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Taking chances, dancing dances Lucy Cooper

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Being on stage is local dancer Amelia Butcher’s “absolute favourite thing ever”, and has been since she started attending “a jazz class” at the Jacqui Murray School of Dance at the tender age of three.

But it’s Amelia’s star as a choreographer that’s firmly on the rise these days as she prepares for her third show to be performed in Wellington next month under her brand name, Jenire.

Her latest work, Ominous, in which she also performs, opens at Te Auaha in the capital in early March for a four-night run as part of the Wellington Fringe Festival, marking another step in her commitment to forge a career in the competitive world of professional dance.

Amelia was part of the choreography team for Kuranui College’s winning Showquest performances in 2018 and 2019 while a student at the school. It

I just want to explore what I can do. It’s never-ending.

There’s always something new to create. ignited her passion for choreography and from then, she set her sights on gaining a place on the fulltime commercial dance course at Wellington’s performing arts school, Te Auaha.

The first year of her three-year Bachelors in Creativity coincided with the covid-19 pandemic, which was “something else”.

“I did a lot of dancing in my bedroom through Zoom and we did our first shows with half an audience due to seating restrictions and did eight shows over three days to make up for it.”

Continued on page 3

Amelia Butcher.

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Opinion

Weaving reconnection

Family fun

When the danger’s passed

Things to do in Featherston and Masterton. Full story P5.

Creating connection through craft. Full story P4.

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Lucy keeps a close eye on the new year. Full Story P12.

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Emergency response Ride along with Geoff Gibney. Full story P6.

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All the moves Chess club is making a comeback. Full Story P8.

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Strength, stamina and freedom Continued from page 1

Amelia’s show, Zenith, was performed in September 2023.

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Conditions improved in her second and third years, which she described as “some of the best times of my life”.

“I learnt so much,” she said, particularly in honing skills as a dance teacher and choreographer.

“I needed [the third] year because I loved the choreography and to build my confidence and discover who I was.”

Part of that discovery was founding her brand, Jenire.

Characteristically, Amelia “got straight on to it”, commissioning a friend to design a logo and pitching her 15-minute graduation piece to the New Zealand Fringe Festival, which was accepted.

“It meant I knew I had something to go into when leaving Te Auaha.”

Her Fringe show, Amygdala, played to enthusiastic audiences at the beginning of 2023, marking the start of a busy and successful inaugural year for Jenire.

It was followed by a second show, Zenith, performed in September, again to positive reviews.

It’s the creative freedom of choreography that appeals to

Amelia, particularly in contemporary dance, where it feels like “there are no rules”.

“Contemporary can be literally anything. I just love to think I can do whatever I want. I watched stuff online and I was like, ‘Oh, they are doing really unique things’. I just want to explore what I can do.

It’s never-ending. There’s always something new to create.”

A lot of Amelia’s choreography “can be very fast and very intense”, she said, partly due to her experience as a competitive gymnast, which she gave up in her teens to focus on dance.

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As well as adding flair to her choreography, the strength and stamina needed for gymnastics stands her in good stead as a performer and can be an added bonus when looking for work as a dancer, she said.

As well as creating original work, Amelia is teaching at her alma mater Kuranui College in Greytown and at other arts schools in the Wellington region.

The love and support of her family have been critical to Amelia’s journey in the dance profession.

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doing dance, knowing the kind of stress and the unknowns that come with it. But my family have all been really supportive,” she said.

“They know my passion for it and they’ve always helped me. I’m really grateful. They mean the world to me.”

2024 promises to be as busy and exciting for Amelia as last year.

She’s judging her first competition in April and will choreograph for different studios and competitions throughout the year.

“And then my biggest goal I’ve been slowly developing – and I’m hoping it will happen – is I want to create my fourth show,” she said.

“But with this one, I want to take it to three different locations – Wellington, Wairarapa and Palmerston North.

Fingers crossed.”

Ominous opens on March 6 and promises a mix of “powerful music, abstract choreography and advanced lighting” to create “a thoughtprovoking performance of dance that awakens new clarity and connections between nature and human nature”.

• Tickets can be purchased at www.fringe.co.nz/ show/ominous

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Weaving love and reconnection Kevin Ball

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The death of a mother can be devastating for a child.

It was particularly so for Masterton woman Manaia Carswell, the daughter of a Māori woman and a Pākehā man.

Mother [Christine/ Hokimate Cockburn née Henare] kept Manaia’s Māori heritage alive, a connection that died with her in 2016.

Seeking to reconnect, Manaia turned to the ancient Māori art of weaving.

Today, she’s a regular at the Masterton Farmers’ Market, displaying her beautifully detailed art, garments and natural healing and beauty products.

It’s high-end product with prices up to $500 for a kete. She also operates a web page, Muri Aroha [‘Love is at the back of it’] “When I lost my mum, I felt like I lost my connection to Te Āo Māori. Finding a link to an online course to learn how to tāniko [weave] seemed like a safe way for me to explore that side of myself that I was yearning for,” Manaia [40] a mother of three and with two step-daughters said.

When Māori first arrived in New Zealand, they encountered a much colder climate than their homeland in Hawaiki.

They adapted quickly by using their weaving skills to produce korowai [cloaks] and other practical objects such as kete [baskets] and whāriki [mats].

The most widely used weaving material was [and still is] harakeke – New Zealand flax.

Weaving was traditionally done by women and skilled

ABOVE: Manaia Carswell rediscovered her roots through weaving.

RIGHT: Full circle: the woven Cockburn tartan kete.

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weavers were prized within their tribes. As the whakataukī [Māori proverb] says, “Aitia te wahine o te pā harakeke”, which means “Marry the woman who is always at the flax bush”, for she is an expert flax worker and a diligent person.

“In 2017, I learned to tāniko with Whaea Veranoa Hetet from The Hetet School of Māori Art and then decided to try another module they offered, ‘learn the basics of raranga’,” Manaia said.

“I had the harakeke in my garden, so to be able to look after my plants in a meaningful and tika [culturally correct] way, and utilise the rau [leaves] into useful items seemed perfect.

“Once I wove my first kono [a basket woven out of harakeke and traditionally used by Māori to serve food in], I was completely hooked.

Learning the art of raranga opened me up to a world of possibility.

That one small kono completed and my life was changed.”

“I wove more and more and learned everything the Hetet School could teach me, becoming the first graduate of their

Samples of Manaia’s work.

online school when I finished my first korowai ‘Manawanui’. Completed over our first national lockdown in 2020, it filled me with so much gratitude to be able to weave such taonga for my whānau.

