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Happy campers: Pohara Top 10 campground earlier this week was full with visitors making the most of the summer break. Photo: Jo Richards. JO RICHARDS

Visitors have poured into Golden Bay over the last couple of weeks with campgrounds full, businesses buzzing and beaches busy. It’s not unusual for the population of the Bay to triple over the peak season, but there was uncertainty about how this summer would play out in the wake of Covid restrictions on incoming overseas tourists. Golden Bay Promotion Association chair Cheryl Elsey says the Visitor Centre has seen a lot of foot traffic over Christmas and New Year. “Numbers are looking very strong with 4000plus people through in six days.” She adds that businesses have been surprised by the large number of visitors, many of whom have made “good positive comments” about what the Bay has to offer and are already planning their next trip. “There are a lot holidaying here from Wellington, which is a new trend. Many

people are experiencing Golden Bay for the first time, and they love it, and have opted for an extended stay next summer.” Pohara Top 10 campground duty manager Robin Bridger reckons it’s a bumper season. “It’s humming; I can’t remember it being this busy for four or five years.” He has also noticed a new tranche of visitors. “We’ve got a lot of first timers who say they have never been over the Hill before.” It’s a similar story out at Pakawau Beach Park, where co-manager Gaye Benjamin estimates they are slightly up on last year and is fielding more enquiries than usual. She is optimistic about the short-term outlook. “The month ahead is looking good with many people already planning ahead to book sites for Nelson anniversary and Waitangi weekend.” Visitors are clearly getting out and exploring the Bay. Cape Farewell Horse Treks owner

Pamela Forbes explains that she is doing as much business as she can, and could have taken double the number of bookings. The remainder of the month is looking equally busy. “Bookings continue to look the same - good all through the month with regular visitors and families taking advantage of the holidays.” The iconic Mussel Inn is a good business barometer and co-owner Jane Dixon is feeling the pressure – in a good way. “We are super busy here now. The couple of days around Christmas were slightly slower than last year, then the holiday makers arrived en masse and we’ve been quite a lot busier than last year.” And she says not all her customers are Kiwis. “I’ve been surprised how many young overseas people there are here, obviously on visas that have enabled them to stay since last summer.”

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Just before Christmas, Tasman District Council announced that its net debt at the end of the financial year was $156.2m, around $35m lower than anticipated. This wasn’t the only piece of “good news” presented in TDC’s Annual Report 2019-20 document, which was adopted at December’s full council meeting. According to the report’s introductory message, from mayor Tim King and CEO Janine Dowding, progress has been made on a number of projects as detailed in the Long Term Plan 2018-2028. “Many of these are significant multi-year projects, including the Waimea Community Dam, Motueka Library, Brightwater Town Centre Upgrade, a new water supply for northwest Motueka, and water supply and wastewater upgrades in Mapua.” Golden Bay-specific projects highlighted include a new wastewater pump station in Pohara, a stormwater upgrade in Collingwood, the Takaka-toPohara cycleway, and a new playground in Takaka. Regarding longer-term, strategic planning, the report states that TDC has begun to address the environmental protection and climate change. “Council adopted the Tasman Climate Action Plan, setting itself new goals, targets and actions. We also embarked on a complete review of its resource management plans, to guide planning for growth, climate change and natural hazards, and how natural resources are managed.” The report also points out that TDC and local iwi have worked together closely on several projects, and that council has started to develop a bilingual identity, adopting the official te reo Maori name, Te Kaunihera o te tai o Aorere. In assessing its non-financial performance, the council’s figures show that 85 of the 121 reportable targets were fully achieved, compared with 74 for the previous financial year. Particularly worthy of a pat on the back was that 99 per cent of the district’s dairy farms were fully compliant with effluent discharge rules. Perhaps deserving of a “could do better” was the 68 per cent satisfaction with Building Control services. Figures presented in the Key Financial Information section of the report reveal an unexpected budget surplus of $26.9m and a net debt of $156.2m - well below the planned level of $191m. Continued on page 2

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Local musician Rennie Pearson and his long standing musical partner Oscar West, from Wellington, are celebrating 10 years of playing and touring together as the traditional music duo Polytropos. They have just released their first full-length album, which they are touring around New Zealand this month, with a show at Takaka’s Village Theatre tomorrow night. This will be Rennie’s last concert before leaving the Bay for Dunedin to pursue a full time music career. Multi-instrumentalists Rennie and Oscar are passionate players of Celtic music arranged in an adventurous, conversational style. Their infectious stage presence and musicality has been a hit with audiences since their debut concert at Wellington Folk Festival in 2011 and in the intervening years they have worked extensively as professional

musicians both in New Zealand and internationally. The name Polytropos – “the thing of many twists and turns” or “the much-wandering thing” – drives the duo’s unique instrumental arrangements and represents the journey each set creates for the listener. It also acknowledges the music’s own odyssey from the hills of Ireland and Scotland to the rugged, natural landscapes of New Zealand. Their playing weaves together the tones of the wooden flute, fiddle, guitar, small pipes, whistles and voice to produce melodies that are all at once curious, pure and full of storytelling. Polytropos are at the Village Theatre on Saturday 9 January starting at 8pm. Tickets are available from the Pohutukawa Gallery, 44 Commercial Street. Limited tickets will also be available on the door.

TDC ANNUAL REPORT Continued from page 1 This is attributed to “ongoing operational savings achieved by council and delayed capital expenditure for some large projects”, as well as external factors including increased revenue from forestry activities, lower borrowing costs, low inflation, and higher than anticipated population growth. While the current net debt is substantially below the council’s self-imposed ceiling of $200m, there are as yet unquantified but significant risks from further budget blowouts of the Waimea Dam project. To accommodate the inevitable cost overruns, council plans to conduct public consultation on annual maximum rate hikes of 4.5 to 7 per cent over the next 10 years (well above the current 3 per cent

cap) as well increasing the council’s external net debt limit from $200m to $260m. Looking forward to next year, the mayor and CEO believe that, while there is still a high level of uncertainty, Tasman is well placed for recovery. “Project Kokiri - the Nelson Tasman Economic Response and Recovery Plan - was released in June 2020 and aims to stimulate the economy, protect and create new jobs and accelerate investment into the region. The council has also developed a fast-track capital works programme which will provide the community services we need, while at the same time boosting the local economy.”

