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HNZ flats reclassified and put up for saleby Emily Tilley

Housing New Zealand has put four units on Waione Street up for sale.

The units have been vacant and boarded up since April last year when they were assessed as earthquake prone.

“We take tenant safety seriously,” HNZ property services general manager Marcus Bosch says. “Accordingly, when these units were assessed as earthquake prone by structural engineers our tenants were relocated to other accommodation.”

However, following further research the units were reassessed this year by structural engineers and in August were given the thumbs up as being no longer considered earthquake prone.

They received a new rating of 34 percent of the National Building Standard (NBS), whereas buildings assessed as being at 33 percent of the NBS or below are considered earthquake prone.

The two storey units each have three bedrooms and require “significant refurbishment”, Mr Bosch says.

“Investing in these units is not a good economic decision for Housing New Zealand given we have over 150 houses in the area and

there is low demand especially for units of this size and configuration,” he says.

“Funds from the sale of our properties are reinvested into building or acquiring new properties that suit demand. We are continually looking at our portfolio and making changes like this to better meet demand.”

Local iwi were offered the units under the Right of First Refusal, however they declined and the units were then put up for public sale.

Marketed by the Professionals as a “makeover/renovation project”, the units were to be auctioned on October 30.

With a total floor area of 400sqm, land area of 831sqm and RV of $760,000, the units were advertised as “a great project for speculators and a super location for investors”.

Mr Bosch s ay s HNZ a re committed to retaining a local presence and still have 270 other properties in Petone and over 2200 in Lower Hutt.

Iwi approached about east Petone land sale by Emily Tilley

Housing New Zealand is in the process of talking to local iwi about whether they are interested in purchasing the land on Jackson Street where six blocks are due to be demolished.

Having been blessed by local kaumatua two weeks ago, demolition of the buildings is scheduled to begin this Monday, November 3.

Like much Crown land in Wellington, the Jackson Street land is subject to First Right of Refusal under the 2009 Treaty settlement, giving the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust the first option to purchase it.

Discussions under that process are now underway, HNZ say.

In the meantime with demolition work beginning, HNZ say they will provide

neighbouring residents with more information about how the demolitions will be managed, including noise, dust and traffic management, to make sure that the work causes as little disruption as possible.

“We will also provide them with a point of contact should they have any questions,” HNZ property services general manager Marcus Bosch says.

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Community BBQ to unite neighbourhood

by Emily Tilley

A bake sale, an exhibition of local talent and competitions with spot prizes are among activities planned for a “Spring Community Barbecue” in Petone east on November 15.

Organised by the Whakaoho youth group, the barbeque is an opportunity for the young people to give to their community and residents to get together to discuss their vision for their neighborhood.

“The events of the demolition provide our community with an opportunity to explore what our community is today and what it can be in the future, especially as it is taonga that we leave for our rangatahi,” organiser Peter Foaese says.

In the morning before the barbeque there will be a an audit of waste collected at Housing New Zealand Jackson Street premises to identify trends and promote discussion around compost, recycling and healthy action.

At the same time young people and residents will work together to clean up the local environment and discuss the neighbourhood’s natural space, how to enhance it and potential gardening or landscaping.

The barbecue itself will be held at 1pm with entertainment provided by local musicians and performers.

Information stalls will be set up to inform residents about things happening in their neighbourhood to promote participation including discussion around emergency management.

It will be a busy weekend for Whakaoho young people who will have a noho marae from Friday to Sunday, helping out at the Wilford School Gala on the Friday evening and then at the community barbecue the following day.

Wilford School Twilight Gala, Wilford School, November 14 from 4pm

Petone East Community Barbecue, November 15 from 1pm

by Emily Tilley

“Grandad’s New Zealand cap” was treasured by Arthur Kelly’s family as a souvenir from his rugby glory days, but what was it?

Arthur Kelly was one of six players from Petone Rugby Club to be selected for the professional All Blacks, or All Golds, who toured Great Britain and Australia in 1907-1908. Following the tour he returned to the UK to play rugby league for St Helens and having married and had a family, he remained in England for the rest of his life.

Four years ago Petone Rugby Club received an email from Arthur’s granddaughter-in-law Judith Bracewell who now lives in Australia asking for help to solve the mystery of the cap.

She asked, “can you recognise the logo?”At that time, although the club would have

had the information, “we didn’t really know where to find it,” Petone Rugby’s Gary Lewis says.

Since then the club have digitised their collection of around 500 photos with searchable metatags added.

This year a search of the key word “Kelly”

came up with a photo of A Kelly (captain) wearing what appears to be the cap.

“When you zero in on the logo, we are pretty sure that it is actually the cap that Arthur Kelly was awarded as a 1892 Wellington School Boys representative,” Gary says.

The family were thrilled that the mystery had been solved.

