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Wednesday July 27, 2016
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Kids go bananas for science tunes
National poetry day National Poetry day is celebrated on Friday, August 26. The Hutt City Libraries will be hosting Apirana Taylor and young Hutt Valley poets throughout the day at various libraries around Lower Hutt. The readings will take place at Wainuiomata Library at 11.30am. The day will conclude at Taita Library at 4pm with a special performance by spoken word artist, DJ Antsman, and musician Tomi Te Taite.
By Sylvie Dickson MASSEY JOURNALISM STUDENT
Children experimented with making music from fruit this week at Wainuiomata library. The school holiday event was
part of a unique collaboration between the library, Dowse Art Gallery, and Victoria University of Wellington's School of Engineering and Computer Science. Children were shown by volunteer PhD students how to make
amplifiers which they attached to bananas and oranges in order to make sound from them. The event brought in elements from Dowse's exhibition Humm which plays with the visualisation of sound.
Expert urges new way to appreciate Hutt River Hutt valley residents learnt about new ways to appreciate the Hutt River at a public talk held on Monday night. At the meeting an international expert urged residents to look at Hutt River in a new way so it could be better appreciated and cared for. New Zealand-based Italian water engineer Sergio Vallesi shared examples from around the world about sustainable management of rivers and river systems, from ancient techniques to the present and the role the Hutt River has had in tikanga Maori.
GOING BANANAS: Cousins John McGuinness-Ives (10) and Lydia Lynch (11) make music from fruit with the help of Vic student Abigail Koay. PHOTO: Sylvie Dickson
Librarian Alexia Herrera organised the event because she wanted Wainuiomata to have more involvement with what was going on in Lower Hutt and Wellington. “Our kids need a little bit of exposure because they might not necessarily get out,” Alexia said. Sue Hall manager of the Victoria University's School of Engineering and Computer Science said the university also wanted more involvement in the wider community. “It's all about a few bananas, the students' time and a few wires,” she said. “Kids are really good with technology but they need to get out of the box and think about how computers work and what's behind it.” The children went from simply tapping the fruit to working together to make a tune. Ten-year-old Amy Leigh was impressed with what she could do with a few bananas. “I thought it was awesome,” she said.
D AY I N T H E Margaret Willard, Hutt City Councillor and arts and crafts connoisseur
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