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Goodbye as CLM moves on Leaders of the company that has managed Masterton’s Genesis Recreation Centre for 14 years met Gerald Ford to reminisce and talk about their continuing future in Masterton.

Jen Coutts, left, the customer service manager at Genesis Energy Recreation centre in Masterton who will manage the new CLM Queen Street facility, with lifeguard Victor Thompson, Chill Out kids programme coordinator Olivia Bradley and CLM general manager Bridget Cairns. PHOTO/GERALD FORD

After 14 years a company starts to look like a family, and CLM is no exception.

The company has hired dozens of Wairarapa people since being awarded the contract in Masterton to manage the Genesis Energy Recreation Centre which includes the swimming pool complex, stadium and fitness centre.

From May 1, that centre contract will be taken over by Belgravia Leisure, which will maintain each of the assets there.

CLM Masterton will meantime continue to manage its after-school and holiday programmes from a new space in Queen Street Masterton.

“We’ve been part of lots of Wairarapa people’s lives for the past 14 years,” customer service manager Jen Coutts said.

“With the swimming side, the health and fitness, and the stadium which has been used for the Golden Shears, sports leagues and schools.”

CLM general manager Bridget Cairns said the company had “developed lots of things from scratch and grown our staffing”.

Coutts agrees: “We have provided a lot of opportunity for employment, that on paper didn’t look like they would,” she said.

“And some have been our best employees.”

Coutts said workers hired and developed by CLM in Masterton had been given new opportunities to train and travel that they might not otherwise have had.

“We had one of our best lifeguards go up to Auckland for the first time in his life.”

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The new Kiwi male Ford Every Stream

Gerald Ford John Clarke’s death last week, following as it did hard upon the death of Murray Ball, was a sad blow to Kiwiana.

Mr “We don’t know how lucky we are” rocked the black singlet as Fred Dagg almost as well as Ball’s creation the fictional Wal Footrot.

New Zealand has been blessed with a wealth of creative people who capture how we feel about ourselves.

Competence is a value that is high on the list of desirable qualities for the New Zealand male, along with a healthy dose of self-deprecating humour.

Wal Footrot and Fred Dagg might not have been super strong on the former, but they had the latter down pat, thanks to the astuteness of their creators.

Recently I compiled a list of the men that most embody the New Zealand stereotype to which we men are expected to aspire.

The first one is MacGyver.

Not the recent, trendy hairmop millennial that “hacks” everything except computers, but the true 80s mulleted legend who could make a non-lethal get-outof-jail bomb out of household cleaning products and could assemble a five-speed automobile out of an old TV and chewing gum.

I may be exaggerating.

The second one is Bear Grylls.

This guy eats roots and leaves with the best of them and New Zealand maleness does require

some ability to live off the land.

The third one is Richie McCaw. Nuff said.

The fourth one is Jason Statham.

He combines pithy one-liners with the ability to take on multiple enemies in physical confrontation and be the last man standing.

It’s a challenge, living up to all this alpha male stereotypicality.

What about us betas, or gammas or whatever comes next all the way back to omegas?

What about people who handle a pen far better than a spanner?

I remember when I was a student in Christchurch suffering the reverse snobbery of the New Zealand labourer – who after having the cheek to first mistake me for a college student proceeded to deride me secondly for “living off my parents’ money” and thirdly (as at the time I was studying law) for aspiring to be a “licensed liar”.

In New Zealand, white collars may have the money (although with trade rates I’m not so sure), but the blue collars get the respect.

Women may suffer under the tyranny of expectation in regard to appearance, but for men in New Zealand the tyranny is one of physical competence.

Can you wield the spanner, the chainsaw, the hammer, the rifle, the fist if it comes down to it, as well as the next man?

I am glad to be living in a generation which looks beyond these things more, I think, than we have in the past.

Now, I am seeing an increasing respect for the man who knows how to treat others with kindness, especially family and friends.

Times are changing. We don’t know how lucky we are.

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Riders return home A Masterton cycle team at Henley Lake Masterton after completing the northern part of the Tour of New Zealand cycle race, which sees two groups simultaneously cover the North Island and the South Islands.

Weather interrupted some stages and cyclists faced a headwind from Pahiatua to Masterton to finish.

From left team manager Stronach Davies, Andrew Days, Mike Cohr and Mark Davies.

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Team says farewell “We’ve been proud to develop the team. It was an all-Masterton team from the counter to the facility manager,” Cairns said.

Coutts added that some of the company’s former employers “have moved on to some quite cool places. Lots of students relied on holiday jobs here to fund study or travel overseas”.

From a head office point of view Cairns said CLM was “obviously very disappointed” not to be continuing the contract with Masterton District Council, “but we’re excited to be maintaining a presence here in Masterton”.

That presence is the continuation of the Chill Out kids programme after-school and holiday

programmes, which will continue in a new premises in Queen Street, Masterton.

The programme, which caters for children and teenagers up to age 14, has 55 children in afterschool care and up to 65 in the holidays.

“We have a real fun time with a full day being from 7am to 5.30pm with the kids,” programme coordinator Olivia Bradley said.

CLM is holding a free day at the pools on Saturday, April 22.

“CLM wants to thank the community for its support over the years, and invite the community to come in and have a free day at the pools.”

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BY GERALD FORD

June Tainsh was the target of a “Spanish Lottery” postal scam, which despite its promise of $1.8 million was too good to be true.

A Masterton woman was shocked this month to be the target of an international postal fraud stating she’d won nearly two million dollars.

June Tainsh received a letter with a Spanish stamp that purported to be part of the Spanish Sweepstake Lottery International Promotion Programme.

The envelope was post stamped from Malaysia. It had Mrs Tainsh’s correct name and address on the envelope. The letter was stamped with several official looking logos and purported to be from the International Lotto Commission.

“We are pleased to inform you of this year’s release of the Spanish Sweepstake Lottery International Promotion Program, held on 17 March 2017,” it read.

“Your name was entered as an alternative number attached to …” followed by a lengthy reference number and batch number.

The lotteries six winning numbers and bonus number were listed, followed by the news that the recipient had won the lottery in the first category and had been “approved a lump sum of $1,815,000” – being one of 17 winners sharing the $30 million plus prize pool.

Then came the hooks. The money was already deposited and insured, but the winner had to keep the news quiet “to avoid (fraud) by unscrupulous individuals”.

To claim, the “winner” had to contact a Dr Martin Gomez (via telephone, fax or email) to process the winnings into a designated bank account, which meant he or she would have to give up a bank

I just thought, ‘It has to be a scam’ … and then I thought, ‘Ooh it would have been nice if it was true, though’. account number and risk being robbed or conned into forwarding money to receive the prize.

Concerningly, the letter stated that 10 per cent of the win (or $181,500) belonged to a third party “because they are the promotion company that bought your ticket and played the lottery under your name”.

Mrs Tainsh at first didn’t know what to think when she read the letter.

“I thought, ‘I don’t even know you buggers,’ she said.

“I just thought, ‘It has to be a scam’ … and then I thought, ‘Ooh it would have been nice if it was true, though.”

Realising she was being scammed, Mrs Tainsh showed a copy of her letter to Police and brought in to Midweek.

A volunteer at the Wairarapa Citizens Advice Bureau said there are several places online where people can check for known scams and report new ones.

These websites, including the Department of Internal Affairs and Consumer Protection, can be found through cab.org.nz.

South Wairarapa’s newest Kiwis Seven more South Wairarapa residents can now officially call themselves Kiwis.

A ceremony was held last week at South Wairarapa District Council, where people from England, Scotland, Ireland, Argentina, Netherlands and Brazil became New Zealand citizens.

Family and friends came together to celebrate and witness the occasion, which was officiated by Mayor Viv Napier.

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Each new citizen was presented with a cheese board made from Swamp Totara, which had originated from the rivers of South Wairarapa.

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Bringing Eli home again

BY CHELSEA BOYLE

When six-year-old Eli Honeysett told his parents last April he felt unwell and had a “bit of a wobbly neck”, the couple thought he might have a tummy bug.

But the Kahutara School pupil’s condition deteriorated rapidly, and he was soon left paralysed, unable to move or breathe on his own.

Transported to Wellington Hospital, then flown to Auckland’s Starship Children’s Hospital, Eli was diagnosed with a rare condition called infectious myelitis.

The condition stops messages from the brain reaching the body’s muscles, but leaves brain function unaffected.

The plucky youngster is still essentially the same kid – he is aware of everything going on around him and is quick to impart his newfound medical knowledge – but Eli knows his muscles are now sleeping.

One year on Eli is yet to return home, despite making progress, but is now back in Wairarapa Hospital after spending 10 months at Starship.

Parents Matt and Tracey Honeysett are determined to bring him home to their Kahutara dairy farm, so the family can all be together under one roof along with Eli’s twin brother Isaac and younger brother Jesse.

“On the Saturday morning he said he had a bit of a wobbly neck,” Mrs Honeysett said, recalling the day last April.

“We went to the doctors thinking it was stomach bug and we didn’t come back for a year.”

While Eli was still talking on the

going to be,” he said.

When Eli started to wake up it was an incredible moment for the couple, who knew their son recognised them.

In those early days they relied on Eli blinking to communicate, and as some movement returned to his face he learned how to speak around his breathing tube.

He has made huge progress with his speech and continues to surprise those around him with his fun sense of humour and positive attitude.

“We are really positive there will be more improvements,” Mrs Honeysett said.

“I think he has blown everyone away.”Eli is a normal six-yearold boy who loves chatting away to his friends, she said. Mr Eli Honeysett, left, with twin Isaac and their younger brother Jesse. and Mrs Honeysett PHOTO/SUPPLIED said Eli had been incredibly patient, Monday morning, it was getting harder for rarely complaining, instead looking him to lift his head and he was placed in forward to the things we would be able to an induced coma. do next in his chair.

He was then flown to Wellington “Eli wins hearts over pretty quickly, Hospital and then on to Starship. ”It was he’s got such a funny character,” Mrs scary. We didn’t know if he was going to Honeysett said. get worse or better,” Mr Honeysett said.

