Shake it off
They’re swift on their feet and ready to impress. Defending Jump Jam champions The Spring land’s Swifties have been practicing hard for the upcoming New Zealand championships and hope to take home the top title again. The new line up of Year 5 and 6 performers head to Christchurch this weekend where they will put their Jump Jam skills to the test dancingf to Taylor Swift’s hit Shake It Off. The team, Angel Higgins, Chloe Cook, Alanna Cain, Maddy Townsend, Julie Mackay, Aurelia Daly, Ayla Wiapo, Izzy Taetuli, Sammie Williams and Lexi Thompson have been coached by Courtney Haley and Brittany Nixon.
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It should be up to each indi vidual. It takes common sense to use fireworks responsibly, but people should be able to buy them. That’s what we did when I was a kid.
I like fireworks. My animals go out and watch them. We have to put or dog in the upstairs window so he can see them.
I just don’t like adding more rules.
Should fireworks be available for the public to purchase?
I reckon they should. It’s a bit of fun, it doesn’t cause a lot of damage and it’s a good way to celebrate. The noise has never been an issue for me, but I’m from a more rural area.
No, it scares animals. I have a cat who’s terrified of them - my friend has a dog who’s terri fied by fireworks, too. It upsets them so much. People do stu pid stuff with fireworks as well.
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Push-up challenge raises
From Japan to the Australian Outback and all corners of the Top of the South, people did the push up challenge to help the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter.
On 10 October the Tasman Mako and other supporters launched the NBS 10 for 10 Challenge.
People posted videos of them selves doing 10 push-ups to so cial media before passing the challenge on. NBS donated $10 for every video published, raising a total of $10,000 towards the ap peal.
NBS CEO Tony Cadigan says that the campaign was a great success, with widespread support.
“We know there is huge support
for the Nelson Marlborough Res cue Helicopter but the response to the NBS 10 for 10 Challenge exceeded our expectations. Peo ple got creative with their videos and it was a lot of fun watching them coming in.
“The campaign created a real buzz, raising awareness of the appeal. We thank everyone who took part and posted a video,” Tony says.
Videos included an NBS employ ee and his family who did their push-ups in iconic North Island locations while on holiday and the Tongan netball team who did synchronised push ups. General Manager of the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust Paula Muddle says the sup port was “heartening.”
ple supporting the rescue heli copter crew in this way is really heartening.”
“Thank you to everyone who took part in the NBS 10 for 10 Challenge. Seeing so many peo
Building brighter futures
MATT BROWNThe first step towards a new con struction academy for Picton stu dents was taken on Wednesday.
On a grassy paddock behind Queen Charlotte College, beyond the salmon tanks and between the beehives and the free-range chickens, principal Betty Whyte and Kāinga Ora regional director Julia Campbell formalised a part nership to develop a new skillsbased academy.
And it’s hoped the students’ skills will soon be put to use building social housing.
Principal Betty Whyte says they currently send students interest ed in construction to NMIT or trade schools, so having the acad emy onsite is a big advantage.
“We’re always looking for path ways for our kids,” she says.
The academy is a joint project between the college, Kāinga Ora and the Marlborough Chamber of Commerce.
Kāinga Ora is supporting the es tablishment of the academy as a principal partner, providing expertise, coordinating spon sorships for the project and connecting the college with key organisations in the region’s con
The Marlborough Chamber of Commerce supports the project through their Ministry of So cial Development-funded edu cation-to-employment broker, Chris Shaw.
Kāinga Ora regional director Ju lia Campbell says she is delighted to be part of the partnership sup porting the growth of the region.
“It’s absolutely amazing to sup port the school,” she says.
“Our biggest contribution is con necting the school with other schools doing similar things.”
Julia says in the future, the school could be building homes for Kainga Ora, but there are a few things that still need to be sorted out. Getting students up to speed with the tools and getting some small projects under their belt is the first step, Betty says.
“The house isn’t the central thing – it’s getting the skills,” she says.
“We’ll talk with Kainga Ora when we’re ready to do something more optimistic.”
