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Cinderella’s dreams

By Chris Valli

Marlborough Academy of Dance’s Show, If the Shoe Fits, A Cinderella Story, culminated on Sunday at the ASB Theatre. There is no doubt the regions dance talent is in healthy stead as 400

dancers were involved in the show with the main characters and senior students performing in all four shows. Directed

by Robyn Simmons and choreographers included; Fleur Hebbard, Daliah Clarke, Jenna Hook, Krystal Palmer, Ayla Shaw, Amy Potts, Rose Platenkamp,

Rebecca Swanson, Kelsey Smith, Mel Foster and Sara Bishell.

Parent Becky Jensen says the children were certainly ‘part of something wonderful where memories are created forever’.

“For all the hard work of everyone

making this possible I would like to say thank you for all MAD does to make this happen and a big thank you to the people you don’t see that prepare the amazing props and scenes that help to make them all to shine, you are all amazing,” she says.

CUTE AS: Harriet Hellström,, Anna Nguyen, Ella Foster, Frankie Palmer and Amelia Black take to the ASB stage at the weekend. Photo: Mark Grammer.

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committee member Mark Taylor, helping to raise some much-needed funds.

The Marlborough Coastguard unit recently replaced all three engines on Bluebridge Rescue at a cost of $250,000. Coastguard Marlborough covers from Stephen’s Island in the outer Sounds, to halfway down to Kaikōura.

Bluebridge Rescue is New Zealand’s only dedicated Rescue and Medical vessel designed specifically for the Marlborough region and one of two vessels in the Marlborough fleet.

In the 12 months to June 30th 2023 Coastguard Marlborough’s 31 volunteers put in 3,908 volunteer hours, responded to 75 calls for help, and brought 105 people home safely.

Full lottery details available at https:// www.coastguard.nz/get-involved/other-ways-to-help/buy-a-lottery-ticket

Coastguard is the charity that rescues over 6,000 New Zealanders each year and educates over 14,000 people annually about water safety.

Only 30% of their funding comes from the government, so they need the community’s help raising the rest.

The Coastguard Summer Lottery is an opportunity for Marlborough to do just that.

Not only will you be helping to keep the regions waters safe, you will also be in the draw to win a Hyundai Santa Fe all-wheel-drive and a sleek new Haines Hunter SF485 with a 70hp 4-stroke Yamaha outboard and trailer valued at $141,000.

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Blenheim Christmas Parade This Saturday, December 2 is the Blenheim Christmas/Santa Parade.

There will be an awesome line-up of Christmas themed floats, walkers and even some furry friends.

Be entertained from 2.30pm in Market Place following on from the Mistletoe Market with the Parade kicking off at 3.30pm from Blenheim School. The Sun’s journalist Chris Valli will be the MC.

By Chris Valli

An agreement between Air New Zealand and NMIT/Te Pūkenga to address the need for aviation engineering skills has opened new pathways for ākonga (learners) in the Marlborough region and beyond.

As a result of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the national carrier, signed in August, NMIT students/ākonga on the Level 4 New Zealand Certificate in Aeronautical Engineering can now complete the required work-based training with Air New Zealand, and apply for an Air New Zealand traineeship.

The agreement comes after numerous Air New Zealand flights will be rescheduled with the airline temporarily stopping flying direct to Seoul and Hobart in 2024 as it deals with an engine problem in 16 of its aircraft.

In its fleet of 106 aircraft, Air New Zealand has 16 A320/ 321NEO planes which are affected by the engine maintenance issue which fly to Australia, the Pacific Islands and domestic New Zealand.

Reid Carnegie, NMIT Curriculum Area Manager- Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure says students in their second year of the aeronautical engineering programme must complete a minimum of 250 hours work experience at an approved engineering place of employment.

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Gumboot Friday gets $6million Jeroen Hattink (Air New Zealand Training and Trainee Support Leader) with NMIT Te Pūkenga Aviation Level 4 Engineering students Georgia Gray and William Swarbrick.

Both students are training and based at the Woodbourne Campus and completing their work experience in the Air NZ Auckland workshops.

first time we have two students currently doing their work-based training at the Air New Zealand workshops in Auckland, under the direct supervision of their engineering staff,” he says.

The trainees learn how to professionally perform interior and exterior maintenance on aircraft in the Air New Zealand widebody and narrowbody fleets.

They also perform operational and functional checks to enable aircraft to be released back to service as airworthy.

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fered a place with Air New Zealand.

“Applicants went through a selection process, and it was extremely pleasing that all the NMIT students who applied were offered a place with Air New Zealand,” says Reid. “One student declined the offer as she has decided to pursue another aviation opportunity, but it is a fantastic result for NMIT and the students.”

Reid says this success reflects the quality of the tutors at the Woodbourne Campus, who de-

liver high quality graduates that are snapped up by the top operators in New Zealand’s aeronautical industry.

“The feedback we hear about our students is very positive-how well they fit in, their attention to detail, and how they have the right attributes to fit into the aviation industry. “ NMIT | Te Pūkenga Aviation School of Engineering’s specialised tutors provide training to more than 150 ākonga annually to build, repair and maintain a variety of aircraft.

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Mike King’s youth mental health charity Gumboot Friday will receive $6 million annually as a result of last week’s coalition agreement. King says the funding would relieve “such a heavy burden” and “enables us to maintain our promise to continue providing our fast and effective free counselling”.

“I’ll admit there have been some happy tears today,” he says.

King thanked the government for “pushing bureaucracy and any personal feelings aside” and thinking of children.

“Thank you to the team who work beside me, tirelessly behind the scenes, and who believe in the vision of a better future for our children,” he says.

Correction Our Page 4 story in last week’s edition re; ‘Record Attendance for Lights Over Marlborough’ omitted Marlborough Lines who have come on board as the naming sponsor for ‘Marlborough Lines Lights Over Marlborough’ Meanwhile, the honorific on the Page 3 story with Richard Hunter referred to him as a Dr. The Sun has since been informed Richard doesn’t hold a doctorate but a Diploma in Agriculture.

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Funding to upgrade Grovetown Lagoon track

By Chris Valli

The Grovetown Lagoon has been successful in a funding application and will receive $4,000 towards upgrading a track from the Marlborough District Council Community Grants.

The walking track around the outside of the Grovetown Lagoon was a pipe dream of the founding members of Te Whanau Hou Grovetown Lagoon project.

Twenty years on the loop track is now well used, with up to 150 people using the track in the weekends on peak days.

One of the aims of the Society is to improve the access at the lagoon Coordinator Justine Johnson says this includes making the track weather resilient and more usable in wet

weather conditions.

“There is an area of the track around the outside of the lagoon which is unformed.

This area is mown grass which can be boggy.

Upgrading track to gravel can be expensive, with this area quoted at $8000,” says Justine.

“Fortunately the Society has been successful in a funding application and will receive $4,000 towards upgrading the track from the Marlborough District Council Community Grants.”

Justine says they are looking forward to getting this area upgraded next year in the drier months, ready for improved access next winter.

Another dream of the Society, she says, is to upgrade an area of the track for limited mobility users to make part of the lagoon more accessible for all.

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Men@Work Santa on Tour

By Chris Valli

Spreading festive cheer is ramping up in Marlborough with the Men@Work Santa on Tour, from Tuesday, December 12 – Friday, December 15.

The initiative plans to bring joy and holiday spirit to the streets of Blenheim and Renwick.

In collaboration with HL Marketing & Events, the event aims to spread cheer, raise funds for local charities, and make a positive impact in the community.

Event coordinator Hannah Lamb says the fully volunteered heart-warming event will take place over four nights, spreading joy and holiday spirit throughout the streets of Blenheim and Renwick. Santa (Chris Lippiatt known as Comedy Chris), accompanied by his favourite Christmas music, will embark on a three - vehicle convoy, joined by the dedicated teams from the Blenheim Volunteer Fire Brigade and Renwick Volunteer Fire Brigade.

