Football family from across the region gathered at Tākaka’s Rec Park last weekend for the annual Wholemeal Café Battle For The Bay tournament.
The two-day fund-and-awareness raiser began on Saturday at 9.30am when the first three matches kicked off simultaneously on the park’s lower pitches. During a full day of football, the ten competing teams played a series of round-robin fixtures in one of two pools. The following morning the semifinals, final and third place play-off were contested before the weekend wrapped up with prizegiving.
Diversity, equity and inclusion may currently be frowned upon in certain quarters but not here on Saturday morning, where young teens lined up alongside old hands in teams that included players across the spectrum of ages, gender and abilities. The
entries even including a mixed squad from Tākaka Rugby Football Club, showing there was room for those less familiar with the “round” ball.
The rugby players demonstrated some nifty footwork during their morning Pool B ties, netting a total of three goals in their draw with GB Femini-men and loss to Tahuna Matata. But win, lose or draw, with the start of the rugby season looming, Tākaka Rugby’s Anthony Tait was grateful for the chance to have a runaround without too much “physical contact”.
Pool A saw two more home sides – GB Mountain Goats and GB Youth and Masters – go into battle along with Tahuna Shuffle, Wakefield Mighty Ballers and FC Colombia, the latter officially a Nelson team but with a significant number of players from Golden Bay’s impressive U17 Pumas as well as some of the Bay’s women footballers.
Tahuna Shuffle’s skipper Danny Hampton
is a Battle-hardened veteran. “I’ve played in every one so far. It’s a good cause and there’s a good spirit,” said Danny who also saw it as a timely opportunity for a pre-season workout. “It’s good to have a bit of a blow.”
Danny’s “good cause” referred to the serious side of the football festival – raising funds to tackle metal health issues through sales of Hope is My Homeboy’s “apparel with a purpose” and a message to “check on your homies”. At last year’s event, the charity’s cofounder Rutu King-Stubbs, attended with her five-day-old baby. This year she returned with Axa, who was just about to turn one year old, and she was back on the pitch alongside her Richmond AFC teammates. Her partner Jono King-Stubbs explained that the “Battle” was the second of many pop-up events they were hoping to run during 2025 after having spent last year “consolidating our lives”.
A regional charitable foundation with a strong presence in Golden Bay is looking to appoint new trustees.
Top of the South Community Foundation (TOTSCF) provides independent, notfor-profit management for the region’s charitable funding sector. It receives funds through donations and bequests which are invested to create an inter-generational endowment, with interest earned from that investment distributed via its grants scheme.
Grants are awarded through an annual funding round with applications accepted between 1-30 June each year, and Golden Bay charities are among those which have received funds to help achieve their community-based aspirations.
TOTSCF trustees are expected to have skills and competencies that encompass business, finance, governance and stakeholder engagement as well as experience in fundraising and communications and links with the region’s local communities. They are appointed for an initial fouryear term. Meetings are held every six weeks in Nelson and can be attended online when required.
Anyone who wants to express an interest in becoming a trustee should, in the first instance, contact Jane Peterson: jane@topsouthfoundation.org.nz For more information about TOTSCF and/or to make a grant application, go to: www.topsouthfoundation.org.nz
JO RICHARDS
Weekend warriors: Teams from Richmond and Golden Bay clash in last Saturday's Battle For The Bay tournament at Tākaka's Rec Park. Photo: Jo Richards.
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Singing the harvest home
The Sustainable Living Centre (SLC) is inviting everyone to come and celebrate its Harvest Festival which takes place tomorrow. The fundraising event runs from midday until 10pm and features a full lineup of entertainment from local musicians and performers. There will also be a delicious kai prepared from the SLC's harvest, a variety of seasonal activities including apple bobbing and leaf printing, Balfolk and fire dancing, plus two competitions – Best Chilli Sauce and Most Impressive Vegetable.
The festival’s main organiser Hera Livingston is particularly excited about the local music acts. “We are thrilled to start the day with several of the Bay's youth musicians, including Poppy Willow and Levity Beet's pupils' band Chain Reaction,” says Hera. “Poppy is a 15-year-old singer songwriter from Onekaka, who plays a mix of indie pop originals and covers on electric guitar. She started ukulele lessons when she was five, then progressed to baritone ukulele, acoustic guitar, and finally electric guitar. She is planning on recording a few originals with Levity later this year.”
Entertainment programme:
12.30-2pm Youth Performers
2pm KiwiJam
3pm Balfolk/Hullabaloo
4pm Golden Bay Bluegrass
5pm RD1
5.45pm Mystic Twist
6pm Misty Freqs
6.45pm Mihihea
7.30-10pm DJ's and Fire Performers
SLC Harvest Festival is on Saturday 22 March at the Sustainable Living Centre, 24 Waitapu Road, Tākaka, from 12pm-10pm. Tickets on the gate:
NATURAL HAZARDS GEOLOGICAL
Te Tai o Aorere is vulnerable to a range of natural hazards including geological, coastal, wildfire, flooding, and severe weather. Understanding these hazards and the risks they pose to us personally and to our community is important to a future, thriving and resilient Tasman.
Check out the website www.tasman.govt.nz and search ‘natural hazards’
Harvest Festival-goers enjoying the day last year. File photo.
Understanding high risk behaviour
Imagine a family member, friend, work colleague or neighbour expressing suicidal thoughts or showing signs of self-harm. What to do? Where to go? Who to approach? How to help?
Golden Bay’s mental health fraternity, Te Whare Mahana Trust (TWM) are hosting a free workshop for the community about understanding high risk behaviours and learning DBT supportive strategies.
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) is the main treatment modality TWM use in their residential programme, which caters for six or seven clients who stay for a year to heal their complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorders.
Maud Molloy has worked at TWM since January 2024, becoming general manager in October. Previously she held the position of general manager with a mental health facility in France for 15 years.
Thanks to funding raised by Kris Russell and Baerbel Hack of Hack’n Stay, Monday’s workshop is free for attendees. Prompted by their own personal experiences of suicide, Kris and Baerbel run a Ride For Hope event every year to contribute to suicide prevention.
Prompted by three suicides that occurred in Golden Bay last year, the TWM team contacted Jolie Fritz, a US clinical psychologist who specialises in suicide prevention using DBT. Although Jolie is holidaying in New Zealand, she will run a workshop for TWM staff as well as the community event. Her co-worker, psychiatrist Erik Ulland, has decades of experience
APRIL DEADLINES
Due to Easter and Anzac Day falling close together this year we will have two early deadlines.
As both Good Friday and Anzac Day are public holidays the paper will be delivered early: on Thursday 17 April and Thursday 24 April. The paper dated 24 April has a VERY early deadline - please see below
using DBT with clients. Together they are co-creators of the International DBT podcast, “All Therapists Are Jerks”.
“It’s really really funny and a good way of giving some DBT skills to family and friends and the environment,” says Maud. In the same vein, workshop attendees will learn DBT skills to support someone exhibiting self-harming or suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Risk assessment will be taught, along with effective strategies to be supportive but not reactive.
“I think it will be really useful for people with teenagers or adults around them and they don’t know what to do,” says Maud. “You don’t have to be scared or feel stigmatised. It’s about learning what to do in that situation. In a lifetime all of us will come across at least one situation. It will be very unlikely that we don’t… Using DBT you can support the person to have less of these behaviours.”
Angel Pryor is a psychiatric nurse on the TWM team. “Not understanding how to cope when someone’s in distress can make things worse sometimes, so it not only helps to make it less distressing for the person, but for yourself,” she says.
