The GB Weekly - 20 January 2023

In the northerly section of Kahurangi National Park, manpower has restored order where nature had created chaos.

It’s almost five years since ex-tropical cyclone Gita’s devastating downpour destroyed bridges and damaged the footpath on the Kaituna Track. Now, after thousands of hours of hard graft by a small team of volunteers, the track from Kaituna has not only been reinstated, but also extended with a walkable trapline that extends to Mangarakau.

Last Saturday evening, the volunteers were joined by sponsors, members of the public, and a representative from the Department of Conservation (DOC), to celebrate the official opening of the stunning 18km route.

Once assembled in the DOC carpark at the end of Carter Road, the 40-strong group walked to the start of the Kaituna Track where volunteer extraordinaire Des Clark welcomed everyone, before DOC community ranger Andrew Lamason recited a karakia.

Des resumed his opening address, emphasising the theme of “appreciation”, beginning with the initial realisation that Gita had effectively taken the track away. “…You don’t appreciate something until you lose it.”

Given the widespread significant damage inflicted by Gita on the Bay’s other more highprofile tracks, including Abel Tasman, Heaphy and Wainui Falls, DOC were unable to allocate any resources to the Kaituna Track. Rather than complain and protest about the decision, however, the pragmatic locals set about doing it themselves, along with help from friends and sponsors (see full list of acknowledgements on page 23).

Des expressed appreciation for DOC’s ongoing advice, and to local iwi who allowed the trapline to cross their Te Tai Tapu land. “Without their backing and support, we wouldn’t be celebrating today…The ‘old firm’ of Darryl [Wilkins], Patrick [Mulcahy], Brian [Sixtus] and I appreciate all the generosity, support and goodwill we received in the

early days. And that has followed on with the ‘new firm’, that includes Keith [Tomlinson], Rowan [Pomeroy], Jono [Osmers], Shelley [Pomeroy], Haydon [Miller], David [McBurney], Sally [Everett], and Giff [Murray Gifford], plus our trappers Robyn [Darney], and Simon and Barbara [Graves].”

Des also paid tribute to “long suffering partners”, plus the committee, businesses, individuals, and the wider community that he said were part of the “support team”.

He acknowledged that, although most volunteers were of the superannuated variety, it had its benefits when it came to the route design. “…Our aim has always been to form a trapline that is easily walkable.”

Concluding his address, Des called on a colleague to conduct the official opening. “As is sometimes the case up on the track, I do a lot of the talking and Darryl and the team actually get stuff done, so I’ll ask Darryl to cut the ribbon on our collective behalf.”

After the ribbon had been cut, Haydon

acknowledged the team’s “great work, skills and expertise” and said he enjoyed being part of it. “It’s nice to work with people who get things done.”

The party then reconvened at the former Naked Possum, where owners Todd and Michelle McCashin provided spit-roast meat and salad.

During pre-meal conversation, Giff explained that he initiated the far end of the trapline near his home on Snake Creek Road, Mangarakau. “I started by myself.”

Des pointed out that the trapline had already made a significant contribution to the ecology of the surrounding area by deploying around 150 traps to remove pest predators. “We’re up to around 200 stoats and 1,200 rats.”

The subsequent increase in native bird life will be one of the features trampers will be able to enjoy, on what key sponsor Peter Butler of Forest Herbs Research believes will become “the best one-dayer in the Bay once word gets out”.

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Trapline volunteers: from left, Haydon Miller, Brian Sixtus, Darryl Wilkins, Shelley Pomeroy, Patrick Mulcahy, Keith Tomlinson, Murray Gifford, David McBurney, Des Clark. Photo: Jo Richards.

“It is the club that no one wants to be in,” is how Cheryl Elsey describes the group that she her husband, Ian, are part of. The club is the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support network (SANDS), a group of volunteers which formed 30 years ago, with branches now in most NZ cities.

Members of SANDS have all experienced the loss of a baby and are there to support other families facing the same trauma. Cheryl explains that “the role is to be with someone in their deepest despair from a place of knowing and understanding. To sit and be present with their grief, to support along this unknown journey. Holding their hands and sharing together to take small steps towards healing, and one day to find resilience and peace.”

Because there is no government funding, each SANDS group is responsible for fundraising to provide resources in their area, which are shared with local hospitals and midwifes. Resources include memory boxes for bereaved parents, knitted early loss “pockets”, quilted baby blankets, hats and booties from the tiniest sizes to full term.

In any year, in NZ over 600 babies die between 20 weeks gestation and 12 months old. No official statistics are recorded for pregnancy loss prior to 20 weeks, but the Ministry of Health estimates between 7,500 and 12,750 annually.

Figures don’t tell of the heartache and sadness for every single child, but Cheryl knows. She and Ian lost seven babies. It was only when they were in Wellington with their last one, daughter Lily, that they were told about SANDS. After experiencing so much loss, she now would like to be part of a “national pathway for every hospital to have the same resources and every midwife to have the same awareness”.

Golden Bay is fortunate in that she is here as SANDS “in-person support” for our postcode. Cheryl has completed all levels of SANDS training courses. She explains that there is a “three-point model of care” for shocked and grieving families. Firstly,

to slow down. Secondly, to make memories like taking handprints and photos. Thirdly, “to allow parents to parent their baby by holding, bathing and dressing”, as this is the only opportunity parents get to be with their baby. Although confronting, Cheryl knows personally that in later years these experiences become precious memories.

My own family has been impacted, as my parents lost three babies close to full term. Fifty years ago, there was no counselling, the babies were not even named, and my mum sought support when she was over 80 years old. Thankfully people like Cheryl are now available to support any family who has experienced baby loss.

SANDS has a national conference every two years which includes midwives, doctors, and counsellors, as well as bereaved parents, with Cheryl recently a speaker. Monthly national support meetings happen on Zoom. Cheryl

also runs the monthly “Empty Arms” Zoom meeting for parents who have experienced baby loss and have no living children. October is “Baby Loss Awareness Month”, and a candle ceremony is held as part of the global wave of light in memory of the children who are loved but not growing up.

SANDS also provides advocacy and is part of an independent government-based review committee into deaths of babies and mothers in NZ. In 2019, the Department of Internal Affairs established a website called “Whetūrangitia”, which provides information for anyone to learn what support is available.

As we look back on 2022, I acknowledge and send love to families who have experienced baby loss and will forever carry that child in their hearts.

