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GETTING HANDS DIRTY: Kristina Hames and Elsa Zhau with their � nished planted tree. PHOTO CREDIT: LAURA KAVANAGH.

By Laura KavanaghStudents from Crofton Downs School got their hands dirty

last Friday contributing to an important community project. About 40 school children planted 120 native trees along

a newly created track called Silversky in Crofton Downs.The track got started about 18 months ago, initially to im-

prove access to the Skyline walkway from Downing St, and secondarily to connect Silverstream Road to the Skyline.

Continued on page 2

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Karori student Jui Deshpand has a bright future ahead of her after her involvement with Summer of Tech.

The not-for-profit start up assists Wellington businesses to source top talent from local tertiary institutions, and pro-vides students with valuable real-world industry experi-ence.

Since 2006, Summer of Tech has facilitated 357 paid tech internships. More than 200 have gone into employment with businesses, 71 of them last year

Last summer, Jui, 22, worked at IT consultancy Optimation full time, and is currently a third year Bachelor of Soft-ware Education student at Victoria University.

“I’ve learnt a lot of team skills working with different people. I got a good reference, and the networking was really good as well,” she says.

“I want to work in the indus-try and then go overseas.”

Xero worker John Clegg, the founder and director of Sum-mer of Tech, says Jui is one of many successful Summer of Tech students.

“She’s amazing, she’s such a bright girl,” he says.

The Wellington City Council is now suppor t-ing Summer of Tech through the Wellington Eco-nomic Initiatives D evelopment Fund.

The par tner-

ship was launched at Macs Brewbar & Restaurant on July 22 and builds on earlier successes.

“We are focused on making Wellington an easy

place to do high tech business and growing the local talent pool is a big part of this,”

says Coun-cillor Jo

Coughlan, chair of the coun-cil’s Economic Growth and Arts committee.

John is excited to be working with the council. “We're look-ing forward to showcasing the talents of our students and help them start their careers with some of the best companies in the Wellington region.”

Jui concedes the current job market is tough, but says the skills learned through Summer of Tech have been invaluable.

“It has defi nitely given me the confidence to approach people that I’ve never met before, and have a conversa-tion,” Jui says.

SUMMER OF TECH: Karori stu-dent Jui Deshpand is grateful for the skills she has learnt through Summer of Tech. PHOTO CREDIT: DAVE CRAMPTON.

Bright future for Karori student


says Coun-cillor Jo

try and then go overseas.”Xero worker John Clegg, the

founder and director of Sum-mer of Tech, says Jui is one of many successful Summer

“She’s amazing, she’s such a bright girl,” he

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Wellington an easy try and then go overseas.”

Xero worker John Clegg, the founder and director of Sum-mer of Tech, says Jui is one of many successful Summer

“She’s amazing, she’s such a bright girl,” he


says Coun-cillor Jo

Continued from page 2By Laura Kavanagh

Member of the Crofton Downs community Lisa Bengtsson says the im-proved access would mean enhanced community inter-est in the local surround-ings.

“We are also trying to become a predator free community through the Halo project,” Lisa says.

The building group in-vited the local school to help plant trees and teacher Kirsty Ferguson says the children were very excited to be involved.

“Many of the children know and use the track,”

Kirsty says.“They are part of the local

community.”The Wellington City

Council provided the native trees, along with Forest and Bird, and on Friday, park ranger Tim Harkniss was on hand to give advice and help with the planting.

Lisa says the goal has been to include the commu-nity in creating the track, and a dedicated team of lo-cal residents aged between two and 75 turn up each week to help.

“It has been a community project for residents in the Crofton Downs area to en-hance the natural environ-

Community gets involved in environmental project

ment and improve access to different areas,” Lisa says.

She says the first track from Downing Street to the Skyline is completed now with the planting of the trees and the secondary part of the track to Silverstream

Road is still currently being cut, cleared, gravelled, and planted with a lot of work still to go.

Anyone keen in helping can come and join as the group works every Saturday between 10am-2pm.

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A special afternoon tea is being held on August 7 in the Karori Normal School Hall for Kath Campbell, head teacher at Campbell Kindergarten. Kath is leaving Campbell Kinder-garten after more than 25 years as head teacher. Past and present kin-dergarten families are holding the casual afternoon tea for Kath from 4 – 5.30pm. Past pupils and families are very welcome to come along and say goodbye to Kath.

