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Johnsonville School got their giving hands out last week when students organised a Coin Trail to help those in need in Vanuatu.

Hearing the aftermath of Cyclone Pam, the Whanau Leaders at the school decided to raise money for World Vision’s Vanuatu aid efforts, and arranged for each student to bring some gold coins.

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COIN TRAIL: Jemma Ellingham, Anirugh Sangar, and Anuah Son (10) place coins on the school drawing to raise money for Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam hit. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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Continued from page 1School leader Jemma El-

lingham and year six student Anuah Son chalked a pink heart with the word ‘Va-nuatu’ on the school grounds, and had each class lay their coins along the chalk lines.

Ten-year-old Anuah says the fundraiser was a good way to help communities in Vanuatu.

“We’re doing it to give money to people who have suffered a lot. We go to school with clothes and food and they don’t,” she says.

Jemma says the idea was a simple way of raising funds, with about 300 children tak-ing part and an aim to have the whole drawing lined with coins.

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By Dan Whit� eld

Reading 10-year-old Arushi Bhatnagar’s poem about her dad will bring a tear to your eye. But, it celebrates the man he was and will always be to the young Churton Park resident.

Arushi’s dad passed away about 18 months ago and to remember him, she writes.

She entered her poem, titled The Final Goodbye, in to the International Junior Authors Poetry Contest and was the only one selected from New Zealand. She placed eighth in the category for nine to 11-year-olds.

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still yet to be delivered how-ever, her mum, Divya was very proud of the achievement.

“There were so many entries in the competition but it was amazing to see Arushi’s name among the fi nalists…I was very excited,” Divya says.

This was the fi rst time Arushi has entered a writing competi-tion but she plans to do it again.

Arushi enjoys her English classes at Churton Park School and also likes writing her own plays which she performs to her classmates.

“I want to be an engineer but I want to continue to write poetry,” Arushi says.

Arushi says she likes to write

about nature but will write whatever comes to her head.

WINNER IN HER OWN RIGHT: Arushi Bhatnagar with her certi� -cate. PHOTO: Dan Whit� eld

students to care for other people.

“Raising money is just one

way of doing so,” he says. “We’re lucky to live in Wel-lington, New Zealand. This

fundraiser links to school values such as inclusion and empathy.”

COIN TRAIL: Jemma Ellingham, Anirugh Sangar, and Anuah Son (10) place coins on the school drawing to raise money for Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam hit. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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The Final Goodbyeby Arushi BhatnagarI miss you daddy please come

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I miss your jokes, I miss your house, those walks on the beach, and eating French fries.

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Daddy you made everyone cry, I miss you ever since you died, I wish you could come back, and give me a hug again.

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While owners of Newland’s Wel-lington Spice are not happy about an ongoing infl ux of young teenag-ers creating disruption in the area and say enough is enough, police and schools believe the issue is being dealt with.

Wellington Spice business owners Sharon Gill and Klaas Verwey say a group of around twenty young people congregate around the store’s outdoor access way in the mornings before school, during lunchtimes, and in the afternoons.

Sharon says the group smoke, consume liquor, use explicit lan-guage, and ride their scooters up and down the pathways at extreme speeds – on weekends as well as the during the week.

Sharon says she is concerned that the group is school aged, and says when she stands up and tells them to leave, they are verbally abusive.

“They continually hit balls against the windows. Sometimes they swing their scooters above their heads,” says Sharon and Klass.

“It’s not a play area and it’s not an area for them to stand up and be abusive to shop owners,” Sharon says. “We don’t ask a lot, we just want them gone.”

Klaas says he wonders what their parents would think of the behaviour.

“They’re in front of the shops so people get scared to come in,” says

UNHAPPY OWNERS: Wellington Spice owners Sharon Gill and Klaas Verway say youth are being disrup-tive in the area – meanwhile schools and police say the situation is being resolved. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

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Sharon.Although Sharon says they

are not the only business in the area having problems with the disruption, Constable Stu Rowe at the Johnsonville Policing Station says the police are aware of the activity.

