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Golden Bay in lockdown

Lockdown: With the exception of essential services Takaka’s CBD was effectively closed from last Wednesday morning. Photo: Jo Richards.

JO RICHARDS

What a difference a day makes. Last Tuesday lunchtime, Takaka’s Commercial Street was open for business and doing steady trade. Less than 24 hours later, with the whole country locked down at Covid-19 Alert Level 4, the road and pavements were all but deserted.

With the exception of essential services including the pharmacy, a rural store, a hardware retailer, and two petrol stations, the CBD was effectively closed. Around the Bay it was a similar story with schools and businesses going into forced hibernation.

The busiest place in Takaka, by far, was FreshChoice supermarket where a few dozen cars were parked up. Just outside the supermarket’s main entrance, maskedup FreshChoice employee Ian Betts was explaining to a small group of shoppers that they would have to wait until a customer exited the store before anyone else was allowed in.

Despite the delay, no-one appeared unduly concerned about the new rule.

Just outside of town Golden Bay Community Health (GBCH) had also instigated strict new

protocols. Visitors were being directed to the external window of the reception area before being allowed to enter the building. Opposite the main building two health workers were getting ready to receive the first wave of patients who had booked drive-through Covid tests. Clad in full PPE including plastic overalls, face shield and mask, the medical staff took swabs from patients who remained seated in their vehicles.

General manager of GBCH Linzi Birmingham revealed that, by Tuesday afternoon, 52 people had been tested and urged anyone concerned they may be infected to get in touch. “If people are unwell and have respiratory symptoms, ring to book in for a Covid test.”

Growing concern about the latest outbreak of the Delta variant may be one of the reasons why Bay residents appear eager to be vaccinated. The latest figures from Nelson Marlborough District Health Board show that, up to Tuesday, Golden Bay clinics have administered a total 2,728 doses of which 927 are second doses.

Linzi says she is pleased with the local rollout,

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even at Alert Level 4. “Covid vaccinations continue to go well in Golden Bay, 371 people received their first or second dose on Sunday.”

And it’s not just the older generations lining up for the jab. “Included in that number, we are starting to see the younger age group, 12 to 15, who are able to attend with their parents.”

As Golden Bay is classed as a rural area, anyone 12 years and over can receive a Covid vaccination, but Linzi suggests that, rather than just turn up with the kids, parents go through the regular procedure. “Being a satellite clinic, we ask that parents book their 12- to15-year-olds in so we know how many vaccines are needed.”

Taking an overall view of the situation Emergency Management Golden Bay (EMGB) local controller Sara Chapman said her team was in regular contact with regional HQ. “At this time, we are in daily phone conferences with Nelson Tasman EM.” She explained the organisation’s main purpose during lockdown. “The focus is safeguarding essential services and staying...

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JO RICHARDS

Tasman District Council (TDC) is adamant that consultation with the community remains an essential part of an informed decision-making process regarding its involvement in the Government’s Three Waters Reforms.

The issue of public consultation on this controversial issue was discussed at this month’s meeting of the Golden Bay Community Board (GBW 13/8), at which the following resolution was drafted: “That the Golden Bay Community Board requests the Tasman District Council undertake public consultation from Tasman District residents prior to making any decision to opt in or out of the Three Waters proposal.”

Tasman District mayor Tim King explained that Council is still working to gain a clear understanding on what the proposed reforms will mean for Tasman, based on the information provided by the Government to date.

At this stage, Council has agreed to continue engagement with the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) to assess its options.

More information is coming: A report was presented to Council on 12 August with a second report due next month.

Tim anticipates the reforms would have significant implications for TDC and the community, not only about who provides the services, but also what local input or influence will drive future investment decisions and costs. And he believes a number of questions still needed to be addressed before worthwhile feedback can be provided to Government. These included clarification of standards to be set and enforced by Taumata Arowai, central government’s new drinking water regulator.

“It’s important that we make a fullyinformed decision as to whether we will remain in or opt out of the proposed reforms, should that choice be available,” said Tim. Based on feedback received so far, Tim pointed out that TDC shared a number of concerns with the community, particularly around potential loss of asset ownership, decisions that will be made outside the region without local knowledge, and whether the forecast efficiencies and costsavings will be realised.

“To ensure we are advocating strongly for the Tasman community’s best interest, there needs to be an opportunity to sufficiently engage with residents and seek feedback on how the reforms may affect them,” said Tim. “As things stand currently, any decision of this significance needs to undergo a...

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Golden Bay Community Health (GBCH) instigated strict new protocols for visitors. Photo: Jo Richards.

Continued from page 1 ...alert to welfare needs and those who are vulnerable.”

Sara noted that compliance with lockdown rules was very good with Police maintaining a visible presence as “the eyes and ears” of the community. “Most people are following the government guidelines for Level 4 lockdown by staying in

their bubbles,” said Sara. “So the streets are quiet, and masks are being worn when visiting essential services.”

At the time of going to press, there is still uncertainty around whether the Government will ease lockdown restrictions today, but we may be saying once again what a difference a day makes.

The Wage Subsidy is intended to contribute towards wages over a two-week period at a weekly rate of $600 for each full-time employee, and $359 for each parttime employee. To qualify, businesses must be able to demonstrate that they have experienced at least a 40 per cent decline in revenue over the period 17-30 August compared with a typical fortnight, and that decline must be due solely to the Alert Level change.

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The RSP is a payment to help support viable and ongoing businesses affected by an Alert Level increase to Level 2 or higher. Any business that has experienced at least a 30 per cent drop in revenue over a seven-day period due to an Alert Level increase, may be eligible for the payment.

Current payments are made up of a $1,500 flat rate plus $400 per full-time equivalent employee (FTE), up to a maximum of 50 FTEs.

Leave Support Scheme

This scheme is designed help employers pay staff who need to self-isolate and are unable to work from home.

Payments are calculated at the same rates as the Wage Subsidy.

Short-Term Absence Payment

The scheme is to help businesses pay workers who cannot work from home while they wait for a Covid-19 test result.

There is a one-off payment of $359 for each eligible worker, but only one application for each eligible worker is allowed in any 30-day period, unless a health official or doctor instructs the worker to have an additional test.

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Testing times: A member of GBCH medical staff takes a swab at the community’s drive-through testing station. Photo: Jo Richards.

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THREE WATERS CONSULTATION

It’s hard to argue against the message, but there is widespread concern about the Government’s Three Waters Reform.

FreshChoice employee Ian Betts stands outside the store to ensure customers’ safety while shopping. Photo: Jo Richards.

JO RICHARDS

Owner/operator of FreshChoice Takaka Roger Tait believes protocols adopted during last year’s lockdown helped the store become Covid compliant very quickly when the country recently moved to Alert Level 4. “We were as ready as we could be. We had everything in place,” says Roger.

But he notes there are differences this time around. “The biggest thing is the wearing of masks.”

To remove any ambiguity, and to ensure the safety of shoppers and staff, Roger says management took the decision to make masks compulsory. “It’s no mask, no entry.” For those who can’t, or choose not to, mask-up, Roger points out there are alternatives. “You can go online or get family or friends to do the shopping for you.”

Supermarket customers must also sign-in or scan using the Covid Tracer app, a measure made compulsory by the Government. Roger has been surprised by the number of people signing in using the paper-based register. “Around 50 per cent of people aren’t using phones.”

The implementation of protection measures means grocery shopping has changed a bit. “It’s slower at the checkouts because we can only open every other checkout,” explains Roger. “When queues start to form at the checkouts, we stop

people entering the store; then it’s one in, one out.”

Unsurprisingly, more customers are choosing to shop online.

“It’s gone berserk, and we’re struggling to cope with it,” says Roger. “If people can come in and shop, then please do so.”