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By Laura Kavanagh

Malvina Major Village in Khandallah has made a unique donation to support those with cancer.

The retirement village has joined forces with a group of craftsmen to turn out hundreds

of wig stands for patients, who have lost their hair as a side effect of cancer.

Graeme McIntyre, Ken Ma-cLeod and a group of keen Guild of Woodworkers crafts-men from Wellington, Wai-rarapa, and the Kapiti Coast are creating the wig stands with

Teaming up for charity

SUPPORTING CANCER PATIENTS: Woodturners Ken Macleod and Graeme McIntyre with some of the wig stands. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

hardwoods donated by Malvina Major.

The wig stands are distributed by cancer charity Look Good Feel Better which is dedicated to restoring and enhancing the appearance of cancer patients during and after treatment.

The project started after a phone call to Ken MacLeod to tell him there was a quantity of Fijian hardwood going spare at Malvina Major Retirement Village.

The retirement village was be-ing refurbished, and, as part of the upgrade, about 400 metres of hardwood handrails had been scrapped and replaced.

Ken MacLeod knew cancer charity Look Good Feel Better had been working with wood turners to produce wig stands for their clients in other parts of the country.

“I thought about the wood and then I thought about wig stands,” Ken MacLeod says.

Graeme McIntyre is a wood-turning tutor and he says the wig stands made good projects to learn different skills.

“It is a combination of a need and a great opportunity for us to do something,'' Graeme says.

The team is producing 40 stands a month but is struggling to keep pace with demand.

Founding member of the Look Good Feel Better Charity says the stands mean the patient’s hair could be stored correctly rather than just thrown in a drawer.

“It gives respect to someone’s head of hair,” Leigh says.

Malvina Major Retirement Village manager Julian Gra-ham says it was great to see the spare timber go to such a good cause.

“Many of our residents have been affected by cancer and this is the sort of charity effort that they love to see us support,” Julian says.

By Laura Kavanagh

A number of Wellington au-thors have been recognised as fi nalists for the New Zealand Post Book Awards, including a local face.

Ngaio resident and award winning journalist Harry Broad has been nominated for the Nielson Booksellers choice for Molesworth: Stories from New Zealand’s largest high – country station.

He created the book in con-junction with local photogra-pher Rob Suisted.

Harry says he was pleasantly surprised and fl attered with the news, particularly with nomi-nation of bookseller’s choice.

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sellers what they want.”This is Harry’s first book,

but he is no stranger to writ-ing having had a successful career as a journalist before working in the Department of Conservation.

Harry says he met many of characters on his journey in writing the book, which gave the stories life and breadth.

“It is great to celebrate the contribution of people,” Harry says.

The fi nalists for each section of the awards were announced last week, and the judges say the fi nalist books capture the essence of the country’s psyche — not just in place and people, but by capturing what makes us tick as New Zealanders.

The finalists include eight non-fi ction books on a vari-ety of themes, among them a biography of Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk, a lav-ishly photographed journey around our coastline, a search for a family history that was inspired by the Christchurch earthquakes and a re-exami-nation of the Pike River mine tragedy.

Convener of the judging panel Miriama Kamo says, “not every selection came easily as there were many excellent book from which to choose our fi nalists.”

Winners will be announced at a ceremony at Wellington’s Te Papa Museum on Wednes-day, August 27.

Local fi nalist for New Zealand Post Book Awards

FINALIST: Ngaio author Harry Broad is nominated for the Nielson Booksellers choice for his book Molesworth: Stories from New Zealand’s largest high-country station. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

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A special art exhibition and auction will be held this Friday at Amesbury School ,showcasing work from both students and artist Colin Gibbs.

Held in the Amesbury School Hall in Churton Park, the auction will feature a spectacular series of oil paintings by Colin Gibbs, Amesbury School’s 2014 artist in residence.

Colin created the oil paintings during his residency, and the 20 piece collection is focussed on and refl ects the Churton Park area.

A variety of pieces created by Amesbury School students will also be on sale in a silent auction, which were inspired by the student’s time with Colin.

Amesbury School Principal, Lesley Murrihy says the exhibition “is about valuing children's artwork by putting it alongside the artwork of a recognised artist.”

