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By Cathie Bell More than 100 people spent the long weekend camping at Linkwater, role-playing as ‘displaced persons’ in civil unrest in Becara, as part of a military exercise ‘Southern Katipo 2017’.

Marlborough people taking part say it is good preparation for when the Alpine Fault ruptures in a magnitude 8 earthquake, which is likely to cause significant damage, making people leave their homes.

Renwick’s Corriena Price and Katrina Powell say the exercise has been ‘eye-opening’.

Continued on page 2 Renwick's Corriena Price with Brody and Zara were displaced persons for two nights in Linkwater.

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Good practice for massive earthquake Continued from page 1 As part of the Exercise Southern Katipo 2017 exercise scenario, the top of the South Island is the fictional South Pacific country Becara, where unresolved ethnic rivalries between the country’s Wesso majority and Havo minority have exploded into a new wave of violence two years after a multinational force led by the Defence Force helped restore peace and stability.

Unable to quell the fast-spreading unrest, which has caused large numbers of the population to flee their homes, the government of Becara has again sought international assistance.

New Zealand has come to the aid of its South Pacific neighbour and is leading the multinational Combined Joint Task Force.

About 150 volunteers took part as role-players last weekend, staying two nights in tents sharing facilities and resources at Smith’s Farm Holiday Camp, in Linkwater, before being evacuated by bus to Picton, where they boarded HMNZS Canterbury for an overnight sail to Nelson.

About 12 non-governmental organisations, including Oxfam, the International Committee of the Red Cross,

Linkwater resident Abigail Faulls is a refugee showing up to be evacuated with her two sheep.

and Childfund International, worked alongside the NZDF and government agencies including New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Ministry of Health and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to evacuate displaced civilians.

Corriena Price and her family stayed at the camp in Linkwater, and she says the experience has been ‘an

eye-opener’.

The groups running the camp organised a lot of activities for the kids, she says, but only eating the food provided and no snacks between meals was a bit harder for the children.

Katrina Powell says it was ‘a learning experience’ for her family too.

“They had to eat what was served, and at lights out, that was it, no

electronics.”

Marlborough Rural Support Trust co-ordinator Chris Faulls, who owns the holiday camp the ‘displaced persons’ stayed at, agreed the exercise is a useful run-through for what might be needed if a large earthquake or other disaster hit Marlborough.

“One thing missing in a disaster here would be the security side, but that doesn’t necessarily disappear in a New Zealand disaster, you’d still have issues with looting and stuff not being secure.”

A multinational coalition of 2500 troops from 13 countries, backed by amphibious ships, aircraft and armoured vehicles, has deployed to the South Island for the NZDF’s biennial exercise, Exercise Southern Katipo 2017, which aims to enhance the New Zealand Defence Force’s ability to operate in the South West Pacific with defence partners, other government agencies, and non-governmental organisations.

The exercise, which began on October 9 and ends on November 20, features activity in Marlborough, Nelson and the West Coast. An open day is to be held at Omaka on November 18.

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By Cathie Bell After what his mother describes as ‘an insane battle of nearly 16 rounds’, Marlborough Boys’ College student Year 9 George Turner is officially recognised as the country’s second-best speller.

Twenty-one of New Zealand’s top spellers battled it out for the coveted title of this year’s New Zealand Spelling Bee champion at the event’s riveting tensionfilled national final at Te Papa in Wellington last weekend.

George’s mother Michelle Turner says that after ‘an insane battle of nearly 16 rounds and three hours in what the judges

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Lucy Jessep, a Year 10 student at St Margaret’s College in Christchurch, won after she correctly spelled the word ‘pusillanimous’ to take out the title, winning the spelling bee trophy and $5000.

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Old wing goes so rest home can grow

By Bill McElhinney Builders are busy at Bethsaida Retirement Village in Blenheim removing a bit of Blenheim history.

In 1918 the Marlborough Hospital Board bought the Holmdale Homestead from Thomas Bell who was an agent for the Holm Shipping Line.

The homestead included 5.5 acres (2.2 hectares) of land.

Some alterations and a new ward were added together with a home for the staff and nurses who lived on the grounds.

I n 19 71 Ble n h ei m Catholic Parish priest Father John Sloane was concerned about the elderly folk in Blenheim and he and several others leased this home from the Marlborough Hospital Board for a peppercorn rental of $2.00 per year.

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Rail freight rolling again Freight operations on the Main North Line between Blenheim and Christchurch resumed this week, with KiwiRail group general manager network services Todd Moyle saying favourable weather conditions and the excellent repair work mean the line between Picton and Christchurch is re-opening for two return freight services each night, which enables work on the road reconstruction to continue during the day.

“That helps take pressure off the alternate route, which has been the main route to shift freight south since the earthquake.”

Richard Melling, Robinson construction, project manager Peter James, Tracy Holdaway, Julian Morriss and Levi Mano, Robinson Construction, look over plans for the new wing at Bethsaida.

raising efforts, Bethsaida Home for the Aged was opened offering a home to 15 residents. In 1988 the Holmdale land and buildings was offered to the Bethsaida Trust and the maternity home was converted to a rest home.

Over the years, the rest home wing was upgraded and refurbished to pro-

vide ensuite rooms for residents.

But the Bethsaida Trust has decided that this wing, parts of which were built in the 1920s, needs to be replaced so a new, larger wing is being built.

This will increase the number of beds available from 43 to 57.

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well remember the old Holmdale home,” Bethsaida manager Tracy Holdaway says.

“But we are all excited about the new developments.”

“The current wing will stay in place until the new wing is built,” project manager Peter James says.

