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Monica Landy

[last Brigidine]

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Yvonne Gemmell will develop and establish the ongoing relationships between WFA and Kaupapa Maori in the Wellington and Wairarapa regions. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

Wellington Free Ambulance [WFA] has got right into the thick of Māori Language Week celebrations by weaving more te ao Māori [the Māori worldview] into their organisational strategy.

Part of that weaving has included opening the door for employee Yvonne Gemmell to take on a new role that will see

her develop and establish the ongoing relationships between WFA and Kaupapa Māori in the greater Wellington and Wairarapa regions.

Gemmell started her new role on Monday, which coincided perfectly with the start of te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week.

Although she started working for WFA nine years ago as a call taker and most recently as the Patient Transfer Service Manager, Gemmell has now had two of her passions combined which she said she was most excited about.

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Event

Popular event not toasted yet

One of Wairarapa’s most prominent and best-known events is forging ahead with arrangements despite the region’s current level 2 alert status. Full story P5.

Obituary

Council

Tributes for our last Brigidine

Mixed feelings on SWDC apology

Former St Patrick’s teacher and principal and the last Brigidine sister to live out her religious calling in Wairarapa, Sister Monica Landy has died at the age of 90. Full story P6

Community response has been guarded the surprise South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC] public apology and explanation about its rates increases. Full story P4.

Community

Transport

Petition makes a push for more signatures

Contractor pays for repairs Repairs to Masterton’s Chapel St were made recently at the cost of the contractor.

Full story P8.

Jenna and Mark Matchett, and Lacey and Tim Bourne’s petition to review South Wairarapa District Council’s [SWDC] rates increase has reached over 1000 signatures.

But they’re pushing for more. Full story P4.

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Wairarapa’s much-loved balloon festival is making a comeback next year after a three-year hiatus.

But the Night Glow signature event will not be held at Solway Showgrounds in Masterton.

Instead, it would be held at Clareville Showgrounds in Carterton.

The revelation of the 2022 Wairarapa Balloon Festival plans came this week when evert organiser Peter Amyes presented a case for Masterton District Council [MDC] funding at a grants committee meeting.

He was seeking $20,000 from the council’s community events fund.

Council officers recommended the event be

The 2019 Wairarapa Balloon Festival.

funded $10,000 because this amount aligned with previous funding and the events fund budget was limited.

Members of the MDC grants committee would release their funding

decision in the coming weeks.

Amyes said, since the last festival took place in 2019, the organisers had taken opportunities to revamp the event and had taken “a strategic look

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at what we are doing with ballooning in Wairarapa”.

He said the 2022 event would involve five days of entertainment over Easter with daily ascensions throughout Wairarapa of

the 20 balloons involved.

No overseas or specialshaped balloons would be featured in the 2022 event due to uncertainties around Covid-19, he said.

There would also be a burner parade, popup activities, and the Night Glow.

The Night Glow, a signature event of the festival, had been shifted to Clareville Showgrounds in Carterton because the venue had more capacity and fewer residential zone restrictions, Amyes said.

He was expecting up to 20,000 people would attend the 2022 event.

The Night Glow would feature a large family and children entertainment

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area with bouncy castle slides, live music, and food stalls.

It was set to open with skydiving out of hot air balloons, followed by a model aeroplane display, drone racing, the inflation of 20 hot air balloons, a laser light show, and then some more drone racing.

Amyes predicted the event would bring $400k in economic benefits to the region.

There were also talks of re-establishing a commercial ballooning operation in Wairarapa and training new pilots.

Amyes spoke of plans to establish sport ballooning competitions over summer, akin to Super Rugby.

“To support that we need a younger audience and our balloonists are long in the tooth.”

The 2022 Wairarapa Balloon Festival is set to take place between April 14-18.

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Weaving te ao Maori into our free ambulance Continued from page 1 Te Whanganui-a-Tara [My ancestors are from Ngāi Tūhoe iwi, and I live in Wellington].

“The role brings together two of my passions, and I am extremely excited to get started on this important mahi [work].”

Although based in Wellington, Gemmell said the uniqueness of Wairarapa, both geographically and community-wise, means that she was looking forward to regularly making her way over the hill to enable Wairarapaled initiatives that weave Wairarapa and WFA together even more.

“I am really excited to be able to connect with our Wairarapa iwi and communities and our staff for this important mahi,”

These te ao Maori values, also embedded into our organisational values, support ongoing relationships between the service and Maori communities, and by extension all communities.

she said.

Currently completing a BA in Māori Studies through Victoria University, when asked how the role came about, Gemmell said she noticed an opportunity for a great partnership between Māori communities and WFA to bring about more of the culture into the workspace.

She proposed a Māori Health, Wellbeing and Engagement Strategy for WFA, which was welcomed by leadership, with their support signalling a way forward.

“It became a real priority to me that we as a service paved the way for whakawhanaungatanga [forming relationships], kotahitanga [working together in unity] and manaakitanga [showing kindness and compassion in all that we do],” she said.

“These te ao Māori values, also embedded into our organisational values, support ongoing relationships between the service and Māori communities, and by extension all communities.”

WFA chief executive Dave Robinson said he was excited about Gemmell’s new Kaiwhakatuwhera role.

“Our role at Wellington Free is to ensure positive health outcomes for everyone in our community, and Kaiwhakatuwhera will be crucial in ensuring we produce positive health outcomes for Māori. And to achieve this, we need to make sure we have strong relationships with iwi across the region.”

To kick off her new role, Gemmell said WFA would provide resources to staff, encourage conversations, and share kai [food] throughout the week to celebrate te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

Gemmell spoke of Māori Language Week as a time her wairua [soul] feels refreshed and filled with

positivity, adding that as the week goes on, more people feel comfortable weaving te reo Māori into their conversations.

“I use this week to learn new waiata [songs], have important kōrero [conversations] with my colleagues around te ao Māori, and spend time with my whānau in te Taiao [the environment, nature].

Both Robinson and Gemmell acknowledge it’s an exciting opportunity to weave te ao Māori (the Māori worldview) into WFA and plan to keep this kaupapa in place for the future.

“It’s widely understood Māori are overrepresented in many health statistics and WFA has, for some time, wanted to work with iwi and hapū within our rohe [area] to see how

we can help in turning these statistics around,” Gemmell said.

“Our community is at the heart of everything we do, and forming and improving relationships ensure permanent opportunities exist for Māori communities to work together with Wellington Free.”

Gemmell said future kaupapa [initiatives] at WFA would create opportunities for learning for staff; safe spaces to question and learn about te ao Māori.

“It’s an absolute privilege to have this opportunity, to continue to work for such a wellrespected service. And with the guidance of my tīpuna [ancestors], will bring a large part of who I am into the organisation as well.”

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Mixed feelings on SWDC apology Sue Teodoro

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Community response has been guarded to the surprise South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC] public apology and explanation about its rates increases.

Community leaders and others criticised the time it took for the council to respond and questioned what and when concrete steps would be taken to address the issue. Many said the council has lost public confidence.

The SWDC explanation of this year’s 29 per cent increase follows a raft of complaints, including to the Office of the Auditor General [OAG] and two current petitions to parliament. Requests to council for public meetings had, until yesterday, been denied or postponed.

After weeks of denying the rates increase had been 29 per cent, SWDC appeared to agree that was the correct figure.

Featherston Community Board chair Mark Shepherd said the rates hikes had a huge impact on the South Wairarapa community.

People on fixed incomes were having to go without heating, insurance, and fuel. Some were even considering giving pets up, unable to afford their upkeep.

“This is having an impact on our communities’

Irate ratepayers pack out the South Wairarapa Council meeting in July. PHOTO/FILE

mental health,” he said.

He had asked SWDC mayor Alex Beijen and chief executive Harry Wilson for a public meeting.

“I was told by the chief executive they would not hold a public meeting.”

He said many would have difficulty understanding SWDC explanation, but keep quiet because they didn’t want to make a fuss.

“We want three public meetings. We have been pushing for this,” he said, saying there should be one in each town.

“People want to know what they are getting for the extra money.”

The Martinborough

Community Board [MCB] issued a statement.

“Martinborough Community Board is pleased to see a response to the rates increase from SWDC. We will be following up with our community in regard to this new information to ascertain what our residents want to see as next steps.”

MCB restated its recommendation to SWDC to hold a public meeting in Martinborough.

MCB deputy chair Aidan Ellims said many were struggling.

“Pensioners and rural people have been hit hard. It’s affecting huge

numbers.”

He said the council needed to spend what was available.

“Consulting with the community about what projects to prioritise is important.”

Martinborough resident John Errington said the explanation reflected the intense pressure on SWDC. “At last there is some honesty, but only because they have been forced to do this. It’s a little too late for the council because people have lost faith in them.”

Errington said the proposed budget review was overdue.

“They should have done that six months ago.”

“They must have public meetings,” he said, adding that rates should be kept at a lower level until the review was finished.

“Some people just can’t afford them.”

Former SWDC councillor and a longtime former Carterton chief executive Colin Wright was one of those who wrote to the OAG. He described the explanation as a ‘huge smokescreen’.

Wright said the rates were almost double what SWDC consultation said they would be.

“That only started to come out a month later in late July when people received their rates bill and

the council has admitted nothing for about 5 weeks until right now,” he said.

“A sincere apology should include how they are going to put things right... which option they will choose which would result in a rate reduction for this current year.”

Martinborough resident Daphne Geisler said the published explanation had not clarified issues.

“I remain concerned that not only do SWDC have a problem with clear communication, but they also have a problem with financial management,” she said.

“All they have done for 5 weeks is avoid, confuse, hide and spin.

“There is a lot more to say about this statement and I look forward to the mayor’s promise of a public meeting.”

Former SWDC councillor Lee Carter said the delayed response by SWDC was poor timing and disingenuous.

She also called for public meetings in all three towns and said the rates should now be reduced.

“This doesn’t mean we stop doing things, but we achieve outcomes and delivery over a longer period.

“The mayor and councillors must get their heads around the fundamentals of council accounts, we cannot afford to have this happen again.”

Petition makes a push for more signatures Grace Prior

grace.prior@age.co.nz

Jenna and Mark Matchett, and Lacey and Tim Bourne’s petition to review South Wairarapa District Council’s [SWDC] rates increase has reached over 1000 signatures. But they’re pushing for more.

Jenna Matchett said there were about 10,000 ratepayers in South Wairarapa, they hoped half would sign the petition.

“I think more than half

of them would want to sign it if they knew it was out there.”

Matchett said many New Zealanders were working class people who didn’t have a “lump of cash behind them”.