“He loves practical jokes.” Some of the “[When people] stop breathing you top consultants would come in to see Eli and find a fake jumpy spider hidden in never know what kind of damage there is

the bed with him, Mr Honeysett added.

Friends, family and business partners had been hugely supportive of their efforts to bring Eli home.

Some had taken it upon themselves to get the ball rolling with a Givealittle page for Eli and a similar fundraiser has been set up by Mr Honeysett’s family in England. The couple said they had not asked for money in the past because they had not felt they needed it, but the changes needed to get Eli home were adding up.

The pair were amazed by how much money the Givealittle page had already raised for their son, just over $20,000 in the two weeks it had been open.

“We were absolutely blown away,” Mrs Honeysett said. “[It’s] beyond anything we could imagine.”The couple also thanked everyone who had helped Eli with his treatment and ongoing care.

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Funds raised through a Givealittle page for Eli will go towards a special mobility vehicle able to transport him, renovations around his home to allow access for his chair, and equipment and to facilitate areas for his cares, as well as on-going costs and support.

You can support him at: https:// givealittle.co.nz/cause/letsbringelihome Kahutara School have also organised several fundraising events, including a family fun evening on May 12.

Mr and Mrs Honeysett also encouraged people to donate to the Ronald McDonald House, the Westpac Life Flight Helicopter service, and the Starship Foundation.

21-year-old takahe’s death a loss for Pukaha

Bud and a friend feeding at Pukaha Mt Bruce.

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Bud, a 21-year-old male takahe, who started life as Blossom after being wrongly identified as a female, has died.

Bud arrived at Pukaha Mount Bruce in 2005 after failing to pair and breed on the predator free island Tiritiri Matangi, and celebrated his 21st birthday on January 7, 2017.

Takahe are flightless birds but can live 20 years or more in secure sites.

Pukaha Mount Bruce staff and volunteers were deeply saddened Bud’s death.

As a youngster, Bud was thought to be female and named “Blossom”. When the mistake was realised, he was renamed to the more gender suitable “Bud”.

Due to his advanced age, he was being monitored for age related heart deterioration, cataracts and sudden weight loss, and recently his health deteriorated rapidly.

He was one of a pair of takahe at

Pukaha Mount Bruce and had delighted both visitors and the Pukaha team over the years with his kind and trusting manner.

The takahe was once thought to be extinct, but in 1948 it hit world headlines when an Invercargill doctor, Geoffrey Orbell, rediscovered the bird high in the tussock grasslands of the remote Murchison Mountains, Fiordland.

Ranger Jess Flamy said having Bud stroll over and take food from your hand never got old.

“It was always a bit of a ‘pinch me, I’m dreaming moment’ to be hand feeding such a rare and amazing bird.”

One male takahe remains at Pukaha Mount Bruce, and the Pukaha team are working with the Takahe Recovery Group to ensure that more takahe will be at Pukaha soon.

Today the takahe remains critically endangered, and it is estimated there are only around 300 remaining.

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Papaphobes have a fear of the Pope.

This fear is triggered by a trauma associated with the Pope.

I cannot imagine too many people having a traumatic experience with the Pope. Maybe it refers back to medieval times.

Aracibutyrophobes have a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of their mouths (So why would you eat it then?)

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Anzac Bridge gets makeover Peter Bryson, chairman of Friends of Anzac Bridge, shares his newsletter with members and details progress made on painting the Anzac Bridge at Kaiparoro and developing its surrounding area.

The committee of the Friends of the Anzac Bridge has been very active and have achieved several milestones in the year following Anzac day 2016.

Cochran and Murray, conservation architects finalized and printed the conservation plan for the bridge and surrounding land delivering two copies to the committee.

One of these has been presented to the Department of Conservation and will be kept at the Masterton offices.

The plan gives guidance for the maintenance and care of the memorial for the future and future committees that will follow. The cost of the plan, $14,432, was met entirely by a grant from the Lotteries Commission.

Following this, the committee and DOC have formally signed an agreement to work together in the maintenance of the car park at the northern end of the bridge and the walkway to the Millar Reserve.

This is called a management agreement and is between the Friends of the Anzac Bridge Kaiparoro Incorporated (The Manager) and the Director General of the Department of Conservation. It is for 10 years with a right of renewal.

Within the agreement DOC will keep the car park mown and free of weeds, keep the walking path free of weeds and provide paint for the bridge.

FOAB are responsible for maintaining the limestone surface of the path and maintaining the bridge as per the Conservation Plan.

Signing took place on Wednesday the March 29, 2017. The Friends may also consider taking legal ownership of the bridge.

Kauihi Ihaka of DML paints the outside of Anzac Bridge.

Scaffolding the bridge began on Saturday, April 1 with a view to painting commencing on Monday April 3.

We have been extremely fortunate to have the scaffolding and painting offered at no cost.

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With everything going to plan the bridge will be looking great for Anzac Day

this year.

The members of the committee have been working hard physically as well. A series of working parties at the car park, bridge and walking path by members and spouses has the grounds and path looking good with a lot of weed eating and spraying happening.

Also debris and vegetation were removed from the spandrels of the bridge itself.

There was so much silt built up in the main southern spandrel Martin called on the New Zealand Army division 10

Scott Anderson of DML touches up detail on the bridge border.

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BY CHELSEA BOYLE

Carterton School is going the extra mile to make sure its youngsters have the tools to connect with Maori culture.

The school has two ‘Akonga Maori’ classes that focus on incorporating Maori culture and language into all aspects of the learning experience.

Parents can opt to put their children in one of these special focus classes, which are available from years 0-6.

Teacher Lesley Standish is one of two teachers responsible for the Akonga Maori classes, which she believes are a first in Wairarapa.

Passing on her knowledge of Maori language, culture and identity is something she is hugely passionate about.

“From a personal perspective, being Maori myself, I cannot underestimate the importance of Maori education for Maori.

“To be connected to Te ao Maori and know your identity and be able to speak Maori was an opportunity that wasn’t available for my education, and I needed and desired it – it was so important for my identity and wellbeing, my wairua.”

She was able to seek this out as an adult, but wanted to ensure her pupils had this connection from an early age.

Akonga Maori was a special learning place where Maori was celebrated, she said.

Te reo Maori, Tikanga Maori, Kaupapa Maori and Te Ao Maori were strongly integrated and central to this culturally responsive environment.

Maori language, culture, heritage and identity were important.

“The classes still follow the NZ Curriculum and the school curriculum,” she said.

“There is still a key emphasis on reading, spelling, writing and mathematics in English.”

The initiative started in the school in 2013, and works towards meeting the expectations, goals and aspirations of whanau, iwi and tamariki.

“This learning environment has proved to be effective and successful, and provides positive outcomes and achievement — providing all Maori learners with the opportunity to get what they require to realise their own unique potential and succeed in their lives as Maori.”

From left: Chicane Karaitiana, Lesley Standish, Zoe Rikiti and Tia Namana using mahitahi (working together) to learn Maori numbers.

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Firefighters and paramedics joined forces last week to demonstrate how they work as a team in life-threatening emergencies.

A photoshoot was held in Masterton with various staff from the New Zealand Fire Service and Wellington Free Ambulance.

Both organisations are part of the ‘first responders scheme’, meaning that when a call comes through 111, the closest party responds first to ensure the best outcome is achieved.

Wellington Free Ambulance spokesperson Diane Livingston said the photoshoot was part of a campaign to promote and raise awareness about the scheme.

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Masterton Fire Service station officer Doug Flowerday said it was not unusual for firefighters to be first on the scene at a medical event, where they would provide “basic life support”.

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Masterton’s Michelle O’Connell had a dream of turning World War I commemorations into works of art accessible to children.

Three picture books later, Miss O’Connell is launching ‘Tinui: The Last Post’ at the Masterton Public Library on April 22.

The book tells the story in pictures and words of one of the young participants at the Anzac Day commemoration in Tinui last year.

Like her previous towo books, the story is a portrait of Tinui peoples commitment to the memory of their soldiers.

Her own children featured in Michelle’s first two books.

‘Leaving for the Front’ told the story of how she and her son Christopher took part in an event to remember soldiers who left Masterton by train to go to World War I. For ‘The Crossing’, Michelle participated in the march across the Rimutaka Range held on behalf of the descendants, of which she is one, to

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The story was told through the eyes of son Michael.

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by the performance of then 12-year-old bugler Linda Morgan, a descendant of one of the soldiers from Tinui.

Focusing on the person and his or her response to the commemoration is a key to the art Michelle brings to producing her books. A painter who usually works in oils, Michelle creates each illustration by hand.

Michelle has worked closely with schools and libraries in the region to help children to gain a better understanding of the human side of war.

“Telling stories about war is about telling children about the people, not the numbers, who fought and gave their lives.”

Growing up in the area and not really knowing the history, helped drive her forward to think about the stories she wanted to take into the community, so young people could also know them and grow up with them.

‘Tinui: The Last Post’ is being launched on April 22 at 11am at the Masterton Public Library.

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However, core crops in recent years have been ryegrass and red clover for seed, barley and peas. Around 35ha is cut for silage each year and turnips are an autumn feed crop for lambs.

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A Masterton farming family has taken out a supreme farming award, and a handful of other awards for good measure. Nathan and Kate Williams of Otahuao farm, just east of Masterton, were named this year’s supreme champions in the Greater Wellington Ballance Farm Environment Award on Tuesday.

The Williams also won the Hill Laboratories Harvest Award, Ballance Agri-Nutrients Soil Management Award and the CB Norwood Distributors AgriBusiness Management Award for their work towards good management practice on their farm.

They run a 335ha arable, sheep and beef finishing farm, and said the farms soil structure was the basis of their farming.

“Everything revolves around the soil, it is the essence of our lives,” Mr Williams said.

The judges said the farm was run by a strong couple with a combined skill-set and good knowledge of the industry.

This, combined with good soil conservation practices that result in more productive cropping cycles was another notch in their belt.

