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BOLDER 50+ Lifestyle Magazine for the November / December 2012

Ready or not,

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In this issue: Health & Fitness • Entertainment • Food • News • Views... and more!

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From the editor

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hen the Prime Minister’s office gets in contact to say the man charged with running our country has expressed a strong interest in writing for Older&Bolder I’m not going to turn that offer down. Sure, John Key has been in a dark spotlight lately for some inappropriate word choices but he’s still the elected leader of New Zealand, and it’s great to have him on board. I’m sure it was his love of our magazine that drove him to get in touch, other than the leader of the opposition, David Shearer, gracing the front cover of our last issue – running along a track in shorts and a singlet.

As our front cover says, the digital television age is imminent whether we like it or not. Some of us have it already, but the majority are being rolled out in the new year – which is actually not that far away. It

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wasn’t until I read Winston Peters’ column this month that I remembered this is in fact our final issue for 2012. And what a year it’s been! I hope you have enjoyed having Older&Bolder back in your hands this year after its short holiday, and are liking the new glossy look. And, who knows, next year we might even give it more of a facelift.

Your feedback is of course very welcome. Happy and safe holidays to you all!

Kineta

kineta@mainlandpress.co.nz

Letters to the editor

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Thank you for the nostalgia item on the early days of television. When I was young, television was a very important part of our lives, so my friends and I were fascinated to read how it was made.

You may not realise this, but there was an added benefit: the writer himself. John Shrapnell and his colleagues, like Relda Familton, were virtually members of our family. We met them every week night on television in shows such as Town and Around. While they were the stars of those days, they weren’t all glossed up with smart hair dos and wardrobes by … like the so-called television personalities today. They were like your friends next door: honest, open, no air and graces, people you could trust.

Thank you for the article and for the news that some of those people are still with us.

Dear Kineta, Subject: “Health” in July/August Edition, page 18.

It was a very great thrill to see the lathe being used. That lathe belonged to my late husband and I made it available to the Menz Shed a few months ago. The table on which it is mounted was our first kitchen table, which was built and covered with blue linoleum, by my husband. When we didn’t need it in the kitchen he reinforced it to be used for his lathe, and the Menz Shed representative was pleased to have it along with the lathe. The lamp on the end was used by my sister and I when we were children, so that also has a long history.

Seeing that picture of how it is all being used was to me a wonderful thing. Bless you for printing it. My husband died in April this year and would be pleased to see it put to such good use.

Regards, Ida Clane and the rest of us Golden Audrey Sangster Johnsonville Girls

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By Sharon Davis

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ew Zealand’s television signal is changing from analogue to digital in a phased rollout across the country between late September 2012 and early December 2013.

While the switch to digital means all New Zealanders will get better pictures and a wider range of channels and options, it does also require that people with analogue televisions sets follow a few simple steps to ensure they continue to be able to watch TV after the changeover.

A large number of TVs in New Zealand are already digital. If your set receives Freeview or you subscribe to Sky or Telstraclear your TV is already digital. If not, you will probably need to invest in some new equipment – but it does not mean you have to buy a new TV. The cost of going digital will

depend on your location and what equipment you need.

To be able to watch your favourite programmes after the switch to digital in your area you might need a set-top box and or a new aerial. In most cases only a set-top box is needed. This starts from $80 and installation is as easy as plugging it into the back of the TV and connecting the aerial lead.

An alternative to buying new equipment and paying for the installation (if you need a new aerial or satellite dish) is to elect to use a pay-TV service from Telstraclear, Sky or newcomer, Igloo. These companies install the equipment you will need in return for a monthly fee (often for a stipulated contract period).

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Homes with more than one TV might need more than one set-top box to display different channels at the same time.

While it is possible to connect a number of TVs to one set-top box, the programme you watch is selected via the set-top box, so all the TVs connected to a set-top box will show the same channel at the same time.

If you record TV with video, DVD or digital recorder you might also need extra equipment. Once you receive digital TV through a set-top box you will be able to record what

When is my area going digital?

• Lower North Island – 29 September 2012 • East Coast (North Island) – 29 September 2012 • West Coast (South Island) – 30 September 2012 • Hawke’s Bay – 30 September 2012 • South Island (excluding the West Coast) – 28 April 2013 • Upper North Island – 1 December 2013

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Road tripping

in the Catlins

Everyone loves a road trip, but one through the Catlins promises a real adventure and nature experience. Sharon Davis highlights some of the not-to-bemissed attractions down south.

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he misshapen triangle of beach and forest paradise, known as the Catlins, stretches across 100km of exposed shoreline and 40km inland through remote forests and farmland along the Southern Scenic Route. A nature lover’s dream destination, the Catlins lies between Kaka Point and Fortrose, bound by the Clutha and Mataura river mouths.

Those who turn off State Highway 1 and head off the beaten track are guaranteed some breathtaking scenery and almost as likely to see yellow-eyed penguins, Hector’s dolphins, New Zealand fur seals, Hooker’s

sea lion, elephant seal and a large variety of birds.

Waipapa Point boasts interesting seascapes, an abundance of wildlife and New Zealand’s oldest wooden lighthouse – built in 1884 after 113 lives were lost a few years earlier when the SS Taraua ran aground off the rugged coast. A little further up the coast, Slope Point sweeps out to the southwest and offers views out to the ocean and interesting rock formations.

A drive to Curio Bay takes you to a penguin colony and an ancient Jurassic-era petrified forest, visible at low tide, and nearby Porpoise Bay offers a chance at spotting

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seals and Hector’s dolphins.

A short inland detour up Newcastle Road followed by an easy forest walk takes you to the McLean Falls. Another detour worth the effort is Cathedral Cave, accessible for two hours either side of low tide.

Next up is Papatowai, a small holiday village and popular overnight stop with a shop, petrol station, motels, backpackers and other accommodation options. Apart from beach and forest walks is the Lost Gypsy Gallery (closed over winter), for all to enjoy.

An early morning walk from Surat Bay will almost guarantee a sighting of sea

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lions. Remember to keep a safe distance and not to stand between them and the shore.

The Nugget Point lighthouse is not to missed, not only for the lighthouse and the nuggetshaped rocks jutting out from the point, but for the wildlife you’ll see en route. A trip to the penguin hide at Roaring Bay should also be on your bucket list. Visit at dawn or dusk to catch them leaving or retuning to their burrows.

Road tripping through the Catlins, even in the wildest weather, will not disappoint.

But, be warned, turning your back on this natural wonder to head home will be the greatest hardship on the trip. ■

• From Dunedin: For a slow meander into the Catlins take the Scenic Southern Route from Dunedin. For a more direct route, follow State Highway 1 beyond Milton and look for the Scenic Southern Route turn off to Kaka Point just before Balclutha.

• From Invercargill: Take the Scenic Southern Route from Invercargill, heading towards Fortrose and Waipapa Point.

Alternatively head out on State Highway 1 and turn onto the Scenic Southern Route at Edendale. From here you can drive to Fortrose or, if time is tight, skip a short section of the Catlins and head towards the coast at Curio Bay or along the Chaslands Highway section to Chaslands and Papatowai.

Travel tips • Plan your road trip over three to four days if you hope to see most of the worthwhile attractions.

• Allow about an hour for travel from either Dunedin or Invercargill to reach the respective start of the Catlins region.

