The Eastbourne Herald September 2023

Low numbers at election meeting in new venue

by Louise Parry

A substitute candidate, two walkouts and extreme views marked last week's Hutt South candidates' meeting at the Petone Baptist Church. The meeting, usually held in Eastbourne every three years, was a collaborative effort, hosted by the Eastbourne Lions and the Jackson Street Programme.

Despite a relatively low turnout, all seven parties fielding candidates in the Hutt South electorate were represented in their fourth such meeting in as many nights.

Due to Act's Andy Parkins falling ill, Remutaka electorate candidate Michael Hurle spoke on his behalf. Notably, five parties sought party votes only, with Labour and National the only two asking for two ticks this election.

If the success of one’s argument is measured by the number of people who exit while one is speaking, then NZ First’s Lee Donoghue emerged as the victor. Backed by a small but vocal group of supporters, Mr Donoghue argued for the eradication of “woke” ideologies and expressed concerns about what he perceives as schools’ indoctrination of young people into the LGBTI+ community.

The Opportunities Party (TOP) candidate Ben Wylie-van Eerd chose to walk out at this point, a move later mimicked by a post-meeting discussion between Donoghue and 15 year-old Adam Kennett.

Adam's interest in politics prompted him to attend the meeting with his mother. Specifically, he was keen to enquire about the stances of right-wing representatives regarding

the removal of the current gender and sex education from the NZ curriculum and the claim that schools were introducing young people to pornography.

Incumbent Hutt South MP Ginny Andersen ran through a list of Labour’s achievements in the Hutt Valley, concentrating on housing, health, schools, roading and public transport and policing.

National's Chris Bishop talked about his party's support of the Melling Link, the Lower Hutt birthing centre, housing and transport. Candidates from ACT, Greens, TOP, NZ First and Vision NZ spoke more broadly about their policies.

Election feature, including a list of polling booths: Pages 10-13.

Above left: Lee Donoghue NZ First, Michael Hurle ACT, Ben Wylie-van Eerd TOP, Ginny Andersen Labour, Neelu Jennings Green Party, Chris Bishop National, Max Rangitutia Vision NZ. Above right: Adam Kennett faces off with Lee Donoghue.

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What's Happening Hair!?

September 'round hair!

Bring on the bob this September! As the weather begins to warm up again and we move into Spring why not get the chop? It is in human nature to keep your hair long in winter, not only does it feel warmer with longer locks, but it's comforting too! We hide behind our long hair in winter, leaving it longer than we should between cuts which leads to tired, wispy and split ends

But enough doom and gloom about how our hair looks by the end of Winter! And more about how you can create a fresh, healthy look this Spring. The four pillars of healthy and strong hair are:

Heat protection: From both styling products and the sun While you may think of heat protection as less necessary in the winter, we dry our hair more since the weather is cooler, and we wear hats less given there is less bright sun That doesn't prevent the sun from still damaging our hair during these cooler months so heat protection products which also block harmful chemicals and dirt in the air is all the more important!

Shampoo: Here you should have a range of shampoos to strike a healthy balance of nourishing your hair with moisture and strengthening ingredients, as well as holding products which cleanse any product build up out of the roots

Conditioner (hydration): Keeping your hair hydrated prevents split ends, thinning hair, breakage and more We are mostly made up of water and hair is no exception, keeping your hair full of moisture means it will be smoother, shinier and more manageable

Conditioner (strength): We can sometimes mix what looks like dehydrated hair when really it's damaged, which is where strengthening conditioner/mask can work wonders While everyone sees conditioner as only a hydration product, it can most certainly build strength too! A strengthening mask is a great alternative once a week to maintain healthy bonds within your hair and ensure your locks are looking in tip top condition

A fifth bonus tip starts with a question Do you ever find your hair stops responding the way it used to, to the expensive hair products you're using? This is because it gets used to certain ingredients within products and stops responding to the active ingredients To prevent this, all you need to do is alternate your haircare routine on a weekly basis, mixing up your shampoo and conditioning products between colour care, hydration, strength and/or cleanse

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Community Engagement Fund

Community groups have until 1 October to apply for the current round of the Eastbourne Community Engagement Fund. The fund supports local activities and events that benefit Eastbourne. There is more detail at huttcity.govt.nz. Search for community engagement fund.

Safe battery disposal

Thank you to all those who have supported the ECB’s battery disposal trial. So far we’ve taken 30kg of batteries for safe disposal. You can find the bin in the library foyer. Please seal battery terminals with tape to prevent shorting.

Rate postponement

Residents over 65 may be eligible for rates postponement under the Council’s Rates Postponement policy. You can read more at huttcity.govt.nz. Search for rates postponement.

Contacting the Community Board

Belinda Moss (Chair) 029 494 1615

belinda.moss@huttcity.govt.nz

Bruce Spedding (Deputy Chair)

021 029 74741

Frank Vickers 027 406 1419

Murray Gibbons 04 562 8567

Emily Keddell 021 188 5106

Tui Lewis (Ward Councillor) 021 271 6249

Next ECB meeting: 7.15pm Tuesday 31 October, East Harbour Women’s Club, 145 Muritai Rd

Mixed views on 20kph speed drop

by Louise Parry

Drivers will have to slow down on Marine Drive after Hutt City Council lowered the speed limit from 70kph to 50kph.