“I have since finished three more kākahu. One for my daughter Awatea, named ‘Matāmua’, and two as a koha for my children’s primary school, Fernridge, named ‘Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho’. The boys kākahu is called ‘E Tū tama’ which means

‘stand up boy’, and there is one for the girls called ‘E Tū kōtiro’, meaning ‘stand up girl’. I hope when they are worn they encourage the wearer to stand up, be proud of who they are and be leaders and strong role models. I am currently working away on another korowai which I hope to complete within the next 12 months.

“There is something so versatile about harakeke.

I can weave fine kete and wall hangings. I can extract the muka [fibre]

and make whenu for a kākahu. I can weave potae. I can weave shopping bags and I can create beautiful jewellery. Through my love of creating with this beautiful resource, I have managed to utilise as much of the plant as I can. From using the bulk of the rau [leaf] for weaving, to utilising the take ends for putiputi bouquets, to transforming the trimmed ends of kete and kākahu into Hei Tāringa.

“I have a pā harakeke

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and grow and harvest my own whenu for whatever I am weaving. It comforts me to see it growing lush and tall and to know that I can transform the leaves into something that has a kōrero [story].

“Muri Aroha means ‘Love is at the back of it’ and that is how I feel about Toi Māori and the mahi [work] that I do.

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So much going on at community centre Lucy Cooper

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Featherston Community Centre is leaping into the new year with a spring in its step, thanks to funding from the Tindall Foundation and others to help support and grow activities for kids after school.

The funding will help ensure kids who aren’t into sports can engage in new activities, centre manager Joanna Baldwin said.

“We’re so blessed in Featherston, we have amazing sports. But what about the kids that don’t go that way? Or are not into sport yet?”

Initiatives being helped by the new sources of funding include a chess club [see page 8], beginner sewing classes in partnership with local charity Divine River, and a craft club.

Baldwin explained the sewing initiative with Divine River secured funding from the Featherston Community Board [FCB] and a pilot project will start in midFebruary with students

The community centre is located on Wakefield Street. PHOTO/FILE

If something works for the community, they will come, they will support it.

– Joanna Baldwin, manager, Featherston Community Centre

from South Featherston and Featherston schools interested in sewing skills.

The after-school craft club is for kids who

“just enjoy being crafty”, Baldwin said. “We have a bunch of kids who really enjoy glueing and sticking and drawing.”

The club is supervised and will include snacks for participants. It starts in the first week of term and gives kids a chance to “just create stuff ”, Baldwin said.

The latest grant from the Tindall Foundation was $5000 and helps “get things started”.

“Because [projects] are started, other traction kicks in community-wise.

If something works for the community, they will come, they will support it. They won’t mind paying $2 or whatever if it’s something they love. But to get it going and show people and get involvement from people that perhaps wouldn’t be able to, [these initiatives] are free at the moment.”

Other projects on the horizon in Featherston this year include the completion of the centre’s remodelling of its existing kitchen to meet commercial kitchen standards, the Wāhine Unite festival in February and Fab Feathy’s launch of a new Featherston website.

“There is so much going on,” Baldwin said.

Free family festival coming to Eastside Lucy Cooper

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Free, family friendly summer fun is coming to McJorrow Park on Masterton’s Colombo Road and Cameron Crescent in February, thanks to a festival organised by the Eastside Community Group.

Claire Star, one of the event organisers, told Midweek “it’s been a team effort”, and the event will include live music, food stalls, games and several competitions to celebrate the community, with prizes to be won.

“We’ve got the Best Cake competition, judged by professional judges, a chalk art contest, the Biggest Bubble competition and people can nominate their Best Neighbour and Best ‘Good Sort’ in the community,” she said.

The day will be hosted by MC Sophronia Smith, with sound managed by local musician Keepa Smith, who will also play live.

A big drawcard for the day is a performance by “very cool” reggae band KRUZI ENT, which has over 13,000 followers on

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The event has received some funding from Masterton District Council [MDC] and Trusthouse, and over $600 was raised from a raffle organised by the Doing a Good Deed Facebook page, run by Masterton resident Elaine Leggott and friends.

Proceeds from the raffle will pay for the PA system, Star said.

Cultural performances by groups from the Indian, Samoan and Maori communities will be a feature of the day, as well as face painting and other entertainment for the kids.

Star has lived in east Masterton since 2020 and loves the sense of community in the neighbourhood.

“We are really community-minded here.

We’ve got a really great community spirit. Everyone helps everyone, we all know our neighbours. Everyone knows everyone. It’s a really cool place.”

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Spotlight shines on our emergency responders In the first of an occasional series profiling the people who work day and night to keep Wairarapa’s communities safe and thriving, Wairarapa Times-Age reporter MARLEE PARTRIDGE talks to Geoff Gilbey, a paramedic with the Wellington Free Ambulance [WFA].

Geoff Gilbey has been in the ambulance service for close to 10 years, working in the UK for most of this time.

Having started as a patient transport officer, Gilbey then graduated to a role as an emergency care assistant before becoming an emergency medical technician, and finally a paramedic.

He’s lived in New Zealand since October 2022 and bought his first home in Wairarapa with his wife in October last year.

“You’re all so lucky, it’s a truly beautiful place,” Gilbey said.

Despite many people being familiar with paramedics from a plethora of television medical dramas, Gilbey said one of the biggest misconceptions about his role is the idea that he’s essentially an ambulance driver.

Geoff Gilbey is a Paramedic with the Wellington Free Ambulance service.

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“We are considerably more than that” – among other things: attending medical emergencies and accidents; triaging patients [which involves working out which patients need to be treated first]; treating ill and injured people, including those with traumatic injuries and shock; giving pain relief, including intravenous treatment; and stabilising and transporting patients to and from medical facilities.

Or as Gilbey put it, “Our role is varied and dynamic, ranging from social care issues to emergency life and/or limb saving callouts.

“All ambulance staff are normal, average, everyday people who have to see and deal with very abnormal things,” he said, adding

that there appears to be limited public awareness of “how often, as complete service we constantly go above and beyond what is expected of us”.

As a paramedic, Gilbey said, there’s almost no opportunity to get bored – which is one of his favourite aspects of the job.

The constantly evolving nature of his role, the responsibilities that come with it, and the esteem in which it’s held in the community are also upsides of his chosen career.

“We are endowed with such a large amount of trust,” Gilbey said.

“Welcomed into people’s homes and instantly treated as a family member – that’s pretty cool.”

When he’s not bustling about Wairarapa for work,

Our role is varied and dynamic, ranging from social care issues to emergency life and/or limb saving callouts.