If attendees are particularly impressed with a student's work, they will be able to commission a piece by that student, which Lesley says, “introduces the idea

TALENTED ARTISTS: Amesbury School students show their artwork which will be for sale in the A r t Au c t i o n o n Friday 1 August. Tom Pavan, Caitlyn v a n R i j , A r t h u r Truman, Samuel Thomas, Jane Hong, Kimberly Zhu . PHOTO CREDIT: LAURA KAVANAGH.

Art exhibition and auction at Amesbury

to students that the arts are valuable and that can people can make a legitimate livelihood out of the arts.”

There are various sized works by Colin available for purchase, with prices ranging from $150 to $900, while prices range from $20 to $60 for the student’s framed pieces.

Amesbury School will use funds raised

from the exhibition towards the continued development of their grounds for both the school and the community.

Amesbury School art exhibition and auction Friday, August 1 at 7pm in the Amesbury School Hall, Churton ParkTickets: $5, available from the Amesbury School Offi ce.

By Laura Kavanagh

Two local fashion designers have been given the opportunity of a lifetime, having their work on show on the runway at the upcoming New Zealand Fashion Week.

Rachel Thessman from Northland, and Laura Lister from Kelburn are two of 45 young designers from New Zealand Fashion Tech, who have created pieces for the show.

New Zealand Fashion Tech teamed up with educators Giles Brooker and Prabha Govindasamy, and Resene for the project.

The students were briefed to design and make a contemporary, chic fash-ion look from silk saris hand woven in India, responding to the Resene paint colour they had been given.

Rachel says she wanted to create

something different and credits Alexa Chung as helping her come up with her dress.

The students had three weeks to design and make their dresses.

“Silk is not the easiest thing to sew,” Rachel says.

Laura says she was given a very bright orange, and was inspired by the tulip design on her silk sari.

She says she loved the fi nished piece.“When I saw it on the model, it was

such a proud moment,” Laura says.Rachel and Laura are both looking

forward to going up to Auckland for New Zealand Fashion Week, and are hoping it will not be the last time.

To complete the project, 15 of the kiwi fashion students will travel to India for fi ve week as recipients of Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia.

Local design students featured in New Zealand Fashion Week

INSPIRED: Models wearing creations by Rachel Thessman and Laura Lister. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

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Kelburn’s Little School has re-ceived a Healthy Heart Award cer-tifi cate from the Heart Foundation.

The award, received July 25, was the top level – the gold award – and means that all three of Wellington’s Little Schools, have received gold-level healthy heart awards.

The Heart Foundation’s Sian Bolton was on hand to present the award.

“It is evident that the healthy heart award is simply part of what you do,” her citation says.

The foundation says it was evident that nutrition and physical activity is part of the ethos of Little Schools.

The private school, which teaches children aged from 16 months to five years, doesn’t have a head teacher or a principal, but a manag-ing director.

Founder, Owner and Managing Director Maria Johnson started Little School in her home suburb of

Khandallah to address a “massive gap in the market.”

The award, however, focuses on healthy eating and physical activity; both part of the school’s curriculum.

“There’s a big push in schools for kids to understand nutrition,” Maria says.

The school currently has students from 250 families.

There is a fourth school in St Heliers in Auckland, but Maria, also president of the Early Childhood Council, is also eyeing the overseas Chinese and Japanese markets, perhaps with some state support.

Teacher Louise MacDonald says given the success of surrounding Little Schools, to not get a gold healthy heart award at Kelburn would have been disappointing.

“We have a healthy eating policy, every kid has to bring a healthy lunch and we also do baking.”

The school’s former students have gone on to do well at primary school and at intermediate.

“Most of our students are in the top 10 percent academically,” Louise says.

Little School receives heart award

HEALTHY HEARTS: The Heart Foun-dation’s Sian Bolton talks to the children at Kelburn Little School. PHOTO CREDIT: DAVE CRAMPTON.

By Laura Kavanagh

Johnsonville Lions Club recently gave a helping hand to the Churton Park Revegetation Group with ground clearing and planting of 200 young trees in the Lakewood Reserve

The planting was organised by the Revegetation Group to improve unsightly areas of the Reserve.

The objective of the Revegetation group is to restore Churton Park's natural waterways and bush clad corridors, and activity has been focussed on the upper reaches of the Porirua Stream, adjacent to Middleton Road, northwards from Wingfi eld Place.

Lions Club President Ross Brown says Johnsonville Lion’s members have assisted the group several times at various Churton Park locations being beautifi ed.

“We enjoy assisting local groups who are using their initiative to improve our communities,” Ross says.