From October 1, driving between Whiorau Lowry Bay and Sunshine Bay – a distance of 2.7kms – will be allowed no faster than 50kph.

Following a public survey, Hutt City Council and Waka Kotahi approved the change, “aiming to enhance safety for both vehicles and pedestrians while maintaining a consistent speed limit along the Eastern Bays waterfront,” HCC Head of Transport Jon Kingsbury says.

A prerequisite for the Tupua Horo Nuku shared path project was a speed review of Marine Drive, and “careful consideration” was also given to community feedback, he says.

Consultation for the speed limit change primarily targeted Eastern Bays residents, drawing 459 survey responses and 56 emails. While direct support or opposition to the change was not explicitly asked. asked, survey results showed that 37.5 percent favoured lowering the speed limit, while 36.6 percent were opposed.

In email feedback, 48 percent were in favour, and 23 percent were opposed. Key themes included concerns about potential delays and increased travel time, questions about crash history and supporting evidence, and technical reports.

The technical speed review conducted as part of the Tupua Horo Nuku consent process indicated that the 70kph speed limits in certain sections of Marine Drive were not safe or suitable.

Reducing the speed to 50kph is expected to enhance safety for all road users, including

pedestrians and cyclists, with minimal impact on travel time for drivers.

Three raised pedestrian crossings will be installed near bus shelters along Marine Drive once Tupua Horo Nuku is complete, which will improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians, Mr Kingsbury says.

“We appreciate the community’s understanding and cooperation as we work towards creating a safer and more accessible environment in the Eastern Bays."

Lowry Bay resident Steve Grenside is in favour of the lowering of the speed limit. As one who rides, runs and drives around the bays, as well as commuting to work in town by bike daily, he thinks it’s a good thing.

“While there are certain types it won’t make any difference to, I think it directs people’s attention to being a bit more careful.

"It’s an inappropriate road to have high speed limits – skinny, tight bends, lots of users of the road – and there’s not much margin for error."

He reckons the difference it makes is only around 60 seconds and it saves fossil fuel, too.

“We’re staring down the barrel so anything that makes a difference matters, to the planet as well as [household budgets].

“I enjoy going fast – I have a motorbike –but getting from here to Eastbourne is not the place to be doing it.”

Former York Bay resident Giselle Clarkson (pictured) is one of the 2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates, announced this month. Now resident in South Wairarapa, the University of Canterbury Fine Arts graduate received the Mallinson Rendel Illustrators’ Award, worth $35,000.

She began her career as a freelance illustrator in 2014, drawing the birds featured on RNZ’s Morning Report and posting them online – which led to a Forest & Bird commission then regular work for The School Journal.

She has written and illustrated for The Sapling, and illustrated several Joy Cowley books and three Annuals for New Zealand children. The Times UK chose her version of Joy Cowley’s The Tiny Woman’s Coat as a book of the week.

Known for her “visually delicious” food illustrations in the form of teatowels featuring Biscuits & Slices, she was co-winner in 2021, with Alexandra Tylee, of the Elsie Locke award for Egg and Spoon: An Illustrated Cookbook , published by Gecko Press. Gecko have just published her first book as author and illustrator: The Observologist: A Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientific Expeditions, is “a playful non-fiction guide for budding natural scientists”.

The Marine Drive speed limit is changing on 1 October

From 1 October, the speed limit along Marine Drive between Whiorau Lowry Bay and Sunshine Bay will reduce from 70km/h to 50km/h.

Hutt City Council and Waka Kotahi considered community feedback and approved the change, which will improve safety and create a consistent speed limit along the Eastern Bays waterfront.

Find out more at hutt.city/EBspeedchange

Key: Reduced from 70km/h to 50km/h

Existing 50km/h speed limit

Faith in the Community

Caring for our planet...

September heralds spring and is sometimes celebrated as the ‘Season of Creation’. The Book of Genesis tells us the Bible story of creation.

Today in the twenty-first century, our focus should be on how to protect and care for creation. We have the responsibility to pray, reflect and act together as people of God to protect our planet.

How can we go about this? We can advocate for climate justice and work to preserve biodiversity. We can advocate for increased use of our Godgiven gifts of sun, wind and water to produce the energy we need and decrease our use of fossil fuels. We can plant, protect and enjoy the creativity all around us.

There is no ‘Planet B’. Just our shared home, Planet Earth. We all need to safeguard and care creatively for our planet.

With our election due soon, we have an immediate opportunity to seek answers from candidates as to the policies their party is promoting to protect and care for our planet. What questions will you ask?

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St Alban’s: At Wellesley College Sun 10am communion with guest vicar. Special activities for children during term time. 1st Thurs only, 10.30am communion at St Ronan’s Church with guest vicar (note the time change).

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Festival celebrates Katherine

Mansfield’s links with the Bays

Two weeks of special events and a display on Katherine Mansfield’s life and her links with the Bays are being held at the Eastbourne Community Library next month. This will conclude local celebrations marking the centenary of Mansfield’s death.

