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Vivacious and tenacious are two words to describe Pip Osborne, the owner of Pippilous Beauty Boutique in Masterton.

Having started out from one bedroom in her home, finally, three years ago, Pip realised her dream of owning her own beauty salon in Masterton, and also opened a branch in Eketahuna last year.

She was not about to let covid-19 interfere with her plans.

When it became obvious that it would be difficult to meet the social distancing regulations at Level 2 of the lockdown – in a beauty therapy environment where physical contact is routine – Pip immediately closed her businesses, thus putting her five staff members out of work.

Luckily, wage subsidies could ensure they were taken care of, but the bills didn’t stop coming.

“It was scary, I had no warning, I couldn’t prepare, I had no idea how long it would go on for, and as a small business I didn’t have lots of funds available,” she said.

“There was no income, but I still had to pay rent, GST,

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For two weeks, she looked around for opportunities and applied for several jobs, but no-one got back to her.

It was a worrying time, and she wondered how she would make ends meet.

Since she already had a business loan, she did not think another one would solve her problems, but would only create more stress, and she doubted a bank would give her one anyway.

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She was very grateful when the Masterton New World supermarket offered her a job as their delivery driver.

“I was made to feel welcome immediately – the team is amazing, and it was an eye-opener to see what goes on behind the scenes, how hard they work, their attitudes, it’s been so much fun.”

For Pip, it’s also been a “nice mental break”.

“As much as I love my business and feel passionate about it, I can now just go to work, do my job and get paid.”

She has been very busy learning on the job, but in true Pip-style, she has taken to it with a positive attitude.

New World is the only supermarket in Masterton that does phone orders for the elderly and vulnerable, and thus Pip’s work is dependent on the orders of the day.

Generally, she helps out with the phone order shopping in the morning, and then makes deliveries in the afternoon.

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Transport

Pilot dead after crash

Rail service boost

Wairarapa’s rural community is mourning the loss of a well-known agricultural pilot who died in a plane crash on Friday morning. Full story P3

The Greens have put forward a proposal for a $9 billion highspeed intercity rail network which could improve the link between Masterton and Wellington. Full story P8

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Two men who were photographed while poaching on private land in the Tinui-Castlepoint area, have been arrested. They have been charged under the Wild Animal Control Act 1977 in relation to illegal hunting and poaching.

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Foodbank frenzy amid covid-19 Lisa Urbani While some have had the luxury of watching Netflix and taking a sabbatical during the covid-19 lockdown, Masterton’s Foodbank co-ordinator, Lyn Tankersley, and her small team of volunteers – including Lyn’s partner Hayden McGrail – have been working flat out to keep up with the demand for food parcels.

In all her 25 years of working at the Foodbank, Lyn has never experienced having to put together a record number of 90 food parcels on one day, as she did one Friday during lockdown.

Normally averaging about 30 food parcels, each of the 90 boxes had supplies for at least 10 people, so they were actually feeding up to 1000 people, a huge number by their normal standards.

Lyn Tankersley and Hayden McGrail at Masterton Foodbank. PHOTO/FILE

Forming a conveyor system of boxes and goods to pack was the only way to keep up with the constant demand for packages.

A television crew from TV1’s Seven Sharp programme got wind of the situation and arrived to interview Lyn, who handled it with her usual calm and articulate approach, letting the country know just what kind-hearted people we have here in Wairarapa.

She was overwhelmed by the response she received as a result, from all parts of the country, including Auckland.

“An eight-year-old boy offered to send food and a grandmother arranged for family in Carterton to send us money, while another local woman arrived with $800 worth of groceries,” she said.

She and her small group of volunteers were feeling “pretty exhausted,” but

she expected that numbers would rise again as the economic hardship of the covid-19 situation continued to have an effect.

Lyn wanted to express her huge gratitude to all the supermarkets, their workers, the delivery truck drivers, and local businesses like Breadcraft and Henergy cage-free eggs, saying that “they had been incredible”.

Her biggest thank you was, however, reserved for her loyal team of volunteers who worked so hard to help their fellow citizens in need, and for the agencies and police who were also involved in delivering the parcels.

As for the public, she said, “if everyone could just put one item of food in the bins at the supermarkets each time they shopped, then the Foodbank would be able to provide comfortably for everyone”.

Pilot dies in Carterton plane crash Emily Ireland Wairarapa’s rural community is mourning the loss of a well-known agricultural pilot who died in a plane crash on Friday morning.

Sirens sounded from 7.30am as emergency services rushed to the scene of a crashed PAC Cresco topdressing aircraft, near Ruakiwi Rd at Kourarau Hill in rural Carterton.

The pilot, who had not been named at time of publication, was found dead at the scene.

He was the only person onboard, and it is understood he was in his 50s.

His death has been referred to the Coroner.

WorkSafe and the Civil Aviation Authority [CAA]

is investigating the crash.

A CAA spokesperson said their thoughts were with the pilot’s family and colleagues.

The man’s employer Aerowork confirmed “one of our fertiliser-spreading aircraft went down and the pilot was killed”.

“The team is working closely with the emergency crews and have reached out to the family,” they said.

“As a close-knit team, there are feelings of shock and sadness as we grapple with this terrible incident.

“The pilot was an experienced, dedicated and hugely valued team member.

“Out of respect for the family’s privacy, we will not be confirming the individual’s identity to give them time to process the

A pilot died in a plane crash in rural Carterton.

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devastating news.”

“Our thoughts are with the family at this terrible time.”

Carterton Mayor Greg Lang said the news had come as a shock.

“These events are tragic

at any time, but this death is made even harder to take with the community in lockdown.

“My message to the community is to support each other. It is harder for us to do that at the

moment, but please pick up the phone. We are all here to look after one another.”

The pilot and aircraft worked out of Masterton’s Hood Aerodrome.

Former Carterton mayor and farmer John Booth, who knew the pilot, said it was a “real tragedy to hear we have lost one of our amazing pilots”.

“They take the utmost care in their jobs and they are a really integral part of our rural community.

“It’s a very high-risk job - as rural people, we recognise that and recognise the amazing contribution they make to our farms.

“It’s an incredible tragedy for the pilot’s family.”

Booth said the pilot was “very experienced”.

Pip’s smile a delight Continued from page 1 of whom are not allowed to go anywhere as they are over 70, are very pleased to see her cheerful smile, and exchange friendly greetings, even if it is from a distance.

Pip’s salon can re-open at Level 2, although it will not be able to go back to full capacity – but at least it’s a start.

And while her staff manage the salons, Pip will continue making deliveries, and keeping her enterprise – Pippilous Beauty Boutique – in business.

“I built it (my business) from scratch and I put my heart and soul into it,” she said – and now her initiative and hard work have paid off.

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Cup of tea with a slice of life Lisa Urbani Charlotte Harding, 43, calls herself an ‘ideas generator’, with good reason.

As a new immigrant from the United Kingdom [UK], Charlotte first lived in Auckland, and then relocated to Martinborough in 2015, with her partner Clayton.

Finding the community to be very welcoming, she had no hesitation in joining the local choir in her first week, and “throwing herself in” as she put it.

Within weeks, she discovered that she was pregnant and also acquired a canine companion in the form of Alfie, her wheaten terrier.

This led her to join a dog walking group and thus meeting more people.

She said that “living halfway around the world from my family means I have a gap of love to give,

Charlotte Harding, son Finn, and husband Clayton, of Martinborough.

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and I do that by getting involved in projects that light me up and recharge me.”

Once her son, Finn 4, was old enough, one of her first projects was the Martinborough Toy Library.

She really appreciated this community service which allows families to have a place where they can meet, at the Wahinga

Centre in the heart of the village.

Now working for the Martinborough Business Association in her capacity as secretary, she said that she truly feels passionate about her hometown.

“The community is amazing, so rich and diverse, as are all the towns in the Wairarapa.”

Charlotte was asked to get involved in the Dark

Sky project which aims to create the largest dark sky reserve in the world, and to gain official recognition as a dark sky reserve by the US-based International Dark Sky Association.

In order to do this Martinborough, Carterton, and Masterton would combine to form almost 6000km2 of reserve by minimising light pollution and maximising community support.

“A lot of my passion now embraces my son and his future.

“The potential is so exciting; I can often be found gazing in wonder and now I have a pair of binoculars to get a little bit closer.”

She also enjoys working one day a week at Mint in Martinborough, a home goods store, with an emphasis on kitchenware, just to keep a foot in the retail world.