Maud and Angel stress that confidentiality is 100 per cent important in their field of work, including Monday’s workshop. Names of local support people will be made available and up to seven TWM staff members will attend. “We have a great team,” says Maud. “I want people to be able to see their faces.”
Understanding High Risk Behaviours is at the Rec Park Centre, Monday 24 March 9am-3pm. Free. BYO lunch. Refreshments provided. No enrolment necessary, just show up. See advertisement on page 15 of this issue for more details.
RONNIE SHORT
Members of the Te Whare Mahana staff, from left, administrator Maree Reiher; general manager Maud Molloy and psychiatric nurse Angel Pryor. Photo: Ronnie Short.
FREE Community Wellbeing Workshop
Golden Bay
Nelson Bays Primary Health is providing free community wellbeing workshops around the region and we have the following session coming up in Golden Bay!
Please come along to enjoy a cuppa and kai with us and take home some tools to use!
Date: Wednesday 30 April 2025
Time: 10.00am 3.00pm
Location: Golden Bay Community Health
Topics Covered:
Managing your thoughts
Anxieties
Conflicts
Grief
Relational boundaries
Facilitated By:
Vicky Bryant, Mental Health Clinician/Counsellor
Please register by 23 April 2025 by scanning the QR code or contact:
Golden Bay Community Health Reception receptiongb@nbph.org.nz or Ph 03 525 0060 (limited to 12 people)
Management of Customary Fishing
LETTERS
Council campers ruffling feathers
My dog and I have spent much of the summer months fishing in the Collingwood channel, before we are banned from the only viable shore fishing spot in the township area, when the new dog bylaw kicks in.
Soulja loves fishing. He hunts for sprats in the shallows and watches my rods for any bites. He can hardly contain his excitement when we catch something. He has no interest in chasing any birds. The idea that I could fish there and leave him behind is unthinkable to me.
Over the many hours we have spent there these past few months, I have not seen one dog disturbing the roosting birds. I have however seen countless people doing so. I’ve watched people shooing the birds away so they can sunbathe or so they can take a pic of them in the air. But most just walk blindly through the middle of the birds. This continual disturbance often leads to the birds abandoning the roost completely after a short while.
What impact will banning dogs from this stretch of beach really have except to alienate a large portion of the local community who are otherwise valuable allies in the welfare of our precious local birdlife?
It is especially annoying to note that many of these people are visitors coming directly from the adjacent council owned and operated campground. So while TDC profits directly from their customer’s reckless disregard for the roosting birds, our good dogs and dog owners are banished from our community beach.
I also note there is not even a single sign anywhere in the campground asking visitors to give the birds some space.
When will TDC deal with the impact that their operation has on the birds I wonder?
Glen Newman
Guns: Actions speak louder than words
Radio NZ commemorated the Christchurch mosque atrocity of five years previously, broadcasting the moving prayers in Arabic, Māori and English in recognition of the passing of unfortunate worshippers.
Christopher Luxon followed with sympathetic words, However, actions speak louder than words.
What is now necessary is proof of empathy from our coalition government by abandoning their threat to reintroduce high powered guns that were banned after the Christchurch event. Right now Muslim leaders are pleading for this abandonment.
Empathy, the power of identifying oneself mentally with others and so fully comprehending their situations is a necessary component of friendship as are trust, respect, fairness and consideration.
Harmony is needed in this country.
Why should we, as a nation, reintroduce greater reason for our neighbors to live in fear?
There’s no good reason to make greater opportunity for those who would harm us.
Karen Brookes
Electricity generates savings over diesel
Management of Customary Fishing
Management of Customary Fishing
confirmation of customary food gathering area/rohe moana –Waka a Māui
Since purchasing an UBCO electric motorcycle, and having ridden about 8000km instead of using the diesel stationwagon, I have saved purchasing about 920 litres of overseas-supplied diesel costing about $1800, and instead spent less than $100 on extra hydroelectricity generated in the South Island to run the bike. It follows that NZ doesn't have to export as much, has saved on green house gas emissions and has better security.
Nigel Ritson TG tips
Notice of confirmation of customary food gathering area/rohe moana –Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui
Notice of confirmation of customary food gathering area/rohe moana –Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui
Fisheries has confirmed the customary food and tāngata whenua for Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka
9(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Fisheries (South Island Regulations 1999 from 17 December 2024.
The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries has confirmed the customary food gathering area/rohe moana and tāngata whenua for Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui under Regulaton 9(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 from 17 December 2024.
(f) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 41°26.000’S and 174°23.000’E; then
The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries has confirmed the customary food gathering area/rohe moana and tāngata whenua for Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui under Regulaton 9(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 from 17 December 2024.
gathering area/rohe moana for Te Tau Ihu o that area of South Island fisheries waters
I recently had occasion to call on our local courier (TG Couriers) and can't sing their praises enough. They were friendly, efficient and extremely helpful when a very important item got left out of a recent Nelson consignment.
(f) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 41°26.000’S and 174°23.000’E; then
Within an hour of my call for help, the driver virtually had the item aboard their van. He kept constantly in touch, which was very reassuring.
The customary food gathering area/rohe moana for Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui means all that area of South Island fisheries waters enclosed by a line:
The customary food gathering area/rohe moana for Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui means all that area of South Island fisheries waters enclosed by a line:
the mean high-water mark at Kahurangi Point
172°13.014’E; then
Management of Customary Fishing
(g) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark northwest of White Bluffs/Te Parinui o Whiti at 41°33.060’S and 174°08.169’E; then
(a) starting at a point on the mean high-water mark at Kahurangi Point at 40°46.526’S and 172° 13.014’E; then
(a) starting at a point on the mean high-water mark at Kahurangi Point at 40°46.526’S and 172°13.014’E; then
line in a north-westerly direction to a point exclusive economic zone at 38°09.316’S and
(g) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark northwest of White Bluffs/Te Parinui o Whiti at 41°33.060’S and 174°08.169’E; then proceeding inland along the northern boundary of the Takiwā of Ngāi Tahu Whānui defined under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996 to the starting point.
Thanks for the good service, TG Couriers.
Maureen Scotland Parking patrols
proceeding inland along the northern boundary of the Takiwā of Ngāi Tahu Whānui defined under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996 to the starting point.
Notice of confirmation of customary food gathering area/rohe moana –Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui
(b) proceeding in a straight line in a north-westerly direction to a point on the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone at 38°09.316’S and 169°32.599’E; then
Management of Customary Fishing
line in a south-easterly direction along
(b) proceeding in a straight line in a north-westerly direction to a point on the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone at 38°09.316’S and 169°32.599’E; then
Tāngata whenua of the customary food gathering area/rohe moana are represented by one of the following bodies or trusts, or the bodies or trusts that replace them:
(c) proceeding in a straight line in a south-easterly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 40°02.000’S and 173°00.000’E; then
Management of Customary Fishing
fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point
173°00.000’E; then
line in a south-easterly direction along
While the title of Togo Wilson's letter "Watch the parking meters" (GBW, 14/3) may have confused some Golden Bay residents, as there are no meters in Tasman let alone Golden Bay, many will accept it is the regular reminder by a council inspector that on the whole does away with the need for them.
Tāngata whenua of the customary food gathering area/rohe moana are represented by one of the following bodies or trusts, or the bodies or trusts that replace them:
(a) Ngāti Apa ki te Rā To Trust:
(b) Te Pātaka a Ngāti Koata:
(c) proceeding in a straight line in a south-easterly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 40°02.000’S and 173°00.000’E; then
(a) Ngāti Apa ki te Rā To Trust:
(d) proceeding in a straight line in a south-easterly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 40°42.000’S and 174°40.000’E; then
(c) Ngāti Rārua Iwi Trust:
Notice of confirmation of customary food gathering area/rohe moana –Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui
fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point
174°40.000’E; then
(b) Te Pātaka a Ngāti Koata:
confirmation of customary food gathering area/rohe moana –Waka a Māui
(d) Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu Trust:
The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries has confirmed the customary food gathering area/rohe moana and tāngata whenua for Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui under Regulaton 9(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 from 17 December 2024.
