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It took 50 volunteers, 1000 working hours, 18 months, and a loyal golden retriever called Snow to keep the team company.

Crofton Downs residents celebrated the opening of a $25,000 bridge on the Silversky Walkway on Saturday.

The bridge marks one of the fi nal aspects towards the comple-tion of the volunteer built track which lets walkers travel from Silverstream Rd to the Skyline Walkway.

Volunteer Graham Weir says around 70 people attended the opening celebrations. Continued on page 2

VOLUNTEERS: Some of the core volunteers, Greg Therlow, Magnus Bengtsson, Simon Kennett, Howard Moore, and Graham Weir on the new bridge. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

Volunteers celebrate resident-built walkwaySilversky bridge opens

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International honour for uni professorVictoria University’s Profes-

sor Colin Wilson has received one of the highest interna-tional honours in science, with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. The Khandal-lah resident is the fi rst New Zealander to be elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society since 2006.

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of Volcanology in the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at the university since 2009, and was elected to the Society along with 46 other new Fel-lows from around the world.

He says he is deeply hon-oured by the Fellowship.

“I studied at Imperial Col-lege in London, which is just down the road from the Royal Society, and I would often attend geology talks there,” says Colin.

“It’s a wonderful group to be part of. Its Fellowship has included people like Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin, so there is a sense of follow-ing in the footsteps of these

eminent scientists, and that is something that is very special to me.

"Being part of the Royal Society makes you part of that 350 year history and that group of people that in itself lends weight to what you try to do in your work.”

Victoria University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Grant Guilford congratulated Colin on an outstanding achieve-ment.

“We are extremely proud of Professor Wilson’s elec-tion to the Royal Society, which is richly deserved and a refl ection of the quality of the earth sciences at Victoria University and the eminence of Professor Wilson in the fi eld.”Professor Colin Wilson

Continued from page 1Graham says a Saturday

working party was created where volunteers worked to dig the low gradient track which is suitable for prams, bikers, and runners.

“It’s been a lot of fun. People have enjoyed working on the track. A number of people have come along on different weekends. It has helped to bring the community together”.

Graham says they applied to TrailFund New Zealand for $1000, which provided them with tools to dig the track.

“We haven’t been able to use any mechanical device. We have had to do it all by hand,” says Graham.

“We built the track from Downing St to the Transpower service road and it was popular. People raised the idea that the track could be built down to the end of Silverstream Rd,” says Graham, explaining that they were granted Council approval for the extension.

However joining the Silver-

stream side of the track to the walkway meant crossing a ravine so Graham says they applied to Transpower for the costs to install a bridge.

The costs were granted, and the bridge was installed by contractors to Wellington City Council.

Simon Kennett laid out the route of the track, alongside Magnus Bengtsson, whom Graham says has been a tower of strength and support during the process.

Graham says the track is to be looked after by local residents through the Ngaio/Crofton Downs Residents Association.

“People are using it frequently every day,” says Graham, add-ing that a trapping system is being installed to make the Silversky Walkway a predator free area.

“Birds are now moving north of Zealandia and are nesting in the track area.”

Councillor Andy Foster says the volunteers have done a fantastic job, and Simon Ken-

Bridge completes 1000 hours of volunteer work

nett is to be commended for the gradient.

The next step is to gravel the Silverstream Rd side of the

track, and to be granted ac-cess to 131 Silverstream Rd to create a low gradient exit, says Graham and Cr Foster.

Transpower’s Kevin Small cuts the ribbon with Councillor Andy Foster on Saturday. PHOTO: Supplied

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Gratitude was found at Cashmere Avenue School on Friday as staff, students, and parents offi cially opened the new Room One classroom after a fi re destroyed it late last year.

A ceremony was held to bless the rebuilt classroom and thank the Ministry of Education, Dwell Housing Trust, and the community’s support.

“We’re delighted with how well the Ministry responded to our needs,” said Principal Mike Forrest at the ceremony.

“A fire in a school hurts. Thankfully many people helped us in our time of need. We had a well-coordinated and speedy replacement, with lovely workmanship,” said Mike.

“It will be a home that stu-dents love being in.”

An electrical fi re started in the classroom close to 4am the week before Christmas, two days before the school year was due to end.

Room One teacher at the time, Ginny Ralfe, had been teaching out of the classroom

CASHMERE COMMUNITY: Teacher Ginny Ralfe and students Sophie, Ella, and Alysha (9) welcome the new Room One classroom after a � re destroyed it before Christmas. PHOTO: Emily Elliott.

for four years, and lost 30 years’ worth of teaching re-sources.

Luckily the children had already taken most of their belongings home, and student work had been taken off the walls, says Ginny.

Over the summer break, some of the students’ parents helped Ginny to revive, clean,

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“Most things were black, smokey, and sticky,” says Ginny, adding that she still finds a few books covered in soot.

The only thing to do is keep going, Ginny says.

“People have been fantastic.