“We’re working with the local community to resolve the situ-ation.”

This includes a partnership with Newlands College, of which deputy principal Deb Mills says the school frequently has a pres-

ence in the shopping area to make sure nothing is out of sorts.

Deb says the group is a very small minority of youth in the community, and that the upgrade of the Newlands Shopping Centre means it is now an attractive place for people to congregate.

“Before school, after school, and during school, senior manage-ment go up there regularly to make sure things are okay. If a business calls, we respond quickly and we head there immediately,” she says.

“We respond, we support, and we talk with our students, espe-cially about school visibility. We keep our relationship with busi-ness owners strong,” says Deb.

Deb says the college has a good relationship with Constable Stu Rowe, who visits the school regularly to chat with the students.

Have you seen youth being disruptive in the Newlands Shop-ping Centre? Do you think there is an issue? Email your thoughts to [email protected].

Enliven’s Cashmere Home and Cashmere Heights Home residents said thank you to their caregivers last week, when a lunch was held and roses were exchanged.

Manger Aileen Oliver says the celebration was part of New Zealand’s Caregivers Week, and that every morning of the national week caregiv-ers were given morning tea by

the residents. The barbecue lunch was

attended by Ohariu MP Peter Dunne, and Aileen says the celebrations were a way for the homes’ residents to show their gratefulness in a special way.

The residents were able to present each caregiver a rose.

Aileen says that every day at the homes can be very busy and that caregivers go beyond

the call of duty. “The residents themselves

have wanted to acknowledge their caregivers with cards and thank you notes,” she says.

“It’s turning the tables around for a day. The caregiv-ers always go beyond their job. It’s about caring for residents and being part of the family. They all have their hearts in it.”

Roses given for Caregivers Week

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The Northern Suburbs Stroke Club are meeting on Wednesday April 15 at Uniting Church Doctor Taylor Terrace at 12.15 pm. There will be a talk on counselling by club member Helen Thompson, where prospective members are welcome.

The Newlands Community Centre is currently running a storyboard for people to “peg up their stories” of what is going on around their neighbourhood. These can be the little things that make the neighbourhoods great, and residents can look at some of the stories that have already been written and add their own. The best stories will be made into animated videos. More information can be found at

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Children can join a papercraft class for the school holidays, working with Rachael van Rij to create four fun and useful projects.

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Sustainability Trust is running a workshop on Thursday, April 9, from 11am-12noon at the Newlands Commu-nity Centre where children will recycle a plastic bottle into demonstration worm farms.

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George Barton will have the privilege of attending the Anzac Day centenary commemora-tions in Gallipoli this year.

The Karori 17-year-old was given the opportunity after delivering a powerful, winning speech at this year’s regional fi nal of the ANZ RSA Cyril Bassett VC Speech Competi-tion.

The Wellington College stu-dent’s speech entitled ‘The Choice to Remember – Why Anzac Lives On’ which fo-cused on New Zealanders in WWI, also won the Wellington-Taranaki-West Coast fi nal.

Wellington-Taranaki-West Coast RSA District President Glover Anderson congratulated George on his winning speech.

“It’s been an honour to hear the tributes to those who served this country in confl icts over-seas. Once again, the standard of the regional fi nal was truly remarkable.”

“We’re thrilled that this year all regional fi nalists will attend the very special event in Gal-lipoli, 100 years after our Anzac soldiers landed. It will be an experience that will stay with them for a long time and will strengthen the Anzac legacy among our young people for years to come,” he says.

This year, to mark the cen-tenary of troops landing in Gallipoli, all regional fi nalists are joining a group of Youth Ambassadors attending the Gallipoli remembrances – an initiative of the Minister of Veterans’ Affairs, the Hon Craig Foss. In previous years only the national winner of the competition has attended the commemorations.

