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Tennis Is In The Blood

Story/pictures Philippa Novak Young Sade Atkinson is a tennis champion in the making. In 2007 at the grand old age of eleven she won the year six Wellington Championship held in Wellington’s Renouf Tennis Centre. She also won the Under 12’s Trev’s Wairarapa tournament and went on to further success in Wanganui beating the Hawke’s Bay and Hutt Valley contestants in the Wairarapa reps under 12’s tournament.

Adrian Gillies Ashley Karaitiana Ruru Otene Barcello Whanau Trust Betty Elizabeth Olive Winitana Camelia Rimene Caroline Elizabeth Mita Colin Phillip Jessup Donald Te Whaiwhaia Matiaha Elaine Harawira Ernest Ninihi K L Naera Frederica Panapa Sade (of Ngati Kahungunu descent on her mother’s side), has the strong support of her parents, Helen and Luke Atkinson, who accompany her to the various tournaments. Sade’s mum suggests that her daughter’s tennis ability may well have come from her husband who is a strong tennis player and is ranked number four in Wairarapa. She insists that the tennis genes do not come from her. Little sister, Georgia, who is only seven, also shows promise and is always keen to hit a ball around in the back yard with her sister. However, Helen says their enthusiasm has resulted in a couple of broken windows! Sade, who for her age is physically strong, says she first picked up a tennis racquet just over a year ago and her skill was quickly noted by her dad. Her interest was further sparked by her success in last year’s under 12’s tournament in Wairarapa. “I’m sure my success is largely due to my dad’s encouragement,” Sade suggests. “This is backed up by my attending a development course held by a professional coach in Masterton. I attend once a week so I have ongoing tuition.” Sade is modest when she says her coach thinks she is a good tennis player for her age. She is currently looking forward to the “Trev’s”, a local tournament supported by the Masterton sports retailer, Trev’s Sports, to be held, at the time of writing, at the end of February. Sade attends Gladstone Primary school. A year seven pupil, she says she enjoys all sports offered by the school and particularly enjoys English, writing in particular. However, her favourite subject may not have a strong enough pull for a possible future in, for example, journalism or other forms of writing. It therefore comes as no surprise to learn that her chief desire is to be a professional tennis player when she grows up.

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This young lady certainly knows her mind –so watch this space!

Gail Annette Tuari Genevieve Ann Wright Gloria Josephine Namana Graham Nahona Graham Ngatuere Hine R Verran James Karauria James Teowai Karaitiana Janine Teo Aroha O’Brien Jennifer Ruth Karaitiana John Te Rupe John Thoms Josephine Georgina Tiapa Raston Josephine Renata Justin Raymond Te Miha Kapua Oterangi Pitama Kathleen Mihiata Tapusoa Leon Lane Otene Madge Thorby Maehe Wills Maikara McArdell Marianne Bernice Papanui Matthew Edward Chase

Wairarapa Moana Farms Update

In the December update I reported the dairy farms had got off to a very good start to the 2007/08 season and at that stage also noted that due to the cooler spring period, pasture growth rates were below budget meaning less pasture silage was able to be harvested.

Since mid December through to the end of February there has been virtually no rain which has created a drought situation throughout the Waikato, the first for one hundred years. All farms including the sheep and beef but excluding Farm 1 which has the irrigation are critically short of feed and strategies for managing the position have been under way since the beginning of January. These have included: • Regular monitoring • Conference calls with managers and sharemilkers of each farm • Strategic drying off of some cows, an action that has been delayed for as long as practical • Evaluating the early selling of stock on the sheep farm • The purchase of a large quantity of maize • Seeking out grazing opportunities in the Hawke’s Bay In managing a drought consideration must be given to the current season and the next season so stock health and condition is paramount to this. Our forecast is that milk production will be down approximately 25%, this similar to all farms throughout central Waikato. The small positive since the last update is that milk payout has increased further to $6.90/kgms. The additional increase in the milk payout will be a small saviour for the dairy business. However budget predictions are still significantly revised downwards. Some of our herds have been dried off already with many of the others very close to decision day. Similarly, as the sheep and beef farm moves to support the dairy business their returns have also been eroded and expected to be well down on budget.