The cap had been in Judith’s husband’s possession and when he died she and her daughters decided the cap should go back to New Zealand, “but it has taken me four years to find out what it is and where it belongs,” she says.

Last month Judith travelled to New Zealand to tour with the Geelong Welsh Ladies choir.

At the beginning of her trip she visited Petone Rugby Club taking with her Arthur’s cap “to return it from whence it came.”

The cap now sits in one of the club’s memorabilia cabinets as part of the club’s collection from its formative years.

Judith says she is sure there are Kelly family members who remain in Petone, however her family has since lost touch.

Grandad’s NZ Cap comes home

Petone Rugby Club's Gary Lewis and Peter Gallagher received "Grandad's NZ cap" from Judith Bracewell to add to the club's collection.

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by Emily Tilley

Korokoro Playcentre is launching a picture book they have produced, Brothers of the Lake, which tells the story of the taniwha brothers who created Wellington Harbour.

The story is retold by one of the centre’s mothers, Lucy Twigg, who was inspired to create the book by her daughter’s love of a similar book produced by Te Mata Kindergarten.

“She loved it and every time we drove to Havelock North and saw Te Mata peak she would shout, ‘there’s Te Mata O Rongokaka’.”

Aged two-and-a-half, for her daughter the geography of the Hawke's Bay had become tied to the Maori legend of the sleeping giant.

Lucy thought it would be great if there was a book that could teach local children the legends of the Wellington region.

Brothers of the Lake has been produced as a fundraiser for Korokoro Playcentre. Lucy retold the story, the illustrations are by Roz Paterson and the book comes with a CD read out by Lucy’s father and including music from Carl Mann.The centre has printed 2,000 copies with the playcentre parents all getting behind the project, playcentre mother Loren Glover says. Although the Playcentre’s parents are mainly stay-at-home or part-time working mothers, the group has an amazing skill set, she says. “Lucy’s a teacher, we have a nurse, police, a structural engineer,

Lucy Twigg and Loren Glover read Brothers of the Lake with their daughters Annabel, Elizabeth, Amy and Nina.

scientists, someone working on their PHD and I worked in Parliament.”“We thought we could do something better with our time than have sausage sizzles,” Loren says.

-The Brothers of the Lake book/CD sets are being sold for $20 each. See www.facebook.com/BrothersOfTheLake or email [email protected]

Unique playcentre fundraiser is a great read

Settlers' 175th arrival anniversary to be markedA day of family activities based around the

Petone Settlers Museum and the foreshore has been planned to mark the 175th anniversary of New Zealand’s first organised settlers arriving in Petone.

While the actual anniversary of the arrival of the Aurora falls on January 22, next year’s

event will be held on Monday January 19 as, being a public holiday, more people will be able to take part.

After a formal ceremony acknowledging the reason for the event, “the emphasis will then be on educational fun, focussing on the 1840 period,” Hutt City Council city events

coordinator Rebecca Travers says. Activities will include children’s games and

stories from the settlers’ era, concert music and cricket on the beach,she says.

The Petone Community Board are currently exploring ideas for how they will mark the anniversary such as promoting an art installation and/or making a time capsule.

“The community board wants to leave something behind, something for future generations...to say this is how we marked the year,” board chair Mike Fisher says. “We’re open to thoughts.”

Timing-wise the board’s contribution is likely to take place over the year, rather than just over the anniversary weekend.

“That way we get the weekend activities and a couple of lasting things,” Mr Fisher says.


Heritage gems unearthed in shop renovationby Emily Tilley

Ripping apart the ceiling and veranda of 274 Jackson Street for seismic strengthening revealed a nice surprise for the building’s owners.

An entire set of toplight windows above the main windows had been boarded over, covered in tin and painted.

They were uncovered when a lowered false ceiling was removed in order for steel strengthening portals to be erected, owner of boutique china shop The Table John Donnelly (pictured right) says.

The bad news was that the metal frames were completely corroded and the heritage “arctic” pattern glass smashed when jackhammers were used to remove supports for the veranda.

However, as the windows were part of the original heritage of the building and made the shop lighter and brighter, John decided to replace them.

He found Olaf Wehr-Candler, a craftsman who was not only able to replicate the frames but had panes of the original arctic glass to glaze the new windows.

John comes from Christchurch and having had an old kauri villa all but destroyed in the city’s quakes, earthquake strengthening his shop is just something that had to be done.

As a lover of heritage buildings, retaining, restoring and adding to the shops character features goes hand in hand with the strengthening work.

As well as restoring the windows he has removed paint to expose the original exterior tiles, added tongue and groove above the entrance door and added character panelling and handcrafted detailing to the underside of the veranda.

All this comes at a price - around $500,000 for both the strengthening and renovations, John estimates.

