Selwyn Times: January 10, 2017

SELWYN TIMES Tuesday January 10 2017 15
News
TV star paid $15k by taxpayers
REAL HOUSEWIVES of Auckland
star Angela Stone is getting paid
taxpayer money for her styling
advice – nearly $15,000 of it.
Christchurch-based Ms Stone,
who made waves on the reality
show by gifting the other women
her book on styling, is one of three
stylists hired by the New Zealand
Defence Force to help young people
find a job.
She has been helping at Burnham
Military Camp.
It is part of the Limited Services
Volunteer programme the Defence
Force runs on behalf of the Ministry
of Social Development. Stone
is there to provide grooming and
presentation tips.
Ms Stone has done 49 of these
sessions and been paid $14.9k for
her services, Radio New Zealand
reported.
Speaking to RNZ, Ms Stone said
the sessions are very rewarding for
the participants.
“It’s competitive out there and so
I’m in the empowerment business
and I show these young men and
young women how to make the
most of themselves,” she said.
Participants, aged between 18
and 24, pay $6000 for these sessions,
which also teach reading,
numeracy and driving.
Colonel James Kaio defended
the use of Ms Stone in these sessions,
arguing that she is worth
the money.
“Since 2008 she’s been providing
what the course needs. After every
course they do a validation, for
every module we ask the students
how each module went and then
we ask our staff and obviously for
her and her delivery of her sessions
they’ve been hitting the right
mark.”
The course has a 70 per cent
employment rate from the 1500
people who take part each year.
Ms Stone does the Burnham
styling courses, while other stylists
do sessions in Auckland Wellington.
The reality star added that the
travel time it takes her to get out
to Burham is factored into her
costs.
Ms Stone charges $304 per session,
a slight discount from her
recent three-day styling course in
Parnell, where tickets were $999
per head.
COSTS: Television star
Angela Stone has been
providing grooming tips at
Burnham Military Camp.
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