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It will serve the community in a variety of ways.

The new centre includes spaces for counselling, a café, hospitality and for young people to connect with youth leaders, as well as a soft indoor play zone for tamariki and a traffic-free courtyard.

There will also be a quiet space for people to work and study and an emphasis on giving young people an opportunity to earn their first job by working in the building.

Te Kor ria will provide counselling services from purposedesigned rooms in partnership with Mind Health.

The new centre to develop budgeting support through a partnership with CAP (Christians Against Poverty).

The café is the first in Wellington serving Common Good coffee, which fits Te Kor ria’s ethos of social enterprise as they use fairly traded beans and donate a significant amount back to work in areas of extreme poverty in India, having just hit the $200,000 mark.

“The whole idea is for a community space for all ages and for people to enjoy,” Karori Anglican Church Community Enterprise Manager, Kate Harvey-Green says.

“We have a long history of serving wh nau and want to further meet their needs.”

Te Kor ria is “a place to relax,be

yourself and to connect with others.

“Co-located on the same site as our afterschool care service SMASH and our Early Childhood centre we are expanding the ways in which we support wh nau in our ever-changing world.

“Reducing Isolation and strengthening families are all going to be achieved through

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community services offered from Te Kor ria.”

Kate says she hopes the facility will serve Karori for at least the next 100 years and solidify the church as part of the community for generations to come.

“The whole thing works on a social enterprise model so any profits are reinvested back into giving families access to early

childhood or after school care or to counselling.”

Developing Te Kor ria has been a $5.1 million project. The Karori Anglican Church has raised $4.3 million of this already, partly funded by a $1 million land sale.

Fundraising continues and people can contribute by visiting karorianglican.org.nz or tekororia.org.nz.

St Anne’s Vicar moving on

Church in Northland.

Paul McIntosh and his family are concluding their ministry at St Anne’s Anglican Church.

“We’ve had seven very happy years living and working in Northland, but we are being called to a new season,” Paul says.

He will be undertaking further postgraduate study to enhance his ministry encouraging emotionally healthy spirituality.

Over the years both his daughters, Naomi and Charlotte, have attended Northland School and the family has enjoyed leading parish activities that connect with the wider community, including Messy Church (a fun and accessible way of doing church for the whole family, held on the third Sunday of the month).

Paul pioneered “Guys’ Curry and Beer” – an opportunity for local men to connect.

His wife Catherine has led Mainly Music (for toddlers and their caregivers and held Wednesdays during term time).

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The whole family is passionate about local and St Anne’s offering a place of belonging.

The McIntosh family will be sorely missed, Parish wardens Sam Cooper and Carolyn Cordery told the “Independent Herald”.

The parish is holding two community events to farewell the McIntosh family. The first is the annual St Anne’s Day dinner held at the Northland Community Centre starting at 6pm on Saturday 22 July.

All are welcome to join this celebration for a shared meal. (RVSP to stanneswellington@gmail.com).

On Sunday 23 July there will be a farewell service held at St Anne’s Northland (corner Northland and Randwick Roads) beginning at 9.30am and followed by morning tea.

Rev Julie Rokotakala, the Vicar General of the Anglican Diocese of Wellington and Vicar of K piti, will be preaching. All are welcome.

Part of the new soft play zone at Te Korōria. Photo: Kate Harvey-Green.

Te Korōria’s Manager Dana Reddy with baby Millie. Millie has been the centre’s “test run baby” before tomorrow’s opening. Photo: supplied.

The McIntosh family at St Anne’s Anglican

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Residency for local writer

Wilton resident Viki Moananu is the 2023 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) has announced Viki has a growing list of accomplishments in theatre, including winning the Adam New Zealand Play Award for Best Pasifika Play 2023 for “Icky”.

His play “Beard” was nominated for this year’s Regional Theatre Best New Short Play and won Best Play Performance in a Short Play.

Viki was awarded the Most Promising Emerging Pasifika Artist for “The Ghost Show” in 2022 as part of The New Zealand Fringe Festival.

He has also hosted the podcast “Minority Alert”, a weekly podcast hosted on Wellington Access Radio.

Viki says he is excited by the chance to concentrate on his writing.

“This award feels like safety and hope in a

world where racist and queerphobic attacks against writers, artists, and our communities continue to happen.

“These opportunities come so few and far between one another that I feel like I’ve been given a lifeline within the creative industry.

“Writing is an escape to me, so I literally cannot put into words how demonstrably awesome this all is,” Viki says.

“We’re thrilled to host Viki,” Professor Damien Wilkins, director of the IIML, says.

“His writing is fresh, funny and bold.

“The residency now has a history of giving writers that extra boost and we’re excited to see how Viki’s work develops.”

Viki will receive a stipend of $15,000 from Creative New Zealand to work on two plays featuring queer Pasifika characters and detailing the decline of mental health access within the Pasifika community. He will also be supported by a mentor, funded by the University.

Dream job foraging for seeds

Valissa Williamson reckons she has found her dream job.