– Wellington Free Ambulance Wairarapa, Geoff Gilbey

Gilbey enjoys the outdoor activities the region has to offer, describing himself as a “busy fella”.

“I mountain bike, canoe, and fish,” he said.

“Our new house keeps me busy, and ensuring my wife is spoiled [which is no more than she deserves] is a fulltime job in itself.”

Gilbey’s top summer safety tip?

“Be careful with that sun” and slip, slop, slap plenty of sunscreen on – ideally one with a sun protection factor of 50.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Local News Wairarapa Midweek

Water resilience solutions for Wairarapa economic growth WellingtonNZ is the economic development agency tasked with enhancing prosperity and creating a thriving region for all.

WellingtonNZ has partnered with the three Wairarapa District Councils, local iwi, and industry to deliver on the Wairarapa Economic Development Strategy. Visit thrivewairarapa.nz to find out more.

Wairarapa Economic Development Strategy (WEDS) Jacinda Johnston, Programme Manager WEDS promotes industry-led water solutions which have a positive impact on the local economy. A recent example is the WEDS-led

initiative to pursue water resilience infrastructure at Waingawa Industrial Estate. The aim is to preserve local productivity and employment over dry summer periods when water restrictions are in place. Future

benefits include the ability to expand and attract industry to the region, with secure access to process water.

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water is.” David says that a resilient community needs to take into account the urban-styled and rural population with strong support for environmental values to preserve the unique character of the Wairarapa.

“I congratulate Wairarapa Water Users, GWRC and WEDS for this

summer series on water education.

Please come and observe modern technology for the distribution of water in the most efficient way. Water gives security to the community, creates employment and financial return to the region. Hope to see you there.”

Geoff says, “to showcase three rural enterprises in the Ruamahanga Valley that deliver irrigation in innovative ways.” “Wairarapa’s rural businesses invest in technologically innovative irrigation systems that avoid waste,” Geoff says. The aim is always to apply water when its needed, and in the exact quantity required. Each

showcase starts at 4.30pm on the day, with a walk around the relevant property with talks on several points of interest.

• About 6pm, there will be a Q&A session accompanied by a BBQ and refreshments. • The events are free, but registration is required. • Email: Wairarapawaterusers@gmail.com

Wairarapa Water Resilience Committee David Holmes, Interim Chair This newly formed group is a collaboration by local Govt to deliver on the Wairarapa Water Resilience Strategy. David Holmes is chairing the group, tasked with overseeing the plan to drive water security

outcomes across the Region. “I would like to acknowledge the huge amount of work previously done by the Ruamahanga Whaitua and the Water Resilience committee. Water Storage and resilience go together, and we all appreciate with the normal summer we are getting how important

Wairarapa Water Users Society (WWUS) Geoff Copps, representative Established over 10 years ago, the WWUS is made up of local rural water users. Many of these operate in the food and fibre market, and rely on irrigation for their businesses to thrive. “We focus on upskilling,

best practice techniques, promotion, and advocacy,” says Geoff. WWUS is a peak body with, collectively, a significant amount of first-hand knowledge and expertise. The overriding concern of the group is efficient and sustainable water use, to support productivity gains.

“We’ve joined forces with WEDS,”

Turanganui Stud at Warren’s Road, Lake Ferry. 8 February 2024.

Geoff says that most members of the WWUS grow grass to feed livestock.

Turanganui Stud is one of those. The Stud has a long history of genetic improvements in livestock, partly fuelled by high-quality pasture.

“Turanganui uses cutting edge technology for its irrigation,” Geoff says. This includes having travelling arms attached to their centre pivots and also a fixed grid sprinkler system. Each nozzle can be individually controlled and automatically turned off.

The overriding message is ‘don’t put water where it’s not needed.’

Glen Eden Farm, Ponatahi Road, Carterton. 19 March 2024.

Owned by multiple generations of Guscotts, the high-quality Glen Eden farm includes a circle of crops of all types and with different water needs.

The farm’s irrigation system can sense where water is needed, and how much, as it revolves on its circle.

“It’s targeted and efficient,” says Geoff.

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Chess club making great moves Lucy Cooper

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Featherston Community Centre will once again be home to castling, closed Sicilians and checkmate when the local chess club starts again this school term.

Renee Adie, the mum of a keen 12-year-old chess player, was inspired to form the club last October after witnessing the popularity of an intermediate schools competition in Masterton Intermediate School’s [MIS] hall.

“The whole hall was full of schools competing with each other. It was just amazing to see and to see how much engagement there was,” she said.

“We don’t have anything like that and not everyone’s athletic. I just wanted something for those kids that weren’t in that area to have something to do after school.”

Adie organised two club afternoons before Christmas, which were well attended, particularly the inaugural session.

“Our first meeting I was surprised we had about 22 players and we had all six chess games in play. We

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actually had a retired competitor come in and play. My son got to play against the mayor [Martin Connelly]. We’ve had players as young as seven all the way up to elderly age – it’s open to anyone.”

Adie’s enthusiasm for a Featherston-based club has attracted the support of local businesses and organisations.

“When I first posted [on Facebook] about the club, Martin [Connelly] the mayor reached out and sponsored chess boards and a couple of chess books for us, which was huge.”

Sponsorship has helped cover the hire fee for the club’s room at the community centre on Wakefield Street, with

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This year, the club will be able to run more frequently, thanks to funding from the Tindall Foundation to the community centre to help support after-school activities.

“Renee completely came up with the idea [of the chess club] and was running it monthly. She was going around the community trying to get funders to pay for the room,” community centre manager Joanna Baldwin said. “She was determined to support the community centre, which is great.

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So we are working with Renee and she is going to run the chess club and the funding covers the cost of room hire, as well as providing snacks, tea and coffee and things like that.”

No previous experience in chess is necessary, Adie said, as experienced players are more than happy to help newcomers.

“It’s amazing how [young and old] can sit together – age isn’t an issue, they just sit there and go, ‘oh, do you know about this move and that move’, and someone else will say, ‘did you know you had that person in check?’”

Adie has ambitions for the club if it continues to be supported by local players.

“I do eventually want to be able to offer an actual tournament – that’d be once we grow. Even if it’s just a little one for the younger ones, then you can be actually more competitive if you want to.”

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10 Wairarapa Midweek Local News Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Hope blossoms with sunflowers Lucy Cooper

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A local farmer has donated his crop of sunflowers to raise funds for the Wairarapa Cancer Society.

The “heartwarming act of kindness” is by John Stamp, a farmer who grows near the Apple Barrel Floodway in Greytown and who is a long-time supporter of the charity, the society’s centre manager Amber Arkell said.

