Petone Chronicle August 2014

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Police are urging locals not to leave valuables in their cars as there has been a large and ongoing spate of car break-ins in Petone.

Over the last month 68 people have reported their cars broken into and a further twenty have reported attempted entries.

The break-ins are happening predominantly overnight to cars parked on the side of the road, Community Constable Russ Kalavati says.

“They go down the whole street,” Constable Kalavati says. “Up to five in one street over night.”

Sergeant Bradley Allen estimates 99 percent of the break-ins have been when people have left things in cars “on show”.

“Our offenders are looking into cars and where they are seeing bags, things on seats, under seats or in full view, they are breaking in and taking them,” he says.

In one case a window was smashed and a bag taken even though it was empty. Nothing of value was taken but the victim still had to deal with the broken window, Sergeant Allen says.

With the Petone Winter Carnival this weekend, even though police will be out in

Local babies get a green giftThe parents of

25 babies born in Petone in the last year received a Gift of Green on Sunday. Each family received a native tree donated by Rotary to plant in their garden and watch grow alongside their children.

Gift of Green was started 23 years ago and there must now be around 400 Gift of Green trees growing in Petone, Keep Petone Beautiful chair Roy Hewson says.

Opening hours at Petone Police Station have reduced with the station now only opening two afternoons a week, for three hours on Thursday and Friday afternoons.

Sergeant Brad Allen says not many people walk in off the street to visit the police, with many

force, the offenders may see it as “easy pickings”, he warns.

Earlier in the month police made an arrest in association with the break-ins as the result of a 111 call from an observant local.

Although the number of break-ins subsequently slowed, they have since risen again.

“If anyone sees or hears anything suspicious - call us,” Sergeant Allen says.

Don't leave valuables in car, Police warn

Enquiries are ongoing and Sergeant Allen says district roading police staff and other staff from both the Wellington and Lower Hutt districts are helping.

- If anyone has any information they can call Bradley Allen on 560 2600, email [email protected] or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

now using the Crime Reporting Line service to report historic crimes.

People turning up at the station wishing to talk to police can still use the intercom which puts people straight through to the police communications centre, he says.

There will be staff at the station outside of opening hours and “if people knock really loudly, I’m sure someone will come out,” Sergeant Allen says.

- To contact police in an emergency ring 111. To report a crime after it has occurred call 560 2600 and ask for the Crime Reporting Line.

Cop shop hours to be reduced

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Bus vs truck brings traffic issues to the fore

When a bus and truck collided on the corner of Tennyson and Jackson Streets they caused around $10,000 worth of damage to the Spices veranda.

The collision of a truck and bus causing extensive damage to the veranda of The Spice Rack has sparked conversation about traffic on Jackson Street.

The veranda was “basically written off ” after being hit when a large truck with trailer and an Airport Flyer bus collided on the corner of Tennyson and Jackson Streets last Monday, The Spice Rack owner Debika Patel says.

Mrs Patel and Jackson Street Programme co-ordinator Helen Swales asked the Petone Community Board at their meeting on Monday for help in addressing traffic congestion and safety issues on Jackson Street.

Mrs Patel told the community board she is “utterly, totally frustrated with ongoing issues on the street”.

She said the shop was constantly having to repair damage to the canopy, guttering and signage.

“The traffic ballooning is good for business, but the street struggles,” she says.

The Airport Flyer turning into Tennyson Street is a particular issue with the large bus having to use two lanes to turn, she said. She also questioned why heavy vehicles and large trucks seemed to be using Jackson Street as a thoroughfare.

“There’ve been so many near misses… We’ve seen pedestrians almost knocked down,” she said.

Neighbouring businesses she had spoken to have had similar problems and voiced the same concerns. “I request the board to help us as retailers,” she said.

Ms Swales reiterated Mrs Patel’s comments and said JSP would like to see a traffic survey undertaken.

She sa id damage to canopies caused by trucks pulling alongside can be seen on many of the street’s shops.

Angle parking, the location of bus stops and widened footpath areas next to cafes all add to traffic congestion and need to be looked at, she said. She suggested consideration should be given to loading bays, new council car parks, limiting heavy vehicles, changing bus routes and a speed limit reduction.

There are many near misses on the zebra crossing near the Horse and Hound as pedestrians need to be almost a third of the way across the road before they can be seen around the angle car parking, Ms Swales said.

Community Constable Russ Kalavati said he too was aware of the near misses on the crossing as it is outside the police station.

Hutt City Council traffic officer Lyle Earl said the way Jackson Street is set up now is the result of a revamp around 12 or 13 years ago when the council sought to rectify accident problems on the street. “To my knowledge the accident problems went away,” he said.

Angled parking, the position of bus stops and the larger footpaths outside cafes have a

traffic calming effect which actually improves safety, he said.

He said it would be difficult to limit the sizes of trucks allowed on the street, and he thought drivers of large trucks themselves would avoid using Jackson Street as a thoroughfare because of the congestion, therefore it would only be those who needed to be on the street who drove there.

PCB member Mike Henderson who works in the transport industry said he couldn’t think of a business on Jackson Street that would need to be visited by a truck over five tonnes and that large trucks with trailers “have no business on Jackson St”.

The PCB will outline the traffic issues on the street and seek feedback from the council for discussion at their next board meeting in September.

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In 2011 there was an outcry when an historic 90 year-old holly oak tree was felled - now Petone people have a chance to nominate trees they would like to see saved from such a plight in the future.

Before developers of the Petone Countdown supermarket site cut down the huge holly oak, locals sought Hutt City Council's help to save the tree. However, there was nothing the council could do because it wasn’t listed as a protected tree on the district plan. Now the council is asking locals to nominate special trees to be added to the district plan as “notable trees” that would need resource consent to be felled.

