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TUESDAY 15 February 2022

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Picton protesters will give up Nelson Square by Wednesday, council announced on Friday.

Hundreds initially camped at Picton public green space as part of the convoy that couldn’t make it over the Cook Strait for the Wellington anti-mandate protest at the Bee Hive.

Council chief executive Mark Wheeler says after meeting with protest representatives, they agreed to move to Waitohi Domain.

“The group representatives agreed they will move on to private land to camp and sleepover.

Council has offered them the use of Waitohi Domain, which is situated away from residential areas, as a day time meeting place where they can gather and pitch a food tent, until 5.00 pm on Friday 4 March,” the council statement says.

Protestors set up a camp site at Nelson Square on Picton. Photo: Raewyn Shand/Facebook.

Mayor John Leggett says council sought a peaceful resolution that would not require the issuing of a trespass notice and police involvement.

“The Council has received many complaints from residents, unhappy that an unauthorised group had occupied a local pub-

lic reserve that is normally used for recreation.”

Mayor Leggett says the protesters have taken a more responsible approach to managing their impact at Nelson Square since the initial excited influx, keeping the noise down and tidying the site.

The council release says the group has agreed to tidy up Nelson Square and not camp on any other public land.

“I would like to thank the group representatives for doing the right thing and entering into a positive discussion with Council,” Mayor Leggett says.

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Former councillor says $110m port loan risky without Crown guarantee MAIA HART

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The Marlborough District Council asked the Crown to guarantee its proposed loan of $150 million to Port Marlborough for the ferry precinct development, but it was refused.

Instead, according to its statement of proposal, the Government rejected the Crown guarantee because it was already committed to supporting KiwiRail, so Port Marlborough recalculated its borrowing to $110m to “reduce the level of risk” involved.

There were 27 submissions made during consultation on whether the MDC should raise the $110m loan to finance Port Marlborough’s share of the ferry precinct redevelopment.

Of the submissions, 11 people supported the proposal, seven partially did, and eight did not.

Consultation hearings are set down for February 17 and 18, of which 12 submitters are expected to speak on their submissions.

One of those is former Marlborough District councillor and former Port Marlborough chairman David Dew, who did not support the council’s proposal. Dew says his concern is the council is not being honest about the risk of borrowing – given it does not have a Crown guarantee.

“They’re making the assumption that you can trust the Crown, and trust state-owned enterprises,” he says.

David turned to state-owned coalminer Solid Energy as an example. Then Prime Minister John Key said in 2013, state-owned enterprises were not government guaranteed and banks that lent to Solid Energy should expect to wear the loss of its accumulating debt.

“All they have to do is decide KiwiRail is not a successful enterprise. If the Government said we’ve had enough of this ... they could effectively liquidate KiwiRail, which cancels all the contracts, including the contract with the port company here [Picton],” David says.

In his submission, David says if the Crown restructured KiwiRail and created a new operating entity, Port Marlborough’s contract “will be worthless”.

“There is then no security for payment to Port Marlborough,” he says.

“So, the soft lender becomes the council and therefore the ratepayers. There is a better option and that is to refuse to fund without a Crown guarantee.

“In any event council should not ‘punt’ with borrowed money that could impact on ratepayers.”

The first of the new Interisland-

Former Marlborough District Councillor and former Port Marlborough chair David Dew. Photo: Supplied/STUFF. er ferries is expected to arrive in New Zealand by September 2025.

But two new ferry terminals, either side of Cook Strait, were needed to accommodate them.

The Waitohi Picton Ferry Precinct Redevelopment is being implemented through a partnership between KiwiRail, Port Marlborough, MDC and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.

The council was approached for comment, but in response said to refer back to page 11 of the consultation document/statement of proposal.

In its statement of proposal, council says the reduced $110m figure is done on an evolved design for the precinct with a reduced environmental impact.

“The port has also secured, from KiwiRail, securities in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit covering six months’ worth of fees and ground rentals, as well as a parent company guarantee to ensure the port has a claim on all KiwiRail cash flows and assets in the event of non-performance,” the statement says.

It says the redevelopment is an opportunity to cement a 60-year agreement with KiwiRail, comprised of two 30-year lease terms.

“The port is only interested in strategic assets that are not specific to KiwiRail’s operations.

“If KiwiRail decides not to renew the contract after the first 30-year period, it is obligated to pay the port a substantial termination

‘balloon’ payment of 39 per cent of the value of port’s assets.”

In a statement on February 8, Marlborough Mayor John Leggett maintains the “significant” proposal will not increase rates or cost ratepayers, but rather increase dividends to the council to over $6m, offsetting the need for future rates increases.

Under the proposal, council will raise debt through its existing arrangements with the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA). The agency specialises in financing the local government sector, to provide lower costs and alternative funding sources for local authorities and council-controlled organisations.

