Waimea Weekly - 19 October 2022

Dog owners slammed in Wakefield

JO KENT

Irresponsible dog owners in Wakefield are being called out by locals after roaming dogs have left some too afraid to walk their own pets in the area.

Unsupervised dogs freely wander from ‘gated’ properties, owners are walking dogs off leash and others are happy to just allow their dogs to run amuck.

Shannen Wagstaff, from Pigeon Valley, says she is so nervous

of walking her 58kg Rottweiler cross, Niko, that she’s now had to change their route.

“We live opposite McGazzaland where so many people walk their dogs off leash and let them run up to other dogs.”

A bad experience has left Niko very protective of Shannen and her daughter after a near-fatal dog attack on a beach.

“He’s been left very protective of us after a rescue pitball cross went for my two-year-old daugh

ter. If it wasn’t for Niko, she could have died.

“So, when other dogs come run ning up to him, it’s a trigger. Peo ple think that as their dogs are friendly it’s OK, but not every one’s dog likes it.”

Niko is always walked on the leash despite being trained to walk off leash as she says that’s the responsible thing to do.

“If another dog runs up and growls or barks, it puts him on edge. If something were to hap

pen, I’m terrified he would be branded dangerous because of his breed and that’s just not right.”

Many other dog walkers have had similar experiences with unsupervised dogs bolting from properties across busy roads to provoke their animals.

Owner to four dogs, Brittany Ja cobsen, says it happened to her on Whitby Road.

“Two dogs ran out in front of a car to get to my dogs, who were all on leashes. One even tried to

grab my St Bernard by the throat. They are so aggressive, and it’s happened more than once.” As a result, she’s had to change where she walks her dogs.

“It’s actually quite scary walk ing your dog around Wakefield. Gone are the days where we had a lot of responsible owners, who always had their dogs under con trol and behind fences with gates closed. I’ve rung the council to

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What do you like about rural living?

I enjoy the isolation and life style. The freedom to make choices for your own day.

I’ve always loved living in the country and love the commu nity spirit.

I like the quality of life for kids. They care for animals and have lots of space to roam in.

The open spaces, the lack of people, the bird and animal life and the view. The dawn chorus is amazing with quail, fantail, tui, wood pigeon.

Dog owners slammed in Wakefield

lodge a complaint, but they don’t seem to act on it.”

Communications officer for Tasman District Council Tim O’Connell says the council has a responsibility to ensure dog own ers are meeting obligations put in place to prevent dogs causing a nuisance or injury to any person or animal. “All dogs within the district must be kept under ef fective control at all times. Dogs must be kept on a leash in, or adjacent to, all urban areas and in the presence of protected wild life.” A 24-hour hotline is avail able for people to report nuisance dogs to Animal Control and a fine of $200 can be issued for fail ure to keep a dog controlled or confined. “With the information the complainant provides, in cluding dates and times, we may

send an officer on site to notify the owner that their dog has a complaint against it. And if there is no improvement after Animal Control’s investigation, and more issues are reported against the same dog, the council will move to the next step to try to resolve the problem.” Shannen has lived in Wakefield for three years and says the problem is getting worse.

“With more subdivisions pop ping up, there are more dogs and people think rules don’t ap ply to them. It doesn’t feel safe anymore.” Her bad experiences even extend to her own proper ty, where Niko faces daily intim idation. “There’s a lady who rides her bike with an unleased border collie twice a day. It comes rush ing up to our gate barking aggres sively. It’s terrifying to think what would happen if it ever got inside.

“Niko should be allowed to be home, gate closed, fenced off, and not be intimidated by other dogs that choose to rush at him. We now have to work with Niko on his anxieties every day because this.” Likewise, Brittany says that many children in the area are unable to walk their dogs on their own because roaming dogs are such a problem. “It’s not safe for kids to walk their pets around their own neighbourhood be cause they wouldn’t know what do to if these aggressive dogs approached them. Little dogs would be terrified and wouldn’t stand a chance and kids could get hurt in the struggle. It’s not worth the risk.” Shannen says she understands that sometimes dogs will get out or jump fences. “But when it’s the same dogs and noth ing is being done, you kind of get

sick of it. Don’t the owners care their dogs could get hit by a truck or even harm a child?”

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Caption: Elena, Beau and Shannen Wagstaff say enough is enough when it comes to walking dogs unleashed. Photo: Jo Kent.

Shop n Win is back

A Richmond shopper is in for a huge win over the next few weeks.

The town’s famous Shop n Win competition is back thanks to Waimea Weekly, Richmond Unlimited and Richmond

will be big entry boxes inside the mall.

Shop n Win has been running in Richmond since 2006, although it did take a break last year due to Covid. The competition starts today and

competition has collected as many as 150,000 entries in a single year and has given away $75,000 in cash prizes over the years.

“The reason the competition is so successful is because it’s

Mall with one lucky shopper set to win $5000 cash.

To enter, you simply have to shop at any of the participating retailers in Richmond, write your name, address and phone number (so we can call you if you win) on the back of your receipt and drop it in an entry form. For those businesses inside the mall or CBD there

will run for six weeks until the end of November.

A list of all participating retailers is on page 11 of today’s newspaper but thanks to support from Richmond Unlimited and Richmond Mall, it includes all retailers in the CBD and mall.

Waimea Weekly publisher Andrew Board says the

so easy. Shop local, write your details on your receipt, drop it in an entry box and you’re in to win.

“And with the mall and Richmond Unlimited on board it means almost everyone in the region will be able to enter because most of us will shop at one Richmond shop over the course of the six weeks.”

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Tenant’s belongings dumped after vanishing

TRACY NEAL Open Justice Reporter

Tenant James Maxwell seems to have vanished.

The Nelson man was living in a $500-a-week three-bedroom rental in Richmond but was given notice to vacate the home earlier this year. Maxwell in return gave notice and disappeared, leaving behind his belongings and what was described as “badly soiled carpets”.

On Thursday property manag ers Michelle Ouellette and a rel ative newcomer to the industry, Jody Bly, found themselves at the Tenancy Tribunal, tying up loose ends around an abrupt end to Maxwell’s time at the address.

The property managers told ad judicator Michael Brennan they were not only wanting to secure the bond for the landlord, in lieu of almost $3000 in unpaid rent, but were also seeking an order for costs to help cover unpaid water bills, the cleaning of the carpets, and hireage of a large skip for the removal of rubbish – including furniture and computer equip

ment left behind.

Missing upon inspection were two 9kg gas bottles, but it was not clear if Maxwell had removed them.

He failed to show up at the hear ing, and so couldn’t answer.

Ouellette and Bly explained they had tried to track him down, in cluding via his former landscap ing business in Nelson, and the address for service which was still listed online.

Open Justice tried reaching Max well by phoning him on the num ber listed which went through to a former administrator who re gretted not being able to remove it.

“I get about 8000 calls a day look ing for him, but I don’t think he’s in Nelson any longer,” she told Open Justice.

A search on social media showed Maxwell claimed to now work for a local landscape firm.

The director of this firm said this was no longer the case, and he believed Maxwell had left the country.

Ouellette said she always had to consider a tenant’s personal situ

Former tenant James Maxwell appears to have vanished, leaving property managers to dispose of his possessions. Photo: File.

ation when they stop paying rent and just left.

“It might be a sad situation – we just don’t know.”

The tribunal heard today that the tenancy on the Richmond home ended in June this year.

The property managers told Brennan that prior to this Max well had been given notice to vacate, and a formal application

had been made to the tribunal to assist with the process.

Maxwell then gave notice and disappeared.

His belongings were eventually taken to the dump after the prop erty managers were unable to reach him.

The cost of disposing of them is now being sought as a reimburse ment.

Thursday’s hearing was one of about 20,000 cases the Tenancy Tribunal holds around the coun try each year.

Chasing down missing tenants and unpaid rent is just part of the job.

Ouellette, a French-Canadian, has been a property manager in Nelson for five years and was now the division manager for Ray White Property Management.

Bly began in the industry just seven months ago and said it was nothing like she imagined.

“I moved here from Kapiti – I came here with my partner and I thought property managing could be really interesting, but I thought it would be different to what it is.”

Bly said it was by no means glam orous and there was far more work done behind the scenes than most might think. They said they weren’t often left with an abandoned household; the bigger challenge often was managing tenants’ expectations when their primary function was to represent the property owner.

