Issue 61 March 2021

ISSUE SIXTY ONE: ONO TEKAU MĀ TAHI MARCH 2021

Pirinoa dance club, Tuhirangi Band style

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Discovering Mangakino Marae Update Scholarship Recipients Celebrate Education Funding 2021 Waikato River Trails Summer Sizzler Edward (Ted) Workman Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 – Amendments Returned Mail – Where Are You? Hohepa Rutene – Future Leaders Past Recipient Wiremu Workman – Poutama Grant Recipient Wairarapa Moana: The Lake and Its People Dairy Farm Update Notification of A Deceased Shareholder Wairarapa Moana Merchandise Find out more ...

50 Unclaimed Dividends Shareholder Bank Account Details

Pictured left to right: Back row – Murray Brightwell and June Te Maari. Middle row – Hekenui (Captain) Carter, Peter Brightwell and Dick Te Whaiti. Front row – S. Bevan? (Sonny Tawhai? or Scotty Tawhai?) and Mita Carter.

We would welcome feedback and confirmation from our readers.

Well, whānau here we have a blast from the past. Anyone have memories of this very good-looking Tuhirangi Band?

We think this is some time in the 1940s at the Pirinoa Hall. We know that this was a time in our history when there were farewell and welcome home dances for the young men of the district who served overseas.1 Do your whànau have any stories of our Wairarapa bands, that you could share?

We invited Mita Carter’s daughter, Anne, to share a bit about her dad’s musical endeavours….

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Page 110, Pirinoa People & Pastures, Anne Aburn, Roydhouse Publishing Ltd for Pirinoa School & District Centenary Committee 1987

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My Life as a Musician, by Mita Carter (unpublished)

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Mita Carter pictured on piano (right), enjoyed a long musical career, starting at the young age of 8, tutored by Miss Roka Piripi (later Mrs Roka Enoka).

He attended college in 1929 at Bridge Pa, Hastings, which in his view was the place he learnt his musical skills, including introducing him to Jazz. As Mita put it ”Our college was number one musically but not so good academically.”2 He returned to the Wairarapa after the 1931 earthquake to attend Hikurangi College near Carterton.

Then returning to Kohunui after Hikurangi College burnt down in 1932.

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Discovering Mangakino John Stevens, who became the Incorporation’s lawyer in 1970, taking over from Daniel Riddiford, recalls his first visits to Mangakino in 1971 and 1973.

I’m not sure how we got to Mangakino in 1971. It may have been through Rotorua to attend a Màori Land Court hearing concerning the forestry lease and vesting the forestry land in the ownership of the Incorporation.

My first impression of Mangakino was of the very run-down state of much of the housing and the abundance of facilities which the shrinking community was finding increasingly difficult to maintain. However, there was still a demand for better quality houses and the committee was already discussing the possibility of a new lakeside subdivision in Korari Crescent, along with relocation, on to existing empty sections, of houses being offered for sale as the hydro development works at Tùrangi came to an end. The committee decided against buying houses for relocation and the Secretary, Donald Spiers, was given permission to do this personally, taking up leases of about fifteen vacant sections.

This was subsequently the subject of ongoing criticism by some owners.

Another emerging problem was that the committee had decided to invest in a share in a company which would lease the old NZ Electricity Department headquarters and operate it as an accommodation lodge but the projected sales were not being achieved.

There was still a separate primary school. There had been two but the one at the southern end of the town had been closed when the newer houses in that area were transferred to Tùrangi and the land returned to farming. After taking better houses away to use elsewhere, and leaving behind the older houses, the Government turned to encouraging the Incorporation to buy houses no longer needed in Tùrangi.

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Yet another example of how the Government put its interests first, in breach of its Treaty obligations, in its dealings with the owners.

The clothing factory, which employed about thirty people, had recently closed and attempts were being made to find another lessee.

The lease of the two forest blocks to New Zealand Forest Products having been approved by the owners in 1970, work in clearing and planting was proceeding rapidly.

The committee was told in April 1973 that 5000 acres had already been cleared. I remember seeing the huge rollers being lowered down and hauled up the hillsides to crush the scrub left after the native timber felling was finished.

The committee was also discussing a proposal to trial farm forestry, which had come into fashion at the time. The decision to proceed also eventually led to controversy about the wisdom of this land use.