If Port Marlborough sought financing through private lending, the council estimated interest to be 1 per cent to 1.5 percent higher, which would take longer to service the loan and lower future dividends to the council.

Public submissions on the proposal can be found at: https:// data.marlborough.govt.nz/MDCiRexConsultation2022 Following the hearings, the council will meet during the afternoon of March 4 to make its final decision on the financing proposal.

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Police in Marlborough, and particularly in Blenheim, continue to receive complaints from residents about vehicles being targeted by thieves.

In most cases the offenders are breaking into, or entering insecure vehicles to steal valuables, but there are also instances of vehicles being entered with the theft of the vehicle in mind.

On Thursday last week a Toyota Prado parked off the road in Scott Street, Blenheim was found to have been entered and the ignition barrel damaged in an apparent failed attempt to steal the vehicle.

Similarly, overnight Friday a Subaru Impreza in Shearwater Drive, Kaikoura had a left rear window forced and a failed attempt also made to steal the vehicle by forcing and causing damage to the ignition barrel casing.

On Saturday at about 5.30am the residents of an Eltham Road, Blenheim address were disturbed by suspicious noises outside their address where their Mitsubishi Pajero was parked in the driveway.

A resident went outside in time to see a male trying a door handle on the vehicle, then running off to a hatchback car further down the street that then drove away.

Overnight Sunday an Arthur Street, Blenheim resident was woken by what they thought was their

Senior Community Constable Russ Smith. vehicle alarm, but as it stopped it wasn’t investigated.

Later in the morning the resident’s Volkswagen Golf parked in the driveway was found to have the front passenger window smashed and a handbag containing bank cards, cash, drivers licence, makeup and sunglasses stolen.

This is a message I have promoted many times, but it’s one worth taking on board to reduce the risk of becoming a victim: Don’t leave valuables in plain view within your parked vehicle.

Always secure vehicle windows and lock the vehicle before leaving it.

Park your vehicle off the road if possible and, ideally, in a locked garage.

Having a vehicle alarm armed and the vehicle parked under sensor lighting is a great deterrent.

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Lions award community stalwarts MATT BROWN

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A gardener and an advocate were honoured with a special award in a New Zealand first.

Graeme Kendrew and Roy Ramsey were presented the Lloyd Morgan Lions Club Charitable Trust Honour Award at last week’s Lions Club of Blenheim meeting at the Clubs of Marlborough.

A lifelong gardener, Graeme says he had no idea he would be presented an award.

Volunteering at the Salvation Army community garden for about four years, he says he does the work because he enjoys it.

“Cauliflowers, cabbage, broccoli. Silverbeet in great quantities.

Some potatoes. There’s a few tomatoes in the green house; they’re not the easiest to look after, but we have a few this year.”

The bounty from the garden is donated to the Marlborough Food Bank to be distributed to needy families.

Food Bank manager Wynnie Cosgrove says receiving the produce from the garden is a big help.

“Fresh produce is not cheap to buy, and it’s really important for the health of families,” she says.

“Food parcel demand is higher, and families are bigger.

“After Covid-19, demand has gone way up.”

Roy Ramsey, who was the guest speaker on the night, was also surprised to be a recipient of the award.

“It was quite a shock. I feel really privileged that they considered Drug Arm for the Award,” he says.

“It was a bit embarrassing, but a good embarrassment.”

Roy, the current president of Drug Arm in Marlborough, works and volunteers at a large number of local organisations.

“We’re quite happy to run under the radar at Drug Arm.” He says the totally volunteer-run organisation is run on a shoestring budget. They run the community van and support the drug and rehabilitation centre, St Marks.

Roy has seen a lot of success helping young people by connecting with them on their own level.

“There’s so much you can do when you’re working beside people and not trying to be the top man,” he says.

During lockdown, he was delivering food parcels for Wynnie at the Food Bank and Graeme says Roy is also a big help at the gar-

Graeme Kendrew and Roy Ramsey were given Honour Awards by the Lions Club of Blenheim.

Photo: Matt Brown. den.

“Roy brings some of his lads that owe time to the courts,” Graeme says.

“He’s really helped expand it.

“It’s about twice the size as when I started.

“Sometimes, it’s good going.

Sometimes the season gets the better of you.

“That’s the vagaries of gardening.”

This year, the foodbank sent 2011 packages – an increase of 323 from last year.

That’s about 40 boxes of food every week, Graeme says.

Lions Club of Blenheim president Helen Williams says the two men make an outstanding contribution to the community were wor-

thy of the award.

“We’ve got to know them well,” she says. “They’re quiet achievers doing things in the background.

“We’re very grateful to all the people in the community that support those less fortunate.

“Our goal is to make the world a better place for everyone.”

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Search on for home movie stars PAULA HULBURT

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Dressed in a blue smocked dress and white sandals, the little girl in a red trike is concentrating as she pedals.