The tour dates and locations are: • Tuesday, 12th December: Springlands, Mayfield & Riversdale

• Wednesday, 13th December: Blenheim Central & Omaka • Thursday, 14th December: Redwoodtown, Witherlea, Taylor Pass • Friday, 15th December: Renwick The festivities kick off at 5:30 pm each night at a predetermined location, where a charity will host a fundraising pop-up event. This ensures that everyone has the opportunity to catch a glimpse of Santa before he hits the streets. The pop-ups will be held at the following locations: • Pollard Park - Charity to be confirmed • Marlborough A&P Park with The Red Cross Welfare Support Team • Wither Hills Farm Park with Cancer Society • Renwick Domain with Idea Services In the true spirit of giving, each pop-up location will feature a Christmas Gift Bank. Attendees are encouraged to donate items such as toys, necessities, and clothes to support those in need during the holiday season (perishable items like food cannot be accepted).

Hannah says safety is priority, so they

kindly request that children stay on the path during the tour. As Santa’s convoy may not reach every street, the list on the Facebook page will guide you on where to catch the festive action.

A list of streets that Santa will visit will be posted on the @santaontour Facebook page.

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A new season of Big Little Lies (Neon) is coming.

What’s a big little lie you’ve told?

Monica Anderton Blenheim That hay bales in fields are actually marshmallow farms.

Daniel Sinclair Blenheim That Santa is real.

Sam Sinclair Blenheim That chocolate fish are made from a special pond.

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Clare Wilson Blenheim I used to tell my kids when the ice cream truck played the tunes when doing the rounds that meant he’s out of ice cream.

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Electoral system While I agree with Tony Orman that the media’s handling of the coalition talks has been less than honourable, let us not forget that politicians exploit the media as much as the media exploits the politicians, and will continue to do so.

It’s what being a free country is all about.

Heaven forbid we should ever be like Russia or China!

Let us also remember that the National Party had it in the bag with ACT before the special votes were counted. Since most of the special votes came from overseas, it is ironic that our two-party coalition only became a three-party coalition because of people that don’t live in NZ and are therefore comparatively unaffected by the results of their vote.

There is something wrong with our electoral system when people who do not pay NZ tax still have the right, by way of their vote, to choose how NZ taxpayer money is spent when they didn’t pay any of that tax. It is NZ’s electoral system that needs to change, not the NZ media.

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Disastrous end Now that the stats are in, it has been clearly shown that reducing highway speeds limits have not only led to a higher rate of accidents (17% last year) - something that Waka Kotahi already knew - but an increase in fatalities, nearly 10%, something Waka Kotahi were hoping wouldn’t be the case.

Will Waka Kotahi please now stop this fallacious experiment? Not only have the motoring public had to put up with longer journey times and hence an increased loss of

time and hence revenue, but insurance premiums have increased by up to 35% as reported by all the major insurers and so proving the failure of this disastrous experiment.

I might add that in Queensland, they have been trialling a similar scheme and have had the same disastrous outcome.

Chris Davies Past Traffic Signal Engineer Waikawa

Living in the 21st century Dear Ed, A week ago, at teatime, watching the evil deeds being done in the Holy Land between ads was subjected to cuts by some electronic agency on several sort of minute long occasions. We couldn’t figure out what was going on and hoped our TV or its’ satellite receiver weren’t about to cost us money.

Anyway, next midweek the crap really hit the fan, with total disruption of peak viewing time, the TV screening everything from advisories to threats that if we should dare to turn off the nonsense our equipment could be rendered useless.

A screen full of tech talk from Wifi was interspersed with cuts back to a screensaver of “Freeview by Dish TV”. Having no form

of control other than knocking back the sound level to zero, and with the channel always reverting to TVNZ1 momentarily between endless tech talk, we had no choice but to throw a wrap over the TV so as to not be driven out of our living room. An hour and a half later a glimpse of the corner of the screen showed we were graciously being given back control, sort-of.

No doubt we’ll get paid back the hourand-a-half’s electricity the geeks and their anonymous bosses consumed. Yeah right.

Thank heaven for print media says I. O Brave New World.

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Cook Strait heat waves raise water temperatures in Sounds The influence of Cook Strait on water temperatures in Te Hoiere/Pelorus and Tōtaranui/Queen Charlotte Sound was explained at a recent Environment and Planning Committee meeting.

Simon Halliday’s 24 years of service to the Marlborough Stadium Trust were acknowledged at a presentation at Council’s November Assets and Services meeting.

Principal Coastal Scientist Katie Littlewood delivered the results of the annual Coastal Water Quality Report Card 2015-2023, which was analysed and produced by Dr Pauline Mitterwallner. Water quality is Council’s longest running coastal science programme which analyses data from 22 sites across both Sounds.

Mayor Nadine Taylor thanked Simon for his years of work while Stadium chair Matt Kerr described him as “phenomenal” to work with.

During his report – his first since taking over from outgoing chair Luke van Velthooven - Mr Kerr said the stadium had delivered a surprisingly strong performance last year with more than one million people through the door and a turnover of $4.1million

“The programme is important for measuring changes over time. Several water parameters are measured using a Sonde, a measuring instrument consisting of a set of sensors that you lower into the water to measure temperature throughout the water column,” Katie told the committee.

The latest results show that on average, water temperatures have increased by 0.7C in the past eight years, with a marked upturn in temperatures since late 2020.

“The Sounds are strongly influenced by oceanic currents such as the Pacific and Tasman and by tidal currents in Cook Strait which has some of the strongest tidal currents in the world. The proximity and exposure of the Sounds to this influences sea temperatures,” Katie said.

In the past few years, Cook Strait has had several marine heatwaves, with the longest lasting 114 days. A marine heatwave is categorised as Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) remaining warmer than the 90th percentile of the local 25year average for at least five consecutive days.

“As a result of these remarkably intense

Stadium stalwart recognised

“We have a world class facility and asset here – don’t underestimate that – and we’re embarking on a 20year strategy to make sure we keep the facility ahead of the game,” he said.

He noted that the stadium was an integral part of the community, the busiest public facility in Blenheim and one where people felt safe and secure which he attributed to the “fantastic” and welcoming staff. heatwaves, the Sounds experienced unusually warm ocean temperatures in recent years. Our monitoring data shows that both Sounds have had recordbreaking high temperatures in 2022 and 2023,” Katie said. “What we are seeing here is constant with other regions around the country.”

establishing baseline data and identifying areas most at risk through the Ecologically Significant Marine Sites (ESMS) programme.”

Warming water temperatures can, and have had, devastating effects on marine species and habitats. A well-documented example is the substantial range retractions of Macrocystis in Tōtaranui and the loss of algae beds (Adamsiella) across Puriri Bay and Hou Hou Point.

Council also supports marine restoration projects involving kelp, shellfish and green-lipped mussels, and catchment care projects such as Te Hoiere Restoration project. “Research has shown that the mitigation of additional stressors like sedimentation can help strengthen the resilience of highly vulnerable marine ecosystems to escalating ocean temperatures,” Katie said.

“We’re doing what we can, with the resources we have, and this includes continued monitoring of coastal water quality to assess further changes,

“It’s hoped there is a change coming and that cooler waters are heading our way as we transition from El Niño weather patterns to La Niña.”

You’re invited! Culverts, native fish and a BBQ Te Hoiere Project invites you to join them on Wednesday 6 December from 10am to 2pm to learn about culverts and their role in helping our native freshwater fish to thrive.

We’ll provide a BBQ lunch for attendees on the working dairy farm of Tanya and Murray Frost in Linkwater. Watch as Leslie Brothers remove the culvert and a freshwater scientist explains why it should be replaced and how it was assessed for fish passage. We’ll also discuss other options for improving fish passages that don’t include full replacements.