Notable trees can be on either private

There is a tree behind the library, a magnolia on Riddlers Crescent and a number of trees planted by the Percys in Percy’s Reserve that should be protected, he says.

Notable trees in Petone already listed in the District Plan are: A Black Beech at 6 Britannia Street, a Pohutukawa at 12 Britannia Street, eight Pohutukawa on council road reserve on Buick Street and a Pohutukawa on the corner of Victoria and Cuba Streets.

For more information visit www.huttcity.govt.nz/greathutttrees.

Nomination “postcards” can be picked up at the library or nominations can be emailed to [email protected] or by tweeting a photo and the tree address using #greathutttrees.

Nominations close Friday, August 15.

or council land and are “those which make a distinctive contribution to a community’s identity”, the council says.

They either have great visual features, are rare examples of their kind, are a significant landmark or connect a local community to their heritage.

If a tree on private property is nominated, the property owner will be notified and the tree assessed before it is added to the District Plan.

Petone Community Board member Gerald Davidson says a number of trees, including the felled holly oak, were put forward for protection twice before in 1996 and 2001 when the council previously called for nominations. He says both times nothing eventuated and he hopes the previous lists will be taken into account and this time included in the District Plan.

Public to nominate trees they want to be protected

Demolition could be looming for the old Petone Courthouse.

At a meeting with Weltec’s neighbours last month, Weltec chief executive Linda Sissons said the school was preparing a consent application to demolish the Elizabeth Street building, which was too expensive to earthquake strengthen.

Weltec acquired the building from the Crown as part of a land swap. Dr Sissons said at the time, Weltec was unaware that the building was subject to a notice requiring earthquake strengthening, and had since sustained further damage in last year’s earthquakes.

The cost to strengthen the building was estimated to be between $250,000 and $1m, and Weltec could not justify spending money earmarked for education on this project.

There had been no takers in response to a call for expressions of interest to take over the old courthouse, she said.

The courthouse was listed with Heritage NZ

- formerly Historic Places Trust - in 2011, and added to the Hutt City Council heritage list for protection.

Heritage NZ Central region area co-ordinator David Watt says while the organisation's Category II listing does not afford it protection, the council listing means resource consent, most likely notified, would be needed were the building to be demolished.

Mr Watt said he was unaware of any formal resource consent application having being lodged and that Heritage NZ had had discussions with Weltec and Jackson Street Programme representatives, who are concerned over the building's condition. "We've all seen the building; we know what condition it's in."

He is hopeful he can meet with senior Weltec and Mayor Ray Wallace and other Hutt

City Council staff "with some urgency" to formulate a plan to save the building. This could include engaging students in the earthquake strengthening work, staging work to make it more affordable, or just working part of the building. "The priority is to get that dialogue going," he says.

Calls for "urgent dialogue" to save building


Flourishing garden programme puts kai on the tableby Kate Manson

Seeing people struggle to feed their families was the motivation for Rina Walker to establish Kete Kai in 2011, a now flourishing gardening programme.

“The programme really started because of the need of people who were finding it hard to get food on the table. There were lots of people ringing up Kokiri Hauora Services for food parcels - it’s good that we’ve got the Food Banks, they’re necessary, but we wanted to offer a solution to whanau so we thought 'right, let’s give this a go'.”

The solution, Kete Kai, was two pronged: Firstly it helped families, at no charge, set up their own gardens. Secondly anyone who wanted to join Kete Kai could learn all the ins and outs of gardening by working on the three shared gardens made available to Ms Walker by homeowners in the area. And now there are also plans to establish a community garden in Wainuiomata.

“Our programme is about helping people to grow their own food. That could be in their own gardens or they can jump on the Kete Kai programme and go round to the shared gardens. It’s only been recently that we’ve decided to think about having a bigger community garden. We’re negotiating with the council about that.”

Ms Walker, originally employed by Kokiri Hauora and now employed by Takiri Mai te Ata, says the self-help programme has gone from strength to strength.

“I’ve lost count of the number of gardens we have put in but it’s a lot anyway.”

Members of Kete Kai get to enjoy the produce from the shared gardens - all organically grown and following the principles of permaculture gardening - with anything left over being used at Kokiri Marae.

Growing up in rural Tauranga, Ms Walker learnt early about growing, hunting and

gathering food. “I grew up on a papa ka inga [ fami ly h o m e s t e a d ] wi th my mum and dad and ten other siblings. We didn’t have the supermarket so the farm provided most of our food as well as going out and fishing and hunting, so we used to do all that sort of stuff when we were kids.”

She says to a large extent people just don’t know how to garden. “A lot of people don’t know how to grow food anymore and we need to revive that, people need to know how to grow their food. So it’s about getting as many people as we can to do it.”

The gardening becomes about more than putting food on the table, says Ms Walker.

“In the rural area I come from we’re scattered, we’re far apart from one another but we actually do more together. And that surprised me coming down here to an urban area where people are much closer together but they hardly ever do anything together. That shocked me. So the programme in that way is different, I guess say from other people doing similar things.

“It’s all about sharing because that’s all I know. So we do things collectively, we move around the shared gardens collectively. So if there’re things to be done in one garden everybody goes there.”

Ms Walker says Kete Kai is growing all the

Kete Kai members, with organiser Rina Walker, third from left in the back row.

time. A co-op has recently been established made up of a group of long-time Kete Kai members.

“We’re expanding a lot. We’ve now got a cooperative as well which we started this year…We would like to develop to a point where it can hopefully employ people part or full time. The co-op provides services - putting gardens in for people, building garden beds, even trimming trees or planting fruit trees.”