Captured on celluloid around 60 years ago, the footage of the girl was discovered on an old 8mm film reel bought recently in a Blenheim charity shop.

Now two friends are trying to trace the film’s original owners and restore the precious recording to the family who feature in it.

Photography student Felix Jackson bought an old Opticon Editor film splicer for $20 and discovered the 8mm reel still intact.

Videographer and editor Andrew Strugnell was able to scan the old footage and digitise it.

“It needed about 20 minutes to scan and we were able to watch the story unfold.

‘We just had to laugh; I love how the girls are trying to get on the swing.”

Andrew from Family Films in Blenheim says he has recently scanned in some of his family’s old films and understands how important this footage could be.

“I think it’s fascinating how much we’ve changed and how we carry

A videographer is hoping to find the family in a film he found at a garage sale. Photos: Supplied. ourselves now, our body language and even the way we wave to the camera is totally different.

“It helps realise your whole family history and gives a better understanding about your place in the world.”

The short film is believed to date back to the 1950s or 1960s. Since posting the clip on social media

site Facebook, Andrew says people have been in touch.

But there is still no word on who the mystery family might be.

“People have recognised the style of dress and the trike but no leads yet. It would be wonderful to get this back to the family,” Andrew says.

Felix, a third-year student at Mas-

sey University, says he recently started to collect old films.

He believes whoever donated the splicer would not have known what was on the reel.

“If someone didn’t know it was there it would be easy to miss.

“I could see there was some film on it and knew that Andrew would be able to scan it for me.

“We’d love to find the people who were in it or their family’s and, it goes without saying, that they can have the film.”

If you recognise anyone in the film or photos taken from the reel, please contact either Andrew through Family Films Marlborough on Facebook or email paula@marlboroughmedia.co.nz

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Erosion control needed for Havelock sewage treatment plant following floods MAIA HART

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Emergency works are needed at Havelock's sewage treatment plant, after last year's major flood event caused significant erosion.

Now there’s a risk sewage will leak into the Kaituna River.

The plant, built in 1984, has two oxidisation ponds and discharges treated sewage into the Kaituna River, in Havelock.

Speaking at an assets and services meeting last week, Marlborough District Council operations and maintenance engineer Stephen Rooney said the council has monitored the embankment on the side of the ponds, and at the Kaituna River edge for “quite some time”.

In a report prepared for the meeting, Stephen said erosion of the Kaituna River and wastewater treatment ponds had caused the river edge to slowly creep closer to the wastewater ponds over many years.

He said the July flooding increased erosion and made it significantly worse than it had been previously.

There is a high risk further floods

would collapse the bank which in-turn could cause the contents of the ponds to empty into the Kaituna River.

Any further flood would likely have to be significant, similar to what occurred in July last year, Stephen said.

“We certainly will monitor it. It would have to be a flood where the river system is full, and where water might flow across the causeway,” he said.

Previously it had been said the treatment plant needed to move due to the risk of rising sea levels, and there was “potential that the ponds might be decommissioned”.

However, the report said the decision had since been made that the ponds would form part of the new wastewater treatment processes.

“Erosion control was not considered while options for the future treatment of wastewater from Havelock were being reviewed,” the report said.

The report said rock would be needed, and was likely to come from the Pukaka Quarry. This would be placed and used to “armour” the embankment against

Flooding in Havelock in July last year, north of the sewage ponds. Photo: Scott Hammond/STUFF. future erosion.

But Stephen said at the meeting they also needed to consider they were competing with other parts of the region for the rock.

“The rivers team has given us some proposals to slow that down and rectify it. Sadly, it is going to take some rock, about 1000 tons,” Stephen said.

“The difficulty being that we are in competition for that rock, they are using it, and trucking it, as we speak for Wairau River repairs.”

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Marlborough councillor Francis Maher asked if there was a breakdown of how much of the repairs would be covered by insurance, and how much would have to come out from the council.

But Rooney said the insurance assessors were still “deliberating”.

The estimated cost of the work was $162,500.

“If it's approved our main cost will be the excess, but that excess is spread across the whole of council's claim from the July event,” he said.

Councillor Cynthia Brooks said reading the report made her understand just how fragile the setup in Havelock was.

“Obviously there's more or less a desperate need to fix it. So, good luck with the rock, hijack some if you can,” Brooks said.

The assets and services committee approved the embankment repairs to go ahead as soon as practical. The matter was forwarded to full council for consideration.

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Swedes honour pine nut pioneer Andrew Wiltshire outside the main KSLA headquarters in Stockholm. Story on the next page. Photo: Supplied

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Academy honour for PAULA HULBURT

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When pioneering Marlborough forester Andrew Wiltshire first began growing pine trees, he had no idea his work would one day take him to Sweden.

Pinoli Ltd is a name well known to many Marlburians, a name that proudly accompanies every bag, a testament to the knowledge and foresight of its owners.