Always generating new ideas, Charlotte started

her own group called Tea with a Slice of Life, a monthly meeting over tea, where different women can connect and inspire each other.

The idea is for them to share their life journeys as openly and honestly as they can, but given the current situation, she planned to take it online.

It will be a weekly virtual event, whereby someone in the group will chat about a specific theme.

Anyone who is interested is welcome to drop in and connect on the Facebook group Tea with a Slice of Life.

Charlotte was recently honoured by the South Wairarapa Rotary Club, who presented her with the Rotary Pride of Workmanship Award, at a ceremony in the Anzac Hall in Featherston.

Nominated by Allan Hogg the Chair of the Martinborough Business Association, this award

was for her contribution to local activities.

Charlotte was delighted to be chosen for the Rotary award.

“I love this community, the people and my life here and it is no effort to do all the things I do.

We are each unique individuals with a story, and I love discovering that story, the magic that everyone has.

I can always see the potential for two becoming even better together, so I love introducing people because magic happens in collaboration.”

For the moment, she and Clayton – whom she praised for his support – and Finn and Alfie, will be slowing down and trying to simplify, but looking for fun and creativity.

“Adventures in your backyard are some of the best to be had, and who doesn’t love some dancing action in the kitchen!”

Service brings joy to vision-impaired leader Lisa Urbani Donna Laing’s life, as a well-known Masterton pre-school teacher, social worker, manager of a support centre, and marriage celebrant, has been one of service.

She grew up in Castlepoint and during that time her parents ran the Whakataki Pub. Her earliest memories are of chatting to patrons while her parents worked.

Her mother was an inspiration, and it is from her that Donna gets her “fighting spirit”.

Not only did her mother lose the use of her arm as a result of polio, but she was also going blind because of the hereditary condition, retinitis pigmentosa.

Despite this, she

managed all the cooking at the pub, and later when Donna’s parents separated, she raised Donna and her sister as a solo mum.

It is from her that Donna learned about service to others.

“Even though it was challenging for mum, she still helped people.

“Her saying was, ‘I was looking for joy but I found service, and what I found, was that service is joy’.”

This is a mantra that Donna lives by, and even though she has inherited the same condition which means that she is legally blind, her optimism and determination is admirable.

Having grown up with a mother who was going blind, Donna recognised the signs in herself when

Donna Laing and her guide dog Kenzie.

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she was 26 and working at a local cinema as an usher.

Night blindness, not being able to see steps, and tripping over things were the first indicators.

Like her mother, she coped with working, raising her own two children on her own and studying as a preschool

teacher, and then later a social worker.

During her 30-year career, she most enjoyed being a social worker and managing the family support centre with the pre-school attached – Cloud Kids Educare – as well as working as a marriage celebrant.

Going blind is challenging to say the least, and to look at Donna, 57, no one would realise that she struggles to see and find her way around.

Her help is in the form of her faithful companion, guide dog, Kenzie, a lovable golden Labrador who came into her life in September 2018.

As a two-year old dog, Donna had to spend three days with Kenzie tethered

to her side constantly, followed by two weeks in a motel, training with her every day from 8am until after dinner.

Despite describing their first meeting as somewhat “awkward”, she feels, “she is part of me and opened my world back up”.

Now, she is launching her own business, Motuoru Development Services, with a team of social workers, psychologists, and development coaches, providing workshops and guidance to help individuals flourish, personally and professionally.

Given the current circumstances, they will be available online for consultation, funding is free for vulnerable families, and Work and

Income (WINZ) subsidies are possible in certain circumstances.

They will also be running parenting and education programmes online and offering practical tips on how to have structure in your day.

Donna was concerned about people having to stop work suddenly to go into isolation.

She likened it to being on a “treadmill of work and life”, and said “people often fall off the end, they just collapse”.

“Just be prepared, monitor yourself, adjustment is critical, put thought into what you are doing.

“Take practical steps and keep it real, see it as a time to defrag, and if you need help, reach out.”

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Lisa Urbani Wairarapa’s Wendy Thornburrow, 64, realised at the tender age of 17 that she wanted to serve in the Ministry but took the scenic route to get there.

Church was always an important part of her life growing up in Havelock North, singing in the junior choir and attending the Youth Group.

At that time, women in the church could only be deacons, not ordained priests.

To study for the Ministry, she needed a degree first, so she started a Bachelor of Science degree at Otago University, but fate intervened in the form of a new, young, single minister in the Presbyterian church in her hometown, Jim. They began to see a lot of each other and became engaged the following Easter, assuring her parents that she would complete her degree.

Seven months after their marriage, Jim was assigned his first parish in Woodville.

Thus, at the very young age of 20, Wendy began her life as a minister’s wife, thinking that she could serve God just as well in that capacity.

Two children were born during their five years in Woodville, and later, two more when they spent seven years at Waikohu Cooperating Parish in Te Karaka, outside Gisborne.

Wendy found herself preaching and taking services regularly to assist her husband in the many churches within this parish.

She started training as a nonstipendiary priest on the suggestion of the Bishop of Waiapu, Peter Atkins, but it involved study and weekends away, and it became too difficult to continue.

The family moved to Bucklands Beach Cooperating Parish in Auckland, where Wendy’s help was less required as Jim had assistance.

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After 10 years at Bucklands Beach, Jim and Wendy had to move on according to church rules, and founded their own independent River of Life Christian Church, which is still in existence today.

Sadly, they discovered Jim was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, and handed over the reins to a younger minister, resigning from the leadership.

Two years after he went into care, Jim died.

They had been in Auckland for 28 years, with Wendy working as a funeral celebrant and receptionist for a funeral home for some 20 years.

With two of her children living nearby, she made the move to Masterton in 2016.

Again, she felt the call to serve, and confiding her longcherished dream to be a priest in two trusted friends was all the encouragement she needed.

They persuaded her to start a Diploma in Anglican studies which would take three years of part-time study to complete.

Even though it was a daunting prospect, Wendy signed up to be part of a learning community in the

Wellington Diocese and spent 12 weekends on a Marae over the three years.

There were tutorials and assignments, and she had to upskill rapidly in technology.

Her lecturer was highly amused when she told him, “the last time I handed an assignment in I wrote it with my fountain pen and then walked across the campus to hand it in at the appropriate office!”

At first, she thought she was “too old for this”, but soon adapted, and finally the selection weekend came and Wendy was overjoyed to hear she had been accepted.

She had expected that only younger clergy would be chosen.

Now, spending her days tending to her parishioners in Wairarapa at St Matthew’s Anglican Church, she has realised her early ambition, proving that it’s never too late in life to follow your heart.

As she says, “every now and then I have a little regret that I didn’t so this sooner but quickly remember that God’s timing is perfect”.

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shani Sukumaran’s infectious smile reflects her enthusiasm for her new job as a dentist at Masterton Dental.

Ishani grew up in Lower Hutt and studied at the Faculty of Dentistry at Otago University for five years, before joining Masterton Dental last month, after working at a Wellington dental practice.

The daughter of two doctors, Ishani became interested in dentistry while in her first year at Otago.

“My friends were talking about it and I learned that it was a healthcare profession that had an artistic touch. I enjoyed art at high school, and I take a lot of pride in the appearance of my work.

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“Dentistry today is very different,” she says. “People tell me ‘I hate going to the dentist’ - I see that as a challenge. I’m 100 percent motivated to change that.”

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Ishani ensures her patients know that control is in their hands which helps reduce any stress they are feeling.

She also takes a lot of care to provide painless treatment. “At the end of the appointment, my patients are surprised that the procedure was not painful.”

There is also an emphasis on proactive dental care and hygiene.

“The patient and I work together to reduce any risk factors, and I give them a heads-up on any problems that may be coming up. I want to be a dentist who enables my patient to have healthy teeth.”

Ishani is excited by the advances that have been made in digital dentistry over recent years, and proudly shows

“People tell me ‘I hate going to the dentist’ - I see that as a challenge. I’m 100 percent motivated to change that”

Staff were meeting regularly online to brainstorm new ideas and make sure everyone who needed encouragement and support had access to it.

“I am pleased to say that the King Street Artworks whanau is coping pretty well and the amount of care they are giving each other is truly amazing,” Ian said.

• Anyone was welcome to join the chatrooms. www.facebook.co/ King-Street-Artworks.

