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29 April 2016

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Sections sold: another subdivision for Muritai Road

by Louise Parry Four houses will be built on the site of the former Eastbourne Police Station, at 117-119 Muritai Road. The station has not been used for the last two years, and was last the home of a residential community constable in October 2011, when Ants Harmer and his family moved out.

The land on which the police house and old jail cell sits is made up of two titles of a total 2142sqm.

The land is in the process of being transferred from the Crown to iwi as part of the First Right of Refusal, the process through which Crown Land is offered to iwi before being put on the open market.

No one from the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust - which manages the Treaty settlement package for Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika - was available for comment, but The Eastbourne Herald understands the land has been divided into four sections, three of which have already been sold with plans for houses.

Hutt City Council said it had received no applications for resource or building consents yet.

The Eastbourne Herald has run several stories about the future of the police house, police cell, and section in the past few years.

The end of the resident community constable, in operation in Eastbourne from 1908, caused much controversy.

However, now the Police do not own the land, and its future is up to the local iwi to decide.

Lest we forget: ANZAC Day 2016 more photos on Page 5

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The Eastbourne Herald,29 April 2016

BRIEFS A new group is being set up for older Eastbourne residents, giving them a chance to meet with others and learn some new skills.Three days of activities, including demonstrations in flax weaving and floral art, bingo, chair exercise and a chat about “ages and stages” will run out of the St Alban’s Church hall from Tuesday, May 24 to Thursday, May 26. The days are free, and run from 10am to 1.30 and include lunch. For more information call Elaine on 562 8735 or 027 349 8635.

in the absence of a council-run facility, “we’re not asking permission, we’re just doing it,” he says. With low overheads, the total budget for the centre will be only $10,000 a year. “We’re relying on volunteer labour… we’ve got a few lined up,” Neil says. “Income will be provided by selling disability items.” “Everyone’s welcome,” Neil says. “Environmental, spiritual, scientific, business, accessibility awareness, aged, Civil Defence and Christmas Parade groups.”

The senior programme is the latest beneficiary of the Community Engagement Fund. The Eastbourne Community Board allocated the $866 available this funding round to the church for the purchase of food for 20 seniors attending the three-day programme. The Hutt City Council fund is allocated bi-annually by the board to support local groups and events.

Don J. McIlroy

A new Eastbourne Information Centre run by locals will open in the village at the end of May. Located in the shop that until recently was Annie’s Art and Treasures, the centre will be open at weekends and available as a place for meetings during the week, Neil Newmann says. “I’ve been active in community houses elsewhere and see there’s a need to open this up,” he says. While there are nine community houses in the Hutt supported by Hutt City Council at an average cost of around $60,000 per annum, “we’re very unlikely to get one out here,” Neil says. So,

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April Eastbourne Community Board Next ECB Meeting

Get informed and have your say

Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 7.15pm Eastbourne Harbour Womens’ Club, Muritai Road

ECB members will be at the East Harbour Women’s Club at 7pm, 15 minutes before the start of the formal meeting, to hear about any issue you would like to raise.

You can make suggestions, give praise, criticise or just come for a chat.

Previous agendas and papers available Council meetings - Home - Hutt City Council Board members are:

Virginia Horrocks (Chair) virginia.horrocks@huttcity.govt.nz

A big thank you to everyone who made submissions on the Annual Plan We are looking forward to as many Eastbourners as possible joining the Board to speak in support of our submissions on May 17th &18th.

Robert Ashe robert.ashe@huttcity.govt.nz

Plan Change 36 – Notable trees

(Deputy Chair)

Thanks also to the people who put many hours into thoughtful and comprehensive submissions on this. We hope the community has been heard and that there will be substantial changes to the original report. We are expecting the final report soon, by early June at the very latest.

Gilane Khalil gilane.khalil@huttcity.govt.nz Hayden Ray hayden.ray@huttcity.govt.nz Murray Gibbons murray.gibbons@huttcity.govt.nz

Cr. Tui Lewis tui.lewis@huttcity.govt.nz Cr. Michael Lulich michael.lulich@huttcity.govt.nz

The Eastbourne Herald, 29 April 2016

TB-infected possums released in local valley Possums deliberately infected with TB were introduced in the Orongorongo Valley by the Government agency tasked with eradicating the virus from New Zealand.

Last month, The Eastbourne Herald reported that OSPRI NZ - the not-for-profit organisation formed from the merger of the Animal Health Board and the National Animal Identification and Tracing Scheme - was planning a drop of 1080 in an area including part of East Harbour Regional Park to eradicate TB that has been present in the region for several decades.

New Zealand First MP Richard Prosser said the drop was necessary as a result of a research project funded by OSPRI's TBfree arm, with possums that were infected with TB set free in Orongorongo Valley.

Although Conservation Minister Maggie Barry said in Parliament that the allegations were “wild”, and "strange", TBfree has confirmed that possums were infected with TB and released into the valley as part of a project it funded jointly with the Orongorongo Fund. The possums were monitored to see if they transmitted the particular strain of TB to other possums.

“Research projects such as this are critical to validate the rationale behind our work and improve how we deliver the TBfree programme,” OSPRI Chief Operating Officer Matthew Hall said.

OSPRI NZ says all released possums were caught and euthanised.

The latest trial follows five previous releases of possums with a wild strain of TB into the Orongorongo Valley.

Landcare Research wildlife ecology and management team leader Daniel Tomkins says the Orongorongo Valley site has been used for six research studies involving the release of possums deliberately infected with the wild strain since 2005. The valley was chosen from sites around New Zealand due to the high levels of TB infected possums found in a survey of the site in 2004 - around one in five possums at the site were already infected with TB.[A1] The trials were allowed because the disease was always rife in the valley, “we can’t make it any worse”, he says.

