Nelson Magazine - August 2019

AUGUST 2019

NELSON’S LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE

GLITZ AND GLAM

CANCER AT 30

ALL IS TRUE

Ball season has begun

One woman shares her story

For local actor in London

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CONTENTS F E AT U R E S 9

PLAYING BY HER OWN RULES Q & A with NZ musician, Hollie Smith

10–11

CANCER AT 30 One woman shares her story

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PROJECT RUNWAY STAR Stelloco’s ethical fashion line

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ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE Doug Colling mixes with acting legends

22–23

GLITZ AND GLAM Ball season has begun

27

MY JOB A listening ear

36–37

URZILA CARLSON On tour

10–11

REGULAR 18–19

On the Street

30–33

At Home

34

What’s On

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22–23

39–41 Travel 43 Health 44–45

Food and Lifestyle

46–48

Social Pages

49 Gardening

36–37

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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bout this time of year our city gets hit with the curious case of ‘where on earth is everyone?’

I’ve noticed it at various times.

My football team has had to default due to a lack of numbers, out of office emails are pinging back more than usual, and my social media is full of photos of my friends frolicking in warm water on sun-soaked beaches.

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This month we also feature an inspiring story of a Nelson woman fighting breast cancer far too young. We also take a look at the school ball scene, talk to Nelson’s own Project Runway star and speak with musician Hollie Smith ahead of her Nelson concerts this month.

Enjoy.

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EDITORIAL Sarah Board editor@nelsonmag.co.nz

Walk in, walk out treatment, that’s reassuringly local!

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But warm isn’t always best. There are plenty of great winter holiday spots much closer to home. If you’re looking for a getaway to recharge the batteries, check out pages 38–41 for some ideas.

DESIGN Jamie Kneale and Kylie Owens

Each month we look at the people, buildings, fashion and places that make our city special.

CONTRIBUTORS Charles Anderson, Sarah Board, Joya Devine, Joanna Davis, Britt Coker, Jonty Dine, Sara Hollyman, The Property Pilots Photography.

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Inspire a student I teach enough to remember a significant moment at primary school.

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BY HER OWN RULES New Zealand musician Hollie Smith has worked with numerous bands including Trinity Roots, Fat Freddy’s Drop and Detroit dance legend Recloose. She was approached by New Zealand song writing royalty Don McGlashan to perform on a movie soundtrack single ‘Bathe in The River’ that topped the New Zealand singles charts and became one of the biggest and iconic singles in New Zealand history.

Nelson Magazine catches up with her ahead of her performance with The Committee at the Nelson Centre of Performing Arts on 4 and 5 August.

It’s 25 years since you first started performing. How have you evolved as a musician in that time?

That’s a hard question to answer!

Everyone (hopefully) evolves daily so that’s a lot of days! It’s not like I’m Madonna or anything where I reinvent myself every decade, but of course I would hope I’ve come a long way since being a shy 13-year-old… still shy though!

Is it still nerve-wracking performing live or coming up with new material?

I think anxiety will always be inbred in certain industries - it comes out in different ways and sometimes unexpectedly, so yes and no, I guess.

New material is only harder because you second guess it a bit more - in regard to

making sure it’s not too similar to other songs. I’ve always found lyrics hard, so finding new inspiration takes longer sometimes.

If you are in music for the right reasons, then it will just continue. Also, regardless of assumptions, if you want to do this to get rich, move along, it’s not for you.

What gives you your inspiration for writing music?

How easy is it to combine what you want to write with producing something you feel is relevant to your fans?

All sorts! Everything around me. People, feelings, politics, current affairs, family - I’m inspired all the time… I just also happen to be an incredibly skilful procrastinator.

Nelson is known as a bit of a starting platform for upcoming musicians. What advice would you give to someone just starting out in the industry?

Sounds cheesy but I guess just stay true to what you want to do and what you want to achieve. Don’t conform to rules.

I have never had a hit single and most people, unless they are big ‘fans’, wouldn’t be able to recite a Hollie Smith song. I write what I write and hope that someone likes it. (NB. Bathe is not mine) When you’re 80-years-old, what key musical milestones would you like to have achieved?

If I make it to 80 it will be a miracle.

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Nelson travel agent Emma Hodgson has come out the other side after being diagnosed with cancer last August.

CHARLES ANDERSON

MY JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER Everyone told Emma Hodgson that she was too young to get cancer.

But then she did. She tells Charles Anderson her story.

E

mma Hodgson had just finished a gym session went she felt something in her breast.

“Surely not,” she thought. She was much too young, not even 30-years-old at that stage. Emma had been married two years earlier and she and her husband were soon planning to start a family. That was what her life stage was. Not cancer.

Everyone she would speak to told her not to worry. Cancer doesn’t happen to people of her age, they said. So, she put off seeing a doctor.

But then a woman she knew had just gone through a diagnosis. Then, an old school friend popped up on her social media feeds saying that she also had cancer.

“I just kept seeing it all around me.”

But she still didn’t go to a doctor. It took a visit for an unrelated matter to reach the truth. The doctor referred Emma for an ultrasound and biopsy.

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“No one was concerned. And then ‘boom’.”

It was about 10 days after the biopsy and Emma still had not heard anything – thinking no news was good news.

“I wasn’t really concerned,” she says.

“I think deep down I was, but I was just putting on a brave face.”

Then, she was at work on a Monday and the doctor’s office called and told her to come in. She was allowed to bring a support person. That didn’t sound good, Emma thought.

The lump was malignant. It was a stage 1, grade 3 tumor – meaning that they had caught it early, but it was growing fast.

“Oddly it felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I thought ‘OK, at least I can deal with it now.’ It was telling other people that was worse than being told.”

Emma was hit hard with chemo – six rounds of it. She thought that didn’t sound so bad.

“I thought, ‘I’ve got cancer. I’ll smash it out and we will move on with our lives’.”

But it was bigger than that. Those six rounds fell once every three weeks.

It was a long time.

The first round she got through, no problem. But then as it accumulated in her system it became like the “world’s worst hangover mixed with the flu”.

Later came body aches so it also felt like she had run a marathon.

Emma’s hair, eyelashes and eyebrows all fell out. But she stayed working. Never Googled her cancer once. And she had a really good group of friends who kept her positive.

“If they were upset, they did it in their own time which was really good.”