“It shows just what people work-ing together can achieve for future generations.”

During the planting Lions mem-ber Stephen Cook took some time to clear growth and weeds from one of two seats in the reserve donated and installed by the Johnsonville Lions Club in 2005 to mark 50 years of Lions within New Zealand.

“The Lions International motto is ‘We Serve’, and Johnsonville Lions focus is ‘Making a Difference,” Ross says.

“This project achieves both those aims.”

Another clearing and planting af-ternoon at Lakewood Reserve will be on Saturday, August 9 at 1 pm by the tennis courts in Lakewood Avenue.

Both Lions and the Revegetation Group encourage more helpers as there will be 250 trees to plant.

Johnsonville Lions Club meet twice a month on a Monday even-ing and cover the Newlands, John-sonville, Churton Park areas. In addition to some support for local

Local community groups working together

DIGGING IN: Lions Club President Ross Brown working hard. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

youth, various hands on and fundraising projects are held to benefi t the local community

and wider organisations such as Wellington Free Ambulance.

Call Enliven on 04-439 4900 or email [email protected] to find out more about volunteering opportunities in Wellington.

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We come from a wide variety of backgrounds and age groups and are passionate about our community.

We work together on local community projects and with other Lions clubs to benefi t the wider community.

We meet twice each month for dinner and enjoy the friendship of other club members and their families.

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And, most of all, we do have fun with everything we do.

The Wellington Rural Fire Force (based in Tawa) is seeking applications for volunteer rural fire fighters.

We are currently looking for people who:• Live in the Northern suburbs• Are aged over 18 years and have a driver licence• Are healthy and physically fit• Are hard working and can think on their feet

Volunteers meet every Wednesday night and train to NZQA unit standards. All successful applicants will be required to undertake Police, medical screening and an annual fitness test.

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Plunket second hand sale is on 13 September at the Jville Community Centre. Sponsored by Gareth Robins

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Johnsonville Pllunket has recently launched a new breastfeeding clinic 10-11.30 every Tuesday. No need to make an appointment. Also new ANTE NATAL classes, starting 12 Aug. See our website for more details.

By Laura Kavanagh

If you have enjoy working with animals, this could be the volunteer work for you.

Assistance Dogs New Zealand Trust is looking for volunteers in the Wellington area, particularly those who have a soft spot for dogs.

Assistance Dogs New Zealand (ADNZ) is a registered charitable trust, providing trained dogs to clients with one or multiple dis-abilities.

The mission of Assistance Dogs New Zealand Trust is to enrich the lives of people with disabilities through the provision of reliable service dogs, trained to promote independent living, mobil-ity and companionship.

Wendy Isaacs from ADNZ says dogs are trained based on different disabilities, to suit every individual.

“Everyone’s disability is different, and we special-ise in multiple disabilities,” Wendy says.

Ninety percent of clients are children, but provid-ing a trained dog is about giving independence to both client and families.

“It is a magical thing to see how children and dogs can relate to each other.

ADNZ purpose breed and train the dogs using mainly labradors, golden retrievers, or a cross between the two.

Wendy has worked for several years in guide dog services and knows the difference a trained dog can make.

“It is especially rewarding for the volunteers,” Wendy says.

FURRY FRIENDS: Some of the dogs trained to work with those with disabilities. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

Rewarding volunteering with furry friends

By Laura Kavanagh

If you are looking for volunteer work that challenges you, Wellington Rural Fire Force want to hear from you.

The Wellington Rural Fire Force is looking for volunteers to help manage wildfires in Wellington’s rural areas. They are one of four rural fi re forces within the recently formed Wellington Rural Fire Authority responding to fi res throughout the Wellington Region.

It may surprise many Wellingtonians to know that more than 70 percent of the total area of the city, which stretches from the south coast to the borders of Porirua and Petone, is rural land.

The land is often steep and covered in dry grass, gorse, regenerating native bush or pine forest, and in dry months, can be a huge fi re risk.

The Fire Force Controller, Colin Rob-son, has been involved with the Wel-lington Rural Fire Force for 15 year and says he has always had a passion for emergency services/management.

While he admits that the work can be challenging and may go unseen, he says providing the response service, working with the rural community and the comradery amongst the volunteers is very rewarding.

“Volunteers come from all walks of life –from all different backgrounds.”

