Bush Telegraph Monday 19 May 2025 by BushTelegraphTararua

Love the Left – students learning through

By Leanne Warr

Fun, fitness, and a great start to the day, say the kids from local schools taking part in a cycling to school group.

Dannevirke resident and teacher Jo Brown says it initially started a few years ago around Maharahara.

“I was doing quite a lot of cycling, like riding around Lake Taupo and stuff and there were some kids that wanted to do some triathlons.”

So she started a group cycling with the students from town, using a route from Top Grass Road and along through Te Rehunga.

After a while, that stopped and last year, during a school activity, Jo asked some of the students if they would like to cycle with her.

Jo Brown takes Dannevirke students out on bicycles on Friday mornings.

“So I started doing it again and they haven’t wanted to stop,” she says.

The group only does it on Friday mornings, starting at Kildrummie Nursery, down Tipapakuku Road and then up past the Settlers Cemetery, along High St to the Mangatera Pub around to Guy Street, Cole Street, King Street, along the shared path in Victoria Ave to Adelaide Road before going down to Taradale Road, along Rawhiti and around to Dannevirke South School, up Millers Road to Trafalgar and down to McPhee Street.

It’s a route that for some can be as long as 10km.

Jo makes a point of not doing it when the weather isn’t so good, so they’re enjoying it, and not battling such things as the wind and rain.

She also makes sure that the students learn and understand the road rules so they can negotiate roundabouts, give way intersections and stop signs, as well as riding in single file.

She has certain key phrases she calls out such as “Love the Left” and making sure the children cycle in single file, hugging the left and being safe around cars.

Jo says there are a lot of benefits to the cycling, especially in terms of learning, which will help the children later on when they start learning to drive.

The riders attend different schools around Dannevirke, which helps them build relationships with each other.

“They’re a nice little group, and they’re talking to each other,” she says.

“They’ve had that fresh air and they feel so good when they’ve had some exercise on the way to school.”

Jo adds that it’s also about managing risk and feels it’s safer because she’s riding with them.

Horizons Regional Council is also providing support with bag covers, high visibility jackets, and other road safety things which Jo is very grateful for.

“For me it’s just something I like doing and it’s a bonus if you can get some kids along and teach them a few things. It’s a great way to start the day.”

She says it also helps to build relationships with the children.

“They know you’re putting a little extra effort in and you’re doing something cool with them.”

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Briefs

Piece by piece the branches were slowly removed and taken away.

A beech tree in Main St, Pahiatua has been removed due to safety concerns.

Part of the tree fell onto the road and pedestrian pathway earlier this year and Tararua District Council had a comprehensive assessment conducted on the tree.

A council spokesperson said while the historical and environmental value of the tree was carefully considered, there was a high likelihood of additional stem failure, with likely consequences being very high.

The recommendation was to remove the tree as soon as was practicable to ensure public safety.

Tararua College had requested the remains of the tree be saved for student creative arts, which was supported by the local marae committee and Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Tamaki-nui-a-Rua.

Local elections

The local body elections are coming up and Tararua District Council is encouraging all eligible residents to enrol to vote.

These are an opportunity for residents to choose those they think will best represent them in local decision making on issues such as roads and rates.

People who are thinking about running for council, or for the local community boards need to be enrolled to stand as a candidate.

Nominations are open from 4 July until 1 August at 12 noon.

More information is at votelocal.

co.nz. Squash

Pahiatua teen Brodie Bennett has been selected to represent New Zealand at the 2025 World Junior Squash Championships in Egypt.

The championships are held each year with the world’s best players aged under-19 competing for the title of world champion.

Brodie last competed in the Trans-Tasman Junior competition in Hamilton in April, as well as the Oceania Championships.

The World Junior Squash Championships will be held from July 20 to August 1.

Letters to the Editor Library should remain where it is

There’s a rumour going around Pahiatua that the Town Hall and Library are to be sold, and everything shifted across Main Street into the Pahiatua Service Centre.

