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Despite popular opinion the Johnsonville Shopping Centre is looking “sad” a local councillor insists the mall is going strong.

Last week media reported the lo-cal mall was “dying a slow death” while its owners Stride continued to sit on a $300 million upgrade of the complex.

Around six retailers have left the

mall in the last couple of years, the latest being Pacifi c Jewellers. The business had been part of the shopping centre for 27 years.

However, Wellington City Coun-cillor Helene Ritchie rubbished claims the mall was ‘empty’ and said it was still as popular as ever.

“A glance at the full car parks immediately tells a different story,” she said.

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Councillor Helene Ritchie rubbishes claims the Johnsonville mall is ‘dying’.

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Continued from page 1“There are people who

seem to want to repeatedly run down Johnsonville – complaining about every-thing instead of seeing the signifi cant positive side of living in Johnsonville and the Northern Suburbs.”

Ms Ritchie did, however, agree parking was a big issue.

“There are ongoing issues-always. Parking is one and has been for a long time, and it was inevitable that it would get worse.

“One of the fi rst issues I raised at Council when I was initially elected was the then and future need for a parking building. One vote stopped that. Had it passed, today the parking issues would have been sig-nifi cantly eased,” she said.

Chief executive of Stride Peter Alexander said the company was in the process of considering different op-tions for the redevelopment of the mall for the future.

“Stride is focussed on providing a contempo-rary shopping centre that provides the best possible long-term outcomes for its retailers, shoppers, the local community and investors.”

When asked why the mall had not been renovated de-spite receiving the go-head for a multi-million redevel-opment in 2009, Mr Alexan-der said delays in consents and the impact of the global financial crisis caused a review of the concept.

“Further analysis is being undertaken in light of the changing habits of contem-porary shoppers and the

changing demography of the wider community around Johnsonville.”

Though the development of a four storey car park has also been approved, at this stage no decision has been made on the development of a car park, Mr Alexander said.

Adding insult to injury over the last week, heavy rain had caused flooding in parts of the mall on Sat-urday.

Sand was scattered and buckets were placed to col-lect water at the Countdown while water also wreaked havoc in other parts of the mall. Do you still shop at John-sonville Mall or do you prefer to go elsewhere? Send us an email [email protected]

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By Sharnahea Wilson

Pink balloons were hung, gift bags were given out and delicious food was enjoyed at a Pink Ribbon Breakfast in Karori last week.

Penny Murdoch hosted a breakfast to support the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation at her salon Pen-nyblack Hairdressing in Marsden Village last Wednesday.

Over the years Penny has owned the salon, she said she has lost a few clients to cancer.

“That’s where the idea for the break-fast came from.”

Once she decided to hold the event, Penny sent invitations out to her clients to attend the breakfast and pay a dona-tion to the charity.

Eleven women got together on the Wednesday morning and enjoyed a breakfast made by Penny, which included fruit jars and apple pastries.

Penny said even just talking about breast cancer raises awareness which was important.

“It’s a fantastic cause.”Each attendee donated $30 which

went directly to the foundation. The breakfast and gift bags were all

part of Penny’s generous donation to the cause.

There were two guest speakers on the morning. First was Cheryl Strawbridge from Mindfulness 4 U who spoke to the ladies about not missing out on the little things in life.

Then L’Oreal representative Donna Stewart told the group about Pureol-ogy – a product originally designed for a woman going through chemotherapy.

Penny collected funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation all throughout the month of May through the breakfast, giveaways and a raffl e.

With the help of her clients, Penny raised $770 for the worthy cause.

A group of women enjoy a Pink Ribbon Breakfast at the Pennyblack Hairdressing salon in Karori. Penny Murdoch featured front, right. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

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Wellington City Council will start deliberations to purchase the Zealandia visitors centre next week.

The council’s Annual Plan, which was fi rst presented on March 29, outlined a proposal which would repay Zealandia’s $10.34 million loan.

In 2012, the council loaned The Karori Sanctuary Trust Board (which trades as Zea-landia) $10.34 million to build a visitors centre, in an attempt to boost revenue.

The financial contribution by the council to funding the activities of the Trust is $1.55 million per annum, comprised of an $875,000 operating grant, $640,000 interest-free loan and $35,000 of other costs.

Councillor Iona Pannett said the deliberations would span two days, June 1 and 2, and would involve some debates about how the proposal will go forward.