On the farming side all was not well. I particularly remember the sour pasture and the dairy sheds and other buildings being in very poor condition. Many of the original whànau settlers from Wairarapa had already surrendered their leases in the farm development scheme run by the Board of Màori Affairs through the Màori Affairs Department. It would be fair to say that the depressed state of the dairy industry, the size of the dairy units and the department’s dealing with the Wairarapa whànau as lessees rather than as re-locating inexperienced owner/settlers who needed special support, were all contributing factors to the surrender of leases and difficulties in obtaining new lessees. The sheep and beef

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In need of work he drew on his musical talent, and these are some of his recollections in his words: “As there were many social functions being held in the district, Charlie Hodder, a cow cocky from Tuhitarata, formed a little band of four with Charlie Hodder on the squeeze box or accordion, Alby Te Maari on piano, Jimmy Mundy on banjo and myself on violin.

We were “one key” artists, that is we could only play in one key because of the accordion. Old Charlie was very good on the accordion and kept time with his eyebrows. …

Surprisingly, we were in demand at ten shillings for each player and played at many of the halls in the district. Alby and Jimmy were good singers and as their accompanist on piano, would sing many popular songs…” 3

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“I later joined a group which called themselves “The Kings of Jazz” and stayed with them for a year. The band leader was Dick Marsh, ex-musical teacher at the college I attended. He was an excellent saxophone and trumpet player having received his tuition at the Brigham Young University, Utah. Tommy Clark on bass, Wi Pere on trumpet and electric guitar, Hyrum Marsh on alto sax and Dick Tatere on C melody sax and Sam Wilton on drums.

We played for all of the social events of the year: the Hunt Ball, the Military and Golf Balls and as far as Wanganui, Marton, Feilding, Palmerston North and Pahiatua. When not rehearsing we would go to town and play billiards or attend an afternoon matinee. We averaged about ten pounds per week which was good money.

operation was run as two separate stations, often seen to be in competition, rather than working together.

For my next visit in 1973 the chairman, Rewi Tamihana, suggested that I drive the committee members to Mangakino.

We had only a small family car so it was arranged that I would rent a car in Wellington and collect Rewi from his home in Petone on the Friday afternoon. Next stop was Featherston where we were to pick up Mita Carter. It was a ‘no-show”. After about 30 minutes trying to track him down using the phone in the service station, (before the days of cell phones!) we managed to contact a whànau member who said he had left the previous day. Mita was not a committee member but had become secretary of the new marae committee which was to present a proposal to the Incorporation committee on the financing of the new marae. Apparently, he wanted to discuss this with others in Mangakino before the Incorporation committee arrived but had not advised Rewi.

We possibly picked up another committee member in Wairarapa but did not pickup Martin Parker from Carterton because he had gone ahead for a meeting of the advisory committee for the farm development scheme.

So, it was then a long drive to Mangakino, arriving not much before midnight.

John Stevens

On these visits by the committee all of Saturday and Sunday morning would be taken up with meetings and inspections around the town and farms, along with time for kòrero and kai at the marae. They were exhausting but very interesting weekends.

After a few of these trips I encouraged the committee to fly but that’s another story.

An enduring memory I have of my first visits are of the moana, the sparkling waters of which remind me of the sparkling waters of Wairarapa Moana when first seen when approaching Featherston from the Remutaka Pass.

On another occasion we also went through to Hastings to pick up John Gillies, who was also a member of the farm advisory committee. Then it was the long slog at night over the Napier-Taupo road in heavy rain, becoming a very dangerous and slow journey when the windscreen wipers on the rental car gave out. Then on Sunday afternoon I had to drive back through Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa, arriving home late on Sunday evening. And I see from the monthly accounts for that time that the rental car cost $31.13.

Another is of the warm welcome I received, particularly from uncle Major Mason, who took me under his wing and supported and encouraged me, saying that I was to be treated as one of his own. That continued to be a comfort in later years when my legal opinions and advice were at times subjected to quite strong attacks and some sought to exclude me from meetings, or even the marae.

Our means of transport was an eight-seater ex-service car, well equipped with all the tools of the trade and spotlights in the event of punctures at night.

Mita eventually formed his own band when undertaking carpentry work in the Waipukurau / Hastings area, with the initial line up; Tama Tomoana, Johnny Hill and Sonny Hutana on saxophone, Ray Carpenter on drums, Jack Smith on trumpet, Don Wilson on bass fiddle and Mita on piano and violin.

But that is a whole other story.