Nothing definite of course, just a money-saving proposal from the experts at Tararua District Council in Dannevirke.

If you look for anything about this in the Consultation Page of the Annual Plan, you may find it well hidden under the heading “Integration of Services”.

The Pahiatua Service Centre, formerly the Pahiatua County Council Chambers, is a fine heritage building, and was recently earthquake strengthened. However, it cannot substitute for what we have now in a fine Town Hall and Library. The space is simply too small. To enter the present library on a sunny morning is such a pleasure, and to think that anyone could consider it an unnecessary burden on ratepayers should rethink their priorities in life.

Local people must have a voice on this matter. It is not a decision to be made in Dannevirke.

PHIL AND COLLEEN COTTER, Pahiatua

New family health centre opening

By Leanne Warr

When Kelsey Brown and Sarah Henman were looking for a new challenge, they decided to take a leap into opening up their own health clinic.

Now Dannevirke Family Health is about to open.

“Sarah and I had always talked about it,” says Kelsey, who, along with Sarah, is a community nurse prescriber. They both “threw around some ideas” and approached GP Laura Andrews, asking her how she felt about it. Laura says she had previously

thought of opening a new GP practice and had discussed it with her husband.

“I found the idea a bit daunting, but when Kelsey and Sarah approached me, I was excited by their enthusiasm.”

The team, which also includes practice manager Tania Last, says they wanted more flexibility, with a focus on having their families involved.

“That’s where our name came from with Dannevirke Family Health,” Kelsey says.

“Family is a big thing for us and probably the drive to why we’re doing this.”

One of the other major ‘whys’ for the team is the desire to keep working in primary care, giving them more control over how they work and being able to focus on improving people’s health in Dannevirke and in the Tararua District as a whole.

While enrolments will be opened up to anyone who lives in the Tararua District, the team are aware there is an “unmet need” within the district, Laura says.

She notes there are patients who either have no GP or who have continued to be enrolled with practices outside the district, which isn’t ideal for some.

“That’s definitely a drive.”

They all feel that when someone is unwell, the last thing the patient wants to do is have to jump in the car and drive to the clinic they are enrolled in, for example Wellington, Napier or Palmerston North, because they can’t get into a closer practice.

Another main focus of the practice

will be ensuring that patients get a continuity of care.

While the community nurse prescribers can help with routine appointments, having a team that works closely together means that they will know their patients who can be confident they will see the same people, leading to better health outcomes.

For the long-term, Laura says they hope to one day be able to be a teaching practice, where GP registrars can come and work.

“Once they are here, they may get an experience of living in Dannevirke, working in Dannevirke and then hopefully continue to stay here.”

The practice will also be using resources such as Manage My Health, opening it up so that patients can make appointments online, as well as ordering repeat prescriptions and be able to see lab results and notes.

One of the difficulties of primary care is being able to follow up with a patient and the team want to focus on that follow up, especially in terms of chronic health conditions and management of such conditions.

The team have been blown away by the support they’ve received from the community.

“We’re just really excited. We’re a great team and we’re all excited about what’s happening.”

The practice will be holding an Open Day on May 24 from 10am, inviting members of the community in to take a look around and get to know the team.

From left: Laura Andrews (GP and Director), Kelsey Brown (Community Nurse Prescriber and Director), Sarah Henman (Community Nurse Prescriber and Director), Tania Last (Practice Manager) outside the Dannevirke Family Health centre in Denmark St.