As contractors begin to install the new culvert, we’ll chat about positioning and other aspects to help our native fish thrive. Removing barriers to fish migration is important for freshwater fish, especially the two threatened and seven at-risk native species found in our catchment.

When: 6 Dec; 10am – 2pm Where: The Frost farm in Linkwater, 141 Kenepuru Road What: BBQ lunch, culverts, and native fish Who: RSVP to info@tehoiere.org.nz This culvert replacement is part of the project’s work to support the community in remediating barriers to fish passages. Visit our website at www.tehoiere.org.nz for more about this work. Please RSVP so we can save you a spot.

Initiated in 2019, Te Hoiere Project is a community-led partnership with iwi, Council, Government and other groups to promote landscape-scale restoration across Te Hoiere / Pelorus catchment.

Culverts near Mahakipawa Arm will be replaced to improve native fish migration

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‘The boys are back in town’ ‘Tom Knowles with Friends’ are headlining this year’s New Year’s Eve party in Picton. Tom spoke to Chris Valli about the gig and to reflect on what has been a busy year for the actor/musician.

Tom Knowles will be looking forward to a few award winning Marlborough gins and quality family time this coming festive season after what has been a productive 2023.

The 31-year-old old released his first all ages debut album, performed at some of New Zealand’s biggest festivals and concerts including Big Gay Out, CubaDupa Festival, the Taranaki Arts Festival, Eat Drink Play Festival, Garden Marlborough and Matariki Ahi Kā on the Wellington waterfront.

His debut single, I Am Enough, has also gained over 10,000 streams. Adding to the calendar, he was part of a political Satire show at Circa Theatre in Wellington in the lead up to the elections and even managed a family trip overseas.

His musical mates – affectionately known as – ‘Tom Knowles with Friends’ will be specialising in their ‘throwback classics’ on Picton’s waterfront on December 31.

“The boys are back in town and are excited to be rocking the stage with the same guys I’ve been playing with for years,” he says.

“In saying that it’s the same guy’s I’ve been playing with for years. My friends include ex Blenheim lad and the Lennon to my McCartney, Josh Logan. He and I have played together since Bohally Intermediate and when not playing epic cover anthems with me, he runs a recording studio in Christchurch and plays in multiple other bands including Yurt Party, with Greg Johnson and also Mel Parsons, who in December are touring with the Teskey Brothers.”

Completing the line up on drums will be the ‘extremely talented Lincoln local’ Jed Parsons – known as Jeff Parsnips.

“I am very lucky to have him along for the ride as Jed also fronts his own band and has released

Tom playing at the CubaDupa Festival Wellington Street Festival earlier this year. Tom will be teaming up with children’s music artist Jeff Parsons to deliver an ‘all ages kids set’ earlier in the evening at the New Year’s Eve Party in Picton.

two award winning solo albums and headlines major New Zealand festivals regularly.”

“I am excited to drop a multigenre explosion of hits” The self-taught guitarist did have some early lessons with Blenheim ‘superstar teacher’ Pippa Clarkson.

However following those lessons he decided to learn how to play a right handed guitar upside down as he is left handed.

“No one ever had a left handed guitar at a party. And have never corrected it since.”

Josh and Tom headlined the Marlborough New Year’s Eve show back

in 2006 with their then Blenheim band, Remastered.

“We are often hugely busy at this time of year and have played many other New Year’s parties around the country but we are super excited to come back to Picton and put on a great evening for everyone,” he says.

So what’s on the set list?

“We love music from the 70s through to today and if it was a number one hit then chances are it’s in the repertoire,” he says. “We love to mix songs together and often are coined a mega jukebox band that resembles more of a live DJ band. We will be covering all our bases this New Years and I can guarantee there’ll be something for everyone.”

A feature of the headline slot will see Tom teaming together with children’s music artist Jeff Parsnips

to deliver an all ages kids set earlier in the evening.

“Combining my all ages album, Atarangi: Morning Sky, released earlier this year including the hit ‘I Am Enough’ alongside Jeff’s new hilarious music which is setting the children’s music scene alight, in particular the instant classic, ‘Tomato Tamati’ we will entertain and have an epic start to the evening for all,” Tom enthuses.

Life on the domestic duties as Dad to daughter Marley Rose he says has been an absolute wild ride, loving every minute of it.’

“Juggling work and family is always hard especially with my partner being an actress as well but we manage and we take her along and she is growing into a social butterfly. We have had to turn certain jobs down and take other jobs over the last two years

as we grow our little family and we are lucky with the work we have got. We will continue to put her first and fit work where we can and her nautical mile points will continue to clock up.”

Tom says 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year with some awesome opportunities already in motion including new music for both children and adults “I am excited to drop a multigenre explosion of hits. I will be part of a Matariki theatre restaurant celebration at Circa Theatre in the midyear which I am sound designing alongside ex Blenheim local and good friend, Hayden Taylor.

“For now, our minds are on delivering a rocking New Year’s set that will have people grooving, moving and dancing and celebrating through song. What an epic year for us all.”

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Congratulations to all of the grant recipients and thank yo applied for YMSI funding.

For more information on the Yealands Wines Marlborough please visit: www.yealands.co.nz/sustainability-grant/

Yealands is committed to playing a long-term role, alongs its community, to enhance Marlborough’s natural environm

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Local environmental groups continue to inspire: Yealands award grants to five new biodiversity focused projects in Marlborough Yealands Marlborough Sustainability Initiative (YMSI) is awarding a further five local environmental groups with grant funding as part of ongoing community support and focus on protecting Marlborough’s biodiversity. The grants will support the recipients inspiring efforts to improve fresh water quality, preserve sensitive natural areas, and protect biodiversity in the Marlborough district.

The latest recipients of the funds are: •

South Marlborough Landscape Restoration Trust:

Protecting South Marlborough’s hill and high-country landscapes and biodiversity through wilding pine control.

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East Coast Protection Group:

Protecting flora and fauna from Marfells Beach to the Waima River through planting, predator trapping, and monitoring.

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Hinepango Wetland Restoration Group:

Removing invasive weed species, planting and regeneration of a significant wetland.

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Selmes Garden Charitable Trust:

Establishing production facilities to propagate and supply eco-sourced native trees.

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NZ Forest & Bird Society – Marlborough:

Enhancing the biodiversity of a section of the Taylor River through native tree and grass planting.

Congratulations to all of the grant recipients and thank you to everyone that applied for YMSI funding.

For more information on the Yealands Wines Marlborough Sustainability Initiative, please visit: www.yealands.co.nz/sustainability-grant/ Yealands is committed to playing a long-term role, alongside its community, to enhance Marlborough’s natural environment.

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A little ray of giving

By Chris Valli

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, especially with Marlborough’s Ray White.

The real estate business is running an initiative in the lead up to Christmas called, ‘A Little Ray of Giving’ asking the community to donate for Marlborough Four Paws.

A Little Ray of Giving is Ray White’s very own seasonal charity initiative where offices across Australia and New Zealand partner with organisations to collect donations for charities in need.

For the past decade, this initiative has provided some much-needed support and care to charities over the demanding holiday period, while allowing Ray White members to give back to their local communities.

Marlborough Four Paws submitted a proposal to the Marlborough District Council earlier this year asking for a regional management plan for the stray feline population to be included in the 2023/24 annual plan. Their proposal fell on deaf ears. The charity organisation is entirely run by volunteers and operates with

the support of donations from the community.

The MDC have said they want to wait to see if there will be a central government directive before they ‘create change in our community’.

Marketing Manager Karina Taylor says MFP was chosen as the charity is ‘very close to of the team’s hearts’.

“We have many animal lovers in our team who are already supporting them and we wanted to find a way to give back to them,” she says.