Ouellette said safety protocols for property managers had been tightened since the violent deaths of mother and daughter property managers in Northland in 2017.

Teamwork was paramount, no one went alone to a property if they felt unsure, and if they did, they were to leave right away. She said the good news for rent ers was that the dip in the housing market meant more homes were coming back on the rental mar ket, as owners struggled to sell or to get the prices they wanted.

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Home values continue decline across region

New Zealand’s average home val ue has recorded its first annual reduction in more than a decade, according to the latest QV Price Index.

Homes in Nelson Tasman dropped by 7 per cent to an av erage value of $800,424 over the three months to September 30, looking increasingly likely to dip below $800,000 in the coming weeks.

The region’s annual rate of neg ative home value growth is now sitting at 3.2 per cent.

QV Nelson and Marlborough manager Craig Russell says the

local property market was con tinuing to “soften”, particularly for properties under $1m.

“Well-located and well-present ed modern or renovated homes are more in demand right now,” Craig says.

“Vendors have become more re alistic with price expectations, as new listings continue to outstrip demand

“We are seeing a much more tra ditional property market now, with conditional contracts and extended selling periods, he ex plains.

“The length of time a property

takes to sell is in part being influ enced by ‘in chain’ sale situations whereby the purchase of one home is contingent upon the sale of another.”

Craig also says that market confi dence is being impacted by pur chasers’ expectations that mort gage rates will need to rise further in order to keep inflation under control.

The latest QV House Price In dex shows that home values have slipped by an average of 2.1 per cent nationwide in the 12 months to the end of September. This is the first annual home val ue reduction since June 2011.

And, it marks nine straight months of de

clining home values nationally.

The average home decreased in value by 5.4 per cent nationally over the past three-month peri od to the end of September, just 0.1 per cent better than the rate of quarterly decline reported at the end of August, with the na tional average value now sitting at $956,592. That figure is 9.2 per cent lower than at the start of this calendar year.

QV general manager David Na gel says the Reserve Bank’s deci sion last week to raise the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by another 50 points all but ensures that the path we’re on will continue for the foreseeable future.

“Interest rate rises, credit con straints and the increasing cost

of living – it’s a sure-fire recipe for declining home values,” Da vid says. “Plus, there are still new houses coming onto the market up and down the country, putting further downward pressure on prices almost everywhere.”

He says it will be worrying news for people looking to sell their homes, as well as those who pur chased at the peak of the market now concerned about negative equity.

“This market correction, as pain ful as it is for some, will hopefully afford others an opportunity to get into the market in the future.

“Though it’s still very tough out there for prospective first-home buyers, they’re now gaining the upper hand.”

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Night market launches tonight

JO KENT

The first-ever weekly night mar ket in Richmond launches to night and organiser Nick Clark couldn’t be more excited.

“There is nothing like Isel Park market or Kirby Lane in Rich mond so I wanted to bring that vibe here in an attempt to con nect the community. Tonight is the first one so pop down for a quick bite.”

Primarily a food market, the main focus of ‘Sundial Social’ is to bring people together to sit out side and catch up over food and entertainment every Wednesday.

“As we are a community-run market, we’re offering schools, scout groups and other organi sations a free space to come and fundraise or hold performances like kapa haka. I don’t think any of the other markets offer that, so that’s a first too.”

There will be music from buskers, face painting and balloon blow ing, along with other kids’ enter

tainment and games so parents can enjoy their food and watch them play.

“We will be taking over around eight car park spaces adjacent to the gym to set up the food stalls each week, and all the local busi nesses are behind the idea.”

He’s also keen to promote the mainstay businesses in the sur rounds too.

“It’s not just about Wednesdays, there are food outlets here 24/7 so if they are having specials, we will happily shout about that for them, to drive people their way.”

Nick came up with the market concept off the back of a gruelling few years.

“I’m simplifying my life and try ing to do something that brings me joy, which is cooking. I’ve gone through a separation and lost my mum and uncle in the space of two years so this a way of moving on from those challenges.

“We all talk about wellbeing and improving our mental health, but you actually have to do it

and make change, so I hope peo ple can see the value of what I’m trying to do for the community and come along to show their

support.” The market kicks off tonight at Sundial Square from 4.30pm and will continue every Wednesday throughout summer.

“If it’s a success, we’ll keep it go ing. I just want to hear people saying, ‘See you at the Social’. That’s the dream.”

Sport stars crash golf practice

SARA HOLLYMAN

A group practicing for the Special Olymics national games later this year had a welcome surprise while on the golf course on Thursday. A visit from three All Blacks made the coaching session all the more special for the group.

“We normally practice at Greena cres but they had a tournament on, so we were at Nelson Golf Club for a coaching session preparing for special Olympic national games held in Hamilton in December,” says Vicki Spiers, whose son

Karlin Spiers was one of those being coached.

Vicki is on the special Olympics committee and had taken Karlin to the All Blacks’ open training at Trafalgar Park earlier on Thurs day so he could catch a glimpse of his favourite players.

“He didn’t cope too well with it as it was too crowded and he couldn’t see who he wanted to, so was a bit disappointed but he en dured it,” she says.

Vicki then took Karlin to the Rich mond Salvation Army store where he works on Thursdays.

Afterwards they headed to golf practice.

“I said to Karlin we should just stop in at the airport on the way and see if there were any All Blacks there, and there were so he got photos with a lot of players. which made him happy.”

When they arrived at Nelson Golf Club for the coaching session Vicki was telling the golf pro store about the experi ence Karlin had just had at the airport.

“They told me there were

four players out on the course playing a round of golf, so I went and hunted them down and asked if they would come over and meet the kids,” Vicki says.

Vicki didn’t warn the group about the stars that were approaching,

instead opting to give them a sur prise.

“I said to the kids ‘I’ve got a bit of a surprise for you’, they looked up and their reaction was just so worth it, they screamed and yelled, it was so worth the effort.”

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Nick Clark launches the first Richmond Wednesday market tonight at Sundial Square. Photo: Jo Kent.

Pictured front left to right: Special Olympics golf coach Heather Bryant and Stephanie Keeley. Back from left: Hannah Ellis, All Black Finlay Christie, All Black David Havili, Gabby Green, Alice Robb, Lochie Hewson, Hamish Hurst, Karlin Spiers, All Black Scott Barrett and Finbar Ruebsam.

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Flying patients a dream come true

JENNY NICHOLSON

Flying doctor Travers Tennant checks the weather every morn ing as he never knows when it might be life or death.

As a pilot for the New Zealand Flying Doctor Service, wind and visibility determine whether he can fly, but he says most often they can fly over and around weather.

“We can get a phone call any time day or night,” Travers says. “We can usually fly. If the weather is bad, we can look at the picture. We may not be able to go in the next hour, but there may be a break in the weather.”

Most of the work of the flying doctors is interhospital transfers, but they can also back up the res cue helicopter.

Travers describes himself as the driver, with the nurses caring for the patients. While patients are stable before they are transferred, if things change, time may be come more critical.

“We usually have an idea of how things are going before the nurse tells us we need to land as quick ly as possible,” Travers says. “We wear a headset and get the idea of tone and what questions the nurse is asking.”

When there is urgency to the

landing, their plane becomes pri ority. Air Traffic Control moves all other planes out of the way.

“We are air ambulances and just like cars move out of the way on the road, we have planes move for us.”

While flying is a part of the job, there is a lot of waiting at airports, help with loading and unloading patients, cleaning of the planes, and checking the plane each day.

Those who fly for the New Zea land Flying Doctor service in Nel son fly alone. Travers says he was fortunate to have flown in Marl borough in a single pilot environ ment which was good preparation for the flying he does now.

Travers knows he’s had a bit of a dream life. He grew up on a farm and game park in Zimbabwe, where his family bred animals for other game parks. A helicopter was used to herd animals, and his rides in those helicopters ignited Traver’s dream of flying.

As a child a teacher told him he wouldn’t be a pilot because his maths wasn’t good enough. He persevered and passing his first flying exam was the confidence boost he needed.

“I thought, ‘I can do it,’ Travers says. “Having an interest in flying made me work hard.”

Travers Tennant always wanted to fly. He wanted to help others too, so his job with the New Zealand Flying Doctor Service is one he loves. Photo: Jenny Nicholson.