“They’ll be finding lockdown hard enough without worrying about their rates bill,” She said they were concerned that people thought they had to live in South Wairarapa to sign, or that only one person

could sign per household.

“If it can happen in our council, it can happen anywhere.”

“We need the support of people to help us to fix this - or to at least put a really good plan in place with a much longer vision.”

The group criticised the council for having a short-sighted view on rates and its impact on the community. They also worried South Wairarapa would become unaffordable to some of its most

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Matchett said once covid-19 restrictions allowed, they would be taking to the streets and door knocking to get signatures.

Paper copies of the petition can be found at some local cafes, or online at www.parliament.nz/en/ pb/petitions/document/ PET_115623/petition-ofjenna-mark-matchett-andlacey-tim-bourne.

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One of Wairarapa’s most prominent and best-known events is forging ahead with arrangements despite the region’s current level 2 alert status.

This year will be Toast Martinborough Festival 29th event and is set to take place on schedule on November 21.

Toast Martinborough Festival general manager Ariel Codde said they were preparing for a good outcome but would make the necessary decisions if a level change occurred.

“If we can go ahead, we will, and we are planning to,” she said.

“If there are restrictions on attending events, we will deal with it at the time.”

Toast Martinborough has a long-standing reputation as a go-to wine and food event.

For the first time, this year’s event will feature smaller vineyards in a single stand-alone multi-site.

Like a pop-up vineyard, four boutique wineries will use one site on New York St as a combined venue.

Codde said it was an opportunity for smaller vineyards to showcase themselves and together offer a range of wine, food and entertainment.

The four wineries at the multi-site are Big Sky, Butterworth Estate, Margrain and Nga Waka. Wine from the vineyards will be available, along with five food offerings and live music.

Codde encouraged people keen to experience the event to buy tickets, with more than 85 per cent already sold. Refunds will be offered in the event of cancellation.

“Toast is an amazing day that combines outstanding wines and superb food, mixed with fabulous live music and entertainment,” she said.

“It is the best Sunday ever in Martinborough.

You won’t want to miss out, so get in quick and purchase your ticket.”

Considered by many the region’s best-known wine and food event, Toast Martinborough traditionally has people travelling from vineyard to vineyard by bus.

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6 Wairarapa Midweek Local News Wednesday, September 15, 2021 OBITUARY SISTER MONICA LANDY 24/03/1931 – 06/09/2021

Tributes for our last Brigidine John Lazo-Ron

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Former St Patrick’s teacher and principal and the last Brigidine sister to live out her religious calling in Wairarapa, Sister Monica Landy has died at the age of 90.

Sister Monica passed away last week after a long battle with health issues.

The Brigidine Sisters are a global Roman Catholic congregation that was founded by Bishop Daniel Delany in Ireland in 1807.

The congregation made its way to Masterton in 1898 where six Brigidine Sisters staffed St Patricks School.

They went on to establish St Bride’s College [1898], St Anthony’s School in Pahiatua [1906], St Mary’s School in Carterton [1917], and St Teresa’s School in Featherston [1954].

Sister Monica was wellknown not only within New Zealand’s Catholic community but also within the community of Wairarapa.

She could relate to adults and children and was someone whose presence will be sorely missed. We will miss her wisdom, sense of humour, compassion and leadership.

She had a long career in teaching, where she presented and directed religious broadcasts and initiated a religious studies programme for Wellington Teachers’ Training College students.

After an overseas study trip, she became a member of a volunteer research team under the guidance of Masterton Hospital which looked into the wellbeing of older people in the Wairarapa. She told the Times-Age in an interview at the time that she had always had a high regard and love for older

people based on her very fond memories of her grandparents.

The experience gained from her research sparked what Sister Monica regarded as her greatest achievement – the Golden Years Expo, a celebration of the worth and value of older people in the community and a first for New Zealand.

Her significant contribution to the welfare of older people in the Wairarapa in her retirement earned her great honour in 1990 when she was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for public service.

She also earned the Commonwealth Medal for Services to the Community and the Papal Medal for Services to Catholic Media.

New Zealand Brigidine coordinator Sister Anne Phibbs said her loss would affect many.

“She was a Brigidine to the core. She was full of energy and go and will

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be a great loss to us as a group but also to the Wairarapa community and the parish.”

St Patrick’s School principal Steve Wheeler said Sister Monica was an amazing lady who brought much guidance and inspiration to the school

community.

“She could relate to adults and children and was someone whose presence will be sorely missed. We will miss her wisdom, sense of humour, compassion and leadership,” he said.

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The last booking there is 12:30pm. Afternoon clinics are held at Colombo Road netball courts, from 1:30pm.

If you have limited mobility, need a longer appointment time, or require any extra assistance during your vaccination, please tell one of our staff as soon as you arrive. Translation and sign services need to be arranged when you book.

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8 Wairarapa Midweek Local News Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Community helps out Tom Taylor

tom.taylor@age.co.nz

Martinborough has wrapped support around a family after a fire left their rental home in tatters.

Brett McCall and his four young boys lost many of their belongings, including clothes, food, and kitchen appliances, in a fire on August 27.

In the week after the fire, property owner Joe Howells had set up a Givealittle page to help the family get back on their feet.

By the time of publication, $5000 had been donated to the family through the page.

The fire broke out on the morning of August 27 and had engulfed the house on Broadway St by the time emergency services arrived.

Five fire trucks from the Martinborough, Featherston, Greytown, and Masterton brigades attended the fire but could not save the house.

Howells said all tenants were out of the house at the time of the fire.

The house had since been demolished.

“It was a hazard, with loose iron in the wind,” Howells said. “It really was a mess.”

Howells lived around the corner from the rental property and knew where

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the smoke was coming from as soon as he saw it.

“I shot around the corner and down the road, and I could see the brigade was already there. Flames were leaping out the windows.

My first reaction was, ‘My God, I hope there’s no-one in that place.’ That’s the main thing, that nobody was hurt. Property can be replaced.”

McCall and his family had moved into temporary accommodation in Martinborough after the fire and were now looking for a permanent place to stay.

Howells had set up the Givealittle page to help the family replace their clothes and household goods.

“I was quite pleased – I hadn’t used Givealittle

before and I was pretty amazed at the community response.”

The Martinborough Lions Club, of which Howells was a member, donated $500 to boost donations up to the target of $5000.

“It’s the sort of thing that a service club should help out with: a family in need where an unforeseen event has come across their path and put them in a difficult situation,” Howells said.

Howells had bought the property as a strategic business investment but had not insured the house.

“While we would rather that the house was still there, the fact that it’s not is not a major loss for us.

We’ll move on, and figure out what to do next with

the site.”

Martinborough fire chief Jake Hawkins said the fire had quickly gutted the interior of the house and burned the roof cavity.

“It appeared to be a fault in the flue on the chimney,” Hawkins said. “It looked as though the heat shield had been getting very hot up against the back of the wall, and it caused the wall to catch fire.”

McCall said the community’s support had given his family hope.

“Thank you to Joe and to all those who have donated,” McCall said. “We are extremely grateful.”

To donate, visit givealittle.co.nz/cause/ family-struggling-after-ahouse-fire

Repairs to Masterton’s Chapel St were made recently, at the cost of the contractor.

In June, the road began rapidly deteriorating, causing concern for road safety advocates.

At the time, AA Wairarapa chairman Craig Bowyer said Chapel St averaged up to 20,000 vehicles on it each day and that it was simply a matter of time before a motorist or cyclist was injured due to the fast-forming potholes.

New Zealand Transport Agency [NZTA] maintenance and operations manager Mark Owen said heavy rainfall exacerbated damage to the more vulnerable areas.

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Owen said this week’s repairs were done at the cost of the contractor.

He could not disclose the cost.

“Any rework on this type of repair is typically at the cost of the contractor, unless there are issues beyond their control that have contributed to the issues requiring the rework.

“We are currently working with our contractors to refine our strategy for addressing both short-term [things like potholes or other surface repairs] and longer-term [rehabilitation of the road surface] maintenance along this section of Chapel St.” Currently, almost all of Chapel St was scheduled for resurfacing within the next three years, with plans to rebuild some sections.

NZTA undertook regular temporary pothole repairs during winter, followed by permanent repairs in summer when conditions were more suitable.

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Councils bin overdue fees as library gets new system Emily Ireland

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Wairarapa councils are set to scrap overdue library fines, wiping a debt of $11,000.

It also means 435 people currently banned from using library services because of overdue fines would be welcomed back.

At a recent Joint Council’s Wairarapa Library Committee meeting, members agreed to cease the charging of overdue fees as they transition to a new library management system.

The system would roll out on October 12 and Wairarapa councillors would vote to scrap fines to coincide with this date.

Carterton councillors approved the decision and other councils would follow suit.

In a report to Carterton District Council, library services manager Annette Beattie said as at June 30, the total amount of overdue library fines in Wairarapa was $11,098.50.

The average overdue fine was $1.95, but 435 people currently owed more than $20 and were therefore unable to use the

library service until fees were paid.

Beattie said overdue fines created a barrier and hurt those who could least afford them.

It also created stressful interactions for library staff.

“Removing fines and trusting the community to return items which are part of a community resource is a powerful message from a council to its community,” she said.

Carterton councillor Dale Williams, who is also on the library services committee, supported the recommendation to remove overdue fines.

“The principle to me is that we want to encourage and incentivise positive actions and usage,” he said.

“We don’t fine people for staying at our free swimming pool too long, we don’t fine people for participating in too many free school holiday programmes, so I don’t believe we should be fining users for keeping books for too long.

“Whether more people will use library services with no overdue fees, that’s subjective and time will tell.

“But it will certainly enhance the experience for existing users.”

Until recently, public libraries were required to generate revenue to offset operational costs.

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Te reo Maori is a big part of who we are Kia ora e nga kaipānui o Midweek. Hello readers of Midweek.

Leading into Māori Language Week, I took a moment to think about the effect Māori culture has had in my life.

For the record, I’m not Māori. Far from it in fact, being of South American descent. However, I have been a lover of the culture and language since I can remember.

Growing up amid a whanau relatively new to New Zealand and hearing a lot of Spanish being thrown around, te reo Māori still managed to catch my attention every time I heard it spoken or sung.

The earliest memories I have were the waiata’s we would sing in primary school, including those mixed with English, such as ‘One day a Taniwha’.

Then came the time I saw the haka being performed by the All Blacks for the first time. It led me to want to play rugby. Like most children growing up, I had that dream of wanting to play for the All Blacks,

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John Lazo-Ron but part of that dream was about embracing the experience of performing the haka.

Then there was college.

To be honest, there aren’t too many good things I remember about college, but if I can point one out, it would definitely be when the new third-formers [Year 9] were taught the school’s haka.

