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Save our pool

By Frank Neill

The battle to save the Khandallah swimming pool is on.

This follows a decision to include closing the pool in Wellington City Council’s draft long term plan for 2024-34.

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Pool closure decision a ‘huge shock’ Continued from page 1.

That decision came as a “huge shock” to the community, says John McGrath, who has put together a group that aims to work towards keeping the pool open.

What the Revitalise Khandallah Pool and Park group wants to do is work with Wellington City Council “in a constructive, engaged way to save the pool,” John says.

“We intend to work as hard as we can to get the message to council.

“We all recognise that council has got itself into a financial hole.

“They are using the need to fund water infrastructure to slash valued community facilities.”

This is despite the fact that the council can make only very small savings by making cuts to communitiy facilities such as libraries and pools.

Following the decision to close the Khandallah pool there has been huge community support for the pool to stay open.

That was clearly demonstrated when the Revitalise Khandallah Pool and Park group organised a “Save Our Pool” event at the pool on 17 February.

Despite the very short overnight notice there was a huge turnout to the event.More than 300 people were there, John says.

Among these present was Ōhariu MP Greg O’Connor, who promised that he would talk to Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau and Councillors Ben McNulty and Rebecca Matthews about the pool closure.

TVNZ News also attended the

event and screened an item about it in its 6 o’clock news programme later in the day.

“We are hugely encouraged by the massive community suport we have received at very short notice,” John says.

“There is really strong community feeling from Broadmeadows, Khandallah, Ngaio, Crofton Downs and the whole community.”

The community, he said “is 100% behind the pool.

“We don’t want a brand new pool or a massive gold plated upgrade.”

All the community wants is a simple upgrade and maintenance.

“Since the weekend we have had more than 247 people sign up to support the pool and now have 560 followers on Facebook,” John told the Independent Herald on Tuesday afternoon.

“These are growing all day every day and we haven’t even started our campaign publicly yet.

“And suburbs that they are coming from are: Berhampore, Broadmeadows, Brooklyn, Churton Park, Crofton Downs, Island Bay, Johnsonville, Karori, Kenepuru, Khandallah, Ngaio, Kilbirnie, Kohimarama, Lower Hutt, Miramar, Newlands, Newtown, City Central, Ohariu Valley, Seatoun, Stokes Valley, Strathmore, Tawa, Upper Hutt, Woodbridge and Wadestown - even a regular visitor from Dunedin.

“So it’s miles bigger than just Khandallah.”

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“For nearly a hundred years it [the pool] has been a cornerstone of our community, and in two weeks it will close forever,” Save Khandallah Pool Facebook page says.

“This has been decided behind closed doors, despite the Mayor’s promises to keep the summer pool open, despite no community consultation whatsoever on the issue.”

The decision to include closing Khandallah pool in the council’s Long Term Plan was made by the council’s Long Term Plan, Finance and Performance committee on 15 February. At the meeting the Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward Councillor Diane Calvert attempted to move an amendment to remove the clause providing for the pool closure. However council staff advised that the amendment was “not supported” as it was a “direct negative”.

The committee’s decision to close the pool was “completely disingenuous in terms of the decisions made in the past about the pool,”

Cr Calvert says.

In addition “they have failed to engage with the community.

“There was an undertaking by council to have broad community consultation on options and that has not happened before the council made the decision.”

Cr Calvert also says that the “council is forgetting about community facilities in favour of corporate welfare.

“We should not be giving money to corporates when we cannot provide basic core facilities for our communities,” she says, referring to the council’s decision to buy the land where Reading Cinemas’s Wellington property stands at a cost of $32 million.

The council also “seems to have a bias against the Onslow suburbs,” she says.

“The only two community services being put up for closure are the Khandallah pool and the Wadestown Community Centre.”

At the same time the council was going ahead with other new community facilities, such as the Kilbirnie skate park.

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Wadestown wants its community centre inbrief news Cutlery wanted

By Frank Neill

Wadestown residents are looking at options to get Wellington City Council (WCC) to rethink its plans to sell the Wadestown Community Centre.

This follows a meeting of residents on 20 February, which met to look at taking a fresh approach to the local community association group with a key focus being community assets.

WCC’s Long Term Plan, Finance and Performance committee decided on 15 February to include the sale of the Wadestown Community Centre in the council’s draft 2024-34 Long Term Plan.

