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Onslow College students Kate Ogilvie and Simon Teesdale, both 17, will be leading the only Wel-lington regional team at the Genesis Energy Hillary Challenge held at the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre, in Ton-gariro, this week.

The five day event is regarded as one of the toughest teenage outdoor adventure races on the secondary school sporting calendar.

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Local schoolsclash headsthrough debate

By Dani McDonaldOnslow and New-

lands Colleges will clash heads at the third consecutive inter college debate.

Nick Bell, Victoria Tam and Dylan Ku-mar, all 15, from On-slow College will take it out against Benja-min Huxford, Alka Prasad and Rebecca Mak, all 17, from Newlands College on Thursday, May 23 at 6pm at Newlands College staff room.

The topic of debate is “Wellington region should become a su-

per city”, with New-lands for and Onslow against.

The debate is or-ganised by the John-sonville Lions, with special guests Ohariu MP Peter Dunne and a member of Victoria University’s debating team Daniel Wilson.

Wilson, who adjudi-cated last year for the intercollege debate, has recently arrived back from Turkey for the 2013 World Schools’ Debat-ing Championships where he was judging world class debators.

Lions member Rose-mary Cook says Lions Clubs all over the world encourage its members to get involved with young people, and this one of the ways they do that.

The students have been researching the topic via internet and keeping up with news,

Onslow College teacher

Warren Henderson says taking part in the annual debate keeps up the com-munity spirit.

“It gives the kids expo-sure to a bigger audience, too,” he says.

The students say they are a little nervous, but are looking forward to the experience.

Coincidentally the teams

will be debating against each other in the Wel-lington Speaking Union senior certifi cate debating competition at Newlands College on the same day as the intercollege debate.

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New World Thorndon says no to youth rates...

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don is continuing to pay young employees the adult wage despite a legislative change.

Although employers can now pay youth $11 an hour, owner Brian Drake said that his supermarket will continue to pay the adult minimum rate of $13.75. “Youth would feel like they weren’t part of the or-ganisation or that you were taking advantage of the situation if they were paid differently,” Mr Drake said.

Mr Drake said he could understand why some employers might choose to pay the youth rate for a number of reasons, including the amount of resource it can take to train youth, or because of fi nancial constraints.

“The business has a moral responsibility to those who want to get ahead to pay the same rate that has always been paid to those just starting out,” he said.

The new youth rate came into effect on May 1, and enables employers to pay it to workers aged between 16 and 17, or those

New World Thorndon Checkout operators from left: Aimee Andrews & Jessica Wootton with store manager Gordon Yales. aged between 18 and 19 who have been on a ben-efi t for at least six months.

New World Thorndon is one of many businesses in Wellington which will not

be paying the youth rate to young employees.

From left: Benjamin Huxford, Alka Prasad and Rebecca Mak of Newlands College with Victoria Tam, Nick Bell and Dylan Kumar of Onslow College

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NewlandsMall revamp has people smiling...

By Dani McDonaldThe upgrade of the New-

lands shopping centre has changed people’s attitude for the better, a Newlands shop owner says.

This Saturday will at last see the offi cial opening of the centre that began construction at the end of July.

Wellington City Council Mayor Celia Wade-Brown will officially open the event at 2pm.

The $1 million upgrade focused on the McMillan Court car park and mall areas.Improvements to the car park area include a more level asphalt surface, an attractive courtyard area next to the supermar-ket entrance, more trees and native plants, better lighting, new seats, bike

racks, public toilets, and terraced gardens at the Bracken Road entrance.

The revamp of the mall area includes the addition of new lights, paving and landscaping work, and the removal of the old wooden canopy – which has provided a clearer link through to Stewart Drive.

Wellington Spices own-er Sharon Dill says the upgrade has had a positive effect on shoppers.

“I think the upgrade has really changed people’s attitude to the mall. The car parking is good, peo-ple are walking around saying how nice it is,” Ms Dill says.

Newlands Paparangi Progressive Association spokesperson Jim Can-diliotif says the upgrade

was driven by the upgrade of the New World under owner Ross Jordan.

“Most of our people were trudging over to Johnson-ville. It’s an absolute pleas-ure to have a New World in the mall and more so Ross is an extremely com-munity minded person,” Mr Candiliotif says.

The upgraded New World began in August last year, an upgrade owner Ross Jordan be-lieves hasn’t happened to the Newlands centre since the 1970s.

“Newlands is a good, lit-

tle mill of the road suburb, it was actually quite lack-ing in services compared to the ‘70s.

“It’s become a commu-nity market.”

He says when he first moved to Newlands the place looked dilapidated.