“An ideal outcome would be to get as many donations as we can, so they don’t have to worry about gathering donations over the festive season. It would be great to show how much their charity and the hard work means to the community.”

Karina says donations ‘can be anything’ the community would think help the charity this Christmas season, especially cat food and puppy toys. Karina says cash donations are also welcome.

“Every donation is appreciated whether that is big or small,” Karina says. “Any donation will go a long way in helping this fantastic charity.”

Callum Taylor with his donation basket for Marlborough Four Paws.

Nativity ‘Joy of Christmas’ House Tours

By Chris Valli

The Joy of Christmas is a selfdrive tour of a selection of six unique and beautiful homes between Rapaura and Blenheim that have been lovingly decorated to inspire and delight, this Christmas season.

Each will have a unique perspective on the Christmas theme.

As an added attraction they all have magical gardens that the

hosts have graciously opened for the occasion.

One of the houses on the tour will have a specialty Christmas shoppe as well as home-baked Christmas cakes, Christmas puddings and other seasonal baking for sale while another will have a selection of wreaths on sale, made by the Nativity floristry team. At 2pm on Sunday, there will be a wreath-making demonstration on site.

The House Tour will operate over two days: Saturday 2 December from 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday 3 December from 1pm to 4.30pm. The houses can be toured in any order and can be done over two days so there is no need to rush.

Home base for the Tours will be St Barnabas Chapel, 76 Alfred St, Blenheim which will be beautifully dressed for Christmas and open to the public on

Friday evening between 5 and 8.30pm for viewing of the community-group decorated trees and interior.

Ticket sales are limited (only 300 printed) so to guarantee a spot the organisers suggest getting in early. Subject to availability these will be on sale on the Tour weekend: Friday evening and Saturday morning, 9 till10.30am at St Barnabas or for convenience, book and pay online https://www.

nativity.org.nz/news-and-events/ christmastour23 The Nativity Church Office will also have tickets for sale.

The proceeds from the fundraising “Joy of Christmas” Tours which cost $50 per person are going toward the redevelopment of the church hall (currently nearing completion) and for the earthquake strengthening needed to the historic brick church which is over 100 years old.

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International Volunteer Day

December 5th 2023

THANK YOU to all our wonderful volunteers

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Join our Carer Relief Programme and be part of a team of very special people who assist and support elderly people in our community.

Contact Age Concern to see how you can get involved 03 579 3457

APPRECIATION 101: Volunteer Cindy Morrison was recognised on Monday by Alzheimers Marlborough, one of the various community groups Cindy supports through her role with Greenacres Gardens in Fairhall. Pictured with Cindy is Alzheimers Marlborough Manager Catherine Donnelly. Catherine says Cindy would do ‘anything for anyone’ and has the ‘greatest heart’.

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Cindy champions community groups

By Chris Valli

Tuesday, December 5 is International Volunteer Day, an international event run by UN Volunteers and celebrated annually. The purpose of the day is to ‘recognize and support the spirit of volunteerism to help create a better future’ and champions the impact volunteers have in communities.

Marlborough certainly is blessed with a number of willing volunteers who go above and beyond assisting those in need for the benefit of helping those less fortunate.

One individual is Cindy Morrison from Greenacres Gardens.

The New Renwick Road location in Fairhall plays an important part in the Marlborough com-

munity, holding occasional open days and supports Alzheimers Marlborough.

Once just a paddock, it’s taken forty years to create, implement and nurture a community garden that is more than just soil and flowers but a symphony of colour, nature and social interaction.

“It used to be a dairy farm of 350 acres. I now lease it out for seed cropping and through the people who have the seeds, (Garlico Marlborough) I pick up their seconds and take them to food bank, John’s Kitchen, Hospice and Alzheimers. It’s nice to put people in contact with each other and to see that things can be useful and share it around.”

Cindy has taken on the volunteer mantle which her late father

Tony Morrison, who died from cancer, held for many years in the region with late wife Margaret, often opening his garden to various community organisations and sharing his locally owned produce to foodbanks. Tony was also a life member and volunteer driver for Alzheimers Marlborough.

“It’s nice to give back after all the support these organisations have given our family,” Cindy says. “The Cancer Society is one with my brother having cancer who is good now and my grandmother who died of cancer.”

“Mum also got dementia so it was something we just did and helped out, the same with Hospice too. It’s a fantastic cause; they are having their work Christmas function here in a

fortnight. “ Cindy says one of the privileged aspects of the position is when people share with her their own individual stories and what it means to them from a personal level.

“A man stopped at the gate the other day and picked up some peonies he was on his way up to see his wife at the (Fairhall) cemetery. He said they were her favourites and he didn’t have a garden any more. When they come out here there is a bit of nostalgia and they can take something with them.”

The ‘big garden’ Cindy says, including the memory garden, allows conversations to happen organically and the chance to reminisce about a flower or a plant or an experience.

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December 5th 2023

Alzheimers Marlborough’s amazing volunteers Alzhemiers Marlborough manager Catherine Donnelly says their volunteers are amazing. Some of their wonderful volunteers have been with Alzheimers Marlborough for over 10 years.

“We have around 40 volunteers, but always need more. They range

in age from 28-88 years. Our volunteers are mostly ladies, but we have a core group of men who are always willing to fill in a shift driving one of our vans, helping with maintenance or any other special request we have.”

“Depending on the day we

have one or two van drivers out and about picking up our day programme members, including a run to Picton twice a week. On our busy days we can have up to seven volunteers helping us out.

One of our morning and afternoon volunteers assists with the van

pick-ups/drop offs.

“Duties include helping with the activities, helping our cook in the kitchen, assisting our walking group(s), working with our Community Clients, being part of our Befriender service, or attending the café groups. Activities in

our day programme may include games, which can become very competitive, outings, assisting with lunch, morning and afternoon teas, sitting and chatting to our club members and craft work. The singalongs are also very popular.”

Join the Blue Door family The Blue Door are on the lookout for fabulous volunteers to join their sales counter crew. Mondays 12:30pm–4:30pm and/or Fridays 9:00am–12:30pm.

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“It’s about our team and doing the right thing” Recent weather events have highlighted the need for trained responders as well as resources Emergency responders in Marlborough are mostly volunteers. People who give their time and energy to respond to an emergency event. Their work goes mostly unnoticed, but their dedication and training means we are more able to respond to that emergency.

So thank you to all the emergency volunteers that give their time and energy to help our Community

Thanks to all our volunteers.

“It feels good to know we’re doing something to help others. But it’s also great working with a team, learning stuff and having fun doing it.”

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Tree reflects equity

By Chris Valli

A Christmas tree inside Stadium 2000 will encourage giving and more importantly, a ‘level playing field’ for Marlborough’s five year olds this coming festive season.

This is the second year the tree has been located in the Stadium, after Rapaura School students made decorations and ornaments for the tree in 2022. 12 months on, two classes from Blenheim School have made additional decorations with one class delivering the decorations and hanging them last Thursday morning.

School Start First Impressions Marlborough Chairperson Michelle Munro says last year they raised approximately $4,500 worth of goods which was a huge boost for

the 2023 academic year.

“We would love to achieve at least that again,” says Michelle. “Our referral numbers for kids in need is much higher this year, we completed 104 referrals last year - we just received our 100th referral for this financial year, so are on track to do so many more referrals by the end of March.”

SSFIM works to reduce the impact of poverty on the education of Marlborough children by supplying everything a child might need to start at school.

The charity is designed to give Marlborough’s at-risk new entrants the opportunity to commence school on an equal footing with their peers, enabling them to embrace the transition to school and give them the

chance to be the best they can be.

“The tree creates a place for the public to donate items for SSFIM ‘5 kitboxes’.

The items are left under the tree and a tag acknowledging the donation is hung in the tree.”