She spends her days eco-sourcing seeds and propagating thousands of native plants that go on to be planted throughout P neke each year.

Wellington City Council’s only Plant Propagation Technician, Valissa loves the outdoors, so she is stoked that walking the tracks in reserves around the region is in her job description.

“I have the most rewarding job,” Valissa says.

“I get to wander the hills in our native reserves and coastlines to eco-source native seeds. My role is to propagate over a hundred different native species.

“When I’m out on the trails I could be foraging for seed anywhere, from the back of Tawa to the south coast and over to Makara.

“It’s a real privilege to have such an amazing job and be able to contribute to our local environment, I absolutely love it.”

When she’s not out and about collecting or scouting for seed, she’s immersed in seed propagation back at her Berhampore Nursery base.

Each year the nursery grows around 90,000 native plants, which are then distributed to community groups and the council’s parks and gardens team for planting.

They are planted in council reserves, new housing developments, sites where it is no longer safe for the council mowing team to mow, and also the nursery’s road reserve scheme.

Each year the challenge is to collect seed and propagate a range of native species, such as kawakawa, rangiora, mahoe and kowhai – just to name a few.

The seeds are eco-sourced from the local Wellington reserves to preserve the ecological integrity of the region.

“Nature dictates how much seed I can collect and from what species,” Valessa says.

“Some years, certain species might not produce seeds, so I try to collect more from other species to compensate for that.”

The success of Valissa’s seed collecting is all about understanding what is happening in Wellington’s native reserves.

“I have a purpose-built app, created by council’s mapping team, on my phone to plot specific species and their location.

“I can map where the plants are, whether it’s in flower and if it has green or ripe seed.

“I can also document if I’ve collected seed from a particular plant before and record when I think I need to go back and revisit that site.”

It can take time to find and collect seed of certain species such as matai, totara or kahikatea.

Wellington City Council works with more than 100 volunteer groups, many of which have contributed significantly to the regeneration of P neke’s biodiversity through planting and trapping.

Breakfast cancelled

The Rotary business breakfast that was to be held on 20 July has been cancelled.

This because Caitlan Cherry, Editor of The Post, who was to be the guest speaker, quit her position on 5 July. Rotary hopes to arrange another breakfast event in the next couple of months.

Hard conversation help

A workshop to help people when they are having difficult conversations will be held at the Johnsonville Community Hub from 9:30am to 12:30pm on 24 July.

Volunteer Wellington has organised the workshop.

The workshop will help you with learning practical skills, enhancing communication skills and improving relationships.

For more information and to register visit https://www.volunteerwellington.nz/index.php/news-events/ vw_training.

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Viki Moananu reacts to the news he has been named as the 2023 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence. Photo: Victoria University of Wellington.

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Midshipman Jess Layburn, 21, from Johnsonville, knew from a young age she wanted to study engineering but she never thought the Royal New Zealand Navy would help to realise her ambition.

It was actually aviation that first showed Midshipman Layburn how the military values Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).

In 2019 she took part in School to Skies, a Royal New Zealand Air Force STEM initiative designed to increase the number of women in the aviation industry.

Every year between 30 and 40 year 13 students from around Aotearoa New Zealand get a chance to spread their wings and spend six days with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to find out if a career in the military is right for them.

Her decision to attend proved to be a turning point.

“I was so impressed by all the different roles that were available in the NZDF.,” Jess says.

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After arriving home from the camp, she visited the NZDF careers website to check the application process, and discovered that NZDF awards tertiary scholarships.

“I wasn’t fully set on the military lifestyle yet, but I knew I wanted to pursue an engineering degree at the University of Canterbury, and figured it couldn’t hurt to apply to the Chatham Scheme scholarship that the Navy offers,” she says.

The Chatham Scheme is a bursary engineering scheme offered by the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Recipients join the Royal New Zealand Naval Reserves and complete a six-month induction course in the summer prior to embarking on study towards a Bachelor of Engineering.

Students receive an annual $9,000 stipend, full-time paid work in the university holidays and tertiary fees are reimbursed at the end of each successful year of study.

Upon graduation, recipients of the scheme transition to full-time service in the Navy as a Marine Engineer Officer or a Weapons

Midshipman Jess Layburn at the University of Canterbury. Photo: Supplied. Engineer Officer.

Midshipman Layburn says it was really only during the final Officer Selection Board that she became dead set on joining the NZDF.

“It was three days of interviews and evolutions and fitness testing, but even just in those three days I learnt so much about myself, about leadership and heard so many stories from naval personnel about their work and lifestyle,” she says.

Midshipman Layburn’s application was successful and her next step after the selection board was officer training.

“I was only required to do the first three weeks of officer training before heading back to Christchurch to continue working towards my degree in mechanical engineering,” Jess says.

“In such a short time, I learnt so many valuable skills and met a ton of amazing,

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motivated and interesting people.” Alongside university study, Midshipman Layburn attended weekly parade nights at reserve forces unit HMNZS Pegasus. She had also learnt military skills including shooting, drills and sailing and taken part in Anzac Day services which she said is a really special part of being in the Navy reserves.