Passing on her knowledge of gardening is a really rewarding experience, says Ms Walker.

“The biggest thing that I get from running Kete Kai is watching people develop and grow. I really appreciate what people can get out of it and how much they can grow and how they can change and improve their lives. They’re a really good bunch of people.”

If you would like to know more about Kete Kai contact Rina Walker on 021 0433 063.



Food the focus as fundraising target comes closerA chocolate demonstration captured the

women, and a hot cooked breakfast the men. Two ways funds are being raised, to earthquake-strengthen for reopening the historic Sacred Heart school and parish hall, in Britannia Street, Petone.

Chances to eat, meet and hear great speakers has made the fundraising easy to swallow. Patricia Nunns from Petone, award winning cake decorator, champion chef and judge on TV3’s NZ’s Hottest Home Baker, enthralled her audience as she demonstrated the mysteries of creating quality chocolates. Arden David-Perrot had fathers and sons fascinated by his life story, from troubled teen to Wellington representative and professional rugby player, to successful academic, on a chilly July Saturday morning, in the St Augustine’s Anglican Church hall.

A $55,000 target has almost been achieved through a myriad of activities, mostly involving food and entertainment. A recent Lotteries Commission grant will enable finalised repair plans, to bring the hall up to over 70 percent of the new code. The hall has been out of bounds for about two years, until it is earthquake strengthened.

Petone’s jazz saxophonist and renowned painter Alfred Memelink, who recalls learning music in the hall as a boy, donated an original painting for the cause.

From next Monday people driving along Seaview Road will need to remember to slow down as the speed limit decrease comes into effect. Previously 70 kmph, the speed limit will now be 50kmph for the section of Seaview Road from the roundabout to Gracefield Road. The speed limit change will be monitored over the next 12 months and then assessed. Average speeds from before the limit change and accident rates will be compared with those for the year following the change.

Locals will get a chance to have their say on a new playground in Moera. Hutt City Council have agreed to replace the aging junior playground in Moera by this time next year. Council will ask three or four playground equipment suppliers to come up with options for the space with a budget of up to around $30,000. The proposals will then be mounted on a display board next to the current play area so that locals can give feedback on which they prefer, reserves assets manager Craig Cottrill says. The board will be displayed during the early part of December “while people are out and about”, he says. People will then be able to email their comments and preferences to council. Council will also discuss the facilities with the Petone Community Board. After receiving feedback, construction of the playground will probably start around February, Mr Cottrill says. The older children’s playground will be replaced “at a later date”.

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Patricia Nunns demonstrates how to prepare quality chocolates at home.


by Emily Tilley

Photos, stories, memories and connections have been flowing thick and fast since the “Remembering Petone Founding and People” Facebook page was set up.

As soon as a picture gets posted the comments start flowing: “How cool. My auntie owns the diary now!”; “We were always told to stay away from here. [Petone boat sheds]. Paid no never mind to that instruction. Loved playing spy games down here.”; “Picked out Rex Baker in the back row.”

While the photos are predominantly black and white, the stories people share are full of colour.

Some seem a little far fetched: “no one believes me when I tell them we caught herrings with bed springs". Until you read the next one: “I do 'cause we used to do it as well... my brothers were always down Petone beach ‘springing’ as we called it.”

For those who remember, it’s a blast from the past. For those who don’t, it’s a window into the Petone of yesteryear.

Mark Nicolle, the man behind the page, started it up to ignite just these sort of conversations.

Mark was born in Petone and spent his childhood here before moving to Trentham as a teenager.

At that time, in the 1960s and 70s there were a lot of dances and bands in Upper Hutt. Mark knew a photographer had attended most of those dances and an archive of his photos had been donated to the city council.

A couple of years ago he thought it would be great to be able to see some of those photos from his youth. “I approached the city council for copies and they gave me a copy of the whole archive,” Mark says.

He began a Facebook page dedicated to Upper Hutt in the 60s and 70s and started sharing the photos. “I got an immediate response,” he says.

“I just put them up for interest… it snowballed,” Mark says.

“It’s amazing the number of people who have

re-contacted each other, s o m e w h o h a v e n ’ t m e t s i n c e t h e y w e r e children.”

M a r k now lives in H a v e l o c k North but has strong Petone roots.

“ M y g rea t -g rea t grandparents c a m e t o Pe t o n e i n 1841 on the Gertrude,” he says.

E v e n after he had moved every weekend and summer was still spent in Petone with grandparents, aunties and cousins he says.

After the success of his Upper Hutt page, Mark searched Facebook for a page on Petone’s past and when he couldn’t find one he took it upon himself to start one up.

“Petone has a very close knit community, a sense of belonging,” Mark says. “A strong village feeling that never changes.”

His Facebook page certainly seems to reflect that feeling as people reminisce about their old school teachers and who used to live next to whom.

For Barbara Scott the number of photos that are turning up is exciting.

Barbara is working on a book for the Petone Historical Society. The society has received a grant to produce a 150 page book from memories of Petone residents that have been recorded and collected by the society since the 1980s.

While there is plenty of content, photos are proving hard to find, Barbara says.

As new photos get posted to the Facebook page, Barbara is on the look out for any she can use.

The book will be divided into sections such as schooling, sport, the Somes Island swim and Guy Fawkes. Barbara is on the hunt for photos that are relevant to the sections.

Many of the memories talk about the bonfires that used to be lit all along the beach at the end of each street going up from the Esplanade. Each street would also make it’s own guy with the owner of a furniture store judging which was best.

“But back then, especially at night, people weren’t standing around taking photos,” Barbara says. “It would be great to find someone who had a photo though.”

