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Nicola Binns with an apheresis machine which is used for plasma donations.

By Nikki Papatsoumas

The New Zealand Blood Service is ap-pealing for the community to head along and donate blood at a local drive next week.

Next Thursday, a blood drive will be held at the ASB Centre in Kilbirnie and the New Zealand Blood Service are hoping for at least 60 donors to attend on the day.

Nicola Binns from the New Zealand Blood Service said this was the fi rst time there had been a blood drive in Kilbirnie for more than 10 years.

She said this was because there had not

been enough support at previous drives held in the area.

“We are hoping that with all the extra busi-ness in the area now, it will be a success.”

The blood drive was organised after local business owner, Terry Binding from Nailed It, approached them, Nicola said.

“Terry has delivered fl yers to all Kilbirnie businesses and has been a great support. But we still really need support from all local businesses in Miramar and surrounding suburbs.”

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Uniquekeepsake Nicola Dench with a collection of awards she has created over the

past six years.


A handful of the region’s fi nest athletes will receive a unique, locally made keepsake at an upcoming awards night.

Nicola Dench, from the Clay Penguin Studio in Seatoun, designs the awards handed out to athletes at the annual Sport Wellington Sportsperson of the Year Awards.

She said she was initially approached by Sport Wellington to design the awards six-years-ago, after her work was spotted at an exhibition.

“They wanted a change to something more handmade and unique. They asked me which was really exciting and since then I have made them each year.” Continued on page 2

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For four weeks from Novem-ber 28, Go Wellington buses will change to a $1 fare for one zone of travel and $2 adult fare and $1.50 fare for children for two or three zones of travel.

It is hoped this will encour-age people to use public trans-port to travel in and out of the city.

The Wellington City Council has budgeted $200,000 for the initiative.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown said the public transport initiative would help to get more Wellingtonians onto buses and into the central city during the busy weekends in the run-up to Christmas.

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Councillor Iona Pannett, Chair of Wellington City Council’s Environment Com-mittee, said the cheaper bus

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“This shows support for an environmentally sustainable travel option for people who want to go shopping in the

central city and don’t want to have to worry about conges-tion or parking time limits.

“Wellington City Council fi rst proposed this initiative in February this year and I’m thrilled that it’s going ahead in time for Christmas.”

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Continued from page 1Nicola said blood donors were very

special.“We always need more donors. Cur-

rently only four per cent of the eligible population donates blood.

“If you are part of the 96 per cent cur-rently sat on the fence thinking about it, please jump off and join in.

Nicola asked people to think of the “bigger picture” and said one donation could save three lives.

“Think of all the little children who have leukaemia who your blood is able to save… you’ve got to go beyond yourself and think of who your donation could save.

“You’re helping ultimately to save people’s lives and make a difference.”

The New Zealand Blood Service was also hoping to have more people sign up for plasma donations, Nicola said.

This year 240 people have donated plasma, however the blood service was hoping to reach 500 donations by the

end of the year.Plasma was used to make around 13

different medicines and because of this the demand for plasma had increased “hugely”, Nicola said.

“You have to have given at least one blood donation in the last two years before you can become a plasma donor.”

Plasma is collected using an apheresis machine. The machine spins off the red blood cells and keeps the plasma. The red blood cells are then returned to the donor.

Plasma has also earned the nickname “liquid gold” because of its colour, Nicola said, “It really is so special, it can be made into so many different medicines.”

The blood drive will take place next Thursday, November 19, at the ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie from 9.30am to 2.30pm. Appointments are pre-ferred and will take priority. To book an appointment call 0800 448 325.

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As with all Nicola’s pieces, the awards are made from clay and are later painted with a glaze.

She said other than being made to fi t into a book shelf - she enjoyed being given a degree of artistic license with the project.

Each year she met with representatives from Sport Wellington to tailor the designs of the trophies to fi t the theme and event styling of the awards ceremony.

This year Nicola has completed fourteen awards, each of which reaches a pinnacle or peak and is then glazed.

In previous years she has changed colours and shapes to reflect major sponsors or events.

“It’s really exciting and it’s a real challenge. It’s really good to know that they like the handmade and the ceramic design. Over the years we have worked out how our ideas can work together.

“I just fi nd it a real privilege to make them for these athletes. The people have got them and they will treasure them forever.”

Event director at Sport Wellington, Anna Carrington, said working with a small, local studio meant trophies had a much more

personal feel.“We get to work with Nicola on the design

and personally visit her studio throughout the process. It’s great to be able to drop by, chat to Nicola and look at some of her other works,” Anna said.

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Renovations are on the cards for a historic local bridge club.

Commit tee members of Kairangi Bridge Club have decided to proceed with earth-quake strengthening on the club’s 80-year-old building in Miramar.

The clubrooms were deemed earthquake prone and yellow stickered four-years-ago and ever since, members have been exploring what to do about future accommodation, club president Peter Palmer said.

He said ideas thrown across the table included knocking down the building or hiring another building or premise that would be suitable.

“However we couldn’t find anything that has the space we need and gives us the certainty,” he said.

The club also discussed the idea of moving into the Toitu Poneke Sports Hub in Kilbirnie, which is currently under development.

However, Peter said there were issues with car parking sur-rounding the space.

“At the end of the day, we have decided to renovate our current

building,” Peter said.He said the decision was settled

upon at a special general meeting held early this month.

Peter said the decision to renovate the Hobart St building would be a “major challenge” for the club.

The cost of strengthening and upgrading the building would be between $400,000 and $600,000.