While his initial dream was to fly helicopters, the economics took him in another direction.

“It was $120 an hour learning to fly in a plane and $350 to $400 in a helicopter.”

After getting his private pilots’ li cence, he trained for three years for his commercial pilot’s licence.

His dream was to fly and help oth ers and he says working for the New Zealand Flying Doctors Ser vice means he never works a day because he is doing what he loves. Travers is also a flight instructor, another job he enjoys.

“You can legally fly alone before you can drive alone,” he says. “At

16 you can fly solo and some peo ple do go up alone on their 16th birthday.”

As a boy flying with his father, Travers got sick flying because he was too short to see over the dash. That didn’t put him off though. Now he takes his own son for flights, passing on the passion.

‘Face’ of Rainbow Ski Field moving on

JENNY NICHOLSON

Thomas Harry has been described as the soul and face of Rainbow Ski Field.

In announcing mountain man ager Tom’s decision to move to a new opportunity in Otago, the Rainbow Ski Area Committee said they have been beyond grateful for his incredible work ethic and commitment to Rainbow.

“There is nothing Tom couldn’t or wouldn’t turn his hand to, his skills and ‘can do’ attitude have been outstanding,” a spokesperson for the committee say.

Tom, in turn, says he is incredibly grateful for his time at Rainbow. He has always worked in the ski industry.

“I was lucky enough to be brought up skiing in Craigieburn,” Thomas says. “After leaving school I moved to ski patrolling.”

In 2018 and 2019 Tom was the operations manager at Rainbow, overseeing lifts, buildings and roads. In 2020 he moved to the mountain manager position, over seeing the entire operation.

“It was carparking to payroll,” he says.

His role has been year-round.

“I’m the staff of one over summer, and over winter we have a staff of 40,” he says. “It’s a fair humming operation when it’s kicking.”

He sees Rainbow as special asset to the Top of the South, saying it is a mirror image of the people who support it.

“I am so thankful for the support from the committee and especial ly the staff,” he says. “It’s not just a job for them, they are truly invest ed in Rainbow and you don’t get that everywhere.”

Still an avid skier, Tom says he has had some brilliant and special days on the snow. Pre and post season have given opportunity for an extra turn on the snow, but he says it’s never enough.

There were challenges to face, the biggest being Covid-19 and the climate over the past few years.

However, Tom is happy to be leaving the club in a healthy place with things on the right side of the black line.

Seeing people skiing following breakdown after breakdown, and weather problems, was a highlight.

“Seeing school kids skiing, and having a happy staff group, and everyone ecstatic to be in the hills, that’s the biggest reward.”

While no one has yet taken over his job, Tom says there is potential within the organisation, and prob ably outside, too.

within the organisation, and prob ably outside too.

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Head of Rainbow Ski Field Committee, Rachel Robinson, with mountain manager Thomas Harry enjoying a day at the ski field.

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Josh Luke and Anthony Vassallo-Gillett

Rangi Anderson with Mauri and Hine O’Brien

Russell Sarginson and Riley Childs

Hayley Evans, Dorothy Paton, Erin Mulholland and Claire Pitt

Jenny Austin, Robbie Liddell, Tracy Bary and Helen Neame

Julie Smith, Sandra Fowler, Sharon Burrell-Smith, Rhonda McLeod, Angela Poole, Liz Carey, Anne Brown

Sandra Screen, Sally Manning, Julie Livesey and Bridget Henderson

Collen Buchanan. Carolyn Miller, Jayne Marwick and Helen Kain

The Waimea Weekly front page headline “KFC opening just days away” suggests an immi nent exciting event. Richmond is certainly changing - but not for the better in my opinion. In the short period that I have been a Richmond resident I have seen a transition from the feel of a village to that of a small town that is hell-bent on becoming a city in it’s own right, with all the grief that is associated with such changes. In more recent times, my walks have sadly involved more eyes - down time observ ing more and more litter lying around, and endeavouring to avoid dog excrement on walk ways, both are a legacy of our fast-growing population and changing population type. In my experience, the typical KFC customer is the worst litterer, so mark my words, the litter problem is about to get much worse in Richmond. Upon our arrival in Richmond just twelve years ago, there was farmland and a market garden just one block away from our home, all now suburbia. We recently had friends from Wellington stay over, who got caught in the usu

al traffic crawls, and who were incredulous that such a relative ly small population should be so badly afflicted. In modern business parlance “Growing the economy and population is the way forward”, but at what cost??

It’s the way backwards as I see it! I feel for Richmond’s long-time residents.

Rob Brown

Motoring memorabilia to go under hammer

Good luck guys, shame to see it go. Martin Armstrong

Too dangerous for me to go to auctions, I went to a govt one inthe 80’s with an open cheque from my boss to buy a ride-on lawn mower for him, and came home with a $5,500 Land Rover … the mower wasn’t worth hav ing. Dave Malone

Book keeper who stole $750k behind bars

I worked for Alex running the

Dangerous Kitchen for awhile when she owned it, such a love ly person with such a beautiful soul. That’s really sad to read, really feel for her. Kerryn Cato

How very very sad. The crimi nal should have to pay the full amount back after sale of prop erty. Kia Kaha.

Diane Chandler

That was a devastating read. And to think the criminal, and her lawyer, were trying to squirm her way out of liability!!

Hopefully the victim can re trieve as much as she can. As for the offender - any future earnings after release should be repatriated to the victim, apart from a basic amount to live on - no treats or luxuries.

Dennis Goodman

Oh my goodness, ya just don’t know who to trust. Thieving from her so called friend and acting like nothing’s going on. She must of been pretty good for her not to pick up on it.

Wow, dangerous person she is. So, so sad.

Gail Hassell

Just a thought

Sage Harris Associate Minister Whakatu Presbyterian Church

In the Bible we read a lot about justice. We read about this call on the lives as followers of God to act justly; to care for the poor, the marginalized, the oppressed; to speak out against injustices. This is a central theme that plays out again and again through the dif ferent books of the Bible. God sees injustice taking place and He rises people up to fight for justice. Jesus was constantly standing against injustices in his world. He healed the sick so that they would be re stored to community, he treated those that were outcasts with dig nity and respect. Justice is central to the Christian faith, to our iden tity.

It’s no wonder then, that when we see an injustice in the world today that our hearts rise with fury. It’s no wonder when someone is afflicted, oppressed, treated as less, that we want to speak out and help those

who have been cast aside in our society. It is printed in our DNA to fight for those marginalized. In an age of apathy, when there are so many injustices that it’s hard to know where to start, it’s important that we don’t lose that instinct. To speak out against the injustices of the world, to continue to act justly, to care for the poor, the margin alized, the oppressed, that is our work too. How are you going to stand for justice this week?

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Halloween at Willow Bank Friday 21 October, 8pm-10pm Saturday 22 October, 5pm-7pm / 8pm-10pm Willow Bank Heritage Village, Wakefield

The fright night is back with late adult ses sions on Friday and Saturday, with a family friendly trick or treat event on Saturday at 5pm.

Ngatimoti Festival

Sunday 23 October, 10am

Ngatimoti School, 4 Greenhill Road

Pop along to the biggest annual school fair in the region. Food, family fun and stalls selling everything from plants to jams.

Step in Spring Wakefield Herit age Walk

Tuesday 25 October, 10am

Village Green, Edward Street

This heritage walk along Wakefield’s main shopping area and surrounds will have the history of local buildings explained. Book to text on 0275419693. Koha welcomed.

Local History

Forging the Lammas name in Richmond

ROBYN PARKES

When the dismantling of an old blacksmith forge in Richmond’s Queen Street occurred, another old landmark was removed from the township and a link with the Lammas family disappeared. In 1860, Mr John Lammas, along with his wife Eliza and seven children, sailed on board the S.S. Bride, arriving in New Zealand in November. Life in their adopted country began in Beach Road, Richmond. In 1862, John bought one acre of land in Queen Street, Richmond, for the sum of £IOO from Captain Nicholson. The land was planted with potatoes, and when dug it yielded 30 tons.

John then built the blacksmith’s shop, a slab building with a

weatherboard roof.