It was the reactions of her customers at her travel agency that was the most interesting. Emma wears glasses to work so it was hard to notice her lack of

eyebrows. Some would come in and ask if Emma had shaved her head in support of a friend with cancer.

Emma had to tell them: “That’s me.

I’m my friend.”

Then it clicked. But it also made her realise how many people are affected by it.

“You could tell the people who have had cancer or someone close to them that has. They have no problem outright asking me. That is so much nicer. Then I don’t have to say, ‘I have cancer’.”

Emma was also initially planning to remove her breasts.

“I was like ‘they have betrayed me, just take them’.”

But then doctors told her it would be better to remove just one as it would be easier to reconstruct her other breast down the line. After the surgery, doctors eventually told her the good news. Sort of. Her lymph nodes, which can carry the disease around the body, came back clear.

“They don’t use the word ‘remission’ anymore,” says Emma’s husband Brendan.

“They say ‘you have had cancer and we have healed you as far as we know’.”

Brendan says Emma took the experience in her stride.

My advice is just get checked. If you have doubts, or aren’t sure, just get checked. and Brendan would answer genuinely: “Pretty good.”

“We always thought that the treatment is better than the alternative. What if we hadn’t found it? What if she hadn’t gone to the gym that day? We always said, ‘it’s not where I want to be and what I want to be dealing with in life, but we will do our best.”

Life is now going on. Emma is on hormone treatment which means that she and Brendan can’t try for a child for two years. So, in the meantime they are reflecting.

“My advice is - just get checked,” she says. “If you have doubts, or aren’t sure, just get checked.”

More than anything, Emma says she couldn’t have done it without the support of her family and friends.

“I was really lucky.”

“She kept a pretty positive mindset through the whole thing.”

But now she needs a holiday. So, she and Brendan are jetting off this month to Europe – visiting Prague, the UK, Spain and Portugal.

People would ask how she was doing,

“Life just goes on.”

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Matt at work on last season’s Project Runway.

A CLOTHING DESIGNER NOSTALGIC FOR THE NINETIES Out of 8000 applicants, Nelson man Matt Costello made it on to New Zealand’s Project Runway last year. A reality show about fashion designers - the catwalk turned out to be a great platform to promote Matt as a designer, and as Britt Coker found out, a transformative experience as well.

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t was quite a crazy environment.

There’s a really fake presence about it all. I really loved to do it but they [other designers] were doing it more for a following and an engagement, rather than they just loved to make clothing. I didn’t know where I fitted in. You were designing for likes, not your own stuff.”

Despite the superficial nature of the show, Matt found it a self-validating experience.

“I always felt that I wasn’t taken seriously, even when I was studying at school so it was quite good to realise, yeah I am good enough to be amongst these guys and from that point I kind of changed. I just want to create what I really love to do.“ What Matt loves to do is design his Stelloco labelled streetwear that focuses on ‘beautiful memories of the nineties‘.

I generally channel that feeling, item or memory and put it into a creation, and then it relates to other people because it’s a genuine thing. It’s not something that I’ve whipped up. It’s not about money or following for me. I just want to engage with an audience with a relatable nostalgia”.

Keeping it simple but comfortable. Stelloco’s focus is on beautiful memories of the nineties.

Until earlier this year, Matt was getting his Stelloco streetwear made in New Zealand but felt there was something disingenuous

about the experience. He found a small family business in Pakistan that he believes, provides more authenticity.

“Things get done really well to a high quality and I felt like I was supporting a local family. This ‘made in New Zealand’ thing just meant you could put the price tag up quite high. To sell a hoodie for $300.”

In Pakistan, his contact, Azhar will go to the local market and liaise with Matt about which rolls of fabric to select. “He’ll send photos of them doing embroidery and it’s just him and his sisters. It feeds the family, so I feel like I’m helping in a way.

Matt’s dad encouraged him to study fashion but died tragically a month later.

‘My Dad saw me as something of a drifter, ever since he’s passed away it’s been this huge grind to prove to him that I can be successful and be proud of me.” He’s pretty sure his dad would be, but he’s not stopping now.

There was a point where you get so far, three years of studying it and you feel like it isn’t working and maybe I should give up but I kept on pushing through and that’s like the magic spot. If you can get through that, it just gets better. This isn’t a quick chase to be a huge clothing line overnight.

This will be something I do for a big part of my life.“

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ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE FOR DOUG

CHARLES ANDERSON

Nelsonian Doug Colling headed to London seeking the acting spotlight. When all his plans seemed like they were unravelling, Sir Kenneth Branagh called asking if he would be in his latest film. He tells his story to Charles Anderson.

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n 2011, after graduating from Nelson College, I ended up working in the London Dungeon. I had to play 20 different characters at this tourist attraction, scaring hundreds of people.

It was 10-hour days. It was the marathon training of acting. I quickly realised in London there are loads of people trying to become actors and it’s really hard. You see all these people who are really good and it’s terrifying.

us on Shakespeare. He was great, he was really nice. In my head I was just going ‘it’s Kenneth Branagh’. I mean, he’s a knight. Then I was back in the café, I was not getting any auditions and losing faith.

Then I got a call from my agent saying Kenneth Branagh was making a film and he’s got a small part for you. It was called All is True and it was about Shakespeare.

I was literally making coffee at the time.

It was very exciting.

I reached the point where I just wanted to learn things again. So, I auditioned for four different schools and ended up getting into RADA – the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. They were lovely people. It just felt great. So, I did that for three years.

It was not what I expected. I thought I would be in a constant state of euphoria, but you get challenged constantly – they are cattle prodding you, making you go further and then you are left alone.

I reached the point where I was really thinking about whether I wanted to do this. Then almost a year ago I left. I went straight back into the coffee shop I was working at before I started. I had auditions but didn’t get anything and I was really poor. So that was fun.

I didn’t know much about the film. I was really star struck for a few days. I didn’t have any lines so I didn’t have much pressure, I could just sit and watch. It was amazing. Sir Ian McKellen was in the movie and the first day Dame Judi Dench was there. I think I might have walked past her and said ‘hello’. But it was literally like meeting the queen of acting. I was just in awe for two weeks.

But when I was at RADA, Sir Kenneth Branagh came in and did a session with

I got a couple of scenes which was really cool. One got cut but that’s just the way it is. It was a great experience and there was also some great catering. It’s pretty cool to see it come out. There’s a scene of me running pretty maniacally with a wig on and high heeled shoes.

