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Huge opposition

By Frank Neill

Three Johnsonville community leaders are concerned that Let’s Get Wellington Moving’s (LGWM) plan for Johnsonville Road has ignored the huge number of submissions that opposed removing car parks.

The plan, which LGWW posted on

its website on 14 June, does not state the level of opposition to removing the car parks.

Instead it highlights the results of a survey LGWM carried out itself, saying that 61% of respondents favoured cycleways, and 71% favoured the option that would see the Johnsonville Road car parks go.

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With the piles of submissions on Let’s Get Wellington Moving’s plan to remove car parks from the Johnsonville Triangle (from left) Judith Grey from Nada Bakery and the Johnsonville Business Group; Darren

Bakery;

Randle.

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Huge majority of submissions ignored

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The LGWM survey had 284 respondents, compared with the 1,300 people who made a submission opposing the removal of the car parks.

The 61% and 71% ﬁgure mean that 173 people favoured cycleways in the LGWM survey.

In addition the Johnsoville Community Association conducted a survey, and some 90% of the 451 respondents opposed removing the car parks.

“They’ve asked for the public’s opinion. We’ve given it to them and they’ve squashed it.

“They’ve poured acid on our community views and eroded our trust in Let’s Get Wellington Moving,” he says.

“If this is democracy I’ve lost all respect for the public consultation process.”

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The Johnsonville Business Group received 1304 submissions. “Roughly 25 of these were in favour of the LGWM report and 1280 were against the removal of car parks,” the business group’s Chair Mark KirkBurnnand says.

The means that LGWM heard from around 250 people who favoured the cycleways, and heard from more than 1,300 people who opposed removing the car parking.

Following the release of the LGWM report, the “Independent Herald” contacted three community leaders – Mr Kirk-Burnnand, Wellington City Council Takap Northern Ward Councillor Tony Randle and the chair of the Johnsonville Community Association, Darren Bottin.

All three were critical of the fact that LGWM had not detailed the massive local opposition to removing the car parks in its report.

“They have ignored the submissions we sent them which is unjust and absolutely undemocratic,” Mr KirkBurnnand says.

“In my opinion their consultation is worthless.

One of the aims of the LGWM plan is to make the Johnsonville triangle safer for cyclists, pedestrians, users of mobility devices and people using scooters.

“Everyone would support making things safer, but there has to be a need,” Mr Kirk-Burnnand says.

Mr Randle had given him data from NZTA’s crash analysis system, and that showed that in the 10 years from 2013 to 2022 there were no cycling accidents on Johnsonville Road between the roundabout and Broderick Road.

“There have been more pedestrian accidents than anything else, so why don’t they come up with a plan to improve pedestrian safety?”

Mr Kirk-Burnnand also notes the high cost of LGWM which is borne by ratepayers.

“It is something like $100,000 per household,” he says.

One aspect of interest is that LGWM published the report the same day as it replied to Mr Kirk-Burnnand’s Ofﬁcial Information Act (OIA) request.

Mr Kirk-Burnnand sent LGWM an OIA request on 3 May, requesting the report.

LGWM replied on 14 June – the

same day it published the report which said it was dated “April 2023” on its website. The letter apologised for the delay, which meant it had not met time frame speciﬁed in the OIA, saying the request had not been forwarded to the correct team to respond to it.

“It wasn’t a very good engagement report,” Cr Randle says, because it “essentially ignores the 1,300 submissions [opposed to removing the car parks on Johnsonville Road].”

The LGWM survey “only got 284 responses” yet they are “trumpeting the 71% [who favoured the option of removing the car parks to install cycle lanes with a barrier between them and the roadway].”

At the same time, the LGWM report did not underline the fact that “over

90% of the submission are against removing parking for a cycleway.

“I think it’s incredibly disrespectful of both the hundreds of people who had their say and the democratic process.”

Cr Randle also commented on the ﬁgures from the NZTA Crash Analysis System between 2013 and 2022.

“There were no cycling accidents where they are going to remove car parks.

“They are removing car parks in parts of the road that are safe for cyclists,” Cr Randle says.

Mr Bottin says he was “surprised” that the LGWM report came up with a “result based on the survey with the least responders to it”.

The LGWM survey received 284 responses.

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I recently hosted a meeting which included local property developers and representatives from the City and Regional Councils. The background for the meeting was the need to ensure all people involved in providing more housing in our electorate, whether it be those building them or those regulating and permitting that building, understand the issues which govern the ability to build the houses everyone agrees we need.

Local residents will remember the time when the newspapers most people received their news from, covered news of crimes on one page, and the court news reporting those who had been caught on another. It balanced things out, with people being reassured criminals were being caught.

There are essentially two types of development; greenfields and brownfields. Greenfields means building on currently undeveloped land, typically ex farmland on the edges of current urban areas, where infrastructure like sewers, water supply and other essential services don’t exist are usually built by the developer.