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ational is focused on the ex-service men and women. This is issues that matter to Kiwis. a very significant and meaningful We’ve had an extremely busy financial commitment in what are year, and it’s great that I can update difficult financial times. the readers of Older&Bolder on our One part of our programme is an progress in a range of areas. increase to the War Disablement A few weeks ago I addressed the Pension and Surviving Spouse Pension RSA annual conference. It was a great rates by 5 per cent, from 1 April 2013. opportunity for me to speak to many This increase comes on top of the of our veterans about one of the major forecast CPI increase of 1.8 per cent. pieces of policy work the Government We will also increase eligibility for will be implementing to improve the support services such as home help, support we provide them. which will benefit an estimated 3000 I announced a significant $60 additional veterans and 1100 surviving million commitment over the next five spouses or partners. years to ensure the War Pensions Act Many veterans have been asking for – the major piece of legislation that the War Pensions Act to be reviewed, enables many and at the last veteran support election, National National is committed to services – is campaigned on both meeting doing this. This recognising and supporting our the needs of is another policy veterans, while acknowledging current veterans that we have been and is modern able to fulfil. the tremendous sacrifices they enough to W e ’ r e have made for our country. support the next implementing generation of 132 of 170

recommendations from the Law Commission, who took a good hard look at the War Pensions Act. A major change that we plan to implement is to extend a range of support services to all veterans with qualifying service on the basis of need.

National is committed to recognising and supporting our veterans, while acknowledging the tremendous sacrifices they have made for our country.

Work has begun on drafting the new Bill, which will be introduced into Parliament as soon as possible. The new law will look after older veterans and our younger men and women who have served their country.

Since 2003 the toll on New Zealand’s armed forces has been great – we have lost 10 brave soldiers in Afghanistan since we first sent troops there.

Their sacrifice, like the sacrifices of our service men and women in years before, will not be forgotten, and through these changes we’ve got a

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strong plan in place to ensure we are able to support all our veterans.

I look forward to updating the readers of Older&Bolder on our progress. Alternatively, visit www.national.org.nz to find out more. ■

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A time to walk the talk

Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of NZ First

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his is New Zealand First’s last Older&Bolder column for the year so it presents an opportune moment to reflect on the 12 months since the party returned to Parliament.

The 2011 election was a triumph for New Zealand First. Once out on the campaign trail, we soon knew that many New Zealanders were looking for New Zealand First leadership to create a better future.

The numbers turning up at our public campaign meetings were healthy, but

received a boost once the “Teapot Tape” saga involving John Key and John Banks blew up.

History tells us that New Zealand First picked up 6.8 per cent of the party vote and stormed back into Parliament with eight MPs. It is significant that Mr Key’s bungling started during the election with the Teapot Tapes, because it’s his cavalier approach, and outright dereliction of duty, which has characterised the National Party’s second term.

Space doesn’t permit a full summation of the Prime Minister’s concerning behaviour, but even a potted history makes for sober reading.

Mr Key refused to stand down John Banks as a Minister after a police report found Mr Banks knew Kim Dotcom had provided donations to Bank’s failed Auckland City mayoralty bid, even though Bank’s declaration said it was an anonymous donation.

Then there was the illegal spying on Dotcom by the Government Communications Security Agency – an organisation for which Mr Key has Ministerial responsibility. The Prime Minister has had so many memory lapses about this affair – and on other

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occasions had to withdraw incorrect Just days after his Beckham statements made in Parliament – that remark, Mr Key castigated a radio he should consider being checked by host for wearing a “gay red shirt”. a health professional.

Do we really want a Prime Minister His memory problems flared again who attends “The Big Gay Out” for when he incorrectly told a television a photo opportunity and then drops reporter that he voted for the drinking another clanger? age to be reinstated at 20 – a position This wave of deceit, flippancy and which New Zealand First supported. dereliction of duty is being carried He did not. out by Mr Key to Unfortunately, a the background conscience vote Mr Key may prefer to crack of big job losses, saw the drinking jokes than fix the economy but particularly in age retained manufacturing, at 18, and an many Kiwis have had enough, as our economy opportunity to with more than 54,000 a year limps along with take a positive the pulse rate of a step to curb our crossing the Tasman to start a dead fish. binge drinking new life in Australia.

Mr Key may culture was lost. prefer to crack Then there are jokes than fix the Mr Key’s flippant comments such economy but many Kiwis have had as his quip to school children that enough, with more than 54,000 a year football superstar David Beckham crossing the Tasman to start a new life is “thick as bat shit”. There was an in Australia. outcry in Britain. Is that the sort of New Zealand First is committed to comment that should be coming from creating a prosperous country that our Prime Minister, who is also the we all want to live in. You can rest Minister for Tourism? Imagine the assured over the holiday period that backlash in New Zealand if the British we will continue to pursue that goal Prime Minister stood up and said All relentlessly.

Blacks captain Richie McCaw was Have an enjoyable Christmas, and a thick as a brick. healthy and happy New Year. ■

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David Shearer, MP for Mt Albert and Leader of the Labour Party

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his is my first column for Older&Bolder.

As we face the threat of charter schools, untrained teachers and school closures, education has certainly emerged as the issue of the day.

I began my working life as a teacher. I confess education is in my DNA: my dad was a school principal, my mother was a teacher aide and my wife is trained in reading recovery.

Older Bolder New Zealand’s progression and success in education It’s part of what attracted me to the My commitment to all New Labour Party, with its proud history Zealanders is that under Labour, as the party of education. I want New every kid in New Zealand will have Zealand to be a place where the best the same opportunity: the world’s and brightest want to live and work, best education available at their local and where everyone knows they school. can get ahead.

That’s why I give Education lies at you my absolute the very heart of My commitment to all New guarantee the achieving that.

Labour government Zealanders is that under We’re doing I lead will not Labour, every kid in New pretty well. increase class sizes.

When we Zealand will have the same Nor will we agree to put ourselves National’s plan to set a l o n g s i d e opportunity: the world’s best up Charter Schools Australia, the education available at their – funded with UK and the US, taxpayer dollars – our schools blow local school. whether they’re run the others away.

by Brian Tamaki the On international Maharishi yogi, or comparisons, we sit consistently in whoever. the top 10 in reading and science. We I want the Education Report Office have great teachers and an education to be staffed with senior teachers and system to be proud of. former principals who are able to get

alongside underperforming schools and lift them back to health. And I want them to report to parents in clear, easily understandable language.

Where there is hardship and poverty, we want to organise food in schools so the children can learn.

When a student falls behind, we want to offer reading recovery. We know that if children aren’t reading by age eight, they often never catch up, so I want to extend reading recovery to every school in the country. It’s a New Zealand programme with an 80 per cent success rate, exported all over the world. We need it here too.

Giving our kids a healthier future is the best investment we can make – it’s not a cost.

By focusing on education we can give our children and grandchildren the best possible start and equip New Zealand with the fine talent it needs to prosper in a 21st Century world. ■

Keeping up with society matters

Mike Yardley, writer/broadcaster

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he rising use of synthetic cannabis is proliferating across New Zealand. For some mystifying reason, this latest “legal high” product called K2 is selling like wildfire across the South Island, with far less market penetration in the North.

Last month, a Christchurch convenience store was robbed by two armed, hooded thugs. They stole the store’s stash of K2, which probably says a lot about who this insidious product appeals to – those who like to live on the edge of the law.

In 12 months’ time, no party pills or legal highs will be able to be sold, until the products have been proven to be safe. And the onus will be on

the manufacturers and distributors of these mind-bending products to prove its safety. But until then, all manner of smarty pants, wacky products are entering the market.

I think there is something morally bankrupt about dairies doubling as glorified drug-dealers, touting psychoactive products that are dressed up as adult confectionary. I note that this latest product, K2, comes in blueberry and raspberry flavours.

Excuse me? It’s synthetic dope!

The Dunedin police have been urging retailers to withdraw the sale of K2 because it reportedly fuels aggression, violence, anxiety and hallucinations. Front-line health workers are condemning this product and claim that its side-effects are similar to P. The Ministry of Health is considering ordering the product off our shelves. But until the new law, shifting the onus of proof, takes effect next year, I think we have a role to play, by pricking the conscience of our retailers and pressuring them to stop selling this dodgy lollified rubbish.

