Wairarapa Midweek Wed 3rd Nov

Wairarapa’s locally owned community newspaper

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2021

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Sweet home Castlepoint John Lazo-Ron

john.lazo-ron@age.co.nz

Fans of the Great Kiwi Bake Off television show got to see the sweet side of Wairarapa last Thursday after Masterton’s star baker Courtnay Fafeita made a cake in honour of one of the region’s most iconic landmarks.

The show’s third episode challenged the batch of contestants participating in the reality show to make a cake in the form of a New Zealand natural landmark in commemoration of Aotearoa Week.

Fafeita said she wanted to pay tribute to her beloved Wairarapa by portraying one of her favourite go-to places growing up as a child – Castlepoint.

“I love our region. It’s the most beautiful place. When I got that challenge, I had no interest in doing a landmark from somewhere else. I knew I wanted to focus on something from Wairarapa,” she told Midweek.

The 28-year-old, who became the show’s first ‘Star Baker’, is building a reputation to be a bit of a ‘whisk-taker’ with her baking and

Courtnay Fafeita paid tribute to Wairarapa making a Castlepoint ice cream cake [above] on the Great Kiwi Bake Off show. PHOTO/JOHN LAZO-RON

made a stunning ice cream cake in the form of Castlepoint that drew immediate praise from the judges for its flavours and presentation.

Using vanilla cream cake, she created the hills the iconic lighthouse sits on; hokey pokey icing shaped the rocks; lemon-lime jelly formed the sea; while she used shortbread to symbolise the beach’s sand.

“I love your rocks, and I love your sea”, Judge Sue Fleischl

said; while, co-judge Dean Brettschneider said, “All the components work”.

Fafeita said her summer moments at the beach in Castlepoint played a big part in coming up with the flavours she used for the cake.

“I wanted to tie in the flavours I would have at Castlepoint growing up,” she said.

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Woman stuck in the loo

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It wasn’t quite a moment where Karen Chalmers life ‘flushed’ before her eyes. However, the Carterton woman said the experience of being rescued from a locked public electronic toilet was “absolutely nerveracking”. Full story P10.

Gardening enthusiasts are in for a treat this Saturday with gardening teacher Kath Irvine to launch her new book, ‘The Edible Backyard’ in Masterton.

Full story P3.

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Finally, florals come first

Community

Rummaging through life’s scrapbook

Standing tall, raised arms sweeping through the air with deft and deliberate strokes, Jennifer Mortimer splashes colour on an imaginary canvas. Full story P6.

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Tales of “colourful” Wairarapa folk will be immortalised in Don Farmer’s new book, ‘Rummaging Through Life’s Scrapbook’.

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Digging fresh paths with book John Lazo-Ron

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Gardening enthusiasts are in for a treat this Saturday with gardening teacher Kath Irvine to launch her new book, ‘The Edible Backyard’ in Masterton.

Irvine, who has been growing vegetables to feed her family of six for 20 years, plans to share her wealth of knowledge in her new book, which is a practical guide to growing organic fruit and vegetables all year round.

At the launch, Irvine will be in conversation with former arts and culture editor of the New Zealand Listener Guy Somerset and plans to guide people through her easy to understand book, suitable for any skill level from beginners setting up a new garden from scratch, to advanced

green-thumbs seeking more profound knowledge.

Featherston Booktown is working with organisers of the Wairarapa Garden Tour to bring the book launch to Masterton, which also acts as a fundraising event for Pukaha National Wildlife Centre.

Featherston Booktown Operations Manager Mary Biggs said, “By collaborating with the Wairarapa Garden Tour, we are hoping to enrich the experience of the garden visitors to our region through books and new ideas.”

The event has been timed to enable garden tourists, who spend the day wandering about beautiful gardens in Masterton on the Pukaha Wairarapa Garden Tour, to take the weight off their feet, sip a glass of wine and listen to this fascinating,

Kath Irvine’s new book, The Edible Backyard, will launch this Saturday in Featherston.

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down to earth, garden sage.

The launch and the Garden Tour will take place at the Solway Showgrounds [Trades

Hall 1] if the weather is inclement or would move outside if the weather gods show up on the day.

Biggs said this would be a glorious event to top off a perfect gardening day.

Both events can go ahead safely under covid-19 alert level two. Biggs said the organisers would adhere to Government regulations of social distancing and contact tracing.

“We do ask our visitors to arrive with their masks on, although they can remove them when eating or drinking,” Biggs said.

There are only 100 tickets available for this event and can be purchased on Eventfinda or at the Masterton or Martinborough i-sites.

A ticket includes a glass of wine or Mela fruit juice or water and snacks, which will be served before the event starts.

Doors open from 4.00pm.

Fafeita honours Wairarapa with cake on telly Continued from page 1 “When I was there, I would always have a Sprite and Hokey Pokey ice cream on the beach, so that’s the direction I went with.

“I wouldn’t say it was the best cake that I’ve made, but it is very Wairarapa and I tried my best in the time limit that we had.”

Fafeita said her initial plan was to make a cake on the Tararuas but changed her mind after thinking viewers wouldn’t recognise them in cake form.

“I grew up living right under [the Tararuas] and I bloody love them. But I didn’t think that would translate overly well to the TV as they would just look like mountains, so I didn’t go down that route,” she said.

“Then I looked at photos on my phone and the one photo I kept coming back to was Castlepoint.

My uncle has a batch out there and it’s on the beach that I went out to growing up, so I’ve always been a Castlepoint gal.

“It’s such a beautiful beach and I love sitting on

the beach looking up at the lighthouse and thought I had a better chance to carve that out of cake.

“I am glad I was able to showcase even just a little bit of Wairarapa on the tele.”

Fafeita, who has represented New Zealand in discus and hammer throwing, has been deemed a clear front-runner on the show after the first three episodes.

After taking out ‘Star Baker’ on the opening episode, she has been pipped right at the end in the following two and could probably consider herself unlucky not to have backto-back Star Baker wins.

She continues to grow in confidence as the show progresses after an initial half-baked start where she could clearly be seen terrified by the initial experience.

In one clip, the judges observe her Mocha and Marshmallow cake and ask if she had pre-rolled the sponge.

She replied,” I chose not to because every time

Courtnay Fafeita’s Ooki Soosh Cake that won her Star Baker on episode one of the Great Kiwi Bake Off.

I’ve rolled it, it’s cracked whereas leaving it to cool, this particular recipe … your faces are freaking me out!”

“It was terrifying,” she said.

“I can’t remember if I said it on the tele or not, but I have never been more scared to make a cake than that first cake. I was shaking. I remember them filming me when I was trying to crack an egg, and my hands were literally shaking.”

On that episode, Fafeita’s ‘Ooki Soosh’ cake - designed in the form of a sushi roll, with wasabi and ginger on the side - was the ultimate icing on the cake

for Fafeita to become this season’s first Star Baker.

She was filmed calling her mum about the win, which ultimately moved her to ‘tiers’ of joy.

“My mum had such a genuine reaction,” she said.

“I thought she might know why I was randomly calling her but it was a genuine reaction and that’s what made me cry.”

Fafeita said she was surprised that she was mentioned in the top runners again after episode three.

“I’m pretty stoked and surprised that I managed to be at the top for the first three episodes.

“If I hadn’t stuffed up the technical challenge so badly, I probably would have been ok, but here we are,” she laughed.

Fafeita was keeping tight-lipped about the show’s ultimate result and didn’t want to sugarcoat anything. Still, whatever the outcome, we can all be certain Wairarapa has a legend in the baking in Courtnay Fafeita.

Masterton’s Courtnay Fafeita was the Star Baker on the premiere episode of the Great Kiwi Bake Off. PHOTOS/FILE

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Multiple Masterton businesses and schools dived under desks and tables last Thursday morning as part of a nationwide drill to prepare if things suddenly got a bit shaky.

The New Zealand ShakeOut, a national initiative by the National Emergency Management Agency [NEMA] and co-sponsored by the Earthquake Commission [EQC], reminded New Zealanders what to do during an earthquake and tsunami.

Locals who got involved were part of more than 650,000 Kiwis in offices and schools around the country getting in on the safety act.

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“If an earthquake happened, St Patricks would be ready,” she said after the school took part in the ShakeOut. “We would be calm, we would be doing the right thing, and we would listen to instructions.”