“I saw graffi ti, run down car parks full of weeds growing and a general rundown feel.

“It didn’t do well for the people of Newlands. What I can now see is a bit more vibrancy in the area,” Mr Jordan says.

Northern ward coun-

cillor Justin Lester, who pushed for the improve-ment, says the upgrade is a “suburb transformation”.

“It looks spectacular, it looks completely different. It’s something Newlands can be amazingly proud of.”

Prior to the opening, a community gala will take place from 10am.

Money raised from stalls at the gala will go towards the Newlands Food Bank.

For more info, contact Sharon Dill at Wellington Spices.

From left, Newlands Community Centre advocate Lisa Cunningham, Newlands New World owners Donna and Ross Jordan and Wellington Spices owners Sharon and Klass Dill.

Paci� c Radiology will be closing its doors in Moore� eld Rd, Johnsonville at the end of this week.They will be moving into new premises on Broderick Rd in August because the lease expired at the previous location.Operations manager Jane Rourke says the move has pushed the service to provide new fully digital equipment. She says patient access should be easier and more parking will be available.While they are closed, patients are ad-vised to use services at Bowen Hospital in Crofton Downs, or Paci� c Radiology in Porirua, or the ten other sites in the Wellington region. Contact the call centre on 978 5500.

DRAFT ANNUAL PLANWellingtonians have a few more days to have their say on the 2013/14 Draft Annual Plan – consultation closes at 5pm next Thursday, May 16.

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Districts and Returned Services Association’s fi nances are heading to-wards a safe future, if they can keep within budget.

Spokesperson for the committee Tony Carter says members have been holding weekly meetings and while fi nances of the club point to a continued future, the RSA needs to do a fair bit of fundrais-

ing.“On paper we feel it’s

capable to open again if we stick to a budget,” Mr Carter says.

The RSA went on lock down in March after mounting debt meant it should not trade.

In April the former com-mittee proposed to go into liquidation at an extraor-dinary meeting, whereby members voted to keep the RSA at status quo, and

to replace the committee with members that saw a future in the association.

The new committee members are coming up with ways to fundraise.

A jumbo gala will take place on June 8 upstairs at the RSA clubrooms.

“It’s going to be huge, and we’re asking people to bring their bits and pieces down and that should raise quite a few thousands of dollars,” Mr

Carter says.He says no opening date

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“We hope it won’t be too long,” Mr Carter says.

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Toughest teenage outdoor adventure

Newlands prepares for the big one...

By Steph Rangi, Massey Journalism

studentA mock earthquake hit

Newlands on Saturday with residents rallying together to help each other ‘get prepared to get through’.

Around 30 volunteers turned up to Nga Hau E Wha O Papararangi Marae to take part in over 60 scenarios.

Upon arrival, volunteers were handed a scenario to act out which ranged from reporting a lost pet to being badly injured.

Bill Rawiri, chairperson of the marae and co-or-dinator of the simulation, said the ‘disaster’ was

designed to help residents prepare.

The marae was shut down after hosting 42 victims from the Christch-urch earthquake.

“We weren’t prepared so [the] council closed us down for hygienic reasons.

“We will be there for the people,” Mr Rawiri said.

A number of disaster stations were set up inside the marae, with many young volunteers stepping up and taking charge.

Vaishnavi Anand, 14, was operating the animal welfare station and feels that this mock disaster was a good idea.

“I have learnt what we have to do if there is a

disaster.“I will be concentrating

on taking care of myself and my family,” Vaishnavi said.

As the mock disaster was the fi rst of its kind for Newlands, the Newlands Civil Resilience group have decided to hold them at least once a year.

Newlands CRG project manager Fiona Bain, feels they are now prepared if and when a disaster strikes.

“It is very much a learning exercise and very much a refi nement exercise.

“We think we can do it and we can only grow from here,” Ms Bain said.

Bill Rawiri (back right), assists volunteers carrying Eric Vaclavek (8) who was ‘injured’ by the Newlands mock earthquake.

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Onslow College and Wellington Girls are representing the Wel-lington region at the Genesis Energy Hillary Challenge held in Tongariro this week.

Onslow College students Simon Teesdale, Kate Ogilvie, both 17, [pictured], Cameron Grant, Stuart Engleback, Rory Grice, Meg Errington and Wellington Girls’ students Ellie Molloy and Islay Dickie have been training for a year with Coach Beverley Holder.

They made the top 12 out of 60 teams from around New Zealand, and left on Sunday.

The Hillary Challenge, held at the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre, is regarded as one

of the toughest teenage outdoor adventure races on the secondary school sporting calendar.