The couple live on the property with their four children Toby, 11, Sophie, 9, Hugo, 7, and Monty, 3, and Mr William’s parents, Jim and Jill. Jim and Jill Williams bought the land in 1968 when it was 100ha of “several large paddocks containing stumps and rushes”.

Nathan and Kate Williams now lease this, and own an additional 235ha that they run as a one whole unit.

Nathan and Kate Williams of Otahuao farm were the 2017 supreme champions of the Greater Wellington Ballance Farm Environment Award.

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Mr Williams went into partnership with his father and brother in 1998.

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Anzac spirit crosses Tasman

Milli Garrity of Mauriceville School with her clay poppy.

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Artist and musician Christine Yardley, A NZ Pacific Studio Fellow, makes clay poppies with children from Mauriceville School.

Anzac concerts cross TasmanTwo special Trans-Tasman concerts commemorating World War I are being performed in Masterton just before Anzac Day this year. This initiative from NZ Pacific Studio (NZPS) and Friends of Anzac Bridge, with support from Trust House, has resulted in two koha performances of ‘For King and Country’ at St Matthew’s Church. They will be held on Saturday, April 22 at 2pm and on Monday, April 24 at 7pm.

The concerts are led by NZborn Australian-based Christine Yardley, the 2017 Anzac Bridge Fellow at NZ Pacific Studio (NZPS) near Mt. Bruce.

The performance will have contributions from both sides of the Tasman. ‘For King and Country’ is a concert of the songs, music, poetry that inspired the courage and bravery of Anzac soldiers during the Great War, was devised and first performed in Australia by the Loosely Woven group of instrumentalists and singers, to which Christine Yardley belongs. As part of her NZPS fellowship, Christine Yardley has arranged for a New Zealand component of songs, letters and stories to be performed by Wairarapa singers and musicians organised by Rob Maunsell, an NZPS board

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The Australian show content will be performed by visiting members of the Loosely Woven group.

Christine Yardley arrived at the NZ Pacific Studio artists’ residency centre on April 11 and went straight to work on April 12, making clay poppies with children at Mauriceville School.

The poppies will be part of the Anzac Day service at the Anzac Memorial Bridge at Kaiparoro from 2-3pm on April 25.

The Anzac bridge is nearby NZ Pacific Studio and NZPS was instrumental in its restoration.

Yardley will be holding several community workshops to gather family letters, stories and poems for possible inclusion in the concerts. She also hopes work with Maori to include Maori music from the period. A ceramic artist and art therapist based

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The 2016 recipient author Philippa Werry linked Friends of ANZAC Bridge Kaiparoro with the Friends of the Brooweena War Memorial Bridge, at the township in Queensland about 260km north of Brisbane.

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More police on the way

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Extra police are on their way, but just how many Wairarapa will get is far from clear.

Over the next four years, 880 new police officers will be inducted nationwide.

Sixty-two of them are set to be deployed to the Wellington Police District, which includes Wairarapa, but how the new police officers will be spread across the district is still undecided.

The area commanders of each police district with meet within a few months to decide which areas receive the extra staff.

Wairarapa Area Commander Inspector Donna Howard said it is “great news”.

“Now that we know the numbers . . . we can start to focus on how best those new staff can be deployed across the district.”

Wairarapa MP Alastair Scott also welcomed the news.

“While it is up to the district commanders to work through which towns will receive the additional staff, it is pleasing to see some of those new officers will be allocated right here in Wairarapa to support the upgraded 24 hour police presence.”

As well as announcing the number of staff going to each of the 12 police districts across the country, Police Commissioner Mike Bush yesterday confirmed further

details of the Government’s $500 million Safer Communities package, which included a target of having 95 per cent of New Zealanders within 25 kilometres of patrolling police 24 hours a day.

Police Minister Paula Bennett said both police and Government had a goal of making New Zealand the safest country.

“And this investment will contribute to that,” she said.

Police have allocated new staff to other specialist areas, including 80 officers to build on the police ability to disrupt and dismantle organised crime.

The Safer Communities package includes a single 24/7 non-emergency phone number, 12 mobile police stations to be set up around New Zealand, around the clock access to the Eagle Helicopter and funding to support Corrections and Justice.

Ms Bennett said police recruit applications were “at an all-time high”, with twice the number of applicants over January and February 2017 as there was over the same period last year.

The first intake of new recruits will begin in July, with the first recruits on the beat by November.

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Community fund scheme

A community funding scheme that gives grants to community projects and organisations that matter to the community opened yesterday.

The Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) has a $12.5m pool for communities to benefit from. Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Alfred

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Lennie T remembered

BY JAKE BELESKI A once-in-a-lifetime performer who died on Sunday has been remembered as a “great guy” and a “brilliant musician”.

Masterton musician Leonard Te Whare (Lennie T) died suddenly at the age of 60, and fellow musician Stefan Brown said he was extremely saddened by the loss.

“He was a very, very good guitarist, and anything else he turned to actually.

“He was learning the saxophone as well and he sounded really good.”

Mr Te Whare’s passion for music wasn’t limited to playing instruments, as he also excelled at the recording side of things.

His easy-going nature and generous attitude meant the grief from his death would be widespread, Mr Brown said.

“It will be a very, very big loss to more than Wairarapa . . . he was very well respected in the whole of New Zealand as a guitarist and an amazing guy when it comes to music.

“He was the master, no doubt about it.”

Mr Brown had plenty of fond memories of the seasoned performer, and said his presence outside of music was equally impressive.

“Lennie always gave people the time of day . . . it didn’t matter who you were or what you were doing, he would always stop and take the time to take an interest.”

He said some people were never going to be fulltime musicians, but were still eager to learn.

Mr Te Whare often took those students under his wing and helped them improve.

Lennie always gave people the time of day . . . it didn’t matter who you were or what you were doing, he would always stop and take the time to take an interest.

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“He’s a huge loss for the community.

“He will be really sadly missed, no doubt about that.”

Mr Brown said the two of them together were a “formidable force”, and he always enjoyed playing alongside Mr Te Whare.

The Gladstone Inn hosts a music club on the second Thursday of each month, and last Thursday’s event was due to will be held in his honour.

Mr Brown said it would be a fitting tribute to the beloved performer.

“He was easy to work with, a great guy, a brilliant musician, and I’m saddened by the loss.

“I don’t think you’ll ever find another Lennie.”

Mr Te Whare’s service will be held at the Te Rangimarie Marae on Thursday at 1pm, followed by a private cremation.

The Wairarapa Art Sale is to be held at the Featherston Community Centre (FCC) from May 11-14.

The annual event is a fundraiser for the community centre and coincides with the Featherston Booktown weekend.

The sale is a platform for Wairarapa artists, or artists with a connection to the region.

Due to limited space, preference will be given to artists or artwork from Featherston.

Artists are invited to submit one or more indoor or outdoor artwork pieces for selection, and have until April 26 to register them through the FCC website.

The centre is also looking for people to volunteer during the four-day event. For more information check out the FCC website, or email artsale@ featherstoncommunity.org.nz.

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A community supporter received a Rotary award this month for his contribution to Wairarapa.

Masterton South Rotary presented Doug Davidson with a Paul Harris Fellowship (named in honour of the founder of Rotary) for services to rotary, especially the choir, and the community.

It has been said the singing both at the rehearsals and performing is one of the reasons they enjoy Rotary so much.

Award presenter Christine Brewster listed some of Mr Davidson’s many commitments, including: • Past member of Masterton South Rotary • Scout and Cub leader for the St Matthews group • Makoura Educational Trust • Air Training Corps Committee • Local friends of the ballet and presently local representative on Royal New Zealand Ballet council • Chairman of Masterton branch of Creative NZ which assists local art initiatives • Representative hockey team manager • Scottish Country Dancing Wairarapa • Member of Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society for 53 years • Found the Junior Theatre • Directed and choreographed several shows • Taught Jazzercise • Teaching principal at Wainuioru • Teacher at St Matthews Collegiate and head of the intermediate department.

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Doug Davidson and his wife Wendy Davidson with President Rob Cameron, right, presenting the Paul Harris fellowship.

In introducing the award, Mrs Brewster said Doug’s interest in theatre and the stage had begun at age 5 at Geraldine Inder School of Dance.

In 1994 he began the Junior Theatre “and went on to produce at least 8 shows with up to 100 children each time”.

His first major production was an Old Time Music Hall in 1989, he had since directed and choreographed at least five other shows; A Christmas Carol, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Nunsence, and Farmed and Dangerous.

Just this month Mr Davidson was made a life member of Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society.

In the past six years Mr Davidson had volunteered “so much of your valuable time and energy” to the Rotary Club choir.

“It has been said the singing both at the rehearsals and performing is one of the reasons they enjoy Rotary so much,” Mrs Brewster said.

“You make us laugh.”

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FEATHERSTON BOOKTOWN BIGGEST CHAPTER YET! Featherston’s Booktown festival will hit the ground running in May this year; it’s the third annual Booktown festival the town has held and promises to be the best yet.

Everything ‘bookish’ is celebrated on this Booktown weekend. There’ll be interactive sessions and presentations by some of the Southern Hemisphere’s most appealing and outstanding storytellers – from historians to poets, musicians to documentarians. There’ll be performances, workshops, literary trails and quizzes, and for the children a superhero craft session and dress-up competition.

The weekend is kicked off with the annual Fish & Chip Supper on Friday 12 May featuring speaker and award winning author, Lloyd Jones.

Featherston’s very own national literary treasure, Joy Cowley, will be offering an afternoon writing workshop for young people and multi award-winning writer and editor, Lee Murray, author of the Taine McKenna adventures and the Path of Ra supernatural crime noir series, presents a practical two-hour writing workshop for adults.

Also this year, a new member of the Featherston Community, Dr Geremie Barmé, an Australian sinologist, author, and film-maker on modern and traditional China, will be opening his residence to screen two documentaries about the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

Another newcomer to Booktown weekend in Featherston is Bee Dawson, historian and author of 15 books including A History of Gardening in New Zealand. Bee features on both the Saturday and Sunday of Booktown weekend (details are in the programme which is on the Booktown website).