Brownfields development means rebuilding on existing sites, and there has been considerable discussion in recent times around how much intensification should be allowed in existing suburbs, especially changing of height limits to allow for more apartments.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages; the Regional Council in particular see their role to prevent more

Now, news of crime is all over different platforms, but court news about offenders being prosecuted is reserved for very high-proﬁle cases, such as murders. That gives an impression of lawlessness, when in fact the police are catching and prosecuting criminals regularly. A good example locally is Operation Trump Card. A local man was buying up hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of stolen property, especially bicycles, building materials and tools, and virtually anything else not locked down. He was storing

it in houses and garages around the city, many in the Ōhāriu electorate.

runoff and other material ending up in our harbours, especially the Porirua harbour in the case of development north of Johnsonville and Newlands. The Wellington City Council are concerned that the existing infrastructure cannot handle the pressure it comes under when new housing areas are developed. Existing infrastructure is aging and needs upgrading across our city, as evidenced by recent pipe failures. An advantage of intensification of existing areas means more people, therefore more ratepayers to pay for those upgrades.

Developers of course need to make a profit, and wish to keep their compliance costs as low as possible. Many believe the Resource Management Act is too cumbersome. We as government for our part have undertaken to rewrite that act.

The feedback was good, but the success will be when there are sufficient affordable houses to meetdemand. That is certainly my goal as your MP.

That, and of course having a vibrant and functioning Johnsonville Shopping Centre we can all be proud of.

There’s plenty to be getting on with.

He has been caught, much of the stolen gear recovered, and Police have restrained houses he owned as proceeds of crime. Importantly, I’m informed the crimes his receiving enabled, have dropped considerably. However, that’s not what people talk about, as the opportunity to read about it is limited. Police do a good job; they will never eliminate crime. But it needs to be remembered a few criminals commit most of the crime, and so while no-one will be prosecuted for every crime, most criminals get caught eventually and are punished for that crime. It’s like speeding; sometimes we get caught but not every time we speed. So, there is plenty of good policing happening around us; we just don’t always hear about it.

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Some of the piles of submissions opposing the removal of car parks in Johnsonville Road just before they were presented to Let’s Get Wellington Moving. Photo: supplied.

Flight path needs to be moved

By Frank Neill

A very strong call for aeroplane ﬂight paths to be moved away from Broadmeadows, Khandallah, Johnsonville and Ngaio was made at a public meeting in Johnsonville on 17 June.

The meeting was organised by local group Plane Sense, which was established some three months ago with the aim of creating a strong, collective voice to be heard and effect change for the peace of the northern suburbs community.

“We are here as kaitiaki/guardians, to advocate for more birdsong and less aircraft noise at the foothill of Mount Kaukau/Tarik ,” Plane Sense says on its website.

Attendees ﬁlled the meeting room at the Johnsonville Collective Community Hub.

The meeting considered the effect of a change in flight path that Airways New Zealand implemented on 1 December, a change approved by Wellington International Airport Ltd.

The ﬂight path change was made “to ensure the aircraft and passengers … reach their destinations safely and efﬁciently,” James Evans of Airways New Zealand told the meeting.

Airways became aware of missed approaches in Wellington and identiﬁed there were risks around the missed approaches, which also created bottlenecks.

The approach Airways came up with was a divergent missed approach path, and that meant a change to the ﬂight path.

As a result of the change safety concerns were removed, delays were reduced by more than 40% and there was a reduction in CO2 emissions of 800 tonnes a year, Mr Evans said.

Plane Sense has asked Airways and the airport to reinstate the former ﬂight path “as a matter of urgency,” Roxy Steel of Plane Sense told the meeting.

Established three month ago, Plane Sense now has more than 300 members.

“Every day we have residents connect with us who have been affected and who have been suffering alone,” she said.

“Many of us have a new alarm that goes off at 6am.”

Roxy noted that the change was made without consultation, and that the first notification about the new flight path came 22 days after the flight path was changed.

“Residents are paying the price and that was not considered,” she said.

Kim Murray lives high on the Broadmeadows hill and “I’m pretty signiﬁcantly affected,” he told the meeting.

Mr Murray is a lawyer with particular expertise in space and air law. He has acted as counsel in many inquiries and aviation cases at both trial court and appellate level.

In his preliminary assessment the proposal to change the ﬂight paths “seems to fail all three administrative law requirements,” he said.

“The State Owned Enterprises Act wasn’t complied with by Airways.

“The requirement for fair procedure is very important. Hardly any decisions in New Zealand these days made by public bodies can be made without consultation and there is very good reason for that.”

It was to be fair to people who are going to be affected by drastic change.

“The second one is a very important one for the decision-maker because if there are problems with the proposal, the problems will emerge prior to implementation and that means abandoning projects or modifying them to overcome the problem.