When the time came to perform the haka as a school, mainly when we took on rival school’s rugby teams, all students performed it with extreme passion. It didn’t matter what background you had.

And then you have our national anthem, both sung in te reo Māori and English.

Like the haka, it is performed with passion, whether it’s an athlete or a fan in the crowd.

All of this made me

realise that as Kiwis, te reo Māori is part of who we are.

New Zealander’s are a very diverse group with so many ethnicities, but most see Māori culture as a part of their lives. It’s being embraced more and more every day. Today, you’ll see businesses and organisations having a Māori translation to go with their name or title; te reo Māori is also being spoken more in general conversation.

Māori language commissioner Rawinia Higgins said eight in 10 New Zealanders saw te reo as part of their national identity. I couldn’t agree more.

I believe the Māori culture and language are not solely for a specific ethnic group, it’s for all Kiwis, and we need to embrace it more.

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My biggest pet peeve is …

Cijina Kunnath People that are consistently late and everyone else has to wait for you. Just disrespectful! Lending people money and having to constantly remind them to pay you back.

Renee Manick People.

Aliah McDowell Dish cloths left in the bottom of the sink. #notsorry.

Trudi Roberts Failure to indicate at roundabouts. I haven’t learned to read minds, and I have an aversion to accidents.

Breonna Claude People making things dirty after I’ve just cleaned it … there should be a 3 hour grace period between spotless

Lisa Welsh People spitting in public!

floors, windows and things before people make it a mess again!

Monique Kloeg Chewing gum! I think it’s disgusting in all aspects.

Anne-Marie Marinan Tailgating.

Jean Cretney People complaining about trivial things.

Daniel Borrie Unfriending on social media.

Margz Tulloch Dishes in the sink at work! You used it, you wash it and put it away!

Megan de Roo Loud music from neighbours and cars.

People’s blatant disrespect and ignorance of others these days.

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David Marinan People not indicating.

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Richard Alan Dahlberg Running out of tea bag’s.

Deb Bailey People who don’t use manners.

Jess Harrison People not doing their job properly.

Kim Rose Powers Smoke butts!

Plenty of rubbish bins around people! Or take it them home.

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Aratoi is back in business again

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As of last Friday, Aratoi has reopened its doors to everyone. Just one week on from change in alert levels and the main streets of Masterton are becoming busy again, which spells good news for our museum.

Aratoi staff were excited to welcome visitors back over the weekend. It was great to see people come to explore our newest exhibition Drawn to the Light by the Wairarapa Camera Club, A Year and More of Magical Thinking – New work

by Linda Tilyard and to enjoy, for the last time, our popular winter exhibition Pūkana: Te Karu o te Ika - Moments in Māori Performance.

Martinborough Music Festival is making all the right sounds

Concert pianist Michael Houston.

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The Pūkana exhibition has been extended and will now close on Sunday, September 19 to make way for an exhibition featuring stunning portraits from the Aratoi Collection.

With proper safety protocols in place, visitors are free to roam the gallery and reacquaint themselves with our art and exhibitions. Come and join us and experience the uplifting power of art!

Art can be a strong catalyst for shifting your mood, it provides opportunity for you to see things from a different perspective, it can be inspiring and thoughtprovoking or can simply give your mind a chance to breathe and relax.

Sue Teodoro The Martinborough Music Festival is back on track.

New alert level 2 rules mean it has reorganised twice, but the event is now scheduled for late October.

Event organisers had a plan for a restricted event, but the new limit of 50 for indoor gatherings announced on Monday pushed them back to the drawing board.

Committee member Sharon Cuzens said they didn’t waste time setting a new date.

“A lot of fast work has gone on over the past few days,” she said.

The first plan had been to go ahead on the original dates in mid-September, but the new number for indoor gatherings made that difficult.

The event is now planned to go ahead for the weekend of October 29 to 31.

“Depending on covid the schedule has been moved as a whole,” Cuzens said.

Headline performers concert pianist Michael Houston and violinist Wilma Smith and others have already confirmed availability for the

The arts also have a significant contribution to make to our health and well-being. They enrich our everyday lives, connect our communities, help us describe and make sense of our world, and are a valuable resource in health and social care contexts.

Art and heritage institutions like Aratoi, have a key role in collecting and recording the memory of these unusual times for future generations, as has been done by museums, throughout all periods in our history.

So, take some time this week for your own wellbeing, come visit us and be mindful with art.

Aratoi is open Tue-Sun, 10am-4pm.

new dates, with a few unconfirmed.

“There could be some small changes depending on musicians’ availability,” Cuzens said.

Musicians expected to take part include Gillian Ansell and Zephyr Wills on viola, Andrew Joyce and Alexandra Partridge on cello and Bridget Douglas on flute.

The weekend programme includes pieces by Ravel, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Mozart, Haydn and others.

Concerts are planned for the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

The event’s website has been updated to reflect the new arrangements.

People holding tickets for the original September dates will be contacted direct by i-ticket about the changes with no need for anyone to initiate contact.

Refunds will be available.

Organisers have no further back-up plans at this stage. In the event of further level or rule changes, adaptations will be made as necessary.

More information is at https://www. martinborough musicfestival.co.nz/

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HE TĀKAI KŌRERO MAI I WHAKAORIORI

MAHURU 2021

MASTERTON MONTHLY WRAP

BUILDING CONNECTIONS DURING LOCKDOWN

MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Kia ora Masterton, It’s wonderful to be back in the relative freedom of Alert Level 2 after a challenging three weeks.

I am proud of the way Masterton responded during this lockdown but it is important we stick to the rules as we enjoy a taste of spring. And a huge thank you to our essential workers who have continued to provide for the communiuty in very difficult circumstanes.

I know that it has been tough for many of our local businesses, so please support them by buying local.

Above all, please continue to be kind and understanding. This new way of operating can be very stressful for some in our community.

Council sites are now open, with some changes to restrictions around mask-use, contact tracing, and

SEPTEMBER 2021

Masterton District Library staff worked hard during the Covid-19 lockdown, not only to reach out to customers online, but to ensure they were connected digitally,

social distancing from our previous Level 2 experience.

Please check on these pages, or on the Council website, for new arrangements, particuarly for our Queen Street office and Masterton District Library.

Library staff are enthusiastic advocates for the Skinny Jump service, which sees modems provided making 30GB download packages available for just $5 (with a 150GB monthly limit).

Council business has of course continued during lockdown.

On 3 September we opened our Representation Review, an important opportunity to have your say on the make-up of elected members on the Council.

We are required to have a review every six years but our decsion to establish a Māori Ward required the current review to be brought forward from 2024.

Please take a few minutes to go online and share what you think of the proposed make-up of the council which is a one Māori Ward councillor, four

The library provided 18 modems during lockdown, about twice the usual rate, which saw 165 provided in 2020/21.

General Ward councillors, and three at-large councillors, plus the mayor. Submissions close on 4 October, with hard copies available at our Queen Street office and the library.

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“We’ve really encouraged eligible people to get modems during Covid,” acting Library Manager Tiffany Daubitz. “And staff have been fantastic during the recent lockdown, providing online stories and activities while working from home.”

There are a few changes in place when visiting Council offices during the updated Level 2, Delta version.

When visiting our Queen Street office, you will need to wear a mask, scan in (or provide contact details), and maintain 2m social distancing. Cash payments are being accepted but you can also make payments via the Council website.

Once connected, Wairarapa people have been able to connect with daily lockdown story-reading and challenges which have included chalk art, creating ‘shops’, baking, and costumes.

At the library, you will also need to scan in or provide contact details.

Skinny Jump modems are available to families with children, job seekers, seniors, people with disabilities, refugees and migrant communities, and those in social housing. Cellphone coverage is required.

Masks must be worn at all times while in library. Please use the hand sanitiser provided and remain 2m away from staff and other library users.

Use the self-checkouts for quicker, and contactless service.

Visitor numbers in the library are being limited – please limit your visit to less than 30 minutes.

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Submissions are now open on the Council’s Representation Review proposal on how the Council should be made up for the next two local body elections.

At Level 2, toys and children’s activities are not available, nor are other activities. Public toilets in the library are closed.

The proposal is for a council of eight elected members, down from the current 10, plus the Mayor, with four councillors elected from a General Ward, one councillor elected from a Māori Ward, and the remaining three elected ‘at large’.

Only voters on the Māori electoral roll (around 3,360) will be able to vote for candidates standing in the Māori Ward, with one candidate elected. Only voters on the general roll (24,200) would be able to vote for candidates standing in the General Ward, with four candidates elected.

Fill in an online submission form at: www.mstn.govt.nz

All voters can vote for candidates standing ‘at large’ and for the Mayor.

The proposal aims to make sure we have fair and effective representation for our community.

This arrangement provides the closest voting entitlements under the representation rules and with our current electoral roll numbers and district population.

Email us at: submissions@mstn.govt.nz

Rules for the make-up of wards is set out in the Local Electoral Act. At least one other ward is required in order to implement the Council’s decision in May 2021 to establish a Māori Ward.

The proposal is based on feedback we received at public workshops we held last month and discussions with current elected members.

“It is very important that the people of our district have a say in the way the council looks – and that process is now underway,” Manager Strategy Angela Jane said.

“Reducing the number of councillors means remuneration will increase, which may enable and attract more diverse candidates to stand. Having eight councillors is also within the range of elected members on other councils with similar land areas, populations and density.”

Submissions on the Representation Review 2021 proposal can be made through the Council website, or in writing, using the form downloadable from the site.

Submissions can also be made by phone by calling the Council on 06 370 6300.

Submitters will have the opportunity to speak to their written submissions at a public hearing on 13 October.

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Phone us on 06 370 6300

Download a form and post it to Masterton District Council, PO Box 444, Masterton 5840 or drop it off to our customer service centre at 161 Queen Street at Alert Level 1 or 2.

Talk to us at one of our ‘kanohi ki kanohi’ (face to face) sessions (in Alert Levels 1 and 2). There will also be a chance to talk to the Council at a hearing on 13 October.

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Monday 13 - Sunday 19 September Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week

Spring is here, and that means temperatures can vary significantly from day to day - it is not always necessary to have woodburners going.

Today Wednesday 15 September Kiwi Room, Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road 3pm Council Meeting Friday 17 September 7pm The Black Box Sessions Kickstart for Civic Facility - live concert via Zoom featuring a range of local, national and possibly international artists, available on Facebook through Wairarapa TV and other Facebook pages.

Monday 4 October 4pm Representation Review public submissions close.

Wednesday 6 October Kiwi Room, Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road 2pm Infrastructure and Services Committee meeting

August saw a reduction in days of high pollution in Masterton, with five days of high pollution and just one of very high pollution.

