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Nicola Binns with an apheresis machine which is used for plasma donations.

By Nikki Papatsoumas

The New Zealand Blood Service is ap-pealing for the community to head along and donate blood at a local drive next week.

Next Thursday, a blood drive will be held at the ASB Centre in Kilbirnie and the New Zealand Blood Service are hoping for at least 60 donors to attend on the day.

Nicola Binns from the New Zealand Blood Service said this was the fi rst time there had been a blood drive in Kilbirnie for more than 10 years.

She said this was because there had not

been enough support at previous drives held in the area.

“We are hoping that with all the extra busi-ness in the area now, it will be a success.”

The blood drive was organised after local business owner, Terry Binding from Nailed It, approached them, Nicola said.

“Terry has delivered fl yers to all Kilbirnie businesses and has been a great support. But we still really need support from all local businesses in Miramar and surrounding suburbs.”

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The future of Bay Road’s Kilbirnie Community Festival is in doubt. PHOTO CREDIT: Masanori Udagawa


The future of the Kilbirnie Community Festival is in jeopardy after organisers announced they would be pulling the plug on next month’s event.

Last year controversy surrounded the Kilbirnie Community Festival, after it was announced event organiser, Martin Wilson, who had run the festival for 19 years, was not contracted to run the 2015 event.

Instead the running of the community

fun day, which was started by the Kilbirnie Lyall Bay Community Centre, was del-egated to the Kilbirnie Business Network.

After a war of words erupted in local media between Bruce and Martin, two Kilbirnie festivals were held on the same day in separate parts of the suburb.

Following last year’s event the rights to the Kilbirnie Community Festival were passed on from the Kilbirnie Lyall Bay Community Centre, to the Kilbirnie Busi-ness Network.

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For four weeks from Novem-ber 28, Go Wellington buses will change to a $1 fare for one zone of travel and $2 adult fare and $1.50 fare for children for two or three zones of travel.

It is hoped this will encour-age people to use public trans-port to travel in and out of the city.

The Wellington City Council has budgeted $200,000 for the initiative.

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Councillor Iona Pannett, Chair of Wellington City Council’s Environment Com-mittee, said the cheaper bus

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“This shows support for an environmentally sustainable travel option for people who want to go shopping in the

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“Wellington City Council fi rst proposed this initiative in February this year and I’m thrilled that it’s going ahead in time for Christmas.”

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Continued from page 1Nicola said blood donors were very

special.“We always need more donors. Cur-

rently only four per cent of the eligible population donates blood.

“If you are part of the 96 per cent cur-rently sat on the fence thinking about it, please jump off and join in.

Nicola asked people to think of the “bigger picture” and said one donation could save three lives.

“Think of all the little children who have leukaemia who your blood is able to save… you’ve got to go beyond yourself and think of who your donation could save.

“You’re helping ultimately to save people’s lives and make a difference.”

The New Zealand Blood Service was also hoping to have more people sign up for plasma donations, Nicola said.

This year 240 people have donated plasma, however the blood service was hoping to reach 500 donations by the

end of the year.Plasma was used to make around 13

different medicines and because of this the demand for plasma had increased “hugely”, Nicola said.

“You have to have given at least one blood donation in the last two years before you can become a plasma donor.”

Plasma is collected using an apheresis machine. The machine spins off the red blood cells and keeps the plasma. The red blood cells are then returned to the donor.

Plasma has also earned the nickname “liquid gold” because of its colour, Nicola said, “It really is so special, it can be made into so many different medicines.”

The blood drive will take place next Thursday, November 19, at the ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie from 9.30am to 2.30pm. Appointments are pre-ferred and will take priority. To book an appointment call 0800 448 325.

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The existing 50 km/hr zone has been extended beyond Valley Park, 85 metres north of Landfi ll Rd.

Principal of Owhiro Bay School, Tineke Giddy, said extending the speed limit beyond Landfi ll Rd made sense.

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New signs identifying the 50 km/hr zone have been installed and an electronic driver speed feedback sign has been placed in Happy Valley, just north of Landfi ll Rd, to remind drivers of their speed.

Chair of the council’s transport and urban development com-mittee, Councillor Andy Foster, encouraged anyone driving on

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The annual Kilbirnie Com-munity Festival which takes place along Bay Rd in Kilbirnie was fi rst held in March 1991.

Chair of the Kilbirnie Business Network, Bruce Welsh, said choosing to cancel this year’s event was a tough decision.