Now I’m back to it. I’m learning that living in London and trying to act, it’s a bit of a stamina thing. It’s a slog. But I’m trying. So it’s nice to be back in Nelson to hang out with my dogs for a bit and see my family.

Top: Doug Colling is back in Nelson relaxing with his dogs to escape from the London acting grind.

Below: Dame Judi Dench with Sir Kenneth Branagh on the set of All is True.

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Describe each piece you are wearing and where each item is from.

What is most of your wardrobe made up of?

ROB: My favourite yellow scarf is by John Smedley, a classic British designer. It was a bargain from Tk Maxx. Shirt is by Superdry Vintage from a trip back home to Chester.

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ROB: A real mix to be honest, something for every occasion. I do seem to collect a lot of jeans and jackets though.

SOPHIE: My denim jumpsuit is from Glassons. I have had heaps of wear out of this. Sequin bandeau is from Boohoo, Fila Disruptors are from Stirling Sports, earrings are from Suki Lala and clutch is from K-Mart.

SOPHIE: My wardrobe is made up of a lot of online shopping purchases and a few classic staples.

What are you loving at the moment?

ROB: I love this time of the year because it’s great to be able to layer your outfit and use scarfs. I’m particularly loving all the yellow mustard around this winter, it’s my favourite colour.

What is your style?

ROB: British Mod, with a bit of Peaky Blinders thrown in there.

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What are you dressed for today?

They go with so much!

ROB: For work in the salon.

What wardrobe item should everyone invest in?

SOPHIE: Coffee with girlfriends.

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ROB: A tweed jacket, it can dress up anything.

Where do you buy most of your clothes from?

SOPHIE: Everyone should invest in a great leather jacket. They never date.

ROB: I shop mostly when I’m in the UK, there is more choice of the clothes I like.

SOPHIE: I buy heaps from Glassons. I find them well priced, on trend and their online store is great.

Do you have a style rule you always obey?

ROB: Just to wear what makes you feel good.

What is your approach to shopping?

ROB: I tend to just buy things as I need them, however I love it when you see something and you just have to have it!

SOPHIE: I don’t have style rules! I do what feels good.

Fashion is meant to be fun.

SOPHIE: I am a very impulsive shopper.

This is not always a good thing!

Finish this sentence – You would never catch me wearing…

What is your all time favourite purchase?

ROB: A onesie (laughs)

ROB: A thick knit, green, zip up jumper by Komodo, it looks well retro with a picture of a big bear on the back.

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ridget reached a point in her life where she felt she was at a standstill and had a deep desire to help others. When the opportunity presented itself in central Nelson, Bridget knew this is was what she had been waiting for, her chance to give back, to make a difference in people’s lives and to help them achieve the confidence they truly deserve. “I’ve always been really good at managing people and had done it for 25 years before I decided to buy a well-established beauty business,” says Bridget. “I had no previous experience in the industry but could see the results; the way effective treatments can change people lives.”

When Bridget Taylor came into business three years ago, there were highly skilled employees onboard who she enjoys managing, as well the clients that frequent the business for various treatments; from facials and manicures to spray tans, cosmetic tattoos, massage therapies and waxing services. “It’s not just women we are seeing; a lot of men are now thinking about their appearance. When people get to forty, they often wonder how to turn back the clock or halt a particular issue. For me that experience was very real. I had just had a baby, my hormones were going crazy, I had adult acne, it was a terrible time of my life. But we stock a product especially designed for Australasian skin called ‘asap’ – it’s amazing, it completely changed my skin, and it’s a simple and affordable.”

As part of Nelson Beauty’s advanced skincare treatment, people can have non-surgical microdermabrasian which stimulates cell growth, or sonophoresis which uses ultrasonic technology which absorbs products into the deep layers of the skin. These treatments can be effective for fine lines, wrinkles, pigmentation, and scarring.

Bridget likes keeping up with the latest beauty developments and her recently purchased Hifu machine is the first of its kind in the South Island. “It’s a high intensity ultrasound machine which is a non-invasive alternative to a surgical facelift. With no incisions, no scarring and no recovery time, people can leave here after their treatment and no one notices.

Your skin will then tighten over the next 8 to 16 weeks.” Hifu is infinitely cheaper than a facelift, and Bridget has just completed training and is now officially a Hifu specialist.

Nelson Beauty Therapy’s skin specialist Shanti has years of experience and can ‘make a world of difference’ for people, including teenagers with acne scarring who want to look good for summer or to wear a particular dress to a ball. “We also have Emily Tibbs, a well-educated, advanced skin specialist who has travelled the world. She’s passionate about cosmetic tattooing. It can really transform someone’s face. I’ve had my eyes, brows and lips done and now my morning makeup takes two minutes. After treatment, people say ‘I’ve got eyebrows now.’ Emily and I work really well together – like two peas in a pod.”

Bridget also has a good connection with NMIT. “The beauty school use our products and I’ve I had girls here doing work placements. I enjoy helping these students find work in the industry.”

Whichever kind beauty treatment you require, Bridget encourages people to come in for a consultation first. “It’s about custom-designing their treatment to suits their particular needs.”

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Ella Smith (left) and friends capture their ball experience for posterity at last year’s NCG ball.

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GOING TO THE

Ball

Is getting ready for your school ball really so different for teenagers now than it was for their parents? Britt Coker studies corsages on Instagram in an effort to find out.

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vaguely remember mine and until a couple of years ago, I still had the dress. I guess I was waiting for the right social occasion to rock ruffled taffeta once again, but it never came. I wonder if it might be a little easier these days to let go of your gown because, thanks to the internet, it’s certainly easier to find one.

Ella Smith is Year 12 at Nelson College for Girls (NCG).

I look over her shoulder as she scrolls through a Facebook page for 314 ball-attending NCG students who have posted what they’re wearing. The girls don’t have time for Shakespearian soliloquys, just a brief: ‘Got mine’, and an image of the outfit. It seems a wish to avoid the humiliation of an ‘eek! She’s wearing the identical dress’ moment supersedes any desire to make a surprise entrance to gasps from the room. It also gives all the girls the opportunity to be reassured that they are wearing the same fashion as everyone else (this year’s answer: the satin slip dress).

Students, says Ella, will also use social media to match ball-goers with ball want-to-goers.

