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From a construction worker to a cowboy, a roller derby skater to fictional heroes such as Harry Potter and Batman, Mr Murphy the teddy bear loves to dress up as different characters and experiment by wearing all kinds of outfits.

The toy’s been sitting on Blenheim’s Murphys Road kerbside since the beginning of Alert Level 4 Lockdown, and owners Becky and Chris Vercoe say they were inspired to put him there when they heard about the nationwide teddy bear hunt, which took place early on in the isolation period.

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Like many other Marlburians, the teddy bear was out at 6am Mr Murphy going for a leisurely on Anzac Day to acknowledge bicycle ride. Photos supplied. the important event.

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“We have this great big teddy bear that belongs to our daughter, so we thought we might as well make use of it,” Becky says.

“We were going to put it out and leave it in the same outfit the whole time, but that’s not really me – I like to change things up!

“So we had a look around the house and saw what we could find.”

The experience has been very enjoyable for Becky, Chris, and their children.

“It’s great fun sitting there and thinking of ideas for outfits,” Becky laughs.

“They’re all pretty spur of the moment ideas as well!”

Mr Murphy has left some immensely positive impressions on those who pass by, and it’s all been reflected in the encouraging feedback the family have recieved.

“There are people that come past everyday just to send photos of him to their relatives, and everyone says to keep up the good work,” Becky says.

“There have been about ten notes left on

the teddy from people saying how much they love him – we’ve even had people leave us wine, chocolates, and lollies.”

“On the last day, I’m going to pin all the notes onto a board and have a wee thank you notice for people to read.”

For Becky, this response from the public has been “really lovely and incredibly heartwarming.”

“At the end of the day, we just did it to make people smile,” she says.

Mr Murphy will stay camped out on the roadside each day – from early in the morning until it gets dark – until New Zealand makes the switch to Alert Level 2 Lockdown tomorrow.

“We’ve told everyone that on the last day, he’s going to be in a bed, ready to go into hibernation,” Becky explains.

“So if you see him in a bed, that’s the last day he’s out.”

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Cat survives cancer, needs home

By Celeste Alexander

Everyone loves a happy ending, particularly when it’s happened to an animal.

The SPCA Marlborough team has come across a second cat in recent times which has been seriously ill with cancer and in need of veterinary services.

Named ‘Babe Ruth’, the nine-year-old cat was found by a Picton resident hiding under her house with what looked like cancer on his ears.

The SPCA team feared the worst but thankfully the cancer was in the early stages and two weeks ago Babe Ruth underwent surgery to have his damaged ear tips removed at Springlands Veterinary Centre.

SPCA Marlborough centre manager,

Donna Sologar, says she felt relieved that he is now on the mend.

“Although he still looks a bit rough he is ready to begin the search for a home,” she says.

“He still has stitches in his ears but they will dissolve in time.”

This is the good news that the centre team is enjoying along with all of the adoptions of cats which have taken place under Alert Level 3.

“Fortunately we were able to increase our staff numbers under Level 3 and most of our fostered cats have returned to the centre,” Donna says.

“We began advertising the cats up for adoption on the first day of Level 3 and the response was fantastic. We had a litter of seven kittens all go as well as some adult cats.

“Lockdown did pose some challenges for us including people not being able to walk through the centre to view the cats and kittens; they had to go off the information and photos we could provide.

“Then any adoptions took place with people coming to the carpark to pay and collect.”

As for the dogs that the centre had waiting for adoption prior to Lockdown, Donna says they all went to foster homes that ultimately fell in love with them, and have been waiting to make it official.

“I’m sure over time we will have more animals become available,” Donna adds.

Under Alert Level 2, SPCA centres will re-open but by appointment only – mainly for adoption pickups and foster appointments.

Babe Ruth, a nine-year old cat found in Picton with cancer on his ears, is now on the mend and looking for a new home. Photo provided.

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Alert Level 2 tomorrow

Tomorrow the country will begin its move into Alert Level 2. The Government has chosen to phase in aspects of Level 2 in an effort to manage the risk of COVID-19 cases increasing, as it is spread by close personal contact.

Therefore as many businesses reopen, including restaurants, cafes, hairdressers and retail shops, social distancing will still be necessary.

Venues like cafes, restaurant, bars and clubs are restricted to opening for dining, and with groups of 10 seated separately,

and served by a single server.

Bars will be allowed to reopen on Thursday, May 21.

Regional travel will be allowed and airports are announcing flight routes which will be available.

Next Monday, May 18, schools and early learning centres can open and requirements to keep children one metre apart indoors, and two metres apart outside will no longer apply in Level 2.

The Ministry of Education has stated schools can provide a transition arrangement for children if their parents feel there is a risk

to them returning straight away.

Close gatherings will continue to be restricted during Level 2 as some of the biggest COVID-19 clusters have come from gatherings and social events, the Government says.

Level 2 will see gatherings allowed up to 10 people, and this applies to wedding ceremonies, funerals and tangihanga, religious ceremonies, gatherings at home and each group within a restaurant or other venue.

This temporary measure will be reviewed in two weeks’ time.

It does not however apply to

controlled environments such as large public venues or playing professional sport.

Wide scale testing will continue and people are advised that while we can leave our bubbles to see family, friends and re-enter the workplace, physical distancing is still important.

Businesses will be required to keep hygiene standards up and contact registers in the event that a COVID-19 case is confirmed and contact tracing is required.

The golden rule remains; COVID-19 is still in New Zealand so everyone must play it safe.

Marlborough resumes flights With New Zealand moving to Level 2 on Thursday, flights to and from Marlborough Airport are starting up again.

Airport Chief Executive Dean Heiford says it’s great to see flight activity getting underway already.

“From Monday 18 May we’ll have a daily Air New Zealand flight to and from Wellington seven days a week, departing Blenheim at 4.50pm.

“From Monday 25 May, additional flights to and from Wellington begin and then from Monday 1 June, morning flights to and from Auckland begin.

“From 1 June the daily Air New Zealand schedule to and from Wellington increases to three flights a day during the week and two flights each on a Saturday and Sunday.

“The Sounds Air schedule begins this Thursday 14 May with flights to and from Wellington and from Monday 18 May to and from Christchurch.”

Mayor John Leggett says the

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No new cases recorded Yesterday New Zealand recorded no new cases of COVID-19 or deaths.

There are now 1497 confirmed and probable cases, two cases currently in hospital, 1398 cases of recovered cases, and 21 deaths to date.

For the Nelson and Marlborough the number of cases remains at 49.

The highest percentage of cases per age group is the 20-29 category with 358 active and recovered cases. All deaths which have occurred were in the 60-69, and 70+ age categories.

In the lower end from ages 0-9 there have been 35 total cases, 32 of which have recovered.

Looking at the total cases by gender, 56percent were female with 832, and 44 percent male with 664 to date.

The highest percentage of cases, 38percent were imported, and 32percent related to imported cases.

Schools to reopen Monday Parents throughout the region have been receiving updates from their children’s’ schools in preparation for their re-opening next Monday.

The way children enter and operate within schools under Alert Level 2 will still enforce strict hygiene standards and many schools will be regulating when and how students enter onto school grounds.

This includes staffed entry points and hand sanitizing on entry for students and family/whanua to ensure safe standards are met.

Under Alert Level 2 students and staff will be asked to stay home, with sick children being sent home if showing any symptoms.

A fire and a pandemic won’t hold them back

By Celeste Alexander

For one Blenheim business 2020 has produced two major challenges – a fire and COVID-19.

Popular cafe, CBD Café was in the process of having its premises downstairs in The Forum Building repaired before the nationwide Lockdown put a halt to it.

However owners Mike and Tania Godsall are still positive about what the future holds for the business, including temporary premises.

