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Kim Aperloo, visiting her sister’s World Vision sponsor family in Rwanda. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

EMILY IRELAND When Kim Aperloo was 18 years old, she jumped on a plane to Africa to work with children.

Now, eight years later, having clocked up three trips to Rwanda, she has booked a one-way ticket to live there.

Kim, born and bred in Wairarapa, attended Ponatahi Christian School and graduated from Wairarapa College.

She will be leaving New Zealand indefinitely in less than a month.

From a young age, Kim said she had always wanted to “help the poor kids in Africa – as cliché as it sounds”.

“When I was a teenager, I didn’t know what I wanted to do after school, so

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instead of going to university like everyone else, I decided I wanted to go to Africa.”

The first step she took in getting there the first time was to “randomly Google volunteer in Africa”.

After joining a New Zealand volunteering organisation, she looked at all the countries they serviced in Africa and “chose the one I knew the least about which was Rwanda”.

It was only until Kim was actually on the plane to Africa that she began to research the social issues and history of Rwanda.

Upon arrival in the foreign country, Kim said she “jumped off the plane and I just knew that this was the place I was

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supposed to be”.

“I knew this was home and this was where I belonged and where I needed to be.”

In the following years, she made two more trips to Rwanda, lasting about three months each, working on various projects at an orphanage and a social centre.

This time though, her trip is indefinitely one-way, having secured a gig as a social worker for a small Christian nongovernment organisation based in Kigali, the capital city.

“They have 300 kids working with the organisation,” Kim said.

“All are orphaned children or from one parent households, or children who are

very vulnerable in the community.

“My job will be visiting the families to see if there are any problems and if we can come up with any solutions together and things like that.”

The first barrier for any social worker to overcome in Rwanda is the language barrier.

“Most of the country does not speak much English – it is actually very rare to find someone who speaks good English,” Kim said.

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They say when it rains, it pours.

And that has definitely been the case over the past week – not just weather-wise.

With cold and flu season fast-approaching, and the quick changes in temperatures, it’s usually inevitable that I come down with something.

So come down with something I did.

Unfortunately the same day that my horrible cold kicked in last week, my gorgeous kitten decided she would eat a nurofen tablet which had fallen on the floor, sending her into renal failure.

So yep – when it rains… it absolutely pours.

She is doing okay, but her life and health has been significantly impacted by something completely preventable.

I’m a strong believer that hardships are life lessons in disguise, and that learning those lessons has the potential to prevent other people from going through unnecessary heartache.

I’m fortunate enough to have this platform to share my life lessons, and I hope that it may do a world of good to someone.

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What may be safe for us to consume may not be for our pets, or young children.

Now, with that safety message out the way, I think it’s fair that I pay tribute to the awesome journey ahead for Wairarapa’s Kim Aperloo, featured on the front page.

What affected me most while talking to her was when she mentioned that as soon as she first landed in Rwanda, she knew it was exactly where she was supposed to be.

She described this sense of purpose and belonging as a feeling of being ‘home’.

Achieving this feeling of being ‘home’ should be on the bucket list for everyone, but unfortunately, it’s not always as clear-cut as jumping on a plane to Africa.

But… it might be for you.

The thing is, we can go through our whole life knowing there must be something more to our existence, but we’ll never know what that ‘more’ is unless we do something different than yesterday, or last week, or last year.

You might find ‘home’ in building a business, or travelling the world.

You might find ‘home’ in being a parent, or through creating art.

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Rotary project debuted A celebration was held in Masterton on Sunday to mark the completion of a health bus that will increase access to health care in Rarotonga, thanks to the dedication of a group of Masterton Rotarians.

Doctor Rob Irwin, Rotary District Governor Mitch Brown, Tranzit’s Paul Snelgrove, and project manager and Masterton South Rotarian David Baker cut

the ribbon to officially open the medical bus at its debut outing yesterday in Masterton.

People gathered at the Car Boot Sale to sneak a peek inside the brightly decorated bus, which is fitted with medical equipment and wifi to allow it to be a command centre in a disaster event.

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The cost of the project was $171,000, with the funding coming from four Rotary districts, 16 Rotary clubs within the lower North Island, and Rotary International.

It is scheduled to arrive in the Cook Islands on May 31.

The official Rarotonga welcome is set to be held on June 18.

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EMILY IRELAND Former Masterton Mayor Bob Francis has put on his dancing shoes for a good cause.

The chair of the Pukaha Mount Bruce Board is set to make a special appearance at The Kiwi Ball in June, a fundraiser for the wildlife sanctuary, organised by South Wairarapa Veterinary Services.

Bob has been busy practising his moves to songs including ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’ under the watchful eye of Geraldine Inder School of Dance and Drama’s Nicola Swallow-Madden, with supervision from his own 10-year-old grandson Cam who has been dancing for seven years.

“It’s my job to be harsh. I’ve tried teaching him. I just hope in the next five minutes he doesn’t fall asleep,” Cam said, shaking his head at his grandad.

Organising the Kiwi Ball fundraiser has been a project of South Wairarapa Veterinary Services staff for about a year with the aim of raising $10,000 for Pukaha Mount Bruce.

Veterinarian Katie Grant of the Ball Committee said Pukaha Mount Bruce was a good fit for the fundraising cause and was thankful for major sponsorship from animal health company Zoetis.

“In the past, we have helped Pukaha out whenever they have needed it,” she said.

“For example, we have x-rayed kiwi eggs and have always done so voluntarily.”

She said the vet business had organised balls before, but this year would be the first “charity” ball.

“We wanted a bit of entertainment for the night to make it a bit different, so we have roped in six couples, five of which are vets and their partners, or vets and other vets.

“It’s a mix of Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars.

“Bob’s got a bit of a cameo role and has been very good-natured about the whole thing.”

Bob said he still had a lot of practising to do and was thankful for the vet business’ gesture to raise funds for Pukaha Mount Bruce.

Laura Hutchinson and Bob Francis of Pukaha Mount Bruce are excited to take part in the Kiwi Ball.

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“We’re delighted to be involved, and it has certainly pushed me a bit.”

Nicola Swallow-Madden of Geraldine Inder School of Dance and Drama has donated her time and dance skills to prepare the routines and the couples willing to put their dancing skills to the test.

“Basically, what we’ve done is a mini version of Dancing with the Stars and each couple has a theme,” she said.

“We have a bear and a vet, a dog and Cruella de Vil, and a pussycat one done to Tom Jones’, ‘What’s New Pussycat’.

“Not one couple has ever danced professionally in their lives before, so it has been a bit of a mission, but lots of fun, and it’s for a really good cause.”

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Agriculture scholarship awarded

The Murray King Montfort Trimble Foundation Trust has recently awarded its annual scholarship to Charles Morrison of Blairlogie, near Masterton.

The scholarship is awarded annually to Wairarapa students undertaking university study in sustainable land and water management.

Charles is currently in the third year of a Bachelor of Agriculture Science degree at Lincoln University.

The scholarship was originally

established to recognise the considerable achievements of Murray King, a pioneer of soil conservation from the 1950’s through to his retirement in 1986.

A total of 20 scholarships have been awarded since 1999.

In recent years it has been difficult to provide relevant monetary value as returns on capital investments have dwindled.

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This relationship has now been formalised, including shared naming rights and a substantial annual grant from the Foundation towards the scholarship.

Secretary of the Murray King Montfort Trimble Foundation Trust, David Cameron, acknowledges the importance of the partnership “This secures the future of the scholarship and the Trust is extremely grateful for the foresight shown by the Montfort Trimble Foundation”.

“I’m quite lucky because I was brought up bi-lingual, so I can actually speak a lot of Kinyarwanda – it’s easier to pick up other languages when you already speak multiple.”

Kim said although she knew a lot of the language, she was far from fluent.

“Every time I’ve gone, I’ve only been there for three months.

“When I’m there for longer than three months, I hope it just sinks in a bit more.”

She also has spent a lot of time with the Rwandan community in Wellington and attends Rwandan church which is spoken in Kinyarwanda.

“Even though it’s going to be really hard to leave my lovely life in New Zealand – I could easily stay here – I feel like it’s my calling to go,” Kim said.

“My faith is a big part of why I’m doing what I’m doing.

“Even though I personally really want to go to Rwanda, I feel strongly that God is the one that wants me to go to Rwanda.”

The biggest lifestyle adjustment will be the living conditions, Kim said – “like using bucket showers and washing my clothes by hand, using the toilet over a hole, and cooking on charcoal”.

“I think it will be fun for a few months, but after a while I know I’ll be over it.”

Kim said she would be using her own savings to make her way to Rwanda, but she is also organising a market to raise funds for other expenses she may come across while over there.

“I have two people I support already in Rwanda, and one of them, a girl, will be living with me.

“Any money I have will be going towards school costs, living costs, transport costs, those sorts of things.

“The boy I support goes to boarding school, so I pay for the school fees.

“I also anticipate that I’ll be involved in a lot of different projects and that people will come my way in need of support.

“It would be good to have that money to use.”

Her fundraising market will be held on May 5 in Carrington Park, Carterton.

“We have about 20 stalls confirmed with everything from arts and crafts, baby goods, jewellery, clothing, preserves, food and more.”

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379 days of wonderful weaving

People gather at the Aratoi Artists Auction in front of Triptych: Homage to Rodchenko, painting by Milan Mrkusich in 1966.

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Aratoi holds a fine collection of woven taonga Maori entrusted to the museum’s care by Maori and Pakeha families.

Come and enjoy ‘Nga Aho Raranga – He muka no te Kohinga Taonga Maori / Textiles from the Taonga Maori Collection’ – a free exhibition running for a full year and two weeks, until 28 April 2019.

See what skilled artisans from the 1800s and 1900s created with

harakeke, muka, kiekie, toi, ti kouka, bark, cotton, wool, candlewick, and various feathers, such as guinea fowl, kiwi, pheasant, tui, turkey, and weka.

This kete was donated by Mrs Russell Smith.

Auction hits Special awards reaped heights for Aratoi museum A winning bid of $200,000 for a painting

by New Zealand artist Milan Mrkusich was the highlight of the Aratoi Artists Auction in Masterton last Friday, and is the highest price paid for a work by the artist.

The painting, ‘Triptych: Homage to Rodchenko’, painted in 1966, had never been sold before and went to an anonymous Auckland bidder.

Mrkusich is considered one of New Zealand’s greatest living painters, and the auction of his painting created quite a stir, Aratoi Regional Trust Board chairwoman Barbara Roydhouse said.

“The winning bidder for the Mrkusich was anonymous and only registered on the day of the auction itself,” she said.

“The excitement in the room was tremendous and palpable.”

About 200 people turned out for the sold-out fundraising event for Aratoi, with 83 lots contributed by 70 local, national and international painters, photographers, sculptors, mixed-media artists, jewellers, printmakers, and ceramicists who had exhibited at the gallery.

Aratoi installed a major Mrkusich exhibition in 2014 and 2015.

There were 153 registered bidders from New Zealand and overseas, with telephone bidders making up about 30 per cent of the buyers. About 90 per cent of the art

was sold.

The Auction was a charity fundraiser for the award-winning architecturally designed museum, which puts on about 25 exhibitions each year — yet has only one full-time staff member.

The artwork was provided by artists or by their dealer galleries, some as a donation, with a percentage of all the sales returned to Aratoi.

Other major artists whose work was auctioned included Gregory O’Brien, John Pule, Elizabeth Thomson, and Ans Westra.

The last artwork auctioned was ‘Whakarongo’, by Masterton’s Dame Robin White, also Honorary Patron of Aratoi Museum.

She donated a work printed on a wool bale, which sold for $10,500.

The sales continued over the weekend, which included the maquette for Neil Dawson’s Ascension sculpture sold.

Dame Robin donated the work ‘Tui and Magpie’ for a prize draw, won by Masterton art collector John Heginbotham.

Mrs Roydhouse said the Aratoi Regional Trust was grateful for all the goodwill that made the event possible, from the artists and dealer galleries involved, to the many people that donated their time and services.

Kuranui College students needed just five minutes to perform their way into the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival nationals.

They won the five-minute student directed scene with their production of Coriolanus at the regional finals last week, held at Rathkeale College, racking up a few special awards as well.