“We have been saving hard and will be able to fund some of these costs ourselves but will be look-ing for other sources of income to meet most of the costs.”

Kairangi Bridge Club has around 200 members. The ma-jority of the membership is over 65 years and the club has a number of active members in their 90s.

“We are growing - this year we have around 40 people in our learner classes - and the numbers in these classes have gone up dramatically in recent years,” Peter said.

“We want to future proof the building and have a building that will be standing for the next 20 to 30 years.”

Peter said engineers were com-

Past president Lorraine Sutich and current president Peter Palmer at the Kairangi Bridge Clubrooms.

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pleting fi nal design work and aimed to have resource consent by July.

It is hoped work on the build-ing will start by the beginning of next year.

It is not too late to let the Wellington City Council know what you think about setting up safer cycling connections in the eastern suburbs.

Community members have until Monday, May 23 to go online and comment on safe-cycling areas and pos-sible routes, or make an oral submission to the council’s transport and urban develop-ment committee.

A working group has pro-posed two potential corridors

– one from Kilbirnie to Mira-mar and one from Kilbirnie to Seatoun.

The fi rst Kilbirnie to Mira-mar route, the Cobham option, would take cyclists along Rongotai Rd and across Cob-ham Dr, while the second, the Hobart option, would route along Rongotai Rd, Coutts St, under the airport via the subway and along Hobart St.

The Kilbirnie to Seatoun corridor has two options as well.

Both run along Rongotai Rd, Coutts St, and under the airport via the subway, and then diverge, with the Broad-way option routing along Broadway and Dundas St, and the Strathavon option winding through the quiet streets of Strathmore Park, then along Broadway and Ludlam St.

The public can tell the council preferred options or suggest alternatives, at which point recommendations will return to the working group,

and then be placed before the transport and urban develop-ment committee on June 30.

There will be further op-portunities for input, possibly in October/November, as the council works out the details of the preferred routes.

They hope to have work on the cycling corridors fi nished by mid-2018. To have your say, head to cycleways.wellington.govt.nz by Monday, May 23 at 5pm.

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ABOUT KAIRANGI BRIDGE CLUB:• The Hobart St building was built around 1931 as a petrol station and garage. • It was later converted into a dance hall called the Rio Grande. • Members of the club recall attending Saturday night dances at the Rio Grande. • The Kairangi Bridge Club bought the building in 1976 - it’s been a Bridge Club ever since.

Pukeahu National War Memorial Park will host six concerts, in an effort to expand use of Pukeahu beyond ceremonial events. The concerts begin Sunday, May 22 with the Royal New Zealand Air Force Band Woodwind Trio, playing music from Bach, Haydn, Mozart and more. They will continue monthly through October, featuring acts such as the Anon Vocal Ensemble and the Royal New Zealand Air Force Band Flute. Concerts will begin at 4pm and end at 4.45pm. Admission is free.

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GIVEAWAYCongratulations to M Ravji from Island Bay who scored a double pass to the Wellington Food Show this weekend. Thanks to everyone who entered. Tickets to the food show, which takes place from May 20 to 22 at the Westpac Stadium, are still available at www.foodshow.co.nz

Lester and Ponter promise fare freezeIf elected in upcoming local body elec-tions, Wellington mayoral candidate Jus-tin Lester and Regional Councillor Daran Ponter announced they will freeze public transfer fares and introduce cheaper fares for tertiary students. These plans are part of a bid to ‘get Wellington moving’ by increasing use of public transport and reducing traffic. They would initiate a three-year trial to cap all public transport fares at current levels, introduce conces-sion fares for students, and introduce free transfers between buses.

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By Annabella GamboniMASSEY JOURNALISM STUDENT

Young mums seeking a ho-listic approach to having a baby will soon have their own information and teaching space in downtown Wellington.

Positive Birth Wellington, based at the Island Bay Com-munity Centre, is gaining

traction in opening a new childbirth information centre in central Wellington, which they say is due to an increasing demand for a holistic, rather than entirely medical, approach to perinatal care.

Co-founder of the group, Ronja Levers, said several investors were taking a serious interest in the project.

Ronja Levers and her son Otto (4) in the community garden outside their meeting room at the Island Bay Community Centre. PHOTO CREDIT: Annabella Gamboni

Their ‘Birthhub’ would offer professional birthing advice and services, including antenatal classes, to birthing mothers outside of the traditional hospital setting.

Their woman-centred ap-proach to birth is a refl ection of the recent trend towards a more rustic and simpler lifestyle typified by the ‘hipster’ – a new, relatively young breed of middle-class city dweller.

Another factor is the services provided by fi nancially squeezed publicly-funded institutions.

Hospitals, for example, often just did not have the resources or time to provide the holistic care that many mothers required.

As a result, holistic birthing and even homebirths are “not just for hippies any more”, said Ronja.

Positive Birth Wellington, based at the Island Bay Com-munity Centre, is the fi rst of its kind in the country.

Ronja started the group in 2012 with friend Liz Harris after being inspired by the original Positive Birth movement in the United Kingdom.

Now a movement gaining popularity around the globe, Positive Birth looks to address the fearful misconceptions around childbirth.

“You only ever hear the war

stories. You only ever hear about the rare cases where something goes wrong,” said Ronja.

Ronja and her group instead gather to talk about joyful, healthy childbirth experiences, as well as how exactly to make a mother’s birth a positive one.

Crucially, Positive Birth advo-cates putting the birthing mother at the centre of the decision-making process.

