The GB Weekly - 26 May 2023

A-hunting they did go

Mohua 2042 initiatives

In May last year, a group of dedicated community members launched the Mohua 2042 Sustainable Strategy – the culmination of three years’ collective work. Supported by funding from Tasman District Council (TDC) community grants, and the GB Community Board, the group has now formed a charitable trust to deliver on the vision of “Thriving Community, Healthy Environment”.

Group chair Debbie Pearson tells The GB Weekly that the “strategy is now turning into action – we are in a place to channel enthusiasm for sustainable ideas and deliver on them”.

The newly formed trust (comprising chair Debbie and trustees Mark Manson, Grant Knowles, and Reggie Luedtke) already has its first three initiatives planned: a sustainability tour of Golden Bay; a support service for “purpose-owned businesses”; and a food resilience workshop.

First up, the sustainability tour is scheduled as a day trip “for locals, by locals” – to be held on Tuesday 30 May as part of Climate Action Week. Debbie says, “It’s a full day of activity.” Attendees will be collected at 10am from the Golden Bay Visitor Centre (via a coach or carpool arrangement). From there, the tour will visit four businesses in the Bay to hear about and observe their commitment to sustainable practices, allowing for about an hour at each site.

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Mixed weather conditions over the weekend proved no barrier to competitors in the Collingwood Tavern Pig Hunt.

Publican Renae Swan tells The GB Weekly that the event is held annually over three days, culminating with a weigh-in, meat auction, and prizegiving at the tavern, with this year’s event held last Sunday.

Celebrating its 11th year, the hunt was first started by former publican Tinky Hovenden and his daughter Vicky, along with local farmers Mark and Wendy Strange. Mark says, “We started it as there were lots of local hunters saying that they wanted a Collingwood hunt.”

The entrant list of 82 adults and 54 children across 11 categories is made up mainly of locals. “The event is more local-based this year,” says Renae, “though some years we have hunters from as far away as Murchison and Tapawera.”

Sunday afternoon was sunny with a cold wind blowing, as a large crowd of hunters and families gathered to observe the weigh-in and partake in the gumboot-throw and hare-carry games. One hunter from East Tākaka, Ariana Winter (aged five), told The GB Weekly that she had been hunting since she was three, and what she likes best “is shooting the possums”.

As the weigh-in was concluded and results tallied, hunters gathered in and around the clubrooms, nourished by chippies and some cold beers, followed by a meal of lamb roasted on the spit. A large group of junior hunters (aged three upwards) braved the wind and took part in the hare-carry and gumbootthrow on the grassed area at the rear of the tavern. Says organiser Mark, “We like getting the families and little people involved in the hunt; for us it’s a community thing.”

Next up was the meat auction, followed by prizegiving – where every attendee won

a spot prize. The largest stag was taken out by mother-son team Wendy Brooks and Kyle Gardiner. Says Wendy, “It’s just about getting out there isn’t it? We were down in Murchison for Kyle’s rugby – so we tied it in with the hunt. We shot the stag [an impressive 99kg], Kyle won his rugby against Murchison, and we came home in time to celebrate two twentyfirsts and two fiftieths.” Says Kyle, “It’s really just a good excuse to go hunting, and I love spending quality time with my mum.”

Renae was pleased with the event. “I’m very happy with how it all went, and I am very grateful for our generous sponsors. We don’t have a final tally yet, but all of the funds raised will go to Collingwood Rugby Club and Collingwood St John.” Renae extends a big thank you to Mark and Wendy Strange, Kate and Tobie Busbridge, and Chantelle Riordan for their efforts on the day.

More photos and full results on page 3

Sol Morgan will provide commentary about the sustainable elements of local businesses that are on the journey to the first site, which will be HealthPost in Collingwood. From Collingwood, the tour will stop (and perhaps sample the wares) at the Mussel Inn, followed by lunch at a local café in Tākaka township. The fourth destination is the Kiwi Spirit Distillery in Motupipi, where Terry Knight will share their story over some tasters. Then everyone will be returned to the Visitor Centre.

Support for the tour has come from the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum as part of Climate Action Week. Events are happening across the region as well as online (https:// www.nelsontasmanclimateforum.nz).

The second initiative is spearheaded by Reggie – providing support for “purposeowned businesses” (POBs) in the incubation phase. Reggie explains that a POB could be thought of as existing between traditional non-profits and for-profit companies. The common denominator is that the POBs' commitment to both societal and...

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Girl power: Junior hunt participants

Collingwood Tavern getting ready for the hare-carry competition.

Photo: Rosa Volz.

Mohua 2042 initiatives

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...environmental impact is embedded and effectively irreversible.

At this stage, the trust will offer support to selected POBs by educating interested founders and businesses and providing advice on setting up company structure, and planning. “Where possible, we want to streamline the process and reduce barriers,” says Reggie, who is originally from the USA, where he was an entrepreneur with a background in Health IT. He is now a Bay resident and predominantly using his business skills to provide strategy advice, and mentor startups and non-profits.

Reggie believes that Golden Bay has the potential to be a leader in New Zealand – “because we have a defined water catchment, ethos around sustainability, a culture tolerant of experimentation, and good examples of successful businesses, which are both self-sustaining and of real benefit to the community.”

The third initiative is a food resilience workshop, organised by Sol Morgan. Says Debbie, “The intent is to consider the ‘big picture’ of how the community would manage in a disaster such as the hill going down.”

There are currently many unsung initiatives underway in the Bay, says Debbie. “There is actually so much going on, it’s about sharing, inspiring and storytelling.”

Sustainability Tour details: 10am Tuesday 30 May at Golden Bay Visitor Centre, cost $15 per person.

To book your space register at https://www. nelsontasmanclimateforum.nz/event/golden-bay-sustainabilitytour/.

For enquiries call Debbie Pearson on ph 021 0254 9509.

WE KNOW OUR BUILDERS

When Pete calls in store on a Monday morning for his supplies, Mike also knows there is a good chance Lilly is with him. We not only speak builder, we also speak to the pets!

Animated discussion between a group of locals was to the fore on Saturday morning in Tākaka. The gathering on the Village Green, was part of the worldwide "We are MANY, We are UNITED, We are READY” movement, supported in 14 other New Zealand centres and at 200 locations around the world. Saturday 20 May was chosen as it coincided with the annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group and the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in Geneva. The Tākaka group joined Saturday’s worldwide protest declaring no confidence in their governments, which they believe are in collusion in manipulating and controlling fundamental liberties. The group say their focus is on justice and accountability regarding land, water, health, freedom of speech and debate, and the sharing of independent scientific findings. “And that’s only the bones of it and the tip of the iceberg,” said a spokesperson. “This is us, all around the world saying we’ve had enough; we can see what governments are doing.” Photo: Anita Peters.

Mohua 2042 trustee Reggie Leudtke and group chair Debbie Pearson. Photo: Rosa Volz.

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Senior hunters enjoy a quiet beer during the hunt weigh-in.

