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Months and ‘billions’ to restore links to the rest of the country Continued from page 1 Response crews of people from the Rural Fire Service, Department of Conservation, Air Force, Red Cross, Marlborough District Council building inspectors, Nelson Civil Defence, and the Police are being sent out across Marlborough. They have been checking on individual properties, making sure people are ok and assessing buildings. State Highway 7 re-opened yesterday, with traffic able to move south from Marlborough to Christchurch through the Lewis Pass. Marlborough Civil Defence says both major supermarket chains have committed to maintain delivery of supplies to Marlborough. State Highway 1 between Blenheim and Picton and between Blenheim and Seddon has reopened, and Marlborough Roads is hoping to reopen the state highway between
Seddon and Ward, if road repairs go smoothly. Access has been restricted to emergency vehicles only. The welfare centre in Seddon has closed, and the Ward one is being reviewed. Stranded travellers are being moved from Ward to Blenheim, but there were still 60 people in Ward needing help and the Salvation Army was catering up to 65 people last night. Ward School is expected to re-open today, with portaloos onsite. Supplies of public drinking water will be available in the town around 6pm last night, with six 1000 litre containers of potable drinking water being delivered to the Ward Welfare Centre at the Community Hall for residents to fill their own containers. Rubbish skips will arrive today in Seddon to help take earthquake debris from households, with the
Seddon transfer station open 10am to 4pm daily until end of November. There will be no charges for dumping. Rubbish skips for Ward are at the transfer station already, including an additional open top 20 cubic metre skip. Floods have made the civil defence response harder, with a significant number of slips and closed roads in the Marlborough Sounds. State Highway 6 to Nelson was closed with flooding at Canvastown. Six people have been evacuated from Waikakaho River Valley due to flooding. Marlborough mayor John Leggett urged people to help each other wherever possible. “We know there has been significant damage and many people will be feeling very stressed because the aftershocks are continuing and that
may go on for a while yet. “Fortunately our rural communities are resilient and I am confident that people will support each other.” Prime Minister John Key and Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee flew over Marlborough and Kaikoura on Monday afternoon. John says there is ‘billions’ of dollars of damage to repair, with millions of cubic metres of earth covering over the rail track and state highway along the coast. It is likely to take months to repair. Air New Zealand and Sounds Air put on extra flights between Blenheim and Wellington, with Sounds Air also having extra flights between Marlborough and Christchurch, and the Christchurch to Kaikoura service is operating 4 times a day. Pelorus Air are providing a charter service between Marlborough Airport and Kaikoura.
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Walls, chimneys fall in quake By Cathie Bell Within hours of the earthquake hitting early on Monday morning, people were out and about cleaning up afterwards. Public buildings were closed until assessments had been made, and schools were shut on Monday, re-opening yesterday. Blenheim and Picton libraries re-opened yesterday. Around Blenheim, several chimneys had fallen in and were removed, but luckily, noone was hit by falling bricks. Maxwell Road resident Tony Godsiff and his family were out, picking up concrete blocks from their garden wall which fell down. Tony says they discovered the wall had fallen down when they came out early
Monday morning after the shake. He says they didn’t hear it actually fall, as there was ‘too much other noise going on at the same time’. The rest of their property didn’t have many other problems, ‘normal pantry stuff, a few pot plants fell over’, he says. “The pool wasn’t damaged, that’s a good thing. It did empty of water a bit.” His children were upstairs in their house when the earthquake happened and “felt it a lot,’ Tony says. “We felt the earthquake, thought it would stop but it kept going. The main thing is, no-one was hurt here. RIGHT: Paddy, Josh, Brydie, and Tony Godsiff, with what used to be their garden wall in the trailer.
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Picton rocks By Glenise Dreaver “Fish sauce and Tobasco sauce don’t mix that well,” says Dave Meikle of Picton Four Square Supermarket. He and wife Janene know because it was the worst of the many aromas greeting them as they arrived at their High Street premises soon after the midnight 7.5 earthquake centred near Culverden, the most severe of many that rocked the country overnight. Sandra and Ali Baxter were soon on hand to help with the clean up, as were Gareth McGlynn of Gusto who had just checked his own premises and, says Dave, ‘numerous’ relatives. “And people turned up off the street to help. I couldn’t believe it. Tourists from the motel next door (High Street Living) and backpackers from the Alicante.” So by 2.30am everything was cleaned up and the shop was ready to open for business on Monday morning as usual. Hamish Watson at Fresh Choice supermarket was there about half an hour after the shake, having already seen the damage on the security cameras set up at home. He rang their contract cleaner to come in and one of the storemen turned up. They were helped by Gareth McGlynn, who had just finished helping at Four Square. “That was just brilliant.” By 5am they were cleaned up ready for their usual 7am start. “It’s important to make sure this service is available for people.” The Kiwibank service was however down and he could not say when it would re-open. “Later today or tomorrow. (Tuesday)” The Help Desk was in the closed- off Wellington CBD where staff were not allowed to enter. Ironically, by mid-morning the McGlynns had to close their undamaged Gusto business because of concerns about the collapsed frontage on the building next door. The Picton Library was also closed. Overnight, the Civil Defence Centre at the Waikawa Marae had sheltered some twenty rest home residents from tsunami risk, but by mid-morning they too had returned home.
inbrief Navy ship to rescue The New Zealand Defence Force is sending the multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury to help evacuate a large number of tourists and residents in Kaikoura and bring aid supplies to quake-affected areas. Air Commodore Darryn Webb, said Canterbury will sail overnight to Kaikoura from Auckland, picking up emergency supplies enroute. The Defence Force also sent a sevenmember team to help assess the damage wrought by the massive 7.5 earthquake.