The first steps are being taken with guidance from TD Con struction.
TD Construction managing di rector Geoff Morgan says he was roped into the project by Port Marlborough’s infrastructure manager, Gavin Beattie.
Head boy Nicol Snyman, Kāinga Ora regional manager Julia Campbell, principal Betty Whyte, Chamber’s Chris Shaw, head girl Giovanna Burtenshaw and cultural leader Jahmilia Norgate. Photo: Matt Brown.
ers of the Picton community,” he says.
Geoff says TD Construction will guide the college through getting set up and the right skills to go ahead and build these things. “We run a lot of apprentices, so it’s good for us,” he says.
leader Jahmilia Norgate says a lot students leave to pursue a career in the trades.
She hopes the academy will en courage them to stay at school.
“It might keep kids. We get a lot of kids that leave to do trades – it might keep them at school,” she
Lights Over Marlborough
The region’s top fireworks display is set to return for the first time in two years.
Whitney Street School’s popu lar Lights Over Marlborough, scheduled for 12 November, will grace the sky with spectacular fireworks.
And enterprising students have been hard at work crafting fun knickknacks – from glow in the dark lava lamps to pet rocks – in an effort to raise funds for the school.
Room 3 teacher Jade Lee says everyone at the school is excited the display is able to run.
It’s the first time the event has been held since 2020 after it had to be cancelled last year due to Covid.
Jade says funds raised are ear marked for a cycle track on the school grounds.
“It’s the main event for the Parent Support Group throughout the year.
“With the fireworks, it’s a unique opportunity to provide for the community.”
Whitney Street School Parent Support Group chair Rebecca
Kane says it is great to bring the event back for the community and for the school.
“We enjoy putting on a fun event for the community that’s reason ably priced and brings everyone together.”
She says it’s good for people to have an event they can come as a family, and rather than setting off fireworks over many days, having the one firework event.
Whitney Street School princi pal Cheryl Wadworth says the fireworks are choreographed to music by licensed pyrotechnician Michelle Harris who is in charge of the fireworks at the event.
Michelle spends many hours syn chronising the fireworks display to upbeat music ahead of the event. She also takes the time to knock on doors of homes around the A and P Showgrounds before the event to ensure pet owners know it is going ahead and they have the chance to make plans for their pets, Mrs Wadworth says.
“We’re really grateful to Michelle and her team for the work they do preparing for and running the fireworks, they always do an amazing job.”
Lights Over Marlborough has a
long history in Blenheim. It first started with a small crowd on the Whitney Street School grounds more than 35 years ago.
The fireworks display starts when it gets dark, at about 9pm.
The gates open at 5.30pm for a
6pm start to the preshow enter tainment, including bouncy cas tles, a climbing wall, a chocolate wheel, a mystery-bottle stall and lots of fun activities.
Tickets will be sold at the gate on entry and prices remain un
changed: $8 for adults; $35 for a family pass of up to two adults and three children; children un der five are free.
The postponement date in case of bad weather is Sunday November 13.
Military medic among country’s best
A military medic has been pitting her skills among the best in the country.
Former Marlborough Girls’ Col lege student Abbey Brown, 22, was the only female in the 15-strong field for the New Zealand Defence Force’s Medic Match 22.
The Royal New Zealand Navy team spent a gruelling three days in Auckland last month testing their skills against other medics And the Able Medic was able to put her surf lifesaving skills to the test, taking out the top spot in a swim rescue and resuscitation at Devonport Naval Base.
Round Table food bank donation plugs the gap
MATT BROWNMarlborough’s foodbank has benefited from a national Round Table meeting held in the region.
The men’s club donated $1000 worth of food to the vital Blen heim organisation.
And foodbank manager Wynnie Cosgrove says the donation is timely as stores dwindle before their annual street appeal.
“It’s perfect timing, it’s a big boost for us,” Wynnie says.
“We did over 2000 parcels last year, which is a lot for a small town.”
The club raise the money selling special coins for $15; with $10 from every purchase going to a foodbank in New Zealand.