RESULTS: Adults. Heaviest Boar: Craig Baigent 67.5kg. 2nd Heaviest Boar: Bailey and Mark Heuval 66.5kg. Boar average weight: Mark Sopher and Mark Nichols 46.2kg. Longest tusks: Craig Baigent 2.75cm. Heaviest stag: Kyle Gardiner and Wendy Brooks 99kg. Closest to avg weight: Kent Strange 84kg. Pig carry competition, ladies: Sheree Peters 30.25 secs. Pig carry competition, gentlemen: Danny Barham 27.41 secs. Children. Most hares: George Lavers 31. Heaviest hare: Maddie Miller 4.55kg. Longest goat horns: Hayden Baker 26cm. Heaviest possum: George Lavers 4.7kg. Pig carry boys. 6-9: Leo 10.58 secs. 10-12: Ryder Reay 10.83 secs. Pig carry girls. 6-9: Annabel 9.65 secs. 10-12: Bree Dell 10.21 secs. Hare carry boys. 0-5: Tawera Hamlin 9.35 secs. Hare carry girls. 0-5: Eden Strange 13 secs.

Mum and son duo Wendy Brooks and Kyle Gardiner pose with their prize-winning stag.

Junior hunters braved the wind to take part in the hare-carry. Photos: Rosa Volz.

NATURE DIARY

Hazardous hot-water bottle

Winter is not here yet but already many of you will have snuggled into bed with a hot-water bottle filled with boiling water. I’m recovering from a serious burn to my thigh and hip from a split hot-water bottle after doing just that.

The shock and ongoing pain have made me vow never to use a hot water bottle ever again! Is there any other safety warning that gets so blatantly ignored?

Also, did you know there is an expiry date number stamped on the neck of the hottie? Please check yours and throw it out if it is past its use-by date. I discovered mine ran out in 2018.

foreshadowed by our important trading partners. Efficient mitigation/reduction of our emissions goes hand in hand with adaptation.

The pursuit of zero carbon

SUBMITTED BY CYNTHIA McCONVILLE

Immortalised by Beatrix Pottter’s Mrs Tiggywinkle , the European Hedgehog is often overlooked and underestimated as a pest. Described as having a voracious appetite, hedgehogs are having a devastating effect on our wildlife. When it comes to eliminating them in New Zealand researchers identified a psychological barrier to eradication. A problem they dubbed “the Beatrix Potter effect.”

The European hedgehog first arrived in New Zealand in 1894 when a Mr Cunningham of Merivale, Christchurch imported 12 British hedgehogs in exchange for 12 weka.

During their first night ashore the hedgehogs escaped and became the progenitors of all our hedgehogs.

New Zealand is a hedgehog paradise. A plentiful food supply, no cold European winters and few predators means their assault on our wildlife is unchecked. On the menu are invertebrates, ground nesting birds, eggs and small lizards. One study in the Waitaki river basin found a hedgehog with 283 native weta legs in its stomach. Divided by six that was 47 weta eaten by one hedgehog in a single 24-hour period.

By 1939 hedgehogs were gazetted as vermin and a bounty of sixpence per snout was imposed. Over the following nine years bounties were paid out on 53,600 snouts. New Zealand Geographic reported “it was common to see a length of fencing wire in the corner of a farmer's shed threaded with salted hedgehog snouts awaiting a trip to town to cash them in.” New Zealand has no national strategy for eliminating hedgehogs. They are conspicuously absent from the Government’s Predator Free 2050 programme and there are no clear estimates of the population but one 10-year study in the Tasman Valley recorded 5,813 kills. On a local note, records show that hedgehogs arrived in Tākaka in 1961.

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Mitigation or adaptation in climate crisis?

The recent debate about the mitigation/adaptation conundrum seems to say …. Well, we may have been sleeping at the wheel of the climate change wagon for more than 30 years but, oh well, now it is too late and only adaptation is a practical way out of our climate change pickle. Anyway, NZ is way too small to make any difference on the global emissions trend. There are some wrong assumptions in this argument, namely that mitigation is a waste of money and time and that NZ can freeload on our trading partners’ climate change programs without consequences. Not to mention the ethical responsibilities we as a nation should have towards the 80 per cent of the world’s population which is already suffering from the effects of the climate crisis without even having done much to cause it.

The 2007 Economics of Climate Change, produced by the eminent English economist, Nicholas Stern, concluded that any mitigation dollar is better spent than latter adaptation dollar. Rod Oram in his communications on climate change is making the same point and concludes that mitigation (reduction) of our internationally high per capita emissions profile helps our economy, helps to partly restore our tarnished "green and clean" image and, last but not least, efficient mitigation goes a long way towards fulfilling treaty obligations like the Paris Climate Change Agreement and anticipating trading barriers

Klaus Thoma

As I read all the articles on "the pursuit of zero carbon emission by 2050", I believe it is an unreachable goal.

If one follows the arguments by Bryan Leyland and his ilk the cost of putting money into wind and solar energy is a waste of time, money, human effort, emotion and resource (as is tidal ebb and flow due to tidal amplitude being so small in New Zealand's coastal waters).

The fact is when there is no wind or sunshine (especially at night) there is no power generation. If and when they are producing power, there is no efficient way of storing it. The cost of finding a way to store the energy from these power sources is enormous and greater than the return of what power is produced from them.

In my opinion, hydro-thermal power, hydro power, and nuclear power are the only practical zero carbon emission sources.

Why is New Zealand being so stubborn in not accepting nuclear power?

Why are we sacrificing our cost of living and our quality of life in this pursuit for zero carbon emission?

Reg Turner

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Golden Bay’s biggest and ‘best ever’ one-day event is run by a very small team of volunteers but our small team is aging and new committee members are urgently needed to keep the show running.

In particular we are seeking an Administrator, Minute taker and Treasurer – these positions are critical to the running of the show and funding is available to remunerate these positions.

If this sounds like you or if you’d like to help in other ways please come along to find out how it all works. If you can’t make the AGM but would like to help please contact Jean:

If we do not fill these positions the future of the show is in jeopardy.

Improving livestock traceability

Two “Know Your NAIT” drop-in sessions, organised by Operational Solutions for Primary Industries (OSPRI), were held in Tākaka earlier this month.

Small block and lifestyle farmers were invited to one session, and larger commercial operators to the other. The focus was that “we are all in this together when it comes to biosecurity”. All livestock owners need to stick to the rules of tagging animals and reporting movements.

Presenting the sessions was Heather Alexander, regional partner with OSPRI for the upper South Island. She started out as a rural vet technician, then worked on dairy farms in New Zealand and Ireland, then became a case manager in the Mycoplasma bovis programme. Now she works with OSPRI, supporting the delivery of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) and TBfree programmes in the regions. OSPRI regional partners are based all around the country, working alongside OSPRI farmer committees. From Golden Bay, Jon Harwood is chair of the Top of the South committee, and Neil Sixtus is a long-standing member. They represent local farmers in OSPRI matters and advise on issues in our region.