“The biggest reason is that we don’t feel confi dent we can put on a good festival – we don’t have enough support in terms of people wanting to be involved.

“I actually think it is because there are so many things on and we are coming to the end of the season. It is disappointing but it is better to pull it now rather than have a half-hearted festival.”

Bruce said interest in the festi-val had been “dwindling” over the last few years and while the business network would look to hold a similar festival in the future, he was unsure as to when.

Meanwhile, Martin has once again organised a separate fes-tival this year, the Kilbirnie Festival, which will take place on Sunday.

He said he felt “really embar-rassed” about last year’s situation, but with the support of his stall holders and musicians, he had managed to continue organising a successful event in the suburb.

However, he said he was open to the idea of helping with the

business network’s event in the future.

“…I owe Bay Rd some good faith and I am open to the sug-gestion of getting around the table and seeing what we can do.

“I would be quite happy to help Bay Rd and Bruce produce an event which they can own and design, but I prefer my new site now.”

Martin said everything was on track for this Sunday’s Kilbrinie Festival Fair Day, which would take place on Evans Bay Parade and St Patrick’s College.

Highlights of the festival will include the huge Mission Impos-sible infl atable course, a range of

free creative activities for kids, a fashion zone and catwalk show, and over 100 food and market stalls.

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Last Thursday, the Wellington City Council provided a pack of “growing neighbourhoods” seeds to every student at Kahurangi School in Strathmore.

The school was just one of several across the Wel-lington region to participate in the initiative, which was driven in conjunction with Local Food Week, which runs from March 13 to 20 and Neighbours Day Aotearoa, which takes place on March 19 and 20.

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Ken Findlay might be the Island Bay cycleway’s most vocal supporter.

The 77-year-old, who has lived in Island Bay for 55 years, said he “fi rmly supports the new cycleway” as it has addressed a number of previous cycling safety issues in the coastal community.

Over the last fortnight, Ken has spent around 10 hours campaigning for the cycleway along The Parade with a placard which reads ‘Great Cycleway WCC’ and ‘Kids Before Cars’.

Since construction work began on the cycleway late last year, the seaside suburb of Island Bay has been divided.

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“The previous system was, without question, dangerous for cyclists, especially children. Many cyclists who would otherwise have used The Parade were not doing so because of a well-founded fear of injury.”

Since Ken started his one man campaign, there has been a backlash on social media, however, Ken said he wasn’t active on Facebook, and he would not let the criticism get to him.

“The thing about Facebook is… I deliberately put my number [on the placard] so if people want to have a discussion, or abuse me, they can ring me up.”

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Ken said he predicted that within two years’ time, it would be “impos-sible” to fi nd anyone that would admit to once opposing the cycleway.

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Wellington’s iconic Cuba Street bucket foun-tain is one big yellow bucket down after it was poached by an anonymous thief. It was said the largest and lowest of the � ve yellow buckets went missing late on Saturday night. Suspects for the yellow bucket thief include new-to-the-city � rst year university students looking to make their mark. The bucket was last seen outside a chemist further up Cuba Mall, but the whereabouts of the bucket now remains a mystery.

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The Courtenay Place Rotary Club’s annual Big Dig event will take place at Freyberg Beach this Sunday, February 28.

As part of the Big Dig, hun-dreds of numbered tokens are buried in the sand at Freyberg Beach. Children then dig up tokens and each number cor-responds to a prize.

President of the Courte-nay Place Rotary Club, John Moriarty, said the Big Dig had become something of an “institution”.

“For the best part of a decade we have been at it. It’s a great community draw card and ro-tary clubs are always looking for innovative ways of getting close to our communities, we try and please as many people as we can.”

Prizes up for grabs in this year’s Big Dig include a tablet and a scooter and helmet set.

John said the club was lucky to have a number of generous sponsors on board this year, including Moore Wilsons, Blue Bridge and Westpac.

As well as the Big Dig, there will be a sausage sizzle, face painting and other activi-ties taking place on Freyberg Beach this Sunday.

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‘Big Dig’ for prizes this weekendnay Place area, John said.

“There are a few places in Courtenay Place that really, really, really need support to make Courtenay Place a really cool place to be.”

The Big Dig will take place this Sunday, February 28 from 11am. Entry is $5.

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Children participating in last year’s Big Dig


The annual Newtown Street Festival will celebrate its 20th birthday next month.

