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By Robert JohnsonThe Onslow Community Education programme will

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The programme struggled to reach the required enrolment levels this year to make it sustainable and the decision was made to cut the programme and continue offering courses from the Wellington High School and Newlands Campuses.

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By Dave CramptonOhariu MP Peter Dunne has

hailed the announcement that Transmission Gully is to be started next year as the “beginning of the end of 75 years uncertainty for the Wellington region”.

The work is to be started before the general election, creating thou-sands of new construction jobs. It is expected to be open for traffi c by 2020.

Prime Minister John Key con-fi rmed the start of the 27-kilometre road, a key part of the $2.5 billion "northern corridor" from Levin to Wellington airport, to 600 business leaders in Wellington last week.

“The preferred bidder is expected to be announced early next year -- at

this stage the indication is February -- and construction is expected to start in the second half of the year,” Mr Key told the Wellington Em-ployers’ Chamber of Commerce.

“This is fantastic and long-awaited news, and I’m sure it’s welcomed by everyone.”

Mr Dunne says Transmission Gully was fi rst proposed as a high-way route in 1939, although it had been suggested as a rail corridor as early as 1906.

“I am naturally delighted that work will begin next year, and that the highway will be operational by 2020 – it puts an end to all those doubts people kept expressing about whether it would ever be built in their lifetimes,” he says.

“I cannot wait to be present at the turning of the fi rst sod.”

Deputy Mayor and Northern Ward councillor Justin Lester, who was at the meeting of business leaders, says the new jobs created will be good for the local economy, and the road will benefi t outlying regions as far north as Otaki.

“It’s great – let’s get on with it – it̀ ll be good.”

The road will cut transport times by 40 minutes be-tween Levin and Wellington airport.

It is also expected that the number of fatal and serious crashes will reduce from 140 to 100 in the fi ve years after construction is complete.

Green light for Gully

councillor Justin Lester, who was at the meeting of business leaders, says the new jobs created will be good for the local economy, and the road will benefi t outlying

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Adult Community Education co-ordinator Karen Thompson says the course, which started in the 70s, formed a 12 month partnership with Wellington High School this year to help it survive but the changing education landscape was hard to combat.

“There are a lot of free courses offered online now which appeal to many people. We used to get really high numbers for language courses but now libraries and other outlets offer them for free in some cases.”

Ms Thompson has been involved with the programme for three years and has seen fi rst-hand the benefi ts to those who attended the courses.

“Seeing the pleasure people get out of learning something new is fan-tastic. They gain confi dence around other people and form lovely bonds and friendships in the process.”

Marilyn Gibson has been the pro-gramme administrator for 26 years and recalls some of the early days of the programme.

End of an Era

“We used to get a bunch of people who would come along with cash in hand. If there was enough interest we would run a course,” she laughs. “It’s quite different now. No money in advance means no course.”

Ms Thompson says the closure of the programme is a bit sad but the writing was on the wall for a while.

“We could see it was going to happen. I just feel sorry for some of the tutors who have been involved with us for 15-20 years.”

Despite the end of an era, Ms Thompson would like to say thank you to all those

who enrolled in courses and supported the programme over the years.

“Without them we couldn’t have continued this long. The community support was absolutely fantastic.”

The last courses will fi nish on December 14, however many will continue to be run from the Wellington High School campus in Mount Cook.Information about the Adult Community Education Courses can be found at www.cecwellington.ac.nz

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By Robert JohnsonA bunch of curious animals

in Woodridge have locals wor-ried that it is only a matter of time before their welfare is compromised.

Sheep, cows and the occa-sional deer have been escaping from farmland on Woodridge Drive frequently since March, journeying down the hill to graze and getting perilously close to the main road and roundabout.

Local resident Catherine Bindon says she has herded the animals back towards their paddock a few times but she has real concerns about the safety of the animals if nobody is there to keep them away from the road.

“It’s been going on for a while now and nothing has been done about it. I’m not angry about it, I’m just worried about the animals welfare. It’s a miracle that there have been no ac-

cidents so far.”Mrs Bindon has made ap-

proximately six calls to animal control about the escaping animals and has received dif-ferent reports each time.

“The fi rst time I was told the fences were broken and the farmer was installing electric fences, which never happened. The second time, apparently people were walking onto the land and leaving the farm gates open.”

The reason given to Mrs Bindon on Sunday was that people on trial bikes were cut-ting the fence to use the land for recreational use.

“If that is the case, hopefully they will see what’s happening and stop doing it. I don’t know whose responsibility it is to maintain the fences, I just want to see the animals securely in the paddock.”