“I liked the idea of living in a small city. The team has told me how lovely the people are and the long-lasting relationships they have formed with their patients. I never want going to the dentist to feel impersonal. I like to get to know people.”

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Ishani also enjoys the great outdoors of which there is plenty in the Wairarapa.

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They have also created and posted a number of videos demonstrating painting techniques and some informal ‘Tour of studio’ videos.

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King Street Artworks coordinator Ian Chapman said that “being creative was an important part of the routine for good mental health, and the King Street Artworks whanau are being very supportive of each other.”

Like many other organisations, they had to move to an online platform quickly, and for those who could not access them online, Ian said they were making sure to keep in regular contact by phone.

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Wild ride for Wildchix’s Muesli Lisa Urbani Carterton’s Lynn Morrell and Greytown’s Sharon Harper know how to make a statement when they sell their Wildchix’s Muesli at local markets.

They travel in style, in ‘Eve’, an eye-catching and rare, plum purple, 1958 Austin A35 delivery van, festooned with their logo.

Found in a barn after being locked away for 25 years, it was lovingly restored by Lynn’s husband Grant, and is now their greatest marketing asset.

Long-time friends through their business and sporting interests, Lynn and Sharon bought the muesli business in 2017, from a friend who

was retiring.

They tweaked the recipe until they were satisfied with the flavour, and ready to put it out there.

The name for their business came about after a shot-induced brainstorming session at a ladies’ golf tournament in Taranaki.

Their secret recipe involves hand mixing the best ingredients, oven roasting, and stirring during baking for an even roast.

Once cooled, they add the fruit, and the end result is a full-bodied, crunchy muesli, which is healthy and full of flavour.

Lynn and Sharon say, “our muesli is made with love and laughter – we love doing this because

we enjoy meeting people and some wonderful friendships have been made through our business”.

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• It is also stocked by Pinehaven Orchards, and Home Cottage Gardens, Accommodation and Wellness, both in Greytown, and it is available on the breakfast menu at Cahoots café in Greytown.

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Wairarapa’s conveyor belt specialist Jordan Dyer is available to repair, replace and service light and heavy weight conveyor belts.

He also offers a range of other related services from lagging drums to the supply and installation of rollers.

A Conveyor Belt Technician with many years' experience, Jordan's clients operate in a wide variety of industries including quarries, forestry, food processing, packaging, agriculture and horticulture.

From his workshop in Masterton, Jordan travels to work sites throughout the Wairarapa, Wellington and Manawatu.

Jordan is available 24/7 and provides prompt service as he is aware that any stoppage will cost a business a lot of money.

“I have a supplier in New Zealand and can get any type of belt overnight.”

A popular service Jordan offers is regular inspections of conveyor belts to catch any damage or wear and tear before there is a breakdown.

This can save a businesses from losing time and money when there is a breakdown, Jordan points out.

“Most conveyor belt operators and business owners don't know how to look for the tell-tale signs, so I do an inspection during down time

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for the machinery and give a written report.

“Some businesses have their belts inspected once a week and some once a month. It depends on how frequently they use the belt and what they use it for.”

Dyer Conveyor Services also supplies and installs rollers.

While conveyor belts are a specialist field, they are an important part of the economy, Jordan points out. “Conveyor belts keep New Zealand moving.”

Dyer Conveyor Services is a family-owned business.

Jordan runs it with his wife Andrea who does the accounts and administration.

The couple live in Masterton where they are raising their young family.

For more information and service call Jordan on 022 431 4669 or Andrea on 021 296 7182

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With a background in floristry, floral design, magazine and event styling, writing, and a love of French antiques, Carterton resident, Fionna Hill, would naturally design an elegant garden retreat that would catch the eye of the 2020 Resene Shed of the Year competition judges.

Pronouncing it to be one of their favourites, her 10m2 shed – built to blend in with her replica colonial cottage – houses an extensive collection of gardening books, and a mixture of antiques and decorative artefacts, and is an inspiring “work haven” for a prolific author.

Hill moved to Carterton in 2017 after many years in an Auckland apartment with a tiny balcony with pots of herbs, vegetables, and microgreens.

This was the inspiration for her latest book, ‘How to Grow Edibles in Containers’, as well as a very successful microgreen book.

She also owned and ran an iconic floral design/ decorative items shop in Parnell, Auckland for 10 years, which served as the base for her function decorating, floral design demonstrations, and photo location.

Top: Carterton resident, Fionna Hill’s 2020 Resene Shed of the Year entry. Above: The interior of Fionna Hill’s Garden Retreat.

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Apart from her own books, she has collaborated on several books, and frequently pens articles and acts as a floral stylist for a variety of local magazines, so a place in which to write is essential.

In Auckland, she founded and run several gardens for young children, teaching them the value of selfsufficiency and healthy eating.

“I want to expand my edible garden and I suspect I won’t be the only Kiwi doing so”, she said.

“After covid-19, more kiwis may be interested in edibles gardening if the recent rush on seedling buying was anything to go by.”

The sight of rural land

and mountains, the slower pace of life, the art scene, the community spirit, and an authentic French cafe are just some of the reasons that Fionna was attracted to this vibrant little Wairarapa town.

Generously volunteering locally, sharing her floral talents for good causes, demonstrating and speaking about her work have helped her settle into her new community.

She always longed for a quaint cottage with land to indulge her gardening fantasies, and a very necessary log burner.

Now ensconced in her Carterton sanctuary, she loves spending time in her garden refuge – “plants on every side, it is a place that feeds my creative spirit and my soul is restored”.

Regional train services boost Arthur Hawkes The Greens have proposed a $9 billion high-speed intercity rail network, which would improve the link between Masterton and Wellington.

The proposal would mean significant intercity rail investment over 10 years, to roll out fast electric passenger services connecting key provincial centres with the capital.

Stage one would mean a programme of work to electrify the rail lines between Masterton and Wellington, allowing travel speeds to increase to 110kmh, reducing the travel time between the two centres.

Stage two would involve

laying new high-speed track to support tilt-trains, capable of achieving speeds of 160kmh.

This could open up a much wider avenue of work to Masterton residents, drawing further people to the region’s hubs.

Green Party Transport spokesperson and Associate Minister for Transport Julie Anne Genter said, “After the Global Financial Crisis, the National government’s economic stimulus solution was a $12b programme upgrading a relatively small portion of our motorway network”.

“The Greens want a transformational infrastructure stimulus

package fit for the 21st century that has economic recovery and climate change front and centre.

“That’s why we’re proposing a nationwide intercity rapid rail programme that would bring our provincial centres and biggest cities closer together through fast, electric passenger rail.

“This will create real alternatives to driving or flying for people who want to travel around the country for work, to see their family and friends, or for domestic tourism.

“The decisions we make now should set a better course for the future of our communities.”

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With a little bit of planning & research you can order everything you need from us to get your garden looking ‘Blooming Great’.

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This is the time of year where planting hedges is recommended.

The plants settle into the warm, moist soil nicely and establish themselves before winter kicks in.

Their beautiful flowers entice the birds & bees and their lush foliage looks good all year.

We have a HUGE range of plants that are perfect for hedges & screens.

Nutritious Feijoas are another wonderful option for hedging.

Plant a mixture of varieties and you will have fruit for months.

We have a good selection of good size plants ready to order.

Our plants are well priced, healthy and many come in different size grades, including large sizes that will provide instant privacy.

We recommend you follow our Facebook & Instagram pages to keep up to date & inspired.

You will also be able to find ‘Product Lists’ in the April Facebook Photo Albums which will make choosing your plants a whole lot easier.

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APRIL NEWS UPDATE

Rates increase and projects under review

No charge for COVID-19 advice There is no charge for a COVID-19 related consultation that results in the patient being referred for a swab. If you think you have been charged incorrectly, please ring or email us at accounts@mastertonmedical.co.nz and let us know.

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Marcus Anselm Masterton Mayor Lyn Patterson said rates increases were being reviewed following the covid-19 lockdown.

Patterson said projects were also up for review, and although infrastructure projects were key to the district’s revival, not all initiatives would pass muster.

She said there was “understandably a lot of discussion” about spending cuts and rates freezes in the aftermath of the Alert Level 4 response to the virus.

“While we’re reviewing our rates increases, we also need to ensure that we don’t end up just lumping a larger increase

onto the following financial year.”

She said her council was “in the unique position”, as one of the few entities able “to help stimulate Masterton’s recovery”.