In fact, the couple have spent their time in Lockdown busy planning what they call “exciting” changes for their business as well as preparing new stock for when they do re-open.

This has seen Tania busy in the kitchen cooking up a storm making popular items such as their bottled chutneys, jams, sauces and pickles.

“I’ve been cooking most days,” Tania says. “We’ve made about 60 litres of our old fashioned Worcester sauce and 20kg of tomato relish.

“We use our tomato relish on our breakfast dishes and go through about 6kg a week, so I’m using this time to get a stock up to make it easier on ourselves when we re-open,” she says.

Mike and Tania have also been trialing different recipes and writing new menus in preparation.

“We’ve made things like a new apple slice, pear and ginger slice, our very famous caramel slice and lots of scones for family.”

All of this work is in preparation for when they re-open in a temporary location which Mike and

Mike and Tania Godsall have exciting plans to reopen their cafe business in a temporary location. File photo BELOW: Mike and Tania Godsall’s caramel slice which they have been experimenting with at home during Lockdown.

Tania hope will be in July.

“We are in the process of working through to try and get a temporary location up and running, but we like to think it will be July so we can coincide with our birthday on July 5.

“It will be a double celebration; four years in business and re-opening after the fire and Lockdown. It’s been busy getting things organised and what we can say is that we will still be in the CBD area and hopefully on the same street,” they say.

With businesses gearing up to open in Alert Level 2, Mike and Tania say it will be an opportunity for them to gauge what the best practices will be to adopt.

“We are a bit lucky that we have the time to gauge the situation but ultimately we are going to have

some social distancing requirements until the country has the ability to provide a vaccine. In our temporary location we are hoping to have it very similar to what we had before, the only difference is maybe we will extend the menu and do some different things.

“We will have the room to have other things in the kitchen; going forward our main plan is not to go smaller but ​to be better and provide more which is why we are working hard to keep our team on board.

“We’ve paid our team through the fire and now COVID-19 because we want to keep the team together – they’re family to us and to a lot of people coming through the cafés doors.

“We love them to bits and have regularly kept in touch with

them throughout the Lockdown.

In return they’ve been really supportive and asked if there’s anything they can do to help.

“They’re hospitality staff who are normally flat out all day,” Tania laughs. “So they’ve been helping to put stickers on our coffee lids. We now have 9500 coffee lids stickered with some pretty cool new stickers and new artwork.”

Looking ahead Mike and Tania remain positive about their business and say it will be a case of “thinking outside of the square”.

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Streams of assistance to businesses Mark Peters says after more than 40-years as a chartered accountant he’s never seen anything like the impact on businesses of COVID-19 – nor any such response.

The accountancy veteran and second-term district councillor has formed a group of accountants, lawyers and now insurers – the Professional Advisers Group – which is assisting the Council-led TEAM group, coordinating Marlborough’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Further support is being provided to businesses by the Marlborough Chamber of Commerce and Business Trust Marlborough.

Mark says the Professional Advisers Group, now numbering 7 members, is also along with many of their local colleagues, helping Marlborough firms at favourable rates with issues including employment, tax, insurance and cash flow challenges.

Mark, who is also on the TEAM group, says the Professional Advisers Group is also one of those feeding information into TEAM’s efforts to build a recovery plan.

“This is one strand of a whole raft of initiatives emerging from TEAM, from Council, Marlborough organisations and Government supporting the heart of our recovery - local businesses.”

Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Hans Neilson says almost all of its work these days is supporting businesses through COVID-19. The Chamber swung into action early as the pandemic took hold, issuing regular and even daily updates on Government information and the emerging assistance to businesses.

“The key thing is talking with your bank, accountant, lawyers, landlords, staff, customers and suppliers. Now more than ever is a time to for businesses reach out to their trusted advisors for support and guidance.”

The Chamber is helping explain to Marlborough businesses how to access the Government’s business support package as well as anything emerging from this week’s Budget.

It is also delivering helping local businesses access Government funding for advice with professional advisors.

“This can cover employment and HR, financial and cashflow management, business continuity, marketing and digital enablement strategies or health & wellbeing

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advice.”

Business Trust Marlborough is also able to refer Marlborough businesses to this funded advice and General Manager Brian Dawson has already connected more than 20 Marlborough firms.

“Our Trust also continues to provide its usual service of one-on-one business mentors and these are in hot demand, mostly to assist with pandemic-related issues.”

Some businesses, such as those not registered for GST, are not eligible for the new Government-funded professional advice.

Mark Peters says that’s why Council will on Thursday consider in a short-term recovery package a proposal to support professional advice to 100 small Marlborough businesses.

“We don’t want any business to feel there is not some support available to them in these challenging times.

“Every one of these businesses that can be assisted through these next weeks and months will keep people in jobs and be better positioned to benefit as the recovery takes hold.”

Hans Neilson, who is representing the Chamber and small-to-medium sized businesses on The Economic Action Marlborough TEAM group, says these SMEs are the key to recovery.

“Companies employing up to 20 people provide most of Marlborough’s jobs. They are our employment engine room and we have to do all we can to keep them stoked.”

The TEAM group will be delivering a first-phase recovery plan later this month and a second recovery plan with a medium term focus later in the year.

Further support for ratepayers agreed Last Thursday’s Planning, Finance and Community Committee meeting discussed a range of measures to help ratepayers whose finances may have been affected by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Committee Chair Councillor, Mark Peters, says the Council is acutely aware of the economic challenges facing Marlborough and said Councillors strongly supported assisting ratepayers who may be impacted.

“Council already has options designed to assist ratepayers including making smaller, regular payments through direct debit; talking to our staff and agreeing a

payment plan; applying for a rates rebate of up to $640; postponing rates in cases of extreme hardship and seeking MSD assistance for the Accommodation Supplement.

“To provide further relief to ratepayers we decided today that where someone’s quarterly rates are not paid by the due date and postponement or remission arrangements have not been made, we will cancel the 10% penalty that usually applies to that instalment.

“Also, at year end on 30 June, a further 10% is usually applied to the total outstanding balance. Council agreed today to reduce by half that

penalty applied on rates outstanding at 30 June 2020 if they are paid by 20 July 2020, so a 5% penalty applies and 20 additional days are allowed for payment.

“These measures will help some people but I would still encourage ratepayers to make early arrangements with the Council or MSD for postponement, remission or the Accommodation Supplement.”

The measures apply to residential and business ratepayers who were current ratepayers at 11 March 2020.

Today’s resolutions are subject to final adoption at the full Council meeting on 14 May.

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Sun readers have their say... with the WORD on the Street.

Q: How will you be celebrating NZ Youth week?

Ashleigh McElhinney Blenheim I’m going to connect with other young people, and celebrate our youth and achievements. I think that young people have alot of good ideas, and the older generations need to have a bit more trust in us.

Mihi Edmunds-Raj Blenheim I’ll mainly be doing a workshop that the Marlborough Youth Trust is running, called Expression Sessions.

I’ll be doing the Spoken Word.

Taylah Rasmussen Blenheim I’ll be celebrating NZ Youth Week through attending the activities the Marlborough Youth Trust will be doing, like the chalk wall, and getting involved in virtual youth groups.

Soni Kula Blenheim With the Marlborough Youth Trust I think I’ll be doing some chalk on some of the bridge, and maybe some Spoken Word writing online. To me, NZ Youth Week is about giving youth a voice. A lot of the time we are overlooked or underestimated because of our age.

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Regional Pest Management Plan Underwhelms Some of your readers will be aware that the Regional Pest Management Plan with regard to wilding pine has been released.

In my opinion this document is hardly worth the paper its been written on and is a direct slap in the face for the South Marlborough Landscape Restoration Trust and the Marlborough Sounds Restoration Trust and everyone else who are voluntarily doing at their own expense what legally Local and Central Government should have been doing. This Council is just continuing with a continuation of four or five decades of running away from the issue.