If my local dairy doubles as a glorified tinny-house, for a fast and dirty buck, I will boycott it.

Bonded In the coming year, Parliament will wrestle with the business end of gay marriage. Easily passing its first reading in the House, the real debate

is still to come. to formalise their commitment by I was raised a Catholic and have getting married, would you want the grappled with this issue for quite law to deny them that right – and that some time. Over the years, my views sense of acceptance? have mellowed. I still go to church occasionally. I consider myself a Carry-on pragmatic Christian, as I don’t see Airlines around the world are rolling eye to eye with the Vatican on various out a fresh new surcharge. The target? moral positions. Gay marriage is a case Carry-on baggage. in point. If two gay and consenting How many times have you been on adults fall in love and wish to formalise a domestic or Trans-Tasman flight and their bond by tying the knot and being noticed people trying to stuff their recognised as a married couple, why household contents into the overhead should they be denied that? I struggle lockers? Air New Zealand, Virgin and to see how gay marriage undermines Jetstar have surcharges for checkedtraditional marriage, as long as no in baggage. church is forced to play host to a A lot of people are abusing the gay wedding, if it goes against that carry-on luggage limits as a result. particular church’s teaching.

And it makes the entire boarding and For over 30 years in New Zealand, unloading procedure extra long for the marriage everyone. c e r e m o n y Dozens of can either be But until the new law...takes carriers around conducted as a effect next year, I think we have the world are secular ceremony, imposing a carryor a religious a role to play, by pricking the on surcharge for ceremony. If a conscience of our retailers and luggage that can’t gay couple living fit under the seat in your street wish pressuring them to stop selling in front of you. to formalise their this dodgy lollified rubbish.

I think if our bond in marriage, carriers knocked how does that in a few dollars off any shape or form degrade the quality the base seat airfares and imposed a or significance of the husband and nominal charge on carry-on luggage wife’s marriage, living next door? destined for the overhead lockers, it If your son or granddaughter enters would improve the flying experience, a same-sex relationship and wants immeasurably. ■

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“There are no free lunches”

By Colin Craig

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Colin Craig, leader of the Conservative Party.

y grandmother taught me that nothing in life comes free but that someone somewhere works for it. “Colin,” she would say, “there are no free lunches. Have enough courage, determination and self-respect to make your own way in life.” She arrived in New Zealand on a boat with her sisters in the early 1900s with little but the clothes she had on. Despite this tough start she went on to live a very full and successful life. She is a fine example of what can be done if you are determined and work hard.

In recent days we have heard proposals to provide “free lunches” to school students. Labour has a policy already and National are “open to the idea”. However before we make hardworking New Zealanders pay for yet another cost we can’t afford, I would like to ask the question: “Whose responsibility is it to provide a child’s lunch?”

Answer: A parent’s.

Parents who do not provide for the necessities of life for their

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children are being delinquent. It may not be politically correct to say so, but I think responsible New Zealanders are tired of covering the cost of those who are unwilling to take personal responsibility. Some will of course cry “poverty” but in fact needy families already receive very generous taxpayer support and certainly enough to afford a basic lunch for the children. I know families who struggle to get by, but the parents still ensure the children are properly fed. It’s about prioritising basic spending choices and the discipline to provide a school lunch on a daily basis.

Children need lunch, but state funding of school lunches will only encourage delinquent behaviour on the part of parents.

Such programmes sound noble but become another pathway into government dependency, and an ever-growing cost to taxpayers.

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As a country we should expect people to be responsible for themselves and their families. The Conservative Party opposes the “culture of entitlement” that is becoming so prevalent. It’s time for New Zealand to remember the truth that “no lunch is ever free” and require those responsible to meet the cost. ■

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A taste of Kiwi culture

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When Cantabrian Tim Ridley arrived in London a couple of years ago, one of the first things he noticed was the lack of a decent cup of coffee - a thought shared by many Kiwis arriving in Britain.

The difference being, Tim did something about it. He now has four coffee shops in London (a fifth is due to open) but spared some time to tell Scarlett Cvitanovich how Londoners are on their way to embracing the Kiwi coffee culture.

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im Ridley believes New Zealanders don’t know how lucky they are to have such a fantastic cafe culture. He has based his London business on taking Kiwi’s friendly service, social atmosphere and great coffee to clients who had no idea how to act in a real coffee shop. Although he has no background in the hospitality industry, Tim has a passion for coffee and fond memories of cafes back home.

“Christchurch’s C1 cafe was a great introduction to the world of coffee,” he says. “They just did it so well there.”

Tim grew up in Christchurch and studied at the University of Canterbury towards a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in politics. After completing his master’s degree, he was given the opportunity to work with prominent Cantabrian Mary Devine (the current managing director of Ballantynes

department store) on relaunching the Fairydown brand. “I learnt so much on how to brand a business and all of the different components that go into making a brand successful,” Tim says.

“I was then lucky enough to work with Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron, so I have always had strong, determined bosses to learn from.”

Arriving in London in 2007, Tim’s original plan was to work with private investors. “I soon realised I didn’t have the contacts to do that, and had to sell myself doing really unsexy jobs that I hated,” he explains. “I knew I needed to do something that I loved and I’m a bit of a coffee geek really.”

Cue the process of opening a coffee shop. “The coffee culture is so taken for granted at home,” he says, “but in London the scene was dominated by high street brands. It’s only recently that Londoners have become interested in coffee.”

In December 2010, Tim opened his first cafe, christened The Department of Coffee and Social Affairs. “The driver for the shop was the idea that coffee shops can be very social places,” he says, “somewhere people can come to, connect and make it a real hub for communities. Londoners are realising that now, whereas before that culture just didn’t seem to exist.”

The first shop was such a success Tim started hunting for another site straight away. He now has four shops, all with different names, but under the umbrella of Coffeesmiths Collective.

Each store is unique, with a different layout that creates unique havens.

Despite the different aesthetics, each store is based on the same values.

“I wanted to bring the New Zealand experience to Londoners,” Tim says.

“We now have the friendliest coffee shops in London, with staff that enjoy working and customers that keep coming back. They have really captured people’s imaginations, as we have had to teach people how to behave in coffee shops. Customers have really

grown to appreciate it.”

The other thing that keeps customers returning to the stores is the coffee itself. As well as having regular quality coffee on the menu, Tim also buys two single estate coffees a week, meaning there’s over 100 different single estate coffees on the menu in a year. “It’s fantastic to have access to awardwinning coffee so easily,” he says.

“It’s a pleasure to explore all of the different varieties. One week the featured coffee may be like a fiery, redheaded woman and the next a prim, quiet man. We want people to really taste the coffee. It’s the final segment in the delivery of quality coffee to the world. So much work goes into growing coffee that the least we can do is prepare it right.”

As well as being a hit with Londoners, the Coffeesmiths Collective has been a welcome relief for New Zealanders.

“They all walk in with a look of relief on their faces,” Tim laughs. “The coffee culture really is a hallmark for how Kiwis live. I wanted to bring that feeling here.” ■

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What an investor should always ask himself

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There is one question that I always ask myself above all others – what if I’m wrong? Even the most logical reasoning can prove incorrect, or can be undermined by unexpected risks.

ome years ago I rented a house in Tauranga at the bottom of a hill. My landlord lived behind me in his own home and also owned the house in front of me. These three adjacent properties represented the vast bulk of his wealth. He was convinced that residential property in Tauranga was a sure thing.

In 2005 the region suffered heavy rain and flooding. Part of the hill slipped onto these houses below and all three became uninhabitable. The rental income stopped, the timing of rebuilding became questionable, as did the valuations of the properties.