Fortunately, shoppers have generally remained levelheaded, apart from a minor surge in demand early on in lockdown. “Most people have responded well,” he says. “It’s been really good.”

Apart from the usual suspects – toilet roll, cat food and tinned goods – the shelves have remained well stocked, according to Roger, who explains that it’s the logistical challenge, rather than a shortage of food, which is causing the major headache. “Our biggest problem is getting enough stock out of the Christchurch warehouse. There’s a limit on all stores, so we’re making sure we get the essentials. We’re also getting as much as we can direct from suppliers.”

Looking ahead to today’s announcement from the Government about a possible easing of lockdown, Roger says unless it drops to Alert Level 2, the in-store protocols will essentially remain in place. “Going to Level 3 doesn’t really change a lot for us; it will basically be the same.”

In the meantime Roger urges customers to resist panic buying. “If everyone shops normally, we’ll be fine.”

Continued from page 1 ...full public consultation process – the short timeframe in which feedback is required means any process needs to be completed by the end of this year.”

In the meantime, he urged Tasman residents to submit feedback to the DIA and central government directly.

For more information, go to: https://threewaters.govt.nz/

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NATURE DIARY

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Most commonly associated with farmland, the paradise duck or putangitangi, was named by Maori because of their plaintive calls, tangi being a lamentation for the dead. Only found in New Zealand this bird is one of a group called shelducks, an intermediate between a duck and a goose.

Both the male and female have striking plumage, the female perhaps more eye-catching with its pure white head.

Primarily herbivorous, the paradise duck has benefited from large scale conversion of our landscape from forest to pasture, feeding on grass, clover and small invertebrates.

Pairing up around March or April, the pair stay together until December, during which time they raise one clutch of eggs.

Once the breeding season is over, they flock up into what is called a “moulting flock” usually at a traditional site. Here they lose their flight feathers simultaneously, going through a period of three to four weeks when they are unable to fly.

Putangitangi was a traditional food source for Maori.

They would take them during the annual moult when they were flightless and fat, rounding them up in canoes on open water and driving them to land.

During the duck hunting season paradise ducks are legal game. Around 200,000 a year are shot out of a total population of around 700,000. With this intensive harvest, the average life expectancy of a paradise duck is only around two-and-a-half years. One individual has been recorded as having a life span of 23 years, clearly managing to evade bullets many times.

Downstream view of the Waimea Dam, 5 August 2021. Construction work resumed on Monday under Alert Level 4. Photo: Supplied.

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Last Sunday, Waimea Water Ltd (WWL) CEO Mike Scott revealed that the Government had authorised the construction of the Waimea Dam to resume during Alert Level 4.

On Monday afternoon, work recommenced on site in accordance with Alert Level 4 operational rules. “These protocols are an enhancement to those under Level 3, which we have operated under before, and similar to those used by other industries, such as the horticulture industry and packhouses during Level 4,” said Mike.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) approved the project to recommence under Covid-19 Public Health Response legislation, which allows building, construction and maintenance of “nationally important infrastructure” to proceed under Alert Level 4.

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Mike explained that it was crucial to continue with the build.

“This approval to move ahead is good news for the project, as we are at a critical stage of construction that requires progress to manage risk. We are in a period during construction when there is limited capacity for flood passage and water is impounded if floods occur. Risk reduces with height and progress, and our activities during Level 4 are directed to lowering this risk.”

The key priority, however, remains the protection of the workforce. “WWL oversees our contractors to ensure their systems and performance meets WWL’s requirements and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015,” said Mike. “Similarly, we will ensure compliance with the Level 4 Covid-19 control plan.

Health and safety of the construction team and community is paramount.”

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LE T TERS Three Waters Project

The deliberations in Celia Butler’s recent Council Matters column (GBW 11/8) may well relate to effects on council and ratepayer finances, however they fail to address what is the most significant change to local body affairs since the council reorganisation of the 1980s. This Three Waters project actually represents a planned massive centralisation of power with the seizure of community-owned assets and the erosion of local democracy.

The plan is revealed in He Puapua – the bueprint devised in 2019 under the guise of enacting the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that is planned to deliver tribal rule by 2040.

Jacinda Ardern received He Puapua in late 2019 prior to the last election but kept it so well hidden that even Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters knew nothing about it even as He Puapua policies were being enacted by stealth.

If Three Waters is enabled, control of all the water in NZ will be in the hands of four new massive bureaucracies with one encompassing the South Island and where 50 per cent of the governorship of water will be the hands of iwi enterprise appointments fulfilling what has been the goal of radical iwi groups for decades, by similar stealth.

This deceitful erosion of what we understand to be democracy is the more significant in my view.

Dick Lamb

Military industrial complex

As we withdraw from yet another horrific and largely futile war zone, leaving untold tragedies and broken souls in every country that took part, let’s hope we will never again accept the idea that we “need” war.

Fear has been a huge motivator for recent wars like Afghanistan, Vietnam and Iraq, but the winners are the greedy military industrial complex investors who created a missive money machine after the second world war. My friends who “served” in the Vietnam war share the sad, soul destroying reality of their experiences that they still suffer from today.

Incidentally the “defence“ industry is exempt from the climate change strategies although it is estimated to cause 30 per cent of toxic pollution.

Peace and aroha.

Victoria Davis

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It’s Tuesday before noon and I’m sitting on the beach in Patons Rock with my doggies and world-class scenery and there’s no one around. This is very upsetting to me because it suggests that so many people feel like they need to stay inside in lockdown when in reality being out in the nature has so many more benefits.

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Muriel Newman is a former MP who runs the New Zealand Centre for Political Research public policy think tank and Breaking Views blog: www.nzcpr.com Following is a suggested letter that can be copied and modified for sending to councils expressing concern about the Government’s Three Waters proposal and calling for proper community consultation.

Don’t forget that more details about the Three Waters Campaign can be found here: www.nzcpr.com/3waters Council email addresses can be found at www.nzcpr.com/local-government-directory/ Dear XXX I am writing with respect to the Government’s Three Waters proposal. As I am sure you would agree, it is perhaps the most significant decision affecting ratepayers since the amalgamation of councils in 1989.

The Local Government Act requires councils to consult with their communities over any plans to transfer water services, and a strategic asset like water requires the highest level of consultation.

I therefore respectfully request that a full consultation process be undertaken by the Council to not only ensure ratepayers are properly informed about the consequences of central Government taking essential council-owned water services without compensation, but are also able to have a say on whether to accept or reject the Government’s proposal.

While the Government has made the claim that the assets will remain in Council ownership, this is simply not true. Once the assets have been passed to new water entities, control will be passed over to an unelected board, and lost to local ratepayers for ever.

The proposed Three Water Authorities will be huge bureaucracies, and while the Government talks about economies of scale, experience shows almost without exception, that the bigger the bureaucracy the greater the inefficiency.

The proposed Governing body is to be a “partnership” between iwi and councils. Half of the positions on the decision-making board will be appointed by iwi and the other half by all of the councils in the region. The result is smaller councils will have virtually no say at all.

Since decisions of these governing authorities will require a 75 percent majority, in effect, that means the total control of water will be passed to unelected and unaccountable private iwi corporations.

Why are iwi being given the power to control our water?

That has not been explained by central Government, yet it is a core part of these reforms.

I would respectfully suggest that you should refuse to join the Three Waters scheme until you have received clarification on the role of iwi.

The infantile advertising campaign being run by central Government that denigrates the reputation of local council water management, and the instructions by the Government for councils not to consult with their communities over Three Waters, indicates the politicians are walking all over councils and treating them like fools.

Again, with respect, our council needs to stand up for ratepayers to protect the assets that we ratepayers have paid for over many years.

At the very least, a referendum should be held so ratepayers are fully involved in the decision about the assets that their families have paid for.