(c) Ngāti Rārua Iwi Trust:
(f) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 41°26.000’S and 174°23.000’E; then
Regular patrols by such inspectors are not a new phenomenon. While widely accepted the Bay has a slower pace, there are still issues about parking and dogs all of which are referred to the council to seek a resolution. The rules that apply are struck after extensive consultation processes and it is generally expected people will follow them for everyone's benefit.
(d) proceeding in a straight line in a south-easterly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 40°42.000’S and 174°40.000’E; then
(e) proceeding in a straight line in a southerly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 41°13.000’S and 174°31.000’E; then
(e) Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated:
(f) Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a- Māui Trust:
Fisheries has confirmed the customary food and tāngata whenua for Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka
line in a southerly direction along the South boundary to an offshore point at 41°13.000’S
(e) proceeding in a straight line in a southerly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 41°13.000’S and 174°31.000’E; then
(g) Rangitāne o Wairau Settlement Trust:
(h) Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia Trust.
The customary food gathering area/rohe moana for Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui means all that area of South Island fisheries waters enclosed by a line:
9(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Fisheries (South Island Regulations 1999 from 17 December 2024.
gathering area/rohe moana for Te Tau Ihu o that area of South Island fisheries waters
(d) Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu Trust: (e) Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated: (f) Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a- Māui Trust: (g) Rangitāne o Wairau Settlement Trust: (h) Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia Trust.
(a) starting at a point on the mean high-water mark at Kahurangi Point at 40°46.526’S and 172°13.014’E; then
This notice is made under the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
Education of the willing is always the first step, and quite often the second and third. If a person persists in behaviours that makes life a little more difficult for others, our staff can, and will, step in.
(f) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 41°26.000’S and 174°23.000’E; then
(g) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark northwest of White Bluffs/Te Parinui o Whiti at 41°33.060’S and 174°08.169’E; then proceeding inland along the northern boundary of the Takiwā of Ngāi T ahu Whānui defined under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996 to the starting point.
the mean high-water mark at Kahurangi Point
(g) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark northwest of White Bluffs/Te Parinui o Whiti at 41°33.060’S and 174°08.169’E; then proceeding inland along the northern boundary of the Takiwā of Ngāi Tahu Whānui defined under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996 to the starting point.
Shane Bruyns, regulatory manager Tasman District Council
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
This notice is made under the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) proceeding in a straight line in a north-westerly direction to a point on the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone at 38°09.316’S and 169°32.599’E; then
172°13.014’E; then straight line in a north-westerly direction to a point exclusive economic zone at 38°09.316’S and
(f) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 41°26.000’S and 174°23.000’E; then (g) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark northwest of White Bluffs/Te Parinui o Whiti at 41°33.060’S and 174°08.169’E; then proceeding inland along the northern boundary of the Takiwā of Ngāi Tahu Whānui defined under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996 to the starting point.
Tāngata whenua of the customary food gathering area/rohe moana are represented by one of the following bodies or
Tāngata whenua of the customary food gathering area/rohe moana are represented by one of the following bodies or trusts, or the bodies or trusts that replace them:
Tāngata whenua of the customary food gathering area/rohe moana are represented by one of the following bodies or trusts, or the bodies or trusts that replace them:
(a) Ngāti Apa ki te Rā To Trust:
(b) Te Pātaka a Ngāti Koata:
(a) Ngāti Apa ki te Rā To Trust:
(c) proceeding in a straight line in a south-easterly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 40°02.000’S and 173°00.000’E; then
straight line in a south-easterly direction along
(c) Ngāti Rārua Iwi Trust:
(b) Te Pātaka a Ngāti Koata:
fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point
173°00.000’E; then
Tāngata whenua of the customary food gathering area/rohe moana are represented by one of the following bodies or trusts, or the bodies or trusts that replace them:
(d) Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu Trust:
(c) Ngāti Rārua Iwi Trust:
(a) Ngāti Apa ki te Rā To Trust:
(e) Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated:
(b) Te Pātaka a Ngāti Koata:
(a) Ngāti Apa ki te Rā To Trust:
(b) Te Pātaka a Ngāti Koata:
(c) Ngāti Rārua Iwi Trust:
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(d) Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu Trust:
straight line in a south-easterly direction along
174°40.000’E; then
(d) Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu Trust:
(f) Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a- Māui Trust:
(d) proceeding in a straight line in a south-easterly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 40°42.000’S and 174°40.000’E; then
fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point
(c) Ngāti Rārua Iwi Trust:
(e) Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated:
(g) Rangitāne o Wairau Settlement Trust:
(e) Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated:
(d) Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu Trust:
(f) Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a- Māui Trust:
(h) Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia Trust.
(f) Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a- Māui Trust:
straight line in a southerly direction along the South boundary to an offshore point at 41°13.000’S
(e) Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated:
(g) Rangitāne o Wairau Settlement Trust:
(f) Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a- Māui Trust:
(e) proceeding in a straight line in a southerly direction along the South Island fisheries waters boundary to an offshore point at 41°13.000’S and 174°31.000’E; then
(h) Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia Trust.
(g) Rangitāne o Wairau Settlement Trust:
(h) Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia Trust.
(g) Rangitāne o Wairau Settlement Trust: (h) Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia Trust.
This notice is made under the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
This notice is made under the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
This notice is made under the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
The Big Bike Film Night
In its 11th year, The Big Bike Film Night will be celebrating cycling in all its glorious shapes and forms, returning to Tākaka on Saturday 5 April with its 2025 programme of New Zealand and international movies specifically selected by Taupō based curator Brett Cotter.
"Our scintillating 2025 collection contains eight mesmerising films that are as varied and diverse as you could hope for. With arguably the finest selection of backyard adventures in New Zealand yet, and... films from the exotic location of northern Pakistan to the suburban streets of Santa Barbara in America, from the soaring mountain peaks of Austria to the captivating highlands in Scotland," states Brett.
"There's also some local characters in our Six Corners film with Brian Alder and Chris Bennett bringing to life the awesome event.
"The power of storytelling is at the forefront of what we offer, and the belief that the humble bicycle can improve our health, inspire and uplift people with where it can take us; connecting communities with stories that captivate us, stories that make us think, and most importantly of all-inspiring us to get out and ride," says Brett.
The Big Bike Film Night is on Saturday 5 April, 7pm at the Village Theatre. For more information and to buy tickets visit www.bigbikefilmnight.nz
Secrets coming home
After three sold-out shows as part of the Nelson Fringe Festival, a new play based on one of Pōhara’s best-kept secrets is coming back home.
The Elephant in the Room is former radio host Breffni O’Rourke’s first play and is based on a local story that she was told one night after years of friendship. “When I first heard the story my jaw hit the floor,” she says. “Andy [not his real name] had always seemed so unadventurous and vanilla.”
The Elephant in the Room unveils the not-so-vanilla past of Andy (played by Scott Sumby), a fishing charter worker and Golden Bay local. Sitting down one evening with his mates, company owner Mark (Robin Ringwood) and co-worker Kim (Molly Brealey), Andy is enticed to reveal his secretive exploits in Thailand as a teenager.