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Tomorrow sees the first of a new annual event celebrating all that’s happening in the Bay. Photo: Supplied. ALISTAIR HUGHES

Tomorrow, Saturday 9 January, will see Golden Bay’s first annual Kiwi Spirit Distillery Summer Festival, to be held at 430 Abel Tasman Drive, Takaka, between 11am and 6pm. Food stalls, entertainment, live music and the distillery’s own finest cocktails will all be available on what promises to be a very memorable start to 2021. Isabella Knight, Kiwi Spirit’s Sales Director, says that the idea for the event snowballed. “We were brainstorming different things we could do this summer, not only to promote the business, but also what we would like to see happen in the Bay. So we decided to throw the kind of party that we would want to go to. Something classy and fun, with really good food and drinks, and great music.” As well as a lineup of eight live bands and performers, food stalls will showcase a large range of local food producers. Puramahoi Fields, Kervella Cheese and Kokalito organic farm products will be available, and there will be collaboration between Bacca Bakery, butcher Georgie Moleta, Roots Bar and chef Fred Archer.

“They’re doing really nice food,” says Isabella. “A whole roast pig served in flatbread with pickles and chutneys and all kinds of delicious things. There will also be roast lamb and vegetarian smoked potatoes. Ellis Creek Farms are doing 12hour slow-cooked beef brisket and little fillet steak canapés and sandwiches. And the Brigand is going to do seafood: scallops, prawns, and whitebait patties. The food is just outstanding; everyone really came to the party.” And for those looking for non-alcoholic drink options, Nelson’s Kombucha Bros brewery will have their beverage on tap, with a variety of juices also available. Isabella feels that it is important as a local business to do something that felt like giving back to the region. “This is a community event. Golden Bay is all about the people, and there’s so many local businesses who have helped us, as well. It’s great to see how everyone has pulled together, because we want this to happen every year.” Tickets are available from https://www.kiwispiritdistillery. co.nz/festival. Adults: $45, youth (13-17): $25, under 12: free.

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No subsidising freedom campers

As one of the main accommodation providers for backpackers in Golden Bay since 1992 until their near complete gravitation, over the last five years or so, to bridges and bird nesting zones, I thought it best to stay out of the community debate on freedom camping...until now. We adapted rather than moaned. I have some difficulty following the line of thought behind some of the most recent letters to your paper. It seems the owner of the Roots Bar is asking me to continue subsidising her business by providing infrastructure from my rates: any freedom camping location has to have services such as toilets, recycling, running water etc, assuming a location can be found from our collectively owned land, polluted and environmentally sensitive sites being off the table. I hereby put up my hand in the negative. Nothing is free and I object to subsidising the Roots Bar, unless they subsidise my adaptation expenses. Now the idea of freedom camping touches the emotions and I am brought back to the 1970s when I was “moved on” in the Bay of Islands from camping beside a river by a uniformed gentleman. I ended up asking a local farmer if I could put up my tent. He said yes. Perhaps Holly Osmond can ask around for a private land location because I believe this community has overwhelmingly voiced its opposition to providing free facilities fo these “poor travellers”. If the council insists on providing a location for these travellers, then make it user pays at the minimum. A small profit for improving those enviroments would not be frowned on. As for Reg Turner’s confusing suggestion in support of Holly that “let the clear thinking business operators” sort this out. Well, Reg, that is my contribution. Jonathan Hearn

An invitation to freedom campers

Freedom campers will sneak in, finding possies along byways, farm tracks and bush clearings. While we have no organised cheap camping sites with some basic washing and toilet facilities scattered around the Bay to offer young/poorer working-class families from cities a chance to experience the great outdoors, what about us Golden Bay landowners offer a small corner of flat land for them to put up a tent/overnight sleeping space? Over many summers, young people and poorer families with children from cities, asked us if they could put up a tent or sleep in their car on our land, with access to water. Often we offer a shower, a drink or a meal and they are always grateful, offering to help. They experience some farm life, its joys and sorrows, the hard work, simpler lifestyle, learning. When they leave we are friends, with some of them staying in touch for many years. We, our children, even our grandchildren over the years, have been given such amazing hospitality by many of the poorest people worldwide. With our dry summers it’s short-sighted not to provide somewhere for freedom campers to stay safely; instead forcing them to illegally hide in bush or faraway tracks when fire risks are high. Inviting them in doesn’t cost much, instead you will be greatly enriched. Helena Thorpe

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A recent article https://www.rethinkx.com/food-andagriculture-executive-summary contains statements that should alert NZ farmers and society to fast coming changes for food production. According to RethinkX replacing just 3.3% of milk - the proteins by fermented products will be enough to collapse the dairy industry. “The cost of proteins will be five times cheaper by 2030 and 10 times cheaper by 2035 than existing animal proteins, before ultimately approaching the cost of sugar” and “Countries that produce large quantities of conventional animal products and inputs to animal farming like Brazil, where more than 21% of GDP comes from agriculture – 7% of which is from livestock alone – are particularly vulnerable.”

So our country will soon face not only climate shock but severe economic disruption and a massive decrease in export income which supports our present health, welfare and education systems. Fast diversification is necessary to reduce the magnitude of ugly impacts of adaptation failures. I don’t expect our current and future governments to lead the way as they follow the majority support which clings to the status quo. Nigel Ritson

Mussels and microplastics

A very large mussel farming industry is planned for Golden Bay marine waters. For a few investors and employees this is a financial opportunity for profits and wages, but to the detriment of the natural environment, and likely transfer costs to Golden Bay residents for decades to come. The mussel farming industry makes extensive use of plastics in ropes, floats, nets and baskets which break down in time into pieces which become smaller, eventually ground into tiny plastic particles. We should not ignore this present and increasing threat to the environment and to people’s health. The video https://play.stuff.co.nz/details/_6214854088001 announces “Are you eating a credit card a week?” In the latter part of this short video is information that mussels being filter feeders accumulate microplastics in their gut, and humans eat the whole mussel therefore also the cache of accumulated mussel gut microplastics. Nigel Ritson

