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The Buzz
News from The Neighbourhood Connections Network groups
The “Post Lockdown 2020” edition
The Kapiti Kiwis are Flying (story on page 5 )
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In this issue
Wellington Round the Bays 2020: Dream Catchers 3
The Kapiti Kiwis are Flying 5
Movie Review - by Louis Paulin 6
Sausage Sizzling: The Fantails and Tui Networks 7
Staying Connected through lockdown: Tui Network 8
Annual Rural Games - Our Voices Network 9
The Tui Network art exhibition 11
The Fantails Honey 12
Zoom chats to Australia 14
Movie review - by Christopher Whitmore 14
Lockdown meals: The Taranaki Network 15
The Taranaki Network cooked up a storm during lockdown. 15
Honey wrap Fundraiser: The Tui Network 16
Fantails camping trip: The Fantails 17
Movie review - by Christopher Whitmore 19
It sure is great catching up again. 20
Although we had fun catching up by phone, and video call… it sure was good to come
out of the lockdown and finally catch up with each other face to face again 20
Check out what our Neighbourhood Connections groups are
doing on Facebook
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Email: community.networks@ccslt.org.nz
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Wellington Round the Bays 2020: Dream Catchers
On Sunday February 16th 2020 Regan, Stella, Jevan, John and Parth from the
Dream Catcher Network attended Wellington Round the Bays fun run/walk. They
were joined by Mandy from the Fantail Network and Alan.
Group photo before we started / Photo with Storm Troopers / 3km down!
We walked 6.5 kilometres and enjoyed Wellington's beautiful waterfront, the
selection of bands, dancers and drummers along the way. More than 13,000
people participated in this event.
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Photo with the Drummers / Friends enjoying the walk together / 5km Down! High 5's all round!
When we finished the walk we had lunch from a selection of food trucks and
relaxed on some bean bags. We then caught the bus and train back home.
We made it! Team photo at the end of our walk / Enjoying lunch on the beanbags
Some of our members highlights were:
Regan: Meeting different people
Parth: Being encouraged to walk the distance
Jevan: The hot chips at the end, eating on the bean bags.
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The Kapiti Kiwis are Flying
The Kapiti Kiwis are the latest in a growing group of networks that have
formed under the Neighbourhood Connections banner.
Here are some snaps of them having a games day in their new club rooms in
June. These games include Myth busters, Chess and Giant Jenga.
They have been very keen to get back together as the Alert Levels have
lifted.
As they get to know each other they have discovered their skills include
construction, musician, artistry, quizzing, creative writing and public
speaking.
Their facilitator Brian has specialised in making slushy iceblocks”
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Movie Review - by Louis Paulin
My favourite movie is Sister Act
Deloris was a singer
Deloris saw her boyfriend do murder so the
Police made her hide in a nuns convent.
She had to pretend to be a nun.
She looked after the nuns choir.
The choir sings much better songs
Cool songs and people come to listen.
Runtime: 96 minutes
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Sausage Sizzling: The Fantails and Tui Networks
The Fantails and The Tui Network Working together at Mega Mitre 10
The Tui Network and The Fantails came together to do a BBQ sausage sizzle at
Mega Mitre 10. Both groups worked really well together, each person knew
their role and some even took on extra responsibilities. The Fantails had a
camping trip planned so this fundraiser went towards this. We had lots of
support throughout the day from friends, families, support staff and even random
donations from the public. We witnessed some members shine in areas we had
never seen before and others naturally support one another. It was a fun day
with lots of laughs.
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Staying Connected through lockdown: Tui Network
By the Tui Network
During Lockdown we thought it was really important to stay connected with one
another. We did this through zoom meetings, text messages, video chats, phone
calls, creating artwork for ourselves and for other members in the group, writing
letters as well as setting small tasks and activities to support our well being.
Lockdown affected everyone in different ways but one thing that everyone
seemed to relate to was the importance of staying connected as a group. We all
have a greater appreciation for one another from this experience.
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Annual Rural Games - Our Voices Network
Story by Callum Freebairn. Photos by Craig Morgan -
On the 14th and 15th of
March this year the annual Rural Games were held in the
Square in Palmerston North. The Our Voices Network from Palmerston North and
the Fantails from Upper Hutt attended. I had a delicious hangi with chicken, pork,
potato, pumpkin, kumara and stuffing. The weather was excellent. Approx. 200
attended. All had a fun time.
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10Movie review - by Christopher Whitmore
Harry Goodman (Ryan Reynolds) goes missing. Now
years later his son Tim (Justice Smith) comes across his
father's Pokemon Pikachu ( Voiced by Ryan Reynolds
also) he and Pikachu go on a dangerous journey to
discover what did happen to his father and what they find
out is that Pikachu and Harry Goodman are the same
person ( so that means that Harry is actually Pikachu ).
Here is the link to the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bILE5BEyhdo
The rating I give this DVD is 10 out of 10
Reviewed by Chris Whitmore
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11The Tui Network art exhibition
The Tui Network had their first art exhibition. It wasn’t quite how we had
originally planned but we made the most of an unusual and unexpected situation
. We had been fortunate enough to be given an art space in Naenae town centre
thanks to the Hutt City Council. The group created some amazing work. Some
work had not been completed before the country went into lock down. Despite
this obstacle we decided to complete the art work and rather than a face to face
exhibition we would showcase it through Zoom. The group did an amazing job
talking about the art they had created. We decided that we would put the art on
the neighbourhood connections Facebook page and have an auction. It was very
exciting to see the bids happening. The money raised will go towards a trip away
next month.