We played for a function in Wanganui sponsored by the New Zealand Màori Golf and when you play for Màori turnouts, they don’t know when to stop. These functions saw our men and women beautifully dressed. Looking down from the stage I felt so proud of my people, our young men and women, our elderly, Johnny Hapi, Lou Paewai, Kapi Tareha, Bessie Fullerton-Smith and many others, all experts in golf.” 4 3 4

Ngā mihi nui mō ngā wheako whakamī haro.

Written by Anne Carter

My Life as a Musician, by Mita Carter (unpublished) My Life as a Musician, by Mita Carter (unpublished)

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Marae Update Te Rangimarie Marae It’s been a while since we provided an article about the Marae.

Covid lockdown came and both Marae and church were silenced. Concern was felt about how we would recover from this but lockdown lifted and life has slowly returned to near normal.

Christmas Eve service was held on the Atea at 8.30pm and was beautiful under candlelight as we once again welcomed the Christ Child.

The Marae was slow to welcome people back after lockdown as people continued to be cautious but as Christmas approached the regular things began to happen. Schools came to stay as they enjoyed outdoor pursuits in the Tararua Ranges. Council had its new citizen awards which we catered, birthdays and events were on again and so the life of the Marae has settled into a renewed life.

What will happen for 2021 is anyone’s guess! Worship in the church is back and during summer we’ve had a trip

to Castlepoint to have a service at St Peters by the Sea followed by a picnic lunch.

We continue to work with the community to offer a wonderful wharenui, Nukutaimemeha, a daily doctors’ clinic, and a place to worship and revive your soul in Te Hepara Pai – all part of Te Rangimarie Marae.

Nau mai, haere mai Robin Irwin, Secretary

Scholarship Recipients Celebrate January 30th started with an overcast sky as secondary school students and their whànau gathered at the waharoa of Te Rangimarie Marae for their annual scholarship awards hui.

During the karanga the skies opened, and tears were shed to commemorate this important occasion. With the pòwhiri completed the important kaupapa of presenting the scholarship recipients with their certificates got underway.

Scholarship recipients 2021

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Education Funding 2021 Scholarships are available to descendants of an original Wairarapa Moana owner. Criteria is applied to all funding.

FUTURE LEADERS SCHOLARSHIPS OPENED Monday 22 February CLOSING 12.00pm Thursday 1 April 2021 Ngà Kete o Te Wànanga – Tertiary Scholarships are targeted at students studying a diploma, degree, Masters or PhD. Ngà Mahi À-Rehe – Trade Training & Apprenticeship Scholarships are provided to those studying and working towards a trade or an apprenticeship.

POUTAMA FUND GRANT There is no closing date and applications are available until the annual funding is used. Particularly useful to Wairarapa Moana descendants wanting to "Bridge a Gap" towards pre-requisite study to get into a three-year degree, or to complete a certificate, or a license for enhanced employment opportunities.

TE KETE URUURU TAU SCHOLARSHIPS Two special scholarships available to various fields within agri-business.

Enquiries welcome, applications are available from the office, contact Dallas. p 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 e trust@wairarapamoana.org.nz

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Forty-seven proud students from sixteen different kura and colleges covering the lower North Island between Heretaunga, Palmerston North and Wellington were acknowledged by proud whànau and friends. The Papawai & Kaikòkirikiri Trusts board members would like to recognise the outstanding support of whànau on this occasion and the participation of students in pursuit of education as a pathway to future goals.

This year 225 applications for scholarships were received from students attending 51 secondary schools. Funding of $140,000 was approved for boarding and day students throughout New Zealand.

Anei tètahi whakatauàkì – Poipoia te kàkano kia puawai…

Nurture the seed and it will blossom.

Waikato River Trails Summer Sizzler Deon Martin-Rata

Ko Takitimu tāku waka Ko Aorangi tāku maunga Ko Ruamahanga tāku awa Ko Ngàti Kahungunu tāku iwi Ko Rākaiwhakairi tāku hapū Ko Kohunui tāku marae Ko Tuhirangi tāku whare Ko Piripi te Maari tāku Rangatira Ko Donald Matenga-Martin tāku koroua Ko Eileen June Te Maari tāku kuia Ko Dion Chris Martin tāku pāpā Ko Louise Tia Huia Rata tāku māmā Ko Deon Fenton Kuiwai Rana Martin-Rata ahau I had made the decision to enter into the Waikato River Trails Summer Sizzler 2021 as a way to fuel my motivation and fitness journey. I then came across the Facebook post that Wairarapa Moana was giving away five entries to the event. I could not pass up the opportunity, so I took the steps to enter and I was then on my way to signing up to take part in the Summer Sizzler.