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It was established in 2010 as a tribute to Cyril Bassett, VC (1892-1983) – the only New Zealander at Gallipoli to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

THE POWERFUL SPEECH: Wellington’s George Barton with com-petition offi cials. PHOTO: Supplied.

By Emily Elliott

Two young members of Ngaio Keas were presented with gold awards as they achieved all of their Kea badges last week.

Out of ten Kea badges they could achieve, eight-year-olds Charlotte Parker and James Fullelove have all ten sewn proudly onto their scout shirts.

With four sections of challenges to complete including community, per-sonal, outdoors, and new experiences, Kea leader Andrew Evans says it has been over four years since a gold award has been acquired by Ngaio Keas.

A gold award is presented to a Kea Scout once they have achieved all pos-sible badges under each section.

All of the activities and challenges Charlotte and James had to complete for their badges are based around their development as a leader and a person, says Andrew.

“They have to present and report back

to everyone else once they have com-pleted a challenge. All skills and badges get tested by their leader,” Andrew says.

James says that for some of the badges, they had to pick up litter, learn the Kea promise and motto in Te Reo Maori, and camp at Zealandia, among many other things.

Kea Scouts is for six to eight year olds, which means that Charlotte and James are now heading up to Cubs – they will start with a blank shirt again and have to acquire new badges for different challenges they complete.

“It’s not sad to leave Keas knowing we have all the badges,” says James.

“I worked really hard but it was fun,” says Charlotte. “I’m really, really happy.”

Were you a Scout? What are some of your memories of the challenges? Do you think it is a benefi cial thing for children to be involved in? Send your thoughts to [email protected].

TOP ACHIEVERS: Kea Scouts Charlotte Parker and James Fullelove completed all of their Kea badges and were presented with gold awards by Kea leader Andrew Evans and group leader Hadyn Nicholls.

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Johnsonville’s youth room is looking fresh after its revamp – but it is not just a coat of paint that has the place looking new, its three young youth workers that started last week.

Hezekiah Tumai, Jean Feary, and Claire Mandengu say they are ready to give back to the age group they just left, and support youth in Johnsonville through their teenage years.

The revamp saw the youth room get a spruce up to appeal to more young people.

Kirk Beyer, a youth leader at The Rock Church and member of Johnsonville Community Centre’s management committee, says it seems people knew about the room but it just wasn’t getting used.

“This place is going to provide a place for young people to congre-gate and have fun, and the hope is for it to become a hub for the youth…The youth workers are the real revamp,” Kirk says.

Twenty-year-old Hezekiah says he wants to make a difference in the community, and hopes to inspire young people to exceed and excel.

He wants to show the community that young people are an asset.

“There is a hope and a future for young people. I can’t wait to bring new ideas and make this place come to life,” says Hezekiah.

Meanwhile Jean hopes to run courses that will grow the youth,

FULL OF ENERGY: Jean Feary, Claire Mandengu, and Hezekiah Tumai are excited to start working with the community’s youth in the revamped space.

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such as Curriculum Vitae pro-grammes and barista courses.

“I want to create a safe place for people to come and hang out. I think it’s just as much about us helping young people as it is they teaching us,” says Jean.

Claire, a Grenada resident, says she loves working with youth because no two are the same.

“They always challenge you in how you see the world. Youth say it like it is – they aren’t concerned with whether it will offend you. They challenge you,” she says.

The space will still cater for 12 to 17-year-olds, with Kirk and the

team ready for the next season.Kirk says he will help resource

the new youth workers to “make this work.”

The artwork was done by a local artist, and equipment at the youth rooms such as the television has also been upgraded.

Johnsonville’s youth room will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons.

Do you think the community does enough for youth? Do you feel they need more or less sup-port? Email your thoughts to [email protected].