Colin says no experience is necessary as all training is provided. All crew are

trained to NZQA unit standard levels and work towards nationally recognised qualifi cations. Volunteers are required to hold the basic fi re safety unit standards before being allowed to take part in genuine fi re fi ghting.

“Everyone is well trained and safety is paramount, we do not put people in dangerous situations,” Colin says.

Training includes fi re fi ghting tech-niques, pump operations, use of water, helicopter operations and use and main-tenance of fi re-fi ghting equipment.

Colin says that while there are fi tness and pre-acceptance checks done, the only necessary traits for volunteers is a can do attitude, commitment to the training, fi re response and working well within a team.

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FOR PROSPECTIVE 2015 YEAR 7 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

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Question: What is your favourite day of the week and why?

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

Anita Reynolds, Howick, Auckland

“Saturday. Because my husband is home.”

Charlie Tribe, Paraparaumu

“Wednesday. Because we have a money draw at the community club in Paraparaumu. The draw is currently at $800 and it can get up to $2400.”

Blair Bickerton, Penrith, Sydney “Sunday, “Because I can sleep in. I also manage a soccer team in Sydney and they play on Sundays.”

Mrs. Ash, Johnsonville,

“Tuesday. Because I spend it with my daughter.”

Karin Mahlfi eld, Ngaio Saturday,

“Saturday, “I can sleep in and have a quiet day with the family.”

Annabelle Werth, Churton Park

“Friday. Because the weekend is coming up.”

Annabelle Werth, Annabelle Werth, Charlie Tribe, Charlie Tribe, Anita Reynolds, Anita Reynolds, Karin Mahlfi eld, Karin Mahlfi eld, Mrs. Ash, Mrs. Ash, Blair Bickerton, Blair Bickerton,

Letters on issues of community interest are welcomed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words. They must be signed and a street address provided to show good faith, even if a nom de plume is provided for publication.The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold unsuitable letters from publication. Send or fax them to the address on page two, or email them to [email protected]. Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.

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Dear Ed,New Zealand is into the exciting last two

months of General Election campaigning. Everyone knows what a critical seat Ohariu is in regard to its potential in making or breaking a coalition deal depending on the

voting outcomes of the electorate.Therefore, the absence of any discussion

of the General Election, the role Ohariu has to play, and the lack of engagement from

the candidatesfor Ohariu is curious. I thought such cov-

erage would have been one of the highlights of the Independent Herald as we get closer to 20th September. When are we likely to hear from our candidates about the policies of their respective Parties and what they have to offer the constituents of Ohariu?

Regards, Catherine BindonWoodridge

Hi Catherine,Thank you for your letter.We will be running a special feature

soon profiling all candidates for the Ohariu and Wellington central elector-ates giving the candidates a chance to let the public know their policies.

Regards,Ed

General election Editor’s reply

The 16th annual Karori Youth Awards will be held at the Karori West Normal School Hall on September 4.

Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Karori, the youth awards are run by the Karori Youth Centre under the aegis of the Karori Community Centre.

All supporters and members of the public are invited to attend the celebratory occasion starting at 7pm.

Young people aged between 10-24 years of age residing in Karori, as well as older persons or organisations serving young people in Karori, are eligible for

awards recognising service to the community and to young people.

Nominations for awards have already been broadly invited from schools, parents, employers, organisations, and members of the public.

Further nomination forms can be collected from the Karori

Community Centre, 7 Beau-champ Street, Karori, between 9.30am-2pm Monday to Saturday.

All nominations must be for-warded by post or delivered by hand to the Karori Commu-nity Centre before 2pm by the closing date for nominations on August 20.

Nominations for Karori Youth Awards The Greater Wellington Regional Council is still taking submissions on the proposed changes to the Draft Annual Transport Plan. Churton Park Community Associa-tion would like to encourage Churton Park residents to make a submission to the council on the proposed changes to the Churton Park Route 54 buses. Forms and maps are available on the Churton Park Community Association website and at the Churton Park Community Centre offi ce. www.churtonpark.org.nz/

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A local Karori West Scout leader has recently earned her Gilwell Woggle.

Michelle (Shellie) Walker, 21, from Makara, has worked hard to receive the woggle, a device to fasten the neckerchief or scarf, worn as part of being a Scout.

The Gilwell Woggle originated from a young Australian scout Bill Shankley, responsible for running a workshop at Gilwell Park, who set out to create something similar to Woggles created in America.