“The council agreed to the loan to help ensure Zealandia’s future.

“In hindsight, it was too big of a building but it has become such a big success,” she said.

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The proposal was put for-ward by the Trust and advised it did not anticipate being able to repay the loan.

It expected its liabilities would soon exceed its assets as a result of depreciation, which meant the book value of the Visitor Centre would diminish annually.

Ms Pannett said if the council went ahead with the deal to ‘address balance sheet pres-

sure and amend its governance arrangements,’ the running of the visitors centre would still be in Zealandia’s hands.

Although the council had not offi cially read the concerns of the public, Ms Pannett said she had received some feedback.

“We haven't looked at sub-mitted responses yet, but some of the oral responses we have had are around the question ‘Why can't they manage,’”

she said. Ms Pannett said if the deal

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“It’s really about letting Zea-landia move from strength to strength.

“The building will become an asset, meaning it can be used for functions and things like that,” she said.

Zealandia deliberations to start next week

By Sharnahea Wilson

The Karori Road wall con-struction completion has been pushed back due to further repairs.

The Karori Road retaining wall and road widening con-struction has been underway from September last year and was set to fi nish next month.

The initial fi nishing date was set for mid-June this year but

further development of the area has caused the fi nal date to be pushed back to July.

“With the increased scope to include upgrading the storm-water network on Flers Street, the contract programme now is for completion on July 2, 2016 weather pending,” Structures team leader Faiz Tawfeek said.

The construction would in-clude widening the narrowest section of the Karori Road

between Flers and Lancaster streets and constructing a new retaining wall.

The construction began after sections of the old unrein-forced wall came down over the past few years.

Construction included clear-ing trees and vegetation, demolition of the old wall, relocating poles and building of a new sprayed concrete wall.

It was decided a new wall

was needed to support the steep bank and protect the road.

The new wall was designed to last for at least 100 years so the Wellington City Council took the opportunity to widen the road at the same time to “future proof this important route”.

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The Wellington City Council has re-ceived feedback on the new Johnson-ville library. Highlights included that a cafe was the most strongly supported element in the design. Suggestions were to make the cafe environmentally conscious, design conscious, modern and welcoming with quality, aff ord-able food. Deputy Mayor Justin Lester said feedback had been positive with people commending the architecture as something new and fresh for John-sonville. What are your thoughts on the design? Send us your thoughts [email protected].

Smokefree DayWellington’s action plan to support the Government’s goal for New Zealand to be smokefree by 2025 was launched on Smokefree Day on Tuesday by Mayor Celia Wade-Brown. “Smokers are being asked to consider others and respect designated smokefree areas in a non-regulatory approach by Council,” she said. “This approach ac-knowledges smoking is addictive and many smokers want to quit, but need to feel supported not stigmatised.” Mayor Celia Wade-Brown said she was delighted to launch the Smokefree Wellington Action Plan.

Bomb threatClasses were cleared at Victoria Uni-versity last Friday due to a bomb threat. Buildings had to be evacu-ated and classes were halted when a concerning note was found on Friday morning. University manager Colin Marshall confi rmed police were inves-tigating the threat that was specifi c to Victoria University at its Kelburn Cam-pus. Classes in the aff ected area were cancelled until 1pm while the rest of the university operated as usual.

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A local teacher has been pre-sented with his prizes on Friday after winning the Warehouse Stationary’s most inspirational teacher award.

Wadestown teacher Richard Smith was awarded with the Inspirational Teacher award dur-ing a school assembly on Friday.

Richard was overwhelmed by the support and appreciation he had received

“This is an amazing day,” he said to the assembly.

“It is very special to have someone say something like this about you, but nothing I do I do by myself – it’s a team effort,” he said.

The teacher was the overall winner, surpassing 5537 other nominations in the fi fth year of the inspirational teacher cam-paign.

The nomination written by a parent of one of Richard’s students, Maria Edwards, ex-plained why this teacher is one of the best.

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Wadestown teacher Richard Smith receives his award for New Zealand’s most inspirational teacher.

New Zealand’s Most Inspirational Teacherto nominate him for the most inspirational teacher award,” he said.

Richard received a number of gifts including a $5000 travel card, a $200 gift card, a box of stationery and a Notebook.

Principal Sally Barrett thanked Richard for his contri-bution to the school.

“Today we are celebrating Mr Smith’s amazing achievement.