OfficeMax brought in a pencil case of stuff for each child. Milo turned up with drink bottles and hats for the students too.”

Ginny says teaching staff spent the holidays moving classrooms and confi guring teaching arrangements for the start of the current school year.

“Heaps of staff were af-fected, but we’re fl exible at this school.”

The remains of the class-room were cleared during the summer holidays to make way for the re-build.

“The men building it were amazing,” says Ginny. “I’ve never seen such hardworking builders.”

She says builders aimed to complete any noisy work during lunch and playtime, and children in her class beside the construction were able to learn about the build-ing process.

“A video was shown in assembly of the classroom being crushed. I didn’t think I would cry, but I did!”

Room One students moved into the competed classroom last week.

After burying herself in dirt to survive the night in Wainuio-mata’s Rimutaka Forest Park, Johnsonville mother and wife Susan O’Brien was found alive and in good spirits.

The 29-year-old set off on a Fun Run with other competitors on Sunday morning, yet failed to return at the expected time of 11.30am.

An instructor at Keith Spry Pool and CityFitness, Susan says she drank her own breast milk to keep herself alive.

Susan says she spent the night praying and thinking of her family, which kept her strong. She found her way back to the Orongorongo track where she was then picked up by the Westpac rescue helicopter.

Susan was taken back to the park headquarters where her family was overjoyed with relief.

The family issued a statement once Susan was taken back to her parent’s home in Khandal-lah: “We are extremely relieved and thankful that Susan has been found safe and well.”

“We would like to express our gratitude to our extended

family, friends and members of the public for their tireless and unwavering efforts to fi nd Susan.

“Susan will be having some much needed rest over the next couple of days.”

It is assumed Susan took a wrong turn while participating in the XTerra Wellington Trail Running Series.

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Surrounded by experts and re-searchers of the science world, Newlands College teacher Kirsty Farrant says she is immensely excited to be attending a science camp near Bangkok next month.

The head of faculty for science was selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand to escort fi ve year 13 students to the ninth annual Asian Science Camp, where they will join students from over 30 countries.

Though Kirsty will be escorting the students on the one week camp, she says she is looking forward to hearing from a number of Nobel Laureates herself.

“It’s a privilege to be on a panel like this and see the future of sci-ence,” says Kirsty.

“As a science teacher you don’t often have the opportunity to listen to Nobel Laureates. I’m really looking forward to spending time with students and furthering their

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of the bigger picture,” she says, explaining that the camp will show her what other students around the country and the world are learning.

Kirsty says escorting the New Zealand students will involve looking after them, but also participating in the programme alongside them.

“I’m actually most excited about the lectures,” she says sheepishly.

“I quite like hanging out with scientists. You keep learning things, and I’m the type of person that must keep learning.”

Kirsty has been teaching in Wellington for 14 years, and says she has always loved science – her greatest passion being the fi eld of biology.

“I love to understand how and why things are. I have a real pas-sion for teaching about issues in science that also affect society.”

Kirsty fi nished her doctorate in science education last year.

SCIENTIST: Kirsty Farrant has been selected to escort a group of science students to a science camp in Bangkok. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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One local postie will be joining New Zealand Post’s efforts to train more than 120 posties nationwide to use motorcycles to deliver the mail instead of the traditional push-bikes.

Jeremy Bryenton, a postie near Victoria University’s Kelburn campus, is one of 24 mentors in the programme.

He says the fastpost system has now made it necessary for posties to deliver by motorcy-cle as well as by bike.

The New Zealand post start-ed the programme because they plan to deliver fastpost mail every day, and posties on push-bikes were not able

to handle the demand.“We carry more, move

faster and navigate traffic more easily,” says Jeremy.

Jeremy says learning to ride a motorcycle safely is not as easy as passing the written test and the handling skills test required to get a license.

Jeremy says he does not believe the handling skills test and the written test are acceptable replacements for on-road training, like the type he and his fellow mentors are offering through NZ Post.

Having worked as a mo-torcycle postie for ten years, Jeremy says motorcyclists need to be much more aware of their surroundings than drivers in cars do.

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It has been ten years since the Karori Library was built, and overseers of the space say it is in need of a freshen up.

Team leader at Wellington City Libraries Karl Gaskin says the Karori Library was temporarily shut to the public last week, and will not be open until Tuesday, May 26 while the interior walls are painted.

“We are painting all the interior areas and wall spaces to tidy up damage that has oc-curred over the last 10 years,” says Karl.

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One of the most famous rags-to-riches stories has come to the Wellington stage this month, and its lead is Khandallah’s own Sarah Castle.

The ex-Wellington Girls’ Col-lege and Victoria University student plays Cinderella in New Zealand Opera’s season of La Cenerentola which opened at the St James Theatre on Saturday evening.

While she now lives in Man-chester, the Wellingtonian was quickly welcomed back to Khan-dallah for the months of rehears-als involved for the role.