So is it worth it?John sees it as a worthwhile long term

investment which he is sure will pay off.“It was expensive, but I believe if everyone

improved their buildings Jackson Street could be

one of the best in the country,” he says.

H u t t C i t y Council needs to play a part with meaningful investment in the street, a rates formula t h a t e n c o u r a g e s bu s in e s s and by e n s u r i n g t h a t the Distr ict Plan encourage s good development, he says.

C o m p a r i n g Petone’s potential to Parnell and Ponsonby, he says, “with the right investment people will travel from all over to come here".

B u t t h a t investment needs to be in qua l i t y development, he says.

H e r i t a g e architecture needs t o b e “ h e r i t a g e done well”. Poorly done faux-heritage architecture often ends up in buildings that look as if they are off a movie set, John says.

“It would be better to have ultra-modern brilliant architecture that fits in, is timeless and beautifully classic.”

He believes an overriding purpose for Jackson Street should be written into the District Plan with three main requirements for developments: that they are beautiful, timeless and lift the average.

“If Versace or Vera Wang wanted to build a shop here, I guarantee the council would drive them away,” he says.

“They wouldn’t meet council’s prescription… Sometimes development is too difficult. I wonder

if we’re almost throwing the baby out with the bathwater.”

Shop owners need to have a vision of the future of the street that will encourage them to invest in the future, John believes. That investment will both strengthen the demand for their buildings and grow retail in the street.

“We’ve got the bones of a good street… many people have worked hard for it,” John says. “I love it here. I love the heritage.”

The resource consent application for demolition of the old Petone courthouse on Elizabeth St is currently on hold awaiting further information. A month ago Weltec applied for consent to demolish most of the building, retain

just the facade and create a public garden space. Although there has been no decision yet, there is “a high chance” the consent will be publicly notified, Hutt City Council resource consents officer Sarah Clarke says.

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Laptops donated to help out local groupsby Emily Tilley

When a member of Wainuiomata High School’s English department mentioned to PC Patch owner Neil Potter that the school could do with some donated laptops, she couldn’t have chosen a better person.

Neil is a member of Petone Rotary and the club had just received a donation of 50 laptops from the New Zealand Racing Board to be refurbished, upgraded and distributed to worthy groups.

Having completed the upgrade process, last month Rotary presented thirty of the laptops to Wainuiomata High School principal Martin Isberg.

Mr Isberg told Rotarians that the English teacher, having heard about the possible laptop donation, “burst into my office the next day full of eagerness.”

He said that with computers being used more and more across all school subjects, providing technology for the school is becoming increasing difficult.

Having been involved in volunteering for numerous groups from scouting to a trust that forms part of the mayoral taskforce, Mr Isberg

said, “I appreciate the sacrifice all of you make for this organisation… so, thanks for the laptops, but more importantly thanks for all your efforts in the community overall.”

It’s time for children to start making their lists and checking them twice as Santa will be bringing his mailbox with him when he comes to Petone for the inaugural Twilight Santa Parade.

The elves have been busy mapping out a route - along Jackson Street from Petone Avenue to Buick St - for the parade which starts at 7pm on November 28.

Around 50 floats are planned with community groups such as the Chinese and Filipino communities and Petone Rugby Club all taking part.

The Christmas lights will be turned on, bands will play, Santa’s grotto will open in the Old Jail Museum and his mailbox will be installed outside, Jackson Street Programme chair Leonie

Dobbs says.The parade will mark the beginning of

Jackson St’s Christmas festivities which will run throughout December including photos with Santa in the grotto,a collection of presents for underprivileged children and a treasure hunt

Santa Parade coming to town on November 28th

Other upgraded laptops were donated to the Petone Citizens Advice Bureau, Budget Advisory Service, Thumbs Up Trust, Hutt Valley Disabled Resources Trust, Air Training Corps, Britannia House and Petone Community House.

for all ages.“It will continue to be a magical time for the

street,” Ms Dobbs says.A competition will again be run for Jackson

St shopkeepers to see who is judged to have the best Christmas window display.

Neil Potter (left) hands over a laptop to Wainuiomata High School principal Martin Isberg.


Historian's book tells the story of a popular streetby Warwick Johnston

Over the last few months I have been writing the story of Jackson Street - a sort of biography. However Jackson Street is not just any old street. For the people of Petone, and I guess, for an increasing number of people outside of Petone, Jackson Street has become a magnet, a place to visit, to shop, to walk with friends, and to relax. It has an atmosphere all of its own. It has a story that is all of its own.

That has certainly been something that I have come to appreciate and to value as I have delved into its antecedents

There are all sorts of things that I would like to talk about with regards to the history, the development, the rise and fall and rise again of this street.

However, the one aspect that must rank among the principal attributes of Jackson Street is the way over the years it has become one with its residents.