Yours faithfully…

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DOWN TO EARTH: Growing polycultures SOL MORGAN

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Growing crops in rows or blocks is easy to organise, but there is a better way in terms of health and yields.

Growing a single crop is a form of monoculture, and provides opportunities fo r p e s t s a n d d i s e a s e s to proliferate. Natural ecosystems are biodiverse, and create stable, balanced systems. Agriculture adopts this diversity concept with methods like intercropping, companion planting, and in permaculture.

Polyculture has traditionally been the most prevalent form of agriculture.

An estimated 15 to 20 per cent of the world’s agriculture relies on traditional polyculture systems. One polyculture term is a “guild”, or combination of crops that benefit each other.

They do this by using half of the sugars gained through photosynthesis to trade for nutrients with microbes through root exudates.

The well-known example of historic polyculture is the intercropping of corn, beans, and pumpkin plants, often referred to as “the three sisters”. The corn provides a structure for the beans to grow on. The bean provides nitrogen for all of the plants, while the pumpkin suppresses weeds on the ground.

There are different polyculture guilds for your garden, and they take into consideration crop spacing and successions. For example: main crop zucchini, tomatoes spaced alternately at a metre down the centre of the bed with rainbow chard, celery and cabbage in gaps between at 45-centimetre spacings,

Cavolo Nero kale grown with dwarf beans and marigolds last season. Photo: Sol Morgan.

interspersed with dwarf beans. Beside main crops, grow a mixture of fast-growing radish, lettuce, mizuna, spinach, and rocket. On the edges sow a mix of carrots, spring onions and beetroot. Annual flowers like alyssum, calendula, borage, marigold and herbs marjoram, basil and parsley complete the guild.

The fast-growing crops are picked before the main crops fill out. During summer, shadeloving crops like spinach, brassicas (for winter) and coriander can be sown or planted in the shade of larger main crops as a succession.

Elliot Cleland of the Sustainable Living Centre, through the Seedling Club, offers spring packs with guild designs and is happy to share his knowledge.

Planting in this bio-intensive way reduces the need to weed. Diversity reduces pest issues

through confusion, and the addition of flowers encourages beneficial insects, reducing the need for pesticides. Plant health is enhanced as each crop requires different nutrients and also supports each other with the help of mycorrhizal fungi, etc. Yield in a polyculture can outcrop a monoculture if managed well.

Harvest regularly to make space for growing plants. Watering is minimised as the soil is covered or shaded, as is soil erosion.

However, intensively planting does require good soil fertility, with additional minerals and compost. Regular liquid fertilising provides missing nutrients.

Climate change and water pollution are forcing more sustainable growing methods back into popularity worldwide as food producers seek to reduce their environmental and health impacts.

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Vegetable care Check garden plan to prioritise tasks.

Harvest asparagus.

Turn in green manures or lawn for October planting.

Surface-hoe beds to flush weeds before sowing roots like carrots.

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Prepare beds for onions. Plant. Weed/mulch garlic.

Stake broad beans and set stakes for climbing beans, cucumbers and tomatoes.

Check for vegetable bugs, slugs and snails. Feed to chooks, ducks or friendly thrushes.

Hothouse: Sow main crops in punnets or trays. Ideally, use warmer rainwater and avoid overwatering. Improve warmth by cleaning and/or making compost. Plant tomatoes, eggplants and capsicum in rich beds.

For transplanting: All seeds 2 or 19 September. Spring onions and leafy greens (silverbeet, summer spinach, lettuce, endive, cabbages) (also 4, 12-13 Sept). Tomatoes, eggplants and peppers, melons and early zucchini, cucumber and pumpkins (also 5-6 and 15 Sept). Broccoli, cauliflower and flowers, eg zinnia (also 2 and 29-30 Sept).

Sow direct: All seeds 2 or 19 September. Mesclun salad, onions and spring onions (also 16 and 26 Sept). Peas and French beans (cover)(also 5-6 and 15 Sept). Carrots, beetroot, kohlrabi, turnip and swede (also 20-22 Sept). Flowers eg alyssum (also 2 and 29-30 Sept).

Plant: Best 1 and 16-28 September. Onions, salad greens, silverbeet, spinach, brassicas and early potatoes. Flowers, eg dahlias.

Herb care Weed herb beds thoroughly and feed.

Divide and plant perennials, eg chives.

Sow hardy herbs like parsley and coriander in trays.

Fruit care Graft fruit trees onto suitable rootstock early in the month.

Plant subtropicals like citrus and feijoas. Protect from frost and wind.

Harvest citrus and late tamarillos.

Divide rhubarb and globe artichoke offsets.

Plant new strawberry plants. Replace two-year-old plants.

Compost and mulch.

Put out pheromone traps to catch male codlin moths.

Mulch orchard, especially subtropicals and stonefruits.

Sow orchard herbal ley and beneficial insect mixes.

Foliar feed fruits with seaweed.

Spray copper oxychloride or lime sulphur (not together) on disease-prone fruits.

Spray citrus with all-purpose oil or neem for scale insect or aphid.

General garden care Take soft-tip cuttings from herbaceous perennials.

Resow lawn. Lime existing lawns.

Prune trees, hedges and shrubs after flowering. Chip branches.

Set up drums for liquid fertiliser.

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Daffodil Day fundraising continues ANITA PETERS

“Cancer doesn’t stop, so we won’t either” is the tagline for Daffodil Day 2021. But this year, the recent Covid outbreak has forced the Cancer Society to cancel the Daffodil Day street appeal scheduled for 27 August.

This is a major blow for organisers, yet Sharon McConnon, from Golden Bay First National Real Estate, is determined to continue the fundraising efforts she has headed locally for the past 10 years.

“Over the next couple of weeks I will still try and put it together and make it happen.”

Daffodil Day is the main source of funding for support ser vices, education and awareness programmes, and also for vital ongoing cancer research. As a non-profit organisation, The Cancer Society is completely reliant on donations, fundraising events, bequests and the funds raised from its national Daffodil Day campaign to help increase awareness of cancer and provide essential services to our communities.

With the backing of ANZ, its principal sponsor since 1990, it raises around a million dollars each year.

The daffodil symbolises hope for the one in three New Zealanders and their families

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The Daffodil Day street appeal will be missed this year but fundraising continues. Photo: Supplied.

affected by cancer, and more than 25,000 people are diagnosed every year.

Services available to all people suffering from cancer include information, transport to hospital appointments, accommodation during treatment, the Cancer helpline, school Sunsmart and Smokefree programmes, counselling and research.

The Cancer Society says that during lockdown, while they continue with phone services, demand on all their services goes up and they need the support of the public more than ever.

Meantime, the traditional Motupipi School Daffodil Day gala has been postponed. This

small school takes huge pride in this event, largely organised and run by the students themselves, intent on exercising the school motto: “Making a Difference”. Each year, budding entrepreneurs work for many weeks to prepare for the day of trading. They create small businesses specifically to raise funds for the Cancer Society.

“We don’t have a day lined up, but will definitely be going ahead with Daffodil Day once we are back in level 1,” says principal Lisa Malones.

Please donate generously at any of the following: www.anz.co.nz/donate, www. daffodilday.org.nz, www.cancernelson.org.nz

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Spring is coming and there’s a new, easy way to grow your own healthy veggies.

Sustainable Living Centre gardens manager Elliot Cleland has introduced the idea of The Seedling Club to Golden Bay, where people can pre-buy their own seedlings, and he’ll grow them using regenerative organic practices.

“I’m excited to offer these packs as they are a simple way to build healthy soil in your garden at home and healthy soil means healthy food, means healthy humans,” he says.

Elliot discovered the idea working successfully in other community gardens around New Zealand such as OMG in Auckland and Kai Cycle in Wellington.

Each seedling pack contains 18 or more different plants, including flowers, that are treated with beneficial biology.