She says animal control in-dicated if the escaped animals

Animals running amok in Woodridge

By Robert JohnsonAround 40 concerned Aro

Valley residents braved the rain to attend a meeting between the community and NZTA to discuss traffi c ‘improvements’ on Karo Drive and Willis Street last Thursday night.

The meeting, organised by the Aro Valley Community Council and held in the community hall, was primarily to have a discus-sion about how the changes would affect the community—something that many feel has been lacking since works began in early October.

Downer project manager Duncan Kenderdine admitted the communication with the

community was not as good as it could have been.

“I’ll fall on my sword uncer-emoniously and apologise for the lack of communication. The responsibility for this falls mainly on me.”

The modifications include widening Karo Drive by 1.8 me-tres at the crossing by the Willis Street intersection, allowing for another lane to be implemented.

The most hotly debated change however, was the 2.5 metre wid-ening of Willis Street by Palmer Street, increasing the number of lanes from three to four.

Residents voiced concerns about exiting Palmer Street and travelling north, which under

the new layout would have them crossing three lanes of traffi c to turn at the Vivian Street intersection.

One concern that was unani-mous among the crowd was pedestrian safety, with most feeling that the increase in lanes would only encourage traffi c to speed up and force longer wait times for pedestrians.

Richard Galloway, a senior traffic planner for Memorial Park Alliance, says cross hatch-ing by Palmer Street could be an option to encourage traffi c to leave gaps, allowing an easier merge into a turning lane.

He also replied to pedestrian concerns saying that traffi c light

phases to hold traffic would hopefully cut down pedestrian waiting times and a possible trial of red-light cameras when they become available could control the speed of traffic heading towards the Terrace Tunnel.

Aro Valley Community Coun-cil co-chair Roland Saxford says the community just wants to see some considerations in thinking about how these changes will affect pedestrians in the same way they considered the effect on traffi c fl ow.

Phase two of the traffi c im-provements will begin this month and be completed by Christmas.

Heated debate over roading changes

posed a risk to the community, they could be shot—a con-sequence Mrs Bindon would hate to see and thinks is easily avoidable.

A Wellington City Council spokesperson told the Inde-pendent Herald the farmer was contacted on Sunday and herded the animals back into

the paddock within half an hour but the question of fence maintenance was a tough one as it becomes a private issue for the land owner.

The also indicated that it is very seldom that animals are shot and would only occur if the animal posed a life-threatening situation in the community.

A curious cow takes a stroll down the road on Woodridge Drive, closely followed by a companion from the same paddock.

Wellington Sky Show

Wellington’s Sky Show is set to illumi-nate the sky over Wellington Harbour with a 12-minute fireworks display this Saturday November 9. Using the iconic fl oating crane Hikitia to create a breathing-taking exhibition, the fi reworks show is set to a soundtrack by local and internationally-renowned drumming and percussion group Strike. To listen to the synchronised soundtrack, tune into Classic Hits (90.1 FM) and ZM (90.9FM). We suggest you catch the bus or train - or walk into town - to avoid gridlocked traffi c. In the case of bad weather, postponement details will be posted on the Wellington City Council website, www.wellington.govt.nz

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ogy which allows people to communicate via sign lan-guage in low-light situations was just one of many ingen-ious inventions on show last Thursday.

Students from Victoria Uni-versity’s wearable technology course demonstrated a range of creations spanning from electronic textiles to intelligent jewellery at a ‘catwalk’ type evening held at the Vivian Street campus.

Third-year student Hannah Faesenkloet came up with her invention, TacitLanguage, af-ter living with an RA (resident advisor) who used to sign to students at the hostel.

“I started thinking about different situations that would

pose a challenge for signers. I thought why not create some-thing useful and out there that hasn’t been done.”

After a lot of research, Han-nah designed a glove which is fi tted with an accelerometer sensor and LEDs, illuminat-ing the user’s hands and face when communicating via sign language.

The invention took just over a month to complete from concept to final design and Hannah says she is quite happy with the fi nished product.

“I’m really happy with how it turned out. It’s always good to see it actually works,” she laughs. “It’s a little bit better than I expected.”

Hannah is already thinking about the next step in develop-ing the design, with a view to

making it available to those who would benefi t from it in everyday life.

“Next I would need to talk with more people who sign and get their input. From there I would probably have to go back to square one and rede-velop it so it can be worn in everyday situations.”

Despite taking up an intern-ship next year, Hannah says she would love to continue working on the project in her spare time.

“It was really interesting to get into the mindset of a person living with a disability and what they go through. It would be great if more people start doing disability design and can really make a difference.”

Illuminating the signs

By Robert JohnsonIt is a case of déjà vu for a

Churton Park resident, who has had her letterbox stolen for the second time in three months.

The letterbox, a present made for them by an international student, was taken last Sunday night from their Chorley Grove address and has left the family wondering if they are being targeted.

