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Various issues and items of interest from the Wainui-Okitu Community Group.
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PUBLISHING EDITOR Gray Clapham 90 Moana Road, Okitu Wainui Beach, Gisborne Phone 868 0240 Fax 867 7010 ..................................
10-19 NZTA plan a guardrail to deter dangerous parking at Makorori surf area.
Andrea Skuse and her book about Moko. Ridge House—Glen and Kim’s new accommodation venture. Lana Phillips furthers dancing ambitions. Christie Carter helping Mentawai tsunami victims. Mexican theme for local bar. Jae Mills dresses MTV star. Amazing fish caught by hand in Makorori lagoon. Makeover for Pouawa marine reserve access. Kids clean up the beach. Surf club review.
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beach babes 20-21 They’re at it again! Seven new babies and more on the way.
CONTRIBUTORS Kelly Ryan, Cory Scott, Norman Weiss, Dr John Rouse, Maryanne Egan, Tessa McCormick, Linda Coulston, Toni Trafford, Cat Brown, Mike King ..................................
beach life 22-27 School report. Athletics day photos. Maryanne brings waiata to the beach. Schools’ cultural festival photos. Fancy dress disco. Local terriers dashing at fundraiser.
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beach weddings & occasions 28-29 Locals tie the knot plus Kim’s 5oth; Debbie and Michelle’s breakfast bash.
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30-38 Warm welcome at the Chalet. First families in Sponge Bay Estate. 32 The Golfer: The life and times of Peter Rouse. 36 The Brothers Quinn: The enviable surfing lives of Jay and Maz.
COVER: Pohutukawa flowers remind us it’s summer while Bobby Hansen surfs deep inside one of our Government protected waves.
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Bring back number 37!
WE WANT AND need you to be members of the Residents Association. It is really critical for us to have a significant portion of the community as members. Our mission statement is—Beach Voice for Beach People. With a strong membership, comes a strong voice with the Gisborne District Council on issues facing Wainui and Okitu. The greater our membership, the greater our voice. So join up today. Subs are only $10 per adult or $20 per household. For information on joining, send an email to info@wainuibeach.org.nz with “membership” in the subject field.
BACK WHEN COUNCIL was trying to reticulate Wainui and Okitu, they proposed Plan Change 37 to protect the unique character of the community once reticulation was in place. When reticulation was rejected, Plan Change 37 was also tossed into the bin. Well, there is a possibility that Plan Change 37 may be resurrected as the Wainui/Okitu Project. This would be good news. It would give the people in our community the opportunity to develop a future vision for what we want our community to be. We may begin to see some activity in this respect in 2011.
Live here, get the t-shirt ... THESE CLASSY T-SHIRTS, organised by the Residents Association, are now available for purchase and ordering. Christmas is just around the corner and they would make great gifts. They come in a range of men’s and women’s sizes and two different styles. They are available in white and grey. They are reasonably priced at $25 per t-shirt if you are a member of the Residents Association. If you are not a member, the cost is $35 for the first t-shirt. $10 of that goes to pay your membership subscription. After that each t-shirt is $25. The Association makes a very thin $3 profit on each t-shirt. If you would like an order form, send an email to info@wainuibeach.org.nz with “t-shirts” in the subject field. Or contact Craig Jenkins (867-2126) if you would like to have a look at them. They are also on sale at the monthly Surf Swap at the Wainui Store.
On-site wastewater WoF progress GISBORNE DISTRICT Council is in the process of developing policies and regulations to ensure the proper use, care and maintenance of on-site wastewater systems, formerly known as “septic tank systems.” This is a district-wide undertaking and does not focus only on Wainui/Okitu. Staff from Council have been consulting with the Association’s Committee on how best to develop a Warrant of Fitness programme that is non-intrusive and cost effective for residents and property owners, while meeting Council’s need to regulate these systems. They have also asked the Committee’s advice on how best to engage with the community so that outcomes are supported by the community. At Wainui-Okitu there are currently three things happening. First, Council is making a study of the Wainui Stream to determine what
proportion of faecal contamination comes from humans and what proportion comes from farm activities and animals. Second, a survey is being developed to gather current information on each property’s wastewater system. Third, a series of community meetings are being planned so that Council staff can get feedback from the community on the direction to take in this endeavour. This third item is significant in that Council want the community on-board during the development process, rather than calling on the community to comment on the final product once it is completed. Email us at info@wainuibeach.org.nz if you have any ideas, comments, concerns or suggestions. If we are not significantly involved in this project, then Council will just do it how it wants to do it.
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Future stormwater volumes are a concern IT SEEMS, OF all the areas of our community, the Wainui Stream is most affected by stormwater. This is because stormwater from several subdivisions naturally drain into this stream. This includes Sponge Bay, Sandy Cove 2, Wheatstone Road and potentially Rifle Range at some time in the future. During storm events, residents along the stream have noticed increased flows and increased degradation of the beach at the stream’s mouth. This is the case even though there is little actual home building going on in these subdivisions yet. For example, only four of a potential 94 homes are currently under construction. Residents see the effects now. What will it be like when Sponge Bay is fully built out? Sandy Cove 2 will have over 20 homes. However, Council has been slow to accept
the anecdotal evidence of residents. The Association continues to press the Council on this matter. As a result, we expect sometime in the near future to see flowmonitoring devices put in place to measure actual water flow during storms. Additionally, Joss Ruifrok at Council will be undertaking a study of the effects of stormwater in the Wainui Stream catchment. He expects to begin this study sometime in 2011. By putting off action on this matter, Council takes the chance that there will be huge expenses to “save the stream” once it has degraded significantly. Bay of Plenty and Waihi are using costly “sand pillow” technology to rescue some of their streams and waterways. Go to the community website www.wainuibeach.org.nz for a full discussion, with photos, of the possible effects of these subdivisions on the Wainui Stream.
Watching those proposed plan changes THE ASSOCIATION RECENTLY made a submission to Council, on behalf of the community, regarding two proposed plan changes—known as Plan Changes 38 and 42. These plan changes simplify two aspects of development regulation. Plan Change 42 specifies the infrastructure developers are required to fund and put in place in their developments. Plan Change 38 simplifies the rules governing developer contributions, financial and otherwise, that must be paid to Council. Both proposed plan changes seemed well thought out and well-presented. The Association supported the plan changes, but added that we expect the rules for development and the associated infrastructure will be such that developers are responsible for and are held accountable for the infrastructure required in their developments. All costs for such infrastructure must fall on the developers and not on the general ratepayers of the district. The rules for development must clearly put on the developers the responsibility for mitigating any potential adverse effects that their developments may cause on the properties and lifestyles of those that may live or own property in the area that may be affected by the development. Council should also put into effect a policy that holds developers accountable for a certain period of time (say one year from the completion of a development) for any adverse effects that their development may cause.
Development seeking residential lifestyle status IN OCTOBER, THE owners of property along Scarly’s Way in Lysnar Valley applied to the Gisborne District Council to have approximately eight hectares of land rezoned from rural residential to residential lifestyle. If approved, this zone change would reduce the minimum section size for this property from one hectare to 3000 square metres. This would make possible the subdivision of the eight hectares of land into approximately 21 sections. This would have the potential to significantly change the character of Lysnar Valley from a purely rural nature to one that has a neighbourhood situated in the midst of a rural setting.
Submissions on this application closed on 22 November. Let’s hope that you put in a submission if you felt strongly for or against this application. If you did not, it is too late now. It is in the hands of the Council to decide. Should Council approve the application, then the Association would encourage Council to put conditions on any subdivision and development that would ensure there are no adverse effects from things such as stormwater runoff, street lighting and traffic along Lysnar Street—also that the developers, not the ratepayers, would cover the costs of any measures to address adverse effects.
There is always lots of good information on the community website. Go to www.wainuibeach.org.nz and have a look.
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Coastal Policy will have big say on future of our beach communities THE RECENTLY RELEASED New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010 should be of major interest to all readers and will obviously will have a major impact on the future structure of our beach communities. The NZCPS sets out policies on coastal issues including protection of outstanding natural features and landscapes, planning for subdivision and development, protection of biodiversity and water quality and management of coastal hazard risks. The NZCPS is the only compulsory national policy statement under the RMA. Local authorities are now required to “give effect to” the NZCPS in their regional policy statements, regional plans and district plans. The new statement replaces the NZCPS 1994 and is more specific about how some matters of national importance under the RMA should be protected from inappropriate use and development. Key differences include: • Direction on protection of natural character, outstanding landscapes, biodiversity and nationally significant surf breaks. • Stronger requirement to identify where water quality is degraded and should be enhanced. • Direction on maintenance of public access to and along the coast, identifying walking access as the basic priority and better management of vehicles on beaches. • Updated policy on the management of coastal hazard risks. The NZCPS 2010 contains 7 objectives and 29 policies. In summary, the objectives relate to: • Safeguarding and sustaining the coastal environment. • Preserving natural character and protecting natural features and landscapes. • Recognising tangata whenua. • Maintaining and enhancing public open space and recreation opportunities. • Managing coastal hazard risks. • Enabling people and communities to provide for their social, economic, and cultural wellbeing through subdivision, use, and development in the coastal environment. • Ensuring compliance with New Zealand’s international obligations. The NZCPS 2010 can be found at www.doc. govt.nz/coastalpolicy. BeachLife | 9
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“Forget about protecting the surf breaks, we’re still waiting for wetsuits to be invented!”
Incredible! Six surfing spots within BeachLife magazine’s circulation area have been recognised officially as “surf breaks of national significance”.