Piimio Erepeti is a young woman from Newlands who has successfully auditioned for the Rock Ballet School in Phila-delphia, USA, for summer school this year. She is trying to raise funds to get there. One fundraising venture is a hangi at Nga Hau e Wha o Papararangi in Newlands on Sunday, April 19. Tickets for the hangi need to be ordered by Friday, April 10. Email Rose on [email protected], or see her Give A Little page: www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/getpiimio2therock.

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Saturday 25 April 2015

The Chairman and Trustees cordially invite citizens, and service and youth organisations in the Johnsonville area to attend the annual ANZAC Day parade and community service to be held in Johnsonville on Saturday the 25th of April 2015.

The parade will assemble in Burgess Road at 9.15am, and step off at 9.30am for the march to the service at the Salvation Army premises at 125-137 Johnsonville Road at 10.00am.

For further information, please contact Terry Knight, telephone 04-237 6212, mobile 027-277 3387, email [email protected].

NOTIFICATION OF TRAINING EXERCISEA local unit of the New Zealand Army will be carrying out a blank firing exercise in the vicinity of the Salvation Army premises at 125-137 Johnsonville Road on Friday the 25th of April between the hours of 10.00am and 11.00am.

ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED OF THE ABOVE BLANK FIRING EXERCISE.

For further information please contact the Johnsonville and Districts R&SA Welfare Trust, telephone 04-237 6212.

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Four students from Otar i School practiced the sport of reading leading up to the Wel-lington Kid’s Lit Quiz last week when they placed second.

A celebration of books and reading, the annual event is run internationally, and Matthew Dawson, Jack Croasdale, An-drew Booth, and Bronte Davies gathered at Papakowhai School to compete against other schools

in Wellington. Open to students in year six,

seven, and eight, teams of four students work together to answer 100 wide-ranging book-related questions arranged in ten cat-egories.

The Kid’s Lit Quiz offers read-ing challenges, broadens lit-eracy awareness, and motivates students to read. Participating students had the opportunity to

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LITERATURE STARS: Andrew Booth, Jack Croasdale, Quizmaster Wayne Mills, Bronte Davies, Matthew Dawson. PHOTO: Supplied

win Whitcoulls book vouchers and also the chance to win on-the-spot cash prizes.

The students say they were nervous as it was the fi rst time they had entered the competi-tion. Scoring nine out of 10 in their fi rst round and a perfect 10 in their second round, they listened to each other, agreed and disagreed, and answered each question.

Jack says the quiz was exhila-rating, and that when he heard the school came second on their fi rst entry he was overjoyed!

Andrew says: "The Lit Quiz was a tense event, but when we came second place by half a point I felt amazing. I really enjoyed the quiz, and learnt some more stuff about books as well. I’ve got a massive reading list now."

Matthew says that although the team got off to a bad start, he was surprised and happy that they made a comeback.

"It felt amazing coming second. I thought we would come last or something. The whole thing was fun, not just coming second, but just being there,” says Bronte.

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School came fi rst, and will be invited to compete at Nationals. The national winner will then be invited to compete at the interna-tional competition in the USA.

Work to create a new sec-ond lane on the Johnsonville motorway off-ramp is going well, says Council, but resi-dents coming home late at night may fi nd they need to take the Glenside/Churton Park exit on occasions.

The closures will be made to do work that can’t safely be done while the ramp is in operation, and will gener-ally happen between 10pm and 5am.

At this stage, overnight closures are possible on April 8, 12, 13, 14 and 15, as well as on May 11,12, 18 and 19, however the dates are subject to change.

The electronic signs in the Ngauranga Gorge will say if the ramp is closed, and information will also be available via Twitter and the Transport for Wellington website.

Stephen Harte, Wellington City Council’s transport net-work development project manager, says the footpath adjacent to the off-ramp will also be closed for about a month from late April while a wider new shared pathway is built.

This will affect cyclists – particularly on the home-ward journey – and pedes-trians.