Self-governing community

Just as with Te Waikoropupu Springs, TDC appears to be wantonly ignoring its legal obligations by closing our freedom campsites. What do our two councillors have to say about this? Their silence on this and many other issues is deafening. Where is their vision, passion and leadership? Perhaps they are both now fully assimilated into the TDC hive-mind. Ron Eckman’s apparently tongue-in-cheek letter (GBW 18/12) actually presents a pretty sensible solution. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that all freedom campers should be able to stay indefinitely, but those that are established residents of Golden Bay perhaps could. Even in these hard times, TDC and the New Zealand Government fail to satisfy the basic needs of our people ie, food, shelter, security, education and healthcare, and charitable trusts and other community associations step up magnificently to do their work for them. I salute these organisations and those that support them. They help to address the failings of government, albeit in an anarchistic way, and also can be nurseries of good democratic practice. If we are ever to govern and finance ourselves (which we may soon need to) we should seek to be members of such organisations, honing our skills in community decision-making such as civil debate, and applying new and improved methods such as Democratic Agendas and Approval Voting. Through such organisations we can serve the common good, and we may become so successful at it that we find we have little need of our dysfunctional government bodies at all. Steve Penny

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TREERIPE ORCHARD Due to the hail event on Boxing Day this has reduced my volume of fruit so I will not be able to carry on with sending someone over to Takaka to be beside Super Liquor. I will try to carry on with the Saturday market as long as I have fruit, except for this Saturday. I wish to thank you for your support over the season so far and hope to see you again. Thanks, Craig Thornley.

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An exhibition spanning 40 years of Lorraine Polglase’s work is currently showing in the old bank vault at Art Vault Gallery in Takaka. The show clearly demonstrates how colour, a longtime passion for Lorraine, has evolved in her work, from her vivid bird and landscape paintings of the 1980s to the pure colour palette of her current work. “Even in these early ones the colour was the inspiration for a painting; it was always about colour,” Lorraine explains. The evolution of her style from decade to decade is like a diary; while still directly responding to the environment around her, Lorraine has explored different media and approaches over the years with entirely different outcomes. The early environmental paintings are more detailed and richly textured; multilayers of watercolour washes that built up a depth of colour, other pieces are in acrylic or oil. During this time, when her two children were still small, Lorraine explored Golden Bay with her sketchbook, joined art groups, life-drawing classes and attended courses to develop her practice, eventually holding her first solo show in Takaka’s Wholemeal Cafe. Her A4-sized paintings were starting points for larger paintings that eventually took on a life of their own.

Towards the end of the 1980s, Lorraine also took up stone carving with artist husband Trevor, and together they became known for their carved pieces that, like Lorraine’s paintings, also echoed elements of nature. Gradually, objects and forms in Lorraine’s work became more minimalist and abstracted, while at the same time colour became an even stronger feature. “You can actually see the progression,” she says. “I have restricted my painting so that now they are all about the emotion of colour. I’ve gone to blocks of colour because they are the most neutral shapes possible; some colours recede, some come forward. There are no objects. The imagination responds to the colour.” Lorraine identifies with American abstract painter Mark Rothko, who says: “The painting is not about an experience; it is an experience.” Recently Lorraine and Trevor have relocated to their new home and studio and both are taking new directions with their work. “I’ll still be doing some 3D artworks. Watch this space,” she says. 40 Years Retrospective: Dancing with Colour, Art Vault, Commercial Street Takaka, until 12 January.

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Oliver Gray earned 2nd place in the CrossFit Nationals, making it look easy, at the CrossFit Mohua gym. Photo: Ronnie Short. RONNIE SHORT

Sixteen-year-old Oliver Gray recently competed in the National CrossFit competition held in Cambridge on 5 and 6 December. At the time of entry Oliver was 15 years old, so had entered into the 14-15 year Youth category. The competition was delayed due to lockdown, but all entrants competed according to their age at date of enrolment. The day one events consisted of 75 pull-ups, 150 pushups and 200 squats, followed by a 3.2km run. Oliver won all four first-day events, which had him looking well placed to win his category. Day two consisted of above-head weightlifting, starting with 80kg and increasing weights within a four-minute window. On completion, Oliver had achieved an 85kg lift. An hour after the weightlifting there was a 100-metre swim. Overall, Oliver earned a 3rd, a 4th, and a 2nd place, finishing 4th across that day’s events. His final points over both days totalled 23, just two points behind the winner. “You can say I’m the first in the South Island,” said the determined athlete. To qualify for the nationals, Oliver had to submit online video footage of his CrossFit Mohua achievements. Those results were then assessed by judges, who also ensure every exercise is carried out correctly. The top eight females and eight males across New Zealand are then eligible to enter the national competition. Oliver says he learned a lot from his experience. “It’s shown me where I’m at in relation to other people… and we meet online, so it’s good to meet them in the flesh.” Soon to compete in the Intermediate category at a “random” CrossFit competition in Christchurch, Oliver is training hard. He is looking forward to entering the Nationals again in 2021 - and is focused on attaining first place.

Two separate history plaques have been recently installed by Golden Bay Heritage Society at the site of Takaka’s FreshChoice supermarket. They commemorate the blacksmiths and the drovers of this district. In the 1870s this area, known as “the Junction”, was the central hub of the new town of Takaka. Golden Bay’s first store and the Junction Hotel were built near this site, both owned by pioneer Henry Abbott. The first plaque describes the history of blacksmithing in Takaka, beginning with a small shop just along Motupipi Street, thought to have been operated by Frank Robertson. With the town quickly growing, more blacksmiths sprang up in other locations. George Sigley, Frank Parker and John Walker & Son were the next to come, later joined by the Edgar brothers, who had a shop in Commercial Street named the Golden Bay Forge. This was bought by Ray Bensemann and brothers in 1901, who developed it into a large blacksmith business and coachworks. In 1919, the Edgars sold the Motupipi Street blacksmith shop, also called the Forge, to Arnold Sparrow, who continued operating it until 1953. Horseshoes were found in the area for

many years after. The second plaque near the supermarket acknowledges the early drovers of Golden Bay, in particular the Richards brothers from the remote settlement of Paturau at the southern end of Westhaven Inlet. In1907/1908 they first drove 60 head of untamed cattle from south of Paturau, across the inlet at low tide, through to Takaka and across the Takaka Hill to the Nelson abattoir. Subsequent journeys would take 7 days plus rest days in holding paddocks along the way. Often the Takaka Hill leg would be timed with the full moon, the drovers leaving around 1am to take advantage of low traffic hours. Over the next 60 years, there were many drovers with stock, both cattle and sheep, who crossed the Hill by road to the meat works. Tommy Hyland would travel with his cattle as far as Picton and the West Coast. The best mix to drove, apparently, was cows and bulls together, although occasionally a bull would go bush on the Takaka Hill, later causing havoc with farm homesteads. Droving across the hill continued until the 1950s, after which stock was transported by sea and on trucks.

