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Firefighters are again the country’s most trusted profession, but for volunteer firefighters like Ashburton’s Warren Maslin, they just do what they do because it’s their way of helping their communities. It’s not always easy, it’s not always pleasant, but they love it. ERIN TASKER reports.

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y day, Warren Maslin is a banker sitting behind a desk helping big business with their finances.

But his constant companion is a pager, and when that pager goes off, he races out the door and runs down the road to the Ashburton Fire Station to answer the call of duty.

Warren is a volunteer firefighter – a champion volunteer firefighter in fact – and no matter what the time of day, he and the team at the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade are ready to answer the community’s calls for help.

So it will come as no surprise that for the eighth year in a row, firefighters have been named by a Reader’s Digest survey as the most trusted profession in New Zealand.

But for volunteers like Warren, it’s not about the accolades; being a volunteer firefighter is his way of helping the community he’s called home for six years.

It’s not always easy, it’s not always pleasant, but the lives and properties they save along the way makes it worth it.

When you’re a volunteer firefighter, you have to be an expert in finding balance in life. When the siren sounds, you’re needed, even if you’re in the middle of a meeting with an important client, or in the middle of movie night with the kids. The timing is

rarely ideal. But they have to juggle that need with the demands of work, family and, in Warren’s case, training for the world championships.

Warren is taking his firefighting to another level. Later this year he will travel to America to compete against the world’s best firefighters at the World Firefighting Championships.

It will be his second attempt at the big time, with attempt number one being cut short at the last minute by a collapsed lung.

The day before he was due to leave Warren’s doctor told him the collapsed lung meant if he was to get on that plane for America, he would more than likely die.

A year’s training had gone down the drain and he wasn’t allowed to fly for a year after that, so this year is his first opportunity to give it another crack. continued over page

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e started training again six months ago, before last year’s nationals which were hosted by Ashburton. He won the over 40s and was second overall. He’ll compete in the next nationals in October, before heading to South Carolina, US, for the world championships. “I want to crack that two-minute mark,” Warren said.

That means completing a course where he has to don his firefighting gear, breathing apparatus included, and drag a 19kg hose pack up six flights of stairs, pull another hose pack up to that floor, run back down and use a four pound mallet to move a heavy steel beam, before doing a 30-metre slalom with a hose and then dragging a 80kg dummy to safety – in under 120 seconds.

At October’s nationals he finished in 2.06 minutes. He’s confident he can crack two minutes, but it’s hard to judge his progress because the next time he does a timed run will be at the nationals. Up until then it’s just a matter of practising the individual elements.

But he’s confident he can do it.

“I just need to go and get it done and beat that two-minute mark at a world level,” he said.

Warren said he heads out on early morning swims or runs, and does morning or lunchtime gym sessions.

It’s full on and it has to fit around work and family life.

“The kids probably think it’s a bit insane, but they really encourage me and think it’s pretty good that I do well,” Warren said.

Warren works at the Ashburton branch of the BNZ bank, a company he’s been with for 25 years. He came to Ashburton six years ago with wife Tracy and their three children Brooke, 14, Melissa, 12, and Ryan, 11.

He first became a volunteer firefighter while working in Akaroa and remembers his first callout clearly. It was a house fire at Robinson Bay in the middle of the night and a woman and four children were inside.

The house had smoke alarms but they were at a lower level than where the woman was sleeping so the smoke would have gotten to her first. Fortunately, something else just happened to wake her up.

And that, Warren said, was fate; something he is a firm believer in.

On moving to Ashburton six years ago, the family quickly became involved in the community; the kids all play sport and through them Warren began coaching rugby and basketball.

Since Warren joined the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade six years ago, things have got a lot busier.

The brigade has been hitting 400 call-outs per

year recently; a big commitment when there’s no pay cheque to take home at the end of the day to show for it.

But helping people, and being part of such a great team, was what it was all about.

Warren remembers his first call-out in Ashburton. It was to a full-on garage fire threatening a house, but his most memorable call from his time in Ashburton was last year’s old mill fire.

Firefighters were there from dawn until dusk fighting the huge, spectacular blaze in the big Warren Maslin by day as a banker.

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It’s a day his family also remembers well.

Wife Tracy said that was the one time she and the kids really feared for Warren’s wellbeing.