Ironically, infected possums were released in the mid-2000s at the same time that TB was rife in South Wainuiomata farms, leading several farmers to agree to 1080 drops on their land.

Although the studies were allowed to go ahead because of the high amount of naturally occurring TB at the site, a write up of a 2011 trial states that “no TB was detected in 355 other possums examined in this study, or 659 possums in a concurrent study in the immediate vicinity”.

Mr Tomkins says this would be because of the “boom or bust” way TB appears in the wild. Hundreds of possums may be found with the disease, it then dies down and then another outbreak will occur, he says.

With the prevalence of naturally occurring TB in the area over the years, Mr Tomkins says he can say with 99 percent surety that the release of deliberately infected possums in the Orongorongos hasn’t affected the presence of TB in local herds.

What has been gained by the studies has been greater understanding of how TB is transmitted between possums and the development of a TB vaccination that could be used as an alternative to using 1080 for TB eradication, although it is so expensive that “we can’t afford to use it on the scale needed.”

Any negligible risks from ill-effects from the studies are outweighed by the benefits of improving how TB is managed in New Zealand,

Trials involving deliberately infected possums in Orongorongo Valley: • • •

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2005 Vaccine trial 1, funded by Animal Health Board and MAF - 53 possums challenged with TB (wild strain) 2005 Vaccine trial 2, funded by Animal Health Board - 14 possums challenged with TB (wild strain) 2009/10 Challenge model development, funded by Animal Health Board and FRST- 86 possums challenged with TB (wild strain) 2010 Vaccine trial 3, funded by MSI - 48 possums challenged with TB (wild strain) 2011 Transmission pilot trial, funded

by Animal Health Board - 7 possums challenged with TB (wild strain) 2012/14 Main transmission trial - 56 (rather than 12 as stated by TB Free) possums challenged with TB (novel strain, differentiated from wild strain by DNA fingerprint)

Mr Tomkins says.

Hutt South MP Trevor Mallard says that TB infection from the research could have spread throughout the region by now which “shows an irresponsibility that reflects badly on everyone involved”.

“I think the fact that it’s been done privately, without public inclusion adds to the irresponsibility,” he says.

“I think that it’s pretty clear that’s been deliberate because if the public had known they would have been outraged.”

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The Eastbourne Herald,29 April 2016

Death cafe turns out to be anything but gloomy

by Emily Tilley The upstairs room at Hive Cafe was packed earlier this month as people gathered for coffee, cake and to talk about - death.

One of the few certainties in life is death (and taxes), yet it is a topic of conversation we tend to avoid. Local Gail McJorrow is one of a growing number of people who want to start, and change, the conversations around death.

The first “death cafe” was held by Swiss sociologist Bernard Crettaz in 2004, but it wasn’t until the concept was taken up in 2011 by a London group who promoted the cafes as a social franchise that the death cafe movement began to take off.

Now more than 3000 death cafes have been held across Europe and the US with the objective “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their finite lives”.

Gail held Lower Hutt’s first “death cafe” at Hive to give people a forum to discuss death: what people might want for their end of life care, companioning the dying, planning funeral options and anything relating to death and dying.

“It was an awesome event,” Gail says. For two hours people talked about their own previous experiences relating to death, the problems they had encountered when people had died without making their funeral wishes known, the need to set up a power of attorney and their hopes for their future deaths - that there can be “a good death”.

An eclectic mix of people attended the cafe, some terminally ill, some with elderly relatives and many simply embracing the chance to talk about the subject.

Some had experience working with death and were able to talk about the issues they have seen arise over the years: an ex-funeral director, hospice palliative care nurses and local GP Kate Orange.

Gail now plans to hold regular bimonthly death cafes with the next to be an evening event to suit day workers.

Gail McJorrow takes the mystery out of the process of end of life planning.

“A topic covered will be natural burial as we are lucky enough to have Mark Blackham and Sola Freeman who live in Eastbourne who started Makara cemetery and the natural burial website,” Gail says.

- Anyone who would like to be notified about upcoming death cafe dates can join the Better Send Off Facebook page or email Gail through her website www.bettersendoff.co.nz or 0274 422729 or 5627526.

The Eastbourne Herald, 29 April 2016

It was a smaller turnout than last year at the 2016 ANZAC Day service in Eastbourne.

Former Eastbourne Community Board chair Derek Wilshere addressed those gathered, who were treated to a rendition of "Sailor" by the Eastbourne children's' choir, along with items from Muritai School and Wellesley College.

Left, taken by Phil Benge at sunrise on ANZAC morning, the eight poppies in this photo represent the eight Eastbourne men killed during the Gallipoli campaign 1915.

A book on Eastbourne's contribution to WWI - "Half a World Away" will be published later in the year.

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The Eastbourne Herald,29 April 2016

The compost's on fire...not!

I t ’s n o t always the case that where there appears to be smoke there’s fire - which was the case when the local fire brigade were called out to a “fire” in the wood chip pile at San Antonio School.

Sandy Lang - the local man who instigated and looks after the free wood chip scheme can understand how someone Sandy Lang demonstrates how easily the wood chips heat up. could easily there is a simple way to tell if they are seeing have thought the pile was on fire. mist or spores.

Just as a compost heap gets warm in the “They look like smoke, but don’t smell like middle as decomposition takes place, the bark smoke,” he says. chip pile warms up as microbial activity begins.