“I don’t like to think so. We’ve lived in this house for the last 10 years and have lived a peaceful life without any hassle what-

soever.”The letterbox was fi rst stolen

on Friday August 30, when the entire letterbox and post were ripped up, leaving just a hole in the ground.

The family says they do not know how to react to this repeat offence.

“I’m not sure whether to treat it as Kiwi humour and take it on the stride or take it seriously. Tolerating this sort of behaviour is promoting bad behaviour.”

The police have been alerted but the family says there has

not been any action due to lack of evidence and the fact that the letterbox has no signifi cant value.

“I’ve been tempted to put it on Facebook as something funny but people might wonder what sort of a city Wellington is where even your letterbox is at risk.”

The family hopes to have the letterbox returned like last time, when it was dumped at Churton Park School after a picture was run in the Independent Herald.

Mailbox mayhem

A close-up of TacitLanguage, which has LEDs and an accelerometer built in to light up when it detects movement.

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A picture of the stolen letterbox

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By Dave CramptonBuses replaced trains on the

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Maintenance included ballast and sleeper replacement.

However, Tranz Metro was not satisfi ed with the alignment of a 600 metre section of track between Awarua Street and Ngaio Station.

As a result, no train services were running on the Johnsonville line last Tuesday and there was a 10kph speed restriction at the worksite between the two stations until Friday.

Mike O’Connor, from Broad-meadows, received text updates from Tranz Metro, but could not rely on public transport to get to work on time on Tuesday.

“I had to get my wife to take me in. It’s not good enough, there should be some recourse.”

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KiwiRail announced on Oc-tober 29th that it aimed to have services running by the following morning.

Metlink’s website had further information that day saying buses would replace some evening services on the Johnsonville line for two further days.

Tranz Metro, part of KiwiRail, and operator of Metlink, re-peatedly clarified all services were “bus-replaced” until further notice. That notice was given via

text message to subscribers on Wednesday morning, but did not reveal the extent of any delay.

TranzMetro spokesperson So-phie Lee said she had no idea how long commuters would be delayed.

“It shouldn’t been too much at all – about 10 minutes. We don’t know,” she said.

On Wednesday Ms Lee was also unclear if evening trains would be running by the weekend.

“I would imagine so.” Commuter Mike Lynch, who

lives in Ngaio, said the standard of communication from Tranz Metro was unsatisfactory, and he was unsure if catching the train would get him to work on time.

“Things aren’t clear at all. I’d just like to see the trains run as they should.”

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Tawa Schools and Community Music Festival organiser Shona Murray who has been nominated for a Wellingtonian of the Year award.

By Dave CramptonThe organiser of the Tawa

schools and community mu-sic festival has again been nominated for the “Wellys” after more than 30 years involvement in music in the community.

Shona Murray was named as one of three fi nalists in the education sector of the Wellingtonian of the Year awards, along with fellow Tawa resident and former pupil Liz Langham, an early childhood educator.

She says she has no idea who nominated her this time, nor last time 15 years ago. “I`m thankful for being nominated, that’s all I can ask for.”

Mrs Murray taught at Tawa College for 34 years, 22 of them as head of music. She set up the school’s Dawn Chorus choir in 1979 and

went on to direct the Tawa schools and community festi-val - now called ‘Tawa Goes to Town’ - for more than 20 years.

Since 1990, the festival has run biannually at the Michael Fowler Centre and now involves 900 singers and musicians.

A highlight of her involve-ment in the festival has been the increasing number of boys who choose to be in-volved, and the wide range of ages, from children to seniors.

“I have seen three gen-erations singing together – grandparents singing with grandchildren – that’s a thrill. Last year I was in the audience for the fi rst time,” she says.

As a teenager, Mrs Murray was not heading for a music career.

“I was always going to be a missionary nurse but I real-ised that I couldn’t do music and be a nurse,” she says.

Mrs Murray was born in China and has lived in Tawa since 1957. Three weeks ago, she returned from her home town in Yichun, about six hours from Shanghai, where she spent two weeks with her husband Bruce, a former NZ cricketer and former Tawa College principal.

“When I was there it was a village – now it’s a city of fi ve million,“ she says.

While an accomplished pianist and director, Mrs Murray has not yet learned to play the drums, but would like to do so before she turns 80. She is still involved in music as a pianist and organ-ist at her local church.

The Wellys will be held on 13 November at Te Papa.

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By Robert JohnsonIt seems longevity seems to be the theme

in the northern suburbs, as one resident gears up to celebrate a milestone in just under a week.

Churton Park resident Ivy Fernando will turn 100 on November 9, following in the footsteps of Newlands resident Evelyn Hutchins, who celebrated reaching triple digits a fortnight ago.

