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STREET SCENE
WINTER 2020
The art carries on post-lockdown – p8 Image: Samantha Foxglove by Sandra Wong (see p2)
EVENTS
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What’s on WAIRARAPA WORD is a monthly literary series founded in 2012. Sessions held on first Sunday of the month at 3pm. For information: 06 379 7103 or events.waiword@gmail.com FEATHERSTON COMMUNITY CENTRE, 14 Wakefield St, Featherston. See FeatherstonCommunity on Facebook CARTERTON DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 44 Broadway, Carterton. Local history archive and resource room open every Tuesday 2-4pm. Also open by appointment. Contact Maureen 06 379-9021 or Ann 06 379-9233 or email carterton.hist.soc@gmail.com CARTERTON RAILWAY MUSEUM corner of Broadway and Wheatstone streets. Open every Sunday 11am-4pm. Other times available by arrangement. www.cartertonrailwaymuseum.org.nz or email carterton.rail.museum@gmail.com ART GALLERIES WAI ART GROUP meets at Wai Art@No 23 10am first Monday of the month. A vibrant and friendly group of artists who gather to learn about upcoming workshops, exhibitions and art classes. Regular guest speakers. New artists welcome. Contact Carol Cornelius 021 269 0036. NO 23 HOLLOWAY 23 Holloway St. Thursday to Saturday 10am-2pm. Staffed by volunteers. Please support local artists.
HEART OF ARTS GALLERY 47 High Street North, Carterton. Arts cooperative with exhibitions changing monthly. Wednesday to Sunday 11am–3pm. See facebook.com/heartofartscarterton KOTARE ART STUDIO AND GALLERY 65 Main St, Greytown. Working studio of artist Sandy Wong. Usually Wednesday to Sunday, 11am-4pm (check on current hours). 027 671 8388. See kotareart.nz ARATOI, WAIRARAPA MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY cnr Bruce and Dixon St, Masterton. 06 370-0001. Thursday to Sundays 10am to 2pm. Admission gold coin donation. See aratoi.org.nz CONART GALLERY & STUDIOS, cnr Bruce & Queen streets, Masterton. Art and artists refreshed every four weeks. Open Friday-Sun and public holidays, 10.30am-3pm. See facebook.com/conartnz
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WAIRARAPA MARKETS CARTERTON FARMERS’ MARKET Sundays 9am-12.30pm, under the verandahs opposite Memorial Square through winter. See cartertonmarket.co.nz FEATHERSTON MARKET Saturdays from 8am-2pm. 33 Fitzherbert St. At the back of Lang’s Pharmacy carpark. Look on Facebook. GREYTOWN COUNTRY MARKET Third Sunday of the month, 9am1pm: Stella Bull Park. See greytowncountrymarket.org.nz WAIRARAPA FARMERS’ MARKET Solway Showgrounds (enter at the corner of Fleet & York Sts), Masterton. Every Saturday 9am-1pm. See waifarmersmarket.org.nz COVER IMAGE: Samantha Foxglove (acrylic on canvas, now in a private collection) was created by Sandra Wong, who operates the Kotare Art Studio and Gallery (see above). Sandra is best known for her New Zealand bird and tree paintings, owls, anthropomorphic steampunk characters and the occasional abstract. She is an artist member and friend of the Academy of Fine Arts, Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, and the local Wai Art. Sandra founded the Kotare studio/gallery and works onsite most days of the week. Seeing the kotare (kingfisher) often, she named her studio after it.