River flooding The Pelorus River area in the Marlborough Sounds received 112mm of rain in the last 24 hours, with more rain forecast through until Thursday. There has been flooding on SH6 West of Canvastown, and the Wakamarina River has just burst its banks. Marlborough civil defence has been asked to provide sandbags.
Clarence evacuation Police evacuated six people from the Clarence River area yesterday, after a slip dam let go and a wall of water came down the river. A group of kayakers thought missing on the Clarence River were safe, as was a group of 16 rafters. ABOVE: Picton’s popular Gusto cafe was shut soon after opening on Monday morning , due to the damage to the frontage of the adjoining premises. Photo by Glenise Dreaver.
Wineries clean up Marlborough and North Canterbury wineries are now cleaning up after the earthquakes, New Zealand Winegrowers chief executive Philip Gregan says. All members have been emailed and ‘as far as we can tell all our people are safe, which is great news’, Philip says. “Wineries are now very much in assessment and clean up mode. There have been plenty of reports of broken bottles and damaged tanks which is what you would expect in an earthquake of this size, but most wineries are reporting any damage as minor.”
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Money, money, money ... By Glenise Dreaver Raelene Rainbird just missed the installation of Picton’s new Kiwibank money machine two months ago because she was on an overseas trip. A delighted Raelene, newly returned, tried out the machine for the first time on Tuesday. She led the group which raised over 2000 signatures to re-establish the Kiwibank outlet in Picton. They didn’t get any commitment about that, but were assured a machine was to
be installed. “It’s great to see it here, especially in such an ideal spot. It’s the first one the tourists come to as they walk into town. “I’m really glad Kiwibank has done this and I hope local people support it. But we still haven’t given up on the idea of having a branch in Picton’s new library. “I’m going to go to council to see if we can get their support on this. “It might be complicated because Kiwibank has had a change of ownership, but we still want to press ahead with the idea.”
Debate to hit sore points Which comes first? The grape or the wine? The Colliers Rural Grape Debate may well answer that question with Marlborough wine identities battling it out over whether ‘It’s the vineyard guys that deserve the credit not the winemakers’. Speaking for Winemakers, Brent Marris from Marisco Winery, Ben Glover from Zephyr Wines, and Anna Flowerday from Te Whare Ra Winery. Fighting it out for the Viticulturists is Allan Scott from Allan Scott Winery, Ant Mackenzie from Ant Mackenzie wines, and Bart Arnst from Darling Wines Television host and comedian Jeremy
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Sun readers have their say... with the WORD on the Street. Q: Would you prefer traffic lights or roundabouts for Blenheim?
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Lights, since we have such a diverse community with lots of visitors, lights would be easier for everyone.
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Roundabouts, free flowing traffic is better.
Lights, people don’t use roundabouts properly and Blenheim is continuously growing.
Roundabouts are good, people just need to learn how to use them properly.
Norm Fowke Glass Trump’s win Dear Ed, In respect to the media coverage and elite pollsters who had Clinton ahead, and just before the election, 93 per cent sure of winning. Trump won 276 to 214, clear cut. Question was the media and polls designed to deter the voters from voting for the insurgent non-establishment candidate? Sour grapes as the countries in Britain out voted the elites and establishment hacks in London. So too the rural heartland America and the inner city ghettos voted down Clinton and Obama’s failed policies. I noted 93 per cent of Washington voted against Trump. The corporate CEOs, bankers, and Hollywood all sided with the incumbent establishment candidate. They lost just as in Brexit. Same result from the shock. Brexit, Trump, perhaps Peters. The backlash is so prevalent that Gareth Morgan has started a party to undermine the establishment or is it to undermine the insurgents. Patriot Blenheim
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MDC cabinet Dear Ed, The letter of “Trumptastic” last Wednesday raised a very valid point about the deputy mayor appointment and also mentioned an A team within elected council. The A team theory during campaigning was derided as ‘rubbish’ by the mayor-elect, the retiring mayor and a couple of others. But do I recall correctly retiring councillor Peter Jerram refer publicly to a cabinet within council prior to the election. He likened it to government where there is the cabinet and then the full caucus of all MPs. He thought it was okay. Well I do not consider it okay. The public elects a full council. There should be no elite group within council. So to the mayor and full council, get on with it as a team, not a small elite group then the rest. “Full Democracy”
Tegan Boxsell Blenheim The big roundabout in town needs lights, but the other roundabouts work fine.