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is undertaking the two year project.

“We are always full,” Tracy says, “and we are turning people away almost every week.”

Bethsaida also has 33 villas each with either one or two bedrooms, and is the only rest home in Blenheim that provides rental villas.

Lawyers on the go Two lawyers from the Community Law Centre are to hold a clinic at the old Seddon Railway Station tomorrow afternoon, and fortnightly after that.

Stephanie Moses of Community Law says the two lawyers are available from 1pm until 3pm every second Thursday, and are there to help people with any of their legal questions as well as earthquake claims.

Consultation is free and confidential.

People can make a direct booking by phoning Community Law Marlborough on 03 5779919.

Evening clinics to help daytime workers and RSE workers are also being consided.

War hero remembered

Sir Edward Chaytor.

By Bill McElhinney One of Marlborough’s World War One heroes, Major General Sir Edward Chaytor, was a significant figure in the Battle of Beersheba, which was commemorated at a special service in the RSA Lounge at the Clubs of Marlborough yesterday.

Marlborough Mayor John Leggett recalled how the major, a former Spring Creek farmer, led the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade to capture the heavily fortified hill of Tel el Saba (now know as Tel Beer

Sheva), which cleared the way for the now-famous Australian light horse charge on Beersheba.

“The Anzac troops who fought in the Middle East not only faced the well organised and battle seasoned Turkish troops, but also had to combat extreme heat, dehydration through lack of water, and disease,” John says.

“They faced conditions which were extremely physically challenging, and at least a dozen young men from Marlborough lost their lives in the Middle East conflict.

“We should not forget their sacrifice they made to preserve our liberty, nor should we forget the lessons of war.”

The Battle of Beersheba was one of many examples of the Anzac bond formed during World War One. From 1916 to 1918, Australians and New Zealanders formed the Anzac Mounted Division, helping to secure the Suez Canal and to drive Ottoman forces from what was then known as Palestine, the Transjordan and Syria.

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By Celeste Alexander Local woman Emily Stein, a young mother of two girls, is on her third cycle of chemotherapy but has much to smile about.

Emily was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer soon after the birth of her second daughter Mabel (now 18 months).

Within days she also found out it had spread to her pelvis which is an incurable form of cancer.

Then earlier this year Emily discovered her cancer had moved to her brain so she underwent whole brain radiation, which has left her unable to drive.

This created a hurdle for Emily who still needed to drive her girls to playcentre, kindergarten, swimming and dance lessons, so with her husband Chris McMurtrie they looked into purchasing a cargo bike.

They came across a model which was ‘perfect’ for what they needed called Butchers and Bicycles, at Spokesman Cycles Marlborough, but the catch was that it cost $10,000.

“It has specialist features that we needed for safety including a tilt, so when I rode around corners it would lean independently of the cargo carrier on the front where my girls sat. It’s a no-tip mechanism and ensures all wheels stay on the ground and it’s safe and comfortable for all of us,” Emily says.

“I wasn’t sure how my balance would be after the brain radiation so this was the perfect model and is effectively my car for the next few years.”

Concerned the bike would cost ‘more than a car’, Emily’s sister-in-law suggested they find businesses who would pay to have their logos on the bike to help cover the cost.

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who eagerly put their hands up and now have their logos on either side of the cargo carrier.

“Between them they covered $7000 of the bike’s cost which was was phenomenal... so much more than I ever imagined,” Emily says.

Graphic designer Alex Lloyd offered his time to do the graphics and Image Signs printed and applied them.

Support continued to flow in and Emily was contacted by Puddle Jumpers who donated wet weather gear for Mabel and Ada so they were kitted out for all weather conditions.

“I look at this bike as being communityowned. It’s just so unreal how generous all of these businesses have been. Our whole family is just so grateful, so thank you.”

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By Cathie Bell Marlborough smokers are being called on by health scientists to take part in a national trial to see if electronic cigarettes and nicotine patches help people who smoke tobacco to quit.

Researchers at the National Institute for Health Innovation, The University of Auckland, are undertaking the trial on electronic cigarettes, electronic devices that let the user inhale nicotine with less harmful chemicals than found in tobacco smoke, in a process called ‘vaping’.

Lead researcher Associate Professor Natalie Walker says that the aim of the trial, funded by the Health Research Council, is to find out whether e-cigarettes, used either with or without nicotine, combined with nicotine patches can help people quit smoking.

All products will be provided free to participants.

“This study will be the largest trial of e-cigarettes for quitting conducted anywhere in the world,” co-investigator Professor Chris Bullen says.

He led the team’s 2013 trial that tested an earlier type of e-cigarette, and found they were as safe and as good as

Professor Chris Bullen, who is co-leading a trial of ecigarettes.

nicotine patches for quitting.

The research team has been working closely with the ‘vaping’ community in Auckland to identify the best e-cigarette to test, and have decided on one of the latest ‘tank’ style e-cigarettes. ”We are hoping to recruit around 1800 people across New Zealand into the study,” Natalie says.

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Quake draws geologists here

By Cathie Bell Last year’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake has made Blenheim the obvious choice to host a large international conference of earthquake scientists.

Conference organising committee member Christoph Gruetzner, an earthquake geologist at Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany, says the annual Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics, Archaeoseismology Days conferences started in 2009 in southern Spain.

“We are very happy to visit New Zealand now for the first time… New Zealand is so interesting for us because of the Kaikoura earthquake.”

Christoph says paleoseismologists normally work on old quakes that happened hundreds or thousands of years ago, and they analyse the geological and geomorphological record to find out what happened back then.