The intense fi ve-day event starts with 12 one-hour-long problem-solving challenges, testing out-door skills on land and water. Days three and four involve a 20 hour, 60 to 70 kilometre rogaine/bush navigation challenge, with over 80 checkpoints to fi nd on mountain tracks and valleys.

The fi nal day is a multi-sport challenge consisting of canoe-ing/kayaking, mountain biking and trail running over a 50 to 60 kilometre bush course. The teams accumulate points for the time taken and challenges met involving physical fi tness, mental acumen and teamwork.

Team leaders Kate and Simon began participating in the chal-lenge in 2011.

Simon says while the days are hard, it is rewarding.

“It’s hard in different ways. The fi rst two days its team work chal-lenges, it’s not just about physical fi tness - it’s about communica-tion,” he says.

“People think I’m insane, that we’re hard core,” Kate says.

Last year the team placed sev-enth, but both Kate and Simon say their team isn’t as competitive this year as it has been.

“In saying that we still want to do well and feel we have done all we can,” Simon says.


Ringa Taurerewa, 13, who is down from Whanganui staying with his family in Johnsonville, models newspapers latest fashion.

Celebrating youth week with creativity...

It was creativity and some bits of glamour at the John-sonville Community Centre hall last week where youth got to celebrate their own achievements.

Youth Week ran from May 4 to May 12 and over 200 events throughout New Zealand celebrated every-thing youth throughout the country.

The theme for this year was “Pakiwaitaratanga - Live like a Legend”.

Challenge 2000, based in Johnsonville, teamed with the Rock Church on Friday

and played games, dress-ups and held a sausage sizzle for local youth from 4 to 7pm.

From left, Yvonne Antonio, 12, of Johnsonville; Anya Hodge, of Challenge 2000, focus on transforming Marcus Ang, 15, of Johnsonville, into a transformer with Ben Jansen, of Chal-lenge 2000 and Josh Parker, 15, of Johnsonville.

Aaliayah Rameka, 11, of Newlands, models while Therese Kyne, of Challenge 2000, adds some more creativity to the costume.

Giving Mary Potter Hospice the support it needs...Grant Adams, of New-

lands, is back for the third time consecutively collect-ing money for the Mary Potter Hospice. He was spotted at Newlands New World on Friday collecting money for the cause.

Mary Potter Hospice pro-vides specialist care to peo-ple living with a terminal illness, and volunteers were out collecting money on Friday May 10 and Saturday May 11.

Grant’s cousin Steve Lint, of Johnsonville, coordinates 70 volunteers for the John-sonville, Newlands, Khan-dallah and Churton Park collection points. “Both our fathers went through Mary Potter, so pay it forward,” Grant says.

Newlands local Grant Adams col-lects money for the Mary Potter Hospice at Newlands New World on Friday.

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Kaiya Kent meets Disney on Ice Princess

Kaiya Kent, 3, from Karori decked herself out in her � nest collec-tion of princess attire to meet a real Disney princess this week.

Kaiya was one of a small group from Tai Tamariki Kindergarten who got the chance to meet and chat with Belle from the visiting Disney on Ice produc-tion.

However, Kaiya says she doesn't plan to be a

princess when she gets older.

"I want to be an ambu-lance driver so I can take care of everybody."

Her mother Rachel says at one stage Kaiya also wanted to drive rubbish trucks, but changed her mind when she realised she would need to take the truck home every night and clean it.

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Girls WOW at Miss India PageantFour stunning young wom-

en from the northern suburbs are entering the annual Miss IndiaNZ beauty pageant coming up later this month.

Nikisha Kansara, 16, of Johnsonvi l le ; Ar ishma Baran, 17, of Newlands; Drisana Chand and Shaleen Khan, both 16 of Newlands will make up 14 contestants from the greater Wellington region hoping to achieve Miss India Wellington at Wellington High School on Saturday, May 25 at 7:30pm.

Miss India Wellington will automatically be entered into the contest to take out Miss IndiaNZ, a pageant held in Auckland in September.

The event is organised by leading Bollywood event specialists Rhythm House, and aims to promote and enhance local talent in New Zealand.

Organisers have added an extra event on the evening – incorporating a Bollywood Talent Quest as it opens up opportunities for participants

other than beauty queens to wow the audience, organisers wrote in a press release.

Nikisha, a student at Onslow College, says she is taking part in the competition to gain some confidence and promote that beauty comes in all forms.

“I want to make all those beautiful girls out there who aren't confi dent and proud of their size realise that it's their size and shape that makes them unique and beautiful in their own way,” Nikisha says.