“Thank you for your contribu-tion through your energy, vital-ity, passion and commitment to children’s education,” she said.

Richard and his family will be heading over to Cambodia early next year to educate children and help those in need.

Youth awarded for community involvement By Sharnahea Wilson

The Johnsonville Youth Awards saw another successful year with 19 young students being awarded for their efforts over the past year.

Chair of the Youth Award Trustees, Chris Kirk-Burnnand, said the event held in John-sonville shopping centre, on October 22, was a great success and the Trust is looking to grow the event even further.

“Each year there are so many outstanding applicants that im-press the Trustees with their involvement in the wider com-munity.

“The Trust is focused on youth development and giving grants

to young people to help with education, sport and the arts,” Chris said.

One of last year’s awardees Richard Kay spoke on the night.

Richard captained the Under 19 men’s Underwater Hockey Team and went on to win a Gold medal for New Zealand.

Local winners this year includ-ed Francis Rankin of Newlands College for having received one of the highest awards a St Johns cadet leader can attain – be-ing selected to represent New Zealand for St Johns youth at international competitions.

Laila Smith of Onslow College was also awarded for her success in gymnastics and circus arts, as well as her “keen leadership

skills in helping others”. MP Peter Dunne was the

guest speaker on the night and presented this year’s awards.

Johnsonville Youth Grants has now granted over $565,000 to 325 young people since its establishment in 1987.

Core funding this year came from Autoshop Group which has donated over $260,000 in the last ten years.

For over 20 years the awards have been hosted at the John-sonville Rotary Club.

“The move to Johnsonville shopping centre is a step to-wards getting greater involve-ment from the North Wellington business community,” Chris said. Charlotte Hollywood receiving her award from MP Peter Dunne.

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Lions Club debating competition winners Onslow College team, (from left) Chris Parsons, Cam Wright and Team Captain Ella Flavell.

local high school debating teams to deliberate in front of an audience.

Lions Club President Sandra Gaelic said the community would benefi t long term from this initiative.

“These students will utilise in the future the reasoning skills learned through this activity,” she said.

The audience enjoyed well reasoned arguments which featured statistics to support both sides of the argument.

The teams even included comments from the Govern-ment’s budget proposed which were only released on the day of the debate.

Student self-confi dence, pub-lic speaking skills and ability to think clearly were improved through the yearly event.

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One local councillor is calling on everyone in the community to get prepared for a natural disaster by investing in a 200 litre water tank.

Northern Ward Councillor Malcolm Sparrow has been promoting the idea of investing in water tanks in the case of an earthquake.

“I happened to have a couple of water tanks in the car at a recent community meeting and two people put their hands up immediately,” Mr Sparrow said.

The water tanks are ordered by the Wellington City Council from The Tank Guy. But Mr Sparrow has been personally distributing the tanks to people in the local suburbs.

“A lot of people don’t often go into town so it’s a good idea

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Secretary of the local commu-nity patrol Cheryl Austin was at a community liaison committee meeting when Mr Sparrow mentioned the water tanks.

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Cheryl then had a few other friends who jumped at the chance to stock up on water.

“It’s a basic form of insur-ance,” she said.

“They don’t take up massive amounts of space.”

Mr Sparrow said many people have water bottles in different places around their house in the case of an emergency, but a tank provided a decent supply of water in one place.

He explained how Christch-

Churton Park resident Cheryl Austin and Wellington City Councillor Mal-colm Sparrow with two 200 litre water tanks. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

urch had about 55 different water sources while Wellington only has three.

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Vic and Zealandia partner upZealandia signed a memorandum of understanding with Victoria University on Tuesday morning in a ceremony at-tended by Mayor Celia Wade-Brown. The agreement, signed by chair of Karori Sanctuary Trust Denise Church and Vice-Chancellor of Victoria Professor Grant Guilford, formalised the ongoing collaboration between the two organi-sations and proposed plans to build a joint research centre with a focus on urban ecology. Ms Wade-Brown said the partnership “is a great example of Wel-lington’s collaboration with research to help our biodiversity thrive in this natural capital”.

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A bunch of environmentally-minded local students decided to put on a vegetarian lunch to give their fellow pupils a taste of nature-friendly food.

The Onslow College Enviro-Group felt motivated to do some-thing for the environment, so member Rory Somerset came up with the idea of a vegetarian lunch.

“I thought it was a cool idea and a good way to start off the group’s activities for the year,” she said.