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And once more Professor John Arnold is attending from Melbourne to value private antiquarian books at the Rare & Antique Bookshow session.

Featherston is the first New Zealand town to become a member of the International Organisation of Booktowns.

The first Booktown was Hay-on-Wyewhich was set up in 1961. Now, Booktowns are around the world, from Europe to Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and Australia. The International Organisation of Booktowns binds the network of towns together.

Lincoln Gould, CEO of Booksellers New Zealand and Chair of the Featherston Booktown Trust, describes a Booktown as “a small rural town, close to major cities, in which antiquarian bookshops are concentrated”. Most have developed in villages of historic interest and or scenic beauty. Their residents set up events around books selling them, writing, reading, printing, making and publishing them.

The full programme for Featherston Booktown, 12 - 14 May 2017, can be found on www.booktown.org.nz.

This includes information about which sessions you will need to book for and which are free sessions. In both cases there may be limited attendee numbers so book promptly.

Tickets to the Featherston Booktown opening night Fish & Chip Supper featuring speaker and world-renowned author Lloyd Jones, are available via Eventfinda.co.nz and from Loco Coffee & Books, Featherston.

For more information, go to: www.booktown.org.nz

Many of New Zealand’s most respected second-hand booksellers will be in residence over the weekend, including Arty Bees, The Ferret, Quilters Bookshop, Hedley’s, and many more.

Lost and found, pets and strays WAIRARAPA We get enquiries about information for who to turn to for help when: • One finds a stray cat / cat & kittens, stray dog / dog & puppies • One loses a pet • One finds someone else’s lost pet These are the options we have found to be available: • A Wairarapa registered charity has been established called “Pet Animal Welfare Service”, or Paws Wairarapa for short.

They advise this charity is to help fill a void left by the closure of the Masterton SPCA centre.

Paws is funded by donations and grants they may obtain and is run by volunteers. Paws advise they have a local Vet who offers free-of-charge stray animal accommodation and will provide neutering of tom cats, free of charge if needed.

Any amount a person can afford to contribute to that is gratefully received.

PAWS advise that funding is never easy to obtain. They advise the neutering of tomcats is encouraged to reduce the numbers of unwanted kittens in the Wairarapa community.

Contact: Phone 027 232 3927 www. facebook.com/PAWSWairarapa.

• Wairarapa Community Kitties is a non-profit community organisation, who catch & neuter & return feral cats to their territory, but also attend to socialising and rehoming any kittens they catch.

They will also take in healthy older cats who need to be rehomed due to changes in their owner’s circumstances.

They are funded by donations to their

vet account, to their bank account and a Give a Little page.

Contact: Phone 027 882 9518. www.facebook.com/ Wairarapacommunitykitties, email: wairarapacommunitykitties@gmail.com.

• A nationwide community service database for lost and found pets and pets for adoption is Petsonthenet.

Their website is for lost and found pets and where they help to re-unite and re-home thousands of pets each year. Established in 2002 and funded by donations and sponsorships.

Contact: www.petsonthenet.co.nz, email team@petsonthenet.co.nz • The Humane Society of NZ Inc is a registered charity.

They are funded by membership, donations and bequests and staffed by volunteers.

Financial Assistance towards the cost of desexing your pet is available in cases of genuine hardship. An application Form is on the website. You can ring them 7 days a week, 9am to 5pm.

Contacts: Phone 09 630 0510 www.humanesociety.org.nz • Another Wairarapa Group is Kittycat Rehoming who help people in difficult circumstances who need assistance rehoming their cats. This includes where you may be feeding an abandoned cat and need help to find the owner or then to rehome the cat.

They sometimes have vouchers from a Masterton and Greytown vets, for neutering tomcats. Payment is just by a koha donation.

Contacts: Phone 021 0843 8935 Lee www.facebook.com/KittyCat-RehomingWairarapa For free, confidential information visit our Bureau at 43 Perry Street, Masterton - Open Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm.

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ANZAC DAY

25 APRIL 2017

Anzac Day dawn parades & service MASTERTON As in previous years, a Dawn Service is being held at the Cenotaph in Queen Elizabeth Park on Anzac Day. All ex-service, servicemen and women, service organisations and the general public are invited to participate in the Masterton Anzac Day Parade.

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.

CARTERTON

Carterton will be marking ANZAC Day with a Parade and Service. The Parade starts from the Carterton District Council offices in Holloway Street at 10.45AM, making its way along High Street to Memorial Square where there will be a wreath laying ceremony at 11.00AM.

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

5.55AM Service at Cenotaph commences.

On completion of the service, the parade will depart the park via Park Street, Queen Street, Church Street, Chapel Street then into Essex Street, to the Wairarapa Services & Citizens Club where the parade will fall out.

Participants are asked to dress according to weather conditions. Please bring a torch as lighting will be minimal.

The Parade will then return to the Carterton Events Centre where a Memorial Service will be held in the Carterton Events Centre at 11.30am with Lieutenant Logan Bathurst officiating.

MARTINBOROUGH

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

off to the Square at 5.55AM for the Service and laying of the wreaths. Due to the early start a torch is advisable.

The parade will form up at 5.45AM outside Pain and Kershaw on Jellicoe Street and move

Coffee and tea will be available at the Fire Station following the Service.

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Residents and visitors are invited to attend the Anzac Day Parade and Service in Featherston. The Parade, which commences at 9.00AM at Featherston Town Square, will

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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.

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proceed to the War Memorial for the laying of the wreaths and then to the Anzac Hall for the commemorative Service followed by refreshments.

to contact the Parade Marshal, Commander Karen Ward, prior to the commencement of the ceremony.

The Parade will proceed to the South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club for a Civic Service, commencing 11.00AM.

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

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TINUI

After a memorable centenary celebration of Anzac Day at Tinui last year, the organisers of this special event are hoping the momentum will continue in 2017. Last year over 3000 people attended Anzac Day at the small community on the road between Masterton and Castlepoint, up from 2000 in 2015.

Tinui was one of many communities around New Zealand to formally celebrate the first Anzac Day on April 25th, exactly one year after Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli and five months after it was finally evacuated.

After prompting by the public, the New Zealand government encouraged Anzac services to be held throughout the country.

The original 1916 service was presided over

by Anglican vicar Reverend Basil Ashcroft, who after a brief service at 7.30am, led a small group of residents and boy scouts to the 359 metre summit of Tinui Taipo/ Mount Maunsell where an Anzac Memorial Cross made of jarrah hardwood was assembled and put in place. This was one of the first dedicated Anzac memorials in New Zealand.

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a more modern cross is located in the same position on the hill overlooking the village.

Troops of the East Coast Squadron of Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles based at Linton near Palmerston North who attended the service last year, are returning again.

THE ANZAC DAY REMEMBRANCE ON THE PEAK OF MOUNT MAUNSELL/ TINUI TAIPO

Formed in 1864, Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles is the oldest unit in the New Zealand Army. During World War I it was part of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment and included a calvary troop comprising men from Tinui in the Wellington/East Coast Squadron.

The Wellington Mounted Rifles saw action at Gallipoli and were involved in conquering Chanuk Bair, the main feature on the peninsula. Following Gallipoli the regiment served in the Sinai campaign. Major Steve Fisher who commands the Wellington East Coast Squadron of the Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles will be the guest speaker on Anzac Day. Major Fisher comes from provincial New Zealand, has a Bachelor in Psychology from Massey University, and worked overseas for four years before joining the NZ Army as a Cavalry Officer 11 years ago. He served in Afghanistan as a patrol commander and Egypt as a Training Instructor. Major Fisher knows Tinui, has met the locals and climbed

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to the Anzac Cross. After the service everyone is welcome to enjoy a morning tea organised by the Tinui Women’s Institute.

Those who want to are welcome to climb to the Cross above Tinui. Transport is available for the very young and old.

This year two Light Armoured Vehicles will be at Tinui and a fly past of vintage military aircraft will occur during the service if weather permits.

Soldiers, veterans and the Te Runga Air Scouts will all march to the hall led by the Manawatu Combined Pipe Band.

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Sculpture fundraising reaches $200,000 The Featherston Camp Sculpture Trust has achieved its aim of raising $200,000 which has allowed it to approach the Lottery Grants Board for a substantial grant. The final cost of the sculpture is expected to be around $600,000.

Meanwhile, the Trust’s nationwide consultation for ideas for the base reliefs on the back of the columns of the sculpture will kick off within the next week.

The Trust will be dedicating space on its website www.featherstoncampsculpture.org and Facebook page for people to put forward their ideas. These can be anything from poems, names, pictorial representations, to symbols and icons.

Although the concept design has strong design and emotional links to “Southern Stand”, Paul Dibble’s New Zealand memorial in London’s Hyde Park, the Featherston sculpture, which will be part of the Town Square Project, progresses that theme (where the soldiers served) to capture many of the themes that the Trust is keen

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to see incorporated, in particular aspects of Featherston’s relationship with the camp during that Great War period.

Featherston at the time was a small provincial town with a population of around 700, but well able and willing to meet the needs of the new camp and its permanent and transitory residents.

The town was a social focus for the trainees when they were allowed “off camp”. A number of buildings were constructed in the town to accommodate and cater for visiting family members and friends.

Most notable of these were the Anzac Hall and the Salvation Army Hostel and Institute. Waite Street in town was reputedly nicknamed “Soapsud Alley” because of the number of households that offered private laundry services to Camp occupants.

“This community involvement will be a central theme of the Camp Sculpture. It was the willing cooperation and hospitality of the people of Featherston and surrounding areas, and the close association between the Camp

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“The townspeople of Featherston, local landowners and the wider Wairarapa community did their part for the war effort and for the Camp in particular. As we have already noted, these people and associations raised money for and constructed the Anzac Club in Town (still in use today) and the YMCA-run Soldiers’ Club on the Camp. The women of these Associations also supported each “March-out” with refreshments at the Rimutaka Summit.”

The Trust is particularly grateful to the Lion Foundation and Trust House Foundation for their ongoing support.