Cutting spending on key projects, especially those that involve construction, “would only put more jobs at risk”.

“We need to help rejuvenate our local economy and progressing infrastructure projects is a key part of this.”

However, Patterson said it did not mean that all projects and planned spending would continue.

“Councillors and staff are taking a fine-tooth comb to our planned activities and looking at areas where we can save money and come up with ways to support Masterton’s recovery.

“We don’t want to rush this process because we

want to ensure we get it right. Our efforts need to be focused on the right type of support, in the right places.”

She also announced a range of measures to “support the community during the covid-19 response”.

A package of cost reductions and fee waivers is available for residents, who have not been able to access most council services since March.

They included the previously announced plan to remove rates penalties for May and August and extending time for action on building consents by six months.

Consents usually lapse after 12 months.

Masterton residents would also receive free parking until June 30, and the library charges and fines were suspended.

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Your health is our priority Since the start of the outbreak, we have changed our entire approach to how we care for you. We would like to reassure you that we are working hard to maintain our services so we can look after you and your families.

If you are unwell, we want to hear from you It is really important that you keep on top of your health at all times. If you feel unwell, do not come to the practice but please ring us instead. Please note, there is a charge for phone and online consultations. If you are worried about how you will pay, please contact us. We have a range of payment options we can offer you so that cost doesn’t become a barrier to you seeking healthcare.

Remember to keep washing your hands Hand hygiene remains crucial right now. Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds and dry them thoroughly afterwards. Don’t touch your face and if you cough or sneeze make sure it’s into a tissue or the bend in your arm.

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Six pedigree French bulldogs getting their twice-daily walk in Greytown.

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Bulldogs put on best in show Greytown The six French bulldogs that walk their owners in Greytown morning and night and are frustrated they can’t go and compete around the country in the dog shows, according to owners Graham Hagger and Sherry Garrity.

“They love the shows – they have a great time,” Garrity said.

During Alert Level 4 lockdown, the dogs were getting two walks a day because their owners were both in the covid-19 bubble and not at work.

Hagger drives a logging truck for King Haulage, but the trucks were off the road during lockdown.

“There was a downturn just before this and now

there must be around 100 truckers around here not working,” Hagger said.

Garrity has three jobs and all were non-essential during the lockdown.

She breeds the French bulldogs and shows them.

Garrity is hoping the Wairarapa Dog Show at Clareville Showgrounds will go ahead in November.

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RELIEF MEASURES FOR MASTERTON Council has dropped a range of fees and charges, and extended timeframes as immediate measures to support the community through the impact of COVID-19. This is only the start, we are working on more measures that will be released in the coming weeks.

WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW:

Extended time for parking infringement repayments

Removing rates penalties for the May and August rates instalments

Suspending library charges, removing fines and extending loans beyond lockdown

Extending time for people to act on building consents by six months (consents usually lapse after 12 months)

Paying suppliers weekly rather than fortnightly

Free parking in Masterton until at least 30 June

“While we’re reviewing our rates increases, we also need to ensure that we don’t end up just lumping a larger increase onto the following financial year. Councillors and Council staff are taking a fine-tooth comb to our planned activities and looking at areas where we can save money and come up with ways to support Masterton’s recovery."

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KEEP THE WAY CLEAR After a long, dry summer, vegetation around the district is going through a growth spurt as we head through autumn into winter.

Now’s the time to check on vegetation: y in and around waterways y along boundaries.

From Tuesday, 28 April, the Masterton transfer station will be open for green waste, but please aim to stagger trips to avoid creating traffic issues – it’s a good time give composting a go!

The diagram below shows the area that needs to be kept clear.

Waterways are likely to rise fast as we get rain in the coming months, and any blockage caused by vegetation and debris can cause serious flooding, including to your neighbours upstream.

On your boundary, overgrown hedges, trees and shrubs can create a nuisance for neighbours, and hazard for people on footpaths and public places, potentially forcing them on to roads.

During lockdown, you may have a little extra time on your hands, ideal for clearing excessive growth.

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12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, April 29, 2020 EDITORIAL

MIDWEEK PHOTOS

Opinion

Always look on the bright side of life I have a confession to make, I have a fondness for the song, ‘Always look on the bright side of life’ from the Monty Python movie ‘Life of Brian’.

The details of the scenario as the actors cheerfully sing their merry tune, shall remain obscured as its terribly irreverent, and might cause some to think less of me.

Needless to say, this chirpy song which goes somewhat along the lines of “always look on the bright side of life (merry whistling) life’s a bowl of sh*t when you look it!”, always makes me smile.

Now we are in the proverbial mire and we have to face the music.

Who thought it would be a virus that would bring countries to their knees?

Most of us assumed that tensions would rise in the Middle East, that Donald and Kim might throw their missiles out the cot, or that MAFS [Married at First Sight] would be cancelled,

Piece of mind

Have you got a photo you want to share with Wairarapa?

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CUTIE OF THE WEEK

Lisa Urbani causing the outbreak of WWIII. Instead, here we are in Alert Level 3, trying to salvage some semblance of normality.

As in the movie, even in bad times, we must find the joy.

Prior to lockdown, I took a jar of dahlias from my garden to adorn my desk, just because they were bright and cheerful and remind me while concentrating at my computer, that there is life beyond the office.

Some fellow workers clustered around them, taking in their beauty and discussing the merits of each bloom.

Just a simple treasure from nature’s bounty.

On the same day, someone in the office brought in some treats for morning tea and sent us all a message to say help

yourselves.

How kind and thoughtful and much appreciated it was.

It’s the simple things that bring us happiness, especially in bad times.

We can enjoy some of the funny memes circulating on the internet about hairy individuals emerging from the isolation period.

It’s okay to laugh amid the doom and gloom, and maybe it’s an opportunity to spend time with our loved ones, if we can, to really make the effort to catch up and support each other.

We are all in this together and even though it will be difficult, my wise mother always tells me that all bad things do come to an end.

All together now, let the singing commence, “always look on the bright side of life.”

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Mister Milo taking a break after catching a mouse.

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STREET TALK

What drove you crazy during lockdown?

Adele Pentony-Graham Lost my independence … not allowed to drive anywhere, now 77 and am housebound.

Maggie Parnell-Robinson No socialising with family and friends face to face.

Amanda Detté The number of idiots out there thinking of only themselves and putting others at risk! Otherwise, loving being at home with my family!

Running out of things to do during lockdown is never fun.

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Kim Rose Powers Missing out on going to Village Grinder.

Jocelyn Konig People who don’t self-isolate.

Joe Stewart The amount of people out!

Dominique Waimotu People’s lack of common sense.

Janine Cardno Couldn’t go to the beach – I needed paua so bad.

Jack Sheppard Why, my own brain of course.

Rachel Belcher Drivers making very loud car motor noise. You can’t tell me they were isolating.

This was in Lansdowne.

Elaine Leggott WC Seeing people congregating in areas around town not two metres apart.

Nicola Yortt Daily Zoom meetings with my work colleagues, sitting in the same spot for hours on end. The good thing that will come out of this though

is all our product manuals will be totally up to date.

and the kids are keeping themselves occupied.

Sophia MacPherson My kids constant snacking.

Doing my head in. Other than that, not having the stuff required to work on my home. Guess it’s time to just rest.

Rainë McStabby Not being able to tattoo!

Jean Cretney People who aren’t obeying the lockdown rules. I have plenty of interests to keep me sane.

Nicky Vegar Surprisingly all is calm – everyone has something to do, work in and outside of the house is getting done!

Renae White Nothing. I have plenty to do around the house

Cath O’Driscoll The ad that keeps telling me to wash my hands.

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14 Wairarapa Midweek Extra Wednesday, April 29, 2020 A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE

Food disgarded a disgrace

By Elise Sadler Operations coordinator for Waiwaste Food Rescue group (waiwaste. org.nz) Imagine going to the supermarket, buying three trolleys of food – then dumping it all in the rubbish.

According to Love Food Hate Waste, that’s the amount of food most households in New Zealand throw away each year.

When food reaches the dumpit’s buried in the landfill, food decomposes without oxygen and releases methane – a harmful greenhouse gas that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide.

From production to disposal, the three trolleys of food that an average kiwi family each

year dumps creates a massive 325,975 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions.

Some global food waste facts

A third of the food raised or prepared in the world does not make it from the farm or factory to the fork.

The food wasted around the world puts 4.4 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere each year.