Contacts: SANDS email secretary@sands. org, Cheryl Elsey ph 027 233 0539, and online at https://wheturangitia.services.govt.nz/

Cheryl Elsey with SANDs resources including hand print kit, teddy, small flax coffin, knitted “pocket’ to wrap baby in, candle, box of gifts, information sheets, and quilts. Cheryl is holding a little urn containing their daughter’s ashes and there is a photo of her tiny hand. Photo: Supplied.

Jake Baxendale, ex-Golden Bay local, will be back in the Bay in the next few weeks with two different bands: Richter City Rebels and Bazurka.

Richter City Rebels are on their album release tour for Big Fresh and Bazurka is touring the South Island this summer.

“Having grown up in Golden Bay it’s always a huge pleasure to return with different groups, it feels like giving back in some small way to the community that gave me such a love and appreciation for sharing music,” says Jake.

“Richter City Rebels are a bit of a crowd favourite, we’ve been touring Te Tau Ihu/Top of the South every summer for most of the past seven-eight years. A full-on New Orleans style brass band, it’s definitely a huge party vibe. Big Fresh is our new album and it’s been a long time in the making. It’s our third studio album and we’ve done it a bit differently, covering some songs by our friends from Wellington bands Odessa and Raw Collective, and one by Troy Kingi, as well as a few of our own originals.

“I’ve been involved with Bazurka almost as long and it’s great to come back to the Bay with them after our first tour there in 2018. Our music is a uniquely kiwi spin on Eastern European folk music: an aural smorgasbord of raucous jigs, sultry tear-jerking ballads, and spicy dance floor starters! The band is full of heavy hitters like Justin Firefly on guitar and Briar Prastiti on vocals, who reunited with us after living in Greece for a few years – and of course our fearless leader, trumpeter Michael Costeloe, who

has graced the Bay’s stages with groups like Tunes of I and The Wellington City Shake-Em-On-Downers in years past.

“I really hope to see some familiar faces in the crowds when we come through!”

Richter City Rebels, at The Mussel Inn Friday 27 January, 9pm and Bazurka is at Roots Bar, Saturday 4 February, also from 9pm.

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Richter City Rebels, above, and Bazurka, right, will be in Golden Bay this summer. Photos: Submitted.

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Sweet Paname duo hit the road

After two years working on the album and book project Sweet Paname, Sonia Wilson and Nigel Gavin are excited to take their new show on the road. Joining the duo for this part of the tour is young Kiwi/French singer-songwriter Anna Feillet.

The multi-cultural acoustic duo features French-American Paris-born Sonia on vocals and ukulele and Kiwi-American virtuoso musician Nigel on seven-string guitar. After meeting and playing together for the first time at the Whare Flat Folk festival in Dunedin, during Sonia’s first visit to New Zealand on a solo round-the-world trip in December 2014, the pair have since become well-loved in the New Zealand folk music scene. They weave French, Kiwi and American songs with their own original compositions and inspiration from their travels around the world.

The Mussel Inn, Wednesday 8 February.

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Waspol NZ Ltd collects wasps for immunotherapy laboratories which make products to help allergic people become desensitised to the venom. These products are important to people who may go into anaphylactic shock if stung. We will be collecting European paper wasps for the next two to three months.

This species nests in warm dry places like, under eaves, glasshouses, abandoned cars and machinery, pole shed rafters, tree protecters and especially silage pit tyres.

If you have multiple nests 75 mm or larger we would love to hear from you to arrange for free removal.

European Paper Wasps

Free Removal

Waspol NZ Ltd collects wasps for immunotherapy laboratories which make products to help allergic people become desensitised to the venom. These products are important to people who may go into anaphylactic shock if stung.

laboratories which make products to help allergic people become desensitised to the venom. These products are important to people who may go into anaphylactic shock

We will be collecting European paper wasps for the next two to three months.

This species nests in warm dry places like, under eaves, glasshouses, abandoned cars and machinery, pole shed rafters, tree protecters and especially silage pit tyres.

We will be collecting European paper wasps for the next

This species nests in warm dry places like, under eaves, glasshouses, abandoned cars and machinery, pole shed rafters, tree protecters and especially silage pit tyres. If you have multiple nests 75 mm or larger we would love to hear from you to arrange for free removal. We can only

If you have multiple nests 75 mm or larger we would love to hear from you to arrange for free removal. We can only collect unsprayed nests. Please supply ph no and locality.

Please supply ph no and locality. We will call to arrange collection which is usually early morning before wasps

We will call to arrange collection which is usually early morning before wasps are ßying.

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Tēnā koutou e te whānau Tākaka hosted a three-day National Cave Dive Search and Rescue exercise over the weekend based up at East Tākaka. Twenty-four of the country’s top cave divers

Sonia Wilson and Nigel Gavin will perform at The Mussel Inn on Wednesday 8 February. Photo: Submitted.

Golden Bay’s 125th Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show gets underway at Tākaka’s Rec Park from 8am tomorrow and it promises to be a great day out for everyone – locals, summer visitors, tradespeople and competitors – of all ages.

The show is the Bay’s largest single-day annual event and it’s no surprise that it takes a mammoth feat of organisation to make it happen every year. This week, the full committee, aided by local volunteers, assembled at the show grounds to prepare the produce booth, sheep pens, shearing stands, horse jumps, trade stand allotments, sound systems and complete a hundred other tasks. They were all busy over the festive season, too – finalising entries, preparing catalogues, collating prizes, organising trade stands, sorting prize money, chasing

promotions sub-committee while at the same time dealing with a myriad of phone and email messages.

The executive committee is currently made up of Clive Bird (patron), Duncan McKenzie (president), Noel Baigent (vice president), Jean Wedderburn (secretary), Daphne Woods (treasurer), plus members Jim Nalder, Averill Grant and Tina Delceg.

The horse events are coordinated by chief steward and long-term committee member Anne McKenzie, assisted by the president Duncan McKenzie.

Their combined efforts have created a programme packed full of interest and entertainment, featuring traditional show classes for goats, sheep and poultry. Throughout the day, horseriders, sheep-shearers, wood-choppers and chainsaw experts will be competing in a series of highly entertaining events.

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A large range of gardening supplies including seeds, seedlings, annuals, perrenials, shrubs, trees, natives, sprays, netting, tools, composts & potting mixes.

Animal & stock feeds, pet foods, feeders & troughs.

