Karori ballet dancer India Shackel has been offered a place at the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet, the world’s oldest and most highly esteemed ballet company.
She was one of just nine young female dancers from around the world who have been offered a place, from around 180 girls who auditioned world-wide. Continued on page 2.
India Shackel dancing. Photo: Supplied.
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The 19-year-old was the only New Zealand dancer offered a place. In fact she is the only one from this side of the world.
Winning the place “is truly a dream come true,” India says.
“It was one of my big goals.
“When I found out I got in I was so excited. I couldn’t believe that this email [informing her she had won a place] had actually come in.
“This is what I have been dreaming of since I was 10 years old.
“After all the hard work I have put in up till now it was a big relief that I’m going to dance professionally and have a professional career,” she says.
The audition process, she says, is one of the most intense in the
world.
The first stage in the process is submitting a video, which India did in May.
Following that she received an email saying she had been selected to attend the in person audition in Paris on July 3.
The first activity in the audition was completing a ballet class in front of the panel of 17 judges.
Following that 33 dancers were selected for the next round, performing a solo dance in front of the panel.
The final round was learning a piece of repertoire from a ballet and performing it in small groups.
India succeeded, winning a twoyears contract with the Paris Opera Ballet Junior Ballet Company, which will begin on 26 August.
“We will tour around France with the junior ballet company ... and we also get to perform in the big ballets the Paris Opera does, such as Sleeping Beauty or Swan Lake.
“It’s really exciting, especially for New Zealand and the New Zealand dance community as a whole just to see us on the world stage,” India says.
“I would definitely like to give a lot of credit to my teachers,” she adds.
These include Fiona and Katie Haines.
Now 19 years old, India began dancing when she was three years old when she joined the Fiona Haines Dance Academy in Karori.
India trained at the Fiona Haines Dance Academy until she was 16 and after that trained at the
New Zealand School of Dance for two years.
Over the last year she has trained at the Australian Ballet School.
“Along with that I have also been coached privately by Medhi Angot, a private ballet coach.
“He was the one who suggested I audition. He helped me with everything leading up to the audition.
“Without him it definitely wouldn’t have happened,” she says.
Paris Opera Ballet was founded in Paris 1669 by King Louis X1V, who was otherwise known for his own performance as The Sun King.
Paris Opera Ballet was originally named Academie Royale de Danse, and it is the reason that ballet terms are all in French.
Johnsonville Mall needs redeveloping
By Frank Neill
Stride Property Group need to get on with redeveloping the Johnsonville Mall or sell up, hariu MP Greg O’Connor says in his latest newsletter.
He noted that “a group of councillors, led by Labour councillor Ben McNulty, have instructed council officers to investigate what legal options they have available to them to force Stride’s hand, including compulsory purchase of some of the land,”
[Currently this is a proposal
Cr McNulty has put forward, which will be considered by the Wellington City Council at its meeting on 5 September.]
“We can but look forward to the result,” Mr O’Connor says.
“I have been continuously working with Stride Properties, the mall owners.
“They have spent considerable money on plans to develop the mall over the last few years.
“However, their major share-
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“Meanwhile, despite some great wee businesses in the mall, it’s going backwards, something of a matter of shame to locals,” Mr O’Connor says.
“I have spoken in Parliament about the Mall, and its impact on the prosperity of the electorate.
“Like so much in life, if it was easy someone would have done something about it before now.
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I recently hosted a meeting which included local property developers and representatives from the City and Regional Councils. The background for the meeting was the need to ensure all people involved in providing more housing in our electorate, whether it be those building them or those regulating and permitting that building, understand the issues which govern the ability to build the houses everyone agrees we need.
Much of my time as the Ōhāriu MP is spent helping people navigate the bureaucracy to ensure their needs, and importantly their rights, are upheld in a system which can be extremely difficult to understand and access. I often describe my job as being a circuit breaker; find the blockage and work around it.
The most frustrating part is when people say “yes, the problem has been acknowledged and is being fixed”. Then nothing happens.
There are essentially two types of development; greenfields and brownfields. Greenfields means building on currently undeveloped land, typically ex farmland on the edges of current urban areas, where infrastructure like sewers, water supply and other essential services don’t exist are usually built by the developer.
To a large extent this is what has happened at Onslow College; there have been reassurances from the Ministry that the problem has been identified and is going to be fixed; and nothing happens. Frustratingly for the school, they weren’t advised of seismic issues because they weren’t serious enough to prevent continued occupation, but had the school known about them, the rebuild plans would have looked a lot different, with those buildings
Brownfields development means rebuilding on existing sites, and there has been considerable discussion in recent times around how much intensification should be allowed in existing suburbs, especially changing of height limits to allow for more apartments.
Both have their advantages and disadvantages; the Regional Council in particular see their role to prevent more
being prioritised. Likewise, with maintenance, because a rebuild was ‘imminent’ there was no point spending money on maintaining a building which was going to be replaced. Now, because the replacement never happened, the unmaintained buildings are in an atrocious condition.
runoff and other material ending up in our harbours, especially the Porirua harbour in the case of development north of Johnsonville and Newlands. The Wellington City Council are concerned that the existing infrastructure cannot handle the pressure it comes under when new housing areas are developed. Existing infrastructure is aging and needs upgrading across our city, as evidenced by recent pipe failures. An advantage of intensification of existing areas means more people, therefore more ratepayers to pay for those upgrades.
The school leaders have now done a wonderful job of highlighting the issue, and the Minister of Finance will have no choice but to allocate the money.