Year 13 student, A.J Southey, who performed in both the five-minute scene Coriolanus and the 15-minute scene Measure for Measure, also won the award for Best Delivery of Text from the Wairarapa Speech Communication Association.

The adjudicator stated that A.J was good in the 15-minute scene, but it was in Coriolanus that his performance was reinforced.

“It’s pretty special because this is my last year doing Shakespeare at Kuranui,” A.J said.

“The whole competition was exciting, nerve-wracking and intense.

“I’ve loved every minute of it. I’m going to miss it when I leave.”

Kuranui also won a prestigious award for Support and Inclusion.

This was given for a performance that included Alexandra Clarke, a student with Down Syndrome.

Through the support and encouragement from students and staff she was able to perform in front of a large and appreciative crowd.

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A.J Southey and Grace Voice in last year’s winning performance ‘Pericles: The Prince of Tyre’.

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“rather special”.

“Shakespeare can be hard at the best of times, so for her to get up there in front of all those people was pretty remarkable.”

• For more Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival coverage, see page 6.

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Zero in on road safety Soapbox Mike Osborne In response to the Government’s announcement that it would be targeting a zero road toll from 2020, a Facebook comment said, “Impossible dream”.

Last year’s road toll was 380.

The previous years’ tolls have been lower but rising; 293 (2014), 319 (2015), and 328 (2016).

That doesn’t include last year’s 14,000 injuries of which some would be very serious leaving people with permanent disabilities.

In the disability community a term for people without a disability is a “tab”, which stands for “temporarily able-bodied”.

An unexpected accident or disease can change any of us faster and more unexpectedly than we think.

First, let’s check the history with the worst year for each decade: 246 (1939), 218 (1949), 384 (1957), 570 (1967 & 1969), 843 (1973), 795 (1987), 729 (1990), 462 (2000).

1973 was the year with our highest road toll: 843, and coincidentally the year that it became mandatory for motorbike riders to wear helmets.

In the past seven years we’ve had three

years with a road toll under 300, so you can see why traffic police, the AA and others are very disappointed by last year’s 380.

When you first look at a zero target, it does sound fanciful doesn’t it?

How that might be achieved is no easy task but if that’s not the target, what is?

I think 100 sounds reasonable, it’s definitely a stretch from where we are now. But here’s the problem: at the start of each year we’d draw 100 ballots from the New Zealand population and say sorry but you’re in the quota for allowable road deaths and you’re not going to see out the end of the year.

That’s what a non-zero target means; we’re more than okay with killing off a number of our population each year.

Driving is a social contract between us and all the other drivers on the road.

There is an awareness of what we are doing but it’s just as important that we are acutely aware of what the other drivers are doing.

If you’ve driven in Great Britain or in Sydney you’ll know what I mean; the drivers there aren’t sitting in their cars with a consciousness that ends at their own bumpers.

With every road death there’s a lot of heartache, misery and wasted potential.

In our history we’ve been abject with our driving and we’ve done a huge amount to improve, but we seem to be going backwards again.

The zero target is working in other countries. Let’s make that happen here.

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Burling writing out his dream script CAL ROBERTS

A keen young Masterton performer has been labelled one to watch — and may be on his way to the prestigious Globe Theatre in London.

Sixteen-year-old Jackson Burling from Wairarapa College took part in Wairarapa’s regional Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival, which was held at Rathkeale College’s auditorium last week.

The nationwide festival has been encouraging young thespians to get stuck into Shakespeare for 27 years now.

It awarded first place for the best fiveminute and 15-minute Shakespeare scenes.

Kuranui College won the five-minute category with ‘Coriolanus’.

Rathkeale, paired with St Matthew’s Collegiate senior college, took out the 15-minute category’s top spot with their version of ‘The Tempest’.

Each winner will progress to the national festival in June.

The National Shakespeare Schools Production (NSSP) — a week-long intensive theatre course — usually runs during the September school holidays and gives young stage enthusiasts the chance to learn and meet with talented peers, culminating in a performance by the new ensemble.

An opportunity existed at the regional level for an outstanding performer to be selected to progress to the NSSP, for their performance alone.

Burling’s portrayal of Richard III on Tuesday earned him that spot.

The festival’s regional organiser, Marilyn Bouzaid, said Burling’s raw talent

was obvious.

“He stands out absolutely as someone who should be fostered and given direct entry.”

From the production course, about 20 individuals may be selected to travel to the Globe Theatre in London.

Burling said he was shocked to learn he had been chosen to take part in the course.

“I was trying to do the best I could as a group in that 15-minute scene.”

He looked forward to getting together with other winners to perform Shakespeare.

“We do a workshop together for a couple of days and do all that good stuff.

“We’ll probably learn a lot.”

The chance of being selected for the England trip to see a piece of theatre history was exciting to Burling — who said he worked best under pressure.

“Something about it just really drives me.

“I just want to do one step at a time and do the best that I can do.”

Burling usually played lighter roles aimed at making others laugh.

He said being able to bring Richard III — a manipulative, vile schemer – to life was eye opening.

“As the years have gone by I’ve learned that performing is not just about making people laugh.

“Performing a serious guy like Richard III — it’s awesome really.”

The regional competitions concluded with Wellington’s festival last night.

The national competition is next, where the rich talent from Wairarapa will be on show over Queen’s Birthday weekend in June.

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Staying fire safe this winter WAIRARAPA With the weather turning cool, our home heaters and fireplaces will be lighting up.

This is the time to please focus on fire safety in our beloved Wairarapa.

Fire and Emergency NZ (formerly the NZ Fire Service) provide this excellent advice so you won’t be one of the homes they are called out to every 3 hours on average.

While millions of dollars in property and possessions go up in smoke each year , the emotional cost is much more.

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Working smoke alarms save lives: Not only install them, test them regularly.

Make an escape plan: Not only make one, practise it with your family; it will make all the difference.

(See www.escapeplanner.co.nz) Get out and stay out: In a fire get everyone out, call 111, and stay out.

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annually, smoke alarms were either not installed or not working.

Twenty-five per cent of all house fires start in the kitchen.

Alcohol is a contributing factor in many fatal house fires, so don’t drink and fry .

The majority of fire deaths occur in homes while people are sleeping.

A house when fully ablaze can reach temperatures of 1,100 degrees Celsius – the body starts to shut down at only 70C. And remember: always keep children, clothes, furniture and bedding at least one metre from the heat source.

At the Wairarapa Citizen’s Advice Bureau we have available the very good booklet “Make your home and family fire safe”, so please ask for one.

We are happy to send one out to you or please collect during hours 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.

You can also check the Fire and Emergency New Zealand website for more detailed information: www.fireandemergency. nz Please stay fire safe this winter.

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When picking for indoor cut flowers, do this early morning in the full bud or opening bud stage and dip the stem into boiling water for 30 seconds before arranging. Primulas look wonderful planted in bulk with their feminine flowers in tiered clusters, and have lovely shades of lavender, carmine, pink, crimson, rose and white.

Polyanthus are cousins to the primula and put on a dependable, colourful flower display right through the cooler months. As long as they have plenty of water primulas and polyanthus will do well in full sun or light shade.

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These classy cabbages are very popular as winter colour, coming in shades of pink, green & creamy white. They contrast well with cyclamens & primulas, either in pots or the garden bed. If you plant the seedlings closer together this will encourage smaller heads and longer stems for picking.

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FOLIAGE PLANTS FOR WINTER COLOUR: There are many types of plants that have wonderful foliage for the autumn and winter months such as Phormiums, Nandinas, Pseudowintera + many many more.

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CALENDULA: These bright orange or yellow cool weather flowers are often planted for a splash of colour amongst the vegetable garden and will pop up self-seeded in autumn (they’re easy to pick out if they’re unwanted). They help to repel insects, have edible petals, and look lovely added into salads!

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Innovation, passion pays off An innovative Gladstone couple have claimed a top environment award for their passion for change to secure the future of the country’s farming.

Richard and Becks Tosswill won the Greater Wellington Ballance Farm Environment Award last week at the Carterton Events Centre.

They have been farming at Te Awa Awa on their 646-hectare sheep and beef farm for the past decade.

Described as a “forward-thinking” couple by the award’s judges, the Tosswills have created an efficient rural business.

The couple farm 3000 Texel-cross ewes, with all hoggets mated, and 100 Angus breeding cows with 20 to 25 replacements mated and calved as two-year olds.

The judges said Mr Tosswill was a strong believer in stock health and had an advanced health plan using technology to track and gather stock information.

Part of their philosophy is to balance the farm income stream with off-farm income, with investment in property infrastructure, such as covered yards, paying dividends.

“We wanted to make things more efficient and also knew the covered yards would keep both us and stock out of the sun in summer, and rain and mud in the winter.

“We also installed a sprinkler system in the yards to keep the dust down to help prevent pleurisy in our lambs.

“That alone can drop the temperature five or six degrees on a really hot summer’s day.”

They dedicated 12.5ha erosion-prone land to the regional council’s afforestation scheme.

A sediment dam was developed to help reduce the amount of sediment entering the waterways and any run off from the cattle yards further up the valley.

They have also put two small blocks of

Becks and Richard Tosswill. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

limestone spring wetland areas into QEII National Trust covenants.

The Tosswills do a lot more than farming, being a busy family with three children, Isabella, 9, Sam, 7, and Sophia, 4.

Mrs Tosswill is a graphic designer and has a team of design contractors working for her business, Farmer’s Daughter Design Studio, which she launched in 2009.

She is a member of the Gladstone School fundraising committee and recently completed the Agri-Women’s Development Trust foundation course, All About You. Mr Tosswill is the chair of Wairarapa Farming for Profit committee and has recently taken on a Wairarapa Innovation Farm trial around establishing clover on uncultivatable East Coast hill country.

As well as winning the regional supreme award, the Tosswills won the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Livestock Award.

Other award winners: • Featherston dairy farm, 652ha Kaiwaiwai Diaries Ltd won The Ballance AgriNutrients Soil Management Award, CB Norwood Distributors Ltd AgriBusiness Management Award, Dairy NZ Sustainability and Stewardship Award, Massey University Innovation Award and the Waterforce Integrated Management Award.

• Martinborough vineyard Dry River Wines, managed by chief wine maker Wilco Lam, won the Hill Laboratories Agri-Science Award.

• The Akura Conservation Centre Lifestyle Farm Award went to Hayden McGrail and Lyn Tankersley, who have owned Forest Home in Kiriwhakapapa Road, Mount Bruce, since 1982.

• The Predator Free Farm Award went to a lifestyle block entry from Ted and Eileen Ward of Greytown.

Long Term Plan draft almost ready Public consultation on Carterton District Council’s Ten-Year Plan is expected to go live next Tuesday.

The council has been drafting the plan for the past few month, mindful to “get this part of the process right”, according to Mayor John Booth.

“In the next year, we will be investing heavily in the expansion of our wastewater treatment plant at Daleton Farm, as we’ve consulted on over the past couple of years,” Mr Booth said.

“We are pleased to be improving our environmental impact through this work, but it will impact on our ratepayers, especially the urban ratepayers.

“We’ve also got other urban water infrastructure that we need to look after and improve over the next 10 years.

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Carterton District Council. PHOTO/FILE

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Four planets come into view Sky Watch Nick Sault

This week is a chance to see the elusive planet Mercury.

The less good news is you will have to be out and about before 6am.

However, if you are and the sky is clear, give it a shot, because not only will you get to see this sun-hugging planet that most people never see, but there will be an unprecedented four planets in the sky at once, and a chance to see ISS. Considering there are only five planets visible to the naked eye, to catch four at once is quite special.

Only Venus will be missing, but she’s coming.

Mercury will rise on April 19 a full two hours before the sun, which rises around 7am. So, after 5am, look due east.

There will be nothing brighter than Mercury rising in the region.

The Wairarapa eastern horizon is quite flattish unlike the west which is full of Remutakas and Tararuas. So, Mercury should be easy to spot.

So, when you do spot it, your back should be to the west.

Then follow a line from Mercury directly over your head and towards

the west.

You will pass by Mars and Saturn sitting almost directly above your head.

Continuing to halfway down the western sky, the much brighter Jupiter will be obvious.