Now in her final year of study, Midshipman Layburn is looking forward to utilising her skills as a mechanical engineer and embarking on her career as a marine engineering officer with the Navy. She will return to Auckland to complete the Junior Officer Common Training in January 2024.

“It has been such a privilege to be able to study under the Navy Chatham Scheme and I’m so excited for what the future holds after graduation,” she says.

Haha whet , Wellington City Council’s Matariki star hunt, is running at the Botanic Gardens ki Paek k

Haha whet began yesterday, 12 July and runs to Sunday 30 July. This interactive journey will take people around the gardens where they can find the 10 painted whet (stars).

At each star, people will learn about the significance of Puanga and each whet in the Matariki constellation.

People can pick up a Haha whet Star Search Map at the Founders entrance to the Botanic Garden, the Treehouse, or the Cable Car, or visit the Matariki Puanga page on the council’s website, https://wellington.

govt.nz/news-and-events/eventsand-festivals/matariki#whetu, to download a map and learn more. People can download the Matariki app using the QR code on the whet signs in the Botanic Garden. Scan the symbol on each sign with the Matariki app, watch the starburst, and follow it into the sky using a phone.

Input on community facilities sought

By Frank Neill

Wellington City Council is currently seeking feedback on its proposed Community Facilities Plan, Te Awe M para. One of the big gaps the proposed plan has identified is the need for a recreation centre in Johnsonville. A new Johnsonville recreation centre would cater for a variety of indoor sports – including basketball, badminton, volleyball and gymnastics,. It would also include a recreation space for children.

“If people think that is a good idea, they should comment on that” and provide the feedback to the council, says Councillor Tony Randle. “Have a look at the plan and see what is in it for your community, and if we’re missing anything please let us know,” Cr Randle says. To fill the gap created by the lack of a recreational centre between Nairnville Park and Tawa, the plan recommends that the council undertakes a suburb-wide needs assessment and feasibility study.

The plan, which is available at https://www. letstalk.wellington.govt.nz/wellingtons-community-facilities, covers 275 community facilities, including:

undertaking a needs assessment and feasibility study across Newlands, Khandallah, Ngaio and Wadestown. Consultation will run until Monday 7 August. Submissions, which can be made via the website address above, will then be considered and the final plan completed in October. “We had an overwhelming response to the surveys in November 2022 asking Wellingtonians what was important to them about community facilities and what they would like to see more of in the future,” says Cr Teri O’Neill, the Chair of the K rau M tinitini Social, Cultural and Economic Committee.

“We expect to see similar levels of engagement with submissions this time round,” Cr O’Neill says.The purpose of the Community Facilities Plan is to guide the Council’s provision and decision-making about community facilities for the next 30 years.

The mission of the plan is for Wellington to have thriving and accessible community facilities where people connect, have fun and belong. Mayor Whanau says Wellington’s community facilities are special and contribute a lot to how we keep connected and stay healthy.

“We shouldn’t take these spaces for granted and should think about how we best manage and utilise them in the future, and how they can continue to improve our quality of life.

“I’m proud of the work the council is doing in this space and will look forward to the benefits being felt by everyone as the input and plans come together over the next 10 years.”

land used by sports, recreation, arts, culture and community groups.

As well as recommending a study of Johnsonville, the plan also recommends

As well as flagging the lack of a Johnsonville recreation centre as one of the city’s big needs, the plan also flags the success of the Waitohi Centre as a multi use community facility.

“Waitohi is a model for the Wellington community,” Cr Randle says.

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New digital map of underground services

A new digital map will soon record where all of the underground pipes and cables are beneath the city’s roads and footpaths.

Wellington City Council has approved a New Zealand-leading initiative to build the updateable digital map.

The Wellington Underground Asset Map (WUAM) programme will revolutionise the way buried infrastructure like Three Waters assets, telecommunications cables, gas pipes

and other services are installed, maintained, operated and repaired, the council says.

“Over the next few decades, billions of dollars will be spent on infrastructure projects around the city, including water, electricity, Let’s Get Wellington Moving, cycleways and council capital projects like the Te Matapihi Central Library and housing developments,” says Chief Infrastructure Officer Siobhan Procter.

At this month’s Building Nations 2023 conference in Christchurch, Siobhan shared the ambitions of Wellington’s Underground Asset Map Programme.

The programme aims to reduce disruption to the capital’s streets by moving away from legacy records and outdated paper processes to a centralised online map-based library.

It could be the start of a long journey towards a digital twin of the infrastructure under the city’s streets.

Currently, there is no central record system for the infrastructure underneath Wellington’s – or New Zealand’s – streets.

Data is held in the separate utilities companies’ databases, all of which keep data in different formats to meet their individual needs.

With data compiled manually for each job it is very difficult to have a thorough understanding of the assets beneath the streets. Records from older pipes and cables are often missing or incomplete.

The objective of the programme is to develop a federated data sharing platform showing subsurface infrastructure owned by the council and other utility operators.