The event itself was amazing! Awesome people, amazing scenery and very motivating to kick off your new year!

I participated in the 11km walk and it was amazing, being a first for me to walk such a distance. I was a little hesitant at first but I definitely recommend it for anyone wanting to challenge themselves and venture out of their comfort zone!

This is absolutely a yearly thing I will look forward to and I am for sure participating in more similar events this year!

Deon Martin-Rata

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Edward (Ted) Workman Ted Workman, Factory Manager, driving Bakers Trap at Greytown

The family of the late Zoe Ward nee Workman recently brought this photo in to Wairarapa Moana.

Zoe passed away in 2020, aged 101, and the family had a wish that the photograph be passed to the descendants of Ted (Edward) Workman.

We asked Tà Kim Workman, and his cousin Robert’s wife, Julia, who is the family’s post-settlement genealogist, if they could help. Tà Kim shares Ted’s story.

it would mean that the photo was taken in the early 1930s.

When Albert later learned that he was adopted he became very upset and moved to Australia.”

“Ted (Edward) Workman was the tenth of eleven children born to Wiremu Workman and Mary Ann Silcox. He was my grandfather's (Robert) younger brother, born at Kaikoura on 29 December 1884, and died in Auckland on 16 February 1942, aged 58, and was buried at the Waikumete Cemetery. He married Evelyn May Whitford (1887-1933) in 1918. My sister, Janice Wenn, and our cousin Joy Tocker, both born in 1933, remember him well.

He was very close to Grandad Bob and would often come from Auckland to Greytown and stay. They describe him as a lovely man, happy-go-lucky, and a favourite with the children. He would take Janice and the other children swimming at the Matarawa bridge and Joan Larsen and Joy Tocker, whose parents, Eva, nee Workman, and Tip Ticehurst, had a farm at Matarawa, would join them. Janice recalls he was a very good musician who played the piano accordion and, she thinks, the saxophone. Our aunty Merle Dennis, nee Workman, played the piano but only on the black keys. When Ted came to town it was all on. Janice recalls that they were very happy times.

The whànau’s post-settlement genealogist, Julie Workman, then kicked in with information about Albert:

“William Workman and his family moved back to Greytown from Kaikoura in 1890 so Ted would have been about six years old when they moved. I can't see any date on the photo but it looks as though he was about thirty at the time the photo was taken. It would appear that he was working for Duff's Bakery at the time. He later moved to Auckland and was a factory manager there.

“Ted's wife died at the age of forty-six. They had no issue but had an adopted son named Albert, who was born in 1923. If that is Albert sitting beside his father in the dray,

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“Yes, there is a paper trail for Albert Edward Stenton Workman. He travelled to Western Australia, Perth region and married twice, once in 1941 and then again in 1945.

The file note says: ‘Went to Australia to live. Played in a band. Not heard of for a long time - nobody knows what happened to him.’ The electoral rolls in Australia have him listed as a teacher.”

There is record of a marriage in 1941, with no bride listed.

Albert married again in 1945 to Gwenda Marjery Easom and they had a daughter Marianne Margaret Workman on 7th April 1948. Gwenda died in 2010. Efforts to locate Marianne Workman have thus far been unsuccessful. She could well be alive.

Tà Kim:

“As one gets older, whakapapa research becomes increasingly important. It is one thing to have the bones of whakapapa and be able to identify where you come from, but it is the stories about our tī puna that add flesh to the bones, that speak to us about our wairua, our āhuatanga, and our place in the world.”

Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 – Amendments In issue 60 of the Mailer we provided information on the new legislation in The Trusts Act 2019. That Act came into effect 30 January this year and has a significant impact on the governance and administration of family trusts, charitable trusts and trusts for the benefit of iwi, hapū and whānau, including ahu whenua and whānau trusts.

We now bring you an update on what landowners should know regarding changes to Te Ture Whenua Màori Act 1993 effective from 6 February 2021. The amendments include practical and technical changes to legislation. It is the most significant update to Te Ture Whenua Màori since it was introduced. Amendments include:

Dispute resolution service Parties in a dispute over Màori land can access a free tikangabased mediation service provided by the Màori Land Court.