This year the festival will take place on Sunday, March 6 and organisers said they hoped to make sure the “roots of the festival” remained strong.

The Newtown Street Festival comes from humble beginnings. The festival began in 1995 as a celebration of the opening of Carrara Park, off Daniell St in

Newtown.The event was such a success

a similar event was once again held at Carrara Park the fol-lowing year, before shifting to Riddiford St in 1997.

The street festival is now recognised as the biggest event of its kind in the country.

Festival organiser Anna Kem-ble Welch said this year eight stages would boast a line-up of the best local music alongside more than 400 food and market stalls.

Organisers had also intro-duced an “interactive map” to the festival’s website this year, which allowed festival goers to search entertainment by act, stage or time.

As well as this there would be a variety of events on offer for the family.

“We want to make it celebrat-ing the fact it has been going for 20 years and making sure the roots of the festival are still really strong, rather than mak-ing it one big fl urry that won’t

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Anna said it was amazing and “very heart-warming” that peo-ple loved the festival so much.

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Crowds at last year’s Newtown Festival Street Fair

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Health Minister Jonathan Coleman said the latest health target results show Capital and Coast District Health Board is making good progress. “These results are a credit to the health professionals in Capital and Coast DHB,” he said. “Na-tionally, progress towards the new faster cancer treatment target improved six per cent, up to 75 per cent - the biggest quarterly increase to date.” $400 mil-lion extra was invested into the health budget last year, assisting this year’s funding increase. The quarter two results can be found at www.health.govt.nz.

The charming Circa Theatre on Wellington’s waterfront will be the venue for the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. The date is set for 5.30pm on Monday, August 8. Entries in the awards close on Friday and the judges’ shortlist of 30 titles across six categories will be announced on Tuesday, June 8. In the meantime, registrations open soon in the Hell Children’s Choice section of the awards, where the entire entry fi eld is judged by New Zealand children. The Hell Reading Challenge, now linked to the awards, rewards children for reading seven books with free pizza, is about to get underway. Invitations to the awards night will be available from mid-June.

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The Wellington City Council is con-tinuing with its on-going programme to make Wellington stronger and safer, while maintaining buildings and the capital’s heritage for the future.

This includes earthquake strengthen-ing, helping others through the Built Heritage Incentive Fund and looking after $6 billion worth of assets including walls, tunnels, bridges and reservoirs across the capital.

Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown said work all contributed to ensuring Wellington was a resilient city in the future.

“We know Wellington is a seismically active area, and the council prides itself on being a frontrunner in leading the country in earthquake preparedness.

“Earthquake strengthening has always been a focus and a big challenge for our city, but while there's a lot of work to do, we're defi nitely making a lot of progress.

“This current lot of work is just the tip of the iceberg.”

Among work continuing across the city, the Michael Fowler Centre was undergoing earthquake strengthening work to its exterior stairways, and the City Library would have similar work done on its internal stairways over Easter.

Island Bay’s seawall was in the process of being rebuilt and strengthened follow-ing storm damage in June 2013. Breaker Bay was also having a seawall built to protect the road, footpaths and nearby properties.

Meanwhile, the Built Heritage Incen-tive Fund contributed to conserving, restoring, protecting and caring for Wellington's heritage-listed buildings and objects – with its current focus on earthquake strengthening.

“With so many projects on the go, there may be a bit of disruption to local businesses, residents and stakeholders during these works – but these projects all contribute to future proofi ng our city,” Ms Wade-Brown said.

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Miramar Central School’s wildly popular Ethnic Food Fair will take place next Friday.

The Food Festival will boast a selection of Indian, Middle Eastern, Pacifi c, Greek, Lebanese, Moroccan, Mexican and Asian food.

Trish Bathard has been working at Miramar Central School for 20 years, but in one way or another has been involved with the school for most of her life.

Her children attended the school and she also attended the school.

Trish has been involved with organising the food festival since its inception 25 years ago.

“At the time I was a parent here. I was doing a little bit of relieving and another woman… who was on the kindergarten committee with me, we had a lot of success making and selling pizza.

“We thought food was the way to go with Miramar Central because it really was starting to diversify culturally.”

What started off with just four stalls has since grown into something much bigger,

Trish said.The food festival now boasts more than

10 food stalls, many offering a variety of different food options.

“Things have changed because way back most New Zealander’s ate fried rice and noodles. That has become a lot less popular because we have got such a variety of fl a-vours and peoples tastes have developed.”