Mounted by the Historical Society of Eastbourne and the Eastbourne Community Library, the festival will be launched at 11am on Monday, October 16 by Cherie Jacobson, director of the Katherine Mansfield House and Garden. She will discuss some of the local and international highlights of the centenary celebrations. The session will conclude with readings from Mansfield’s best-known story, At the Bay, by Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe director and actor Anne Manchester.

John Horrocks, convener of the festival’s organising group, is delighted Eastbourners will have the chance to learn more about the special relationship between New Zealand’s most famous short story writer and this area.

“In the early 1900s, Katherine and her family, the Beauchamps, spent several holidays on this side of the harbour. Near the end of her life, she drew on those childhood memories in writing At the Bay. This story meant more to her than anything else she had ever written,” he said.

“We hope the festival events and especially the screening of our tribute film At the Bay will emphasise that fact and confirm Katherine’s important place in our local history.”

On Wednesday, October 18, Horrocks will give a talk on Mansfield’s links to Germany and its spa town culture, links that inspired the publication of her first book, In a German Pension.

On Tuesday, October 24, there will be readings from The Doll’s House and Prelude, by local actors John Marwick and Elspeth Cotsilinis, followed on Thursday, October 26, by readings of Mansfield’s poems and the music they inspired.

The festival will conclude at 3pm on Saturday, October 28 with a screening of the locally produced At the Bay: A photographic tribute capturing five scenes from the story. This 18-minute audio-visual presentation had its world premiere at a sold-out event at Wellesley College in July.

At the Bay: A photographic tribute features historical photographs taken around the time the Beauchamp family holidayed in this area. These are combined with recreated and appropriately “aged” scenes from the story, using actors from the Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe. The photography and editing are by Simon Hoyle of Southlight Studio in Days Bay.

All weekday sessions are at 11am in the Eastbourne Community Library. The full programme is available from the library.

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From the Bosphorus to the Bay

by Ann Packer

It’s a long way from Istanbul to Days Bay but Junaid Gurbuzel’s culinary heritage is already apparent in the glistening dish of pistachio baklava on the counter at Chocolate Dayz.

Junaid, who took over the café when Darshan and Radha left for India in August, has plenty of plans for his new business – but right now he’s focusing on sprucing up the premises and creating a new menu. A complete top-to-toe refurbishment is on the cards after the summer is over.

Formerly living in Wadestown then Oriental Bay, Junaid and his wife Sevgi, a dentist, and daughter Rana, in her final year at Samuel Marsden, have moved into an apartment in Ferry Rd to be closer to his workplace. The couple met when he needed a dentist while still in Istanbul, back in 1996.

Growing up in Turkey, Junaid always wanted to be a chef – although art history is a passion too. He had opened his first restaurant there – “an Italian trattoria, a small neighbourhood restaurant” – by the age of 21.

Then, following his older brother, he and Sevgi moved to New York to continue work and studies – but 9/11 happened, making living conditions difficult for international students. A job offer from Newport, Rhode Island led Junaid to Johnson and Wales University’s College of Culinary Arts, where he not only got his chef’s qualifications but fell in love again with the beach style of his childhood, growing up on the Bosphorus. Daughter Rana was born while living in Rhode Island, the smallest state in the USA.

Considering where they might settle, they were told by an American doctor that the world’s happiest children were New Zealanders – so the possibility of a job in Queenstown was very tempting. But the call from grandparents back home was stronger, and the family returned to Istanbul, where Junaid opened another restaurant.

Finally, in 2012, they got to New Zealand. And now, with the move to Days Bay, Junaid feels he’s come home to his favourite beach

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Roy’s children and grandchildren welcome friends to join them for a celebration of Roy’s long and joyful life. 1pm, Saturday 7 October Eastbourne RSA 48 Tuatoru St Eastbourne Lower Hutt

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News from Point Howard

News from Point Howard Howard Road Slip Remediation

HCC have confirmed that the remediation works at the Howard Road slip site will be starting Monday 9 October for approximately six weeks (weather depending). There will be limited access during this period. During these works, please prepare for the following:

• Limited pedestrian access between 7.30-9am and 3-4pm on weekdays

• No pedestrian or vehicle access from 9am-3pm on weekdays

• Construction and drilling noise and vibrations.

The PHA and HCC held a public meeting for residents directly affected by the works on Tuesday 26 September at the Point Howard Tennis Pavilion where council officers were available to discuss the works and answer any questions.

To keep up to date with the activities and progress please visit https://www.huttcity. govt.nz/council/our-projects/howard-roadslip.

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The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier

It’s a story guaranteed to tug at the heartstrings – a Greek dressmaker’s apprentice falls in love with a Kiwi soldier, who is equally smitten, under the noses of the occupying

German forces, in 1941. And it’s based on a true story.

Peter Blunden, a high country farmhand before the war, left behind a 64-page memoir on which a good part of the action in The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier is based. He fell in love with Thalia Christidou, a 17-yearold who grew up near Thessaloniki, where successful dressmaker Tasoula Paschilidou ran a workshop studio in her mansion in a well-to-do part of Greece’s second largest city. Unbeknownst to Thalia, her employer was an active member, along with son Thanasis, of the Greek National Liberation Front, and their home was part of a chain of safe houses that sheltered Allied soldiers on the run.