The raunchy Kiwi comedy traverses unexpected overseas adventures, forbidden fruit, broken marriages, cushion covers and some shocking truths – and what happens when people find out. As the story unfolds, between the laughs and the confessions, you can decide where the truth lies and whether you can learn to love the elephant in the room.
The Elephant in the Room is at The Playhouse, Tākaka, 11 and 12 April at 7.30pm rated R18. To book go to Eventfinda.
CLOSES MIDNIGHT
in Nelson invited Jackie Benschop to speak about her research into leptospirosis. She is a NZ trained professor of veterinary public health at Massey University, specialising in animalhuman environment interfaces. RWNZ has a long history of funding work on this disease, and Jackie has been involved since 2008 which she said is “very rewarding professionally and personally”.
Jackie has a personal connection as her dad contracted leptospirosis (lepto) when serving in the NZ army in Malaya in the 1950s, as did many soldiers stationed in the jungle.
The focus of her work is human infection but lepto can also cause disease in animals, especially sheep, cattle, alpaca, dogs and horses. People become infected with the bacteria in two main ways: mostly through cuts and cracks in skin, or through mucous membranes like eyes. Severity depends on natural immunity and age, as well as exposure levels and strains of bacteria. There is no vaccine for humans but there is one for livestock which many Golden Bay farms use.
The source of the lepto bacteria is infectious material from animals, and some of the recognised hosts include cattle, pigs, sheep, rats, mice and possums. Humans aren’t hosts and can’t pass on the bacteria to other people.
Infection can occur from direct contact with urine while
milking a cow or contact with urine-soaked skin while handling a trapped possum. Jackie reports that instances of indirect contact with contaminated mud or flood water is on the increase. The bacteria likes water and shade and can survive a long time if it doesn't dry out.
She has studied 95 people who were diagnosed with lepto over the research period. These patients included dairy and dry stock farm and meat industry workers, AI technicians, herd testers and vet staff, but a third of the group had no known contact with livestock. Wide ranging symptoms were reported: severe fatigue, fever, headache, hallucinations, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, weight loss, coughing, chest, throat or rib cage pain and light hypersensitivity. Seventy-five per cent of the group were hospitalised for an average of four nights. This study is a global first and the team will continue to follow patient recovery, which can mean months of ongoing tiredness for some people. Jackie raised potential similarities in duration to long covid.
She finished by outlining "the important things to know to keep yourselves, your family, and workers safe". The priority is to reduce contact with urine; use protective equipment, avoid contaminated water and soil, cover cuts and scratches and vaccinate livestock so they do not carry bacteria. Seek help
if you feel unwell and request medical diagnosis. Treatment is available and the sooner the better. Also have a rodent control programme on the farm and around home to stop rat urine contamination, and always be cautious when handling bodies and traps.
Jackie knows that there is more work to be done to "deepen our understanding and raise awareness of leptospirosis". She acknowledged many organisations, including RWNZ, for funding research and continues to seek support for other related projects.
Jackie Benschop at the RWNZ conference. Photo: Joyce Wyllie.
Big Brothers and Sisters needed
A well-established mentoring scheme is looking to expand its Golden Bay programme but needs additional support to do so.
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Nelson-Tasman has a vision that “every child has a mentor and every child reaches their full potential”.
It’s an ambitious target, admits BBBS Golden Bay mentoring coordinator Rochelle Nicholls, but says it's one well worth pursuing, because of the scheme’s proven positive influence on young lives.
BBBS works by matching up young people with an older volunteer mentor. There are three mentor categories: student mentors, in which a year 12 student is matched with a year 7 counterpart; adult community mentors who can be matched with any child over six years old and up to the age of 12; and a school-based alternative where an adult visits a primary school within term time.
At the moment, Rochelle has a total of 34 matches in Golden Bay: 20 school-based (at Golden Bay High School); 13 community-based; and one school-based adult mentor at Tākaka Primary School.
All mentors sign up for a minimum of one year during which they meet with their mentees once a week for one-two hours sharing activities such as walking the dog, geocaching, playing pool, fishing, swimming, arts and crafts, biking and baking. Rochelle says the important thing, however, is not the activity
itself, but the hours spent building a trusting relationship. “It’s about one-on-one time.” Nor is it about solving every personal issue: “It’s about care not cure.”
While the established pairings are working well, capacity and resource constraints are limiting further rollout. “The waitlist is currently closed because of lack of funding,” says Rochelle, who currently has four – soon to be three – youngsters looking to be matched up with a mentor.
BBBS receives no money from the Government, so relies exclusively on business sponsorship, community grants, fundraising events and donations to fund its programme.
Listed on the BBBS website are dozens of organisations which support the scheme, either as cornerstone and match sponsors, or as funders, supporters and donors. Many of these are regional, such as Pic’s Peanut Butter, while others – Trash Palace, Rural Service Centre and Golden Bay Community Trust, for example – are local to the Bay.
“It’s about having community backing,” says Rochelle. “For example, Bowater Hyundai for the last 12 months have provided us with a vehicle in Mohua allowing me to move around the region to assess young people, meet and support potential and existing volunteer mentors and make matches.”
Rochelle encourages any potential sponsors or mentors to get in touch with her at: rochelle@bigbrothersbigsistersnelson. org.nz
For more information on BBBS, visit: www. bigbrothersbigsistersnelson.org.nz
Farm shop now open at 35 Bird Road, Clifton. Saturday mornings at the Village Market or order online any time for pickup or delivery to your door.
be a noisy construction zone periodically and access will be restricted.
For all your shopping needs please use our front door and the front car parks.
Our side door is open, please use staff car parks for this. Thanks to everyone for their support over the past year and we look forward to your continued support and a new drivethrough when the work is complete.
JO RICHARDS
Big Brothers Big Sisters Golden Bay mentoring coordinator Rochelle Nicholls Photo: Jo Richards.
New Golden Bay jazz group
SUBMITTED
Calling guitarists, bass players, keyboard players, saxophonists, trumpet, clarinet players, drummers and vocalists who are interested in forming a new local jazz group. We are hosting a "share your music afternoon" at the Rec Park Centre clubrooms, 2032 Tākaka Valley Highway, on Sunday 6 April from 2-4.30pm.
Musicians are invited to bring two songs to play. This is a chance to meet each other and make plans for future practices, which would lead to becoming part of a group or ensemble. Experienced and less experienced jazz musicians are all welcome. Mike Delceg will be with us. Refreshments will be available. Donations for room hire will be appreciated.
Let me know if you are coming or have any questions. Phone Adrienne Squire 022 139 3413.
Women's Institute
SUBMITTED
Nelson Federation Women's Institute held their AGM in Golden Bay recently at the East Tākaka Hall, hosted by Uruwhenua Branch with members from Nelson and Motueka attending, and two Rural Women ladies joining in. A former Uruwhenua member, Kay Hart (above, right), was presented with her 60 year badge. The speaker for the afternoon was Robin Manson giving a little history of the East Tākaka school/hall and his days of being a pupil there.
An Evening Without Kate Bush
SUBMITTED
The smash-hit cabaret-style homage "An Evening Without Kate Bush" pays glorious tribute to the music, the fans, and the mythology of one of the most influential voices in British music.
With inventive stagecraft, a wildly wonderful voice, and mesmerising performance from Sarah-Louise Young, named as one of Time Out’s Top 10 Cabaret Acts. Based on years of Bush-related research – An Evening Without Kate Bush delves into the phenomenal fan base (known as Fish People) that Kate Bush has inspired since she first topped the UK charts in 1978.
Whether you’ve been a fan for decades or recently joined the shoal via Stranger Things, there has never been a better time to release your inner Bush and celebrate at this joyful, unique and mind-blowing show. Featuring iconic costumes, magical stagecraft and even a sing-a-long or two, we guarantee you’ll be dancing in your seat ready to twirl onto the stage too!