Trish said as well as being the school’s most successful fundraiser fi nancially, it was a great way to build relationships with the school’s diverse range of community groups.

“Being inclusive and being a welcoming place for our students and our community is really important.

“Food is also a signifi cant part of any celebration for many of our community that is a real strength for them, they are very skilled at providing food for larger numbers of people.

“For me that is the biggest winner, the money is a bonus.”

Miramar Central School’s Ethnic Food Festival will take place next Friday, March 4 from 5pm to 7.30pm.

Trish Bathard has been involved with Miramar Central School’s Ethnic Food Festival for the past 25 years.

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The spectacular Edinburgh Tattoo will last long in its audience’s memories.

The Scots have once again shown they know how to bring nations together with sensational music and energetic dance with a little twist of friendly Scots-inspired banter thrown in for good measure.

The Edinburgh Tattoo has fi nished its four-day season in Wellington with over 80,000 tickets sold across all four performances.

The Westpac Stadium, equipped with its own Edinburgh styled Castle, gave the audi-ence a fi ne evening to watch the extravaganza unfold on Saturday.

The audience members, who hailed from all corners of New Zealand, were well enter-tained with guidance from a cordial, humor-ous and informative master of ceremonies.

Colour and sound danced under the watch-ful eye of the castle while the castle itself was bathed in many shades of textured colour throughout the diverse event.

Swirls of multi-coloured clan kilts, billow-ing fl ags of different nations, numerous army, navy and air force pipe and drum and brass bands from an array of countries entertained the spellbound audience.

Spirited yet graceful Highland dancing, a world-renowned marching team, surprising rifle fire and quick fire stepping, proud warriors and energetic musicians enthralled the crowd.

The captive audience hummed familiar tunes of old and laughed at the quirky dance moves of band members to modern songs.

The evening was happily capped off with a short, colourful fi reworks display from the castle walls.

As the Tattoo audience ages, the hope is a new generation will be captured by the magic that is the Edinburgh Tattoo.

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Foodies can sample local food with a world fl avour at a new food store which has just opened in the eastern suburbs.

World Market in Lyall Bay opened its doors to the public two-and-a-half months ago to steady business.

Store owner Roger Archibald has a back-ground in the timber and building industry and worked in sustainability for central and local government for 15 years.

He said he fi rst thought up the idea for World Market around fi ve years ago and the store refl ected his passion for locally sourced, quality food.

Roger said it was important for him to address the needs of all his customers.

“It addresses the needs for a lot of

people that like different food, whether it is organic, gluten free or vegan. I try to accommodate for all the food groups.”

As well as a wide variety of seasonal fruit and vegetables, fresh fi sh, special grocery ranges and fi ne wine, a butcher was also available on site to help customers choose from a selection of free range beef, poultry, pork and lamb.

The store also stocked a range of frittatas, muffi ns, homemade pies and had a barista on site.

Roger said he selected the store’s site because he viewed Lyall Bay as the “shop-ping hub” of the eastern suburbs.

World Market is at 113 Tirangi Rd, Lyall Bay. For more information head to www.worldmarket.co.nz

Local food with world fl avourThe store’s butchery manager, Michael Posa.

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Brendon Motors Kilbirnie: Simon has a fondness for Nis-sans and is an avid motor racer, as is his colleague David. Both are fully qualifi ed automotive engineers. Together they will get work done on time, on the day and with no surprises for you. Simon sponsors Hataitai Plunket, Kilbirnie School and St.Pat’s College Road Safety. You might even see him at the Kilbirnie pool or at yoga keeping fi t for the job.

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“Nailed it” is an independently owned and run nail salon nestled in Wellington’s Kilbirnie Plaza. Terry Binding is a qualifi ed Nail Technician. She sets “Nailed it” apart from other Nail Salons with her attention to detail, ‘French Chic’ decor and impeccable hygiene practices. Casual walk-ins welcome!

