Wairarapa Midweek Wed 12th February 2020

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020

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If there is a medal for record turnout to the Masterton A&P Show, Masterton woman, Phyllis French has earned it during her unbroken 80year attendance.

The 89-year old is most likely to be found near the sheep pens this weekend, admiring her beloved coloured sheep, and explaining rural matters to those who gather round to learn from New Zealand’s first woman “Patron of the Show”.

Recently awarded her special badge, this great honour was bestowed on Phyllis for her 80 years of service to the show.

It is an honorary title and confers on her the responsibility of being an ambassador for the show, and putting her experience in tourism promotion to good use.

Starting as a nine-yearold schoolgirl when her class entered the Home Industry, writing category, and later in the Pony section, or doing ringwork and showjumping on her horse “Ace High”, she never missed the show.

Once married, she encouraged her daughter’s riding participation and she entered the Handcraft Continued on page 3

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2 Wairarapa Midweek Local News Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Crashes

Health

Another pole bites the dust

Newsweek

Surgeon shortage

Almost every two weeks, a Wairarapa driver takes out a power pole. NZTA data shows 23 vehicles crashed into power poles in Wairarapa last financial year – and the region seems to be on track this year with three crashes into power poles already. The latest of which left a man with moderate injuries and 114 Carterton homes without power after the ute he was driving hit a power pole in Carterton on Saturday afternoon. It costs an average of $5000 to replace a power pole.

Wairarapa Hospital will soon have only one orthopaedic surgeon instead of four, meaning Wairarapa patients may need to travel elsewhere for surgeries while recruitment is underway.

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Settlement

Pukaha returned to iwi

Hundreds of iwi members and supporters of Rangitane o Wairarapa and Tamaki nui a Rua gathered at Pukaha National Wildlife Centre on Saturday to witness the return of 942 hectares of their land. Full story P25.

Court Environment

Fraudster jailed

River dump human error

More than $450,000 worth of gold bullion, drones and motorcycles were purchased using fake cheques.

The goods were fraudulently bought

by Featherston man Jason Gregory, 33, to feed a methamphetamine addiction, the Wellington District Court was told when he appeared for sentencing on 18 charges. His offending included using stolen and expired cheques which were issued using fake names, with some signed “from Santa” and “hahaha”. He also used counterfeit $50 and $100 bills at Wairarapa businesses. He was sentenced to prison for two years and 10 months but was immediately eligible for parole because he has spent close to a year in prison on remand.

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Human error and equipment failure were behind two unauthorised discharges of almost half a million litres of wastewater into the Ruamahanga River last month. On January 15, an estimated 90,000 litres of partially treated wastewater escaped from the Martinborough treatment plant into the river, and another 10,000 on neighbouring land.

On January 31, South Wairarapa District Council and infrastructure partners Wellington Water said a further 100,000 litres of partially treated wastewater and 300,000 litres of fully treated wastewater entered the river earlier that week. The unauthorised discharges could incur penalties from Greater Wellington Regional Council.

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Striving for survivors not stats Hayley Gastmeier

If a loved one’s heart stops beating, CPR can be the difference between life and death.

Preparing the Wairarapa community to respond in the event of a cardiac arrest is Matt Hitchiner’s mission.

The Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic is working towards his goal of having someone within every five-kilometre radius of the Wairarapa region trained to perform CPR and use a defibrillator [AED].

“Having worked for the London Ambulance Service in central London, and now for Wellington Free Ambulance in beautiful Wairarapa, I have witnessed my fair share of tragedy and joy.

“What I have come to realise is that there comes a day when the body dies, regardless of what medical help is offered.

“However, in a small proportion of these people there remains the potential for continued life, with the beginning of this possibility literally lying in the hands of our community.”

Matt is Wellington Free Ambulance’s Wairarapa Heartbeat Coordinator, heading the CPR training programme offering lifesaving skills free of

Matt Hitchiner.

charge to the community, thanks to the Lloyd Morrison Foundation.

“Wairarapa is an expansive area, but my vision is to ensure that no matter whether rural or urban, there will be people in the community that have been trained to perform

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CPR and use a defibrillator until our paramedics arrive to take over.”

Wellington Free Ambulance statistics show four people on average have a sudden cardiac arrest in the Wairarapa and Wellington area every week.

Twenty-six per cent happen in public places.

Early CPR can increase survival rates to nearly 30 per cent, and using an AED can increase the chance of survival by 80 per cent.

Heartbeat aims to teach whānau, businesses, and community groups what to do in an emergency, how to perform CPR, and where to find and use an AED. Participants will also learn about the phone app, Good Smartphone Activated Medics [GoodSAM].

If a GoodSAM responder is within 1000 metres of a suspected cardiac arrest they will receive an alert via their phone giving them the opportunity to respond.

The app also shows responders the location of the incident and the known closest AEDs. “The more people on the app, the more people who will be able to respond and the greater chance someone has to live.”

The Heartbeat programme has been running successfully in Wellington for about 10 years.

Matt said because of Wairarapa’s rural nature and large area, ambulance response times can be longer than in cities.

That’s why community members knowing how to respond in the event of an emergency was so important.

“This community is so small – everybody knows someone – it could be your mate who needs help.”

Over the next six months, Matt and the Heartbeat team will be trialling the project tailored for the Wairarapa community.

The key skills can be learned in as little as 20 minutes. These brief sessions are ideal for the rural sector or businesses that are short of time.

Matt said from one to 1.5 hours was a good timeframe if groups wanted to have questions answered.

So far he has worked with Henley Men’s Shed, with further sessions planned.

“The first Masterton men’s shed Heartbeat training session was very successful, and it was a pleasure to teach such a practical group.”

Henley Men’s Shed member Mat Nolan said while he had previous first aid training, he got a lot out of the session.

“It was absolutely useful.

Matt was a very nice guy and full of knowledge. He

was up with the play with every question that we had for him – it was a brilliant course and personally I got a heck of a lot out of it.”

Henley Men’s Shed coordinator John Bush said the aim was to get at least 100 of the shed’s 157 members trained in CPR and using an AED. He was looking forward to the next training session at the shed on February 17.

Matt, who has been working as a paramedic for five years, said training everyday people to be able to help in an emergency was a passion that drove him.

“The surge of optimism that we get when arriving at a scene to find a community member already performing CPR is what has spurred me to be part of the Heartbeat project.”

He said any group, business, or organisation could contact him to arrange a Heartbeat session at heartbeat.wairarapa@ wfa.org.nz.

• A public event about the programme will be in Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, and Martinborough on March 28, visit www. wfa.org.nz/heartbeat for more information.

‘She is so humble and a great ambassador’ Continued from page 1 section with knitting and embroidery offerings.

Her great interest as a Tinui farmer’s wife was in learning about, and then breeding, black and coloured sheep.

She said in 1978 women were not even allowed in the sheep pens.

Undaunted, Phyllis learned as much as she could about sheep genetics from knowledgeable friends in the field, and through her own practical experience.

Later her skills were sought after as a judge of sheep at the show.

Over the past 40 years she has been a supporter of

the spinning and weaving section.

“I bred the sheep, grew the wool, spun the wool, knitted the jersey, and there is nothing more fulfilling.”

This love of all things to do with spinning and weaving led her to the Masterton Woolshed, her “second home”.

Here, she and other volunteers demonstrate spinning and knitting and entertain the tourists – “putting life into the museum” as she likes to think of it.

This indomitable woman was still living rurally on her 30-acre block at Tinui, dagging sheep, until, seven years ago, at the age of 82, when she reluctantly

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Home Industries president Joy Sutherland, left with Patron of the Show Phyllis French, and Masterton A&P Show president Peter McWilliam.

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moved into town.

As the president of the A&P Show, Peter McWilliam has known

Phyllis for many years, and said she is very deserving of this honour.

“We wanted to show

our appreciation for her lifetime contribution,” he said.

“She is so humble and

a great ambassador for the A&P Association, with a way with people and words.

“Look for her in the Home Industries, she’ll be there with bells and whistles on.”

The Masterton A&P show kicks off Friday, February 14, and runs over the weekend.

Public entry is free.

In addition to equestrian events there will be cooking, floral, fruit and veggie sections as well as crafts, photography, and the Lions Book Sale.

The inter-schools teen agri competition will be held on Saturday, and Home Industry will be on Sunday.

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Hayley Gastmeier

HAND TO MOUTH Wairarapa Midweek has partnered with Planalytics to launch this campaign, shedding light on food poverty in our region and highlighting the efforts of those who are working to address the need.

Planalytics is a Greytown-based consultancy providing research, analysis, facilitation and monitoring services to inform decision-making in the urban and community development sectors. Waste Not, Want Not was commissioned by Connecting Communities Wairarapa and funded by Department for Internal Affairs and the Lottery Grants Board Te Puna Tahua. You can access the full report from the Planalytics website, www.planalytics.co.nz

Having access to money plays a massive part in people’s ability to eat and eat well.

Not surprisingly, research shows people living in low decile areas are at high risk of experiencing food poverty.

And stigma, transport, and awareness are key barriers keeping people from accessing the help they may need.

These themes are among research findings by Planalytics, a Greytownbased consultancy that authored the report, Waste Not, Want Not: Food Insecurity in Wairarapa.

This report is the basis for Midweek’s Hand to Mouth series, which was launched last week.

To recap, food insecurity, sometimes called food poverty, exists when people do not have adequate physical, social, or economic access to food.

The report cites a Wellington-based study, Food Costs for Families, that found that having a job didn’t necessarily prevent food insecurity.

Families receiving the minimum wage spent 50 per cent of their income (after tax is deducted) to buy healthy food.

Families living solely on benefits and in public housing are even worse off, spending 66 per cent (before tax but after accommodation costs) to eat healthy.

With healthy food bills chewing up such large proportions of incomes, it’s understandable that ‘healthy’ food might not

be prioritised when it comes to shopping trolley selection.

Lucy Cooper, principal analyst at Planalytics and lead researcher on the The Waste Not, Want Not report said it was money, not nutrition know-how that was a key barrier to making healthy food choices.

“Our review of the current literature showed that a reduction in the price of healthy foods actually stimulates change in purchasing decisions.”

Studies have found that there is greater prevalence

of food insecurity within Māori and Pacific households.

“New Zealand research we looked at found that large families, young people, and women were also more at risk of food insecurity.”

The report concluded there was an absence of formal guidance available at a national level regarding how to identify and address food insecurity for New Zealanders.

“Our research found that responses to food insecurity in New Zealand, historically and today, appear to be far more localised. They include

initiatives like food banks, school breakfast clubs and, more recently, community food pantries or pātaka kai”.

Why does food insecurity exist?

A key factor identified as leading to food insecurity was the cost of living.

Low wages and benefits continue to fall behind the cost of living, with rent, power, and petrol putting pressure on the amount of money whanau have available to spend on food.

The lack of public housing in Wairarapa means many people on low incomes must access the private rental sector or emergency housing.

Planalytics spoke with numerous social sector agencies which noted that recent increases to accommodation supplements had been met by corresponding increases in rent, “leaving beneficiaries no better off and in some cases, worse off ”.

Several agencies interviewed anticipated the number of ‘working poor’ needing food assistance would increase, as would the number of older people affected by food insecurity living in Wairarapa.

What’s stopping people from accessing help?

Food insecurity has been described as a “wicked problem”.

A key New Zealand study cited in Waste Not Want Not, the Family 100 Research Project engaged with families experiencing poverty and noted that there was often many factors such as debt, housing, health and education, that could act together to keep people experiencing food poverty trapped in a state of constant hardship.

This complexity frustrates efforts to address food insecurity on its own.

While it is important to note that Planalytics’ research was agency focused, not client focused, the report found that these findings were echoed here in Wairarapa.

Interviews with 25 participants from 18 agencies were conducted, with interviewees recognising a number of barriers they considered got in the way of their clients’ ability to access food that met the needs of themselves and their whanau.

A 2006 study, Food Insecurity and the Food Bank Industry, stated there was a perceived social stigma attached to using food banks and other social services that alleviated food insecurity, with associated feelings of shame, embarrassment and humiliation.

Planalytics said interview participants identified similar barriers, with one agency saying “the stigma of having to ask” was significant particularly for older people.

“People may not want to be seen visiting a food bank or feel uncomfortable providing personal details to an agency in order to secure emergency food help,” the Waste Not, Want Not report stated.

“Concern was raised by several interview participants that referral procedures were sometimes felt to be judgemental and made clients ‘jump through hoops’.”

Transport was also identified as a barrier.

People experiencing food insecurity often lacked the resources to own and maintain a car, relying on public transport, or friends and family to get around.

Those who do own a car have petrol and maintenance costs which

eat into food budgets.

The lack of cheap, regular public transport between Wairarapa’s main towns meant it was challenging to get to food banks during opening hours, or to other appointments or courses.

Isolation due to age, health, or living rurally were identified as factors contributing to food need.

“Wairarapa has a large, sparsely populated rural area, which is not served by public transport,” Planalytics said.

“Interview participants identified that people experiencing food insecurity in rural areas may struggle to access services, such as food banks, to alleviate food need.”

Older people may have physical limitations or health issues that keep them from being able to access food initiatives.

One agency highlighted the implications of the food insecurity and ill health cycle.

“For example, beneficiaries who are diabetics cannot afford the right kind of food for their condition, which exacerbates their health condition.”

An agency interviewed said addiction could also impact on the amount of money a family or individual had to spend on food.

A lack of awareness of available services was also raised as a barrier.

It was an issue that affected both people experiencing food need, and agencies helping to address it.

• Next time we’ll look at how and who is tackling the issue of food poverty here in Wairarapa.

• Have you been affected by food insecurity?

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Kakahi future is uncertain When your very survival is dependent on hitching a ride, it is critical that one is available.

But, for the native New Zealand mussel, kakahi, in Lake Wairarapa, there just aren’t many cabs waiting on the rank.

As a result, this small, but important little creature faces an increasingly uncertain future.

Evidence that this is the case was confirmed during the annual kakahi monitoring survey day at Wairarapa Lake Shore Scenic Reserve on Sunday.

Although plenty of adult kakahi were located in quick time, less than a handful of the juvenile mollusc were discovered.

Greater Wellington Regional Council contracted Freshwater ecologist Amber McEwan to lead the research into the secretive little creatures.

McEwan said although the results were not surprising, it was deeply troubling for the long term future of the species in the region.

McEwan said the main problem facing kakahi populations was likely a lack of native host fish species – their favourite being the koaro – to facilitate successful reproduction.

As host fish, they act like a taxi whereby kakahi larva, called glochidia, are sneezed out by their mother and latch onto a passing fish using a hook at the top of their shell.

An explosion of pest fish in the lake such as perch, rudd, and brown trout have decimated native host fish populations, hence the scarcity of juvenile kakahi, McEwan said.

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Sunday’s monitoring involved about 35 people, mainly volunteers, measuring and recording information about the kakahi and returning them safely to the lake.

The survey alternates between two sites at Lake Wairarapa – Lake Domain at the top end of the lake and Wairarapa Lake Shore Scenic Reserve on the Western side.

The kakahi measured ranged in size of between 4-6cm, which puts them at about 20-30 years old, McEwan said. Juvenile kakahi are much smaller, so volunteers scooped up substrate and sieved it, looking for the tiny shells.

Only four juveniles were found.

Paul Curry, a veteran of five kakahi counts, said the search for juveniles was “like looking for gold”.

Compared to the other volunteers, he was richly rewarded, finding two of the four juveniles.