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“Schools have earthquake drills frequently, but it’s always good to participate in the ShakeOut drill, especially when we can tell the kids

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Harris said all the kids got really into the ShakeOut and always got better the more they practised.

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“All of Aotearoa can use ShakeOut to practise what to do in an earthquake and tsunami. It’s also a good opportunity to make an emergency plan and check your supplies.”

EQC Chief Resilience and Research Officer Dr Jo Horrocks said that her team are working hard to minimise the impact of future natural hazards on communities.

“Our beautiful land is one of the highest-risk countries in the world for a range of natural hazards, but there is a lot we can all do to prepare for them,” she said.

Horrocks thanked the thousands of Kiwis who had signed up for ShakeOut. “Taking a bit of time to think about how hazards could affect us at home, work or school, and then taking steps to prepare – these are things that will make a big difference in a disaster.”

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Finally, florals come first Mary Argue

mary.argue@age.co.nz

Standing tall, raised arms sweeping through the air with deft and deliberate strokes, Jennifer Mortimer splashes colour on an imaginary canvas.

The artwork from the 63-year-old often demands putting “your whole body into it.” It’s exhilarating, like a high, she said, but when the mood strikes, she can be up for hours on end.

Mortimer’s vibrant, abstract florals will be on display in Carterton in November - her first-ever art exhibition.

Born and raised in Masterton, Mortimer was one of six girls in a seven children household.

She loved colouring-in and took up art as a fifth form student [Year 11] at Makoura College.

She can’t remember what the final portfolio was, but she knows she loved it. The 79 per cent grade wasn’t too shabby either.

But it is only in recent months that she has labelled herself an ‘artist’.

For the past 40 years, painting has not been the priority. In a strange

mirror image of her background, Mortimer has seven children. Her job as a caregiver and raising her own family always came first. On the rare occasion when she did pick up a brush, she would feel guilty.

“It just didn’t feel right,” she said.

However, when her youngest child flew the coop earlier this year, Mortimer decided to go back to school.

You do have to feel the creative energy.

But it is so rewarding when you get something you love.

“I thought, it’s time for me to actually do what I love to do.”

She began an eight-week course at the Learning Connection in Upper Hutt called ‘Surprise Yourself with Paint’.

And surprise herself, she did. The course tutor told Mortimer some of her very first works “reminded him of a Monet”.

She said the course was very intuitive based. The idea was to get paint on the page and see what happens.

When it came to exploring textures in class, Mortimer would rip off big strips of brown paper, dip them in paint, and, using her whole body, “slap” them all over her work. A process she describes as “freeing”.

Mortimer has since picked up various online tutorials, and as a fellow lover of florals, cites Betty Krause as a particular inspiration.

Despite turning her hand to portraits, she feels abstract art is more “her”.

She finds the work doesn’t demand the same degree of perfectionism, and “experimenting is all part of being an artist”.

So, when the mood strikes, Mortimer grabs a brush and makes the most of it.

“You do have to feel the creative energy. But it is so rewarding when you get something you love.”

Mortimer’s exhibition “Florals and other Abstracts” will be displayed at Carterton’s Heart of Arts Gallery from November 5 to December 1.

Jennifer Mortimer next to one of her framed abstract florals.

PHOTO/JODY MORTIMER

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Resurfacing Wairarapa highways

Richmond Transport Programme Business Case Addressing transport issues in Richmond over the next 30 years

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has begun its 2021–22 Wairarapa state highway summer resurfacing season to keep our highways in good condition for the safety of all road users.

Summer resurfacing season On State Highways 2 and 53, 15 sites totalling 14kms will be resurfaced from November to February. The warmer, drier weather provides the best conditions for laying large sections of chipseal and asphalt on busy highways so road users can drive on them as soon as the job is done.

Our repairs and general maintenance of highways and roadsides, including road-marking, drainage, barriers, signs and vegetation, are ongoing throughout the year.

In busy areas, works are undertaken at night. The lighter traffic flow at night allows us to avoid lengthy, disruptive traffic delays and means the job can be completed quickly and efficiently. During the day, works are undertaken when traffic is lighter and easier to manage, such as north of Masterton.

Neighbours will be notified prior to works starting. Scheduled dates may change if rain, unsuitable temperatures or other factors cause postponements.

For real-time roadwork updates, visit journeys.nzta.govt.nz/wellington/ roadworks

How to drive through roadwork sites People should allow extra time for their journeys, look out for roadwork signs and slow down as they approach worksites.

High impact areas – night works / daytime speed restrictions SH2 Featherston Through Featherston township and business area, 2kms will be chipsealed from Otauira Reserve in the south to the 50km sign north of Donald Street.

Through mid-November, we will reconstruct the road’s subsurface and chipseal 300 metres south from Western Lake Road/Moore Street.

In late January, we will chipseal through the rest of the town.

The SH2/SH53 intersection will not be chipsealed because a surface treatment for this spot is planned for a later date.

SH2 north of Featherston Between Camp Road and Tauherenikau River Bridge, 2kms of rural highway will be chipsealed.

From late November to early December, we will reconstruct the road’s subsurface and chipseal 800 metres from Camp Road on the northbound side.

In early December, we will chipseal the rest of the site to Tauherenikau River Bridge.

SH2 Greytown In late January, 250 metres of highway will be chipsealed north of McMaster Street.

While this is a small area, it will have a big impact on businesses, residents and traffic.

Please follow the instructions of traffic controllers, they are there to keep you safe - stop on request and obey temporary slower speed limits.

Stay safe. Plan ahead.

Where there is work to reconstruct the road’s subsurface, you will be driving on an unsealed surface.

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Where there is fresh chipseal, you will be driving on loose chip.

In both cases, a temporary speed restriction of 30 or 50km/h will be in place both day and night until the road is ready to return to the usual speed limit.

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Tales of true Wairarapa folk Grace Prior

grace.prior@age.co.nz

Tales of “colourful” Wairarapa folk will be immortalised in Don Farmer’s new book, ‘Rummaging Through Life’s Scrapbook’.

Farmer said he had the idea for the book after he’d written Walking Back to Happiness, which detailed the story of growing up in Greytown in the 1950’s.

“I was asked about writing a sequel and why I’d stopped at the end of primary school, but there’s no way I’d be

writing about what I got up to as a teenager. So, I thought of this. These are stories that were mostly passed down orally from generation to generation, but no one seems to think to write them down.”

He said the new book was designed to entertain and to spark memories.

Unlike the first book, Rummaging Through Life’s Scrapbook covers all the main Wairarapa towns, and a few rural areas, with a different town per chapter.

Farmer said the book

covered some of the “incidents” that had happened in each town.

“There’s no sex, drugs, and rock and roll in this at all; most of it is about happenings in small town Wairarapa that people either remember or have heard about from their parents when they were kids.

“They’re all true with either documentation or confirmation.”

He said the stories weren’t detailed like something you would see in a newspaper, and very little if any had been published.

Farmer said one of his stories came from his grandmother, Francie Bassett, who kept a diary from the day World War II broke out.

“She began on September 1, 1939, and religiously wrote in the diary every day, take or leave a few in the later years, until 1968.”

He said it detailed some of the happenings on their

farm, giving him one of the stories.

Another story was about a “hard case man

from Martinborough” and the amusing things he’d done.

Farmer said his family had been happy to talk to him about his life, “it was just gold”.

He said one or two stories in the book were on the more serious side, but he hoped they were all interesting.

“That’s why it’s called

Rummaging Through Life’s Scrapbook. I’ve justified that name because it’s rummaging through the scrapbook of your mind rather than an actual scrapbook.

“It’s a scrapbook of little things that we’ve heard.

It’s little pieces of things that are stuck in your mind, and you don’t really bring it out.”

Farmer said his book was “an attempt to put those little things on the record”.

Rummaging Through Life’s Scrapbook will be launched with a signing on November 17 at South End School in Carterton from 5.30pm to 7pm.

• Books will be available for $34.99 [cash only] at the launch but will also be available at all leading book shops in Wairarapa and across the counter at the Wairarapa Times-Age.