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WHAKAARO: Organic vs spray-free growing SUBMITTED BY JACQUELINE ALLEN AND ALLAN WALSH

Firstly let me declare my interest as an organic grower here in Golden Bay. It’s a subject on which I am well versed. There seems to be a growing number of people selling their products as “spray free” and I want to outline why organic growing isn’t just about foregoing chemical sprays. Firstly organic growing always starts with the soil. The organic movement was started by the Soil Association in 1946 as a response to the increasing use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and pharmaceuticals in industrial agriculture after the Second World War. They were worried about declining environmental and soil health and negative impacts on animal and human health. The farmers and scientists that founded the Soil Association realised that due to the widespread use of synthetic fertilisers there was no need to add manures, composts and cover crops back into the soil to improve fertility. Basically, if there is little or no organic matter being added to the soil, the microbes and soil organisms have nothing to feed on. The soil becomes a barren wasteland pumped full of chemicals that then are washed through the soil, back into waterways and eventually end up in the oceans where they can cause algal blooms and death of aquatic life. Organic growers don’t use synthetic fertilisers, but spray-free producers are free to do as they please, which is an important distinction between organic and non-organic growers. The second myth is that organic growers don’t spray anything on their plants. We do use sprays, but of course they are made from natural ingredients, not synthetic chemicals. So a grower that says they are “spray free” is likely stretching the truth somewhat. There really isn’t such a thing as spray-free produce. I recently heard a grain grower on the radio stating that they were spray free - apart from the Roundup that they

use to clear the soil of the old crop residues, and the preemergent weedkiller they use when the crop is sown. In my opinion that’s not really spray free, and it’s what most people who buy spray-free produce are trying to avoid. The use of Roundup (a known carcinogen) before the crop is sown is very common in “spray-free” systems, so buyer beware. There are no regulations on spray-free produce, so sellers can pretty much tell you whatever they want with impunity. We have direct experience of certain sellers telling people that the potatoes we saw them empty from a conventional potato grower’s packaging are “spray free”. They most definitely are not, and a good majority of them are sprayed with herbicide, usually Roundup, to kill the foliage pre-harvest so it doesn’t clog the harvester. Contrary to popular opinion, organic growers aren’t all Luddites and Hippies. It might surprise people to know that I am in favour of some well-thought-out genetic modifications to crops, just not those brought about by the greed of big industry. For example, imagine the nitrogen-fixing qualities of peas and beans when given to staple crops like wheat, corn and potatoes. There would be no need for large applications of industrial nitrogen fertiliser, which would eliminate the huge environmental cost in fossil fuels to manufacture these types of fertilisers. Considering that agriculture contributes between 10 and 20 per cent (at a low estimate) of the world’s greenhouse gases then this could massively decrease our fossil fuel emissions. GM corn, which can be sprayed with Roundup, has recently been approved for use in New Zealand. It will no doubt be available in your supermarket next summer, with no labelling to distinguish it from other types of corn. For all of these reasons we choose to grow organically.

Morris Dancers to visit Golden Bay SUBMITTED

A group of around 40 Morris Dancers and musicians are visiting Golden Bay this weekend. Morris Dancing is generally considered to have originated in the UK, but its roots are obscure. Morris Dancing is certainly an ancient tradition; Shakespeare wrote about it, and James IV of Scotland had Morris Dancers at his coronation more than a hundred years before Abel Tasman arrived in New Zealand. There are around 600 groups in England, but only 13 in New Zealand. Each year the NZ groups come together to visit a different area, dance and enjoy each other’s company. The “tour” was meant to be in Nelson this year, and dancers were expected from not just New Zealand, but also Australia, England and the United States. The travel restrictions due to Covid-19 caused this tour to be cancelled, but the “after-party” trip to Golden Bay remained. The dancers will be performing at various venues around the Bay. They will be at the Village Green on Friday night, the Village Market on Saturday morning, and the Rockville Early Settlers’ Museum and the Mussel Inn on Sunday. Roger Dunham, the group organiser says, “We love to dance; this is a wonderful opportunity to do that with friends, and to visit one of the best parts of the country.”