“It’s nice to be back here and

to open in Wellington,” she says, explaining that this is where her love for opera began.

“I’m so excited for this role. My voice range as a mezzo-soprano doesn’t usually get picked for the title character,” says Sarah.

“I get to be someone who is good. The role involves playing a girl who is sweet and nice – there is a challenge of making sure she is not dull, but sweet and strong.”

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Opera is the kind of job that chose her, says Sarah.

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“You feel you’ve connected with people, it’s exciting.”

Sarah says her children have been able to come with her and her husband while she plays Cinderella, and they have been attending Brooklyn School. Khandallah’s Sarah Castle is playing Cinderella in La Cener-entola at the St James Theatre until Saturday, May 16. Visit Ticketet for details.

OPERA STAR: Sarah Castle plays Cinderella in NZ Opera’s La Cenerentola. PHOTO: Neil Mackenzie

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Good food and goodwill will come together at the end of this month when the Newlands Com-munity Centre will host Dinner with a Difference, a fundraiser for Wellington-based charity Kaibosh.

Kaibosh is devoted to providing food to those in need through the elimination of food waste, and has invited kiwis to “Make a Meal in May”.

Newlands Community Centre volunteer Elizabeth Marshall says the hope is that people will invite their friends and family over for dinner.

As the organiser for Dinner with a Difference, she says she hopes guests will donate to Kaibosh the money they would have spent had the dinner been at a restaurant in the CBD.

“When I heard about it, I thought ‘I defi nitely have to do that,’” she says.

Elizabeth says she realised if she did a meal on a budget for a large group instead of for a small group of friends, she could do feed more people and therefore raise more money for the charity.

To highlight the usefulness of the food Kaibosh saves and redis-tributes, Elizabeth will be using ingredients mainly found in the parcels Kaibosh gives to those in need.

“The food I’m serving is stuff people can easily make with the food parcels,” she says.

Elizabeth says that everyone deserves to have a good meal with their family which is why one of her goals is to make food more accessible for everyone.

“So often something bad happens to people just like you and me,” Elizabeth says. “They get sick, or they have an accident and all they need is a hand to get back up.”

Elizabeth says that this kind of program is about the com-munity, about everyone pulling together to help those who need a hand up.

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Elizabeth and her team of volun-teers will host “Dinner with a Difference” Friday, May 29 at Newlands Community Centre.

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Year six Queen Margaret College students have been raising money to fi ght hunger and poverty in their local com-munities.

The girls recently organised and held a Junior School lunch fundraiser which raised over $240 for Wellington Based Food Rescue organisation Kai-bosh.

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introduced to the volunteer organisation in class while learning about leadership.

Several of the year six students were invited to see fi rst-hand the work Kaibosh does, includ-ing Lilly Taulelei, who says food rescue is not as easy as it sounds.

“We learnt about how they receive and process the food donations before serving to

community groups,” Lilly com-ments.

“Some of the donations also go to the Soup Kitchen, while spoiled food is sent to Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary or Kai to Compost.”

Motivated by Kaibosh’s vision of ‘zero food poverty, zero food waste’, the girls decided to hold their own fundraiser at school.

“We wanted to make a differ-

ence but it had to be something simple,” Lilly says.

A fundraising lunch for the Junior School was the answer so the girls busied themselves organising the menu of sliders, corn fritters and fruit kebabs.

All food was made by the students in the school kitchen, which was a challenge in itself according to Lilly.

“Remembering how many

patties we were making was hard but it all came together in the end.”

Pleased with how the fund-raiser went, these young leaders have been inspired to do more in the future.

“We learnt that ten dollars can feed 17 people, so just think about how many people we will be feeding with the money raised,” Lilly says.

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The Johnsonville Club turned the glitz and glam up two weeks ago for its 65th celebrations.

Jill Tait of the club says that over 180 people were in attendance, and the dance fl oor was full from 7.30pm until the early hours of Sunday monring to the sounds of trio The Hollywoods.

"The cake was cut, speeches entertaining, and the evening a resounding success," she says.

Jill says the club sadly farewelled on their longest serving past presi-dents Ted Williams shortly after.

"The club was fi ll to overfl owing to celebrate the life of this well-loved local personage and send him on his way.

"Lots of memories, laughter and tales of hi-jinks was the order of the day," she says.

Jill says the club is fl ying from one things to another, with plans for an Open Day in the near future.

J'Ville Club celebrations a hit


Last week a castle played host not just to dungeons and knights, but to all other sorts of fantastical creatures as well.

Book Week at Khandallah School meant decorated library walls, children dressed up, and reading activities.

Stop, Drop and Read Day got students reading when they had to respond to the sound of a bell by stopping, sitting down, and read-ing their book for fi ve minutes.

“This whole week has been fi lled with activities to encourage reading,” says Beccy Haley, the Year 5/6 teacher.

“It’s been amazing,” she says.School librarian Jane Furnish

agrees.The whole idea is very cool,

and the theme of the week is something children can easily get into, says Jane.