These users will feed their data into this platform that everyone who works in the sector can access 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This type of system is often referred to as federated subsurface asset register or subsurface digital twin.

WUAM has a raft of benefits including increased safety for crews, improved certainty

for planning with less chance of projects running over time and budget, resulting in reduced disruption for businesses and residents.

The aim is to build a system and supporting compliance policies that can be scaled up for the whole of New Zealand.

There are similar platforms in the United Kingdom, as well as systems in Singapore and some states in the United States.

“We are embarking on an ambitious infrastructure construction programme with 30 years of development taking place over the next decade,” adds Siobhan.

“The Wellington Underground Asset Map will play a central role in making sure the variety of projects remain on track –reducing the impact on Wellingtonians and helping the city continue to function as we focus on making the city a great place to live, work and play.

“This is a highly complex project that will require active participation from across the sector. While we have the regulatory powers to make it happen, we will work collaboratively with the sector to bring about change.”

The WUAM project is funded from $4 million from the Department of Internal Affairs as part of the Government’s Three Waters Better Off Funding.

The Three Waters Better Off Funding has been designated for projects focusing on climate transition, community wellbeing, or infrastructure and services projects that support the community.

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Work being undertaken on infrastructure below a Wellington street. Photo: Wellington City council.

Matariki through arts and education

Film producer intern to be selected

Write Room Wellington is seeking this year’s producer Intern to be part of the selection and development process on the programme.

White Room is a screenwriter residency programme offered in partnership with POP Film and the Wellington City Council Aho Tini 2030 Arts, Culture and Creativity Strategy.

Each year an emerging or mid-career film producer is selected to shadow the process of selecting a screenwriter to undertake their 12-week residency at the Toi P neke Arts Centre to develop a draft of their feature film screenplay with the support of a group of experienced industry mentors.

A stipend of $2500 will be awarded for the producer internship.

producers or creative partners-how to harness the input of others in a way that is meaningful for writers; and

through process and how it can inform development.

The film producer intern will need to be available to spend a minimum of 25 hours a week on script selection from 23 October to 16 December, be present for at least five development meetings during the residency (February to April 2024) and assist with facilitating and coordinating the script read-through workshop at the end of the programme (November and December 2024)

Broadmeadows resident and Arvida Village at the Park Manager, Moira Naughton says her residents understand Matariki much more now through recent craft and educational activities in the community.

Residents have been busy making lanterns, kites and stars using coloured card, glue and glitter, as they learnt about the M ori New Year celestial event.

The Wellington retirement community also experienced a close encounter with the Matariki star cluster when the Wellington Astronomical Society visited, complete with binoculars for stargazing.

Other activities have included a Waiata sing along,

herb planting, and special community shared lunch.

The activities are very resident-led and are an example of engaging and thinking well, an important part of Arvida's wellness approach, The Attitude of Living WellTM, Moira says.

“The residents have taken a real interest in the meaning behind Matariki and they love to do crafts too.

“We have a Matariki exhibition setup that includes the crafts made.

“Families can see all the beautiful creations when they visit during the long weekend,” Moira says.

This is a chance for an early or mid-career producer wishing to deepen understanding and personal instincts in:

writing, genre, themes, budget, packaging/financing potential of dramatic film projects;

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Arvida Village at the Park resident Dot Aldred with the star she made. Photo: Supplied.

By Wally Richards

The daylight hours are slowly extending and soon dormant plants are going to wake up and spring will be just around the corner. Already I have been receiving phone calls from gardeners starting off seeds on their heat pads to have young plants to plant out in a month or so time. (Time waits for no one especially gardeners.)

One gardener told me that seed raising mixes she has tried were expensive and not much good and I totally agree. The gardener said she preferred to sieve potting mix and obtain the I told her to go a step further and buy a good compost such as Daltons Value

I use either Daltons Compost or Oderings as neither of them use green waste in their compost so no herbicide residue to harm baby plants.

If preparing a seedling tray I firstly place a layer of straight compost in it to about half full; then onto that a sprinkling of Unlocking Your Soil after which I sieve more compost over that to

Then I place the seeds which I spray with Magic Botanic Liquid (MBL) mixed at 20 mils per litre of non-chlorinated water. Once the seeds and the medium have received a good wetting I then sieve more compost over to cover, or sometimes prefer to use sharp sand as the cover. The cover is sprayed till nice and moist then onto the heat pad. The seedling tray needs to be sprayed 2 or 3 times a day to keep the medium moist. An

easier way is to use peat pots. You first soak the pots (expandable ones to expand and the

as for a seedling tray then to soak use the MBL in the water..

The meat trays that you get from the supermarket are ideal to sit the peat pots on. Place the trays with the peat pots onto your heat pad and once a day you pour some non-chlorinated water into the dry tray. Best done each morning. The heat pad by the way should be sitting on a thickness of polystyrene sheet so all the heat is driven upwards and not wasted downwards.