Historically, kakahi have been very important to Maori.

They were a source of food and their shells were used as tools.

Kakahi also play an important ecosystem role as they filter water.

One kakahi can filter about one litre of water per hour.

In the past, large beds of kakahi probably helped to maintain the clarity and ecological health of New Zealand’s waterways, McEwan said.

“The future [for kakahi] is looking really bleak at the moment, they really need some help.”

While there are other significant factors contributing to the population decline of kakahi in Lake Wairarapa such as sedimentation and high nutrient levels in the lake water, reducing pest fish numbers could help.

The kakahi monitoring programme is one of a number of projects underway at Lake Wairarapa as part of the Wairarapa Moana Wetlands Project, a joint initiative of Greater Wellington Regional Council, the Department of Conservation, South Wairarapa District Council, Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Rangitane o Wairarapa Inc. The project began in 2008 with the aim of enhancing the native ecology, recreational and cultural opportunities on public land in the area, and includes restoration work at Onoke Spit, Lake Domain Reserve, Donald’s Creek as well as Onoke/ Okorewa Lagoon.

Wairarapa Moana is one of the largest remaining wetland complexes in New Zealand and has ecological values of national and international significance.

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Dry days not over for farmers

Lowest monthly rainfall in 72 years, farmers face hardship Gianina Schwanecke

With the lowest rainfall readings since the 1940s in coastal Wairarapa, and international market uncertainty, it’s time for Wairarapa farmers to lean on each other now more than ever.

Wairarapa Federated Farmers president William Beetham said everyone was nervous about the weather conditions affecting sales and operations.

“I’ve heard of people running out of water in dams,” he said.

And people with lambs or cows for sale were struggling to sell them “which is really unusual”.

PGG Wrightson Wairarapa area livestock manager Steve Wilkinson said store stock was still shifting but buyer’s interest was much lower.

“That’s due to a couple of things,” he said, “but the main one being the coronavirus [outbreak] having a major influence on the Chinese market and dry conditions across the lower North Island.

“We’ve had an extremely hot and windy January.”

He said this had created an oversupply and farmers were either finishing what

Reports of dams drying up and farmers struggling are increasing.

they had or were not in a position to purchase.

“There’s not a lot of outlets for oversupply.”

While international market conditions were “still fluid”, he said the long-range forecast was hopeful.

Wilkinson said it was a tough time for farmers but one many were prepared for.

“They’ve been here before, so they know how to ride it out.

“They don’t have to look far to realise things could be a hell of a lot worse.

As the Castlepoint

Station manager, Jacques Reinhardt is no stranger to working in difficult conditions, though he noted this summer was proving particularly difficult.

“We always plan for the dry because its coastal Wairarapa,” he said.

“With farming, we do play to the averages to be a little conservative but it’s a lot drier than the average we usually farm for.”

He said November had been a record hot month with little rainfall.

“It was the fourth lowest rainfall we’ve ever had

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– in 110 years. It’s a bit shocking.”

Especially compared to the year before, when it “bucketed down” in late November and early December contributing to strong grass growth later on.

In November, he recorded only 9 millimetres of rainfall.

This was followed by 36.5mm mostly at the tail end of December and 24mm last month.

These are more than 2030mm behind historical average.

Strong winds were

another aggravating feature, he said.

“The wind pretty much hasn’t stopped since September.

“They say it sucks 10mm water out of the ground a day.”

Wind speeds at Castlepoint averaged more than 4kmh, with some gusts even reaching 180kmh and a max of 211kmh.

By the start of December, the farm was down to its lowest stock numbers to prepare for the dry period.

“We sold most of

our surplus lambs and other stock at the end of November.”

For remaining stock, they were supplementing feed with grain and bailage.

“It’s tricky with stock water and dams getting low too.”

Reinhardt said it was a difficult time for farmers, though there were parts of the country that were worse.

“It’s a lot more work and tough mentally at times but it’s what we do as farmers.

“We have a responsibility to take best care of these animals.

“I’m just trying to reach out and see how people are doing.”

East Coast Rural Support Trust clinical psychologist Sarah Donaldson agreed it was important for farmers to use their support channels.

“If things are building up and this is just another thing in your bucket, reach out,” she said.

“We’d rather people call us early rather than late.”

It was important for farmers to focus on what they could control and be mindful of ‘what if’ thinking.

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Jock Blathwayt dies days after court send-off Marcus Anselm Veteran criminal defender Jock Blathwayt died Tuesday, February 4, mere days after a poignant farewell to his second home, Masterton District Court.

Blathwayt, 79, was celebrated by family, friends, and courtroom adversaries in the town’s court on Friday, January 31.

Wairarapa born-andraised, Blathwayt spent 60 years in the profession and practised in the area for more than five decades.

He fought passionately for the rights and interests of his clients and we respected him immensely for that.

– Tom Andrews Police prosecutor Tom Andrews said Blathwayt was a courtroom opponent who became a close friend.

“He was my adversary, he was my friend, he was somebody I held in the highest regard.

“He fought passionately for the rights and interests of his clients and we respected

him immensely for that.

“I’m deeply saddened to hear he died only four days later.”

The Carterton lawyer was part of a legal dynasty which spans back to 1842, and the very birth of the New Zealand legal system.

His sister Judith Fyfe, the former writer and broadcaster, is also a

prominent lawyer, as was their brother Gerald, who died in 2013.

Masterton District Court was packed for the final appearance of the barrister who was a central figure in high profile Wairarapa cases throughout his career such as Phillip Smith’s 1996 trial, the trial of Stephen Williams over the murder of Coral Burrows, and the death of Lou Tawhai in 1992.

Blathwayt was a keen sportsman, a golfer, tennis player, and cricketer.

His love of cricket was lifelong, and he was a Code of Conduct commissioner for Wairarapa Cricket for many years.

A love of law and cricket was shared with his friend Mark Elliott.

Elliott was the long-standing court manager in Masterton, and a longtime cricket player, umpire, and administrator.

“I think it was all said on Friday,” he said. “But he did an excellent job when called on to adjudicate on

misdemeanours. That was just an added thing he was involved in.”

Elliott shared many hours with Blathwayt in court, at the cricket, and on the fairway.

“He was a very interesting character on the golf course. His competitive spirit came through. He was a hard man to get past, put it that way.”

Among other civic roles, Blathwayt was a trustee of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust [MTLT] for 10 years between 1977 and 1987.

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Monarchs are amazing creatures.

Here in NZ they will over-winter in warmer coastal sites and sheltered tree plantations inland. In late September and October the butterflies appear ready to reproduce and are looking for milkweed plants. The most common is the sawn (Asclepias) plant. The swan plant name is given because the seed pod and stem take on a look similar to swans when placed in water.

The ‘swans’ on the plant are actually the seed bags. When the seeds are mature and ready to be sown, the bag splits open and the seeds fall out. Each seed is attached to a small gossamer parachute,

allowing it to float on the wind to its spot of germination.

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Feb 13-15: Look for pests and take action if you find them.

Feb 15-19: Spread fertiliser and cultivate the soil removing weeds as you go.

Swan Plants grow best in full sun in a well-drained spot, away from harsh winds and frosts. When the caterpillar season has finished you can prune the plants back and let them regrow again. Don’t ever spray your plants with pesticides as this will harm the caterpillar’s development. They can be prone to aphids - the best way to deal with these is to squash them manually, keeping a constant eye out can mean you can get on top of aphids before they become a problem.

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A Carterton child was so upset hearing about the koalas killed and injured in the Australian bush fires, that he decided to do something about it.

Leo Sykes, 8, has been painting koalas on stones to sell for a koha which he will give to Helping you Help Animals [HUHA].

HUHA has deployed a team of volunteer vets, vet nurses, builders and other support people to Australia to assist with the bushfires.

So far, Leo has painted nearly 200 rocks, and sales from his painted koala rocks have raised nearly $1000.

Over the years, Leo’s family garden has become decorated with colourful, painted stones because Leo and his sister Evelyn like painting stones, so they decided to paint

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Leo took charge.

“I felt upset and helpless, I needed to do something to help,” Leo said.

“I asked mum if I could sell my toys but she said no and so I decided to paint some more rocks.

“Nana traced out the koala bear shape and we colour them in, then Nana coats them with resin.

“We sell them for a koha.”

During the summer school holidays, Leo got up early many mornings and started painting.

Some days he was up and out at the front of his house with his stall of ‘petrocks’ by 7am.

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Gianina Schwanecke A Carterton shearer has been named a finalist at the 2019 Norwood NZ Rural Sports Awards.

Greg Herrick, a Golden Shears Open Shearing championship finalist in the 1970s, has dedicated his life to the sport of shearing.

Last year, he celebrated 50 years of service to shearing, including 16 years which he served as chair of the Golden Shears World Council during which the number of countries involved in the world championships more than doubled.

He retired from this role last year but would be battling it out against two others in the Toyota Lifetime Legacy category at the rural sports awards.

His competition includes Ricky May, a harness racer from Methven, and Sheree Taylor, a wood chopping champion from Te Aroha.

“The Norwood New Zealand Rural Sports Awards are all about honouring people from young athletes who are just starting, to the lifetime achievers, and those who work away in the background to make sure rural sports survive,” convenor of the judging panel Nathan Twaddle said.

He said the range of rural

A decision made last year to change the frequency of Carterton District Council meetings from every six weeks to eight drew some flak at a recent public forum.

Former councillor Chris Engel told the forum that having fewer full council meetings meant ratepayers would not have a chance to hear the chief executive’s report or to question councillors.

This cutback in full council meetings made council operations and decisionmaking “non-transparent”, Engel said. Any changes made

would not be easy for the public to follow.

Some of the chief executive’s eight-weekly reports will, however, now be available at committee meetings that will be open to the public.

The council meeting after last year’s local government election, agreed in November that ordinary council meetings would be changed from a sixweekly cycle to eight-weekly.

Councillors would also have a ‘meeting-free July’.

The proposal made by newly-elected Mayor Greg Lang and council chief executive Jane Davis was unanimously passed.

Councillors also agreed to

establish a new infrastructure services committee, and a policy and strategy committee.

Lang said last week that he anticipated this eight-weekcycle and the new committees to be a more efficient and effective set-up.

“The committees and their chairs will be much better informed on the council’s operations,” Lang said.

“Committees operate in a less formal way than the full council, enabling an easier flow of information and debate.”

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Finalists included leaders in traditional rural sports like shearing, fencing, wool handling and dog triallists, and newer sports like tree climbing and duck calling.

Norwood chief executive Tim Myers said rural sports had been integral to rural life for more than 150 years.

“Rural sport provides an opportunity for the community to come together, and an opportunity for those living in rural New Zealand to have offfarm interests,” he said.

The winners of each category would be announced at an awards dinner on March 13 at the Awapuni Function Centre in Palmerston North.

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The midwives and nurses the family know have bought plenty of the rocks.

“People driving past have come down the road, hopped out to look, driven away and come back with coins to buy the rocks,” his nana Carole Wheeler said.

“So many people are moved by the wildlife injured by the fires and want to help.”

It is now estimated that one billion creatures have been killed in the Australian fires so far.

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COUNCIL SNIPPETS Turning ordinary spaces into people places You may have noticed a few new attractions popping up around town recently. We’re very fortunate to have fantastic community members and groups who have dedicated their free time and resources to make some fun, social and vibrant spaces for both residents and visitors to enjoy.

Last month, we were excited to officially open Ngahere o te ora – Haumanu community garden. This project has been a labour of love, made by the community, for the community and our council is proud to have supported this project.

We also celebrated the town’s new mural, painted by volunteers Anna-Marie Kingsley and Mike Osborne, and sponsored by Resene and Wai Art Trust. If you take a walk along Holloway Street, you may see some colourful footprints near the police station. Follow the footsteps around the back of the police station to discover the colourful angel wings which is a must-do photo opportunity for people of all ages.

We would love to see your angel wings photo on social media, using

How do council and committee meetings work?

Recently we’ve had a lot more participation from Carterton residents in our consultations and council meetings, which is fantastic.

We want to encourage more of this, so we thought we would let you

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WAIKOUKOUTĀUA - BY RA SMITH the hashtags #angelwings and #cartertonnz We also launched the ‘Happy to Chat’ bench on the corner of High Street and Holloway Street. This seat provides Carterton residents and visitors of all ages a central place to have a friendly chat, talk to someone they wouldn’t normally talk to and maybe even meet someone new. This project is the initiative of Lucy Adlam from Joy for Generations and was made possible by the collaboration between Joy for Generations, Ka Pai Carterton, Age Concern, Carterton District Council and its Place Making Advisory Group, Wai Art and Neighbourhood Support. Local business Nectarine also jumped on board with designing and painting the sign above the bench, with funding from Carterton District Council. The ‘Happy to Chat’ bench know more about the meetings in which important decisions are made.

The council is made up of elected members and council officers.

Carterton District Council has 1 mayor and 8 councillors who were elected in the local body elections last year.

The elected members act on behalf of the community who elected them, and the council officers carry out the services based on the elected

is already available for people to use, with the official launch taking place

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members’ decisions made during council or committee meetings.

Some activities must be approved by the full council. These include:

Council meetings have recently changed to an eight-weekly cycle.

The council has made this change to give councillors more time to carry out other activities, rather than sitting in meetings. The council’s six committees will now have more significant agendas than last triennium which effectively means the councillors will be meeting 4-weekly to carry out major business rather than just receiving update reports. All council and committee meetings are open to the public, have their agendas made available to the public the Friday prior to meetings, and have public forums available at all committee meetings.

Members of the public who wish to participate in this public forum must register their intention with the council office at least one full day prior to the meeting.

■ Setting rates ■ Borrowing money ■ Buying or selling some types of land ■ Adopting major council documents such as the long-term plan and annual report.

For a full calendar of the year’s meetings and to view available agendas, visit https://cdc.govt.nz/ your-council/meetings/ or contact our office on 06 379 4030

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This is a land block that is wrapped around the Hurunui-o-Rangi land block. By thinking about this name as a compound word and split into, Wai or water, koukou as swimming and tāua as the two of us we can get a sense of the word. When we remember in Māori construction that the first word is the noun and the following words are the adjectives then the name, Waikoukoutāua can mean our swimming water.

This fits with the land block because its boundary is the Ruamāhanga. It is also about Hurunui-o-Rangi marae’s practice of camping down by the river in the summer months. Our much loved Aunty Hine wrote about this and said, “This was the life. We lived off the Ruamāhanga.”

Cycle safety skills track at Carrington Park – update Are you as excited about the kids’ cycle track as we are?! The track will provide a facility to encourage children to learn first-hand road safety in a safe and fun environment. The track will incorporate a set of traffic lights, a roundabout, intersections, a pedestrian crossing, a maintenance corner, bus shelter, benches and picnic tables. Work is well under way now and we’ve got a sign up on the fence so you can check out the plans for yourself. Thanks to the Lions Club of Carterton for donating this amazing project to our community.

Anyone wishing to donate to this project can email pascoerey@gmail.com or direct credit to “Lions Club of Carterton Charitable Trust” Westpac account J B Park Account: 03 0609 0002436 001 Please use the Ref: Track

HAVE YOUR SAY AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK go to our website: cdc.govt.nz, email us on info@cdc.govt.nz or send us your thoughts by mail to: Carterton District Council PO Box 9 | Carterton 5743

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Robbing Peter to pay Paul is not way to go When Radio New Zealand last week announced its plans to automate its classical music station and to axe RNZ Concert staff, it was the youngest reporter in our newsroom who voiced disappointment.