At the Theatre Royal Nelson, Tuesday 8 April. Book tickets at https://www.theatreroyalnelson.co.nz/
Tui build showcasing hempcrete
ALISTAIR HUGHES
Tyson Hammond has been passionate about alternative building methods since arriving at Tui Community 19 years ago. He came to help build a house out of cobb and adobe bricks and found the experience, and result, life changing.
“I had so much fun with that group, getting to know them really well, with the camaraderie and joy we shared. And I wanted to learn the skill from start to finish.”
Some time passed until Tyson found himself needing to build a sleepout to accommodate his children, and he wanted to recapture that positive energy for his project.
“I thought about using earth, the quality of sound inside is different, the walls breathe and humans should live in something like that. But I had also heard really good things about hempcrete – it just seems far superior in terms of insulation properties and strength.”
Tyson attended the recent Tākaka Cohousing Project hui and got talking to Tane Fitzgerald, founder of Kohu Hemp and dedicated advocate of this bio-composite building material. Tyson describes Tane’s reaction to his plan as “overwhelmingly enthusiastic”.
“He was very encouraging and supportive – he just wants to see more hempcrete houses everywhere. And that convinced me that this was the best way forward.”
Although unable to be present for the whole build, Tane will be available at the beginning of each week and has made his mixer available to the project.
Work began on the 30 square metre project at the Tui Community earlier this week, with a team of nine people and two chefs alternating with each other. Tyson reports that the build is going well and is anticipated to take two weeks.
“We’re also inviting people to come and learn how to hempcrete during this time,” he adds. “Saturdays would be ideal for locals or people that have Monday to Friday jobs that can't make it during the week.”
Tyson’s plan doesn’t end there, he also wants to showcase what the Tui Community can offer in terms of building. “Four days out of the two weeks or afternoons, we're going to be touring Tui houses that have been built alternatively. I want to show off what has been done before here and to inspire people for their own future projects.”
More information about Tyson’s project is available here: https://www.tuitrust.org.nz/events-1/hempcrete
Tyson Hammond begins work on his hempcrete building project at Tui Community in Wainui. Photo: Supplied.
BOOK REVIEW
by Katie Lavers
I ASKED AND HE TALKED
by Vanessa Robertson
I Asked and He Talked by Vanessa Robertson is a heartfelt and authentic exploration of a Kiwi man’s life journey through the tumultuous 20th century, with a particular focus on his experiences during World War II. This autobiography, as dictated by Harold Robertson and meticulously penned by his daughter, Vanessa, captures the essence of an era and the spirit of a man who lived it. The book is already in its second printing, reflecting its appeal and resonance with readers.
Harold Robertson’s narrative is a tapestry woven with both the mundane and the monumental. The story spans his birth in 1918 to the end of his long life in 2010, offering readers an intimate view into his personal history and the broader historical context of New Zealand. As an adopted child, Harold’s beginnings were humble and marked by the separation of his adoptive parents. This early life in Hastings set the stage for a journey filled with both challenges and triumphs.
The book’s strength lies in its candidness. Harold’s voice, as captured by Vanessa, is refreshingly honest and unfiltered. He shares with the reader an unvarnished account of his life, from the innocent observations of a boyhood marred by his adoptive father’s infidelity, to the regrets of a man who chose family over a career opportunity in Japan. It is this raw authenticity that makes the narrative compelling; readers are given a window into Harold’s life experiences, and catch glimpses of an unfiltered window into the past.
A significant portion of the autobiography is dedicated to Harold’s war-time experiences. His service in Italy during World War II is portrayed with vivid clarity, and perhaps the most enthusiasm; contrasting the horrors of war with moments of
camaraderie and unexpected joy.
The juxtaposition of hiding in dark, rain-soaked trenches with rats and sharing light-hearted moments over beers with fellow soldiers encapsulates the paradoxical nature of war for Harold – simultaneously terrifying and exhilarating.
What sets this book apart are the small, intimate details that bring history to life. The wooden fridges of the 1920s filled with ice, and the challenge of recreating Italian cuisine with pharmacy-sourced olive oil are just a few examples. These anecdotes, sprinkled throughout the narrative, offer a rich and textured portrait of life from early to mid-20th-century New Zealand.
The inclusion of haunting post-execution images of Mussolini and his mistress Clara, amongst the family photographs adds a poignant visual element to this deeply personal story. For those with a keen interest in World War II history, (or for those who remember using wooden fridges), I Asked and He Talked provides a unique, first-hand account that enriches our collective memory of the era.
Vanessa Robertson has crafted a work that is as much a tribute to her father as it is a valuable historical document. The book’s appeal lies not only in its detailed recounting of significant historical events, but also in its celebration of the ordinary moments that define a life. A must-read for history enthusiasts and anyone interested in the human stories behind the grand narratives of the past.
arriving at our dealership in April.
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RESULTS AND FIXTURES
Motupipi Indoor Bowling Club
Once more we are meeting on Tuesday afternoons at 1pm at the Senior Citizens' Hall for a game or two, a cuppa and social time. Plus the extra of a little bit of exercise. We welcome experienced bowlers and beginners. Come and give it a try. You might get just as keen as the rest of us.
For more information contact Nancy Ward on 525 9491 or Graeme Hockey on 027 441 2268.
Football united in battle
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Rutu, having just finished a late morning match, added that the future was looking positive. “It’s going well. We’re doing more, it’s expanding.”
On Sunday morning, the tournament reached its sharp end as the two top teams from each pool took to the pitch for the semis followed by the winner-takes-all final in which FC Colombia defeated GB Mountain Goats 2-0 to claim the title. Among the other prizes handed out, Mapua picked up the fair play award.
Reflecting on the event, Chris said, “It was an absolutely incredible weekend of football where Golden Bay showed off its beauty on and off the pitch. We were so happy to have the chance to play the beautiful game whilst also having a deeper message around suicide prevention and mental health awareness. We know its something that impacts us in the Bay,
in our sport and in Aotearoa.”
Chris reckoned the weekend had raised more than $4000 which will be shared between Hope Is My Homeboy and GBAFC, and which, he said, would enable both to “keep making positive change in our communities”.
On behalf of the club, Chris thanked supporters, sponsors and players, but especially Jono and Rutu. “Thanks to everyone that shared the Kaupapa of the event.”
In a message to GBAFC on Tuesday Rutu expressed her “heartfelt thanks” for how, since its inception, the event had helped to encourage open conversations about mental health. “The impact of what you’ve helped create is bigger than you may realise, and we’re so lucky to have you on this journey.”
For more on Hope Is My Homeboy, visit: https:// hopeismyhomeboy.com/
Rutu and Jono King-Stubbs with one-year-old Axa at Tākaka's Rec Park last Saturday. Photos: Jo Richards.
Tākaka Rugby Football Club players showed showed some nifty footwork.
HEAT = healthy home + lower bills
WYLLIE
With the goal of educating Kiwis around the country about the importance of living in warmer, drier and more affordable homes, environmental scientist Dr Sea Rotmann has developed a Home Energy Assessment Toolkit (HEAT), with the design input of her husband, Karl Weber. The "Whānau HEAT kit" is now available to be used around Golden Bay and, because Sea lives at Pūponga, Pākawau Rural Women were fortunate to be the first to hear about this innovative idea.
She has improved on existing Do-It-Yourself energy assessment toolkits, which have been available to borrow from Dunedin and Auckland public libraries. Sea would like to see her kits used by renters, elderly folks, anyone with mental or physical health problems, Māori and Pasifika whānau, and families with small children living in older houses.