Heather spoke about MyOSPRI, a new online system that is being introduced. She explained that “this is currently home to electronic Animal Status Declaration (ASD) forms and soon will be new home to NAIT.” Farmers tend not to love paperwork, and OSPRI are working hard to develop a system that’s smarter and easier to use, improving livestock traceability. Groups of farmers are now testing the different functions and providing suggestions and ideas of how it will work best.

While NAIT upgrades are still being worked on, the current MyOSPRI system does have a simple-to-use electronic ASD

function. Heather encouraged farmers to fill in and send ASD forms quickly online when moving animals farm-to-farm, or farm-to-meat processors. A copy goes straight to the transporter too, so truck drivers are relieved of paperwork. It is mobilefriendly, so forms can be completed and edited at the yards. Heather’s message to farmers was to please sign up to the MyOSPRI system by visiting www.ospri.co.nz. Ensure that your MyOSPRI and NAIT contact info matches; this is important before it goes live, so records transfer automatically.

The TBfree programme began in the 1970s to control and eradicate tuberculosis (TB), a disease found in animals and humans. Funded by levies on milk and meat, the project involved TB-testing cattle, tracing livestock, post-mortems at works, and pest management. Over the years, this has been very successful and the number of infected herds in New Zealand is now thankfully very low. Monitoring continues and Golden Bay farms still regularly TB-test cattle.

OSPRI is a partnership between government departments and farmers. OSPRI started in 2013 when two national programmes, TBfree and National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT), came together to manage more diseases than just TB.

The importance of keeping good records tracing stock movements has been highlighted with the M. bovis outbreak in recent years, as well as the constant threat of foot and mouth disease at the border.

Heather’s final plea: “Remember to keep tagging and registering cattle and deer, no matter how many you have on farm. And all animals coming or going need to have movement recorded in NAIT within 48 hours.”

All owners of livestock are part of the operational solution for our primary industry.

From left, Top of the South OSPRI farmer committee chair Jon Harwood, Heather Alexander from OSPRI, long-standing member of OSPRI farmer committee Neil Sixtus. Photo: Joyce Wyllie.

SOL MORGAN, GROWISE CONSULTANCY

As the growing season slows into winter this month, now is a great time to look at what we can do to improve fruit health for the coming year. It may mean culling unproductive, diseased trees, or perhaps you want to start an orchard. Here are some tips.

Climate and microclimate

Climate affects how suitable a fruit will be to our place. Selecting varieties that can handle a warm, wet climate is preferable and takes some research. Ask neighbours what works for them. Heritage fruits tend to offer the best option, as they exist because they are resilient. Subtropicals like avocados are getting easier to grow as the climate warms.

There may be different microclimates that can be utilised for fruit placement. Fruits that like a colder situation, like apricots and cherries, can be planted in the coldest place that also gets good sun for optimum fruit set and disease prevention. Peaches and nectarines want a sunny position with good airflow. Most subtropicals like a sheltered position with reasonable sun. Berry and cane fruit do best with good sun, but can be interplanted between other larger fruits, getting partial shade.

Spacing

Planting too close affects fruit quality due to less sun, reduced airflow, and more competition for available nutrients. Best plant at suggested spacing.

Training and pruning

Training fruits from a young age creates a much healthier tree or shrub, structurally. Ongoing fruit pruning to maintain a good shape will increase light penetration and encourage flower bud initiation, which equals more fruit. Removal of damaged, crossing, and diseased branches also contributes to tree health and productivity. Fruit thinning reduces the amount of nutrients required to produce healthy fruit.

Nutrition

Most disease prevention can be mitigated with optimum nutrition (shown by soil scientist Dr Albrecht’s work). Firstly, make the most of resources at hand, on site, like wood ash (provides potassium and sulphur). Prunings and trimmings from various woody plants and shrubs, then chipped and applied as a mulch, offers both habitat for beneficial organisms, and a range of nutrients - depending on the diversity used. Utilise what's available locally, like manure and seagrass with valuable micronutrients (no need to rinse). Lastly, taking a soil test to determine what you are not able to supply nutrient-wise, will ensure fruits have access to the necessary minerals to keep their

Vegetable Care:

physiological processes functioning well. A plant getting the right nutrients, with good biological activity underfoot, will make them more resilient and healthier. Foliar sprays of seaweed also provide micronutrients and boosts plant health.

Biodiversity

Combining fruits with other beneficial plants that provide various ecosystem services, helps produce healthy fruit. Herbaceous perennials like bulbs, dahlias, lilies, and comfrey all provide additional nutrients to the rooting zone as they die off during winter, if planted near fruit (drip line of fruit trees). Other semi-woody flowers such as everlasting daisy offer abundant nectaries to beneficial insects that play a vital role in the ecology of an orchard. Planting flowering shrubs and trees attracts birds that also aid the balance of the ecosystem.

SOL’S GARDEN JOBS FOR JUNE

Liquid feed and cloche young plants to boost growth. Plant garlic, shallots, and onions into reasonably fertile beds. Sow peas and broad beans into weeded beds with lime/ dolomite and some compost. Complete seed processing.

Plan next year’s garden. Check seed stocks and make an order or come to the local seed swap at Tākaka Memorial Library. Minimise weeds, as they attract slugs and snails. Use coffee grounds or ash to deter them.

Seagrass-mulch Brassicas, silver beet, broad beans, and peas. Plant new asparagus for cropping spring 2025. Apply lime, compost, and straw/seagrass mulch. Sheet mulch any vacant beds or cover with black plastic, if you have not sown green crop. Hothouse: Make an inside compost from crop residues to warm house. Plant salads, green crops, or heavily mulch. Clean plastic or glass for improved light.

Sow direct: All seeds 2, 22 June. Mesclun salad and spring onions (also 3, 21 June). Peas and broad beans (6, 24 June). Flowers. Sow for transplanting: All seeds 2 and 22 June. Spring onions and leafy greens (spinach, spinach beet, lettuce, endive, Japanese greens, Chinese cabbage, spring cabbages) (also 3, 21 June). Flowers (also 29 June).

Plant: Best 8-18 June. Onions, garlic, shallots (2 June). Salad greens, spinach, cabbages, broccoli, and cauliflower. Flowers, eg bulbs.

Avoid gardening full moon (4 June), and dark moon (17 June).

Herb Care:

Take hardwood cuttings, and transplant rooted cuttings. Plant herbs, eg parsley, or transplant self-seeded perennials like oregano.

Harvest, weed and mulch.

Fruit Care:

Plant fruit trees when available. Create swales or terraces if on slope.

Support laden persimmon/tamarillo branches. Harvest late apples, feijoas, tamarillos, persimmon, pepinos and kiwifruit.

Weed strawberry beds and replace two-year-old plants with young runners.

Spray all fruits with diluted seaweed. Spray copper oxychloride or lime sulphur (but not both together) on fruits susceptible to disease. Spray safely.

Spray citrus with neem/oil vs sucking insects.

General Garden Care:

Make and turn compost heaps. Make leaf mould compost.

Lime the lawn.

Prune trees for greater sun into garden, hedges, shrubs after flowering, including roses.

Take in hoses. Clean and fix garden tools.