“The only time they (the kids) really freaked out was when the mill went up because we could see the flames from our house,” Tracy said.

Rural fires at the height of summer on those traditional howling nor’west days were also a worry at times. Both Warren and Tracy re-

member one particular fire at Mayfield. It was a hedge fire which spread to trees and silage and was getting close to buildings; firefighters were called at about 9pm and didn’t get home until 6am. As the wind roared in town, it was also a sleepless night for Warren’s family, not knowing what was going on where he was.

It’s times like that, that thoughts of a knock at the door with the dreaded news no spouse of an emergency services worker wants to hear, spring to mind.

But having a husband and a dad who was a volunteer firefighter, was just a part of life for them.

“We just have a theory that if it was our house we would want them there,” Tracy said.

For Warren, the call-outs which stick in the mind are typically the road fatalities.

“And when they happen on straight pieces of road, you really do wonder,” he said.

But as bad as it can get sometimes, he never questions what he’s doing.

He has the support of his family, friends, employer, colleagues and clients; they’re used to him running off at a moment’s notice.

And he does what he does for the good of all of those people and the ones they love.

Fortunately, he’s never had the harrowing experience of having to attend a call which directly affected family or close friends. But with every page and every siren, it’s a possibility.

No matter what the call though, firefighters support each other and the New Zealand Fire Service supports them.

Never was that better demonstrated than after the Christchurch earthquakes.

When the February 22 earthquake hit Christchurch, the Ashburton Fire Station quickly filled up with firefighters huddled around a television watching the horror unfold, while waiting for the call-up which was no doubt coming.

And it did.

Mid Canterbury’s fire brigades made a few of trips to Christchurch to relieve their exhausted counterparts after the quakes. For Warren those trips took him to the eastern suburbs, which he said looked like they had been hit by a bomb, and to Paparoa Prison. Their water supply had been knocked out, meaning no sprinklers.

Being there was like being in a different world as preparations were made to move prisoners to other prisons around the country due to the lack of amenities.

They do get the cliché cats stuck up trees from time to time; they even had a labrador stuck up a tree not so long ago.

And whatever the call, they’ll be there.

“That’s the cool thing about it, you just don’t know what you’re going to do next,” he said.

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Hakatere bach works for Margaret

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argaret Walker-Shaw lives in a bach at Hakatere, pronounced Har-katiri, not Hak-itree.

She is among a minority who pronounce the place name true to its Maori origins, and doesn’t let it worry her that most of her neighbours in the small seaside village near Ashburton don’t.

The village has provided the perfect retirement retreat for Margaret and husband Ron Shaw. They live near her son and his wife and their three children in a neighbouring bach. Mr Shaw is a builder and extended the small bach when they moved there about eight years ago.

“I love the community. Even though we are really close, people aren’t in your face. It’s just easy, relaxed, it’s nice, it feels like you are on holiday all the time,” she said.

In the past couple of years Margaret has been

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Everyone has a story. To find out if this is the case, YOU magazine writer Susan Sandys will every fortnight randomly choose a number from the phone book and tell the story of the person picking up the phone.

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BY SUSAN SANDYS among residents who have dedicated much time to the Ashburton River Hakatere Mouth Action Committee, which has been fighting to retain water in the Ashburton River for anglers and bird

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life. She is a member of Forest and Bird and enjoys gardening, evident from the little well-kept garden which surrounds her small bach.

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plucked from the phone book for the new series ‘Everyone has a story’, and liked the idea of the feature.

“I love people, I love listening, I love coffee with my girlfriends, there’s nothing I love more.”

She dabbles in art, and particulary likes painting in oils, and has sold two of her works.

The 67-year-old grandmother-of-six grew up on the family farm, located where Lake Hood is now, and remembers a childhood full of swimming, biking and “just being free”.

Ponds on the farm were for swimming in summer and for her dad, brothers and their friends to shoot on in duck season.

When she left school she worked in a couple of jobs before finding her forte as a junior in the stockings and scarves department of Todd’s.

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living She worked for Les Todd, the father of current owner Tony.

“I knew Tony Todd when he came in in short pants,” she said.

It was a big store with about 22 staff, wearing black and white uniforms.