“Any birth can be a posi-tive experience. However, and wherever, a mother chooses to have her birth, it’s got to be her decision. It’s all about giving agency, dignity and respect back to the mother,” said Ronja.

She hopes their proposed Birthhub will continue the work of Positive Birth on a wider scale, and is especially excited to inspire and support even more new families.

Independent midwife Fiona Wood said that the Positive Birth movement had been proven to be benefi cial not only to fi rst-time mothers, but women who were recovering from a traumatic birth experience.

“It’s a great forum to allay people’s fears around birth, and to learn strategies to trust their bodies.

“They just cope better in my experience,” she said.

Alternative approach to childbirthnot just for the “hippies”

Wellington City Council employees can relax knowing their living wage is safe.

The council and Welling-ton Chamber of Commerce reached an agreement last week that secures the con-tinuation of employees’ living wage.

Council employees have had a living wage since 2013, and

these benefi ts were extended to staff of council-controlled organisations in 2014.

In 2015, there was a proposal put forward to consider grant-ing a living wage to external contracts on a case-by-case basis.

Last year the chamber ex-pressed concern about the council’s ability to legally pay

contractors under the Local Government Act.

They announced their inten-tion to bring judicial review proceedings to resolve the question.

On May 13, the council stated they have agreed to consult with the chamber on the extension of the wage to other contracts, and, if neces-

sary, will seek a declaratory judgement to clarify any ques-tions of legality.

A living wage will also go to the council’s core cleaning and security services, begin-ning on July 1.

These agreements are cen-tral to the council’s policy of providing leadership on the living wage.

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Along the bustling Bay Road, the Kilbirnie/Lyall Bay Community Centre stands out as a hub of the community.

Whatever your age or interest, the centre has something for you, whether it’s cooking workshops, mahjong games or English lessons.

Beryl Smyth, who acts as centre coordinator with Rowena Bonne, said the centre focused on inform-ing, education and expanding the horizons of the community.

“We also want to provide security, a place to belong, and a place that belongs to everyone,” she said.

Bernard O’Shaughnessy, the cen-tre’s new chairman, said, “This is a neutral space, so anyone can be a part of it, and there is a compre-hensive schedule, with a different fl avour and different people all the time.

“It is quite a buzzy place through-out the day,” he said.

The centre has a full schedule of activities, with numerous groups us-ing their meeting spaces throughout the week.

There are two facilities for groups to use, as well as a drop-in tea room, which is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 2pm.

The centre also presents numer-ous events and workshops for the community.

Things to watch out for at the Kilbirnie/Lyall Bay Community Centre: 1. First Aid for Carers of Babies and Young Children: Kate Nickson, a First Aid consultant, will lead a workshop for anyone who has young kids in the house, with CPR demonstrations and helpful information. Monday, July 11 at 7.30pm, $10 per person. 2. University of the Third Age Discussion/Talk: Education does end school does. University of the Third Age is dedicated to provide con-tinuing learning opportunities for retired people. Fourth Wednesday of the month, 1.30-3.00pm, next meeting May 25, Newcomers and visitors welcome. 3. Zumba Gold: Get ready to cut a rug. This Zumba class is for active older adults looking to dance, with moves tailored to them, with a focus on balance, range of motion, and coordination. Mondays, 11.30am-12.15pm, 10$ casual, and $80 for ten classes.

Over the next few editions, the Cook Strait News will profi le local community centres dotted across the southern and eastern suburbs. This week we chat to Beryl Smyth and Bernard O’Shaughnessy from the Kilbirnie/Lyall Bay Community Centre.

Bernard explained, “We have a number of set programmes, and then the community comes to us with new ideas, and we facilitate them.”

One of the centre’s most popular programmes is their monthly lunch outings, when the centre organises trips outside of the area to sight-see and enjoy a meal.

“We always have a full bus, and it great seeing everyone get together, having such joy about exploring together,” Bernard said.

The outings are on the first

Wednesday of each month. In the meantime, community

members can take advantage of the full slate of activities happening round the clock at this community hub.

The Kilbirnie/Lyall Bay Com-munity Centre is located at 56-58 Bay Rd in Kilbirnie and is open Monday, 9.30am-2pm, and Tues-day to Friday from 9.30am to 3pm. For more information on classes or activities, head to www.kilbirniecommunitycentre.org.nz or call Beryl on 387 7867

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If Manfred, Boris and Uri did not want to do it, there would be no way of making them.

But these huge canines have gladly taken on an important role at Mary Potter Hospice, visiting and spending time with patients and their family.

Houghton Bay resident Peter Corkery is the owner of Manfred, a fi ve-year-old giant schnauzer, Boris, a 12-year-old Russian terrier and 9-month-old Uri, a Russian terrier standard poodle cross.

Peter said he had been bringing his three dogs to the hospice for about six months, after his friend Les died while at the hospice.

This week Manfred, Boris and Uri will take on another important role - helping with the Mary Potter Hospice Street Ap-peal, which takes place on Friday, 20 and Saturday, 21 May.

More than 700 volunteers from across the region will take to the streets, buckets in hand, as part of the appeal.

“Les stayed here at Mary Potter four or fi ve times, before his fi nal time here and I brought the dogs in all the time to see him. They are so laid back so they are no hassle,” said Peter.

“The dogs are always welcome. I come every week or two, they are people animals.”

Peter said he and his three furry friends were always pleased to visit patients at the hospice.