The document does however

finally acknowledge that the problem we have is in the main caused by historical Crown Legacy Plantings and adjoining landowners would not be financially penalised for actions outside their control but the document then goes on to fail on every other count. It completely fails to address cross boundary spread from commercial forests, cross boundary spread from Crown legacy planting on Conservation lands and cross boundary spread from carbon credit/sink plantings that will continue to spread seed in perpetuity. Marlborough is renowned for its howling west to norwesters and southerlies

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which can distribute these light conifer seeds that have wings for up to twenty kilometres. If this tree spread cannot be mitigated by its owner then it’s the wrong tree in the wrong place.

The Council continue to hide behind the National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry which would override necessary rules that would make the RPMP a success instead of actively lobbying Government for changes to the NESPF. And finally what is the point of a RPMP if the Crown, of which half of our district comprises Crown land cannot be bound by any obligation under the RPMP. Murray Chapman

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Spencer Lane Blenheim I’m going to try to be kind to one another, and be a positive vibe to everyone I meet.

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Dear Ed I noted the Marlborough District Council’s wish list includes upgrading the Waihopai valley and French Pass Roads and a major reason is to serve forestry.

Is not it time the Council took a long hard look at forestry and the damage it is doing to the environment, particularly in the Marlborough Sounds. I also noted MDC no longer considers the Sounds as the region’s “jewel in the crown” and has deleted that description from the council’s Environment Plan. So it seems council views the Sounds as expendable and to be sacrificed to the forestry industry, the monoculture of pines and the heavy silt

laden runoff following ugly clear felling.

The Marlborough District Council has placed itself in an awkward position. It is heavily in forestry itself as a supposed rates relief measure. In making rules for environmentally damaging forestry and enforcing them, is it not unlike the fox guarding the hen house?

Letter length limits precludes mentioning in detail, the damage forestry trucks do to sealed roads and also recalling at last election, candidates now councillors, who made heart felt pleas to look after the Marlborough Sounds.

“Teddy Tarakihi”

Proud Marlburian Dear Ed, Easter Sunday gave world-weary me a heart-lifting moment which I know I shall long remember. Having quailed at the sight of block-long queues at the supermarket on Saturday, I headed out early on Sunday morning to get our necessities. I was about sixth in line at 8am; just as I reached the door, by then ahead of a long line which had appeared from nowhere, a lady holding up photo ID came up and appealed to the door person to let her take priority.

The door lady, obviously acting on instructions, declined and said she’d have to get back in line. While I stood flat-footed, slow thinking as ever, the woman next in line behind me said “you can take my place”. All of the line observing this indicated that the carer was welcome to stay at the head of the queue.

The more I recall this, the prouder I am of Marlburians. A truly magic moment.

Onya, Kiwis!

Bill Holvey (“Old Bill”)

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He korero no te Kaunihera o Wairau NEWS FROM THE MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT COUNCIL

Final call for boosted Community Grants Fund applications Round one of Marlborough District Council’s 2020/2021 Community Grants Fund closes on Friday 15 May, so now’s the time to get your application in.

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis new funding of $200,000 has been allocated to top up the existing $300,000 fund.

This means a total of $500,000 is available this year to sports, recreation, heritage, environment, arts, culture, social services and welfare organisations to provide extra support to community organisations.

Mayor John Leggett says Marlborough’s community organisations are the glue that binds our district together.

“They support an incredibly wide range of important functions, from the arts to sport and social services. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, we’ve changed the focus of the fund this year to ensure that not-for-profits can continue their work.”

Funding is available to support community organisations so that they can maintain their current level of service and, for some, get a short-term boost in capacity to help them get through the COVID-19 recovery.

The fund of $500,000 is available to allocate over two funding rounds: • Round 1: opened on Monday 20 April and closes on Friday 15 May 2020 • Round 2: dates to be confirmed.

All applications must be completed online at: www.marlborough.govt.nz/our-community/ grants-and-awards/marlborough-districtcouncil-community-grants More information on the grants can also be found by visiting this website.

Organisations needing further information should contact Lyne Reeves, Community Development Manager; Phone 03 520 7448 or 021 415 708 or email: lyne.reeves@marlborough.govt.nz

Public input sought for Waikawa Bay Foreshore Reserve plan People’s ideas and views are wanted to help guide the development of the first ever reserve management plan for the Waikawa Bay Foreshore Reserve at Waikawa Bay, near Waitohi/Picton.

Marlborough Sounds Ward Councillor David Oddie says the reserve is a popular place for picnicking, swimming and launching boats, and is of great significance to Te Ātiawa Ki Te Tau Ihu. “We’re keen to hear from locals and those who use the reserve on a regular basis. It’s a popular and special coastal reserve, with multiple uses.”

“The Council will develop a management plan for the reserve that will help support a mix of uses, as well as putting in place policies to guide day-to-day management.

Once adopted, the plan will provide certainty for everyone about how this reserve will be managed over the next 10 years.”

You can get involved by completing an online survey or writing to Council* during the initial informal feedback period, which is open now and closes on Friday 12 June; or you can send a formal submission on the draft reserve management plan, once that is published, during January to March 2021. You will then have the option of speaking at a hearing on your submission later in 2021.

To provide online feedback and for further information please go to: https://bit.ly/2yeM3JX Feedback can also be emailed to waikawaforeshorermp@marlborough.govt.nz Feedback or suggestions can also be made in writing and sent to Linda

Shots in the arm for Marlborough businesses A campaign for Marlborough to ‘support local and buy local’ and another to get some early domestic visitors back to our region are in a package of COVID-19 economic recovery projects recommended to councillors. The $865,000 package also includes proposals for free parking in Blenheim and Picton and a contingency fund to support commercial and community events.

The Economic Action Marlborough (TEAM) group chair, Deputy Mayor Nadine Taylor, says councillors were supportive of the recovery package put together by TEAM. There is a strong focus on boosting Marlborough’s CBD, retail and hospitality businesses in the short term.

Council will be asked to formally endorse the projects at its meeting tomorrow.

Elements of the recovery package proposed by TEAM include: • A focused six month ‘buy local’ campaign, led by Destination Marlborough and the Marlborough Chamber of Commerce, encouraging Marlborough people to support local businesses, hospitality, activities and retailers through winter and spring and in the lead up to Christmas.

• The first stage of an extensive domestic tourism marketing campaign. Destination Marlborough is in talks with Tourism New Zealand and its proposed that Council would support marketing campaigns designed to showcase Marlborough to New Zealanders and support the local visitor economy.

• Access for up to 100 small businesses to get professional advice and guidance from people such as accountants and lawyers at reduced rates. It’s led by Business

Trust Marlborough and targeted at businesses which don’t qualify for Government-funded support.

• A series of webinars specially designed to upskill and inform Marlborough businesses on topics such as e-commerce, led by the Chamber of Commerce with one-onone assistance.

• The waiving of footpath licence fees for twelve months for Picton and Blenheim retail and hospitality businesses currently leasing footpath space, to ease the burden on those businesses.

Nadine Taylor says councillors were also asked to consider options around providing some form of free parking in the Blenheim and Picton CBDs for a period of time to support local retailers as they reactivated their trading in Alert Level two.

“We know the next few weeks are critical for businesses in our CBDs and we want to do what we can to encourage Marlburians back into town, to stimulate spending and to boost those businesses affected by the Covid lockdown.”

“We are also looking at what support we can provide for some of our region’s commercial and community events, recognising these will be impacted by fewer visitors, less spending and more difficulty attracting sponsorship. This is in addition to the $1.2 million already approved to assist Marlborough’s key community facilities and our not-for-profit groups to keep operating.”