Blenheim Round Table mem ber Julian Butterlin, the mas termind behind the project, says the annual donation will go to the national meeting’s host foodbank. This year the nation al meeting is in Blenheim.
Wynnie says with the pandemic
and cost of living increases, the need for the foodbank has in creased.
“We’ve got families that can’t afford to put food in their kids' lunchboxes.
"There are a lot of people in need.”
Members of the public can do nate to the foodbank via the Salvation Army, or the food bins in most supermarkets.
The annual Marlborough Food bank Street Appeal is scheduled for 21 November.
“I was very nervous at the start of the competition, knowing I’d need to compete against a lot of males. I really wanted to prove a fe male can do anything a male can,” Abbey says.
The competition is designed to find the best all-round medic and includes physical endurance ac tivity, shooting, advanced medical skills, cognitive problem-solving and public speaking.
Abbey joined the Navy straight from school and says a career in the Navy and medicine combined the two things she enjoys most.
“I always wanted to be a medic, I did a lot of surf lifesaving grow ing up at home, so combining the Navy and being a medic is so awe some. They are two of my favourite
Able Medic Abbey Brown discov ered she was mentally tougher than she anticipated during this year’s competition to find the NZDF’s top medic. Photo: Sup plied.
things.”
NZ Army’s Staff Sergeant Andrew Kennedy eventually won the Med ic Match 22 competition, followed by Lance Corporal William Wal lace and the RNZAF’s Leading Air craftman Scott Endres.
Blenheim’s best kept secret
Near the end of a leafy Blenheim street, a special house steeped in history beats as the heart of Riv ersdale.
For nearly forty years Riversdale Community House has welcomed the suburb’s families, groups and committees for parties, meetings and even exercise classes.
And as the area grows, and the pace of life increases, the house committee are looking to remind Riversdale residents to take part in their community.
Committee deputy chair Miriam McNamara says some people in the community don’t know they have this facility.
“A lot of people kind of know, but there have been a lot of subdivi sions and back sections. A lot of renters. We’d love people to know about it.
“I think Riversdale is one of the best kept secrets of Blenheim,” she says.
“They don’t know how good it is.”
Set up in 1989 by Riversdale Pro motions Inc, the house initially offered early childhood care, ad visory services and holiday pro grammes.
Now owned by Kāinga Ora, the
administered by the Housing Corporation of the time, was ap proved by Ms Helen Clark – the Minister for Housing at the time.
Noel Moore joined the commit tee 17 years ago and was instru mental in bringing the valuable community resource back from the brink.
“At that stage, it was winding down, almost,” he says.
A builder by trade, Noel per forms most of the maintenance on the building, as well as lend ing his skills to other community projects. He built the raised gar den beds at the local community garden. He says over the years, he’s seen a lot of change.
“People on the committee served well and had different types of in put.
“I believe it’s really good to have a central focus of the suburb,” Mir iam says. “We don’t have a shop.
“Otherwise, it’s a string of houses. This makes it a village.
“It’s a safe place – it’s fenced, so it’s safe for kid’s birthday parties.
And the cost is minimal, which people like,” says Noel.
Miriam says a lot of people who use it come from greater Blen heim.
“We’ve even had a wedding here.
“I’d love to see the people who work, renters and people study ing here know there’s a place they can drop in. They can use it for whatever their needs are.
Noel says many groups are al ready using it; they are home to
a card making group and at one stage, a craft group.
“A lot of groups are for older peo ple,” he says. “We would love a wider audience.
“A youth group would be great.”
The House is currently running a bi-monthly talk series.
The next speaker, Helen Gren nall, went to Saudi Arabia for a year to nurse – but ended up stay ing there for 21 years.
The talk begins at 7pm, on Friday 11 November at Riversdale Com munity House, 131 Budge Street, and is free entry.
Cruise ships welcome return
The early morning arrival of the first cruise ship to berth in Picton in two years heralded the revival of a much-missed Ovation of the Seas arrived at day sparking the start of a new
Passengers were met by The Picton Flower Ladies, who
have returned for their tenth season greeting passengers and providing hand-picked flower posies to each visitor.