Son, Mark Lammas, was born in Clapham, Surrey, in 1846 and was 14 years old when he arrived in Nelson. He learnt the trade of blacksmith in Russell Street,

Nelson, which meant he had to walk from home to Nelson and back each weekend. At 19, he took over the running of the forge from his father and began business on his own account until he retired in around 1912.

The forge was the first shop out from Nelson and the coach horses were changed morning and night in Richmond and very frequently stood at the old shop. Not only were horses shod there, but in the early days, bullock teams were brought in for shoeing. As time went on and business increased, two forges were installed, and the heavy hand bellows were replaced by blowers.

During his 45 years of work, Mark experienced more than his

share of kicks and bites. He also imported stock from America for rough, young horses. He served for many years on the fire brigade, the school committee and the local volunteers. He was a staunch member of the Baptist denomination and an Oddfellow for over 50 years. In 1870 he married Miss Elizabeth Hart, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Hart, of Richmond, who were two of Nelson’s earliest settlers, having arrived from England in the first passenger ship, the Lord Auckland, on 1st of February 1842.

Mark’s older brother, Thomas Hall Lammas, was born in 1844 in Surrey and worked alongside Mark in the shop for some time before working on the Wangapeka to Karamea road, finishing at

the summit. Following that he worked on the Wairoa bridge.

Thomas was a member of the Oddfellows fellowship, joining in 1866 and was trustee and secretary for a number of years. He was a civic man, serving on the school committee, Licensing Bench and being one of the organisers of the fire brigade and its treasurer for 16 years, only leaving the position due to ailing health.

For 71 years he was a member of the Baptist Church.

The two brothers, born two years apart, died within months of each other with Mark passing in June and Thomas in November of 1935. The Lammas name lives on in Richmond with the naming of Lammas Street.

Local jazz legend celebrates 90 years of marching to own drum

TRACY ALLAN

Rupert Winter has always felt like he had one job to do - “bring mu sic to life”.

Which is exactly what he has been doing for 90 years as a local jazz legend, which was celebrated last week with friends and family.

Rupert was the principal found er and life member of the Nelson Jazz Club and Nelson Jazz Festi val as well as being the band lead er and drummer for the muchloved Bourbon Street Beat.

It was more than 30 years ago that Rupert returned to Nelson from

playing the jazz clubs of Syd ney and wanted to bring some of that same energy to the top of the South Island. So in 1990, he helped found the Nelson Jazz Club and, along with his wife Ga brielle, started the annual Nelson Jazz Festival.

Daughter Jane Baken grew up surrounded by the beautiful syn copation of a family in love with jazz.

“He poured his heart and soul into the jazz club,” she says.

“Christmas day was really his only day off. On Boxing day, it was full steam ahead for the festi val which in those days ran from Boxing Day through to New Year’s Day.”

Rupert seemed always destined for a life in entertainment. Grow ing up in Dunedin, his father Tom was believed to have started the first ever nightclub in New Zealand, while also owning a circus in the 1920s which toured New Zealand and Australia.

Regarded as one of the best drum mers around, Rupert learned to play in nightclubs during the day and recorded with a live studio orchestra for radio on Sundays.

His career highlight was play ing with jazz legend Louis Arm strong’s band.

“If you can’t feel it, you can’t play

it,” Rupert says. “It’s one job to play the notes but it’s another to bring the music to life.”

After returning from Sydney, he aspired to create great music for Nelson audiences as well a thriv ing hub for local and national musicians. In the beginning, the jazz club would fly in musicians like Harry Harrison, the Nairo bi Trio and Fiona Pears from all over New Zealand on Air Nelson, which would sponsor the flights each week. Rupert’s own Bour bon Street Beat band became a household name around town,

opening WOW, playing count less concerts as well as weddings around the region. They were even invited to New Orleans by Harry Connick Senior but fund ing issues made it impossible to go. They did, however, make it to the Redwood Coast Jazz Festival accompanying the then Nelson Mayor Paul Matheson on his trip to sign the sister city agreement between Nelson and Eureka, Cal ifornia.

Jane was eight when the Nelson Jazz Festival began and has been singing since she was seventeen.

Since then, she has followed in her family footsteps and work ing as a talent booker for major cruise lines, setting up SOUND STAGE performing arts school in Nelson and now she works in music management for Studio box. “I’d love to see the festival return to full flourish. It was such a highlight to the year for local businesses and musicians alike.”

Jane says the club and festival were always her dad’s dream and are now his legacy. “Dad is a very important player in the history and fabric of music in Nelson.”

Mark Lammas and wife Elizabeth, date unknown. Photo: Supplied.

Rupert Winter and Jane Baken (Winter) playing at Founders Park with Bourbon Street Beat in 2019. Photo: Supplied.

Rupert Winter playing with his band The Skyliners in Dunedin, 1950’s. Photo: Supplied.

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Bringing local farmers into the classroom

KATE RUSSELL

An educational programme aiming to connect farmers with city schools is looking for more people in the Nel son Tasman region to sign up.

Farmer Time links farm ers with primary and in termediate school children through virtual classroom sessions.

Students regularly chat live with their matched farmer, gaining an understanding of farming across the sea sons and a taste of rural life.

National coordinator Marie Burke says the programme has “taken off” after launch ing earlier in the year, and they would love to see more schools, farmers and grow ers from the Nelson Tas man region taking part.

“The programme originat ed in the UK, so we ran a pilot in term one of this year just to see if it was ap plicable in the New Zealand situation.”

It turns out it was.

“We worked out pret

ty quickly that it would be something that would benefit New Zealand as a whole,” she says.

“The response from the farming community na tionwide has been amazing, everyone sees the bene fits and we now have a list of farmers waiting to be matched up.”

She says they already have a farmer in Collingwood on the waiting list to be matched up with a school and one school in Stoke has requested to be part of the programme.

Whether it’s a sheep and beef farmer, or a vegetable or fruit grower, Marie says she wants to hear from all interested food producers in the region.

“It is not just designed for sheep and beef farmers - the aim is for it to be inclusive of any food or fibre produc er in New Zealand.”

Marie says the programme brings plenty of benefits for all involved.

“For kids, it is about learn ing about where food comes from. It is like they are hav

An educational programme is looking to pair city schools with farmers who can teach students about the industry. Photo: File.

ing a regular field trip every fortnight without having to plan the transport. That is the beauty of it.

“They develop a really neat relationship with the food producer they are matched with, it is not just a oneoff experience, they get to anticipate what is coming

next, it’s really neat. “Also, they are getting to see a different range of careers that are available in the pri mary industries, and there are lots of math and science and curriculum crossovers.”

It is a positive experience for the farmers too, she says.

“The children are just so

keen to learn, and it gives them a real boost about the job they are doing day in and day out. It is quite up lifting, and it’s got the feelgood factor. The kids are loving it, the farmers are loving it.”

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Farmers meet to share concerns over legislation

JENNY NICHOLSON

Last week’s release of the He Waka Eke Noa consultation doc ument was the main topic of con versation among farmers when they met with two National MPs in Tapawera and Murchison last week.

National list MP Maureen Pugh and then-spokesperson on agri culture Barbara Kuriger met with farmers from across the region in two meetings held on Thursday. Later in the day Barbara resigned from the portfolio for personal reasons.

He Waka Eke Noa is a world-first scheme where farmers will pay for emissions from 2025, and is set to be signed off by Cabinet in 2023.

A Federated Farmers spokesper son says the plan aims to reduce sheep and beef farming in New Zealand by 20 per cent and says this will rip the guts out of smalltown New Zealand.

In discussing the He Waka Eke Noa, Barbara said New Zealand has the most climate efficient farmers in the world and Nation al doesn’t support the proposed legislation.

She says, she hopes consultation over the coming weeks on the document will be genuine.

“So, what happens if you take number one and take the pro duction out of here, it will be picked up by someone else.”

Farmers at the meeting expressed their concern with one farmer saying the proposed legislation makes his blood boil.

Unintended consequences were also mentioned, with one man saying if we lose 20 per cent of beef and lamb, the freezing works will be at risk.

If beef and lamb need to be trans ported to other areas, that will in crease carbon emissions, he said.

With farmers feeling they either

have too much or not enough water, storage was discussed, along with the quality of water.

Also talked about was immi gration, the shortage of medical staff, genetic modification, grav el in rivers, and farmers’ mental health.