There is no better way to show this than to check out the fairs, the parades, the festivals and the celebrations that have occurred because of Jackson Street.

Right from the very start Jackson Street has been the mecca for Parades. Usually they begin at the Railway Station and proceed along the street, then turning off into the Recreation Ground to finish.

Just to highlight a couple of special ones:Celebrations marking the end of the Boer

war, 9th August 1902. A newspaper report of the time called it “Petone’s Demonstration. Another Success” - obviously a reference to the already established success rate of Petone Parades. Anyway, apparently starting at the Railway Station a procession including the Petone Band, a Carriage carrying the Mayor and local MP, school cadets, and the fire brigade reached Petone Ave where they were joined by over 600 school children.

From thence they made their colourful way to the Recreation Ground. The photograph above

gives some idea of the spectacular nature of the celebrations.

The most spectacular of all the Parades must surely be the August 1919 Peace Parade and attendant structures.

Little need be said of this very impressive occasion, except what can be gauged from the following photographs that speak for themselves.

Both photographs come from the Petone Heritage Centre Photograph Collection. Nos. 127 & 184. and show the impressive structures and amazing lengths Petone people went to celebrate the end of World War One.

The Petone Principality Parade of February 1988 is another that springs to mind for sheer versatility and joy.

In 1988 Petone had two very spectacular parades - Principality and Borough Centennial occasions. In the February event, the Borough declared itself a Principality for the day and a huge Parade wound its way down J a c k s o n Street.

It had just about every imaginable float, one of wh i ch c an be seen here thanks to the photographs of Laurie Ainsworth.

There are, of course, many more stories and events that have occurred in and around Jackson Street over the one hundred and thirty years that the street has been in existence, however I think the three examples above give some idea of the flavour and success of the street.

As one newspaper report of the day in 1919 suggested: “Petone’s contribution to the celebrations bids fair to be something worthy of a town of much greater size.” (Evening Post. 18 July 1919).

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from researching the life and times of Jackson Street is that Street is never boring.

There’s always a story or two to be told no matter what. And inevitably they are interesting and vital.

Warwick Johnston's pictorial history of Jackson Street will be published in January 2015.

End of Boer War Parade Float. HMS Petone. Petone Heritage Centre Photograph Collection. No 181.


McKenzie Baths re-open on 8 November McKenzie Baths had a major redevelop-ment last year and with a range of pools for all levels, and barbecue facilities I am sure it will be a centre of activity over the summer. The McKenzie Pools reverted back to their original name of McKenzie Baths when they reopened last year- the original pool opened on the 16 December 1933 and the Baths were named after Mr David McKenzie who was Mayor of Petone and Chair of the Baths Committee.

Twilight Christmas Parade I’m told it’s been twenty fi ve years since the last Christmas parade in Petone! The Twilight Christmas Parade will begin at 7pm on the 28 November and run from Victoria Street to Buick Street. Jackson Street will soon be glowing with Christmas lights. The local business own-ers did some wonderful window displays last year, with Jackson Street voted the most “Christmassy” place in the Wellington region.Thanks to all who are contributing to this, it’s great to see so many residents and businesses in Petone actively contributing to making this wonderful heritage area a vibrant, fun community. While there will be one more edition of the Petone Chronicle due for delivery the day of the parade, I wanted to urge you to go well ahead of time- and anticipa-tion is all part of the fun of the Christmas season.I look forward to joining the festivities.

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by Louise Goble

A permanent, and enforced ban of dogs is the only way to protect stock on Pencarrow Coast Road, Gollans Valley farmer John Martin says.

The 14 dog owners caught on the public road last month, in spite of a total dog ban, have left Mr Martin questioning how many more are flouting the rules and not being caught.

Hutt City Council animal services manager Les Dalton says he was shocked that 14 people ignored the large dog ban sign on the gate and took dogs around the road.

The dog ban has been in place during lambing season from August to November for seven years now, but many people are still not getting the message. Mr Dalton says it is mainly people from out of Eastbourne who are ignoring the ban. “Some were on leashes but the majority were loose and running ahead,” he says. Dog rangers carry spare leashes, and make people

turn back, but there is no punishment for those who break the rules. “Our whole approach is reasonable,” Mr Dalton says.

Farmer John Martin says council patrolling is not working, with many people bringing dogs around later in the day when there are no staff on duty. He says he is stunned by the numbers of people with dogs on the road during lambing season.

Last year several lambs were lost to dog attacks, and Mr Martin says it’s impossible for the council to continuously monitor the situation.

Harbour Ward councillor Tui Lewis says there are similar rules in other regional parks such as Belmont and most people follow those rules. If it continues to be a problem along Pencarrow Coast Road added deterrents could be considered, she says. People should also be aware that if their dog attacks livestock then farmers are legally allowed to shoot the dog or request that the dog be put down, she says.