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Making it happen – the 2023 A&P Show Committee: Back row, from left, Daphne Woods, Jamie Ward, Duncan McKenzie, Jim Nalder, Wayne Packard, Noel Baigent. Front row, from left, Nicola Wells, Carolyn Baigent, Sue Hitchcock, Tina Delceg, Anne McKenzie, Jean Wedderburn. Absent: Scott Petterson and Averill Grant. Photo: Supplied.

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If the sight of all that produce stimulates the appetite, there are plenty of food and drink options available, including sit-down morning and afternoon tea as well as a full country style lunch and dessert available in the Rec Centre Function room. Elsewhere around the grounds, show-goers can graze at the numerous food stalls and/or indulge in ice cream which will be on sale, along with free chilled water, at the Secretary’s Office. Caffeine addicts can select their favourite brew from Goodness 2 Go as well as several other outlets around the grounds. For those thirsty for something stronger, the historic “Brownies Inn”, the on-site licenced premise run by Golden Bay Liquorland, is open all day.

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There will also be live music from The Starlets trio and several fairground rides, but the focal point of the show is likely to be the Grand Parade which starts at 1pm led by the Tākaka Citizens Band, followed by prize-winning champion horses, sheep, goats and pets, with vintage tractors, collectable cars and motorcycles taking up the rear.

Immediately after the Grand Parade, the Tasman District Council Mayor Tim King will preside over the ceremonial opening of the reinstated grandstand which has been the show’s focal point for over a hundred years.

Tickets, available on the day, are $15.00 at the Show Gate. Children under 15 years-old enjoy free entry. Gates open from 8am, with free parking via Dodsons Road.

Wells and her team.

farmers and lifestylers looking for equipment and materials, there’s

wide variety of trade stands occupied by rural suppliers and machinery specialists, all staffed by knowledgeable representatives.

A grandstand view of the 2021 Grand Parade.

Golden Bay A&P Show 2023

Programme of Events

• NO DOGS are allowed on site.

• EFTPOS for cash out is available in the Rec Centre.

• First Aid is available at the top of the hill near the main entrance.

No alcohol may be brought into the venue. Alcohol purchase from the licenced bar or provided by sponsors must be consumed within the area where purchased or served.

• The Secretary Office is located in the Keith Page Hall.

Sunday: Southwesterlies developing although sea breezes about Pōhara. Fine and becoming mild

Monday: Light winds with daytime sea breezes. Mainy fine although some cloud buildups in the afternoon

Fence Challenge – elimination horse jump

Competitions and exhibitions

Solly’s sheep shearing competition will run all day. This event always attracts a large crowd happy to sit on the hay bales and marvel at the skill and speed of the expert shearers. Next door to the sheep-shearing is the wood-chop competition arena. This year there will be around 20 axemen and women from around the South Island, including several NZ reps and local competitors. Competitions include standing and underhand chops, butchers-block and the spectacular jiggerboard. Requiring less physical exertion but an equal level of concentration, operators will choose their chainsaws for a noisy high-noon showdown between Stihl and Husqvarna teams.

Equestrian events, coordinated by Anne and Duncan McKenzie, start at 8am, run throughout day, and range from the miniature horse class to ponies and hunter class competitions. Immediately after the Grand Parade, Baerbel Hack’s Vaulties will

give an exhibition of gymnastics on horseback.

Another equestrian event follows with the “Two fence challenge”, an elimination event which pitches riders and horses against fellow competitors to see who can jump the highest obstacle.

Show-goers who prefer to get stuck in rather than simply watch should head over to TG Contracting’s digger challenge where they can test their handling skills or “just come and have a go,” says company boss Tristan Graham. “Everyone is welcome – it’s free and it’s not a competition. We’ll also have a few sossies for our clients who can come along for a catch up and a yarn.”

The Tākaka Volunteer Fire Brigade will be there with one of their appliances and FENZ are bringing a Pigeon Valley museum exhibit and an interactive fire escape challenge.

For those interested in big boys’ toys, the farm machinery dealer stands are the places to visit. BMTT is bringing along heaps of heavy machinery including two tractors (Kioti CK3710 and Deutz Fahr 5125), a couple of JCB excavators, plus bale grabs, a bale feeder and a slasher. The company’s salesman Keith Little and technician Todd Carter will be on site for the day.

Tractor Repairs and Spares will be showing off a variety of tractors and other machines from Fendt and Massey Ferguson.

Branch manager Craig Hovenden will be there to outline the features of the range. “We will have a brand new Fendt 714 G6 tractor with a new Fendt 160V Baler behind it, the new Massey Ferguson 5711 Global Dyna 4, the very popular Massey Ferguson GC1723 with FEL and 60-inch mid-mount deck, a Massey Ferguson 1840 baler, and Massey Ferguson Rake and Tedder,” says Craig who is also planning to feed visitors at his stand. “We’ll have the BBQ going and cold refreshments.”

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ride-on mowers, line trimmers, and other equipment. “My wife Sharon, myself and Jessica will be on hand to talk about our range of products,” says Kerry, who visits customers in the Bay every week.

Retailers of rural supplies and building materials, Rural Service Centre, ITM and PGG Wrightson, all have stands at the show, with well-known faces on hand to help with customer enquiries.

A range of professional service organisations will be on hand to answer questions and provide advice on a range of topics. A team from real estate agents First National will have the latest property listings plus news and views on the market while, from over the Hill, Bayleys’ stand will be manned by local agent Martin Milner.

For anyone interested in the many facets of New Zealand’s dairy industry, Fonterra staff from the manufacturing and transport teams will be at the co-operative’s stand to answer any queries. Younger visitors will be able to participate in games and activities with give-aways and prizes on offer.

Farmers wanting to catch up with fertilizer supplier Ravensdown can do so by just popping along to the company’s trade stand.

At the RD Petroleum stand, staff will be available to talk about their fuel supply solutions, while over at Milnes Beatson’s stand the talk will be about business accounting services.

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Check out cars, bikes, old classics

Show-goers looking for a new ride are spoiled for choice, with main dealers from over the Hill bringing a wide selection of the latest models. Variants on show include hatchbacks, SUVs, plus a selection of utes. Battery power in the form of hybrids and plug-ins will feature strongly. A range of new quads and motorbikes will also be on show.