A well mulched apricot tree. Photo: Sol Morgan.

Allshorts ready to roll out red carpet

ALISTAIR HUGHES

Filmmaker Rob Dawson, organiser of this year’s “reimagined” Allshorts short film festival, has sifted through hundreds of entries to make tomorrow night’s show a truly spectacular event.

“This year we opened up entries on an online platform, which allows organisers to promote their festivals globally, and filmmakers to upload their projects for judges to access anywhere in the world,” Rob explains. “The reach is now millions of short filmmakers, as opposed to what we had previously.”

Apart from just keeping things fresh, there are some very good reasons for revamping Golden Bay’s almost decade-old short film festival.

“We had been getting less and less New Zealand entries," says Rob, “and I think a lot of that is because the Top of the South Film Festival came about and is held around same time as our event was, which seems to have locked up a lot of local filmmakers.”

So, changing the date and focussing on a much wider selection opened up opportunities for Allshorts’ reinvigoration.

But despite this broadening of the field, Rob and the judges were heartened to discover that a couple of the eventual finalists were still New Zealand filmmakers, proving once again that as

a nation we punch above our weight in international movie production.

Animation tends to lend itself well to the short film medium, and Rob received so many outstanding entries that he briefly considered holding an “animation only” event the day after the festival. However, he quickly found that organising Allshorts itself took up all his time.

He is very happy with the resulting programme, carefully distilled from nominations and notes made by the Village Theatre’s own judging panel.

“There is a really strong cross-section, covering a wide range of subjects. What I will say is that it is definitely worth waiting for

A&P Show in peril

the last film (internationally lauded Iranian animation The Sprayer ), because it is an absolute highlight.”

The Allshorts film festival rolls out the red carpet at 6.30pm tomorrow and invites you to come dressed up for this very special occasion. Tickets are $20, which includes complimentary bubbles and nibbles. Screening begins at 7.30pm and there will be an opportunity to nominate your own favourite film in the Audience Choice vote.

Tickets are available online on the Program section of the theatre website: https://www. villagetheatre.org.nz/ or from the Village Theatre.

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Golden Bay’s biggest day out might be several months away, but the job of organising it is due to begin in just a few weeks’ time.

The first in a long list of tasks to be completed before the 126th A&P Show should be ticked off in July when the A&P Association secretary approaches the event’s sponsors. This year, however, things will be different; while the job is the same, someone other than long-serving secretary Jean Wedderburn will be carrying it out. After 11 years in the role, Jean is retiring along with fellow stalwart Daphne Woods who is stepping down from her post as treasurer.

Replacing the two key committee members is critical to the viability of the event, says A&P Association president Duncan McKenzie, who hopes potential candidates will come along to next week’s AGM. “If we don’t have a secretary and a treasurer, we won’t have a show.”

Speaking to The GB Weekly earlier this week, Jean said she had “really enjoyed” her role, which she described as “interesting and challenging” and “a huge job”. Referring to her month-by-month schedule, Jean highlighted some of her important tasks including liaising with exhibitors, matching sponsors with entry classes, planning entertainment and traffic management, and organising judges and ribbons.

As the show is held on the third Saturday in January, the workload increases during latter part of the year and in the days leading up to the show, explains A&P Association vice president Noel Baigent. “This means that a lot of the preparation is done during the holiday period and we require someone who is prepared to work alongside the other show committee members during this time.”

And when the big day is done, all the prizes still need to be sorted out and around 70 cups have to be engraved. “There’s a lot to do after the show,” says Jean.

Anyone stepping into Jean’s shoes will be provided with a laptop, printer and remuneration, and will receive help and advice from the emeritus secretary. “I will stay on the committee as a support person,” says Jean.

In addition to the secretary and treasurer, other members of the A&P Association committee work behind the scenes before, during and after the show. But, over the years, the number of these volunteers has dwindled to 10 while their average age has climbed to around 70, prompting Duncan to appeal for new blood to help “lighten the load” especially in the two months leading up to the main event. “We need the younger generations to get involved. We get plenty of help on the day but, unless we get some more people on the committee, the day won’t happen.”

The A&P Association AGM is on Tuesday 30 May, 7pm at the Keith Page Hall, Rec Park.

Local filmmaker and this year's Allshorts organiser Rob Dawson has spent several months finalising tomorrow night's short film festival programme. Photo: Alistair Hughes.

The Golden Bay A&P Association needs to fill key roles if the annual show is to survive. File photo.

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Mixed fortunes in away fixtures

Golden Bay’s three senior football teams all took on sides from Nelson Suburbs FC last Saturday at Saxton Fields. Despite playing away from home, GBAFC returned with two wins and more precious points in the bag.

Goats return to winning ways

Going into their Men’s Division 2 fixture, Nelson Suburbs U17 and Golden Bay’s Mountain Goats stood level on points in Nelson Bays. But after a 90-minute ding-dong battle it was the Goats who snatched victory with a late goal to win 5-4 and cement second place in the standings.

The youthful Suburbs fielded an experienced goalkeeper who blocked numerous shots throughout the game, but he couldn’t stop first-half strikes from Jaden Thompson and skipper captain Danyon Fleming.

At half-time, honours were even with the score at 2-2 but shortly after the restart, as the Goats pressed for another goal, it was Suburbs who scored first. The Bay side responded but were unable to beat the Suburbs’ stopper until a free kick, taken by Guillaume Thomas found birthday boy Lee Mckenna who headed the ball into the top corner of the goal to level the scores. Suburbs soon re-established their lead but it only lasted until the Goats were awarded a penalty after Jaden Thompson was taken down in the box minutes later. Maxime Devaux fired the ball into the back of the net from the spot bringing the score to 4-4 before Man of the Match Mckenna doubled his tally, and clinched a 5-4 victory for the Goats with minutes to spare.

Stingrays hold on to lead

In the Masters competition, Golden Bay Stingrays inflicted

more pain on Nelson Suburbs FC Masters Utd who have now lost four of their five opening fixtures this season.

Despite the soft, muddy playing surface the Stingrays kept control of the ball and pressed forward to threaten United's goal. After 10 minutes of relentless attacking play, Sam Hopley opened the scoring for the Stingrays, latching on to a quality through ball from Pete van der Meer before slotting it neatly into the corner of the goal. Hopley soon added another to take his season’s total to nine goals, when he netted a cross from Gonzalo Vazquez following the Chilean’s superb chip over the home side’s keeper.

In the second half, the Stingrays were determined not to allow a repeat of last week’s second half catch up by the Bogans, and maintained their composure while displaying some tidy passing. Cheered on by their supporters the Stingrays struck again when Chris von Roy put a ball across the box which Rob Anderson deftly met with his heel – a spectacular goal which brought the supporters to their feet.

United deservedly got a goal back almost at the end of the game, with a screamer that Stingrays' keeper Phil Smith could do nothing about. But it was too little too late. Final score 3-1 to the Stingrays. Roli Muntwyler Man of the Match: Pete van der Meer.

