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When boxes of homemade baking arrive at Shelter Masterton’s day shelter twice a week, it’s like a sunbeam of sweet goodness.

The day shelter is one of about 15 groups who receive treats made by the Wairarapa chapter of national charity Good Bitches Baking [GBB].

Wairarapa has around 80 GBB volunteers who fill boxes with sweet and savoury cakes, pies and slices whipped up in their own kitchens, with volunteer drivers delivering them into the eager hands of organisations from Masterton to Featherston.

Eve Williams is ‘Head Bitch’ of the Wairarapa chapter.

The former

Former Great Kiwi Bake Off finalist Courtnay Fafeita is known for her colourfully decorated cakes made for Good Bitches Baking.

A cake decorated with rosebuds and gold balls by GBB volunteer Courtnay Fafeita.

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Wairarapa College student took over the role after moving home from Wellington almost three years ago, as a way of getting involved in the community.

“What I love about Wairarapa is it’s such a microcosm – many of our volunteers also work at food banks and community centres and when donations of ingredients become available, there’s a network of people to pass them on to.”

Some bakers use GBB as a chance to flex their creativity, especially when handed a donation such as 20kg of short crust pastry, Williams said.

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Local News 1-9 Carterton 10 Opinion 12-13 Extra 14

Collections

Elephants in the room

Festivals

Waitangi Day Event

Midweek visits a herd of elephants on the dusty plains of Masterton.

Full story P4.

Rural marae near Carterton planning bumper day for the public holiday.

Full story P7.

Environment

Edible gardening explained

Libraries

Bookshelves to waste saving

In grassy fields Midweek contributor Anne Nelson shares her love of relaxing under the Wairarapa sky. Full story P13.

Carterton gardening guru Helen Dew is sharing her knowledge and space. Full story P10.

New challenge for Greytown School’s librarian Victoria Ross.

Full story P6.

Lifestyle 15-42 Puzzles 43 Business 46-47 Rural 48

Outdoors

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Camps, badges and positivity Lucy Griffiths As a parent it can be hard to choose what to get our kids involved with, there’s so much choice locally, from karate, swimming, drums and football, to dance and drama, church youth clubs, youth orchestra and Wairarapa Kids’ Choir. A wealth of options.

For our family and for families from generations before, the Scout movement ticks a lot of boxes.

The children play together, work towards badges, attend camps, get involved with community projects and get stretched physically, emotionally and socially. The vision of Scouts is a noble one and one I imagine we all aspire to: ‘We empower youth through adventurous experiences to lead lives that make a positive difference.’

So what’s on offer in Wairarapa? We’ve chosen to be part of the Whakaoriori Air Scouts which meets weekly during the school term at the Scout Den on Harley St, Masterton. There are also Scout groups in Carterton and Greytown.

Every week the Keas do something different, from campfires with roasted marshmallows to paddling at the pool and collecting rubbish at the cemetery. There

ABOVE LEFT: Wairarapa Scouts enjoy paddle boarding at Lake Karapiro. ABOVE: The Silver Dragons Scout Troop from Wairarapa heading off to closing ceremony for the Jamboree in Hamilton. LEFT: James Griffiths [7] at Keas Remutaka Zone camp, Brookfield, Wainuiomata.

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are various Scouting sections for youth in the Wairarapa, Keas [age 5-8], Cubs [8-11], Scouts [11-14] and Venturers [14-18]. Whilst Scouts was traditionally for boys, more and more girls of all ages are joining.

Recently our local Keas and their parents were invited to Brookfield Camp in Wainuiomata with other groups from across the Remutaka Zone. Brookfield Camp was bequeathed

to Scouts by Mary Crowther in 1958 and is now over 260 hectares of magnificent bush and outdoor resources.

For some of the Keas, it was their first camping experience and was an absolute highlight of the year. Abseiling, a

confidence course, flying fox, bush walks, kayaking and campfire skits and singing were just some of the experiences they enjoyed.

All of these rich experiences are foundational for when the children progress to Scouts and attend global

Scouting events like the recent 23rd Aotearoa New Zealand Scout Jamboree in Hamilton.

It had close to 4000 attendees from New Zealand, Australia, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Fiji, New Caledonia and Hong Kong.

From the three Wairarapa Scout groups, 36 Scouts and nine leaders attended the 23rd Scout Jamboree for nine days. Over these nine days, tents became home and strangers became friends. But time spent in tents was brief for the Scouts and leaders as there was a plethora of activities to take part in, including abseiling, rock climbing, quad biking, archery, shooting, diggers, mud runs and a boat-load of water

activities.

If you’re thinking about what your children might like to do this year, I’d encourage you to try Scouting.

For more information about cost [funding may be available] and section times for each group please email the following: Greytown Scout Group: greytown@group. scouts.nz Carterton Scout Group: carterton@group.scouts. nz Whakaoriori Air Scout Group: whakaoriori@ group.scouts.nz • For more information about Keas, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers in Wairarapa, contact Julz on zl.remutaka@ zone.scouts.nz

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The elephants in Betty’s room Midweek was invited to meet Masterton resident Betty’s huge collection of elephants.

JULIA MAHONY found them in all corners of the house.

Betty has several herds of elephants in her house, standing in rows from her sunroom to the loo.

Thankfully, the largest is only about knee-high, as the figurines are made from china, wood, glass, brass and cane.

The collection has been amassed over the past 40 years, since Betty arrived in New Zealand from Cornwall in England.

Standing in pride of place to the left of Betty’s large TV – on which she watches her beloved live sport – is ‘Big Boy’ a shiny wooden carved elephant spied by Betty in the window of a Pahiatua

second hand shop.

“There was no price on him, so we asked the owner, who exclaimed that someone had stolen the elephant’s ivory tusks,” Betty said. They purchased Big Boy and Betty’s husband later made replacement tusks from bone.

Betty grew up near Truro in Cornwall, not far from Perranporth Beach. She remembers her grandmother having some elephant figurines her son sent her during World War II and also recalls seeing real elephants in the circuses

RIGHT: A row of black elephants grace Betty’s sideboard.

BELOW RIGHT: Betty has collected elephants from garage sales and second hand shops.

BELOW FAR RIGHT: Betty even has an elephant toilet brush, picked up during a trip to the UK. PHOTOS/JULIA MAHONY

that came to town.

“But my collecting didn’t begin until we moved to New Zealand about 60 years ago.

Elephants just grew on me,” Betty said.

The now 86-year-old was given some elephants by one of her children and it carried on. She found a cane table in the shape of an elephant in Feilding and a large china elephant in a gift shop in Masterton.

“The real estate agent who sold my

house when I moved gave me elephants as a gift,” Betty said.

Betty now shares her home with in excess of 100 elephants. But she has had more – when she moved to a smaller house, her family helped her ‘cull’

a few.

As the summer breeze of the hot Masterton summer moves through her house and out to the scorched grass of the primary school next door, we could almost be in Africa.

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Sweet treats free of judgement Continued from page 1 Seasonal gluts of fruit, such as feijoas, are baked into all sorts of cakes, muffins and loaves. Whittaker’s is a partner of GBB, so there’s plenty of chocolatey goodness passed around.

Williams admits her own baking skills aren’t top-notch, which is why she was “better at taking charge”.

“Most of my baking turns out beige,” she said.

“I’ve had many flops, including a rhubarb and custard cake that just didn’t look right. I used to bake just shortbread, but now try to make something different each time.”

Wairarapa volunteers include accomplished bakers such as Courtnay Fafeita – a former finalist on The Great Kiwi Bake Off – and “it’s unbelievable what she can do with decorations”.

One volunteer in Eketāhuna brings her baking down to Masterton to be delivered. With so many bakers on the go, rosters are essential and are put together by a

ABOVE: A giant block of cream cheese donated to Featherston food bank was turned into passionfruit cheesecake slice by Good Bitch Tracey Cassells.

LEFT: Homemade Shrewsbury biscuits by volunteer Anna.

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volunteer in Greytown.

Recipients include Hospice Wairarapa, Puawānanga Teen Parent Unit, King Street Artworks and groups operating at the Featherston Community Centre.

“We focus on spreading kindness, one treat at a

time,” Williams said.

“For example, we bake once or twice a week for the day shelter behind St Matthew’s Church in Masterton, where people may regularly receive a hot meal and a cuppa, but cupcakes aren’t something on their plates very often.

“Bakers dropping

off boxes to the shelter quite often don’t make it inside, as people outside are so happy to see the baking arrive. It’s one of the places we drop off to, where we see the immediacy of what we do, as it’s often lunchtime and we meet people faceto-face.”

Shelter Masterton secretary Tom Gibson told Midweek the baking was a bright spot for the 15-20 people who use the shelter, which is

open three days a week and offers hot meals, a laundry, showers and a relaxing lounge space, while running on “the smell of an oily rag”.

“The meals from the Community Kitchen and food from Wai Waste are nutritious and balanced but the GBB baking is a sweet treat they wouldn’t receive anywhere else. It is the icing on the cake,” Gibson said.

“There is always great excitement when the

baking arrives and it disappears very quickly.”

GBB cooks are invited to include a note with their baking, listing ingredients and a cheerful message.

“Our baking is delivered without judgement, just a box of treats for deserving people.”

GBB accepts volunteers of all genders, although the Wairarapa chapter is yet to find a man to join its ranks.

Last year the team made and delivered 723 boxes of treats. The branch was established in 2015 and is supported

by Masterton District Council, the Public Trust, Eastern and Central Community Trust and the Community Organisation Grants Scheme [Cogs].

Williams is happy to discuss is the charity’s name – Good Bitches Baking.

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Wai waste a really good book?

Madeleine Slavick

Wairarapa Library Service

I have an e-conversation with Victoria Ross, just after the New Year holiday.

After four years as the librarian at Greytown School, Victoria is now manager with Wai Waste, a food rescue organisation that feeds people, not landfills.

“It’s time for me to say ‘haere ra’ to the Greytown School library,” she wrote to friends on Facebook [I am one of many] a few weeks ago.

“New adventures beckon.

What a journey, I feel very privileged to have been part of the story of our kura.”

I ask Victoria if she sees any link between food and books, food rescue and reading.

“They both provide comfort. And while we need food to survive, I believe we need books to live. Also, reading teaches empathy – and obviously, empathy is essential when you’re working for a non-profit.”

I first met Victoria through a wonderful

two-part programme by the children’s writer Juliette MacIver, who was in Wairarapa on a residency to work on an eight-book series set on eight islands.

[Juliette surprised herself and also wrote the sequel to Duck Goes Meow, 2023 Best Picture Book.]

At the time, Victoria was still with Greytown School and enthusiastically arranged for about 70 children to take part in Juliette’s free session at Greytown Library.

Victoria also asked for special permission for older students to join Juliette’s workshop for teens and adults. I liked her initiative.

Then I learned of All Booked Up, a community that discusses all things books.

Victoria set up the Facebook group in 2020 and invited me to join.

“What inspired you to start up All Booked Up?” I ask her.

Victoria replies: “I was posting book recommendations on my regular Facebook page and a friend [who’s also a big reader] suggested I set up a group – so I did.

“We have 200 members and everyone is really relaxed and happy to ‘discuss’ differences of opinion rather than arguing. It has a lovely, cosy, friendly feel – which is unusual for a lot of social media these days.”

As a librarian, I enjoy seeing what people are reading, sharing my favourite books, and posting news of author events put on by our library and Wairarapa Word. Next up: ‘Tales from Wales’ with folklorist Peter Stevenson from the small ‘seaweedy’ town of Aberystwyth. A ‘story encyclopedia’, Stevenson has written several books, illustrated others for Margaret Mahy and Joy Cowley and travels the world telling stories. All welcome. A free event [koha appreciated].

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• Victoria Ross was in email conversation with Madeleine Slavick, assistant librarian, adult programmes, Wairarapa Library Service. Email madeleine@wls.org.nz

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Waitangi festival Julia Mahony

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A festival to promote community and the importance of marae is being planned for Hurunui-o-Rangi Marae on Waitangi Day, February 6.

The many performers will be mainly Māori but will include other ethnic groups.

Food will include hāngi and Samoan cooking, while stalls will feature Māori jewellery, festival t-shirts, a ‘Curvylicious Wāhine’ Plus-Size Boutique and

more.

“This festival is to bring the community together,” one of the organisers Vanessa Apimaera said.

The marae, a few minutes’ drive from Carterton on the same road as the Gladstone Inn, has undergone recent renovation and has built several new houses for kaumātua, with a shared garden.

“It’s a marae that’s been quiet for quite a long time,” Apimaera said. “We want to build a sharing community,

not just of food but of time too – everyone is so busy today. Technology has almost taken over for our children and it’s important they see more life on the marae and that they are places not just for funerals.”