After such a glorious summer, it’s hard to imagine putting on winter coats and boots again. However, a change in season is a good time to look at your wardrobe and check whether you have the pieces you need to transition into cooler weather.2016’s autumn and winter collections provide easy inspiration. Local Seatoun boutique ‘Harry’s’ has new arrivals every week - dresses, tops and pants perfect for wearing now or layering

up as the weather cools with coats and boots. “� e colours are gorgeous this autumn - we’re seeing lots of olives, mustards and caramels. Warm, golden colours which are very fl atter-ing,” says owner Liz Stringer.Harry’s is located at 31 Dundas Street in Seatoun. Now in its eighth year, the focus is on colour and femininity from lead-ing local and international labels. “Our philosophy is about

providing ‘aff ordable luxury’,” says Liz.Liz’s own label “When Harry Ran Away” is one of the most popular in the shop – off ering silk shirts, dresses and woollen coats in a range of styles and often in unique prints or fabrics.� e shop and ‘When Harry Ran Away’ label are both named after Liz’s much loved family dog. A small fi gurine of Harry can be found keeping guard on one of the shelves in store.


If you are looking for a day out fi lled with shop-ping, culture and even an aquatic centre, look no further than the suburb of Kilbirnie.

After its 1.5 million dollar upgrade, the Kilbirnie town centre is a hub of food and fashion featuring an assortment of cafes and restaurants.

Shop around at big department stores such as Farmers, or if you are looking to hunt around some second-hand shops, the Salvation Army Family Store and the Mary Potter Hospice shop have eve-rything to meet your shopping needs.

After spending time shopping on Bay Road and getting a bite to eat at one of its many delectable food stores, you can make your way over to the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre on Kilbirnie Crescent and enjoy a heated pool, a toddler’s spray water-play area or a relaxing afternoon in the sauna.

If you are into the outdoors then the Kilbirnie Park sports fi eld, which is home to many sports clubs in the area, is just a fi ve minute walk away from the thriving Bay Road in the heart of the suburb.

� e Kilbirnie recreation centre also off ers an abun-dance of fun activities. As well as hosting parkour youth and junior roller derby classes, the centre also caters for those who are keen to get on their scooters or skateboards and show off their skills.

Kilbirnie is a culture fi lled town boasting the only mosque in Wellington City and in addition, a Hindu temple which serves as the headquarters for the Wellington Indian Association.

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Imogen StoneNewtown“I love Newtown, I love the op shops.”

Stephanie CoateNewtown

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Raji BadianiNewtown

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Chloe LemunyanNetwown

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Following their Christmas campaign, Warehouse stores across Wellington, to-gether with huge support from their cus-tomers, have raised more than $53,000 for Wellington Children’s Hospital.

The generous donation would enable the purchase of several items of medical equipment for the Paediatric Theatre team, who operate on patients aged from zero to 16-year-olds, Bill Day, Chair of Wellington Hospitals Foundation said.

Bill said the equipment was “quite specialised” and with four paediatric surgeons now at Wellington Regional Hospital, there was a greater need for additional equipment.

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The Warehouse Wellington Regional Manager, Clifford Buchler said he was delighted with the regional support shown.

Clifford, alongside local store managers from Porirua, Petone and Lower Hutt branches of The Warehouse presented Wellington Hospitals Foundation, the offi cial charity of the Children’s Hospital, with a cheque last week.

Dear Ed, I’ve been watch-ing this saga unfold for sometime and now that the Island Bay cycleway has revealed itself in all its mad-ness – I feel compelled to comment. The cycling advo-cates are so cycling obsessed that they have politicised this issue for the sake of getting their own way. Many of these advocates are white, middle class, well-heeled 40 somethings who are

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will be automatically safe. Wellington City Council has seriously disrespected all other road users by ruth-lessly demoting them to the ranks of second class citizens – pedestrians and motorists. Who knows what the residents think? One can only assume the engineers know what they’re doing? Somehow, I suspect not.

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Last week students from Holy Cross School in Miramar enjoyed the fruits of their labour as part of the Garden to Table programme.

Garden to Table is a successful garden and kitchen programme run in schools throughout the country.

The aim is to introduce New Zealand primary and intermediate school students to the joy of fresh, seasonal produce they have grown, harvested, cooked and shared in their own school, with the help of peers, volunteers and teachers.

The programme is supported within the school and by the community with volunteers coming in to support the kids

and their learning.On Tuesday, students at Holy Cross

School were involved in harvesting fruit and vegetables from the school’s garden. They then jumped in the kitchen and made vegetable bhaji, cucumber raita and a salad.

The school has been involved in the programme since late last year.

PHOTO CREDIT: Nikki Papatsoumas

Zerlinde Tutuila feeds the worm garden. Alex Smith and Niki Patel water the sunfl owers.

A group of kids frying vegetable bhaji. Yuki Doyle and Lucy Thompson get stuck in in the garden.