Shield Maidens suffer against Suburbs

In the Women’s Premiership, Golden Bay’s Shield Maidens faced high-flying Suburbs Reserves. The Maidens, who are suffering a dip in their goal-scoring form following an excellent start to the season, were unable to find the net and the game ended with the home side registering a 5-0 win which puts them at the top of the table.

JO RICHARDS

Ph 03 525 8233 | 19 Motupipi St, Takaka

Golden Bay Mountain Goat Fred Cucksey leaps to win the ball in last Saturday's match against Nelson Suburbs. Photo: Supplied.

Wins for both Bay's senior sides

BRIDGE

17 May. Patons Rock Individual Session 5: P Panzeri/E Bradshaw 58%; R Smith/J Harper 54%; A Telford/R McDonald 52%. H/cap: R Smith/J Harper 58%; P Panzeri/E Bradshaw 55.75%; A Telford/R McDonald 51.5%.

19 May. Friday Champs Session 4: S Douglas/J Massey 56.35%; C Furness/C Mead 53.17%; D Perreau/E Bradshaw 53.17%. H/cap: S Douglas/J Massey 56.35%; L Field/A Foreman 57.88%; A Scotland/L Thomas 54.24%.

FOOTBALL

Nelson Suburbs FC Steamers 7 v GB Wahine Toa 0.

A moment's silence was observed before the start of every game in Tasman Rugby Union competition last Saturday in recognition of the sudden passing of former Blues, Crusaders, and Hurricanes player Billy Guyton.

Collingwood conquer – again

The large crowd which turned out to watch Collingwood host Division 2 rivals Huia on Saturday, were treated to an exciting, free-flowing “old-school” game of rugby.

The muddy conditions clearly suited the home team whose 15 - 7 win continued their 100 per cent record start to the season and put them into second place on the table behind Stoke who have a couple of extra bonus points.

For the first period of Saturday’s match there was little to choose between the two teams, but it was the visitors who opened the scoring with a try and conversion after 18 minutes. By that time every player’s jersey was splattered with mud making it difficult for the spectators to identify who was who.

Three minutes later the Black and Gold replied with a try of their own from Gareth Scott, following a rolling maul, which narrowed the deficit to 5-7. Now relishing the conditions, the home side kept pushing their forwards up the left flank and, after 10 minutes of relentless pressure, broke down Huia’s defence allowing skipper Ryan McKay to ground the ball over the line. Liam Miller’s subsequent conversion took the score to 12-7.

In the second half, both sides made frequent forays into their opponent’s territory and, in defiance of deteriorating playing surface, showed good handling and passing skills.

However, after an hour of play, Collingwood’s relentless pressure forced the visitors into making mistakes and defensive errors – one of which was punished by Liam Miller following the award of a penalty to the home side.

With the score at 15-7, and with passions running high, things got worse for Huia towards the end of the game when they were forced to field a makeshift scrum after one of their forwards was ordered off the pitch. Much to the home supporters’ delight, the drama continued when a Huia prop joined his dismissed team-mate after receiving a yellow card from the referee. Despite losing two key members of the scrum, however, the visitors managed to repel Collingwood’s advances to keep the score at 15-7 until the final whistle.

With three wins from their opening three games, Collingwood’s coach Graeme Miller was understandably pleased with his team’s performance, saying it had been an "incredible game,” adding that both sides had played “good flowing rugby”. He was also relieved that Collingwood’s home turf would have two weeks to recover, thanks to an away match next week and it being the King’s Birthday the following weekend. Collingwood's next home fixture is on Saturday 10 June when they take on Tapawera/Valley Stags.

Tākaka continue high-scoring run

Tākaka’s high-scoring men’s team kept up their impressive “run rate” with an emphatic 53-19 victory away to Murchison in Saturday’s Division 2 clash. The Golden Bay side have now amassed a total of 135 points in their first three games – more than any other team in the division.

Tākaka’s first points of the afternoon came shortly kick-off courtesy of a try from Kyle Gardiner, and three more were added before half-time, taking the score to 5-24.

In the second half Tākaka outscored their hosts five tries to two, including a contribution from veteran Anthony Tait, one of six try scorers for the Golden Bay team.

CHARLOTTE RICHARDS AND JO RICHARDS

All other Junior/Youth grade games tbc due to regrading

Tākaka's Kyle Gardiner holds off a Murchison trio as Tyler Palmer waits for back-up. Photo: Supplied.

Collingwood's Tyler Jones emerges from a rolling maul in the match against Huia. Photo: Charlotte Richards.

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ACROSS

9 Gross order to where the nor-wester blows (5)

10 Light praises heard for letters (9)

11 Put in as 999 Romans sat (7)

12 Give authority for me to head west - might be a follower (7)

13 Sat with no movement. I cast amazed (10)

14 Duty of the French - very hesitant departure (4)

16 Furthest east - unknown but a metre out (7)

19 An article moreover as a rule (7)

21 Really likes the accommodation (4)

22 A lofty, firm set of ways or whatever it takes (2,3,5)

26 Edge back - it’s ominous for the traveller (7)

27 Do you find this nude man dull? (7)

28 It joins the scam that cornet player follows (9)

29 Wear elegantly at first before you went by horse (5)

DOWN

1 Drive motor - there’s no alternative. I had tea about five (8)

Training the mind to ease the pain

For the past year, Redwood Reider has been practising craniosacral therapy from a small space located behind Detour Studio in Tākaka. Synching in with that practice, they now offer brain retraining therapy for chronic pain sufferers.

According to Redwood, chronic pain is one of the biggest causes of sick days in our society, and many sufferers are falling through the cracks of the medical system. “And I was one of those people,” says Redwood.

As a dual citizen of New Zealand and the USA, Redwood consulted more than 20 doctors from a variety of specialities. No-one was able to diagnose their condition. Finally, they attended a three-week intensive course at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and learned about the neuroscience around chronic pain.

“Basically, chronic pain can take on a life of its own. Like when pain persists, often the original injury is healed, but pain persists in the nervous system.”

Redwood says studies have shown there are actual changes in the brains of long-term chronic pain sufferers. Apparently chronic pain can affect 16 different parts of the brain.

“The brain is changing all the time, and if we understand how it all works, we can change the equation.”

Cognitive behavioural therapy, the biopsychosocial model that Redwood works with, looks at thoughts, emotional responses, and behaviours.

“My health recovery accelerated when I finally studied the neuroscience behind chronic pain and got the training to apply it to my own situation. Through an intensive programme of brain retraining, working with my thoughts, emotional responses, and behaviours, my nervous system’s patterning began to change… and I am living proof of that.”

It took them a year to heal after 11 years of suffering chronic pain. Biodynamic craniosacral therapy (BCST) was also an intervention that helped, which is why Redwood became a practitioner. “BCST enables the nervous system and tissues to unwind into states where deep healing can occur – releasing tension and trauma,” they said.

Now able to enjoy dancing and tramping again, Redwood is equipped with a toolkit to help others.