Stalls will cost just $10 to operate and entry to the festival is free for the public. The family event is ‘dry’ [no alcohol] and will include stands run by the Cancer Society and Tū Ora. “This isn’t a fundraiser, or an event to make money; the

small stallholder charge will go towards covering some costs at the marae.

We hope other marae in Wairarapa will look at this festival and perhaps take a turn next year.”

Māori Wardens will help co-ordinate parking at the festival.

• The Waitangi Festival at Hurunuio-Rangi Marae, Gladstone Rd, will run from 10am5pm on Tuesday, February 6. For more information call Marlene MatiahaPaewai 027 319 7235.

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Campers fill up new motor park Masterton’s new motor park, is finding success as campers enjoy the site each night this summer, reports KATE JUDSON. New Zealand Motor Caravan Association [NZMCA] bought the Colombo Rd site from Trustees of the Masterton Red Star Rugby Club last year.

Since then, over 100 volunteers have helped at a working bee to finish weeding and landscaping, and held an opening ceremony in November.

NZMCA’s overall investment for the project was about $700,000, and since opening, the site has averaged – 1819 motor caravans per night, peaking at 50 motor caravans during the Christmas holidays.

NZMCA Wairarapa committee member Kent Murrell said they’ve received stellar feedback about the campsite from visitors.

“One person said they had been to every NZMCA camp in the country, and Masterton is right up

TOP: Aerial shot of the new NZMCA park.

PHOTO/PHIL WORKMAN RIGHT: A new garden bed.

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there.”

The park is parallel to the river, close to the cycle track and a threeminute walk to Masterton township.

It has minimal facilities that include water and a dump station.

Murrell said he started travelling about three years ago, after his retirement, when his wife joined him on a 10-month South Island tour in their camper.

“People were buying

those and touring New Zealand rather than going overseas.”

Before his purchase, he was put on an 18-month waiting list due to the covid-19 period, as motorhomes were in high

demand, causing a supply shortage and delays.

“You just couldn’t buy them.”

Murrrell said a selfcontained vehicle provides flexibility, is an affordable accommodation option

and a chance to get back to basics.

“You can set off in a direction, and when you decide you want to stop, you can stop,” Murrell said.

“There has been a huge increase in NZMCA membership over the last three years.”

NZMCA has grown significantly over the past few years, with 93,000 members in 2020, increasing to 111,000 this year.

Murrell said the age demographic is generally 50s and retirees, but lifestyle appeals to a younger audience.

Wairarapa NZMCA chair Toni Workman said the new park is in a great location with vineyards, cafes, shopping centres, cycleways, parks, and a lake nearby.

She said it took about three years of negotiation and development, including the council planning process.

Wairarapa NZMCA has a monthly rally, which about 50 motorhomes and caravans attend.

NZMCA also runs a smaller park at Riversdale Beach in partnership with the Riversdale Beach Community Association.

An NZMCA membership – $240, including a $150 joining fee and $90 annual subscription – is a requirement to stay at the park in Masterton, which costs $5.00 per person per night.

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The ‘Fluffy Bums’ are going through their final moult and changing into the moths that ‘flit’ away when you go near them. They are often seen on a line in the stems of plants and can reach plague numbers in hot weather, causing destruction to natives, passionfruit, tomatoes, beans, ornamentals + more.

The sap sucking feeders can cause young shoots to wilt and damage to leaves and the sticky ‘honeydew’ waste can cause sooty mould. The egg laying can also damage soft growth.

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The winged adults are usually found feeding on growing tips and new leaves.

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10 Wairarapa Midweek Carterton Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Gardening workshops ready to pick Julia Mahony

julia.mahony@age.co.nz

Carterton

Renowned Carterton gardener Helen Dew has announced her Saturday workshops for 2024 and says she does it all “because of climate change”.

For decades, Dew has grown a reputation as an environmental campaigner and sustainable gardener. She has been a vegetarian for more than 40 years and is showing no signs of living a quiet and reclusive life.

“Life is busy and interesting,” Dew told Midweek. She featured in the December 2023 issue of NZ Gardener, which celebrated Dew’s lifelong love of gardening and the recognition she has received.

Dew’s edible gardening workshops are 2pm-4pm at her 400m sq Carterton garden in William Wong Place and are as follows:

 Saturday, February 3 – Edible Gardening  Saturday February 10 – Compost Making [rain day February 17]  Saturday, February 24 – Pruning [rain day March 2]  Saturday March 9 – Seed-Saving Workshops are $10 per person per session.

Dew has asked that interested gardeners register by email: helen@ livingeconomies.nz She enjoyed helping people learn and plan edible gardens and her action was due to climate change, she said.

“If you’re going off in your car for a lettuce, that’s a huge carbon footprint. Please read labels in the supermarket.”

Most of Dew’s food comes from her garden, but she’ll sometimes buy produce from the Carterton Farmers’ Market [she was a founder], only if it’s not in her garden already.

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Dew said last year in an interview: “It’s not about getting the recipe book out and seeing what I have to buy to make this lovely meal, I just see what’s ready and what needs to be used and that’s how the meals are planned.

“A lot of people wouldn’t understand what eating in season means because you can get anything, anytime, at the supermarket. We’re thoroughly spoilt and disconnected from where food comes from.”

Dew hopes people can get an enthusiasm to grow at least some of their own food – basics like silverbeet, herbs, spring onions and lettuce.

She is also the subject of a children’s book called Good For You, Helen Dew! written by Catherine Cooper and Ali Foster.

Helen Dew has announced her latest series of workshops.

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12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, January 24, 2024 EDITORIAL

Hang on… I’ll just ask Nana Julia Mahony

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Do you make spontaneous, snap decisions? Or research the heck out of brands and providers, then lie awake in the dark debating the pros and cons before choosing.

It’s probably best to be a combo, swiftly decisive when needed but careful with choices involving money, or impact on others.

A great challenge came across radio last week – treat yourself to a decisionmaking detox.

Try it for a week, or even a day. If you live with children, each time you need to make a decision or choice, ask the little ones. The rule is, you must

accept their decision and act on it.

The results could be hilarious and ridiculous.

Let’s draw the line at dangerous, because as American social philosopher Thomas Sowell said: “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”

But let’s return to the fun.

If you’re a young person, ask your grandparents to make your decisions [and I beg you, let me be a fly on the wall for that].

Take the detox one step further by asking strangers to help you choose. In the

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lunch bar or café, ask the person behind you, or sitting at the next table, to choose your lunch. You must eat it.

When making an appointment by phone, ask the booker to choose your time. Let the librarian choose your book. You must read it.

If your phone rings, ask the nearest person if you should answer it. Let the dog choose their walking and sniffing route, if they’re so inclined.

In the supermarket and choosing between two items of similar quality and price? Ask the nearest shopper or staff member to choose – just don’t ask them more than once.

It’s a bit of a silly game but has the potential to be stress-reducing – a lightening of the pressure of being faced with multiple choices over a short timeframe, involving work, your home, children, extended family, food, exercise and love life.

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worst-performing with the lowest morale, to one of the highest performing and most popular.

After retiring from the navy, Marquet wrote a book called Turn the Ship Around and now speaks internationally on leadership and delegation.

Marquet is a fan of decision-making detoxes and says that when making choices, ego comes into play. If we make a poor decision, our ego can take a hit. Remove the decisionmaking and ego is parked out back.

“It’s very hard for someone who made the decision to then walk away from the decision, but it’s easy if it’s somebody else’s,” he says.

We all need to step up to the decision-making plate to keep our periscopes working. Clear, wellconsidered decision-

making is a skill, honed over years.

But a light-hearted break from it all this summer sounds like a hoot. Let us know how you get on.

If handing others that power gives you pinsand-needles, here’s an alternative to ponder.

Someone asked: ‘If you had 30 minutes to hide a paperclip anywhere in your house and your life depended on it not being found, where would you put it?’

Clever answers included unfurling the paperclip, opening a jar of olives and threading on as many as will fit, then returning to the jar, careful not to eat any in case your breath gives you away. Another was to hang the clip from the shower drain hole.

My favourite answer: ‘With the other paperclips.’

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READER CONTRIBUTION

Anne Nelson

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I’m lying on my back in the long grass in a small clearing. Beyond the branches of a raggedy kānuka tree, I’m watching wild cloud shapes form, break and reform as they gallop across the intense blue sky.

The longer I stay here, the harder it is to leave. After all, I have everything I need: one rolled-up towel [a bit damp] to use as a pillow and one good book. And I’m accompanied by the words of American poet Mary Oliver, which have burst into my mind.

Oliver spent many hours in grassy fields – something she described as being “idle and blessed” – and in her poem The Summer Day asked her readers: “Tell me, what is it you plan to

do / with your one wild and precious life?”

What is it that makes for a life that is meaningful and satisfying? If we never stop to really think about this, we run the risk of rushing through our entire lives without realising we could [and

would] have done some or most of it differently.

I suspect that for many of us, a life well lived would be one that is more simple. Western culture has increasingly become characterised by frantic busyness. We fill our days with being productive: achieving,

organising, meeting deadlines, ticking off tasks. Then there is housework, cooking, shopping, DIY, the garden. Looking after the needs of those we love.

We try to schedule some time to exercise, socialise, be creative.

And if there is half an hour of free time at the end of the day, we can choose from multiple distractions: entertainment options, social media, 24-hour news cycles. Little wonder our minds start rushing around too.

We need to declutter our lives of this relentless activity so our days can unfold in a more natural way.

Let’s also become comfortable with the idea of ‘wasting time’ – just ‘being’ and doing nothing at all.

The best place for this seems to be in the

outdoors. I suspect that deep down in our DNA, it is still our natural home.

And now is the perfect time of year to do this.

Last night I got out of bed and went outside in the darkness to look at the sky. It’s something I love to do on summer nights. The night was filled with the sounds of heavy traffic rushing along the main road – but above me, the magic show that is the Milky Way and all its constellations was spread out in incredible clarity. I thought about the fact that for tens of thousands of years before me, other humans have looked at the night sky in the same way and felt the same wonder.

What could be better than that?

• Anne Nelson is a writer and editor.

She lives in Carterton.

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14 Wairarapa Midweek Extra Wednesday, January 24, 2024 ARATOI VOICES

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Artist has super summer Wairarapa artist Sandra Schmid is having a wonderful summer.

In early December, Schmid scooped the New Zealand International Realty Wairarapa Art Review award for 3D sponsored by Hillview Property for her piece ‘Shards’.

“Receiving the Sculpture Award for the works ‘Shards’ was a very special experience for me, especially with so many amazing artists in Wairarapa,” Schmidt said. “I’m humbled by the honour of winning this prize, my work aimed to convey a subtle elegance, drawing inspiration from simplicity and timeless beauty. I’m grateful for the recognition, it motivates me to continue exploring the artistry within the delicate world of jewellery.”

‘Shards’ is made from shibiuchi and silk.

Shibuichi is a Japanese copper and silver mix, its patina creates a range of subtle greys and muted

shades of blue, green, and brown.

Schmidt said: “Hanging by a silk thread this work looks into the delicate balance of life’s existence.

While media circles images of terrorism, attacks, tension, natural disasters, poverty, war and refugees, our micro world might be shattered by death, illness, loss, loneliness and pain.

“Sometimes we cautiously pick up the broken pieces and carefully re-assemble and rearrange the shards.

Feeling happiness, moving forward, doesn’t make the broken pieces any less cutting.”

A few days before she picked up her award, Schmidt was installing her new work, ‘Tidal’, into the shop as Summer’s Featured Artist.

Her work features jewellery and body adornment.

“Tidal movements are gentle, forceful, uninterrupted. The tide comes and goes, brings

Wairarapa Art Review winner of the Hillview Property 3D Award Sandra Schmidt.

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and takes, a continual exchange between the settled and unsettled. The connection between land and sea is fluid.

“In the process the landscape is changed, carved away, piled up, roughened, rippled,

smoothed. It’s a migration point.” she said.

“Just like the tide, migration has been and will be ongoing. The reasons are as multiple as the sand corns on the beach. It comes and goes in waves but always leaves

traces and change behind.

“As a migrant myself, this body of work is influenced by the respectful approach to land and culture. Seaweed stranded on the beach is as ephemeral as humans on earth. Colourful and organic in its appearance, washed up on distant shores it brings traces from its origins. On those shores stories are told from the land and the sea.”

Her Featured Artist works are a collection of items related to this transitional space. Some objects are inspired from the sea, others from the land, both in transition and somehow misplaced.

While the seaweed work seems light, fluid and unchanged the works connected to the land are replicated remade and reshaped in a variety of materials.