If he had questioned his investment thesis more, he may have diversified into a different street or suburb. Some Christchurch landlords might suggest this is still a risky strategy, and that focusing on just one city is too concentrated. Better still, he might have owned less houses and more businesses, shares or fixed interest.

For every investment decision we make, we should always ask ourselves ‘what happens if we’re wrong?’ How much of an impact will it have? Have I mitigated this risk in any way?

For example, I believe that interest rates are going to go up from here.

While interest rates might languish at current low levels for a bit longer, in a year’s time they could well have begun to creep up a little. Because of this possibility, I would be keeping slightly more than usual in short-term

deposits, rather than locking it up for years at interest rates that look good today, but won’t be quite as attractive when market interest rates increase.

But what if I’m wrong? Interest rates could take longer to rise than I expect, so I should hedge my bets by still owning a range of longer-term securities from good quality issuers, even though the interest rates might look uninspiring.

I also think shares have a good period ahead of them over the next few years, despite all of the risks out there. Most companies have low debt levels, dividend yields are still attractive and shares look reasonable against historic averages. As the world recovers, confidence will return and investors will move out of low-risk assets such as cash, gold and government bonds and back into good quality shares. But, I could be wrong.

Spain or Portugal could become the next Greece and we could see a relapse of the European issues we have seen over recent years. So I wouldn’t bet the whole farm on shares and I would keep a good cornerstone of low-risk fixed income assets.

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I would also stick to those companies that will benefit from an economic recovery, but will also be able to withstand another downturn. I would focus on the ones that are paying growing dividends, because if we see markets face another rough patch at least I will be collecting some income while I wait for a recovery.

I ask myself the same questions when it comes to stockpicking within a share portfolio. A share like Apple is a good example. It’s a brilliant company with a huge future ahead of it and I still believe it to be good value, even at almost US$600 a share. But Apple has risen nearly 50 per cent this year, while the rest of the US market is up only 15 per cent. Apple will have become a much bigger proportion of my portfolio than it was in January, so if I’m wrong about its growth prospects it will have a bigger negative impact than it would have before. At some point I should probably consider selling a few Apple shares and re-investing the proceeds into other companies to get the portfolio’s weightings back in check.

I have a strong view that inflation will re-emerge as a problem over the

next few years. Even though it’s very low in New Zealand today, I don’t expect it to stay this way. Because of this I would be happy to own assets that deliver an earnings stream that can grow every year and keep pace with inflation, such as some property and a portfolio of shares.

But many people believe it is more likely that we face deflation, which is when prices fall for an extended period of time. Under this scenario, real assets like property fall in value and the spending power of money actually grows over time.

I don’t think this will happen, mainly because I think central banks around the world will print more money if deflation becomes a real threat. But just in case, that longer-term fixed interest will provide a locked-in income stream (which can buy more each year as prices decline).

It’s great to have strong conviction in your investment decisions. But, when this confidence becomes an unwavering belief that what you’re doing is a ‘no-brainer’, it can become your downfall. ■

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into care and their assets are assessed for a residential care subsidy, the share of the property owned by the deceased partner should not be counted among their assets. You may be surprised to hear that this is an option for you.

There are strong anti-avoidance

provisions at law when it comes to changing ownership in a manner which might be seen as purely to assist you to qualify for a benefit you might not otherwise have obtained.

However, if this form of ownership and will structure is used in a timely fashion it is an entirely legitimate estate planning strategy.

Harmans has a specialist seniors division which is headed by Associate Fleur McDonald. We have advised countless clients on this form of ownership and other estate planning measures which are available to protect your hard-earned assets.

Our service is a mobile one so if you prefer, we can come to visit you at no extra cost. To discuss your estate planning requirements give Fleur a call on 03 352 2293. ■

Mark Lister is Head of Private Wealth Research at Craigs Investment Partners. His disclosure statement is available free of charge under his profile on www.craigsip.com. This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as specific investment advice.

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f, like many New Zealanders, you’ve worked hard to pay off your mortgage and build other assets, you will typically want to see to it that those assets will go to your children and grandchildren on your death.

You will no doubt be aware that senior care is both asset and income tested. What you may not know is the best way to try to minimise those assets being eroded away if you ever need to go into rest home care. If you go into care, a sizeable portion of your assets are required to be used to pay for that care before you can qualify for a residential care subsidy.

There is a simple way for seniors to protect some of their assets if action is taken in a timely fashion and for genuine estate planning reasons. The answer lies in how you own your property. A majority of Kiwis own the family home as joint tenants, which

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In terms of asset tested senior care this could be to your disadvantage. But there is an alternative form of ownership which is perfectly legitimate, known as a tenancy in common.

This form of ownership sees you owning your property in distinct shares and, more importantly, allows you to state in your will what you wish to do with your share of the property. It is possible to leave your surviving spouse a life interest in your share of the property without leaving it to them outright. On the death of the last of you, the share of the property goes to the final beneficiaries of your will, usually your children.

The surviving spouse still owns his or her share of the property but if they go

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By Peter Oakes

e’s the music maestro of Radio New Zealand National, presenting Wayne’s Music, a musical programme under his own name, a unique distinction in a radio organisation that is the country’s leading exponent in presenting a range of musical genre.

It’s a status Wayne Mowat has gained through years of developing his reputation, setting himself apart from the rest. Wayne has carved out a niche in a broad musical field which suits his tastes and his demographic.

After years of hard work in many Radio New Zealand locations he has two nights of his own programme – Wayne’s Music. Its parameters are broad, catering for musical tastes paralleling his own listening. After 11pm on Saturdays and 10.30pm on Sundays on Radio New Zealand National’s FM network, Wayne’s Music captures the mood of music from the 20th Century rarely heard elsewhere.

Growing up in Dunedin, Wayne joined the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation soon after school, in advertising copywriting. After a year’s OE in Australia and London he auditioned for announcing.

In an era when the NZBC ran a commercial arm, Wayne spent time in Hawkes Bay at 2ZC Twin City Radio, announcing in Napier and Hastings.

After four years he was seconded to what became a networked Tonight Show, from Wellington.

A big shift for the NZBC – later split into separate television and radio arms, the commercial radio arm sold off and Radio New Zealand becoming a non-commercial network– it suited his style, “making it up as you went along”, taking in cricket, racing and rugby, also discussing events of the week with the Reverend Bob Lowe.

After eight years, Wayne became charge announcer at 2ZB in Wellington. The period included going with the commercial network team to the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, a posting he remembers fondly.

Replacing Sharon Crosbie in (the then) National Radio’s Nine to Noon radio, the position “changed my whole radio experience,” Wayne says. “Without commercials you had time to think, talking to politicians and whoever else was on the programme.”

While enjoyable, life was to get

better for Wayne; he was offered an afternoon talk show. “It included more music, becoming the origins of Wayne’s Music.”

That Wayne’s Music slot “did the decades” and ran 16 years, a long time in radio. Its high listenership sparked a separate show, although Wayne still does outside broadcast stints, news reading and even a rare ‘appearance’ on Radio New Zealand Concert.

The show has become his bag, and he probably has his father to thank for some expertise in the field.

“I think I absorbed it by osmosis, when Dad was listening to it at home on the radio. We all had to be quiet as kids and listen to the Diggers’ session, pumping out the jazz and swing that was the pop music of the time.

Wa y n e ’s Music keeps the torch burning for a style of music which still resonates as

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By Christopher Moor

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hen Sir Laurence Olivier came to New Zealand in 1948 to perform with his actress wife Vivien Leigh and members of the Old Vic Theatre Company, he was at the zenith of his movie fame and regarded by many as the greatest Shakespearean actor of the mid-20th Century.