“Now with Kaikoura we can see a modern example of how the crust deforms in a big quake, and this helps us to better understand our old earthquakes.

“Kaikoura was incredibly complex in that a large number of faults ruptured at once. This taught us that we have to consider

such complex ruptures for other earthquakes as well.”

The earthquake investigations help scientists to better understand how the crust deforms, and to better understand seismic hazard, Christoph says.

“We cannot predict when an earthquake will happen, and I personally think we will never be able to, but we are rather good at telling where they will happen, and this is where they occurred in the past. This is why we do all the detective work to reconstruct earthquakes that happened long time ago.”

Next fortnight’s conference will be Christoph’s first time in New Zealand and he says he is very excited.

The conference will include a field trip to view some of the northern fault ruptures of last year’s Kaikoura earthquake, followed by three days of talks and presentations at conference venues in Ward and Blenheim.

There is also a public meeting at the Marlborough Convention Centre at 7pm on November 14 where five scientists from New Zealand, Italy, and the United States will explain the latest earthquake research.

Emily’s breast cancer message

By Celeste Alexander As the Breast Cancer Awareness month of October ends, local woman Emily Stein issues another warning to women... “If you notice any changes at all in your breasts, go straight to your doctor!”

“Have faith in yourself and if you know something is wrong, keep going back and follow your instincts.”

Two years ago Emily noticed one of her breasts had a ‘rusty watery discharge’ and slight firmness. She went to her doctor who referred her for an ultrasound.

It came back clear and she says she was told it was most likely ‘hormonal’, being that she was 28 and already had a child.

Happy to hear it wasn’t anything serious, Emily and husband Chris pushed forward with their plans to have a second child. Her breast continued to leak blood and became larger and firmer, symptoms she thought were pregnancy related.

Chris became increasingly concerned and ordered his wife back to the doctor the day she returned home after giving birth.

“When Mabel was born I wasn’t producing milk on that breast. It turns out that my

entire breast was cancerous so in the scan there was no normal tissue to compare the cancer to,” Emily says.

A biopsy was carried out which resulted in a devastating blow to the family - inflammatory breast cancer.

Emily underwent surgery to have a mastectomy.

She then found out the cancer spread to her pelvis where is has remained thanks to radiation and chemotherapy treatments.

Emily continues to have chemotherapy as cancer was found in her brain after she began experiencing headaches.

Unfortunately brain radiation did not have an impact so she’s on her third cycle of chemotherapy and is hoping for good news at the end of the year.

She says doctors have not given her a timeline which she says does have an impact on her mental health.

“It’s not just the physical impact, but the mental too that plays a huge role in all of this.

“But I’m living day by day and enjoying all of the little moments.

“It’s a hard thing carrying on without a timeline, but as far as I’m concerned I’m living until I’m at least 60... unless I’m told differently,” she grins.

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Dear Ed, Re Craig Basham’s ideas, these are not new and have often been iterated among our friends and acquaintances, and also was often suggested at the very initial consultations that they did with Blenheim’s community.

It is good that Craig has outlined it all so clearly at this juncture - perhaps the Ministry of Education will pay attention!

It seems the most logical and cost-effective answer which would benefit all!

Incorporate the grounds at Bohally and MGC, move the Intermediate to the MBC location. Make the necessary changes to the buildings - whatever is needed.

No new land needs to be bought - huge cost savings to grounds, landscaping, use it for building upgrades, etc etc. Let’s do it!

Second choice, Waterlea Racecourse area.

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Backing Craig’s idea Dear Ed, Hi, we just wanted to give some feedback on your feature re the third option proposed for colleges consideration Craig Basham’s proposal is exactly what my husband and I have talked about and thought would be the obvious ‘first option’.

Good location, already owned by the Govt, etc etc as he outlines in the feature. You’ve got to ask why has this not been given serious consideration.

So we agree whole heartily with his views.

Dave and Sue Monahan via email

Time for a Best idea yet re-think Dear Ed, Craig Basham deserves a medal for coming out and giving Blenheim such a sensible option for our school, with all the logic to prove it.

With a change of government there may not be the money to splash buying vast tracts of land, with all options we know about being far less central and less accessible.

Many buildings on the present Girls’ and Bohally sites are perfectly fine.

Where are our council in this?

Why are they not proving some worth by standing up and vouching for the obvious.

Craig Basham for mayor!

Stephanie Hole Blenheim

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Steven Asplet Blenheim I’m disappointed, not my choice. There’ll be some interesting times ahead.

Dear Ed, Craig’s recommendation is an excellent idea.

Money saved on purchasing land can go toward upgrading existing or new facilities. Location of both existing sites are ideal and what is more the racecourse remains.

A win-win for all I think.

Lyndsay Pearson via email

Dear Ed, Love it. Why not Move Bohally to Boys? Best idea yet.

I can see beautiful artistic bridges crossing the lovely stream between the sites, and amazing landscaping.

And millions would probably be saved. Eventually the schools will become co-ed as community beliefs mature, and modern pedagogy prevails.

Well done Mr Basham!

Catherine via email

A lot of sense Dear Ed, Craig Basham’s suggestion on solving the colleges needs makes a lot of sense to me.

It makes much better use of existing land and buildings without swallowing up either valuable viticulture land or taking up green spaces.

I would go a step further and suggest any new buildings be two-storied as is happening at Witherlea School at the moment.

Making wise use of all resources needs to be at the centre of the discussion as well as future educational needs. I hope that his suggestion is added to the list of possible options.

Whatever background or occupation Craig has, his idea is worth adding to the mix.

Gail Pickett via email

More on colleges Dear Ed, Philippa Burns’ idea to have a junior high makes more sense than anything.