Melissa Aukuso, Jessica Olsen and Benedict Soli prepare the vegetable bhaji mixture.

Chilli Bouzaid and Devek Kumar explain how they created a rain gauge.

Sio Telefoni and Jaiymee Mapuileolo with the students’ tomato plants.

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Taratahi Agriculture Training Centre, based in the Wairarapa is hosting its fi rst ever adult Taster course.

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ANZAC Day at TinuiA major weekend of commemorations will

unfold at the rural settlement of Tinui, east of Masterton over ANZAC Weekend. Colonel Mikkelson, the great grandson of Reverend Basil Ashcroft, who held a service that saw locals walk to the top of Tenue Taiho and erect the world’s fi rst ever ANZAC memorial 100 years ago, will present the ANZAC address at a special service beginning at 10.30am. The service will be offi ciated by local vicar Steve Thomson and be attended by the oldest unit in the New Zealand Army, Queen Alexanders Mounted Rifl es who will also bring Light Armoured Vehicles with them. Other events planned to commemorate the Centennial include a school essay competition, a themed 1920s Ball at the Tinui Hall on Saturday April 23, a fun run from the Café & Bar to the top of Tenue Taiho and back.

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Featherston Military Camp ExhibitionOngoing until July 2016

Previously untold stories of men who trained at Featherston Military Camp are brought to life in this incredible new exhibition at Aratoi: Wairarapa Museum of Art & History in Masterton. The Featherston Camp Centenary Exhibition is of national importance & tells the story of the estimated 60,000 men who trained at the camp between 1916 and 1918 – a majority of the roughly 100,000 New Zealanders who served overseas during World War One. www.aratoi.org.nz

Our page for this at the moment is here: http://www.wairarapanz.com/featherston-camp-exhibition and the Aratoi page is very informative for this exhibition.

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• Share meals with friends – and make memories exploring our village• Extensive wine and local craft beer

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Greytown’s White Swan Country Hotel has an interesting past as an old Railways administration block before it made the careful journey over the Rimutakas to its current posi-tion in Main Street. Since then it’s become one of the Wairarapa’s iconic eating and accom-modation venues. They now offer upmarket boutique rooms and fi ne dining and regular events like the upcoming Cross Creek Blues performance are held at the Swan, adding to the ambience and entertainment to be had while visiting Greytown. With so much hap-pening in the Wairarapa in the coming months, now is a great opportunity to see what makes the Swan so popular.

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• 2 Short Whites: Our food is all prepared & cooked on site to order. Our bread is made using a slow fermentation process, our preserves & relishes are all made in-house & are available to take home. Pop in - try our delicious coffee, say hello & share our passion for perfect produce. Welcome to 2 Short Whites - your new home at the hub, Greytown, Wairarapa.

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• Encore Designer Recycle has opened a second store with a huge temporary Pop-up shop until their new home in the heart of Greytown’s Main St is completed.

Stock is sent down from the main shop in Ponsonby, Auckland every week so there is always something new to be found. We specialise in a mix of new samples, ends of lines and quality recycled fashion.

A wide variety of tastes are catered for with sizes from Size 6-16.

Come fi nd us next door to 2 Short Whites Cafe.

• Nikon Ambassador Esther Bunning, is now working from her new studio, within the Gallery @ The Hub. Esther’s striking photo-graphic style unites her creative eye, her use of colour and her knack of capturing people natu-rally, with a hint of mystery and layers of life.

As a special offer to experience delights of the region, you’ll receive a $50 White Swan voucher and also a $10 Lolly Jar voucher when you have your portrait session with Esther in the Wairarapa during March and April.

• The Gallery@The Hub, is the creation of photographers Esther Bunning and Wref Hann, both award-winning photographers. They’re delighted to offer art and sculpture from local Wairarapa and Wellington artists. They offer a surprising and eclectic array of art from taxidermy sculptures, to custom art guitars, and classic kiwiana paintings.

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Children from Worser Bay School have delved into their backyards to make this year’s school fair something special - and very local.

Using produce the children have scav-enged from their backyards and with a little help from local suppliers, chef and school mum Hannah Thornton has put together an amazing array of goodies to stock the popu-lar deli at the fair on Sunday, November 8.

“We really wanted to use as much local produce as we could as it came into season.

“The children and their parents have brought in lots, as have friends and family and Kim [Chin] from Miramar Fruit Supply supplied the rest.”