If you’re running low on firewood, and looking to top up with wood to burn now, make sure it is dry.

Using dry firewood is a good start when it comes

to minimising smoke.

A moisture meter to test firewood is part of the Home Health Self-Assessment Kit you can borrow from Masterton District Library.

Avoid burning coal. Coal creates more harmful pollution than wood. It contains sulphur and other elements, including mercury, lead, and arsenic. Coal is also a huge contributor to climate change.

Masterton’s Air Quality – August High pollution (exceeded WHO guideline):

6 days

Moderate pollution:

18 days

Low pollution:

7 days

Very low pollution:

0 days

Air quality measurements are based on daily levels of fine particle air pollution (PM2.5). The World Health Organization (WHO) guideline only allows three high pollution days per year. For more information visit: www.mstn.govt.nz

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Methods for solving problems Midweek Musings

Tim Nelson Watching the wonderful YouTube series Geography Now [my current favourite YouTube channel], an episode was about Malawi, a country in Africa. Part of each country focus will always name famous people from the there. In the case of Malawi one of the people was William Kamkwamba, a person I had never heard of before, but someone with an incredibly inspirational story.

Kamkwamba is from a village that needed electricity, but unfortunately didn’t have access to it. Another thing Kamkwamba didn’t have access to was a school, as his family could no longer afford to send him to one.

However, there were two things that did empower

Kamkwamba; he could read and he had access to a library.

Incredibly, Kamkwamba decided to address the problem of no electricity and set about using books in the library to learn how to make a generator wind turbine. This was then used to give him the knowledge to build it with whatever material he could scavenge and get access to. He created others where needed, demonstrating how his knowledge and persistence could lead to solving significant problems for his community.

Kamkwamba’s story is something that we can all learn from. It’s a great example of the wonderful quote attributed to tennis great Arthur Ashe:

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How to do something incredible

Over the course of history there have been so many achievements that astound us with their scale; these include things that, until they were done, many would have considered to be impossible. Examples of these achievements are: going to the moon; climbing Everest; and running a mile in under

four minutes.

How can it be that something that was ‘impossible’ is now a relatively common occurrence; Kiwi athlete John Walker ran over 100 sub-four-minute miles; at the top of Mt Everest before covid there was often a queue at the top that looked as busy as people waiting to buy sought after tickets for an rock concert.

The reason why the impossible can happen is that there are often many

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‘failures’ that happen before the first success, often by the same person.

An example of this is Eliud Kipchoge’s attempt to break two hours for the marathon. Two years before he achieved this goal in 2019 he had been involved in another attempt that fell just short in which he did the run in 2 hours 25 seconds [still an incredible achievement].

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everything that led to the 2017 attempt not working and made changes that would enhance Kipchoge’s likelihood of success. Many of these were just the smallest details, but added together they became something bigger, leading to the successful attempt in Vienna.

It is so important to look at failures as learning opportunities; what are the things that didn’t quite go right? What could be tweaked or changed?

Sometimes we are just a few adjustments away from achieving success, but perhaps fall short because we don’t take the opportunity to have another go or keep going in a slightly different way to get to where we want to be.

Dig deeper to question beliefs Some of our most deeply held beliefs are those that may not have the sound foundations that we think they have. However, because they are beliefs

we have held on to for so long the idea of deviating is one that almost challenges which we feel we are as people, either generally or in a specific areas.

It would be interesting to take one strong belief that we have and be prepared to look at it objectively. Take, for example, the football team you support. Gone are the days in which many of the most popular teams were owned by the town that they are based in or the players were all locals.

Many are now owned by people or organisations of questionable values and practices and some don’t even have players from the country the teams are based in, yet we are prepared to put this aside to support what is now just an idea or the colour of a shirt.

I doubt if this post will turn Chelsea supporters away from their club.

However, maybe there’s another team that you’ll also take an interest in that does everything in ethical ways. Take, for example, The American football team The Green Bay Packers which is owned by the town and can never be sold [in a viable way], or Forrest Green Rovers, an English football team that has a focus on sustainability.

Beyond the sports team support, take the time to question other beliefs, from political support to products you have always bought; maybe there are

changes that could be made.

Creating a culture of support

At my school we do a daily award while we’re in lockdown. This involves teachers nominating students for Principal Awards to recognise the work they have been doing with their home and online learning, the way in which we are teaching. I love getting the emails and reading about the positive behaviour and attitudes of students.

Yesterday something changed a little with the process; I received an email from a student who was nominating a peer. The nomination was in regards to the way in which the student nominated was completing so much online work while also supporting others to do so. Shortly afterwards I received another similar email from a student nominating a child from another class.

It is great to see a culture in a school develop that is around mutual support among peer groups.

When students recognise and acknowledge the contributions of their peers this will start to become a normal thing, something that is expected and just happens. I do now know that the idea was initially encouraged by a teacher, but sometimes that little push is needed to get things started.

Establish a criteria

Robert Cialdini, the author of the immensely popular book ‘Influence, The Psychology of Persuasion’, shares some quite shocking reasons that influence many of the decisions that we make in our lives. These influences include quite superficial factors, such as the attractiveness of a politician in an election or a salesperson selling a product. Attractiveness is just one factor of many shared by Cialdini, but it is an example of how something that shouldn’t be a factor at all in a decision can be.

To ensure you make the right objective decision it’s important to establish a criteria based on the thing you’re trying to get, as opposed to who you are getting it from. For example, when buying a house you will take into account price, location, nearness to facilities, etc.

These are the things that will impact upon you long after the sale has been made, and definitely long after you’ve had your final interaction with the person selling it to you.

• 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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Gem has amazing potential Pat McLean Wairarapa Forest & Bird Tucked away in an isolated corner of Wairarapa, near the confluence of the Ruamāhanga and Waiohine rivers is Taumata Lagoon, a large oxbow wetland that forms a nearly perfect circle.

This hidden gem is bordered in parts by dense stands of native trees, mainly podocarps. These bush remnants are mainly kahikatea, with occasional matai and tōtara, plus a few tītoki, white maire and tawa.

This kahikatea/podocarp remnant is reminder of the dense forest cover that once was here in lowland Wairarapa, and gives hope that forest and wetland remnants that still survive on private land, could be restored to form a regional network of habitat for our native species.

A truly remarkable feature is the number of bird species observed at

Taumata Lagoon during recent decades – over 50.

Although many aren’t native, they fill ecological niches that natives could occupy again, with proper conservation effort.

Even the rifleman/ titipounamu, has been recorded there, a genuine surprise given its rarity.

This provides hope that if titipounamu are clinging on, other species could be too, or easily could again.

Wading birds make up most of the observed species, taking advantage of over 10 hectares of lagoon, and the fish recorded here include longfin tuna/ eel and the native and underrated brown mudfish.

About half the lagoon is protected by QEII covenants on two separate titles. The first one has extensive forest cover and many of the willows encroaching on the lagoon have been removed.

Sadly, the forested area is carpeted with the introduced weed

The Taumata Lagoon, a large oxbow wetland that forms a nearly perfect circle.

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Tradescantia, which is suppressing the regeneration of ferns and other ground level species such as mosses.

The other one is botanically a mess, although I doubt the birdlife is bothered by this. The willows are encroaching on the lagoon, the slash from the milling of a small pine block has been left to become covered in blackberry, and Tradescantia is spreading fast.

To be fair, there has been extensive planting of natives as well.

The Government’s National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity could offer a way forward for places

like Taumata Lagoon.

With some investment and expertise, these important forest and wetland remnants could become strongholds for precious native plants and animals.

That’s why Forest & Bird, Federated Farmers, and other organisations have been telling the Labour Government they must, through the NPS-IB, put in place proper support for land owners to protect and restore natural areas on their land.

Privately-owned land is an essential part of the vision of bringing back native habitat that’s home to all the species that have nearly, if not entirely, been lost in Wairarapa.

Weeds and pests have workable solutions, and forest and wetland restoration is an area that New Zealand leads the world in.

Forest & Bird hopes the new owners of Taumata Lagoon will take pride in realising the amazing potential of their properties, and we hope Minister Shaw and the Government will make resources available to help them achieve the environmental vision we would all gain from.

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From New York to Palliser Bay, the Elbe would never leave our shores. MARK PACEY writes in his occasional series highlighting Wairarapa shipwrecks.

The 341 ton Elbe was whaling in New Zealand waters in late 1841 and had so far experienced favourable conditions.

On December 11, she was heading for Port Nicholson in Wellington but could not see the port’s lights and did not want to sail in for fear of hitting a rock or beach.

The Elbe stayed offshore, waiting for a gap in the weather, but the opportunity never eventuated. A strong southeasterly wind rose and the Elbe was driven away from Wellington and up towards the Wairarapa coast.

The whaler soon found herself off the coast of Palliser Bay, which kept getting closer as the wind drove her in. The winds showed no signs of dying down and the situation became increasingly dire.

The officers in charge of the vessel held an impromptu meeting and decided that to save their ship and crew, they would have to beach her.

They aimed the Elbe towards the shore and sailed her in and she came to rest on the sands. The Elbe’s Palliser adventure was recalled in detail in a letter by the Captain William Wilson of the vessel Oriental William Wilson. It was printed in the newspapers and recalled the damage she took before her beaching.

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impulse of the sudden and overwhelming storm, your main mast head and main top mast rigging were broken, your foretop mast and your square sails blown to pieces and the ship consequently unmanageable and that finding it totally impossible under existing circumstances to save your ship as commander, it was your duty to do everything in your power to save the crew under your command which I congratulate you in accomplishing.”

Wilson went on to say that he thought very highly of the American sailors and their conduct in dangerous situations.

The Elbe now lay in the sands of Palliser Bay and any prospect of saving her was dashed when the waves

crashing over her began to break her apart. Her failure to arrive at her destination had been noted and the schooner Fidel,e under captain Salvator Cemino, headed out to help the stranded whaler.

The cargo in the Elbe’s hold showed the extent of her whaling activities at the time.

In this one vessel were 80 barrels of sperm oil, eight tons of whalebone and 1450 barrels of black whale oil. This cargo, along with the disintegrating Elbe, was sold at auction by John and George Wade on December 16, just a few days after she had stranded.

In the aftermath of the Elbe’s beaching, the kind and generous nature of people came forth when a group of seamen made a collection of £26, which they gave to the Elbe’s Captain Merrihew. This

was a large amount of money for the time. One individual, Captain Salmon, gave £5. In response to this generosity, Merrihew expressed his gratitude in an eloquent letter printed in the local newspapers.