“They usually make an Instagram page trying to set up ball dates, so your friends will send in a photo of you and a bio and it will be quite jokey, and then everyone will start tagging who they think that person should ask”. It’s apparently just good fun, but there is sometimes a less than unexpected side effect - you get asked to the ball.

And how exactly do you ask someone these days? If ‘ha ha ha, God no’, is a possible response then Snapchat is the medium of choice. Since everything on the app disappears quickly into the ether, it’s the perfect solution to permanently erase temporary rejection.

their options carefully and source suits from a shop with knowledgeable staff.

Social media may assist with ball preparation but there are plenty of things that haven’t changed. A lot of girls get their hair and makeup professionally done, often in a group booking because the more the merrier.

“Hire is a good way to go because you’re wearing a $600 suit for $95. It will be altered for you, and you don’t have to clean it. By the time they’re coming around to wearing a suit again, they won’t fit the one they bought [for the ball]. We recommend that if you’re going to buy a suit to go somewhere that’s going to fit you properly. It should be a really good experience.“

For the young men, it might be their first experience at wearing a suit. Buying brand new can be an eye watering experience if you seek a quality, well made option. Cheap versions are appealing but have their drawbacks; being a bad fit is the obvious one. Sharron at Nelson Tailors Menswear encourages boys to consider

Boys regularly proffer corsages, and parents still pay for most of the costs.

Parents also now hold non-existent preparties. A non-existent preparty is something that doesn’t happen, as far as the school is concerned, in the hours immediately prior to the ball. At a non-existent preparty, parents and their

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non-existent, black-tied teens assemble together to take photos and giggle (parents) and convey an air of unaffected casual cool (also parents).

There are also fictional after ball parties which are much like preparties except parents are replaced by alcohol.

Where the school’s responsibility starts and ends is clearly outlined, by Nelson College for Girls, at least. In a contract between student and school, the student signs on the dotted line promising not to do a number of things, such as drinking alcohol on the day of the ball, while dates coming from outside of the zone may get checked by the school.

The excitement seems to be all in the dressing up while the ball itself can be a bit on the average side. It’s a DJ and ordinary food. At Ella’s ball last year, even though students had phones non-invasively attached to their hands, they deferred to two other options for mementos. A photo booth which sounded more popular than the dance floor, and a professional photographer who was also kept busy. So, in a world where image takes precedence, all angles gets covered. The kids don’t buy printed copies to cherish forever like pre-internet generations, photos are uploaded by the photographer to Facebook and then shared by the students. I hope some of them remember to save a copy. Laughing at your ball photo, thirty years hence is a rite of passage social media should never deny your children.

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Stay together at a Ryman village When Kathy and Frank moved from Takaka to their townhouse at Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village in Stoke four years ago, it was a wrench, especially for Frank who was raised in the small township of Golden Bay. It’s a place that is dear to his heart.

But Kathy, a former nurse, was practical about the move. “We didn’t have family there and you don’t want to be reliant on your neighbours to take you to the doctor, or into town or to look out for you.

It would have been so complicated to stay there. We are more independent here in the village.”

More recently, health problems have meant they are entering a new stage in their life. “An adjustment” as Kathy puts it.

Kathy was due to have a knee replacement at the local hospital. She had been worried about leaving Frank in the townhouse, but he had assured her he would be ok. He had the support of the village if he needed it.

However, Kathy’s surgery was postponed, and she came home for the night. Early the next morning Frank had a stroke.

Kathy was able to get immediate assistance from the village staff who organised Frank to be transported to hospital. He was there for two weeks and then returned to be cared for in the village hospital.

Frank was pleased to be back close to Kathy and his buddies in the village.

Kathy chose a room for Frank close to the nurses’ station as she knew it would offer Frank more security with his mobility compromised and his vision impaired.

Kathy and Frank enjoy the support and community at Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village.

In the meantime, Kathy underwent her knee operation knowing that Frank was getting the best care while she was away.

Living in the townhouse, Kathy can walk the short distance to the village centre to see Frank every day and Frank has plenty of visits from other residents keeping in touch.

He enjoys the company. Kathy explains, it is an advantage to have lived in the village prior to these events as they have built good friendships with other residents and know the staff.

She said Frank’s “picked up and has a joke and a laugh now.”

Frank is still able to be brought over to their townhouse where he enjoys his own things around him, but he feels a sense of security going back to his room in the care centre.

“It’s too hard for me to look after him now and I’m happy for them to do it”, says Kathy, “they’re very good.”

The couple enjoy each other’s company and catch up on the day’s news when Kathy visits. Kathy helps Frank choose his meals from the menu. “It’s not like Kathy’s cooking he quips, but I’ve enjoyed the meals.” “Especially the ice-cream,” says Kathy.

He also enjoys her reading to him from a book of short stories and when she’s away he likes to listen to the radio.

Village friends pop in often to catch up on sport and the weather and see how Frank is doing.

“I like it here,” says Frank, and it’s easy to see that the support and community that he once treasured in Takaka, has been re-established at their home in Ernest Rutherford.

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A LISTENING EAR In our new My Job column, we meet local people doing interesting jobs. Nelson Mag talks with them about what they do and how they make a difference in our everyday lives.

This month we talk with Industrial Chaplain, Jim Maguire from Workplace Support, part of the Interchurch Trade and Industry Mission.

What does an Industrial Chaplain do?

Mostly I listen. Contracted by local companies and businesses, I come into the workplace and talk with employees who are experiencing difficulties. I spend a lot of time on-site catching up with as many staff as possible. I’ll wander the factory floor, join in on break times, and make myself available for a chat with anyone who might need to talk. It’s great for staff members to know I am there to share problems with. I’m a listening post who is totally independent; not their mate, not their brother, not their boss. Anything we talk about is kept in total confidence, allowing them the opportunity to talk about absolutely anything.

Who do you work with?

I work directly with staff at Cedenco (previously ENZA foods) NIWA, Fire and Emergency NZ, ITM and Work and Income. Our services have become more popular now that there is more of an emphasis on health and safety in the workplace, particularly in the wellbeing area.

These businesses have their employee’s wellness at heart. Yes, it’s well known that if people are struggling to cope, their focus tends to be elsewhere and this affects their quality of work and productivity, so having us around helps businesses to perform better, but mostly it’s because they care about their employees.

What inspired you to become an Industrial Chaplain?