From 1943 until 1989 the Gil-well woggle was awarded on the completion of Basic Training and the Gilwell scarf and the Wood Badge beads on the completion of Advanced Training.

Shellie says there are several stages to the scout leader award scheme, including fi rst aid and a practical section.

The next stage for her to complete is receiving her toggle beads.

Shellie says she is “stoked” to have received her Gilwell Woggle, having been a leader for three years.

“It has taken a fair amount of persistence and determination.”

Shellie got involved with scouts as a cub, with her Dad being a previous scout leader, progressing to a scout and venturer.

“He wanted us to be more in-volved with community and get to know more people,” Shellie says.

She says scouting is great for children and adults to get involved in and is very rewarding.

“It prepares younger children with practical survival and life skills,” Shellie says.

“If there ever was a disaster, having these skills is very im-portant.”

Shellie encourages adults to get involved as a Scout leader, and says the leaders have just as much fun as the children.

She is cur-rently studying at early child-hood education at Victoria Uni-versity, and says being a scout leader will certainly help her in her future career.

Scout leader receives Gilwell Woggle

SCOUTING: Karori West Scout leader Michelle (Shellie) is very happy to receive her Gilwell Woggle. PHOTO CREDIT: LAURA KAVANAGH.“He wanted us to be more in-

volved with community and get to know more people,” Shellie says.


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If you are feeling the winter blues, the Hill Street Farmers Market will make your week-end, holding its annual winter craft market on Saturday.

Held in the carpark of the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, corner of Hill Street and Molesworth Street in Thorndon, the craft market is a favourite among locals.

Hill Street Farmers Market is one of Wellington’s hidden gems, selling a range of fruit, vegetables, free range meat

and eggs, cheeses, jams and chutneys.

Market manager Georgina Preston says its midwinter market is really popular.

“People really enjoy the chance to browse crafts at the same time they do their weekly shopping,” Georgina says.

This is the fifth year the market has been running and, alongside some returning stall holders, there will be several new faces.

Wigleyware Ceramics, who was at the Christmas Market last year, will be selling beauti-

ful Wellington made pottery, while PigPogDog will be back with its cute felted children’s slippers, which are handcrafted by a women’s cooperative in Mongolia.

Annadele Bouch, who owns Annadele’s Cards, is quite the fan of Hill Street and also is be back again with her cards for all occasions.

New stallholders this year include Birds Fly High, who make candles, and also Isadora D Textile Homewares.

For dog owners, Collars by Chris will be selling beautiful

dog collars and leads.Keeping fed and warm will

not be a problem, with home baking, hot food and coffee.

The Midwinter Market will go ahead rain or shine, but if the weather is bad, it will be relocated to the Loaves and Fishes Hall at the cathedral instead.

The Midwinter MarketHill Street Farmers Market Car-park of Wellington Cathedral of St Pauls. Midwinter Market Saturday, August 2: 8.30am to 12.30pm

WINTER SHOPPING: There will be plenty for people to see and do at the market on Saturday. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

Midwinter Market in Thorndon

WINTER SHOPPING: It won’t be just shopping, as plenty of entertainment will be on o� er. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

By Dave Crampton

It was an afternoon in the winter sun, then a Phoenix game under lights for 30,968 football fans who had their fi rst opportunity to see a British football team on home turf at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.

Decked out in Phoenix hats, shirts and scarfs, local fans Mat-thew Leach, his two sons Harrison, 13, and Adam, 11, and their friend Max Wong, 11, were looking for another Phoenix win after British team West Ham got hammered in

the warm up game – this time by Sydney Football Club after losing to the Phoenix 2-1 earlier in the week.

All four, from Johnsonville, are involved in the North Wellington football club. Harrison is a de-fender in the 14th Grade Bombers, and Adam and Max play for the 12th Grade Hawks, coached by Matthew Leach.

While winning 3-1, one Sydney goal was set up by a hand-ball that was shamefully missed by officials. But West Ham didn’t

impress.“They didn’t play well at all –

they weren’t even in the game,” Max say.

“It was shocking that West Ham lost,” added Adam. “They were expected to win.”

The Phoenix was much more competitive against Australians Newcastle, who won 1-0 in a scoreless second half.

“It was an extraordinary close match – there were heaps of chanc-es from both sides,” Harrison says.

Matthew Leach has been to

British football games, but said seeing teams from three different countries on the same day in his home town was fantastic.