Ministry of Business, Employment and Innovation (MBIE) provided funding support from the "Supporting energy education in communities" (SEEC) programme.
The easy to read manual Sea and Karl have developed details the monitoring required for five minutes a day, with different daily activities, and includes fun stuff for children. Filling in the daily activity booklet helps determine which energy efficiency or healthy home tools are most appropriate.
Sea explains that there are "three buckets" of power usage: 1. the "healthy bucket" which includes heating, moisture management and ventilation
2. the "hot water bucket"
3. the "lights and appliance bucket"
Generally, home energy use is spread almost equally between them. Homes with little insulation and no double glazing may lead to serious health issues related to dampness, mould and
draughts, especially prevalent among vulnerable population groups. "Unfortunately, New Zealand is the only western country that still has chronic cases of rheumatic fever, which is often related to poor and unhealthy housing conditions for children,” Sea told Rural Women. This issue is more prevalent in Pasifika and Māori households.
Sea will drop HEAT kits off, have a chat about household appliances and other features, and ask about various energyusing behaviours. The kits contain tools to measure temperature and moisture content, which are left behind afterwards. Two weeks later she will pick them up and deliver $100 worth of appropriate gifts provided by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA). The ideal temperature for a home is 18°C but, according to the World Health Organisation, may need to be as high as 20°C for vulnerable populations. Humidity should be in the 40 to 60% range. Fridges need to be at 3-4°C for food safety and freezers at -18°C. These temperatures are checked with the tools in the kit, as well as hot water, which needs to be between 55 and 60°C. The fun-looking infrared temperature gun measures the temperature around walls, windows, doors and the outside of the fridge to detect draughts and faulty seals.
The kits stimulated much interest and discussion especially around the timer which sticks on the wall of the shower to ensure four-minute sessions for power efficiency. Measuring how many watts of electricity appliances use, as well as the most effective use of a dehumidifier were all covered. Sea talked about cheaper, alternative options to improve insulation like applying window films if there is single glazing, and having long thermal or double curtains to insulate windows.
To talk to Sea about the kits, contact her at drsearotmann@ gmail.com. Two are available to borrow all winter.
Environmental scientist Dr Sea Rotmann (left) shows Helen Coombs and Ann Thompson the HEAT kit. Photo: Joyce Wyllie. JOYCE
HARRIS, Gladys Rita (nee Langford). Passed away peacefully at Kensington Court on Thursday 13 March 2025, aged 87 years. Loving wife of Murray (dec). Much loved mother of Cynthia, Andrew (dec), and Derek, mother in-law to Wendy Harris and Bob Andru. Loving Grandmother to Catherine, Nikki, Sophia, and Matthew. A private cremation will be held
THOMASON, Linley Ann (nee McConnon)
NOTICES
12.03.2000
25 years without our angel, we think of you every day
We will spend a lifetime missing you for the privilege of knowing and loving you
Love always Doug, Olivia & Eilish
GOLDEN Bay Choir AGM, Thursday 27 March, 7.15pm, Puramahoi Hall. There will be a shared meal before the meeting, at 6.15pm. All singers and potential members welcome.
PUBLIC NOTICES
/ Pānui a whānui
THANK you to FreshChoice for donating the money ($200) for a storage shed to be gifted to the Senior Citizens' Club Rooms. Thank you to the guys from the MenzShed, who moved it from Central Tākaka to the hall. Thank you to Nick Farr for giving us a good price for the shed. Thank you to GB Toolbox Mohua for organising it and baking a cake for the guys.
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.
LEARN to fly with Golden Bay Flying Club. Email: zktkagbfc@ gmail.com
NARCOTICS Anonymous Golden Bay meeting, Mondays 6pm, 42 Commercial Street, hall behind church. All welcome. 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.
CLASSIFIEDS
for the family and a celebration of life for Gladys and Murray will be held in the near future, details to be advised. Messages of condolence for the Harris family can be left at https://www. shoneandshirley.co.nz/tributes
IN MEMORIAM
Remembering two special people in our lives, ALLEN WARD 15/3/2002
Loved husband and dad
HEATHER MAE WARD 22/3/2020
A special daughter and sister
Of all the precious gifts in life
However great or small
To have you as our family
Was the greatest gift of all Nancy, Jamie, Rodney and Trevor and families
HEALTH & WELLBEING / Hauora
APOTHECARY, medical herbalist, iridology, reflexology, reiki. Lisa Williams, ph 027 451 9797, www.goldenbayiridology.com
HOMEOPATH in the Bay. Animals. People. Plants. Can be used for almost any condition. Over 15 years' experience. Feel free to give me a call with any questions you may have. Dawn Blandford, ph 027 921 2176 or email dlblandford3@gmail.com.
MASSAGE. Ph Willem 022 134 1726.
MASSAGE. Ph Paul Frika 027 772 7334. 30 years of experience.
Lolly Dadley-Moore RCST, PACT Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy OPTIMISING HEALTH
Can address pain, injury, trauma, life transitions. Pivotal for immunity health and post viral syndrome. Working with individuals, children and babies. Ph 027 338 9504 www.inbodyhealth.co.nz ꟾ info@inbodyhealth.co.nz
MASSAGE AND REIKI, Emma Sutherland (Ameliorate). Ph: 027 487 2639. www.ameliorate.nz.
NATURAL Nailcare Studio: High quality, non-toxic nailcare, using the Dazzle Dry polish system. Specialising in pedicure services. Ph or text Amy 020 4079 0646.
Bay Museum Te Waka Huia o Mohua
Admin Assistant for the Golden Bay Museum:
Do you like working as an Admin Assistant with a passion for cultural preservation? The Golden Bay Museum/Te Waka Huia o Mohua is seeking a committed individual to be our Part-Time Administrative Assistant. This is a paid position for six hours per week
Key responsibilities are:
Maintain the day-to-day financial management and record keeping
Maintain the records of the Board and Museum business
Provide administrative support of the Volunteer programme and Society Membership
Communicate Museum activities through a newsletter and social media
Qualifications:
Experience in an administrative role
Good verbal and written communication skills
Experience with Microsoft applications and MYOB (training will be provided). Why join us?
Contribute to the preservation and enrichment of the cultural heritage of Golden Bay/Mohua.
Work with a dedicated team of professionals and volunteers
Flexible commitment with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
If you’d like to work in an administrative role and want to help support our museum’s mission, please contact us at info@goldenbaymuseum.org.nz or 03 525 6268 to discuss your interest in this role.
GB WEEKLY: Stitch ‘n Sew, Tākaka is our agent or you can email us: admin@gbweekly.co.nz (preferred). Office hours are Mon-Wed, 9am-5pm. Ph 027 525 8679.
Golden
VACANT / Tūranga wātea
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.
ARCHITECT, registered. Please phone Ben from Allinson Architecture, 020 471 2479.
ARCHITECT services. Building and resource consents. Residential, commercial and industrial. Chris Pyemont Architects, ph 021 0278 4729.
CARS wanted. Will pick up for free (some conditions apply). Motueka Auto Parts. Ph 03 528 9576.
CHIMNEY cleaning, handyman. Ph Ry South 022 513 3947. CHIMNEY sweep and firebox maintenance. GB Chimney Cleaning ph 027 458 7679.
CLEANER. AJ's Cleaning Services. Visit ajscleaning.co.nz for more information.
COURIERS. TG Couriers delivering between Golden Bay and Nelson five days a week. Ph 027 717 7188.
ELECTRICIAN. Rameka Electrical Services. Registered and licensed electrician and inspector available for all electrical work. Ph 020 4126 5338.