“Most patients like them but some people don't like dogs. These dogs don't shed hair and there's no mess. They are tall enough to put their head on the bed and be patted,”

said Peter. Peter said people always stared when

he went out with his large dogs. Boris, who weighs 60 kilograms, ate about three kilograms of food each day.

“He loves his food. The only problem when we come to Mary Potter is they won't stay away from the kitchen or the tea cart,” Peter said.

The Mary Potter Hospice, based in Newtown, offers free palliative care to all people with a terminal illness in the Wel-lington region, regardless of age, religion or ethnic origin. The Mary Potter Hospice annual appeal will run from May 20 to 21. For more information on ways to donate, head to www.marypotter.org.nz

Easily distracted canine Manfred poses with Peter Corkery, alongside Boris the 60kg Russian terrier and Uri the puppy.

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After her years teaching dance in the area, Carolyn McKeefry has become a Wellington in-stitution.

Carolyn has been in her Khan-dallah studio since 2001, but she teaches classes all across the city and suburbs, for everyone from fi ve-year-olds to seventy-fi ve-year-olds.

The women of the southern and eastern suburbs can experi-ence her expertise at weekly classes, hosted by the Island Bay Community Centre.

Every Friday morning, Caro-lyn leads a group of women, all over 35-years-old, in a mix of dance styles.

Carolyn herself is still a danc-er, performing with the Crows Feet dance collective.

“We performed just last week, and I sung, in Hawaiian actually, for the show, because I am also a professional singer.

“It was pretty diffi cult actu-ally, having to learn to sing in another language,” she added.

While Carolyn herself began at age fi ve, with ballet, she said her dancers can pick it up at any age.

Carolyn began teaching in the late 1980’s.

She spent many years as teacher’s apprentice, learning how to become a teacher rather than a dancer.

“Teaching is very different than dancing, so there is a lot to learn. Good dancers are not always good teachers and good teachers are not always good dancers,” she explained.

“You must learn how to com-municate with students, how to

break down steps. You have to study anatomy, child psy-chology, dance history, the musculoskeletal system.”

In Island Bay, Carolyn has focused her teaching skills on older groups; dance has no age limit, she said.

“People can learn to dance at any age, and there are many benefi ts for older people,” she explained.

The benefi ts are both physical and mental, Carolyn said.

She cited studies showing dance reduces participants risk of developing dementia or Alz-heimers, and noted that she has noticed increased body aware-ness with her dancers.

“It is about working different parts of your brain, and your body, using the right brain, left brain, left foot, right foot.”

She said she hopes her dancers

have fun and leave each class with a sense of accomplishment.

“People say to me ‘we just want it to be fun,’ and I tell them, ‘It is fun, but it also good for you.”

break down steps. You have to study anatomy, child psy-chology, dance history, the

In Island Bay, Carolyn has focused her teaching skills on older groups; dance has no age

“People can learn to dance at any age, and there are many benefi ts for older people,” she

The benefi ts are both physical

She cited studies showing dance reduces participants risk of developing dementia or Alz-heimers, and noted that she has noticed increased body aware-

“It is about working different parts of your brain, and your body, using the right brain, left

She said she hopes her dancers


want it to be fun,’ and I tell them, ‘It is fun, but it also good for you.”


“People say to me ‘we just want it to be fun,’ and I tell them, ‘It is fun, but it also good for you.”

Carolyn is keeping Wellington dancing

Carolyn McKeefry hosts weekly dance classes.


A local woman uses one of the country’s most unique offi cial languages to communicate with her customers.

New Zealand Sign Language Week took place between May 9 and 15.

Travel expert and team leader at Flight Centre in Newtown, Renee Olsen, learnt New Zealand Sign Language while studying at Victoria University and in support of Sign Language Week, Flight Centre New Zea-land fi lmed a series of video clips with Renee signing about travel in 2016.

Renee said she used Sign Lan-guage regularly to converse with her hearing impaired customers.

“I really loved the fact that by learning a few signs I could open up communication with a whole community of New Zealand.

“I am not fluent but I have used it a fair few times over the last six-and-a-half-years of

Communicating through sign

consulting. I am defi nitely able to converse and book peoples travel through sign.”

Renee, who also speaks some French and Italian, said custom-ers she dealt with who relied on sign language to communicate were thrilled she was able to speak to them using their language.

“I love to be able to communi-cate with people in their chosen language, rather than expect them to know mine.”

According to Statistics New Zealand, a total of 24,090 peo-

ple in the country’s last census reported the ability to use New Zealand Sign Language.

It is New Zealand's third offi cial language, after English and Maori.

New Zealand Sign Language became an offi cial language in 2006, so this year New Zealand Sign Language is celebrating its ten year anniversary.

Sign Language Week is held by Deaf Aotearoa, the national organisation representing the voice of deaf people, and the national service provider.

Renee Olsen signing some of the sign for ‘New Zealand Sign Language’.

On Friday May 20, thousands of New Zealanders including children’s entertainer Suzy Cato will celebrate Pink Shirt Day and speak up and stand together to stop bullying. Over 300 individuals, schools, community groups, universities, businesses and workplaces are set to turn their local areas pink and combat bullying – a record number for the campaign. “Pink Shirt Day is about showing a united front, showing strength and showing support for each other, regardless of age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, or cultural background,” Suzy said.

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For a gold coin, Welling-ton’s families can explore some of the city’s top nature attractions, this weekend only.

The Wellington Zoo and Zealandia are hosting Open Weekend on May 21 and 22, allowing locals to visit for a $2 donation.

For the second year, the event will span two days, af-fording families even greater opportunities to tour the sites.