Bohally needs to brought into the discussion. But years 7-9 would be best, with year 10 being part of the senior high school.

What’s clear mostly, is that the consultation process is wanting, and that all alternatives are not being considered. Bit like the flag referendum. Catherine via email

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Sun Strike Dear Ed, At today’s Sunday market I saw a baby in a push chair with the bright sun directly in it’s eyes. The child was trying to squint but it’s eyes were watering with the intense glare.

When I told the parents (who incidentally were wearing sunglasses) they thanked me and pulled the push chair shade lower.

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Road safety Dear Ed Re your article “Students at risk”, October 25th, I note that the photograph shows students crossing in front of a truck at a pedestrian refuge.

My understanding is that a refuge is a place for pedestrians to wait, after crossing one lane of the road, until the road is clear to cross the other lane.

There are no markings on the road to indicate that traffic must stop, as at a pedestrian crossing. I feel

that the students should have waited, and the traffic should not have stopped.

Drivers who stop at refuges no doubt think they are being kind and considerate, but they are creating a confusing situation, both for pedestrians and for other drivers. They are, in effect, stopping unexpectedly in the road and inviting a tail end collision – would they stop suddenly and unexpectedly just anywhere?

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pedestrians, especially children, come to think that traffic will always stop for them.

Some time ago I did phone Marlborough Roads for some clarification on this subject, but my call was never returned.

I think it is imperative that the rules, if there are any, about refuges should be publicised before the inevitable accident occurs.

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Responding to my query about whether we need to remove the Marlborough Express newspapers from their plastic bag in order for them to be recycled he answered ‘...we do receive them through the kerbside collection and we deal with them but it’s not ideal.’

Does ‘dealing with them’ mean that someone on the truck or at the recycling centre takes each paper out of its bag so that each component can be recycled?

He points out that residents can now recycle soft plastics through the supermarkets’ recycling scheme, which implies that he’d like us to separate the paper and the

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bag, but what about all those wet and soggy Midweek and Saturday Expresses that one sees lying on road verges and gutters in the suburbs? They are the ones that prompted me to ask the question of whether they are litter.

Mr McNeil replied that council’s legal team has determined that newspapers at the time of delivery are not, because “litter by its nature is something that is no longer wanted or of use”. But later he says “The offence in the Litter Act is depositing litter or, having deposited it, leaving it in a public place.”

“That leads me to conclude that newspapers left lying more than a day are litter if not removed by the person who deposited them.

I note one of council’s updated bylaws earlier this year was that ‘unsolicited mail

must not be delivered to letterboxes where such material is unwelcome’.

A shame that bylaw wasn’t expanded to include unsolicited newspapers because even if it was practical to get a No Express sign, the method of distribution ie throwing from a moving vehicle would (or at least should) preclude a driver from being able to scan each house for the sign.

If The Sun can hand-deliver to letterboxes then MEX should be able to do likewise.

And yes, I could ask MEX to take part in cleanups but I think it makes more sense for MEX and/or the council to be proactive and responsible and deal with the issue rather than leave residents to deal with the result.

The Litter Patrol Blenheim

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Real Hope For Long Term Back Pain Sufferers

After almost ten years in New Zealand, Teeter Hang-Ups have now gained a reputation for success with long-term sufferers of Back pain. Inversion New Zealand was started

by Dave and Nancy Hare, Dave had suffered over twenty years of back pain from Degenerated Discs and had basically given up and decided to just live with it. “To me surgery was never an option” he said “as long as I still could walk, there was hope”.

was something I had never heard of sorting it out for me in a very short period of time” It was then Dave decided to introduce Teeter into New Zealand and Inversion NZ was born.

Come along to one of our expos and see how it works for yourself! (See red bar for details). If you have completely resigned yourself to having back or neck pain for the rest of your life, then chances are you will be pleasantly surprised.

Over the years INZ have helped thousands of people get some serious relief and have seen results in not only backs, but necks, hips, knees, posture, circulation, increased height, blood pressure and lots more.

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Dave had tried everything; every time he was overseas he would search for anything that could possibly help.

While on one of these overseas trips ten years ago, Dave discovered the Teeter Hang-Ups. “The first time I tried it, the pain disappeared and I was completely pain free for about 30 minutes, nothing had done that” he told me. Dave never believed it would fix him, “as specialists had told me it was irreversible, I now knew I had a place to go every time I wanted some serious relief”.

“We have testimonials from people with over fifty years of back problems and even have them in a number of schools in New Zealand for their special needs children” he told me, “the blood to the brain helps these kids and the results are excellent” What this means for the aging population is that it helps maintain the health of the brain as we all get older.

To Dave’s surprise the more he used the table the longer the pain stayed away, until after nearly three months he was completely pain free, “I couldn’t believe it’ he told me “I had spent large amounts of money on every form of treatment available and here

Dave told me that he realised that, had he not tried the Teeter for himself he would still be suffering, “I would still be a miserable grumpy bugger, living with pain, that is why we do the shows, people need to try it for themselves” he told me “most people actually get off with the pain either gone or considerably less” he said “we let the tables do the talking”

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In 2008 I had been living with a serious lower back pain for many years due to two discs with serious degeneration and was scheduled for a double spinal fusion at a cost of $48,000. The Specialist had recommended many lifestyle changes including changing my profession, which was not practical as I own my own business.

At the Waikato Home Show I experienced a demonstration on a Teeter Inversion Table by Dave and Nancy Hare. To me the effect was amazing, I actually experienced some serious relief which lasted for an hour or two, I was told that the relief would last longer with time as long as I used the table regularly, so with the surgery scheduled for 12 weeks time, having nothing to lose and a lot to gain I purchased a Teeter.