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1.OnionBhaji

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4.TandooriChicken

Chickenspeciallymarinatedandcookedinatandoorioven

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Tenderlambmincerolled,marinatedwithspices,andcookedinatandoorioven

7.MixedPlatter

OnionBhaji,GarlicLasuniTikka,SeekhKebab,VegetablePakoras&Chutney 8.PrawnPakoras/FishPakoras

Prawn/Fishpiecesdeepfriedwithchickpeaﬂourandmildspices 9.TandooriPrawns

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12.VegetablePlatter

Samosa,OnionBhaji,VegetablePakoras,PannerPakoras+More 13.ChickenPakora/PaneerPakora

ChickenorPaneer(cottagecheese)marinatedinIndianherbs,dippedinchickpeaﬂourbatterand deepfried 14.VegetableSpringRolls

15.TandooriPlatter(non-veg)

Meatcookedinatandoorioven:chicken,lambsteak,prawnsandﬁshservedonasizzler

16.ChilliChicken/ChilliPrawns.......................................................Chicken$22.00Prawns$23.00

17.ChickenSeekhKebab

Chickenmarinatedwithherbsandroastedinatandoorioven,servedwithmintsauce

18.VegChilliMilliKabab

Potato,cashewnut,Indianspicesindeepfry

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Veg,potato,cashewnutIndianspicesindeepfryer

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Biryanis

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2.ChickenBiryani

3.LambBiryani

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Vegetarian-$19

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Lentilscookedwithchoppedonion,garlicand tomato

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Potatoesandcauliﬂowercookedinanonion gravysauce

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Potatoes,homemadecottagecheese,nuts andspicesdeepfriedandservedwithcashew creamygravy

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Wholechickpeascookedinonionandtomato gravy

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Potatoesandpeascookedinspecialonionand tomatogravy

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Mixedvegetables,creamytomatosaucewith Indiangravyspices

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Mixedvegetables,onion,capsicumandspices

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Cottagecheesecubes,onion,tomatogravyand spicesﬁnishedwithcream

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Mushroomandgreenpeaswithonion,tomato gravyandspices

16.BombayAloo

Boiledpotatoes,capsicum,tomatoes,green herbs&curry leaves

Lamb$21|Goat$22|Beef$20

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Redcurrywithbambooshoots,beans, carrot,cauliﬂower,broccoli&basilin coconutmilk

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MassamanLamb Shank$28

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Seafood-$23

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SouthIndiancurry,madewithprawnsand hotgroundspices

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Prawnscookedinamildrichcashewnut sauceandcream

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Prawnscookedwithspice,capsicum, onion,tomatoesinsweet&soursauce

11.PrawnChilli

Prawns,capsicum,onionandgarlic

Tenderlambpiecescookedwithlambminceandchef’s specialtysauce

11.LambMasala

Tenderlambcookedwithcapsicum,onionsandIndianspices withrichﬂavour

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Lambtenderlycookedincreamytomatogravy

13.LambBhuna

Tenderlamb,onion,tomatoandspices

Chicken$20

1.ChickenKorma

Bonelesspiecesofchickeninamild,richcashewnut sauceandcream

2.ButterChicken

Bonelesspiecesofchickentenderlycookedintomatobasedcreamygravy

3.ChickenTikkaMasala

Bonelesspiecesofchicken,cookedindelightfully delicateonionandspecialtastycapsicumsauce

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Bonelesspiecesofchickenwithyellowlentils,chopped spinach&onionandtomatogravy

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Roastedchickencookedwithspices,capsicum,onions andtomatoesinsweetandsoursauce

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Marinatedchicken,blackpepper,spices,cashewnuts,in coconutcream

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Lunchspecial$15 1/2xCurry,1/2xRice,1xNaan

Chef sharing his passion for Indian cuisine in Pahiatua

Thapa in the Blue Moon Restaurant. Santosh and Sandhya Thapa love the friendliness of Pahiatua.

Since they took over Red Chillies, renamed Blue Moon, the community has been nothing but welcoming.

“The people are really nice,” says Sandhya.

It’s been a good move for the couple, who have been living and working in Waipukurau – Santosh worked for Saffron Indian Restaurant for seven years.

Sandhya, who has been in New Zealand three years, was working for Oceania Healthcare at Woburn Care Centre, as a healthcare assistant.

She loved working with the residents, who she says liked to talk to the workers.

“They were so nice,” she says. “They are caring, loving and they like to talk.”