“That hasn’t happened.

“We are here today, unfortunately, dealing with these issues after implementation rather than prior to implementation.”

The third requirement is the “decisions by public bodies have to withstand the test of objective reasonableness.”

The problem with the model Airways used to create the new ﬂight path is “actually mostly applicable to phantom aircraft,” Mr Murray said.

“We are protecting the air space over the harbour for the occasional missed approach situation.”

As a result “we are all subject to noise interference from six in the morning right through to the last ﬂight of the day.

“But with most of the ﬂights, except in peak hours, there are no approaching aircraft that requires the airspace for a missed approach.

“So the objective reasonableness test requirement of law in my view fails.

“My strong recommendation is: let’s ﬁnd a constructive way forward.

“I think there is a genuine willingness in Airways to revisit this and I think we should allow a certain amount of time for that to happen,” Mr Murray said.

“I’m cautiously optimistic that the work Plane Sense has done and the work that Diane [Calvert] has done with the [Wellington

City] Council … will result in the original departure track being reinstated,” he added.

“My daughter woke up this morning thinking there was an earthquake,” one of the speakers told the meeting.

“When planes ﬂy over the whole house vibrates.

“I literally cannot sleep.

“It is a situation that has been created … that is negatively impacting 21,000 homes.”

Noting that the only time that there were no ﬂights in or out of the airport between 1am and 6am, another speaker said that was not long enough to let people sleep.

Yet another speaker noted that aircraft were overhead every 10 minutes on average between 6am and 1pm on Thursday 15 June – a time period of seven hours.

“If you take 40 ﬂights a day … that’s 10,000 ﬂights in a year at the current rate, and it will go up.”

He also referred to the pollution from the aircraft’s engines exhaust.

“Where it going to fall?

“It’s not going to go up, it’s going to come down.

“It’s going to fall on us.

“It’s an unfair change on a community,” he said.

The meeting was chaired by Wharangi/ Onslow-Western Ward Councillor Diane Calvert.

“I think the clear message is that we will try and work our way through this,” Cr Calvert said in closing the meeting.

Councillors John Apanowicz, Ray Chung and Tony Randle also attended the meeting,

as did iu MP Greg O’Connor.

Plane Sense “is to be complimented on the professional and well researched manner in which they have approached this on behalf of the residents,” Mr O’Connor told the “Independent Herald” following the meeting.

“It has also become clear that the necessary notiﬁcation and consultation was not taken into account,” he said.

Mr O’Connor has also outlined the issue in Parliament. The presentation he made to the House on 8 June can be accessed at https://www. facebook.com/watch/?v=1661167294308148.

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Plane Sense’s public meeting just before the room was completely filled on 17 June. Photo: Frank Neill.

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The Wellington Parks, Sport and Recreation team runs Senior Social Sports sessions which are targeted at older adults in the community. The sessions are based at the Karori Rec Centre, 251 Karori Road, and are held every Friday in June from 1pm to 2.30pm.

Senior Social Sports is dedicated to a range of gentle activities including badminton, table tennis, lawn bowls and pickleball. It costs just $5 with all equipment provided and refreshments included. For more information phone 04 476 8090 or email Karori. rec@wcc.govt.nz.

Depression research

As part of research project, a Massey University student is seeking to interview men born in Aotearoa New Zealand between 1940 and 1969 who have experienced depression and would be comfortable to discuss self-worth.

Discussions will include topics such as self-worth across multiple contexts: childhood to present, significant relationships in life, hobbies, employment, or other relevant topics.

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Karori Pataka Kai thriving

Karori’s Pataka Kai has been thriving since it opened, the Pataka Kai’s organiser Sharon Powick says.

“It’s truly heart-warming to witness the incredible sense of sharing and support that has emerged within our community.

“A special shout-out to all our amazing sponsors. We couldn’t have got this off the ground with you,” Sharon says.

“We also want to express our sincere gratitude to Gielie Du Toitof Repcon (for all your welding needs) – and Paul Stephens(handyman repairs).

“These wonderful local handymen went above and beyond to make Pataka Kai even better.

“They generously fixed the doors and installed a secure locking mechanism, ensuring the pantry remains protected from Wellington’s infamous winds. Feel free to contact them directly and support their businesses, if you require any work done.

“We extend a heartfelt thank you to Karori New World for their incredible generosity in stocking the pantry with essential grocery items.

“Their support has played a signiﬁcant role in ensuring that everyone in our community has access to much-needed supplies. We are grateful for their ongoing commitment to our shared mission.

“We are delighted to see the community spirit shining through as individuals contribute their home grown vegetables to Pataka Kai.

“Witnessing the abundance of fresh produce in the pantry is a testament to the incredible generosity and care within our community. The fact someone tended and grew those vegetables to then share... pure Aroha,” Sharon says.