She left work to have her three children, and enjoyed bringing them up in Ashburton, but after her mother died she began to look further afield.

“After mum died, which broke my heart, we moved to Nelson,” she said. Her children were 16, 14 and 11 at the time.

“I just missed her so much.”

The family lived at The Wood, an Italian community where residents grew tomatoes in glasshouses, just as they had for decades, had hearty arguments in the street and would squeeze her children’s cheeks with affection.

She and her husband started a demolition company in Nelson and sold decorative items from old homes, such as antique fireplace surrounds and wooden doors. It was at a time when there was a demand for such items as part of a movement towards restoring older houses.

“It was just heaven, I looked forward to going to work every day.”

At the time Margaret established gardens on the three-and-a-half hectares of land surrounding their home, and would have to shift irrigation hoses morning and night before and after work. For Margaret it was not a chore, and she has loved every minute of her working life.

As the amount of houses with antique features available for demolition dried up, the couple began to import container loads of replica items and the business diversified to selling gifts and other items. Margaret moved out of the business in 2006, but helped her son and his partner in an associated business while living at Lyttelton, and restored the old house she lived in.

She and Ron are enjoying having time for travel. They have a motorhome and have recently returned from a five-month trip to the North Island, and are planning a trip to Australia.

She is inspired by the film The Way, about a group of people walking a Christian pilgrimage route to Galicia, Spain, and dreams of one day doing a more adventurous trip such as that one.

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Loving life in New Zealand, Brazilian couple Flavia and Cesar Almeida.

iving in New Zealand means Cesar Almeida can finally sleep easy.

The Brazilian dairy farm worker moved to New Zealand five years ago and while he misses his home country, he says New Zealand has brought him peace of mind, has given him freedom and it has given him opportunity.

For Cesar and his wife Flavia, Brazil will always hold a special place in their hearts, but New Zealand is now home. And that’s confirmed when they travel back to visit friends and family – after one month they’re happy to board a plane and fly back to their new lives.

Cesar spent most of his life in Brazil on a beef cattle farm near the small town of Bage in the Rio Grande do Sul region near the border with Uruguay.

After living and working as a farmer, Cesar decided to study to become a teacher.

“It was a total change but it meant I met Flavia. I was working in a store and met her aunt. She said come to my place and meet my lovely niece. I did and my heart started beating so fast, I thought, hell, I’m in trouble.”

It took Cesar six months to win her over.

“Our country is very traditional but after six months she said ‘yes’ and after a year I asked her to be engaged and for 16 years we’ve been married now.”

Meeting Flavia might have been a wonderful life changing experience but Cesar also had another, less pleasant life changing experience, one that ultimately led the couple to move to New Zealand.

“I was living in a house, looking after it for some rich people to raise some money for

university. Some bad guys came in with guns and started demanding I tell them where the safe in the house was. They tortured me for hours. I didn’t know where it was, it wasn’t my house, but they punched me and punched me.”

Eventually they left, but the experience left Cesar traumatised and unable to sleep at night.

The level of violence in Brazil is quite high, possibly because of the huge gap between rich and poor he said.

“People have bars on the windows of their houses and walls with electric wire or glass on them around their houses. But what happened to me doesn’t happen to everyone in Brazil. For me it was just bad luck.”

The fear did not disappear, it became part of Cesar’s life.

He continued to teach but a promotion in her work in human resources saw Flavia move to the city of Porto Alegre, 200 kilometres away.

Each week when Cesar travelled to be with Flavia for the weekend, he spent hours in the cab of a truck, chatting to the driver whose sister had lived in New Zealand for two years.

“I never met her but I talked to her on the phone and she said how good it was and knew it was what I wanted to do.”

He decided to come to New Zealand for one year to learn English. That meant leaving Flavia behind, but within one month of arriving he could finally sleep at night. Five years later he and Flavia live with a peace of mind they never knew in Brazil.

“It found it was wonderful here. People can leave their doors open. I lived in fear in Brazil and I kept shaking.”

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couple finally sleep easy Cesar initially stopped off in Auckland but found the city too busy after life in small town Bage. Knowing he had to combine learning English with earning a living he moved to Mount Manganui and worked picking kiwifruit. A friend suggested he try dairy farming. He did and while he knew the industry, he quickly became aware of the difference between dairy farming in New Zealand and dairy farming in Brazil.