Now, more than 17,000km away in the breath-taking cold of a Swedish winter, co-owner Andrew and wife Barb, are meant to be celebrating his induction into The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.

While COVID-19 has just delayed a celebratory dinner to be graced by the King of Sweden Carl XVI, Andy, as he prefers to be called, is nonetheless excited about the honour.

He is only the second Kiwi to have been commended in this manner.

“It’s probably a rather obscure organization for many in NZ but for me personally, I consider it a real honour to be nominated and inducted.

“I like the mission of the Academy as it places emphasis on both

the advancement of science and research as well as practical experience.

“In a highly polarized world, that seems like an important combination to me…”

One of just 25 international inductees to the Academy, the former forester considers the honour a fitting one. There are, he explains, great affinities between the Swedish forestry sector and his own motivations and beliefs.

But it is the team back in Marlborough that Andy credits with getting the company where it is today from smaller beginnings back when it began in 1997.

“I’m most proud of our team. Our general manager, Lee Paterson and Sales Manager Zoe Thompson have been with us from the start nearly 25 years ago, and our business manager, Stu Harris and two newest team members Josh Patterson and Max Law all work together to solve problems and make things happen.

‘Most of all my wife Barb who is my fellow Director and owner of the business and who keeps me from doing anything too crazy!

“Our pine nut plantations are now prized assets, and they are nice to look at and work in, but it’s the team of people driving the

The Pinoli pine plantations in Marlborough: Photo: Supplied. business that move the enterprise forward every day, every month, every year.

“Their energy, skill, commitment and sense of humour make me very happy and very proud.

Stretching out over 500 hectares, the Mediterranean Stone pine tree plantation makes itself known as its heady scent is carried on the Marlborough breeze.

Its cones are plentiful and pine nuts are not only supplied domestically to many food stores within NZ, but additional kernels also go to Australia and to Europe.

As demand increases, new plantations are being developed, Andy says. While somewhat reluctant to admit it, the global pandemic has been a boost for the business.

“It’s almost embarrassing to say

this, but the pandemic has been good for business. Demand for our product seems to rise when people are unable to eat out at restaurants and we assume this is in some way due to seeking out some special ingredients to enhance their meals at home.

“We are still expanding. We have planted more trees almost every year since our start in 1998 and

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“We’d like to take this from its current scale to a larger industry that is more meaningful in economic terms, regionally and even nationally. Our factory has capacity to process more pine nuts and we think our European Stone Pine forests are a great land use for drier parts of Marlborough and actually for other regions in Canterbury, Otago and Hawkes Bay.” For Andy, the lure of the seemingly humble pine nut is not difficult to explain. He is happy to enthuse about its many virtues, not least taste.

But it was the challenge of growing a pine nut forest and then producing nuts that first attracted Andy to plant.

“Knowing few others had successfully grown pine nut forests and even fewer had completed the cycle to producing pine nuts just made the challenge of doing it in NZ extra special.

“Pine nuts are such an interesting food source on so many levels.

Extremely nutritious, delicious to eat (to most people), something a little special among nuts due to their high price, an ancient food essentially unchanged by domestication since palaeolithic times,

from drought tolerant, long-lived and rather beautiful trees.”

Apart from some herbicides to control the grass, no chemicals are used anywhere within the pine forests or factory. Instead, the power of the sun, the wind, clean water and healthy soils are used to their best advantage.

This is a particular source of pride for the owners.

“We have always loved the fact that apart from some herbicides to control the grass when trees are planted, we use no chemicals of any kind on our forests, or in our factory. Just sun, wind, rainfall and healthy soils and clean water and some heat and electricity in the factory.

“The forests do not spread as wildlings, use no irrigation water, and provide shade and shelter for livestock.”

There has always been an environmental consideration in the business, with plans afoot to build on their already enviable green credentials.

While the team at Pinoli know what they want to achieve, they are also very clear about what they don’t want to do.

“From its beginnings when we read stories of (a different species of) pine nuts being unsustaina-

Andrew Wiltshire, right, with good friend and Academy colleague Jonas Jacobbson in the library at KSLA. Photo: Supplied. bly harvested from clear-cut forests in China, to concerns about insect pests in Mediterranean Europe and warfare and deforestation in Afghanistan where yet another species of edible pine nut trees grow…

“We have plans to become a truly circular economy company with net output of renewable energy, net sequestration of carbon (already achieved) and supply of wood, biomass, and of course our prized pine kernels, explains Andy.

The multi-award winning business has certainly found its niche, not just in New Zealand but on the wider world stage.

It is Andy’s international expe-

rience in growing several tree species on five continents and developing forests that are also food producing resources which saw him succeed as an Academy applicant.

“A long-time friend and colleague e-mailed to ask if I would accept a nomination back in 2019 and I had little hesitation in confirming I would stand.”