Above: Don Farmer. PHOTO/FILE Left: Don Farmer’s new book Rummaging Through Life’s Scrapbook. PHOTO/GRACE PRIOR

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FEEDING  Feed berries with strawberry food. Blueberries have specific requirements so blueberry food is advised for them  Boost the flower & vegetable garden with regular applications of ican Fast Food & Seamite  Apply bulb food to spring bulbs as they finish flowering (they will store this for next year) and feed Christmas Lilies and gladiolis to improve summer display  Roses, lawns and hungry

perennials will appreciate a feed when they have finished their main flush of spring growth. If you fed with a granular type fertiliser previously it would be best to feed with a gentler, liquid type this time  Regularly treat your gardens, pots & lawns with a liquid seaweed tonic such as Seamite, sourced and made right here in Wairarapa  Remember to take care when fertilising plants growing in pots, a slow release or liquid food is recommended.

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Woman stuck in the loo John Lazo-Ron

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It wasn’t a moment where Karen Chalmers life ‘flushed’ before her eyes - however, the Carterton woman said the experience of being rescued from a locked public electronic toilet was “absolutely nerve-racking”.

Chalmers was taking an early walk last Tuesday morning around 6.30am when nature called and she stopped to use one of the public toilets at Memorial Square in Carterton’s CBD. Little did she know, the electronic toilets were not a 24 hour operation, but for between 7am and 6pm.

However, the toilets did not close properly after routine maintenance that morning, leaving the door unlocked before the scheduled 7am open time.

Once Chalmers closed the door, it locked, keeping her sealed inside.

“I was taking a walk and needed to go to the toilet. As I went in, I saw that it said open at 7am, but the doors were open, so I thought it must have opened early. So I went in and did my thing and then tried to get out, then all of a sudden, nothing.

“Couldn’t get out.”

She said she “stood there for a while” before trying to call for help. She

Karen Chalmers, you’re most welcome.

If you’re in the poo [or even stuck in the loo], we’ll always be there to help you. called her husband, the owner of the next-door shop, who she knew, and a friend. But none of them answered their phones.

“I think they were all asleep,” she said.

She then called the police [105], who passed on the matter to the Carterton Fire Brigade.

Hearing sirens getting louder and nearer got Chalmers concerned if they were coming to rescue her.

“The police said to me they had dispatched someone, so I thought someone from the police would just drive around to help,” she said.

“Then the next little while, I heard all the sirens going off, and I thought, I hope that’s not about me. Then it got closer and thought ok maybe it is me.”

inside for about 15-20 minutes before she got out.

Chalmers said she got a little claustrophobic inside but wasn’t hitting the panic button. In fact, she wasn’t hitting any buttons.

Inside the Memorial Square toilets, there is a release button for the locks.

Chalmers initially thought it was a light button and didn’t want it to get pitch black inside.

“Well, it would have been easier to have pressed the button, but I didn’t know it at the time. I thought it was the light, and I wasn’t keen on it being dark in there.”

CDC has said they will improve their signage in the toilets to make people more aware of operating it themselves.

Chalmers thanked the Carterton Fire Brigade and CDC on a Facebook post which has since drawn several comments, including one from the brigade themselves: “Karen Chalmers, you’re most welcome. If you’re in the poo [or even stuck in the loo], we’ll always be there to help you”.

Asked if she could rate her locked toilet experience between one or two out of ten, Chalmers said, “definitely a number two”.

Karen Chalmers can see the funny side of being locked in a public toilet at Memorial Square in Carterton on Tuesday.

Inset: The Memorial Park public toilets in Carterton.

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The Carterton Fire Brigade attempted to get the door open but couldn’t, therefore called the Carterton District Council [CDC] to assist.

The CDC responded within five minutes and isolated the power that disconnected the magnetic charge to open the doors.

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MIDWEEK PHOTOS

Opinion

Masterclasses come from our mistakes There is a well-worn expression that has plagued me over the past few days.

It has countless iterations and attributions, and quite frankly, I find them all a touch irksome.

You’ll know it too, from scrolling inspirational Instagram, browsing K-mart’s home decor, or simply tuning in to a conversation over the past 50 years: “It’s okay to make mistakes as long as you learn from them.”

I plucked this particular gem from Quote Master, the first hit I got on Google, but it is a chameleon that crops up in many forms.

We can thank Henry Ford for the next snappy sound bite, “the only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing” – noted.

Again, a little pithier from Warren Buffett, “it’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other

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I couldn’t agree more.

Finally, attributed to the often-quoted and misquoted Winston Churchill, we have, “all men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes”.

Putting aside the gendered aspect, I find Churchill’s quip the most palatable.

Last week was my first week as a reporter at the Times-Age. It is a significant change from my previous job where missteps, while probably expensive, could be rectified easily. More importantly, they were always private. Now, I find myself in a place where the stakes are higher. My work is up for public dissection, and rightly so. It is why

I so dislike the idea of ‘lessons from mistakes.’

I am grappling with two certainties at play. The first is that I will make errors; as much as I might desire otherwise, fallibility exists in me. Secondly, errors are necessary. To be excellent at my craft, I must have a few missteps. I have already made one, starting an editorial at 10pm on a Sunday. I won’t be doing this again. Perhaps the editorial itself is my second misstep. Time will tell. It is an uncomfortable path to gaining experience.

A path that leads us to Oscar Wilde who said, “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” Which, all things considered, might be the least grating phrase of them all.

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14 Wairarapa Midweek Extra Wednesday, November 3, 2021 ARATOI VOICES

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Eye to eye with Aratoi’s collection

Aratoi’s exhibition Eye to Eye: Portraits from the Collection.

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Our newest collection exhibition, Eye to Eye: Portraits from the Collection is an eclectic mixture of the most recognisable themes in Art- the portrait.

If you have already been and seen the exhibition, you might have come away with some questions.

When is a portrait a portrait? What exactly makes a portrait anyway?

The dictionary describes a portrait as: A likeness of a person, especially one

showing the face.

We have purposefully added images that are meant to challenge your idea of a portrait. Some pictures are clear, the seated figures, head busts and beautifully photographed people.

However, we have also added some portraits that aren’t quite as obvious and will make you think just a little more about the concept.

You may have spotted Barbara Hepworth’s

Galliard, a large sweeping and curving bronze sculpture. This piece was the first work acquired for Aratoi’s collection nearly 60 years ago in 1963 and six years before the then Wairarapa Arts Centre opened its doors to the public on 11 October 1969.

The sculpture insinuates a renaissance dance called the Galliard, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. It is a vigorous, energetic dance, with lots of twirling, swooshing and circular

movements. Were we right to include this work in a portrait exhibition?

Rob McLeod’s paintings are abstract, colourful and vibrant. He plays with using recognisable parts of the body, but they are distorted and overexaggerated. Even though they are not classic images of an entire face, you can recognise these as portraits.

Also on display are two fiberglass masks from the imagination of Richard

Reddaway. These masks were inspired by Mexican street performances. They are empty of defining features and yet are so full of character. Can a work be considered a portrait if you can’t see the face?

Decide for yourself and have a look around the exhibition next time you visit Aratoi and come eye to eye with these portraits.

• Eye to Eye: Portraits from the Collection is on display until 21 November.

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Thanks to our patient stall holders, South End School and the Carterton Central Lions we are going ahead with the fair on November 13.

The venue is still South End School Hall, High St South, Carterton, from 10 am to 1pm and there is plenty of parking.

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Researcher to speak on ÿ xing the housing crisis A leading social researcher will visit Wairarapa next week to discuss the country’s housing crisis.

Charles Waldegrave said, “Reliable international ratings show housing costs in relation to income in New Zealand are currently the highest in the world.

“We have serious problems of homelessness, unaffordable rents and inaccessible home ownership for many people. We aren’t adequately addressing our systemic housing crisis, but we can do it – we’ve done it before.”

Investment in housing after World War II, through subsidised home ownership and state housing, was hugely successful, he said. ‘Both left-wing and right-wing governments spent on average $1.5 billion [in 2017 dollars] each year supporting home ownership. Policies such as capitalising the family benefit and subsidised loans made home ownership accessible for low and middle income families. They could achieve housing stability that was impossible with renting’.

Charles Waldegrave.

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Waldegrave identified the beginning of our housing crisis with the abandonment of these initiatives in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, when governments withdrew both the family benefit – which many people used for a deposit on a house – and subsidised mortgages.