Each pack comes with a planting plan called a polycrop guild aimed at increasing soil health through diversity.

A classic and ancient polycropping system is the indigenous American guild known as “Three Sisters”, combining corn, beans, and pumpkins/squash, often with a fourth sister, the sunflower.

There are three packs available: small for $20, medium for $40 or large for $80. Small packs include tomatoes and cucumber. Medium packs also include zucchini, and large packs include pumpkin and squash.

To prepay and order, phone Elliot 028 4265 5938 or email slcgardenmanager@gmail.com. See advert on page six.

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What did we do in lockdown ? Mostly the same as what we did for those far-away four weeks last lockdown.

Farming and family time in a bubble of six. On day one the girls went back to the place and activity that kept them busy, entertained and earning funds last time: raking, shovelling, bagging and stacking sheep “pellets” under the woolshed.

It’s not the tidiest job but the pile under the shed needs to be cleaned out. The product is good to sell for gardens and the job can be made fun with a friend, music and a target for each day. Please see the ad in “For Sale”.

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Vaccination clinics are being held in our Rec Centre in the Bay and in medical venues all over New Zealand. They are also being conducted in woolsheds and sheep yards throughout the country – not Covid for ovines, but pre-lamb administration of the “5-in-1”.

Vaccination at this time boosts the ewe’s immune system, creating a high level of antibodies in her colostrum. When newborn lambs suckle they are given the best protection against potentially fatal illnesses.

Colostrum, the milk produced by mammals in first few days after birth, is an amazing product full of nutrition, and it passes on complex disease-preventing proteins from the dam. Just as amazing is that the gut of the offspring has the ability to absorb these large molecules for only the first 24 hours of life. After that the intestinal lining changes, allowing only small particles to cross the membrane, so those vital antibodies are no longer taken up. Immune systems are intricate and life saving, and so often taken for granted.

Farmers always have many management decisions to make: How long before lambing to set stock ewes on paddocks. When to separate twins from singles. What mobs to give priority feeding when we are short of grass. Whether to apply nitrogen to boost grass growth after this very wet spell. Which are the most sheltered paddocks to put multiple-lambing ewes on.

Whether to consider changing the start-of-lambing date next year. What is best time to shear ewes for best lamb survival.

But one decision we don’t have to think hard about is whether we vaccinate or not. It is a most important and necessary job to protect both the ewe and the young she is carrying. And if most of the mob is mustered and treated, that creates the herd immunity to limit disease spread.

I didn’t have to think hard after receiving the notice to book my Covid vaccination. Tonight, having had the jab, my left arm feels a little achy when I raise it, while the middle finger on my right hand has sore rub-marks from squeezing 2ml vaccinations through the plastic gun injecting over 2,500 woolly necks.

There are a few differences between my vaccination experience and that of ewe “orange tag number ‘KP 695’. While I booked an appointment, there’s no booking system for ewes, just barking as they are mustered into the yards, run through the pens leading up to a narrow race and then pushed on to our conveyor. This is a great labour-saving device driven by a petrol motor. It has two moving plastic belts close enough together to hold the sheep securely with their feet off the ground. There is no queue, just a line of sheep carried through four at a time. The vaccine comes in 250-dose packs, not individual vials, and the needle is larger gauge and not single use. The operator stands

Vaccinating ewes: From left, Brian Thompson, John Wyllie, Grant Wyllie. Photo: Joyce Wyllie.

beside the machine injecting each patient behind the ears.

Once released at the end of the conveyor the ewes run back out to the pen. All going well about 500 an hour go through.

Very few ever show signs of reaction.

After the usual cuppa for the workers the ewes are taken back to their paddock, now well protected from tetanus and other deadly diseases caused by clostridial bacteria. In a few weeks, their newborn lambs will arrive and suckle healthy milk full of protective antibodies too.

Vaccines are a wonderful development for any population.

Prevention is so much better than the alternative.

Have your say: Onekaka up for Heritage NZ listing JO RICHARDS

Onekaka’s rich industrial heritage has put the Golden Bay settlement in line for official recognition.

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is currently seeking submissions on the proposal to enter Onekaka ironworks quarries and hydro scheme as a historic place on the New Zealand Heritage List.

The full proposal is published in Heritage NZ’s 53-page report Onekaka Ironworks Quarries and Hydro-electric Power Scheme, Onekaka (List No. 5120, Category 2).

The report provides a fascinating read, covering not only the development of industry, but also the wider cultural significance of the area, and incorporates numerous historical photographs.

Summing up the significance and value of the area, the report states, “The Onekaka Ironworks Quarries and Hydro-electric Power Scheme have historical and technological significance as remnants of an ambitious industrial undertaking. Although it was ultimately unsuccessful, the Onekaka Ironworks was a nationally significant operation and an important chapter in the development of iron and steel production in New Zealand, an endeavour that was characterised by slow progress and the tenacity needed to battle technological challenges and economic vulnerability. The deteriorated structures have archaeological potential to provide evidence to supplement the archival record.”

Hydro dam under construction at Onekaka. Photo: John Palmer,

Photographs of the steel industry, Ref: 1/2-147653-F, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23171195.

Anyone interested in making a submission to the proposal should send their comments to Heritage NZ’s area manager Karen Astwood at kastwood@heritage.org.nz There is limited time to have your say, as submission close at 5pm on Tuesday 31 August.

To read the full report, go to: https://www.heritage.org.nz/ the-list/notified-proposals-and-reviews

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No withdrawal for Takaka’s Kiwibank JO RICHARDS

Golden Bay customers of Kiwibank will continue to enjoy over-the-counter banking in Takaka.

The bank confirmed on Monday that it had found a new host in town, following the decision by TakeNote to relinquish the agency.

If all goes according to plan, Golden Bay Visitor Centre will offer Kiwibank agent services from Monday 4 October.

The bank’s head of service partnerships Andrew Holford says this is good news for G o l d e n B a y c u s t o m e r s.

“Kiwibank is unique in that it has service agents delivering limited banking services where it doesn’t have branches.

Takaka’s Kiwibank agency is relocating to the Visitor Centre in October. Photo: Jo Richards.

“When our current hosts TakeNote advised they wished Association chairperson Marg Braggins is short gap in services of approximately four to exit they suggested the delighted with the development. “We’re really weeks while the fit-out, training and security Information Centre might pleased to keep this valued service in the measures are put in place,“ explains Andrew. be interested. We made the Bay and are looking forward to welcoming “During this time customers wanting a faceapproach and negotiations Kiwibank customers to the Visitor Centre,” to-face service can visit the service agent in Motueka, there is also a service agent in qu i c k l y foll owe d. We’re says Marg.

Andrew says, now the Visitor Centre is Richmond, or customers can access full inpleased to announce we’ll be able to offer face-to-face confirmed as its new partner, the bank will be branch Kiwibank services in Nelson.”

Kiwibank’s new address is Golden Bay transactional services for our writing to customers to inform them of the change, but advises there will be a brief hiatus Visitor Centre, 16 Willow Street, Takaka. customers in the area.”

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Sports Quiz fundraiser for weightlifter RONNIE SHORT

Champion Olympic weightlifter Bex Jans will be co-hosting a fundraising Sports Quiz evening at the Takaka Rec Park Centre on Saturday 18 September.

Members from CrossFit Mohua, Chris Hill and Anja van Holten are supporting her and have secured donations from 14 local businesses for a raffle, which will be drawn on the night.

Funds raised will enable Bex to travel to Tauranga for the National Weightlifting Competition in November. Her aim is to get as close to A-Grade level as she can.

“When I reach A-grade I can get selected for international.

If you aren’t A-grade they won’t even look at you.”