Food waste produces 8 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Minimising waste at home

You can reduce your carbon footprint and help tackle climate change by cutting down the amount of food you and your whānau waste.

Here are some tips:

Eat up leftovers or freeze them to have later.

Buy more food only after you’ve used what is in the fridge.

Google the ingredients left in your fridge to find a tasty recipe.

Check the dates on the food.

‘Use by’ means it can’t be eaten after that date.

‘Best before’ can be eaten after that date.

Use your senses to see if it looks OK, smells OK, tastes OK. Check out lovefoodhatewaste.co.nz for more ideas.

How to store food:

Bread is the most wasted item in NZ. Keep it in the freezer and take out portions as needed.

Don’t put bananas in the fruit bowl – they will cause your other fruit to

ARE YOUR ANIMALS SECURE? During the COVID-19 lockdown, it is more important than ever that animals are kept secure. Please double check gates and fencing to ensure they are secure around your property and your animals cannot escape.

You also need to keep dogs on a lead when taking them for a walk.

To avoid Animal Services staff having leave their homes, we will attempt to pick up wandering dogs that have been contained only if we cannot reunite them with their owners remotely.

When calling please let us know if the dog is wearing a registration tag or identity tag.

If you have lost a dog please register it on our website: mstn.govt.nz/lost-and-found-dogs/ or by phoning Masterton District Council on 06 370 6300.

We will still respond to dog attacks, aggressive dogs and roaming stock.

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go off faster.

Freeze meat before the ‘use by’ date.

After opening cheese, wrap it tightly or store in an airtight container.

Keep onions and potatoes separately, so they won’t sprout as quickly.

Put your salad greens into an airtight container.

Do you have extra?

Share it with friends and neighbours Take it to your foodbank or food pantry.

If food must be tossed out, try to not dispose of food in the rubbish – see if you can make use of it at home.

Make compost: This returns all the nutrients to the soil and reduces the amount of methane released as the organic matter breaks down. If

you aren’t sure how to make compost, ask the gardener next door, join a gardening group, go on a course, or research it online.

Set up a worm farm: Worms eat through food scraps, garden waste, paper and cardboard to produce worm castings and liquid fertiliser, known as worm tea.

Both the castings and the worm tea are great for the garden.

Buy or make a Bokashi bucket: This system ferments the food waste and produces liquid you can use in the garden or add to compost.

Feed it to hens or pigs: If you don’t have any, check out whether some of your neighbours do.

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april UPDATE MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR As we move out of Level 4, I would like to congratulate everyone for doing their bit for our community, and New Zealand. We’ve stayed home, and we’ve saved lives! A big thank you to all those who have continued to work hard behind the scenes to keep essential services going and our communities informed.

We can also be thankful for making it through drought season. Again, you have all played a part in conserving water, ensuring there was enough for everyone. So, another big thank you.

Water supply improvement projects are a priority for the district.

Installation of Martinborough’s essential manganese reduction plant continues on-track, and there are a number of other water infrastructure projects that will be resumed soon, or which are in the pipeline for next year’s Annual Plan.

Our Annual Plan consultation has been delayed slightly due to

COVID-19 lockdown, but is now open. The consultation document is available on our website and then in the Midweek, for South Wairarapa residents, on Wednesday 13 May.

at bringing forward some projects to keep local companies working longer term. For Wairarapa, this means Council is looking carefully at where we can employ more local contractors and support local businesses the most.

ESSENTIAL SERVICES AT LEVEL 3 •

Provision of drinking water.

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Wastewater treatment and disposal.

Council is also firmly behind the ‘buy local’ campaign and we encourage you to support our local businesses in this way too.

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Kerbside rubbish and recycling for urban residents. Services for coastal residents as scheduled.

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Martinborough transfer station re-opens.

These are outlined in the Annual Plan proposal, along with a greatly reduced rates increase in response to potential financial uncertainty due to Covid-19. Please take the time to read through the Consultation Document and send us your feedback.

The move to Level 3 will unlock safe trading for more of our traders but they have all taken a hard hit. Let’s help them speed up their recovery by keeping our spending local.

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Featherston and Greytown recycling centres re-open.

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Control of dangerous and menacing dogs.

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Essential roading services.

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Burials.

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Payments by internet banking.

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Building, resource consent and LIM processing.

Now in Level 3, Council will continue its efforts to assist with the economic recovery.

Alex Beijen MAYOR

Historic underinvestment in some important areas means there are some key areas of investment that we need to consult with you on, so Council can provide you with better services and infrastructure.

Kia Kaha

While the Government has put in place monetary stimulus for businesses to keep operating for the short term, regional and local councils are looking

NO RUSH TO RECYCLE

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU The 2020/21 Annual Plan Consultation Document came out for consultation on Friday 24 April.

It contains information about ‘must do’ projects – for example in water and roading – and other areas of proposed spending for the

For more information about our essential and nonessential services in Level 3, please visit www.swdc.govt.nz

year ahead – for example, on a collaborative project to create a sports and recreation hub in Greytown.

The consultation process also gives you the opportunity to provide early feedback on some ideas we are considering for the longer term, for inclusion in next year’s Long Term Plan. Council needs to hear from you so that we know we are on the right track to

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

improving life, work and play, in South Wairarapa.

Read the Annual Plan Consultation Document online at www.swdc.govt.nz or in the supplement in the MidWeek on 13 May. Submissions can be made in a variety of ways.

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Hoyle had astonishing theories Ah. I bet you are all thoroughly cheesed off with viruses. And rightly too, though I note at time of writing Wairarapa has had no cases of this covid-bloody-19 for several days, meaning I hope that the little b….s have left us alone. But anyway, I am going to discuss viruses from space.

Fred Hoyle was a famous but somewhat rogue astronomer who largely did his stuff in the mid to late 20th century. He was famous for some amazing insights, not the least of which was developing the idea that the heavier elements are created in stars. That means, most of what you and I are made of,

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But where he came unstuck with the astro fraternity in general, was his opposition to the Big Bang: the theory that the entire universe burst out of a virtual nothingness many billions of years ago. He accused them of being unable to get Biblical creationism out of their heads and maintained his theory of “Steady State” in

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which the universe is and always has been expanding.

Hoyle’s next whopper of a theory was that there was no way to explain the fantastical assemblage of elements that make up even the simplest living cell. He proposed that the plan of DNA was delivered to Earth, having been developed either naturally through trillions of years of the perpetual universe expansion, or, dare I say it, by intelligent design.

He likened the possibility that life was assembled here on Earth to a tornado passing though a junk yard and creating a Boeing 747.

Hoyle banged heads with the greatest number of scientists with this theory he called Panspermia; that is, the notion that life has spread across the universe via comets.

Though pooh-poohed by the establishment, it was later discovered by cometvisiting probes that comets do harbour some of the basic chemistry of life.

Then Hoyle went a step further and theorised that viruses were delivered in the same way and explained the big flu

pandemic of 1918. Gosh, if true, a virus-delivery mechanism via comets would certainly let the Chinese off the hook with this covid-19 thing. But let’s back off a bit. It would be hard to believe that the comet dust just picked out Wuhan in China.

But who knows? The boffins are arguing for bats, pangolins, escapees from virus research centres and even deliberate dispersion.

Anyway, on a brighter note, look out at the stars at night and ponder on the carbon being made in them that may one day build a bat, pangolin or you. Hoyle got that right.

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GREAT WORK WAIRARAPA!

We can all slow the spread

We’ve made it to Alert Level 3, but some of the same rules still apply….

• Stay in your bubble – If you are not at work, school,

exercising or getting essentials then you must be at home, the same as at Alert Level 4. You must not have gatherings with friends and family outside the bubble you had throughout Alert Level 4.

• Stay regional. You can exercise at parks or beaches within your region, but the closer to home the better.

• Do not touch or use playground or exercise equipment.

• Keep your dog on a lead when out walking and do not touch other people’s dogs.

• Keep 2 metres away from anybody not in your bubble.

• Wash your hands often with soap. Then dry them.

Cough and sneeze into your elbow.

Please get tested if you have any symptoms of COVID-19.

People with a sore throat, cough or difficulty breathing should call their GP or the dedicated COVID-19 Healthline (0800 358 5453) for a referral for testing.

For all other medical care, your usual healthcare professionals are here totogether help. Phone them first.the spread We all need to work if we want to slow

COVID-19. you Uniteknow against the virus now.essentials like If you, orofsomeone can’t access food or medicine, please call the Wairarapa COVID-19 Helpline on 0800 239 247, seven days a week, 7am-7pm.