Dependent on the seed type there is quickly a show of germination and as soon as that happens out into the glasshouse on to the bench so the seedlings get overhead light and thus do not stretch and die. Window sill is not good enough as they will stretch to the glass. A wooden box with a sheet of glass over it is ideal to place outside for over head light. Now you need to be very careful not to over water or to dry out completely. Off the heat pad the seedling likely only need a misting once a day to keep them happy and the best time to do this is in the morning and check them late afternoon before tucking them in for the night with a little lullaby.

(Try adapting the words from Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream. Change to: grow, grow, grow you little seedlings, gently during the day. Merrily, merrily, merrily Life is a real great plant.)

You maybe surprised at the results! Plus comments from neighbors. Light is so important to plants because that is what they use to make carbohydrates (sugars) which is sunlight and plants suffer badly, they become weak, attacked by insects and diseases and likely die. A little trick that I had forgotten about from commercial growers and in particular hydroponic growers and that is Panda Film.

on one side and white on the other. The black side is laid on the soil with the white side facing upwards

This does several things such as laid on soil it suppresses weeds and the white increases the amount of light the plant receives and in this case to under the leaves. This means that the top of the leaf and the underside can both work to create energy for the plant’s growth.

(You have greatly increased the energy gathering area of the leaf) Another advantage is that a number of insect pests hate the bright light from below and tend to be less a problem on your plants. A 200mm strip would be perfect to plant strawberries into; cut X in the middle.

A Problem arises with too many hazy or cloudy skies these days. Last spring farmers had lots of grass here locally due to ample rain but found they had to buy in feed as the grass was sorely lacking and milk production was poor. Talking about Strawberries they are starting to wake up now so it is time to start spraying the

Buying a house with friends? YIP!

Hey Everyone! As cost-of-living rises, we are finding more and more people are looking at buying houses together to share the financial commitment. This is a great idea and makes a lot of financial sense. However, we also see the other side of the situation where things haven’t gone so well – here are 5 things you should consider:

1. Understand the shared financial commitment

Buying a property is a big financial commitment, not only because of the ongoing monthly repayments but also the responsibility for the regular expenses involved in running and maintaining the property. A decision should not be based on emotion but on cold hard numbers. Don’t let your desire to ‘help’ a friend cloud your judgement, only commit to what you can afford.

2. Be honest

Being as honest and open as possible about each of your own expenses, spending, savings and debts is crucial. You both need a true picture of each of your financial strengths and weaknesses. Discuss what your current budgets are and how they will have to change to manage the new expenses you will both be committing to

3. Decide on clear terms of co-ownership

There are a couple of options to choose from in terms of the ownership structure. ‘Tenants in Common’ gives each party a share in the ownership of the property, while ‘Joint Tenants’ means the two of you together own the property as one entity, without individual shares or rights of ownership. You can also divide the ownership to reflect different contributions/benefit (such as who gets the master bedroom and who pays how much) We would suggest you speak to a lawyer to decide what is best.

4. Task agreement

You are joint owners, so it is important each party contributes fairly. Ensure your

co-ownership agreement covers points such as division of expenses (like cleaning and maintenance of the property, rates, utilities etc.), division tasks like who will take care of the garden, who co-ordinates tradespeople, who organising the regular maintenance, etc. All of these ‘jobs’ need to be considered and allocated in advance to avoid confusion and resentment in the future.

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A great totara has fallen

People throughout Wellington are mourning the passing of one of New Zealand’s great Rangatira Dr Ihakara Porutu (Kara) Puketapu.

The Te ti Awa leader lay in state at the Waiwhet Marae from 8 to 11 July and was buried at his homestead, Taumairangi in Wainuiomata, on 11 July.

Tributes to Dr Puketapu have come from community leaders through the region, including Wellington City Council (WCC).

“Wellington City Council joins our iwi partners Taranaki Wh nui, and indeed te ao M ori and Aotearoa who are mourning and celebrating the life and legacy of a remarkable individual who touched the hearts of many and left an indelible mark on the beautiful nation of New Zealand.

“Dr Ihakara (Kara) Porutu Puketapu, a true visionary and a tireless advocate for change, has left us, but his contributions will continue to inspire and guide us for generations to come,” WCC said in a media release.

“His legacy will continue to inspire us to be agents of change, to champion equality, and to uphold the values of inclusivity and compassion,” the council’s Chief Executive Barbara McKerrow says.

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“The greatest tribute to a life well-lived is the continuation of their noble work, and we are blessed to have the input of Kara into our T piki Ora strategy which we are focused on achieving and bringing to life over the next few years, for Kara, for our whole community and for the future of Wellington,” WCC’s T tai Heke M ori, Karepa Wall, says.

“The impact of a single soul can ripple through generations and I’m proud of not only what my iwi has done, but also what Kara Jnr is doing alongside me in his capacity as an iwi leader for our city,” Mayor Tory Wh nau says.

“Ihakara was a beacon of hope, a symbol of strength, and a champion for equality and justice,” WCC’s media release states.