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More wines Dear Ed, Why don’t local restaurants stock a more comprehensive cellar of local wines. Surely I am not the only diner that thinks like this. When I take overseas or other friends out for dinner in Blenheim I would like to show off our local wines. At some restaurants I am scratching my head as to which wine I could choose, or find one of my favourite local wines. Recently I dined at a restaurant in Melbourne and asked if they had a certain NZ chardonnay, to my surprise yes they did. wino Blenheim
A bit off Dear Ed, How come Air Rescue has enough money to give the ASB theatre $100,000? We would have thought they needed every dollar they raised for themselves and their good work. Anoymous Ed’s note: The donation was from a gaming trust, the Air Rescue and Community Association, not the rescue helicopter organisation.
Spelling Dear Ed, Call me pedantic but I like to see words spelt (or is that spelled) correctly. The most commonly misspelled (or is that miss-spelled) words are the nouns ‘licence’ as in ‘I have a driver’s licence’ and ‘practice’ as in ‘practice makes perfect’ and the verbs ‘license’ as in ‘I am licensed to drive’ and ‘practise’ as in ‘Springlands children practise their road safety skills’. When using these words remember, if it is a thing (noun) it is spelt with a ‘c’ and if it is a doing word (verb) it is spelt with an ‘s’. English is the world’s most useful language so let’s use it correctly please. Evan Robinson Redwoodtown
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Memorial wall unveiling part of Armistice Day Around 400 people gathered for an emotional Armistice Day Memorial Service last Friday, held at 11am. The rain forced the service to be moved to the Clubs of Marlborough where a two minute silence was held followed by prayers and a wreath laying and placing of poppies. Following the service the unveiling of the Marlborough Memorial Wall was held where those who were prominant in the project were thanked.
The new wall bears the names of the men and women who lost their lives overseas in military conflicts. The wall is also easily accessible to everyone wanting to pay their respects. RSA president Ross Cooke says Alistair Sowman, Ken Rooney (Geoffrey T Sowmans), John Forrest and Christine Bamber played a major part with this project and were presented with Certificates of Appreciation from RSA . Photos by Les Whiteside.
Padre John Neal offers a prayer during the unveiling of the Blenheim War Memorial. Also pictured is Marlborough RSA president Ross Cooke.
Lawrence MacDonald from Rangitane gives a blessing for the Memorial Wall at the Clubs Alistair Sowman, Ken Rooney (Geoffrey T Sowmans), John Forrest and Christine Bamber were of Marlborough. Marlborough RSA President Ross Cooke and John Forrest RSA look on. presented with Certificates of Appreciation from RSA president Ross Cooke.
Jim Loe and councillor Cynthia Brooks place their poppies for lost soldiers.
Noeleen Thomson lays a wreath at the Armistice Day Memorial Service.
Witherlea School pupils Mckenzie Feather and Ryan Marfell laying a wreath at the unveiling of the new War Memorial wall.
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Top country singers performing Saturday By Celeste Alexander Two very well known country singers are flying into Blenheim this Saturday for a social/concert that is being held at the Clubs of Marlborough hall. The concert is raising money for the Gourmet Paradise Country Music Awards 2017 which is set for the weekend of January 20-22 at the ASB Theatre in Blenheim. Awards convenor Carolyn Coles says it’s great to have two men of their calibre performing. “They are so passionate about country music and want to see it grow and so are prepared to help us out by performing at our fundraising event,” she says. Singer Eddie Low who is fresh back from 40 years of touring internationally will be delighting
the audience along with well known singer songwriter Allan Barron. Allan started song writing at age 16 and went on to perform all around New Zealand, Australia, the US, Ireland, England and Thailand. He won his first song writing award with a song titled ‘The Orphan’ and in 1978 started the band ‘Remedy’ which is still performing in recent times. Allan was inducted into the US Traditional Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008 and says he loves performing and will continue writing and performing “as long as folks want me to”. Eddie, described by his peers has “the voice in a million” is a silky smooth country ballad singer born blind. He has performed and toured with
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Tyson Foote, Grace Vallance, Riley Foote (back), Olly Pauling, Amelia Vallance and Dylen Foote are prepared for this Friday’s Christmas Extravaganza Charity Concert. Photo by Hayley Foote.
Festive concert to collect gift donations It is TEMPO’S final concert of the year ‘Christmas Extravaganza Charity Concert’ and the public is invited to attend at the Wesley Centre at 7pm this Friday. In place of an entry charge or-
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In quieter times Marlborough mayor John Leggett and partner Anne Best like walking their dogs along the Taylor River reserve.
Shake changes a lot The Kaikoura earthquake has made the job of Marlborough mayor rather complicated. Cathie Bell grabs a few minutes with John Leggett.