Maura Matenga Memory Arihia Artermisia Hamon Mereana Te Maari Whanau Trust Micheal Denton Tuari Ngarangi Topetopea E E Murphy Orleans Pohatu Pamela Tania Tanerau-Love Pamela Te Purei Patricia Hemi Patricia Puanani Edwards Patricia Rose Blair Rangi Akuira Te Rangi Rehu Rangituhia Poutu Ranui Ricardo Parahi Riarna Marees Tuari Ruth Anamia Pike Trust Ruth Renata Samantha Alicia Nepe Stephen Henry Toki Tanara Areta Mangai Whanau Trust Te Reo Hanita Tekiato Fitzgerald Terrance Thomas Tuari Theresa Nellie Panapa Thomas Hutana Tikao Taungaroa Emile Toatokawaru MacDonald Trudy Helen Timi Ahipene Vaine Taungaroa Emile Violet Priscilla Waata Waverney Stephens From the Top: Drought conditions 2008 Grass under irrigator Farm 1 Grass from non-irrigated area Farm 1

Fortunately the development of the new block from forestry has progressed well and is growing new grass which is available for young calves from the dairy business. The other projects on farm include the developments of the new dairy farms 12 and 14 and the installation of a new underpass on Farm 1. The continued fine weather has been ideal for building the new sheds, developing the tracks and races and installation of the water systems. The continuation of this 2008 drought is involving all those directly associated with the management of the farms. We are fortunate to have good strategies in place and I am pleased to report the impact on stock is minimal at this stage. We are ever hopeful that the rains will come soon which I am sure will happen and pasture growth rates return to normal levels.

John Hall

Tiki Tour

by Kelly Haeata

(Continued from Mailer Issue 7, September 2007)

Europe – England 1967

We boarded the P & O shipping liner, Southern Cross, in Wellington, during August, 1967, having formed a new Maori Hi-Liners group. The line-up was Barry Erickson from Taupo, on drums; Ben Moeva, on xylophone and saxophone; Pinky Paa, Auckland, lead guitar; Dennis Taiaroa, Wanganui, bass and Kelly Haeata, Masterton, on rhythm guitar. We completely revised a new musical cabaret and dance show. We would practice often to perfect it for passengers and crew on the ship, doing morning matinee and evening dance music. The cruise took approximately five weeks calling at Sydney, Perth, Durban and Cape Town, our destination, Southampton, England. The passengers really enjoyed our music. Captain Moulder was to give us a ‘very high recommend’. Derek Rawdon, whom we had met on our previous visit to England and who was to become our manager, met us off the ship. He had arranged accommodation in London, not too far away from the OVC (Overseas Visitors Club). The club was happy to see us back and put on a ‘welcome back’ party for us. We thought that was really neat. We stayed in London for a week and did our normal ‘gig’ for extra pocket money. Derek had also arranged a new drummer. His name was Tony Blackburn. He was part-Ceylonese and part-English. Tony was to become a major asset to our team, not only for his drumming skills but for the five languages he could speak. Tony joined us on our last performance at the OVC with all his baggage of drum kits set up on the stage and did a two-minute solo. ‘Wow!’ he blew us all away and received a standing ovation. We thought ‘jeez, that’s our man’. We boarded the train at Waterloo Station the following morning for Manchester where Derek met us and ferried us by taxi to the Musicians Hotel. That was to become our home for the next six months. There were other ‘musso’s’ there, an American negro group called The Platters, whom we got to know very well. They were on the third floor, a great bunch of guys who were to become the ‘Fabulous Platters’ and a household name in the years to come. We learned a lot from them, especially harmonising and stage presentation. We went on to become a very professional show group. All the entertainers at the hotel had their own times for practice in the lounge so there would be no clash and it was during the second week that Derek came to tell us of our ‘big break’. It was a thirty-minute spot at a bingo hall. The theme was ‘Searching for Talent’. We were about to go on stage. The first two groups were young guys, just starting out. This was to be our big break and we certainly made the most of it. We were called for an encore and would you believe it, the club manager let us go for a further twenty minutes. Felt sorry for the three remaining groups but from that night it was the start of something big for the Maori Hi-Liners. Derek’s phone was running red-hot the next day and people were asking for the ‘Meeoowry’ to perform in a range of clubs around Manchester. By the way, we got ten pounds each for our performance that night and it was off to the local steak shop for a fat juicy steak and chips and ciggies. We were to have a crash course on promotional photos and then it was our first big break at working in nightclubs. We worked our butts off the first night and received a standing ovation. The Maori Hi-Liners had finally arrived and all the

