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Wednesday October 18, 2017
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Spring rain fails to dampen school fair spirits Continued from page 1 Linkwater is half-way between Picton and Havelock on Queen Charlotte Drive, and Sarah says many people in Marlborough don’t know where it is. “It’s hard for us to believe, but there you are.” The school’s spring fair is an excellent opportunity to visit the village for the day, “have a great cup of coffee and some food and buy some plants at the fair and still have time to go on to the beach at Anakiwa”, she says. Usually, the school holds an art auction on the Saturday night of Labour weekend, followed by a ‘fun day’ and fair, but this year, the board has decided to change things around to make it easier for the school’s 20 ‘or so’ families. “We’re still having the fun day with all the old-fashioned games for children and families,” Sarah says. A massive plant sale and café will be the main fundraisers, she says. “Instead of having the art auction the night
before, which we normally have, this year we are having a meal at Outward Bound, called ‘Taste Outward Bound, with Marcel Rood’. There’ll be a bit of an auction too, but not as much art.” Tickets for the Friday dinner must be prepurchased, and can be arranged through the school office. The plants on sale at the school fair will be ‘the biggest and best array of vegetables’ in the district, Sarah says, many heirloom varieties that are hard to get anywhere else. Jim Stuart and Sue Boniface, who live in Linkwater near the school, have grown thousands of plants for sale at the school fair, despite torrential spring rains and a lack of sunlight this year. As well as vegetables, there will be natives, fruit trees, flowers, bedding plants, and herbs. “Rather than have a list of what we have, it’s easier to say what we don’t have.” • Linkwater School spring fair, Saturday October 21, 10am to 1pm.
Linkwater School board chair Sarah Lightfoot and Jim Stuart with some of the plants for the school’s spring fair.
Haka marks battles centenary By Cathie Bell Last Thursday was the 100th anniversary of the most bloodiest day in New Zealand’s modern military history, with 843 soldiers killed in a single day at Passchendaele in Belgium, and Marlborough Boys’ College students in Europe on a classics and history trip were right on the spot, marking the tragedy with heart-felt haka performances. The New Zealand Division spent a year in the conflict in Belgium, between 1917 and 1918, and 5000 young Kiwis died. October 12, 1917, at Passchendaele remains the highest one-day death toll suffered by New Zealand forces overseas. History teacher Matthew Clark, says the boys ‘did themselves and our community
proud’. “Whilst not on tour as a concert party, they wanted to perform a haka at Passchendaele. The haka they performed was full of passion and the sound of it reverberated across Tyne Cot Cemetery. “They received many compliments from those who witnessed it.” Classics teacher Peter Olliver says teachers and the 21 students found Passchendaele ‘incredibly moving’. “For many of the students, this was a highlight. “The hakas performed on several occasions had people in tears as they heard our tribute to those New Zealanders who had given their lives in service of our country.” The group arrive home late Marlborough Boys’ College students in Europe on a classics trip do a haka at Tyncot today. Cemetery to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle at Passchendele.
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