“We don’t want to lose our community centre when it is so important to us and so well used,” the interim Chair of the Wadestown Residents’ Association Greg Hyland says.

“We feel it is a really unfair situation where the city is saying it is under utlilised.

“To say that it is under utilised or no longer needed is inaccurate.”

Some of the groups regularly using the centre are the music teaching run by Music Box Academy that happens five days a week, the toy library, a majong group and a zumba exercise group.

It is comparatively well used and it is one of the few community centres providing good revenue to the council, Greg says.

It would also prove “very valuable” in the event of a civil emergency.

It is also “incredibly disappointing” that the council is talking about selling the centre without consulting the community.

“The council hasn’t really consulted us,” Greg says.

The Newlands Community Centre kitchen is running very low on cutlery.

Because of this, the centre is asking for donations.

“If you have any spare knives, forks, or spoons (especially tea spoons), we would love to take them off of your hands,” the community centre says.

People can drop off cultery donations at the centre from Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 5pm.

Mahjong group A mahjong group meets at the Newlands Community Centre from noon to 3pm every Tuesday.

The group is looking for new players and will help people learn to play the game.

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The Wadestown Community Centre. Photo: Supplied.

“The value of the community centre is far more than just the sale price.

“It feels like the council is looking for loose change” rather than looking at areas where it could make some significant savings, such as looking at its staffing levels.

The Wadestown community “bought and paid for the community centre more than 100 years ago and it was gifted to the council in the 1930s.

“We will be looking at the deed of gift to see what it provides.” In particular the new group that is forming will look at any provisions that the centre was gifted for continuing community use.

The group will also be looking at a series of initiatives aimed at raising the profile

of the community centre and the council’s proposal to sell it.

“We are aiming to have a large number of submissions put in” to the council on its draft Long Term Plan.

WCC will open formal consultation on its Long Term Plan on 12 April and the consultation will run for a month, closing on 12 May. After the close of the formal consultation, there will be opportunities for people to speak to their submissions at an oral hearing or an oral forum.

The final Long Term Plan, based on all the engagement feedback and decisions made at deliberations, will be adopted by the council on 30 June.

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Highly successful Karori Karnival

By Frank Neill

The highly successful Karori Karnival saw hundreds of people descend on Ben Burn Park for a hugely enjoyable outing on Sunday 18 February.

The 52nd Karnival raised thousands of dollars that the organisers, the Lions Club of Karori, will use to support many charities.

Not all costs are in yet, but the Lions expect to make a profit of around $6,000 from the event, Karori Lions Treasurer Trevor Anders says.

“However this is less about the money than providing a much-loved annual familyfriendly event for our Karori community,” Trevor says.

“Karori Lions have delivered this event for more than 50 years – one of the longest running annual events of its kind in New Zealand, and unique for Karori.

The duo Status Five during their performance “Last year a substantial amount of the proceeds went to supporting the Scouts atof songs from the 60s. Photo: Frank Neill. tending their national Jamboree in Hamilton.

This year some of the proceeds will go to the local Girl Guides.

“Every dollar of profit we make from our public fundraising goes back into the community, and we support many charitable organisations and humanitarian relief efforts.

“This year some of our focus will be on a Lions district-wide initiative supporting Life

Flight,” Trevor says.

A wide variety of stalls – some selling items and others promoting community organisations, such as the Karori Community Patrol for example – came to Ben Burn Park for the day.

There was also a variety of rides and activities for the children, which were very popular with both the kids and their parents, with the Fire Truck proving popular.

The all day on-stage entertainment proved very popular also, drawing crowds to watch and listen.

The Red Hackle Pipe Band kicked off the entertainment with the music of the bagpipes filling the air following the welcome by the Karnival’s Entertainments Co-ordinator Vaughan Crimmins.

The entertainment that followed included Zumba, Morris Dancing, samba, drumming and dancing West African style to rock and roll, and cultural dances from Myanmar and Sudan.

There was also a display of rhythmic gymnastics by 15 young girls from Elements Rythmic Gymnastics, as well as music from the 60s to the present day.

Karori Lions President Jo Cameron said that stallholders’ general comments were that they enjoy the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the Karori Karnival, as being on the “Village Green” allows more room for stallholders and

the public alike.