She was also working in the restaurant for a couple of hours two or three times a week.

The couple were both born in Nepal, but grew up in India.

“My parents and his parents used to work in India,” Sandhya says.

“We were brought up and raised in

India because of our parents’ jobs.”

While they are both citizens of Nepal, they both chose to stay in India to study.

Santosh has been in the hospitality industry for around 20 years, starting his career as a chef in India and at the same time studied for a degree in hotel management.

“He learned everything from India,” Sandhya says.

After a few years, he moved to South Korea, where he worked as head chef in his own restaurant for five years.

It was his passion for food and his desire to share that passion with others that brought him to New Zealand.

“[He has] the passion of a chef to give good, flavourful food to everyone,” Sandhya says.

Getting the opportunity to work at Saffron also gave him a nice platform for that passion, she says.

But after seven years, he wanted to open his own place and the couple began looking around for possibilities.

It was then they learned that the owner of Red Chillies in Pahiatua, Sujan, was trying to sell his restaurant.

“We talked to him about [Santosh’s] passion to open a restaurant.”

Sandhya says they explored Pahiatua and were told the people here were nice and that motivated them to buy the restaurant.

“The people here are very helpful,

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kind and supportive, the community is supportive.

“That’s the reason that made us open the restaurant.”

While they are Nepali, and Sandhya has been back to Nepal, she says they can only offer Indian cuisine, as that is what Santosh has been trained in.

“Professionally, we can [only] make Indian food because he is professionally trained in India.

“He can’t make Nepali dishes because he hasn’t been there.”

The couple have managed to do some exploring of New Zealand and Sandhya finds the scenery and climate very similar to Nepal.

“Nepal is also a beautiful place,” she says.

“When I first came here, I thought it looks like Nepal – the climate, the mountains [are] similar.”

Once they have a chance to settle in to Pahiatua, they do intend to do a little bit of sprucing up in the restaurant.

In the meantime, they will continue the friendly service and hospitality they love and became known for in Waipukurau.

Sandhya loves the positive feedback they’ve had since opening the restaurant.

“When they say that the food is good, that makes our hearts full.

“Hospitality is a very nice thing to do, and we like serving people.”

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Mahi toi installed at Woodville entrance to Manawatu-Tararua Highway

Witnessing unveiling of artwork

A large gathering of local iwi, along with workers from the Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatu Tararua highway project were there to witness the unveiling of an artwork.

It’s the first stage of the opening of the highway, built as a replacement to the Manawatu Gorge, which was permanently closed in 2017.

The mahi toi (artwork) stands at the Woodville entrance (eastern roundabout).

A blessing ceremony was held just before dawn last Thursday.

Karakia (incantations) were delivered to unveil the mahi toi (artwork) and mauri at the new roundabout by tohunga from Ngāti Te Koro-o-ngāwhenua/Rangitāne accompanied by karakia from tohunga of other iwi.

Thereafter, karakia were recited to bless and open the stretch of road from the roundabout to the Mangamanaia Bridge.

The mahi toi (artwork) was designed and created by Sandy Adsett.

NZTA/Waka Kotahi have yet to advise the date the highway will be open but promise early June.

The gathering to watch the mahi toi unveiled.

Some of the workers on the highway project were able to participate in the ceremony.

The mahi toi (artwork) stands in the centre of the eastern roundabout, on the Woodville end of Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatu-Tararua Highway.

Make Your Voice Count: Get Ready for the 2025 Local Elections in Tararua

The 2025 local elections are coming, and whether you’re planning to vote or thinking about standing as a candidate, now’s the time to get informed and take action

First things ﬁrst – are you enrolled to vote?