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It appears a $48 million stadium is not necessary for the Hutt to attract some Phoenix action with the team confirming they will play three A-League matches at the Hutt Recreation Ground next year.

With the Phoenix unable to play at WestPac Stadium during the Cricket World Cup, a temporary stadium will be built at the Hutt Rec.

Temporary stands to seat a maximum of 9,000 spectators will be put up in the joint venture between Hutt City Council and the Phoenix, supported by sponsors Brendon Foot Supersite.

The A-league team will play at the ground on February 14, February 22 and March 7 interspersed with another three matches played

by the Phoenix’s new ASB Premiership side.Although earlier in the year Petone Recreation

Ground was chosen by council and the Phoenix as the best site for a proposed stadium that would be “home for the Phoenix”, it wasn’t chosen for the temporary stadium due to the turf, council community services general manager Matt Reid says.

Unlike the grass fields of Petone Rec, the Hutt Rec has sand turf which is “what the guys need,” Mr Reid says.

Although fine for a temporary stadium, Hutt Rec could never have been in the running for a permanent arena as it doesn’t have the proximity to public transport or the entertainment precinct of Jackson Street, he says.

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Public to go behind the scenesby Emily Tilley

Car crushing, double-decker bus rides and the live creation of a mural are all on the programme for this year’s Spotlight on Seaview.

For one day each year Seaview businesses open their doors to the public, demonstrating the largely unseen side of local industry.

“Many companies operate very much behind the scenes of daily community life, and they are keen to show the public what they are about,” event organiser Claire Allan says.

Seaview is unusual in having a large and varied collection of industries located in one area making it perfect for showcasing a variety of different industrial processes.

Businesses participating in Spotlight on Seaview range from Pete Lamb Fishing through to Hutt Valley Wastewater Services, Deborah Sweeney and Lowes Automotive.

Among the demonstrations will be car crushing at Macaulay Metals and metal spinning at Metal Art, both of which have been a huge hit with visitors in previous years, Ms Allan says.

A new attraction this year will be the creation of a Tape Art mural on the side of containers in

front of Placemakers. Artists will spend the day working with masking and painter’s tape to make a life-sized mural.

Some businesses are holding “Spotlight sales”, there’s a prize pack to be won and a children’s colouring-in competition.

-Spotlight on Seaview, Sunday November 9, 10am-3pm. For an list of participating businesses and a map of where they are see www.seaviewbusiness.co.nz/spotlight

Paint gun fun at last year's Spotlight on Seaview.

Group shares news

Issues such as recycling, or the lack of it, are being discussed by a new group the Petone East Community Alliance (PECA).

Initiated by the Hutt Union and Community Health Service, PECA meets fortnightly to share information between organisations and community groups such as Te Huinga O Te Whanau, Whakaoho, Housing New Zealand, Hutt City Council and residents.

The group has met twice now and any groups, residents, organisations and others that care about the Petone East community are welcome to attend.

Recent discussion has obviously included the upcoming demolition of HNZ blocks with information shared such as who is responsible for what, for example the council for monitoring consent issues such as noise and HNZ for asbestos disposal.

But the group is also able to share the neighbourhood’s ongoing news, such as the recent planting of an edible garden, the establishment of a new community newsletter “Panui” and updates on continuing refurbishment of the Te Huinga hall.The benefit of having people from different groups together in the same room was felt when the issue of recycling came up.


by Gerard Duignan

Sunny skies have helped the installation of a new protective covering on the roof of the Petone Settlers Museum on the Esplanade.

Storm damage to the existing roof caused water damage to one of the gallery spaces, which forced it to be closed for three weeks. No education programmes were affected, and collection items were not damaged.

A contractor working on another council facility was brought in, to bring forward the planned re-roofing.

Fifty thousand dollars was allocated in the 2014/15 Hutt City Council Annual Plan for Petone Settlers Museum building and maintenance, such as painting, electrical maintenance, and lighting of the Category 1 Historic Place listed building.

UrbanPlus, overseeing the project, has chosen a Sika membrane roofing system, designed for flat roof application. The PVC membrane replaces rubber coverings.

The product, Sarnafil, named after the Swiss town Sarna, is often seen on the TV show Grand Designs.

“It is huge in Europe and America,” says Mike O’Brien, Sika Waterproofing Market Field Manager. It has been used on the NZ Post and Pipitea Plaza buildings on the other side of the harbour.

Wind uplift calculations are made to

Left to right: Steve Coleman from Sealed Options discusses the new Sarnafil membrane on the Petone Settlers Museum roof with Grant Reid, Phil Shieffelbein of Sika, while Mike O’Brien, right, inspects for waterproofing.