Former Eastbourne writer Doug Gold has covered the same historical period before, in a bestselling first novel The Note Through the Wire, based on the wartime romance of his parents-in-law, POW Bruce Murray and Slovenian resistance fighter Josefine Lobnik. That sold over 20,000 copies in Australia and New Zealand before being released by Penguin Random House in the UK and HarperCollins in the USA, and translated into several foreign languages. And that success brought the inevitable question from publishers Allen & Unwin NZ: what next?

Doug Gold spoke to us from London, where the cofounder of More FM radio network and international company NRS Media has a base, before setting off to Greece with wife Anemarie to show their daughter Mara some of the locations where the action takes place.

He says when his publishers’ researcher checked out several possible scenarios for another book, it was the Kiwi connection that sold him on the idea of his latest book. That, however, was just the beginning.

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“I did a lot of research myself, for authenticity, and enjoyed doing it – the War Museum and Jewish Museum in Thessaloniki, the Heptapyrgion and Pavlou Mela concentration camps in Greece, where Tasoula was imprisoned before being transported to Germany.

“Heptapyrgion prison really affected me. It was beyond dreadful, a barbaric place. Not since I visited Auschwitz and Dachau have I felt so repulsed.”

Of all the real people in the book, perhaps the most astonishing incident concerns a Greek-American GI, George Christofer, who revived Tasoula as she lay in her hut in Burgau concentration camp, too weak to move, in April 1945 after the German guards had abandoned the camp. Later a mayor of San Francisco, George met the heroic Greek woman again when he led an American Economic Mission to Greece in 1973.

Amazingly, the author also established from his own research that both his Kiwi soldiers’ paths had crossed while being transported in Greece. “Bruce was in the same POW camp as Peter, at the same time, in the holding camp in Thessaloniki.”

News from our local early childhood centres

NEWS FROM DAYS BAY PLAYCENTRE

Spring is in the air! Our tamariki have been enjoying the sunshine and getting into the garden and swings. The sandpit has been full of trucks, mud pits and impressive baking soda volcanoes. We will be planting a low native hedge along our fence line during our working bee later this month. Inside is always a busy mix of shops, doctors waiting rooms and kitchens!

Our playcentre whānau is growing with lots of spring babies joining our group - welcome pēpē.

Supervised sessions Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays - all from 9.15 to 12. Email daysbay@ playcentre.org.nz or just stop by.

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Mondays

• Retired Persons’ Assn meet 4th Mon, 10am St Ronan's Church hall for morning tea followed by a speaker - $2 entry.Transport can be arranged for these meetings on request, ph 562 7365 or 562 8387.

• “Baby Bounce & Rhyme” at the library 10.00am.

• Toy Library - Two Monday Sessions at 1.302.30pm and 7.30-8.30pm.

EastbourneToyLibrary on Facebook. Kathy 0273551950

• DB Playcentre Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, from 9:15 to 12 noon, Drop in anytime to visit a session or call James on 022 043 7841 to arrange a visit.

• Pt Howard Playcentre. Mon 9.15 -11.45am. Lucy 021 335 391.

• The Historical Society’s Eastbourne History Room above the library is open 2-4 pm every Monday.

• Eastbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade training every Monday 7-9pm. Ph 562 7001 for more info.

• Keas: Monday 5.15pm – 6.15pm. Kea Leader: Ed 021 738 699

• Venturers: 7.00pm - 9.00pm, Susan 0275 35 4962.

Tuesdays

• Pt Howard Playcentre Tues 9.15 -11.45am. Lucy 021 335 391.

• DB Playcentre Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, from 9:15 to 12 noon, Drop in anytime to visit a session or call James on 022 043 7841 to arrange a visit.

• Muritai Tennis Club 9.30–noon. Merryn 562 0236.

• Eastbourne Homebirth Group 1st Tuesday of the month. Phone Kate 562-7096.

• East Harbour Women’s Club Morning Tea & Chat Group 10am. Contact Glendyr 562 7181.

• Indoor Bowls Club 1.30pm, at the croquet club, Oroua Street. Rosemary 562 7365

• Menzshed 9 till 12 , Williams Park, Barrie barrielittlefair@gmail.com 0204 1234511. Women welcome.

• 9.30am Nia Dance Fitness Class (low impactteens to 70+) Music Movement Magic - Muritai Yacht Club - call Amanda 021 316692 www. niainwellington.com

Wednesdays

• Cubs: 5.30pm - 7.00pm, Ed 021 738 699.

• Library preschool story time 10.00 am.

• Pt Howard Playcentre Wed 9.15 -11.45am. Lucy 021 335 391.

• Scottish Country Dance. Merryn 562 0236.

• Bridge Club 7-10pm. Shona 562 7073.

• DB Playcentre Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, from 9:15 to 12 noon, Drop in anytime to visit a session or call James on 022 043 7841 to arrange a visit.

• “Steady as You Go” Age Concern sponsored Falls Prevention and Exercise Programme. Held 12 noon each Wednesday at Eastbourne Community Hall. Classes are held for 1 hour

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and costs only $2. Improve your strength and balance to reduce falls and injuries. Falls are preventable. Please join us!