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hen I read the news of several of our surf breaks getting Government recognition I couldn’t stop picturing a classic old photo of three young surfers shivering around a fire on Makorori Beach in the early 1960s. These guys were amongst our first surfers, unknowingly pioneering a sport and a way of life that would eventually define a generation. The concept that the cold winter waves they had just been riding would one day be recognised by the Government as “nationally significant” would have then been beyond their comprehension. But half a century later, the waves that rifle along Makorori Point must now be cherished and protected from anything that might have an adverse effect on them—the Government says so. It’s all in Policy 16 of the recently released Coastal Policy Statement (2010) which lists 27 New Zealand “surf breaks of national significance”. Three of these are at Wainui, two at Makorori and one at Sponge Bay Island. At Wainui they are Stock Route, Pines and Whales (I wonder why they missed the The Chalet), at Makorori its The Point and The Centrebreak, and of course Tuamotu or “The Island” off Sponge Bay. These breaks must from now on be protected by “ensuring that activities in the 10 | BeachLife
by Gray Clapham coastal environment do not adversely affect the surf ” and by “avoiding adverse effects of other activities on access to, and use and enjoyment of the surf breaks”. If we join up the dots from Makorori Centre to Tuamotu Island, what we have here in effect is an 11km national surf park. For what affects any part of this coast will surely have some effect on one of more of the protected surf breaks. East Coast MP Anne Tolley was reported saying the inclusion of the Makorori and Wainui breaks, and The Island, will be music to the ears of local surfers who treasure the coast. “What this means is that local authorities need to ensure they account for the protection of these areas when developing regional plans or making decisions on coastal development. “It’s great to see that local surfers who submitted on this issue have been rewarded for their efforts.” District councillor and Wainui resident surfer Andy Cranston says the NZCPS is an initiative that really aligns with the protective aspirations of so many in the Wainui community. “This is important in giving formal recognition to what we have been saying for so long—Gizzy is the Surf Capital! The recognition and formal listing of these breaks gives real teeth to protecting these locations from here and into the future and applies to the associated beach area—and at the other end of the swell corridor.” What sort of “protection” does the NZCPS 2010 actually provide? It appears to mean that all regional and national authorities must consider what affect any sort of man-made development would have on these gazetted surfing locations. Any submission to develop the coastal environment could be opposed if the development threatened to upset the quality of the surf experience. It will be interesting to see how the developers and their lawyers interpret Policy 16 “These waves need Government protection.”
in the future. Veteran surfer and Wainui beachfront landowner Dave Timbs woke up on October 29 to find a “protected surf break” right in front of his home overlooking the Stockroute along Wairere Road: “What it means to me as a surfer to have his home surf break gazetted as nationally significant is that any proposed beachfront development, erosion controls and stormwater runoff will have to include what significance they would have on the ocean floor, and therefore the surf,” he says. “I think this gazetting is good for all the beach because one part of the beach can not be altered at the detriment of another. The beach now has to be view in its totality and not as separate pieces.” Another local with a passion for the surf, Teddy Colbert, says the concept of protecting the surf breaks is “definitely a good thing”— but he questions who decided which breaks were to be given protection status and which ones were to be left out. He wonders why beach breaks like Pines and Whales were given “national significance” ahead of some of the classic reef and point breaks in places like Mahia. The answer is probably politics. Submissions were called for and those who made the weightiest submissions were probably the ones rewarded. But who can argue against the overall concept and the fact that five locations at Wainui and Makorori have been singled out ahead of iconic surf centres like Piha and Mount Maunganui. More than anything, the special status given to our local surf breaks will continue to enhance our reputation as a surfers’ mecca. That in itself could be seen as a negative to some locals—if all this attention sees more travelling surf seekers competing for space on our “nationally significant” waves. How we long for those good old days, shivering around the fire at Maka, when life was so much simpler ... -
beach news Will the building of a guardrail to stop roadside parking at Makorori come under the new Coastal Policy statement which says access to surf breaks must not be adversely affected by development?
Guardrail to stop parking near Makorori Point
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he roading authorities are planning to have another go at barricading off the popular but dangerous car parking strip alongside State Highway 35 at Makorori Beach again very soon. And an organised turning bay is to be set up to allow safer turning access in and out of the car parking area known as Red Bus. The recent purchase of this popular parking area and venue for surfing contests by the District Council means they can now commit funds to its upkeep and development. As a result NZTA is now willing to do the road works. For over 50 years surfers and other beach-users have parked on the narrow strip between the highway and the beach to enable quick access along the beach to Makorori Point for both surfing and seafood gathering. The sight (above) of a full line of cars parked along the verge is usually a sign that “surf ’s up” at Makorori—a situation that gets even more chaotic at times of major surfing contests. However the “relaxed attitude” to the safety of parking on this strip is to end with NZTA saying a guardrail will ensure that traffic turns at the most desirable point rather than at random points along the road.
“There is a constant flow of vehicles to and from this popular surfing site and this will make things safer for motorists by reducing the risk of head on collisions. There have been three reported crashes at this site in the last ten years and numerous near misses,” NZTA state highways manager Mark Kinvig told BeachLife. Gisborne District Council community facilities asset manager, Terry McMillan, says the security of public ownership and public access seems to have prompted NZTA to advance the turning bay work. The increase in surfers using the car park and the increase in logging trucks using SH35 has elevated priority for this project. “It appears to be in everyone’s interest to make this area safer and the Gisborne Boardriders Club have supported implementation of safety measures,” he says. The Red Bus makeover will only go as far as the NZTA entrance work as GDC is still preparing a Management Plan for the whole of Makorori. “That will guide the development and future spending on the beach and reserves from the headland to (and including) the settlement beach front,” says Mr McMillan. -
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beach news Moko The Dolphin book author Andrea Skuse with husband Matt and children Jed, Emilie and Holly.
Moko book a “bestseller”
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LOCAL MUM WRITES CHILDREN’S STORY BOOK. Lysnar Street’s Andrea Skuse will soon be able to call herself a “bestselling author”. Copies of her and husband Matt’s venture into children’s book publishing with Moko The Dolphin have been flying out the door at Gisborne’s PaperPlus books shop since the book’s launch in early November. Andrea, mother of three, started writing the rhyming verse for the story around the time Moko established himself at Mahia and the idea of publishing a book was put together with Madrid-based actor and illustrator Nikoleta Sekulovic who has Gisborne connections. The book was designed and published by Matt’s business, Live Creative, in Gisborne. The books and canvas prints of the illustration can be bought online at the website www.mokothedolphin.com
NO HIDEAWAY ON TOP OF THE HILL: Kim Holland and Glen Mills definitely have a great touch when it comes to hospitality. They made their former Cleary Road backyard famous as The Big Tree Hideaway for a number of years—so imagine what they will achieve now they own one of the most fabulously sited homes in Gisborne. Ridge House, as it was named by leading architect Peter Bossley, sits atop its own summit on Wheatstone Road with a 360 degree panorama of rural, city and ocean views. This summer Kim and Glen have finished extensive additions and renovations—providing two tastefully appointed and ensuited guest rooms, not to mention a stunning infinity pool—and are presenting Ridge House to the travelling world as a venue for “luxury accommodation”. “It’s a place to relax, enjoy and indulge,” says Kim. “A place for special getaways or celebrations—wedding nights, anniversaries, birthdays. We can also cater for small functions and group bookings by arrangement.” While guests have the run of most of the spacious, artistic house and its 2.4 hectares of grounds—the bedrooms will be their sanctuaries. The Kahu Room (for the hawks that soar over the summit) has a superking arrangement and the Kotare Room has queen bed configuration. Both have views, private patios, ensuites, fridges and minibars, television, quality linen, bathrobes and toiletries. Guests can also make use of their own lounge and library and of course the outdoor living spaces, swimming pool and spa. Glen and Kim’s famous gourmet breakfast and “real coffee” are part of the equation. Big Tree Hideaway—which was in effect, a couple of renovated shearers’ cottages—made the pages of Cuisine and other travel magazines regularly in its day. What success the couple have presenting Ridge House as a luxury accommodation venue we will know doubt soon read more about.
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Dancing dream draws nearer
Christie and Alice with their new 15-metre charter boat.
LOCAL GIRL EARNS HUGE OPPORTUNITY. Cheerful after-school Okitu shop girl Lana Phillips of Douglas Street is about to join the prestigious and extremely-hard-to-get-into New Zealand School of Dance. The 17-year-old is one of only six New Zealand dancers accepted for the school next year out of around 600 who auditioned from New Zealand and Australia. We don’t want to say “told you so” but in our Spring 2009 issue of BeachLife Lana’s potential for great things was foretold by writer Maryanne Egan. “Lana—the eldest daughter of Maria and Sam Phillips, and sister to Eden, Keely and Max—is one of New Zealand’s aspiring young dancers. One to watch for in the future,” she wrote in the story headlined “Ice cream girl dancing to stardom”. Lana leaves school this year and will join the dance school in Wellington for three years in early February. After graduation Lana’s goal is to join a prestigious contemporary dance company in Sydney or maybe even New York. Wainui masseur Norman Weiss has sponsored his neighbour Lana Phillips with regular sports massage therapy since reading about her dancing ambitions in BeachLife last year.
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Mexican fare at local cantina THE BAR REOPENS WITH A MEXICAN FLAVOUR. Whatever you remember it as—Off The Wall, Sandbar, Tsunami Bar—our local restaurant is about to come to life again as “Cantina Calienté”. The concept of a Mexican restaurant in our neighbourhood will surely be welcomed, particularly with the knowledge that its owners, Darlene and Ken Funston (pictured above) of Wheatstone Road, have years of experience in the business of operating restaurants and preparing Mexican cuisine. The Funstons aren’t opening a Mexican restaurant purely because they thought it might be a fun idea—these expatriot Californians have a genuine interest and passion for the culture and the cuisine from south of the border. From Santa Cruz, Ken (an original ‘60’s surfer) and Darleen later migrated to Lake Tahoe where they both worked in and managed restaurants, one being the resort’s prominent Mexican restaurant, “Cantina Los Tres Hombres”. The Funstons have come to Wainui with a portfolio of recipes supplied by Mexican associate Juan Guerrero Carrillo, who helped them develop the comprehensive menu for their New Zealand adventure. Mexican food is known to be inexpensive and the Cantina Caliente respects this premise. Over the bar starters like tortilla chips with salsa, cerviche (raw fish) or guacamole; quesadillas and nachos (like you’ve never tasted before) range from $6.00 to $18.00. In the dining room there’s a range and combination of classic Mexican menu items at prices ranging from $16 to $24. Non-Mexican Kiwi favourites, like steak and fish of the day, will also be prepared. The Funstons have been busy refreshing and architecturally enhancing the premises—adding colour and redefining the the bar and dining areas. Full bar service will operate with margaritas, sangria and Corona beer providing the Mexican flavour, along with the usual range of beer, spirits and local and New Zealand wines—as well as low and non-alcoholic beverages. The plan is to be open around Christmas-New Year, operating seven days a week from 4pm. Breakfast and lunches will be a possibility over the summer, if demanded. Most people say a busy local bar and restaurant is vital to our sense of community out here at the beach—so here’s wishing all the best—buena suerte—to Cantina Calienté!
THIS IS THE BEST WE HAVE IN CELEBRITY GOSSIP. Unless you’re in-the-know, you probably wouldn’t know, that Wainui has a couple of connections to the popular youth television channel MTV. Sam Kelway, the Tauranga teacher who got to interview the stars while covering one of the biggest music events in the world for MTV in November, is a cousin of our famous shoe designer sisters Cate King and Sarah Busby. He’s Meg Busby’s sister Katherine’s son. The 26-yearold landed a three-month gig as an MTV presenter after winning the channel’s six-part reality series Pick Me MTV. One of his first assignments was to join well-known MTV presenter Jay Reeve on the red carpet at the European Music Awards in Madrid— and there lies the second connection. If you think cool Jay Reeve—who wears the best fashion clothes when on camera—dresses himself, think again. Wainui’s Jae Mills, now living in Auckland and respected in the fashion industry, chooses Reeve’s clothes and shows him how to wear them. Our Jae, who has his own successful fashion label, is employed (when he’s needed) by MTV as a “style consultant” for the presenter. Jae, former senior designer for “Huffer”, is into his second season with his own brand “Commoners_Alike”, which is sold mostly through boutique stores around the main cities. He is also manager of The Black Box fashion store in Grey Lynn.