“What girl doesn’t want to dress up as a princess?” she asks.

Jane also says the theme of castles and the era they represent has led to a great learning op-portunity.

“It’s quite an educational sub-ject,” she says.

Jane says the book fair has been a great vehicle to teach new vocabulary.

Year five student and student librarian Olive Cato says the book week is amazing and that it’s a great way to raise money and get

children reading.Fellow student librarian Kieran

Cassidy also says he loves the book fair because he gets to pick out a book in perfect condition and care for it himself.

Though the book fair ends today, it will return next year with a dif-ferent theme.

BOOKS: Student librarians Kieran Cassidy, Olive Cato and Mila Jankowsky along with librarian Jane Furnish have enjoyed Khandallah School’s Book Week. PHOTO: Alex Wilf

Book week at Khandallah School

Wednesday May 13, 20158

Q: With the Council’s long term plan in mind, what needs improvement in your suburb?

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

Jordan D’Souza, Churton Park

“Churton park is wonderful, but they could maintain the roads a little bit better. There are a lot of potholes.”

Cheryl Millward, Karori

“Karori really is great, but it needs a bigger shopping area.”

Ray Arbuckle, Johnsonville “The roads.”

Jasmine Haley,Johnsonvile

“Johnsonville is great, but it needs things for youths. Maybe a skateboard park or a teen center.”

Matthew Barrett, Johnsonvile

“Rental problems. The rent is too high.”

Mary Eastwood, Johnsonville

“The mall needs to be much better. It could use cleaning up and more shops.”

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Dear Ed, I attended the Dawn Service at Pukeahu Park. I stood silently alongside thousands of others remembering those brave, selfl ess and courageous young men who went off to war in 1914 (and, of course, those who gallantly followed them in subsequent confl icts).

This morning I walked up and down a new walking/cycling track – the Silversky Track – in Crofton Downs. It goes from the top of the drive at the far end of Silverstream Road to the Skyline access road, going off from the electricity sub-station.

It is a magnifi cent track and a won-

derful addition to the walking tracks we have here in the northern suburbs.

But the real thrill was coming across a group of young men, the volunteer track builders. There they were fi nish-ing off a section of the track near the bottom. Fit young men, their picks, wheelbarrows and axes at the ready,

chatting away, working confi dently and happily together.

They were locals, they were working very hard and they’ve built something for all of us to enjoy.

To me they were working selfl essly with the spirit of the fi rst Anzacs – building a community asset, leaving

a legacy.The young boy who ran through,

probably in training for his winter sports team, will remember these young track builders and, like me, be grateful.

Mary Munro

Walking tracks thanks to hard work

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Foster says ("Residents' concerns over land resurface") that "the community has a wealth of knowledge about the area that Council may not" (Independent Herald April 15).

It is tough that local residents had to pay good money to take a successful High Court action against the Council after Councillor Foster's Committee tried to ram through a rezoning of land from Residential to Commercial on the Kaiwhawhara stream just below Zealandia.

It is also tough that the Council is not con-sulting local residents before creating Special Housing Areas thus asking the Government to remove some of their rights when it comes to development.

The motto is to keep an eye on these people especially when they have become practised at using weasel-words after being far too long on the Council.

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Dear Ed, The CEO of the Wellington Airport is "showcasing" its plans for an extension to its runway and plans to develop its international arrivals area.

I was hoping to see what he is planning to do to "improve" the current services for the NZ passengers who currently use the Airport.

As a frequent fl yer, I'm appalled by the fact that at a Capital City Airport one fi nds third world conditions.

For example, fl ying to or from Wellington to any provincial centre, especially when its either raining or has rained, requires passengers to negotiate pools of water on the tarmac, some of which can be quite deep so that the water covers ones footwear.

In windy weather, and Wellington has many of those, it can be quite diffi cult and sometimes potentially dangerous to make ones way to or from the airplane.

In my experience, Wellington Airport is the only one, both domestically and internationally, where the priority labels on luggage are simply ignored.

I've counted up to 17 pieces of luggage without such labels, arrive before the those that do have them.

The high parking fees is another area of concern. May I suggest to the CEO, Mr Sander-son, that while "growing" the facilities for the Airport,he might make an effort to improve its services for its domestic users.

J Mead


Residents have it tough

Airport woes

By Emily Elliott

Marshmallows, icing, and lol-lies decorated hundreds of cup-cakes at Johnsonville School last week for their annual Cupcake Day.

Organised by the Home and School Team as well as the Parents Group as a school fund-raiser, parents and their children make cupcakes to then sell at the school for one dollar each.

“This is an annual event and has become part of school culture,”

says Principal Barry Schon.“Kids are allowed to buy two

cupcakes each.”Barry says the Home and School

Team raise money throughout the year for various project and initiatives in the school, with this year’s Cupcake Day money going towards improving the AV and sound systems in the hall.