If his vivacious wife knew how to steal the spotlight from him in our theatres, he definitely took the final bow of the tour. An increasingly painful knee injury had required surgery, which a postponement in the sailing of the Corinthic until October 16th had enabled him to have in Wellington’s Lewisham Hospital. Photos of him shuddering as the rain fell on him while being hoisted aboard the liner in a specially built stretcher sling are arguably the most lasting memory of the tour.

Those who saw Olivier in person thought he looked just like he did in the movies. Media reports, however, said the blue-eyed actor was shorter, thinner and paler-skinned than expected.

He may have surprised many with his disapproval of Shakespeare being taught in schools. “The way I found it, Shakespeare was taught more or less as a punishment.”

He recommended taking pupils to see a performance and then talking about what they had seen in their English classes.

With Olivier’s movie Hamlet due to screen in New Zealand cinemas, there was much interest in the film. The tour’s wardrobe mistress, Emma Selby-Walker, had worked as the film’s assistant designer, and company members Peter Cushing and Terence Morgan had acted in the picture.

During the tour a report was published from the Daily Mail’s Stockholm correspondent, which stated the Swedish paper Morgon Tidnigon had commented that a 40-year-old Olivier was too old to play Hamlet. Olivier could not

Shakespeare in schools

Laurence Olivier made the cover of the New Zealand magazine Screen Parade for the month the 1948 began.

be contacted for his opinion, but his secretary Floy Bell issued a statement on his behalf that said, “Sir Laurence never comments on his films or criticisms of his films”.

Hamlet would earn him the 1948 Oscar for Best Actor.

“It is irritating in the extreme to act, in films, where every tiny alteration of expression, every displaced eyebrow is caught by the camera – and it is not at all overpaid,” he told students at Otago University.

“It is like the difference between doing petit point needlework and heavy rope work. Film work is more scientific than artistic. On stage the actor can have the audience supporting him morally as well as financially.”

Several films starring Olivier and Leigh had been re-released to coincide with their New Zealand tour. He said it was the same while they were in Melbourne, where he had noticed about 13 of their old films were screening. He pulled a face of mock horror when asked if he approved of reissues of his earlier films. “We would like to forget some of them. After all they were made a long time ago; let me

see – 1948...1938... Ugh!” He said bringing the Old Vic Company to New Zealand was a “brave and Herculean task” for the British Council, and he was delighted by the tour’s success.

Auckland and Wellington audiences saw the company perform the full repertoire of Richard III, The School for Scandal and The Skin of our Teeth. Christchurch theatregoers saw Richard III and The School for Scandal, with only the latter play going on to Dunedin.

Olivier was knighted in 1947 and created Lord Olivier in 1970, the first actor so honoured.

The son of a strict Anglican minister grew up in “an atmosphere of gentile poverty…probably the most fertile ground for ambition

Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in their suite at Wellington’s Hotel St. George.

Credit: Evening Post collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. Ref ¼- 49773F.

there can be”.

His first performance of Shakespeare came while he was at school, when he played Katharine in The Taming of the Shrew.

His father decided that “Kim”, as his family called him, would become an actor. At age 17 he attended the School of Dramatic Art before joining The Birmingham Repertory Company in 1926, beginning his professional career as a bell ringer.

Vivien Leigh divorced him in 1960, and the more than 20 years younger Joan Plowright became his third wife in 1961 – his first was actress Jill Esmond whom he had married in 1930.

Olivier died of cancer in 1989, aged 82 years. ■

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By Cushla Innes

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Mary Poppins

rriving at the theatre I felt a mixture of excitement and pride. I’ve been really looking forward to this musical, as I loved the original film, and I’m proud to be seeing it with four generations of my family. I’m joined by my children (four and six), my mother (60) and my grandmother (84).

We’re about to see if Mary Poppins can truly appeal to all ages!

This show has received much acclaim worldwide. It first opened in the West End eight years ago and has grossed more than $870 million. It has won 44 major theatre awards and has been seen by almost 10 million people. And now fortunately, it has made its way to New Zealand.

We take our seats in the theatre and as the curtain rises a darkened rooftop appears. The lights of London are blinking in the background and chimney-sweep Bert emerges from a smokestack. His eyes are shining through the coal dust on his face and he sings: “Wind’s in the east, there’s a mist coming in, like something is brewing and ‘bout to begin…” And so the story of the Banks family of 17 Cherry Tree Lane begins and we

are introduced to Mary Poppins, the nanny who rescues them from their unhappy lives.

The musical has new songs added alongside old favourites such as It’s a Jolly Holiday and there is more depth in the storyline than the original film. Mary Poppins remains unchanged though. She is ‘practically perfect in every way’ and a real joy to watch in her dazzling costumes.

The musical moves smoothly from huge song and dance routines like Step in Time (in which the chimneysweeps tap dance and Bert appears upside down on the theatre roof), to the more intimate moments with Mary Poppins and the children in the nursery.

The sets are beautiful and almost implausible in their intricacies and their smooth and elaborate changes.

It truly does look as though magic is at work.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a masterpiece of choreography with everyone on stage making hand movements at an extreme pace. They are dressed in eye popping colours and look to be enjoying themselves enormously.

Simon O’Neill has performed many of the greatest tenor roles in opera houses around the world, and is acclaimed as THE Wagnerian tenor of his generation and considered perhaps the best heroic tenor to emerge over the last decade.

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Many readers will have shared New Zealand’s pride as Simon’s career has developed in the world’s most prestigious opera houses, and his award winning recordings are given international exposure.

Simon has recently been appointed Patron of the Christchurch City Choir.

The other soloists are lyric soprano Madelaine Pierard, mezzo soprano Sally-Anne Russell and bass Stephen Bennett. All soloists perform opera roles and are in demand for concerts and recitals. Madelaine has a keen interest in performing contemporary works as well as concert and operatic performances. Sally-Anne has sung in 15 countries and is principal guest mezzo with Opera Australia. Stephen Bennett appears regularly in concerts and recitals with Australian state symphony orchestras and choral societies and for orchestras and choirs in New Zealand.

Music Director Brian Law conducts the Choir and Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, controlling the crisp baroque tone he always produces and which people enjoy for inspiring and soaring sounds of massed voices. The Choir considers its annual performance of Handel’s masterpiece as their Christmas gift to the city and for many people it always marks the beginning of the festive season.

This performance will be well and truly worth making the effort to come and attend.

The performance starts at 7.30 pm on Saturday 8 December 2012.

Tickets are limited and are $40 for general admission, available from the City Choir Office by phone (03) 366 6927 or email citychoir@xtra.co.nz. The ticket price for children 14 years and under is $10.

Though the musical is set in the Edwardian era, it has contemporary resonances that keep it interesting.

The father, George Banks, works too hard and has little time for his family. His children, Jane and Michael, feel ignored and unloved and his wife Winifred is stuck in the middle. Twenty-first century adults will probably relate and enjoy the lessons learnt by each of the family members.

The children who play Jane and Michael give exceptional performances and are very amusing.

My own children were completely mesmerised by them and had no trouble staying focused through the

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show. In fact we were all delighted by our entire experience.

As adults coming to see a ‘kids’ show’, we were actually quite affected when we left. My grandmother said “It made me feel like a kid again” and I think my mother may have shed a tear when Mary Poppins flew up and away at the end. I loved the singing and my children want to go back and see it all again tomorrow.

High praise indeed!

Mary Poppins the Disney musical is on stage at the Civic Theatre, Auckland until December 30. For tickets call 0800 BUY TICKETS or visit www.marypoppinsthemusical.co.nz ■

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The multi-talented

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By Christopher Moor

M

illinery maestro Lindsay Kennett has been making hats for more than 60 years.

He is quoted as saying, “There’s a hat for everybody” and “There’s somebody for every hat.” His personal preference is for wearing caps during the winter months.

Lindsay wears his figurative artist’s beret all year round, and has exhibited his watercolours and fashion drawings for about as long as he has been making bespoke hats.