“I found that pretty amazing, seeing the cows coming into the shed. They just did it

generation by generation. And there were more cows on less land, but most all there were no horses. We always rode horses.”

Farming practices are very different, but things are changing in Brazil with the current generation of young farmers breaking the centuries old cycle of knowledge being passed from father to son.

They’re now university educated and bringing new ideas back to family farms, Cesar said.

Three years ago Flavia and Cesar came to

Ashburton and say they now feel very much at home.

“Yes we miss our family and Brazil is a really lovely country but we really like New Zealand, it’s so peaceful. For us it is more important to feel safe and we feel so safe here,” Flavia said.

“We made good money there but you don’t have a good life. Here it’s easy to buy stuff and to enjoy your life. You can go to lots of places because it’s cheaper. In New Zealand everyone can go to places like Hanmer, Tekapo and Queenstown. And you can do the

simple things too.”

For Flavia, moving to New Zealand meant giving up her career as a supervisor in a human resources company. She’s been working, but would love to get back into her own field of expertise.

“My plan is to travel to Timaru to study, but we want to stay around Ashburton, we like a smaller town.”

For Cesar, the future will involve study to improve his knowledge; his aim is to become a highly skilled farmer.

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Yes, they might all come from the same source, capsicum peppers, but that’s where the similarity ends. The common paprika is a fine powder made from mild varieties of capsicum, but the smoked version has that extra that will add a subtle depth to your meals.

It’s made from peppers that are slow-dried over oak fires, resulting in an unmistakable smokey flavour and aroma. It is quite dierent to its more temperate cousin in both smell and taste. And it’s a bit more expensive.

Spain, Hungary, South America and Portugal are the main producers of smoked paprika. Its aroma is delicate, with hints of caramel, fruitiness and smokiness and flavours vary from mild, sweetly smoky to more full bodied and pungent with a hint of bitterness.

It’s an essential ingredient in Spanish cooking, but it has a wide range of uses. Smoked paprika is used in chorizo sausage and can be used as a seasoning for pork, lamb and beef.

Try combining smoked paprika with lemon juice and olive oil for a delicious rub for grilled meat or fish, or simply sprinkle it on root vegetables before roasting. Paprika should never be overheated since it becomes bitter.

To ensure it retains its vibrancy, smoked paprika should be kept in an airtight container away from light otherwise it will lose its vibrancy. It can be combined with regular paprika.

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Smoked paprika lamb and green olive mayonnaise

Green olive mayonnaise 2 egg yolks 1 t Dijon mustard 1 T lemon juice 1 C light olive oil ½ C green olives, pitted and finely chopped 1 T finely chopped parsley

600g white fish fillets e.g. snapper, gurnard, terakihi, hoki 1 T olive oil 1 onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 red pepper diced 400g can chopped toma-

• Place garlic, paprika, and salt in a mortar, pound with pestle until a smooth paste forms.

• Stir in lemon juice, oregano and oil.

• Season with salt and pepper.

• Place in a large bowl, add paste and rub well into lamb.

• Cover and marinate in refrigerator for a minimum of three hours or overnight.

Mayonnaise • Place egg yolks, mustard and 1 teaspoon of the lemon juice into the bowl of a food processor.

Process until combined.

• While the motor is still running, gradually add oil in a steady stream until mayonnaise is thick.

• Stir in remaining lemon juice, olives and parsley.

• Season with salt and pepper.

• Heat pan until very hot then reduce to medium .

• Cook lamb, 3 minutes, turn over and cook for another 3 minutes.

• Remove and cover loosely with foil, stand for 10 minutes to rest.

• Slice lamb thickly and serve with green olive mayonnaise and fresh rocket leaves.

toes 1/4 cup diced black olives 2 smoked paprika 1 T capers 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 cup dried breadcrumbs

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Ingredients 6 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped 1 T smoked paprika 2 t salt flakes ¼ cup lemon juice ¼ C fresh oregano leaves, chopped ¼C olive oil salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1.2kg lamb backstrap, trimmed fresh rocket leaves, to serve

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Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a 20cm x 30cm ovenproof dish.

Lay the fish fillets in a single layer on the base.

Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat.

