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Hawke’s Bay

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January 2017 Edition

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Summer is a busy time in the farming calendar, and general manager of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Chris Keeping says it is just as important for farmers to take a break as any other person. “Farming is a 24/7 commitment — the cows don’t milk themselves and the hay doesn’t get cut by itself, however it is vital that farmers find time to rest and relax with family and friends,” she said. “The summer has been a mixed bag weather-wise, which can add a different type of stress to the mix.” However, Chris says entrants in the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards who used their summer holiday to prepare for the 2017 competitions will be one step ahead of their competitors, as awards’ activity heats up. The awards, which oversee the Share Farmer of the Year, Dairy Manager of the Year and Dairy Trainee of the Year competitions, received 424 entries prior to Christmas. General manager Chris Keeping says some information events for entrants and sponsors have already been held in some of the awards’ 11 regions, and the rest will take place over the next few weeks. “These events provide an opportunity for entrants to meet and to learn more about the Awards and what to expect, as well as connecting people within the industry.” There is no on-farm judging component in the Dairy Trainee competition. Instead

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entrants participate in a short practical session covering every day farming tasks and an interview. The time allowed for on-farm judging is two hours in the Share Farmer of the Year competition and one-and-a-half hours in the Dairy Manager of the Year competition. It is up to each entrant to determine how best to meet the judging criteria, so it is important that entrants make the most of that time and plan well. “This is where time spent planning over the summer will really pay off,” says Chris. The first regional winners will be announced in Hawke’s Bay on February 27, while the Southland/Otago region is the last to name its winners on March 25. All 33 regional winners will progress to a national final in Auckland on May.

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Three shearers gathered from around New Zealand have smashed a world record by 264 sheep despite the heat, the pumiced sheep of inland Hawke’s Bay and a year’s wool weighing an average of over 3.5 kilograms a sheep. Shearing at Waitara Station, Luke Mullins, from Taihape but now of Te Awamutu, Eru Weeds, of Ohai and now of Roxburgh, and James Mack, of Weber and originally from Waikato, shore 1611 strong wool ewes in eight-hours. The previous threestand record was 1347, established almost 13 years ago by Hawke’s Baybased Shelford Wilcox, of Gisborne, and Napier’s Errol Chrystal and nephew Kalin Chrystal. While it was seen as the most targetable of all the World Sheep Shearing Records Society categories, the combination of the heat and pumice in the longer wool were expected to severely challenge the trio who had had limited experience in the conditions. In the end 35-year-old Luke Mullins topped the individual tallies with runs of 138, 139, 139, and 138 for a total of 554, more than 70 better than his previous best in eight hours. Eru, 38 shore runs of 134, 133, 136, and 136 for a total of 539, and Mack, 43, shore 518. Judging convenor Peter Black said the quality was well within required

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standards. While it was the first record attempt for Luke, who had dreamt of doing a record since the age of 15 when he saw three shearers break a lamb’s record, it was the second record for Eru and James, who helped set a fourstand lamb shearing record in Southland in 2013. The temperature hit just under 30 in the woolshed at over 550m altitude,

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station, like the back of his hand. Tuahu winters around 12,000 beef and sheep breeding units. “As a child I was fascinated by rural life, horses and dogs,” he told Hawke’s Bay Farming Lifestyles at the home on the banks of the Ruakituri River he shares with partner Jane Bidois, also of farming stock. “I started out as a cadet at Smedley Station in Central Hawke’s Bay, and then in 1959 I became a shepherd on the 25,000-acre Ngamatea Station in the central North Island,” said Dave. “That country could be cold, and I remember line huts where water ran ankle-deep across the floor, weather so cold we were constantly blue and shivering, and days snowed into the hut, so bored we would re-read the descriptions on cereal packets

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and sauce bottles and the like. “We would move big mobs of sheep, sometimes 2,000 strong, with just two men and a few dogs. My world was a vast outdoor theatre, often shared only by my horse and my dogs. It was exposure to the very real dangers that can be associated with New Zealand’s rugged countryside that sparked my interest in search and rescue for the rest of my life.” Dave married and by 1964 found himself managing Tuahu Station, first established in 1886. Tuahu needed development and over the next three decades, the property was expanded and developed, while increasing farm income enabled Dave to gradually buy out some 11 shareholders to freehold the title. Today the farm is run by his daughter Mandy and her husband John Macpherson. “With a minor interest from me,” he quips. During the years of farming, Dave would get away into the neighboring Te Urewera country, camping and hunting over a huge area, at every opportunity. Then it became a national park and more and more visitors were attracted to its rugged beauty. With increased use came incidents and accidents, requiring local farmers and rural workers to down tools to undertake rescue operations. “In 1963 the Wairoa SAR unit was set up and today it musters around 100 members, all of whom keep themselves ready and equipped for the work they undertake, at very little cost to the taxpayer. Each year team members gather at Okare Station where they undertake fly-crutching with up to 10,000 sheep travelling across the board in a day, while other Hawke’s Bay properties have bolstered our funds

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Tuahu Station workers take a break in similar fashion.” The money earned enables the SAR unit to fund its own exercises and pay for radios and other communications gear, equipment and transport. Myriad callouts have blurred one into the other, almost too many to recall, says Dave. “I should mention we work in close cooperation with the police and DOC. The police are the first point of contact for search and rescue. They call out the teams to go into the field and then we operate under their ‘umbrella’.” As the Wairoa SAR patron, Dave is not content with a ceremonial role and still turns out to emergency operations, with