The group, along with some extra helpers, made homemade mains and desserts for their peers to enjoy at a great price in the school hall last week.

Rory said many people did not easily identify with environmen-tal issues.

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She said vegetarianism could be quite controversial with young people because it can seem like a drastic life change.

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Onslow College Students Theo McNaughton, Laura Bishop and Verona Conroy enjoy a vegetarian lunch. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

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Local performers are dreaming big this week – performing four sold out shows of the hit musical Hair Spray at Newlands College.

The College bought the rights to the newly released musical at the end of last year and auditioned their talented students in February.

Drama teacher and production director Jerome Cargill said Hair Spray was chosen because it was a “fun, energetic, exciting show”.

“It’s fantastic to perform,” he said. Jerome said the key themes of

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fi t with the school community really well.

“Musicals offer the students so many opportunities to get involved and show off their talent.”

On Monday the cast performed a matinee for the students of Newlands Intermediate who were thoroughly impressed by the musical talents they saw.

“It went really well – I’m very proud of them,” Jerome said.

Hair Spray is a well-known musi-cal set in Baltimore in the 1960s, and the students of Newlands College have taken on the incredible chal-lenge of singing, dancing and acting.

Newlands College Deputy Princi-pal David Pegram has been produc-ing the shows for 25 years now and said this was a show not to miss.

“We normally deal with a cast of about 50 or 60 but this year we have 85.”

David said Hair Spray provided a lovely story of a time during the American Civil Rights movement.

“It’s grounded in good solid his-tory and it’s about not judging a book by its cover.”

Jerome said the college was “really blessed to have such musical talent”.The show will be performed from Tuesday, May 31 to Friday, June 3.

The talented students of Newlands College take on the hit musical Hair Spray. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

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By Sharnahea Wilson

A class of happy school students headed off to the movies to see the brand new Angry Birds fi lm on Monday after gaining a prize through a nation-wide competition.

The eager pupils of Cardinal McKeefry School in Wilton went on a class outing to the movies after taking out a prize for effort with their impressive Angry Birds creation.

Ten-year-olds Hugh Laracy-McCrystal and Shakti Pratap were reading in the library when they came across a magazine which featured an Angry Birds competition.

To enter the competition students had to create a real-life Angry Birds level, similar to the ones in the computer game.

Hugh, Shakti and their friend Blake Shepherd, 10, convinced their teacher to let them, along with the rest of their class, enter the competition as part of their technology class.

“The class voted on what we wanted the theme to be and we decided on a volcano,” Hugh explained.

The class used card board, paper, paint, tape and even eggs to create their innovative project.

“We put it all together and made everything ourselves,” Shakti said.

Blake said the class had cre-ated quite a diffi cult level that was harder than the ones in the game.

They set up eggs – painted as pigs – which players have to shoot off their platforms with a sling shot.

“You have to get quite low down and it’s hard to hit the targets.”

They then sent letters, poems and photos to the judges explaining what their level featured and how to play it.

The boys said they expected to get a minor prize but they weren’t prepared to receive the movie tick-ets, key rings and stick-on tattoos.

“We were all really excited,” Hugh said.

Year six Cardinal McKeefry students (Left) Blake Shepherd, (standing) Shakti Pratap and Hugh Laracy-McCrystal with their Angry Birds project. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

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Enliven’s Cashmere Heights Home has launched a plant stall to raise funds for the home’s Random Acts of Kindness initiative which will see a wish of one of the home’s elders granted each month.

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Peter Gilbert from Woodridge Planters has been involved as a volunteer with Enliven’s Cashmere Home and Cashmere Heights Home since 2010 and jumped at the chance to support the planting project and associated Random Acts of Kindness initiative.

“It’s really important for people to be stimulated and have something to look for-ward to, so it’s a very worthwhile cause.”

He’s also an avid supporter of the residents’ involvement with planting and growing the cuttings.

“It’s a really neat activity because it’s therapeutic, it’s social, and the residents are reminded about the time they have spent in their gardens in the past. They chat together and they enjoy it,” says Peter.

“They’re also making a contribution to society because some of the plants that they grow are donated directly back to the community for planting in public reserves and schools. Some of these plants could be around for hundreds of years, so it’s very much about the future.”

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By Sharnahea Wilson

Young students got the chance to hold one of the country’s favourite reptiles when Spike the tuatara went to visit their school.