Councillor Taylor says Marlborough’s economic recovery is locally led and nationally supported.

“We are moving swiftly on this and everyone is playing their part for the good of Marlborough.”

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Consultation for the 2020-21 Annual Plan Update closed last week and over 120 submissions from local residents were received.

Council encouraged residents to have their say on this year’s plan, which outlines a range of measures to help Marlborough get through the COVID-19 crisis, including a proposal that this year’s rates increase is 2.2% at most.

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Working on the business Admin Help 4 U managing director and event manager Deedee Bancroft Wickens speaks with Sun Reporter Frances Chin about running a business during Lockdown.

Deedee grew up in Marlborough.

She moved to Wellington when she was 17; working for the fire service.

The fire service eventually moved her to Rotorua, where she met her partner.

“I had kids, and decided to move down here. My parents are here, so the kids can grow up with their family,” Deedee says.

“We’ve been here just about 10 years in September.”

Deedee started Admin Help 4 U eight years ago. “[It started] with me doing little admin jobs and stuff for people, like going around to their offices and doing typing/data based work.

Now, it’s mostly events and project management.”

Deedee says that the Lockdown caused by COVID-19 has caused the event management side of her business to dry up.

“We’re supposed to be running a conference this year and it won’t be happening. Conferencing is probably the hardest one. The sponsors are all in a crazy recession now with COVID-19, they’re not really going to want to spend their money on sponsoring a conference.

“The hotels we’ve booked, all of the bookings had to be changed. We’ve got to try and think of a new date, which is hard when you can’t really see the future at all right now.”

Despite the Lockdown, Deedee has been putting her time into good use.

“We’re spending a whole lot more time working on the business, instead of in the business. We’ve been getting procedures and policy and stuff set up. We’ve been setting up a clear plan of where we want to go with our business in the future. That’s been really really handy. Dave my husband has ‘Handyman help 4 U,’ which provides handyman services.

It’s been really great working on his plan about where he wants to go with Handyman Help 4 U in the future.”

“We’ve been having heaps of zooms with business groups and whatnot. It’s interesting seeing all the changes that

Local business owner Deedee Bancroft Wickens, her husband Dave, and their children Gracie and Jack pose in their doorway as part of the Front Door Project.

all the different groups are going through. When people have heaps of employees their struggle is real, to try and pay everybody and make decisions.”

“We were pretty lucky, there’s myself and Dave and one full-time employee - we’re pretty lucky with the government subsidy, it hasn’t affected us much. I’m pretty grateful that we’ve got our business.”

In her spare time, Deedee has been involved in a number of

projects. One of them is the Front Door Project; a nationwide event that encourages people to take photos of themselves and their neighbours, and post them online.

“They’re getting everybody to take a few pictures at their front door. It’s got heaps of people on it.

They contacted me and I did that, and had a look at taking photos for other people in the community.

Deedee also set up a COVID-19 Lockdown meal group on

Facebook. “[It’s] so people can get different ideas. There are 400 something people on there right now.

That’s heaps. There’s a crazy amount of recipes on there that people have been sharing. You sort of get a craving to make everything.”

Deedee and her husband Dave have also been homeschooling their children, until school starts up again. Deedee says her chil-

dren are enjoying the schooling, but not the fact that their parents are the ones teaching them. “[They say] “I don’t want my dad as a teacher.” We are your teacher, we just don’t have the title. We teach you to clean your teeth, brush your hair, wash your face, do the dishes, look after yourself. We’re teaching you every day. ‘A parent’ is actually a name for a teacher - a teacher of life.”

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Lions provide financial aid

By Aimee O’Hagan

Although most members have been isolating over the Alert Level 4 and 3 Lockdown periods, the Blenheim Lions Club has been busy doing as much good in the Marlborough community as ever.

Delphine Lee, who is the acting president of the group, says that they have donated $1000 to local organisations, Marlborough Foodbank, Salvation Army, and Crossroads, to support the important work they are doing in the region throughout this uncertain period of time.

“Every year at Christmas, we donate money to supportive outlets,” Delphine says.

“It was just decided that we should approach these outlets again, now, during this time – because that’s what we do, we’re Lions, we raise money to give it away.”

According to Delphine, Crossroads – followed closely by the Salvation Army – have been the most desperate for assistance over the Lockdown period.

“The Crossroads shelves are basically empty – they haven’t got any income coming in,”

Delphine says.

A portion of money donated by the club helped fund about 400 frozen meals, which Crossroads have allocated to people in need.

“We also give the Foodbank a quantity of gift vouchers at Christmas each year,” Delphine says.

“We’ve done exactly the same now.”

An additional $1000 was spent by the club purchasing gift vouchers from Countdown, which have been passed onto the organisation.

“They will start to be used at Alert Level 2 [tommorow], when a social worker can take a member of the family shopping at Countdown, and get what they need,” Delphine explains.

“It might not be groceries – it could be haircare products, toilet paper... Whatever is needed.

Serving the community is of utmost importance for Delphine.

“Life has been incredibly difficult for people over this time,” she says.

“It’s our job as Lions to get out there, see who is in need, and ask ourselves, ‘how can we help them?’”

Now is the time to ‘Make it Marlborough’ Something happened while we were all in lockdown. We realised just how much we value family, friends, community and our favourite local places to eat, shop and visit. It has also highlighted just how proud and loyal Marlburians are to our home region and that we want to see Marlborough not just survive, but thrive.

With Level 2 in our sights, it is now time to embrace local and fiercely protect and support our community, jobs, businesses and our economy.

To help give this positive community sentiment a louder voice and platform to grow, Marlborough District Council has tasked Destination Marlborough to lead a campaign

in partnership with Marlborough Chamber of Commerce, to ‘Make it Marlborough’.

Jacqui Lloyd and the team at Destination Marlborough are up for it and first things first, they are calling on the creative minds of Marlborough to pitch their ideas for the opportunity to join the project team.

“We are looking for talented designers and communicators to come up with a clever strategic and creative concept that will encourage and motivate locals to turn their passion into action” Jacqui says.

Concepts should include a high-level overview and creative idea that is relevant for all sectors and adaptable

enough to be effectively delivered across multiple channels.

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"The phone books - of which there are about 14,000 - came in last Monday morning," Delphine says. "Ideally, we'd usually have them delivered to us on May 8 and have them distributed by May 20."

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New experience for GP services

By Aimee O’Hagan

Nurses and general practitioners from Redwoodtown Medical Centre and other GP services around the region have had to switch to new ways of consulting patients over the Lockdown period.

For multiple public health services, the COVID-19 pandemic has added an extra layer of stress; namely because of the influx in patients and the need to change ways of going about normal business.

According to Redwoodtown Medical Centre practice manager, Jo Johnson, the rapid move to Alert Level 4 Lockdown six weeks ago caused “pandemonium” for herself and her fellow nurses and general practitioners.

“We had hundreds of phone calls prior to Level 4 Lockdown, and onwards,” Jo says.

“There was lots of confusion and panic amongst the community.”

Adhering to social distancing rules, general practitioners – both those who work at the Redwoodtown Medical Centre and at other practices around the region and NZ – have switched to doing a vast majority of their work via phone and video call consultations, but still offer face-to-face appointments when necessary.

Jo is glad to say that they seem to have

settled into this new way of doing work and are actually enjoying parts of it.

“There is much less stress now as we have all eventually had time to relax,” Jo says.

“We work a day on/day off roster in two teams, with general practitioners also working from home.”

“Our nursing team are busy with recalls, immunisations, routine preventative tests, etc.”

Redwoodtown Medical Centre, as well as other practices, are currently offering flu vaccination shots in carpark-based clinics.