“Along with the generosity of individual supporters and other funding organisations, recent grants from Lion Foundation and Trust House Foundation of $20,000 and $30,000 respectively have given us the financial boost we needed to approach the Lottery Grants Board for a substantial grant. We will be informed of the outcome of this application in May.”

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ANZAC DAY THE MOMENT OF EXPLOSION AS THE RAILWAY BRIDGE IS DEMOLISHED, PROBABLY ON THE BEERSHEBA-HAFIR EL AUJA LINE, 23 MAY 1917, TAKEN BY SIDNEY GRANT

Pace of war research shows no signs of slowing down for Neil Frances Indefatigable Masterton military historian Neil Frances has not put up his feet since retiring from Wairarapa Archive last year.

had differing levels of skill with the cameras used during that time but lacked nothing in enthusiasm.

He now has a new book out containing 300 World War 1 photographs as a new documentary on the Featherston Military Camp.

Neil also features in March On, a 40 minute documentary about the Featherston Military Camp from 1916 to 1946 which is screening at Regent 3 Cinema on April 23rd, together with Crossing The Line, a short action film written and directed by Peter Jackson.

A Rifle and a Camera, a collection of photos and the stories behind them, was launched at the Anzac Hall in Featherston earlier this month by respected New Zealand Defence Force historian and author John Crawford.

The book is unique in that the photographs are largely based around the photo collections of eight soldiers, all amateur lensmen.

Neil says the idea for the book, published by Wairarapa Archive and Fraser Books, came about when he was considering writing a war centenary book.

Putting together a few individual photographs grew to using the collections from soldiers Wynton French, Douglas Johnston, Norm Shepherd, Melve King, Norman Prior, Alex Orr, William Nielsen and Sidney Grant.

Ninety percent of the book’s contents came from their collections, each of whom had something slightly different to offer. They

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March On has been directed by retired television film editor Allan Honey who now lives in Masterton. Based on Neil’s book Safe Haven, the project has taken eight months to complete, being partly filmed on location at the site of the camp, and incorporating some of the 3D graphics from the Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art & History exhibition Featherston Camp 1916-2016: The Record of a Remarkable Achievement.

Copies of the film will be available on the night and Neil expects these to be useful for educational purposes.

Crossing The Line was filmed around Masterton, including Hood Aerodrome in 2007 to test digital film making technology and has never had a public screening before.

The film starts at 7.15pm with tickets $20 or $15 with student ID and available from Hedleys Books or at the Regent Theatre.

Neil believes there are still a few areas of

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military history in the Wairarapa yet to be explored, especially during World War II. But his next immediate adventure is spending six months in Belgium with wife Adele later this year during the centennials of the battles at Messines and Passchendaele in which New Zealand soldiers took part will be commemorated.

While there, Neil will be volunteering at the Passchendaele Museum which has a significant New Zealand display.

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Humble Allis-Chalmers Model B tractor helps the war effort While the presence of American Marines in the Wairarapa in 1943 during World War II is a well-known fact, few remember the arrival of an influx of United States tractors around the same time.

A number of Allis-Chalmers Model B tractors, designed for row cropping, also came to the region the same year as part of the United States Lend Lease programme.

New Zealand was short of tractors for its agricultural production. Britain was unable to supply enough tractors and Australia was only manufacturing enough for its own growing needs. To make matters worse, New Zealand was facing a serious shortage of dollar exchange and was forced to restrict orders, according to The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945.

It was to cope with this situation that the United States Lend-Lease Act was passed in March 1941, the History says. New Zealand became eligible to trade under the Act in November 1941.

“Nearly 70 per cent of the Lend-Lease Aid received from the United States was in the form of direct war materials, but substantial quantities of commodities such as oil, petrol, tinplate and wire were also received, as well

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ONE OF THE TWO VINTAGE ALLISCHALMERS MODEL B TRACTORS ON ITS WAY TO ITS NEW HOME

as producers’ equipment. Nearly half of the Reciprocal Aid provided by New Zealand was foodstuffs.”

One important contribution to production made by Lend-Lease Aid was the supply of considerable quantities of mechanical equipment for farms, the History says. For example, over 7000 farm tractors were supplied. In 1940 there had only been about 11,000 tractors on New Zealand farms.

“The rapid mechanisation of farming played an important part in extending allied food supplies. Only in this way could farming step up its production to meet wartime demands, in spite of shortages of labour.”

Retired Masterton farmer Graeme Tulloch remembers that his father William was one of Wairarapa farmers who took possession of an Allis-Chalmers Model B. “Where I grew up in Manaia Road there were three lend lease tractors. My father William had one. It had been in New Zealand already but somehow ended up being included as part of the programme, the Doyle Family had one and the Blatchford family had one.”

to the Wairarapa - whether that meant 50 tractors or 200, I don’t know.”

Graeme recalls that some local farmers also received Allis-Chalmers combine harvesters.

The company’s All-Crop Harvester was the market leader in pull-type (tractor-drawn) combine harvesters.

William Tulloch later sold his lend lease tractor but Graeme’s brother David, by all accounts an agricultural engineering wizard as well as farmer, later took possession of two Model Bs which most likely had been part of the Lend Lease programme - one he adapted for hedge cutting and the other he used for mowing hay well into retirement.

The number of Lend Lease tractors that came to the Wairarapa is uncertain.

One of the features of the Lend Lease tractors, Graeme remembers, was that they had cleated steel wheels, despite Allis-Chalmers introducing pneumatic rubber tires to its tractors as early as 1932.

“Dad said quite a sizeable shipment came

Cleated steel remained optional equipment

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into the 1940s and with rubber a scarce and valuable commodity during World War II, the Lend Lease models probably had steel to save on rubber.

David Tulloch’s two Model B tractors have recently been donated to a collector to be restored, with one still running as well as the day it was made.

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A lemon of an autumn

Citrus love moist but well drained soil, which creates a healthy environment for their roots to thrive and lower trunks to remain dry and healthy. Weeks of wet autumn weather can create ideal conditions for collar rot diseases to develop. These diseases affect the ability of the citrus trees to effectively absorb soil water, leading to wilting, poor plant health and sometimes plant death if left untreated.

Here are a few steps you can take to reduce the incidence of citrus collar rot diseases: • Remove lower hanging branches of citrus trees, which improves the air flow around the trunk.

• Control weeds and grasses around the base of citrus trees to allow better air movement and help keep the trunk dry.

• Applying mulch over the root zone is very beneficial, helping to keep the roots moist. However keep mulch away from touching the trunk itself, as this can keep the trunk wet which can promote collar rot.

As citrus trees keep maturing their fruit during April, continue to feed citrus each week with a complete and balanced fertiliser that’s been specially designed to promote healthy citrus trees and help create good quality fruit. Yates® Thrive® Citrus Liquid Plant Food is an easy to use liquid fertiliser that’s ideal for feeding citrus. Dilute 2 capfuls of Yates Thrive Citrus Liquid Plant Food into a 9 L watering can and apply over

the root zone each week.

And in all but the coldest areas, there’s still time to plant a new citrus tree during April. There are some fantastic dwarf varieties available, including mandarins, oranges, lemons and limes, that are perfect for small spaces and pots. The trees are small (growing to around 2 m tall) but bear full sized fruit. How clever is that!

Sensational salvias

It’s lovely to be out in the garden during the golden autumn weather, so it’s nice to include plants in your garden that look their best at this time of year. A stand out plant for toughness and long lasting beauty into the autumn months are salvias. The ‘Wish’ series of salvias include magenta ‘Wendy’s

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Wish’, vibrant coral pink ‘Ember’s Wish’ and deep mauve purple ‘Love and Wishes’. These salvias are named after ‘Make a Wish’, a favourite children’s charity of the breeder of ‘Wendy’s Wish’, Wendy Smith. Each year a donation is made to this charity from the sales of these plants to honour the wishes of the breeder. The ‘Wish’ salvias have arching flower stems and their foliage is striking as well, including coppery or dark stems or bracts.

These lovely plants will mix and complement each other and will last for years, bringing beautiful floral colour into your garden for many months. They’re perfect for both garden beds and containers and will grow well in either full sun or part shade. Bees also adore salvias, so planting a few around the vegie patch and orchard will help encourage these valuable pollinators into the garden.

If you’ve seen fruit labelled as ‘Fuyu’ in your local fruit shop and wondered what it was, it’s a type of persimmon.

Persimmons are deciduous fruit trees which have striking autumn foliage colours and delicious and very decorative orange red fruit which are harvested during autumn and early winter.

The colourful fruit can hang on the tree well after the leaves have fallen, prolonging the colourful display.

The ‘Fuyu’ persimmon is nonastringent, which means that the fruit can be eaten while it’s still firm, unlike other persimmon varieties which need to be fully ripened and very soft before being eaten.

‘Fuyu’ are hardy trees that reach around 4 m tall and will grow well in both cool and temperate climates.

Choose a spot that is sheltered from strong winds, as the fruit laden branches can break easily.

Persimmons are most commonly planted during winter as bare rooted trees however can also be available as potted trees which are great for planting during autumn.

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BY JAKE BELESKI The Bring it to Colombo Trust is hoping the final piece of their fundraising puzzle for new netball facilities on Colombo Rd will fall into place by mid-June.

Late last year the Lotteries Commission declined a funding application but left the door open for the team to re-apply once the shortfall of $375,000 was raised.

The application deadline was the end of March, and trustee Annelise Scott said they had managed to secure the money needed to bridge the gap.

“It was a real scramble to try and find that money.

“We re-approached the Masterton District Council and we also got a $30,000 grant from the Masterton South Rotary Club.”

Costing $2.5 million, the work involved will include resurfacing and repositioning 12 courts — six artificial and six asphalt with three courts under cover; a new club room with disability access; an accessible toilet and shower facilities; player shelters for the uncovered courts; a large viewing deck; and medical room with outside ambulance access.

Contributions had come from many areas since the shortfall was announced including Trust House and MDC, alongside generous local people and business organisations, she said.

The application will be discussed with the Lotteries Commission at the end of May, and a decision is expected to be announced two or three weeks after that.