“I was inducted as an International Fellow in January 2021. I am one of 25 international fellows until age 65, but the membership is for life - the limited number of positions is refilled with younger people as existing fellows pass that age.”

Hoping to return to New Zealand

later this month, Andy and Barb have plans to return to Sweden later in the year when the eagerly awaited dinner will hopefully take place.

While it was disappointingly postponed, the trip has given both Andy and Barb a chance to discover more about the Swedish forestry industry.

But it is their customers that make it all worth it at the end of the day, Andy says.

“Our customers inspire me to keep building and planning for future growth of the investment.

We just featured in a re-run of the Country Calendar episode on our business last weekend, and once again, the feedback from customers has been plentiful and energizing.

“New Zealanders, and also Australians keep on letting us know how much they appreciate our fresh locally grown kernels, and our retail partners have also been wonderful to work with and incredibly loyal since we began selling pine nuts in 2009.

“I feel very lucky in my career, my businesses and friends and family and we have lots more to do to keeping planting trees and growing environmentally sound investments.”

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Wine company’s blitz for vital vintage staff MATT BROWN

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A wine company is hitting social media in the hopes to entice vintage workers to the region.

Constellation, which owns the popular Kim Crawford wine brand, has just had their TikTok debut in a bid to appeal to young people looking for work.

An upcoming bumper season coupled with closed borders means the regular vintage crowd, backpackers and vintage-hopping travellers, are unable to lend their expertise and muscle to Marlborough’s wine harvest.

Constellation head of communications Tess Keenan says they’re pulling no punches to try and find vital workers for the upcoming vintage.

“We got through it last year, we’ll get through it again,” she says.

“It’s amazing how our team can pull it out of the bag.”

Tess says the biggest impact on the upcoming vintage is the closed borders.

“There are just less people out

there,” she says.

“We’re searching all over the South Island and the lower part of the North Island.

“We’re pulling no punches trying to find people.”

She says there is a lot of competition for talent in Marlborough, which is why they’re also looking further afield and thinking outside the box.

They’re targeting school leavers who may have missed out on their OE, people looking for a working holiday and even retirees looking for a bit of extra work.

“We’ve had a retiree couple work vintage in an office role,” Tess says.

She says many New Zealanders who have worked vintage before return, but because it’s a six-week gig, she doesn’t see many leaving full time jobs to take up the opportunity.

Covid is another concern for the winery, but Tess says they have robust plans in place to keep their workers healthy.

“It’s critical that we keep working,” she says.

An worker from the UK operates the receival bin at a Marlborough winery during a previous vintage.

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“With Omicron, we’re having to move really quickly – it’s ever-changing.

“There will be bubbles this year.”

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“Our number one priority is to protect our employees so everyone can go home safely.”

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Territory stands the Heaphy Track out of action after test of time KEN STRUNGNELL

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Sales of new vehicles have soared into the stratosphere.

Well almost, as last year just over 165,000 new cars found a home away from the dealer’s yard.

Not so long ago we only bought 87,000-90,000 new autos a year and the car companies claimed they were in the doldrums. Add to that the Japanese imports and used cars sold of around 380,000 annually, proves we like to buy and upgrade our vehicles.

For the rural sector the most often requested is a large car, with a good tow rating, economical, seats 5 or up to 7 with plenty of boot space.

The other key concern is cost the cheaper the better.

Late model Holdens and Fords meet most needs and can be had for less than $30,000. The hardest to accommodate is towing as most of that is now done by utes or big 4WD SUV’s and none of them come within the cost and age parameters.

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Severe damage done to the Heaphy Track by torrential rain means sections of the track will not be possible for several months, the Department of Conservation says.

Three bridges have been extensively damaged or destroyed between the Heaphy Hut and James Mackay Hut. “We know that this is extremely disappointing for many trampers and mountain bikers who had plans to do the Heaphy Track in coming months,” says DOC’s Buller operations manager Suvi Van Smit.

“However, with the Heaphy River, Gunner River and Pitt Creek bridges all out of action, there is no safe way to get from Heaphy Hut to James Mackay Hut. We have had to make this decision to extend the closure with our customers’ safety in mind.

“It’s too early to say how long it will take to fix the bridges and other damage. We’ve had more heavy rain over the past 24 hours so it hasn’t been possible to complete assessments of the damage,” she says.

DOC’s Golden Bay operations manager Dave Winterburn says there is little or no track damage between Brown Hut and James Mackay Hut. “From 13 February it will be possible

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All Wheel Drive (AWD). The short lived Holden Adventurer though long in the tooth perhaps was in 6 cylinder petrol form (a powerful V8 was an option) is a great choice with good ground clearance and a very good long distance tourer.

However the last of them was sold in 2013 as the new model and last of the true Commodores, the VF was launched without the Adventurer.