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Tau hou hari whanau • Changes have been made to firearms licence applications and renewals. These are to be completed online with all the material required on the police website www.police.govt.nz • 16 December: Two UK nationals were spoken to after being reported acting suspiciously around vehicles at Pupu Springs carpark. • 17 December: A concerned member of the public phoned 111 to report an erratic driver repeatedly driving across the centre line. The vehicle was located and a 20-year-old female driver from Nelson was arrested after refusing to accompany police for the evidential breath or blood test procedures. She refused her details and found herself in the Nelson cells reconsidering that option. She was charged with refusing to accompany, refusing blood (third and subsequent) and driving whilst disqualified. Her car will be impounded as well. • 19 December: At 5am two males and a female were seen walking along Commercial Street trying car doors. A good reminder to lock up and not leave valuables in your vehicles. • A reminder that the schools – all schools, are out of bounds after dark. • 20 December: Police were called to an assault near Collingwood. The investigation is ongoing. • 21 December: A 19-year-old Nelson female was issued a speeding infringement and forbidden from driving, having never held a driving licence. • 24 December: A parked vehicle on Reilly Street had its wing mirror smashed off during the day. Please advise police if you saw this or know who was responsible. • A quiet Christmas was enjoyed by your local police – no calls to service, which was great. We have noticed quite a few more burnouts around the Waitapu area and have our suspects. Please phone 111 if you observe this happening. Take a video. They’ll soon run out of vehicles if we get involved. • 27 December: A serious motor vehicle crash on Motupipi Street is being investigated after a vehicle struck two parked cars and a pedestrian. Unbelievably, everybody escaped serious injury although the female pedestrian was hospitalised due to a knock to the head. • 29 December: A motorcyclist was issued an infringement notice after crashing on Takaka Hill. He and his pillion rider were flown to Nelson Hospital with a suspected broken arm. • Twisted Frequency concert saw large numbers of visitors to Golden Bay and four days of revelling up the Cobb Valley. Issues with freedom camping by concert-goers either side of the festival were prevalent. A 51-year-old Nelson female was arrested and removed from the concert, she was taken to hospital to sober up from whatever she had been taking. A couple of people were injured and helped by ambulance staff. • New Year’s Eve celebrations in Golden Bay went without incident. The weather was perfect, making all the beach fires a non-issue. It was great to see so many families having a great time. Police dealt with three intoxicated drivers throughout the night. The 23-, 30-, and 39-year-old local males will appear in the Nelson District Court in January. Two of them were issued immediate 28-day suspension from driving notices due to their level of intoxication. • A 15-year-old male from Raumati South was warned for wasting police and emergency services time after making a hoax call to a friend pretending to be drowning at sea. Police, ambulance and a helicopter responded. Really dumb and really scary for those worried about him. • 2 January: Three boaties owe their lives to a member of the public who observed them capsize their tinnie off Pakawau. The local hero then went out in his own boat and picked them up. Fantastic effort. Tino pai rawa atu. • 4 January: Three drunk males were ejected from a local backpackers for being disorderly. Police attended and took their car keys and forbade them to drive for 12 hours as a preventative measure. • With the noticeable increase in traffic please keep your speeds down and respect other road users. Give cyclists a wide berth, watch your following distance and stay alert. Rest if you are tired. Takaka Police wish you all the very best for 2021. Aren’t we lucky to be in Golden Bay? 8

Eclectic and magical Lego exhibition

The “town” model with a moving train on the stage of the Pohara hall. Photo: Murray Hedwig. SUBMITTED

It was all on for young and old at the Lego exhibition held at the Pohara Hall on Monday. There was something for everyone amongst the exhibits. Star Wars featured heavily with an oversized Millenium Falcon alongside the iconic Death Star. There were whole miniature villages with working trains, pirate ships, vehicles of every description, a working grand piano and

the ever popular Harry Potter collection. Hours and hours of painstaking construction resulted in an eclectic and magical exhibition fully appreciated from ages two-82. The giant lego pit was a huge success with the young’uns and the $2 entry fee went to support the rescue helicopter. Well done to the organisers, volunteers and of course to the master builders. Photos below: Monica Manning.

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PERSONAL NOTICES / Pānui ake TO the people who helped the old fellow that fell off his bike on 2 January, thank you very much for your kindness and thank you again to the gentleman who took me home in his ute and the lady with the glass of water. I can’t thank you all enough. Thanks again, Fred. TURLEY, Gerda. 6 May 1937 - 4 January 2021. Passed away peacefully on 4 January aged 83. Much loved wife of Cliff and loved mother of Andrew and Alistair. A wonderful mother, grandmother and wife. She is sorely missed. A private service will be held.

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SITUATIONS VACANT / Tūranga wātea COORDINATOR position offered at the Golden Bay Sustainable Living Centre, starting 2 February 2021. This position includes: food production, composting, organising and teaching internship programmes and workshops, overseeing and guiding volunteers, events organisation and promotion, site management and infrastructure maintenance. For further information, including full job description, qualities and skills needed and application requirements, please visit: www.gbslc. org/employment

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FOR SALE: $1,950,000 | VIEW: nzsothebysrealty.com/NEL00442 | KYLIE JONES +64 21 152 8195 kylie.jones@nzsir.com Views, Comfort, Efficiency... there’s a new real estate trifecta and this home has struck the jackpot! Occupying a coveted position above Pohara, the views extend from every room in every direction of this supremely well-designed, energy efficient and stylish home. From a sunrise coffee on the northern deck, alfresco meals in the sheltered inner courtyard or private spas by starlight. You can enjoy outdoor living, entertain with ease and bathe in the bliss of this glorious location.

Designed with superior insulation and utilising passive heating, the home is exceptionally economical to heat while under-tile heating, walk-in showers and double vanities add a touch of luxury to the bathrooms. For a professional couple the smart home is a dream, completely wired for TV satellite and data with a spacious office. The master bedroom is a sanctuary, with sumptuous en-suite and doors leading out to the spa deck. 3D tour and video online, viewing by appointment.

GARAGE sale. Sunday 10 January, Selwyn Street, Pohara, signs out at 10am. GARAGE SALE. Big household clear out, gate open 10am-2pm, Sunday 10 January. 2086 Takaka Valley Highway (follow signs). Park in car park at bottom of driveway as no turning will be possible.

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HEIFER grazing available, up to 40 head, Takaka area. Ph 525 8764. FISHER & Paykel 331-litre fridge/freezer, $190. Ph 027 525 8059. LA-Z-BOY chairs, two, light burgundy, excellent condition, fully-functioning, $150 each ono. Ph Sue or Alexia 525 9875 or 027 629 3033. BOOK SALE. Golden Bay High School Hall, Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 January, signs out from 10am to 2pm. Lots and lots of bargains to be had. All proceeds going to the Golden Bay High School Library. ELECTRIC bike, eZee Torq Alfine, medium/large frame, high quality touring/commuter bike . $1800 ono. Ph 525 7376. CURTAIN tracks, net tracks, liners, curtain fabrics, sheer fabrics, upholstery fabrics, or have us make up your lined curtains for you for a stunning floor-to-ceiling five star look. Ph Tracey, Imagine designs 027 440 0071. GOLDEN BAY A&P SHOW gate tickets and booth catalogues available at NBS Bank. Gate tickets $10, catalogues $1. CAT and dog doors. Installed for you by Golden Bay Glass. 96 Commercial St. Ph 525 7274. COTTAGE Plants Onekaka is open Wednesday-Sunday, 10am4.30pm. Ph 525 9253. FIREWOOD: Douglas fir, beech and gum. Delivering now. Also kindling. Ph Bay Firewood 027 769 6348. SLASH your electricity bill. Install a grid-connect PV system. Professional design and install. Ph Paul Stocker, Azimuth Renewables, 525 6019. THE GB WEEKLY, FRIDAY 8 JANUARY 2021