His latest fashion plates and landscape paintings are at the Gallery Eclectic, Glenorchy, in Kennett & Kennett, an exhibition shared with his niece Vladka Kennett’s scenic photographs. Lindsay’s watercolours and Vladka’s images are perspectives of Glenorchy as seen by two generations of one family.

The exhibition opened at Labour Weekend during the commemorations for the 150th anniversary of Glenorchy, the century of the steamer Earnslaw’s service to the community and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the road between Queenstown and Glenorchy.

Lindsay’s interest in fashion began at Glenorchy in the late 1930s, when he would run home and tell his mother about the passengers he had seen disembarking from the Earnslaw. She would say, “Draw them and then I will know more what they were like.”

Lindsay Kennett was born in Queenstown on June 19, 1928, and brought up in Glenorchy. He moved to Dunedin with his parents in 1940, where he attended the city’s art school and worked as a window dresser before relocating to Wellington.

He held his first exhibition of watercolours at Wellington’s French Maid Coffee House in 1951 while working as a window dresser at

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Mane attraction: Lindsay Kennett's design has been a crowning glory for royalty.

Kirkcaldie & Stains, the prestigious capital city department store. He sold his first painting at that exhibition – a Central Otago autumn scene - and shared the joy of his success with his family in Dunedin by sending them a telegram. Later that year he exhibited fashion drawings at the same venue.

While in Wellington, he studied the disciplines of life drawing and portraiture with artist Helen Crabb (Barc), whom he remembers as “an extremely difficult teacher”. The hand he drew inside the bowl or basin had to be absolutely correct in perspective to receive her approval.

Dress designing is something he found tedious. “With hats you could just create them in mid-air, but with clothes, there was a lot involved

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with cutting out and measuring. It was not quick enough for me. I wanted to create something more instantly. Drawing or hats seemed to be the answer.”

His favourite millinery styles come from the 1930s, “a glamorous period when wearing hats was in full bloom”.

Styles inspired by the era were among the 30 new hats he added to his exhibition collection for Love that Hat!, one the most favourably reviewed presentations from the 2012 Dunedin Fashion Week.

Lindsay made his first fashion hat

while working at Kirkcaldie’s. It was another highlight from 1951, one of the most influential years of his life.

With some apprehension, he showed the forest green creation trimmed with feathers to the store’s millinery buyer, who said, “If you make any more of these hats I’ll buy them from you”.

After moving to Auckland around 1952, he worked briefly for Smith & Caughey Ltd before establishing and running his own millinery business until his return to Dunedin in 1988.

He became known as the society milliner.

An Auckland customer in the early 1950s was Queen Salote, of Tonga, a royal patron he never met. One of her princeling sons brought her straw hats made in the islands to him and collected the transformed creations after Lindsay had given them a regal look with trimmings of ribbons and roses.

In 1953, Aage Thaarup, Queen Elizabeth II’s milliner, came to New Zealand before Her Majesty’s first royal tour to sell his hats to dignitaries.

Import restrictions would not allow his ready-made hats into the country, which resulted in Lindsay being one of the milliners chosen to make up Thaarup’s designs locally.

The assignment was a highlight of his career as was the “terribly interesting” experience of going to Niue in 1997 to help the island’s weavers produce their traditional straw hats in more fashionable styles for the export market. *Kennett & Kennett – Brush & Lens, Gallery Eclectic, Glenorchy, until Christmas. ■

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By John Shrapnell

This pic is of the New Zealand Ballet arriving at the old Mercury Theatre in Auckland in 1961. The three on front row right may be of interest. The brunette in the fur coat and the smiling man on the extreme right are the Roboskys. They just made world news when they made a dramatic escape from the Soviet Union to the West. They were our big draw card on that tour. The man between them is Alex Lindsay, a founder member and Concert Master for New Zealand National Orchestra and who formed his own string orchestra that would play for the ballet at main centres.

T

he TV 3 documentary series The Secret Lives of Dancers was a “don‘t miss show” for many people – a show with beautiful girls, handsome men, exciting dancing and more than a hint of sex. It was a winner, and it got me thinking back a few years.

It was 1961 and I’d just worked my way from Britain on a cargo ship and had managed to find myself a job as a stagehand with the New Zealand Ballet.

The ballet was performing at Wellington’s old St James Theatre, and it was there I met Poul Gnatt, the founder of the New Zealand Ballet.

I’d come in through the stage door and asked for the director.

“I’m Poul,” said a man, not much older than myself.

“I need a job,” I said.

“Grab those two 123s and follow me,” he said. The 123s were apparently stage lights. I raced after Poul, up the stairs and down to the front of the circle where Poul was already hanging half over the balcony. In the next few minutes I learnt how to fix 123s to the balcony brackets, point them, focus them and close the barns’ doors to put the light just where it was wanted.

Back on stage there were about 20 young people assembling scenery, hanging cloths on beams to be hauled up above the stage to the fly floor, while others ironed costumes. The most bizarre thing was the girls seemed to be determined to do serious damage to little dancing shoes, hitting them and bending them till they were ready to break.

They seem to have plenty of stagehands I thought, but then they began disappearing. Minutes later some male dancers appeared in white tights and bolero jackets. They look vaguely familiar. Then a group of pretty girl dancers – all long legs and those sticky out skirts – came on stage. They, too, looked familiar, like glamorous versions of the girls who I’d just been working with.

The music started, and I stood in the wings watching in awe. It was Les Sylphides, with Poul taking the lead role. I was mesmerised when someone thumped me on the back and said, “Right pull that rope and bring the curtain down”.

The next few minutes were hectic.

The men hadn’t been on stage in Les Sylphides so they changed the backcloth

and brought on scenery to transform the stage to a village square. The girls reappeared this time in brightly coloured skirts and blouses.

“Ready?” asked Poul as the music started. “I’ll give you a tap on the shoulder, then you take up the curtain.”

A new dance, this time Napoli.

When the final curtain came down there were hugs and smiles, the costumed people vanished and were replaced by the people who’d helped me earlier. This time we packed costumes, clothes, scenery, lights and tape recorders into a truck and swept the stage floor.

“Good work,” said Poul. “See you tomorrow morning at the airport at seven. We’re off to Blenheim”.

“Where’s Blenheim?” I asked.

But that’s another chapter. ■

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here are walking groups for most age groups springing up all over the place. If you are finding it hard to find a regular buddy to go with and you are not keen to be regularly walking alone, joining a group could be the answer.

Being part of a group could be the key to keeping you committed to regular walking for months or years. It could also widen your social circle, give you a ready-made team to join events, or take you much further afield. The strength in numbers brings lots of benefits — even fundraising opportunities!

Finding a walking group that suits you is really only limited by your imagination and determination to seek out what feels right for you.

You could try several before making a choice. The internet makes this research easy, but you could also try local fitness centres and your own workplace, networks you have through your job or other organisations you might belong to, from choirs to parent groups and sports clubs.

You might like to start out with a group of friends and train for a one-

off fun walk event if you are not ready for a longer-term commitment.

Online communities such as www. wonderwalkers.co.nz are a good place to look for women near you who like to walk. As we have seen already, the women who belong to Wonder Walkers are widely scattered but they chat online, support each

other and of course share news and tips about all things to do with their common interest in walking and more. Sometimes they meet up at events.

Starting your own group could be as easy as putting a notice into a community newspaper or community newsletters, or putting up a flyer in community centres, churches, club rooms and medical centres to recruit fellow walkers.

Once you get started you will want a plan to help keep the momentum up and prevent any fall-off in enthusiasm. Look out for fun walks of five or 10 kilometres coming up in your region. In most cities and sizeable towns there will be quite a few you could work up to doing every year. Maybe a weight loss challenge could also be another motivator for your group.