The Bowater Motor Group are out in force with sales staff from across the district coming over the Hill. The Nelson-based sales team of Marcel Guy, Adam Olverson and Matthew Enright, will be showing off a number of new models, including the Hyundai Santa Fe Elite Diesel, Hyundai Tucson Hybrid, Hyundai Kona Hybrid, Ioniq 5 EV, and the Isuzu D-max LS 4x4.

From Bowater’s Motueka operation, Craig Allott and Graeme

Riordan – familiar faces in the Bay from their regular visits – are bringing a fleet of Toyotas which includes tow vehicles, family cars, people movers, and hybrid vehicles.

The team from MS Ford, Taylor Dowell and Ross Harvey, are bringing two versions of the ever-popular Ranger ute – the XLT and Wildtrak – plus the Everest Sport, Ford Puma ST-Line Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) and the Ford Escape Hybrid (HEV).

For sister company Kia, Phil McManus will be bringing a trio of electric vehicles – the EV6 GT Line, Niro Plus EV and Niro Hybrid (HEV). He will also have the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Kia Sportage on the stand.

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Anyone thinking about a new electric ute or delivery van, or a high quality used vehicle, should head along and talk to the guys from The Car Company who are bringing along NZ’s first fully electric ute – the LDV eT60, and a zero emissions delivery van – the LDV eDeliver3. In addition visitors can browse eight other vehicles ranging in price from under $10,000 to over $80,000 including a top-of-the-range ute, a plug-in hybrid SUV and an economical run-about. Salesman Kris Burns, who has taken over responsibility for Golden Bay sales from Gary McGregor, will be heading up the team at the show.

Flying the flag for Honda Store Nelson, general manager

Tasman Honda, meanwhile, will showcase a range of twowheel and four-wheel farm bikes on their stand, along with generators, water pumps and brush cutters. “We’ll have a little bit of everything,” says owner Malcolm Furness, who will be on the stand with wife Jacqui.

Those who prefer vehicles of an older vintage should head over to the collectable cars display next to the netball courts. Here enthusiasts will be able to inspect shiny classics from several bygone ages.

Graham Price and salesman Henrik Henk will have four new vehicles on show – a Jazz hybrid, along with a Crosstar, CR-V and Civic.

The Tākaka Citizens Band has a history reaching back over 130 years. They have played at every show since 1897 and will perform throughout the day as well as leading the Grand Parade. The Motueka Highland Pipe Band will also be performing at various times and locations around the grounds.

The nationally acclaimed dancing and singing trio The Starlets (pictured above) will perform two one-hour shows at midday and again mid-afternoon. The three ladies promise “the best of vintage glamour” with “something for everyone”. No show is complete with its fairground attractions and, as

they have done for over 70 years, Sturgeon’s Amusements will provide a Ferris wheel and other rides including chair-o-plane, and the go-karts for thrill-seekers.

Younger show-goers can explore the free “Kids Play Zone” which includes bouncy castles, obstacle courses, slides, bubble machines, face painting, circus workshop and hula hooping.

For the bigger kids there are giant games and all the way from Dunedin is Wild South Entertainment with their mechanical bull “Bucky” and slippery pig “Piggles”.

There is something for everyone at tomorrow’s A&P Show.

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Something for everyone at the A&P Show

RURAL VIEWS: Farmer time

JOYCE WYLLIE

Many farmers across the country returned to the classroom last year, and I am one of them. The reason for re-enrolment is called “Farmer Time”. It is an educational programme launched last year by Beef and Lamb NZ Inc which connects students and their teachers from years 1 to 8 with farmers and growers. There are 40 teacher-farmer partnerships so far. It’s been a great start for the programme involving nearly 1000 students engaging directly with someone working on the land.

Farmer Time has been going for six years in the UK, where it originated, and is in Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Australia and now NZ, with USA and South Africa enquiring about it too. New Zealand started with a small pilot group of eight pairs in term one 2022 and have grown it from there. Marie Burke is the national Farmer Time coordinator who matches each class with a farmer. She is a former teacher who farms sheep, cattle and vegetable crops in Gisborne region. Marie says feedback from everyone involved has been really positive: “The kids get so much value from the programme, they absolutely love it.” Beef and Lamb NZ Inc chief executive, Kit Arkwright, says, “the learning opportunities are huge, it humanises the industry and plants the seeds of a potential career. This is real farmers, talking to real children in real time about real topics, giving the opportunity to make a real difference”. The programme promotion to schools says, “if you teach about healthy communities and environment, the living world, the economic world, people who help us, sustainability, healthy kai, statistics, measurement and careers this new programme should be added to your annual plan”.

I responded to a Federated Farmers newsletter requesting farmers to enrol as there was such a demand from schools wanting to join. My Farmer Time experience began in term 3 last year. The class I was connected to were seven-year-olds at

Waterloo School, Wellington. The aim is to Zoom call for about 15 minutes every two weeks but our chats went well over twice that long as the children were so keen and asked great questions. In addition to the size of the farm and numbers of sheep, and discussions about my house cow and why we have so many farm dogs, they raised interesting topics such as “how do you know where a fence starts?”, “how many times a year do you shift sheep and do you need a truck to do that?”, and “what do you do on your farm at Christmas?”. Some students had obviously done research and found that Kaihoka has native snails so we talked about that as well as farm operations. I posted up maps of the farm so they could visualise our place. Because our fences follow ridgelines we don’t have neat square paddocks, so maps were used in maths classes to measure and identify shapes and sizes. I also sent freshly shorn wool to share the feel and smell but not everyone liked it as much as I do.

The idea of Farmer Time is to connect city children with farmers and, for me, it certainly did. I enjoyed the relationships and interactions. The only downside is my lack of tech skills and our lack of cell-phone coverage. This meant Zoom calls needed to be on the computer at the kitchen table so we sent videos of animals, our rural views and what was happening on the farm instead of being able to walk around showing it live as I talked. I received a lovely pile of end-of-year letters: “I liked meeting you and the farm animals”, “I loved the chickens”; “I hope your house cows are having a great day“; “The wool was very fluffy”; “Thank you for giving us the maps and the zoom calls”. Farmer Time was a satisfying experience and I will continue next year with the same teacher and her new class.

Farmer Time would like more farmers to get back into the classroom with all types of food and fibre producers welcome. If you are interested contact details for Marie can be found on the website www.farmertime.co.nz

A new health practice based at the Junction Street’s Rooms for Courage in Tākaka has been established for adults (18 years +) that are “having difficulties managing their mental or chronic illness, wanting support and who want to make change”.