The confidential service enables parties to come up with their own solutions outside of a court hearing. Màori Land Court judges will act as mediators initially. Using this service can help parties avoid unnecessary litigation and find more sustainable solutions that everyone agrees on.

Simple and uncontested succession applications Simple and uncontested succession applications can be decided by a Màori Land Court registrar without a court hearing. The time and costs associated with attending a court hearing are removed when an application is decided by a registrar. This change also supports the efficient running of the Màori Land Court.

RETURNED MAIL – Where are you?

Succession with a surviving spouse or partner Descendants can apply to succeed to the land interest when a landowner passes. This change helps descendants who whakapapa to the land to connect to their whenua and participate in decisions about their land sooner, while the surviving spouse or partner can still receive income from the land and/or occupy the family home on the land.

Succession for whāngai Judges will follow the tikanga of the hapù or iwi associated with the land being succeeded to when deciding whether whàngai can succeed to a land interest. Where the relevant tikanga does not recognise a relationship that entitles whàngai to succeed, a court order may be issued granting whàngai a lifetime right to receive income or grants from the land and/or the right to occupy the family home on the land.

Legislative changes affecting trusts Simple and uncontested trust applications can be decided by a Màori Land Court registrar without a court hearing.

The time and costs associated with attending a court hearing are removed when an application is decided by a registrar. This change also supports the efficient running of the Màori Land Court.

Other changes affecting trusts include updated provisions for removing a trustee and aligning trust procedures to changes in the Act.

Legislative changes affecting incorporations The Incorporation has had mail returned to the office for the following shareholders or trustees.

If you are able to provide any relevant information or contact details, please contact Ngaere on 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or ngaere@wairarapamoana.org.nz.

Hohepa Joseph and Pori (Temepara) Karaitiana Trust Fund Whānau Trust Hinemoana Muri Chan Schouwenaars-Maihi Kaitiaki Trust Kararaina Tayla-Jean Schouwenaars-Maihi Kaitiaki Trust Maringa Opal Darlene Reiri Michael Kopu

Vernon John Atley Awhina Rongomai Grant Kim William Compton Janine Teo Aroha O’Brien Kathleen Patricia Coster Timoti Ngahuru Reedy Myra Anne Te Puia Lind Benjamin Brooks Parkinson Samuel Brooks Parkinson

Changes include making it easier for landowners to establish Màori incorporations, and provisions for removing a member of a committee of management of an incorporation have been updated. There is a new requirement for Màori incorporations to record the details of the dividends paid to shareholders. There are also legislation changes supporting housing initiatives and the extended service of Màori Land Court jurisdiction.

For further information contact your nearest Māori Land Court office or visit https://maorilandcourt.govt.nz/news/new-maoriland-court-services-and-legislation-changes/

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Hohepa Rutene Future Leaders Past Recipient Ngā Mahi Ā-Rehe / Trades & Apprenticeships Hairdressing Apprenticeship 2013, 2014, 2015

Aspirations from beginning to end of study: To become a qualified hairdresser.

Did that change, why/how:

Pepeha:

Ko Ko Ko Ko Ko

Rangitumau te maunga Ruamahanga te awa Tākitimu te waka Papawai te marae Ngāti Kahungunu te iwi

Study/where/length: I started my hairdressing apprenticeship in 2013 in Greytown at a hair salon called Magie B's which was soon bought and renamed Shine Hair Stylists Greytown.

I was fortunate to start my apprenticeship a week before the year 1 hairdressing course started, so this helped me get into my studies quicker and ended up taking threeand-a-half years all together.

Whakapapa – Which original owner do you whakapapa to: My grandfather, Ronald Rutene.

Shareholder Search – Can you help?

We would like your help to trace descendants of shareholder

Emily Laura Owen Any information you may be able to share with us will be most appreciated.

Call Ngaere on 0800 662 624 or email ngaere@wairarapamoana.org.nz

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At the end of my hairdressing apprenticeship, I found my passion was more in male grooming and this prompted me to eventually move into a barbering career at Boar & Blade Wellington. A year later I moved to Auckland and a month after that I ended up buying the business of the previous owner and have been running it now for almost four years.

What benefits did the Wairarapa Moana grant provide to help you: As a hairdressing apprentice I wasn't on the biggest income.

This gave me a great stepping-stone in being able to purchase all the equipment I needed to begin my career.

What are your future plans: Since taking over Boar & Blade in 2017 we grew the business from two shops to three. I want to eventually explore the option of franchising it and helping the staff at Boar & Blade pave their own way as business owners under the Boar & Blade brand.