“With unwavering determination, he dedicated his life to uplifting the lives of his fellow New Zealanders, particularly those who were marginalised and voiceless.

“His passion for social reform was unmatched, and he worked relentlessly to dismantle barriers and create a more inclusive society.”

Dr Kara Puketapu. Photo: Supplied.

All the great sounds and pzazz from Broadway to the Westend

Curtain up! Light the lights! From Broadway to Westend will take you to new heights as performance company Operatunity presents the greatest songs from the greatest musical theatre stages in the world. Their stars will entertain you with numbers by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Lerner & Loewe, and more! A singing, dancing, sparkling spectacular, this show is sure to thrill, delight, and stir your imagination.

Operatunity Daytime Concerts and Travel is thrilled to announce that beloved Kiwi musical theatre star Tainui Kuru will be returning From Broadway to Westend, a glitzy showtune homegrown theatre talent. In true Operatunity voices, great fun, and of course, fabulous costumes!

The concert will showcase Tainui, alongside

Moon exhibition finishes this Sunday!

present its latest exhibition Our Moon: Then, Now & Beyond. It opened 20 May and runs to 16 July – the perfect winter exhibition!

Over the last few years, Aratoi has been proudly curating exhibitions that relate to Our Moon has been a constant source of fascination for thousands of years all across the world.

Our Moon: Then, Now & Beyond brings

together a 5 metre diameter scale model of the Moon and explores the mythological, nearest neighbour and its role in marking Matariki.

smells like and what mythology is around it in this hands-on and interactive exhibition. Find craters on the Moon, the Sea of Tranquility, learn about the Maramataka and even build a space station!

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Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Alex Foster, Isaac Pawson, Vanessa Kelly and pianist Paul Carnegie-Jones, performing the greatest songs from the greatest musical theatre stages in the world in a singing, dancing, sparkling spectacular.

Come and celebrate the Spring Equinox at Stonehenge Aotearoa! Enjoy the sunset from within the henge (if possible), learn about how your ancestors viewed the equinox then enjoy exploring the night sky. Stonehenge Aotearoa is a modern adaptation of the Stonehenge ruins on the Salisbury Plain of England. The henge contains 24 pillars and is 30m in diameter and about 4m high. The pillars are capped with lintels, completing the circle, and a 5m-tall obelisk marks the centre of the henge. The modern henge was designed to

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Open evening on Karori connections

By Frank Neill

The Karori Connections Team is holding an open evening where people can learn more about the Karori connections programme and how they can be involved as planning progresses.

The open evening will be held at the Karori Community Centre from 6:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesday 18 July.

“We are strongly encouraging the community to come and have their say,” says Andrea Skews, the Chair of the Karori Residents’ Association.

“We appreciate that Wellington City council and other providers are taking time out of their evenings to come along and engage with us.”

The Karori connections team includes Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Let’s Get Wellington Moving.

Tuesday’s meeting will be the first update the team has provided for the Karori connections bike, bus, and pedestrian improvements.

“Last month 437 people completed our online survey, sharing their experiences of using the Karori connections route,” the team says.

“At the same time, our team has been busy talking with the four schools on the route, the Karori Business Association, residents with accessibility needs, and the Karori Residents’ Association.

“All these conversations are helping us to develop draft designs for how the bike, bus and pedestrian improvements can be optimised for the Karori community.

“Now we’d like to invite you to an open evening to learn more about Karori connections and how you can be involved as planning progresses,” the team says.

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Matariki exhibition at Zealandia

By Frank Neill

In honour of Matariki Puanga, Zealandia is featuring the work of local M ori artist, designer and curator, Emma Kitson (Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe, Waitaha) in Te M ra Toi / Zealandia Stairwell Gallery

Emma's artworks are handmade original prints, made in her home studio on several presses including a restored vintage book press.

She makes her own screens and inks using foraged materials.

“My work depicts native New Zealand flora and fauna and explores the use of plants and animals as allegory in indigenous storytelling,” Emma says.

“I am drawn to the many en-

demic species that are overlooked because they are not fluffy or cute.

“These lesser known natives have become a metaphor for my own bicultural identity," she says.

Emma is an artist, designer and curator whose whakapapa traces its roots to the small islands off Rakiura (Stewart Island).

When she became a mother in 2012, Emma returned to making art from a desire to create a M ori centred space for her tamahine.

She joined Paemanu, Ngai Tahu Contemporary Artists, after a wananga at R paki in 2014, and has been a contributing artist in their exhibitions at COCA and Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

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Curator and artist talk in Kelburn

Insights into the exhibition “Legacies: Five Short Artist Films” will be shared at Kelburn’s Te P taka Toi – Adam Art Gallery on 19 July.

In association with CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image, curator May Adadol Ingawanij and artist Martin Sagadin will discuss the exhibition.

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For Ingawanij, questions arising from her attempt to write a poem and the origins of her own name provided a starting point for conversations with the artists.

For Sagadin, a short piece of writing

by their friend, sculptor Caitlin Clarke, prompted “Garden of Clay”(2022), a diaristic portrait of Clarke returning to and burying her ceramic works in the sites where her clay was originally harvested.