They will continue to do all these things when the switch to Level 2 Lockdown takes place tomorrow.

So what has Jo learned from her experience as a medical professional during the COVID-19 pandemic?

“Communication across the teams is key, as information about COVID-19 arrives daily, sometimes even hourly, from the Ministry of Health, Marlborough PHO, and NMDHB,” she says.

“They all keep us well informed and are very supportive.”

Butterflies return

By Celeste Alexander

As autumn turns leaves shades of yellow, orange, red and brown, the Marlborough region looks awash with these stunning colours.

Equally as beautiful have been the sightings of Monarch butterflies flitting about properties.

Some of these butterflies have in fact been ones recently released by Monarch enthusiasts, including local kindergartens.

Seddon Seaview resident, Terry Costello, was thrilled to find two tagged Monarch butterflies at his property late last month which he found were released

by Seymour Kindergarten.

The kindergarten has been actively raising Monarch butterflies and earlier this year held a Bike-a-thon event to raise the $2000 needed to build a new butterfly conservatory.

Terry says the two turned up amongst his own on April 23. He reported them to the Monarch Trust which keeps a record of tag numbers.

“They turned up on my swan plants and I reported them to the Trust. It seems that they were released from the Seymour Kindergarten. Number 495 was released on March 31 and number 510 was released on April 4.

“I have seen number 495 three times since then but have not seen number 510 again,” he says.

Terry has been breeding Monarchs outside at his property for around 12 years.

He says of late he has not experienced too many paper wasps but other pests that are about include the brown Soldier Bug, the Oleander Aphid, and a species of Praying Mantis.

If you have been raising Monarch butterflies please send your photos to news@blenheimsun.co.nz

One of two tagged monarch butterflies which he found at his Seaview property late last month. Photo provided.

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Support local as businesses operate in Level 3

Restaurant owner keen to see customers dine again

ABOVE: Keto desserts continue to be popular since reopening for takeaway meals.

Thai 9 Restaurant owner Nichcha Wararatanasupa is hoping Alert Level 2 will increase business.

Slow and steady wins the race?

Local restaurant owner Nichcha Wararatanasupa certainly hopes so.

Nichcha has been operating her business Thai 9 Restaurant for nearly a year now but the COVID-19 Lockdown has, like many businesses, had a big impact.

Since Alert Level 3 began the restaurant was able to provide takeaway meals which were delivered or collected from the front entrance, and it has since been building momentum.

“People are really enjoying their meals but I think the combination of winter and Lockdown means

it’s been a bit quiet.

“But it’s the same everywhere,” she says.

Moving into Alert Level 2 Nichcha is looking forward to seeing how things go and she’s remaining positive.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how things work out and I hope people want to come out and eat,” she says. “We might look to open for lunch while continuing to provide takeaway dinners… it will be a gradual move back to normal.

“It has been a difficult time for us as we haven’t had an income but expenses still to pay each month.

“For me I’ve been lucky that my

landlord has been supportive but I’m really hoping that from this week it will start to get busier and we will see more cash flow.

“We’ve also had people buy vouchers from us; it’s nice to know people support us and want to help.

“Thank you to everyone for supporting businesses in this time, it’s been very helpful,” she says.

Asked what has been a popular item ordered from the menu, Nichcha says their curries and Keto meals.

“Our Keto desserts have also been popular; it’s difficult to find Keto desserts which is why we sell so many,” she says.

‘Excited’ to re-open doors Access Mobility Blenheim manager, Tash McQueen, is excited to be able to open the doors once again after the challenges of working through the Lockdown period.

The business has continued to provide its essential home health care equipment to its clients during the period.

“Most of our customers over this time have been cancer patients; cancer doesn’t stop during a pandemic, so it’s been my priority to support them in the best way I can during Lockdown.

“I’ve been able to take phone and online orders and provide contactless delivery. I was often delivering to a customer’s front lawn or doorstep and I think in a way the interaction was enjoyed by them – even if it was from a distance,” she says.

Along with Tash, many of Access Mobility’s elderly customers are also happy to see the doors reopen.

“With many elderly customers not using the internet as much, it will be good to have an Eftpos facility for them again.”

Providing a safe environment after opening its doors will continue to be a focus for Access Mobility, Tash says.

“We will keep up good social distancing and if people are unwell we ask them not to come in. And really it’s just keeping everything well sanitised and taking people’s names and contacts as a register prior to them coming into the store.

“I will still be available by phone though for those unable to come in,” she says.

Busier now than before Covid

By Celeste Alexander

The Night 'n Day Blenheim foodstore has been fortunate to be able to operate during Lockdown.

People craving a good coffee have had to wait weeks for their caffeine hit however those who frequented Blenheim’s Night ‘n Day over Lockdown didn’t miss out.

Owners John and Marion Garguilo have been able to operate their business as an essential service, providing grocery items and wrapped food items.

Moving from Alert Level 4 to 3 has meant added services were made available such as hot food, and staff gradually began working more hours.

“We are one of the lucky ones,” John says. “We’re very fortunate to be able to work through the Lock-

down.

“It’s been pretty busy and from the start of Lockdown we just adapted.

“Alert Level 2 will be business as usual. The hot food, milkshakes and coffee have gone ballistic – but other than that it’s been a lot busier now than it has been in a long time,” he says.

John and Marion still have the business for sale but until a buyer comes forward they will just carry on.

“There’s always someone looking so hopefully one of these days a sale is made.

“Until then we feel pretty positive. The Lockdown has been a bit of a blip but we are in full swing and we will come out the other end stronger,” John says.

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Stop letting some people do what they want then telling the rest of us we can’t. Make the rule for everyone. Which you aren’t doing.

When you read that 300 AirNZ pilots are losing their jobs you know things are serious. And they are.

Disappointed

Price gouging

Nice to be able to get things like KFC again but I’m disappointed that when we asked for salt and pepper we only got one sachet of each despite getting 2 meals, no serviettes either.

I do believe Air New Zealand should be taken to the Commerce Commission for price gouging. Wont be going on holiday anytime soon if that’s their attitude.

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Slow down A notice to mostly vineyard workers that travel along Dillons Point Road in Blenheim, the speed limit is still 50km/hr. Mostly Cloudy Bay vehicles.

Please Slow down. Concerned postie.

Lots quieter With Pictons domain being closed due to Covid it’s nice not having to put up with boy racers spinning their car tyres up the hill at all hours.

Same with student drivers after school drifting around our corner. Lots quieter

Strange hours What is it about Lansdowne park at night.

Strange hours people keep. Should be policed.

It takes money To the person that doesn’t like Simon, have you forgotten 2 to 3 die from suicide each day, 3 a day on roads, 2 a day with flu, get it in perspective. It takes money to solve these problems. Really.

Dangerous An entry for idiot of Blenheim’s year. Young teenager blue helmet, blue trail bike hooning 70 k/ hr and over, Taylor River reserve Wednesday evening, many walkers, bikers, dogs. Stupid! Dangerous!

Business ready Marlborough is set to be the first ‘Y’s Grass’ on sale NZ wide, if ever the day arrives the drug law is enabled, lab tested already ensuring you get only a good hit! The huge cannabis Kekerangi vineyard all prepacked, product for sale.

Shame this actual crop and testing is not legal!

But whose really enforcing the law, just fly overhead and hello! Vine possum.

Just desserts The man in custody that poisoned those dogs, I hope you get your just desserts. Scum.

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Cut on my foot, cream at one supermarket @$27.00 thought must be really good stuff, only to find same cream chemist @$17.00 and then blow me same cream another supermarket $10.00 – you do the maths? shame on you?

Borders what?

We are the joke of the cartels, come on in, now three hauls caught under (ahem) lock down, oh Cindy, stand down!