Hannah has assorted a tasty range in-cluding preserves, chutneys, mustards, cordials, kimchi (a Korean pickle), relishes and even a pizza sauce.

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The theme for this year’s fair is “Our Secret Garden”.

Worser Bay School principal Jude Pente-cost says this ties in well with the learning the children have been doing this year.

“Relationships are at the heart of our school and strongly refl ected in our cur-riculum. This year's inquiry, 'What and Who is in Our Backyard' has been full of rich learning experiences and provides a great link to the fair.”

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51. Inspire (5)52. Journeys (7)53. Running loop (5)54. Of the stomach (7)55. Shop assistant (11)

DOWN 1. Canal boat (5) 2. Of little importance (5-6) 3. Captivated (8) 4. Swoop (6) 5. Abides by (5) 6. One who shoes horses (7) 7. & 18 ACROSS. By fair means or foul (2,4,2,2,5) 8 N.Z. political party (6) 9. U.S. state (7)10. Avoid (5)16. Loathes (7)17. Ease (7)19. Concede (5)20. Long coatlike Eastern garment (7)22. Loiters (7)24. Pinch (3)26. Son of(Scot) (3)29. Regions (5)31. Recurring ad nauseam (11)32. Golf pin (3)

33. Fuss (3)38. Overjoyed (8)40. Grace (8)42. Book containing several works (7)44. Advances (7)46. Vocation (6)47. Critical point (6)48. Dishonest (5)49. Perfect (5)50. Flock of wild geese (in flight)(5)

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SOLUTIONFor July 28, 2004

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51. Angry (5)52. Solidify by cooling (7)53. Anaesthetic (5)54. Humbleness (7)55. Friendship (11)

DOWN 1. Sound (5) 2. Sent (11) 3. Shy (8) 4. Of public revenue (6) 5. Turn outwards (5) 6. Constrict (7) 7. Has high morals (8) 8. Reduce (6) 9. Sanction (7)10. Audacity (5)16. Arrange in steps (7)17. ‘Old Blue Eyes’ Frank ...(7)19. Competitor (5)20. N.Z. Prime Minister 1975-84 Sir Robert ... (7)22. Boils (7)24. Catch (3)26. Group of whales (3)29. Topic (5)31. Uninvited guest (4-7)32. Deoxyribonucleic acid

(abbr) (3)33. Sphere (3)38. U.S. horse race; ... Derby (8)40. Restrained (8)42. Casual (7)44. Annual calendar (7)46. Scoffs (6)47. Manservant (6)48. Form of expression (5)49. Water vapour (5)50. Gambol (5)


SOLUTIONFor April 9, 2003


SOLUTIONFor July 28, 2004

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51. Angry (5)52. Solidify by cooling (7)53. Anaesthetic (5)54. Humbleness (7)55. Friendship (11)

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Solution last week, 18 February


SOLUTIONFor October 20, 2004

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51. Inspire (5)52. Journeys (7)53. Running loop (5)54. Of the stomach (7)55. Shop assistant (11)

DOWN 1. Canal boat (5) 2. Of little importance (5-6) 3. Captivated (8) 4. Swoop (6) 5. Abides by (5) 6. One who shoes horses (7) 7. & 18 ACROSS. By fair means or foul (2,4,2,2,5) 8 N.Z. political party (6) 9. U.S. state (7)10. Avoid (5)16. Loathes (7)17. Ease (7)19. Concede (5)20. Long coatlike Eastern garment (7)22. Loiters (7)24. Pinch (3)26. Son of(Scot) (3)29. Regions (5)31. Recurring ad nauseam (11)32. Golf pin (3)

33. Fuss (3)38. Overjoyed (8)40. Grace (8)42. Book containing several works (7)44. Advances (7)46. Vocation (6)47. Critical point (6)48. Dishonest (5)49. Perfect (5)50. Flock of wild geese (in flight)(5)

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The Wellington Phoenix football team has recently been granted an immediate four-year extension on their licence.

This extension will last through to the end of the 2019/2020 Hyundai A-League with two further extensions until 2026 dependant on a number of factors, such as broadcast rights and crowd numbers.

Enthusiastic supporter of the Phoe-nix, Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown congratulated the football fed-eration of Australia and the Phoenix on the renewed licence and thanked all the fans and supporters who got behind the team.

“There’s been a concerted effort to secure the Phoenix’s future in the A-League and it is good see a positive outcome,” she said.