“It’s a fantastic day. We re-ally appreciate the support from parents. Lots of people have been involved,” says Barry.

Best friends Louisa Richter-

MacKenzie and Janayah Whata-rau say they love Cupcake Day at the school.

The fi rst class visited the selec-tion of cupcakes in the school hall at 9.30am on Friday, and each class was cycled through until most cupcakes had been purchased by 10.30am.

YUMMY TREATS: Janayah Whata-rau and Louisa Richter-MacKenzie with the cupcakes they purchased. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

Cupcakes galore at school

Letters continued page 12.


By Joshua Riddiford

A group of ukulele players are on the look out for new members to join the “Ukes of Wadestown”, a ukulele playing social group based in Wadestown.

Janine Gould, who has been a member since the group’s found-ing three years ago, says learning the ukulele is challenging but rewarding after reaching a good standard.

“[It is] very frustrating at times but when you get in the zone it can be exhilarating.”

Janine says there are a range of skill levels, with some members being adept at playing the piano, guitar or bagpipes, while others

have not played an instrument for a long time before picking up the ukulele.

Janine says her breakthrough moment was learning how to play the blues classic, Cotton fields which is easier than other songs because it does not have too many chords.

Ukes of Wadestown meet every Monday night for around three hours at residences of different members to practise songs.

Janine says she enjoys the weekly sessions because there is a sense of camaraderie and the chance to push the envelope a bit by trying something challenging. She adds playing the ukulele with Ukes of Wadestown is a great stress

reliever, which is so different from her day job.

Janine says songs by The Beatles are the easiest to play but her favourite song for the ukulele is Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.

Last week’s song list included well known tunes such as Jackson by Johnny Cash and Mr Bojangles by old blue eyes himself Frank Sinatra.

Janine says Ukes of Wadestown isn’t quite ready to tour yet but the players have improved greatly with practice.

For more information about Ukes of Wadestown or to join the group, contact Janine Gould on 0274898888.

UKULELE: Wadestown resident Janine Gould strums her ukulele in central Wellington. PHOTO: Joshua Riddiford

Ukes of Wadestown growing


Though comedy was something Paparangi’s Nik Bruce-Smith had never thought of doing, his shows have been selling out for the last few years at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.

Now he is a regular performer at comedy festivals in Wellington, and is gearing up for this year’s festival – his performances are running this week.

It all started when Nik and his friend dared each other to try their hand at an open mic night at a comedy club.

Though Nik’s friend did not hold up his end of the bargain, Nik did, and he loved it.

A few open mic night perfor-mances later, Nik decided to enter the Wellington Comedy Quest in 2013, and won.

Nik says it was the tipping point and the gateway from doing com-edy as a hobby to being involved in professional comedy.

Last year he did his fi rst stint of solo comedy runs, and addition-ally started a standup comedy show called Medicine, where he and Rob Harris work to foster up and coming talent.

“It’s a lineup show with six to eight up and coming comedians every week,” Nik says. “We do it to promote and grow Wellington comedy.”

This year’s performance in the comedy festival is titled The Com-ing of Middle Age, and is also a joint collabotation with Rob.

“The show is about that mo-ment of reset and reassessment,” says Nik.

“That ‘I’m too comfortable at the moment, maybe I need to do something different’ feeling.”

Though he and Rob are separated by ten years of age, they fi nd they are both confronting that feeling.

“That’s the experi-ence we want to take the audience on.”

Nik’s show, The Coming of Mid-dle Age, will run from May 12 to 16 at Kitty O’Shea’s on Courtenay Place.

to promote and grow Wellington

This year’s performance in the comedy festival is titled The Com-ing of Middle Age, and is also a joint collabotation with Rob.

“The show is about that mo-ment of reset and reassessment,”

“That ‘I’m too comfortable at the moment, maybe I need to do something different’ feeling.”

Though he and Rob are separated by ten years of age, they fi nd they are both confronting that

“That’s the experi-ence we want to take the audience on.”

COMEDIAN: Paparangi’s Nik Bruce-Smith is taking the comedy world by storm. PHOTO: Supplied

Best seller brings loads of laughs

Start of Something new for Marsden girls

Residents from Khandallah and surrounding suburb are learning how to save a life through CPR at the Khandal-lah Town Hall today.

Wellington North Lions Club are working with Wel-lington Free Ambulance to educate the community in CPR and defi brillator train-ing.

“This is a great opportunity for the northern Wellington community to come together and arm themselves with the knowledge and skills to save lives,” says Wellington North Lions Club President, Kit Rollings.

“We plan to install a de-fibrillator in the Crofton Downs Countdown super-market, and it’s important that people know what they are, where they are and how to use them – and it will only

take an hour to acquire this vital knowledge.”

Wellington Free Ambulance chief executive Diana Cros-san says the service believes in preparing the community so they can step in and save someone in cardiac arrest.

“This event is about making sure people know what to do when someone is under cardiac arrest,” she says.