Year 10 pupils of Marsden College in Karori received the special visit as part of their science-art investigation into the importance of New Zea-land’s biodiversity.

Along with Spike went Susan

Keall, a technician in the School of Biological Science at Victoria University.

Susan works closely with the Department of Conservation on the national tuatara conserva-tion programme. She also raises awareness of conservation is-sues in New Zealand through presentations to public and school groups, using the tuatara as a focus.

A number of years ago Mars-den science teacher Gabrielle

Gunn asked Susan if she could estimate the annual cost of rais-ing a tuatara. She came to the conclusion it would cost $150.

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Students have put on bake sales, mufti days and second-hand clothes sales for the good of the tuatara population.

Susan spoke to the students about the ecology of tuatara and

the difference to conservation efforts Victoria University had made. She then introduced them to the star of the show.

The 30-year-old reptile was happy to have his belly and tail stroked by the eager students.

“He feels a lot softer than I thought,” student Emily Stewart said.

The school said the donations made a contribution toward a local organisation which was making a real difference.

Spike the tuatara visits local school

(From left) Marsden College year 10 students Emily Stewart and Katie Morrison with Spike the tuatara.

By Sharnahea Wilson

Future leaders recently graduated from a 10-week course at Wadestown School which gave them enough skills to feel confi dent speaking in front of a crowd.

The school’s Deputy Principal Nick Julian said the leadership course had been giving students leadership knowledge and confi dence for nine years.

The course is for every year eight in the school and at the end of it, each student received their own leadership role which they would carry out for the rest of the year.

Six members of the Ohariu Toastmasters went in each Tuesday afternoon to help the students with their public speaking.

“They learn how to run meetings, talk to an audience, prepare speeches, give advice on other people’s speeches and give impromptu speeches,” Nick explained.

“They also went on a three hour trip to government house.”

Student Alina Hart said each student then decided on their top three roles and they had to apply for them before having an interview with Nick and Principal Sally Barrett.

Her peer Max Falconer said some of the roles required a lot of talking in front of audiences and the leadership course helped with their public speaking.

Fellow year eight Tom Pottinger said the course would help them with their futures.

“A lot of people weren’t comfortable speaking at the start. But we all had to do different topics with people evaluating us. It was really valuable.”

One of the students who gained con-fidence from the course was Spencer Cameron.

Last year there was a school production and he only had one line but he got very nervous. Now he believes he would deliver that line with confi dence

“I was really scared but I’m a lot more confi dent now.”

Juliet Leslie also benefi tted greatly from the leadership course.

“Last year I was really scared for the speech competition, I was freaking out. I’m really confi dent now.”

About 120 parents went along to the student’s graduation in which every pupil had a different role to play.

Year eight students of Wadestown School were ecstatic to graduate from their 10-week leadership course recently. PHOTO: Sharnahea Wilson

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Students aged three to 18 years from both Karori and Brooklyn Studios are busy preparing for the up-coming production.

Senior students not only get to show off their dance skills but also have to learn how to act and tell a story with body language and mime, Fiona said.

“I am very lucky to have my mother, Katie Haines, on board as she was not only a ballet dancer and teacher but was also a drama and mime tutor so the girls are lucky to have her expertise during rehearsals,” she said.

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Karori Community Hall TrustANNUAL REPORT TO THE PUBLIC

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CROSSWORD By Russell McQuarters

SOLUTIONFor February 2, 2005

ACROSS 1. Fragility (11) 7. Grossly overcharges (7)11. Faint (5)12. Get rid of (7)13. Extinguish light (5)14. Provide(tower) with battlements (9)15. Put aside (2,3,4,6)16. Sailors (6)18. Thug (7)21. Dispatch (4)23. Smear (3)25. Statute (3)27. Scold (4)28. Provides (7)30. Calm (6)32. Unrefined mineral (3)33. Expert (3)34. Memorandum-book (6)35. Blather (7)36. Gemstone (4)37. et cetera(Abbr) (3)39. Limit (3)41. Enfold (4)43. Hearing distance (7)45. Swapped (6)48. Requiring great strength (9)49. Plunged headlong (9)