A ‘5 kitbox is for children turning five whose families are experiencing significant hardship. The kit contains everything a child needs to celebrate their fifth birthday and commence school. Each kitbox is customised and includes items such as a school uniform, hat, stationery, swimming gear, sunscreen to a lunchbox or pencil case.

Forms for monetary donations which can be left in the ‘Santa Letter Box’ adjacent to the tree.

EYES ON THE TREE: Blenheim School student/akonga Amelia Jensen with her decoration to place on the Christmas tree at the Stadium. The tree creates a place for the public to donate items for SSFIM ‘5 kitboxes.

DOC encourages public to share sightings

By Chris Valli

The Department of Conservation (DOC) is calling on fishers and divers to be ‘citizen scientists’ this summer.

Clinton Duffy, DOC Marine Technical Advisor, says recreational fishers and others out on the water can make a significant contribution to research through reporting sightings and accidental catches.

“I’m very interested in what the public has seen and usually

they’re keen to identify an unusual creature too. All photos, videos and reports help build a better understanding of our rare and protected fishes, including rays, and sharks,” he says.

“We encourage people to take a few photos, full length shots and also of any defining features like fins, jaws and teeth, and details of the colour pattern. The exact location the fish was spotted or caught is useful too”, says Clinton.

Certain fish species are protected because they are naturally uncom-

mon and therefore at greater risk of extinction than other fishes.

“Factors that make them naturally uncommon can include being slow to mature, which means they must survive a longer time before they can reproduce, or having a slow reproduction cycle or a low number of offspring,” says Clinton.

There are nine fish species that are protected in New Zealand; five sharks, two rays, and two groper.

While fishers are not allowed to target these species, it’s not illegal to accidentally catch a protected

fish. If you do catch one, you must release it as quickly as possible and take care not to cause it further harm, and you must report the capture to DOC. If the fish dies or is found dead, DOC may request you bring it back to shore and provide it to DOC so samples can be taken to support research.

“Spotting an uncommonly seen species would be an amazing fishing story to tell. The basking shark for example, has hardly been seen in our waters since the late 1990s. I’d be thrilled to get a report

of one,” says Clinton.

DOC has a set of protected species identification guides on its website to help identify sea life, plus a protected species handling guide to assist recreational fishers to safely release marine life back to the water.

Marlborough’s public can report sightings, captures and strandings to DOC either anonymously via the Protected Species Catch App, via email sharks@doc.govt.nz or by calling 0800 DOC HOT (0800 362 468).

Stoned-Em Sounds Summer Slam

By Chris Valli

Stoned-Em in collaboration with Marine and Outdoors, proudly presents the Stoned-Em Sounds Summer Slam 2023 spearfishing competition on this weekend, December 1 – 3.

This is this sixth year running New Zealand’s biggest spearfishing competition and they have an incredible prize pool up for grabs thanks to all the sponsors. The major spot prize at this years event is a $10,000 voucher thanks to Marine and Outdoors (for use in store; t&cs apply), how awesome is that! Imagine what you could buy from their epic range?

To be eligible to win this year’s major spot prize you need to enter two of the seven species listed below and collect some ocean rubbish greater than an ice cream container in volume.

The boundaries of this twoday event are the Marlborough Sounds area, which covers a massive 4000 km2 and competitors can either shore dive, use a kayak or boat.

Looking after the marine environment that we all enjoy is a key part of this competition, so the ocean rubbish categories will be a prominent feature again with some awesome prizes lined up.

The charity for this years event

is Sustainable Coastlines, with proceeds from the sale competition merchandise, food and drinks being donated. Competitors can also donate their fish, which will be passed onto Crossroads Marlborough to feed those less fortunate. The species list for this year are; Crayfish, Kingfish, Snapper, Butterfish, Gurnard; Mystery species 1 and 2, which will be announced at the briefing.

The scoring is designed so the number of species entered will win over weight, thereby encouraging competitors to target the different species. Registration and sign-in is on this Friday, December 1 at the Blenheim Dive

Co-founders Lee Dosbon and Sam Murray with the 1.8 tonne of rubbish collected in last year’s Stoned Em Summer Sounds Summer Slam. This years event is on this weekend.

Centre (9 Scott St), starting at 5pm, followed by a compulsory briefing.

The weigh-in is on Sunday, December 3 at Marine and Outdoors (14 Horton Street) from 1pm

with a cut off at 3pm. Food and beverage will be for sale at the weigh-in and the prize giving will follow It’s two divers per team and the entry fee is $60 per diver (http://sss2023.Stoned-Em.co.nz)

Weigh in

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1-3pm Sunday 3rd Dec Marine & Outdoors 14 Horton St Blenheim

5pm Friday 1st Dec Blenheim Dive Center 5 Scott Street Blenheim

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Marlborough magic …your destination of choice

Bay of many coves Lodge

Portage resort We are under new management!

Portage has long been a favourite spot for locals to wine and dine, so this summer why not come and see our new look.

Hop on the ferry from Picton and head over to our lovely restaurant and Snapper Bar overlooking the Kenepuru Sound.

The shuttle will meet you at Torea Bay if you don’t feel like hiking the hill, and bring you back once you’ve enjoyed our great food and wine!

We are open daily from September - April.

Contact us today! ph. 03 573 4309 stay@portageresort.co.nz 2923 Kenepuru Road, Marlborough Sounds

Fidelio cafÉ & wine bar At Fidelio Café & Wine bar, we feature not only a careful selection of wine from small Marlborough producers but also a wide range of international wines.

Come enjoy a glass of wine with some tapas-style food or try Josie’s famous artisan macarons over locally-roasted coffee.

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Hopewell Lodge

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Welcome to Hopewell, an award winning selfcatering lodge set on the water’s edge of the Kenepuru Sound.

Hopewell represents the perfect retreat.

Activities for everyone and secluded spots for relaxation.

Explore the Sound with our kayaks, fishing boats, paddle boards, or mountain bikes.

Enjoy a massage, golf, collect your own shellfish and visit the resident glow worms.

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Enjoy our culinary experience in the tranquil Marlborough Sounds.

We are open to day guests for lunch & dinner 7 days a week! Offering the best local and seasonal produce, not to mention our exceptional selection of regional wine, beer and spirits.

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Lochmara lodge Lochmara is a locally owned and operated small waterfront resort.

Come and enjoy a way of life, noting there is no road access, although we can easily arrange water transport for you from Picton on the Lochmara Water Taxi. Lochmara also has a scenic 3.5km walking track to the world-famous Queen Charlotte Track. We offer exceptional accommodation, day trips, and you can add an Underwater Observatory tour to your day, which is one of only two in New Zealand.

Join us for a day, a meal, or a longer stay and you’ll soon realise Lochmara truly is...”Once Discovered... Never Forgotten”.

Visit www.lochmara.co.nz for more information or phone 03 573 4554

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Otago University epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says “it looks like we’re seeing the wave perhaps peaking in some parts of New Zealand, but rising in others - so there’s now a bit of regional variation,” he says.

Covid wave biggest since January

By Chris Valli

As Marlburians head into the festive season, the latest Covid-19 wave (fifth one) appears to be driving the largest spike in infections seen all year.

Health officials last week announced 7881 new reported Covid-19 cases over the week to Sunday, of which 1474 were “probable” cases – that was up from 5947 and 1047 respectively on the week before.

Hospitalisation numbers, too, had ticked upward, from 284 to 349 week-on-week, as had virus detection in wastewater surveillance.

ESR data (manages the Notifiable Diseases Database) showed a national average of 5.06 million copies of the virus detected per person, per day in wastewater on November 12 – double what was detected just a month before.

“Of the indicators that are now the most valid – wastewater and hospitalisations – both have been at their highest levels since January, if you take their peak values,” Otago University epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says.