This is ironic because the reason RNZ is proposing to strip the division of its resourcing is so it can offer a new station aimed at reaching a younger audience. The publicly funded non-commercial national broadcaster plans to take RNZ Concert off its FM frequency, and replace it with a music channel targeting people aged 18 to 35. RNZ Concert would stream as an automated nonstop music channel online and play only on AM radio. From the feedback I’ve heard, this idea is not popular at all.

Listeners have been vocal, raising their concerns on air, signing petitions, saying it will be the loss of a national treasure.

One listener texted RNZ

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Hayley Gastmeier to say his son would be saddened if the move went ahead as he listened to the station walking to school each day. From what I can see, there are many ways in which youth can access music these days. But not a heck of a lot on offer for classical music lovers.

There are so many radio stations playing the latest ‘hits’, and featuring the hottest celebrity ‘goss’.

These channels are no doubt aimed at a younger audience, albeit all of them are commercial.

There’s Spotify, YouTube, iTunes, Soundcloud, and likely platforms I’m not even aware of that cater for anyone with any tastes.

The thing is, most young people will have the devices and the ‘knowhow’ to be able to access anything they want at any time.

However, it’s probably safe to say that not everyone listening to RNZ Concert is as savvy with technology.

That’s why the station is so important.

It specialises in classical, jazz, and world music, and plays recordings by local musicians and composers.

It does attract an older demographic, and I can understand RNZ wanting to reach a wider audience.

And don’t get me wrong.

Having a commercial-free music station aimed at people aged 18 to 35 would be amazing.

I would listen to it and if anyone could pull it off well, it would be RNZ. I just don’t think it should come at the expense of a station that serves an audience that isn’t spoilt for choice.

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Millions spent on dam plan but nothing to show for it Dear Editor, If I were advising a young teenager what career path to take in today’s world, it would be to become a `water consultant’.

In this field you do not have to produce anything tangible or measurable; simply be a convincing speaker, and appear to know what it is you are talking about.

A bit like a politician.

Mike Osborne summed it up beautifully [Wairarapa Midweek, January 29] by comparing the exercise of debating whether or not Wairarapa needed a storage dam for water to that of a woolly mammoth.

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and Action Plan has said water would revolutionise the economic potential of Wairarapa.

But Wairarapa isn’t short of water!

It’s only the fact that dairy farmers are allowed to throw water into the air in 30 degree Celsius temperatures in a hot northerly wind, that depletes our water supply.

If farmers had to pay for the water they waste, do you think they would throw it away so freely?

Former Wellington Regional Councils have poured millions of our ratepayer dollars into dam schemes for the past 10 years. Two sites north east of Masterton, two

sites West of Masterton, the Mangaterere Valley, and now we have the government pouring $7 million into another plan.

To my knowledge nothing was produced from previous explorations to show what was achieved or where the money went.

Will there be reports to show where this $7m goes?

Perhaps into the mist of time like the ‘woolly mammoth’.

What a way to earn a living! I wish I had thought to be a water consultant instead of a builder.

What is the qualification for this job? Plumber?

Wairarapa is a traditionally dry area, nature has devised it that

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way. Throwing water at it won’t change the climate.

As Mike Osborne suggests, far better to farm with nature, and adopt a form of agriculture in tune with a dry area.

The only exception I can think of in favour for providing a dam, would be to provide a more permanent supply of drinking water for our towns.

As aquifers become more and more polluted, it will not be feasible to take water from underground for much longer.

Martinborough and Havelock North are examples of this.

Alan Wilde Greytown

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How can we shop less, eat better and feel full of energy, while also reducing our carbon footprint?

It’s simple: by growing our own fruit and vegetables.

The easiest way is to start a no-dig garden by sheet mulching.

1. In autumn, find a patch of lawn that gets sun for at least four hours each day. Add some lime and put the sprinkler on it.

2. Use stones, bricks or timber to mark out a path.

Cover the growing area with cardboard or use wet newspapers, 10 sheets thick and generously overlap them.

3. Cover that with compost, worm castings, and rotted manure.

4. Then add a thick layer of mulch. Woodchip is a good option, but make sure it is from the whole tree, including the leaves. Straw and mushroom compost also work well.

Growing and storing

We grow food all year round in our organic garden at Mikimiki and eat with the seasons.

We bottle all the fruit we produce – apples, pears, peaches, plums and apricots – as well as tomatoes, olives and elderberry juice.

Potatoes and pumpkins are stored under our house where it is nice and cool – they last almost until the new ones appear.

Nuts are dried then put in closed containers and also kept under the house.

Chestnuts (for roasting) are soaked then put into buckets with layers of dry

sand in between.

We ferment cabbage, daikon, carrots, green beans and beetroot using kimchi and sauerkraut methods.

Most years the garden produces enough currants, gooseberries, strawberries, guavas and wild blackberries to freeze.

We grow pinto beans which are a good protein source, as we are vegetarian.

We store five to seven kilogrammes of dried beans, which last the whole year, and sort out the biggest beans to use for seed the following year.

Carrots, parsnips and beetroots stay in the ground over winter till they go into flower in November, when the new ones just start to appear again.

We have been growing leeks, chicory and radicchio for the farmers market, to pay for new seeds and other expenses for the following year.

Homemade is best

Things I never buy, but make myself, include bread, muesli, kefir yoghurt, herb teas, sauces, pesto, hummus, dips, salad dressings, chutney, jam, marmalade, kombucha, juice, ice cream, biscuits and cakes.

We start the day with a cup of olive leaf tea because this helps the immune system to fight viruses, and we end the day with a cup of calming lemon balm and lemon verbena tea.

During the day when I need a “pick me up” I drink kawakawa and ginger kombucha.

Open day

Come and see how these things are done at our open day on Saturday, February 15, 2–4 pm, at 791 Mikimiki Rd. Parking available at the DOC parking area opposite the house.

Koha/gold coin entry.

It’s a whimsy world “This painting makes me smile,” says Sandra Debney of Masterton, who is chair of the Friends of Aratoi and volunteers at the museum three times a month.

“I just love the whimsy.

“Ian Chapman’s imagination is just incredible.

“I think the quirky painting speaks to people of all ages. I’ve seen children marvel at this huge whale held up in the sky by balloons.

“And the title – Mass Transit – how perfect.

“I remember Ian saying in his solo exhibition in August last year that the ‘title is everything’ – that

has sold, but I am hoping to buy one of his works at some point.

“I’ve been following his work for years, and I’ve seen some of the new paintings that he’ll show in an exhibition next month at Zimmerman Art Gallery in Palmerston North.

“They feature creatures with fantastical eyes – really fun!”

• Wairarapa Midweek has partnered with Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History to record stories of people visiting the regional museum – enjoy these first-hand accounts.

Make it yourself: Recipes from Hella Watercress pesto Gather watercress from a clean stream (harvesting high in the catchment is recommended).

The watercress can be mixed with parsley, stinging nettle or edible weeds such as chickweed.

Cut the leaves off the thick stems and put the leaves in the food processer.

Add pumpkin kernels, cashew nuts or your own walnuts (pre-soaked).

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it might come while he’s painting, or months afterwards, but that it’s only ever finished with a good title.

“I was really happy when Ian won the Rosewood Premier Award of $2000.

“It’s an outstanding piece.

“It’s my favourite in the whole Wairarapa Art Review exhibition, which says a lot because there are a lot of very talented artists in our region.

“This painting gets my vote for the $500 Frank Minehan People’s Choice Award, which will be announced on February 16.

“This painting by Ian

and a pinch of salt.

Add more oil if too dry or more nuts/seeds if too wet.

Spread thickly on sourdough bread – divine!

If using olive leaves, put them through a grinder or food processer to get optimum flavour and goodness.

Herb tea Use olive tree prunings, lemon balm stalks, lemon verbena branches, stinging nettle or blackberry leaves.

These dry easily if left in a warm dark place – mine go under a spare bed in a hot uninsulated loft room, but you can also hang them.

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16 Wairarapa Midweek Lifestyle Wednesday, February 12, 2020 PEEK @ PUKAHA

Tara’s important discovery Dear friends, One of the greatest benefits of working at Pūkaha is that you never know when you’ll see something really cool.

When you are surrounded by a forest with predator controls that aim to remove pest species such as rats, ferrets, stoats, and cats, nature is generally allowed to flourish.

The result?

Lots more native species and loads more cool finds and discoveries!

Our rangers are lucky.

They get to hang out in the forest and under the pretence of ‘work’, feed a range of native species, help them multiply, and spend most of their time doing all this while having a good old walkabout.

Okay, maybe it’s not that simple.

There’s a lot of cleaning, poop scooping, food preparation, fixing things, monitoring, detailed recording, egg locating, egg turning, sunburn, paperwork, customer liaison activity and a raft of other miscellaneous duties that go on behind the scenes.

But the point remains.

Our rangers are in the

Ranger Tara’s ornate skink discovery. PHOTO/TARA SWAN

Intern Jack’s forest gecko find.

PHOTO/JACK O’CONNOR

bush alot.

So, they have more chances to see really cool stuff.

Often when it happens.

Regardless of how much time one spends in our forest, whether you come once a year or visit here daily there is one random universal law that applies to every visitor.

And Ranger Zack’s male blue damselfly sighting. PHOTO/ ZACK WHITE

Ranger Tara’s lucky sighting of a white kereru. PHOTO/ TARA SWAN

it is this.

You never know when nature will choose to find you.

What is certain is that the more time you spend in the forest, the greater the odds are of this applying.

Why do you think our rangers are so happy all the time?

So today we thought we would share some of the recent discoveries our rangers have been having.

Take ranger Zack White for example. Walking along. Looks down and

see her face.

What has she just photographed (this time), sitting on a rock in the sun? An ornate skink.

Extremely rare.

The first time we think one has been seen in our forest reserve E-V-E-R. Apparently it’s gravid (pregnant) too. Wow wee!

If you ask our staff why they love working at Pūkaha, there will be many answers.

Conservation of our native flora and fauna plays a big part, but so too does seeing super cool stuff on a regular basis.

If you are out in nature, keep your eyes open and look around.

You never know who may be trying to find you.

Until next week, The Pūkaha Rangers.

sees this super Contributed by Ranger Zack’s green cool beetle encounter.

Alex Wall green PHOTO/ZACK WHITE shiny beetle.

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18 Wairarapa Midweek Lifestyle Wednesday, February 12, 2020 ADVERTORIAL

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Masterton’s Mary Williams is reaching the halfway point of her journey running the length of New Zealand.

The 24-year-old is approaching the northernmost top of the South Island, Cape Farewell, and has run and tramped close to 1500km since the end of November.

“I’ve already worked through two pairs of shoes and three pairs of socks, and my feet are taking a real beating,” Williams said.

She embarked on the journey to raise awareness and funds for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.

So far, she has raised $2393.

She said the journey had been a challenge.

Last week, she ran from Murchison to Seddonville over the Old Ghost Rd, covering the distance of a marathon per day.

“I take a day off about once a week to rest,” she said.

“I’m pretty sore.

“It’s been a great challenge so far, and a really fantastic opportunity to see more of New Zealand’s back country. I get to meet so many people on the trails and in back country huts, as well as learn more about New

Mary Williams hit the 80km mark on the Old Ghost Road, an 85km mountain bike track following a long forgotten but recently revived gold miner’s road.

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“I explored the Tararuas a fair bit growing up, but Mackenzie country, Nelson Lakes, Stewart Island they’re all so different and beautiful in their own different ways, it’s hard to

believe they’re all part of the same country.”

Williams is set to be back in Masterton in time to run Wellington Round the Bays on Sunday with her family and organise her supply boxes for the North Island leg of the journey.

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TOTAL GARDEN WATERING BAN A total ban on garden watering is now in place for Masterton. Continued dry weather means water in the Waingawa River is very low. The river is the source of our drinking water and we need to keep it healthy. While we wait for rain, we can all do our bit to conserve water.

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Is there anyone out there?

With no moon to intervene, we can assure lots of stars, assuming there’s no clouds and you are away from any lights.

Even now as we move into late summer, the sky is best after 10pm.

The show starts in the southern sky, where Centaur and the Southern Cross sit above the horizon.

The Milky Way extends from there, all the way overhead, and you’ll have to turn around as you scan overhead, where the great band of 400 billion stars continues on, nearly into the very obvious Orion constellation high in the northern sky.

Get your eyes really used to the dark and you cannot fail to see the two dwarf galaxies – Large Magellanic and Small Magellanic clouds.

They are just to the west of the band of the Milky Way and look like night clouds, though these are clouds of billions of stars.

Once thought to be satellites of our Milky Way, they are now believed to simply be “passers-by”.

They are just currently in our vicinity, if you call a couple of hundred thousand light-years close.

Don’t for a second think you will observe their motion, unless you expect to live a few million years.

As you view these collections of billions

Milky Way and its companion dwarf galaxies.

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Sky Watch

Nick Sault of stars, you might contemplate whether there’s anyone out there looking back at the cloud of stars our sun sits in, in our spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

There are serious groups who scan the sky listening for signs of intelligent life out there, in the form of transmissions that cannot

be explained as being natural.

This has been going on for decades now, with no success at all.

I read today that astronomers are suggesting that listening should be directed at stars that we know have reasonably Earth-like planets.

I have a wee problem

with that.

Even though there’s been no success so far, listening across millions of stars is much more likely to yield results – if there is anyone out there, mind you.

But, so far, there are very few stars known to have planets in a habitable zone.

So, the numbers come down to dozens at the most.

Consider that in over three billion years of evolving life on this planet, it is only in the last 100 years or so that we have been broadcasting anything that could be picked up

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by any sentient beings out there.

Earth spent the first two billion years harbouring nothing more than microbial life.

So, what is the chance that in the few Earth-like planets we know about so far, life has reached that stage of technology?

That’s even if life has sparked on any of them in the first place.

Daft idea, I call it.

Keep looking in the star clouds, guys and gals.

Next week: Morning planets dodge the moon.

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THE MARQUIS APARTMENTS One of Carterton’s oldest landmarks - The Marquis of Normanby - is embarking on a new era.

White Cloud Construction bought the hotel on the corner of Broadway Road and High Street North, Carterton, late last year.

Since then, the Wellington-based company has been renovating the hotel, turning it into permanent/ semi-permanent living spaces with cool lounges, a huge deck and attractive apartments.

The faces behind the project are couple Anthony Walton and Sarah Albisser-Walton, and Anthony’s lifelong friend Wesley Campbell.

Anthony, who has been in construction most of his life, has been overseeing the refurbishment which has seen The Marquis’ 25 rooms turned into 16 fullyfurnished rooms, and nine standalone apartments, with the option of alternatively using some of them as offices.

The upstairs also features a number of shower and toilet facilities, and a lounge which steps out on to the balcony overlooking downtown Carterton.

Downstairs, the restaurant has been turned into a large lounge, where the commercial kitchen is now a shared cooking space with cafe-style dining area.

The pub will keep its present character but will be refurbished soon.

Transforming The Marquis achieves a goal Anthony has had for many years.

White Cloud Construction has traditionally built standard homes all around New Zealand with profits going to aid projects around the world.

Most recently its profits have gone to Global Tribe, an aid organisation founded by Anthony’s

daughter Rebecca Walton for aid projects and a School of Agriculture in Kenya.

White Cloud Construction also supports local causes.