- Anyone with photos that could be used for the book, particularly of social gatherings such as parades and pictures of people with shops in the background, can email Barbara at [email protected]

Mark Nicolle aged 16 (top left) with his sisters, cousins and Grandfather in Campbell Tce in 1963.

Facebook page is a blast from the past


by Emily Tilley

Alzheimer's Wellington is launching a guide for retailers, “Understanding and Respecting Customers with Dementia” in Petone this month.

Dementia currently affects 50,000 people in New Zealand and that number is expected to treble by 2050.

For retailers many of their customers may already have dementia, and as the number of people in the community with dementia increases, so will the number of customers.

So how does a retailer spot a person with dementia? They can’t.

Many people may imagine a person with dementia as someone who is very confused, needs a lot of help, is unable to communicate and lives in a residential facility.

Baby Bounce a chance good for parents and bubsby Kate Manson

Entertaining twenty babies and assorted toddlers might sound daunting but Petone Library acting manager Jenny Richards is more than up to the task.

The little ones and their mums - plus a sprinkling of dads and nanas - were rocking along at last week’s Baby Bounce and Rhyme session, singing and dancing to favourites like Do the Hokey Cokey.

Ms Richards says the long running sessions, which were revamped several years ago, are proving more and more popular.

“Numbers have been steadily growing since we got the new format in about 2008.

“We’ve had two restructures and we’ve had some new people coming in and looking after the children’s programme. They do training with us and planning the sessions.

"We try to have a consistency with the other libraries and the sessions they are running. It means customers can go to one session and then they if they go to another library they’ll recognise some of the rhymes and songs.”

Andre Sapeas and his nine month-old daughter Alexis are Baby Bounce regulars.

“We really enjoy it, the kids enjoy the music

and we enjoy the social side of it.”Mums Kathryn Rose and Amy Hale agree

it’s a great place to catch up with other parents. “It’s nice having adult company. The babies can have a baby chat and the adults can have an adult

While this may be true of some whose illness is quite advanced, most people with dementia in the community don’t resemble this stereotype at all.

They will be living independently, using shops and cafes and doing the same kinds of things we all do.

Janet Sykes, from Alzheimer's Wellington, uses the example of her own father and his excursions to the shops saying, “very few ‘strangers’ would have a clue he had dementia”.

However she says that certain situations such as suddenly entering a noisy, or busy environment could lead to a him becoming temporarily confused.

People with dementia can have problems with memory, may have difficulty handling money or start to find it hard to communicate.

chat!” says Amy.Baby Bounce and Rhyme is especially

for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregiver. The free sessions are held each Friday at 10.30 am.

A guide for retailers, largely based on a guide developed two years ago by the Hampshire County Council in the UK, will be launched at the Jackson St Programme’s Business After 5 meeting on August 20.

It is designed to help retailers recognise signs which suggest customers may be having problems with dementia and gives practical advice on how to help.

Ms Sykes says she came up with the idea of the guide because she thought it would be good to have something to give back to the community.

“We go to people looking for sponsorship,” she says. “I thought it would be nice to give something … instead of always asking.”

Alzheimer's guide aims to assist Petone retailers


Asthma trust works on solutions for diseasesby Kate Manson

A bit of magic would come in handy in the fight against asthma and other respiratory disease says Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust manager, Cheryl Davies.

“I just wish I had a magic wand to make things better,” says Ms Davies, who began working as a community asthma educator more than twenty years ago.

Wands might be in short supply but what Ms Davies does have is a dedicated team working out in the community teaching people how to manage their respiratory illnesses. The nine-strong team’s work on the ground is also proving crucial in the research into respiratory disease.

“We’ve done a study around bronchiolitis and vitamin D - they are just about ready to release the results of that study. We’ve done that in partnership with the University of Otago.

“We did the Warm Homes study around heating for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients. We’re doing studies looking at the schools and how the children get on in schools when they have asthma. So that’s a big study that will get started in the next few months; we will be doing that with the University of Otago.”

Research of this kind is crucial when creating effective management tools for those living with respiratory diseases. And it’s something Ms Davies would like to see Seaview-based Tu Kotahi continue doing.

“Our goal is to establish our own research unit…I think it’s achievable for us and I think it will be great to focus on issues we know are going to have an impact on our community. The first step is that we co-lead our own research projects and hopefully that will happen in the next couple of years,” she says.

Tu Kotahi, the first Maori Asthma Society in New Zealand, was established in 1995 following a government review into the respiratory disease.

“We set up because at that time there were a lot of Maori hospitalisations for asthma and actually Maori deaths from asthma towards the end of the 1980s…the government of that time set up an Asthma Review and in that review it came out quite clearly that Maori were saying they would like to have a by-Maori-for-Maori

service.”Ms Davies says the biggest challenge Tu

Kotahi has faced was getting off the ground in the first place.

“Back then I don’t think people understood why we had to have a separate Maori organisation providing services that were already being delivered. It’s taken us a long time to build the credibility and to get to the point where we are now….There was a lot of trying to reassure people that we’re looking after a population that were not been seen, that we’re meeting a need that was not being met in the community.”

Today Tu Kotahi is working with around 600 families in the wider Hutt Valley providing asthma, COPD, and bronchiolitis management plans. Ninety percent of the services are provided in homes using resources developed by Ms Davies and her team in consultation with the community.

“I think whanau appreciate that we come to them to their homes so they feel comfortable, they appreciate the delivery of the message. We keep it simple, we develop our own resources so that the resources that we give out are ones that whanau understand and can use…we trial them, we change them if they say something’s awful - and that’s ok because at the end of the day we

might think something’s great but if they say it’s awful it’s not going to work for them,” she says.