My parents. They were amazing, kind and generous people and we were often

surrounded by waifs and strays from an early age. They taught me to think about others over yourself. And, once you experience the joy of helping others, you can’t stop. It’s addictive really, and it makes you feel good. I started life as an accountant, then an opportunity came up for me to head the Budget Advice Service in Christchurch, where I’d volunteered for years. That was the start of my career ‘helping people progress’.

When I was approached about being a chaplain back in 1986, initially I said no.

But they convinced me to go on a training course where I found out that it wasn’t at all like what I thought it would be.

I left inspired and enthusiastic …. And here I am.

What qualifications do you have?

Industrial Chaplains undertake official training through Interchurch Trade and Industry Mission, and I was also inducted as a Chaplain in Motueka’s Catholic Church.

But the official qualifications aren’t as important as our personal qualities.

We need to have empathy, to care, to know how to communicate, to think on our feet, to know when to ask the right questions and when to back off. And we need to listen. Life experience is a biggie.

That’s what allows us to relate to how people feel.

How do you help people?

the right people or organisations who can help.

Hardest job you’ve had to do?

Deaths are hard. A staff member at one of my workplaces was murdered in her home. I was brought in to talk with her co-workers and to help them process. It’s good for them to know that ‘Jim’s here to talk’. Because her funeral was a private one, we organised a memorial service onsite for the staff.

Nicest part of your job?

I build relationships with people, so in the course of a day I hear as much good news as bad. New babies, promotions, buying homes – I get to share all of that too. And I’ve been the Marriage Celebrant at so many weddings!

How do you cope?

I have an incredibly loving family to go home to every day who support me. I garden, I love trains and drive the train at Founders, and I fly – there’s nothing like flying to clear the mind.

What’s your best piece of advice?

I’ve got two pieces. ‘If you really want to find out something, take the cotton wool out of your ears and put it in your mouth!’

And ‘Seize the day!’

The best thing is when I help people to help themselves. So often they know the right answers, they just need to talk, and be guided to find solutions themselves. If they need more help, I connect them with

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ALPINE RETREAT To build a modern family bach by the lake takes time and talent.

Words: Joya Devine

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avid Vance’s mother grew up in Nelson and as a young teenager, she and her three sisters would often head up to Lake Rotoiti at St Arnaud with their parents or friends. “When Mum left home, she went to dental school, worked, then had a family,” says David. “In the mid 60s we would go on holidays to Lake Taupo and St Arnaud, then my parents eventually bought a place there in 1970 and we’ve been staying there ever since.” Then about 5 years ago, David and his wife Sue decided to buy a section because with their own three children, plus nephews and nieces, accommodating all the family at Christmas holidays was getting harder by the year, so having a second home would provide an overflow place. “We walked past a section one day and noticed a ‘For Sale’ sign. We had not previously discussed buying but both immediately decided to investigate. In January 2014 we bought it, bearing in mind my mother’s place; while it had some great features, it also had its deficiencies. It was lovely how you could

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step off the section into the national park and how it has its own access to the lake, but it can get pretty cold. There are lots of trees and it loses the sun quite early.

We liked the sunny aspect of our section and the fact that it was flat and had a great view up to Mount Robert and along the St Arnaud range.”

Choosing architect Steve Seddon of Seddon Associates was a no-brainer.

“He’s a good mate of my brother’s and I’ve known him for years; his character is as notable as his plans. He did the alterations for our home in Wellington, and he’s great to work with and very imaginative. He interpreted what we wanted really well and has made our bach very special. The angles, the line of the roof, the height of the ceilings, the openness, the negative detailing. He’s also captured the views.

From the end of the lounge you get 180-degree views and with a lot of glass everywhere, the sun streams into different rooms at various times. It’s great the way he’s created features like the floating staircase; we love it.”

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David and Sue’s three children were also involved in the project. Their daughter Nicki is now a registered engineer, their son Hamish, a registered electrician who has done all the wiring, and serendipitously, their daughter Lara, an architect, happened to be working for Steve Seddon at the time. “She did a great job designing the kitchen, in particular her LVL shelving is pretty special.”

Although the build took longer than they expected, the Vance’s are very happy with the outcome. “We haven’t allowed any frustrations to get to us – overall the experience has been very positive – both Steve and Glenn have been fantastic.”

Glenn Grant and Steve Seddon were no strangers when they took on the challenge to build the Vance’s lakeside retreat. They had previously worked together on a bach at Kina Beach. “It’s the sort of project you wouldn’t want to turn down – we knew it would be pretty cool,” says Glenn, owner of Glenn Grant Builders.

bedroom and there are 2 bedrooms and a bunk room downstairs.

“Building in mid-winter was tough when the temperature hits zero and we had to use heaters and hot air guns to make things stick; plus the challenge of getting concrete and subcontractors up there, or when the foundations would fill up with water every day, or when the steel freezes.” Glenn says fortunately, the clients were pretty patient and although the architect was sometimes pulling his hair out with the delays, he was exceptional to work with.

Ultimately, the clients are very happy and when they get to stay there, David enjoys doing some finishing touches on the deck, while Sue does a bit of lakeside planting.

The building work got underway in June 2017. “It was pretty challenging initially.

We had a digger pulling rocks out the size of fridges and being winter, it rained almost every day.”

Glenn says the bach has some pretty special features. “There’s a lot of timber; inside there’s lots of exposed LVL rafters and beams which are all pinned with epoxy-pinned joints, so you don’t see anything fixed. The staircase is suspended from the roof structure and there’s a lot of plywood which is whitewashed, creating that modern New Zealand ‘bachy’ look.

The Brazilian hardwood floor creates quite a contrast, a reddish colour.”

The stylish 2-storey bach has all of the living upstairs, along with a master

For more information, visit www.glenngrantbuilders.co.nz

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11 August VIVA L’ITALIA

WHAT’S ON

Donald Armstrong, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Associate Concertmaster leads the NCMA Chamber Orchestra in “Viva L’Italia!”. With soloists Juliet Ayre, Fleur Jackson and Raffaele Bandoli. Join these talented musicians as they perform a programme with a distinct Italian flavour. 3.30pm

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NATHAN HAINES & THE ORIGINAL SHIFT LEFT BAND

Who will have the ‘hottest lips’ of Nelson? You will have to be there to find out! 8pm-10pm. $10 presales, $15 door sales.

Nathan Haines and the original Shift Left Band celebrate the 25th anniversary of Shift Left. Thanks to StudioBox Creative - Nelson will be hosting the only South Island show in this tour showcasing an iconic New Zealand album. Our partners at Tasteology and 7010 your local will be adding local culinary artisan nibbles and drinks to this spectacular evening.