While the comment was made

that primary producers are fac ing layer upon layer upon layer of regulations and rules, Barbara said there was one area that she was seeing more positive mental health.

“Where catchment groups are bringing famers and community together, and people are knock

ing on doors offering help, in formation and a cuppa, we are seeing mental health of the com munity looking better.”

The farmers had opportunity to ask any burning questions and to talk with the MPs over a morning tea put on by Federated Farmers.

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Maureen Pugh chats with farmer Jack Anglesey after a meeting held at Tapawera last week. Photo: Jenny Nicholson.

Tasman’s little blues are nesting

Local dog walkers are being urged to take care during the lit tle blue penguins’ (korora) nest ing season in Nelson Tasman.

Linda Jenkins, of the Tasman Bay Blue Penguin Trust, says with spring and summer comes more beach walkers and their dogs, which puts additional pressure on the korora’s habitat.

“We’re about four weeks into it but, of course, they’re not all syn chronised, so we can expect egg laying for a few more weeks and chicks can be as late as January before they fledge.”

Little blues lay two eggs on av erage per nesting season, which take around 35 days to hatch.

Linda says it takes another eight weeks of round-the-clock feeding before the chicks fledge.

“We keep in touch with the mon itoring team at the Port Tarakohe colony in Golden Bay and this year Tasman Bay are a couple of weeks behind them as their first eggs hatched close to two months ago.”

It’s thought August’s heavy rain uted to the delay in the nesting season making conditions tricky

guin from 30 metres away,” Linda nered dogs will find a penguin smell very interesting and want to investigate, so unless it’s on

Penguin expert and trustee of the guin Trust, John Cockrem, says if you find a nest, keep away from

“At this time of year, especially

along the Nelson Tasman coast line, there could be penguins underneath any of the bushes or rocks at ground level, which is why dogs must be kept on leads as they can scamper away into the dunes or vegetation, grab and kill a penguin with a single shake in seconds without the owner even knowing.”

There are local nesting habitats around Port Nelson as well as Port Motueka and the bays from Tapu, Stephens, Kaiteriteri and

Breaker up to Marahau and into the Abel Tasman National Park.

“Breeding is well underway right now. There are birds sitting on eggs and chicks present in nests. The chicks will be there right through to Christmas and be yond, which is why now is the time to be extra careful to keep our penguins safe.”

The Department of Conserva tion’s status for little penguins is ‘at risk and declining’. Residential encroachment on their nesting

habitat, predators such as uncon trolled dogs and cats, or boat and car strikes, all participate in mak ing life more difficult for them to thrive.

“Warming sea temperatures are also having a negative impact. The small fish that little blues feed on need to go to cooler, deeper water making it more difficult for penguins to hunt successfully,” Linda says.

The penguins are about the size of a rugby ball and have an aver

age life span of eight to 10 years, but can live as long as 20 years.

“People can help protect our native penguins by sticking to pathways at beach access points and walking along the shore rather than in the dunes or veg etation. This reduces the chances of crushing a penguin burrow by accident.”

Low-tide flats and estuary areas, which are breeding and feeding habitat for shorebirds, should also be avoided.

Tasman’s little blue penguins are nesting and walkers are urged to take care not to crush their burrows.

Photo: DOC.

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No horsing around at these horse games

Johnny Carter says they were the un derdogs when he travelled to Kentucky to compete in the International Mount ed Games for the Nations Champion ship.

The team of five were on borrowed po nies, competing against the best riders from America and Canada.

Mounted games see riders compete in a variety of challenges that test all of their different riding abilities.

There are over 100 different games that can be played, such as the mug shuffle which sees riders race around a course with mugs on poles that they must move around in a specific order.

The 16-year-old Waimea College stu dent says he predominately trains by himself, riding the horses up the hills around his house near Wakefield most days after school to exercise them.

He also practices games at least twice a week, but says he’s more focused on getting the horse fit because it knows how to do the games already.

“For my ones (horses), it’s getting around the corners real confidently and listening to my legs.

“The horse has to be good at speed, but confident to slow up.”

His favourite games are the ones where he has to vault back onto his horse after dismounting it to do a challenge.

“There’s a lot of trust between the horse and yourself.”

Johnny got into the sport three years ago, but says he’s grown up with horses being a part of his life.

“It’s just way more fun than all the dressage and show jumping. You get to know people and it’s way more physi cal.

“I still train dressage, but I don't com pete anymore.”

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With the New Zealand team having days to familiarise themselves with the ponies they had borrowed for the Na tions Championship, Johnny says they were the definite underdogs.

“We shouldn’t have really won, but we were really consistent the whole way through.

“It was quite a bit of a disadvantage, we had two days to train on them.”

The trip was his first time going over seas to compete, saying it was a “bloody awesome” experience.

Having been selected for the team after a trials process, he says they were eager to show what they can do against some of the world’s best.

Johnny already has plans for his next international competition, eyeing up the trials for the upcoming Australian Champs.

He says he’s endlessly grateful for the huge amount of support he received to travel to compete, particularly from his parents.

Johnny Carter (16), pictured at a local swinging pairs competition, travelled to Kentucky as part of the New Zealand contingent for the International Mounted Games, where his team won against competitors from the US and Canada while on borrowed ponies. Photo: Jack Malcolm.

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Regan tramps with huge 60kg load of gear

JENNY NICHOLSON

While most trampers aim for as little weight as pos sible, Regan Bridge doesn’t let his load drop below 50kgs.

Regan walks trails around the Top of the South car rying 60 kgs when he leaves home.

With 4 1/2 litres of water and keeping food for the trip light, he manages to still carry over 50 kg at the end of his tramp.

Pack walking is based on the old gold rush days where people carried as many supplies as they could when they walked to new destinations.

After a time, there was an accepted weight of 50.8 kg, known as the ‘Old English

100’ weight.

Pack walkers these days have things a little easier. There’s no need to bush bash, instead they walk on tracks and have modern gear.

The Heaphy Track was a pack track where many took gear on horses. Those that couldn’t afford a horse walked it, Regan says.

“If they were going into the coast to gold pan, they didn’t want to come in and out so they carried as much as they could to last one, two, or three weeks.”

As a pack walker, Regan has tried to follow some of the trails walked in the past.

His first pack walk par tially followed Henry

Chaffey’s walk to Asbestos Cottage. He then walked the Old Ghost Road which was originally intended to be a pack track.

Along with carrying more weight than other hikers, Regan chooses not to wear a hip belt.

“I was raised when hip belts were small and un comfortable,” Regan says. “I tried them and hate them.”

Regan has never met any one else carrying as much as he does while tramping in New Zealand.

Others may be impressed with the thought of car rying 60kgs on a tramp, but Regan says Sherpas in the Himalaya can carry 100kgs and are vastly su perior.

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A familiar sight for trampers in the region, Regan Bridge carries a huge load when he walks the local trails. Photo: Jenny Nicholson.

Who is Mike Kininmonth?

MAX FRETHEY, Local Democracy Reporter

Mike Kininmonth was elect ed to Tasman District Council with 2,411 votes to represent the Moutere-Waimea Ward and so will help govern the region over the next three years - but who is he?

He said he has no personal pref erence as far as colours go, but mentioned that green used to be his favourite years ago.

And as for meals, Kininmonth’s tastes have changed over the course of his life. His old favou rite of roast pork was later re placed by crayfish, but after a bad run-in with the dish years ago in Kaikōura, he’s gone off it.

Today, he said his favourite was seafood in general, though if he is ever served something cooked by his wife Clare, he knows it will be a good meal.

“She is very very good.”

Together, the pair have one pet: a ginger cat named Smudge who “dominates the house.”

Kininmonth said he doesn’t have much time for hobbies, but en joys getting outside and fishing, biking, walking, kayaking, and

other watersports when he’s able.

“If you give me time, I’d like to do fly fishing. I enjoy the outdoors and the peace and quiet, chasing trout.”

Born a Cantabrian, he started out his career in the post office be fore getting employed by Christ church City Council for a couple decades in wastewater and later project management.

After finishing up his job at the Christchurch council, Kinin month was involved with a num ber of jobs in the northern South Island over the years which in cluded furniture transportation and food distribution, along with helping his wife at her boarding kennel and cattery.

“When we went out and bought businesses, it meant I had to learn a whole new set of skills,” he said.

“I give things a go.”