Since the scheme providing free wood chips “The warmth drives off moisture. The for any local people to use on their gardens was moisture meeting cold air above the pile introduced a couple of years ago, it has been well condenses to a mist,” Sandy says. used Sandy says. Although the pile can sometimes “The mist can be mistaken for smoke if seem to remain static, Armes Tree Solutions and the air is still and cool - which it was that early Downer drop trailer loads every week, and the pile is constantly being taken from. evening.”

A trial of selling compost and potting mix set Having received a text from a neighbour about the “fire”, Sandy rushed to the pile where up a year ago by Sandy as a fundraiser for San the fire crew were using shovels to turn over Antonio School was well received with many bags sold. the chips.

The sales relied on an “honesty box” system Digging into the pile with spades also can produce what looks like smoke, Sandy says. with the bags freely available for people to take However, what are actually appearing are and a bank account number supplied so that liberated clouds of grey fungal spores which are people could pay online. produced as the mulch rots.

Although the system worked well at first, Sandy says he investigated with the fire crew since the summer too many people have been for any signs of charring, however the conclusion not so honest and instead of raising money for was reached that the “smoke” had been simply the school, if the scheme continued, it would end up leaving Sandy out of pocket, he says. the result of biological activity.

Once the last bags have gone the scheme will Sandy says if people are worried in future about whether the pile appears to be on fire be discontinued.

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The Eastbourne Herald, 29 April 2016

Skincare branches out to help cancer sufferers

by Emily Tilley Local skincare company Orania owner Helen Bradshaw is bringing out two new ranges of products - one designed especially for the elderly, the other for those undergoing radiation therapy or chemotherapy.

Enquiries about ingredients in her skin care products from friends and customers who were undergoing cancer treatments led Helen to realise there were no ranges on the market designed to cater for their specific requirements. “There’s a real need for it,” she says.

People undergoing cancer treatment can suffer from dry or damaged skin or even radiation burns. However they are told to avoid many ingredients found in normal skin care products and can end up scouring labels for hours trying to find something to help their skin.

Helen researched how chemo and radiation therapy affects the skin and sense of smell, and what essential oils are beneficial for healing.

She has designed the Kukui range so that people can know that all the ingredients are safe, beneficial and not strongly scented. There are five products in the range: a hair and body wash, body lotion, body cooling spray, aluminium free deodorant and kawakawa healing cream. She uses therapeutic essential oils such as kawakawa, calendula and German camomile which soothe and treat damaged skin.

“I’ve done lots of research and friends who’ve been trialling it say it has cleared up their skin,” Helen says.

Since Helen started Orania the company has been as much about health as it is about beauty. Several years ago her daughter was doing a science fair project around what chemicals were in different products. “I started googling to find out what they were,” she says.

Even “natural” products contained ingredients

such as preservatives that were concerning, she says.

Helen started to experiment with making her own products, researching the ingredients she could use so that she could leave out those she didn’t want.

“Keeping it simple, clean, pure.”

Any product with any water in it, lotions and creams rather than oil based products, have to have some form of preservative to stop them from growing bacteria and mould.

Helen has found natural alternatives to commonly used preservatives that give her products a reasonable shelf life.

“I say they should be used within eight months,” Helen says.

From making her own products, Helen went on to giving them to family and friends, to starting a business in a converted laundry, to finally deciding it was time to “get serious” and move Orania to premises in Eastbourne village. Helen makes calendula oil from flowers she has grown herself.

Although Orania has a shop Another recent project has been formulating front in the courtyard behind the deli, the shop is closed as Helen finds it impossible to keep track a second new range “Albert and Eve”, skincare of what she is doing as she prepares batches of for people over 75.

“I started it because my mum was using her product. Instead customers can fill out an order form and slip it under the door or order my face oil and found the smell too strong,” Helen says. through her website.

“Older people have really fragile skin,” she If you do manage to get through the door Helen can be found at the back of the shop says. “When it becomes dry it becomes itchy and surrounded by shelves of product and bottles if they scratch it, it tears easily.”

Helen researched therapeutic oils that help and bottles of ingredients. It is here that she hand prepares and bottles all her skincare and make-up strengthen the skin without being too strongly products, is joined by her daughter for sticking scented. She recently ran a focus group at the Malvina Major retirement village over five weeks on labels and tests out new ideas. for feedback on the product, how it should be packaged to be easily used and what sort of labelling was preferred.

“I thought they’d like the vintage look, but they preferred black and white. I think they thought it was more modern,” Helen says.

Helen’s two new ranges are now complete and she is just waiting for the labelling to arrive before launching them.

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The Eastbourne Herald,29 April 2016

Community welcomes food and friendship

by Emily Tilley Traditional recipes for tabbouleh, falafel and baklava were shared by recently arrived Syrian refugee couple Aisha and Khaled Al-Jouja at a local cooking workshop.

“The tabbouleh is made with so much less wheat and so much greens, it’s very fresh tasting, so different,” May Lee says.

May is a volunteer who has been helping the Al-Jouja family, a Syrian family who came to New Zealand having spent four years in Lebanon, since the beginning of the year.

Every time May visits the family, they give her delicious new foods to try. “Their cooking is amazing. They make their own Syrian cheeses, pastries, a creamy dessert with pistachios… so much,” she says.

It was this that gave May the idea of holding a cooking workshop at her York Bay home. She was sure people would love to learn the Al-Joujas’ recipes and the family, who have not yet found work, could fundraise towards buying the “bigger ticket” items they can’t yet afford.

It was also a good way for the family to meet new people, she says.

The workshop turned into a fun family affair, Aisha and Khaled Al-Jouja demonstrate how to make traditional Syrian dishes at a cooking workshop in York Bay the adults preparing food in the kitchen while 18 “I want the kids to learn that we are all stay in people’s homes rather than at hostels children, including the Al-Jouja’s three children, or motels. “Instead of travelling around the connected,” May says. hung out together in the garden and lounge.