So, from east to west it’s – Mercury, Mars, Saturn, then Jupiter.

If it is clear on April 19, there is a double whammy for those willing to get out just after 5am.

You might have to wait some minutes for Mercury to rise enough to see it, but while waiting there is a particularly bright appearance of the International Space Station.

At 5.05am look slightly east of north and about a third of the way up the sky.

The ISS will appear to come out of the darkness, but in the next thirty seconds will brighten and become brighter than the stars.

It will be visible for about two minutes, disappearing low in the NE. How come the ISS seems to just appear in the sky?

Well, the space station needs the sun.

Even though it will be 2 hours before the sun rises for you, at the altitude of the ISS, the people in the station can see around the curve of the Earth.

Before 5.05am, they are still in night time. If you are watching that space at 5.05am, you will witness the exact moment the crew see the sun come over their horizon.

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ELISA VORSTER Wairarapa has come out on top at the recent Outstanding New Zealand Food Producer Awards, with five of the region’s producers claiming multiple awards.

The awards aim to celebrate products from both small and large producers and growers throughout the country in order to find a ‘supreme champion’, who is yet to be named.

Among the category winners were multiple award winners The Clareville Bakery, who received five awards this time around, including gold for its Miche Sourdough.

The bakery, led by head baker and owner Mike Kloeg, also achieved silver for its Clareville Cracker, ginger snap cookies and honey cinnamon cookies, and highly commended for its hot cross buns.

There were 25 gold medals awarded nationally, with Martinborough’s The Drunken Nanny being one of two producers to pick up two.

It was awarded gold in the dairy category for its Lemony Lush and Goat Milk Kefir, as well as silver medals for its Fresh Lush and Dill Lush cheeses.

Grass Fed Girls, led by Dion Kilmister and Ali Scott, won gold in the paddock category for its lamb from their Biddeford farm block which is home to 29,000 sheep.

Greytown weren’t about to be left out of the running, with Greytown Honey claiming two golds and two highly commended awards, and Prodigal Daughter achieving a highly commended for its cured salmon.

“Judging is not easy given the talent of food producers and the quantity of fine fare,” said head judge Lauraine Jacobs.

“Meat entries were of an even higher standard than 2017 with the growing

Baking is still a big part of our national food psyche with some delightful entries, many catering to folk with allergies and intolerances. paddock-to-plate trend evident in the number of thoughtfully created brands.

“Baking is still a big part of our national food psyche with some delightful entries, many catering to folk with allergies and intolerances.”

Co-organiser Kathie Bartley said it was a privilege to share the love of New Zealand food with producers and food lovers.

“This is proof of the dedication of the Kiwis who harvest, grow and make our food.

“The energy and enthusiasm they put into creating great produce is reflected in the strong number of awards.”

The 2018 supreme champion will be named from the gold medal winners at the awards on April 26, as well as naming four category champions and five special award winners.

Mike Kloeg from The Clareville Bakery making his artisan loaves.

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Lindsey and Amanda Goodman of The Drunken Nanny. The company picked up two gold medals for their cheese products at the Outstanding New Zealand Food Producer Awards.

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Snapper cards will replace Tranzit a.to.b. cards as a way to pay for travel on all Metlink buses in the Wairarapa.

From Monday 30 April 2018, your Tranzit a.to.b. card will no longer be accepted as payment on buses. Over the coming weeks, we will make it easy for you to change over to Snapper. And don’t worry, we’ve worked very hard to make this process as effortless as possible for you.

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Kuranui College’s new principal has passed from his old school to the new.

The Greytown college welcomed Simon Fuller to the role with a moving powhiri last week.

He replaces Geoff Shepherd, who joined Kuranui as deputy principal in 1999.

Mr Fuller, 34, said last week’s welcome was “emotional”.

He comes from Opunake High School in South Taranaki, where he was principal for three years.

Kuranui’s head boy Samson Dell, 17, had prepared a speech to welcome his new principal.

He said students needed someone who could push them to achieve their goals.

“We believe that person is you – no pressure.”

Carterton and South Wairarapa Mayors John Booth and Viv Napier were in attendance, along with principals from surrounding schools.

After kaumatua, board members, and Kuranui’s head boy had addressed the full hall, Mr Fuller crossed the floor — from staff and students of Opunake to Kuranui — with rousing haka from both schools behind him.

Mr Fuller comes from the West coast of the South Island.

His first teaching post was as a chemistry teacher in Timaru.

He said he was keen to get stuck in and familiarise himself with the school ethos, its students, staff and the supporting community.

“When you start you have to listen first and understand.”

Mr Fuller would assess the strengths and needs of the school before formulating a strategy to best serve South Wairarapa.

“You’ve got to get to know the community, the students, and the parents before you make changes.”

Mr Fuller had a special connection to his new region.

His wife, Laura, and mother-in-law Clare Crawford were former students of Kuranui College.

Mrs Crawford is principal at South End School in Carterton.

“My family have strong links with Greytown and the college and the opportunity for them to return home will be amazing.”

He is a keen outdoorsman, interested in hunting, fishing and tramping.

“When I was living in Opunake I tried to learn to surf.

“I’m still perfecting the art, that’s for sure.”

Mr Fuller will get to work as principal of Kuranui when school resumes in term two.

“I’m passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people, and I’m looking forward to working together with the board, staff and students to promote a positive and exciting environment for the Kuranui community.”

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For larger groups, funding is found from government agencies, community funders and local Councils to employ a manager.

Volunteering Wairarapa employ me as their manager for 25 hours per week to promote volunteering throughout the Wairarapa supporting organisations and assisting the many hundreds of you out there who are keen to find out ways you can contribute to your community.

A big part of my role is to manage the volunteers that assist Volunteering Wairarapa. Our Board members, treasurer and Board assistant are all volunteers.

We have just created a team of five volunteer facilitators called Team Compassion.

Compassion is one of the values that these wonderful people have.

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identify a potential volunteer’s interests with the volunteer roles needed in our community organisations.

We invite you into our Masterton or Carterton office to chat with one of our team to take you through a process where by the end of the ‘chat’, you will have an appointment to visit one of our community organisations to find out whether their role have will interest you.

If you are keen to check out volunteering opportunities, please call us on 0274 884 376 or email us on admin@ waivc.org.nz to book an appointment to chat with one of our team.

You can also visit our website at www. waivc.org.nz and check out the roles we have available by using the filter to select the voluntary activity you would like to do and then contact us to discuss this role.

Opportunities at Volunteering Wairarapa

“Board/Committee members with a variety of skills and community connections” required We have a number of organisations who are looking for board members to strengthen and refresh their governance group as part of their succession planning.

Skills Required: Governance experience is welcome but not necessary. You may be passionate about a cause, consider issues at a strategic level, enjoy teamwork, contribute your skills and be keen to start your journey into community leadership.

• Interested to find out more: Contact Jill Greathead on 0274 884 376 or email admin@waivc.org.nz to discuss these opportunities.

Hundreds of Wairarapa College students took to the roads west of Masterton this month to raise funds for the Riversdale Beach Surf Lifesaving Club and Life Flight.

It was the college’s annual West Bush Challenge where students walk (or run) 20km and raise money for charity and the Student Council.

So far they have collected more than $10,000 with more funds coming in.

Assistant principal Jo-Anne Bisset said the West Bush Challenge was a great opportunity for Wairarapa College to support worthy causes and to give back to their community.

Mike Taylor of the Riversdale Beach Surf Lifesaving Club and a representative from Life Flight spoke to the students before they set off, thanking them for their generosity and explaining how important the donations will be to their charities.

Student Council members dressed up as lifesavers and encouraged walkers to have selfies with them to win prizes and also put up helicopter signs for the walkers to count and enter a draw for a prize.

Mrs Bisset thanked everyone who sponsored the walkers and runners also thanked Breadcraft and Hansells who provided refreshments for the hungry walkers.

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One of the restored lamps at Cobblestones.

New glow to Cobblestones A visit by Cobblestones Museum volunteers to the refurbished Government House on an open day in 2011 has resulted in an amazing tale of restoration.

Nine of 13 ornate standard Victorian style gas lamps that once lined Government House’s driveway were found discarded and deteriorating on the ground around the back of the complex.

Cobblestones stalwart, Will Holmes, said it was the late Chris Slater who “fossicked around” at the site which resulted in all 13 obsolete lamps removed for use by Cobblestones.

A team at Greytown Menz Shed, led by Ron Allan, cleaned, sanded, primed and painted the cast iron and steel standards, and replaced the acrylic panels that protect the gaslight style bulbs.

Funds needed to be raised to complete major infrastructural works before the lamps could be installed.

Cobblestones trustee Bruce Cole who led the $50,000 project said he was delighted it had finally come to fruition.

“We’re grateful to Eastern and Central Community Trust, our private donors,

Masterton District Council, and to our contractors for their great work, namely Hoskins Energy Systems, Pope and Gray and Poltech.

“They definitely enhance the heritage buildings and established trees throughout Cobblestones’ garden setting.”

Jeremy Perrott, principal at Athfield Architects who led the design team for the Government House refurbishment, said their research showed that the replica lamps were unsuitable for the site and should be replaced with a fitting which was “appropriate for the original style”.

“As part of the new landscape works, additional light fittings were required at Government House,” said Mr Perrott, adding that the existing posts needed serious refurbishment.

“We researched what should stay and what should go back and discovered the posts Cobblestones now has were not original.

“I’m very glad to hear those fittings are now well restored and have a good home,” he said.

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Hunting & Fishing Wairarapa has new owners who are as passionate about the outdoors as their customers.

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Bo Elliot, who has been with Hunting & Fishing for 24 years, continues as Store Manager, sharing her passion and knowledge in footwear and camping and the extensive clothing range instore.

Jake McLean, who has worked in the store for seven years, specialises in fishing and firearms, as does Jacques Le Grove who joined Hunting & Fishing two years ago after working part-time while a

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Centenary of deaths of two soldiers remembered at Anzac Memorial Bridge this year Once earmarked for demolition, the Anzac Memorial Bridge at Kaiparoro, Mount Bruce, is attracting increasing numbers to the service held there every Anzac Day.

Kaiparoro (FOAB) committee in 2006. In 2010, Heritage NZ declared it a Category 1 Historic Place, noting no other structure was both an Anzac memorial and a bridge.

The concrete-arch bridge over the Makakahi River was constructed by noted Wellington engineer Alfred Falkner in 1922 after persistent lobbying finally secured government funding. Alfred, who had designed the Wellington to Manawatu rail line, moved to Kaiparoro to mill a section of 70-Mile Bush in 1889.

Since then, services have been held at the bridge every Anzac Day with last year’s ceremony attracting around 300 attendees.

Alfred’s son Victor died at Gallipoli, along with his nephew Donald Pallant, and four other local men - Arthur Braddick, Charles Harvey, Stephen Morgan and John Snell.

LAST YEAR’S SERVICE AT THE ANZAC MEMORIAL BRIDGE

In 1922 Alfred combined honouring them with building the district’s long-needed bridge, inscribing their names on the structure, with the names of Edward Kewley, Margaret McAnulty and Brian Minett added after World War II. The Kaiparoro community was among the few to choose a functional war memorial over the more usual cenotaphs. Superseded by remodelling of State Highway 2 in 1956, the bridge faced demolition until a group of locals and the soldiers’ relatives set up the Friends of the Anzac Memorial Bridge

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This year’s service will take place from 2pm to 3pm, followed by afternoon tea at Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre.

Deputy Commissioner Helen Smith from the British High Commission will be the guest speaker. Members from the Snell and Braddick families will be giving a Speech of Remembrance as this is the 100th anniversary year of the deaths of Arthur Braddick and John Snell.

NZ Pacific Studio Artists’ Residency Centre’s 2018 ANZAC Bridge Fellow, Rebecca Holden and local children will present their community outreach project, this year involving children from Mauriceville School.

Also attending will be Squadron 21 ATC Masterton, 10 Movement Company, Viva Camerata (Rathkeale and St Matthew colleges combined choir), pipers from Eketahuna and weather permitting, a World War I fly-over.