Consequently the customers are much more friendly and relaxed than in a densely packed market or fair setting often encountered elsewhere.

“Organising Karnival is a lot of work,” Trevor adds.

“On the day it’s ‘all hands to the pump’ for our club and we also rely on help from a number of others, including the Scouts and Girl Guides.

“We are very grateful to our community, the stallholders, the entertainers and all our helpers who make this an event to look forward to every year in February.”

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Ngaio composer wins residency The New Zealand School of Music—Te KōkĪ has appointed Ngaio composer, performer, collaborator, and songwriter Elliot Vaughan as its 2024 Creative New Zealand Composer-in-residence.

This nine-month position, funded by a combination of Creative New Zealand grants and philanthropic funds, provides a composer with a salary to pursue a significant body of creative work.

The exploratory and often interdisciplinary nature of Elliot’s practice, as well as his proven track record of realising ambitious projects (including the projects proposed for the 2024 residency), together with his strong collaborative abilities and

community focus, were determinative in making the decision to appoint Elliot.

“I am thrilled to be the CNZ/NZSM Composer-in-Residence this year,” Elliot says.

“It presents a rare opportunity to commit my full focus to writing music.

“My practice has always covered a range of musical expressions, and the work of my residency extends from improvisation to experimental concert music to pop song to silent music.”

“We had numerous high-quality applications for this position, confirming the mana this residency has generated over the years,” NZSM Director Sally Jane Norman says.

“All applicants had very different strengths along with excellent track records.

“In Elliot Vaughan we are delighted to be able to engage a key contributor to the musical and cultural life of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, as well as the NZSM.” During the term of his appointment, Elliot will be based at the Lilburn Residence in Thorndon, the former home of composer Douglas Lilburn (ONZ) which is administered by the Lilburn Residence Trust.

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LETTERS to the editor Letters on issues of community interest are welcomed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words. They must be signed and a street address provided to show good faith, even if a nom de plume is provided for publication.

The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold unsuitable letters from publication.

Send or fax them to the address on page two, or email them to news@wsn.co.nz.

Please note that your name and street address must also be provided in e mails.

City can be better Wellington is a great city with a lot of potential, but we are in danger of holding ourselves back.

The independent hearing panel report on the Long Term Plan was disappointing for the many people who believe that Wellington can be even better.

And while local residents groups do a great job, they do not represent everyone’s views.

The many ‘chicken/ egg’ discussions on

this are missing the point – we need a vision of the future city we want to live in, and the ability to deliver it efficiently.

That is the Long Term [Plan]’s job.

How will the Johnsonville train line (and service) ever get better if we don’t do anything to improve it?

To use ‘status quo’ as a reason to not do things is vision-less.

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Apology The five letters to the Editor should have appeared in last week’s edition of the Independent Herald.

However due to a mistake during typesetting the wrong file was sent to the printer.

Don’t forget Karori Where are Nicola Willis and Andy Foster when Karori needs their help?

Pre-election I read National would get rid of LGWM [Let’s Get Wellington Moving] and bike lanes by withdrawing the funding.

You did the first but forgot Karori.

This year we overwhelmingly told the

[Wellington City] Council in two petitions to leave Karori alone.

Did they listen? No. Where has democracy gone?

Could we please have money spent on finishing our Event Centre and our everbursting water pipes.

Gill Kerr

Water meters I see Daran Ponter of Wellington Regional Council has written to the local councils saying his council will be less likely to institute regional surcharges on water if they consider water meters.

What neither he, nor [Wellington’s Mayor] Tory Whanau, mention is the $130 million projected cost of installing meters.

That’s $130 million less the City Coun-

cil will have right now for fixing leaks and will ultimately be recouped from ratepayers If they spent that money on fixing leaks instead would Daran need to even consider surcharges?

That amount would fix a heck of a lot of the major leaks.

Peter Sullivan

Pool closing Cr O’Neill’s letter [quoted in the “Independent Herald”] last week [referred to] the draft Community Facilities Plan that insinuated the closure of Khandallah facilities.

However, as a result of the huge community protest the Plan was modified (slightly): • Criticism of Khandallah Town Hall was removed from the Plan because it wasn’t true – nevertheless there are too many in an ‘Onslow cluster’ that still includes Wadestown; • Khandallah Library is too small and there are too many in the ‘Onslow cluster’, but the revised plan now suggests specialisation as a solution; • Nairnville Recreation Centre is still too small, its accessibility is poor, and a

bigger facility is required further North, so no change there.