Jae Mills (left) with MTV presenter Jay Reeves. Jae the designer looks after Jay the presenter’s on camera styling.
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Sharelle Hindrup House of Hair HO HUM, ANOTHER CRUISE SHIP IN THE BAY. Wainui and Makorori ocean watchers are getting used to observing majestic white cruiseliners wafting along the horizon. Local experts are able to name the ship by its shape and cabin configuration. BeachLife reckons this beauty is the 290m Sapphire Princess, one of the world’s largest cruise ships with a capacity for 3188 passengers and 1238 crew launched in 2004 at a cost of $400-million. The ship was cruising south from Auckland to Dunedin and obviously pulled in close to our coast so passengers could view our exotic shores and watch the natives bathing (in October!). Gisborne is expecting port visits from four cruiseliners next year starting with the Oceanic Discoverer on January 11.
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Easy access to Pouawa reserve
DOC GIVES POUAWA TRACK A DO-UP: The most outer reach of BeachLife’s “territory” would be the northern end of Pouawa Beach where it becomes the Te Rongokako-o-Tapuae marine reserve. Despite its close proximity to the urban fringe of Gisborne at Wainui Beach it is a place of some isolation in the mind’s eye of people who like to wonder the ocean’s edge. However the most recent upgrading of access to the reserve has made visiting and exploring this protected beach much more accessible and “user-friendly”. The final stage of this Department of Conservation project has seen the creation of a proper carparking area at the end of the once almost inaccessible “beach access” road, complete with public toilet facilities. DoC area manager Andy Bassett said the $80,000 project is not quite finished: “What we’ve done is establish a proper carparking area, complete with rock-surround garden plantings, right at the beach end of the access road. We’ve put in a water tank and public toilets, and done a lot of planting all along the access road.” To finish off the development, bollards will go in around the parking
area to prevent vehicle access to the fragile dune environment. In the Gisborne Herald recently Roger Handford reported Mr Bassett and his staff saying the proliferation of four-wheel-drive vehicles and quad bikes was a serious threat to the wildlife that lived there: “Everybody thinks it’s their right to drive along the beach—they don’t seem to realise the damage they can cause,” Mr Bassett said. Because the Pouawa beach reserve area can be accessed elsewhere, DoC can do nothing to stop vehicles driving along the sand, but Mr Bassett pleads with drivers to stay away from the dune areas where the birds nest. “These areas, their plant, insect and bird life, are so susceptible to damage by vehicles—and there are so few of these areas left. We can only ask people to appreciate the assets we have and help us preserve them.” A plea has also gone out requesting people not to bring their pets to the reserve. “We don’t need dogs or other animals chasing the bird life—especially in the breeding and nesting season,” Mr Bassett was reported. Established in 1999, the Te Tapuwae o Rongokako marine reserve is the result of years of work by Ngati Konohi and the Department of Conservation. The reserve protects a piece of the coastline of approximately 2450 hectares. It is special in that it contains eight marine habitat types, including inshore reef, rocky intertidal platforms and sediment flats that are representative of the marine area between East Cape and Mahia Peninsula. Kina, marine snails, sponges and other animals are common. Some of the fish include spotties (paketi), banded wrasse (tangahangaha), red moki (nanua), hiwihiwi, butterfish (greenbone, marari), marblefish (kehe) and parore. The coast attracts high numbers of crayfish and the crevices and overhangs can host hundreds of tiny crayfish, depending on the time of year. -
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Beach litter blitz “Who would’ve thought you could have so much fun cleaning up other people’s rubbish?”
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thought maybe 10-15 people might turn up to help. On the first day alone 70 people turned up!” reports Blitz Surf Shop owner Euan Nelson and organiser of a recent massive clean up of rubbish from the district’s beaches. “The smallest crowd we had was 25 and over the six days around 280 people turned up to help and we took pretty much a trailer load of rubbish off each beach.” Euan says the clean-up covered Waikanae, Midway, Wainui, Okitu, Makorori and then Kaiti Beach which produced the least amount of rubbish: “I thought it would be one of the worst. One of the parents did find a dead dog which wasn’t too pleasant but she managed to hide it from all the kids. Makorori was the worst. The beach itself was pretty clean but there were loads of full rubbish bags under the trees and in the carparks where people are obviously driving in and dumping stuff. “Sadly there was a lot of broken glass in several of the carparks but the worst being the one by the Okitu stream which is a bit of a worry given how many kids play around there.” “Most of the people who turned up were children, which was part of the aim of doing it during the school holidays, and obviously their parents, so that was pretty cool. I had hoped more surfers would turn up as we are probably the biggest users of the beach. Hopefully this happens next time we do it. I did notice that the days we did Wainui and Okitu that there were more of locals turning up which was good to see. “We plan to do it all again probably at the end of the summer school holidays so hopefully we’ll get similar support. Many hands make light work and the more people we have helping the more of a difference we can make. “Like a lot of beach residents and beach users I hate seeing rubbish on our beaches and often pick bits up on the way out of the surf or when I’m down on the beach but it seems to be a never ending battle. “Now I own Blitz Surf Shop I have a lot of ways of getting in touch with lots of people to organise something like this that is of benefit to the whole community. “We plan on doing it again so hopefully we’ll build on this and get some momentum going for the future. And who would’ve thought you could have so much fun cleaning up other people’s rubbish?” -
Finn Johnson, Brie Ryan, Olive Johnson, Noah Collier and Manawa Ruru at the Wainui Beach clean up.
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ate Fraser does nothing by halves. By the late 1980s, the rural girl from Whangara had become the brains behind the Sydney-based, prestigious Herbs of Gold range of nutritional and herbal products and by 2010 was taking a similarly international approach to her BetaVet range for the equine industry. That’s besides creating an environmentally sensitive, residential development in the northern Lysnar Valley, which her family has owned for 40 years. The first ten sections of Scarly’s Way, as she calls it, are now up for sale. Kate spent her younger years on parents Sue and Ian’s Hikatu Station inland from Whangara, and attended Whangara and Ilminster schools. Her love of Wainui began in 1969 when her father bought Waimoana Station and put Scarlet Poi in as manager. “Dad ran the two farms and we spent a lot of time on Waimoana docking, shearing and riding.” After she finished high school at Woodford, the bright lights of Sydney beckoned and a job in advertising for the Bride To Be magazine was hers. They were exciting days as the magazine went from a 90-page black and white publication to 260 pages of full colour. In the mid-1980s, she made a left-field shift to study herbal medicine with esteemed Australian herbalist Dorothy Hall. “Instead of being a practitioner, I decided on a whim to create my own range of herbal products. This was the era when herbal medicine was still regarded as somewhat fringe. I started dabbling and found it extraordinarily interesting.” Herbs of Gold was launched in 1989 and 10 years later had become the number four health food brand in Australia. “I was very lucky. Health Minders, a very large distributor of vitamins and health food products, took me under their wing and helped bankroll Herbs of Gold in the early years. I focused on the sales, marketing and product development.” She also became involved with MediHerb, headed by an internationally renowned herbalist and research scientist Kerry Bone. “This brought a new level of expertise in manufacturing, herbal information and knowledge to my products.” As the brand grew, Kate became an ABC radio and television personality, using her extensive traditional and scientific knowledge to promote the benefits of herbs. On the back of several successful, credibility-building clinical trials, she launched some lesser-known herbs on to the Australian and New Zealand markets. “The first success we had in the Australian market was celery seed extract for arthritis pain and joint problems – which put Herbs of Gold on the map—followed by the 1992 introduction of echinacea into the market. Echinacea and Herbs of Gold became household names. “I am now using both echinacea and celery seed extensively in the BetaVet range for horses and animals, and developing a joint support formulation based on celery for arthritic and working dogs.” 18 | BeachLife
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Kate Fraser (right) and daughter Madison with her BetaVet veterinary range of herbal products. Meanwhile, she had met Dunedin-born husband Max Rawson, a trained French patisserie chef, and in 1993 their daughter Madison was born. In 2002 she sold Herbs of Gold and returned to Gisborne. “I had already thought deeply about returning to New Zealand because I wanted to raise Maddy as a Kiwi and to have family around us. I felt she was missing out on a lot in the middle of Sydney. I wanted her to be like other New Zealand kids - resilient, in tune with the natural environment, spontaneous and with feet on the ground. My Sydney friends thought I was mad at the time heading off to a ‘remote destination’. They seriously did not understand my motivation.” They returned to Gisborne with the aim of Kate pursuing her equine interests but she was waylaid by her organic farming friends who desperately needed a certified organic drench for treating intestinal worms. BetaVet was set up and BetaDrench Formula One duly launched in 2009 after clinical trials conducted by Massey University to establish its efficacy. This formula has the organic BioGro certification. Kate then began developing a range of effective herbal solutions for the competitive equine industry, show jumping, dressage, eventing and polo—paving the way to the creation of an equine range while Maddy was competing on the show jumping circuit and Pony Grand Prix series. Kate’s siblings Simon, Digby and Trudy share her love of horses. Digby ran Waimoana Horse Trekking for many years, and Trudy and her daughter Sarah Aitken set up the Lysnar Valley Equestrian Centre about six years ago, teaching children to ride and adults returning to the saddle. Scarly’s Way has been on the drawing board for a few years. Gisborne District Council has now developed a new lifestyle zone to accommodate the development. The last time a comprehensive plan was developed for the area was 1921 when former
land owner W. Douglas Lysnar planned a new town of some 200 residential and lifestyle sections. Kate Fraser’s vision is less grand and more in keeping with the environment she cares about. “This will be a Lysnar Valley community of the future, a development that my mother, sister and my own family will look out on to. It has to be right. We have kept the whole concept as green and environmentally sensitive as possible.” She has built covenants into the subdivision including making the sections unable to be further subdivided—they are about 3000 square metres—and banning fireworks. “The last thing I want is a development that is incompatible with the valley.” Resource management consultant Ross Muir says the zone change has allowed for the planned development of a significant area of the valley in a way that would not be possible with individual subdivision proposals submitted on an ad hoc basis. Over the past 20 years, the Fraser family has been behind some of the housing development in Lysnar and Winifred streets, street names that reflect the property’s former owners Winifred Lysnar, who ran a successful riding school in the area, and her entrepreneurial father and politician W. Douglas Lysnar. Kate Fraser named Scarly’s Way – the road to her development—after Waimoana manager Scarlet Poi who later left to manage Raparapaririki at the base of Hikurangi mountain. Kate finds little time for her recreational pursuits of running— “more like jogawalk”—yoga and some riding as BetaVet is the major focus for this hard worker. “I’m currently developing a herbal product for treating mastitis in organic and conventional dairy cows and am involved with another round of Massey University trials. “After a break of eight years, I’m back at the coal face, with a new brand and a new business —a new canvas with an old paintbrush so to speak—but it is much less daunting this time around as I actually have the picture.”