Port Marlborough has con firmed 47 Cruise Ships ‘along side’ this season and estimates around 81,000 passengers over the season.
Port Marlborough CEO Rhys Welbourn says seeing the re turn of the Ovation of the Seas was a welcome sight.
“It’s great to see the cruise in dustry return to Marlborough after what has been an incred ibly difficult two years for our local hospitality and retail businesses.
“Our huge thanks go to the port teams, and also to Whaea Rita Powick and Powhaka haere Justin Carter for being wharf-side so early to open the cruise season with a karanga –nga mihi nui.”
Marlborough mayor names ‘strategic thinker’ as deputy
MAIA HART Local Democracy ReporterNew Marlborough Mayor Nadine Taylor, shortly after being sworn in herself, has named a “strategic thinker” as her deputy.
Taylor said at the first full council meeting of the term on Thursday afternoon that new deputy may or David Croad had excelled as
plan, the Three Waters reforms and our extensive capital expend iture programme,” Taylor said.
Croad said he was honoured to accept the role of deputy mayor.
“I look forward to supporting our outstanding mayor, and the new group of councillors,” he said.
He said he would help support the council to make “really good decisions” and “keep Marlbor
own right. He was the obvious councillor for the role,” Taylor
“Councillor Hope will also chair a new climate change sub-com mittee which will bring a greater focus to the work council is al ready doing in this space.” Meanwhile, the new economic, finance and community commit tee would be chaired by council
lor Jamie Arbuckle, with council lor Dawson as deputy.
“Part of this committee’s remit is to focus on economic and so cial recovery in the wake of Cov id-19,” Taylor said.
“Councillor Arbuckle is one of our most experienced councillors ... and has a breadth of both coun cil and community knowledge.”
A new Blenheim CBD sub-com
mittee would be established, chaired by Taylor, which would have the assets and services and economic, finance and commu nity committee chairs and depu ties.
Taylor said this new sub-commit tee would focus on the long-term needs of Blenheim’s CBD.
Eight new councillors had joined the chamber this term; two councillors in the Marlbor ough Sounds ward, two in the Wairau-Awatere ward, three in the Blenheim ward, and a Māori ward councillor.
First-time councillor Jonathan Rosene was named deputy chair of the assets and services com mittee. Rosene just made it onto council, leapfrogging Cyril Daw son between the preliminary and official results, beating Dawson by 13 votes.
New Māori ward councillor Alla nah Burgess was led with a kara kia into the council chambers by Waikawa Marae chairperson Rita Powick.
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Life membership awarded to two transport magnates
MATT BROWNTwo pillars of the transport industry in Marl borough have been recognised for their long service.
Tony Gill and Peter Heagney were honoured at a special ceremony at the Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand AGM and execu tive meeting at the weekend.
They both received life memberships for their staunch advocacy and service in the transport industry.
Tony is the third generation running Gill Construction, the business turns 90 next year.
Peter is a founding brother of Heagney Bros. Transport hall of famer Neil Reed awarded the life memberships and reminisced on his time working with, and competing against, the pair.
“They’re not only people that I’ve learned to live and know and respect, but they were also very good competitors in the business that I ran,” he says.
“We could always talk to each other … that was a symptom of living in in a provincial area where people got on and did work. We could always talk to each other, we were al ways able to compete.”
Tight competition for Marlborough Car Club crews
Seventeen crews battled it out for the top spot and the sought-after Kerr Shield as Marlborough Car Club held its latest challenge.
Fine weather made for dry driving conditions on Seddon’s Reserve Road last month. Early runs did however prove challenging as drivers grappled to keep control over thick gravel, keep ing the competition tight throughout.
Jason Clark in his Evo 5 and Jacob Bennett in his Impreza picked up their battle from a day earlier at the at the Globe Mine Hillclimb in Reefton.
The competition was fierce, with Jason taking the early advantage that he held on to all day, topping the times with a fantastic 1:43.10 for 1st overall and 1st 4WD.