51. Contempt (5)52. Closest to (7)53. Hidden riches; treasure ... (5)54. Made certain (7)55. Qualified drug dispensers

DOWN1. Fundamental (5)2. Out of action (11)3. Offered (8)4. Charm (6)5. Follow (5)6. Flaunt (4,3)7. Final (8)8. More neat (6)9. Rolled pork (with stuffing) (7)10. Shiny (5)16. Retainer (7)17. Recount (7)19. Beneath (5)20. Just coming into existence (7)22. Resided (7)24. Busy insect (3)26. Tiny (3)29. Proportion (5)31. Prompt (11)

32. Lyric poem (3)33. Beer (3)38. Swayed dangerously (8)40. Emotional (8)42. Inquisitive (7)44. Tanning device (3,4)46. SEE 15 ACROSS.47. Habit (5)48. Speed (5)49. A full meeting(pl) (5)50. Considers (5)

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SOLUTIONFor April 9, 2003


SOLUTIONFor July 28, 2004

ACROSS 1. Result (5-6) 7. Scoundrel (7)11. Pulls (5)12. Deviousness (7)13. Excellent (5)14. Alert (9)15. So (9)16. Directs (6)18. Skull (7)21. Disorder (4)23. Racket (3)25. Take by sips (3)27. Stake (4)28. Artlessness (7)30. Low chair; Chaise ... (6)32. Expert; ... hand (3)33. Strange (3)34. Zealous (6)35. In brisk time(music) (7)36. U.S. state (4)37. Biblical vessel (3)39. Curve (3)41. Cupid (4)43. Exposed to air (7)45. Female relatives (6)48. An endless time(Lat) (9)49. Left handed people(inf) (9)

51. Angry (5)52. Solidify by cooling (7)53. Anaesthetic (5)54. Humbleness (7)55. Friendship (11)

DOWN 1. Sound (5) 2. Sent (11) 3. Shy (8) 4. Of public revenue (6) 5. Turn outwards (5) 6. Constrict (7) 7. Has high morals (8) 8. Reduce (6) 9. Sanction (7)10. Audacity (5)16. Arrange in steps (7)17. ‘Old Blue Eyes’ Frank ...(7)19. Competitor (5)20. N.Z. Prime Minister 1975-84 Sir Robert ... (7)22. Boils (7)24. Catch (3)26. Group of whales (3)29. Topic (5)31. Uninvited guest (4-7)32. Deoxyribonucleic acid

(abbr) (3)33. Sphere (3)38. U.S. horse race; ... Derby (8)40. Restrained (8)42. Casual (7)44. Annual calendar (7)46. Scoffs (6)47. Manservant (6)48. Form of expression (5)49. Water vapour (5)50. Gambol (5)


SOLUTIONFor April 9, 2003


SOLUTIONFor July 28, 2004

ACROSS 1. Result (5-6) 7. Scoundrel (7)11. Pulls (5)12. Deviousness (7)13. Excellent (5)14. Alert (9)15. So (9)16. Directs (6)18. Skull (7)21. Disorder (4)23. Racket (3)25. Take by sips (3)27. Stake (4)28. Artlessness (7)30. Low chair; Chaise ... (6)32. Expert; ... hand (3)33. Strange (3)34. Zealous (6)35. In brisk time(music) (7)36. U.S. state (4)37. Biblical vessel (3)39. Curve (3)41. Cupid (4)43. Exposed to air (7)45. Female relatives (6)48. An endless time(Lat) (9)49. Left handed people(inf) (9)

51. Angry (5)52. Solidify by cooling (7)53. Anaesthetic (5)54. Humbleness (7)55. Friendship (11)

DOWN 1. Sound (5) 2. Sent (11) 3. Shy (8) 4. Of public revenue (6) 5. Turn outwards (5) 6. Constrict (7) 7. Has high morals (8) 8. Reduce (6) 9. Sanction (7)10. Audacity (5)16. Arrange in steps (7)17. ‘Old Blue Eyes’ Frank ...(7)19. Competitor (5)20. N.Z. Prime Minister 1975-84 Sir Robert ... (7)22. Boils (7)24. Catch (3)26. Group of whales (3)29. Topic (5)31. Uninvited guest (4-7)32. Deoxyribonucleic acid

(abbr) (3)33. Sphere (3)38. U.S. horse race; ... Derby (8)40. Restrained (8)42. Casual (7)44. Annual calendar (7)46. Scoffs (6)47. Manservant (6)48. Form of expression (5)49. Water vapour (5)50. Gambol (5)