“If our grant comes through in June, then we will start turning soil as soon as netball season finishes.”

Surf Lifesavers at Riversdale Beach. PHOTO/FILE

Lifesavers protect their patch

A collection of the personalised palings that will line the new facility. Back row Julie Browne (left), Karen Bunny, Mere Kerehi, Mayor Lyn Patterson, Martha Manaena, Christine Brewster, Annelise Scott.

Front row Rachel Bunny (left), Ruby Hammond, Summer Anderson.

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A 3D fly-through experience is expected to be up on the Bring it to Colombo website later this week, giving viewers a chance to experience what the new facilities will look like.

The progress made in recent weeks would not have been possible without support from several organisations, Mrs Scott said.

“We’ve had awesome support from MDC and the local community, as well as all the schools that participated in the mufti days.”

The Bring it to Colombo Trust has also been selling personalised palings that will

line the veranda and ramp when the new facilities are built, and were getting close to their initial target of selling 250 out of the available 900.

“It’s been a bit slower than we thought, but they will look awesome once they get put up,” Mrs Scott said.

They are about a dozen away from their target, and once the 250 mark is reached they will draw a random winner of a $500 Lone Star voucher.

Palings will be stained and are $50 each.

The registration form can be found at www.bringittocolombo.com/fundraising

A Rifle and a Camera gathering Author Neil Frances (2nd from left) with members of the French, Johnston, King, Nielsen, Orr and Prior families, at the launch of A Rifle and a Camera at Featherston’s Anzac Hall on Sunday April 8. The book, published by Fraser Books for Wairarapa Archive, features 300 photographs of WWI Wairarapa soldiers Wynton French, Sid Grant, Doug Johnston, Melve King, Bill Nielsen, Alex Orr, Norman Prior and Norman Shepherd, who served in various campaigns and in New Zealand.

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Surf Life Saving New Zealand is praising its volunteer lifeguards for a job well done as another season draws to an end with no drownings between the flags.

Easter traditionally marks the end of the Surf Life Saving patrol season which began at Labour Weekend and saw 80 beach locations patrolled nationwide.

Patrols will still be running on many beaches in the Northern Region and parts of the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel until Easter Monday while the central North Island beaches and South Island are no longer being patrolled.

Surf Life Saving New Zealand national lifesaving manager Allan Mundy says the unsettled weather throughout Summer meant lifeguards had to operate in some challenging conditions at times.

“We also experienced some cold water temperatures this Summer, around five degrees cooler than last year, which also kept many people out of the water and out of danger,” he says.

While beach visitor numbers were down compared to last summer, lifeguards still undertook a number of high profile rescues from swimmers caught in rips and stranded kayakers to assisting other emergency services with large scale search and rescue operations like the Kaipara Harbour tragedy and Edgecumbe flood.

Mr Mundy says with the beaches no longer being patrolled after Easter, people really need to stop and think carefully before they enter the water.

“We are asking people to take responsibility for their own safety and those around them. Learn to spot rips, assess the conditions and always swim with a friend.

The surf is an unpredictable environment that can change very quickly. If you’re not confident in your ability and don’t know how to safely get yourself out of danger, then quite simply you should stay out,” he says.

While the red and yellow flags will be put away until Labour Weekend, volunteer lifeguards’ work is far from done.

Mr Mundy says many will continue to be part of callout and search and rescue squads over the winter months as well as countless hours of training, upskilling and keeping their surf clubs running.

“Being a Surf Lifeguard is a big commitment and we’re incredibly grateful to our thousands of volunteers around the country that have helped to keep beachgoers safe for another year,” he says.

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From left: Grace Voice, Alexander Southey, Florence Cater and Keziah Stonnell performing in Pericles.

From left: Grace Voice, Florence Cater and Keziah Stonnell in Pericles.PHOTOS/LUCIA ZANMONTI

BY JAKE BELESKI

Kuranui’s Amber Spicer picked up an individual award for her outstanding direction of their five-minute Hamlet scene, and said she was pleased with how the performances had come together.

“I’ve loved Shakespeare ever since we started doing it a couple of years ago at school.

“Last year my drama teacher came up with the concept for our 15-minute scene and this year a whole group of seniors worked with her and we formed the scene around her idea.”

She said they were keen to improve on last year’s performance at nationals where they failed to pick up awards for their scene but did claim a couple of individual awards.

Juanita McLellan is the head of performing arts at the school, and was delighted for her “incredibly hard working and dedicated performers”.

“We’ll be competing against 48 other schools so it will be a great experience for them.

“Last year we picked up two national awards which was pretty exciting, and we’re hoping to do the same sort of thing this year.”

The award winners from the Wairarapa regionals were: Barbara Vinten Memorial Shield for comedy — Max Walden (Chanel College).

Speech Communication Association Cup for delivery of text —Thoman Laybourn (Kuranui College).

Direct entry to National Shakespeare Schools Production — Andriette Erasmus (Chanel College).

Best stage combat — Rathkeale College/ St Matthew’s Collegiate.

Best ensemble — Solway College.

Spirit of the stage — Chanel College.

Student direction — Amber Spicer (Kuranui College).

Five-minute student-directed scene selected to go to nationals — Rathkeale College/St Matthew’s Collegiate.

Fifteen-minute teacher-directed scene selected to go to nationals — Kuranui College.

Stage winner Matt Talbot after the race.

Tour of New Zealand cyclists crossing the line at Henley Lake in Masterton.

of the North Island and South Island respectively.

The North Island leg finished up at Henley Lake on the Friday with a celebration ride around Wellington the

following day.

“The way they designed the course it was nothing but headwind” Talbot said.

“This team was up for a win, and having a go at me one by one, so I had no choice

Shakespeare regionals a success Kuranui College’s drama students are hoping last year’s experience will hold them in good stead heading into this year’s Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival national competition.

For the second year running Kuranui has qualified from the Wairarapa regionals in the 15-minute teacher-directed scene category, this time for their scene from Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

The regional competition was held at Kuranui College on Tuesday night, and six schools from across Wairarapa took part.

Each school performed two scenes from Shakespeare plays — a 15-minute teacherdirected scene as well as a five-minute student-directed scene.

Kuranui will be joined at the national event — to be held at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre in June — by Rathkeale College and St Matthew’s Collegiate students who took out the five-minute category with their scene from Antony and Cleopatra.

Charlotte Penman, Keziah Stonnell, Amber Spicer and Thomas Laybourn in the five-minute student-directed scene of Hamlet.

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Cyclists battle wind to finish PHOTOS/GERALD FORD

Fighting a headwind from Pahiatua to Masterton and a determined team attack, Tour of New Zealand cycle stage winner Matt Talbot was happy with his performance after cycling in to Henley Lake Masterton on Friday, April 6.

The Tour of New Zealand is a multi-day event in which two groups ride the length

but to go by myself with 45km to go.”

Race director Garry Collin said the tour doubles as a fundraiser for various charities.

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Andriette Erasmus was selected for the National Shakespeare Schools Production.

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Chanel Shakespeare achievements Chanel College was one of several secondary schools in Wairarapa to take part in the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival recently at Kuranui.

The Chanel Shakespeare group won three awards when they performed two scenes from Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “Twelfth Night,” at the annual University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival hosted

by Kuranui College this year.

The adjudicator for the 2017 Wairarapa Regional SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival was Kerryn Palmer. Kerryn has been an actor, and teacher of drama for over 20 years.

She has directed many touring shows that travel around New Zealand.

She regularly directs at Capital E National Theatre for Children, Bats and Circa. She has her own company (The 24/7 project). Kerryn is currently lecturing in Victoria University’s

Theatre Programme and is part way through her PhD in theatre for young audiences.

to London this year. Good luck Andriette!

Whatever happens, the opportunity to go to the nationals is amazing.

Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Role Award for Max Walden

Spirit on Stage Award for the whole Chanel cast

The Barbara Vinten Memorial Shield for outstanding individual performance in a comedy role was awarded to Year 12 Drama student, Max Walden. Barbara Vinten was a well-known actress in Masterton, renowned for her roles as a comedienne and Theatre Sports player.

The award was assessed by Mark Hinton, the President of Harlequin Theatre who enjoyed Max’s connection with the text and rapport with the audience.

The adjudicator is able to make a number of special awards. Kerryn Palmer said she really enjoyed the spirit evident in the Chanel College performance and awarded us the Shakespeare ‘Spirit on Stage Award.’

National Selection for Andriette Erasmus The performer selected by Kerryn Palmer to represent the Wairarapa as a Direct Entry from the regional competition to go to the National Shakespeare Schools Production which will be held in the September/October holidays was Year 11 Drama student, Andriette Erasmus.

Luke Hempleman was selected for the same opportunity last year. The National Shakespeare Schools Production where twenty-four students are chosen to be part of the New Zealand group of actors to travel to the Globe Theatre in London where they receive specialized tuition and acting opportunities. Luke will be going

Max Walden had the award for outstanding performance in a comedy role.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS THURSDAY,APRIL 20 Eat-n-Greet: At St James Union Church, 116 High St, Masterton, in the church hall. Come along for a fabulous meal, meet new friends and great entertainment. A different entertainment each month. All very much welcome.

Housie: At Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club (Carterton), behind the Clocktower, at 1.20 pm.

Call Pauline Hodgson 379-5923.

Book Group: Noon-1.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Sheridan (06) 308-9059.

Drop in Centre: Pop in for a cuppa and a chat, gold coin donation for tea/coffee and a biscuit, 2-4pm, at St Johns Hall, Main St, Greytown. Call Bronwyn Hallot (06) 304-8442 or 027 2288651 or Pam Lloyd (06) 304-7997.

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

Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 5-7pm, at Red Star Sports Association, 10 Herbert St, Masterton.

Call John 370-2511, or Hugh 377-4880.

Opaki Tennis: Clubnight 7pm. Call Greg 377-4261 or 377-2201.

Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm.

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135.