Four years on I still use my table on a daily basis, my back is as strong as ever with very little or completely no pain, I am still at my same profession and working as hard as ever and most importantly I did not have the surgery. I consider the purchase of my Teeter has been one of my greatest investments, not only has it enabled me to avoid serious and costly surgery, it has kept me in my profession and it has brought my health back.

Thank you very much for the opportunity.

Frank Harwood (84) of Turangi using his Teeter, Frank has been Inverting for over eight years and has found it keeps him young

IT IS PURE LOGIC AS TO HOW THE TEETER TABLE WORKS

Discs: It

uses gravity to apply traction, the traction gently opens the discs and as they open up they create suction, this suction draws fluid from the surrounding tissue back into the discs, re-hydrating them. This is the key! Discs do not have their own blood supply, they rely on transfer of fluid from the surrounding tissue to keep them healthy and hydrated and over the years as discs get thinner with age, they lose the ability to take on fluid (just like squeezing a sponge) and they start to de-hydrate.

Posture: Poor

posture is one of the major cases of pain and is a major contributor to the deterioration of the body with age. A difference in leg length causes most of the hip and knee issues, as they continue to place uneven loads on the joints; similar to the wheels out of alignment on your car.

Trying to correct posture is extremely difficult due to muscle memory, as it constantly pulls the muscles back to where they were. At a level of 40 degrees or more on the Teeter, the muscle groups open up and eventually come back into alignment, using the table daily, does not allow the muscle memory to pull them back out of alignment and slowly the muscles start to lose their memory and go with the flow, allowing the body to come back into correct posture. Then using the table once a day will ensure it is kept there.

De-Hydrated discs are less flexible, they are harder, more prone to injury, they interfere with nerve roots creating pain and ultimately the de-hydration causes degeneration. The Teeter Inversion table slowly and gently brings the hydration back into the discs, plumping them up. This brings back lost height (most people will regain around 2 CM of height), it separates the nerve roots far more effectively and returns This is pure logic, if a machine is out of quality of life alignment it does not last long, the only difference between the body and a Muscles: A lot of pain is muscular, when machine is that the body is constantly muscles are stressed they become tight repairing itself, however if the wear and which restricts the flow of blood and lymph tear on the body is greater than the body’s through the muscles so toxins build up, ability to repair itself, it is a slow decline.

Co2 and Lactic Acid. Traction opens up the The Teeter slowly brings the body out of its muscles, Rhythmic Traction, is a gentle decline and allows the body to repair itself, rocking motion that stimulates circulation resulting in a far healthier life. and encourages blood flow through the muscles, which clears the lactic acid into If you are serious about investing in your your lymph system where it stimulates health and really sorting your issues out, lymph flow and deals with it. Most people come see us at one of our local roadshows, with serious neck issues see a large you have nothing to lose and chances are, a lot to gain. improvement after only one treatment.

BACK or NECK PAIN? Come along for a free treatment Here in New Zealand, Dr Giresh Kanji, one of the countries most respected Pain Specialists completed a PhD on how humans experience pain and then researched lower back pain, writing "Fix Your Back" and then spent a few years researching neck pain, headache and migraine and wrote "Fix Your Neck Pain, Headache & Migraine", both books are in most bookstores.

Dr Kanji discovered in the research that the disc is the most likely source of low back pain and Inversion showed the best results of all the trials conducted. Three studies showed a 60% reduction in pain and one showed a 75% reduction in surgery for people with disc prolapse.

Inversion helps to: • Relieve Back Pain • Relieve Neck Pain • Relieve Muscle Tension • Stimulate Blood And Lymph Flow • Improve Posture • Increase Flexability • Reduce The Effects Of Ageing Caused

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Dr Kanji has personally been using the Teeter Inversion tables for his own low back pain, has Teeter Inversion tables at both of his clinics in Wellington (The Sports and Pain Clinic) and has had such success that he is now conducting the largest study in the World on Inversion Therapy.

In his own words, "these things are gold and inversion should be a first line treatment for low back pain”.

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Moslems, Christians unite for special service

By Bill McElhinney A special service in Blenheim to emphasise unity between Moslems and Christians has attracted the attention of some of the country’s top officials.

“Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy wanted to come,” one of the organisers, Yvonne Dasler, says.

“She can’t make it this time and has sent an apology, but will make a point of coming if we have a similar event again.

“However the Human Rights Commission’s strategic advisor for Race Relations, Rakesh Naidoo, is coming over from Wellington for the occasion.”

The service, at 7pm on Friday

in the Blenheim Wesley Centre, Henry Street, is being organised by the churches of Blenheim and the local Moslem community.

The service will be led by Methodist minister Alofa Asiata, Fawad Shah and Zayd Blissett from the Blenheim Moslem community, Father John Pearce, Star of the Sea Catholic parish, and Derek Harding, Presbyterian.

“It will start with the Moslem call to prayer,” Fawad says.

“There will be prayers and songs and then two children, one Moslem and one Christian, will bring lighted candles to light one candle, a symbol of

unity.”

“This is the time of the year, Christmas, when we think about peace in the world,” Yvonne says. “We want to promote unity, especially as there is so much disunity and focus on divisiveness in the world today.

“Everyone is welcome to attend and hopefully our community will come out in great numbers to affirm that Blenheim people appreciate diversity and live in harmony with each other.”