The Ford Territory on the other hand, launched with a 4 litre straight six petrol motor in 2004 and relaunched with a 2.7 litre V6 turbo diesel 2011.

Remarkably the Titanium version, seven seat, AWD or 2WD, diesel can be had for as little as $15,000 with over 200,000 kms clocked, or for around $30k for a model with less than 100,000

km. There are TX and TS lower spec models at even sharper asking prices.

They are all able to tow 2.7 tonnes braked with 175mm of ground clearance and an 11.4m turning circle. The 18 year old design is still a very good looking vehicle with all the modern conveniences.

Most users report high sevens through to high eights l/100km fuel burn and service intervals of 15,000 km.

Delivering 140kW/440Nm power, makes it still very competitive in today’s market.

Ford got it right with the Territory, so if you are looking for a large used vehicle that’s easy on the go juice, yet quick, quite and spacious, with 5 Star ANCAP safety, it’s my current answer to the question.

to do a return walk from the Golden Bay end of the track (Brown Hut) as far as James Mackay Hut allowing walkers to stay at the huts and campsites within this section, by booking a two, three or four-day return trip.”

DOC is contacting all those booked on Heaphy Track advising them of the situation and how they can either modify their trip, so they come out of the track at the same point they went in, or cancel their booking for a full refund.

Accommodation can still be booked on the northern section, between Brown and James Mackay Huts, on DOC’s Great Walks booking platform.

From Friday, 18 February bookings will be able to be made at the Heaphy Hut and Campsite and Scotts Beach on DOC’s Huts and Campsite platform.

Anyone who needs any help with rescheduling their trip, should contact DOC’s Nelson Visitor Centre booking helpdesk.

This partial closure will also affect the Heaphy Track mountainbike season which normally runs from 1 May to 30 November.

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The Marlborough Branch of the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) has seen increased membership and participation in club events such as club nights and hunts in the past 12 months.

This is really reassuring and shows that there are a lot of people in our community who take their sport seriously, or are in the process of discovering the hunting community.

To support this, the club has made a real effort to canvas new members and provide connections with our experienced members.

This has included taking new members hunting and providing advice on locations and considerations such as wind management and animal behaviour.

We encourage anyone who may be considering learning to hunt, or who is new to the area, to come along to one of our club nights or informal after-work catch-ups and

make themselves known.

We are very keen to support our newer members and see them succeed on their hunting journey.

An example of our club as a valuable community organisation has been taking members new to the club or new to the area out under guidance on a local hunt. This has introduced people to the many considerations of hunting including conservation, animal behaviour, clothing, safe firearms handling, and field dressing animals. It helps build confidence early and set the foundations for newer hunters to move forward on their own or with newfound hunting mates in the club.

Marlborough NZDA values maintaining sustainable local hunting for recreational hunters while balancing conservation objectives.

This is supported by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Conservation and being part of a Molesworth TB eradication advisory group.

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Tomatoes lead fruit and vege price hike JENNY NICHOLSON When it comes to fruit and vegetables, New Zealanders want a bargain.

Horticulture New Zealand chief executive Nadine Tunley says if New Zealanders want ready access to locally grown fresh fruit and vegetables, they must be prepared to pay more for them. “I know that the cost of just about everything is increasing it is a worrying situation for all industries and consumers,” Nadine says. “But let’s not have a double standard around healthy, fresh fruit and vegetables.”

She says growers shouldn’t have to shoulder the latest cost increases from higher wages, compliance and distribution costs.

Recent Stats New Zealand figures show one of the highest annual price increases in a decade.

The annual increase of 4.5 per cent between December 2020 and December 2021 was the highest since the 4.7 per cent increase in September 2011.

Tomatoes are partially responsible for the increase, almost doubling in price over the year.

A fruit exporter says difficulties exporting tomatoes led to a glut in the New Zealand market last year. While resulting low prices may have seemed favourable to the public, they have contributed to less crops being planted. This in turn has led to a steep rise in the price of tomatoes from $3.33 in December 2020 to $6.61 in December 2021.

Overall fruit and vegetables rose 2.6 per cent in December compared to the previous month.

This was driven by higher prices for potatoes, onions and apples but offset by lower prices for nectarines, courgettes and cucumbers.

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Mako make a home in Blenheim PETER JONES

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Tasman rugby has a new presence in Marlborough.

Sitting on the eastern side of the Lansdowne Park car park is the newly-appointed Tasman Mako High Performance Gym, a purpose-built facility “designed to make our players the best they can be”, according to Mako cohead coach Gray Cornelius.

Formerly housing the offices of Tasman rugby and Marlborough netball, the building has been converted into a rugby-specific workout area.

Features are a cardio room, a comprehensive weightlifting area, a 25m running track and dojo mats for wrestling drills. Robbie Salton, formerly based in Nelson as a Mako strength and conditioning coach, has moved over the hill and will manage the Mako gym.