Karori’s Pataka Kai is located between theKarori Community GardenandKarori Bowling Clubon Lewer Street (off Beauchamp Street).

It is available to everyone in the community, and everyone can contribute or make use of the pantry as needed. It is important that people using the Pataka Kai pantry is properly secured after they visit to ensure that the community’s generosity is kept intact.

Kelburn fountain lights up

Kelburn Park Fountain lit up orange last weekend in support of the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge, New Zealand’s largest youth fundraising event.

Thousands of rangatahi from the Wellington region took part in the challenge, in which participants choose a challenge to complete

over 40 hours between 16 and 18 June and get friends and family to sponsor them.

This year the event is helping to raise funds for children who urgently need clean water.

The 40 Hour Challenge aims to bring clean water to kids living in theworld’s toughest places, with

a focus on Malawi, where every day 11 children under the age of ﬁve die from diseases related to dirty water.

Globally, millions of children are affected because they don’t have safe water to drink.

One in ﬁve children worldwide do not have enough clean water to get

through the day and many have no option but to walk for hours each day to ﬁnd clean water sources. World Vision’s goal is to bring clean water to everyone, everywhere it works in more than 100 countries around the world by 2030.

The Michael Fowler Centre

was also among the 23 venues around Aotearoa New Zealand that participated this year. Some of the other landmarks that lit up orange this weekend included Eden Park, Vector Lights on the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Christchurch Airport and Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.

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Successful holiday programme returns

Onslow Community Church will again run their very successful CHARGE! kids holiday programme in the July school holidays.

First run last year CHARGE! attracted 76 children from the local community.

The idea to run a holiday programme came as the church saw a need in the local community, with many working parents struggling to ﬁnd care options for their children during school holidays.

The whole church helps with more than 50 volunteers of all ages volunteering in some capacity, from intermediate-age leaders right through to grandparents. Many people take time off work to help.

This year’s programme takes place on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 July, with a theme based around Matariki which falls on the Friday.

As part of the holiday programme the church is also running a service for families on Sunday 16 July at 10am with well-known communicator and puppeteer, Ray Cooper. Registrations for school-age children years 1 to 6 close Friday 30 June (last Friday of term).

There’s a nominal charge of $20 per family.Register for a single day or both days at https://forms.gle/UD7Yti5wfmV7UQSR7and can contact peterr@onslowcc. org.nz for more information.

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Three volunteer nominees from one shop

Not just one but three volunteers at Vinnies Shoppe in Khandallah have been nominated for the upcoming Mahi Aroha Awards run by Volunteer Wellington.

Gail Gall, Dee Tallott and Sharlene Ryan were nominated by the Khandallah shop manager Sue de Kock.

“Dee, Gail, and Sharlene are extremely dedicated, and have been volunteering their time to Vinnies Khandallah for more than 20 years combined,” Sue says.

“Every week they handle hundreds of donated items - sorting, assessing, organizing, and

keeping our shop shelves and racks stocked.

“They serve our customers and handle questions and queries.

“They do the work that goes on behind the scenes and we simply could not do what we do without their generous support,” Sue says.

Gail began volunteering at Vinnies Khandallah after she took her three-year-old grandson into the store for a book and the manager at the time had offered for her to come in and help.

She took up the offer 11 years ago and has been there since.

She enjoys the company volunteering provides and working with the other staff, she says Volunteering gives her day purpose since her husband passed and it is also worthwhile, Gail adds.

Dee, who has been volunteering at the shop for nine years wasn’t working at the time and volunteering gave her something to do.

She enjoys interacting with people and the community, she says.

Sharlene has been at the shop for four years and says she loves working with people

and speaking to customers and the wider community.

Gail, Dee, and Sharlene say they enjoy volunteering together. “There’s always a joke to be said or a cup of tea.”

Gail and Dee regularly work together in the stockroom, organising various donations. They also donate old or damaged toys to the SPCA for the animals to play with.

The Mahi Aroha Award winners will be announced at a celebratory evening from 5pm to 7pm tonight, 22 June, at the KPMG ofﬁces at 10 customhouse Quay.

Heartwarming post

An outstanding example of kindness in Johnsonville was revealed in a recent social media post.

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“How in a moment when it feels like there is no hope and life is worthless, by merely dropping off a hot chocolate, proved that in dark moments, there is always a ray of light peeking through.

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Car parks should stay

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That compared with the Johnsonville Community Association survey, which attracted 451 responses.

5. Bulk Buying:

Yes, it may be harder to part with a larger amount of money in the short-term, but buying in bulk is essential. You can use the savings above, and embrace bulk buying. When shopping, look at your unit cost, ie; price per item, or cost per 100g, the largest quantity may not always be the cheapest. Some supermarkets do this calculation for you, but best you work it out yourself. Saving money on your food budget doesn’t have to mean sacriﬁcing quality or taste. By implementing practical strategies, you can enjoy delicious meals while keeping your expenses in check. Remember to plan your meals, make a shopping list, cook at home, embrace seasonal produce, and be mindful of food waste. With a little bit of effort and smart decision-making, you’ll be on your way to a healthier bank account and a more sustainable approach to food consumption. Have a great week everyone!