He said from 1986 to 2018, home ownership declined 15 per cent overall, but for Māori the figure was 20 per cent and for Pasifika 35 per cent.

In 1986, around half of Māori and Pasifika children lived in owner-occupied dwellings, but by 2013 the figures were 38.5 per cent

for Māori children and 28.4 per cent for Pasifika children.

Waldegrave pointed out that although the security and well-being outcomes for renters and owners are very different, they are treated as though they are the same.

“Compared with owners, renters have much less agency or control of their homes. Their payments build assets for their landlords rather than for themselves. Asset inequality in New Zealand is increasing significantly.”

International housing affordability ratings for 2021 show that New

Zealand’s median multiple [the median house price divided by the median household income] is 10, the highest in the world.

‘Any number over three is considered unaffordable, and over five severely unaffordable,” he said. “‘New Zealand has a serious systemic housing crisis. We have not nearly enough affordable housing either to buy or to rent.

What we once knew as ‘homes’ have become ‘housing products’ that make huge capital gains for a few and create instability and insecurity for around 40 percent of our people.”

Solving these problems

will take years, he said.

“It’s critical that we develop alternative forms of ownership, like rent-tobuy schemes and shared equity arrangements.”

Waldegrave is coordinator of the Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit based in Lower Hutt. He also works as co-vicar at St Peter’s on Willis St. He led the housing work-stream as a member of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group and leads the team that sets New Zealand’s living wage. He also co-led the New Zealand Poverty Measurement Project which developed seven of the 10 measures of poverty [including housing costs] in the Prime Minister’s Child Poverty Reduction Act, 2018.

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Vintage harvests reward Tom Taylor Wairarapa vineyards have punched above their weight, coming away with a slew of medals in one of New Zealand’s most prominent wine awards.

Matahiwi and Luna Estates won gold medals at the New World Wine Awards, while Johner Estate and Nga Waka won bronze medals.

Luna Estate winemaker Joel Watson said the award was a gratifying reflection on his team’s hard work.

The Martinborough vineyard scored 95 out of 100 points for its 2019 Pinot Noir, which judges described as “plump and smooth with sweet cherry, clove, almond and mushroom flavours”.

Judges said that Wairarapa was wellrepresented in the awards for a region that only produced one per cent of New Zealand’s wine.

“Every one of these winners have truly earned their place in the Top 50, and we are really excited for consumers to explore the list for themselves,” co-chair of judges Sam Kim said.

He said the calibre of wines was extremely high, thanks to three consecutive outstanding winegrowing seasons in New Zealand.

“The vintages of 2019, 2020, and 2021 will be remembered as ‘The Triple

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Crown’ for many of our local wine regions and especially for our most famed wine, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.”

Watson said Wairarapa had also benefited from three great harvests in a row. Although the yields from each harvest had been relatively low, the quality of the wine was high.

He said Luna’s awardwinning Pinot Noir had taken years of planning and patience to come to fruition.

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“You harvest in 2019, then you bring the wine up for two years before you release it. A lot of hard work, dedication and teamwork goes into that.”

The awards gave winning vineyards access to the supermarket’s customer

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“If you do manage to claim one of those places, it will mean the sale of thousands of bottles of wine, which is what we

have to do – that keeps us going, keeps us paid, and keeps the mouse on the wheel,” Watson said.

Masterton’s Matahiwi Estate produced a rose with grapes sourced from vineyards in Horowhenua, Gisborne, and Wairarapa.

Judges also awarded this wine 95 points, describing it as “a darker shade of salmon in colour, with lifted aromas of red apple, watermelon and floral, gorgeously supported by bright fruit flavours and silken texture.”

Matahiwi winemaker Miles Dinneen said the rose used a blend of grape “cousins” pinot gris and pinot noir.

“The flavours sit well together. The pinot noir brings the colour and a raspberry-strawberry sort of taste, and the gris brings more peachy, melon flavours,” Dinneen said.

He said New Zealand winegrowers were growing in prestige overseas due to the quality of harvests.

“With your winemaker’s hat on, it’s awesome because with these dry summers, you’re getting very intensely flavoured fruit.”

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KEEP YOUR PETS SAFE FROM FIREWORKS If your pet goes missing, fill out our online form and upload a photo at: www.mstn.govt.nz/ report-a-lost-dog or call 06 370 6300.

It’s fireworks season again and even though we humans enjoy watching the celebration, our pets can find it really scary. Luckily, there are lots of things you can do to help your pets cope.

Here are some top tips to make fireworks less frightening for our pets: y Remember to walk your dog during daylight hours. y Keep dogs, cats, and other small pets indoors when you think fireworks are likely to go off. y Make sure your pets are always in a safe, secure environment and can’t run away if they hear loud noises. Secure exterior doors and windows to prevent them from escaping. y Think about staying home to reassure and comfort your pets. They will be much less stressed with someone they trust close by. y Make sure your dog or cat always has somewhere to hide if they want to. Don’t try to tempt them out when they are in their hiding place as it could cause them more stress. y Make a ‘safe den’ for your pet in a quiet place in your house where your pet feels safe and in control. Partly cover the den with blankets and pillows to muffle sounds and flashing lights, and provide lots of extra bedding so your pets have something to burrow in to. y At nightfall, close windows and curtains, and put music on to muffle the sound of fireworks. y Never punish your pets when they are scared.

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A sneak peak of gardens

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on Pukaha’s annual tour

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Gareth Winter This weekend is the annual Pūkaha Wairarapa Garden Tour, with a wide range of gardens open for those interested in seeing how other people tend their patches. Gardening correspondent Gareth Winter visited a couple of the gardens and reports.

‘Tarata’ is an expansive garden on the Upper Plain. Although the garden is flat, it perches on a high escarpment formed a faultline above the Waingawa River plain. When gardeners Adrienne Hewitt and her husband Grant Allan came about 30 years ago, it was largely bare paddocks, with a significant patch of regenerating totara forest.

Their house, which also acts as the centre for the mediation business, was started with plans bought for a few dollars from the Popular Mechanic magazine and sent out from the United States.

The original building, now extended, set the pattern for the unusual roof line which makes the house so attractive.

Our tour of the garden

started with a foray into the totara forest, where other native shrubs and trees – especially titoki and matipo – have been planted and where ferns are staging a comeback in the understorey, which was grazed for many years before they arrived.

There are surprises in the forest. There are potted plants blossoming in the shade, especially hostas, clivias and the pretty bromeliad Aechmea apocalyptica, with its startling blue and pink flowers, and there are sculptures, including two works in marble from the Golden Bay artist Jocelynne Bacci. One, in a clearing with a seat, depicts the goddess of the garden, while the other is a bird.

Out of the woods, we circle the garden, talking about the various plants and plantings. Away from the house there are many tall trees – oaks, ashes, walnuts and other exotics – the first plantings the couple made when they arrived. There are also several advanced tarata, lemonwoods, that give the

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garden its name. A large lot of gums and acacias, planted for firewood and shelter, have been removed, and extensive native plantings have taken their place. Again, hidden among these trees, are seats and viewing platforms to surprise the visitor.

Another area where the acacias have been removed now features native shrubs, including kowhai, underplanted the grasses.

Nearer the house are

some flower borders, with a floriferous mix of annuals and perennials. In one bed a glorious display of Jean Steven’s historic iris, ‘Magnolia’ was in full flower, while other borders featured linaria, clarkia and nemophila along with perennials. Nearby an avenue of Japanese cherry ‘Shimidzu Sakura’, blooming exuberantly, leads to a magnificent large fountain, a gift from Grant’s late sister, tinkling

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There are woody treasures to be found in the garden. There are rhododendrons flourishing and a large collection of Japanese maples, showing an extraordinary range of colours and forms, as well as a grouping of American dogwoods, with white and pink flowering varieties and several different variegated cultivars.

The functional parts of the garden – the

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extensive vegetable and fruit gardens, the fowl house and even a small plantation of tea plants – are all cared for exquisitely.

Potatoes are covered to keep the psyllid under control, and tomatoes are bounding away in the glasshouse, growing in outsized ceramic pots.

The allium family is also well represented – garlic, onions, leeks and shallots are all flourishing.

