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Monday August 18, 2014
Amber up in the hair
By Sam Duff
MAGIC SNIPPERS: Award winning hairdressing apprentice Amber Beardslee. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff
Perm, colour and rinse with the clippers at the ready, a Hataitai hairdresser has been named the best new stylist in the region. A mber Bea rdslee, 18, from Forever Young Hairdressing in Kilbirnie, won three awards at the recent New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers competition. In the newcomer section, Amber beat off 28 other entrants to be awarded the newcomer stylist, top styling and urban night hair trophies. Despite getting halfway through her design and realising she had done it wrong, Amber finished early and completed a braid design on her model. “You fill up with adrenalin as you’re competing,” Amber says. The contact with people is what makes the job enjoyable, she says. “A lot of the clients I have known since I was 16, so
they’re always interested in me and ask me how I’m going,” she says. “They’re always keen to help me with my training.” The former Wellington High student started her apprenticeship with the salon in December last year and spends one day a week at Weltec. “I have always loved being around people and I have always done my dolls hair and my Mum’s hair,” Amber says. “I thought I would give it a go one day and I really enjoyed it.” Forever Young Hairdressing owner Pene Burns says competitions give young hairdressers the chance to bring out their creative side. Pene says Amber was up against hairdressers who have been in the industry for three years so did extremely well. “She’s hit the ball out of the park after eight months in the industry,” Pene says. “She’s got a bit of raw talent that girl.”
‘No perfect cycle route’ - Wade-Brown By Sam Duff There is no perfect cycle route that will please everybody and if there were it would have been built by now, according to Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown. A citizens’ panel recently reported back to Wellington City Council recommending two cycle routes through Berhampore and Newtown as a part of the council’s on going cycleway project. “If there was a solution which suited absolutely every individual then it would have been built by now,” Mayor Wade-Brown says. The Wellington City Council Transport and Urban Develop-
ment Committee will vote on the citizens’ report on August 21. “Improving cycling in existing cities is very complex,” she says. Mayor Wade-Brown says on a recent trip to Europe she noted there was much less ‘agro’ between drivers and cyclists. “We can learn from other cities in how we do it.” “This is about getting more people cycling,” she says. “It’s a daily activity that’s so important.” “If we look at the childhood obesity statistics we need to do something.” Mayor Wade-Brown says the final design is still being worked on and feedback is being taken
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into account including from the citizens panel. She says there could be a possible new pedestrian crossing, changes to car parks, meaning some could go but new ones may be installed. “I cycle up and down Island Bay and get the bus and it’s very rare that you would see all those car parks full,” Mayor Wade-Brown says. “There are some opportunities to improve life for pedestrians as well. She says she would like to see some analysis of the report. “We will see what of those choices go out to the public.”
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