The proceeds from the gold coin entry will go towards Wellington Zoo Conserva-tion Funds’ projects and Zealandia’s conservation efforts.

Wellington Zoo’s chief executive, Karen Fifield, said the Open Weekend was a chance to share the zoo’s mission with the public.

"It's vital to us that Welling-ton Zoo remains accessible to our community so that many more people can connect with the amazing animals that live at Wellington Zoo and learn about how people can help these animals in the wild. Open Weekend is one

way that this can happen for Wellingtonians,” Karen said.

The zoo recommended that visitors plan their trips around the daily animal talks, where locals can get up close and personal with the zoo inhabitants, many of which are critically en-dangered.

In the zoo’s newest experi-ence, families can wander through the ‘Meet the Lo-cals’ precinct and learn about some of the native animals of New Zealand.

Visitors will meet Little Blue Penguins, Kunekune pigs, farm animals and beau-tiful wildlife.

At Zealandia, locals can experience and interactive exhibit fi lled with the coun-try’s’ native wildlife, led by experienced guides.

Wellington Zoo is open from 9am to 5pm. Last entry is 4.15pm. Parking is expected to be diffi cult, so visitors are encouraged to take the bus to New-town or park further away and walk to the Zoo. Visit www.metlink.co.nz for bus routes and timetables.

Families fl ock to zoo and Zealandia for Open Weekend


A local support group are con-tinuing to provide a much needed service to their community while settling into their new home.

The Newtown Breastfeed-ing Clinic joined the newly established Wellington Family Support Hub last week.

The hub runs out of a space at the Lychgate Centre on Riddi-ford St, in the heart of Newtown.

On a Monday morning, moth-ers can still meet with lactation consultant Liora Noy for breast-feeding support.

However, the support centre no longer works as a drop-in clinic, as it did when it was based at the Newtown Community and Cultural Centre, and mothers are now asked to book an appoint-ment in advance.

As well as this, a mother and baby GP service is now offered

on a Monday morning. Dr Rona Carroll is a GP and

lactation consultant with a spe-cial interest in parent support, breastfeeding and perinatal mental health.

Rona is on hand to offer with a range of issues including depres-sion, anxiety and other mental health conditions, breastfeeding problems and concerns about baby’s weight, crying, feeding, or sleep.

Liora said mums were now able to book appointments and have “individual attention” from either herself or Rona.

“Mums have been very thank-ful - they love this environment,” Liora said.

Rona said mums could still come in and take a seat and socialise with other mothers, but were thankful for the oppor-tunity to have some individual time.

“It’s a really nice balance be-tween the two,” Rona said.

The women would also be running parenting classes, for parents with new-born babies or toddlers, on a Saturday morning.

Both women said they now wanted to spread the word about services provided from the Fam-ily Support Hub and encouraged anyone with any questions to get in touch.

The Family Support Hub is located at 100 Riddiford St, Newtown, at the back of the Lychgate Centre. For more information, head to familysupporthub.word-press.com To book an appointment with either Rona or Liora, call Liora on 021 355 041 or email [email protected] Payment for breastfeeding support is by koha and a fee is required for all GP visits.

Liora Noy and Rona Carroll with Karen Schwo-erer and her three-week-old baby, Mia.

Supporting mums and bubs


Q: What is your favourite book and why?readers have their say... Find out the WORD on the Street.

Elebron Israil, 6Holy Cross School

“Jack and the Beanstalk. Because there’s a big beanstalk.”

Samantha Olsen, 12Holy Cross School

“Abandon Ship. It’s a diary of a young girl who was on the Wahine and she writes the events that happened. It’s really interesting.”

Kirsten Puddick, (Librarian) Holy Cross School

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Dear Ed, Once more, I must protest against some recent cor-ruptions of our former British-cum-Kiwi English, mostly by Americanisms. A thing that has really got my goat is the inappropriate use of preposi-tions and metaphors. Just now, the misuse of “across" has be-

come an epidemic, especially where “throughout” or "all over” should be used. I'm sure this is the result of our aping what would be a perfectly good alternative in big, wide, ocean-to-ocean countries like the USA, Canada, and Australia, or for a whole continent like Asia.

However, it is not appropriate for long, narrow countries like New Zealand, Chile, or Japan. But it’s now thought smart to copy either Australia or the USA, no matter how wrong it may be in our NZ context, and even in mentions of our own city of Wellington. As well, Americans will often

insert redundant prepositions, but conversely omit them where they ought to be used. I grit-ted my teeth at some of the answers in “Word on the Street” (CSN May 12), about the recent Mothers' Day. Surely we Kiwis colloquially speak of our mother as Mum, not "Mom" though

perhaps the young people who used that bit of Yank-talk were themselves expatriate Ameri-cans, this time. Otherwise, are we about to become the 51st State in the Union?

Hector WestfoldMiramar

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Dear Ed, As part of the continuing “Runway debate” (CSN May 5) let’s consider how this project may have developed. I suggest that the well-documented phenom-enon of “group think” was involved. This operates when a carefully chosen group of people, presented with a grand idea, discuss it at meeting

after meeting, until they are all won over to the proposal. In the case of the proposed runway extension, how did the proponents eventually win over other people at the meetings? I suggest that those people, initially dubious about the plan, were wowed by the prospect of the airport possibly enabling direct flights to Singapore,

China and the United States. A more cynical reason could be that, if the runway were to be extended, the originators of the idea, and those people won over to support it, would earn a special place in the history of the airport and the city.