Referring to the LGWM report which showed that 61% of the 284 people preferred the provision of cycleways, Mr Bottin notes that you can have a high percentage favouring an option, but unless there is a high number of people in the survey “it is not as signiﬁcant as a survey with more people”.

In the survey the Johnsonville Community Association conducted “the vast majority were opposed to the removal of the car parks”.

He also said that the LGWM survey had the suggestion of a fait accompli, as it gave only two options, both with cycleways, “and no option C.

“The consultation sounds like it was seeking conﬁrmation of their own plan,” Mr Bottin says.

The “Independent Herald” approached LGWM with three questions, so that LGWM had an opportunity to respond to the main issues Johnsonville leaders have raised.

The ﬁrst question was: why did the LGWM report not provide detailed information about the number, and percentage, of submissions that opposed removing the car parks in Johnsonville Road?

“To be clear, the ﬁnal report includes all feedback received, whether through the LGWM survey or alternative surveys,” Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme director Sarah Gardner said.

“We thank the community for the positive engagement we have had with them on options for the Johnsonville and Ng anga project.

Pages 6, 8, 9 and 12 in the ﬁnal report. Page 8 in particular, specifically breaks out the considerable number of submissions made by the community and notes their opposition to the removal of car parking.

“The JCA and Johnsonville business group responses were not directly comparable with the LGWM survey responses. However all engagement feedback has been analysed, considered, and will be used to inform the development, reﬁnement and on-going assessment of our options,” Ms Gardner said.

The second question was: is LGWM now planning to remove the car parks on Johnsonville Road and, if so, why – given the fact that some 90% of the local residents’ input opposed the car park removal?

“We are doing ongoing work to assess and test the feasibility, costs, beneﬁts, and outcomes of all options as well as further improvements identiﬁed with our partners. The engagement feedback will help inform this work,” Ms Gardner said.

“We are yet to reach a decision on a preferred way forward.

“We appreciate people are looking for clarity from us as soon as possible on likely changes. We will continue our work to reach a preferred option to proceed with, and keep the community advised of our progress on that.

“We hope to have reached a view on how best to proceed in the coming months.”

The “Independent Herald” also said it noticed that the plan was dated April 2023, yet was only posted on the LGWM website mid June. How did that come about?

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“The Johnsonville Community Association (JCA) and a group of Johnsonville businesses provided alternative surveys on some elements of the proposed options.

“Detail of these community generated contributions, key characteristics of them and the key themes they surfaced are detailed on

“An early draft of the City Streets Johnsonville and nga engagement report was prematurely published on our website while testing links for the public to view and download,” Ms Gardner said.

“It has since been removed. The ﬁnal, approved version of the report was published on 14 June and a link emailed to key stakeholders and the community,” she said.

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Indian dancers shine

A large contingent of Western and Northern Suburb dancers will be putting their best foot forward in the upcoming Mudra Dance Company production of Darpana: Reﬂections. Making up a major proportion of the over thirty dancer cast, performers from the area ranging in age from 12 to 39 will be performing various dances in this exuberant programme of classical Indian dance.

Year 13 Newlands College student Rhea Homroy is among the dancers featuring in Darpana.

She started learning Bharatanatyam in 2013 when she was seven years old.

“I really love dancing,” she told the “Independent Herald”.

“It’s one of my biggest passions.

“Dancing, for me, is a way to express myself – my feelings and emotions.

“The grace, elegance, expressiveness, rhythm, music, discipline, and rigour are all aspects of Bharatanatyam that allows me to be myself.

“It also connects me to my cultural heritage,” Rhea said.

Rhea was born in New Zealand and herfamily are from Kolkata, a city in eastern India. They migrated to New Zealand and settled down in Wellington in early 2000.

Five of the dancers will be making their maiden performance with the Mudra Dance Company and will form the nucleus of the company moving forward.

Darpana will be a memorable performance of a retrospective collection of dance works spanning over 25 years, choreographed by internationally renowned Wellington-based director and choreographer Vivek Kinra.

Kinra will blend the history of Mudra through the reworking of his earlier pieces, ensuring that the current audience can

experience the change over time while honouring the beginnings of the Mudra Dance Company.

The audience will have the opportunity to revisit their favourite pieces while experiencing some works for the ﬁrst time.

The dances have been selected to highlight speciﬁc periods and outstanding pieces, which over time show the evolution of Kinra and The Mudra Dance Company Mudra Dance Company will once again excite audiences with fast-moving dramatic dance pieces that will showcase the incredible talent of this highly regarded dance company.