“Looking at hospitalisations in particular, it seems to be a bigger peak than what we saw in the fourth wave. This may be showing us what we can expect in the long term, which is peaks and troughs.”

Modellers still didn’t see this wave reaching the height of the one that took off around this time in 2022 - when case numbers reached the mid-8000s and weekly hospitalisations nearly topped 600 – as it was growing off a much lower base.

There was also nothing to suggest any game-changing new subvariant was helping build any wave the size of 2022′s largest ones, in what was now a highly-exposed and highly-vaccinated population.

It remained to be seen whether infection rates would keep rising as Christmas neared - with wastewater detections having taken a slight dip.

“It looks like we’re seeing the wave perhaps peaking in some parts of New Zealand, but rising in others - so there’s now a bit of regional variation,” Baker says.

“But the overall pattern is really clear.

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A Christmas Carol Review Marlborough Repertory 75 years

By Chris Valli

Marlborough Repertory’s A Christmas Carol is a timely reminder that in Blenheim, we are blessed with talented story tellers who know how to engage and captivate an audience.

Adapted by English playwright Patrick Barlow and Directed by Gordon Ritchie, Barlow takes Charles Dickens classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh-hour redemption, and makes it feel brand new again.

And it does feel brand new..

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol during a period when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, including carols and newer customs as cards and Christmas trees.

Four supporting actors play all of the characters Scrooge encounters, except Tiny Tim (ailing son of Scrooge’s clerk Bob Cratchitt) who is a fragile-looking knee-high puppet/marionette.

Indeed, the genius of the show is the implementation of the puppet for the character Tiny Tim, sourced from Trinity Puppeteers, a Christian group based in Auckland who makes puppets to travel around the country telling stories.

Puppeteers Max Ritchie and Abi Balasoglou received online training.

Their role plays a pivotal part to the narrative.

Tiny Tim is known for the statement, "God bless us, everyone,” which he offers as a blessing at Christmas dinner.

Dickens repeats the phrase at the end of the story, symbolic of Scrooge's change of heart.

As for Scrooge – played by Mark Jeffries, one would have to suggest this is his finest hour yet such was the plethora of dialogue and unquestionably, the result of hard work and back story to bring to stage the protagonist of Ebenezer Scrooge with professionalism and aplomb.

The actor is an accomplished singer yet it was his acting presence which will add a colourful Christmas bow to the Jeffries Christmas tree.

There are some unique nuances in the production that really showcase the role of one’s physicality in performance from human furniture, body percussion to sound effects that are simple yet so effective throughout.

Argentinian David Ledezma’s energy is infectious throughout with his character roles of Frederick (Scrooge’s nephew) and Mr Grimes.

His cultural lens brings a wonderful dynamic and combined with Bolek Jaworksi who played Bob Cratchit, Marley and Young Scrooge, has bought a freshness and new talent to the repertory boards.

Repertory stalwart Aley Matthews as The Ghost of Christmas Present is delightful and enhances her already strong reputation as an actor who can adapt and entertain while Juanita Smart continues to develop her performing nouse as Mrs Cratchittr, Constance and The Ghost of Christmas Past.

A Christmas Carol is timely and is a scrumptious entrée to Marlburians Christmas menu. Congratulations Marlborough Repertory to 75 years of one act plays, theatre festivals, book festivals and touring productions.

Magnifique – ‘as the French would say’……

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txt talk with The Sun Facts

Rubbish

I suggest Stuff get their facts right before publishing, Christmas Day is Monday this year also use current dates instead of rehashing old items.

What a rude grumpy old 70 year old insulting the iwi doing a lovely positive project at Pelorus.

70 is a time for being happy and enjoying new things. Not only did you insult Eugene, you didn’t use the correct English. Eugene and I was born in Marlborough 70 years ago is not correct. Eugene and I were born in Marl 70 years ago. Get your english correct before criticizing.

Can’t wait for new cafe.

Library Sign Oh God, how much longer is it going to drag on, all this waffle about the library sign, it’s all done now, not likely to be changed so give us a break and find something else to moan about please!

Winston to shine?

Winston is again talking about changing major government departments back to their English name.

Well he can get away with it being maori, the rest of us are racist for suggesting it.

Lets hope common sense will prevail and we will all understand who’s what and not a select minority.

Library Sign Library sign the Main entrance is on High Street where a sign should be.

Opposite Raupo handy if you are just walking around visitors usually are driving Not negative just a positive remark

Campground In the case of the Pelorous Bridge campground I’m sorry to say the previous managers were on a hiding to nothing if applying for an extension to the lease, I would hazard a guess it was all done and dusted under the radar beforehand.

Re: Roundabouts The Raupara roundabout costed by NZTA was $5million, so $50k would be a bargain!

Media prejudice Interesting to see how ‘pro-Labour’ journalists openly show disdain & prejudice to the new tri-coalition.

This shows clearly that media are not ‘neutral’ or ‘unbiased’ in NZ.

Kina As a fisherman of over 60 years I have never read such a biased and badly written story about the problem of kina as written by a college schoolgirl in the Saturday Express.

There was no mention of commercial or iwi fishing, just the usual blame it on the recreational fishermen.

As for the decline in kelp forests I don’t know of any fishermen that fish near kelp for fear of losing gear.

I think you should look at the whole picture instead of blaming one group before writing such a one eyed story.

Redwood Saturday market More positive

It’s such a shame the person that runs it never gets back to you re a site. So I went to the bootmarket instead, happy to be there.

From reading the Coalition details, our family is feeling more positive that NZ’s status as a democratic nation, is paramount.

Interestingly, even with several years notice, there are still no new library direction signs in Blenheim. Now go figure?

I would agree, my family are just up the rd from A & P grounds, almost in town, I could hear VERY LOUD BANGS!!

Terrible, couldn’t see it, but the whole house reverberated!!

A different venue sounds like a great idea.

Personally I can’t see why we have to celebrate this stuff at all. It has nothing to do with NZ.

Mister Right Do you have a Connoisseur at your table?

Being a lone drinker, I sit and observe other patrons when frequenting different establishments and you do find amongst the regulars there’s always a connoisseur, at one bar in town their connoisseurs favourite phrase is ‘Thats not quite right‘ when someone raises a subject, he doesn’t suffer fools gladly one patron informed me.

Maybe he should get out more !!!

Stop the Steam train Takes longer

Direction signs

Taylor dam reserve, I was walking through there the other day and noticed how tall, straight and large most of the pine trees were, I know a little bit about forestry so I think they are well over due for harvest, could this be a asset to be harvested before they become a hazard?

Re: Fireworks venue

Time to close?

Isn’t it time to put a closed correspondence notice on the library texts and just enjoy it.

Time to harvest?

It takes longer for our volunteer fire fighters now to respond as they don’t live on station which is sitting empty.

As when FENZ was instigated they decided to charge the volunteers board. Now no one uses it.

Have Marlbarians forgotten Boxing Day 2000?

3 fires in a week, 3 helicopters and a heap of volunteers.

What next, loss of stock? Loss of lives?

We can’t burn our rubbish but we can shove a steam train through the pass to Seddon?

Stop the train!

Talk of the week Thank you Thanks to the very kind lady who paid for my mum’s groceries. She was having a very bad day with her arthritis and struggled to get her hands to work. Your kindness was unbelievable.

May you have a beautiful Christmas. You made mine and mums. Thank you.

Maintenance I don’t mind new roundabouts but how about maintaining the ones we have. Can barely see over the Rapaura /SH6 one with all the weeds!

Re: Mistakes To that person who has gained lots of knowledge from your mistakes, please don’t do any more! Can be catching! And I could end up making more mistakes!

Then we’re all gonna be a bunch of mistakes!

Needed Doctors please come to Blenheim. We need you.