Just across the

Above: Pergola among wildflowers in Stoney Hall’s garden.

Waingawa, although many kilometres of driving away, is Stoney Hall, the home of Ivy and David Burton.

Huddled under the lea of the Tararua foothills off Chester Road, it is a smaller garden, jampacked with a wide range of plants that jostle and tumble against each other for space. As Ivy said, that way the weeds don’t get

Left: Rhododendron Sappho in Tarata’s garden. Below: An Anais Segale rose in Stoney Hall’s garden.

much room to take hold.

This is a garden filled with daisies, salvias and euphorbias, and roses, mainly David Austin

varieties and old-fashioned ones, interspersed with treasures like Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’, a large copper beech [the only tree in the garden when they arrived 20 years ago] and banksia roses clambering up trees. A lovely ‘Anais Segales’ rose pushes its pink flowers out from under the cover of the beech, and a glorious rhododendron shows off its multicoloured flowers.

David, who worked as a gardener for many years, claims that it is really Ivy who’s the gardener, and she admits that the design work is all hers, and she is the one who buys plants, brings them home, then tries to fit them in somehow.

David provides the grunt – mowing and removing the trees that fall in the vicious northwesters the garden suffers from.

Ivy grows many of her plants from cuttings, a skill she proudly claims, while at the same time bemoaning her lack of success with seeds. ‘Iceberg’ roses, safely

The Vegetable patch at Tarata’s gardens.

A group of small concrete men indulge in a game of cricket on the lawn at Stoney Hall.

ensconced in carefully trimmed [by David one imagines] box hedges outline one edge of the garden, while a group of small concrete men indulge in a game of cricket on the lawn.

This is a garden for bird lovers as well as those who appreciate flowers – tui, korimako, kereru, ruru and kotare all find their way here among the whiteflowering honesty, silene, celandine, forget-me-nots, and herb Robert.

• Both gardens are well worth visiting.

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A special, pre-release screening of the awardwinning film High Tide, Don’t Hide will be shown at Masterton’s Regent cinema on Sunday, November 7, at 4pm.

The film – shown here during the COP26 Summit Conference in Glasgow – follows a small group of New Zealand students as they plan and execute the highly successful ‘Student Strike for Climate’ in 2019 which involved about 170,000 students around the country.

High Tide, Don’t Hide was directed and produced

by Phil Stebbing, who now lives in Masterton. He will discuss the making of the film after the showing.

“I’d read about the Extinction Rebellion

protests in the UK, but was then particularly struck by the school strike movement in New Zealand,” he said. “We started out to make a little eight-minute film, but we were so impressed with the conviction and ability of the organisers, and the lack of fear of the young to speak out, that we ended up with 90 minutes.”

A winner at the NZ Doc Edge Film Festival, the film is a call to action with a special emphasis on our Pacific Island neighbours at risk of losing their homes and countries from sea level rise and increasingly severe storms.

Stebbing has over 30 years of experience here and abroad working on documentaries

for the BBC, National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, TVNZ and other organisations, that have ranged from a fraud-riddled election in Afghanistan to the endangered orangutans in Borneo rainforests.

Thanks to a generous donation, Wairarapa college students are eligible for free tickets.

Adult tickets are $20, with proceeds going to the wider distribution of the film.

• To book tickets – and numbers are restricted because of covid – contact Chris Peterson – chrisp@wise.net.nz or [021] 243-3414 or [06] 370-3989. Tickets are also available at the Regent.

A special place to celebrate a quite different year The uncertain times which Covid has caused, has meant Kadia Merralls at Lansdowne House has been on a roller coaster ride this year. She’s not alone, however.

Anyone in the hospitality sector is having a nail-biting time keeping business afloat.

Gracious Lansdowne House hosted its first wedding in 11 weeks recently and Kadia says it was a magnificent occasion, despite guests from Hamilton unable to attend. She says people are not booking as liberally as usual, unsure if they will be able to have their event.

Sadly, a 90TH birthday celebration, booked months ago at Lansdowne House, had to be cancelled due to many of the guests being unable to travel to Wairarapa. But all is not doom and gloom. In her inimitable style, Kadia is turning her energy to Christmas functions – ever popular with those who enjoy the elegant grandeur of Lansdowne House.

Kadia has created a choice of three different pre-Christmas menus to choose from. These lunches (12noon – 3pm) range from a two or three course lunch. A three-course dinner menu (6pm – midnight) is also on offer.

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And, if you’re thinking of taking your workmates somewhere special Kadia also has dates left for that end of year work function. “It may have been a chaotic year, but we may as well celebrate what New Zealand has achieved,” says Kadia. Over three million New Zealanders are now fully vaccinated.

When asked what she most enjoys about her work, Kadia answers unequivocally “creating happy memories!” She’s been doing this for 18 years and knows what people love and what excites their tastebuds, offering a menu direct from the Lansdowne House kitchen, lovingly homemade.

Have you ever tried Kadia’s rich chocolate, caramel, or lemon selfsaucing puddings? The ‘House Ham’ studded with cloves and covered in pineapple? Or her Norwegian gravlaxed Salmon with a dill, lemon & horseradish sauce? Then there’s the Kiwi classic – Pavlova! Mouthwatering. Go on, give it a go and book at Lansdowne House for a dining experience of a lifetime.

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The term being an influencer has many negative connotations, often seen as being shallow, with those doing the ‘influencing’ doing so around things that are either unattainable, such as the perfect body, or perhaps buying things that we don’t need to impress people we don’t like.

There’s another way that we can look to influence others through platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, this being to promote positivity. This could be done in so many ways, such as positive new stories, inspirational podcasts, or motivational quotes. Doing so may be just the thing that will attract someone’s attention, perhaps giving that timely feel-good moment that will lift their mood and influence their next interaction, either online or in person, in a positive way.

Every day I post a quote from the morning Calm meditation. I know that most of the people who I’m connected with will scroll right past it. I also know that a few will take the time to stop and read it, maybe making them smile or think about the world in a slightly more positive way.

A hobby just for fun

A really good conversation on The Art of Manliness podcast took place between the host and Oliver Burkeman, the author of Four Thousand Weeks [which I have posted about before]. On the topic of hobbies the discussion brought up the idea of having a hobby in the way in which we did before the advent of social media. These were times in which we did things just because we wanted to do them; we didn’t need to set up a social media page to demonstrate how we were going to be a stand out expert in whatever the hobby is, or to influence others to do so, we simply did it just because we wanted to.

It’s okay to do things

Midweek Musings

Tim Nelson without anyone knowing we’re doing them. You can be a model train enthusiast, a freehand artist, a musician... pretty much anything at all, with all of these things being done just for the sake of personal fun and satisfaction.

Why Hanes has the record

Earlier this year Truett Hanes broke the world record for the number of pull-ups in one day, doing 4100. This is an incredible feat, as many of us know, just one pull-up can be a real challenge.

When a record like this is achieved, on first glance it seems easy to see why Hanes is the new record holder; he is in incredible shape, trains very hard, and has a great attitude, all of these factors being obvious attributes that led to the successful record attempt.

However, we can look a little further and wider to see why Hanes has become the person he is today; his father, Cam Hanes is also a fantastic athlete and has been since Truett first became aware of what was happening in the world around him as a child.

It’s clear to me that exercising and working out are what Truett Hanes would consider to be normal; it’s something that he saw the person who had the most influence over him as a child, his father, doing consistently. Why wouldn’t he live this kind of lifestyle if he could see how positively it impacted on his father?

The best thing we can do if we want to set an example for others is to do that thing yourself. Those who will be most influenced by you will be more likely to do what you do, not what you say.

Ordinary is perfectly okay

I heard some great advice on the difference we feel we need to make in the world.

One of the issues so many face is the feeling that if we can’t achieve something great, then what’s the point of trying to achieve anything.

How wrong this is; if truth be told we really do lead quite ordinary lives.

However, the ordinary is perfectly okay and also something to be celebrated.

We can do things that aren’t world changing but are still immensely satisfying, even at just a local level.

This could be in the work we do in our jobs, perhaps changing lives of the students a teacher has in his or her class, or as a care worker who makes the lives of those served everyday better through kindness and compassion.