“The decision is important to football in New Zealand, and we are pleased Phoenix will remain in Wellington – the backing of the Lord Mayor of Sydney shows the value of the New Zealand-based team in the A-League

was shared on both sides of the Tasman.”

Wellington Deputy Mayor and ac-tive participant in the ‘Save the Nix’ campaign, Justin Lester, said the news was a relief.

“The Phoenix have played a huge part in the ongoing development of football in New Zealand – their importance to the game cannot be overestimated.

“It’s important to acknowledge the Phoenix fans who have made their voice heard clearly – the Phoenix belong in Wellington.”

Councillor Jo Coughlan, chair of the city council’s economic growth committee, said she will be looking forward to discussions with Phoenix management regarding possible as-sistance the council can provide to further secure the club’s future in the capital.

“The Phoenix are an important factor in the promotion of the Wellington region internationally – the club has helped raise the profi le of the city and we want this to continue.”

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The Wellington Moun-tain Bike Club raised around $1000 for the Queenstown Mountain Bike Club at a Jump Jam fundraiser at the weekend.

This comes after well-known mountain biker Kelly McGarry died ear-lier this month.

Kelly died after he suf-fered from a cardiac arrest and collapsed while on a mountain bike trail in Queenstown.

Kelly was a very active

member of the mountain bike scene and money raised at Saturday’s Jump Jam would go towards a Kelly McGarry memorial fund.

Saturday’s event was held at Truby King Memorial Park behind Wellington Zoo and several awards were given out on the day.

Among those who won were Bryn Dickerson, for longest jump, Jason Gurr for best whip, Jacob O’Donoghue-Price for

people’s choice and Eli Cherian took away the ‘goon’ award.

One of the event’s judges, Adrian Armstrong, said Kelly was a “really giving guy” and it was great to be able to give back to the Queenstown club.

“He was the kind of guy who was incredibly friend-ly and he was absolutely loved. He helped create an environment where people could have a lot of fun mountain biking.”

Jump Jam fundraiser for fallen biker

By Sharnahea Wilson

A group of keen young surf life savers splashed past the competition, fi nishing miles ahead in the Capital Coast Junior Surf Lifesaving Championships on Sunday.

Maranui Surf Life Saving Club had a grand total of 95 competitors who managed to take out the competition for the fourth year running.

Aged seven to 13, the dedicated athletes took part in four carnivals, starting with the event in Worser Bay on November 22.

The group then competed at Lyall Bay and Otaki clubs before fi nishing on their home turf with 1756 points – plac-ing them 1066 points in front of second place getters Lyall Bay Surf Club.

Maranui’s head coach Chris Mark said they had built the club around a strong sporting side and now it was paying off.

“We had nine fi rst place getters out of 14 age groups.

“We are lucky to have some very good

in-house competition when we train,” he said.

Chris said when the kids reached age 14 they had to be qualifi ed life guards in order to compete.

“This gives them the opportunity to give back to the community.”

The Maranui Surf Club is now preparing for the Oceans’16 event held in Mount Maunganui next Thursday.

Chris said five years ago the club didn’t even place in the competition.

“Last year we placed in the top 10 and this year we are hoping to do even better with our 44 competitors.”

Over 700 competitors will take park in the four-day event and Chris said the surf life savers have to be at a certain level to compete in the Oceans’16.

“We made 26 fi nals last year and in each age group there are about 100 kids.

“To make a national fi nal is a huge achievement,” he said.

Chris and the whole team at Maranui Surf Club were eager to see where they place in Mt Maunganui after their impressive win last weekend.

Maranui Surf Life Saving Club � nished streaks ahead of the competition at the recent Capital Coast Junior Surf Lifesaving Championships.

Streaks ahead of the competition

It may be a nail biting night at next Wednesdays Cricket Wel-lington semi-� nals at Kilbirnie Park. A spot in the � nal at the Basin on March 2 is up for grabs as well as $2500 prize money. Petone-Eastbourne

will take on Karori on Kilbrinie Park number 3 while Eastern Suburbs will battle it out with Taita. With two very exciting matches of cricket, it is hoped a number of people get down to support their local clubs.

Both matches start at 5.30pm with the games also being live scored on CricHQ. Both semi-� nals have the potential to go down to the wire which should make for an exciting evening of sport.

Down to the wire

PHOTO CREDIT: Bryn Dickerson

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