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POP UP EVENTS WEDDING FAIR

Bid on original, anonymous artworks created by local artists and help to raise funds for the Nelson Suter Art Society & The Suter Art Gallery.

We’ve bought together a wide range of wedding and event specialists to create a jam-packed day with celebration.

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF DORIS DAY

SPRING FLING

Ali Harper (‘Songs for Nobodies’ & ‘Legendary Divas’) is returning to Nelson with her show ‘A Doris Day Special.’ It’s 1971 and you are invited to be a part of the Doris Day Special television studio audience and celebrate the life and songs of that quintessential girl next door.

Two shows, 2pm and 7pm. Get tickets at www.theatreroyalnelson.co.nz Theatre Royal, Nelson

A fashion show for men and women featuring the latest looks from local retailers. This is Nelson College for Girls’ PTA’s major fundraiser for the year. Gallery seats $15, table seats $35, available from NCG Finance office.

Nelson College for Girls, 400 Trafalgar St, Nelson

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iving in Auckland, my go-to training run when staying with my parents in Waikawa has always been the Snout walkway. It is a superb mix of hills, trails, views and bush - always something to look forward to.

So when the Marina2Marina event with the Snout Run came up it was the perfect excuse to spend a weekend in Picton.

The event was really well organised, more relaxed than the North Island events I have done (which is a good thing!) and it’s great to support local schools and not for profit groups.

The Snout Run itself was an easy start with a decent climb not far in. This spreads the field a little so it’s a good idea to get to that hill as soon as possible. After that, lots of big ups and downs and amazing views across the Sounds - like nowhere else in the world.

If there has been some rain the track can be quite muddy in parts, this adds another dimension and good grip makes a difference.

You are never far from a marshall, there are loads of fantastic volunteers out there ready to help if you need it.

At the end there are so many spot prizes the prizegiving never seems to end! If you are really lucky (like I was) there may be a prize of a luxury night away at Punga Cove Resort - a great reason to go back to Picton ASAP! The first year that I did the run I may have been the only runner from Auckland.

However I’m sure word has got around and with the addition of the Link Run this year there should be much wider interest from around the country. I predict the Link Run will be the next “bucket list” run on most trail runners’ lists!

STORY: BEN ALTOFT

SATURDAY 19 October 2019

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A TOKEN AFRICAN STORY: PAULA HULBURT

Comedian Urzila Carlson is freaked out by giant fruit.

A dearth of out of proportion produce is just one reason the talented performer is looking forward to her upcoming show at the ASB Theatre Marlborough.

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he South African-born performer turned loyal Kiwi is not shy talking about the country she once called home.

A robbery helped her make the decision to move to New Zealand in 2006 and while she’s long recovered from that scare, Herculean kiwi fruits and carrots creep her out.

“The massive fruit you guys have at the entrance of some towns...it’s really creepy,” she explains.

Her latest show Urzila Carlson Token African takes to the stage in Blenheim on Thursday 29 August.

Urzila may have become a New Zealand citizen in 2012, but the country she once called home is at the centre of her new nationwide tour.

“Africans have become the new must have accessory. Okay, not really, but everyone knows one, works with one or has a sister that’s dating one of us.

“Africa changes people. People who visit

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to game reserves wear ranger outfits… why is that? We don’t wear scrubs when going to the doctor… Africa puts things in perspective, this show will help you find that focus, delivered to you by a Token African,” she explains.

Described by The Stage as “effortlessly likeable”, Carlson is a gifted comedian, a talent that may well run in the family, with her mother coming in for some credit.

“She’s so funny, she has the driest sense of humour and she cracks me up so much that I laugh till I can’t breathe.

“She does all of that with clean humour too so it’s pretty impressive…I don’t know how to do it.”

Her mother is also her inspiration for her attitude to life; it is what you make it. “My mum raised me with a great understanding that life is 10 per cent how you get it and 90 per cent how you make it. I have no regrets.”

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The outspoken blonde is a familiar sight on TV screens around the country and in Australia. From Seven Days to Orange is the New Brown, it’s hard to believe that the 43-year old only began her comedy career 11 years ago.

Positive reviews follow-her wherever she performs and her ASB Theatre Show is set to be a real crowd-pleaser.

“Carlson is a gifted and accomplished comedian – an absolute must-see.” raves Appetite for the Arts while The Music is quick to praise her: “Belly laughs and guffaws aplenty”.

The NZ Comedy Guild Award winner has embraced her life as a fully-fledged Kiwi, and that includes wearing jandals.

“But I still won’t touch mince and cheese pies…. that’s weird,” she laughs.

Tickets are available from www.asbtheatre.co.nz for Urzila’s show which will be held in the McLauchlan Family Auditorium at ASB Theatre Marlborough on Thursday 29th August, 7.30pm.

On the topic of food, dinner guests crop up. Apart from her wife Julie and two children, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would be top of her guest list.

“I know she’s good company and likes a good whiskey, and I think it’ll be nice to hang out with someone that understands that I might have to lean over the table and cut her food up because I’m so used to cutting food up for my kids. She won’t think I’m a weirdo.”

If life hadn’t taken her down the comedy route, Urzila says she would be working as a surgeon…” I’d be saving lives… kidding, I’d still be working in advertising and loving it”.

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Getaways

If you are feeling just a little housebound over the winter months, yearning for adventure, or just a change of scenery, do not despair. We all know that holidays are good for us, and we’d all love to have more of them. And there is a way to do that – more weekend getaways.

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t has been proven that short mental breaks, like leaving your desk to eat lunch or going for a quick walk increases productivity and focus. The same goes for weekend breaks too. Getting away from the pressures of daily life and your regular environment provides separation and space to feel more refreshed when you head home, recharged in a way that will benefit your outlook, relationships, health and wellbeing.

Holiday planning can be a headache, working around annual leave, social and family commitments, providing cover at work, and making your way through a daunting to-do list. Short breaks, however, don’t always take so much planning.

It may be as simple as packing a bag, arranging somewhere to stay, and making sure you have a good book.

If travelling really isn’t your thing, don’t overlook choosing a stay-cation – staying in your hometown or region. A quick drive away is ideal, far enough that you feel like you are “going somewhere,” but not so far that you spend hours to get there. You can use a weekend trip to visit those close-by places that you tell yourself will always be around to visit “later,” those restaurants you’ve heard great things about, the bush walks you struggle to find time for. Well, now is the perfect time!