What a sad and dire situation when we can’t get an appointment for ‘weeks’ not days anymore.

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gardening this week Gardening with Wally Richards: By Wally Richards Its been a busy spring with lots of new and not so new gardeners returning to grow some vegetables and flowers for pleasure.

Doing the gardening show with Rodney Hide on Radio Reality Check has increased the phone calls to my 0800 number with a number of people saying that they have listened to the pod recordings and have been encouraged to get back into Nature and the garden.

A few have told me the likes of ‘I have been gardening for 50 years but have learnt so much from listening to you’.

That has amazed me and made me think that the information about gardening that I write about and talk about is in some cases, news to some experienced gardeners several years older than my self.

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Which brings me to a valid point, Gardening should be a pleasure, not a chore.

Even mowing the lawn gives a certain amount of pleasure; as well as a but of exercise.

The pleasure comes when you finish mowing and you look at the lawns and they look so much better from your efforts, which is your reward.

Years ago when I used to be invited to judge gardens for various areas and awards, I often saw beautiful gardens spoilt by a shabby lawn which marked them down.

Where a great looking lawn increased the value of average gardens.

The lawn is to a garden what the frame is to a picture.

Well as I am getting older by the day, like everyone else, I felt maybe its time I wrote another gardening book.

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CBD.  Favourite takeaway?

Master Roasts.  The shop you can’t walk past is...?

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Skydiving.

Last Thursday saw the town basking in warm temperatures with the temperature/clock in Market Street at a balmy 31 degrees. However by Friday, a cold front made its way up the South Island. Photo: Chris Valli.

So over the last few months I have been working on this new book which I have called ‘Gardening with Wally Richards’.

I have endeavored to write about various problems and methods that have happened since I wrote my original book, ‘Wallys Down to Earth Gardening Guide’ in 2006 and then the revised edition in 2011 the later is now out of print and the original is nearly out of print.

The new book is based on some of the articles that I have written over the last 20 odd years and more so on recent publications.

I know that a number of gardeners keep my weekly articles for future reference and the new book puts the ones I consider the most important ones into a neat 200 page book.

Talking to the printers about having the book printed by early December as some may like to have it for Christmas and it would be a suitable gift for friends and family.

They said printing is no problem but getting the binders to bind the book this time of the year is more of a problem cause they will be busy doing new school books for next year.

So I opted to just have 500 books printed as my printer said great they will be ready on 8th December to pick up.

As with all my books I autograph and put in a message and the name of the person the book is for.

If giving to another person a very short message of your choice along with their name/s which I am happy to cater for.

Or for yourself a message such as Happy Gardening....your name and my signature.

You place a order on our mail order web site at www.0800466464. co.nz You cannot pay for it on the web site as I prefer to talk to my customers and I phone you and sort out all the details including payment method.

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A Modern Learning Environment is more about ‘how you make it work to best suit the diverse range of needs rather than having a prescribed way of doing it’, according to a Marlborough primary school principal.

The comment comes after Rangiora High School is spending more than $1 million to convert one of its newest open-plan classrooms back to single rooms, saying the modern learning environment is not fit for purpose.

Principal Bruce Kearney says the school’s decision was based on having more flexibility, clarifying he wasn’t opposed to modern learning environments entirely, but wanted teachers to have the choice of how they ran their classes.

“A lot of people talked about modern learning environments as being open barns - and they’re not. What they’re supposed to be, is the ability for teachers, classes, and schools to be flexible in their approach have single classes, have double classes.

“Unfortunately for us, our building was completely open and it provided very little flexibility,” Kearney says.

An MLE is a collaborative, flexible classroom that can evolve to meet the needs of learners and covers teaching style and technology, as well as lighting and colour.

Spring Creek School Principal Cheryl Alderlieste says they are fortunate to have a MLE. However, they utilise the space in a way that works best to meet the needs of all their students.

The Ferry Road kura has a current roll of 37 students allowing for smaller class sizes, ensuring that their spaces are set up to be inclusive for all students.

“As a school, we work together to determine how best we can support the needs of all our students. Teachers set their learning space up with the tamariki so that everyone has a sense of belonging and identity. It is important for all (teacher and student) to feel safe and happy in their environment and ready to learn.”

Cheryl says the ‘best practice’ in any learning environment is inclusiveness adding that differentiated learning is about ensuring everyone has an access point to achieve success in the way that supports them best.

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However, Cheryl says differentiated learning comes from collaboration and forming effective relationships.

“Having taught in a shared learning space before, it is about working together to ensure you are meeting the needs of all students, as they are at the heart of what we do. We have been undergoing Professional Development on Inclusive Design for Learning facilitated by our wonderful RTLB service.

“I think a MLE is more about how you make it work to best suit the diverse range of needs rather than having a prescribed way of doing it,” she says.

Rob says he hoped schools would take responsibility for considering how effective classroom designs were.

“I think one of the dangerous things is that when we implement these ideas or strategies, we just assume they’re right, and often they’re not.”

The Ministry of Education requires new school buildings to have good acoustics, heating, ventilation and lighting and nonload bearing internal walls to ensure future flexibility. However, other property modifications are determined by individual schools’ boards of trustees.

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Death notices BRAKE: Thomas Loughrey (Tom). On 25 November 2023 at Ashwood Park Retirement Village, aged 95 years. Loved husband of the late Margaret. In accordance with Tom’s wishes, a private cremation has taken place. To view full notice please visit our website.

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DAVYS: Leslie Walter (Les). On 27 November 2023, passed away at his home with family at his side, aged 94 years and 14 days. A loved husband of Lis. A Funeral Service for Les will be held at the Springlands Chapel, Cloudy Bay Funeral Services, 15 Boyce Street on Monday 4 December at 11.00am followed by private cremation. For those who are unable to attend, the service can be viewed on the Cloudy Bay Funeral Services website. To view full notice please visit our website.

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DOUGLAS: John Malcolm (Jock). Passed away peacefully on 21 November 2023, after a battle with dementia, aged 88 years.

Survived by Aileen, a loving wife and friend of 65 years. An awesome Dad to Craig and Graeme. Brother of the late Allister. A passionate rebuilder of all things mechanical and vintage, especially MG’s. In lieu of flowers, a donation to Dementia NZ would be appreciated. Jock’s life has been celebrated at a private family farewell. Messages to P O Box 9 Blenheim 7240 or www.cloudybayfunerals.co.nz

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FORBES; Marie. On 22 November 2023, peacefully at Wairau Hospital, Blenheim, in her 85th year. Loved wife of the late Brian.

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VEAL: John Michael (Mike). On Saturday Nov 25th, 2023, peacefully at Wairau Hospital , Blenheim in his 88th year. Loved husband of Judy. A service celebrating Mike’s life will be held on Friday 1st December at 11am at the Springlands Chapel, Cloudy Bay Funerals, 15 Boyce St, Blenheim followed by a private cremation. The service will be livestreamed and can be viewed on the Cloudy Bay Funeral Services website.

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WELSH: Raymond John Hubert (Ray). On Wednesday 22nd November 2023. Dearly loved husband of Elizabeth (Liz). At Ray’s request a private cremation has taken place.

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WEUSTEN : Nicholaas Cornelius Marinus (Nick). On 21 November 2023, peacefully at Aberleigh Resthome, Blenheim, aged 91 years. Loved husband of the late Margaret.

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Wednesday November 29, 2023

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MGC win Junior Secondary Schools Water Polo

By Chris Valli

Marlborough Girls’ College won back to back titles at the South Island Junior Secondary Schools Water Polo tournament last week.

MGC were too good for Upper Riccarton’s Villa Maria College prevailing 10-6. MGC dominated the whole tournament and were deserving winners.