The golden flowers, picked by Wairarapa Cancer Society staff and volunteers, will be sold for $2 a piece from the Cancer Society’s offices in Masterton and Property Brokers real estate offices throughout the region for three days from Wednesday, January 31.

Nadine Dunbar, senior Wairarapa branch administrator for Property Brokers, said Helen Nicol – the cancer society’s administrator – asked real estate agents to “get on board” with the initiative and “we were in, boots and all”.

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involved with them,” she said.

Dunbar and her colleagues are looking forward to their offices being filled with blooms, she said.

“We are going to be all sunflowered-up from Wednesday and they are going to look amazing.”

Gretel Dick, a Cancer Society volunteer who helped coordinate the picking effort, said looking at the paddock, there were

“probably thousands” of sunflowers to harvest.

The money raised from the sale of the flowers will go towards supporting the Wairarapa Cancer Society, Arkell said.

“With the demand for Cancer Society services reaching an all-time high and no government funding to rely on, each sunflower sold brings a ray of hope to those affected by cancer in our community.”

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12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, January 31, 2024 EDITORIAL

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Lucy Cooper I’m ambivalent about making New Year’s resolutions. To my mind, they are a selfimprovement concept designed to catch you at your most vulnerable and desperate.

Of course I want to lose weight, gain muscle, learn a new language, journal more and meditate at least 10 minutes a day after the excesses and stresses of the Christmas season. I can’t fit into my favourite blue shorts, I’ve run out of series of Vera to watch and having a G&T with your lunch at work doesn’t appear acceptable.

January is, to me, the very definition of ‘a low ebb’.

My solution for the past few years has been to ease into a fresh year with little to no mental fanfare. I will raise a glass with you to celebrate the passing

of one year into the next, but you won’t catch me promising to learn Spanish in 30 days, perfect a handstand in two weeks, or eat more greens.

Oh no. I leave all that nonsense to February when the danger has passed.

So far, I have committed to a dry-ish February, going to CrossFit class at least three times a week, walking the Pylon Track

by March and, my total fave, partaking in frequent observational journalling.

Observational what?

Journalling. Stay awake at the back.

I got the idea during a recent and intensive episode of doom-scrolling on Instagram. Among the latest batch of pimplepopping videos, dog memes and short reels of cats doing hilarious things was a little gem from New

York Times magazine entitled, ‘stop ignoring all the mundane miracles in your life’.

As that brief insight into my social media content reveals, I am no stranger to mundanity. But miraculous mundanity? Now we’re talking, According to Anna Kodé, New York Times magazine’s real estate writer, observational journalling is “recording everything my eye notices, including the people, sounds, smells, noises and screen”.

She indulges in a spot of OJ [as nobody is calling it] both intentionally – “sometimes I go out with the sole purpose of logging

my surroundings, setting a timer for 15 minutes” – and as an alternative to being sucked into the cultural, political and social abyss that is the modern smartphone.

Not one for hanging about, I tried my hand at chronicling my surroundings as soon as I finished reading the article.

I sat in the garden in the warm early morning with my customary bucket of tea and let 15 minutes of the day wash over me, jotting down whatever caught my eye, ears or nose.

Looking at that first entry now, I’m amazed at how much went on in front and around me in that short space of time, how

much there was to observe.

All sorts of sounds, from the buzz of individual bees to the distant clank of what sounded like falling scaffolding. Our dog, Toffee, made sure I noticed her gently terrorising the cat and carrying out her morning ablutions.

The sorry state of our desiccated lawn definitely caught my eye, including the fluffy entrails of a recently eviscerated dog toy caught on a patch of weeds.

It was a surprisingly leisurely and calming activity, and, unlike my commitment to temperance, I’ve been keeping it up.

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Renee Adie, chess club coordinator As a child, I spent a lot of time… doing different things with my Nanas, but the best was making pikelets with Nana Mac. My friends and loved ones say I am… always helpful.

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Good year for Friends Friends of Aratoi chairwoman Sandra Debney is pleased with the Friends’ performance in 2023.

“We are in a good financial position,” she said. “We had a busy and successful year with exhibition openings and fundraising events. We were also delighted to receive several generous donations from Wairarapa art lovers.”

Fundraising events included the annual selfdrive Art and Architecture Tour which this year visited houses in South Wairarapa, and a bus tour to Palmerston North.

At Palmerston North’s Te Manawa Museum the group had a back-ofhouse tour and saw the Paul Dibble Sculpture exhibition. Peter Shelton, from the Palmerston North Sculpture Trust, took the group on a tour of the public sculptures in the area around George St. Visits to the historic house, Wharerata, at Massey University, the

ABOVE: The crowded foyer at the summer exhibitions opening at Aratoi. LEFT: Friends of Aratoi chairwoman Sandra Debney, left, with Jo Lysaght, winner of the Friends of Aratoi Landscape Prize.

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Science Museum and the Christmas Cave completed a very enjoyable day.

As well as fundraising, the Friends of Aratoi committee catered at exhibition openings. The last exhibition opening for the year was for the New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Wairarapa Art Review and the other summer exhibitions, and was attended by a huge crowd.

The Friends committee

organises the review alongside the staff at Aratoi: canvassing artists to encourage them to enter, getting sponsors for prizes and carrying out the logistics associated with putting on a major exhibition. The Friends sponsored the landscape prize, won by Jo Lysaght.

With 72 works selected, the review is well worth a visit. The Frank Minehan People’s Award is to be awarded in February so

visitors are still able to vote for their favourite work.

This year will also be full on for the new committee which was elected at the AGM in October. Sandra Debney continues as chairwoman with Rob Sewell as her deputy.

Also continuing on the committee are Robyn Cornford [treasurer], Jo Nelson, Tess Mills, Marilyn Hunt, Stephanie Chilcott and Kathryn Seagrave.

New members are Freddie Walker-Murray, Felicity Powell and Debra Britten.

Mary Blakemore-Francis has retired from the committee but will still help with catering.

The AGM guest speaker,

Peter Biggs ,spoke about arts funding.

“This was a very appropriate topic,” said Debney. “Accessing funding grants is crucial.

However, fundraising that the Friends of Aratoi does is extremely important in the present climate.

Anyone planning to attend our fundraisers this year or becoming a Friend of Aratoi can be assured that they are supporting our regional gallery and museum in its work to foster culture and the arts in Wairarapa.”

• Details about Friends of Aratoi membership can be found on the Aratoi website.

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St John’s community care role clarified Freddie Wilkie

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Newly-appointed as the Wairarapa community engagement co-ordinator for the St John ambulance service charity, Rosemary Julou is understandably eager to shine a light on the community work done

by St John in the area.