I’ve also got aspirations of expanding my male hair care brand, Micky Day, which was founded in 2019 from two products to a full range of male grooming, skin and hair care, eventually exporting it overseas.

Are you in employment, where: I am employed by my barbershop Boar & Blade and have been since 2017

Is there any advice you would give to other Wairarapa Moana recipients: Always take opportunities if they come your way. If you don’t know how to do it, more the reason to give it a go.

The only way to learn and grow as a person is to step outside of your comfort zone.

Ngā mihi anō Hohepa Rutene

Wiremu Workman – Poutama Grant Recipient Ko Tararua tōku maunga Ko Wairarapa tōku moana Ko Takitimu tōku waka Ko Ngàti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa tōku iwi Ko Ngàti Moe tōku hapū Ko Pàpàwai tōku marae Nò Awakairangi ahau Ko Kim tōku mātua Ko Carolyn tōku whaea Ko Wiremu Workman tōku ingoa I was wanting to get back to driving as a job but needed to get my truck licences back. What was stopping me was the $1,400 to do the course.

With empty pockets, an empty bank account and the bank of mum and dad closed, I went to WINZ. They said I had to have a driving job before they could pay for the course but I couldn’t get a driving job until I got my licences. I was trapped and going nowhere.

Then dad remembered the Wairarapa Moana Education Grants and I applied, half expecting to be turned down, after all, the course wasn’t at university or polytech. The moment I got the call that I was successful, my life took an immediate upward turn. I couldn’t get hold of the lady who ran the course fast enough. Within a fortnight I had passed the course and two weeks later was doing a day’s trial for a mate’s dad in his trucking firm.

Now I wake up wanting to go to work, enjoying the driving, and each day brings something different. I’ve been driving around the lower North Island, carting dirt from one place to another and loving it.

Without the Ara Poutama Grant I would still be bumming around, knowing what I wanted but unable to get there.

To anyone reading this – apply for a grant if that is all that is stopping you to get to your dream.

Thank you to those who decided to take a chance on me. I am really grateful for the hand up to a better future.

Nà, Wiremu Workman

Wairarapa Moana: The Lake and Its People Bringing you short snippets from the book to encourage you to read and increase your knowledge of this taonga. Enjoy!

Chapter 5: The European Invasion of Wairarapa Moana.

Written by Gareth Winter.

“…In 1844 the first stations were established around the shores of the lake.”

European settlers arrived on the margins of Wairarapa Moana in the early 1840s. For the previous 500 years tangata whenua had gained sustenance from the rich fishing grounds of the lakes – primarily harvesting tuna (eels) but also other native species including kòkopu (whitebait) and piharau (lamprey) – and by gardening the fertile soil surrounding them.

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By Michael Allan

Tēnā koutou Summer is well and truly established on the Wairarapa Moana dairy farms.

We had an exceptional grass growth period in November and early December and made large quantities of silage which were more than what was budgeted. This was very good as January and February have been very dry and we are able to feed the silage to the milking cows.

The centre-pivot irrigators are watering the 970 hectares of irrigated land. We operate these within the allowable water flow limits which has meant some restricted use over the period.

The current moisture deficit on the dryland farms is in the minus 115 range as shown on the NIWA table below.

Whilst the historical average shown in the left of the images below is ideal, last year’s dry (middle image) was worse when compared to the far-right image.

With our large quantities of silage available for feeding and some palm kernel we can fill the feed deficit. Rainfall for the past fifteen days has been lower than both the historical average and the same period last year.

Deficit at 9am on 08/02/2020

Deficit at 9am on 08/02/2021

The cows are, in general, looking good but are not happy about the odd very-hot day we get from time to time. They welcome the cooler nights and the duller days.

The farm team is working well and managing the challenges that a dry summer presents.

Dairy production to the end of January 2021 is ahead of last season and 3% below the budget. We have attained 3,296,752 of our annual budgeted 5.0m kilograms of milk solids. (Last year we had attained 3,111,239 kilograms milk solids).

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We are now into the planning and budgeting phase of next season. As a part of the work, we dug with a spade the odd hole on Farms 2 and 4 to look at the soil and, in particular, the level of organic matter. We were very impressed with the levels of organic matter on Farm 2 and where Farm 4 had been irrigated. There were some poorer dryland paddocks on Farm 4 and we are looking at introducing additional pasture species and some regeneration systems on these.