Just two hours’ drive from Nelson, situated beside the magnificent Maruia

Maruia River Retreat - Relax, Reconnect, Explore and Celebrate

River, the Maruia River Retreat is a stunning boutique lodge where guests can relax, reconnect, explore and celebrate. Seven luxury villas, all selfcontained, are nestled within a 500acre nature estate, guests are welcomed with a sense of being far away from the clutter of everyday life and invited to find shelter at the core of what is truly beautiful and peaceful.

The ultimate venue to foster healing, relaxation and personal growth, complimentary yoga classes are offered to all guests. Guests also have access to a wide variety of relaxation and rejuvenation treatments at their Wellness Spa, which has a built-in sauna to unwind and detox.

After a day exploring the extensive natural estate encompassing a pristine native Beech forest, long-established gardens and walking trails, unwind with a drink in the bar before dinner. Maruia River Retreat showcases beautiful food and produce from in and around the Tasman region true NZ pastoral cuisine.

All through August you can treat yourselves to a weekend overnight stay for 2 people from just $590, including breakfast, and a 3-course dinner.

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Kaikoura - Stay at The Factory Lodge while you play

Kaikoura, just a 3-hour drive from Nelson, where the blue Pacific waters meet the snow-clad Kaikoura ranges. Teeming with marine wildlife, you can swim with dolphins or watch whales, or enjoy more land-based activities like golf, surfing, fishing, horse-riding, walking and biking.

Home to many wonderful restaurants, it ticks all the boxes for a wonderful weekend away.

Ten minutes north of Kaikoura, The Factory offers 5-star luxury beachfront accommodation and can help take your weekend from wonderful to unforgettable. Guest accommodation is in a separate wing of the historic Hapuku Dairy factory with dramatic views of snow-covered mountains on one side and the ocean on the other. Your stay at The Factory is exclusive, with only one party of two to six people at a time, ensuring you have privacy and peace to relax and enjoy the stunning location.

Hosts Skip and Sean are on hand to greet you, service your rooms and help with anything you need during your stay. You can choose from the bed and breakfast option with full gourmet breakfast, drinks and snacks on arrival and NZ wine and beer, or you may prefer to self-cater in the fully self-contained kitchen. You will enjoy ultimate comfort and luxury while you enjoy the sunrises and sunsets, walk on the beach, pick fruit from the garden and smell the roses before kicking back in the

spa to experience the awe of the night sky with no interference from city lights.

Don’t just take our word for it, visit The Factory’s website to read the testimonials that their happy visitors have shared.

special deals and packages are available on their website, so if you haven’t visited for a while this Spring could be perfect time to rekindle old memories and make new ones!

Skip and Sean would love to see more Nelson locals visiting, and are offering a 10% discount to anyone who makes a booking and mentions Nelson Mag.

If Golden Bay is your mini-break destination and you are looking for a fun activity, don’t go past Anatoki Salmon Farm. Situated just minutes out of Takaka on the banks of the Anatoki River, you’ll find a magical spot where you can cast your line and land your lunch. No experience is required for this fishing activity, it’s suitable for all ages and they provide you with the use of their fishing gear at no charge.

Awaroa Lodge has featured in many locals lives over the years bringing fond memories of weddings, birthday celebrations or simply as a great place to grab a beer and a burger when walking the Coastal track.

Watch salmon back-flip out of the water, listen as they splash on the surface, keep your eye out for the big one, and feel the thrill as the salmon teases your line with nibbles just before you reel it in and land it with delight.

Enjoy your freshly caught salmon prepared hot smoked and ready to eat in the cafe or take it away fresh for the BBQ. Anatoki Salmon farm is open 7 days a week, year-round.

Awaroa Beach - head over for a break at Awaroa Lodge.

From humble beginnings in the late 1980’s with backpacker style accommodation and the famous Awaroa Café, the Lodge has grown to 26 rooms including chalet style standard rooms, quirky and rustic family rooms and comfortable, spacious Superior Suites designed by Ian Athfield.

And for all of you gardening fans, don’t forget the not to be missed Rapaura Springs Garden Marlborough is on from 7 – 10 November … Why wouldn’t you head over the hill and make a weekend of it!

The Lodge café and restaurant is open daily featuring local beer’s and wine and a seasonally changing menu; there is an emphasis on Nelson produce.

Awaroa Lodge welcomes locals and walkers to rest awhile in the sunny courtyard or by one of the cosy log fires; and if the weather is good the outdoor pizzeria and garden bar will be open.

The Lodge re-opens for the new season on September 13th and a great range of

If heading Golden Bay way Anatoki Salmon is a must.

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Move Words: Joanna Davis

An exercise class doesn’t have to mean using heavy weights or moving in time to music.

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You just need to move.” This somewhat unexpected health advice seems to be gaining traction.

Our sedentary lifestyles make getting moving the baseline for good health.

Many people set a minimum goal of 10,000 steps a day, which forces us to prioritise walking to the shops, parking further away, taking the stairs - and generally using any spare time to walk or run.

But walking alone doesn’t give our bodies the range of movement we need, particularly when we pair it with sitting in front of a screen for hours a day.

Classes are popping up that help us peel back layers of poor movement patterns.

One such example is the Body Project class run by Anel McInnes from her home studio in Richmond or her gym in Stoke.

Her Thursday morning class starts with participants standing on a mat, curling

Anel McInnes, from Body Project, likes to use play in her strength and conditioning classes.

their feet around and putting pressure in different areas, then standing balancing on a rock.

“It’s waking up your nervous system,” she says. Our feet are not designed to be in shoes, walking on flat surfaces all the time. The class moves on to include crawling, beam-walking (at floor level) and hanging from a bar.

Anel says the movements focus on people staying “connected through the core” and she’s found her participants have more strength gains than even in pilates, which is her background.

Many of Anel’s participants are in rehabilitation, either from injury or surgery. She mentions a 2012 European Society of Cardiology study in which more than 2000 middle-aged and older people performed a simple test of sitting on the floor and rising from that position unaided. Success at that task was remarkably predictive of all-cause mortality over the ensuing years.

Anel says she doesn’t mention that research at the start of classes anymore only after people have gained back some strength, balance and flexibility.