“Hato Hone St John volunteers have been established in Wairarapa for over 100 years,” she said.

“It has been so inspiring to see first-hand the work they do.

“This includes running our health shuttles and

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Julou is at pains to emphasise that while St John provides community services in the region, they do not operate emergency ambulances as seen in other parts of the country.

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“The team driving the shuttles is made up of 25 volunteer drivers who are first-aid trained and undertake regular training and support,” Julou said.

“Health shuttles take clients to any health or well-being appointment, including physiotherapy, optician, chiropractor, day surgery, podiatry, counselling, or a GP appointment.

“Besides the health shuttle, St John has a team of caring callers available as friends to chat with you and offer support.”

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“The series is about the ways in which people are connected that they do not necessarily understand yet. That’s part of what my work is about too,” Emma says, “so the name feels just right.” “Using art to tune into our body’s wisdom can create shifts within us, helping us to approach relationships and situations with more emotional understanding, compassion, clarity, and confidence.”

Workshops, like Waiata Home, are a fun but also meaningful day out, full of creativity, time for yourself and in compassionate community. To find out more about her workshops, explore Emma’s website Sense8.co.

Weather warning to phones As from last week, New Zealanders are able to subscribe to receive notifications to their mobile phone when MetService issues a Red Warning for the most severe weather or if there is an Extreme Fire Danger risk.

The partnership with Fire and Emergency New Zealand will help people be aware of and ready for the most extreme conditions. All that is required is to have the free MetService NZ Weather app installed on your mobile phone and the location specific notifications enabled.

MetService head of weather communication, Lisa Murray said, “Getting notifications directly into the hands, or pockets, of those likely to be impacted is the most direct way we can warn people.”

Fire and Emergency wildfire specialist Rory Renwick said, “We encourage everyone to download the app, enable notifications and heed the advice when notifications are received. It may be best to postpone a fire or any activity which could cause sparks – always check further on checkitsalright.nz It’s also a good prompt to prepare your property should a wildfire occur.”

“The MetService app is a trusted source of information which close to a million people have downloaded to their phones. Weather conditions are one of the main factors that impact fire risk. This makes it the perfect place for our extreme fire danger notifications,” said Renwick.

“With climate change and more extreme weather events, this tool is really helping us better prepare Aotearoa New Zealand for a more extreme wildfire and weather environment,” said Murray.

New Zealanders can subscribe to receive weather and fire notifications to their mobile phone.

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The location specific push notification for Extreme Fire Danger will be triggered when Fire and Emergency Fire Weather System calculates the fire danger to be at its highest level [extreme – where fire intensities and spread rates are likely to make a wildfire extremely dangerous].

These are sent in the morning and provide that day’s timeframe for when fire danger is extreme and spark-causing activities, including lighting fires, should be avoided.

MetService will trigger notifications when Red Warnings for severe weather are issued for specific locations.

These warnings are for the most significant and impactful heavy rain and/or strong winds [like those brought by extropical cyclones] or heavy snow, covering an area of more than 1000 square kilometres [equivalent of a box around Lake Taupo).]

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are considered Red Warnings. Though they cover a smaller and more localised area, their life-threatening impacts [flooding from downpours, hail and strong winds and lightning] make them very dangerous events.

“When a severe thunderstorm has been detected on one of our weather radars a Red

Warning notification will be triggered. Warning time is therefore much shorter than with other types of Red Warning weather, but a heads-up will likely be signalled earlier in the day by a Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued by our forecasters,” said Murray.

The notifications have been some time in the making and come after a successful testing phase with members of the public to ensure ease of use and no false alerting.

When people enable notifications, they’ll be prompted to set notifications for their home location and/or enable current location notifications which will provide alerts if they are in the warning area when a notification is issued.

“Fire danger awareness has become much stronger since we started running the fire season information on MetService’s website – notifications were a natural next step,” said Renwick.

“It is close to a year since the devastating Auckland Anniversary flooding, followed closely

by Cyclone Gabrielle.

These notifications are one of the steps we’re taking to warn more kiwis of dangerous weather,” said Murray.

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Turning regret into lessons for life Midweek Musings

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Tim Nelson The Daily Calm shared this quote from Rihanna as part of today’s meditation: “It’s nice to look back on your life and see things as lessons and not regrets.”

I love this advice, it’s just so true and applies to us all in so many ways; with our relationships, careers, places we have chosen to live. Really, it can apply to pretty much everything.

For me, one example has been my career.

There have been three principal positions I was extremely disappointed not to be appointed to.

In each case I was devastated when I got the phone call, regretting even having applied and overthinking aspects of the process I felt I could have done better.

However, in each case I persevered and moved on, trying to learn from each experience, and doing so has led to over 10 years of principalship in two wonderful schools: St Mary’s and Lakeview.

There will always be things we could have done differently, but those things are now done; there’s nothing we can do to change the past.

We can change our perspectives on them and, like Rihanna suggested, treat these experiences as experiences to learn from, as opposed to being experiences to regret.

Secret to success

Frano Botica was an All Black in the 90s, before going on to become a great rugby league player. The thing he is remembered for most, especially in rugby league, was his phenomenal goalkicking.

When asked what the secret was to his goal-kicking success, Botica shares it was essentially down to his practice routine; something that was hard work, repetitive and not especially enjoyable.

However, he was prepared to maintain his practice routine throughout his career because doing so led to him having the longterm success he had.

In a time in which

life-hacks, shortcuts and fads are, in my opinion, increasingly sought after in an attempt to avoid the hard work that has proven benefits, it’s so good to read about what it took for Botica to have the success he had.

It may not have been easy, but it led to an extremely satisfying and fulfilling life.

Take more photos

So many things happen every single day. They could be significant events, or just incidental moments. However, large or small, in most cases when we look back there will be little that we can recall, if there’s anything we can at all.

Fortunately there’s a simple process we can use to help us, this being something encouraged

by Ali Abdaal, a person I have referred to countless times in these posts, and also Geoff Walker, a photographer who has just moved back to our region.

Their recommendation is for all of us to take more photos.

Whenever we look back at our camera reels, or memories come up on social media platforms, in my experience, at least, it gives me a lot of joy.

The few seconds it has taken me to pull out my phone and take that picture has provided me with a way to think back to that moment and experience some of the same happiness I got at the time in which it happened.

We can all take more photos as a reminder of how good life once was, and how good life might be right now.

Share your concerns

When things aren’t going well, something that will often make the situation seem even worse is the feeling we are the only ones with the problem, concern, worry or reason for anxiety.