Stephen says the only pedestrian and cycle route along the highway during this closure will be the one on the other side of SH1.

Cyclists and pedestri-ans coming north up the Ngauranga Gorge wil l need to exit at Newlands, come over the bridge and get on to the pathway on the right-hand side that is mainly used in a city-bound direction.

“We know all the work going on in the area is in-convenient at times but hope Johnsonville residents can bear with us for a few more months,” he says.

“The new Broderick Road bridge, extra lanes, inter-section improvements and shared cycle and pedestrian paths will help make getting into and around Johnson-ville easier.”

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A new style of dance is coming to the Northern suburbs next month, with classes starting for all ages in Newlands.

Cheerdance, a form of cheerlead-ing but with jazz foundations, will be run by Elite Dance Academy and director Christina Magan says there is not currently a genre like it in the Wellington area.

The academy currently runs from a studio in the Hutt Valley, and their dancers were part of the Johnsonville Christmas Parade a few month ago – interest from residents on this side of town grew from there.

“The classes are really fun, and don’t follow a strict structure,” says Christina about Cheerdance.

“We want to create a fun and safe environment where children can still be challenged. They need to gain a sense of accomplishment.”

The dance instructor says Cheerdance has elements of com-petitive cheer, such as lifts and jumps, while following a jazz style of dance.

“It’s something different. We don’t do exams – instead we focus on competitions and performanc-es,” Christina says.

“Exams focus on technique, and while that is important, per-formance is about getting kids up on stage and growing their confi dence.”

Christina says that there have been children who have come to Cheerdance classes shy, yet they still have a go and leave amazed at what they have achieved.

Newlands resident and Elite dance coach Charlotte Tweedie is set to take the classes, after

DANCER: Director of Elite Dance Academy Christina Magan says a new style of dance that combines cheerleading with jazz will be starting in Newlands for all ages and genders. PHOTO: Emily Elliott

putting her hand up to start them in the area.

Christina says the classes should be up and running by next month, and that she hopes everyone will have a go.

“We always offer the fi rst class free. We want everyone to find their place. Sometimes it’s cheer, sometimes it’s ballet, or sometimes it’s hip hop.”

“It’s about offering something to kids that they haven’t tried before,” she says.

While the classes have had inter-est from fi ve to seven year olds, Christina says Cheerdance is for all ages and they will create more classes for age groups as necessary.

For more information, visit the website at www.elitedance.co.nz.

Do you think a new style of dance is needed for children and youth in this area? Would you try out Cheerdance if given an opportunity? Send your thoughts through to [email protected].

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By Emily Elliott

A semi-retired Churton Park resident has gone from working in economics and law to writing people’s life stories out for them.

Jim Collins used to write legal documents for the Government, but only started dabbling in creative writing recently – sparking his inspiration for telling the stories of others for their own legacy.

“I’ve always had an interest in writing. If you want to be a writer

of people, I’ve learned that you have to be creative,” says Jim.

“I have an interest in people. Once they’re gone, then their stories are gone too.”

Jim has so far meet with three people who have shared their life collection of stories, whether they are adventures or trials, or both.

He then assembles photos from their past and has them digitalised, and puts together a book which he has printed for their families and themselves – usually around 20

WRITER: Churton Park resident Jim Collins has taken to meeting with people and writing their life stories as a legacy for their families.

Books of a different kindpages long, Jim says.

“I can talk to people for five hours, just listening to all of their stories. They’re a valuable thing for families to have written down.”

He has heard various adventures, and learnt about the history of the area that each person has come from – one, a song and dance man who stared in 1940s productions on London’s West End before migrat-ing to New Zealand; another, a man who managed to jump on board a naval ship and proceeded to travel around the world.

“You learn about the character of a person through their stories and what they do,” says Jim.

“I do it because I enjoy doing it. It is a privilege to hear people’s stories.”