Last year the bridge was repainted and this year the Wairarapa Ruamahanga Lions Club, as part of the Lions Clubs International Centenary celebrations, is working with FOAB and the Department of Conservation to clean up the walkway and plant trees.

The next stage is to provide a landscaping plan for both the nearby Miller’s Reserve - a rare remnant of the original 90 Mile Bush - and the Anzac Bridge area – which will be completed by the end of this year.

Over the next few years the Lions will help DOC and Tararua District Council restore the area so it is better able to cope with the increasing visits by the travelling public.

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They in turn sent FOAB an Australian flag which this year will fly on a second flag pole which has just been erected at the memorial.

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Last year Friends of the Bridge at Brooweena erected a second flag pole at their bridge to fly a New Zealand flag that FOAB sent them.

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FOAB has been developing a relationship with Brooweena Memorial Bridge, Friends of the Bridge in Queensland, Australia, which was initiated by 2016 ANZAC Bridge Fellow Philippa Werry.

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Tinui commemorations on track The track up to the memorial cross on Tinui Taipo is in a pristine state for Anzac Day.

Anzac Day Dawn Service Masterton

In 2016 soldiers of Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles and New Zealand Army engineers developed the Cross track to an allweather asset.

This involved soldiers carrying steps, shingle and culverts up the steep track which has since survived some extremely harsh weather to remain in excellent condition.

While the centenary commemoration of the first Anzac Day memorial in 2016 drew a particularly large number of attendees, enthusiasm for the occasion has barely diminished with thousands attending again last year.

This year’s speaker is Lieutenant Colonel Hamish Gibbons, Commanding Officer of Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles which has strong historical ties to Tinui and Wairarapa.

At the start of the 19th century Tinui volunteers were part of the Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles who fought with distinction at Gallipoli and the Sinai. That unit became the Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles.

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As in previous years, a Dawn Service is being held at the Cenotaph in Queen Elizabeth Park on Anzac Day.

Lt Col Gibbons is a 22-year army veteran, having served extensively throughout New Zealand and Australia. He also completed operational tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan and served as Deputy Chief of Operations at the Joint Task Force HQ in Kuwait.

In addition he holds a BA from the Australian Defence Academy and a Master of Defence Studies from the Canadian Joint Command Staff Programme.

The Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles played a game of cricket against the Tinui All-Stars community team in 2016 and this will be repeated at the Tinui Oval on 20 April.

The 10.30am Anzac Day service will be presided over by local vicar Steve Thomson and will include a march past led by pipes and drum, soldiers, veterans, scouts and supporters.

morning tea organised by the Tinui Women’s Institute.

The track will be open for anyone wishing to walk it.

In addition there will be a Tinui Anzac Ball on Saturday 12 May entitled ‘A Right Royal Affair’ at the Royal Tinui Hall starting at 7pm.

For further information contact Alan Emerson (06) 372 3500, 0274 317 770 dath-emerson@wizbiz.net.nz

It will be followed by a Tinui

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5.30am All ex-service personnel, service personnel and service organisations assemble outside Masterton War Memorial Stadium/ Genesis Recreation Centre, Dixon Street. Those unable to march and the general public to assemble at the Cenotaph at Queen Elizabeth Park.

5.45am Parade marches south along Dixon Street to the Cenotaph in Queen Elizabeth Park.

5.55am Service at Cenotaph commences. On completion of the service, the parade will depart the park via Park Street, Queen Street, Lincoln Road, Chapel Street into Essex Street, to the Wairarapa Services & Citizens Club where the parade will fall out.

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Books informing a new generation Both adults and children are becoming fascinated with New Zealand’s military history based on the experiences of some of the Wairarapa’s booksellers.

recording a part of Anzac history that had previously passed largely unrecognised and unappreciated.

Steve Lawrence of Almo Books in Carterton recommends for children, Masterton illustrator and writer Michelle O’Connell’s books - “Tinui: The Last

Lincoln Gould of Messines Bookshop in Featherston, which specialises in military subjects, enjoys reading “Torty and the Soldier - a Story of a True WWI Survivor” to children who visit the shop opposite The Cenotaph.

At 11am there will be a parade from the Carterton District Council buildings in Holloway Street to Memorial Square for a Wreath Laying Ceremony (normally about 1/2 an hour)

The parade will return to the Carterton Events Centre, where there will then be an ANZAC Memorial Service, conducted

by Pastor Fa’amatuainu Wayne Poutoa from Carterton Baptist Church.

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For adults Steve recommends “Somme: Into the Breach” by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore with eyewitness accounts that relive scenes of extraordinary courage and sacrifice.

Closer to home Alan Emerson and Bruce Levy have written “The Tinui Anzac Day Centennial”, capturing 100 years of Anzac commemorations at Tinui.

Torty was rescued by a New Zealand Ambulance Corps volunteer after being crushed by a gun carriage and nursed at the Salonika field hospital for wounded soldiers. He still lives in Dunedin with descendents of the young soldier who saved it and is estimated to be over 200 years old.

For adults, Lincoln recommends “The Other Anzacs: Nurses at War 1914-18” by Peter Rees. By the end of The Great War, 45 Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over 200 had been decorated. The book takes the reader into tent surgeries and the nurses’ private lives,

O’Connell has also written “The Crossing”, inspired by the reenactment of the route taken by soldiers from Featherston Military camp over the Rimutakas during World War I.

Steve Trotman of Hedleys Booksellers in Masterton recommends for children “The Anzac Violin” by Jennifer Beck and Robyn Belton, the true story of Otago’s Alexander Aitken and the violin that travelled with him on his wartime journey, bringing music and solace to his fellow ANZACs.

By Jennifer Beck, it tells the story of Torty, is a tortoise from Greece who is New Zealand’s oldest survivor of the Great War of 1914-1918.

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to war.

Also recommended is ANZAC Animals by Maria Gill and illustrated

by Marco Ivancic.

Post” based on the experience of a young bugler at an Anzac Day commemoration and “Leaving For The Front” which tells the story of the 2014 Masterton re-enacted of soldiers leaving for the front with 100 secondary school boys dressed in World War I soldier uniforms, representing the soldiers who went

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Among the books for adults that have recently been published are The Last Battle (endgame on the Western Front, 1918) by Peter Hart, Odyssey of the Unknown Anzac

by David Hastings, and Gallipoli to the Somme (recollections of a New Zealand Infantryman) by Alexander Aitkin.

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Anzac Day Services WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL 2018 MARTINBOROUGH

GREYTOWN

The parade will form up at 5.45am outside Pain and Kershaw on Jellicoe Street and move o˝ to the Square at 5.55am for the Service and laying of the wreaths. Due to the early start a torch is advisable.

All medals will be worn.

Residents of Martinborough and District are invited to attend the Dawn Parade and Service.

ST TERESA SCHOOL PUPILS HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING SOME OF THE POPPY PLACES

Co˝ ee and tea will be available at the Fire Station following the Service.

Lisa Cornelissen Chair MARTINBOROUGH

Featherston Poppy Places unveiling this Friday This Friday 20 April (Poppy Day) will see Featherston become an o˜ cial Poppy Place. Featherston is joining 85 other areas nationwide that have taken part in the Poppy Places Trust remembrance project, recognising street names and places that are directly linked to people or events in overseas con° icts. These are often now only known by a small and shrinking handful of citizens, which the project hopes to remedy.

The 15 street names and locations of military signiÿ cance in and around Featherston that will become o˜ cial Poppy Places will be unveiled on Friday and indicated by a sign featuring the internationally recognised poppy symbol.

Everyone is welcome to join the event which will start at Featherston cemetery at 10am, then follow the walkway along part of the new Poppy trail, stopping at Dorset Square and Birdwood Street, and concluding with the o˜ cial opening of the trail at the Cenotaph

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in Fitzherbert Street, followed by morning tea at the RSA in Messines Bar and Restaurant.

The new signs, funded by Featherston Community Board and South Wairarapa District Council, will enable visitors to track the history of the area along a national poppy trail Each sign will have a code to scan, which will take you to the Poppy Places website (poppyplaces. nz) where you can read stories explaining the signiÿ cance of each of the 15 locations.

Students from St Teresa and Featherston schools have been researching and writing the stories behind 10 of these, using resources such as Wairarapa Archive and Featherston Heritage Museum.

Other local residents with particular connections to the remaining ÿ ve places have been writing those stories - Anzac Hall, Featherston Soldiers Cemetery, Birdwood St,

The museum will also be screening a video featuring interviews with Featherston people who have personal memories of some of the locations, which will also be unveiled this Friday.

Residents and visitors are invited to attend the Anzac Day Parade and Service in Featherston.

The Parade, which commences at 9am from Cli˝ ord Square, will proceed to the War Memorial for the laying of the wreaths and then to the Anzac Hall for the commemorative Service followed by refreshments.

Robyn Ramsden Chair FEATHERSTON COMMUNITY BOARD

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At the conclusion refreshments will be available at the Lake Ferry Hotel.

All are cordially invited.

Nigel Gattsche Secretary LAKE FERRY Ratepayer and Residents Association

Joanne says the town has a strong connection with New Zealand’s military history, “from the First World War training camp and the terrible ° u epidemic of 2018, to the Japanese POW camp of the Second World War and the twinning of our town with Messines in Belgium.”

“We Will Remember Them”

“Without history we wouldn’t have the future”

The parade will fall in at Flagsta˝ at 10.30am (or in adverse weather conditions the Lake Ferry Hotel) for the laying of wreaths and the Service.

Featherston Poppy Places has been organised by Joanne Bateman, secretary of Featherston Memorial RSA, and Claire Bleakley who is on the Featherston Community Board.

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As well as being available online, the information on the 15 sites will also be on display at Featherston Heritage Museum during Featherston Booktown.

The Parade will proceed to the South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club for a Civic Service, commencing 11am.

GREYTOWN COMMUNITY BOARD

COMMUNITY BOARD

Churchill St and Camp Road.

Residents are advised that the Citizens Anzac Day Service will be held at the War Memorial, Kuratawhiti Street, commencing at 10.30am with the laying of wreaths.

“Lest we forget”

42 Bannister St, Masterton Phone 06 377 2964 Email: theboatshedmstn@xtra.co.nz

021 243 8935 wool.wairarapa@xtra.co.nz “We remember and thank all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and country”

Phone 06 378 8641 Email matt.spicer@loanmarket.co.nz

John Bargh 06 308 8551 Fax 06 308 8530

“We remember them” 61 Dixon St, Masterton Phone 06 377 5600 www.carpetcourt.co.nz

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The town with no doctors could only do so much with the resources available.

According to guidelines, the group should have more than 10 fulltime GPs to “safely look after” the number of patients in its area – that’s 1500 patients to one fulltime doctor, she said.

But the group currently has only about 10 part-time GPs and two fulltime GPs. “We have always been under-resourced in terms of recommended guidelines,” she said.

“It is a symptom of the lack of GPs across the country which has put us into this position, and as soon as we are able, it would be our intent to have a GP back working in Eketahuna.

“We are in a little bit of a pothole along that journey,” Ms Wards said The focus on the next round of recruiting was to secure more permanent staff for the Pahiatua Medical Centre who could then travel Eketahuna.

She was hoping to have a nurse practitioner on board soon.

Nurse practitioners can write prescriptions and carry out some of the other duties of a GP. But she admits, “anecdotally, there are people in our society who believe that nurse practitioners are second best”.

To introduce a nurse practitioner into the centre would therefore require an educational shift for the community.

The centre is part-funded by MidCentral District Health Board but elected member and Eketahuna resident Diane Anderson said while the board was concerned, it was not responsible for recruiting GPs. But the DHB had helped get trainees to the area through Palmerston North hospital and offered the opportunity to circuit around rural practices, she said.

BECKIE WILSON

Eketahuna has been without a doctor for six months and the community is getting worried.

Up until September last year, the rural town’s nurse-led medical centre had a GP visiting once a week.

But after four GPs resigned, and one took maternity leave, the Tararua Health Group (THG), which provides rural medical services to the area, has been stretched beyond its limits.

Eketahuna Health Centre committee chairperson Adrienne Dempsey said a GP had been provided to the clinic for the past 30 years, but the doctor shortage was not new to them or to the rest of the country.

“There is a level of frustration in the community — we have patients who have to travel,” she said.