It is a good idea to have a meeting to start off with, where you can sort out things such as how far you want to walk and how often and the visions you share for this group. Having sufficient numbers to split into at least two groups - one for brisk to average walkers and another slower

group - would be likely to widen the appeal of your group to walkers of differing fitness.

Set up email contacts and telephone numbers so you can easily keep in touch, and keep everyone committed.

No doubt each member will come up with good walking routes and a coffee stop to finish up at.

These are some details you could sort out to increase your chances of making it a sustainable group.

• Is it about fitness, fun, weight loss, support, or training?

• How often and on what days will you walk?

• Morning, evening or weekend walks, or a mix of all?

• How far will you go and how fast?

• Is it feasible to split into groups of varying fitness levels?

• What will you do in bad weather?

• Will your group enter events?

• Who will be your co-ordinator?

• How big do you want your group to grow?

• Is the group a long-term prospect?

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Honey Mustard Kumara Salad Serves 6 to 8 | Preparation time: 10 mins | Cooking time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

• 800g kumara • 3 cups mixed vegetables • 1 red onion, finely sliced • 2 cups baby spinach, rocket or mesculun mix • 3 hardboiled eggs, peeled and quartered • 1/2 cup Eta Lite & Free Honey Mustard Dressing

Serves 2 | Total time: 20 mins

Ingredients: • 275g packet Regal Salmon Fresh Stir-fry pieces • 2 tbsp black bean sauce • Tick approved oil, light spray • 1 carrot, cut into thin strips • 1 cup broccoli florets • 1 red capsicum, sliced thinly • 100g mangetout or sugar snap peas, cut into thin strips • 1/4 cup black beans, tinned - rinsed and drained • 1/4 cup bamboo shoots, sliced thinly • 1/2 cup mung bean sprouts • 1 cup rice noodles

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3. When kumara and vegetables are cool toss gently together with onion, baby spinach and eggs.

4. Just before serving toss through the Eta Lite & Free Honey Mustard Dressing and serve alongside your favourite BBQ meat or chicken.

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2. Spray Tick approved oil in a wok over a high heat.

Place the salmon pieces in with the skin side down.

Cook until the skin is crispy. Turn over the pieces to quickly cook the other side. Remove the salmon and leave to one side.

3. Spray Tick approved oil and add the carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, red capsicum, mangetout, black beans and bamboo shoots.

4. Cook until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.

Add the sprouts and return the salmon to the pan. Toss carefully to incorporate.

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Homegrown tomatoes simply irresistible

Rachel Vogan shows off her good taste.

W

hen I am asked why I grow my own fruit and vegetables, in particular tomatoes, some are surprised when I answer, “They just taste better”.

Of course, I am strongly motivated by the fact it’s easy to do, is fun and exceptionally rewarding, too. But flavour is my primary motivator – my tummy rules the roost.

Depending on where you live, around Labour Weekend is the traditional time to plant tomatoes (not sow seeds), unless you live in colder areas where the odd sneaky late frost may still be lurking about. In these areas, hold off planting until the fear of frosts has passed – or be prepared to cover up tomatoes on chilly nights.

Seeds should be sown in spring, ready for planting out in late October, November or December.

If you are organised (unlike me this year) and have sown your own seeds, well done! Select only the strongest seedlings to plant out and discard any that look wonky or yellow. If you have a lot of seedlings left over, give them to friends or family. Or pot them up and grow them on for neat living Christmas gifts, or maybe sell leftovers at the school fair.

Don’t panic if you have not sown your own seeds, as young plants are widely available in the plant shops for the next month or two. Grow Fresh seedlings are good ones to look out for; you will find rows and rows to choose from, in a wide range of varieties, sizes and types. Depending

on the variety you grow plant them about 50cm to 70cm apart. Any closer and the fruit will have trouble ripening and developing properly.

Grafted tomatoes

Grafted tomatoes are definitely well worth investing in. These turbocharged plants have the capacity to produce a larger crop on a more robust and vigorous plant. To explain what a grafted tomato is, I asked tomato expert Aaron Blackmore from Zealandia. He said: “The benefit of buying grafted tomatoes is that you are buying a genetically superior product as it takes the best characteristics of two plants to make one. The rootstock of a grafted tomato is generally a variety that has a vigorous root system but poor fruiting characteristics. This plant usually has its top removed then a variety is grafted on to this which has fantastic fruiting characteristics but might not be as strong a grower.

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“The benefit of buying grafted tomatoes is that you are buying a genetically superior product as it takes the best characteristics of two plants to make one."

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Every year I can’t resist the temptation to plant my tomatoes early. It’s like dark chocolate, I simply have no willpower to resist.

This year, rather than investing in fancy new cloches or English glass bells (all mine broke in the earthquakes), I asked my ever-so-handy hubby if he A tomato cover, improvised by gluing a door could glue a handle of some handle to the bottom of an old vase. sort on to the top of an old vase that had a slight crack in it. Taking me at my word (which was a wonder in itself), he did just that and glued a door handle on the bottom of an old vase.

It works a treat: every cold night or blustery day, I simply put my fancy homemade “tomato vase” over my young plant. Other options are to use old windows or panes of glass. Or try wrapping Glad Wrap or other cling film over an empty wire hanging basket frame, and using that.

Essentials for a bumper crop

• Sun – At least six hours a day. Sun coverts the sugars in the tomatoes into flavour, hence it’s a key component in taste.

• Soil – Don’t neglect your roots.

Tomatoes will willingly feed you if you give them a friable, loose fertile soil to grow in. Prepare the soil by digging it over, blending in compost or sheep pellets plus a good dollop of tomato fertiliser before planting. This allows the fertiliser, worms and soil to work together to create the ideal home for new plants.

• Support – Tomatoes need staking to support the heavy stems of fruit.

The trick is to put the stake in the ground or soil before planting where possible. This may sound odd but it ensures that you don’t sever the plant from its roots when you put it in. Putting the stake in after planting can cause a whole heap of problems, the most common being “accidental decapitation”, when the stake slices through. Tie stems to stakes with something flexible that will allow the stems to grow and move a little. Old stockings or

When staking tomatoes, put the stake in ground prior to planting where possible to avoid severing the roots from the stem.

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•P rotection – Strong winds can snap branches and bruise fruit.

Choose a sheltered position or erect wind cloth or shelters. In cold areas, protect plants with cloches, upturned buckets or other inventions on cold evenings. A little protection early on should mean you are rewarded with an earlier harvest.

• Water – Tomatoes need deep watering a couple of times a week, rather than a little every day. Light watering encourages the roots to stay near the surface of the soil, rather than burrowing themselves deeper into the soil, to look for water.

•F ood – Tomato fertiliser or any fertiliser high in potassium (K) is best. Tui tomato food is one of the best around.

•B ees please – Bees and insects do a wonderful job at pollinating tomatoes, particularly when grown in a glasshouse where wind can’t really do the job. Plant flowers to encourage these good guys indoors to do their magic.

Tomatoes need support and protection from strong winds. Growing them up beside a north-facing fence is a good option.

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The new raisin tomato, ‘Tomaccio’ has the sweetest cherry tomatoes.

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‘Campari’ is a vibrant, bright red tomato, that ripens evenly along its truss. It’s certainly taking the gardening world by storm and is sure to become a household name due to its intense juicy and flavoursome fruit. Some liken its flavour to that of the tomatoes your grandparents used to grow, so if you only have room for one tomato this season, it may as well be this one. It’s a mid-sized plant, meaning it will adapt to life in a container as well as the garden. ‘Campari’ is exclusive to Mitre 10 and available all over the country.

‘Tomaccio’, the sweet raisin tomato, has finally arrived. These bite-sized mouthfuls

of joy pack a punch with an intensely sweet flavour when picked fresh or dried at home.