Right now wherever we are we can start to make the world a little better in some way. It could be by donating $5 to a worthy cause by a text, calling a person who might be lonely, or picking up a rubbish plastic bag and walking around the block picking up rubbish; all quite ordinary but extraordinary ways to make the world a nicer place to be.

Timeless truths

Listening to Angela Duckworth of the Keep Going Podcast she mentioned a strategy that should be used to keep learners motivated, this being to pitch tasks at a level that are just within reach of the learner provided they are prepared to put in the effort to get there. It shouldn’t be too hard, not too easy, essentially aiming for what

could be described as the ‘Goldilocks’ or just right zone.

I couldn’t agree more.

I remember hearing the same theory when I was in teachers college in the early to mid-90s. Back then it was referred to as the Zone of Proximal Development, or ZDP. This theory came from the early 20th century from the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky.

For all of the many educational theories that are brought into schools, there are some timeless truths that should always be in play, with the ZPD being one of them. I was pleased to hear Duckworth sharing the idea, but surprised that it wasn’t linked to the 100 year old idea that isn’t anything new.

It’s time we started paying a lot more attention to what is already and always has worked.

Things that still work

This is a follow-up post to the previous one on timeless truths.

Coincidentally, I found a copy of a Men’s Fitness magazine I kept from 1997.

It’s a 10th anniversary edition and at the time I thought it was pretty cutting edge. However, looking at the last page there’s a cover designed for a fictitious 2007 edition, 10 years after the edition I kept.

On this cover you can see a person with all sorts of science fiction type equipment which is obviously used for some kind of fitness programme.

I don’t remember what I thought when I first saw this fictitious cover 24 years ago, but it may have been a feeling that things would be considerably different with my workouts.

How wrong I have been.

We’re now 24 years past 1997; 14 more years than the fictitious cover from the 1997 anniversary edition.

The types of training that were around then are pretty much what is still considered to be effective

today; weight training, spin classes, running ... these are timeless.

There are many ways in which change is great, but there are also times in which what we have been doing for some time are very effective and change for the sake of it is more detrimental than beneficial.

I see fads constantly doing the cycle in education, many of which are just as ineffective as they were under another name 20 years ago. Yes, minor tweaks are often appropriate and beneficial, but change can be gradual and still be effective.

Commonalities

I love Venn diagrams [check them out to see how they work; such a simple but useful tool]. They are such a great way to show the commonalities that exist between different things, including people, as individuals and in groups.

Too often we look for differences, then tend to magnify these. However, the Venn diagram enables us to see that there are often so many things that separate entities have in common, but these may be overlooked because of just one extremely topical issue.

There is so much to celebrate in our communities with what we have as common goals and interests, but too often we end up divided over just one thing, forgetting all of our shared interests and similarities.

If we placed the lens on what we have in common, then even our differences will be so much easier to overcome as we move together aiming for the common good for society.

• 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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28 Wairarapa Midweek Lifestyle Wednesday, November 3, 2021 CONSERVATION KŌRERO

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Forest & Bird celebrates its 100th birthday in 2023.

When reflecting on the society’s legacy, we often come across people, ahead of their time, who foresaw what would become of Aotearoa’s unique forests and birds, and did what they could to protect what they loved.

John Fensham was one such person. In 1883, he purchased land west of Carterton with the express intention of protecting the forest that grew there, thus ensuring its perpetuity.

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magnificent podocarps, including kahikatea, some dating back 700 years.

Rising above the 9ha of primary forest is a further 28ha of regenerating forest and shrubland, including mānuka and beech, that is an additional attraction for birdlife, including tūī, kererū, ruru, pīwakawaka, kākā, kōtare kingfishers, and riroriro grey warblers.

Over the years Fensham Reserve has been maintained and enhanced by groups of enthusiastic volunteers planting, constructing walkways, clearing the pine trees and

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Restoration of the important 3ha wetland within the reserve is ongoing and surrounding pastoral land is leased for grazing to support the reserve’s upkeep.

Thanks to two further acts of generosity, two parcels of land were gifted by neighbouring landowners in 2013.

Work is well under way to incorporate these into the existing reserve.

The efforts of Forest & Bird’s volunteers over the decades have ensured that the health of this

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Community is at the heart of communal plot Ali Mackisack Covid seems to be shutting down or slowing down all sorts of things at the moment, but spring isn’t one of them. And at the Eketāhuna Community Garden last month, a group of people turned up to a working bee, keen to work with spring’s energy and to nurture the garden beds so they can in turn nourish the community.

Some came because they’re keen gardeners and some came because they’re keen to support the community. One person came “because my mum asked me to come and help out”.

“She said it was good to do something useful,” said 16-year-old Jack, who proved himself more than handy with a shovel and a wheelbarrow. “And it’s been quite good. Good to get some of this stuff done.”

“Some of this stuff,” included removing the carpet layer on the no-dig

The volunteers are hoping for a harvest like this one come summer. Last year’s pupils from Eketahuna School cooked up meals with the garden’s produce for the foodbank’s freezer.

garden and replacing it with a thick layer of topsoil which had been donated by an organic farm. It also covered mowing, mulching, transplanting, composting, weeding and feeding the soil. The volunteers were also fed – with a frittata which included some of the garden’s produce, made

by Lee Ann Tait, one of

the nurses from Te Whare Ora o Eketāhuna – The Eketāhuna Health Centre where the community garden is located.

Community is at the very heart of what happens in this small garden in this small town. The foodbank is also located at the Te Whare Ora o Eketāhuna, so residents needing fresh produce are welcome to share in what is produced here. The aim of the garden, as stated and illustrated on the garden’s Facebook page is Growing

We do have a kind of big-picture overview of where we’re going and what needs doing. our own vegetables, herbs and fruit to feed the hearts, minds and bellies of the people of Eketāhuna.

The garden – and others like it – is of interest to the council as they aim to

At work in the community garden in Eketahuna.

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develop a future-proofed plan for food security in the district. And the school is also involved in helping with garden jobs each term.

What’s done in the garden, and how it’s done, is also community-based.

“We do have a kind of big-picture overview of where we’re going and what needs doing,” said Emma Elliott, one of the co-ordinators for the garden.

“But we really want

everyone who comes along either to use the garden or help look after it, to have a voice in how things go.

It’s a community garden, so it’s important that everyone in the community can contribute in their own way.”

• Anyone who wants to be involved, can get in touch via the Eketāhuna Community Garden Facebook page or contact the Te Whare Ora o Eketāhuna on [06] 375-8188.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Rural Wairarapa Midweek

Vineyard gets revitalisation from locals Grace Prior

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Gladstone Vineyard is getting a new lease on life with a fully local team that aims to bring life back to the area.

General manager Sarah Thompson said the vineyard had been bought in 2018 by offshore company The Flying Winemaker, but with lockdowns, they haven’t been able to come back since 2019.

She said the vineyard had been running properly since July.

“We now have a team based here and a new winemaker. We all live locally in Carterton or near-by.”

Thompson said they were on a journey to reawaken the vineyard and the rest of the space.

“What we are trying to do is make this part of Gladstone something that is alive as opposed to something that is sort of owned by foreigners and ignored.

“Now, people can come here for a wine tasting and then go for lunch at the pub.”

Thompson said the vineyard was much more lively, now that new staff had come on and the cellar door had opened for the year.

The vineyard was first established as a hobby farm on only 2.7 hectares of vines planted in Sauvignon Blanc.

“The vineyard is now made up of four blocks across Gladstone,” winemaker Monty Petrie said.

Thompson said the vineyard was sold in 1996 to its previous owners who spent the next two decades crafting the wines and implementing sustainable vineyard practices.

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What we are trying to do is make this part of Gladstone something that is alive as opposed to something that is sort of owned by foreigners and ignored.

By the early 2000s, the investment of time and resources started to reap rewards, the family began

their expansion plans to satisfy the growing demand for Gladstone Vineyard wines by increasing the vineyard holdings of Pinot Noir and building a new winery.

Thompson said Gladstone Vineyard now managed and collaborated with several vineyards and growers across Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay; diversifying the estate’s

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portfolio of wines.

She said the team had to work to update some of the vineyard and bring a focus to sustainability.

The Gladstone Vineyard website listed a few actions they were taking to reduce impact in the environment including recycling glass, plastic, paper, tins and cardboard.