Originally from Sri Lanka, Ivy came to New Zealand in 1971 with her husband Punnya who worked as a doctor and found a job here.

Enjoying life is the secret according to Ivy, who admits she is always up for a bit of fun.

“If something exciting is happening, I am always there. I never want to miss out on the action,” she laughs. “I think it is good luck to have lived this long, but I’m always happy so maybe that has something to do with it.”

Her family explains she is quite creative and has a number of strings to her bow.

“During her time in New Zealand, Ivy has been the President of the Pan Pacifi c and South East Asia women’s associa-tion where women from different ethnic backgrounds get together. She was also a porcelain painter and a great cook. We have enjoyed her cooking over the years,” says family friend Chandi Settinayake.

Living next door to Ivy and Punnya has its advantages, Chandi says.

“Ivy gives the greatest advice when you need it and some of it I have passed onto my own daughter. We make a point to visit them both each week for a chat and

a cup of tea.”Ivy says the biggest highlight is being

married 60 years this year to her husband.Punnya agrees with Ivy and says during

those 60 years, they have been inseparable.“Everything has been a highlight. Al-

though they seem to fade into the back-ground at 87 years-of-age,” he laughs.

Ivy’s family, including two sons who live in New Zealand, have organised a celebration to mark the occasion, which will be attended by family travelling from overseas.

Ivy says the celebration is “a bit of a surprise” but will be nice to see her family at the occasion.

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Churton Park resident Ivy Fernando ahead of her 100th birthday.


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ville is having its annual fair on Sunday, but the school’s students are not sitting around waiting for it all to happen.

A couple of months ago, one class polled the school asking for suggestions as to how to contribute to make the fair a success.

As a result, classes potted their own plants, and made posters and lolly necklaces – and had a few days out of school uniform.

“Mufti days are a big deal at our school,” Principal Kay Tester says.

Mrs Tester says as in previous years, many of the pre-fair activities are undertaken within group work as part of day-to-day

learning. “That’s what we have tried to

do – It’s good for economics, and it builds up their excitement (for the fair).”

Some students already have plans for their creations.

“We’re gonna buy them back,” Room 8 student Samantha Cour-tier, 9, says.

Fair co-ordinator Carol Winter

says the fair will also have an ethnic food stall, a dragster car on display, as well as the regulars such as a raffl e “spin the wheel”, a silent auction and a bouncy castle. Plates will also be available to both smash and decorate with paint.

After many weeks tending to pot plants, guessing the number of lollies in a lolly jar and

creating for the fair, St Brigids’ children are looking forward to a fi ne day with food and friends on Sunday.

“I’m just gonna have hot dogs and walk around with my friends doing cool stuff,” Jack O`Connor, 9, says.

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By Robert JohnsonA Churton Park resident is

bringing a unique Israeli self-defense system to Wellington for the fi rst time.

Andre Maritz, who was recently appointed as the regional manager for New Zealand International Krav Maga Federation (IKMF), is running seminars from this month to introduce people to the self-defense system.

Krav Maga, which means hand-to-hand combat, was created for the Israeli army as a quick, easy-to-learn system where soldiers could defend themselves without weapons.

Maritz has 32 years’ experi-ence in martial arts having studied karate, Muai Thai kickboxing and traditional boxing to name a few, and feels Krav Maga could be useful for many.

“It can serve many purposes in regards to self-defense and also teaches individuals to be aware of their surroundings. Knowing how to protect your-self is very useful especially in situations where someone might be picked on or bullied for example.”

Maritz has been living in New Zealand for seven years since moving here from South Africa, and has organised the seminars along with Kurt Coplan, the director for IKMF in Australia and New Zealand.

He is excited to share the sys-tem with Wellington residents, adding that it is the fi rst time traditional IKMF straight from Israel has been offered to New Zealanders.

“I feel really good about it an honoured to be part of it. Get-ting the opportunity to bring it here makes me really feel like

I have achieved something.”Maritz says the seminars will

cover awareness, how to deal with chokes and different attacks before moving on to disarming scenarios.

“The great thing is you don’t need to be a sportsman to get involved. It’s easy to learn and learning the little positive re-actions and knowl-edge associated with Krav Maga can save a person’s life.”

The fi rst seminar will be held at Raroa Intermediate on Saturday November 30 from 2pm-5pm with another being held at Les Mills on Taranaki Street in the city.

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By Dave CramptonAfter just two years of operating,

Kiwi Community Assistance has won its third award in 13 months, and is up for another.

It recently took out the Health and Wellbeing category in the 2013 Wellington Airport Regional Com-munity Awards, held in association with the Wellington Community Trust on October 30.

Regional award winners attended the award ceremony at Wellington Airport, where the top regional cat-egory award and Supreme Award winners were announced.