“I also feel truly grateful for the assurance and conviction you have kindly conveyed to me, that the unfortunate loss of my vessel which was caused by a visitation which no human skill could avert.

This will assist to soothe me when the painful reminiscence of my unfortunate loss might otherwise cause depression of my spirits. I join you Gentlemen, in the hope that I shall see you all again in Port Nicholson under happier circumstances when my first study will be to offer some return of the kindness evinced to me in this port, but should fate decree otherwise, I beg to assure you that I shall ever cherish the warmest gratitude for the hospitality I have received at your hands as a shipwrecked unfortunate stranger.”

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development indicate that alcohol use prior to conception by either or both parent may increase the risk of harm to the fetus.

The realities of reality TV The meaning of the word, reality [as per the Collins English dictionary] is “The state of things as the actually exist” which makes a mockery of most reality TV shows. Or does it?

I am sure the ghastly Kardashians, the emptyheaded Made in Chelsea Mob, the backstabbing Housewives and the terrible parents in Toddlers and Tiaras do live like they are portrayed in their “reality” programmes. We are seeing the real them!

Shallow, self-centred and in many cases, the gate is open in the top paddock, if you get my drift!

You seem to know a lot about it, I hear you say.

Well, before one can make a comment, one must do one’s research, mustn’t one.

I started thinking about this when I saw an advert for Gordon Ramsey screaming at some gormless restaurant owner because he had found rotting food, filthy equipment and mouse droppings in their kitchen.

Are we really supposed to believe that there are so many filthy restaurants around that they can make numerous series about them? And if so, why would you call on Gordon Ramsay for help and not have a bit of a tidy up before he arrived? Where are the health and safety officials who allow these restaurants to operate?

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Graeme Burnard Well the answer is simple, isn’t it? It’s all set up for the camera. And who wouldn’t go on TV to get a lovely new kitchen and redecorated dining room?

I can hear the producer now – we would like you to make your place as disgusting as possible, don’t clean anything for a few days, leave the fish and chicken out to fester and when Gordon “surprises” you, act excited to see him and pretend you don’t really think there is anything wrong with the place. And after you have been verbally abused for a few days, we will give you a brand new kitchen.

I remember in one bit of research I was doing, contestant in Married at First Sight saying that they had to do five retakes of her arrival at the wedding so they could get the reactions right. So when we see it on TV there she is gasping in delight at the unknown hunk waiting at the altar, even though she really wanted to throw up.

One woman told the produces that she wanted an Islander for her new husband. She was so convinced that they would honour her request, she

arrived at the wedding covered in tropical flowers and being carried on a platform by six half-naked handsome young Pacific Islanders. All the retakes in the world could not hide her disappointment when she saw the skinny white fella waiting for her at the aisle. I think they lasted four weeks.

There is a programme in the UK called Gogglebox and it is a programme showing people sitting in their lounges watching TV. I could think of nothing better than coming home after a day’s work and sitting down in front of the telly to watch another family watching Telly. It’s hugely popular.

There is one show I wouldn’t mind have a go at. Naked and Afraid.

Two people [complete strangers] get dropped into an unforgiving and hostile landscape for 21 days, completely naked. I am sure the film crew would take me back to their luxury digs for the night, nice hot shower, lobster dinner, lovely warm bed and then back out into the desert for the day with my new nude friend, but I don’t think my wife will let me.

Match ploughing started in 1950s In 1953 a committee was formed for Wairarapa Ploughing Match Association.

The first match took place at Arthur Southey’s property on Moreton Rd, Carterton.

Wairarapa has hosted several New Zealand’s finals – the first in 1969 at Est HA Evans, West Bush Rd, Masterton, the

second in 1977 at Mick Rayner’s at Gladstone and the third in 2008 at Stout and Clarkson properties at Kahutara.

Wairarapa Ploughing Match Association and

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Adam Gresham, Managing Director of Kiwi Lumber Group says the company is experiencing good growth and reaping the benefits of a significant $60 million capital investment programme across all sites over the past five years.

“Our investment programme has helped us meet the surge in demand over the past few years and from the pandemic from domestic as well as export customers.

“There is huge demand for structural, appearance and outdoor timber. In the US, our customer The Home Depot chain – the largest home improvement retailer in the US – has added 100 new stores to our supply contract in the past few months. And in Europe we have seen 100% growth in trade in the past 12 months. Here in New Zealand we are the largest timber supplier to Bunnings and

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contractors. Thirty five per cent of Gisborne’s production of 40,000 m3 is exported, with a strong focus on Europe and USA’s Clear Board Markets.

“What these markets have in common is that consumers, many unable to travel internationally and forced to stay at home for weeks and sometimes months on end are spending to upgrade their homes or to build new homes.

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“All told, Kiwi Lumber is making a significant contribution to the local economies of Gisborne, Putaruru, Dannevirke and Masterton, where we operate.”

• In Putaruru Kiwi Lumber employs nearly 100 people and contributes $8 million to the local economy in the form of wages and payments to contractors. Seventy per cent of Putaruru’s production of

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• In Dannevirke, Kiwi Lumber employs nearly 60 people and contributes $5 million to the local economy in the form of wages and payments to contractors. Forty per cent of Dannevirke’s production of 45,000 m3 is exported, with a strong focus on Europe and Australia’s high grade markets.

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employs 85 people and contributes $8.5 million to the local economy in the form of wages and payments to contractors. Just two per cent of Masterton’s production of 140,000 m3 is exported as this site caters to the needs of New Zealand’s structural market customers.

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September UPDATE MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Lockdown Level 4 – wow, that happened fast! We always knew it was on the cards for the Delta Variant of Covid to sneak into the community. I’m thrilled that we have done our part through the stricter phases of Lockdown and we’re now slowly opening up again under our new Alert Level 2. I want to thank all members of the South Wairarapa community for following the rules, staying home and doing their best to stay safe. It really has made a difference and we are now beginning to reap the rewards. I just hope Auckland can continue to fight the good fight and get back to some level of normality in the coming weeks.

Spring has most definitely sprung in all senses of the word – lots of pops of colour with the daffodils and blossoms coming out, along with the wild spring weather that we’ve come to expect! Do drive carefully on those windy days, especially on the Remutaka Hills.

It’s great to see the high percentage of vaccinations that have been completed through our whole district. I had my first shot at Featherston Community Centre. All went very smoothly, and the staff were just delightful. I encourage all of you to go and get your vaccinations so Kiwis can try and avoid the need for more lockdowns.

You will have seen recent communications from Council about the increased rates for the 2021/22 year. The reason for the increase is that we need to collect all of the costs of Council this year, unlike 2020/21 where we borrowed part of it. We regret that we didn’t adequately communicate this in our Long Term Plan consultation document, and for this we sincerely apologise. We acknowledge that the message should have been clear, and we are committed to absolute transparency in responding to the situation. There is a full explanation of the rates increase on our website. All ratepayers have also been mailed a copy of the letter.

Councils Consider Government’s Three Waters Reform Programme Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa District Councils are each working through the process of considering the Government’s Three Waters Reform Programme, first announced a year ago. Government is considering how best to regulate and deliver the country’s three water services – drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. The Government’s preference is to create four new regional water entities which would replace the 3 Waters work of 67 councils currently managing these services. The exact size, shape and design of these entities is still being worked on.

For now, I’ll certainly enjoy getting out and about to support our local businesses, wearing my mask! Stay safe, everyone.

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Libraries reopening under Alert Level 2 Wairarapa Library Service – a joint service provided by Carterton and South Wairarapa District Councils reopened the libraries on Saturday 11th September.

All due back dates have been extended.

The libraries’ return drop-boxes are also open. Customers are still able to access e-books, e-mags, audio books, and renew existing loans online via the libraries’ website and app.

The staff greatly appreciate your support at this time, and we look forward to seeing you all face-to-face (with masks on) in the libraries again!

Planning on visiting Council? Our office is open but visiting hours have changed under Alert Level 2

The Government expects that councils will consult the public later this year on the proposals and our councils are keen to have a full public discussion. South Wairarapa District Council has made no decisions yet and is also analysing new, more detailed information from the Government as it is provided.

South Wairarapa District Council will be open for business as usual, however, visits by the public under Covid-19 Alert Level 2 has changed. For anyone wishing to visit our office, we will be operating reduced hours, following strict health and safety guidelines.

We have until 1 October to identify questions that Council need answers to so that when we undertake public consultation it will be more meaningful. To that effect, the Mayor, Councillors and Council officials met for a workshop last week and identified a good number of new questions.

These will be tabled at the Council meeting at 10.00am on 15 September and available to the public then.

The Delta variant is highly contagious, and the Council does not wish to create any additional risks to staff or visitors while we remain at Alert Level 2.

Our office is open from Thursday 9 September. The following conditions will apply until we move to Alert Level 1:

To stay informed please check out the summary information on our website.

Access by the public in person will be 9am to 12pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

NOMINATIONS OPEN NOW: Senior Person of the Year 2021 South Wairarapa District Council is proud to be supporting the Age Concern Senior Person of the Year 2021.

Nominations are open until 24 September. Nomination is easy – write down the reasons why an older person you know deserves to be celebrated and send to manager@ acww.nz or mail to P O Box 865, Masterton.

The nominated person must: • Be over 65 years of age, and a Wairarapa resident for more than five years.

• Be a committed volunteer in our community who has made a significant contribution either through volunteer or community work.

• Have made an impact on other people’s lives through the sharing of their life experience, skills and time.

To reduce the high risk of Covid-19 transmission, anyone wishing to visit our office must make an appointment. This allows us to stagger visits at safe intervals and clean in between visits.

More detailed information, along with the appointment form, is available on our website, or you can call us on 06 306 9611.

Where would you look for a lost goat?

At the Drunken Nanny of course!!!!

Dan Curry, Council Bylaws Officer, was called to retrieve this lost goat last month from the cheese shop and goat farm South of Martinborough.

F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N C O N TAC T:

NOTICE OF MEETINGS FEATHERSTON COMMUNITY BOARD Tuesday, 5 October at 7.00pm Kiwi Hall, 62 Bell Street, Featherston

FINANCE, AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE Wednesday, 6 October at 10.00am Martinborough Town Hall, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough MARTINBOROUGH COMMUNITY BOARD Thursday 7 October at 6.30pm Martinborough Town Hall, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough COUNCIL Wednesday, 27 October at 9.00am Martinborough Town Hall, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough PLANNING AND REGULATORY COMMITTEE Wednesday, 27 October at 10.30am Martinborough Town Hall, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough ASSETS AND SERVICES COMMITTEE Wednesday, 27 October at 1:00pm Martinborough Town Hall, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough

Harry Wilson CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Meetings will be held in public venues dependent on COVID-19 alert levels. The latest meeting information and meeting agendas can be found at www.swdc.govt. nz. Meeting agenda are available for inspection at least two days before the meeting at the district libraries and Council offices.