“Yes”, from the Ministry will mean yes this time.
Developers of course need to make a profit, and wish to keep their compliance costs as low as possible. Many believe the Resource Management Act is too cumbersome. We as government for our part have undertaken to rewrite that act.
The feedback was good, but the success will be when there are sufficient affordable houses to meetdemand. That is certainly my goal as your MP.
That, and of course having a vibrant and functioning Johnsonville Shopping Centre we can all be proud of.
There’s plenty to be getting on with.
As we enjoy New Zealand’s success at the Olympics, and watch the world come together in a spirit of cooperation, I can’t help wondering how we can harness that spirit to prevent the world from descending into conflict, as Ukraine, Palestine, and even USChina tensions threaten to spill over into global war. We can only dream!
Ōhariu MP Greg O’Connor.
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Council to move on Johnsonville Mall
By Frank Neill
Wellington City Council staff are going to be asked to come up with all the options to make redevelopment of the Johnsonville Mall happen. This follows the submission of a notice of motion by Cr Ben McNulty, signed by eight other councillors and the Mayor Tory Whanau. Following the submission an 11th councillor has also signed. As there are 16 councillors, this means that a majority of councillors will be in favour of the motion when it is considered by the council on 5 September. Cr McNulty’s motion asks the council staff to prepare a report within six months on “options to facilitate and realise commercial development more quickly within the Johnsonville Metropolitan Centre Zone”.
The staff are being asked to “give us every option possible ... to made the mall redevelopment happen,” Cr McNulty says.
“Effective redevelopment of the commercial zoned land in Johnsonville Town Centre is pivotal to the growth of the area,” he says.
“What I am trying to achieve is something happening.
“Something is better than absolutely nothing.”
One of the pathways the motion is asking council officers to report on is “options under the Public Works Act”.
That would include the option of compulsory aquisition of the land.
“There is a compelling case to use the Public Works Act,” Cr McNulty says.
“Even just the threat of the Public Works Act could be enough for Stride [Property Group, who own the land the mall is on as well as adjacent land] to say: ‘Do you want to own your land and have control of what is going on there or do you want to lose it?’
“Even taking some of the land ... could make Stride think again,” Cr McNulty says.
The council could, under the Public Work Act, partner with a developer.
“That’s my very large aspriational goal.
“I have to temper that with a large dose of reality that may well not happen,” Cr McNulty says.
The motion also asks for the report to consider options under the Urban Development Act.
“You would have to partner with the government to do something under the Urban Development Act.”
The council could, for example, partner with the government to speed up housing development.
“The third prod is that Stride pull a Reading and they just sell up,” Cr McNulty says. That would, in some ways, be ideal “because then the council doesn’t have to drag this on for years or get too involved.”
“Inaction from Stride Property Group (SPG) has resulted in the running down of central Johnsonville with high numbers of vacant shops and stagnant regeneration,” the background notes to the notice of motion state.
“Residents and inverstors in the northern suburbs are very supportive of the council taking action to see the Johnsonville Town Centre developed to its full potential.”
When the notice of motion was submitted it was signed by Cr McNulty, Cr Diane Calvert, Mayor Whanau, Cr Ray Chung, Cr Tim Brown, Cr Geordie Rogers, Cr Nureddin Abdurahman, Cr Wi Neera, Cr Laurie Foon and Cr John Apanowicz.
Since then Cr Teri O’Neill has also signed.
“Stride Property Group can confirm that we continue to work on options for the future of the
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Johnsonville Shopping Centre,” says Stride’s General Manager Retail, Roy Stansfield.
“However, we are not in a position to provide you with a detailed update at this time.
“We are committed to keeping all investors and stakeholders equally updated with information around the proposed Johnsonville development, and will provide further detail when appropriate.”
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Friendship club
The Karori Friendship Club is hosting guest speaker Maria Luisa Suarez who will speak on enhancing independence and well-being at St Ninian’s Church at 10am on Tursday 20 August.
Maria is from WellAble, a free and impartial disability information service that operates throughout the Wellington Region.
Her talk will explore practical solutions for daily living and cover how WellAble supports people.
People wanting to attend are asked to let the Karori Friendship Club know at stnup@xtra.co.nz or phone 476 7137.
Staying safe
Age Concern’s next Staying Safe class for older drivers will be held at the Johnsonville Community Centre Trust Room from 10am to 4pm on 20 August. The free workshop aims to maintain and improve safe driving practices and increase the knowledge of other transport options available to help senior road users remain safely mobile.
To register go to www.acwellington. org.nz/events/staying-safe, phone 499 6646 or email events@acwellington. org.nz.
Neonatal doctor visits childhood home
By Frank Neill
Khandallah School alumnus Dr
Benjamin Rattray, a noted United States paedriatric and neonatal intensive care doctor, paid a return visit to the suburb where he lived as a child in August.
Known for the many lives of young babies he has saved, Dr Rattray is also known for a book he has written on the stories of babies who have been in neonatal care and their families. His book,
“When All Becomes New: A Doctor’s Stories of Life, Love and Loss” is a collection of true stories that takes readers behind closed doors and into the neonatal intensive care unit to reveal heartbreaking realities, joyful and unexpected recoveries, and the often long, uncertain road of recovery encountered in newborn critical care. It is perhaps unsurprising that Dr Rattray ended up as a neonatal and paediatric specialist.
Ngaio Town Hall receives tender care
Ngaio Town Hall turns 100 in August next year.
Wellington City Council has been working on upgrading parts of the hall, which is beloved by its community, in time for the centennial celebration.