She also hosts couch surfers, travellers who world, you can bring the world to you."

The Al-Jouja family are already becoming part of the community. Khaled, a farmer who owned a market garden in Syria, is a keen gardener and has started to prepare a family patch in the Community Unity garden at Epuni School. “He can’t wait for the rain to come,” May says.

The Al-Joujas are the second refugee family May has helped. “The global refugee crisis prompted me to do something,” she says. “I thought about when my kids grow up and ask, ‘Mum what was happening during this crisis, what did we do?’.”

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The Eastbourne Herald, 29 April 2016

Steering group looks to improve DB Wharf safety A community meeting to discuss ideas around safety and recreational improvements to Days Bay wharf has resulted in the installation of two new ladders and a steering group set up to develop future proposals.

Dave McNaught and Rupert Sutherland have been concerned by the safety issues around crowds of wharf jumpers, particularly around the East by West ferry, for some time now. Last year they put together draft plans of their ideas to encourage jumpers to keep away from the ferry:

the addition of more ladders and a new jumping platform on the opposite side of the wharf from the ferry berth. Looking for a mandate to move forward and a team to commit to coming together to work on designs, Dave and Rupert presented their ideas to a well-attended meeting at the Pavilion last month.

Representatives of East by West Ferries told the meeting that jumping onto the boat and running across the bow has become a fad, with the number of people doing it now at “crazy

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With general agreement that there are genuine safety concerns around the wharf, the meeting discussed how best to tackle the issue.

With the steps being the only way out of the water on the south side of the wharf, jumpers tend to mass around the steps.

Everyone agreed that extra ladders further along the wharf would allow people to jump into deeper water and easily get back up and encourage people to spread out.

Hutt City Council have subsequently installed two extra ladders. What further improvements could be made was left straightforward. Many were enthusiastic about the idea of a new higher and more exciting jumping platform - others were not.

One of the main issues was where the platform would be placed. Rupert contended that the platform should be half way along the wharf as the water needed to be deep enough for people to be safe jumping from a higher platform.

Harbour ranger John Tattersall said that as a working wharf a platform shouldn’t be placed more than a third of the way along the wharf from the steps to allow larger boats to berth.

It was agreed that a working group including people from the different wharf user groups and members of the Eastbourne Community Board would be formed.Hutt City Council reserves asse ts manager Craig Cottrill says the council are “keen to support the community with ideas like this,.. of course balancing the recreational use of the wharf with its transportation purpose and making sure any development blends into the environment; ie. doesn’t look out of place.”

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SMOKE SIGNALS Eastbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade is currently experiencing a shortage of Volunteer Firefighters and have 9 Firefighter vacancies.

We are especially short of daytime volunteers, which affects our ability to respond with a full crew, which in turn increases the risk to the community.

Are you ready to help to protect your community and learn new skills?

If so, come down to the Fire Station on a Monday night at 7:00PM and introduce yourself to Ross, the Chief Fire Officer or give him a call on 021 648 114.

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The Eastbourne Herald, 29 April 2016

International chef buys cafe

by Louise Parry Yuvaraj Shanmugam (or Ruvi, as he is known) is one out of the box. Not only is he a qualified chef with some eight years’ experience in restaurants including in Bermuda and India, but he is also a man with a plan.

Ruvi recently bought Gisele’s Café (formerly Lemongrass). He changed the name to The Instincts, and has set about transforming it from a place for coffee and scones to a kitchen supplying pizzas and curries, along with other meals during the day.

People’s coffee and scones are still on the menu, but Ruvi is hoping locals will take advantage of his skills to enjoy a range of meals that can be eaten in the café, or taken away to heat for dinner.

Ruvi trained in Hotel management in India

but wanted to explore the management side of hospitality industry.

He pursued post graduate qualification in hospitality management at Pacific International Hotel Management School (PIHMS), New Plymouth.

He says that he loves Italian cooking, and has a lot of knowledge in Asian cuisine.

He has big plans for his new cafe, including fusion food, and events being held there, such as his recent movie night, of which all proceeds were donated to the Hutt Hospital's children's ward.

Yuvaraj Shanmugam in his cafe, The Instincts.

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Up close and personal with PM Troix Kokich and Hazel Sisson (Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl at Hutt Valley High School) were chosen by the principal of HVHS to attend a Student Leaders’ Afternoon Tea with Chris Bishop MP and the Prime Minister John Key.

Group helps dojo The Eastbourne Karate Dojo are thrilled with a storage box made for them by the local MenzShed.

Equipment for the dojo used to have to be stored in garages and cars and then transported to the Muritai School hall each karate session.

Now the equipment can be stored under the stage in the purpose-built box and easily wheeled out when needed.

The dojo is the latest in a long list of local beneficiaries of the “sheddies” handiwork since the Eastbourne MenzShed started up five years ago. It has grown to become the go-to place for local groups to get things made. The shed has helped with projects for all three local schools and numerous community groups including the Toy Library and RSA. Sheddies also work on personal projects and at the moment the shed has “spirtle fever”, president Mike Parker says. These are Scottish stirring sticks which are primarily for stirring porridge or soup. Odd shaped bits of wood manuka is ideal - are fashioned into curved shapes to form the spirtles. They can be bought from the Menzshed near the duckpond in Days Bay on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and from the Corner Shop in the village.

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The secret of marital bliss - seventy years on

by Emily Tilley Seventy years ago Alan Girvan married his wife Vera, and “I love her as much today as the day I married her,” he says.