Marlborough’s new mayor John Leggett takes a deep breath. It’s been a busy time since he won the election on October 8 and was sworn in as mayor on October 26. Last week, he told a Business Trust Marlborough event that in the past fortnight, he’d been to Wellington twice, Dunedin and Christchurch. One of his visits to Wellington was to attend a Local Government New Zealand course for new mayors. “It’s clear to me this is the best place to be in New Zealand. We’re in a really good spot here.” Marlborough’s tourism industry and innovative food and beverage sectors were looking forward to a good season this summer, he said. But in the early hours of Monday morning, a 7.5 magnitude earth-
quake hit southern Marlborough, centred on neighbours Kaikoura and the Hurunui district town of Hanmer and that changes everything. Yesterday, John praised people in the region for the way they have responded to the earthquake so far, and urged them to continue to help each other out. He says civil defence teams are working tirelessly to help everyone in need. “On behalf of the public I also want to thank the professional services and those ranks of volunteers; they are working around the clock to deal with the devastation.” It is going to take time to recover from this, he says, the roading damage alone is beyond anything this district has experienced. “We have yet to get a complete picture of the overall impact on
business and industry but there is no doubt that Marlborough has taken an economic hit.” There will also be insurance and EQC matters for everyone to deal with but the Marlborough District Council staff will do their best to ensure people have access to good information, and they will work with welfare support organisations as required in the days and weeks ahead, John says. “We know from the Seddon earthquake experience that there will be delayed stress and financial pressures and I urge people to ask for help rather than struggle alone. “Right now we are doing everything we can to support our neighbouring district of Kaikoura and, in the days ahead, I am sure that more will be asked of us. Please understand if our resources begin to be a little stretched.”
The aftershocks will continue, John says. People need to remember what happened in Christchurch and take all steps to be as prepared as possible, he says. “People will be understandably anxious. Please do what you can to support each other. “There has never been a better time to call on neighbours, to make yourselves known to those who live nearby. “Please make a particular effort if there are elderly people living near you. “ Monday’s earthquake and the continuing shakes are a large and frightening event, but Marlborough is a resilient district, John says. “We will recover from this event if we continue to support each other.”
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Air Force staff using NH90 Helicopters evacuate people out of Kaikoura following Monday’s earthquakes.
Flooding takes over from shakes
Marlborough mayor John Leggett and incident controller Richie Law at the Emergency Management Operations Centre on Monday.
By Cathie Bell A Marlborough couple and their four young children were rescued by helicopter this morning after heavy rain made it impossible for them to leave their home. So much water was pouring down the hillside behind their house in the Waikakaho Valley, bringing with it logs and debris, they were unable to safely leave the house, Marlborough Civil Defence says. A helicopter airlifted the family to nearby Spring Creek. They have since joined their family in Renwick. State Highway 6 was closed by flooding yesterday, but re-opened later in the
day with speed restrictions in places. Queen Charlotte Drive was closed at Havelock causeway and remained closed overnight, as was Queen Charlotte Drive from Momorangi. Kenepuru Road has a number of slips and will be closed overnight from Willow Bay, Mahau Sound. Awatere Valley Road is closed 7km past Camden. Tunakino Road is closed, and Northbank Road is closed approximately 40km from the SH6 turnoff. Pukaka Road is closed. The Kaiuma Bay Road - from Daltons Bridge to Te Hoiere Road is closed. Te Hoiere Road is also closed.
The heavy rain has now passed however some rain is still forecast for the days ahead. Plant and Food scientist Rob Agnew, who collects weather data, says in the 24 hours to 9am yesterday, 36.4mm of rain fell in Blenheim, and 60 mm in Rarangi. That was on top of 21.4mm in Blenheim and 46.8mm in Rarangi on Friday. Blenheim’s monthly rain total for the first 14 days of the month was 77.8mm, and Rarangi’s 138.2mm. “The soil is still wet from the rainfall last week, and there is still a fair bit of water lying around.”
This house on Alabama Road in Blenheim suffered damage to its chimney during Monday morning’s earthquake. Photo supplied.
This long haul driver and truck were Stuart Smith our local MP surveys some of the earthquake lucky to escape the earthquake which struck at 12.03am on Monday morning. damage south of Ward.
At first light it became more apparent as to the extent of this earthquake. The driver received help from locals just
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Aroha Minhinnick with her trophy for player of the year for girls and Henry Shaw with his for player of the year for boys, at the Rarangi Golf Club. The club, which also supports Special Olympics, allows the Special Olympics Athletes to compete with their Juniors. Parent Dave Shaw says the athletes also get training at reduced membership rate, which is a good incentive for the players. Results: 18 hole ringers: 1st Henry Shaw, 2nd Jake Thompson, 3rd equal Flynn Hennessey, Ollie Kennedy, 4th Aston Dollimore. Barrett trophy: 1st Aroha Minhinnick, 2nd Jake Thompson Most improved girl: Holly Nicholson Most improved boy: Maxwell Short Player of the year boy: Henry Shaw Player of the year girl: Aroha Minhinnick.