The project, however, has not been plain sailing.
The new wooden flooring which was laid in December 2022 was affected by rising damp issues.
The council is hopeful that the installation of metal ventilation plates as well as other work will resolve the issue in time for a celebration next year.
Work on the upgrade project is currently under way.
“I was born [in Wellington] at 33 weeks, so I needed a little bit of care,” he says.
“When I was born, the earliest was 30 weeks, or 28 weeks,” he notes. Another link was with his mother, who worked as a midwife.
Dr Rattray lived in Broadmeadows until his family shifted to San Francisco when he was nine years old.
After attending Onslow Kindergarten he was a student at Khandallah School.
He remembers his time there with fondness.
“I think that [Khandallah School] was such a supportive, wonderful place to be as a kid.
“You received all the support and guidance you needed,” he says.
Dr Rattray graduated from Westmont, then worked as a pediatric medical assistant and an emergency medical technician for two years.
He then earned his medical degree from Western University of Health Sciences and completed a residency in pediatrics and a threeyear fellowship in neonatology at Duke University.
He earned an MBA so that he could get a background in business.
During his time in Wellington, Dr Rattray visited the neo natal unit at Wellington Hospital, discovering it was like being in his own unit in the United States.
“It’s all the same,” he says.
“You really wouldn’t know you
were in another country.
“It’s all the same challenges and everything looks so similar.”
When asked what have been his career highlights, Dr Rattray says: “I think the career highlights are related to the families – to certain families I had a relationship with.
“I think that’s the best thing.” He gives, as an example, one family whose baby was “incredibly sick”.
Because of “bad blood, we thought she might not make it.”
However, she did.
“It is definietley fulfilling to go from that start to sitting on the couch [while later visiting the family] and holding her and seeing this family at home.
“We have about 600 babies born a year who need to come into the intensive care unit.”
Around 10% of babies need some sort of help during delivery and around 1% need intensive care, he says.
Work in progress upgrading Ngaio Town Hall. Photo: Supplied.
Dr Rattray with his family (from left) Owen, Hannah, his wife Danielle and Avery. Photo: Frank Neill.
Dr Benjamin Rattray. Photo: Frank Neill.
Johnsonville House of Travel is top
By Frank Neill
House of Travel Johnsonville is the chain’s top store in New Zealand.
The Johnsonville store won two major awards at this year’s House of Travel Awards. It took out the top honours in the Large Store of the Year award and the Overall Store of the Year 2024.
Johnsonville House of Travel also won six individual sales awards.
Oliver Thomson, Kate Jardine, Anna Jayes and Lisa Glassey all collected a Gold Sales Award, while part-timers Katie Bouzaid and Hannah Smaha picked up a Bronze Sales Award.
Danny Hooper, who bought the business in 2017, says he is humbled by the awards. Since Danny took up the reigns the team has grown from four to seven. Together
they offer customers more than 140 years of industry experience.
During Danny’s time at the helm sales have risen by 204% and the net profit margin has increased by 420%.
The success, Danny says, is because of a “fantastic team culture” along with the House of Travel owner-operator model.
“It’s incredibly humbling to reflect on our journey, especially navigating the challenges of the pandemic, when we went down to just two staff members and we were operating in survival mode, but the support of the wider HoT group saw us through.
“Since then we have emerged stronger than ever, with an amazing and experienced team, and are thriving,” Danny says.
“It has been such an incredible journey and we couldn't have done it without the amazing support of the local community.”
Karori residents survey open
By Frank Neill
The Karori Residents Association is conducting a survey of the suburb’s residents, and is keen for as many people as possible to answer it.
“We need your valuable input to help us better understand our wonderful community,” the association says.
People can access the survey, which has 33 questions, on the Karori Residents Assocation’s Facebook page.
It is open for people to fill out until 30 August.
The survey is designed to capture a “moment in time” snapshot of the opinions of the Karori community.
Responses will be completely anonymous unless participants choose to share their details.
When people do share their details all
data will be anonymised before sharing the results.
The survey results will be shared within the Karori community and with groups that can positively influence community outcomes, such as Wellington City Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council.
It should take no longer than five minutes to complete.
“Feel free to leave comments to help us better understand your thoughts,” the association says.
“Let’s come together to make Karori an even better place for everyone.”
This survey is a follow-up to the association's 2022 survey on people's priorities for Karori. That identified the top three issues as infrastructure, transport and the environment. Among the questions it asks, the current survey seeks people’s opinion on these three areas in more depth.
With their awards just after they were presented (from left) Hannah Smaha, Lisa Glassey, Katie Bouzaid, Danny Hooper, Kate Jardine and Anna Jayes. Oliver Thomson was absent. Photo: Supplied.
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Karori artist features at The Grid
Karori artist Tim Christie’s larger than life characters feature in an experience entitled “Nowadeus” currently running at The Grid Immersive Art Space at 18 Haining Street.
“Nowadeus” will run at The Grid until 1 September.
“For the last six months I have been collaborating with an incredible team of creative powerhouses,” Tim says.
“We've created a fully immersive hypnotic experience complete with a full musical score and state-of-the-art sound design featuring my work like you have never seen it before.”
When people step inside the pantheon they will come face to face with an assembly of imagined deities personifying our modern day devotions and obsessions.
Animated by Delainy Jamahl with music by Tom McLeod and spatial sound mix by Mike Hodgson, “Nowadeus” awakens Tim’s larger than life characters inviting people to reflect on the conscious and subconscious paradigms they pay homage to in their daily lives.