Jim says his next book will be a collection of stories told by a man who used to help Sir Edmond Hillary on his expeditions, which Jim says will be exciting.

“I’ll get to hear what makes an explorer.”

Do you think the art of sto-rytelling has been lost? If you had a chance to have moments from your life written on paper, would you? Email your thoughts to [email protected].

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The Crofton Downs Neighbours Day 2015 went so well that organ-iser Carolyn Blackwell says she had little time to capture her own photographs of the event.

Knowing Neighbours Day was coming early in 2015, Carolyn decided late last year to organise a community picnic at Hunleigh Park in Crofton Downs.

Carolyn says she “wanted to get people who lived together to do things together”.

Despite being too late to be eli-gible for Wellington City Council funding for Neighbours Day,

Carolyn plowed on with her picnic plan.

As well as notices being put onto the Crofton Downs Facebook page, dedicated posters were made, a listing put on Eventfi nder, and a website formed.

Determined for the event to work, Carolyn also put fl yers into every house in Crofton Downs inviting locals to the picnic.

The wet weather day was used and a warm sunny afternoon met locals for their picnic together.

Local business, Crofton Downs Mitre 10 donated very welcome additions of a bouncy castle and a large BBQ for the event.

The smell of BBQ wafted around, children squealed de-lightedly on the bouncy castle, Girl Guide Pippins handed out individually decorated Girl Guide biscuits, good old fashioned ban-ter and laughter of old was heard, and yesteryear games played of egg and spoon, three-legged and sack races.

Pleased with the support for this event, Carolyn now has plans afoot for a picnic again next year, and she says residents can watch this space.

For details: www.crofton-downs.wordpress.com.

Crofton Downs Picnic

Katherine, Finlay (3), Alasdair (1) and Andrew MacNeill enjoy ice cream in the sun.

Bailey Hutchins (5), Olivia Gowans (3) and Emma Gowans.

Jake McLellan (7) leads the sack pack

Peter A� eck with his son Matthew (3), and Mike Bentley with his son Arlo (2).

Who would have thought an old fashioned egg and spoon race could still be so much fun?

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In Johnsonville a white Ford transit van parked unlocked while the driver was in the St. Vincent De Paul shop was entered and some clothing, a wallet and medication was stolen.

In Newlands a black Jaguar sedan parked in Newlands Road, possibly unlocked, had a laptop computer stolen from it. In Horokiwi Road a white Toyota had its front passenger window smashed.

The owner discovered that the distributer unit plus cables and plugs were stolen from the engine. In Helston Road a locked shed located on the property was entered and a wide range of diving equip-ment was stolen.

In Khandallah a house in

Maldive Street, recently ad-vertised for sale, was entered via a jemmied window.

A number of items were stolen including a NZ pass-port, an Ipad, a Macbook, a watch, cash and a variety of sports bags. In Ngatoto Street a grey VW hatchback was damaged and other cars parked nearby had their wing mirrors ripped off.

In Ngaio a vehicle parked in Ngaio Gorge Road (Trelissick Park) had its front passenger window smashed and a hand-bag and wallet, containing a drivers licence, NZ passport and bank cards, was stolen.

In Crofton Downs a trailer parked on the street over-night in Chartwell Drive was stolen.

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Children have a chance to learn about their favourite Easter animals these holidays as Animates Kaiwharawhara launches their school holiday pro-gramme.

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By Emily Elliott

Youth from around Johnsonville had a rough night last weekend as they built their own shelters outside to live in for the night – all in the name of fundraising.

The Caritas Challenge gathered primary school students, intermediate school stu-dents, teenagers, and young adults together to raise money for the Phillipines and Va-nuatu through the challenge of sleeping outside with little resources.

In its second year, Challenge 2000 youth worker Nicole Simson says about 100 participants, volunteers, and staff turned up last Friday to start building their shelters out of boxes.

Nicknamed the challenge squatters, the large group were split into four and had to work with each to endure the cold night.