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Wainui surf club review REPORT BY MIKE KING
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ver the winter months we have had several successes in the competition side of things with Wainui attending the Surf Lifesaving New Zealand Pool Championships in Wellington. This was the second time we have competed in this event. There were over 30 clubs and an Australian development team competing against the New Zealanders. Wainui had a number of great performers with Laura Quilter not far off best woman competitor of the event. Ben Quilter in U19s, Bree Biddle in the U13s, Abbey Falwasser Logan, Georgia Harris, Julia and Mandy Sykes, Jack Thorpe, Jack Virtue, Jonty Low, Ben McCulloch, Joe Puddick and Joe Zame all got national championship medals. Toby Harris was selected for the New Zealand development team this year. The team competed in Japan at the Sanyo Bussan International Lifesaving Cup in September against some of the world’s best athletes from six different nations. Toby won a third in the beach sprint and third in the beach flags. A very impressive achievement for a 17 year old. As we go to print Toby is trialing for the New Zealand team to compete in a similar international challenge at the Mount in February. Ollie Puddick (who is now based in Australia to train in the warmer climate over the winter months) competed in the famous Coolangatta Gold 35km surf lifesaving ironman event in the U19 age group—his father John attended as his gear handler. Ollie led the 38 athletes out of the first 15km ski leg. Was third after the 7.5km board leg, fourth after 2.5km ocean swim then dropped away in the 10km soft sand run to finish a close 7th only 30 seconds behind fourth place—a lot of hard work put in over winter on the Gold Coast for that result. With these sort of results Wainui looks like having a very competitive future over the next few years. There is a level of competition for everyone in surf life saving. All our competitors started as nervous novices —so come on down and introduce yourself to any of our members over the summer. Surf life saving is a great
lifestyle to get involved with at any age. Our lifeguard instructor Diego Pedrioli was awarded the best Surf Lifeguard Instructor in New Zealand at this year’s Surf Lifesaving New Zealand awards. This is a huge achievement and is great recognition for somebody who puts in hours and hours of volunteer time at our club. (You may also have seen him playing for the Wainui Demons football team). The last time any Gisborne surf club received an award at this level was when several of our members (Grant Fussell, Daniel Williams and Belinda Galley) saved a number of people’s lives when a family drove off the Okitu bridge and into the stream. Junior surf has started again. Fly Falwasser-Logan and her bunch of fantastic parent-helpers are down at the club every Sunday morning from 10am to 12noon. So if you have any kids from the age of 5 to 14—bring them along and get them involved in all the beach and ocean activities plus they might even learn some surf survival skills that could help them in the future. Volunteer surf lifeguard patrols have started for the 2010-2011 season. Club members patrol on Saturdays from 1pm to 5pm, Sundays from 10am to 6pm and all public holidays from 1pm to 5pm. We have nine patrols rotating, each consisting of eight club members. Paid lifeguards will be at Wainui Beach from December 20th through to the 25th January patrolling weekdays from 10am to 6pm or 9am to 5pm depending on beach-user trends. This means there will be lifeguards on our beach seven days a week in between these dates. Please remember to swim between the flags when the surf conditions get rough and if you have any visitors coming from out of town over the summer months who want to swim at our beach—please point them in our direction. Club officials this summer include Mike King (president), Dion Williams (club captain and coach), Diego Pedriolli (instructor), Nathan Teutenberg (IRB instructor), Fly Falwasser-Logan (junior surf coordinator). The surf club phone number is 867 4280.
Jump up, turn around, get set and sprint—then you’ve got to fight for a flag. But having the strength and power to be first up and first to the flags is the recipe for beach flags success. Wainui’s Toby Harris is the man of the moment currently holding the U19 New Zealand title. BeachLife | 19
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beach babes Neil and Julie Walker are doing very well in the grandparent stakes. Daughter Sarah’s baby girl Eve Amelia Metcalfe (Evie) was born on September 26 this year. Sarah’s husband Ben works as marketing manager for Hurley in Sydney. Youngest daughter Claire and her husband Stu (also living in Sydney) have two children. Eban is three and Max is 15 months. And that’s not all —the Walker’s eldest daughter Heidi is expecting twins at the end of December.
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Oska Jack Gunness was born 18th August 2010 at 7 lbs 14. A brother for China and a son for Jade and Damon Gunness.
A second generation Wainuian, Jaxon Allan, was born on November 12 at 7lbs 1 to Larisa and Marcus Allan. A second grandson for Mary and Roger of Wairere Road and cousin for Charlie.
Sister gets in first. Charlie Thomas Allan was born on August 5 last year at 7lbs 5 to Belinda Allan and Jeremy Castles in Wellington. First grandson for Mary and Roger Allan of Wairere Road. The family are now living in Gisborne, having bought a home in Harris Street recently. Bindy continues to write for Consumer.
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Another family having a sequel on the Beach Babes pages are the Vareys of Wairere Road. Peter, Sarah and Nellie Bea, now two, welcomed Alice Jane Varey on September 12. Hamish Simpson, formerly of Makorori, with his new son Maximus Ngaira Simpson who arrived on 28th October 2010 at 7lbs 6. Hamish married Jessica Ngaira in January this year. PHOTOS BY JAIMÉE CLAPHAM
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Students give Wainui School an end of year report
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s year sixes, we have the responsibility to be role models for our school. We are the leaders of the students so we need to be responsible and reliable. The staff have selected all of us year sixes to take on many important jobs like road patrols, peer mediators, office duty and wet day monitors. At the beginning of each year, all of the year sixes go to Camp Kaitawa. At camp we had lots of fun doing educational activities like orienteering and raft making. Camp is a great experience for everyone who goes there. You get to spend lots of time with your friends and go on exciting adventures and hikes. There is a small lake for a swimming hole and we get to go kayaking in it. During this week we get to see our teachers in a different light and get to know them better. They get to know us better too. There are lots of opportunities during the week’s highlights. At the start of term two 2010 Marcus Williams opened our brand new library. Built in the shape of a wave with walls made of glass, our library represents our beachside school. The design of this building is so unique that it has won two architectural awards. Wainui Beach School provides us with the opportunity to go out on Friday mornings for a surf. Ms Storm Dunn organises the parent helpers who drive the year sixes to the selected beach. A few of these parents help in the water to support us and make it safe. Ms Dunn makes sure the spot is safe for all of us. Mr Shawn Collier, our caretaker, prints surf club tee-shirts for us surfers. This year the tee-shirts are black. We get the chance to have guitar lessons with Mr John Minogue at school on a Wednesday. He organises the participants into different groups according to their skill level. We get to learn different songs each week that we can perform in school events. This year we also performed at the Festival of Orchestras with the other schools in our district. During the warmer seasons we train to compete in our school swimming sports and triathlon. In summer we do swimming for our fitness. We are lucky to have a solar-heated pool so we can swim longer. Shawn Collier recently got a certificate for perfect water quality in the pool. Since we are next to the beach, our cross country is along the sand dunes of Lysnar Reserve and The Pines. We walk from the school to the start line and sit in the shade of the trees. Lots of parents, grandparents and our extended families come to support us. What is great about all our sports events is that all the students try their best and all the school cheers for and encourages everyone. Our athletics is held in term four over at the soccer field opposite the school. The senior and the juniors do their track events on the field and then the seniors do field events on the school grounds.
The field events include high jump, long jump and ball throw. The winners in the events get to go to inter-schools. Each year the senior pupils try to break the school records. Better luck next year! You can choose to be in a soccer team, netball, rugby, softball, cricket, gymnastics or mini ball. If you commit to a sport you have to stick with it and go to practices. Most of the games are played on Saturdays and all of them are held out of school. Some days we go to the beach for a walk or for a sand castle competition. This opportunity is fun to do and good for your fitness. Being at a school located across the road from the beach is awesome because it opens up cool opportunities—like going to surf club! Being in New Zealand means that we get to do Kapa Haka. This is a big focus for us on Fridays and we practice some songs in our own time. Maryanne Egan has been our teacher for the past two years. She has taught us the songs and actions for our performances. Each year the whole school performs at the Turanganui Festival. This is also well-attended by our families. We feel very proud that everyone from the youngest to the eldest in the school participates. This year we had a Board of Trustees election. Our BOT members are Ian Ruru, Chris Hayward, Ailsa Cuthbert, Chris Shaw, Storm Dunn and Nolian Andrew. They work hard to keep our school on the right track. Another group that helps us a lot is the Friends of Wainui. Thanks to them, all classrooms have heat pumps which make a huge difference to our learning, especially in the hot weather. They are always looking for ways to raise money to get us things we need. This year our Board of Trustees, principal and students decided that our school values would be “respect and responsibility”. Our principal, Nolian Andrew, tells a story about this at each assembly on a Monday. We try to reflect these traits in our daily lives at school and whenever we go out of school. There are four year six teachers in two classrooms. Room One teachers are Francis Rowland and Jackie Kirikino. Room Two teachers are Storm Dunn and Jo Kingi. Each class is mixed year sixes and year fives. Our teachers are awesome. They mix fun with learning and we get to go out for games at the end of some days. “With responsibility comes privilege and vice versa,” says Mrs Jo Kingi, our Room Two teacher. The teachers encourage us to do our best and strive to our limits, then persist beyond them. We feel sad about leaving Wainui Beach School as most of us have only been to this school. We are looking forward to going to intermediate but we will never forget the learning and fun that we have had here. We think that any child that is lucky enough to come to Wainui Beach School will get a great education from all the excellent teachers, and will have a great time. REPORT BY ALYSHA NGAIRA, EMILY FITZGERALD, SAM CIROLLI AND RIAKI RURU.