“The seed for ‘Nowadeus’ lies in the way people have commonly interpreted my therianthropic artworks (half animal, half human characters),” Tim says.
“With their imposing presence and geometric designs viewers have often likened them to Egyptian deities.
“Whilst considering this I was also mid way through the book ‘Sapien’ by Yuval Harrari; a fascinating and insightful account of human history in which the acclaimed author proposes a simple idea – that Sapien dominance
over every other species is fundamentally due to our ability to tell great stories.
“Abstract ideas can motivate human behaviour incredibly effectively and on a massive scale, a tool that is simply not available to other creatures.
“The growth of religions and other belief systems throughout time can be attributed in many respects to great storytelling.
“He also talks about how ‘narratives’ underpin many forms of behaviour, referring to ‘money’ as one of the most unifying and gripping stories of all time.
“Pondering on these ideas triggered a thought.
“What about creating a series of therianthropic deities to represent some of our modern day obsessions? Who or what are the gods we worship nowadays? Thus
‘Nowadeus’ was born.
“A key feature of my work is the interplay between geometric abstraction and representational art; the merging and mixing of 2D design and 3D form.
“Viewing my physical works from close up, middle distance and afar affords different interpretations, from seemingly pure abstract art to photorealistic imagery and the curious space in between.
“Immersive animation provides the ability to dynamically manipulate scale and definition; to play with the full spectrum of perceptive experiences without the viewer having to necessarily move.
“With his technical and creative wizardry
Market Update? YIP!
Hey Everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the Olympics, our family surely did and congrats to the Team NZ! In the last month our teams have made a significant jump in sales and more houses are selling. This is still likely due to the backlog of buyers who are trying to pick up property just past the bottom of the market. We are unlikely to see any significant changes in price until interest rates come down further. Here are some key observations in our local property market.
Properties for Rent: Our property management division are still getting record number of properties for rent, this is likely from all the houses that have not been able to sell. As the number of rentals available increases, there will be downward pressure on rent, unless demand for rentals increases (which is unlikely with the current job market/cuts). Asking rents continue to fall and vacancies are on the rise.
Properties for Sale: Although the supply curve has started to turn, it is still higher than demand. The number of new listings every week has slowed, so with the increase in sales, the trend is looking positive for a flatter market soon. Spring is around the corner, and we have a high number of people enquiring to sell, we are likely going to see more properties come to market soon.
Finance/Mortgages – We recently saw a few interest rate drops; this is a welcomed adjustment. By the time this publishes the OCR announcement would have been made. Regardless of if it goes down .25 or not, it ultimately comes down to the bank-controlled mortgage rates, where there is still a bit of ‘markup’ which they could reduce and take some pressure off the market. Bank economists are predicting lower rates by the end of the year, this is something that will be very likely to cause property prices to increase.
Cost of Living – The drop in inflation and
spending is a high that most people are still doing it tough. Although there isn’t much hope of relief for our community regarding this, there seems to be a general acceptance that this is our new reality and people have adapted their lifestyles to suit. The recent rates increases haven’t helped. It may be some time before we start seeing more money in consumer’s pockets and local businesses doing better. Remember, the market is simply the perception of the public mass and their reaction to variables changing. If you are thinking of selling in today’s market, it is very important to have a good pulse on the market and position your sale strategically. As we see regularly, a wrong decision/strategy can cost a seller $50k-$100k+ in sale price, so it is important to make sure you weigh up different ideas, strategies, and information before making a move. If you would like to discuss your plans and the ideal strategy for you, get in touch – Love to hear from you!
Delainy Jamahl takes the optical experience to a whole new level, turning it into a mesmerising and hypnotic dance.
“We knew with this concept there was a huge opportunity for music to elevate the experience.
“Tom McLeod has delivered a stunningly evocative soundtrack combining religious and tribal themes with modern day electronica, beautifully mixed for the space by Mike Hodgson.
“This is a great example of collaboration, everyone buying into the Nowadeus ‘story’ and bringing their own magic,” Tim says. Bookings can be made at https://events. humanitix.com/nowadeus.
Churton Park play area opened
By Frank Neill
The new Korimako Reserve Play Area in Churton Park was opened by Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau at 10am on Friday 9 August.
The new play area is located on Rochdale Drive.
The opening was organised by the Churton Park Community Association (CPCA).
Northern Ward Councillors Tony Randle and Ben McNulty and hariu MP Greg O’Connor were also at the opening.
“Following the vesting of this area as a City Council Reserve, the play area now marks an important step in providing a recreation facility for families in the new housing development in the northern part of Churton Park,” CPCA says.
Key features of the refreshed play area include:
and inclusive swing seat;
One of the surreal scenes featuring in “Nowadeus”. Photo: Supplied.
Cr Ben McNulty takes a ride down the slide at the opening of the Korimako Reserve Play area. Photo: Supplied.
Onslow history: Chapman Taylor
By Felicity Wong
The 1912 workshop of architect, craftsman and builder James Chapman Taylor (1878-1958) in Molesworth St was recently restored.
Now it’s a popular bar and restaurant Chapman Taylor Cafe & Inn stretching across three floors from cosy dining tables to larger open bar spaces.
It features the iconic hand adzed jarrah, and white walls which was the signature look of Chapman Taylor interiors. He typically used multi pane windows and an interesting window construction with deep casements, sills of red brick and lintels (seen from the outside) that are fitted flush with the smooth exterior wall.