Let’s keep the pressure off There’s no doubt the Covid-19 lockdown affected businesses and curtailed many day-to-day social interactions, making life difficult for many. The repurcussions will most likely not really emerge for a couple of months when the government subsidies and other support dry up. Those who can will be expected to stand on their feet. Artists, too, have had a tough time and have had to rethink how they do things. However, most took the adversity of lockdown in their stride, rode it out with typically creative fortitude and now look hopefully to the future (read about the experiences of local artists Anna-Marie Kingsley and Jacky Pearson on page 8). What has been interesting is the recent casual discussions with people owning a small business who one would normally expect to be purveyors of doom and gloom. Rather than being despondent, they privately say they rather enjoyed the lockdown. Conversations went something like: “Yes, I was worried about what was happening to the business, but we knew everyone else was in the same boat. After a few days I just stopped worrying and enjoyed the enforced break with the family. We’d never take a break like that otherwise – we’d always be too busy, or feel we can’t afford it.” Instead of early to work and late nights, regular walks around the block and lessons for kids on baking and DIY projects became the norm. The tap of work pressure was suddenly turned off. With any luck, that tap won’t go back to “full” and we can do more than just remember those weeks in 2020 when we took some time out because we had to.
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Rest homes had fun in lockdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Almo’s book man cautiously optimistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Artists make most of lockdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Uncertain times for Aratoi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ‘Make the next right choice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Business directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Carterton map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Historic Wairarapa: The eight-year house. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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COMMUNITY 4
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Hidden talents of staff emerge to Innovation provided some unexpected enjoyment for residents at Carterton’s rest homes during the Covid-19 lockdown. Faced with no visitors, no outings and no visiting entertainment as the lockdown suddenly hit in late March, rest home staff had to think quickly about what they could do “in-house”. At Carter Court, manager Rae Andrews said it had been a long eight weeks under lockdown, but residents – and many staff – were surprised by the hidden talent that emerged. “We had to diversify our entertainment programme really quickly and come up with new ideas to support our residents through these difficult times,” Rae said. “What’s come out of the woodwork is that we’ve discovered new talents in our staff. “They’ve been able to entertain with singing and music, and come up with new craft activities. The residents have loved it.” Keeping in touch with family and friends was facilitated with technology including Zoom meetings and regular phone calls. Down the road at Heritage Lifecare Roseneath, the most challenging part of the lockdown was also that residents couldn’t see their families or go on regular outings. “I was really conscious of trying to keep the residents in contact with their families, to keep them motivated and focused, and to spread positivity,” said diversional therapist Ann Wilson. Along with organising regular video calls and email messages, Ann took photos of residents framed by Easter and Anzac-themed images. Residents then sent the photos on to their loved ones. Clinical services manager Stacey Smyth organised weekly staff dress-up competitions, including a pyjama day, 1980s day, and a heroes and villains day, providing plenty of fun and hilarity.
A singalong with staff and residents at Carter Court.
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Diversional therapist Faye Leveridge with Carter Court resident Bernard Colombus on Crazy Hair Day. Photo supplied
Towards the end of the Level 3 lockdown, Roseneath held a collection for the Carterton food bank. Three boxes of food and goodies were accumulated and delivered. At Carter Court, Rae Andrews noted that no one was going to let their guard down just yet at a facility whose primary role was to look after the welfare of its residents. “It’s not over yet,” Rae said. “We’re still maintaining our social distancing, our sanitising and just being proactive about caring for ourselves. It’s creating a new normal, whatever that normal might be.” However, she said Carter Court was very pleased to welcome back visitors, although still under strict screening and monitoring.
Monowai Te Huki, 74, at Heritage Lifecare Roseneath looks through an Easter-themed picture frame. Photo supplied
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Book man cautiously optimistic It’s no surprise that a man of books thinks analytically about not only his business but also the state of the world outside. Steve Laurence of Almo’s Books in Carterton – like most retailers – got back to business as soon as possible at Alert Level 3, and had solid trading in Level 2. He was encouraged – without getting too excited – about the response, especially after several weeks of no trading included Easter and Mother’s Day opportunities. “I think there are three things going on,” he says. “One is that over those weeks in lockdown everyone’s read all the books they have, so they need new ones; second, people have been just keen to get out and about and buy stuff again; and third, people sense that retailers have been in trouble and they want to do their best to support them. “I know people have come in here and bought stuff purely to support us. And we appreciate it.” Like any good bookseller, Steve is passionate about his business. Face-to-face contact and talking to customers is a vital part of it. Online selling is not likely to be pivotal in the future. “It’s incredibly labour intensive if you don’t have all the systems and robots and so on. I worked out that from the time I got an email enquiry, established we had the book in stock, got back to people about cost and how they could pay, then packaged and organised delivery, it was probably taking me an hour to sell a book. “You’re not getting much of a return on that effort.