The entire 50-minute “Legacies” programme will screen at 5pm and the discussion will start at 6pm, followed by a screening of “Garden of Clay”.

Director of CIRCUIT Mark Williams will moderate the discussion. Sagadin and Williams will appear in person, while Ingawanij will join via Zoom from London.

Defibrillator for Karori

The Karori United Tennis Club has installed a defibrillator at their club rooms.

To safeguard our members, and to offera benefit to the whole community, the club has had the defibrillator installed by Wellington Free Ambulance.

The club was able to provide this community asset after securing some funding from Four Winds Foundation.

The defibrillator is installed on the outside of the tennis club’s club house in central

Karori and can be accessed by the public. The club will be providing some training on how to use the defibrillator over the next few weeks.

Without early CPR and defibrillator use, only about 2.5% percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims survive.

The initiation of early CPR and defibrillator use within minutes can raise a victim’s chance of survival to almost 80%.

Focus on Scottish history

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Doug Miller will be talking to the Wellington Branch of the NZ Society of Genealogists on Scottish Family Research on Wednesday 19 July at the Johnsonville Collective Community Hub.

In his presentation,In Search of Scotland,he will show some easy and cheap ways people can research their Scottish ancestors primarily through reputable online and other resources.

Over the centuries the government of Scotland kept good records and many of them have survived.

For example in the 18thcentury the Scottish authorities brought in many unusual taxes including dog tax, window tax, horse tax, female and male servant tax, and a clock and watch tax. If one’s forebears were reasonably

Puzzle

ACROSS

1. Improvised barrier (9)

6. Female family ruler(9)

11. opposite of ‘Zenith’ (5)

12. Desert(7)

13. Subject of speech (5)

14. Recounted(8)

17. Pertaining to small planets(10)

18. Fuss(3)

20. Friend(4)

22. Makes use of (7)

24. Chaotic din (6)

26. Exploit unfairly (3)

28. Muscle (5)

29. Influences (7)

32. Male singing voice (5)

33. Charged atom (3)

34.& 45 DOWN.Beyond comparison (3,3,4)

35. Snow runner (3)

36. Strong cotton drill (5)

37. Put into office (7)

38.Female egg-producing organ (5)

39. Daughter’s husband, -in-law (3)

41. Farmyard(6)

42. Most simple(7)

44. Mother(archaic) (4)

47. Outlawed Irish army(abbr) (3)

49. Not creative(10)

51. Raw(8)

55. Deem worthy(5)

56. Make cheerful(7)

57. Bestow(5)

58. Repeat again(9)

59. Cloister(9)

DOWN

1. Source of good fortune (7)

2. Supplementary clause (5)

3. Incursion (6)

4. Proverb (5)

5. Type of cheese (4)

6. Humility (7)

7. Offer (6)

8. Foreword (12)

9. Swift (5)

10. Mark Twain character , Finn (11)

15. Marine fish (3)

16. Conforms, the line (4)

19. Feigns (6)

21. Novice (7)

23. Miserly person(coll) (6)

25. Silk handkerchief (7)

26. Irrelevance (12)

27. Evaluate (6)

28. One who developes muscles through exercise (4,7)

30. Consume (3)

31. Skull(pl) (6)

well off they can be found in these tax registers.

People who have ever wondered if they ‘belong’ to a particular Scottish Clan then come along and learn some ways they can research this.

The talk will begin at 7:30pm. Arrive at 7pn for coffee, tea, and biscuits and a chance to chat with the branch’s friendly members whoareveryknowledgeableabout a wide range of family history subjects.

Scottish Family History is so popular that the branch even has a separate group which meetsregularly to discuss it.

The club normally charge $3 for visitors but mention the “Independent Herald” the charge will be waived. The meetingshould finish well before 10pm.

40. Of the ear (4)

43. Stir (7)

44. One-time Chinese political leader, Tsetung (3)

45. SEE 34 ACROSS

46. Breathing illness (6)

48. Wanderers (6)

50. Excuse (5)

52. Light silk material (5)

53. Small anchor (5)

54. Check (4)

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Karori’s sensational Football victory

By Grant Stephen

Waterside Karori’s sensational 3-0 victory over Napier City Rovers in the Chatham Cup on 9 July was the talk of the town.

Wharfies captain, Harry Fautley, was quietly confident in his radio interview on Saturday morning and that confidence was certainly well founded.

Goal scorers from the league match the week before put in another decent shift and Tomas Alvarado proved his value to the team yet again.

In soggy conditions at Park Island in Napier Tomas put Waterside ahead just two minutes before the tea break.

Stefan Cordwell made it two at the 65th minute mark and Tomas put the icing on the cake to make it 3-0 with 12 minutes still to go until the final whistle.

It was an emphatic win and if Rovers had a grief counsellor on their staff, it would be a busy week ahead for them.

Waterside Karori now progresses through to the quarter finals and the national phase of the competition.