Part of that toolkit includes teaching meditation. Redwood is introducing a three-week course specifically for chronic

pain sufferers, with a free talk on Thursday 1 June, 5.30pm at the Community Centre. For more information, visit www. redwoodhealth.net, or ph 027 359 4522.

2 He dictates dictionary entries, standard prose or tutorial beginners (6)

3 Workers’ joints are just the job (4,5)

4 Suede left to be adapted for ducks (6)

5 Dine out with little money - it’s unacceptable (8)

6 Not on the level and poles apart (5)

7 A pictorial representation of cereal head will get closer (4,4)

8 Fag’s residue destination drops aspirate off-track (6)

15 Came down on foul deeds embracing a hundred to finish (9)

17 Accompany claw - gag goes with it (3,5)

18 Set out before one. Good friend gives his best guess (8)

20 Got forest-fruit for wild deer (8)

21 Portray grand tale in direct extremes (6)

23 The French spirit kept back for primates (6)

24 Cats for instance keeping a former penny tail (6)

25 Direct call for provisions (5)

Redwood Reider in the therapy studio behind Detour Studio in Tākaka. Photo: Ronnie Short.

Help – from one bay to another

JO RICHARDS

Two volunteers from Golden Bay have just returned from a trip to cyclone-hit Hawke’s Bay.

Phil Smith and Tristan Strange travelled to Ōtāne last week and met up with fencers, farmers, and volunteers from across the North Island. They were there to help farmers recover from Cyclone Gabrielle’s devastating floods that left paddocks covered in thick layers of silt and strewn with debris.

Phil said it was “an emotional journey” for them. “We got talking to the farmers who are living on the edge of sanity… The fences can be repaired, and paddocks restored, but mental health is at breaking point.”

One couple doing it particularly tough are Rick and Anna Lee, who lost their daughter two years ago to suicide, and then, five weeks before the cyclone hit, bought an orchard. “That orchard was badly affected, the farm lost all the fences and paddocks destroyed," says Phil. "Water so high it was going over deer fencing. All they could do was watch what they have worked for float away.”

While they wait for insurance and government money to come through, and, in the absence of timely support from council and farming organisations, Phil says the couple are feeling isolated. But knowing that

Golden Bay is there for them and their community provided “a great uplift to their spirits”.

What struggling Hawke’s Bay farmers need now, explains Phil, isn't necessarily more money, but rather hands on tools. “From fencing, cleaning up rocks from paddocks, digger operators, tractor operators, people to help milk cows, help clean houses, paint, just

Specialising in:

* mowing

* raking

* tedding

* Baling: round, medium & large square

* cartage

* 16-ton tip trailer

* Mole ploughing

* Heavy roller hire

* Baleage/hay sales

NOW OFFERING:

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Tristan Strange 027 515 5204

help listen to them and have a cuppa.”

Now that the connection has been established, Phil plans to follow up with another visit soon. “We hope to head back up in a month and take more people with us and really get some hard mahi [work] done.”

Anyone keen to help should contact Phil Smith at philsm1982@gmail.com, or Tristan Strange at strangecontracting@gmail.com

our store. The solutions will be published here in the next issue.

Phil Smith, centre, with Hawke’s Bay farmer “Cobber” and three student volunteers from Geraldine High School. Photo: Supplied.

RECENT AGM / Hui ā tau - Nō nā tata nei

GOLDEN Bay Federated Farmers. President, Cherrie Chubb. Dairy chair, Tyler Langford. Meat and wool chair, Pax Leetch. Administrator and executive member, Daphne Woods. Remaining executive members, Sue Brown and Ann Thompson. Scribe, Maree Edwards. ORGANISATIONS may have their committee members’ names printed in this column for free if emailed to admin@ gbweekly.co.nz

AGM NOTICES

POHARA Boat Club AGM, Thursday 15 June, 7pm at the Boat Club. All welcome.

EAST Tākaka Hall AGM, Thursday 8 June, 7.30pm at the Hall. Discussion topic: Emergency Preparedness for East Tākaka. Come and have your say. Supper to follow.

GOLDEN Bay Swimming Inc AGM will be held on Wednesday 14 June 2023 at 7pm in the library of Golden Bay High School. We encourage all whānau of current and future swimmers to attend. The AGM will be followed by a meeting of all those who are interested in competitive swimming opportunities in 2023/24.

HEALTH & WELLBEING / Hauora PUBLIC

Church. Ph 0800 229 6757.

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

COMPUTER safety and security a worry? Come along to a SeniorNet session to find out more about keeping yourself and your computer safe. St John Rooms, Rec Park, Tuesday 30 May 2-4pm. All welcome, non-members $5.

ST JOHN APPEAL WEEK – Friday 16 June 2023. Would anyone like to assist with fund raising for St John at FreshChoice? I have a number of times during the day which would be available. Please call Belinda on 021 236 2840 if you are able to help.

town. Otherwise mobile service available. Ph 021 0260 7607. REIKI master, Tony Hunt. $50 per session. Wednesdays. Ph 027 293 4828.

The Annual General Meeting of the Takaka Village Theatre Society will be held at the Theatre on Tuesday 6th June. Doors open at 7.00pm, meeting commences 7.30pm, film to follow.

Agenda:

 Apologies

 Minutes of the previous meeting

 Report from the Chair

 Financial Report

 Standard procedural motions

 Election of Officers

 General Business

Notices of motion and nominations for the Committee must be received by the Secretary by 4.00pm on 2nd June 2023.

Tish Potter, Secretary

AGM

Monday 12 June 7.00pm

Takaka Fire Station

Key positions are filled but we need a good turnout to meet our quorum quota. Our organisation relies on volunteers to help organise Commemorations and look after our RSA Veterans, spouses and families so don’t be shy. Please come and join us and also hear our guest speaker tell about her extensive research of Takaka District WW1 soldiers. Supper provided afterwards.

Noel Baigent, President Golden Bay RSA

Golden Bay Promotion Association AGM

Golden Bay Promotion Association AGM

Are you a new business owner? Come and meet us.

Are you a new business owner? Come and meet us.

FOR SALE / Hei hokohoko

GARAGE sale, 16 Park Avenue, Saturday 27 May at 9am. Cane and wing back couch, three writing desks, china cabinet. Some handyman tools, bench. Ph 027 545 4025.

BED, as new Opulence queen-sized bed, one year old. Paid $1500, selling for $1300. Ph 525 8644.

WEANER pigs, $130. Txt 027 412 7176.

BRIFORD trailer, 7x4 feet. Galvanised single axle 1600mm drawbar. Reg and WOF. $2400 firm. Ph 027 956 7040.

FIREWOOD. Delivering now: Douglas fir, gum. Ph Bay Firewood 027 769 6348.

BLINDS, Luxaflex® duettes, roller; blockout, translucent or sunscreen, venetians, romans, Lumishade. Imagine designs, 96b Commercial St, Tākaka. Ph Tracey 027 440 0071 and let's discuss the options.

HEALTH & WELLBEING / Hauora

ANÉL BAKER Physiotherapy at 22 Meihana Street, Tākaka. Ph/txt 021 053 4337. Now available in Collingwood on Mondays.