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Councillor spots huge council error

By Frank Neill

Wellington City Councillor Tony Randle has uncovered a huge error in the council’s plan to introduce 30km/h speed limits in most of the city.

As a result the council has halted public consultation on its Draft Speed Management plan.

Takap Northern Ward Councillor Randle noticed an error in the calculations included in the draft plan. It had adjusted the safety figures for under-reporting twice rather than once.

That resulted in the draft plan having a $250 million error in the safety beneﬁts that a reduction of the speed limit to 30kn/h would bring, Cr Randle told the “Independent Herald”.

“It was a small mistake that turned into a big error,” Cr Randle said.

“The number was twice as big as it should have been. Essentially the safety beneﬁts are half [of the ﬁgure in the council’s Draft Speed Limit Plan].”

Cr Randle noticed the error, he said, because he is used to working with spread sheets.

This “significant error” has led to the council halting its public engagement on the plan, the council said in a media release dated 19 June.

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The council’s Chief Planning Ofﬁcer Liam Hodgetts stopped the consultation after Cr Randle brought to his attention a technical error in the equations of the beneﬁt cost ratios (BCR) outlined in the draft plan.

The error Cr Randle discovered has been veriﬁed by council ofﬁcers and an independent review by a transport economist.

Mr Hodgetts said the calculation error adjusts the safety ﬁgures for under-reporting twice rather than once, resulting in an overstatement of the safety beneﬁts being used in the BCR that was an input into the decision-making in April.

“To ﬁnd a mistake in the BCR that was externally and independently peer reviewed is very disappointing and I apologise for the error,” Mr Hodgetts said.

“This should not have happened.”

Mayor Tory Whanau is also disappointed that the error occurred.

“Elected ofﬁcials rely on the accuracy of information from council officers in making decisions, and the public when they submit their views as part of the consultation process. In this case, accuracy was lacking.

“We have reviewed the situation to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

“I do want to express my support of council ofﬁcers. They have a big workload dealing with complex issues. While they get it right most of the time, they are only human, and errors do sometimes happen,” the Mayor said.

Council staff intend to schedule a workshop and brieﬁng for elected members in August to discuss a new approach, including the parameters of a new speed management plan, how it will proceed and how it will ensure the transparency and rigor of the process.

The changes the council proposed in its Draft Speed Management Plan included:

a speed limit of 30km/h for all non-arterial (local) streets;

a speed limit of 30km/h for arterial streets within city and town centres, near Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa, public housing, schools, suburban shops, kindergartens, play-centres, early childhood education facilities and where cycling or pedestrians safety warrants lower speeds;

a speed limit of 40km/h for all other arterial streets (with exception for a few arterial roads, and regional, national, high-volume roads which would remain at 50km/h); and lower speed limits where appropriate (for example, the existing 10 km/h on Cuba Street between Wakefield and Manners Street).

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Newlands College student Rhea Homroy dancing. Photo: Supplied. The northern and western suburbs dancers who are performing in Darpana (back row from left) Rhea Homroy, Divya Gawsane, Irene Jiss, Nandika Reddy Arumalla, Harshita Rajamani, Soumya Tyagi, and Anika Nair; (front row from left) Mehar Batish, Varshita Pasupuleti, Ria Kulathinal and Aarushi Harsh.

It’s always a great time at the Johnsonville Club

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Fridays from 5pm they have their burger and beer for $20, Happy Hour till 7pm and a Friday fun quiz with 10 questions. The club bar boasts a wide range of on-tap beers, bottled beers, and quality wines and spirits. There is of course a wide selection of low alcohol and non alcoholic beverages.

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Supporting the Botanic Garden

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The Onslow Garden Club recognises the importance of the Botanic Garden to Wellington and it has been the focus of the Club’s donations. In 2021 course at Canterbury University and new signage was provided for the Fragrant Garden last year.

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Global recognition for bike network

Wellington has gained global recognition for its bike network.

The capital is one of 10 cities worldwide to receive a Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI) grant of $650,000 to accelerate delivery of transformative cycling projects, and has also won a place on the prestigious BICI.

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The award recognises Wellington’s plan to rapidly roll out a city-wide bike network, for its innovative approach, and its important partnership with mana whenua.

“This endorsement of our rapid rollout approach really puts the spotlight on the huge potential for

better urban design and new ways of addressing urgent local and global climate issues,” Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau says.

Wellingtonians asked for action on transport, climate and housing which saw the council commit to accelerating and completing the city’s bike network, the Mayor says.

“While we are doing what the

majority of people have asked for, it was important that we also incorporated a robust way for the public to provide feedback.

“We have done that and it will lead to further cycling network improvements.

“The $650,000 prize money will be used, in-part, to progress the concept of a nature-based,

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Mix a professional creative artist with impressionable students eager to learn and the results can be quite transformative. This is the ultimate outcome of the Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Artist in Residence programme.