Oasis Network Inc: A free service for all people who need advocacy and support for their mental health issues and well-being. Mon-Fri 10am3pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, 41 Perry St, Masterton. Call Gaylene (06) 929-0961 or (0274) 604-796.

Feldenkrais: 5.45-6.45pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Rupert (027) 585-3822.

Masterton Taekwon-Do Club: 5.15-6.15pm, Te Runga Scout Den, 45 Harley St, Masterton. Call Simon O’Hara 370-8844.

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: Band practises 6.30-8.30 pm, Savage Club Hall, Albert St, Masterton.

Tai chi for Health: Martinborough, St John’s Hall, 9.30-10.30am.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association Croquet: 9.15am for 9.30 start. Call Veronica George 379-8644.

Aquarobics: 11am at Lansdowne Village.

Pilates: Power 9am, Beginners 10am, 50s Forward 11am, Core Plus 5.30pm at Bodymind Pilates, 6 Queen St, Masterton. Call 370-1121.

Judo Classes: Kids (4 to 9) 5-6pm, Cadets (10 to 16) 6-7pm and Seniors (14+) 7-8.30pm, Masterton Judo & Ju Jitsu Academy, 149 Queen St. Call Simon (021) 248-6111.

Self Defence: Ju Jitsu, 7-8.30pm, Masterton Judo & Ju Jitsu Academy 149 Queen St. Call Simon (021) 248-6111.

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.

Karate-Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Wairarapa Inc: Carterton: 6pm, at Carterton South End School hall. Call Thomas Duncan (06) 308-8844 or (027) 302-8923.

FRIDAY,APRIL 21 Emerald Brothers: From 7.30pm, a night of nonstop humour, music and dancing. A wide variety of popular music – something for everyone, at Club Wairarapa, 20 Essex St, Masterton. Members, Affiliated Members and their guests welcome.

Dance: At Carterton Club, Broadway, at 7.30pm.

Call Liz 379-5108.

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

Masterton Tennis Club: Club night from 5pm.

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, 10am2pm, High St, Carterton, opp Almo’s Book Shop.

Call Robyn 379-7099.

Wairarapa Steampunk: We meet as required, 10.30am-2pm, 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.

Linedance: Greytown: 10.30-11.30am at St John’s Hall.

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 Norma Wilton 377-3165.

Carterton Senior Citizens: Meet 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Senior Citizens

Hall, 150 Main St, Carterton.

MONDAY,APRIL 24 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.

South Wairarapa Badminton Club: Play from 7.30pm, Featherston Sports Stadium, Underhill Rd. 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 Hugh 377-4880.

Ceroc Dance Classes: 8pm, Carterton School hall.

Call Mandy (021) 238-4230 or check Facebook group Ceroc Wairarapa for more info.

Carrington Bowling and Croquet Club: Golf croquet: 1.15pm for a 1.30pm start. Call Tricia Moran 379-7071.

Carterton Food Bank: Open 11.30am-noon Mon-Fri at Haumanu House (down the lane between Carters and the Clock Tower). Call 3794092.

Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. https://www.facebook.com/ CartertonToyLibrary/ CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: at 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. For Mobility Parking Permits, and other disabilities services. Call Jo Scott and Gaylene van Wijk 378-2426.

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. Call Louise 377-0760 or Jan 378-2891.

Epilepsy Support Group: Meet at the Salvation Army office, 210 High St South, Carterton, at 11am.

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.

Ballet for Women: Noon-1pm at St Andrew’s Church, Greytown. Call Maree (06) 304-9913.

TUESDAY,APRIL 25 Anzac Day: Aaron Andis from 7.30am, Just In Time from midday.

Drop in Centre: Pop in for a cuppa and a chat, gold coin donation for tea/coffee and a biscuit, 2-4pm, at St Johns Hall, Main St, Greytown. Call Bronwyn Hallot (06) 304-8442 or 027 2288651 or Pam Lloyd (06) 304-7997.

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

Juesday Art: 10am-1pm Featherston Community Centre. Call Julia (06) 308-8977.

Tai Chi for Health: 9.15-10.15am, St John’s Hall, Greytown.

Carterton District Historical Society: Open 2-4pm, Cnr Broadway & Masson St. Call 379-7827 or 379-7150.

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.

Dance Fitness Classes: Greytown, school terms only, with Justine Eldred at Kuranui College Dance Studio, 6.30-7.30pm. Call Justine (0274) 761-996.

Masterton Taekwon-Do Club: 5.15-6.15pm, Te Runga Scout Den, 45 Harley St, Masterton. Call Simon O’Hara 370-8844.

Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di (027) 498-7261. Carterton Tennis Club: Midweek tennis 9am-noon.

Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway, Carterton, open by appointment. Call 379-7827 or 379-9021.

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

Karate Classes for Children: Masterton Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate-Do. 5.30pm, 49 Te Ore Ore Rd, Masterton. Call Steve or Sharron Riley 3788814 or (027) 680-7738.

Judo Classes: Kids (4-9) 5pm to 6pm, Cadets (10-16) 6-7pm and Seniors (14+) 7-8.30pm, Masterton Judo & Ju Jitsu Academy, 149 Queen St. Call Simon (021) 248-6111.

Self Defence: Ju Jitsu, 7-8.30pm, Masterton Judo & Ju Jitsu Academy 149 Queen St. Call Simon (021) 248-6111.

Karate-Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Wairarapa Inc: Martinborough: Martinborough

Primary School Hall. Under-12s at 5-6pm. Call Corina Ngatai (027)432-6870. All at 6pm. Call Anna Börjesson (021) 163-8867.

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

Call Doff 304-9748.

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

Carrington Bowling and Croquet Club: Bowls: 1.20pm for 1.30pm start. Call Ray Beale 379-8242.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf croquet 9.15am, behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Norma Wilton 377-3165.

WEDNESDAY,APRIL 26 Heart of Arts: 10 Minute Bites, 12.10pm, BYO sandwich.

Heart Help Group: Join us for information and sharing, 4-5pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, 41 Perry St. Masterton. Call Kit (06) 370-3890.

Ukulele Classes: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Neil (06) 308-9341.

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

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 5.30-7pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135.

Club Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll basic steps and more, 7.30-10pm, 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.

Wairarapa Spinners and Weavers: Meet 10am2pm, in the Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Lynette 377-0236.

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

Dance Fit: 6pm at the YMCA Masterton. For details text ‘Dance Fit’ to (027) 349-8962.

Walk Fit: Open to everyone, 9.30am. For details text ‘Walk Fit’ to (027) 239-9001.

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

Wairarapa Asthma Society Inc: South Wairarapa, Easy Breathers Gentle Exercise Group, 10.30-11.30am, at the St John rooms. Call Sylvia 377-1175 or Cathy (027) 359-3625.

Club Carterton: Two-course barbecue meal, 6.30pm.

Belly Dance: 1-2pm, at St Johns Hall, Greytown.

Call Tamara (06) 308-8343 or text (021) 02231893.

The Dance Shed: 450 Belvedere Rd Carterton.

Rock N Roll Class, 7-9pm. Call Wendy or Don 3796827 or (027) 319-9814.

Carterton Women’s Golf: 9-hole golf at 10.45am. Call Colleen 377-0841 or Alison 3775709.

Quit Smoking Support Group: Run by Whaiora quit coaches, free, noon-1pm, at 22 Dixon St, Masterton.

Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 372-5758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285.

Masterton. Call 370-1121.

Tai Chi for Health: 9.30-10.30am, St Mark’s Church Hall, Carterton.

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

Karate: Masterton Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate-Do, 6.30pm, 49 Te Ore Ore Rd, Masterton. Call Steve or Sharron Riley 378-8814 or (027) 680-7738.

Self Defence/Ju Jitsu: 8-9.30pm, Masterton Judo & Ju Jitsu Academy, 149 Queen St. Call Simon (021) 248-6111.

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 office).

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

Karate-Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Wairarapa Inc: Featherston: Primary School Hall, at 6pm. Call Paul Cantwell (06) 308-9839 or (027) 376-9804.

Masterton Petanque Club: From 5.30pm, at Masterton Bowling Club, in Queen Elizabeth Park.

Call Graeme 378-7331.

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

Carrington Bowling and Croquet Club: Golf croquet: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. Call Steve Davis (06) 304-7155. * To have an event listed please email event@age. co.nz

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Our firm requires the services of a motivated school leaver to join our dynamic management services team at Herbert Morton.

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Part time Library Assistant (Martinborough) Casual Library Assistants (Featherston, Greytown and Martinborough) Council is seeking applications for a part time Library Assistant at the Martinborough Library and Casual Library Assistants at Greytown, Featherston and Martinborough Libraries.

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Sport

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Sade fires up in New Orleans

Drew MacDonald is heading to Arizona in July.

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MacDonald heading to Arizona

BY JAKE BELESKI

Sade Atkinson in action for her Green Wave tennis squad.

BY JAKE BELESKI Former Wairarapa tennis star Sade Atkinson understands it’s not how you start the season that matters, but how you finish it.

Atkinson is currently in her third year at Tulane University in New Orleans, where she is on a tennis scholarship.

She has been busy making an impact for her Green Wave squad on the intercollegiate tennis circuit, and earlier this month picked up the American Athletic Conference women’s player of the week award.

A daughter of Hullena and Luke Atkinson, of Carterton, she said winning the award was an honour.

“It means a lot and hopefully I can pick up a few more by the time I’m done here at Tulane.

“I’ve put in a lot of hard work over the last year to improve my game, and like anything it’s nice to be recognised for something you’ve worked hard on.”

Atkinson admits there have been plenty of ups and downs during her three years at

Tulane, but said the downs were important to get her to where she is today.

She is enjoying maintaining a winning record this season, and is confident her team can finish the season strongly.

“We just finished our last regular matches of the season this past weekend, and are preparing for conference tournament which is held in Florida in 10 days’ time,” she said.

“If we do well at conference tournament we will head to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) which is where the top 50 teams in the country meet and play for the title.”

Her team had been ranked as high as 36 this semester, and her coach was constantly reminding them that “it’s how you finish that counts”, and that this stage of the season is where it would get “mentally tough”.