Be kind. Check-in on the elderly or vulnerable

Washing and drying your hands kills the virus

Make a difference by: • checking-in on any elderly or vulnerable people you know • dropping supplies to those at home sick.

Wash often. Use soap.

20 seconds. Then dry.

This kills the virus by bursting its protective bubble.

Cough or sneeze into your elbow

Stay home if you are sick

It keeps the virus off your hands, so you won’t spread it to other people and make them sick too.

Call your GP before visiting them.

Or call Healthline on 0800 358 5453.

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New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3 We are all responsible for what happens next. Every contact we make is a chance for the virus to spread. It’s about getting business back, not our social lives. We must continue to keep our bubbles small and interact with as few people as possible.

Here’s what has stayed the same at Alert Level 3: • stay local for exercise or to pick up essential supplies • wash your hands often with soap, then dry them

• all public venues including libraries, museums, cinemas, food courts, gyms, pools, and parks must stay closed • you must work from home if you can

• you must learn from home if you can • if you are sick you must stay home • if you are vulnerable or aged 70+ you should stay home to stay safe.

Here’s what has changed at Alert Level 3: ALERT LEVEL 4

ALERT LEVEL 3

Nobody can attend funerals, tangihanga or weddings

Up to ten people can attend funerals or weddings in a contactless way

Shop for essential items only

Shop in a contactless way for all types of goods

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You can’t buy non-essential items.

Only essential workers can come in to the workplace

You can shop online or by phone for any goods you like, as long as you don’t make physical contact with others.

Paying for goods: • payment needs to happen online, over the phone, or in a contactless way at the store.

Organisers must: collect everyone’s details for contact tracing.

There must be no receptions or meals.

Receiving goods: • most goods need to be delivered in a contactless way to the customer’s doorstep • where deliveries can’t happen customers can pick-up goods from the shop front in a contactless way • retailers cannot open their premises to customers • you cannot browse in-store, or discuss issues face-to-face with staff.

Workers who can’t work from home, can now come in to the workplace

Non-essential travel is not permitted.

Travel is still restricted

Limited public transport available for essential travel only

Public transport more widely available

Schools and Early Childhood Education Centres are closed

Schools and Early Childhood Centres

Stay in your bubble

You can extend your bubble a small amount

You can travel for work, school, recreation, to go to the supermarket, pharmacy or for medical reasons. You can travel to pick up goods purchased in a contactless way.

However, you must continue to keep your travel as close to home as possible. You can cross a regional boundary to go to work or school.

You can use public transport for work, school, recreation, to If you are able to travel on public transport, please try and go to the supermarket, pharmacy or for medical reasons. You avoid peak times unless you are a worker or are travelling can travel to pick up goods purchased in a contactless way. to an educational facility. Physical distancing applies.

Childhood centres and schools will open on Wednesday 29 April for students up to Year 10 that need them.

You can extend your bubble slightly to bring in close family, isolated people, or caregivers.

Non-essential businesses cannot trade

BUSINESSES

Formal tangihanga involving large gatherings are unable to occur under Alert Level 3, but funerals of up to 10 people can go ahead.

However, children that can stay and learn at home should do so. Sick or vulnerable children should also stay home and they will be supported to do so.

Remember: more people equals more risk.

Keep your bubble as small as possible.

Non-essential businesses can trade if they follow the Alert Level 3 rules If your business involves physical contact, you cannot open.

Other businesses must: • trade in a contactless way (see above) • use contact tracing.

They must also have a health and safety plan to help stop the spread of COVID-19, including: • good hygiene • physical distancing • and the regular cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces.

REMEMBER: At Alert Level 3, wherever possible, you should continue to work from home.

We’re a team of 5 million. Formidable.

We can do this. So thank you New Zealand for making the right decisions, when it really counts.

Got questions? Find the answers faster at Covid19.govt.nz

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Backyard birds matter too While we are all locked down in our own nests why not have a close look and listen to our other companions: the birds found in your backyard, garden, or street or park.

Members of Wairarapa BirdsNZ have been doing just that. Their observations are going to a nationwide data bank called NZ Bird Atlas.

The NZ Bird Atlas, a five-year project which has been going for nearly a year, is a fantastic way to gain an overall understanding of all of NZ’s birdlife.

It is the country’s largest-ever citizen science project to map the distribution and abundance of our beautiful country’s birds.

Anyone can take part.

How do you do this?

Simply choose a spot and record (number and species) of all the birds you see and can identify in a certain time period.

Whether it is five minutes or an hour is entirely up to you.

You can record birds from one spot – or go for a walk and do the same.

The only rule is that you record all birds (not just the interesting ones).

This is when sparrows, blackbirds, starlings and thrushes of the world can stand up and be counted.

Your count can be entered on the NZ Bird Atlas database immediately through the smart phone app or into a notebook and transferred through your computer into birdatlas.co.nz The phone app will automatically add your GPS location, distance travelled and time spent observing birds.

With a bit of experience and practice you can learn to recognise most regular birds, not only by sight but also by sound and behaviour.

Hearing a grey warbler

in a tree is enough – you don’t have to see it! Tui and Kereru are easily recognised by their flight sound alone.

Did you know tui can tune up their feathers to make a powerful whirr if they wish to make a threatening flyby – or fly nearly silently if they prefer?

And don’t forget to look skywards. You may see some ducks, geese, shags, herons or gulls flying by on their own business.

Of course, food is the number one item on most birds’ shopping list.

A tree may be a timely source of fruit, seeds, leaves or insects. A large totara near my house is currently thronging with tui, starlings, sparrows, silver-eyes, rosellas and fantails.

Our suburban gardens support a rich and diverse group of birds both introduced and endemic.

Kotare photobombed by a riroriro/grey warbler.

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The fantail and warbler, both predator-savvy, do well in many parks and gardens. Or you may be lucky and see a less common visitor such as the NZ falcon (karearea) looking for a rock pigeon or dove for breakfast.

One wonders if nowadays those cafécleaners, the sparrows,

have had to change their habits and look elsewhere for food.

So, as well as being fun, this groundbreaking project will become the go-to authority on the state of NZ birds, providing upto-the-minute data that will guide and influence national and local conservation policy for decades to come.

New Zealand Bird Atlas provides every New Zealander the chance to help our unique bird species. Happy birding!

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Buying and selling online pointers Anyone who sells or buys online should have an understanding of the legislative protection that applies to these transactions.

It may be fair to say that during our viral lockdown, more people are turning to shopping online, whether it be a supermarket, a butcher or even buying the likes of knitting wool.

Just know that the internet is not a “free for all” where anything goes.

The Fair Trading Act applies to all traders who advertise or sell to New Zealand consumers online (even if the trader is based outside New Zealand).

Traders who sell online must also make it clear that they are in trade, so that consumers know they are protected under the Fair Trading Act and the Consumer Guarantees Act. The Fair Trading Act’s definition of “trade” is broad – “any trade,

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industry, profession, occupation, activity of commerce or undertaking relating to the supply or acquisition of goods or services”.

Sellers who are uncertain whether they are in trade should have sought legal advice and can’t avoid their legislative obligations by having someone else sell or make offers on their behalf.

Anyone selling goods initially bought or acquired for their own personal use is not in trade.

For the list of obligations sellers online have: www. consumeraffairs.govt.nz The Consumer Guarantees Act applies

to goods & services that are ordinarily purchased from a trader for personal, domestic and household use. Goods must match their description, have no undisclosed defects, be fit for their normal purpose, safe, durable, of reasonable quality and acceptable in look and finish.

Find out more about your rights under the CGA at the same website.

Quick tips for buying online Be Savvy – doubts arise or offer “seems too good to be true” DON’T proceed Know who you are dealing with – search the seller online, where based and provides contact and site details. Don’t assume just because a website ends in .co.nz it is a NZ based business Know what you are buying – especially read the fine print, the terms and conditions including what happens if there’s

a problem.

Work out what it will cost – including shipping, exchange rates, insurance or any extra charges such as customs duty Shop around – search online, compare prices, terms and conditions Protect yourself – only buy if comfortable with the payment method and keep a record of transaction details. Usually purchasing by credit card or likes of PayPal should give more protection than a cash transfer Buying from overseas – a complaint can be laid with international watchdog www. econsumer.gov as well as to the Commerce Commission NZ • This article is based on information from the Commerce Commission of New Zealand as a guidance but should not be used in place of legal advice they say

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Men better than women!