“Chronic Resilience” was started in late 2022 by occupational therapist Rebecca Rae-Hodgson, who wants to use her clinical knowledge and lived experience of chronic and mental illness to support the people of the Bay.

In practical terms, Rebecca works with individuals to understand “who you are, what you do and where you do it”. This information is then used to “work out what is supporting or hindering the [client’s] participation in things they want or need to do. It’s about what is important to you [the client], what matters to you and would bring more meaning to your life – and that is different for every person.”

Rebecca explains, “Occupational therapy is traditionally understood to be [such things as] assistance post-surgery and elderly support, but it is so much more than that.” Chronic Resilience expands this view of occupational therapy into self-management, wellbeing and meaningful activity, and she has the first-hand knowledge to work with clients to “live well with mental or chronic illness”.

Rebecca is a warm and bubbly person who brings her own experience with mental and chronic illness, as well as empathy, compassion, creative thinking, and problem solving. The service is non-judgemental, and her approach is based on each client’s respective strengths and goals. The service offers a “safe space”, as Rebecca has found that the population she works with “often have had lots of invalidation and gaslighting from health professionals, and I want them to have a better experience”.

Rebecca has an upcoming workshop designed for the general community on “values exploration”, which is about “getting clear on your values” and taking steps to align with them in daily life. Attendees can expect to come away with learnings plus take-home resources. “OT is all about doing the thing, not just learning about the thing,” she says. Workshops are running on Saturday 21 and 28 January respectively.

Potential clients are welcome to contact Rebecca for a free 15-minute catch up designed to help understand the service and whether it is a good fit for both parties. Chronic Resilience is a part-time practice, with Rebecca offering plenty of flexibility around client availability and location.

“I’m here to help you work through the hard stuff, as well as find the moments of joy and celebrate the big and little wins. Let’s find ways to build your resilience and strength, while balancing it with self-compassion and rest.”

Contact Rebecca Rae-Hodgson, ph 021 0260 2961, email rebecca@chronicresilienceot.com

Some of the “Farmer Time” letters received at the end of last year from school children in Wellington. Photo: Joyce Wyllie.

ROSA VOLZ

Rebecca Rae-Hodgson offers lived experience occupational therapy from her health practice on Junction Street, Tākaka. Photo: Rosa Volz.

Short walks (and cycles) in the Bay: Motupipi Hill

Walk or cycle: Motupipi Hill

Distance: Approximately 10km network of tracks

Difficulty: Easy walking / Grade 2 or 3 mountain biking

Terrain: The terrain is a gentle undulating gradient on a well-formed forest track, including a few boggy sections depending on rainfall. The track navigates pine forest and regenerating natives.

Access/parking: Parking is available at Cassidy’s Corner at the corner of Abel Tasman Drive and Rototai Road. Access to the track is approximately 1km away from the carpark at the end of Burnside Road. You may be tempted, but hikers and bikers are strongly discouraged from parking on Burnside Road.

Tips and tricks: There is a map at the entrance and multiple maps scattered throughout the hill. Please respect the sections where you are asked to dismount; this is for your safety and the protection of the track. The hill provides welcome shade in the heat of summer and is well suited for kids, novices or people who want a relaxed ride. The hill is not suitable to use in high winds or after heavy rain.

Motupipi Hill is a community mountain biking park, and a local hub for “human-powered recreation”.

The 48-hectare site was purchased in 2010 and placed in the Rata-Tui Restoration Trust by Beth Burdett and Phil Castle.

The couple tell The GB Weekly, “We have always been great advocates for recreation – but to encourage this you need to have somewhere in proximity [to where you live] to be active. When we moved here in 2002, the only [mountain biking] options were Rameka and Parapara, and we wanted something for non-technical riders. At the time, DOC was not building mountain biking and cycle tracks and we wanted to show it was possible to combine wheeled recreation and conservation.”

To follow The GB Weekly’s favourite route, from Cassidy’s carpark travel on the cycleway across the new Motupipi River cycle bridge and turn left onto Burnside Road. Follow the road onto a farm track and at the signposted gate on the right, head between the paddocks to the start of the trails.

Head straight into the forest via The EZ Way on a cool soft track climbing to the ridgeline between pines and low regenerating natives. Cross the 4WD track and continue onwards to a junction. Here turn left, and at the next junction turn right onto La Rambla. This track zigzags lazily along the eastern side

of the peninsula for about 1.5km until reaching a large clearing, “the main skid site”. From here, you are spoiled for choice for short (and sometimes steep) loop tracks taking you to the edge of the headland, with views across the Motupipi estuary, Pōhara golf course and across Mohua Bay. From here, The GB Weekly likes to complete the loop from the skid site (back to the carpark) via The Grand Traverse – a track gently winding along via Half Pipe Gully, well-shaded and deliciously soft underfoot (or wheel).

Enormous work has gone into considering, engineering, building and maintaining the track, as well as reforestation, to create a community resource dedicated to recreation and biodiversity.. Phil and Beth would like to express their gratitude to several local “trail angels”, who go on missions to clear and maintain the tracks and mow the entrance. The couple are always keen to facilitate planting and maintenance around volunteer work parties.

The best way to get in touch is via the Motupipi Hill Facebook page.

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Tom Schaper nails a downhill track at Motupipi Hill. Photo: Rosa Volz.

ROZA VOLZ

The Schaper family at the Motupipi Hill headland looking out over Clifton and Pōhara. Photo: Rosa Volz.

RESULTS / Hua tākaro

GOLF

10 January. Stableford: C Chandler 35. Closest to pin: 3/12 G Hervey, 9/18 C Chandler.

11 January. Stableford: R Heuvel 37, S Kerr 35, J Crocker 34. Closest to pin: 3/12 S Kerr, 4/13 R Dyce, 8/17 and 9/18 W Collie. Best gross: W Collie 78. 14 January. Wendt Trophy (Malkeys): C Hadler +17, J Crocker +15, R Miller +5. Closest to pin: 3/12 E Keeslew, 4/13 B Schmuke, 8/17 C Hadler, 9/18 J Crocker. Twos: B Schmuke, J Crocker. Happy wanderer: D Hogden. Best gross: W Collie 74.