Supreme Award winners were Ignite Sport Trust – a youth devel-opment organisation that uses sport and recreation to engage, connect and change lives.

Kiwi Community Assistance (KCA) co-ordinator Tracy Wel-lington says she had no idea she was up for a category award, after win-ning both the Porirua category and supreme awards back in August.

“I didn’t realise until we looked at the programme that there was another part to the competition.

We thought we were going for the supreme award fi nal. We realised we were also going for a regional community award as well.”

In fact, when Mrs Wellington at-tended the Porirua award ceremony in August, she wasn’t aware KCA was a fi nalist, let alone picked as a supreme winner.

“They forgot to tell us,” Mrs Wel-lington says.

KCA’s mission is ‘Kiwis working together to reduce poverty in our communities’. It is run entirely by volunteers who coordinate the col-lection and distribution of house-hold goods, clothing and food donations.

Since late 2011 they have dis-tributed around 6000 packages to 15,000 residents.

This year marks the tenth an-niversary of the awards.

To celebrate this milestone, Wel-lington Airport gave Community Award Supreme winners from the past decade the chance to win a share of $10,000, with the very fi rst winner of the Supreme Awards, Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ,

Hattrick for Kiwi Community Assistance

Kiwi Community Assistance co-founders Phil Davies and Tracy Wellington show off their certifi cate with KCA advisor Keith Kenderdine.

A Motueka-based real estate agent passed through Johnson-ville last Wednesday as part of a 900 kilometre trek to the Na-tional Burn Centre at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital.

Doreen Rudolph attended First National’s national conference where she was moved by a story from Eric Molving, who was trapped in a burning vehicle during a speedway race in 2008 and defi ed the odds to survive—despite suffering severe burns to his whole body.

Rudolph, who hails from Ger-many, connected with Molv-ing’s story and challenged First

National agencies around the country to help her raise funds.

“When I heard Eric speak I knew I had to contribute, so here I am,” Rudolph says. “As some-one who has been welcomed to this wonderful country, I just want to give something back and if it can help spread our burn treatment knowledge that’s great.”

The money raised will go to helping support First National’s commitment to the National Burn Education Fund and schol-arships to allow staff outside main centres receive training in initial burn care management.

National Burn Centre clinical leader Richard Wong acknowl-edges the effort.

“Like a burn patient, her ride is a massive and prolonged physical effort. Success requires support throughout and I hope that people across the country will support her,” he says.

Rudolph is scheduled to reach Midddlemore Hospital tomor-row, capping off her 900 kilome-tre trek and 10 days of grueling effort.

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Biking for burns

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By Dave CramptonIt was a cold, dark, wet night

for trick or treating last Thursday night, but inside the Tawa New Life Church it was light, bright, warm and full of kids getting their annual Halloween sugar rush.

But it didn’t cost them or their parents a thing.

About 300 kids piled into the venue and spent two hours drinking juice and eating hot dogs, popcorn, junk food, and lollies at a ‘light’ party put on by the New Life Church, with sup-port from other local churches.

Many, some who had attended light parties in previous years, got their face painted, and others took part in a talent competition.

Karen Janssen and her daughter Savarnah, 4, from Johnsonville, got into the anti-Halloween spirit, with Mrs Janssen sporting fairy wings and her daughter displaying face paint.

The fi rst-timers found out about the annual event by googling ‘alternative Halloween Christian party’.

“We just wanted to get away from the whole Halloween trick

or treating thing,” Mrs Janssen says. “This is so much better”.

Nigel Mander, aka Puzzle the Clown, spent half the evening pumping up balloons to give away to eager kids, and the 50 or so parents appeared to enjoy themselves too.

Jason Plimmer has taken his kids to light parties on Hal-loween night for many years, and says it’s much better than running around in the dark knocking on strangers’ doors.

“The kids have fun, it’s all in the one place and you always run into someone you know, from church or sports groups,” he says.

Coordinator Michele McDon-ald says the light party – now in its 12th year - would not be possible on such a large scale without the support of the Wel-lington City Council, Rotary, Lions, Ballentynes, and the local ratepayers association, who fully funded the event.

“There was a good mixture of cultures and performances – a bit wild at times – but it went really well,” she said.

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By Dave CramptonAn increasing number of local

residents – from pre-schoolers, parents to pensioners – wanting to both enjoy and survive in the water are taking swimming lessons with the award winning Northern Suburbs’ EasySwim Swim School.

The school does what its name suggests – it aims to make it easy for people to learn how to swim.

It currently teaches up to 1500 people living from Porirua to Karori, who swim in the 400 classes offered each week, including school groups.

It took on extra staff after increasing its membership by 500 since 2011. Most of the 55 staff members are part time.