Next PCB MeetingMonday 17 November 2014 - 6.30pm Petone Library Service Centre,Britannia Street Petone.Final agenda and papers will go on PCB

website and Council meetings - Home - Hutt City Council

November Petone Community Board

Jackson StreetThe Board would be interested to know views on Jackson Street, with recent publicity on traffi c, development and heritage issues. Are there enough parking spaces, do we need bike stands, what other problems are there or what changes do people want? Let us know.

Petone WestPlan change 29 covering Petone West moved through its fi nal approval stages at Council this week. This plan will have a big impact on the shape of Petone in the coming years and the Board recognises the enormous amount of work done by local groups and residents, as well as the Board to get the best outcome for our area.

Any Issues? Please feel free to contact members of the Board to raise any issues of concern, with suggestions or for information. We welcome your input.

Board members are:

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Deputy Chairperson Peter Foaese [email protected]

Mason Branch [email protected]

Gerald Davidson [email protected]

Mike Henderson [email protected]

Matt Roberts [email protected]

Cr. Tui Lewis [email protected]

Cr. Michael Lulich [email protected]

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Profi les of board members and contact info is available on the Hutt City Council website.

ensure the correct battens are chosen to anchor the seals. An automatic heat welding machine i s u sed to jo in membrane strips.

Objects from the Petone Settlers Museum collection are on show upstairs at The Dowse Art Mu s e u m u n t i l Sunday, such as toy trains, a WWII gas mask, an elephant on wheels and an old vacuum cleaner. Visitors may write down memories the items evoke on a postcard, and pop it into a post box.

The Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial, originally a bathing pavilion, was officially opened on January 22, 1940 to commemorate the arrival of the first British immigrants on Pito-one’s shores a century earlier.

On December 18, 1938, Ivor Te Puni, a descendant of the great Te Atiawa chief Te Puni, wrote a letter to the Prime Minister.

He requested that “the Prime Minister

remembered the Maori people” and created “… a fitting tribute to the memory of my worthy forbear the late chief Te Puni, the head and representative of his tribe”.

Te Puni can be seen in the arched window extending his hand of welcome.

The museum is open Wednesdays to Sundays, 10am-4pm, free entry.

New material used in Settlers Museum repair


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Glen Taylor has been named Best Ora King Ambassador, the latest in a series of awards since he opened his restaurant Taylors on Jackson last year.

After being told he had been selected as one of four finalists from 120 chefs around the country, Glen flew down to Nelson for the Ora King awards last month.

“It’s an awesome event, they fly about 35 chefs from around the world, predominantly from New Zealand, but they bring in chefs from the US, Germany, Japan and Australia. We all just lunch. It was really cool, a really nice day,” Glen says.

Glen says winning the award is humbling; as has been winning silver in the Dine Out Awards, being awarded one of the coveted Chef's Hats in the Cuisine NZ Good Food Awards - “a big shock for us” - and being nominated as one of four finalists in the Capital Awards.

The Capital Awards, “the Oscars of hospitality in Wellington” as Glen calls them, are yet to be announced.

Just being a finalist is nice as they are peer-nominated, Glen says, “and it’s also very humbling”.

But it’s really not about the awards for Glen, they are not hung on the walls of the restaurant and he can’t even put his finger on why Taylors on Jackson has been so successful with them.

“I don’t know, I don’t think I want to know really,” Glen says. “We do what we do.”

“We try to use lots of different products, a lot direct from the farms, straight from the suppliers rather than going through big companies… we work a lot with the suppliers.”

“We are very humble, we try not to get involved in that side of things… we just serve the food in a friendly little place,” Glen says.

Food is a passion for Glen and working in the hospitality industry has been his life since at the

age of 12 he began as an unpaid kitchenhand to gain work experience in his home town of Perth.

By the time he finished secondary school he had completed the theory side of his apprenticeship, by 19 he was a qualified chef and, after moving to New Zealand, he first became a head chef when he joined Zibibbo at the age of 22.

Owning his own restaurant was “always what I wanted to do”, so in August last year Glen opened Taylors on Jackson, since gaining a strong local following.

“It shouldn’t be about showing off or feeling uncomfortable,” Glen says. “It should be about sharing good food and having great conversation with friends and family and loved ones.”

A good percentage of customers come into the restaurant from Wellington, Glen says. With only a ten minute drive on the motorway and free parking in Petone, Hutt City Council should be promoting Jackson St as a dining option to more Wellingtonians, he says.

“Why would you drive from Kelburn into town, drive around for 20 minutes trying to find a park and then pay $30 to park in a parking building?” Glen asks.

“Jackson Street’s awesome and it’s getting better … there’s Queen of Jackson, the Sprig and Fern, the Butcher and Brewer, Lone Star ... there’s something for everyone.”

Awards keep coming for Taylors

Glen Taylor.


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Realignment of the stars for Petone rugby

Rising Petone rowing star James McAnallen has experienced new success in major national and international competitions.