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Steve Laurence at Almo’s Books: “We often have stuff on the shelves that no one else has got.” Photographer: Ange Wither
He says book buyers generally know what they’re looking for, and sometimes Almo’s is the only store where it’s available. “We have stuff on the shelves that no one else has got, perhaps because other sellers have sold out or the book’s gone back to the publishers for a refund. We’re not so hard-nosed about it and tend to keep the books we buy in.” Looking ahead, Steve is wary of making predictions, but he’s reasonably optimistic about the Wairarapa recovering well from the lockdown. He cites the region’s relatively low economic reliance on tourists. “I think there will be more New Zealanders who see it as their patriotic duty to tour the country, and some Wellingtonians will probably decide to come to the Wairarapa rather than shoot over to Raratonga for their holidays.”
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ARTS 8
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Artists make most of lockdown The Covid-19 lockdown hit many businesses hard – for artists their income dried up and the future looks uncertain. However, local artist Anna-Marie Kingsley, faced with no outlet for her work and a partner losing his job, says she still had a wonderful time during lockdown. In her typically optimistic humour, Anna-Marie says the family cut out beer and wine so they could afford cement, allowing them to do some huge projects in the garden. “My brother-in-law from Tasmania works offshore on an oil rig off Taranaki and couldn’t get home during the lockdown, so he comes to stay with us month on, month off,” Anna-Marie says. “That will still happen until the border between Australia and New Zealand relaxes. “He is very capable with his hands so he’s been helping with garden projects. We got a lot done.” Art sales for the Carterton artist were non-existent during the lockdown. However, with the Big Wai Art Sale coming up in September, she had a lot of time to create pieces for the sale, which coincides with the annual Carterton Daffodil Festival. “I also had a couple of sculpture commissions so I worked on those.” Asked if she was looking at doing things differently, she says she is going to focus more on concrete sculptures. “We are planning to open our gardens to the public in a year or two and we will sell sculptures from the garden.” Anna-Marie has held key positions in the Wai Art collective, a volunteer organisation that runs the No One of the garden art pieces that AnnaMarie Kingsley created during lockdown. 23 gallery in Holloway Street. It has grown and expanded into a popular and vibrant artistic showcase, supporting and encouraging creativity. After Covid-19, changes in these organisations seem inevitable. “I think artist organisations, like the rest of New Zealand, are going to have to be cleverer, and more agile from now on,” Anna-Marie says. “In my opinion this is only the first of many pandemics, so government support for the art scene is only going to last for so long before the coffers run dry. “Community art projects that bring many people together – at Level 1 obviously – are going to be more valuable for establishing connections between people to make us more resilient as a community. Some wonderful community benefits have developed
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A wet Wellington scene, by Jacky Pearson.
through the lockdown and we can build on that desire to connect with each other.” She says that although the overseas travel industry is being hit hard by the pandemic, there are up sides. “People have to travel more locally and the music scene will benefit enormously by a lack of overseas gigs. That will mean people who still want to go to concerts will be exposed to local talent. “People will always produce art, no matter how bad the economy is. Creativity isn’t something you can turn off – if I’m not painting or sculpting every day I find my cooking gets very elaborate. “Him Outdoors will gaze upon a magnificent creation stacked elegantly on his dinner plate with delicate wee garnishes and gently comments: ‘I think you need to do more painting, my love’.” Jacky Pearson Fellow Carterton artist Jacky Pearson made the most of lockdown by doing online watercolour classes through Zoom, and marketing to her local and overseas students to whom she couldn’t travel. On a recent weekend she was one of 100 watercolour artists from around the world having a painting conversation live on Youtube. “Four artists – Min Kim, Adrienne Pavelka, Svetlana Orinko and myself – were chosen to represent New Zealand. I was also one of the international hosts who then moved on to interview the Aussie artists and about 11am in each country for 24 hours!” The idea is to see how everyone had coped with Covid-19. “My world came crashing down in lockdown but I am picking up the pieces by Zoom classes and there is a really expanding market out there to teach, plus it keeps me in touch with all my regular overseas students. I’m also making video lessons with the help of Creative NZ.” While her Easter exhibition was cancelled, she has an exhibition at her Norfolk Road home gallery ready and waiting to be viewed by anyone interested in a watercolour. At the time of writing she was looking forward teaching in person again under Level 1, and meanwhile painting portraits and wet Wellington scenes (see above).