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Solution last week, 25 May


SOLUTIONFor February 2, 2005

ACROSS 1. Fragility (11) 7. Grossly overcharges (7)11. Faint (5)12. Get rid of (7)13. Extinguish light (5)14. Provide(tower) with battlements (9)15. Put aside (2,3,4,6)16. Sailors (6)18. Thug (7)21. Dispatch (4)23. Smear (3)25. Statute (3)27. Scold (4)28. Provides (7)30. Calm (6)32. Unrefined mineral (3)33. Expert (3)34. Memorandum-book (6)35. Blather (7)36. Gemstone (4)37. et cetera(Abbr) (3)39. Limit (3)41. Enfold (4)43. Hearing distance (7)45. Swapped (6)48. Requiring great strength (9)49. Plunged headlong (9)

51. Contempt (5)52. Closest to (7)53. Hidden riches; treasure ... (5)54. Made certain (7)55. Qualified drug dispensers

DOWN1. Fundamental (5)2. Out of action (11)3. Offered (8)4. Charm (6)5. Follow (5)6. Flaunt (4,3)7. Final (8)8. More neat (6)9. Rolled pork (with stuffing) (7)10. Shiny (5)16. Retainer (7)17. Recount (7)19. Beneath (5)20. Just coming into existence (7)22. Resided (7)24. Busy insect (3)26. Tiny (3)29. Proportion (5)31. Prompt (11)

32. Lyric poem (3)33. Beer (3)38. Swayed dangerously (8)40. Emotional (8)42. Inquisitive (7)44. Tanning device (3,4)46. SEE 15 ACROSS.47. Habit (5)48. Speed (5)49. A full meeting(pl) (5)50. Considers (5)

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By Sharnahea Wilson

Over forty keen community helpers defi ed Saturday’s storm to collect about 150 bags of rubbish from around the Newlands area.

At the weekend 750 kilograms worth of rubbish was picked up thanks to volunteers from Rotary, Lions, Scouts, the local Marae, Newlands Paparangi Progressive Association, Grenada Village Community Association, Wellington City Council and Newlands New World.

The clean-up was co-organised by Chair of Woodridge Planters, a Wel-lington restoration group, Peter Gilberd and Deputy Mayor Justin Lester.

“This was the third collection in the Northern Suburbs, following collections in Johnsonville and Churton Park. More than 300 bags of rubbish have been col-lected altogether,” Mr Lester said.

Peter added that the response to the clean-up indicated the community was keen to keep the suburbs clean.

“Organising it was a doddle. Everybody chipped in, advertising it amongst their own networks. One person even went out the day before because the weather was forecast to be so bad.”

Wellington City Council offi cer, Pita King, volunteered most of his day to support this community activity, drop-ping off bags and gloves at the start, and then taking all the rubbish to the landfi ll.

Prior to the clean up the organisers had come across a signifi cant amount of rubbish in the area.

“While most Wellingtonians are in-creasing efforts into improving their surroundings, a signifi cant number are dumping all sorts of rubbish in Wel-lington's green spaces, much of which will stay around for decades,” Peter said.

"The worst hit areas are down banks along quiet roads or alongside housing."

After the collection the Newlands Paparangi Progressive Association and Newlands New World put on a barbecue for the workers, with Ross Jordan and Northern Ward Councillor Malcolm Sparrow wielding the tongs.

Wellington City Council officer Pita King, who collected all the bags, and took them to the land� ll after the recent Newlands community clean-up.

Volunteers brace the rain for community clean-up

By Sharnahea Wilson

The Karori community is gearing up for the chilly season with Karori Arts and Craft’s winter warmers event.

Each year the arts centre holds a two-day winter warmers and stash for cash event where everyone from the community is welcome to go along and buy handmade winter clothing as well as to make their own.

Acting offi ce administrator Stella Car-ruthers said the event provided a fantastic opportunity to support local people and the local economy while also receiving quality,

hand-knitted items. “People want to buy and make warm

things at this time of year. “Hopefully people will see some of the

items that have been made and it will encourage them to buy some yarn and make their own,” Stella said.

The items up for sale are primarily made by locals who go to drop-in classes at the centre where they each work on their own projects.

The winter warmers provide warm crafted knitwear and quilts to keep people cosy over the winter. The Stash for Cash is all about

the sale of items from people’s yarn and fabric collections to inspire crafty creativity in the community.

“If you don’t have the time or skills to make handcrafted items yourself the sale is an opportunity to experience the joys of the handmade. There is certainly validity to having and using handmade items in an industrialised world as a way to connect to a slower way of living,” Stella said.