For instance, a weekly donation from Marquis of Normanby will go to local youth leaders in Carterton and others to start with.

“The Marquis of Normandy is the opportunity we were looking for,” says Anthony.

“I have dreamed of this for years. I’m interested in building thriving communities.

My mum’s iwi is Ngapuhi, and we have always had all sorts of people around home. We want the hotel to be a social place.”

Anthony has stayed true to the history of The Marquis but blended its character with a contemporary flavour, creating lots of light and space.

“People like living in heritage spaces but they also want a modern feel.”

An accomplished artist with exhibitions in New Zealand and in the United States, Sarah recently designed the label for The National Distillery Company and their award winning Gin called Adorn.

Her paintings and drawings hang tastefully in the hotel, along with the C.F. Goldie prints that have been in the hotel for many years, the frames of which have been lovingly restored by Sarah.

One of the most striking features of the refurbishment has been the conversion of the restaurant into a lounge, with the carpet stripped back to reveal golden matai wood, cream coloured walls and tasteful furniture.

Anthony envisages the two lounges as being social centres with TED talks, mentoring and online education.

Wesley, a music industry

businessman who lives in Nashville, has already used his musical connections to bring United Statesbased Australian singer, songwriter and record producer Chris Falson (father of Sam Sparro) to The Marquis, backed by New Zealand musicians.

The Marquis Apartments are available for both short and longterm accommodation.

There are a variety of sizes, with each apartment fully furnished with a queen or double bed, wall mounted TV with wifi, kitchenette, panel heater, towel-rail, mirror cabinet, draws/clothes hanger and fridge/freezer.

There is also the option of renting apartments as a fully fitted out office.

Residents share the two lounges and two kitchens upstairs and downstairs, as well as showers and toilets. All the communal spaces cleaned daily.

The apartments range from $250 to $350 a week and $95 to $125 a night.

“We wanted to keep the prices as reasonable as possible,” says Anthony. “And it includes everything from the cleaning to the furniture and appliances as well as the toilet paper.”

Interest in the apartments has already been high. “We are already starting to get lots of Airbnb bookings as well as some long-term residents.”

All residents have to go through an application process, Anthony says.

“It is a privilege to live here and we want to protect our residents.”

The building has been completely rewired but no earthquake strengthening was needed.

“It is solid reinforced concrete. We drilled into some of the columns and had a look at the steel which is really thick and in good condition.”

And as for ghosts of times past, Anthony says there have been no signs.

“The hotel has the most beautiful presence and ambience which everyone who has stayed here remarks on.”

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Four schools ‘over capacity’ Eli Hill Four Wairarapa schools are over capacity according to the Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins.

Douglas Park School, Fernridge School, Masterton Intermediate School, and Opaki School were named by Hipkins as schools ‘over capacity’.

Douglas Park School principal Gareth Sinton said the school had done extensive refurbishment work over the last two years – going from single celled classrooms to four open learning environments.

“The way our school is structured now with our open learning environment I would never say we are overcrowded even though we meet the minister’s definition of overcapacity.”

Each of the four hubs

had excellent acoustics, ventilation and more than the required ministry floorspace so the school had no issues with crowding.

“Twenty-nine new students started last week for a starting roll of 343 students.

“Our roll is relatively stable given that we have none of the new subdivisions within our school zone.

“Our class sizes are pretty good also, especially for our new entrant/year one team.

“We have five teachers working with 48 students, so a ratio of less than 1:10.”

Fernridge School principal Janine Devenport said capacity definitely needed to be managed carefully.

A new development on Ngaumutawa Rd that is zoned for Fernridge means the school will

need to find spaces for about 100 extra children in the next eight to 10 years.

Opaki School principal Dave Finlayson said years one, three, four, five, and six had high student numbers.

“It’s not overcrowded, but teacher aides and some resources can be stretched a little thin.”

Currently the school roll is about 183 students, but due to new entrants by midway through the year it was expected to reach 195 which is about the number Opaki is funded for.

How the roll would be impacted in future was the “million-dollar question”, Finlayson said.

Nationwide, there are 508 schools that have “utilisation rates” of 100 per cent or greater.

Of these 508, 143 exceed their roll by 10 or fewer students.

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Standout DHB staff go above and beyond Wairarapa District Health Board [DHB] has launched a staff recognition award to celebrate excellence.

With support from Lee Malneek Contractors and More FM, the award winner is being drawn at random from the successful nominations and announced every month on air on the Brent Gare Breakfast Show.

The contenders are not aware of their nomination, so it came as a surprise to January’s winner, Lisa Manihera, who was thrilled to receive a $150 voucher to Koi restaurant.

“It was a complete surprise as I had no idea I was being nominated, and I still don’t know who put me forward,” Lisa said.

“I was very confused with all the congratulation messages when I got to work as I had no idea what they were talking about.

“I was thrilled to hear the news and very thankful. I think the awards are a great idea and it is very generous of the sponsor.”

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Lisa works in the perioperative department managing reception and scheduling.

Her nominator summed her up nicely by simply saying, “There is no one else like her, and nor is there likely to be, but she should be cloned. Lisa is excellent at what she does, and how she does it.”

DHB communications manager Anna Cardno said the awards were a tangible way to recognise some of the exceptional

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“Our staff, in both clinical and support roles, often work under pressure and healthcare can be a demanding landscape to work in. Yet we have many superstars that stand out, continuing to deliver excellent care and service with a smile.”

Lee Malneek is a long-time supporter and benefactor of the DHB and wanted to provide something for staff on an ongoing basis to “give them a boost” and show them they are appreciated.

The $150 monthly voucher will be purchased from a different local business each month.

The other nominations included Narina Sewell, Kerrie Sutton, Emma Peters, Keren Williams and Salina Lange who will now, along with Lisa, have a second chance to win at the end of the year, in a randomly drawn prize weekend away.

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Palace pooches want out The Brexit hoo-hah was so 2019, it’s all about Megxit now darlings but wait there’s more.

A recent missive from my uncle Barge points to further disturbances in the royal household.

He’s an avid royals watcher and has access to some pretty juicy inside information.

One has to be discreet but let’s just say he’s got the inside scoop on what’s happening at the palace wink, wink, nudge, nudge if you know what I mean.

Here’s what he divulged: As you know, the dukedoms of Cambridge and Sussex, not to be confused with duchies, are having a drawn out domestic.

Normally, it’s polite not to comment on a domestic but it’s open season when it’s the Windsors.

Did you know the Windsors were formerly the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty?

They changed their name by royal proclamation in 1917 to something less Teutonic given the Teuts, at the time, were drenching the fields of France in British blood.

They needed a re-brand and it was a bold move well taken.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been making headlines.

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Mike Osborne you is unprecedented and shows that all is far from rosy at The Firm.

There has been some disquiet in the royal kennels for a while with the dorgis (dachshund corgi crosses) Vulcan and Candy voicing concerns

about the continued pressure of life in the royal household and seeking a simpler existence.

A recent family photograph showed the dorgis wearing red collars at Balmoral.

De rigueur, as watchers

Princess Anne, famously described by her father Prince Phillip as only caring about things that have four legs and fart... of the royals know, is for blue at Balmoral.

Something was not right and it appeared that the dorgis were sending a strong yet subtle message.

The Queen, we hear, was not amused as they have always been close.

Matters came to a head, so to speak, at the annual health check.

Both dorgis had vehemently expressed a desire that their temperatures be taken by digital ear thermometer.

They were dismayed to find that they would suffer the indignity of the common procedure.

This led to Vulcan scratching out an email outlining their demands and conditions.

Palace staff described it as barely coherent.

Some had fears for his mental health and others, more blunt, said he was barking.

Meanwhile, rumours abound that leading dog food companies have proposals at the ready and the endorsement revenue would see the pair financially independent and comfortably well-off outside of their palace life.

Princess Anne, famously described by her father Prince Phillip as only caring about things that have four legs and fart, is expected to play a role in mediation or negotiating settlement terms.

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PUKAHA IN THE NEWS

‘Pukaha yours once more’ Karen Coltman Hundreds of iwi members and supporters of Rangitane o Wairarapa and Tamaki nui a Rua gathered at Pukaha National Wildlife Centre on Saturday to witness the return of 942 hectares of their land.

The return of the land, on which Pukaha National Wildlife Centre is situated, is part of a $32 million dollar Treaty of Waitangi settlement achieved in 2016.

Rangitane o Wairarapa cultural advisor Mike Kawana led an hourlong powhiri [welcome] speaking about the importance of the land to the iwi.

“Today is our day, it is about Rangitane,” Kawana said.

“I thank the Wairarapa mayors and Tararua district mayor, Pukaha management and the Department of Conservation for their work to protect this taonga, this treasure that we will together guard and protect.”

The Queen’s representative, Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy put her hand across her

From back left: Aroha Kingi with 1-year-old Te Kapuarangi Kingi-Haronga, Tiraumaera TeTau, Jason Kerehi, and Mike Kawana. Front: Puakiteao Kingi-Haronga, 4, and Mavis Mullins.

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heart and held the korowai [feather cloak] she wore to address iwi members and their guests while she spoke to hand over the land.

“I thank you for giving me the privilege of wearing this magnificent korowai and am delighted to feel the aroha that has been woven into it, before it is returned and gifted to

Pukaha by Rangitane to be displayed here,” Dame Patsy said.

“I know how arduous treaty settlements can be and I know how it draws every ounce of energy and commitment to undertake research, prepare for meetings and negotiate issues of such significance, representing your iwi and your tupuna [ancestors],”

she said.

“The redress can never fully compensate for past treaty breaches but what it does is recognise you.

“You have been heard and the issues you raised, acknowledged. You have been recognised as iwi with your own identity.

“Pukaha is yours once more.”

Those gathered cheered

New island home for threatened shore plover Eighteen critically threatened tūturuatu/shore plover have made their way from Wairarapa and Christchurch to pest-free Mana Island, off the coast of Porirua.

The hope is that their new home will help secure the species’ survival.

The young birds – from Pukaha National Wildlife Centre in Mt Bruce, and the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust in Christchurch – were welcomed onto the island

by Ngati Toa Rangatira last Wednesday.

The tūturuatu were in a temporary aviary for 10 days to acclimatise to their new surroundings before being released into the wild.

With a population of just 250 individuals, all on pestfree islands or in captive breeding facilities, this translocation is a critical step for the species.

“The aim is to establish a new population that will add to the size and security of the shore plover population, as well as being a step towards the recovery group’s goal of having five self-sustaining island populations,” Shore Plover Recovery Group leader Dave Houston said.

“These birds are highly susceptible to predation, so a predator free island is currently our only option for wild populations.”

Mana will become the fourth secure population along with Rangatira, Waikawa and Motutapu Islands.

The largest population is on Rangatira in the Chathams, but this island has reached capacity and Waikawa is also nearing its capacity.

“New populations are essential for the species to continue to grow.”

Houston said both

Checking shore plover for release.

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Pukaha and the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust had played an invaluable part in tūturuatu conservation efforts.

The birds will be managed by members of the recovery group while in the aviary.

Once released they will be monitored by the DOC island rangers, Ngati Toa Kaitiaki Ranger and

volunteers from Friends of Mana Island.

This will be the first of two translation of shore plovers from captivity to the island, over the next 12 months.

This is not the first-time shore plover have been on Mana Island. Birds were introduced in 2007 but a rat incursion quickly decimated the population.

and applauded her speech.

The governor general took off the korowai, made

by Rose Bittle, and put it on the representative for the landowners, chair of Rangitane Tu Mai Ra Trust, Jason Kerehi.

He and the chair of Rangitane o Tamaki nui a Rua Mavis Mullins said that the coming together of the two iwi at the beginning of treaty negotiations was a great way to begin negotiating with the crown.

“It really is like to going into battle and sometimes there was friendly fire from the inside,” Mullins said.

“But we are now one, it was the right thing to do, to weave together again for this outcome.”

Maori chants were performed throughout the ceremony and many stood to bring their voice to the waiatas [songs].

To bring the ceremony to a close, both iwi sung Uiui ki te Manu and Rangitane tangata rau with proud, strong, and joyous voices.

Two karakia [prayers] closed the event before a celebratory banquet was held.

Welcoming the shore plover to Mana Island with a karakia.

Mana Island ranger Nick Fisentzidis said a single rat caused devastation to Mana in 2011.

“Prior to this the shore plovers had bred successfully and were on the way to establishing a new population on the island.

“We’ve put a lot of effort into keeping Mana pest free since then.

“Pest monitoring is conducted regularly using a variety of monitoring methods, from traps on the ground to conservation dogs.

“Having access to conservation dogs based in our mainland office certainly helps to boost the already extensive pest monitoring conducted on the island.

“We’re very happy to be part of this important work, providing a safe haven for these rare and special taonga.”

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Tech puts end to SWDC roadshow Marcus Anselm

Surgeon shortage Wairarapa Hospital surgical capacity to halve

Wairarapa Hospital will soon have only one orthopaedic surgeon instead of four, meaning Wairarapa patients may need to travel elsewhere for surgeries while recruitment is underway.

Long-serving orthopaedic surgeon Konrad Schwanecke has resigned after 18 years at the hospital.

This comes just weeks after the retirement of fellow surgeon Ian Denholm, effectively halving surgical capacity and leaving the Wairarapa District Health Board [DHB] short in orthopaedic support.

Before this retirement and resignation, the DHB was recruiting for another vacant surgical position, which has now been filled, but the accepted surgeon is awaiting registration and getting immigration approval.

Wairarapa DHB chief executive Dale Oliff said it was working closely with neighbouring hospitals to look at managing orthopaedic cover while it recruited surgeons.

“Konrad will be working through his three-month notice period, which allows us a good amount of time to manage the service ahead of us and shape what that looks like,” Oliff said.

“On behalf of the organisation, our staff, and our patients, I have thanked Konrad for the excellent care he has provided our community, and for his continued advocacy for quality and efficiency in the delivery of care in this DHB,” she said.

“Konrad will continue to work in his private capacity

at Selina Sutherland Hospital, so we are pleased he is not lost to the region.”

Wairarapa DHB’s orthopaedic service is usually provided by four resident surgeons and some locum cover, rostered to provide 24/7 care.

Chief Medical Officer Shawn Sturland said the management team at Wairarapa Hospital was working hard to ensure the community’s needs could be met despite the capacity gap.

Wairarapa District Health Board has about 900 orthopaedic ward admissions each year.

“We are looking at a period ahead where we will not have a full quorum of orthopaedic surgical cover at this hospital and we will need to either buy in the service or move some of our orthopaedic care out to our neighbouring DHBs until we can successfully recruit,” Sturland said.

There are challenges with attracting surgeons and specialists to rural centres, and Wairarapa DHB was no exception.

“The challenges in employing specialist positions are felt nationwide,” Sturland said.

“We compete on a global stage in healthcare and that can test us.

“But Wairarapa is a unique and particularly desirable location, and we do make sure we celebrate that when we go to market.”

Sturland said discussions with neighbouring DHBs were ongoing and he was confident Wairarapa patients needing immediate orthopaedic care would be catered for.

“When we do not have

enough specialist coverage to safely fill rosters, the gaps mean we have to either not operate, or we have to arrange surgery elsewhere,” he said.

“We always prefer to care for our people close to home, but if that is not in a patient’s best interests, for example if they would have to wait an undue period of time for surgery locally as we don’t have theatre capacity, then we would organise to transfer their surgery to a hospital nearby.