His three seconds lead was enough to see him secure the Kerr Shield
ahead of Jacob.
The 2WD battle was tight all day with the top three competitors separated at the end by less than 4 seconds.
Honours in the 2WD battle went to junior competitor Liam Gee with a storming drive in his Toyota Levin setting a time of 1:51.58 for 6th overall, followed by Chris Barnett from Nelson in his RX7 then Matthew Linning in his Escort.
In the entertaining Cross Car class, three compet itors drove well to put on an all-day show. Tim Alexander took the early advantage before Scott Alexander set the pace
in later runs to secure the class win with a time of 1:43.79. Paul Buglar came in 2nd and Tim Al exander a close 3rd.
Another impressive drive to note was James Barnett in his first event driving his father’s Mazda RX7. He drove a very impres sive event, improving his times each run to eventu ally finish 11th overall.
Car Club spokesman Alan Cottingham paid tribute to everyone who helped make the event a roaring success.
“[It was] great event that ran smoothly all day. Thanks to all of the help ers and residents that made the day possible.”
DELIVERER
Charlotte Rattray
Happy Halloween
Halloween at Sweet Creations
1. Mackenzie Gibson and Indie East.
2. Geoff and Jamie Talbot with Kate Morton.
3. Kamryn Anderson with Lenix and Darcy Andrew.
4. Nicole and Hayden Price.
5. Mason and Kane Sullivan.
6. Aurora Corbyn, Finlay Young and Rhian Corbyn.
7. Sophia and Michael Scott.
8. Ruby, Georgia and Olivia Baker.
9. Quinn and Ava Bradley.
10. Kevai Jenkins and Hezekiah Tonga-Noa.
Football fun at annual tournament
It may have had a new date in 2022, but there was no change in enthusiasm and support for the annual Matt Neal Memorial Football Tournament staged over the weekend at A&P Park.
Now in its sixth year, the eighta-side tournament, which was previously held over Labour Weekend, attracted 16 teams from Marlborough, Nelson and
The event was set up in 2016 in memory of Marlborough foot baller Matt Neal and has been well attended ever since.
One group who have been prom inent at every one of the six tour naments is the tutu-clad Antho ny’s Angels, organised by one of Matt’s school and football friends, Anthony Michaels.
“I just put together a team of Matt’s old mates, punched a team
in and we have given it our best … as you can tell by what we are wearing we are definitely a social team, some of the guys don’t even play the game regularly,” said An thony.
“We have been coming from the start and we won’t miss one … we love it.
“It is good to have all Matt’s mates together, we don’t often get to catch up like we do for this weekend. A lot of them travel, some live in Wellington, some in
Christchurch but they all travel back to mighty Marlborough for a great day and a great cause.”
The competitive section was won by the Blenheim Dons side, who beat five-time winners Interna tionale in a closely-fought final on Sunday afternoon. After the scores were tied 0-0 at the end of normal and extra time the result
hinged on a penalty shootout, which Dons won 4-3. Redwoodtown Greyhounds took out the Social Grade over
Christchurch side Yellow Jack ets, who won the social grade last year. Greyhounds prevailed 1-0, through a cracker goal from Ro sie Argyle.
FINAL
Dons
Kentucky Fried
Internationale
Redwoodtown Grey
Snipers
Yellow Jackets
Mako aplenty in Super Rugby sides
PETER JONESThe two South Island fran chises have snapped up the majority of the Tasman play ers included in the New Zea land-based 2023 Super Rugby Pacific squads.
Nine Mako players have picked up full contracts with the champion Crusaders, while eight players from the top of the south NPC province will turn out for the Highlanders. So far, with the Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua squads still to be finalised, 22 Mako players will be involved in Super Rug by next year.
Newcomers to the competition include winger Macca Springer and halfback Noah Hotham, who are with the Crusaders, plus prop Luca Inch who gets his chance with the Highland ers.