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Marlborough motorcyclists are being welcomed to a Biker’s Brekkie, where an international guest speaker will take the stage. Motorcyclist Brittany Morrow was travelling as a passenger on a GSXR 750 motorcycle at about 190 kilometres an hour when she was thrown from it, wearing only a helmet for protection. As she flew from the bike, grinding to a halt nearly 160 metres away from the crash, Brittany lost the skin from much of her body, resulting in skin grafts to over 50% of her body. Now more than 10 years since the crash, Brittany is devoting her time to sharing her story, and will be visiting Marlborough to talk to motorcyclists at the Biker’s Brekkie on November 19. Marlborough District Council road safety co-ordinator Robyn Blackburn says the breakfast is an opportunity for riders to get together and engage in conversations around motorcycling in the Top of the South, and particularly the safety issues surrounding it. “Motorcycle crashes are an issue for the Top of the South,” Robyn says. “Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough have been collaborating for a number of years to discuss ways of communicating with our region’s motorcyclists to get them engaged and responsive to the issue of rider fatalities.” Motorcyclists are invited to head along to the breakfast at Liz Davidson Place on
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Festive overload on show By Cathie Bell Christmas has always been an important time for Blenheim woman Annie Thompson, but this year, it is extra-special. Her Terrace Street house will be in the Marlborough Hospice’s ‘Pre-Christmas Peek’ tour. The self-drive tour of eight houses is on Sunday December 4, with all proceeds going to Hospice Marlborough. Annie says it is appropriate to be doing it this year. “My dad died in hospice 10 years ago, so I think it’s quite fitting that I’m doing this tour this year.” It is her first year in the tour, and she says it is nice to feel ‘we’re giving back’. She says when she was looking at her house before buying it, she made the real estate agent show her the roof cavity so she could see if it had enough roof space to store her Christmas stuff. “I told him my ambition to be on the
hospice tour, but I didn’t think it would happen as fast as it did. “I have heaps of Christmas stuff. It usually takes me a few weeks to set up, I haven’t bought anything extra, I’m not doing anything I wouldn’t normally do, but the decorating this year is going to be the next level.” Her mother would have loved it, Annie says. “Christmas has always been a big thing in my family. I hope my children grow up to love it as much as I do. It’s everything, the smell of the house. My daughter Charlotte says she loves coming home at this time of year because of the pine tree smell.” Her house is the winter wonderland house where Santa and his friends spend time on their days off. Tickets for the tour are $55 and available from the hospice shop in Cleghorn Street, Thomas’s in Market Street, and Mayflower Studio in Queen Street.
Annie Thompson’s house is in the Marlborough Hospice Christmas Peek tour.
Charity helps clubs with the bills By Cathie Bell Five Marlborough sports clubs were visited by charity LiteClub last week, and shown how to save thousands of dollars a year. LiteClub spokesman Sam McLean says the charity’s field team meet at the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club in Picton, the Blenheim Canine Training Club, Blenheim Golf Club, Marlborough Tennis Club, and Rapaura Tennis Club. “Our field team spent time at each clubrooms, assessing opportunities for the clubs to reduce their environmental footprint while saving money at the same time.
“We also made a number of changes for the clubs, right then and there - 85 energy-hungry lightbulbs were upgraded to efficient LED bulbs, and a clubroom recycling station was set up at each of the clubs. “Collectively, these changes will reduce the clubs’ energy use by 74,679 kWh. At current electricity prices, this translates to a cost saving of $23,211.” Eleven Marlborough clubs have benefited from this free service, Sam says, but there are still another 23 clubs in the district. He says the charity will be back in Marlborough next year.
Electricity, water and waste are the three areas where LiteClub improves efficiency, Sam says. “The goal is to reduce running costs, which frees up money to go back into what really matters - sport. By spending less on utilities that don’t directly benefit grassroots sport, money can go back into coaching, buying new gear and keeping fees down to encourage participation.” RIGHT: Rapaura Tennis Club treasurer Barry Doig with LiteClub partnerships manager Antonia Gerlach.
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Nelson-based ecologist David Melville will speak to Forest and Bird in Blenheim.
made along wetlands in Asia. But many of those locations are being destroyed as land is reclaimed and coastal seawalls are constructed in the name of economic development. Inter-governmental agreements are offering hope for the birds’ future, David says. He has just returned from his fifth visit to China this year, working with a Chinese university to catch and mark
shorebirds. New Zealand’s Department of Conservation is also working with Chinese government authorities to support conservation measures at sites used by New Zealand shorebirds. Technical advice from David is used for wetland and water bird management in a project in central China and his team in China fitted satellite tags to spoon-billed sandpipers, a critically endangered species with an estimated global population of just 700. Those birds do not migrate as far as New Zealand but information gathered this country’s shorebirds can be used to better understand bird movements universally. “It is always great to see a bird that I have marked in New Zealand on the tidal flats of China and Korea, or on the breeding grounds in Alaska!”