Chris HorneWellington

Runway DebateDear Ed, While I support the

idea of a Berhampore Residents' Association, as referred to in your story (CSN May 12) put-ting a photo of Paul Eagle next to it is a big turn off for me. That councillor has been a huge disaster for Berhampore with his politically-inspired opposition to

the cycleway. The irony is that his suburb, Island Bay, got their cycleway while Berhampore was shafted. Shame on you Paul. How about putting real, on the ground, local concerns ahead of Labour Party imperatives?

Curtis NixonBerhampore

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The Island Bay Residents Association held its most recent meeting on Monday evening at the Island Bay Bowling Club.

Acting spokesman for the residents association, Warren Hall, said a number of impor-tant issues were discussed at this week’s meeting.

Warren said councillor Iona Pannett attended to discuss Wellington City Council’s ani-mal bylaw and dog policy.

“The key thing is that there is a proposal to open up the west end of the beach for dogs to be off-leash right throughout the year.

“As a residents association we will be making a submission to council on May 26 and we encourage people to get in touch if they have thoughts and we will include them in our submission.”

Warren said the general feel-ing at the meeting was that people were in support of mak-ing Island Bay Beach more dog

friendly.“However, they don’t like

the amount of poo around the place and those are the sorts of things we would like the council to investigate as part of its policy – better education and enforcement with people picking up after their dogs.”

He said access to the beach for residents and their dogs also needed to be discussed.

Warren said ‘Disaster Re-sponse Plan’ workshops, which had been taking place in the suburb had been well attended.

The purpose of the work-shops was to have a commu-nity discussion about ways to strengthen and build resilience if a natural disaster was to strike.

He said another meeting would take place tonight, from 7.30pm, at the Island Bay Bowl-ing Club.

The poor conditions of road surfaces around the coastal community, and in particular

along The Parade, were also discussed, Warren said.

“We are starting a working group to work through this issue with the council and address it. There are a lot of issues with the chip seal that has been used.”

Councillor Nicola Young also talked to members of the as-sociation about the future of Erskine College.

“She is arranging for the Wel-lington Company to bring [de-velopment] plans along to our next meet and discuss them,” Warren said.

“There is a very high level of interest – not only about what they are going to do, but what impact it will have on infrastructure.”

Warren said plans to present the council with a notice of motion regarding the Island Bay cycleway were also discussed.

As part of the notice of mo-tion, the residents association was asking the council to de-velop at least three alternative

designs for a cycleway from Shorland Park to Dee St that has vehicle parking at the kerbside.

He said all going to plan, the notice of motion would be pre-sented to the council in August.

Finally, Warren said he and councillor Paul Eagle met with advisors from management consulting fi rm Morrison Lowe, who are carrying out an inde-pendent review of the cycleway to discuss the impact of the cycleway on the community.

Latest news from the Island Bay Residents Association

‘Disaster Response Plan’ workshops will be held on May 19 and June 2 at the Island Bay Bowl-ing Club from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

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A group of local artists are set-tling into their new home in the heart of the community.

Earlier this month, Tapu te Ranga Art Gallery shifted from its seaside location to Island Bay’s shopping village in the space formerly housed by So Vintage.

Four local artists have their works on display at the gallery, Ian Logan and Rahul Gopina-than, as well as John Fuller and Jenny Hartley.

Co-curator of the gallery Rahul said they kicked things off with an opening night party on Saturday, May 7.

He said he was blown away with the number of people who attended and it was great to have the support of the community

behind them.“We had around 80 people

through. It was really great there were so many people in here - they actually spilled out onto the side walk.

“It made me realise how much of a supportive and ‘arty’ com-munity we come from. It’s been excellent people just love coming in here.”

The four artists said they were now keen to spread the word that the doors were open to their new space and invited members of the community, and other artists, to pop in and see what they were working on.

Tapu te Ranga Gallery is lo-cated at 139 The Parade. For more information head to www.taputerangagallery.co.nz

Settling into new location

John Fuller, Rahul Gopinathan and Ian Logan from Tapu te Ranga Gallery in their new space on The Parade.

The St Vincent de Paul Society com-pleted the fi rst of two food bank appeals this weekend.

The fi rst appeal took place Saturday, May 14 at Pak’n Save in Kilbirnie and the next will be held at Countdown in Johnsonville this Saturday.

The food collected from Kilbirnie residents on Saturday helped to fi ll the cupboards of the society, which operates a food bank in Newtown.

The food bank is dedicated to provid-ing supplemental, healthy food parcels to those in need in Wellington.

The appeals are essential to continuing this service, and the society relies on the generosity of the community.

Any members of the community, who missed the appeal, were welcome to stop by the food bank, above the society’s Vinnies shop in Newtown, to donate.

Sherry Hughes participating in the St Vincent de Paul Society food bank appeal.

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A local dojo is continuing to punch above its weight when it comes to serv-ing its local community.

South Wellington Seido Karate has recently donated an impressive $17,000 to the Wellington Hospitals Foundation.

Branch chief Tony Gaeta says since the club opened its doors in November 2007, it has donated to numerous needy charities, including the Ronald McDon-ald House, Wellington Free Ambulance and the Mary Potter Hospice.

Money raised through raffles this year as well as the dojos annual quiz night, will go towards supporting the hospital’s AYA – Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Service.

The service provides support to those between the ages of 12 and 24, who are suffering from cancer.

Grants, administration and major part-nerships manager for the Wellington Hospitals Foundation, Shona Brunton, said in particular, the money would go

towards commissioning a handbook, for young patients to record their journey.