Add the onion, garlic and red pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the onion is soft.

Add the tomatoes, olives, smoked paprika and capers.

Bring to the boil then pour over the fish.

Mix the cheese and breadcrumbs together and sprinkle over the tomato mixture.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20-30 minutes, or until the fish is just cooked.

Smoked paprika roasties Ingredients 2 medium kumara, peeled 3 medium carrots, peeled 3 medium parsnips, peeled 6 baby potatoes, halved

Method

olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1T sweet smoked paprika

• Heat oven to 200°C. • Cut kumara, carrots, parsnips and potatoes into similar sized large chunks.

• Place all vegetables in a roasting pan.

• Drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper.

• Sprinkle with smoked paprika and toss well to coat evenly.

• Roast for 30 minutes, tossing once during cooking, until vegetables are caramelised and tender.

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ichael Van de Elzen is on a mission. The New Zealand chef has set out to convince Kiwis that fast food can be healthier and tastier.

Through his television show The Food Truck, Van de Elzen pitted himself against the clock and the tastebuds creating, cooking and selling popular Kiwi takeaways.

Just published is The Food Truckk Cookbook, with recipes from hiss TV programme covering all the “meals on the run” that New Zealanders love, from burgers and pies to chicken pieces, pizzas and smoothies.

WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY OF FOOD? Mum putting the raising bread in the bed next to me as a kid to help it ferment (a Dutch family tradition).

WHO WAS THE MAJOR INFLUENCE IN YOUR LOVE OF COOKING? All the chefs I worked with in the UK. Michael Van de Elzen WHO, IN THE COOKING WORLD, DO YOU MOST OST ADMIRE? Probably the likes of Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver for the sheer hard work they put into everything they do.

DO YOU THINK KIWIS ARE LEARNING THE HEALTHY FOOD MESSAGE? They are listening to it but I think the learning is going to take a lot longer to sink in.

WHAT IS YOUR SECRET INGREDIENT? Chilli, Kaitaia. Fire.

WHAT ENCOURAGING MESSAGE DO YOU HAVE FOR YOUNGSTERS WANTING TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF COOKING? Don’t do it. No, just be prepared to put in the hard yards.

IF YOU WERE MINISTER OF FOOD WHAT WOULD BE YOUR FIRST RULING? I would bring in a stamp system. Food would have to have a coloured stamp on it, red for stop, green for go, orange for moderation. I would make it much clearer for people to understand just what is in products.

WHAT THREE NEW ZEALAND FOODS ARE TOP OF YOUR LIST? Fish, I just adore snapper. Mushrooms. And coffee ... is that a food?

TELL US THREE THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW OR MAY BE SURPRISED TO LEARN. You will find me in the forest mountainbiking on a Saturday morning. I iron my underwear and socks – my wife thinks I am a freak. I love chilli.

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So throughout our anniversary year, Laservision will be raising $15,000 by donating funds from each procedure to purchase a new set of night vision goggles for the crew of our local Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

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In a two part series, we look at the process of painting a room, from preparation to finish. So this month we start at the beginning – equipment and preparation.

Painting a room

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Brushes The brush you use depends on the job and the grip you use depends on the brush.

Trim and sash brushes with pencil handles are grasped much as you would a pencil, giving better control for intricate painting. With beaver-tail handles on larger brushes, you will need a stronger grip as the brushes are wider and heavier.

When loading a brush the aim is to get as much paint on the wall as possible without dribbling it all over the floor or yourself. It should only take you a few times to gauge how much paint your brush will hold.

With the first dip, move the brush around in

the paint to open the bristles and let the brush fill completely. It will be easier to pick up a full load if you jab the brush gently into the paint with each dip.

Gently slap the brush against the inside of the paint tin or lightly drag it across the inside edge of the lip to remove excess paint.

To “cut in” - neatly paint up to a line where two edges or colours meet - use a trim brush with bevelled bristles. Paint five or six strokes perpendicular to the edge of the ceiling or the wall then smooth over these strokes with a single, long stroke, painting out from the corner first, then vertically. Where the wall and ceiling come together, use downward strokes on the wall first followed by smooth horizontal strokes.

On the ceiling itself, cut in strokes toward the centre of the room. Then paint a smooth horizontal stroke on the ceiling that follows the direction of the wall..