“It’s vital that the general public learn these skills – in the long run, they could save a life.”

Wellington Free Ambulance staff will teach the public about what cardiac arrests are, how to recognise them, and how to perform CPR and use a defi brillator.

Participants will also get a chance to practice CPR on mannequins to the beat of ‘Staying Alive’.

CPR training life-saving in Khandallah

By Emily Elliott

We’re All In This Together is what Samuel Marsden Col-legiate School girls are saying as they start rehearsals for their upcoming production, High School Musical.

Fifty students are collaborat-ing with seven boys from St Pats, Wellington, and Scots Colleges to perform a theatre version of the popular fi lm in late June.

Auditions were held at the end of last term, with Year 11 Lara Strong announced as lead role Gabriella Montez. She will act alongside Isaac Anderson playing basketballer Troy Bolton.

“I am really excited. It’s such a great experience,” says Lara, adding that this production will be the fi rst time she will play a lead role though she

has always loved to act and perform.

“I’m really excited to work with such a talented group of people.”

Lara says she learned most of her lines over the Easter holidays, explaining that being a fan of the movies has helped.

The production’s drama queen, Sharpay Evans, is played by Maddie Whyte who says she fi ts into the role easily, while music and drama teacher Ms Darbus is left for Emily Callam to bring to life.

“She’s a fun character, and she has some great one liners,” says Emily.

Meanwhile, the production’s Ryan Evans will be played by Marsden’s Georgia Burns.

“I like challenging things, and playing a boy will be quite a challenge! I’m very excited about that.”

Producer and teacher Sarah Wilson says although the school hires a choreographer and musical director to help, it is mostly student run, with two year 13 girls choreographing the show.

“When we can get a student to do it, we do so,” says Sarah, adding that it is a great way to equip the girls with more skills.

“Students will run the cos-tuming, sound, lighting, front of house, hair and makeup, and be the stage crew.”

She says technical and light-ing workshops have been run with the appropriate girls, thanks to funding from the Marsden Old Girls’ Associa-tion and the Parents’ Associa-tion.

“It’s fun giving girls the op-portunity to do something they enjoy. It gives them leadership

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: Lead characters Emily Callam, Lara Strong, Mad-die Whyte, and Georgia Burns.

at the same time,” says Sarah. She says the girls are rehearsing

during the weeks and weekends to give justice to the popular show.

The production will run from June 22-25, with ticket sales closer to the time of opening.


By Rachel Binning

Preschoolers at the Broderick Road Chapel Playgroup got stuck in to create memorable craft for Mother’s Day last week.

The Monday session before Mother’s Day is particularly unique as this Playgroup’s craft session lets its little people cre-ate something for that special someone in a child’s life.

The friendly crew from the Chapel lead by veteran volunteer Ruth Early – who has been sup-porting the playgroup for the past 23 years – are on hand to talk, listen and feed morning tea to families who pop in to the Chapel to mix and mingle.

For many families the play-group provides an opportunity to meet others from their wider ethnic communities. For oth-ers the playgroup provides an important break from being an at-home parent and the isolation that can sometimes be a part of parenting small children.

Every Monday morning from 9-11.30 during term time the playgroup is open to young parents and their families for a small silver coin donation and the session includes an art and craft section.

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Creating Mother’s Day magic

BJ Pihema with her daughter Pryncess Pihema Catherine Halford and her daughter Esme Halford Hina Hazara and Mashal Hazara

Sarah Norton and Hannah Norton Beverley Warwick, Ruth Early, Tara Blackler, Lyall Stewart and Linda Lim Natsuki Meilink and Claire Meilink

Cathy Naulder and her daughter Pepper Naulder Milla Xie (1) and Olivia Xie (3) Xiufei Li and his daugher Xinyi (3)


Social English at Churton Park Community Centre took a fi eld trip last Friday to the local supermarket.

The decision to take the group out of the Centre for their week-ly session was made after group members nominated “shopping” as the topic that they struggled with the most in New Zealand.

Community Centre Advocate, Fei Gao thought taking the group to the supermarket would be more effective than sitting in a room discussing it.

“The group got tips like how to write a shopping list that matched the layout of the su-permarket and asked questions about terms like ‘value pack’ and ‘reduced for a quick sale’, which can be confusing when you don’t speak any English,”

says Fei. Volunteers Bevin and Jenny

Greenslade worked with the group to tour around the su-permarket, before re-grouping back at the Community Centre to discuss what they learned.

The Social English group, established in 2014, meets every Friday morning during term time from 10am-12pm at Chur-ton Park Community Centre.

The group was set up to help people connect with others in their community, at the same time as providing the opportu-nity to practice their English in a supportive and social environ-ment.

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FIELD TRIP: Members of Churton Park Social English Group gather outside the Community Centre after returning from their Supermarket trip. PHOTO: Beckie Du� y

Social English class takes fi eld trip

By Emily Elliott

A 200 kilogram vintage mo-torcycle is on stage and months of preparation are coming to an end for the cast and crew as Newlands College showcase their seventh annual school production next week.