• EHock - Fun Stick and Ball game Girls and Boys 7- 13.Eastbourne Community Hall. Wednesdays 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. Derek Wilshere 0274303596

Thursdays

• Menzshed 9 till 12 , Williams Park, Barrie barrielittlefair@gmail.com 0204 1234511. Women welcome.

• St Ronan’s Mainly Music, 9.15am-11.15am, during school terms. Contact Cathy 027 213 9342.

• SPACE at Days Bay Playcentre. Michelle 971 8598.

• East Harbour Women’s Club

- Bolivia 12.45pm, Contact Glendyr ph: 562 7181. Guest Speaker (3rd week of month)7pm, drinks and nibbles provide, Contact Celeste 021 206 5713

•Lions meet 2nd Thursday of the month at the Eastbourne Sports and Services Club, Tuatoru St 6.30 pm. New members and visitors are welcome. Graham 562 8819.

• Scouts: Thursday 6.00pm - 8.00pm, Vanessa 021 669 727.

• Eastbourne Bowling Club casual summer bowls 5.30pm for an hour or so. Make up a mixed team of three. Contact Keith Turner ph 04 934 4142.

• EFC Social Women's Football. Every Thursday, 6.30pm, Bishop Park (unless otherwise notified). Contact: Trysh, 02102931247

Fridays

• Pop in and Play playgroup at St Ronan's Church Hall, 9am-11.30am during school terms. All preschoolers (0-4 years) welcome. Cath 027 213 9342.

• Pt Howard Playcentre Fri 9.15 -11.45am. Lucy 021 335 391.

• AA Plunket Rooms 7.30pm. Mark 566 6444/ Pauline 562 7833

• DB Playcentre 9.15-12 noon Puddle Jumpers casual ‘drop-in’ session.$5 per child per session. Call James on 022 043 7841

Saturdays

• Justice of the Peace at the Eastbourne Community Library, first Saturday of each month 12pm-1pm.

• Croquet from 10am Muritai Croquet Club. Lyn 562 8722 or Val 562 8181.

• Lions' Bin - cost effective rubbish and e-waste disposal. Last Saturday of the month (except December) by Bus Barns. Gavin 027 488 5602.

Sundays

• AA Plunket Rooms 10am. Karen 021 440 705.

• Mindful Mummas group for Mums and preschool children. Childminder onsite. 1011.30. Text Emily 027 552 6119 to join or go to bemoreyou.co.nz for more info.

- The Monochrome Film Group is holding its 6th photographic exhibition at the Hutt

Art Gallery, 13-24 September, 9-11 Myrtle Street, Lower Hutt. Hours: 10am-4pm daily. Admission is free.

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Mid-week Badminton at Badminton Hall, Vogel Street, Naenae Thursdays 9.15am to 10.45am. We are a friendly group of mixed ages and welcome beginners and experienced players. $6 per session, and rackets provided for $5 per session. For info email freersontauroa@gmail.com

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John Dilnot Sladden

15 September 1933 – 1 August 2023

John Sladden, a Days Bay resident since 1991 who moved to Rita Angus, Kilbirnie earlier this year, died recently after a short period of ill-health.

Born in Marton, Rangitikei, the eldest child of Dilnot and Veda, and brother to Ann, John was “a studious lad, very good with numbers and an excellent craftsman from an early age” according to his son Tom. Dilnot has been used as a family name since the 1700s, though it goes back to the middle ages.

John boarded at Huntley, the local Anglican prep school, followed by Whanganui Collegiate then Weir House, Victoria University. A career in accounting beckoned but rather than going back to his father’s accounting firm he chose a riskier option – helping set up a new US company, in Christchurch, that was going global with punch-card machines and typewriters. A fledgling technology company called IBM.

He was at Christchurch Racecourse one day when a dark-haired beauty from Dunedin walked in; eventually, Judy James became Judy Sladden. In Wellington, daughter Kate and son Tom were born, then the boy from Marton was sent to New York City to learn the ways of “Big Blue”. He set up his family in Westport, Connecticut, commuting by train to IBM HQ in Manhattan.

There were incredible experiences for the young family in those years. A flight to London on Pan Am from JFK to Heathrow…on the first 747 jumbo jet, sledding in the snow, Macy’s Xmas parades, fall foliage, living the American dream.

A bit of a tech-nerd, John always had a good camera on hand, then took up shooting

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Super 8 footage, and life-of-the-party Judy was always in or around the shot. But after moving back to New Zealand in the early seventies, “she got sick, really sick” and died in March 1974, aged 35.

John, 40, became mother and father to two youngsters. By the time Kate and Tom were 10 and 12 they could cook basic meals. “Dad would phone from The Terrace and say we were having the such and such chicken dish and some pudding we knew how to make.” Once, some Australian work colleagues turned up to find their hosts and cooks for the evening were a 10 and 12 year old. “That was so Dad. It was planned, practised and just what happened on occasion. No big deal.”

On Judy’s death bed she suggested he take up sailing – something he had always talked about. The car went onto the street and the hull of a Venturer 20 trailer-sailer arrived, to be fitted out in the carport. For the next 15 years sailing was a huge part of their lives, the boats getting bigger, and races and adventures farther afield.

A devoted family man, “Slad” became Grandpa to four and was immensely proud of them all. Charlie, the eldest, was the recipient of a beautifully hand-built clinker cradle boat made for his first birthday. Sam, George and Lucy arrived quickly after him.