“A range of guest speakers also came to speak to the group, which was a reality check,” says Nicole.

“It was said that we stood in solidarity with other homeless people for the night.”

Challenge 2000 promoted the event at local schools before it began, and encouraged participants to ask their families and friends for fundraising support.

“We’re creating awareness of the issues that people in Vanuatu or the Philippines, and even New Zealand, face,” says Nicole about the Caritas Challenge event.

“Until you can physically face it yourself, you don’t know how hard it is.”

Nicole says a lot of comments from the par-ticipants were about the cold and discomfort of the ground.

The group ate rice and noodles across Friday evening and Saturday.

All donations made go toward Caritas New Zealand, a catholic organisation which aims for a world free of poverty and injustice. To donate towards Caritas and their work, visit the website www.caritas.org.nz/donate.

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An archaeological investigation at the Council-owned Halfway House in Glenside last week uncovered some interesting arte-facts, but the most notable fi ndings came from what wasn’t found.

There was no evidence to indicate this was the site of the original 1840s Halfway House or an accommodation house.

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Vanessa added that the fact that this is not the site of the 1840s Halfway House does not diminish the historic value of the present 1880s house and its surroundings.

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The ladies in the Crafty Critters group have been working hard to fi nish a com-memorative board for the names refl ected on the gate at Johnsonville Memorial Park.

About 15 members of the craft group have been involved in the project, with everyone interested in the focus on John-sonville and the respected soldiers from the area.

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CREATIVE STUFF: Marilin Porteous, Denise Gravit, Leza Hooper, and Elanor Ranson show o� what they have been making. PHOTO: Emily Elliott.

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A young man who was given the opportu-nity to live in Vanuatu for a year is now giving back to the people who helped shape who he is today, after Cyclone Pam devastated their community.

Matt Potts spent his childhood growing up in Wadestown and Khandallah before going on to study at Victoria University, when New Zealand’s Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) provided Matt with the opportunity to use his sense of social justice and to help make a difference to others’ lives.

For 12 months in 2012 Matt lived in Lu-ganville on Vanuatu’s largest island, Santo, working in the youth centre with a woman named Judith.

He became close to Judith’s family and has continued the friendship, so when he heard the devastation created by Cyclone Pam last month, Matt wanted to help out.

Matt organised his Northern suburbs-based family to reach into their pockets and send money to provide some immediate support to Judith and her husband Fremy’s family – over $1000 was sent.

“Judith and Fremy have been providing ac-commodation to 25 adults and their children since Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu,” says Matt.

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house which was mainly unaffected by the cyclone and so they have taken in those around them who have lost shelter.”

He says money sent to Judith and Fremy helps support those living under their roof.

Matt explains that many locals living in urban areas are in temporary housing, as they have moved in from outer islands looking for work.

“Often there are land ownership issues, along with a lack of fi nances to build a per-manent house, and so they build temporary shelters which are easily dismantled if need be,” Matt says.

Judith and Fremy told Matt that most people in their community have no shelter and are lacking money and resources to rebuild those that existed in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam.

“Food supplies are also in short supply and food aid is slow to be distributed on the ground,” Matt says.

“The biggest needs as of now are materials to rebuild shelter and ongoing access to food supplies” Matt said.

Judith and Fremy emailed Matt last week to say they are grateful for the international support to their local community.

"We would like to thank everyone for their support and of course thank God for His leading that none of our family members was hurt during the cyclone.”

Digging deep for cyclone victims

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“Historic rubbish can tell us a great deal about life in the late 1800s at Glenside.”

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By Emily Elliott

Softball is constantly on the mind says Newland’s Dona Francis, who was made a life member of the Johnsonville Softball Club recently after 43 years of service.

Working as a trust account administrator for a law fi rm by day, the rest of her waking hours are spent involved with Johnsonville Softball Club and Wellington Softball As-sociation, as well as Central Region Softball and Western

Bays Softball Association.Both of her parents played

softball, and her father was also a life member of the Johnsonville Softball Club.