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Wainui School athletics day ABOVE LEFT: Jack Thorpe, Dimitrey Carruthers and Henry Smith. ABOVE RIGHT: Bree Allan, Taylor Te Aho Rangi and Rebecca Collier. RIGHT: Jack Thorpe, Jonny Watkins, Dimitry Carruthers and Henry Smith. BELOW RIGHT: Sadie Start-Walter, Nina Busby, Daisy Peterson, Tanya Reedy and Asia Braithwaite. BELOW: Ruby Trafford makes short work of the high jump. PHOTOS BY TONI TRAFFORD
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Maryanne brings waiata to Wainui E nga mana, E nga reo, E nga karangarangatanga, Tena koutou, tena koutou, E mihi nui kia koutou katoa. Ko Mereana (Maryanne) Egan toku ingoa. Ko Ngati Kahungungu raua ko Ngati Porou oku iwi. Ko Kahuranaki raua ko Hikurangi oku Maunga. Ko Ruataniwha raua ko Waiapu oku awa. Ko Takitimu, Tuahuru, Whangara, Rongopai, Hiruharama raua ko Parihi Manahi oku Marae. Ko Takitimu taku Waka. Ko Arapeta Wright raua ko Harata Eruera (Edwards)-Morrell oku tipuna. Ko Josephine raua ko Ernest (Ernie) White oku matua. Ko Gary Quinn toku hoa tane. Ko Kimberley raua ko Karyn Egan oku tamariki. Ko Maz & Hayley raua ko Jay raua ko Holly Quinn ki nga tamariki O Gary. Ko Cooper Quinn ki taku mokopuna. Ko au te kaiako o Kapa Haka I roto I te kura o Wainui.
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ia ora koutou. Over the past year there have been a number of occasions where I have sung, performed or helped in our Wainui Community—singing a waiata at the late Ian Francis memorial service and a local resident’s birthday. This of course has led to a number of curious questions as to why I sing and talk Maori and teach Kapa Haka – in between having the Okitu Store, Coastguard and various other commitments. Firstly, although on the outside I have fair skin, blue eyes and sandy blonde hair, I have strong Maori connections and affiliations. My mother was born in Nuhaka, raised in Mahia and Wairoa and moved to Gisborne to marry my Dad who also has Maori connections spread up through the East Coast to Waihau Bay. Being the youngest of six children I was immersed into “Te Ao Maori” with a huge expectation to learn the culture, the reo, the tikanga, marae protocol, karanga etc. From a very young age I would be taken to various marae with my mother and expected to join in and partake in whatever activity was going. Bi-culturism was our family upbringing. I also come from a teaching background and was HOD of Maori Studies at Campion College and tutored the Kapa Haka group there for several years. I was a junior member of Waiherere and Iwitea Kapa Haka groups also. Fortunately for me, my passion for Kapa Haka evolved and, while I have not participated myself in performing over the past few years, when I was asked to tutor the 220 children at Wainui School, it was with excitement that I said “yes”. This position has been a challenging one as most of our students had a relatively raw and basic understanding of Maori Culture and Kapa Haka to start with. Yet today the school performs exceptionally well and the students have an understanding and pride in themselves and the Maori Culture. Every Friday morning we hold practices both in Junior and Senior syndicates. Learning has involved the teaching of Karanga (calling) Whaikorero,
Maryanne Egan. (speech) Poi, Tititorea and Nga Rakau, (short and long sticks), Waiataa-ringa (action songs), Moteatea (chant) and Haka (male and female). Some of the students have learnt to be Kaeas (leaders) and have done exceptionally well in these roles. Students and staff have used all these skills on school marae visits, at the opening of the new school library and in welcoming ERO officers to the school, as well as participating in the Turanganui Schools Maori Festival and performing at end of year prizegivings. Each year growing stronger and stronger. Personally I have to say a huge thank you to my awesome guitarist Lawrence Rangi and his lovely wife Toni for their tautoko (support) and aroha. Arohanui ki a korua. These talented two have voluntarily given up many hours to help and they have written some great songs and music – thank you so much. To all the parents of Wainui School who have been in to help with resources, kauae and ta moko on performance days, washing of uniforms, dress rehearsals and putting up with the singing in the shower, car and in supporting the hangi fundraisers – thank you! To the teachers of Wainui School – you do a fantastic job with the students – keep faith in them and be rewarded in their outcomes! There has been a lot of adult interest, from parents in particular, wanting to learn the songs the children are singing – so please feel free to join in the school teaching times or, if there is enough interest, I am willing to put together some social learning sessions at a time that suits, so you can support what your children have learned. I leave you with a whakatauki (proverb): “E hara pai I te tawhiti rawa, ki nga mea e haere tikatia, ahakoa, he maunga matauranga, I pirangi koutou ki te piki” – Although the mountain of knowledge may seem huge always aim to reach the peak on the horizon and be the best that you can be! No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. MARYANNE EGAN
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Wainui Beach School entered teams in the Turanganui Schools’ Maori Cultural Festival in November. LEFT: Lily Alton, Alice Brotherton, Kayla Hutchings, Alysha Ngaira, Isabella Collier and the two in front are Bonnie Grealish and Renata Akuhata-Brown BELOW: Isabella Frota and Olive Johnson BOTTOM: Yula Brockob, Lucy Allan, Amalee Harrison, Zara Potter and Eden Lewin. PHOTOS BY LINDA COULSTON
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Fancy dress school disco ABOVE: Shiannah Kopua, Ruby Trafford, Yahna Lodge, Meg Grealish, Hana Daube and Kayla Dawson. RIGHT: Arnica Lewin, Georgie Pitkethley, Jayde Lodge and Clare Milne. RIGHT MIDDLE: Anika Sutherland, Ella Sutherland and Hannah King. RIGHT BOTTOM: Stephanie Collier, Ella Saunders, Imogen AmorBendall and Minnie Jackson. BELOW: Leucadia Shaw, Bree Allan and Bonnie Grealish. PHOTOS BY TESSA McCORMICK
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Local terriers show fine form A number of Wainui-bred thoroughbreds (and a mongrel or two) took part in the recent Terrier Racing derby to raise funds to support women with Breast Cancer. LEFT: Asia Braithwaite parades Giovanni for Fashion in the Field. RIGHT: Expert handler Bronny Kay had her hands full. BELOW LEFT: Ingrid Spence with Ewok and Jake Stephens with Zak in the starters hands. RIGHT MIDDLE: Sam and Ngaire Tanner with Alf, who was very well behaved on the day. BELOW: If you haven’t been to a Terrier Racing event yet, you are missing one of the funniest spectacles you may ever witness!
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Weddings and parties ...
ABOVE: Kim Holland of Wheatstone Road and partner Glen Mills celebrated Kim’s half century with friends recently. Julie Hathaway, Kim, Glen, Ian Smail, Richard and Gaynor Rogers group up for BeachLife.
ABOVE: Anna Charrington and Matt Schmelz were married at the beach in mid-November. PHOTO BY HAYLEY DALTON
A big day out ... ABOVE AND RIGHT: Birthday girls Michelle Nyholt and Debbie Wooster celebrated combined birthdays with a champagne breakfast gathering before everyone set off for the Gisborne Wine Festival in October.
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Wainui all the way ... LEFT: Bridgette Malone and Grant Donnell were married on Makorori Headland on November 13, with a reception at the Wainui Surf Club and a detour to the Wainui Store for ice creams. Left to right—Carl Ferris, Briar HardyHesson, Petrece Kinkade, Fred Brockob, Marc Ferris, the bride Bridgette Donnell (nee Malone), the groom Grant Donnell, and Marg Stephens. PHOTO BY cat brown photography
ABOVE: Former Wainui girl Sarah Jones, daughter of Russell and Felicity, married her Scotsman, Alastair Campbell, at a gathering of family and friends at Loisel’s Beach on November 14. The couple live in Gisborne and have a bonnie wee lad, Oron. PHOTOS BY JAIMEE CLAPHAM
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Chalet Surf Lodge hosts Leigh and Peter Dawson with daughter Kayla and Wags and Minx.
Chalet is still the place to rendezvous
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t’s all go again at the Chalet Rendezvous. In its most recent incarnation as The Chalet Surf Lodge the historic Wainui building is in good care and back in business full-time as an upmarket seaside accommodation house. The business is now being run 24/7 with live-in hosts Peter and Leigh Dawson teaming up with owner Nicola Watkins to offer a mix of holiday accommodation options in a hospitable family environment. The Chalet has beds for up to 22 guests which was successfully tested in October with the hosting of an 18-strong team of young school-aged surfers and their managers from Canterbury staying for the week of the scholastic surf competition. The Chalet offers an upstairs self-contained suite offering three double bedrooms, a kingsize family room with a double bunk and a room with six bunk beds. The suite has a self-catering kitchen and two bathrooms plus a large deck overlooking the ocean. Rooms can be taken individually or the entire suite booked for large groups and families. For backpackers, or “flashpackers” as they prefer to call them today, the Chalet has a six-bed dormitory complex downstairs (two doubles and four singles) with its own self-contained kitchen, lounge and outdoor entertaining facilities. Again there is the option to book as a self contained unit, or it’s available for individual backpackers. For all guests the Dawsons provide dinner and breakfast as required which they have the option of taking back to their own living areas, or they are welcome to join the spacious family dining table in the main lounge overlooking the beach. In warm weather guests can make full use of the outdoor facilities on the lower front deck which once again commands spectacular views of the surf rolling in across the road at the surf break named after the former famous licensed restaurant built by an eccentric Swiss chef in the 1950s. As the Chalet Rendezvous Restaurant and Tourist House, which opened for business in 1957, it was renowned for being the first restaurant in New Zealand with a licence to serve liquor. With its European-style decor and continental cuisine the Chalet attracted a star-studded clientele of both local and national dining dignitaries from the early ‘60s through to the mid-‘80s. 30 | BeachLife
It has had had several lessees and owners since then with the present owner, Nicola, buying the Chalet in 2006. Previous owners had successfully turned the distinctive Swiss chalet style building into a popular backpackers’ stopover with a focus on its location beside one of New Zealand’s best surfing beaches. Nicola is carrying on this concept with help from the Dawsons who bring a variety of assets to the business. Leigh is a true-blue local, born at Makorori Beach and then growing up on Moana Road. A Wainui School and Wainui Surf Club old girl she is excited to bring her family “back to the beach”. Ironically she was the manager and maitre de of the Chalet Rendezvous in the 1980’s era of the restaurant’s ownership by Malcolm and Annette McArthur. Leigh has long experience in the hospitality industry in both New Zealand and Australia. Builder husband Peter is the weekend “maintenance manager” of the property and is charged with continuing renovations started by Nicola which are aimed at both preserving the historic integrity of the building and making it work more efficiently as an accommodation house. 11-year-old daughter Kayla, and “Wags” the friendly SPCA refugee, add to the warm, family atmosphere guests encounter at the Chalet. While close friends do make “Fawlty Towers” jokes, it is the Dawsons’ good humour and always-welcoming conviviality that gives the Chalet Surf Lodge its genuine point-of-difference. And while the concept of an English-style beach resort bed-andbreakfast might best describe the style of the business, it also has miles of “street cred” with travelling surfers who know they have the closest bed to the best surf breaks on the coast. Add to this mix the huge lounge (the former restaurant dining room) with the best seaview in town, acres of comfortable leather lounge suites and a huge home theatre system which guests are welcome to enjoy. Nicola is keen to retain and cherish the amazing history of the Chalet Rendezvous and has recently added hundreds of historic photographs to the Chalet Surf Lodge web gallery which provides a nostalgic look back at not only the building but the lifestyle of the 1950s in Gisborne. The Chalet Surf Lodge website is at www.chaletsurf.co.nz. -
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ion and Nicola Williams have enviable views from their brand new home in the grassy acreage that is the Sponge Bay Estate housing development on the town edge of Wainui Beach. As one of two first new homes to be occupied in the subdivision they have unobstructed views across the still empty sections to the green hills all around the new development. But not for long. Already a third new home is going up in the estate, right next door to the Williams at number 5 Law Street. And just around the corner Chrissy Hutchings has also moved in to her and husband Ben’s new home at number 46 Hamilton Drive. And therein lies a story. The Williams and the Hutchings are friends and related through marriage—and since purchasing sections in the new estate a race has been on to see who would move in first. Dion’s claim at being first in was ambushed on the morning they arrived with the furniture truck on November 9. Out of the Hutchings’ home appeared Chrissy Hutchings who hooted out and performed a victory wiggle-dance on her front lawn. Apparently she had moved in the night before and slept on a camp bed. Husband Ben is still in Australia finalising business over there. Dion and BeachLife magazine are looking through the rule book to see if temporarily sleeping on a camp stretcher alone beats a full
Nicola and Dion Williams enjoy the temporary rural views from their new home in the Sponge Bay Estate.