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A fair amount of fun to be had By Celeste Alexander An incredible day of fun for all ages has been put together for this Sunday, the Tua Marina School Christmas Fair from 10am - 2pm. Sure to get people in the festive mood, the organising committee, school and students will have an exciting line up of entertainment, activities, games, stalls, food and of course the man in red himself, Father Christmas. The school’s popular Christmas stall will be part of the festivities again this year, as well as the
Christmas lights display and grotto where children can meet Father Christmas and have their photograph taken. Also being held inside will be a beauty room which is still taking bookings via the Facebook page (Tua Marina School Christmas Fair), as well as an arcade room for plenty of fun to be had. Outside and all around the school will be everything from motocross demonstrations and pony rides through to a petting zoo, bouncy castles and sandpit digs.
Live entertainment will delight the crowds throughout the day. Back by popular demand is the Harley Davidson rides and the Rarangi Fire Brigade display. Kids bring your togs and prepare to get wet towards the end of the fair. Families are encouraged to walk about the school and visit the many stalls on offer including the chocolate wheel, ginger bread man decorating, White Elephant, baking, hot food and drinks. Wanting to win a new tablet?
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Marlborough Man Friends and family gathered at Allan Scott’s Jacksons Road winery last week to celebrate the launch of Allan’s book on his life and times.
Allan’s wife Cathy and her sisters toasted the book’s success, from left: Helen Hogan, Ivan Marinovich, David Dew, and Shirley Marinovich Rachel Kenny, Cathy Scott, Mary Lissaman, and Frances Orchard. enjoyed the event.
Chairman of the wine company’s board Paul
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Business Trust Marlborough AGM The business advisory service held an event to thank its mentors, clients, and supporters after its AGM last week.
Frank Metcalfe, Di McCarthy, and Andrew Vavasour enjoyed the event.
Lights over Marlborough
Alistair Mitchell from Thornhill Contracting and
Tony Jordan, Fran Jessep, and Leo McKendry were there.
Mandy Mitchell from the Marlborough Research Centre attended.
Despite the rain, the fireworks display went ahead anyway.
Wesley, Julie, and Cassidy Weedon. Belinda Ross, Darlarntae Tucker, Michala Ross.
Becky Vercoe, Charlie Davies, Carlos Davies and Chris Vercoe.
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Thursday 7pm, Blenheim Bowling Club, Weld St. 40 houses, raffles and refreshments. Proceeds to Te Rerenga O Te Ra` Kapa Haka.
Blenheim Healing Rooms
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Open 1st & 3rd Saturdays every month. 11.00am1pm. Salvation Army HQ, Henry St, Blenheim. Sign out. Free Christian healing prayer available to anyone. Phone 578 9704.
Depression Support Group You are not alone! Spend time with others who understand. Meets Bread of Life, 14B Stephenson St, Thurs 1pm-2.30pm. Ph Barb: 0277372403.
Family/Whanau for information/ advocacy/support For families living with mental illness/addictions please contact Supporting Families Marlborough - Lyn, Karina or Nikki, phone 577 5491 or visit us at 68 Seymour Street.
Handcraft Fair Saturday 26th November, 131 Budge St, 11am to 3pm. Phone 4780469 or email riversdalecommunityhouse@xtra.co.nz to book.
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BARNES, Emlyn (Tim): On Sunday November 13 2016, passed peacefully with family at his side, at Seaview Home Picton. Aged 83 years. Loved husband of the late Phyllis, loved and respected father, father-in-law and grandfather of Lynne, Carly, George and Ian. A special thanks to Seaview Home staff for their love and care over the years. A service for Tim will be held at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Nelson Square, Picton at 12.30pm on Friday November 18, followed by interment at Picton Cemetery. GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz
Walking Circuit 50+, St Christopher’s church Hall, 11.30 to 12.30. Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month . Voluntary coin donation towards cup tea/coffee. 5794446 021 2230160 sceldercare@ actrix.co.nz
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HEBBERD, Joseph Weldon (Joe Snr): Passed away, peacefully after a short illness, on Friday November 11 2016 at Seaview Home Picton. Aged 81 years. Loved father and father-in-law of Tracy (Christchurch), Joe and Angela, Lisa, and Martin. Loved stepfather of the Twose family. Loved grandad and great grandad. Loved brother of Margaret, Gwen, and Laura. Messages may be sent to 51 Para Road, RD 3, Blenheim 7273. A service for Joe will be held at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Nelson Square, Picton at 11am Thursday November 17, followed by private cremation at the Sowman Crematorium. GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz
Our Advocates will take up your cause to ensure your rights are respected, listen to your concerns and support you in the actions you want to take to gain resolution. Ph 579 5304 or call at Level 2, Aorere House, 54 Scott St.