Kininmonth also went to night school and earned himself a New Zealand Certificate in Engineer ing and is a Registered Engineer ing Associate.

He eventually moved to Tasman in 2006 and currently lives in Māpua where he is heavily in volved in the community, join

ing residents’ associations, boat clubs, and the waterfront adviso ry group in addition to helping with working bees, sausage siz zles, and picking up rubbish.

“I love it here,” he said. “It still is a village community atmosphere.”

But having been retired for two years, Kininmonth thought it was about time for “another adven ture” and decided to foray into local politics.

The ethos he wants to bring to the council chamber can be accurate ly summed up by the words ‘keep moving forward.’

“I’m not a person to look back all the time,” Kininmonth said. “I’m a positive sort of person, you’ve got to get out there and do things, and make things happen.”

While many might not warm to sticking their thumbs in as many pies as he has, Kininmonth has enjoyed his broad past and is looking forward to what these next three years bring.

“I’m having a good rollercoaster of a life.”

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Experimental vineyard to future proof wine industry

An experimental vineyard fa cility will help find solutions to future challenges facing the viticulture industry.

The new $3.3 million Exper imental Future Vineyard hub opened last month at the New Zealand Wine Centre - Te Po kapū Wāina o Aotearoa in Blenheim.

The new vineyard will be pro tected by a 600m2 shelter so researchers can carry out ex periments in a controlled envi ronment where variables such as soil type, temperature and water availability are regulated.

Science Group Leader Viticul ture and Oenology at Plant & Food Research, Dr Damian Martin, says the facility will help ensure the local wine in dustry grows.

“We know climate change will add to challenges facing wine production in New Zealand, with warmer days and more in sect pests and diseases able to establish here. “

Consumer expectations will continue to evolve too, with a predicted increase on focus on sustainability credentials, he says “Being able to understand how

best to grow excellent grapes that allow winemakers to meet their environmental, financial and societal requirements will ensure our wine sector can con tinue to grow.”

Scientist at Plant & Food Re search, Julian Theobald, says while new initiatives might not be used immediately, they will be helpful later on.

“This facility will allow us to de velop new research programmes that might not be applicable im mediately, but very much look to the future, helping the wine sec tor navigate potential produc tion risks, protect the environ ment and mitigate the impact of climate change,” he says.

“We are also anticipating that technology developers may

co-locate and conduct their development alongside the re search team, creating new tools that improve efficiency of wine grape production long-term.”

Development of the centre will add to Te Pokapū Wāina o Aotearoa supported by the Min istry of Business Innovation and Employment’s Provincial Growth Fund.

Plant & Food Research will op erate the facility and develop research programmes in collab oration with the Marlborough Research Centre, national and local government and the New Zealand wine industry, as well as provide student opportuni ties through the Nelson Marl borough Institute of Technology (NMIT) Te Pūkenga.

Fed Farmers hope council remember rates

There are myriad issues facing lo cal government but always keep front of mind the topic that was likely top of the list of most res idents’ concerns out on the cam paign trail - their rates bills. That’s the request to newly-elect ed councillors up and down the country from Federated Farmers local government spokesperson Sandra Faulkner, with the final results in some close electoral races now confirmed.

“Federated Farmers congratulates all successful candidates, and thanks all of those who stood. It takes courage to put your name forward for an election,” says San dra, who has just stepped down from a district council-elected role herself.

As it has in the lead-up to past local government elections, Fed erated Farmers published a 2022 ‘platform’ of hot council issues, outlining the farming sector’s

concerns and suggesting changes on everything from three waters and Resource Management re form to rural road maintenance, climate change and environmen tal regulation.

“Right up the front of that plat form was the bald and unpal atable fact that in the decade to 2022, local authority rates and fees have gone up an average 56 per cent, against a consumer price index rise of 20 per cent,”

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Sandra says.

“For farmers, and many other businesses and households too, the rates bill is a major - and climbing - cost.”

Councillors are lobbied to spend on all sorts of projects and initia tives.

Federated Farmers’ plea to them is to remember the difference between ‘must haves’ and ‘nice to haves’, and ask searching ques tions around value for money of

whoever wants ratepayers’ mon ey spent - and that includes pro posals from council officers. “Core infrastructure should be the priority.” During the Annual Plan/bud get rounds, there should also be robust debate around the place for targeted rates and uniform charges “which are often a much fairer way than general rates of apportioning costs according to benefit derived,” Sandra says.

Race to open Abel Tasman track

JENNY NICHOLSON

New Zealand’s busiest sum mer Great Walk will be open next month as the Depart ment of Conservation (DOC) works hard to repair sections that were damaged in the Au gust rains.

The Abel Tasman Coast Track between between Medlands Beach and Bark Bay were due to be reopened last week, according to DOC acting Motueka operations manager Susannah Peckham.

“DOC staff and contrac tors are working hard and as quickly as possible to repair damage to the track,” she says.

“There were large slips and track slumping causing sec tions of the track to be closed.”

Currently, three sections of the track remain closed. It is hoped the section between Coquille Bay and Observation Beach will open this week, with the Marahau to Anchor age section fully open in the next two weeks.

In the meantime, people can use the alternative inland track from Coquille Bay to Anchorage.

“This is steep with an uneven surface so requires a higher level of fitness and ability,” Su sannah says. “This walk from Marahau to Anchorage takes six hours.”

Tonga Quarry to Onetahuti, and the high tide track around the torrent Bay estuary, are still requiring work, with the

Torrent Bay high tide track ex pected to take longer than the end of November to fix.

“This is due to a significant slip by the Torrent River bridge and other smaller slips,” Susannah says. “Further geotechnical analysis is needed on options.”

In the meantime, the estuary can be crossed within two

While parts of the track have been closed, the park has re mained open, and people have continued to visit the park and say overnight in huts and campsites.

“Some are mixing walking where they can with going by water taxi, kayak and cruise.”

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The Abel Tasman Coast Track has sections that are closed, but repairs are well under way and huts and campsites are all open. Photo: Jenny Nicholson.

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Susannah says some repaired sections will require further work to bring the track up to Great Walk standard.

“In some parts, the coastal track has to be re-routed as it isn’t viable to re-establish the track where it was, and in places, geotechnical advice was it would be unsafe.”

has the most accommodation spaces of any New Zealand Great Walk, and from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 double the number of people stayed compared to any other Great Walk. For the 2022/23 season, DOC says the track is shap ing up to again be the busiest Great Walk with 35,000 bed nights booked.

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Useful tips for home buyers and sellers in a turbulent year

HOME SELLERS:

• Houses are not selling as quickly as they were last year. Allow a lit tle more time when making plans to relocate and don’t be surprised if your agent seeks a slightly longer agency period.

• Don’t expect to receive five or six offers. This may happen but is less likely than previously.

• Treat any offer seriously if the price is in the targeted range. Be prepared to negotiate and to allow a little time for any conditions to be satisfied, provided they seem realistic.

• Loan applications and local body Land Information Reports (LIM Reports) are taking longer to process so be prepared to take this into account. Your prospective buyer may need extra time to satis fy any due diligence requirements.

• Economists are predicting a fall in prices of up to 10%. This won’t apply to every property but be prepared to face this eventuality should you be faced with a lower offer than expected.

HOME BUYERS:

• You currently have a greater choice with more properties for sale than there were last year. Study the market, attend open homes, and form an opinion of your own as to what represents value for money.

Your agent will assist you with this exercise by providing details of previous sales of comparative properties.

• Make your offer as clean as pos sible to make it more attractive to the seller. This should not be through taking shortcuts or at the expense of not completing a thor ough due diligence programme, if necessary.

• Interest rates are rising. Look ahead and allow a buffer for pos sible increases in the next 2 – 3 years.

• Have your finance pre-approved to strengthen any offers you make. Well-intentioned friends are a common source of real estate ad vice which may not always be sup ported by what is actually happen ing in the day-to-day market, so buying or selling, align yourself with a reputable agent and seek their guidance. We are in a changing market and further changes seem likely in the coming months.

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Local artist’s work makes Times Square

JO KENT

Richmond artist Kylie Con ning recenly had her artwork displayed on one of the world’s biggest billboards in New York’s Times Square as part of a social media campaign.