Now before you rush off a letter of complaint to the editor, hear me out.

Drummond Sweaters have a reputation for producing sexist adverts and this was the lead line in one of them. Here is the whole thing.

“Men are better than women. Indoors, women are useful – even pleasant.

On a mountain though, they are something of a drag. So don’t haul them up a cliff face just to show them your climbing sweater.

No need to. They look great anywhere.” Shocker isn’t it?

Well how about this doozie from the 1950s She can have a tummy and still look yummy.

“Is your daughter on the plump side? She can, and should look as pretty as her slim friends. And she will if you dress her in Chubbettes. Send her back to school in the slenderising magic of a Chubbette wardrobe.

Dresses, skirts, blouses and slacks, cleverly designed to hide extra pounds.

And…get a free booklet of advice for parents of chubby girls ”pounds and personality” (how to assure her happiness. What to do about nicknames, her place in the home, active play, diet, appearance etc).

BIC pens.

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Comment – Pick ‘n Mix

Graeme Burnard Oh I bet she felt so much better arriving at school decked out in “Chubbettes” from head to foot. Poor kid.

If you saw this ad, what do you think was being advertised?

Look like a girl: Act like a lady: Think like a man: Work like a boss Well, it’s obvious isn’t it? This was an advert for BIC pens (true!). I saw it straight away. Some delusionary person thinks bosses work harder than

anyone else!

Ice cream manufacturer, Antonio Federici is a repeat offender when it comes to controversial advertising.

In 2010 their posters showed a picture of a pregnant nun eating their ice cream with a caption “Submit to temptation”.

This backfired big time and they had to withdraw the campaign. Really?

In 2017, Nivea, a German skincare brand decided to promote a new line of

invisible antiperspirants with the tagline “white is purity”. Not good coming from anywhere but out of Germany, even more offensive. To make matters worse, the campaign was aimed at people in the Middle East. Many right wing groups took advantage of the wording on this campaign and claimed that Nivea was the official alt-right antiperspirant.

The campaign did not last long!!

Reebok had an advert “Cheat on your girlfriend, not on your workout” When they received thousands of complaints, their defence was, “this isn’t a global campaign. It’s for Germany

only” HUH!!

And sometimes when things go just too far, the results are catastrophic.

On September 11, 2016, Miracle Mattresses in the USA launched a Twin Towers Sale.

What better way to remember the twin towers than with a sale, they declared. And with that they offered any sized mattress for the twin mattress (our double I suspect) size price. The public were so outraged the company went bust.

I find it incredulous that supposedly artistic, highlypaid advertising executives find any of these examples clever or acceptable.

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Scientists assess dam risk GIANINA SCHWANECKE

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The massive slip which has dammed the Kaiwhata River between Te Wharau and Homewood remains firmly in place while water levels continue to rise.

It begs the question of what happens when the dam eventually breaks.

A team from GNS Science were at the site on Thursday to collect data to answer this question, using a drone, GPS and terrestrial laser scanner to provide detailed hazard information to local authorities.

The landslide which caused the dam is believed to have occurred sometime last Saturday afternoon where the base of an existing landslide from a few years ago gave way.

The landslide that blocked the river has a volume of 100,000 cubic metres. The team measured the lowest point on the crest of the landslide dam as 15 metres above the original river level.

The volume of water in the lake forming behind the dam was estimated to be 600,000 cubic metres yesterday afternoon.

It was expected to spill over the top of the dam at some point today if water levels

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Brother-inlaw: Missing tramper experienced ELI HILL

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Meanwhile, Kummerstein farm manager Marty Byl said the water was still rising about 2-3 centimetres every hour yesterday.

“We’ve got a lot of water now.”

He said the water did not

As crews prepared to scour the Tararua Range for missing tramper Darren Myers for the second consecutive day of the current four-day mission, his brother-in-law spoke of his experience in the outdoors and love of adventure.

At the Wairarapa Search and Rescue [SAR] base at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton yesterday, Duncan Styles said he and Myers had been planning on doing the Dusky Track in Fiordland later this year.

The route described by National Geographic as one of New Zealand’s toughest gives a good indication of Myers’ experience.

“Darren had done lots of tramping in the UK. He’s done six weeks crossing the Pyrenees in France, plenty of major expeditions, and big mountain bike tours in places such as Wales.

“In the time he’s been in New

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The massive slip which has dammed the Kaiwhata River and left a major scar on the hillside.

continued to rise.

Brenda Rosser, an engineering geomorphologist and sedimentologist from GNS Science, said a team was running through a 3D model they made based on Thursday’s site visit.

“We are running models to understand what would happen

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if the dam were to fail,” she said.

“We think there is a fairly high probability the dam will fail in the next few days.”

She said the cause of the landslide was still unknown.

“There are several large prehistoric landslides in the area, but we don’t know. We’re looking into that.”

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F U L L O F F L AV O U R Business as usual for 93 year-old service station The Dickensian Bookshop Facebook: The Dickensian Bookshop Website: thedickensianbookshop.com Phone: 021 209 9732 Stay safe, stay healthy and see you all soon!

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This Covid-19 event has definitely put people through a whole raft of emotions, from desperation and the fear of poverty, through to appreciation and love for each other.

With New Zealand now at COVID-19 Alert Level 3, Adamsons Service Station in Featherston has in place the same safety measures in as for Level 4.

Sometimes, being a book lover can help put things into perspective, I can look back on some of the books I have read and have a fresh perspective on what our forebears have lived through before.

Times can indeed be very hard!

But there is one difference – it is serving coffee again!

Along with a coffee, you can still enjoy drinks, pies, ice creams, etc.

You can also purchase pine and manuka firewood and pine cones for the fire, and ice and bait for fishing.

Brian and Lily Adamson are the third generation of the family to own the Fitzherbert Street service station since it opened in 1927.

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The giant teddy bear that has been sitting outside Adamsons since the start of the lock down is now remembering the Anzacs by wearing a hat and poppies and holding a flag.

The opening hours have been reduced during lockdown and are currently 8am to 5pm. After hours payment terminals for fuel are available seven days a week.

For ‘The Dickensian Bookshop’, as with all bookshops, it has been a period where our doors have been firmly closed and we have all sat at home safe in our bubbles.

However, not all time and hope has been lost, this period of inactivity has given us a chance to process some of the books we have in storage and prepare them for our shelves.

In doing this we have rediscovered some real gems, some first editions and some genuine collectors books.

Brian points out that this is one of many crisis situations it has seen over the past 93 years, with his grandfather surviving the Great Depression, his father World War II, and him and Lily the 1987 sharemarket crash and following recession. So in some ways, it is business as usual, he says.

“It is highly unusual for us not to be on the forecourt, serving our customers as we usually do. We look forward to things getting to a new normal very soon. And we would like to thank our wonderful loyal customers for helping us through.”

In the words of Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”.

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We’re getting back to business

You’ll see some changes in what councils can do now New Zealand is in Alert Level 3 - it won’t quite be business as usual.

Changes under Level 3

Continuing as normal

• Water treatment • Wastewater treatment • Water testing • Kerbside rubbish collection • Kerbside recycling collection in urban areas

(Because of Monday’s public holiday, rubbish and recycling collections are a day later this week.)

Remaining closed under Level 3

• Council offices – payments can be made through online banking and direct debits – no cash.

Transfer stations

• From Tuesday, transfer stations

throughout Wairarapa will reopen to all public users with general waste, recycling and green waste, with strict social distancing protocols in place.

up and causes a safety issue transfer stations will have to be closed.

• No cash payments - be prepared to queue (staying inside vehicles).

• Parks and sportsfields are open

• Libraries – check library websites for services available online.

• Wairarapa Archives • Swimming pools and recreation centres

• Community halls

Recycling stations in Greytown and Featherston will also reopen.

Parks and sportsfields

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remain closed because of the risk of contamination of surfaces.

Building-related services

• Provision of LIMs, PIMs and the

We can all slow the spread

• Please stagger visits - if traffic builds

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• Playgrounds and water fountains

processing of building and planning consents

• Building inspections • Advice is available for landowners and planning work.

Roading

• Essential roading maintenance and repair will continue, and planned construction work can resume

Animal/environmental services to use, but you must use social • Animal and Environmental Healthdistancing.