Public participation is welcome. If you wish to speak during the public participation session at any of the above meetings, please phone 06 306 9611 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.

VACCINATION UPDATE There are now four options for your vaccinations in the Wairarapa: Featherston Community Centre, 14 Wakefield Street Open Monday – Saturday Clinic 1: 10:00am – 1:30pm Clinic 2: 3:15pm – 6:15pm Departmental Building 35 – 37 Chapel Street Masterton – beside Subway Monday – Saturday mornings 8:30am – 12:30pm Colombo Rd Netball Courts Drive Through Open Monday – Saturday afternoons Clinic 1: first car in 1:30pm, last car in 3:45pm Clinic 2: first car in 5:15pm, last car in 7:15pm Tekau Mā Iwa Enter via Whaiora carpark 394 Queen Street, Masterton – opposite City Fitness Open Friday and Saturday 9:30am – 4pm How do I book?

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COUNTRY LIVESTOCK

Water resilience is drying up The Wakamoekau Community Water Storage Scheme was cancelled this month, and the rural community is anxious about the future of Wairarapa’s water.

Wairarapa Federated Farmers president David Hayes said water storage was critical to the future of our towns and rural hinterland, to employment, production and the health of our rivers and wider environment.

He said the scheme had been seen as a foundation block of the Wairarapa Water Resilience Strategy.

“It’s highly concerning we have stumbled at the first step,” Hayes said.

“I grew up in South Australia – the driest state on the driest continent.

I’ve seen how severe water shortages undercut so many aspects of life.

“Wairarapa must not underestimate the shock that climate changeaccelerated lack of water will mean to our Wairarapa communities and to the environment. It is time to act.”

Hayes said the resilience strategy, that was launched earlier this year and led

by Dame Margaret Bazley was clear that it needed to be fully implemented if we are to address the impacts of climate change.

“We cannot pick and choose.”

He said storage was the only practical initiative for resilience going forward.

Hayes said the only part of the Wairarapa Water Resilience Strategy that was being actively worked on was the Wakamoekau scheme.

Report for Week Ending 10/09/21,

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Federated Farmers president David Hayes.

Masterton farmer Mike Butterick.

“With that halted, we have nothing on the table, but we still have a solid set of recommendations in the strategy that now need to be properly resourced and managed.”

Masterton farmer Mike Butterick said the region was facing increasingly more extreme weather, often in the form of reduced rainfall.

He said that would make food production much harder and more unreliable in the future.

Butterick said modelling from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment [PCE] showed that a one degree Celsius increase in temperature would result in the East Coast of both the North and South islands being in extreme moisture stress for up to six months.

“This is predicted to be around 2030-2040. That will come around very quickly, and we now run the very real risk of being caught out,” Butterick said.

Niwa has also predicted Wairarapa to become hotter and drier as the climate changes.

Butterick said the region had an opportunity to plan for a volatile future, but the bureaucratic regulatory process stood in the way as a major impediment.

“Yes, we can all put tanks in, and yes, we need to fix our water

infrastructure, but the benefits of doing so will pale in comparison to a future focused large water storage scheme that captures water in times of excess.”

He said the “bureaucratic jumble” that had been created need to be fixed urgently, “if we are ever going to plan ahead for future generations, to enable successful businesses, both industrial and agricultural and domestic requirements to be met”.

Butterick said the time to deliver on water security was now.

“Future generations will not thank us for doing nothing, for to do nothing is to steal their future.”

Hayes said the environmental planning framework was complex and changing rapidly.

He said the decision by Wairarapa Water Ltd to close its project underlined the fact that planning framework was not yet fit for purpose.

“It is creating barriers that are preventing sound management of the most important issue facing our rural and urban communities.

“We can all continue to be more efficient with water use but that’s not going to be enough for the future of towns and farms.”

Hayes said it was likely that farmland would be

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seen as more valuable subdivided for housing and precious production space would shrink.

“Over time much of the region will evolve into a suburb of Wellington, with ongoing water supply challenges and impacts for our rivers and catchments.

What we value about the region we call home will be lost.”

Hayes said Federated Farmers wanted to see the consequences of climate change on our rivers and communities properly mitigated through implementing a full range of practical initiatives, including storage.

He said it needed strong leadership, sound governance, and must be well resourced.

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Friesian bulls 5 at $60, 4 at $50, 2 at $50, Hereford x heifers 2 at $55, 3 at $45, 4 at $55, 8 at $40, Red Poll heifers 3 at $40, Speckle Park 1 at $65.

Cattle: Hereford heifer yearling 2 at $670, 2 at $530, 1 at $620.

Angus steer yearling 3 at $665.

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Wethers 1 at $50, 4 at $180, 3 at $145, 1 at $172. Rams 1 at $80, 3 at $90.

Lambs 2 at $160, 2 at $197, 10 at $186.

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Temptation leads to future

Wai Write

Rita Stirling-Vincent Maigritte traced a grubby index finger under the runes carved on the ancient tablet, slowly mouthing aloud their meaning. She stumbled over some, skipped others she did not know. Her chipped nails and rough skin showed years of hard labour for the Readers. She knew she shouldn’t touch the tablet but her yearning was too strong and while she was alone ...well, who would know? With glazed eyes and halting breath she felt the magic take her over. The runes glowed and danced on the page, like fairies, just out of reach. She had to make sense of them, somehow.

A voice filled with icy rage caught her by surprise. “Get away from there, you filthy wretch!” rang out behind her.

“I’m sorry, Bah”, she whispered, leaping back in shock and surprise. “I’m sorry.”

The old woman advanced quickly, pulling her robes around her.

“You’ve been told a hundred times ‘Don’t touch the tablet!’ You’ll never become a Reader if you can’t follow instructions.”

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“Yes, Bah. I’m sorry,” Maigritte mumbled again, backing towards her bucket and scrubbing brush on the floor. Tears welled in her eyes. Stupid!

Stupid! Forced to give up her dream all because that blasted tablet had called to her, willing her to touch it and she hadn’t been strong enough to resist. Seven Hells of Damnation. And now she’d been caught.

Bah stepped up to the carved lectern where the tablet lay. She ran her fingers lovingly over the page. Her face softened,

as did her voice, “I will have to report this to the Council. Get on with your work child.”

Maigritte nodded and swallowed hard. She began scrubbing vigorously at the slate tiles in front of her, hoping to scrub away some of her anguish and shame.

Hot tears spilled upon her hands as she worked.

Maigritte knew that girls had been dismissed from the Coven for lesser transgressions than this and her heart sank into a void. The dinner bell saved her from further

ruminations but by then she had decided that should she be dismissed, there was no way she was going back to her pod. She would rather die than eke out an existence on the harsh shores of Cliffswells, collecting seaweed and fish bones for the Harpies. She made up her mind to join the witches of the forest instead. Much better to learn the lore of herbs and leaves and trees.

On entering the dining hall, her friend, Suze sought her out and knew something was wrong.

“What is it?” she asked in a whisper.

Maigritte shook her head as they took their places on benches in front of the long tables.

Her friend was silent.

Maigritte swallowed barely two spoonfuls of gruel during the whole meal.

Still the axe did not fall.

When they were released, Maigritte rushed to her cell, not wanting to speak to anyone and huddled under her thin blanket on her cot. Sleep evaded her but she must have fallen into a doze when there was a peremptory command, “Come. The Council has summoned you,” Bah was standing in the doorway.

“The prophecy has changed,” said Gochelar, head of the Council.

Maigritte stood in a cold sweat, not knowing what to do or say. Long moments passed.

“We have decided,” said Gochelar, in a slow measured tone, “that you will study with the Readers while we try to make sense of this.”

Expecting the worst, Maigritte stood, not comprehending the meaning of these words.

“Go child,” said Bah, giving her a shove in the back, “and learn to be grateful.”

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34 Wairarapa Midweek Community Events Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Heart of Arts: Annual Found Art Exhibition and Auction, Heart of Arts Gallery, High St, Carterton. Event starts 5.30pm, auction 6pm, food and drinks supplied.

Thursday Morning Bikers: Short rides for everyone. Call Liz Mikkelsen [06] 2162187 [after 5pm].

Patient Activity Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am1pm. Call Kirsten 399 1050.

Parkinson’s Exercise Class: 1.30pm, at the Masonic Village Hall, 35 Edith St. Contact Roslyn [027] 264-8623.

Alcoholics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7.30-8.30pm. Call 0800 229 6757.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm.

Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 79, Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm. Research assistance available if required – free service but donations appreciated.

Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band: Weekly practice. Masterton Variety Club Hall, 10 Albert St, 6.30-8.30pm. Contact Ian Macdonald [027] 232-5882.

Belly Dance for Beginners: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-7.30pm. Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649.

Danzability Class: 10.30-11.30am, at St John’s Hall, 73 Main St, Greytown. Contact Rachel Horwell [022] 077-2654.

Ruamahanga Club: Cards – 500, 1-4pm, at Wairarapa Services Club, Essex St, Masterton.

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: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800-373-646. Martinborough: St Andrew’s Church, 9.30-11am. Featherston: Union Church, 1.30-3.30pm.

Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019 or Elissa [0274] 706-528.

Age Concern: Steady As You Go - Falls Prevention Class, 9.30am, Falls Prevention Class for Men, 10.30am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: South End

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Spontaneous Dance: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-8pm. Call Pavla Miller [022] 075-3867.

Justice of the Peace: Carterton library noon-2pm; Masterton District Court 11am1pm; Eketahuna Library 1.30-4.30pm.

Aratoi: A Year and More of Magical Thinking: New work by Linda Tilyard to Nov 14; Wairarapa Camera Club: Drawn to the Light a biennial exhibition of selected photographs by members, to Nov 21; Eye to Eye: Portraits from the collection to Nov 21; Breadcraft Wairarapa Schools Art Exhibition to Oct 17.

Masterton Social Badminton Club: Chanel College gymnasium, Herbert St. Enter through treelined entrance [ie by the bus stop], 7-9pm. Contact Hamish Macgregor [021] 259-7684 or Sam [021] 055-2113.

Masterton Variety Club: Practice 1.30pm, 10 Albert St, Masterton. Call Eric McEwen 377-0792 or Doreen Wakefield 370-4606.

Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/cellphone help, 1-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027]

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Community Events Wairarapa Midweek 383-5654.

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 & Craft Drop-in: 10am-noon, Featherston Community Centre. Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06] 308-8392.