Chapman Taylor’s work was inspired by the British Arts and Craft movement which promoted a return to the traditional English cottage style, featuring crafted timber work and large exposed beams and lintels, and distinctive orange marseilles tile roofs.
A magnificent Arts and Craft style home built by Chapman Taylor is currently for sale in Mt Victoria with a chunky $5.99 million price tag.
Twelve Chapman Taylor houses were
crafted in Khandallah and Ngaio between 1910 and 1941, each of gorgeous quality and unique design.
A Chapman Taylor home at 42 Nicholson Rd, Khandallah, was recently for sale with it’s distinctive architectural Chapman Taylor design features, and up to date kitchen and stylish bathrooms.
Modern adaptation and restoration of buildings with great heritage design is to be welcomed.
Other Chapman Taylor houses are at 80 and 84 Simla Crescent, 47 and 77 Jubilee Road, 54 Nicholson Road, 19 and 28 Torwood Road, 99 Cockayne Road, 12 Abbott Street, 29 Awarua Street and 5 Makererua Street Ngaio.
Historian Judy Siers published a magnificent book “The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman Taylor” Millwood Heritage Productions, 2007.
To read more written about the Makererua St Chapman Taylor home built in 1910, read “The Onslow Historian” Vol 1 No 3 (published 50 years ago). It is at https://www. onslowhistorical.nz/_files/ugd/d1d1a6_ a17477f2654742b794ef58054be7d7d6.pdf For Chapman Taylor Cafe & Inn, see http://www.chapmantaylors.nz/wp/.
Young Independent Herald reader
By Frank Neill
People are reading the “Independent Herald”, from the young to the old.
Four-year-old Matilda Sharpe is one of the paper’s readers.
Matilda read the latest edition of the “Independent Herald” during a visit to the Johnsonville Mall with her grandparents Rod and Jackie Sharpe last week. It happened while she spent around half an hour in the mall’s play area, where she made her grandparents a pretend coffee and tea.
The newspaper was part of her game, putting it on the bench in a certain way. Towards the end of the game she sat on a plastic dog and read the paper.
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Bus gets stuck in Karori
By Frank Neill
A bus got stuck on Messines Road in Karori on Monday 12 August, holding up traffic for some time. The bus got stuck in the driveway at the Russian Embassy. It was spotted by John Kelly at 5:15pm, and John sent the “Independent Herald” a photo of the trapped bus. “It was stuck there for quite a while requiring traffic to negotiate the small gap at the front of the bus to get around it,” John says.
“A funny take on the situation would be Metlink became stuck on testing a new turning bay in Messines Road.”
Most Wadestown people oppose council plan
By Frank Neill
The majority of Wadestown residents expressed opposition to or concerns about Wellington City Council’s Wadestown Connections Plan during the council’s hearings on the plan last week.
The council is proposing a series of changes to the suburb’s streets and transport. These include:
part of Wadestown that would make it easier for residents with no off-street parking to park closer to home, while still allowing for tradespeople, visitors and shoppers;
on some streets, particularly so buses, emergency vehicles and rubbish/recycling trucks can get through; and Blackbridge Road and Wadestown Road from Churchill Drive to Wadestown shops and improving bus journeys on this section of Wadestown Road.
The council on its website reports that 46% strongly oppose the proposed changes and that 12% oppose them. That makes a total of 58% of people who oppose the changes.
A total of 35% of people support the plan, with 21% strongly supporting it and 14% supporting it.
Six percent of people were neutral and 5% did not answer the question.
One of the tables at the popular Chapman Taylor Cafe & Inn. Photo: Supplied.
Four-year-old Matilda Sharpe reading the “Independent Herald”. Photo: Supplied.
The Metlink bus stuck on Messines Road.
Photo: John Kelly.
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Rates rise is hurting
Wellington City Council’s huge rates increase is hurting people right across the city.
It is hard to see why the council needed to make such a large increase in our rates bills. It is spending millions of dollars on projects that Wellington does not need, including the cycleways in Karori and Glenmore Street, and the raised crossings and cycleways along Thorndon Quay, to name just two. When I go shopping I get something for my money.
In the case of Wellington City Council, I am losing something for my money. I am losing places where I can park my car.
A good example of this was when I went to the Botanic Gardens recently. I had to park miles away because the council has taken away huge numbers of car parks on Glenmore Street.
And this is just one example.
It is simply not all right that the council is charging us more money for something they are taking away from us.
What makes it worse is that we don’t have the ability to shop around when it comes to the rates bill.
Unlike most thing we pay for, which are a matter of choice, there is really no choice about paying rates.
There is, of course, the option of selling up and moving out of Wellington and I am hearing that people are doing this or considering doing this.
I would like to applaud the City Councillors who have moved motions and amendments to motions in a bid to reduce the rates bill. They are, however, in the minority.
In terms of council spending that is on the horizon, I find myself agreeing with Cr Calvert when she attempted to get the council to halt works on the Thorndon Quay project and get an independent report on it.
Cr Calvert’s move was voted down, however, by the council committee considering the Thorndon Quay project, even though a petition asking for an independent review of the project, signed by more than 2,000 people, was presented to the meeting.
I would have thought Councillors had taken notice of the recent Court of Appeal decision that found the council’s decision-making
process did not comply with the Local Government Act (LGA) when it decided to replace the angled car parks on Thorndon Quay with parallel parks.
The Court noted that various options were reviewed and assessed by the council’s Transport and Infrastructure Manager and his team.
“Only their recommended option, however, was submitted to the Planning and Environment Committee (the Planning Committee), the council’s delegated decision-maker, for consideration,” the Court said.