The couple met in 1944 at a dance in Fairlie on the branch line from Timaru. “As soon as she saw me that was it,” Alan laughs.

“He was singing Jealousy… just a song that was in at the time,” Vera says.

Two years later they married. They went on to have four sons and a life together for which they have only one regret - that they can’t live it all over again. “It goes too fast,” Vera says.

So what are the secrets to such a long and happy marriage?

Well there are three things, Alan says.

The first is “love, unconditional love”.

The second is respect. “Respect for each other. Vera has her views and I have mine. We’ve discussed things … it’s about being able to talk to each other and discuss things fully,” Alan says. “Never go to bed at night without kissing your wife.”

The third is trust. “You’ve got to be able to trust each other,” Alan says. “We’ve never reached the point of not being able to trust one another.”

Family is hugely important to the couple; their happiest memories over the years being the birth of their sons, camping holidays, caravanning, coaching rugby and “playing cricket with my boys”.

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“ We h a ve f o u r lovely sons,” Vera says.

“The most important thing in your life is your children, they take over.”

Over the years the family has expanded to include “f o u r w o n d e r f u l d a u g h t e r s - i n - l a w, seven grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.”

The couple moved to the bays 15 years ago and now live in Lowry Bay with their third son Steve, second son Barry living just down the road in Mahina Bay. “They’re absolutely tremendous … we could not exist without Alan and Vera Girvan.

Stephen and Barry,” Alan says.

“We’re very, very proud of our family, we’re a very close family.”

On April 17 Alan and Vera were joined by family and friends from around the country, their son Brian flying in from Melbourne, to celebrate 70 years of marriage.

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WHAT’S ON Mondays • Retired Persons’ Assn 4th Mon. Ph 562-7365.

• “Baby Bounce & Rhyme” at the library 10.30am.

• Singalong 1st Mon, 2pm at St Ronan’s.

• DB Playcentre Mon, Wed, Fri 9-12. Andrea Jensen 02102797311.

• Pt Howard Playcentre. Mon 9.15 -11.45am.

Morag 021 150-7997.

• East Harbour Women’s Club Mah Jong. Contact Gwen 562 8295.

• Historical Society of Eastbourne local studies room open above the library 2-4pm every Monday.

• Eastbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade training every Monday 7-9pm. Ph Ross Carroll Chief Fire Officer 562 7001 for more info.

• Rotary Pencarrow meets 6.30pm Lowry Bay Yacht Club, Seaview - phone Don 562 7409.

• Eastbourne Children’s Choir, rehearsing at St Alban’s Church Hall, 5-6pm. Sinead 021 0258 1960. Facebook page Eastbourne Community Children's choir.

Tuesdays

562 0236.

• Eastbourne Homebirth Group 1st Tuesday of the month. Phone Kate 562-7096.

• East Harbour Women’s Club Morning Tea & Chat Group 10am. Contact Glendyr 562 7181.

• Eastbourne Embroidery Group, St Ronan’s Church lounge 10am-12noon.

• Indoor Bowls Club 1.30pm, at the croquet club, Oroua Street. Jeanne 562 8555.

• Menzshed 9 till 12 , Williams Park, Mike 562 8688.

• Poetry group, every second Tuesday meet to read and enjoy poems old and new. Phone 562 8387.

Wednesdays • Library preschool story time 2–2.25pm.

• Pt Howard Playcentre Wed 9.15 -11.45am.

Morag 021 150-7997.

• Scottish Country Dance. Merryn 562 0236.

• Bridge Club 7-10pm. Shona 562 7073.

• Mens’ Breakfast Club. Last Wed of each month at the Pavillion, 7am. Email: j.tallon@irl.cri.nz or tallon@xtra.co.nz.

• DB Playcentre Mon, Wed, Fri 9-12. Andrea Jensen 02102797311.

• Pt Howard Playcentre Tues 9.15 -11.45am.

Morag 021 150-7997.

Thursdays • Lions meet 2nd Tuesday of the month, at the Eastbourne Sports and Services Club, Tuatoru • Toy Library 8–9pm. Kathryn 562 6271. www.eastbournetoylibrary.co.nz St, 6.30pm. Graham 562 8819.

• Muritai Tennis Club 9.30–noon. Merryn • Mainly Music 9.30–10.30am. Wendy 027 5628287.

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The weather has still been great up here, so we're continuing to do heaps outdoors. We've set up new steps and climbing blocks for the younger children, and heuristic play baskets for our babies, which are keeping them well entertained! For the big kids, we set up a pretend car wash and spent one morning driving (and riding) through it! And when it was too hot for baking we made fresh fruit skewers and talked a bit about healthy eating.

Our ERO visit was also at the end of last term; we worked hard to present our playcentre as a welcoming and fun place of learning, and the feedback we received was really positive. Thanks to all the parents who pulled together and helped make this happen.

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• East Harbour Women’s Club Bolivia card group 12.45 pm, contact Glendyr 562 7181; Bridge 1pm, contact Heather 5627995 Fridays • Pop-in & Play St Alban’s Church Hall 9am11.30. Kate 562 0177.

• Pt Howard Playcentre Fri 9.15 -11.45am.

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• AA Plunket Rooms 7.30pm. Mark 566 6444/ Pauline 562 7833 • Toy Library 9.30-10.30am. Kathryn 562 6271. www.eastbournetoylibrary.co.nz • DB Playcentre Mon, Wed, Fri 9-12. Andrea Jensen 02102797311.

Saturdays • Justice of the Peace at the Eastbourne Community Library, first Saturday of each month 12pm-1pm.

• Lions’ rubbish bin last Saturday of each month.

• Croquet from 10.00am Muritai Croquet Club.