However, if we think about it, this is incredibly unlikely; whatever our issue may be, there will be countless people who are either going through it as well, or have been through it in the past.

It’s also likely you will know many of these people – they could

even be friends and family members. Not only that, there may even be a support group in your own town who are there specifically to help and support you.

A step to take in any difficult situation we may find ourselves in is to seek support. This will mean being prepared to share with others what you’re going through, to be vulnerable, to admit you need help.

I believe doing this will open the door to the support you need when things may otherwise seem overwhelming.

You may be surprised where the support will come from, and who has, or is going through, the very same issues you may think only impacts you.

Frano Botica, playing for Llanelli, in action during a Welsh National League Division One match against Neath at Stradey Park in Llanelli, Wales, in August 1997.

Llanelli won the match 52-23.

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Influence, not control

I have read many times that there are countless things that we have no control over in our lives.

We see many examples of situations impacting on people that seem to be attributed to either good or bad luck; this could be from winning a lottery to being involved in an accident.

It’s true there are things we can’t control.

However, while absolute control can’t be achieved, we are still able to influence things.

Take, for example, the two situations I have mentioned above: although winning a lottery is extremely unlikely, buying a ticket does at least give you a chance.

In the case of an accident, taking the more specific example of a car accident, ensuring your car is as safe a vehicle as possible, and also doing a defensive driving course will reduce the chance of the accident happening.

I’m not suggesting an accident won’t occur, I am suggesting you’ll be reducing the chances of one occurring.

This philosophy can apply to anything, from getting friends to earning more money.

We can take steps to make the odds work in our favour in a positive way.

Ditch Day

Ditch Day is a day we all should be aware of, especially on December 31, when so many of us set new year

resolutions with a sense of hope and positivity.

January 17 is Ditch Day, and it’s very name suggests what it’s referring to.

Every year new year resolutions are set. However, not too long afterwards pretty much all of them are forgotten. As life takes over well-laid plans are abandoned, and those memories of the hope of a new year and new beginnings are forgotten. Ditch Day is the day that, on average, this happens to most people.

I suggest that January 17 becomes a day in which we should instead recalibrate, to reassess our often unrealistic goals and, to some extent, start again.

Perhaps a goal of going to the gym two times a week could replace the goal of attending every day, or, after the expenses that we often encounter over the Christmas and holiday period, a modest savings plan could be put in place.

These might not be the lofty goals we had on December 31, but if we can maintain them for just a short period, perhaps the next 17 days, then maybe we’ll have the momentum to carry us through until the end of the year.

Some boringly good advice

When interviewed, author and podcaster Ali Abdaal was asked what are the non-negotiables in his life, the things we should all do to live the lives we hope for in terms of success and fulfilment.

I waited for his response, expecting something new, perhaps an insight from his latest book. However, the answer he gave wasn’t what I expected, and, to be honest, a little boring and something I have heard countless times before.

His answer is what we all know to be true: we should exercise, get adequate sleep, and eat healthy food.

Perhaps, rather than looking for the next hack, we should apply the foundations of living a good life and do what we already know works. If it’s working for Abdaal, then surely it can work for us too.

• 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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One hell of a ride Comment – Pick ‘n Mix

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Graeme Burnard My father died over 30 years ago after four years of being severely disabled from a stroke, and I think if he came back now for a visit, he would last about five minutes and quickly go back to where he came from. But if he did stay, and I would encourage it, he would be in for one hell of a ride.

The first thing he would want to see would be the very successful farm he and my mother developed with its beautiful white wooden fences, stunning gardens and champion herd of Friesian cows.

Someone told me after my mother died six years ago that Jim and Esme Burnard were so successful because when everyone else around them was spending $1000 on five cows, Ma and Pa would spend the same amount on one cow, and that’s why they had the best herd and the best milk

production.

That lovely farm has now been divided up into 4ha blocks with roads running through it, the lovely home with its show gardens, large orchard and vegetable garden, now has cattle grazing right up to the front steps. and I am sure James Joseph Burnard would be heartbroken to see it.

Despite being a devoted Austin car man, he surprised all of us one day when he arrived home with a brand new Ford Cortina. And its colour was Metallic Bronze. So flash. I can recall just about bursting with pride when we went out in it.

Pa never drove an automatic car in his life, never had a car with automatic windows and the only entertainment was the radio which you tuned by turning a knob.

The hand brake was

always on when the car was parked, even at home in the garage. So, I would give him a ride in an electric car [that’s if he would get in] but he would want to know where you plug it in and how long is the cord.

I never saw my father carry cash. He always had a cheque book in his back pocket. He never had a credit card or an eftpos card [they were only launched three years before he died].

There was a monthly ritual where Ma and Pa would sit at the kitchen table and do the monthly accounts, all paid by cheque, put into a stamped envelope and the flag would come up on the letterbox telling the mailman there was mail to collect.

[We still do that now.

An advantage of living in the country].

Apart from the farm accounts, everything else was paid for at the time of purchase. If you couldn’t afford it, you didn’t buy it.

I can recall when I started my first job at the age of 15 at Farmers Trading, my mother was told if she opened an account at the shop, she could get my staff discounts. Although reluctant to, she filled in the forms and waited to be approved.

When her application was

I would take my father to a café. He would order a cup of tea and would be very confused when asked if he would like English Breakfast, Darjeeling, Earl Gray, Lady Gray, purple tea, black tea, green tea, chamomile, chai, jasmine or dandelion.

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declined, she was absolutely mortified. The problem Mrs Burnard is, you have no credit history. No one can tell us anything about the way you handle your finances so we cannot take that risk. I don’t think she ever stepped foot in the shop again and she vowed from that day that she would never ever apply to open an account anywhere, and she never did.

So, I would take my father to a café. He would order a cup of tea and would be very confused when asked if he would like, English

Breakfast, Darjeeling, Earl Gray, Lady Gray, purple tea, black tea, green tea, chamomile, chai, jasmine or dandelion.

When he looked at me for help, I would say, “don’t ask me, I’m having a half strength, decaf, soy, caramel latte”. I’d wave my eftpos card over a little black box on the counter and say with a smile “all paid”.

His tea would go cold while he stood there trying to work out what had just happened.

I’ll continue dad’s day out in my next ramble.

Asthma attacks could spike Parents and teachers should prepare for a spike in asthma attacks leading to increased hospitalisations during the early weeks of term one.

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ is encouraging everyone to be aware of the symptoms of an attack and how to

respond. Symptoms of an asthma attack are a worsening cough, persistent wheeze, being short of breath and/or feeling tight in the chest.