Eventually, John wound up his sailing career, retired from IBM and moved to Eastbourne, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Peter (Percy), who had retired to Pt Howard from Marton in the late 1920s. His great-uncle Hubert, after whom Sladden Park was named, also worked as an engineer in the Hutt for 50 years.

He started doing the books for Wellesley School and St Alban's parish, among others. He also bought a bus and cruised around New Zealand with family and friends, playing golf and seeing the country – mostly the South

Island, where there was more turning room. After taking out a few signposts he sold it to “some lucky hippy in Nelson”.

John’s lifelong friends sustained him; he found a kindred spirit in his young neighbours, the McMasters, while Christmases were shared with the Johnsons in the Sounds, where he enjoyed being back in and around boats, spending time with his extended family and being fed like a king.

When his health finally got to the point where he wasn’t able to run his own retirement home in Days Bay any longer, John moved to Rita Angus in Kilbirnie.

“Trekking his way in from Eastbourne when his body was starting to let him down must have been hell at times,” says Tom, “but nothing was going to stop him putting on his tie and blazer to see his Friday lunch crew at the club.”

Following a series of falls and strokes it was clear that Slad’s “time at the crease” was coming to an end. He died just short of his 90th birthday, on 1 August, with his family around him.

Where's the political will to end poverty?

The Eastbourne Herald asked locally born and bred Max Rashbrooke (pictured), a senior research fellow at Victoria University and author of several books on inequality in Aotearoa New Zealand, what he would like to see the incoming government focus on, regardless of their political colour.

“The really big question,” he says, “is how they’re going to tackle ingrained poverty and deprivation.”

He says although the rate of child poverty has actually dropped from one in five to one in ten since about 2010 – “one of the unacknowledged success stories of recent New Zealand life” – there’s still a large group of New Zealanders who struggle to get by, and who face fundamental issues of mental health and housing. “The ones still struggling most are right at the bottom.” The best performing countries have child poverty rates of 3–5 percent.

“To be honest, there’s not a huge focus on it yet [in pre-election discussion]. Everything is about the cost of living while they focus on the 'squeezed middle'”.

Statistics New Zealand shows the poorest face the highest inflation rate.

“I don’t think we’ve grappled as a country with what’s going on for this group of New Zealanders,” he says. “We need to throw the kitchen sink at it.”

Child poverty rates doubled overnight after Ruth Richardson’s Mother of all Budgets in

1991, he says. Owing to the wider economic changes of the time, preventable diseases reappeared, people were tipped out of work, and towns such as Kawerau and Tokoroa never recovered.

But, he says, we know what to do, even if there’s a perception that the problem is “all too hard”.

“We know a lot about what works. It’s all solvable. Maternal health, supporting children in the first three years of life. We know we can help people get off benefits – it just needs more money spent on supporting them. While everything got worse under Covid – it exacerbated extreme poverty and foodbank uptake, especially – there are in fact good initiatives, things that can make some difference: getting alongside people, health and education initiatives such as healthy homes, housing first, free school lunches, the mana in mahi skills programme – “all things we can

do that make a difference, relatively low-key, sensible stuff”.

He’s hopeful, in spite of the “small target strategy” of the centre parties, both Labour and National, which don’t promise anything much. “But at least they have a consensus on the need to tackle poverty – not something they had ten years ago. There are some good ideas out there but they’re not necessarily being taken up.”

National has a strategy of getting people off benefits, he says. The Greens have a policy of guaranteed minimum income plus support for those out of work and caring for children.

The Act Party has the most negative policies towards the people at the bottom, with a strong focus on benefit sanctions. “It’s a very retrograde step. The punitive approach doesn’t work – it actually slows down the process of getting people into work. There’s a huge volume of research from the last forty years to show it doesn’t work.

“These people lead difficult, quite chaotic lives. Sanctions make their lives more chaotic, and divert their attention away from looking for productive work.

So where does that leave us? “The task gets harder,” says the former York Bay boy. “But that’s no reason not to try.”

Too Much Money by Max Rashbrooke (BWB, 2021)

ELECTION 2023 Hutt SoutH candidateS

Hi, I’m Andy Parkins, and I am ACTs Candidate for Hutt South for this election, and I’ll be working hard on our Party Vote Campaign this election!

We live in a modern, multi-ethnic liberal democracy. However, over the past few years, we have seen an erosion of the basic expectation that everyone is equal. We currently have a government that pitches different groups of people against each other; Tenants and Landlords; employees and business owners; cyclists and car owners; Maori and every other culture that makes up New Zealand. If we keep going down this track, we risk New Zealand turning from a first world country into just another Pacific Island. ACT says, this has got to stop. Pitting groups of people against each other is not the way to build a strong and prosperous country for all. I am a small business owner in the recycling sector, focussed on e-waste, battery recycling and scrap metal, and dismantle or repair end of life vehicles.

I’ve seen the cost of living pressures, and the results of that. It’s not good enough that something as simple as failing a WOF and having to buy a new

set of tyres means that the family budget must be reset for the next 4 pay cycles. It’s not good enough that your rent and mortgage payments have never been higher.