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• Lawn tennis, Rona Bay Lawn Tennis Club Houhere Tce, Sat and Sun from 1.30pm weather permitting. tel 562 7231.

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Acclaimed actress returns home Eastbourne born and bred actress Catherine Downes is back in the bays while performing in Circa’s Joyful and Triumphant.

Catherine now lives on Waiheke Island and is enjoying the 10 weeks she is spending staying with her mother in Eastbourne and catching up with local friends while working on the production.

Catherine is also returning to Joyful and Triumphant. She was one of the cast of the original 1992 production which scooped the Chapman Tripp Awards and went on to tour New Zealand, Australia and London before returning to Circa for a final season.

The same cast and crew stayed with the production for over five years. Catherine, Jane Waddell and Michele Amas from the original crew have now returned to play different roles, “a generation older”, Catherine says.

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The Eastbourne Herald, 29 April 2016

Simple lines create interesting works of art

by Emily Tilley Local artist Teresa Hall’s (pictured) first solo art exhibition All About Lines opened at the Hutt Art Society this month.

The exhibition consists of three related series of work which have taken Teresa around two years to develop.

“It shows hand printmaking and how you can produce very beautiful work with just simple lines,” Teresa says.

It began with a simplistic line drawing “Mother and Child” which she translated into

printmaking, exploring abstract lines to create the first series.

S h e continued with this focus on simple straight and gestural lines as she worked on her woodcut “Naked” series, inspired by Matisse and based on her lifedrawings.

“I love life drawing,” Teresa says.

“With life drawing there’s a lot of form and shapes and tone. I looked at a few of my favourite ones and then picked them up and just did very simple lines to create woodcuts.”

Teresa’s third series “Gee Gees (Race)” was inspired by her love of cubism. She began looking as horses and asking herself, “can I actually use straight lines and intersecting lines to create this energy and movement?”

“The whole series developed a race … you can look at it as though it is the entire race with all the horses running at the same time but different parts of it, or you can say it started off at that point and then it got to this point and then close

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to finishing almost nose to nose.”

A variation from that became her “In Company of horses”, inspired by the muster of the Kaimanua horses, which seeks to portray the energy pulling the horses together whilst at the same time they are pulling away.

Teresa wants to continue exploring printmaking as well as painting and says she may also try photography.

Having always had a passion for painting and having helped out at her family’s floral business after school, Teresa grew up with creativity and working with colours part of her everyday life.

Two years ago she chose to take a sabbatical from “real work” and signed up with the Learning Connexion and has since completed a Diploma in Art and Creativity. She continues to study art while working part time, “to pay for my passion”.

“I love pushing the boundaries of the various creative art making techniques to bring to life what inspires me,” she says.

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SPORT Team "disgraceful" in SV match Eastbourne senior rugby coach Greg Halford doesn’t mince words when he describes his team’s performance in a 13-11 loss to Stokes Valley in its most recent match in the Wellington 85 kilogram division.

It was, he says, quite simply “disgraceful.”

Stokes Valley is one of the weakest teams in the first division of the weight restricted grade and Eastbourne would have been expected to win comfortably. Without making excuses, Halford said the match at Delaney Park was one of those in which anything that could go wrong did.

"Disgraceful is the only word I can use," Halford said. “I know some of the players are a bit embarrassed.

"We made far too many mistakes and let ourselves down. We missed three shots at goal, including one right in front with about 10 minutes to go. Everything went wrong that could go wrong and it's disappointing because it doesn't reflect where we are as a team.

We're a lot better than that and we know it.

It was a very quiet dressing room after the match because the guys felt they'd let themselves down.

There›s nothing much we can do about it now.

I think it's something we'll want to put behind ourselves pretty quickly."

Halford said the Eastbourne players are determined to produce a much better performance in next weekend’s match against Tawa who are one of the division’s toughest sides.

"Tawa are a good team to put yourself up against,” he said. “They’re a top side but one we should be able to compete with so we’re looking forward to measuring ourselves against them.”

On paper Eastbourne appears to have had a mixed season. They opened promisingly with a 10-3 win over Poneke, who are one of the grade’s best sides and a perennial rival. But they then lost 14-3 to Wellington and 44-13 to Johnsonville.

Halford said the final scoreline in the Johnsonville match was not indicative and Eastbourne is a much better side than recent results suggest.

"The first half against Johsonville was one of the best I’ve ever seen from an Eastbourne side,” he said. “If we can maintain that sort of form it shows that we’re a top four team.

"We lost our way a bit in the second half but I'm sure we can get back to that level of performance."

Halford said Eastbourne has a large squad of players this season which has produced a selection challenge as it has been necessary to make frequent changes to give everyone game time. At the same time, Eastbourne had recently appeared to struggle in matches away from home.

But he said all of those challenges was surmountable and Eastbourne is determined to recover its best form ahead of Old Timers' Day in late May. Hard grounds have also been a challenge but Eastbourne received an unexpected hand in that area recently with the fire brigade, after training at H.W. Shortt, dumped several thousand litres of water on the ground.

Notman cleans up Jude Notman came away with a collection of titles from the Muritai Tennis Club’s senior club championships which helped bring down the curtain on a glorious summer season.

Notman won the women’s singles, teamed with Sophia Cave to win the women’s doubles and was joined by her son Sam Baird to win the mixed doubles. Dan Gentry won the men's singles while Greg Hayton and John Ansell won the men’s doubles. The championships, which were a late highlight of the season, were organised

by Pete Carter.

Muritai will close its long summer season - marked by brilliant, sunny weather - on May 15 but tennis continues throughout the winter. The club is considering establishing a winter subscription and anyone interested can contact Wendy Manson on (027) 5628287 or at wendyeastbourne@gmail.com.