We all need to work together if we want to slow the spread related calls, including dog control COVID-19. Unite against the virus now.

Mowing of parks, sportsfieldsofand and noise complaints, will be berms will resume – we have a bit recorded and assessed on a caseto catch up on so this may take a by-case basis. couple of weeks.

Be kind. Check-in on the elderly or vulnerable

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Make a difference by: • checking-in on any elderly or vulnerable people you know • dropping supplies to those at home sick.

Wash often. Use soap.

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Stay home if you are sick

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Call your GP before visiting them.

Or call Healthline on 0800 358 5453.

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FF president fronts MPs’ response committee not come out of this unscathed”, she told the committee.

Federated Farmers had particular concerns about the lockdown impacts on businesses downstream of producers and growers which help keep farming running every day – “the suppliers to the guy who fixes the hydraulic pump, the guy who imports the tractor tyres”.

The organisation also sounded a warning about the potential for signalled government regulation in the environmental space to reduce agriculture’s earnings at a time when farmers – and the nation – can’t afford it.

Work by agriculture sector agencies and Local Government NZ suggested the impact of the Essential Freshwater package, if not modified, could cut agricultural earnings by 10-30 per cent in some regions.

If pause was pressed on those regulations “that wouldn’t kick the can down the road” on progress because farmers were already under way with a host of environmental initiatives and work streams, she said.

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson

asked Milne and Feds vice-president Andrew Hoggard if there were employment opportunities in those farmer-led environment and catchment improvement projects already under way in many parts of the country.

She was told that was definitely the case, and extra government investment could boost pest and wilding pine control programmes, and riparian planting, for example.

“We had the Taskforce Green programme ... what about Taskforce Farm?” Milne said.

While Federated Farmers applauded some of the business stimulus measures being talked about, it rejected any notion of returning to subsidies, quotas and other protectionist policies.

“We’re glad the (Trade) Minister (David Parker) is still talking about the need for trade open borders. We all know that exporting is the economic driver for New Zealand.”

If New Zealand gets protectionist, nations we trade with will get protectionist right back at us, Milne said.

Rural

Farming has been one of the economy’s life rafts during the covid-19 lockdown but as Katie Milne told Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee last week, “winter is coming” for the sector – and not just the freezing weather.

The Federated Farmers president told MPs the double whammy of the drought and reduced capacity at meat processing works meant many farmers were carrying into the colder months more stock than they would wish, and feed was very tight. Grass and crop yields were down.

Winter, in another sense, was the dampener on primary produce prices that would likely stem from world economies crashed by the virus crisis. The same happened after the GFC. “Meat that was getting $5-something a kilo is now bringing in $3, if we can get it off the farm.

The milk returns (per kg of milk solids) had $7 in front of it this year but there are predictions next year it will be $5,” Milne said.

While the sector was working as hard as it could to keep things going, “farming will

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Breadcraft production line team with the new face shields.

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Rolling out dough and face shields Karen Coltman 3D-printed face shields made in Masterton have kept essential workers at Breadcraft Wairarapa Ltd doing the business.

The two-metre social distancing policy was not completely achievable on the food production line, so Breadcraft’s Future Food manager John Hart came up with a solution.

“I’d seen quite a few open source designs out on the internet as different countries responded to shortages of PPE, so it was an easy decision to get the Fab Lab involved,” Hart, who is a co-founder of the educational charity, said.

The first 10 face shields have been in use and another 20 were ready for this week’s covid-19, Alert Level 3 lockdown adjustment.

“The design we chose had already been refined and tested with health authorities in Europe.”

Hart began printing the shields at his home.

The 3D computerised printer is about the size of a microwave oven.

The clear plastic rolls from the back of the machine and squirts

3D Fab Lab Printer of face shields for Breadcraft.

out layer by layer at the other end in the pattern required, and then solidifies to the programmed shape. The shield covers the whole face and a face mask can be worn underneath if wanted.

The shields mean all staff on the production line can maintain their ‘bubble’ while producing bread and wraps. Not all staff work in close proximity but about 30 people have to.

The shields are similar to PPE (personal protective equipment) worn by frontline health staff. They weigh less than 50 grams each and are adjustable.

The first 10 face shields have been in use and another 20 were ready for this week’s covid-19, Alert Level 3 lockdown adjustment.

The thin, clear plastic face shields were designed in the Czech

Republic and are printed at Fab Lab. Kirsten Browne and Hart set up the lab five years ago to teach “design-thinking” to students and for local businesses to prototype ideas and solutions quickly.

During Alert Level 4, the factory had four “people bubbles” keeping each of the teams separate so that the risk to personal health was reduced.

About 70 employees were able to travel between work and home maintaining their bubble with social distancing at work.

But throughout the Alert Level 4 lockdown, 16 vital staff lived at the Copthorne Solway in a strict lockdown. They all went home to their families over the weekend and were “very pleased to be home”, a Breadcraft spokesperson said.

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AN UPDATE FROM RON MARK • All schools and ECE areto expected to be New Zealand will move Alert Level 3 at open for learning on 29 April for those 11:59pm on Monday, 27 April. Continue children and young people who need to to stay close home we don’t return.

If you to can, youso should keeplose your the gains we have made at Level 4. child at home.

• Financial for businesses e.g.from the Business support owners who cannot work Wage Subsidy scheme will continue to home can prepare this week, including be available in Alert Level 3. returning to their premises to receive • Public availablebusiness at Alert stock iftransport required.isHowever, Level 3. It can be used to travel to work operators musttostay in their bubbles and or school and access supplies at the maintain physical distancing other supermarket, but there will beand limited capacity. public health measures.

•• In home services be delivered if it on Schools will have can a teachers’ only day is safe to do so (like tradespeople for Tuesdayor28 April and open with limited repairs installations) – keep two metre capacity onfrom 29 April 2020. separation those in the house.

My Carterton Office It is still business as usual for myself and my team. We are available to chat over the phone with you and if you are set up with the technology, a video chat can be arranged with you. We will continue to work with you on existing issues and any new issues you may have.

You can contact my team on 021 952 949 or 06 379 9146 or email rowena.stauber@parliament.govt.nz

“We are Kiwis and we have huge hearts. As it has been proven in history time and time again, we will pull through this together and be stronger as a nation.”

There is a helpline for residents having difficulty accessing essential supplies like food and medicine Greater Wellington - Carterton, Masterton, South Wairarapa - 0800 239 247 Central Hawkes Bay - 0800 422 923 Horizons – Tararua – 0800 725 678 Mental health support

Walking with my family bubble in Carterton I know this is a stressful time for many, with so much changing at a rapid pace. There are a number of organisations, websites and phone numbers that are set up to help you and your family. I have listed these below, please make the most of them and encourage your loved ones to do the same if they need to.

Keeping on top of work at home nz/campaigns/getting-through-together Sparklers at home: www.sparklers.org.nz/parenting Contact Numbers • If you or your loved ones feel stressed or anxious, you can call or text 1737 to talk with a trained counsellor for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

A range of support is being rolled out across New Zealand to help people look after their mental health during COVID-19. One • Healthline: If you experience Covid initiative launched is the Getting through symptoms or have health queries together campaign which shares ways to 0800 358 5453 help Kiwis cope with the stress of COVID-19.

• Government Helpline: For non-health Getting through together also includes tools related Covid queries - 0800 779 997 for parents, dubbed Sparklers at Home, which provides support for parents to talk with their primary-school aged children “Thank you, about their own mental health and wellbeing. New Zealand, for protecting each It is important to remember that a lot of the usual places people might go to for support, like your doctor, are still available. It might just be a phone call or an online video link instead.

other. Together we’re saving lives. Your commitment means our plan is working, but we have not won yet”.

Getting through together: www.allright.org.

Stay at home, break the chain, save lives and be kind.

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Let’s recycle more and keep our people safe.

Keep our people safe by only putting the right things in your recycling.

More of these: Plastic containers up to 3 litres in size eg. 3L milk bottles but not oversized containers of 4-5L or more

Plastic bottles and containers with numbers 1, 2. 5

None of these: No soft plastics – bags, film flexible plastic packaging e.g. bacon packets

No wet wipes

No polystyrene, plastic toys, or furniture wrap Aluminium and steel cans No shredded paper – it can’t be sorted

Paper bags

No food scraps

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No nappies or sanitary products Cardboard – flattened out

No metal – appliances, pots, wire, cables or car parts

Glass in Crates

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