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Monday September 1, 2014
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Cheers to environmental effort
Residents move back to Berkeley Tenants have moved back into the Berkeley Dallard Apartments in Nairn Street after work started on the quakeprone building in February last year. A few tears of happiness were recorded, and new tenant Maria Coll says she was impressed with the modern finishing and warmth of her apartment. There is a new community room which tenants can use, as well as landscaped grassy areas and a shared playground. Another lift was added to the apartment block, as well as extra insulation, new plumbing and fire protection, and new bathrooms and kitchens. The redevelopment was part of the Council's $420 million social housing upgrade to make apartments warm, dry, safe and secure, and up to modern standards for tenants who are people with low incomes or special housing needs.
New autism group A new autism support group has started up at the Island Bay Community Centre. The South Wellington ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Support group is parent-run and members will meet on the third Monday of each month.
By Georgia Forrester
STUDENT SUCCESS: Glenn Catchpole is chuffed as his environment-friendly chair design has been recognised in the New Zealand Student Craft and Design Awards. PHOTO CREDIT: Georgia Forrester
Home baking for volunteers By Sam Duff
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Government fails parenting test In New Zealand when parents fail to provide for their children, physically abuse them or leave them unattended we would expect CYFS to step in and remove these children from the parents care. As a country we have 200,000 + children living in poverty, frequent cases of child abuse with 10 children per year being killed by their caregivers. It's time to bring in CYFS. It's time to change those in charge and bring in a government that will care for our youth and their future.
A local design student has earned a highly commended prize in the ECC New Zealand Student Craft and Design Awards. Glenn Catchpole, an industrial design student at Massey University, has been highly commended for his environment-friendly chair design. The Newtown resident’s design is one of 13 of 99 national entries that were awarded prizes at an award ceremony in Lower Hutt last week. Glenn says his tinkering with sustainable materials was to explore and challenge his own creativity. “I was interested in challenging my skills and the way I design,” he says. His chair is made using untreated wood and tie-down straps, which hold it all together. It’s finished with natural stain and
beeswax, nothing that is harmful to the environment, Glenn says. That’s it, no glue, no nails, no nuts or bolts. Glenn says it is made of raw materials and a lot of hard work. “Trying new things gives you the opportunity to find who you are as a designer,” Glenn says. He says the inspiration behind his designs stems from his childhood spent playing outdoors. “As a kid you learn by having fun, by experimenting and playing. “I loved to just play with things. My mum would always complain about how I’d always disassemble everything and not put it back together right. “I just wanted to become a modern day inventor.” Glenn’s chair is currently on display at the Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt.
Home baked short bread was in hot demand at the Cancer Society in Newtown last week when residents from Kilmarnock Heights Home popped in. Residents from the home wanted to do their bit for the many volunteers helping out with the Cancer Society’s annual Daffodil Day fundraiser. Jacquie Brooky, from Kilmarnock, was one resident eager to show her appreciation to the volunteers by helping to bake and deliver a batch of short bread biscuits. Jacquie is a breast cancer
survivor herself and says the Cancer Society do an amazing job in helping patients and families. She recently found out she is in the clear and will not have to go back to hospital for a year. Fellow resident Kevin Garrett tagged along and also visited last year when the home dropped off home-made cupcakes. Kevin is a survivor of prostate cancer. Tracey Harris from the Cancer Society says the charity has a regular base of about 450 volunteers who help out with everything from driving to administration.
GOODIES: Kilmarnock Heights Home resident Jacquie Brooky, Cancer Society Manager of Volunteering Tracey Harris and Kilmarnock resident Kevin Garrett. PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Duff
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