Absolute Beachfront Beauty

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FOR SALE: Auction 3:00 p.m. Sunday 24 January 2021 on site (unless sold prior) VIEW: nzsothebysrealty.com/NEL00443 | TRACEY WALKER +64 22 548 3105 tracey.walker@nzsir.com Fantastic opportunity to buy one of the best beachfront homes in Golden Bay. Solid timber, macrocarpa two storey home right on the waterfront of the beautiful Patons Rock Beach. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a great kitchen with bi-fold windows onto the deck and a massive garage - perfect for the boat and beach toys. Low maintenance gardens are complete with a fat lemon tree by

the deck ready for the gin. There is an outside shower, fish bench, shade sail and a very old McCormick beach tractor ready to launch your boat. Patons Rock Beach is considered one of the best in all of the bay, great swimming and easy for beach launching the boat and apparently fresh snapper straight out the front. This fantastic property is also only a ten minute drive from the trendy Takaka township.

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Holiday Office Hours Our office will be closed from Wed 23rd Dec and will re-open on Mon 11th Jan. We will be available remotely for all rental emergency needs.

Ray White Golden Bay Property Management 2020 also bought with it over 100 changes to the Residential Tenancies Act! Most coming into force from Feb 2021, so it is important you learn how they will affect you and your property. Some of the changes include; the removal of the 90 day no cause notice different notice periods for tenants and landlords changes to fixed term contracts abilities for tenants to make minor alterations to the property huge increases to the enforcement measures and fines that can be placed on landlords and tenants if they fail to meet their obligations.

2020 will be remembered as a challenging year when we're made to restructure our lives and work as well as how we interact with each other. Our clients have always known when they pick up the phone to call us they’re calling a person, not a number. This has stayed true throughout every level of Covid-19. As an essential business, we worked remotely supporting our tenants and landlords through the unknown times. We are proud to say that during 2020 our local business has been successful in finding long term homes for thirty seven local families, but we still have amazing tenants needing good homes Pre-qualified Great references Ready now - So call me!

If 2020 has taught us anything though, it is adaptation. This too will be the new normal and we embrace the changes and keep moving forward. Communication, relationships and connection to our community is the key to our success.

For obligation free landlord information and investment guides contact Jenna Bowden - 027 525 7229 - jenna.bowden@raywhite.com EATING OUT / Kai wahi kē CURRY LEAF. Open 7 days, 12-8pm. Chef-made food, takeaway prices. Order online thecurryleaf.co.nz or ph 525 8481. DANGEROUS KITCHEN. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, 7 days, 9am- 8.30pm. For bookings and takeaways ph 525 8686. DE-LISH DELICATESSEN. Sumptuous, delicious food. Lunches, catering, coffee, chocolate, cheeses and epicure items. Weekdays from 6.30am. Ph 525 7111. Whakamaru | 159m2 | 3BRM | 2 BTH Kitset Pricing from: Affordable Quality - Easy Build

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PROPERTY WANTED / Rawa hiahia

FRIENDLY ∙ QUALITY WORKMANSHIP ∙ LOCAL

Cash Buyer Looking For A Home

Lauren Clarke

021 110 4235

laurenclarkeis@gmail.com

GoldenBayPropertyServices.co.nz * Window Cleaning * Water Blasting * Roof-Building Washing * Gutter Inspection/Cleaning * Lawns/Grounds Maintenance * Drone Inspection/Surveys

027 690 0769 | Free Quotation Local People providing Local Service

KOTARE SANDS. Open 7 days from 10am. Great food, great atmosphere, and live music Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Bookings are essential for dinner, ph 525 7678. NUGGET CAFE Mangarakau, open 11am-4pm, TuesdaySunday. Closed Mondays. Ph 524 8051. OLD SCHOOL CAFE, Pakawau. Open 7 days, 11am-late. Ph 524 8457. O’SHA, open 7 days, lunch 11.30am-2.30pm and dinner 5-9pm. Ph 525 6117.

I'm a cash buyer with up to $900k for the right property. Considering Milnthorpe - Wainui. Must have proximity to/views of the water, all else negotiable. If you are considering selling, please contact me in confidence. Thank you!

KORORA’S NEST, Pohara. Open 7 days for coffee, lunch, snacks, drinks and dinner. Monday-Friday, 11am- late; Saturday, Sunday, 9am-late. Ph 03 970 3291.

THE MUSSEL INN. Open from 11am.

TOTALLY ROASTED, Pohara. Open 6 days, 9am-3pm, closed Monday. Friday night wood-fired pizza 4pm till 7pm, dine in or take away, ph 525 9396 for orders.

Interior ∙ Exterior ∙ Residential ∙ Commerical Ph 022 086 1842 for a free quote

PROPERTY AVAILABLE / Rawa watea

TOTOS CAFE & PIZZERIA. Open 10.30am-5pm, CLOSED FRIDAYS. Totaranui hill, ph 039 707 934. WHOLEMEAL CAFE, open 7 days for dine-in meals and takeaways, 7.30am-3pm.

ROOM available for a mature lady or married couple in Commercial Street, $120/week. Please ph 027 511 4266.

EATING OUT / Kai wahi kē ANATOKI SALMON fishing and cafe. Catch your own lunch or order from the menu. Open every day from 10am. www. anatokisalmon.co.nz COLLINGWOOD TAVERN. 11am-7pm, Sunday-Thursday; 11am-late, Friday and Saturday.

COURTHOUSE CAFE, Collingwood. Open 7 days, 8am-4pm. Pizzas Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights, 5-8pm. Ph 524 8194. THE GB WEEKLY, FRIDAY 8 JANUARY 2021

Ray White Golden Bay Holiday Opening Hours

In line with most solicitors, our office will be closed from Wed 23rd Dec and will re-open on Mon 11th Jan2021. We will be available remotely for all your property needs, give us a call on 027 608 5606

Ray White Holiday Office

137 Commercial Street, Takaka

19 McShane Road, Wainui

For Sale

$798,000 For Sale: Call to view Viewing: WAINUI BAY WONDERLAND - This spacious farmhouse offers a peaceful lifestyle, far from the crowds but not too far from Takaka and the coastal cafe's. The setting is a real wonderland with beautiful mature gardens enveloping the home, an enviable and reliable vege garden, a maze of pathways through the stand of ancient native trees and you can see the sea from almost every room!