Another cutting-in approach, beading, can almost eliminate the need to use masking tape to protect one painted area from another.

Use a bevelled trim brush with long bristles and press the brush lightly against the surface, then, as you move the brush, add just enough pressure to make the bristles bend away from the direction of your brushstroke. Keep the brush away from the other coloured surface.

The bent bristles and the pressure will release a fine bead of paint that will spread into the gap.

With both methods of cutting in, it is better

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Roller As with brushes, the roller you choose depends on the surface and the finish you require.

Fill the well of the roller tray about half full, and set the roller into the middle of the well.

Lift the roller and roll it down the slope of the tray, stopping just short of the well.

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the well once more, and roll it on the slope until the pile is well saturated. You will know when you have overloaded the roller as it will drip en route to the wall.

The most effective method of painting with a roller is to paint two or three-square-metre areas at a time. Roll the paint on in a zigzag pattern without lifting the roller from the wall, as if you’re painting a large M, W, or backward N. Then, still without lifting the roller, fill in the blanks of the letters with more horizontal or vertical zigzag strokes. Finish the area with light strokes that start in the unpainted area and roll into the paint. At the end of the stroke, raise the roller slowly so it does not leave a mark. Start with a roller stroke that moves away from you.

On walls, that means the first stroke should be up.

Go to the next unpainted area, and repeat the technique, ending it just below or next to the first painted patch. Finally, smooth the new area, and blend it into the other finished one.

Making sure you have the right equipment for the job is important.

Trim and sash brushes with pencil handles (bottom left) give you more control for precision painting and the roller (left) you use depends on the surface

Prepare room for painting It is best to remove all the furniture from the room but if this isn’t possible, cluster the furniture in one area and cover it and the floors with drop cloths. And take down the curtains and the hardware.

If you are painting over a newly primed wall, you can skip the preparation. But if you are painting over a previously painted or second hand surface, look for rough, peeling or chipped areas. The best way to find flaws is to hand sand, taking off any high spots. If you find flaws, now is the time to fix them.

Plaster and fill holes and sand smooth. Prime any timber surfaces before repairing any faults.

Scrape older windows and doors to remove any flaky or peeling paint then sand smooth and blend into the area around it. If you get down to bare timber on woodwork don’t forget to prime. In the last article we covered the importance of primers and sealer undercoats.

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Rod has owned the Plymouth since 1972 but has known the car a lot longer.

“It was sold in Ashburton as new in 1936 and had been passed down through three generations of the one family before I came to own it.

“I had always liked the car as I’d seen it driving around and one day I got chatting to the owner who mentioned he was thinking of selling it and I told him if he was I would take it off his hands.”

Rod may be the fourth owner but the car is almost as new.

“It is basically as new. It has had the odd thing done to it to be maintained over the years but just a bit of upkeep and tidying – no major problems.”

Over the 40 years Rod has only had to add a bit of paint, some new upholstery and give the engine a tune up, but the Plymouth has had to beat out other contenders for Rod’s motoring affections.

He has had various other cars over the years but when it came time to choose the Plymouth stayed and the others moved on.

“I owned a 1976 Buick which was a really nice car but was a bit heavier on the fuel.

“I had a Triumph TR6 which I thoroughly enjoyed but again when it came time to choose I had to keep the Plymouth.

“The fact it runs at an economical 20 miles per gallon (12L/100km) usually came into it and it has been such a reliable car.”

Rod’s Plymouth isn’t a classic that sits idly in his garage either. It hits the road often with the stone chips in the paint work the evidence to prove it. “We’ve got it to use, not look at it.

“I take it out regularly – it is our second car.

It’s also our only car with a tow-bar so it gets any jobs involving the trailer.”

As a runabout it gets through its fair share of work but through his association with the vintage car club the pair have clocked up a lot of kilometres.

“There are not many places in the South Island it hasn’t been. I’ve been down to Bluff up to Nelson and over to the West Coast and almost everywhere in between.”

Still travelling around capably, at 76 years old, the Plymouth still makes good speed.

“It runs quite comfortably at 50m/h which is roughly 80km/h. I’ve got no idea what the top speed. I’ve never been that inclined to push it that hard but I would say it can still get up over 100km/h.”

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