“We don’t want to disrupt our service or disadvantage our patients, but we do have a duty to our community and our priority is always to provide timely, quality care.

“If that means we have to assist people to have their surgery elsewhere until we have a fully operational orthopaedic service locally, then that is what we will do.”

Orthopaedic patients’ surgical needs differ and can be best classified into three separate service areas; planned care, acute care, and acute arranged care.

Planned care is where people are admitted from a waitlist, with their surgery booked ahead.

Acute care is where people are admitted directly, after a trauma injury.

Acute arranged care is where trauma has occurred requiring surgery, and the patient is admitted within seven days of initial assessment. Wairarapa DHB will be communicating with any booked orthopaedic patients, or patients waiting for surgery information, to keep them informed of any changes to expected care.

Technology upgrades to council chambers will end the South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC] meeting roadshow.

The monthly meetings are set to be streamed online from SWDC council offices in Martinborough, rather than from halls in each of the three main centres.

Featherston and Greytown have each hosted council meetings since a resolution almost two years ago.

But South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen said the rotation would likely end with a livestreaming plan that was part of his report to council on Wednesday.

He said the move had been made in the interest of cost and time savings.

“The need to rotate the meetings around the three towns is partly negated by giving people the ability to observe meetings online wherever they are,” he said.

The council is leasing the old information centre on Kitchener St until February 2021.

These chambers are set to host all ordinary SWDC meetings after a refit. The rooms, opposite existing council officers, are being refitted for meetings.

Some council officers work from the building.

In 2018, council resolved to hold meetings in Featherston and Greytown as well as Martinborough.

Since the new council was sworn in October, all council meetings have taken place at Martinborough’s Waihinga Centre.

Although not its central purpose, the decision to upgrade an existing council room should also help with sound issues, which have

The need to rotate the meetings around the three towns is partly negated by giving people the ability to observe meetings online wherever they are. been a bugbear for several attendees.

“I think you will find discussions in the new chambers will be more audible,” Beijen said.

“It’s a smaller room with carpet. If poor sound quality continues to be an issue, we can look at some sound enhancements.”

In answer to a question from councillor Leigh Hay, chief executive Harry Wilson said the technology cost about $8500.

Councillors Pam Colenso and Brian Jephson both said they had reservations over livestreaming.

Colenso said she would encourage a slight streaming delay to stop outside influence.

The formal decision on keeping the meetings in Martinborough would be taken by council in due course, Beijen said.

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Dynamic pre-school humble beginnings

Senior teacher Annabel Wyeth with Jenny Payton who served 25 years and still relieves at the pre-school. “I can’t keep away,” she jokes. “The children are so lovely.” They are pictured with from left Adelaide Watson, Heidi Schumacher, George Tunnell, George Smith, and George Dick.

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we have achieved in our preschool. That’s so rewarding for us.”

Staff encourage leadership and for the children to be responsible, giving them special jobs which they respond well to. Simple things like storing their bag on arrival and choosing their name and hanging it up on the special name tree. They also have specific jobs to do which encourages the children to ‘own’ their environment and care for it.

Annabel says the enormous array of resources the Hadlow Pre-school has, helps the children create their own playbased programme.

The sand pit, water play and art

There are coming together times as well though; At 9.30am, the children have mat time to gather and talk about their coming day. At 12 noon, children tidy up and group together on the mat ready for lunch at 12.15pm. Final tidy up is from 2.30pm when the children pack their bags to bring to the mat to enjoy some songs and stories before going home. Hadlow Pre-school offers sessions up to five days per week during the school term.

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When they arrive for their pre-school session, they walk through the central courtyard of Hadlow School and view first-hand the older children also settling into the day. Whether they will be attending Hadlow or another primary school, the entire school environment is not foreign to them at all.

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The older school students visit the pre-school and the interaction between ages is fantastic according to Senior Teacher, Annabel Wyeth.

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Building the dream The upgrade and extension of the Hadlow Pre-school has been a long held dream for staff and the children alike.

Starting their first term of 2020 in the upgraded pre-school has put smiles on everyones faces. They are all relishing the fresh open space. The existing 30 year old rectangle building has morphed into a cheerful, spacious and well ventilated facility which is around 30 per cent larger than before. Covered verandahs are featured on two sides with wide steps taking you down into the play area outside.

Brian James is the Trinity School’s Property Manager.

He oversaw the project and is

thrilled with how it progressed.

Holmes Architecture Wellington designed the extensions and Rigg Zschokke Limited Masterton was the lead contractor. Richard Ashcroft from Carterton is the landscaper.

Funded by the Trinity Schools Trust Board, the project began last October when an existing garage was re-positioned and the former sandpit demolished – all much to the delight of the children. Diggers in action are always an attraction!

For the final weeks of term four in 2019, the pre-school sessions were moved into the Hadlow School hall. When

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Playground delights in store for pre-schoolers Carterton-based landscaper Richard Ashcroft has the task of turning the surroundings outside the refurbished Hadlow Pre-school building into an oasis of fun and delight for the children. An exciting addition is the proposed tree house in the entrance tree, a Whare, the sandpit will be enlarged with an internal water pumping system (great for creating rivers), shade sails will protect from the sun, and there’s additional grass, pathways and planting planned.

There’s already an existing adventure playground and several large established trees, so the bones are there for Richard to have some design fun.

“To me the learning the children get from the outside environment is every bit as important as from inside, so every part of the playground is there to engage all their senses and stimulate their curiosity.

All of the gardens have native plants chosen to encourage appreciation of their different textures and colours, fragrance and to attract insects and birds.

We plan bush areas with nooks and crannies to explore.”

There will be different levels in an otherwise flat play ground with a tree hut to climb into and slide built into a grass mound so children can see the outside world from a different perspective and can run or roll down to the wide grassed area.

Richard believes water is an important element to explore so a small waterfall will be fed from a hand pump and running down a stream bed to be collected and recirculated. The stream connects to the sandpit lined with large river boulders which they can climb and balance on and can be used

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A circuit track with lots of curves and humps and different textures will develop their sense of balance and speed on scooters and bikes, or by pushing each other on trolleys.

So hopefully we have a playground where children and staff can feel safe and relaxed but also be stimulated and challenged and most of all, to have fun!

Virtues to live by – Hadlow Pre-school values Each week, staff adopt a particular virtue to promote to the children.

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Crafters go abstract in art alliance Hayley Gastmeier A Wellington artist exhibiting at Aratoi wanted Wairarapa people to feel connected to his exhibition, so he invited them to take part.

Richard Reddaway approached various community groups in Masterton and asked them to create a piece of art that would make up the ‘You and I’ section of his exhibition, The body of the work / it does no harm to wonder.

But it couldn’t just be any work of art.

Richard, a senior art lecturer at Massey University, set rules the crafters had to abide by, including making their artworks utilising skills and knowledge they already possessed.

Their artworks also had to be abstract, and interact with their bodies, but could “not be functional, apart from the function art has”.

The collaboration took

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part with members of the Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild, Henley Men’s Shed, and the Wairarapa Spinners and Weavers Guild.

Richard said he used rules when making art and he thought it might be useful for the crafters “to have something to hang on to” while creating pieces outside their “craft comfort zone”.

“It became clear as we progressed that the rules were my contribution to the collaboration.

“If I had simply invited the crafters to make something for the exhibition, the resulting objects would just be their artworks.

“Making things to my

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rules made those objects our artworks.”

Richard’s exhibition surveys his work from the 1980s to his current practice, exploring enduring themes and tracking them in relation to the sociopolitical contexts in which they were made.

It is the artist’s first survey exhibition and includes sculpture from the mid-1980s, photomontages from the 1990s, and recent sculptural objects as well as the new collaborative work, which also includes a collaboration with Douglas Park School pupils.

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He said art was like a conversation.

“As the artist, I say something through my artwork and I always hope people respond. So, the idea of broadening the conversation to include more people was very appealing.”

Richard said while collaborations were never easy when it came to creating art, he had learnt a lot through the process.

The crafters and their

finished artworks exceeded his expectations, he said.

“They made work more beautiful than I could have imagined.

“Of course, I like some things more than others, and I think some work better with regards to the rules than others, but one thing I learnt about working with the crafters was that the activity of making is as important as what is made.

“This artwork, You and I, like the crafter groups themselves, was about getting together and sharing experiences, stories, and then expressing them through the objects we made together. It is aroha.”

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No horsing around at Riding for the Disabled Gianina Schwanecke The Wairarapa branch of Riding for the Disabled Association [RDA] started life as a bare paddock on the east side of Masterton but has now grown to include two outdoor arenas, a sensory trail, and a covered arena.

It offers clients of all ages and abilities the chance to grow more confident and learn new skills while working with horses.

With 27 years of service under her belt, president Linda Tankersley has seen just how far the organisation has come, and how much it has helped young people with varying disabilities.

She first got involved in March of 1993.

I just needed to do something,” she said.

Tankersley had little experience with horses, though her daughter had owned a pony for a short time.

“I was a primary school teacher so was used to working with children.”

She started as a side walker, learning to groom from others.

It’s not an unusual story, many of the volunteers start out with little knowledge of horses.

For others, it’s one of the main reasons they join.

“A lot of our volunteers come because of the horses. Others come because of the children.”

Either way, people tended to find it a rewarding experience and stuck around, she said.

“I think volunteers find it more rewarding than what they thought it might be.

“We don’t give pony rides. We ride horses with a purpose.”

RDA is a charitable organisation which partners horses with people living with a range of disabilities including Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, those on the autism spectrum, and others with learning difficulties.

“A lot of the riders are coming to us with different needs,” Tankersley said.

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“Some of our horses are quite aged but they still have a good gait.”

There are currently seven horses at the Wairarapa group – Jack, Mimi, Noa, Tara, Ben, Princess, and Argo.

Each is sponsored by a local business.

“We’ve had a great deal of community support.

“We rely on donations and grants, as well as bequests.”

The group also has a volunteer base of about 30 people but is always interested to hear from those keen to help.

Tankersley said it would be her last year with the reins as she planned to step down.

“It’s a lovely group of people to work with. It’s a great place to work.”

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Giving kindness and expecting nothing back treat, not judge, those in need.

Break your week into three equal parts

Midweek Musings

Tim Nelson While I was waiting to meet someone in Wellington last week, I saw a lady approach a beggar who was on the very busy Lambton Quay.

They spoke for a few seconds, then the lady left, without giving the beggar any money.

I thought that maybe she had asked where a store was or perhaps had just said a few kind words.

A few minutes later the lady returned with a takeaway meal.

She gave this to the beggar, they smiled at each other, then the lady left.

I watched both interactions and thought that it would be extremely unlikely that the beggar would be able to do

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anything for the person who bought them lunch – there would be no ‘pay back’ for the giver, other than knowing she had done something kind, perhaps encouraging someone else who saw what happened to do the same thing.

When I wrote this, it was Martin Luther King Day. A quote from Dr King was, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’”

Reading this made me think about the interaction I described above.

It was an example of kindness to a vulnerable person, and society should be measured by how we

There are 168 hours in a week.

Neil Pasricha, in his book You Are Awesome, suggests that we get into the habit of breaking the number of hours we have in a week into three equal parts, with 56 hours in each part.

When we take what is often said to be an appropriate amount of sleep, this being eight hours a night, one third of the weekly hours can be used for sleep, with seven nights of eight hours of sleep being 56 hours in total.

Regarding work, typically we are working 40 hours a week.

We can add on 16 hours to take into account things like commuting, bringing the total to 56 hours – that takes care of the second third.

This leaves us with 56

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hours to use anyway we want; our hobbies, family time, sports, relaxing, health and fitness, socialising, and anything else we choose to do.

The important thing is to choose to use our weekly pot of 56 hours in ways that bring satisfaction and enjoyment into our lives.

Listen to the feedback

Scott Adams is the creator of the extremely successful and popular Dilbert comic.

Like many success stories, Adams’ one had many downs before the success came.

One significant factor in his success was that he took on board the feedback he received from many who read his Dilbert comics, with this leading to the comic focusing on Dilbert at work, as

this is what the audience feedback showed they enjoyed most.

Had Adams continued with his creations, while ignoring the feedback of his readers, the very same

readers may have given up as they waited for the Dilbert at work theme comics as part of the wider cycle of topics.

However, because Adams chose to respond to feedback, his Dilbert comic has become the huge success it is, meeting the needs of the audience it now targets.

How to save a species

My wife Lisa is disappointed about the rapid decline in the number of monarch butterflies –

gone out and bought swan plants, which monarch butterflies lay their eggs on.

This has led to the appearance of several caterpillars on the plants that will eventually become cocoons, then monarch butterflies.

In the great scheme of things, Lisa’s actions as an individual will have little impact.

However, if more of us took the same action on an individual level the impact would increase significantly.

I love what Lisa is doing.

Rather than leaving it up to others, or simply posting her concerns on social media, she is taking action that is having an immediate impact on the issue that concerns her.

Start small and start now

there has apparently been a huge decline in the population.

When something like this happens, the response can be to expect others to take action – the government, council, the Department of Conservation, anyone really, but essentially others.

Lisa has instead taken a different approach and has

Productivity expert and author Cyril Peupion has a strategy for getting people on the road to getting better and making improvements in any area of their lives – choose one small action and do it immediately.

Don’t wait for a better or more convenient time, do it right now.

If the action simply can’t be done

immediately, then choose something that can be.

This one small success can be the rocket fuel that gets you started on the path to success.

Bottom up progress

The book Strong Towns outlines strong beliefs around the necessity to make progress from the bottom up. Author Charles Marohn shares how communities have made themselves stronger by simply getting started and doing so in small ways.

This doesn’t mean that the bottom up community doesn’t have lofty dreams, it simply means that they are empowering themselves, as opposed to waiting for a law, directive, policy, or anything else from ‘above’ that will force or motivate them to get started.

The small incremental progress also leaves room for error or a change in the process.

Putting all eggs in the same basket leaves no room for flexibility.

Whereas a range of small actions that are aimed at the same goal allows for changes as required, making the community less fragile.

What can you do for free?

In his book Lykke, author Meik Wiking addresses the concept of money in relation to happiness.

Despite the saying ‘money

doesn’t buy happiness’, I think it is something that those with money would say, not those struggling to meet their day to day living expenses. However, there are things that can be done by almost anyone that don’t require money, or, at least, only a small amount.

Wiking suggests taking the time to identify as many free things that can be done that will make you happier.

These include a game of pickup basketball, visiting a museum, taking part in many of the free services provided by a local library, nature walks, river swimming, and so much more.

This isn’t to say that all our activities should be free.

I, for example, love movies and spending time in cafes, both of which cost money.

However, there are many things that we can do for free that will provide plenty of entertainment and fun.

• Tim Nelson is principal of Lakeview School and author of the book Small Steps for a happy and purposeful life. He endeavours to learn something new every day by reading books, listening to podcasts, and engaging with a wide range of other content.

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Refugee jobs on offer Exhibition for printmakers Gianina Schwanecke

Working with refugee families can be a rewarding way to support the wellbeing of vulnerable communities and learn more about the world, says one woman at the New Zealand Red Cross.

The organisation is currently advertising four job positions in preparation for the 100 or so refugees expected to arrive in Masterton later this year.

New Zealand Red Cross national social work advisor Christelle Berger said it was an opportunity to enhance and support the wellbeing of a vulnerable community and families.

“We are looking for social work qualified candidates with a range of experiences in the work they have done before.”