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.

Monday 29 May, 7pm

Monday 29 May, 7pm GB Visitor Centre, 3 Willow Street, Takaka Come, Stay, Play

GB Visitor Centre, 3 Willow Street, Takaka Come, Stay, Play

PUBLIC NOTICES / Pānui a whānui

tourism news

tourism news

LISA Williams, registered medical herbalist, herbal apothecary, iridology analysis, reflexology, reiki master. www. goldenbayiridology.com Ph 525 6150, 027 451 9797. 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.

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

REFLEXOLOGY with Ariane Wyler, Thursdays 1.30-6pm in

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

from the GB Promotion Assn

from the GB Promotion Assn

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.

AGM. Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 29 May at 7pm in the visitor centre. All welcome.

AGM. Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 29 May at 7pm in the visitor centre. All welcome.

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

Providing hypnotherapy, NLP and Clifton strengths coaching to the people of Golden Bay & beyond!

No GP referral required

Visitor spend. MBIE figures show that domestic visitors spent $31m and international visitors spent $12m in the Nelson Tasman district in December. This brought the 2022 total to $299m comparing well to 2019, which was $291m. Recent high inflation means our visitordependent businesses are still recovering.

Visitor spend. MBIE figures show that domestic visitors spent $31m and international visitors spent $12m in the Nelson Tasman district in December. This brought the 2022 total to $299m comparing well to 2019, which was $291m. Recent high inflation means our visitordependent businesses are still recovering.

ALCOHOLICS Anonymous, open meeting, all welcome. Thursdays 7pm, 94 Commercial Street. Hall behind the Catholic

Rachael - 022 637 0497 I goldenbayhypnotherapy.com

Ask us about our no-cost initial Physio assessment Call 0800 749 739 for info or an appointment today

FOR SALE

Ray White Golden Bay

Your local agent.

3 Orion Street, Collingwood

Deadline Sale, 29 May

Billy Kerrisk 027 608 5606

2

Another SOLD

151 Parapara Valley Road (unless sold prior)

2

Situated on a quiet back street in Collingwood sitting high above the village, this character filled home offers absolute privacy, and breathtaking views. Call 027 608 5606 to view this unique home.

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.

CURTAINS, sheers, blinds made from NZ's leading textile fabrics. Transform your space with floor-to-ceiling custom curtains. Imagine designs, in the Z Fuel stop, Tākaka, ph Tracey for a free measure and quote 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.

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.

FRUIT pruning, sustainable property advice and management, edible landscaping, soil testing, garden mentoring. Sol Morgan, GroWise Consultancy, ph 027 514 9112.

GB CHIMNEY SWEEPING AND FIREBOX CLEANING Ph 027 458 7679.

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.

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.

TĀKAKA Garden Services, for all your lawn and garden needs.

Ph 027 525 8006 or 525 8806.

Wayne

new bathrooms, kitchens, cleaning, www.goldenbaypropertyservices.co.nz,

MOHUA UENUKU SURVEYING

Land Surveying Drone Survey

Alexis Bourgeois

Ph: 021 023 91364 alexistkkhc@gmail.com

Sharyn Miller

PROPERTY WANTED / Rawa hiahia

SMALL rural property to purchase. Txt 027 278 2128. LIFESTYLE block up to $500,000, vege garden and orchard, up in hills preferred. Ph Pam 027 389 7491, pam.mander@ hotmail.com

PROPERTY AVAILABLE / Rawa watea

LOOKING for a mature, working and responsible female tenant for a sleep-out 5km out of town. The ideal tenant is quiet, private, an animal lover and a non-smoker. This place is perfect for someone who values peace and privacy, enjoys nature and the company of feathery friends. Please contact stoder@gmx.de

RURAL residential bare land for sale or swap, 1.2ha near Heaphy Track. Please email rolag88@gmail.com

OFFICE or self-contained accommodation at Onekaka. Multipurpose warm sunny building. VDSL internet 20/2mb, computers, dual monitors, phone system, printer/scanner, heat pump, or convert to single-bedroom accommodation. Rent negotiable for services required and potential contribution to property maintenance. Ph/txt 021 525923 to discuss.

SEPARATE wing in a sunny tidy home by town, $300/week plus expenses. Two double rooms, one large, plus bathroom and storage room. Share kitchen and garden, etc with friendly owner. Ph Tess 027 362 5598.

Robinson Tiling. Tiling

Billy Kerrisk Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008 | Level 1, 11 Buxton Lane, Takaka | rwgoldenbay.co.nz

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 Wednesday-Saturday, 9am8.30pm. 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.

LANGFORD STORE, Bainham. Open 5 days, 9am-4pm. Closed Thursday, Friday. Ph 524 8228.

MOLLY B’S, Pōhara. Open Wednesday-Sunday from 9am for coffee, full menu from 11.30am. Saturday-Sunday from 9am for brunch. Tuesday from 3pm, closed Monday.

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 Sundays, weather permitting, 11am-4pm. Ph 03 970 7934, totoscafegallery@gmail.com

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

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 – 7 and 21 May; traditional services (with a speaker) held on alternate fortnights – 14 and 28 May.

SACRED Heart Catholic faith community winter timetable: Mass, 4pm, 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. Service of the Word, 9.30am, 2nd Sunday of the month. All warmly welcome. ST Andrews Presbyterian Church extends a warm welcome to join us at 10am for a time of worship and fellowship.

Mental-Health Support Worker

Per m a nent pa r t - time, up to 22 5 hour s/week, pl us a fter -hours on- call r oster

TWMT - Community Mental Health Service is seeking a therapeutic M e n tal-Health S upport W o rker to work on a permanent basis

Kahurangi Christian Church

Sunday 28 May 10:30am

Onekaka Hall

Contact Beate Franke, 021 177 4859

Seek His will in all you do, And He will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:6 Have Faith that God cares about you! Sunday service 10am

Pastor: Rodney Watson 0275 114 266

93 Commercial St, Takaka. www.godunlimited.org

UPCOMING EVENTS / Mea pakiri haere

FRIDAY 26 MAY

BADMINTON, REC PARK CENTRE, 7.30-9.30pm. All welcome. Ph Kerry 525 7007.

SATURDAY 27 MAY

MOTUPIPI HALL SOUP AND DESSERT LUNCHEON, 12 noon, $17pp.

is seeking to fill the role of Community and Food Resilience Officer

30 hours, 1 year Fixed-Term Contract, $30/hour, start Sept 2023

• Plan and coordinate Market Garden to support our local resilient stall/shop

• Liaise with Community Service programs/families in need around food resilience

• Support Community Resilience by developing Sustainable Practices and Teaching Modules in these topics. As well to develop programs around wellbeing and growing

• Liaise with Te WhareRangi Trust, other organisations and volunteers

Experience and Qualifications needed in

• Organic/permaculture principles/ certificate towards

• Planning and managing market gardens/qualification in biology and sustainable practices

• Teaching and working with community groups around wellbeing and growing/certificate towards mental wellbeing /horticulture therapy

• Organisational, clear communication, accurate time and record keeping skills

For info email: gbcommunitygardens@gmail.com

We are seeking a dynamic support worker to deliver focused -based, recovery-orientated interventions to service users as part of a multidisciplinary team This individual should demonstrate excellent communication and problem-solving skills, utilise initiative, and have relevant mental-health-specific experience The successful applicant will maintain a caseload, participate in a mental health crisis on-call roster, and be supported by mental health professionals The successful candidate will be welcomed into a supportive team For more information, a detailed job description and our TWM application forms, please visit our webpage w w w twm org nz/care ers

If this is you, please send your complete application to h r@twm org nz

Application close:

TUESDAY 30 MAY

GOLDEN BAY COMMUNITY AND WHANAU monthly meeting, 12pm, Community Centre. See advert below.