The New Zealand International Realty Wairarapa Art Review exhibition is showing until February 18.

POLITICS

Wade-Brown swings into Parliament The resignation of Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman in the wake of shoplifting accusations means Wairarapa Green Party representative Celia Wade-Brown will enter Parliament as a list MP. Ghahraman resigned after claims she shoplifted from two stores on three occasions.

She said her actions had resulted from work stresses and were completely out of character.

“I am not trying to excuse my actions, but I do want to explain them,” Ghahraman said.

“People should,

rightly, expect the highest standards of behaviour from their elected representatives.

“I fell short. I’m sorry.”

In a statement, Green Party co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson said they were deeply sorry to see Ghahraman leave under these circumstances.

“Ms Ghahraman has worked tirelessly on behalf of her communities,” they said.

“Nothing detracts from that work, and we know she will continue to support those communities in the future.”

Davidson declared it a sad day.

“I’m losing a friend and a colleague I’ve worked with for many years.”

Despite the sad circumstances, Davidson said Wade-Brown, also former mayor of Wellington, was “going to rock the place”.

“I’ve particularly noted her ongoing priorities around Tiriti justice and equality, making sure that everyone has what they need to live dignified lives,” Davidson said.

“These are all kaupapa [issues] that are core to our heart, and so we

welcome her.”

Shaw spoke of WadeBrown’s long history of public service and work on issues surrounding transport and housing in urban environments.

“Celia is a very experienced politician,” Shaw said.

“She’s won seven elections during the course of her career and, of course, two of those as mayor of Wellington.

“She’ll be a great MP, and we’re looking forward to having her on board.”

Ghahraman’s resignation means Celia Wade-Brown becomes a new Green Party list Member of Parliament.

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Like Dr Akash Kota and Dr Kenny Kim, the clinic’s principal dentists, Jason trained at Otago University.

After studying for seven years and completing both a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, he took up the position of dental house officer at Christchurch Hospital for two years.

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While investigating the mysterious chirping noise coming from the backyard, a photographer discovered such a peculiar scene that she couldn’t believe her eyes.

Masterton-based photographer Jade Cvetkov said she was at home when she heard some unusual, highpitched cheeping from the backyard.

“I went out to check it out, and it was a bloody cuckoo up our tree!”

Cvetkov said. “Then I saw this tiny little bird flying around and feeding it.”

While unusual to witness, the situation unfolding before Cvetkov was a shining cuckoo being fed and cared for by a grey warbler.

Shining cuckoos are “brood parasites”, meaning they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds – in New Zealand, these are mainly grey warblers – and leave them to be raised

by that bird.

According to Predator Free NZ, the unsuspecting grey warbler doesn’t know the baby cuckoo isn’t biologically its own despite it being absolutely dwarfed in size by the chick.

Cvetkov – who has a keen interest in birds – said she was mesmerised watching the grey warbler feed the cuckoo chick and admired its iridescent green wings and striped chest.

“I’d heard about it before, but never in my life thought I’d see it myself and definitely not in Masterton,” Cvetkov said.

“It just sat there with its mouth open, waiting for the other bird to feed him.”

Department of Conservation science adviser Kerry Weston said the shining cuckoo is common throughout New Zealand but is heard more often than seen.

“It has a distinctive whistling call with

several upwardly-slurred whistles followed by a single downwardlyslurred whistle.”

To get away with the adoption hoax, Weston said that after hatching, the cuckoo chick ejects all grey warbler eggs or nestlings from the nest and is raised alone.

It was difficult to gauge the age of the cuckoo chick in Cvetkov’s backyard, but Weston said if it’s still being fed, it’s probably only a few weeks old despite being much larger than its grey warbler “mother”.

She said,while raising the shining cuckoo comes at the cost of the grey warbler’s own brood, it doesn’t appear to impact the overall health of its population.

“Riroriro [grey warbler] are widespread throughout New Zealand and locally abundant in suitable habitats,” Weston said.

“They are not threatened.”

Shining cuckoo push grey warbler eggs and chicks out of the nest, then are raised by the oblivious parent bird. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV

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Freddie Wilkie Greytown Heritage Trust is gearing up to open the doors of 11 heritage buildings at the beginning of February.

The self-guided Greytown Heritage House and Garden Tour will shine a light on some of the township’s best historic and Victorian architecture.

The funds raised from the tour will go towards a project restoring the trust’s Kouka Cottage, said trustee Carmel Ferguson.

Kouka Cottage was built in the 1860s as a gardener’s cottage, and Ferguson said that to complete restoration, the group needs to raise money within the six-figure range.

“We have had quotes and have a ballpark figure of about $150,000,” Ferguson said.

Of the 11 properties open for the tour, Ferguson said most of them date back to the late 1800s, and early 1900s.

“It’s quite a mix of different properties; some have been renovated over time from their Victorian origins.”

She said while the tour was open to all, tickets had now sold out.

“The tour is available

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to anyone but focuses on people interested in houses,” Ferguson said.

“It appeals to people who are interested in housing furnishings, interiors, and architecture.”

Also keeping an eye on the event is Barbara Hyde, marketing manager at Destination Wairarapa.

Hyde said the heritage properties are a testament to the character of Greytown.

“Greytown’s heritage homes and gardens are real hallmarks of the distinctive look of the town,” Hyde said.

“The opportunity to visit these private homes and gardens provided by this tour has been very beautifully presented and well marketed.”

Hyde also said it was rare for a new event to sell out so quickly.

“It’s a terrific achievement for a brandnew event to sell out in its first year,” said Hyde.

Destination Wairarapa keeps tabs on events happening all over Wairarapa, and Hyde said that the tour is a good addition to the mix of offerings available.

She also said it was good timing with the long weekend.

“The tour adds variety to an already popular long weekend for the region, with wellknown and established events including the Martinborough Fair and the Tauherenīkau races attracting people to visit.”

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The couple moved to Wairarapa in 2018 with their two teenagers after building a house in Clareville, and it gave Alice the opportunity to open her own florist for the first time.

“Opening Stem in Greytown is an absolute dream,” Alice says. “Floristry is always so rewarding, and I’ve been accepted into the local community with kindness and friendship.”

Although Alice’s passion is to put together arrangements in shades of white with lush green foliage, her overriding mission is to be responsive to client needs.

“I’m doing two weddings shortly involving big installations such as arch work and mantle arrangements.

There are table arrangements to do, as well as bouquets, buttonholes and corsages for the bridal party,” Alice says. “And one of the weddings has banned the colour white!”

opening hours and availability is unusual for many florists.

Orders can be taken seven days a week, and Alice will deliver flowers to your home or arrive at your venue early on the morning of your wedding to install your arrangements.

Back at the shop, she is housed in the red annex building attached to the Old Bank at 75 Main Street in Greytown, which is a heritage listed building. This is the perfect site for a florist, with natural wooden floors and towering ceilings and has a bespoke interior wall finished in Rockcote Artisan plaster, textured to mimic the veins found in the Peace Lily leaf.

As well as flowers to suit all budgets, Alice stocks indoor plants, pots and baskets to put them in, home wares, and décor items.

Take a browse through Stem Greytown and wallow in the relaxed feel of nature and the perfume of paradise.

At her client’s request, she’s creating a ‘garden look’ with a wild mixture of flowers, textures, and colours – cosmos, scabiosa, rice flowers, and a variety of other small garden blooms.

Eucalyptus leaves and lilac-purple lisianthus are on trend for bouquets.

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Once your New Zealand Superannuation or Veteran’s Pension has been granted, and you have started receiving payments, the Ministry of Social Development automatically sends your SuperGold Card to you in the mail. This usually only takes a few weeks. If you do not receive or are not eligible to receive New Zealand Superannuation, you can still apply for a SuperGold Card by going to the supergold.govt.nz website.

Some Wairarapa businesses have told Times-Age they offer discounts to holders of SuperGold Cards. We share that information with you here.

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A2W Plumbing & Hot Water: 10% discount for repairs, service, or maintenance work. Does not apply to new installations.

Agent99 Smart Organising: 20% discount on ‘downsizing, decluttering, and smart moving services’ (summer season).

AT Roofing: 5% discount for all residential re-roofs or new roofs for 2024. Need to advise AT Roofing at time of quote.

Wairarapa Handyman: 20% off labour costs for services provided directly.

Wairarapa Heat Pump Cleaning: $10 discount on each heat pump cleaned.

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Back in Action: 10% discount on initial assessment (physiotherapy, chiropractic, massage), on request.

Bay Audiology: $20 discount on full diagnostic hearing tests (down to $59) and $20 discount on earwax removals (down to $50).

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Caltex (Solway and Chapel Street branches): 2 cents discount per litre.

Countdown: 5% discount on Tuesdays when you swipe your SuperGold Card.

Golden Shears 2024: (evening sessions on Friday 1 March and Saturday 2 March): 20% discount.

Madison’s Café and Bar: 10% discount on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Manawatu & TRC Toyota: 10% discounts on warrants of fitness, services, and parts.

McDonalds: only $3 for a McCafé coffee.

New World: 5% discount on Tuesdays if you spend over $40.

Reduced to Clear: 5% discount on Tuesdays when you swipe your SuperGold Card.

Rosie’s Removals: 5% discount.

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The Wool Shed Museum of Sheep and Shearing: 20% discount off entry.

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Clareville Nursery & Garden Centre: 10% discount on flowering punnets and vegetable seedlings.

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New World: 5% discount on Tuesdays.

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Bay Audiology: $20 discount on full diagnostic hearing tests (down to $59) and $20 discount on earwax removals (down to $50).

Challenge petrol station: 8 cents discount per litre.

FreshChoice Greytown: 5% discount on Tuesdays.

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South Wairarapa Auto Services: 10% discount on warrants of fitness.

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NZ Post: free mail redirections for two months and free mail holds for four weeks.

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Our region’s rising fire risk Marlee Partridge

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Fire and Emergency New Zealand [Fenz] has declared a prohibited fire season for Wairarapa’s coast until further notice.

No open-air fires are allowed, and all existing fire permits are revoked.

Fenz community risk manager Philip Soal said the hot, dry, and windy weather along Wairarapa’s coast has dried out grass and vegetation to such an extent that the fire danger is considered to be very high.

“The Wairarapa coast is predominantly pasture grasses, coastal dune grasses, scrub and young pine which are all prone to burning easily once dry,” he said.

Fenz anticipates that as the weather conditions continue, these areas will dry out further.

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crews from the region were deployed again to a substantial vegetation fire in Kahutara near Lake Wairarapa that had first been put out late the previous week.

The initial response to the fire had crews from Featherston, Carterton, and Lake Ferry extinguishing the blaze with the assistance of a helicopter that was stood down once the fire came under control.

The same fire then flared up again, prompting a response from Featherston and Martinborough with three appliances, and a tanker each from the Masterton and Remutaka brigades, while both Ngāwī and Lake Ferry crews were also on the scene to assist.

A Fenz spokesperson said they could not say how the fire started and could only speculate that the dry and windy conditions caused the flare-up.

The first helicopter

called to Kahutara was brought in to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby trees on the nearby Department of Conservation [DOC] Boggy Pond reserve in the Wairarapa Moana wetlands.

As the fire approached the DOC reserve, a duty ranger was sent to the scene as part of DOC’s standard response to such situations.

A second helicopter was called after the first helicopter on the scene requested additional support, a Fenz spokesperson said.

The fire had spanned across an area of 100 metres by 50 metres covering just over one acre of land.

The dense scrub had been difficult to access and considered “tricky” to put out.

No homes were at risk due to the fire as the scrubland sat between Lake Wairarapa and empty paddocks.

Crews in Eketāhuna had also responded to

reports of trees on fire.

A Fenz spokesperson confirmed crews had returned to that scene to continue dampening down hot spots – sections of burnt land that had retained heat and posed a risk of reigniting.

While coastal areas of Wairarapa are now in a prohibited fire season in which no open-air fires are permitted and all existing permits have been revoked, other parts of the region remain in a restricted season.

Fenz encouraged anyone who planned on lighting fires this season to check weather conditions and also asked people not to use power tools and equipment that generate heat or sparks during this extra dry weather.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, and power tools all had the potential to spark wildfires.

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People are also asked to take some simple steps to make their properties easier to defend against fire by clearing flammable material from 10 metres around homes and buildings, including clearing gutters of any materials.

Residents can also keep grass short using a trimmer with a nylon line rather than mowers with metal blades [all trimmings should be removed from the property].

“If it’s hot and windy, do not light a fire, even if you have a permit,” Soal said.

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Every little bit helps Midweek Musings

Tim Nelson

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I came across this quote from Martin Luther King Jr. this morning: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What can you do for others’?”