Manager Todd Morton, him-self a former top swimmer with New Zealand and Wellington swimming records, established the school in 2006.

It has grown exponentially, primarily through word of

mouth, to be judged by Swim-ming New Zealand as the qual-ity swim school of the year last year.

“It started out as a bit of a challenge - it just kept on going. It’s not that hard to sell,” says Mr Morton.

Lessons are primarily taught at Tawa School and the Khan-dallah pool. Many who have learned how to swim go on to extend their swimming at longer distances.

“We set a goal of 400 metres and then we start encouraging them to go to a swimming club,” says Mr Morton.

As well as running the swim school, Mr Morton volunteers as a coach with swimming clubs in Tawa and Porirua – and is branching out further.

“We`ve worked on building really strong relationships with local clubs. We are in the process of kicking things off in Karori,” says Mr Morton.

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swimming clubs if they have a familiar face – if one of our coaches is there.”

EasySwim Swim School even built a marquee at Ngaio School, and contributed $20,000 to fi t out the pool in 2001.

It now uses the school’s pool free of charge when providing

lessons for up to 100 of the schools pupils.

Churton Park resident Kim Keegan has had three boys through the EasySwim Swim School. One has since gone on to compete at a national level. She says the school is well run with excellent teachers.

“Children are introduced to the four strokes [backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke and but-terf ly] in a timely manner, and the transition to the local swimming clubs is aided by EasySwim also.”

By Robert JohnsonA decade of brewing and a few “drain

pours” has seen Paparangi resident Brayden Rawlinson launch his fi rst com-mercial beer.

His award-winning drop, Moon Blink, took out the recent Black Battle IPA (Indian Pale Ale) amateur competition and with that, the opportunity to brew 1000 litres of it with Lester the Legend at Wellington bar, The Fork and Brewer.

Moon Blink was launched to the public at a function at the bar last Thursday night and is available on tap at the Fork and Brewer and soon at the Malthouse.

His business, named NineBarnyardOwls, has caused a bit of confusion among the masses.

“I get a lot of people asking me who the other eight people are but it’s just me,” he laughs. “It’s quite simple, you rearrange the letters Brayden Rawlinson and you get the name NineBarnyardOwls.”

Brayden picked up brewing after study-ing chemistry briefl y in sixth form and says sharing it is the best part.

“I’ve made some real drain pours in my time but when you produce gold it goes down well with your mates.”

He started in wine making originally, but the time taken to get grape to glass left a sour taste in his mouth.

“Grain to glass is much quicker. In wine making, a lot of the infl uence on the end product is dictated by where the grapes are grown. In brewing, the brewer is the infl uence.”

Despite his recent success, Brayden says he has no aspirations to get as big as the likes of Moa, focusing instead on keeping it unique.

“I want to specialise in French and Belgian styles, styles that are traditionally bottle-conditioned and brought singularly instead of in a four or six pack.

“Real handcrafted beer.”

Award-winning brew hops onto market

Wellington brewer Brayden Rawlinson, who has just released his fi rst commercial beer.

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By Robert JohnsonA new police squad providing a 24/7

response to serious crime in the Wel-lington region started this week.

The District Crime Squad, operating out of Johnsonville, includes a team of 26 CIB (criminal investigation branch) staff from the Wellington, Hutt Valley and Kapiti regions has been tasked with initial action and responding to serious crime.

Detective Senior Sergeant Warwick McKee says the decision to base the squad in Johnsonville provides a num-ber of positives to both the northern suburbs and the police themselves.

“The benefi t to the northern suburbs will be the increased presence in the area and for us, being a district resource, Johnsonville is quite central to the areas we will be enforcing.”

Mr McKee explains the main strategy

within the police at the moment is prevention and the squad will be putting initiatives in place to help prevent crime before it happens.

“We can do it in a number of ways. Educating youth and students about keeping safe is important. We can also identify high-demand locations and allocate more resources to those areas to prevent crime.”

The idea for a District Crime Squad was originally formulated in Coun-ties Manakau and has been running effectively up there, leading to the successful model being implemented in the Wellington region.

Mr McKee believes the squad will make a difference.

“Absolutely, having 24/7 coverage to attend serious crime and get there early will be benefi cial to the whole district.”

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Sixteen Paparangi Scouts and Scout leaders tested their out-door resilience when they joined members of Nga Hau e Wha o Papararangi to plant a waterway in Waihinahina Park (in memory of Dennis Duggan) in Newlands.

Despite sinking up to their knees in the swamp, those at last Sunday’s planting managed to plant 230 Carex secta plants, a 1.5 metre high native grass that will improve the quality of the water and help it to sustain native species.