Her children caught the batting-bug too, with Dona’s daughter representing New Zealand in softball and her son playing for the premier 2 team.

“It’s a family thing. I’ve played since I was eight,” Dona says.

“We did play other sports as kids, but it’s been the one

sport that has continued.”Dona says she was hon-

oured when she received the life membership in March, but says her commitment to the club couldn’t have been made without the help of her mother.

“I have a good mother who volunteered to cook tea when I was at various meetings – especially when the kids were younger.”

“I wouldn’t be able to do what I am doing without her,” says Dona.

Dona says her mind is con-stantly thinking about the sport, what is coming up, and what needs to be done to help the various clubs she is the administrator for.

“My brain thinks softball all year around. All that is on my mind is softball, softball, softball!”

“I just love it. Johnsonville is the best club in Wellington. It’s governed well, with mem-bers who are fun and loyal. It’s very well run,” says Dona.

LIFE MEMBER: Dona Francis was made a life member of the Johnsonville Softball Club last month.

Batting for life

Jackson Adams, Straten Palamidis, and Daniel Martinsen performed well at the GKR Karate Wel-lington Regional Tourna-ment last weekend.

The seven-year-old boys from Johnsonville and Woodrige competed in the 8th grade division.

Jackson won bronze for Kumite, while Straten took home a gold for kata, and Daniel won a silver for both kumite and kata.

Karate boys take home medals

NATIONALS: Esther Matthews, Aliyah De La Mare, Tiana Solomon, Annalise Ifi , Leah Pauline, and Ria Nathu from Wellington Girls’ College competed at the National Secondary School Waka Ama Championships last weekend.

Wellington Girls’ College waka ama team had a successful weekend at the National Seconday School Waka Ama Championships last weekend.

Held on Rotorua’s Blue Lake, the team made it into the Bowl Final in the W6 250m and placed third, as well as qualifying to compete in the Plate Final for the W6 500m.

WGC place at nationals

Newlands College netball one team are now part of knock-out tournament after competing at the national secondary schools tourna-ment late last year.

Last week, Newlands Col-lege played Palmerston North Girls’ High School in a curtain raiser for the ANZ Champion-ship with the Pulse, and won 39-25.

The result now places them in the top eight netball teams in the country, playing Wel-lington East Girls’ College next week when they open for the Pulse again.

Top eight for Newlands College netball

All eyes were on two young Wellington netballers on Monday last week as they stood side by side with Central Pulse captain Katrina Grant and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic defence Leana de Bruin in front thousands of fans at the TSB Bank Arena.

Ngaio player Caitlin Revell, 11, won the op-portunity to meet the captains and high fi ve each player as they ran on court through the ANZ Future Captains competition.

The Raroa Intermediate student says she loved the chance to go out on court with the players.

“It was pretty scary at fi rst but it was cool. I liked high fi ving the players as they came on court; they’re really tall,” Caitlin says.

The keen netballer plays year round and hopes to one day play for the Pulse.

“I really like being in a team and competing. I play goal attack and I got some shooting tips from watching Irene van Dyk. She was putting her hand out a lot and moving to the sides to get the ball. I’m going to try that out.”

ANZ Head of Sponsorship Susan McGregor says many young netballers dream to compete in the elite trans-Tasman tournament and being a Future Captain gives them a taste of what it’s like.

“We’re giving 62 children from across the country the chance to be a Future Captain at each of the ANZ Championship matches this season. It’s a once in a lifetime experience to stand out on court with the pros and hopefully it inspires a few players to keep training hard, it could defi nitely be one of them one day soon.”

NETBALLERS: Pulse captain Katrina Grant with Future Captains Annie Jencova, 12, and Caitlin Revell, 11, and Magic defence Leana de Bruin. Photo: Photosport

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