When we read a quote like this we often think contributions need to be on that large scale, up there with the likes of Martin Luther King Jr, and that it’s only these iconic figures who really make a difference to the world.

The truth is quite different; a great society will be the result of a lot of people making a difference, and these differences can range in scale from helping just one person in a small way that almost no one will know about, through to things that will impact on many and will be recognised on a larger scale.

Every little bit counts when it comes to making a contribution, and we can all do something, regardless of our personal circumstances or the situation we are in.

Do it now

It’s interesting we often do things now so we can do the things we really want to do in the future.

For example, we may work long hours in the hope our efforts will enable us to have the resources to give us the freedom to spend time with our children.

However, the truth is that for so much of what we are working so hard to do in this idyllic future, we could, in fact, do it right now.

What’s to stop us from shutting down our work emails on a Sunday afternoon and instead go

outside and kick a ball around the yard with a child; or perhaps we could pack up the car on a Saturday morning and head to the beach for a day of swimming, surfing, or fishing.

Don’t spend your whole life planning and getting ready for that “right” time.

Instead look for every opportunity to do the things you love to do now whenever the opportunity arises.

Health of your mind

When asked if he was happy, author Yuval Noah Harari said he is happier than he ever has been.

When the following question was asked as to why this is the case, Harari said he takes the deliberate time to “take care of the health of his own mind”, doing this by: limiting the amount of information he takes in; taking the time to process information; and taking deliberate time where he shuts off from everything through meditation and retreats.

We are in a constant state of information overload. It really is simply overwhelming, with a 24-hour news cycle intent on having us highly stimulated.

We need to shut ourselves off from these attempts to have us in a constant state of hyperawareness, most often about all of the worst aspects of our world.

It’s time to give our minds a rest: to go for a run in the country without a podcast playing; to walk on the beach and just listen to the waves crashing on the shore; or sit in a cafe drinking a coffee, just watching the

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We need to take care of the health of our own minds.

Who will save you?

This is something that I have written about many times, but it came up again in a podcast I was listening to. It’s such an important message, making it worth sharing once again.

The idea that knowing no one is coming to save us can be the best thing that can happen to us.

The reason why is that it can help us to recognise and understand that the person who must save us is ourselves.

Once we stop waiting for that person to come along to solve all of our problems, to make things right for the times we have been treated unfairly, this will be the time for us to help ourselves.

Yes, life may have been incredibly difficult and unfair through no fault of our own, but it’s only going to get worse if we continue to blame others [even when the blame is justified].

The starting point to improve our lives isn’t going to be the same; some will have considerable advantage, whereas others will be significantly handicapped. However, one true thing is that to make forward progress it’s really up to us.

How to get things done Tim Brown, the former All White football star,

and founder of the iconic shoe brand, Allbirds, has a strategy for getting things done.

Based on the success he has had in two quite different fields, one as an international footballer, and the other as the founder of a multi-billiondollar company, the strategy he uses is clearly working.

Brown’s strategy is deceptively simple; he rides to work and during his ride he thinks about the three key things he has to do that day.

When he gets to work he completes these three tasks. Yes, he may do other things as well, but these will be in addition to the three identified tasks from his morning ride.

For too many of us, we create extensive to-do lists and will often fool ourselves by crossing off a lot of items.

The problem is we ignore the awkward and complex tasks, regardless of how important they are, often to the point in which we place ourselves under stressful pressure by having to do them at the last minute.

We need to take a leaf from Brown’s playbook and do the most important things first; that’s how things really get done.

A year from now

I heard the hypnotherapist Paul McKenna in an interview in which he talks about how we can all strive

to be better in any area that we want to develop in.

One strategy he uses is to encourage us to look one year into the future, visualising what a fantastic life could be for us, regardless of where we find ourselves right now.

This could be for anything: health; relationships; finances; career; or any other area of our life.

Once we have visualised this ideal life, the next step if to identify what needs to be done to get there - in six months; three months; one month; next week; the end of today; within the next hour.

This step can make that ideal life seem possible, provided there is a willingness to develop a process to get there and, more importantly, implement the process.

Imagine if, even for just one aspect of your life, you completed McKenna’s process. The year will have been a rewarding and fulfilling one, demonstrating that we are capable of achieving almost anything if we’re willing to put in the work.

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

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Shear delight in high heat Kate Judson

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Four men hit the handpiece in a gruelling 24-hour Shearathon, operating in a sweltering 30-degree heat.

The Shearathon took place at Masterton’s Spring Valley Enterprises Woolshed January 13 and 14 with about 500 spectators witnessing the four men – with help from volunteers and guest shearers – process 6963 sheep.

Spring Valley Enterprises owners Lynley and Matt Wyeth said they would easily host again after seeing the community impact.

“Once those catching pen gates closed on that last sheep last night, the tears flowed,” Lynley Wyeth said.

At the end, she said people were bent over with sheer exhaustion, shedding tears of joy, relief and the pressure of the pain.

“The enormity of the event is still really just

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sinking in.”

Wyeth said people were easily awake for 24 hours to support the shearing team, which included 18-year-old farming cadet William Billing.

Many worked through the night, said Wyeth, from the wool bail pressers and logistic co-ordinators to truck drivers from Martinborough Transport Ltd who helped to transfer mobs in and out of the woolshed.

She said there were volunteer farmers and guest shearers, including

police and businesses, engine room supporters and cooks and National MP Mike Butterick helping out.

Before the event, volunteers from Spring Valley Enterprises prepared quality stock to make sure the mob of 7500 sheep were kept clean, dry, ticked and crutched.

Like the other shearers, event organiser and shearer, Dan Billing went through a sixmonth process to get shear-ready.

Billing said it took willpower to get through, and afterwards, he was

humbled, feeling a bit tender, sore and stiff.

“There were some pretty dark times. Tough on the body, pretty tough on the mind.”

Although there were two air-conditioning units and fans, he said it was almost 40 degrees where the sheep were kept when the sun came up.

“It was absolutely phenomenally hot.

I don’t think I have sweated like that in a long time.”

Billing said farmers looked at tearing iron off the shed roof to create better airflow.

He was motivated by the determination to succeed and the cohort in the woolshed and was grateful for the supportive crowd and generosity.

His wife, farmer and Shear4U wool handler Rebecca Billing, said it was hard to watch him struggle mentally but that she was immensely proud.

“He got to a pretty dark place at one point

at about 5am,” Rebecca said. “The nurses wanted to call it because he was that fatigued.”

Although her husband went downhill, Rebecca said he made it through with wrap-around support, nutrition and sleep and that their three children “are proud to call him dad”.

She said one of their daughters had two hours of sleep and was on the broom during the entire event.

She said it was a big commitment for the whole family, who all stepped up to “keep the farm ticking over” while Billing was away.

About $80,000 had been raised from corporate sponsorship, auctioned goods and the Givealittle page.

This will be split between Rural Support Trust [Wairarapa], Farmstrong, and Gumboot Friday.

Donations can be made through the Givealittle page Shear4U Wairarapa 2024, which closes February 4.

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COMPETITION the three-day fishing competition, Ngawi Sports Fishing Club overall prizes will be awarded. describes itself as a big club in a small village. This is evident in its Last year, Ngawi Big 3 celebrated annual Ngawi Big 3 three-day its 30th anniversary (with fishing competition. a year out due to Covid-19) and it The competition was described as will be held “phenomenal” Friday 9

by Donna February Fenwick. She to Sunday has been 11 February captain of 2024 at JOHN ALLEN the Ngawi Ngawi. This Ngawi Fishing Club Fishing Club for President event is the seven years and is biggest fishing also the weigh master for the competition in the lower North competition.

Island and is both land-based and boat-based. Prizes will be “2024 promises to be even better awarded daily to the top 10 than last year,” says John Allen, species caught. And at the end of Club President.

There are approximately 150 affair,” Donna says. “We’ve had sponsors and a total prize pool up to three or four generations in (in cash and goods) of well over a family fishing in it.” $30,000. This year’s contest is The biggest fish hooked expected to outstrip the in the 2023 contest, 350 anglers and caught by Becky 132 boats that Cates, was participated in 2023. a groper Ngawi Big 3 weighing has come a 32.10kg. long way from “Let’s see if DONNA FENWICK an idea over someone can Ngawi Fishing Club beer one night Captain beat her in the in the winter of 1991, 2024 competition. We with the first Big 3 fishing look forward to three days of fun competition launched in January and fishing, made possible by all 1992 with 30 sponsors, 98 anglers, and 26 boats. those involved. We hope to see “Ngawi Big 3 can be a real family you there.”

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NGAWI BIG 3 timetable Registration for 2024’s Ngawi Big 3 is possible right up to, and during, the competition itself. To secure your spot, go to the fishing club’s website www.ngawifishingclub.co.nz or Facebook page for more information and registration forms.

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Fishing finishes at 5pm when all lines must be out of the water (exceptions apply).

Weigh in between 2pm and 6pm.

Prize-giving of daily and spot prizes at 8pm (or at 5pm if fishing is cancelled).

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Fishing finishes at 5pm when all lines must be out of the water (exceptions apply).

Weigh in between 2pm and 6pm.

Prize-giving of daily and spot prizes at 8pm (or at 7pm if fishing is cancelled).

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Fishing starts at 7am.

Fishing and the tournament finish at 2pm.

Weigh in between 1pm and 3pm.

Prize-giving of daily, spot, and major prizes at 5pm (or at 1pm if fishing is cancelled).

Weigh-ins at the end of each day are always exciting followed by socialising, food, and drink. After the prize giving on Saturday night, the band ‘Short Circuit’ will have you up on your feet.

Tipping the scales: Counting fishers & fish New Zealand's seafood industry plays a key role in the country's economy, contributing around $2 billion each year in export earnings, and employing more than 13,000 people.

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NGAWI BIG 3 Prizes The total 2024 Ngawi Big 3 prize pool of well over $30,000 in cash and goods will be allocated across these divisions: •

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Lady angler prizes each day, as well as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places overall. Species are blue cod, kahawai, tarakihi, gurnard, groper, snapper, trumpeter, tuna, kingfish, and billfish.

Junior angler prizes (under age 16) 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places each day for each of four species, as well as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places overall. The species are blue cod,

between 40 and 50 lucky participants won places each day, with 41 overall winners and first places.

kahawai, terakihi, and gurnard.

Juniors aged 13 to 16 can choose to register in the open section.

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Daily prizes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for each species in the open section.

Top angler prizes in each of the five-metre-and-under and the over-five-metre boat sections.

Species are blue cod, kahawai, tarakihi, gurnard, groper, snapper, trumpeter, tuna, kingfish, and billfish.

In the 2023 competition,

Toddler angler prizes (under age six) 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places each day for each of three species, as well as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places overall. The species are blue cod, scarpi, and parrot fish (soldier fish).

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Landbase prizes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places each day plus overall 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. No limit on species except that sharks are not permitted.

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Spot prizes will be plentiful. More than 50 are expected this year, thanks to the continued support of sponsors that make the Ngawi Big 3 fishing competition the biggest and the best in the lower North Island.

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Groper: Becky Gates in Streaker II, with her catch weighing 32.100 kgs.

Tuna: Sam Faisandier in Stich Ups, with his catch weighing 11.895 kg.

Snapper: Robert Thurston in Kodi I, with his catch weighing 7.280 kg.

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Ngawi Big 3 rules:

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Friday 9 to Sunday 11 February 2024

Fishing off the coast of Ngawi is covered by recreational fishing rules for the central region.

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It’s a good idea to know the rules applying to your fishing area. Fines and penalties apply for breaking them. Stay updated with the latest rules by downloading the free New Zealand fishing rules app www.mpi. govt.nz/rules. It is illegal to sell or trade what you catch, no matter your region.

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With an eye to sustainability, Ngawi’s Fishing Club encourages fishers to stick to a conservative 10 fish a day bag limit instead of the higher legal limit, and to throw back any blue cod under 38 cm or tarakihi under 35 cm.

The Ngawi Big 3 rules for 2024 can be found in the Rules and Bylaws of the Ngawi Sports Fishing Club Inc. 2022 to 2023, and these can be downloaded from the club’s website. Here are a few of the rules.

Eligibility. All entrants must belong to a boat fishing club and pay an entry fee.

Fishing area. The fishing competition area is limited to between Turakirae Head and Honeycomb Rock.

Register by 9 January 2024 to win a prize in the early bird draw. Five lucky early bird registrations from Open Competition Anglers will receive $100 each.

Scrutineering. All boats must be scrutineered for safety equipment including operational VHF radio, flares (current),

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life jackets (one per person), spare rope, anchor.