furniture move and first night sleeping in bed as a couple. Whatever the official result, Dion and Nicola love the move and are looking forward to the empty paddocks around them eventually becoming a residential community. Dion has big Wainui connections having grown up at the beach since his parents Debby and Trevor Williams moved into their “Nana’s” house in Douglas Street in the mid 1980s. At 37 Dion, who is a field technician for Hydro Technologies is a semiretired champion surf life saver who won 18 national medals as a Wainui surf club competitor. He is now head coach for the local club. Nicola is an accounting clerk at BDO and treasurer of the Wainui surf club. Dion and Nicola bought their section off the plan at the beginning of the development (before the recession) for much more than the current prices for a similar block today. However, they sold their own home in town before prices fell and are philosophical about how things went in the real estate market. They are just happy to have a stunning, brand new home (built by Wainui builder John Puddick) for much the same price as buying an older home off the beachfront at Wainui today. As Dion says: “It's just 3½ minutes to the Stockroute by bike with my surfboard under my arm.” -
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The Golfer Peter Rouse and the weapon he has wielded on the district’s golf courses for well over half a century.
The term “living legend” is often over-used these days but in some instances the description is apt. Never more so for one man who lives amongst us—the Wainui Beach man who can best be described as “The Golfer”. He is in fact a man of many skills but Peter Rouse gained his legendary status predominantly via his talent at the sport of golf. In his prime he played with and against the best amateurs in New Zealand. Some say he could have gone on to play professionally and could have competed at international level. However he chose a country life and lived out his working days as a respected East Coast hill country farmer inland from Te Puia Springs and played his golf locally—confounding as well as inspiring most who came up against him on the district’s golf courses over the past 60 years. At 73 years he is still considered a threat to opponents of all ages who shake his hand on the first tee at any local tournament. This then is a look at the life of Peter Rouse— The Golfer. Much of the information for this story was supplied to BeachLife by Peter’s older brother, Dr John Rouse, who most recently wrote a history of the Poverty Bay Golf Club of which he is currently patron. 32 | BeachLife
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eter Duncan Rouse. For those who know him, a living legend. Like all of us he owes his beginnings to chance, luck and circumstance. In the world of golf Peter’s prowess was shaped by events, the most important was the 1945 formation of the Te Puia Springs Golf Club. His East Coast farming parents, Ellis and Nell, played leading roles in setting up this picturesque country golf course, which became a winter sporting and social venue for the people of the district, on a plateau of farm land near Te Puia Springs, commanding views of Mount Hikurangi and the sea out from Waipiro Bay. As parents and keen golfers the senior Rouses would travel down from the farm to play at the Te Puia Springs golf club every Sunday. Their three children were left to “mess about” with old golf clubs, balls wrapped in sticking plaster and tees made from matchsticks. At the age of eight Peter remembers being taught how to swing a golf club by club member and East Coast farmer, Freddy Jefferd. He says he has never really varied the technique of that swing to this very day. By age 14 in 1950 he was boarding away at secondary school in Nelson. Back on the farm for the August holidays a mishap resulted in the need for a bone chip to be removed from his right elbow. Bill Park, orthopedic surgeon, forbade rugby. In its place Peter and three school friends would bike every Sunday afternoon, carrying bags of clubs over their shoulders, to the Nelson Golf Club’s Tahuna links where they were junior members. He quickly reached a single figure handicap which he has maintained for 60 years. Home again for holidays Peter played in his first East Coast Open Championship that year. Despite “doctor’s orders” Peter did play rugby again in his final year at college and a few years later, back on the family farm near Te Puia, he was selected to play for the East Coast, only to be sidelined by a leg injury. Father Ellis put his foot down and decreed: “There’s no future for you in rugby. You are going to be a golfer”. In his prime Peter played with and against the best in New Zealand, either beating or scaring every name in amateur golf. His first outing with the Poverty Bay East Coast Freyberg Rosebowl Team against Auckland, at Otago’s Balmacewen in 1962, saw him take a win and a half on the first day. And in the 1981 interprovincial, at Poverty Bay, he recorded four wins while playing at number one. With Eric Gordon
beach people (one other local golfer who no less deserves “legendary” status) he was a runner-up in the 1967 New Zealand Amateur Foursomes. A time-line of Peter Rouse’s golfing dominance is written in gold paint on the honours boards of the golf clubs of this region. At Te Puia, his home club for most of his younger life, he won the East Coast Open Championship ten times, the last occasion in 2001 aged 63. He held the club’s senior championship for a total of 26 years. He held the coveted title of “King of the Coast” by winning the Tolaga Bay Open Championship eleven times. He won the Poverty Bay Open Championship five times. While Peter marched down the fairway of life as a winner on most occasions—gaining a reputation as a tough competitor on and off the golf course—he is also a man known for his generous spirit, happy to give advice if asked and always interested in the progress of fellow golfers of all abilities. Just as important as his success at competition was the effort he put back into the game. With a natural talent for coaching and correcting a fault in a player’s swing, Peter encouraged many young people into golf, helped older players having difficulties with their games and has been a mentor for many with outstanding talent—being rewarded with some exceptional outcomes. He has also served in the voluntary administration of both the Te Puia and Poverty Bay clubs. A born leader and a man of charisma he is universally well liked for his excellent company and good humour. He is often called upon to make the closing speech at formal events or to come up with heartfelt words at celebrations and milestone occasions. His success in life, according to his brother John, is the result of disciplines instilled in great part by his parents, Ellis and Nell. Mother Nell, was born in Manchester, England. With her mother and one brother she arrived by sailing ship at Tokomaru Bay in 1912 at three years of age, there to join with her English immigrant father who had found work as a teamster on the 10,000 acre Ihungia Station, just north and inland from Te Puia Springs. Father Ellis was born in Nelson, the son of a Motueka farmer, and in
the late 1920s followed in the footsteps of an older brother to become a shepherd on Ihungia Station, almost certainly upon the strength of having had an uncle as teacher at Waipiro Bay Primary School. Ellis and Nell met and married and worked hard to eventually become farmers and landowners in their own right. Peter was the second son of the union, born at Tokomaru Bay, to be followed by two sisters, Judith and Gillian. Home was by then the family station “Kiteroa” (‘long view’), 3½ miles along the Ihungia Road, and rising to 1500 feet with a distant view of the Pacific Ocean. There was plenty to occupy Peter in his childhood days from working at household chores to being an honorary sheepdog. Trips to town in those days meant the precarious drive with his parents down to Waipiro Bay which was then a thriving settlement with shops, a theatre, snooker halls, wool stores and hotels. In an earlier time along this route his grandfather, the wagon driver for Ihungia Station, drove himself, his horses and a wagon full of Christmas supplies over a bank to his death on a fateful Christmas Eve. Peter’s education was at first correspondence school with his mother as teacher and then he followed his siblings to a nearby remote country school at Tuhua in the Takapau Valley, attending from standard one through to six. The daily routine meant being dressed by 7am to catch and saddle “Lucky” before breakfast for the three-mile, one-hour ride to school on a horse who could be difficult to catch in the morning but by 3pm was champing to get back to the farm. Brother John, had like experiences on “Tarzan”, on long-term loan from Tommy Harris, an itinerant Kiteroa farm worker, overseas on service during WWII. He says the white winter frosts of the Takapau Valley, where nestled Tuhua, bit hard into the shoeless and short-pantsed riders, but such discomforts were taken for granted. With a roll of 24-30 pupils and a sole teacher, playtime pursuits included longball, hopscotch, cowboys and indians and summertime swims in the nearby creek—team sports negated by the diverse age range.