BRIDGE

6 January. Friday Afternoon: N/S: E Bradshaw/P Nelson 61.46%; P Wood/A Telford 45.83%; C Mead/D Perreau 42.71%. E/W: H Curtis/D Sarll 68.75%; K& B Neill 50%; J Massey/C Furness 31.25%. H/cap: N/S: E Bradshaw/P Nelson 60.21%; P Wood/A Telford 44.83%; C Mead/D Perreau 44.71%. E/W: H Curtis/D Sarll 66%; K& B Neill 51%; J Massey/C Furness 33.50%.

11 January. Social Session 1: L Godden/D Sarll 72%; E Bradshaw/P Nelson 60%; R Smith/H Curtis 52%.

AGM NOTICES

GBAFC (Golden Bay Association Football Club) AGM, Wednesday 1 February, 7pm at Rec Centre. New members encouraged.

GOLDEN Bay Netball Club AGM, Monday 13 February, 730pm at the Rec Park.

PERSONAL NOTICES / Pānui ake

HEALTHY 60s, single, intelligent, creative, adventurous woman wishes to meet similar man. Please contact via GB Weekly, email admin@gbweekly.co.nz or txt 027 525 8679.

TOPINE, Edward Ngawai/Topine, 2 July 1942 – 16 December 2022, Richard Tehemara (interred). Rongo, Deborah, Robert, Alice, Brent, families of Eddie and Richard Topine sincerely wish to thank each and everyone for our family at this very sad time. Thank you for your donations, flowers, cards, condolences, lovely stories and kind words. Thank you to the medical staff of Ward 11 Nelson Hospital, St John Ambulance and our Onetahua Marae whānau, Rev Tremain Mikaere, Barney Thomas and Matuku Funeral Services for all their mahi, guidance and support. Eddie and Richard, forever in our hearts.

PUBLIC NOTICES

AIKIDO Intro Class starting Monday 30 January for six weeks. Please ph 021 127 2410 to register.

PŌHARA Boat Club Fishing Competition, Waitangi weekend Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. Entry forms from Hammer Hardware, Pōhara Store, Unlimited Copies, Tākaka Fuels & Fishing, TradeZone, PGG Wrightson, Pōhara Boat Club, email admin@poharaboatclub.org or see the website.

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.

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.

FRESH FM needs your help. Are you willing to host a fundraising event to support local radio? Or help run one? Check out our website freshfm.net. We’re a Charitable Trust – a $30 donation (that can be made on our website) is tax deductible.

THE Kaituna Track Restoration Society gratefully acknowledges the assistance, donations and sponsorship given by the following groups and individuals towards the formation of our trap lines and associated infrastructures and for traps, safety equipment, tools and transport etc. Department

CLASSIFIEDS

of Conservation Takaka, ITM Building Centre Takaka, Manawhanua Ki Mohua, Rural Service Centre, Peter Butler Forest Herbs Research Ltd, Golden Bay Dolomite Ltd, Campbell Dixon, Pupu Hydro Society Inc, Silex Tools Richmond, Bill Wallace, Tasman Environmental Trust, Reed Contracting Brightwater, Weka Workshop, GB Tank Cleaning Services, Heaphy Honey, GB Sheetmetal, Wetland View Park, Robyn Jones, Sam Riley, N V Miller Ltd Garage, Jenny Garrett, Lesley Pawley, Fiona Cameron, Paul Kilgour, Mussel Inn, J and U Maurer, Colin Curtain, T and M McCashin, Sollys, Baz Mathieson, Gary Adams Helicopter Holdings, Karamea Helicharters.

GB WEEKLY: Stitch ‘n Sew, Tākaka is our agent or you can email us: admin@gbweekly.co.nz (preferred). Office hours are Monday-Wednesday, 9am-5pm. Ph 027 525 8679. Ph 525 9868 or 027 928

TAKAKA DOG TRIALS

Since 1897

Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 January

Signposted from the Cobb turnoff, Upper Takaka.

Local entries free - local prizes thanks to our sponsors.

Spectators free; refreshments available.

**Please do not bring pet dogs**

Competitors from as far as Canterbury and maybe beyond - come and see the experts!

A great chance for town and country to meet.

Headers all day Saturday plus Sunday morning Huntaways both mornings

Ph Ian 0272 885 665, tanglewood@scorch.co.nz

/ Pānui a whānui

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

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 appointments available. Ph Susan Ayton Shaw 929 7507 or email taxayton@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT. Long-standing market leader with unbeatable professional qualifications and experience. Warn & Associates, ph 525 9919.

ARBORIST, qualified, ph Jack Stevens 021 211 5580.

BLINDS, Luxaflex® has been adding style and sophistication to New Zealand windows since the 1950’s. Imagine designs, 96b Commercial St, Tākaka for a free measure and quote, ph Tracey 027 440 0071.

CARS wanted. Will pick up for free (some conditions apply). Motueka Auto Parts. Ph 03 528 9576.

CHIMNEY cleaning, handyman, Dennis Sage ph 027 873 0726.

CLEANER, 10+ years’ experience. Change of tenancy, sale and purchase, and builders’ cleans only. Carpet cleaning available. Equipment and supplies included. Ph 021 0886 6005.

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

FLORIST, local florist for flowers for all occasions, call now and place your order 027 758 1138 or online www. goldenbayflowers.co.nz. Teresa Brough Designer Florist.

FREEVIEW TV, radio, HiFi, WiFi, electronics. Ph 027 246 2432.

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.

GOLDEN BAY ROOFING

Maintenance, leaks, repairs and roofing supplies. Licensed Roofer. Ph 027 395 0037.

GOLDEN Bay Storage, Tā kaka. Dry, safe, secure, alarmed, insurance approved. Furniture trailer available. Ph Marg 027 222 5499, goldenbaystorage@gmail.com

HEAT pump installation, sales and servicing. Ph Dave McKay 027 404 4740, 525 8538.

KRW Contracting. Tiling, Ardex licensed waterproofing applicator, blocklaying and bricklaying. Ph Ken 021 307 019. No job too big, no job too small.

LAWNMOWING. Pakawau, Bainham, Tākaka to Wainui. Ph N Shaw 525 7597, 027 212 4020. niallshaw_6@hotmail.com

LAWNMOWING, www.goldenbaypropertyservices.co.nz, ph 027 690 0769.

ORANGE Rentals have rental cars, trailers and a furniture trailer available for hire. Ph 027 337 7147.

PAINTER available, call Borrelli Painting for a free quote. All interior/exterior jobs. Ph Luca 022 086 1842.

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.

SEPTIC TANKS EMPTIED. Ph Shane 027 647 4913.