“Such a process came perilously close to an unlawful sub-delegation and may well have resulted in the Planning Commitee not having sufficient information to properly discharge its s77(1) obligation to identify and assess all reasonably practical options to improve cyclist safety on Thorndon Quay.”
The Court, in its judgment, also sounded a warning.
“The declaration made, together with the guidance given in the judgments, should ensure that any future decisions made by the council in relation to the Thorndon Quay/ Hutt Rd project will be made in accordance with a process that complies with the council’s obligations under 27(1) of the LGA,” the Court said.
This decision was made before Cr Calvert made a bid for an independent review of the Thorndon Quay plan.
Once again, however, the majority of those voting at the committee meeting just went with the recommendations of officers.
My view is that once again came perilously close to an unlawful sub-delegation.
I probably wouldn’t have taken so much notice of this, except that it is actually our money that the council is spending on this project.
It is one of a series of projects I have heard people decribe as “vanity projects”.
I can only hope that the Councillors who are making these decisions have second thoughts.
I would put my name to this Letter to the Editor, but my job requirements include the fact that I may not make public statements. Concerned citizen
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Two Thorndon Quay raised platforms go
By Frank Neill
Two of the raised platforms for pedestrians crossings on Thorndon Quay have been removed from Wellington City Council’s plan for the street.
This follows a decision of the council’s Regulatory Process Committee on 8 August.
As well as voting to remove two raised platforms, the committee voted to retain two.
A bid to refer the raised platforms
to be considered by the full council was defeated.
Cr Diane Calvert moved that the committee agree “to refer the matter of implementing raised pedestrian platforms to council on 5th September to enable formal information on NZTA [New Zealand Transport Authority] requirements to be considered and to seek clarification from key stakeholders and local adjacent businesses on their requirements in terms of the nature of the pedestrian crossings”.
This move was lost on the casting vote of the committee chair, Cr Sarah Free, after the voting was tied at 4-4.
Cr Calvert’s amendment also asked the committee to “direct officers to work with GWRC [Greater Wellington Regional Council] and key transport stakeholders to investigate the development of a consistent approach which considers the trade-offs between pedestrians, transport carriers and public transport improvements.”
This was passed by the committee by five votes to three.
The committee decided to “direct officers to continue with the construction of Thorndon Quay upgrades with the following changes: -
destrian crossing and raised safety platform at Gun City (87 Hutt Road).
platforms and install signalised pedestrian crossings only outside Hirepool (243 Thorndon Quay) and
platforms outside Co Kids/VTNZ (170 Thorndon
trian crossings outside Co Kids/ VTNZ (170 Thorndon Quay).
The government’s Local Water Done Well has been welcomed by both the head of a group representing the councils of the Wellington region and by Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ).
The Advisory Oversight Group (AOG) is made up of elected members and iwi representatives from 10 councils in the Wellington region and Horowhenua District
AOG Chair Dame Kerry Prendergast said the government’s announcement was an important step forward.
"This is a comprehensive recasting of water services in this country.
“It provides important safeguards for our community and some financial tools for councils to make the necessary changes to tackle the challenges we face.
"We’re optimistic about the future for the Wellington region, and that our 10 councils will continue to work together to build a solution for our people," Ms Prendergast says.
“This is some really welcome news for councils who are financially constrained in their ability to deliver water infrastructure and services,” said LGNZ Vice President, Camp-
bell Barry.
My Barry is also Lower Hutt’s Mayor and Hutt City Council is one of the 10 AOG members.
The government’s 8 August’s announcement “gives councils a greater ability to borrow for essential infrastructure investment.
“Without reform, the pressure on council finances and on our essential infrastructure would continue to be completely unsustainable.”
Mr Barry said LGNZ had been advocating for stronger local voice in water services reform for a long time.
“Water infrastructure and services
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“Ultimately, even with these changes, CCOs will still be constrained by consumers’ ability to pay for water services.”
He said the organisation would work through the detail of the announcement with its member councils, to provide feedback on the proposed legislation.
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown announced the new water service delivery, called Water Done Well.
It will provide increased bor-
rowing from the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency Limited (LGFA) for water services, reducing the burden on ratepayers.
“Our expectation is that councils will now use this certainty and the additional borrowing capacity to reduce pressure on ratepayers while being able to invest in the critical water infrastructure New Zealand needs,” Mr Brown says.
The legislation to implement the new water service delivery models and other enduring settings for Local Water Done Well is expected to be introduced in December 2024 and passed by mid-2025.
Rates Revolt group holds first meeting
By Frank Neill
Wellington Rates Revolt is holding its first meeting on Thursday 22 August.
The Facebook group was set up by Karori resident Judy Rohloff in April following the announcement of the rates rise set by Wellington City Council.
From small beginnings, the group has grown and now has more than 640 people who have joined.
The group’s first meeting will be held at St Ninian’s Church, 208 Karori Road, from 7pm to 9pm on 22 August.
Mayor Tory Whanau and Wellington City Councillors have been invited to attend the meeting, which has been called to discuss the rates invoices the council has sent out.
“We will be looking at strategies of what we, as a group as well as individuals, can do about the increased rates,” Judy says.
“People simply cannot afford these massive rate hikes and some are selling their homes and moving out of Wellington.
“As the group administrator, I have organised a meeting to look at strategies for what we, as a group as well as individuals, can do about the increased rates,” she says.
“I have invited the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, all Councillors the council CEO, media and MPs/Ministers to this meeting, although many of these have not yet responded to the invitation.