Following the service, supper will be served to enable people to get to know each other better. People are invited to bring Yvonne Dasler, Zayd Blissett, Alofa Asiata, Fawad Shah and Derek Harding are finger food to share. helping organise a special Moslem-Christian unity evening.

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The Marlborough Sounds Chorus participated recently in the hugely popular concert of the Westminster Chorus from California, USA held in the ASB Theatre.

Since then the Chorus members have not been idle.

They travelled to Sydney at the end of September to participate in the Pan Pacific Barbershop Convention where 25 choruses and 56 quartets competed for medals and honours.

With 16 singers plus their director the Marlburians competed in the Small Chorus category.

They performed in an auditorium with 2000 seats in the impressive new International Convention Centre in Darling Harbour.

“It was a nerve wracking but exciting experience to perform in an auditorium of such magni-

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Blenheim

Weekly babies

Dad of the Week

Congratulations to ROB ANDERSON

this week’s lucky winner of the New World $25 voucher to spend at New World Blenheim.

Our winner is invited to bring his ID in to claim his prize when he next visits New World Blenheim.

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Roman Johannes Anderson Born October 25, 2017 Weight 4kg Hospital Wairau

Kelsi Evelyn Smith Born September 24, 2017 Weight 5lb 9oz Hospital Wairau

Baby boy Bryant Born October 29, 2017 Weight 5lb 9oz Hospital Wairau

Max Robert Polkinghorne-Parnwell

Rob and Kylie are thrilled to welcome their first child, Roman Johannes (4kg) born October 25, 2017 at 6pm at Wairau Hospital. A big thank you to midwife Cathy Middleton and all of the staff at the Maternity Ward.

Steve and Tracy, along with proud siblings Keira, Kellan, Bailey, Jonty and Hunter would like to announce the fast and safe arrival of Kelsi Evelyn Smith (5lb 9oz) at 1.11pm on September 24, 2017 at Wairau Hospital. Special thanks to Sue Hudson and Rhianne Lamb for all your care and support. Ruth Thompson Photography.

Chantelle van den Munckhof and Sam Bryant are pleased to welcome the early but safe birth of their baby boy (5lb 9oz) on October 29, 2017 at 8.57am at Wairau Hospital. Thank you to midwives Jenn and Mahana, and all the staff at the Maternity Ward.

Kaycee and Warren are pleased to welcome the early but safe arrival of Max Robert Polkinghorne-Parnwell (6lb 12oz) born on Labour Day. A new brother for Olivia, Lily, Toby and Jackson. One month early but doing well.

Photo provided.

Born October 23, 2017 Weight 6lb 12oz Hospital Wairau

Community Funding

is AvAilAble in your AreA The Lion Foundation is looking for more great causes to support in Blenheim, Renwick and Picton. If you’re a school, charity, community group, health provider or sports organisation in Blenheim, Renwick or Picton then we’d like to hear from you.

Georgie Armstrong and Lexi Pottinger hand over a cheque to Anita Ireland of Diabetes Marlborough.

Turning blue good for camp For more information head to www.lionfoundation.org.nz or call us on 0800 802 908 and we’ll walk you through the process.

Application forms can also be picked up from Fairweathers on scott (blenheim), the Woodbourne tavern (renwick) & the Crow tavern (Picton).

By Cathie Bell Bohally Intermediate School’s Georgie Armstrong and Lexi Pottinger raised more than $400 and the awareness of diabetes at a school mufti day last Friday.

Yesterday, the two students handed over $204.80 to Diabetes Marlborough’s Anita Ireland, with the other half of the money going to Searching for a Cure in Dunedin.

Georgie and Lexi organised a mufti day for fellow students to educate them about Type 1 diabetes, which both girls have. Lexi was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last Christmas, and Georgie was 18 months old when she was diagnosed.

Students who showed up to school wearing ‘blue’ clothes donated a gold coin to make up for being out of uniform. Blue is the colour for diabetes awareness, and it is diabetes action

month this month.

Georgie who is year seven and Lexi who is year eight say their fellow students were enthusiastic about the mufti day.

“Lots of people wore mufti, the whole school, just about.

A lot of people wore onesies and tutus, whatever they could find.

There might even have been people wearing their pyjamas.”

They say it took a long time to count all the coins received, and in the end, $409.60 was raised for the two causes.

Anita says Diabetes Marlborough is in the early stages of planning a family camp, and hope to be able to hold it at minimal cost to the families.

“It’s aimed at normalising diabetes as much as possible for the youth and their siblings.”

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keeping those‘nasties’ away from your home...

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How often have you left out some chocolate, sugary cereals or some crumbs on the floor and returned to find them covered in ants?

Yes, it’s that time of year again where ant colonies make their presence known by the thousands.

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Once they have set up a colony in your home or garden, it will take the right treatment to rid yourself of them.

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Foraging worker ants will search for food and are often found in trails running into homes, particularly kitchens and larders where they find and contaminate food.

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Warm, insects are more active when warm and prefer warm locations.

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out & about Vintage open day

Marlborough Vintage and Farm Machinery Society held an open day at Brayshaw Park on Sunday as part of the Marlborough Museum Heritage Festival.

Softball celebration

The Marlborough Softball Association’s new number one diamond at Lansdowne Park was officially opened on Saturday.

School athletics

Renwick School held it’s athletics day last Thursday which was enjoyed by the students.

Vintage machinery men Peter Tester and John Griffin.

Riding the Riverside Railway, Korby Orchard and Brylee Collins.

Celebrant Jim Davis, deputy mayor Terry Sloan and Softball Association life member Peter McRae.

Charlotte Goodsir.

Manning the Riverside Rail: Kelvin Allan and Matt Marfell.