It’s a goal Bex has been pursuing for years, since discovering she loved the weightlifting aspect of CrossFit. Based in Napier at that time, she began working with a coach and focusing solely on weightlifting. Now Bex finds she enjoys the ongoing learning, pushing herself out of her comfort zone and building resilience.

“It drives me, keeps me motivated and I learn so much about myself.”

Her coach is Richie Wong, who is based in Auckland. Bex sends her training session videos to him daily and he provides her with feedback. Every six months she travels to Auckland to undertake intensive training, involving sessions of two to three hours’ duration in the mornings and again in the afternoons.

Recently Bex competed in both the North and South Island championships, earning a gold then silver in each respectively.

This is her fourth year of competition, and although she hasn’t yet attained a gold in the nationals, her main aim is to hit that A-grade and better her own results.

Bex aims to one day represent New Zealand in overseas competitions such as the Oceania Championships. “My goal is to represent New Zealand and be able to wear the New Zealand fern.”

Taking a step back from coaching others in the Mohua gym, Bex is focusing on her nutrition coaching business. She specialises in coaching athletes remotely and finds the work is keeping her very busy. Her fiance, Merlin Schloemer, also works from home running his web design and development business, SquareDot. Merlin is donating a second raffle prize at the fundraiser

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Olympic weightlifting champ Bex Jans at her home gym. Photo: Supplied.

event – a $500 voucher towards developing a website with his company. Raffles ($5) and tickets to the fundraiser quiz night ($20) will be available around Takaka and from the gym, after Level 4 lockdown.

Teams will comprise four to six people, drinks will be available for purchase and nibbles will be provided.

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Tākaka Hill Road night closure September These works are weather and COVID-19 dependent. Only safety and emergency works can continue under Alert Level 4. This is for the safety of road users and road workers in compliance with the current restrictions.

Plan ahead for a 14-night road closure Monday 6 – Monday 20 September From 9pm to 5am each night Planned works: Installation of large new culverts (pipes) at Sites 6 and 13 through the current single traffic lane and pavement construction at Sites 7 and 11.

This work is essential to ensuring stormwater moves efficiently through the sites, and will help minimise future delays and damage to the sites during heavy rainfall.

For safety reasons, and least disruption to traffic, works will be done at night and are weather dependent.

As we reach the final construction stages further night closures will be necessary.

We will let you know well in advance the dates for future night closures so you can plan ahead.

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More information If you need access over the hill for night work or essential commitments, please email takakahill@nzta.govt.nz or call Kane Reihana on 027 886 4508.

We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Emergency services will be able to use the road at all times.

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NEWSLINE UPDATES KE E PI NG YOU I N FORM E D ABOUT N E WS AN D E VE NTS I N TH E TAS MAN DI STRICT

All this information was correct at the time of printing, but things are changing quickly at the moment.

Public toilets

Where to find information

While many public toilets around the District are closed at Alert Level Four, some facilities will remain open.

They are all open 24 hours except Warring Carpark which is open 7.30 am – 6.00 pm daily. All open toilets have an increased cleaning regime in place.

For the most up-to-date information on Council services, visit our website, tasman.govt.nz.

For information on alert levels, visit the Unite Against Covid-19 website, covid19.govt.nz.

• Wallace Street toilet, 20 Wallace Street, Motueka

For updates on vaccine availability, clinic locations and how to book your jab, visit the Nelson Marlborough Health website, nmdhb.govt.nz.

Remember, we can do this together – be kind, stay at home, stay in your bubble and save lives.

We are committed to providing the essential services – water, wastewater and rubbish collection – throughout the lockdown period.

However, based on government advice, there have been some changes and some non-essential services are suspended.

A message from Mayor Tim King The need to respond to the latest Covid-19 outbreak remains of utmost importance, particularly given the higher transmission rate of the Delta variant. I urge all residents to stay within their bubbles and follow health protocols to minimise the risk. We cannot afford to take a break from lockdown. This time is testing for the entire community, but this is a situation we have been through before, and we can do it again.

Freedom camping Freedom campers should have travelled home by now. If you are unable to travel home for any reason, you must check into an official campground where facilities for proper hygiene are available. In some cases, financial support to cover accommodation costs may be available. Contact the Ministry of Social Development for more information.

Please be kind to essential workers Our essential workers are still very busy keeping the Tasman District running for us throughout the lockdown period. Jobs like looking after our water supply, clearing blocked wastewater pipes, making roads safe and collecting rubbish all still need to be done. Please don't interrupt their work or breach their bubble, just give them a wave of thanks if you see them out working.

• Memorial Hall toilet, 12 Pah Street, Motueka • Gladstone Road toilet, 22 Gladstone Road, Richmond • Warring Carpark toilet, 36 Oxford Street, Richmond

Council services at Alert Level Four Here's what you need to know about the current changes to Council services while we are under Alert Level Four.

• Wakefield Village Green toilet, 11 Whitby Way, Wakefield • St Arnaud toilet, 22 Main Road, St Arnaud

• All Council offices are closed but we are always available by phone on 03 543 8400.

• Murchison Rec Reserve toilet, 34 Hampden Street, Murchison

• All libraries are closed.

• Fairfax Street toilet, 43 Fairfax Street, Murchison

• All community recreation centres, including the Richmond Aquatic Centre, are closed.

• Willow Street toilet, 16 Willow Street, Tākaka

• All playgrounds and drinking fountains are closed.

These are now taped off.

• Moturoa / Rabbit Island Reserve is closed. This means no walking, cycling, horse riding or swimming in this area while we are at Alert Level Four.

• All mountain bike parks and tracks are closed.

The closures are to reduce the risk of rider injuries placing an extra burden on the health system and emergency services as well as eliminating areas where people typically congregate.

• The Great Taste Trail is open, however the section of the Great Taste Trail that goes through Moturoa / Rabbit Island Reserve is closed as that reserve is closed.

• All recreational boat ramps are closed.

• If you are out walking your dog, it must be on a lead.

• All non-essential infrastructure projects have been suspended but essential maintenance and emergency work continues as needed.

• Building inspections are suspended.

Rubbish and recycling

• Collingwood Hall toilet, 9 Tasman Street, Collingwood

Rates grace period Tasman residents who pay their rates over the counter but are unable to do so because of the Alert Level Four lockdown are being given a grace period.

The first instalment of this year's rates was due on Friday 20 August. For the duration of the higher levels of Covid-19 restrictions, levels three and four, our Customer Service Centres will remain closed for physical payments. We will provide an additional five working days after lockdown ceases, when our offices reopen, for customers to make over the counter payments. Overdue payment penalties will be applied after that five day period.

But remember another payment option is our secure online system. You can use any of the following methods, either from your bank account using account2account, or with Visa or Mastercard – just remember to use your valuation number as a reference. Visit our website for more information, tasman.govt.nz/do-it-online/payment.

Kerbside rubbish collections continue as normal.

Kerbside recycling collections continue as normal, but mixed recycling from yellow-top recycling bins will be sent to landfill. At Alert Level Four the sorting facilities cannot operate as it puts our staff at risk.

We still collect recycling as an essential service; however, we don’t have the capacity to store all the District's recycling so it is sent to landfill. If possible and safe to do so, you have the option of storing your clean recycling materials at home for when the sorting facilities reopen.

Resource Recovery Centres are closed to everyone except commercial customers offering essential services – no builders skips or non-essential waste.

Contactless payment only (by account, or contactless card, no EFTPOS or cash). Normal opening hours but closed on weekends. Collingwood Resource Recovery Centre is open Thursday only, for essential services and pre-paid rubbish bags. Drop-off bins are available at the gates for disposal of pre-paid rubbish bags – but only if essential.

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• Wakefield Rec Reserve toilet, 40 Clifford Road, Wakefield

COUNCIL HUI Due to Covid-19 restrictions, meetings will take place via Zoom Video conferencing. Visit tasman.govt.nz/meetings-calendar for details.

Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Friday 3 September, 9.30 am. Public forum.

Saxton Field Marketing Strategy Workshop Friday 3 September, 1.00 pm. No public forum.

Tasman Regional Transport Committee Monday 6 September, 9.30 am. Public forum.

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CLASSIFIEDS AGM NOTICES CENTRAL Takaka Water Board AGM, Sunday 29 August, 4pm at Rec Park Centre meeting room. Agenda: chairperson’s report, financial report, election of officers, general business.

All welcome – if you are connected to the CTWB scheme, you are encouraged to attend. Chair: Rex Heuvel, secretary/ treasurer: Cherie Byrne.

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FRIENDS of Cobb warmly welcome you to their AGM on Friday 10 September, 12.30pm at Mussel Inn. REC Park Centre AGM. The board and user council advise that Golden Bay Shared Recreation Facility Inc will hold the 10th annual meeting on Thursday 16 September at 6.30pm. The Centre will need to be open under Covid Level 2 restrictions for the meeting to be in the Clubrooms on the Park. If this is not possible then it will be a virtual meeting, through Zoom technology. We invite all group member clubs, elected community board and ward councillors, users and the general public. All are welcome.

RECENT AGM / Hui ā tau - Nō nā tata nei ORGANISATIONS may have their committee members’ names printed in this column for free only if emailed to admin@ gbweekly.co.nz

PUBLIC NOTICES / Pānui a whānui AL-ANON: Are you affected by someone else’s drinking?

Weekly meetings, 1.30pm Monday at the Catholic Hall. All welcome. Ph 0508 425 2666.

GB Animal Welfare Society Inc (ex-SPCA). Ph Carol Wells 525 9494, 8am-5pm weekdays.

ALCOHOLICS Anonymous, open meeting, all welcome.

Thursdays 7pm, 94 Commercial Street. Hall behind the Catholic Church. Ph 0800 229 6757.

FRESH FM needs your help. Are you willing to host a fundraising event to support local radio? Or help run one? We’re a Charitable Trust – a $30 donation on our website freshfm.net is tax deductible. Email Maureen: takaka@freshfm.net or ph 525 8779, 027 335 1395.

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Ray White Golden Bay's newest team member Paige Climo Paige is a local girl, who attended Collingwood Area School, then, whilst working in a few local hospitality businesses put herself through a Digital Marketing course, Paige joins us in two roles, firstly due to the increase in demand, she is supporting Jenna in Property Management, and secondly engaging and growing those digital marketing skills by taking charge of our social media online presence.

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Level 1, 11 Buxton Lane, Takaka | Facebook @RaywhiteGoldenbay | 03 525 7219 I 027 608 5606 | www.rwgoldenbay.co.nz | Billy Kerrisk Licensed Agent REAA 2008 TRADES AND SERVICES / Mahi a ratonga Abel Tasman Accounting Limited Xero Certified, Public Practice CA. Taxation services and general business support for clients of all shapes and sizes. Available evenings and weekends.

Ph Bronwyn 027 268 4010, bronwyn@abeltasmanaccounting.co.nz

insurance approved. Furniture trailer available. Ph Marg 027 222 5499, goldenbaystorage@gmail.com

Green Grass Accounting - Chartered Accountant.

MYOB Partner and Xero Certified. Local accountant providing business and personal accounting services.

Ph Robert 029 775 6459 or email robert@greengrassaccounting.co.nz.

ACCOUNTANT and tax advisor. All Inland Revenue returns filed for big and small businesses and individuals. Self-employed and rental property reports prepared. Day and evening HEAT pump installation, sales and servicing. Ph Dave McKay appointments available. Ph Susan Ayton Shaw 929 7507 or 027 404 4740, 525 8538. email taxayton@gmail.com HELPING HANDS ph 525 6226. Te Whare Mahana ACCOUNTANT. Long-standing market leader with unbeatable Supported Employment. Lawnmowing, line trimming, professional qualifications and experience. Warn & Associates, garden maintenance, riparian planting, scrub-cutting, gutter ph 525 9919. cleaning, recycling, pothole repair, waterblasting, window ALTERATIONS, dressmaking, tutoring. Ph Karen Taylor cleaning, house moves. How can we help?

525 6170.

APPLIANCE and whiteware repair. 12+ years’ experience LAWNMOWING. Pakawau, Bainham, Takaka to Wainui. Ph N Shaw 525 7597, 027 212 4020. niallshaw_6@hotmail.com servicing all brands. Ph Luke 022 602 8118.

LAWNMOWING, www.goldenbaypropertyservices.co.nz, ph ARBORIST, qualified, ph Jack Stevens 021 211 5580.

027 690 0769.

BRICKLAYING/ blocklaying. KRW Contracting for all your masonry needs. 25 years’ experience. No job too small. Ph NGANGA picture framing, Collingwood, enquiries ph 021 107 6312, 524 8660. Expert framing by a professional artist.

Ken 021 307 019.

CARS wanted. Will pick up for free (some conditions apply). ORANGE Rentals have rental cars, trailers and a furniture trailer available for hire. Ph 027 337 7147.

Motueka Auto Parts. Ph 03 528 9576.

Ph 027 525 8006 or 525 8806.

TAKAKA Self Storage, Commercial Street. Units and containers.

Secure yard with cameras. Ph 525 6181.

TILING. KRW Contracting for all your tiling needs. No job too small. Ph Ken 021 307 019.

WINDOW cleaning. Ph Willem 022 134 1726.

WINDOW cleaning, www.goldenbaypropertyservices.co.nz, ph 027 690 0769.

WINTER fruit pruning, garden/property design, edible landscaping, soil testing, garden mentoring. Sol Morgan, GroWise ph 027Soon!

514 9112.

New Consultancy, Website Coming

vergne@gbsurveyors.co.nz GOLDEN BAY SURVEYORS (2021) LTD 027 307 7824 Contact: Vergne Wilson Professional Surveyors Registered Registered Contact: Vergne Wilson Professional Surveyors 027 307 7824 GOLDEN BAY SURVEYORS (2021) LTD vergne@gbsurveyors.co.nz

New Website Coming Soon!

CHIMNEY cleaning, handyman, Dennis Sage ph 027 873 0726. PAINTER available, call Borrelli Painting for a free quote. All CHIMNEY sweep. Puponga-Takaka Hill. Query or quote ph interior/exterior jobs. Ph Luca 022 086 1842.

Steve 021 0810 1146.

Computer/Smartphone Sales and Repairs.

Supporting all Windows and Apple products.

Conveniently located on Commercial Street or available by appointment ph 03 525 8371.

ELECTRICIANS. Fuse Electrical Golden Bay. Ready to solve all your electrical needs. Ph Thomas 525 9300, 027 788 8500.

ELECTRONICS repairs: Cell phones, computers, radios, TVs, HiFi and more! Ph 027 246 2432.

ELEMENTAL Design and Build: New builds, renos, refits, alterations. Environmentally-conscious builders specialising in natural builds. www.elementalbuild.nz, ph 022 087 6396, hello@elementalbuild.nz FREEVIEW satellite TV. Ph 027 246 2432.

FUNERAL directors, Matuku Funerals. Cremation, regular and eco-burials. Professional, caring and budget conscious with exceptional customer service. Proud member of the FDANZ. Laura and Mark Manson, East Takaka, ph 525 7399, 027 777 4738, 027 525 7399.

GARDENING services. Ph Carlos 027 751 9730.

GB CHIMNEY SWEEPING, SPIDER AND FLY SPRAYING Ph 524 8795 or 027 434 5405 GOLDEN BAY DIGGER HIRE 1.7 tonne. Ph 027 713 0684.

PAINTING and interior, exterior plastering. Licensed qualified local tradesman. Ph CM Coatings 027 222 0507.