Atkinson always sets goals to go one step further than the previous semester, and this semester that revolved around getting to the NCAA tournament, and making a mark in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.

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“Our team consists of a lot of talent, but we know that hard work at the end of the day is what gets results,” Atkinson said.

“It would be a fantastic achievement to make NCAAs as Tulane hasn’t been there post Hurricane Katrina.”

Her recent form has been lighting up the court, and it’s no surprise she picked out a player with more flair than most as someone she looks up to.

“I have always been a big fan of JoWilfried Tsonga.

“He’s very crafty and always entertains his fans when he’s on the court.”

Atkinson comes home to New Zealand each Christmas and during the American summer holidays, but said she was loving her time in New Orleans.

“I had a few options over here but at the end of the day, Tulane stole my heart and I’m glad I followed my gut and ended up here because if I could do it all again I wouldn’t change a thing.

“New Orleans has a different culture than any other place I have been to in the world, and I love it.”

Hymers targets junior open

BY JAKE BELESKI

Grace Hymers.

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Grace Hymers is hoping an intense training programme with one of New Zealand’s best squash players will hold her in good stead for the New Zealand Junior Open his month.

Grace is in year 13 at Chanel College, and has set out a number of goals for the upcoming season.

“A1 is the top grade and I’m at B1 at the moment, so my goal is to get into A2 this year.

“I’m also ranked 25th for under-19s in New Zealand so my aim is to get into the top 10.”

She took up the sport when she was 11, but only started playing “really competitively” when she was 15.

Next week she will spend three days training with Emma Miller, one of New Zealand’s best female players, before

heading to Cambridge for the junior open.

“She has set up a big programme for me and will train with me, so it should be good,” Grace said.

The junior open will be held from April 21 to 23, and she was hoping to use it as a stepping stone towards the national competition later this year.

“At this tournament you just compete in your grade.

“When you go to nationals, which I hopefully will in October, you play in your age group.”

A successful year could be the start of a long career at the top for Grace, who admits her rise up the rankings had surprised even herself.

“I had been playing for ages and started improving rapidly so I decided to carry on with it and take it seriously.

“It’s what I love.”

Drew MacDonald knows he will eventually have to choose between his favourite sports, but he hopes that day will not arrive for a while yet.

Cricket runs in Drew’s family, but basketball is now opening up a host of unforeseen opportunities.

The year 13 Chanel College student, and deputy head boy, will head to Arizona in July to compete in the annual Native American Basketball Invitational tournament.

Drew said he found out last year he had been selected to represent Maori as a member of the Nga Hau e Wha Maori youth basketball team.

“We went up to Kaitaia about halfway through last year to compete in a quad tournament.

“We had a team called the Arizona Warriors come over, and they’ve actually competed in the tournament I’m attending in July, and won it two years running.”

Drew was unaware at the time, but the tournament was being used as a selection trial for the Maori team.

Two weeks later he got a phone call confirming his place in the squad, and now is preparing for the trip of a lifetime.

“It’s not just about basketball . . . there’s a focus on the cultural side of it and meeting other indigenous cultures.”

The trip would also be used to provide an insight into sporting and educational opportunities in the USA. Drew is a versatile player who can cover multiple positions on the court, but says he is most comfortable at small forward or shooting guard.

He understands he is nearing a point where he may have to choose between two sports he is passionate about, and until recently that would have been an easier decision to make.

“This opportunity has made me now wonder what to choose, and opened my eyes to basketball as a whole.

“I’m at the stage we’re I’m going to keep both sports open but I’ve sat down and thought ‘where can I go from this’?”

Long-term Drew has his eye on the Wellington Saints, New Zealand Breakers and the Tall Blacks, but for now he is looking to raise the $4500 needed to fund his trip to Arizona.

Chanel College will host a 12-hour basketball marathon fundraiser on Friday, April 28 to show their support.

Mitre 10 Mega and Katrina Sigvertsen from ProActive Massage had also been supportive sponsors, he said.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Laurie’s life on the road

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The Ulysses Motorcycle Club held its annual general meeting at the Wairarapa College Hall in Masterton on Saturday. The 29th AGM of the motorcycle club for older riders attracted 295 registrations — but there is among them one whose lifelong love for motorcycling is worth the telling, writes Peter Martinez.

Budding motorcycling racing rider Laurie Petterson, 24, stood up feeling dazed, battered and bruised.

Last thing he remembered, he had been entering the last corner of the circuit on just his first lap of the inaugural Round the Streets race in Whanganui.

Next thing, he was picking himself up from the railway line more than 5 metres below the road he had just been tearing down on his BSA 350cc bike.

“I was very lucky I didn’t get killed – I must have dropped 18 feet down from the bridge,” he said.

“I just know I couldn’t have fallen directly onto the railway line, I wouldn’t be here talking to you.

“I must have hit the cutting and then rolled down onto the railway line.”

Petterson, a rookie at road racing, was making his debut at the circuit.

He reckons his crash was caused by his right footpeg dragging on the ground through the curve leading onto the bridge, and standing the bike up when it caught the ridge where the bitumen and the concrete surface of the bridge joined.

“I hit the haybales and somersaulted over, and rolled down onto the railway line.

“I was badly bruised but could still walk — I climbed back up the bank to the road and stood there with one boot on.”

The other lace up boot lay useless by the railway line, its sole and heel torn off.

But that didn’t deter Petterson – he came back and did the street race, as well as the national circuit, for the next six years until his marriage to Ruby Ewing in 1959.

Petterson, who used to run a 20-acre farm in Paraparaumu after his retirement as petroleum company BP’s aviation manager, Wellington and East Coast, moved to Carterton in 2015.

Now aged 83, Petterson, is a popular identity in the Wairarapa Ulysses branch, admired for his ability to spend a long day in the saddle despite a troublesome right knee.

Obviously, he has a certain toughness and stoicism that was honed in a 22-year-

Laurie Petterson.

Left to right: Rick Schimpf, 71, Shannon, Nobby Clarke 70, Carterton, Laurie Petterson 83, Carterton, Warren Rose, 75, Levin, Richard Tweedie, 70, Levin, Warwick Vaughan, 70, Paraparaumu.

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stint with the Territorial Army until he left at age 40.

These days, he is a member of a very elite group numbering just two – the Zimmer riders.

“My number is two,” Petterson said with a laugh.

“Number one is my mate from the Kapiti Coast, Richie Tunbridge, a former speedway rider who got me interested in road racing back in the 1950s.”

The only requirement to be an official Zimmer rider is age – you must be at least 80.

“I’m 83 and Richie is 86,” Petterson said.

However, he has a large group of ‘prospects’, including Norfolk Rd resident Nobby Clarke, who ride together every Wednesday – each round trip taking in about 300km, sometimes more.

“I moved to Carterton about 21 months ago, and I was given Nobby’s telephone number. I rang him up and we’ve been going riding ever since, almost every Wednesday.

“The others are from the Kapiti Coast so Nobby and me meet up with them for our rides.”

Petterson who started his working life as an apprentice tool maker in a Wellington bolt and rivet factory, bought

his first bike at age 19.

“The BSA 350 cost 115 pounds and my dad gave me 15 pounds. I saved the rest from my apprentice pay of 32 shillings a week [$3.30 in today’s money].”

That began a lifelong love affair with motorcycles, interrupted for a decade from 1959 to get married, buy a house and raise three children – Peter, Sandy and Christine.

He resumed riding at 40, finding a passion for off-road riding that still burns fiercely.

“I love getting out in the country, especially bush – with my wife riding pillion, we crossed the Kaikouras in winter in 1985 on a Yamaha 600cc.”

He also organised regular long crosscountry rides.

“There’s hardly a place in Wellington and Hutt Valley that I haven’t ridden dozens of times . . . we used to come over to Wairarapa from Hutt Valley via White Rock and then down to Cape Palliser back to Lake Ferry.

“On the rare occasion, we’d cross the mouth at Lake Ferry onto the bar and go across and down to Wainuiomata, around Baring Head back to Wellington “I used to do that until 15 years ago.”

Every motorcyclist has a serious fall story to tell – Petterson’s one is of meeting up with an anxious cow.

“I got hit by a cow at White Rock – it was on one side of the road, and its calf was on the other.

“The cow panicked as I rode up and it ran me over to get to its calf.

“That collision broke my pelvis and I lay on the road for 90 minutes for the ambulance to arrive from Masterton. They had to call up the Westpac Helicopter to take me to Wellington Hospital.”

Petterson said he felt his greatest achievement in motorcycling was convincing the authorities to open the Akatarawas to off-road motorcycling.

“That took a lot of meetings and a lot of talking to convince them,” he said.

For him, motorcycling was all about “meeting up with good guys, the fellowship in riding, getting out into the country.

“I’m not a great fan of the long bitumen rides —- I like riding that requires a bit of skill, that’s why I like the mud and snow.

Riding, it keeps you young.”

BMW ticks plenty of safety boxes with 520d

AA Motoring Services General Manager Stella Stocks says the BMW 520d achieved high scores for adult and child occupant protection and also pedestrian protection.

“BMW’s investment in safety assist and crash prevention technology, along with excellent structural performance, ensures that occupants are very well protected at a standard new car buyers have come to expect.

“It is also pleasing to see that models sold in New Zealand include a knee airbag unlike its Australian cousin.”

The car comes equipped with a range of sophisticated technology as standard including intersection collision warning, reversing collision avoidance, following distance warning, fatigue reminder,

driver knee airbag and autonomous emergency braking.

It also includes an ‘active’ bonnet which assists to minimise harm to pedestrians.

ANCAP is supported by all Australian motoring clubs, the New Zealand Automobile Association, the Australian Government, the New Zealand Government, Australian state and territory governments, the Victorian Transport Accident Commission, NRMA Insurance and the FIA Foundation.

• The full list of ANCAP’s vehicle safety ratings, other vehicle safety information and the specifications of the rated vehicles are available online at aa.co.nz or rightcar.govt.nz.

BMW’s new 520d has earned the top ANCAP safety score of 5 stars.

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