Despite not having any bearing on the Central League, confidence and self-belief will be at an all time high for Karori as they strive to reach the top four sides locally to progress to the national summer league.

The only other remaining team in region to contend for the Chatham Cup is league leader Wellington Olympic.

They cantered through to an easy 5-0 victory at Petone.

In the quarter finals Karori and Olympic will now face each other or Melville United, Eastern Suburbs, Hamilton Wanderers, Christchurch United, Western Springs or Roslyn Wakiri.

In the women’s Kate Sheppard Cup, it is semi final time for Wellington United.

They eased past Petone 2-1 and will now face either Eastern Suburbs, Coastal Spirit or Western Springs.

Top level men’s and women’s football took another scheduled break last weekend for further rounds in the Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup national knock out competitions.

Top two J’ville teams in semis

By Frank Neill

Johnsonville’s premier 2 Rugby team has joined the club’s top team in qualifying for a 2023 semi-final.

The club’s premier 2 team qualified for the semi-final of the HD Morgan Memorial Trophy with a convincing 34-17 victory over North Wellington on 8 July.

The number one team, the Johnsonville Hawks, had a rest week. As one of the top two qualifiers for the Jubilee Cup semi-finals, they did not need to play.

That came after the Hawks scored a crushing 46-12 victory over Old Boys University on 1 July.

Old Boys University went on to also qualify for a semi-final when

they beat Tawa 22-6 at Nairnville Park on 8 July. They will meet Paremata Plimmerton for a place in the final on 15 July.

The Hawks will play for a spot in the Jubilee Cup final against Oriental Rongotai who narrowly beat Upper Hutt 30-27 for their place in the semi-final.

The 15 July semi-final will be a

Supporting community leaders

Volunteer Wellington is hosting a new Governance Mentoring Programme to support and strengthen community leaders in the non-profit sector.

It has partnered with The Mentoring Foundation of New Zealand and Community Governance NZ to deliver the programme, which has been designed to increase effectiveness in community governance by developing capability, connection and confidence.

Each mentee will be matched with a mentor who has substantial not-for-

profit governance experience, and both will be supported by a programme coordinator.

Volunteer Wellington is seeking participants from theWellington region. People can register their interest now to be a mentee or mentor at https:// volunteerwellington.nz/index.php/ news-events/governance-mentoring.

Volunteer Wellington will once again be partnering with the Project Management Institute (PMI), who is hosting the Project Management Day of Service (PMDOS) consulting day

Karori’s Matariki Night Glow

Matariki Night Glow: A Stellar Community Event will come to the Karori Town Centre on 22 July.

Presented by Foxtail Events, Matariki Night Glow is a community event that promises an extraordinary fusion of cultural experiences, delicious cuisine, engaging activities, and stargazing

wonders.

“Matariki Night Glow is not only a celebration of community, but also a platform for local schools, performers, artists, musicians, crafters and foodies to showcase their talents and wares, and embrace the cultural heritage of Aotearoa,” Foxtail Events says.

home game for the Hawks, kicking off at Helston Park at 2:45pm.

Two Johnsonville players – Lucas Aukuso and Andy Ellis – have been named by Te Upoko O Te Tka Wellington M ori head coach Justin Wilson in his squad for the forthcoming representative season.

Two Johnsonville players were also in the Wellington Lions team

in November with non-profits in the Greater Wellington region.

The PMDOS is a one-day community event designed to help charities and non-profit organisations tackle their strategic and operational challenges to reach their full potential.

For a full day, non-profits will get the undivided attention of Project Managers and other Business Professionals who are eager to lend their expertise, completely free of charge.

More information is at https://pmi. org.nz/pmdos-about/.

“The overall experience will create lasting memories for everyone involved.”

The event is free and will be held in England Lane from 2:30pm to 7pm. It will be “an unforgettable afternoon [and] evening filled with joy, wonder, and a sense of togetherness,” Foxtail Events says.

for its Ranfurly Shield defence against Horowhenua-K piti yesterday (12 July) at the Levin Domain. The match was played after the deadline for the “Independent Herald”.

Prop Ha’amea Ahio ran onto the field, while Anthony Pettett was named on the bench. The match was Anthony’s provincial debut.

Rotary community grants

Karori Rotary is calling for applications for grants for community projects in the Makara, Karori, Kelburn and Northland areas.

Grants up to $2,000 will be considered.

Application forms are available by emailing karori.secretary@icloud. com. For more information of if you have any enquiries phone Allan Frazer on 027 450 3861.

This is the big week of the Karori Community

Book Fair being run by Karori Rotary and Karori Lions Clubs.

The book fair will be held at the Karori Baptist Church, Marsden Village Karori, on Friday 14 July from noon to 8pm, and Saturday 15 July from 9am to 4pm.

Great prizes can be won in a draw of people who purchase more than $25 in books value. For more information phone David Watt of Karori Rotary on 027 246 6339.

Action from the Chatham Cup match between Wellington Olympic and Petone.

Photo: Terry Douglas.

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