character galvanises young players.

“He’s been fantastic, a breath of fresh air,” Green said. “More than anything he’s a very good person. “He’s very analytical and very good at detail and he gets on really well with the young guys.

“He can spot talent and can work with talent. He’s a good foil to me because of the range of his knowledge and experience.

“We justifiably hold All Blacks in high esteem but Rodney, for all that he has achieved as a player, is very down to earth. What I enjoy about him is that he’s totally focused on what we’re doing, not who he was.”

Petone has been immensely fortunate to gain the services of So’oialo who, after playing for the last two seasons in Japan, is taking his first steps towards a career in coaching. He might have been expected to gravitate to Western Suburbs, for which he played all of his club rugby, or to link with a club such as Tawa, last season’s Wellington premier champions.

Instead, So’oialo has joined Petone who was the powerhouse of club rugby in Wellington when So’oialo was an impressionable club player.

“Rodney told me that he always knew

Rodney So’oialo.

when he played Petone that he was going to come second,” Green said. “But it’s not like that t h e s e d a y s . “Petone i sn’t certain to win every match it plays or to have people expect us to be that good. But we want to get that back. That’s our challenge.

“I think Rodney will play a part in that. A lot of people are already responding to him. He has that presence and charisma that makes people want to listen to what he says.

“He speaks very quietly but everyone pays attention to what he has to say. He’s done it all, he’s living proof of what he says and he has years and years of knowledge.”

So’oialo might not have played for Petone but he has a strong association with the Petone community. He lived for many years in Buick Street, close to the Petone Recreation Ground, and now lives in nearby Woburn with wife Marilyn and children Ani, Tiana, Peyton and RJ.

So’oialo played 62 tests for the All Blacks between 2002 to 2009, including five as captain, represented the Hurricanes 101 times from 2001-2010 and earned 64 caps for the Wellington Lions.

In a statement, the rugby club said So'oialo decided to join Petone because of his knowledge of the club's history and traditions and his desire to "see the club perform again at the high levels everyone expects of it".

Green said he was confident So›oialo would contribute to a Petone resurgence. The Petone premier team hasn't performed in recent seasons to the high levels expected of Wellington's most decorated club but Green believes it has the talent to experience those glory days again.

“I’ve got a good feeling about the season,” he said.

The women's team of the Petone Central Bowling Club reached the top-four of the Wellington Premier Interclub competition only to meet an unstoppable Victoria side in last weekend's playoffs.

Petone Central qualified for the playoff tournament in second place after an outstanding regular season. Victoria finished third but their form over the two days of the top-four competition was irresistible and with six game wins and four bonus points, they won the tournament within two rounds.

Petone Central finished fourth overall after a consistent season.

Bowlers' rise comes to an end

Rowers firstThe Petone Rowing Club's senior women's

eight produced an outstanding performance to win the A Final at the prestigious Cambridge Town Cup regatta on Lake Karapiro in late January.

After winning their heat in 7 minutes, 16.20 seconds, the Petone eight comprising Ruby Willis, Beth Ross, Ella Pudney, Samantha Legge, Alice Templeton, Bella Matthews, Lisa Rofe, Ellie O'Connell with cox Lucy Bird won the final in 7 minutes, 19.22.

The crew is coached by New Zealand Olympic rowing medallist Andrew Bird and Paddy O'Reilly.

Willis, Ross, Pudney, Legge and Bird also teamed to finish third in the final of the women's club four.

O’Reilly teamed with Jamie Saunders to win the A-final in the men’s double sculls, clocking 7 minutes, 3.08 seconds and the same duo won the men’s senior pair in 7 minutes, 31.03. O’Reilly’s outstanding regatta continued when he placed second in the men’s senior single sculls.

The Petone women's novice four of stroke Rachel Gill, Kristen de Lisle, Sofija Cvitanovich and Ashlee Curtis with cox Zoe Dickens won their A final, again under the coaching of Andrew Bird.


by Steve McMorran

They didn't know each other when the camp began but were firm friends by its end. Players from the Eastbourne and Petone-Riverside Year 6 cricket teams joined forces last month to compete at the annual Hawke's Bay Cricket Camp at Hastings.

The Petone-Eastbourne team was competing against teams from all over the North Island in a popular tournament which has been part of the New Zealand cricket calendar for more than a decade.

Many of the teams they come up against had the advantage of playing together for some time but the Petone-Eastbourne combined side quickly jelled and made its mark.

In six matches over four days, the team won three and lost three, though two of its losses were by margins of only a few runs.

The team comprised Will Grantham, Joel Eales, Lincoln Moffat, Paige Schroder, Ronan Burns, Tom Flynn, Christian Stenhouse, Xander Cox, Tom Mannix, Alex Brown and Tobias Knight.

Four players, Tom Mannix, Tom Flynn, Alex Brown and Lincoln Moffat, made it onto the camp honours board two or more times, by scoring more than 30 runs, taking three or more wickets in an innings or claiming three catches or other dismissals during a single innings.

Combined cricket team makes its mark

Back L-R : Will Grantham, Joel Eales, Lincoln Moffat, Paige Schroder, Ronan Burns, Tom FlynnFront L-R: Christian Stenhouse, Xander Cox, Tom Mannix, Alex Brown, Tobias Knight


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