Tomato aficionados love them as a sweet snack or a gourmet ingredient in pastas, pizzas, salads and other dishes. This vigorous and tallgrowing variety needs support as it will easily reach 2m if left to its own devices. Pinch out all side shoots every week so that only the main stem is growing; also, remove the first flower cluster. Plants and seeds are widely available. I bought my plant in Dunedin back in September, planted it in a large pot (it’s still inside), and since then it has doubled in size. I can’t wait for the fruit to appear.

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By Mike Yardley

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parkling clean, graffiti-free Singapore and its supercharged slew of new sights has rekindled the world’s love affair with the island state. The multi-billion dollar redevelopment of the downtown marina precinct is a civic triumph, playing host to the world’s only nighttime round of the Formula One Grand Prix. The glittering new casino is open for business, wrestling for attention alongside the Singapore Flyer observation wheel and the glorious botanical spectacle of Gardens by the Bay. Boasting over 700,000 plants,

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this architectural frenzy of aerial walkways, supersized steel trees and mega-conservatories is a head-turner.

Across the water, stop by Singapore’s water-spout mascot, the Merlion.

This funky half-fish, half-lion statue has been spruced-up and remains the nation’s most photographed landmark.

It’s just the spot to savour the panoramic views of the Esplanade.

From there, the riverside walking trail guides you around Boat Quay, Clarke Quay and Robertson Quay. The Colonial District faithfully showcases the state’s British influence. The leafy precinct continues to cradle the Singapore Cricket Club and Raffles Hotel. Slink into the Long Bar for a Singapore Sling, and throw some peanut shells on the floorboards, as is the custom.

Little India and Chinatown are speckled with ornate temples and enticing roadside cheap-eats. My favourite photo-stops include the selfexplanatory Temple of 1000 Lights, the glittering golden dome of the Little India Mosque and Chinatown’s

trav e l Thian Hock Keng Temple, which was built by early Chinese immigrants and dedicated to the Goddess of the Sea. No place better exemplifies Singapore’s souped-up palette of attractions than Sentosa Island. What was formerly a languid, leafy tropical island retreat has been given quite the makeover. Complementing the softadventure forest walks, the manicured gardens and white, sandy beaches, Resort World Sentosa has revvedup the island’s offerings. Taking top billing is Universal Studios Singapore.

Comprising 24 rides and attractions in seven themed zones, Hollywood’s master magicians have pulled out all the stops. This is not a cookie-cutter imitation of the one in Burbank. The sparkling new park at Sentosa proudly sports a slew of unique experiences.

Shrek fans are in for a thrill with the world’s first Far Far Away Castle and the 4D ride. Sci-Fi buffs are extra-spoilt, with the world’s first Transformers 3D ride and the world’s tallest duelling roller-coasters, in the spirit of Battlestar Galactica. Once you have recovered, treat yourself to the world’s first Madagascar theme park ride. Check out the Sesame Street shows and attractions. Bert, Ernie, Big Bird and Elmo sure know how to work a crowd! One of the signature attractions of Universal Studios Singapore is the sheer abundance of meet and greet opportunities with big-

screen characters. From Shrek, Marilyn Monroe to Woody Woodpecker and Optimus Prime, the all-star cast provides a spooling reel of photo-ops.

Even if you’re a theme park veteran, Universal Studios Singapore is powerpacked with fresh holiday magic.

When you’ve had your fill, immerse yourself in the splendour of the sparkling new Marine Life Park.

Housing more than 100,000 marine animals, spanning over 800 species, in more than 60 million litres of water, this colossal development is the world’s largest oceanarium. Also check out the Maritime Experiential Museum. Creatively designed to showcase the heritage of seafaring and the importance of the Silk Route, a variety of ingenious interactive experiences are housed within the museum. The Typhoon Theatre takes you on a perilous voyage aboard a ninth century Chinese junk, laden with cargo, which runs into a storm.

The 360-degree multimedia theatre experience gives you a taste of the sea’s wrath as your ship rolls, turns and finally sinks. The climax involves realising you’re in the depths of the ocean, up close with the shipwreck. A unique and unnerving spectacle.

Be sure to set aside some time to explore the enchanting Souk gallery, replete with timeless goods that were traded and collected along the Maritime Silk Route. ■

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ighty years ago, Rover drove into New Zealand’s motoring history as the first British car manufacturer to open a purpose-built assembly plant in this country. Less than a year later, the company had backed out and the venture was in voluntary liquidation as the British Sales Company Limited.

The 20,000-square-feet building at 35 Jackson Street, Petone, contained separate assembly lines for both the chassis and body. Rover had aimed to employ as much local labour as possible and give New Zealanders a car for New Zealand conditions.

In reality, Kiwis may have been as disappointed with the performance and appearance of the Rover Family Ten as their British cousins.

Guests at the factory’s opening on February 18, 1932 enthusiastically agreed with its “considerable economic significance” for Britain and New Zealand in the telegram from Lord Bledisloe, the GovernorGeneral.

Colonel Frank Searle, Rover’s managing director, told them of his instructing Ernest Lewis, then

Advertising art for the Rover Family Ten, the car that did not live up to Lord Bledisloe’s prediction.

Rover’s export manager, to look into possible overseas markets for the company’s future expansion. Lewis had recommended New Zealand as offering the most opportunity. The favourable tariffs and increasing popularity of English cars with New Zealanders had influenced his recommendation for building an assembly plant. Today, the decision would appear foolhardy: New Zealand’s population at the time was around one and a half million people.

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Prime Minister George Forbes told those present his Government welcomed anything that would create employment. Unemployment was one of most serious problems confronting the country during the Depression, and he saw the establishment of the Rover factory as a step in the right direction.

Many of the materials used were of domestic origin – paddings and linings, seat springs from Christchurch and the dashboards of Southland beech.

More than 11 shillings in the pound from the car’s modest of the Rover price of £295 Assembly Family Ten was another ($590) would Depression-era New Zealand remain in business failure.

New Zealand; the balance would pay for the imported materials and shipping costs.

Although the efficient New Zealand assembly process enabled the Rover Family Ten to be made at a cost that compared favourably with the English price, the company was soon experiencing financial difficulties.

In July 1932, a £4500 ($9000) mortgage was taken out because the factory’s overheads were higher than anticipated.

Things were even worse for the parent company in Great Britain.

Rover’s trading loss was around £96,000 ($192,000) for the 193132 financial year, with liabilities including at least £60,000 ($120,000) for the building of the New Zealand factory.

Big cuts occurred when Spencer

Wilks succeeded Searle as the British company’s managing director.

Searle’s quantity rather than quality approach was considered wrong for the Depression era, and reversed by Wilks.

In September 1932, the Rover Company of New Zealand Limited became the British Sales Company Limited, with Searle listed as the main shareholder. The new company increased its capital value from £2500 ($5000) to £15,000 ($30,000) a month later.

But cover advertising for the Rover Family Ten on the October 25, 1932 issue of The New Zealand Motor Journal still said the car was assembled by the Rover Company. A new lower price of £245 was quoted – a reduction of £50 ($100) from those advertisements appearing in the Free Lance earlier in the year.

When the British Sales Company went into voluntary liquidation on February 1, 1933, Lewis held the majority of shares – Searle’s name was not among the shareholders.

The company had not been in a financial position to purchase cars from Britain since December 1932.

Its revenue had come from the sale of spare parts, amounting to less than £100 ($200). Robert Brace, the company secretary, and a storeman were the only employees at the time of liquidation.

Unlike the publicised opening for the Rover Company of New Zealand Limited, the closure of the British Sales Company went virtually unrecorded.

Two classified advertisements from J L Arcus, the liquidator, appeared in the Public Notices column of The Evening Post, advising creditors to have their claims to him by March 10, 1933. ■

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