“When you’re sick, having to travel for 40 to 50 minutes one way to get to a doctor is not pleasant.”

It was especially tough for cancer patients and those with chronic conditions, she said.

“We do believe the Tararua Health Group will give us back a GP at some point, but it’s out of our control.”

But the registered charity is not sitting on its hands in searching for a solution.

The next step for the clinic was to secure a Masterton-based nurse practitioner to provide more clinical support, she said.

The Tararua Health Group is an umbrella organisation that provides primary healthcare services to rural Tararua.

The group had provided a GP for the clinic since it was formed nine years ago, but chief executive Sharon Wards said she

Eketahuna . . . has been without a doctor for six months. PHOTO/FILE

Some trainees were employed by these practices.

“With winter coming on, it is a concern in the community,” she said.

Tararua Mayor Tracey Collis, an Eketahuna resident, said the lack of a GP created stress within the community.

“It creates an additional cost to travel, and some people don’t have the ability to travel.

Rural connectivity was more important than ever looking forward to future proofing the system.

“Can we have the possibility of Skype consults?

“Nurse practitioners do amazing work but what other solutions can we look at, as well as focusing on finding a doctor, by using technology,” Mrs Collis said.

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Get a spare with flair Masterton: 217 Queen St 370 1412

Book an eye test online at specsavers.co.nz Price complete with standard single vision lenses. Progressives and bifocals also available at an extra cost. Second pair must be from the same price range of frames and lens range or below. Must be same prescription. Price correct at time of print. Extra options not included.

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Fly Tying

Learn to make your own ßies to fool those wiley troutÉ

T Techniques will be demonstrated and learners will then practise the process on their own equipment. Learners will take their tools home and continue to make flies for themselves. Cost includes your own Fly Tying Kit. Date: Tuesdays 3 July to 31 July (5 nights) Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm Venue: Pukeatua Room, REAP House, 340 Queen St, Masterton Tutor: John Pansters/Howard Thompson Cost: $100.00 Must Enrol by: 28 June

Your Android Smartphone is Your pocket computer! – Beginners Class Use your smartphone to itÕs full potential

Tracy will help you demystify your clever phone and provide you with tips to make sure it operates as you need it to. Increase your conÞdence and the usefulness of you smartphone.

Dates: 11 and 18 June Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Venue: REAP House Tutor: Tracy Graham Cost: $55.00 Must Enrol by: 7 June (Includes Samsung, Huawei, Google, Vodafone, LG, Alcatel, Sony, Google, Spark etc.)

Your Android Smartphone is Your pocket computer! – Next Steps Use your smartphone to itÕs full potential

Increase your knowledge of your phone’s systems and applications to your daily life. Learn more about how to have music, social media, photos and the Internet at your Þngertips.

Dates: 25 June and 2 July Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Venue: REAP House Tutor: Tracy Graham Cost: $55.00 Must Enrol by: 21 June (Includes Samsung, Huawei, Google, Vodafone, LG, Alcatel, Sony, Google, Spark etc.)

DIY Skills for Women

Become conÞdent with those home jobsÉ

Come and learn what to look out for with your lawnmower, know where things are under the car bonnet, check your own tyres, how to use power tools, repair leaky taps, find a water toby and much more.

Mark will guide you through some great skills.

Dates: 5 and 6 May Time: 1.00pm - 4.00pm Tutor: Mark Shepherd Venue: REAP House, Masterton Cost: $90.00 Must Enrol by: 2 May

iPads – Getting Started

Learn new tricks and discover useful apps.

Peter will show you how to look at your settings to ensure they maximise your use of the iPad. Camera, iCloud, storage, share useful apps, accessing the net and di"erent digital services…

Dates: 6 June and 7 June Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Venue: REAP House Tutor: Peter McNeur Cost: $55.00 Must Enrol by: 31 May Note: It may be possible to borrow an iPad for this course.

iPads – Next Steps

Build on your existing knowledge and get more out of your iPad

Come and learn about how to get more out of your iPad to access social media, your work documents, music, books, photos, internet, the world news….

Dates: 13 June and 14 June Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Venue: REAP House Tutor: Peter McNeur Cost: $55.00 Must Enrol by: 7 June

Managing Your Photos

Come and learn what to do with your many photos

How to get your photos from your camera (including your smartphone) to the computer, how and where to store them, Þle them so that they are accessible to show the family, make a photo book, or put in a web album to share with others. The course will involve some basic editing of your images. (Lunch provided) Date: Saturday 23 June Time: 9.30am - 3.30pm Cost: $90.00

Tutors: Peter McNeur & Lisa Gray Where: REAP House, Masterton Must Enrol by: 20 June

Enrolment essential if you wish to attend, so ENROL NOW For more information or to enrol, contact É reception@waireap.org.nz Phone (06) 377 1379 or pop into REAP House, 340 Queen Street, Masterton.

Note that payment conÞrms your enrolment.

Turning off your cellphone will help to avoid a night of ruined sleep.

PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

Learning how to switch it all off

Lakeview School principal Tim Nelson endeavours to learn something new every day by reading books, listening to podcasts, and engaging with a wide range of other content.

Midweek musings Tim Nelson

led to a better night’s rest, but I can certainly remember many examples that have led to nights of ruined sleep.

Short term sacrifices for long term gain

Derek Sivers is a musician and music producer.

For 15 years he received feedback about his singing that suggested he didn’t have what it takes to be successful in the music industry.

For 15 years he used this feedback to make changes aimed at making him a better performer.

After 15 years he was told after a performance that he was fortunate to have been born with natural talent.

We know this wasn’t the case; Derek’s ‘natural’ talent came from years of hard work and responding to the feedback of many people who didn’t think he had what it took to be a successful musician.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Finland lost access to what had been their biggest trading partner; overnight the GDP fell by 30 per cent.

Immediately the president of Finland went on television to announce that he would be taking a 30 per cent pay cut, as would all public sector employees, a huge sacrifice to make.

Move ahead almost 30 years and Finland is considered the happiest and is the wealthiest country in the world; the short term pain would have been considerable, but the long term gains have been huge due to the fact that the president led the way by doing what he asked others to.

Oh, and by the way, the president of Finland earns not a lot more than a principal of a large New Zealand school.

Switch Off!

Don’t take shortcuts

How to become a natural talent

In an article in Scientific American Mind magazine, writer Ferris Jabr shares many examples on the benefits of ‘switching off’ from work once we are away from the office.

Doing so gives a greater sense of well-being, as well as actually increasing work effectiveness and productivity.

A first step in switching off can be removing email from your phone, as not having it there will stop you from compulsively checking it when at home.

Personally, I can’t recall too many late night emails that have

Mat Fraser is the three times world CrossFit Games champion, unofficially making him the fittest man on Earth.

The year before his first win he was the favourite to win his first title following in unexpected second place the year before.

However, he ended up coming second when it was expected that he’d win the competition.

Second place was a huge disappointment to Fraser, who knew that the reason he hadn’t won was due to the number of shortcuts he’d taken with his training in the year leading up to

the event.

From that time forward Fraser has chosen to give his training 100 per cent, taking no shortcuts, leading to him dominating the competition for the last three years.

Push yourself out of your comfort zone

An article in Scientific American Mind on resilience describes a structure for getting better at something through a process of making challenges gradually harder.

For example, rather than doing the same routine at the gym day after day with no variation, instead look to always increase the level of challenge just that little bit every session.

The small daily changes you make may not seem like much, but over an extended period of time they will lead to a considerable increase in your level of physical performance.

The same idea could be applied to any area, from learning a language to becoming a better cook – always push yourself just slightly out of your comfort zone.

How to get a legal high

Three chemicals that will give you a feeling of positivity, a sense of well-being, while also enhancing resilience are serotonin, dopamine and endorphins.

There’s a simple (and legal!) way to access all three, this being exercise.

It doesn’t even need to be too much; just 15 minutes a day of fairly intense exercise, or twice as long for less demanding (such as a walk) exercise will enable you to access this legal high.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS THURSDAY,APRIL 19 Eat-n-Greet: At St James Union Church hall, 116 High St, Masterton. Come and enjoy a meal followed by good entertainment. Meet new people. Everyone very welcome.

11.30am for a noon start.

Housie: At Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club (behind clock tower Carterton), at 1pm.

Narcotics Anonymous: Meet at 6pm, at 15 Victoria St, Masterton.

Carterton Community Choir: Meet 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Ability to read music not essential. Call (021) 258-8029.

Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Miriam 377-7974.

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

Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 3702511 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 3775518 or 377-1135.

Masterton Senior Citizens & Beneficiaries Association: Meet 1-3.30pm for cards, Scrabble and bowls, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Ngaire Walker 377-0342.

Wairarapa Fern & Thistle Pipe Band: Practice 6.308.30pm, first floor, Savage Club Hall, Albert St, Masterton.

Plus free drum lessons 6.30-7.30pm on ground floor. All ages and experience, bring your drum pad and sticks.

Masterton Toy Library: 2.30-4.30pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton.

Alcoholics Anonymous: Masterton, 7.30pm, Soulway Church, 227 High St. Call Darren (027) 334-2685.

FRIDAY,APRIL 20 Featherston Poppy Places: Everyone is invited to the unveiling at 10am. See more at Poppy Places facebook website https://www.facebook.com/Featherston-PoppyPlaces-1775577556084416/Claire Bleakley Portraits by Wayne Youle: Featuring art-world personalities of musicians, poets, writers and visual artists, such as Colin McCahon, Rita Angus, Ralph Hotere and Robin White. Opening reception at 5.30pm.

Kiri Riwai-Couch: Kuia+ until May 6, at Aratoi, Bruce St, Masterton.

Masterton Savage Entertainers: Meet 10am, at Savage Club rooms, 10 Albert St, Masterton. Come share your talents with us on stage. We are looking for new members. Call Judith 377-1750 or Doreen 370-4604.

JP Service Centre: At the Carterton Library noon-2pm , no appointment neccessary.

Sewing & Craft: 10am-2pm, at the Featherston Community Centre. Call Sandie (021) 157-4909.

Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Fri-Mon 10am4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean (06) 372-6623 or Pam (06) 372-6459.

Needlework & Craft Drop-in: 10am-noon, Featherston Community Centre. Call Virginia (06) 308-8392.

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

Carterton Craft Market: Open 7 days, 10am-2pm, High St, Carterton, opp Almo’s Book Shop. Call Robyn 379-7099.

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 Jill 377-4614.

Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact: email admin@ stlukesgreytown.co.nz Wairarapa Steampunk: We meet as required, 10.30am2pm, at Kingstreet Artworks. Call Gaylene 377-4865 evenings or (0274) 494-596.

Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. If weather not good it’s in youth centre of Event Centre. Text dance groove to (022) 321-2643.

Masterton Social Badminton Club: Play 7-9pm, all year round, at Masterton YMCA gym (371 Queen St).

Contact by text Hamish (021) 259-7684 or Sam (0210) 552-113.

Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 6-7pm, Genesis Recreation Centre back pool. Call Graeme 377-0507 or Lucy (021) 0204-4144.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am, behind the Hosking Garden in the Park. Call Pauline Lamb 377-3388.

Carterton Senior Citizens: Meet 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY,APRIL 21 Portraits by Wayne Youle: At Aratoi, featuring art-world personalities of musicians, poets, writers and visual artists, such as Colin McCahon, Rita Angus, Ralph Hotere and Robin White.

Artist and curator talk at 11am.

Kiri Riwai-Couch: Kuia+ until May 6, at Aratoi, Bruce St, Masterton.

Cellular Memory: A Survey Exhibition of Elizabeth Thomson, until April 2, at Aratoi Museum, 12 Bruce St, Masterton. Open daily, 10am-4:30. Call (06) 370-0001.

Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Fri-Mon 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean (06) 372-6623 or Pam (06) 372-6459.

Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10am-noon.

Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway. Open by appointment. Call 379-9233 or (027) 271-6280.

Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, at rear of YMCA, 162 Dixon St. Featherston: 10am-noon, Community Centre, 24 Wakefield St. Farmers’ Market: 9am-1pm, at at Farriers, 4 Queen St, Masterton. Locally grown and made food and artisan products.