She said this would involve a lot of work beforehand, helping liaise with volunteers, and making the homes “more homely”.

Once the families had arrived, the focus would shift to connecting them with local services, such as schools, medical centres, and employment opportunities.

“There’s a lot of practical steps involved,” Berger said.

“The families come with a range of needs and

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The New Zealand Red Cross is currently advertising positions for a settlement lead, pathways to settlement manager, settlement case worker [part-time] and social worker.

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within that needs to be mental health support.

“For many former refugees, having a safe house, a safe environment, access to education for their children, and access to healthcare and prospects of employment in the future, help them recover from what they have lost, left behind, or gone through before arriving to New Zealand.”

She said successful resettlement contributed to recovery and helped promote wellbeing.

In relation to concerns about housing, she said their role would be helping maintain the properties found by Immigration New Zealand.

Successful candidates would also be interested in learning more about the cultures and histories of

those arriving.

“It’s understanding their stories,” Berger said.

“You are working with people who have a unique life journey.”

She said it was an opportunity for people to use their social work skills in different ways.

• The New Zealand Red Cross is advertising positions for a settlement lead, pathways to settlement manager, settlement case worker [parttime], and social worker.

• More information about the positions can be found online, at: redcross.org.nz/ get-involved/careeropportunities/ • Applications close February 12 [Wednesday].

$7.1m investment for Wairarapa Wairarapa has received over $7.1m of investment from the Government to attract new industries to the region, create more jobs, and future-proof the local economy.

This will go towards pre-construction development of water storage infrastructure at Wakamoekau, as well as the development of a Wairarapa Water Resilience Strategy – it’s great news for everyone who lives and works here in the Wairarapa region.

Thank you to everyone who worked together to get this across the line. This is a huge boost for the region and another example of this Government backing Wairarapa.

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woodcut to screen print, collagraph, lithography, Under Pressure, Aratoi intaglio, and more”, Tilyard Wairarapa Museum of said.

Art and History’s latest Now the team is calling exhibition, calls for the forth any and all Wairarapa help of local artists, with artists, regardless of age the aim of showcasing a and skill. wide variety of work from Everyone is welcome contemporary to submit Wairarapa their work by printmakers.

February 14, The with Bondy brainchild of selecting the Linda Tilyard pieces for the and Nick exhibition.

Brandon, Shadbolt Under said Aratoi Pressure was was thrilled first thought with how the of back in project had 2017 after developed.

Print Council “We are here Aotearoa Jo Lysaght’s Black Shag to support the Woodcut relief print New Zealand community 2020. PHOTO/SUPPLIED and commend showcased an exhibition at the Wairarapa Aratoi. print artists who enter this Drawing from this idea, show.”

Masterton print artists Tilyard said printmaking Tilyard and Brandon was dear to her heart sought to recreate this because “there’s so much project on a local scale. creative magic involved”.

They banded with “I can’t wait to see printmaker Jo Lysaght, everyone’s work. artist Liz Bondy, and Aratoi “We’ve also asked each director Susanna Shadbolt contributing artist to bring and their visions of a one print scrap to create Wairarapa print exhibition a community exhibition piece.” began to take shape.

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Wicked times at Waifest Waitangi Day was celebrated across Wairarapa in marae and churches, and at public events across the region. Hundreds of people took their children to Masterton’s Queen Elizabeth Park for Waifest, a free music and fun-day that was organised

by Masterton District Council.

Wairarapa Times-Age photographer JADE CVETKOV was there to capture the action.

There was a steady ˜ow of people listening to entertainment.

Darren Nolan came fourth in the skateboarding competition.

There were plenty of food options at the event.

Scooter competition winner Joel McRae showing off his skills.

Skateboard competition winner Khan Walker, second place Trey Feary, and third place Avanti White.

Te Ura O Te Rangi, 2, and Tawhaki Robens-Cribb, 7, from Masterton.

Hundreds of people soaked up the sun.

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The couple established their olive grove, three kilometres south of Greytown, in 2001 with the aim of making it a fulltime business by the time they retired.

International Olive Oil Competition,” says Karen. Never ones to rest on their laurels, Ian and Karen are constantly developing new products and presently sell seven extra virgin oils and seven flavoured oils.

Juno Olives won 10 gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2019 Olives NZ National Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards. Their Frantoio single variety won Best in Class as well as gold.

The couple also won gold medals for their Blood Orange agrumato flavoured oil and Lime agrumato flavoured oil.

The term “agrumato”, which means “citrus”, comes from Abruzzo, Italy, where at the end of each harvest, farmers create a special oil for their family and friends.

By crushing the olives with fresh citrus fruit, the purity of each fruit flavour is maintained.

The resulting oil is an exquisitely versatile condiment.

The couple have been trialling three new flavoured oils chilli, garlic and basil.

Juno Olives has already won many national and international awards for its olive oils, but working full-time on the grove is allowing Ian and Karen to further improve and develop their oils, as well as put more time into sales and marketing. They have been busy travelling to food shows and farmers markets up and down the country, and this year two high end retailers in Japan have started selling their olive oils.

“This came about when a Japanese buyer saw we had won a gold medal in 2018 and two silver medals in 2019 at the New York

You can purchase Juno Olive oils directly from Ian and Karen at their olive shop. They are open Wednesday to Sunday, where you’ll find oils for “dipping, drizzling, slow roast and pan-fried”. You can bring your own clean, dark coloured bottle for bulk buying.

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HOT DEALS & HOT DESKS AT SOUTH WAIRARAPA COMPUTER SERVICES You don’t have to pay big dollars for a quality computer. South Wairarapa Computers in Greytown has upcycled desktop and laptops for around $195 to $345 (some pictured) The ex-lease computers of less than five years of age, have had their memory beefed up, hard disk drive replaced with a solid state drive, and have the Windows 10 operating system.

The upcycled computers are a great option for anyone with an older computer, but especially for those still using Windows 7, says owner John Rennie.

At the beginning of this year Microsoft stopped producing security updates for Windows 7 which makes the system much more vulnerable to hackers, viruses and so on.

“You can still use Windows 7 but it is like driving a car without a seatbelt. It might be okay but if something happens, it will be really bad,” says John.

computer is to upgrade your current one by adding more memory and replacing the hard disk drive with a solid state drive to dramatically improve its performance. Solid state drives have a faster access speed which means programmes can run more quickly.

South Wairarapa Computers can also replace parts where wear and tear is starting to cause problems, such as the keyboard on laptops.

It also offers a replacement services for screens and batteries of phones and tablets.

Wairarapa Computers offers all the other services you would expect such as sorting out problems with malware, viruses and frozen computers.

Another service now available is transferring video to DVD or USB. “The longer you leave it, the more a video will decay,” John points out.

John has worked with computers since 1972.

Living in semi-retirement in Greytown, he decided to open South Wairarapa Computers Services 7 years ago.

The two other technicians, Jason Bain and Logan Godkin, have many years’ experience between them, with John’s daughter Leah managing the office reception.

You can bring your computer into the shop in Hastwell Street, just a few metres from FreshChoice supermarket or have a technician call to fix it. Another option is remote assistance from the shop to your home or business.

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Taratahi plans looming Emily Ireland Despite delays in the liquidation process, Wairarapa based Labour list MP Kieran McAnulty is still gunning for Taratahi to become the government’s Primary Sector Centre of Vocational Excellence.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced last year that an agricultural centre would be established in New Zealand in response to a serious skills shortage across the primary sector.

Registrations of interest to become the Primary Sector Centre of Vocational Excellence must be submitted to the government by March 6.

McAnulty said everybody had been frustrated by the length of time the liquidation process was taking for the Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre which went into liquidation about a year ago.

“But in terms of the process of finding a preferred provider [to run agricultural training from Taratahi], I understand that will be announced by the end of this month,” McAnulty said.

At Labour’s caucus meeting in Martinborough last month, McAnulty met with Hipkins,

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Minister for Agriculture Damien O’Connor, Wairarapa mayors, Federated Farmers, and representatives from the Wairarapa Economic Development Strategy group about Taratahi.

“We essentially updated them on the progress, McAnulty said.

Confirming the preferred provider at the end of the month would be a “good step forward”.

“Planning can then get underway to get it up and running.

“The intention was to get something up and running by the start of the academic year this year.

“But because of delays in the liquidation process, that hasn’t been able to happen, and that’s unfortunate.”

He said because of how Taratahi’s demise “played out”, he wanted to make sure “we get this right”.

“The whole point of

the vocational review of education was to ensure we have a sustainable system in place, and that is especially important for agricultural training.

“I’m in a position where I’m totally confident that what will arise from this will be better and more sustainable.”

Once the provider was confirmed, stakeholders would put together an application to the minister to make Taratahi the venue for the Primary Sector Centre of Vocational Excellence.

“That’s my personal goal – to get that centre of excellence here in Wairarapa.”

Wairarapa MP Alastair Scott said it was easy to criticise things in hinsight but believed Taratahi “should never have closed in the first place”.

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ICKY STICKY EARS! The heat of summer often allows skin and ear irritations to become more prevalent.

Ear problems in particular can get a whole lot worse within a short period of time, given warm and sometimes moist conditions.

These conditions benefit from timely intervention.

Otitis externa is the medical term used for inflamed ears – usually due to underlying infection. Various different types of infections are caused by underlying pathogens – which is the medical term for disease causing organisms.

Otitis externa manifests as inflammation of the ears and usually signs to look out for include any combination of the following : head shaking, ear scratching, head tilting (usually towards the affected side), redness, heat, pain, itchiness, swelling, discharges which are often either smelly or waxy.

The most common pathogens we see causing ear problems include : bacteria, yeasts, parasites and foreign bodies.

Itchiness and irritation from either foreign bodies or allergic skin reactions in the ear due to seasonal allergen exposure, can easily result in secondary infection complicating things.

Certain breeds are more susceptible to otitis externa than others. The head shape and ear shape can affect the shape and conformation of the ear canal, as well as the amount of ventilation the ear receives.

• Short snouted (brachycephalic) breeds such as pugs, bull dogs, chihuahuas, can have quite compressed narrow ear canals.

• Floppy eared breeds such as spaniels have reduced ventilation due to the ear flap covering the ear canal opening.

• Non shedding breeds such as schnauzers, poodles and bichon frises have hair growing inside their ear canals constantly which often benefit from plucking during their regular grooming visits.

• Working and hunting dogs, with much larger well ventilated ear canals, are sadly more at risk of foreign bodies like grass seeds or water from swimming, lodging deep in the ear canal.

Treatment depends on the underlying cause of the ear problem. Your veterinarian will examine the ears with an otoscope to look into the canal as far as possible.

Some animals may tolerate this well, others require sedation to allow a meaningful look. This allows for any foreign bodies or parasites to be visualised, and we need to check that the tympanic membrane or ear drum is still intact. Ruptured ear drums restrict which medications are safe to use.

Irritated ears with discharges should be swabbed and the content spread on a slide to examine under the microscope. This is called cytology and is routinely performed at Vet Services Wairarapa. This examination allows us to identify and recognise the underlying pathogens – such as different types of bacteria or yeasts, or sometimes mixed infections of combinations of these.

Treatment differs between removing foreign bodies with long forceps, to antiparasiticides to treat ear mites, suitable antibiotic preparations for different types of bacteria, antifungal treatments to treat yeasts. An antibiotic preparation may not have any effect in clearing up a yeast infection for instance, and we are obliged in our profession to only use antibiotics appropriately in light of antimicrobial resistance developing. Further laboratory testing such as sending ear swabs to the laboratory for culture and sensitivity from infections which are not responding to treatment, may be required.

Yeast infections are often under diagnosed if ear swab slides are not examined.

Yeast infections often take a minimum of 3-4 weeks or longer, to treat. We get in a specially compounded long acting antifungal treatment to treat yeast infections at our clinic, which we infuse in the ears and lasts for 2 weeks. This avoids the unnecessary use of antibiotics if these are not needed.

We recommend owners checking their pets’ ears on a weekly basis to monitor any changes. A slight amount of wax is often normal within a healthy ear canal. However any bad smells or signs mentioned above should be followed up. Timely veterinary examination is warranted with ear problems – most do not simply resolve on their own – sadly they invariably get worse if left.

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Lisa Portas is navigating countryside narratives Gianina Schwanecke Just how does someone with no prior farming experience or knowledge of living rurally help transform a coastal sheep and beef property in a multi-faceted operation with a strong brand?

That’s a question that Lisa Portas hoped to help answer in her research project undertaken as part of Kellogg Rural Leadership programme.

Portas works as the expansion manager at Palliser Ridge, a South Wairarapa farm where she lives with her husband, the farm’s manager, Kurt Portas.

She moved to the property 10 years ago and in 2013 the couple were made shareholders.

Since then, the farm has gone from strength to strength, diversifying and strengthening its brand through the launch of the Woolshed Store, Palliser Ridge Farm Tours, and onfarm accommodation, Kaikoura Lookout.

“We kind of just figured it out as we went along which sounds really bad,” she said.

“That’s why I wanted

If people can hear it from the horse’s mouth, that element of trust changes. to do some research for someone like me at the beginning.

“I wanted them to have a starting point.”

At the suggestion of the farm’s owners Marilyn and Jim Law, she applied for the programme to further her education – they provided most of the funding and the rest was made up with a grant from the John Daniell Memorial Trust.

Her report, Farmer Storytelling: Navigating our Narrative, explores the gaps and impacts of storytelling in the New Zealand agricultural sector.

“I thought it would be a neat thing to do.

Though it’s industryrelated, it’s quite wide.

“I knew that I wanted to do something that would encompass traceability and what our business was doing with the outside world.”

She found there were seven key components to storytelling: 1. Know your audience.

2. Define your core message.

3. Decide what kind of story you’re telling.

4. Your call-to-action.

5. Choose your medium.

6. Write your story.

7. Share your story.

Seven farmers, who were successfully taking a product from its origins on farm through to an end consumer, were also interviewed about the way they incorporated storytelling to achieve this.

They came from a wide variety of subsectors in agriculture, including sheep, goats, beef, dairy, wine, and horticulture.

She found the businesses placed a greater emphasis on being environmentally sustainable, caring or having a focus on the people within the business and having a transparent and ethical product or way of conducting business.

“A common theme amongst the survey respondents was the need for farmers to tell their own stories, and that it was predominantly urban New Zealand who needed to hear them.”

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Palliser Ridge expansion manager and shareholder Lisa Portas. PHOTO/FILE

impact by those surveyed was that of understanding and trust building.

“It was all about people,” she said.

“That was a big part of the authenticity “If people can hear it from the horse’s mouth, that element of trust changes.”

The most important aspect of impactful storytelling was a sound understanding of one’s audience she said.

“Knowing your audience is very valuable.

“Sometimes when we are telling stories we’re are telling them to people different from us or who don’t have the same backgrounds.”

This is particularly important because of a growing perceptual divide between urban and rural communities.

“It’s different now because everyone used to have an uncle or someone out on the farm they could connect with,” she said.

“There’s definitely a gap there.”

Coming on the back of

a year in which farmers felt beat up by the country in relation to several proposed legislative changes and a perceived public backlash, concerns about negative perceptions of the industry was clear in the research.

“This was done on the back of freshwater, when the rural community was under pressure.

“The introduction of regulation, around the Zero Carbon Bill, Fresh Water Reform, and land use restrictions have caused a number in the primary sector to feel concerned for the future of their businesses and communities.”