Then the labour lot are sneaking in voting for school gullible kids 16 years old and cannabis under the Corona cloud.

Wake up people for your safer future please.

Then top with a MDC style muffling media order on MP’s, voted in on honesty, transparency, and openness.

Potential risk Warning library soil potential risk. Budget blow out coming up after stage 1. Congratulations council just what we expected.

Stick together Covid 19 re: yes good to see Blenheim has done their bit but so have all New Zealanders.

We will never be the same again what with this virus, we need to still protect ourselves for I don’t know how long.

The world is never gonna be the same and we don’t know if this virus is gonna show up again. Amazing what we can do when we stick together.

Insane Covid may have a mortality of .5%. The smallpox death rate was 30%. The govt have destroyed the economy and people’s lives for a flu, which cannot be eradicated. Absolutely insane.

Sports demands All these egotistical heroic players, demanding more money and status. Are they that thick that with huge population going world wide of 8 billion, comes a huge choice to pick from.

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Ask anyone -Ice cream!  When you have had a bad day, what do you do to feel better?

A bike ride anywhere generally is the best medicine.  Who has been the biggest inspiration in your life?

No single person - everyone from family to who I work with or socialise with has provided something that has influenced my life.  What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?

So many, but going through the Siq walking and seeing the Petra treasury for the first time was incredible. The Marlborough Sounds are pretty hard to beat though.  What was the last photo you took?

Our children swimming.

 What thing do you really wish you could buy right now?

I love to travel, so as much as I enjoy the country I live in, the world has so many other places that we would like to visit.

Maybe not quite ready for that yet though.  What is the best or worst purchase you’ve ever made?

A second-hand pair of football boots for $5; lasted for years and scored many goals.  Favourite programme currently watching?

The Amazing Race sits up there but I enjoyed McDonald & Hobbs.  If you had to flee the country, where would you choose to live?

Quite a fan of Australia but Switzerland had some nice beer.  What’s one thing on your bucket list?

Climb Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku.

Plants create a calming atmosphere.

gardening this week Props cause dependency: By Wally Richards There are things that are only slightly known about plants and nature such as the way plants have the ability to communicate with each other.

They also are in many ways similar to ourselves but at a different part of the tree of life. Science has proved that not only do plants communicate with each other but also they react to how we are emotionally.

For instance if in a forest of trees; if the trees on the outer rim get attacked by a disease or by pest insects then a message is sent out to the other trees, which then start making chemical defences against the invading problem.

Another example is the house plant that you care for; if monitored with an instrument like a lie detector which measures the resistance across foliage and then you the caregiver, hurt yourself miles away, then at that precise instant the plant will register a change or reaction.

Plants also create a calming atmosphere for you as their caregiver so when you go into your garden stressed and wander around; do a

few things your stress will fade away.

Now I don’t know of any other activity you can do that has the same effect as quickly.

Plants can become dependent on us as a species for their survival just in the same way that some plants need bees to pollinate them so they can produce seeds and have prodigy.

A good example is corn or maize without the help of humans they can’t reproduce. If you take a ripe cob of corn and plant it whole (after letting it dry out a bit) then when the corn germinates they are too close to each other and they fail.

But old Mrs Corn knows that we humans need her and she knows that we will separate the seeds off the cob and plant them about 100 to 150 mms apart so her children will flourish.

Plants adapt to conditions and not only do they adapt overtime but also appear to enjoy things that happen.

For instance grasses are the one plant that loves to be cut or eaten by browsing animals as it makes

them stronger and lush.

Then we have the NZ Kowhai which has its foliage each year demolished by the Kowhai moth’s caterpillars.

It has learnt to live with losing all its leaves which would cause the death of many other plants.

Like plants when we have a good nutritious diet with ample minerals, vitamins etc Vitamin D from sunlight or supplements and moderate exercise with regular detoxing we have a strong immune system that works to keep us healthy.

If we have pharmaceutical props then the body relies on them rather than doing what it would do naturally and regulate to overcome the problem.

This can make us more vulnerable to invading bacteria or viruses.

I read about recently that very elderly people not on any meds have survived better than their counterparts that maybe popping several meds a day.

Maybe we are similar to plants and Nature in this respect.

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Spend your money locally The way we shop for clothes, choose birthday gifts, buy food and meet friends for meals has changed since COVID-19 hit New Zealand’s shores and brought the country to a standstill.

People were told to stay home, businesses closed their doors and events were cancelled as the country braced for the full effects of a global pandemic.

Looking back over the past seven weeks since Alert Level 4 restrictions were introduced, businesses have had to adapt to a new way of operating including having their staff work from home and products sold online.

In some cases, businesses have not been able to operate at all.

In the week prior to Lockdown, and then the two weeks that followed, people panicked and rushed out to stock their cupboards with supplies and food – worried there would be an impact on suppliers.

As the weeks have gone by, and the panic has calmed, the focus has now shifted to recovery.

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Particularly as the Government’s wage subsidy scheme comes to an end after 12 weeks, businesses will be back to paying their staff and costs.

In an effort to keep our local businesses afloat we as a community can help with a simple mantra; Go Local!

Buy local, support local businesses – it’s that simple. The next time you need clothing, shoes, accessories – shop local!

Looking for fresh produce? Visit local markets and green grocers.

Planning to buy a gift? Rather than order from online companies visit a local store and spend with them.

Supporting local doesn’t just mean you are helping to keep their doors open; you are supporting locals in their employment.

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Support businesses in other ways The call to support local has never been as loud as it is now. While the country begins to rebuild the economy while fighting to keep COVID-19 from spreading, businesses are relying even more on their communities to spend with them.

For some it will be as easy as heading to the shops and spending on winter wardrobes, taking vehicles for repairs and WOF testing, sealing the deal on a new vehicle or motorcycle, or taking the family out for a meal (max 10 people under Alert 2).

For others, sadly, their finances may have been impacted by COVID-19 if their hours or wages have been reduced.

This will mean they may not have the same ability to support the local economy as others but there are other ways to support local businesses.

Spread the message of support: Promote Marlborough businesses by talking about them positively with your peers and on social media and promote their products and services.

Now is not the time to be negative.

Wishlist If you have a special celebration and your friends and family are looking for ideas for gifts, encourage them to purchase from local Marlborough businesses and consider giving them your wishlist. If the items on your wishlist are outside of your budget right now, this could be an easy solution to helping you and local businesses.

Vouchers If you have found yourself on a limited budget consider purchasing gift vouchers at the amount you can afford, set them aside until you have enough in value to afford the items you want. It not only helps you to save for the items you want, but it also provides immediate support for businesses.

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Free parking part of package How does free parking in Blenheim and Picton sound? And what about a contingency fund to support commercial and community events?

They are two recommendations that Marlborough District Councillors are considering as part of a campaign for Marlborough to ‘support local and buy local’.

The campaign is part of an $865,000 package of COVID-19 economic recovery projects which will be formally endorsed by Council tomorrow.

The Economic Action Marlborough (TEAM) group chair, Deputy Mayor Nadine Taylor, says councillors were supportive of the recovery package put together by TEAM. There is a strong focus on boosting Marlborough’s CBD, retail and hospitality businesses in the short term.

Elements of the recovery package proposed by TEAM include: • A focused six month ‘buy local’ campaign, led by Destination Marlborough and the Marlborough Chamber of Commerce, encouraging Marlborough people to support local businesses, hospitality, activities and retailers through winter and spring and in the lead up to Christmas.

• The first stage of an extensive domestic tourism marketing campaign.

Destination Marlborough is in talks with Tourism New Zealand and its proposed that Council would support marketing campaigns designed to showcase the brilliance of Marlborough to New Zealanders and support the local visitor economy.