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book that will be loved by children is to keep the language simple. “I wanted to write something that kids would enjoy reading. You don’t want to make them too long either because there is nothing worse than getting bored with the story yourself. You start skipping pages and the kids know. My own daughter used to pull me up on that.” So far there are 10 books available and he sells most of them through his website and takes them to field days around the country. “There aren’t enough stories about mum and dad any more. I used to take my kids shooting and deer stalking and shooting possums and feeding calves and lambs. “All of the books have a little twist in them and a little giggle, and they are all

based on real people. These are real life Kiwi stories for Kiwi kids,” he said and believes they are relevant to all children whether they live rurally or not. “At least children are learning where the milk comes from and know that it doesn’t come off the supermarket shelf.” One of the things Peter enjoys most about the writing process is receiving feedback from teachers and parents about how much their children are enjoying reading his books. “Many children, especially boys around 7–8 years old, are very reluctant readers. That’s not because they can’t read. It’s because there is nothing interesting for them to read that they can relate to.” When Peter was a young boy he says he read everything that was related to

Making Mum and Dad the hero’s of his books was important to Peter as he is passionate about encouraging more family bonding time

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Part one: Osteoarthritis can cause anything from mild discomfort to seriously restricting quality of life. While medications such as anti-inflammatory drugs provide predictable results, nutritional therapy is more unpredictable. Experimentation is important. Some people find their arthritis is greatly influenced by diet while others less so. I generally recommend that people keep clear of common citrus fruits and acidic fruits in general. I am helping one person who by trial and error has found she is very sensitive to strawberries. I am not sure why but small joint arthritis, especially hand joints, seem to be more sensitive to acidic foods. I start most people on an anti-inflammatory diet. The key components are to reduce inflammatory fats, reduce sugars and refined carbohydrates. We target antiinflammatory oils, appropriate protein sources and increase antioxidant dense plant foods. Over the next few columns we will explore the specific components of this type of eating. Not

only will it help joints but is excellent for general health. With supplements, my general approach is to start people on a programme that is most likely to get a positive response in six to eight weeks. I like to keep things simple and usually start with high doses of Omega-3 fish oil for its anti-inflammatory function. To this we to add 1,500mg of high grade chondroitin sulphate, 1,500mg of glucosamine sulphate and 200mg of a 95% bioavailable curcumin (turmeric) extract. In some cases, especially spinal arthritis, I add antioxidant complexes and extra magnesium to relax tissue surrounding the joint. We will maintain these high initial doses usually for one to three months before reducing. Most people start to notice the difference after six weeks. Feel free to contact me for more information. John Arts (B.Soc.Sci, Dip Tch, Adv. Dip.Nut.Med) is a nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health Ltd. For personalised advice, contact John on 0800 423559 or email john@abundant.co.nz. Join his full weekly newsletter at www. abundant.co.nz.

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The counter-argument to progress is usually that ‘the original is best’. We’ve seen a brand new Mini and a new Mustang, but how about a motor vehicle that’s been stylistically unchanged since the postwar years? Classic Rolling Stones, or outdated rolling stock? Well, the comparison to Mick and the boys is a timely one, because the original Royal Enfield would have been right up there with the Triumph and the Norton as the mode of transport for those original rockers back in the 1960s. Let the mods have their scooters, it seemed to say — this is the ride for a rebel. Time may have turned those curves and chrome from cutting edge to charmingly retro, but the Bullet 500 and its Classic 500 counterpart have one thing that time can only improve — the longest production run of any motorcycle, ever. Part of that is down to the timelessness of the simple, clean-lined design. Part is down to the legendary, easyto-fix, hard-to-kill 500cc motor which chugs away at the Enfield’s heart. But another is the connection to India, that most exotic and dangerous of driving environments. When the Indian police force wanted a bike that could tackle everything from deserts to ice, policing thousands of miles of border and looking out for a billion people, they picked the Royal Enfield. Production of these bikes continues today in Chennai (which was

called Madras when the Bullet was new). The topic of popular travel stories, beloved of backpackers, and still the backbone of the subcontinent’s bike fleet, the Royal Enfield name is carried on by a range of models available here in New Zealand for more leisurely touring. Fuel injection may have replaced oldschool carburation, and Chennai is a long way from Redditch, but the familiar note of the Enfield remains as English as county cricket and apple cider. After all, there’s something about saddling up a real vintage-styled classic to take a trip through the Mackenzie Country or out down the coast. Without the searing power of a racing bike to handle, or the bulk of an American cruiser, it’s a refined and dare we say gentlemanly way to soak up the scenery and become one with the moment. The Indian connection with Royal Enfield goes back a long way. While it’s no big surprise that the subcontinent is a power player in vehicle design and manufacturing today — see Jaguar and Mahindra, for example — the Bullet 500 harks back to the

Long production — the Bullet has been a big name in motorcycling for more than 75 years

time when the long shadow of English occupation still coloured the local motoring industry, giving us hardy beasts like the Hindustan Ambassador, actually a re-made Morris Oxford. The Bullet, however, flourished in the heat and bustle of India while other grand old English bike brands fell by the wayside back home. A classic story of the Royal Enfield shines some light on the appeal of this classic. The travelogue ‘Bitten

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