The plants were supplied by

the Jay St Community Nursery.Nga Hau e Wha o Papararangi

is recognised by the Wellington City Council as Kaitiaki (guard-ian) for the Park and Chair, Bill Rawiri, was delighted with the Cubs, Scouts and Venturers who took part.

“The stream is smothered in sediment, and we want to see it teeming with life. This is a great start to its restoration.”

This is the seventh year on the trot that the Paparangi Scouts have planted in their local com-munity, with the total number

of trees planted now sitting at 1,500.

Cub-Scout leader Julie Casidy, who has attended every one of the seven plantings, and her daughter Jasmine, both ended up covered from head to foot in mud.

Julie said it was the most chal-lenging of the plantings they had carried out. “We will be following the transformation over the next couple of years, as the plants mature, some of our previous plantings are now over 4 metres in height.”

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By Dave CramptonLocal Plunket groups are providing

needy families with free car seats after new rule changes came into force requiring children aged up to seven to use approved child restraints.

The rules came into force on Friday, after Cabinet agreed in 2012 to ensure that parents and caregivers have appro-priate child restraints, such as booster or car seats.

Due to the rule changes, Contact Energy decided to contributed $25,000 to the service, enabling 300 car seats to be given away to needy families.

Plunket’s Wellington service manager Sue Trueman says 25 car seats will now be given away in her region to those unable to afford or hire the seats.

“We’ve been able to help a lot of families. I gave two car seas away on Friday in Johnsonville. The new rules make children lot safer.”

Associate Transport Minister Michael

Woodhouse says children are among the most vulnerable passengers on our roads, especially when they are not properly restrained.

"Seatbelts are simply not designed for small bodies and these changes will help reduce injuries and save young lives.”

Police have been working with Plunket in the lead up to the law change to edu-cate drivers and occupants of vehicles about the upcoming changes.

Sue Campbell, Plunket's National Child Safety Advisor, says car crashes are one of the biggest dangers to New Zealand children.

"We have one of the highest child road fatality rates in the OECD. Around fi ve children are killed or injured every week on this country’s roads. Unfor-tunately for some families, even a very low rental fee is beyond what they can afford. We believe that every child de-serves protection," Ms Campbell says.

Plunket give helping hand

Eric Vaclavek (blue shirt) and Simon Mur-ray-Brown (blue cap), planting Carex secta at Waihinahina Park in Newlands.

Dear Ed,As a resident of Churton Park, I am writing this

letter in the hopes that someone could give me a reasonable explanation as to why we don't have rubbish bins at our bus stops.

In the lesser affl uent areas of Wellington City, you will fi nd rubbish bins at the places you would expect to fi nd them, parks, bus stops, shops etc.

At times multiple bins all within short reach of

one another. Don't get me wrong, this is how it is meant to be, keeping our suburbs and city clean.

Going from the New World up Amesbury drive, you will pass three bus stops, non of which have a rubbish bin, or one remotely close by.

We certainly pay our fair share in rates and taxes. I don't think it's too much to ask from our council.

S Jansen, Churton Park

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Johnsonville Neighbourhood Watch

Eye on Crimewith

Offences against vehicles made up most of the incidents during the past week with seven reported.

In Johnsonville the owner of a car left on the street overnight in Hindmarsh Street wondered why it would not start next morning.

A check under the bonnet, which had been forced open, showed that the battery had been stolen.

A car in Cunliffe Street had a rear quarter light window smashed which allowed a hand to reach through and open a door.

This netted the offender a couple of pairs of warn gloves and some light refreshment by way of a bottle of water and some biscuits which were partaken while on the job.

All vehicles parked on the street, especially overnight, are vulnerable to damage and theft.

Keeping them locked with no valuables in sight is only a fi rst line of defence.

A reliable alarm, when set, is a useful added safety measure. With the better weather approaching the car thieves are out

and about so it’s a good time right now to consider taking extra precautions.

If it is at all possible get your vehicle off the street or the driveway and into the safety of a garage, behind locked doors.

A burglary took place in Nicholson Road while the owners were working in the garden. Incredible?

Not really, it happens every year. A nice warm day gardening with the front door left open is

an invitation for an opportunistic thief. In this case, the thief went into the house and took jewellery

items from a box. Just a few minutes work resulted in a profi t for the thief and

heartbreak for the lady who lost her jewellery.Another burglary, with dangerous potential, took place in

Fraser Avenue. A garage was entered and the intruder turned on the tap of an

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19Wednesday November 6 2013SPORT

By Robert JohnsonA Karori school student has

blown the whistle on a football career—trading in her football boots for a whistle and cards.

Samuel Marsden Collegiate year 13 student Morgan Archer has only been refereeing football seriously this year but was recently named the most promising youth federation referee in the Greater Wellington region by Capital Football.