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Uncertain times for Aratoi
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Aratoi Museum has emerged from the Covid-19 lockdown with uncertainties around its future funding, and plans for exhibitions and programmes disrupted. About a third of funds for the Wairarapa museum of art and history in Masterton is generated through koha, commissions, shop sales, events, sponsorship, funding applications and so on. That dried up during the lockdown and is unlikely to return for most of the year, says director Susanna Shadbolt. “Aratoi’s entire exhibition programme relies on an annual funding application to Trust House, a gaming foundation,” Susanna says. “While this has always been a worrisome way of operating, it is now more uncertain than ever.” Planning for exhibitions and programmes was also hampered. “There still is great uncertainty around time frames as well as income to fund programmes; in particular loss and potential loss of income in terms of self-generated funding, grant applications and corporate sponsorship. A major Aratoi fundraiser planned for ALWAYS A WARM WELCOME AT
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August had to be cancelled and deferred until next year.” Susanna says the museum is discussing with artists and exhibitors how it might reschedule or cancel exhibitions. “This is a constant work-in-progress and a difficult task considering the uncertainty of the situation, the number of national and international venues/lenders we are dealing with in terms of travelling exhibitions and loans, and also exhibitions scheduled for later in the year/early next year that may not necessarily be affected by the closure, but by our rescheduling.” The partnership between Aratoi and Pūkaha to stage a Māori art exhibition has already been deferred to next year. “At this stage, we have no events scheduled and think that this will remain the case during most of winter,” Susanna says. “Long-term planning and foreseeing the longer-term impact of Covid-19 on our organisation in terms of income, funding, sponsorship etc is difficult. We have to continue to be open-minded and flexible and consider implementing more changes on how we operate.” Meantime, Aratoi has been able to extend some exhibitions and will look at staging short-term displays of items from the collection and local artists to entice visitors. While the museum was closed, it increased its engagement with the public via social media and its website through Virtual Aratoi. It includes stories, activities, and online games such as puzzles based on items from the Aratoi collection and current exhibitions (see aratoi.org.nz/virtual-aratoi). The number of Facebook engagements more than doubled and 25 percent more people visited the website. Virtual Aratoi will continue, but slightly less frequently than it has been daily. Work has been done to put Aratoi’s shop online to provide the museum with much-needed funds. n Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History,12 Bruce St, Masterton. 06 370-0001. aratoi.org.nz
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HEALTH & LIVING
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On April 24 Covid-19 became the largest cause of death worldwide for any single cause. And our entire world responded. Or reacted, depending I guess on your perspective. The widespread closure of borders, economic activity and other restrictions have been embraced by most, but not gone unchallenged on a worldwide level. As a health professional, (and citizen) I’m glad to be in a country that got the response much more right than wrong. Of course we’ve got some significant advantages (geography, population density etc) over a lot of other countries in seeking to eliminate the deadly virus, but from a public health perspective, we’ve used those advantages to good effect so far. Lockdown was challenging for all of us in different ways and the economic fallout is probably still yet to be felt completely, though without doubt many have already suffered greatly from loss of income and loss of jobs.