Crazy that Khandallah Pool is the first cab off the rank, but it’s the same accusations: too small and in the wrong place.

Plus it’s also over budget, say council officers. But that’s only because they included site-rectification costs which are needed even if the pool closes.

The Pool itself can be upgraded within the approved budget.

What Cr O’Neill was saying is that there was no plan to close them.

Oh, except now we do want to close Khandallah Pool, even though last year we agreed to keep it.

Lawrence Collingbourne Chair of the Onslow Residents’ Community Association

More housing needed I was very disappointed to see the decision to not treat the Johnsonville Line as a rapid transit framed as a ‘big victory’ by your paper.

It’s not clear how allowing less housing to be built is a victory for anyone that cannot afford to buy a home.

Not a l lowi ng housi ng a long t he Johnsonville line will also not reduce carbon emissions, as claimed. It will simply lead to people needing to live

much further from the city in places where there are no travel options other than driving.

It’s unfortunate that the residents associations quoted in your article are focused on representing the perspectives of existing homeowners and not the large proportion of our communities who would have benefitted significantly from measures to allow more housing.

Judith Cameron

Thursday February 22, 2024

Wadestown Village Fair coming

Two scenes from a past Wadestown Village Fair. Photos: Supplied.

The scene is set for the annual Wadestown Village Fair on Saturday 16 March 2024 from 11am to 2pm at Philip Myers Park.

The fair is always a well anticipated and fun day out for local families and community groups with lots of craft stalls, yummy treats and musical entertainment on show, Fair organiser Greg Hyland says.

The talented young musicians from the local Community Centre music classes will be performing centre stage in front of proud parents and delighted locals.

The Wadestown Toy Library’s bouncy castle is always a colourful and popular attraction for the youngest children, along with climbing aboard the big red fire engine kindly provided

by Fire and Emergency NZ. The fair is also a good chance to hear about the great work of local conservation volunteers from the Trelissick Park Group and Rodent Free Wadestown.

“Community events are really important to help our community groups fundraise and to bring our local families together at a time of so much going on in our lives,” Greg says.

Wadestown residents can reserve a stall space by messaging nzwadestown@gmail.com or contact Greg on 021 473 499.

Volunteer helpers are welcome to help set up on fair day. Indoor venues will be used if weather is adverse.

Philip Myers Park is beside the Wadestown Library.

Another big victory for local athlete

By Frank Neill

Karori athlete James Preston has won another international 800 metres race.

James continued his outstanding start to 2024 when he finished first in the 800 metres at the Maurie Plant meeting in a chilly evening in Melbourne on 15 February.

This meeting is a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event.

James ran to an emphatic victory over Australian athlete Luke Boyes.

The Karori runner clocked 1 minute 46.02 seconds to win by 0.41 seconds.

This followed his second placing in the Adelaide Invitational athletics meeting on 10 February, where he ran the 800 metres in 1 minute 45.50 seconds.

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Thursday, August 1

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Leichhardt Oval, Sydney

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Friday, August 2

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Go Media Stadium, Auckland

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HBF Park, Perth

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Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas

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McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

10:00pm

Friday, March 8

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Go Media Stadium, Auckland

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Storm vs Panthers

AAMI Park, Melbourne

10:05pm

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Cbus Super Stadium

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CommBank Stadium, Sydney

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Thursday, April 25

Warriors vs Titans

Go Media Stadium, Auckland

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PointsBet Stadium, Sydney

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7.30pm

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Accor Stadium, Sydney

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Friday, April 26

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4 Pines Park, Sydney

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Leichhardt Oval, Sydney

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Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney

Thursday, March 14

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Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

10.00pm

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Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Sydney

7.30pm

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Go Media Stadium, Auckland

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Friday, March 15

Sharks vs Bulldogs

PointsBet Stadium, Sydney

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Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

9.35pm

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CommBank Stadium, Sydney

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Accor Stadium, Sydney

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BlueBet Stadium, Penrith

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Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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4 Pines Park, Sydney

4.00pm

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Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast

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GIO Stadium, Canberra

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McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

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CommBank Stadium, Sydney

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Sunday, August 4

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Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