GB WEEKLY DEADLINE: noon on Tuesdays. Email us: admin@ gbweekly.co.nz or phone us 027 525 8679.

WEDNESDAY 31 MAY

COSTUME HIRE, open by appointment, ph Diane 525 8097 evenings. Returns to Joan ph 525 8338.

O NEKAK A PLAYGROUP, all welcome, Wednesdays 10am12.30pm, Onekaka Hall.

THURSDAY 1 JUNE

PUBLIC TALK. THE MIND IN THE BODY: How I healed a decade of pain, a health adventure story. Redwood Reider. GB Community Centre, 5.30pm. DAYTIME BADMINTON, Rec Park Centre, 9-11am. All welcome. Ph Kerry 525 7007.

LATER EVENTS

TEA 'N TALK BY THE FIRE at Old School Cafe, Pakawau. Friday 16 June, 10.30am. Tea/coffee provided. Hosted by Pakawau Rural Women, and everyone welcome. Ph Joyce 524 8364. BOARD GAMES AT ONEKAKA HALL, Saturday 3 June, 125pm. Facebook group "Board Gaming in Golden Bay".

THE BODY IN MIND: A three-week practical healing course for people with persistent pain. Sundays 11, 18, 25 June, 3-5pm. Info/registration: http://redwoodhealth.net/beyond

We are looking for a friendly, motivated and hands- on person to support our ES Manager with coordinating a range of activities for our supported employment programme The successful candidate will have exceptional interpersonal and time management skills

W e wo uld lo ve to h e a r fro m yo u if you h a v e:

• Organisation and leadership experience

• Strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships and work within a team

• A proactive and positive approach to Health & Safety

• Full clean driver’s license

• Landscaping skills

• Computer literacy

Consent for Police Vetting is required For more information, a detailed job description and our TWM application forms, please visit our webpage www twm org nz/careers If this is you, please send your complete application to hr@twm org nz

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SITUATIONS VACANT / Tūranga wātea

SITUATIONS VACANT / Tūranga wātea

Friday 26th May

www.villagetheatre.org.nz

4:00 Mavka: The Forest Song (PG) FINAL

7:30 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R16) FINAL

Saturday 27th

2:00 Rainy Day Only Matinee

7:30 AllShorts Film Festival

$20/$15 (M) Doors open 6.30

Sunday 28th

4:00 NT Live: The Seagull (M) $25/$20

7:30 Driving Madeleine (M) (subtitles)

Wednesday 31st

5:30 Polite Society (M)

STOP!!!

5 G Tower @ Mc Gazzaland Wakefield.

PUBLIC MEETING Onsite

Everyone welcome, bring the kids.

Saturday 27th May 2023 @ 2pm.

Bring chair and picnic.

We would like to invite the GB community to join us at this Public meeting at McGazzaland Bike Park , Pigeon Valley Rd Wakefield on Saturday 27th May at 2pm. This is a place where Children and Adults come to ride their bikes and the TDC thinks it’s ok to erect a tower here within 1 metre of Bike Park.

What has happened in Wakefield is there has been no consultation with the community. According to a TDC representative, the govt no longer has to consult with the people and they can put these towers wherever they choose to without consultation.

We have Joe Rifici coming to speak on Saturday about the effects of 5 g and hoping to get some councillors and MPs there too.

The Mussel Inn Coming Up...

Mon 29th SING ALONG AROUND THE PIANO with CRAIG DENHAM - all welcome to join in. 7.30pm.

JUNE

Sat 3rd CRASH BANDIHOOT – Big brass New Orleans jazz band, $15.

Thu 8th QUIZ, 7.30pm. All welcome.

Thu 15th THOMAS LOEFKE - North Atlantic soundscapes on Celtic harp with slide show on big screen, $15.

Thu 22nd QUIZ, 7.30pm. All welcome.

Thu 29th ACID ON THE MICROPHONE - Special guest THE SHERIFF! for more details see www.musselinn.co.nz

GOLDEN BAY WEATHER FORECAST

Valid from Friday 26 until Tuesday 30 May

Friday: Northerlies developing. Cloud increasing. Showers over Kahurangi with a few elsewhere later

Saturday: Northerlies prevailing. Cloudy with a few showers most of the day

Sunday: Winds tending east or northeast. Cloudy periods with the odd shower, especially about the ranges

Monday: Northeasterlies becoming stong. Rain developing during the morning and becoming locally heavy later. Rain easing during the evening as winds tend lighter northwest

Tuesday: Northwesterlies tending southwest around midday. A few early showers, clearing away from the ranges during the morning.

Moving Clearance Sale

85 Tukurua Road

Saturday June 4th

10am - 2 pm

Household items, Shacklock Orion Stove, Webber Grill, Building materials, workshop tools, 2x chainsaws, 200+clean bricks, chairs, racing bike & much more

KUNG FU EXPERIENCE

Increased energy and well being. Freedom from fear and intimidation through meditative practice.

UPCOMING GIGS & EVENTS...

FRIDAY 26TH MAY

Roots & fruits hosted by galanjah

SATURDAY 27TH MAY that HIP HOP NIGHT! soulfire | dj cushti (NSN)

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

TRUTH | paige julia | ashez with local support: YAKKA pre sales: ticketfairy.com

SATURDAY 17TH JUNE BIG BOOTY BASS

JOSHUA TREE | PAULEO | POOTIE TANG | DU’CEE

FRIDAY 23RD JUNE

Roots & fruits hosted by galanjah

Programmes to listen out for:

A BalanSING

A show with Golden Bay local GalanJAH, whose music dejour are foremost from Roots and Fruits of Sisterly Reggae, within a Global Musical Forest. Fridays 12 noon with a new episode every 2 weeks. Art For Art’s Sake

Anton Bentley covers local arts from the Nelson region on Art for Art’s Sake . Airs Saturday mornings at 10.40, with new content every 2 weeks.

Our volunteer programme makers are working hard to bring you new listening experiences each week. Fresh FM is a non-profit Access radio station and our programme makers need sponsorship to cover the costs of going to air. You or your business can easily become a sponsor of local content which will be mentioned on the show sponsored. If you are keen to support any of our programme makers on freshfm drop us a line on Nelson@freshfm.net or motueka@freshfm.net.

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How soon can you move?

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