Local elections give you the chance to have a say in who represents you around the council table – the people making decisions about roads, water, parks, libraries, events, and the everyday services that aﬀect life in Tararua But you must be enrolled to vote

Head to www vote nz to check, update, or complete your enrolment It only takes a few minutes, and it’s your key to participating in one of the most direct forms of democracy we’ve got Key election dates to know:

• Friday 4 July: Candidate nominations open and the electoral roll opens for public inspection

• Friday 1 August: Nominations close at 12 noon This is also the deadline to get enrolled to receive voting papers in the post

• Wednesday 6 August: Public notice of conﬁrmed candidates

• 9 – 22 September: Voting papers delivered to enrolled voters

• Tuesday 7 October: Last day to post your vote to make sure it arrives on time

• Saturday 11 October: Election Day Voting closes at 12 noon sharp

Thinking of standing for Council?

If you’re passionate about your community and want to help shape Tararua’s future, consider standing as a candidate Tararua District Council is producing two key documents to support potential candidates:

• The Candidate Handbook will outline the nomination process, eligibility, expectations of elected members, and what support is available

• The Pre-Election Report gives an overview of Council’s ﬁnancial position, major projects, and key issues facing the district It’s designed to support open, fact-based discussion ahead of the election Both documents will be made available on the Council website in the lead-up to the nomination period

In the meantime, Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ ) has released a Candidate Guide, a useful resource for anyone considering standing: https:// www.lgnz.co.nz/ local-government-in-nz/ localelections-and-voting /candidates-guidance/ Every voice matters

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Waka Dairies wins Responsible Dairying Award

By Leanne Warr

Waka Dairies has done it again, this time winning the Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award at the 2025 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.

Managing Director Michael Phillips says it was great to receive the award at the evening held in Tauranga last weekend.

In March, Waka Dairies won several awards at the Ballance Farm Environment Awards – Horizons Region, although they missed out on the Supreme Award.

While the family-owned farm has been going in the Dannevirke area since 1905, the last few years have been spent dealing with various environmental and regulatory challenges.

Michael says they are now getting to the point of doing a succession plan and he has had to articulate to the board, as well as his parents, the strategic direction he wants to take the farm in, which is to be a leading producer.

There is more environmental pressure as well, not just in terms of nitrate leaching but greenhouse gases.

He says they have moved from a phase of deforestation and growing pasture into a kind of dairy growth phase.

“Now we’ve kind of passed the point of the dairy growth in terms of volume and now it’s a matter of dealing with the challenges that we’ve brought to the land, which is intensive farming.

“Intensive farming has a place, for sure, but we need to manage better the challenges that are in front of us in terms of loading nutrients, dealing with greenhouse gases and so on.”

Michael says they are always looking to do better in that space.

“That’s why we always push ourselves for it.

He says it’s also around identifying revenue streams so there is revenue available for farmers who are farming at the pinnacle of environmental standards.

“One of those things is just to keep a baseline of our products into customers, that’s kind of a baseline that our customers are expecting.

“But also in terms of greenhouse gases specifically, there is customer-unlocked value from Fonterra that can come to the farm gate to us if we’re achieving certain merits within the business environmentally.”

In terms of the Responsible Dairying Award, Michael says one way Waka Dairies frames responsible

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dairying is in the need for a “repeatable, consistent and resilient farming business” across all the areas they work in.

He says with the strategy to be a leading dairy producer, they focus on five different areas: food, natural capital, then skills, culture and energy.

“That’s our current direction going forwards to deal with the challenges and opportunities that we see in front of us.”

For the moment, they are still going through the formal process of succeeding the business from one generation to the other, which is one workload.

“The other workload is just to continue on the journey that we’re on,” Michael says.

“What that specifically means is trying to better our position to bring our fat and protein corrected milk specifically, our footprint down from 1000 to 600, which means that we can access the full customer-unlocked value chain which is about $0.25kg milk solids.”

He adds that now they’ve got a good base to their farming system, they’re looking to increase their numbers back up to 800 cows without undermining the fundamentals of their fiscal and environmental policies.

Waka Dairies are now looking to add to their team with a dairy professional to keep them moving forward. They now have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile. php?id=61572851106747.