A word from the Mayor If you are reading this column, it means you should seriously consider putting your name forward for the community board in this year’s elections.

The board liaises between the council and your community. They are involved in projects and policies that affect the community from early on in the process, and have a great deal of input and influence. The Eastbourne Community Board is a terrific, well respected group and anybody with an interest in their community would get a lot out of joining.

The East Harbour shared path understandably continues to be a topic of high interest. Partial funding for the first stage of the Eastern Bays Shared Path project was allocated in 2015 from the Government’s Urban Cycleways Fund.

This portion of funding was allocated to construct the pathway from Lowry Bay to York Bay. Before this can start, Council is required to secure funding for the seawall work that needs to be constructed to underpin the shared path.

NZTA have been very positive in their communications regarding the rest of the funding, and we are in the process of meeting their requirements to secure it.

The construction process will include the creation of new seawalls running the length of the bay. The design of the seawall originated from the UK and was assessed as an appropriate design which returned 98% of the water back to the sea. Certain storm event conditions may still produce sea spray across the road, however this will be minimised.

We understand that this is an important project to the community and that there are safety concerns as well as a desire to increase resilience and recreational enjoyment.

Until next time, take care of one another.

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Football resurgence in EB

by Steve McMorran

ANZAC Day I attended the Eastbourne RSA ANZAC Day Service.

I walked in the parade, attended the ceremony and caught up with my military friends in the ESSC clubrooms afterwards for a drink. I like how the Service involves the community and the fact that politicians do not take centre stage. Thank you Eastbourne RSA for the great work you do each year in organising the Service.

Eastbourne Games I’d like to take this opportunity to thank retiring Eastbourne Games organiser, Hugh Walcott, for the great work he has done. It was an absolute pleasure this year co-judging some of the contests. I look forward to the next Games.

Jump Off Days Bay Wharf It was great attending the public meeting, at the Days Bay Pavilion, where we discussed how the wharf can be improved for everyone’s enjoyment and safety. At the meeting everyone was in full support of a group being formed to come up with recommendations for the wharf.

I will ensure Council helps where it can.

Eastbourne Walkway/Cycleway It was great to see the Eastbourne Days Bay Action Group putting a submission to Council on the Eastbourne Walkway/Cycleway project. Safety is important, particularly for children on bicycle, so Council is glad to assist the group with their submission.

Environmental Sustainability I encourage you, if you have any environmental issues to raise, to join the Hutt City Council’s Environmental Advisory Group. I am a member of the group which consists of community members, Councillors and Council staff, and meets regularly.

Art and Culture I am a member of Council’s Art and Culture Advisory Group. As well as helping to bring artistic and cultural events to the City, the group is also working on the City’s Draft Art and Culture Policy. Through three workshops, a survey and feedback from interested individuals, the group has identified the future it wants to see for the City and how it can be achieved. I look forward to seeing submissions on the Draft Policy.

Finally, congratulations to the Eastbourne Bowling Club for again being judged New Zealand’s best bowling club!

I can be contacted on 977-3166 (home) or 0210304561 (mobile), or email me at michael.lulich@huttcity.govt.nz or follow me on Facebook.

When Bill Pllu says he’s “really excited” about the prospects for the Eastbourne senior football team this season, it’s worth taking notice.

Few people have been more closely associated with Eastbourne football, for a longer period and in a broader range of roles, than Pllu who has been both a player and tireless administrator.

But Pllu’s reactions to the performance of the senior team in recent years have often wavered between hope and disappointment. After reaching the heights of Capital Division Three almost a decade ago, Eastbourne slowly subsided into Capital Division Five - mainly because of a struggle to attract or retain players - before beginning to turn a corner last year.

Some recent seasons have been a struggle against relegation but last year Eastbourne proved far more competitive and gained a place near the top of its division. That led to promotion to Division Four which, while welcome, also came with the apprehension that a young team might find itself out of its depth.

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Nothing could be further from the truth.

Eastbourne is unbeaten in four matches this season and currently in third place on its championship ladder.

After four rounds, Eastbourne finds itself level on points with second-placed Tawa and four points behind the league’s runaway leaders Upper Hutt. They have scored 11 goals and conceded five for the second best goal differential in the competition.

And no-one is less surprised than Pllu, the team’s mentor, who sensed before the season began that Eastbourne was on the verge of something special.

He expected a resurgence and his young team has delivered it, filling him with confidence about its further potential.

"We have a very strong team, one of the best Eastbourne teams I've ever been associated with," Pllu said.

“We got promoted this season but we’re not just aiming to hold our own. We want to get promoted to Capital Three which is where we used to and where we belong.”

Pllu said the secret of the team’s transformation is that Eastbourne has at last been able to attract back to its colours many of the young players who came through its junior ranks before leaving the club for high school and university.

The team’s resurgence has encouraged Eastbourne to rejoin the Chatham Cup national knockout competition this season after passing up that chance last year.

In further evidence of the rude health of the Eastbourne club, it is able to field two teams in the popular masters grades this season.

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SPORT Bowls club looks ahead While the summer shows no signs of ending, the Eastbourne Bowling Club is looking for a fitting way to put an exclamation mark on one of the best seasons in its history.

Over the long 2015 and 2016 season, Eastbourne has won the national men’s interclub championship for the second time - becoming one of only a few teams to win the title twice.

It has won the Wellington men’s premier title and the women’s premier reserve title in the first season in which it fielded a women’s interclub team.

An Eastbourne team won the Wellington Open Fours - giving stalwart Scott Roddick his first centre title after years of near misses - adding another trophy to a rapidly-filling cabinet. And there were many other awards, championships and highlights.