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

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

SUMMER fruit pruning, sustainable property advice and management, edible landscaping, soil testing, garden mentoring. Sol Morgan, GroWise Consultancy, ph 027 514 9112. TĀKAKA Garden Services, for all your lawn and garden needs. Ph 027 525 8006 or 525 8806.

TILER. Wayne Robinson Tiling. Tiling new bathrooms, kitchens, etc. Ph 027 576 1620.

WINDOW cleaning. Ph Willem 022 134 1726. WINDOW cleaning, www.goldenbaypropertyservices.co.nz, ph 027 690 0769.

HEALTH & WELLBEING / Hauora

DEEP tissue massage, trigger points, accupressure for muscle pain, reduced mobility, stress, sports. Lymphatic drainage for lymphoedema, post surgery. 28 years’ experience. Ph Paul 027 772 7334.

LOLLY Dadley-Moore. Biodynamic craniosacral therapy, aromatherapy, professional supervision. Ph 027 338 9504, inbodyhealth.co.nz

MASSAGE AND REIKI. Emma Sutherland (Ameliorate). First one-hour treatment - $45 for GB locals. www.ameliorate.nz. Ph 027 487 2639.

MEDICAL DOCTOR does private consultations in integrative medicine. NZ registered. 40 years’ experience. Second opinions and intravenous therapies. Bruce R Dooley MD, ph 525 7125, health@drdooley.co.nz

NATURAL nail care studio: Specialising in non-toxic high quality pedicure services, difficult nail conditions. Ph/txt Amy Anderson 020 4079 0646.

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 Call 0800 749 739 for info or an appointment today

Sunday 22nd January

263 Patons Rock Road, Patons Rock 73b Richmond Road, Pohara 71b Richmond Road, Pohara

12:00 - 12:30pm

2:00 - 2:30pm

2:30 - 3:00pm 71B Richmond Road, Pohara || Tender, closing Tuesday 14th February, 2pm

Elevation is the key to securing bay wide sea views and at 50m above

Patons Rock Retro Retreat

Offered for sale for the first time ever and ready to walk in and put the jug on we can t wait to show you through this lock up and leave holiday home Situated on the inland side of Patons Rock road the first storey wrap around deck gives you a look between the beachfront houses at what the tide is doing, and the fishing here is pretty legendary The Lockwood home provides all comforts, and sits atop a concrete block basement, providing garaging for two vehicles and plenty of storage As you can see, it has been a while since this bach was in regular use, and apart from the new hot water cylinder, everything is original Selling fully furnished and looking at offers over $700,000 presented by closed Tender on 16th February 2023 at 2pm

PROPERTY AVAILABLE / Rawa watea

RELOCATABLE house, in Ligar Bay, Tata beach area, Fraemohs construction, approximately 90 square metres, three-bedroom, kitchen living area, one bathroom. Expressions of interest welcome. Ph 027 220 6214.

LAND for sale. 15.7ha (38.8 acres) of hillside seven minutes’ from town. Situated above the Anatoki River with views of Golden Bay out to the sea. For more information see Trade Me Property ID# HQP716 or ph 021 259 3293.

SITUATIONS VACANT / Tūranga wātea

FOR SALE /

TRACKS curtain, 10 colours, double and various bracket lengths. Curtain liners, blockout, triplewoven, sunteen, plenty gorgeous fabrics and sheers from NZs leading textile houses. Imagine designs, in Z fuel stop, Takaka.

RELOCATABLE house, in Ligar Bay, Tata beach area, Fraemohs construction, approximately 90 square metres, three-bedroom, kitchen living area, one bathroom. Expressions of interest welcome. Ph 027 220 6214.

GRAZING available for 50-60 dairy replacement heifers from 31 March 2023 to 31 March 2024. Please contact Shaun and Jenny, ph 027 362 9487, chiselhill.contracting@gmail.com

GOATS, two, four months old. One neutered male, one female, price negotiable. Ph 525 8333.

SINGLE bed: almost-new mattress with rimu three-drawer base. $180 ono. Ph 524 8130.

CARAVAN, two-berth 1984 Zephyr Executive. Furnished, new tyres, porch awning, toilet. Very good condition. $12,000 ono. Ph 525 7063.

WANTED / Hiahia

BOOKS

WANTED, especially men’s and women’s novels. Please drop off to Motupipi Hall foyer. Thanks.

PROPERTY

WANTED / Rawa hiahia

MATURE single male looking for permanent accommodation. Have references. Ph 020 4120 0710.

Registered Nurse – The Doctors Motueka

We are a busy rural general practice with a dynamic extended care team.

We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse to join our friendly pro-active team.

We have position(s) available 3 days a week up to 1.0 FTE with negotiable hours / days of the week for the right candidate(s).

You will have at least 3 years post-grad clinical experience, a can-do attitude, willingness to learn and work together as part of a team and a passion for provision of high-quality healthcare in a primary setting.

A current NZNC APC is essential.

Benefits of working with us include:

• Newly renovated practice setting

• Supportive environment for extension of RN scope

• Opportunity to undertake Post Grad education

• Competitive renumeration

For more information or to apply please email CV & Cover Letter to Jennifer.cederman@mo.thedoctors.co.nz

Fertiliser Spreader Operator

Operations Administration - Takaka Depot

Sollys requires the services of an Operator for our Mercedes Benz 4x4 Fertiliser Spreader Truck based in Golden Bay.

Some experience with fertiliser and farming would be an advantage.

Sollys currently requires the services of an Operations Administator who is enthusiastic, professional, solution focused and passionate about the Trucking Industry.

To provide operational and administrative support to provide efficient allocation and management of our Golden Bay fleet and Customers.

Sollys uses TracMap, a digital system to control spread rates, so digital experience also advantageous.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to work for a longestablished family owned and operated business.

Full training provided. Minimum Class 2 licence. Permanent, full time.

Applications to hr@sollys.co.nz

This includes Operational interaction with, but not limited to, Contracting, Freight, Livestock, Local Trucks and the Golden Bay Dolomite Teams.

Communication with all Managers in other Operative Areas is paramount.

• Support the control, planning, dispatch and daily management and functions of the Takaka Fleet.

• Support all Takaka Freight staff members to encourage a harmonious atmosphere and to achieve the highest productivity and work potential possible from those staff members.

• Direct support for the Dispatcher and Operations Manager.