FLORIST. Place your order online www.goldenbayflowers. co.nz or ph 027 758 1138. Teresa Brough Designer Florist. FREEVIEW TV, radio, HiFi, WiFi, electronics. Ph 027 246 2432.
GOLDEN BAY DIGGER HIRE 1.7 tonne. Ph 027 713 0684.
GOLDEN Bay Storage, Tā kaka. Dry, safe, secure, alarmed, insurance approved. Furniture trailer available. Ph Marg 027 222 5499, goldenbaystorage@gmail.com
MOHUA Glass and Glazing. Ph 027 410 9105, mohuaglass@ gmail.com
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.
PICTURE framer. Ph Anna Quartly 027 543 4357.
ROOF spraying and waterblasting. 26 years' experience. Ph Darren Webb Painters Ltd 027 265 0349.
SCAFFOLDING on wheels for hire. $30 per day per unit. Ph Renford 020 4078 9258.
SEPTIC TANKS EMPTIED. Ph Shane 027 647 4913.
SEWING SERVICE, NEEDLES, THREADS, WOOL, BEADS. Stitch ‘n Sew ph 525 8177.
STARLINK supply, installation, and WiFi extension. Ph 020 4084 9238.
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.
SURVEYING: GPS and drone surveys. Topo, building setout, boundary location. Mohua Uenuku Surveying, ph Alexis 021 023 91 364.
TĀKAKA Garden Services, for all your lawn and garden needs. Ph 027 525 8006 or 525 8806.
TILER. Professional wall and floor tiling and design. Wayne Robinson Tiling. Ph 027 576 1620.
coNtact uS For a free mEasure and quote 23 Old Wharf Road Motueka www.flooringxtra.co.nz MOTUEKA
YEAR, NEW FLOOR
*Available on selected products purchased between 3/2/25 – 31/3/25. Minimum order quantities apply. Full T&C’s available at flooringxtra.co.nz
EATING OUT / Kai wahi kē
ANATOKI SALMON fishing and café. Catch your own lunch or order from the menu. Open every day from 9am-4pm. www. anatokisalmon.co.nz
GOLDEN Bay Anglican Parish warmly invites you to join them on Sunday, 10am at Tākaka or 4.45pm at Collingwood (starting with a cuppa). Fellowship gathering (fellowship, songs, prayer and bible study) 2 and 16 March; worship service (with a speaker) held on 9 and 23 March. 30 March will be a combined Parish celebration of worship, to be held 10am at Tākaka. There will be no service in Collingwood on 30 March.
SACRED Heart Catholic faith community timetable: Mass, 5pm, 1st and 3rd Saturdays of month. Service of the Word, 9.30am, 2nd Sunday. No service 4th weekend.
ST Andrews Presbyterian Church extends a warm welcome to join us at 10am for a time of worship and fellowship, with Matty Grant.
,000 Community Grant 24th Round
$8,000 Community Grant 24th Round
The RSC Community Grant is again open to applicants.
The RSC Community Grant
Kahurangi Christian Church
UPCOMING EVENTS / Mea pakiri haere
SUNDAY 23 MARCH
$8,000 Community Grant 24th Round
The purpose of the Grant is to distribute $8000 biannually to cultural, , charitable, sporting or organisations or any other purpose that benefits the Golden Bay ommunity or a section of it.
The RSC Community Grant is again open to applicants. rant is to distribute biannually to philanthropic, charitable, sporting or educational organisations or any other purpose that benefits the Golden Bay community or a section of it.
Applications Close: Midday, Monday 31st March 2025
$8,000 Community Grant 24th Round
$8,000 Community Grant 24th Round
Applications Close: Midday, Monday 31st March 2025
Applications Close: Midday, Monday 31st March 2025
Application
Application forms can be collected from the Country Store Mon-Fri: 8am – 5pm & Sat: 9am – 12pm Or contact Victoria Quay, Grants Coordinator 03 929 7519 admin@rsc.co.nz
The RSC Community Grant is again open to applicants. The purpose of the Grant is to distribute $8000 biannually to cultural, philanthropic, charitable, sporting or educational organisations or any other purpose that benefits the Golden Bay community or a section of it.
Application forms can be collected from the Country Store Mon-Fri: 8am – 5pm & Sat: 9am – 12pm Or contact Victoria Quay, Grants Coordinator 03 929 7519 admin@rsc.co.nz
Applications Close: Midday, Monday 31st March 2025
BADMINTON, REC PARK CENTRE, 6.45-8.45pm. All welcome. Ph Kerry 027 525 7007.
DISC GOLF: 6.30pm, Park Ave. All levels welcome, disc hire $2.
TUESDAY 25 MARCH
MOTUPIPI INDOOR BOWLS CLUB. Tuesdays, 1pm, Senior Citizens' Hall. Small charge. Games and cuppa. Guidance for new players.
DISC GOLF: 5.30pm, Park Ave. All levels welcome, disc hire $2. GB WEEKLY DEADLINE: noon on Tuesdays. Late fees apply until 4pm Tuesdays, if space is available. Stitch ‘n Sew is our agent in Tākaka. Or you can email us: admin@gbweekly.co.nz or phone us 027 525 8679.
WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH
O NEKAKA PLAYGROUP, all welcome, Wednesdays 10am12.30pm, Onekaka Hall.
THURSDAY 27 MARCH
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. Pizza night every Saturday, dine in or takeaway, 5-7.30pm Ph 524 8194.
COURTYARD CAFÉ, Tākaka. Open 7 days, 7am-5pm. Also, bookings for dinner. Ph 525 8681.
DANGEROUS KITCHEN. Open Wednesday-Saturday, 9am8pm. For bookings and takeaways ph 525 8686.
NAME FLOORING XTRA
DE-LISH DELICATESSEN . Sumptuous, delicious food. Lunches, catering, coffee, chocolate, cheeses and epicure items. Weekdays from 6.30am. Ph 525 7111.
GOOD AS GOLD CAFÉ, Tākaka. Open Monday-Friday, 7am4pm. Ph 525 8193.
LANGFORD STORE, Bainham. Perfect scones and more. Open 6 days, 9am-5pm. Closed Fridays. Ph 524 8228.
MOLLY B’S, Pōhara. Open from 3pm Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday-Friday, from 10am. Weekends open at 9am for brunch. Ph 525 7678.
DAYTIME BADMINTON, Rec Park Centre, 9-11am. All welcome. Ph Kerry 027 525 7007.
FRIDAY 28 MARCH
OPEN TODAY GALLERY Z & SHOWROOM Bebou Design. 11am-4.30pm, rotating days or by appointment. 85 Tukurua Road next to Living Arts Café and Gallery. Info: ph/txt 027 458 7172 or Facebook: Bebou Design.
LATER EVENTS
A CELEBRATION OF WENDY DE MAAT'S 32 years in Playcentre. She's finally leaving! Please come and share your Playcentre/SPACE memories with Wendy and others. Wednesday 9 April at 3pm at Tākaka Playcentre. RSVP: ryokogolden@gmail.com
WELLBY TALKING CAFÉ: 1.30pm-3pm, Wednesday 2 April, Tākaka Library. Wellby Talking Cafés are about social connection and finding out about groups, activities and services. www.wellby.org.nz, ph 03 546 7681.
Application forms can be collected from the Country Store Mon-Fri: 8am – 5pm & Sat: 9am – 12pm Or contact Victoria Quay, Grants Coordinator 03 929 7519 admin@rsc.co.nz
The Mussel Inn Coming Up...