Launching. Boats will launch from and retrieve at Ngawi Bay. They will need to queue from the south to be accepted for launching. The Tuhirangi Rugby Club (based at Pirinoa) will assist with launching and retrieving boats from Ngawi Bay. They’ll have tractors and muscle power on hand. Self-launching boats will only be able to leave the beach after the first boat is launched by the tractor team.

Fishing Tackle. All fishing will be with rod and reel or hand line only. Recreational outriggers can be used with a rod and reel.

Maximum line weight is 60kg.

Landbase Competition Rules. Spouses, partners, children, and grandchildren of registered Ngawi Big 3 competitors are permitted to fish in the Landbase Competition. Area limits for this competition are between Hamenga Point and Little Mangatoetoe Stream, and all fishing is with a rod and reel or handline.

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Thanks to one and all

“We also offer enormous thanks to Cape Palliser Marine Radio for its service during Ngawi Big 3 – it provides a critical lifeline,” Donna says.

Cape Palliser Marine Radio (aka CPMR) was established in 1993, one year after Ngawi began its Big 3 Fishing Competition. CPMR gives boats the ability to have direct contact with each other at sea. This means boat operators can help each other out and Search and Rescue is not always needed when there’s an incident.

CPMR owns and operates three marine channels covering the entire Wairarapa coast.

• Channel 3 – Location: Whakataki.

Coverage: Akitio to south of Riversdale.

• Channel 4 – Location: Cape Palliser. Coverage: Palliser Bay to Cook Strait plus part of Wellington Harbour.

• Channel 7 – Location: Cape Palliser.

Coverage: Tora to Palliser Bay. • Channels 6 and 8 are available for casual ship-to-shop communications.

• Channel 16 is the national rescue channel.

During Ngawi Big 3, Channels 4 and 7 can be used. The competition’s base will also monitor Channel 6.

Ngawi Big 3 would not be possible without the help and support of many volunteers including the Tuhirangi Rugby Football Club for launching and retrieving the boats, and the Tuhirangi netball girls for managing and running the bar over the weekend. Ngawi Big 3’s committee, composed of members of the Ngawi Fishing Club, is running the show and is ready to take your registrations.

The Ngawi Fishing Club sincerely thanks, also, the approximately 150 sponsors of Ngawi Big 3. While not possible to include a complete list of sponsors here, particular thanks are offered to platinum sponsors: Wild Blue Tackle, Kawakawa Station, Bramco Granite, Burnsco Marine & Leisure, T & T Landfills Ltd & Quarry Supplies, Wellington Pipelines, Wairarapa Hunting & Fishing, Black Magic Tackle, GIANT oil and lubricants, Irrigation Services, Bodyworks Panel & Paint, PCL, KP Marine, Allen’s, Export, Kiwispan, Seadek Certified Fabricator, and Moore’s Valley Pilers & Movers.

The Club Captain, Donna Fenwick, says: “on behalf of the Ngawi Fishing Club, we’d like to thank everyone involved in helping to make Ngawi Big 3 a memorable weekend.”

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Recreational fishing is known around the world as a great way to feed nutritious food to our families, at a low cost. It’s also known as an activity that lends itself to both social activity and solitude, depending on what we want and need at any specific time.

Fishing and boating are some of New Zealand’s most popular activities. And fishing is known as a unique way to relieve stress and to relax, thereby improving our physical and mental health.

Then there’s the extent to which fishing forces us to focus on the present moment whether we’re baiting hooks, casting lines, feeling the lift and swell of the sea under the boat or the breeze on our skin, watching the birds that wheel above us, and hearing the slap of waves. Allowing ourselves to be fully immersed in the experience takes away the frazzle of life.

Spending time outdoors in nature, as well as being so close to water, can also help reduce stress levels and promote a sense of calm and well-being.

Fishing is an easy and enjoyable way to boost our vitamin D intake, too, because sun is one of the main sources of vitamin D in our bodies. This vitamin occurs naturally in very few foods but is essential for good immune health – it supports our

body’s natural defences against illness and infection. Regularly engaging in activities like fishing can also help lower our blood pressure and reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Ngawi Fishing Club formed in 1991 with just 20 like-minded members who were keen to fish for fun, as part of a community.

The club set up on the southern-most tip of the North Island and, today, boasts over 200 members. A large variety of fish can be caught in the area with the club having trophies for blue cod, groper, tarakihi, trumpeter, kingfish, tuna, kahawai, snapper, and billfish. Although the Club has not weighed in a billfish, a broadbill

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“Fishing is a lifelong pursuit,” Donna Fenwick says. “It’s something that any age, any ability, anybody can do.”

The Ngawi Fishing Club offers us a place where we be part of a community, including through regular club days, and to improve our health. Application forms for club membership, tractor membership, and CPMR membership can be found at the back of the club’s newsletters, which are uploaded onto the club’s webpage at: www.ngawifishingclub.co.nz/newsletter.

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Beguiled by the history and the presence of Ngawi Ngawi nestles in the sweep of Palliser Bay, only five km away from Cape Palliser on a road clinging tightly to the edge of the country.

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Palliser Bay and its southern tip Cape Palliser were named by Captain James Cook in 1770 in honour of his “worthy friend” and fellow Yorkshireman Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser of the British Royal Navy. Prior to that, Māori called the cape Matakitaki-a-Kupe (the grazing of Kupe), after the famous Polynesian explorer.

Kupe’s Sail is a feature of Cape Palliser.

Its triangular geological formation of sedimentary rock was thrust up in an earthquake and is shaped like the kind of sail regularly used by Pacific explorers such as Kupe. He is said to be the first human to discover and settle Aotearoa New Zealand sometime between the years 900 and 1400 CE. Palliser Bay is well-endowed with kaimoana, so has always been important to Māori.

Today, with more tractors and bulldozers

Kupes Sail. CREDIT: Glen Butler

per capita than anywhere else in New Zealand, maybe even in the world, Ngawi is definitely worth a visit.

Because there’s no wharf at Ngawi, the abundance of tractors and bulldozers is a necessity to haul boats into and out of the water. There are few trees and no shops, although there is a well-equipped camping ground together with a café bar and grill.

It can be unrelentingly hot, and several ships have been wrecked on the rugged

coastline. What’s not to love.

Ngawi has a population of about 30 permanent residents living in a cluster of houses cast up at the base of towering cliffs. During Ngawi Big 3 the number of people in the town can swell to many hundreds camping out in tents and caravans, all of them ready to have a good time both on the parched patch of land under the towering rock as well as on the hard place of the pounding surf.

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The team at Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre are celebrating the arrival of another kiwi chick to parents Mapuna and Manawa.

MB120 hatched in the last fortnight and marked the 120th kiwi chick to be born at the facility.

He was born rocking the same tuft of white feathers on his head as his older sibling – who hatched at Christmas – Rangiura.

Ranger Tara Swan was excited for the newest addition to Pūkaha and described how MB120 had not only been born with a tuft of white on his head but also a patch on his belly.

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there are five species of kiwi with conservation statuses ranging from “recovering” to “nationally critical”, but even those considered to be recovering depend on proactive conservation efforts.

Swan said the birth of three kiwi chicks since October last year bodes well for the future of kiwi birds, especially at Pūkaha.

“They’re actually doing really, really well,” Swan said of the increased breeding numbers.

“They’ve been really good this year. Obviously, the odd egg’s infertile, but this time they’ve all been fertile,” Swan said.

She said Pūkaha had “ramped up” its predator controls in the Pūkaha forest to protect kiwi born at the facility.

MB120 hatched in the last fortnight.

“We aim to breed for release, so everybody will be released into the forest at some point,” she said.

When breeding, female kiwi lay the eggs, and the male sits on them for about 80 days.

Swan said there are quite a few kiwis being monitored in the forest, with MB120’s big brother, who was released into the forest last year, currently sitting on an egg.

Rangers are unsure if the egg is fertile as they haven’t been able to check, but if it proves to be fertile, then another chick could be expected next month, with another fertile egg set to hatch in late March.

The newest member of the Pūkaha whānau will be named by Rangitāne in the coming weeks.

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Trust House-owned Masterton restaurant Apache Jack’s has closed its doors after not making a profit for the past three years.

All the Apache Jack’s staff retained their jobs and have been redeployed to other roles, Trust House chief executive John Prendergast said.

He attributed Apache Jack’s closure to current economic pressures such as the high cost of living, inflation, interest rates, and rising food costs.

“I think we’ve experienced a bit of a perfect storm,” Prendergast said.

“The impact has been hard on sectors such as hospitality.”

Trust House is not alone in its struggles, he said, noting several restaurant closures in Wairarapa and many across New Zealand after the covid-19 lockdowns.

Although Prendergast had started to observe a recovery in the sector post-covid, its aftereffects have led to increased inflation and financial hardship in

the hospitality sector, “together with extreme weather events reducing the supply of food, a tourism sector that hasn’t yet fully recovered, and customers putting their credit cards away”.

Restaurants nationwide are experiencing a downturn because dining out has become a luxury, because “spending is squeezed, so there are fewer people sitting at the tables”,

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Trust House has faced other financial pressures like rising labour costs because all staff are paid a ‘living wage’, which was increased by 10 per cent in September last year.

Customers’ cautious spending in the leadup to October’s general election and difficulties in finding specialised staff have also strained the organisation, although those particular

issues have now eased, Prendergast said.

A change in spending behaviour, with more customers now opting for a bar meal rather than dining in a restaurant appears to be more entrenched, however.

“Add in high inflation impacting other costs, and it all adds up to strong upward pressure on our overall costs of delivering a meal to the table,” Prendergast said.

Although Apache Jack’s is closed, the venue in Kuripuni remains bookable for private functions.

Its facilities will also continue to produce about 600 school lunches per day as part of the Free School Lunches Programme in Wairarapa.

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Great teaching and learning in 2024 Wairarapa is blessed with multiple schools and colleges, a teen parent unit, a Christian school, and UCOL/ Te Pūkenga. All will be aware that 2024 is shaping up to be a year of change, especially for primary and tertiary providers.

There are new requirements for one hour of structured teaching time in reading, writing and maths – daily – for primary and intermediate students. The school curriculum is already two years through a six-year review, and the new government has established a Ministerial Advisory Group to reassess primary school English, maths, and statistics curricula.

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First steps & future prospects 2024

WAIRARAPA COLLEGE Mr Matt White, Principal of Wairarapa College, welcomes students (new and returning) to 2024.

He is proud and privileged to lead a school with a 100-year (and counting) history as a community school. Matt’s focus is continuous improvement as staff and students collectively work towards the school’s strategic goals.

“Our vision is to prepare students so they can take on life’s challenges with wisdom and courage: kia mātau, kia māia,” Matt says.

The College’s strategic priorities are excellence, wellbeing and community.

2024 will focus on fostering our commitment to whānau engagement and connectivity as well as continuing to provide rich learning experiences in and out of the classroom by living and role modelling our LEAD values.

LEAD means to Learn with purpose, Engage with pride, Act with respect, and Dare to succeed. LEAD is about fostering the full character of students in the College’s care, while preparing them for independence. Junior and senior students have opportunities both within and outside of the classroom to explore their interests and serve the local community.

The sporting opportunities at Wairarapa College are second to none, resulting in student athletes competing across more than 30 sporting codes at local, regional, and national events. The College’s sports strategy encourages participation and applauds effort and performance, thereby creating young people of character.

A newly built technology hub includes commercial kitchens for hospitality classes, as well as modern spaces for courses in textiles and food technology.

The school has a unique Supported Learning Centre Whare Āwhina for students with learning disabilities: another example of the College helping students prepare for independence.

2024 will see the development of a new Arts academy at the College. Creative arts are a way for young people to experiment, explore, develop their problem-solving skills, persevere,

and collaborate. The arts enable innovation and allow the expression of cultural identity. The new academy will encompass dance, drama, te ao haka, music, visual arts, and creative art services such as lighting and sound.

Another point of difference for the College is its school farm, which has an impressive history and a bright future.

“The school farm is one of the College’s jewels,” Matt says. “Both rural and urban kids can experience farming and forge employment opportunities.”

And throughout the year ahead, the redevelopment, strengthening and upgrading of the College’s property will continue.

2024 promises to be an exciting year for Wairarapa College’s staff and students as they engage in the development of wellrounded and excellent young people.

Solway College Welcomes our Students for 2024 • As the new school year approaches we look forward to welcoming back returning students, and new students and their families into our te Kāreti o Manaia whānau.

Our annual start of year Pōwhiri & family afternoon tea will be held on Sunday 28 January 2024.

• Returning students to be at school by 1:15pm.

• New students and their whānau to assemble in the library and courtyard by 1:50pm, ready for the 2:00 pm official Pōwhiri welcome.

• All students to wear their formal summer uniform.