Gray said among the many advantages the new gym offered was proximity to the rugby grounds at Lansdowne Park, plus an ability for users “to come and go as they pleased”.

He said the fact Tasman rugby

now had a “concrete” presence in Marlborough was a major move forward.

“When people walk in [to the gym] the first thing they see is the shark.

“It is the first time we have had our own training facility in the history of the [Tasman] union and, on the practical side of things, it means we have no excuses anymore.

“We have everything we need here … the players over here can now totally control their physical conditioning with the facilities we now have, plus the expertise we have got in Robbie. It’s just giving them that opportunity to be the best they can be in that aspect of the game. It has been hard work to get that previously.”

At the moment, the gym will be used by those in the Tasman High Performance Squad, the MBC First XV and women’s players although it is intended to eventually open the facility up to other Tasman strength and conditioning coach Robbie Salton, Mako veteran Quentin MacDonald and 2021 sportspeople.

Marlborough Boys’ College First XV player Penisimani Fihaki check out the Tasman Mako High PerThe support of the Marlborough formance Gym. Photos: Peter Jones.

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Women cricket reps have been around for a while PETER JONES Even if the Marlborough women’s cricket rep side had taken the field last weekend they would not, as was suggested in last week’s Marlborough Weekly, have been the first to don the province’s colours at senior level.

Rain may have prevented the 2021-22 women’s reps from making their debut on January 6, but their hopes of making history were dashed less than a quarter of a cen-

tury ago.

During the latter part of the 1990s the women’s cricket scene in Marlborough flourished.

Up to eight all-female teams played in two leagues each weekend and a powerful women’s representative team, the province’s first, was selected after a trial game.

The reps went on to play matches against rivals from Nelson, the North Island and Christchurch.

Marlborough also fielded a very competitive side at the 1996 Central Districts secondary school tournament, a team which included Teresa Kenny who, alongside Sally-Anne Marsh, were selected to represent Central Districts at under-20 level. Emily Stenhouse, one of Tasman’s top golfers, was also part of the Marlborough school team.

Driving the upsurge in women’s cricket at the time were Anne Kenny, who chaired

the MCA women’s committee, former New Zealand player Judi McCarthy and secretary Judy Dillon.

That trio, and a motivated committee, organised several rep matches, both home and away, for the players.

Clubs were encouraged to take a women’s side under their wing during the season, a concept that rapidly grew numbers and helped create a unique chapter in the province’s long cricketing history.

The Marlborough team which attended the Central Districts’ under-20 tournament in 1996.

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Marlborough’s boxing fraternity came together on Saturday morning for some sparring, schooling and sharing.

Boxers and coaches from the region’s four clubs – Box On Boxing, Arapawa (based in Picton), Marlborough and Kaikoura gathered at the Box On Boxing headquarters in central Blenheim to allow fighters to hone their skills against members of fellow clubs.

Lee Tepuia, who started the Box On Boxing club, said the province’s clubs “had a good association going”.

“It is great to bring the clubs together,” he said, “We are all keen to show the rest of the country that there is plenty of talent in this area.”

Lee, who established the club out of his garage just over 12 months ago, has been staggered by the number of young people coming through the doors, many of whom have never boxed before.

“I am amazed by the support we have got. We now have about 120 members and have been in this gym [Get2It Fitness in Grove Rd] for a couple of months.

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Hawke Cup challenge hopes come to a soggy conclusion PETER JONES

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Marlborough’s bid to gain an elusive Hawke Cup challenge ended in frustration at a damp Mainpower Oval in Rangiora last week.

Up against top qualifier Canterbury Country in a three-day match to decide who topped zone three and went forward to challenge for the silverware, Marlborough had to twiddle their thumbs for two and a half days as bad weather dictated play.

Both Saturday and Sunday were lost as the rain came down and, although it had stopped on Monday, half of the final day’s play was lost before the players took the field.

With a minimum of 52 overs to be bowled before stumps Marl-

borough’s game plan was simple – bat for around 20 overs, get a score around 100 then throw everything at the home side for 32 overs in a bid to force an unlikely first innings result.

The first part of their plan nearly went to script, but they came up short in the second scenario.

Marlborough batted 21.1 overs before being dismissed for 90, a total it took Country 33.4 overs to chase down for the loss of four wickets.

Opener Cooper Roberts set the tone at the top of the Marlborough order, compiling 27 from just 36 balls against a highly-rated attack. Two pull shots for six off Country’s pace bowlers were a highlight.

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left arm spinner Blake Coburn did the damage. He picked up the final seven Marlborough wickets, ending with the remarkable figures of 7-13 from 4.1 overs, his cause helped by the fact the visiting batsmen were hell-bent on attack.