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Allianz Stadium

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GIO Stadium, Canberra

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AAMI Park, Melbourne

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Rabbitohs vs Panthers

Accor Stadium, Sydney

9.50pm

Friday, June 21

Dolphins vs Storm

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

10.00pm

Cowboys vs Broncos

Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

7.30pm

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Sea Eagles vs Roosters

4 Pines Park, Sydney

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Friday, May 3

Sea Eagles vs Raiders

4 Pines Park, Sydney

8.00pm

Saturday, June 22

Titans vs Warriors

Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast

5.00pm

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Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney

9.35pm

Broncos vs Roosters

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

10.00pm

Roosters vs Bulldogs

Industree Group Stadium, Gosford

7.30pm

Dolphins vs Warriors

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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Accor Stadium, Sydney

5.00pm

Rabbitohs vs Sea Eagles

Accor Stadium, Sydney

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Knights vs Wests Tigers

McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

10.00pm

Titans vs Storm

Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast

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Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Sydney

6.05pm

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Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

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Knights vs Warriors

McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

4.00pm

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Accor Stadium, Sydney

10.00pm

Sharks vs Dragons

PointsBet Stadium, Sydney

6.05pm

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Go Media Stadium, Auckland

5.00pm

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McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

7.30pm

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AAMI Park, Melbourne

Dragons vs Dolphins

Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney

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Kayo Stadium, Redcliffe

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Thursday, March 21

Panthers vs Broncos

BlueBet Stadium, Penrith

Friday, March 22

Warriors vs Raiders

Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch

Roosters vs Rabbitohs

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

10.05pm

Bulldogs vs Titans

Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney

5.00pm

Dragons vs Cowboys

Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney

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Wests Tigers vs Sharks

Leichhardt Oval, Sydney

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Thursday, May 9

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Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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Eels vs Sea Eagles

CommBank Stadium, Sydney

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BlueBet Stadium, Penrith

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CommBank Stadium, Sydney

10.00pm

Panthers vs Cowboys

BlueBet Stadium, Penrith

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Scully Park, Tamworth

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Allianz Stadium, Sydney

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Friday, August 16

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Roosters vs Eels

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

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WIN Stadium, Wollongong

4.00pm

Sharks vs Knights

PointsBet Stadium, Sydney

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McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

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Allianz Stadium

Thursday, March 28

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Allianz Stadium, Sydney

10.00pm

Dragons vs Rabbitohs

Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney

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Accor Stadium, Sydney

6.05pm

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AAMI Park, Melbourne

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CommBank Stadium, Sydney

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Leichhardt Oval, Sydney

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Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

10.05pm

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Allianz Stadium, Sydney

4.00pm

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C.ex Coffs International Stadium, Coffs Harbour

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Go Media Stadium, Auckland

8.00pm

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WIN Stadium, Wollongon

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Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast

6.05pm

Broncos vs Panthers

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

10.00pm

Broncos vs Eels

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

10.00pm

Titans vs Dolphins

Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast

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Go Media Stadium, Auckland

6.05pm

Thursday, May 17

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PointsBet Stadium, Sydney

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CommBank Stadium, Sydney

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GIO Stadium, Canberra

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WIN Stadium, Wollongong

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Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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Thursday, August 29

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Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

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Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

6.05pm

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PointsBet Stadium, Sydney

10.00pm

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Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast

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BlueBet Stadium, Penrith

10.00pm

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Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

9.35pm

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CommBank Stadium, Sydney

5.00pm

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6.05pm

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Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

7.30pm

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PointsBet Stadium, Sydney

9.35pm

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McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

4.00pm

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Allianz Stadium, Sydney

6.05pm

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Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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Thursday, May 23

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Accor Stadium, Sydney

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Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

6.05pm

Friday, May 24

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8.00pm

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GIO Stadium, Canberra

10.00pm

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GIO Stadium, Canberra

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Industree Group Stadium, Gosford

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Thursday, April 11

Knights vs Roosters

McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

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Johnsonville Lions Club members were highly interested in a presentation by local students Sonali Sagar and Angad Gill on 19 February.

The students were sponsored to attend a tenday Lions Club International Youth Camp at Tauranga. Although the number of attendees was less than usual there were attendees from Japan, Italy, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.

“We were pleased to support these two local students,” said Johnsonville Lions Club President Jim Ng. “Our sponsorship has enabled them to develop personally towards becoming valuable members of our community” he said.