The picture below shows our executive chairman (standing on the truck) checking irrigation lines with WSP consultant Nick Adams to the left. (The track is dry; the sky is blue and the grass is green due to our irrigation).

We are in the process of reviewing the irrigation system and making sure it is running as efficiently as possible.

In the next edition of the Mailer we will update you on how the next part of the season went and the plans for the next season.

Soil moisture deficit (mm) at 9am on 08/02/2021

Historical average deficit at 9am on 8 Feb

The milk price is looking strong with an expected farm gate milk price for the season with Miraka forecasting a range with a mid-point of $7.30 per kilogram milksolid.

Notification of a Deceased Shareholder Death is never easy to announce; and we will all find ourselves in this situation at some time in our lives.

Now and then the office is unaware that a shareholder has passed away and correspondence and the Wairarapa Moana Mailer will continue to be sent to the deceased shareholder’s address.

It would be greatly appreciated if whànau could let the office know of shareholders who have passed on.

Give us a call so we can update the share register and support the whànau to succeed.

He kokonga whare e kitea, he kokonga ngākau e kore e kitea.

The corners of a house may be seen and examined, not so the corners of the heart.

This whakataukì indicates that where we can visibly see the corners of a house, we do not have the ability to see the inner thoughts or feelings of a person. This reminds us to take care when engaging with others, as we are not aware of what may be happening for them or in their lives.

Contact Ngaere on 0800 662 624 or ngaere@wairarapamoana.org.nz

WAIRARAPA MOANA MERCHANDISE The office has a selection of Wairarapa Moana books and clothing available for purchase.

To place an order, contact cheryl@wairarapamoana.org.nz or visit our website shop at www.wairarapamoana.org.nz/shop/ WAIRARAPA MOANA: THE LAKE AND ITS PEOPLE The story of the North Island’s third largest lake complex from history to environmental problems.

Wairarapa Moana has added some colour to the selection of clothing available for purchase.

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50 Unclaimed Dividends If you are able to provide any information that can help us to make contact with these shareholders or their descendants, please contact the office on 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or email ngaere@wairarapamoana.org.nz

Shareholder Bank Accounts

to all our shareholders who provided new or updated postal addresses and bank details prior to the annual dividend distribution in December.

If you’re living in Australia payment of dividends can be made by direct credit to your Australian bank account or your New Zealand bank account, or a cheque can be sent by post.

There will be some requirements to meet but if you want to change the method of receiving your dividend, please contact Ngaere at the Masterton office.

She will be happy to help.

If you’re living in New Zealand payment of dividends are direct credited to your New Zealand bank account.

If you’re living in another country payment of dividends are by cheque and sent by post.

For all shareholding inquiries and bank account forms please contact ngaere@ wairarapamoana.org.nz or call 0800 662 624 or 06 370 2608.

She is available Monday to Thursday 9.30am to 3.00pm.

RIPEKA KAIWARAKIHI IHIPERA WHANA WHANA LUCY RIWAI NGAHINA TE IHI TE AORURU RANGITAUIRA RAHERA TE IRIHINAHINA PUINGA JURY RUMATIKI KINGI RANGI KAKAPI THOMPSON IRAIPA HEHE JANICE TUI ROSS IRA RANGIPAI LOVE KAREN KINGI DION CAROL MORRIS JOYCE OPIE MAY AGNES FLUTEY NINIWA KINGI MANGA RENATA BROWN HENARE HARE PAREKURA RANGIHAEA RICE MAY COLLINGS JAMES HIMONA ESTATE HURIA JEANETTE MILLER RETA CARLSON HAUMIHIA TE WHAITI ESTATE ROBERT PAUL HILLS

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If you would like to share news with the wider whānau …. we’d love to hear from you. Contact the Masterton office on 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or info@wairarapamoana.org.nz The date for the next issue is: ISSUE

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Friday, June 4, 2021

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Office Hours: 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday; closed Friday.

If you have any queries please contact Charmaine Kawana, Dallas Gillies, Cheryl Wilmshurst or 12 Ngaere Webb at the Masterton office.

Freepost 158415 PO Box 2019 Kuripuni, Masterton 5842

Wairarapa Moana House 4 Park Avenue Masterton 5810

Phone: 06 370 2608 Freephone: 0800 662 624

Email: info@wairarapamoana.org.nz Website: www.wairarapamoana.org.nz