Find us on Facebook or see www.waifarmersmarket.org.nz Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Steve Davis (06) 304-7155.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Bowls at 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303.

Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm. Call Ian Wyeth 378-6425 or 377-5762.

SUNDAY,APRIL 22 Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm.

Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am12.30pm.

Tai Chi: 8-9am, Gain Momentum, 61 Holloway St, Carterton.

Call 379-9073.

Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Miriam 377-7974.

Masterton Car Boot Sale and Market: 7am-noon, Essex St car park. Call Warwick Dean (0274) 484-728.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association Croquet at 9.15am for 9.30am start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower , Carterton. Call Veronica George 379-8644.

Concert in Greytown: Hammers & Horsehair - Piano, cello and soprano, Douglas Mews, Robert Ibell and Rowena Simpson, 19th century music and readings at 57 Wood St, Greytown, at 4pm. Adults $25, students $10. Ring 06 304 9497 to book.

MONDAY,APRIL 23 Literacy Wairarapa: Offers free help with reading, spelling and maths at Te Awhina/Cameron Community House, 9amnoon.

Masterton East Indoor Bowling Club: Opening night at 7pm, Hogg Cres. All welcome.

Friends to Friends: Peer support group, 10am-noon, at Wairarapa Community Centre, 41 Perry St, Masterton. For adults 18 years-plus, for mental health consumers or disabilities, a place to create, safe, fun and participate or discuss, socialise, with good company. Call Gaylene (06) 929-0961 or (0274) 604-796.

Carterton Scottish Dance Club: Meet at 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. No partner required. Call Elaine 377-

0322 or Julie 370-4493.

Mah Jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat (06) 308-9729.

Senior Citizens Cards: 1-4pm Featherston Community Centre.

Call Val (06) 308-9203 .

Drop-in Knitting & Crafts: 6.30-9.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Del (06) 308-9418.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 370-2511 or Brian 377-4066.

Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.3011am, for 0-3-year-olds.

Carterton Food Bank: 11.30am-noon Mon-Fri at Haumanu House (down the lane between Carters and the Clock Tower).

Call 379-4092.

Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. https://www.facebook.com/CartertonToyLibrary/ CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. For Mobility Parking Permits, Disability Support and Advocacy. Call 378-2426 or 0800 227-2255.

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

Age Concern: Sit & Be Fit classes, 9.30am; line dancing, 10.30am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

The Dance Shed: 450 Belvedere Rd Carterton. Line Dancing Class, 7-9pm, beginners followed by intermediate. Call Wendy or Don 379-6827 or (027) 319-9814.

Epilepsy Support Group: 11am at the Salvation Army office, 210 High St South, Carterton. Call 0800 20 21 22.

Citizens Advice Bureau: Free and confidential advice, Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, 43 Perry St, Masterton. Call 377-0078 or 0800 367-222.

Te Runga Air Scout Group: For boys and girls (year 7 to year 10), 6.30-8.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton. Call Lyndon 377-0687.

Masterton Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call Ted 377-0625.

Not Your Nanna’s Sewing Circle:7-9pm, Cobblestone’s Administration Room, 169 Main St, Greytown. Call Christine Healy (06) 304-8110 or Lynda Saint-Merat (06) 304-7026.

Alcoholics Anonymous: Masterton: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or Pete (020) 4005-9740. Carterton: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Dennis 377-5355 or Martin (06) 372-7764.

Girl Guiding: Brownies (7-10 years) 4.30-6pm. Guides (9-14 years) 5.30-7.30pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646.

20-22 April 2018 Carterton, Wairarapa

13 m ay 2018

MOTHERS DAY

National Road Cycling Championships – Free to watch!

Come and see road cyclists from around the country racing over three days around the stunning Wairarapa countryside.

Time trials are happening on Friday and Road races over the weekend.

For further information please visit www.roadnationals.nz Your locally owned newspaper

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COMMUNITY EVENTS TUESDAY,APRIL 24 Alanon: A group for anyone a˜ ected by another’s drinking, meet at 6.30pm at Cameron Community House.

Call 0508 425-266.

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

Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown. This is combined with Drop-in club.

Tribal Fusion Bellydancing: At 91 Harley St, Masterton, 7-8pm. Call Wai steampunk, Gaylene (0274) 494-596.

Wai Steampunk NZ: Check Facebook for upcoming events.

For joining or enquiries call Gaylene (0274) 494-596.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 9am-noon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 3702511 or Brian 377-4066.

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

Juesday Art: 10am-1pm Featherston Community Centre.

Call Julia (06) 308-8977.

Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway, 2-4pm, or by appointment. Call 379-9233 or (027) 271-6280.

Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve 379-6999.

Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall.

Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554.

Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneÿ ciaries Association: Meet for social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm. Call Ngaire 377-0342.

Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all ÿ tness levels. Call Di (027) 498-7261.

Woops A Daisy Marching Team: March for fun, friendship and ÿ tness, 5-6pm. Call Cheryl 372-5522.

Toy Library: Masterton -10am-noon, rear of YMCA, 162 Dixon St; Featherston: 10am-noon, in the Community Centre, 24 Wakeÿ eld St. South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon, including cards, board, darts, pool etc. Call Do˜ 304-9748.

Girl Guiding: Pippins (5-7 years) 3.45-5pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association Croquet at 9.15am for 9.30am start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Veronica George 379-8644.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Bowls at 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. All welcome. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf croquet 9.15am, behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Pauline Lamb 377-3388.

WEDNESDAY,APRIL 25 Aaron Andis: From 8am-noon, one of a kind one-man band set. Just In Time, from 12.30-4.30pm. A big range of music with rock and roll, country, r and b, reggae and disco. Club

Wairarapa, 20 Essex St, Masterton.

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

Cards: Come and join other enthusiastic “500” Players 1.154.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329.

AA Meeting: At 7.30pm. Call (027) 557-7928.

Ukulele Classes: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre.

Call Neil (06) 308-9341.

Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneÿ ciaries Club: Craft and chat afternoon 1-3pm, bring your crafts or just come for some company, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Whakaoriori Shu° ers:Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 5.30-7pm. Call 3775518 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.

Club Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll, beginners 6-7pm; Intermediate level 7.15-8.15pm, at Club Wairarapa, Masterton. Call (027) 333-1793.

Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Join us for sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to (027) 742-2264.

Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm for browsing or painting, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019.

Age Concern: Sit and Be Fit, 1.30pm followed by gentle exercise class, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Carterton Women’s Golf: 9-hole golf at 10.45am. Call Colleen 377-0841 or Alison 377-5709.

Whaiora Stop Smoking Service: Need support to quit smoking? Quit Clinics are available at Whaiora on Mondays and Fridays between 9am and 12pm. Call Whaiora for more details on 800 494 246.

Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park.

Call Ann Jackson, 372-5758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285.

Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton.

Wairarapa Singers: 6.45pm, at Rosewood, 417 Queen St, Masterton. Call Pete 370-4574.

Esperanto Club: 2pm, write to people using the international language worldwide. Call 377-0499.

Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604 (church o˛ ce).

Alcoholics Anonymous: Martinborough, 7.30pm, 9 Jellicoe St. Call Mark 906) 306-6013 or (021) 02442870.

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Tiles tell war tales Rebecca Holden talks to Mauriceville School students about her work.

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Mauriceville school were treated to an inspiring morning with artist Rebecca Holden last week.

The 25 students painted tiles organised

by Rebecca, the 2018 Anzac Bridge Fellow at New Zealand Pacific Artists’ Residency centre at Mt Bruce.

Some students created images, inspired

by Rebecca’s talk about the soldiers, nurses and animals in WWI; others painted patterns replicating the floor of the Aotea Convalescent Home for New Zealand Soldiers in Heliopolis, Egypt, during the war.

All the tiles will feature on the Anzac Memorial Bridge at Kaiparoro during the Anzac Day service, April 25 from 2pm

to 3pm.

For her current fellowship project, titled “A Home Away From Home,” Rebecca is exploring, through painting and drawing, the story of the Aotea Convalescent Home for New Zealand soldiers in Egypt.

The home was staffed by nurses from Wairarapa, Wellington and Whanganui, and was funded by women’s groups from those regions.

These women believed in the importance of a “home away from home” for the recovery of wounded or sick Kiwi soldiers from the Sinai and Palestine campaigns.

Rebecca’s work will be exhibited at Pukaha Mt Bruce on ANZAC day.

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Lotto win a month on ELISA VORSTER

A month has passed since a lucky Wairarapa couple struck it big, taking home a $12.5 million Lotto prize, despite initially forgetting to check their ticket.

The couple, who wished to remain anonymous, say they are still getting used to how the win has shaped their everyday lives.

“It’s been a bit of whirlwind since we won.

“Life is pretty busy for us, but this win has meant we can take some more time for ourselves.”

The pair were “trying to keep things pretty normal” and were both still going to work each day.

“The best part of winning so far has definitely been helping our family and seeing the enjoyment they are getting from the win.

“Everyone we have told so far couldn’t be happier – that it’s been well deserved.

“The reaction has been so incredibly positive, and we feel so thankful.”

Although they hadn’t bought any bigticket items and had no major plans for how they would spend their winnings, they had enjoyed a weekend away in Wellington with friends to celebrate the win, with another group holiday on the cards.

“We are planning on treating our friends and family to a holiday soon

A section of the crowd in Anzac Hall at last year’s Booktown festival in Featherston. PHOTO/FILE

Featherston’s Booktown — more than just books PHOTO/SUPPLIED

though, which we’re really looking forward to.”

The winning ticket was sold for the draw on March 17 and was purchased at The Kuripuni Lotto and Post Shop — dubbed the luckiest Lotto shop in Wairarapa.

In the past 15 years the store had sold six big Lotto prizes.

In 2009, a $36m prize went to four

Masterton women after they bought a Big Wednesday ticket from the same store, and a few weeks later a $4.9m First Division Powerball prize was also sold at the store.

The $12.5m prize was the second Powerball win for Wairarapa in the last four months, after a ticket purchased at Fresh Choice in Greytown netted half of a $38m Powerball win in November.

Piano to the people Award winning pianist, multi-instrumentalist and critically-acclaimed composer Jonathan Crayford will be performing in Featherston on Anzac Day. The concert, beginning at 8pm on April 25 is part of a New Zealand tour with a Steinway D Concert Grand Piano.

Crayford said the “huge” difference between a full sized concert grand in good condition and every other piano was that the big ones make a huge sound and “the balance of low frequency to high frequency is glorious, the tone divine”.

“When a pianist performs on an instrument that can deliver such a sound, the instrument inspires greatness and in turn, the audience feel it.

“This is a special condition reserved only for venues with great pianos.

“So, I proposed to set up a tour with a very special piano, to fill the gap and bring a truly great instrument

to audiences throughout the country.

“We’re taking the music to the people.”

Crayford said he would be playing everything that has been in his mind for the past two years, since returning to New Zealand to live close to his daughter and granddaughter.

“I’ve studied a lot of music in this time and absorbed the sounds from trips to far-away places.

“When I sit down to play it will be to journey through all that I have seen and heard.

“In real terms - for the listener, apart from the emotional and spiritual content which can only reveal itself at the time, this means some Ravel, Bach, Ligeti, Monk, Ellington, Mingus, Mompou, Mario Bauza, Claire Fischer, Peter Gabriel, Lorca, and particularly anything that might come to mind at the time.”

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About 30 events make up this year’s festival as well as a massive book sale on May 11-13, which will showcase Featherston and celebrate all things related to the written word and more.

Friday evening at the Tauherenikau Racecourse, chef Dale Keith is whipping up a “Fish ‘n Chip Supper” where Kate De Goldi, two-time winner of the New Zealand Post Children’s book of the year award, will speak.

A bus will run from Featherston to the race course.

Award winning poet Te Kahu Rolleston will be running a workshop on the Saturday.

“Behold My Cool Style” aims to change the way young people think about poetry and the written word.

On Saturday evening, festival goers can witness the emotional rollercoaster that is “True Stories (Told Live)”.

Described as “storytelling at its best”, there will be six speakers at The Royal Hotel’s dining room, each presenting a true story for up to eight minutes.