Chief executive Letitia Harding says the backto-school period is always a vulnerable time for the one-in-eight New Zealand children living with asthma.

“The ‘back-to-school effect’ is greater than the ‘winter effect’ when it comes to children’s respiratory disease with hospitalisations from asthma attacks at their highest during weeks three and four of term one.”

International studies have shown a variety of factors are associated with the increase, including a change of environment and exposure to different allergens, changes in emotions such as stress or anxiety, and

exposure to more viruses from being around more people, Harding said.

To keep children safe through the return-toschool period, parents and caregivers should ensure their child has an Asthma Action Plan, which is shared with their school and their teacher, Harding said.

“Make sure your child is taking their preventer medication as prescribed and bringing their reliever inhaler to school, and check that it’s not empty or out of date.”

Asthma is a common illness in New Zealand, affecting one in eight children and one in eight adults. About 98 people die from asthma each year – that’s nearly two people a week.

In addition, one-third of all respiratory-related hospital admissions are children and it is estimated that more

A boy using an inhaler during an asthmatic attack.

than 350,000 school days are lost each year due to asthma-related symptoms in children.

For most children going back to school is an exciting time, Harding said. “But unfortunately, for many, this period can lead to severe reactions – putting children at risk.

“That’s why investing in educating children about asthma is a huge focus for us,” she said.

The foundation also provides numerous Sailor the Pufferfish live musical shows at schools throughout the year to help children and teachers learn about asthma triggers and what to do in an emergency. These lessons can also be accessed digitally through our website.

• Asthma Action Plans can be downloaded for free on the foundation’s website.

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Wairarapa Data week ending – Wednesday 24 January 2024 Farm Sys

Soil Temp

Growth

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MS ha

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4.19

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3

19.0

70

2370

13

1.65

4.75

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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

Groups act on lamb tariffs A US lobby group has backed down on its call for greater import tariffs on New Zealand lamb.

The American Sheep Industry Association said it will not take further costly legal action to enforce tariffs on Australian and New Zealand sheepmeat entering US borders.

The industry body started investigating import activity by Australasian exporters in April last year, amid concerns cheaper imports were decimating domestic sheepmeat production.

But its legal counsel advised against filing a trade case into the imports from Australia and New Zealand, as a victory would “provide minimal relief” when factoring in estimated legal costs of more than $US1 million [$NZ1.6m], according to the ASI’s website.

Its president Brad Boner said it would continue to monitor closely the ongoing issue of lamb imports.

“Two things I think we need to do, [is] not be shy about telling them we have a lawyer on retainer and we’re going to continue to watch this like a hawk,” Boner said.

“And continue to

make sure that if they ever stub their toe and give us a window, we’ll be ready.”

New Zealand Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay said he was pleased with the result, and was “not worried at all” about the increased scrutiny on import activity.

“We take our trade obligations extremely seriously. Our exporters are within their rules, and live by the letter of them,” he said.

“But one of the challenges, I suppose, is that the US sheepmeat producers have said they’re losing market share. That’s because demand for high quality lamb in the US market is growing very, very quickly, and they just can’t meet that extra consumption demand.

“New Zealanders are pretty well placed to do that, often in co-operation with them [US producers].”

McClay said it was good news Americans wanted to eat New Zealand lamb - and growth opportunities remained in that market.

New Zealand lamb exported to the US faces tariff rates of from 0.7 to 2.8 cents depending on

the product.

However, lobby group R-CALF USA is full steam ahead with its agenda to lobby the US Government to introduce higher tariffs on imported sheepmeat from Australia and New Zealand.

It is petitioning the US trade ambassador, calling on her to slow imports of lamb.

Chief executive Bill Bullard said it was still waiting for a decision from the trade ambassador, but in the meantime they were drumming up support for their cause.

“We have over 20 resolutions passed by county commissioners in support of our petition and we continue to meet with members of Congress.

“We’ve had 14 members of Congress from eight states and from both sides of the political aisle that have written to the trade ambassador, urging her to favourably consider our request.”

He said the group existed to represent the interests of sheep and cattle producers.

“They’re experiencing an untenable situation where imports are essentially causing the

destruction and demise of our industry.”

R-CALF USA is hoping this year’s American election will further support their call with former US President Donald Trump, who’s favourite to secure the Republican nomination, saying he would impose a 10 per cent tariff on all imported goods.

Bullard said R-CALF was hoping to make the call for higher tariffs and a slowdown on imports an election issue.

“We believe Congress needs to look more favourably at the use of tariffs and tariff rate quotas as a legitimate means of preserving vital domestic industries including the sheep and cattle industries.”

Beef and Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor said it will continue to lobby on behalf of the New Zealand industry in Washington.

“What we’re doing is presenting the fact that we’re a key partner in the US industry – consumers in the US don’t eat much lamb and alongside the domestic industry we’ve made huge investment to increase that.”

– rnz.co.nz

A second group is pressing on with plans to lobby the US Government to introduce higher tariffs on imported sheepmeat from Australia and New Zealand.

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We’ve really seen quite a shift in pasture quality in the Wairarapa.

Supplements are being used to push out rotations and maintain target residuals. Here are some potential ways to reduce feed demand: • Monitor the BCS of the herd regularly and make decisions early to address low condition cows. It’s not too early to start thinking about your drying off strategy.

• Cull low value stock early to reduce feed demand, rather than keeping them on farm in the hope that it will rain or try to graze them elsewhere. Book in early cull cows.

• Book your pregnancy testing early to identify empty cows and provide culling options.

• Consider drying off lower-producing animals and younger stock early when they are in good condition to reduce the pressure on available resources.

• Monitor young stock carefully, including animals grazed off-farm. Proactively monitor growth rates and adjust feed accordingly.

• Consider flexible milking. Milking OAD or once every 16 hours are good options to take the pressure off cows.

• Ensure decisions are made in the context of the current milk price, and consider long-term implications.

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

Huirangi Sunflower Field in Taranaki.

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Sunflowers needed a security planting A Taranaki sunflower grower has had to take security measures [of a botanical nature] to deter would-be selfie-seekers.

Scott Andrews’ Huirangi Sunflower Field of 70,000 blooms was open for the public to visit over the weekends.

However, this year he had resorted to planting a border of maize in an attempt to stop people entering the paddock without permission often to take photos for Instagram.

“We had people jumping the fence, picking them, taking photos, flying drones over them, that kind of stuff really. It is

private property,” he said last week.

It was a hard start to the year for the business already, with slugs demolishing the first crop they planted back in November, he said.

“We resowed on December 1 and it’s looking good, but normally we would have been open a couple of weeks ago.”