“The meeting agenda will comprise whiteboard sessions on people’s concerns and priorities – what do they want the council to focus its spending on and what do they not want done with their rates – Ideas for a letter template challenging the rates increases that can go up on the group’s page for people to use; as well as an opportunity for Councillors to speak, followed by a question and answer
session.
“There will be other agenda items following that,” Judy says.
Wellington Rates Revolt is open to “all those who are fed up with the WCC, its lack of transparency, undemocratic decision-making, failure to pay attention to communities, frivolous spending on vanity projects, and failure to attend to matters of real necessity such as the pipes and other water infrastructure; potholes; dangerously uneven footpaths.”
Members of the group are also currently sharing the Petition of Kenneth Mulholland for the Government to appoint a Commission to replace Wellington City Council. This petition is open to the end of September and currently has more than 2,100 signatures.
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On 5 August 2024, Cabinet approved adding invasive group A streptococcal infection (iGAS) to the list of notifiable infectious diseases under the Health
Making a disease notifiable means health practitioners and laboratories are required to inform a Medical Officer of Health of a confirmed or suspected detect and respond to a sharp increase insights to inform more effective health
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Become a plasma donor
New Zealand’s plasma supply is at a tipping point, as demand for this ‘liquid gold’ in our blood continues to increase by more than 10% year on year.
During National Blood Donor Week, which began on 12 August and runs to 18 August, the New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is calling for New Zealander’s to “Be Golden” by becoming a plasma donor.
Currently just 17,435 people are plasma donors in Aotearoa.
Together they donated an amazing 94,000 units of plasma last year to help ensure the country could keep up with demand, but with plasma collection targets projected to grow by a staggering 50% in the next three years, NZBS need more people to join their pool of plasma donors right now to help share the load and ensure they can meet future demand.
Plasma is the golden coloured liquid component of our blood and a vital part of many people’s treatments for cancer, auto im-
mune diseases and countless other conditions.
It can be turned into 11 lifesaving treatments, and used for more than 50 illnesses, as well as helping to treat burn victims, kidney and chemotherapy patients, people who’ve lost a lot of blood, or have recently had major surgery, and boost the immune system of people who cannot make antibodies of their own.
“We call plasma, “liquid gold,” says Josh Bankers, Acting CEO at New Zealand Blood Service.
“It’s the gold we all carry with us in our blood, and for thousands of New Zealanders it can mean the difference between life and death. “We need more people to understand what plasma is, why it’s so important, and just how easy it is to donate.
“We need to collect just over 2,100 plasma donations every week to keep up with the current demand, but we’re falling short by about 250 donations every week.
“We’ve got an extremely loyal and
active plasma donor database, but not everyone donates six-times a year or more, so we are now at the point where we need to increase the number of people who donate plasma.
“If we don’t, it is not enough for us to continue to meet demand into the future.
“In the next 12-months, we need 1,500 more people to start donating plasma regularly. And by 2026 we are projecting we will need around 28,000 plasma donors in total to keep up with growth in demand.”
New Zealand is currently largely self-reliant for whole blood, plasma and platelets.
However, an increase in plasma demand is happening around the world, and if New Zealand is unable to meet demand locally, more plasma will need to be purchased on the global market.
Our size and geographical location together with availability and cost will make this extremely challenging.
“We’ve just come together as a
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“The only training that is involved to be part of our lifesaving gold plasma team is staying well-hydrated, eating a healthy meal beforehand and about 45 minutes of your time on a comfy chair on a regular basis throughout the year. People wanting to donate plasma do need to check their eligibility on our website by taking the eligibility quiz before they book.”
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Improving Box Hill intersection
Work is currently under way on the construction of Box Hill and Station Road Intersection Improvement in Khandallah.
Wellington City Council is undertaking the intersection work to make the area safer and optimise traffic flow.
Following the completion of the primary work, resurfacing work on Box Hill will begin, once the new kerbs have properly settled. This sequence ensures that all
improvements are robust and long-lasting.
The work is expected to be completed in September.
However it is weather dependent and in the event of unsuitable weather or other unforeseen circumstances, the work could be delayed, and the timeline altered.
The Impact on residents, businesses, and traffic will be minimised and managed while work is carried out.
Applications open for Rotary Youth Programme
By Frank Neill
The Rotary Club of Karori is offering young people aged between 14 and 17 years the opportunity to take part in a great leadership experience during their next school holidays.
The club has opened applications for the Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment course, (RYPEN).
The course will be held from 4 to 6 October at the Kawhatau Outdoor Education Centre, Mangaweka, managed by the combined Rotary Clubs in the
Rangitkei District.
“If you are keen to take up a leadership training course, engage in team challenges and enjoy some fun social experiences with other participants in your next school holidays let us know in Karori Rotary,” David Watt of Karori Rotary says. Call David for more information and a RYPEN application form by ringing 027 2466 339 or emailing dwatt@xtra.co.nz. Applications close with Karori Rotary on 30 August and a decision on nominations will be made on 3 September.
Enrolment at Bellevue School is governed by an enrolment scheme, details of which are available from our website: www.bellevue-newlands.school.nz.
The board has determined that up to five (5) places are likely to be available for out of zone students for the first enrolment period in 2025 (Wednesday 18 December 2024 to Friday 11 April 2025). The exact number of places will depend on the number of applications received from students who live within the school’s home zone. For students seeking enrolment within the second enrolment period of 2024, the deadline for receipt of applications for out of zone places is 9am, Friday 20 September 2024.