“Seeing it in Wellington was just incredible. To be able to go and see young people feeding on fantastic football – it’s just what we want. It was absolutely outstanding.”

All four were enthused by the once in a lifetime event.

“The atmosphere was amazing we were right next to the Newcastle supporters,” Max says.

“It was a great experience.”

STRONG SUPPORT: Harrison Leach (13), Adam Leach (11), Matthew Leach, and Max Wong (12)at the Phoenix game. PHOTO CREDIT: DAVE CRAMPTON.

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the six letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.

Solution 314: Act, actin, ACTION, ani, ant, ani, antic, ATONIC, can, cant, canto, cat, CATION, ciao, coat, coati, coin, con, cot, icon, into, ion, iota, nit, not, oat, oca, otic, taco, tan, tic, tin, ton, tonic.

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In Johnsonville, a burglary took place in Hollies Crescent where a shovel stolen from a neighbour’s unlocked garage was used to smash a window to gain access to the house. A quantity of meat was stolen from the freezer. A thief entered a “staff only” part of a shop in Johnsonville Mall and uplifted an Iphone that had been left charging on a desk. The offender was seen leaving but was lost in the crowds in the Mall. A car parked in the Mall carpark had the front personalised registration plate stolen. A Toyota station wagon parked in Prospect Terrace was dam-aged when an offender attempted to break in. Jemmy marks were found on the driver’s door and handle. In Newlands a burglary took place at a house in Sunhaven Drive where a forced aluminium window allowed entry. A messy search was made but a report on any missing items has yet to be made. Alert neighbours sent a text message to the owner to inform him that a couple of his jemmied windows were open. An attempt was made to steal a Honda Legend that was parked overnight outside

a house in Ruskin Road. The rear left hand quarterlight window was smashed and all doors were opened. The dashboard and ignition barrel had been ripped out and the vehicle thoroughly searched before the attempt to start and take the vehicle was abandoned. In Khandallah two vehicles parked in Omar Street were damaged by “keying” the paintwork. The fi rst incident took place on Thursday 24th and the second on Saturday 26th. In Ngaio a burglary took place in Govind Grove where access was though a laundry window. The house was searched but a report on any missing items is not yet available. A burglary also took place in Awarua street where a rear window was forced open giving access to the back door which was then unlocked. All rooms were searched, drawers tipped out and wardrobes emptied on to the fl oor. At this stage an Iphone is known to have been taken. In Crofton Downs a commercial business in Churchill Drive suffered a broken front win-dow allowing the culprits to reach in and take a cash box.

Eye on CrimeJohnsonville Neighbourhood Watch

By Laura Kavanagh

My only encounter with Arthur Miller has been Death of a Sales-man, so I was looking forward to A View From The Bridge. The staging was very well done and really set the scene and tone of the story before the play had even started. The story follows Italian dock worker Ed-die Carbone (played by Gavin Rutherford), living in Brooklyn New York with his wife Beatrice (played by Jude Gibson), and his orphaned niece Catherine (played by Acushla-Tara Sutton). When Beatrice’s Sicilian cousins, played by Alex Greig and Paul Waggott, enter the country il-

legally, Eddie welcomes them into his home but Eddie’s jealous mistrust drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal. I very much enjoyed director Susan Wilson’s interpretation of the famous tale. I think the actors did well, particularly dealing with Italian and Brooklyn accents/manner-isms. I especially enjoyed Gavin’s performance as his character is both likeable and disturbing at the same time. Although there is certainly comedy throughout the play, there is a dark underbelly to the play which keeps the audience waiting for the next scene. A View from the Bridge is currently playing at Circa Theatre and is well worth going to see.

RESPECT: Actors Alex Greig, Acushla-Tara Sutton and Paul Waggott. PHOTO CREDIT: LAURA KAVANAGH.

A View From The Bridge


By Laura Kavanagh

Two young Wellington divers are on their way to Russia next month to face some serious competition.

Young divers Anton Jenkins and Yu Qian Goh have been qualifi ed and selected for the World Junior Diving Champion-ships in Penza, Russia.

Head coach of Wellington Div-ing Club James Hardaker will be

accompanying the competitors, who will be departing August 31 to London, England for a few days training before heading to Penza.

Before they head to Russia, the athletes will also be competing in the Diving New Zealand Open and Junior Champion-ships in Auckland mid August.