The event will run from 10am-3pm on June 11 and 12 at the Karori Arts and Crafts Centre. Cash only.

Warming up for the winter

Some of the cosy winter warmer items up for sale at the upcoming arts and crafts event.


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SPORT

Wellington Rugby is set to protect its players from the ongoing effects of concus-sion by introducing the Blue Card.

Starting on Saturday refer-ees in Wellington’s College Sport Premier 1 Division will be able to issue a Blue Card to any player they suspect to have suffered a concussion.

The same rules will apply to the men’s senior Premier and Premier Reserve grades during the second round of those competitions from June 11.

Players who receive a Blue Card must leave the field immediately and will then be formally subject to the existing minimum manda-tory day stand down periods before they can return to play. Those are set at 21 days for senior players and 23 for those who are under 19.

Wellington Rugby Football Union’s head of community rugby Will Caccia-Birch said the Blue Card was designed to prevent players from re-turning to training or playing

before they had gained an appropriate medical clear-ance.

“A player’s decision around when they are fi t to train or play after a suspected head knock has often been left to their own judgement, or that of their own team’s coaching or management staff. The Blue Card takes that respon-sibility out of their hands.

“Once the Blue Card is issued Wellington Rugby can formally track a player’s movements during their re-covery. The player must gain a medical certificate from a health professional, and then provide it to the WRFU before they are eligible to return to the fi eld.”

Wellington Rugby has followed the lead of the Northland Rugby Union which trialled the Blue Card in 2014.

New Zealand Rugby has now formally approved the Blue Card Concussion Ini-tiative and Wellington is the fi rst provincial union after Northland to offi cially in-troduce it to its competitions.

The Blue Card comes to Wellington rugby

Waterside Karori came away from Island Bay on Saturday with a hard fought 1-0 in tough conditions to maintain their place at the top of the Capital Premier football league.

Going into the match Island Bay were in second place on the league table but the loss to Waterside pushed them into third place.

The win for Waterside, their seventh from eight games, put them well on track for the league title and a shot at the Central League promotion. They will look

to consolidate their lead when they host Victoria University at Wakefi eld Park on Saturday.

Waterside Karori’s nearest chasers, five points back, are neighbours North Wellington who demolished Brooklyn Northern United 5-0 at Alex Moore Park.

North Wellington have been in dominating form in recent weeks with their attacking style of play yielding 15 goals in their last three matches while a staunch defence has conceded only one goal.

This coming weekend will be

a tester for North Wellington as they face an away game with Wellington Olympic on Saturday before taking on Kapiti Coast United in their second round Chatham Cup clash on the Kapiti Coast.

Completing a good weekend for local football teams was the Wa-terside Karori Women’s Premier League team who travelled to the Hutt, beating Stop out 3-0. This Sunday they host the Wellington United Sapphires at Wakefield Park.

Football round up

The Johnsonville Rugby Club Colts team grabbed the fi rst silver-ware for the club this season when they comprehensively downed Wainuiomata 26-3 at Helston Park on Saturday to keep their unbeaten run intact.

In doing so they secured the JRD Cup for fi rst-round supremacy in the colts B division and gained promotion to the A division for the next round.

With the wind on their side in the fi rst half, Johnsonville scooted

away to a 21-3 halftime lead after Wainui had opened the scoring with a penalty. A supreme defensive effort saw them keep their rivals at bay during the entire second half.

Johnsonville coach Brent Carroll was adamant the win was due mainly to the second-half effort into the wind. ''That's what we've been concentrating on, our defen-sive line, and it paid off," Brent said.

Players of the day (three points) were Brett Taefu for his work at the breakdown and with ball in

hand, and Siga Fiu for his ball carries and 40m run, even as a prop. Paora McCarthy got two points for his defensive work in the backline according to manager Ray Carroll and captain Hamish Ulberg gained a point for his work at the breakdown and at least fi ve lineout turnovers.

Try-scorers for Johnsonville were Brett Taefu, Paora McCarthy, Zyrus Grace and Tyson Savaii, with Zyrus converting three of them.

Cup win for Johnsonville players

The Johnsonville Colts team celebrated their win on Saturday, among the crew were Brent Carroll, left, assistant coach Turanga Greenfi eld, right, and captain Hamish Ulberg with his hand on the trophy.

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