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Full houses deserved for Last Of The Summer Wine

A Review by Dave Murdoch

With tickets so scarce that some disappointed punters had to come to a mid-season rehearsal so as not to miss out, this speaks volumes for the reception of the Dannevirke public to the Dannevirke Theatre Company’s latest production of Last of the Summer Wine in the Fountain Theatre.

Director Gerard McKay and Assistant Director Tracey Sinclair put together an excellent cast to perform the production which had its challenges – the script being very wordy for the actors, the content of the plot(s) having to be carefully managed and the momentum maintained. They succeeded!

On the face of it, Foggy’s wish to have a social outing at his friend Clegg’s house with an already engaged lady of his desires (Constance) would not seem too difficult but add a scruffy mate (Compo) and Contance’s fiance Gifford, her good friend Nora Batty plus a flasher selling an unusual device and the play quickly becomes highly complicated especially in the second act after Foggy gets more than he bargained for.

The cast has a great mix of experienced actors Peter Sinclair as Foggy maintaining his decorum typical of an ex-army soldier until early in the second half under the influence, Dave Smith as a patient friend Clegg doing his very best to placate matters so all would end well, Kirsten Selfe as Nora forcibly doing her

best to match-make, Mark Holdaway vigorously playing his roles as a police flasher catcher and an indignant fiancé and Vicki Milham as Constance being fairly innocent as the proceedings move forward but boy does she get a shock!

The two newbies on stage play pivotal roles, Ron Wallace as Compo maintaining his part brilliantly as Foggy’s disreputable friend in both voice and mannerisms but with a wish to help out as best he can and Peter Feierabend also doing his best to justify his advertising of his leg measure as the flasher.

In the second half it all comes together in a very busy sequence of interactions which had the audience constantly chortling and laughing outright.

The set is designed to allow frequent entries from the wings and sound from off stage which makes the actions flow. It is almost constant mayhem at times.

This is helped by an absence of costume changes the wardrobe doing to great lengths to create instantly recognisably characters from the original series. Only the flasher in his double coat and electrics was specially made by those busy ladies.

In the end Foggy gets out of his marital commitment but it costs him!

This show was a great one to start the new season. Coming up is something completely different – a musical called Tick Tick Boom which is already in rehearsal.

The cast receives its well-earned final curtain applause.

Acting Constable Bewmont causes a laugh when he tangles with his own bugle.

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Death

RHODES, Anthony Paul (Tony). Of Dannevirke, age 73, passed away peacefully on his terms surrounded by family on Saturday 10th May 2025.

Loved husband of the late Marion (nee Illsley). Much loved father and father in law of Karen and Jeff, Anna and Torrin, Jenny and Dave. Treasured Grandad to Thomas, Fletcher and Cooper. Brother and brother in law of Elizabeth (Liz) and Stu. As per Tony’s wishes a private cremation and service has been held. Thanks to those who visited Tony and shared memories and stories. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Tararua Men’s Cancer Support Group would be appreciated and can be sent via Tararua REAP, PO Box 18, Dannevirke. Any correspondence to Tararua Funerals Ltd, Dannevirke.

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Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Hari Maya Hospitality Ltd, 1 Tyndall Street, Pahiatua 4910, has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Dannevirke for the issue of an on licence, in respect of the premises situated at 92 Main Street, Pahiatua, known as The Bluemoon Authentic Cuisine. The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is a Restaurant and Takeaways. The days on which, and the hours during which alcohol is intended to be sold under the licence are Monday to Sunday 11am to 10pm. The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Tararua District Licensing Committee at the Dannevirke Service Centre, 26 Gordon Street, Dannevirke.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 25 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at Tararua District Council, PO Box 115, Dannevirke 4942. No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 105 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. This is the first publication of this notice.

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TAKENOTICEthatTararuaDistrictCouncilintendsto exerciseitsstatutorypowersconferredbys.77ofthe LocalGovernment(Rating)Act2002inrespectoftheland describedbelow.