The storytellers — Catherine Robertson [best-selling novelist, reviewer and commentator], Tom Scott [satirist, cartoonist, playwright, author], Emily Writes [writer, reviewer and blogger] Chris Tse [poet, blogger and actor], Victor Rodger [playwright, provocateur and actor] and Paul Adamson [writer, hunter, fisher and teacher] — will have no aids, just their recollection and descriptive prowess to captivate the audience.

Speakers include writers, cartoonists, poets and playwrights.

Booktown patron and legendary children’s author, Joy Cowley, will read to festival-goers at the Royal Hotel on the Sunday afternoon and will stay back for a chat and to sign some books.

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SEAMUS BOYER and STEVE RENDLE It may not be on the immediate horizon, but a $45 million wastewater upgrade is looming for Masterton ratepayers, and is set to add to the district’s rising level of debt.

Due to kick in just after the draft Long Term Plan’s 10-year scope, the project appears in the Masterton District Council’s 30-year financial and infrastructure strategy documents. $45.3m has been budgeted across five years from 2030 and would pay to pipe more treated wastewater to land, as well as storage facilities, and possible UV treatment capacity.

The upgrade would likely be paid for by loans and serviced by rates over the lifetime of the consent.

MDC finance manager David Paris said the planned upgrade was about raising the quality of the treated water.

“By 2035, we will have to have a new consent . . . the consent standards will always go up.”

Improvements are likely to include more treatment pond capacity, but also “black box” elements such as ultraviolet light treatment and disinfection.

While the water may be virtually drinkable after that level of treatment, there were still cultural considerations preventing it being discharged to the river.

Storage and pipes are likely to be required with the treated water provided on a chargeable basis to farmers for irrigation.

MDC previously spent $46m upgrading the Homebush facilities and getting the necessary 25-year resource consent, which started in 2009 and expires in 2034.

Within the scope of the LTP, the council is already looking to increase its debt by 82.5 per cent over the next six years.

The Homebush wastewater treatment plant in Masterton will be due a $45 million upgrade before 2034.

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Net external debt is expected to rise from $32.2m in June to $58.7m by 2024 – if the council votes to accept the draft LTP as it is, including several big-ticket items such as the construction of a $15m town hall and performing arts centre.

Such an increase would lift the council’s debt percentage of operating revenue from 77 per cent to 110 per cent.

Local Government NZ’s funding agency recommends an upper limit of 150 per cent as prudent for territorial authorities – such

as Masterton – which are experiencing low growth.

Mr Paris said ratepayers needed to take a long-term view when considering council plans.

“If they want to have a town hall and they want to visit a central business district and have a nice leafy area where they can go for a coffee, we need to invest in that, and that means an increase in rates.

“Inter-generational equity is the buzz word. People who are going to get the

benefits in the future are going to pay for it in rates.”

The LTP would see the average rates bill increase from $2316 to $3332 by 2028.

“Our assets are large but they’re not assets we can sell. We’ve got to make sure we’ve got revenue to pay back the debt and pay the interest on the debt.”

The consultation period for the LTP closes on April 30.

Council chief executive fails in bid to keep job CAL ROBERTS AND SEAMUS BOYER

Masterton councillors have decided their council boss is not part of the district’s long term plans.

Pim Borren, who has been the chief executive for four years, was interviewed for the role by mayor Lyn Patterson and Masterton’s 10 district councillors at the end of March, but not offered the job.

He told Masterton District Council (MDC) staff last week that he would be leaving the role at the end of June.

It is understood four people were considered for the role, but at the time of print, no successor had been announced.

Mr Borren initially signed on for two years in 2014, and had seen that fixedterm contract extended to June 30 this year.

The term of the contract was shorter than usual due to potential consequences of the ongoing amalgamation process in the region.

Last week, Mrs Patterson said MDC had decided not to renew Mr Borren’s contract, but did not give reasons, saying the recruitment process was ongoing.

“Council thanks Pim for his four years of service and commitment.”

Mr Borren said he did not know why he had not been offered the role, but was proud of what he had achieved.

“I’m disappointed that I didn’t win the job, but I also feel very strongly that I’m going out on a high, both from an organisational point of view and also from a community point of view.

He said a recent internal survey had

shown high levels of staff satisfaction.

The main role of a council chief executive was to work for the community, and in an economic as well as wellbeing perspective he felt he had achieved that.

He said the My Masterton campaign was an example of one of his successes.

That campaign, which advertised the district to Auckland and Wellington, had changed the perception of Masterton to those outside the region, and contributed to the crowning of Masterton as New Zealand’s most beautiful city last year.

As well as being MDC chief executive, he is also vice president of the New Zealand Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM), a group made up of more than 600 local government professionals.

Mr Borren said he would be considering his options post-MDC, but a return to a role in education or economics was possible.

“It’s been an honour and a privilege to lead Masterton District Council as the CEO, and I want to thank staff for their fantastic support and that of the elected members.”

Mrs Patterson said the council was in the middle of a “robust recruitment process” and that MDC would make a further announcement by April 23.

MDC is in the middle of its consultation period for the Long Term Plan, which details the district’s strategy and objectives for the next 10 years.

Consultation closes on April 30.

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WAI WRITE For this week’s Wai Write, Blairlogie Writer’s Group member Ngaire Rawlings weaves a story with the combination of every word in the Phonetic Alphabet, shown in bold.

Juliet is frowning, her mouth tight as she limps into the hotel. Her husband Charlie cops the spray as she whips her raincoat off.

Noticing the ramrod set of her shoulders, his own slump.

Today, of all days, isn’t going to plan. No Siree Bob. Ex- Marine Charlie prefers playing golf, but hadn’t been able to resist his wifes’ shining-eyed excitement for a ballroom dance competition.

“The Regional winners’ prize is a Delta Airlines flight to Quebec in November for the finals. If we win, I could go visit my papa,” Juliet said.

Money was tight, so Charlie agreed.

Juliet had trained them with a focused determination.

They’d won the competition in Sierra Vista which qualified them to compete today, in the regional one.

But they hadn’t won today.

They’d placed second.

A Yankee couple Mike and India Stevens emerged the victors.

They’d lost due to Charlie’s accidental clumsiness.

Seeing how upset and angry Juliet is, he gulps, tugging at his tie.

A whiskey now, would be right welcome.

In their room Juliet swirls on him in a flurry of tulle and temper.

“What the heck happened? We’d nailed the foxtrot and the tango, didn’t you hear the crowd yelling bravo? It was in the bag until you tripped me, you clumsy Klutz!”

Charlie Baker out It takes two to tango.

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“I’m sorry honey” Charlie means it.

Hoping to distract, he asks, “D’ya think your ankle needs an x-ray?” “ It’s fine” Juliet snaps “and what was that alpha male act all about? You embarrassed me, carting me off the floor . . . like some ageing cave man.”

“It wasn’t easy,” a stung Charlie retorts.

“You’ve put on a kilo or two, since our wedding day,” he hints.

But Juliet’s eyes flash. “Hm, were you that dashing Romeo in uniform with all your own teeth, a full head of hair, and trousers that fastened around your stomach rather than under it, my darling?”

“Aw, you know you married me for my money” quips Charlie.

Knowing their situation, Juliet’s mouth drops open for a startled moment before she bursts out laughing – which soon turn to tears.

Charlie knows his wife well after all their happy years, so he holds her without speaking until she sighs, wiping her eyes.

She recovers best with laughter and food.

Charlie knows she hasn’t eaten.

He calls Room Service “Its Room 201.

Please have Oscar bring up my prearranged order.”

“Order?” echoes Juliet.

“Yes! But do you maybe wanna tidy up a little?”

Grinning he indicates her hair.

Juliet gasps glimpsing herself and

giggles as she brushes “I look like a Zulu woman.”

Charlie relaxes, his plan is back on track.

He vows to somehow get Juliet to Quebec too.

Her huge smile when room service arrives makes everything worthwhile.

“Oh Charlie how wonderful, you’ve remembered my favourite meal, lima bean risotto, and creme brulee. Yum! But why the flowers, chocolates and champagne?”

“Happy 20th wedding anniversary darling,” replies Charlie, raising his glass and laughing.

Juliet’s eyes widen and she claps both hands over her open mouth.

Embarassing times when I should have blushed Blairlogie Writer’s Group chairman Keith Allan relives some embarrassing moments.

I can’t recall showing any physical signs of embarrassment, no flushed face or anything like that.

But I certainly recall being embarrassed on a number of occasions, by something silly I said or did.

An empty feeling would come over me and I would walk away with head bowed and an inward desire to become invisible.

The first time I felt embarrassed was a year or so after I had left school.

One very warm Saturday afternoon I was sunbathing on Waikanae Beach a short distance from Gisborne’s main street.

There, about 20 metres in front of me, looking out to sea, was a young girl whom I thought I recognised from school. Half walking, half crawling, I crept up to her and when about half a metre away I said, “Boo”.

Immediately she turned around, and I realised I had made a mistake. I slunk back across the sand to my towel faster than I arrived.

Forward to 1993 when I undertook a guided tour of England and Europe. Between the tours I had two or three days in London.

This, I reasoned, was an ideal time to do some washing.

At the hotel reception desk, I asked directions to the nearest launderette and set off with my bag of washing.

On arrival I purchased some washing powder, found a machine that was not being used, put the powder in its holder and started up the machine.

The next thing I heard was loud peals of laughter coming from behind. I turned around and saw a rather large African woman laughing her head off and pointing to my still full bag of washing sitting beside the machine.

This time I had nowhere to hide. I had to buy some more powder, find another machine and try again under the watchful eye of the African woman You can be forgiven for thinking that by the time that I was over 70 such embarrassing silliness would have gone from my life. Not so. It happened again just two or three years ago.

During the morning there had been an earthquake that had been felt throughout the Wairarapa but there were no reports of damage to buildings that I was aware of.

I needed to visit the ANZ Bank, so I made my way into town.

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On arriving at the bank, the first thing I noticed was an elderly woman standing outside and a notice on the door which read: “Bank closed while being inspected by engineers.

I was about to walk away when a young woman confidently approached the automatic doors.

“The Bank is closed.”

“I know I work here.”

Once again, I bowed my head and slunk away.

• Blairlogie Writer’s Group usually meets on the last Friday of each month (except in December) in the Wairarapa Genealogy Society Rooms next to the Archive on Queen St in Masterton.

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2018 NOMINATIONS OPEN

HELP RECOGNISE WAIRARAPA SPORTING SUCCESS The annual Wairarapa TimesAge Sports Awards celebrate Wairarapa’s top sportspeople for their achievement during the period of 1 March 2017 to 31 March 2018.

There are 18 AWARD categories which reflect the scope of sports achievements and contributions made.

By nominating a finalist you help to recognise and support sport in our region. The Administrator, Volunteer and Lifetime Achievement Awards are not restricted to a specific time frame.

Finalists will be announced and contacted in May. The final Awards night is being held Wednesday 20 June 2018 at Copthorne Hotel & Resort Solway Park.

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From left, Jonty Roubos, 15, Stanley Archibald, 16 and Noah Boyce, 15, warm up before training with Wairarapa United.

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They may be just boys taking on men, but three Rathkeale College footballers are doing more than enough in the Central League championship to convince Wairarapa United coach Phil Keinzley to keep them on.

Jonty Roubos and Noah Boyce, both 15, debuted for United against Olympic last month — becoming the youngest players to wear the strip.

And though the team lost the opening match of their campaign 2-1 to Wellington Olympic, Keinzley said the pair held their own.

“Both of them played extremely well.”

Keinzley was forced to call up the youngsters after his side was shorn of eight squad members due to other footballing commitments or injury, At 15, both Jonty and Noah were too young to play without special dispensation.

“We actually had to get dispensation for them to play because of their age and they did themselves proud.”

Jonty was especially impressive in the team’s second match, a 1-1 draw with Western Suburbs. He had a storming second-half, often wrong-footing the opposition defences with his ability to change direction at pace.

Another Rathkeale addition to the team, Stanley Archibald, was just old enough to play at 16 years old.

Keinzley said all three were “kneehigh to a grasshopper” but had become valuable members of the United side.

Stanley said training with United was “high intensity”.

“It’s a big step up from school football and great way to progress.”

Because they were not as physically strong as other players, he said the trio needed to find strength in other areas, such as technical skill.