If the number of out of zone applications exceeds the number of places available, students will be selected by ballot. If a ballot for out of zone places is required, this will be held on Friday 20 September 2024. Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot within three school days of the ballot being held. Details of how applications from out of zone students are processed are available on the school website.
Parents of students who live within the home zone and intend enrolling their child at any time during the next year should notify the school by as soon as possible to assist the school to plan appropriately for next year. Students who live in the home zone are entitled to enrol at the school. Enrolment packs are available online at www.bellevue-newlands.school.nz.
Crofton Downs Primary School Enrolment / Ballot Information For Terms 1&2 2025
The Board of Trustees invites applications from ‘out of zone’ parents who wish to enrol their children at Crofton Downs Primary School for 2025. Enrolment at the school is governed by an enrolment zone, details of which are available from the school office or at www.cdps.school.nz
Applications for out of zone places are now being invited for those students who will be eligible for enrolment in Terms 1 & 2 in 2025. Applications are to be submitted on the official enrolment form, which is available at the school office or online enrolment on the school website.
There are:
4 Out of Zone places available in NE / Year 1
Where there are more applications for enrolment than there are places available the Board is required to fill any vacant out of zone places by ballot. The deadline for receipt of applications for out-of-zone places is Monday 23 September at 12 noon.
If the number of out of zone applications exceeds the number of places available, selection will be by ballot. The ballot, if required, will be held on Wednesday 25 September under external supervision. All applicants will be notified by Friday 27 September
If you live within the home zone and have not yet signaled your intention to enrol your child, please contact the school office to assist us to plan appropriately for 2025.
If you would like a tour of our amazing little school please contact Justin Potter, Principal. (principal@cdps.school.nz)
Please contact the school office on 04 479 2429 for details regarding the enrolment process, or email office@cdps.school.nz
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Olympic the Central League Football champions
By Grant Stephen
Round 16 in the Men’s Central Football League did not disappoint and the major headline of the weekend was that Wellington Olympic were crowned Central League champions with two games in hand.
Olympic squared off against Miramar Rangers at David Farrington Park and it was always going to be a torrid affair between two sides who had been so combative in the former franchise based, National League competition.
By any measure it was a scrappy encounter.
The difference was a goal to Hamish Watson for Olympic in the 89th minute and that was all that separated the two sides.
This is the fourth season in a row that Olympic has secured the league, in addition to winning the National League title last year.
Miramar will be smarting from
the loss as much as the fact that securing a top three spot and entry into the National League is still not a reality.
They were, however, given a lifeline when Napier City Rovers travelled to Petone and failed to secure the much-anticipated win.
It was Petone who grabbed the points in a surprise 1-0 result, with all respect to the local side.
Napier’s key strike weapon, Oscar Faulds, was not present and will be absent for the rest of the season, undergoing trials in Denmark.
Having scored 21 goals during his 14 matches, it remains to be seen if Napier can hold on without Faulds for third spot or whether Rangers will come along and steal their lunch, despite being three points behind with two games to go.
Western Suburbs holds second place with just one match remaining in their case.
They are safe bets for the
summer league after a 2-0 win at home against TFS North Wellington.
The difference was a goal in each half and making better use of the opportunities on offer.
Norths continue to fluff their lines at the most inappropriate times and paid a heavy price yet again.
Waterside Karori could muster just a single goal to Leo Villa in their match against Island Bay at Wakefield Park.
That was enough though to secure a win and Wharfies are sitting mid table with a possibility of going as high as fifth spot by the season’s end.
The Wellington Phoenix Reserves played their 18th and final game at home on the artificial turf at Fraser Park against bottom placed Stop Out. Win or lose, it didn’t matter for the young Nix as they have automatic entry into the National League.
The Nix did win though by the slimmest of margins, 2-1.
Karori Badminton league starting
By Frank Neill
Stop Out remain down but not out. Even though they are four points adrift, they could still eclipse Island Bay or North Wellington in the battle to avoid to relegation in the final two rounds.
The points table currently reads Wellington Olympic 45 points, Western Suburbs 40 (played 17 games), Napier City Rovers 34, Miramar Rangers 31,Wellington Phoenix Reserves 24 (played 18 games), Waterside Karori 23, Petone 18, North Wellington 9, Island Bay 9 (played 17 games) and Stop Out 5 points.
In the Women’s Central League, it is going to be a long wait to see who will take the title if current form remains.
The catch-up game between league heavy weights Wellington United and Waterside Karori is not scheduled until 7 September.
United retain their one-point lead over Waterside after the latest round of games.
Waterside Karori were comfortable winners on their road trip to Seatoun and the score was 4-1 to the visitors.
Wharfies scored all the goals and the positive strikes went to the all familiar names of Nikki Furukawa (a brace), Rhianna Houghton and Kennedy Bryant.
Wellington United won 2-0 over the Taranaki based side, Moturoa.
Palmerston North Marist won 5-0 at home over Victoria University and Taradale won 3-1 at home over Petone.
The points table after 12 matches in the 14-game league currently reads Wellington United 31 points (a game in hand), Waterside Karori 30 (a game in hand), Petone 18, Taradale 18, Palmerston North Marist 16, Moturoa 13, Victoria University 7 and Seatoun 0 points.
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Action from TFS North Wellington’s match against Western Suburbs. Photo: Wareham Sports Media.
North Wellington making good progress in their match against Western Suburbs. Photo: Wareham Sports Media.
Badminton double action, which is coming to Karori. Photo: Supplied.