Older Person Seminar Third Thursday every month at St Christopher’s Church Hall Redwoodtown, 10am to 1pm. Morning tea & lunch provided. Guest Speakers, donation. Ph Wendy 5794446 leave name and number or 021 113 0160 sceldercare@actrix.co.nz
community services Marlborough After Hours GP Services: Wairau Hospital campus, after 6pm. Reception 520 6377. Office 520 9980. Ambulance: Urgent 111. Non urgent 579 4870. After Hours Chemists: Springlands Pharmacy 9am-6pm, 7 days. Ph 5782271. Community Care Pharmacy: Within the Blenheim Warehouse, open 7 days 9am-8pm. Only closed Christmas Day. Diabetes Marlborough Inc: Office hours 9am3pm Mon-Thu 5775549. Reg. Nurse 1pm-5pm Wed, 8.30am-5pm Thu & Fri 5206200 (Mary). Lifeline Marlborough: 0800 543354, 24hr helpline. Marlborough Women's Refuge, Rape and Sexual Abuse Resource Centre: Crisis line, phone Wairau Hospital 520 9999, for Women's Refuge contact numbers. Overeaters Anonymous: For more information. Ph 570 5137 Alcoholics Anonymous: Rose 5777651, Harvey 578 8125. Citizens Advice Bureau - Free, friendly, confidential advice. Mon - Fri 9.30am - 4pm. Phone 578 4272.
Victim Support: 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) Al-Anon: Help for families & friends of alcoholics. Ph Margaret 578 4690 or Aley 021 434117. Alzheimers Society Marlborough: 577 6172, 8 Wither Rd. Open Monday - Friday, 8.30 - 4.30pm Hospital Visiting Hours: Wairau Hospital: Daily 11.30am-7.30pm, children under 12 may visit parents only. Maternity Ward: 10am-Noon, 4pm-7pm. Children's Ward: Daily 10am-8pm. Visiting at all times is subject to the discretion of the nurse in charge of the ward. Marlborough Family Budgeting: - Free confidential budgeting advice. Monday-Thursday. Phone 578 2006. Marlborough Lupus Support: For more information phone Katrina 572 4333 or 021 502 451 PICTON Doctor: Phone weekend doctor 573 6092 or Marlborough After Hours GP Service 520 6377. Office 520 9980. Ambulance: Urgent 111. Non-urgent 579 4870. Chemist:Picton Healthcare Pharmacy. Ph 573 6420 Mon -Fri 8.30-5.30pm, Sat 9-2pm, Queen Charlotte Pharmacy 573 7927 Sat 9-1pm.
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WRIGHT, Caroline Martha (Mumma): Passed away peacefully, at Hospice Marlborough on Saturday November 12 2016. Aged 62 years. Loved partner of Marty, loved Mumma of Joel and Taryn, Gene and Yara, Emma and Jimmy, Scott and Pip. Loved Nan-Nan to all her grandchildren. Loved sister of Denise and Joe, Lorraine and Michael, and Andrew and Karen. Messages may be sent to 32 Durham Street, Picton 7220. In lieu of flowers, a donation to Hospice Marlborough would be appreciated and may be made at the service or sent to P O Box 411, Blenheim 7240. A memorial service for Caroline will be held at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Nelson Square, Picton at 1pm Saturday November 19. GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz
acknowledgement CORBETT, Geoffrey Leonard: 2-9-1938 – 11-102016. Daphne & families appreciate the kindness and respect shown in a great variety of ways on the passing of Geoff. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement on the loss of our much loved husband, father, father-in law and Grand G to his grandchildren.
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The Ministry of Health is providing a Special Support Service for former sawmill workers who were historically exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP) during the course of their employment in the 1950s to the late 1980s. The Sawmill Workers Service aims to help people stay healthy by supporting the early detection of diseases, promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing modifiable risk factors. The Sawmill Workers Service is based on a free annual health check delivered by your usual GP.
GETTING MORE INFORMATION The Ministry of Health Special Support Service staff will be at the Nelson A&P Show on the 19th and 20th of November. You can visit us at our information site near the food court. We will be available to discuss the service and assist with completing application forms. Saturday 19th November 2016 From 7.30pm at the CombiNed ClubS oF marlborough, maiN hall GUEST ARTISTS: EDDIE LOw & ALLAN BARRON Tickets $15.00 per person. Tickets on sale at Combined Clubs of Marlborough. Also door sales. For Further information & tickets: Phone Carolyn Coles 0276109393
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Scout Jamboree team assessing EQ impact on event
Three generations of the Gee family raced at the weekend during the Taylor Pass Rally Sprint. Pictured are David, Liam and Neil Gee. Photo by Rebecca Maling.
Three generations experience race highlight By Celeste Alexander It was a successful days racing for three generations of the Gee family who took part in the Taylor Pass Rally Sprint last Saturday. Marlborough Car Club member David Gee was joined by his father Neil and son Liam in the sprint and despite the wet and muddy conditions, he says it was
the “highlight” of his season. “It was definitely the most enjoyable part of it... having three generations take part. There were people all around commenting on how great it was and most reckoned it hasn’t happened before which is quite special,” he says. “The whole event went extremely well, we all finished and had a
great time. Liam went extremely well, he was bettering his times up to 15 seconds each run... he was on fire,” he says. Neil, in his 70s, and Liam, aged 17, completed the event with David which was the second part to the Mainland Series which began in Nelson three weeks ago. In points David ended up third
overall, Neil in 31st position and Liam in 36th, out of a field of 38 competitors. Keiran Hall continues to hold the lead followed by Richard Bateman. David wishes to thank sponsors CH Motors, Castor Oil, Russell’s Paint and Panel, NZEFI and David Wraight Villas.