• Access for up to 100 small Marlborough businesses to get professional advice and guidance from people such as accountants and lawyers at reduced rates. Led by Business Trust Marlborough and targeted at businesses which don’t qualify for Government-funded

support.

• A series of webinars specially designed to upskill and inform Marlborough businesses on topics such as e-commerce, led by the Chamber of Commerce with 1-to-1 assistance provided after the webinars to bed-in the advice.

• The waiving of Council footpath licence fees for twelve months for Picton and Blenheim retail and hospitality businesses currently leasing footpath space, to ease the burden on those CBD businesses Nadine Taylor says councillors were also asked to consider options around providing some form of free parking in the Blenheim and Picton CBDs for a period of time to support local retailers as they reactivated their trading in alert Level two.

“We know the next few weeks are critical for businesses in our CBDs and we want to do what we can to encourage Marlburians back into town, to stimulate spending and to boost those businesses affected by the Covid lockdown.”

Councillor Mark Peters, who is also a TEAM group member and chairs Council’s Planning, Finance and Community Committee, says the funding Council will provide is not coming from rates but from the Emergency Events Reserve Fund.

“This was set up years ago to deal with natural and other disasters such as Marlborough is now facing.”

He says there may be other elements which emerge before the package is finalised next week.

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Superfoods are called ‘super’ for a reason; they are packed with nutrition, antioxidants, minerals and essential vitamins necessary for a healthy body and brain.

Here are some of winter’s superfoods – add them to your grocery list and look for some ways to incorporate them into your breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.

Ginger Looking for a natural way to fight off or recover from one of the many nasty viruses that circulate during the winter? Your search ends

with ginger – used for centuries to improve digestion, soothe upset stomachs, and boost your immune system.

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We are speaking; are you listening?

By Frances Chin

The morning of May 11, young people and Marlborough Youth Trust staff gathered at a safe distance under the High Street bridge.

They wrote chalk messages of positivity and hope; all in celebration of NZ Youth Week.

NZ Youth Week runs from May 9 to 17. The Marlborough Youth Trust (MYT) has organised a number of special activities for young people to take part in during the week.

At the High Street bridge, and the Hutcheson and Alfred Street bridge, there is chalk available, to share positive messages and art work.

Virtual youth groups will be taking place on Tuesday and Thursday at 4pm, providing boot camp and quiz night zoom meets. Marlborough youth leaders will be speaking on MoreFM throughout the week.

And screenshots/messages are being collected to go towards the Youth Voice Project.

The incredibly popular Expression Sessions is also returning for Youth Week. While the Spoken Word workshop is currently full; Bridgette Knox Photography and Paper Rain Skateboard Art Project will be offering free workshops on

photography and skateboard art, aimed at ages 12-24. The finished artwork from these workshops will be displayed at the Return to Eden art gallery during Matariki on July 11st.

Marlborough Youth Trust youth worker Reuben Molnar says that some young people in the region are struggling during Lockdown.

“There is a rise in mental health related issues, people feeling cooped up and stuff at home. Some are not in appropriate housing. Home isn’t safe for them, school is their safe space.”

“Everyone’s missing their mates and routines, the things that make them, them.”

However, the MYT team is working hard to keep young people connected and happy—and to give them a Youth Week to remember.

NZ Youth Week’s 2020 theme is, ‘E korero ana mātou. E whakarongo ana koutou? We’re speaking.

Are you listening?” Sun Reporter Frances Chin spoke with several Marlborough youth about what the theme of NZ Youth Week means to them.

“I think the theme of NZ Youth Week is about coming together as

Youth worker Reuben Molnar, and students Poppy Lane, George Glover, and Soni Kula write chalk messages as part of NZ Youth Week.

youth and bonding over our shared experiences,” says George Glover.

“Especially in times like these.

There’s even more of a reason to come together. We need to support one another.”

“Young people are speaking up about youth issues. It’s up to the

adults if they’re listening,” says Poppy Lane.

If you are under the age of 25 and struggling; feel free to get in touch with the team at the Marlborough Youth Trust.

Manager: Jo lane 0274 468649 info@myt.org.nz

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Pandemic very ‘difficult’ for pensioners like Daphne

By Aimee O’Hagan

Blenheim local, Daphne Hayes, has lived a life full of many trials and tribulations.

As well as having experienced what it was like to live throughout the Great Depression and WWII, Daphne has been a witness of multiple epidemics in New Zealand – from the numerous outbreaks of polio and influenza to the flare-ups of the measles and tuberculosis.

Now, at 102 years-old, she’s also discovering how it feels to go through the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s not very nice – it’s horrible actually – and quite difficult for me,” she says of what

it’s like to be elderly at a time like this.

“It’s scary and a lot of hard work.”

In Daphne’s opinion, the current outbreak we are experiencing has been the worst she has endured thus far.

“I’m quite shocked by how many people around the world are dying, especially elderly people,” she says.

“I heard that there were over 500 people in the UK that died of COVID-19 in a single day at the beginning of April – that’s shocking!”

Daphne has been taking the pandemic as seriously as possible: each time an essential aged care worker – to whom Daphne wants to say a big thank you, particularly to those

from Access Mobility – enters her home, she ensures they wash their hands straight away when they come through the door, wear a mask at all times, and put on a pair of plastic gloves, and stay as far away as possible.

“I’m taking absolutely no chances of getting sick,” she says.

Daphne has learned many lessons in her lifetime, but there is one very important lesson that applies most to the period of time we are all currently going through.

“Stay very strong and accept what is meted out for you,” she says.

“I haven’t had many easy things in my life, and one thing I know is that you’ve just got to keep fighting.”

Blenheim local, 102 year-old Daphne Hayes, in her earlier years. Photo supplied.

Drive-thu flu jabs at Ūkaipō On Tuesday May 12, Rangitāne hosted a drive-thru Influenza vaccination service at the carpark of the Ūkaipō Cultural Centre in Grovetown. The service was free, and was available to anyone over the age of 3 living in the Marlborough district. The vaccinations were administrated by registered nurses from Marlborough Primary Health NZ. This is one of several clinics organised by Marlborough Primary Health NZ and Te Piki Oranga, in addition to one in Waikawa, one in the A drive-thru clinic at Ūkaipō Cultural Centre gave out free flu jabs to Marlborough residents on Tuesday, Marlborough Health Hub car May 12. park, and one in Seddon.

The clinics are also doing randomised Covid-19 testing, and testing asymptomatic candidates on request.

Previously only symptomatic candidates were tested. This is to battle potential community spread of Covid-19.

“For every clinic there’s been 300 people excess,” says Te Piki Oranga Pūkenga Kaiwhakahaere (Site Manager) Ricky Carr. “ There’s been a great response,” Ricky says. “We’ve had people from all over.”

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Balancing school and play

By Frances Chin

As life regains some normality, many Kiwis are left wondering what they achieved during lockdown. For some, merely surviving the stress of a global pandemic was achievement enough; while others enjoyed new hobbies such as baking, drawing, or jogging.

Two people who have achieved a lot during lockdown are ten year old twins Leila and Grace Wade. In addition to their lessons with mum and dad, they’ve been doing a number of activities over the past month and a half, such as; slacklining, learning Finnish, and building a treehouse.

The Wade family of Oliver, Heli, Leila, and Grace only moved to

Grovetown a year ago. Heli is originally from Finland. She has been teaching the twins Finnish during the lockdown period, and the family celebrated May Day together; a Finnish holiday celebrating the arrival of spring. They made ‘muunki,’ or donuts with sugar and cinnamon.

Leila and Grace have also been learning piano. In their free time, the girls like to bounce on their trampoline, and practice their slacklining in the backgarden—a form of tightrope walking where the tether is only a small distance from the ground.

Oliver has been helping the girls build a tree house in the back garden.