The Wellington champion of champion pairs this weekend in which Eastbourne will be represented by Jim Madden and Roddick will probably bring down the curtain on bowls' competitive summer. Now, with the season ending, Eastbourne has much to celebrate.

It has yet to decide whether it will tie its own celebrations of a bumper summer to the Bowls Wellington awards in which it has much

silverware to collect, or the Hutt Valley Sports awards in which it may be acknowledged with a teams award. Eastbourne’s victorious national interclub team is expected to be among the nominees.

Planning for next season is already earnestly underway and many important decisions have to be made. Eastbourne is eager to capitalise on the success of its inaugural women’s team this season by swelling its female membership. The team that won the premier reserve title at its first attempt will play in the premier competition next summer and Eastbourne may have to increase its female player base to make that possible.

In a positive sign for the future of women’s bowls at Eastbourne, Margaret Connolly recently reached the quarterfinals of the Wellington women’s junior champion of champion singles.

At the same time Eastbourne has to decide whether it will be able to retain the star members of its men's premier team for another season.

Double world champion Gary Lawson and former national champions Justin Goodwin and Phil Skoglund Jnr. are among those who propelled Eastbourne to the national championship and all have indicated they are eager to defend their title.

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SPORTSPORT Eastbourne lads make NZ team

by Steve McMorran

Faith in the Community Being disciples Easter Day may be over, but the Easter truths of hope in the midst of pain, and light in the midst of darkness, endure.

This prayer for disciples reminds us of the choices we can make every day to live in that hope, and bring light to others.

God of Love, in a world great with darkness I drink your light.

In a world of violence I soften my heart.

In a world of fear I deepen my breath.

In a world of grief I enlarge my embrace.

In a world of shouting I risk silence.

In a world of fragments I let myself belong.

In a world of walls I go out into the streets: I bear you to those who are mad with hunger for you.

In a cracked and broken world I return to you, always to you.

Steve Garnaas-Holmes (adapted)

Messy Church: Messy church at San Antonio’s on Sunday 15 May. An all-age activity and potluck meal, 4.30-6pm.

St Alban’s: Term 2 Youth Alpha (for intermediate and college age youth) begins Friday 6 May, 6pm, at St James Lower Hutt. Contact stalbansch@xtra. co.nz for more details.

All Together Service, Sunday 29 May 9.30am at St Alban’s. Families and all ages welcome.

San Antonio’s: Saturday Vigil 5.30pm, Children’s Mass 1st Sunday of the month 9.30am.

St Ronan’s: Taizé service 6.30pm Sunday 1 May (1st Sunday each month May – Sept). Meditation, music, candles & quiet. Regular Sunday services 9.30am.

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Henry Griffiths and Moss Grenfell have been named in the New Zealand under-18 team which will play at the Trans-Tasman Underwater Hockey Championship in Tasmania in June.

New Zealand are current trans-Tasman champions but may need a little help to be able to defend their title. Two New Zealand men's teams have been named to contest the championships but, as is often the case with minor sports, lack of sponsorship and are desperately in need of funding.

A Givealittle page has been established in the hope of defraying the cost of competing across the Tasman, which could work out at around

$4,000 per player when flights, accommodation and other costs are taken into account.

Underwater Hockey New Zealand says the players, who have worked hard to win the right to represent their country, deserve support.

"Our players are currently training between 8 and 12 hours a week in addition to their school commitments and are also working extremely hard to generate the money required to fund their Trans-Tasman championship effort," it said.

The under-18 grade is seen as a vital stepping stone towards national representation at under-19 and under-23 level in which New Zealand has been world champion.

Griffiths and Grenfell are both ex-Muritai School pupils.

OLD TIMERS’ & Family Fun Day Saturday, 28th May Clubrooms open at 12 noon Junior matches all day Senior 85kg match Social games for the family Refreshments, BBQ and fun for the children

All past, present and future players, supporters and families welcome to come along and enjoy the hospitality at the clubrooms.

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Local Tree Works: Tree trimming, tree removal. Phone Steven 027 666 6279 or 562 6031.

Organic Gardener $25/hr ph 562 8726 txt 027 6939 323.

Dressmaking & Alterations. Janette 562-8276.

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Church Services In Eastbourne

St Alban’s Anglican: 11 Ngaio St, Eastbourne Rev. Dr. Eleanor Sanderson, tel: 562 6076 Thursday: 10am, Sunday: 8am, 9.30am Children and Families Ministry: see www.stalbans.eastbourne.net.nz St Ronan’s Presbyterian: Muritai Rd, Eastbourne tel: Parish Clerk 562 8753 Sunday Morning Worship: 9.30am Power Hour: 9.30am San Antonio Roman Catholic: Oroua St, Eastbourne tel: Fr Marlon Maylon Parish Priest 970 8405 Saturday Vigil Mass: 5.30pm Sunday (Sacred Heart, Petone): 9.30am & 5.30pm

Two items of interest for Pt Howard residents this month: As part of Civil Defence preparations, a water storage tank is to be installed near the tennis court. This will provide a source of water in the event of an emergency.

Pt Howard Association committee member Roger Lawrence has prepared a submission to HCC about the Annual Plan. With good progress being made on the construction of the shared pathway/cycleway around the Bays, it is time for the council to consider how to approach the situation with the seawall at Pt Howard. The submission will suggest that Council should allocate funding for an investigation about the likely impact of extending the seawall further out to sea. There are examples of how beach nourishment can be used to reduce the impact of storms in order to preserve the effectiveness of the seawall and Council will be urged to budget for a professional investigation so that appropriate planning for the works can be undertaken.

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