$565,000 For Sale: Call to view Viewing: DOWNSIZE WITHOUT COMPROMISE - Imagine living in your own private lodge right in the heart of town. Well here's your golden opportunity! Overlooking Te Kakau stream - full of watercress and bird life, open countryside and the distant mountains, this very spacious home has all you need and more to enjoy life in the slow lane!

Happy New Year May you discover everything you are looking for in 2021

FROM BILLY AND THE TEAM AT RAY WHITE GOLDEN BAY

Lot 1 & Lot 3 Kaihoka Lakes Road, Kaihoka

$350,000 each For Sale: Call to view Viewing: GET WILD AND FREE - It's been said that you can't beat the West Coast on a good day, and Westhaven Inlet is particularly stunning, and a bit more sheltered! In this pristine environment building covenants apply and views from the land are limited by dense vegetation. On the plus side, privacy is paramount. Lot 1 offers 3.5Ha and Lot 3 offers 1.5Ha

Proudly supporting the following causes in our local community in 2020 • Free weekly community advert on the front page of the local • • • • • • • • • • • •

Golden Bay Weekly Golden Bay A&P Show - Billy's Breast Screen Challenge Takaka Fishing Club Golden Bay Search and Rescue Kakariki Kids - Defibrillator Collingwood Area School - Senior Prize Giving Golden Bay High School - Junior Prize Giving and School Magazine GB Community Arts Council - Peoples Choice Award at Bay Art Pink Ribbon Street Appeal Mohua Social Services - Little Ray of Giving Golden Bay Waka Ama Aorere Futures Trust Free community Gazebo

Level 1, 11 Buxton Lane, Takaka | 03 525 7219 I 027 608 5606 | www.rwgoldenbay.co.nz | Facebook @RaywhiteGoldenbay | Billy Kerrisk Licensed Agent REAA 2008 THE GB WEEKLY, FRIDAY 8 JANUARY 2021

CHURCH SERVICES ON SUNDAYS

UPCOMING EVENTS / Mea pakiri haere

SACRED Heart Catholic faith community celebrates Mass at 5pm each Sunday. All welcome.

MAD CAFE

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

C L O S E D midnight New Year’s Eve

ST Andrews Presbyterian Church invites you to join with us for morning worship at 10am. Rev Barry Ayers.

Thanks to all who experienced IT

for the good for a NEW WAVE

A Child is born to us! A Son is given to us! And he will be our ruler. He will be called wonderful counselor Mighty God eternal Father Prince of Peace

Isaiah 9:6 All Welcome ☺ Pastor: Rodney Watson 027 511 4266

Sunday Service 10 93 Commercial St, Takaka. www.godunlimited.org Ph:am 525 9265 Includes Kids Program

Kahurangi Christian Church Includes Kids program

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.

Welcome to the Centre of the Universe

GRAND RE-OPENING

GALLERIES / Whakakitenga LORRAINE Polglase, retro exhibition at Art Vault. 40 years painting and sculpture. To 12 January.

FRIDAY 8 JANUARY AT 8pm

COMING up 23-31 January, water: eARTh: power exhibition; 10 artists from the 2019 Cobb Artist Residency exhibition at Pohara hall. One week only. Don’t miss it! www.waterearthpower.art

MAD THEARTRE

EARTHSEA GALLERY

Fine Landscape Paintings - Reproduction Giclee Prints Studio Gallery of Peter Geen

76 Boyle Street (Golf Course Rd) Clifton, Takaka. Ph 525 7007. Open 10am-5pm. www.earthseagallery.com

2.00 Dragon Rider (PG) 5.00 The Bee Gees (M) 8.00 Wonder Woman 1984 (M) Sat 9 2.00 The Croods: A New Age (PG) 4.30 Wonder Woman 1984 (M) 8.00 ***Polytropos - Live Celtic music duo - $20*** Oscar West & Rennie Pearson - Tickets @ Pohutukawa Gallery Sun 10 2.00 Dragon Rider (PG) 5.00 Blithe Spirit (2020) (PG) 8.00 Wonder Woman 1984 (M) Mon 11 2.00 The Croods: A New Age (PG) 5.00 Blithe Spirit (2020) (PG) 8.00 Wonder Woman 1984 (M) Tue 12 2.00 Dragon Rider (PG) 4.30 Wonder Woman 1984 (M) 8.00 Blithe Spirit (2020) (PG) Wed 13 2.00 The Croods: A New Age (PG) ***Double Feature*** Summer Movies Al Fresco*** Inside 7.00 The Love Bug (Herbie) (1968) (G) $8 Adult/$4 Child Outside 9.00 on the Village Green - Pork Pie (2017) (M) $2/$1 Thu 14 2.00 Matinee: The Bee Gees (M) 5.00 Dragon Rider (PG) 8.00 Wonder Woman 1984 (M) Fri

with the Stay Away Cafe

Cosmic Collingwood

LIVE MUSIC ART n DANCE enquiries ph NgAngA 021 107 6312

Bookings phone 525 8453 Film information may be found at www.villagetheatre.org.nz

UPCOMING EVENTS / Mea pakiri haere GB WEEKLY DEADLINE: noon on Tuesdays.

WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY COSTUME HIRE. Playhouse, Park Avenue, 7-8.30pm. After hours ph Diane 525 8097, evenings. ONEKAKA PLAYGROUP is taking a break, see you back 13 January.

THURSDAY 14 JANUARY DAYTIME BADMINTON, Rec Park Centre, 9-11am. All welcome. Ph Kerry 525 7007, 027 525 7007.

SUNDAY 17 JANUARY TAKAKA DRAMA SOCIETY, auditions for one-act plays, 2pm at the Playhouse. Don’t miss out on the fun!