Around 110 students and 40 staff have been involved with All Shook Up, a 1950’s mash up of Elvis hits set in small town America with a Shakespearean storyline.

Poster and ticket design has been completed by students, as has set design and painting. The sound, lighting, and makeup crews are student-run too, and director Jerome Cargill says actors have been rehearsing since February after auditions were held.

Newlands College students have been volunteering hours of time

after school and on the weekends for All Shook Up, and Jerome says he cannot wait to share the production with the community.

“We wanted it to be fun, colour-ful, and vibrant.”

The show follows the story of Chad and Natalie with Elvis’ songs strung together as an adap-tion of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

“I’m so proud of what the kids have done. The leads have done a stunning job, and I can’t wait for them to have an audience,” says Jerome.

Jerome says ten lead roles were cast at the outset, and another 15 students are featured as a solo act or have dialogue.

“A lot of people get their mo-ment in the spotlight.”

Jerome says he loves the fun, satirical theme of the play com-bined with the nature of Elvis music.

“We have a live ensemble con-sisting of fi ve students and a few semi-professional musicians doing brass and hand held instru-ments.

“It’s a classic rock and roll band. They’re learned 20 Elvis classics,” says Jerome.

Chad is played by Year 13 Brett Taiefu, who has been in the col-lege’s productions for fi ve years.

“This is my last production, it has been a good opportunity to get the lead. There is so much talent at Newlands, I’ve really enjoyed working with this year’s cast and crew – they get better every year!”

Year 11 student Kiya Basabas plays Natalie, and says though she was not expecting to get the lead role she has really enjoyed playing it.

The show be performed from May 19-22 at Newlands College.

LEAD ROLES: Brett Taiefu and Kiya Basabas play Chad and Natalie in the journey of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with Elvis songs.

Elvis meets Shakespeare in duke box musical

Dear Ed, As one of the oldest inhabitants of Crofton Downs I would like to express my opinions about the proposed future housing development in the area. which forms the front page issue of the Independent Herald [April 15].

We occupy what must have been the last section of the original development. It required far more drastic treatment than any that could be contem-plated for the proposed new development since it was a very steep site with a stream which was fed by three other streams and eventually fl owed into the Silverstream along the road.

It had to be put into a culvert and the rest of the site was levelled with large quantities of builders fi ll, largely heavy clay, which has made gardening diffi cult. It also has a large back section which was devastated by possums when we arrived in 1970.

The land above was farmed and top dressed. This cleared the vegetation so in a heavy rainfall, such as 1974 we had a fl ood through the house. The slip down the road that killed a young child took place that day.

It so happens that there is no satisfactory access to the Silverstream along the road for the Council to remove debris, so they monitor our stream and come into our garden with a bulldozer and lorry to remove it from our stream.

The main inlet to the Silverstream from the

former Pavan land leaks so it will have to be fi xed before any housing development.Otherwise the land is not noticeably unstable.

Silverstream Road needs to be widened. The Council actually owns part of the frontage on the residential side for an intended future widening. Also there is far too much parking on the road. Many cars are permanently parked there. There needs to be a car park for the play centre. There are times when it is almost impossible to get out. Currently large contractor vehicles from the development in Thatcher Cres are all along the road at the end. The Station Car Park is overfi lled, with people parking on the grass.

The chicane must be removed. The heavy vehicles which were necessary for when the site at the end was cleared had to go around Spencer Street to get there. A new housing development will also need to get through.

We are all worried about the children playing, so perhaps speed bumps are preferable.

We are not opposed to housing development. People have got to live somewhere. They would bring life to what is currently a rather sleepy suburb.

But we must be assured the the job will be done properly.

Regards, Vincent Gray


Silverstream Rd issues are many

The clock is now ticking for Wellington residents to consider the national fl ag.

The formal process launched last week and Kiwis can par-ticipate online as well as in community meetings which will be held across the country.

The meetings will provide an opportunity for local residents to discuss the fl ag and what it should signify about New Zealand.

Chairman of the Flag Consid-eration Panel, Professor John Burrows, says this is the first time history the public has an opportunity to discuss options and have a say in the future of the New Zealand fl ag.

“It is important that we, the Pan-el, provide as many opportunities as possible for New Zealanders to get involved. Anyone can attend a community workshop, hold their own discussion or share their thoughts online.

"Resource tools, including a community kit and schools re-source kit, are available. For ex-ample, schools can run their own fl ag discussions and referendums to mirror the formal process

as part of their own learning exercise,” says Mr Burrows.

“New Zealanders can join the conversation online to share their thoughts on what they believe the fl ag should stand for. These contributions, as well as those from community meetings, will provide us valuable insights and form the criteria for the Panel to consider designs knowing what is most important to everyone," Mr Burrows says.