Noah said the age gap allowed him and the others the opportunity to step up and make sure they were playing at a consistently high level.

Jonty said when he got on the field, their opponents underestimated them.

“They don’t expect us to be as technically good.

“We need to make sure we aren’t afraid to make tackles and get the ball.”

He said as reserves, they were expected to make an impact.

Rathkeale College principal, Willy Kersten, said the players took an interest in enriching life at Rathkeale on and off the field.

“The special thing about these guys is that they are very keen to contribute to the entire school — they’re not just here for football.”

“They’re just incredibly positive young people, very committed to whatever they do — academics included.”

The teenagers trained with United three times a week and are working towards playing football professionally.

Keinzley said they had talent in spades and were capable of one day playing for New Zealand on the international stage.

“They’ve got it all — now it’s just the desire to make it happen.”

Jonty Roubos, left, Barbados international Ricardo Morris, Noah Boyce, Dan Allen, and Stanley Archibald. PHOTO/ CAL ROBERTS

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Tight defence key to Utd win FOOTBALL

GARY CAFFELL It was the clean sheet which pleased coach Phil Keinzley most when Wairarapa United beat Stop Out 2-0 in their Central League men’s football match at Hutt Park on Saturday.

Having conceded at least one goal in all of their matches last season when they eventually finished runners-up to Western Suburbs, Keinzley was delighted to watch his defensive unit, spearheaded by impressive backs Ricardio Morris and Daniel Allan, successfully resist significant pressure from previously unbeaten Stop Out, especially in the second half when they were facing a two-goal deficit.

“They threw everything they could at us, but they couldn’t break us down, and that was certainly a credit to the tightness of the defence,” Keinzley said.

“They were very composed and that’s what you want at this level.”

Wairarapa United had a clear edge in both possession and territory in the first half and went to the break 1-0 up, thanks to an excellent goal from Barbados international Shaquille Belle in his debut game for the side.

He robbed the ball off a defender, nearly rounded the keeper and fired the ball into an empty net.

Callan Elliot, impressive on attack.

“It was a classy goal made look easy because of the skills of Shaquille,” Keinzley said.

“He didn’t get a lot of other chances through the game but everything he did had a touch of quality about it.”

The second half was more evenly contested with Morris and Allan, aided

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and abetted by midfielders Aaron Spierling and Cameron Lindsay, nipping several dangerous Stop Out attacks in the bud with the solidness of their defence.

Wairarapa United made the challenge for the home team even harder by scoring a second goal, with Paul Ifill converting a penalty after being fouled.

Ifill, as usual, was one of the leading lights on attack for Wairarapa United, although some of their best forays were started by Callan Elliot and Seule Soromon finding open spaces down either flank.

Elliot’s impact showed just why he has been named to attend a New Zealand under-20 training camp next weekend.

While his speed and determination will be missed against Wellington United at Memorial Park, the good news for Wairarapa United is that their national secondary school reps, Thomas Wagner and Scott Morris, are both likely to be back from their United States tour.

The Wairarapa United women’s team also had a pleasing result on Saturday, drawing 1-1 with last year’s W-League champions, Upper Hutt City.

It was a gutsy effort by Wairarapa United, who competed well in all departments but were trailing 1-0 with less than a minute of play remaining.

It was then that a last-ditch attack produced the perfect ending, Rosie Aitkenhead finding the net to give her team a share of the spoils.

Outstanding for Wairarapa United was right back Dylen Kingi, who worked overtime on both attack and defence, while others to shine included Olivia Brown and Gorji Van Lienan.

Edge-of-seat viewing at Commonwealth Games COMMONWEALTH GAMES GARY CAFFELL What was your favourite moment at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

For me it’s a no-brainer, England’s sensational 52-51 win over Australia in the final of the netball.

This was a victory against massive odds and for the winning goal to be shot virtually on the hooter signalling the end of ordinary time made it even more exciting.

Best of all though, it highlighted that netball is no longer a sport dominated by just two nations, Australia and New Zealand.

For too long the trans-Tasman rivals have had it pretty much to themselves but now it’s not only the English who are challenging hard for top dog status, but the Jamaicans are very much in the mix as well.

Australia’s loss in the match which counted most does not mean, of course, that their netball hierarchy will need to undergo the soul searching which their Kiwi counterparts simply must do after the abysmal form of the Silver Ferns in their Gold Coast campaign.

But at least it showed that the sparkle of the Diamonds isn’t quite as bright as the Aussies-and particularly their media- would like us to believe and that the invincibility they were keen to portray leading into this competition could not only be tested but actually broken by a team capable of matching their own high skill levels with character and resolve.

England did exactly that and nobody could begrudge them their show of raw emotion and joy when the mother of all upsets at these Games occurred.

On the other side of the coin, the Silver Ferns sadly provided perhaps the best example of the heartbreak major sporting events like this can bring when form and results are way below expectations.

Almost right from the outset the body language, both on and off the court, provided ominous warning signs that all was not what it should be within the squad, and that early loss to Malawi did nothing to help build confidence either.

In the end, their failure to come away

David Nyika.

England celebrate their netball gold medal win.

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with a medal to show for their efforts was no surprise at all.

No doubt the inquests into why the Silver Ferns performed so badly will regularly grab the headlines in the weeks ahead and nobody will come under the spotlight more than beleaguered coach Janine Southby who seems to be wearing the major share of the blame from all quarters.

Personally, I am pleased that Southby did not-as many speculated she wouldannounce her resignation after the loss to Jamaica in the bronze medal match.

Yes, questions must be asked about some of her selectorial decisions and tactical approach and, yes, it is difficult to imagine her remaining in her current role once Netball New Zealand complete the “exhaustive” review they are promising but let’s give her the chance to first put her case before deciding her fate.

As anybody who has ever coached.at any level will know the best laid plans can often be stuffed up by players either unable or unwilling to follow them and whether Southby felt she always had the full support of those on court will perhaps be the most revealing insight she will give in her own assessment of why the Silver Ferns failed so

miserably.

So, if England’s netball win over Australia was the overall favourite moment of the Games, what about that from a Kiwi?

Again, for me it is a no-brainer even though most in the mainstream media don’t

seem to see it that way, David Nyika’s gold medal in the boxing men’s 91kg class.

Nyika was an outstanding ambassador for our country both inside and outside the ring.

He oozed power, confidence and quality in completely outclassing his opposition, and there was an appealing charm about him whenever he faced the television cameras for post-bout comments.

In short, he was a class act in every sense of the words.

Gold medal for Greytown’s Baker COMMONWEALTH GAMES Former Greytown School and Wairarapa College student Shakira Baker grabbed a Commonwealth Games gold medal on the weekend as the New Zealand women’s sevens rugby team beat Australia 17-12 in a tense final.

Baker featured in the second half of the game, which went to extra time.

She had earlier scored a try in the 26-5 win over England in the semifinal.

Baker added the Commonwealth Games gold to her Olympic silver medal from the Rio Olympic Games, where

the ‘Sevens Sisters’ were beaten 24-17

by Australia in the gold medal match.

On Saturday, Dalefield men’s hockey player-coach Dane Lett had to settle for a silver medal after the Kiwi men’s hockey team went down 2-0 to Australia.

As expected it was a tight battle between the trans-Tasman rivals with a strong second quarter from Australia seeing them score twice to take a twogoal advantage into halftime.

The Kiwis created their share of chances in the second spell and came close to scoring on several occasions but were shut down by the world No 1 team.

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Gladstone’s game of fortune RUGBY GARY CAFFELL It was a game of fluctuating fortunes when defending champions Gladstone beat Carterton 50-36 in their Wairarapa-Bush Tui Cup premier division rugby match at Carterton on Saturday.

Gladstone looked set for a huge win when they ran in their first try in the opening many minutes and then followed that with two others soon after to race out to a commanding 21-0 lead.

However, any thoughts of Carterton flying the white flag even before the halftime break quickly went out the window as they struck back with three tries of their own, against one in reply, to reduce Gladstone’s lead to 28-17.

But it was the visitors who had the last say in the opening 40 minutes, adding another seven-pointer to their tally to go to the interval 35-17 ahead at the break.

The second half started with Carterton calling the tune and an early converted try had them trailing by 24-35, enough to give their vocal army of supporters renewed hope that an upset win was still within their reach.

Again, though Gladstone rallied with a try of their own and while it was Carterton who scored next to trail 29-40, that was as close as it got.

Gladstone boosted their score by a further 10 points, before Carterton secured their fifth try not long before the final whistle sounded.

As a spectacle, the match kept the crowd entertained with both teams placing the emphasis on attack and often moving the ball around from deep inside their own territory.

Both backlines, in particular, were full of running with Gladstone’s inside combination of Inia Katia who scored a hattrick of tries, and Jeremy Osborne setting the standard for their side, as did their counterparts, Isaac Bracewell and Daryl Pickering, for Carterton.

Up front, lock Andrew Smith was

Gladstone’s Jeremy Osborne scores his try.

prominent for Gladstone along with Eddie Cranston and Richard Puddy while Jacko Hull, Lochie McFadzean and dual try scorer Conon Gray had strong games for the home side.

Katia (3), Osborne, Tim Griffith, Thomas Poturu and Brad Griffith scored tries for Gladstone with Osborne adding six conversions and a penalty. Gray (2), Utah Walker, Cheyenne Harmon and Trent Hopwood were the Carterton try

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scorers, with Pickering landing four conversions and a penalty.

Martinborough made it two from two when they thwarted a brave East Coast challenge 37-17, while the other Tui Cup fixture scheduled for Saturday, that between Greytown and Eketahuna, was postponed.

On Thursday night, Marist and Masterton Red Star did battle at Memorial Park and it was Marist who ran out

comfortable 55-15 winners thanks to tries from Aifala Schuster (2), Pua Tafa, Efalaima (2) and Bon Wilson (2). Wilson also kicked five conversions while Ayden Eruera added a conversion.

Senior reserve results: Carterton beat Gladstone by default; Pioneer 46, Marist 36; Greytown 46, Eketahuna 0; Martinborough beat East Coast by default, Pioneer Old Boys 26, Featherston 25; Tuhirangi 47, Puketoi 31.

Finlayson stars in close Dalefield win HOCKEY

GARY CAFFELL A stunning reserve stick goal from Nick Finlayson in the dying stages took Dalefield to a 3-2 win over Victoria University in their Wellington premier division men’s hockey match played at Clareville on Saturday.

It was appropriate that it should be Finlayson who scored the goal which mattered the most as he was his team’s most influential player in the first serious outing of the 2018 season.

Not only was Finlayson a constant thorn in the side of the Victoria University defence, with his many penetrating runs on attack, but he also got through a power of work in defensive situations.

This, though. was by no means a complete performance from a Dalefield squad looking to improve on their runners-up spot of last season, having won the premier division title in the previous two years.

Several times through the course of the game they created prime scoring opportunities only to lack precision in and around the circle, and there were numerous times when their defence looked a little ragged when under the pump from what was a nippy Victoria University forward line.

If Finlayson was the standout player for

Dalefield, goalkeeper John Forsyth was a close second for that title.

He showed impressive courage under fire to pull off a number of spectacular saves and was never afraid to leave the safety of his goalmouth to meet opposing attackers head-on.

Dalefield also benefitted immensely from some good work on attack from skipper Rowan Yeo, and there was a lot to like about the assertive approach in all areas of youngster Ethan Presow and Alexander Sumenko-Bucknell.

There was success, too, for the Dalefield women’s side in their opening Wellington premier division encounter with Toa at Clareville but while their 4-0 winning margin might have looked comfortable, coach Michael O’Connor conceded it was anything but.

The two teams were locked at 0-0 at halftime and it was only in the final quarter that Dalefield clearly assumed control.

“It was a bit of a shocker really, we really struggled with structure and precision throughout the first half and while we did get better, there’s still a heck of a lot of room for improvement,” O’Connor said.

“Nobody really stood out. it was that sort of game.”

Goal scorers for Dalefield were Michael O’Connor, Kristy Anderson, Brigette Mossman and Jenna Anderson.

Player of the match Nick Finlayson on the run for Daleÿ eld.

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Daleÿ eld keeper John Forsyth confronts a Victoria University attacker.

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