Opening bowler Joel Lavender was the chief destroyer with the ball for Marlborough, claiming three cheap wickets (3-24 from 7). Country were 3-32 at one stage, with Marlborough sniffing an opportunity, before a 34-run partnership between Jack Boyle and Tim Gruijters saw the home side claim the first innings points and earn another shot at the coveted Hawke Cup. Marlborough coach Jarrod Englefield admitted it had been a frustrating few days but was glad they had finally got some cricket in and given themselves a chance, albeit remote, of victory.

“It’s been a long weekend … they were top qualifiers so they didn’t really have to do anything [to progress].

“There wasn’t much urgency … we pushed all day today to get on [the field] and we finally did around 2.15pm.

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Cooper Roberts was top-scorer in Marlborough’s brief innings.

Photo: Shuttersport/file. cricket we had I felt we did pretty well … we got 90 runs, about 10 short of what we wanted, but we bowled really well, especially Joel Lavender.

“Ultimately, there was just not enough time.”

Jarrod harked back to the sides’ previous encounter, when Country beat Marlborough at Horton Park and reasoned that, on those lines, they deserved to go through.

“We were out-played in Blenheim, so they deserved the home final … in the end it is just another regional final that got away.”

However, despite the result, he was far from disappointed with this season’s qualifying campaign.

“We can take a lot of pride out of what we have done this season,” said Jarrod.

“We had arguably the best game of cricket I have been involved with as a coach when we beat Nelson away … then we went to Buller and won outright over there, which is never easy.

“Then we came up against a strong Canterbury Country side.

They were stacked with top players … where they have four or five first class players, we have four or five First XI players.

“For a young team they have actually done bloody well. They certainly didn’t look out of their depth.”

The rep team head north for the annual Chapple Cup three-day tournament on Thursday, then their final hit-out will come in the Newman Shield clash with Nelson on March 6.

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T20 finalists forced to bide time PETER JONES The winner of the 2021-22 Marlborough senior Twenty20 cricket title is still to be decided.

The two finalists, Wairau and Celtic, met at Horton Park on Friday evening and, despite one innings being completed, bad light saw the umpires abandon the match soon after the start of the second innings.

The match ended evenly-poised.

Wairau batted first and struggled to a below-par target of 107 from their 20-over allocation. However, they had Celtic in early trouble, taking two quick wickets for just six runs as the light faded and rainclouds threatened.

Veterans Mike Hood and Andrew McCaa ensured Wairau’s innings got off to a steady start, the pair hitting cleanly over the inner ring to put together a 39-run partnership off 34 balls.

However, when Hood, who scored 21 from 15, mis-hit a shot to the safe hands of Logan Robinson the wheels began to fall off. Harrison Boyce came and went quickly, McCaa (15 from 26) was another caught in the deep, Joel Lavender fell to a superb one-handed catch

by Josh Poole, Tarin Mason holed out, then Nick Weaver was run out by a slick piece of fielding by Matt McCormick.

Reeling at 61-6 from 10.4 overs, Wairau needed some stability if they were to set a reasonable target.

Chris Turkington and Fraser McIntosh helped push the total over 100, Turkington scoring 20 from 23 and McIntosh 16 from 19 but runs proved hard to come throughout, just one six and four fours being struck.

Greg Knowles picked up three wickets for the Green and Golds, while Poole bagged a brace. A highlight of their side’s effort was their fielding, both in the deep and close to the wicket, with two runouts being effected and safe hands the order of the day in the outfield.

Knowing their only chance of success lay in bowling Celtic out, Wairau immediately went on to attack, openers Weaver and Lavender using the conditions to their advantage. Lavender, fresh from a successful stint with the rep side, struck first, trapping the big-hitting Knowles in front, then Weaver bowled Joel Logan to have Celtic reeling at 2-6 after three overs.

Unfortunately, that was when the evening’s entertainment ended, umpires Dave Poole and Grant Matthews deciding it had become too dark for play to continue.

The match will be replayed at Horton Park on Wednesday evening, February 16.

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A courageous lady, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday February 9, 2022 surrounded by family. Aged 79 years. Beloved wife of the late Joe, loved and treasured Mum of Joe and Joy, Helen and Peter, James and Lisa, and Pauline and Michael. Grandma to her 21 grandies. Messages may be sent to 37 Waikawa Road, Picton 7220. In lieu of flowers, a donation would be appreciated to Coastguard Marlborough and may be made at the service or a/c 03-1710-0003876-00 ref HEBERLEY. A celebration of Heather’s life was held at the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, Shelley Beach, Picton yesterday, Monday February 14, but may be viewed online https://www.withlovelive.com/heather-heberley. “Even though you are far away, you will always be in our hearts.

Rest in peace with Dad. Love you Mum.” Respectfully cared for by GEOFFREY T SOWMAN BLENHEIM F.D.A.N.Z. (03) 578 2004 - 24Hrs cloudybayfunerals.co.nz

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