Angad said that the camp was a very interesting time that enabled him to experience different cultures and learn more about himself and his strengths.

During their joint presentation to Lions members Sonali highlighted that as well as becoming more self-aware and gaining confidence, she recognised that there is a commonality among nationalities.

Both Angad and Sonali acknowledged the support of Johnsonville Lions that enabled them to attend the Youth Camp, commenting that the experience and self-learnings will stay with them for a long time, as will the international friendships they made.

“Our Lions Youth Camps provide campers with a wide range of activities” said Lions member Jordan Hide.

“As one of their camp leaders I was able to guide them through many activities such as nature walks, black water rafting, traditional weaving and team building exercises.

“It was a valuable confidence building period for the campers as well as myself” he said.

“A key message for them was to gain confidence and take opportunities that arose.”

When thanking Sonali and Angad, Lions Club Mr Ng noted that the club was impressed with their presentation, and their obvious enthusiasm for this internationally focussed project of Lions Clubs within New Zealand.

“We have definitely made a good decision to support you both to attend the camp,” he said.

The Johnsonville Lions Club supports a range of youth activities and has 23 members. The club meets on the first and third Monday of each month at 6pm at the Johnsonville Club in Norman Lane.

Lions Clubs are a group of men and women who identify needs within the community and work together with the community to fulfil those needs. For more information or to get involved with the Johnsonville club, contact Stephen Cook at 027 647 1747 or email Johnsonville@lionsclubs.org.nz.

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Wellington City Council (WCC) has come up with an alternative solution to the Allington Road culvert project, one that it hopes will meet some of the concerns raised by local residents and the Karori Residents’ Association (KRA).

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Thursday February 22, 2024

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Good win for Onslow cricketers

By Frank Neill

Onslow’s first Cricket XI gained a first innings victory over Hutt Districts Robert Walters in their two-day match which concluded on 17 February.

Batting on their home ground of Nairnville Park, Onslow scored 309 all out, thanks in part to a great innings of 140 by Harry Finch on 10 February.

At stumps on day one Hutt District lost its first two wickets while scoring 64 runs in the Cricket Wellington division one match.

Onslow then had Hutt District all out for 243 on day two of the match.

Both Matthew Scoble and Dave Hancock took three wickets each and finished the day with almost identical figures.

Dave had three wickets for 48 runs and Matthew had three wickets for 49 runs.

George Holmes also bowled well, taking two wickets at a cost of just 28 runs.

The star of the weekend for Onslow was a junior cricketer.

Taane Walker from Y7 Ngatoto scored 100 not out from just 44 deliveries on 18 February.

Johnsonville did not have such a

good day on 17 February, losing on the first innings to Taita.

Batting on their home ground of Fraser Park, Taita declared its first innings at 320 runs for eight wickets.

Johnsonville had cut the deficit by about a third at stumps on day one, when they were 104 for the loss of three wickets.

They were then all out for 284 on day two, despite knocks of 78

by Zack Scott Howman and 63 by Gareth Severin.

The Johnsonville bowlers will be ruing the fact they did not perform as well in the first innings as they did in the second innings.

After bowling Johnsonville out, Taita then lost six wickets while scoring just 110 runs in its second innings.

Connor Lusty took four of these wickets at a cost of just 22 runs, while Ravinddu Tillakaratne took two wickets for 28 runs.

The Johnsonville women’s team had a much better day at Alex Moore Park on 17 February.

After restricting Collegians to 142 for the loss of five wickets, Johnsonville overtook their opponents without losing a wicket, finishing with a six to reach 147.

Anvi Verma scored 78 not out and

Young Onslow cricketer Taane Walker in celebration mode as he walks from the field after scoring 100 not out on 18 February.

Dhriti Girish scored 56 not out.

Dhriti and Anvi also took one wicket each as did Aesh Sukhu and Tori Thompson.

Karori cemented its place at the top of Cricket Wellington’s division two table with a good first innings win over Victoria University on 17 February.

Playing on their home ground of Karori Park, they bowled Victoria

out for 282.

Karori then made 293 before they were bowled out, recovering well from their day one stumps score of 55 for the loss of three wickets.

Shivang Choudary starred with the bat, almost scoring a century when he was out just two runs short of the milestone.