Anyone participating can also choose to have their name etched on a national fl ag pole monument, Te Pou Herenga Tangata (the post that binds the people together), that will commemorate this historical event and be erected at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, says Mr Burrows.

Flag designs can be uploaded at www.fl ag.govt.nz from now until July 16.

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Two local swimmers managed to pick up national swimming titles at the National Age group swimming championships – one in a Wellington record time.

The champs, at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre, showcased the country’s top swimmers aged 12-18. Competition started on Tuesday and concluded on Saturday.

Qualifying times were tough, let alone getting into fi nals. To win is impressive.

Alex Pampalone, from the Karori Pirates Swimming Club, and Johnsonville resident Joel Crampton, from the Tawa Swimming Club, were two of just seven Wellington swimmers to pick up national titles during the keenly fought championships.

Three of those titles, including Joel in the 200m butterfl y, were on the fi nal night of competition. Joel, the smallest and young-est in the fi eld, clocked 2 minutes 21.35 seconds just six weeks after turning 13.

He broke a 13-years age Wellington record that has stood since 2003, and remains unbeaten in the distance since he fi rst swam it aged nine.

“It was my fi rst big meet as a 13-year-old, and I was really pleased to get a record and a national title against the bigger boys,” he says.

“I didn’t expect to swim quite that fast.”Tawa Swimming Club’s head coach,

Jason McPhee, was particularly impressed that Joel was able to head off older bigger

National titles for Karori and Jville swimmers

CHAMP: Joel Crampton picks up a national title.

competitors for the win.“I was very proud of his swim,” he

says. “It was a very measured swim. To succeed against larger boys at this level is impressive.”

Alex, 17, who headed the fi eld in the 17/18 years 400m freestyle in a personal best time of 4 minutes and 25.33 seconds, and also got a silver medal in the 800m event, says she was pleased to get a national title, as it has been a few years since her last one.

“It was so good – I haven’t done a personal best in the 400m for three years.”

She praised her coach, Steve Francis, after the win.

“He’s as much of a perfectionist as I am – but the whole Karori team did really well.”

Other Karori Pirates to impress were Jacob Farr, who secured a silver medal in the 1500m and Thomas Watkins who picked up a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle.

By Emily Elliott

Ribbons remain twirling and toes are still pointing after a rhythmic gymnastics club broke away from its previous organisation to become a not-for-profi t sports club last term.

Run by a group of dedicated parents, Thorndon's Elements Rhythmic Gym-nastics say that branching off has been a smooth transition and they can still enter their gymnasts into international competi-tions.

Elements president Carol Anderson says they cater for school age children, and that their new mission is for participation,

GYM STARS: President of the club Carol Anderson with gymnasts Yasmin Sue and Shan Boekholt. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

fi tness, fun and friends.The new club is supported by three trained

coaches and two volunteer coaches, who work to teach both recreational and competitive members.

“The transition has been very smooth. We'll have a Level 7 competitive gymnast represent New Zealand at Australian Nationals. The gymnasts have had their fi rst competition of the year, and next month they are heading to Wellington Opens,” says Carol about the new club's progress.

The sport is a mixture of dance and appa-ratus handling, and Carol says the club runs under GymSports which means members can learn at higher levels.

“A lot of hours went into the transition. It's very nice to be able to do our own thing.

“It’s not about how good people are, but what they learn. The discipline they pick up crosses over into their school work,” says Carol.

Parent and volunteer Adelina Reis says the club has fundraising events and activities, and are also holding an open day this week to introduce others to the sport.

“It is not only a girls sport. We've had boys in the recreation classes,” says Carol.

Shan Boekholt and Yasmin Sue have been doing rhythmic gymnastics for seven years, and both say the new coaches help to feed their passion for the sport.

“Rhythmic gymnastics builds confi dence in yourself,” says Shan.

“You don't have to be extremely strong, you just have to love music and dance,” says Yasmin.

The open day for Elements Rhythmic Gymnastics will be on Saturday, May 16, from 10.30am-12noon, at the Anglican Chinese Mission Hall in Thorndon.

New gymnastics club thrives in Thorndon

Alex Pampalone

Western Suburbs and Wainuiomata went head to head in round fi ve of the under-85 competition on Saturday, with Wainuio-mata having a advantage and Western Suburbs coming from a 60-11 victory over Paremata-Plimmerton the week before.

The fulltime score meant Western Sub-urbs left with a victory of 36-19.

Johnsonville's under 85kg team also came away victorious against Stokes Valley, with a fi nal score of 32-7. The game was played at Delaney Park.

Victories for under 85s rugby

Defeat for prems teamsJohnsonville’s premier rugby team were

defeated in round eight of the Swindale Shield, coming away from Hutt Rec with a fi nal score of 54-22. They now sit in 12th

place on the points table. Johnsonville’s premier reserves played

Hutt Old Boys Marist at Hutt Rec on Saturday, and left defeated of 63-0.

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