The powerful Petone Rowing Club member, who is a New Zealand age-group representative and a member of the Central Regional Performance Centre, won the men's under-20 race at the Wairau Rowing Club's recent long-distance single sculls event.

McAnallen covered the almost 7 kilometres

by Steve McMorran

As the young career of one Petone Rugby Club player takes a giant upswing, the long and distinguished playing history of another has come to a dignified conclusion.

T h e 2 3 - y a r - o l d p r o p M i k e K a i n g a h a s been included in the New Z e a l a n d Maori team w h i c h w i l l play matches against Japan in Kobe this Saturday and again at Tokyo a week later. Kainga's selection marks a new high point in the career of a player who was a member of the New Zealand team which won the under-20 World Cup in 2011, who has been a member of the Chiefs, Hurricanes and Crusaders Super Rugby squads and who plays for Bay of Plenty in the ITM Cup.

His elevation to the Maori All Blacks came only weeks after the retirement, with typical humility and lack of fuss, of veteran lock and club stalwart Ross Filipo.

The 35 year-old Filipo played his last game

for the Wellington Lions in their 54-38 win over North Harbour in the last regular season round of the National Championships.

He marked the occasion by scoring a try and kicking two conversions, adding a fitting piece of symmetry to the career of player who emerged from Hutt Valley High School almost two decades ago, eager to make his name as a goalkicker.

Filipo's size, strength and resilience quickly saw him moved to lock from his preferred place as a loose forward and he served Petone and numerous representative sides in that position for years to come. Throughout his career in the engine room of the forward pack, he retained his natural athleticism and his services were always in demand.

Filipo played representative rugby for more than 11 years, starting when he was loaned by Wellington to second division Marlborough. He went on to play 65 matches for Wellington, to win five Super Rugby titles - four with the Crusaders and one with the Chiefs - to play five times, including four tests for the All Blacks, to play for the New Zealand Maori team that beat the 2005 British and Irish Lions and to win professional contracts with Wasps in England and Bayonne in France.

Filipo was still very much a club man and would count the time he spent playing for Petone as some of the most enjoyable of his career. He had a strong family attachment to the club

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Mike Kainga.

Ross Filipo.

and turned out a s o f t e n a s the career of a modern rugby p r o f e s s i o n a l allowed.

W h i l e Fil ipo's f inal m a t c h w a s poignant, there was cause for celebration at Petone when Kainga won his Maori All Blacks callup and it was symbolic that the career of a young player and a veteran converged on opposing trajectories.

Kainga was born in Hawke's Bay but went to school in the Hutt Valley, latterly at Taita College from which he joined Petone.

He played for the Hurricanes school team in 2008 and for Wellington at under-18 and under-20 level before being named in the New Zealand under-20 team for the Junior World Cup.

Kainga, who stands 1.87 meters and weighs a solid 117 kilos, has since been in constant demand, for Bay of Plenty in the ITM Cup and at Super Rugby level.

He made his Super Rugby debut for the Chiefs in 2013 and was named in the Crusaders› wider training group this year before being called up by the Hurricanes.

from the Ferry Bridge at Spring Creek to Baldricks Bend in 27 minutes, 40 seconds - the third-fastest time of the day and less than a minute behind the overall winner, Mitch McKenzie-Mol of the Picton Rowing Club.

He was also a member of the New Zealand team which competed against Australia in the annual trans-Tasman under-21 test match in late August. New Zealand lost by 287 points to 253 but McAnallen shone in his busy program

of event.He won his heat of the men’s single sculls

before finishing third in the A final. He was a member of the New Zealand coxless quad scull that second in its A final in a time seven seconds slower than the one it set in the heats.

McAnallen was also part of the New Zealand open eight which finished second in its race in a time that was also significantly slower than the one it set in the heats.

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Local cricketer's swan song at world cupBy Steve McMorran

Leigh Kelly couldn’t have chosen a better place for the last match of his long and admirable career as a New Zealand indoor cricket representative. The timing was also ideal. It was only the result that prevented Kelly's swan song becoming truly memorable but, then, the overwhelming weight of probability was that it wouldn't go New Zealand's way.

Kelly is a stalwart of the Petone Cricket Club and played for New Zealand (pictured right) at the Indoor Cricket World Cup in Petone late last month for the seventh and final time. There have been nine World Cups since the first in 1995: Kelly was too young to play in the inaugural tournament and missed the 2004 tournament, after being selected, for family reasons.

He has been a familiar figure, some would say a fixture, at the seven other world tournaments in various parts of the globe and has seen Australia place its name on the trophy at every one...all nine.

Nothing changed at this year's, ninth world tournament which was held on Kelly's home court near Seaview. Australia won all four competitions - Premier Men, Premier women, under-20 Men and under-20 Women - and beat New Zealand in the final of each one.