Back Row L–R: Kelly, Tony, Pinky Front Row L–R: Ben, Judy, Barry Marilyn, Dennis

Taken at Casino Estoril, Portugal.

venues we worked were packed out. Sometimes, we would do two shows a night within a two-mile radius and the people just followed us around which was very common. We had a very strong support base. The Maori Volcanics arrived on the scene and started doing ‘gigs’ on the same circuit. They were also a very polished group. The line-up comprised Nuki Waaka on bass and sax; his wife, Mahora, vocalist; John Nelson, lead guitar; Gilly Gilbert on drums; Tui Teka, vocalist, comedian, sax and trumpet and Hector Epae, vocalist, comedian and sax player. They were also to become popular with the locals around Manchester. It was July – August, 1967, that Derek booked us in to the Blackpool Opera House with the ‘Bachelor Boys’, Dame Margot, the operatic singer and our very own John Rowles. It was great to catch up with John again, since back in the Tiki Village, Australia days. He was promoting his number one hit song ‘Hush Not A Word To Mary’ and ‘If I Only Had Time’ and, as we know, John went on to become a recording star and a very ‘kiwi’ household name. Glasgow, Scotland, was our next stop and it was here we auditioned a female singer. She was a young eighteen-yearold Scottish lass, Marilyn, with a jazzy voice. We put her on show to the public in the last week. There was standing room only, the place was bursting at the seams. The Scots wanted a piece of their Scottish bonnie lassie. Marilyn was very talented and became a big part of our line-up. We were booked back in Manchester and Derek was very happy with our Scots girl and he asked Barry, who had his Australian girlfriend, Judy, travelling with us to England, if she could join the show also. There was a bit of ‘humming and haaaring’ because Judy didn’t have a singing voice but she was quite attractive and with both girls dressed up and looking good on stage they certainly created good vibes and gave the band a huge lift. It was my job to work on their stage presentation and dance routines and they became very professional. It was also in Manchester that another Maori group called ‘The Maori Castaways’ arrived and it was then that I met up with my old mate, ‘Hap’ Tenana, with lots of drinks after their show and catch-up. The English fans just loved the Maori groups and it was in Birmingham that this shy little ‘pommie’ girl was on the same ‘billing’ as us. Her name was Cilla Black and with a very heavy ‘pommie’ accent she belted out a song that was to become a number one hit ‘Step Inside Love’ and as we all know she also became a very popular recording artist and hosted her own television shows in the 80s. As we only had a six-month working visa, Derek would book us in Europe, Germany, working the American military bases and we made a big impression on the ‘Yanks’. Money was no problem to them. They were certainly not frightened to

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spend big-time, especially across the bar and hand out ‘fat’ cigars. We would be in Europe for two months, then it was back to the United Kingdom working in Wales – Cardiff and Newport – where the ‘hip swinging’ Tom Jones came from (never got to meet him). He was entertaining the girls at the London Palladium where he was mainly based. Shirley Bassey was also from Wales and was a number one hit star in England. Unfortunately, we never crossed paths or met her. She was too busy ‘raunching’ out her hit songs ‘Hey Big Spender’ etc. and we were just trying to hit the ‘big time’. We performed on stage with the English comedian, Bruce Forsythe, Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark for three weeks and that was very full-on and because we were unique with our comedy show, Polynesian and Maori show, we just blew the crowds away. In between all this I did my impersonation of Nat King Cole, Billy Enstine, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Junior, with the song titled ‘What Kind Of Fool Am I’. Our show would usually go on for two hours and then we would pack up our gear and move on to another club if we were doing two shows a night. ‘Jeez it was blooming hard work!’ but on pay-day it was worth it! It was when back in Wiesbaden, Germany, back on the American army circuit and the Maori Volcanics were working other parts of Germany, that I had a talk with the incomparable Tui Teka. I wanted to buy a saxophone so off we went to Frankfurt, about one hundred kilometers away and we bought my first sax. He taught me ‘scales’ and taught me how to play. I practiced at every opportunity until I became competent enough to play on-stage. I would go off to see Tui to get more tuition and within a week he would say, ‘Hey boy, I’d better not teach you too much, you’ll be better than me! Ha ha!’. That was just typical of Tui. He was a master teacher. This instrument was to become a major part of my life.

I pay tribute to the incomparable Prince Tui Teka in the next issue ofthe Mailer…

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