It would also be spent on a purpose built trolley, with a television, PlaySta-tion and DVD player built in for those in isolation and more chair beds for family or partners who may visit loved ones in hospital.

Tony said a “huge amount” of people were to thank for the club’s generous donation.

“There are a huge amount of people to thank from the students to the parents to the wider community that support us.

“We are more than just kicks and punches, a real karate club is all about what you’re doing for others, not just about yourself… we are here to help the wider community.”

South Wellington Seido hold begin-ners’ classes from its Berhampore dojo on Mondays and Thursdays starting at 6pm and Saturdays starting at 10am. For more information, head to www.southwellingtonseido.co.nz

Branch chief of South Wellington Seido Karate Tony Gaeta, chair of the Wellington Hospitals Foundation, Bill Day, grants, administration and major partnerships manager for the Wellington Hospitals Foundation, Shona Brunton, secretary of South Wellington Seido Karate, Ange Gaeta and Grant Nisbett.

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St Mark’s students with sweet tooths were in heaven on their recent Cupcake Day.

As part of a long-standing tradition, St Mark’s Church School enjoyed their annual Cupcake Day, with a group of parents and caregivers distributing the treats around the school.

The group, known as the SMILE team, is in charge of organising the event each year.

Families decorate cupcakes to bring in, which are then brought around by the SMILE

team to each classroom, af-fording each student an oppor-tunity to purchase a goodie.

Treena Martin, President of the SMILE team, said much of the fun was in choosing your own cupcake.

“Many of the children hunt down the cupcakes that they brought in themselves. Others are so overwhelmed by the choice that we need to set a time limit, otherwise we would be waiting all day for them to choose!”

The SMILE team under-takes other fun activities and

fundraising drives throughout the year.

Principal Kent Favel ex-pressed his appreciation for both Cupcake Day and the team.

“It is defi nitely a day that all of the children – and the staff – look forward to every year. Everyone enjoys themselves and an added bonus is that the SMILE team raise money that comes back to the school”.

The school shared their sweet treats; leftover cupcakes were taken to the Wellington City Mission.

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St Marks students enjoyed their recent cupcake day.

As Road Safety Week kicks off, Wellington Free Ambulance is asking motorists to be ‘road safety heroes’.

The nationwide awareness program began on Monday, May 16.

Wellington Free Ambulance attended 1855 road incidents last year, said patient transfer offi cer and driver educator Chris Pilkington.

However, Chris said, most crashes are avoidable, and he offered some road safety tips.

“Take care while on the roads-if you’re driving long-distances, take regular breaks,” Chris said.

“Don’t drink and drive, keep your speed down and always wear a seatbelt.”

Chris advocated for defensive driving courses, noting their usefulness, and explained how learning defensive driving tac-tics was a key part of the driver

training Wellington Free Ambu-lance road staff undertake.

“We teach our people to look at least two football fi elds ahead, and continually scan the space around them when they’re driv-ing so that they are super aware of their surroundings,” Chris explained.

“We always have to have our eyes open to the unexpected. You can’t be too careful, and you can’t take risks.”

Chris and his Wellington Free Ambulance colleagues held a Road Safety Week launch event with Police and the Fire Service at Queens Wharf on Monday.

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Miramar residents Nick and Eleni Androutsos will celebrate their diamond wedding an-niversary on Friday.

The pair were married in Ath-ens, Greece on May 20, 1956, after they met when Eleni went to Nick for English lessons.

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They have two children, Tula and Costa, and three grand-children, Nikolas, Daniel and Tereza.

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Their daughter, Tula, is over-joyed to mark this momentous occasion with her parents. “It's wonderful to be able to celebrate this milestone an-niversary with them, we're very lucky.”

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Nick and Eleni Androutsos now and then, at their wedding in 1956.


Staff and students at Holy Cross School in Miramar are thrilled to be establishing themselves as a hub of the community.

Principal Celeste Hastings said the school was always looking at ways it could open its doors to the community.

“We are really establishing Holy Cross as a community hub because we have got such fantastic resources so it’s nice to share them.”

She said there were already sev-eral initiatives and programmes in place that had not only been of benefi t to the school, but the wider community.

The school’s bike track was used by families outside of class hours and the school also hosted Englilsh language classes at the school for members of the wider community.

“We run the classes twice a week for adults and they have really grown, it is just great.”

As well as this, the school’s

popular garden-to-table initiative, which sees students grow and prepare their own food, would not be possible without the help of some generous members of the community, Celeste said.

“We have two members of the community who have come in to help with that. They have no direct association to the school but have heard about the initiative and come in to support us.”

Celeste said the school would also be running the 20/20 Step-ping Up programme, which would give parents an opportunity to learn basic computer skills.

“All of these things are really starting to snowball and the most exciting part is it is really impact-ing on students. It brings adults into the school and the children can really see their parents learn-ing.

“In all my many years of teach-ing this to me is just the pinnacle because everyone is so activity involved, engaged and interested.”

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Children from Worser Bay School have delved into their backyards to make this year’s school fair something special - and very local.

Using produce the children have scav-enged from their backyards and with a little help from local suppliers, chef and school mum Hannah Thornton has put together an amazing array of goodies to stock the popu-lar deli at the fair on Sunday, November 8.

“We really wanted to use as much local produce as we could as it came into season.

“The children and their parents have brought in lots, as have friends and family and Kim [Chin] from Miramar Fruit Supply supplied the rest.”