To keep trespassers out, this year, he said he had planted a border of maize around the road edge - “you can’t see the field now from the road, so I’m hoping it helps from people just helping themselves”.

– rnz.co.nz

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Al-Anon Family Groups: Help and hope for family and friends of alcoholics. See al-anon.org.nz for more information.

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: 7.159pm, 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 3795564 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: 9.30-11.30am, 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, 4.30-7pm 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: 9amnoon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

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

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 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 Drop-in: 10am-noon, Featherston Community Centre. Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06] 308-8392.

Spontaneous Dance: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-8pm. Call Pavla Miller [022] 075-3867.

Sunset Cinema: Carterton Events Centre, Rangatahi Hub. Doors open 7pm, movie starts 7.30pm. Info at sunsetcinemacarterton.com 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, FEBRUARY 3 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, 9am-noon.

Call John [021] 314-2485.

Martinborough Museum: Open Sat/ Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am2.30pm. 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 Horticultural Club: Dahlia show, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton, 1-3pm. Call 377-4758.

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 Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat/Sun 10am-4pm. Call Lesley Hodgins [06] 372-6433.

Toy Library: Masterton: 10am1pm, 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: 9am1pm, Solway Showgrounds, Judds Rd, Masterton.

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

Wairarapa Spinners and Weavers: 10.30am-2pm, in the Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Lynette 377-0236.

Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 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: 9amnoon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5 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 Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House. Call 379-4092.

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

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 F:it! 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 Branch of the Labour Party: Meet at 6.30pm in Carterton or Masterton. Txt Helen [027] 4974902 to check venue.

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, FEBRUARY 6 Caregivers Programme: Caring for your loved one who is unwell, at Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton. Call Kirsten 399-1050.

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 379-5564.

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.

Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm.

Call Steve [027] 333-3975.

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: 1.30-3.30pm, 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 Toy Library: Featherston Community Centre, 9-11am.

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 Toastmasters: Meet fortnightly, Salvation Army Hall, 210 High St, Carterton, 7.30pm. Call Wayne [027] 335-5825.

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

Red Star Table Tennis Club: 9amnoon 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.

Takahe Probus Club: Meet 10amnoon, at Masterton Club, Chapel St. Call Richard Jackson [027] 811-006 or Pam Hill [027] 370-5012.

Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: Meet at the Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Email Wairarapaembroiderers@gmail.com 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.

Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: Meet 7pm in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531.

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, FEBRUARY 7 AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Epiphany church hall, High St, Solway, Masterton. Call [027] 557-7928.

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.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon.

Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

Greytown Miniature Makers: 10am-2pm to make small thing in scale. All skill levels. Call Kaylene [06] 304-8532.

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, 10am-4pm, weekends, 10am-2pm.

Housie: 7pm, at the Martinborough Bowling Club, Regent St. 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, 9.3011am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325.

Martinborough Men’s Shed: Old Courthouse, 20 Cork St, 9am-noon.

Call Doug [027] 444-7331.

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

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

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

Maungaraki Probus: Masterton Club, Essex St, Masterton, at 10am.

Call Judith Thomsen 377-1750 or [021] 295-2434.

Men’s Group: Meet for support and friendship, at the Salvation Army Village, Ngaumutawa Rd, Masterton, 7-9pm.

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.

Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604].

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

Taoist Tai Chi: From 5.30pm at St Mark’s Church Hall, 185 High St, Carterton. Contact www.taoisttaichi.org 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: 7.308.30pm, Beginners/Couple Coaching, Social/Competitive. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814.

Toi Wairarapa – Heart of Arts: 10 Minute Bites, 12.10pm, BYO sandwich.

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 377-1135.

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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Lett eyes Olympic chance Relief was the overriding reaction from Carterton’s Dane Lett as the Black Sticks booked their place in the men’s hockey tournament at the Paris Olympics.

But the Kiwis did it the hard way scoring two goals in the final quarter to beat Pakistan 3–2 in a nervy third-fourth playoff in the qualification tournament in Oman.

“There was quite a bit riding on it, so once we got that third and fourth playoff, it was do-or-die, and by the time the final whistle goes, it was sort of relief because you’ve been working towards it for a while, and the whole reason you went there was to qualify so I was just happy we got it done finally,” Lett said.

However, the 116-test defender admitted to some nerves heading

into the second half, trailing Pakistan 2–1 “It was a bit of a strange feeling. I’ve had that feeling a few times when it’s an important game and it’s not quite clicking for the team, and you can feel the match starting to slip away and I was starting to feel a bit like that in the second half.

“There were a few nerves around, but I just thought if you don’t qualify, you don’t know what’s going to happen next, if you’ll play again or what, and a few of us said it might be our last half of hockey so let’s go out and have a crack and have some fun and tried to take a bit of the pressure off and play with a bit of freedom which worked pretty well for us, it just took us a while to put the ball in the net.”

“There was a bit of stoppage there and a couple of referrals and a corner, so it took quite a while, but I think it’s a lot easier when you’re on the field than watching, and I saw a video of the people on the bench, and it looked a bit more nervewracking for them.”

Should Lett, 33, be selected for Paris [and it would be a surprise if he wasn’t], it will be his second Olympics after the Covid-impacted 2020 Tokyo, in which the Black Sticks finished a disappointing ninth, although he admits he hasn’t looked too far ahead.

“I haven’t thought too much about that; it’s all been about making sure there’s an opportunity to go, so the main thing was to qualify, and if we didn’t, that would

It took until seven minutes in the last quarter for New Zealand to equalise through Hugo Inglis and in the 58th minute for Scott Boyde to give them the lead.

“They were kind of opportunistic goals, ones that you wouldn’t expect to score, certainly the last, where the ball just flies in and takes a deflection, and there’s a touch there. We probably missed the ones we should have got, but that’s the way it goes sometimes; you just have to get in the right position and hope it falls your way and you put it in.”

Lett said there was little time for nerves to set in after taking the lead with the focus on finishing the job and booking the plane trip to Paris.

Dane Lett challenges India’s Mandeep Singh in their Tokyo Olympic clash.

take it out of my hands, and now that’s ticked off, the next part is for me to get everything in line so they want me in the team, and it will be my last one and I won’t be around for the next one so it’s my last opportunity to play at the Olympics.

“I’ve been there and done it, so it’s not so much about going there; it’s about trying to do well at the Olympics.

That’s the goal and trying to get something out of it, ideally a medal and being really competitive.”

Lett will take a brief break from hockey before starting the Wellington season with Dalefield, followed by a probable international tour in May, the Nations Cup in June and the Olympics in late July.

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