Drisana and Shaleen, both students at Newlands Col-lege, are looking forward to meeting new people and challenging themselves.

Arishma studies offi ce ad-ministration and computing at Whitireia, and hopes to gain knowledge of the fashion world.

This event is not restricted to Hindi Speaking audience; most of the participants are either born in New Zealand or have spent most of their lives here.

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Jean Slobbe, New-lands identity and well-regarded actress, is soon to open in a starring role in the next theatre show by the New Players Theatre Company, in New-lands.

Na na’s Naught y Knickers, by play-wr ight Kather ine DiSavino, is the latest production of the local drama company.

Jean plays the Nana in question. Set in New York, this recent comedy sees Jean taking on her law stu-dent grand-daughter, Bridget (played by Bex Ward), to stay with her in the big city.

Little does Bridget realise that her loving grand mother has a highly illegal sideline in making and selling naughty knickers.

Bridget has to quickly come to terms with this fact, as she, Nana and best mate Vera, played by another Newland identity Marie Thom-son, are faced by in-

creasing chaos.“I am delighted to

play such a fun role," says Jean. “Nana’s Naughty Knickers is fast paced and full of comedy. I also relish the chance to perform with a wonderful cast from Newlands, and elsewhere in Welling-ton.”

The play is directed by a Newlands actor, Jeff Osborne, who says the show will be great.

“It is a modern com-edy, which gets quickly to the fun. Seeing the three main characters deal with an anxious cop, a devious landlord, and mixed up deliver-ies, creates a great night out.

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Three dancers from Ka-rori will make their debut performances with the Mudra Dance Company in the production of “Satvika” at the Whitireia Theatre.

The performance projects the romances and battles of Hindu pantheon of gods and goddesses on to the stage with vibrant colours, insistent rhythms and an innate sense of theatre.

Performing alongside dance maestro Vivek Kinra and other senior dancers of The Mudra will be 12-year-olds Fariha Islam and Leeshma Srirankanathan, together with fellow Karori

dancer Rukmani Iyer.Fariha and Leesham have

been learning for six years and are excited to be mak-ing their debut.

Fariha says she enjoys dancing and fi nds it beauti-ful and graceful.

Her family enjoy her hav-ing contact with her culture and are looking forward to seeing her perform.

Rukmani has been learn-ing dancing for four years in New Zealand and previ-ously learnt in Singapore.

She says South Indian classical dance, or Bharata Natyam, is a form of crea-tive self-expression that

is beautiful because it is imbued with a high level of spirituality.

“The stresses of the day just melt away when I am dancing- it is like entering an oasis in a desert.

“Bharata Natyam show-cases the richness, beau-ty and depth of Indian culture. It makes people aware that there is a lot more to Indian culture than Bollywood. My family are extremely proud of me and support me in this.”Satvika is at the Whitireia Theatre at 7.30pm on Sat-urday May 25 and 4.00pm on Sunday May 26.

From left:Dancers Fariha Islam, Rukmani Iyer and Leeshma Srirankanathan.

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Dancers Fariha Islam, Rukmani Iyer and

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Karori dancersPlastic not so fantastic

By Dani McDonaldFive local women joined

11 youth leaders from across New Zealand to raise awareness about plastic pollution in New Zealand, in plastic kayaks.

Eve Bain, 19, of Pipitea, Lizzy Bunckenburg, 20 of Johnsonville [pictured] along with Florence Reyn-olds from Karori, Jessica Old, Kelburn, and Kathryn Bunckenburg, Johnsonville, ventured to Whanganui on Sunday to kayak down the river from Whakahoro to Pipiriki in in four double kayaks made out of recy-cled plastic bottles.

They kayaked 100 km down the Whanganui River over three days in the Na-tional Park.

Eve says the concept of the event was to make people aware of the harmful effects of pollution.

“The plastic bottles were just going to be thrown away and, instead, they’ve built kayaks out of them,” she says.

“It’s to make people think about how much they use and what they can do to help,” Lizzy adds.

Nearly 3000 plastic bot-tles were used to make the kayaks, of which Eve says

people don’t even realise how much plastic is used in our society.

“We’re not asking people to randomly give up their lifestyle, but that piece of plastic is not going to go away for 800 years,” she says.

“You’re not going to change it if you’re not go-ing to think about it,” Lizzy says.

Former CEO of P3 Foun-dation Shruthi Vijayaku-mar and Founder of the ‘I AM’ Challenge Daniel Cullum have spearheaded the project.

From left, Eve Bain, 19, of Pipitea, and Lizzy Bunckenburg, 20, of Johnsonville.