The National Party will say they will roll all this back, and they have nearly 50 years experience in government. But can you name a single Labour policy they have rolled back in all that time?

And what about Labour? Hutt South’s MP is the Minister for Police and now Justice too. Remutaka’s MP is the Prime Minister. So why is it that Crime is out of control in the Hutt, under their very noses? If they can’t get it right here, what hope does the rest of the country have?

So where does this leave the Hutt? Whomever wins the Hutt South and Remutaka electorate votes won’t mean much. Ginny, Chris, Chris, the other Chris will all be back, and nothing will really change on that alone. But with your Party Vote for ACT, we can bring Real Change this election. Its not going to be enough to change the government, we need a change of direction. www.act.org.nz

Andy Parkins, ACT Party

ELECTION 2023 Hutt SoutH candidateS

Kia ora! Ko Neelu Jennings tōku ingoa. I am the Green Party candidate for Hutt South and I am asking for your party vote.

I live in Lower Hutt with my husband and two young children.

I’m a disabled person. I live with a significant visual and balance impairment caused by a brain injury when I was 16.

The transition from being a fit, adventure-loving teen to being disabled made me aware of the significant inequalities facing the disabled community, and ignited a passion for equity.

I want a society that values every person, and ensures equitable access to all parts of life - including employment, incomes, transport, and housing.

This is why I joined the Green Party. The Greens have strong policies to dismantle the barriers facing the disabled community and other marginalised groups, so everyone can live a good life.

Green Party policies look to the future, so our kids don’t bear the burden of our social and environmental inaction. Only the Greens have a plan to protect the climate, restore nature and create

I’m proud to be your local member of parliament. I love living in the Huttit’s an awesome place to raise my kids. Stretching from the Western Hills, Lower Hutt valley to Eastbourne, we’re a tight knit community.

Every day I hear stories and get to meet people from our region, so I understand the issues that matter most.

This Labour Government has worked hard for us all in the Hutt. Personally, I’ve pushed for significant investment in infrastructure including RiverLink (Melling Interchange), which will reduce traffic congestion and provide much needed flood protection for the Hutt. Our trains are doubled tracked and there are more of them; and for the first time we have the basics of a safe cycleway network which gives us all better public transport options.

Labour has taken more action to tackle climate change in the past six years than all other governments combined. We passed the Zero Carbon Act, made electric vehicles more affordable, backed businesses to switch away from fossil fuels and have invested in clean technology.

Labour’s policies will see Hutt families benefiting from free dental care for under 30s, GST off fruit and veggies, cheaper childcare and more affordable medicines through removing the $5 prescription

an inclusive Aotearoa that works for everyone. We’ve already had some significant wins. But the pace of change is too slow.

With more Green MPs in Parliament, we can have a thriving natural environment by cutting pollution and restoring nature.

We can make health care accessible, including free dental care for all, and invest in our education system.

We can create safe, connected communities with frequent, affordable and accessible buses and trains, and great walking and cycling options.

The Green Party will introduce a fairer tax system, where the very wealthiest people pay their fair share, so we can afford the things that really matter to us all.

This is only possible if we get more Green MPs in Parliament.

I am not seeking to become your electorate MP. I am asking you to give your party vote to the Green Party, so together we can truly shape the future of Aotearoa.

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charge. We’ve upgraded schools across the Hutt, including rebuilding classrooms in Hutt Valley High and spending $67 million on Wainuiomata High School.

We’ve also rolled out free period products to schools across the country, removed abortion from the crimes act, and expanded ACC to cover birthing injuries. My Members Bill supported the introduction of paid miscarriage leave. We’ll extend free breast cancer screening, introduce free cervical screening services and create a new endometriosis action plan.

Labour has been clear that we will keep Superannuation at 65 and the Winter Energy Payment, I believe this is too valuable to lose. We’ve also delivered more houses after the previous National Government got rid of 314 in Lower Hutt alone. Labour has built 216 public homes in Lower Hutt, and has 511 in the pipeline.

We’re also delivering the largest Police service in history, with 1800 new Police officers, and we’re planning for an additional 300 officers on the beat.

I have a strong track record of fighting for the Hutt — but know there is more work to do. I need your support in this election so we can make the Hutt an even better place to live.

Ginny Andersen, Labour.

Neelu Jennings, Green Party.

Jenna and I live in Days Bay with our son Jeremy and Ladyhawke the dog and Ziggy the cat. Thank you to everyone who has made us feel so welcome since our new home was finally finished in May. We love the bush, the beach, the cafes and the warm community spirit.

I’m asking for your support at this election based on my track record of getting things done for the Hutt, my hard work in the community, and my vision and plans for the future of the Hutt Valley.

Over the last few years I’ve pushed hard for important projects for the Hutt like Melling and Riverlink, both of which are now underway. These are critical projects to build resilience and improve flood protection along the Hutt river. They’ll also reduce congestion, improve walking and cycling, and improve public transport.

I’m also proud of my work ensuring the Birthing Centre at Melling wasn’t lost to the Hutt.

The most satisfying part of being an MP is helping people on a day-to-day basis, and I work hard to be accessible, open and always ready to listen. I run regular “Catch Up with Chris” sessions in Eastbourne and around the Hutt and

Lee Donoghue was born and raised in Lower Hutt, until moving to Auckland after landing a lead role on ‘Shortland Street.’ Lee utilized his public profile to become involved in various charity work, including Make a Wish Foundation, and the TV3 Telethon.