PENINSULA Plasterers for all your interior plastering needs.

No job too small. Quality assured. 20+ years’ experience. For a free quote ph Craig 027 472 4376.

PORTABLE SAW MILLING. High yield, low waste, bandsaw milling. Great for dimensional timber or flitches. Suitable for any log size on any site. Ph Tim 524 8997, 027 714 4232.

MATURE single male looking for permanent accommodation.

Have references. Ph 020 4120 0710.

PROPERTY AVAILABLE / Rawa watea

RURAL NEW BUILD? FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEM? Wastewater Design, Onekaka-based services. AES system specialists - no ongoing costs, 20-year guarantee.

Ph Rowena 524 8222.

SEPTIC TANKS EMPTIED. Ph Chris 027 444 5334 or John 027 647 4913.

SEWING SERVICE, NEEDLES, THREADS, WOOL, BEADS. Stitch ‘n Sew ph 525 8177.

STORAGE /container hire. Your place (anywhere) or mine (Takaka). Ph Cheryl at Orange Mechanical Ltd 525 9991.

STUMP grinding specialist. Tree care and property maintenance. Ph Carl 027 263 5353.

SURVEYING: topographical survey, construction and building set out, boundary location. Ph Alexis 021 0239 1364.

GOLDEN Bay Storage, Takaka. Dry, safe, secure, alarmed, TAKAKA Garden Services, for all your lawn and garden needs.

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PROPERTY WANTED / Rawa hiahia

Different lockdown levels affect how you can manage your rental property.

From inspections and viewings to notices and handovers.

Do you have the answers?

Contact us for more information Ray White Property Management 027 525 7229 - jenna.bowden@raywhite.com 13

HEALTH & WELLBEING / Hauora

SITUATIONS VACANT / Tūranga wātea

BRUCE R Dooley, MD. GP private consultations. Ph 525 7125 or contact at health@drdooley.co.nz CAROLYN Simon, Craniosacral therapist, naturopath, medical herbalist. For appointments or flower essences text 027 483 5865, ph 525 8544.

COMPLETE Healthcare with NIS by Neurolink, using neuroscience principles to achieve optimum health. 2020 Masters series. Practitioner Anne Michell. Ph 525 8733 or 027 751 7970.

Healing with Grace

ERICA van Sint Annaland Physiotherapy, Golden Bay Community Health. ACC and private visits. Ph 027 776 6111.

JAN Jackson, emotional health specialist. Stress, anxiety and trauma release for lasting change. Ph 021 194 8870.

Massage

Therapeutic, Relaxation, Hot Stone

Reiki Emma Sutherland

Massage Therapist/Reiki Master/Naturopath

027 487 2639 emma@ameliorate.nz www.ameliorate.nz Facebook: EmmaSutherland.Ameliorate

MASSAGE and Bowen therapy. Ph Thomas 022 160 9101.

MASSAGE: relaxation, sports, deep tissue.

Lymphatic drainage for detox, immune support, oedema.

Gr26 aceyears Shiof elexperience. ds 021346642 ♥ 5258106 Ph Paul 027 772 7334.

BTSM, RMT MNZ

GOLDEN Bay Kindergarten, ECE teacher, two positions available: 0.638 (25.5 hours) worked over five days and 0.063 (2.5 hours) worked over two days. There is some flexibility with these positions, including days and hours worked, as well as possible extra relieving work. Send any enquiries and your cover letter and CV to angela.craig@ntk.org.nz by 5pm, 3 September.

We Are Looking For Another Super Star Duties Would Include, But Not Limited To: • General Store Duties & Counter Sales • Kitchen Duties Including Baking & Sandwich Making • Always Provide Excellence In Customer Service

Gift Vouchers Available

NATURAL Nail Care Studio. Manicures, pedicures, specialising in natural non-toxic products, nail restoration and difficult nail conditions. Ph/txt Amy Anderson 020 4079 0646.

TRANSMISSIONS of light with Vicki Lawson. Pohara. Ph 027 525 9944.

Having a duty manager’s certificate and experience in liquor sales would be an advantage, but not necessary. If you are the right person full training will be given. Must have a basic understanding of computers.

Healing with Grace

Our Shop is seasonal so hours will vary through the year.

EMAIL your CV to: thepoharastore@gmail.com

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021 346642 ♥ 525 8106

If you have any questions phone Dave 027 298 0180

Chiropractor

EATING OUT / Kai wahi kē

Inga Schmidt

ANATOKI SALMON fishing and cafe. Catch your own lunch or order from the menu. Open every day from 10am. www. anatokisalmon.co.nz

MSc (Chiro), DC, MNZCA

021 180 7789

Golden Bay Health Centre, 12 Motupipi St

COLLINGWOOD TAVERN. 11am-7pm, Sunday-Thursday; 11am-late, Friday and Saturday. Live music - check out our Facebook page for details.

www.healthfocus.co.nz ACC registered

COURTHOUSE CAFE, Collingwood. Open 7 days, 8am-3pm.

No pizzas during winter. Ph 524 8194.

CURRY LEAF. Open 7 days, 12-8pm. Chef-made food, takeaway prices. Order online thecurryleaf.co.nz or ph 525 8481.

Removal of ear wa Weekly Private Clinics x by micro-suction 03 525 8327 or book online: www.earhealth.co.nz

DANGEROUS KITCHEN. Closed for winter break. Re-opening Tuesday 7 September.

DE-LISH DELICATESSEN. Sumptuous, delicious food.

Lunches, catering, coffee, chocolate, cheeses and epicure items. Weekdays from 6.30am. Ph 525 7111.

What is blocking your way forward in life?

An energy reading with Master Reader Nate will reveal choices and new potentials

021 158 2357

Reiki Master & Pranic healer

Grant Watson

FOR SALE / Hei hokohoko SHEEP “pellets”. 25kg bags, $9. Delivery after lockdown.

Starting a new list. Ph 524 8364 or kaihoka@xtra.co.nz SAFETY glass. Residential or commercial. See Golden Bay Glass.

96 Commercial St. Ph 525 7274.

Manipulative Physiotherapist

NATIVE plant nursery (TLC), native trees and grasses available.

Ph 525 6183.

Mondays, and Thursday mornings Ph: 027 370 6472 Email: wattie18@outlook.com

BUILDING or renovating? AES Wastewater Treatment system: No power, 20-year warranty, supplying NZ from Golden Bay. www.et.nz, ph 525 9020.

Collingwood Health Centre at Collingwood Area School

OLD SCHOOL CAFE, Pakawau. Open 4pm-late Friday; 11amlate Saturday, Sunday. Closed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Ph 524 8457.

O’SHA, open Tuesday-Sunday, lunch 11.30am-2.30pm and dinner 5-8.30pm. Ph 525 6117.

THE MUSSEL INN. Open from 11am.

TOTALLY ROASTED, Pohara. Open 5 days from 8.30am, closed Monday, Tuesday. Wood-fired pizzas on Fridays from 4 till 7pm For orders ph 525 9396.

TOTOS CAFE AND PIZZERIA, open Sundays, weather permitting, 10.30am-4pm, Totaranui hill, totoscafegallery@ gmail.com, ph 039 707 934.

WHOLEMEAL CAFE, open 7 days for dine-in meals and takeaways, 7.30am-3pm.

Providing Golden Bay with: Professional, Diagnostic, Clinical Physio & Massage Therapy services ACC registered Provider • • • • • •

Sports & Accident injuries Complex musculoskeletal conditions Clinical reviews / Second opinions Orthopaedic / Post-operative rehabilitation Postural / Biomechanical correction programmes Clinical Massage Therapy

No GP referral required Ask us about our no-cost initial Physio assessment

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DE-LISH Delicatessen Co Ltd

Creators, Merchants & Caterers of Fine Foods & Artisan Products

Looking forward to seeing you all again soon

WEEKDAYS FROM 6.30am 6.30am

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UPCOMING EVENTS / Mea pakiri haere At the time of going to print the whole of New Zealand was still in Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown with a further announcement expected today, 27 August. Events and Church Services listed may or may not go ahead, depending on today’s announcement.