“It’s all to do with the TV show Gentleman Jack,” she says. “I’m a big fan and it’s gained a huge following in the LGBT com munity. So, when it was axed after just two seasons because HBO pulled the funding, a campaign was launched to get it reinstated.”

Kylie has spent the last few years drawing images inspired by the show, mostly of the lead character Anne Lister, played by Suranne Jones.

“Anne is often referred to as the ‘first modern lesbian’ as she was born in 1791 and documented her relationships with women in diaries, which were written in secret code that was only decrypted long after she died.”

These graphic descriptions of lesbianism were so blunt that they were thought to be a hoax until their authenticity was confirmed, and in 2019 the story of her life hit the screens for the first time.

On 22 September - the anniversary of Anne’s death in 1840 - four of Kylie’s portraits were dis played on the seven-stories-tall Nasdaq tower in New York’s Times Square, which has a 120-feet tall billboard with 10,000 square feet of signage.

“It certainly got people’s attention and was trending on Twitter for days, which was exactly what it was intended to do.”

US-based lead strategist for the Save Gentleman Jack campaign, Kellie Griner, says Kylie’s in credible portraits have garnered praise among several fan communities over the years.

“Her art immediately stands out because her pieces are emotive and infused with life. We are thrilled that Kylie so generously lends her talent to our campaign advertising efforts.”

Using an iPad to create the digital images, Kylie says she mostly draws in front of the TV or in bed.

“It means I can pick it up and put it down wher ever I am. There is no clean-up like with paints, although I work with a whole range of medi ums, not just the iPad.”

In fact, her artwork previously caught the eye of the show’s leading actress Suranne, who com missioned Kylie for a private piece.

“Her husband Laurence contacted me through Instagram and asked that as they both loved my work so much, could I do a portrait of their two sausage dogs.

“I was thrilled and used paint and ink to draw them and it’s now hanging in their house in London.”

On the big reveal day in Times Square, Kylie set her alarm for 3am so she could watch as it went live.

“We knew it was going to look cool, but the ac tual scale of it was quite awesome to see.”

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“It helped a lot of people feel seen, validated and liberated,” Kylie says.

“So when I was asked if my artwork could be used to back the campaign, I jumped at the chance.”

The campaign may also display at London’s Pic cadilly Circus, which has the largest display of its type in Europe - about the size of four tennis courts and 83 feet wide.

“It would be amazing to see my artwork dis played there as well. Piccadilly is such an iconic location, it’s very fitting for such a ground-breaking show.”

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Kylie Conning with one of the digital artworks displayed on the Nasdaq billboard in New York. Photo: Jo Kent.

Kylie’s artwork on the 120-feet-tall billboard in Times Square. Photo: Supplied.

Breast cancer is the most com mon female cancer in New Zealand, with nine women di agnosed every single day and

60% of breast cancers occurring in women aged 18 - 65. Octo ber is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and with this we believe that raising aware ness of breast cancer issues and promoting breast health is vitally important and could help save lives. The Breast Cancer Foun dation say that finding

cancer early, via mammogram, could significantly increase the survival rate and could mean the difference between despair and relief.

And although numbers are high, so are survival rates, es pecially with early detection. Established in 2010, Nelson Regional Breast Cancer and Gynaecological Trust (NRB CGT) works hard to raise funds to benefit patients and their families throughout the top of the South Island, including Marlborough and Golden Bay. Founding member alongside Kate Coote, oncologist Kate Gregory chairs the trust and says, “A cancer diagnosis brings with it financial, social and psychological challenges that the healthy system can’t always meet. I want to make things as easy as I can for women diag nosed with these cancers and my involvement with the trust is another way of letting me to do that.”

From fundraising for special ised equipment, supporting pa tients’ post-treatment, and pro viding a hardship fund to help ease financial worry, the team gratefully work with sponsor ship from local businesses, in cluding NBS, Johnson Associ ates, and Victory Boxing, saying that as charitable trust, commu nity support is paramount.

“We have run survivorship days for women after treatment, this is a day of talks by local experts to help women deal with the af termath of their diagnosis and treatment, we have run three of these and have had about 100 women attend each time. We also have a hardship fund as women often suffer financially due to having to be away from home or too unwell to work during treatment, we provide supermarket vouchers, have paid for childcare and counsel ling and specialist physiothera pist services.”

New to the Trust, Karen Scott

has already made an impact with her very first fundraiser for the organisation raising a whopping $6000 with a morn ing tea attended by the mayor. Personally impacted by the dis ease, Karen felt compelled to of fer her services to the team and was humbled by their offer of becoming a trust member.

“Both my mother and my aunt were diagnosed with breast can cer. It affected us as a family, and I wanted to reach out to the team and offer my support. The event was a great success, and I look forward to bringing NRB GCT to the forefront of people’s minds with some exciting new ideas for 2023.”

Always open to assistance, the NRBGCT welcome the sup port of new sponsors. “If you are holding a fundraising event, please think of us. We are a lo cal charity and have no admin costs so every dollar you raise or give goes to help local women in our community.”

Thanks to these people and businesses for supporting the Breast Cancer Foundation

Premier cricket action in full swing

JACK MALCOLM

Premier cricket had another in teresting round of results over the weekend as the season starts to take shape.

With two of the three scheduled rounds being played, the Wan ders/Motueka Wolves sit atop the table as the only unbeaten team, while Nelson College are the only team still seeking their first win.

With Stoke-Nayland, WTTU, ACOB and Wakatu all having one win and a loss on their record, there’s still a lot of movement to be had on the leaderboards as more games are played.

Last Saturday’s results saw the Wolves scrape home against Stoke-Nayland with just one ball and a wicket to spare to chase down the 250 set in the first in

nings.

Despite Stoke-Nayland captain Dylan Eginton making an im pressive 111, they were unable to contain the Wolves in the second innings as they got off to a fast start through openers Andrew Beatson (36) and Josh Newport (55). The Wolves’ 252/9 after 49.5 overs saw them maintain their unbeaten record by the skin of their teeth; while out in Mapua, ACOB were able to right the wrongs of their first-up game with a win over Nelson College.

ACOB were in the driver’s seat throughout, taking just 22.2 overs to chase down the total after bowling College out for 98 before the 30th over.

At Jubilee Park, WTTU could not chase down the 195/8 set by Wakatu and were bowled out in

the 36th over for 142.

It was a tough perfor mance for WTTU, who managed to take the wick ets of all but three Wakatu batsmen for a combined 27, but could not find the breakthroughs against the players they needed to.

Opening batsmen Na than Dufeu (41) and Brad Smith (47) set the stage, which Campbell McLean then saw out with an un beaten 68.

Next weekend sees the start of two-day games, with Nelson College play ing Wakatu, WTTU play ing Wanders/Motueka and Stoke-Nayland play ing ACOB.

Gearing up for the King of the Hill

JACK MALCOLM

Jason Dunlea had never seen a farm bike with an extended swing arm, so he decided he’d make one for the annual hill climb race.

He dusted off the first farm bike he ever raced and got to work up grading it to speed up the steep est hill he could find.

This year he’s back in his garage again, putting even more im

provements onto the bike to get as much power out of it as he can. “I’m completely redoing most of the motor.”

The bike was still in pieces less than a week out from the event, with Jason laughing when he says he hadn’t finished it last time around until the night before.

“It didn’t do too well last time, but that didn’t bother me. It’s all just a bit of fun.

“I did it just for a bit of a laugh, building some thing that everyone looks

twice at.”

The bike has been built up from second-hand parts and the bitsand-bobs he had lying around from previous bikes.

“I don’t think anything I have on the bike is new. It’s parts I’ve had from racing farm bikes and what I’ve had lying around to make stuff work.”

His extended swing arm, which makes the bike longer and acts as the main part of the rear sus pension, is welded rebar that he made himself.

“I’m not too great at welding, but they hold,” he laughs.

Jason says his love for anything mechanical started with working on lawnmowers in the garage, be fore graduating to bigger motors. “I always had a passion for it. . . anything I could get my hands on.” He now works as a forklift me chanic, saying he’s been able to find a profession that was built on his passions.

The Moto X Events King of the Hill old school hillclimb runs this Sunday at Mount Hesling ton Road in Brightwater. Tickets cost $5 for a spectator or $20 for a family, with action from 10am through to 4pm.