A moment of glory nearly 30 years ago at the Freyberg Rosebowl Interprovincial hosted by the Poverty Bay Golf Club where Peter won all his matches. BeachLife | 33
beach people “The teachers of the played what golf he could era, who had to deliver at Poverty Bay and then at education across several the Wairoa Golf Club. age group classes, must 1960 saw him back be highly commended for on the Coast to set up providing a sound basic permanently at Kiteroa education. “A disadvantage in partnership with his was that small, sometimes father and to take over the one-child classes, made property on his parents’ it difficult to assess retirement in the midone’s scholastic prowess. 1970s. There were delegated In his first few years as responsibilities including a bachelor farmer living starting the open fire on the remote East Coast, during the winter term, Peter would often travel where in general the class to Gisborne for tennis room really only warmed or golf events and one up by home time. And weekend, while socialising after school on Fridays the with friends in Pare Street, two most senior students Wainui, he spotted a became day cart boys—the “pretty girl down on the clay subsoil being hard beach wearing a blue digging, the reward five bikini”. shillings each at the end After “keeping an eye on of each term supplied by her” for a number of years the school committee. Big he eventually (in 1965) money in those days.” married Dorothy Rose As secondary schooling Wallis, a farmer’s daughter Peter and Dot exchange wedding vows in 1965. beckoned John was given from Te Karaka. Brother the Hobson’s choice of attending Nelson College, never to be regretted: John says it proved to be a stable and loving relationship—the popular “The attractions included a grandmother living at nearby Richmond, couple individually and together noted for their generous hospitality, father Ellis being was born in the region and in 1947 the cost of board along with consistent care and devotion to family and friends. at Rutherford House (named for old boy Sir Ernest Rutherford, the They have two sons and a daughter. Mark, a Taupo landscape scientist who split the atom) was but £5 per term.” gardener, and Lorraine have school age boys, Jack and Charlie. Johnny Peter was to follow John to Nelson in 1950. The shock of transforming manages Mangatarata, a high-country sheep and cattle station on from the rural East Coast school to a college of 600 students was made the Mata Road, just south of Tokomaru Bay; he and Kirsty have three easier by friendships developed with many other boarders from the children, William, Tom and Ella, all pre-schoolers. Daughter Lills is a Gisborne district. registered nurse, recently working at Hastings Hospital; she and Nick “The three-times-a-year routine was to travel by car to Gisborne, have even more recently become parents of George. train to Wellington station, walk to the ferry wharf, sail overnight by SS As a successful farmer—with strong support from Dot—Peter took a Aruhura to Nelson—Cook Straight, classed the roughest crossing in the major interest in community affairs, a trait inherited from his parents. world—taxi to school, eat breakfast, attend assembly and then into the He held positions of president of a Young Farmers district, the Ruatoria classroom.” branch of Federated Farmers, the Te Puia Golf Club and the Ruatoria Upon leaving school Peter went on to make a career in farming, first Lions Club. He became vice-president of the Ruatoria A&P Association for two years as a shepherd at Paparatu Station inland from Manutuke, at the age of 32 followed by two years as president, overseeing two very on a 14,000 acre block managed by Trevor Horton, also a keen golfer successful shows. He had terms on the Waiapu Hospital Board and, and member of the Poverty Bay Golf Club. Fellow shepherds included following amalgamation, was an inaugural member of the Tairawhiti Mick Allan and Tony Armstrong. Then there was a move to head District Health Board. shepherd at Tangiwai Station, out of Wairoa, at which he arrived by Importantly, Dot and Peter also concentrated on giving their family riding the inland road with his team of dogs. During this time Peter good starts in life. The children were organized for the nine-mile daily
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beach people journey to Te Puia Primary School from Kiteroa, Tuhua having long since closed. There followed a logistical need for the children to attend boarding schools at secondary level. While Peter followed his passion for golf predominantly at the Te Puia Springs course with trips into Gisborne for major events, sheep and cattle farming took first priority until the mid-1990s when a decision was made to sell Kiteroa to forestry. With that came an end of an era and a shift to Wainui Beach, and therein lies another story. In the 1940s, when Peter was a child, the 70-mile trip from Te Puia to Gisborne—at no faster than 30mph—was an arduous journey for the Rouses of Kiteroa. In this era, with land newly-developed along the seafront at Wainui Beach, it was the trend for the district’s hill country farmers to buy cheap beach properties and build simple “baches” in which to stay overnight on trips into town. In 1946, and £50 later, the senior Rouses purchased a bare section atop the dunes along Wairere Road fronting the ocean. The resulting bach was a converted garage from a motor vehicle repair business which became a town base where family and friends could stay overnight after school dances, tennis tournaments and other social and occasions. “The idea of too much holiday was generally tempered by working on the section, painting the building, digging the garden, cutting the grass, with just a little time for sun and surf; always being wary of the Wainui rips,” remembers Dr John. Due mostly to Peter’s love of good company and his all-round conviviality, by the late 1950s the bach at 111 Wairere Road became widely known as “The Rouse Cabaret”. The cabaret days came to an end in 1975 when the bach was replaced by the Rouses’ present purpose-built home of substance, built as a retirement home for Ellis and Nell. Twenty years later, after selling Kiteroa, Peter and Dot moved to town also and have lived along Wairere Road since 1995, upgrading part of the house to take bed and breakfast overnighters. Upon arriving in Gisborne, Peter continued his input into golf, joining the Poverty Bay Golf Club. He became the junior development officer for golf in schools, before passing the job on to Kirsty Sharp in 2000. From 2000-2007 he was president of the Poverty Bay Golf
Club. From 2005-2007 he was the Poverty Bay East Coast delegate to the Council of New Zealand Golf. Over the years Peter has received impressive and justifiable awards and acknowledgement, including a Life Membership of the Te Puia Golf Club. In 1998 he received the Air New Zealand Eastland Sports Award “for his contributions in the sport of golf ”. In October 2008 he received the highly-prestigious Civic Citizen’s Award, for his services to golf and the community. Peter will no doubt be a little embarrassed by this article’s attention and shies away of remarks that he might be the region’s best golfer in living memory. He says long-time friend and golfing adversary, Eric “E.J.” Gordon, has a stronger claim to that accolade. He also remembers with admiration older golfers like Eric’s brother Frank Gordon, Roly Field and Bowser Toogood who were the “legends” of their day. At 73 Peter Rouse is hardly retired. In his alias as The Lawn Ranger, he runs a busy lawn mowing business and continues to play golf as and when the grass stops growing. Just seven years ago, in 2003, in his mid 60s, Peter was playing off a +1 handicap following a six month period where he played Poverty Bay par or under 11 times, including two rounds of 68 and one of 69. Three years ago he shot a round of 70 at Poverty Bay, to equal his age. Today, he has crept out to a course handicap of 8 and while still in the top 6 percent of New Zealand golfers, he is hard on himself as he curses the ruthless reality of advancing age. Arthritis around that chipped bone in his elbow is finally interrupting the rock-solid “swing” he has maintained almost perfectly for six decades. Yet, despite protestations to the contrary, he refuses to lie down— entering the major local tournaments at Te Puia, Tolaga Bay and Poverty Bay that he once held the mortgage on and enjoying each match he plays for its own merit. Most local golfers are aware of the icy stare he delivers when he decides you are the target to “gun down” on a given day. He plays on knowing the top young players of today are wary of him still, that tournament organisers rely on his charisma in and out of the club house and that players of all abilities get a huge thrill should they get to play with or against him. One thing all local golfers know is that he is, and will be, hard act to follow. -
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beach people Surfer Maz Quinn (left) has a big road behind him while brother Jay (below) still has the best ahead.
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The Brothers Quinn Maz and Jay Quinn are two of New Zealand’s finest surfers—ever. Both have carved professional surfing careers and done so in different eras. Maz began professional surfing in 1996. In 2002 he did what no other New Zealand surfer had yet done when he qualified out of the WQS (World Qualifying Series) into the WCT (World Championship Tour). Maz retired from the WQS in 2008. These days Jay is the Quinn whose name features on the WQS judging sheets, battling the best in the world to make it into the WCT. What do these Wainui surfing brothers have in common? What are their secrets of success? What do they do when we go to work each day? In this article KELLY RYAN answers these questions and others about the Brothers Quinn. 36 | BeachLife
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orn seven years apart, Maz and Jay Quinn remarkably share the same birthday each 7th of August. Maz was born in 1976 and Jay arrived on the same date in 1983. Two brothers who—through a natural talent for surfing—lead separate lives but walk a similar path. Maz is the elder and Jay is the youngest child of Gary and Phillipa Quinn, with sister Holly (who is now 29) coming in between. As brothers, and then later as competitors, the boys have always had a happy, brotherly relationship. Jay—pointing to the sevenyear age gap for the lack of serious sibling rivalry—says they grew up in different eras. Maz moved on from primary school before Jay had even started and was surfing in Australia at the start of his professional surfing career while Jay was still a little kid at Wainui Beach School. As a pre-teen Jay seemed to have no
intention of following his brother into professional surfing, preferring to play around on a boogie board, much to his older brother’s dismay. Maz says Jay finally began to stand-up surf when the bullying and pressure from Steve Roberts and himself became too much for the youngster to resist. Maz noted the instant connection Jay seemed to have with a surfboard under his feet—and immediately recognised the potential talent his brother had been hiding. At this time, in the late 1990s, Maz had eased into professional surfing following the Australian, Brazilian and European legs of the WQS. These were what Maz describes as “the good times”.
During this period he teamed up with a bunch of young Aussies—Sam Carrier, Steve Clements, Ozzie Wright and Paul Paterson— and together they vanned their way around the then three-month European leg of the World Qualifing Series (WQS). Away from home for the first time, young and pumped, Maz says these were memorable times—which allowed him to get the “party out of his system” early in the piece. In 2000 he ramped up the commitment as a full-time competitor, travelling and competing right around the world doing the entire WQS. The following year in 2001—after a series of good results culminating in his first win on the WQS in France—Maz qualified for and joined the big time of the World Championship Tour (WCT). He began the year with a hiss and a roar with what was to be prove be his best-ever result on the World Tour—a fifth placing at the Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast. Then it was on to Bells Beach, Teahupoo, Fiji, Jefferies Bay, Trestles, Europe, Brazil and Hawaii where Maz continued to perform well achieving a creditable 9th placing in France. Maz says when a WCT surfer places second in the man-on-man second round of an event it gives him a placing of 33rd (nick-named “dirty turd”). This essentially means you are last equal with every other second-round loser. Maz admits that he did suffer a few too many “dirty turds” during his year on the WCT.