The organisation, which is funded by the Ministry of Health, the Hutt Valley DHB and a local PHO Te Awakairangi, has seen its reach grow.

“We started off focusing on asthma but we soon found that that’s a real luxury to focus on just asthma - what we started seeing over the years was people living with asthma, bronchiolitis, bronchitis, COPD - a lot of chronic breathing illnesses.”

It also became apparent there was a lot more than the illness itself to be considered if the fight against respiratory disease is to be successful: healthy housing, heating costs, smoking habits, and education all play a part. Ms Davies says they have done a lot of work around housing in the past 15 years and are always looking for ways to help whanau create healthy homes.

“We have been going into peoples’ homes and seeing the effects of having no curtains and it’s been frustrating because you know that it’s having a bad effect on their health and wellbeing. So we decided to set up a small curtain bank - it’s been going for a couple of years. We’ve also set up a blanket-bank...it means we are able to provide curtains for the main living area and the children’s bedrooms…that’s been a gap we’ve seen,” she says.

Ms Davies says Tu Kotahi is now passing the benefit of its nearly twenty years of experience working in the community.

“We have a training contract with [the Ministry of Health] - we give training to Maori providers and we also have a correspondence course. So, for a little organisation we’re quite deceiving in how much we have going on.”

- If you would like to donate curtains or blankets please contact Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust on 939 4629.

Asthma Nurse Educator TJ Ranga with Zec Waikari at the Rangatahi Asthma Clinic.


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Candidates get to grips with local issues

A feast of ideas about how to run the country and stimulate the Hutt Valley economy, were served up by aspiring parliamentary candidates at a Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce breakfast at the Petone Working Men’s Club on Friday 11 July.

Sean Plunket, RadioLIVE announcer, chaired a feisty discussion, and took questions from the

floor. Aspiring candidates and incumbent MPs for Rimutaka and Hutt South voiced their views on hot topics. Most argued for the proposed cross-valley link, and all commented on the proposed Petone-Grenada highway, the economy, education, and the possible return of the moa.

Surprisingly, most candidates agreed on two subjects. They all expressed reservations about the

process of amalgamation of greater Wellington into one city. Some challenged the use of an ‘at large’ referendum, rather than a separate one for residents of each city. Also, the proposed Petone-Grenada link road was generally seen as a lower priority than other issues, such as the cross-valley link, upgrading SH58 (Haywards Hill Road) and improving public transport.

Pitching their policies, from left, Holly Walker (Greens), MC Sean Plunket (RadioLIVE), Dave Stonyer (United Future Hutt South), Chris Hipkins (Labour MP, Rimutaka), Susanne Ruthven (Greens), Chris Bishop (National Hutt South), Lewis Holden (National Rimutaka), Trevor Mallard (Labour MP, Hutt South), Aaron Hunt (NZ First Rimutaka).

Next PCB MeetingMonday 22 September 2014 - 6.30pm Petone Library, Britannia Street Petone.Final agenda and papers will go on PCB

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Great Hutt TreesCouncil are looking to identify great trees throughout the city (historic, notable, special to the community or street) - complete the form online or fi ll in the great Hutt trees postcard if you have or know of trees worthy of recognition. UpdatesThe Board at its latest meeting discussed a wide range of local issues including traffi c issues in Jackson Street, the upcoming review of local liquor ban areas, and the sale of legal highs. We are always keen to hear from residents about any issue in the community, your views are welcomed by email, phone or via our meetings. Our next meeting will be Monday 22 September 2014 6.30pm at Petone Library, Britannia Street, Petone.Please feel free to contact Board members at any stage if there are issues or concerns you would like to discuss.

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by Emily Tilley

Earthquake strengthening the Petone Rec grandstand while deciding what will happen to it in the future is a case of “being prudent”, Hutt City Council says.

At the end of the rugby season the grandstand will close and work will commence to earthquake strengthen the building to 34 percent of the National Building Standard.

No r m a l Hu t t C i t y Council policy to is strengthen buildings to 67 percent.

However, over the next year the council will be looking at sporting facilities in the area with Petone Sportsville and that could include proposing changes to the grandstand, council parks and gardens manager Bruce Hodgins says.

In the short term spending $120,000 on strengthening means for a “relatively small amount of money” the building should perform better if there is an earthquake on the winter Saturdays when rugby players are changing.

In the longer term there could be changes to the grandstand depending on the outcome of discussions with sports groups and the community over the next 12 months, Mr Hodgins says.

So what could those changes be? Mr Hodgins suggests that if the grandstand

was strengthened to 67 percent of the National Building Standard there could be other implications. “Maybe there would have to be lifts…The building might have to be modified for wheelchairs,” he says.

There are many options that may be explored such as removing the actual seating part of the

grandstand and just retaining the changing rooms underneath, he says.

“Those discussions need to be had… and we’ll be discussing closely with the community,” he says.

Petone Rugby Club chair Gus McMillan says strengthening the grandstand to 34 percent is “common sense at this point in time”.

When the grandstand was built 75 years ago, “a community facility was built with foresight,” Mr McMillan says. “We need to be doing the same thing, looking at what we need for the future.. not just rush off and do something.”

Assessing the needs and facilities of Petone sports clubs and coming up with a plan for the future is something that needs to be done, he says. “The cricket club is tired and needs money spent on it, then there’s the rugby club…”

It is also a time to look at the grandstand and

how it is used, he says. “There’s a community hall at the top which hasn’t been used for a long time. Over the last seven or eight years it’s fallen into disuse.”

The seating is well used though, at the recent match against Wainui the seats were “chokka”, he says.

The grandstand was declared open on November 25th 1939 at the opening function of the Petone Jubilee celebrations - which were delayed especially so that the grandstand could be used.