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more photos of our work
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12The Fantails Honey
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13We are selling honey for a fundraiser for us to get a van and petrol to go to Taranaki for our Hui next
year. The Honey we are selling is called Multi Flora Honey New Zealand Honey Premium and it is
500gm and cost $15 each and we are doing pre order so if you would like to buy any you can get in
contact with Jenni Dale on 0273532695 to get the Fantail bank account number to place an order.
Can you please put your name and Honey as the reference so we know who has brought the Honey
and how many you have brought.
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14Zoom chats to Australia
How awesome that so many members joined in to
our chat with some new friends in Australia. It was
great to hear everyone proudly and enthusiastically
talk about what they have been doing and what
they do as a group. It was great to meet some
interesting people in Australia and find out what
they get up to.
The Tui Networks art exhibition was displayed, and
Craig's (from the Our Voices Network) movie about
his art work was also shared.
Cam (from Australia) told us about his YouTube
Channel- and Louis from the Taranaki Network
checked it out straight away- Hope you enjoyed it
Louis
Another highlight was that the Kapiti Kiwis joined us
from their first meeting since the lockdown
measures have eased. Everyone enjoyed meeting
the group.
We hope to have regular calls to our new friends in
Australia - you are most welcome to join us next
time. We might even show them our video about
the hui
Movie review - by Christopher Whitmore
When Damain Drake Senior(Timothy Dalton)
gets kidnapped by the Acme Cooperation and
Mr.Chairman (Steve Martin), it's up to Damain
(DJ) Drake Jr. ( Brendan Fraser) to team up
with Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny along with the
beautiful Kate Houghton ( Jenna Elfman) to find
the Blue Monkey ( that turns people into
monkeys) and rescue D.J's Father and also
save the world.
I give this movie a rating of 5 out of 5. This
movie is really well made and really well acted .
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15Lockdown meals: The Taranaki Network
The Taranaki Network cooked up a storm during lockdown.
Tim made some yummy cheese scones Samuel Cooking hokey pokey biscuits .
Yummy.
Samantha made this beautiful feijoa cake for
Rodney
Terrwynn stuffing a chicken for her family’s
dinner
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16Louis found a good way to chop onions with no
crying —
Chris made this cake - there are no
eggs,butter and milk in this recipe. He got it
from Chelsea Winter's website
Honey wrap Fundraiser: The Tui Network
The Tui Network have been busy bees this year coming up with fundraising ideas.
This was just one of our many fundraising events. We loved that not only did we
raise funds for social events but we are also doing our part to promote being
more environmentally friendly. We started selling honey wraps, recycle shopping
bags and stainless steel straws all to better the environment. We did this
through a New Zealand owned and operated organisation called honey wrap.
We started off well but due to COVID 19 we had to wrap up this fundraiser. We
still made a good wee profit that will contribute towards our social goals.
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17Fantails camping trip: The Fantails
One of the first things the Fantails wanted to do when they formed a group was to go on a
camping trip. Before NZ went into lockdown they managed to get to Foxton for a nights camping
before heading to Palmerston North to catch up with the Our Voices network who showed them
around.
Getting the shopping done before we hit the Lots and lots of fun on the trip up
road
First stop at RJ’s licorice in Levin Trying Foxton Fizz
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18Fun at Foxton Beach The Camping ground at Foxton
Dinner at the camping ground Visiting the Lido pool in Palmerston North.
Jesse from the Our Voices Network works
here
A Beautiful day in Palmerston North We visited Blueprint- where the Our Voices
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We got to try out the VR gear… it was pretty Craig from the Our Voices Network showed
cool us around the Rural Games
Fantastic day in Palmerston North! Firstly we went to the Lido swimming pool and met Callum from
Our Voices Network. And then we went to Rural games at the square and met Craig and Sophie.
They also took us to the Blueprint Square and we saw 3D printers and other machines, and then
experienced Virtual Reality!
Movie review - by Christopher Whitmore
Alex Rider ( Alex Pettyfer) has been trained in martial
arts by his Uncle but Alex had no idea about his Uncle
being a government secret agent . Now his Uncle has
been killed by a secret government dealer by the name
of Yassen Gregorovich ( Damain Lewis) who works for
tycoon Darius Sayle ( Mickey Rourke ) and Alex has to
go undercover to Sayle Enterprises to stop Sayle trying
to put a virius called Stormbreaker into computers
before the virius goes viral. When Alex stops him Sayle
has a back-up regenerator that he tries to get the virus
out with but Alex pulls the plug out and stops him again
but then the man who killed his Uncle kills Sayle
because Yassen's employers were embarrassed by
Sayle.
I give this DVD a rating of 10 out of 10 .
DVD Reviewed by Chris Whitmore
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20It sure is great catching up again.
Although we had fun catching up by phone, and video call… it sure was good to
come out of the lockdown and finally catch up with each other face to face again
The Our Voices Network The Starlight Souls
The Fantails
The Kapiti Kiwis
The Taranaki Network The Dream Catchers
The Tui Network
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23Would you like to find out more about
Neighbourhood Connections?
Do you think you can help in any way?
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Website: www.ccslt.org.nz/our-services/community-networks/
Email: community.networks@ccslt.org.nz
Phone or text Matt: 029 77 123 38
The Neighbourhood Connections network members and staff would like to
acknowledge the support they receive from
Community Connections Supported Living Trust
(www.ccslt.org.nz)
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