Arriving in Hawaii Maz needed quarterfinal finishes or better at both the “Sunset” and “Pipeline” events. He got 17th in both and in doing so finished below the cut for the 2003 WCT season. Maz was back on the qualifying circuit again. Training hard, focused and firing, Maz pushed on but professional surfing in the WQS is a tough, cut-throat, dog-eat-dog environment. By 2008, after six solid years on the WQS attempting to re-qualify for the WCT, Maz decided to “call it a day”. After 14 wild years training, travelling, competing and bouncing home for short stopovers Maz admits “retirement” was a huge shock to his system. Sure the airports, hold-ups, extended delays, and baggage losses are things he doesn’t miss. “But that first year of retirement,” Maz shakes his head and looks down in a quiet gaze. “That was so hard!” These days Maz wakes up in his new home in Sandy Cove at Wainui Beach and takes his 16-month-old son Cooper down to the beach at Schools for a surf check. He then checks his emails. As Quiksilvers Team Manager or “brand ambassador” there’s work to be done in communicating with Quiksilver’s sponsored team of surfers and the company. Then its breakfast—poached eggs on toast —four of them nearly every day and a protein shake which has helped Maz build up to 81kg
from his old competition weight of 73kg. He admits being a little heavier is handy in the surf for applying the power. One cup of coffee, if that, and it’s surf o’clock. After lunch he’s off to check the surf again and if it’s good he’s out there. If it’s a bad day for surf, it’s time to melt into his L-shaped, black leather, lounge suite to watch some V8 supercar racing or rugby on the massive flat screen that dominates his modern, minimalist living area. When asked about advice for up and coming grommets Maz can’t stress how important it is to get out there in bad surf. “It’s easy to surf good waves,” says the man who spent a disproportionate amount of his youth surfing in poor conditions. Training was, and still is, a big part of his daily routine. He surfs nearly everyday but compliments this with a regular gym workout which he attributes to his relatively injury free career. This man has a no-nonsense attitude to life. He thinks carefully before speaking and says nothing he doesn’t mean. He sees things extremely clearly and has no place in his head for unnecessary, distracting baggage. Maz is now aged 34 and when asked if “retirement” means he can now “relax a little more” in the surf?—the answer is a very firm no! Maz is a genetically-wired competitor, hungrily pushing against the best in the sport. That doesn’t change because you retire—Maz
“This photo was shot at Scar Reef in Sumbawa, Indonesia. It’s a break that only gets like this several times a year. We went there on a boat called Wavehunter out of Bali in July 2007. The waves this session were 8-10 foot and Maz was on another level compared to anyone else out there, just taking huge drops and slotting into massive barrels. It was awesome to witness. The photo was first published in Australian Surfing Life Magazine 2008 Photo Annual.” CORY SCOTT BeachLife | 37
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now has his sites set on surfing achievements within New Zealand. While Maz is poaching his eggs and relaxing in his role as a Wainui father, brother Jay has taken over the family job of international, globetrotting, professional surfer trying to qualify for the elusive WCT. Jay Quinn has surfing credentials that go way back. He was the World Junior Champion in 2001—that’s World Champion! Always on the move, he is a hard man to track down but I managed two interviews— one on a stormy winter’s day just before he headed off to Scotland for the O’Neil Cold Water Classic and again after his November win in the Sequence Surf Shop Pro in Gisborne. Jay is basically doing now what Maz did— surfing, travelling, living out of a suitcase and earning a lot of air points. He’s had a good year this year, collecting a 9th place in Scotland followed by a second placing at the Relentless Board masters in Newquay, England. He then picked up another 9th at the Pantin Ferrol-Terra event in Spain and was sitting just out of the top 100 surfers at 106 in the world as he left Gisborne to compete in two Hawaiian events. As we went to print he failed to progress after making the top 32 in The Reef Hawaiian Pro. Next year the ASP is adopting a new system to be known as One World Ranking to unify the WQS and the WCT. This means WCT surfers will take the top 36 or so places and the WQS competitors will be ranked from 37 onwards. Any surfer competing on the WCT
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or the WQS will be able to tell you where they are ranked in the world by the number next to his name. If Jay can get inside the top 100 this year he will pick up a seeded place in 2011 events which will enable him to skip the preliminary rounds of events and greatly increase his chances to qualify for the WCT. Jay was about 10 or 11 before he put aside his boogie board and tried surfing standing up. Maz says it was like one of those kids who take a long time to start talking but then one day they bust out with sentences. Jay kind of skipped the bungling beginner stage—due to either the water knowledge he gained from the time he spent boogie boarding or the hardwired natural ability that seems to run in the Quinn family. Or both. While also naturally competitive, he has always had a different approach to surfing than his older brother. Jay draws clean lines and is more fluid in his style. Maz surfs with more aggression and pure power. The differences are not better or worse but rather an expression of each man’s different nature. While Maz continues to work out at the gym, Jay says he hates gym work and won’t even consider the idea. He says he prefers to use the great outdoors which include the beach, the sand dunes at Whales and the steps up to the Makorori Point lookout. Jay has decided that he performs best when he’s relaxed. He avoids long periods of watching the surf before a heat as this creates anxiety for him. He prefers to throw around a
rugby ball before a heat—to take his head out of the waves for a while. Jay also relishes the time he spends free surfing away from the competition scene. He says he likes to kick back and enjoy the view. When home in Gisborne he lives down the Whales end of Wainui Beach, near Lone Pine, flatting with old Wainui friends. With dad Gary owning the nearby Okitu Store, breakfast usually starts with coffee. At 80kg, he eats toast everyday for breakfast and drinks at least three cups of coffee during the day. He was drinking even more before Gary started making him pay for it. After breakfast there’s the compulsory surf check and into the water if it’s on. Like his brother he also relishes quality television time when the surf ’s down. From the lounge window he can watch the ocean and will usually be heading out for a second surf as the day moves on. He says he enjoys and rates onshore surf when all other options are exhausted. As this story comes to an end the sagas of Maz and Jay Quinn still have many yet unwritten chapters. What Maz might achieve in his “retirement” is anyone’s guess but it could be safe to say his legend has not yet been fully realised. And just how far little brother Jay goes on surfing’s world stage is material for another story—maybe some time in the very near future. BELOW: Jay Quinn’s exceptional physical power is obvious in this Rodin-like moment captured by Cory Scott in Hawaii.
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i there local water men and women and welcome to another Wave Rave. Well things have begun to heat up on the surf front in more ways than one. All of a sudden, surfing events around our district have begun signalling a new season of activity. The sun has finally broken through, already skinning a few unwary winter bodies. The surf has finally kicked in again after an unbearable period of tiny, cold and onshore conditions. This was probably one of the worst late winter early spring periods for surf I can remember. Never mind, the wave drought came to a stunning end when local surfers were able to gorge themselves mindless on a feast of truly world-class waves that arrived in the form of two back to back, double overheard easterly swells that found their way to our shores only a week apart. Certain parts of the district had sandbar and swell combinations were near flawless offering a few lucky individuals an unforgettable few days of perfection. The waves surfed during this period left their riders exhausted and in a state of numb contentedness—a feeling of pure stoke. Let’s hope this is just a little taste of what’s in store for us over the coming months.
Local schoolboy Adam Grimson is establishing himself as a surfing talent, finished a creditable 9th in the open division of the recent O’Neill Sequence Surf Shop Pro at Makorori.
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The event is the first in a series sponsored by SOL that runs through 2010 and 2011. Jay was back for a few days, having just completed the European leg of the WQS (World Qualifying Series) and about to leave for Hawaii where this year’s tour will wrap up. The event was not on his calendar but Jay took advantage of the good timing and took the trophy and the cash. Jay also secured a spot in the Super 16, which is the final event of the SOL Surf Series held at Piha in April. Jay said: “Having the event run all over the one day played into my hands as I really began to get a roll on as the day progressed.” Quinn will no doubt take the valuable confidence boost a win like this can give into the Hawaiian events and hopefully secure a decent seeding for 2011. Sam Willis, now residing in Gisborne, was another local to do well placing 7th equal with a semi final showing. Johnny Hicks finished 4th in the Under 20 Men’s final. Two events were held here over the weekend of the 13th-14th November. First up was the Blitz Surf Shop Primary School Champs. This event is run by Surfing New Zealand and is open to all primary aged boys and girls from year five through to year eight. Competitors came from all over the North Island to compete, so the standard was high. The event was run on a Saturday and, with a solid easterly swell on the scene, organisers picked Northern Makorori as the venue—being that much more sheltered and offering clean, small to medium sized waves, perfect for the young competitors. Korbin Hutchings of Wainui Beach stormed to a late victory over Quin Matenga of Mount Maunganui. Hutchings came from behind, posting two excellent scores a 7.0 and an 8.33 in the latter stages of the final. Dayna Story from Gisborne put on a commanding and dominant performance in the girls’ event, taking the win over Abby FalwasserLogan of Wainui Beach, who placed second. Story posted the event’s highest heat score with 15.50 points out of a possible 20. Her opponents in the final were all left in a combination situation, meaning they needed to replace both of their highest scoring rides to have a chance of winning the event. The event has two sections, offering a Plate Division to increase the younger competitors chances of tasting success. In the Plate Division Thomas Dixon-Smith of Wainui School took first in the boys’ division over Matt Scott, Gisborne. Third place g
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this coming year. No doubt due to this commitment by Hyundai, the Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour has, this year, received sanctioning from the ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) Australasia. Meaning the most popular event held at Sandy Bay Whangarei will be granted a onestar Longboard Qualify Series (LQS) rating. This sanctioning does two important things for New Zealand surfers. Firstly, it attracts top competitors from both Australia and the Pacific region, exposing our surfers to a higher level of competition. Secondly, it significantly improves the pathway for New Zealand surfers to qualify and get onto the world stage. Hyundai Pro Longboard tour dates are as follows: HPLT Event 1 8-9 January, Piha (4-star) g
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New Zealand and Australia have the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. More than 60,000 people develop skin cancer each year in New Zealand. “If you notice a change on your skin; a new spot or an existing spot, freckle or mole that has changed in colour, shape or size, you should see your doctor, or give us a call,” says Dr Deshpande. Born and raised in Auckland, Dr Botting studied medicine at Otago University. During his years as a Resident Medical Officer he worked in orthopedics, plastic surgery and ear, nose and throat surgery. He became particularly interested in the management of malignant skin conditions and in July this year completed a Diploma of Skin Cancer Medicine through the Australasian College of Skin Cancer Medicine. Dr Botting has also written articles which have been published in the International Journal of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the New Zealand Medical Journal. His experience in plastic surgery and dermoscopy means he can spot and surgically remove lesions in difficult areas such as the eyes, ears, nose, lips, head, neck, digits and lower limbs. Currently a senior medical officer in emergency medicine at Gisborne Hospital, he has teamed up with Skin Deep Aesthetics to run private clinics. Dr Botting also loves being outdoors and served five years in the New Zealand Territorial Army. Last year he moved to Gisborne to provide his family with a great place to grow up—as well as a base for his passions for fly-fishing and ecology.
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HPLT Event 2 13-16 January, Dunedin (5-star) HPLT Event 3 4-6 Feburary, Sandy Bay (SNZ 6-star/ASP LQS 1-star) HPLT Event 4 19-20 February, Mt Maunganui (4-star) HPLT Event 5 4-5 March, Port Waikato (6-star) The WQS (World Qualify Series) is coming to our town next year with an event sponsored by O’Neill. The O’Neill Cold Water Classic will be held here in Gisborne and the best surfers competing on the WQS will be in town for a week or so in March next year. Richard Christie, Jay Quinn and Billy Stairmand will be definite competitors and no doubt other local surfers will be likely to get spots in the event. What a year our boys have had on the WQS! Richard Christie is currently sitting in 61st position and as we go to press is still moving through heats at the Reef Hawaii Pro in Haleiwa. He is currently in the round of 64 and meeting up with the top seeds from the WCT. He has to jump 30 places or so to have a shot at qualifying for the WCT next year. If he doesn’t qualify he will have secured an excellent seeding for his campaign next year. Jay Quinn is also through to the round of 64 in the same event and hoping to finish well and slip well inside the top 100 to give him a good seeding next year. The boys now have a website and you can follow their progress on tour, send messages and see photos of the places they go. Check out www.suitcasesurfers.com. No doubt our local beaches and surf spots are likely to get a little crowded with the influx of visitors to our district over summer. I hope local surfers can be as welcoming as possible and surf with an air of tolerance for others. The well-known spots do get packed and some days locals are well outnumbered. Be polite, go surf down the beach, it won’t be like this all year. You like to be welcomed in the surf when you travel, so don’t get aggressive or overly possessive at home. No one really owns the waves or the breaks and they will still be here long after we are all gone. Nothing ruins the atmosphere more than an episode of “surf rage!” Well, I hope this summer is a good one for surf and I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. PHOTO BY CORY SCOTT/CANON
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