The largest of the four blocks was Dakins Road Vineyard, placed on the terraces of the Ruamahanga River.

The block was made up of free draining alluvial soils that promote the “complex and layered characters” of Wairarapa wines.

“Along with its reduced vigour, this keeps the vines in balance to promote developed but not green or over ripe characters,” the company said.

Petrie said they grew pinot noir, sauvignon blanc, viognier, and cabernet franc and merlot on this block.

Along the same river terrace was the Blairpatrick block that featured a slightly heavier soil at the edge further away from the terrace.

“This mixed vigour site is not irrigated, which means the roots have to delve deep into the soils to obtain water, providing the ability to show outstanding minerality and concentrated dark red characters,” the website said.

Petrie said this made for

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Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 79, Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm. Research assistance available if required – free service but donations appreciated.

Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band: Weekly practice. Masterton Variety Club Hall, 10 Albert St, 6.30-8.30pm. Call Ian Macdonald [027] 232-5882.

Belly Dance for Beginners: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-7.30pm. Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649.

Danzability Class: 10.30-11.30am, at St John’s Hall, 73 Main St, Greytown. Call physio.rachel.horwell@gmail.com or [022] 077-2654.

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

GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800-373-646. Martinborough: St Andrew’s Church, 9.30-11am. Featherston: Union Church, 1.30-3.30pm.

Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019 or Elissa [0274] 706-528.

Age Concern: Steady As You Go - Falls Prevention Class, 9.30am, Falls Prevention Class for Men, 10.30am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: South End School Hall, 275 High St South, 6.30-

8.30pm. Call Jacqui [027] 325-3370.

Housie: 1pm, at Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club, Carterton [behind Carters], raffles, afternoon tea supplied. Call 379-5923.

Narcotics Anonymous: 7.30-8.30pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Church St, Masterton.

Carterton Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Ability to read music not essential. Call [022] 373-4299.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Spontaneous Dance: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-8pm. Call Pavla Miller [022] 075-3867.

Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Fri-Mon 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean [06] 372-6623 or Gael [06] 372-6808.

Justice of the Peace: Carterton library noon-2pm; Masterton District Court 11am1pm; Eketahuna Library 1.30-4.30pm.

Aratoi: A Year and More of Magical Thinking: New work by Linda Tilyard to Nov 14; Wairarapa Camera Club: Drawn to the Light a biennial exhibition of selected photographs by members, to Nov 21; Eye to Eye: Portraits from the collection to Nov 21; Esther Bunning: Phosphenes – A Portrait of a Landscape to Nov 21.

Masterton Social Badminton Club: Chanel College gymnasium, Herbert St. Enter through treelined entrance [ie by the bus stop], 7-9pm. Call Hamish Macgregor [021] 259-7684 or Sam [021] 055-2113.

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10 Albert St, Masterton. New members welcome. Call Eric McEwen 377-0792 or Doreen Wakefield 370-4606.

Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/cellphone help, 1-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654.

Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call Whaiora 0800 494 246.

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

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

Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

Carterton Craft Market: Mon-Sat: 9am4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 High St North, Carterton. Call Desley [027] 787-8558.

Kids’ Song And Story: Fun songs, finger plays and stories for under-5s, during school terms, 9.30-10.30am, at Epiphany Church Hall, High St South, Masterton. Call Pam 378-6740 Greytown Music and Movement: For preschoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Call: email admin@stlukesgreytown. co.nz Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. If weather not good it’s in youth centre of Event Centre. Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643.

Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 2954189 or Lucy [021] 0204-4144.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

Carterton Senior Citizens: 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Wairarapa Spinners and Weavers: 10.30am-2pm, in the Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Lynette 377-0236.

Featherston Fusiliers: Wargaming and boardgames club, meet at Featherston Assembly of God cafeteria, 22 Birdwood St, 10am-4.30pm. Contact featherston.

fusiliers@gmail.com Cobblestones Museum: Daily 10am4pm. Printing Works: Sat/Sun, 1-4pm.

Cobblestones Museum, 169 Main St, Greytown. Call [06] 304-9687.

Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9-1pm, Solway Showgrounds Masterton, entry from Fleet and York Sts, under the grandstand and nearby redwood tree.

Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098.

Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk. Measured, timed, free. 8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Info: parkrun.co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Martinborough Museum: Open Sat and Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am2.30pm. No admission charge but donation/koha appreciated.

Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat and Sun 10am-2pm, other times by arrangement, groups welcome.

Call Elsa [021] 263-9403.

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

Carterton District Historical Society: 150 High St North, Carterton. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564.

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

Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start.

Call Helen Waldron 379-5671. Bowls: 1.20pm for 1.30pm start at the clubrooms behind Carters, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303.

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

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Wairarapa Word: At 3pm, Carterton Events Centre foyer, Holloway St. Carterton woman Pia Buck, writing under the name Melissa Crosby, speaks about her journey to become a fulltime indie author of inspirational women’s fiction.

TK Markets: At Martinborough’s Te

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Carterton Farmers Market: Memorial Square, 9am-12.30pm when covid level is 2 or under. Call [027] 663-9011.’

Narcotics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call 0800 628 632 Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

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

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

Masterton Car Boot Sale and Market: 6.30-11.30am, Essex St car park. Call ja.murray@xtra.co.nz Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 1pm for 1.15pm start, at clubrooms behind Carters, Carterton.

Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Literacy Aotearoa: Free computing and digital device classes for adults. Call 377-4214.

Creative Hands Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am-noon. Call Kirsten 399-1050.

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

Steady as you Go: Falls Prevention Class, A/G Church, Featherston, 9.30-10.30am.

Call Age Concern [06] 377 0066.

Age Concern: Keep Fit!, 9.30am; line dancing, 10.40am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

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

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Greytown St John’s Hall, Main St, 6.30-8.30pm. Call Paul [027] 376-9804.

Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm. Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249.

Carterton Scottish Dance Club: 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. No partner required. Call Elaine 377-0322.

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

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

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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.

Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246.

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

Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House [down the lane between Carters and the Clock Tower].

Call 379-4092.

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

Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: Free of charge for anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888.

CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am1pm Mon-Fri. Call 378-2426 or 0800 227-2255.

Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Beginners Linedance Class: 6-7pm. Linedance Intermediate Class: 7.30-8.30pm. Call Wendy [027] 3199814.

Epilepsy Support Group: 11am at the Salvation Army office, 210 High St South, Carterton. Call 0800 20 21 22.

Citizens Advice Bureau: Free and confidential advice, Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, 43 Perry St, Masterton. Call 377-0078 or 0800 367-222.

Masterton District Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 5740742.

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

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½18 years, 6.30-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Caregivers Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa 59 Renall St, Masterton, noon1.30pm. Call Kirsten 399 1050.

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

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Martinborough Primary School Hall, cnr Dublin and Roberts sts, juniors 5.306.15pm. Call Clare [027] 832.9743; juniors and adults 6.15-8pm. Call Anna [021] 163-8867.

Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 79 Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm.

Martinborough Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, First Church Hall, Weld St. Martinborough. Call Vicki Jones: vicbjones@gmail.com Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/cellphone help 1.30-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654.

Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800-373-646. Carterton: 3 Mile, 66 High St, 9.30-11.30am. Greytown: Greytown Library, 1.30-3.30pm.

Paint/draw: From live model,10am-noon, at Masterton Art Club, Victoria St. Call Elissa Smith [027] 470-6528.

Free Literacy and Numeracy Classes: At Literacy Aotearoa Masterton. Call Carol [022] 524-5994 or visit us at 340 Queen Street, Masterton.

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

Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm, no partner needed. Call Lesley [021] 2996389.

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

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 3.45-5pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

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

Red Star Table Tennis Club: 9am-noon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St,

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

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

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

Carterton District Historical Society: 150 High St North, Carterton. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564.

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

Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554.

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.

Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practise 4-5pm, at the Trust House Rec Centre Stadium. Call Cheryl [06] 3701922 or [027] 697-6974.

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

South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon, including cards, board, darts, pool etc. Call Doff 304-9748.

Girl Guiding: Pippins [5-7 years] 3.455pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet: 1pm for 1.15pm start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

Bowls: At 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind Carters, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Free Classes: Literacy, language and numeracy for adult learners. Call Literacy Aotearoa 377-4214.