Petone Historical Society member Roy Hewson says the grandstand is important “because it’s part of the Rec… it’s always been there as far as we’re concerned”.

“It used to be completely packed,” Mr He wson s ay s . “ I t s t i l l i s . Even the week before last it was overflowing.”

Grandstand strengthening throws curly questions

The grandstand at Petone Rec under construction.


by Emily Tilley

The irony of winning an award for a vegetarian dish in the same year as being named a Beef and Lamb NZ Ambassador Chef is not lost on Cobar head chef Ryan Tattersall.

“I think it’s funny it’s happened in the same year ...but I like to think it shows we can cover all bases,” he laughs.

Ryan’s Provence-inspired cannelloni with artichoke egg dish won the Dinner/Fine Dining category of the Vegetarian Dish Challenge last month.

For Ryan creating beautiful food is about taking the best quality ingredients, creating fabulous recipes and presenting them beautifully - no matter what the ingredients.

By definition a vegetarian meal can’t include any meat but for the Vegetarian Dish Challenge the choice of ingredients was even more limited.

“The competition has set regulations,” Ryan says.

“You’re not allowed to use any fungi…maybe mushrooms are quite common in vegetarian dishes and you’d just have 300 mushroom dishes. You also have to use seasonal vegetables, which is tough because at this time of year there’s not a whole lot around.”

Winter is a time of root vegetables, brassicas and “nothing really vibrant” so the challenge is to come up with something really interesting, Ryan says. He says vegetarian friends complain that every time they eat out their only choice is risotto so, with around 10 percent of the dishes served at the Cobar being vegetarian, creating interesting meat-free dishes is always part of

Winning dish shows off repertoire

by Kate MansonThe Petone sign is a point of pride and should

be resurrected says long-time Petone resident Karen Arraj-Fisher.

Mrs Arraj-Fisher believes it’s appalling the once iconic sign, at the exit of State Highway 2, has lost its colour.

“I’ve lived in Petone all my life and under the Petone Borough Council the sign was always beautifully maintained with flowers. All year round there was colour. There was never an issue with maintenance.

“For years now what used to be the most beautiful welcome to Petone has just been bare. It was always the jewel in our crown, it was always a lovely entrance to Petone but now it’s just nothing.”

However, Hutt City Council divisional manager parks and gardens Bruce Hodgins says the decision to stop planting the more colourful blooms was made because of the nature of the site and the huge cost involved in its maintenance.

“We’ve not had planting there for some time because the site is a very, very difficult one. It’s very dark in there and it’s very close to the sea spray. It never did very well and it was decided three or four years ago to make it fairly plain.”

Suitability of the area aside, Mr Hodgins says there are massive costs in maintaining the site and just mowing the grass costing tens of thousands of dollars each year.

“One of the big issues with that site is that whenever anyone’s working on it you’ve got some rather large costs because of the traffic safety plans that you’ve got to have...It’s seen as being part of the State Highway so every time you go on the site it costs a little fortune to do so…At the moment, just to mow the grass and maintain the site it’s costing us $44,000 per annum.”

He says the actual mowing of the grass accounts for around ten percent of that cost with the vast majority going on the traffic safety measures that have to be put in place each time any work is done.

Mrs Arraj-Fisher says the suggestion that high maintenance costs are part of the reason not to revert to using colourful blooms doesn’t wash with her.

“I just think that, really, that’s the entrance way to Lower Hutt city… As it is now it’s really

drab and it could be something lovely.” Mr Hodgins says he and his team have

discussed ideas for the site.“One thought we had was maybe there

needed to be a total review of that area and maybe have a different sort of sign that would welcome people to Petone but I suppose the existing sign has been there for so long and people like what’s there.”

The Winning dish.

Ryan’s job.The main vegetables used in the winning

dish, pumpkin, Jerusalem artichoke and kale, are staples for the Cobar at this time of year.

“All healthy and tasty,” Ryan says. Although he admits to “kind of unhealthy-fying” the kale by frying it.

Inspired by his recent honeymoon in the French region of Provence, Ryan combined the flavours of goats cheese, lavender and honey for the cannelloni. As a twist, the canelloni itself is made of gnocchi, which is “a little lighter” than the usual pasta.

To add an element of fun in the dish, Ryan created what looks like a scotch egg but is not actually an egg at all.

By pressing a Jerusalem artichoke mousse into an egg shell, Ryan created the “egg” white. He then scooped out the centre and added ramara cheese for the “yolk”. The ensemble was then coated with panko breadcrumbs and deep fried.

The result is a surprising illusion that is as almost as much about how the food looks as how it tastes. “People say you eat with your eyes. Presentation is important,” Ryan says.

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by Steve McMorran

The conclusion of the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has evoked memories of the Empire Games sixty years ago and of the ground breaking achievements of a Petone-born athlete which remain unmatched to this day.

Don Jowett, whose feats are commemorated with a plaque on the Jackson Street Walk of Champions, remains the only New Zealander to have won a gold medal in a sprint event at the Empire or Commonwealth Games.

He did so at Vancouver in 1954, winning the 200 yards dash and adding that crowning achievement in his athletics career to the silver medal he won in the 440 yards at the same games and the bronze he won in the 220 yards, while still a junior, at the Auckland Empire Games four years earlier.

Jowett was a multi-talented sportsman who

also played rugby for Petone and went on to represent Otago as a winger, playing in the team that won the Ranfurly Shield in 1957 and was the last team from the province to do so until that 56-year drought was broken last year.

He attended Hutt Valley High School and played for the first XV during an era when it boasted players of the calibre of John Reid, later New Zealand cricket captain but also an outstanding young first five-eighths, future All Blacks Ron Jarden and Jim Fitzgerald and Empire Games hurdler Lionel Smith.