• Data entry, validation and processing into the Logistics Management System and the Accounting System.

• Day to day operations and administration of the Takaka Operations.

• Answering overflow phone calls for the Head Office.

• Managing telephone responses by messages etc to the correct recipient personally or via phone and e mail.

• Be responsible for their work-time management and workflow to meet the deadlines set by management.

• Assist with the processing of drivers’ paperwork and timesheets.

• Stock management of fertiliser that is kept in Sollys Stores and Sollys managed Ravensdown stores

• Undertake the filing (electronic) of documentation and general files

This is a full-time position, based in our Takaka Depot.

The Full Job Description is available on request

Send your CV and Cover Letter to hr@sollys.co.nz

Hei hokohoko

Health Care Assistants

(Casual positions available)

We are currently looking for enthusiastic Health Care Assistants to join our dedicated team who are committed to providing the very best in health care to the Golden Bay community.

Our Health Care Assistants are supported through career progression, including apprenticeships in conjunction with Career Force, which is an accredited NZQA Qualification.

About Us

Golden Bay Community Health is an Integrated Health Facility that includes a wide range of primary, secondary and community care including 24 hospital and rest home beds and acute/flexi-beds.

About You

• Experience in General/Aged Care is desirable

• Friendly, helpful and compassionate Please note to apply for this position you must:

1. Be eligible to work in NZ

2. Receive a satisfactory police check

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, we would love to hear from you today. Don’t hesitate - apply online now at nbph.org.nz/careers

For more information please contactSarah McCall, Aged Care Coordinator Sarah.McCall@nbph.org.nz

LEARNING ASSISTANT

Learning Assistant - Permanent Term Time

10 hours per week

Learning Assistant [For 2023]

Term Time

Fixed Term - Part Time 15 hours per week

Beginning 7 February 2023. Both positions could be combined.

For application information please contact the Business Manager, Steph Hartill Phone 0278 744 033 or email steph@gbh.school.nz

Applications close at 4pm on Tuesday 31 January 2023

Golden Bay High School

Youth Support Worker

CHURCH SERVICES ON SUNDAYS

GOLDEN Bay Anglican Church warmly invites you to join them on Sunday, 10am at Tākaka or 4.45pm at Collingwood (starting with a cuppa). Fellowship gatherings (fellowship, songs, prayer and bible study) held fortnightly, next 29 January 2023; traditional services (with a speaker) on 22 January.

SACRED Heart Catholic faith community celebrate Mass at 5pm Sundays.

ST Andrews Presbyterian Church extends a warm welcome to join us for morning worship at 10am. Michael Higgins.

PPT

Te Whare Mahana - Community Mental Health Service (CMHS) is seeking a dynamic Youth Support Worker to deliver focused-based, recoveryorientated interventions to service users as part of a multidisciplinary team

The prospective recruit will:

Hold relevant mental-health-specific experience

Demonstrate excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Utilise initiative

Have a full clean driver’s license

Be computer literate

The successful candidate will maintain a caseload, participate in a mental

crisis on -call roster

SATURDAY 21 JANUARY

Te Whare Mahana – DBT Service is seeking a dynamic Registered Nurse to deliver health- focused support to service users in our residential programme as part of a multidisciplinary team

This individual should demonstrate excellent communication and problem-solving skills, utilise initiative, and Mental Health experience would be an advantage

The successful candidate will maintain support for our 6 residents and staff, participate in service planning and crisis management, assist with interagency coordination as part of a supportive and collaborative team, and coordinate infection control activities across the organization For

EATING OUT / Kai wahi kē

ANATOKI SALMON fishing and café. Catch your own lunch or order from the menu. Open every day from 9am-5pm. www. anatokisalmon.co.nz

COLLINGWOOD TAVERN. Open 7 days, 11am till late. Catering and large group bookings available. Ph 524 8160.

COURTHOUSE CAFÉ, Collingwood. Open 7 days, 8am-3pm. Saturday nights are pizza nights, 5-7.30pm, dine in or takeaway. Ph 524 8194.

DANGEROUS KITCHEN. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-8pm. 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.

OLD SCHOOL CAFÉ. Open 7 days, 11am-8.30pm for dining.

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

THE MUSSEL INN. Open 7 days from 11am.

TOTOS CAFÉ/PIZZERIA: Open 11am-5pm, weather permitting. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Ph 03 970 7934, totoscafegallery@gmail.com. Totaranui hill.

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

SUNDAY 22 JANUARY

TUESDAY 24 JANUARY

WEDNESDAY 25 JANUARY

LATER EVENTS

AIKIDO

30 January for six weeks. Please ph 021 127 2410 to register.

P Ō HARA BOAT CLUB FISHING COMPETITION, Waitangi weekend Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. Entry forms from Hammer Hardware, Pōhara Store, Unlimited Copies, Tākaka Fuels & Fishing, TradeZone, PGG Wrightson, Pōhara Boat Club, email admin@poharaboatclub.org or see the website.

GALLERIES / Whakakitenga

BACK TO SCHOOL 2023

Tākaka Primary School looks forward to welcoming all current and new tamariki back to school on Thursday 2nd February 2023. We will come together at 9am for a mihi whakatau to welcome all new tamariki to our kura. We welcome whānau to join us. The school gates are open from 8.30am and the school day begins at 8.50am. We look forward to seeing you all then.

Bavardages

SPONSORS NEEDED: Our volunteer programme makers are working hard to bring you new listening experiences each week and can’t do this without sponsors. Drop us a line on Nelson@freshfm. net or motueka@freshfm.net for details on how to become a sponsor.

UPCOMING

FRIDAY 20TH JANUATY

The Mussel Inn Coming Up...

Sat 21st OSCAR LADELL + SUNDIAL + TUSEKAH, $20

Fri 27th RICHTER CITY REBELS, $20

Mon 30th BAZURKA, FREE!

FEBRUARY

Wed 1st THE BARLEYSHAKES, $15

Wed 8th NIGEL GAVIN & SONIA WILSON, $15

Sat 11th SASSAFRAS + support from RONEL HUNTER, $20

Tue 14th SCOTT COOK, $15

Sat 18th JOHN LLOYD & PHIL DOUBLET, $15

Sun 19th NIKAU HARP TRIO, $20

Wed 22nd JOEL FAFARD, $15

Sat 25th SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING, $20

Sun 26th ESTHER SWIFT, $20 for more details see www.musselinn.co.nz