There are several talking points surrounding the naming of the five sides, including the return of playmaker Damien McKen zie for the Chiefs and lock Pat rick Tuipulotu for the Blues. A newcomer to Leon MacDon ald’s Blues squad is Northland youngster Rob Rush, son of
Sevens legend Eric Rush. The Hurricanes have recruited No 8 Peter Lakai and midfield er Riley Higgins, two stars of Wellington’s successful NPC campaign.
Loose forward Billy Harmon will lead the Highlanders this year, under new head coach Clarke Dermody.
Melani Nanai and Willi Heinz, both back after stints abroad, have been added to the Cru saders’ typically-powerful ros ter.
Tasman players in NZ Super Rugby sides.
Crusaders: Quinten Strange,
Ethan Blackadder, Sione Havili Talitui, Noah Hotham *, David Havili, Leicester Fainga’anuku, Macca Springer *, Sevu Reece, Will Jordan.
Highlanders: Andrew Makalio, Max Hicks, Hugh Renton, Shannon Frizell, Mitch Hunt, Pari Pari Parkinson, Fetuli Paea, Luca Inch *.
Chiefs: Atu Moli, Alex Nankiv ell.
Hurricanes: Tyrel Lomax. Blues: Anton Segner, Finlay Christie.
* denotes a player new to Super Rugby.
Sporting showpiece set to go
Tickets are selling quickly for the 56th Marlborough Sports Awards evening on Monday, November 21.
A major drawcard at the Marl borough Events Centre will be Kiwi shot put champion Tom Walsh, fresh from claiming his second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham earlier this year.
The event, which was not held last year due to COVID pro tocols, is an annual gather ing designed to recognise the achievements of the province’s sportspeople.
Thirty-three nominees have been put forward for this year’s awards, which are present ed across five categories - the Glenn Kirby, Bayleys Marlbor ough Junior Sportswoman of the Year, the Redwood Trust Junior Sportsman of the Year, the WK and Advisors Team of the Year, the MoreFM Sports woman of the Year and the Greywacke Sportsman of the
Year - leading into the naming of an overall Sportsperson of the Year. Once again, as part of the evening, the Marlborough Medal will be awarded to a lo cal personality who have con tributed over a lengthy period to their chosen sport.
The Sports Awards are a com munity event, organised by Sport Tasman, the Blenheim
Round Table and the Marlbor ough Weekly.
Tickets for the event cost $55 and can be purchased on the website marlboroughsport sawards.org.nz.
Any inquiries regarding tickets or the event should be made to Mahina Henry-Campbell at mahina.h@sporttasman.org.nz or call 0223831507.
Bowlers bag third place in Auckland
PETER JONESSeven of Marlborough’s leading lawn bowlers proved they can foot it with the nation’s best in Auckland recently.
The Marlborough men’s team took part in the national men’s inter-cen tre finals on October 15-16 at the Browns Bay Bowling Club and came away in third place.
Six teams contested the event, all having qualified by winning their zone titles. Previously Marlborough had shaded teams from Canterbury, Nelson, West Coast and Buller to earn the right to travel to Auckland. The finals are contested in three formats – singles, pairs and fours.
Simon Hitchcock played singles for Marlborough, Warren Brown and skip Scott Mansfield formed the pair while Craig MacDonell, Chase Bishop, Josh Boyd and skip Maurice Symes made up the four.
First up Marlborough took on Bay of Plenty, wins to their pair and
four seeing them take the honours. Against eventual winner Auckland they lost in all three formats, then won just the pair against Welling ton, who finished second. Hitch cock picked up Marlborough’s only win against Southland before they claimed the pairs and fours against Hawke’s Bay to clinch third overall. Showing the way for the Marlbor ough side was Brown who, accord ing to MacDonell, was the outstand ing bowler on the trip north.
“It was a really enjoyable tourna ment,” he said, “we normally punch above our weight so to come away in third behind Auckland and Wel lington was pretty good … the guys were stoked. It was pretty good for Marlborough.”