Jowett later emigrated to Australia, settling in Queensland where he began a long and distinguished career as a coach and administrator in athletics, rugby and in rugby refereeing.

He became a life member of Athletics Australia, Queensland Athletics, the Eastern Suburbs Athletics Club and of the Queensland Rugby Union, was treasurer of the Queensland Rugby Union for 13 years and of Queensland Athletics also for 13 years.

He was the track referee for the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, assistant track referee for the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games and chairman of the jury for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

He was a successful senior coach in athletics and rugby a n d a f o u n d i n g m e m b e r o f t h e Aust ra l i an T r a c k & F i e l d C o a c h e s Association. Jowett also refereed a number of international rugby matches involving Queensland and overseas touring teams.

He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for his contributions to athletics and rugby. His daughter, Sue Pavish, was a sprinter who represented New Zealand in the 100 and 200 metres at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

Donald Winston Jowett died in Brisbane on July 21, 2011, aged 80.

In an obituary, Brisbane's Courier Mail newspaper called Jowett "a man of boundless energy".

“Long before sports institutes, scientifically honed diets and space-age equipment, athletes such as Don Jowett rose to the top through good old hard toil,” the newspaper said. “In his case, it was training on the beach and sand hills in chilly Dunedin, New Zealand, under the guidance of coach Harold ‘Jumbo’ Tyne. The gruelling regime did not stop once darkness fell. Aided by Jumbo's car headlights, his young protege put in even more training at night on the Forbury Park trotting track. And it worked. Over the course of a stellar career, Mr Jowett won the New Zealand Junior 220-yard titles in 1948 and 1949, was New Zealand senior champion over the same distance in 1952, 1953 and 1954, and was 440-yard champion in 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1957.

“On the back of his junior titles...he was selected as the third sprinter in the New Zealand team, and won bronze in the 220 yards. Four years later in Vancouver, he won gold at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games over 220 yards and the silver over 440 yards."

Gold medallist Don Jowett.


SPORTPremier coach ponders his future rugby role

by Steve McMorran

Peter Green has yet to decide whether he will seek to continue as head coach of the Petone Premier Rugby team but he says he would have no hesitation in supporting his assistant Rodney So’oialo as his successor.

After a long and tiring season in which Petone reached the Jubilee Cup and finished eighth overall in the Wellington Premier championships, Green says he needs to recharge his batteries before making any binding decisions about his future.

Green said the time-consuming coaching role takes a heavy toll on his personal life and his business and he will have to weigh those considerations before deciding whether to continue.

But after watching So’oialo this season, in his first coaching role at a premier club level, he is confident the former All Blacks No. 8 is ready to step up to a head coaching position.

“I’m sure I’ll be around in some capacity next year,” Green said.

“What that will be, I’m not sure at the moment.

“Rodney and I have reviews to do on each of the players over the next little while and once we get those reviews over, I think I need to have a break.

“It’s time to concentrate on a few other things for a while. I’ve loved every minute of my involvement with Petone and I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. But I have to acknowledge it takes a toll on my business and on other aspects of my life. You can’t just get up and go somewhere because you have commitments

to the team.“I’ve also seen Rodney come through this

season and show what he has to offer as a coach and I have absolutely no doubt he has what it takes to make a great head coach.”

Green has mixed feelings about the season just ended. He began with a young and inexperienced side and delighted in watching their development as individuals and as a team during the Swindale Shield round.

Petone qualified in third place for the Jubilee Cup and began the second half of the season with an outstanding win over Swindale Shield champions Marist-St Pats. They also beat Wainuiomata, who faced Hutt Old Boys-Marist in last weekend's Jubilee Cup final, to demonstrate they were able to match the best teams in the premier competition.

But injuries began to bite during the second round and Petone’s depth was exposed at times: they weren’t able to improve on those two wins and, after briefly threatening a top-four finish, dropped back to eighth place.

“It’s been a roller coaster,” Green said. “The win over Marist was a great start to the second round but then we slowly started to get injuries and we ended up, in the last game of the round, with seven of our topline players out.

“We were young to start with and when the injuries hit we became even younger. I don’t want to make excuses and I’m very proud of the way the young guys played.

“In every game we didn’t ever stop playing, right up until the last minutes. There were a couple of games when we were down and we could have lost heavily but we didn't allow that

to happen.“For that reason there were quite a few

positives to come out of the season. It was a big learning curve and there were a lot of valuable lessons. I think you learn more from your losses than your wins and I think we’ll be a better team next season for what we’ve learned.”

Green said he and So’oialo had also learned something from the way the season was planned.

“We felt at the start of the season we had to make sure we made the Jubilee Cup,” he said. “For that reason we went quite hard during the Swindale Shield.

“We won five in a row in the Swindale Shield round which put us into the Jubilee Cup and that was great. But at the same time, in hindsight, it might have been better if we had peaked a little later.

“When we plan a season in future it might be with the realisation that it is better to be peaking during the Jubilee Cup round.”

Green is very reluctant to single out any individuals for special praise after what he says was a complete team effort. But, cajoled, he notes the performances of captain Josh Hrstich, who led the team superbly throughout the season, and those of veteran hooker Eugene Smith and young flanker Jacob Gooch.

He also praises Carne Green who started the season at halfback but moved to flyhalf, and took on the goalkicking duties, when Ricki Flutey was struck down by injury.

One of Green’s proudest boasts is that Petone “played rugby the way Petone plays rugby”. That, he says, is cause for celebration.


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by Steve McMorran

Runners from Hutt Valley Harriers flew the club’s flag proudly at the North Island Cross Country Championships at Taupo and the Wellington Centre Cross Country at Waikanae, staged on consecutive weekends last month.