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One of the “moments” of learning for me came while connecting with my kids to watch a movie. One of the key characters, finding themself in a place of challenge, pulled out a great takeaway: “Make the next right choice.” When we’re faced with great challenge in the midst of uncertainty I think this is sound advice (thanks Frozen!) We’re all finding our way again and the rules are changing on a regular basis. So it’s a useful yardstick for all of us, whatever our circumstances, that we make the next right choice. When it comes to our health there’s some pretty simple takeaways from the last couple of months: gentle exercise – walking cycling, playing with your family – is worthwhile; having time and space to connect with key people is critical for us; maintaining routines keeps us functioning as best we can; learning new stuff is curiously fun; and a change can be both good and challenging. But the absolute winner for me, and especially true as we navigate our way through the next few months and the challenges that will no doubt come is: keep looking for, and making the next right choice. I hope this helps you in your health journey! n Ryan Monastra is a physiotherapist and director at Back in Action in Carterton and Masterton.
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In September 1939 the whare NgÄ Tau e Waru burnt down. The people determined to build a new whare and Te Nahu Haeata, who lived at the Hiona kainga on the other side of the river, was given the job to undertake the carvings. He undertook most of the work, assisted by Hohepa Hutana. The new whare was opened on March 28, 1941. In recent years many of the carvings have been replaced. n By Gareth Winter, Wairarapa Archivist. Part of a series featured on the Masterton District Library website. Reprinted with permission.
Ngā Tau e Waru meeting house at Te Ore Ore Marae, 1880, Masterton district, with a group on the porch of the whare. The distinctive decorative style of the whare, using paintings, carvings and kowhaiwhai, are clearly seen. Photo: natlib.govt.nz/records/23111651
The eight-year house Māori have lived in Masterton district for mre than 600 years. Until the time of Pākehā settlement the majority of tangata whenua lived primarily in coastal areas, although some kainga were to be found in the interior, usually near rivers and lakes. The closest marae to the township of Masterton is Te Ore Ore Marae on the banks of the Ruamahanga River to the east of Masterton. The principal people associated with this marae are the Ngāti Hamua hapū of Rangitaane. This marae was established in the early 1880s under the guidance of the prophet Paora Potangaroa. There were a number of other marae in the immediate district, perhaps the best-known being Kaitekateka, on the eastern hills in the block known as Okurupatu. The wharenui at Te Ore Ore was built under the mana of the chief Wi Waaka, with two prophets instrumental in starting the carving: Paora Potangaroa of Ngāti Hamua and Te Hika a Papauma; and Te Kere, from the Whanganui area. Shortly after work commenced the two men fell out and Te Kere moved away, telling Potangaroa: “E Kore e taea te whakamutu i te whare i mua atu i ngā tau e waru” – it will not be possible for you to build this house in eight years. This spurred the carvers on and when the whare was completed within a year Potangaroa called the house Ngā Tau e Waru, a reminder of Te Kere’s failed prophesy. The house was very big – 30 metres long and 10 metres wide – and was decorated in an unusual manner. The front wall, for example, was covered in tukutuku. The heke pipi, the front barge boards, were also unusually decorated with a mixture of carved figures and painted decoration, a blend of kowhaiwhai and carving designs. When it was officially opened on January 5, 1880, the local newspaper reported that people from as far away as Waikato gathered for the ceremony. It was in March 1881 that the whare hosted its most important meeting, when Potangaroa unveiled a matakite, a vision in the form of a flag he had made. When he unfurled the flag he asked those present to interpret it. There was a lot of discussion and various chiefs found different meanings in the vision. There was no agreement about its purpose. Shortly afterwards a group went to Wellington to order a marble monument to be erected in the whare, to mark the meeting and a similar meeting held 40 years before. In early April the stone was unveiled inside the house and a few days later Potangaroa came forward to tell his followers they should no longer sell nor lease land to Pākehā, they should incur no more debts and refuse to honour old debts. In 1921 the Whanganui prophet Tahupōtiki Wiremu (TW) Rātana visited the house. Several locals told him they were uncomfortable with the stone inside the whare. Seven years later Rātana returned and, with the help of a group of specially selected young men, moved the monument from the house to the north-east part of the marae. Underneath the monument the prophet found greenstone, a parchment, human bones, and a bottle containing coins. – continues inside back
