Wairarapa’s locally owned community newspaper
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020
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Green thumbs up for Kahutara School
Coral Aitchison [Rotary, A&P], Melvin Pike [A&P], Taylor Osko, Mary Mason, Nate Bucknor, and Danni Osko. Inset: The Challenge Shield, which dates back to 1906. PHOTOS/ARTHUR HAWKES
Arthur Hawkes Kahutara School, founded in 1898, celebrated their green-thumbed prowess last week, after the Wairarapa A&P Association awarded them with this year’s Challenge Shield, which recognises rural schools’ agricultural and
gardening work. Kahutara has been on a mission of amazing growing and restoration, having recently refurbished a growing site on the grounds, and worked to build the nearby Mangatete wetland, which is a man-made wetland, established thanks to the generosity of Fraser
and Margaret Donald, who donated the land in 2017, having had three grandchildren attend the school. This was aided by a grant from South Wairarapa District Council. The wetland now supports a wide array of birdlife and the children walk to it often,
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across the paddock that separates it from the school, to play and explore. At Kahutara, teacher aide Mary Mason has worked with pupils Taylor, Nate, and Danni to establish a varied growing Continued on page 3
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