He says it is nice that his daughters have each other to play with as they are separated from their friends

during lockdown.

In between the activities, the family has been taking their puppy Tuuli for walks along the river. Tuuli means wind in Finnish.

“It’s been really nice having some family time,” Heli says.

“We’re pretty used to all hanging out together,” Wade says.

Despite all the fun and activities the twins have been doing with their parents; Leila and Grace are looking forward to lockdown ending and returning to school with their friends.

The sisters have been writing messages to their friends at Grovetown School, and leaving them in their letterboxes. They are planning a birthday sleepover with two of their friends after lockdown finishes.

Krystal Oasis hangs the washing out to dry.

Drag brings freedom

By Frances Chin

Leila and Grace love to sit on top of their playhouse together. Their father Oliver feels the sisters are lucky to have each other as playmates during the pandemic.

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Twin sisters Grace and Leila Wade pictured on their slackline rope. The sisters have been learning Finnish, bouncing on the trampoline, and practicing their slacklining (tightrope walking) during lockdown.

Jon Lane is a law graduate from Victoria University. He currently works as a legal secretary and in his free time Jon is ‘Krystal Oasis’ — an up and coming drag queen.

Jon was first introduced to drag through the popular show, RuPaul’s Drag Race.

“I was staying at a friend’s place and they introduced me to the show. I fell in love with it. I watched every season after that.”

Around early to mid 2018, Jon decided to try drag himself.

“I ordered a $50 wig off AliExpress. I tried it on and I was like, ‘wow, this is fun.’ And then I started thinking, ‘I have to get some makeup.’ I went to The Warehouse and got some really cheap makeup.”

From then on, Jon has worked on his drag persona. After finishing his law degree early 2020, he decided to devote more time to his art.

“Makeup itself is such an art, it’s a craft, it’s going to take some time to perfect it to a level that you feel comfortable with. You have to really go for it to see yourself develop.”

Jon put a lot of thought into his drag persona’s name.

“When I was really young I had an affinity to the name

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Krystal. When you shine a light into a crystal it comes out with all the colours of the rainbow.

I just felt it was very sparkly and girly, but tough as well. It definitely suits me.”

“The last name ‘Oasis,’ for me, it’s a refreshing rarity.”

Drag appeals to Jon, as it grants him freedom from gender roles. He feels he can be as gay as he wants to be.

“I went to an all-boy’s school from the age of 11. When I was there I was kind of forced to conform to the male culture, that kind of masculine culture that it’s not acceptable to be gay in. It was a small toxic environment, not a safe space for queer people at the time. Now I can be as free as I want to be.”

“I’m just really excited to someday master the craft to a level, where I feel comfortable to go outside and socialise and meet LGBT people.”

To those interested—Jon encourages them to watch YouTube tutorials and experiment with their appearance. Overall, Jon stresses that drag has no rules.

“Drag is a collection of so many things. It’s personality, it’s soul, it’s everything. It’s a performance art.

“At the end of the day; have fun with it.”

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Community Care Pharmacy: Within the Blenheim Warehouse, open 7 days 9am8pm. Only closed Christmas Day. Lifeline Marlborough: 0800 543354, 24hr helpline.

Women’s Refuge and Sexual Violence Support Centre Marlborough: Crisis line number phone 0800 refuge or 03 5779939 .

Citizens Advice Bureau: Free, friendly, confidential advice. Mon - Fri 9.30am 4pm. Phone 578 4272.

Victim Support: 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) Wairau Hospital: Hospital Visiting Hours: Daily 11.30am-7.30pm, children under 12 may visit parents only.

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sports talk With Jacob Page

The conundrum of Captain Cane Sam Cane’s appointment as All Blacks captain shocked me for many reasons.

Firstly, I felt Sam Whitelock was the logical choice having re-signed with the NZRU following the previous World Cup. Cane, while a terrific player, particularly defensively certainly, has a

long injury history.

Combine that with the fact he did not start the semi-final loss to England last year after being overlooked for Scott Barrett’s failed experiment on the flank.

Cane’s appointment smells of more of the same from a team which the public feels needs an overhaul but it’s

left on the same path it’s been on for the past decade.

That direction served the team well until last year in Japan but the loss to England was clearly the end.

I felt it, it looked it and it was.

In the big picture, where does Cane play, 6 or 7?

I think many would believe Ardie

Savea is dynamic enough at openside, then only the blindside remains.

Cane also had a serious neck injury 18 months ago.

His age is a positive, at just 28 it is easy to foresee him captaining the All Blacks at the 2023 World Cup. Defensively, he is the best in the team, however he does represent the

old guard.

He will have just as tough of a time winning over a sceptical public as he will leading the team to victories on the field.

That is not necessarily fair or even right but when it comes to the rugby public of this country perception is reality.

Game on - date confirmed for duck hunting season May 23 will be opening day, marking the start of the 2020 game bird season following today’s announcement of the move to Alert Level 2.

Game bird hunters throughout the country have been patiently waiting for this announcement and the wait is over.

The game bird season is an important national tradition for hunters to come together to harvest game birds for the family dinner table.

In consultation with Fish & Game New Zealand and the Government, the season

start date was selected so that that hunters had time to equip themselves, prepare their maimai’s and travel to their hunting grounds.

The Alert Level 2 conditions for game bird hunting are more practical for the hunters and has proven the benefits of waiting versus opting for the restrictions of Alert Level 3.

The good news is hunters can travel inter-regionally and will be able stay overnight at their hunting spots with friends and family under Level 2. While this offers the freedom duck hunters

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had hoped for, there are still considerations that need to be adhered to as outlined in the Government’s Level 2 guidelines for the safety of all involved.

Hunters are able to travel, use their boats, and access public land under Alert Level 2 and this will mean communities that have relied on the game bird season for income and food supply will still have a season.

Outdoor retailers will also be pleased that hunters can now buy instore and be fully prepared for the start of the

Duck hunting is allowed in Parangarahu Lakes and Baring Head, and you can get your permit for this from Fish and Game New Zealand.

season.

Fish & Game staff have used the lockdown period to have all the necessary regulation changes made for the new season start date.

The changes to the Game Notice will

enable those hunters in regions with very short seasons extended hunting opportunities. We thank the Minister of Conservation and her staff for their support and help in getting the Game Notice amended.

Unlawful hunters By community constable Russ Smith

As you might expect, people who have no conscience when it comes to hunting without land-owner permission, or who shoot farm animals unlawfully, are also likely to have been out-and-about, hunting unlawfully while in breach of the Covid-19 restrictions.

Police have recently had a report of a seriously wounded sheep found on farmland next to the Kaituna-Tuamarina Road. The animal had been shot in the head, probably from the road, but it was still alive and left badly injured. It is unclear how long the sheep had been left injured, but it had to be put out of its misery by the farmer.

Police have also recently been investigating unlawful hunting activity in the upper Awatere Valley area.

This type of offending and any kind of unlawful hunting is not tolerated by the Police in Marlborough. Police have a good relationship with our rural communities and regularly mount operations to identify and deter poaching or unlawful hunting. Where there is evidence to support an investigation, Police are proactive in pursuing the offenders and have initiated investigations and prosecutions on

anyone who becomes aware of unlawful hunting reports it immediately to Police. The sooner it’s reported, the more likely

Police will catch up with those responsible. If the actions of the hunter are creating a risk to life or limb, always call Police on 111.

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well over 100 unlawful hunters in the last few years.

Penalties for those convicted have included the confiscation of their hunting equipment, including firearms and ammunition, dog tracking collars, low-light and thermal imaging equipment.

Defendants have faced average fines of around $5,000 in recent years. Police have then also commenced revocation of their firearms licence as well.

Like any investigation, the chances of a successful outcome are dramatically improved if

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