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We’ve reopened our ANZ branch opposite the library on Karori Road. We had to temporarily close the branch in July to complete earthquake strengthening work.

We’d like to thank all our customers for their patience and support while we undertook work to make the building safe.

While we’ve been temporarily closed, we’ve given the branch a facelift and rebranded it from National Bank to ANZ.

However we’re committed to providing ANZ and former National Bank customers with the same great level of service.

In fact, we’re providing even more flexibility for you. Our new branch is going to be open on Saturdays from 10:00am to 2:00pm, and open until 6:30pm on Thursdays.

We’re pleased to be open again in Karori, so please feel free to pop in, check out our new look, and talk to us about how ANZ can help you achieve your goals.

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Question: If you won Lotto would you tell people or not?

readers have their say... Find out the WORD on the Street.

Val JonesJohnsonville

“I’d keep it to myself, but I’d tell my family. Because there’s people that could take advantage.”

Pubudu LiyanageJohnsonville

“I would tell people. Maybe someone wants help.”

Shriram RamJohnsonville“Secret, because it is my choice.”

Allen EngBroadmeadows

I would keep it a secret but di� cult to keep it to myself”.

Helen AitkenKhandallah

“I’d tell people. You would give your family some.”

Veronica AndersonEx-Johnsonville resident

“I think I’d keep it to myself. I just wouldn’t want everybody knowing. You would have everybody ringing and some people get quite jealous.”

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Letters to the editorGeorgie PieWhat is McDonalds doing bringing back Georgie Pie?Thankfully at this stage it is just the Aucks and one or two Waikato Macca’s having to put up with the so called iconic $1 pie. The reason it cost a $1, is because that is all it was

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If Wellington’s councillors have been on council for over ten years then they are stale. I welcome new candidates like Jack Yan who has bright ideas and is a fresh face. We have a stale council and that doesn’t refl ect the Wellington I know.

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Members of PND Wellington - post natal depression support group of Wellington celebrating mothers at the Southern Cross Bar. Left to right: Jennifer Ripley, Antoinette Ben, Kelli van Dyke, Diane Beaglehole, Michelle Partridge.

Supporting mums in Wellington to be the best they can be, from left, Andrea Curzon-Hobson (Bellyful), Joanne Grove (Smash Palace Jewellery), WCC Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, Rachel Brown (Birthwise, Wellington), Antoinette Ben (PND, Wellington), Marg (Mothers Network)

Celebrating mums, from left, Mel Neeley (Mothers Network), Bree MacKay holding 3 week old daughter, Violet Wauchop, Lisa Woodley from Yummy Mummy Club and Sarah Cronen.

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Mr Echegaray is cur-rently the principal at Pauatahanui School but will move to West Park at the beginning of term three.

His appointment comes after West Park's former long-serving principal Elle Claxton died of cancer earlier this year.

Mr Echegaray says when he steps into the gap left by “competent, well-loved and well respected” Mrs Claxton, his immediate focus will be on building relationships with student and staff.

Originally from Argen-tina, Mr Echegaray was raised and educated in Australia, before moving

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He says he chose to apply for the role at West Park as it was a “wonderful career opportunity” to lead a school double the size of Pauatahanui.

Mr Echegaray says he is looking forward to the learning opportunities West Park presents, and working alongside the lo-cal community.

West Park Board of Trus-tees chair David Waters and deputy chair Warren Young say

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By Dani McDonaldUp-to-date chairs are

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Board member Joanne Goodwin says there are many things on the kindergarten’s wish list including new chairs, iP-ads and some moveable outdoor equipment that can be shifted inside.

“That’s our primary fo-cus – to get some outdoor equipment,” Ms Goodwin says.

All of the chairs are showing their age and beginning to crack, and

need replacing, and a cou-ple of iPads would assist children in their learning, such as looking at pictures and answering on the spot questions, she says.

Fundraising is still in its very early stages, however parents have been selling entertainment books, and Ms Goodwin says the kindergarten is planning on hosting an event for the children every term, such as a movie night.

They are also planning a disco event with an entry fee for the children.

The kindergarten was not successful in receiving any grants this year, and

Ms Goodwin says the kindergarten is limited to what it can apply for.

“Being a Chr ist ian kindy here there are some streams of money that we don’t apply for because its against our values.”

She says the goals are long term, but hopes to see the changes in place within three years.

The kindergarten caters for 25 children in the morning and another 25 in the afternoon.

Grace Kindergarten was opened in 1994 by the Onslow Community Church as a community venture.

From left, Isabel Musson, Hadassah Humphries and Braedon Macdonald, all 3, of Grace Kindergarten.