• All students and their whānau are then warmly invited to join us for our annual family afternoon tea, connect with staff and our wider Solway community, and enjoy an afternoon enjoying our beautiful swimming pool and grounds. Our special character and our family atmosphere is at the heart of our school, and starting the year off in this way is a valued tradition at Solway College.

Key Dates - Term One 2024 • Sunday 28th January

Pōwhiri and Family Afternoon Tea 2pm

• Monday 29th January

First Day of School (Orientation)

• Saturday 17th February

Founders Day / Swimming Sports

• Friday 12th April

Academic Colours Assembly & Last Day Term One

Public Holidays / Teacher Only Days • Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th February Teacher Only Day and Waitangi Day (Hostel EXEAT)

• Friday 8th March Teacher Only Day • Friday 29th March Easter Friday Monday 1st April Easter Monday Tuesday 2nd April Easter Tuesday (Hostel EXEAT)

06 378 2219 | 49 FLEET ST, MASTERTON | www.solwaycollege.school.nz | office@solwaycollege.school.nz

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 FEATURE SUPPLEMENT Wairarapa Midweek

First steps & future prospects 2024

Hadlow Preparatory School

Hadlow School provides an education with traditional values and innovative teaching and learning.

Students at Hadlow have curious minds and foster a love for learning.

Hadlow pride themselves on ensuring all students have a strong foundation in literacy and mathematics as well giving

all students the opportunity to find and develop their passions. Hadlow offers bright, modern classrooms for Years 1-8, maintaining its signature small class sizes and fun, stimulating environment with a caring family feel – alongside the superb facilities of the wider campus, including specialist teaching, music and art suites, extensive sports grounds, and turfs where students grow and achieve personal excellence.

Hadlow Principal, Andrew Osmond explains. “It is about giving our children a quality education that gives all students lifelong skills and confidence, where they feel safe to explore a range of opportunities. A great school starts with great teaching and learning, at Hadlow, I feel incredibly privileged to lead our exceptional team.”

Hadlow Preparatory School

Hadlow Pre-School A sense of belonging at Hadlow Pre-School At Hadlow Pre-school we pride ourselves on providing quality Anglican based early childhood education for children from three years of age.

Our welcoming environment and qualified teachers ensure that each child builds a strong sense

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of belonging and meaningful relationships that are necessary to learn and have fun! We are on the grounds of Hadlow School and are part of the Trinity Schools however we welcome children who wish to attend alternative primary schools.

Please feel free to visit us and find out more about what Hadlow Pre-school can offer you and your child.

Enrolments 2024 Choose Hadlow and give your child the best start.

Providing a consistent balanced approach to learning and promoting the holistic development of children.

Hours

8.30am – 3.00pm Term time

68 High Street, Masterton Phone 06 370 6961 preschool@hadlow.school.nz www.hadlowpreschool.nz

20 HOURS ECE

Inspirational and caring teachers, state-of-the-art facilities and an innovative curriculum – fostering happy and successful children.

Year 0 – Full in 2024 Year 1 – Full in 2024 Year 2 – Full in 2024 Year 3 – Limited places in 2024 Year 4 – Limited places in 2024 Year 5 – Full in 2024 Year 6 – Full in 2024 Year 7 – Limited places in 2024 Year 8 – Limited places in 2024

To visit and book a personal tour with the Principal, Andrew Osmond call 06 370 0008 or email office@hadlow.school.nz

38 Wairarapa Midweek FEATURE SUPPLEMENT Wednesday, January 24, 2024

First steps & future prospects 2024

Kuranui College Hari hou, nau mai ko te tau 2024. Kuranui College welcomes all of our amazing staff and students to 2024 and an extra special welcome to those who are new to the college.

2024 is going to be an exciting year as we continue with our hugely popular and successful Ignite curriculum, continue gaining excellent results in NCEA and evolve our Wānanga programme which is entering its second year. This programme engages students in authentic real-world learning opportunities from six key areas to choose from: - Achievement - High Performance (Sport and Performing Arts) - Primary Industries through the school Farm and Ag Academy - Vocational Industries - STEAM - Enterprise All Year 9 and 10 students will be provided with a chromebook for the duration of the year to study at school and at home. Year 11-13 students are welcome to bring a device or borrow one for the school day from the college library.

Key 2024 start-up dates: WEDNESDAY 24 JANUARY Prefect training: noon – 3:30pm THURSDAY 25 JANUARY Senior course confirmation: 9am-1pm.

Affected students will be emailed if they need to attend

MONDAY 29 JANUARY Year 9 and 13 students attend Welcome Powhiri for new students and staff TUESDAY 30 JANUARY Year 9 bus trip

Uniform shop open 9am-3pm limited sales

WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY Year 10-13 attend (Year 9 students remain home)

FRIDAY 26 JANUARY Staff only Admin Day

THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY Full school attends

Nurture, Inspire, Prepare

Ignite Your Future. Enrol Now! 06 304 9116 | www.kuranuicollege.school.nz

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 FEATURE SUPPLEMENT Wairarapa Midweek

REAP Wairarapa REAP Wairarapa works from Twinkle to Wrinkle, from Ngawi to Mangatainoka.

Meet REAP Wairarapa, the cheerful champions of education! These folks are always buzzing, supplying schools and teachers across the region with resources, events, and professional development opportunities.

REAP Wairarapa works closely with Parents, Early Childhood Educators, and Playgroups to give our children the best start in life.

Do you know a young person in Wairarapa that’s looking for sustainable long-term employment?

REAP Wairarapa facilitates the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs initiative in Wairarapa in partnership with the three Wairarapa Councils and the Youth2Work team.

St Matthew’s Collegiate

REAP Wairarapa offers assistance with driver’s licensing, empowering individuals to gain independence.

Their Adult and Community Education programmes provide a range of learning opportunities for individuals seeking new skills, and the Building Financial Capabilities team helps them with a toolkit of resources to take charge of their financial situation Our South Wairarapa community can easily get all our services too, in the newly opened Heartland Services Centre in Martinborough.

You can find the team working from Ngawi to Mangatainoka.

Learn more at www.reapwairarapa.nz

The centre of St Matthew’s Collegiate school, any school are the learners/akonga.

All we do is about them and for them.

We aim as a strong team of kaiako, support staff and parents, to nurture our young people to be strong wahine – wahine toa.

Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna is youth initiative undertaken by REAP Wairarapa. The team works closely with rangatahi, encouraging cultural pride with Māori traditions and heritage.

Along the way there will be bumps, some moments of derailing, moments where redirecting to a better route for the journey is made available, and even moments when the train has to

be replaced by a bus, or in other words providing a better way to get the learner to a destination.

We want our young people to take on challenges, to set lofty goals, to get outside their comfort zones, and pull hard on all the resources at their disposal.

Equipping, enabling, and caring for all who serve, and those at the centre creates that magical train ride that is an education at St Matthew’s Collegiate.

ST MATTHEW’S COLLEGIATE

We are an integrated day and boarding girls’ school, of Anglican Special Character, for years 7-13.

What would you like to learn?

Pop in and see us at: REAP House 340 Queen Street Masterton

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Heartland Services Martinborough 39 Jellicoe Street Martinborough

www.reapwairarapa.nz | 0800 WAIREAP

Established in 1914, we have a rich history with strong traditions.

At years 12 and 13 our girls attend Rathkeale/St Matthew’s Senior College.

33 Pownall Street, Masterton Ph 06 370 0067 | www.stmatts.school.nz

40 Wairarapa Midweek FEATURE SUPPLEMENT Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 FEATURE SUPPLEMENT Wairarapa Midweek

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First steps & future prospects 2024

Mākoura College Tēnā koutou te Whānau Whānui o Mākoura Malo ni, Bula vinaka, Kia Orana, Tālofa lava, Malo e lelei Happy New Year and welcome to an exciting 2024 at Mākoura College.

Our college is filled with optimism and excitement for what lies ahead this year.

Our motto of Kia Manawanui – Be of a courageous and compassionate heart and our values of Tika, Pono and Aroha are at the heart of our transformational developments occurring in 2024.

With the unwavering commitment of our dedicated staff Mākoura College is providing the highest quality educational experience for our amazing students.

Our college has a number of exciting developments that are occurring during 2024. A few examples are:  Year 9 and 10 students can select from over 60 exciting and engaging courses  Core literacy and numeracy acceleration for every student in Year 9 and 10  Senior students can select from over 70 courses

 Smallest class sizes for any state college in the country (more student / teacher time)  Junior and Senior Service Academies  Full School Kapa Haka and Polynesian Performing Arts  High quality sports development (e.g our Basketball & Volleyball academies)  Every student will receive a Chromebook or Laptop provided by the college.  Every student will receive a MC blazer provided by the college.  Newly refurbished learning spaces  A new toilet block will be built and ready by the end of Term 2. This will provide excellent modern facilities for our students

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 We are investing in new vans to transport our ākonga to extracurricular activities, EOTC, sporting and cultural events Our college is a truly special place and our students, whānau and staff are what makes our heartbeat so strong.

Please review our key start dates for 2024. If you have any questions or would wish to join our amazing whānau our college office reopens on January 23rd.

Kia Manawanui – Lets be courageous and compassionate together.

Ngā mihi nui Simon Fuller Tumuaki / Principal Mākoura College

Pukaha offers a range of day and overnight education opportunities for Tamariki of all ages

The Ministry of Education provides funding support for our education programmes.

We work with teachers in schools and kura to ensure the experience we offer and

the materials we provide are aligned and suitable for the learners who take part in our programme.

Whether they are studying for an assessment or learning

about their local history, each session offers handson experiences for tauira to explore the ngahere, providing inspiration and pathways for potential future careers.

For more information, please get in touch

education@pukaha.org.nz

LEARN TO SWIM ALL YEAR ROUND

Take the plunge Young and old, swimming at Carterton Pool offers you physical and mental health benefits. Learning to swim can help keep you safe.

Russell Geange, swim coach at Carterton Pool since 1987, can teach you to swim.  Lessons are available all year round.

 Indoor heated pool plus outdoor pool available.  After school group lessons from 3.30pm onwards.  Private lessons for adult learners and competitive swimmers.

Adult swimmers and water walkers – hire a key to the pool for two months @ $95 and take the plunge.

Call Russell Geange: 06 379 7750 or 027 755 5636.

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• Professional coach since 1997/1998 season

Russell Geange Phone 06 379 7750. Mob 027 755 5636

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First steps & future prospects 2024

Carterton School Carterton School is a full primary school supporting and nurturing students from New Entrants to Year 8 on their education journey.

Our modern teaching environment is complemented by great facilities, including a bike-track, all weather turf, established ngahere, abundant adventure play options, swimming pool, school-led After School Care

and Holiday Programmes. Our unique Ākonga Māori Te Reo immersion classrooms, specialise in tikanga Māori and allow students to explore and learn Māori language, culture, heritage and identity.

The curriculum is well balanced with inside and outside the classroom learning. Our dedicated and inspiring kaiako are future-focused and recognise students as individuals.

Students feel a sense of belonging and passion for learning at school each day.

We encourage students to experience typical childhood activities such as swings, hoverboards, mountain bikes, tree climbing, lunchtime sport and digging in the sand. Seeing is believing – so come check out our amazing kura for yourself.

Jacqui Murray Dance school EPS Jacqui Murray has been teaching dance for over 30 years. Classes are offered in both Carterton and Martinborough.

With her team of experienced teachers she can offer classes for all ages in ballet, tap, contemporary, hip hop and jazz and also holds a specialised preschool class for 3-to 4-year-olds. Exams are held mid-way through the year where students are assessed against

the NZAMD standards. While these are not mandatory, the pupils who choose to do these exams learn about the discipline, dedication and motivation from achieving high standards. Jacqui Murray feels the dance exams provide a positive learning experience and gives the students a great sense of accomplishment.

The dance school is well known for its annual Cabaret performance held at the Carterton Events Centre in November and it’s proving a popular way to

celebrate the dance year. Term 1 enrolments are now being taken.

Contact Jacqui now for further information or visit the website – www.jacquimurraydance.co.nz

WHERE FUN AND ACHIEVEMENT JOIN TOGETHER We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to explore the joy of dance and have it enhance their life.

We carefully tailor to the age & ability of students.

Dance Programmes Jazz • Tap • Hip Hop Adult Classes Preschool Classes Ballet • Contemporary

Taking enrolments for 2024 now Located in Carterton and Martinborough Phone 027 242 3462 Email: jacquimurraydance@xtra.co.nz

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44 Wairarapa Midweek Lifestyle Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Where chickens come first Bella Cleary

Lifestyle

bella.cleary@age.co.nz

Thousands across the country flocked to The Warehouse last week hoping to score a carton of a dozen eggs for $5, generating significant national discussion about the ethics of colony cage eggs.