This year’s Marsden Artist in Residence is multi-disciplinary artist and printmaker, Marci Tackett.

Highly accomplished and with a wealth of experience in teaching and artistic practice, Marci was born in Denver, Colorado, and has lived and worked in New Zealand since 2006. She has received numerous awards and artist residencies in both New Zealand and the United States, including the Annual Fellowship Award from Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California, and the Merit Grant Recipient for a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Marci’s work has been displayed in exhibitions around the world and in 2019, 2020 and 2022 she was a ﬁnalist for the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award.

In addition to her impressive artistic accomplishments, Marci also teaches at The Learning Connexion in Lower Hutt, where she has developed and expanded her interdisciplinary art practice.

Marci commenced her six-week residency at Marsden in April.

In residence, she has held workshops for Marsden students, as well as students from other area schools, while developing a body of work for her exhibition ‘C.M.Y. Cake’, which is being held at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1 Queens Wharf, Wellington from 23 June to 9 July.

Marci’s work with students revolved around multiple disciplines within printmaking. She introduced polyester plate lithography and monotype using stencils and masks.

Students developed projects using layering to build colour-rich imagery, and learned how to think like printmakers, often unravelling the hidden processes of traditional industrial colour separations.

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“I’ve enjoyed working with the lovely students and staff at Marsden,” Marci says.

“I felt very welcome and accepted from the start.

“It was fun to teach new techniques to expand engagement with printmaking across many levels of learners.

“I’m also looking forward to sharing an exhibition space with the students, as I think the connections between what they have learned and what I do will be exciting.

“It’s been a great opportunity for me to push myself and to get to know wonderful humans of all ages,” Marci says.

Marsden established its Artist in Residence Programme in 1999 and continues each year to build a legacy of strong associations with professional practising artists and designers.

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Johnsonville victorious again

By Frank Neill

The Johnsonville Hawks great run in Rugby’s Swindale Shield competition continued with a convincing 32-0 victory over Avalon on 17 June.

With one round to play, the Hawks are lying third on the table.

The Avalon Wolves started the stronger of the two teams and were unlucky not to score the ﬁrst try of the match.

That allowed the Hawks to be ﬁrst on the scoreboard.

It came after their scrum monstered the Wolves, allowing Serge Hollis to dot down. The move perhaps came as no surprise as the Hawks scrum got much the better of its opposition throughout the match.

Mark Sutton converted the try and added a penalty to see the Hawks go to the break with an 8-0 lead.

Mark opened the second half scoring with a penalty.

Akuso Tuitama then showed his running skills when he ran through a number of defenders to dot down.

Regan Herbert followed up with another try for the Hawks before there was a half hour break in the play that came about when Avalon’s hooker Koli Bower suffered a serious leg injury.

After play resumed Finlay Sharp scored Johnsonville’s bonus point try. Mark converted two of the three second half tries.

That proved to be the last major act of the match, as the fading light saw referee Jack Sargentina call off the match in the 67th minute.

Jacob Walmsley chalked up a major milestone when he ran onto the ﬁeld to play his 100th match for the Hawks.

Johnsonville’s next match sees them meet a struggling Wainuiomata team in Wainuiomata on 24 June.

It will be the team’s ﬁnal Swindale Shield round, and following that the Hawks will contest the Jubilee Cup.

Johnsonville also won its second division Harper Lock Shield match on 17 June, beating the Avalon Wolves 37-13.

As well as celebrating the premier and division 2 victories, the Johnsonville Rugby Football Club celebrated a hugely successful Old Timers Day on 17 June.

“It was massive,” the club’s Chair Susan Poutoa told the “Independent Herald”

“We had close to 100 for the lunch including lots of good old timers.”

Five Johnsonville players have been named in the Wellington Lions wider training squad to prepare

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for the ﬁrst Ranfurly Shield defence of 2023 against Horowhenua-K piti on 12 July.

Jason Tuitama and Ollie Paotonu have been named in the backs,

while Ha’amea Ahio, James Douglas and Anthony Pettett have been named in the forwards.

Wellington Lions Head Coach Tamati Ellison has selected 38

players in the squad, and announced this on 20 June.

The Lions match against Horowhenua-K iti will be played at the Levin Domain.

Karori surprise with Chatham Cup win

By Grant Stephen

Top level local football took another break last weekend as the Chatham and Kate Sheppard national cup competitions edged ever closer to completion.

In the men’s Chatham Cup, there was a thriller at Karori Park where Waterside Karori hosted Western Suburbs.

Wests were favourite to win, as they are sitting four places and 11 points higher in the Central League table.

The two teams could not be separated though, and the match went to extra time after a 0-0 all stalemate.

It was Waterside who emerged victorious in the end with a goal to substitute William Forrest in the 110th minute.

This was a classic cup win for Karori and they move on to the Round of 16.