1.ApplytotheDistrictCourtonemonthafterthedate ofthisnoticeforanorderdeclaringthelandtobe abandoned,and

2.ToauthoriseTararuaDistrictCounciltosellorlease theland–

BecausetherateshavenotbeenpaidtoTararua DistrictCouncilforthree(3)yearsandtheratepayer oftheland:

(a)isunknown,or

(b)cannotbefoundafterdueinquiryandhasno knownNewZealandagent,or

(c)isdeceasedandhasnopersonalrepresentative, or

(d)hasgivennoticetotheTararuaDistrictCouncil ofhisorherintentiontoabandonthelandorhas abandonedtheland.

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Review: ‘A Police

Lineup’

The life of a policeman can have its ups and downs, its moments of lightheartedness and moments of tragedy.

Max Sutherland has written a memoir full of those moments, from the time someone reported seeing what could have been a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) to being on part of the team investigating a famous homicide.

He joined in January 1970, spending 20 years in New Zealand police, following in the footsteps of a great-great-grandfather, grandfather

and father and it appears to have been somewhat of a family tradition as a brother and some other family members also went on to join.

He writes of growing up in Rotorua and in Auckland and his father’s own experiences as a police officer, including incidents involving a local gang chapter.

Max speaks from the heart, and with complete honesty about the people he worked with – some good and some not so good, sometimes with humour, and at times with heartfelt emotion.

There are some cases he writes about that would have made for great stories to tell at work dos and others that show that sometimes the role of a policeman is not easy. Especially when it’s a tragic incident involving one of your own colleagues.

We tend to think of police as somewhat removed from such things, but in many ways, it’s actually the opposite. From Max’s accounts of his time in the police, there are things that still affect him to this day.

As he notes in the final paragraph of his memoir: “As for life in the police, it brought me into contact with so many people, good and bad, and the devastation that life can deal out. In that sense, it was a wonderfully rich career focused on what it means to be a human being.”

Tararua District Council Chief Executive steps down

Tararua District Council chief executive Bryan Nicholson is stepping down after nearly five years in the job.

He will be leaving in August to take on the role of General Manager for King Island council in Tasmania.

“It will be a new challenge for me in a completely different environment, one that I know my role with Tararua District Council has prepared me well for.”

Bryan says the council is in a far

stronger position than it was five years ago after facing hurdles including Covid and Cyclone Gabrielle.

“Within the Council, we have developed forward-thinking strategies to plan for the future, gained a deeper understanding of our assets, and built a cohesive, hardworking team dedicated to serving our community.”

The council will discuss plans for the recruitment of a new chief executive at its May meeting.

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Dannevirke junior rugby starts season at Rugby Park

By Dave Murdoch

It was a big weekend for winter junior sport in Tararua District as major sports kicked off the season.

Rugby, football and hockey started last weekend, and netball started a week before.

Hockey probably wished they had started early too as Friday evening was very wet but numbers were good – they are a tough lot! Saturday’s weather was much im-

proved and the venues were a kaleidoscope of colour as all sports report massive increases in recruitment.

Rugby chose Rugby Park as its venue with four games played between 9am and 11am, two visiting teams adding to the six local teams.

Dannevirke has 13 teams but the four rippers teams played on Thursday evening from 4pm with a huge turnout of players, parents and grandparents.

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Rippers get the name because each player has a strip of cloth attached to the shorts on both sides and a tackle is when one is ripped off. It is harder than it looks but it saves body contacts for these under 5-6s.

Progressively as the age increases more elements of rugby are added, the Under-8s in bare feet and tackle, the under nines and up scrums (mostly uncontested) and lineouts and boots.

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One Under-11 and the Under-12s and Under-13s travelled on Saturday to Hawke’s Bay for grading matches while the Under-11 Gladiators played Waipawa on Dannevirke No 1, winning comfortably.

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Dannevirke Raiders Under Year 8’s action looks pretty good given the raiders come from three schools Ruahine, South and Norsewood but Puketoi was pretty tough too.

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