Colourful wigs and hair-dos were on show at the St Teresa's School “Wacky Hair Walkathon” at Karori Park last week.

All the pupils and staff took part, walking laps of the park over an hour-long period to raise funds for improving St Teresa's outdoor spaces.

Pupils were sponsored by family and friends, who stood by the sidelines counting their laps.

Principal Mary-Angela Tombs says it was a great way to give pupils some exercise and have some fun.

She praised the creativity

of pupils on the day.“Coming to school and

seeing kids with red or green hair was the high-light for me.”

The total amount raised has not yet been fi nalised as sponsorships are still being collected.

However Mrs Tombs says last year's walkathon raised $8000, and she is “hoping and praying” to raise a similar amount this time.

She says “Operation Outdoors” is a new initia-tive suggested by parents, to “give a bit of tender loving care” to the school grounds.

Areas of focus are out-door seating, playgrounds and a grass bank between the school buildings and school fi eld.

The walkathon was organised by the parent support group Friends of St Teresa, who will be directing upcoming fund-raising initiatives towards the outdoors project.

A parents' committee has been set up to oversee the project, and the school will be looking for parents with relevant skills such as landscape design to get involved and lend a hand over the coming months.

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St Teresa's pupils Timothy Hall and Zac de Terte, both Year 8, pause walking for a photo with principal Mary-Angela Tombs.

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Mark Berry, 24, of Khandallah, featured on TV1’s Attitude prior to becoming a presenter, and says he is happy to “try something new”.

Berry is profoundly deaf and uses New Zealand Sign language to communicate.

“Being a young Deaf person myself I want to see more of my

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“I’m excited about giving more prominence to New Zealand Sign Language and Deaf culture,” Berry says.

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“Maybe eventually become a politician where I can truly make a difference in people’s lives,” he says.

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Attitude co-presenter and as-

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“I am thrilled to have Mark join me as a presenter. He’s warm, witty and very knowledgeable about Deaf culture and Sign lan-guage, of course it’s just a bonus that he looks so cute on camera,” she says.

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A piece of Kelburn history

By Dani McDonaldHistory books won’t tell the

secrets that Viaduct Servicentre owner Mike Tock has of the area.

In his office, newspaper clip-pings roughly decorate the walls of times past, when the Kelburn Viaduct was fi rst built, and when the hill opposite the Servicentre was cut into to make way for the Wellington trams.

For over 80 years the name Viaduct has stuck with the estab-lishment, which from the very fi rst opening of the business, has been committed to automobiles.

It was first Atlantic fuel, and situated where the Kelburn viaduct is now, serving customers a variety of petrol.

When the bridge was built in 1932 the building was moved further to the right, under the name Viaduct Service.

“It’s got a lot of history this place,” Mike says.

In the 1950s the name of the business was changed to Viaduct Servicentre, something quite out-rageous for that era, Mike says.

They took the pumps out in 1990s.

In 1992 it became a tyre shop and car repairs.

Mike took over the business in 1998.

He says business boomed once it became a car repairs shop.

“It trebled in terms of turnover. To the point we have a satellite

workshop in Karori.“It’s the location I think. The west-

ern suburbs are the largest suburb in the southern hemisphere - population wise. I think people fi nd it easy be-cause they can drop their car here and catch the bus.” Previous owners Bruce Paulsen and Brent Sowrey owned the building from 1983 to 1991.

The viaduct bridge became known as the place where people committed suicide.

Bruce once told someone to “get off there you bloody idiot you’ll die.”

“And the guy got down and walked off,” Mike says.

Mike’s collections of newspaper clippings go back to the 1970s when

the Evening Post ran a story on the Viaduct.

“I collect it just for interest. It was one of the fi rst things I did. We get people in here looking at these,” he says.

“You feel like to become part of the heritage of the area.”

Viaduct Servicentre owner Mike Tock.

vast array of New Zealanders from rugby players to families living with disabilities.Pictured Above: Mark Berry, 24, of Khandallah

The Viaduct Servicentre in its previous location, bottom right, before the Kelburn Viaduct bridge was built.

Previous owner Bruce Paulsen, who part owned the Viaduct Servicentre.


Young butchers sharpen their knives

Hard work pays off for Onslow cadet

Entries are now open for the 2013 Alto Young Butcher & Competenz Butcher Appren-tice of the Year. Competition is fi erce, with those in the Young Butcher category vying for a prize trip to Europe where they will support the Wedderburn Sharp Blacks, the national butchery team, during the Butchery Tri Nations in 2014.

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Entrants have until June 14 to get their entries in, they will then have to compete in one of fi ve regional fi nals.