Both 14 years of age, the two athletes have already been making a splash in competitive

diving, having great success at the 2014 Autumn Champion-ships in one metre and three metre spring board.

Yu also won the Women Open three metre springboard event and obtained a qualification score for FINA Grand Prix in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as the Australian Open in Adelaide.

Anton came fi rst in the one metre and fourth in the three

metre at the Australian Junior Elite Championships in 2014.

Head coach James Hardaker says it has been a pleasure training two such motivated and talented divers as Yu and Anton.

He says the competition will be an eye opener for the two divers, and a good experience regardless of where they place.

“The standard for World Jun-ior’s is very high..it will either make you or break you as a

diver,” James says.Anton and Yu are looking

forward to the experience, training seven times a week in preparation.

MAKING A SPLASH: Anton Jenkins and Yu Qian Goh. PHOTO CREDIT: LAURA KAVANAGH

Young divers take the plungeSPLASH: St Catherine’s College pupil Yu Qian Goh has been selected to represent New Zealand in diving at the World Junior Championships in September. PHOTO SUPPLIED

By Dave Crampton

There are not many sports restricted to those 18 and over, but full contact roller derby is one of them. Wellington has a wom-ens league at the Kilbirnie Recreation centre, and last weekend it was Brutal Pag-eant who brutally slammed Venom de Plume’s Comic Slams 285-119. Comic Slams has to win the next game well to get into the fi nal with Smash Malice. Each player has a non de plume – such as Meat Train, Burn Witch Burn!, and Sweaty Pig. Venom de Plume’s Wades-town neighbours know her as Shanann Carr. She has been involved in

the sport for more than three years, and enjoys the physical contact.“It’s just an extra challenge – and I need to keep up the fi tness,” she says.Each 30 minute half of the game – called a bout – is broken into two minute “jams” where four of the fi ve players in each team try to block the other skater in the opposing team - called a “jammer” – from skating around the rink. Points are scored by how many opposing blockers each jammer barges past. Brutal Pageant’s Mandi Carmine, known as Poise n Dart, says the game took a bit of getting used to, particularly the rougher aspects.

“My job is to actually hit other people to the ground,” she says. “I’m not a violent person, I`m not aggressive.”While there is no biting, punching or head-butting, there is constant contact, primarily using the shoul-ders and hips. Richter City Derby league communications spokes-person Amy Cosgrove, a Smash Malice player, says smaller players tend to duck and swerve, whereas solid players can more eas-ily ram their way through opponents.She says the sport attracts growing audiences.“A lot of it is friends and family, but we are starting to attract more.”

Roller Derby not for the faint hearted

TOUGH COMPETITION: Venom De Plume are tough competitors in action. PHOTO CREDIT: DAVE CRAMPTON.

By Dave Crampton

Karor i masters ath lete Grant McLean is looking to be the coun-try’s top male over 45, when he competes in the National Cross Country Championship on August 9.

Grant, 46, who runs for Scottish Harriers was honoured in 2012 as a life member of the club, and says his membership “has really helped me become a better runner”.

He has won 23 senior and masters titles over the past three decades.

But one title has eluded him. “I’ve never won a national cross

country title,” Grant says.Two weeks ago Grant was the

top master at the Wellington cross country champs.

He says he is proud of having won six of the past seven Wellington Masters cross country titles – five in a row – with consistent top three placings for the past 20 years, including some at nationals.

“I have managed to stay at or close to the top for the whole time I have been a master,” he says.

Grant is also a six-time winner of the masters division of the Wel-lington marathon, the most recent in 2013. He has also won the half marathon two years running.

In March he also got a Welling-ton Masters record in the 3000m – breaking a 24-year-old record, clocking 9:14 – coming third over-all, ahead of bemused athletes less than half his age.

“I overheard competitors say ‘we can’t let these masters’ beat us again,” Grant says.

That record came just one week

after finishing as the first master in the Sakai International Marathon in Japan, where Grant was selected to represent Wellington.

Grant says his passion for the sport is what drives him to run 30 races a year, balancing his racing, training and work at Sport NZ with his family.

“I am fortunate to have a sup-portive and understanding partner in my wife, Nita.”

LEADING THE PACK: Athlete Grant McLean will be competing in the Na-tional Cross Country Championships in Christchurch next week. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

McLean still on top

Yu is needing support to raise enough money to get to Penza, if you can help, visit www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/YQroadtoRussia

independent herald 30-07-14

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