The $5 eggs were available at The Warehouse in Masterton.

A spokesperson for the store said they had proved to be a popular choice, especially when times are financially tough for many families.

“Eggs are clearly a key staple for families across Wairarapa and New Zealand as our $5 eggs have been flying off the shelves.”

They said they work closely to follow government and public sector advice regarding food production and are supportive of any changes made to animal welfare guidelines.

“We sell free-range, barn and colony eggs to give Kiwis a choice as we strive to be the cheapest go-to for breakfast and

A carton of 20 eggs is priced at $14.99 at Masterton PAK’n’SAVE.

lunchbox essentials for families and bring the price of groceries down in a tough market.”

Animal welfare groups criticised the reason behind the cheaper eggs, citing deprived living conditions – resulting in disease, parasites, feather loss and brittle bones for the hens laying the eggs.

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An entrepreneur – with family and business ties to Wairarapa – operating a free-range egg business said free range is the only way forward in the egg industry.

Nathan Williams, former owner of the Top Pub in Greytown, founded his appropriately named

company, Eg, four years ago. He said he wanted to change the egg industry norms, which often involved facilities with limited space and ventilation.

“Everything that you’d have a problem with in egg farming, I believe I’ve fixed,” Williams said.

When completed, William’s set-up in Bulls will include four long sheds placed in a cross formation, each separated by an expanse of grass on either side and the ends pointing towards a central packing house.

Each shed houses 30,000 hens, separated into flocks of 5000.

He said the third shed is due to be completed in April, at which point the operation will house 90,000 egg-laying birds.

“If it’s raining or windy, the sheds are designed so the chickens can still go out,” Williams said.

“It’s the extra space which is important; it’s like a balcony.”

He said the operation involved gruelling work at the start, with staff needing to be on-site

from 5am to 11pm every day of the week.

“I think I’ve dropped about 20 kilos doing it because it’s hard, intensive work,” Williams said.

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aviary by themselves, and it’s really cool to watch.”

He said chickens take about six weeks to be trained to jump up to the aviary when the shed lights go off.

When eggs are laid in the nest boxes, they roll down on a conveyor box into the central packing house, where they are

graded and packaged.

He said the facility’s design is unique, allowing chickens to move at their own free rein over 240 hectares.

“They can move outside to either side of the sheds, they have their own range, and all the buildings are fully ventilated and

appropriately lit.”

Williams said Eg had expanded into select New World and PAK’n’SAVE supermarkets [including Masterton] and received regular direct orders from Wairarapa customers.

Trays of 20 eggs are sold from Eg for $14.99 at PAK’n’SAVE Masterton, a price Williams said

reflects the environment in which his chickens are raised.

“I believe all animals have the right to see sunshine and grass.”

By the end of this year, Williams said the fourth shed in the complex will be complete, allowing the operation to house 120,000 birds.

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“We had to lift 30,000 birds up to their sleeping aviary each night, and then every morning, you must comb the flocks, picking up stray eggs laid in the wrong place before they get cracked and dirty.

“Now, most of the chickens are trained to jump up to the sleeping

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46 Wairarapa Midweek Business Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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48 Wairarapa Midweek Rural Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Dylan Bibby checking out teeth.

PHOTO/KATE JUDSON

Wairarapa Data week ending – Wednesday 17 January 2024 Farm Sys

Soil Temp

Growth

APC

Rain mm

MS cow

MS ha

Rot

Kaiwaiwai*

4

19

35

1900

3.6

1.39

3.39

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Masterton Irr

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19

44

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1.5

1.51

4.41

25

Greytown Irr#

3

21

65

2300

5

1.65

4.75

25

For more information view the full farm walk data on the DairyNZ website Farmwatch page at dairynz.co.nz/farmwatch. *Kaiwaiwai is a split calving/winter milk farm.

DairyNZ Update You may have noticed a change in your cow’s behaviour with these regular days in the late 20°. Heat stress in cows happens when they can’t dissipate the heat they generate, leading to discomfort and lower milk yields. Unlike humans, cows can start feeling the stress at temperatures below 20°C. Providing shade and ample drinking water is the first line of defence against heat stress. You might notice that your cows breathe faster, graze less, drink more, produce less milk, and move slower during heat stress. You can also make strategic changes to their management and feeding routine.

Walking to the water trough, walking to and from the milking shed – and even just grazing as normal – all contribute to increasing the risk of heat stress. Other signs of heat stress are behavioural – seeking shade, crowding together, standing in water e.g. the trough, and slower walking speeds.

For more on managing heat stress, visit Heat stress – DairyNZ | DairyNZ or listen to our Talking Dairy Podcast Episode 17: Heat Stress Strategies with Owl Farm, which can be listened to on Apple, Spotify or Google.

Auctioning the 8000 Kate Judson

Rural

kate.judson@age.co.nz

About 8000 ewes went up for auction in one of the largest ewe sales of the year at Masterton sale yards last week.

Carrfield’s average asking price for ewes was $132.96, while PGG Wrightson Livestock was higher at $135.80.

The sale quantity of ewes sold by PGG totalled 3740 while Carrfields sold 4353.

Carrfields two-year-

old ewes’ top price came in at $172 with a low of $146; the four– to sixyear-old ewes’ top dollar was $168 and a low of $152.

Mixed-age ewes highest price hit $133 with a low of $105, and five-year-old ewes topped $130 with a low sale price of $76.

PGG said the top cut of five-year-old ewes were sold from $120 to $140, and the two-tooth ewes from $150 to $175.

“There was a great turnout of buyers,” PGG

agents said.

“Capital stock ewes from around the district sold well.”

PGG credited the vendors due to their good line-up of sheep, which was reflected in the pricing.

“The ewes sold extremely well and were on par if not slightly higher than other regions.”

Carrfields said there was a very good line-up of ewes with a smaller number of two-tooth ewes than usual.

www.dairynz.co.nz – 0800 4 DairyNZ – 0800 4 324 7969

Carrfields Capital’s stock of mixed-age ewes met with good demand, and the best of the five-yearold ewes sold well.

Carrfields livestock representative Carey Ashwell said compared with last year, certain ewe prices were lower on average this year.

“The way the market

is as far as sheep meat in general is concerned – we had a very good sale.”

Ashwell said he had observed buyers looking for good quality ewes as a replacement now that the market is improved.

About 100 people from Wairarapa and Manawatū were registered for the sale.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Community Events Wairarapa Midweek

Events

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 Justice of the Peace: Greytown Library 11am-1pm; Martinborough Library 11am-1pm.

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

Belly Dance for Beginners: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-7.30pm.

Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649.

Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High Street, Carterton,1pm for 1.30pm start.

Call Pauline Hodgson [027] 406-672.

Carterton Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, St David’s Presbyterian Church Youth Wing, 164 High St South. Call [0278] 205-801.

Carterton District Historical Society: 142 High St North, Carterton, open 2-4pm or by appointment.

Call Vivienne 379-5564 or email carterton.hist.soc@gmail.com Danzability Class: 11am-noon, at Studio 73, Greytown. Contact physio. rachel.horwell@gmail.com or [022] 077-2654.

Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call [0800] 373-646 to book or for advice. Martinborough: 9.3011.30am, St Andrew’s Church; Featherston: 1.30-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre.

Fareham Creative Space: Also Fri/Tues, open studio, 10am-3pm, 80 Underhill Rd, Featherston. Email: registrations@ farehamcreativespace.nz Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm.

Food Market: Food trucks, 4.307pm outside the Masterton Town Hall, rain or shine.

GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm.

Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

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

KeepFit!: 10.30am, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park.

Call Myrna Lane 377-3064.

Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Narcotics Anonymous: 7.30-8.30pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Church St, Masterton.

Parkinson’s Exercise Class: 1.30pm, at the Wairarapa Boxing Academy, Dixon St. Call Roslyn [027] 264-8623.

Patient Activity Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am-1pm. Call 378-8888.

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

Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066.

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

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

Steady As You Go: Falls Prevention and Balance Class, 9.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Thursday Morning Bikers: Meet at the fountain at the Queen Elizabeth Park entrance, 9.30am.

Contact David [021] 246-0295.

Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band: Weekly practice, Masterton Brass Bandrooms, Park Ave, Masterton. Email fernandthistle21@ gmail.com Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 3771135.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 South Wairarapa Rebus Club: 10am at the South Wairarapa Working Men’s Club. Excursions held on any fifth Friday in a month.

Call John Reeve 379-9379.

Aratoi: Kathy Bartlett: Teas Light Lunches till Feb 18; Natasha Ratuva: Buiniga till Feb 18, New Zealand International Realty Wairarapa Art Review till Feb 18.

Carterton Craft Market: Mon-Sat: 9am-4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 High St North, Carterton.

Call Desley [027] 787-8558.

Carterton Senior Citizens: 12.30-3.30pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, at the old courthouse next to the library.

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

Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643.

Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact email admin@ stlukesgreytown.co.nz Justice of the Peace: Carterton library noon-2pm; Masterton District Court 11am-1pm; Eketahuna Library 1.30-4.30pm.

Masterton Bowling Club: Funzie Friday, 12.30pm for 1pm start. Call 377-4664 after 4pm.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park.

Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House Recreation Centre back pool.

Call Stu [027] 295-4189 or Lucy [021] 0204-4144.

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

Wairarapa Kids Choir: For children aged seven years up, 3.50-4.50pm, during school terms, Courthouse, Holloway St, Carterton.

Call Jill [027] 347-5891.

Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon.

Support across Wairarapa.

Call Whaiora 0800 494 246.

Walk and Talk: Meet outside Dish Cafe, First St, Masterton, 9.30am.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 Featherston Town Market: Organised by the Featherston Menzshed, at the town square [59 Fitzherbert St], Featherston.

Justice of the Peace: Featherston Library 11am-1pm.

Martinborough Book and Brica-Brac Sale: First Church, Weld St, 1.30-5pm. Donations welcome.

Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High St, Carterton, behind clock tower. Call Pauline [027] 406-6728.

Cobblestones Early Settlers Village: Open 10am-4pm seven days.

Crop Up Greytown: Fresh produce, seafood and kitchen creations from Greytown and South Wairarapa, from 9am, at Truckstop Greytown, 102 Main St. Check Facebook.

Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat/Sun 10am2pm, other times by arrangement.

Call Elsa [021] 263-9403.

Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon.

Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

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

Lions Book Sale: 9am-1pm, under the grandstand, Solway Showgrounds, Judds Rd, Masterton.

Martinborough Men’s Shed: Old Courthouse, 20 Cork St, 9amnoon. Call John [021] 314-2485.

Martinborough Museum: Open Sat/Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am-2.30pm. Donation/koha appreciated.

Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109.

Masterton Tennis Centre: Organised doubles from 12.30 pm at 147 Dixon St, Masterton. Contact Sue McRae [027] 449-0601.

Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk.

8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Info: parkrun. co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Saturday in the Park: Food trucks by the Skate Park, QE Park 10am-2pm, rain or shine.

Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat/Sun 10am-4pm.

Call Lesley Hodgins [06] 372-6433.

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

Wairarapa Cancer Society Supportive Care Services: For anyone needing support after a cancer diagnosis. Call (06) 378-8039.

Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9am-1pm, Solway Showgrounds, Judds Rd, Masterton.

Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 5 Church St, Masterton, 10am-noon.

Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park.

Call [020] 4124-4098.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 Masterton Marauders Wargaming Club: At the Masterton Croquet Club, 1-5pm. Call Vince Cholewa [027] 344-1073 or visit http:// mastertonmarauders.blogspot.co.nz

Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am-12.30pm.

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

Masterton Park Bowling Club: Queen Elizabeth Park, bowls roll up at 1pm, names in by 12.45pm.

Call [027] 957-1012.

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

Masterton Tennis Centre: Social doubles from 10 am at 147 Dixon St, Masterton. Blackboard draw.

Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Narcotics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm.

Call 0800 628 632.

Rotary Sunday Market: 7-11.30am, Essex St car park.

Contact thehodsons@xtra.co.nz South Wairarapa Pipe Band: Practice at St John’s church hall, Featherston, 4-6pm. To confirm time please call [027] 628-5889 or [027] 453-0182.

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

MONDAY, JANUARY 29 Art for Everyone: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm.

Call Sandie [021] 157-4909.

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

Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours.

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

Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House.

Call 379-4092.

CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. Call 378-2426 or 0800 227-2255.

Citizens Advice Bureau: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, 43 Perry St, Masterton.

Call 377-0078 or 0800 367-222.

Creative Hands Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am-noon.

Call Kirsten 399-1050.

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

Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm.

Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249.

Free Community Fit Club: Mon/Tues/Fri, 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton.

Call Di [027] 498-7261.

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

Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: For anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888.