Lee traveled to Hollywood to pursue his acting career further and eventually felt that this industry and the media, had been highjacked by an anti democratic agenda. This led him home to represent New Zealand First in the upcoming election, to safeguard the fundamental values of democracy and sovereignty in our country.

Lee feels that Labour’s unchecked spending from 2020-2023, along with the former National government’s selloff of state owned assets and public sector fund freezes dealt massive blows to New Zealand’s economy. Lee and NZ First are committed to doing our part for the environment, but want a pragmatic approach that also benefits our economy. Lee supports NZ First reopening Marsden Point and opposing the sale of our assets, unlike other parties. Lee and NZ First want to tackle the cost of living crisis by taking on the foreign owned banks, the supermarkets and are committed to growing our exports and industries.

they’re a great chance to hear what the community is thinking.

If I’m elected as your local MP you can expect me to continue to work hard around our wonderful community. I’ll push hard for increased investment in our schools and hospitals, for improving our resilience against climate change, for better walking and cycling, and for sensible decarbonisation initiatives that cut emissions and grow the economy.

Two projects that will directly benefit Eastbourne and the Bays are the Petone to Grenada Link Road and the Cross Valley Link. The combination of these projects will make the journey from east to west across the Hutt much quicker and provide more transport choices for people. National is committed to funding and delivering these projects and I’m committed to pushing them either in government or in Parliament.

The Cross Valley Link has been talked about for 40 years. It’s time to get on with it and get the trucks off the Esplanade. The Hutt is choked by congestion and the Cross Valley Link will make a significant improvement.

Thank you for your support in the past and I hope to earn it again in the future.

There is a Healthcare crisis in New Zealand. Kiwis aren’t getting the medications and procedures they need in a timely manner. That this current government put ethnicity and “woke” agenda above medical need. Lee and NZ First want to right this, by withdrawing NZ from the National signed United Nations UNDRIP agreement. Which is at the core of Co Governance. As well as restructure Pharmac and give the new model an extra 1.3 Billion to get much needed medications to Kiwis fighting for their lives. Lee and NZ First want our kids to remain kids. They shouldn’t be exposed at a young age, to a range of sexualities, genders or explicit sex acts. Like you, Lee and NZ First want education, not indoctrination.

This current government has sided too much with offenders and abandoned victims. NZ First will declare gangs terrorist organizations. Separating gang members from non gang members in prisons to avoid further recruitment. And if you’re a part of a gang, that its an aggravating offense at sentencing.

NZ First has always been a champion of our seniors. We’ll make sure the retirement age does not increase and that NZ First will fund residential senior care. Party Vote NZ First and Lets Take Back Our Country.

Chris Bishop, National.

Lee Donoghue, New Zealand First.

Kia ora readers! I’m Dr. Ben Wylie-van Eerd. I work as a physicist helping some of our most innovative businesses here in New Zealand. I’ve been living in the beautiful Hutt valley for five years now, after coming home from a job in the Netherlands. I’m your local candidate for The Opportunities Party, and I’m asking for both your electorate vote and your party vote.

I’m standing for parliament because I’m very worried about the prospects of our future generations. We’ve created a country where for a young person to earn enough to afford to own a home today, let alone a family and a retirement, they have to be exceptionally talented. This kind of basic decent life ought to be within reach of anybody, but it has become out of reach for more and more people. We need to make some big changes to restore the social contract.

For me, the biggest issue is the cost of rents and mortgages in New Zealand. We have to build so many houses that houses are competing for tenants, instead of tenants competing for houses. We have to build them in our city centres and along our train lines so homes are in the places where people want to live. And the government has to show leadership

With an extensive background as a senior project manager for large organisations, I bring a wealth of experience in the public sector and seeing projects through from start to finish.

I live in Petone and love the community vibe we have here. I’m committed to safeguarding individual freedoms and advocating for policies that foster the economic Wellbeing and growth of all New Zealanders.

I am passionate about people, and my drive to stand for office has come from knowing what a difference we can make through Vision NZ and Freedoms New Zealand.

I want to be part of restoring for all New Zealanders an opportunity to have a voice and implement policies that ensure a brighter future for everyone.

to make this happen. They have to fund the councils to provide infrastructure, to fix planning and consenting, support the workforce through construction dips, and fix speculation with a land tax.

Especially if you’re someone who would usually vote for our two large parties, I want you to ask yourself this election – are you really satisfied with the way our country is going right now? Do you think things will really get better if we stick with the incumbents, or if we switch from red to blue?

If your answer is no, then it’s up to you, the voters, to make that happen. I’m asking you to be courageous, and vote for something that’s different, something that’s better than status quo. For some of you, I’m asking you to dare to vote for policy that will make you less wealthy than the status quo. But it will be worth it to build a country where our children and our mokopuna have the opportunity to build a good life for themselves. We will be able to look back and say, ‘we did right by them’.

Please note: The Eastbourne Herald asked all political parties with a Hutt South candidate to contribute to this feature. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order of their party's name. All contributions are printed as received.

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