Poetry Prize Presented at PaperPlus

(l to r) Rob and Kaye Clarke, Gill Ward, Sue Jamieson, Alan Tristram, Hilary Wooding

The Kapiti Independent’s first poetry prize worth some $85 has been presented at a ceremony in Coastlands PaperPlus.

Editor Alan Tristram presented $50 worth of book tokens and a ‘Book of the Month’ (from C/Lands PaperPlus) to Sue Jamieson, who was representing the winner Cherllisha Silva.

Cherllisha’s winning poem ‘The Western Link’ appeared in KIN on August 12.

The Editor says the standard of entries was high and the competition will now become a regular bi-monthly event.

KIN thanks Kaye and Rob Clarke, poets Gill Ward and Sue Jamieson, and Hilary Wooding (former KCDC councillor and Head Librarian) for their support.

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STORY OF THE WEEK

The Court of Appeal has set a date just five weeks away for hearing Kāpiti Cr David Scott’s appeal against his conviction in a sexual assault case.

Last May, Councillor Scott was found guilty of indecently assaulting a KCDC staff member after rubbing his genitals against her. H was fined $1500.

Scott, 71, was charged with indecent assault after it was alleged he thrust his genitals against the staff member at a morning tea in 2017. He pleaded not guilty.

The Appeal Court inWellington says the case is set down for Tuesday, April 9.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

The Treaty was first signed in February, 1840.

The Treaty of Waitangi is an agreement made in 1840 between representatives of the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs. It resulted in the declaration of British sovereignty over New Zealand by Lieutenant Governor William Hobson in May 1840. Most chiefs signed a Māori-language version of the treaty. The English- and Māori-language versions held different meanings, and Māori and Europeans therefore had different expectations of the treaty’s terms. Ever since, resolution of these differences has presented New Zealand with challenges.

Kāpiti and Coast Independent

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