Cloth Collective Sewing Workshop: 10am-2pm, Kiwi Hall Supper Room. Call Sara Uruski [0274] 474-959.

Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

Carterton Craft Market: Mon-Sat: 9am4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 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 preschoolers, 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 Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House 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: 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Featherston Fusiliers: Wargaming and boardgames club, at Featherston Assembly of God cafeteria, 22 Birdwood St, 10am4.30pm. Contact featherston.fusiliers@ gmail.com Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat, Sun and public holidays 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean [06] 372-6623 or Gael [06] 372-6808.

Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 79 Queen St, Masterton, open 10am-1pm.

Cobblestones Museum: Daily 10am4pm. Printing Works: Sat/Sun, 1-4pm.

Cobblestones Museum, 169 Main St,

Greytown. Call [06] 304-9687.

Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Learn new skills, fix things, help others. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9-1pm, Solway Showgrounds Masterton, entry from Fleet and York Sts, under the grandstand and nearby redwood tree.

Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. 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. Info: parkrun. co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Martinborough Museum: Open Sat and Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am2.30pm. No admission charge but donation/koha appreciated.

Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. 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, 10am-noon.

Carterton District Historical Society: 150 High St North, Carterton. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564.

Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon.

Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start.

Call Helen Waldron 379-5671. Bowls: 1.20pm for 1.30pm start at the clubrooms behind Carters, 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.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Wairarapa Bonsai Club: Level 2 only.

Display and Demonstration, Garden Barn, from 9.30am. Observe Bonsai trees at their best with demonstrations of potting, shaping and caring. Followed by monthly meeting about 2.30pm with special topic “Indoor Bonsai”. Call secretary Bob Macfarlane 377-1808.

Wairarapa Gourmet Toastmasters Club: 11am-1pm. Contact Carol [027] 600-1710.

Carterton Farmers Market: Memorial Square, 9am-12.30pm when covid level is 2 or under. Contact [027] 663-9011.

Narcotics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7- 9pm. Call 0800 628 632 Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. 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 Myrna Lane 377-3064.

Masterton Car Boot Sale and Market: 6.30-11.30am, Farriers car park. Contact ja.murray@xtra.co.nz Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 1pm for 1.15pm start, at clubrooms behind Carters, Carterton.

Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Literacy Aotearoa: Free computing and digital device classes for adults. Call 377-4214.

Creative Hands Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10amnoon. Call Kirsten 399-1050.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm.

Steady as you Go: Falls Prevention Class, A/G Church, Featherston, 9.30-10.30am.

Call Age Concern (06) 377 0066.

Age Concern: Keep Fit!, 9.30am; line dancing, 10.40am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

East Indoor Bowling Club: 7pm. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266.

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Greytown St John’s Hall, Main St, 6.30-8.30pm. Contact Paul [027] 376-9804.

Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm. Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249.

Carterton Scottish Dance Club: 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. Call Elaine 377-0322.

Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – 500, 1.30pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

Mah Jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat Hamilton [06] 308-9729.

Senior Citizens Club Cards: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Val [06] 308-9293.

Art for Everyone: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call Sandie [021] 157-

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Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 7pm in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531.

Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: At the Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Call Billie Sims 378-2949 or Jenny 377-0859.

Caregivers Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa 59 Renall St, Masterton, noon1.30pm. Call Kirsten 399 1050.

South Wairarapa Badminton Club: Featherston Sports Stadium, Underhill Rd, at 7.30pm.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton library 11am-1pm.

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Martinborough Primary School Hall, cnr Dublin and Roberts sts, juniors 5.306.15pm. Contact Clare [027] 832.9743; juniors and adults 6.15-8pm. Contact Anna [021] 163-8867.

Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 79 Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm.

Martinborough Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, First Church Hall, Weld St. Martinborough. Contact Vicki Jones: vicbjones@gmail.com Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/cellphone help 1.30-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654.

Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800-373-646. Carterton: 3 Mile, 66 High St, 9.30-11.30am. Greytown: Greytown Library, 1.30-3.30pm.

Paint/draw: From live model,10am-noon, at Masterton Art Club, Victoria St. Call Elissa Smith [027] 470-6528.

Free Literacy and Numeracy Classes: At Literacy Aotearoa Masterton. Call Carol [022] 524-5994 or visit us at 340 Queen Street, Masterton.

Masterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or David [021] 116-5505.

Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm. 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.

Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises,

2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: 9am-noon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066.

Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 10am.

Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884.

Carterton District Historical Society: 150 High St North, Carterton. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564.

Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve [027] 333-3975.

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.

Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practice 4-5pm, at the Trust House Rec Centre Stadium. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922 or [027] 697-6974.

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: 1pm for 1.15pm start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

Bowls: At 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind Carters, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Free Classes: Literacy, language and numeracy for adult learners. Call Literacy Aotearoa 377-4214.

South Wairarapa Caregivers Programme: At a café in South Wairarapa, 10am. Call Kirsten 399 1050.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB

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ShopEnliven a handy online service for older adults ShopEnliven is a store that is open for business no matter what the Covid-19 Alert Level status.

The online social enterprise, launched by Enliven positive ageing services, is aimed at New Zealand older adults and their families.

ShopEnliven.org.nz is quickly becoming a one-stop shop for elders, says Enliven General Manager – External Relations, Alisha Kennedy.

Items include, gifts, books, entertainment, daily living aids and specialty products for people with conditions like dementia, low-vision and incontinence, and specifically modified food and beverages.

“We’d been getting feedback from the elders we support and their whānau that they often couldn’t find products that suited their needs,” Alisha explains.

“People might not even know we have a selection of items available to make life easier and that they can visit a single website to find what they need.”

A growing selection of gifts for older people is offered specially chosen for those who have had to downsize their living environment.

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Red Star Table Tennis Club: 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 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: 10-11am 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.

Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: Free of charge for anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888.

CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. Call 378-2426 or 0800 2272255.

Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Beginners Linedance Class: 6-7pm. Linedance Intermediate Class: 7.30-8.30pm. Call Wendy [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, 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] 574-0742.

Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½-18 years, 6.30-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

ONLINE SHOP ShopEnliven.org.nz is an online shop where elders can purchase helpful items.

“We often hear families saying they struggle to find gifts for their older relatives, including those living at rest homes, and that got us thinking about how we could help. We’re working on a great range of gifts.”

Enliven, part of the not-for-profit organisation Presbyterian Support Central, offers a range of services and support for older people across the lower North Island, including boutique retirement villages and elder-centred rest home, hospital and dementia care.

Any profits made from the sale of ShopEnliven.org.nz products go into the not-for-profit’s health and social services, such as recreation programmes and therapies which are not Government-funded.

For more information and to purchase any items, visit www.ShopEnliven.org. nz.

Visit ShopEnliven.org.nz ShopEnliven is Enliven’s one-stop online shop featuring products for over 65s.

Easily find gifts, items to stock the pantry, or to support health or mobility, all at an affordable price.

Product categories include food and nutrition, dementia care, personal care, and lifestyle.

New products are being added all the time – so make sure to check in on a regular basis!

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Wisdom and Well-being: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 10.30am-12.30pm. Call Pauline (021) 102 8857 Wildflower Yoga: Kiwi Hall Featherston, 7-8.15pm. Call Kate [022] 390-9798.

Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, AOG Church, Birdwood St, Featherston. Call Julia [06] 308-8109.

St John: Greytown Penguins, boys and girls 6-8 years, 6-7.30pm, St John Hall, Main St. Call Esther [027] 637-4110.

Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10.30am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376.

Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531.

Scrabble Club: 1-4pm at Masterton District Library in the Learning Centre, 54 Queen St. All welcome. Contact Sue McRae [027] 449-0601.

Age Concern: Keep Fit! 1.30pm Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Learn new skills, fix things, help others. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: For the school term. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.15-7.30pm.

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Featherston School Hall, Lyon St, kobudo 5.15-7pm, karate 6.30-8.30pm. Contact Paul [027] 376-9804.

The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Line Dance Class 6-7pm; Rock N Roll Dance Class: 7.30-8.30pm, Beginners/Couple Coaching, Social/ Competitive. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814.

Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 1-3pm, Ranfurly Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton.

No appointment necessary. Call [021] 159- 4160.

Carterton Cycle Group: From Belvedere Rd [weather permitting] for 20km or 4060km rides. Call Irene (027) 634-9167 or Lesley (021) 299-6389.

Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery showing work from Wairarapa artists, 47 High St North, Carterton, WedSun, 11am-3pm.

Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll. Couple inquiries to [027] 333-1793.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021]

033-0550.

Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800373-646. Masterton: Masterton Library, 10am-noon.

Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, pre-schoolers 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: “500”, 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.

Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Jan [06] 3088556.

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, improvers 5-6.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135.

Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.30-11am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325.

Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264.

Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Elissa [0274] 706-528.

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: Choral singing, based in Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316.

Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 3701604 [church office].

Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. At the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Helen Waldron 379 5671.

Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

School Hall, 275 High St South, 6.308.30pm. Contact Jacqui [027] 325-3370.

Housie: 1pm, at Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club, Carterton [behind Carters].

Call 379-5923.

Narcotics Anonymous: 7.30-8.30pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Church St, Masterton.

Carterton Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Call [022] 373-4299.

Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064.

Social Learners Bridge: 1-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208.

Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 566-4664 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 Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St.

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GREYTOWN DISTRICT TRUST LANDS TRUSTEES The ANNUAL MEETING of the Greytown District Trust Lands Trustees electors will be held for the purpose of receiving the Annual Performance Report for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Date: Tuesday 28th September 2021 Time: 7.00pm Venue WBS Room, Town Centre, Main Street, Greytown The general public and electors from the Greytown Ward of the South Wairarapa District are invited to attend this meeting.

Covid restrictions of the day will apply .

Copies of the audited Performance Report for the year ended 31 March 2021 will be available at the Trust Office.

Helga Perry Trust Manager

PAPAWAI & KAIKŌKIRIKIRI TRUSTS Nominations for the Election of (2) tangata whenua Trustees Notice to Beneficiaries calling for Nominations for election to membership of the Papawai & Kaikōkirikiri Trusts Board.

Under the Papawai & Kaikōkirikiri Trusts Amendment Act 2016, the Board hereby calls for nominations for the election of a person(s) to membership of the Board.

A person may nominate himself/herself. The nomination will require a Seconder. The nominated person and the Seconder must qualify as tangata whenua of Wairarapa which means an individual who has a whakapapa to the tīpuna rangatira who established kinship groups in Wairarapa.

Ideally, the preferred candidate will have proficiency in accounting practices, management and, or farming.

Nomination forms must be submitted to the Board on the approved form.

Email:josie@pktrusts.nz Nominations close at 2:30 pm, Monday 1st November 2021.