“I was pleasantly surprised,” she says. “I didn’t think I had been in the game long enough to get something like this. It’s a really supportive environment.”

Archer, the vice-captain of her school side and a central defender, says she decided to give refereeing a go for a different insight on the game.

“I was always the player who would give the ref an earful. I thought I would give it [refereeing] a go and see if there was grounds

to yell at them after that,” she laughs.

The 17-year-old credits Leigh Perry, the school sports coordi-nator and ex-FIFA referee, for getting her into it and organising her fi rst couple of games as well as watching her and providing feedback.

After reffing junior premier league at the beginning of the sea-son, Archer was quickly scooped up by Capital Football and invited to fortnightly meetings and train-ings for referees in the area.

Shortly after this, Archer was controlling frequent women’s matches, including women’s Cen-tral League games in the Kelly Cup.

She says the hardest part is being younger than many of the players on the park.

“When you have to tell off someone older than you it’s a bit weird. Especially when they’re old enough to be your mum.”

Young whistleblower wins award

By Robert JohnsonAn abundance of local talent

was recognised at the College Sport Wellington 2013 Sport-sperson of the Year Awards on Sunday, with a number of bright stars scooping top honours.

The environment was a little different this year, with a change in venue from the Ballroom at the Amora Hotel—which has been closed since the earthquake in July—to Porirua’s Te Rauparaha Arena.

College Sport Wellington Ex-ecutive Director John Hornal says the venue and quality of athletes was amazing.

“There were a number of ad-vantages, we were able to fi t an additional 100 people so we had 600 people attending on Sunday. It was a fantastic venue and we are looking to confi rm a booking for next year.”

“The quality of young people was great, it never ceases to amaze me. I was taken by how well-travelled some of them are. Many have been all around the world with their respective sports.”

A number of local sportspeople were recognised for their con-tributions, such as Wellington Girls’ College underwater hockey

coach Jess Freeland, who shared the Coach of a Year award with Wellington College pair Lincoln Rawles and Greg Sharland.

Newlands College student Kur-tis Imrie took out an individual code award for Canoe Racer of the Year following some impres-sive results.

“It was amazing. I was sur-prised to actually get an award on the night. I was just happy to be there,” he says. “Getting recognised specifically for my sport was quite a cool experience especially when it’s not that well-known.”

Local athletes also had a clean-sweep in the swimmer of the year category with Tawa College and Porirua City Aquatics club member Ben Walsh taking the boy’s title and Samuel Marsden Collegiate’s Maggie Burns taking out the female category.

Taking out the Premier College Sportspersons of the Year awards were Hutt International Boys’ School student Timothy Robert-son, who excelled in orienteering, and Julianne Alvarez from Sacred Heart College, whose golfing achievements this year include winning the New Zealand Ama-teur Championship.

The way to get around that is simple according to Archer.

“You just make the call and stick to it. I’m not shy about using my cards if I have to.”

Her goal is to reach FIFA level, and ultimately control matches in events such as the

under-17 World Cup.Archer is moving to Auck-

land next year to study and says the increased frequency of games up there will provide her with more match experi-ence to reach the next level.

“It’s quite funny. I used to

dream of being a top-level player and now I dream of being a top referee. I have so much more respect for the work refs do in the game and think we need to bring that respect back into the game.”

• All-rounder of the Year & People’s Choice Award- Thamsyn Newton (Wellington Girls’ College)• Volunteers of the Year- Deidre Burke & Terry McCarthy (Onslow College)• Service to School Sport Award & Handball Player of the Year- Isabella Anastasiou (Wellington Girls’ College)• Athlete of the Year- Emma Fulbrook (Samuel Marden Collegiate)• Badminton Player of the Year- Alyse Derby (Tawa College)• Cricket Player of the Year- Thamsyn Newton (Wellington Girls’ College)• Cyclist of the Year- Ione Johnson (Wellington Girls’ College)

• Orienteerer of the Year- Lara Molloy (Wellington Girls’ College)• Rowers of the Year- Hayden Robertson (Onslow College) & Anika Terry (Wellington Girls’ College)• Shooter of the Year- Jessica Fair (Samuel Marsden Collegiate) • Squash Player of the Year- Ellen Verry (Wellington Girls’ College)• Tennis Player of the Year- Bridget Liddell (Queen Margaret College)• Underwater Hockey Player of the Year- Gabi Steer (Wellington Girls’ College)• Water Polo Player of the Year- Ella Brown (Queen Margaret College)

Budding sportspeople scoop awards

Local award winners

Samuel Marsden Collegiate student Morgan Archer, with her trophies for most promising federation youth referee and top school offi cial.

Newlands College student Kurtis Imrie (white canoe) takes the lead during a K1 canoe sprint race.

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