Conditions to suit Paddon World Rally Driver Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard head to Rally Australia focussed putting together their perfect performance as they contest the last round of this year’s FIA World Rally Championship. “We learnt a valuable lesson here last year,” says Paddon, “where we put too much pressure on ourselves for a particular result and we didn’t perform well. The 17-20 November rally
is one Paddon enjoys due to the amount of support he and Kennard receive from Australian and Kiwi spectators. “Just competing so close to home and having so much support here is what makes the event special,” he says. “Also the long 50km Nambucca stage is one of my favourite stages of the year so I always look forward to this.” Most of the rally route
around host town Coffs Harbour, New South Wales is the same or very similar to last year with Paddon describing two general types of stages. “There are heavily gravelled public roads – which are not too dissimilar to stages we have on several New Zealand events. He’s fourth in the WRC drivers’ championship, just three points behind Andreas Mikkelsen.
Wairau Valley students are from front left: Amie Cowper, Jacob Norris, Jacob Merrifield (holding sign), Thomas White, Sidney Stevens, Billy Ryan and Alydashaine Elkington.
Early Christmas for school NZ Hockey and Olympic representative Brooke Neal presented a range of hockey gear to Wairau Valley school last week. Brooke is currently recovering from an injury and as a ANZ Olympic
Roving ambassador she is using her time to visit schools up and down the country. Brooke, who comes from Whangarei, spoke to the Wairau Valley school children to encourage them to
reach out for their goals what ever they may be. She herself had a desire from the age of three to go to the Olympics. With a lot of hard work B r o o k e a c h i eve d h e r dream.
The management team for the New Zealand Scout Jamboree 2016 which is set to be held in Renwick in seven weeks, is investigating whether the impact of Monday’s earthquakes and ongoing aftershocks will affect the ability for Marlborough to host the event. There will be a team meeting with Civil Defence in Marlborough today and the Jamboree executive team is meeting in Wellington on Saturday. More information will be made available once the situation has been assessed.
Yealands GodZone team prepare for Australia Team Yealands Family Wines (Team Yealands), who won the GodZone adventure race in April of this year are now preparing to make their mark on the Adventure Race World Championships in Australia. This gruelling 620km multi-day course through the New South Whales region of Shoalhaven is a non-stop race, which includes eight teams from New Zealand
Women’s triathlon
Haydon Paddon and John Kennard at the WRC Ceremonial start.
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Drive through for all your tyre needs There’s a new drive- “Our yard was a major bottle neck the past,” admits branch manager through in town but, thank- in Mike Johnston. fully, our waistlines are not “Customers struggled to get in at risk. and out from State Highway One We are talking tyres, and not the ‘spare tyres’ about our midriffs. TyreLAND Blenheim have been serving up fast efficient service and tyre industry expertise since 1998 and have now extended their premises at 27 Main Street to ensure their customers enjoy an even better experience. With the TyreLAND yard now extending right through to Park Terrace, there’s plenty of space to pull in and park up whenever you’re in need of new tyres, a wheel alignment, balancing, or some specialist advice.
and it was a battle to get a park. “Now we’ve got plenty of room and we can look after everything from cars, trucks, trailers, caravans and boats with ease.” Situated at the heart of the country’s largest wine-producing region, TyreLAND Blenheim also specialise in viticultural work and have two fully equipped service vehicles for fleet work. Exceptional customer care is integral to the TyreLAND brand and they deliver with initiatives such as the VIP programme – which offers members benefits
such as free puncture repairs, free wheel rotation and discounts on wheel alignments - and the ‘Female Friendly’ programme. The only tyre company in New Zealand accredited in this programme, TyreLAND ensures its workshops feel inviting and respectful for all customers, presenting clean facilities and wellgroomed staff. At the Blenheim store, there’s a waiting room - complete with coffee machine - on site, and with five fully-trained tyre specialists at the ready you can be sure your job will be handled promptly. If you prefer to leave your vehicle, you’ll find coffee shops, supermarkets and car yards all within easy walking distance or a courtesy
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YOUR TYRES MIGHT BE GOING BALD? Don’t risk it – call in and see us today for your FREE tyre safety check. Phone 03 577-5622 OPEN HOURS Monday to Friday: 7:30am to 5pm
27 Main Street Blenheim, 7201
Saturday: 9am to 12noon
Phone 03 577-5622 www.tyreland.co.nz
From left : Branch manager Mike Johnston, Richard Church, Owen Croft, Tim Benseman, Andrew Stone.
vehicle available for you to use. TyreLAND Blenheim are also looking forward to welcoming new neighbours, with pet store
Animates moving in next door. That will even keep the kids entertained on your next visit! PBA
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