Mobility for Health and Function classes are also run at the Richmond Aquatic Centre, with a focus on mobility and improving “your joints’ health and range of motion”. And, Sit and Be Fit classes can be found at halls and clubs around the region, including the Victory Community Centre. The Ministry of Health and ACC support community group strength and balance classes through their Live Stronger For Longer initiative, which aims to reduce falls.

Anel says people should focus on playing.

“Life and health doesn’t need to come from hours in a gym or even hardcore downhill biking or marathon running.

When we spark up our nervous system, we move better, balance better, feel better and think better.”

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SWAPPING VEGAN FOR PEGAN Move over keto – there’s a new food fad dubbed the ‘pegan’ diet and it’s working its way to the top, promising to promote optimal health through the ultimate combination of benefits from two popular eating regimes – paleo and vegan.

Words: Clementine Page

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hile the two styles may seem like they’re at odds, the main principle that ‘peganism’ takes from both is a focus on real, nutrient-dense whole foods – in short, anything you can find based on the concept of ‘hunting and gathering’. Primarily consisting of fruits and vegetables, alongside small to moderate amounts of meat, certain fish, nuts, seeds and good fats, ‘peganism’ limits dairy intake and avoids heavily processed foods like sugar, oils and grains, instead embracing low gylcemic fruits and vegetables like strawberries, grapes, peas and kumara and heart-healthy oils such as olive, avocado and coconut.

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When done right, the diet not only aids weight loss because of the filling fibre and less calories offered by fruits and vegetables, it also claims to help control diabetes through balancing blood sugar levels – although sadly you will have to abolish coffee and alcohol. Whole foods – fruit and veggies – are famed for their anti-inflammatory and detoxification benefits, which will evidently lead to a healthier you.

So whether you want to up your health game, embrace a new diet that doesn’t limit your food options, or you’re a oncesteadfast carnivore looking to welcome a more plant-based style of eating into your dieting regime, ‘peganism’ could be for you!

THE TIDES RESTAURANT’S SLOW ROASTED DUCK SUPREME with Fondant Potatoes, Wilted Greens and Blackberry Jus INGREDIENTS

FONDANT POTATOES

Parsnip puree

4 x large North Island Agria potatoes DUCK SUPREME

Chicken stock

Breast fillets x 4 (250g each)

Thyme sprig

Duck fat

BLACKBERRY JUS

Sauté onion and garlic. Add parsnip and stir, add white wine and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add remaining liquid, bring to boil and simmer until parsnip is soft. Blitz mixture until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Thyme sprig

Frozen blackberries

Potato fondant

Red wine jus

Peel and cut potatoes sideways in 2cm thick slices. Add thyme and seal in butter/ oil over medium heat until golden brown.

Lay on baking tray and cover with chicken stock. Bake at 170 degrees Celsius until potato is just cooked. Remove potatoes from cooking liquid.

PARSNIP PUREE 3 parsnips, peeled and cut evenly

METHOD

1 onion, diced

Duck breast

1 garlic clove

Salt duck breast with thyme, wrap in gladwrap and refrigerate overnight.

100ml vegetable stock 50ml white wine 50ml cream Salt and pepper

Remove duck breast from fridge, rinse and pat dry. Lay duck in baking dish and add duck fat until it covers the duck breast. Cover with baking paper and tin foil and cook at 150 degrees Celsius for three hours. Remove duck and set aside, straining duck fat for next batch.

Blackberry jus Add blackberries to red wine jus. Bring to boil and reduce to simmer until infused together.

Place all cooked components on a plate with sautéed spinach and serve.

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Checklist

Kitchen Garden

Plant seedlings: Broccoli, cauliflower, leeks, silverbeet, onion, spinach, cabbage, lettuce.

Prepare your soil; once it is dry, remove all the weeds and dig the soil over. Break

up any lumps and bumps with your spade.

Add compost and sheep pellets and dig through the top layer of soil.

Sow seeds: Cabbage, kale, cauliflower, lettuce, celery, onion, broccoli, silverbeet, carrots and spinach. Protect from the cold, transplant to the garden as the weather warms and when they are showing at least two sets of true leaves.

New citrus trees can be planted now; keep them out of the wind.

Plant new strawberries, add strawberry food to the soil as you plant and at the same time give your older plants a side dressing. Pinch out the very first flowers to let the plant become more established, you will get a better harvest.

If you are using homemade compost dig that in now, it will need a few weeks to settle before you plant. If you want to start making your own,

Protect all seedlings from slugs and snails, they love tender seedlings and the wet weather.

Garden Colour Remove old winter annuals when they have finished, freshen the soil with compost and sheep pellets ready for spring plantings.

Trees and Shrubs Take advantage of the warmer weather and plant new shrubs and trees, stake where necessary.

Tidy up and prepare garden beds for spring planting. Remove weeds and enrich the soil with compost and sheep pellets.

Feed all existing shrubs with a slow release fertiliser.

New leaves will be starting to burst on your deciduous trees. Check and prune any branches that were damaged over winter.

Lawn Take advantage of the new spring growth and fertilise your lawn now. Apply evenly across the whole lawn and water in.

Key points for this month • Prune Hydrangeas back, until you see two fat buds, which will be next seasons flowers.

• It’s time to plant new strawberry plants.

Rhubarb can be planted, add blood and bone to the soil as you plant. Use the blood and bone around existing plants as well, water in the fertiliser.

Sow seeds: Alyssum, californian poppy, cosmos, marigold, petunia, phlox, portulaca, salvia, and snapdragon.

Protect from the cold and transplant to the garden when they are showing at least two sets of true leaves.

New season feijoas can be planted, add blood and bone to the soil as you plant.

Feed your existing trees with a long term fertiliser.

Plant seedling: Pansies, primroses, marigold, nemesia, viola, polyanthus, cineraria, stock, alyssum, delphinium, cosmos, and carnations.

• Feed all existing trees, shrubs and fruit trees with slow release fertiliser.

Plant sprouted seed potatoes now, add a side dressing of potato fertiliser to the soil as you plant. Protect new shoots from any late frosts.

Plant summer bulbs, Gladioli, Dahlia, Begonias, add bulb food to the soil as you plant.

• New citrus trees can be planted now.

• Prepare vegetable and flower gardens for spring planting.

• Plant summer flowering bulbs.

• Plant new trees and shrubs.

• Plant seed potatoes.

• Fertilise your lawns now.

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