Firing up the barbecue: Maxine Kenny and Bec Grant.

Finn Meek and Jacob McKay.

Jaydah Wallace.

Saints softballer Josh Ludeman.

Jett Alexander.

Any of our “out & about” photos can be purchased at the Sun Newspaper office.

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community notices

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 9am-3pm Mon-Thu 5775549. Reg. Nurse 1pm5pm 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 021 555 061.

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-Friday 10am3pm. Phone 578 2006.

Marlborough Lupus Support: For more information phone Katrina 572 4333 or 021 502 451.

Picton Doctor: Phone weekend doctor 520 3222 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 8.305.30pm, Sat 9-2pm, Queen Charlotte Pharmacy 573 7927 Sat 9-1pm.

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WRIGHT, Alan James Arnold: On October 27, 2017. Alan passed away after a lengthy but courageous battle. Most dearly loved husband of Maureen, much loved father of Rebecca, Sarah and Matt, and father-in-law of Ryan. Loved son of the late Ian and June Wright and brother of Paul. A very dear son-in-law of Patricia and the late Brian Peters. Loved brother-in-law of Colin, Mike and Paul. Messages may be sent to: the Wright Family, c/- PO Box 110, Blenheim 7240. A Farewell Service for Alan will be held at the Clubs of Marlborough, Alfred St, Blenheim at 2.00pm on Wednesday, November 1, followed by private cremation at the Sowman Crematorium.

Respectfully cared for by GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719

Open 1st & 3rd Saturdays every month.

11.00am-1pm. Salvation Army HQ, Henry St, Blenheim. Sign out. Free Christian healing prayer available to anyone. Phone 578 9704.

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.

Gecko Junction Cafe Arts & Crafts & Sheets ‘n’ Things Great coffee, food, artisan gifts, quality used linen. The Warehouse car park. Phone 2654444 or 0211602782.

KENWARD, Deborah Evelyn: Passed away suddenly on Tuesday October 24 2017. In her 60th year.

Dearly loved wife of Neil, much-loved mother of Justin. Cherished sister of Anna, Wendy and Jacky (all of Nelson); loved aunty to all her nieces and nephews. Messages may be sent to the Kenward Family, 2 Poynter Street, Blenheim 7201. Donations to the Nelson/Marlborough Rescue Helicopter would be appreciated and may be made at the service, or sent to P O Box 2227, Stoke, Nelson 7041. A farewell for Deborah will be held at St. Christopher’s Anglican Church, Weld Street, at 1pm on Wednesday November 1, followed by private cremation at the Sowman Crematorium.

Respectfully cared for by GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719

Housie T h u r s d ay 7p m, B l e n h e i m B ow l i n g Club, Weld St. 40 houses, raffles and refreshments. Proceeds to Te Rerenga O Te Ra` Kapa Haka.

Mental Health Consumer Advocacy Service 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 in at 68 Seymour Street.

St Christopher’s Goodwill Friday 3rd November, 9am-noon at the Church Hall Redwoodtown. Usual bargains, good used clothing, household goods and books.

‘You Are Not Alone’ Depression Support Group

acknowledgement

Every Wednesday 10-11.30am, Bread of Life 14B Stephenson St. Everyone welcome.

Questions? contact Barb 027 737 2403/578 1355 Extn 10.

The Sun Newspaper offers an acknowledgement service to its readers. You can submit acknowledgements following family bereavements. The deadline will be on Mondays at 5.00pm, with a limit of 50 words for $15.00.

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The Community Noticeboard is for non-profit organisations. For $10.00 + GST you can publish up to 25 words. No AGMS, sporting notices or special meetings. Community Notices must be pre-paid. Call into our office at 72 High Street, Blenheim.

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2 x Team Leaders 2017/18 Honey Harvest (Fixed-term) The 2017/18 honey flow is fast approaching, and we are seeking 2 x handson Team Leaders to oversee the running of our honey extraction plant. We will be running 2 shifts, day shift (6.00am to 4.00pm) and night shift (4.00pm to 2.00am) – Monday through to Saturday.

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Anna Flowerday, Ben Glover and Brent Maris, last year’s team Marlborough.

Grape debate hot on Friday

By Cathie Bell There won’t be much doubt in Marlborough winemakers’ minds, but Team Hawkes Bay will put up a good front on Friday in the second annual Colliers Rural Grape Debate arguing ‘Is Hawkes Bay riding Marlborough’s coat-tails?’

Event organiser Rebecca Tacon, owner-operator of Planit Events, says the Grape Debate is ‘so much more than a night out’.

“It’s an event where passion and fire comes out as winemakers argue their points and do their best to win the crowd over with their words as opposed to their wine.”

Team Hawkes Bay and team Marlborough will take the gloves off and argue which region is best

On Team Marlborough we have Ben Glover from Zephyr Wines, Anna Flowerday from Te Whare Ra Winery and Bart Arnst for Darling Wines. Fighting it out for Hawkes Bay is Tim Turvey from Clearview Estate Winery, Rod Easthope from Rod Easthope Wines and Ant Mackenzie from Ant Mackenzie wines.

“The Grape Debates can get pretty heated, so Jeremy Corbett will be there to provide comic relief and ensure it’s just witty words that are thrown across the room,” Rebecca says.

As well as the debate, the night will be a fundraiser.

All proceeds will be donated to the mayoral relief funds that have been set up to support those suffering hardship from the Kaikoura

Earthquake.

“Grape Debates aren’t just a heck of a load of fun, they actually give winemakers a chance to get together and dispute ideas in a light-hearted but highly competitive environment, as well as raise money for a good cause,” Rebecca says.