Housie: 7pm, Club Carterton, Broadway. Call 379-8069.

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

Keep Fit!: 9.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Line Dancing: 10.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St Masterton.

Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Literacy Aotearoa: Free computing and digital device classes for adults.

Call 377-4214.

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

Masterton District Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton.

Call [022] 574-0742.

Masterton Food Bank: 9 Church St, Mon-Fri 10am-12.30pm.

Call 370-8034.

Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066.

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

Call Val [06] 308-9293.

Steady As You Go: Falls Prevention and Balance Class, Featherston: 9.30am, A/G Church. Masterton: 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Beginners Linedance Class: 6-7pm. Linedance Intermediate Class: 7.30-8.30pm.

Call Wendy [027] 319-9814.

Troubadour Music Group: 6-8pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, 41 Perry St, Masterton.

Contact Stefan [027] 226-6019.

Wairarapa Futsal: 6pm Clareville Showgrounds.

Call Robyn [027] 235-8673.

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

Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 Caregivers Programme: Caring for your loved one who is unwell, at Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton.

Call Kirsten 399-1050.

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

Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High St, Carterton, behind clock tower. Call Pauline [027] 406-6728.

Carterton District Historical Society: 142 High St North, Carterton, open 2-4pm or by appointment. Call Vivienne 3795564.

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

Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554.

Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown.

Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston.

Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call [0800] 373-646 to book or for advice. Carterton: 9.30-11.30am, Carterton Library; Greytown: 1.303.30pm, Greytown Library.

Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: During school terms. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.157.30pm.

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

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

Free Literacy and Numeracy Classes: At Literacy Aotearoa, 340 Queen St, Masterton.

Call Carol [022] 524-5994.

GirlGuiding: Masterton Pippins [5-7 years] 3.45-5pm.

Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646.

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

Knit and Natter: 3pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, Perry St; 7pm, Te Awhina Cameron Community House, 2 Stuart Cres, Masterton.

Mah-jong: Carterton RSA, 1pm.

Call Margaret 379-8681.

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

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park.

Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

Masterton Judo Club: Tues/Thurs, youth class 5-6pm, adults 7-8.30pm, Nga Totara Dojo, 205 Ngaumutawa Rd, Masterton.

Contact Simon [021] 248-6111.

Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342.

Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton.

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

Scallyrag Border Morris Dancing: 7-8 pm at the Auditorium, Kuranui College, Greytown.

Contact Alison [021] 111-1894.

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

Call Lesley [021] 299-6389.

South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon.

Call Doff 304-9748.

Taoist Tai Chi: 6-7.30pm at St Mark’s Church Hall, 185 High St, Carterton.

Contact www.taoisttaichi.org Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 5 Church St, Masterton, 1-3.30pm.

Wairarapa Modern Jive: Carterton School hall, 7.15-7.30pm Intermediate workshop; 8-8.45pm Beginners class.

Contact Lance [021] 134-5661.

Wairarapa Services Club: Cards, Euchre, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practice 4-5pm, at the Trust House Rec Centre Stadium.

Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922 or [027] 697-6974.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Epiphany church hall, High St, Solway, Masterton. Call [027] 557-7928.

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Athletics Wairarapa: Club night, 5.45-7pm, Colin Pugh Sports Bowl, Masterton.

Cards: “500”, 1.15-4.15pm, at the Carterton Club.

Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329.

Carterton Cycle Group: From Belvedere Rd [weather permitting].

Call Irene [027] 634-9167 or Lesley [021] 299-6389.

Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, preschoolers with parents or caregivers at Fareham House Hall Featherston.

Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call [0800] 373-646 to book or for advice. Masterton: 10am-noon, Masterton Library.

Free Classes: Literacy, language, numeracy for adult learners.

Call Literacy Aotearoa 377-4214.

Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon.

Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm.

Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 2-4pm, at St Matthews Church Hall, Church St, Masterton. Call [027] 245-2819.

Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery, 47 High St North, Carterton, Wed-Fri, 10am4pm, weekends, 10am-2pm.

Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, AOG Church, Birdwood St, Featherston.

Call Julia [06] 308-8109.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB noon-2pm.

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

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

Martinborough Men’s Shed: Old Courthouse, 20 Cork St, 9amnoon. Call Doug [027] 444-7331.

Masterton Park Bowling Club: Queen Elizabeth Park, 1pm, names in by 12.45pm. Call [027] 957-1012.

Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park.

Call Carl Redvers 378-7109.

Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376.

Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre.

Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264.

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

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

Scrabble Club: 1-4pm in Masterton.

For venue details, call Sue McRae [027] 449-0601.

Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Jan [06] 308-8556.

South Wairarapa Caregivers Programme: Caring for your loved one who is unwell, at a café in South Wairarapa. Call Kirsten 399-1050.

Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton.

Call Nikki Smith 370-1604].

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

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

Call Wendy [027] 319-9814.

Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll.

Couple inquiries to [027] 333-1793.

Wairarapa Services Club: Rummikub, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

Wairarapa Singers: Choral singing.

Call Graeme Burnard [027] 270-5666.

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

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, improvers 5-6.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 3771135.

Wisdom and Well-being: Featherston Community Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm.

Call Pauline [021] 102 8857. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior.

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Leadership & Personal Development Scholarship 2024 Opening Date 1 February 2024 Closing Date 4.30pm, 31 March 2024

The Scholarship supports students accepting a Leadership and Personal Development opportunity outside secondary school.

Available to students in Y11, 12 and 13 who meet the current criteria.

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SOUTH WAIRARAPA DISTRICT COUNCIL

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the South Wairarapa District Council, for the purpose of the Gintastic, will close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period indicated hereunder.

Roads to be closed: • Moroa road between No 1 Line and SH2 (Full road closure except buses and private vehicles for the Gintastic event) Period of closure: • 9th of March, 6am to 6pm.

Stefan Corbett Group Manager Partnerships & Operations

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This meeting will be held at the Gladstone Sports Complex at 7pm on Wednesday 31st January 2024.

We invite you to attend and contribute to the future of the club.

Please contact Andrew McKay (President) 027 419 7366 for further details.

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Thursday 25th January Y12/13 Course Confirmation @ Senior College 8:30am- 12:30pm Sunday 28th January 2pm Boarding Leaders arrive 3pm All new year 7-11 Full and Part time Boarders arrive 3.30pm to 5pm All returning Boarders and new year 12 & 13 Full and Part time Boarders to arrive All Boarders to arrive in formal summer school uniform Monday 29th January 8:10am Powhiri All students to be in formal summer school uniform New students and staff to gather on Sculpture lawn

Wednesday 14 February 2024 Ordinary Council

1:00 pm

Wednesday 21 February 2024 Risk and Assurance Committee

9:30 am

Wednesday 21 February 2024 Investment Committee

12.30 pm

Wednesday 28 February 2024 Policy and Projects Committee

9:00 am

Wednesday 28 February 2024 Water Race Committee

1:00 pm

Meeting location: Meetings are at the Carterton Events Centre.

Agendas: Meeting agendas are available for public inspection two days prior to the meeting at the Carterton Library and on the Council’s website.

Attendance at meetings: • You can attend the public section of Council and most committee meetings in person. Meetings are also uploaded to YouTube within 48 hours of the meeting.

• Members of the public who wish to participate in a public forum must register their intention with the Democratic Services Officer on 06 379 4030, or by email to demservices@cdc.govt. nz at least one full day before the meeting date. www.cdc.govt.nz

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MEETINGS NOTICE The following meetings of the Council and its committees are set down for January and February Wednesday 31 January 3pm Infrastructure and Services Committee meeting Wednesday 14 February 3pm Council meeting Wednesday 21 February 1pm Audit and Risk Committee meeting Wednesday 28 February 3pm Council meeting All meetings will be held in the Kiwi Room at Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road, Masterton.

Members of the public are welcome to attend these meetings. The meetings will also be accessible to the public via the livestream on the Masterton District Council YouTube channel. Agendas will be available on the Council website (www. mstn.govt.nz) and copies will be available for inspection at the main Council office, 161 Queen Street, and at the Library, 54 Queen Street, two working days prior to the meeting.

Opportunity for Public Comment At the beginning of these meetings, a period is available for those who wish to speak or comment on any matter relevant to the meeting in question. Requests to speak at a meeting should be made to Harriet Kennedy, Governance Team Leader, phone 06 370 6300 or email mdc@mstn.govt.nz at least one clear day before the meeting.

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OFFICIAL NOTICE. CARTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ROADS TO ORDINARY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC PURSUANT to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Carterton District Council proposes to close Te Wharau Road between Te Whiti Intersection to Westmere Road intersection for the purpose of the Annual Motorcycle Hillclimb for the period indicated hereunder: Period of Closure: Saturday 16th March 2024 Sunday 17th March 2024

8.30am – 4.30pm 8.30am – 4.30pm

Roads affected: Te Wharau Road The closed section will be adequately and properly signposted, at the beginning of the closed road, being manned with radio communication to allow the passage of through traffic in an emergency.

Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge his/ her objection and grounds thereof, in writing before 14th February 2024 at the office of the Carterton District Council, Holloway Street, Carterton.

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NOTICE TO CLOSE ROADS TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the South Wairarapa District Council, for the purpose of the Cruise Martinborough, will close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period indicated hereunder.

Cruise Martinborough is a hot rod, classic and muscle car show event, showcasing several vehicles from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s and prior. They start at Wairarapa Tow and Salvage Yard in Daniel St Featherston and drive to Martinborough Square and park in the square for people to come and look at the cars.

During the period of closure, vehicles will need to take these alternative routes: • From Kitchener Street as you enter in to Martinborough - At intersection of Kitchener turn right on to Ohio St - Turn left on to Naples St - Right on to Jellicoe St and that road goes out of Martinborough Roads to be closed: • The Memorial Square - The Whole Square is closed (All Intersecting Roads at the square are closed).

Period of closure: • 27th of January 2024, 10am-4pm (Event cars will arrive after road closure and leave before the road is open again.)

There is no postponement date for this event.

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Scott Morris pulls off a great save on his debut as a 15-year-old for PHOTO/FILE Wairarapa United against Miramar Rangers.

Morris stoked to sign with big English club FOOTBALL

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Former Wairarapa United goalkeeper Scott Morris has scored a professional contract with English Championship club Stoke City.

Morris, who played for United from 2016 to 2021 before joining former teammate and coach Paul Ifill at Christchurch United, went on to play a pivotal role in the latter’s treble-winning 2023 season, with victories in the Chatham Cup, Southern League, and the English Cup – Mainland Football’s knockout cup. He contributed 12 clean sheets in 20 appearances throughout the season.

The 22-year-old also helped New Zealand to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning the Oceania Confederation qualifying series.

Morris has been training with Stoke City over the past two to three months and told the club’s website that signing the 18-month contract is “a chance I want to grasp with both hands”.

“It has been a long-held ambition to test myself in England, which was something I explored a couple of years ago, and it now feels like the right time and right opportunity to develop my game,” Morris said.

“My immediate goal is to adapt to the professional environment, learn from my new teammates, and be the best version of myself in training every day.”

Ifill, who has known Morris since taking him into his academy as a 12 or 13-year-old, believes he has the attributes to have a lengthy professional career and that the Stoke City managers like what they see.

“Normally, you go on trial, but he managed to secure an 18-month deal, so that says to me that they think he’s ready,” Ifill said.

“He’s been training with the first team. He was on the bench for the under-23s last week, so I don’t think he’s far away from starting for the U23s, and he

Scott Morris shows off his Stoke City kit.

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can push on from there.

“It [the Championship] is a really tough league and a difficult place to start, but I just think the way he is, he’s pretty laidback, he’s got a really good work ethic, and nothing will really phase him, and if he does have a setback he’s happy to knuckle down and work harder.”

Ifill added that Morris’s determination was evident from his early days at Ifill’s Rathkeale-based academy, and he learnt quickly after a tough introduction to the Central League as a 15-year-old in 2016 in a 7–2 thrashing from Miramar Rangers.

“We had to get dispensation to play him because we had no other goalkeeper, and we got walloped by Miramar. We were down 4–0 or 5–0 at halftime; he hadn’t played well, and at halftime, he was in tears. I remember saying to him, ‘It’s only up from here – this is probably the worst it will ever be’.”

Ifill said that Morris has been all class for him over the years, and he thinks he will eventually be New Zealand’s number-one goalkeeper.

“He’s one of those who has taken a bit of time and has kind of flown under the radar. NZ Football, over the past year, has started to see what he can do, and certainly [All Whites coach] Darren Bazeley is a fan of his, which is good.

“He’s now at the best place to do it. He’s at a big Championship club, he’s going to be training with good goalkeepers, good professionals and training every day, so he’s definitely going to have a chance to push on and do that.”

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