He also mentioned the influence of veteran Symes, who has now moved up to Taranaki, suggesting it was “great to have him there with us. He’s done lots of good things for bowls in this province over the past
Marlborough team downs closest premier tennis rival
PETER JONESMarlborough Forrest Wines con solidated their position at the top
tition. Both doubles matches were closely contested, Chris Nott and Hamish Morrow getting the bet
was also made to dig deep against Bell, eventually prevailing 4-6, 6-1, 10-4.
Walpole beat Sowman 6-2, 6-3
2, Glen Cameron and Hamish McRae both claiming two wins to get the job done.
McRae had to call on all his ex perience to overcome youngster Dan Clarke 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 in the top men’s singles match, Cam eron beating Stephen Dempster 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 in the other. A win to top-ranked woman Ella Sow man over Darin Herd gave Noir a 3-0 lead before McRae and Cam eron clinched the tie with a 6-4,
6-4 win over Clarke and Demp ster.
Meiko Kimura featured in Marl borough’s two wins, downing Eveline Apthorp in the single 6-2, 5-7, 10-8 then combining with Herd to overcome Sowman and Apthorp in another three-setter. In division two, Marlborough Next Gen beat Marlborough Mix ‘n’ Match 4-2 while Rapaura Wairau River Rose won by de fault over Marlborough Falcons.
Age and experience shades youth and enthusiasm
PETER JONESThey may be termed ‘Old Boys’, but a group of for mer Marlborough Boys’ College students showed on Friday that they could still foot it with the cur rent crop of young sportsmen at the college.
The inaugural MBC Old Boys Sports Afternoon, designed to reconnect MBC old boys to the col lege, featured a series of encounters between teams comprising former and current students. They vied for overall supremacy across hockey, rugby, basketball, cricket, football and rowing.
In the end it was the Old Boys who came away with boasting rights from what is hoped to be an annual event, taking the honours in the first four sports, drawing the football after a penalty shoot out and losing the rowing.
Recovery
Ko wai mātou | About us
Te Kaunihera ā-rohe o Wairau (Marlborough District Council) is a dynamic, progressive organisation which prides itself on the professionalism it brings to managing a wide range of functions. Our vision is that over the next decade, Marlborough will become a globally connected district of progressive, highvalue enterprise, known for its quality lifestyle, desirable location and natural environment.
Marlborough is unique for many reasons. The region offers an array of outdoor pursuits in a distinctive and picturesque landscape. With one fifth of the New Zealand coastline in the Marlborough Sounds, the land and sea offer unlimited accessibility for sport and leisure
Ko ngā kōrero mā tēnei tūrangi | About the role
Due to the ongoing impacts of the July 21 and August 22 weather event Marlborough Emergency Management are looking for a Recovery Navigator to support the affected communities.
You will be part of the team contributing to the wellbeing of affected individuals, family/whanau by supporting their timely and coordinated access to the services they need. This includes assisting people to find ways to ease the physical, psychological and social difficulties being experienced, facilitating access to information and services, and connecting people with, and co-ordinating access to, all support and resources.
Having an understanding of the Marlborough Region and its community organisations would be advantageous.
This role is a fixed term role for 6 months.
Ko ngā pūmanawa ōu | About you
This role requires someone with:
• Excellent ability to relate to all levels and personalities.
• Strong community engagement and an approachable nature.
• A think outside the box approach.
• An ability to operate in a complex and changing environment
If you are a person that inspires confidence and are well organised, with good initiative and a strong ability to relate effectively with people whilst communicating with them, then this may be the role for you.
Ko ngā āhuatanga pai | What we offer
• A workplace that supports flexibility, health and wellbeing.
• An environment where input, initiative and innovation are encouraged.
• A fantastic learning environment and support for continuing education.
• A competitive remuneration
If you’re ready to progress your career with Te Kaunihera ā-rohe o Wairau - tono mai | apply now!
Applications close 5.00 pm on 7 November 2022.
Applications should be made online via the careers page www.marlborough.govt.nz/your-council/ careers/current-vacancies. Here you will find full information on the vacancy and how to apply.
For further information you are welcome to contact Brian Paton on 03 520 7556 or brian.paton@marlborough.govt.nz
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