The Mussel Inn Coming Up... Sat 9th H4LF CAST, $10 Wed 13th BLACK AND GOLD, $10 Sat 16th JULIAN TEMPLE BAND, $10 Sun 17th LOOKING FOR ALASKA, $15 - tix available online Wed 20th RICHTER CITY REBELS, $10 Sat 23rd OSCAR LaDell and HOOT, $10 Mon 25th JOHN LLOYD & PHIL DOUBLET, $10 Wed 27th YOUR INDIGO, $10 Sat 30th BALKANY, $10 14

UPCOMING GIGS & EVENTS... GALANJAH REGGAE sundays all January w/ special guests Friday 8th January TWISTED FREQUENCY PRESENTS:

will mcclean & the zooks + general vibe

Friday15th January

Soulfire Bangers + FREINDS

Saturday 16th January

HOODY TIME + BOSHO TRUTH TOUR

Saturday 23rd January SUBDIVISION AUDIO PRESENTS:

WARP & PINO

COMING SOON: Oscar LaDell / Disco Delusions / Rubita Gourmet food & burgers, Open fire, Good beer, Good people

www.rootsbar.co.nz

Pakawau Beach Park Cabins + powered and non-powered camping - ph 524 8308

Camp Shop 8am to 6pm

Newspapers ● Ice ● Bread ● Milk ● Ice-creams....etc

WINE ● BEER ● DIESEL ● PETROL

PROGRAMMES TO LISTEN OUT FOR Fresh Start Monday and Friday - Join Grant Knowles and guests live from our Takaka Studio for our Monday breakfast programme. Fresh Start Monday is kindly supported by The GB Weekly and airs Monday morning from 7-9am. Grant also hosts our Friday breakfast programme, Fresh Start Friday, where he talks regularly with Mayor Tim King. Yoga Beats - Sharing, showcasing, simplifying and funkifying yoga philosophy. Do these ancient ideas still apply to today’s modern society? What does it mean to practice off the mat? How can the eastern ideas of yoga be a tool to deal with today’s wild west? Yoga Beats breaks it down by discussing yogic concepts on philosophy with the local yoga teachers from the Northwest tip of the South Island. Plus playing some tasty tunes to stretch and release, listen, dance or twirl to. Yummy. Join Sam Blanchard Friday mornings at 10am. Kindly supported by HealthPost.

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Family Friendly Fun Sand Sculpture Extravaganza! Gold coin entry: All entrants go in the draw! Giveaways from Pohara businesses

Pohara Beach

(By the campground boatramp)

January 10th 10am - 2pm communities

Tasman District

Deadline: 12pm Tuesday ꟾ Email: admin@gbweekly.co.nz TAKAKA FUELS & FISHING

Golden Bay weather forecast

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Valid from Friday 8 until Tuesday 12 January Friday: Variable winds. Showers developing, with isolated thunderstorms and hail likely. Saturday: Southwesterlies developing. Mainly fine apart from few showers developing over Kahurangi. Sunday: Southwesterlies, freshening west of Parapara. Mainly fine and becoming warm. Monday: Southerlies dying away and sea breezes developing. Fine apart from isolated showers over the ranges in the afternoon. Tuesday: Light winds with daytime sea breezes. Mainly fine and warm for a time. Sollys Contractors are proud sponsors of this weather forecast.

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50 Commercial Street, Takaka Golden Bay First National Licensed REAA 2008 - MREINZ

www.goldenbayproperty.com Ph: (03) 525 8800

Working for you, to get the job done in 2021! Never underestimate the impact of a strong, close knit, experienced LOCAL team when making the decision as to who will be part of your next property journey. In 2020, the team successfully facilitated around 50 property sales. Whatever 2021 holds in store for you, may you be surrounded by a strong team to help you achieve your goals. BELINDA J BARNES 021 236 2840 It’s always busy being Belinda! Diamond Award for me this year, amongst my volunteer work, has meant this year has been all go, but that’s how I like it! The joy of a job well done is such a reward and I look forward to another great year and a super summer to boot! Call me for a catch up anytime.

103 Parapara Valley Rd, Parapara Deadline: 2pm 27.01.202 (NSP) Your ‘peace’ of paradise!? Call me for a time to view. Ref: For the full range of our listings, pick up one of our property booklets - available outside the office at 50 Commercial St, Takaka or up at Fresh Choice, Takaka. Updates daily & it’s free! We welcome your call, anytime (03) 5258800 or phone your preferred Sales Consultant direct. Here is a little snippet of some of our properties for sale & typically at this time of the year, our tools of the trade are somewhat restricted due to the holidays. Enjoy your time here - do as little or as much as you wish. Everything is shaping up to be a great summer!

PAUL MCCONNON 0275 042 872 What a fantastic time of the year, this weather is incredible - I’ll be in the Bay all summer - after all, where is there a better alternative? The Bay is all a buzz with visitors and when I’m not out and about showing properties, I’ll be on the squash court, so any visitors to the Bay want a run - give me a shout!

17 Waitapu Road, Tākaka Price By Negotiation This really is LOCATION! Viewing by appointment only. Ref: GB3804

JAMES MACKAY 0273 590 892 With our population escalating over this time of the year, lets all take extra care on the road. Be patient & considerate of others. Be safe & take care of each other - devise a plan of action in case of an emergency! As a Volunteer Fire Fighter in the Takaka Brigade, a quiet summer is a good summer for all!!

59a Selwyn Street, Pōhara Offers Over $1.45m A beautiful property nice & handy to the beach. Ref: GB3750

ANNIE TELFORD 027 249 1408 To all those who have entrusted me with their real estate needs this year, buyers & sellers, I THANK YOU! It has been a very challenging year for all, but there have been silver linings with family & friends & I am so grateful we all get to be together this holiday season. Wishing everyone a VERY HAPPY FESTIVE SEASON.

OPEN HOME: Sunday 10th January 11am 10 Ruataniwha Drive, Collingwood Deadline: 4pm 19/01/2021 (NSP) Stunning outlook! No viewings prior to first open home. Ref: GB3809

Happy New Year Everyone! Stay safe, be kind & look out for each other.

SARAH-JANE BROWN 0274 222 577

Wow what a crazy year it has been!! I think we are all looking forward to something good in 2021! I would like to thank you all for your continued support over this year. To all the vendors who entrusted me with their property sales in such an unknown time, pre & post lockdown - what a ride we had! Through great communication we got through this crazy time pretty well! Wishing you all a safe and happy New Year.

25 Nyhane Dr, Ligar Bay Offers Over $869,000 Summer Days at Ligar Bay Call me for more information. Ref: GB3807

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