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST MOTUPIPI HALL SOUP AND DESSERT LUNCHEON, $15, 12pm - CANCELLED TELEMARKET at the Telegraph Hotel every Saturday until the end of September, dependent on Covid-19 lockdown rules.

Tasty local produce and more! Mohuacollective@gmail.com or ph 524 8607, evenings.

The Pohara Store Takeaway

SPECIAL OFFER One scoop of chips with a pizza

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Fresh FM is doing their best to maintain the regular advertised schedule during lockdown and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal programme makers for doing their best to create fresh content.

MONDAY 30 AUGUST

FREE

THE POWER OF SELF ESTEEM. A mentor course in Golden Bay. Begins Monday 30 August, 2.30-5.30pm for six consecutive weeks. Ph Sunshine 021 050 3582 or Tullia 027 246 6134 for more information.

You must ask when ordering Limited to one per order

Available Sat 28 August - HOPEFULLY!

We encourage listeners to check our Facebook page, Fresh FM.nz and our website www.freshfm.net as we have a lot of information about government assistance that is available during lockdown.

TUESDAY 31 AUGUST

Please continue to check these pages as updates are loaded regularly.

BADMINTON, REC PARK CENTRE (NEW VENUE), 7-9pm. All welcome. Ph Kerry 525 7007.

Most importantly, keep safe, take care and look out for friends and neighbours.

GB WEEKLY DEADLINE: noon on Tuesdays. Late fees apply until 4pm Tuesdays, if space is available. Stitch ‘n Sew and Collingwood On the Spot store are our agents. Or email us: admin@gbweekly.co.nz.

Mains

WEDNESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER

Crispy Pork Belly

COSTUME HIRE. Playhouse, Park Avenue, 7-8.30pm. After hours ph Diane 525 8097, evenings.

Sage salted pork belly with crispy crackling served with salad, honey roasted yams & parsnips $30 (GF)

House Salad

ONEKAKA PLAYGROUP, all welcome, Wednesdays 10am12.30pm, Onekaka Hall.

Local salad leaves, slaw, grilled Portobello mushrooms, cucumber, tomatoes, pickled radish & onions served with your choice of spiced jackfruit $25 deep fried squid $28 (DF) fried chicken $30

www.freshfm.net

THURSDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

Ribeye Steak

Served with salad, your choice of steak fries or mashed potato. Garlic butter or mushroom sauce $35 (GF/DF option)

DAYTIME BADMINTON, Rec Park Centre, 9-11am. All welcome. Ph Kerry 525 7007.

Tele Fried Chicken

Crispy fried chicken thighs served with slaw, mashed potato & gravy $26 (GF option) Half size $15

Open Steak Sammie & Fries

GOLDEN Bay Anglican Church warmly invites you to join them each Sunday, 10am at Takaka and 4.45pm at Collingwood.

The Mussel Inn

Ribeye steak on toasted ciabatta with salad, slaw & steak fries $24 (DF)

Tele Fried Chicken Burger

SACRED Heart Catholic faith community celebrates Mass at 4pm each Sunday. All welcome.

Coming Up...

Fried chicken, bacon, cheese, slaw on a brioche bun $13 with fries $18

Crispy Pork Belly Burger

Pork belly, slaw, pickled red onion, sweet chilli sauce $14 with fries $19

NO service at St Andrews.

Yeh - Nah! But don’t worry - we’ll be here when you get back

Mon – Sat 5pm – 8pm | 2 Motupipi Street, Takaka All meals available takeaway call 525 9445

CHURCH SERVICES ON SUNDAYS

Kahurangi Christian Church Celebration Sunday: 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays each month,

10:30am at Anglican Hall, Haven Rd, Collingwood. Ph Robin & Lauren Swafford 524 8498.

Community Connection: 2nd & 4th Sundays in various formats & localities. Ph Rowan Miller 021 106 8461.

Dear theatre goers - as we are unable to advertise screenings and events due to Covid Lockdown, please check our website

“You give perfect peace to him whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You’.

villagetheatre.org.nz

Isaiah 26:3

for updates on the next available programme.

2 Commercial Street, Takaka ꟾ Ph 525 7305 M E T R E S am 3 5

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152 High Street, Motueka Ph 027 528 7205

Sunday Service 10am

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DIAMOND HEADING IN THE ROUGH!

Ph: (03) 525 8800

SWEET HEADING ON SELWYN!

154 RANGIHAEATA ROAD, RANGIHAEATA Deadline Sale: 12pm 13.09.2021 (NSP)

79 SELWYN STREET, PŌHARA

Deadline Sale: 1pm 15.09.21 (NSP)

This property of 3614m2 is privately positioned & once you are on the property, you will be amazed by the stunning views out across the Bay. Loads of potential here for someone wanting their own piece of paradise & the land is definitely the ‘diamond’ here! The dwelling has no code compliance & no vendor warranties or undertakings apply, so if you can see the potential, then call me for info or an appt. to view. Ref: GB3852

What are you seeking in the search for the perfect home/beach house? You want to be near the beach? You want to be able to spread out and have your own spaces? You want to be close to cafes, store, golf course and harbour? Great neighbours, great street! What’s not to love about this place—short term, long term—make it yours! Call me for further Information or an appointment to view. Ref: GB3851

START WITH A CLEAN PALETTE!

POPULAR IN PŌHARA

Paul McConnon 0275 042 872 or paul@goldenbayproperty.com

Belinda J Barnes 021 236 2840 or belinda@goldenbayproperty.com

15A KOHIKIKO PLACE

4 WHAKAMARAMA RD, CWD

• Modern home built in 2014 • Open plan living area • 4 bdrm/2bthrm, dbl garage • Easycare home on 847m2 section • Close to all amenities of Pōhara Ref: GB3849 Offers Over $885,000 Belinda J Barnes 021 236 2840 or belinda@goldenbayproperty.com

• 1.79ha block of fertile land • Less than 5km to Collingwood • Rural aspect with stunning views • Title available now • Power to be provided to boundary Ref: GB3845 $340,000 James Mackay 027 359 0892 or james@goldenbayproperty.com

QUALITY AND QUANTITY!

LOCATION IS NUMBER ONE! 364 ABEL TASMAN DR, MOTUPIPI • Proposed 2750m2 flat section • Just 5mins to Town, & Pōhara Beach in opposite direction!

• Motupipi School a short stroll away • Cycleway at your front gate!

Ref: GB3844 O/O $420,000 Paul McConnon 0275 042 872 or paul@goldenbayproperty.com

23 RAMEKA CREEK RD,

• Set on a private, elevated location • 12.6ha setting with 3600 views • Spacious 3 bdrms/2 bthrms • Beautiful open-plan design • Large dble garage & 4 bay shed Ref: GB3820 Price By Negotiation James Mackay 027 359 0892 or james@goldenbayproperty.com

Daffodil Day Street appeals have all been cancelled this year due to Level 4 restrictions. This is a Cancer Society nationwide directive. That means that sadly, our three stalls will not be going ahead.

Donations can be made on-line https://cancernelson.org.nz/donate/ Or once our offices are open again, we will be accepting donations.

Sharon McConnon Sales Manager 0275 258 255

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Paul McConnon Salesperson 0275 042 872

James Mackay Principal/AREINZ B.Com 027 359 0892

Belinda J Barnes Agent/AREINZ 021 236 2840

Cherie Byrne Admin/ Reception 03 525 8800

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