The successful nominees will be introduced at the Trusts’ Annual General Meeting, to be held on Tuesday 16 November at 4 Park Avenue, Masterton, commencing at 4:00pm.

Josie Savage Office Manager

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE MASTERTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION IS TO BE HELD IN THE P&P HALL AT THE SOLWAY SHOWGROUNDS, MASTERTON, ON THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2021, AT 6.30PM. AGENDA 1.

Apologies 2.

Obituaries 3.

Minutes of 2020 AGM 5.

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Election of Officers Financial Report General Business

Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Supper will be provided.

If you require any further information, please contact Solway Showgrounds manager Sue Tytler 06 378 6247 Tina Nixon 363 Bluff Rangitumau Rd Masterton Ph 0272 232 789

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ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT

OFFICIAL NOTICE. CARTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ROADS TO ORDINARY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC PURSUANT to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Carterton District Council proposes to close Tea Creek Road for the purpose of a Passenger Ride Day for the period indicated hereunder: Period of Closure: Saturday 30th October 2021

8.00am – 4.00pm

Roads affected: Tea Creek Road 2kms from the intersection with Maungatarere Valley Road to the end of Tea Creek Road The closed section will be adequately and properly signposted, at the beginning of the closed road, being manned with radio communication to allow the passage of through traffic in an emergency.

Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge his/her objection and grounds thereof, in writing before 6th October 2021 at the office of the Carterton District Council, Holloway Street, Carterton.

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COMMUNITY BUDGETING TRUST (Wairarapa) AGM

Wednesday 29th September 2021, 1pm at our office Unit 4/392 Queen Street, Masterton.

Hire Services FORKLIFTS, TRACTORS TRUCKS, LOADERS, TRANSPORTER Long or Short term all at James Trucks & Machinery, 291 High Street, Solway, Masterton. Phone Gary 06 377 0550.

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We are seeking an experienced full-time Administration Assistant to join our team in Masterton.

This is a busy role and the position would suit someone who can multi-task, has attention to detail, adapts easily to changing priorities and has good administration and organisational skills. The applicant must be confident to work without supervision as well as working within a team.

Skills include: MYOB & PPG data entry Assist with Debtor invoices Reports Liaising with Assessors and Customers Monitor and answer emails General office duties Recording minutes Attend daily Production meetings Process Production reports Process job packs Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel Answering the phone Reception duties If this sounds like you then please email your CV to whytuna@xtra.co.nz

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LABOURERS Casual or long term for demolition, renovation, building roles.

Fit, energetic, willing workers for this exciting position.

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SCALE A SCHOOL TEACHERS Solway Primary School has several full time teaching positions in 2022 for caring and creative professionals.

These roles are available in both our Senior and Junior Teams.

We are a growing school with an excellent reputation in the community. Not too big, not too small, a little bit town, a little bit country.

At Solway children and staff enjoy the best of both worlds.

Application details are available from principal@solway.school.nz or Contact the Principal, Mark Bridges on 06 377 4850.

Applications close on Monday 27th September.

Employment

Greytown Medical Centre is a busy and rapidly expanding General Practice in the beautiful Wairarapa. We are currently looking for experienced, motivated and dynamic team members.

We are inviting applications to interview for the following roles: GP / GP Registrar .6 or .8 FTE whatever suits you!

Registered Nurse .8 FTE Nurse Practitioner .6 FTE Administrator / Receptionist Full Time & part time available We have a very supportive clinical and management team to offer, and great working conditions and environment.

We are gearing up to move into a brand new purpose built centre with co-located specialities the beginning of October.

In the first instance please email your CV to Debrah Johns, operations.manager@greytownmedical.co.nz

The new world of mail and parcel delivery means that as a Delivery Agent you'll be delivering mail either by bicycle or motorbike to meet the needs of our customers.

As we build up to our busiest time of the year, we are looking for people with high energy and strong work ethic to help us deliver what Kiwi's really care about. This On Call role will see you delivering the parcels and mail from our Masterton Depot. What a great way to interact with our customers and give them a positive experience each and every time!

In this dynamic job you will: customers as you deliver their mail and parcels, collect signatures, whilst ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.

Deliver regardless of the weather, rain, hail or sh ine you need to be hardy!

Keep an eye out for opportunities to improve the way we deliver our services taking on customer feedback Some of the key things you'll need to successfully perform this role are: Availability to work Monday - Saturday when required A restricted or full NZ motorcycle License would be desirable Great coordination, dexterity and sensory skills Reliability and have good physical fitness And a natural ability to communicate with your teammates and customers which develops trust and understanding And above all, a passion for doing a great job and getting it right each and every time!

We also love to recognise success it's part of our culture. Teams regularly get together to celebrate successes, special occasions, events or just have fun. Your opportunity could start right here. We are processing applications right now, so submit your application today!

Follow the link below to check out our video to get more insight into a day in the life! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoZDPCGzpc Apply now to launch your career with the NZ Post Group - be part of our journey and reach your maximum potential.

To apply visit our website: https://careers.nzpost.co.nz/jobs/1545499 There's something really special about b eing part of the team here at NZ Post Tukurau Aotearoa, who we are and what we stand for is grounded in our values.

We are proud to be Rainbow Tick certified and recognise the diversity and uniqueness of our workforce and reaffirm our commitment to create a safe and inclusive environment for everyone.

All applicants will be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand. Any appointment will be subject to a satisfactory drug test and security check.

NZ Post is continuing to operate as an essential service provider.

Our recruitment team will keep you posted with any changes to our recruitment process as we go through various Alert Levels across New Zealand. Keep safe.

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FENCER

PART-TIME RECEPTIONIST

20 hours per week, customer service experience essential. Joining an established, friendly team based in Masterton.

Please email your CV to backonyourfeetnz@gmail.com by 29 September 2021.

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL Solway Primary School has a vacancy available for a Deputy Principal, this is a permanent position. The role comes with 4 fixed management Units and currently includes a teaching component 0.6FTE. Application details are available from principal@solway.school.nz or Contact the Principal, Mark Bridges on 06 377 4850.

Applications close on Monday 27th September.

Required to join our busy fencing team at NZ Lifestylers Ltd.

EXPERIENCED OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

TEACHER AIDE integrated day/boarding college, 5 minutes north of Masterton. It is set in a superb environment with unique features, including a co-educational educational Senior College, in in conjunction conjunction egiate School.

We are seeking applications from interested persons for a Teacher Aide (Fixed-Term Position) to provide support for students individually and in classroom settings.

This will be for 15-25 hours per week (negotiable) commencing as soon as possible. Previous experience in a school setting desirable but not essential.

To apply please send your covering letter and CV and direct enquiries to: Martin O'Grady Principal principal@rathkeale.school.nz Phone 06 377 9032 Applications close Monday 20 S eptember 2021

MISSED YOUR

We have had a fulltime role become available for an experienced office administrator at our head office in Carterton.

Attributes required: Previous experience in the Agriculture industry preferential Team person Outgoing personality Honest and accurate Self-motivated with initiative Ambitious Thrives under pressure Can multi-task efficiently Excellent communication skills a must Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to): Greeting customers and answering telephones All aspects of Administration as required Applications with CV and references to: The Manager Keinzley Agvet Limited P.O. Box 95 Carterton Or email desire@keinzley.co.nz Applications close Friday 17th September 2021

BRANCH ADMINISTRATOR - PART TIME, 30 HOURS

To be successful you must have the following: Experience with accounts processing Sound experience in administration, especially in either Sales, Parts or Service industries Have strong organisation and time management skills and be able to manage multiple demands and priorities A fabulous customer service focus, with excellent interpersonal skills and a can do attitude Be computer literate and competent with all basic Microsoft applications and able to pick up new, specialised software systems Be comfortable managing your own workload while being integral to the team Having knowledge of the tractor and parts industry would be beneficial If you would like further information please contact Graeme Garrity for a confidential chat on 027 208 2664.

If you think you have what it takes please apply via our online careers website: https://powerfarmingcareers.com/Vacancies/ - Ref 5632760 Please note that we are only considering candidates currently residing and eligible to work in New Zealand.

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CARE-GIVERS POSITION Flexible with shift work including weekends Lyndale is a privately-owned boutique facility in the popular Wairarapa region. Lyndale Care has an excellent reputation in the local community for valuing the importance of a culture of caring, learning and service.

We are seeking Care-givers, to come join our team.

At Lyndale we promote opportunities for education and professional development for all our team members.

Interview selection criteria will include: Experience working in the Age Care Sector Effective communication skills Flexible and reliable Must be able to work alternative weekends Pm shifts Must be able to work Night shifts If this sounds like you, apply now.

For a copy of the Job Description contact Mary Leighton - mary@lyndalecare.co.nz or come into 52 Cole Street and ask for an application form.

Applicants for this position should have NZ Residency or a valid NZ Work Visa.

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We are looking for a fun, energetic person who will be responsible for: Providing first point of contact to customers both in person and on the phone Managing all aspects of the administration functions ensuring that they are dealt with in a timely, accurate and customer focused manner.

Managing the on-site accounts function which includes processing of sales/orders/invoices, completing bank reconciliations, managing of creditors, debtors and executing monthly and year end tasks.

Supporting the dealership with its customer relationship management system Assisting with the administration for the Service an d Parts Departments Preparing regular reporting requirements

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Something sole charge with plenty to do and lots of variety and a competitive remuneration? Then make the move to Power Farming now.

Power Farming New Zealand is a major player in the New Zealand Agricultural market. Employing over 300 people across 17 company owned locations throughout NZ we distribute and retail some of the world's leading brands of Agricultural machinery.

Power Farming Wairarapa is a growing retail branch and is currently looking for a part-time Branch Administrator to take on this varied and dynamic role.

Applicants need to have: Fencing, tractor driving & post ramming experience is preferred however training would be available.

Full license.

Ability to work in a team environment.

Great attitude towards learning new skills.

For application information: Phone Shelley 06 3770900 CV and referees will be required

CARETAKER PART TIME - PERMANENT Chanel College is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic person to join the team as a part time Caretaker.

Working alongside our current Caretaker, the successful applicant will be required to attend to minor maintenance repairs along with day to day routine duties. The permanent position is 15 hours per week.

The College is a Special Character coeducational Catholic school. We are an Integrated State School which includes students from years Seven to Thirteen.

The successful candidate will need to be physically fit, have suitable skills, a good work ethic and adaptability. Police vetting is a requirement of the position.

The successful applicant will be expected to uphold and be supportive of the ethos and Catholic Special Character of the school.

An information pack and application form is available by contacting Mrs Tina Bailey, Human Resource Administrator: e-mail baileyt@chanelcollege.school.nz Applications close 12 noon Friday 24th September 2021.

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