Jason Dunlea says he wanted something people would look twice at when he decided to build a hillclimb farm bike with a home-welded extended swing arm for the annual Moto X Events King of the Hill. Photo: Jack Malcolm.

WTTU used their spinners like Parminder Kulaar (pictured) to good effect as they slowed down the Wakatu attack despite a tough loss on Saturday.

Photo: Barry Whitnall/Shuttersport.

Huge night kicks off speedway season

JODY SCOTT

Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway kicked into ac tion with 100 plus cars front ing for the A.D. Bridge and Sons Trackman Trophy night. A bumper crowd were keen to see the drivers spin some laps after Covid had affected the past cou ple of seasons, an immaculate racing surface dished up plenty of action, new paint work and panels adorned many of the cars. There were plenty of visiting driv ers adding spice to the meeting, the pits were a flurry of activity all night.

The racing got under way with the T.Q. Midgets; a brand-new Harris race car for Alicia Hill did the job in the feature race, collecting her first trophy of the season, plenty of tight racing in a competitive field with few incidents, Camer on McKenzie and John Schoester picking up heat wins.

The Quarter Midgets were next on the track, most having a sea son under their belts. It was Jack Brownlees who picked up the heat one and feature wins, Locky Martin winning heat 2 and 2nd overall, Conley Webley doing double duty in the Youth Minis tock as well as picking up 3rd.

The first whoopsie of the season went to the Sidecar pairing of Nippy Ching and Shaun Solly, a wee roll over in heat two only

damaging their pride, a consis tent effort by Rob and Harley Martin taking home the spoils. Street Stocks had the largest field of the night, 21 cars started but action in the last heat saw a few parked up on the grass, the locals kept the visitors at bay, Ryan Mus grove winning the trophy with regular visitor Dave McSherry 2nd and Richard Bateman 3rd.

The Youth Ministocks welcomed seven new drivers, the field di vided by seasoned and beginner racers. Front of the pack was dominated by Callum Russ, two wins and a second, securing the trophy for the night, Luke Hig gins grabbed second overall on countback over Canterbury’s Ke lan Keith. The newbies are still finding their feet but happy to be out on the track in front of a big crowd.

The script for the Stock cars went out the back door as, slowly but surely, luck deserted the leading drivers. Wade Sweeting was the first to park up when the engine let go, the South Island Champi on Braden Lennon suffered flat tyres, Greymouth’s Dave Hous ton lost his complete wheel in heat 3 after the axle broke, Riley Eathorne had an engine gremlin, but constancy paid off for Dylan Clark who collected the trophy ahead of Morgan Dumelow and Christchurch’s Alex Rondel.

Plenty of fresh paint adorned

many of the Production Saloons, with most staying scratch-free in a competitive night. It was wins to team Frans, Eddie picking up the first two heat wins before Fee Frans won the final heat, it was almost a 1-2 but Vaughan Corne lius did enough to claim second overall behind Eddie with Fee in 3rd.

The final grade of the night was the Super Stocks, the brand-new Ben Smith car had the crowd looking to see what it could do but it was the familiar duo of Alex Hill and Brett Nichols who were tied on points heading into the final heat. Pressure from Hill produced an error from Nichols, a refereeing penalty from an acci

dental hit while trying to recov er seeing him lose his final heat points. Alex joined wife Alicia to take home a trophy each with Ben Smith claiming second and Christchurch’s Mitch Berry in third. There’s plenty to look for ward over the summer months, Coca-Cola Fireworks on Novem ber 5. Gates open at 5.

Derby rolls into town

The best roller derby competitors from around the country will de

scend on Nelson this weekend as they compete in the Regional Rumble.

Now in its second year, the event

was formed as a response to Covid-19, which organisers say decimated the sport’s numbers. Event organiser Michele Holah says local leagues around the country took a massive hit and the Regional Rum ble was a way to bring peo ple back together.

“There are skaters coming from all over. Last year, we had regional teams in Tau po. It was the only roller derby tournament in the world.”

She says they plan to host the event in alternating years in Nelson, with this event the first time it’s held.

“It’s pitched as the next lev el for those who want to go back to a high level.”

With teams stacked with stars, it’ll be action through out the weekend as they all look to get a leg up on the competition.

For the local Top of the South team, Sirens of Smash, it will be the first

time representing the region for much of the team.

Local competitor and committee member Melissa ‘Battering Ram say’ Ramsay says there’s a lot of anticipation to host some of the best skaters in the country.

“It’s exciting, but I’m also a bit nervous.

“We haven’t had that many peo ple use our venue.

“We have a few players working towards New Zealand reps. It’s a big opportunity for Nelson.”

She also says it’s exciting to have a Top of the South team for the first time and to be able to com pete against high-level teams, like reigning champions Bay of Plen ty.

Local players to look out for are Cherie ‘Ginger Crunch 99’ Drummond, a founding member of Nelson Bays Roller Derby and its longest serving member, and Ru ‘Ruffin B. Puffin 94’ O’Sulli van. One of the team’s coaches who recently attended a team New Zealand training will also be on show, along with Jessica ‘Psych

101’ Willis, who also coaches the team and attended the team New Zealand training.

There’s also a lot of firepower in the out-of-town teams, with Mi chele saying the ‘jammers’ are the stars of the team.

They wear a star on their helmet and are the ones to watch for their flashy plays, she says.

Roller Derby is scored by how many times the jammer com pletes a lap.

Their four teammates, called blockers, try to restrict the other team from scoring while also giv ing their jammer a leg up.

It’s a full-contact sport, with rough-and-tumble a theme of the game.

Spectators will be provided with a ‘roller derby 101’ booklet, but Michele says that once the ac tion starts it becomes pretty clear what everyone’s trying to achieve.

All the action will be held at the Tahuna rink, with tickets costing $5 for an adult or a gold coin for kids under 12. There is also an ex hibition game on Saturday night.

Conley Webley at opening night. Photo: Rebecca Conor Maling.

JACK MALCOLM

The Top of the South team for the Regional Rumble is largely made up of members of the local Sirens of Smash team, which competed in a tripleheader against Dunedin and a Christchurch-combined team earlier this month.

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Targa Rally roars into town

JACK MALCOLM

Rally cars roared through the Tasman region over the weekend as part of Targa New Zealand’s South Island edition.

Pristine weather throughout Saturday and Sunday made conditions perfect for drivers to open up their cars on closed roads and see what they could do.

It’s the first time the event has been hosted in Nelson, with almost 150 cars of all different shapes and sizes taking part in the event.

Targa is a road race series where competitors race against the clock in stages to earn points from each race leg to find an eventual champion, with racing over two days in three distinct classes; competition, tour and the Vintage Car Club time trial.

There was also a one-day rally event held on Saturday.

Racing was held on tarmacked roads around the region, with touring stages between courses that meant cars had to be road legal.

Day one started with stages south of Wakefield before racers moved towards stages around Upper Moutere and into Motueka to end day one.

Sunday’s racing saw competitors largely retrace their steps from Saturday, starting from Motueka and finishing in Wakefield.

Targa’s South Island event also acted as the last two days of the 2022 AASA Targa NZ Championship, with competitors eager to jump up the standings with a good performance.

The Tasman District Council predicted that the event may bring up to $2.6 million in economic benefits to the region, with upwards of 1000 bed nights used between the competitors and race staff, with many planning to stay in town for a few extra days to explore.

As of publication, the results from the racing were yet to be provided.

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NELSON 50+TUESDAYWALKING GROUP October 25. Motueka Estuary. Meet at 10am at Salt water baths. Phone Diane/Linda 03 5473511

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NELSON GREYPOWER COFFEE & CHAT Last one for the year so come along & hear Bobbie Hutton. Director of Nursing for Nelson Bays Pri mary Health & responsible for professionally sup porting nurses working in primary & community health services. 20 Oct.‘22. 33 Putaitai St, Stoke

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CAR BOOT MARKET Richmond Baptist Church, 123 Salisbury Rd Saturday 22nd October 8amNoon stall holders from 6.30am. Heaps of bar gains, yummy food and free coffee. Facebook –“RBC Bootmarket” Contact: Mark 0224695367.

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HIGGINS HERITAGE PARK 222 Pigeon Valley Rd, Wakefield - SATURDAY 22 October 1030 - 3pm

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Principal’s Prizegiving Wednesday 26 October at 11.30am (please be seated by 11.20am)

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