At the North Island event, Phoebe McKnight celebrated her 13th birthday by winning the Girls 14 grade and, with another year to go in the age group, will be able to defend her title next season.

Matthew Rogers finished second among men aged 35 to 39 years in his first season in the Masters Division while Gail Kincaid was second in the Masters Women 45-49 division.

Cathy Gordon finished third in her first

attempt at the 5 kilometre walk and Darren Gordon was fourth in the Masters Men 40-44 division.

Rylee Watt was fifth among girls 10 and under and Joel McKay fifth in the Boys 12 division.

Hutt Valley Harriers was th i rd overa l l in the club standings and helped Wellington to second in the inter-centre competition.

Julie Johnson finished fifth in the senior women’s race at the Wellington C h a m p i o n s h i p s a t Waikanae Park on July 19. Matt Rogers was fifth and Joel Wyatt sixth in the senior men›s race.

Francis Evett finished third in the Masters Men 40 and over division and Marcus Smith was sixth among men 50 and over. John Wood was fifth in the men's 60 plus division.

by Steve McMorran

A stellar season for women's football in Petone has continued with the club's top team leading Wellington division and its reserve team gaining promotion to division two.

In a rare symbiosis between sponsorship and sporting talent, the Petone teams› naming rights sponsor, Tall Poppy, provides an apt description of the nature of the players in both teams.

Tall Poppy Petone has won seven of its eight games in division one, most recently beating Island Bay 3-2, and has an outstanding record of 27 goals for and only seven against.

Goalkeeper Michelle Ross has had an unusually quiet season thanks to the strength of the attacking and defensive units in front of her.

Young runners hold their own at North Island champs

Joel McKay won the boys under 13 race and Phoebe McKnight was second in the girls under 15 division. Luca Evett was second in the boys under 9 race and Hannah Evett fourth among girls under 11.

Phoebe McKnight.

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Women's team leads the gradePetone, coached by Sam Morrissey, previously

beat Upper Hutt City 4-1 with Bianca Mueller and Sarah Duffin both scoring twice. That followed a win by default over Brooklyn and a 4-1 win over North Wellington.

Petone went down 1-0 after 13 minutes against North Wellington but came back strongly to equalise through Vanessa Pickin before halftime and ran away with the game in the second half with goals from Mueller and Jade Morrissey.

The Tall Poppy Petone Reserves clinched their promotion to division two in resounding fashion, with a 6-0 win over Brooklyn. Hannah Carey scored two goals while Michelle Lewis, Linda Messenger, Hayley Potter and Jo Morissey also scored.

Petone went on to draw 3-3 with Victoria University in their next match, to remain unbeaten and to stand atop the table with 5 wins and 2 draws from seven games. They have scored 21 goals and conceded 6.


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Petone takes out central league leadersby Steve McMorran

Paul Whitmarsh scored a spectacular hat-trick as Petone rallied from 2-0 down to beat Miramar 4-2 last weekend, ending Rangers’ unbeaten run in the Central League this season.

Whitmarsh took his tally of goals for the season to 13, placing him in front in the race to the league's golden boot, as Petone became the first team in 13 matches to topple the league leaders.

The home victory, forged from Petone's best performance of the year, also avenged their 3-2 loss at Miramar only a week earlier when they had led 2-0 but had been denied by Miramar's second half revival.

Miramar seemed set for a repeat performance when they raced to a 2-0 lead on Saturday with goals to Henry Fa'arodo and Sam Mason-Smith. Petone were able to pull one back through winger Taban Makoii who finished off a slick counter attack to send them into the break just one goal down.

Whitmarsh struck just after the hour mark to pull Petone level before his second goal gave them the lead with 10 minutes remaining.

He then completed his hat-trick and secured the upset one minute from time to cap off a tremendous individual performance.

The win he lped a s suage Pe tone ' s disappointment at letting Miramar off the hook when the team's met at Dave Farrington Park

on July 19. Then, Petone took a 2-0 lead with goals

to George Milne and Makoii and seemed to be playing with poise and confidence, rattling Miramar.

But Miramar was able to pull a goal back just before halftime through Cory Chettleburgh, then to equalise with Chettleburgh›s second early in the second half.

The match remained on a knife edge until Fa'arodo clinched the win for Miramar with his 11th goal of the season.

Petone is currently in sixth place on the Central League table with six wins, six losses and two draws.


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SPORTby Steve McMorran

Members of the Empire Table Tennis Club have been in top form recently in major local and national events.

Ian Talbot and Harry Chen returned with an impressive collection of medals from the recent Manawatu Open Championships. Talbot won the Over 60 men's singles, the over 50 combined doubles and the over 40 combined doubles and was runner up in the over 50 men's singles while Chen was runner-up in the over 40 combined doubles.

Maggie Dyer and Peter Lowe won the division two doubles at the recent Division Grade Championships which followed the conclusion of Wellington Winter Interclub Series One. Terry Hooper was runner-up in the division two singles

and Cayden Larson runner-up in the division three singles.

The Empire Entertainers, comprising Chris and Ian Talbot, Depak Patel and Paul Brown finished third in the Premier Division while the Empire Eagles were fifth and Empire Embers were sixth.

The Empire Evils, made up of Mat Hobbs, Brendyn Shaw and Isaac Noanoa, were second in division one and the Empire Elders were fifth. In division three, the Empire Elms finished second, the Empire Engines third, the Echoes fifth and the Erasers sixth.

The Empire Elves, comprising Jimmy Nelson, Cayden Larson, Travis Dyer and Conor McCarthy, finished second in division four while the Empire Extras were fourth.

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