Three batsmen scored in the

40s – Kevin Weerasundar with 44, Liam Roche with 42 and Max Sargentina with 41.

Four Karori players were selected in the Wellington A team that took on the New Zealand Development XI at the Hutt Recreation Ground on 19 February and Alex Moore Park on 20 February – Sam French, Yash Kalsi, Liam Roche and James Hartshorn.

Comedian to debut new Plan to reduce waste show Musical comedian Troubadette will debut her new show SPACE HOLE at the 2024 New Zealand Fringe Festival.

SPACE HOLE is an hour of stand-up and song featuring tunes about bikini waxing, dismemberment, and the weird parts of the internet, while asking that age-old question: “ever feel like your bad decisions can rip apart reality?”

Troubadette is the stage name of Newlands College alumnus Rose Duxfield, a singer/ songwriter and performer with more 20 years’ experience in “musical mayhem”.

With a background in cabaret and variety performance, it took a surprisingly long time to make the transition to stand-up comedy.

“It took me a while to figure out that what I was doing was actually comedy,” Rose says.

“I had funny songs, but I didn’t really know what to do with them.”

From power ballads about cats to catchy tunes about moving on post-divorce, Rose describes her songs as “the kind of thing you wish you didn’t have stuck in your head during a staff meeting.”

As Troubadette, Rose has made a name for herself in the Ōtautahi comedy scene over the past two years, regularly performing in pro lineup shows at Good Times Comedy Club and other shows around the Canterbury region.

At Good Times’ annual awards, Troubadette has been nominated for Best Variety Act two years running and won People’s Choice in 2023.

Troubadette is bringing SPACE HOLE back to her hometown for its premiere.

What exactly is a space hole?

Troubadette performing. Photo: Michael Ellcock.

“The long answer is that it’s a metaphysical tear in the fabric of time and space created by the power of your bad decisions,” Rose says.

“The short answer? It’s a very weird metaphor.”

SPACE HOLE will be performed at the Circus Bar from 6pm on Monday 26 February to Wednesday 28 February. It is part of the New Zealand Fringe Festival and tickets are available at www.fringe.co.nz.

Wellington City Council has unanimously approved a plan to reduce waste and to move towards a circular economy in both the city and the region over the next six years.

Wellington City’s plan includes 29 actions to help reduce waste, including putting an organic kerbside collection in place and making it easier for Wellingtonians to recycle and re-sell goods instead of sending them to landfill.

The Wellington Region Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2023-2029 (WMMP) was recommended for adoption by the Wellington Region Waste Management and Minimisation Joint Committee (Joint Committee) with representatives from all councils in the region in early December.

All councils need to formally adopt the plan before it is finalised, and Wellington City Council has adopted it.

The plan sets the way the region can work together to reduce waste, Joint Committee Chair and Wellington City Councillor Iona Pannett says.

“The committee, through consultation, made a commitment to move towards a circular economy model through reducing and reusing resources.

“Landfilling is seen as a last resort for resources which can’t be reused.

“Councils have the opportunity to lead the way on this.

“While some progress has been made over the last decade, there is still much work to do.

“We have a shared responsibility to address the urgent problem of waste generation which not only affects the current health of our environment, but

also has far-reaching consequences for climate change, biodiversity, and public health,” Cr Pannett says.

This WMMP creates a pathway for everyone in the region to work together to care for resources – for less waste and a greater place through a circular economy model which allows resources to be used repeatedly rather than sent to landfill.

All eight councils in the Wellington region – Masterton, Carterton, South Wairarapa, Upper Hutt, Hutt City, Wellington, Porirua, and Kāpiti Coast – developed the plan.

Councillor Pannett says a conscious effort has been made to include a Te Ao Māori world view and discussions are beginning with mana whenua on how they can play a greater role in this important area going forward.

Regional targets in the WMMP include reducing the total amount of material going to landfill by 10% by 2027 and by 30% by 2030.

Some region-wide goals to achieve these targets include: • ensuring the availability of construction and demolition waste processing and recovery by 2026; • providing organic processing systems by 2029; and • adding five new resource recovery locations to the existing network by 2030.

The targets in the WMMP align with the Government’s Te rautaki para | Waste Strategy.

They have been spread over the six-year life of the WMMP to enable the councils to manage costs over a longer period while the necessary changes to the region are embedded to reduce waste.

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