The winners of these regional finals will then go onto the Grand Final in Auckland on August 16.

Hard work and dedication has paid off for 15-year old Sam Ahie.

Sam graduated from a senior non-commissioned offi cer course at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea earlier this month.

The Onslow College student was one of 30 New Zealand Cadet Forces cadets who graduated.

Sam was named top of his syndicate on the course.

While friends were relaxing or working during the school holidays the cadets, all from the

lower North Island and nominated by their units to attend, were im-mersed in lessons on leadership, effi ciency and problem solving, and will now return with new skills to perform the duties of a cadet Senior NCO at unit level.

Sam says he joined the cadets because of the military fl avour and wanted a career in the De-fence Force.

"It's a great discipline and this course has really taught me a lot," he says.

A few spots of rain didn't dampen

the enthusiasm of a small crowd of family and friends who watched the graduation parade. Brigadier Sean Trengrove, Director General Reserve Forces and Youth De-velopment, described the group as inspirational young leaders of New Zealand.

"Parents and unit commanders should be very proud of the envi-ronment they have created and the support they have given to these future leaders," he said.

Sam was just 12 when he joined the Wellington City cadet Unit.

15-year old Onslow College Student Sam Ahie named top of his syndicate.

Queen Margaret College in Thorn-don has fl ash new sporting and teach-ing facilities, after Prime Minister John Key opened its new Hobson Complex last Friday.

Students will enjoy the use of a full-sized gym, all-weather outdoor court, fi tness centre and extra PE classroom.

Four state-of-the-art classrooms will line the top fl oor for French, Span-ish, Japanese and Chinese language classes.

Along with this Year 13 will enjoy a new common-room and private court yard.

Principal Carol Craymer says the-building has been fi ve years in the making.

“The entire Queen Margaret Col-lege Community is looking forward to getting in there and using this space.

“The new gym is three times the size of our current gym, which was built in 1968, and will enhance our

ability to offer top onsite facilities for our young aspiring sports women.”

“As an International Baccalaure-ate World School, this expansion for the Language Department was vital, as it is a requirement that students learn a second language.

“Surrounded by embassies and with over 40 nationalities within the student body, Queen Margaret College is a truly international school located in the heart of the

Wellington City.” “We feel this new complex will

signifi cantly enhance the College facilities.”

Queen Margaret College is an independent Presbyterian Girls’ College.

It offers holistic education from Pre-School through to Year 13 and the choice of the qualifi cation path-ways of International Baccalaureate Diploma and NCEA.

New $7m complex for Queen Margaret

Prime Minister John Key cuts the ribbon to Queen Margaret’s $7 miliion Hobson Complex.

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McCLYMONT, Sylvia Grace: (formerly Turner, nee Little). On April 22, 2012, peace-fully, at Ashwood Park Retirement Village. In her 100th year. Dearly loved wife of the late Percy Turner, loved mother and mother-in-law of Garry and Dinah Turner and Wendy and John Robertson and loved nana of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Messages to Villa 12, 5 Battys Rd Blenheim 7201. Special thanks to the staff of Ashwood Park Retirement Village for their love and care of Sylvia. At Sylvia’s request a private service and cremation have been held.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Ph 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

McGILL, David (Dave): Unexpectedly, on Saturday April 21 2012, at Hanmer Springs, on an adventure. Aged 64 years. Loved brother of Robenanne Lucas and treasured friend of Helen. Now free to catch all the thermals. Messages C/- 4 Murphys Rd Blenheim 7201. At Dave’s request a private cremation has been held.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Ph 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

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Probus Club membersThe Johnsonville North Probus Club is seeking new members. The Club meets at the Johnsonville Masonic Hall, Phillip Street, Johnsonville on the third Wednesday morning of each month. If you would like to join a club of men and women who are retired, aged over 55, which o� ers good guest speakers, and a variety of interest groups, please contact Marie on phone 478-3779.

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19Wednesday May 15, 2013Herald sport

By Boris Jancic, Massey journalism student

Underdogs North Wellington AFC were unable to overcome the odds in their Chatham Cup opener, with a 3-0 loss to Waterside Karori on Saturday.

Based on league rankings, the match-up was always going to be a challenge for the young North Wel-lington team, who have had a mixed season so far.

They struggled with both posses-sion and territory early in the game, as Karori confi dently took control.

Karori capitalised on this early dominance by putting away two goals in the fi rst 16 minutes, includ-ing a well placed long-range shot from the boot of James Hill.

So, it looked like a gift when Karori’s John Sutherland earned himself a red card for a challenge that left North’s Ben Costello on the ground and the referee with little choice.