South Wairarapa Caregivers Programme: At a café in South Wairarapa, 10am. Call Kirsten 399-1050.

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

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Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, pre-schoolers with parents or caregivers, music and movement and art, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

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

Cards: “500”, 1.15-4.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329.

AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Departmental building, level one. Entry on the carpark side. Call [027] 557-7928.

Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Jan [06] 3088556.

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, improvers 5-6.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135.

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

Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Join us for sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264.

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

Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 3725758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285.

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

Wairarapa Singers: Choral singing, based in Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316.

Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 3701604 [church office].

Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. At the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Helen Waldron 379 5671.

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Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, AOG Church, Birdwood St, Featherston. Call Julia [06] 308-8109.

St John: Greytown Penguins, boys and girls 6-8 years, 6-7.30pm, St John Hall, Main St. Call Esther [027] 637-4110.

Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10.30am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376.

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

Scrabble Club: 1-4pm at Masterton District Library in the Learning Centre, 54 Queen St. All welcome. Call Sue McRae [027] 449-0601 or sue.mcrae.nz@gmail. com Age Concern: Keep Fit! 1.30pm Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: For the school term. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.15-7.30pm.

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Featherston School Hall, Lyon St, kobudo 5.15-7pm, karate 6.30-8.30pm. Call Paul [027] 376-9804.

The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Line Dance Class 6-7pm; Rock N Roll Dance Class: 7.30-8.30pm, Beginners/Couple Coaching, Social/ Competitive. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814.

Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 1-3pm, Ranfurly Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton.

No appointment necessary. Call [021] 159- 4160.

Carterton Cycle Group: An informal group of ‘leg power’ and e-power cyclists, from Belvedere Rd [weather permitting] for 20km or 40-60km rides. Call Irene [027] 634-9167 or Lesley [021] 299-6389.

Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery showing work from Wairarapa artists, 47 High St North, Carterton, WedSun, 11am-3pm.

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Our new Manager will have skills and experience in the following areas: • strategic and organisational leadership and business planning skills • conceptual, analytical and critical thinking skills for new initiatives • establishing, building and maintaining effective relationships • commitment to the principles of, and key concepts embodied within the Treaty of Waitangi • amazing time management skills • thinking outside the box • excellent communication skills • budget and contract management experience • excellent presentation, facilitation and communication skills • marketing, promotion and fund raising • Microsoft Office • full drivers licence The key tasks of this role will evolve alongside with the organisational logical framework, reflecting the current status of Age Concern programmes and the community environment we work in.

To receive a copy of the job description and application form please email admin@acww.nz You need to submit a CV, an application form and a cover letter telling us why you are perfect for this role. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

Applications close on Sunday 14 November 2021.

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We are looking for an outgoing person to join our team over the school holidays. This would be a fulltime, fixed term position from December through to January. Based at our Carterton branch, but able to cover in Masterton or Eketahuna if needed. This position would suit a university student with their own vehicle.

A suitable candidate would be an honest, enthusiastic person with an outgoing personality who is able to work well within a team or on their own. Accurate paperwork entry is a must. The candidate is also required to lift a maximum of 25kg and there is some weekend work involved.

Please send a cover letter along with your C.V. (including references) to: The Manager Keinzley Agvet Limited P.O. Box 95 Carterton Or email: desire@keinzley.co.nz Applications close 5pm, Friday 19th November 2021

SYNDICATE LEADER POSITIONS Two positions

Year 7+8 Syndicate Leader & class teacher 1+PMU (Syndicate Leader) 1+PTU (responsibility of a key curriculum area) Two syndicate leader positions are available for experienced NZ registered teachers beginning January 2022. Applicants must have the ability to inspire and lead three other kaiako within their team and be able to build strong, caring relationships with students, staff and whānau.

Our school provides a wide range of opportunities for students, therefore a strong work ethic and a commitment to the extra-curricular life of the school is essential.

Starts Term 1 2022. Applications close 3pm Monday, 15 November 2021.

Please apply with a supporting letter of application, CV and contact details of 3 referees to principal@mis.school.nz

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‘A debacle’ Employment

School Bus Drivers - Masterton & Carterton Get on Board with Go Bus Transport and come join our great team in the Wairarapa!

This is an ideal chance to make a change in your life and try something different with a great company. If you are thinking of re-joining the workforce or looking for extra hours this role may well suit you.

We are looking for a P a r t T i m e & C a s u a l o n Call School Bus Drivers to cover runs in the M a s t e r t o n & C a r t e r t o n areas.. The role is driving a regular school run. Runs are in the morning and afternoons at normal school start and finish times during school terms.

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AUTOGLASS CUSTOMER SERVICE CO-ORDINATOR Ewenglass Ltd, Wairarapa s authorised Smith & Smith Dealer require an Autoglass Customer Service Co-ordinator.

The successful applicant will be required: • To Identify windscreens and body glass for all types of vehicles.

Have knowledge of Auto parts would be an advantage Good computer ability along with excellent customer service skills.

Applications including CV can be forwarded to ewenglass@xtra.co.nz

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What you need: • Enjoy being with young people and have their safety and welfare at heart • Class 2 licence and a P endorsement • A responsible and caring approach

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Do want to be part of a business that is making a difference in your community? Apply today!

Our recruitment process includes a Drug and Alcohol Test and Police Vetting check.

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The groundsman re-marks the QE Park Oval pitch, which had been marked out 2.8 metres too long.

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Chris Cogdale ‘Embarrassing.

Inexcusable. A debacle.

Unbelievable. It’s something that will be talked about at the T20 World Cup.’ That’s just some of the reaction to the Queen Elizabeth Park Oval cricket pitch that was 2.8 metres too long in the Furlong Cup match between Post Office Hotel Wairarapa and Manawatu on Saturday.

Manawatu won the toss and decided to bat first in the two-day fixture, but it only took Wairarapa strike bowler Stefan Hook two balls to realise that there was something amiss with the pitch, which he promptly pointed out to umpire Tim Shirriffs.

This was despite regular complaints from Hook and the other bowlers, who struggled to find their rhythm and “hit the right lengths”, it took Shirriffs and fellow umpire Pankaj Girhotra a remarkable 12 overs to come together and check the pitch measurements and discover that it had been marked out at nearly 23 metres, instead of the required 20.12 metres [or 22 yards].

Not surprisingly the Manawatu openers Bevan Small and Mason had looked comfortable and had progressed the score to 50 without loss.

Play was immediately stopped, and the pitch

But probably that extra time that we had in the ÿ eld came to bite us at the end of the day, because we were in the ÿ eld for 100 overs. was re-marked by Recreation Services ground staff. After a delay of about 45 minutes, and after consultation with Central Districts competition co-ordinator Scott Briasco, a new game was commenced.

It is understood the pitch had been marked out on Friday by a visiting groundsman from Horowhenua. However, the final responsibility rested with the umpires.

Wairarapa coach Neil Perry said he had never seen anything like it in his 40 years involvement with cricket.

“Absolutely unbelievable that it happened. Unbelievable that the umpires didn’t pick it up, and unbelievable that nothing happened sooner considering Stefan was complaining to the umpires after the second ball saying that there’s something not right here,” said Perry.

“It’s something I reckon will get talked about at the T20 World Cup.” Perry said that it wasn’t a cricket pitch because there are very definite dimensions, and one could argue that a game can’t even start if the

measurements are wrong, unlike a football pitch that is a metre too long, where a game could easily be played.

Manawatu coach Luke Murray was frustrated at the time because his team had made a good start, but he partly attributed that to the batters having an extra 2.8m to play with.

“It is what it is, and we got on with it in the end. I’m very surprised; I thought it would be a pretty standard thing for the umpires, but I guess you presume it’s all good,” said Murray.

“The bowlers felt it pretty quickly but they [the umpires] just took their time to actually realise it was wrong. It was an interesting day.”

Perry said there were no issues between the two teams over the debacle.

“We have a good relationship with Manawatu, and they were fantastic about it, and we were good about it.

“But probably that extra time that we had in the field came to bite us at the end of the day, because we were in the field for 100 overs.”

Wairarapa Cricket general manager Simon Roseingrave has already apologised to Manawatu Cricket over the mishap and said that a full investigation will be held with the ground contractor Recreational Services and Masterton District Council to avoid any similar incidents in the future.

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