It was David and Goliath, youth versus experience, call it what you will at Wakeﬁeld Park.

Top of the Central League, Wellington Olympic, took on 9th place TFS North Wellington.

No one gave Norths a chance and there were predictions

of another hiding along the same lines as the 7-0 result that Olympic dished out to Miramar Rangers in the Central League the week before.

Olympic came out tops in the end by the closest of margins 3-2.

Norths fielded eight players under 20 and led the match 2-1

for a large chunk of time.

Two penalties to Ben Mata for Olympic and a 78th minute goal to Hamish Watson were enough in the end in response to goals from North’s skipper Cam Wardlaw and Niko Bruce.

Napier City Rovers put on a dominant performance at home

and sent Stop Out packing with an 8-2 win to reﬂect on, over the long bus ride home.

Petone had a memorable weekend when they entertained Football Club Western Incorporated from New Plymouth and posted a 3-0 win at home.

In the Kate Sheppard women’s

cup Petone did it again in a thrilling 2-1 over Palmerston North Marist in Palmerston North. The only remaining match in the Wellington region saw one of the title contenders, Wellington United, post a 3-0 win over fellow Women’s League team, Seatoun.

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Huge opposition

By Frank Neill

Three Johnsonville community leaders are concerned that Let’s Get Wellington Moving’s (LGWM) plan for Johnsonville Road has ignored the huge number of submissions that opposed removing car parks.

The plan, which LGWW posted on

its website on 14 June, does not state the level of opposition to removing the car parks.

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Bottin, President of the Johnsonville Community Association; Becca Johnston from Nada

and Wellington City Councillor Tony

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Huge majority of submissions ignored

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The LGWM survey had 284 respondents, compared with the 1,300 people who made a submission opposing the removal of the car parks.

The 61% and 71% ﬁgure mean that 173 people favoured cycleways in the LGWM survey.

In addition the Johnsoville Community Association conducted a survey, and some 90% of the 451 respondents opposed removing the car parks.

“They’ve asked for the public’s opinion. We’ve given it to them and they’ve squashed it.

“They’ve poured acid on our community views and eroded our trust in Let’s Get Wellington Moving,” he says.

“If this is democracy I’ve lost all respect for the public consultation process.”

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The means that LGWM heard from around 250 people who favoured the cycleways, and heard from more than 1,300 people who opposed removing the car parking.

All three were critical of the fact that LGWM had not detailed the massive local opposition to removing the car parks in its report.

“They have ignored the submissions we sent them which is unjust and absolutely undemocratic,” Mr KirkBurnnand says.

“In my opinion their consultation is worthless.

One of the aims of the LGWM plan is to make the Johnsonville triangle safer for cyclists, pedestrians, users of mobility devices and people using scooters.

“Everyone would support making things safer, but there has to be a need,” Mr Kirk-Burnnand says.

“There have been more pedestrian accidents than anything else, so why don’t they come up with a plan to improve pedestrian safety?”

Mr Kirk-Burnnand also notes the high cost of LGWM which is borne by ratepayers.

“It is something like $100,000 per household,” he says.

One aspect of interest is that LGWM published the report the same day as it replied to Mr Kirk-Burnnand’s Ofﬁcial Information Act (OIA) request.

Mr Kirk-Burnnand sent LGWM an OIA request on 3 May, requesting the report.

LGWM replied on 14 June – the

“It wasn’t a very good engagement report,” Cr Randle says, because it “essentially ignores the 1,300 submissions [opposed to removing the car parks on Johnsonville Road].”

At the same time, the LGWM report did not underline the fact that “over

90% of the submission are against removing parking for a cycleway.

“I think it’s incredibly disrespectful of both the hundreds of people who had their say and the democratic process.”

Cr Randle also commented on the ﬁgures from the NZTA Crash Analysis System between 2013 and 2022.

“There were no cycling accidents where they are going to remove car parks.

“They are removing car parks in parts of the road that are safe for cyclists,” Cr Randle says.

Mr Bottin says he was “surprised” that the LGWM report came up with a “result based on the survey with the least responders to it”.

The LGWM survey received 284 responses.

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Both have their advantages and disadvantages; the Regional Council in particular see their role to prevent more

it in houses and garages around the city, many in the Ōhāriu electorate.

The feedback was good, but the success will be when there are sufficient affordable houses to meetdemand. That is certainly my goal as your MP.

That, and of course having a vibrant and functioning Johnsonville Shopping Centre we can all be proud of.

There’s plenty to be getting on with.

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Some of the piles of submissions opposing the removal of car parks in Johnsonville Road just before they were presented to Let’s Get Wellington Moving. Photo: supplied.

Flight path needs to be moved

By Frank Neill

A very strong call for aeroplane ﬂight paths to be moved away from Broadmeadows, Khandallah, Johnsonville and Ngaio was made at a public meeting in Johnsonville on 17 June.