The team have been together for a number of years, with three of the MGC team in the New Zealand U16 development squad, Koko Wong, Hayley McCormick and Poppy Clark Meanwhile, the boys’ final saw St Bede’s outclassing Christchurch Boys’ High School 12-5 taking their fourth consecutive junior title. In the play off for third, MBC were too strong for Christ’s College winning 20-2.

MBC lost to St Bede’s 9-6 to miss out on the final giving the highly favoured St Bede’s a big fright.

The MBC squad are a young team

that have only really come together in the last month, so they will be strong for next year. A feature of their development is the inclusion of Fynn Russell in the NZ U16 development squad.

The tournament bought about 140 people to Blenheim for the tournament. Marlborough Water Polo Chairperson Martyn Birch says 10 teams were involved in the tournament compared to 17 teams that were hosted when last here pre Covid, resulting in a rebuilding phase.

Martyn says most local games are in the social league on Wednesday.

However, they also have schools games on Friday evening and training on Monday.

“We try to form u14, 16,18 teams (and) if we don’t have enough players to form a team we will farm the kids out to other clubs,” says Martyn. “We have three girls playing for Hutt in the U14 nationals in December and one boy playing for Manawatu.

“U16 teams went to nationals in September and we managed to field teams in both boys and girls.

Boys finished sixth and girls ninth but both teams had a mix of U14 and U16.

Martyn says looking forward they are always looking for more kids to play the sport in Marlborough.

“It’s a great off season sport for rugby or netball as there is minimal risk of injury and develops fitness and ball skills. We also run a mini water polo competition on Wednesday where seven-year olds and up can learn to play. They can stand on the bottom of the pool, and then advance from there. So the more kids we can get into mini polo the more we will have at college and age groups in a few years.”

The Girl’s Tournament Team was; Goalie, Poppy Clark (MGC), Hayley McCormick (MGC), Koko Wong (MGC), Elizabeth Douthett (MGC), Addison Youngman-Mark (Villa), Sophia Taylor (Villa), Emilie Seipp, (Villa).

The MGC Junior water polo team are South Island champions.

The Boys Tournament Team; Goalie, Fynn Russell (MBC - loan from Queen Charlotte College), George Adams (MBC), Alex Bailie

(St Bede’s), Henry Graham, (St Bede’s), Jonah Teokotai, (CBH), Lucas Stevens, (CBH) and Jack Preston (St Bede’s).

UWH Club Nationals Tauranga 2023

Front row: Riley Friend, Jasmine King-Turner, Issie Posa, Lily McMillan, Sarah Mitchell, Ana Bailey, Manager Nicola Poswillo. Back row: Coach Marcus Wright, Ben Muir, Molly Wilkes, Georgette Herkt, Milly Lane, Pippa Fissenden, Albie Edmonds.

Marlborough Under water Hockey Club attended the annual Club Nationals event in October located in Tauranga. The Club sent two teams, a B mixed grade team and a junior’s C mixed grade team.

The standard of the national completion was high; Marlborough fought a tough battle which earned the B team a silver medal.

The juniors played well together, earning a 6th placing and taking a lot of learnings out of the tournament.

One of the Junior C Grade players was quoted as saying

never have I lost all our games and had so much fun.

The club as a whole really enjoyed the tournament. Spirits were high and it was evident all the players appreciated the opportunity to attend such an event.

“We would like to thank all involved, coaches, management and the Pelorus Trust for their grant, without which we couldn’t have made it happen”, a Marlborough Club representative says.

Anyone interested in playing Underwater Hockey can get in touch on marlboroughuwh@ gmail.com

Golf Results Picton Golf Club Sat 11 Nov Par-Richard Mclean +5, Andrew Sunley +5; Phil Hawke +3; Jeff Pascoe +2; Ant Booker +1, John Saxon +1, Mark Ivamy +1.

Thu 16 Nov S/F-Leigh S/Smith 41; James Fattorini 40, Mike Ashworth 40; Ian Johnson 38, Trevor Gullery 38; Jeff Pascoe 37; Richard McLean36,Ian Aldridge 36.

Sat 18 Nov: American S/F-Richard

Rarangi Golf Club McLean 62; Vicki Eastgate 61; Ian Aldridge 60; Jock Mannington 56; Nick Wright 55, Trevor Gullery 55, Wayne Pratt 55, Graham Couldrey 55.

Thu 23 Nov: S/F-James Fattorini 41; Ant Booker 40, Leigh McGlynn 40; Ian Johnson 39; Iain Berrie 38; John Saxon 37, Aaron Wilson 37,Jeff Pascoe 37.

Sat 25 Nov: Nett- Mike Ashworth 62;

Mark Ivamy 69, Trevor Gullery 69.

Sun 26 Nov: American Foursomes- Jack Frisken/Margaret Frisken 46; Tim McCaffrey/Anita McCaffrey 50.8; Mark Ivamy/ Ant Booker 54; Richard Mclean/ Damien Pollard 55; Graham Couldrey/ Lin Stone 56; Nick Wright/Jenny Hart 58.2; Andrew Sunley/Dido Harper 59 ; Trevor Gullery/ Jo Prescott 62.

Mosley 14 Ian Clark 14 Mike McConnell 14 Graeme Parker 14 Levi Mano 14 Nov 15 ( Hole Stableford Colleen McLeod 22 Barbara Looker 20 Bernice Arnold 20 Ann Walker 18 Sue Duckworth 18 Odette Roper 18 Elaine Brown 18 Nove 16 Hidden Holes Stableford Bob Tapp 33

Ray Herd 33 Stuart McLagan 31 Murray Ingram 30 Graeme Daines 30 Blue Arthur 29 Colin Pitkethley 29 Duncan Cassidy 29 Buck Asplet 29 Desz Campbell 29; 9 Holes Stableford David Horrell 21 David Dyer 20 Arnold Newman 19 Mike McConnell 16 Ian Clark 16.

Blenheim Golf Club Nov 13 9 Hole Stableford Shirley Godsiff 22 Marion Flynn 19 Margaret Hamilton 19 Bernice Arnold 18 Jane Abbott 18 Anne Michel 17 Men Dave Menzies 19 Don March 18 Bob Tapp 17 George Addis 16 David Dyer 16 Dean Ormsby 16 Leo McKendry 15 Barry

Tue 14 Nov: The Local Butcher Twilight Golf: Bill Hennessy 20, Tim McKay 20, Tamati Hawea 19, Ray Tomlinson 19, Rob Lopez 19, Michael Gibb 19, Mark Fyfye 19, Shane Grant 18.

Wed 15 Nov: Mens Midweek Medal: Dave Holdaway 68, Terry Lane 70, Mike Walker 70, Alan Rutledge 70, David Wilkins 71, Gordon Lang, Len Barlow 72, David Best 72, Mark Fyfe 72, Guido Bertogg 72, Arthur Ross 72.

Thu 16 Nov: Ladies Midweek Stableford: Tracy Bary 38, Di McCarthy 37, Wendy Moffat 36, Pat Olliver 36, Dale McCrindle 35, Lynn Naysmith 35, Di Betts 34, Janet Laing 33, Sue Lang 32,

Sue Godsiff 32.

Sat 18 Nov: Best 3 of 4 Team Stableford: C. Heppelthwaite, G. Lang, E. Kahaki & M. Milne 113; O. Gibbs, S. Lang, J. January, P. d`Auvergne 112; T. Lane, D. Wye, A. Shutkowski, P. Browning 112.

Sun 19 Nov: Closing Day American Greensome: Mixed - Ray Tomlinson & Pat Olliver 63.6, Joyce & Terry Allen 65.8, Mike McLeod & Carla Hepplethwaite 66.4, Laurie McGlone & Emma Kaye 66.6.

Mens - Joe Cooke & Tim McKay 57, Rod Thompson & Tony Nichol 61.8, John Muir & Gary Barnett 63, Jim & Greg Thomas 64.8

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