Hannah has assorted a tasty range in-cluding preserves, chutneys, mustards, cordials, kimchi (a Korean pickle), relishes and even a pizza sauce.

For those wanting an early start there are also Christmas cakes and mince meat for Christmas pies.

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school’s own pizza ovens, Thai fi shcakes and many other food stalls will be keep-ing everyone fed on the day.

The theme for this year’s fair is “Our Secret Garden”.

Worser Bay School principal Jude Pente-cost says this ties in well with the learning the children have been doing this year.

“Relationships are at the heart of our school and strongly refl ected in our cur-riculum. This year's inquiry, 'What and Who is in Our Backyard' has been full of rich learning experiences and provides a great link to the fair.”

Money raised from the fair will go towards various school projects.

In the past these have included help with digital technology, additional staffing, teacher professional development and the engagement of a writing specialist. Worser Bay School Fair - 168 Seatoun Heights Rd, Sunday, November 8, from 11am to 2pm, rain or shine. Some Eftpos available.

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Chef Hannah Thornton has used local, seasonal produce provided by Worser Bay School chil-dren, friends and family to put together a tasty array of treats that will be on sale at the school fair on Sunday, November 8.

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Fairtrade coffee was free fl owing in the Wellington City Council foyer last Thursday.

Coffee, hot chocolate, and tea, all Fair-trade certifi ed, were free to the public in honour of Fair Trade Fortnight.

Deputy Mayor Justin Lester said last Thursday’s event was a great success.

“The turnout was amazing, and feed-back about Fairtrade Coffee was really positive,” said Mr Lester.

“It was all made possible through support from Offi ce Max, L’Affare and Cerebus who deserve huge thanks for supplying the products for free.”

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cause by stocking and supplying Fair-trade products.

Fairtrade has challenged Wellington to drink as much of their coffee as possible this weekend.

Councillor Iona Pannett said coffee was produced in 70 countries by 25 million farmers and the livelihood of 125 million people world-wide was dependent the coffee industry.

“Fairtrade is ethically sound and farm-ers get a fair price for their produce and both the workers and the environment are safe guarded,” Ms Pannett said.

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Lyall Bay will have a hometown hero to root for in Rio this August.

Native Emma Robinson qualifi ed for the Rio 2016 Olympics in late March, on the opening night of New Zealand open swimming championships.

Though she has competed in the upper echelons of swimming for a while now, Emma is still excited about reaching this point.

“Not that many people in the world get the honour of being an Olympian, so it is pretty cool,” Emma enthused.

Anytime you have the opportunity to represent your country was particularly meaningful, she explained.

“This isn’t my first time, and I’m lucky that I’ve had lots of other ex-periences representing New Zealand, but every time you do it, it’s special,” Emma said.

As Emma prepares for Rio, she knows she has the entire country’s support with her.

“It is nice to be part of something much bigger than you; you don’t realize how many people are behind you.”

Emma is looking forward to this unique experience, particularly the Olympic village.

“I’m excited for the whole atmos-phere, being in the village and being around all of the different athletes. I mean, it’ll probably actually be weird, just a village full of elite athletes, with everyone being extra tall, or extra short, or extra muscly, or whatever,” she joked.

Emma qualifi ed for the upcoming games when she came in nearly three seconds under the nomination time in the 800m freestyle.

Since then, she has returned to the Gold Coast, where she has been train-ing for a little over a year.

For the next few months, she will maintain a strict training schedule, swimming ten times a week, with spin sessions and other cross-training thrown in.

On July 21, she will head to United States of America to meet the rest of the New Zealand team for staging camp in Houston, Texas, before they head down to Brazil.

The 2016 Olympic Games open in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 5.

Olympic-qualifi ed swimmer and Lyall Bay native Emma Robinson

Hometown hero readies herself for Rio By Nikki Papatsoumas

Members of Lyall Bay Surf Life Saving Club are looking forward to some exciting new changes.

The club is the largest in Wellington, with more than 300 active members and 75 volunteer life guards.

With this in mind, plans are underway to replace the current clubrooms, as part of a $3 million project.

Chairperson Arie Moore said the project had been in the pipeline for the past decade.

“The building is in average condition and over the last ten years we have had this rebuilding project on the cards.”

As part of the multi-million dollar upgrade the current clubrooms will be bowled to the ground and completely rebuilt from the foundation up.

The building will be extended about 10 metres to the east, will be two storeys high and will include a wet space on the ground level for storage.

“Upstairs will be a community room and club rooms which will also be avail-able for community groups to use,” Arie said.

The fi rst stage of the project will cost $2.8 million and the club have already secured $2.3 million in funding.

The Wellington City Council has com-mitted $1 million to the project, which will go towards the cost of public toilets, which are included in the design.

Arie said the money would also help the club continue to provide life guard services for the years to come.

He said the club were now looking to raise the additional $500,000 needed.

Arie said they would be approaching community trusts as well as past club members to raise the money needed.

“We are defi nitely looking forward to new rooms and just the freedom it will bring to really start a new direction for the club.

“We can hopefully get a whole lot more members and be a bigger part of the community.”

Chair of the council’s community, sport and recreation committee, Paul Eagle, called on the community to help with the clubs efforts in raising money needed.

“There needs to be a public call for the extra $500,000 that is needed. I am calling on family club members, alumni and community trusts to seriously look at funding this last little bit.” For more information, head to www.lyallbayslsc.org.nz

Wellington City Councillor Paul Eagle, Lyall Bay Surf Life Saving Club member Alessandra Unsworth and chairperson Arie Moore.

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