Portas said the research could be applied to communicating ideas to

several groups including making submissions in relation to proposed legislative changes, educating those outside the industry and encouraging the next generation of farmers.

She also highlighted the value of social media as a means of communicating because of its ease, low cost, accessibility direct to

the audience and level of control available to those telling the story.

“There’s a generation who are quite comfortable with social media.”

Those surveyed also valued flexibility in adapting their marketing plans.

Drawing from experiences at Palliser Ridge, Portas recommended increased face to face interactions as a key storytelling method.

The on-farm tours available cater to a range of people, from agricultural groups interested in the day to day running to tourists who want to see sheep being shorn and get a photo with the dogs.

“We don’t follow a script.

This isn’t a show,” she said.

“This is us.”

Those around the region will have the opportunity to experience it for themselves, come March 1.

Palliser Ridge is one of several farms which will open its gates to the public as part of the Open Farms Day initiative.

The full report can be found online at: ruralleaders.co.nz/farmerstorytelling-navigatingour-narrative.

• More information about Open Farms and registration details can be found online at: www.openfarms.co.nz/ visit-a-farm.

• More information about Palliser Ridge is also available online at: palliserridge.co.nz

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Introducing Sarah Green to Pool Construction Ltd Behind every great pool is a great team and the team at Pool Construction Ltd is no exception.

Sarah joined the business last year, and has responsibility for administration as well as her other passion, which is sales and customer service.

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Being a locally owned and operated business, Sarah works closely with the other members of the Pool Construction team, Josh, Dan, Colin & Mark. As a team they are able to offer a comprehensive ‘start to finish’ service, helping you with planning and design through to advising on the care and maintenance of your finished pool.

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Rachael said using a natural loo helped reduce water consumption - as much as 12 litres per flush.

Though some people were cautious in their approach, the community response had been overwhelmingly hearty.

“Before launching the business, we put the idea to focus groups,” she said.

“People were really open to it.

“Given the choice between a chemical toilet and a natural loo, about 98 per cent said they would choose [the latter].

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Rachael said the nature of the set up was scalable, adding, “if you’ve got 150 people coming, you just add more bins.”

The three loos, one of which is wheelchair accessible, had also been hired for a 40th birthday bash, as an interim toilet while bathroom renovations were completed, and an upcoming wedding event.

There had also been enquiries from people wanting to buy.

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A Carterton couple is greening waste of a different kind with their new Little Green Dunny business.

Eight years ago, Matt and Rachael Dell moved to Carterton to build a strawbale home, complete with their own natural, composting toilet.

They met while studying ecology at university.

Composting toilets use natural processes of decomposition to break down human waste, producing ‘humanure’.

The heat generated kills the pathogens and means no water or chemicals are needed.

“We decided we could have the greatest impact on the health of the planet by living sustainably,” she said.

Having organised the Pukaha National Wildlife Centre Wairarapa Garden Tour for several years, Rachael was interested in finding a sustainable natural loo to hire for events.

“There wasn’t a lot of choice locally and so, in true kiwi style, we set about creating a loo solution to fill the gap,” she said.

Husband Matt was put to the task of developing a prototype.

“The thing about Matt is he is a great researcher who will find out how to do things.”

Some sustainably harvested pine, nails, corrugated iron, and

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Driving along State Highway 2 between Carterton and Greytown, it’s hard to miss the paddock covered in bright yellow sunflowers.

But the flowers weren’t planted for aesthetics alone, or even oil or their seeds.

The mixed paddock of three-metre high sunflowers and maize was planted by organic Carterton dairy farmer Ray Craig for silage which would be used to feed his 550 dairy cows.

The sunflowers were planted along the outside border of the paddock in case the maize didn’t grow well.

“I’m amazed by how well it’s grown. It’s outdone the maize,” he said.

The sunflower oil would also provide additional nutrients for the cattle.

An alternative to monoculture planting of maize, Craig said it had attracted lots of bees and had other benefits wellsuited to organic farming.

“It’s low impact. It’s got good rooting to help with

Organic dairy former Ray Craig’s bright paddock of sunflowers and maize off SH2 has drawn lots of interest.

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soil structure.”

He said it was likely he would plant the mixed feed crop again.

“It’s a good mix.”

The sunflowers had also proven popular with passing motorists, particularly with tourists from overseas.

Craig said he had been surprised by how many people had stopped to admire them and take photos.

“There’s heaps of people,” he said.

“They just love them,

I’ve definitely been spoiling my wife – she’s had fresh flowers every week.”

He said they had also been enjoyed at several Carterton rest homes where he had dropped them off.

Sunflower stems were also available for purchase at Pinehaven Orchard just down the road in Greytown.

Craig said the flowers wouldn’t last much longer and would be cut down in early March to be turned into feed.

48 Wairarapa Midweek Wai Write Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The dance to get her back

Wai Write

Bevan Hussey

Dear Grandchildren, Let me tell you how Rosemary nearly escaped.

I enjoyed the church’s Saturday night dances.

I could wrap my arms around Rosemary and no one would complain.

She certainly didn’t.

She would get all dressed up in a pretty dress, hair piled high and smell divine.

On this Saturday night, the Sunday school hall is transformed into a razzledazzle bible class dance space. The anticipation for a romantic evening is written on every decoration.

The first dance is called and I miss it.

Rosemary is late.

This is not like her.

Where is she?

In one voice, her friends accuse me of doing something to upset her and she is paying me back.

“What’ve I done?” is all I can muster.

I wrack my brains.

Have I missed her birthday?

Are we supposed to do something together?

I just can’t think of anything.

This is not Rosemary.

She is the sweetest girl.

She never argues or is nasty.

We’ve been holding hands since Sunday school days.

The second dance

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is called.

I miss it too.

When Rosemary eventually arrives, she sees me dancing.

She tosses her head in the air and storms out the hall.

Her friends, in a flurry of frilly dresses, shrieks and unruly hair, run after her.

Her friends, now an irate group of fuming girls, march menacingly over to me and demand, “Why didn’t you wait for Rosemary?”

Right on their heels, Rosemary returns to the hall with a boy from another bible class.

The next dance is called.

Rosemary and the boy begin the dance.

It is obvious they are friends.

I try to ask her for a dance but she refuses and snubs her nose to me.

I must have done something horrendous to deserve this.

Just before supper is announced, I realise they have disappeared.

I know all the good pashing-up places around the hall.

I find Rosemary and the boy wrapped up in each other’s arms.

I feel sad but walk away.

Of course, I win the statue dance with another partner.

Rosemary stares daggers at us both.

To put me in my place, she begins draping herself over this boy.

I ignore them and that makes her fume even more.

The next day I ask mum to help me understand what I have done wrong.

She says I’ve conducted myself correctly.

Her comment, “she’s probably trying out romance and you’ve done nothing wrong”, makes me feel a lot better.

Mum even says she’ll help me get Rosemary back.

The next month, I spend the afternoon helping put up decorations and getting the hall ready.

All afternoon my anticipation grows.

By the time I get to the hall my pimples are popped, my hair is well and truly Brylcreemed, my shirt is crisply ironed, my new tie is correctly knotted, my suit has sharp creases and

I’m as handsome as both mum and I can make me.

With her advice ringing in my ears, “Ignore Rosemary”, I enter the hall.

No Rosemary.

Oh well!

I ask another and get my first dance.

I’m not sure when Rosemary arrives, but during a dance she comes over, says “excuse me” and barges in front of my partner and places herself in my arms.

I never did tell her that in those first minutes my knees buckled.

A trembling thrill went through my body.

It was wonderful to have her so close again, to feel her curves and to have her smell overwhelm my senses.

I had a wonderful evening.

Grandad Bevan • Bevan Hussey is a member of Write On Group which meets at the Masterton Library on the first Thursday of the month at 6.30pm.

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WORDSEARCH

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BUMPER WORDFIT

Can you find all the words hidden in the grid? Read backwards or forwards, up or down, or diagonally. The words will always be in a straight line. Cross them off the list as you find them.

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C O P R A

C O L I C

S P A T S

P L U T O R I P E R

P L E A D E D

D I S S E N T

BLACK-OUT P A F U R N S O R D R T S O S S I M I L A U U I E R D E C R B G O B L A S E S C U G A M E M P I R P A N K Y S K E T C I M E L N D O U R Y O M S

H Y A U R L E E L U M S E B E R A R

NUMBER CRUNCHER

8 LETTERS ANTENNAE DOGEARED ESTIMATE RETARDED

WORD-SEARCH WORDFIT S S N O W O E O W N E R P P L O I T O N H U N G G S H A L O O U N L U C E D S P L E T Y

SOLUTIONS

L O C K I S L E E C A N A N D E R G O N E W S Y M A T E A D E L E E L A D D S R C A S E S I N P T E D A I V E R R E D

U R X V R E L M R N O Y L R R

C A P M S E T U N T I I T P E S T A E N R Y O N E

B E A R P E S U S E B H A U L

7 LETTERS CITADEL DISSENT MUSTANG PLEADED PLUNGER TIPSTER

2 digits: 05 66 81 92 3 digits: 057 126 181 638 643 666 687 728 739 832 4 digits: 0326 1329 3328 3478 4679 6750 5 digits: 07272 10810 7 digits: 5858733 6471321 8 digits: 21604837 63832860 76172378 78171658

A L N O T S E E N S N A E S C T A E N N T C W L O A E D

C D B A U R O C C R C C Z O T

Find the threeletter sequence which will complete all these words

M U S T A N G

F R O L I C U S A I N T L Y K

6 LETTERS ANYONE ENCASE MEASLY SCROLL

Fit the numbers into the grid. Cross each one off as its position is found.

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N C S M U D G E X M A K E R S

5 LETTERS AISLE ALPHA AMINO AORTA

NAIVE NASAL NEWSY OILER OMENS OPTED OSCAR PECAN PLUTO POISE RIPER SCRAM SEEMS SIEVE SPATS STEED TAMIL TENSE UBOAT UNITE WADED YELLS

A M S E H A S O L R Y E E N G A R S E A T L U I L O N N A

V S Y I H I J S Z E A S R U A

4 LETTERS ADDS CALL CAPS CLAD COPE EDGE ERGO MAMA OGRE SCAN TAPE TENT TIRE ULNA

AROSE ASTIR AWARE BLEST CATCH CLANG CLOCK COLIC COPRA CROON DRAWL EDGED EGRET ENDED ENEMA ERRED GENOA HENNA KENDO LEMON LODGE LOSES MEDAL MUSTS

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C A T C H

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R O S R P T R V Z O Q C O E K

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F W E E P I N G V L O U D L Y

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BLACKOUT V S E O O W F H V S X U R S A

L O C Q S N P M I A O Q O R L A O B

PEACH PINK PURPLE RED ROSE RUBY SALMON SCARLET SIENNA TAN TURQUOISE VIOLET WHITE YELLOW

CRIMSON CYAN FUCHSIA GOLD GREEN GREY INDIGO KHAKI LAVENDER LILAC LIME MAGENTA MAROON ORANGE

AMBER APRICOT AQUA AUBURN BEIGE BLACK BLONDE BLUE BRONZE BROWN BURGUNDY CERULEAN CHERRY CHOCOLATE

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 The Salvation Army Oasis: Gambling addiction help, free service, counselling service available, 41 Perry St, Masterton.

Call [06] 370-3317/[021] 804-339 [any time] – Ramil Adhikari.

Ruamahanga Club: Cards – 500, 1-4pm, at Wairarapa Services Club, Essex St, Masterton.

Wairarapa Genealogists: Rooms open 1-4pm, at the Research Rooms, next door to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton. The public are most welcome to seek help with their family history research.

GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Digital Seniors: Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching: Martinborough, St Andrew’s Hall, Dublin St, 9.30-11.30am. Featherston, Featherston Fire Station, Fox St, 1.303.30pm.

Age Concern: SayGo, 9am, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Housie: At Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club [behind clock tower Carterton], at 1pm.

Narcotics Anonymous: Meet at 6pm, at 15 Victoria St, Masterton.

Carterton Community Choir: Meet 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Ability to read music not essential. Call [022] 373-4299.

Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 4pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Joan Miller 377-7983.

Social Learners Bridge: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208.

Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 370-2511 or Brian 377-4066.

Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm.

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518

or 377-1135.

Masterton Senior Citizens & Beneficiaries Association: Meet 1-3.30pm for cards, Scrabble and bowls, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire Walker 377-0342.

Wairarapa Fern & Thistle Pipe Band: Practice 6.30-8.30pm, Savage Club Hall, 10 Albert St, Masterton. Call secretary, Gloria [027] 628-5889.

Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Carterton Library noon-2pm.

Aratoi: Opening of Paul Melser – One Hundred Plates exhibition at 5.30pm.

Wairarapa Art Review [57 works of art by local artists]; Dominion [a red steel deer with piwakawaka by Sean Crawford] and The Body of the Work/It Does No Harm To Wonder [sculptures and photomontages by Richard Reddaway, and art by members of Henley Men’s Shed, Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild, Wairarapa Spinners and Weavers, and pupils from Douglas Park School], to February 23; Our Town – The Changing Face of Masterton [60 photographs of Masterton over six decades, by Pete and his late father George [Ted] Nikolaison], until March 1, 12 Bruce St, Masterton.

Open daily, 10am-4pm.

Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Fri-Mon 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean [06] 372-6623 or Pam [06] 372-6459.

Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call Whaiora 0800 494 246.

Needlework and Craft Drop-In: 10amnoon, Featherston Community Centre. Call Virginia [06] 308-8392.

Sewing and Craft: 10am-2pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Petra [021] 234-1554.

Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

Carterton Craft Market: Open 7 days, 10am-2pm, 41 High St North, Carterton.

Call Desley [027] 787-8558.

Kids’ Song And Story: Fun songs, finger plays and stories for under-5s, during school terms, 9.30-10.30am, at Epiphany Church Hall, High St South, Masterton.

Call Pam 378-6740.

Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact: email admin@ stlukesgreytown.co.nz Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. If weather not good it’s in youth centre of Event Centre. Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643.

Masterton Social Badminton Club: Play 7-9pm, all year round, at Masterton YMCA gym [371 Queen St]. Contact by text Hamish [021] 259-7684 or Sam [0210] 552-113.

Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 6-7pm, Genesis Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 2954189 or Lucy [021] 0204-4144.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

Carterton Senior Citizens: Meet 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Aratoi: Pottery studio visit to Paul Melser’s Studio, 659 Norfolk Rd, 11am1pm. All welcome.

Organic Garden: Open day with Hella Coenen, 2-4 pm, 791 Mikimiki Rd, park at the DOC parking area opposite the house. Koha: Gold coin.

Men’s Group Overnight in the Wilderness: Saturday 4.30pm-Sunday noon, camping by the fire next to the river for any men 17+ or 14+ accompanied by father/grandfather/caregiver. You will need to carry your gear for about 15 minutes from carpark to the bush.

Register at www.mensgroup-wairarapa.nz Featherston Weekly Market: Fresh produce, fine food producers, creators and much more. Great atmosphere, amazing food and community spirit, 8am2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: Available free of charge for anyone

dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888, or www.hospicewairarapa. co.nz Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098.

Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk.

Measured, timed, free. 8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail.

Onetime registration essential. Info: parkrun.co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Wairarapa Genealogists: Rooms open 10am-1pm, at the Research Rooms, next door to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton. The public are most welcome to seek help with their family history research.

Martinborough Museum: Open 1.303.30pm, 7 Memorial Sq, Martinborough.

Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Open Sat and Sun 10am-2pm, other times by arrangement, groups welcome. Call Elsa [021] 263-9403.

Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10amnoon.

Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564.

Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, at rear of YMCA, 162 Dixon St. Featherston Toy Library: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon. Call Merle [06] 308-8109.

Farmers’ Market: 9am-1pm, at Farriers, 4 Queen St, Masterton. Undercover, wheelchair and dog friendly. Call [027] 356-6592.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Steve Davis [06] 3047155.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Bowls at 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303.

Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109.

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Workshop: Vegetable fermentation and sourdough bread workshop, 4-7.30pm, Eco Lodge, 638 Mikimiki Rd. Book on Eventfinda: https://www.eventfinda. co.nz/2020/vegetable-fermentation-andsourdough-bread/masterton Greytown Country Market: At Stella Bull Park [next to the White Swan Hotel], 9am-1pm.

Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am-12.30pm.

Martinborough Museum: Open 1.303.30pm, 7 Memorial Sq, Martinborough.

Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton.

Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm.

Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Joan Miller 377-7983.

Masterton Car Boot Sale and Market: 6.30-11.30am, Essex St car park. Contact ja.murray@xtra.co.nz Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 9am for 9.15am start, at clubrooms behind clock tower Carterton. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Age Concern: Exercise For Seniors, 9.30am; line dancing, 10.30am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

East Indoor Bowling Club: Meet at 7pm, all members and visitors welcome. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266.

Literacy Wairarapa: Offers free help with reading, spelling and maths at Te Awhina/ Cameron Community House, 9am-noon.

Carterton Scottish Dance Club: Meet at 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. No partner required. Call Elaine 377-0322 or Julie 370-4493.

Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – 500, 1.30pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

Mah Jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat [06] 3089729.

Senior Citizens Cards: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre Call Val

Sharon [021] 033-0550.

[06] 308 9203.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 370-2511 or Brian 377-4066.

Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246.

Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds.

Carterton Food Bank: 11.30am-noon Mon-Fri at Haumanu House [down the lane between Carters and the Clock Tower]. Call 379-4092.

Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. https://www.facebook. com/CartertonToyLibrary/ CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. For Mobility Parking Permits, Disability Support and Advocacy. Call 378-2426 or 0800 227-2255.

Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

The Dance Shed: 450 Belvedere Rd Carterton. Line Dancing Class, 7-9pm, beginners followed by intermediate.

Call Wendy or Don 379-6827 or [027] 319-9814.

Epilepsy Support Group: 11am at the Salvation Army office, 210 High St South, Carterton. Call 0800 20 21 22.

Citizens Advice Bureau: Free and confidential advice, Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, 43 Perry St, Masterton. Call 377-0078 or 0800 367-222.

Masterton District Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 5740742.

Alcoholics Anonymous: Masterton: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or Pete [020] 4005-9740. Carterton: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½18 years, 6.30-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: Meet 7pm in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531.

Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: Meet at the Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Call Nola [027] 6878599 or Jenny 377-0859 or email Wairarapaembroiderers@gmail.com Martinborough Community Choir: From 7.15-9pm, First Church Hall, Weld St, Martinborough. Contact Vicki Jones: vicbjones@gmail.com Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm, no partner needed. Call Lesley [021] 299-6389.

Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – Euchre, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 3.45-5pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Digital Seniors: Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching: Carterton, Fire Station (new venue) 9.30-11.30am. Greytown, Greytown Fire Station, 1.30-3.30pm.

Wairarapa Consumer Complaints Support & Advisory Group: 11am-noon, at Te Awhina House, Cameron Cres, Masterton. Contact adviser Aileen Haeata goddessfitnz@gmail.com Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

Wairarapa Senior Net: Invites people 50 years-plus to interesting computer and Smartphone course, at the Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton, 1.30-2.30pm.

Wairarapa Genealogists: Rooms open 1-4pm, at the Research Rooms, next door to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton. The public are most welcome to seek help with their family history research.

Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown.

Tribal Fusion Bellydancing: At 15 Queen St, Masterton, at 6.30pm. Text Toni [021] 105-7649 or visit Wairarapa

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Toi Wairarapa – Heart of Arts: 10 Minute Bites, 12.10pm, BYO sandwich.

South Wairarapa Hospice Support Group: If you, or someone you know is dealing with a terminal illness and would like to know more about Hospice Services then come along to the Featherston Community Centre, from 12.30pm to meet our Clinical Co-ordinator, or join our Support Group from 2-3pm for coffee and cake. Call [06] 378-8888 or www. hospicewairarapa.co.nz Club Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll, beginners 7.30pm; Intermediate level 8pm, at Club Wairarapa, Masterton. Call [027] 333-1793.

Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: Meet 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531.

Cross Creek Blues Club: From 7.15pm with guest artists. Dinner from 5pm, www.

CrossCreekBlues.co.nz Housie: Eyes down at 7pm, at the Martinborough Bowling Club, Regent St. Wairarapa Senior Net: Invites people 50 years-plus to the Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton, 1.30-2.30pm.

Call Maryanne 370-2197 or email: endless.summer.nz@gmail.com GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Digital Seniors: Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching at Masterton Library, 10am-noon.

Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, preschoolers with parents or caregivers, music and movement and art, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

Wairarapa Services Club: Rummikub, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

Cards: Come and join other enthusiastic “500” Players 1.15-4.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329.

AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Departmental building, level one. Entry on the carpark side. Call [027] 557-7928.

Ukulele Classes: 1-3pm, Featherston

Community Centre. Call Neil [06] 308-9341.

Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Club: Craft and chat afternoon 1-3pm, bring your crafts or just come for some company, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, beginners 4.30-5.30pm; intermediate, 5.30-7pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135.

Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.3011am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325.

Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Join us for sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264.

Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm for browsing or painting, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019.

Age Concern: Exercise For Seniors, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Carterton Women’s Golf: Nine-hole golf at 10.45am. Call Jane Brooking [021] 171-9249.

Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 3725758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285.

Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton.

Wairarapa Singers: 6.45pm, at Rosewood, 417 Queen St, Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316.

Esperanto Club: 2pm, write to people using the international language worldwide. Call 377-0499.

Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10amnoon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604 [church office].

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15am for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Steve Davis [06] 3047155.

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Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve 379-6999.

Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554.

Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Meet for social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342.

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Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practise 4-5pm, at the YMCA. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922.

Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton.

South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon, including cards, board, darts, pool etc. Call Doff 304-9748.

Girl Guiding: Pippins [5-7 years] 3.455pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 9am for 9.15am start, at clubrooms behind clock tower Carterton. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

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Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the South Wairarapa District Council, for the purpose of forest harvesting, will close the following road to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period indicated hereunder.

The road will open once during the day to allow traffic through after a safety inspection.

The road will be open on weekends and public holidays Any person objecting to the proposal should lodge their objection and grounds thereof in writing to the South Wairarapa District Council, PO Box 6, Martinborough, 5741 before Wednesday, 11th March 2020 Roads proposed to be closed: Clay Creek Road Forest Enterprises will notify residents of when the closures are happening Period of closure: 15 days between 1 April 2020 and 31 August 2020, between 7am and 4pm Euan Stitt Group Manager Partnerships & Operations

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How bizarre – pitcher strips shirt, drives off Softball Chris Cogdale In a bizarre moment, the pitcher for Hutt City United stripped his shirt off, strolled away, and abandoned his team midmatch against the Giants in a Premier Three intercity softball match at South Park on Saturday.

Giants’ president Chris Feary was batting at the time in the fourth innings and had hit a high ball out towards the fence, only for a Hutt fielder to drop the catch.

What happened next was something that Feary said he had never seen before.

“The pitcher took off his shirt, walked off over the fence and jumped in his car and took off,” he said.

“Normally, you might expect him to abuse his

teammates, but he didn’t even look back.

“He must’ve had his keys in his pocket, and he was on a mission. I’ve never seen anything that dramatic.”

Giants had beaten Hutt City 17-1 in the first round and were heading for another big win on Saturday at the time. In the end, the 19-1 victory almost certainly secured Giants a spot in the Premier Three semi-finals.

Meanwhile, in intercity Premier Reserve action, a 4-3 loss to PonekeKilbirnie ended Giants’ hopes of making the semifinals.

Giants topped the table at the end of round one but have managed only one win from six games in the second round with most of the losses by narrow margins.

Giants made the better

start to Saturday’s game at Hataitai Park, taking an early 2-0 lead.

In what has become a recurring theme throughout the second half of the season, Giants had their opportunities to win the game, with players on base, but failed to convert those chances into runs.

In other matches, the Giants women lost 2-7 to Dodgers Divas in a Hutt Valley Major B match.

The Giants Under-13s won an exciting match with Stokes Valley Red 11-7.

Maggie Shields again turned in an impressive shift at pitcher. Destiny Torapa, with an in-field home run, and Darius Kahu had strong games with the bat to keep the team on track for the semifinals.

The Giants Under-15s won by default from Totara Park Gold.

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Makaia Campbell completed a three-peat in the women’s singles open.

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Makaia Campbell kept her cool and came from behind to win her third straight Wairarapa women’s singles title on the Masterton Park-Lansdowne carpet weave bowling green on Sunday.

Campbell, who is a member of the Masterton and Featherston clubs, trailed Margaret Connolly from Eastbourne for most of the match but retained her composure and took the lead in the latter stages.

Holding a 20-18 advantage, Campbell only needed one shot to secure the championship.

She duly held her nerve to complete the three-peat and claim her sixth open singles title.

It was also Campbell’s 25th centre title, giving her a fifth gold star.

Campbell said the victory over Connolly was tough.

“Margaret kept me on my toes. I was behind for most of the way, and it was hard work to get there. It makes you feel good to win

a close game,” she said.

“I just took the advice of Scotty McKenzie, who told me to take it just one bowl at a time and not think too far ahead. I’m just happy, but tired.”

Campbell said she’d been playing bowls for about 30 years and put her success down to taking a relaxed attitude into her games.

“I’m one that goes out there and gives it all that I’ve got, and what will be will be. It’s just my love of bowls.”

Campbell was one of six players to qualify for postsection play after her three matches on Saturday.

Having been given the bye in the first round of post-section, Campbell easily beat Gail Hemi [Featherston] 21-6 in the semifinals.

Connolly had a trickier route to the final. After beating Dale Rowe [Featherston] 21-11 in the quarterfinal, Connolly came up against the experienced Judith Wyeth, who had beaten Masterton clubmate Dorothy Christensen 21-11. Connolly went on to beat Wyeth 21-

12 and set up what would be an absorbing final.

The victory is a continuation of a good run of form for Campbell, who along with McKenzie made the final of the Wairarapa open mixed 2-4-2 last Thursday, only to suffer a 10-12 loss with the last bowl of the match to the Featherston combination of Les O’Donovan and Dale Rowe.

There’s no rest for Campbell, who has been named to play singles in the Wairarapa side to contest the Lower North Island octagonal tournament in New Plymouth starting on Friday.

That will be followed by the open pairs, and the Masterton Bowling Club’s mixed pairs and women’s pair championships.

Alanna Saunders [Masterton] won the Rampant Lions competition for those players who didn’t qualify for post section play, beating Jean Paku [Lansdowne] 21-19 in the final.

Jonas, Price lead Red Star to the semifinals CRICKET

outstanding potential.

Jonas was finally out, brilliantly caught on the boundary, when going for what would have been his first six of the innings.

He had combined with Robbie Anderson [44] for a second wicket partnership of 92 and a third wicket stand of 55 with Price.

The hard-hitting Price was initially watchful on the tricky pitch but was never afraid to put away the bad ball.

His 73 not out came from 66 balls and included six fours and three sixes.

Paraparaumu started the chase aggressively, scoring 22 runs off the first two overs, but it didn’t take long for Red Star to grab their first wicket with Byron Gill caught behind off the bowling of captain Peter Sigvertsen in the fourth over.

When the visitor’s best batsman, former Red Star player Kelsey Fahey, was caught by Anthony Sprowson off Jacob Osborne’s bowling for five, it was always going to be a tough battle back.

Lorimer, batting at six, showed some fight but lacked support. When he was out for 42, with the score at 125-7, that

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Chris Cogdale Burger King Red Star turned on their best batting performance of the season to qualify for the semifinals of the Coastal Challenge.

Red Star had to win their final round robin match on Saturday against two-time champions and last year’s runners-up, Paraparaumu, and they did so in convincing fashion.

Opener Jake Jonas and Brock Price both scored half centuries as Red Star amassed 247-3 in their 50 overs, a score that would prove too tough for Paraparaumu to chase down on a dry Queen Elizabeth Park Oval pitch which lacked pace and offered variable bounce.

Red Star won the toss and made a cautious start with Richard French [17] and Jonas putting on a partnership of 48 before French was dismissed in the 14th over.

Jonas took full advantage of being dropped by wicketkeeper Rory Lorimer in the third over scoring 84, off 125 balls, including 10 fours. The 16-year-old’s confidence blossomed as his innings progressed and he looked a player of

Red Star openers Jake Jonas [6] and Richard French discussing strategy against Paraparaumu on Saturday.

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signalled the end, with the last four wickets falling within 10 balls.

Red Star finished fourth in the combined Whanganui, HorowhenuaKapiti, Wairarapa competition, and will play top qualifiers Levin Old Boys in Saturday’s semifinal.

The game between Jackson Street Lansdowne and Whanganui Marist was not played, due to Marist’s commitment to the Central Districts national club championship playoffs.

It is understood Lansdowne won the game by default.

Jake Jonas plays a shot on his way to 84.

Red Star 247-3 [Jake Jonas 84, Brock Price 73no, Robbie Anderson 44; Dale McNamara 2-16] beat Paraparaumu 128 [Rory Lorimer 42; Stefan Hook 3-19, Jacob Osborne 2-27, Peter Sigvertsen 2-35, Brock Price 2-22] by 119 runs.

Provisional standings:

Richard French turns for a run against Paraparaumu.

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Masterton ace Opaki Chris Cogdale

BRIEF SCORES

Levin Old Boys 36 points, Whanganui Tech Old Boys 32, Whanganui United 28, Red Star 27, Paraparaumu 26, Kapiti Old Boys 16, Weraroa 12, Whanganui Marist 11, Lansdowne 10, Whanganui Collegiate 6.

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Masterton moved into second place with a clean sweep of an understrength Opaki in their Regional One Interclub clash at Masterton on Saturday.

Most of the Masterton players were untroubled in winning their matches, but there were some crucial wins in close games that denied Opaki vital points, which could prove decisive when determining final places.

The Masterton men were in convincing form, with all four winning their matches in straight sets.

Boon Huxtable won the battle of the number ones over Chris Davidson 6-1 6-4, Chad Parson beat Duncan Oakley 7-5 6-2, Rhys Hooper was too good for Jon McNab 6-2 6-4, while promising

teenager Liam Kerr won the tightest of the men’s singles matches over Richie Day 6-4 7-6.

Masterton’s Julie Malcolm won a tense three set battle over Belinda Day 6-4 2-6 7-5, and Julie Foley comfortably beat Megan Young 6-2 6-4.

In the doubles, Huxtable and Hooper dominated Davidson and Oakley 6-3 6-4, Parson and Kerr beat McNab and Richie Day 6-7 7-6 7-5 and Malcolm and Foley beat Day and Young 6-2 7-6.

The 11 points for the clean sweep lifts Masterton to 20 points, six points behind leaders Martinborough at the halfway stage of the competition.

Julie Malcolm won her singles match with Belinda Day in three sets.

PHOTO/ JADE CVETKOV

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