Applications Close: Midday, Monday 31st March 2025
Application forms can be collected from the Country Store Mon-Fri: 8am – 5pm & Sat: 9am – 12pm Or contact Victoria Quay, Grants Coordinator 03 929 7519 admin@rsc.co.nz
Every Monday night at 7pm: SINGALONG ‘ROUND THE PIANO with Craig Denham. All welcome.
Sat 22nd THE DESOTOS - Americana/Country Blues $15 door.
Thu 27th QUIZ NIGHT, 7.30pm. All welcome.
Sat 29th LOUIS TM - modern soul revival, R&B & funk. $20 door.
Sat 29th Marchfest - Founders park, Nelson. Release of the Bush Baby 025!
APRIL
Thu 3rd TELLTALE - PLAYBACK THEATRE, 7.30pm. $15 door
Sat 5th THE EDEN IRIS TRIO - Evocative folkinspired indie music. $20 door.
Thu 10th QUIZ NIGHT, 7.30pm. All welcome. for more details see www.musselinn.co.nz
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth
Wellness Wednesdays
Rec Park Centre, Golden Bay
Wednesday 10am 11am, Takaka Rec Park Centre, Commencing 19th March 2025
Tea/Coff ee afterwards!! FREE program fostering community & connection through physical activity
Contact us
♦ ♦ We will combine a mix of manageable, fun exercises used to improve stamina, strength, balance & flexibility. Explore ways to Incorporate more activity into your daily life, get started or restart the journey towards improved health.
♦ Come join Gabrielle for Wellness Wednesdays
GOLDEN BAY WEATHER FORECAST
Friday: Light winds with afternoon sea breezes. Mainly fine and warm for a time in the afternoon.
Saturday: Northwesterlies gradually prevailing. Some cloud in the west otherwise fine and mild.
Sunday: Northerlies easing later. Cloudy periods with a few showers possible in the afternoon.
Monday: Light winds with afternoon sea breezes. A few cloudy areas at first, then fine and mild.
Tuesday: Light northerlies developing. Cloud increasing with scattered showers developing.
FESTIVAL OF COMMON UNITY at AROHA AHORA
Food, drink, stalls, art, music, fashion, healing, guidance, poetry, stories, comedy and more. Saturday 12th April 2.22pm til Late Aroha Ahora, 90 Commercial St I Entry $22 - fundraiser Performers, stall-holders and helpers please contact Aroha on 021 231 7447
8:00 A Complete Unknown (M) Encore Saturday 22nd
4:00 The Last Journey (M) (subtitles) Final
8:00 Sing Sing (M) Sunday 23rd
2:00 Royal Ballet: Swan Lake
8:00 The Haka Party Incident (E) Wednesday 26th
5:30 Sing Sing (M) Final
twm@twm.org.nz
WHEN:
Monday 24th March 9am – 3.30pm (Please bring own lunch/refreshments)
Open to all members of our community
PROGRAMME:
PROGRAMME:
WHERE: Takaka Recreation Centre
Morning: Build an understanding of the function of high-risk behaviours such as self-injury, suicidal ideation, gestures and attempts, substance use and others. Discuss stigma attached to these behaviours and how to support people’s emotional responses to these behaviours.
Morning: Build an understanding of the function of high-risk behaviours such as self-injury, suicidal ideation, gestures and attempts, substance use and others. Discuss stigma attached to these behaviours and how to support people's emotional responses to these behaviours.
Afternoon: Learn effective strategies for supporting those who struggle with high-risk behaviours including building awareness of our own emotions and judgments of these behaviours, regulating that internal response, effective use of validation, assessing for risk and determining effective interventions.
Afternoon: Learn effective strategies for supporting those who struggle with high-risk behaviours including building awareness of our own emotions and judgments of these behaviours, regulating that internal response, effective use of validation, assessing for risk and determining effective interventions.
TRAINERS: Authors of the Podcast “All Therapists are Jerks!”
Jolie Fritz (Jo) LPC – Jo has a Master’s Degree in Community Psychology, and intensive DBT training at the first Linehan Certified Clinic in the US. She was the Lead Therapist at a comprehensive adolescent DBT residential in Wisconsin. Training and supervision, comprehensive outpatient practice with The DBT Center of Greater Washington. Co-creator and co-host of the international DBT podcast “All Therapists Are Jerks”. She works with individuals, families and the community to reduce stigma, increase understanding and empower individuals and communicates to create meaningful change.
Erik Ulland, MD – Child & adolescent psychiatrist with 20 years of experience. Medical Director of inpatient psychiatry. Creator of comprehensive adolescent DBT residential. Medical Director of DBT Services in the same system. 15 years’ experience of care treating clients with eating disorders, severe anxiety disorders, self-destructive and suicidal behaviors, ADHD, OCD, trauma, personality and substance use disorders. He values educating others and empowering them to make changes that improve their quality of life and finds DBT the most effective modality. Co-creator of the international DBT podcast “All Therapists Are Jerks”.
TAKAKA FUELS & FISHING
HOME
Wow, what a fantastic family home, immaculately presented & tastefully renovated to a high standard throughout! This family home offers a rural outlook, just a short drive or bike ride to town. It features a fully fenced garden,
FABULOUS SEAFRONT BACH
This stunning seafront property, nestled in the tōtara forest, offers expansive views from Puponga to Farewell Spit. Enjoy breathtaking sunrises & sunsets from the large deck. The renovated front dwelling features a bespoke kitchen, oak floors, & a sea-view bedroom.
Asking $299,000 30 Arapeta Place, ROTOTAI
James Mackay 027 359 0892 Viewings by
50 Pohara Valley Road, POHARA CHARMING RETREAT IN PŌHARA VALLEY
This renovated home in soughtafter Pōhara Valley is just a short walk to the beach, local cafes, & shops. The sunny kitchen retains its original charm. With open plan living/dining, plus two sunny decks. Set on a spacious section, the garden offers plenty of room for a boat or caravan. Call for more information.
RESIDENTIAL SECTION IN ROTOTAI
Private freehold section in Arapeta Place, offering a peaceful, sunny spot for your new home. Enjoy stunning mountain views, a quiet location at the end of a right of way, & easy access to schools via a safe bike track. Mains services ready to connect. Call Paul & Jana today for details & a copy of the covenants.
Jana McConnon 021 245 2197
Paul McConnon 027 504 2872
LIVE THE GOLDEN BAY DREAM
Set in beautiful Motupipi, this property offers room to grow, play & thrive. With a spacious family home, lush gardens, & space for animals, it’s perfect for the whole family. The home is designed for all your needs, with a workshop, garden sheds, & more Enjoy rural living at its best!
Call to arrange a viewing.
Jana McConnon 021 245 2197
Paul McConnon 027 504 2872
This charming semi-Lockwood home offers a welcoming atmosphere with three bedrooms, a spacious lounge & a sunny westfacing deck perfect for enjoying the outdoors. The detached sleepout, double garage and two carports provide plenty of space for all your needs. Contact us today to make this your new home!
Rototai Road, TAKAKA
FAMILY HOME WITH SPACE & PRIVACY
A charming home just minutes from Takaka that offers privacy & comfort. Featuring a new kitchen, bathroom & double-glazed windows. Enjoy large decks, a covered BBQ area, ample parking, an internal garage, & a garden shed. Homes on large sections near town are rare. Don’t miss out! Call today.
James Mackay 027 359 0892
719 & 721 Abel Tasman Dr, POHARA TWO BLOCKS LEFT
The last two blocks 2 & 3 are offered for sale at $399,000 + GST (if any) for both.
Block 2 - 6524m2 of residentially zoned land.
Block 3 - 8855m2, with a mix of rural 2 and residentially zoned land. Call James for all the information.