It was a unique mistake in a game that otherwise ran quite free of fouls.

Facing a ten man side, North Wellington gained some room to breathe, taking pressure off their

half, but were unable to produce any solid opportunities before half-time.

Whatever the coaches said at half-time must have done something, as both teams came out guns blazing in the second half.

A fl urry of opportunities opened on both sides, but some miscommunica-tions and quick thinking from both keepers, kept the score-line steady.

Given the number of chances, it was remarkable that it took until stoppage time to see another goal.

The fi nal goal seemed inevitable as North Wellington made an ag-gressive push for a consolation goal in stoppage time, leaving Karori to seal the win from the counter-attack.

North Wellington Manager Ter-rance Douglas said, after the match , the gap in experience between the teams played a large role.

“The team’s average age is about 20 and we were up against an expe-rienced side.”

Saturday’s game was the sixth ever meeting between in the two teams in the Chatham Cup, with North Wellington’s sole victory dating back to 1997.

The experience gap proved too much for North Wellington, left, in their Chatham Cup opener against Waterside Karori. Photo: Boris Jancic

Loss for North Wellington AFC in Chatham Cup

Hoping for repeat gold medal performance

By Lydia Anderson Newlands kayaker Kurtis Imrie is a rising

star to keep an eye on.The Year 13 Newlands College student will

represent New Zealand at the Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Canada in August.

“It's going to be a major experience,” he says.

Imrie has already proven he can produce medal-winning results, taking home a bronze medal at his fi rst international event, the Australian Youth Olympic Festivalin January.

As well as this, Imrie took fi rst place in the U18 K1 500m and 200m, and second place in the 1000m at the NZ Sprint Canoe Championships in Rotorua in February.

He says wearing the silver fern gives him “butterfl ies” and he will be aiming to make the fi nals at the Worlds in the U18 K1 200M and the K4 1000m.

Although Imrie only started kayaking for Mana Kayaking Club about three years ago, he has been a surf life saver at Paekakariki Surf Club for nine years.

At 83kg, he is heavier than other kayakers

Kayaker Kurtis Imrie, from Newlands College

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in his age group, but attributes this to playing rugby for his school's First XV.

He says he wants to make kayaking his prior-ity, and is hoping to reach the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Imrie's sister Kayla, a former Newlands College student, will also represent NZ at the Worlds in the U23 division.

The pair leave NZ in June to attend the National Championships of Slovakia and the Czech Republic before travelling to Canada.

Johnsonville Senior 2nds got up for a last-gasp 27 to 26 win over Avalon and the Johnsonville Senior 1sts held on to beat their Avalon opposites 17 to 16 after Avalon had missed a very kickable penalty in the last play of the game.

Johnsonville Senior 1sts therefore retain second place on the Harper Lock Shield ladder behind Wellington and look on target to fi nish in the top four and therefore take their place in the Hardham Cup round in

June and July.The Hardham Cup 'fi eld' consists of the

top four from the Harper Lock Shield round and the bottom four from the premier divi-sion Swindale Shield.

Johnsonville Old Timers' Day will take place at Helston Park this Saturday. Senior 2nds play Wests at 1.15pm followed by Senior 1sts against Tawa at 3pm for the Carman Cup.

Two thrillers at Fraser Park

Rona Wignall, fourth from left, with her NZ U23 underwater hockey teammates.

Multi-talented Kelburn sportswoman Rona Wignall is hoping to score her second gold for New Zealand at the 2013 World U23 Underwater Hockey Championships in August.

Wignall, 20, was part of the gold-medal winning U23 team at the 2011 world champs in the Netherlands, and is con-fi dent her number-one ranked team can repeat the performance this time round.

“I reckon we'll win to be honest.“New Zealand are awesome at under-

water hockey.”The selection process for this year's

team started in December, with 30 players from around NZ trying out for a fi nal squad of 12.

“This year especially was ultra com-petitive – a lot of my close friends didn't make it but they're still amazing players.”

She says although the team are not play-ing any international warm-up matches

before the worlds in Hungry, they hold training camps every month, and will practise against the U23 men's squad.

However underwater hockey is not the only thing Wignall excels at.

Her true passion is rapping. Last year she was a finalist in the

“Scribe with us” rap competition, meet-ing Kiwi rapper Scribe.

She describes her style as consious hip hop and electro rap.

“It's a real eye opener when people see a white female rapper.”

Wignall juggles rapping, underwater hockey training and playing football with study for her Bachelor of Music degree at Otago University.

“I'm always busy – training at the mo-ment is quite full on.

She says she loves hockey because “it's awesome experience, a good excuse to travel, and I love sport”.


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