Australia won the Premier Men’s final, in which Kelly played, by 149 runs to 55. It won the Women’s Premier title by 131 runs to 61 after having also beaten New Zealand, much more narrowly, in the semifinals. Under the tournament system, the winner of the major semifinal progresses directly to the final and the loser plays the winner of the second semifinal for the other finals place.

Australia won the Under-20 Men’s final by 160 runs to 84 and the Under-20 Women’s final by 155 runs to 111.

The Australians brought with them a

s u b s t a n t i a l g r o u p o f backup s ta f f and supporters, a d d i n g substantially to the colour and atmosphere of the tournament wh i ch Ke l l y s a i d w a s " a great event". Teams took part from Australia, New Zealand, England, India, S i n g a p o r e , South Africa and Wales.

Kelly’s New Zealand men’s team suffered a severe setback at the start of the tournament when they were struck by a rogue flu virus - immune to the regular influenza inoculation - which laid low more than half of its members.

“It certainly had an impact,” Kelly said. “At one stage we had a couple of players with temperatures of 42 degrees.

“It was a fairly demanding World Cup in terms of the number of games played and to have players unavailable for selection was quite costly. It certainly resulted in a higher workload than we wanted to create for some players.

“It impacted on people’s energy levels and with more than half the squad affected it made it quite difficult.”

New Zealand still managed to fight its way to the final but found Australia - the originators of the sport - just too good again in the decisive

match.“It would have been ideal to finish with a

win,” Kelly said. “I played last year in the Masters or over-30 World Cup in South Africa and we managed to win that. There’s nothing like that winning feeling and it would have been nice to have it again but it wasn’t to be.

“New Zealand has come close to beating the Aussies a couple of times during my career. We beat Australia in the major semifinal twice at World Cups I’ve played in and gone straight through to the final but, unfortunately, we couldn’t win the finals.”

Kelly, now 40, says he won’t be talked into making himself available for another World Cup but may consider serving the sport in another capacity if work and family life allows.

“At the moment I’m at the stage where age has caught up with me and it’s time to hang up my boots.”

The Petone Football Club is fielding a girl's under-17 team for the first time.

The team made its league debut with a 3-0 loss to Stop Out in late October, then played out a 0-0 draw in a friendly match against Upper Hutt.

Petone was at home to Miramar last weekend and is due to play Upper Hutt in a league match this Saturday and Seatoun next weekend.

The establishment of the team furthers the Petone club's strong commitment to the development of female football, highlighted in a presentation earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Petone club stalwart John Bradbury has been inducted in the Wellington Football Hall of Fame.

Bradbury joins an illustrious group of inductees including Wynton Rufer, Barry Truman, Malcolm Dunford, Vaughan Coveny and Maureen Jacobsen.

He is the first administrator to be inducted.

H i s recognition caps a remarkable year in which he received t h e L i f e t i m e A c h i e v e m e n t Award at the 2014 Wellington Sports Awards and was also honoured by the Petone club which named its clubroom lounge The John Bradbury Lounge.

George Milne was named premier men's player of the year at Petone's senior awards ceremony last month. James Nash was reserve team player of the year and Bianca Mueller was named player of the year for the Petone women's 1st XI.

John Bradbury.

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by Steve McMorran

The Petone-Riverside premier men’s cricket team opened its 2014-2015 with losses to Karori and Taita in the Wellington one-day competition for the Ewen Chatfield Trophy.

Paul Bascand made 68 not out and BJ Crook 68 as Petone reached 255-6 in 50 overs, batting first against Karori in the opening round of the season.

Peter Younghusband took 4-34 from 10 overs and Tom Moore 3-64 as Karori surpassed Petone’s total with 11 overs remaining.

Petone-Riverside lost by seven wickets to Taita last weekend.

Roscoe Price-Moore made 56 with 11 boundaries and Crook scored 37 as Petone

compiled 245-9 in 50 overs.Taita reached its winning total in 45.3 overs

with only three wickets down, led by Mark Houghton who made an unbeaten 101 and Eastbourne’s Henry Walsh who made 86 not out with seven fours and one six.

Houghton and Walsh shared an unbroken 177-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

Petone-Riverside prepared for the season with one-day and Twenty20 matches against the Marlborough representative team in Blenheim.

Marlborough won the 50-overs match by seven wickets but Petone-Riverside showed some good early season form to win by the same margin at the shorter format.

Matt Goldsbury top-scored with 42 and Price-Moor scored 39 as Petone was bowled out

for 211 in the 50th over of the one-day match. Marlborough achieved its run chase with three wickets down in the 44th over.

Petone-Riverside then won the Twenty20 match by seven wickets, surpassing Marlborough’s 105-9 in the 19th over.

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