“The highlight of the debating is the banter that the winemakers seem to all have in extraordinary amounts. It turns out winemakers love a good argument! The wine drinkers in the crowd get pretty involved too.”

Tickets to the Grape Debate are $135 and include a three course meal, predinner drinks, and a great selection of wines. Tickets are available from Event Finda or Planit Events.

Former MP packing up

By Cathie Bell Former National Party MP Colin King is selling his house and will be moving to Kaikoura in February.

He confirmed to the Sun that his house is ‘definitely’ on the market, and he and wife Lynette are moving to Kaikoura to repair an earthquake-damaged holiday home his family have there.

Colin says he has set a date of midFebruary to move to Kaikoura to start repairs at his bach, and they’re expected to take about three months.

“That’s our movements at the moment.

How long the house takes to sell is anyone’s guess.”

He says moving out of the district permanently ‘is not a given’, and he laughed when asked if he would stand for election to the Kaikoura District Council, saying the Kaikoura council was ‘doing a good job’.

The couple are downsizing, and looking to do other things such as travel, he says.

“The house is a bit big for us at the moment.”

They are awaiting the birth of their second great-grandchild in Christchurch, and Colin says they have been ‘very fortunate’ to have family in Marlborough.

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Former National Party Kaikoura MP Colin King.

ment operation, which he says has taken him longer to get over than anticipated.

“Shearing and farming are a bit hard on the joints.

“Being a left-handed shearer means turning sheep around 180 degrees in a right-handed environment.

“I wouldn’t want to be doing it now.”

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Archery attack!

Sport Tasman is running an Archery Attack event at the Vines Village on Sunday from 1.30 to 3.30pm.

Players use bows and foam-tipped arrows to eliminate opponents and knock out the opposing team’s target.

Sport Tasman is offering discounted rates for year nine and 10 students – usually $30 pp, it is only $10 cash on the day. Places strictly limited.

Jet Murrell, left, Zephyr Dollimore and Toby Bainbridge get things off to a swinging start at the opening of the new number one softball diamond at Lansdowne Park on Saturday.

Softballers slug it out

By Bill McElhinney First there was a blessing, and then it was “batter up!” at the opening of the Marlborough Softball Association’s new number one diamond at Lansdowne Park on Saturday.

Celebrant Jim Davis prayed for a blessing on the new facility, particularly that a spirit of true sportsmanship would prevail and the facility would be used for good ends.

Deputy mayor and former softball player Terry Sloan was then called on to pitch the first few balls across the home plate before he, mayor John Leggett and association life member Peter McRae stepped up to whack a few balls to the outfield.

The new synthetic turf diamond is part of the $4.8 million development of the sports hub at Lansdowne Park.

Marlborough softballers played at Lansdowne Park in the 1970s, then moved to Redwoodtown to Oliver Park, then back to Lansdowne, then to A & P Park where softball had been based for more than 20 years.

Following the official opening the JAB/ Little League games were played with the seniors moving on to the new diamond in the afternoon.

Here’s your chance to give golf a go!

By Bill McElhinney Ever thought about having a go at golf?

“It’s great fun,” says Rarangi Club golfer Sue Lang. “I was never a sport person but my husband got me involved and I love it. There’s a great social side to it and you make a lot of friends.”

“It’s not expensive,” says young Blenheim golfer Emma Gardiner.

“And you can play almost every day,” Blenheim Golf Club secretary Judith Batty says.

Blenheim Golf Club is hosting a ‘She Loves Golf’ day from 10am on Sunday, aimed at encouraging more women to give golf a go and maybe even get hooked.

The event is being organised

by Chris Pugh, club capability manager for Tasman Golf. Representatives from five different golf clubs in Marlborough will be on hand to help participants pick up some skills and discover the appeal of golf.

“It’s an event for all ages, children and families,” Chris says.

“The idea is to give people a chance to try golf, see how they like it.

“You don’t need any clubs or equipment, it will all be provided

Touch team for Fiji Thirteen of the province’s leading female touch rugby players leave for Fiji this week to compete in the Kava Cup for women, being played in Denarau.

The competition begins on November 2 and runs until November 5, with teams promised at least three games each day.

The Marlborough team is Katie Bradley, Cara Wiapo, Lucy Smith, Laura Murphy, Jenna Gilbert, Emma Paaka, Hana Wilson, Pippa Andrews, Jessie Peat, Daina Crosbie, Emma Moore, Rosie Buchanan Brown, Tash Ford. Coach: Todd Nicholas.

Manager: Anna Archie. Tour manager: Toni Robinson.

Kids duathlon The New World Marlborough Kids Duathlon starts on Sunday at 9am at the Brancott Estate Vineyard in the Brancott valley.

There are two race length options to choose: Race 1- run or walk 1km - bike 3km - run or walk 1km. Race 2 - run or walk 2km - bike 5.5km - run or walk 1km.

This family day is a Fairhall school fundraiser.

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Judith Batty, Emma Gardiner and Sue Lang will be at the Blenheim Golf Club at Pollard Park on Sunday for the 'Give Golf a Go' day.

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Be prepared Exercise trains for real thing

By Cathie Bell More than 100 people spent the long weekend camping at Linkwater, role-playing as ‘displaced persons’ in civil unrest in Becara, as part of a military exercise ‘Southern Katipo 2017’.

Marlborough people taking part say it is good preparation for when the Alpine Fault ruptures in a magnitude 8 earthquake, which is likely to cause significant damage, making people leave their homes.

Renwick’s Corriena Price and Katrina Powell say the exercise has been ‘eye-opening’.

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